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i ' ; " spoon + way that he could be paid. ‘This could
or my a ile sbable that the quit rents would ever be demanded. He| there was no other way that he could be paid.

know, for I beard of ft while whew my he slaraina about them. My plan was to make} pot be avoided. The Commissioners had full power to act a

no compromise with the proprietors, but buy out their claims. I} they deemed advisable ; and I understand that he was hich

dare say, however, that we shall be told before this diseussion 18) here to obtain information on some points, respecting whi

over, that the Award will do wonders—that the arbitration clause they appear not to have had satisfactory evidence. When

ed in England ter that sum |
there myserf, Notwithstanding this, the late Govyermment!
paid a muek larger sum for it—nearly £25,000— and appear-
ed {> Jump at the ofler

Hon. Mr. COLES fhe purchase of the Worcell Estate! will bring the matter all right. It has been udvocated in regard to} the Award is made public, it will be seen what information
f nor . | this clause that it will operate against the landlords; and if there 18 | that gentlemon has furnished, and how far the Commissioners
~~ 1 ta HO More soapeion than that of the Selkirk Estate ; difieulty likely to arive about the appointment ef the third arbi- *o , ’

, . 8) have acted up to it. 1 know nothing about his evidence, save
th i00 mh

mer oud tts friends may have pocketed L£1OG0 trator, the Legishuure may pass a law to obviate anything of the . a : ints It has been stated

by that transsetior | hat there was a great deal! ki: ? Now, Sir, if arbitration is resorted to, it mast be conducted | what has appeared wi the patie pent ‘ dthat it must have

get ae etme te | etpge at usual wa ind | am surprised that any member of the | that he occupied rooms in this bailding, and thas ss mu di

, —- S Wael af So) forenee| in Hie Usas ayy ane i ao Ony | we ‘ —e “High. ‘

a ret correspuadence with the Nar! of Selkirk in reference np 2 sto should advocate that that body could jnterfere by im-| been with the knowledge of the Government. 1 —_— eny
to bis estate, 4 think the supporters of the Government need osu any restrietions in regard to the third party. Had the ques-| that the Government had any knowledge of the gent ‘con
searcely bring forward this charge against Me, as It 18 quite) tign been left as it was, | believe land could be purchased at a lower | his mission. From the synopsis of the Award i +4 ‘d
evident that the vcaudurs of the Worrell Estate would only) rate than it will be obtained ander the Award. Sir, Tam in favour! TJowe, it is not correct to say thot the Commission has fixe
fasnes fee : ireulate such a report, had it | of purchasing the land, and not going to escheat or anything of she | valee upon the land. If we obtain the arbitration clause,
mve been to well pleased to eire 4 , such : , ’ ld be kind. (Laughtee.) Hon. members may laugh, but | an not in| the tenantry will be in a far better position than they ever
been true L never mug it that the bon, memoer would be { think if. throagh |

favour of such doubtful measuves as escheat

‘| were before. They will have the means within their own

party spre } , ] sea statement ; but perhaps) gy. operation the awar land ean be obtained at 15 years eae
* party to spread so base und faisea s _— . ARO tcl sage gaat Sagi "bo — oprg Perales rw I Porto will, power to say, to some extent, what value is to be attached "
nee parcy eg tena he =] ' ie, that honor and —_— ‘ - os . aiibaan tin . me I stieeti » eumecasesie think their farms What position are the tenantry ony “rere
« ae 7 . a —s ae See a | be better for the weople to con inue paying a i ‘ , . ‘ ‘ ’ ity ) i to free-
for whieh he generally receives ereait, ' , -» the award will be allowed to do away with the fishery reserves. 1|1¢ is notin any one’s power to turn ” pee n yee
Mr. DAViKS—L did not make a charge; I on y sale r considered that the Commission was to interfere in regard to} hold, except at the pleasure of the landlord. ae 0
there was room for strony suspicton. And ag to the vendors temiin my opinion it would be rather a dangerous matter for the | proprietors will net sell at all, as the Messrs. Montgomery

Ishall and Mr. Sullivan, who will not dispose of their land even at
But if the Award come into operation,
they cannot refuse to sell; all they can do is to state their
again, All I regret is that the measure which we proposed last | price, and if that be deemed too high, the tenant may demand

session was not carried ont, It was in accontanes with tle reom| in arbitration. Ido not intend to diseuss the Award iteelf,
t. hd ssioners seemec » be sorry that they [| &" * 7 . ‘ : l ill be
mengation of the Commissioners, who seemed te A + | hacanse ble to say what it may contain. it wi
Land! had not the power to prevent the collection of arrears of rent, and | because | am una y y

‘ » > ; nsi-
also i aecordance with the despatch of the Duke of Newcastle | time enough when * ia laid before ct Lo por ned poagy oma
Had this measure been passed, instead of the famous address to THis | deration of its merits. I shall, we ag Dre vert to a e ik
Mr. Chairman, this famous Excellency moved by the hou. member for Tryon, to wnich 1 believe | of the bon. member's in regard to the 18 a, Brot heat
Award is a long time in coming to light’ We were told,! he received a favorable answer, the people would lave been saved a | says that the decision of the oe respe g .
when a salat us for a Cour i ien were introduced, that | great deal of harassing and vexation. I was applied te by several) wil] not compare with the Act passed by the ate Government.
when the resolutions [t ae oun 7 Q : wore ced, i tenants, who were being proceeded against, and 1 advised them to | Under that Acta person, if he said he wished to establish a
the L snd (huestion wou ¢ be settled i 5 months, and that wait on Pile Excellency, I understand, whatever he may have said fishery, sanhd enn on occupant of the reserves out of his house
the country, through the Commission, would receive greater ty the Chairman of the Committee who waited on him with the and garden This is the position the tenant would have oc-
benelits than were ever obtamed under the Land Purchase address, he informed the seer a applied it ser 7. he! eupied under that law: but by the Award he is confirmed in

: : ' : : ic. could aot interfere between landlord and tenant. It required some- | : ‘ seh i ay) > § s
Act. Now, me, Se well on to 0 ae ery the Commis. ' tl - ode ti a . m ea ve phen wares “ prevent he . tew of the the possess10n of his whole froat, with, nag peer page eniy 3
. 2 Mug more Thi i ‘ “ it i i ‘ . . ok ¢ . ; fi e §
sioners completed their Award, and forwarded it to the Colo- ’ grievance of paying Is. an acre rent a

yrietors fron straining. Sever: f them have pressed very v8 5 al

Ngaio aaie ; ; proprietors from distraining. Several o I : ’ fis. that an acre of it may be taken at a fair valu-
al Ofice; yet his sellency states—and it is not a little rte their tenants during the past season. Suchan Act as we complain of 18, wae . . atte

nial Office ; yet his Nxcellency ‘ , hard upon their tenants dt pe ation, for fishing purposes. There 18 one rape sneer Go

rorisinw—th: ) werved nO co leation from the desired te pass, it was ebjected, would be unconstitutional; 1 am, a ‘
re eee ais ee it appears | however, sundieadl that a short Act would have received the Royal| which I desire to allude, namely, the te —— bd
i dare say there are decisions in the award, quite as un-| the hon. leader of the Opposition last session, to prevent §

If this famous document comes, it will have to In| collection of arrears of reat. This was the panecss whieh
confirmed by an Act of the Legislature, aud this Aet may be kept! he had to offer for all the ills of the tenant. This was the
towards the Government here, and that a Government too! back by a 1 officer for five months, as was the case with means by which he thought to cut the gordian knot. But

circulating the report. it is well known that if the £1000! Crown law officers to advise that they should be broken up.
. : say much mere on this subject at present, because if the award | 9 years’ purchase.

poeta Ve Tt) — “ con : Poul TT be too not ’
wus recived they wore parties to it, and would on think is very doubtful—it will have to be taken up|

comes—vhieh |

Alter a few remarks from one or two other hon. members
the paragraph was agreed to, So also was the Orh.

