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Assembly hed fully acceded to the amendment made by the Council, as above stated, (be question of agreement to the B:I! was put by tlie Honor the Chqjrman, whereon the Hop. Mr. Hutchineon rose and said —L should like a record of my name te be made so as to show that Lam decidedly opposed to Mr DesBrieay's being made a subordinate officer of the Govern- ment, and to the reduction of tis salary made by the Bill, after eo muny years of farthful. efficient, and approved service, by him, as eole and as Chief Clerk bath of rhe Rxecutive and of tke Legislative Conncil.

Tue Bull was then agreed te, the Hon. Mr. Hutchinson being recorded, in the Journal, cs diasentient.

‘na motion of the Hon. Mr. Forgan, the Bill wae then rea! the third time, and passed.

Tuvrspar, March 8, 1860.

PETITIONS.

The following Petitions were presented ‘o the louse; and the same were severally received ond read, viz:

Ry bis Honor Mr. Walker, » Pention of Jobn Hughes, of Township No. 35, praying that he may be indemnified fer certain ineses sustained by hiin, during the performance of bis Contract for the carriage of the Mails between Charlotietown and Souris. , iecgior ' :

Ry hia Lionor Mr. Simpson, a Petition of divers inhabitants ef Vrince County, praying that provision may be made for the construction and mamtenance of Light Houses, oa the North Ls t Point of thie Ieland. a

Grdeed Pr het the last two preceding Petitions be referred to the special Committes appointed to report on ell Petitions relating W miscellaneous subjecis.

TMK PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. . i

His Honor Mr. Palmer, a netnber of Her Majesty's Execa- tive Covneil, laid before the House the Peblic Actotuts of the past yeor, as srrenged sd claseified by the Auditors.

Ordered, That the said Accounts do hie on the Table.

Tuvarpar, March 22, 1860.

REGISTRY OF DEEDS AND INSTRUMENTS RELATING TO THE TITLE OF LAND.

Hon. Col. Swaper moved the second rexding of the Bil! intituled “ An AGt to emend the Act to regulate the Registry of Deeds and [ngtruments relating to the Title of Land, and to repeal the Laws heretofore passed for that purpose.”’ in deimy 20, hia Honor explained that the object of the Bill, as plainly stated therein, is td authorize the Registrar of Deeds to reziste: a!! Deeds and Instruments releting to the Tile of Land, within thie I-land or ite Dependencies, which hve been made and executed within this Teland or ite Pependenctes, alihough the subscribing Witness or Wi'nesses thereto nay de dead or absent from thie Island or its Dependencies, provided the handwriting of the Grantor of Grantors, or the handwriting of the subecrib- ing Witdees ot \Witnerses shall, before the Registry thereof, be duly proved om ovth, before the suid Regivirar by some person or persons, duly acqaninted with the handeriting of the sub- scribing Witvéas or Witnesses, and who shail also, at the same tume make oh that he or they belveve that the subscribing Witness or Witnesses to the said Deed or Instrument relating to the Tule to Land is or are dead or absent from this Island, at Abe ume of the proving theteof Sefore the said Registrar.

The House thea went into Committee on the said Bill; hie Honor Col. Swatey in the Chair; and after having sat some time therein the Honse was resumed, and che Bill reporced egreed vo by the Conmmttee without any amendment.

The Report wae received end i was then

4rdeced, ‘That the satd Bill be reed the third time to-morrow.

Fripar, March 23, 1860. PETITIONS.

The following Petitions were presented to the House, anc the same were received and read, viz: '

By Hon. Mr. Simpson, a Petition of divers inhabitants o!

New London, praying for a grant in aid of individual eudserip- tion, te enable petitioners to erect a suitable building, at or near Graham's Cross, in which to transect pubiic business, euth barlding to be known or designaied ‘* The Mechanics Institute of New London,"’ ' "A petition of divers inhabitants of Ciscumpec and the neigh- bouring settlements, preying for the immediate erection of «ficient Lighthouses on the North Cipe snd Ea-t Pornt of this island; the suine being deemed essential! to the safety of ali vessels d in its coasting trade, as wel! as the pumercus fishing crafis which frequent its oe and the shipping en- ; ia navigating (he Guif of St. Lawrence. a ee A "divers mhabitante of Tuwnship No. 62 and vieiuity, setting fort> the inconvenience under which petitioners labor in co fence of the great distance they are required to travel to reach the nearest Sma!) Dedts Court; and praying ahat » Court of this description my be established at Belle Creek. és

A Petition of Donald Scott, preying to be allowed the I.-terest of s cum of maney due to him vooh a pttblic contract ; bu: which was withheld, by the late Government, fur the space of two yeers and three months, = : :

By Hon. Mr. Walker, a Petition of divers inhabitants of Mount Stewart, preying that a Small Debts Court may be es- tabiished at that place.

