HASZARD’S GAZETTE. MAY 14. eeult case! So little was I aware of what had taken place, or what was going on, but let us look ate specimen of those extraordinary extra yudicial proceedinge—(hie honor then read to the House the iuterroptories that had been put to bus the Committee of the House of Ae- Iembly and the answers had given :— lxtroct from Is ees'dence'bc/‘ore the Committee the House 1 Assembly, put the Prtiliqq of M Dprrerh. :' ' Coaslsrr-ea Room. March 3! I863. ‘ —ttr. Dav'iee,'Mr.' YfIacanlay,iHtI. Fraser, Mr. Laird, Mr. Lougwortli. Hen. Ctiaanes Yourro called in and examined. Question. Were you retained by Neil Davvech to to dlefepd him in an action at the suit of B. H. Cam- an I jib--Iwdiehhsd hyhieea Arefialdae agent for Neil_,Darrsch, some time in the year 1851. in yer Jpae. in as esriowbrcagbt b Bentinclr Cifirtbefland dud Wife against Neil srrach on a &meh. Csvsaant. . _ Q. was the case tried in Court and did youdefsud ll ' .1. To thedeclsratiou filed Iput in two Please, One, the srsl Issue. and the other a Plea of Pay- Plesse being iseusable. e cases were not tried In Court, because the agent of the Defen- dant authcrhed ms to confess the suit, which I did. Q. What was the Agent's reason for authorizing you to confem Jedgseentl .1. When he firat came to me he produced certain Beeeipts, on account of Rent severally s' by Capt. Cumberland a h‘ ' which ' when added herwculd exceed the amount of Kent claimed under the Lease. On the fees if these Becsi there was no apparent cause for en posing that t s were incorrect. The Agent or Defendant inform me that he hadhad frequent conversations with the Plaintifi‘s Attorney, Mr. W. H. Pope, to- wards elhctinga settlement, and authorised me to show Mr. Pope those Receipts for that object. Mr. Pope shortly after came into my otlice, and for the purpose of endeavouring to effect a compromise I ex- ibtted to him the Receipts in my 'on. So soon as Mr. Pepe saw one cfthe Receipts be positive- ly asserted that one of the figures in the year had been altered. From recollection, I think it was the year I8-l9 Mr. Pope alleging that by t‘upt. Cumberlend's Books the money was paid and the Receipt given in the year 1048. Some time afterwards when Isaw the Agent of the Defendant, Archibald Darrech, I asked him particularly about the Receipt, desirin him to tell me the whole facts connected with it, an tellin him the consequences to himself and to hie fe- thsri that Receipt could not be substantiated in evi- dence that if it were proved to be a forgery, the Ile- ceipt would be impounded in Court, and e himself made liable to an action and that a Verdict would he passed against hie father which would carry costs and that unless he satisfied me the Receipt wee bone [Ids I would not allow him to go into the Witness box. He positively asserted that the Receipt was substan- tial, that the figure: had never been altered—that the money had been paid in '49. and that the Receipt had been given at the time, and that he would severe to it. o compromise could be etfected between the Plsintifi"s Attorney, and the Delendant. Notice of Trial wee given for Hilary Term '52. I wee ready for 'l‘rial on the partof the Defendant. On the morn- ing before going into Trial, I showed the Receipt to the present Chief Justice " then practising at the Bar" and asked him if he thought it hard been altered, knowing that he was acquainted with the hand writ: ing of both Captain and Mrs. Cumberland. He care- fully examined the Receipt, held it up to the light and 'steted that it had not been altered; but that the fig- ures were 1848 and not I849, and intimated that he could give evidence to that effect. I then took Der- rech, the Defendants Agent, into the Lawyer.e ro- hing room, and told him what Mr. Hodgson had said and in cautioned him as to the consequences. He still persisted that the Receipt wee lzonsflde. I asked him if he had paid the money in ‘49, and for the first time be wevaricated and stated that the Itsceiptliad been given when the money was pa'td.l insisted on a positive answer to my question, and he refu to give me one. I then advised him not to run the risk of purjuring himself or of producing