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occa med impl ‘ OftH ful c, you Q least . Peon; news ofth shoul cess i We on. W] and ii;- the sui. pier-o sed th a cert t'lZetl

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thrown down to him, ‘andh‘te friend, the hon. member for King": County (Mr. Cooper). ‘ ' ‘ ,

Mr. A. Macnux said» lie thought lieknew Ballast as well as his hon. colleague, and liisopiuiqn was, thatthe poly way to nie‘kc the teuau‘trfcontented humid-viva mangoes! tends? it'be did so, he would find them good t’éuantsflrut until then: he would find them discontented. How can it be expected that contentment can prevail under such iniquitous terms as a lease of2l. years, for wilderness lanthgnd full rent after two years" occupancy? [lo (Mr. Macleau) considered that

. the arguments advanced against his lion. colloagne,_as Well

as those eftlie hon. member tor'Cbai'lqtteto'vvit, clihrgiiifthén lesc'licators with being thereause'roflthes‘e oppi‘dssivo‘terngi were wholly without foundation. Vina it the esclieators thatiu- duced Mr. Worrell to givethe short leases which Mr. Douse acknowledges he gives? 1;: August, 1803, two vessels load- ed with emigrants from the Isle of Skye arrived at liollast, and they all purchased their land from the Earl of Selkirk, with one or two exceptions. These individuals put the colony to no ex reuse. ' ' Mr. Fauna iad heard some lion. members assert that there were no distrains for rent to any amount throughout the Island; but he knew full ten distruints for rent within tbur or five miles of the district in which he lived; and the‘ person distrained on offered cattle to the amount, but no: thing would do but money; so that it was useless to say there was no distress., He (M r. Fraser)nEVertheless thought the proprietors were not half as bad as‘tbe agents. He did not think the address was sufficiently extensive in its details. ‘Hou. J. S. MACDONALD said he had already acknowledged that distress exists throughout the country, and extends, in some measure, to every otherclass as well as to the, farm- ers. In all countries, rents will sometimes fall in arrear, and people will often finditdifficult to meet their engage- ments. Many attempts were made in the former House 3;, ' remedy the grievances complained of by the img'l,',e_ E's; cheuthad been tried, but that was unsticceg f”); The pm- chase ofthe rights ofthe proprietors had been tried, but it also had fililell- “'3 “’93 convinced that embodying the substance oftliose Resolutions already agreezl‘to in an Atl-l dress to Her Majesty’s Government, bcsccchiug ~them to intercedc with the proprietors, to‘ induce them to cancel the back rents, and take produce in rent, was the best method {Willlln the “power oftlie House to pursue at present for the good of the Colony, and for the benefit ofthe tennutry. lle

had prepared a Resolution, which he intended to submit to [More Mr.-Douse took up the evidence, and rontl several im—

tbe consideratiouufthe House; bdtus the substance ofit was taken up in the Resolutions already agreed to, he Would decline submitting it.

Mr. Macm'rostr would willingly give credit, where credit was due, and the hon.‘Spcakcr deserved credit, (as agent, for ‘ the terms be had given his tenants; and he wished) there were more like. him in this respect. in King’s County, on Lots 41 and 42, a tract‘ of’4C,000 acres, there are only) seven legal leases; the other settlers have no security for” .tbeir improvements; indeed, they were only tenantsat will; and this is all the fault oftlie proprietor. A rent oftwo

shillings an acre is demanded. Some of those persons have ) lmive torrhe pitch; in the Sleigh

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, this committee; but, in common justice to that" individual,

pg; . . . -i x: ; . ,will show the people how little heed they oughtfigtake

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dhe efiéct of dieebiising theftsmiutls, n ‘ leaching Hagm to jtinco a right value on who eiitLeavot‘ir to decivgijthemg itde \M'fihfiie hitg’réetid; '_: vs in so doidg. 'IEbis mass rubbish: this “intuit-timer, ‘hatever it may be termed, is» not according to the evidence. [Here the hon. Speaker enumerated what be conceived to he some oftlio priuci til

