ixcx Majesty s secretary's secretary's secretary had written to toll him that his appeal for an inquiry had travelled out of the regular course. It ought to have neon made in the first instance to the visiting justices, whose business it was to conduct such inquiries, and that it lav with these visiting justices to apply to the Homo Office for an ex traordinary inquiry if thev found they could not deal with the facts in the usual way. The Office, therefore, had sent copies of his memorial to each of the visiting justices, who. at their next inspection of the gaol, would ex amine into O'e alleged facts, and had been requested to insert the results in their periodical report. Mr Fni'ii sat up in bed, his eve glit tering. “Tiring me my writing-desk.” It was put 011 (lie bed before him, but with many kind injunctions not to worry himself. Tie promised faithfully. He wrote to Oie Home Office in this stylo:—

<|iu’s( ion of lifo and death cannot he nlayed with as you have inconsider ately proposed : nor can a higher juris diction transfer an appeal to a lower otic without (he appellant's consent. Such a course is still more out of order when the hifrher judge is a sal aried servant of the Stale and the lower ones are amateurs. This was so self-evident that I did net step out of the direct line to east reflections upon unpaid servants. You have not seen what is self-evident—you drive me therefore to explanations.
