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Colonial Legislature. NL Ll el LL Ll el lel el alll LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Monpay, Mareh 31. PETITIONS AGAINST THE TENANTS’ COMPEN- SATLOUN AND RENT ROLL TAX BLLLS. (¢ ‘Yonelude d.)

flon. COLONEL SWABEY.—Your Houors, there are ts9 statements of the petitioners which L must say | consider sarticularly absurd. One is, their declaration that the srineiple of the Tenants’ Compensation Bill tsan unprecedented

qovation upon fundamental rules oflaw. The Hon. Attorney | General has shown that the principle has been repeatedly | recognised in the British tlouse of Commons, and would have | been recorded on the Statute Book, had it not been for the | difficulty of adjusting the details. I may mention, as proof | ofthe principle of compensation to the Tenant not being | snsidere] so monstrously absurd and unjust, that, in 1851, s law was >assed allow nu the tenant in England, where it is aot so much required as ia Ireland, at the expiraticn of his | tonantey to remove improvements be had made, although they : ld be fixtures, including all kinds of buildings, the-only | reqaisite beinz, that they should be oflered to the landlord | ta veluation to be aseertained by arbitration. There is vi assertion put forth by the petitioners, namely, | that the Lrovermment wish to force them to sell their lands | or jess than their value. We have had recently an instance | an ageat purchasing a large tract of land from his prin- iyal at a price less than the Government are autherized to uive by the Land Purchase Bul.

Hon. Mr. HAY THORNE. [do not rise, your Honors, for the purpose of justifying all the statements contained in the memorials, but L think a little latitude may be cone ded |

ilividuals whose property is attacked, if they should, in | ther endeavours to defend it, tramsgreso iv a slight degree | the strict bounds of propriety. Landed property has always

been considered the safest investment for capital, and it is

| being about to kill an animal, was struck by another

man. The bystanders cried shame on the coward who would strike aman witha knife in his hand, which would prevent him | from using his fist. His Lordship also cited the instance of a! French Cavalry Officer, who, during the Peninsular war, rode furiously ap to attack an Englishman, when he discovered that his opponent had lost his sword arm ; the gallant French- man generously bowed his sword, and making a courteous salute, rode boldly on to seek a more equal foe. Such spirit, it would seem, does not animate the members of this Board. L sit here alone on questions of this nature ; there is no one to support me in resisting the attacks on proprietors. I can assure your Honors, that were the case reversed, [ would not tamely sit by and see an hon. member wanting a seconder, to enable him to bring bis views under discussion. Hon, members may style themselves Liberals. I consider myself one, but I would not extend to them the same treatment that is awarded tome. IL wish now, your Honors, to say a word or two on the remarks made by his Honor the Attorney General. It isa pity that he had not used his arguments to the Colonial Minister ; they might have had a great effect. LI consider that he should have laid om the table the reasons which he urged in favor of the Bills receiving the Royal Assent. They would, I doubt

not, be a curiosity; at all events, they would enable your

ttonors to form an opinion as to whether the Hon. Attorney General or the Colonial Minister had the best of the argument. It has been stated that the proprietors do not benefit the Island. Now, your Honors, L think we have pretty good proofs to the contrary. This building itself contradicts the assertion, and the roads throughout the Island are another refutation. The proprietors at present pay the Land Tax on about 12,000 acres

| abarially benefit the settlers, as it was mostly regranted to

much? Although Lot 55 was escheated that fact did not

parties residing in Charlottetown, who resold to the tenantry, at prices higher than the proprietors now ask for their lands. I know those parties whose names are signed to those petitions, and | know their antecedents, and if I chose | could make some of them blush to think that they had found fault with my appointment to a seat in this House. ;

The resolution was agreed to, Hon. Mr. Haythorne being the only dissentient.

Gleanings Crom late Papers.

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(By Telegraph to the St. John News Room.)

FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP BALTIC. TREATY SIGNED!

The fellowing bricf, but satisfactory despatch was reccived at the News Room yesterday afternoon. The Baltic brings

dates to the nd instant. New Yor«x, April 17.

Baltie arriyed—Treaty of Peace signed by all the Plenipo- tentiaries on Sunday, 30th. Great rejoicings in Paris. English demonstrations much quieter.

Consols adyanced to 934. Lreadstuflfs dull about ‘* Cam- bria’s’’ quotations.

