from the winters ifnath 0- dfrntuitffs in ascertaining the chawe- sttff i wing ft irtjwn in the i iipfr liiiks nf society uituhc consequences of those oijtuitlfus by tiik rhv thomas gisdorne 1 speak rmi of special examples of indi- vjiiiil in whom cither christian cxcel- loiitci or the absence of it is disclosed by xnarkssu plain and concurrent that a mo- derate share of intercourse wild ific per son suffices to preclude misapprehension a io the character i speak of general cac the actual character of a young un frequently i not easy of investigation smoothness of temper speciousness of maimers outward regard to moral deco- riiji customary acquiescence in the forms fii religion literary attainments profes sional indufry may cocvit with depra- vcdliabit nnil with unfixed or abomina ble principles nod may spread over those habits or principles u veil searcclv to he penetrated hv common eyes una for season impervious even to an atten tive inspector tu general however there are circumstances which nolwithstaod- n any ordinary oxcrfiou of the art of concealment open iulets of observation ijto rlic interior a young tnau acts iu some pleasure before the public hi line of life is known his companions are ku wn ii is proceedings wlictlier of bo- stacks or of amusement arc usually con nected of those of other men ami in a greater or a less degree aro conducted publicly hence arise means of observa tion sources of iuuiry grounds of judg ment to gain a complete insight into the character of young women is on various aceoouts a harder task to pourtray an exact resemblance of the strong features of man is an effort less trying to the pain ter than to fix on his canvas the softer uo- riuhttioqs and the less prominent line of the female countenance the analogy may be extended to the discernment of the mind and the dispositions the process of fashionable education operating m the case of young women on less rude mate rials than iu the other sex produces a geater similarity of general deportment and in proportion arise impediments iu the way of discrimination nor do feel ings of propriety or the usages of polite life allow the same liberty of pressing gnb- fcyfjf iti eativeraaiioq with a young wo rn in for the purpose of acquiring solid knowledge of her sentiments and frame of mind which might he exercised towards a ynnngmau without obtrusiveness or fear of offence female life too unmixed with professional concern a is passed more in eirivhte than that of men and thus affords ss scope for information to the inquirer an farther a young woman uecessaril foil iws the routine of the parental family iu w ich she is living aud is guided or controlled hv the opinions and habits of her parents in a greater degree than her brothers who being stationed in their se veral professions are no longer domesti- cted under their fathers roof hence the diflicnlty is increased of ascertaining what is the general tenor of her views and inclinations and what will probably be the prevailing colour of her character and proceedings when she shall feel her self removed from such restraints by mr- ritge and shall be placed at the head of a household of her own to these obstacles is to be added ano ther which i disjoin from all the former because though of no trifling effect it may he regarded as subsisting equally in the youth of either sex the portion name ly be what it may of disguise intentional or unintentional spread over the character through the desire of being agreeable no young woman who is not anxiously vigi lant to be an israelite indeed iu whom is no guile will at all times keep herself pure from a tinge of unreal concurrence in sentiments avowed by a persou whom rated approbation of coudnci habitual or cvidendv acceptable to him and from a variety of smah and nameless accomoda tions calculated to assimilate her in his eyes to himself in a female who par takes of a designing disposition the a- mount of this favourable misrepresenta tion of herself is freqnemly found by sub sequent experience to be very great when we place before us the combined influence of all the circumstances which have been specified as obscuring insight into femalecharactcr we shall not be surprised ifit is not a rare occurrence that a person of the other sex after spending some length of time io common society with youug women remains in suspense as to some mental point which will as suredly have a very important hearing on the domestic happiness of their future husbands he perceives to put a possi ble case the attractive female to he like her companions well bred accomplished ofgood understanding apparently good buinourcd and iu popular language of good intentions but all beyond is dim he has not been able to attain grounds forjudging whether