By Hon Mr. Forgan, a Petition of Robert Biske Irving, Esquire, late Schoo! Visitor, praying, for reasons therein set forth, for sdditiona! remunerat:on for past services.

, That the five preceding Petitions be referred to the special Commitice appointed to report ou all Petions re- jating to miscellancons subjects. ‘

By Hon. Mr. Walker, a Petition of Maturin Maynard’, a natuve of St. Malo, in France, in destivute circumstances pray-

relief. fs has Hon. Mr. Simpson, a Petition of John Garret and wife, in

destiiute circumetences perying relief.

‘By Hon. Mr. Hutchinson, a Petition of Nancy MeKoug, an

aged female, im destitute circumstances praying relief. ‘ By ion. Mr. Waiker, a Petition of G. Lord, « cripple, in

wadigent circumatances praying relief. , A Petition of Margaret Clarkson, a widow, in destitute cir-

cu.nsiances praying relef.

' By Hon. Mr. Forgan, & Petition of Margaret Morrison, of Boashaw, an aged pauper, in destitute circumstances praying | teief. ' Ordered, That the five Isst preceding Petitions be referred, to the special Committee appointed io report on all Petitions:

lating to Pauper. a Me. Walker, a Petition of James MeDonsli, |

teacher, praying (hat hie last six months’ ealary, withheld by |

the Bourd of Edacation, may b+ paid to hin. By Hon. Mr. furgan, a Petition of Catherine Crawford, of

Sou hport, praying for on allowance, as teacher, for the period |

therein set forts. ’ we ' Ordered, Theat the last two preceding Petitions be referred to the special Committee appowted to report on o)) Jetitions eelating to Educs'ion. . His Wouor ike President informed the House that indisposi- | tion in Hon. Me. Dingweli’s family prevents him from attend- | mg in his place. : Ordered, Tnat the Hon, Mr. Dingwell’s excuse be received ; and that lus leave of absence be exended for ten deys.

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HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS. Monday Afternoon, March 26.

The [use was ocecpied in discussing tle merite of peti- tions. The only debate of the “ss arose on that pre- ‘ferred by John Smith, Esq.. Sherif of King’s County, for

fer the loss of a horée, shot while the Sherif wusin execation of his duty—referred to supply. The ser sof petition from the Princetown Board of Health, for aid to bull! an Néepital, was réjected—as was an appli- ‘eation for ald tothe Mectianies’ Institute of the same place. ‘A petition for aid to erect a similar institution at New Lon- dun was referred to sapply; and an intimation ‘from the ‘dion. Mr. Whelan that he would apply for &debistance to- wards the erection of an Institute at St. Peter's, was received with gederal Jeclarativna of support. Tvespay, March 27.

Hon. Mr. WHELAN asked members of the Government what action \ad been taken on the subject of an address to ‘the Lieutenant Governor, which had been adopted lust ses- ‘sion; praying that the Executive wuld inetitare enquiries as to! gen and cust of constructing a k- ‘water at St. Peter's Bay. ‘The hin’ memhér read a letter front three ii persons resifent af'St. Peter's, from which it apy eared that 600 feét find been alréady constract- ed, at an expense of “£250, Tealized from prituté subserip- ‘tion. That amount had been cohtributed on the faith that the Government would carry oft the Wishés of the pedple. The whole extent of the proposed break water was 1200 feet, of which one half had been, 4¥ he'hal stated; cunipleted, but the remainder would cost about dodtle the amount of

the work already performed. Tlie work was not’of a strict- Jy local nigtare—the want of it affected thé coulitry gene- rally; as af Pet the bar prevented the ingres#’and egross | their cargves, thus affecting the guneriil

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ing machine. His Exeellency the Lieuten- Goveroor bad instituted enquiries whee ot 4 Pree the imopres on a members of the Government, saing all the infurmation they could, was that it

“would be « waste of money to endeavor to des the chan nels of the harbours ou the North side of the Island, on ac-

f the movable sands, which would speedily renew . Me had himself written to Pictou and been iaformed that a dredging machine could be pro-

bad ‘oured there for £300 Nova Seutia currency. It was repre-

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sented as capable of remaving mud ahd loose sand, buat he had not been told whether it could be hired. The hon member read part of the correspotidence. Jte could not say how far the Government was prepared to aid in the construction of the breakwater, but be bad no hesitation in saying that if it would have the effect of improving St. Peter's harbour, it would be their duty to assist. The Go- vefnment had not sent any party to examine the site, be- cause pone Out a competent engineer would be able to give a proper opinion on the subject, and such a person could not be obtained for the service., The matter had better be éeferred, and a proper examination of the locality could be toacde,

fon. Mr. WITELAN gave notice of an address to His Excellency on the pulject.

