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duties walls Ilitlcll lens onerous than lhose of other public omeers. ‘ I-Ion. Mr. Cous. we establish the Salary

at the a submitted by the hon. iasrnbsr in Its. Clark) itwilhlnmao in, he quih. flj and ifbc will no t lank \ , ‘up that amount, I will second is lnotion. Itishl _tlle fiat this debate II C I - ' lllll not rim a , I think, without having finally disposed e raeassrs before them. Public

fluence over members of this House, and, there- fore, Mr. Chairman, I beg leave to or upon the Committee the propriety of disposing of the clues in at once. -

The Hon. the E-naxn-—ailer having taken a

gentlhan now holding . the _ Attorney General sdvertiu to his having (whilst compass ya country) ob- tained a seat in the ssenibly, where he called “lie 'tutional Lawyer,” and almost immediately em loyed by the Speaker (Mr. Coop:'r) asa kin of Depuzlanw Clerk; 81151 his ng thence called to t e gislative Council of whichhe is still a lIl0lnl)0I—'pI'00O0d0d tosay, that it would not be wise to pro do such a salary for the Attorney General as would make him quib inde ndcut of other avocations. He had 3]] agent for an Insurance oflce; and he ought not on account of the amount of his sabry, to be required to give up any private business or pursuit, so lon as it was not dis- honest or disreputable. It would not be acting wisely, he (Hon. the Speaker) thought, to pro- vide that the incumbent of the ofice of Attorney General sliouli: not be at llber , whhiist retain- in then hisnt,toatt.en toteproseeu- tiogn of arrgo business but that of his ofice: it would, in his opinion, be quite sullicieut to direct that the public business should always have precedence in his ofloe.--The Solicitor General had, he believed, rendered many services gratuitously. for which he might have char .

Hon. Mr. ans. They should allow w t- ever it appeared to them would be a fair com-

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enersl. £100, he (Hon. Mr. Coles) thought, would be a fair salary for the Solicitor General: he would not be reauired to 've u all his time for it. If he ha a tixed as ary, e would do no more than he ought to do for it; but if a salary should not be (£rovided for him, as well as for the Attorney ueral. the country might have to pay £N0 a year, perhaps, to him, or services which ought to have been perform by the Attorney General.

Mr. Mooirnr. Mr. Chairman, I move that the blank be filled up with £350; and that that sum be the Attorney General’s Salary. in full, for, all services to be performed by him, for the Government or the country, in his oficial capa- city. That amouut is quite high as I can consent to go. It will not be his sole epeudence: but it ought to be remembered that it all comes out of the pockets of the people.

Mr. Davin. He woul go for £350, provided it were not intended, in fixing the Salary at that amount, that the Attorney General should, whilst in the receipt of_ it, be vented roru attending to rivate business. ith liberty to prosecute r vate business, that amount of salary won d be a very am le remuneration for all his ublic services. c disscharge of his oflicial dliities required but a small portion of his time; and, as to the idea that more ability was neccssa for the due performance of those duties, t n was requisite to enable a man suc- cenifully to conduct the afiiirs of ordinary life, and that, therefore, his (the Attorney General’s) recompence should be much higher, it was cer- tainly not entertained by him. With respect even to questions of law, there were some, not far from him, whose opinion he would take quite as soon as that of an lawyer.

Hon. Mr. Porn. find fault with is not simply the Attorney General’s engaging in private business, or his attending to other avccations, be- sides those of his other; but I object to the very

larirrg impropriety of his conducting his private usiuese in his pu lie oflccs. do it, however, without the smallest ill will to that gentleman; and I hope the notice which has been talten of the improper practice. in this House, will, of itself, have the efcct of preventing it for me turn. What observations have already made upon the practice of transacting private business in public silicon, are applicable only to the more evident llIIpfl?I‘I¢ly cfsnch a practice; but, looking beyond tb see that very serious evils to the ublic interests might arise from the tolerating of a public odlcer’s carrying on the private business of a mo- ney-lender or bill-broker in his public otli Ifitbs lowed, occasions may, and I think arise. w an i terssta will interfere with the dis- charge of public duty; and experience has taught ' li cases, a man's public virtue, how- ever highl it may have been accounted of, either by himself, or others, has not always been found suflcient to preserve iaviolate his own honor and his publie trust. If, for instance, a merchant or trader, having received pecuniary accommodation. at the of the Attorney General, as a money- lsnder, should become seriously embarrassed in his business, and have Bonds in the Treasury to scene the payment of certain duties, whilst he, at ssnis ‘ms, stood privately indebted to the Attorney General, on account of such pecuniary accommodation, it was quite possible that. in we aeass,ths Attorney General—bsing pretty well acquainted, with the real stats of the erubsrrssed traders sflsirs, as. in all prcbillty, he would be, from the nature of his private transactions with hi.n—taight conceive it quite ri lit to proceed on his own behalf, and, if possib e, to secure pay- Ilisat of wbrainht be due to himself, before any ls- gal steps should be taken, by him, on the Bonds, for the recess of dutim; and the consequence light bsasericus loss to the ublic Treasury. It wssssvtsinly the duty of the House to guard, by every precaution in their power, against such

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On a further consideration of the question of Salary to the Attuney General, 3 ms rsonssclisidssfthe ones having spoken in favor of that amount.