site is under the pre siding influence of that scriptural piety which supplies die only rational basis of happiness in matrimonial life he doubts w ether her wishes are formed to seek their gratification in the calm pleasure aod quiet duties of domestic retirement or whether her heart be not in reality de voted even if in some measure niikuow- jiiglyto herself to publicity to dissipation to glaring show and giddy noise the pleasure of the vain to the love of shining and a thirst for ad miration he gazes on the questionable object of his solicitude and doubts whe ther she may not ee a counterpart of one of the elevated villas in the vicinity of ivome pervaded amidst its beauty and cap- livation by a hidden malaria with which imperious considerations respecting his welfare and comfort must forbid him to bo associated the risk eager hope may reply is not so formidable even should the youug female settled in married life prove at first addicted in heart to the world her situation of itself prompts her to better things new duties press upon her a yoingfamily calls upon bor affections and takes possession of her thoughts and become such as you were desirous to asioriin her to be beforehand but what if she sheuld not become such winrein thlt cim- i comfort alio that she perhaps may become sch h comfort to he staked on the perhaps are not examples f women in whou marriage has not wrought the suppose change present on every side migi not it be rationally expected that the- would abound if before marriage to h wordlvmindrd was o violate duty wa- to disregard the decisive dccaratioi whosoever will he a friend of the vorl is the enemy of god what assurance i there that subsequently to marriage chrii tinn duty is likely to he fulfil lied that ll declaration is likely to be revered i the uew situation introduces new object of attention it commonly increases flu facility of gratifying antecedent desires ifit raises some fresh impediments it n moves some which existed before th- impediments which it raises are ensjs pushed aside by the hand of inclinaiioi the children have charming constitution aud rarely have any thing amiss with them the hoys go to school the girls are f tunatein an ndmiruhle governess general superintendence on my concludes the lady will of course kei every tiling right and win require little my time the rest she laces at the command of her habits and desires ifsueh then he the difficulties of ascer taining the character nfyo mg women hi the upper classes ofocietri and such tl e eon sequences ofthose difficulties what is a vonng woman to do these two tiring first to cultivate the modest uletiunus- ness and transparent simplieitv ofcharaej ter which enables a candid observer pos j scssed of reasonable opportunities to dis cern what the internal dispositions nndj habitual views really are secondly to labour under the grace ofood hv he con- slant sturlv of the scriptures and by the watchful application of thmi day by da to her own heart conduct so to form her pom pari aud by irs pulsions deepening fervour swayd kvn to the stake she ruhd and ircntlv iii b fltis bright head on her bosom and around mis form her slender amis to shield it wound fdkc close ijanues then raised her glit tering eye and clear- toned voice that said hehall not die he shall not die i the gloomy forest ihrilld to that sweet sound a sudden wonder fell u the fierce throng and heart and baud were stilld struck down as by the whisper of a spell they gazed their dark souls howd be fore the maid she of the dancing step iu the wood and glade and ns her check finshd thro its olive hue s her black tresses to the nlghtv jid jew sume thing ocrmaster d them from tliai young inicu oomt thing of heaven in silence felt and seen aud seeming to their childlike faith a token that the i mat spirit by her voice had spoken they loosed the bonds that held their cap- tivs breath fvoin his hi pale lips they took the cup of death ihey quenched the brand honcath the cy press tree away they cried young stranger tivu art free lash ctk mrctch me on ihfl rack- thev burn m aside i is r flesh ashe poke he flung e and showed his broad breast eoverc wilh scars shortsighted inls jtitle i who sll or him who l if it m my wjii to c couw cm lor mentors as k insrot- fhey chain me too said i lie drew out ie with a laugh of scorn e arm which had been bi- tberto wrapp iu i rode j i clwitiilinks of iron o prodigious thick ness he griped one of them in his hand twisted it ofl vvjt parcel- an effort and lilless disinuco in the atr bucil are ha am to me my lime weofae to suffer i submit to he tortured v hen my time is past i tear away their ftw tiieir dungeons and walk fo trompline their armed men to becqjifhuted iomestic character that it may manifest to