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ever, Qaesover any force dn this objection, |
‘This crmas in the political affairs of Canada}
led the statesmen of that Province ty consi-
der their position, with a View to remedy |
evils whieh were such as to render impracti-)
cable the further geveroment of that Pro-
vince under the existing constitution. 1
need not enumerate the many reasups which
induced those statesmen ty propose a Confe- |
deration of all the Provinces. They realized, |
among other things, the position ino whieh |

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Hon, Con. Seewatary.—Me. Speaker, Law
fatiohbed that | am im order. Ltd not deem
It necessary formally to declare to this House
that tie resulutiune just submitted do not
eXpress the views af the Government. It
well known, Sir, not only in this Llonse, out
trom one end of the [sland to the other, that
the Government, with two
exceptions, are hostile to the pr yposed Con-
The Report of the resolutions o!

the Quebee Conference dves not come before

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the memoers of

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meueratiod

this Llouse as a Government measure. Con-| these Provinces stind in relation to the}
federation is an open question, and in this neighboring Republic, whieh, within the

short space of tour years, from being a purely
commercial and agricultural people, had be-
come one of the greatest military and naval
powers in existence. They had also reveived |
au intimation from the lwperial Government
tu the effect that the people of

discussion I recognize but two parties—the
une composed of the four or five wembers
who are lavorable to Confederation, and the
other consisting of the six and twenty memn-
bers who | believe to be opp wed to Contede-
ration. Mr. Speaker, L enter upon the
drseussion of the questions inve ved in the
hk peve of the Quebec Conlerenee, deeply
# nuble of their magnitade and mportance,
and of wy utter incompetency do them
yueties; but, Sir. in this Llvase the namber
ot these who advoeute Confederation, whieh
tie porte mtemplates, ia 80 5 Ty small —
eomeating of sowe flour or fi¢e or yothat we
canntalford that even should remain
eilent. In taking the lead m th
ot chia subject, Lam encouraged by the con-
, will follow

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, the cost of lurtifications, aud other means ol
defence, as a condition of Eagland s under-
taking to co-operate in their defenee. |
Colonies have heretofore left it to England to
provide and maintain fleets aud armies for

he seeurity of theiz-eountry at the cost of
the tux-pas ers of Great Britcin: and, sir, |

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id

one
of the Coloutes being, at this day, called
upon ty contribate of ther ability to the
ther defence. As subjects of the

discussion
@cionsness that the pentiemen wh Cost of
me, im the support of these res
abier than lam to do justiee to» the great
they relate, [i

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Que wee

uthons, are

try; botif we have this ryht, we are most
certainly under the obligation to coatmbut
of our alnlity to the matatenance of those
fleets and armies Which are necess uty for ile
idetence of the Em pire vf whiel we forat a
part. Tf, sir, the existence upon our borders
of a vast military and naval power, render-

question te which is prene-

Conter-
ons whieh,

rally known, Sor, that tle
: rigith in Gre reseler
Were passe i hy the Legislatures
va Seotia, Ne

ence had tts

sot S
N © Braoswick and Prince
belwerd tsiand rigng a nvention of
Delegates for the purpose of conicrring upon

saree,
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wath e

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or the deliberate consideration of the peo- |
Il devolve the acceptance or re- |

Mil i di Union.”
eneral organizativa our Militia will neces- ‘ |
ality be waubiill Lam not aware, sir, that) f am sorry to say, Sit, “se pre she a
Lam the most eficient officer in the servive, | of eurry ig a& ma) ity in ‘ Union a Y lade!
although | have held a commissiun for a} ration, chit the piney Acid tas
quartér of a century, and bave never seen the | in the Report ot the pwede sh = ee ve
company to which Lam supposed to be at-| just to this Istund, i be see re wadee
tached. Although opposed to spending} i declared myself in favere Sa heat gobi pe
money uselessly upon our Militia, Fam inj at the Conterence, vege a Pe ibe
lavor of training every man in the Provinces | 5", 1 crust 1 have too — ibe Sidon thera |
capable of bearing arms, provided such train- ony vaitgi sige vo val 4 Bund a asians tlie’!
ing be condaeted under a general organiza- stg lye j a wn regard Neen us une |

ad rei i i aw “ be bs |
es belietiag yg aay cnrapadetcdingcd seat “a } x Th roodatiliea ideh forme the Report, al |
defence would be our best protection against lL have already stated, are thé results of mutual |
invasion. The fourth resvlution reals thas

4. Resolred, That a Federal Union of British

ideterence and concession, aod in my liable |
Nort: America based upon the Resolutions adopt-

depart hefore our de- leny fort!
Unless under a) ple, en whem wi
jection of the propose

deal of mischief, and
fenders could be mustered.

| judgment are stich as we should eagerly accept.

ii have beeu teld, Sir, that by advocating the |
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ue terme of Union, it is inexpedient that the peo-
pie of Prince Edward Island ehouk be culled upon
to decide om the question.

Prince Edward Island is the smallest of the Pro-|
vinees or Colonies, and no action whieh this Le-
gislature may take will, in the smallest degree,
allect the great question of confederation. If
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia reject Contede-
ration, we shall pet be allowed tu avail oursebves
of the privileges which Coutederation would con-
fer upon us; onthe other hand, should New Bruns-
wick, Nova Scotia and Newtoundland adopt the
Kesolutions of the Quebee Conference, the Oppo-
sition of Prince Edward Island would be of no
ioportanee ; we should, in the latter case, be ob-
lived to enter the Confederation. It wust, there-
lore, be evident that, until the larger Provinces
agree to Conutederation, it will be inexpedient to
appeal to the people of this TIsiand upon the ques-
tion, The conciading resolution proposes :

ean see nothing anreasonable in the people |

the Colonies | ed at the Conference of Delegates from the Pro-

would be required to contribute largely to!

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vinees of Canada, Neva Seotia and New Brune |
wick, aud the Colonies et Newtoundland and |
Prince Edward Island, held at the City of Que-
bee, 10th October, 1304, as the basis of a pro-

}posed Confederation of tiose Provinces and
Colonies, would, among other advantages, pros |

inote the developemert of the trade and maanntae-

i turing capabilities of these Provinces and Colo

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tuitoro

| Crown of Great Britain, we bave a right to}
demand the protection of the Mother Coun- |

juies, and advance the general prosperity, by

inducing the substitution of a Customs Tarifi|

aid common te the Conlederation, in |
lier of the various tarde uow ta a the |
several Provinees and Colonies.

force

The most effectual means of advancing our
prosverity would be found ina Union, sueh
as is proposed in the Ke port of the Quebee
Conterenee. A great deal bas been said and
written ou the subject of Gia proposed Con-
| federation by cur island Statesmen, who bave
| told the people of the disastrous effects tie
Uaion would exert upon trad> and
wanufactures. Li the gentlemen to whom |

our

adoption ef the priuciple ot the Quebee Report,
[am plactag wyseli in antagonism to the people
of this Island, wud especially te my own consti-
tuents. J, Sir, should cousider myself unworthy
of the coufideuce reposed 1 Me, ad a Pepseseti- |
full expression of
subject deeply ailechiug

tie interests of

entertaia diferent views.
of omy constituents upen

uy question

opinion, Tn the present insianee, [believe

i Confederation woald prouvote the best juterests

of the Istand. To may be aware that my cons-
‘uevts think otherwise, aod are opposed to
Confederation, My individual opivion may remain
unchanged, bat a knowledge of the views and
wishes of iny coustitueats would most materially
iitloenee my conduct. Popular opinion is pro-
verbially changeable, and f expect ere long to
hear many of those who now denonnee the Report
of the Quebee Conterciee adnnt that aller aatare
deliberation, they bave coine te the conclustou that
its princivles: are just. [regard the ferms of
the Repert of the Quebee Coutereuce — sa tar
as they relate te Prince Edward Isiand — to be,
in a financial aspect, just and even liberal. ‘The
average indebtedness of the Provinces generally
is equal to B25 per head of the population. ‘The

x © : a j
debt oof Privnee Edward Estland is, in reality,

but little in excess of G2 per bead. By the tertues

tative of the people, were Lf to shrink from the} I, this afternoon, observed that the countenances
my epihien upen a great} of several of my colleagues in the Government
1 the} wore a tuere than usually pleasing expression.
Colony, simply because my constitutents, or) The eecasinn of this happiness was a telegrar
the people of the Colony, are supposed to} whieh had been reeewed, announcing the defeat
The views or wishes! of the Hon. Mr. Tidey, the leader ot the govern
ca,
in themselves, bave neo dnilucnee pow may | colleagues.

