Che Examiner. Sateh 6. 1865.

———_ Charlottetown,

ee ee

CONFEDERATION IN NEW BRUNSWICK.

4 telegram received here from New Bruns. | wick, late on Saturday evewing, states that the progress ia that Province, “ are

und that the

elections, now ta going dead against Ceafederation,” Counties of Westmorland, York a: d St. John have returned mewbers opposed ty that measure. We are also informed by the same authority, that the Provincial Secretary, Mr. Tilley, and the Post- waster General, Me, Steadman, are amongst the | defeated eandidates. If thie news be true, tue} (oufederativy cause bas, no doubt, gone te the | wall for the present ; but the telegrams are geter | ally so untruthful, that we are-not disposed to place uuch reliauce va the telegram of Saturday We will receive, in a day or two, correct |

might tenet by Mail, and we shall then be able to | form a correct opiniva as te the state of public | fevling in New Brunswick. If it be found that | there is a majority of the new House opposed to | Confederation, we feel satisfied that the aduption

of the measure must be postponed by all the! Lower Provinces. Nova Scotia, uf tacliued, could aot cery well accept the project in the face of an} adverse decision from her sister Proviuce, and| I’rince Edward Island will be quite secuce in the | possession of her coveted weakness and isvia- | tiea. Newfoundland, as a matter of course, must

share the gleewy fate of her sister Colonies.

The aati-Unieu party in Charlottetown are | glorifying themselves immensely over the news| from New Brunswick. Let them glovify them- selve: a8 muchas they please. The cause ts aoue | the worse fur sustaining a defeat at the outset. | The aunais of the British Parliament beac wituess tu the defeat of greater measures than that of | Confederation, when first submitted to the notice | of the public, but which, after a little time and a | little enlighteament of the public mind, achieved | We have still unbounded faith |

) litia Law.

THE GOVERONR'S SPEECH.

Legislative. Council: Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of As-| sembly : I rejoice that Tam enabled at the commence- | ment of another Session of this Legislature to

} * 7 ‘ ° | congratulate you vu the geveral prosperity of this

Island You will, Lam confident, join with me in an ex-| preasion of gratitude to Almighty God tor the} abundant harvest, and the many blessings which | have bees bestowed ov the people of this Province during the past year.

In compliance with the resolution which you | passed last Session, [ appointed Delegates to con- | ter with Delegates appointed by the Governments ot Nova Seotia avd New Branswick, for the pur- pose of discussing the expediency of a Legislative | Union of the Maritime Provinces.

Correspondence en thia subject, together with | the Report ef the Conterence of the Delegates, | will be laid befure you.

From these papers you will learn the origin of | a second Cunterenee, to consider the wider ques- | tion of a general Union of the British North American Provinces.

On the invitation of the Governor General I no- attend |

{

minated Delegates to preeeed to Quebec to the second Conference, | In appointing Delegates, 1 deemed it expedient, | on both oceasions, to select them from each ot! the political parties in the Legislature. Copies of the Resolutions adopted at the Que-} bee Confereace will be submitted to you, Despatches frou Her Majesty's Principal Seere- | tary of State fur the Cvulonial Department on | this important subject will also be laid before you. | From this correspondence you will perceive that Her Majesty's Government have given to| these Resolutions their most deliberateo cnsider-| ation, and have expressed their general approval | of the proceedings of the Conference, For this, the most momentous question ever |

submitted te you, [ ask your earnest considera-| T@ His Excellency George Dundas, Esquire, Lieu- | that some of the leading commoners of England . ’ - ™ |

aton. i

I have received frem the Secretary of State for | the Colonies a communication respecting the Mi-|

The Colonial Minister has observed with satis-| faction that aVolunteer movement bas arisen i this Colony which reflects much eredit 6n the loyalty aud spirit of its inbabitants : on the other | haud, he bas remarked that a law exists among | the statutes of the Island which declares that the | Millitia shall wot be called out exeept in case of | war, civil commotion, or other sufficient ewer- rency.

ca will, I confidently hope, give your careful |

ee ee oe ee d : Against it—Hons. J. C. Pope, Longworth, Col. tended notice of the debate, Garepace being again Mr. President, and Honorable Gentlemen of the Gray, Colonial Secretary, Davies, Kay, Speaker, occupied, to a great extent, this week, by speeches

