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position of a confidential adviser of the Crown, since it 
is impossible that their advice could be received with any 
other feelings than those of doubt and distrust.” Mr. Card- 
well justly felt that to leave the Governor in office after that 
dispatch was impossible. 
It was believed in the Colony that his recall was due 
to his support of the Legislative Assembly, who thanked 
Sir Charles Darling for his services and decided to grant 
£20,000 to Lady Darling for her separate use. Sir Charles 
Darling proceeded home, and made efforts to secure a reversal 
of the decision of the Secretary of State. In 1867 he in- 
timated that Lady Darling would be willing to accept the 
grant. On the other hand, the new Governor was informed 
by the Secretary of State, in a dispatch which was laid 
before the Assembly on February 19, 1867, that the grant 
could not be sanctioned unless Sir Charles Darling was 
finally relinquishing the public service! In April Sir Charles 
Darling relinquished the public service, and the Governor 
submitted a measure to the Legislative Assembly on July 23, 
1867, proposing the grant. 
In 1868 Sir Roundell Palmer proposed in the House of 
Commons that the Governor’s conduct should be condemned, 
but it was clear that the Governor was right in his action, 
as he was not entitled, by refusing a formal recommendation, 
to thwart the will of the House of Assembly. The grant 
was tacked on to the Appropriation Bill, and the Appropria- 
tion Bill was rejected by the Upper House on August 20, 
1867, by twenty-three votes to six, with the result that 
a deadlock ensued which lasted thirty-two days. The 
ministers advised that there should be a prorogation as 
in 1866, and that the House should then be called together 
again for the reintroduction of the Bill. The Governor 
declined and the ministers resigned; the Governor being 
unable to find others had to reinstate them, proroguing 
Parliament on September 10 and calling it together on 
September 18. In the new session the Appropriation Bill, 
with the grant included, was passed by the Assembly and 
t See Parl. Pap., H. C. 310, 1867, pp. 37, 38. * Ibid., p. 54.