48 BERMUDA. 



of bitterness party spirit may be carried in the 

 colony — even to the subversion of all law and order ; 

 so little regard did the majority of the House of 

 Assembly entertain for the representative of our 

 gracious Sovereign, and so small was the value which 

 they attached to the proper administration of govern- 

 ment. 



Before dismissing the subject of the civil govern- 

 ment, I think that it will not be out of place to 

 give some explanation to the general reader on the 

 subject of British establishments in the West India 

 colonies. 



