“ya ae SY mc is aay ae weer 2 Se AT TI — = ome ee Senet ne — — ray, “Tecannot pay it for sig or twelwe| im the discharge of his parliamentary daties, months,’ the mortgagee weald compel hia could not have come, from any quarter, with fo take a new mortgage at a higher rate ofa worse grace than from the bon. member poterest. Tle migh® say, © LC you will pay | from Summerside. The absence of that hon, me ten per cent.. iwill give you two yeurs) member from the Island, ia the prosecution more t» pay it."" That is the greatest ob-| of his own private affuirs ia England, had jection | see to passing the Bill without any | oeeasioned the sammoning of the Legislature restriction. The proposed amendment will! tor the despatch of public business, to be de- not interfere with Promissory Notes or Bils| layed a month beyond the usual period ; and of Exchange. The Act te reguiate the inte-| thet delay, oceasioned by hie inopportune rst on thove is proposed t) be repealed, and | absence, might—and, indeed, most probably wople cen then make any bargains they) would— prove greatly detrimental to public ike, except im cases where mortgages or} interests, both directly and indirectly. Yet judgments are gtyen. (onder the present} that hon. member, only just returned to at- law, on all Promissory Notes and Bills of! tend to his parliamentalll deticn, had the as- Fachange, payable within three years, any) surance to tax biw (llon. Mr. Whelan) with amount of interest may be charged. W e | neglect of public duty and the retarding ot | are only endeavouring at present ¢) affurd | the prosecution of puble business, beenuse | some protection to those person’ who are) he was ovcasionslly absent from his plage at | placed in such unfortunate eircunmstances) the openmg of the }louse iw a morning or at that they would have t) submit ty such the resumption of business in an alterqvon ! terms as hard-hearted moaey-lenders might) Lil, indeed, did such a charge become that ghoose to dictate. {hon. member! ll, indeed, did it become lion. Mr. McLaren : I now gee the matter aoy hon. member on the Government side of iu @ defferent hgbs. | think there should be! the House! As to the Government, their | pome restriction, and seyen per cent. would, | general mode of directing parliamentary pro- ja my opmion, be a fair rate, | ceedings was such as, he believed, bud never ion. Mr. Dixawens: ihe reason that ]| been adopted by any other adginjstration, Cummon Tate on agreements al present, and supporters were, it was yet deemed becessary if we could leaye if at the sume rate if would) by them (the Government) to hold a caycus which mmght be) meeting aumost daily, in the Library, for the caused by a change. purpose of drilling them into still greater lion. Mr. Lono: I think it is better to re-| subserviency—if that were possible. Than strict the rate to six per cent.; and if those) such » mode of conducting it, scarcely any pentionen who are ig the habit of lending} thing, be thought, could be retardauve ol gneney twel that they are injured, they can) the progress of the legislative basinegs of a introduce a Bill next session to change it. | country. iemaaiel have the greatest respect for the geatleman) Covpasor por CARRYING TUE MAILS TO AND who mtroduced this Bill, [believe he would rau THIS ISLAND AND TBR NEIGHBURING not (ake one shilling more thay the law al-| Desmenens, Jowed him ; therefore, i presume that he was} teat niente Mibiahi actuated hy the best motives when he intro- | : “ duced the Bill, and I am also convinced that} A sum sufficient jor the Summer and Win- jt is based on sound principles. [| was mis-| ter Mails. : m person who intro-! Lion. Mr. Coles moved a Resolution to the prevent that eommotior } } proposed six per cept. was, that that is al either here or elsewhere ; for pliant as their The bon. | taken with regard to the a Besta Sen » consideration oe Bill’ when | addressed your honore | effeet that the amouné proposed to be oe Pep lace eggs the consideratic before. | for the Mail Service be reduced £1500. He | Hob. G, Cotes moved that the sum of 7 appro- | lat, Montgomery,—ls. | same division reversed. | House to a question of privilege, une | bills just } to the Louse ; | request | were disposed Lo infringe | this House. | Hon. J. Longworth also said that the | Inuded to should be | against 6, ‘to Liverpool, Sar yy Hom i : j ok ace i wineh h . : . . . . | bare on the subject took plaice, during vn tion of ove week earlier in the time for holding ment Issuing warrants for the payment of their salaries as all the other officers of the Colony are paid. These accounts, he rey would never be properly kept