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LN . —— - between the House of Assembly and the Council, it is neces- Original Portrn. sary to point out the possible—and we wish it were only | etek tren eee poss'b'e.-- cases in which a hostile attitude between both | FOR THE EXAMINER.) houses seems inevitable, The House of Assembly claims, in ! ' ee a its representative cheracter, to be the guardian of the publie | :. ; Exchequer, to originate money bills, to direct the appropri- Fiery thought aa eee a il ation of money grants, and to retain exclusive legislation on | c a acai ae a. fecal mutters, If the Lower House claims this exclusive | te Lenhheds cnaketel sympathy :

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privilege from its representative character, can it refuse the Youtrentlé éolaée bear ; — privilege to the Upper House, now that it is to be con- To heart affliction’s currents wear, stituted on the same priuciple. Lt cannot, and if it would, | And shed at couch of woe, tuat would be stultifying itself, if the prerogative be assumed | The mourner feels an honest tear on the ground that it was clected by the peop!e,——a preroga- | Can hallow’d balm bestow. tive mo longer a monopoly, but shared in common with the | Lezislative Council. The Legislative Council will have the same right if election | by the people confer it on the Lower House. It is a right | vonferred by the same body on its representatives ; both | branches will be elected, and both inherit the same privileges. | that we dread a collision, much worse than the | Vast Session, on the appropriation of £25,000 | 3 at Quebec. For we maintain that the | Upper House, as being elective, is a) the principle, that the Legislative} ate money grants, or interfere with the |

Sweet offspring of compassion’s thrill, Poured out for woe-worn child of ill— Pale dewy Tear—soft, mildly meek Mute messenger—you come, And, eloquently beaming, speak With more than mortal tongue. Thy silent soothings sweets impart And smite the bitter throe, As heart with feeling beats to heart, Disarming cruel woe.

Stern o'er the carnage-reeking plain, Heaped and strown with mangled slain,

detai bill, though now they may reject them as) As warrior bounding on his way, a whole. are other points on which both Houses are | Slippery with human gore,

The feeling of his heart will sway And stir its very core ;

For friend and foeman in their blood And agony and ery,

Mingling with battle’s raging flood,

likely to come into collision, and it had been well if the | framer of the new constitution for the Upper House had | anticipated them by a little pradent legislation. The act} was long enough under consideration to have all reasonable |

hindrances to its successful operation obviated. As it now

stands, more will depend on the pradence and good sense of ihe Legislative Council for the harmony and utility of its |

eperation than on its provision.

~——— © ENGLAND. Toe Dreaprve AccipENT at THE SURREY Ganprsxs.—The

service commenced with an extemporaneous prayer from Mr.

Spurgeon, after which a hymn from Dr. Ripon’s collection was sung by the whole congregation. The preacher now read & chapter trom the Old Testament, after which he commenced snother extemporaneous praycr, and proceeded without in- terruption forsome minutes. He was going on In his peculiar style, when of a sudden three persons rose as nearly as possible in the body of the hall, and raising their arms aloft, called out in a loud voice, “ Fire!” ** Fire!’’ * The build- ing! the building!’’ An instantaneous rush to the doors and windows took place. The occupants of the galleries pressed forward in wild confusion towards the staircases, of which there is one at each corner of the hall. The great pressure was at the north-western corner, and here all the fatal casualties oceurred. ‘The first, second and third galleries are all arranged to open into one staircase, and when the alarm of fire was given the occupants of each, terrified at the thought

of being confined within the building, pressed madly on to}

the staircase, until the latter became completely choked up with a dense mass of human beifgs—all intent on self-pre- seryation, and, actuated by that powerful incentive, adding each moment to the terrors of the scene. In such a struggle the weakest of course were soon trampled down, and it can be no matter of surprise that with a thousand panic-stricken creatures, all pressing from above, those on the lower flights of the staircase should speedily be crushed and trodden under toot. Three bodies were taken from a space not six feet square in this corner of the building, and two others were picked up within a very short distance. All this was the work of a few iwinutes only—following immediately on the first alarm. No serious casualty occurred from any of the subsequent dis- turbances. All the mischief had been accomplished in the first five minutes.

Fortuer Parricunars.—There cannot be the slightest doubt |

that the shocking catastrophe which occurred at the Surrey Gardens, on Sunday last, was the result of a pre-organised echeme between thieves and swell-mobsmen. Every preeaution had been taken by the authorities of Mr. Spurgeon’s con-

Drops tears of sympathy.