Mr. HOLM aleo wished to ask the members of the Go- vernment what information had bebn received in reference to the cost of prucaring a dredging machine, as the Lieut. Governor had also been addressed on this subject. He thought it would be mecessary to have the harbor at Crapaud deepened, and hoped such a machine would be procured.

Hon. Mr. LONGWORTH replied that the information which had been received from parties in Pictu was the most reliable that could be obtained. A machine similar to the one which had been used to deepen the Eust River there, would be most suitable for this Island. ft would cost about £470; bet he thought it probuble that the one fa Pictou tout be hired.

Ifon. Mr. Haviland laid some papers of the teble in re- ference to the contract on the Ferry Wharf at Soathport.

Hon. Mr. Kelly presented a petition from Lots 33 and 34, praying that the Bill befure the Huuse to amend the Jury Law, might not pays

House resumed cotvideration of petitions. A petition from Summerside for a grant to assist in paying for a Fire Engine, and « petition of Micaae Indians for food and seed grain, were relerred to supply. The petition from Cascum- pee fora Smatl Debt Court lrouse and Lock-up, was defer- ret till next session. Petition of R. B. irving, late School Visitor, was withdrawn, Adjourned for one hour.

AFTERNOON SITTING.

The petition of Christopher Boultenhouse, Esq , for sid in establishing steam coumunication by the Steamer Lord Scaforth, between Georgetown and ports in the Gut of Canso and the Island of Cape Breten, was referred to sup-

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The Louse then went into Commiitee on the Despatches relating to the Land Leoures —Progress was reported.

Wenonespar, March 28.

The above tomttittee was resumed, and alter a protracted debate the following Kesotution moved by Hon. Col. Gray, in amendmect to ome propused by Hon. Mr. Cules, was carried—

(For Resolution and amendment see last Examiner )

Mr. Cooper tead a long document which he moved as an ameodmeni—lost. AFTERNOON SITTING.

Tfon. Col. Gray preeented a petitivn from certain citizens of Charlottetown praying that a site for the new Market House be granted on the water lots close to east side of Prince Street Wharf, or on Hillsborough Square.

Petitions disposed of—The petition of W. C. Burke, for a sum to enable him to continue running his eteimer on the Hi)lsborongh:; and the petition from Cascumpee praying a grant for a sailing pucket from that port to Miramiehi, were referred to supply. ‘The petition of Peter Crane and Gwoden, Bay Verte, for a grant to run a packet from thence to Charlottetown, was rejected.

The petition of certain inhabitants of Crapaud, praying for a Court of Enquiry, and the passing of an Act to coun- firm leaseholders in the peaceable possession of their pro- perty. elicited considerable discussion. Lon Mr. Laird moved that it be referred to a special committee to report thereon by Bill or otherwise, which was carried on the fol- lowing divistun—Ayes 13. Nays 12

Before the Committee could be appointed, Mr. Thornton moved fur an adjournment, which was curried.

Tavespary, Marelh 29.

House in Committee on Election Bill. The torenoon and part of the afternoon were occupied in discussing a resulu- tiun submitted by Hon. Mr Pope, to the effect that the town representation of Prince County be changed from Prince- town and Royalty and Let 18, to Lot 17, which contains Summerside and St Eleanor's.

lien. Mr. Coles moved in amendment, that one represen- tative be given to each, which wae lost, 24 to 4.

The question was then put on Mr Pope's resolution, which was carried on the following division:

Yewus——Hona Messrs. Pope, Perry, Coles, Laiid, Long- worth, Gray, Haviland, Yeo; Messrs. Davies, Nolin, Nowat, MeNei!l, Douse, Ramsay, Owen, McAulay, Sutherland, Beer—18.

Nays—llons. the Speaker, Wightman, Whelan, Kelly, Thornton; Messrs. Siuclair, Montgomery, Conroy, Doyle, Cooper— 10.

The Committee then rose, and the Chairman reported progress and asked Jeave to sit again.

Hon. Mr. ‘Thernton moved that the Committee have leave to sit this day three months—motion lost, 17 to ll, Mr Coles who voted for the resolution, vuting for this motion, because opposed to the Bill as a whole.

AFTERNOON SITTING.

The Charlottetown Market Bill was committed, and was sustained afier a long debate. Fainay, March 30.

Two resolutions were reported to the Huuse trom the Com- mittee of Supply :—

1. Resolved, That the sum of £5000 be granted for the service of roads, bridges and wharfs for the present year, including all special grants, and that the same be apportioned to each County as follows: Queen’s County, (including Charlottetown and Royalty,) £1500; Prince County, £1600; King’s County, £1600.

Mr. Beer moved, in amendment, that £2000 be given to Queen's Counmy, and £1500 to each of the other two Counties. Mution lost on a division ef 14 10 7.

