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I-IASZARD’S GAZETTE, JUNE 4.

WLOIIAL LIGIILATIIBI. House or Aasaesanr, Saturday, April 0. I858.

IIIL DAIIAOFB PETITION. (0oatlsesd.)

House in Committee on the Report ‘of the genial Ommithe appointed to report on the

titles of Niel Derrach—Hon. Mr. Jardine in the Chair.

Mr. Men-rsoleer The hon. the Treasurer snyshs hssssen Capt. Cumberlaiid’e Rent Book, and examined, in it. the statement of Niel Dar- rach’s account. I should like to know how long it is since he d’ so.

Hon. Mr. Perl. I did so abouts week or ten

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Ll. wssleav. When the Special Com- mittee questioned Capt. CumberInnd's Agent con- cerning the Rent Books, he said they were in En-

It was then explained that although 0a t. Cumberland tick the original Rent Books wl)th hint to England, he left copies of them here with his t. line. Mr. Lean. One or two hon. members ap r to be extremely anxious to malts out a case in favor of Capt. Cumberland; but, the facts lstely against them, that, with all their ability and ingenuity, greet as they are, they must fail in it attempt. I have listened with mac patience and attention to the elaborate defence of the ‘no on against the Petitioner; but it has failed to convince me of their propriety. To me, it appears, that the object in view, from their commencement, was to die as the Peti- tioner of his farm; and nothing that has been ul- vancsd, in defence or in explanation of the pro- ceedings taken against the poor man, has, in any way, tended to convinssms that it was necessary tsinstitute two actions against him. really indebted to Capt. Cumberland, on account of arrests of Rest, due before the granting of the , and which were recovereb e by law, why washe not proceeded ainst, by one hction for the whole amount, iaetca of beiu by one estion for £84, end then by a second for a f Such a mode of proceeding, even a certain amount of arrears to have been due end recoverable by law, was certainly most oppressive end unjustifiable. Looking fairly and in "all at the whole case; end articularly con- 'ng at the evidence of the lleceipts proves that the Petitioner regular in the merit of his Rents, foreoms years before the granting of the ; end that, under the Lease, he has been punctual and exectis discharging his Rent as it scorned; I am quite at a loss toconceive how any man, on a review of the whole matter, can honest- ly declare that the proceedings telten against him were otherwise then oppressive end unjustifiable. In fact, it appears to me that the poor man has hssnvsry ernelly end unjustly dealt with. By hie own labour, he has converted a wilderness intoe ‘glued farm; end. as it seems to me, e design was to dhpceaees him, for the purpose of having an opportunity to rs-let the farm at an advanced Rent. so as to include the interest of the value of his improvements; and, by means of the success- ful prosecution of this design. the Petitioner, at the advanced age of 73 years, has been fleeced of a large amount, and deprived of ell that he had realised by a long course of nnremitted toil and care. We have been told that there is reason to suspect that the Special Committee have been eetusted by a desire to damage the professional reputation of the lawyers who were connected with the ease of the Petitioner; end that some

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' other members of the House appear to be influenced

:y'perecoal prejudices which incline them to adopt sustain the views of the Special Committee, without due enquiry into the merits of the ease. sash imputstions are, however, I think, altogether unwarranted. The Special Committee have done no re then it wee incumbent u n them to do: they have dnly enquired into the acts of the case, a faithfully reported to the House concerning them. And if, since the House has been engaged in deliberating upon that Raptor. some hon. mem- bers have honestly stated their convictions, as t facts of the case which have been hrong t under their notice. in doing so-—how un- favourable soever thcee convietione may be, either as in the lsvzyprs or the land|ord—in openly dsol ng thsm,wi ut heeitetion or disguise, the

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they owe to are duly influenced by a sense of whet they owe to the pen is, es the chosen guardians of their rights, they will never allow any considerations of pri- vate relations, to bias their minds with respect to any enquiries or questions, their investigations or decisions concerning which may directly end as- rionsly eflhct any individual member or class of the community. The ease now before us is one, which—elthough we knew it to be the only one the which has ever occurred in the Island, —would forcihl demand investig eton at our hands; but which,—w n we have reason to believe it to he s more specimen oppressive character ofths proceedings which are, too often, had re- sesiseto; or coercion o:r:e.i:ante in this Ca-

.—iiupesstivsly requires us, as we

serobligstissscfdstytoths ple,nctonya thoroug investigation, but a f lend undisguised declaration of our sentiments concerning it, to the end that our exposure‘ end czndqninttjon of the precesdia smsy,sntsone an ,m etsnants ' and on the other, deter landlords end

any of thdr tsnenb who may, unfortunately, b: teomtiehisthsirpowsr. 8omsth' as ' h way o‘fh.an attsm to ehew that towards the

