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In passing, that the grave inconvenience thus frequently caused was one of the reasons which originally impelled all the larger British Colonies, whilst maintaining an unswerving loyalty to the Crown, and a patriotic attachment to the mother Country, to insist on the absolute control of their Internal Affairs, and on the exercise of full powers of local self-Government.
(4) It requires a lifelong acquaintance with the British Army to appreciate the great benefits which have resulted from the introduction of the system of competitive Examination for Entrance into the service. British Officers are still drawn from the same social class as formerly, and retain, of course, the same high standard of honor and manners; but, whatever may have been the case in the last generation, there is not now a Regiment of the Line in which there are not several officers possessing general Knowledge and Education fitting them for the efficient discharge of civil duties of importance.
7. They may, perhaps, be congratulated