2. Resolved, That the following sums be granted and placed at the disposal of the Executive Government, for services herein mentioned, vis. :—-for roads opened under Compensation Act, £150; for contin- gent repairs of roads, bridges and wharfs, to be equally divided be- tween the three Counties, £500.

Resolutions agreed to.

Hon. Mr. Coles presented 2 petition from Lots 38, 37, and 35, against the Jury Bill.

The following resolution was moved by Hon. Mr. Long- worth, seconded by Hon. Mr. Coles, and carried by acclama- hHon:—

Resolved, That 2 Committee be appointed to join a Committee of the Legislative Council to prepare an Address to Her Majesty the Queen, praying that His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will be graciously pleased to visit this Her Majesty’s loyal Colony of Prince Edward Isiand in the course of His Royal Highness’s contem- plated visit im the ensuing Summer to these North American Pro- vinces.

On motion of Hon. Mr. Coles, seconded by Hon. Mr. Haviland, the House then unanimously joined ia three hearty cheers to Her Majesty the Queen.

The House then went into Committee of Supply, when the subjoin ed resolution was agreed to nem. con. :—

Resolved, That a sum sufficient be granted and placed at the dis-

of the Government to defray the expense of giving to His

al Highness the Priuce of Wales a loyal and suitable reception

upon His Royal Highness’s visiting this Island during the ensuing summer.

The Market site Bill was then taken ap in Commitee, and re- ported agreed to without amendment.

The petnion of J. D. Haszird for the payment of an old nc- eount for public printing, waa referred to supply; and also an petition from New London for deepening Freneh River. ‘The petition of new settlers on Lot 61, for seed grain, was withdrawa,

Frarpay A¥TERNOON.

The Election Bili was recommitted, and agreed to, with amendments.

Hon, Mr. Phernton called attention to an article which appeared in the Islander, newspaper, which represented him as having left the House in consequence of disgust at the resolutions moved by the lon. Mr. Coles, on the Land Question, oa Wed- nesday last. Such was not the fact; he had supported the reso- lations referred to, and the reporters were, he had no doubt, in a position to verify his assertion. ‘The trath was that, tired of the long document being read by Mr. Cooper, and not anticipating that the division would take place so soon, he had left for a short time, having, however, previoasly divided in Committee in favor ‘of Mr. Coles’ motion. fon. Mr. Wightman, who had also been referred to in the same article, hud left the House in company with Mr. Douse, in consequence of « notice to attend a meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, not imagining that the division woald be taken ao soon, bul supposing that the ilouse would adjourn at the usual time.

Some petitions were disposed of.

. Satrurpay, March 31.

Hon. Mr. Perry presented a petition from Edward O’Brien, praying for aid. ‘The hon. meuber strongly urged the prayer of the’ petitioner. [t was referred to supply; as alsoa petition from Donald MeKinnon, Canoe Cove. ‘The petition of Patnck Caw- den, for joss sustained in building chimuies of 31. Eleanor’s Jail, was also referred to Supply.

The House then went into Committee to resume consideration of the Road Act Amendment Bill. Progress was reported.

AFTERNOGN. The Highway Act was agreed to with amendments,

Monoay, April 2.

Consideration of petitions resumed. Me. Cooper present- ed a ‘petition from Black Pood, for the closing of a road, and Mr. MeAulay a counter petition from the same plaee--both Feferred to the Members of the district. The petiiion of Richard Hayes, Souris, praying a sum for attending a draw- bridye, was also reterred to the Members of the district. A petition from Cavendish aud Rustica, fer the establishment of a ferry on Hunter's River, near Gardiner's oid ferry, was re-

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fetre| to supply. The petition of Thomas Hickie, praying a grant for services as laod surveyor, Was withdrawn, the remedy being elsewhere.

House again in Committee of Sapply. A resolution was reported agreed to, granting the following sums to the several Churches in Charlotietown, as the rent of pews for the use of the Legistavare, and in thecase of she Engtish and Scotch Churéhes, also for the bieat. Governer, viz : Church of Kngland, £36; Chyreh of Scotland, £14; Koman Catholic Chureh, £14; the Pree Chereh of Seotfand, they Wesleyan, the Baptist, and the Bible Christian Churches, each, £7.

Tuespar, April 3.

Hon. Mr. Haviland, a member of ihe Government, laid before the House an application of Audrew Michell and James Muirhead, for water privileges in front of lots at Sum- merside. ‘The hon. member explained that these parties had applied to the Government, but they had no power to grant such privileges at that place wirtel: was only Township land, without an act of the Legisiawure, and it now remained with the House to decide what action would be taken on the sub- ject. The papers were referred to a Commitiee of the whole Louse to-morrow.

Mr. Beer moved that the Market House Bill be read a third time.

Hon. Mr, Coles moved, in amerdtment, that it be read this day three mouths. Amendment wtgauved, 13 to 6.

The 811) was then read a third me, aud passed.

