_——

On the 42nd clawae being read, Hon. Mr. Ding

well objected Mawistrate ;

t if require Ww be umude throu cu

pera? ove »in causes where “wins

toe th att mck capuaprete nt te deems fort

private property «J

hacty legislation, will, at the same time, enjoy the

confidence of, aud be profitable to, the country at when this Bill was first

lure. a lion, Mr. BINGWELJ was to give

introduced, it Was aud that the vliject

cca i by | ' cal a eee the peraple vveutet pri vil res; bat, When nearly fiotiee fesuited, aiid prucress report one -thitd of the p we oat on how the sume ar Che Bill to incorporate the Minigser and Trosipes | pris ilegge of voting, | a ys ms It ne to 5 ve th . of the Presbyterian ( — twit Biyer, Lot Bo, )guments can bé made to ay y ae wan KN * € r this Board: but when a

muy ;

was then committed and agreed to without anendment fhe House then wen to meorperaie the Vietoria L Hon. Mr. RAMSAY heard of Free Masons, | cotta

» covrep rent tte xluw gf Free we tt L have se

t they were a

Masone, vod

lromly

sd pe . y da rm t wo pure ged pertect that tie id pot | ftention of vour Honors to dy an injustice to the | or this peatere s } “ il i eoy to hear t th s Honor Mr rh » olad to hear t! people; ned win Rap} aur tha 1 lor 4 the PR } am i ' peer} ; et be PRESE ar} lop Palme ieves that this Coane), us at present ) Herer Mr. Ramey has such an exalt o} ‘ © - a I w lo not t e | eoustitated, enjowts the foandence of tive peopme, = , oe Mae eg ; - ‘ ' 1 i Now, W ire on the eve of a ae nerul eloetbon, and ee oan ee ee ee al hy “ ‘ .\ couse a great dead of excitement to lave an t we have son ws 1 ‘ : = . * y : : » of the ¥ i r with unbeltey bie io th Hoyses in one yvear, which will be aga ‘ Pm ’ for that purpese an ae ! e cst ia Bill passes: nor do | think our Re nee rm, and f I ; eo " y Iw 11 i ppy t i-, X © is ttia es ty bear the expense j be £ ' = ‘ thes ta are oo “ary a aaa ep india Lamy part of the country would . nor lute i eae th ont i er have e money laid out im improve : en t or si ; i ae ; ‘ con { S pile Ww sund breaw®- waters. I ade not ; thin is wort ; ae . ade 1. GUhaivrman rm rted Bil! rec why we should interfere with what is already —— nas radluaet : very well, thyagh L have no objection to the powet to WHueut any amendment ao er Weosrspay, Mh Apr lou. Mr. BAMSAY—When the Bill was before ‘ : ae he ie \ il! “ote | Minister and Trustees of ; us last year, ¢ Lelieve Ll was ihe mover of the ike Y‘horch. Fltiot R r. Lot 65 dad} solution to have eM ers place of rest ‘preairterian Charen, Eltiot River, , au ' on ; rporate the Victoria Lodge of Bree s property qualification in the District for which 7 _ e oe cane oh “ : - ] lect ni, thous 1 l nin sull of the Saue } » were reud the third tite and passed *wrois elected; am rou ii ——- i fe FP xeeut Te yet f your Hono os think taat it would be thon Mr. Puimer, « Member of the xen ve } I 1 Os a i will . . ‘ . oT war le rit - rv re of the peopte, i Council, by command of His Exeelleney the Lieu- | mirroweng down the eges of the peoy

tenant Governor, laid on the table eopies of two } destnile hes from His Grace the Duke gl x weastle 2 one relating to the expenses of the Land ¢ nis siow, the other to the Appewdix to the Land Com juissioher’s Report.

