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>» * . | ° ° ‘ | ; ; a" £ { ¢ t u Y t . still.” And the captain took it up. mate sce? | ' : , " By God!” he exclaimed, © here’s something, sure | Thereupon Mr. Bruce related to them all the circum- ee eee ee ee) | ie!” Te that your Writing, Mr. Brére?” ___ | stances above detailed. The conclusion they finally arrived IS IT TIME? ; The mate took the slate, and there, in plain, legible; at was, that it was a special interposition of Providence to oar <1 \characters, stood the words, ** Srerr ro THB NoR’west.” isave them from what seemed a hopeless fate, When a duty’s to be done, | Have you been trifling with me, sir?” added the captain Or a Jabour not begun, in astern tone, : | Uft our daily task we shun, | «On my word as a man and a sailor,” replied Bruce, | Shen. petipesewent ie a etme: |“ I know no more of this matter than you do. I have told | And, fc r peperary COP aes 7 you the exact truth.” | nai a ue ian aot? | The captain sat down at his desk, the slate before him, ire, seii-loy op » ! : ™ a fe it Time ? ' |in deep thought. At last,turning the slate over aud pushing ‘it toward Bruce, he suid, ‘* Write down, ‘ Steer to the nor- | west.’ ”

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| LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. | Tuurspay, 16th February, 1860. |

One would think that if ‘twere shown, That an evil let alone, Still has large apd larger grown,

Since its trivial birth and prime, Some one having pow r to cure Ilearts diseased or minds impure, Would not ask. while these endure,

Is it Time?

la . ans . iP s ° . | iF the second mate to come down here.” Speaker, having taken their places at the Bar, His Excelleney | He came, and, at the captain's request, he also wrote the was pleased to open the Session with the following Speech : same words. So did the steward. So in succession did | [For Speech see last No. of Examiner}

‘every man of the crew who could write at all, but not one of | The Speech being ended, and the House of. Assembly the various hands resembled, in any degree, the mysterious having withdrawn, His Excellency was pleased to retire, | writing. ; after Prayers, the House proceeded to business which | When the erew retired the ciptain sat deep in thought. | amounted to little more than constituting the usual Parlia- '« Qould any one have been stowed away ?” at last he said. mentary Committees. ‘The ship must be searched ; and if I don’t find the fellow | It having been unanimously resolved that an humble he must be a good hand at hide-and-seek. Order up all | 4 qaress be presented to His Excelleney the Lieut. Governor, | hands.” (to returu the thanks of the House for his speech delivered | Every nook and corner of the vessel from stem to stern. this day, the Hon. Mr. Disewrtt, Hon. Mr, Forcay, and | was thoroughly searched, and that with all the eagerness of Hon. Mr. Jounson were appointed a Committee to prepare excited curiosity—for the report had gone out that a stranger |. graft Address accordingly. bad shown himself on board; but not a living sou! beyond) Roper Brake Invina, Esquire, having been appointed the ‘flicers and the crew was found. | Reporter to the [louse for the present Session, the Hon. Returning to the cabin after their fruitless search, * Mr. | Mr. Waxker and the Hon. Mr. Baanatt, were’appointed a To be stifled in the sighs Bruce,” said the captain, ‘‘ what the devil do you make of ‘Committee to make arrangement# for the publication of the Uf the man who vainly cries, all this 2” Proceedings and Debates of the House. 1s it Time? | © Qan't tell, sir. ing. There must be something in it.” What is good for thee to do, Well, it would seem so. We have the wind free, and | Kishiog sani Ay gespoes tree. I have ‘& great mind to keep her away and see what will | As from he yht to height you climb. |come of it.” as : When « good deed’s to be done, | T[ surely would, sir, if I were in your place. Wh n the labour’s not begun, a few hours lost, at the worst.” ‘porting of the Debates and Proccedings of the Legislative When self 's battle may be won, | Well, we'll see. Go on deck and give the course nor’= Council during the present Session, it. was unanimously Saas | west. And, Mr. Bruce,” he added, as the mate rose to go.) sersed that the time yesterdey allowed them to lay the'r ' fave a look-out alo/t, and let it be a hand you can depend | RR, \ ct , + “Kr y ” SING, MARY, SING THAT SONG AGAIN. ©. tel ‘iellbey ele WBIGEA.-”"Abodt Thr de "sick We Taok | out reported an iceberg nearly ahead, and shortby after, what he thought was a vessel of some kind close to it. As »they approached, the ecaptain’s glass dise!osed the fact that it was a dismantled ship, apparently frozen to the ice, and with a good many human beings on it. Shortly after they hove to, and sent out the boats to the relief of the sufferers. It proved to be a vessel from Quebce, bound to Liverpool with “prssengers on board. She had got entangled in the ice, and Gnally, rosen fast, and had parecd me reat woes 8) Ooe from Mr. Juha 8. Bremner, engaging to perform the night caw te anon VAR BIER aen,come ‘ye gett work for the sum of Nineteen Shillings per shect, and to SS ReaD ar tore a a ‘ ; nh a , bind each copy for the sum of Three Shillings, eerhnrinand neegneee Oe SO Seine The latter Ponder being the lowest it was accepted by the

