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INTELLIGENCER.

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Vol. 1: No. 63

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LETTER FROM MR. RAE ON RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER,

Sir,

Having understood that it has been in- dustriously cireulated that I have become an opposer of Responsible Government, because, in the distribution of offices, I thought I would be neglected, it seems necessary toaddress to you the following remarks. There have oceasionally ap- peared in the Gazetle,and every week in the Islander, attacks on the majority of the House of Assembly, or on some indi- vidual members thereof. These have consisted of some clear statements of fact,—of some distorted statements. of fact,—of alleged motives, which the wri- térs had no sufficient means of ascertain- ing,—and lastly, iu the Islander, of at- tempts at personal ridicule, interspersed with some direct falsehoods. Now were all, as these papers assert, and in addi- tion were the people sure that when Re- sponsible Covernment should be put in force, the House would put into office men whose -past political conduct gave them no title thereto, still I believe the people would desire Responsible Govern- ment; and [ am sure they ought so to doy because they ought to have controu! over office holders ; under any system of Responsible Government they would have more or less of such control, and at present they have none. Some may think that the chief ofices should be held by members of Assembly,—others, that the principal office holders should be excluded from a seat in the Legislature ; bet under either. of these modes, or under any intermediate mode, the people would have a real influence over the chief department of their public business, which now they do not possess. That such influence would: sométimes be abused, is not denied, but on most occasions it would operate for the public benefit ; therefore, though my judgement may differ from that of miny as to the form of Res- ponsible Government best suited to the American Colonies, and especially to this Colony; yet, under any shape in which it has been proposed, I am satisfied f 6ught not to vote against it. Nor does my opinion stop here; were the Legisiative Council and the Commission- ers of Sma!! Debts both made eiective, I believe the public would gain by such change. The first may be censured asa speculative novelty, but only by those who dont know that more than a hun- dred years since different Legislative Councils were elective; and as to the last, all the principal towns in Britain eleet their own Magistrates, who general- iy decide not only in the minor critninal cases, but also in civil suits. In some towns they decide on important case# both civil and criminal. They may

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‘True they almost uniformly are guided by the opinions of a legal gentleman, but he is chosen. by them, and not by the Crown. Throughout all England many publtc offices of trust and emolu- ment are elective: the Coroners and Sheriffs used. to be elected; and the inost important shrievalty in the empire, that of London, is still elective. Gentle- men may suggest to enlighten ignorance and correct enthusiasm by reading Black- stone. Blackstone and De Lolme, and Gilbert Stuart, and Adam Smith, and many others, had beea perused before | came to America; but I seldom neglect an opportunity of refreshing my memory with these cr other statidard works. They will allow me to recommend to them, by way of amusement, Milton in answer t6 Salmdsius, and Bacon’s Ata- lantis, axd Harrington’s Oceana; and Erskine’s Armata, and the political trea- tise written by the tutor of James 6th.

Turning from these, and passing over your own complimentary article of the 23d March, the country generally desire, and have a right to have their desire complied with, that cases originating ina county should be finally adjudged there. The appeal to England it is impracti- cable for a poor man to follow, and therefore it should be abolished.

The remarks made by me on different occasions last Session might have renidér- ed misrepreseniation silent, but as Speak- er, the vote never fell to me, and therefore and because so many unfounded state- ments have been made it seemed neces- sary to give a remembrancer.

Iam, Your obedient servt.,

ALEXANDER RAE. Sept. 3, 1850.

NEGLECTED LAWS. Mr. Eviror,—

Some folks blame the House of As- sembly for not passing good laws. No doubt there are some Jaws requisite which they never tried to pass, but many good laws which they passed were thrown out by the Council or dissal!owed by the British Government, and some good acts which got to be law, are neglected by the people. The act for cutting down thistles ig notoriously ne- gleeted in many districts; and the act regulating the toll for grinding grain is the same. By law the bushel of cats should weigh 36 Ibs., out of which while raw the miller is to take 4 Ibs., that is one ninth, but many millers take the 4 lbs. out of the unsifted meal, which will not weigh over 24 |bs., and sometimes only 21 lbs. or 22 Ibs., that is one fifth to one sixth, instead of one ninth ;—and the peopie have not spirit to call them to an account. When they allow themselves to be thus wronged, they can’t expect the Assembly men to be eo anxious to do them good.

Yours, E. B.

Augnet 29, 1850.