The petition of Anu Cullen, widow, Charlottet.wn, for afd, and thie pertion of John Doirknt, Tor inspecting the build- ing of a Whart, were referiéu to Supply.

A petition fron Orwelt, praying the House to enconrage the fisheries, by aloihorising the formation of compantes, gran hg liberal bounties, and if any benefit is te be derived from the Pishery Reserves, to render them available for the purposes intended, elteited considerable discussion.

lion. Mr. Coles moved that it ‘he referred to a Commitee of the whole House in the afternoon sitting.

Hon. Mr. Haviland moved, in amendment, that it is inex- pedient to grant the prayer Of the petition. Amendment carried, 12 w 6. 5

Wrebvespay, April 4.

Mr. J. Yeo dbthined Teave of absence till Ceesday next.

Gn motion df the Toa. Mr. Perry, the Ifonse then went into Committes on the report of the special Committee on Veachers’ Petitious. li was reported agreed to, with amend- ments.

The petition of Mary Kelly, widow, Charlatietown, was referred to Supply.

The specia) committee appoinied to examine and report on the petition of Mr. McNally, Battery Point, praying a con- sideration for keeping a house of entertatument, and a light in bis window to accommodate travellers oa the ice between Charlottetown and Mount Stewart Bridge, presented their report, recommending that he be granted a tavern licence tree of charge for such services. Report not received, ou the ground that i would be establishing a bad precedent.

Oa motion of Hon. Mr. Longworth, the House resolved itself into Commiuee ou the Bill relating to the duties of harbor and ballast master for the post of Charlottetown, “The Bill was reported agreed to without aimendment,

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TRACIER'’S PETITIONS.

Your Committee to whom were referred the several petitions pray- ing aid to Teachers, who have not complied with all the provisions of the Education Act, having examined the same, recommend that the undermentioned persons be alowed as folluws:—

Janatta McPhail,

Catherine Crawford, £15 9 9 Trustees of old Town Road School, Lot 22. 2 eS James Murphy, Lot 58, four months, 13 6 8 Patrick Connick, Lot |, three months, 10 0 0 John P. Arsneaux, Lot 15, 210 0 Murdoch McLeod, Milton, Lot 32, 716 0 Henry D. Anderson, Lot 41, six menths, 20 0 «0 Lawrence Dousette, Rustico, 6 0 0 } Alexander McEachern, Lot 1, three months, 10 0 0 | M. J. Blanchard, Rustico, 5 0 0 Artemas Morrow, Lot 39, seven months, 233 66 «8 Jobn McDougall, Lot 58, Primary, six months, 1 0 0

| Stephen G. Lawson, Stanhope, six mouths, mw» 0 0 | #James Stewart, Brackley Point, .*) = Thomas O’Brien, Lot 8, Primary, twelve months, 20 0 0 Archibald Beckford, Lot 16, Primary, do., 23 @ 0 F-mily Harrington, Lot 22, six months, 1 0 @ James McDonald, Let 56, six moxths, 20 0 0 Jane Green, Lot 37, Primary, twelve months, 1s 6 8 Lewis W. Wicket, Lot 8, Prima ur months, 6 0 0 Danicl M‘Kinlay, Royalty, six mgnths, 20.0 0 William Leard, Lot 28, ; ¢13 3 Finlay Campbell, New London,—®ix months, 2% 09 9 Martin MeDougall, Belle Creek, 62, 1 0 0 Patrick Dougherty, Lot 58,—six mouths, 200 0 Henry Vickerson, Brackley PoimtiRoad, for 1868, 20 0 Henry Leecky, Let 27, primary,—bwelve mouths, 20 0 9 Dunean Robertson, Red Point Schou, 459 Alfred A. McKenzie, 10 0 0

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Your Committee having examined the petition of George Corbit, and that from the Inhabitants of Junction Read, Lot 67, cannot re- commend their prayers, the remedy with regurd to the letter being elsewbere.

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To tne Epitror or toe Examiner.

