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Edward Island, Saturday, February 18, 1854.

New Series. No. 113.

Hnszard’s Gazette. .

GEORGE 'I‘. ll -\HlZ \lll), Proprietor and Publisher. Published every Tu -sd 'cvening nml Saturday morning. 0,]-'.g,,,,s.,mlui.|e (tn.-en S:pi.s_rc, P. E. Ialitii . . I

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' Il_0lincs. 5s. 6.l.—36lines,8s.—-and 2.l. for euch iuldiliomll

one fourth of the above for ouch contititiuiice. _ - 'l " ' ‘ _-as bacontinuerl

ilntil for-birl .

For the Benefit of St. Hicltael s Church and Parochial House Montague.

0 Bl". RAF! LED. on St. l’aitrck's l)s_v'ne_Xl. ft"

the above cliaritable purpose. a Liidy_s Splen-

did Fancy \Vork llox, made for the Catholic nitlilllf

Hnlifnx, where £100 was raised. by his Grnce the

Arch Bishop, for the Nuns of that City, and now pre-

sented by Miss Phelan, for tlte above lauduble‘umter-

“king, Under the patronage of the Rev. ‘lllollllll

Phelnn, P. P., and the Ladies of the llons. la. Kes-

xav and . BRENNAN. Tickets to be I|‘ltl from the following Ladies.

Miss. P. S1 nritnras. . M‘DoNAI.D.

Mus. I). DEMPIIIY. " J. Rtuo, (‘,1-“H " 'l‘iios. Muirririr. Miss Ma-r-ri-raw. “ I’ WM-'"”‘- 3159, " l’rii:i_\cr_: list’!-. ‘ 'l‘lie winner can have £5 citsit. If prelerr-rd to the Box.

D. HE Subscriber hogs lcuve to inform the l’IIbl|<=- generally that he has commenced business as. Y‘ Commission Ilerehant and Auctioneer. At the corner nfctueon 8:. Sydney Streets. and MP9. by pmmptnass and punctuality to inertt is share "rm" "“"°""‘°' AR'l‘F.VIAS G. SI.\l.\lS. -;%- Cast! advanced upon articles lch for Auc- tion.

Royal Agricultural Society. GRAIN snow. _ ,

SHOW 01’ GRAIN. under the directions of the Committee of the R-Dylll Agricultural So- ciety. will be held in Charlottetown on \VBDNE.‘l- DAY, the Flll.‘l'l‘ of‘.‘\l.~\R(.lI next. when the following Preiniunis will be olfercd for competi- ti

on:—

For the best Vvheat, £1 10 0 ' at o. I 9 0 Do. best two-rowed Barley. I I0 0 Do. ‘Id be 0. o. I 0 0 Do. best four-rowed Barley. I lo ‘I Do. 2:] best do. do. I 0 0 Do. bust black Onts. I I0 0 Do. Id best do. do. I 0 0

Do. best sample of Red Clover Seed, not less than so lbs. I I0 0 t do. 0. 9 0

Do. -

The Grain and Clover Seed to be of the growlll Of 1858. Each Back of ‘Grain. must contain not less mm 3 bnghglj. No prize will be awarded without mmpetition of three sttlnplnl both of first and Iccontl

uality. 'I‘he competitors_ must be members of the ocicty. The rize Grain will be setup and sold for the benefit of the exhibitors after the decision of

t Judges. _

Immediately after the Grain Show, the _Annual Meeting of the Society will take place, won the Committee's Report and an abstract of the Accounts will be read.

By Order. ' CHARLES STEWART. Sac y. January 25, I854.

MAILS. ,

HE MAILS for the neighbouring Provinces, &c. will be forwarded on soda or the 15th Doecmbor Instant via Cape Traverse and Cape

Torrnsattos.

They will be made up on that day. and ovary fol- lowing Friday. at I2 o‘clock noon, and a mall for England will‘bs made up every week at the same tints. and forwarded to Halifax.

THOMAS OWEN. Postmaster General.

General Post 0lk:c. Doc. 5, I863.

Georgetown Mails. HE Mails fur tssor crews will, during the _rs- malnder of the Inter and until further notice, be made up and forwarded every Tussds and Friday

msrning,at nhts o'clock, instead of ondsys and Fridays. THOMAS OWEN, Postmaster General.

