, 1890-07-26

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On the other hand. it was considered
that the support 1Of the Public Hospital
established in 1915 WIS a tax too burthen-
some to be bOrue by the people, and 10
relieve them, an impoSt was levied on ships
for the purpose of maintaining the InSti-
tuition. There was wealth without civiIizl-
ton, and store of gold without any worthy
or benevolent u,e made of it. 81 long as
they renamed IN the country, these great
Merchant MagnateS were rather possess
cl by, than poSseSSOrS of their riches.
There WAS no concern for those who might
come after them. There was a good deal
OF vain glorious voting OF money and
trophies, and grand services Of plate, but
the poor man if mot a slave, remained
Homeless and hungry in his utmost
need,
No roof to shelter, and no hand to feed
In this golden age, the table Of Dives
was spread but there were no crumbs for
Lazarus.
Of slavery and the legion of auxiliary
sins which deluged this reign of gold,
we will not speak. Tho evils were iuhe-
rent to the foul Institution and thele were
no features ditterentiating it here from
GiiOhO NhAASA NAC SSCoCOA0bN0 nun W SNA1
tence in other places. There was the
same RIGHTEOUSNESS, the same anuihil@
ton of the marital tie, the same revealing
in the 'fuIl maturity of lust" which cha
racterized the bondage throughout the
West IudieS and the two Americas. To
say that after the lapse Of 100, even 80
years, great changes have been effected.
great Improvements Introduced, would be
to say no more than was to DC expected.
There are few places which in fifty years
would not present more or less marked
progress. In jamaica and more eSpe-
cially in Kingston, this advancement is
very striking, and in tins last SO late rs
the past five years there has been a pro
grtssive advance in all particulars on pre-
ceding ones.
During those Augustan days, Kingston
was supplied with water by means OF carts
drawn by sorry horses and driven by half
clad negroes, or it was raised with great
labOnr by a rude wheel. from wells. And
yet there was, six miles from Kingston. tho
Hope river requiring not even the sim
pleSt for NJ of machinery to bring It's abund-
ant. soft and beautiful waters TO the doors
of the KingstOnianS, who all this while
we're so pr0ul of the everlasting doubloons
of which We are always hearing, taken in
carts and drays through streets, in which
the tOrrential rains had brought down in
tons the washings of the hills, with the
carcasSes of dogs. cats, and ottal of all
kinds floating in the polluted stream. 1t is
little more than forty years ago, and when
those halcyon days had long passed, that
Kingston had its water service a service
u~nequalled in abundance it is not too much
to say, in any city. Save the Ordnance wharf
of the Imperial Government thc.2 was
not one pier or jetty With any pretentions
as a decent landing pace. or AS a means of
diScharglng ships cargOeS. 1t is not more
than Is years siuce there was a proper
Market. But W. must not, forget the cart
loads with buckets of doubloOnS. This of
itself was a barbarity, for if there had
been banks the value OF the loads, of many
carts could have been carried IN the waist
coat pocket. There are places to this day
in which money is Still conveyed by the so
much boosted cart ~tFansit, but they are not
notorious for civilization; and these when
their evaheScent and Fictitious prosperity
Shall have passed aWay-and tits fast pass
ing-wlIsreveft TO their primitive barbar.
ism. Nearly all the dwellings, were south
OF the Parade which as we have said, was
an arid waSterna sahara, the crossing of
whiclloWas as much dreaded AS. was aver
the de5erGj of Lydia sNotl a tree, meta
shrub was t0dbe seen; anil here wasssIuat,
ed the Parish Church of Kingston where
the Cres uses Of Port Royal street came on
Sundays TO profess themselves as they
unuOnhtprilV were EtmiSarahla SipnarSS