, 1876-04-01

they have mainly contributed to ruin within
the period they are thus being rewarded for.
Mr. Tracey Robinson, the manager OF the
Street Car Company, has gone to New York
to look after the material necessary for laying
the street lines, and to bespeak the rolling
stock. 1t is believed the cars will be running
on one section of the road in October next.
The Railway Engineers, under Mr.. Hogarth
of London, are surveying the line of road be-
tween Old Harbour, across the country to
Montego Bay Dir. Hogarth has discovered
that the existing Railway has no monopoly IN
law for Kingston, and this has greatly en-
couraged and inspirited the survey. A line
OF steamers is projected to run between New
Orleans and South America, calling 10 at
Kingston, Jamaica, on their way. Another
line of steamers is announced to run frsm Len"
don ts Jamaica, via Havre and Haiti.
The Royal Mail Company are about to puS
on a couple of fine Steamers to trade between
this island and New York one Steamer q
month. A Marine Railway is projected for
raising vessels of 400 tons in Kingston, seeing
that the Dock Company have given up theiE
project of a Hydraulic Lift, and returned the
money subscribed to the shareholders.
Some evil disposed person in Westmore-
land, has on several estates, destroyed q large
amount Of new sugar, probably not less than
so hhds., by introducing into the juice some
Ingredient which produced fermentation. A
large reward was offered by Mr.. Vickers, and
the result has not been unsatisfactory, in 80
far as a clue has been obtained, and one man
is now in custody for the offence pending ma
%sisterisl investigation.
The Rev. Mr.. Val Spinosa is, we learn, about
to leave the island for Porto Rico, where he
expects to be appointed to the British Chaplain
cy at Ponce, under the Bishop of Antigua. The
Bishop of Kingston, who it seems was the first to
move in this matter, actually asked Bishop Jack
son to make room for Mr.. Val SpinoSa, andhypo"
critically pretended to this young Citrate that he
was doing him o great service in carrying out
Bishop Jackson's views instead of his own and
then when Bishop jackson makes the offer
through DR.. Courteaay, he coolly writes Mr..
Val Spinosa that "MU3H DISCRETION" would
be required to fill the place at Ponce, and that
Bishop Jackson had thrown the responsibility
of Mr.. Val Spinosa's discreetness upon his re-
commentator. The very idea of Bishop
jackson of Antigua, knowing 80 little of the
Bishop of Kingston as to sntrust him with
anything at all pertaining to discretion" will
provoke q smile on every lip when this is read,
for it is a notorious fact that whatever this
Bishops Clergy may be, the Bishop himself
lacks the elements not only of discretion. bat
common sense also, and in this very matter he
painfully exhibits his weakness. He, first Of
all, says he recommended Mr.. Val SpinosA for
the congregation at Ponce, to which discretion"
was so needful-and then when the Spanish
Town Committee, headed by Sir Bryan Ed
wards, refused to recognise a debt incurred by
their predecessor, the Bishop takes offence II
Mr.. Val Spinosa and writes that circumstances
had arisen to induce him Or. Oourtenay) TO
diyest himself of the responsibility of recon.
mending Mr.. Val Spinosa for the vaCant ape
pointment at Ponce. What a blessing it wosld
be to this country if We had a Bishop who
could know his own mind / If the congrega.
ton at Ponce wants a person Of disereetness,
there is not one of the Bishops best friends
who would recommend him for it-even if the
salary was 100000 a year.
(From the Gleaner.)
Private intelligence by the Packet assures
ma that the whole of the iusurrectiOnarV move.