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Housx or Assxssntv, Tuesday, April nib, 1853. KXPOIT DUTY OH IIIXIPE3. KNEE8. House in Committee of Supply.-—llon. Mr. J In the Chair.

Hon. . Wllal. with reference to the Po- titloa of John Frost, Pits and Sewal. Edward

Ssvillc. and John Iatherson, praying that no export-duty might be im nosed upon

Juniper Knees, and that the period ‘or ex rte- I’-'CI"lII tcadsd beyond the Isl. 0 July nsxt—w bich Petition was’ presented to the

House, by Hon. gentleman. on Saturday, 2d. April, and respecting which. it was ordered that it siould be referred to the Committee of the whole House, when in consideration of the nga Rcvsnuo—nid, It is true that

two or three of the subscribers are 4-itizciis of the United Status, but I hold that that fact af- fords no argument u inst our eoniplyiu with its prayer of the Petition ; for these foreigners, bavingresided amongst us, and, by their outlay and investment of capital in the Island-—-in the case of some of them to the amount of £2000 or £3000—having stimulated and reoompensed the industry of many of our people. on ht to be re- gardcd as friends and benefactors o the Colony; and held as fairly entitled, under such circum- smaccs as those set forth in the Petition, to have their interests protected to the extent prayed for by them, as if the were our countrymen and fellow sub’ ts. maintain that. with respect to the Petitioners. the layin on of the extra du isau unjust imposition. o of them have em in the speculation, to the amount of another of them. Mr. Frost. all that

ha ha- fie world. The had done so in the reasonable belief that the at would not be in- . One hon. member ( Ir. Montgomery) has said thata duty of Is- would not injure t c parties ; but I maintain that even that duty would he felt as a ver serious injury by them. Other hon. members said that so small a dis would make but a very small addition to the venue : why then, I ask, should it be im- Ked at all! The hon. member for Belfast (Mr. vies) had swan y nsis on the injury which would be done to the ship-building inter- ests, by allowinga free exportation of juniper knoas; but I reply that, us our ship-builders will not enter into a fair competition for the pa of them, it would be very unjust to revent persons who have them on hand for sale ‘rem disposingvof them in the most advantage- ous market. e have been told that the ship- building business is improving, and that. farmers will wait, they will, in the end, be able to sell all the juniper on their farms to the ship- buildcrs on the Island. A ' no, is coming,

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we are told, and the farmers must wait for it But how! ldng most they wait I should like to know. Must they wait and starve ! Must they wait on ' y becoms so burthened with ur- rears of rent and other debts, that the can no longer keep possession of their farms’ he hon. gentleman concluded by saying, I will move that all to Juniper Knees be struck out of ‘he .

Hon. Mr. Cous. Whenl saw so many hon mcaibsrs in favor of a high export-duty. I L thought it would bs bsttcrso ' "ex" rt lion r: hut, it mustbs confessed thstsuch lqishticu is not in acccsdsncs with free-trsdc rinoiplss. It is said, by tho advocates of the high dnt , that it will be better for the tsnsntry to be c igsd to husband up the resources which they have in ‘mix; timber, until the lime slisll srrivc when and for it‘, for sliip-building purposes, in tho Island, will ensure them good_ ' ' But I should like to know when that time will arrive. How long will the people have to wait for it? We want free-trnds: we are all, I think, sgrssd that nothing will tend morc so the immediate and profitable opening up of tho rcsouross of the Colony, than free-trade with the United States; snd,yct, by such legis lunch as this, we are consenting to throw a bar- nsr in the wa against it. As to those who abandon sgricu Iural labour to work in ship-yards, 1 sin persuaded they obtain no lusting or substan- tial bcnslt by it. On the contrary, ‘they fre- qncn so- anssttlcd in their habits, sarong‘ is, us to bc quits unahls afterwards, to acttlc dcwn to any cinploymcnt. to succeed in gush, nus venues and patient indiistry are qoslilcsticnricdis nusbly requisite. Look to those who cum to hsrlotteiown, to work for £9 a month. What will bc their ultimstc gain I Or, rather, will tbsynot, in the and, find them- aclvcs in much less dsirsble circumstances, than vs base in, had they dsvotod them- purauits; for,slI.hough the

soils may not be immediate, yct they cvcntuslly provc, not onl the moat certain, but the most substantial! It would, in fact, in my opinion, have been a bcnsdt to the country, if there had not buss half the number of sblp-yards in the Island um than iisvs bcsu. Instead of hsvnusoonmw and to ihcsgriscltursl rcspcmy of the country, they have greatly rain it; and, if the comps- risoa be fairly mads between those who have. for yours worked in shipyards, and tbosc.who have stcsdily devoted their energies is the improving of their farms, it will be found that the lsttsr are

wsgcs, £6 a month, when rsw-husk coniss tobs duly sonsidcrcd, it foundpthttltis scarcely , bio for them to

so be d in . Americans have bcsn yin as much as Ills. s piece for our juniper - and our ship-haildsrs will not allow more . Besides. if exportation of juniper wcrc vsntsd.§s would he ten years, or more, Blpu now on band would worked up arc, lam convmccd,

