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—_—_—_—_=_ ; ; ' ly strong party Journal. : i ak f foreign | sists the tact of that extreme 5

c in its tone as regards the relation 0 om So ME) — er +: but the paragraph relating to Swiss The insinuations and libels of these cwe. irr powers with France ; bu ; . | viewed, indeed, not only with indifference, but with un-

. ‘or di ic finesse, It says) ; ; affairs opens a wide door for diplomatic ; . ce on our own inno- — Civil war has disturbed the happiness of Switzerland. mixed scorn. We had a “ey we a My Government had come to an understanding with the) cence, and in the justice 0 ue a iecmmiiianls he aie of England, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, |done no evil, oa ome : tyranny, conc a n

: ; . i this attempt a ’ friendly peopie| hension. Though a VF in order to offer that neighbouring and 7PrF as much malice as it was carried on with impotency,

sae: : ill, 1 hope, ac- . an amicable mediation. Switzerland will, 1 hop has signally failed, and enlisted for us the sympathies

: the knowledge that respect for the rights of all; and eae intenance of the basis of the Helvetic Confederation] of respectable men of all ranks, and has , : = treated with silent and contemptuous Scorn by some 0

can alone insure to her those enduring conditions of ee happiness and security that Europe wished to guarantee those who are included in the ind ams - 2 - flection, we believe as public Journalists—and in that

to her by treaties.’ M.Guizot plainly puts into his m* ry tbat yi Majesty’s mouth a clear declaration that the rights of the capacity, in some senses, guardians 0 Pp ties and no less so of public morals—we are bound to

conquered Catholics—‘the rights of all’—must be re- gb s id ; which means, emphatically, can alone insure hold up the whole matter to the derision and hatred of ; ' 1 that part of the publie who, living at a distance from

to Switzerland peace with the neighbouring states of | ee Austria and “a e The actines which will follow | Charlottetown, may not know so w ell as its inhabitants re , do, how to estimate this unheard-of proceeding. For

will develope more of M. Guizot’s policy; it is said that) ©° he has sbeeiy despatched a note to the Cabinets of this purpose we “a wee to noche y London, Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburgh, in reply short review . t 7 = - : eee wat to the refusal of the Helvetic Diet to accept the media- and cet , in y a oe San eed of breaking tion of those powers. M. Guizot states in that note, that charged with a rio er ci We al nat lemenedl ie ee ee cere eee a ee aioe forms require the regarded themselves as released from the obligations the os : re Sccak icheuetiendadne eae they imposed upon themselves by the treaties of the|*lleged offence to oe ae. ciinieeademnal year 1815. It is gratifying to observe that the attention dable manner, or whe

" * dictment purposely used these terms to throw the whole affair into ridicule. Now the permitting or favouring

i é iti i ravamen of the charge

on salt is to be reduced; and bills on public instruction, these vy apie i g f th te = prison discipline, customs’ tariffs, and on commercial — the vases *s - _ — a ee ee ont property will be discussed during the session. The sopcieliesnsidneith _— . alt a oh A : French King also speaks very confidently of the mea- SAE PRIN: SED: SHO BERS cE”

sures recently adopted in concert with England for re- gating the anchantion egnivat the parties, that. thay oan , ' ¥ cocted the riot. This ground was found to be untenable, storing commercial relations on the banks of La Plate.

Contrary to anticipation the speech contained no allu- and so relinquished. : Saas y | Let us then refute the charges as attempted to be sion to the reform banquets now so general throughout) ' dl Prin ? supported at the trial. First, there was no riot, because ance.

ee 7" ine panes of glass were broken by persons, mostl The reform banquets are continuing their career in ee om oo ee a be = j ean t F France. One was held on the 2ist at Vienne (Isere),|"" y s

; | wd, who were as much against their proceedings at which not fewer than 580 persons sat down to table. oF ere S P e as were the parties accused themselves. Secondly,

M. Jacquier de ‘Terrebasse, formerly a member of the! ; i secu ARIE ally CIEE a MES i Chamber of Deputies, was in the chair; and the com | ene : P rae yP Sl a ee eell ene ote themselves—(vide the evidence of Messrs. John s a e m ; ‘ Hon * Davis and C. Welsh)—could not charge them with

the better ranks of society. The King’s healt! | . : 7 ss tae oe a knowing that the dreadful deeds were done. As to ne- proposed, but the toast of “to the sincerity of our re-|

presentative institutions—to government probity,” at glecting to arrest any riotous proceedings, it follows, if |there were no such proceedings they could not be stop-

received with repeated acclamations. The same day ee eee cael (Ee acetate Eee

another reform banquet took place at Grenoble, which |P® Loa ae ae

was also most numerously attended.

ment of the trading energies of the people. The duty

‘posed if no continuous act of riot were in existence ? _ . |It would have been like a physician endeavouring to re- A report has revived of the renewal of negociations | cuscitate a dead patient. An act must be going on be- with the Pacha of Egypt, for the construction of a canal | fore it can be stopped, and a patient must be alive if he across the isthmus of Suez. The advantage which the! :. to swallow. medicine. whole world would derive from the consummation of this

: : mr But even the evidence, such as it was, was not of a mighty pengert forbids us to allude to any objections | respectable cast, and entitled itself to much discredit ; which might otherwise be urged tothe enterprise. Only'|

'for one witness swore to Captain Swabey being in the

render the power of Egypt capable of maintaining itself’ carriage long before he was ever near it, and that he

va) i ‘ | ‘ eA : against any foreign potentate, and the incalculable ad ‘saw him in a place where the carriage never was,—

vantages which would accrue to mankind from the for-| another witness swore that he was sure he saw Captain mation of such a ‘ high road’ through Egypt can scarce-

; ea eee ‘Swabey with Mr. Coles in the body of the carriage, side y beconceived. The cost of the undertaking is esti by side—the fact being, that Mr. Coles was not at all

off the box while the carriage was going round, nor would no doubt be readily furnished, provided the pre-| 4, Captain Swabey on it. Now, we do not mean

liminaries can be satisfactorily adjusted with the present to accuse either of these persons of wilful perjury, but enlightened and commercial Pacha. ‘

‘their evidence abundantly proved how the whole affair _ —~) was got up.