Ona the 7th, whish relates to the Award of the

Commissioners, be ing read-

lion. Me. COLES said

remain silent on the suject,

uke of Neweaatle on the subiect
A

that he has not even had intimation whether the Award has

This is certain'y strange couduct

assent.
constitutional
been received at howe.

certat!

Wightman, it must be premature to pro-
nounce upon it, The hon. member says the
Award is not giving satisfaction. | have
heard so too; | have heard that the pro-
prietors do not look upon it with favor. J
have seen it also stated in the Rxaminer, that
some of the tenantry were dissatisfied because
instead of paying £50 they might have te
vay only £5. What does the Award give?
What was the Award for? The resolutions
which I had the honor to propose asked for a
large remission of arrears of rent, and giving
every tenant holding under a long lease an
option of purchasing his land at a certain
rate, at any time he might find it convenient
to do so. ‘The Award does not promise only
a large remission of arrears, but all arrears
except for three years. I put a paper into the
hands of Mr. Thomson to lay before the
Court, urging that since tenants at present
could be compelled to pay 20 years’ arrears,
théy should at least be remitted all up to
four years, as it would require this to plaee
tbem merely on a footing with other debtors
under the Statute of limitations. But by
the Award only arrears for three years can
be collected. and thus tenants owing £90,
£80, £70, £50, of back rent will be let off
for £15. L.

APPROPRIATIONS FOR ROADS, BRIDGES, &c.
Queen’s County, including Chariotte-
town and Royalty, - - £1300 0 0
Prince County, - - - - hee 4 @
King’s County, - . 4% 1100 0
Special grant for Queen’s County, 1200 0 0
Do. do. Prince do. 90 0 0
Do. do. King’s do. 0 0 O
Roads opened under Compensation Act,100 0 0
Contingent expenses of roods, bridges
and wharfs to be equally divided be-
tween the three Countiss, 300 0 0
7v00 0 0

es oe

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Tuurspay, Feb. 27.

i er we : - aa ill ap he pos little when he and his friends were m power, why did — not vate
Tee , it returns, and the award becomes binding it will be of very little | °°" »yest all the lands of the Colony in the Crownf?
Sir, L think it shows some want of management ou the part service to the tenants, as the proprietors will have had time to secure = Act to aa “met tgtong 8 pres Tae Comaalt-
. . , radio . > » we ‘ -] . -

‘ yernment.. What bave they done to promote their) ay the arrears shall move an amendment to the paragraph of | the one ™ :
al the itso t nt ; ye ot } . oe all th Baw _ - ] ; a Mean Ary: - ~stdhae I I sioners did not recommend the passing of such a measure as
own scheme !—this measure which has caused more trouhie, | the A‘ dress under consideration, a ro ENE op some they calp-ouggested that one years’ rent ahould
puXiety, sueing, distress and suffering than any other which “ We are surprised, and regret to learn that your Exeellency has nor did the Duke ot Newcastle recommend anything

; . communication from Her Majesty’s Government be paid ; 4 ,
has ever been brought torwaid in the Colony—this Commis- f the Royal Commission appoitited to settle the lof the kind. Had the Legislature passed a short Act to pre-
sivu Which was to settle tae Land Question, Escheat, Quit) |

The Commissioners met) Majesty's ©

we understand was transmitted to Her | vont the collection of rent without any direct authority or in-
: >
Reats, and the B isher y Keserves. which the people of this Island feel so much anxiety, will receive our |

jlonial Minister in the summer of last vear. A question In steuetion. they would have received a rebuke, because it
’ ' : ; ; es : asse i a suspending clause.
iu New Brunswick last spring and completed their Award 5) pox: consideration Wheu your Excelleney may be enabled to communi-| ought not to be passed without ¢ pe g

which boasts of its influence at the Colonial Office.

vet received
vapecting the report ¢
und Question, which report,

any
a

I be-

i ; ler Majest ynuatids erence to it.’ -e that the resolution passed by the majority of this House
and L believe the Government or Governor were offered a cate to us, Her Majesty's commands in refere: Lo it. | lieve that t “ P A cbs pl: “4 Bat bes
Hon. Mr. YBO—The hon. member referred to some of the | effected more than tiat meas a P

} 7 ‘ © i ‘J 4 > 7 ; . ’ ] Pn . e . e
eupy of it, but declieed, stating that it was betier it sh on lle knows very well what it! pass, for | know that His Excellency exerted his inflaence in

yo the round of the Colonial Oilee. The very words used nie ae distrained upon
by Mr. Llowe, when be cawe to the [slapd last summer, were, oe cemenale rent. and 1 verily believe that every one who/ tenants. A law of the kind which the Opposition desired to
* that if the Award was not here it ought to have been tid so was not disturbed. But persons went round the coun- | pass, would only have produced the effect of the Legislature
here.” And there is another report to the effect that the try and persuaded the people to pay none ;

and because they | receiving a censure at the hands of the Colonial Minister.
tiovernment have been a little peaurious in regard to the yiuid not pay any rent they were distrained upon. ‘he Committee rose, and the Llouse adjourned.
Coumission, They have, | uaderstand, refused to pay cer- lion Mr. COLES—I showed last year that several who
tain expenses, such as that of clerks, saying that they had a ra ee a =o coger va brag ane al aitichiiiens alia address resemed.
es . , at the Award is not. if so, 1 think it must have happened by a mistake on the books, Mr. CONROY—Mr. Chairman, as I have not yet taken a

ordbaseenetoay— tay ty ng rece ‘0 sdineog yin or something of the kind. 1 know that on a certain proprie- | part in this debate, [ deem the present an appropriate occa
fortheoming, as the Duke of Newcas'le might say, “ let thea oat a, fe people were threatened, and some of them | sion for the expression of my opinions. A great deal bas been
waut it uniil they choose to pay for it.” Now, it was mean on came to ‘me. I told them to pay their one year’s rent and [| said on the subject of the Award of the Land Commissioners.
the part of the Government tv refuse to pay a paltry eceount) giq not think he would interfere with them. I believe the As one member of this House, I may say, Sir, that I feel very
ot £O0 ve 90 for cverks ; aud 1 cannot say whether they most of them have done so, and have not been disturbed. | little anxiety as to the arrival or non-arrival of that document.
have paid the Spy or not, but the detailed accounts, when | What good is all this talk about the Commission going to do?! — oe er oh Pa wet 4 1 erie ying aH
laid before us, wil show, 1 contend it was mean to employ The Louse can do nothing in the matter while the Award is ; a mm Aeon aoige ete . ne oobi dhe oh a

— vend the on 4 ades to collect | not before them. About the Fishery Reserves. this is some-| that the leasehold tenure woul y ‘ é
» pera through the country and endeavour ni | thing worth talking about certainly. And as to the loyalists, | means would be devised to establish the people as freeholders ;
ee Gat every mee we qomne betees Ce how can the Government help it if the Commissioners have | but [ was disappointed when ! read the exposition of the
Couanissivn was a liar, for | cannot call it by a more mode- decided they should receive compensation out of the Crown | Award as given by the Hon. Mr. Howe. I saw that little or
Now the preseuce of this person on the Island) 7 a na59 It isa shame to take up the time of the House dis-| no benefit would result to the tenantry from the action of the
must have been Lnown ty tue members of the Government. cussing this question, us was done last year, at a cost to the Commission. On occount of the leogth to which this debate

Wepbnespay, Feby. 26.

right tu pay only one thirg; aed perbaps an account of this)

raufe term.