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of land, which is taken up by roads. The complaint about want of enterprise comes with a bad grace from those whose

i Tue Preack Conrerences.— Wilmer and Snuth’s European

<a — 2 a : . ns Vou. V. CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1856. _ No. 43.

Tempest iN THE Briack Sea.—-The Black Sea has ex- perienced another tempest, ouly inferior to the one in which the unfortunate Prince and other vessels foundered last Novem- ber tweive months. ‘The destruction of life and property has been serious. Several transports laden with war stores have been wrecked, and some steamships, engaged in conveying Russian prisoners to Odessa, had been obliged to return to the Bosphorus.

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PROBABLE KR STURN OF SMITH O'BRIEN.

When the memorial, signed by nearly one hundred and fifty members of the House of Commons, and presented by one of the most influential deputations that ever conferred with the British Government, had been laid before Lord Palmerston last year, we entertained a confident hope that the prayer of the memorial would be immediately granted and Smith O’Brien restored to bis country. The tone ef the premier on the occasion was kindly sympathetie with the object of the memorial. He was so gracious to the deputa- tion, aud so warmly expressd his desire to meet in any inanuer, consistent with duty or public policy, the wishes of such an influential mass of the House of Commons, that we expected in a few weeks the withdrawal of the prohibition. But time wore on—no Royal pardon was issued, Lord Palmerston transferred the memorial to the Home Secretary —Sir George Grey took charge of it-—and so ended the document which had been prepared with so much trouble, and the deputation that urged its adoption with so much earnestness, Ministers, no doubt, hada variety of grave matters lo occapy their attention, to which the neglect of the

eondnet has the effect of causing the very ottld which ‘they | Times of the 29th ult.. bas the following remarks on the un-| memorial was attributed hy some of ihe friends, while others

depreeate, for how can an entefprising spirit manifest itself in|

a country where the rights of property are not on a sure and stable foundation? And so long as the agitation of the land question and the attacks on proprietors continue, so long will the present state of things continue. Before I sit down, I will say a few words on the observations of his Honor, Colonel

Swahey, when he alluded to the English Act permitting the |

tenant to remoye buildings. In England the tenant generallly

holds under lease for a few years, and it is consequently neces- |

sary that he should not lose the value of his improvements ; and the principle of compensation has been recognized from,

aot to be woudered at, that parties who may have invested | { may say, time immemorial. The method of ascertaining the

large sums in land, as a provision for their families, should

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press theic opiaions with some warmth, in opposition to | sures calculate] to depreciate their property to a serious

value diflers in different places, but it is usual to appraise the value of manure, lime, fencing and the standing crop. Here, xowever, where leases are held for 999 years, the case is quite different, and the character of the buildings erected by tenants

extent. At the close oj the diseussion the other day, his] i, such, that in 25 years time they would hardly hold a sheep.

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ue lloners are aware, L proposed the following vendment :—Tbat any action regarding ecrtam memorials, addressed to Her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for ihe Colon es, praying tler Majesty not to assent to two Acts passed ducing the last Session, (which Acts have subsequently veen refused the Joyal Assent,) is useless, and derogatory to ih. dignity of this Hoase.” This amendment, your Honors are aware, was not sceonded, but although it received so little favor at your Houors’ hands, | think that what we have heard va this subject from those who have spoken op it fully, proves the truth of my assertion ; for if the statements complained of are, as represented, false, absurd and unfounded, they certau:ly saould be considered beveath the uotice of your Honors. If L were insulted, by a man not in possession of his reason, | would not take off my coat to fight him; yet these documents are characterized as the productions of insanity. L should like to know if there are not other documents aguiust the Bills than those on your Honors’ table ? why should we not have them all? One was sent from wyself, which is not produced. The usual course is for the romonstraut to transmit his remonstrance to His Exeeilency, whose Goverument thas has an opportunity of forwarding With it such comments as they may deem necessary. The duty lay on the Lxecutive Couneil -te take the sting out of the petitions, by transmitting to the Colonial Office their grounds of opposition to the statements of the petitioners. Tais course would enable the Colonial Minister to decide as towhich side of the question the preponderance of reason asad argament was to be found. I do not intend to justify the reference to individuals by name. J agree with his Honor, ihe President, that such a course is undignified ; and I am satis- Sed that the petitioners have gained no credit with the Colo- tial Minister by their allusious to individuals ; itis unworthy of our uotice in our collective capacity. I have no objection to the speech of the hon. mewber, Mr. Craswell, who has highly listinguished himself as an orator, and I hope we shall hear many more speeches of the same eloquent strain from him. But I may say, that he went a little too far, when he accused Others of slandering. Le should be careful that he does not afford in bis own person an instance of the fault he denounces. As to the allusions to the One-Ninth Bill, I supported it; it received opposition here and at home, and by none was it more strenuously opposed than by the Hon. Charles Hensley.