sncli pi observer indubitable and consistent marks of christian piety ofafeciionsset on things shove and of that ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is indispfiis me to domestic felicity and is iu the of god of great price eight the american forest girl by mrs hemans wildly and nioornfuhv lit ndifif rtrirm on the deep hush of moonlight forest broke sing us a death song for thine hour is come so the red warriors to their captive spoke still and amidst those dnskv forms wlone a youth a fairhaird youth of england stood like a kings contho from his chbek had flown the mantling crimson of the island blood and his oressd lips lookd marble fierc- ly bright and hib aronud him blnzd the fires of night rocking beneath tlie cedars to and fro as the wind passd and with a fitful glow lighting the victims face but who could tell of what within his secret heart befell known but to heaven that hour per chance a thought of his far home then so intensely wrought thai its foil imarc pictured to his eye on the dark ground of mortal agony rose clear as day and he might sse the band of his young sisters wandering hand in hand where the laburnnms droopd or haply binding the jasmine up tho doors low pillars winding or as day closed upon their gentle mirth gathering with braided hair around the where sat their mother and that mo thers face its grave sweet smile yet wearing iu the place where so it ever smiled perchauce the prayer learnd at her knee came back on his des pair the blessing from her voice the very tone of her goodnight might breathe from bovhood gone he started and lookd up thick cyprus boughs full of strange sound waved over him darkly red in the broad stormy firelight savage brows with tall plumes crested and wild hues oerspread girt him like feverish phantoms and pale stun lookd thro the branches as throduogeon bars shedding no hope ho knew he felt bis doom- on what a tale to shadow with its gloom that happy hall in england idle fear would tho winds tell it vvlio might dream or hear the secret of the forests to the stake they bound him and that proud young soldier strove his fathers spirit in his breast to wake trusting to die in silence he the love of many hearts f ho fondly rcard the fair gladdening all oyes to see and fetterd there he stood beside his deathpyre and the brand flamed op to light it in the chieftains hand he thought upon his god hush bark i a cry breaks on the stern and dread solemnity a stop hath pierced tho ring who dares intrude on the dark hunters in their vengeful mood a girl a young slight girl a fawnlike child of green savannas and the leafy wild springing umnarkd till then as some lone flower happy because the sunshine is its dowor yet one that knew bow early tears are shed for era had mournd a playmate brother dead she had sat gazing on the vict long until tfao pity of bov soul grew strong ft ttn the ahmaxim 8alatihel a stwg of the past the present ana the future 3 eels hno couiurn london 1 128 a copy of this interesting and power fully written work having just come into our hands we are noxious to give our readers an opportunity of judging of its very peculiar beauties aud orgioajty of style lor this purpose we have selected several extracts hut as the work itself is not yet complete we must tefur giving a detailed opinion of it till we are able to read tho conclusion we must however locution that the story commences with line throes that fottaaetd mivwi crucifixion and the siege of juresnlem that the scene i- judea and the principal character that mysterious being on whom the doom is supposed to have been passed of existing upon earth till the second advent the demon epiphanes 11 in one of those wanderings i had followed the course of the kedrom which from a brook under the walls of jerusalem swells to a river on its descent to the dead sea the blood of the sacrifices from the conduits of the altars curdled on its surface aud stained the sands purple it looked like a wounded vein from tlie mighty heart above i still sfrayedon wrpt in sad forebodings of the hoar when its stains might be of more than sacrifice until 1 found myself on the edge of the lake who has evtr seen that black expanse without a shudder there were theiugulfed cities around it life wan extinct no animal hounded no bird hovered- the distent rushing oftiic kivor jordan as it forced itseuneui throun the heavy waters or the sigh of the wind through the reeds a- lone broke the silence of tl is mighty grave of the melancholy objects of nature none is morn depressing than a larce c nsv of stgi waters no gloom ol funs no wiliness of mountain is d nvitinw eiing hs this dreary unrelieved flaltui the nia border the sickly vegetuton of tj0 bore the leaden cdonr whiei 0- vi u lh ky above ii wears