Hon. Mr. PALYER-I regret, Mr

that we have not obtained a copy of the Appendix, Council

ww tlie Report of the Land Commissioners, wh ch is) with at supposed to cogtain a great deal of useful and in j last yout Last year we admitted the principle ef teresting: information; but the reason Is 2 Very > Wil, reserving to ourselves the right to olfer pleasiag one. His Rxce/legey made an appieat Mf such anendmenisas we thought proper. We ollered to the Coloyial Odice for it, and the reply was that) hese amendments, but they we uot carried. We only one copy had been recetved at thy! Office 204) they submitted protests against this Bill, and I he it hud wot been printed. His Excellency hus since | live that the observations of His Grace the Secretary nude an application to the Conumissiquers, W hich 1B) of state have bes n called forth by those protests

wig Cyubdent will be more successfid Imperial Government ip cou the Gonnnieioners fu ed fition to Mat whi were formerly promised now, when cach, ef the Ww im pla ‘ec uf € WO that theva

e they

vnemTs receives

When

Colm nuss soverpaid

we cpeetie! that they left theirewn business. and] jor Tam not pr pared to say that a large majority aspen week after week iu this Island, and afterwards; of the inhabitants of the Cofony have asked for the ju Nova Seotia and New Brunswick, attending to) easure

the basiftess connected with the Commission, we

cunnet say that they have received too much. With | eruction of the constitution of this House. respect ty the request of His Gruce to remitthe £20) pene there

promised to our Commissioner, | have to say that nimount has already beeu rewmitted, Mr. Howe when he was eu the Island Jast sumiwer

eXee Non, I suppose, of the Cuvansel ou behalf of But for my hen. tr

the Teaattry This shrows that they are not theughi

} «pfre »on the Bill] will certainly

ean Act more than £100

i

4 Gillis

President, | yneHanged w

He fore I sit’ wl pt down [ cannot but acknowledge the hberality of the) pycelleney th itributing au aMmOUNE LO) ph og

L do not think that even) pve te anv n

Jt was paid 104 cerncted

jy fir more qvtitros Ove

ifieation gf £100 ts _ disfranchise a large portion of the community, wust stv that the people in the country regard their oaths, and they will not swear ‘adtifieation naless their property is worth 1 do not suppose that it is the m

required ef the « leetors, it

lo a

t. for L eon assure your Honors that

not conteud for) contract their privileges

I weuld rather extend than

Hen. the PRESIDENT—My opinion upen this

preciaciy the sae as that which l ‘Npressed . j ,

st vear, and Lmay add that it has always been

} tl ri to the

1 do not

1 Trew cou rheretore

v more favor than | looked upon the Bill of

look upon this Bill

red; f I have

ich Ww

l Lientenant Governor forwarded

¢ protests to His Grace, calling his a [ am not geing to stand here as an obstrac

e for the good of the country. I

ot the Llouse of

feUusll

may be told that a large majority

Jesciumbly have acceded tot

‘

expression of public opinion demanding a recon

is a little pol tewn which says that this Conneil shall be recon it was organized for special purposes, and

when those parposes ave accomplished we will hear ‘The Meme Goverumeut wil! return to this Talee T on. mare af them.

the wanuaut paid to Mr. Waitiwan, wad will alse pay | this Bill came before your Honors, and surely your ull the other eXpetises af the Couwmissien, wath ibe Honors are not pre 1 end to say that this measure has

It was through this clique that wed to vield to such a cliqne

:

been asked for by the country 1s most Xtraordinary .

jess of us; they have extended a liberality whichis) | paye not seen ove single petition asking for it

very praiseworthy.

Then his Honor Mr. Simp:

How, Mr. PALMER, on rising to move the order) Honors nud tells ns that this House shall be inde

of the day for the yecoud reading of the * Bill to chanye the constitution of the Leyislutive Council, by rendering the same élective,” suid — This Bill, Me. Péesident, as vou are awure, is a copy of the Bill passed hast year, exeept that it adopts the modi ficatiqns saggested by His Grace the Dake of New castle. Your Honors are well aware of what is con

tained fh fis Grace’s despatch — that he aecedes to} wi

tire principle of an elective Levislative Council; aad the Bibl having pissed this House last your with such 1 lagge majority, L hardly expect to tind any weeat dis 1 principle being

hurdly mecessary jias wet betore princes

sucable to this Chamber. uny change.

