The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-13

oeedsa the public revenue ssd produced annual Additions
I, the public debt passed BY slmost unaneus VOTE
per cent The Council coDsstng Of some hsf dossn in
dividuals nominated By the osovn-ssvsrL OF WHOM
rejected this blu !. tSsy had aons s%i.r
ones on five previous occasions. The Assem-
bly, then passed the usual revenue bills limit
ing their product f165 O00the extent to which they
deemed the public resources equaland, BY clauses in
those bills made certain items Of public expenditure
such the payment Of the public debt the pay OF the
pccs force and the mADtansnce Of the prisons the
public Ala the first charge the raised
These revenue bills the Council Also rejected because the
balance of tie uDap propratcd supply dere by
them insult ient pay all the remaining charges thu
public. In other words because the insult
the of all the salaries al the former
agsDt rates thu Coue ell refused the that
offered and left the country without suoply The
Assembly possessing the undoubted tisutonal eight
Of fixing ths amount Of taxation which the deprecated
property of the country justly BEAR rcfn ed
nit nominee Council Of six geatlemen possessing dss
personal interest in the question to dictate the
OF supply the terms which 1t should be granted
and therefore second rejection OF the bills
BY the Council refused TO pass any others The Governor
taking decided part with the Council pforouged the La
gilaiure for days. and its bling delivered
couchsd in terms most pointedy offensive to
the Assembly independent branch Of the LegisA
ture and personally insulting to OF Its members
who we're charged BY unmisakable insinnation, with
having pitated crisis in order to their individual
profit as merchants. The Assembly replied in terms
betting the occa,on and, having we'd their
luton TO send bls to the Council adjourned for
week.
ANA THIS the position OF AFFAIRS ~ TINS mo-
nent The House adjourned until yesterday, when the
Speaker only present. and he adjourned again until
this evening Tho supporters Of the Governor and Coun
ell in the Assembly number nine ten out Of forty
members. They alone do nothing, seventeen
necessary to form quorum to transact business. The
majority, having declined to do business with the Coun
Gil refuse to meet and the Governor refuses to dissolve
them waiting It is expected until he hears from the
home government
In the event of dissolution. the popular side will be
still further strengthened members In favor of the
Council are likely to be displaced BY adhersnts
10 the popular In the meantime, the oontrac-
tors for the supply Of the public institutions have
expressed their willingness to continue their
tracts, relying on the good faith Of the Assembly
for payment Of their accounts In several Of the parishes
the police have agreed to continue in the service during
the temporary suspension of the It is there
FORE unlikely that the evident wish Of Sir Charles
Grey and his corrupt Council to cause popular conmo
ton, will be ealized
had almost forgotten to mention that in the event of
dissolution Isaac LAYTON Eq editor and proprietor of
the Daily Advertiser and of the most inveterate 0ppo-
the will be returned for the parish
Of saint George.
am happy be enabled to inform you that the yellow
fever bas mevhat abated.
Discoveries of new copper mines arc almost Of daily
occurrence.
The May has fairly set in. We have bsen
blessed with constant fall of fertzing sho wers but the
heat intense if the island suffering from
protracted drought.