Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-04
TREAS0NIN BERMUDA
TWO oIsAFFecTED. Re5eLLlOUS
MEMBERS or PARLIAMENT.
"A Pony" Country--Isoid Talk In
tho somers Isies.
william Drysdal,, IN Now York Times

cable has already had upon the publ,
mind in those islands Although it hal
not so far vcntured TO bring anything
moro startling than fraternsl greeting
from the Mayor OF ST. George 10 the
Mayor OF New York, the influence Of
: thc cable is apparent in the conduct o.
bermuda affairs. The members OF Tho
Legislature know that when they ad
dress Mr.. Speaker they are DO longer
talking to n few planters in Paget OF
Somerset, hut go the whole broad uni
verse. and they shape their remarks &C.
cordingly. The debates in the House
of Assembly within the last week or two
have been OF so revolutionary cbarac-
ter that il we were living a century back
il would not be surprising TO receive
such news as this from the Somers Isles
Ply tho bermuda Gable.
HAMILTON, BERaUDA, November b.
The Hon. DR.. IT. A. Onterbridge has
been sentenced 10 stand for two hours
in the pillory. 10 have both ears slit, and
g. be branded IN the left hand for
riotous and scditious language used in
the House Of Assembly. The Hon. j..
II. jackson is in irons in the Jail OF St.
George. preparatory TO being sent to
England in the Belerophon, for trial on
charge OF using reasonable language
concerning his Excollency the Gov
ernOr.
Both OF these gentlemen. in the course
OF n long debate about what Bermudians
call "the white elephant" otherwise the
unfinished new Governor residence, in
dulged in expressions that have more the
flavor Of night session Mt Albany than
grave debate in such dignifie1 body
rs the Bermuda Assembly. The new re-
sidence for the Governor is a matter that
has occupied the attention of Bermuda's
statesmen for number OF years. and has
made almost as much OF n sensation as
The great graveyard was. But after
countless debates, and almost innumera-
bic bills and amendments, and amend
ments to the amendments, Governor
Newdegate is not much nearer having a
new residence now than he was two years
ago.
GOVERNORS RESIDENCES.
II is one of the oddities Of the British
colonial system that each colony Is ex-
pected TO supply residence for its Gov
ernor. although the Governor Is entirely
Crown officer, appointed BIZ the Home
Government without regard tothe wishes
Of the people he is to govern, paid by the
Home Government, and liable TO be re-
called at any time by that power if he
does not Immediately carry ont the
instructions Of Lord Knutsford,
the Secretary OF State for tho
Colonies. In most of the Amerl
can colonies very handsome resi-
dences are provided for the Governors.
Those in Ottawa and Trinidad are pal
aces. In the Bahamas, Barbados, and
Antigua the houses are large and COM
Portable, if not elegant. Bermuda, the
land of the lily and the rose, stands alone
in maintaining shabby house for her
Governor to live in. Governor Galway
complained of it, aud Governor Newde
gate SAYS it is not ft to live in. 1t Is
hardly more than large cottage, although
il stands in the midst of extensive grounds
where samples Of many trees of the
tropics grow. Even to the grounds, how
ever, there are sever raj serious objections. !
Although near the sea, there is bluff |
between the house and the water which |
obstructs the marine view, and the gar
dens are reached from the house by de-
scending-I forget how many hundred
stone steps, so that, unless the Governor
happens TO be an athlete. he does not |
care 10 visit his onion-beds more than |
once or twice in a season.
II may readily he imagined how many |
different opinions there were when it
was first proposed TO build new house
for the Governor. Ill the legislators
were agreed that he should have a more
suitable residence but whether the old |
one should be repaired or, il new one
were built, where ii should stand and
what sort of building il should be, re
quired vast amount Of discussion. 1t
was at length decided to build n
new house and to put it on the
bluff between the old house and the
sea, so that the present grounds
would answer for the new establish
ment An architect was imported from
Scotland, who, OF course, knew nothing
about the peculiar quality of stone in use
in Bermuda, nor anything about Ber-
muda labor, and he designed building
that was to cost $40, 900. His design was
accepted and work was begun. but by the
time that $50, 900 had been spent without
further results than four walls and roof
the Assembly became alarmed and the
work was stopped.
DESERTED WRECK.
The building still stands as described
ii last winter and as II has stood for two
years, with the uncemented walls crum-
bling from exposure to the weather, I'M
glazed windows, floorless, and with the
general appearance OF o wreck. 1t is IN
such a commanding position that 1t IS
probably the most conspicuous building
in Bermuda, seen either from the land
or from the sea but in its present con-
dition it looks wonderfully like desert
cd factory.
All this time his Excellency, who is
unmarried, has been living in solitary
squalor in the twenty or thirty rooms of
the old house, where his nineteen SER
wants have hard work 10 find him when
they need him, and the residence ques-
ton was brought up in the Assembly q
few days ago for the fiftieth time. The
question this time was whether to go on
and finish the new house, to build
third one, or TO let matters stand just as
they are. Curiously enough some of
the members who were originally OPP
posed TO building any house at all were
now in favor of building Il third one.
IT was said that the roof of this one was
not properly pnt on, and that the first
heavy GALA would scaffar the slatns ell