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CHARLOTTETOWN, PLE. 1, JUNE 7, 1858. ; PPLE es LORD STANLEY'S SPEECH ON THE LOAN BILL.

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Wes copy from the London Times of the llth alt., the speech of the Right Mon, the Seeretary of State for the (Colonies, on the occasion of iutroducing into the House of fommong a regolutign authorising Her Majesty to guarantee the Loan to be raised under the Bil} passed two years ago, and v hich the proprietary faction prophesied would be ** vog é praterea nihil,”’ which, being interpreted by the hon. member from Port Hill, meaneth, ‘it’s a bad job whatever,’’ aud by pee hou. member for Belfast, ** it’s all smoke.”’

We select the fyllowing passages as worthy of special

{bound in November, 1855, to disallow both thoge Acts. ’ It |was to be remarked, too, that the Governor, In Den eee ) them, spoke quite as strongly as the right hon. baronet of |

~ {danger of the principle thereby established, and paid he only

gave his assent to. tuese megsures, in hope ef ee etlil greater evils. The yight hon. gentleman (Mr. Labouc rere) who succeeded the right hon. baronet wrote to the a in December, 1855, to express his imtention to resist .

it of a similar character which were aimed S “ ‘spoliation of the proprietors. The right hon. eee bs suggested that an amicable sgttlement might bee be ay these Innds being Yought up. In April, 7856, Bot i. ‘agreed in proposing a loan of £100,000, to buyap. — 4 ‘and asked fur the guarantee of the Imperial ay | promising to repay the loan in 29 re, The fight . on. ‘gentleman (Mr. Labouchere) assented to this Fequest. om ‘some cause the Bill was postponed last year, but a promise | was given that the Bill should be broughtin this session. The ‘revenue of the colony, which was £12,000, in 1848, was now ‘between £28,000 and £30,000 being an increase im the proportion of five to two in eight years. The colony was ae from debt, and had a small available surplus. A sinking fan

nities, coming as they do from the Chief of the Colonial Office, | was to be provided, and the debt would not extend over more

of whoss enlightened, candid and impartial tone of mind they ufford most gratifying evidence; and it ig truly pleasing to observe this the first official recognition by the Lnuperial authorities, that injustice has been inflicted upon the country, | that the proceedings of the British Government operated | unjustly and oppregsively on the great bulk of the population, | who were necessary thrown into a state of antagonisin | towards their self-imposed landlords. After shewing that the principle of affording Imperial aid to Colonial undertakings ovas objectionable, his Lordship states as his reason for de- * , bes ; ‘ / =

viuting in this instance from what he believed to be sound theory :-— ,

‘ His justification wag that ig agsiating the colony of Prince Edward Island to relieve itself from the embarrassment in which it wag placed, they were not granting apy favour or conferring any boon, but were simply, in seme degree, re- pairing a wrong which bud been caused by an act of the Go-| veramént of this country, and for which they were in justice | bound to provide a remedy.”

\gain he says that, from i767,

**‘The history of Prince Edward Island presented a record of one Jong quazre!l between the proprietary thus imposed by the Imperial Government upon the cylony, and the population who were their tenants. Various attempts were made to have M + . a ; . the land declared forfeited on account of the non-fulfilment of the conditions originally imposed ‘by the Government. It would seem, looking back at ‘this distance of time, that ench a proceeding was founded in reason, but it was not encouraged by the Government of the day, who adopted a directly opposite course.” ,

‘The last guotation is so candid an admission, that the Im- perial authorities of the present day have seen the errors of their predecessors, acting at the instigation of the proprietary

honorable to its acthor and the Government of which he isa prominent member :—

‘ The proposal now made would relieve the Island from an embarrassment which it did not create for itself, and which had, indeed, been the dipect work of the Jmperial Government.”

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Monray, May 10.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND LOAN.