charges against the Solicitor General not proved. llis mind now was (p ito _ cleagcgl of; the mist that ,sip'rounded it,_ for from 'what tinityieurd, again and againfii‘r‘t this; ones, be .bad 1' haddiis "flou "ts ,‘ribut' not to have entertained them; and he believed the Solicitor) General was prepared to prove thatEleveu-Pounds .was the. whole amount he had received ofthe tenantry on the great, tract of land for which he. is agent, during the whole tiinc

he’bas acted in that capacity. Mr. Stewart’s management

he had an unfavorable opinion of, previous to the sitting 0f

be most nuhesitatiugly declared his opinion to be considera- bly altered. They were not borne out by the evidence in l the accusations so repeatedly preferred against the Hou.t Solicitor? General, and if no other member would move. a Resolution, he would, to the efi'ectgtbat the Committee had failed to confirm their statements by sulficient evidence.

coach-touts: ' aft/crate. .

i of what alie‘yheard. He (tbe’SpeakerHi ed it‘fiivbuld have’fl

‘ 5 ' t z s u- it rs. discrepancies] Justice demanded thattliev should declare is aSAGOIl'Teme‘l Wllh “3mm” “"1 ‘l d ‘3

inow he thSxCOfi'VlHCEdJIB bug’bt ple “.55! departed”

wliich‘i'caunot besuccesstoily‘disputcd, fro inquire into’rn’at- ters between man and iuan,.relntive to so weigliiymid pnb-_.

lie i ridiculous .-in the hon. Palmer) to iusinu Hon. the Solicitor General, the

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er we” labgtirs yvem’losed, agothing whatever Emacs,

ible iviftli'their pi-evgo is'iateiiienta snipe "otéfin evidenfi'ql) Au attéflll“ had bee?! ma.»-

to evade thoépou ')y.10i. eon ' «i an conclusio gram st .libi1’eV‘EJj,__ are, its me 0 Y . I .. . .,.. _,..» inexcusablei‘and higiljpensur ,~iu taking up thong: ot'ihe louse, and causing so great a waste of the public mouev. There is not an iota ot'evitlence against the Sub- Fitpr General, whose proceedings they were to inquire into,

Mr. RAE remarked, that the question he wished answered was, whether or not this was a constitutionally appointed . P . w . .

7Ctimrr’fittee ? fl ' {

dicouybnd find what} they , ' Laury- ‘tirl’tfiy [flimséd idright to call parties before them ; but he did not say that power

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was reposedju.a..Cotnniit,Lse.29. inflict punishment; butawe -

may represent persons found to be acting: wrong to those iwl'itwuiploy them. Helium Rae).cot_tld_ poiiirout, from the Journals ofthc' House of Co‘n‘lnlons, who‘re filty persons Sl- milul‘ly situated have been examined. \Ve have a right,l

ie tithing as the land ofthis'Colony. ' It Was absurd a member for Charlottetown: (Mr.

l’m'ii. member slightly touched‘upou the stateui‘entsmade

Mr. Dense said that althouin such a Report gave. him no I by the hon. member for'Kiug’s County (Mr. Cooper),ywhicb,‘

its result must cause a great disappointt’rieht to its majority, and to their constituenciesiu the Colon-y. Sommmng, surely. was expected, afterthc i-epualzii accusations made by the [10"? "lefllllef fur. Coopf‘l')aiitl his friends against the whole bO‘l)’ Offpropriemrs and their Agents, but more especially “7'17"” the Solicitor General and Mr. Morpctb, iIi such cupm

s'nrpriz‘e, lm bemg 0|”? i” “10 m'mOI'llY “film cu'illnlftce. yet l in some degree,tcudsd'to exonerate the hon. member from

I I an intention of mtsrcpresentation. l'le*(li1r.. V ” think the Solicitor Gei‘iet‘al’s_conduct was quite so white/as snow, tliouglrlie would admit nothing vei‘ymppres‘alve had been proved. Yet __ I ’_ . ' are put off, front time to tune, and have not receivedtheir often promised leases. _ _ ._ _ "fries; It was natural for some hou. members to inferthat deuce to Show that we werefully w-itn'unwd In gomgvlnto