General Post Office. Jan. 80, I854. EATING HOUSE. THE Subscriber llssopensd an EATING HOUSE

In Mr. Bmsrdsn's buildings. opposite to the Mor- kel , vs c DIWNERS, SOUPH. TEJ and COFFEE can be had at the shortest notice.

a‘ Licensed to retail irituous Liquors.

' ALE AN DER BRYSON. N. B. A COOK WANTED. Doc. Ilth, I800.

rsrrsm iuonui cocoa ST RECEIVED at George T. Hasnarda Book- store, a handsome variety of Fancy Goods con-

s of- hPapip‘r Mashis

" o ios Tortoise shell Card Cases. Psrias ststssttas. Wax Baskets. F ares. Mantel Stands. do and Paplsr Mschia Watc Stands. with a variety of ass- fnl articles.

Twetvetrces Brothers’ Uselsl and Eorscisloal Preparations. T"‘"~‘ ""i?:fu':'l§‘33.’.$:'.%:.;t°2;..

Unrivallsd Metal Paste. at 9d. Th r Incomparable India Rubber Blanking, Id.

'l‘h6lt‘_IWgnnt Ball-alts Glass Inks. filled, at Id.

Ttislr Glass 'qnarc Iriks—Blsek. Blue, ud g std. sscli.

Their Dslioiauly Ousted Hair Oil, and Pcinsds Bsgsnaiatcr. .

Their Usrivatlsd Gaussued Carpet Innovator.

. A‘ o0IIII'1Isrs

THE TERRACE HOUSE. R. E. i\IA\Vl.l‘.Y takes leave to i_nform his friends in Town and Country, the neighbouring Provinces and the travelling public generally, thut he has opened a House of Iintertuininent under the nbove name, in thnt pleasantly situated and beauti- fully finished premises in Water street lutelyoccupied by the Hon. C. Young, and hopes by attention to the comfort of those who may favor him with o cull to receive a share of public patronage.

MINIATURES! LIKENESSESI TIIE Subscriber has just received is handsome . stock of Plates und Crises, gold and plated Lock- ets and llroachca for Likeuesses, done by top or side light. . , Also, It lirst rule Camera, for srile, with instructions.

In the old stand. W. C. HOBBS.

NOTICE.

HE Subscriber having been duly empowered by GILIIIII1‘ I nnnnnson, of II de Park. Square, London. Esquire, and Ar-i-ruun llcivoir._n- non, of Livarpool, in I-Ingland, i\let'chlIul, surviving Executors and Trustees iiunied nnduppointed in and by the last \’Vi|l und Tcstaiiieiit oftiilbert llendersnnp Into of Liverpool, aforesaid. ‘Werchant, deceased to collect all Debts and Sums of Money due to the 'IxlIi|I..8 of the said Gilbert Henderson, deceased, within tlus Island. and to dispose ofiill Lands and Heredituments belonging to siiid Estate aitunto therein‘. All persons so indebted to the Estate of the said (.-ilbert Hender- son. deceased, ure duly required without delay to pay into my hands the several amounts due by them; and those ersons who ma be in possession of uny part nfsuc Lands and Premises, are required to make an immediate and satisfactory urruiigeinent with me,

otherwise they will be treated as 'l‘respnssers.

JOHN LONG\V()R'[‘H. Charlottetown, April 9th. 1953-

Olinrlottetown Mutual Insurance C

ompany, Incorpornted by Act of l’urliunient in 1848. [HS CO.\ll’AN\' olfern the best guarantee in case oflo-rs, and accepts llisks at it saving of fully 50 per cent, to the assured.

The present reliable Cupitul cxceds £1700, . I’_er- sons linviiig property in Clinrlotietown. or vicinity, should lose no time in upplying to the Secretary of this Company for Policies or lnformn_tmn.

One of Philips‘ I“ire Annihiliitors has been purchased by the Company. for the benefit of persons insured in this Ollice. In case of Fire. the use ofit can be obtained inimcdi.-itely, by applying at the

Secretary's Office. _ W. IIEARD. President HENRY PAl..\lBli. Sec'y and Treasurer. Secrstary’s Office. Kent Street. g August 5th, I553.

ALLIANCE LIFE JJVD FIRE INSURANCE COM- PANY. LONDON. IITAILIIIIID av ACT or ranntaaslrsr. capital £5,000,000 Sterling. CHARLI-‘.8 YOUNG. Agent for P. E. Island.

TI-IE COLONIAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.

