The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY

GUIANA.

We ham news from George Town to the 6th of
May. The weather continued showery, and the
planters were suffering severely from the great want
of field Moor. The export of agar for the four
waft et this year was 3,000 We. Lee than last.
plawbadens Eisler,' Profit, Henry, and Greenfield
WOO 611111111111911 den : the three first for 6,0001,
dint the prepiseer 80.0001. sterling; the latter
iff 1.1001. foewhile. in 1840,40,0001. sterling was
GEM. Gamiest Darkly having stated to the Com-
bined Court thee he bad no authority to reduce the
salaries of the ellkials on the civil list, the voting of
eupplise wee aWI refused, until the decision of parlia-
ment be known.

The riennant organ, the Royal Gazette (the
Daly Gsuaaa we have received by this mail),
Rites the feibw amount of the proceethap In the
Gmbined Coat:—

Wes it (the Combined Court) met on the 19th, business
was speasd, cc rather eloped, with the following seven reso-
lutions moved by Mr. Creel :
Resolved 1. That it hes-been the practice with this court
to meet in the interval between the Ist day of January and
the 30th of Jun*, to go through the estimate and vote the
supplies.
2. That any reduction to salukis, or allowances, has bees
sonsidered as commencing heat sad after the said 30th of
June (say on the let of July), that day being considered se
the rad of the financial year although the accounts are only
made app the end of the ;needing year.
3. That this court met in the interval between the lit
January and the 3001 of June, 1849, for the purpose of per-
firming its functions, and did then propose certain redo&
Uses, commencing with the civil list, as the first item of the
estimate.
4. That if the court had gone on with its business, all seek
reduetiows would have, as heretofore, taken effect from the
30th June f' Howley, say 30th June, 1848.
6. That without entering into the question whether, by
the prolongation of the Tat Ordinance to 30th September
following, it might be implied that the eateries on the esti.
mate of 1847.1848 were to be paid at and after the rates spe-
cified in that estimate up to 30th September, it is evident
that there was no vote of the Combined Court to authorise
such payment, and it wee contrary to practice to make such
payment beyond the 30th June of each year
8. .
That this 'out considers that the holders of office bad
fair warning given to them that reductions would be made ;
and the court now following up that warning, and consist-
ent with the intensifies, indicated, must therefore hold that
the reduction that may he made must take place from the
30th June last past, and that the salaries so educed shall
continue to he paid to the 30:b June, 1849. being the scope
of the financial year to which the estimate now before the
court applies.
7. That payments having been made out of the chest
after the tirminatice of the financial year, uy 30th June,
1848, all such payments are he d to be without the sanction
cif the Combined Court; and the financial accountant and
eolonial receiver-general are now required to conform to the
'gamete which will sow be passed by this court, ad to
regulate the future payments which will be made in uni-
formity therewith, so as not to exceed the aggregate amount
voted under each item, as they y shall answer to the contrary
at their
These resolutions being inadmissible, were
merleiy
vetoed by the governor, who rue sad addre to the
wart the following

