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that neither as gentlemen, a3 men of intelligence or education were they enitied to the privilezes and advantages of Self or Responsible Government. The Aon. member read from the Despatch a. fullows:: “Her Majesty’s Government have now had, for some time, under their serious consideration, the question tn what manner tae Government of Prince Edward island may be best conducted, with a view to the general interest of the people; and especially whether it would be advisabie to introduce the system commonly known in Her Majesty’s North Ainerican Colonies by the name of Responsible Government. ‘The introduction of this sytem into the other Calenies, has been in every in-

zace, a work of time”—And 80, the hon. member observed, had the agitation for its introduction been « werk of time here; for it Was now ten years since that agitation was commenced; and throughout that period, she question had never, for any serious lengih of tine been allowed te remain unagitated.) He ther resumed the reading of the Despatch as follows:

“The introduction of this system into other Colonies bas been, in every instdnce; a work of time, and has been postponed until the gradual increase of the coim- raunity in wealth, nu nber, and importance, appeared: o fustify it. It appears to me essential with a view to the guceess of the sysiem in question, that the Colony. ehould possess a sufficient number of inhabitants so qualified. by property, intelligence and education, and by the enjoyment of a certain amount of leisure, who are willing to attend to public objects, that each of the

iti rties into which society thus circumstanced co ly divided, may find itself represented in ‘ne Legislature by competent public men; while in the event of either of those parties obtaining the majority in the Assembly, the officer entrusted with the Adiminis- tration.af the Government of the Colony may experience mo difficulty in forming such an administration as would ciaim the respect of the people. And for these purpos- es individuals thus qualified must not be confined to a single town, but scattered, in some measure, over the face of the country in different -districts. Such is the resent condition, improving by gradual advances, of ‘Mer Majesty's principal continental possessions in North. America.”

Yes, saidthe honorable member, and such was the resent cdndition of Her Maijesty’s Island Colony of vince Edward, although the noble Secretary, Ear! Grey —hoodwinked and deceived by the misrepresenta- tions. inade by diferent Governors influenced by the

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SONG,

They say I’m old, because I’m grey, The aged bard, they now call me!

But grey or green, I boldly say, We’re not old yet, but mean to be.

Though sixty years and ten may doom ‘Tie’d men to rest with worms and me;

With sixty gone, and ten to come, We're not old yet, but mean to be.

My eyes flash flame, my heart is glad, When poor men shake their sides with glee; And though they ery, “Come on, Oid Lad !” We're not old yet, but mean to be.

While soars the skylark high and higher, And bids the mountains wake, to see

How mora can fill my veins with fire, We're uot old yet but mean to be.

Thou brightening cloud, that sail’st afar

W here screams the falcon, wheeling free } Tell yonder fading, winking star,

We're not old yet Sut mean to be.

GALLANT AFFAIR WITH PIRATES ON. THE COAST..OF AFRICA. .

Intelligence having» beer received by Commodore Fanshawe, C. B., that a large piratical force from the Liver Gambia, consisting of slave factors and natives, had seized on aschooner belonging toa British mer- chant near Sierra Leone, and murdered in cold blood three of her crew (two English and one French subject), and that the party had towed the schooner-up the River Gambia, and had the impudence to cffer to release the esse] on the payment of 300 dollars, and it having been ascertained that the steamer could not get up the river to the village or island.of Bassin, where the strength of the piratical foree had congregated, the commodore de- termined to send his boats to liberate the vessel and punish the pirates. He consequently proceeded to the Gambia, with the Centaur, the Teazer, and the Rubis, the latter a French war steamer, going up as far as the river Was navigable for his vessels. He then anchored and despatched the boats of the sqnadron, sending with them a detachment of the 2ad ‘Vest India Regiment,

subordinate Government Officers and the proprietary faction here and in the Mother Country—might be in

in all mastering 270 officers and men, under commaad of Captain Buckle; Liett. Commander Selwyn, of the

general improvement and welfare of the Colony, and; Captain Buckle discovered the schooner, which was

absolute ignorance that such was the fact. Aud, con-| Teazer; First Lieut. Hall, of the Centaur; and the tinued. the hon. member, looking around the House, Commander of the Rubis; and a number of other offi- were a general and just estimate of the character and/Cers not named inthe privare letter, The boats having abilities of the gentiementhen canposing the Assembly) proceeded abumt 12 miles up, found the enemy in strong to be made, it would abund intty refute the Conclusion, rece at the Island and village of Bassin, and Captain, at which the noble Secretary had arrived, in following Buckle was pulling in shore in.bis barge to have a the false giides. with respect to the intelligence of tie | Palaver, when the pirates fired, and Mr A. F. O, Young