' Committee. ’ ‘

with patience, time would bring all their imputatioiis to light. It was only to sand for a host of witnesses to prove this, and all would he settled. llowcver,‘ 'thu’iriajorily of such Coiiiinitteo, in this instance, failed, and it has curled, as, be bad premised, in “smoke.” Au epitome of such evi- dence being introduced, without any comments on the indi- l viduals alluded to, in the shape ofa Report, shows this to be a total tiiilure in agitation; but he would go farther,and state that such epitome was ampsch and incorrect, and did not con- tain main ofthe' very ca :iitial parts ol the evidence tatkCll.i

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portaut questions and answers, in proofoftliis.) Nothing was reported of M r. Adaiiis’s (the first witness) being a man in good circumstances, or of his having asked £1600 for his property gt but his inability to pay £9 153. 7d. Currency, per auuuin, rent, was not forgotten. \Vhat became ofthc second witness, Mr. llugli Macintosh’s, he made in giving his evidence?

,letting him off: for £7 rent in full, for 1401' 15 years’ occu-

pation ofGO acres of land, at is. Sty. per acre. Then, again, some important parts of Messrs. Henderson’s evidence, re- Tbeir statements were

improve“ 40 an“ Orwell” I‘lndyflnd ym they “3V3 “0 EeCU-lcleur and distinct. It is admitted that these said pistols,

-rity for it. ls this the way to encourage the people? Mr. | which have been .so much alluded to, as the dreaded instru-

Douse had alluded. to preaching: He had perhaps forgotten that be (Mr. Macintosh) had-preached iu‘Belfast, and 'ttgain lid miglit‘fiud him holding forth in that quarter.

Mr. RAE said, he was aware that 70 writs were issued for rent from one agent; and he thought, if he enquired further, he would find more. [to was sorry Mr. Cooper had called for the Com'tuit'ec; but he Rae) \vus dragged into it. He would not, howevor, take the evidence before the Corn- niittee as a sufficient illustration ofthe state ofthe Colour.

He had heard that such a thing as a Black V Book existed ’

among the agents, which they were glad to get rid of, and

, he thought, iftlieir Letlgers were thrown open to the ptiblic

inspection, a scene ofgreater chicancry would be unfolded

< than ever was exhibited in the Lower Provinces.

Thephairman then reported progress, and asked leave to sit again.

I Apart. 8.

Mr. Coorsn reported, from the Special Committee ap- pointed to inquire into the proceedings of the Solicitor General, taken against the Tenantry and Squhtters, in his capacity as Land Agent; and also into the inauueriu which the Agents of Mr. David Stewart are settling the inhabi- tnnts upon the Lands claimed by him.

The [ion Mr. Panusn said he woulddetain the House but. a short time to comment on the matter at length submitted

> to theircous'deration. This Conunittee was granted fora

specific purpose—to exa'iiine'tlie Hon. the Solicitor General and Mr. Morpth touching their conduct as Laud Agents. He (Mr. Palmer) Was not in his place when this Committee Was granted, or he would have opposed it as stroneg as Parliamentary language would have allOWed him. He op- posed the measure because the House possessed not the right tovpry into the private afi'airs ol'individualsT; it was in direct opposition to the spirit of the Constitution. 'W'e do not constitute a Star Chamber. And has not this Committee deviated from theiutcnded purpose? It has. "one into a 'great mass of evidence wide of the question.a Surveyors have been questioned as to who and for what they had sur- veyed certain estates. A great number ofteiiauts likewise ' had passed the iuquisition, and he would now ask thorn what they intended to do? Wore they going to turn one man out of his farm, and put another in? They had gone into cases’ oflitigution, performance and non-per'formaece‘ofagreemciitS' but in no case do they"come to the point. They ought noty to have been allowed to take cognizance of much that tliev have gone ‘into. lt 15‘s most iriigtiitous proceeding, and hi: could not lorbeur saying it exhibited great ignorance in the House; and he protested against the idea oftheir beitw the proper tribunal to decide on those private matters [llejllad gone into., He again asked them, what was their intchtion particularly as to the Hon. the Solicitor General? They ought to‘ say whether he is culpable or not—guilty or not guilty ol the charges so profusely heaped upon him by cer- taut lion. members, in their places in this House,“ _ Mr. Coorsu contended that reports hadlzgmie home tend: mg to deceive the Government, and the «House (mum m ‘10 into the real state ofthu Colony, in 0,;er w conirufiicnhem. , “13 09mm" “"3: "[3! the Rel’°",i§l‘tould be transmitted with » the Address lil'eVIOllSll' agreed to; then the Government could fof‘m “3'” 9”” ld'efl-‘i as to whether there were, or were not glariugacts of oppression chargeable to the Hon. the Soli- , citorGenerol. We know the hardships many suffer. It may be “wild, bl“ IS.” r.tpiity orjustice? Is the Island settled in accordance With the original grants? No, it is not; and thev follltl 110K gay it was. The Home Governmentshould be piit in possession of the fact that many of those who have im- Pl'O'ed Luis Colony are liable to be ejected, and consequently .to loss tlie'whole of their many years’ had labour. is this a gym; oftbmgs that ought to be tolerated? And yet the lion. Speaker would tell us they were wrong doers in settling thereon, and another hon. member questions our. right to 'enquire into such matters, We are taunted with not havint‘v produced much against the Solicitor General: can bona. members be in earnest, when they themselves have success—