Hon. Mc. POPE—No. country of some hundreds of pounds. has extended, it is not my intention to occupy the time of the
How. Mr. COLES—Well, a member of the Government has ad- Hon. Mr. LONG WORTH—Mr. Chairman, I did not expect Committee longer than is necessary to allude to one circum-
Witted Lite his mission was huews to bis Excellency aud one of the) 45. subject to come up this afternoon, or | would have been | stance connected with the Commission. | was surprised Jast

t pe.

ibers of the Goverauent, whe, | suppose, Was the leader.
«this Me. Wightman had the use of an office in this building,and

si a letier from @ high offieer fo the diflerent puble ottices to tur-

evening to hear the hon. member of the Government, Mr,
Longworth, state that he knew nothing of this notorious Mr.
Wightman—that he was not aware that he was in the Island,
and was in utter ignorance of his business here. 1 cannot but
think it strange that he should be so uninformed on the mat-
ter. Mr. Wightman came into my neighborhood, and em-
ployed himself in telling all sorts of stories to the people. At

earlier in my place; nor I think did the hon. leader of the
Government in this branch of the Legislature, or he would
him with such inferwativn as he desired. This was great liberty have been present, though the elem “nes have not been very

» receive without Now, Sir, this| auspicious. The question of the Award has been opened up
reund the country gulling tue people by talking about | at great length, indeed ; and the hon. leader of the Opposition

He carried with him a! has not failed to endeavor to muke political capital out of it.
ies Whe appeacen beiore the Commission, and would | [Je generally attempts this with every measure he has not in-

the sanction of the Government.
Spy weut

ding Pauways aud establishing Ysueries

bint oT Ubieree

call on them. and converse with thera about some great project of 4 troduced into the House. He claims credit for the One-ninth | Tignish he held out the idea of running & steamer ener
railway passing that way, such, for exaupie, as he did with a person! p31) which was brought forward by the late Mr. Duncan Me- that place and Shediac, At Cascumpee he talked of building

out about the Teu Mile House, ayving “that there must be a railway

wn St. Peter's to Cauarlotichow uy, wud we tmaust have a station here,
as Woe cannot ' » WoW, Siz, What will you take
for your turn The person, with all this prospect before him,
Thought that be ought te wave a goud price fer his property, and ae-

Lean.

Hon. Mr. COLES—Who suggested it to him.

Hon. Mr. LONGWORTH—Can the dead speak? What
an appropriate question to ask who suggested it tu his mind!
Mr. Wightmau then asked if he| Hon. Mr. COLES—I shallexp!ain that matter.
the person answered, yee, and) Ion. Mr. LONGWORTH—Oh, yes, we all know what
ve that im Bedeque he created quite a your explanations amount to, and the country also is capable
sot discussion was where the railway yf judging of their importance The hon. gentleman has
Now, Siv, ail tus was a most disgracetul piece of de-| aeted a most extraordinary part in this matter of the Award ;
aud the persog whe practised it ought almost tu have been, he will not say whether he is openly opposed toitornot. He
gibbeted. It ®enid that up about Mill River the people hung the states that he has attended no meetings except in his own
vtiny tom eeu, Sep herued ties a ae, — ar, pre = district, and these he called to learn the opinion of his con-
. eet Lew oy aehy rent rmair scarey Do stituents. He desires to keep his hands clear, so that he may
iwtited out, ne, ne, burn bun all! An etiort nage alin i Ton “ * be free to act in future ; instead of having the man y courage
throw the blame oc this trausaction ou the people of Mill Vale; [,| to go and say to his eu pporters that they should receive or re-
however, luquited Inte the matter, and found that the deed wasdone | ject the Award. He knows his past course has been so crook.
any Cine supporters of the Government—the Tories of New London,| ed that he does not wish to commit himself on this question.
Who toed fo anew the view of tue failure of the Commission on ‘The sul ject of Escheat, he says, has been held up asa delu-
Mr. Howe, instead of on the Government. j

Mr. MONTGOMERY—This is 1!
look a part la

Tlie partie $s were, but li

/t railroad to Bedeque; and, after instilling into the minds
uf the people the belief that great puble improvements were
about to be nade by himself and those whose representative
he professed to be, he asked what thay would sell their lands
for? As was to be expected, the people allured by the pros-

ave Wl upou Cael aii

cordingly set a uigh value upon If,

* ured before The Comittission:
may went the Spy. Lb tein
setsutlou, aed the great 1 p

would pass.

value of their properties. Before be left the yieinity, his ob-
ject was suspected, and the people were cautioned to beware
uf him.
wers to pat a high price upon their lands, and when they
had done so, he recorded tie figures in his book ; and, Sir,
all this was done at the instigatlon of the supposed friend of
the tenantry, the Hon. Mr. llowe. Sir, no one would have
supposed thet gentleman would have employed such agency
to deceive the people of the Island to their own injary. It
was disgraceful to adept sueh means. Mr. lowe sent ona
Spy to get evidence to contradiet that which he and his fellow
Commissioners had openly and publicly received from bun-
dreds of the most respectable men on the Island. And this

ate potiw ..

“
tle

Wu

sion and a snare; but he never possessed the manliness to state
we first time I have heard who thas it could be carried at the present time. All that he would
L could never ascertain who say is that it might be necessary to resort to it someday. If,
we, however, desire a proof of his inconsistency, we have only |
ay Mr. COLES—The Frenchinan, however, seems to have been | & tuta to the records of 1855—on which pony, ee es
lueiiwedt te spare hit. Sir, the supperters of the Government need minds of that day gave forth their opinions on SC +0 en
et coupling of the Award, for it goes at leastaus fur as the resulutions | Compare them with those ot a subsequent date, since the Loan
Lmade a remark to Mr. Howe tothe! Bill was refused. Questions have recently been put to a

the Award was unfavourable to the tenautry; and his re-| leading member of the opposite party by a gentleman on the
ply was, “did you ever hear of an arbitration granting more than! game side in polities, who was once a member of this House
any of (ue parties asked tor!” I inquired what he meant; he auswer-/ jq regard tu this and other subjects, and how have they been
ed,“ We have given you all that the resolutions ot the House asked answered ? ‘They have been altogether evaded, the reply only
for, wad @ Hite mere; so you cannot complain of us.” The manver) , ounting eo this: our political sands have run out, and we
whieh tae Award disposes of the Fishery Reserves must work in have nothing else to propose. When asked what else they,
jurously ub many cases. A person ean ge and ask for an were ot ead tn being forward shen they found fault with the Award.
Pre em So grin ti, Ease the answer was unsatisfactory to the gentleman who proposed

suppose a person were to ask an owner of land there : . oan ail
< ' tu reply “ah * cauuot let you have it ;| the questivu, and we think also the supporters of that party

tuat shamelul affair, statements of the people, bat their hopes and expectations
were to be excited by falsehoods, to induce them tu put an
exorbitantly high value upon their properties. This Llouse
ewployed Mr. Lowe to protect the interests of the tenantry ;
instead of doing this, he sent among us a spy to tell lies, tor
the benefit of the proprietors. Mr. Wightinan was in the
habit of declaring himself delivhted with the quality of the
land, and after praising itand talking of the proposed steamer
or railroad, or some projected fi-hery, would induce a man,
who would otherwise be glad to get £50 for bis tarm, to usk,
it might be, £500. Sir, that man has been paid to libel the
people of Prince Edward Island, to endeavor tu prove thei
liars, and when such is the case, [ can feel but litcle interest
inthe Award. I am, Mr. Chairman, a tenant, and have
paid a considerable umount of rent, and I entertain no bad

appears there was a Freneliman amoung the

: “rt ; 1 .
ot lure ory Oi Luis ilouse.

