of this description to superintend the court of judicature, there
could no longer exist causes to fear the introduction of party
motives and malicious prejudices, to contaminate the stream of
justice; a strict impartiality would direct every decision, and
those who were doomed to meet with disappointment in their views,
while they writhed under its decision, would not be able to
impeach its integrity. If it were found necessary to adopt any
further measures to preserve their honour unsullied, the
rendering their situations limited might probably produce a good
effect; and a pension might be allowed to them on their return to
England, if they were able to produce certificates from the
governors and lieutenant-governors who had held command in the
colony during their residence, attesting the incorruptibility of
their conduct, and the zeal which they had displayed in the due
execution of their duty. A farm might also be allowed to the
individual placed in this important office, if it were thought
expedient, under certain restrictions which should prevent him
from abstracting his attention from his official duties, at
periods when his professional avocations might require his
presence in the service of the public. A salary of 500L.
per annum, with the addition of these indulgencies, would be
equal to 1200L. a year.

An alteration in the judicial code appears also to be
necessary, or at least highly expedient. In the criminal court,
the judge advocate and six naval and military officers are at
present empowered to decide and try delinquents; and although I
believe that their opinions on verdicts have latterly been almost
unanimous, yet I cannot but call to recollection a period when,
painful to relate, the naval and the military were too