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that the * ———
wie ember should try to fix the tenants to the

’ rr
' oe te” «enaee. As to the arbitration elause, I do net see how

te -wants are to receive much benefit from that—for they are bound
the back rents since 1858, and the current rents do not cease

the whole amount is paid up. They are only to receite credit

the instalwents they may pay ou account of the purchase money.
Row a tenant, owing rent from 1858, will have, before he ean pur-
Chae the freehold of his farm, to pay £27 as arrears. How many
Sf¢ in posision to do that? Much bas been said about the Worrell
Watate, and perhaps, Sir, the Government have no objection to that
y proving a loss to the country; at least, it would appear 80,

we may judge from the way they are managing it. They have sold
to one individual, 300 acres on that estate for only 5s. wa acre, and
this lot is of better quality than any part of the Selkirk Estate. When
the present majority was in opposition, we constantly heard their
complaints that the Worrell Estate would ruin the country—that the
sooner it was sold off at auction, and the Land Office closed, the
better for the public.
should result from that property, when the Government are dispos-
ing of it at 5s an acre, cue they are asking 10s. or 12s. an acre for
lands on the Selkirk Estate and Lot 54! We were told, last even-
ing and this morning, by members of the Government and their sup-
porters, that it was necessary that we should pass this address as
s000 as possible, in order that our addreas of condolence to the Queen
chould be sent be the first mai} te England. But we found them oc-
cupying the tinneof the House till 2 o'clock to-day, and if they will
spond time of the House in bringing charges against the late Go-
vernment, they must expect a reply. We have been taunted with
having done nothing for the country. That charge comes strangely
from the members of the present Government, which has done no-
thing but ran the country into debt, and cause distress to the tenan-

try. The liberals came into power under every disadvantage. They | myself and my supporters, and prevent the people from employment.

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Well, Sir, would it be any wonder if a loss |

Hon. Mr. COLES declined doing so, without the authority
of the party referred to, who, here peated, he did not believe,
would state what was untrue. :

Hon. Mr. POPE—The hon. member accuses the Govern
ment with occupying time unnecessarily, in this discussion.
Sir, the Government and its supporters in the House are
anxious to pass the address as speedily as pgenee ; but how}
can it pass. without delay, when he and his party take up|
the time of the committee, day after day in talking of every |
matter they can possibly rake up, as foundations for attacks |
upon the Government? The charges thas made against the
Government caunot go abroad, uncontradicted. The case of |
Mr. Wightman proves this. The leader of the opposition well

| while at Lignish stopped at the house

i ith shadows. It will be quite time enough to dis-
woes thes matters when the Award is before us.and the range
which the debate bas taken shows that the ap at ears
but little for the public time. I shali briefly reply to -
statement which was made yesterday by the —_ es
Mr. Conroy. He said that this Spy was cent = og .
proprietors or to the Government. Sir, I challenge wg?
prove ‘his assertion—to prove that he was sent to one " 1e
other. For myself, as one member o! the Government, oe
state that I never «new of bis having been in the Island anti
a day or two before the House rose. As . gg
drawn from the hon. member's aperaen ee b igh ae

prietors, [can tell kim that the agénts of Sir Samuel and

| knows that none of the Government but the Lieut. Governor) Vi pa varg Cunard, of Mr Sullivan, nor wy father, who is

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‘and hon. Mr. Palmer were aware of that person being in the
Island, nor what was his business, yet he gets up and publiciy
states that the whole Government knew all about him, and
‘that the Colonial Secretary had given him facilities to pro-
; secute his mission.

the people against the Government, and, so long as he sees a/ st

chance of doing that, he cares but little for the trath or false-
/hood of bia statements. Equally falee and groundless is his
| assertion that the hon. member. Col. Gray, induced the people
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| meeting in King’s.
jin this House did nothing of the sort, 1 can recollect the
| time of my first election, when the hon. member, Mr. Whelan
and a pareel of bullies from Charlottetown, came to overawe

His object is to prejudice the minds of | with whom

Although the leader of the G ff tigger Wightman should be sent here.

a droprietor, nor Mr. Candall, never heard anything about
him until the great discovery was made by outsiders.

Mr. CONROY—I wish to state that a gentleman of Tignish,
Mr. Wightman stopped, told me that he had
ated the nature of his business, as I represented it. I told
him then that Mr. Wightman was an impostor, and that I
did not believe him. ©

Hon. Mr. HAVILAND—The Government do not and can-

‘of Belfast to go out of Queen's County, to control a public! yot know whether it was judicious or injudiciwus that Mr.

Phat wasthe actof the

Commissioners alone, and was matter for their jadgment, and
they alone are respoosible for it. Neither the Gevernment,
the proprietors, or the tenants had anything to do with his
Li the result of his employment should be ad-

assumed the Gorernment in upposition to the party which had been | recording their votes in my favor. The leader ol the Opposi- | vantageous to the people, the Commissioners will be entitled

in of the Governwent for half a centary. The most in-
fluential people in the community asserted that Responsible Govern-
meat would ruin the country ; but, Sir, that system first gave to the

the contre! over their own affairs. It was the same systens

which obtained in Catiada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. It)

enabled the-people to turn out of office, any Gevernment, whether
liberal we tory. Why, Mr. Chairman,he Education Act, alone, was
jn many cases, equivalent tu the remission of rent, fur, previously, a
poor man, educating four or five children, would have to pay as
mnuek as his reut would amount to. Again, there was the 1-9th bili.

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tenantry.

tion says that the Comumssion bas caused distress to the | to the credit, if the reverse,they are liable to the odiam. The
If such be the case, the people bave only himsell) jon, Leade: of the Opposition harped a great deal on the fact

and his party to thank for it—as proprietors, seeing the bosti-/ thatthe Hon. Mr. Paliner knew that Mr. Wightwan was

ility to the Award that they are continually -exeiting —by
holding meetings in different parts of the country, denouncing
and abus ng them through their press would be jastified in
| treating them ina manner very different from that in which
ithey otherwise would. The editor of the © pposition organ,

here, and that, therefore, the Government should be held

jresponsible. Now, Sir, suppose that gentieman had been told

ithe Award and passing resolutions praying for a dissolution, | by the Lieut. Governor confidentially, and that the Commis-

| sioners wished the faet to be kept seeret. It would be only a
' matter of common honesty and pradence that Mr. Palmer
i should not reveal it, even to his colleagues. And I contend

When the Currency Bill was introduced by a then member of this| ye Erominer, at first condemned the Award, and now cays} that if it had been divulged, the press would have teemed with

Hoase, since , and read first time, 1 considered that as it
then stood, it would compel the tenantry te pay Id ta the shilling,
as it recognized the Engliwh shilling at Is. 6d. I stated my opinion
te the law Mr. McLean, who did not object to it, and the 1-Uth clause

was, in consequence, ivserted in the Bill when in Committee. When |

tho measure was sent up to the Council, it was, through the influ-
eee of Sir Donald Campbell, sent back to the House with a sug-
westion that it should be altered, by making the 1-Sth clause the sub-
ject of a sepa

that the Government are bound to confirm it. One part of it,
| they could not but approve, as it recommended a measure
| which they themselves introduced when they held office | refer
ito the loan of £100,000. Now, if any good at all is likely to
‘come from the Commission, they should support it; but if they
'were half as honest as they profess to be they would wast
}until toe Award comes out, and not be trying to excite the