Whelan; Messrs. Ramsay, Brecken, Montgomery, Haslam, Green, MeLennan, Dunean—15. Progress was then reported, and the House

| adjourned till 10 v'eluck to-morrow,

Faipay, March 3. The House in Committee resumed the consider- ation of the Address. The sixth paragraph,

| namely, that relating to the Militia of this Island,

was read; and after some remarks from the Hon. Mr. Coles, relative to the impropriety of charac- terizing the Militia Law of the Colony as having no parallel in British North Ametica, the clause was agreed to.

The eighth and last paragraph, being on the subject of Agriculture, elicited a shert debate, during Which several hon. members expressed the opinion that the Agricultural interests of the Co- lony would be very materially advanced if some practical system were adopted for the raising of Stock on the Island, and thereby save the expense and risk of importation. For the accomplishment vf this desirable object, the idva was very gene- rally expressed that an institution similar to the late Model Farm should be established. This paragraph was then carried, and the whole Ad- dress reposted agreed to without an amendment.

Hon. Mr. Coles then moved to amend the said Address, amendment Which he before submitted in Com- mittee,

The House then divided on the motion of

j amendment : Yeas—Hone. Measrs. Coles, Kelly, Warburton, i

Laird, Hensiey, Messrs. Sinclair and Howat. Nays — Hons. Messrs. Pope, Longworth, Col Gray, Davies, Kaye, Colonial Secretary, Messrs. Montgomery,MeLennan, Haslam,Green, Brecken, Ramsay and Yeo. The Address was then ordered to be engrossed, and a Committee appuinted to wait on His Ex-

| cellency to know when he would be pleased to | receive the same, of which the follow ing is acopy : |

tenant Governor, Xc. &c. Xe, May it please your Excellency: 1. We, Her Majesty's faithful subjects, the House of Assembly of Prince Edward Island, beg

j respectfully to tender our thanks for the Speech | "| with which your Excellency was pleased to upen |

the present Session. 2. The geveral prosperity of this Island, the abundant harvest, and the wany blessings be-

stowed upon the people of this Colony, during the |

past year, demand our gratetul ackuowledgmeuts to Almighty God.

3. We thauk your Excellency for having, in compliance with the Resolution passed last Ses-

by adding to the fifth paragraph the |

‘delivered at the late Towa Meeting on the Union

! question,

| Caruotic Youre Mex's IxertroTr.—The ‘Rev. Angus McDonald, President wf the'Institute, \ delivered the first lectute Of the season, at the ‘above Institution, on Wednesday evening. ‘The lnew St. Andrew’s Hall, in Pownal Street, was. the place of meeting, and Was crowded to excess —His Lordstitp the Bishop of Charlottetown and several of his clergy being Amongst the audience. The Reverend Lecturer tvok as his subject “ The Foree of Habit,” and treated it in a masterly and philusophical manner. An interesting ciscus- sion followed the Lecture. On next Wednesday levening the Very Reverend Dr. McDonald wiil Heeture on “ Progress.” The Amateur Band will

| be in attendance. |

* <aio Tur Hon. T. D. M’Gee ON THE Martrime Decreeates.—In a recent speech delivered by

| this gentleman in the Canadian Parliament, we

find the following complimentary allusions to the Maritime Delegates:

“Let me bear my tribute, Mr. Speaker, now that 1 refer to the Conference, to the gentlemen trom the Lower Provinces, who sat so many days

jin Council with us, under this reef. (Cheers.) A very werthy citizen of Montreal, when I weat j}up a day or two in advance of the Moutreal ban- jquet, asked me with e peculiar sort of emphasis— a What sort of pecple are they ?’’ meaning the | Maritime Delegates. I answered him then, as | jrepeat now, that they were, asa body, as able jand accomplished a class of wen as 1 thought any juew country in the world could produce—and

