- ﬂu 45 THE BRITISH AMERICAN. 355 it If . . i- ssing‘ ofthe btll P It surely could not be in. he must abide; and il‘tbey had thought he had LAND ASSESSMENT.

grended merely to enable the government to ,lecpupon beds of down.. Was the poor per. tautto continue to pay his 8!. antlltl. per a. are for potato land ? Were the tithes to con- ﬁrm? The right bon.Secretarv (Stanley)said Wes." his brother minister the noble Lord, Duncannon] said that nothing would satisfy the people oflreland until tithes were diverted froth the pockets 0! supernumcrat‘y and none. ccssal‘y clergy, and applied to purposes of pub. lic benevolence. (Hear.) The present mea- wre would do nothing but irritate the existing sore. Without wishing to intimidate the house, lie implored them not to give ltcland cause to follow the example of America. The British Parlia- menupurned the petitions ofAmerica. and taunted her messenger—Franklin. Let it not be supposed. lunvevcr. that be presumed to compare himself with that great man. Franklin was accused at the bar of the louse of forging a letter which was genuine as the patriot's heart was true. Thcre were taunts and (l1(‘(’l‘§ then, and the philosopher was ignomiuiously dismissed from the house; but America soon did what he trusted Ircland would ncvcrdo. Lord Cloncutry had stated that ho had known instances under the ln~ surrcction Act of debtor magistrates transporting thcir creditors, and of the. husband or hrotherot‘a female lteing sent out ot'thc country, in order to afford an op- yortuuity for the gratification of unholy lust. These were facts, his lordship said. which he knew ; they did not rest upon hearsay. Were those magistrates to be intrustt‘d with power again ? lfnot—itthe act should lcimparti'tllycxccutcd. if orange lodch should be suppressed, as well as political associations, the go- vernment would have all lreland to a man against them. The bill might produce momentary tranquility. but it would be a death-like silence. a dreary repose : tlicy would not bury dead ashes. but the living seed of future dissensions; they Wcre sowing the. dragon's teeth. let them talxe heed that they did not rise up arm- ttl men. He dented with indignant scorn the allega- tion which political agitation was in the slightest de- gree connected with prtcdial agitation. It was a mat- terof history that \vlwr-CVL'I' political agitation com- menced pllBtll-"tl agitation diminished. This fact would be proved to demonstration by the following ta- hle which showed the dccicase of crime from the com- nicncementofthe Emancipation agitation, up to its consummation.

[Here he read the table, which fully confirmed his view.]

“'as there not a law to put down tithe meetings. a law to suppress associations. 3 law topunish conspi- racy, u law to punish a man for inciting~ to outrage and disorder. under pretence of reconunt ailing peace ? He had been tried in Dublin by a pathcd jury; and a packed jury could be found again. for he had enemies enough in Dublin. lfhe were guiltydly him and punish him. “'hat was the condition of Ireland ? The peo- ple were suffering the greatest grievances ; they were starving in one of the richest countiics on the face of the earth; the magistrates were grinding and tyranni- cal. the juries were packed. the corporations narrow and exclusive : cwry thing had been done for the en- ctnit-s of the people. but nothing for the people them- selves. These grimances had been increased by the landlord's law. That House had passed live acts in- creasing the power ofthe Landlord over the tenant, who might now be turned out ofhis farm for 7s. Ud.. whereas formerly it cost from lot to ltil. to remove him. That was the state of Ireland, and he defied any lltilll to show that he. had statcd any grievance that did not exist. or cxageratcd any existing: one. Lord Al. tnoip havl mentioned in thirteen months thirteen mur- tlt-rs. which Mr. Stanley hall swelled into NH by add- in; the attempts to kill. l.5(lt) crimes had been menti- ozn-d as the result ofthrcc month‘s returns; but in 1812. 7.380 crimes had been committed : and even in tin: late year. in England, the crintcs committcd and punished as great offences, were H.000. There was no return of thc-e alledgcd (times in Ireland. and e- vcn a court martial \\ ould require better evidence than the House had to decide on. The rt. hon. set rctary op- yosile had been pleased to assail Mr.5teelc, dc had read a passage trom that gentleman‘s Speech, In which be (Mr. 0'(‘onncll) admitted there was a good deal of ribaldry, sufﬁcient to justify the government to put him on his trial. That trial