would be applicable to Lhe careumstuuces

uce of opinion now as to the elective | they give ; tts | lt is} to bear on Members of the other | me W say that my own mind | often have to give votes contrary to their conscien- > It was a longtime! ces; therefore, to talk of being independent of the | came to the conclusion that the elective | people, when you are elected by the people, is shere

pendent both of the Crown and of the People tor a limited tiaie. De not your Honors feel us indepen dent now as you ever did in your lives?) Where is the slightest ‘pressure of either the Crown or the

now constituted? For my part,

People as we ar I have never felt the slightest. this House being dependent now, Or tO suy that ii li be independent of the people w hen it will have to be elec ted t very tour 2 When the Members of this House are elected, they Will have to account to the people for every vote and some of us know the pressure made

They

yeurs, is shere nonsense.

louse.

for-

nonsense. Then his'Honor Dr. Jolitison cones

of this Colony ; but my experience in Leth brayches ward and says that this measure is best adapted to

of the Eégishitare tias couvinced me that His. 1 Lelie ve thete are apy persons who entertain a dif ferent opiniog ; but if phey were expericaced in practical legislation, I think they would be iuduced to vive Way to the principle of this Dill.

the circumstances of the. country. agree with his Honor; and I think if he had more experience, he would be of a different opinion. And if this Biil go into operation, 1 am coutident, that

J jook | before three or foar years elapse, each of your hon- |

upon it thas the Colory aay do well enough for a, ors will say that it Was not calculated to be advan-

time with & nonnative Council; but we will al-| tageous to the country.

ways be liable to a collision as parties change inthe other branch of the Legislature. As this Council

js constituted at preseut, J think Lmay sufely say | to make it now!

that it étfjogs the contidence of the country, aud we

are C:sposed ve deweun ourselves so as to prevent a) be

collision with the other brauch; but this is a desi rable suste of umutors whie!l eunnot al wavs be cul-

culated upon; for as loog as uuiversal sutirage isin | If vou do so you will fine that it be | to the best interests of this Colony. j to the details of the Bill, 1 will say nothing at pre- |

operation we canuot tell what changes tay

What! Do we not ylory in our constitution being assimilated to the glorions constitation of Britain! Whatare you endeavoring You are endeavoring to nssimi- late it te the constitution of a neighboring Repub lic; and what is that Republic now? Itis shivered

ulmost to atoms; and why sheuld we assimilate

onr constitution to it even in the slightest degree ? |

will be injurious With regard

jinen fe eome

iL ty: ent off from the | melnbers for this Howse, L could | ‘

ipergots from Charlottetown.

lregult;: there would soon be an oujery raised from

stitution of this

no doubt but His

ttention to

the pring iple of this bill;

I would ask vour Honors to point to one

it is tical elique in Charlotte

ym uppears before your

To talk then about |

brought aboat. There maay then be an urgent de s of { mand for a change dathis Corneil. Now,] think it) sent—we will have an opportunity when the Honse | is better, while We have:tbe Colonial Minister with | is in committee ; but [ wish to say a word with re-

us, to teke him.at his oiler, 1, think this Bill is| ference to thé Despatch. I think His Grace de- | framed oy safe principles, I way one of those who | serves credit for the amplification which be bas voted fast year for nuiversal suffrage, or more pro | given the subject. He has his own ideas om the perly ; to have no qualiticition but what is | subject; and the language of the Despatch is wor- | required taghvet members fur the House of Assem-| thy of a Statesman. T would ask if the Honse of |

erenter extent by Charlottetown’ than it is at

present :

at their own expense ’ a fayour upon the Government of the \ they It J were called upon to nominate soon fll it up wath But we know the

do so

both parties in the gantry. So then this measure lig asked by the eguntry, not by ¢ harloftetown, fhe Political Allinuce is composed of mcmbers in Charlottetown whe endeavour 1 yet nequainted iwith the feelings pf the country, and thatis the lxveret of their success. [anust say that his Honor, Mr. Hutedinson, has commented “yery severely on the members of this Llouse for following too closely the dictates of the Colonial Minister. Now, 1 must suy that Lam not anxious to follow subserviently

