'For the information of our readers, we publish in another part of our issue the despatch from the Duke of Buckingham respecting Mr. Martin's Treason Felony Bill, and the reply thereto made by our Executive Council. From these documents one can readily learn the objections entertained by the Imperial Government to certain clauses of this degrading enactment, and also the answers made in defence of these clauses, by the Governor and his responsible advisers.'