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{so —— Te : ee ees ; ‘Tpe rsons interested in upholding the deception, that it passed PUBLIC MEETING AT MURRAY HARBOUR ROAD ce a am cr a aa nwing morning (Weds fT nye aes trNPite | persons interes 4 % chollion to dispute | 7 : yy THE FXaMINER. ace ouse of Mr. Willj Corresy oociee. as a law, and it would have been ealled rebellion to dispute | To rns Bviror or tun Lixamine | y)» jam Hooper, Morell, and

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To rue Eprror or tuk Examiner. Sir,—When I first songht legislative honors, it was for the purpose of having the tenantry settled in freehold, as they ouvat to have been at first. But the voice of the people had no weight until they obtained Responsible Government ; and that appears to have been conceded with an understanding that the titles of the Townships were not to be enquired into.

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ssuch authority ; | strain the agricultural inkhabitan land it was only when [ was informe:

‘the year 18387, that such an indulgence to the gra not be acted upon, that [ knew the proclamation must have been a counterfeit ; but it shews the importance the or, ment placed on the settlement with foreign Protestants, en that the forfeiture was depending upon tt When a governor himself the risk of clandestinely

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Sir,—A public meeting was held at Murray Harbour Road, was fur more numerously attended than the others, on Friday the Mth inst. You will remember, Mr. Editor, the section in which Mr. Cox,

P ; La . o ayy x ie > the i ithat the people of this Settlement previously signed ll the largest number of hi porte 'recuisition in favor of Colunel Gray, and were determined to »? er of his _— rs. Those who ate i

‘support him. The meeting having been daly organized, both tended the meeting were unanimous for Mr. Whelan — the Mr. Davies and Colonel Gray came forward and expressed their, division was between Mr. Cox and Mr. Dingwell In opinions relative te the steps they would pursue if returned tO) course of the speech delivered by Mr. Cox, he . the the Legislature. ‘The people, owing to the epiritual influence ,. Bip f again declared g his determination to support departmental government and ty ,

as opposed to Mr. Dingwell, wy) .

of their ecclesiastical instructor, were wholly opposed to the enlightened political principles of Mr. Davies. However, after the holding of offices by members of the Assembly,

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. . : : . inet le » induced to take upon 'Pherefore, the Executive have been restricted to relieving the could be induced I

tenantry in various ways, and purchasing the Land. Butas that has brought great evils in its train, L did not see how it k the opportunity

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to replevy, and have the cuse tried at law, as the most certatn |

way of having it decided. and at wy time of life a load of care. lighten the load at the ensuing election, by returning men who will favour an investigation of the titles. That the people may see and julge for thems: lves how far it is worthy of their attention, L send a copy of my statement of the case for publication to the Examiner, the Islander and People’s

Journal. WM. COOPER.

To the Honorable Joseph Hensley, Attorney General, §c.

Sin, —The case where you are to defend me in an action agsinst Mr. Haviland distraining for rent, is not to be con- sid-red as if it were for my interest alone. wherein the honor of the Crown and the rights of many thousands of the inhabitants of this Island are deeply involved.

‘ne defence will be a chain of circumstances to shew that men of high rank in England, who had influence with the Colonial Minister, took up grants of the Townships of this Island, without the intention of performing the conditions, v2z., of introducing and settling the lands with forcign Pro- tesiunts, as their grants required ; but formed a plot which would be more lucrative, viz: instead of foreign Protestants, to substituie Britisia subjects, who could be made to pay their own way and give their labor for nothing, to reclaim wild lind and pay rent for their own improvements ; and the Colonial Miui-ters allowed the gran!ees to evade the per! avnee of the conditions of their grants for the settlement with forcigners, and also to withhold their q ihens to take advantage of British subjects.

The first step of the conspirators was to have the govern- ment of this Island separated from that of Nova Scotia, so as | to have a Colonial government who would act with the con- | spirators, to mislead and constrain British subjects to become tenunts. And the aext step was to have courts of law who would be blind to the forfeiture of the land, and to the fraud and coercion practised to make British subjects tenants ; but would open their eyes, and see clearly any jease obligation or attornment made by the tenants; and compel them to perform such obligations, and pay rent to defaulters who had evaded the obligations in their grants, and were holding over for- feite} lands, Consequently, the purposes for swhich lnws and government are established were reversed in this island.