The peopie would haye
ibeen told that they could not expect any benefit from the
Award, as the proprietors who held seats in the Government
j had got held of the party sent to obtain evidence on the mat-
ters to be settled by the Commission—tat the proprivtary
party would take care to put their case before him to the ex-
lelusion of the other side. When the Commission was once

| diatribes against the Government.

rate Act. The suggestign was adopted, and then in| minds of the people aginst it, before they know what it is.| jssued the Government had no control, the whole matter

violation of their pledges, the Council passed the Currency Bill, but | The proprietors, I believe, are generally opposed to the arbitra- | rested with the Commissioners. [ admit that I think it would

threw out the other. The 1.9th bill was opposed by the Tory party) tion clause, and they have good grounds for endeavoring to! haye been better if the Commissioners had, instead of employ-|
have it rejected, when they can point to the meetings of the | ing Mr. Wightman, come back to the Island and judged tor |

in the House, and in the Council it was veleuently resisted. When

the liberals came iuto power we carried the measure in spite of the

opposition of the old party. The tenants wil’ find the benefit of that
measure, if the Award is adopted, 1 have not time to enumerate all
the acta we introduced for the benefit of the tenantry But I will
mention ape. The tenant's compensation Bill—that was yoy and
equitable measure. It was rejected by the Secretary for the Colo-
nica, because, in England, they were unwilling to asseut to it, fearing
that if they did so, they would have to pass a similar measure for Ire-

We have heard of Bonds and other

tenantry denouncing it.
For myself, as owner of half

securities taken for back rents

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i themselves, but the matter was wholly and sylely within their
own discretion. It will, however, be time enough to abuse

of Lot 27, and as, since the 7th October last, agent for Lot) Mr. Wightman when the evidence he collected, and the sug-| 1 may wri
19, Lean say that, to the best of my belief, L have taken no) gestions he has wa
| bond, note of hand, or other security for rent; nor have I is-| js made known.

| sued a distress warrant, nor adopted any com palsive serene Istand, that if the proprietors knew what he would report

to collect arrears of rent, since the Commission was issued. |

land. The Bill provided av arbitration as to the value of the teu-; But when I see the tenantry backing up the Opposition and | sition stated that the Government sanctioned his employment,
ants’ improvements, when the landlord was turning him out of pos-| abusing the Government of which I am a member, [ will not) basing his assertion on the fact that they had paid him.

session; yet we are now charged with hypocrisy, for opposing the
arbitration clause in the Award. How. members who make that
charge should get looking glasses, which meen pecbean. enable them
to see as great hypocrites as any in the Island. It has also been
stated that the liberals are now advocating Escheat, after having op-
—< it when in power. I have not heard of their having dove so,

it I said, when the Commission was talked of, that if the whole |

As the hon. |

promise tu continue to act in the same manner.
| member, Mr. Sinclair.said, the proprietors would be great fools
‘if they did not (ake security for all that was due them, The |

Why, Sir, what alternative had the Government? They had
to pay him, as he was employed by the Commissiovers, and
if they had not, the Opposition would have charged us with

| Government has been accused of deception in connection with | having defeated the Award by our penuriousness ; and Messrs.

this Commission. It bas been said that they were not sincere |
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in the professions they made of expected benefits from it. Sir, |

Gray, Ritchie and Howe would naturally say that we were
indeed a model Government—that we bad appointed a Com-

as a Government measure ; but let anything
go wrong, and the chain at once falls to
pieces—they then throw the responsibility
on the Lieut Gevernor. Their conduct
reminds me of a juggler who was in Char-
lottetown last summer, and exhibited a
chain, the links of which he shitied and
transposed into every variety of combina-
tions. When I was in the Government we
were always careful to aassume the res-

on the Lieut. Governor, but at present no
one can tell where responsibility rests. The
members of the Government have done the
‘best to exonerate themselv-s from any con-

L believe that they did not know from the
first thet he was in the Island, but after
they did know of his presence, they should
have let others know it also. ll.

CORRESPONDENCE,

PPLE LLP LDL LBL LD LAD APL AP ALA AD A APA AD AAPA
EDUCATION AND THE CHURCH.
No. 7.

To rugs Epitor oF THE EXAMINER.

Sin;—You are already aware that I have ad-
dressed several letters to the Editor of the ‘ Protes-
tant’ in reply to an attack, made by him, some lime
azo, on St. Dunstan's College. Mr. Laird has de-
clined to iusert in his columns several of those let-
ters, although he ceases not to attack me both by
leading articles, and also by anonymous comimpuuica-
tions of the most violent description, for I presume
he endorses the sentiments and expressions of his
correspondents who write against ne. Considering
| the very unfair mannerin which I have been treated
by your “ Evangelical” contemporary, and the low,
| rabid, and even obscene communications whicb he
| inserts, I think it would be degrading myself too
| low any longer to address him directly 1 shall,
| therefore, address the remainder of my letters on
| Education and the Church” to you, hoping that as
you have kindly inserted in the ‘ Examiner’ the six

| which I have already written, you will in like man-
ner vive insertion to this one and the others which

ie on the same subject. My object in

| exist toa greater or less extent, among many of

| may say that it is useless for me or any one else to
| attempt to remove any of those prejudices, in conse-
quence of the ignorance and violent antipathy to
| Catholics which prevail among many of those who
read the low anti-Catholic journals of this Island;
| that the editors and correspondents of those journals
will not seruple to descend to the use of the lowest

Land Question was to be referred to a Commission, we might as/ the resolutions of this House, which led to the organization of | mission to settle our difficulties, and that we had refused to} and most unseemly language to misrepresent and

well have Escheat at once. Tweuty years ago, I said it would be | the commission, speak for themselves. Remission of arrears of) nay the m

better to give the proprietors a small sum tor their lands than con-
tend y for Escheat. The late Government did what they
coysidered beaeficial to the interests of the peuple, by the Land Pur-
chase Bill, but several of the present Government party voted for
Exeheat, and the present leader of the Government, when in this
branch ef the Legislature, stated he wouldnot regard despatches,
and did and said all be could to embarrass the Goverument of the
day. No. wonder that gentleman should support the Award. A
large ion ot Lot 1 is ownedby his family ; now the doubtful title
is to be confirmed and the Fishery Reserves are to be given to the
proprietors. The reservation of 1500 acres,which the Award allows
the landlord to retaio, dues not limit themto wilderness lands, and if

each of the several owners of Lot 1 choose to keep in his possession |

the full compliment of 1500 acres, the wholewould be retamed.