Hion. ATTORNEY GENERAL would like to know how the gentleman had opposed it at home ?

lion. Mr. HAYTHORNE.-—By his protest, which I am ander the impression was sent home.

tion. ATLORNEY GENERAL.—Then the hon. member is misinformed, and I trust that he will take care in fature to found his statements on facts.

Rent Roli and Tenants’ Uvuinp nsation Bills. To that resolu- | y

—— a a5 —) oe : > ¢ : . ouel Swabey Offered a resolatiou for the appointment | Before | sit down. 1 wish your Honors to understand me, as. ire resolutions, expressive of the | not justifying the tone and many of the allegations contained the various petitions against re the petitions. My object iv rising to address your Honors |

was merely to combat arguments which 1 considered futile. |i may express the hope that the cogent arguments of Mr. pernicious agitation. The present is, | believe, almost the i first case of bills being refused the Royal Asseut under Res-

; Ps a pomsibte Government, and T cannot but feel humiliated, not at)

the refusal, but at the fact of the Bills having ever been sent home. J shall move the amendment, although I am aware that my motion is a mere form.

Hon. COLONEL SWABEY.—The allusion cf his Honor to the Hango massacre is not very felicitous, for his situation in the debate bears no analogy to that of the officer bearing a

only repelling the attacks made upon us, while our opponents have no claim to forbearance, because they have raised the standard of war. Ilis Honor seems to think it derogatory in

can sce very good reasons why we ought to notice them. It has been stated that the archives of the Colonial Office are open to the inspection of proprietors, to make them to counter- act the wish of the people of the Colony. This, I conceive, renders it necessary that the Legislature should express its opinion on statements so grossly jalse and injurious as those to which your Honor’s attention has been called. No man can say that our Legislature is independent, while any man can truly boast that he can nullify our proceedings. There is no intention on the part of any of your Honors to deny the legitimate exercise of the right of petition, but some regard should be paid to decency ef language. Twill admit that in some respects those documents are bencath contempt, but who

we not to repel the charge of haying acted with systematic injustice for five years? Are we not to notice language so scurrilous, that the very supporter of those who use it, can- not as a gentleman, justify ?

Hon. Mr. BAGNALL.—After the length to which the de- hate had extended, I will not detain your Honors with many observations of my own. I consider that the proprietors have made an outery greatly beyond what the paltry five per eent tax would justify. If their land is of so little profit, surely it were better for them to sell. I shall give my sup- port to the resolution, and in doing so, I wish to be under- stood as not limiting in my way the right of the petitioners to state their own case; but in dving so, they should not place those who differ Trom them ina false position. As to his Hionor, Mr. Haythorne’s remark, that the proprietors pay a tax on roads, | am not ina position to refute the assertion, but in the part of the country where I reside, the tenant pays far more than the Landlord.

Hon. Mr. WRIGHT moved the addition of the word *‘calumnious’’ as an amendment, which was agreed to; and the resolutions of which the following is a copy, was adopted :—

** Whereas this House has reviewed the documents laid before it by order of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, purporting to be Petitions and Memorials against Her Majesty's assent being given to two Acts of this Legislature, (namely

| the Rent Roll Bill and Tenants’ Compensation Acts): Be it

lion. Mr. HAYTHORNE.—I regret the error under which | resolved, That it is the opinion of this House, that the lan-

iabored. i supported the One-ninth Bill, because it would wave the effect of remoying a power of oppressing the tenant- ry, which, although a proprietor, 1 consider should not be en- tustal to amy man. As to the Tenants’ Compensation Bill, I *as slways opposed to that measure, as one that is not re- juired, dtd the reasons for mY opposition are recorded in my pretest, which sppears on tie Journals of this House. The tenant gets sufficient compensation now; he has generally “ight or ten years without payment of rent; then if able, but ach to pay, he should be lishle to the provisions of his ase. As to the caleulations of tha hon, member, based on the very probable supp wition of a landlord reaching the age © Methusaleh, to prove that it would be move advantageous to sell to the Government than to lease his land, those caleala- tens may be correct, bat no people are more opposed to com- pulsory measures than Englishmen. The principal of the Keut Roll Bill was a violation of British law; and, your Honors,

