CO129-074 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Robinson - 1859 [6-12] — Page 413

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mrosecutions, preparing Irdinances

and advising the Governo

non

which his opinion

any

woint supon

opinion may

be

requested. It is no

doubl

possible, as Sir John Downing remants, that the Attorney General if allowed

to

in private practice may engage have to advise the Governor in

matters which concern regular

whom he holds

clients

from

retainers of the most liberal — character; but it is

very unlikely

now that the separation to which : I have referred has taken place,

a care should even

that such a case

occur;

and

if

it should arise,

I confess I should even then be disposed to rely with confidence upon the advice I might

Melive

In John Bowring

to

Sir Rd. Lytton.

JM9999 1958.

from an English Gentleman of high character and standing in his Mrofession. Admitting, however, for the sake of argument that it is human nature that in

not in

region such cases a bins should be wanting

which would

affect

the character

of the Counsel," "I maintain that the positive and permanent ricadvantages for outweigh the possible but improbable advantages of the seruady proposed

5.

If it were possible to compren

the duties of

of the

into a short

Attorney

General

of

Chan

space, the work year might under adinary circumstances be performed in a week. Unter the proposed