fully resisted our going into a personal examination of that

dion. individual? . i

I The Hon. the SPEAKER said that ofall the documents he died ever seen, this was the most remarkable. Such a jum- ble of trash he had never, upon any previous occasion, peru- sed. lfnny discovery had been made, why not lay it before 1the house? “on. members could not forget the pathetic appeal the hon. member for King’s Coniin (Mr. Cooper) made to this House, on alluding to the treatment, by the Hon. the Solicitor General, as land agent, of. a poor man With a family of “ten children. He (the Speaker) need not repeat the cruelty said to have been practised upon that family; but how bad it turned out? Just as many other -eruelties that We have heard so much of—it amounted to just nothing at all. Not u single fact did they make out, to call down censure on the head ofthe Solicitor General, whom he(thc Speaker) must now consider as havingbeen grossly caluibniated; and the Committee ought to have known their duty. and have exonerated him from the accli- lations by which it was so unjustly attempted to affix a stig- ma on his character. Ho could not express liiiiieelf other. wise. it ought to go'abrosd. Yes, it shall go abroad; it

‘meuts, were not even kept under lock, but that any person entering;r the barn where” the sluiin was might have taken them amiy. So much for the safe keeping ofpistols used in the collection of rents. He would state that were he 'unac- quaiittetlwvitli Mr. Peters, he should have almost thought lthat he must have given the hon. member (Mr. Cooper) 3 very handsmno fee for the very great pains taken by him to establish his character; or rather, that the understanding was, ifthe hon. member (Mr. Cooper).would act Vindicator in his beliulfin this House, the Solicitor General would re- turn him the compliment in a Court ofLaw, should any matter arise which might compel his attendance there for the very many ériiiies of slander he has committed against others. However, viewing the length oftiine the Committee have been occupied, and the great host ofwituessesexnmin- ed, one might have, almost fancied smoothing ofthe kind-bad happened: but the most serious part yet remains to be told, namely, the large amount ofexpeuse incurred in this'ueless proreedinft. The barren Report proves effectually that the lion. members (Mr. Cooper and Mr. Rae) have been using: every effort to deceive the House, through the whole of this Session, by endeavouring to create excitement out pfit; but the time has come lwhen the Colony will no longer be delud- ed by such extravagant, and, he Would add, ridiculous men, and their wild, visionary and expensive measures.

The Hon. the SPEAKER said the expenses ofthis useless examination will not cost the country less than from Two to Three hundred Pounds. He’(the Speaker) did not envy the

considerable credit was due to the hon. member who had

ma cums,

it must, be admitted that tlio'tenantry

It was 'veryeasy to,produco evi-

Thc homilie» Spmitan felt bound to acknowledge that

just resumed his seat, forthe taut be displayed to‘c‘lear hurr- self; and it Seemed now pretty evident the lion. member was disgusted with the Committee ovary few days after its formation. It was appointed to examine into "transaction: alleged to have been committed by the Solicitor General. Relin‘tant as was the hon. iiieinbei‘(Mr. Rae) to acknow- ledge his shame in being a part and parcel oftbis ev’er—to-be- rciiicmberetl inquisition it [was ‘a' fact that alter the laps‘c of a few days, the lion. ineiribercoased to he'active.