The House having gone into Committee—

Lord STANLEY rose to move a resolution, to the effect that Her Majesty be authorised to guarantee the payment of a foan, not exceeding £100,000, for the service of the cvlony of Prince Edward Island, and stated that, although |

‘than 20 years. The proposal now made would relieve the

lisland from an embarrassment which it did not create for

itself, and’ which had indeed been the direct work of the imperial Government. The noble lord concluded by moving thet Her Majesty be authorized to guarantee the payment of a loan to an amount not exceeding £100,000 for the service

eent., and that provision be made ont of the consolidated fund for the sum payable under this guarantee.

Mr. BLACKBURN said it was clear that the vote was introduced by the present Government in fulfilment of a pledge given by the previous Government. , Parliament, however, was under no pledge to pass such ote, and he trusted that it would. not mect with the concurrence of the House. by .

‘The motion was agreed to, the resolution was ordered to be reperted, and the House resumed. wy HOUSE OF COMMONS—THURSDAY, MAY 13,

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND LOAN BILL.—This Bill was broughtin by Lord STANLEY, and read a first time.

——_—___ 4«<5 o-oo" THE SOURIS ROW.

We promised, in our last No., to correct some glaring errors in the report of the Souris meeting, which was published in the Islander of the 28th ultimo, over the siguature of the Chairman, Mr. A. Leslie, jan. So much time having elapsed since that meeting was held, the pablic have, no doubt, ceased to feel any interest regarding it; we shall, therefore, confine our observations fo the smallest possible space, and notice only such statements as we know to be positively aatrue.

We have asserted that Mr. Leslie’s report is incorrect, inas- much asit does not give all the facts connected ygith the riotous proceedings of the meeting ; and while it attempts, in one place, to gloss over the yivlence of the rioters it exaggerates their ruffianly conduet— bad enough as it was — in another place. We make the following extract, in order to point out the errors it contains :—

‘¢ The chairman then asked if any elector present wished to address the meeting. 3). Flynn, Eaq., then took the platform, and introduced the Hon. FE. jYhelan, who would explain to the meeting the general pgiicy of the present Government. A dispute arose as to the right of a non-eleetor, noé heing a candidate, speaking at such meting. Several gentlemen, both Conservatives as well as Liberals, waiving the right, endea- youred to get him a hearing, without effect. The question being put from the chair. a show of hands wag evidently

jagainst Mr. Whelan. The chairman, wishing to give him an

opportunity of speaking, addressed the mpeting and again put

' refer, as being the instigators of the disgraceful row, the ex- : stinginess. God help the poor, if the model christians of 4, istence of which the report fully admits; but they may rest Christian Witness had the power to tighten the public

‘ aspured that Mr. Leslic’s silence shall not protect them from strings,and to turn away from the people's door, with a

the odium -they have merited. They, forsooti, pretend to be ora hy pocritical cant about religion, the starving wretch lovers of British constitutional freedom! They claim and cried for the means of buying a crust of bread! 7 Who

| exercise the assumed right to attack the private and public. jc

| character of their opponents — to defame and libel them with GOING TO PERDITION BY Proxy all the virulence and malignity which their depraved natures : can suggest ; and, to give an example of the moral cowardice; * © which inherently belongs to such characters, they get up a) 40" 17 ns Aes Protector, over the signature of «

‘guffianly row to prevent the accused from being beard in his Fortunatus, MA 2 fair specimen of the intellectual

own defence, on the contemptible plea that he is not a yoter iii ore ew a pious sheet, for ny

‘in, or a resident of, the district! Was Ephraim Reid a resi- be oo : ae we - mia the feelings of their

| dent of, or a voter in, Charlottetown, when he came here a yp pany a ate ee aa to nee distrust and

| few weeks ago to give his opinions on our political affairs? ee duped Pro.

