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liable to action in this matter; and that notice

has been served upon me, rather than the -

Acting Cheif elbagistrate, who it appears made

an

I Commitment under the Conserl's

informual warrant. (Contrary to its tenor, en so

his duty. The act recites in its preambie

"that it is expedient to protect Justices of

the peace in the execution of their duty", and)

there can be no drift

far

as the

of

such

a

It

which

date of the ordinance is concerned, on the Juage's decision turned) with the-

deliberate intention of harassing a Public

Functionary, by

Actions

one

of those "Vexations

-acts done by them in Execution

for ad

of their office _ for which the Logistature

has made especial provision in the 11th

und

12k Niêt. C. 44 intituled "an Act

to protect fuotices of the pence, you" In such Cevcumstances, it is the business of the

Government to defend

A me as

а

Publie

Servant, assailed in the performance of

of

the

policy

and

justiev

provision, in this case.

can never be more nece

necessary

Ør

expedient certainly, than in these distant regions

lawless subjects are

of the East, where

мегу

and endangering by

always to be found,

their acto not only the peace and security

of whole Communitées, but

great

national

interests and the relations of states for peace

or War- such acts must be repressed at whatever

Cost, and it is in view of this necessity that ~

Her

by

Majisty's Government moved the Queen, and with the advice of her Privy Council,

to invest certain Public Functionaries,