the dictates of the Seeretary of State merely because

they enuiate trom that source ; but [ never despise good counsel, espe cially when it is olfered by friends, and -L believe the Dake is a true frend Phat Despateh is not written lia dictatorial tone, but breaths a warm feeling which shows that he hus the interest of the Colony at heart. He may be wrong, and T may be wrong in advocating this Bill; but take what 1 believe to be the eXpression of opinion of a large portion ot the inhabitants. : 1 think Lam perfeetly justitied in voting for this Bill and seizing the suggestions thrown out by that Statesman, even though he happensto be the Duke lof Neweustle. Again, the Bilt is objected to on account of the expense which will attend its opera tion, and perhaps this is one of the strongest objections to it } expenses, Which already exceed our ineome ; not that any of our Public Oticers are over paid; bat I I believe we have too large a number of Kepresenta tives. Por that reason the expenses of the Legisla ture are largely swelled.

| wrumbled nt.

curred

amendment, or additional clause, when the House is it is with regard to the mode of | lL have seen that the present system works With great disadvantage to all parties ‘ I have seen a scrutiny when party feeling was not attempted to be disguised, and where perjury was } pu i Men were induced to swear | impunity to outrage the most sacred feelings of their | price! falsely, and the Shereth had no power to control the * If there be an election fora member for this House, and it is considered that bad votes have

lin committee, holding serutinies

who ure honestly inclined, held by a Sheriff aliiost conunended

Court.

| Laird favor his read for it is a very onerous burden for gentle-| explain the ethical puradox of enlightened Upper here and attend to the public business | ln fuct, they are conferring } : : f day when! mutes for the Penitentiary as

ers with the above statistics and labored under the delusion that Protestant countries are superior to others in every respect, and will pre Canada, farnishing nearly four tines as many in-| bably havethe effect of shaming Mr. Laird and bis j “benighted”’ Lower | assistants into silence regarding the “ ignorance and | Canada! | superstition of Romish countries,” and the results of Are those who speak so sneeringly of the igno- | Catholic education, It would be well for evange rance of the French Canadians aware that there are | Heal witnesses te cast the beam out of their own in Lower Canada a great number of edycational es- | eyes before they volunteer their services to pluck tablishments among which ave no fewer than at} the mote ont of those of their neighbours. 1 have the honor to be, &c.,

A. McDONALD. St. Dunstan's College, April lth, 1862. eae To True Eprrok oF THE EXAMINER, Sm—In a commupication ever my signature in hundred atiending the Seminary of Quebec. At! the ¢ Examiner’ of the 17th ult. I gave currency this College, as well as ut others, the students go! to a “report” in circulation, that the Rev. George : oa : through a complete course of humanities and philo Sutherland, when leetyring en the Whim oad, | had uttered expressions not now to be named. | Mr. Sutherland, in the ‘Islander’ of the 21st alt.,

least thirteen Catholic Colleges, viz;— St Anns, | Quebee, Nicolet, St. Hyacinth, Terrebonne, St. Therese, St. Sulpice. Montreal, St. Mary’s, Sher brooke, Point Levi, Three Rivers, Chambly, As-|

suniption. ‘The number of stadents attending these

colleges is great; for example, there gre about four

sophy which occupies about ten years. ‘There is also

Che Examiner.

—

Charlottetown, April 2st, 1862.

THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH.

Tue Speech with which His Excellency the Lieut. Governor closed the late Session has one good quality—it is very short. Feeling that he had nothing to say in praise of the proceedings of the Legislature, he has said that nothing in the fewest possible words. But notwithstanding its general brevity, there are two short passages in the Speech that cannot fail to attract some at- tention. The first has reference to the Land Commission; the second alludes to the Legisla- tive Couneil Bill.

who might then safely count upon a turn for his labour and industry, at his without seeking for it in a distant land would grow rich by the rapid sale of their ra produce—their potatoes, grain, butter, sal bacon, which wonld be eagerly betimiet ay Pee the erews of the Preneh fishing vente tans shipyards, vastty increased im mumiber strengthened by great material aon exchange forthe solitude of the forest the glag

sic of the hammer, the maul, and the adze a ply the demands of French commerce wton, off sunny waters of La Belle France, And aij these golden advantages migit be gained for our own people, without leaving them one fish the leas to eat or sell; or without interfering, jn the slightest degree, with their privileges as Rey: subjects. But the blight of party-spirit, selfish.