Soft pity’s ever hallow’d gem—

Of bosom feeling'’s diamem—

} Bright pilgrim Tear ; as orient morn The dungeon’d captives’ cheer, Thy kindly beam to poor forlorn Comes lightening thick despair. Thy godlike spirit’s heavenly dews From noblest natures flow,

And Pity pities who refuse

A tear for other’s woe. WERAND.

Che Examiner.

CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. 1., NOVEMBER 17, 1856.

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THE REPRESENTATION BILL.

Tux Obstructive faction, who, for so many years, wielded the destinies of this country, but whose power and prestige have passed away forever — have hitherto placed so much de pendence on the influence of the land proprietors at the Colonial Office, that they surely calculated upon obstructing, before it reached the Throne, every measure which received the sanction of the Colonial Legislature, and which, they imagined, had the smallest tendency to clash with their in- terests. This scheme of interesting the proprietors, by means | of petitions and secret correspondence, as been long tried, and in some instances with success ; but proprietary and obstructive influence, like pride, will sometimes have a fall; and never, perhaps, did it meet with a more signal break-down than when it sought, on a recent occasion, to destroy the Representation Bill passed last session. The petition to the Queen, having that interesting object in view, appeared some months ago in the columns of the Obstructive organ, and flaming panegyrics

grogation to avoid accidents of any kind ; tickets hod, howe as to the necessity and propriety of the thing embellished the |

distributed ta the members, by which they were to be entitled | editorial départment of another journal which does not seem

to pass through a reserved door until six o'clock, when the general mob were to be admitted. Before half-past five, how- ever, the barriers which had been constructed to keep the mob

| to have quite made up its mind as to whether it will totally

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| abandon the declining fortunes of the Obstructives, or se@if

from this door were swept away, and the whole concourse | anything is to be gained by occasionally straddling the fence. pressed tumultuously into the building. The early part of) the proceedings were conducted amid solemr and reverential my f wr. ie silence, and it was not until the second prayer thet the heart- petition as a puerile and ridiculous outburst of Tory indigna- jess wretches, who had too skillfully laid their plans, com- | tion — perfectly harmless, save to those who had the pains of menced operations. Well distributed about the hall, they whispered to those sitting by their sides the alarming in-| : sebet , . telligenee that the building was on fire. Terrified shrieks | few dozen of Her Majesty's lieges — not scorning the mark of almost immediately startled the audience, and a very per-! him who happened to be totally ignorant of the contents of ceptible smell of something burning gave too much reason to oe eof surgi, 43 Thai ke 4 ‘ apprehend the worst consequences. This effect was produced | the document, nor unwilling to recelvg, the assumed autograp

by setting fire to little pieces of rags in various parts of the | of the interesting young gentleman or lady of very tender hall, and dropping them smouldering to the ground, the) \ 156 just being initiated into the mysteries of pot-hooks and operators being concealed by their surrounding confederates. i 5 he BP

This device of miscreants utterly regardless of the destruction | hangere; and we distinctly stated our conviction that the

of humon hie, which every one must have foreseen wanld | British Government would not suffer itself to be influenced by

At that time, our readers may remember, we characterised the

trotting about the country to secure to it the signatures of a

‘nevitably res row & panic among such a mass, was com- | ; ‘ : } ; inevitably result from a p ° ; | disappointed and irresponsible faction, to contravene the

pletely successful. The scene that fylowed has already been deseribed. @

After order had been in a great degree restored, and Mr. Spurgeon had resumed his address, a man, coster-monger in appearance, rose_in the centre of the body. of the hall, and shouted—* If you don’t all run out, you'll be burnt alive,” Almost every one will deplore that Lynch law was not the immediate reward of this fiend. Again crowds fled to the door, and confusion and fear filled every broast. The host of people swayed to and fro, in terrified disorder, and carried off their feet. were borne along with resistless foree. Hymn bouks, bibles, ladies’ shawls, mantles, scarfs aud hats, strewed the floor; while the crash of windows, the stamping of feet,

decision. of our two Houses of Legislature, in reference to a

, measure so essentially local and so general in its application as

}an Election Law. If it were a measure which was calculated | to press injuriously upon any particular class in the commu-

| nity, there would be some reason to petition against it, and

| there is no doubt the Lmrerial authorities would give the peti- tion the fullest and most favourable consideration. But we do

‘been disallowed, by reason of the Tory petition, all future

‘not hesitate to say, that if the Bill under consideration had

the shrieks of women, and the groans of the injured——all) joyislation in the Colony would be nugatory and farcical ; for combined to create @ scene scarcely ever paralleled in a place of worship.