testants, with the view of serving the cause of Tory; | Was Mr. Edward Palmer a voter in Georgetown when he went . : aia et, ¥. of Lory ism und | |intolerance. We might make more than one guch ‘

from the letter in question, in which the writer has given thy

_ | most undoubted proofs of his mendacity and stupidity . dom of discussion, and courteously listened to; but the notion | in this extract the author appeurs to haye = Mi > but of free discussion amongst the Fories of Souris is, to talk them-

to produce such a lie as would throw the explo; Mun sclyes until they are hoarse, without troubling themselyes with Ploits of

a chausen into the shade :—

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any scruples regarding the truth or decency of their talk ; a “Tye-Cuvrcy o Roys Makes MERSELY TH Savior 4 ’

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< o Wz select the following choice passage from a commun;

there, a short time after, to do precisely the same thing? Both

these gentlemen were very properly allowed the utmost free-

‘of Prince Edward Island, with interest not egoeeding 4 per | whoy any person has the boeldnesg to expose their falsehoods, | or rux Lorn Jesus Cunist,—Iin proof of this assertion, let me ’

to deny him the constitutional richt to speak in his own de-| Point to the case of the Duke of Brunswick. The eny him the constitntiqnal right pe blasphemously told him, on his death bed, that if he fenee, and get up 2 row to enforce the denial. braced the doctrines of the papal Chureb, he would ‘sf _~ : We are very much mistaken if the Souris row does not) When he hesitated, they said—* We pledge ourselyes to

materially serve the cause of the Liberal party at the forth- eternal perdition in your stead, if you should be lost by joini , a F , the communion of Kome.’ * As every one of us must >i

coming election for the first district. In their hest of days the account of himself to God,’ the offer was a moral impoes il = Messrs. McGowan had very little influence. As their behaviour it proves that Romish priests substitute the Church fox provoked a exy of Shame! even from their intimate friends at | ~ ete it © % the public meeting on the 22nd ult., we need entertajn no ap- ‘ : earnest are the editorial staf? of the pious Protector in prehension regarding the opposition ‘hey can now give to the , 7 efforts to gain a few votes for the Tories at the ensy

return of the two Liberal candidates—Messrs. Knight and election, that we don’t doubt but even they would make thy Beaton. They pretend not to be unfavorable to the former— ne go to the devil by oa , if they thought that they

for the best of all reasons : ‘hey know it is not in their power, | ©?" thereby compass the political destruction of a couple of

nor in that of any of their gang, to prevent the return of this -bnoxions Liberal candidates. We only hope, however, that if ever so well inclined for a trip to the lower regions, they

will become better men and more sincere Christians than they are, and not give any of Beelzebub’s impe the satisfaction of stirring them up with a long pole.

gentleman as a supporter of the present Government. As for Messrs. McEachern and Campion, the sooner they are delivered over to the safe keeping of Sergeant Mitchell, at the Asylum, the better it will be for themselyes and the community at large,

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Tux Sanctified Press, which, it was said, at the outset of its’ career, would not soil its sacred pages in the mire of political discussion, bids fair to distance its cotemporary the Islander

this city, was lauyched on Saturday, the 29th ult. Being the largest vessel ever built on the Island, the eyent of her Inupch ; attracted a great assemblage of spectators, and we are happy by the rancour and extravagance of its appeals on behalf of | to eay that the majestic style in which the Luge mass started, the Tories, and the recklessness of its assertions. With a bible | and entered her destined element, amply compensated the

in one hand and a bludgeon in the other, it seems anxious, like | crowd fur the time they were kept waiting on the Ferry W hart a hig bully, to rush wherever there is a chance of a free fight ; | and ‘* parts adjacent.” Owing to her great size, she tock the

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and while breaking the bones of his yictims with the one, pre- | ground near theedge of the channel, where she must remain, tends to be very desirous of healing the wounds of the spirit; W¢ are informed, until the next spring tides, when we hope oth ie tu announce her freedom from her ppesent durance vile. She

