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‘ Ied‘by different individuals, occupying Pasture Lots in_ tinucd and undisputed occupan-

indivlduals, though totally uti- way with a valuable public House of Assembly have

viously agreed to in supply, which were all agreed to with sortie trifling oppOSition. . '

The uestion being put on the Resolutionfor granting £5000 for the (Colonial Building, it was agreed to-—~1eas 19—-Nays Mr. Fraser and Mt ae. t -

The Hon. ME. POPEflfom the ‘Coaiuriltee appomted to take charge of the Government House and Public Furniture, laid before the House an Estimate of the probable expense of cer- tain repairs and improvements required upon Government House and premises._ The House-went into Committee, to take the same into consideration; Mr. Hudson, Chairman, reported that the Committee had come to the folio“ mg Resolution :

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that it is inexpedicnt to make any of the proposed alterations in the. Saloon

and Dining Room in Government House, but that it he recom: mended lothe House, when in Committee of Supply. that the sum of One hundred and fifty pounds be granted, to' defray the ex.

nces of certain repairs, fencing, and other alterations in and about that house, for the present year. Mr. LE LACHEUR moved, iii amendment, to strike out the following words, “ That it ts inexpedient "to make any of the proposed alterations in the Saloon and Dining Room.” f": Mr. CLARK moved that the words proposed to be left out do form part of the question. Yeas—Jiesys. Clark, J. S. Mac- donald, Palmer, D. Macdonald, Beck,- Montgomery, Hudson,

Pope, Yeo, Thomson, W. Dingwell, Forbes. NAvs—Messts.

Le-Lacheur,_I-‘raser, Rae, M‘Farlane, M‘lntosh, M‘Neill.

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Sx'runnn, March 12. Resolved, That an Address be presented to His Excellen- cy the Lieutenant Governor, praying that he‘ will cause the Common of Princetown to be thrown open. Ronda third time, as engrossed, the Bill iiitituled ‘An Act for the regulation of the Fishery Reserves in this Island.’ A motion being made, that the Bill do pass: The House divided:

' Yeas-Messrs. Rae, Hudson, Le Lacheur, D. Macdonaid, Gortnun, Forbes, W. Din well, Fraser, Macintosh, Beck, Montgomery—1 . . .

Nays—Messrs. Palmer, Yeo, Longworth, Hon. J. S. Mac- donald—4.

A Petition of the Chico-Bearers and Committee of the Prince Edward Island Auxiliary to the New British and Foreign Temperance Society was presented to the House by Mr. Palmer, and the same was received and read—pruy‘ ing for a revision of the License'systcm, with the view of more effectually protecting the interests of the public, and guarding against the infractions of the law by unlicensed ven-'

ers of intoxicating liquors—also recommending the imposi- tion ofa tax upon Brewers and Distillers; and also the adoption _ofmorc vigorous and energetic measures for the au ressiou of smuggling. . a said Petition was then committed to a'Committee of

the whole House. a V ,

After some time spent therein, the Chairman (Mr. Thom- son) reported, that the Committee had come. to the following Resolution :—

Resolved, That it be recommended to the House, - when in Committee of Ways and Means, to impose a Tax on all spirituous liquors distilled or made in this Colony.

The question of concurrence being put on the said Reso-

Dulziel, Thomson, Macneill, Clark, Macleau, Mncfarlaue,

the King of Prussia retired to the magnificent suite of apart- merits in the north side of the quadrangle, which have been expressly fitted tip with great splendour ’ . At eight o’clock his Majesty joined th'p Royal dinner Circle ill the grand dining-room. - »

in person.

were literally crowded together on the floor, greater ntiniber being unable to procure seats. ly ; . . The Ladv ofVice diplomatth we observed, amongst others, ' French, Prussian, isters.

announced the approach of Her Majesty, and in notes afterwards her Majesty, preceded by her great officers of state, atid accompanied by Prince house and took ing bowed graciously Ferdinand of Snxe seated. was then commanded by Her mons to attend the bar.

ly heard, and immediately afterwards the Speaker," attended

After passing some time with her Majesty and the Prince, S ‘ 00

for his Majesty.