Hoa. Mr. HAVILAND—They, and all the other proprietors, with |
whose properties I have any connection, are opposed te the Award. |

Hoo. Mr. COLES—Weill, Mr. Chairman, this shows that if the
Award should be confirmed, aud the tenauts on Lot 34 should even,
offer to pay 20 years’ purchase for their boldings, the reservation |
clause would enable the proprieiors to retain just so many of the pre-)
sent tenants as they might select to remain in that state forever. We |
have been told that the Award, if favorable to the tenautry, would!
be confirmed by the Government. When the subject of the Comnis-|
sion was first introduced into this House, their decision, it was stated, |
was te be finaland conclusive. The Coumissioners themselves said
se, and this declaration induced the people to come forward with
their evidence. That reminds me that the Government did not com-
ply with the instructions from the Secretary of State, on the subject
of providing what evidence might be necessary to enable the Cow-)
mission-rs to proceed with their investigation as soon as they arrived
in the Island. The Government deny tuat they received a despateh |
to that effeet. It is true that a noufication appeared in the Royal |
Gazette, but I know that the copy of the Gazette, containing that
notice, did not reach my house uutil after the Commissioncrs had |
opened their Court. How then could the people in the country be |
sufficiently mformed to enable them to prepare their evidence to go}
before the Commissioners? nd, Sir, notwithstanding that we were |
at first told that all the proprietors were to be bound by the Award, |

we are now informed chat it will affect only. those whe have signed

| operation, it would confer great advantages, and if the or-|

ponsibility of our measures and not put it)

‘nection with this Mr. Wightman, and, while |

compilation of Canon law ; the school of Solerno,
that guided medical rrt in all countries: the first
great work that makes an epoch in anatomy ,—are
as truly and exclusively the boast of Italy as the
restoration of Greek literature, and of classical taste
in the fifteenth century.” (Lit. of Europe, vol. 1
ch. 1. n. 81.)

The same writer, denying that learning declined
in the thirteenth century, observes, that “Ina gene-
ral view the thirteenth century was an age of acti-
jvity and ardour, though not in every respect the
best directed ; the fertility of the modern languages
in versification; the creation, we miy almost say,
of Italian and English in this period; the great
concourse of students to the Universities; the acute,
jarid sometimes profound reasoning of the scholastic

philosophy, which was now in its most palmy state ;
the accumulation of knowledge, whether derived
from original research or from Arabian sources of
information, which we find in the geometers, the
physicians, the natural philosophers of Europe ; are
sufficient to repel the charge of having fallen back,
or even remained altogether stationary, in compari-
son With the preceding century.” (N. 86.) The
same writer says of the period between 1250 and
1494: “It is an age in many respects highly bril-
liant ; the age of poetry and letters, of art, and of
continual improvemeut.”’ (Mid. Ages, ch. 11.)

Dr. Nevin very justly admits that “It is a most
childish fancy certainly to suppose that the revi-
| val of learning began properly with the sixteenth
century. It dates at least from the eleventh ; and
there is abundance of evidence that the progress
made between that and the age of the Reformation
| was quite as real and important as any that has
jtaken place since. All sorts of learning were in
jactive exercise before Protestantism came in to share
their credit with the Roman Church. 8o in the
case of criticism, controversy and the learned lan-
guages, Latin, Greek and Hebrew.” (“Modern Civyi-
lization,” M. R. March, 1851.)

Hallam further observes that “It was from Italy
that the light of philological learning spread over
Europe” (n. 24). The resalt must be to convince
us of our great obligations to Italy for her renewal
lof classical learning. What might have been the
| iutellegtual progress of Europe if she never had gone
| back to the fountains of Greek and Roman genius,
| it is impossible to determine. It wonld be diffien}t
to find any man of high reputation in modern times

de to the Commissioners who employed him | writing those communications is to remove certuiD | who bas not reaped benefit, directly or through
I have heard that he stated, while in the | prejudices, which, from continual misrepresentation, | o¢hers, from the revival of ancient learning. We

| have the greatest reason to doubt whether, without

about them they would hang him. The Leader of the Oppo-| our Protestant neighbours. Some there are who | eee Sentions of these agen, is. wenll ‘ever have-ée

| curred” (ch. 2.) This Protestant writer does justice
|to the claims of Pope Nicholas V. on the gratitude
| of the literary world when he says—* Letters had
| no patron so important as Nicholas V. who became
| Pope in 1447; nor has any later occupant of that
chair, without excepting Leo X., deserved equal
| praise as an encourager ot learning........ Every

} SCHOLAR WHO NEEDED MAINTENANCE, WHICH WAS

an whom they had sent to the Island for the pr-| slander Catholics, to appeal to the Vilest passions of | or COURSE THE COMMON CASE, FOUND IT AT THE

|rent and the right ef purchase are specially mentioned in} pose of obtaining evidence on the subject referred to their de-! the human breast, and to stir up religious hatred Court or Rome” (Vol. 1.ch. IIL) “Italy,” says

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them.

At the time we passed, the resolutions [ said | would eision, and they might, m consequence, throw ap their Com- | and strife in this colony.

jut I entertain a much

| support the commission, as, if it did no good, it could do no) mission in disgust. lo mak ng these observations I mast not! jivher opinion Of many of the Protestants of this

jbarm. TI held out no false hopes to the people; but L believe

good will arise to the tenants of those proprietors who assented |

to the commission. The remission of the large amounts of |
‘arrears will be a great boon to the poor people, and the|

And if the arbitration clause can be carried into,

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of it

position sincerely desire to advance the interests of the tenants,

they should put their shoulders to the wheel and assist the

. , yernment in giving effect to the Award instead of doing all
Mantgomery Estate, Lot 34 is owned by, I believe, three parties. | ect a, Oo ¥ ym

they can in opposition to it. If they are of opimion that no
good will result from the action of the Government on the land |
question, why do they not propose some measure on the
subject? Perhaps the reason is that they are afraid that a_
declaration of their policy would tura the present Govern-
ment out of power and bring them into office against their
wishes. (Laughter) Ina late number of the Lxraminer the
editor, the exponent of the views of the opposition stated that
they would not like to take the reins jast row—that the finan-
cial state of the colony would cause a great deal of trouble to
them, and that therefore they had better vot take office at pre-
sent. (Laughter.) To revert to the subject of Mr. Wightman,
or the Spy, as he has been called, other members of the Govern-
ment have denied all know edge of him, and for myself, I
declare that 1 never saw bim—never knew that he occupied an
office in this building. whether it was the Grand Jury Room or
any other apartiwnent ; and | have reason to believe that the offi-
cials employed in the building knew no wore of bim than L did. |
It appears that he was sent by the Commissioners with a letter
to the Lieut. Governor, requesting that he might have access
to the public recordsef the Island. How was Uis Excellency |
to act? Suppose he had refused compliance with that request. |
In that case the Government would have been charged with |

their consent to the Commission, and the hou. member of the Govern-| having barked the Commission by withholding necessary in- |

