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the Chief Justice alght accumo towards them: a breach between the members of the profession, which Mr. Hewitt seemed so anxious to foster, would be seriously detrimen- tal to the administration of justice, and in the opinion of some of the profession such a breach was imminent.
There was one way out of the difficulty co ill-advisedly provoked: that was to let the profession and the public know that the Chief Justice in spite of much provocation had determined to trent the matter good-humouredly, and
after such thought I adopted this course and wrote the
can only letter. The wisdom of that course must be judged by the resulta. They were instantaneous, the trouble was immedi-
ately dispersed, and the sound and cordial relations which
had always existed between the Chief Justice and the pro-
fession, which through no fault of his, seemed likely to
be destroyed were at once re-established: and I have no
hesitation in saying that, far from the dignity of the
Bench having been in any way impaired, it was increased
owing to the temperate and conciliatory attitude I had
preserved under most exasperating circumstances. I submit
this view of my action in the matter to the consideration
of the Secretary of State with the utmost confidence.
also
I venture to express the hope that this official allusion
to the general attitude of the Government towards the
Chief Justice may tend to its amelioration, and lead the
Government to believe that in such notion ac T may take,
or such recommendations as I may make, I have nothing but
the good of the Colony at heart, and the improvement of t
the administration of justice of which in my opinion it
stands in much need.
23. I have left the purely teclinical question to the last. I
submit that the case does not fall within rule 7 of the
Colonial Regulations. There was not p political question involved; it was one which concerned essentially the
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