Why, when after strictest test, We've discovered what is best, Do we fold oar hands at rest, In indiffere: ce sublime ; Dr ftiny, drifting with the ycars, Down « dark life-stream of tears, Ask, a wreck on wreck appears, Is it Time ?

Shall Experience - top the way, Ur divert and lead astray, The good purpose of to-day, Ere the Lours of morrow chime ? Shall the generous wish arise

aw the man write ; you see the writ- | Is *? | PUBLICATION OF

THE DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS OF TUE HOUSE, Furay, 17th February, 1860. | On motion of the Ton. Mr. Warxen, one of the Com- It’s only | mitiee appointed to make arrangements for the efficient re-

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instant, PRINTING THE JCURNAL.

Sing, Mary, sing that song again, It takes me back to home,

To seenes and friends long passed away, To joys that seldom come.

It takes me back across the sea, To where I spent my youth—

My youthful years of langhing mirth, ‘Uf impocence and truth,

present Session, repurted that the Commitiee had received two Tenders, which were as foilows :—

One from Mr. James Barrett Cooper, engaging to per- form the work for Nineteen Shillings and six pence for ev. ry four pages, aud bind each copy for the sum of Tyree Suil- ings,

Sing, Mary, sing that song again,

It fills my heart with joy,

And makes me deem myself cnee more,

A young and happy boy :

It bring» my father to my eyes—

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water gone,

| «Ah! writing on the slate! Then it should be there | vessel before. It is all a puzzle tome. What did your

His Excelleney the Lieutenant Governor having taken his |

The mate complied, and the captain after narrowly com- sat in the Chair of State, and, in obedience to H's Fx ele

paring the two hand-writings, said, “ Mr. Bruce, go and tell lency’s commands, the House of Assembly, with th ir| 5

Report before the Huuse, be extended to Monday, the 20th |

HIon. Mr. Watkxer, from the Committee appointed to.! receive Teuders fur priuting the Journal of the dlous: for the |

being sived, aud their gratitale for the unexpected rescue Was very ereat.

As one of the men who had been brought away in the third boat that bad reached the wreck was ascending the ship's side, the mate, catching a glimpse: of his face, started ‘back in consternation It was the very face be had seen three or four hours ago, looking at him from the captain's desk. At first be tried to persuade himse!f it might be fancy ; but the more he ¢xamined the man the more sure he became that he was right. Not only the face, but the person and dyes3, exactly corresponded.

My m ther to my view, My brothersand my sisters dear, And thee, my Mary, tov.

Sing, Mary, sing that song again, It takes me back to home —

To Scotin’s hills and ringing rills, Hler wild waves’ crested foam—

It takes me back to years when I Knew neither care nor pain ;

Sing, Mary, sing that song, my love, Uh ! sing that sung agaia.

ae were eared for, und the barque on her course again, the mate THE RESCUE. called the captain aside. [‘saw to-day, sir: the man’s alive.’ ; Mr. Robert Bruce, originally des-ended from some branch | « What do you mean? Who's alive?”

of the Scottish family of that name, was born, in humble, + Why, sir, one of the passensers we have just saved is circumstances. about the close of the last century, at Torbay, the same man [ saw writing on your slateat noon. I would in the south of England, and there bre] up to a seafaring | swear to it in a justice court.” " : life. | Upon my word, Mr. Bruce,” replied the captain, “ thi- When alout thirty years of ago, to wit, in the year 1828, | gets more and more singular, Let us go and see this man.

he was first mate of a barque trading between Liverpool and) They found him in conversation with the captain of the res- St. Jolin, New Brunswick. On one of her voyages, bound

westward, being then some five or six weeks out, and having | neared the eastern portion of the Banks of Newfoundland,

the captain and mate had been on deck at noon, taking an |

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eued ship. Warmest terms their gratitude for deliverance from a bor-

