HASZARD’S GAZETTE. MAY 18.

cues; and then moved that H the Prolltortotary " jtldl reason. alters the snuctrnsnt contained in the that * no single change which it is in the power of a

be struck out of the Resolution before the Com- mittee.

Hon. Mr. Coin stated that the annual ave- rage for three years, of the fees feC0l\'t.'ll by the Pi-othcnom rid his Deputies was £125. the

rose out or the‘ fires years belit 3377.

he . gsutlemmi then pro scd t the salary tohhahnfleer, in lieu or u. I fees. payable to him 'fi&GovernlnIt. should be .l;l.t0. tixi.a.\' oqjected that that would Ito ‘ ' fairl w th the Attornc Gene- £ ' I‘ 'ol‘his foes was 5437, itrid yet his salar had on fixed at £300. If the avo- rage of t e Prothonotary‘s foes was only why should his salary be fixed at £150 l

Mr. Gun. The average of his fees for four years is £170. 1 think we may fairl agree to

160 -- y “ '

Hon. Mr. PALIII. B his ovru returns, the ahvorsge of his Crown ees is £140. and £40. t e annual allowance made to him, by the legislature, ed to that, makes £180. His own returns may be implicitly relied upon, for i_so_ptiblic oficer can_ more _accurate than be

o co. uld be done to

Hon. Mr loan hoped justice wo gsou : he was

so deserving an ofiicer as Mr. H

a most correct one. Hou.|lr. Porn. e believed sixpence had never is hxed ofi‘ any of his accounts. He

had never manifested a desire to foist new char into his accounts. He was most punc- tual and correct in all his transactions ; and he (lies. Mr. Pope did not believe that a more eicient public 0 r was any where to be met with

Erin. Mr. Cons. His own average of his fees was onl £150 (is M. He (Hon. Mr. C.)

thou ht a ry of £150, in lieu of Crown fees, we be quite lar enough; especiall as the fees to which won] be entitl as

Prothoriotary, would (as shown by the returns) amount to about £200 a year besides; of which those would be £150 to himself, and £50 to his Deputies. He (Hon. Mr. Coles) would move £150. with the understanding that the allowance of £40 should be struck out of the Appropriation Bill.

lion. Mr. Psalsa was satisfied that the ave- rage of the Protlsonetaryfs fees amounted to more than they had just been estimated at. He would move that the salary be .9180.

Mr. Lottuwoanr, after having highly eulotzized the character of Mr. Hodgson, as s public oflicor, and referred to the long period of his service-

- thirty years--said that the average on which it was proposed to make the salary £150, was the average of his own receipts, and did not include what was received by his Deputies. £l80 would. be (Mr. L.) thought, he as low a salary as they plould, with any proper regard to justice, allow

at.

Ben. Mr. Poss. It ought to be remembered that, attbe sottlometttof the Civil List, that otliear was thrown over-board, and received nothing as s compensation for the loss of his salary of £90 sterling, paid by the British Government. £150 would he a salary ridiculously small. It was well known that he did nearly till the business arising out of Crown prosecutions: that he travelled the circuit four times s year. and paid his own depu- tiss. If any public oficor was entitled to have pin salary determined by a fair avenge, he certain-

y was.

-Hon. Mr. Cons. We ofisr him as much as he lo be entitled to by the average of his own returns. We have, upon the Journals. I re- tnrs of his foes for l6 years, with his own name attached to it ; and the average for that period does

h_ _ _,_ i_ w .‘i1'.°§.’.‘f.‘:i.."I.‘:"i°‘..2"..‘3..“3.'.!'.‘..".'i"" """""" npiuy.n;"h-2 one vzgseugm “Ne-‘fork-rig nsta wt t sum to mor th £150. - - - - P.“ not more it - ve , an I know that he is a good and capabl: ofiitlier; but, |n‘A:l‘:Is|l:.‘N,A siiawnm u“:lEdlsls°°::.smu.ellv° Iuhy the mlradfifi 3313- 5|‘ C £335“ ybzq‘-I-other uni: -:me;.r-No. filled the oflce Dissentiont.iu nu Coaucihtoboaddod til 5-:8 09 mm ‘M A mm": ‘W somcret a r. h BllI.h tedb these he ppartsd '0 Pl”. '1' 3 ‘ ‘Hon. Mr. Tlt0lI':.0lt. He can not believe that iii :oted forIit.w“ " ’ ' " err! lithe colonists vmwi-o. they would di

srrotbur oflce II the Colonies was as well

ducted as Mr. flodgsnn’o.