[t is due to Mr. Spurgeon to make the fact known that he} through the Assembly — no matter how trifling and unimpor- was never favourable to the renting of the Music-hall. As | tant the measure might be — the precedent once established he has been very freely censured for what has been considered S : ee ee ’ his own exclusive act, it is but bare justice to make the public | they could appeal to the Colonial Office against it, with the

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aware that his deacons have had the management of the affair.’ most perfect confidence that their application would be success- But of course the sad issue of the undertaking could not have | ful been foreseen by those gentlemen. .

Mer. Sevrezox.—Such a calamitous occurrence has had a : : most distressing effect on the Rey. Mr. Spurgeon’s family. The understana how little they are thought of in England — how whole of them are suffering the greatest distress of mind from | insignificant and contemptible is the influence of the pro-

such an untoward oceurrence, and it is feared that the rev.| _. a hit gentleman's health and mind will be affected by it. He is| Ptietors, on which they so much depended ; and it is to be

labouring under such excitement that we were informed | hoped they will have sense enough hereafter to confine their |

yesterday, on calling at his residence, No. 3, Bengal-place, | : : ae ; ae

New Kent-road, it had been found necessary to remove tim to eet operations exclusively to the Colony — save the the country, and that in all probability a considerable period | Colonial Office from unnecessary annoyance — themselvee from must elapse before the reverend gentleman will (if he ever that humiliation which is certain to accompany failure and cun) resume his ministerial duties. defeat — and protect the Colony from the disgrace that would

-——-_-_——_- ~+2aren & | i ‘ * Lorp Joux Resseni.—The statement which has appeared alight upon it, should strangers abroad perceive that so small

in some of cur contemporaries, to the effect that Lord John & country contained so many fools. Russell is at present in Paris, is, we believe, ae The | ot noble lord is, at this moment, we understand, at Florence, : dati , i where he has taken a villa until the spring, and where he has! Ovr venerable friend the Recorder has fayoured that infini- heen joined within the lasyfew days by his noble relative the _tessimal portion of the world who read his lucubrations, with

Earl ot Minto.—Manchester Guardian. jan expression of his very sagacious opinions, printed in

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if the Opposition failed to arrest the progress of any measure

The Tories have learned an important lesson by the failure ‘ of their recent obstructive movement — they have been made to

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° Th ' Hastard’s Gazette, of Saturday last, on the prdspects of an Asoture Coxcress my Pants.—The re-assembling, as it is). sat Aiendlution of the semb] ; : somewhat inaccurately called, of the Paris Congress is now a | immediate nr watts oF ( tase ere: ” _ matter of immediate eortainty. The former negotiators will eminent ®uthority, a general election must take place either not re-appear upon the scene, but the work of negotiation is ‘before the Lieutenant Governor receives a despatch formally

to be forwarded as briskly as before. To this issue the course | : : . , of affairs has for some ‘time past been manifestly tending. announcing Her Majesty’s assent to the Representation Bill,

a Tre following is a copy of the Despatch from the Secretar

for the benefit of his clients—if he be fortu- 4

| sate enough to have any beyond the Corporation who appear | of State for the Colonies, sooently forwarded to His Excellency ‘to place little value upon lis opinions — that the learned | the Lieutenant Governor, in answer to the Petition of the Ob op ; . ; sanilibee’s knowledge of !aw ia general is much more accurate pene praying for the disallowance of the Representation ak extensive than it appears to be with respect to one parti- | Bill. The high and constitutional tone of this document ‘or if he had read the new Elec. | renders it eminently worthy of an extensive publication; and tion Law through, he must have noticed at tha dotvem of it a | we — it will be regarded 23 2 useful lesson for the future by as to the tine when it ebowd go ‘uto peration. Fer ‘those who, during the past, have been so much in the practice fow individuals who f ‘abouring to obstruct measures which “ received the delibe-

