HC Deb 20 February 1872 vol 209 cc772-3

In reply to Mr. MOWBRAY,

MR. GLADSTONE

said, Mr. Harvey unhappily had been suffering under ill-health, but had given him letters containing the facts of the case from the University of Oxford, and had, he thought, distinctly stated that the right hon. Gentleman was wrong in supposing that the admission of Mr. Harvey was not an absolute admission. He had recently placed the papers he had received from Mr. Harvey in the hands of his hon. and learned Friend the Attorney General, who he durst say would be able to give him legal advice in the course of a short time.

MR. MOWBRAY

asked, whether the right hon. Gentleman had any objection to place the Correspondence upon the Table?

MR. GLADSTONE

said, the Correspondence was private, and was not at all prepared for any such purpose. He would take care that the right hon. Gentleman should be provided with a copy of the Correspondence.

MR. MOWBRAY

said, the Government placed before Parliament the letter of Mr. Justice Willes.

MR. GLADSTONE

said, the right hon. Gentleman would recollect that Mr. Justice Willes wrote a letter in connection with a statement made and published by another judicial authority, stating by implication that Mr. Justice Willes's sentiments were contrary to what he entertained.

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