) would not sufler by comparison with them, As jour Government included a representation both jot the former Opposition and the former Ministry, so their delegations were composed in about equal | parts of the opposition and ministerial parties ot their several Provinces. A more hard-working jset of nen, men more tenacious ef their own | rights, yet more considerate for those of others, jinea of read er resources indebate, men of gentler }manuners, en more willing to bear aud forbear, if vever can hope to see together at one coun- cil table again. (Cheers.) But why need I | dwell on this point ? jin all our principal cities; | am sure every Cana-

‘They were seen and heard |

a signal triumph. ; ; ore . ° . batlenlien vo neasire Which wi ¢ proposed | in Confederation as the only means of saving us|? tenlie a meas e prop

+ .,.,| te you, and which is framed with the view of re- from the calamity of annexation to the United) mcdying a state of affairs characterized by Mr. States.

We do not believe that a majority of | Cardwell as having no parallel in British North

. : : j} dian who met them while here was proud of them sion, appointed Delegates to conter with Delegates | 1 fellow subjects, aud would be happy to feel

appointed by the Governments of Nova Scotia and | that he could soon call them fellow countrymen New Brunswick, respectively, for the purpose of in fact as well as in name. (Cleers.) discussing the expediency of a Legislative Union :

Her Majesty's subjects in British America are | ready to court such a calamity; and when the | danger shall become nearer than it is now —and | Ileaven knows it is near enough—the people of | British America will see the necess ty of consuli- dating their strength and resourees, in order to avert the danger; and they can de it in no other way than by Confederation.

sured that the Imperial Goverament will net look

We may rest as-

with any favour upon a resistance to their Colo- trial policy, so recently and so emphatically de ciared in the Queen’s Speech to Parliament, and more particularly in the despatches of Mr. Secre- | tury Cardwell; and if the Provinees persevere in | that resistance, they will, no doubt—and we think they ought to be—advised to prepare for the with- drawal uf British protection. By opposing Con- federation we are weauly forcing ourselves on the continued support of Eugland, when England piainly tells us she is weary of the incumbrance. That such a state of things cannot long conticue, | is morally certain, no matter what may be the result of the elections in New Bruuswick. Great | Britain may net, indeed, be williug to see her Provinces absorbed into the military despotism ever the border; but if she puts forth ber strength on the coudi-

to avert eo dire an event, it will b

tion, we may all rest assured, that the Proviaces shall co-operate to the full extent of their resour- evs. But there can be no effective co-operation, situated as the Provinees are now. Each one is jealous of the other — dreadfully frightened of taxation, because it appears to be higher in one Province than in another—each is icightily proud wt its little Court, which, it is feared, will lose its lustre in the glare of a great Con{ederacy—and each is swayed by the most absurd prejudices and the most selfish local in fluences— never seeming te think that there can, and should be, a close identity of interests amongst them all. We may talk as we please about giving additional strength te our Volunteer mouvement, and resuscitating our Militia Laws.

purposes, iu our separate coudition as Provinces,

Tke money required fur these weuld be money thrown away. Separate Militia Forces, obeying separate authorities, aud con- trutied by lveal and sectional influences, would be little short of contemptible burlesq ies on military Would any statesman in England, that the na-|

organizations. outside of a lunatic asylum, propose tivnal army and navy should be resvived into their original elements, and that \ereafte rr Eng land, Ireland, Seotland and Wales, should each | previde its own contingents for an army and navy, and thateach should have the absolute con-

trol of its contingeuts. A vaval and military power so constituted would cowmand no respect from abroad, and would be a povr protection |

The prestige and

against troubles at howe. greatness of England would soou become things of the past, if the fully or maduess of ber states- men thus separated the elements of ber power. Referring again to the news frou New Brune- |

wick, if it should come to pass that the elections | jourued.

will result in bringing forward a majority | against Confederation, we shall regret a decision | that cannot fail to be jnjurious to the best | interests of al the Lower Provinces. Great |