8S. Resolved, That in ease the Provinces of New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Canada, shonld at any
time mathally agree upon the basis of a Union, tire
question be then forth with submitted to the decision
of the people of this Island,

mentot New Brunswick, and of several of his
This my friends regard as the de-
feat of the Cenfedceration scheme in that Pro-
vince, and they are happy. 1, Sir, deeply regret
the reselt af the revené elections in New Bruus-
wick. 1 dread the consequences. My benorable
fnend, Mr. Tilley, informs me that, although
beaten,” be ds uot * conquered.’ J, Sir, would
wuch prefer te share deteat with that gentle-
wean, i the great cause in the advecacy ol

which be bas fallen, than participate in the vietory
jwhich his oppowents Imagine they have gained.
!No honorable member should, in my opinion,
lebject to the resolution just read. IT held, Mr.
i Speaker, that, circumstanced as we are, and
i kuowiug as we do that uine-tenths of the electors
hofthis Iskand are opposed to Confederation, it
; world be improper tn us te pledge our constitu-
feuts te the sebewe of Contederation. Gn the
lother hand, Sir, I contend that this Phouse, ae-
knowledging, that the people should be consulted,
before any such proposiiion shall be weeepted, is

ee ee

In the House of Commons on the 13th, Mr.
White put in a question as to whether the Govern-
ment intended to withdiaw belligerent mybts
rom the so called Confederate States. Lord
Pola retos said the course of the transachon
with regard tothe belligerent rightafof the two par-
ties was this: The President of the United States
issned @ proclamation declaring the blockade of
all the coast and certain ports of the Southern
Contederacy, in accordance, he said, with the
law of nations, Now, a blockade, areording to
the law of nations, is a belligerent right which
can omy accrue to States whieh are at war.
Whew the President declared that a blockade
was established, the only course was to acknow-
ledge his night tu do se as a belligerent, and sub-
wit to it. That necessarily invelved that the
other party, Who was @ belligerent, was eutitled
to be so considered. Ot course, whenever the
United States ceased to exercise the right they
now claimed, there would be no necessity for ace
kuowledying belligerent rights either ov one side
ov the other.

In the House of Lords Lord Houghton made
a similar ingtiry, the term * congession of belli-
gerent rights.” Ear] Russell repiied in substance
similar te Lord Palmerston, but objected to the
wording of the question and to the time of patting
it as must inopportune.

- LATEST BY TELEGRAPH FROM THE STATES.

New York, May 30.—Belgian at Farther
Point brings Liverpool dates to the 19th instant.
Karl Russell has instructed heads of Depart-
ments that belhgerent vessels be not required to
leave British ports within twenty-four beurs as
heretofore Large meetings are being held in
England and Wberal contributions in aid of the
tree blachs of America... .. Flour market dull
and tending downward. Wheat firm, Corn 20s
3d. Provisions quiet. Consuls 90% a 902.

New York, May 30.—President Juhuson has
sigued an amnesty proclamation; among the
classes excepted trom its benefits are diplomatic
or foreign agents of the rebel Government, mili-
tary officers above the rank of colonel and leuts.
in the navy, all officers educated by the United
States at West Poiit ov at the Naval Academy,

belonging to the excepted classes; aud
pre ag will be liberally extended as
consistent with the facts of the ease and the peace
and dignity of the U States.

The Secretary of State will establish ruleg and
regulations for administering and recording suig
amnesty oath, eo ax toensere its benefit to the
people and guard the Government against fraud,
In testimony whereot Lbave bereante set yp

and catered the seal of the United sy

be affixed. a
Done at the eny of Washington the twent
day of May. in the year of our J
thousand eight handred and wixty
of the Lndependenee of the U nite
vighty-ninth.

Y-ninty
“1d one
tive, ue 4
Asprew Jounson,
By the President,
W. HW. Sewarb, Secretary of State.

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THE CONSPIRACY TRIAL,

The trial of the conspirators ts roceeding
ly. The Court room is cromded vveey oo
hundreds of ladies attend te have a huok a pri-
soners, On Monday Judge Hott introduced an ime
portant witness, a Mr. Hyams, whe was Cngaged
in the yellow fever mnoculation plot, which Was
projeeted iu Riehmond, perteeted in Canada, and
carried out by rebel agents in Bermuda. Hyams
is a short, thick, set man, with dark hair
moustache, about thirty years of ave. He
dressed in a light velveteen suit, and told the story
ot his criminal transaction jn a business-hke, of
hand manner, which the cross-examination tailed
to invalidate. Of course he has been promised q
full pardon in return tor this full eontession of his
uilt.
. A Washington correspondent of the New York
Daily News , writing on the 27th, Bays > ;
To-day I visited the ceurt martial for the triag
of the persons charged with aiding and abetting
the assassination of Mr. Lineoln, and of altempt.
ing that of Mr. Seward. Fhe Court meets in the
chapel of the Penitentiary, with bat a
space railed off for spectators, and the space Wag
crowded alniost to suffocation The prisonerg

room, against the opposite wall
cuffed and sandwiched between soldiers.

judiciary officers who joined the rebels, Gover-
nors of rebel States and participators in the re-
bellion, Whose property is worth over B2000.—
A special clause is inserted providing for cases of

year we are eut off fron. Communication with (Of the Report we should receive annually tron
as | the General Government the interest of an amount

not justified in declaring that the people will not

the subject of a Legindatiwe Union of. these (ing it pradent for the Colonies tu prepare allude Pave not instructed, they have, at |
Provinces. When the resulution, aseating | means tor theie defence, together with other least, amused the more intelligent of their |
ta the Convention, of whieh Co huge spok m | reasans, can be adduced to prove that Conte. | hearers and readers, It is true, Sir, that]
was before this Liowse jase Session, {declared | deration is essential to the maintenance of | our trade us chieily in agricultural produce. |
myself in faver ef the Legislative Union | our jostitations, and that it will promote that. our ina ulactures are few, and that |
whieh it contem) lated. and at the same time | our Cominon Presperitty, 1 tatters not what lthere are phys cal disabilities which witl |
exprsmed vrgeee Gat the Liisi: dees of She f wens the peeuhkar circumstances: in which | prevent us from be*oming @ ¢reat manufac. |
neighboring Proginees had not proposed the | the project of Confederation bad iis origin ; cura country. For five months in the |
farger scheme ot Union, which should mn-!| whether if arose out of the politiea! dissen- pe :

elude all the British possessions in North | stons betweeo Upper and Lower Canada, OF! Gur neighbors; yet, Sor, cor manufaetures
Lmerica. Of the thiety membera of whieh! resuited from less important causes, ‘The i :

this Louse is composed, but two deelarea

first of the Resolutions just submitted reads

as follows:

themselves in favor of a Legislative Union of —
these three Maritime Provinces, although

1. Resolved, That the best intereats, and pre-
several hon. members expressed themselves

sent and future prosperity of British North Aime-
3 not averse toa Federal Union of all the! mea, would be promoted by a Federal Union,
Provinces. In dve treme Di legates trom No- ) tider the Crown ot Great Britain, provided such
va Scotia, New Brunswick anid Prince Ed. | Union could be ¢ fiveted on priticiples just to the
ward Island assembled in Conference in this| Several Provinces aud Colonies.

Che Goverament of Canada hal

a dey

Lutiding.