The conditions for the settlement of the grants required the grantees to iutroduce and. settle foreign Protestants within ten years, in the proportion of one person to every two }

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then the whole of the said Lot or Township shall become jorf.ited to His Majesty, his heirs and successors, and this grat shall be void and of non-effect.” Now it must be |

evid ut. the granis were not givea for any pecuniary conside- rat The itions implied an outlay, in the lirst instance, to arrange with and introduce foreign Prutestants. Bat still | tue inteuded settlement does not appear impracticable. lis

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over ; and having the Culonial government to mislead immi- | gravis who wanted land, and induce them to become tenants, as every tenant was a gain of a hundred ;oands sterling, on an average, to the land-Lolders, and as they claimed the lands reserved in the Crown for fisheries, immigrants wanting land had either to attorn to some land-helder or become a squatter, liable to be disturbed at any time, But it was the prevailing apivion that the delay of au escheat was only an omission of the Colonial Minister, which would be remedied by a change iu the ministry; aud that his successor would take notice of the omission, and revest the forfeited lands in the Crown ; and the inhabitan's expeetod to be settled according to the practise in other Colouies. Lord Gienelz admits in his des- patch, in the year 1836, that such were the improssions of the teuauts, brought to the notive uf the Colonial Minister, as far back as the year 1727.

It appears, in a speech of Governor Fanning's to the House | of Assembly, in the year 1502, that a petition to the home goverpment, for an escheat of the forfeited lands, had been favourably received, and the prayer conceled; and an Act was passed by the Colonial Legislature, 2d April, 1802, for reve sting the forfeited lands in the Crown; bat in the year 1805, it appears by a series of resolu:ions come to by the

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‘habitants to a large amount; and the governor, 10 his speech

/necessury the exposure should be made: before the British

the meeting wa of the electors were decidedly in his favour. Some declare

that they would again support Mr. Davies, although they had signed the requisition ; others affirmed that they would stay at home rather than vote for Colonel Gray or any other Tory cat’s-paw. Had it not been for the Bible question, neither the Colonel nor the Land Agent would stand any chanee in this small neighbourhood ; for several enlightened persons pub- licly declared that had they heard both sides of the question

assuming the sovereign authority, to release grantees from ‘such conditions for settlement, to enable them to claim a rent from British subjects, there must have been a temptation, But although succeeding Colonial Ministers and Governors ‘have not referred to Governor Smith's proclamation, they same principle. Lord Joho Russell, n that the conditions of the grants were the act of the King in council, declares them to have been impracticable, and that any escheat at the present day, for, the non-fuifilment of the conditions, would be unvust. Which | ‘s as much as to say that the King in council imposed im-| ticable conditions to enable grantees to defraud British |

have acted upon the | who must have know

i was one peculiar characteristic connected with this meeting deserving of notice. ‘This was the presence of the Reverend Alexander McKay, Presbyterian minister at Belfast. I have

| prac ; tees, | wl ways considered a political mecting to be the last place in | subjects. Bat his lordship must have known that the grantees, | the world for a minister of the Gospel to attend. My good-

by the acceptance of the grants, admitted the conditions berth ‘ness! what has the Protestant religion come to? Would any ‘practicable. But even if they had made the attempt to settle : he ch m ‘foreign Protestants, and had failed in doing so, that gave | resort and take prominent eon political — ; or them no right to substitute British in lieu of loreign Protes- | suredly not. he reverend pent eee is ry te re ar ge with ‘tants: for, as L understand the settlement inteaded by the | bigotry and prejudice, so much influenced by party motives, | RPS r > ore. ora ae = ts tg. venci¥e | that he must obtrude his preseace at purely political mectings | grants, it is thus: British sudjects have a righ : to give vent to his unhallowed emotions. ‘This strange trans- ‘their land from the Crown; but to a British Province, 1 tn tn the topie of the day, and will be looked as a | foreiguer could only hold land as a tenant toa British sub- ‘stain on the Protestant, hot more especially on the Presby- | ject ; consequently when the grantees failed tosetile foreigners, | tarian eseutcheon. Several of the Tory partizansattended this British subjects had a right to have been settled by the meeting, anticipating a triamphant victory ; hut stern fate sent | Crown; therefore, it was unjust to substitute the one for the | them away disappointed and dejected. Everlastingly thine, ‘other—to treat British subjects, in the Biitish dowinions, as