invariably correct; and he had always s legal ' boulders

COH-

tl . The Prothonotary has plenty offrirnds upon the door of the House; and they push their advocacy of his merits and claims so far, that one might imagine they meant to provoke accusation. I acknowledge that Mr. Hodgson is a good ollicm; and I am very willing that he should be fairly recumpeased for his public scr- vicoo; but that willingness will not induce me, for-the sake of promoting his interests, to dis ate the correctness of his own returns, as some ofpbis advocates do. I am satisfied that his returns are correct, and quite willing that the average~should he struck upon them. I cannot however agree that the £40 a year which has been annually voted to him by the I-Iocse,sincethe establishment of the Civil List Bill,should be taken into account when striking the average. That sllowace, l in- clias to think, was only made to induce him, as an old and ex ' public servant. to make himoolfueeful to the raw hands that were coming into oflee; and l believe some have had reason to be very thankful for the assistance thus provided for tlrsm—some, no doubt, more so than the Hon. the Treasurer, eager as he isin his advocacy of the Prolhonotsry’s claims, although it may be that on his taking possession of the Treasury oflloo, Mr. Hodgson gave him a few lemons on turning the key of the money cheo The Chairman. Mr. Faun then put the ques- tion on the motion of the Hon. Mr. Cons, that the, Salary oftho Clerk of the Crown be £160, in lies of all fees which might, otherwise, be pay- able to him by the Government. The Committee divided-—Ass:s—-0, Nara--I0: so it was lost, Mr. Mott-roouaartlinmnvod that the Sale be£170; and thoqassticn being put thereon, it

t.

wssag to.

Hon. Mr. Conss. I move that the salary be for all services which be has hitherto . Hon Mr. Ttsoain-oar. I am glad the hon. geritlomau has made the motion; had he not done so, I won .

M.r..ilavn.arrs These services then will lu- clndo the drawing of lsdietmsnto for the Attorney

ner .

The House was thus ressiaad and progress

repprtod.

on. Mr. Coles moved that it be an instruction to the Committee of the whole House, when is further oaideruties co the said Bill, to reconsider the Salary to the Clerk of the Crown,

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Ysss—Hon. Mr. Colos, q!"l.on. :r. Whslan, N L. ll 1 H ‘ M Thorn nor, on. r. too, . Mr.::tgotttwry ' ‘ , _ . Gssiptcu -11. passed ' llno.&.Yoow¢'oSrstsw the fig-ry J Hbe Ilwaid arises." hhwifihsstyvhvz - t&

His proceedings were

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section ofthe statute paued in the ldth our ofth.-i reign of Queen Victoria. cup. 8. intitul " \u Act to coturitute the crown revenues of Prince Falward Island, and to provide for the Civil List thereof. as well as for certain coiupensatious therein moat ." and which‘ the Charter of Responsible Govern- ment, must graciously granted by Her hlqjosty to this lslaqd, and which enacts. that the saary of the the sum of £l50 of lswl'ul molt! hf P. 3 ad per anuuut. the some to be user and above all fsseuud allowances, then or at the time n_ftlie padng ‘the said Act allowed by law to the said oficor