Ia rinse of the eonnimtional authority with which I
am invested, I refuse to allow the resolutions to be pot to
es vote.
Fire, because the resolutions are generally inacturate se
to matters of fact.
Secondly, because the sth resolution assumes a principle
which cannot be admitted ; namely, that the payments made
up to the 30th of September, 1848, and subsequently, were
unwarranted.
Thirdly, because, were those resolutions passed, especially
the 7tht they would in effect give to the Colonial Receiver-
General and Financial Accountant instructions not only at
varieties with the uniform practice, but contrary to the ex-
press provisions of the several ordinances reliving to the sub
jest matter of the resolutions, and which it would therefore
be impossible for those officers legally to obey.
Lastly, because the Combined Court has no richt to alter
or vary by resolution the provisions of any ordinance what
ever, and
Became it would be wholly oat of my power to suffer any
such resolution to be carried into effect, even if voted by this
court. (Biimed) Baxter BARIUM.
A rather warm discussion took plate, which ended in the
governor cutting short all further controversy by adjourning
the court till the 23rd. When the 23rd arrived, after divers
"protests" and "reasons" bad been recorded by honourable
members on the minutes, the Attorney-General, sesawdat by
she Collector of Customs, moved the order of the deg, en
which Mr. Rose moved, by way of amendment, the same esso-
lotions as those proposed by Mr. Croal at the firmer so=
The hon. gentleman contended that his amendment
be allowed to be put and discussed, but the governor declared
that ha could not sanction that course, inasmuch as it was
merely reviving what had been attempted and prohibited on
the previous occasion. The government secretary haring
recorded Mr. Rose's amendment, his excellency delivered
the address, which will be found in our paper of the 24th.
The result of this address was that members seemed dis-
posed to modify the obeosious rssolueons,'.so as to snit the
governor's wiShos, and in the hope that that would be done,
his excellency adjoarned the emir% to the 26th. It yes
generally expected in the interval that an accommodation
would be arrived at on the court's re-assembling on that day.
The 26th, however, arrived without any symptoms of har-
mony; for on the doors being omitted, Mr. Ferguson read
a reply from the uncfficial section to the speech delivered
by the governor on the 23rd. The length of this docu-
ment, which was couched in sharp and strong phrase,
prevents us from publishing it. It may be found in our
number of the 28th. This reply having been recorded on
the minutes, the order of the day was ones more moved by
the Attorney-General, a motion which was met by another
amendment from Mr. Kvse, which, being in effect the same
as that before propostd by him, was disallowed by the gover-
nor. A long discussion ensued, and ended in the Attorney-
General's motion being put to the vote and lost. A very he
portant motion, the further discussion of which was &loomed
to the nett day, was then made by the sane honourable and
learned member, namely, that in order to prevent the closing
of the jails and hospitab, sad the disbanding of the polite for
want of money, the governor should issue instructioes for
the introduction of a bill to lay as Itielle t on wines,
spirito, and tobacco. Oa the meeting of the courseday (t 1),
this motion was met by an amendment by Mr. Stuart, and se-
conded by Mr. Conyers, to the effect that the court, cone •er-
ing the veto exercised by the governor with respect to Mr.
Croal's resolutions unconstitutional, would not proceed with
business till it was withdrawn. This amendment was
carried. An intelligent and independent colonial member,
Mr. Brand, with the view to save further losses without the
surrender of any rights claimed by either section, gave notice
that be should mem the following resolution :
" Resolved,—That, to avoid the evils which must accrue
to the colony from the stoppage of the Mantes of this court,
and fee no other reuses, the court declares its resolution
to premed with the estimate under solemn protest that
mot proce"ding shall is no way prejudice or affect the re-
lathe poetises of the official and the elective sectious of the
wart la regard to the questions which have impeded the
Waimea of the session.'
This mediation was moved at the next and last meeting
which we have had of the court, ea the 30th April. Unhap-
pily it was elm counteracted by an anwedment moved by
Mr. Devine. in terms similar to Mr. Start% sad animat-
ing to a follool, under the okomist to go OR with
beinsm. Mr. Brand's well-merest behig thus set
Mho. sad Mr. Davison's smonAimat serried, the
bad lib IMO, alternative dIOO ONO mare to sojourn revllar
court
siesitte, before this inhabitants against being
held
for tIIO osnestimmeso that may ensue from this
but heritable ezpolissit.
Affilellems who have beta them have been on the
beet temaseiNh Me English, esilliam wires withom have
ef Me ipmesivessegss of tie British Memo. They have
wawa se lbs Vetted States a very good acconst at the
Tome was net ors awe of serious Maass same the
whole puny ana,46.4ft a INN& time they_ were detained
111111111416111.11 Wleminio. TM rapid absorption of
gmbhanistile ,
.IfrAh_gendy osil of the place is doubtless the ewe
Istil==m• allentelas water lies on the ground
kr a lons dem, maim • vialiaddaf 'shandom TM
etsomoso iftem the United IhMsa es Chyme 'wets&
Um* dare they are eeradited to eater like the Bride
Olsamm. Om of the Amadeu companies thinks of set&
billing • goal depot in that pia.
TABU:DAD.
The Board of Council was adjourned on the Ist of',
May to the 14th. Very little business was transacted'
at meeting on the Ist. After the reading by the
sleek of the minutes, and of a protest of Mr. Fuller
against the ordinance far holding the Supreme Civil
and Criminal Courts before two judges, the tariff for
the month was brought up by the treasurer, and ep-
proved of, as follows :--eogar, per 100 lbs.. 3 dole.'
60c.; coffee, per 100 lbs., 84o1a. 50 a; cotton, per
100 lbs., 7 dole. 50. c; cocoa, per 1101bs., 6 dole. 750. ;
rum, per gallon, 30 c.; molasses, per gallon, 121 c.
BARBADOES.
The quantity of sugar of the present crop shipped
to the 7th of May was 14,668 hogsheads, 902 tierces,
2,876 barrels, equal to 15,627 hhds. At the same
period last year the quantity shipped was only eqoal
to 9,233 hhds., being in favour of thisyear 6,394 Ws.
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1408QUITIA.

The Jamaica jonikalspu—iiiiiibe following intelli-
gence received by the Taviot from this s
and
ontalons
pLaos—this hybrid between an independent stets
a British settlement :
By the arrival of the royal mail steam packet Twist, from
Koequitia, we learn that everything was quiet. Them was
some little stir in the plum a few days review to the
Testate &wan", in consequence of Mr. Tempeky, who
woe for
in the King of hisegnithes serviesi returning
from the Lehe of Grenada, where ha had with
with the
Morrie= ensigraats on kb way to California, with the in-
brands° that the Kimmins& sthadtles at the fort Ban
Carlos had Wooed him leave to peek bemuse he was ea
enemy to their cionatry. It is bed that this step has
been takes without authority fees the Nicaraguan_ Man-
sent. Mr. Turepelty laid a statement of the esse bane her
Sajesty's scut and as general, who replied that he
would represent the matter to the lislish iaaanuallo and
Mr.
Chatfield, he? Majesty's sweat pastel foe Central
hawks; sad
Mr. Twasky, who is a Prussian, to
writs himself to the German cease is Gustesels.