sat)
etfeet tha

ied auywhere ou lis
Miinuerside,

half an aere, aod be were

the person applyiag ugh say, but you must as [ want it for fishing} generally. | need not answer for the leader of the Govern- feeling towards the proprietor from whem L hold my land.
, woth 2 Yigg Ma Ll say, Om 5 must as ut it Sulny, ashe. : a Sic : " . i A ‘ : ; é

pu porte —apypount your arbitrator. L ouly allade to this to show) ment in reference to his opinion that the question would be But while I say that, i must also state that [ would be glad

Llia. Luere is more ovens on tor an ontery new than existed a year or! settled in 8 months. Many an eminent man in his ardor for! to get rid of the incubus of rent, hy hecoming a treeholder on}

when the hat reasonable terms. As I said before, | cannotexpect any bene-
fic from the Award, and am sorry that the Commissioners
should have acted in a manner which dues not entitle their
yeport to any respect.

lion. Mr. YEU.—The Commissioners were not so simple
persons as not to judge of what was right. Certainly if the
award comes into operation it will clear off thousands and
thousands of pounds of back rents. Hon. wembers on the
other side say it fixes the price of land at 20s. an acre. This

two (roverument thought to settle the question Ot) the suceess of a remedial measure, may wiscalculate in the
bie reserves. Ta farther evideuce than the resolutions of tuis House,| matter of time. ‘The hon. leader of the Opposition wiil not
that the Award ls us favorable to the tenantry as the Goverument) «ine out distinetly against the Award—that wouid be bar
policy ; but he seeks to make all the eapital he ean by blaming
the Government because they held out that the question |
ver, take bis own statement, 1S or 19 years’ purchase, and that would be settled in a short time, and by saying that the Award
too in the face of @ lamentable euse which was before the Court on | Was not what the people were led to expect. The hon. member
Lie prs He said the people could generally pay 15 or! has made certain remarks, ball inthe form of queries, showing
iv years’ purchase, but there were exceptional cases suck as the one | that he 1s very anxious to find out every little matter connected pn '
: Now, | do not believe that there are teu such with the acts of the Government. He has thrown out some is not the case ; the highest only is 2Us. an acre; but by the
insinuations with respect to the person whom he ealls a‘ Spy,’’ | arbitration clause the price may be brought down to os. |
Hon. Mr. LONGWORTH—I am astonished at the hon. member! and attempts to show wherein the government have betrayed do not think it is right tu take up the time of this Llouse now

7)

desired, L have bul to reier to the statement of one of its members
beore lie Cotdssott Liat the people were able to pay Io or iy

: ¢ eA a
years’ purchase—but of my memory serves me right he said 20,

viet eventniy

we had Misi evening.

ieee il ile isiauu.

licking tit perversion. ‘Tue report of my remarks will speak for| their trust. In regard to the Commission, | maintain that the | diseussing this subject. cid AL.
| appeal te this House if my statements before the Commis-! Administration have faithfully discharged their functions as Ifon. Col. GRAY.—Mr. Chairman ; [ have to apologize to

9,

hon Were not as faverable to the tenantry as those of any individual! g eoyernment this Committee for not being in my place yesterday afternodn,

Had they been actuated by a spirit of unfair
ippeared betore if

Wwe

Lhe Commissioners advised the tenants to| various mstances with agents, not to press so hard upon the }

pects he held out, im most cases asked four or five times the |

He did all that lay in bis power to induce the far-

evidence was to be obtained not from the plain unbiassed |

This day at twelve o'clock, His Excellency the
| Lientenant Governor came down to the Legislative
| Library ; and this House, being notitied thereof by
the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, waited
upon His Excelleney with their Address in answer
to the Speech from the Throne at the opening of
l the present Session, and which is as follows :—

To His Excellency George Dundas, Esquire, Lieu-
tenant Governor, &c. &c. &ec.

May it PLease Your Excetvencr :

We, Her Majesty’s datiful and loyal subjects, the
Legislative Council in Parliament assembled, thank
your Rxcellency for the Speeeh with which you have
| been pleased to open the present Session, and assure
your Excellency that we shall give our best atten-
tion to the affairs of the Colony.

We receive with deep regret the anpcuncement,
made to us by your Exvellency, of the irreparable
loss sustained by Her Majesty, and the Nation of
which we form a part, im the death of His Royal
Highness the Prince Consort.

In common with Her Majesty's loyal subjects, in
all parts of Her dominions, we sincerely mourn
with our Most Gracious Sovereign this melancholy
bereavement.

We are gratified to know that so many of the Acts
passed last Session have received the Koyal allow-
anee,

Any despatches laid before us by your Excellency,
containing suggestions on the Acts not yet allowed,
shall command our best attention.

We look confidently to great beneficial results to
the trade of this Colony from the special confirma-
tion by Her Majesty of the Act authorising the issue
of Fishery Licenses to citizens of the United States.

We are much gratified to know that the Commis-
sioners appointed to inquire into the Land Ques-
tion have completed their laborious task, and that
their Report bas been forwarded to Her Majesty’s
Government; and we join with your Excelency in
confident expectation that this Session of the Qu-
lonial Legislature will not be allowed to pass witb-
out receiving a communication from the Iwperial
Government on this ali important subject, in which
the people of this country are so much interested,
and about which they are so deeply anxious.

We must, however, express our regret that the
| Award has not yet been received by your Excel-
| leucy trom His Grace the Secretary of State for the
| Colonies.
| We hear with great satisfaction the proposal your
Excellency has received trom the Governor General
of Canada, to establish w Reciprocal Free Trade
awong the British Norta American Provinces, and
| for au assimilation of their respective tariifs; aud
wien your Excellency shall be pleased to lay before
us the papers relating tu the subject. they shall re-
ceive our most favorable consideration.

by Bill, and moved that it be read afirsttime. The
said Bill was accordingly read the first time, and
the second reading thereof was made the order of
the day for to-morrow.

Adjourned till to morrow at eleven o'clock.

CORRESPONDENCE,

SS

To rue Evirok or THE Examiner.

Dear Sin,—In the copy of my sixth letter to the
Editor of the ‘ Procestant,’ which I sent you last
week, there was a mistake which I did not perceive
until [ read the letter in your issue of the 3rd inst.
When writing that communication, in order to save
time, I got unother person to copy from a volume
of “ Macaulay’s Essays” the extract to which I
alluded ia the letter, but instead of writing the part
which I pointed out to him, he, by mistake, copied
from the next leaf the extract which appears in the
‘Examiner,’ and to which my remarks are not ap
applicable. Being in a hurry, and taking it for
granted that the proper part was copied, I did not
read the extract which was sent to you.