a Receipt that he ltnewto be false. ‘ He said that he would run all risks or words to that efi'ect. I then told him I was satie- fied the Receipt was for ’43 and not for '49, and that I could not conscientiously ask the court to es- enirie that Receipt es en ad- vised him, by all means, to compromise and told him that he would be certain to lose hie suit dhsatiafied with my advice, and left me for the pur- - pose as he intimated, of retaining other Counsel, which I believe he did and got froiu them they were two I believe, a similar opinion. He then returned and authorized me to make the best settlement that I could with Mr. Pope and which I effected, after much consultation with Mr. Pope and himself together. In the Report of the House of Assembly there is a clause accusing me of neglect of duty, and thus has this Honorable Body presumed to pass a oondemnutory judgment upon my character as a lawyer by assertin that I signed a Coguovit or confessed a debt wi out the consent of the Peti- tioner or that ofhis son. I now hold in my hand aoertificate of a person who most fortunately for me happened to be present on that occasion. And before I received it, I cannot tell your Ho- nors the agony of mind that I had ex rienced and even now I can scarcely express t e indig- nation that I felt at the base imputations that had so nuwarrasutbly been cast u n me. [Here his Honor read the Certi (sale of Mr. William Pope, testifying that the _ _]t_lfIglD0llI was signed when. the Court was sitting, the Petitioner being present, and he tliereuuto con- “D . —What has the House of Assembly done ! They luvs not hesihted to brand me with being in- capable of conducting a suit in the Sup:-‘emu Court, thereby endeavouring to fasten a c r in "me from which every lawyer would shri with horror, but they have done so o face of the evidence of two disinterested Barristers, who rove that this man had given his con- sent fore the document was signed. Yes, this House of Assembly, or, more correctly 3 ing, a majority of it, was willing beli_sve t t man, who was quite ready to pcryure him- gglf, by ing ofi'a false receipt, rather than two tobIl.y.disinterested parties. I have said, that this man was willing to perjurs himself, and I think I shall establish this assertion to the en- tire satisfaction of our ouors. This very man —this Neil Darrsch-—to whom the House of Assembly have lent so willing an car, would, hadlttot restrained him b pointing out the eiufuluess of the act and t e temporal pains and psualfiss he would thereb subject himself ea, aotuall have sworn, as in eed he professed hinulf ling to do, that a certain Receipt which had been given in the year 1843 by Capt. Cnnbgflgnd, was given in 849—the figure 3, 1151111‘ been in form similar to the shape of the pg“. 9, ipt several persons saw, for at the time to which I am referring the Sn- preme Court was sitting. and siuougst others it was shown to the present Chief Justice. tl_:e_ns ;-ugumg , who a was of opinion ilietan lisposltioahed been at mpted. now fog-gooth, merely use would be no to so‘ infamous e ft-aud.thst bed ml. ofiw consideration but the I‘-‘;.'.'l"..'l~‘i“.'Z.‘l.‘i’n§'. .0 course they uur ?wu of the Attorney General would have been ta en from him ! Now ylpur Honors, if ever I acted conscientiously any suit Ididso intlw uascofthat. , p- And did lee! Just bees es 1 e would peril his lminorhl , and tlmt he would unhealt- tlhavemsutionsd. d new one to 50 der discustcn took . u change of Governrn place in the year l850,whereby the blessin ' e Government were conceded uted—a new Consti tu- “ An Act to Commute the Crown lauds Ca . 3.