The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-13 00:00:00

NOVA SCOTIA.

Mr. B. COCHRANE inquired whether information
had been rcceivad at the Colonial-office to the effect
that the secretary of the c,ilony (a very va!aable officer)
had teen induced to retire upon an allowance of only
4001. a year ; whether the judges of the courts were
hada to be displaced simply by a petition to
the Colonial-office from the assemblies, and
without any spezific allegations being assigned
against them; also, whoher the salary of the Governor
bad been reduced troin 3 .5001.. with an allowance or 4001.
for his ~ecretary, to 3,0001., with 2501. for his secretary?
Mr. LI AWES (~11.9 was very indistinctly heard in the
gallery) was understood to a y that the secretary had
reeigned upun the al.owance mentioned all. r a service
Co; five Yeats, but he held another office whica potted
o,nsnl,rable eon Ljt et.t. Tne salty') of the Goveritor,
wbich was vot.-d with the civil list, tv, uld b • r-duced as
atittal. U.. should tee! happy to lay any p.iprs on the
Matter l,efore the ll,msr.
THE NATIoNAL LAND COMPANY.

Sir B. HALL wished to a'k the Ilan. Gentleman, the
Member tor Nottinv,haur, a cile,ti-ti with respect to a
Bid which bb had introduced. He found that a great
number of peraosis had j..irad it as subscribers.
What he was anxious to know was, wh..n the Hon. and
Le ti n d Member intend. ri that the company should be
put in such a poAtton that he, 'us one ut the promoters of
th. 3 company, should be able to take out a certificate of
registration?
Mr. F. O'CONNOR would answer the questions of
the Hon. Baronet with great pleasure. As soon as this
company was established application was made to Mr.
Tidd Pratt to register it, and it was then discovered
that, in cony, quence of several judgments of air. Justice
Wightman, Mr. Tidd Pratt could not completely register
the company. He then had the company provi-
sionally registered, and having proceeded to a certain
extent, it was found th,a the expenses of complete
reßistration would be so enormous that he had con-
sider,d it to be his duty to see if he could not
materially alter, if not do away with, those
expenses . altogether to render it unnecessary to
have complete registration. That Bill he had
brought in that day ; it had been read a first
and ordered to be read a second time on the
14th of June ; and he could assure the Honourable
Member that if the House refused to pass this Bill, it
vas his determination to prosecute the matter to Com-
piete registration, and nothing, would give him greater
satisfaction than to be discharged from the onerous duty
that now devolved op,,r, him.. (Hear, hear.)
TREATY BETWEEN RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
Mr. URQUHART said it had been rumoured that an
offensive and defensive treaty had been concluded be-
tween Russia and Turkey during the absence of Sir
Stratford Canning, and that her Majesty's Government
had permitted that treaty to be entered into. He wished,
therefore, if the rumour was untrue, that her 'Majesty's
Government would contradict it.
instruc-
tions an
Lord PALMERSTON said, as far as the information
of the Government extended, they had no knowledged
of
any treaty having been betweenmadegi
ve
no Russia
Turkey, and certainly they had
to Sir Stratford Canning on the subject.
AMERICAN POSTAL REGUL: LIONS.
...,-u—visspAYlVlnswer to a question from Mr. IV. BROWN,
PALMEttSTON stated that negotiations were
between her Maj,sty's Government and the
• between
ts„ Government relative to the postal regula-

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