The last No. of the pious and non-political journal gives the is of a somewhat peculiar model, and is built of the best astute yieys of its truth-loving editor as to the best method of materials throughout, and has been finished with very elgbor- ' ate care in every department. She ig iron-kneed and strapped It insinuates that the present depressed state of our commercial |" = 7 _— — ne wg tne

pinent of her dimensions :—Length of keel, 210 feet ; depth of ,

| held, 29 feet 1 inch; breadth of beam, 38 feet ; length over j all, 240 feet. She measures 1795 tons new measurement, is

suying Prince Edward Island from its financial embarrassments.

affairs is owing to the want of economy and prudence on the

part of the Government —that the members of the Government

5 ‘ . . ae ’ * ‘inne << : : 7. 8 > eo » . . 9 ae it was necessary to ask the Committee to assent to this! the question, wen there seemed to bea majority in favour of | have shown no business tact and financial ability—that the re; |

Feso' ution in ord>r that he might be enabled to introduce a! Mr Whelan being heard. On Mr. Whelan ascending the Bill on the subject, they did not thereby pledge themselves | platform, the hubbub became so great that all order way lost, cith r to the principle or to the details of the measure. He! when some riotous and improper proceedings took place,

| sources of the country have not heen developed—that the reve- jnue has been imprudently expended, and the country involved

belicved from what had taken place at an early period of the | during which the chair on which the hon. ggagleman: stvod,in debt, &e. &e. Now, then, he asks: ‘‘ How shall we regaiy

covering, and eleo trum tly proveedings last year with reference | was pulled from under him several times, and a shower of

‘ : , to 61 e New Zealand Loan guarantee, that a general opinion | potatoes and eggs flying around him. The tumult, which |

was entertained in the House that Imperial guarantées of} continued half an hour, was quieted chiefly through the pours raised for colonial purposes were objectionable in praigeworthy eforty of flons. J. Dingwell and D, Beaton, C. = : = >

i. ipse (hear, hear), and in that view he fully concurred. | \MeKach rm, M. MeWade, D. flynnand J. MeDonald, Ksqra.

te regarded any system of Lmperial guarantees for colonial | Order being restored,the hon, geuticman addressed the meeting, | Joans as nut omy dangerous and embarrassing to the Imperial | expressing his surprise at the conduct of the people, explaining

Renee rises Ra ike ies laa . s ; ; ; : ; ; finano2s, but. ay unsatisfactory so far as the interests of the and defending in his usual eloquent style the policy ef the colonies themselves were concerned, because it was most} present Government.”’

important the colonies should fully understand that co-existent |

According to this stutement there was at one moment a/|

and increase our prosper‘ty ?’’ He does not give the answer direetly, but we can easily perceive that the answer which he | wishes to convey, is—‘* Bring the Tories into power again, and lall will be right.’

Iie recommends a further developement of our Agricultural ‘and Fishery resources. The Liberals have been trying for years to convert the leasehold tenures of the Island into free-

| 2700 tons burthen. She is built to class seven years at | Lioyd’s. If we are to believe the opinions expressed hy those more competent than ourselves to sit in judgment on specimens of nayal architecture, no vessel has ever left our shores so cal culated to reflect eredit on her builders as the Ethel, to which in her future career we heartily hid God speed.

A notice of the launch of this ship was inserted in our last No., but we regretted to hear, on the morning after publica- tion, that it was entirely erroneaus, The lad who brought it tous had the impudence to pass himself off as a clerk in the employ of the owners; and whoever wrote the notice had

wit! the right of self-government was the duty of self-support. }f ho were asked why, having laid down a rule of that kind, he | proposed to depart from it in this instance, his justification |