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guage used in these documents, in many parts, cannot be justitied by facts, and is grossly calumnious and offensive to the members of this House, inasmuch as it is therein impuied

but received the Royal Assent, during the last five years, are of an unjust and arbitrary character ; and the charge, that corrupt motives have actuated the Legislature in passing the two measures more directly the subject of these Memorials, is equally unfounded in fact.’’

‘The resolution haying been reported, the Hon. Mr. WALKER rose and said :—Mr. President—Not haviag had an opportuni- ty of making any observations while the it mittee, I will now say a few words on the subject of this discussion, without occupying the time of this House by going at length into the question. In doing so, I must say that it ill becomes Mr. R. Bruce Stewart to slander, as he has done, my hard working fellow countrymen—-ithe mea on whose toil

I trust that the day is far distant when we shall witness the g venition of the principle, that it is fair to tax a portion of be , Went too far in his remarks on @ Rent Roll being a quali-| — fora seat at this Board. In making these observations, |

‘eel that L stand alone, and conseious that my views will not |

° adopted by a majority of your Honors, and doubtful if 1) Pre

‘WS liberals, and I believe his seat was offered him for this

reason, if no other, that a solitary Liberal member might not 55, where by hard labor, strict integrity and steady perse- |

» lef : ; : t ae eo sit alone, without any one to second him. I recollect | th the British Louse of Commons, Lord Palmerston stated on

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debate on the Hango massacre, asan instance of British love

O fair play, that a butcher, haying his knife in his hand,

and industry his existence mainiy depends. But with respect to that part of the petition wherein it is stated that my hon.

‘vuuaunity for the benefit of the whole. The hon. mem-| friend, Mr, Craswell, and myself, eve not qualified to sit at this

oard, I think ovr right as good as that of any uae whose name is attached to those documents. I haye been now up- wards cf eighteen years engaged in business in Charlottetown : curing that period L have annually paid into the Treacary

abouchere will deter the Legislature from protracting this |

flag of truce. Our position is purely defensive, and we are |

this Hlouse to interfere in the matter of these petitions. 1)

can tell the effect of their going abroad unanswered? Are |

that several laws which have net only passed this Legislature, |

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expected delay in concluding the treaty of peace by the Con- | | ference :—

| + Another week has passed without peace being prociaimed, | }and people were wondering what hitch eould have occurred in | the deliberations. In this uneasy state of the public mind, | ithe leading morning journal of yesterday, relying, evidently, | on some scraps of imformation picked up in Downing Strecé, | intimates, that while the last diplomatic difficulty was on the point of being settled, the claim which Prassia has put in to! ‘sien the treaty on the same terms as the other European | | Powers gave rise to delay, but that even this unespected ob- | }stacle has been overcome. From the same souree we learn | lthat so near was the completion of peace before this in- terruption, that Louis Napoleon had given orders for the eannon of the Invalides to announce it, at the same time that the Te Deum was resounding in the Churches of Franee for the safe delivery of the Empress. The Emperor, who delights in striking effects, must haye been sbrely mortified that it was | otherwise; but the difficulty was too great to be immediately

‘evercome. At length the point in dispute has been éettled by

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'a kind of compromise. ‘T'wo protocols are to be drawn up, or |rather we should say, have been drawn up by this time, to the first of which the signatures of the Allied Plenipotentiaries jand those of Russia will be attached, and another which Prus- lsia will be permitted to sign in conjunction with the re- presentativesof other Powers. Lord Clarendon is said to | have silently resisted the admission of Prussia on any other terms, and to have stood alone im the Conference in maintain. ing this position. There may be some speculation in this ' statement ; but it is probably near the truth, and so near are | we to peace that it would not surpris: us if Lord Palmerston, }on the eyening of Monday next, did not in his place in Parlia-