The captain replied that be bad but done what be was

observation of the sun; after which they both descended to | certain they would have done for him under the same cir- | joyed and practised by ed Lower House : that is all inter- Me prone on ns oy Seaareneaae Jee perpoge! a | cumstances, and asked them both to step down into the |naf letters to or from members of the ‘louse, during the |“ faction — yet ote eee 7 PRORTSRA TP | |‘ measure in the welfare and prosperity of the Colony over sir, you will not think [am trifling with you, but 1 would | and also all foreign letters passing through the Island Post |“ which you bare beeu called BP ree de i

Hon. Mc. Bagxaut, in moving the turegoing amendment, | this slate.” And he handed him the slate, with that side | but the privilege not to extend to letters which may be sent | briefly remarked that he was very far trom wishing to | |diminish the measure of respect and courtesy inteuded, by | | the paragraph as it s‘ood in the reported Address, to be con- | ‘ceded and paid to His Excellency ; but he certainly did think ‘that well-known facts strongly militated against the assertion |

calculate their day's work. The cabin, a small one, was im- ; ep de mediately at the stern of the vessel, and the short stairway cabin, Then. turning to the passenger, he said, * L hope, descending to it, ran athwart ships. Immed ately opposite to this starway, just beyond a small square landing, there | were two doors, close to each other, the one opening aft into m the cabin, the other fronting the stairway into the state-room, up on which the myster‘ous writing was not. “ I will do The disk in the state room was iu the forward part of it, | anything you ask,” replied the passenger ; “ but what shall close to the door ; so that one sitting at it and looking over | [ write ?” his sh ulder could see into the ca!,in. “ A few words are all I want. Tie mate, absorbed ia his es!culations, which did not re | to the nor'yest.” sult as he had expected, varying considerably from the | dead reckoning, had not noticed the captain’s motiors. for such a request, complied, however, with a smile. The When he had completed his calculations, he called out with- -euptain took up the slate and examined it closely ; then out looking round, “ I make our latitude and lougitude so steppinz aside so ag to conceal the slate from the passenger, and s*. Can that be rig’t? low is yours ?” : h: turned it over and yave it to him with the ov her side up. Receiving no reply, he cepeated his question, glancing) + You say this is your handwriting ?” said be, : over h's shou'der, anl perceiving, as he thought, the cap-| « ] :eed not say so,” rejoined the other, look:ng at it, tain busy writing on his slate Stillnoanswer. There-| + for you saw me write 2! upon he rose, and, as he fronted the cabin-door, the figure} And this?’ said the captain, turning the slate cver.

be much oblige! to you if you would write a few words on

Suppose you wiite “ Steer

he had mistaken for the captain raised his head and dis- | [ye man loukcd first at one writing, then at the other, quite |

closed to the astonished mate the features of an entire | eonfounded. stranger. Bruce was po coward ; but, as he met that fixed jsaid he. gaze looking direetly at him in grave silence, and because he | other ?” was assured that it was no person whom he had everseenbe-| «That's more than I ean teil you, sir. My mate here fore it was too mach for him; and instead of stopping to ques- | says you wrote it, sitting at this desk, at noon to-day.”

tion the seeming intruder, herashed upon deck in nae Mt | ePne captain of the wreck and the passenger looked at alarm that it instantly attracted the euptain’s attentiony | each other, exchanging glances of intelligence and surprise ; “Why, Mr. Bruce,” suid the latter, * what in the world is| andthe former asked the latter, “* Did you dream that you the matter with you ?” | wrote om this slate?”

«The matte ,sir? Who is that at your desk ?” “ No, ¢ir, not that I remem)er.”

** No one that | know of 2?” “ You speak of dreaming,” said the captain of the barque,

“ But there is, sir: there is a st ranger there,” « What was this gemleman about at noon 10 day ¢ :

“A stranger! Why, man, you mast be dreaming. You “ Captain,” rejoined the other, * the whole thing is most must have seca the steward there, or the second wate. Who mysterious and extraordinary, and [ had intendet to speak e!se would venture down without orders ?” to you about it as soon as we got a little quiet. This gentle.