The hells of the Castle and parish churches rang merry

peals on the arrival of his Majesty. Major-General Lurtl fl. f ""—“ ‘ ‘ to replace Lieut.-General Lord Greenock upon the sta 0 IMPERIAL PARUAMENT- the army in North Britain, from the 1st oprril next. ' patent to be

House or LORDS, FEEL 3. Her Majesty this day opened the Session of Parliament

peers was quite unprecedented. They

The attendance of by far the

In that portion ofthe House appropriated to the corps

the Austrian, 4th Spanish, llanoveriau, and Belgian Min-

At seven minutes before two o’clock the salvo of artillery a few mi-

Albert, entered the her seat on the throne. Her Majesty hav- to the King of Prussia and Prince Cohurg, desired their lordships to he The Usher ofthe Black Rod, Sir Augustus Clifford, Majesty to summon the Com-

Afler a brief pause the rush of the Commons was distinct- hy a great number of members, appeared at the bar. Her Majesty then read the following gracious speech :— senncn mom THE “moss.

My Lords and Gentlemen,

I cannot tncct you in Parliament assembled without mak- ing a public acknowledgment of my gratitude to Almighty God on account of the liit’th of the Prince, my son—.-an event which has completed the measure of my domestic happi- ttess, and has been hailed with every demonstration of af— fectionate attachment to my person and government by my faithful and loyal people. ’ 1 am cOttfidcnt that you will participate iii the satisfaction which I have derived from the presence iii this country of my good brother and ally the King of Prussia, who, at my request, undertook in person, tlte ofiice' of sponsor at the christening ofthe Prince of Wales. ‘ ’ v I receive from all princes and states the continued assura ance of their earnest desire to maintain the most friendly

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relations with this country. a; It is with great satisfaction that l_ infirm you that I 'have m concluded with the Emperor ofAustria, the King ofthe ,1,

French, the King of Prussia, and the peror of Russia, a treaty for the more effectual supprein' 'of the slave-trade, which, when the ratificatious shall have been exchanged, will be communicated to Parliament. There shall also be laid before you a treaty which I have concluded with the saute powers, together with the Sultan, having for its object the security of the Turkish empire,

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lution; The House divided : ' Yeas—M essrs. Rae, Macneill, Clark, Longwortii, \V. Ding- woll, Dalziol, Yeo, D. Mncdouuld,Gormnn, Hon. J. S. Muc- ‘: donald, Messrs. Thomson, Macintosh, Fraser, Beck, Hud- son—l5. , Nays—Messrs. Lo Laclieur, Palmer, Montgomeryfi‘l. So it was carried in the affirmative. The House then went into Committee on the Criminal Sessions Bill; after Sometime spent therein, the Chairman (Mr. Beck) reported the Bill agreed to, with several amend-

merits.

Motion, March 14. bad a third time,

relative to Accidents by Fire,

proper? in Georgetown.’ . . _ h r. altnor moved, that the eighth and thirteenth clauses

of the said bill be struck out, , and the question put thereon, rive. . ‘

The first ol'thosc clauses went to impose a tax of 3d. per \Vure-

prescribed themode of recovery In nformer stage of the Bill Mr. Thomson

Pound, on the annual value of all Dwelling-houses, houses, 8m. and the other

of said Tax.

roposed that these clauses should be struck out of the Bill,

ut the motion was negatived. . Resolved, That the said Bill do pass. Ordered, That Mr Thomson have

Bill to regulate the floating

down the rivers and lesser streams in this Island.

He accordingly resented the said Bill to the House, and

{beams was rea the first time, and ordered to he read ' second time to-morrow. .

Mr. Rae, from the Committee‘appointed last session to ESq. presented to the House

correspond with Joseph Hume, the Report'of the said Committee.

