, 1865-08-22
JAMAICA.

call OF MT. Eyre from Vic dullluloCl dtlOA
of the affairs of this colony, an event to
which the ColonistS have been looking
forward with intense anxiety. His Elk
c"eIlency has worn out the patience and
forbearance of every person here. The
editor of the Guardian has publicly an
nounced his intention of memoralizing
the CoIonia! Secretary against the high
handed proceedings of his ExceIlency,
and we expect it will not be long before
similar Memorials will be transmitted to
Downing Street from the people of the
twenty-five parishes.
What right has the Press to comment
upon the domestic life of the Governor?
What right has it to meddIe with the pri-
vate affairs Of his ExceIlency? If he be
parsimonious, how does it concern the
general public, and in what way does it
interfere with the due discharge of those
duties which appertain to the Vice Regal
office? These are questions asked and
oft-repeGted by those who desire to apo
logic for the conduct Of Mr.. Eyre. This
Socratic mode of reasoning would be pow
erful if it referred to amy other individual
in the country than the gentleman who
boasts of being the representative of the
Queen. His Excelleucy has social obi
cations towards those over whom he is
set to rule which may and ought to be
strictly exacted. Such obligations are
fully recognized and fulfilled by the
Queen in England, and d~evolve, more or
less upon those who represent her IN her
possessions abroad. The Vlceroy OF Ire
land, we know, lives in great state and
maintains a Court splendour which rem
ders Dublin, as IA metropolis, second only
to London. The Govcrnor-Genrrnl of
India, as is we'll known, lives in greater
maguifrenrr, according TO Oriental taste,
than the Queen finds it necessary 10
maintain at home, and whenever he
leaves the seat of Government In fact,
whenever he StirS abroad, is attended by
a %retinue, surrounded by spIendour and
honored by gorgeous ceremonies, the like
of which can be seen aOnly at Eastern
courts. In Australia and Canada the
CaptainS-General receive princely saIa-
ries in order 10 enable them to keep up
certain t~ime-honored customs in the way
of public hospitalities, charities, &C., In
short 10 ''maintain their dignity" In
Jamaica, we have ever been accustomed
to tie maintenance of like dignity, and
in the humbIest of the West India Colo
MES, some effort is made on the part Of
the Executive to maintain a style of Ilv-
ing to entitle him to he considered the
first member of local society. Sir Charles
Grey, the last of our Great Governors,
lived in a style that made his dignity and
high position felt and appreciated. Span
ish Town, during his time, did not pre-
sent the appearance of decay which it
now exhibits, and "a visitor TO the Metro
polls in those days did not experience
that solitude with which he is now i'm
pressed so soon as he enters the city.
And why? Sir Charles gave a tone to
society. He observed the hospiialities
required Of mis- position, and the hospita-
titles of the Upper Ten" were offered
to him in return. The judges and other
officials all lived in the city, and by their
manner of living kept society together
and created a circulation of money which
maintained trade.-There was, in conse-
quence, a middle class that lived COM
fortably, and the humber classes were
kept above poverty. This is a picture OF