Britain will do more than regret it. Laying aside |

the language of compliment and congratulation | on the aduption of a plan of Union, she will be | justified in using vyewrds of remunstranee, jf uot of | indignation, filled with gloomy fore bodings, on the | summary and yadutiful rejection of her cherished Colvnial policy. The peuple and Government of tne United States will. of course, be hugely gra- | tified at the present apparent failure of Contede- ration. They have long regarded these Colonies as lawful prey, to be seized upon whenever their | own troubles could be brought to a conclusion ;| and now that the Provinces are weak, and threat- | esed with the loss of British protection, the mil-| ilary parvenus and adventurers of the Northern States, who respect ue law—when they can safely set it at defiance—but their own j ident end san- | guinary will—will “caleulate” that it is an easy | matter to overrun the British Provinces, gnd re- | enact there the scenes of violence, rapine and deso- | lation by which the fair fields of the Southern States | have been desecrated ; aud by which the conduct | of the Washington Government— which have en-| couraged the barbarities, and which cruelly per- | sivt in prosecuting the present savage war—haye | rendered themselves infamous in the eyes of the | civilized world. God help us if we must drink of |

the cup of sorrow that would celebrate our union with such a Government aud such a people!

—- —_- MEETING OF THE COLONIAL LEGISLATURE

Tue Legislature of this Colony was epened by Hie Excellency the Lieut. Governor, on Tuesday last, at 3 p.m. The several Volunteer Compa- nies, who received His Excellency aa a Guard of Husor in front of the Colonia! Buildiag, pre- sented a fine appearance, and formed a much more numerous body than appeared on former The attendance of citizens in the Building was also very considerably greater than we have heretofore witnessed. When the House of Assembly was summoned to the bar of the Council Chamber, that place was crowded almost to suffucation, His Excellency read his Speech, which will be found below, in a clear and distinet voiee, giving considerable emphasis te the passages in reference to the question of Confederation ; but jt will be seen that His Ex- cellency has been advised to abstain from any expression of epinion on that important question, We give the Speech without any further com- ment at present than merely sayiog that it ie a very milk-and-waterish affuir.

similar occasions.

Awerica. of the Maritime Provinces; and we shall be happy} wre take in fi eta i ees h from the St Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of As\ to receive the Correspondence on this subject, fh no 6 peregrap aaa sembly ; together with the Report of the Delegates. | John Telegraph. The Mr. Hanford therein re-

The Public Accounts of the past year will be 4. We shall be pleased to learn the origin of | ferred to, is brother-in-law, we believe, of J. 8. laid before you. It affords me much satisfaction | te second Conference held at Quebee, to consider | Carvell, Esq., of this city: tu ubserve that the revenue exceeds that of any | the wider question of a general Union of the}, .. ‘ ‘ i iN previous year, and is considerably in excess ot | British North Awerican Povinces, to attend which | The many friends of Mr. . ; Hanford w i the expenditure. | your Excellency, on the invitation of the Governor | Tegtet to learn that he is about giving up business

The estimates of the current year will also be | General, appointed Delegates, selected as were | #¢Te a8 manager of the Eastern Express Compa

adopted.

laid before you. They bave been framed with the Delegates to the former Conference, frou each | UY; aud interds taking up his residence at Prince due regard to econowy. Mr. President.axd Honorable Gentlemen of the Le-!

gislatice Councd ; i

sembly ;

The people whom you represent are so thorough- ly capable of appreciating the importance of agri- | culture, that L would suggest for your cousider- | ation the expedieney of giving some further en- couragement to the promotion of the scientific! culture of the soil aud to the improvement of stock.

In full relianee on your zeal for the welfare of

jthe Colony, [ now commit its interest to your |

care.

SUMMARY OF TUE PROCEEDINGS OF! THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

The members of the House of Assembly having renturned to their own room, bis Exerllency’s Speech was again read trom the Speaker's Chair: after which, the Hon, J. Cc Pope announeed to the House, that since the last session ofthe Legis- lature, iu cousequence of the resignation frou the Executive Coune:l Board of the Hon, Col. J. H Gray and the Hon. E. Palmer, His Excellency was pleased to appoint hina President of the Ex- ecutive Council, and the Hous. IT. Heath Haviland and K Henderson to seats jn the Executive Coun- cil, iu the ruvvm of the Lous. Col. Gray aud E Palmer.

The usual Standing Committees for the sessicn were then appointed, the must important being as tullows:

Committee to prepare an Address in auswer to His Excelleucy’s Speech—Messrs. Brecke un, Ram say. Haslam, Yeo, Green, Duncan and Montgo-

| mery.