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slash submitted a Resolution fbr in lieu of fees, for the Pro- etk of the

as did not object to the has either of the Attorn

a Barrister and commuting them for s as

District of Knig’s Conn should bring it forward, as Resolution, c. 8. in addition to the two which he had already moved. The Prothonotary, with res t to the fees of his ofloe, occu ed ave iflerent position from the 0 oi the (Attorney General or Solicitor General. The fees of the latter were paid out of the public treasury; but, with the exception of a ver small rt paid on account of the Crown. the see of the Prothouotary were private fees, paid out of the ets of of pri- vate individuals. He thought, if they would rellect, Committee would perceive the impropriety of hking away that ofleer's ' fees, and ying him a salar instead, w en the whole or nearly the whole of is fees were ivate fees payable to him by private rties,an which might, therefore, very roper be regraded in the llyht of private pro essionafcharges. wou be uitc as much pro tie in ropoaing to deal in e same way with he eeso a private r .

Hon. Mr. Conan. I dare say many of the la; era would be very lad to receive salaries instead of sir face; but the o jectiona of t earned mem- ber for Charlottetown were not at all in point. The fees of the Colonial Secretary a egistrar were private fees, not paid

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by the Crown, or the Go- vernment, but by private individuals, and yet they lave. b_een commuted for fixes. and there‘ can no impvcpnet in 'v' t t notar a an ar ,

in lieu 0 his fessycf o‘llic|h?ou the same prirlcipls. 1 Hon. Mr. Porn. It could not surely be the inten- tion of the House that private litigation should be made a source of profit to the Government. Mr. Hodgson, as Clerk of the Crown. was a Government Otficsr; but not as hcnotnry. As Protbcnotary, he was Clerk to the Chief Justice. If they interfered with him at all, they could do so, with propriety,only is his capacity of Clark of the Crown; althcu h be (I-Ion. Mr. Pope) did not think that he would su or by having all his fees equitably commuted for a fixed as- lary. Twenty years ago, the Prcthcuotnry's fees amounted to much more than they did at ssent. Liti- gation had diminished greatly of late ydnrs; and he had card the Prolhouotar say that, in attending the Courts of King's and riuce Counties. be found the amount of his fees to be scarcely suflicient to cover his expenses He (Hon. Mr. Pope) bowevsr,repeat- ed that he thought the House con d not, with propri- ety. intsrfsrs at all. with res at to Mr. Hodgson’s fees cfcllice, unless they con ned themselves to such as he received in his capacity of Clerk of the Crown. Hon. the Sraaxna. 'I.‘bey had not interfered with the private business of the Attorney General : his as- lary was to be in lieu of such fees only as be was now entitled to when acting for the Government. The Protlionotsry did not stand in the same relation to the Gcvernrnent as the Attorue General. and, therefore, ct be dealt with in t e same way. Mr. edg-

scu, if common report spoke the truth, had id a price for the Prothonotaryship; and if litigation dimi- nished, hs should be left to safer by its decline; or, if it increased. he should be allowed the bsneltof the increase. 'l‘he fess received by him, as Clerk of the Crown,lmight, however, be fairly commuted for a

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Hon. Mr. Pausna. So far, the Home might con- sistently go; but they could have no right to interfere with the private fees of the Prothonotsry.

ll . r. Wansna-rorr. The commutation should not be for any fees, but those which were paid to the Clerk of the Crown or Prothonotary in suits or rose- cntions, in which the Crown was either plaiut or de- fsndant.

on. Mr. Loan. He could not see that any bene- fit to the public would arise from such a commutation; and, therefore, he thought it was uselem to l ' upon that question.

Hon. the Sraaxnn. The proceedings of the Committee. in extending the provisions of thD Bill be- yond tbs purposes for which it was committed, were in ular. Whatever benefits mipht be expsotndto rasu I from those proceedings, stil they were hm

. When in the Chair, he was bound to obey House; but be thought it was his duty to state his opinion, to the House in Committee, concerning the lrregularit of the course which they had adopted for the celeb ibing of salaries for other public oficers, besides those whom the ill, when committed, was intended to afoot.