tinged bj is bcuuiefrul to ospiere but the water before nw were not left to the drern oi siddeued fancy thev were a sepulchre myriads oliiiiau humps my beneath them eitombe1 iu sup aioas beds the wrath at heaven bad hceiitlerc the day of destruction seemed to pass again before my eyes as i lay gazing on rtose sullen depths i saw them once mora a plain covered with richness cities glit- oii ijk of the loyalist yri saturday 12th july 1s23 the hustle kjeciion week aud the consequent ah total suspension of or dinary business which unavoidable took piece in our office as we believe it did with almost every other occupation compels us u oflcr our apology to our readers for tl e nontvpearance of our pa per this week our next will be issued on the regular da when we shall give a more detailed aecoint of the occurrences oftic week in thciaeantime w e shall briefly ad vert to them for the information of our read ers the election for the town of york com menced on wednesday morning last wm ii jarvis esq sheriff of the district returning officer as candidates john is robinson esq was proposed by alexander awonald esq seconded by mr robert mcighan mr thomas d morrison was proposed by vv w bald win esq seconded by mr joseph caw- thra the candidates having addressed the electors and a poll being dcnihndedou a show of hands the returning officer proceeded to take the votes at the close of the poll ou the first day the result was ir l iii 1 morrison 49 ou thursday at about 5 oclock the poll was closed when the votes stood as follows robinson 110 morrison 93 majority 17 in favour of mr robinson the returning officer having declared john b robinson esq- to be the member elect the usual honours were paid him by his electors and friends chairing him and cheering him through the town with co lours flyiug music playing c- york veeting we have seen with utter astonishment in the cbwoer of 7th instant an account by the editor mr john carey ol a meet ing held in york on the saturday previ ous for the purpose ef petitioning for a redress of grievances and presenting an drees to judge willis au ccount so grosl tmu in i e morning sun multitudes ponng out from their gates to sports and festivals the land exulting with life aud irxurbnco then acloudgathered above i heard tho voice of the thunder it was answered by thee arthquake fire burst fium the skies it was answered by a thousand founts of ire spouting from tte plain the distant hills blazed and thcw volcanic showers over the cties round them was a tide of birniug bitumen the earthquake lieav- ei again all sank iuto the gulf i heard te roar of the distant waters they ntdied into the bed of fire the doom was dine the cities of the plain were goue dnvutothe blackness of darkness for ever i was idly watching the bursts of suflb- ckting vapour that shoot up at intervals from the rising masses of bitumen wbcu 1 was startled by a wild laugh aud wilder fipire beside me i sprang on my feet aud piepared for defence with my poinard the figure w vcd his hand in sign tl she the tla unnecessary weapon t and said n a tone strange and mclancl oly you e in my power but i do not come to injur you i have beeu conte plating your crnotenance for 6omc time 1 iiave seen your features deeply disturbedyour wringing hands your eouvuised forni vou even i am v the voice was singularly mild yet i never hoard a sound that so keenly piereeu m brain the speaker was of the tall est stature of man every sinew and mus- clo exhibiting gigantic strength yet witli the symmetry of a greek statue but discountenance was the true wonder- it wis of the finest mould of manly beauty the contour was greek but the hue was the dark tinge of country gave at times io a more than corpselike pnbusess i had full leisure for the view for he stood gazing ou me without a word ail remained fixed on icy defence at lent s up tlatpoinard voo t no more i art me tl an you cftiild rest me lnifa ere he wrenched a hofio mass of rock fom the ground and whirled it far into i e lake as if if ha beeu a pebble- i zed with fpcocblcss nsiniisbii ent ys per- ued ibe fifturc th throw mc into their prisons they lis in almost every parlicuiartbat iiie to the character of tio country to it i declare the trutl t is stated by the editor of in observer that the meeting was nwnenti ty at tended that from 7 until iii tleit rm conti nued stream e agoiis fille of pedestrians i orses and with farmers pouring in frem ii parts of tie country- tlat there were no es liau ioou pi-r-oii- present that a great number of persofltf addressed the ictting on too that farmers from to to qmitts dis tance were present how many we are not told were there 20 we doubt it much how many farmers in town the night before left it the morning of this famous meeting