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legislation! For the purpose of sucouraizing a few ship builders, we must, for suolh_ lll’l\'t' our iveallhy neighbours, the Yankees, from our slime.- --"I8! Who. by their «lollars and Indian "It'll, have often given employment and food to thou- sands of our population! What ' ht have we to say. “ Jnliti,you must not sell your ay ; you inusl 73?“ Y0“! Olllle uilb it: and you must them with yourslrnw; your cattle will be improved by it. and so will your farm- William, you must not your becf or pork; you must ive it lu your children; they will be all the a or to contend Will! the hardships which this Island presents to ruzriculturist." This language might sound very swsslly in a man's car provided they who ud- ,drrssed it to him could, enable him to put it into practice; but laudable as the theory may be. it cannot be carried into cflieot. Our farmers, gauc- rnlly speaking, are obliged to sell their hay, and feed their cattle with strsw ; and in sell their bscf mutton, and pork. and livs—thsy and their child- reu—on the scanty supply of fish which they can find means In purchase. And, with all these truths staring us in the face, we presume to say to the poor farmer, “ You shall not cut down your timber. We will not allow on to destroy the forest. Mr. Wightmsn imen s to carry on ship- building, and his sons will carry it on after him. M _ \'co, and other gentlemen of his trade and calling must be protected. " men now on ecu-wood farms must never expect to figure in society as independent fsrincrs; they must live and struggle on in the bush, and husband the juniper for the sole use of the ship-builders. The on. the Treasurer with sslsng peculiar to himself ridicules the Peiitioncrs: and, oh! how hcspurns the idea ol complying with their prayer! He has told us that the Certificate signed by the sh’ - builders, is only a hoax npon the Petitioners. ii. it so: But to what a pretty puss are the people come by their returning a number of-ship-builders to this House, when, in conss usncs of their having done so, they are underlie necessilv of as ' permission of those, who. legally and constitutionally spssking,nre their servants, to make sale of ii few pieces of timber which grow on the land for which they are paying rent! . nine of the gentleman who now advocate this species of robbery—l ssy robbery, for it is nothing less—ure playfully satirical upon those who are to be ilsspoiled; but, if they were canvassing those poor men for their votes, to obtain seals in , the Assembly, lhcy would speak very olilely to them, and style them “Gentlemen lecturs.” But, as connected with the question under our consideration, they are, in the estimation of these hon. gentlemen, nothing but stupid bcors-—so ig- norant that they know not how to turn their own property to any'good or profitable account, unless the House shall condo-scend to enlighten and direct them. e take out of the Public Revenue, moneys, for the support of every institution in the ‘ «my: and, in particular, the parties who are engaged cith_er in ship-building or in Sailing sckets, or who have vessels employed in the fisheries, are all drawing something, for their on- couragement and support, from the public pursc ; and yet so sclfishly unreasonable and unjust are these srlies,thst the cannot be content unl the tsunntry shall

