, 1877-09-05

Will not long be at a loss to ind out TOR
himself a course of wisdom and worth to
pursue. There are in our community
men equal 70 the task Of rendering good
counsel to his Excellency, and We trust
he will not fail at once to make use Of
them to that end. Above all, we empha-
ticaIIy assert that those who from official
position will form the staff Immediately
around his Excel!ency are not capable OF
giving him proper advice. Apart from
being mere boys in years, and thus natu-
rally deficient in that ripe experience
which is the first ingredient for good
craftsmanship, they are strangers to the
people OF this country, and greater strang-
ers sill to their wants, their necessities
their aspirations. They are men CT %cOterie.
net men Of the world and OF the
worlds views and feelings. We want
men who are deeply engaged in the
agricultural pursuits Of this country and
pen who are immersed in commercial IN.
tercclrse " it'll other countries men who
have studied and administered the criminal
law Of the island aud who are employed
in the coEtemporaneous work OF bringing
tho guilty before the tribunals Of justice,
and rcsCuing the innocent and helpless from
Ike mGchiuatIons Of the wicked men Wao
are familiar w.,. ,ho a~ilnents Of the rich
and OF tae poor in Jamaica. who can con
denim the maladniuistration Of sanitary
arrangements and recommend those mta.
surcs which modern IygieEe and tcltrc9
teach and IGCuicatc +; auC men who can
tell of the state OF morals of our people,
from nayiag mixed with them in church
and out OF church, visited them in humble
dwellings, in matched huis and mu
cabius, preached 10 them, taught them
sud exhorted them in health, administered
holy consolation aud hope in sicinr6s, ana
attended their corpses to their last lesHAg
place, Li0.n these men and SUCH men
mnSt our new Governor have his juLc
tons. aud lie will DO we'll They viii be
able to tell him of railroads required for
the centres Of our large districts in the
plains; the want of proper, safe and easy
carriage roads for the main arteries OF gu:
parishes and Of the sadly aud almost cri-
miualIy neglected bride tracks which Our
peasantTy use to briug their produce to
market. They will tell of a heavy adyG-
loren duty iu~discriminatsly laid, tending
to hinder the development of trade 80
necessary to any country d%ssiling progress.
They VIII tell him Of our insufficient judi.
cial Staff in the Superior Law Tribunals of
the island, byi which Justice is delayed and
suitors ircouyenlenced ; of the necessity
to curb rho tendency 10 eXtra-iudici.,
license on The rart of the Judges of tbs
Superior Courts, aud the urgent and
Immediate cal ior the abFidgement ofsoms
Of The enormous powers accorded 10 thetI
by existing Statutes. They will tell him
Of the long unhpeded cry for a proper
cudo Of workable sanitary laws AID the
wants Of The poor for medical aid in the
high mountainous parts OF our land OF
the work of schools and training work
shops; and of the entire absence of those
things which in all we'll regulated COM
munities, exist for the proper training o.
the great bulk OF the people, in order to
lay a proper foundation for the peace and
happiness, the prosperity aud comfort Of
all classes"
Poor Sir Anthony! If he has il this
way to obtain information lie omnibus
rebus ct qnibusdam ali:s' 10 order to be an
efficient Governor, verify he is to be pitied.
In one description Of him we see that "he
is tall and portly, wearing aide wtiskers