Te own door,

it will add very materially to our

But though it does add expense, if the principle js a yound one, and is really necessary, then the expense should not be i It will have to be paid by the people | cut but a very sorry figure in Canada, and that if who demand the measnre. They cannot turn round hand say here is um item Which should not be in- : : : rere \ ” 1 think. nowever, that L shall offer one | Grades with which they disgrace the press of this) and the other journalists of Charlottetown have

in Quebee the Laval University, an institution of

the very first class, everything in connection with

perhaps, unequalled on this continent. I need pot

| Ladies of the Congregation of Notre Dame, of the |

| Providence, by the Ursulines, the Christian Bro-|

thers, &c. think if Mr. Laird made atour through Lower Canada he would entertain, regarding it, opinions quite different from those which he at pre- sent shares with many others. Ile would learn at

least that some of the editors of P. EK, Island would

| “illiterate agitators” indalped there in the violent

| colony, they would be made to understand even by

|their co-religionists that there public writers are | cy . : | neiner dispensed from the observanc e of the com-

Seen esac which says “thou shalt not bear false

witness against thy neighbour,” nor permitted with

| neighbours who may choose to worship Ciod in a manner different from themselves.

cabmet of physics and cabinet of mineralogy, are, |

In conelading |

has denied the * report” in “strong Janguage.””

Lnow beg to corroborate that denial,and also to Which is on the most magnificent scale. Its library, | say, upon the testimony of several parties volun-

|

tarily given, that it was a Rev. Mr, Sutherland who visited the Island fast fall, and who is a per-

fson who has “distinguished” himself on former

mention the numerous excellent schools kept by the | occasions in the Island.

I shall leave the Rey. G. Sutherland to reconcile

as best he can, Respectfully, MANOATL ROWE. Montague Bridge, April 4, Istz. en /UNLICENSED BOOK PEDLARS A GREAT NUISANCE. MR. WHELAN—DEAR Str—I believe that you

offence”

| warned the public against being further imposed jon by Yankee pedlars selling worthless trash of books for four times their value. But, Sir, has it }occurred to you and your confreres that others

besides Yankess can go about imposing on the | public by selling worthless books at an enormous It is certain that impostors of this kind, | whether they are Yankees, Islanders or Nova | Seotians, are an intolerable nuisance te any com- j munity, and I think the matter demands immedi-

turned it against him, he should have a fair trial | these remarks on Canada, I would direct Mr Laird’s| ate legislative interference. As you are honored

| whether they are good or bad.

jin place of the Sheritl, 1 think it wou | proven n

.. Hon. Mr. HUTCHINSON— Adopt the same mode

with the House of Assembly too.

Asseinbly too. decision should be final.

and titles~-it is purely a question of law—the , value of the property must be determined by living

witnesses. The Judges are not over worked. |

‘would give the Judge the same power tomaintain | * , ‘Then | ligious antipathies,” we might expect to sce justice prevailing ; for the

order as he holds in the Supreme Court.

Judges are sworn to act impartially, and they

would act without political bias in holding a sern-| tiny equally as ia trying a political libel in the Su-

preme Court, Hon. Mr. GARDINER—I have heard a great

}deal both for and against the Bill, and I am pre- pared to support the principle, but Ido not pro- | L believe this Bill | is carrying out the wishes of the people; but at}

inise to support all the details.