——I so when this act was ' the ‘via an c that it was the Charter under which we were to have the blessings of res usible Government. It was under this Act in present Attorney General was up intsd, and the following clause has reference 3 the a lutmeut “ unto -the present or an future ttorney General of this sland,asan for the sslaryof thetofice, the sum of £160 of lawful current money as afore- said anuum, the mane to beover and above all _fees and allowances now or at the time of tliepaniuqsf this Act allowed by law to the mid oflcer.” ell, it was under this clause that-I accepted clue, and I should have thought that if there ‘were any principle in tuen--any honor is a body of men, that they would have‘ considered this clause ieviclable; and, more espe- cially, that very‘ House of Assembly which passed‘ the Aer, and which is still is being. I conjure your Honors to bear in mind, that the same prin- ciple which has been made to apply in the attempt at the reduction of my salary, may, at the capi-ice of a few ‘individuals, who may choose to and themselves together at any time, be brought to bear on the salary of any ofilcer under the Civil List Bi|l—e bill which you all know the Imperial " ‘ ' ‘ ...'='.:l-.c..t which it positively and explicitly declared that it would not concede Responsible Government totlie colony. I say that the salary of every otficer under that Act is equally liable to the same unjust encroach- ment which the House of Assembly, in the plen- itude of their wisdom, have new thought properto make on that of the Attorney General. On the same principle any Officer under that Act may have his salary changed. The Hon. Mr. Swabey may have his £200 a year out down to £100- the Treasurer have his salary out down to £300, and the Colonial Secretary's be cut down to £900 ; and so may it be with all the other ofiloeit. If the can touch one, they can totich all, and, there ore,I say when the House of Assembly attempt to alter my income by this Bill and out me down to £ , it is a violation of the compact entered into--a breach of faith on the part of the Government. I reiterate, that l have heprd of such things as robbing Peter to pay Paul, but never. until the resent occasion, that Charles should be robbed) to pay oseph. Consider, your Honors, this Bill. The Attorney Gene- ral recsived £435 last year, as may be seen by the public eecennts—-the Solicitor General, scarcely £90; and new the House of Assembly think proper to raisethe Solicitor Genersl's salary by giving him .€l00 a year. and reducing the At- turney Generals to the paltry euin of £300. I would ask, is that right,—is it fair—is it honest! Having some principle myself, I confess that I did feel indignant that every member of the Government, except one, should have voted for that Bill—eo indignant at the nnhandsome treat- ment I have experienced at-their hands, thetl this very morning, went down to His Excellency the l inge had been brought under the review of the I know that it was the opinion of the House Supreme Court, that the so. third shaft, and tbat‘ie'the Bill which isaow - thee eed Who lie the other, ,thet the divleba bein the Bill l| fill to the ground, tbstaherr could beafiirther proceedings tskfi In scrue efs manner this has been attem tube or _ plalned away. Now. the osly his of a piece- Oat that has been found, is one solltsr ems, is whidi thus was as squsldivision; I remem- ber myself that iii that easethe Bill was mid to, have been " he np‘_’—-that was the ex ressios n by an .pu,tleman since , -as to the fate ofthat Bill. My purpose is to acertein whether we are competent to go into this ill present junction? with respect to the Bill I have mentioned. as further proceedings were te- ken, and it was last. . I asked you, Sir, the other day, whether you could state what was the pro- -ppreetsp tetukde wltll usston, an you ve r tfiisionv of the lldeee to"sd'i:erwq,f,|hi consult with our late President. ct inceii thityou were to take his advice ssfitiel. ‘Veil. you asked that gentlemaq, and, when you came back, Ithetrght there wcul have has me- thing decided: but you, Sir, told the House that he lied declined to be e arbitrator in the at yndisputs in this House. But. Sir, it was to you looked for a decision, and not to him. and even up to the present moment, you have not said any thing to invalidate the course of procedure that was adopted in the only precedent you have suc- eeded la finding out. I have much more to say; but, at present,l wish to confine myself to one thing, and that is. whether the consideration of the Bill can be resuined—whetlier the rule, or, more correctly speaking, the notice, of this ones which was never to take advantage of a sent members. is now to be depart om! " , tr