~aote the section rie seaction of the Colonial Legislature.” There is a quiet which contains this proyisicn :— ein in ms mee " the Obstructives, figuratively speaking, «« Nothing in this Act shall have any force or effect until Her about this expression of the Colonial Minister, which it ig Majest 'g assent thereto shall be made knewa, and notification | really delightful to behold :— ’ dheredf published in the Royal Gazette, on the erpiration Sir ; [Corr No. 34) or dissolution of the present House ») Assembly. r have ts acknowled your Despatch 0-0 ase Any person who is capable of reading and understanding the September, enclosing a Petition to the Queen from diyers in- re. ‘habitants of Prince Edward Island, praying, for the reasons as therein set forth, that Her Majesty’s sanction be withheld from incumbent upon His Excellency to dissolve the present Assembly | the «* Act to increase the number of Members aie be che 'on the new Election Bill becoming law, but th sramers of the | ¢ ae sa , and to consolidate and amend the Laws sue vcettate a | relating to Elections.’’ measure intended that its passage should not necessitate a You utll tatewwn the PeGliiaes Gat wae oblestlaas & -, dissolution ; and this intention, we think, they have sufficiently Act have been attentively considered, but that I have not felt ‘ell expressed myself at liberty to advise Her Majesty to interfere mith a a hans. 9 alla ; «the Tories pre-| measure which has received thu deliberate sanction of the It is quite amusing to perceive how anxious the Torles pre-| () nial Legislature. tend to be for a gencral election. Perhaps the Government, The Act will, therefore, be allowed on the first opportunity will condescend to oblige them in this respect sooner than many | of a Council being held. I have, &e.,

i i H. ICHERE. of them really wish—-sooner than will be agreeable to some of | Lieutenant Governor Sit D: Daly, P.*X. Bs rr emma

their tools and cads in the present Assembiy, who, after the | Downing Street, 15th October, 1856. dissolution, will be left to sing in rather dolorous tones-— ’ a

“« Who will fill our vacant places.” While the*Bill was going through, and after it passgd the | Asse i franti desperate in their efforts | ; , RR NT SO eter aia: ate | Gazette, by the authority of the City Council, as containing

, it, bochuse, as they alleged, the supporters and te

to destroy: + tw PP | the answer to the application of that body for a Detachment members of the Government had cut and carved out the new | ‘ “ yee f ; |of Troops for the Charlottetown Barracks, from the large force districts to serve their own purposes, and give them an undue | Ea : , 7 . , | recently sent to the British Provinces. The rule laid down by

preponderance in thegnew House. If such were the object, the Teaperiel Governmsent inaelnta lication of ef

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and such be the result of the Bill going into operation, the | af " 9 ctusing the application of the City

. ; . |authorities, may a d isfé / Government cannot too soon advise His Excellency to a dis- uthorities, may sppear sound and satisfactory enokgh at the

; t | Horse Gua u intellige is si solution, and instead of manifesting a solicitude for its advent, | Atl . ae bo site people ao em the Atlantic it wi ar as the Tories should pray the gods—if they think the prayers of | Ppe : Mec — os 7 = cnyeg : : : Colony an advantage which the sister Provinces are permitted the wicked can ever avail—to avert as long as possible so_ = : ... | toenjoy. We have no doubt there are very many sections of calamitous an occurrence. But perhaps they are of opinion gt the Empire, both at home and abroad, where detachments of

with the man who was going to be hanged, that the sooner. ; : . | military will be found, without being greatly at variance with ; ; the interests of tl ities i i i care not how soon an election may take place. We should a " a oT eemeer rt ro ES OR prreeeran |or ‘‘ injurious to the discipline of the Troops.’’ We are free to admit that for the purposes of police, the presence of troops

is entirely unnecessary, for our internal tranquillity is secure

| would fain hope,

cular Act of our Legislature ; f

provision his own edification, aud for that ot the may be misled by h.s twaddle, we bes to

English language, will at once perceive thai it is not only not

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NO TROOPS.

Tux following communication appeared in the last Royal

they are put out of pain the better. For our own part, we

not be sorry to see the writs issued to-morrow, for we know | the country too well to doubt for a moment that the issue |

would be eminently satisfactory to the party in power; and) ‘enough in the loyalty and good sense of ulation; and g yalty go se of our population; an who never would haye sat there but for the votes and influence | *” ~ — ~ ee a Oe ee oe of, the:LAberple--- how: contedely. epostncy: ond Ainelictiat: ot] our republican heighbours, there will be no call for defensive | operations, We must confess, then, our belief, that a very ; > . . itech Sind Wis icdeincibiiSetetsidkeens fide ‘kemind es of erent? motive prompted the desire for troops. It was not the men our respected townsmen valued most, but the dollars

the story of the soldier undergoing punishment, who requested | s . going P ; q |that were exyendeg in feeding them ; and since these cannot

be had, let b vatie ‘ ‘* Faith, my lad, I find there’s no pleasing you, strike where | ne an mn a oi — pasontiy Fees Ai to gn e : } may thrive as well— F will,’? was the reply at last extorted from the scourge- 5 7 as prosperons, moral and religjyus, as