If the power were liavested in one of the Judges of the = Court d be an iin-

Hon. Mr. PALMER—Yes, with the House of And I would say that the Judges’ ves It depends upon deeds | Protestant population, the western demagogues who | which he calls a geography and history of this If the book was well written and con-

| attention to the following extract from the Quebec * Morning Chronicle’ (Pretestant) :—

“Were the Protestant majority of Upper Canada

as tolerant in their tone, and as cousiderate in their

regard for the rights of their Catholic neighbours,

jas the Catholic majority of Lower Canada have

| shewn themselves to be m their relations to the

have traded upon religious een and manu- | fueture capital tron: sectional jealousies, would have starved eut long ago.” | Our Island “ demagogues whehave traded on re- may apply to themselves as much of the above as will suit them. | | I shall now pass to Sweden. Mr. Laing, the | Seotch Presbyterian traveller, from one of whose | works I before quoted, says :—

“Tt is a singular and embarrassing fact that the | Swedish nation, isolated from the mass of the Euro- pean people, and almost entirely agricaltaral or pas- toral, having in about 3,000,000 of individuals only 14,925 employed in manufactories, and these not con- gregated in one or two places, but seattered among

the same time I scarcely agree with one of your | 2037 factories; having ne great standing army or

‘}lonors Who have spoken as to the qualitication of

| navy; no extended commerce; no afllux of stran-

the electors. I think tke qualification should be| vers; no considerable city bat one; and having

higher; aud when the House go into Comimittee, 1 will move that it be £150. 1 do not think that | will be tee high, if you want to secure intelligent electors, for tue poor are generally the iguorant. _A wan who comes here, and gets hold of a small | piece of land, and who is ou the Island tor twelve been here all his life. 1 therefore contend that ‘the qualification should be higher than it is. uot exactly know what His Grace means by a

that he will cousider £100 currency tolerably high. House adjourned.

I do

tolerably high qualification, bat I do not suppose |

| SPRING.

A flash of green is on the boughs, | A Warm breath pauteth in the air, Aud in the earth a heart-pulse there

Throbs underneath her breast of snows. *

Life is astir among the woods, And by the moor, aid by the stream, ‘The year, as from a torpid dream, Wakes in the suushine vv the buds.

Wakes up iu musie as the song Of wood bird wild aud loosen'd rill

| schools and universities in a Suir proportion, and a powerful aud complete church establishment undis-

turbed in its labors by sect or schism; is, notwith- | standing, ina more demoralized state than any nation in Europe—more demoralised even than any equal

| Great Britain.’ (Tour in Sweden—Laing, London,

Now, I cannot months, has just as much to say as one who has | 1839, p 108.) Mr. Laing then proceeds to prove his assertion by } the criminal statistics of various countries. At page |

ithe demoralising etlects of a maladministration of

law, and of religious and political discord and ex- | | : t : | pedlars, and 1 don’t remember to have seen the |

| citement to outrage, the Irish nation stands very far j above the Swedish iu the moral scale. Lu the nearly eight millions of the Lrish there are 5644 fewer com- | mitals for criminal offences, and 8U39 fewer convie- | tions, Within one year, than in the scarcely three millions of the Swedish nation. These are singular | results, and very unexpected, when we consider the | cuckoo-cry repeated duu nothing else can be heard | lof the crime, vice, aud socind disurganization of lre-

112 he continues thus :—** In teapite, however, of |

by a seat in the Legislature, I may be pardoned | should J sugyest the propriety of your bringing the | matter forward for the consideration of the House | of Assembly. It is now pretty well known that }the Rev. George Sutherland, a member of the | Board of Education, has been for some time hawking about the town and country a book

| Island. ‘tained useful maticr, I should think from the size lof it that it might be worth sixpence or ninepence, i but the Rev. gentleman inrposes it ou the public | for three shillings! | when Mr. S. goes inte a school, he praises up his | book, and descants on the necessity ot being well acquainted with the history of the Island. The teacher, to get clear of the importunities of the | Rev. pedlar, buys a copy of the work. Mr. 8. | then asks the teacher to takethree orfour ormore | copies to sell for him. ‘The latter remonstrates that the book is too dear, and that he has no j}money. Mr. 8. soon solves the latter difficulty by | proposing to take an order on the teacher’s salary

tor the amount of the books! I have been told | that Mr. Arbuekle has given a helping hand in | this wretched peddling business; for I have been

informed that he went to the Norma] School and

tents of Mr. S.’s book,and that to have any chance

| portion of the dense manufacturing population of + ae they should buy a copy of the said

The way being thus prepared, the Rev.

| gentleman came to the school with an armful of

his chattels, and the candidates for the tescher- ‘ship were literally shamed and frightened into If there is anything in the world ignoble this is certainly approaching it.

