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own keeping. “yf cia us proof’ of its wis!: to induct us — oe nent of all our privileges. A few families in the Colo- nies stand between us and the throne : they ee a rays: they rob us of our rights. ‘That party must yiel

abide the result. i eae — LAICUS WESLEYENSIS.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1847.

OFFICIAL INTERVENTION. |

We thought of making some lengthy obser- vations on the Despatch which follows, written by Earl Grey on the subject of the complaint made by the Hon. Mr. Coles, against the in-) tervention of official persons at his Election ; but the shortness of our present available space —owing to the English and Colonial news— compels us to be brief. ‘Till the present time we saw no necessity for reverting to Mr. Coles complaint. We did and do, however, consider ita very just and proper one, for how can any Government proceed with safety, if its servants. be allowed to oppose and obstruct it in every conceivable shape. We know it has been con- tended, that the practice complained of can be attended by evil results, under no other system than the Responsible one ; but surely if it would be found to be injurious under that sys- tem. would it not be found to be equally in- jurious under any other? Those who use the argument, that official intervention may be safely tolerated under the present mode of Administration, argue indirectly for the intro- duction of the Responsible system ; for if it is one of the beauties of our old Colonial policy, we have no reason to dwell with enthusiasm on the remembrance of it, or to struggle for its perpetuation.

We have been furnished with a copy of Mr. Coles’ letter, and we find that his case is clearly and broadly stated, and, in quoting from a

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Despatch addressed by Lord Glenelg in 1835, to Sir Francis Bond Head, Governor of Upper Canada, he shows clearly enough that the practice of which he complains is not ap- plicable to any kind of Colonial policy—and | the abolition of which is not dependant on the establishment of the system promulgated by Lord John Russell four years after the writing | of Lord Glenelg’s despatch. We give the: passage quoted by Mr. Coles :—

“Ifthe head of any department should place himself’ im decided opposition to your policy, whether that oppo- sition be avowed or latent, it will be his duty to resign his office into your hands: because the system of go- vernment cannot proceed with safety on any other principle than that of the cordial co-operation of its various members in the same general plans of promoting the public good. The inferior members of the different oifices should consider neutrality on this great litigated

question of provincial policy, as at once their duty and their privilege.”

Earl Grey’s despatch does not declare that official opposition to the Government shall be allowed to continue. It says, that its toleration will depend upon the answer he may be re- quired to give to the Earl of Elgin’s Report on ‘the broader and more general question,” — meaning, we presume, Responsible Govern- ment—respecting which the Lieutenant Go- vernor was directed to communicate with his Lordship the Governor General, [py abiding the result, we have little fears for the ultimate establishment of the only remedy for many of our political and social eyils- And if the Imperial Government become thoroughly cog- nizant of our true position, the « considera-| tions” raised by Lord Grey may be easily | satisfied or set aside. These “considerations” | are—that we have not made any provision. for the payment of our Civil List—that our’

“like the baseless fabric of a vision,

evidences of renewed confidence and vigour. In con-

- « less is aller—and that we are le hi extract the following sentences ation is smaller—a 4.\firmation of this, we 4 populati f seneral educa-| oO gen

in possession of the means Of hbouring Pro fromthe European Times of the 5th instant: y ? : 0 ra ° ° . . . ° tion” than are any of the neigh t melee! «The transition which Ireland is now undergoing, vinces. Wee shall next wom ears from the condition of one vast pauperised province, to a se ‘ siderations,” for the present we more wholesome state of self-dependence for the support — ‘e within ourselves| o¢ life, is keenly watched as one of the greatest eed only say, that we sggtioe rs mania experiments which has ever been = ; sufi; for the payment of the/and most interesting exp ime as be resources sufficient Jor the Pp ‘attempted by Government. The real and sincere friends

. : } : Civil List, if left to our disposal—that though ‘of Ireland have at length procured the passing ofa Poor-

tal ot to be de- |, “we ich is not only to give the Irish our population be small, we are no law, the object of which i rs

; » Colonists in| . i heir country for support = nied the privileges of our fellow Colonists 1n poor a lien upon the soil of t eth

j igher aim of endeavouring by indirect i ee fe were sojbut it has the hig g Canada or Nova Scotia; for if Ww

d b ctioning a al it! by stimulatin

* ins ., (means to raise the condition of the people, y g denied, Earl Gr woul — ithem to exertion, in order to maintain themselves, A enled, Earl G ey wo e 5

\ 70! ? only the i ing raised by impoverished land- policy, which would contemplate y great clamour is being r y impo

~ | welf {the many, and not that of the few, |jords against the ‘cruelty’ of England in endeavouring welfare of the ¥; |

