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39 an Executive Counsellor, while Speaker of the House. These facts were strenu- ously urged by a large minority—and ad. mitted by Mr. P. who, however, contend- d that the practice was dangerous, and if errors had been committed, there was no ason for their perpetuation.

‘This plainly shews, said Mr. P. the ! igh importance of the advice given by Ju- ins to the people of England, to mistrust nd watch over the slightest abuses—if one '5 let in to day, to-morrow there will be a- . other—the next day they become prece- cuts, and soon are fixed principles. Last ession we acquiesced in the nomination of ne of our members to a seat in the Exe- utive Council—we were wrong. The dministration used a set of phrases, and he simple people believed them. \Ve oon saw that no good effect resulted from hatappointment—on the contrary a pri. 'ate communication was made to that gen- lemen, and by him given to half a dozen embers of this house, which became the : and in the event, in-

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ouse closer together, widened the dis- otfi sure. The precedent of last year now ssumes the appearance of an established ight. If the Governor has a right to ap- oint one member to the Executive Coun- il he has a right to appoint more.’

The Dispatch from Lord Goderich, rel- tive to the expulsion of Mr. Christie, gave so to a spirited debate, in which the in- pendence Iof the House was asserted, d his Lordship treated with no little so-

lf: rity for attempting to school the Assem- rds. y 2. We have no room for the speeches, mbl tgive the Resolutions adopted, 44 to 10. m, [st—Resolved as the opinion of this an, ommittee, that this House duly appreci- shi es His Majesty’s acknowledgment of the

ht of all his subjects to such assistance

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re, 'he can afford, for the redress of any h , ievances under which they may labor- an t they have seen with regret, that his

jesty has been advised to act upon his . acnous intentions in this respect, in a case ere the privileges oftbis House are con- rned,

_ Qnd— Resolved as the opinion of this mmittee, that this house in expelling

hot . . . mm . Christie, exerCised a privilege fre- . eutlyexercised by the House of Com-

and by the Representative bodies in Colonies, which is necessary for the edom of its votes and proceedings.

I'd—Resolved as the opinion of this mmittee that this House is the solejudge the cases wherein it ought to exercise

by ~ privilege, and the decismn therein, wish “0t, Ofl‘Wht, be questioned by any 0- rfng r authority

ted with His Excellency’s Message of

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passed at various meetings of the Freehold- ers and Electors of the County of Gaspe, are false, scandalous and malicious libels on this House and the Government of the Province, and form no grounds for the re- consideration of the expulsion of Mr.Chris-— tie fora high contempt of this House.

5th—Resolved as the opinion of this Committee, that the letter ofthe said R. Christie, and the Resolutions, stated to have been adopted by certain Electors of the County of Gaspe, transmitted as be- fore mentioned, be expunged from the journals of this House.

On the 26th, another Message, accom- panied by a long Despatch, was also re- ceived from the Executive; and as the matter they contain is not of a nature very congenial so the Opinions and feelings ot'a majority of the House, there will be no lack of stormy discussions. It seems that the Bill for Incapacitnting the Judges from sitting in the Executive and Legislative Councils, and for securing their independ- ence, has given offence, and has conse- quently not received the Royal Assent. The reasons assigned are, that a perman- ent provision has not been made for their salaries—-that an exception was not made in favor ofthe ChiefJustice--and matters foreign to the real object included in the Bill. The language of the Despatch is firm and peremptory. We copy a few re- marks upon the present aspect of Canadian politics from Neilson’s Quebec Gazette : -

‘ We shall barely observe on this occa- sion that the affairs of the Province seem to be in no very satisfactory state at pre- sent. ‘l‘here was a time when, to a long period of acrimonious feeling and turmoil in the Colony, there succeeded a compar- ative state of satisfaction and peace. His Majesty’s Government seemed determined to carry into effect the recommendations of the Canada Committee ; and the people and their representatives declared them- seles satisfied with that report. Delays, we verily believe unavoidable, occurred on the part of the Government, and the feel- ing of satisfaction in the Colony was repla- ced by one of irritation. The House of Assembly afterwards went out of the re- port, and His Majesty’s Ministers seem no longer to be guided by the spirit ofa doc- ument which was in reality a treaty of good understanding between the peOple of the Colony and the Home Government It seems now to be tlirown aside by both par- ties. Those who commit an not do not al- ways choose the consequences, because they are not always foreseen; but they have them notwithstanding. That these consequences should be advantageous ei- ther to the people or to the Government, seems to us very improbable.

There seems to us to be an unaccountable error in Lord Goderich’s despatch of the 10th oprril last, on the subject of the Bill

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for the Independence of the Judges. We have always understood that provision was made in the~Bill for the payment to the Judges of their present salaries, without any further recourse to the Assembly ; and we are convinced that iftbe Bill will admit of such an interpretation, it was not the inten- tion of either of the Branches of the Legis- lature by which it was passed.’——JV'017.

Cape Breton Election.——Port Hood, 6th Dec. I832.—-‘ The State of the Poll this day, on being adjourned to Cheticamp,was as follows ;

Mr. Smith. Mr Young. Sydney, 394 Sydney, Arichat, 109 Aricbat, 725 Port Hood 6 Port Hood, 277 509 509

Ofthe above 277 polled at Port Hood, ninety-one are marked objected to.

Hydrophobia—A most distressing case of Hydrophobia occurred in this Town last: week. Some time in July or August last, a man named Thomas Power, who lived in the north suburbs, observed his dog wor- rying a cat about the house ; having called the former off, he attempted to soothe and pet the latter, but she turned upon him and bit his finger. He thought little of the cir- cumstance at the time, but subsequently felt a peculiar sensation up his arm. Last week the cat was observed to be mad, and killed accordingly. Shortly after, the man became violently affected ; and although medical aid was immediately called in, be exhibited all the symptoms of hydrophobia, and died on Saturday night, leaving a wife, and six children, to struggle through the world without a guide and pro- tector. We much fear that this is not the only case we shall hear of. During the past summer, several dogs were discovered in arabid condition, and killed. Others have recently been similarly afl'ected ; and a mOst extraodinary statement has been handed to us by Mr. Miller, of the Blue Bell, whose horse was evidently affected by a disease corresponding with canine madnessE—Ibid

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