“ Bat, sir, he was sting iv your arm-chair, fronting the | man” (pointing to the passenger), * being mach exhausted, door, writing on your slate. Then he looked up full in my fell into a heavy sleep some time before noon, Afier,an face ; and if ever I saw ua man plaialy and distinctly in thi. hour or more he awoke and said to m2, * Captain, we shall worl’, LT saw him.” ibe reliewed this very day.’ When | asked him what was

“Him? Whom?’ jthe reason he had for saying so, he replied that he had

“God knows, sir: I dov’t. [siw a man, and aman 1 | dreamed that he was on board a barque, and that she was never seen in my |ile before ?”" ‘comieg to our rescue. He deseribed her appearance and rig;

“ You must be going erazy, Mr. Bruce. A stranger, and and to our utter astonishment, when your vessel hove in we nearly six wecks out !” jsight she corresponded exactly to his deser’ption of her.

“ ] know, sir; but then I saw him.” We had not put much faith in what he seid; yet still we

* Ge down and see who it is.” hoped there might be something in it, for drowning men, you

Bruce hesitate’. « [ never was a believer in ghosts,” he} kvow, will catch at straws. As it bas turved out, [ cannot said ; * but if the truth must Le told, sir, I'd rather not face | but doubt that it was all arranged, in some incomprehensible it alone.” jway, by an overruling Providence, so that we might be

* Come, come, man. Go down at once, and don't make|saved. To [im be all thanks for all his kiudness to us.”

a fool of yoursel! before the crew.” / «There is no doubt,’’ rejoined the other captain, * that

“I hope you've always found me willing to do what's | the writing on the slate, let it come there as it may, saved reasonabie,” Bruce replied, changing hig colour ; © but if it’s; all your lives. all the same to you, sir, I'd rather we should both go down jsouth of west, and L altered my course to norwest, aud I together,” , jhad a look-out aloft, to see what would come of it. But

The eaptain descended the stairs, and the mate followed yoa say,” he addel, turning to tle passenger, “that you him. Nobody in the eubin! They examined the same did not dream of writing on a slate?” rooms. Not a goul to be found! “No, sir. L have no recollection whatever of doing so.

“Well, Mr. Bruce,” said the captain, did not I tell) { got the impression that the barque I saw in my ran you, you had bern dreaming ?” was coming to rescue us; but how that impre-siou came I

* Li's all very weil to say so, sir; but if I didn’t see that | ounnot tell. Tiere is another strange thing about it,” he man writing ou your slate, may I pever see my home and |added, “everything here on board seems to me quite family again |” familiar; yet J am very sure I never was im your

At last,‘ What is the meaning of all this?”

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House,

RIVILBGE OF FRANKING LETPERS.

ILis Honor the Parstoent having propounded the qvestion whether the usual privilege Of flanking letters should be |

reserved to the House duping the preseat Session, a short conversational discussion en-ued thereon. The Lon. Mr.

Hutchins uv and the Hon. Mr. Johnson seemed to think that |

jit might very well be dispensed with alogether. Hon. Col. Swabey aud Hon. Mr, Dingwell argued twat, althonszh th practice of general ranking, as formerly practised, was a

As soon as the exhausted crew and ‘ami-hed passengers | grevious abuse of th’s pirliame: tary priv.leze; yet, as the

‘spirit of our free constitution demanded that the people

* [i seenis that was uot a ghost Should, during the siitings of the Legislature, have it in their |

| power to enter into: free, untaxed correspondence, not only jwith their ‘maediate re,reseutatives in the Lower [ouse, } but also with the members of the Upper House, it was only

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just and reasonible that the privilege should be continucd to | ithe [Louse, and were it to be withdrawn, it would, in some

‘measure, be an infringement upon the political rights and privileges of the people. Such, in brief was the scope and tenor of their observations, and to their view of the question

practised by this House, to the same extent that it was en-

| Sessién to be postage free, so far as concerns the writers, | Offic: addressed to any member or members of the House—

(out of the {sland by any of them.

Monpay, 20ih February, 1860, | ADDRESS IN ANSWER TO HI8 &XCELLENCY’s SPEECH.

| Hon. Mr. Jounson, from the Committee appointed to pre-

|ported a Draft which he read in his place.

| The Report was received, and, ot} motion of Hon. Col. | Swabey, the consideration thereof was made the Order of the 'day for to-morrow.