_ was that the present was a special and exceptional case, and |

majority against Mr. Whelan addresging the meeting, and the | oe : nee ats | next, the majority went the other way. Now, this is not cor- |

rect. There were about 300 persons assembled on the ocecasioy |

‘and supporters of the Protector have thwarted their efforts in

» 1 + c ; as ' >i 2 ae 3 rilla) ‘ j ’ 3 hold ones, by the most equitable means that could be devised, | the meanness and villainy to forge the owners’ names to it, : . oe > < - ‘ . he . . . under which alone Agriculture can flourish. But the patrons |The person who could thas combine forgery with falsehood,

may fancy that he has done a very clever thing indeed, but

one which was not likely to recur. His justification was that in assisting the colony of Prince Edward Island ‘to relieve referred to. Not over 40 or 50 disgraced themselves by their liseli from t .barrass i ich it w ace hey | _: sn fro the emharrassment in which it was placed they | riotous and tumultuous conduct,—the others, numbering from were net granting any faveur or conferring any boon, bat) | ae : were simply, in some degree, repairing a wrong which had 240 to 250 or thereabouts, when the question was twice put, as to 4 . a 6 ‘ttt eve. y ° ° . veen caused by an act of the Government ¢f this equntry, and/ whether Mr. Whelan should speak, decided in the affirmative. for which they were in justice bound to provide a remedy. He could show to what an extent the growth of that colony | e : : jiad Leen xeigrded by av act of the Imperial Legislature | under Mr. Whelan several times, is not true. That brave act

poss ‘A nearly 90 years ago.) In 1767 the greater part of the | was accomplished only once, and the hero could not have and in the colony, amoutiting to nearly 1,500 000 acres, was | th ed ey a ked behind tl hip Jjsposed of, he could hardly say by sale, but by public lottery | "°" eer oe ae eer ase ed ne

in London, in the course of a single day. No less than) pushed his way, unperceived, to where the chair stood. It is

? 4/ ope ro i > } 2 9 08 , ' 4 : s : 4,340,000 acres were disposed of in 67 lots of 20,006 aereg | frequently the case thay the most desperate lunatics unite the

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The next statement, as to the chair having heen pulled from

each. These grants were made subject to the condition of | ‘ ; : : ; atrodue;ng a certain number of settlers, at the rate of one | deepest cunning with the most violent poroxyms of insanity, tor every 1u0 acres, and also subject toa quitrent varying| The story about the ‘‘ shower of potatoes and eggs,’’ is also from 2s. to 6s. per 100 acres, to be paid to the Government. | jjoorrect, We understand the blackguards stole a few pota- rhese conditions were in themselves sufficiently improvident, | oar . : bet the Goverament did not even interfere to enforce cn behalf | toes from Mr. Moynegh’s house, two of which only they had of the colony the conditions which it had thus imposed \ Soon the courage to fire, aiming their shots at bly. VW. 'g face; but acter the settlement of the colony the American war broke) 4.6. the eggs, they were not to be scen; had there heen any out, and it was then alleged that the introduction of settlers | i i it Aedes ; eon according to the terms of the agreement had become impos- | such things within the thievish grasp of the hungry-locking gible. Settlers were not introduced, and the Government’ set who figured in the row, they would have much sooner given tacitly, if not in express words, dispensed with that part! thoma passage down their own throats, sound or unsound, than of che obligation. Lhe payments tell into arrear, and! eee aa € anotl wore not pressed. The result was that almost the whole soil | #V Sree them at bhe person qt another, of the colony was 1 rape and that a eck part ge bo Mr. Leslie’s report gives the Hon. James Dingwell credit, proprietors were abgent-es, or speculators wjth ‘ygry little . ors. for his eff. , . omnes - Capital, who from tie conditions of their tenure were necessarily | ae agnaee, Se : oe on ee order gad decorum ? placed ina position of antagonism to the great mass of the | but it does not mention that Mr. Dingwell succeeded in seizing opulation. It was well known to all who were acquainjed 2 lot of murderous bludgeons that had been prepared and se- witb the feelings of colonial communities that the great desire | ereted for the-occasion. There is no doubt that the intended 3 ” ” ts 7,

cf ‘every cglonjet was to beeome the possessor of land ; and: e ’ from the period he had mentioned the history of Prince sassins prepayed those weapons with the concurrence, or at iward isiand presented a record of one long quarrel between the instigation of the ringleaders of the riot. Last week we