mept, Mr. Haviland, says that even they are opposed to it. - No good |
will result from the Awafd, althongh the leader of the Govern-|
ment says that it is better than he expected. Of that, Sir, the people
will have to judge. That lion member also stated that a great buon
wouhl bé conferred on the tenants by the remission of the arrears of
rent up to 185¢, and stated the amount of them at £30,000 or £40,-!
viv. Assuming these figures as correct, it should be borne in mind)
that there are about £200,000 arrears of Quit Rents due by the pro-|
prietors, and it cannot be shewn that they have been forgiven. A)
con fitional offer of their remission was made, but as it was not accept. |
ed ; those Quit Repts are therefore in the same position as they were
sixty y 0.
Hon. Col. GRAY—Mr. Chairman, the hon. leader of the Opposi-!
tion has gone over * great deal of ground, a large portion of which
is irrelevant to the question before the Committee. But there were |
one or two particulars iv his speech, with reference to which I wish |
to make explanations. The statements to which I allude affect the |
Government, and the first of them has reference to the official con-!
duct of a public officer, a gentleman who is most able and efficient
in discharging the duties which his sitnation devajves upon him. An)
attack upon that officer necessarily invelves:censure on the Govern-|
ment which employs him. The gentlernan to whom I refer is the |
Commissione: of Public Lands. The hon. Leader of the Opposition |
am Se 300 acres of the Worrell Estate had been sold at the |
tate and 54, Government were asking 10s. or 12s. per aere. |
Having heard this statement.I made it my business to enquire of the |
Cowmnssioner of Public Lands the particulars of the sale referred |
to, and I found that, of the whole area of 300 acres, no more than!
180 were fit for cultivation. The remaining 120 being not worth #
farthing per acre. From this state-of facts it will be seen that the
price paid for the only available land was 4s. 6d. per acre. And with
reference to the other part of the hon. member's charge, I have
ascertained that land of better quality can be bought,on the Selkirk
Estate and Lot 54, for 5s. per acre. I may mention also that the
300 acres are situaie at a distance of some 6 miles from a road. The
other matter has a personal reference. 1 allude to the assertion that
the Leader of the Government bad sent a letter to Bellast, advising
that the Volunteers and Orangemen should turn out, to attend and |
take part iv a public meeting in King’s County. I now ask the hon. |

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member which Leader of the Government he referred to! f n
Hon. Mr. COLES—I was not aware that there are two leaders | have the privilege of becoming freenolders on casy terms. But

of the Goverument.

Hon. Col. GRAY—The explanation I am about to give reminds) as explained by the Hon. Mr. tlowe.

me of nn anecdote which was current in Canada some years ago.
There was a gentleman there, of the name of MeNab, who believing
himself the head of the elan of that name, was in the habit of leaving
at Goveroment House, hie card, inecribed “ The MeNab.” After
some time, another claimant uf the title appeared and his right to the
Chieftanship was asserted on his card, under the designation o/
“ The other McNab.” (Laughter.) I am happy to inform the hon.
member that the Leader of the Government is the Hon. Edward
Palmer, the President of the Executive Council. I am content to be
reeogaized as the Leader of the Covernment in this House. This
explanatign will I trast be satisfactory to the hou. member. With
regard to the etter, if, aa I presume, I am supposed to be
the writer, especially as it is alleged to have been sent to Belfast, I
am that I am present in this House to answer the #tate-
meat of the leader of the opposition. And I now sir g before this
Committee and the Country ‘vena that it is utterlyfuntrue and
without the shadow of foundation. So far from having acted as
asserted, [ never put to paper, on the subject of a public meeting,
except to decline an invitation to be present. And in that letter, I
simply stated the reasons for my non-compliance with the request
whieh I had received. Those reasons were two fold. In the firs:
place, T mentioned that the state of my health would not justify my
attendance, and further, that I did not consider it advisable to
canvas an award not yet reevived.. As a member of this House b
do vot consider myself as the representative of the people of Beifast
alone. I am here, sir, to act, according to the best of my judgemeit
and abilities, for the interests of the whole Island,and if I were guilty
of eonduct such as I have been charged with, u should cousider
myself unworthy of a seat ‘in this Assemb'!y. Every hon. member
should consider himself as the representative of both friends and foes,
and { weald never sanction an assemblage of people of any particular

political / oe yaw . for the purpose of preventing a full and free dis-
cussion of ali matters of public interest.

aving made this statement,
Mr. Chairman, I trust the hon. leader will give ine the name of
the from whom he received his information.

on. Mr. COLES—My informant is a member of this House, who

one , whe was present at the meeting reterred to.
Hon. Col. ¥—If that hon. member is at present in the House,
I trust he rise and state the grounds pn which be made the

Hon. Mr. WIGHT MAN-~-As I suppose, Mr. Chairman, that lam
the party to whom the hon. member, Mr. Coles’, observation applies,
I may state that a Mr. Compton, whose christian name J am not

with, informed me, that the hou. member, Col. Gray,
written to Captain Mun>, of the Wood Islands, to muster bis
forces and to the meeting at Montague Bridge, with a view
of preventing ves abel any a the liberals qught
supporting introduced by riers of the Government.

Jloa. Vol. GRAY—L trust that homens member is satisfied
with my disclaimer, and that he will ascertain, and let me
have the name of his informant.

Lom. Mr. WiGU CMAN promised to do so. Ata subsequent
day, Mr. Wightman named bir. Joseph Compton as his in-

i. Mr. POPE—Mr. Chairman, the hon. leader of the
Pea Pa asserted that the Government and tie Uolvnial
w that Me Wightman was in the Island, and

r bel given him a letter, authorizing him to
jeet ui his mission from-the various

. Ldeny that such was the case,
that his :ofurmant would not tell a lie,
give his nome, pnd i pow

| Lion. Mr. Howe.

.| who consequently has no means of answering for himself. I

call) that a railroad or a fishery would.be established. But, Sir,

formation after the Commission had expressly asked for it. |
If it be true, as has been stated, that Mr Wightinan actea as |
some hon. members have alleged,I do not justify his conduct ; |
bat, Sir, are the Goaernment responsible for his acts? The!
Commissioners sent him here, and I believe he was seleeted |
for the mission hy the Hon. Mr. Howe, the Commissioner |
named by this House. In nominating that gentleman tle |
majority manifested to the minority their desire of satisfying |
the tenantry, and they are entitled to credit for sincerity bj |
selecting so great a liberal and known friend to the poor as
the Hon. Mr. Howe. Whether good may or may not result!
from the Commission, it is our duty to wait until the result
of itis befere us. The House is pledged to carry out the)
Award in good faith.
the matter ‘The hon. member, Mr. Conrgy, stated that the)

it has been insinuated that he had been appointed by the Go
vernment ; this bas been done with a view of creating a pre-
judice against the Government. Mr. Wightman may have |
travelled with a friend of the preprietors in the district repre- |
sented by the hon. member, but at Bedeque his com panion

hter ) However, I shall net take up more time-in this stage)

of the diseussion,which would not have arisen had i: not heen |

for the explanation of the Award, given frou memory, by the

I thought at the time, and am of the 6ame

opinion now, that it was injadicious on the part of that gen-

tleman to give that explanation.
Progress reported.

in os
Tuvxspay Mornrne, Feb. 27.

Committee on address resumed.