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fat the present day would be unjust. Sir, —The unchristian endeavours of the editors of the Sanc- | " . . 9 ’ ee a y i " : : 'was far more unjust for grantees to conspire wita Coloxial | tified Press have, in some few instances, succeeded in arousing

the bigotry of the ignorant class of both Catholics and Pro- testants, by their incffectual attempts to foree the Bible asa class-book into the publie schools of this Island. If this zeal were employed for the benefit of religion, the intelligent por- tion of the community could duly appreciate their motives; but when only used for political purposes, in the vain attempt of securing the emoluments of office, its devotees merit the re- probation of the whole public. Thus to make religion the stepping-stone to political power, is a sad perversion of the use for which that sacred ordinance was and is intended. Thy perfect harmony which has hitherto existed in this Island he- tween all classes and ereeds, is an enviable position indeed t» that which the mischievous editors of the Protector would wish to degrade as; and it is the bounden daty of every liberal-

to make British subjects tenants,

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land blind them to pay rent for forfeited land; und th tin ‘rolonged by the servants of the Sovereign, to suspend

‘of their bondage being ] Crown, assumivg the authority of the the forfeiture, should not continue the bondage of the tenants, as that is punishing the tenants for the crimes of the autho- rities, and rewarding the authorities with the property of the tenant, to bestow on persons for holding over forfeited lands.

The Act to authorise the Colonial government to purchase the Township lands, and sell them to the tenants, could not have received the royal asseut, if it had beea made known to the Queen in council that it was intended to purchase from speculators, who had possessed themselves of lands which were forfeited. Therefore, the iusertion in that Act of a provision that the titles shall be investigated, before the government make any purchase, must have been inserted to obtain the royal assent, by deceiving the Queen in council, (or the Townships, called the Worrell Estates, have been

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ignorant from the intolerance instilled therein through t.e columns of that journal. On the eve of a general election an ostentatious display of pretended zeal for the Bible and a studied perversion of facts may serve the purposes of politica! charlatans; but when the motives by which these parties are

: : be ‘ . actuated be so transparent, their effect will undoubtedly be nurchased without investigating the titles, which gave room | ; a : j . ee: : purch : ed with t orn ble the tit v1 it > ir frystrated. Thus all the efforts of the editorial corps of the fir eneenlators. w nhanece . : coverniw 8. : . : £ , for speculators, who enhaneed the price of land to government. | pporector will be, an effectual bar to the accomplishiucnt of

to continue the practice, and consequently ds frauded the in- Yours truly, A LOVER OF FAIR PLAY.

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heir real cherished hopes. Lot 45, May Li.

pplauded members who —— nn NION.

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antl” hel ~ = oe ‘ y eR Te eg Peg me Le ib ing called to the chair, the mem) rs proceeded ty business, they ery Luve “wen Whisilons § pORNIS Or LHC CHANCE) . i which, when settled. the subiect previously viven out was ot their slaves, it wes a foul conspiracy to tax them Taree | taken np and well disenssod, Ace wiing to its merits, chiefly by hanlved thousand pounds sterling to uphold a CO onial go-| fy), MeDonald, D. McLeod. J. HW. Fletcher, Jolin Beaton and |

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» euslave their fellow subjects in Priace Kdward| K. McKenzie. Anothe lnods to gein | next debate. should time permit, viz :—* Which is the hest our; but | system of Government, or under which has its subjeets re- ceived the greatest amount of liberty and justice, a limited monarchy or,a repablic.’? The United States and Great Britain to be taken for example.

Resolved, That the next meeting be held at the Uigg Schoo! boase on Saturday, the 5th of June.

The maémbers then returned to their homes, hopefelly await- ing the next mevting, when a full attendance is solicited,

JAVES H.-FLETCUER, Secretary. Allberry Plaingsy May 3, 1852.

@he Examiner.

CHARLOTLETOWN, P.E.T.. MAY 21, 1858.