Govs:nrsoit—-run nrorsr uononaann -run EARL of ELGIN and KINCARDINIJ, (sovcrnor General of Cnnada. _

Ilnxo 0rricn—22 St. Andrew Squcrs,Edm-

burgh. Board of Management in Halifax for JVouo Suite and Prince Edward and-— on. M. B. Almon, llunker. Hon. William A. Black, Banker. Lewis Bliss, Esq. Charles Twining, ENE. Barrister. John Bayley Bland, sq. Hon. Alexander Keith, Merchant. James Stewart, Eaq., Solicitor. Medical Adviser—A. F. Sewers. A ent ds liecrctsry-Matthew H. l{ichey..SoIicitor he following gentlemen have been ll pointed Ofll cars of the Compun in Prince Edwsr island. and will be prepared to uruish information as to the prin- ciples and practice of the Company and the rates of Assurance. Charlottetown—Medica| Adviser—H. A. Johnston, M I). Agcnt—-E. L. Lydiard.

I}aorgetown—Msdical Adviser--David Kaye, II. D. A£snt—William Sanderson.

St. |eanor's—-Medical Adviser-Joseph Bell, M D. Agent—'I‘homaa Hunt.

MATTHEW H. RICHEY.

The National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society of London. APITAL £500,000 Sterling. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 2d Victoria. A Saving Bank for the Widow and the Orplmn. 'l‘. HEATH IIAVILAND. ‘r. A cut for Prince Edward Is and. [I7 Oflios. Queen Square. Charlottetown. September ll, I853. Isl

Equitable Fire Insurance Compa- n of ondon _ Incorporated by Act qf Parliament. OAIID OF Dlltl-2C'I‘URS for I’. E. Island.— Hon. T. H. Ilueiluml. Hon. Cltorlss Haras- lsy. Francis Lonxwcrlh, Erq., Robert Hulchinson, ., Tltnstcs Dawson. Esq. cached Risks taken at low Premiums. N charge for Policies. Forms of Application, and a other information, may be obtained from the Sub- scriber, at the Otlice of G. W.DebIois Esq. Charlotte- town.

H. J. CUNDALL.

Sept. 7th 1858. Agent for P. I]. I. pro ma

' NOTICE.

‘fine Charlottetown Mutual Fire Insurance company. NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual Genera

bloating oftlis above Company for the Appoint- ment ofoflcsrs fbv the Current aai. and other par- nasa. will take place at the smpsrsncs Hall on onday evening the ldtli lnstaat. at 1 o'clo&. , By Order of the Directors.

HENRY PALMER. Iswsurfsflss Kent ’ J .n“"m' eth.lan'lIId- lat

HOUSE 01' ASSEHBLY, Morton, February 13. .

House in Coinm-res on the Anoiixss in reply to His Excxt.LeNcr's Srxacu at the opening of the Session :

Mr. \Vicuris.i\' in the Chair.

Hon. Mr. \vIIE!.AN.--All chairman of the Com- mittee who had pre urcd the Draft Address, it was, he conceived. iis right, if not positively his duty, to offer it few remarks concerning the important Speech to which it replies. Ho con- ceived it to be due to his party to put their political sentiments on record, at what appeared to he a public crisis; because he knew it was the intention of the majority to have every thing their own way, and to negative whatever might proceed from them (his party). The Speech, to which the Address about to be con- sidered by the House in Committee, was ii. to-

