Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Grenville, Richard to Seymour, Frederick 25 October 1868, NAC RG7:G8C/15, 474.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Buckingham informs Seymour that the proposed ordinance
entitled An Ordinancecannot be submittedto establish a Supreme Court of Justice in the Colony of British Columbia
for Her Majesty's approval.
No. 94
25 October 1868
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No.
107 of the 26th August reporting that the Draft Ordinance which had been
prepared in this Country for the constitution of a Supreme Court of
British Columbia in such a manner as to set at rest the anomalies
arising outof
of the Union of British Columbia and Vancouvers Island had
been rejected, and that you had allowed another Ordinance to be passed
in substitution for it.
of the Union of British Columbia and Vancouvers Island had
been rejected, and that you had allowed another Ordinance to be passed
in substitution for it.
A Copy of that Ordinance entitled An Ordinance "to establish a
Supreme Court of Justice in the Colony of British Columbia," you enclose
in your despatch. I have perused this Ordinance, but it is impossible
for me to submit it for Her Majesty's approval inasmuch as it
contemplates a Supreme Court composed of a Chief Justice and Puisne
Judge and is therefore inapplicable to the existingstate
state of things in
British Columbia in which unfortunately there exist two Chief Justices.
state of things in
British Columbia in which unfortunately there exist two Chief Justices.