, 1877-03-21

pied the attention Of the Legislature and
other influential people connected with
the island. 1t is believed that q sum of
money had actually been voted for this
highly useful and valuable purpose, and
the question may now be asked, what has
been done in the matterS The Attorney
General for the time being has always
been supposed to have charge of the
undertaking, and the responsibility for the
delay primarily rests upon him but il
his professional duties are too onerous
there are no less than three judges on the
Bench with q very moderate amount of
work to do who have it in their power to
confer upon the colony tho inestimable
boon of a clear statement Of the laws ia
force. The multiplicity Of ordinances,
aud the confusion created, especially by
partial repeats, call for immediate atten-
ton on the part OF the Judges and Law
Officers of the Crown, and the hope may
be expressed that it will not be long before
such a work ia earnestly and properly be
guo. Il is intended to call Governor
Irving's serious attention to this subject
before his return to Trinidad.
Il was only to be anticipated, now that
peace and prosperity may be said to have
been re established il Barbados, that the
project Of q cathedral, in place OF the par
ish church Of St. MjchaeI's, should be re-
vived. The subscriptions for this work,
on the part Of PROJECTORS in the United
Kingdom, already amount to 3,259E.
Some very complete and highly inter
esting plans, prepared by Mr.. William
Oakley, the architect, are to be seen ut
Mr. Alleyne's chambers at Lincoln's Inn,
and are well worthy of inspection by all
who are interested in the colony. The
building, when completed, will be a very
handsome one both inside aud out, and will
doubtless be q source of pride and gratifca-
ton to al! Barbadians. Altogether, about
$1,000. has been promised. The principal
danger to the new structure would be
from hurricanes, but it will be specially
adapted to break the force Of the wind.
The main principle OF the architecture is
to combine stability with GOODNESS. It will
be thus, as far as known, the only speci.
men of ecclesiastical architecture which
will show how the difficulties of o tropi.
cal climate are TO be overcome, the other
buildings of a similar character now exist
ing in hot countries being after the Eng
lish style, and not so we'll calculated to
preserve GOODNESS and resist successfully
the occasional violence Of the wind.
The latest news respecting the Sugar
Conference is not re-assurirg. The French
apparently adhere to their system of pre-
sumed yields OF raw sugar which, Of course,
would render refining in bond useless. or
very nearly SO, as . security against boua.
ties. Ii the meantime the effects Of the
bounty system upon English industries
continue to be seen-the latest illustration
Of them being the temporary closing Of
Messrs. FitzeI's great refinery at Bristol.
The Bjshop Of Guiana is expect
ed in London IN a few days to confer with
some gentlemen interested in that colony
respecting the proposed new cathedral in
Georgetown, Demerara.
The attention Of c~olonists may be di-
rected to Sir John Lubbock's article in
the Nineteenth Century on the Imperial
Policy of Great Britain, " in which some
colonial questions are discussed ; and also
TO an article in Mdcmillan's by Mr..
Palgrave, giving an extremely interesting
account of the Lesser Antilles and the
Boiling Lake.
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