until a Financial Secretary was ayy) pointed, whose duty it would be to correct alt) mistakes. fe said much credit was due to the chairman of the committee (Mr. McLennan) tor drawing up the Report se as to secure the signa tures o1 the Opposition as well as Govt, members of committee, , ’ . Hou. Mr. Davies approved of the suggestions of) the bon. leader of the Opposition in reference to! the mode of paying the salaries of out-port and Exeise collectorse These officers had not, how- | ever, acted in any way contrary to the present act | which recoguises their right to pay themselves, The Report was then adopted avd agreed to. Hon. Mr. Pope moved that the Resolution s ihe pemalsine Ou supply relative tu pew reat re | now received, : Hon. G. Coles moved an amendment that it * received this day three months, it For the amendment :—hons, ( oles, Hensley, | Haviland, Warburton, Lporntun, Beaton, Messe. | Conroy, Howlan, Walker,—¥. , : , 4 For the Resolution ;—-hous, Col. Gray, Co). Sec., é.. & Pore, Longworth, Laird, Fad * — ‘ M S * . samt: we vasps. Green, McLennan, Duncan, Hasiain, Ho eo The Speaker then os cbe Chair, and the Resolution was carried on the j } The bill relating to summary and appeal cases | from the inferior to tiie Supreme Court was ones ir sand passed, a + ee, anche Council by message in formed the House that the bill to ¢ onsolidate und} amend the Land Assessment Act, and also the | Act to raise a Revenue bad received the assent 0 that hon. body. | flon. Mr. Haviland called the attention of the} tsaid that the | alluded tashould have been sent dows | he said he was lead to make this | there were, he believed, some Legislative Council who upon the liberties of because L hen. members of the bills al subinitted by message frou Council; said Acts were then submitted to the ilouse by the Clerk of the Legislative Council. A message from his Excellency the Lieut, Gov ernor was received commanding the attendance ef the House at the Bar of the Council Chamber, where his Excellency was pleased to give his as sent to the Act for raising » revenuc. priated for the payment of His Exceltency’s pew rept in St. dames’ Church be struck out of the bill, which motion was lost on a division of 18 Mr. Howlan moved that the sum of 300/ appro oriated to Messrs. Palmer and Pope as Delegates to England on the sutgect of the Land Comuiis sien be struck out of the bill, which taotion was lust op the following division: Yeas —Howlan, Coles, Beaion, Conroy, Walker, Heusiey, 6; Nays —Col, Gray, Col. Seety., Brecken, Hashana, Green, Montgomery, McLennan, J.C. Pope, Yeo, Laaird, Howat, Kaye, Davies, Long worth, Haviland, 15. Hon. J. Longworth moved tint the bill relative j . serauting of letters patent Lo dJvho Robinsen for the granting of letters p . Kugland, be submitted, a short de- } orable mention was made of the distinguish patent of Mr. Duchemia, as 4 work of art which had secured jeliers patent noe ouly in America, bat aleo in Englind and France, That ie would | tend tu adVatice the interest of the Colony to fos | tion Was discanted upon by hen. members, after | Hon. J. Hensley asked the government, by i ail Steamer u whose authority had the Mai me : (Sunday) for the En despatched on yesterday (SUNC&y) [Y adinittod | glish mail to Cape Tormentiues see am wo that cases might arise in which 0 ~ pw sity might require work fo be perloried 0 the Sabbath day, but in this Case it was eo work of necessity. ‘The steamer might as we have been sent this morning as yeater day ; what was the use of having a Statute requir ing the due observance of the Lord’s ~~ those in the government employ did not ob- serve it. He was sure, he said, that the mem- bers of the government, when they considered the matter, were ag anxious as he was to en- force the strict cbservance of the sabbath, but he felt it Incumbent upon him to ask by what authority the mail steamer bad yesterday (Sab- bath) been despatched to Cape Pormentine. Hon. leader of the Government: replied and said, that all matters convected with the tails and postal arrangements were under the charge of the Post Master General's departunety.