Description | Grenada, has cause to believe the death of General Leyborne "will create a suspension in those measures particularly which it may have been the views of Government to effectuate", in spite of the distresses in the country caused by the failure of credit in the commercial line, he believes the new islands would have quietly granted a duty to His Majesty and his successors equal to the revenue raised by the 4 1/2 per cent, the sooner a new Governor is appointed the happier it will be for His Majesty's service and the inhabitants, "Governor Leyborne had just attained a true idea of the constitution and people, and was entering into measures to effect a reformation, when the colony received a severe shock by his death" |