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Ifb liss"t'prics for it, and ‘compelled to kscp it uptil it shall suit them to by it at their owirprlcc. - . Losn. ow, when I have turned l the question well over in my mind, and duly l considered the condition of the tenant-farmer, it certainly does up ear to me, that h to be at perfect liberty to sell or dispose of all _ timber, growing upon his land, just as be him- I self me please, and as it ma a pear to him ' will be most for his own individual benefit: and, as the best cash market will. undoubtedly, be that to which, in the exercise of his frec- will, he will give the preference, to the end that be may rocure money for the payment of his rent, an for the purchase of amily sup- plies on the most advantageous terms, if we shut him out from such a cash market, by the imposition of prohibitory duties, he will have abundant reason to accuse us of ‘net and unequal legislation. I think, there to, we had better not interfere stall with respect to such poor men. Our farmers are very difl'si~ ently circumstsnced from those of New Bruns- wic and Nova Scotis. In those Provinces the are all freeholders; and such regulations an restrictions as may, in them, wor null and fairly, wonl operate une null an nngirly, if established in. Prince wa Island, where the great majority of our farmers are tenants. In my own unprejudiced opinion, this country is best adapted to a riculture ; and I therefore. think the sooner it is cleared of its timber, tbs better it will be for the general interests; for then agriculture will be prosecuted with our energies as it ought to be. I will not voto for the roposed increase of the ex rt-duty; but for t e old duty of 3d. It won d. indeed be most unfair, now that a great quantity 0 knees have been re red for exportation, in the reasonable be is that there would be no increase of tlie export-duty, ’ higher rate as that proposed, and thereby to deprive men of those lb-nits of their labor, the realisation and enjoyment of which they had most reasonably con mplated. The Americans have, in some cases, a ‘giving as much as we a knee. One individua , I know, gave £50 for 100 knees ; and that is what no Island ship- bullder would do. I would allow a duty of 3 , a knee on all now out down and ready for exportation; and Is a knee on all afisrwa

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t c ship-building business. The are, t is true, big ly respectable men, and respect them much in self; but Icannot think it right that. for the r benefit, a prohibltor duty should be imposed, the sfsct of whic I r men—-poor tenants, 7 ‘per acre for -

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t e o s nern ; in ms- V :i-iiflly DGl’\':':lllllII8Inl are szttled in the woods. ' I oppose the duty ll6l0Itl:Il_¢kI think ‘lltdwypn ‘I: prlnciple—becaii_se _ t in_u it we" pm“ gather a very unjust impact on. we so I to it, we may expect that, bfirsnd by, we shall not be allowed to cut down gs tress for Inc- W00d‘dlIl0£9Ifldb0Glll0 thcy mtg t he wanted by our s u e .

Iiompths Sruras said, hc thought the fairest way of dealing with the question wopald bsfltloi agree that the duty of 3d. a knee sbou rem unchanged, nntll alter the close of the naviga- tion ; intiniuting. at the same time, by a plain larstion, by a fair wsrnlng—lf such was in

. . ty the sense of the Ilouss-that a pro- hiln ry duty would be in; before ill! 0 ' Inge the nnvlftion. next year: so tba no contractors ooul have the smallest causs tosay the House had done them wrong. If he were a ship-builder he would not be exposed to clsmour which would be ralssd ht Ml. If

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man, Mr. rth. and other lion. nisnibers, all steadily rod to their views of the union- tion, as declared by them, on flirt. .\liirch. wlien the House satin Committee on Win: and Means, and as ul y reported, and bri y reiterated the arguments used by them, on that occasion, in sup%crt of their 0 inions.

The bairman liav ng put the question on tbs motion of tho lion. Mr. Colss for striking outtbe pi-obibitory part of the clause under considera- tion, it was a to; and the prohihitory part was struck out accordingly.

Ilon. Mr. WHi;l.As' iroposed that the blank should be lilled up with lid.

:1 this motion, the Committee divided-— Yeas, 9—Na . 10; so it was lost. Ilon. Mr. urns’ then moved, that all having retfirenoc to juniper knees be struck out of i

On this motion the Committee dlVldOd.'r—YOII, 8—Nuys. 10: so it was lost. It was then sgresd that the blank should be lllled up with ls. R. ll. lsviuo, llcporler.

I-‘I'LL PARTICULARS IN DETAIL OI-‘ THE M()lN"I‘REAI. RIOT. (Porrsspoudrni-s of the Halifax Daily Sun.)

M0.Vl'I'IEAl., Juno l5th, I853.

The last- has been an svcntful wcclt, both at Quebec and Montreal, not only on account of the domestic sorrow. bereavciucnt and calamity which have been indicted, but because a spirit of huslillly has been aroused, particularly in this city, whic years will not allay, and which the slightest inci- dcni will again call forth into energetic sclion. The occurrences of the past week I shall now coinniunicntc in a succinct and impartial manner.

at Saturday evening, Signorc Gsvsui, at one time :i Monk in Italy, where he omciated as such for twenty years. snd who has been Leclurlng in New York upon the ceremonies of the Ilonizin Catholic Church and the authority of the Pope, delivered a similar Leclurs at the Wesleyan (‘hutch at Quebec. where the nieetiug,which was numerous sud res ctsble. met wiili no interrup- tion; and on the . oiidsy following he too to deliver another at the Free Scotch hurch in that city.