Sin—The editor of the Islander has very unnecessarily | dragged nto hs reuarks oa the Land Question the Tem-| poral lower of the Pope. Tuis Power has been for a long time the objeet of attack from bigots, infile's and other enemies of social order. According to them * the claims of the Papacy are unfounded, and “the exercise of its powers, at home and abroad, a downright mischief. The temporal sovereiguty of the Pope rests, they say, on no solid basis; the spiritual supremacy of the Pope in all !ands, outside the | Papal States, is, they affirm, the cause of innumerable evils to those who govern aud to those who are governed. Czsar, according to them, is constituted by God, but the Popedom is an invention of the “ dark ages ;” and hence they would place in the hands of Caesar both the Sceptre and the Keys, whilst they would yield to the Pope nothing but abuse, | slander and vituperation. From age to age the same base arts are resorted to, and the same vile system pursued with | regard to the Catholic religion and its venerable head—the living representative of that great Ap stle upon w-om was bestowed the Primacy by the Divine Founder of the Cbris- tan Faith, We see mach of the wickedness perpétrated in former times revived in latter times under such men as Lord Jolin Russell, ‘There isa great similarity between the anti-Catholic policy of bygone days ard that of the present time. It has been observed that if we place the sayings and the doings, the inventions and the contrivances of the undis- guised infidel Shafiesbury of the time of Charles If., the well known Dr. Titus Outes, and the notorious Lord William Russell, by the side of the sayings and doings of Exeter- flall-Shafiesbury, the avataleptic, apocalyptic Dr. Cumming, and the Durbam letter-wéiting Lord John Russsell, it wil! be seen that the latter areslj dry aud drive!lling—as plagiar- ists ever prove to be—flat, bold and miserable imitations, close copyists, and only deserving of remark, because, in their hatred of the Papaey, they have used the same evil words, and resorted to thé same vile arts which had already brought shame and infamy upon the memory of their progenitors,

I do not intend to dil.te ou the temporal rule of the Pope; yet I would observe that Catholics do not confound the spiritual with the temporal ‘power ef the Holy Father, as their enemies falsely reproach them with doing ; but they believe that the temporal independence of the Pope, his exemption from earthly control, the right to have no power above him but that of his Divine Lord and Master, is neces- sary fur the spiritual independence of the Catholic world, They do not make it a dogma, an article of faith, bat they make it simply a raatter of right—human right i! you please, and subject to the vicissitudes of human affairs, but * provi- dential, sacred and religious.’ Catholics do not wish the Pope to be a “ domesti¢ slave”—ibbon's synonyme f&* | Patriarch of Constantinople—nor do they desirehim = ~~ mere puppet in the hands of the State like the Arcl. of Canterbury. Catholies think that it is uecessary for dignity and seourity of the Faith that the Pontifical power be conserved in its full integrity. An eminent politician, M. Odillon Barrot, has said :—* It ig necessary that the two powers, the spiritual and the temporal, be combined in the Koman States, in order that they may be separated in the rest of the world.” Lord Lansdowue. in his specch of the 2lst July, 1849, pointing out that the Pope, by his temporal power, is buta monarch of the fourth or fifth class, but that, by his spiritual power, be enjoys a sovereignty au- equalled in the universe, said * hat every Slate with Ca- tholie subjects has an interest in the condition of the Roman States, and is bound to see that the Pope is able to exercise his authority without being fettered ly any temporal in- Jluence of a nature to affect his spiritual paver.”

I wouid fully recommend to the attention of the editor of the Islander the following words of the “ fearless, independent and liberty-loving”—{* would add eloquent— * Montalembert.” Lf be carefully eousider their deep im-

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temporal sovereiguty of the Holy Father, says: — “It may be that it wust perish ; this ancient and hol edifice which has survived the storms 6f s9 many ages.

general ruin of all ancient right in Europe, 80 obstinately | ‘assailed, and so miserably defended. That is possible ; every | | thing is possible im this world. No Catholic links indissolubly | the existence of the Papacy with that of the tetupéral power. | Let what Will happeh, that will survive and With it will) survive our faith and our filial love. Providence can find | many other ways of accomplishing its ends which cannot be frustrated.

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But if this arrangement of such antiquity, of such acknow-/ ledged utility, and such incontrovertible legitimacy be over- thrown, if the sovereigns and the revolutionists strike a league to effect this, we shall for ever, to the remotest posterity. have the right to say they have done ill. It would be at the same time a crime and a blender, a folly and a wrong. It would be a bad end attained by bad means It would be the most flagrant violation (in an age whieh has witnessed so many) of the law of nations. It would be the victory of craft and violence over the right of the weaker, traitorously opprersed ; over good faith avd honour scandalously out- raged. Newspaper writers who are 86 tomplateht towards the powerful, and 80 covtuttelious towards the weak, have a fashion of deriding the tears of the Pope. Ah, we know it too well, the tears of the Holy Father touch only the hearts of his dutiful children, and his thunders frighten nobody 4 except those for whom they were not intended , nevertheless those tears are the tears of jnnocence, and thote thunders are the thunders of justice. Neither shall the one remain for ever barren, nor the other for ever powerless. We might be silenced, bat not for ever, nor for jong. A thousand voices in history and in the Church will repeat the Non-licet (it is not lawful) of :he holy Baptiat to the tyrant Mark it well: it is nothing andit is everything. It prevents nothing at this moment; it Will determine everything as to the future, | atd that not before the bar of God only, but be’ore the bar of man. It prevented not Herod from working his will ; but, after all, who would wish to have been Herod? It hindered not Pilate from letting loose the passions of the blinded and wicked Jews ; it merely cost him the trouble of the washing of his hands. But who would wish to become the Pilate of the Papacy ?”

