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THE SPEAKER, 



ate than ignorant, and his mind lacks discipline and order, 

 but he has an influence with his colleagues which is not to 

 be despised. He is sanguine and pertinacious to a degree, 

 and by taking advantage of the heedlessness or indolence 

 of his colleagues, accomplishes more than many members 

 of superior capacity. He and Jordan are the public print- 

 ers, from which appointment they derive a profit which is 

 supposed here to exceed thirty thousand dollars a year. 

 It is not surprising, therefore, that in the Assembly and in 

 their journal they support the present administration 

 fervently. 



The Speaker, Charles M'Larty Morales, is of Jewish 

 descent, and by profession a physician. He contested his 

 present seat successfully with Samuel Jackson Dallas, the 

 previous incumbent, who I learned to my surprise, is a 

 cousin to the late Vice President of the United States. 

 Mr. Dallas represents Port Royal ; he is very tall, quite 

 thin, and grey, and looks like a gentleman, but shares few 

 of the advantages of personal appearance which distin- 

 guish his American cousin. 



The Speaker is chosen by the Assembly, subject to the 

 matter-of-course approval of the Governor. He is the only 

 member who receives any compensation. As Speaker he 

 is allowed £960 per annum, nearly $5,000 ; at least that 

 was the sum allowed to Mr. Dallas, by a law passed in 

 1845, and I think no change has been made in that salary 



