New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-14
JAMAICA.
Financial Condition Of the Isiand-slavery-Copp
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financial CopSition OF the Island-slavery-Copper-
Health.
Coarespondsnse Of the N. Y Tribune:
KINGSTON, Friday May n, 1883.
As the Illinois will depart from this place within the
hour have barely time to hastily throw together few
particulars respecting late political movements The
Legislature which ct the 9th of November last, Is
still in session--haying been twice prorogued for the
space of about week each time Whether the present
stings will continue twentyOur hours longer IS doubt
full You have doubtless heard, this that the island
is destitute of revenue with the exception of pay
"a per cent ON imports, 10 meet the interest on the
island debt shall state briefly as can the causes
of this most extraordinary state of things.
Shortly after the act Of emancipation came into opera
tiOn 1t was deemed expeden to remodel the Judicial
institutions aud the Police of the country III order that
they might the better suit the altered state OF things
The Ecclesiastical establishment also considerably
enlarged To the three Judges of the Supreme aud As
size Courts whose salaries greatly Increased, we're
added several Charmen Of Quarter Sessions at liberal
stpends These fuDctiOnarles, together with Wee
Chancellor, and several supernumerary officers OF the
Court of Chahcery increased the public expenditure TO
very laEge extent As hopes entertained however
of the country becoming this beray the
part of the Assembly was, at the time, patiently, If
not cheerfuy submitted 10. The passing of the Sugar
Duties bill in lSl6 dspelled the illusion, aud caused
the Assembly 10 contemplate seriously the reduc
ton Of an expenditure which found To be enormous
Accordingly bill was'passed by the House for re-
ductiOn Of the incomes of the larger officials. This bill
was rejected by the Board of Council which constitutes
the second branch of the Legislature Since then the
BILL or one similar in principles, though differing in de-
tails has been passed by the Lower House from year 70
Year. and has often been rejected by the Council the
majority Of whose members directly Interested IN
the issue they saared officers of state As often
as the bill has been rejected the Assembly have given
way and proceeded TO pass the ordinary bills of supply
This year, however, il was determined that a stand
should be made A resolution was passed by the As
semby limiting the supplies for the current year 10
fl65UO0 and on this resolution bill was framed re-
ducne the incomes Of all officials at uniform rate OF
twenty percent This bill, having passed the Assem-
bly,, was unanimously rejected by the Council The
only member of that body who was IN faY0r OF the
measure, Hon Richard Cussen Burke, was absent
when il was rejected but he subsequently entered ms
protest against its rejection The Assembly then pro
ceeded 20 pass the principal revenue BILL the import
Duty which also rejected by the Council because IL
contained an appropriation clause giving other claims
the priority over the payment OF pubic salaries ms
led the Governor TO prorogue the Assembly 50 as 70
give them an opportunity to again pass the mpOst Duty
bill, without the Objectionable clauses But the House
was lnrexibe. The Retrenchment bill again passed
by them aud again rejected by the Council The Import
Duty and hum Duty bills then passed, with apPro-
pratiOn clauses, and shared the same fate whereupOn
the House passed resolution declining 20 DO business
with the Council This led to a second propagation.
The Legislature Ieassembed the l7th when the Gov
ernOr in highly offensive speech tainted the Assem-
bly with leaving the prisons and the police force unpro
yided for-(hese we're actually made prior charges in
the appropriation clause attached to the Rum Duty bi
Threatened 10 open the prison doors and release the
conycts and TO give the police liberty to dsbaud them
selves The H0ase, in manly address, denied the inn