{ would willingly have advoeated a Legisla-
erent to this island

e ’ . mere : .
tation cumposed Of) tive Union of all these Provineers, but sueh a

the leading statesmen ut that Previnee.| Union was believed to be unattainable. "The
Piese gentiomen were admitted tu the Con-| pogsjation just read is identical with the re- |
tefeney shortly uiter is proceedings Were | solution of the Quebee Conterenee, and will,

opened, and at their instance the Conferences! | teheve, be supported by a large majority

of this House. The leader of the Opposition
-the Hon. Mr. Coles—will certamly sup-

postponed the further discussion
tien of the proposed Legislative
order to allow the Canadian Goy
submit a scheme for a general C
of the Provinces

“the ques-
Union. in
Thiment be
ilederation
british Nort \merieca.
Alter a tour the Lower Provinces acclamation. |
the Canadians returned With in

the sanvtion of the Crown, and at the request |p

jed, seeing that the sentiment which it ex-

ay presses was received by the Conference with

through nion is strength, and strength

British America os certainly desirable.
he second aod third Resviutions are as

to (ur wea?

port me, su far as this resolution is conecrn- |

of Les Lb rdsiiip the Gavernor General, the fuilow :—
ciovernments of Nova Scouwa, New Beene a , ;
{ 2 Resaleed. That the existence of immense

wiek, Newloundiand and Prmee Sawurd ts-}
Delegates to fer the
purpose of dircussing with the Ciovernment
«i Canada, the oracticalniity of a Federal) most eifcient: pree:
Union the Provinces of British North
Ateriea under the Crown of Great Britain | ux: y be secured.
L have beard a great deal said against the| 3 Resolecd, ‘I
4iovernment of the Isiand for acceding to! extraord
the requesé of the Governor General.

Military and Naval forees in the nei
public renders it

people of Dritish

land, sent (duct %,

specially incumbent ou

North

inary danger would place the Militia

guborimng Re-
the
America to take the
tufienary measures by whieh |

their independence agaist lreigu agyression

‘hat a Union, such as in times ot |

Lnecd| the Revenue and the resources of the several
not miorm thes Louse that the rm yuest of the | Provinces, at the disposal of a General Parlia-| dicen 0b bs Gate free and the hiel
: a : . . . i Gi ve A 3st 7 ree, wre ne Say = 4
trovernor General, that Delegates should be | ment, is hecessary In order to toaintain the inde- Sey owe ner

sent tu represent this Island ae the proposed pendence of Briteh North America against

Uonterevce was one which the Covernment! foreign aggression, abd tu perpetuate our conuce |

would not have been justified in refusing, | UH Will te Mother Country,

bxcepiion has also been taken to the consti-| To these. | apprehend,
tation of the delegation. lt was understuud jection on the part of any hon. member.
by the mewbers of tae respective Govern-| defend our hearths and honies is, | trust
ments represented at Charlottetown, that) regarded by all us a sucred duty
the gentlemen who had composed that Con-) assume, be generally adiwitted that the pe
ference should be members of the Conference ple of the Britisu North American Col
tr be held at Quebee. The Government of | cannot defend themselves against the
this Island cousidered it very desirable that) of the Great Republic upon our borders
at the Quebee Conlerer ee all poiicteal parties should that warirke nasion resulve to "wobble
should be fairly and fully represented. || us up.”’ Our salety, therefore, can onl
sduat, Mr. Speaker, that at the time of the! secured by the
appointment of Delegates tu proceed to! Mother Country ; and ia the event of
(Quebee, | was under the belief that should) with the United States of A
the Delegates appomted unanimously agree te sources of Britain, great us they are, would
recommend tu the Legislature and people of he taxed to the atu
this Isiand the adoption of the resol utionsol the | Colonies frou su! jugation. Kngtand well
Conterence. such resulu tions, beir
mended.would be avec pied alike by the Legis-| her statesinen are
jature and the people. At the Coariottetuwn | national honor
outerence this island was represented by
five Delegates. The party in o
the Government, im each brane

+ to send out a few ri giments,
or a small Feet tu suffer de ent.
pusition tu lect tu discharge our duty in providiag for

gisiature, Wasjrepresented by one mewber— Kogland wil withdraw ber niliitary
by the Alon. Mr. Coles of the Asx tmbly, and | naval iurees, and leave us to our late.
the Lon. A. A. MeDonald of the Legislative} un the
c ‘This delegation, i was considered. | anxious to
did wot sullicently represent the Upposition) Kagiand, and du ciat whieh is reasonably re-
av tits Livuse 5 toereiore, the tion Bdwaru quired of us. England will defend us to the
Wivlan, whose abilities and long Parhamer-| wanost. It is to wy mind very evident that
tary experience render him emin nily @ re-| we must choose between eons hidation of the
presenfative wan of his party, was requested | different Provinces and C lonies, and absorp-
to jem ibe Delegation ty Quebee Tie pre-| Gon into the Ameriean epablie, Consoli-
sent Subettor General was aise r quested to! davon — the placing the revenues and the
give us Ge und cf ied knowledge and expe-| men ot the several Provinees under the con.
Prince Edward Island, ot wll be! crol of a& central power: would, in the even
“en, Was ily Fe presetiled at tie Y iebee | of bh War, te
‘ and
!

muecl..

fietee.

absolutely necessary in order to
Veu gen-| the elicient organization of our eolonial re
emen who composed tLe Delegation declar-| suures. fn Britain, as well as in tite Co o
Dies, the opinion is widely enterCiiiued that
such as they coukd recommend for tie adep- | our absurption thto the Geeat he pubbe is tue-
f thus Is-) vitubie. ln the event of war between Kayland
that very few,! and the United States of America, the battle
ciher sa the Legislature or WHOS: Che pee i vround would the Britisin Provinces
Pie. are wt present disposed ty adept the re-{ lt has theretore Leen contended by some that
eiuttonsolthe | onlerence, Tue t onfer nee! in order fo aver so great @ culamity, the
nermlied at Quebec, and the 4 Upoilaiet sule | commection thie
Jeet. lor tee Consid: ration of whic Mother Country should be severed by mutua!
mye public men of five Proving san consent, '
tiash tin My

eperat ant puelriotion, by ge tele thee ty cles ply

mulerenee ; sithuough tie

ed tn Canada, the Report of the Conmterenes

thon ut the Legislature and peo le
jand, L regret to say, Ser,

1
fhe

belween
the lead
Colointes aud that we should become an im-
thw) dependent mation. Others, Sir,
twi-) Chatit would te more ty our interest to re-
W thedil-| tai our ¢gonnection with Eogland, and en-
ficuities of the task which bay bostesce tens m—| dure, if pn eemsary. the horrors of wo r—-that

wet together, Was etitered

cousider

fitewed wtih Che magnrtade, and w

the devising & Coustitution wiiei should | we should remain poertiow of the great
rite, vader one gerticral Kesefauent, the} Ku pire af Britain, continue te five under
Proviners of Canada, Nova Seotia, New| the glorioas vld tig, and our Monaretteal

raewiek, aud the Colonies of New rorrdione | Lnstitu tics
and Proce Eiward Isiaud. im each of whici, opinion
Himaotaned adstinet aod d Berect cerif}—! Ki gland who. [ believe, desire to
dil rent
al a Feut
i the ayete