ly, was one of the most stntosmunlike which ind ever been delivered in this Colony. Con- trast it with former Speeches, in which the polic roconimnndod was the narrowing of popu or privilcgres, and how much more in ac- cordance with the enlightenment and libernlity of the present era were the tone and character of its sentimental How often had they heard that the constant aim and stud ' of the Crown were to diminish or confine the ibei-ties of the people! But the Lieut. Governor, the represen- tutive of Her Majesty, had in his Speech assur- ed them thut no Colonial Minister, unless for ver cogent reasons, would deem it expedient, at cost by Imperial interference, to narrow or diminish the principles of self-govornuiout es- tablished in this Island. Contrast that S ecli with others on the subject of finunce ; on how favourable the comparison! Whilst previous Lieut. Governors had found it to be their duty to hold up to view the restraining burtlien of the public debt, and to urge upon the Assembly, the necessity cfu rigid economy in their pecu- niury upprn riiitions; the more pleasing duty hitd dcvolvet upon His Excellency, Sir Alex- undcr Bzinnermon, of calling the attention of the Legislature and the pee in to the present innst prosperous and grntiying state of the public finances. For that Speech, Sir Alexand- er Bainncrmrin would long deserve the «vrutitude and esteem of the pea le of Prince Edward Is- lrind. It would long remembered by them that the first statesmunlike and gratifying Speech ever delivered, in this Colony, by a representative of the Crown, cmiiniited from iin. Some months after the General Election last summer, His Excellency had informed them that it Requisition was addressed to him b about fourteen of the individuals who had been chosen the parliamentary repre.-s-entatives oftlic people, calling upon Ilia Excellency to summon the Assembly, at an early day, to afford them an opportunity to exclude de urtmentul oilicers from the Legislature b logo enactment: but, with this Requisition, e had further informed them that be had not thought it roper to com- ply, becuuse his dogn so would ave been con- strued into an admission, on his part, that evils had arisen demanding an immediate change; and also because the practice as then existing was in accordance with on Act passed six curs ago, defining what rtre Departmental 0 cos, and still in orce. [Io (lion. Mr. W.) happen- ed to have before him the draft of the requisi- tion, having the names of fifteen members of the Aesemb y subscribed to it; of one of those members, however, it was worthy of rcniork, the name was in the hand-writing of another. Now, would any of those gentlemen tell them of any instance, either in Great Britain, or her Colonies’, in which any portion of the chosen representatives of the people, bad presumed to address such nrequisition, either to the Sove- reign, or the Sovei-eign‘s representative, before they were duly sworn as the people's represen- tatives in Parliament? Those presumptuous reqnisitionists wore, in fact, before being sworn in, no more the parliamentary re rcsentutives of the poo lo, nor had any better right to exer- cise uny 0 the privileges of members of parlia- ment. thun nny other simple and unprivileged members of the communit . But for what pur- pose had they nrrognte _tp themselves the right to exercise such it (privilege? Was it to further: the business 0 the country! By no means. It was only that, as ex cting to con- stitute the majority in the Assam y,they might have the earliest opportunity to turn out of the public ofices their present incumbents, and ap- propinte the vacancies to themselves. Yes, so much did they covet the power and emoluments attached to the chief op)pointments and ofilces, out ofwliich they had on kept so long, that their impatient eagerness to rcpososs them drove them into the adoption of a most extraor- dinary, if not unconstitutional, course for the attainment of their object. octor Cosnov here rose rind. interrupted the on. member, by stating that the late Daniel 0’Connell, member elect ot' the House of Commons for Clare, had, out of Parliament, although not sworn inn member of Parliament, publicly exercised, freely and unquestioned, one of the peculiar privileges of members of Parliament, that of trunking letters; and he had one in his sees- sion franked by that ntleman when so circum- stnnccd. Hon. Mr. Vuxux: If he ld so, he did what he lind no ti ht to do: but he never set his hand to such n ocument as the requisi- sition of which be had just spoken ; and which its it was in his hand he would read. he Hon. member than read the docuinent.and proceeded to observe that the hon. member for Queen's County who sat near him hadjust: said that it was the intention of the requisittonists to exclude only certain ofiioo-holders. not all. That was very true he believed : it was only certain pub- lic olioers whom they meant to exclude ; and it was anally true, he also believed, that the in- tend to make cats’ paws of certain nieru rs. It was not their intention, he could readily be- lieve, to exclude the Attorney General. or the Solicitor General, or perhaps the Colonial Secretary. The re uisitton stated that public opinion had been ted, at the last election, with respect to the departmental pyatern, and had decided a lost it. The ha of that however, most as tieal

statement , pita l deny: public opinion was nslthm tasted wi respect to that systsn. ass and prasamses

