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would have been unnecesBary, had the laws whicb^ 

 they were merely passed for the purpose of "con-, 

 tinuing"been allowed to remain in operation, without 

 any limitation of time. Of the eleven Acts passed, 

 in 1853, four were for the purpose of prolonging, 

 for a short time, enactments already in force ; and 

 the other seven (as has been already intimated) were 

 only to continue in force for a few years, after which 

 they must again be subjected to the same process 

 of renewal. This is certainly a very ingenious 

 mode of consuming time, if it were nothing else. 

 Truly, the science of legislation is brought to great 

 perfection in the Bermuda House of Assembly ! I 

 would wish my readers to understand, that I con- 

 demn the system, not the individual members ; for 

 " they are all — all honourable men," , 



Of the Public Press a few words may be said 

 here. Doubtless, every European is very much 

 astonished, on his arrival, at the manner in which 

 the press is conducted in Bermuda: at the screaming 

 fits — to speak in medical parlance— with which it is- 

 afflicted, when it fancies itself to be suffering under 

 some grievous moral wrong, or attacked by some 

 daring assailant of public virtue. 



It is fortunate for some of the quiet people of 

 our little community, that there are now only two 