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value tenant has ruined means at tws suite atlaw (instituted on behalf hlsIendisrd.)end the judgments thereon ebbin-

ed agent him, lrst, tlirougotho

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thereon, or which will amount to the same thing, to pay an increased rent according to the value of the farm enhanced by those tru- provcments." Iftho father had not been depri-

ved of hie farm and in improvements, _v 'ustihble harshnem of the proceedings enfor- against him, 0 rm and the improve- ments would. most likely, have descended. as a l old inherihncc, at the original rent, to the son. They who can discover leuity or indulgence iri_thls, must surely have very strange conceptions of severit . The case has been very properly brought be ore the House; end, notwithstanding all that has been advanced to the contrary, by the hon. and learned member for Charlottetown _and the Hon. the Treasurer, I am of opinion, and msinhin, not only that the House a right to institute the most searching enquiry

into the facts of the case, but that it is their sitive duty to do so. I hold—_—and I am not sin- gular in that res t.—thst not only have the t body of the people a right to bring before in House, with a view to ress, any general rievanoe which presses upon them : but that it is also the privilege of every individual amongst them to appeal to us for the notification of any private wrong, for which no rcmed can be ob- tained by ordinary rocecdinge in e Courts of Law ; and that, wi respectto every such case, so brought before us, it is our duty patiently to listen and earnestly to enquire into it, for the urposc of rectifying, if possible, whet we may grid to be wrong in it; or, if we find that we cannot positively remedy the evil, that we may efiect something beneficial by remonstranoe, or by a manifestation of our determination to op- so whatever is unjust, whether it may afoot the people generally, or merely one class, or one indivi’ ‘ “‘ ‘ _ “ P ‘ less, in our proceedings, of the position in so- ciety o to] Wllolll our censure or condem- nation ma 'ust a . Y J in Pg‘?!

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r. no. ug was, at first, inclined to think, that the pecial Committee had, as respects the roceedings on the pert of the Plaintifi in t is case, taken a more unfavour- able view of the whole ehir, then a full and impartial investigation of facts could 'ustify, I am now satisfied that their Report is ully sus- tained b undeniable evidence ; end, elthou hI am not avourable to our throwing open a cor for the admission of a representation of every real or imaginary private gricvance—for, if we did, our labours in that way would be endless- I am now, I freely confess, very glad that this case has been brought before us. I think the proceedings altogether are the most tyrannical and unjustifiable of the kind that have ever been brought to light in the Island. Indeed, I do not think that a more harsh and unfceling thing was ever done by a landlord to a tenant in any country. I myself do not know much of Capt. Cumberland personally ; but I understand that, although thought to be somewhat eccentric in his ways, he is nerelly accounted a man of a very generous isposition. ' however, in this case, against a poor man upwards of seven years of age, are such as no men of common umanit or conscience could ado t : and they may serve to show the tenantry w t treatment they may ex t to receive when, by their own refractory spirit, they drive out of the country landlords who would deal leniently with them, if encou- ragcd to do so by a willing com liance, accord- ing tc circumstanccs,with their ir demands on account ofltent. With respect to the alleged arrears of Rent in this case, admitting them to have been due, it was most cruel to attempt the enforcement of their payment in the way pur- sued; and, considered, no men of any conscience woul have done it. The ahir would not have had quite so bad a look if it had been pro r old man to for- 've him one _ at he would agree to pay the other half, as I believe landlords very 0 ton do : but altogether, it shows whet some people would do if they had power. (To be continued.) R. B. Iaviiio, Reporter.

GLIAIIIGS PROM LAT! PAPERS.

A TEMPEST IN PARLIAMENT.

‘Ties long time since the ordinary gravity and decorm of the debates in Parliament have been interrupted by any of those heats of tem- per, explosions of spleen, or violances of r- sonality, with which men even of the a test temperament, and most reverend demeanour, are occasionally hurried, when they enga in the strife of argument, and the conflict 0 dis- ' For months and months the dilibera- tions of the Legislature have been conducted with unbroken order, and unmitigated dulness. Not so much as a joke even has escaped the ii of any Member of either House, to relieve t e heavy riionoton of the strict propriety which reigned aroan . A solemn sobriety has vern- ed the tongues of every speaker, and a correctness mar ed e progress of eve A few evenings ago, however, a this became suddenly c , the H of Commons, from being the temple of all the Gravities and all the Proprieties, was in a mo- ment converted into a scene rivalling and dis- cord and confusion,eny th' that ever was enacted it is classic sod of Donnybrook Fair. a flourish of shill has not been witnessed for meuya da , ci in or out of Parliament. In a word, rs was a genu- ine Irish row.