It is net long sinee I saw a list of the licensed

| buying them.

name of the Rev, Mr. Sutherland among the rest, 1 may be wistaken. I would not wish to do the Rey. gentleman the injustice to say positively that he has adopted the occupation of a pedlar with- out the license required by law. If the Rev. gen- tleman has no lieense like other pedlars, will you be Kind enough to inform us country people why

his “strong language” with a “couscience void of

I use the word impose, for

\told the young men there that at the Board of Education they would be examined on the con-

| he is privileged to hawk books about without a |

1. His Excellency says :-—

laid before you.”

But the reader will observe that His Excellency

| be equally good; as, for example, the copy of a Promissory Note, a Bank Bill, a Bond, Mortgage, Deed or Lease. His Excellency knows right well, or ought to know, from the tenor of the Duke of Neweastle’s Despatch of the 7th Febru- ary, in which His Grace uses the phrase “ a copy” in reference to the printed paper which was for- warded to Mr. Dundas, that that printed paper was never intended to be made the basis of legis- Jation in this Island; and the Duke will most likely use such language towards His Excellency as will enable him to to understand that fact, as syon as he will have an opportunity of examining the two worthless Dills that were passed during the late Session in reference te the so-called Award,

2. Alluding to the Elective Council Bill, His Excellency says :— | “J trust that the Act, to which I have just giv- en my assent, may be the means of establishing a popular and effective Upper Chamber.”

Now, the Government have been three years engaged in patching up a good working majority

they inform the country, through the lips of the

nor “popular.” Surely, “ The M‘Nad,” or “The other M*Nab” could not have very carefully re- vised this portion of the Speech. It conveys a poor compliment to Mr. Palmer, who sacrificed his position in the Lower House to make things comfortable for the Administration in the Upper Chamber, and to secare popularity and efficiency there. Besides, how mortifying it must have beea to the Simpsons, the Haszards, the Gardiners and the McLarens, to be told to their very beards, that, notwithstanding the impression of their new and superior blood, the Council was still non- effective and unpopular! Of course, all those gentlemen will wrap themselves up in their offend- | ed dignity, and never make their appearance in | public life again. We are morally certain that / under the elective system the people will not

| sulicit their services, Although opposed to the

“A copy of the Report of the Land Commision has been forwarded to me by Her Majesty's Se- cretary of State for the Colonies, and has been

The Legislature did not certainly require the information that His Excellency had received the noted document, which had been laying on the tables of both Houses for nearly two moaths,

was cautious in saying that it was only “a copy” of the thing he had reeeived—not the original— not the real Simon Pure. Now, if “a copy” of one particular thing is as good as the original ot that thing—the copy of any thing else ought to

for themselves in the “ U pper Chamber,” and yet

Lieut. Governor, that it is neither “ effective ’>

ness, and religious bigotry, must, forsoot} brought to darken this bright picture, as it whenever a beam of hope sheds its ¢ 7

over the prospects of this unhappy Island, mm Coles proposed the liberal ‘concessions tg the French,—the proposal from him was sufficient to condemn them iu the eyes of the Tory party the selfish Tories are incapable of entertaining views so broad aud generous—therefore they must be condemned. But there Was another objection, which they bad not the manliness openly to urge, but which, we feel assured, swayed. their minds more than anything else >—the Prenelyare Cathe. lies ; it would not be safe, in the eyes of the Bie gots, to permit the French to amalgamate With our own people—to settle here, buy land, marry, rear up families, and augment the power of thy Catholic Church. If, however, we had “German Protestants” to deal with, in the mat- ter of ships, fisheries, and general commerce, the Protestant Leader of the Opposition would have had the wind taken out of Ats sails by some honor- able member on the Government side of the House.

