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GOVERNOR GREY^ COMPENSATION, 



of an action upon one of his bonds. The courts very pro- 

 perly decided that governors have no " privilege" which 

 exempted them from the payment of their debts, and he 

 was compelled to pay. Thus pressed at all times by his 

 creditors, of course he never has a spare penny which is 

 not required to satisfy them, and has no means to enter- 

 tain them with that liberality which his taste would incline 

 him, and which made Lord Metcalf so exceedingly popu- 

 lar both in Jamaica and afterwards in Canada. 



Lady Grey resides with her daughters, in England. Lieut. 

 Charles "William, the son of the Governor, is with him in 

 the capacity of assistant secretary. This separation of the 

 family, I am told, is one of the consequences of the father's 

 improvidence and pecuniary necessities. The catastrophe, 

 however, is so enveloped in scandal that I do not feel au- 

 thorized upon my information to give its details farther 

 currency. 



The Governor is ex officio Chancellor, the presiding offi- 

 cer of the " Court of Ordinary," and presiding officer of 

 the " Court of Appeals under Errors." He is also vested 

 with the powers of a High Court of Admiralty. As 

 Governor, he receives a salary of $30,000 a year, which 

 is increased by the fees accruing from his various judicial 

 offices some eight or ten thousand more. His official 

 income is not over estimated at forty thousand dollars an- 