Mr. DOYLE—Mr. Chairman. a great deal has been said |
about this Award, and the Government have told us that the
people will roeeive great benefit from it-—that the tenantry wili

I, for one, Go not see mach prospect of that under the Award,
A tenant may tender
to the proprietor a price he ean afford to pay for the freehold |
of his land, but, if it is refused, how many of these tenants |
| cam incur the expense and annoyance of an arbitration? And|
what prospect is there that the influence of the pro -rietor will
not prevail on the arbitration? In the ease of Township
lands owned by several proprictors, the right of reserving
1500 acres to each may take the, whole Township out of the
Award, and the tenant will not be in a position to have an
}arbitration, if he wisbed todoso. It may be said that no
proprietor could do eo, but on the lot on which [ live, which
is owned by the Messrs. Palmer, a letter was received from
one of them, stating that he would not agree to be bound by
the Award, A ain. the Award docs not affect the holders
of leases f'r less thani0 years. In wy opinion those are the
very cases which are entitled to protection mare than anv
others. For the poor people, who take such leases, may be
turned out and lose their improvements at the expiration of
their term. Looking at these facts, l cannot see the. great |
boon that the people are to receive from the dvings of the
Commission. As to the Spy. the Government say that they
knew nothing. about him. do not fora moment say that
their statement is false, but it is certain:y strange that they
should have been so ignurant, for | saw him in my district.
and the people generally were told that he had been sent on
by a Company to see about the practicability of building a
railroad and establisiing a fishery, and that he was seeking
information about the value of lands with a view to raising
sheep. After these representations the people were asked
what they valued their Jands at, and, as might be expected,
they ask d more than double their worth. If the Commis-
sioners did not think that the evidence that had been given
in their presence was sufficient to enable them to come to a
decision—if they thought that the people had told them un-
truths, and chose to take the evidence of a Spy io preferencef
and base their award on that, I think, with the hon. member
Mr. Owen, that it is quite immaterial whether the Award
comes out or not. . :

Hon. Mr. HAVILAND—Mr. Chairman, I was not in the
House when the hon. member commenced his speech, but that
rtion of it which [ did hear was conceived in very bad taste.
tis, im my opinion, anbandsome to abuse an absent man,

would rather seo the adoption of the good old English practice
of meeting an opponent tace to face,and affording him an op-
portunity of replying to any charge against him, but the
absent and the dead cannot repel any attacks upon their cha-
racters. it may be that, if the character of this person who
has been stigmatized as a Spy, and accused of telling lies to
deceive the people, were ana! , he would be entitled to be
considered as a gentleman fully as much as the hon. member
himself. What authority is there for accusing Mr. Wight-
man of having told lios? Suppose he had asked a farmer
what he would be will:ng to take for bis farm, if a railroad
should be constructed through or sear it, or an extensive
fishery established in ite vicinity, there would be nothing im-
proper in that, I have never heard that he said positively

| the tenant's exaggerated value.

him the address of the Commissioners.sitting in that province. |

be considered as justifying any report Mr. Wightman may
have made to his employers; nor do [ approve of their act in
Laving sent him bere in the manner they are represented to
have done; but they and they alone are responsible for his

j self-styled liberals are doing their utmost to deprive them mission and its results, whatever they amay be, and the Go-

vernment were bound to pay him.

Hon. the SPEAKER—Mr. Chairman, this debate has taken
so very wide a range, that L believe it will be found to be
without precedent in any of the other Colonies. It would be
more regular and becoming to discuss the Award and the

ters shall come before us in another shape.
of the Government if they were aware of his business, and

they professed themselves as ignorant on the subject as myself.
I heard that he had been travelling about the western part

of the Island, and telling the people that he was endeavoring
to ascertain how it would do to establish a railroad.

l wes
also informed that he had employed a clerk, bat with refe-

rence to what has been said about his recording the prices of,

land, I was given to understand that be set dowmbis own,not
Having been recommended
by Commissioner Liowe, it is net just or courteous to jadge
him so harshly as some hon: members haye done. The Houee
sboald withhold its oniziun yptil his report is befareus. 1
am surry tnat the example set by the Opposition in Nova
Seotia has not been followed here. In that province the ad-
dress passed unanimous!y, the diseassion on the matters re
ferred to in the speech being’ deferred until they should re-
spectively come up for discugsap. Here we have been wasting
time and delaying the bu-iness of the country unnecessarily,
as all the subjects comprised ip this debate will be taken up
ugain seperately.

Hon. Mr. COLE3—It is all very we
for the hon. Speaker aad others of the majerity to complain

of the time spent in this discussioa, but ene wember hus as! a ee ; his |
wach right 10 express his opiaion as another, and the great-| testant,’ I will give a few more extracts from ibe |
| last production: —‘* Mr. McDonald is but a cat's

est amount of talking bas ¢odie from the Government side
of the House.. I am not sorry for the discussion. We are
holding our own and- gainin® alittle: We gained to-day
the information that-the Government knew that this Mr.

Government.
Government.
Such may be ¢

the Secretary’s
ment, is responsible.

fi-e, that office, as the head of the depart.)

formation was this. Oa my_retura from New Brunswick |
last summer, a person called on me and asked if L could give |

[ did so, and arked him for what purpose he required it. |
lle told me that be had beea employed in preparing certain |
papers for Mr. Wightman, which the latter had directed |
him to forwaid to the Commissioners ia New Brunswick. 1)
then asked bim where Mr. Wightman bad located himseli
while engaged in Charlottetown. He told me that they oe- |
cupied ao office in this building, first the S-cretary’s private |
office, and next the Grand Jury Room. Several documents}
were prepared, and use had been made of the returns of the |
last Census. [ asked what authority bad Mr. Wightman to!
obtain access to these papers. He replied that Mr. Wight-|
man had letters authoriz ng the pudl-c offivers to give bi |
any information he might require. He went further, and
told me that all he bad received for three months’ services
was £2 103, This is but poor remuneration for such a
period of jabor, and the case 1s very hard upon a poor young
man with a young family. [aving received his permission,
{ now name Mr. Job Bevan as.my informant, and he said
that leiters from the Lieut. Governor an! the Hon, Mr.
Palmer were lying about the office. Now, Sir, L maintain
raat the Government is responsible for the acts of Mr.
Wightman. The Leader kuew of bis busivess, and gave
letters authorizing access to the several public offices, and
even to that of the Clerk of this House. 1 have now given
the name of my informant, and [ do think it a very strange
thing that Mr. Wightman and his assis'ant should oceupy
an office ia this building, and the Government be ignorant of
the fact.

Hon. Mr. POPE—The hon. member stated that his in-
formant told him that Mr. Wightman had a letter from the
Colonial Secretary. *

Hon. Mr. COLES~—Well, Sir, if it came from the Se-
eretary’s office, it was an offi-ial document, for which the Go-
vernment must be held responsible. It is immaterial who
wrote it, whether the Secretary or a Clerk. As to the re-
port of Mr. Wightman, perhaps the Government are acting
wisely in keeping it secret ; but when that individual was
here, he might have conferred with members of this House
on the subject of the value of the lands, and would, after
hearing their several opinions, have been better able to form
a just estimate than by the course be adopted. 1t lias been
admitted that his business was kaown to some hon. members
while the House was still in session, Tbe hon. member,
Col, Gray, made an erroneous statement with reference to
the relative value of land on Lot 34 and the Selkirk Kstate
The real difference is not more than about 4s. per acre. It
has been reported that the proprietors are not pleased with
ihe Award—it may be so—but if they think that before the
Commissioners the people valued the lands too low, there is
every reason tg believe that, induced by Mr. Wightman’s
misrepresentations, they estimated them far too highly. 1
was glad to hear the explanation given by the hon. member
for Georgetown, as to the appointment of My, Wightman,
for it relieves me from the statements made by one of the
preprietore, to the effect, that | had been the means of his
being sent here. Tne Lieut. Governor may have been quite
right in telling the leader of his Government of bis mission;
and if that gentleman thought his colleagues leaky—that
they could nut keep a secret, he was quite right in not com-
wunicating the matter to them. But this on'y shows what
a chain of sand the Government is, the mument you shake
it a little it falls te pieces. If any of their measures

ds

|.we are, as has been often said in the course of the debate,

2 oetinwa

ad

happen to succeed, they are very ready to take credit for it,

‘ masked, just this: a ‘heretic’ cannot speak the
Wightman was here, for the hon. Speaker says now that he | eee Be : de

‘fined out that fact +0} communicated it to members of ed ee odes tyranay of ’
I stated yesterday that Mr Wiz! tan bad | bat Rome yokes it to the despot's car.