. as oid ass nnd © \if she had a whole regiment withi i bearing vindiestor of military rule. So it is with the Tories, | ace Be ee aes Teaet si Pag * a me - f i TS Ww — o 5, a ’ : with reference to the Representation Bill. When it bad met eee O79 on Peres

all their opposition in the Legislature, a mighty effort was |

an election would teach some gentlemen in the present House principle are rewarded with condemnation and contempt.

the drummer to apply the lash now higher, now lower.

Government House, Prinee Edward Island, eink : 8th November, 1856. made to get upa tition to the Queen, praying the royal; sir.— : elven tenenanntencen ee ws wom tt vr a wi Ww ae tl = . _ , wrote Tho Lieutenant Gexerpor presented te bim by the Mayor and | assens tO withheld. GC were 6 1at the Hill was un- Common Council of the City of Charlottetown, on the subject of station. ‘ealled-for by the people —that it had been hurried through | ing a detachment of Troops in Prince Edward Island, 1 am directed by (Katey with tudes , ti wis he | His Excellency to inform you that he has received a reply to the effeet, o ffouse of Ass: ~ with indecent }aste—that it was de- that—“ The Secretary of State is unable to perceive any sufficient vised with a sole view to keep the Liberals in power—that it | “* grounds to warrant Her Majesty’s Government in departing from the : *. (‘ rule which bas been laid down, of not stationing Troops in small de- would entail great additional expense on the country, and | « tachments in particular Colonies for the purposes of Police, rather than . il i tailed ie * of military defence—a practice which experience has proved to be in- dl io ‘ain of woe did the ravens utter to defeat the | ** jurious to the discipline of the Troops and at variance with the real ill. Yell, the friends of the measure are under obligations ‘* interests of the Colonies ” fe I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, M. B. Datr, Private Sec’y.

to the petitioners for the trouble they took, as the result of | their endeavours has been, that an earlier notice than would | Sin Wentbin thin Meee, 00.46. tn haye otherwise been received has been given of the fact, that | i Cut Beno the Bill will be allowed.

unless this “odious Bill be acted on without delay, and a new

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Now this does not please them | | doating old man at New London for some favours shown us in

election take place forthwith, which would involve the con-| the columns of the last Islander; but ov? columns had been tinuance of the Liberals in power — the great additional ex-! s)poady nearly filled when the paper came to hand. It takes

pense — the ruin of the country, and all the other. evils | tye slander only four weeks to reply to the arguments of the which were to emanate from this Pandora’s box. ;

We intended to have offered our acknowledgments to the

The desire "Examiner, which it does in the most approved Billingsgate expressed by the editor of Haszard’s Gazette, that the Bill be style ; and we trust our readers will agree with us, that the Srhed om Soxthiritee~ 0:0 Hpann & ieatveles: Sapewom fir matter is not so very urgent, that the abuse of the Islander

the once detested object of his present love—may, in all fair-| may remain unnoticed for a few days.

/nsss, be attributed to the salutary nature of the Bill itself, | ——-—-- -- + wre : which in this instance wounded buf now heals; and the re-| To Corresronpents.—‘* A Belfaster,’’ and a ‘* Souris man,” deubtable champion, John Lawson, Esquire, has shared a fate came too late for insertion, but will appear in our next No.

similar to that of the Greek whose Wound was made whole by | ~~ ‘the rust of the spear by which it had been inflicted.

Tue following has been handed: to us by a gentleman who We seldom concur in the views expressed by /Jaszard’s Ga- occasionally attends political and other meetings in disguive, | zette, but it happens that in the editorial above noticed, the old in order that he may report proceedings. We are assured | gentleman who does its penny-a-lining, has given utterance tu | that, had he been recognized, he would not have been able to

an opinion which we most cheerfully endorse :

“To us, individually,’’ he says, ‘it is a matter of no mo- ment who the parties are who may be entrusted with the reins of government, provided that the right men are in the right places, and that there is a chance that such may be the case, we are willing to hope. ‘There is a great amount of growing intelligence ome the rising generation, and if they be not taken by surprise or misled by false representations, they may send men into the House that will have nothing but the good ‘of the public in view.”