PRINTING THE DEBATES OF TIE COUNCIL.

| Hon. Mr. Wanker, from the Committee appointed to make arrangements for the publication of the Reports of the | Proceedings and Debates of the House fur the preseut Session, reported that they had received a commanication

~from Mr. William [Henry Badge, superintendaut ef the

jof the Logislstive Council ef the present Session will be pub- lished in the style of the Parliamentary Reporter, for 1856, jand published in full length in the Examiner Newspaper for /the sum of £25, for the whole work. A short discussion

‘ensued, in which, at the instance of the Hon. Mr. Paln er,

‘it was debated, but without the slightest manifestation of

|party fee.ing, whether it would not be better, as there was jouly o:e@ Tender, to set it aside, and agree to have the pro- ecedings and Debates of the House publishe! in two of ihe leading Island journals, wichan understand ng that if therein they should be puvlisned in full and coutiuuously, the two editors or proprietors of the two journals so pablisLing the |said proceedings and Debates, should, at the close ot the | Session, be awarded, by vote of the House, suitable remurera- |tion for the services so rendered by them. The Hon. Mr. |Palwer, Hou. Me. Johuson, and His Honor the President ‘inc ined to iavor this mode of publication, bey maintained that as the House had called for Tenders for the performance of the said service, and, although only one

|Tenter hed been made as the House had declared or ad. |

mitted, that the sum, £25, fur which, by that Tender, the | work or service was offered to be performed, was an exceed- jingly moderate demand,. the House was, ia good faith. nay, he would say redigiously bound to aceept the Tender. flor. Mr. Dingweii, Hou. Mr. Craswe!l and fon. Mr. Hutchinson, each bricfly supported the same view of the question ;-and fiually it was agreed that the Tender should be accepted.

Publication be contined to one vewspaper, after a short ami- cable discussion, it was, 02 motion of [lon. Col, Swabey, | Resolved, That the Hoase will, at the close of the Session, besides fulfilling their engagement to pay for the publication ‘of their procee ings and Debates trom the office of the | Beaminer tew-payer, «!so su tably remunerate the proprietor (of the Isfander uew-paper, for the publication therein ofa full, corrcet aud. co: t.auous series of the said procecdin; 8 ‘and debates; provided the publication be completed within | fourteen days after the rising of the House.

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Hon. Col. Sva-!

PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT OF JEREMIAH SIMPSON, ESQUIRE, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

| His Honor the Presipent acquainted the House that His | Excelieney the Lieut. Governor had provisionally appointed

\Jeremiah Simpson, Kxquire, by Warrant bearing date the 13th day of February, 1860, a member of the Legislative Council, and that he, Mr. Simpson, desired to be admitted accordingly.

| The Hon. Cul. Swabey, and the Hon, Mr. Dingwell were ‘appointed a Committee to attend Mr. Simpson, and see him ‘duly qualified. This having been done, and duly reported | to the House, Mr. Simpson was introduced between the Hon. | Col. Swabey, and the Hon. Mr. Dingwell, and took his seat. Tuesday, 21st February, 1860.

CHARLOTTETOWN DEBATING CLUR.

His Honor the Pausrpenr laid before the House a com- ;munication which he had received from Benjamin Davies, Esquire, of the Debating Club, in Charlottetown, stating that, by a Resolution of the Club of the 17th inet., the mem- hers of the Houses of the Leyislature will be welcome to

the Club Room during the hours of debate, every Friday |

| evening, at eight o'clock.

| | HOUSE IN COMMITTEE ON ADDRESS IN ANSWER TO HIS FXCEL-

LENCY’S SPEECH. Hon. Mr. Watxer in the Chair. The sevaral paragraphs of the Draft having been submit- ited seriatim to the Committee, were severally agreed to | without any amendment, with the exception of the last, and

| to be unnecessary to notice it in this report.

The House having been resumed, the Address, as amended 'in Committee, was reported by the Hon. Mr. Walker, and it ‘having been ordered that the Report be received, it was read |a second time, and agreed to by the House.

| COVERNMENT ARRANGEMENT WITH THE BANK FOR THE CASH- | ING OF TREASURY WARRANTS, ‘of the Address which responds to arrangement, with -he Bauk of Prince Kiward [s!and, by |which, for the future, Treasury Warrants can be, at once, ‘exchanged for Cash ;” His Honor the President said that if | Ulis Honor, the member of the Government, holding a seat ,in this Council, felt himself at liberty to communicate the | information, he (His Honor the President), and their Honors | generally, he believed, would like to know on what basis such arrangement had been made.

