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MEMORIAL AGAINST THE COUNCIL, 



friends, especially from among the members of the bar^ 

 where his appointment gave most offence, Until finally all 

 opposition disappeared, and he has since received his fifteen 

 thousand dollars, without a murmur against him for having 

 been a non-resident barrister at the time of his appoint- 

 ment. 



After enduring their grievances as long as they thought 

 it became them, the country party, introduced their 

 bill. Of course the council, from four or five of whom 

 it would cut off an important moiety of their income, took 

 good care that the bill did not pass. The country party 

 sent a memorial to the Minister for the Colonies, request- 

 ing that the council might be re-constituted in a way to 

 enable the public sentiment of the island to have fair ex- 

 pression. The memorial was thrown under the minister's 

 table, and a speech about the colonies, from the premier in 

 the House of Commons, full of sympathy and figures, was 

 nil the satisfaction which the memorialists obtained. 



The country party then drew up a memorial to Parlia- 

 ment, setting forth, the evils incident to the present organi- 

 zation of the council, and requesting that it should be 

 changed in such a way as to prevent those members whose 

 income, a retrenchment bill would affect, from having the 

 power to defeat its passage. This memorial was the pro- 

 minent party measure of the last session of the Assembly. 

 Of course, it was resisted by the administration with all 