Committee on Publie Accounts.—Messrs. Yeo, Hasiaw, McLellan, Duuean, Coles, Warburton and Conroy.

Mr. David Laird was appointed Reporter to the House, and after s me discussion relative to the expediency of the appeintiment by the House of a Summary Reporter, Mr, Archibald McNeill was appoluted lo that office. his duty being to luruish, each day, a printed Sumupary of the daily proceedings of the House.

The ovder of last session, relative to the postage | of Members’ letters, was then renewed, and the House adjourned until 3 o'clock to-morrow.

Wepwespay, March 1.

Mr. Brecken, Chairman of the Committee ap-

pointed to prepare an Address in answer to His

Excellency’s Speech, submitted a dratt Address— |

received and read

Ordered, that said address be referred to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Hon. Mr. Coles suggested the propriety of pro- eyring for the information of Hou. members Co-

i pies of the Royal Gazette containing the Des-

patch relative to the Militia Law. Hon. Mr. Longworth, Chairman of the Com- | mittee on expiring Laws, submitted a Report, | ordered to be committed to a Committee of the whole Mouse to-werrow. The Hon. gentleman! then stated that as several Committees were then | busily employed, preyaring Reporte, he would, ! therefore, move that the House do now adjourn | ull ten o’cluck tuewurrow. House accordingly ad-! Tuurspay, March 2. | The Colonial Secretary, Chairman of the Com-| mittee to receive tenters fur printing the Parlia-| mentary Reporter, submitted the Keport of the} Committee— Messrs. Ings, Hughes and G. T. Has-! zard, had tendered—that of the latter, being the | lowest, was accepted. | Hon. Leader of the Government submitted the | annyal Report of Dr. Mackwson, Superintendent | of the Lunatie Asylum — received aud read. House adjourned till 4 o'clock, p. m. AFTERNOON,

Hion. Mr. Davies, Chairman of Committee to receive tenders for printing the Journals of the session, reported that tenders bad been regeived from Messrs Haszard, Ings and Hughes, aud re- commended that the tender of Mr. Hughes, being the lowest, be accepted.

Ordered, that the Report of the Committee be

On motion of Mr. Brecken, it was resolved that the House go into the order of the day on the the Draft Address in answer to his Excellency’s Speech. Mr. John Yeo in the Chair.

The first four paragraphs of the Address were | read and advpted without discussion. The fifth | was then read, which is as tollows;

“ We beg to assure your Fxcellency that we shall uot fail to give our most earnest consider ation to the Resvlutions adopted at the Quebec Conference upoa the momentous subject of a General Union of the Provinces, and alse to the Despatehes from Her Majesty’s Principal Secre- ary of State for the Coloiial Department, relative thereto.” :

To this paragraph the Hon Mr. Coles subuiit- ted the following addition :

“ But we regret that your Exevlleney should have appointed, as one of your Jegal advisers, a gentlemen, who, as a Delegate, has declared himself ‘a ped jot Unionist,’ upon the terms agreed tw at the Quebec Conference.”

The amendment was supported by the Hons Messrs. Cules, Hensley, Laird, Kelly, and Messrs. Sinclair, Howat and Conroy, for the rea- sons that the Government bad not been aythorz- ed to seud delegates to Canada; and that, when there, they kad acted in gontravyention of the un- derstanding arrived at last Session, when the House acqujesced in the appointment of dele- gates to cousult and report upon the subjeci of a Unien of the Maritime Provinces without sane- tioning any defimte plan; and that the appoint- ment to the office of Solicitor General, and to a! seat in the Executige Council, of a gentiemen| who had expressed himselt so warmly in favor of the Conlederation scheme as the Hon. Mr. Havi- land had done, while the Government were op- posed to it, was improper on constitutional prin- ciples. ,

Hons. Leader of the Government, Davies, Longworth, Gray, Col. Secretary, Whelan, and Messrs. Brecken and Duncan, opposed the amendment, on the grounds that the subjeet of it was irrelevant to the paragraph under consider- ation, and that the discussion of the question of | Contederativo, and the details of the Qucbee Con- ference would become legitimately the subject of debate, when the Correspondence and Despatches relative thereto would be before the House,

At the close of the debate, the queatiun was put gu the lon, Mr. Coles’s ameudment;

For the motion — Honorables Celea, Kelly, Thornton, Warburton, Hensley Laird; Messrs. Sinclair, Conroy, Walker—¥.

of the political parties in the Legislature.