Itaroseinthiswe . 'l'hcIIonsewasincom- mitbe on Ways and eene,end wasen in discussin the Govsrnmentlprqpoeal for extend- ing the come-mxtolre ti . Severellrish Members had taken part in the debate, and had declared themselves for or against the proposi- tion, according to estimate which they were led to form of its policy or inipoliey. At length Mr. Dnfi nose, and after exp himself warmly and ener finally aplnst the extension ofthe bx to Ir£nd,hs went on to my “I don't know how no man Irish Men ve been persuaded to vote siiss. Some few of them I dare say on ‘entice! motives; but will as ,cn the other hand, withoute boeitstl . that short

cxpe ence of r _ eat been, I think in the worst days of Walpole and Pelham more scandalous corruption

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to e poo hhlf of the arrears, on condition ed

general roar which b this time had extended itself to all parts of e House, that the words used b the Member for New Ross “ be taken down.’ This proposition was at once received ' Mr. Duly again , but was instantly es’sailed

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essayed to s with seionate cries of “ name, name.‘ . will name," at length he was heard to an “ if the Chairman calls upon me to do so." here was now a general cry of “ Chair, Chair." The Chairman accordin ly rose and inquired of Mr. J. Ball whether he intended to press his motion that Mr. Du ‘n words be taken down. “ Cer- tainly I do,’ re lied the irate Ball. “ What then are the wor s 1" said the Chairman. The apparent simplicity of this question was _too much for the gravity of the House, and elicited a shout of lati hter. “The words," said Mr. Bell, " were ose, I will write them down.- ‘ that the st corruption ever practised in the days 0 the Walpoles and tho Pelhams had been ractised under his own eyes upon the Irish hllembers of the House’—-those, sir, were the words or the subsmnoc of the words used by the Member for New Ross, and havin now written them on this slip of paper,I g to place them in your hen s, an to move that they be formally ' taken down.’ ” The Chair- man ' read the words from the chair, in the midst of loud and general cheering, in-

uircd of Mr. Duly whether he admitted that t ose were the words he had used. Mr. Du replied “ they are not identically the words,but y are so near that I do not quarrel with them.” The idea of .lu‘.r liaving‘any quarrel with the words was again more t ii t a gravity of the House could endure, and roar upon roar of laughter resounded from every quarter. “ The question, then, that I have to put" said the Chairman, “is, that these words be taken down.” he position of the member for New Ross was now becoming formidable; because, if his own words were taken down, he would immediately become amenable to the most strin- gent of those laws by which the House pro- scrves the order and decorum of its p ings. An attempt was strongly made to effect a resto- ration of peace by means ofoonceseion and con- ciliation.

Sir D. Nor-reys rose to express his conviction that the ofisnsivc words had only escaped Member for New Ross in the beat of debate, and that they were not deliberately designed to insult any of the Members of the House. He trusted, therefore, that the hon. gentleman would see the propriety of withdrawing them. To this wall mount appeal Mr. Duffy turned a deaf car-—he remained silent and innexorable. The confusion of the scene was now probably at its height, and it was in no degree diminished when Lord John Russell, after a brief review of the circumstance under which the words had been used, said: “ Iown it seems tome that the committee in ncral, and the Irish Members in particular, have a ri lit to consider that the hon. Member for New ose has intro- duced words into the debate whch he is totally unable to prove, and that his object in so intro- ducing them was to affix a stigma upon the re- presentatives of Ireland which they do not de- serve." This announcement of o inion was received with uproarious cheering rom all the Irish Members sitting on the Ministerial side of the House. “ Nevertheless" added Lord John Russel, “ as the matter now stands I con- sider it woul I! better for the committee to treat the hon. Member‘s words with contempt, and to take no further notice of them.” A vociferous cheer marked the general assent of the House to this contemptuous ro ‘tion. Lucas here ate forward _ eln gav‘t‘iiir-

a rocese o sue s is es in to e yw P t n y hgdme righm belblfend at any thin Mr. Dufy had said ; but his inter- position 0 y increased the storm it was intend-

to allay. It would be scarcely possible to pursue the scene through all the tumult which ollowed. Mr. Philmorc and Mr. Otway thought that the Member for New Ross ought to be called upon to ofier an immediate explanation. _Mr. D’Israeli warned the House to be cautious in the proceedings they adopted, last it should _e an inconvenient ent hereafter. Ila ppinted out too that ere was a wide dis- tinction to be drawn between the itllc tion of corrupt motives in individuals, and o corru t conduct in a Government. The former wou d undoubtedly be disorder! —the latter not so. It was unoerhin in whic of these two senses the words used by Mr. Du had been employed. The House, therefore, should take heed how it proceed in th met r. Lord Palmerston generously urged Mr. D to relieve himself and the ousc from an em rrassincnt painful to all, by withdrawing the oflensive words and expressing his react for having used them. " hat,” said his rdship “ is the course whch I should take myself, if in the course of debate, I had let drop any words imputing dishonour- able conduct to honourable men ; and I venture to en t to the hon. Member that he will con- sult tter what is due to himself, as well as wlmt is due to the representatives of his country,