to attend to their hay harvest a great many can easily be shewn that in refusing to ei tiuue to fit as judge and in denying jldge willi3 from the bathurst examiner judge willis has been suspended from the functions of his office the news of his dismissal was conveyed to kingston by mr henry sherwood who was also the bearer of a commission from his exctllen- on cy sir peregrine maitland conferring c a uagerman esq the temporary ap pointment of judge of the court of kings bench atthe opening of the court judge willis gave it as bis opinion that the court was ill egally constituted and there fore could not proceed to business upon judge sherwoods continuing to prcscvere in the old course judge willis withdrew from the bench the council after long deliberation recommended to his excel lency the necessity of removing him front office until the dicision of his majestf should be known as usual the radical papers teem with abuse for an act which on the part of his excellency was una voidable had this step not been taken all business in this court would have been at a stand and incalculable loss and incon venience must have arisen from the wlim of an individual whoso ruling passim since he commenced his reformation in his province cannot be concealed yes po pularity that echo of folly and shadov of renown appears to be the alpha ind omega of all tbe opposition which juige willis has shown in this he will not be altogether disip pointed he will share tlie commiseraton aud gain the most wide mouthed populari ty of the radical tribe euch popularit is however gained without merit and ost without a crime the whining cry of vindictive vengeance which is now railed is so pitiful as to excite nothing but a smile of contempt in accordance with our own opinion of judge willis conduct is that of tlie hon- treal old gazette- a paper which for loy alty patriotism sound principles of go vernment and just views of public meaiurosi province i iipr sir from the quebec star the dismissal of judge wil lis tbat a prccesiou v at from the meet ing to judge wlllift quaitcrfc headed by 11 tbe editors of papers j2 members of the br 5 medical gentlemen 47 offi cers of militia and 11 magistrates that 500 persons within an hour signed the pe tition the plain truth is that a meeting was called by a very inflammatory and un warrantable placard for tbe purpose of discussing judge williss removal from of fice much industry was used to procurea numerous attendance of people of the town and country but the attempt was a perfect failure no person walking through the town from 7 to 12 would huvt discovered any unusual number of persons assembled about 12 or 1 from 200 to 250 persons were assembled in the market place not more than are often collected by any acci dental or unusual occurrence tlie number never was greater and of these a ert number were mere spectators neither par taking in feeling or conduct with those who called the meeting und many os them boys there teas absolutely no injtua ef strangers of those who attempted to address the meeting scarcely one individual was suf fered to be heard but such as spoke in fa vour of it several of those named attempt ed to do so but were not allowed- three editors out of four in town did go from the meeting to judge willis among them was the editor of the observer- 5 mem bers of the bar 2 physicians if there were any militia ogicers besijess one or two who harangued the meeting we did not observe them though it is possible there might be 2 or 3- o one magistrate this is true the rest of the statement is an impudent bareijed falsehood it was evident that the whole move- moot was prompted by adesffo to inilu- ncethe rlectioii in the towu ich was to commence on the wednesday following and tint it was my thing but respectable either iu its com net or resulti how far is object wis attained is best proved by loiesuli of the election the editor of the canadian freeman while evidently desirous of producing ile same impression with respect m this mee ting has certfuily been more guarded in bis expressions he tells us thit such a meeting was nevtr before seen mi iork this is true hut uot in the acceptation which he would have attached o it tor copftmon irreguunitytiad m nt of com mon decency towards those who attempt ed to address the meeting ort other side of tlie question such a meeting truly was never before seen in ork uor any where else we believe w ar told the late occurrences in the king bench of upper canada adverted to in a letter which you did me the honor of inserting your last number but one seemed to be 80 surprising as not to be likely to be sur passed in novelty a judgment seat con verted iuto a tribunes rostrum a j lge into a haranguer of the populac aban doning his seat aod