Pie ldiver is the prevailing

“rt rid ot
a a

thiment aid whey

currevey —im short entirely
Comtaitved

a porpralatbon itp Povvele ting

ery because

and
Colonisis do not ace amodate their Customs
ee milion The Be port nuw onde con-| fark to sutt the manulac uters of Sheflietd
sideration te the resa.t of there i, hors In and Manchester. [ have vet to arn, OT
#4 there deliberations, the Delegat sk ‘pein |) that the people of this Island have not a
miiwl that it was absolutely tree ewury Chad) right to enjoy all the privileges of ‘English.
mutual imide Lie} men to an eq mal extent with either Mr.
juany dilbeulites wit wintel: Liev toed bo con Cobden, Mr Bright, of Vroiessor Goldwin
tend, could caly bave been sas untied by | Smith.
matual deter nee and concession, 2

an expense to the Koapure ;

ria bes

concessions should be

Pie resto consider, exis virtue of our allegiuce
Tetions passed by the Con erenee were not.) and euamot be affected by vur neglect to
hi aby parheular, in aceefdaiee with the puerrouize of enCoulase the manufacturers o!
views of the Kepreseniatives ul eae. Provinee | Shetiield or of Mancaester.
wad Colony. Taken togetive. toey eabodied | that as British subj-ets) we have our rights:
w constitution whieh, as b eomsidered, recewv-| but let is not be jlorgotten, Sit, that we hag
eu Cie Ghetiitibead su; per wi lie wai tule ra wv! | our vbligaiio s:

the Conlerenee, wit
Was ues cit div the Delegation re
tvs dshand, bave. | aun aware,

and that aotet tio’ these
whowm |

Peer othe |

Geuthomen obligations ts tat which deinatds that we
shall contribace our tuil share ty the eost of
detemding tee buaaire, Wad
Wt Naglid avadatle tor our defence, [ tear
fe is Hot oy daten- not tue subjugation of tue Provinces, s) loins
wethe inbalstaat@ remain loyal. Toe
ventle- evitable result of @ war with
men tu change thei views | owraha.. | chaige | States of America would be tie vceu pation
toe with treonsateney. bdo ner wot my =| ot large portions of oar territory by tostie
welt wt liberty to a'lude da tise Gouin pursaca soldteriy > but tee strongholds open to the
by bow pebtlemea at the Con erence, ter tol asa would b held even agaist the wigantic
quote trom £heie apeechod delwerd tuer, power of the Untied states. Tl we one
J ugie te ome VERY Meng Tenseu wv y the eX [separate trom Great Betti, we need avt
piveszais ol tactalae, Whiug a6 the Coulter jdepenud apon Budand’s a8 siavce should we
ence, aeonkl aot be quoted dew tins
eas Uidetetod bit the deliberations should fed with our weigubeurs
he coumdoret private = Pusre is ny record te) whiew the Engtisa Governaent recently
sigh to appeal in the event of tho eorresi-| acted toeards Denmark calculated to
teat of etatemients eiirtbyted to ion matobers | teach us a Valuable fuss. Under a ge perol
deme welled im guesison, J sinad) cudeawur | organs ittun bac four miilions of Mmitabstauts
te deal wide Che Femulutignd as reporicd leow | in che Provinces could suppoy & formidable
tee Com efeaee. eid Mol with bie ol sgeebions | military fores. Woathout such organization
of amcodecee Ot guy hea weber made at} —wine would be the result uf Coniedes ation
tin Cottlerened gwen tuusiy bo bie ; wsing vl} -—the Provinces ae; uriteiy can de litue or
scene? ae BG biog heen oby chet tag) nothing = We have recently had adis ussion
the deiiberations of the Cuuterence were cuis- | in chia Louse on the sabjoct of our Militia
devected ath elowed doors Poe cousons tor Ps trai the Melitie of tise Isiand wouid
such e0 arrangement are olyicas Phe ad-!
missiou at the public would to wane extent, jour entire Revenne > aad were our Masia to
imave grecented that free wud tall dmeurmon | be retidigeed eliicient, of what service would
Wiel) was su desirabie, white tie d vdy pub ghey BE a ole wos they were available for the
carton vithe eSpresons of mewb is wou @) d-ieng of the troutiers of Varada or New
have prewented Uneninoud eomclusiuns. Iti Beunenicg ? Tout vug some would be ree
has been urged ageingt the Counted: rutoa uty dred ty shouid ¢ aga aud mareh to the
fie Colvnies, propos din tie Report of che | trontirs of Canada has been urged as an ar
Aduebes Cautoreues, that tit sebome lad | consent agains! Confederation — ‘Lins Is:dind
He origse ie phe laws d lliculows of fw Cana- vat ne tmportange mm a mittary potat of
dians. 16 wrud Chest che ecetione! dificul-| view.

en o Adenaleded ne | ) ic will wewer be a battie-field. A
ay SOUEe Curing Cee last yout wora-| guehoat or a prieateer wight enter iuiv an
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require aM annual vatiay nearly equal to} legates from the British North American Provin-
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b samws(, “ vow- wae ol our uewecuus Laibsrs, dv a great ia Uetuber last, be published

lequivalent te B25 per head of ver popalation— |

ore carabl ht ‘ nde lnion | . . n
wre capable of SSpemun, &. 1 under Union tess the interest of onr actual tndebtedness—or |

accept Confederation The subjeet will bere- pardon by the President .... Another preelama-
alter receive more deliberate. consideration than tion uppointa layal provisional Governor in North
has heretolore been given to it, and f eoutede nly Carolia, .... Gold 138}.

} supply of the most valuable iron, coal and | snygar one penny per pound more than we pay |

jules are men from these Beitosh Provinces ;

lto this Island, by reason of the duty whieh,

jonly partially worked.
| ’rovinees, as proposed in the Report of the
Queboe Conterence—yzive to Nove Scotia, te
Gur right to these privileges, 1) ini

| lour tatiltons of customers.

they would expand. At preset tue inanu- in other words we should receive anunably £30,-
| faeturers of Leather and of Cloth are obliged | gag currency from the General Government, over
to limit their Operations labove the interest upon our public debt.
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jture more than they ean sell in this Jitte | shall, dowhtless, be told that nuder Confederation

Yet even in the fuce of this | equivalent te $25 per head of the aguregate po-
b lation of the provinces, and that therefore we

: ' ; ld pav ¢ ally Xtra taxation, a sumex-
Leather to New Bruuswick. Bat. Sir, Union| 80 d pay annu lly, m ext On, as
would develope the envraous man sfastaciiie ceedn, ¢ £30,000. 4, Sir, contend that, under
capabilities se bis eutin cad Mase ‘ae | Confederation, we stoull, for reasons which |

naan ya2 hb swOVa S aba sew br a-

» aaalle ee do . Ay tie . 7 Le 4 one
wick. Great Princes Ndward Island never| pav at preseme, votwithstanding the bigher Tarifl
can become—her geographical position, her | tf Tam correct, * this view of the witter, it is
limited area, her sinall population, and the lelear that the £30,900 year would be gained, as
absence of ell mineral deposits, preclude us a consequence of Co tederation, This £30,000 a
}from becowing w great country ; bat, Sir.| year together with the a,jual allowance of SU cents
| the Provinces with wich it is proposed that | per head of our population, estunated according to

the census of ISG1, and a few other items, would
be sufficient for our requiremes °s. (Laughter. )
But, sav the opponents of Coufederacten, * “a
, abi *1) jn o how vente » doulNe what
}ous country, or why we should not share | Perilation ome & SW, femeing bat dents oan
lt ir vr stuess it + svidued + C itnew is, while our income froin fue Ge eral
} tie vre SS. Ss arvuet hie . i | re ot f
ad n Pari! would foil - U a ; * | Government will net increase.” I think f 2m
~ ian iia my alt ivllow Union, andl that justified in asserting that the expense of matu-
jthe people of Prince Edward Island would. | tatning out Guoornmant, weld net be materially
; ander its operation, he necessitated to PAV AD) jperensed thongh our popelation should be dotu,’-
| Increased amount of duties ed. ‘The allowance of S0 cents per head is fixed
such would be the case. lattke to all the Provinces. When the population
| of Canada, Nova Seot:a, New Brunswick, and

heavy duty.
| daty we now export Island Manufactured

}we should unite, contain every element of |
}ewreutness ; there no reason, then, why
they should not become a great and proéper-

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It is true that the
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the Tarif of this Island. Tea and sugar, im-