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not mean deliberately and seriously to impure dishonoureble conduct to any Irish Member of is House.” The manly pro riety of the co suggested was obvious to every- body; but Mr. uly cbstinetcly declined to adopt it. f'I am smyoung Member of the House," mid he, “ I may have got myself into a position of some diflcu from being ignt_ir_an of its‘forms. There is, owever, one position which I shall not t into—I will never thin ." The boldness of served to renew the storm which for a few moments had partially abated, and which now grew to be a rfeot hurricane. Itsfiiry was even e vs by the sentences which ollowed. “I , ’ said Mr. Du , “ it is the opinion of the House that I shou d give it information of the hots which led my mind to the conclusion I have ex need em 've tlmt information. Illron the contra , it the of the House that I should dsc re what I said untrue, then, whatever may be the consequences. I decline to do so, and I await the consequences, without fear.” At len , after e vast deal of further confusion and tn- ltult. the question that “ the words he hkeu down" was put byhothe Chairman and carried aoolamatia. Committee of Ways and

H." “N, '1 _ie which the House had been sittin u Iris£.Merebsrs " Here the haynbepn 3E.€_u¢li0 &9:.h:fwf:;'III:ud ,and in ‘MI! I0 huh M. fozlpon um :::'b:, which the Member for sw had ‘deed. =~«- ,, e -1» “‘"'»° --~ -I» .. .. ...°'.’*:.:i.':‘:. ‘:.°.'°""- W" ' ’ V 0 0 Ol 23:? ..ri.a....'ii.. ...Ki'."2ii.’3"..."3..ii"'l.. tI-- Ir but: it an ghmdn up hit “by, 1; Q 533 would give hllifinsslsct coinil he lwss allowed In becode r hb.i‘a’,'¢. ; as If thet. the rustle hevlughssntskeii notice of, the mchhnngmun ohm‘. m besltbsrrstrsc orexplainedto thstltisths wish ofthc thetlsho ">0 How. If 0- ho-~ an am am not umelispersoestowhsmlheveslluded Ci-so-diode-It!-or. donldb-In-duty. .s.ua.....-’ 0 the tie. Vincent Isslly evvwdlnsmle --I fir-onl-Bovm rose to order, andmitlydsmandsd to be f'ersi- "l“l'"'o "‘ I‘ 5“ “"3" “W 30"‘ ‘WV ed whether such language as Mr. Dfi [ml dstermhe wlmt course it would t. nsedwastobetcleratsd. Nosnswer re- D"l“°?“lll!N'°fi'°llIi||0|¢ 300010 hnd,o,l,,.j,,.,,,,,,’g,,.'u,_g_h[{g,. IIoess.Al andsscrndesoussion 3.,“-,.,,-,,,.o.,j,".,,,.¢ 5 ‘mdg. sesnsdsseifissssrsew thsloussshould

pursue, which finally terminated in an adjourn- ment of the question to the following day, when Mr. Duffy was ordered to attend in iis place

ITALY AS IT IS.

The London Times has the following letter, dated Rome, April l4:—'I‘he Count de Chsmbord has addressed what his friends call a very sturge- tic letter to Pius IX., reinonitrating against his l{oliuess’s eetictloiiing, by oflicisling at the euro- nation of Louis Napoleon, e guveruiiisttt origitist- ing in revolution, and diametrically opposed to the law of divine right. 'I his is not the first attempt to wound the amourpr of cute Napoleon from the same quarter; the Countess dc Chsmbord is said to have been the principal instigator of the o position to his marriage wit the Princess of

sea; and now, ofcourse, the Cabinet of Vienna has approved this irritating document. Here, in Rome, a proclamation has been issued within the last few days from a secret society, calling on their countrymen to join under the banner of ‘ lo- depsndence.’ With the rallying cry of " Out with the barbarians," it eiijoins them to be war-

discuseicn on minor objects until this most desire- ble consummation be attained. hough it has evowedly failed in at once giving any thing lilse general satisfaction to the various parties it was intended to cement, yet the strenuous efforts made by the government, through their spice, to disco- ver the authors, show how dangerous sucha move is considered; and as the appeal is more to the good sense than the passions of the people, there is every chance of its becoming popular by diges-

' . ' be same spirit has long prevailed among the most enlightened patriots ol Central Italy, and is now fest spreading in all parts, and through all ranks; so that, should an outbreak occur between Austria and another power, it would probably be regarded as a pious duty in Italians to join the ranks of her enemies; and we may expect to see in Italy a guerilla war as sangninsr as the French suffered from, in the Spanish eninsula. Still Austria continues to oppress and bully, as though no day of reckoning for her could ever possibly arrive; and every post brings reports of stranguletiens, and confiscations, and forced con-