I would never take the least advantage efthe ab- sence of In lieu. member: nor have I ever done gr. I coul have carried the view I took of the etnpenmtioe Bill, the other day, but when I was appealed to and reminded that an hon. mem- ber who -had tslten an interest in it was sick, I was restrained by a sense ef honor and of justice, and cheerfully consented to its postponement. The Ben. the PBBIDINT And have you not received equal courtesy in return I The Hon. Mr. Swasrv contiuued—I havc,Sir, and up to the present moment it has been the pride and the boost of this House that we have given to each other every courtes and consider- Qtion, but. Sir, without the slig test intention cftusin ohnsive, language I do assert that this is a vie ation of that undersmudiug. The Hon. the Pursioeitr explained that the only case they could find where there was an equal division, was that of the Fishery Reserve Bill which was sent up to the Council several ears it . y The on. the Arioaiver GINIRAL. I remem- ber the Fishery Iteserve case well. I, with some others, took a dedp interest in the Bill, and I recollect we were sadly displeased and mortified at its having been “ hung up” and that in the ‘absence of two or three members I got up and modes motion that it should be gone into: and I recollect too that his honor, our present Pre- sident, said to me “ will you Sir, take such an undue advantage as this in the absence of other honors e members I” We uarrall upon the subject, and after ‘getting into a towering passion, his Honor we into a detail of the In- yustice of the Bill, when I retorted that he could not vs read a word of it. High words ensued, and the upshot of it was, that we were placed in custody for an hour and a half—I rc- member too that_we were made to bow to each other and to apologise. The matter then dro Ltcut. Governor, and told him that I placed ces of Executive Councillor and Attorney ncral at his disposal; and therefore new I retain these situations only so lots as His Excellency may think proper to withhel his sanction to my resignation: and I hope that the vindication I have this day made will go forth throughout every part of the Island. I shall not, at all events, be con- sirlered e cringing creature. A sense of honor prevents me from tsmely snbmittingtothe censure —the bitter esnsnre—of my colleagues in the Executive Council; and that too, without even having deigned to ask an explanation in regard to any matters -eherin they may have differed from me in opinion, I have lived twelve years in this Island without public aid, sudI care not for pounds, shillings and pence mtlieGovernment. Thank God. I have been able to live without being in the slightest degree dependent in Government allowances. I can do so still; and little do those knew of me or of my character who can fora mo- ment suppose that it is either for salary or fees that I accepted Ofiice or retained my situation. In taking the step I did, of tendering those situa- tions I did not consult any rson—not a living soul—not even a member of my own family, and I believe that until the present moment that I declare it, not a human being knew of it, except Ilia Excellency. Therefore, 1 ho that ur Honors will consider well this fill, an be led to see how in'uriousl it afiecte the rights of those that wil be an ject to its operation, if it carri into a law. is unjust- altogether unjust-—end I do hope that you will yet view it in that light. Withrespect to the mere matter of fees, of peounss recom(peuce for professional service, I recol ect, an that not very long ago, too, of a gentleman from the other province receiving, in one week, £12) for his services in this very town—the.t gentle- man was my older brother who was retained in a certain suit that was then pendin in our Supreme Court. One of my own bro are, too, was retained in another suit, also, in this place, which occupied him only two or three days, and, during) which he spent his time in the most ageea le manner possible, and he received his £1 . It is quite acommou thing in En- gland for a Council to receive £400 or £500 for even one da ‘s service, I used, however, dwell no longer on t point, but, if