Mr. Rue, Address to His throwing open the House the Committee; which said draught. address tion put thereon, agreed to by the House,

Excellency the Lieut. Governor,

To His Excellency Sir Humor Venn Hus'rnev, Knight, Lieu-

\ tenant Governor, &c. are. &c. Ma it please your Excellency; The Ho so of Assembly have

loncy, of Princetown have, within the last eight years, outskirts; that the long con cy of the said Common by' authorised, might-ultimately do it right; and that, therefore, the

respectfully to request your Excellencyto cause measures

be taken for throwing open such portions of the Common

' of Princetown and Royalty as areinclosed. -

Couaaon.—Itu_is a popular error to suppose that come means courage in everything. Put ‘a hero on tfiififiihip at a five. barred gate, and ifhe is not. used to

he will” tarry pale. . Put a fox-hunter on one

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knock under him.

hunting, the Swiss ch like 3105'

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as engrossed, the Bill intituled ‘An Act to consolidate and amend the two several Acts now in force, and for the improvement of

and the tnotion being seconded it ,was carried iii the affirma-

leave to introduce'a of Logs, Donls and Timber, &c.

from the Committee .appoitited to pmpngo..m relative to

the Common of Princetown, presented to

draught of an Address, as prepared by the was, on the ques-

aud is as followeth:

to submit to your Excel-

that certain portions of the Common in the Royalty been inclo-

which the mountaineer springs Peo-.

brave in'lthoj'd'ti‘dgers to which they accustom

and the maintenance ofthe general tranquillity. ~'l‘he restoration of my diplomatic and friendly intercourse with the Court of Teheran has been followed by the com- pletion of a commercial treaty with the King ofPersia, which have directed to be laid before you. [am engaged in negotiations withseveral powers, which, I trust, by leading to conventions founded on the just prin- ciple of mutual advantage, may extend the trade and com- merce of the country. I regret that l establishment of peaceful relations . with the Government of Ciiitia. v The uniform success which has attended the hostile ope- rations directed against that power, and my confidence in the skill ntid gallantry ofmy naval and tnilitary forces, en- courage the hope on my part that our differences with the Government of'Chiua will be brought to an early termina- tioii, and our commercial relations with that country placed on a satisfactory basis. Gentlemen ofthe House of Commons, The estimates for the year have been preparer], and will be laid before you. ' I rely, with entire confidence, on your disposition, while you enforce the principles of it wise economy, to make that provision for the service of the country which the public exrgcncies require. . ' My Lords and Gentlemen, I recommend to your immediate attention the state of the finances and oftite expenditure ofthe country. You will have seen with regret that, for several years past, the annual income has been inadequate to bear the public charges; and I feel confident that, fully sensible of the evil which must result from a continued deficiency of this nu.- ture during peace, you will carefully consider the best means for averting it. ' I recommend also to your consideration the state of the laws which affect the import of corn, and of other articles, the produce of foreign countries. Measures will be submitted for your consideration for the union _ A 9 law of bankruptcy, and for the improve- ment of lheJUI‘lb‘ t ' d by the ecclesiastical courts in Englaan and Wales. V _ It will also be desirable that yotrshouru “MM”

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The Duke of Bucclcuc of Lord of the Privy Seal, in t i'ngham.

The Earl of Home has of Scotland in the room of the Earl of

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters passed under the great seal, granting the dignity of the United Kingdom of‘Great Britain an Jirmsctjee Jeejechlioy, of Bombay,

- Sir Howard Douglas has been. Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane proceeds very short-

Sir Charles Grey. the newly appointed Governor of Bare badoes, The Warspite, Capt. the Ham-Lord Ashliurton, ambassador extraor and suite, on board, left Yarmouth, day morning.

The the demise ofthree admirnls; five manders; twenty-three Lieutenants; three masters; surgeons; four surgeon’s assistants; and five pursers. the corps of Royal Marines are one major-general ; one lieutenant colonel ; lieutenants.