There is another point on which we have the felicity to con- cur with our venerable friend. Alluding to certain sources of corrupion in cases of election contests, he says, ‘ it is not the fashion —for want of means probably — to offer pecuniary bribes’’ to electors. True enough. The practice went out of fashion here about five years ago, when the Tories ceased to have access te. the people’s money-box. It was a very conspi- cuous feature in the celebrated Brackley Point election in 1848, when the present Colonial Secretary had all the Tory shop- keepers and officials arrayed against him, because, rgsh man ! he had the hardihood to call his soul his own, and to pursue a line in local politics opposed to the views and interests of the Compact. It was then the fashion, indeed, to offer bribes, in

seduced to vote, in opposition to his better judgment, for the nominee of the official clique, who was bound to sell his soul and wear the livery of the Compact, in return for the honour

the shape of money, casks of rum, barrels of flour, bags of bread, &e., to any and every unprincipled wretch who could be |

furnish any account of the meetings of the Holy Alliance, ‘whose proceedings are strictly confined to themselyes, as he _believes, from fear of meeting with any answers to their speakers. Having, however, been ‘‘ incog.,’’ he was enabled to profit by the occasion, and to afford a report of — but we hasten to give publicity to his short-hand notes, as we know “ public are desirous to learn something of the matter.

(Loquitor) distinguished member, ‘‘ Gentlemen,”’ said he, “1 know no subject which could occupy you, in any manner, So interesting as that to which it is my duty to draw your at- tention. When a worm is trodden on, it is said, the helpless

creature will still turn on its oppressor; how then can we sit

idle when a monstrous conspiracy is formed to cut off from us

the means of our very existence. Not many suns have gone down since—in quict possession of the Government of the Colony, and all the avenues to importance and emolument — _ We could snap our fingers at reformers ; had the distribution of patronage and money, and defied the Governor, the Legisla- ‘ture, and the Devil. Ensconced in our own official elbow- chairs, who was to call us to account? In those haleyon days, ‘no auditors presumed to pry into the privacy of our transac- | tions. The House of Assembly met, indeed met annually, but | the laws that were passed were to be finally enacted or rejected, as we might recommend. Having no seats in the Houses, we were saved from the impertinence of being asked inquisitive | questions as to our accounts, our measures and our designs. _Gentlemen—all know and deeply feel the injury that bas been inflicted, by an upstart Ministry, on our private as well a8 | public affairs. Every one of you has a private interest in this | subject ; for which of you has not felt the want of a friend in office, who could provide with a snug investment in Warrants

at six per cent., when now you cannot eyen get them at five?

Before the meeting of this supplemental Congress, however, | or so soon after that only the ‘* shortest possible time ’’ will be | of being sent to the Assembly by means of prostituted votes oe ow 1 ou, Gentlemen, that the general public saves

the question, slightly mooted in February last, will be ee ea eee ey prossed, with greater urgency, respecting the admission of the a fair and honest repre- minor states of Germany to participate in the Conferences.

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to shew that when this Sir Oracle openeth his mouth upon

Br an imperial ukase the Protestant and Roman Catholic | matters of law, he makes such an exhibition of himself. th chaplains attwehed to the Russiau army, are henceforth placed | ; that

on an equal footing as regards state pay, &c., with those of the dogs as well as men become wrapt in such mute astonishment tireck church. , a8 to be quite unable to give expression to their feelings. We

‘It is not the fashion now, indeed, to offer pecuniary bribes.

have discoyered, since their loss of office, such excellent uses ot their private funds, that the degraded slaves who, in days past, drank their liquor and ate their bread, ean no longer cal-

, culate on being gorged at the expense of their former feeders.

several hundreds per annum by this change? The money was better spent when divided amongst friends, than to promote an

‘sentation of the country.’’ We have many times had occasion | The Liberals could never be taught to adopt it; and the Tories | innovating system of education, which bids fuir to enable every

‘man in the country to set up for a legislator, and exereise an impertinent influence over public affairs. How true was the words of the t who said, ‘*‘ When ignorance is bliss, tis folly to be wise.’’ These tyros in education are only, to my

mind, proving the old adage, ‘A little knowledge is a dan- gerous thing.’ Above all’ it is a public scandal that the