Such was the trial. The accused might have applied SUaEAY Side ee ito the Court to quash the indictment on the plea, that leis a Bag peg acon _./Several of the prosecutors served on the Grand Jury

THE LATE TRIAL. a found the Bill, and the plea would have been, , as a matter of course, admitted ; but it was more agree- Were it not that we are ourselves in some sense, suf-| able to their wishes that the whole matter should under- ferers by the farce which was lately played off in theo legal investigation. Supreme Court, on the prosecution, “the Queen vs. the! We shall say nothing here of the Grand Jury, or how Hon. George Coles and cthers,’ we should have de-| jit was summoned. We have no desire to make our- nounced that affair in much louder and stronger terms selves obnoxious to a prosecution for a libel. We will] than we have hitherto used to express our contempt at admit that it was a mere matter of accident or misfor- the malice and impotence of the little minds that con- tune, that at a moment of great political excitement the ceived the notion of such a prosecution. The respect! political foes of the party accused, together with some which we bear to the judicial tribunals of our country|of the principal complainants and prosecutors, and a induced our silence before the trial, though we were as-' printer of a Newspaper which stigmatised the accused sailed by the party journals of the day—we mean the in the most unmeasured terms—should be accidentally Gazette and the Jslander—in terms not at all measured,—!those before whom the charge was preferred, or who those of the latter decidedly libellous, and those of the themselves made the presentment, for a’ presentment former not less malicious, though the line of its official|they made, and then found the Bill. But we think decericy was barely kept, and in following which con-'the method of summoning Juries being liable to this ob-

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—=e ; jection that such an accident has occurred, it ig high fh

time that it should be amended.

But we are at liberty to discuss another topic, which is, the necessity of the Crown Officers—a bill being found on a charge arising out of politics, or any other matter, and unsustained by any evidence— such a case as this. It is extremely true that these centlemen conducted themselves in a manner altoge. ther not only free from asperity towards the but becoming the importance and dignity of their of. cial character. It is likewise true, that so far as we are concerned, it was much better that we should be brought before the tribunals of the country for our own vindica. tion, than suffered to endure the scandal which our ene. mies applied to us. Yet, there is another party cop. cerned, which party is the public, who are to bear the expense of getting up this detestable drama—who are tp pay for the actors, prompters, scene-shifters, scene. nainters and dress-makers in this farce, which was only brought on the stage to be damned. Can it be sup- posed for a moment if the expense of this prosecution had to be paid by ine complainants that it ever would have taken place? We do not think, though we be. lieve the Crown Officers conscientiously differ from ug, that any obligation existed, binding them to prosecute the charges contained in the Indictment, whether or not they thought they could be sustained in law—and though we are under obligations to them fer so doing, the pub. lic purse is not by any means under such a debt of gra. titude. In Great Britain a large portion of the expense of such a trial would have fallen on the real prosecutors,. and the case would, in consequence, never have ap peared.

We have been told that some of the parties who: broke the windows are really known. We could have produced two ourselves, but to prosecute and convict these would afford no political triumph.

We are quite sure that in Charlottetown there is no: person of the most common perception or limited infor- mation who believes that this prosecution was com.

menced merely because Messrs. Duncan, Davis, Welsh,.

McGill and Chappell had amongst them nine panes of glass broken, or that they prosecuted the matter entire- 'y of their own accord. Such a belief would bea gross deception. The complainants were—perhaps unwitting- ly—convenient instruments in the hands of others we might name, to whom justice is as nothing in the ba- lance when they think they have an opportunity of hu- miliating a political adversary. These self-sufficient

people and their subordinates would, if they could, suffer no man to enter the Assembly or the Council who.

is not drilled in the school of exclusive interests—who is not agreeable to Charlottetown tacticians--who dares to doulit the propriety of the existing state of things— or who desires to see the rational enjoyment of peace-

ful liberty conceded to the People. But, thank Heaven,.

political information has become more general, anda truly British spirit is every day animating the popular mind, declaring that no such private and selfish views shall predominate over public rights and interests.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER. St. Avard’s, January 27th, 1848. Dear Sir—

In your late Number you state your opinion that short leases, high rents, and absentee proprietors, ate the cause of the poverty of the{sland. It is pretty ge- nerally known to your readers that I am no advocate for short leases. I consider that a term of one hundred years amply meets the justice of the case towards the tenant ; it is well known that I heve expressed my wil- lingness to lengthen the term of all my Father’s leases to that extent—and to give it in 2ll future leases. I have also consented to grant the tenant liberty to pur chase the freehold at any time durmg the first thirty years of the term, at twenty shillings British Sterling per acre.

Next as to high rents. It might with truth be eaid that nominally high rents—even if suca there be—cannot very much have injured those tenants yho have been in the habit of paying no rent at all: but name this, and proceed to state that our late Lieutenaat Governor, Sit H. V. Huntley, has repeatedly expressed to me his cong viction of the utter absurdity of calliag one shilling (British Sterling) too high a rent for lani in this Island: he has so expressed himself, not only te me, but to 8€- veral of my tenants, who admitted the truth of his re]