My opponents may say that, by the extract which
I sent to you by mistake, I have unwittingly fur-
nished them with arms against myself, inasmuch
as Lord Macaulay says that “Ignorance was the
talisman on which their power (that of Nicholas and
men like Nicholas) depended, and that talisman they
had themselves broken. They had called in know-
ledge to decorate superstition, and their error pro-
duced its natural effect.’ But these words of Mac-
aulay only render his testimony in favor of the
Popes of double weight and importance. The Pro-
testantism of this eminent man wassuch us to satisfy
the most prejudiced Presbyterian, as is evident from
the above extract, and therefore we cannot be sur-
prised at any thing which he has spoken or written
disparagingly of Catholicity or the Popes. The ad-
verse testimony of a bitter enemy is of little or no
avail, whereas his favorable admissions carry with
them the greatest weight. Lord Macaulay bas given
unmistakable proof of his bitter hostility te the
Catholic religion, and consequently his admissions
in favor of the Popes are of very great importance.

The latter portion of my last letter to the Editor
of the ‘ Protestant’ should be as follows :—

** But those who have been thus deceived will be
much more astonished when they read the followin
well-merited and eloquent tribute of respect
gratitude paid to the memory of « Pope by no less
& personage than the lute Lord Macaulay, a Scotch-
man, and one of the most talented and eminent Pro-
testants not only of this country, but of any other.
To this beautiful passage from one of their co-reli-
gionists aud countrymen, [ would respectfully direct
Lue attention of Scotch Protestants, whose national
and religions feelings are pow being excited by cer-
tain designing politicians, who, apparently, would
not a ¢ to arouse in this community a never-dying
spirit of religious animosity, and disturb the peace
of society, provided they served their own selfish
interests.

‘Lord Macaulay, in the speech which he delivered
on the 2ist Mareh, 1849, on the occasion of his
installation as Lord Rector of the University of
Glusgow, said—

‘“** At this conjuncture—a conjuncture of uprivall-
ed interest in the history of letters—a man never to
be mentioned without reverence by every lever of.
letters, held the highest place in Europe.” Our just
attachment to that Protestant faith to whieh our
country owes so much, must pot prevent us from
paying the tribute which, on this oceasion and in
this place, justice and gratitude demand, to the
founder of the University of Glasgow, the greatest
of the revivers of learning, Pope Nicholas the Fifth.
He had sp-ung from the common people; but his
abilities and his erudition had attracted the
notice of the great. He had ied much and tra-
velled far. Ue had visited Great Brita, which,
in wealth and refinement, wasto his native Tuscany
what the back settlements of America now are to
Britain. He had lived with the merebant princes
of Florence, those men who first ennobled trade by
making trade the ally of phi y, of eloquence,
und of taste. It was he who, u the protection
of the muniticent and discerning Cosmo, errayed the
first public library that modern Europe possessed.
From privacy your founder rose to a throve ; but on
the throne he never forgot the studies whieh had
been his delight in privacy. He was the centre of
anu iMustrious group, composed partly of the hast
| wrewt ecbolars of Greece, and partly of the first
| great scholars of Italy, Theodore Gaza and George
, of Trebizond, Bessarin and ilelfo, Marsilio Fieino
and Pogyic Bracciolini. By him was tounded the
| Vatican Library, then and long after the most pre-
| clons and the most exetensive collection of books in
| the world. By him were carefully preserved the
| most valuable intelleetual treasures which had been
) snatched from the wreex of the Byzantine empire.
| His agents were to be found everywhere — in the

lnvoking the Divine bles-ing to aid us in our de. | bazaars of the farthest East, in the monasteries of

liberations, we trust they will resultin the advance-
went aod prosperity of the people of this Colony.

| His Excelleney was pleased to return the follow-
ing answer :—

| Mr. President and Honorable Gentlemenof the Legisla-
| tive Council.

| 1 thank you for your Address and for the assurance

j it contains that you will give your best attention to
| the alfuirs of this Colony.
| You muy rely on my desire to co-operate with you
/ in all measures for the public good.
| Hon. Mr. Anderson obtained leave of absence till
| Monday the tenth of March next.

Adjourned uatil to-morrow at eleven o'clock.

Monpar, Mareh 3.

| The Council met at 11} o'clock, and there not
| being a quorum, they adjourned ull to-morrow at
!

j vleven o clock.

Turspay, Mareh 4, 1862.
| Hon. Mr. Palmer, from the Committee appointed
to wait upon His Excellency the Lieutenant
| Governor with the joint address of the Legislative
| Council and House of Assembly, requesting him te
‘forward the joint address of condolence with Her
| Majesty the Queen on the melancholy death of His

svyal Highness the Prince Consort, reported, that
they had waited upou His Excellency and that he
had been pleased to say, that he would forward the
Address to Her Majesty by that evening's mail.
Hon. Mr. Palmer, a member of the Executive
| Council, informed the House that he was directed
by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor to lay
| befure the House the follwing
MESSAGE.

The Lientenant Governor transmits for the in-
formation of the Legislative Council, copies of the
following Despatches from Her Majesty's Principal
| Secretery of State for the Colonies :—
| No, 82.—September 17th, L861.—In answer to
| application for further supply of Arms for Volunteer
Force.

Licutenant Governor Dundas’s answer thereto.

No, 83.—september 20, 1861 —Respecting an Act
to incorporate the Gulf Express and Telegraph
Company.

Lieutenant Governor Dundas’s answer thereto.

No. 92.—January 19th, L862.—Leaving to its ope-
ration an Act to incorporate the Gulf Express and
Telegnaph Company.

No, 80.—Octover 22nd, 1861.—Leaving to their
operation 31 Acts of the Local Legislature (L861).

No. 86.—October 22nd, L861.—Npecially contirm-
ing an Act of the Local Legislature (1861).

No. 89.—December Sth, 1861.—Enclosing an or-
der in Couneil specially contirming an Act (No.
1046) of the Local Legislature (1860).

which was owing to illness under waich I have suffered for
the last six or seyen weeks, and to the severity of the weather.
; most talented members of the New Brunswick Bar; anda, But as at the Lour of adjournment there were two other!

Comuinsioness. 1 cee Se ye ipa soe of ae gentleman in this Colony who is known to be a supporter of | paragraphe of the Address still to consider, I thought the |
-° He are at por agp gp pr ag Not the opposite party, and w reasonable and sound-minded man. | discussion of this subject would not come up, however ene
Vie Award will be very little benefit to the tenantry, as bonds and| Still we have been charged with dereliction of duty because L had heen aware of the faet | could not have been present. [
warrants have been taken from miny of them for arrears; aud Mr.| we did not appear belore the Commission to advocate the} will be uncer the necessity, therefore, of having recourse to
Howe «aid that the Commissioners had no power te interfere with! qnestion of quit rents, and fishery reserves. All the documents} the notes of my friend and colleague, the hon. member for

play, would they have procured such Counsel to advocate the

Hon. Mr. COLES—This statement that the people were generally enuee of the tenantry as Samuel ‘Thomevn. Esq.. one of the