LATEST NEWS BY THLEGRAPH. New York, Feb. 25.—Gett. Schofield captured thirty cannon and seven hundred prisoners at Wilmington, Confederates burot 1000 bales cot- tou and 1500 barrels of rosin betore evacuating city. General Perry is in pursuit of enemy's forces whu retteated northward .... Bill for arm- ing slaves defeated in Confederate Senate by one of a ttitjority..... Despatch frow army of Poto- mac reports great activity in enemy's lines fur the lust three days... .. Gold closed at 197.

New York, Feb. 25

Bell, the Lake Erie Pirate, was hang yester- DRG. nasi Richmond papers of Wednesday econ- tinue to speculate on movements of Federal troops, but are evidently 2: the dark..... Army corres- pondents predict that if Lee is compelled to re- linquish Richmond be will fall back on Lyneh- burg, and then make his way through the moun- tains to East Tennessee aud Kentucky....- It was rumored in Knoxville that a division of Lev’s force had already entered Tennessee and Ken- tucky..... Gold opened at 199.

New York, March Ist.

Mobile advices to sixth indicate that there is no intention to evacuate the City. Garrison and defences were being strengthened... . Fede- rals preparing to close blockade of Galveston. Steamship ‘New York’ from Southampton ar- rived. Duke of Northumberland dead. .... Privateer ‘Shenandvah’ burnt five American vessels off Cape Good Hope..... Deserters from Lee's army report A. P. Hill’s corps gone to meet Sberman, .... Gold 200.

—_—— Poe ARRIVAL OF THE SAXONIA AT NEW YORK. New York, Feb. 20,

The Steamer Saronia, from Southampton, with dates to the Sth inst., bas arrived.

Parliament opened on the 7th inst., by Royal permission. The speech said that Her Majesty remained sted.astly neutral in relation to the American War. It expresses satisfaction with the Canadian Ceufereace in reference to Con- federation, and if itfis approved of by the Provin- cial Legislatures, a bill will be Jaid before Parlia- ment for carrying the measure inte effect.

Breadstuffs dull and declining. Provisions quiet. Consvls 89} to 804.

0 > oe

THE FALL OF CHARLESTON.

Charleston was evacuated by the Rebels on the night of the 17th, leaving several fortifications uninjured, besides 209 guus, which they spiked. The evacuation was discovered at Moultrie in the morning. At 10, a.m., part of the troops stativned at James’ Island, crossed over in boats and took possession of the city without epposi tion. The upper part of the city 1s on fire. Pre- vious to the enemy’s evacuating, they fired the upper part of the city, by which 6000 bales of cottun were burned, and it is supposed that be- fore they could subdue the flames two-thirds of the city will be destroyed. A fearful explosion vecurred in the Wilmington Depot—cause un- known—by which several hundred citizens lost their lives. ‘The building was used for commis. sary purposes, and situated in the upper part of the city.

Admiral Dalghrem was the first to run up to the city, where he arrived at about 2 o'clock p

| Edward Island. This Express, although a Yan-

; a., General @. A Gilmore followed soon atter

5. We beg to assure your Excellency that we | kee speculation, has, through the management of | iu the steamer W. W. Coot, and bad an inter-

shal] not failto give our most earnest eonsideration | jlo the Resolutions adopted at the Quebee Con- | Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of As- |

ference upon the momentous subject of a General!

Union of ihe Provinces, and alse tu the Despatches | | from [Ler Majesty's Principal Secretary of State

for the Colonial Department, relative thereto.