Secondly. Because the present Attorney Gsrtorul

125 was appointed udu uud by virtue of the said Aut

above referred to, and accepted cfice upon the terms thereof. ‘ _wben this Bill was introduced into the House of Assembly, he was never notified there- , was sevov required-to ivs saystatomoa oftho fees and allowances recoiv by him, was never asked by any member of the Government, or otherwise, if he were willing to commute hie fees for any sum of ninnsyasa 'lieatltoroof.aadwssaovor consu ted in any way relative to the visions of the Bill afi'ecting bis yearly income. t becousidors such conduct on the part of the House of Assembly not only unjust to hint as an individual, but also an- constitutionsl. and that those members of the Govern- ment, viz: on. ossers. Coloo, Wsrbutun, P Lord and Jardine, who voted for the Bill, were gut ty of a gross violrition of their compact with ' host

in w he accepted ofise, and have thus committed a breach

faith, because it was clearly understood that be was torernaiu iiiofilce upon theterrns of the said charter so long as he wished, and so long as the pre- sent Government could comma a majority in the

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Thirdljr. Because the salary in itself is not a fab’ commutation for the Attorney Genersl's fees and allowances, and is altogether based spun as footing with that of the Solicitor General. That the salary, fees. &c., of the Attorney General amounted to about £450 currency per annum. and which the Assembly first reduced to £800 cy., and then refused to agree to the suggestions of the Legislative Council. who raised it to 400 cy., including ' ceivsd by the Attnrnc General under the Land Assessment Act, sot ' but by the holders of"land in arroar of amount and which came under the head of pri ed the salary to £800 cy., and to which the Asasruhl consented. That

Attorney Generslat least £100- takin P‘! l

a sum of men from the Atterne Solicitor General, and which t Attorney justice, and to which he could not a party Becussotbe salary of £800 iasqual to £238 tic. Sd. altogether inadequate for the salary of the Attorney General. That no such salary would idea a res- pectable practitioner. bavisg prn qualications and egal sstuteness, to accept the co, as he is obl' ad, from be' a member of the Executive Coanci . to devote several hours during the best of three or four days in each month at the Council Board, to spend ten weeks in the year at his I islstive duties, to iittend circuits, keep an aficieut c k ata so of at least £50 ., r annam, and daily to give opinions either to the overumorit, or to hlagimrstus, or to Public Otficers so that the greater part of his time is thus necessarily taken up. l’-‘itlh . ause the face nd allowances of the Clerk c the Crown have been commuted at £100 cy., per annurn, cr£l 18s. as. stg., without his consent and against his wishes; out of which he is ' to pay two Deputies, in Prince and King's Counties, and to attend tbs circuits at his own .

or these, and other reasons that the Attorney General, fooling confidence Ill t

member of the Executive Council, to the veruor. sraanas Ycwrro.

Protest of the Horn. VVt'IIs'cnrStosnbrycitdJ. P.

Dr'as¢ntv'¢nt.—Because the Act to commute the Crown Revenues of Prince Edward Island and to provide for the Civil List thereof, as well as for certain compensations therein mentioned, was tain- ed so roeently as April ltd, 1051; which Actuar- rendered the property certain conditions, which this Act violates. These conditions are contained in the Ivst and sixth sections of the said Act, the latter of which is as follows:

" Unto the present or any future Attorney

sum of One hundred and filly pounds of lawful cur- rent mouey as aforesaid, per ascent. to be over and above all fees and allowances now or at the time of the'pasaing of this Act allowed by law

to the said ofiicer.

“Secondly. Bocansob,|ovenrif"l:hvvove admitted tht t rswersan probsiit o t thisccmpact, examination s old he hstlcf the val: of the Attor- ney Gensral's fees and those of the Clerk of the Crown, with all the attendant circumstances, such as whether there may be any increase of duties and ser- vices since I passing of the above recited Act, as that a just oeoimutaticu, if any, mig ha oficcsd which has not been done.

Thipily. becsllsc Kept-ls:d sum or £800 is not a air uiva out t as r appohtod under the above r.s?:ited Act, and the fees.’

Fourtlily. Because the Council were of opinion, that £400 was a fitting sum is the we efcemmutsp tion. and have subsequently agreed to laser sum, thereby svincing that their oplsios was, hat of , that£400wasarnors ' amount.