«tu pay Is or lY years’ purchase, had great weight with the

Gil

such. Whew # boud of warrant is given ile tenant's property can| on those subjects were placed befure the tribunal ; and with | Georgetown. [ know nothing new on the subject of the|
be Tukew away, ald suld without almost auy notice. "Such a case | respect to the Colonial Secretary, though I am not here to) award, as it has not yet been received by His Excellency.
vecurred bere the other day, when a teaani’s horse and cow Wes defend that gentleman, is he to be held up to public reproach | We have only the synopsis of it given by the Hun. Mr. Howe,
void for a trifle. It is the delay in referenca to the Award that I) }ocause he read certain despatches before the Commissioners?) and on this account we can say very little respecting its)
principally complain ol, tow it Is BVA tine tu the proprietors to {he Counsel for the tenantry, az has been admitted by both | merits or demerits. I shall first answer a few of the objections
ne ne = pr aroma dar g Hen eager ee vane. | Mr. Thomson and the Hon. Mr. Hensley, had perfect liberty | brought forward by the hon. member for Tignish. He referred |
time. Hy Miiahawa ike heen ne “ar to adveeate all those questions, and that they did so will be | to the employment of an individual by the Commissioners, |
in = oul to the Land Purchase Act, cinder which ws Worrell pow seen by the Report. ‘The hon. leader of the Opposition has | whom they sent here pe wer last year for the purpose, it 18)
selhirk Estates were bought, and the tenants thereou were forgiven! adverted to my evidence before the Commission. i 1 am quite currently reported, of obtaining stutistical information with |
all their arrears, and freed from paying rent as soon as the firsi in- prepared to stand by it; and if he will read it earelully ; respect to the value of land. 1 hope any hon. mew ber iad
stalmeut was paid, Besides, if te tenant cannot get the proprietor through he will find it compares favorably with his own, or| correct me, if this be not the report, viz., too btain information

ty sell, he has to go to law with him, for it amounts to that by the| that of any other person. ‘That gentleman has insinuated that on this subject better than could be had from proprietors and |
ruutration elause. This Award, in my opinion, instead of doing I set a high value on the lands of this Island ; what I said | tenants themselves before the Court.
away with the propre ary system willouly perpetuate it. ‘The “UP-' was that the tenants might in some cases be able to pay 18; Mr. CONROY.—A person at Tignish informed me that,

porters of the Government maintain that the Award will dw good; or 19 years’ purchase, but not generally, and in some cases| that Mr. Wightman told him he was sent by the Commissiun- |

cil, let them have it.

; ‘ : 5 ut ) le i ‘ pe »| ~] . . ; . . . o
vere led to expect. [ Selif. Foye A nl pert ay little or nothing. |! believe my evidence made an impression | ore to procure wach, ae. as ae have ews : AY
verument have been going round the country and repudiating a part | 9" the Commissioners favorable to the tenantry, because Mr. | was told this, 1 remar ee that he must be mistaken, va i
of the Award—the ciause relating to the loan. I have atteuded no| Gray remarked, when objection was taken to ny statements | not believe the Commissioners would resort to such meuns to)
iaeetings except one ortwo in my own district to receive instructions; by one of the proprieters, ** what shouid be aimed at, is the obtain information.

expect to the repert of the Commissioners. The friends of the} greatest amount of good to the greatest number.’’ The hon.| fon. Col. GRAY.—Well I was surprised to hear such |
Goverument, | believe, are circulating that the Liberals have united| member says he hus heard that the Government or the | Temarks fall from one whom | supposed to be a friend of the |
wir influenee with the proprietors tooverthrow the Award. I defy Guverner, he dues not know which, refased to accept a copy | tenantry, for | understand that this gentleman has furnished
Them ty prove that uuy Laveral bas ever written a line to the Colo-| of the award. Al! | have to say isthathe has heard what 1| information favorable to their cause. The award, I learn, has
se a wah or ihe Award, by the resolutions of the! nog true. He seems to think that the Government by all been printed by the Home Government, and when it arrives |
Se pond pony sae a tye nper ay means should have ybtained a copy of the Commissioners’) here I think the peuple will fiod that they are under the |
with that; they desired the subjects emer arty be ‘ae report before this time. All the documents of the award will | greatest obligation tu Mr.W ightman, If Mr. Mowe 8 exposition
reserves, and the loyalist question to be included. tr he loyalists, by | Dave to be carefully examined and considered by the proper | be a fair synopsis of the Award, it speaks for itself. It is—
the report of the Comunissioners, are to receive compensation, but | Officers in England ; but if in a matter of such importance, & Speaking of those on the estates of proprietors who agreed
veut of the Crown Lands that may be in the possession of the Go-| delay of 6 or 7 mouths has oceurred in forwarding it to this | to the Commission — the greatest possible boon to the
verument. ‘This | consider unjust; the compensation should le from | Island, | cannot see why the government should be censured |tenantry. An Award by which £100,000 of arrears of rent
the propriewwrs and not from the Government. ‘Those men who left! in the case. We are aware that some measures of far Jess| have been remitted cannot cannot fail to be attended with the
the: Souses and lands und all on account of their tidelity to the | consequence have been detained two or three years at the | most beneficial results to the country. It is as greata boon
oe ae ia ae hogend . ssgrend trom the proprietors | Colonial Office for consideration, therefore L think us yet we | as ever I expected, and more than [ expected. And if it can
; rat Bho ne bare eB yens Seer hey ce de pon the have but little cause to complain. The hon. leader of the| be proved that Mr. W ightman’s evidence has been the means
reason of Witt Was allotted to thea, but the inost of them reeetred | OPposttion has adverted to the employment of Mr. Wightman | of correcting the pre-conceived opinions of the Commissioners,
soue atall. They souglit cedress, but were denied their rights; at| UY tae Commissioners, has characterized him asa spy, and certainly the tenantry will have no reason to complain. The
length, however, a law was passed ty gre hem justies, but this was | S/d that be conducted his enquiries with the kuowledge of the Commissioners were empowered to proceed according to their
frustrated. These loyulist« or their representatives came before the | Government. [ deny that the government were acquainted | pleasure ; they were at liberty to come here and conduct the
we nossioners, whe have taken ap their case and decided that they} with his mission, and have dened it before. I never knew) investigation personally and adopt such other means of
ae py eon ation irouw tue Guveruuent, which is very) there was such @ person here until after he had left the | procuring information us they might deem expedient. I did
tm dea hae a lave Wo Fi bi to pay for the de-) Island. 1 have heard since on good wuthority that he was Suggest to them on their leaving the Island, that if they |
pears that there is a Gaither e + Sagoo quik rents, it 4p) sent here by tue Commissioners, and principally through the | found it necessary, they might return and — a sub-court|
Givveroment net having urged the an # ee vdie ve | influence of the Hon. Me. Howe, whose friend he was, and |on the following year; but it appears they did not consider)
their Colouial Seeretary to go befdre the Commissioners, and with | who had every confidence in his abilities. He brought a letter | it needful to adopt this course. t do nut agree with the |
such ducuineuts a4 be bad at his command, endeavenr to pruve that! from the Commissioners to His Excellency stating his mission, | remark of the how. metuber trom Tignish that the Award is!
all bud vteu rewitied: aaa they seom w have taien his view #94 that it was to be kept secret, besides requesting that he | uot such as to the people have reason to be thankful for. 1!
of the mativer, The Lvinnd, by the Avard, has lest not only in the! Should have access tw ducuments, and that his service should , believe the Commissioners entered upon their duties with the
matter of the amonnt that wight be beeaynt in by fixhery reserves | be paid for. fullest sympathy for the tenantry : and I was happy to hear}
wad q * Feats, DUE Alny in tegard to Line price of land, “A certain) Hon. Mr. WITELAN—Out of the public funds? that the Llon. Mr. Howe seid when Lere that sueir decision,
proriewr af howe wrote be | on, Me. LONGW ORTH Yes, gut ef the public fa was unanimous.

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Until we have seem the seport of Mr.) te cox!

