Confidential

With reference to my despatch No. 34 of this date on the subject
of the hardship to which Mr Wallace, a bankrupt, has been
put by the conflict of Jurisdiction between Messrs Justice
Begbie and Needham, I have the honor to forward a Confidential
letter from the Attorney General on the subject.

2. I understood that the Bill transmitted in Your Grace's
despatch No. 81 of 13th November 1867, was so sent more as a
guide than as a command. There were portions of it which I
could not have carried without coercion, so I separated the
essential and had that passed. The mere local details I have
left to be dealt with by the Council intending to reserve the
Bill for Your Grace's consideration.