BARA AA LIBERAL COUNTY. Ilavrna only returned on this, our day of publication, from

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Lam told that it is the practise in England that a’ tenant cannot dispute lundlord’s tide; and TI understand our Supreme Court has followed that example, But there is no instance in Hagland of the Crown refusing to take advantage | of a forfeiture, when the persons holding over are depniving | thousands of families of their property, and of their right to be settled like other subjee’s. Lf facilities had been afforded in our Supreme Court as would have been given in England to bring sach a case into court for trial, there wou'd have been no room for complaint at the present day. But where judy- ment, is given aguinst a tenant to pay reut toa person holding over forteited lands, and neither the forfeiture nor the right of the tenant to have been protected aud settled by the Crown is allowed to be investigated, thea that court becomes an instrument of inequity to favour defaulters and oppress the | : : tehabts more and iioré. our readers the impression upon cur own miad thatthe popular

It is my duty to state, that in cases where the interests of land-holiers have been in question, the decisions have not | given satisfaction. The present Judges of the Sapreme Court, | when they held the offices, the one of Attorney General aud the other of Solicitor General for the Crown, were land agents | at the same time for persons holding over large tracts of | forfeited lands, Whether the holding of two such opposite many demonstrations of esteem and popular applause, and the offices ut the same time should incapacitite them from idesire was strongly expressed that they should be again adjudicating between persons holding over forfeited Jands, | returned for the district. anu the tenant or oceupant who reeluimed the land, remains | a question, as there is no parallel ease to refer to; but there}

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ean give but a very brief account of our electionecring

movements, but it will be such as will convey. we trust, to

and addressed seven public meetings in the second district, at

House of Assembly, that the said Act was quashed alter it |

> : . | received the royal assent! Tnerefore, the proceedings to escheat the forfeited lands could only have been a feint of the |

conspirators aud government authorities, who had their objects a view, as the results will shew; for many of the g sieving that the lands were to be escheated, disposed of | ‘grants for trifling sums, to persoas in the Island; and | suvernor Fuoning had several ‘Powaships for his share of the | cansaction. By such proceedings, ‘luttetown Common to otnuers, the leading men who bad ated for an escheat oa behalf of the agricultural people, | ug obtaiued grants of land for themselves, went over to! cugthen the power of the conspirato:s; and consequently mislead aud constrain British subjects to become tevants. Governor Smith, fiuding that ao o>position would be made any deception he might practise, which wou.d strengthen .e power of the jand-holders, gaye notice, in the year 1816, cat it was the intention of the Crown to fix a seale for the .ture payment of quit-rent ; and as no objectious were made »the proposed alterations of the grauts, it was proclaimed by

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‘ulure payment of quit-reut, and released the grantees from ‘heir obligations of settling their grants with foreign Protes- apis; provided that, within ten years from December, 1816,

the land shall bave been settled with other persons, in the!

proportions specified in their original grants. Now compare

wis proclamation with authentie documents, to see the for- sry; for instance, the conditions were fixed by orders in

Uouncil, attested by the great seal of Great Britain, and the grauts atiested by the great seul of this island; bat Governor Smith undertook to change the couditions by a proclamation, which is only a communication from the Coionial Minister, Wi hout ap order iu council or greut sea! to attest its authority ; consequently, the govorbor assuming the authority of the Prince Regeut, to such a proclamation, ¢ uld only have been a phot wetavecn himself aud the Uvianial Minister, to which he coald not aflix the great seal of the Island, and therefore it ig give Qader bis seal gt arws. but there were so many

‘aciion, and claim the protection of the Crown.

is room for objections to their adjudicating on such cases.

Of the land under the lease which [ handed to you, a great | This is a new settlement, but it will send to the poll nearly 100 part is reserved in the Crown for fishery ; it lays round the | voters. The meeting was well attended, and was addressed |

head of How Bay a distance of about seventy chains, besides five acres of salt marsh on Bay Fortune; and the rest of the Township is forfeited to the Crown. To rest the case on the Pirhery leserves would imply, in my opinion, that the

‘by Mr. Whelan and by the Honorables Messrs. Coles, . | Wightman and Hensley, who were on their way to the third

toad: \distriet of the County, for which the Attorney General has

hol-ler had a title to the rest, which L dispute, and submit to trial. vig: that the Crown may resume the forfeited lands, to protegt the inhabitants. It is necessary for me to comply with any form to attorn to the Crown or to pay my rent mto court; or to do any other thing to enable me to sustato the I am ready from you! voice, and no other person being mentioned as a candidate. fol!