: ae ‘to make them do their duty by supporting their own and as for our educational “ means, We yey se and this outcry is swelled by not a few of the they will be found, upon enquiry, to be (ere esate, who, having got in their harvest, seek by the s extensive i roportion to our population, |invasion ofthe payment of rent to keep the produce in as extensive In pro} their own hands, in order to get through the winter. as they are any where else. The Government, with a view to lighten the burden of i he incipient Poor-law, have consented to postpone a — ar bap 1847 po of their claims in a certain ratio, until the early rrr rates under the poor-law shall be collected. But, on Sir, : oa € 2 other hand, they have expressed a determination to [ have received you: ro aly ks ws ‘95 pe | maha the law unflinchingly—the landlord shall have June bast, No. 93, Qe wba tiie iedadiahah which | his rent, the collectors shall have their rates—the poor ee an ML George Coles, respecting |in the sequel will be provided for from their own earn- — ae aie officers of your Government ings, which it will now become the interest of the Jand- the een ’ is Election, for his seat in the Ge-|lord to make as large as possible, as the only mode by as his opponent ? Pri : Edwerd lelend. |which his own contribution to the poor fund can be less- ueral Assembly 0 a “tracey rig “cae brought under ened. Doubtless, a revolution in national feeling can- — ee intimately connected with the broader| not be effected in one season; but the good work has my notice wie 1 waa which I have directed you|commenced, and every friend of Ireland should contri- and more a rs the Governor General of British| bute, both by his moral and political influence, towards = ere aor oan I oa be in possession of the|the success of a measure which has for its object the eri eae ag ide wean communica-| regeneration of one of the fairest countries in the world, Karl s ogee entering on those topics at all.| The Earl of Clarendon, the enlightened Lord-Lieute- ia eviationh however, I think it right to observe, nant, 1s oe ieee aa re gu rh that the question incidentally raised by Mr. Coles, res-| (reland. a a. Caer wa _ ese y se a - pecting the introduction of what is usnally called the|ance,” he oy a | oo ssid a * restore the system of Responsible Government into Prince Edward condition of freland, owed down as s e has been by Island, must rest upon grounds and be affected by con-|an unparalleled rae co : The social] fabric has to be siderations there, which are not applicable to that ques- reconstructed ; let the Irish people put their shoulders tion in reference to the adjacent British Provinces. T'hus, to the wheel, trust to their own energies, and we shall especially, it must be borne in mind, that the Legisla-|not despair of seeing her, indeed ina very brief period, tues of Prince Edward Island have not, hitherto, made|* great, glorious and free. provision for defraying the annual charge of its Govern- — ment, as is the case in every Province in which that system has hitherto been introduced. It must also be remembered that the population of Prince Edward Island is both less numerous and less in possession of the (Copy.) Downing Streetf September 12, 1847. means of general Education than is the population of No. 41 any one of the British Provinces on the North Ameri-|* a |. can Continent. Ido not at present undertake to say Sir—I have to acknowledpe the | receipt of your what influence these circumstances ought to have upon| Despatch of the 12th August, No. 107, transmitting a the question of the proposed change of system. I no-| Letter addressed to you by MrJEdward Palmer, a Copy tice them only as circumstances which it would be im- of your answer to that Letter, and also a Copy of the possible to overlook before proceeding to establish or Minutes of the Executive Cougcil, having reference to to sanctien such a change. the subject of that corresponddnce. i have the honor to be, Sir, It is not necessary that I shbuld express my opinion Your most obedient, upon the propriety of the courge adopted by Mr. Palmer Humble Servant, In repairing to England to procure your removal from (Signed) GREY. | the Government, whilst holding an official situation. It is sufficient that I state, that I cannot recognize the right of that Gentleman to tender the resignation of his ri at =~ aoe of Executive Council, accompanied by ; the condition which he thought proper to make, I can ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL, therefore regard Mr. Palmer's reilghedial in no other At a quarter past 12 o'clock on Friday morning last, — than as an absolute one, and must accordingly con- the steamer Conqueror arrived with the English Mail ew to have retired from the Executive Council of from Pictou. In order to pat our readers in possession

through this week’s paper, of as much of the intelligence (Signed) GREY.

as may be found interesting or important, we have ex-| Lieut. Governor Sir Henry Huntley, &c. &c. &c. cluded a large portion of matter previously prepared,

The main feature of the English news is the continu- | Copy ) Downing Stréet, 2kth September, 1847. ance of the commercial panic, by which the most stu- No. 46. .

pendous mercantile establishments of the old world meen Nias a ao ane

dail i is fri - r are cally tumbling to the ground. It is frightful to ed the Petition to Her M Jesty which accompanied it, contemplate the immeasurable extent of suffering which

; praying that you may be ylieved ig the Administration this extraordinary paralysis of the commercial body of the Government of th Island, that I have laid that

tnust produce—the brightest exchanged for the gloomiest — tion before the Que prospects—the most animating hopes for the most ans _ “Sones Se pone. tae i. = deadening despair—the rich argosies and the well filled Despatch of the 12th of Augnst, 1847. re ditee your coffers, for dependence and destitution, It is not, how-|retirement from the Gqvernment of Prins Edward Is- ever, those who are forced to retire from the busy |!and, was adopted withdut any reference to, or knowledge walks of life, with their thousands and millions in arrear, d against yeu in this vation, who shall suffer most by the present calamity—but it not in any way be aff fay deg ort pg ee will be the hundreds and thousands of poor families, refutation of them. fl do not, in the slightest degree, the Jabourers, mechanics, small tradesmen, and opera-|@Sswme or suppose that these charges ere well founded, yives of every kind; who made their living by labouring |?Ut Tegard them fentirely immaterial end irrelevant to to enrich those houses whose treas |) Practical quegtion now depending before me.

I have, &c.,

igned) GREY. overnor Sir Henry Huntley, &c. &c.&c.

(Copy, No. 40.)

By Authority

Lt. Governor, Sir H. V. Huntley, &c. &c. &c.

I have, &c. ’

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ures have departed ” leaving, however, pairing spirit behind.

y, it is a source of gratifi- az

mind, that the sister King |: Pine.—A House and Furniture, owned vy Angus ine thehs tikes slough of dee Currie, at Fullerton’s Marsh, were destroyed by fire on

Sunday last. There : every where affording heart-warming at the vag was no person about the premises

many @ wrecked heart and des In the midst of this calamit cation to the philanthropic dom of Ireland is slowly ris Pondency, and js