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| ported under the Canadian tariff, would pro. | 9.000.090, those I arte ah “bey receive _ aon
diis : = rey “rp her oT iit

bably cost higher than they cost at present: | han cv cents per pete “ Jt ee poptua rh '

hut it is equally trae that: : ' } $364. Fnall the British North American Pro-

§ eq : 'y tFuo that a variety * OPE) ineer Revenue is derived chiefly from Customs

icles on Which we now pay duty, would then,

jand Excise
; a3 the manufactures of

the Conlederation | ¢.deration shall be deuble what if now is, the
| we should effect on these articles of Lome!

linereased, and the Reveane proportionally ang-
Manufacture, woald

G@ very materially exceed | Rednetion of taxation would follow,
| the excess of duty witiel: we should pay upon jas amatter of course. The great Public Works
: foreign importations [st has bee urged | of Canada wall by and bye be complete l, and her
that ander Confederation, although we mighe | stronebolds fortified. her Canals widened and
jobtain from within the Confederation many | COmpleted, and her Lakes and Rivers rendered
articles, the manafactares of Canada, Nova javigable; and, Sir, I sors
Seotia and New Branswick, the Canadian

j mented,

cousider
| tion throdghout the Confederation, and
jespeciaily iu Canada, will be se rapid, the con-
}simention of duty paying articles so great, that at
Contedera-| no distant day the rate of taxation per bead, re-
ward Island | quired ter the maintenance of the General Go-
should be abie to procure British Colonial | vernment, will be less than is new paid in Prince
Manafactures cheaper than they can now | Edward island, the least taxed ef the Pro
similar articles trom tie United | Yiners. In Canada, Roads, Bridges, and other
ates or Britain, they would evidentiy be }
gainers by Confederation. The great wealth |
1nd prosperity of Britain are m tinty attribat
fete tue coal and tron whieli siv possesses
Cie importance of che possession of irom was
| tecogmiaed many yerrs ago.

ing imported from Britain and the United
States. But, Sir, of under

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ral Revenwe, asin Prinee Edward Island. The
tlloged exeessive loreal taxation in seme of the
manicipatities of Upper Canada tas been adduce

Fr ;
cane them to oppose Confederation. “The peo
When Croesus! ple of Prince Edward [sland would not be, tn any
pextibited to Solow his treasures of gold and | degree, affected by the decal or municipal tax:
j silver, the pitlosopher Is Said to have re-| ation in Upper Canada. If taxation for local o1
pmark dito the king. - chat whenever another | municipal purposes be excessive in Canada, does
[Should be master of ali hs void and » lver.’” .
/ - ly ithe work of keeping as low as possible thie
val and tron iave caused Britain to become Wi

| general taxotion, by which alene we should be

the w ksi of the world. Wh re is there.

alfected. Mr. Spesker, let it be assumed |
ou the tace of the ear thla Country that pos ithat there are dikailvautagied to Ww hich Con-}
}sess 8 more valuable d-posiis of iron and coal! foderation weld subject us Assume, Sir. |

than Nove Scvita? She hasan inexhaustible | that we should have te pay for our tea and

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limestone, in elose proximity to each ot es and a hallpeuny a yard more for}
and to navigable harbors, and in addition has} Calico. Do not sneh advantages fade inte et
an fertile land. Sir, Nova) /Aeance when contrasted with the benefiis w wie
Svotia wit all these advantages must become | YC" doresult from Coutederation 4 Phe old ( ot
od i ' : “ d lonies——ow inelided in the United States ot}
a& great couniry (tear, hear ) VW ly, I

would ask. a8 a Britis Aimeriean, do we uot

pat present,

abundance of

America—in littl: mere (han balla eentury, wider |
Coofederation, became one of the most pros
porous nations on the face of the earth. Those |
Colonies entered port their Confederate existence |
possessing fewer advautages than we now enjoy. |
Why should we not enualate their example?) Wiis

shall we not unite or resources, and enter upon |
| the career of prosperity whieh is clearly open te |
hus!) What Contederation did for the elder Colo. |
nies, it would de forts. We bace Railways, and
Steamboats, and machinery, which they had not, |
, j We have a country in many respects equal to

Cher tative country and never return | theirs, Are we prepared to ndinit that our peo-

ta it, because there is at home no employ-lole are interior to the old Célonists, or vo the
nent for 6 (ilear, bear ) The sooner | Americans of the present day {0 We have hither-|
the Colonists set to work to establish manu-| te imported tubs, and buckets, and wooden wares |
jfrom the United States. Have we net wood

| wherewith to maunfaeture these articles {6 Why |

bxhould we send te the United States, ot across |

make an effort to develope our boundless
manutacturmg capabilities? Were sou, Sir, |
te gu to the enterprising people of the neigir- |
horing republe, snd to enter cher manutae-
tories, you would there dearn the ‘aet that
i large number of ther most ekilful meeha

this Island has contributed her proportion of
tiiey

these vatnable men; year after year
leave

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factories, the better it wil be for all of us.
bast. Sir, to this, Contederation is reqaisite,
Parills beiween the Provinees must be abolish-
i. The populadva of Nova Seotia 1s too
inited to stpport extens ve mand actures,

ins }the broad Atlantic for the sipplest rea castings, |
seeing that we export from Nova Scotia to those |
ad countries, both ceal and iren! Contederation |
und the same thing way be san of New would prove our best paalaty ayninat toreigt mi |
Brunswick. In tiiusiration, Co may be per | virion, and preatrve tous snar Memarchieal Luati>|
mitted tu state that the latter Province as} titions. Lteel, Sir, that [am approaching what
capabe of producing an anliunited supply of} my eloquent friend, the meusber for Charlotte. |
very valuable coal oil—an article on whieh! pown, Me. Brechen, is pleased facetiously to desig: |
we last year patd to duty nearly £1 000, | unsutes thee “giery argument.” Dattach great ime |
Che proprietors of the coal vil works produce | pertanee to this glory argument, I desire ie live |
the aruiele only in limited qaantity, They | der Monarchical institutions, aud the glertous |
cannot sead thee ol ty Nove Seotia or! 4g ef old England, Sir, there are ti this House |
Lovorable metubers whe smile when the glory ar- |
gunent is mentioned, ‘Pyeir fathers made great |
sacrifices in order that ihey might enjey ULnevse |
privileges which are the inberiianee et Brivish
subjects. Lathe Maritime previnees are vow te
be found the descendants of men who lett the
United States upon the declaration of Lidepen
deuce, abandoning their property and the homes:
ia whieh their childreu had beeu born, impelled |
todo se by the * glory argument.” The Ameri: |
cat loyalists were attached te Monarchical Lusti-
tutions. They valued their priviieges as British
subjects; and rather than become Repubsicaus |
they omade the greatest sacrifices aud senght wew
homes ou British soilin the wiiderness in Neva Sco-
tia, New Branswick and Prince Edward [siaud.
But, Sir, te return te the commercial argutaeut,
Confederation would give us better markets than
Wwe now have ter our agricultural produce.
Halifux, Bostou and St. John would become great
countries. The time os propitious for Conte. | aud populous cities, the emporiutns of trade and
deration We may Teasouably hope for the | Manutactures; and, with these capitals we have,
resturauon of peace ia the United Scates, | ¢veu new, daily communication. Ln these erties
lutereulomal tree trade would, m the words! 8 Shewld Hud ready and greatly imereased mar-
vf the coselution, prowote the developement kets tor our produce, aud cons quertly should be |
: p : better able to bear increased taxation than we
of the trade and in nutacturiog capabilities | 44. at present to pay the taxes to which we are
of tue Colonies, and advance the great pros- | subject, Confederation would alse give us the |
perity, bat titerculonial free trade os hu prec- | Iuier-colonial Railway, with iis many advantages
ticavie without Conrederation. The proesed- | But, Sir, ove at least of the opponents of Coufe-
tyes of the Conference at Charlottetown and | deration— a gentleman high im position: in this |
Quebee were watebed with interest by the! Isiand—has argued aa a reason why we should |
civilized world. ‘Pie peo; le of those coun. | let accept Conutederacion, that the Liuter-coionial |
tres of Earope which send ewigrants ty) ailway would injure the peaple of this Colony. |
Amenea have tad their attention directed to | tt Wold, says the gentleman to whom I aiude,
the British Provinces. Let these Provinces | be the meas of bringing ander enltivation large
buses comovliduted, and then emtarante:t ‘tracts of wilderness land in New Brunswick, the
cs . are *Y | produce of whieh would compele with the pro-
come trom hurope, as well ‘ae many bow in dueitions of this Island. ‘Tue Later-coloniol Rail-
the Kepubbe, wail seek the Breetish Provinees way, argues the same authority, * would afford
at & home dustead of the United States, now | great facilities for supplying tie St. John and
xo heavily taxed. | come now, Sir, tu the | Halifax markets with grain aud other agricul-
oth wad Och Resvlutions :— tural produce to be brought from Upper Cavada.”
Phese, Sit, are specunens of the argumenis whieh
have caused the people of this Islaud to regard
Coutederation as a project which wouid ruin
tien. Timagine, Mr. Speaker, the farmers of ihe |
tar West, by means of this railway supplying |
the markets of St. Jehan and Halifax with |
“grain and other agricultural produce ’—pota-
toes /—tu the prejudice of the people of Prince
edward Island. La the markets of Upper Canada
the prices of grain, and other agricultural products
are usuaily ligher than in Privee Edward [slaud,