— Passengers and mails were delayed and kept ov the other side because of the Huating ice 19 the Straits. ‘The steamer had made several attempts during the past week to get to Pie- tou, but could net succeed. luformativn by telegraph was received that the American and Colonial mails were forwarded to Cape Tor wentive ; and also that a pamber of passengers for this Island bad arrived there, and were doubtless anxious to proceed on io the end of their journey ; and further, had not the. mails been here Chis morning in time to be forwarded to the different country post offices, whole weeks’ delay, in many cases, would have been the consequence. He therefore had no hesita tion in saving that under all these circumstan- ces the Post Master General considered he had acted for the best ii this matter. On motion of hon. J. Longworth a com, of conference with the hon. Legislative Council was appointed relative to an amendment mad by the Council to the bill altering certain terms of the supreme court in this Island; said com. reported that the Council passed unauimously the ameudmeut in question, rela- tive to the changing of the March frm of the supreme court in Georgetown. Hous, Hensley snd Beaton contended that the change asked for in the bill was in accord ance with the wishes of the people of King’s county, more especially the eastern seetion of the county, and regretted that any obstacle was thrown in its way by the coaucil ‘They would rather see the bil thrown vat aliogether than submit to the amendment of the council. Hon. Mr. Haviland eaid, that no less than three Grand Juries of King’s County present- ed, at different terms of the Supreme court, to the Judge, the necessity of making an altera the March term of the court at Georgetown. Ihe Bill now before the House originated, in fact, with the people of King’s County. It ip. | Was thereture, he said, very extraordinary that |} ter enterprize and improvement of every descrip: | p, they could not be allowed this alteration in — ‘did so, he said, because the — ye 7 . a ¢ , (hoc 7 } joverninent, with the eulb NOTES OF THE SESSION. Boat Banc dlngp tes £1500 per annum more No. & ‘than Mr. Boultenhouse had tendered to d» Woarrsia Pstare, ithe work fur. The question nots: Sogeh mie | flon. Mr. Coles contended that the Worel)/ and the diyision ge as * tic nadiae ; 5: re ro | ers ¥ re the . cc an os otra | et arte an on, ipasmuch us they my, by | om appagrenesg | Aldous, the Land Cummuissioner. By those! rule, incapacitated trou roam ide ¢ the Accounts, it was chewn chat the cost of the|queree of their being 7s" aye if Estate amounted to 120.550: that the) 0 Steam Boat at a, "Dal ak amount due on Sales, bearing mterest, was) bers, tu whose yotes the tig Pa . a ortho 214981 lds 4d. ; leaving a balance £4,753) ected, on the said eg Sy Ae p it od }6s. 8d. against the estute, to meet which | Colonial Soaretary, the oe a 4 ah r ghere were 41235 acres of Jand to be sold, the Lion. D. Davies, mem ote @ ie a vern whieh at 2s. Gd. per acre, would have ligut- ment, and Mr. James Dunean, diye, vad dated the said balance, and cleared the Es- of the Government. In support ~ re 0 8 tate. If, eaidthe hon. gentleman, the present | Hon to the votes of the@e hon. inembers, thc Government have, during the last six years, mnismanaged the estate, so as to have spent ail in the mismanagement, it is pot the fault) of the Liberal 4dovernment who bought it, for} the ery of the Tory party. before they got into power, with respect to the Estate, was, * Letall the land be avid atauction for what- ever it will bring. and close the Land Ufice.’ Jiowever, on their accc sion to power, they guw the Land purchase Act ina light very different from that in which they pretended to view it when they were out of power ; and now they wish to charge the Liberals with | whatever blame may attach in any quarter, for any joss on the purchase of the Estate. The statement, to which the Hon. Mr. Coles referred, in corroboration of bis wesertion that) the Worrell Estate was in a prosperous condi- | jtion when it passed from the bunds of the) Liberals into those of the Conservative Go- sernment, is as follows, copied fromthe Jour- nal, dared 31st of January, 1859, and signed, * Jubo Aldvus.”’ Dr. To paid on purchase of Lau:!, ca £950 0 0 By amowat due on sales, L481 15 4 Bunda, suo 8 5 Bulsuce, 473 16 3 Zs 8 0O~L£W 50 0 0 83.309 acres pd pnrebsaed, ba 5 42,074 Seid, Balance unsold, ance in each year over ¢ spenses. Bal ~ ch) I £35 14 0 }8038 415 17 2 | £731 24 41,255 acres. | To be deducted from baimnee mbooyve ORANGEISM. Mr. Duncan. The Petition was false upon jteface. Butthet was not al]. When the Rowan Catholic Bishop signed it, he knew it} to be false; be knew he was signing a falac-) hood; and they who drew it up knew that they had drawn up @ falsehood. The Petition was deliberately drawn up with | @ view to deceive. Whoever drew it up knew | Siat he was stating a lalsehood. He (Mr. | Duncan) thought thac when Responsible | troverpwent was conceded to the Colony, the} cuneession gaye us the right of goveruing | ourselves, and of enacting whatever laws we | might deem needful for the preservation of | peace and good order and the promotion of | the genera! wellare,s long as such laws! prould pot be in any way opposed to the} rinetples of the Constitution. The Orange! el was a measure of that kind, intended to | foster and protect the best interests of the | Colony. ‘The murderous riot, some years ago, at Belfast, led wo the formation of Ur- page Lodges ia the Island. The members of | those Lodges bad nothing in view but the} pssertion and observance of the principt!es of | our Constitution, and the preservation c!