» NYY vate iv cn, : rov 2 #28. . : : . the proprietary thus imposed by the Imperial Government gave the names of those ringleaders, and we shall not hesitate, upon the colony and the“ pgpulation who were their tenants. | aa kekitiitaibiie ‘tees ene 4 Various attempts were made to have the land declared} @V°Ty Opporsuntty, to make their improper conduct as forfeited on acevunt of the non-fulfilntent of the conditions widely known as possible. originally impesed by the Government.\[t would seem, looking | ; 72778

a id yb 7. ; atte | ted before that the Messrs. J am Mac-

bavk at this distance of time, that such a proceeding was found- | We state = i t th f » oe and William Mac ed in resson, but it was net encouraged by the Goyernment gowan, (particularly the latter), and Messrs. McEachen and wf theday, who adopted a diregtly opposite course, A large Campion, had conducted themselves in such a manner as to

mount gf arfears was forgiven in“I818, and at the same time | - delible di se amount gf arfeays was forgiven in 1818, and at the same time |. aict the most indelible disgrace upon men even of the worst the amount of the very moderate quitrent origmally imposed "= ts s* was reduced. In 1330 a further change was made, the , description of character; but when we know that three out of

quitrent was abandoned, and a land-tax was substituted. the four hold Her Majesty’s Commission of the Peace, their About that time the policy of the great mass of the colonists, | .on duet appears doubly reprehensible. They were sworn to

who had all along been opposed to the proprietary tenure,

Appeared to have changed, and, instead of geéking ta obtain Preserye the PRG; but from the hour the people began to the forfeiture ef the estates on the ground of non-compliance assemble at Sourjs, on the 22d May, down to the time the row with the original conditions, they attempted to drive out the occurred, when they were in the midst of it, their ingulting, proprietors by imposing upon them excessive and unfair

tixation. At the same time a reduction in the value of the ge and violent language towards every individual who op-

s . : : . . co =¢ | w rial ; aie a . . . | this divection. The Liberals have also sought to give the most | we wish him joy of the applause he is likely to receive, even 1

ample encouragement to the Fisheries ; first, by rendering ' from his own seared conscience, for the contempt: ble 1m posi- them ayailable to the use of Americans, who might be, and tion he has practised.

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haye been in some instances, induced to settle amongst us, to | STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH CANADA.

spend their money here, tg give lucrative employment to our own people, and to teach them the individual profit and great | Tus Steamer Lady Head has been put upon the roate * public advantage of prosecuting the Fisheries on a more ex-) between Quebee and Shediac by the Canadiao Government. ‘enya seale than they have hitherto done ;—and, secondly, | She arrived at the latter place on Saturday last, after a passage by endeavouring to wrest from the grasp of the proprietors the | Of three days from Quebee. Jobn Daly, Rsq., son of His

Reserves originally set apart for the purposes of a free fishery. | Excellency the Lieut. Governor, took passage in her, and ar-

In this the Liberals haye alse been opposed by the friends and , riyed here yia Westmorland yesterday morning, she having

| left Shediac abgut 2 a: m. on Sunday.

It is the intention, we understand, to run the Lady Head 4

| patrons of the Protector.

Having indulged in eundry platitudes on topics he evidently |

‘ oa ce /once a month betwee ad Shedi Bt .. does not understand—not forgetting to blow eut his indigna- | a petween Quebec and Shediac, tuwehing at Gaspe,

: ‘ r , | Dall i d f ath: he inte . be tion about the ‘accursed trade in whiskey,’’ which would. oe are Chatham, and the intermediate ports ;

: : ; : /and we hay ( hi icati ere never be mentioned if Mr. Coles had nothing to do with the | “il es ‘ pe mo Goads that’ the oommaniantion thug apeacg vs ok are : . ,; Will confer ant ac a is C , Government—the pious and heneyolent editor of the we WE COS SUE ere enema Apen thle Colony. nett ttt natant

tical Protector recommends two other projects for relieving the | jcountry. ‘The first is, that two or thyee of the public offices |