' ri.r.rasr Swsssr. .1. Picnic Bans. Council Clmmhov, April II, IO“.

nuance I301 nu urns

THINGS TALIID 0!‘ IN LONDON ‘ , ,April. ISM. .

i utoimdaifit ’ Era,’ in “it: count a u it discomgfort of lines who of trylpgto look hoary in undocu- bea roouis,w reeirisymentlsoutofths

uestion. Am those t selield at the uses 0

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history of s tlcns, as Shir-ies in parliament, is al charsets and

foes ro-

to him by the Government "9

That the Legislative Council then sabsquoutly reduc-

I the fees received by the Solicitor

ha . It ma rha revive the fortunes of S.‘.":°.::.'..'..';*:."':;‘;,-.:.'.':'.‘.f'.' .._...’.:;- 5;;-_f,f°-C-_-_gp_;.-’l;=g-’j;;»_;-’i',=;.‘ no pg--,3--a; salary to £100 cy.. thereby iving £30 over and d ‘t the mouth of t . scum‘

be h‘ f ddod f he in ftbo ll " I. m n “ numb yosfist last year are now enclosed and

General to General did not consider to be fair or equal handed

c,'.. which stg., fixed by the Bill, ‘is

Inudgh.

might be given. that he could place so embers of a Government who

°°','d l’°°’C'l“! 0‘ “fill Willie‘: 30040704 55 |'0'll- consideration the Americans, is for a line of nation the odicu of ttornsy General, and ass ‘ix ’ 0 ton. “oh, go "In on“ g u"'- d Eastern

nftbecrowuiutlfnlslasden L1

the of this Island, as and for the salary of that clue, the pndo

government to e t our inouetarv synteitt. would be felt by all classes as equally lD0llt'll(‘|lll with this.‘ Surel it is time that the benefit should be ea ially resents but few di cultieo. Reckou 1000 rtbings to the pound sterling; and then, ad- vancing by tens or rte of tens thro ll our other coins, the thing is accomplish Tbs decimal system must prevail some day; why not now! The change would seem to be the more necessary, in face of the new treat of commerce between Prussia and Austria. w ich is much talked about. 'l‘he efi'ect of this treaty will extend from the Rhine to the Rhone, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, and will benefit 78,000,000 of people. The absurd and vexa- tious custom-house ulations at the nume- rous frontiers, are to set aside in favour of raw materials, which are to be admitted duty- free into either state; while in the whole terri- tory out by treaty, even is l_mly, the coinage is to be uniform in value and in _n_anie. How greatly such a measure will facilitate commercial and social intercourse. will be best understood by those who have suhred most from the defects of the present system 2 but to render it complete, there must be uniform post- We are mised by our post-ofice au- ties, that euceforth sixpeuce shall be the charge for letters to our colonies, in whatever part of the world. It is objected, however, hatthisrateisfarteohiglnandtbeadvocstee of Ocean Penny-postage are no way inclined to 'eld a point 0 their demand. There is no distress to out these reforms bein attem ted. The eadweightof pauperisni is irninis - ing; the number receivin r-law relief on January 1, 1852. was 835 1 of the present year it had ihllen to 99,443 In Ireland, too, the expenditure for u re in

1852 was L.$0,000 under that of 85 ; and, though emigi-ation_still on ra idly, the tad are a y relet e Irish

with a view to improve their home-stocks. Here a project is mooted for a Land's Improve- ment Oompany—to in and improve farms and estates, and recover tbe_coat by an annual

1500 acres im

, acres more are to taken in during the present to cost more than L.l50,000 ; and the result, it is mid. will pay a handsome dividend. Such are a few of the sub’ is touched upon at the above; while at Lord

‘van. the whole cycle of sciences comes in for discussion. In addition to the Fellows of the Royal Society his lordshlp’s invitations bring together mom rsof theroyal fhmily, the minis- ters of ants, e foreign am on, a host of individuals eminent in art, learning, and literature.