The Government has done its duty in (an olfice ia the building, and that he had a letter from the | would guide the mind, but Rome drags it a captive
ber, } I presumed that, as usaal in al! such cases, ) and slave after the charidt of the Pope. It is born
Spy travelled in company with friends of the-proprietors,and ‘the letter was from the Colonial Secretary's Uillice. . As bao! tor Lohieastlt ted ad wetted webentret eased
| been denied that the Secretary wrote the letter referred to. | and drawer of water.’ “The Rector should never
case, but I contend that if it came from! forget that one of our firmest beliefs is that popery

When { was called. upon to give the} delivers Jesus to be crucified.”
was Mr. Edward Moynagh, who is not generally supposed to name of my informant I declined to do so, not feeling my- quire BO comment. By the last Mr. Laird has “ un-
racre, while tor landof inferior quality, on the Selkirk | be very favurable to proprietors nor the Government. (Laugh- sell justified, without his authority. The way L got my in- | masked” himself,and shown very clearly the “evan-

| community than to suppose that they are not tho-
| roughly disyusted at the unchristian violence and
| vile obscenity by which the “ Protestant” panders
to the low taste aud morbid feelings of some of its
| readers ; and I would be doing an injustice to all those
i who are desirous of preserving their families from
corruption, were I to say that they would permit to

| enter their homes a journal whose pages are so pol-
| . . 5
luted as is the ‘ Protestant’ of the 8th inst. I feel

| T have adyanced, and to convince them that a very
| large share of odium is most unjustly heaped on Ca-
| tholies by those who should use their influence to
promote in our midst, not religious animosity and
ranconr, bat that brotherly, Christiafi feeling so
strongly recommended by Him at whose birth an-
gels sang “Glory to Gol in the highest, and on
Mr. Laird and
his assistants may labor to stir up and increase ill-

earth peace to men of good will.”

fecling and strife; I shall nse my hamble endea-
veurs to promote a spirit of charity and peace.

The Editer of the ‘ Protestant,’ in his issue of the
Sth inst., is pleased to, indulge ina large share of
bad temper and misrepresentation. Because I am

unwilling to accept as witnesses against Catholicity

t itter @ mie > elas alti, PT Fa ° . : : te Z
its most bitter enemies, he conclates persaltum—and | }j¢ world was united, classiest, monarchieal; the |# public question, The only jum

a very long leap it is—that my logic with regard to

| Protestants is ‘the old fiery alternative, Recaxt | History of the Popes.) These extracts Irecommend | with the Montague Bridge mecting, and manta@er
“a | —— Ss i . * ‘ " ial bay . . . in ~eti » kj i
NH, Mr. Chairman,|or Burs.” This is very gestlemauly and Chris. | to the attentive consideration of Mr. Laird and his | meetings of the kind, is, that they exnuot news

| tian! ‘Fo give you a farther idea of the moderate,
| dignitied language of my worthy friend of the ‘ Pro-

|

paw.” ‘Tle has something, which, though ber-
rowed too, is really his own (very sensible!) pert
“ His shamef.l position is, when un-

| assurance.”

* Education would walk free, but Rome

like Judas, cries master, and kisses Him, whilst it
These extracts re-

gelical”’ spirit by which he is actuated. When a

this author, “‘ the genial soil where the literature of
antiquity had been first cultivated, still retained her
superiority in the fine perception of its beauties, and
jis the power of retracing them by spiritual imita-
jtions. It was the lund of taste and sensibility ;

never surely more so, than in the age of Raffaclle}-

us well as Ariosto. If the successors of Leo X. did
| uot attain so splendid a name, they were, perhaps,
-+--not less munilicent or sednlous in encouraging
| polite and useful letters.”

To these honorable testimonies in proof that the

several topics connected with the Commission when these mat-| assured that the virulence of my opponents, far from | Popes did not encourage “ Ignorance ” as “ the mo-
r As to this Mr.) injuring me or the cause which I have espoused, | ther of devotion,” as their caluminate~ shamelessly
| Wightman, | knew n thing about him until a day or two be-| will only tend to bring shame and confusion on its | assert, I may add the attestation of the Protestant
‘fore the close of last session. 1 then asked several members! authors, cause maay to enquire into the trath of what | Ranke. who, notwithstanding his prejudices, ean-

| didly makes the following admission :-—
“In harmony with these views (he had been trae-
ing to their elemental combinations the respective
movements of Protestantism and Catholicity) is the
| fact, that literature on the Catholic side had attained
to far greater perfection of regularity and form. We
jmay indeed assert that the modern classical forme
‘and character of literatnre in Italy owe their de
' velopement and finish tothe anspices of the Church ;
iu Spaii, as fur as the genius of the nation admitted ;
‘in France with the most brilliant results. In the
Germanic nations this classical tendency obtained
no such triumph. Still less successfal was the imix
| tation of the antique amongst the ‘Protestants of
| those nations. At the period fn qgiestion the Catho-

| Protestant, divided, tomantic, republican.” (Ranke’s

jassistants. Were I to enter into particulars regard-
ing all that which the Popes have done for the en-
couragement of every study that ean improve the
mind, I would fill volumes. The much maligned
| Pontits used every possible means to rescue men
from ignorance ; a fact which, althongh denied by
some “ illiterate agitators,’’ is candidly admitted by
the most respectable Protestant writers of the pre-
sent time. Italy, far from being that land of mental |
darkness which some gentlemen represent her, is |
admitted by her enlightened enemies to be the “‘cen-
tre of light—the sovereign of thonght—the capital
of civilization,”’ and well did she deserve to be thus
addressed by Byron—
“Ttalia ! too—Italia! looking on thee,
Fall flashes on te soul the light of ages ;
still
The fount at which the parting mind assnages
Her thirst of knowledge, quafling there her fill,
Flows from the eternal source of Rome's imperial
hill.” [Childe Harold, Canto 1. cx.

person is forced to employ language like this, there
is every reason to suppose that lis cause isa bad |
one, and cannot be defended by trathful statement |
and dispassionate argument. Has Mr. Laird ever
read the following :—‘ Bad temper, unfairness, and
violence in a disputant, greatly damage his cause,
in the judgment of all calm and impartial men; |
while the party assailed by such weapons isalways
sure to win sympathy, and to gain on public opinion.”

This gentleman, thinking to ‘“gain a victory,” to
borrow his own words, ‘‘by decoying away from

I woukd wish to add some other observations in
this communication, but I fear that I have already
taken up too much of your space.

I have the honor to remain,
Your very obd’t and such obliged serv’t,
A. McDONALD.
St. Dunstan's College, Mareh 12th, 1862.
mt ee oe

THE MONTAGUE MERTING.