the Government of this Island think that they can get a person to do their work for £300 a year, it will not be Charles Young that willde it-that I know. Some other person may. I should faiu he that his Honor who has made the motion or 'ng into Committee with this Bill, will,albeit 3 s4 ‘ a g his motion to a division. who voted on the Bill before are now absent; and I know wdl that if the Hon. Mr. Din well had had the slightest idea that it woufi have been brought on afin, he would sooner have out his hand of t n have no to his home. Two members ars'uow lei on beds of sickness and ‘unable to attend, and euotli absent, under the impression that the BI been lost. But it would seem tlmt brokslnon Wednesdsy,sndIsapose your Honors are ready, without iefiy interested erd u the sub’ from ea. . Swasev. I would like teknew. from his Honor the Prsndeet, if It lsjast to pro- ‘ the consideration of this Bill at the pe- psssssslm tb be putia of a rule tbstebtatns sldlar d Ftnths eleventh hour, now see the imppopriety ' of ' ' ’ embers a bethsde-rk ped—our present Chief Justice was then resident of the Council, and he insd srgume at have been brought forward by their Honors the ‘to the Bill new vector‘ ' explain. What Imeant to say was, that his Honor exhibited great excitement on the sion of the second reading of the Bill, before he knew whether it was my intention to vote otnot. . lI‘lie“ Hon. Mr. If so, I can saly ‘repeat tlifl I was not conscious of it: bpton your chan ing your course, after what you had sited to be your iuesution, not to vote, I cer- utigly ex ted tlml you would abstain Rom vo 12. u that oeasiou we heard uothhig of eIy- ture Attorney General. Attorney General and Mr. Swabey, members of the Government, a inst ameeeure which has been introduced an supported by a large mp- '£;ity of their exeotmive collca es. I maintain t there has been no redu on of . The principle of the Bill is to convert the fees of that dies into a .. The Hon. the Attorney General. This might have been done with m consent. ‘I he Hon. Hr. Hones. is to any in ividual, and were I in his oncr’s situation I should prefer having one half the amount under a fixed salary than he ope to the'im.pI$tiori of creafing fees for my personal bone t. Having he example of 's in the present Chief us- I conceive that no eoessor oloe, cepcilth respect to the assssin should have deration, both for his own sake and t of the Government with which he was connected. That where too modes of levying fees were no better for his own character and for the popularity of the Government with which he was conueetfed, if he hadpursued the more die- intereeted and merciful course adopted by his predecessor ‘- The Ho . Mr. Youire. What in opposition to the I4 I eat, I am of opinipn that his honor it w The Ben. the Paaarneit-r. Does his Hon. the Attorney General intend to persist in his mo- tiou to send for absent teem re! The Hon. e A-i-iceirar Gairaean. Please urselves. The Hon. Mr. Swasxr. I would have pressed the motion had time rmitted, but in 'elding to the convenience o the legislature Iiwoul only rem t it is incomprehensible to me how your Honors can reconcile ur present in- tention of passing the Bill with a Solar of £300 after our vote of ' as sugges to the House 0 Assembly. The Hon. Mr. Hon. I stated that if it went into Committee our intention was to rise the salar to £350. 0 what has Ellen from the Him. the Attorney General, the subject un- der discussion lias aesuuied a di The Bill will into comm tee more thvourabe oircunismnces—a‘ ficulty is rein great di by the resignation of his hone‘:-1, and wefcphu now up h the Iprthtir cons’ oration o e matter spassio' nets . t has reference solely to his successor. y be Hon repeat, I are not aware of any rmsou which has led your Honors to come to a conclusion difierent from what you arrived at the other day. As I lmve all along maintained I concienciously think that the com- pact with the crown is inviolable, but notwith- standing xi that, if you had the power of changing in fees to u fixed salary, it would be essentially. necseni-_y, I should think, to exa- mine what was the amount of his Ijinor the Atmrney Geeral’s fees. Asto ' upon , I do say that it is much too low, and all profes- s ualmenwilltsllyouthatitisnota flir to remuneration. If the time had allowedl would us both, that he did not consider it fair to bring the matter forward anew in the absence of mem- rs. ' The Hon. the Palmlrr. I put that question to the Chief Justice the other da , and he said that he had not the least recollec on of it. But I consider that the House is not precluded from taking the present Bill into consideration, not- withstanding the division the other day. The Hon. the A-i-matter Geiruea Then I move that absent members he sent for. The Hon. Mr. Hoi.i.. This has been fully dis- cussed and we have come to the conclusion that the Bill has to be dis of. e Hon. the A-i-rosriur Gxxnit. Surely you will not refuse the motion I 8’ it is necessary to explain how the matter brought under my observation. On Wednesday morning, on or way to the House, I met the Clerk and he to d me that the Bill was not die- posed of, and Ireplied that if such were e case, the usual course must be hken, and that I find is, that the Bill be recommitted. The Hon. the Ari-oitrrar . What has become of the Will Bill! The Hon. Mr. Hon. This is not the only The Tenant Compensation Bill is precise- ly in the same position. The Hon. the A-riosrrar GIIBAL. His Honor knows that the jority is the other way. The Hon. Mr. out. In both cases there is the same majo ty. The Hon. the At-iusxrv Gxirsast. Yes. one case you will have 5 to 3, and in the other 3 to 5. The Salary Bill will be gained and th other lost. The Hon. Mr. Hon. Be that as it may, the Bills have to be disposed of, as the have been left by the proceedings of Tuesda t iss- l in the position they were previous to the se- tlon that was taken on them upon that day. The Hon. the Ar-roenv GINIIAL. His onor the President has decided that the Bill should be gone into. ltis a dead lock, and in my opi- nion onc of your Honors should retire. The Hon. the Peseioxirr. If you had not re- signed our situation as Attorney General I should ve said that you were the member who should retire. The Hon. the Ar-roeirav Gaireaan. It afi‘scte not only the present Attorney General but his successors, and the Solicitor General and Clerk of the Crown. ad the Bill only referred to the Attorney General I would have retired. The Hon. Mr. HIILIY. the proceed- IIF which took place the other afternoon, we al went away under the impression that the Bill was disposed of, and I should have been happy if the matbr lmd rested we received infiiraiation that it was still in ex- istence, it was ourdnty Why should we pause! Ifths hon. . Dingwell chose to go awe . is that our halt! The on. the Ariuuuuv Gnrea.ai.. He (the hen. Mr. Din thought it was settled. on. r. wtaesr. hen the Council and found these Bills tdioe,we had a plate ublle dutytopsrbia, and we were bound to ‘ of item. His Hpnor the Attorney aaidscmethlng bouts combination, but we have been left is sate Ire eetureofit. Fromthe marked emphasis of his Honor us might have expsotsd seine trsasoaeble combination, but as ha, nothing ofthe sort has been revealed. Hie sncrhssslsobesn eeeedttonoticeenuadue dqree ofexnltuen In me; ifse, all thatl have to say is, that lam quits nueeacioes of coed _-M sent meal I wish to sadsr issmstsesm- mess with iespsstts the shstsfsesasaldlvlese. ThsHoa.tbsAnmewGmmes. Irlsste The Hon. Mr. 13:14.. I have no objection, but was co In occupant of the ofioe squall with himself. weeameto. stllllasxlr sore have moved an enquiry with regard to th fees and then after having ascertained what really was the amount of them-—having made a fair computation and stru a fair average, I think that some proper and satisfactory conclu- sion might have beencome to. The session is now however too far advanced to enter u n sudh an investigi~.ticu—But whoever heard 0 legislators or business men takin a toss u sum, as you now seem t to do! t is entirely wrong, and most assuredly it will receive no sanction from m li . zrheplion. Hr. Harrsuv. It will be remem- red by your Honors that a determination was come to, in the event of the su stion of the Council not beiqgoa to b lower House, that the Bill u d not be lost We