ne Lilenphaiiiagabnitliilet WHEN the School Visitor’s Report for 136 was laid before the House of Assembly, only ong: day before the prorogation, astatement was madg by the Hon. Mr. Coles, which produced a very strong feeling of surprise and indignation amongst members unconnected with the Geverament. He: stated that he had been informed, on undeniably: authority, that the Government had paid to the Rey. George Sutheriand—on the recommendation of the Board ef Education. of which the Rey, George is a member—the sum of seventy pounds out of the public money, receiving in exchange a certain number of copies of the trashy little book which Mr. Sutherland lately published, under the title of “a Manual of the Geegraphy and Natural and Civil History of Prince Edward Islacd.” These books, we are informed, were sent te the Depository, to be sold, from time te time, with the authorized school beoks, and the Board had recommended their introdyetion imte the public schools, as a class book in Geography and History. But even sapposing the thing te be a desirable class book—which we can easily show it is not—~ the imtention of the Govermment—if they had any intention to serve the mterests of the public in, this matter—has been entirely frustrated by Mr. 8u- therland himself, for be bas forestalled the Go vermment sale of bis worthless “ Manual” by pre vately forcing it into nearly ali the public seh in the Island. We have reeeived several accounts —all agreeing one with another—of the manner. in which Mr. Sutherland has hawked this book through the Colony. He goes himself te a public schoo), with an armful of the trash—he is known

ltand, which by coniwon Consent is placed at the j very bottom of the hist of em iuzed nations; while | Sweden is ax generally held up to be acountry emi- ;nently moral..... The proportion also of illegitiuate | to legitimate births in this country lends to the same ;couelasion, It is asd v9.3-10 (!) in Stockholm. In | no other Christian conmiygnity is there a staie of fe- | male morals approaching to this.”

: a principle of the Elective Council Bill, we were license 7 Ls it because he is a clergyman, or be-| ,

cause he is a member of the Board of Education, 20t displeased to see the gentlemen whose names or because he was of inestimable value te the) we have mentioned committing political suicide Forigs at the last election! If the privilege to} .9 patiently as they did. That very measare—

hawk books about the country without a license | ih . aie ‘ . is the only been which Mr. Sutherland bas r- the Elective Council Bill—is destined, we believe,

to be a member of the Board of Education—he tells the simple minded master that the thing is recommended by “the Board,” — that all the scholars who are so far advanced as to be able | to read Geography and History are expected to

bly. Tha ion Was notoriginally my own; bat I yave wag de thoge with whom Lam associated. I see very clearly the torce of His Grace's sugges: tious té are a qnalifieation in the electors, and also

Assembly has eurried out the suggestions of that |

Despateli, one of which is—I would enforce a t erably high qualification with regard to the elect-

ors. :

And do yon suppose that the sum of £66)

that ic woaldnottve adviawble to require a property | Vs. 4d. sterling will be considered a tolerst!> uigh qualifigajop with reference to the elected. Now, |t qualification? If you think His G.uwe will be sa- is true thatthe warch of progress has induced a great | tistied with it, I think you will fiud that you ure change Ta the tiuds of the British people as to do-| mistaken, If I thought that the country really de ing away with property qualifications. Thirty sired this measure, I would break down everv bar- years Ago BOwan would have thonght that they rier in order that they might obtain it ; but I do not would e geceded to such a fandamental change | think they desire it. Nor do I think it is necessary iu theig coustitudeu. Aud if we look at it fairly | in order to facilitate the business of the country. 1 aud i vate. We wust see that if the electorsare | think the public business has always been carried well qitalified’ eu, they will be likely to exercise | on in this House—I say in this House, with as much their privilege tu sacha way as to return men of | despatch as necessary. IT have always been of sound and sale principles, whether the elected have | opiuion that the Members of this Honse should not any prepert qual cation or not. Property alone, | be paid ; bat while T admit the principle ot the Bill as general rule, does not constitute sound judy- | 1 am confident that the details will not be satistac- ment, thoagh meti who possess real estate are not factory, should it ever become law in its present that meVing transitory «et of persons who would be | shape. ‘ are ;