To tHE Epiror oF THE EXAMINER,

the point, as certain birds do to prevent harm com-
ing upon their young,” challenges me to state what |
my authority is in “‘ mattersof faith.’ He has thus
virtually acknowledged his defeat on the main ques- |
tion at issue between us; for, in the ‘ Protestant’ of |
the 8th ult., he said “‘ we shall not be at the trouble
to follow him, at least until he acknowledges by
word or deed that the decrees of the Congregation
of the Index are uncalled for and unjust; and until
he explains why the said decrees have not, as he
says, been promulgated in this Island. After he has
fairly met us on this point we may then take ap
and discuss some of the other strange decrees of
the Church of Rome.’ My opponent having bade
farewell to the “‘ Index,”’ is now extremely desirous
to “discuss "’ my authority in “ matters of faith.”
Although this is, from his own declaration, an indi-
rect acknowledgment that I have “fairly met”’ all
his objections regarding the Index Expurgatorius,
yet it would have been more honorable and candid
on his part to have directly owned his discomfiture.
He appears quite tired of the subject of education.
Iam not, and I would respectfully invite him to
‘“‘return to the question at issue,” and listen pa-
tiently to a few more observations and “ facts’’
which I shall bring under his consideration.

Many of those whom the Rey. Dr. Maitland calls
“‘jliterate agitators” labor to induce the belief that
previous to the Reformation the world was in a
state of barburism, that no efforts were made for the
encouragement of education; and that Italy, being
the residence of the head of that Church, which
teaches that ‘“‘ Ignorance is the mother of devotion,”
was necessarily the head quarters of “ ignorance
and superstition.’ I have already adduced numer-
ous proofs to show the injustice of these calumnies ;
but as the subject is one of much importance, I shall
bring forward a few more of those facts which ap-
pear to have the effect of exciting the ire of my op-
ponents. Many eminent Protestants have done the
Popes the justice to admit that they have labored in
every possible way to promote those studies which
can improve the mind. The North American Re-
view has said that “‘The great ascendancy of the
PAPAL PoweRr, and the influence of Italian genius
on the literature and the fine arte of all countries,
made ITALY ESSENTIALLY THE CENTRE OF LiGHT—
THE SovereiGn or THovcur — THe Caprrat or
Ciyiiizarion |"

Hallam, the celebrated Protestant historian, says :
— It may be said, with some truth, that Italy sup-
plied the fire, from which other nations in this first,
as afterwards in the second era of the revival of
letters, lighted their own torches. Lanfranc, An-

of jrriepradence , Gratian, the author of the Grat coming to

a fact, the Monday even

= in the fifty pounds expended for publication,

town, and bronght to the meeting and so

certain gents of Georgetown, und others at the time

supposed that the Georgetovians : i
sion for the electors of the two Gictricte ie —

uts ir By
selm, Peter Lombard, the founder of systematic theo- S auat ointbast Whe eps aie ne wed

logy, in the twelfth-eertary ; Irnerius, the rest pings, but will conelnde that ere Was a

Sin—It is said it is the boast and glory of Britain
that its people know how to respect the laws, even
while they consider them to be injurious, and how
to correct them by quiet and orderly procedure. It
is illegal to conspire secretly to overthrow the law,
and certainly it is illegal to conspire secretly to make
law. ATI measures caleulated to improve our social
condition ought to be conducted openly and honor-
ably. The laws of our country undonbted)y seenre
to us the right of petition, the right of petition se-
cures to us the right to meet publicly for the free
discussion of public affairs. vis is one of the first
blessings we enjoy as subjects of the British realm.

The meeting at Montague Bridge was called for
the third and fourth districts of King’s County to
meet for the free discussion of the Land Question.
The persons requesting the meeting to be called and
the individual who called the meeting, had no party
end in view, as such, yet it is freely admitted that
Mr. M. Rowe, as one helding liberal sentiments,
called the meeting, and as such the liberals were
expected, and by all open and honorable minded
persons, they would have been allowed to organize
the meeting and propose their resolutions.

That parties who had no knowledge of why, what,
and wherefore the meeting originated, should rush
in and seize the whole and sole contre! of the meet-
ing, shows no just claira to honorable conduct, eu-
perior intelligence, or gentlemanly breeding. How-
ever, the meeting was called, the day arrived, the
people assembled, and cially the people of this
neighbourhood came with the expectation of hear-
ing the subject discussed by both political parties
openly, freely, and honorably, without interruption.

The materials of which the meeting was com
are ministers of the Gospel, members uf Parliament,
editors of public journals, Justices of the Peace, in-
ferior officers of the Government, gentlemen from
Charlottetown, Land proprietors, and Land agents
electors from the third and fourth districts, and a
large nwuber of people from the following settle-
ments in Queen's County, Murray Harbour Road,
Orwell, Belfast, Wood “Islands, Flat River, and
Ronah Settlement. The persons from these settle-
ments appeared to take the most prominent and ae-
tive part in the meeting, and thut in an obtrusive
and disorderly manner. Why didthey dese? Iam
told, upon the solemn asserveration, that it is “God's
truth, that those people from Queen's County are al]
Orangemen,” that they come to “keep peace and
ot, and pe. the moe Mr. has visited all

e in those settlements since the meeti
was advertised. That the Revd. Gentleman did. fe

4 i vious to the meeti
lecture in Brown's Creck € ureh upon his favorite
theme, and soid a number of his books to reimburse

did, as he well knew how, touch th i
that most pathetically move the Grtiem/estel-
bility ; endopene who boasts of being an O. tan
Tome _ vane wes but that the Revd. gen-

f was pare the le for
meeting. Were the ture kateoleot ceakand Got
quvor for which contributions were made in Georze-

; ly de-
voured—was it, or was it not, for those w a came
from Queen's County ? not this argue that

in Georgetown, knew of their coming? Can it be

Do those

Weighing those
previous

nowledge and arrangement of this body of men

posed } ebb and tlow of ocean shall fling the

nO Nfins astonish)

should wet as they did, when shy grtt the People
that they have been told and drilled by ne” Kner,
Leaders, id (eit He

” and “ ministers corm}
believe that all Protesteuts wanes thew’ 3
are Catholics,** worse than Catholics”
nonneed as * rotten Protestants” — thas mt dy
ral Protestants are Catholics,” “) ek «
jesuits,”"—that if the Liberals wor aie ‘ait,
the Government, the present Gov,
removed, and that a Catholic Prien on Was ty
Governor. It is reported that the Tal be tady
Sutherland, when fecturing on the Mes
went through the motion of tueki
and said that if the Liberals got Slee vay,
the Catholics would have their hy .
that they would walk in their blood ett Bn:
cattle would be taken from them po ChB theis
would be left at their door; their faring wt 4 bea
taxed so that they never conld free then be
things and a yreat deal more are told to Thong
“God's truth.” The story so indastr: sa being
ted amongst them, that haudreds of Cathal
to be at the meeting, is guite in ‘Wen
rest. Are not the people to vee
blamed for those things! Th :
about twelve mouths
7 and have been continued ever
le ure become vo exsi ed with it taro Veo.
Ie suflicient to wet them ia a tihage, et * Me wag
The woral influence of the meet} was
in favour of the Liberals—thejr or beuray vedly
won the respect and eyinpathy of nuncbery hag
solutely enpported the Conservatives LS
election; they now express Uiemeelves at the lew
mortified, and ashamed of the sayings;
those from whom they expected betes
Tie mask has been torn off, and the
ings of a corrupt faction have
strength aud wicties for the next
luid open, when a full harvest of their

dvings may be expected.

