g suffered at Bermuda from the climate, the government desired in
mercy to place him in one more salubrious for persons afflicted with
pulmonary disease. The colonists of the Cape were willing to receive him
as a settler, but not as a convict, and expressed themselves concerning
him in terms of sympathy and respect. The plan of the government to make
it a place for political prisoners, was as unsuccessful as the project
of making it a general penal settlement: and in the end the people of
the Cape obtained, by their obstinacy and energy, a complete victory
over the Colonial-office.

The contest in the parent country between the principles of protection
and free-trade affected the political and social condition of the
West Indies. Jamaica, being the principal colony, its example had a
beneficial or baneful influence upon all the other West-Indian colonies.
The Governor of Jamaica, Sir Charles Grey, was very unpopular, and
his instructions from the Colonial-office were neither wise nor
conciliatory. Those instructions, however, being necessarily made in
the free-trade spirit then ascendant in the British legislature, would
hardly have pleased the planters, however well intended or judiciously
ordered. In that particular, the _suaviter in modo_ would never have
compensated for the _fortiter in re_. The new Assembly was hostile
to the governor, and its votes showed its hostility, especially in
reference to the supplies. Throughout the year, this state of things
continued. The negro population sympathised with the government, and
boasted of their willingness to turn out and fight for the queen. The
parish of St. Ann elected a black representative. Agitation of almost
every kind that could afflict a West-Indian colony prevailed in Jamaica.
The other colonies in that region were generally discontented,
although in most the crop of sugar was good; in some however it failed,
increasing the dissatisfaction which the prevalence of free-trade
opinions in England created. At Antigua and St. Kitts the chief cause
of complaint was the want of rain. In Demerara, the political aspect of
affairs was more favourable to the government--the combined Court,
which had refused the taxes, having, by a small majority, retraced
their steps, and effected an understanding with the governor, which
facilitated his administration.

CANADA.--POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT.--OPPOSITION AND INSOLENT PROCEEDINGS
OF THE BRITISH PARTY.

The state of Cana