Before concluding. I woud observe that, in my humble opinion, it makes no material difference whether Lecror is

rule of \ke Pope. The illustrious Count, speaking of the venticle, held daily in the Temperance Hull, where any per

son, either layman or ecclesiasti¢, has the priv lege of talking Bay nonsense upon relizigns Mattes his imogination or lancy

' | It} may Jead him to express; bat under ceitain restrietions, may be that the sacred princedom is destined to share the | namely, when he has committed himself by talking or pray:

ing for just five minutes, a Captain in*the British Navy, who presides over the s'range assemblage, aangs a dell, (a positive fact), upon the sound of Which the epeaker is obliged to Sit down and make room for another; who is rung down iv Jike manner at the end of another five minutes; again to give place to another five minutes crstor, aati! the end .of the proceedings. All this show of religion would be of ne importance, were it not that these over-p ous and Reverend gentlemen employ thetr leisure time not always én prayer or in preaching peace and good will towards men, butexadtly the reverse. They have established and connected thew~ selves with a public journal so replete with all that is ua- christian, so dogmatica!l and so bigoted, that instead of eudeavouring to allay animosity, ihe, week by week, pro- mu'gate the most abominable falsehdods of their Catholic fellow-subjects, and by every act, word and deed, foment disagreements and disturbances it is their duty to endeavor to check ; und all this isdone under the closk of religion, They profess to be so very, very pious, and to associate only with the truly religious ; but when they give up dealing with uny person who can do busivess with them—when these relizious churchmen and dissenters give up Mammon bunting, which is their peculiar pursuit— when Puritanism, which bas interdicted to them all art, all excitement, al) amusewent—= exce;t money making—vhui| have forbidden that also, theti we suppose they will turn up their eyes in pious hortor; and groan iu the spirit, but still contiaue to «« Compound for sins they are intlined to, By damning those they have to wind to.” * * * > * * * *

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THE LAND MONOPLY.

To tne Eprror or tae Examiner: Mr. Eposron—Sin—‘ Farmer’ opens his last letter with 4 rather obscure and pointless joke about maples, bogs, axes anda cerizvin * Will,’ against vhom he seems to entertain

: : eed ¥ ian! ~~| money?’ Tuirty-eight thousand pounds squandered unnually | happened and may be again. THE ISLANDER ON CATHOLIC PROSCRIPTION. |for the maintensnce of Missionaries and their families, &e ,| commercial ignorance, Sida king gave to certain of bis

|** Come, let us wisely oppress them, lest they multiply.""—Exodus. | ®t home vlone. Allowing the above sum to be one quarter of | favourites the privilege of selling salt to his subjects in all | the Vhurch Missionary Society's income, it will leave the | tiae coming.