} peace aod good order throughout the Coloay; they had no private ends of their own to} romote; they bad in no iastance either | violated the laws or sought to abridge or in-| vade the rights and privileges of any class of | their fellow subjects, and therr rise and pro-| gress in this Island bad a salatary influence | upon the community. They had as mach right tu an Act of Incorporation as any other body oF society, st whose request and in whose fayor euch an Act had been passed by tue Legielature of the Colony — certainly quite as good # right to it as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Charlottetown. By what- ever reasons tha Duke of Newcastle had been snttuenced—whetber by such as especially weighed with bim with Fespeet to the secu- rity of bis public position, 98 @ minister of ghe Crown, or otberwise-—in withholding the Orange Bill frow thie Royal) consideration, he had been guilty of y direct violation of | therconstitutfopal privileges of the people of the Colony ; aod it was a duty se the | +| mewbers whom he bad numed were, be said, 'privilege of voting on the question then un- | der the consideration of the Llouse. /had thus been directly disputed semained in |) their places, neither denying nor admitting | notwithstanding their silence, may have been jean, Breckon, Kaye, McAulay, Green—16. ; acceptable of the three.’ Mr. Montgomery hon. gentleman read the Rule of the Lupe- rial Parlhament, by which it is declared that | no member of the House, having any share or interest in any Company, entering Intu @ Contract with the Government, could vote vn any question betore the Llouse in which such Company had any interest. The bon. members of the Steam Boat Company having the Contract for carrying the Mails to and irom the Island and the neighboring Pro- vinces; and, therefore, according to the Par- liumentary Rule which he had just read they were precluded from votiag vt the ques- tion then beture the Huuse; Inasmuch as, were they to vote thereon, their dving so would be a direct voting of uoney iato their own pockets. His Honor the Speaker said there was no provf before him that the hon. members pamed were shareholders in the said Com- pany ; but, if they were. they certainly were excluded, by parliamentary rule, from the lion. Mr. Coles replied that the hon. mem- | bers whom he had named could sot but be }very well aware whether they had a right to vote on the question or not; and he would, therefore, leave it to their uwa sense of houvur to do so or not, The hon. gentlemen whose right to vote their alleged disqualificati.n to do so; and, interpreted as ap admission of their disquali- fication, they voted on the Division, whica was as follows: | For the Metion of the Hon. Mr. Coles.— | Hvoabis. Messrs. Coles and Waerburton, | Messrs. Sutherland, Sinclair, Waiker ana Howlan—6. Against t.—Honbls. Colonel Gray. Colo- nial Seeretary, J. UC. Pope, D. Davies, and Laird, Messrs. Haslam, Ramsay, McLennan, | Jubn Yeo, VD. Montgomery, Howat, J Dan- Avy comment upon the peculiar features of the facts above stated would be quite su- | verfluous Yhe fon. the Colonial Secretary read the | fesolution which was moved by the Hon Mr. Warburton, declaring Mr. Boulten- house’s Tender the lowest, and tbat as it was calculated to saye the Island a large ex- penditure of public money, it ought, there- iore, to be accepted. This Resvlotion, said the hon. gentleman, was negatived by the House, and, therefore, it was the House, and not the Governmeut, who rejected Mr. Boultenhouse’s Tender. The Hon. Mr. Coles contended that the effect of the rejection of the Hon. Mr. War- burton’s pa en hy the majority of the House, was to leave the whole of the Ten- ders in the hands of the Government, as some objections had been made to the secu- rity offered by Mr. Boultenhoose. This, said the hon. gentleman, would appear from the opinions touching the question expressed by some hon. members who yoted against the Hon. Mr. Warburton’'s Resolution, as well as from the Resolution which was car- ried. Hon, Colonel Gray, in the course of the discussion of the question, said * tHe was of opinion that it would be useless to call for fresh Tenders, and that the offer of Mr. Boultenhouse was the best that the Govern- ment could accept.”’ Mr. Davies said, * If Mr. Boulteniouse’s Tender was accepted, the most ample security should be required.’’ Hon. Mr. Lard said. * If Me. Boultenhouse gave proper and awple security, his was de- eidediy the best offer.’ Mr, Brecken re- warked, ** At the present state of the pro- ceedings, he could not but acknow edge tiat the tender of Mr. Boulterhouse was the most strongly objected to the Tenders of Messrs Hodgson and Bourke.’? Mr. Davies again Legislature owed o the country and te them- selves, plainly to declare-—as was purposed | tu be dune by the Resolutions then under the | consideration of the House—in what a re- | prehensible Jight they viewed bis conduct | with respect to that [hiil. A desire to press the Committee to a divi- siog being manifested by some hon. members on the Government side of the House— Hon. Mr. Whelan rose and said, there was a degree of unfairness in seeking to press a division upon the Committee before hon. members who might be « pposed to the Reso- Jutions had an opportunity to examine them fully. To that end, they should have been pilowed to lie upon the table a sufficient Jength of time before being brought under the consideration of te Huvwse in Committee. He himeelf would have taken copies of the Resolutions --- bad « suitable opportunity been offered him to do so—in order that, as he intended to oppose them, he might be pre- pared with counter Kesviutions to move an_ amendment. When common gourtesy was observed, by a party in power, towarde the minority, suitable vo; portunities were offered them to pare counter Resotutions, Hon. Mr. J. ©. Poe obrerved that, if the hon. member who bed last spoken was more observant of the hours at which the House commenced businere iv a morning and re- sumed it in an aftersoon, and were, in a general way ,as ear'y in hs place as he ought to be, he would hay: no vceasion, at any time to complain that due opportunities were not afforded him to consider any Resolutions to be brougnt forwarh by the party in power, and to prepare others in Opposition to them. Hon. Mr. Wheien, in reply, said, ic was) ge@tieman who prides himself apon bein e eertuinly that the attention ‘ohieh it weal beet ay “som Necessary tor bim to give to the direetion of his private business did not a}ways admit of his a punctoally in his place in the, credited in the Treasurer's office, some other hon. members were : spec but, he thought, eeneure of any hon. mem-| Jiouse as said, ** He would b> surry tu see Mr. Boulten- houses Tender eet aside.’’ Hon. Mr. Coles having read the several opinions as above cited by him, said, ** Mr. Speaker, I think it is clear, from the opin- ions which J have just read. of hon. mem- bers who vuted agaist the Hon. Mr. War. burton’s Resolution, that they only wanted to leaye the question open, tou the end that it might be ascertained whether the security which Mr. Boultenhouse war prepared to of- for was sufficient. Mr. Boultenhouse was here at the time, and was told that he would be commynicated with upon the subject ; but he neyer heard any thing further about it from the Government. This si:ows that the House did not yote the Contract to Messrs. Hodgson and Bourke ; but the Government, of which four of the shareholders were members, gave the Contract to themselves at £1500 more per annum than Mr. Boulten ay = had tendered to perform the work ur. ~~ - — SUMMARY OF HOUSE O®8 ASSEMBLY PROCEEDINGS. Saturday, April 30, On motion of Mr. McLennan, the ouse went into committee op the report of Lhe committee on public accounts, Hon. leader of the Opposition remarked that the cotoutittee had rectitied the error relative to the entry of 1 , Which appeared in both the receipts and expenditures of the Colony. It was difligujt, he said, to understand or correct the out- rtaccounts. Between the first sheet of the au- ditors’ classified Linpost and Excise accounts, and the corrected cue, = ome ap ed to be no less than thirty-five Dusronention The classitication submitted by the Government, and prepared by « ntanton the Island, differed in some respects frou the one suumitted by the auditors. Phere was also a difference of 6GOOL Leeween the smount shown in the Impost accounts and that but thi counted for by the different Excise iat eiug allowed to pay themselves instead of xe- ber fur begligence— either seal or apparent— | counting to the Government fur the Whole amount ) OF Ube duties reevived by thew, | jouruals of the House, ; / ic | discussion upott the necessity of having a Finan | clal