6. [tis gratifying tous to learn that the Volun- teer inovement, Which has arisen in this Colony, has rece'ved the approbation of the Colonial Min- ister, and we will give our careful attention to any measure Which may be proposed to us with the

object of remedying the detects of the Law relat- | ing tothe Militia of the Colony, characterized by | Mr. Cardwell as baving no parallel in British | | North

America. ¢. [tis with pleasure we learn that the Revenue for the past year exceeds that of any previous Vvear

’ . * 4 } - | and that it is considerably in excess of {the expen- |

diture; and we thank your Exee leney for the

assurance that the Public Acvounts for the past year

aust the Estimates for the present will be laid be fore us.

8. The reat importance to this Island of Agri culture,

commends it especially to our notice, and

attentively consider the expediency of giving some further encouragement to the promo tion of the scientitic culture of the Soil, and to the tuiprovement of St

we shall

Ch.

Houre in Comuiittee on expiring Laws, Mr. Me Lennan in the chair.

Hon. Mr. Longworth, Chairman of Committee, submitted a report whieh was received and read.

After some Ume spent in Committee, House ad journed.

AFTERNOON,

Mr. Brecken, Chairman of the Committee ap-

| pointed te wait upou His Excellency to ascertain

when he would be pleased to reevive the Address in answer to his Speech, reported that His Excel- lency would receive the Address at 12 v’cloc tu-merrow,

House in Committee resnmed the consideration uf report relative to expiring Laws.

Mr. MeLennan reported trom the Committee several Resolutions, which were respectively adopted by the House.

Counnittees were then appointed te introduce Bills in gecordanee with said resolutions; after which the House adjourned till 10 o'clock to-

tuorrow,

SarourpDay, March 4.

At the hour appointed the [louse waited ou | | His Excelleney with the Address, and ou thei j reture bis Honer the Speaker reporied the reply, | which is as follows:

Mr Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Asse mbly .

I thank you for your Address and for the as- |

surance that you will give your eareful consider-

ation to the subjects on which 1 have asked your |

assistance aud advice.

May your endeavours to promote the interests of this Island ve blessed with success.

Hon. J.C. Pope, Leader of the Government,

| submitted the Blue Book for 1363, Returns of

Returns of Bank of P. E. Island up te 7th Sep- tember, 1864. Hon. Mr. Longworth, Chairman of Special

Mr. Hanford, beeu made very prosperous aud ap- parently had a rush of business cousidering that triend Turner was in opposition. We always

bess matters, and therefore regret his departure. We wish bim every suecess, We woderstand that Mr. Lewis Carvill, late of our Railway, will be Mr. llanford’s sucessor

LATE NEWS FROM EUROPR.

OPENING OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT —THE EARL OF DERBY ON THE AME- RICAN WAR AND CONFEDERATION. As it appeared in our telegraphic despatches

jon Monday, the British Parliament was opened

on the 6th instant. The “ speech ” was as usual

lread by the Lord Chancellor. The vuly portions of this very formal and concise document which are of any especial interest om this side uf the | Atlantie, are the following :—

* Poe civil war in Noth America still unhap- vily continuing, Her Majesty reaains steadfastly neutral between the contending parties, aud would

‘vjoice ata triendly reconciliation between them.” | “Her Majesty bas had great satisfaction m

| , . ‘ j giving ler sanction te the meeting of a Confer-|

fence of Delegates from her several North Ame- rican Provinces, who, on invitation frem Her | Majesty’s Governor General, assembled at Quebee. | Those Delegates adopted resolutions, having for {their object a closer Union of those Provinces | under a central government, If those resolutions shall be approved by the Provincwl Legislatures, a | Bull will be laid before you for carrying this im | portant measure into effect.”

| In the debate which presently followed in the House of Lords, the Earl of Derby, after speak jing on home and foreiga topies generally, came tu the allusion in the speech to the United States

fe said that he was not one in the least disposed

to move from the position of neutrality professed, but he looked with great auxiely to the two measures Which had * received the sanction otf

the Senate of the United States,”-—one for giving |

| aotice of the termination of the treaty of recipro- jcity with Canada, and the other for giving the notice for the termination uf that treaiy, by which the foree on the lakes is restrained and limited. He continued :—

