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MAYOR HARpKR's VRro.-The veto Of Mayor
Harper refusing to concur in the project of the
Corporation to convert the Rotunda into gallery
Of the fine arts, and the reasons he has given for
that veto have been before the public, and are &c.
nerally approved. The Mayor, with good deal
of honesty, cheerfully confesses the increased ex


penditure of the Corporation-the extreme lavish.
ness with which the public money has been used
during the last few years, and juslifes his opposi


ton to any further appropriation of the public pro.
perty for private purposes until some real practical


reform be brought about by the Corporation, and
by those men who were elected by the same
party which put them into power This il
just and proper, and is feather in the car
Of the Mayor. 1t shows, too, that the spirit oi
extravaganza, which has existed amongst the
" natives" is beginning to be understood in its
proper light even by those that have been elected
to office. II is utterly impossible for any sensible
man to look back upon the professions Of these
members of the Corporation, before they were
elected, and not be struck by the faithlessness,
the profgate expenditure, and the treacherous and
impudent neglect of their public duties which they
have manifested. In corroborstion of this, it is
only necessary to refer to Mayor Harper's veto,
He has earned for himself deserved encomiums,
and it must now be admitted that he has dis
covered a great deal of independence, and de-
sire to adhere to the professions which he made
before his accession TO Office; thus presenting the
strongest contrast possible to his faithess asso.
ciates.