Circular—December 10th, 1861.—Enclosing copies
of orders in Couneil prohibiting Exportation of
Arms, &c., and of gunpowder, &c., &e.

Feb. Ist, L862.—Governor General of Canada to
Licutenant Governor Dundas—Proposal for estab-
lishment of Free Trade among the British Colonies
of North America.

No. 63.—April 10th, 1861.—On subject of an Act
to authorize Grants of the Shores of this Island.

Cireular—May 16th, 1861.—Enelosing Proclama-
tion of neutrality as regards War in the United
States.

Circular.—Ist June, 1861.—On subject of Hosti-
lities in United States of America,

No. 77.—July 10th, 1861.~—Announcing that 4

d 50 Swords are to be sent out asa
free yift to the Colony.

No. 82.—Angust 19th, 1361.—Refusing to submit
for Her Majesty's assent, an Act to incorporate the
Koman Catholic Bishop of Charlottetown ia his
Jiocese.

No, 51.—August 29th, 1861.—Respecting an Act
of Local Legislature (1861) to provide for the or-
¥unization of a Volunteer Force.

Hon. Mr. PALMER—I cannot refrain from mak-
ing au observation on oue of the Despatches which
hus just been read. It is the one relating to an Act
passed by the Colonial Legislature last Seasion, to
iucorporate the Roman Catholic Bishop of Char-
lottetown. That Act has been disallowed for the
present in consequence of varions defects which are
pointed out by the Despatch. An Act which is very
lunpertect will sometimes find its way through the
Legisiature of this Ishand, as well as through those
of the other Colonies, und even of Britain. It was
the boast of a celebrated man that he could drive a
couch wud six through ulimost any Act of Parlia-
ment. ‘The under Secretary of State has placed the
Act in question under a very severe criticism. He
certainly was not in a very happy temper of mind
When he penned that Despatch. “The Bill was far-
uisbed to an hon. member of the other Branch of the
Legislature already prepared. It was, I believe, a
transcript of a Bill which was introduced into the
Legislature of Canada, and which, if I mistake not,
passed into law there, if so it must have received
the sanction of the Colonial Minister. [tis nota
very uncommon thing for Acts of that kind to pass
without very close attention by disinterested mem-
bers; not that they are relieved from the daty of
attending to them, bat because they are left to the
members who are more inmediately concerned. I
have examined the Act since the Despatch came
out, and Feannot see that there was any necessity
for such a severe criticism; for, during my legisla-
tive experience, I never sew such a captions Des-
patch. However, the Despatch contains a declara-
tion that the Colonial Minister is willing to accede
to the principle of the Bill; and I sufpose the other
branch of the Legislature wil! be able to frame a
Bill which will meet the approval of the under Se-
eretary of State.

Hon. Mr. Palmer, a member of the Executive
Couneil, presented the secounts of tue Coluuial Trea-
eurer fur the year euding dist Jumuary, Ledz.

Urdereu, Luat the same do lie on the table.

Adjuur G4 hui W-uW TOW clock.

spaY, March Sth.

ai ecieveu oO

Waipss

the farthest West — purchasing or copying worm-
eaten parchments on which were traced words
worthy of immortality. Under his patronage were
prepared accurate Latin versions of many precious
remaius of Greek poets and philosophers. But no
| department of literature owes #0 much to him as
history. By bim were introduced to the knowledge
of Western Europe two great and unrivalled models
| of historical composition, the work of Herodotus and
ithe work of Thucydides. By him, too, our ances-
| tors were first made aequainted with the graceful
‘and lucid simplicity of Xenophon, and with the
|manly good sense of Polybius. It was while he
| Was oceupied with cares like these that his attention
| was called to the intellectual wants of this region—
4 revion now swarming with population, rich with
culture, and resounding with the clang of machinery
—a region which now sends forth fleets laden wi
| its admirable fabrics to lands of which, in his daya,
no geographer had ever heard—then a wild, a poor,
a half-barbarous tract, lying in the utmost verge of
the known world. He gave his sanction to the

of establishing a University at Glasgow, and be-
stowed on the new seatof learning all the privileges
which belonged to the University of Bologna. 1
can conceive that a pitying smile passed over his
face as he mamed Bologna and ohaew together.
At Bologna he had long studied. No spot in the
world has been more favoured by nature or by art.
The surrounding country was a fruitful sunny
country, &@ country of corn-fields and vine-yards.
In the city the house of Bentivoglia bore rule — a
house which vied with the Medici in taste and mag-
uiticence—which has left to posterity noble palaces
and temples, and which gave a splendid patronage
to urts and sciences.’ "’

The reading of this extract should crimson with
the blush of shame the cheeks of those gentlemen
who are 80 uncharitable as to endeavour to deceive
their neighbours by representing the Popes as the
directors of a aystem which per tes freedom of
thought, hoodwiuks and enslaves the human mind,
shackles the understanding, and teaches that “ Ig-
norance is the mother of devotion.”

By inserting the above in the next ‘Examiner’
you will much oblige,

Dear Sir,
Your obedient and humble servant,
A. McDONALD.
St. Dunstan's College, March Sth, 1862.

NEW BRUNSWICK AFFAIRS.

For THE Examiner.

Arthur Hamilton Gordon has met, in pomp and
pageantry, his Provincial Parliament, for the tiret
time, in assembled force. Aud a lengthy Speech
trom bis Excellency appeals to the chosen wisdom
of the peuple for the best measures to effectuate the
common good and protect the common interests of
the country.

Some of the paragraphs in the Governor's speech
are attributed to his Excellency’s own pen, as they
give indications of disapprobation to some of the
late legislation of the Government. Ms

The Legisiatare was opened amid mili .
volunteer forees, bugle sound, and an assemblage of
the pride and beauty of Fredericton. ‘The bon. J.
Jobneon, of Miramichi, has been reinstated in bis
former place ax Speaker,and a shrewd old gentleman
he is. Fisher is mute—or nearly so, but on a good
bid from either party, he will become one of the
most energeticand eloquent debaters, and consistent
politicians—so invigorating and stimulative are the
possessions ef the world’s worthlessness ;—:es in
presenti perfectum format. Anglin is watebing
and exposing every device of the government, and

already gives earnest of his accomplishments for
the arena of public discussion. Skinner—the little
fellow—begins without ceremony to make a noise
about the public highways, his constituents and the

Weighty responsibilities resting upon his shoulders.
Et sic de similibus. The government encountered

but little difficulty in the tion of the address to
his Excellency, there being but one attempt made
by Mr. Anglin to introduce an amendment te a
paragraph, but whieh proved utterly impotent in ite
object. To all present appearances, then, the govern-
ment cannot be dislodyed for the next four years, if
they ouly pursue a fair course, and endeavor to
legislate for every section of the country, and
discounteuance 4 one-sided policy.

From the movements of honorable members in
the House, we might judge that the Session will
practically establish its competeney for the “ des-
patch of business.” A number of bills are already
introduced :—Some of them have in view the
amelioration of the criminal code,—the abolition of
the penalty of death for highway robbery, arson,
Sc.; others to continue an act for the killing of
Bears; and more to explain an act made in amend-
meat of an act entitled an act to extend the provi-
Sons of a certain uct passed in the 13th yeur of the
reign of her present jesty. Iam afraid I cannot
+ are time to say anything more just now. In fact,

ére is nothing trauspiring here to invite attention.
We have hada big snow storm yesterday, which
a suspended the freedom of locomotion.