inciting them tolsvel it to tlie ground might well excite pky for the short sighted individual if thedenger- ous consequences to which such extraor dinary conduct might lead left room- in the breast of the well disposed for any oilier feeling than alarm and indignatjos amongst tlie illiterate and umtrformed the arguments of tho learned ftiuftf might be presumed to have had some weight but that they should have been adopted by professional gentlemen nay acted upon too is marvellous indeed it issaidin the york freeman republished in the quebec gazette of monday las that three lawyers after making protest threw ofl their gowns and left the court- ope may refer to this as it has appeared in print and has not yet been contradicted it would not be fair again to repeat the names of these gentlemen unless this now incredible stoiy received further conirmation the ground upon which its troth may be ques tioned is that it is quite impossible pro fessional gentlemen of he ability and standing of those referral to could have adopted the wild and viionary notions of the learned judge at the same time it renders it futile to enter ntoaexarainatiou of the reasons given by tjat learned judge for his extraordinary opiiionsvniore minute than their intrinsic meit would seem at all to require the opinions attribucd to the learned judge in question ar two first that the court of kings bnch io upper ca nada is not competent k proceed to business in the absence of tbe nief justice of that court n secondly teat the chief justice having absenttav himself from that province without leae first obtained from the governor in cuncii such absence created and absoluteforfeitore of his office it is obvious to tb most casual observer that the second question did not come at all before the court for ifit were true as held by the learnel judge that the pre sence of the chief lustice was essential to the constituting of court then it became a matter of idle or 11natured curiosity so far as the particula judge was concerned to inquire why hi was absent and this long obiter dictwi of the learned judge might well bave ben dispensed with in reference to vhatissaid by the learned judge of the forfeiture of the chief jus tices office it is o be observed that when judges are guilt of acts of misfeasance or nonfeasance in their office they are like the rest o his majestys subjects amenable to thelaws before a proper tri bunal but in tommon with the meanest of his majesty subjects they have a right to be beard bebre they are condemued it is not througl tbe back door stairs of an executive comcil onice that evidence is to be hunted ip against them or for them they are uotto be condemned unheard by a single iudwdual of their own body ar rogating to hmself au authority which the law has not giveo to him if then the learned judgs had rightly determined this question as n tbe vacating of the office of the chief jistice of upper canada over which sittiig in that court he had no jurisdiction his judgment would bave beeu an illegal me because of his want oi jurisdiction it will be presently shewn that iu the exercise of this assumed juris diction he has committed a great error if he has bne that which he ought not to have done it affords him no excuse that lie has omittfd to do that which be ought to have done if on tho one haud he has taken upon himself to decide the question of tlie effect of he absence of the chief justice which vm not within brs coguizance it i it i i ii i it it lie jurisdiction of himself and his associate justice he has abdicated as it were tho office and powers vested in hirn by law wic question is a great constitutional one not at all to be examined io the way or with the minute and obscure diligence of chancery special pleader its decision is to befouud not merely in the judicature act of upper canada which has been al ready adverted to but in the first in tho order of time and the most important in point of matter of the laws o be found in the statute book of that province by the provincial statute 32 geo hi c i intituled an act to repeal certain parts of nu act passed in the fourteenth year of his majestys reign intituled an act for making more effectual provision for the government of the province of quebec in north america and to intro duce the english laws as the rule of decision in alt matter of controversy re lative to property and civil right it is enacted that from and after passing of this act in all matters of controversy relative to property and civil rights resort shall be had to the laws of en gland as the rule for the decision of the sauic englishmen or descendants of englishmen the inhabitants of upper ca nada were desirous not merely of assimi lating their laws and institutions to the laws and