Hon. Mr. Conan. The proceedings of the House in Committee of the whole, with respect to the exten- sion of the provisions of the Bill, were, he contended, quits regular. If the Bill had been referred to n Spe- cial Ccmmittee, to be re rtsd on, as it might have been, they would have had it in their war to curtail or extend it, at their own pleasuremndmo report upon it accordin Iy; and, surely, the House, in Committee of the who , could exercise the sarns discretionary power that could he exert’ y a ial Commit- tee. R. B. avnro, Reporter.

GLBAIIIGS IRON ' LATE PAPERS.

The Colonists of Van Dismsn’s Land, sympa- thisiug with the lady of their late Governor, ir J. Franklin, have collected subscriptions amount- ing to £l.67l in aid the Arctic Expedition. The pence of the humblcst appear in the list side by side, with the £100, £50, and £10 donations.

Tvalnr.—'I‘hs lutsst dsspatches from Constanti- nople represent matters as wearing a more threaten- ing as than ever. The armaments al. the Rus- sian rts on the Black Sea are carried on with an activity nnsxamplsd since I812‘

The Hungarian. by whom the attempt was lately made to assassinate the Ellpetor of Aus- tria, was one whose info had been flogged to dealt, by the Austrians at Pssih, in the year_lB49.

Mnxiou artn -run Urursn S'r.a1'sa.—Troubls is again brawing between these two countries, ari- sing out of the uentlon of boundary. Gen. Lane, the American verncr of New Mexico, has ta- ken possession of the Mesilla Valley, in Chihua- hua, which had caused great surprise at the city of Mexico, and a determination was expressed to drive out the Americans at the point of the bay- onet. The despatch says:

An armed force was ordered to proceed imme-

diately to the scene of action to assist the Govern- ment ef Chihuahua in expelling Governor Lane and his troops. A delegation of the Mexican authorities waited u a Judge Conkliug on the tlth of April, and in a a solemn protest against the whole proceeding. M_r. Fsrwell says, that intense excitement erupts in Mexico among all classes. Governor l"nas, of Chihuahua, had rs- lied to Governor Lsns's proclamation in a power- ul vindication of the rights of Mexico; in of which he produced the Inca‘. unanswersbls do-

Trrn Loss or -rita litusrsncsitcs:.—-A mari- time correspondent of the New York Ilridinis writes assvsrs communication with regard to the less of the Independence, on which the editor says:-—

e writer speaks from his own knowledge of the perished vessel. She was not only designed for river navigation, but was notoriously unsea- worthy. all to passengers on that coast; and her captain did not dare to run her out of reach ofthe land, for fear some accident might sink her, with all on stand itavas the neccs- sit of keeping near enough to the shore to be ..I. u.

to beach her that ran her, a s which resulted in her destrust.ion.- she been a craft It to ut to sea is, Capt. Sampson would have follow the ordinary trash with sskty; but

knowing that every arrival in port was a miracle, on whens rs tlticn he could not rely. be k the scores wh , in case of disaster, would be iksl to kill the ballast number of people. The In t was the death ofs third efthsss on board. — sfsrsscs trots these facts is irresistible, and we asks It wlthsn tlrsssrlocuuus. It is

that the parties who employed the Independence fora route they know her to be totally and palpa- bly unlit for, and who crowded her, frail and menacing as she was, with live souls, are morally responsible for the deaths which have occurred. We do not know who prtiee ars--whether the proprietors of the Vsadsvfllt line, in connection with which she was rinsing, or persons of lens prominence and power; but whoever they are, we ssy—and public opinion will concur in the verdict—that it would bsdifiicult for reckless cupldily to cover itself with blacker guilt than theirs.

Tsaainaa Raiasoan Accrnsr:r.—A terrible accident occurred on the Central Railroad at Chi- cago on the 25th April, by the collision of the express train with an emigrant train, crossing, oi btmiles fsnm Chicago, which caused the death o about20 persons, and the serious injury of 15 others: The killed and wounded were those upon the emigrant train. A Coronsr’s inquest was held on view of the bodies, when the jury returned a verdict that the deaths were occasioned

y the carelessness of the conductor and engineers of the rai ways.

NEW BRUNSWICK.

The New Brunswick islatnrs was prcrogued on the 8rd inst. We find a following paragraphs in His Exoellcncy's Speech on the occasion.

"You have Acts, of some importance to Commerce. by amend the Law relating to Mar- chnt Seaman, by regulating our We' his and Men- sures, and by facilitating the issue 0 Patents and

its ovsment of our Postal connection with Great ritaiu.