, ur rnerohnts are at on the alert by the met, that a considerah e trade is springing up between the United States and Australia. There is mlk of a line of steamers from New York to Melbourne. The Golden Age is the ruins of a vessel just built to pl from Panama to S ey, in connection with e trsflc across sthmus. She is 30(1) torts burden, and is to cs 1 passengers, and will tover her portion of the route, across the ific, so

for cool, of which they have abundance, as we as gold, and thereby insure greater certainty

in steam navi tron. Another scheme under

month between Western America an Asia. Shrtin from San Francisco, they are to touch at the Sandwich Islands, on their way to China and Japan. Brother Jonathan evident- ] believes, tbs the rebellion in China willopen c ces in his hvour; and to keep them, it is said he means to arm his vessels.

not

been . . Percy that ‘ a sensible an visible amount o gold has been extracted from every variety of British and foreign lead, as well as every s ' on of litharge, niinium, wbltelead, and see to of lead, which has been examined. It has also been ext-acted’ in very sensible proportion, fiom scmmercial bismuth. Between mm and fo determinations have already been e.’_ After thisdiscovery, we msyhquslig our o onof the old alcbernlsts wi a lime chsriy: they r

their belief vs theta creditf

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in or the

. Much of the dealhess occurs to be caused b an sper- turs having ‘formed in the drum of e ear ' in , an ar

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as the process an

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season. The whole work of reclamation is not oi

as an acco:u‘l‘lrs been Indian ' s are receiving much attention,

the graph, and 21,

Toyn , read before bins some particulars inte- no tlficlal drum, made of v,ul- in l r ‘M pri tin and the time. The to in 3531.4

apesrsseeef raise c:ustrylsassvio.s:flo ones

In the present -activity of geological inquiry, the subject is ttlttrly interesting ; but it is only by very c observation, that we shall be able to dqterinltie the point from trustworthy til. ' It w’ surfidso Inn to know, that we need “° '1." .... £15?" . .. our on wn g is , an an n- dent of the foreigner--if such iude ndencp: is worth caring about. Mr. Alexan er Forsyth has addressed a communication to the Horti- cultural Society. in which he says that, having considered that thotcu of Porn ua is it species of holly, he tried our common holljmlles t-qrufo- lisvrt) . and finds the leaves, when washed, equal to ordinary five-shilling tea. The prickles serve an impormnt purpose, for they kee the leaves separated during the rose , a thus mve the trouble of requent turning. The smell given of is at first unpleasant, but it dies entirely as the leaves cool. ,What wi drinkers. confirmed ti pling tea-drinkers, say to ' rs th. ‘The very ten

t, and abundant, growing even in the en-hedge. ,A forest of tea-hoeoin full leaf at our doors! Such a bar- fore beeq| selqp.(“Wnste pot

u w i ii so; it not for ird- imo, as grmerlyp; squanderpilenot even at Christmas; but it, roast it, and drink it again and again, for the store will annually renewed, and the future foliage will furnish finer tea-leaves, than those just gather- ed.’ hat on o portunity here for the adul- terators ; they will doubtless take care that the public shall drink holly-tea, whether or no!

Professor Wartrnann, of Geneva, has been working on the conductibility of minerals and the electric light; he obmined the latter by means of a pile offiity pairs wi u ‘s in- strumcut for adjustin the into. The light was such as almost to ' d is assistant; and was strong enough for the mking of dsguerreo- zpes. On one occasion it was found equal to

e li ht front 300 gas jets; and persons could y it at more than 100 a’ distance, although rain was falling at the tints; and it was d stinctl soon froma 16,000 met- res distant rom Geneva. f the results be really as ibed, we may have the electric light in our houses and streets, with apparatus suimble for re ting it. To obviate the ob- ‘ tion t eys would be left in darkness,

fossor Wartrnann shows that several ire of points may be introduced into one an the same circuit, and by placing these at the prin- pal corners and turningo, no rt of a town would be left in darkness. The e ectric light is not forgotten in this counhy ; and a few zealous individualsaro doingotbeir best ’