institutions of england but of entirely adopting the latter they were desirous of appropriating to themselves the collected legal- wisdom of their ances tors to which they might confidently refer in cases of doubt and difficulty and if the learned judge had done so upon the present occasion he would not have hazarded the daugcons opinions here combated independently of the considerations al ready stated in a previous letter it must be continually born in mind that the ju dicature act of upper canada is posterior to the act just mentioned and must be construed conjointly with it itwas so construed at the time of it passing and has been so uninterruptedly down to tho discovery made by tho learned judge- let it be observed also that in that tract of time tho bench of upper canada can boast of men of high merit mr osgood the first ghief justice of upper cauada was a man who would have adorned any irssllccussorwaauatrte lavveram a most accomplished scholar if mr al- cock who succeeded him had sacrificed less to the graces and to polite letters it was because his time had been exclusively- devoted to the study of his profession and he too was a most noble lawyer the sojk plement of viners abridgement attests his industry and ability he had the extraor dinary merit too though bred atthe chan eery bar of understanding and appreciating tbe sound and sterling pripiiples of the common law of england it is to be hop ed that these men have been worthily suc ceeded without entering into a minute exami nation of the reasons offered by the learn ed judge it may be observed generally that the authorities which he refers to con cerning the strict interpretation to begiv en o statute ema c up jbfffeefr apply io courts having a particular juris diction the court in upper canada has a general jurisdiction most of these parti cular courts are in abridgment of tbe com mon law the court of kings bench in- upper canada is in furtherance of the com mon law proceed we now to the consideration of the seeoud position of tho learned judge wherein he still more lamentably titubate- th the absence of colonial officers from their duties has from the earliest period of colonial history been a great evil to which it has been the object as well of the fixe- cutive government oftheparentstate as of is to be found in one of the earliest of the kings instructions whereby it is provid ed that after six months absence the pay oi the officer shall be stopped until his return to the colony but this instruction was disobeyed by the governors of the colonies and great abuses and consequent com plaints arose it was to remedy these a- buses that the statutes referred to by the learned judge were passed the first in order of time is the 22d geo- c 75 tho first section of which provides that from thenceforth no office to be exercised in auy british colony or plantation shall he granted or grantable by patent for any longer term than during sucb time as the grantee thereof or person ap pointed thereto shall discharge tbe duty thereofin person behave well therein the second section authorises the govern ment and council to remove officers who shall be wilfully absent from the colons or plantation wherein the same wot ought to be exercised without a reasona- 6e cause to bo allowed by tbe gover nor and council for the time being of such colony or plantation or shall neglect tho duty of such office or otherwise misbehave therein with an appeal to his majesty in council the third section provides l that i shall be lawful for the go vernor and council of any colo- ny or plantation to give such leave of 11 absence as they shall see occasion and in such case asnkewise in the case of va- cancy occasioned by death or amotion to provide for the due discharge of the du- tissofsuch office or offices until the kings pleasure shall be known the fourth aud last section provides that noth- 11 ing therein contained shall operate to tho prejudice of any subsisting great of such office or offices or to prevent any of- fee being granted determinable at ptea- sure now this is tbe whole of the 22d geo ill the statute 54 geo hi c 61 was passed as is expressed as well in its title as in its preamble to amend the before mentioned statute 22 geo iii the lat ter statute was confined in its operation to patent offices its provisions are by the 54 geo hi extended to offices granted by commission under his majestys sigu mauual or by any other commission warrant or instrument under which of- fices in colonies have been herotoforo or may hereafter be grauted governors of colonies hy the d section of thin sta- tuto are required within one week af- granting the same leave of absence to report the same to one of his majestys principal secretaries of state for todnv- v 4