, 1875-04-10
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(From the :" GIeanern N

49, 49, CNSAA~s
It would afford US great satisfaction to be
able to affirm that the report of a disturbance
on the Morant Bay district of st. I homas is
without foundation, but inf rmation which has
reached US from various sources leaves no
doubt In our mind that demonstrations and
proceedings Of a rlotous nature have taken
place in that quarter. No occasion for serious
alarm exists, but it would serve no good pur-
pose if the public journals should observe
silence and thereby lead to the suspicion that
suppression has been resorted to.
The following m on the appointment
Of Messrs. Sheriff and Semper to the Attorney
Generalship of the Laaward Islands aud Bar
bAdos are from one of our colonial exchanges.
The circumstances which have called them
forth are even more significant for us than
for the colonies to which the remarks have
reference. They shew that wherever the peo-
pie have retained any portion Of control over
public affairs in their own hands, they have
found natives capable Of filling the highest
situations and they have also found situations
for them to fill. 1t is, it seems to US, only
in Jamaica that no native can aspire to any
higher position in the law than hat of Assistant
to a European Attorney General :
The Hon. Robert French Sheriff, Q q.
has been appointed by the Secretary Of State
to succeed Mr.. Semper as Hyr Mojesty'a
Attorney General of the Leewaed Islands. This
appointment will, we feel sure, be hailed by tho
entire community with cordial satisfaction, not
only on account Of Mr.. Sherif'6 acknowledged
professional ability, but also as d proof that our
colonial blood is still able rs furnish men
qualified to fill the highest and most important
Offices Of the crown. We may state that Mr..
Sheriff is the eldest son of TIE ate Honorable
James Watson Sheriff, tie repr sentative of an
old colonial family in this Presidency, who was
for many years Attorney General Of Antigua,
and at the time of bis death President of Nevis.
The appointment Of the Honorable Hugh
r. Senper, to be Attorney General of Bar
bados, is another instance wber IN merit has
been recognized by The Imperial government.
Mr.. Scmpel is also " son of the soil, 3" and
we think our neighbours in Establishment
withstanding the assaults Of a portion of the
press of that island, and the uutruths which
have been published-wjil fpd him the . right
man in the right place"
Nothing could please us moce than to be allie
to inform sur numerous readers, at home AID
abroad, that, to use the somewhat celebrated
remark attributed to a Yankee Statesman, noe
stU hUe. In other words, We are 10 have Street
RailU0ys IN the CITY Of htngst0nt some good
people may have made up taelr tranquil minds
shat while the balance Of the world was sailing
gally and pleasantly along before the genial
breezes of prosperity and progress, our devoted
Island was to remain forever becalmed To
such and to all, it is our happy privilege to state
shat a company, composed of some Of our lead
ing citizens, has been formed and the necessary
capital subscribed for the purpose of giving US
the means of cheap and rapid transit, to aud
from all parts of the city and its environs. Let
us have the Street Cars by all means and she
sooner the better say we!
ANTIGU A.
Antigua Times.
The Adyices received by the Mail are not
very cheering to the proprietors of Sugar Es-
tates in the West Indies. The sugar market
both at Liverpool and London remained ex.
ceedingly dull. Beet-root sugar had been en-
tering largely in the Liverpool market, into
competition with cane sugar. Refners were
reluctant buyers, except at a further reduction
10 the price of the low qualities.
The Harbor presents quite a lively appear.
ance, and the manufacture and shipment Of
Sugar 10 going on, increasingly. The weather
continues suitable for sugar making. The canes
also giving good returns. What is most dis
heartening is the prospect according to the last
account, of getting a low price for the sugar
which is now being made. and to be shipped to