a layman or cleric, priest or parson, He has thought | feelings quite the reverse of friendly or respeetful ; indeed, proper hitherto to write aponymously, and he does not now/tis letter, properly sendered, would scund not unlike the see any particu'ar reason for satisfying any one’s curiosity | plaintive but musical note of a feathered denizen “of the by saying who or what he is. think that it would be|swamps of the neighbouring continent, * Whip-poor-Will, more becoming and honorable for his antagouist to meet him | Whip-poor- Will.’ with fair reasoning, than to be parading before the public his; * Farmer’ may be a very benevolent man; be may pity as belief that he is a * Clergyman of the Roman Catholic} wel! as blame bis unfortunate and unsuccessful neighbours; Chureb,” for no ctber apparent purpose than that of excit-| tut those of his letters that L have read du not afford evidence ing prejudice against the Catholic Clergy. To use the |ot his po-sessing a more than ordinary share of ebarity and words of a triend:—* It is no matter whe her Lacron be a | kind bearteduess. He agrees with * Rock Maple’ on many Clergyman or not ; even if he were, that does not invalidate | points. He acknowledges tuat the tenantry are oppressed ; that his arguments; but the attempt to excite a prejtidice on|there are other causes for their misfortunes than improvi- that score is, to say the least, disingenuous.” I would also | dence and vice; and that their sufferingsare great. * But,’ respectfully suggest to the editor of the Islander the pro- | says be, * he (:be tenant) bas voluntardy taken upon bimself priety of his attacking and refuting what I did say, instead | obligations Which be finds cxtsemely difficult to discharge.’ of attacking what I did ot say or think of. Ifhe do this} Oue who is acqusinted with the peculiar position of owr T think that be will have quire enouzh to do; be will not be | [slind tenantry would thik that * Farmer’ was indulging Gzhting with shadows, uor will be be * contending without | iu a quiet bit of irony when he dashed his pen under the opponents, aud triumphing without victory.” “ Let every | word ‘voluntarily.’ The great majority of the tenantry Jisputant make truth the only object of his controversy. and have taken leaccs in about os voluntary @ mauner as the whether it be of his own finding, or of any other man’s be-| trembling unarmed traveller bands over bis purse to the ‘sowing, let him think it worth his acceptance, and entertain | cut-throat highwayman who, with pistol in band, stands it accordingly,” ready to see that his modest request is complied with; or Hoping that brotherly love, good will and friendship, mu- | as voluntarily as the unwarlike Gowland busbandman con- tua] forbearance, blesse] peace and christian charity, may |sented to pay blick-mail to his warlike but uaserupulous long increase amongst all our citizens, notwithstanding the | Celtic neigttbour. There is this difference between the de- sounding of any unecessary “ alarm,” I remaim, mand of the fierce, balf-civilised Highlander, and that of the Mr. Editor, your obedient serv’t., \urbane evlightened proprietor, the claim of the former was Queen’s County, April 9, 1860, LECTOR. made in defiznce of the low of the land, while that of the | latter is countenanced by a palernal Government, and is en- forced by the stroog arm of the law. "Phe atstract justice of | both is the same, the Highland chief having just as good a jnatural right to deprive the Lowland farmer of a portion of |the fruits of bis tail as the Britis proprietor bas to take According to the Trmes, the Church Mlssionary Society | from the back woods’ settler a part of his scanty earnings. jexpends anuually on the maintenance of Missionaries and Tae one is an illegal iniquity.—the other an iniquity made | their families, “on deputations,” publications atid other | more iniquitous by the sanction it has received frem a Go- little sundries, thirty thousand pounds, or nearly a fourth|vernment whose sole aim in ruling should have been the _part of its whole income at home, ‘+ before one native is con-| greatest good of the greatest nuwber-—a Government that | verted, Or even sees @ Missionary.” Such is the statement | acted coutrary to its legitimate functions when it favoured (of the Londou Times, the largest and most widely circulated the few at the expense of the many. Which of the two evils paper in the world. * It would be interesting to know how | is most dungerous and most to be gaarded aguinst, I leave many natives the Society converts yearly with the rest of to the good sease of * Farmer’ and every other wan of in- ithe cash. The charity of the Church Missionary Society | telligence and reflection to decide. begins at Lome, indeed, and remains there in a very consider-| Lam ylad to find that * Farmer’ bas stadied political ‘ab’e measure. ‘To what extent does it go further? If to ‘economy. 1 will, for his sake, and for the sake of those |any, what number of converts has the Society to show for its | who are fond of such speculations, suppose a case that has

Suppose that, in the days of

MISSIONARY ECONOMY.

| For rue Examrven. i |

That no person or persous should in future enormous balance of one hundred and fourteen thousand be allowed to vend that necessary commodity without first

pounds to be expended annually upon Missionaries and their purchasing the consent of those imperially constituted sait- families who are sent abroad! Preity little pickings for some | sellers, and that any one who should presume to purchase of these s'eck louking disturbers of the public peace! We jmott from any but those duly authorized by them, should think for the future it should be designated—>+ The Church | render himself obnoxious to punishment, by fine imprison- Missionary Pauper and Hambug Society"—a much more | went, or otherwise. Let us further imagine, that this appropriate name. Bes.des this enormous revenue collected | privilege of fleecing the lieges was granted in due form, in by the Church Missionary Society, we believe the Wesleyav | all the wordy pomp and circumstance of legal phraseology Methodists alone receive annually about one hundred and | and that the charter was an unexceptionable document with. twelve thousand pounds. There are also innumerable other | out flaw or omission: suppose that a centuryor so elapses as classes of dissenters, all of which obtain subscriptions, under | it quickiy does—on paper, and that these monopolists, their the plea of disseminating the zospel in foreign parts. Lt is heirs and assigns, have, during that time, enjoyed in peace a notorious fact, that ‘hese Missionavies, in every pew coun- jand quietness all the advantages that were tukely to accrue try to which they have been sent to teach Caristianity to|to a body possessing a monop!y in anarticle of such general the natives, have possesse themselves of the very largest consumpixn as sali—that they had grown iuto a numerous aud best tracts of land to be had, and the only payment the powerful and opulent class—pampered by the Government poor ignorant a'or gives ever received as an equivalest,/ut cordially bated by the people: suppose again that the was composed of a few beads, kuives, gaudy aud worthless | privileges and profits granted in the original charter had trinkets, shawls, &c., &e. Witness the published statements been willed, assigned, and sold, and re-willed, re-assigned from New Zealand, aud other places in the South Pacific, and re o!d, to variou- parties,—that, in short, the salt jnter- recently cettled. where this practice has heen carried on to | est had decowe a very complicated affair indeed, Suppose an enormous extent. Not so wiih the Rowan Catholic | that at this juncture, a ‘ Farmer,’ resident in King’s Cc unty,