are in the habit of meeting at the same council-table, they usually manage either not to differ materially, or to adjust their differences in a friendly spirit! It will be remembered that ... during the administration of the late Sir Arthur Kennedy, the General then Commanding (Major-General The Honourable Sir Francis Colborne, K.C.B) placed himself in opposition, and refused even to attend the Executive Council, on the ground that his office had been degraded by relegation and from the provisional administration of the government in the event of the death or disability of the Governor. These feelings will certainly be shared by all succeeding Generals, though they may not all adopt the same method of expressing them.
(2) It is obviously very important for the good of the public service and for the welfare and progress of this Colony that the Civil...
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