imcach of the Provinces. 13 imposed upon its
importation, und therefore thew mines are

Unite

the several

Prince Edward Island
li this stivuld be
doue, our young wen, who have bocume skil-
ful arugsas ia iie workshops of the United
States, woald find earployment in their ma-
Dr, 1 is impossible to over

Dreunswiek, te

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Nova Seotia ts capable of attaming. Lhe!

where they arecmployed in the manufacture

*). ‘That the Report of the Conference of De-

id at Quebeo in October last,
takey asa Whole, contains a declaration of pria-
tis House consiuers just to ie several Provinces
and Colouies.”’

“1. Resolecd, that this House believing that only
by mutual coueessions and compromiites The seve.
cai Britis North Awerncan Provinces ad Calo- ;
es Cau ever agree upon these principles which | aud the nearest of those warkets is at least one
shail jorus the basis of a Union, orders that the thousand wiles further froa St John or Halifax,
Report of the Couierence of Delegates irou these than is avy portion of Prince Edward Islaud.
several Provinees and Colonies held gt Quebes | 7. Kesoiven. That antil the larger Maritime

throughout i423 Cu- © Provinces aud Canada shali Lave watually ggreed

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|Island, they have to export, subject to a] our Tariff wonld be raised seas to yield a revenue |

have alreaa,’ stated, pay Jess an duties than we |

When the population of the Con | The Times of the Ith, in its city artic’e, Rays:

esterday experienced a fall
of 1-4 per cent., chiefly ‘n couseqoence of remors
pola failure at Bouibay, volving liabilities to the
extent of between three aad tour million sterling,
bat of which rumors there ja a couplete absence
At the same pone che allegation
that eulistinents are now being alowed at Wash-

consmmption of articles paving duty will be vastly |

justified in assuming that the increase of popula: |
More |

loea! works are not proeided for from the geue-|

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i order to terrify the people of this Island, and | 4
j have fo Choose between the policy of Butler anc

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| knoWledged organs, but it bas suited ihe purposes

} with rates unchanged,

look forward toa great change in puble opiuion
| There are several subjects in the Report upon
which L have not remarkeds These will be dealt
with by the genilemen who will follow me, and
ut the close of the debate, L shall endeavor to
| reply to some of the many objeetions whieh }
| believe will be urged against Confederation.

Ghe Craminer.

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Pn’

FLY KE DAYS LAT#

Kk FROM EUROPE,

Fatusr Pov, May 29.—

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| $90tb justant, arrived this afierneon,

Karl Russell bad addressed a letter to the heads
| ot various departtaents, dated May Ji, stating
| that In the existing staie of the civil war in Awe-

rica, and the uncertainty as te iis continuanee, it
appears to Her Majesty's Government that the
tive bas arrived for ceasing to enforce co much
of Lhe orders given in the letter of Jan. 31, t

igian, trom Liverpool isih, and Londonderry,

| Newfound!end, shall be inereased to 7,000,000 or | requuing belligerent veasels te leave British ports
wihin 2' hours, and resiricGng their supplies to

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their actuc! requirements.

The varioue customs collectors at all the ports

have been notified of these changes.

1 The English funds j

of confirmation.

ington and New York against the Fianch in
Mexico increased the feeling of depression, While
some disappointient was also felt at the tone of

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New York, May 30, p.m.—It wiil take sixty
million dollars te pay off the army, and the money
is ready It is believed that Breckenridge bas
reached Texas The Tribene’s despatch seys
the letter of condolence from the Empress
Eugene to Mrs, Lincoln, althongh received some
time sinee by the French Minister, i¢ detained
by him, evinemy il-feeling on his part A ae-
spatch from Nashville, says Gen, Upton bas eap-
tured the archives cf Ternessee, together with
six hundred thousand im specie, which the rebels
were endeavoring to casry off Gold 133.

saves that det! Davis is expected to arrive there to
day, aud will be arraigned svou. after his arrival

have occupied the capital.....Havana advices of
the 7th just stare that the Stonewall was delivered

from the Ilome Government as to what disposition
will be made of her. She wifl probably be giver
up to the United states..... President Johusou will
soon issue a@ Proclamation announcing the re-es
tablishment of peace throvgheout the eountry.....
Gold Ey.
21st, arrived —Paris correspondence of the Lon-
dou press states that recraiting in the United States

New York, May 31.—A Washington despateh (
.--- Intelligence fron Hayti says the insurgents

to Captuin Gen av a deposit, io await instractions

New Yore, Ist Jane.—Persia, with dates to the

were not the desperate looking, heartless ate
ers L expected to see. Payne, undowbiedly the —
nest guilty of the whole, is a fine looking man,
with a piercing eye and an intelectual forehead,
over which he allows his hair to tall im such »
manner as to coneeal its fine form,
1 would take bim to be ameng the last of men te
do mmrder for hire. The Doctor who dressed
Booth’s leg is an intelligent looking man of middle
age. While I was present one of bis female

In a crowd

against him. When teld to raise ber right band
she raised the left, and this she did twice, not
seeming to Know the difference. If such be the
inteHigent citizens of African descent who are te
be made witnesses of, it is a costem more te be
honored m the breach than in the observance,
She gave her testimony with some fii vanes,
seemingly wel drilled in what she was eee "

Mrs. Sarratt sat at the corner with a veil on,
concealing her face. Once I saw it, and I eonldl
Phot bet regret that the correspondents of the New:
York press had se tar travetled from the truth ase
‘to represent her as a she demon in appearance:
She had a mild blue eye, and finciv moulded
features, and seemed to me, at the distance, te
be the very woman one wonld like te connsel
with in distreas, and who wowld share her ernst:
with one ina suffering condition. She way be
giiity; perhaps she is; but af she is she belies
her lovka:

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DESTROCTION oF PRinvine Orricrs py A

for Mexico creates profound seusaiion in France
The Empress and ministers are anxious for retarn ot
the Kwperor froma Algeria..... Liverpool markets
exhibit little chimge. Brendsiuils firm; Corn 29s
3d a 2s Od-..-.fndge Carton, ef the US Supreme
Court. died at Nashville last evening. One hund-
red and twenty thousaud truops 3H be paid off
and discharged daring the month of June... .. To-
day being the National Fast appemted by the
President, all Disiness is suspended throughout the
country.

