“‘His Excellency the Lieut.-Governor accepts Mr. Connell’s resignation of the office of Postmaster-General and Executive Councillor, and he accedes to Mr. Connell’s request to be so far relieved from the obligations of his oath of office as will enable him to explain the grounds on which he has tendered his resignation to his Excellency. “‘His Excellency will of course deem it right to communicate to his Council the contents of Mr. Connell’s letter to his Excellency of this day’s date. “‘(Signed), J. H. T. MANNERS-SUTTON. “‘_Mr. Charles Connell, M.P.P., &c._’ “(COPY NO. 4.) “Memorandum for the Executive Council. “‘His Excellency the Lieut.-Governor thinks it right without delay to lay before his Council the accompanying copy of a letter addressed to his Excellency by Mr. Connell. “‘His Excellency has accepted Mr. Connell’s resignation of the office of Postmaster-General and Executive Councillor, tendered to him this morning by Mr. Connell. “‘(Signed), J. H. T. MANNERS-SUTTON. “‘_May 19th, 1860._’ “(COPY NO. 5.) “Memorandum of the Executive Council in Committee. “‘_To His Excellency the Hon. J. H. T. Manners-Sutton, Lieut.-Governor, &c._ “‘May it please your Excellency,— “‘We have had under consideration the memorandum of your Excellency of the 19th instant, accompanied with the letter from the Postmaster-General, resigning his office and his seat in the Council, with the reasons he has assigned therefor. “‘Knowing from the discussions with Mr. Connell that he was prepared to retain his office and seat in the Council, if an order was made to issue the stamps procured by him, including the stamp bearing the likeness of the head of the department, we are therefore justified in concluding that the Minute of Council of the 8th instant, in which your Excellency was advised to approve of, and order to be distributed the One, Ten, and Twelve and a Half Cent Postage Stamps procured by the Postmaster-General, and to order a new Five Cent Postage Stamp to be struck, bearing the likeness of the Queen, instead of the Five Cent stamp already procured by the Postmaster-General, is, notwithstanding the other reasons assigned by him, the real ground of his resignation. “‘Without entering into the discussion of the powers of the different heads of departments, we observe that we have no desire to limit or circumscribe the legitimate authority of the Postmaster-General, or of the head of any other public department, and in advising your Excellency upon this question, we have not desired nor attempted to do so, as by the Act relating to the Post Office the approval of the Governor in Council is required to the issue of Postage Stamps.