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used any expressions derogatory to the alle- giance he owed his Sovereign, let them convict him ; but iftbey believed he used those words to obtain the conﬁdence of the people, where- by he might be enabled to promote peace— that was Mr. Steel’s only dctenee; but if his ptry should be of the same Opinion as hen. gen- tlemen, in that llonse, he would, of course, be convicted. Now to a personal charge upon himself. The right hon. Secretary had read to the House a letter, in which be (MLO’Connelll stated that the member for Alhlone had voted against Ireland, and be appealed to the people to know whether they approved ofhis conduct. He also tnade use ofsimilar language with res- pt ct to the members for Limerick. and the right hon. Secretary said that he was wrong in having doncso. lie, on the contrary, as- serted that he had only exercised a perfectly constitutional right. The right lion. Secre- tary said that he had no right to appeal to constituents ofhon. members. Ile contended that he had a right to appeal to the public against any vote of that House. 't‘hat was a constitutional principle. He had no right to impute motives. but as one of the people he had a right to complain of any vote that might be passed. (Heat) There had already been an attempt made by that House, to suppress the publication of the votcs. [Loud cries of t‘ No " They were the servants ot’the public, not the representatives ofany particular place, bttt of the United Kingdom. They were no. countable l0lheirconslitucnts. and he claimed the right of stating the mischief which he thoughtwonld ensue from the conduct. of any member. provided he abstained from impu- tiug dishonest motives to him. He again de- nied the necessity of suppressng political agri- tation,he utterly denied its connexion with [medial agitation, and the latter, he asserted, did not call for such a bill as this. lfit passed, would the Home of Lords pass the reform bill. which, however, had no (fool, no practical im- mediate good in the abolition of church ccss. ‘t‘hty did not intend to distribute the church among the poor. W'hat, then. was to become of the poor? They could give nothing else but that; they had no other remedy to offer, and that they refused. Ilc alone offered them hope—the hope. ofdomestie legislation. (“ Oh, oh.”) They might think that a (lelusive hope. Let them prove it to be so, bv showing that they “re ready to atlord tnc peogile kind and paternal protection. Instead of which they turned away the look ofltindliness—they lstt all the griveancos ot'thc people nnredresscd— for bread they gave a stone, and they establish- cd among thcma most despotic authority, acting- upon the princrple that t a government to be loved must first be feared.” [Loud and

Treasurer’s Qﬂice, Charlotte-Town, Prince Edward Island, Juno lst, 1833.

JV PURSUANCE ofthe Act of the General Assembly of this Island, made and passed in the Eleventh year of the Reign ofhis late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled “An ﬁt! for raisinga Fund, by an Jlucssmenl on land,for eroding/a Get-cm- men! House and other Public Building: within (his Island.”—l do hereby Publicly notify the Owners or Proprietors of Lands within this Is- land, for which the annual ASscssment charg- ed thereon by the said Act, of'l‘wo Shillings lawful money of this island, for every Hun- dred Acres contained in the several Townships thereof, and in the several lslauds belonging thereto; and the sum of TWO Shillings for eve- ry Town Lot, Pasture Lot, Common Lot, and Water Lot granted in the Town and Royalty of Charlotte-Town—nnd the sum of One Shil- ling‘ and Four-pence for every Town Lot, Par ture Lot, Common Lotand Water Lot in the Towns and Royalties of Georgetown and Princetown, is payable— that unless the As- sessment for the current year shall be paid in. to my hands, or into the hands ofmy Deputies, on or before the first day of I-Iilary Term next, which “1” be on the Seventh day ofJanuary, 1834, Proclamation will be made in open Court on the last day of that-aid Term, of all such Lands as shall then be in arrear for non- payment of the sums charged thereon, agree- ably to the directions of the said Act, and of the Act intituled “ An Actto explain and a- “ mend an Act made and passed in the Elev- “ enth year of the late King, for raising a Fund “ by an Assessment on Land.”

T. H. IIJVILJJVD. Treasurer.

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long knowu as the ﬁrst public House, and best adapted for the accommodation of Travellers of any in the Island The present occupier is desirous of leaving the Premises, in consequence ofthe House (as a Public I'Istablisbment,) requiring more care and attention, in order to secure that

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{patronage its owner for a long succession entrust unlimited ower to statcsmen who‘ot' years enjoyed, than he can possibly de- Could allow their political conduct to be I vote to its management. The House is warped by the most miserable personal feel. ‘ roomy and indcml so we“ known by the tug-s? Aftt-rall the suffering and the wrmtgstI 1' b-E t - u l l. l u (“the Irish Poop”, that “Huge was now kind, It l-l.l an S in I Ils‘p ace, allt rose per-h . v enough to give them that bill, by which trial ' sons m the habit of Visntutg It. a} to new byjury was abolished, courts martial substl- little or no comment. The Building “3. tntcd for the ordinary legal tribunals, indtvuln- I thoroughly “(gamed and painted, interi' al liberty pupihilayed. the lHabeas Corpus ill-Tl. ‘l and exterior, twelve momhs ago, at t be sus ClltEt ant accusei tersons u. on re - . . ' ‘ necessitv ofpiroving their initoceneef.) That was e“l‘mme 0‘ the Present Occupant. The the a“ pm). gave the “.151, pmpye, and at the IS, also, attached to the I'reunses, 3. Ian. same time talked of putting down the agitation ! Garden,wclt stocked with a variety ofFr of the repeal of the union. That never could Trees. Terms and other partial] . made know on application on the premis

be putdowunntiljnstice was done ti; lreland.

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their Robcspierrenn measures might SWCC) l Charlotte- Town, June 1, 1833.

continued cries of “ tic-an] Could the House

away the cxrstinr: population, but the indig- nant soul oflrclaud they could not annihilate.