New York, June 2.—Reverdy Jolason. one of
the Counsel for the assissins, is prepusiog a protest
agaiust the Jurisdiction of the cowniieeion The
Macon, Georgia. Teleyraph says, Gen Thomas’ or-
ders for the restozatiessof civil wuthority are liberal
and conciliatory, and i knows they willbe met ina
corresponding spirit by the people. Fhey will tend
to disripate the gloomy apprehensions that the Fe-
deral authority is to be exercised in a rigorous and
oppressive lianner,

the proclamation of President Johuaon proneune-
jing Jeff Davis and many ether Americans t
have been accomplices in the receut assassination.
a charge which, without such proof as has rarely
j been acetmulated im avy case. will not be enter-
tained for an instant by any eve who shares, as
all Maglishmen do, the eeuvietion of Mr. Seware
aud the late President, that assassination is a
jerime totally repugnant to the Aweriean char-
}acter.”’

| The Daily Telegraph says:—* Noi many dave
ago We expressed the belief that Johnson woul:

} the policy of Grant. Already the choice is made
| aud itis,te our thinking, disastrous and iuseusate.’

he

| ports have been put in ctreulation as tot

; Great Britain, Canada, France and Mexico.
| would be ouly just totake the poticy of the United |
i States Goverument from tiself, or from its uc-

of interesied operaiors to aceept instead the wild |

hand reckless representations of mew spapers that

are unrecognised apd disavowed,”

The Central Committee of the Soeiety of
Friends in England have issued a renewed eall. |
wider the preseat aspect of affairs in America
for increased coutributions in aid of the emanei
pated slaves,

Ou the 17th an influential meeting in aid of th:
National Committee of the FPreediven’s Aid As-
sociation was held at the Westuinster Palace
Hotel. The Duke of Argyle presided, and made
repeech op the claus of the American people
pou the sympathy of Englishmen wiih regard t
the question of slavery, und appealing for liberal
help. Lord Houghton moved a resolution ex-
pressing lndignatien and griet at the loss sustain-
ed by the afrocious assassination of President
Lincoln, but firm coufidesee that, notwithstand-
lng the loss of their great leader, the Rinancipa-
tonists will steadily progress until the four anik
liu shaives are tree.

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The resolution was earried
Sur Powell Buxton moved a resolution rejoicing
WM Lhe success of the Freedmen’s Aid Assoctatio:
in America, and gratetuliy ackoowledging the aid
Americans lad afforded to Eugland in times of
need, aud asserting it to be the duty of the Bri
lish people, under the preseut circumstances, U
make toeir best efforts in aid of the slaves set
free. The resolution was carried.

The grand cross of the French Legion of Hones
was couferred on Herr von Bistnark on the rati
fication of the treaty between Frauce aud the
Aolleerein.

The Russian sqnadron eonveying the remains
of the Czarowitz, whieh pui into Plymouth, was

received wiih appropriate Louors,

The following private telegrams from India |

are published :—

CaLcurra, May 9.— ‘The market for cotton |

goods is decidedly iauraving.
Bomuay, May 12.—Cotton 270. Commercial |
distrust prevatls. ‘The mouseon commenced three
weeks eather than usual. Cotton shipments foi
the fortuight G2.000 bales.
|
London Money Market. —Punds drooping and |
dull, ‘There was an average demand for discount.
° The remored tailure of a |
large East Tadia fire is lacking coutirmation.

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LATEST VIA LONDONDERRY.

Lonpox, May 13—evening La the Louse |
of Commons to-melt, Mr. Griffiths, who is note.
rious for pulfting strange questions, called atten.
tien to President Johusou’s proclamation tor the
Capture of Jeff, Davis, and asked Lord Paluer
ston Whether he would iitmate to the United
States Government that extremities would be de-
plored by the Whale civ.] Zed world.

The American news per steamer City of Wash-
ington had noe material elect. Phe pumshment
Lireatened agaiust the rebel leaders, if carried out,
may act unfavorably, but it is uuiwersally adimitt-
ed, Wf they are proved guilty of complicity in the
assassination. they are entitled to uo mercy.

The Daily News says President Jchueon is ful-
filling the expectations of lis triends aud © wenes
by the vigor with which he is pursuing the leaders
ofthe rebellion, If warns him agaist Mixing |
party feeling wath public juste, aud credits the
leaders of the Abolition patty with being animated
by a lenient and wagnaniviwus policy.

A grand state ball has been giveu at Bucking: |

hain Palace by order of the Queen, Mr. Adams |

avd tanniiy, avd the members of the American |

ts » Were absent ou account of Mr Lincoln s
eath,

The American Consul at Stockholin writes to
the London Times , 10 show the sympathy evine-
ed by Sweden in reference to the USssassination of
President Lincoln. The King prowptly seut his
Adjutant to the American Minister to eXpress his
regret and condolence, while the Minister of
Foreign affairs called im person.

Riv Janeiro, April 25.—It is reported
that war bas broken out between Peraguay and
the Argeutine Republic.

The following is a digest of the sews per the
steawer Helvetia, now due at New York.

The great East [ndia house of Cama & Co. of
Loudon, Liverpool and Bouibay, is reported to
have suspended. Liabijties three aud a halt
millious sterling.

} ‘The Star says:—* The most exaggerated re-| ,
policy | a sald rebeiion have. siuce the issmanee of said
should come whe bad beter iron than he. he | Hot this feet warrant the assumption thivt the | cf the Government of the Unied States toward. | Proclamation, lailed or neglected tw take the
peopleaf Upper Canada would be our aliies in!

It| benefits offered thereby; and

| United Scates to aid the rebeilion ;

| tue United States Naval Academy ;

) merce of the United States upon the lakes and

— ww
IMPORTANT OFFICIAL PAPER.
sos THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATLS 0}
| AMERICS—A PROCLAMATION,
Wassixcroy, May 29.— Whereas, th
| President ot the United Siates of America, ot
j the 8th day of Deermber, 503, and on the bt

day of Mareh. 1864, did, with ibe ehjvet of snp-
pressing the existing rebelben, te induce wil per-
sons fo return to joy alty, and to restore the au-
thority of the United States, isspe proclamations
offering amnesty and pardon to certain persens
who lad directly or by LUplieation parucipaced
liu the said rebellion; and

| Wh ‘reas, Many p rsons who had so er gaged

Whereas, Many persous who have been jnstly
deprived of all claim te auwesty and pardoy
thereunder by reasou of their participaiton, di-
rectly or by nuplication, in said rebellion, ane
continued hostility te the Government of the
United States, since the date of said prociaiua-
tion, nuw desire ty apply for aud obtain aunesty
and pardon:

To the end, therefore, that the authority of the
government of the Uuited States way be restored,
and that peace, order, and freedow may be estab.
lished, I, Audrew Jobusen, President of the
Uuited siates, do prociaim and declare that J
iereby grant to ail persous who have directly o1
indirectly participated in the existing rebellion,
except as hereinaiter excepted, aumesty aud par-
den, with restoration of all rights of property,
except as to slavery aud except in cases where legal
procecdings under the laics of the United States
prociding for the confiscation of the property oj
persons engaged in rebellion, have been instituted ;
bat on the condition, weveriheless, that every
such person shall take or subseribe the following
oath or affirmation, aud theace forward keep anc
maintain said oath iiviela e; aud which shall be
registered for permanent preservation, and shal!
be of the tevor aud etiect lollowing, to wit;

“T, ————, do solemnly sweur (or affirm) in
presence of Almivhty God, that LT wilt henceforth
faithfully support and defend the Coustitution of
the United States aud the Union of the States
thereunder, and that I will in like manper abide
by. and faithtuily support, all lows and proclaua-
tions which have been made daring the existing
rebellion with reference to the Cluancipution of
slaves. So help me God.”