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become a candidate in conjunction with the Hon, Mr. Thornton. | At the conclusion cf the several speeches, Messrs. Whelan and Dingwell were proposed as candidates for the representation of the district in the new House, and their nomination was unanimously concurred in—there met being one dissenting and willing to do so, on my receiving timely notice to that effect. On taking a review of the case, the questions present themselves : 2 Ht ( iat the house of Mr. James McDonald, Savage Harbour Will the mal-practises of publie servants, which have beed | ws sitonsht, where J.B. Cae’ recessfully prolonged for many years, in opposition to the :

,and to the humble petitions of the inhabitants, ‘own of the power of resuming the forfcited induced to offer, not for the purpose of opposing either of the

owing | The second mecting was held on the afternoon of Tuesday

fsq-, Was in attendance, and had raat Sh elles himself proposed as a candidate. He stated that he was deprive the Cr | junds, and protecting the tenantry from persons holding over | late members, but owing to a belief which, he said, was enter- such lands ? ‘tained by many electors that Mr. Dingwell would not again

Wilk the execution of a Icase by a tenant, to a person | f ‘holding over forfeited lands, under the circumstances herein | befure stated, prevent the tenant from being evidence for the, Crown, ou behalf of himself and others, to sue fur protection refused to pledge himself to the support of any particular class fyom the oppression of such land-holders ? of men in power.—Mr. Dingwell, in reply, observed, that he

For reasons already given, it is my duty to object to either | was indeed anxious to retire from public life, and stated this of the present judges adjudicating on the ease; and [ consider | ' ‘it would be improper for the governor. to appoint a judge to | ‘try a case on which he has given a decided opinion. There, : ' |are few persons in this Island but are interested, more cr less, unwilling to place himself again at the disposal of the electors, ‘in the land question; and many bave expressed their opinion, believing that he bad discharged his duty towards them as | Therefore, to obtain justice, the ease ought to go to Hugland | faithfully as it was in his power to do; and if again returned,

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would suppert the departmental system of Government, but

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‘Colonies, ut having given this brief outline of the case, a ‘and made my objections, L leave in your hands to do what is right ia the premises, and remain respectiully,

Yours most obedient,

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Sailor's Hope, 4th M thore was am overwhelming majority for the latter.

s over, it was evident that more than one half po himself would take an office,

at first. the Tory candidates might whistle for votes. There |

of the Roman Catholie clergy, whom they so much malign, |

minded man, of whatever creed, to disabuse the minds of the |

sukiec6é was then given out for oar | » |

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cadse was never more clearly and: triamphantly iti the | ascendant in the first and second districts of King’s Connty |

than it is at present. During the past week we have attended

each and all of which the late members were received with |

The first mecting was held on Taesday morning last, at!

Maurice Kennefie’s on the Pisguid or Cardigan Road, Lot 38, |

if he could get one; and bee sides advocating the establishment ofa Court of Escheat, he pledged himself to nothing else. Messrs. Whelan and p;

| well both spoke in defence of their principles, their

_the present Government; and on 2 division being called, Mr Whelan was unaninously chosen as a candidate; On the division having been taken for Mr. Cox, there seemed to be about as many opposed to him as in favor of him, when Mp Cox and his friends contended that the peonle did not unde! | stand the question, but that it would be decided in their favor (on the election day. Mr, Dingwell’s friends, on the Other hand, were content to leave the issne to that day. 4 The fourth meeting was held at Mr. Sutherland's, Head of St. Peter’s Bay, on the same afternoon. There were not more than half a dozen supporters for Mr. Cox at this meeting ‘and three of them accompanied him from Morell. ." candidates were Reet He Mr. Whelan’s eas Ce ceived in the same manner as at the preceding meetings,-—~and | with the exception of the few referred to, Mr. Dingweli's nomination was cordially agreed to.

The fifth meeting was held at Mr, Archibald O’Han Cable Head, on the following morning. Thursday, about 1] 0 clock, Ihe attendance here was small, owing to the weather 9 being fine, of which the people took advantageto get their cropsin, Mr, Cox having requested the privilege of speaking first, which was granted to him, discoursed for about two hours and a half, advoeating his claims to the confidence of (the people, in that particular section of the district, on the ‘ground of his having taken an active part,at an escheat “meeting some years ago at St. Andrew’s, iu consequ which, he said, he was persecuted sad ireuaahal ta