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WISSRLLANY,

Lorp Brovucuam’s Eccenraicities. —The following curious description of Lord Brougham’s vagaries is published in the New York Mirror. from its London correspondent :—“ Lord Brougham has veen, during the week almost as great a hon as the hippopotamus; the eccentric Henry has startled: his fellow peers, and astonished the town, by a new vagary in the style of his costume, the sight. of which is enough to break a tailor’s heart. Picture to yourself the venerable and world-ronowned Erratic in’ whire silk stockings, black knee smalls, patent leather pumps, silver shoe buckles, white waistcoat, white cravat, and black velvet coat, in Henry VIL. style, reaching to ais Calves! Fancy this attire surmounted by the most extraordinary face in the world—Brougham’s face! Then con- ceive the whole apparition flitting about the georgeous chamber of the new house of peers, amidst all the glittering and sumptuous paraphernalia of medeval mag- nificence ; the hour three in the efternoon; a midsuinmer sun streaming throtgh the emblazoned. windows; the crimson benches filled with the descendants of the chivalry of Runnymede in presence of the throne of their ancestors so often set up and pulled down; the Blue and gold carpeted floor, studded with all the attri- butes, animate and inanimate,ofan im- posing state ceremonial, the represehta- tives of the civil power in Eneland at the bar. Faney. this scene—its solemn, grave,and almost silent eplendor . dis- turbed only, yet heightened by, ‘ Quick- silver Harry,’ who fidgetty as an durang- outang with delirium-tremens, is every- where at once. Now he rushes up to the chancellor, and throws a sort of half somerset beside him on the wooilsack, starting that elderly forensic as if an electric eel had suddenly made his ac- quaintance. Then he sets off to the other end of the house, and holds a con- fab with half-a-dozen strangers, question- ing two or three of them together, and waiting for answers from no ohne. Next he plops down between two peers, asks one something, and tells the other some- thing else, and the next instant is repeat- ing the same process between two others,”

A singular discovery has recently been made in France which has astonished the chemical world. The diamond it is well Known is combustible, and is said to be pure carbon. ‘This idea, is in similar analogous cases, has led to the produc- ticn of a magnificent diamond from char- coal, under the operation of the highest powers of galvanism combined with the strongest concentration of the solar rays. The diamond produced is said to be of! the purest kind, aud equal to the famous black diamond for which the Duke of York paid £11,000 sterling.

Tur Huneartran Exttes.—A private letter from a travelling friend has con- veyed to us some interesting particulars of the illustrious Hungarians ‘whom the jealousy of Austria, the dictation of Rus- sia, and the weaknés# of the Porte have consigned to imprisonmeat at Kutayeh. It was gratifying to Jearn that the exiles enjoyed tolerable health, and are more reconciled than at first to their unaccount- able captivity. Kossuth, Batthyani, Mes- zaros, Perczel, and the rest were, indeed struck with despondency when conveyed as culprits and captives to the barrack prison of Kutuyeh, where cells were as- signed them for habitation more savour- ing of Newgate than of honourable capti-

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them, and they were not allowed to pass the walls ofthe barrack without a strong escort. The Turkish officers and :eol- diers have treated the. prisoners. with de- ference, and the Turkish population with every mark of Oriental respect, Kossuth: being with them the Kral, who had held for atime in his hands the destinies of ast- ern Europe. This universs! respect was especially evident on the oecasion of Kossuth’s reception of his children. Three of them, interesting and intel- ligent little creatures, were sent by. the Austrian government, nut without foreign intercession, to share their father’s cap tivity: Heand Madame, Kossuth were allowed to go and meet. them—under guard of course; and the very guard of rude Turkish soldiers were affected to tears at the meeting. Inthe education of his children, the delving and planting ofa kind of garden withia the barrack wall, and an occasional game of skittles with the companions of his political and military struggles, Kossuth whiles away the time ofhis captivity.

Loox To Your Puneruatiox.—A toast, drank at the fourth of July celebra- tion, was given as follows,—' Woman— without her, man would be a savage.’— The Boston Post thinks the punctuation erroneous, and should be corrected thue —‘ Woman, without her man, would bez savage,’

“Tux Times.” — Some interesting Statistics, relative to the printing of the Times, were mentioned in a paper on printing machines, read byMr. Edward Cowper, at the Institution of Civil’ £n- gineers, On the 7th of May, 1850, the Times and Supplement contained 72 columns or 17,500 lines, made up of up- wards of a million pieces of type, of which matter about two-fifths were writ- ten, composed, and corrected after sever: o'clock in the evening.. The Supplement was sent to press at 7,50 p.m., the first form of the paper at 4,15 a. m., and the second form at 4,45'a. m.; on thié ocee- sion 7,000 papers were published before 6,15 a. m., 21,000 papers before 7,30 a. m., and 34,000 before 8,45 a. m., or in about four hours. The greatest number of copies ever printed in one day was 54,000, and the greatest quantity of print- ing in one day’s publication was on the Ist of March, 1848, when the paper used weighed 7 tons, the weight usually re- quired being 4 1-2 tons: the surface to be printed every night, including the Supple- ment, was 30 acres, the weight of the fount of type in constant use was 7 tons, and 110 compositors and 25 pressmen were constantly employed.

The Maine Legislature has voted the sum of $5,000 fora survey of that portion of the “European and North American Railway,” lying between Bangor and Calais.

A trader among the Camanchee in- dians has discovered a white woman, fair and comely. She says she is well treated by her husband, a chief, but the women are cruel to her.

Terry O’Driscol says in his weekly letter — “The Tenant Conference is sthrivin’ to regulate matthers without axin’ leave o’ the landlords, and there’s a power o’ the clargy to the fore—so much so that you would imagine ’twas a grand sinnod that was goin’ on for the teetotal expulsion of heresy, and the reshtoration of the forfeited estates to the discindants

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