' The hon, member for King’s County (Mr. Cooper)v_imagines.vbe can perceive a loop-hole whereut to creep out, because, torsootb, the hon. individual (the Solicitor General).w:as notexmrnp~ oil by this tribunal ;. but. it was unfortunatefor him that m

statement, and the blunders) Committee b’e'did not wish such to take place, though the Nothing was stated as to hm)- , M I V . Mr. Peters having extended his lllIEl'2ilil’y towards him, by should ; so that ‘thi seems to be an alter-thought ol the hon.

member for Belfast (M r. Dense) was desirous that it

member, who, iflie Were not ashamed of tho'tliing, belthe Speaker) believed he was the o'i’ily" one on the Committee. who was not. He this however as it"i‘nay,‘ he ought teac- knowledge his fault, and iftbis course is not taken, v‘veniuet, do it for him. 5 i ‘ , 1 ‘ L 1 _ The Hon. .Mr. PALMER said, ifftbe Committee wishedto find out the enormousland numerous grievanceswe hear so much about, they should have shaped their. resolution ‘ ac- cordingly. When the hon.member for Prince County (Mr. Rae) goes into the evidence submitted to the House Ol'COm- nions, relative-to the Duke of Argyle,-it» will be found ,to turn out, asvtliis has, very different to what some wished, and had state'tl——he would not say expected. Now, said the Hon. Mr. Palmer, let us see whether'tbe hon. member (hi r. Rae) or myself have: been guilty of sophistry. [Herc the hon. member read from the Journals the purpose fur which

the Committee was appointed for a specific purpose, and not for that general enquiry they had gone into ;, and who- th‘eror not they now say the 'charges against the solicitor General are disproved, be (Mr. Palmer) was convinced he stood'couipletely acquitted.

Mr. RAE said the hon. member for Charlottetown (Mr. Palmer) had before told us the Committee was not in itc- cordauce with the spirit ofthe Constitution. Now he says it was for the purpose ofproviug charges made against the

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‘ The Court", we believe, cannot dissolved? Pd 'stands adjourned ‘Imtil'Satu'vdav mm» "1‘ i4

, . the Snmers mutiny, and wlio was brought to ato that, we were immune to convict the ,yenerday cumuwnced- angucfinh ,amimmdm‘, i“ ' or‘lm'“{d Pums‘h lllm' ' Here false imprisonment, in damageaifq $102990. ' E.

are completely embargood. Several same predictinient.

seen at St. Thomas on ?the . 2d Vofthepa I brilliant as to .cause considerable ‘wolarmi‘ 9;. A3 shock ofan earthquake was alsovfelt-atsatx, 5th ult., about half past niue‘o’cloclesatrn’ " damage done} ‘ ‘ z =

. much excitement in the'City. as thisfppigizs

the Corninittee was granted] Froui‘t'liis 'it. appeared that p

to"; . - §;Mr. Ran wgffully page been exafliirggod, I? :C

his having y vedzjtiot'hig‘a Va ’ been iiifogd. it age" > a fiat the exam" ion (mun. , , into, but that he knew of e q M, m

place, the hon. member for Charlottetown (M' r v (Mr. Rae) could be allowed to use an old a the cudgels and beat us out ofthe field.” U “ cumstancee, he dwas rather at a loss to'knw‘ triuin )liyconsisge , owsoyai n ‘rwt a; " ‘ i "‘ ' l3“ corfiic‘:r ’ ‘ “ 0:13.th

New YoRK, Apri a, Court Martial which has been occupied for fmnh trial ofCommandnv Mackenzie, closed on mitted its proceedings and judgment to We. fiance 0f<illo'rflul)li0"will lie-imuntifm

We are informed that McK‘ihlcy; one oftho m

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. ‘ -.i.- 3;, Tue Comsrr is THE WEST, I nus. ,

Socorro Eanrnquan’p in TE! ‘Wzstr _ shock pl'an cartliqui‘ike’was experi‘e‘n‘nfid the' 3rd ult. A captain of “mouth Island at the time states that it' eboch severity, that it jwas with diffic . it feet. ,A dense cloudofsmokeas Bas'seterr'e, and serious ‘ " oftliat places It was quite