present Guvernment, and the fishery reserves on his farm sought to be taken from him. Mr. Whelan stated the facts of this ease, and showed that as the Worse!l Estate bad bee sold sui ject to the right of the Crown to the Fishery Rererves, ithe Government did no more than theiz duty when they ht entrusted to them, by. seeurh ple so large a portion of the reserreg as were monopolisel by Mr. Cox. This gentleman appealed (to the syimpathy of tne peopl---told them what he bad suffered by advocatiog Kseheat—-aid, that if returned, he, | Mr. ‘Davies, and o hers, would make a third party in the House, and carry out that messure—reminded the electors of lis exten-ive mercantile tranussctions, the amount ef mo he Aad spent in shipbuilding, and the relief he had extend to poor people when distressed for the want of seed grain, &@ &e. Messrs, Dingwell and Whelan vext addre-sed tht | meeting at considerable length, and the latter anitadverted on Mr, Cox’s ineonsisteney in professing regard for liberale ” principles, and declaring at the sume time his determination to form ath rd party on the rains of a liberal Government. Missrs. Whelan and Dingwell were then proposed and» ssconded, und their nomination carried by a large majority— those in favour of Mr. © x not exceeding four or five, The sixth meeting was held at Birch Lill, Bay Fortune | Road, at the house of Mr. William Larkin, on the evening of ithe same Gay (Thursdi:.) Oc this road every voter, toa man, will poll for Mr. Whclany and with, perhaps, half a dozen exceptions, fur- Mr. Dinewell as weil. This was ‘abundantly evident from the reception they received at the wecting in question, Thay were proposed and secouded—te vas Mr. Cox; and although the people on the Fortune road entertain a‘h gh regard for Mr. Cox, on acecunt of his ‘xterisive business travsactions, they declared they had no fault to find with their late members, and would again retard © them, Mr. Cox having repeated at this meeting his intention to support, if elected, liberal principles and the departmental systcm of Goyernment, he was a-ked by an elector if he Would support the Government as it ts now constituted Aftera moment's hesitation, he replied that he would do so, since jsach appeared to be the desire of the people. Mr, Cox, everal times afiar, in conversation with eleetors, and in pubs ‘lic, expressed his cntire willingness to go with the party in power In the advocacy of all their general measures. In deed, this was the only course for him to take to seeure sup port; but it will not avail with the majority of the electors, tor Mr. Cox was distinctly told that he was rathef late in ‘vsoming cut with an avowal of his 1 sentiments.

The seventh and last mectiog was held at the Little Pond Scho! House, Grand Rivers on Friday foreneon, the 21 ~ lustant, where there was a larger attendance than usual on such oceasio.s. The two late members were unanimously received at this meeting, as the candidates at’ the ensuing election, Mr. Cox was, indeed, proposed and seconded; but his being put in nomination was merely done as an act of ‘courtesy, lie having requested it; aud in complying with the request he was clearly told by his proposer and seconder

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ithat they did vot intend to vote for him at the electios, Such is, as briefly as we can state in a hurried notice of this kind, a view of the progress of Liberal principles in the We have stated all alon that this District was certain to return two Liberals; an Mr. Cox having altered his tone, alter attending four meets ings, is convinced of the same fact as well as we are, If he jad avowed his intention to support the present Government before the late meetings were held, he_ might have stood a better ‘chance of his election. But Mr. Dingwell having been brouzht forward as a candidate of whom the District had experience, and who was found worthy of confidence, it is the duty of those who encouraged him to come forward to c:ve him their unshiinking support, which we are quite satis:

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at the harmony aud good feeling which characterised all meetings in the second District of King’s County, and courtesy which was shown towards the opposing eandidate and his friends, and which appeared to be warmly re¢ipre jcated by them. The meetings were highly creditable to the | District, and to the cause they were intended to promote. PUBLIC MEETINGS IN THE THIRD DISTRICT OF KING'S COUNTY.

Taz Honorable Attorney General, having tendered to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor the resignation of his sews in the Legislative Council, and His Excellency having bee@ pleased to accept the same, left Town on Tuesday last to meet the electors of the above District, fur the purpose of explaitr ing his views and of offering himself as a candidate for theit suffrages at the ensuing election. He was accompanied by the Honorables Colonial Secretary and Mr. Wightman. The Grst meeting was held near Alley’s mills, in the cenwe of the 4

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for trial in the first instance, or to one Uf the neighbouring | ...,14 parsye the same course. Mr. Whelan spoke at consj- | Supporters of the Tory candidate, Mr. Thomas Owens but erable length at this meeting, and again appeared to command | Notwithstanding that, so frightened were his friends, that the | he unanimous approval of the electors. A division having | notices calling the meeting were removed as soon almost #8 |been taken on the nomination of Messrs. Cox and Dingwell,

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