fiis Honor Mr. Parmer promptly and in the most eour- teous manner, responded to the question. | [é said the ar- rangement is simply this: the Government have opened an account with the Bank of £10,000, and would is-ue cheques on it for the full payment in cash of all Treasury Warrants | which should be issued by them (the Government). Should

ithe Government, at any times overdraw, the Bank would | : : icharge © per cent upoa its advances; and should the reverse | be the case, allow 6 per cent for whatever balance should |

iremain in its coffers due to the Government. | His Honor the Presrpewt observed that the arrangement

|was ahighly advantageous one, highly creditable to the

Government, andeno less so to tho Bank, which, by entering |

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jinto it, had displayed a liberality and public spirit unpera.-|

jleled by any other Bankjng Lustiration in the Colonies, His Hovor Mr. Jottyson brictly expressed himself’ to the ‘same effect.

thus :—

“ We cannot let this our Grst opportunity pass without | “heartily weleoming Your Excellency amongst us, nor with- | “out congratulating Your Kx vellency on the 2usp cious, |

* socia! and financial cireumstances whic: have attended this

‘your first opening of Parliament ; and we sincerely pray | “that Your Excelleacy’s protracted stay amongst us may be | /“* continuously attended by such like favouring concur:ences | |“ as shall conduce to the personal and relative happiness of |

* yourself, and evidence of the prosperity of the Colony.” The amendment proposed by the Hon. Mr, Bagnall and

secouded by the Hon. Col. Swabey, and the propriety of

which, after a brief discussion, was uhavimous y concurred \

bor i : ; : _ i use. teas lollowe > m« Lhey both came forwatd, and expressed in the 90 opposition being made, ou the motion of the Hon. Mr. | 19 93 the House, is as follows:

j Dingwell, it was ananimously agreed that, during the Szs- | rible fate—slow-coming death by exposure and starvatioa, | sion, the privilege of franking letters should be cojoyéd and ‘* out heartily welcoming Your Exeelleney amongst us, and |

“expressipg our sincere hope that your residence in this

| which was impliel by the words “ auspicious sociad circum-

: a ive; pare an Address in answer to His Excelleney’s 8 eech, re-|stanccs,” and that, therefore, they ought to-be cancelled. » passenger, evidently puzzied to make out the motive | Pare an 4 ; y’s Speech, , t | The passenger, evidently p Ion, Col. Swapey, in seconding the amendment, said that |

‘no doubt the paragraph, as it stood in “ the Address,” had

‘been penned with the best and most honest intention; still, |

| however, he was of opinion that, if their Honors would fully /consider the position in which they themse!vess then stood, if

| they would recall to mind the substance of their Address of | |last Session to Her Majesty the Queen, remembering, at the |

same time -that the circumstances and provocations which called forth that Address, were stil! unchanged and unabated,

|they would be fully convineed that to acquiesce in the as-| re | yy « < ; “ a , riety yrs ating . “excellene ¢ this | *Tonly wrote one of these. Who wrote the) Examiner Office, stating that the Debates and proceedings sumed propetsey ot congratulating itis Excellency, ee

juncture of public affairs, on “ the auspicious social circum. |

| stances of the Colony, themselves, would then, however, say nothing, althouzh, if he chose to

would be a positive stultification of

‘do so, he could say much; and as to the political change |

which had takem place, it remained to be seen whether it was for good or for evil. He recommended the preservation of the @nmlimentary style, but the cancelling of tthe expres- ‘son which contradicted the expression of opinion made by /the majority of the House last Session—an expression which he inclined to believe might have beeu cuuningly introduced to entrap that mujority, | Jlis Honor the Peesrpenr thought it would “be best to strike out of the congratulation the words * auspicious social cire umstances” ; and that the proposed amendmeut was, upor the whole, preferable to the original paragraph.

Hon. Mr. Patwen said, that as the paragraph dd not linvelye any principle, discus-ion was uanecessary. He did not rise with a view to the mai: t.ining iuviviate the

stances.” For himse!f, he did not remember a period when | the social condition of the people was of a more pleasing and | gratifying character ; and as to.the fiuances of the Colony, it }was undeniable that they were in a very satisfactory state. The Hon. Col. Swabey, however, peraaps understood the | words “ social circumstances” in quite a different sense from

. . ° j * } 1a t : . r,|} ar : } de her lo order that the publication of the proceedings and? that ™ which he (Hon, Mr. rn eee eet Debates of the House mig'st, for the information of the pub- | Ue would not take “Pp the Sas of ‘a a ik Tan further | { was steering at the time considerably | lig, re-e ve 1 wider circulation than they gould do, should the Fcmarks; nor would he seck to divide the House on the

wotion of amendment.