Usiness, generally, is,'l regret to say, in aconditiou
not productive of cheerfulness umongst its devotees.
Some very instructive lectures have been delivered
in the Mechanic's Institute ; and some that do little
credit to the fellows who intrade themselves upon
public notice. Mr. Gray delivered an able and
eloquent discourse upon the * Gulph Stream,” but
having all hisown way, he appeared to be out of
his element, and his mind seemed to be struggling
to yet off to the House of Assembly,

_ A Natural History Society has just beeneatablished
here, under the presidency of Moses Perley, Esq...
the erudite editor of the ‘ Colonial Eupire,’ and

Hon. Mr. Simpson, from the Committee appointed

tr ine eriject of & Savings’ Bank, reported!

embracing on his list of members a number of
‘terary gentlemen and untiquariane. Lord Bacon
fuys that there ure sou: people who possess * no
kuewledge of antiqnity, nor antiquity of know |

St. John, 2nd Feb. 1869,

_——

To THE Epiror or tne Examinen
Sin—In a letter whieh xppeured in as
the dnd inwt., signed * Robt. A. Fellowees ape at

Uewan states, with his nenal regard for trath
the “ Grand Jary found a true Bill aguinat a4
felony.” The Grand Jury, from the falee on
sentation of my benefactor, (!) Mr.
Fellowes, sent down a .
Otticers, upon whieh it was their dety Py Tae
of Indictment (if they chose) to send Bil,
Grand Jury then sitting, or at » futore peat the
was then for the G Jury to finda “true p

or no Bill. If the former, the cuse would oy

for trial in the Supreme Court, and bve decided ancy ;

In my letter of the Mth ult, in the « Exeaig
when Aone» of Mr. Pallowers nea kagt 7
accounts, | wished te show that the 2 perience of
quired by him during upwards of 20 years carve
in London, should have qualitied Lint to rorrect
error in my Booka, to which he
if he hud been desirous of deing #0,
these remarks terconnh, however, and refused to

blish therm. a -shonid lend
fo sar. Fellowes for ¢ e circulation of his i

4

slanderous abuse of myeelf, and not a
However, put your partiality to lest

rent instumien + Bagg #Y persoual A Read a os
Mr Robert Albion Fellowes's irrepronchable hg.
racter, as mny object in nyticing bis deter at sll
merely to put the publie t relative ve his wait

tatement (some ill-natu -

fuls@liood) about the “ true
I will not trespuse apon your valuable time
space further, than by saying that | perfectiy eget
with Mr. Fellowes ia bic owt
ay which I pe yee 4
am not aware of ever having done Mr.
ap injury butove, when law site ro lowes
ing at the risk of my own.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient
WM. W.
Ch. Town, 6th March, 1862. ,

Che Examiner,

Charlottetown, March 10th, 1862,

“THE GREAT EVENT OF THE WEEK”
WE stated in our paper of Monday last, fast

been received in this Colony. We mentioned at
the same time that there was much exeitewent

was frittered away in long private cousulistions
between the majority of the House. If one of
the Opposition ventured te ask for information
accompanied it—whether it bore any likenes te
Mr. Howe's exposition—whether it evolved prin.
ciples more faveurable to the tenaptrythan be
aid down in bis speech at the Terrace Houw—
the Government portizans were mysteriously
silent or extremely reserved in their replies,
“ Wait,” said they, “until the document ahall be
laid before the Hease; it is mow in the-hands of
the Queen's Printer ; he bas twelve workmen em-
ployed upon it, day and night, and he weald have

Thursday next,” they added,“ it will be brought
down te the Howse of Assembly in due form.”
Well, this announcement about the sudden snd
tremendous demand fer Isbour at the Queen's
Printer’s office was eabeulsted te impress the un-
initiated wth the belief that there was really’:
something very important im the Kepert of the
Comunissivn—it was a lengthy document, that was)
clear,sinee it required twelve or twenty-four hands
for several days to put it iytype; ond sinyphenitided ”
people were, therefore, willing te believe thatthe
receipt of the Report was “the great event f
week,” as the * Islander’ of Inst Friday bas
sured us, ‘re ow
Yet, people of all shades of polities, not ensily”
deceived by clap trap, shrugged their shoulder, ©
and winked at each other knowingly ; and by and
bye the whisper went through the town, thet
the Report were of such 3 nature as to seeare pe
pular applause to the Government, “ Her Maja~’
ty’s Ministers” in this Colony could bardly heap’
the important seeret for an hour, mueb lew than
aday. Besides, it was asked, why send the Re-
port to a public printing office, where 3 number
of people were employed who might easy com-
municate the contents of it to ‘their friends all
over the town, before submitting it to the Legis-
lature? ‘Tis was justly deemed derogatory to the
Colonia) Partiament, and was at least 5 very sat
Monday, Toesday and Wednesday of last week
—the week of “the great event”—passed in wo-
certainty and froitless enquiry, so far as the
wonderful Award was concerned. Thursday
morning brought the “ Royal Gazette” to the
anxious eyes of Her Majesty's lieges, wherein they
beheld the stupendous suaeaepecement, in semboffi-
cial style, that the Award bad certainly been te
ceived, and that the “ Printer te the Queen's mat
excellent Majesty” bad positively exaployed sight
hands uponit!! More excitement a the ego
of Humbug!—more shrugs agd winks aapengst
the incredulous !—a deeper and deadlier sikace
on the part of the. Burleigh» of the “ Ministry”
The ‘ Islander’ of the following day, Friday, used
new and different phraseology for snneuncing
“the great event of tho week”—graciously in-
formed us that the crisis would come wpen ws with
the meridia: splendour of the then fortheoming
day, by the sctual presentation to the Howse of
the veritable Award; and it addéd, by way of cl-
max, that the greatdocument would be sold, by
some twenty or thirty gentlemen named for the
per copy.

The end of the eventful week came st last—-
public patience could not endure the awfil .
suspense any longer—and when the Hoyse met,
the fate of his Government and the Commission—
rose to give the finishing touch to “ the event of
the week,” by presenting the Report, which bed:
so seriously taxed the energy and resourees of
the Queen's Priuter’s office since the previews
Monday.

And after all it was only a printed copy ef the
Report which had been received from E

uot the official document itself, authenticated by
the autograph signature of the Commissiooer,
and stamped with the approval of the Colonial
Minister. The despatch from the Duke of
Neweastle which accompanied it, and which will
be found below, plainly indicates that the priuted
Report was seut out merely to gratify curiosity
not to form the basis of legislation; and this
view of the case is confirmed by the remarks
which the Colonial Miuister wakes concerning the
two most important features in the Award:
namely, the recommendation for an Tuperial
Loan, and the private arbitration in case of dit-
agreement as to the terms of purchase betweet
landlord and tenant. With respect to the Loan,
he says he cannot hold out the prospect of the
Imperial guarantee being obtained; and as to the
arbitratiun, he has “ insuperable objections”
that scheme, ou account of the multiplicity of coset
that would come under it, which we ourgelvet
considered a very objectionable. feature: Whe?
commenting ea Mr. Howe's exposition. :

As regards the Award, op the whole, it differs
very little from the exposition given of it by Mr.
Howe. Whatever difference there is, owt
favour of the proprietors thau the tensa'tS-
The document consists of only 33 pages—tall the
number are occupied with extracts from a
Journals ofthe House of Assemb!y, the resolut ns
and addresses of the House whieh led to the
appointment of the Commission—the des —
from the Colonial O fice which grew out of t

twelve more if they cuuld be get in the town. on’ €