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required to pay
an increased military
(.. tribution, (2.) a feeling of resentment
against
the Secretary of State on account of his having insisted on the provision
of additional accommodation in the gaol,
and of having aphointed
a
Superintendant to that institution
when the appointment might have
been filled by
an
in the colony and
officer, already
a
Saving affected
therely: and (3.) the idea that by
igorous & persistent opposition to the Government they may indirectly bring
change in the constitution
about a
of the colony.
5. There is a party amongst the
English
English residents here, not numerous
but somewhat influential and try
evergetic, that desires an
alteration
direction
of the Co stitution in a
which would rest the effective power,
not in a
Elected
in an
by
representative Government
the whole community, but unofficial majority referenting
the interests of the non. Chimere and
expecially of the English element.
This
party is represented in the Legis. -lative Council by mor Whitehead, manager
of the Chartered Bank of India, Aus- -tralia, & China in the Colony, who is
possessed of the notion that the desired change can be wrought by determined opposition to the local government
and the