all cred t the salaries were not so liberal a scale as could he wished, but tha!tx:hen the Attorney Geueral’s was compared with of the Colonial Secretary, The Treasurer and the Poet master who is so shamefully ill paid, he had no r’ ht whatever to complain. The Hon. . Hou. s that “ with the consent" of his Honor t e Attorney Gene- ral, (as he has just stated) that com ct under the Civil List Bill mi ht be bro en. Now, if it be a compact, a inoludin ofioer himself, are equally bound b i with his consent it can be inter red with, aocordin to his admission, it is evident that it is quite in our power to alter the Act in questi- on without his consent, as it elects the uturp cannot admit that we are e ting our object in aniiaproper manner or that we can fairy charfl.with taking an Bill to be dis Council—dWith la llth h I it foathaflovsrn; meten near tewoeo e ouseo Ass-embly snppoiting the measure, and stating ititp baplaeiriopluion that the propose: Salary wl a r a uate remuneration or t e servi- ocs performed y the Attorney General, I feel pnperatively ca ed‘ u lili tel plppes Itrhadmobtxn oomtttintei.tsa n a(llcl:ednl>y the ‘Council that the solar yunder this Bill is too low, and his honor (Mr. webey) had admitted the principle of the Bill by advo- "l'.‘ti?ii.il. Mr siren, e:;.ilained.°tlnthd moved that thti ameudatedt of thd Council ch hed been bio‘ by fillO.Iti:|Ifl of to; u was a e seine sin. The nail. the arm- °li la whi ttornsy Bwebey and I are able to and it will be sarlysno r s honor to, no hip aid hen upon; admitting, wevsr. the explanation, die amendment for raising mlery to £40!) emanated froiu its side, an was en b This being the l. T lit our own battles, WW i;enaAst to the Attorne Generlal, in arrangement on uresuh o ode; will amount to perhaps £% less than was pro ur own amendaiut' and it Is not be e that it will rsash is e . .Un such clroumemaoset a firm belief that our as I“ I) by_ the House of Ads! 9 . Q sulet tree for ' usidnredi-HI t i so a t glittssappor he a htflmluslm mess lwx .i l moth of recovering the I‘ been guided by his exam le of mo- H 'tifouuds your Ho- F0 "‘ .. pgrsl, would pave the way for such a re fallamount sh and wi l visable to do so now. The chief client, as I have aemarked before has been removed by the announcement of the resignaton of the Hon. the Attorney General. It is now no longera mat- ter of I lnmrest. I tioutohfitthssubjeetme filt efisststbefituae Attorney Geuual, an it‘eae-' not be fluted, that a more befitfig op ty could not be afislfid than the men for me- pylugput the prhciple cl‘ thh. . The prin- ple itselfis wgrthy of support both asrw‘ tlrepublte letereseeed the of the alssv self. Im _umtions of increasing the amount of fees for is own benefit can no longer cast upon the olficsr. and with such advaumgee, I think, you must admit that I am giving grid and substantial reasons for snpgirting the ' . U or the amendment _abeut- -be nhlfid, the Attorney General, if the Bill into a law, will ho d the best situation r Iss Go- vernment. Thc Com at under the Civil List Bill is left untouch as re rds of £150, and the only alters on present Bill, is the commutation afixed amount, in-addition to the said Salary. This is evidently the opinion of the House of Assembly, and of a large majorl of the mem- bers of the Government. I ii ones And the motion was carried on the following division via: .um—rue Heubls. The President, aft. Hell Mr. Hensley, Mr. Birnie, Mr. Ha . Non Contests-The I-Ioubls. the tmrney General Mr. Swabe , Mr. Beets The House was en ut into a Commiuee of the whole, of which t e Hon. Mr. Hall was huiriuun, when the following filarles were a eed to,via: The Attorney General—the sum of £fil0 pp: annum, in lieu ofell fees of ofiice, except fees under the Land Assessment Act, andin addition to his salary of £150 per. snnum. The Solicitor General, £100 r annum. The Clerk of the Crown £1 per annum, for his public services _ House or Aesaaeser, Ilsrch I858. DEBATE 0! THE IALABIE [The Debatu on this Bill—the several questions arising out of which occupied so much of the time and attention of the Assemhly—hava already extended to so great a length, that the Ilepc secure publication