The excess of expenditure last year was £2,101,369 23. 4d.; the net income beingr £48,- 081,349 185. 4d., and the expenditure £50,185,729 0s. 5d.; the balances in the exchequer on the £3,848,565 19s. 9%., and the balances on the 5th of January, 1842, were, Accounts from St. Petershurgh of the 22d ult. announce thatthe Emperor, the Catholic and Greek clergy,

churches and convents to obtain an the state.

Hanover is about to be married, in his 70th .year, Princess Caroline, of Hesse ear. '

passed over it

Jan. 28,” in which itis stated, “ that the reports which have been spread that the government has in contemplation a ge- neral scheme of emigration, are without foundation.” '

ces to that of January 6, 1839, visited the coast of Great Britain and Ireland on the 25th and 26th ult. ‘ ‘

the most disastrous accounts of its complete failure. Trotter arrived at Liverpool on Elie 25th ultimo, with only nine of his companions, ‘ There is u schism among the Jews in, England. The chief rabbi, British Jews of the West London synagogue in Burton- fim 110‘ enabled ‘0 “m‘mmce ‘0 yo“ lhe “3‘ street, and a synagogue at Portsmouth, who have acted with- out the snnction ofthe high Jewrsh authorities. mutics treat the hull with contempt.

sovereigns now in circulation will be called in for the pur- pose of being newly coined. The system of “plugginrr,” and other nefarious devices which have been" resorted To, render this step on the part of the Mint indispensany ne- cessary. Some means, it is expected, will be adopted to pre- vent thc occurrence of the dishonest practices which have

discussion. I . b has been appomted to the office

he place of the"ane of Buck-

, has caused much

/ . . . A been elected a representative peer Elgin, deceased.

Frederick Fitz-Clarence, G. C. .. is

Knight _

ofa ing-

d Ireland unto in the East Indies, Esq.

returned for Liverpool.

T

n the Vindictive to the East Indies.

Admiral SirCliarlcs Ogle died on the ‘he

inst. embarks at Blackwnll tolday. r {01 John Hay, with Lord dinary to the United States, Isle of “fight, on Tues- bee

just published, reports captains; eleven com- four In

Naval Quarterly Obituary,

two first lieutenants, and two second over income in Britain in the the

5th of January, 1841, were 0n £3,653,810 105. Sid. '

by an ukasc of the 6th, had taken from as well as from all the con- nts situate in the northern provinces ofthe empire, all the ltivated lands which they possessed. This property was be annexed to the national domain, and the clergy of the annual provision from c

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that the King of to the Cassel, who is in her 58th

It: is rumoured in the French papers, it, According to a recent letter frOm Spain, it appears that, an SOlSODt} in catalonta, the cold was so intense, that all the ms were stopped, and Wine, and even brand , frozen in e bottles. The river was frozen so hard, t at persons on horseback-

A correspondent furnishes us with a copy it by direction of Lord Stanley, and dated 1‘

ofa letter'wi'it- Colonial—office,

A severe storm, second only in its disastrous'consequeu-

The remnant of the Niger expedition has returned with Capt.

in the merchant schooner Warre.

Dr. llirschel, has issued a declaration against certain s,

The schis-

We are enabled to state, on the best authority, that all the

proved so successful. Mr. Ducrow, the celebrated equestrian, died in London on the 27th ult., in his 54th year. ’ Thirty-three tons of sugar, made from potatoes, were lately seized in some premises in Prince’s-square St. George’s—in-tlie—East, London, where moi'e‘than' tiventv,men were at work In the manuliicture of that article, which is slold by the grooers with a mixture of the East India pro- ( uce. Contrary to the expectation generally entertained at the commencement of the year, trade continues not only in a very depressed state, but is even more so than during the worstpertod of last year. The accounts from the manu- facturing districts are, consequently, both gloomy and des- pondmg—as there is at present no prospeCt of an early amendment. The prices of manufactured goods have still a tendency downwards, though they seemed to have reach- ed the lowest point of depression several months since - and extenswe sales can be made only by further sacrifices. ’

Coax Laws—In order to give a clear View ofthe extent of duty on corn, we compare below the Scale proposed by Sir Robert Peel, with that which now exists.