The following classes of persons are excepted
from this proclamation :

First--All who ave or who shall have beeu|
preteaded civil or diplomatic offic: rs or other-
Wise, or foreign ageuts for the Confederate Gov-
ernment ;

Second/y—All who left judicial stations in the

Third--All who shall have been military o1
naval officers of said pretended Coufederate
government, above the rank of colonel in the
army or heutenant in the navy ;

Fourth--All who lett seats in the Congress of
the United States to aid the rebellion ;

Fijth—Al who resigned or tendered resigna-
tious of their coumussions in the army or navy ot

MOB.— Some extraordiuary seopes were witnessed
in Sam Francisco on the day of the death of
President Linceln. About 3 p.m. a party of 150
well dressed men started tor the office of the Dema-
cratic, Press aud formed a semicircle aromud it:
Phe leaders then went up stairs and threw the
type,.etands, gad all the material of the eflice inte
the street, where what was not already destroyed
wae broken up anid the cheers ef an nomeise
threng. The police of the city, about fity in
nueber, dried as infantry corps, arrived! at’ the
spot with loaded muskets and fixed bavonets,
When the party retired, having completed: thieie
work. Phe office at the time ef being destrowd
was draped in mourning, 2nd the Amerienn flag
was suspended mm front at half mast. The next
office voted was the News Letter, publistied' by
one Mavriott, an Englishman, which wae ali
destroyed, the polier arrived too late to prevent
it. Phe office of the Catholic Monitor. a Copper-
Vhead paper, was partially sweKed before the ar
frival of the police. A dbmonetration was made
pupon the ofice of the Leto div Pacifique, whiely
| Was only saved by grent eforts and the represetim
tations that ite destruvtion woul mvolve that off
pthe Jd, a loval paper in the same building. Te
[Echo is # Poeveh paper and haa been very
abasi¥e towards oor Gorernment. The offier +
the Occidental, another Copperhead sheet, w
also completely destroyed. Al the office of the
Echo du Pacifique Gen. MePowell made aspeeehs
in whieh he intimated thet he sfheutd have sup-
pressed these papers, and that the Echo should
pot be issued again. The offices of the Faunce
Americaine awd the Vor de Mijico were ais
partly destroyed, the latter by miwtake. The ine
fannable population were se furions that there
seemed bo bonnds to their rage, and several regi-
menis of jufantry and cavalry and the batteres
were ordered wut. The tromps patrolled: thee
streets all night. Those whe led the rioters are
uamed in the papers, but no arrests have berw
made.

a

dary. Davis axp nis Dressinc-cowx.—
Two “graphic” deseriptions of the capture of
Mr. Davis are given in the journals of yesterday.
Every incident related in the ove is contradicted
in the other, We have not the slightest doubt.
that both are equally correct, and parely the in.
ventions of imaginative Correspondents, One ac-
count says that * No alarm was given until the
advance guard, under command ef Captain C. §,
Hudson, were within a few reds of the tent—alf
being folded in the arms of Morpheus. A rush
was immediately made, the tent surrounded, awl
the entire party gobbled without difficulty ” Sup
posing this to be trae, it may aceonnt for the
ridiculous story that Mr. Davis was eaptured ia
female apparel. df he was folded * in the arom
of Morpheus,” his first proceeding, upon beimy se
rudely awakened, would naturally have been te
draw on his dressing gown—a convenience ine
separable trom officers of rank when at leisure:
from camp duties, The Michigan cavalrymen,
net being fannlior with that very comfortable,
but somewhat feminine looking article of attire,
might naturally have mistaken it for a lady"s
wrapper, and their imaginations firnishing thens
with all the details of womanly ac, outrement, it
was easy for a little camp-fire coloring to finish
the picture so greedily accepted at headquarters.
This system of persecution adopted against a fal~
len foe is unworthy of Americans, > Men of hover
may Kill their vanquished enemies—they du nut
insult them —New York Nears.

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THE Passport? HUMBDG.—The Charlottetown
Herald compliments Mr. Shertwan, the American
Cousul at that place, for moditying the rigors of
the Passport system there By his voluntary
exertions the fee has been reduced from 22s, 6d.
to 128. 6d, while passports may be secured by
simply having the ordinary seal of the erty attach-
ed to the same, with the rise ef the Consul,
Were we of Chariettetown, we should tender
Mr. Sherman thanks; at the same time, we
might inuecently ask, at the risk of being deemed
lnpertinent, what the Amencans bave to fear
from raids from an island lywg away out in the
Gulf of St. Lawrence, and cut eff trom commu-

the United States to evade duty iu resisting the
rebellion ;

Serth--All who have been engaged in any way

jin treating ofverwise than lawtully, ax prisoners |

of war, persons found in tie United States service |
as flicers, soldiers, seamen, or ino her capacities ; |

Seceath-—All_ persons who have been or are
abseniees trom the United States tor the purpose
of aiding the rebellion :

Kighti—All wiiitary and naval officers in the
rebel service whe were educated by the Govern-
went iu the Military Academy at West Powt, ot

Ninth—All peroous who held the pretended
ofliee of Goveruors of Siates ia insurrection
against the United States;

Tenth--All persous who left their homes within
the jurisdiction and protection of the United
Siates, and passed beyond the Federal military
lines lute the socalled Confederate Siates, lor the
purpose of aiding the rebellion ;

Llecenth—All persous who have been engaged
in the destruction of the commerce of the United
States upon the high seas, and all persous whe
have made raids inio the United States from
Canada, or been engaged in destroying the com-

:

rivers that separate the British Provinces from
the United States ;

Ticelfth—All persons who, at the time when
they seek to obtain the benefits hereof by taking
the oath herein prescribed, are in military, naval,
or civil confinement or custody, or unaer bends
of the civil, military, or naval authorities or agents
of the United States as prisoners of war, or
persous detained tor offences of any kind either
before or after couviction ;

Tiirteenth—All persous who have voluntarily
participated iu said rebellion, and the estimated
value of whose taxable property is over tweuty
thousand dollars;

Fourteenth—Ail persons who have taken the
vath of amnesty as prescribed in the President's
proclamation of Dee. 8, A. D. 1863, or an oath of
allegiance ty the Government of the United
States since the date of said proclamation, and
have not thenceforward kept aud tuaiutained the
sauie luvjulate ;

Provided, That apecial appheation may be
made tv the President for pardon by any person

uication with the world for five mouths in the
year? Why are passports required at all trom
the inhabitants whe probably have never seen
* dezen live Southerners within their territory !
Why should the island Colonists who wish te
travel, be compelled to pay tribute to the United
States, or to line the pockets of ite representa-
tives!

To come nearer home we again utter our
protest against the continuance of this obnoxious
regulation as applied to New Brunswick, and we
ask, with more reasouable grounds of complaint
than ever, by what principle of right or reason,
this regulation is enforced, now that the Rebellion
is declared suppreased, the Federal arwies dis-
banded, the Coutederate combinations brokew up,
and the field of militasy operations restricted
that portion of the country that lies west of the
Mississippi! If the war is over, why are we
still made subject to the disabilities which a state
of war might be supposed to entail? We have

jno doubt that proper representations by the

American Consul here would induce the United
States Gosernment to at onee remove a restric
tion which is killing the trade of both countries,
creating much personal inconvenience, and ¢x-
citing ill-will and general complaint on our part.
Would be even do as much as Mr, Sherman at
Charlottetown, the act would show a friendly
disposition on his part, and a desire to relieve
conciliate, But vo; the amount ef Fifty Pounds
per week assessed on the community is something
too haudsome to yield without a munaur. Poet
human vature will not readily sacrifice pecuniary
emolsments tu right or juetive.—St. John, N. By
Courier. *

The Dublin correspondent of the Montreal
Gazette, speaking of the Dublin Exhibition, says?
* The Exhibition will be very rich in pictures
and sculpture—quite up, 1 am told, to that of
Manchester, which is saying a great deal. Franee
has a whole wing, splendidly stocked: Belgiam
four or five compartments; Italy, Austria, and
the Zoliverein, (iuelnding Russia,) large spaces.
The Colonies, too, will be weil represented.
Canadian Court, situated at the head of one of
the principal staircases, between Nova Scotia
Natal, will be filled to repletion, I think it will”
serve the Province as a good advertisement. 4

miny ba

were seated on a bench extending across the ‘
» beavily baud.

negro servants was brought ferward to swear |

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