pie of tis Colony. Such an estimate would unde-| was most severely woumled, receiving a musket shot niably prove that, ia the present Howse of Assembly, Uirough the body, ‘Phe bouts, having returned the fire the people were represented by canpetent public men from their great guns, pailed in and landed, when, in the —men not selected froma single town ar district, but act of steppiag frou the boat to the shore, Lieutenant. taken from the severat districts of the Islaad at large, | Crockett, Royal Marine Artiilery, was shot dead, and Aad, in consideriag more peculiarly how and of whom Severa! men were wounded ; bat the sailors and soldiers the Assembly was co nposed, he had the satisfaction to Tusiaz on shore soon disper-ed the pirates, whe ran in perceive that a great portion of the mambers almost C¥ery direction into tie “bash,” and were soen-ont of amounting to a majority, were natives of the island; sight, bet not before about 30 were killed, and a number ead he was proud to be able traty to assert. that, wounded, Captain Buckle ordered the village to be smongst their native mem)ers, there were men as able buried, and then collecting his force again proceeded ta legisiate, and to devise and further mergures for the! up the river. About three antes fucther up thea Bassin,

quite ag capihie of heiding ang of the subordin:te off. 82cured in a most safe and impregnable position, if the oes of government, with honor to themselves and bene-| pirates had thought proper to defend. her, which they {it to the people, az any wito could be sevt oat froin the did not do. The sehooner was towed down the river, educated and intelligent. classes in Great Briain; and but it was not till ihe day foliowing the affair that the »y their yotes.upon the Resolution then submitted to expedition joined the squadron. Ip was altogether their consideration, he trusted they wonld, by the ex-/¢ most gallant aiir, aud we hea Captain Buckle ercise of a proper spirit, show how undeserving they Speaks-in the highest terras of «ll the officers and men were of the stigina which had been cast upon them by employed under him, both French and English. Be: Bark Grey. jsides Mr. Crockett killed, and Mr, Young dangerously

The next portion of the Despiteh upon which the \“ounded, two seamen were killed and eight wounded honorable member commented, wes the following :-—« | (tW2 Supposed to be mortally). the others are doing well. think experience has aufitiently Pemonsirared that the Mr. Young was going on favourably ; the captain had systems of administration whieh now exists, is perfectly kindly pat hun.in a cot in his own cabin, This young oompatible with the complete enjoyment, by the inha- £°0tleman willbe eligible to pass ia a month or so, titants of the Colony, of the real benefits of sel(-govern- ‘Tae captain speaks in the most flattering terms of his

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ment.” By what train of reasoning and dependence coaduct on all occasions, Tha captain’s letter is dated

upon facts, the noble Secretary -had arrived at such a Sierra Leone, Dec, 22. The action took place on the con¢lusion, the honorable member declared himself pr_| 222 of the same month. The Centaur was about to terly et.ajosa to determine. ‘I'he only principle of self-| Proceed to the Cape de Verd Islands, where the wound- government in operation. in the Colony, he contihned. ed would have a better chance of recovery. Tie slave waa that of popular representation in one branch of the trade was brisker than ever, particularly about the Legislature: but that was very fir from establishing the Bigits of Benin.

gssertion of Earl Grey, that the intiabitants of the Colony are in the complete enjayment of the real bencdts of| , Hoste Girts.—We find the following in the Cin- self-government, Such-an affirmation was, in truti, as|“e!t -Vonpareil :—We were not long since much

insulting to the people of Prince Edward Island, as ii wes groundless and false. So far indeed were the peo- ple from being in the enjoyment of these benefits, that = wae cot in. theit power to cause to be séperseded or displaced, even for the bast of reasaas. one idividua! enbordinate officer of the Coverauient. The honorable member then commenced a dissection of the Desnateh from arl Grey to the Biecutenant Governor, dated 27th: December, $349, and which we bave already pub. Ned wi. * #

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amused by a couple of Hoosier girls who came on board the steamer——,at the little town of Mount Vernon. They had evidently never been a thousand miles from home, and were making their first trip ina steamboat. Ph . ler was exceedingly talkative, and perfectly free aud unconcerned with regard to the many eyes that were scanning her movements. The-other was of the Opposite turn of mind, inclining to bashfulness, At dinner our ladies were honoured withaseat st the head of the table, and the eldest one, vith her ges! indepen eRGP, CU her keeud inte enadl pedves art vith hey

niee dressing on a plate of beef-steak before her. The passengers preserved their gravity during this operation by dint of great effort. Perceiving that her sister wae not very forward in helping herself, she turned round te her and exclaimed loud enough to be heard by half the table, “Sal, dip itinto the gravy— Dad pays as uch as any on ’em!” This was followed by a genefs! roar, in which the captain led off. ‘The girls arrived at their place of destination before supper, and when they left the boat all hands gave three cheers for the girls of the Hoosier State. :