| ‘The amendment was then adopted.

kh. B. Irvine, Reporter, |

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| Note —The Legislative Council baving very properly idet rmined that their Debates must be continuously publish- jed, from week to woek, during the Legislative Session, and bro: ght ‘o a close within fourteen days afier its termination ; |sitce any portion of them which migot be published, after ithat lapse of time, would, in all probability, be wholly dis-

‘the amendment thereo®, being mercly a verbal one, it uppears

When His Honor the Cuarrman had read that paragraph | that paragraph of the Speech, in which it is stated that “a preliminary |

The. paragraph which was amended in Committee, in | the Address, as reported by the Huon. Mr. Johuson, stood

“ We eansot suffer this our first opportunity to pass with- |

As to the sozia! condition of the Colony, he |

paragraph of the reported Address; although he certainly | |could not admit the validity of the Hou. Col. Swabey’s ob- | rs. : i. * ss i » » -

| jecuions to the words * auspicious social and financial cireum-.

regarded by the public in general ; the Reporter, well aware |that unless by condensation of matter, that is by giving the substance and spirit of the Debates, instead of verbatim Reports, it would be impossible for him to acquit himself of |his prescribed duties within the period assigned for their | performance, has adopted the mode above indicated, to which, with the approbation of the Legislative Council, he wil adbere throughout the Session. R. B. Invina, Reporter,

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TLOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS IN A NSWER TO THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH. Monoay, 20ib February, 1960. Tlouse in Committee on the Address in answer to the Lieut. Governor's Speech.—Mr. McNeill in the Chair.

The Ist and 2nd paragraphs were agreed 10. The 3rd

having been read—

Hon. Mr. COLES said,—TI rise not to offer any objection to the passage of the parag raph, nor to offer atiy objection to the improvement of our system of education,--ard the Gy v- ernment stall receive my support of any well devised system of improvement. No scheme of human origin ean be perfect; and | was pleased to observe, recently, that an able writer, after giving us great credit for the introduction of the sys'em, threw out valuable suggestions for the improvement of the schoolhouses, and the improvement of the class of teachers, by holding out greater inducements for well qualified persons toembrace the profession, With reference to the Central Academy, the laie Government contemplated making altera- tions in its eenstitution, but religious feelings had been aroused to such a degree, that it was not deemed advisable to introuuce them until they should have subsided, which, [ trvst, will soon be the case. The Island should have an institution capable of affording an education equal to that which the youth of other Colonies can obtain. I will cheerfully snp- port any measure which may be introduced, based on just and equitable principles. The Address need not be discussed, paragraph by parasraph,—last year the whole was debated before a paragraph was agreed to. I think that there is one very important omission from the Speech; in fact, a most Important matier has received not the shetrtest allusion. The Hon. Mr. Palmer, the Leader of the Government, has stated that the Lieut. Governor has received authority to alter the constitution of the Legislative Council. A matter of such paramount unpertance should not have been kept back a day. Tue despatches should Lave been given to the public through the Gazelle, as soon as possible, afier having been received ; bat here we have the Legislature convened, and no reference is made to the subject, which should have formed the snbject of a distinct parag raph inthe Speech. and the despatches con- nected with it should be laid on the table without delay. All | prominent subjects of executive action ought to be referred to | inthe Speech trom ihe Throne. Ii may be said that the late | Government did not indicate all their intended policy in this mauner, but a measure so important as the change’ of the constitation of one branch of the Legislature, shou'd occupy a conspicuous place in the Speech. The people were inform- ed by the paper which supports the present Government, that the Lieut. Governor had received the authority io make the | alterations, and even expressed the hope that Col, Swabey

would not be removed, but allowed tw retain tis seal, a8 an old friend, (Laugtter.)

i | Hon. Mr. HAVILAND.—The House and the Government

ought certainly feel great obligations to the hon. member for the lecture on political morality, which came with a very good grace from the hon. Leader cf the late Guvernment, when his political course is considered. If mv memory serves me ) aright, bat four short years age, in 1856, when that gentle-

| man was atthe head of the Govetn.ent, a far more important alteration was made in the constitacion. The amber of |} members’ of ~ this llouse was increased from 24 to 30, and the electoral districts were etanged, eut up and re- adjusted in such a manner as was considered most likely to avert the impending ruin of the party in power. Was there any allusion tothat measure in the Lieut. Governor's Speecht Or were the people consulied on the subject?’ The Bill was concocted on Good Friday, by the ton. the late Queen's Printer and others, who, net having attended their plac: s of worship, and, consequently, feeling the want of something to | do, amused themselves by preparing a u.easure, altering the whole characier of the representative branch of the Legisla- ture. With relfereace to the despatches referred to, | can in- form the hon, member that when the Government considers that the interests of the Coleny shall reader their production expedient, they will be presented. As to the passage refer- ring to Education, the hua. member states that he has no ub- jection to it.