To tug Epiror or rar Examiner, :

Sin—The public will remember ;
middle of February, 1861, a large bear
fasters — themeelyes, in an
Lieut. Governor, to be “ ready on the
with THEIR voices and THEIR
Excellency and Government, and to
presa,”’ &c., or in other worda, to put
crush every attempt that might be made
having the mgral plock to call their
= to = bar of public opinion,
their policy and their acts publicly
ves elf, d

‘be Belfasters did not suffer one to

fa Hoe

away when they availed thomeelyes
geney”’ to put their bullying threat into
For, at Montague Bride, on the ocession ;
public meeting recently held there, ho fewer thy: hed
300 of those promised “ voices” were
the shape of the most savage ye
rabble from Belfast, for the india
stifling public opinion, ane.
Her Majesty's subjects from bri
ces legitimately and constituti to
of their representatives.
Had the Belfasters kept themaelyes
limits of their own district a

they might there nse their “ y,

to their very hearts’ content. And-ag
function peculiar to all savages, the ba
yell and howl to the utmost distention

ta sustaining ‘* His Excelleney and

and no ove would be di to

them for doing so. But when

ritory of King’s County, with the

of preventing the of
mei wy ng piiseage soos an

ht have a tendency to ex
or diminish the usurped power of the
present mis-govern tijs ill-fated

serve the scorn and contempt, if
cration of all well-minded and ri
and, no doubt, they will be treated ures
I see by the ‘1 r' of the ;
Gray denies having written to the
Volunteer Companies in Belfast,
be at the meeting with their men, 1 am pot ot x!
surprised at this denial of the gallant itis
quite in keeping with his character, for the hong.
able and gulhut Cot. has teen ever“ ready on ay
emergency” to deny, in the moet emphaticab tems,
whatever charge might be alleged ayn iat hrimaselt
or his colleagues in the Government, no matter how
well-founded those charges wight be. However,
it is of very little nence to the of this
county whether Col. Gray did or did not write le.
ters to the gentlemen alinded to. Jt is #ufficient fy
us to know that they wereall there with theirme,
and that Col. Gray's constituents, Volunteers ai
Orangemeu frou Belfast, coustituted the —
oe of all who attended tre meeting; and

ind conducted themselves like civilized beings,
affair wonld not be quite xo bad. ‘Their presences
the meeting might be tolerated; but if ever amy et
of beings earned for themmelves the ¢
“ Kamtschatkans” the Belfast € men did ite
the day of the Montague Midge Sects, ‘The
their presence and conduct at the meetmg
direct insult of the grossest character to
of King’s County and their representat
which cannot be denied. But where will
ple of this County find seope for their
tion at a Government, who en and
such fellows to come amongst them, and who even
boasted of having ther there to insultand
the people at a public meeting, re: and con
stitutionally convened for the purpose

can naturally be drawn in reference to the actioned
the Govermnent and their supporters in contena

tuin their policy at a public ineeting in any oat
ro within the Inland (Belfast a ond Oe
Without a of Orangemen at, their back; i.
deed, there is but one opinion now, iy thie part of
the cotintry regarding thix matter.

: Be aan I beg to stute for the infornationd
the Government and their « rte uiniaead
of adding to their influence irs Cee a)
bringing an army of Orangemen from Belfast ote
Montague Bridge meeting, they but iwaterially
diminished it. ey will know to whea
the day of reckoning comes when they have
to render an account of their tha,
Orauge lectures and Orange interlopers from Bel
fast or elsewhere, will go but a very short way”
“sustain "’ them in King's County.” 1 woald sin

-

warn the Belfusters that if they continue to ingh
the people of this Coanty by very
unwelcome visita hereafter will, some day

other, be quite Moly to tind thee mistake,
am, Mir. tditor *

Yours most tralt, ©
é A CONSERVATIVE.
Three Rivers, March 7th, 1862.
cqrenpeeenaitilinte ieee a

SAINT PETER'S BAY NAVIGATION—AGH-
CULTURAL BANKS OF ISsUE.. ABOU
TION OF LANDLORDISM—ST. PEPESS
AND GRAND RIVER PLANK ROAD.

TO THE EDITOR oF tHe EXxaMinegR

It does not anywhere , Sir, thateither yor
own readers or the gonomnl pablic have been male
aware of the very important and pee
ments lately effected xt the harbor- month
to this beautiful Bay. Let it be now
fore, that these improvements are of a
tic and useful nature as to insure to St.
achanne! for ships of almost the largest toanazt,
and one which, evenly, without any harbor lights,
will be sufficiently conspicuous to all week
ing it. ;
After this, we may fairly auticipate more or let
attention from commercial men traders desire
of securing the rich harvests of onr most
farmers in return for their cash or other favor
The Insurance Offices, too, will, no doubt, &
anxious to renew their qaondam naintance wit
finding ino eae

the business of our Bay, w

gether impossible, henceforth, for i
damaged brigantines cocking to i ther
suffering owners, on some safe and cony

stranding-ground, to be accommodated ia tis
ter. It would appear, from the tradition
place, that during the y ti vette
ment or oceupation, j
channel at its entrance ; but,
ing ~ which el (the Freneh) left
were due to sympathy, or perhaps some
malediction. Be this as it anek au
hardy farmers at length resolved
clusions ’’ with this mysterious
and the pri purport i
to proclaim their triamph.
—after the high example of
cabinet—to stake the issue upon “
any sort, except indeed the very material 4
timate one of “ mind over matter,” nor
ing the stormy tidal difficulty either as * Prae
aunts’ or a win the ahaa) a
or evvn “ liberals,’ but ag honest thet
eins

respecting and mutually obligis
deemed themselves equal to the undertaking,

of course the . And now @
high as “ Pelion piled on Ossa,” the
commemorate therr joint triumph, ars

me > tosth of this right royal “ an)
ris’ of heavy rooted timber

land to the channel's brink. ise Label eae
description of the work and of the
channel which it insures, to the worthy
will now be ing the Legi
petty remuneration offered to success. 1
voking the example which it offers to the
ants of the Island generally, They bebold the
terial interests of the Colony, and even the §
sentiments of Christianity inated 10
government,” or rather to the political ‘ist
a few more fortunate individual rt
positions (constitutionally) in the publiedepaeo?
thereof. They behold ho, and yet they se
to have sufficiently realized their ow?
powers (under Soapanellil> (Government) for
ing the abuse. What Government 9r
dare to dispute their political liberties,
rights over the legisiature of which they #
authors and constituents,

Take, for instance, this land abuse and

advocates. What is there to prevent are

A

sik

vislature from ing a law for the
tion of all landiordism in the Colony?
ed her scignieurs, or landlords, w
cal to those of ours, tothe hike
eleven — € acres Were re
tenure. These Canadian gentlemen *

their paid advocates in and out of Pai |

Ww Was passed e same;

Was appointed under it to ascertain ad rope
the value of each seignienry or estate,
to indemnity ; and to this Conmmission

had to look for the amount of comp theit

them for the surrender and abolition & a.
jetary claime. And with a or

velieve that by levying poe se team

pound upon the emanenpa
rmers Vor twenty years tothe me of

by ve

this meeting! Lf they cume fur “ peace

farms) and devoting this & copselidaved