Sceretary for the Cuiouy, Ww house duty it would | Commission | aud said he was glad to inform the House that | and ile Goveru-\ ing provision fur having them bound which the bill was read a secund tite and agreed 1 to. h On motion of Col. Sec., a Committee was “e pointed to determine what Vouchers reiative fo the public aecounte shouid be published ik the | This motion elicited at be to prepare the public accounts, Already £100 a year Was paid for uuditors’ salary, to which sutn | might be added the expense the Colony sustained because of the manper in which the time of the} llouse Was occupied in examining and correcting weouuts, and also the deficiency that might ap pear in the returns of any officer which would be | promptly collecced by the Financial Secretary,— | li was argued by hon, members on both sides of| he House, that the appointment of such a fune-| tionary Weuld not only expediate the business of | the Legislature, but alse prove a great saving to the tinancial interests of the Colony. Mr. Breen moved that the thanks of the House be conveyed to His Excellency the Lieut. Governor for the various despatches, nersayges, | aud correspondence submitted by His Excellency | for the information of this tlouse. ae Hon. Mr. Coles seconded the motion, and said, | it should be remembered His Excellency was not | | allowed a private Secy. by the Government of che Colony, this he cousidered Very Wrong, When we had a private Secretary’s salary paid for out of the public funds, be could be required, und it Was expected of Lim, to place ali necessary doctienuts before this House in proper order, bul now it was depending upon a yenlieman Upon Whol we |} have no claiay Whatever fur such papers as We | ite y . ‘ jhe alluded (His Excelleney’s private Secretary) | require. Lhe gentleman, he said, lo whom received no salary from Chis Colony, Hon. Mr. Haviland said he was now free to speak out his mind ov this subject, and would un | hesitatingly say that it was extremely uiggardls su the part of Lhe goverpiment Wot Lo pay the sal ary ut Private Secretary ; this he said was the only Colony, in which the Private Secretary is not a paid official. Hon. J. Hensley said he would be glad to see a of public works aiso appointed For want of this officer, miucb of the public money | was throwe away in the cous-ruction and perform: | ance of roads, bridges, &c. | Hoa J. Warburton supported the hon. J. Hens- | ley’s views on this sulject and referred to the} shameful magner in which public grauts fur roads, bridges, &c., were mis-appropriated. Mr. Duuean also agreed with what lad fallen | from hon. members on this subject; Le said that ib must appear evident to every Intelligent person | in the community, that the services of a Cowmis- sioner of Public works would prove a great say- ing tothe country, much of public money was now thrown away for want of a proper kKuowledge | of the manner in which it should be expended. In illustratiug his arguments he instanced the case of a Ship builder who having several vessels build my would refuse or ueglect to pay a Foreman or Inspector of the work. From his own experience in this braveh of business, he could say that the want of competent superintendence would inevit ably end in a loss to the owner, The same result would follow in every department which requir ed a heavy expenditure of capital, but more eés- pecially in that branch of the public service, over which a» Commissioner of Public Works would exercise coutrol. It must be perfectly clear he said, to every hon. member of that House, that it would be a great saving to the pablic revenue, to have a fit and proper ofticer appointed, Whose duty it would be to see that the appropriations for the Road Service were properly aud judicially ex pended. J Hon. Mr. Laird remarked that as ‘the discus- sion hac taken a wide range, he wouid direct the | attention of the House to an officer, the duties of | whom would be second Lo none yet naibed by} any hon. member. In Canada they had a Minister | of Agriculture, whose business It Was to superin- | tend the agricultural interests of the country, and | his reports clearly show this his labors tend very | inaterially to the advancement and improvement! of agricultural pursuits. In this [sland our chief dependence is upon our agricultural resourees we therefore above all other should be the first Lo en- courage in every possible way that important branch of industry; and the appointment of a! minister of agriculture for the whole Islaud would | doubtless confer a benefit upon the interests of this Colony, i Mr. Howat said he thought the time had arrived for him to speak,