Watrote Anecpores.—“ That Lilliputian lady, Lady Newhaven, arriving at Tunbridge, desired Mre. Vesey to explain to her and #struct her in the customs and news of the place. A man arrived ringing a bel}. “ Por what?’ said my lady. ‘Oh!’ replied Mrs, Vesey, ‘to notify your arrival.’ At that instant the man bawi- ed out, * At one o’clock, at Mre. Pinchbeck’s great room, will be shown the surprising tall woman.’’—“A few evenings ago I was invited by the old Lady Fitzwilliam, at Richmond, to see some pictures and japan that were her father’s, Sir Mathew Dicker. 1 asked her if she had ever happened to hear a ridiculous story that I had been told in my youth, and which I concluded had only been ajoke. It was that Sir John Germaine, Lady Betty’s husband, had been so exceedingly ignorant that he believed his countrymen, Sir Mathew Pines both Dutch) was. the uuthor of St. Matthew’s Gospel ! She replied directly, “Jt is so true that Sir John had thence conceived sach a reverence for my father’s piety that he left him £200 to be distr uted among poor Dutch! Now, madam, what story is improbable after this, — Correspondence of Walpole.

Dancune.—The following nautica! method of danci was fuund among the papers ofthe late Admiral Sir Joseph York, of facetious memory :—Third figure.— Heave a-head, and pass your adversary yard arm and yard-arm—regain your berth on the other tack in the same order—take your station with your partner ip line —back and fill—fall on your heel, and bring u with your partner, She then maneuyres a-head— heaves all back—shoots a-head again, snd pays of alongside you. Then make sail in company with ber nearly astern of the other line-—-make a stern board— and cast her off.to shift for herself—regain your place by the best means in your power, and let go your anchor.”

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GRAIN SHOW.

The annua! Show of Grain, under the management ef the Royal Agricultural Society, was made at the Tower Hall, on Wednesday last. The attendance of Farmers, though not very extensive, was respectable; and the Grain exhibited, we aretold, particularly some samples of Wheat and Barley, was of such a quatity as to re- flect the highest credit on the country. We insert be- low the result of the decision given by the judges :—#

JUDGES’ AWARD. Best Wheat, 634 }bs., te Mr. Clinistopher Bull- man, Rustico, - - - - £110 © Second-best do., 64 }bs., Mr. James Proctor,

New Glasgow, - -— - : 100 Best two rowed Barley, 533 Ibs., Mr. R.C. Woolner, Rustico, . = - - 110 0. ;Second-best do., 55 Ibs, William Hedges, Esquire, Rustico, - - - 1 0 06 Best four. rowed Barley, 504 Ibs.. Mr. Ewen M*Millan, Brackley Pomt, — - < 110 0 Second-best do., 504 lbs. Mr. B, E. Wright, Charlottetown Royalty, - - 100 Best Oats, 384 los., Mr, John Bryenton, Brack- Jey Point Road, - - . 130 0. Second-best do., 324 lbs., Mr, William Morri- | say, Lot 48, - - + - 1 0 6 Best Clover Seed, Mr. Jas. Finch, Crapavd, 1 10 0. Second-bestdo., Mr. Thos. Abbot, Union-road, 2 @ @. Mr. Alexander Stnpsoh, * Isaac Thomson, Jupers.. 3 “ George Beer, Junior,

At three o’clock, after the show of Grain, the Royal.

for the current year :— Hon Cuagies Hensuer, President,

Vice Presiwents,—iton. Stephen Rice, His Honor. Judge Peters. |

Governors,—Charles. Hasgard, Esquire, Wiliam. Hodges, nognan, Messrs. Henry Longworth, George Beer, jr.; a. William Swabey; Daniel Hodgson, Esquire, Jeremiah Simpson, Esquire. |

Memaers,—Mr. Robert Haythorne, Hon, Daniel- Brenan, ‘thomas Pethick, Esquire, W, W. Lord, beq. Hon. J. M. Holi, Captain Cumberland, Alexander Leisd., Esquire.

In the evening the meinbers of the Royal Agncu)tt~ ral Society, or such as remained in town, partook of «# excellent dinner prepared by Mr. Davis, at the Victor

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Agricultural Society held its annual meeting, at whick , the following Gentlemen were appointed Office-bearew