of the whole, has been ob give t;IO conclusion in a much condensed or summary orm. AITORNEY uuNiitt.u.’s SALARY. Hoiv. . rixuiv. He was glad to find that what had been stated by the hon. member from Murray Harbour (Hon. Mr.Thorutcn) res ting the amount of the Attorney General’s of ofiice, was a full corroboration of what (Hon. Mr. W?) had previously advanced con- cerning them ; ut he could not agree with that hon. ntleman that b his statement, he had made it appear that the Atlcrne General was better pat than either the Ohio Justine or the Assiste.nt Judge. To each of those la_w disil- turies, for the discharge of his admlnistra ve duties, there was assigned an ample salary, and each of them was, besides, in receipt 0 fees; but the duties of neither were so extensive or laborious as those which the Attcrne General had to discher As to the su stion of the hon. member t at the Solicitor eneral might, with pro rie be made,“ eficio, the w- olficer of e mbly, he (Hon. Mr. W-) was of opinion it could not upon: present House of Assembly cerhinly could not appoint oficcrs for the next.—A due regard to impartiality on the part of the House would he thought, r uire the provisions of the Bill to be so extcn ed as to embrace the clce of Prothonotury. He had perfect confidence in the integrit of the gentleman at present filling ;liut he was of opinion that there would be quite as much propriety in commu- ting the fees of that oficer for a fixed ea ryl; its there would be in establishing a salary lieu of fees, for either the Attorney or Solicitor eneral. Hon. Ma. Cons. A gentleman who, not long ago was one of the Crown law , was, at the same time, the agent of one of our largest land-proprietors ; and through that union, the oountr had lost a large_ sum of tho” money. He meant to cost no refieotion u pen the ntleman to whom he alluded; but he wcul much rather that public held their oflcial appointments independently of those of a private nature ; and, he then ht, best way to provide against aclasliiiig 9 duties or of interests, arising out of an individupl’s holding a high and important public appoint- ment and his be , at the seine, be to attend to the protection and furtherance of certain private ntercsts, would, with respect to all such public appointments, be M sem- blish such mleries, for the incumbents, as would place them above the necessity of so- ce ting others of a rivate nature. p it motion of the oir. Ma. 00].-, the chess for establishing a salary, In lieu of fees, for the Attorney General, was then agreed tswldi a blsu . Ms. Cure. The Committee were not agreed as to the average annual amount of Attorney General's fees ; and he was, therefore, not quite pre red to ssywpreoissly with what amount the b ank should filled. Hex. the Sreaexa. When they got In the last quarter's eccount, it would, he exmeted be found that the Attorne Gsneral’s s o office for the last cficial twe ve months were over 500 Hon. Mr. Cones explained that the reason of thelsst quarter's account not having been seat is. was than had not yet been certified bytbslsdgss. The salary ought to be a fair remnusrstlee he an the efieisl services, required by the Gevereeielfiv at the bands or the Attorney t III III etnountottght to be determined, list ' either according to a fair estimate made by legal‘ Illllv men. or according to the average Inttell eteoilt of the fees for the last four years. ' Mr. Moouev. He was very glsd such a Bill Itln: for bewsssattsded Ibet,if with and carried. would bathe means of ehetteg a saving of blue mosey. He saw by the Josreeli that a rnwe preeesaese. instituted against a wee hr bevin stolen a whip, ‘ net eflecss VII IO! elesvlms Mr. ceaex disputed the correctness sf the “ngege($'4B7 made by the Hon. Ir. Wbehs. The avenge e four years, according to I: (I'- Clark’s) calculation, leaving out the I 0? (£|6o,Lwss _reoo. II‘ the Attorney _GseerIl 9'” ‘I , A I r a of hed-tax, without being allowed te telqs fee his services on that account, the salary higher, than ll‘ he were separately, and his salary, paid for those ONION: Clark) was not. by eny*msIIl» Ill . bltstilag a lergesetsey that “I bstbtr $.13 {.73. a .a.._sA. .,_,_,‘_‘ -