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 been, by the same secret tribunal, tried, condemned, and if not actually suspended too, menaced with that punishment;—and then insulted with a remission of the same!

On the other hand, every act of administration, which needed, in the judgment of its authors, the sanction of the Council, was sanctioned as soon as laid before it.

Every appointment to vacant offices, or to offices of new creation, which needed ratification, was ratified in advance.

Not a Crown Grant, however odious or imperfect, which needed to run in the name of the Governor in Council, was disappointed of that formality.

How could there be protests?

Who was there to protest?

Not the absent or ignorant General;

Not the Lieutenant Governor, Colonel Caine, who knew what he had to hope from the favour, and to fear from the malice, of the confederates!

The former is not known to have dreamed of such a thing.

If we are to believe Mr. Caldwell, the latter (Colonel Caine) did, at an earlier period, go to the verge, but not a step beyond,—and paused just in time not to exasperate the formidable gang into action.

It was on the occasion of Mr. Caldwell's elevation, from the lower grades of the police department, and