During the Lecture, a statement to tho clfcct that the Ulsvgy in Ireland were the instigators of rebellion and opposition tuthe government of Eng- land, was contradicted by some one among the auditory, which was the si nsl for sunsaault upon the church from the outsi s, and a portion of the mob cfibctcd an ominous. which was followed by an attack u ii the lecturer, at whom stones were hurled, an attempts were made by several per- sons Io got him from ihe pu|pit,whisli for a length of time he msnfnlly resisted, knocking down his assailants wiih a chair and subsequently with s stool-in which lie was sssisted by a sergeant of the Royal Artillery, one of the audience. At length, however. he wsslhrown over the pulpit, falling a distance of twelve or fifteen feet; but lodging on the heads of of the crowd beneslb, he susisincd littls injury. His sccrctsry was not units so fortunate, ind wsc ssvsrnly injured.’

ting all this limc,‘ihc police were in atten-

dance, but without being able to check those out- 5.

rsgeous proceedings: and it was not till a part of troops was called out, that order was rcstor , and Gsvaaai was enabled to reach Russell's hotel, whcrc he was rotectcd during the rsmsindsr of the night by the soldicry. No Iivcs were lost during this outburst, in which it appears the French Canadians took no part, although they up-

ur to fool sensibly this attack upon ilic religion which they pro .

I arrived at Montreal on Thursday morning,-

and being sutislsd, that sdistnrbuncc would take

lscc on tho svcuiog ofthat du , when Signore glsvlaxsi wan to lecture at one o the Presbyterian churches of the city, I dscmcd it my duty. in con- nection with tho Amcsicun press, to remain and witness the proceedings. For this purpose, l rc- pnirsd at six o'clock to the church, and, having paid the entrance fee. succeeded in obtaining a cost near the pulpit just as the lecture was being com- menced. hc audience the most part wsrc very much cxcitsd. snd, anticipating an attack on the church. had brought with thcm fire-srms, which were dbtribntcd scar the entrance of the building.

The sudicncs rcpsstsdly chccrcd vclismcntly as the lccturcr pi-occcdcd—of whocc address it is unnecessary to spank particularly, as it was in substance much the same so has bscn fully repor- ted and cxtcnsivsl circulated in the columns of

N. Y all and other American pspcrs.

Evsntun tho cheers were answered from with- out, whsrc, I omitted to mention, a policc force of about fifty men were drawn up in front of the church. At length the mob attempted to force an ciilrsncs, and instantly there was s commotion in the church, ssvsral rushing towards the door, by whom the assailants wcrc repulsed.

The lccturcr- had proceeded with about two- thirds of his lccturs when another sucinpt was msdc to enter tlis church, and was sin proven-

hcrs wsrc scvcrsl ladies prcssnt, who with one or two exceptions were in the galleries, and who conducted themselves with mac sclf-pcsscs- sion and prcscnss of mind. A of live about this timc was raised. which ores s mcinsntsry alarm; but Fatlicr Gsvnui stating, that it was a trick of thc sncmy. and on lcmcn who were on the platform with him assuring the audi- sucs that no danger was to be spprshcn from that sonlos, it qnistly subsided. and comparstlvs quiet was rector; and it bcing stated, t at two companion of t Nth regiment had arrived, which the Mayor had previously hold in tcsdincss, in the vicinity of the church, the lecturer pro- cscdcd without any further interruption, and the audience ultimately dcpsrtnd.

As I was at some distance from the door, I was among the last who loll the church, as was the cuss with the font 0n arriving in the street I found but few near the church, the mob having bcsn drivca down tlic hill, at a distance, prsbs ly, of two linadrsd yards ; and in the inter- mediate s , some ssvsnty or oi My yards from tho cliu , two companies ofthc at were drawn up across Ihc stvcct-one of which its front towards the mob, which was probably upwards of a hundred yards distant from tho ouscr division, and the other towards the church.

There was no disturbance at this rims, and no- tliiugtswarrsntsny nppschcnsion. Thcuudlcnos wars quietly dispsrdng. s of which had rsucbsd bcycnd whats the troops wcra stationed. ins and gsntlslllsll) listwssn

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that their contents would over my head, I iuslicd on ; but us I n proaid the right, they |t‘('llll|t' more il«~pri-.ss«- —-and I shall always be umler the iiiipression. that the third or fourth man from the right of the front line lire-cl deli- berntelv at me: so-sin liirn lt'\'t'l his piooe.I sto ped,and,when be ad dischsgped it, suc- ceeded in reacliin the o pnsite do-walk in safety: insmntly sgsrwnrtlli, the bugle sounded the order, “ noose llrin ."