I regret very deeply, there is no one political Olicer whose attention Is especially given to our Fipancea. [regret too the total want of Executive IIICIIIHOII? gt: properly controlling the expenditure

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The creation of such olfices however involves ar- ravigsments which require your Illwlioll ll R9?"- sentatives of the People, and as that sanction has not been given, the administration of these matters mast remain in their sun! Illic-

I cannot allow this session to terminate without expressing some fear that inconvenience will arise haseaftsr in this Colony, from the increasing tendency to private legislation ; and such inconvenience will be more felt in ropcrtion as we look forward to the investment wiain our limits of foreign capital."

NOVA SC OTIA. lsnusr-rasu near or -run Rainwar arise uivnnn1'airIit.—0n Monday morning a large num- berof individuals congregated in the vicinity of the Exchange Reading Room, attracted by the resrnce of a mail wsggori filled with a large as- sortment of s lendid surveying apparatds. and also the busts of an expedition of engineers preparing for a start. At length, all due prepa- rations bsing completed, the team drove down to the steam t, which conveyed it and the sengers therein to the Dartmouth side. he crowd dispersed quietly, oflcring no manifestation of concern in the event. although there was not one but fondly looked upon it, as the harbinger of ‘IO speedy realisation of "the cod time ’ we have been so long anticipating. e understand the surveying party comprises two engineers, essrs. sin, and some eight or ten iclred men lit for the toil of exploring the wil srueas. he party was to proceed In far as Schultz's on the eastern Road, and then begin surveying the track of the Trunk Line from Hali- fax to New Brunswick. As several miles ms be saved, it is not unlikely, the Company wil make Dartmouth the terminus of the line. The earliest Recorder.

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The Clipper "Fanny Stewart," owned by Memrs. Dwyer, Brown and others, as just returned from St. Gcorgs’s Bay and Magdalen Islands alter a three was , voyage. with 750 bbls of Herring. We be the I-‘snny Stewart will continue to he as successfbl

roe latent the season, seen this her first voy a to the hing grounds, and that the enterprise o her owners may be richly rewarded.—Ps'ctotr Chronicle.

nasza'f15's cliznrrn Saturday, Kay 14, 1058.

The principal items of news from the Unit§ States have lately been of a very sangiunary character, at first we had accounts of murders by several miscreants, and by the last mails we hear of three shocking railroad accidents and the wreck of the Steamer Independence attend- ed with much loss of life. e first occurrence took lace on the Railroad between Philadelphia and ew York, where the Engine an Baggage Cars were precipitated into the River, the raw- bridge having been raised to allow of the pas- sage of a Steamboat. Few lives were lost on this occasion but it was wonderful the whole of the passengers were not precipitated into the river. he express car,with all its contents, was sunk completely out of sight.

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To shew what sort of a man the management had placed in charge of their bridge, let these facts be borne in mind: The afternoon train was in the habit of crossing the bridge some minutes before the boat was at the draw. On this occasiai, cwin to the number of passen-

rs, there was a clay of some ten or fifteen minutes in the train a arrival at the bridge. And yet the man at the bridge, notwithsmnding the imminence of the train’s arrival every mo- ment, roceeded to lift the draw. 0 irag expostu ted with, after the accident, he stupi - ly said that his orders were to lift the dmw when the boats came, and he had no discretion in the matter. He had been there, he said, fourteen years, and had never tipped a train into the r ver before. So, if the same accident has not ocoured long since, at the same point, passengers may thank their luck, and not the provident care of the rai road management, nor the common sense of their man at the bridge.

The second accident occurred on the Chicago Railroad, by the collision of two trains at a crossing, by which 20 lives were lost and 50 others, some of them dangerously, wounded. The last accident occurred on the 6th Ma and was equally appalling. It was another w- bridge ah .

To say that these accidents have all occurred thron h carelessness, is certainly true, but is the ctfipability to rest only on the rsons who were the immediate cause of such on of life! By no means, we llnd the American pers ra- ting the Companics and owner for their selfish- ness in no unmeasured terms. " Our ancestors says ‘sire New ' Tklhms " unialied the pri- va murderer but they gave ll llber to the

u lie and wholesale one, and we iniita em. t is true baron, the chief of

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against ordinary individual outrage; but against corporations dealing death b steam, water and fire, there is hardly the aha ow of protection."

In our last we noticed the loss of the Albatross, we learn that she was engaged in the line lately organised for the more speedy conveyance of a Iaail from the United States to San Francisco, overland, through Mexico to Acapulca It is said she was fully insured. She was built in Philadelphia, in i851, and is valued at about $60,000 or 870,000. She was ullr.-rwtirtls sold to Captain Sleigh, and received a British regis- ter—-but by a special act of ll. S. Congress, last winter, she was again turned into an American vessel.