When the pr' '

view to their revision, the laws which regulate the"ri‘e‘gvili,1.h;;a tion ofelectors of members to serve iii Parliament.

1 have observed with deep regret the continued _distress in the manufacturing districts of the country. The suffer- ings and privatiuns which have resulted from it have been borne with exemplary patience and fortitude.

I feel assured that your _deliberations on the various im- portaut matters which will occupy .your attention will be di- rectcd by a comprehensive regard for the interests and per- manent welfare of all classes of my subjects, and I fervently pray that they may‘teud in their result to improve the na- tional resources, and my people.

its

the happiness of

to

The infant prince has his father and grandfather. ed England for sponsors; has

easiness of access. ' Prince Albert has _ of the Thistle, St. Patrick, as hefiwaspreviously a his royal liighness is now a member of all the orders of It,

country—a distinction possessed by no other person.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager’s health continues

of

themEélves,veither in imagination or practice.

jim prove daily, and if' the prgsent mild weather continues,

to encourage the industry and promote

The royal christening has occupied much of public atten- tion, from the splendour and solemnity ofth'e ceremony. ’ been named Anna‘s-r EDWfllD, after The‘King of'Pi-ussia, who visit- tlieoxpress purpose of becoming one of the been feted and feasted in all quarters; and has gained a great degree of popularity by his urbauity and

been gpyfiinfied'a knight of the orders lish in . ‘t. ic ae , and St. George; and em Germanic States \Vurtember , Baden Sic Tl lgnjight of the Garter and of the Bath, received the proposal favourably, gand authorized t3];

proposed duty is 2‘0s. 65' 8‘1'; the prgpggéhtm‘ rice is 565., the present duty is 3th ed; the

, cl ' When the price iii" to, p é' ~ 263 84;, mg; the present duty is 235. 80.; the

proposed duty is 125. When the price is 635., proposed duty is Sis. When the price is 705., proposed duty is 55. Carmen Known—Under the title of “The Second Re- formation,” the Rev. T. Spencer, Curate of Hinton Cha‘.te,._ house, near Bath, has put out a-small Tract on the Church Reform, one of the recommendations in which is that Bishops shall cease to sit in the House of Lords, , their palaces be put up to auction, their revenues consiuned to'the care of a new Board of Ecclesiastical Commissiozaers their incomes reduced to 300l. or 4001. a-year, and the only badge of distinction to consist in “ the exoellent spirit” that is in theXi. r l h - k h -

The iigican cergy ave to en t e o ortu ' King of Pnussia’s visit to London, to dravpvphis ingnfiggifi the propriety of founding an AnglicarLbishopric at Cologna thejur'isdiction ofwhich should extend not only to the Eeg‘ the Rhenish provinces, but also to those in the S'Ulh' mg

the present ditty is 103. 8d.; the

Pr s- e sian envoy to negotiate with the English clerfih for asi

erection of the bishopric of Cologne, on the same 8 Whit!

to served in the negotiation for the establishment 0f“ Pf she pant bishop at Jerusalem”in Belg; .

’ The city of of Mr. Gregory, Morpeth.

having murdered a little boy, with a viby child‘s mother, The King of arrived s‘afely in his dominions. The Governor of New Zealatul has, put g the importation of ardent spirits into his pi-

Loss‘of Lift—Within the of the most

iibmber of vessels during evening of Wednesday week, which

very great, wreck that . . vessels foundered during the Violence of the

wrecked during the night of the 26th ult. t ,-

Extract from the letter ofa passenger on » donia, steamer, dated off Cork, 15th Feb I “ For the first three days after we sailedp mirably, ’