Of these two measures it is impossible not to |

say that they are adopted in a spirit ot liestality to this country. [Hear, hear.] One of them jthrows open questions of the nist delicate aud d.fficult character. The American people have de- jrived, as they co nvtdeny, great commere’ ul d

| vani‘aces from the reciprocity treaty, and its ter- inination is advocated euly on the avowed ground that Canada derives still greater advantages. Oue effect of the termination of that treaty would be, if 1 am not mistaken, that the whole of the eom- plicated question of the fisheries, from the settle-

jof Unien Bank up to 15th December, 1364, and | ment of which the United States ave derived in-

| calculable advantage, would at wnce be thrown

}open. (Hear, hear.] I am old enough to remem- | ber what serioas complications and difficult ques-

| Committee on exviring Laws, submitted a Bil! | tions connected with the fisheries occasioned, and

found Mr. ifanford very kind and prompt in busi- |

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Married, At St. Ann’s Church, at Hope River, on Monday, the 27th ultimo, by the Rev. F. X. DeLangie, P.P, | Mr. James Reid, of the Covehead Road, to Miss

relative to the Seduction Act, aud to make other | how near to the point of war they led this coun-| Ann Reid, second daughter of Mr. Jobn Reid, of

actions.

Bil reeeived and read; ordered te its second

reading on Mouday. Jlouse adjourned. AFTERNOON,

His Honor the Speaker in the Chair.

Hon. Leader of the Government announeed a Message from the Lieutenant Governor trans- mitting copies of Despatches and Correspondence relating principally to the subject uf a Union of British North America.

Said papers were read by the Clerk and ordered that their further consideration be deferred till Iriday next,

Hon. Mr. Coles suggested the propriety of having the documents just read printed, and copies thereof turnished to hon. members.

Hon. Leader of the Government concurred with the hon. Leader of the Opposition. Aud, on mo- tion, it was ordered that said Despatches and Correspondence be printed accordingly.

Hon. Mr. Coles gave notice that og Monday next he would ask the Goverument to lay before the House copies of any Jiespateh or Despatches from Elis Execltency the ieutcuant Governor to the Colonial Office, relative to the Militia Law of this Island. patebes from orto His Excellency in reference to the Bill passed last Session for settling the differ- ences between Pandlord and tenant; aud also Petitions from the Tenant Union Committee and fenautry of this Island against the passing of said Act.

His Honor the Speaker then read a communi- cation from certain publishers of newspapers in Charlottetown, offering to publish the debates and proceedings of the House of Assembly, provided a sufficient sum be grauted to remunerate said publishers for the necessary expense they would leur in performing the work.

House adjourned.

A. McNetty, Reporter. ED

Tue First DeBaTe of the Session oceurred in the House of Assembly on Thursday afternoon and eyening last, when the Address in answer to the Governor's Speech was before a Committee of the whole House, Mr. Cules moved an addi- tion to the fifth paragraph, which relates to the subject of Cenfederation; and the purport of his addition was, the expression of “ regret” that Mr. T. Heath Haviland should have been ap- pojyted to the office of Solicitor General aud toa segt jn the Executive Council, after declaring himself *‘a red-hot Unionist.” The debate brought up the question of Confederation, to some extent but while several members of the majority disap- proved of Mr. Havjland’s Union sentiments, they were not williig to condemn the Government for his appointwnent, and they therefore yoted against Mr. Coles’s resulution on the ground of its being “irregular” and “ premature.” It ig needless to add that Mr. Coles’s resvlution was lost on a division, but the diyisiun might make it appear that there isa large majority in the Honse in favour of Confederation, when, it must be honestly confessed, such is not the case. We

regret that we are not able te give a wore ex-

Also a copy of any Despatch or Des- |

| questions are gratuitously, and apparently with- vut the slightest reason, thrown open at the risk jand danger of war—than which nothing could be more deplorable— between this country aud the | United States. [ Hear, hear.) [tis net a little significant, too, that at the same time when the jabrogetion of this commercial treaty lays upon lall these points of danger and difficulty, there is }auether step taken to abrogate another treaty. Fora long period the lakes have served as the means of peaceful aud profitable commerce be- tween the two countries lying alongside each other, but [ can recollect a period in the late American war when there was a race of shipbuild- jing on the two sides of the lakes, and when the jparty obtaining the supremacy in that matter gained the control of the lakes. [ Hear, hear. ]