New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-09

expenditure for the presest financial year to G6jooo
b passed 10 reouce the saaries OF All public oioss
% per cent Tn bin like Is predecessors rejected
bv The Council Upon this the House proc seied 70 pass
the Import Duty bin bat inserted clause 10 II sppro
pstng the derived under H. to other departments
ofihe public service Than ts payment o. Ps5sc faaFess
ard directing the oveTpus there should be any this
latter parpose Til. bill being rejected by the Couac on
the plea that the Assembly had no right 70 sppropse the
revenue the House passed resolution TO do no basasss
with the Councl The Governor then pro'ogusd the
Legislature in the course OF very dctaoral Speech
for q week On resssemblpg the imoort Duty and Kan
Duty bills passed with appropriation clauses msk-
ing the maintenance Of the Prison, the Police and tho
PobHc Hospital of Kingston. prior chsrgesthe objection
allie retr. nchment bill having been again rejected
br the Council Again was the power Of sppro-
pfaton on the part of the Assembly made the beas Of
con;epon BY the Council and the two bills were thrown
ont The resolution Of the previous session TO do no ba
ness with the Council renewed and the Lsgislnrs
sg.m prorogued. On reassembing the Governor made
spe,cb of still more offensive character than the previous
one This was re Piled TO by the Assembly Ia srsla Of
wberipr ssrca.m and cutting irony provoking sharp
rstert from the Governor The members on this returnsd
{. the House from the Audience Chamber again reaswed
the resolution to do business with the Council and i'm
edistey adjourned for week-namey to the ssth last.
which day the Speaker alone being present the House
again adjourned adjournment il can be properly termed
to next DAY Since then the House has adjourned from
day to day as il has been found impossible to Form
quorum
Under such circumstances thu constitutional for
The Governor is dissolve the House but he will not on
the unconstitutional ground that appeal 20 the consh
uences will only tend to still further weaken his mseraby
small band of blind sdherenis He therefore, evidently.
prefers awaiting instructions from the Home Government.
But If tie present Government sincere in their profess
sons Of acknowledging sefgovernment in their local a.
fairs to the Colonies as their political creed and especially
in advocating the reduction If expenditure the part OF
Jamaica hardly see how his appeals 20 Downing street
benefit the cause Of Sir Charles Grey. unless indeed
the rights which the Government profess TO be willing TO
concede TO 10 be attended with dSgrAcefd
compromises not unlikely circumstance, considering
this Colony has BEEN heretofore treated by the
cstd Mother Country. Any such compromise however.
is almost certain to be rejected with Indignation. The
struggles which commenced with demand for AIRED action
of expenditure has assumed mere serious aspect No
thing less than radical alteration of the Council will
satisfy the people of Jamaica who determined to
interpret the somewhat ambiguous Alluson Of the Chan
cello of the Exchequor to the vicious constitution OF
the island. meaning the stupid farce Of placing eleven
individuals the best halt Of whom recipients Of large
public salaries in such position TO have the right to
VT any bill which provides for the reduction OF their
own prncely incomes
have TO inform you of the death Of tina Hon Hector
Mitchell Mayor and Custos ROulorum Of kiogston, which
took place Friday last In this climate very little time
is permitted to espse between death and nerent
quenty there was nothing indecent in the Cooperation
meeting while his Honor his dcahbed and decree
ing him funeral at the expense of the city. The natter
was scarcely decided when the mued toll OF the bells OF
the different places Of worship conveyed the sad intelligence
that the venerable conference.-the was a. years of sge-
had departed this e The bells continued to ring out their
fur era notes till o'clock at night, when they ceased.
Recommending at O'Clock next morning the death knsn
continued till the time of nennent about o'clock in the
evening. At o'clock the coffin containing the
corpse was brought from the residence OF the
late Mayor the Court House where it laid in state
till the time of inerment arrived The funeral was one oil
the most soemry splendid Of the sort that has been
witnessed in the City For particulars of il refer you to
the files of city journals. The candidates for the
Msyoraliy the Hon. Edward Gordon the prn
cipsI editor of The Morning Journal and the leading
member of the Council aud Phillip Lawrence ESQ., senior
member for Kingston Mr. Gordon Is coored gentleman.
and Mr. Lawrence is of the Hebrew faith Both candidates
are emnebty suited TO the office In my opinion the former
gentleman is the most eligible True he has shown HIMSELF
stern opponent TO the popular cause but the eminent
10 Of
can never be forgotten | regret that much illeelng
likely be manifested in the progress Of the canvass aad
election Tho terms jew and Mulatto will be used re-
proachflly more often than consistent with ibsraity
There are several things in my former letter by tho III
nOs which need not recaptuate here refer you to the
letter in question which suppose you will receive shortly
this.