it inst it. The ver reverse was the liiet. e rent majority o the ople were well as- tisfie with the working of sponsible Govern- ment, as from the first it had been established : and it was only by means of professions in ac- cordance with the ncrnl feeling and sentiment of satisfaction andespprobation which its fo- voruble working bud excited throughout the Colony, tl.-at certain candidates for the out?- rages of the people had deceptively secured their election, and were now ranked in opposi- tion to the views of their constituents, to ensure by is direct and total abandonment of their 0 ectioneerin liberrtlity, a majority to the old tory obstruettves in the House. The n. mem- ber thcn ploinly intimated that he alluded to Mr. Macgowun and Mr. aoenchern ; nll of whom, he declared had secured their elections by their unequivocal declarations. during their canvassing and at the liustings, in favor of Reqponsibility as it had been established and carrie out by the majority of the last: Assembly and the existing Government. That Mr. Mac owan, as 9. candidate, and after his election, ud been most desirous of being ac- counted it true liberal and on spprover of the Government, was, the hon. member maintained, most conclusively established by his (Mr. Muc- gowun’s) having become a member of that Government on his reudy acceptance of the Treasury. Mr. Mucgowun, continued the hon. member. might say he almost immediately re- signed his appointments ; and he might ullego, as ii. reason for his doing so, that, during the time he was in oflico, he had discovered such enormities on the part of the Government, that he could no longer remain in connection with them. But few, very few, he imagined, would believe that that entlemen, however acute and penetrating his discei-niuent,could, during the etv hours he was in ofiice, have made discover- ies so wonderful and so alarming, us to induce im to seek safet by a. preci itatc retreat from the Council Board and tie Treasury. The truth, be apprehended, was that both four und ho had been, at once, cunningly excited in his ireost, by individuals who well knew how to awaken them in his mind, and that, yielding to their influence, be cast his election- cering protestations of liberulity and uttoch- ment to the principles of Responsible Govern- ment, to the winds. And, so far, at one time, was be (Mr. McG.) from tivowing any senti- ments in unison with the opinions. afterwards set forth in the Requisition, and subscribed by im, that in his own house, in conversation with him (Hon. Mr. IV.) ho had pronounced such opinions to be altogether ubsurd. And, with rt-rspect to his collou ue, Mr. lllaceacbern, continued the mean or, ho had in sub- stance, told him, on is certain occasion, that he was so much annoyed and distressed by the misrepresentations circulated to his prejudice, setting forth that he had abandoned the politi- cal principles, by ii. declaration of which he had secured his election, and that, traitor-like, be had biisely gone over to the obstructive party, that be con d not sleep; adding. at the sum time, that he would, however, in due season, convince all that lie was no obstructive, but really what he had professed himself to be before and at his election. The hon. member then returning to Mr. McGowan, declared that at Geor to , on the nomination day, he bud declare that, if returned to the Assembly, he would support Responsible Government. [llIr. McGowan. I an I did not speak at all on that occusion.] llon r. Wm-:L.ts replied,Not on the ustings, but in the crowd, where, finding that all were of one opinion, and that opinion fo- vornble to the Responsible System. he chimed in with the general sentiment on that subject. He then told the electors that he was in favor of Re- a nsible Governm‘t. [llIr.llIcGowa.N: SoInm.] hat, then, are there two kinds of Res onsiblc Government! '

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In the Requisition w icb he signed, a declaration was made against the sys- tem of Responsible Government, as established in Canada, ‘ow runewick, and Nova Scotia, (in all of which it had brought about changes most beneficial to the people,) and also as estu- blished, and hit pily carried out, in Prince Ed- ward Island. a the Provinces in which it had been first established, the result had been in- creased prosperity; and in Prince Edward Is- land, not a single evil had resulted from it,—no neglect of dut , nor an instance of peoulation, on the part 0 public o&cers, could be pointed out, as a proof of its ineflciency. It was in vain to talk ubout the rights and privileges of the people having been trodden on or no lected. It was in vain to ascribe tyranny to the ‘overn- mont. Not one instance of arbitrary or tyriinnic exercise of power could be brought against them. If they had erred at all, it was in the exercise of too great libernlity towards their enemies. Accusations of tyranny, and neglect of the people's rights, come with a very bad grace indeed, from parties who were, not with-

ut good and substantial reasons, suspected of having lent colluaory aid to the late Lieut. Go- vernor, Sir Duriuld Campbell, in his attempts to carry into effect his tyrnnnous and trttitorous scheme for the disfrnnchisemcnt of two-thirds of the tennntry of the Island ! Formerly, every record of designs so foul and black was kept securely secret from the poo Is, in the archives of the Government; but t e establishment of Responsible Government had made public that infamous purpose, to the lasting dis cc of its author an bisabettors. And woul that party then deny that their aim and object were. to bring back the old detestable system, and to elevate to power the men who formerly acted on such principles! ,The hon. member then quoted an extract thin: lord Durham's cele- brated Report, for the urpose. as he quid, of showing the absurdity o as rntingl islative and executive functions. lI:ving rec the ex- tract, the hon. mom 1- continued :—Now it was Irresponsible Government the Opposition were seeking to establish : for how, he might safely ask, could oflco-holders be made res nsible, if not in Parliament! Under the Ifiponsiblc S stein, had any pcaulation been etiasd?