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Hon. Mr. COLE'S —J merely stated shat no system was perfect.

Hon. Mr. HAViILAND.—T admit that the Free Education Act has been productive of great benefirs to the people, I | have always supp.ried the principie of that measure, and shall continne wdo so, One great benefit arising from the general diffusion of education among the people ts, that *t will render them less liable to be led away by the d clamation of stump orators and demagoovues. ‘Tie Central Academy, as at present constituted, is bat a day school for Charlotte- town, and the sooner it is placed on the footing of a collegiate institution, the better, — It is pr. matore to boast of our edu cational system, until the Colony is pr. vid -d with the means of imparting instruction of a tigher order than it bas at present, I tnerefore hope that when a measure shall be in- troduced, having for its object the elevation of the character of that institution, it will receive the general support of the Llouse.

_ Hon. Mr. COLES.—It is amnsing to listen to the hen. member objecting to the jate Government, for not having in- troduced ints the Speech mention of a measure, which he Says was not coneoeted until Good Friday, some six werks alter the commeucement of the Session Besides, that was net a Government measure ; it was, I believe. prepared by M?ssrs. Whelan and Clark. Lean tell that hon. member, that be can find no analogy between the conduct of ihe late Governmen’,

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in the production of despatches, and the presentcase. “hat Government submitied to the Legislature all despatches hav-

ing reference to the affairs of the Colony; and, in one instance only, sabmitted an extract of a despatelr, withholding merely a portion referring to the Lieut. Governor individually, Hlon. Me. LONGWORTHL—Mr. Chairman, if | wanted | aconvincing proof that the Speech was unobjectionable, wav, that 1 could not be assailed, | would find a in the circum. stance that the hon. member, Mr. Coles, had to seek fir | materials of attack iv matters wholly extraneons to it. As to the reference to what the [lon Mr. Palmer may have said on the subject of the Legislative Couneil, from which the hon member argues that his Mxcelleney should have referred to the subject dn his Speech, | cannot consider the alteration intimated by Mr. Palmer in any degree as important as the change in the constitution of inis House, eff cted by the late Government—a change net required by the people to be affected by it, nor demanded by any expression of public opinion, but a measure prepared ina sly underhand wav. But, I would ask the hen member, is this [louse 1o dictate to the Lieutenant Governor? At the tue the Government consider right, the despatches will be submitted. The han. member admits that during his tenwre of Government, part of a despateh was withheld. Of the propriety of the production, or retention of that extract, the then Lieut. Governor, Sir Dominick Daly, was the sole jidze. And are we asked to stand up and say to the Lieut. Governor, ** You should have laid sach and such a despatch before us?’’ Such a course would be most indecorous and disrespectful, and would be tantamount to oar charging the Queeu’s Representative with a dereliction of duty, and saying that he withheld from us what we, dis masters, say he should produce. As w the educational sysiem of the Island, a!) adimit its excellence, as far as it goes. |t is an honer to the conniry. I havea! ways suppuried ut. considering, as | da, that education is the most important element in the social and moral elevation of a people; and, therefure, it becomes the duty of all to.co operate in rendering the sysiem as perfect as possible. Asa whole, it is good; but some of the parts re- guire revision. The seale of salaries, the districts, number | of schools in each, and other matiers, require alteration. ‘The | House is frrquentiy almosi inundated with petitions for teach- ers’ salaries, withheld because the attendance of pup ls has fsllen beneath the numerical standard which the law requires, | to entitle the teacher to his pay. It as impossible to charac- | terise a sysiem as perfect, which is deficient in the most im- portant particular; and |, therefore, trast that the House will euler apog the consideration of the subject, irrespeciively of party feelings, and, I trust, it will enable the Government te | @stablish an institution, which will be of benefit to the people, | and acredit to the Island. ‘Theres no: océasivn why the youth of the Island should be sent abroad fur education. With