SUPREME COURT. hall be merged into one; and the second, that the poor of the The Jane term for Pringe County commenced on Tuesday

‘last and terminated on Thursday — His Lordship the Chief

country may be left to starve and die without a shilling of | : a heh ; relief from the Legislature. Justice presiding. The criminal business comprised the fol, »

As to the union of offices in one individual, that was one of | ves ee r the fruits of the old Family Compact rale, against which the | q - Queen vs. Angus McPherson, Roderick McPherson, Neil

people long ago steadily set their faces. It might be very Gillis snd Dayadd Stewart—Laroeny. No bill found against ‘convenient for themselves to revive the practice, if the Tories | the last two; Roderick McPherson found guilty and sentenced

| came back to power; but the Liberals are not likely to follow | ta five months imprisonment, and the first acquitted.

‘their bad example inthis respect. The whole of the salaries) | Queen vs. dohn Thebedeux—Larceny ; guilty ; four months

now paid to the principal officers in the Colonial Building apna:

amount tea little over £2,500—which is the smallest Civil| @¥ee# ¥s- Lemang Thebedeux and William Henderson—Lat

List charge in any of Her Majesty’s North American Colonies ; 2 cove: elioteetate) ; guilty; fons — nine

and the salary to each individual officer would be deemed a/ ce as rus Glover—Larceny ; bill found and Bensl ‘ small allowance to a confidential clerk in a large commercial C iia ; . Pa

establishment. If the whole £2,500 were set aside, and all ae en —tmne Howath, edmtuistentar, ve. Site

the public duties of all the public offices done for nothing, we ee Rasen rs oe — i cannot cee that such cheese-paring would reseue the country eee * from the ‘‘utter bankruptcy’? in which it is said to be engulphed. ie ©

As for the relief that is doled out to the poor, shiyering, é : wretched objects of humanity, amongst a population of 80,000 ‘other articles on local and general’subjects, we shall p ublish

{G™ As we are compelled to omit from our present No. several communications of an interesting nature, as well 8

evionial currency tock place to such an extent that 18d. currency beeame only wurth Is., a proceeding which reduced in that proportion the rents payakle to the proprietors. \ In 1355 the matter was brought to a crisis. The Governor sent home two Acts, one imposing a rete or duty on the rent-rolls of the proprietors fur uzilitary expenses, and fur the further encouragement of education, and the other giving compensation to tenants for improvements. The imperial Government searcaly ever interposed in the internal affairs of a colony, but the then UCvlouial Seeretary (Sir G. Grey) felt himself

posed them, seeined used for the expregs purpose of creating a disturbance. One of them insulted Mr. W. on the highway, before he reached Souzis, in the most ruffianly manner, with- ont one word of proyocation from him; and he had scarcely arrived at the place of meeting before he was again set upon

we turn a deaf ear tg the supplications of ‘the poor—let the lame, the blind and the halt, the idiot and the lunatic. grovel and die in their misery, as the pious and charitable Protector wants the Government to do, without stretching forth a hand

hy the same individual and another, in a fiendish style. If | to alleviate their sufferings—would the country be enriched by

Mr. Alex. Leslie's report had been a faithful one, it would have held up to just reprobation the individuals to whom we

such pitiful and narrow-souled economy? No; but private benevolence would haye to be taxed to make up for the public

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or 90,600 inhabitants, it has never exceeded £650. Suppose |* full extra sheet of Tae Exaaixxr on Thursday morning

next, when those articles intended for this week’s publication shall appear.

Toe Arianvic Monraty.—We have received this admi- rable periodical for the present month. It is filled, as usual, with original and iustructiye reading of the best descriptioa,

seria] published in America.

and well maintains its character as the best literary monthly _