| ment announce the fact, reserving such details as the necessities }of the case might suggest. The humbling of Prussia, even | by the distinction here pointed out, may perhaps save some hostile criticism. It is two years yesterday since England de- clared war against Russia, and the armistice terminates on | Monday, the 3ist ; but orders, we believe, have been despatch- led to the Crimea, prohibiting the renewal of hostilities in the }event of peace not having been proclaimed before that time, Bat the discussion in the British Parliament will compel | Ministers for their own sakes to give as clear an insight into | the machinery at the Conference as possible, for the opposition |are already preparing to make political capital out of what- | ever short-comings the terms of peace may present. Qu this }head Lord Palmerston’s Ministry will be vigorously assailed, land it is fortunate for him that his Foreign Minister is so |popular with the country, and possesses the reputation of having been thoroughly in earnest respecting the war from its coinmencement. The terms of peace, we believe, are still |a matterof conjecture, but it is useless to indulge in specula- tion when we are so near the realty.’’

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Srare or THE Bairisn Army In THE Carmes.—The accounts from the British army in the Crimea are of the most flattering kind, The troops were neyer more healthy or in finer trim, and the regret with many is that the cessation of the war closes the avenue to that advancement which the chances of war brings to the ‘ortunate. | Awneto-Frencu Mepar.—Marshal Pelissier has issued the | following order of the day :— | Soldiers,—A medal, commemorating the war in the Crimea,

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were foolish enough to connect the disregard with the mani- festation of Russisa sympathy in Ireland? If the latter were the fact, why should Smith O’Brien be held responsible for the opinions of others? He suffered for his own. He expiated by an eight year’s exile the avowal cf his senti- ments, and we know of no moral or political principle which

‘should exclude bim from a retura to Lreland because others

exercise the undoubted privilege of every subject in a free state—to advocate any cause they think proper, and in what- ever manner, consistent with legality, may suit their pecn- liar tastes. We cannot believe Lord Palmerston would rely on such reason to evade the fulfilment of a promise. Other motives he might bave had—and we are at a loss to discover any beyond the “ hurry of business’”—but the idea of * Rus- sian sympathy” was obviously generated among the sixth class clerks of the Home-office. Now, that the war fever has sensibly abated, the attention of Government has been again directed to the case of Smith O’Brien. At his lord- ship’s suggestion his private residence in Piccadilly was, on Saturday, visited by another influential deputation, not so bumerous as the first, because the assizes had produced the usual dispersion—but sufficiently so to prove the deep interest the Irish members feel in the fate of their exiled countryman. ‘The selection of his own house may have been the result of ordinary arrangements which rendered the Treasury Chambers of the First Lord inconvenient for the purpose on that particular day. But it may also have been intended as a compliment to the deputation—and as straws indicate the direction of air currents, so this slight circum- stance leads us to hope, that now, at least, Lord Palmerston will not procrastinate. Itis right, however, te observe, that he is but one of the cabinet whose decision will determine the question; and though his voice is potential among the select body, itis not absolute. From one member of the cabinet a strenuous opposition to the release of Smith O'Brien is popularly entertained. But there is no foundation foi that belief. On the contrary, we have heard that Lord Clareadon not only offered no opposition when Smith O' Brien’s case was last urged upon the Government, but generously expressed a wish that the prayer of the memorial should be instantly acceded, and without imposiug any conditions te diminish the value of the concession. As we have already remarked, something intervened to check the action of the Government. Now the time is more favourable, and from the words of J.ord Pa'merston—if one may speculate again in what before proved so fallacious—we are confident that in a few weeks Smith O’Brien wil! be at full liberty to revisit all the scenes of his childhood—kindle at the sight of the old familiar faces—grasp many a well-beloved hand, and both receive aud give many a tender embrace, His lordship’s first words are re-assuring—‘ the subject should have his most anxious consideration, to which it was entitled, not only on account of its peculiar nature, but from the ad- ditional weight which it derived from the present influential deputation.” An immediate answer he was not prepared to give; but he would submit tho question to the general

| Ally of our Emperor has wished to decree it as a testimonial | Government, and avnounce their decision immediately after | of the estimation in which she has always held the many|the Holidays. To Smith O’Brien himself we leave the

| fatigues and dangers shared with her own soldiers. You will | revere this noble sign, which will testify on your breasts the | glories and fraternal achievement accomplished in many | | combats, and in a siege memorable forever. Re-entering /your families, this medal will commemorate ‘in the most re- } mote villages the alliance of two great peoples.

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| grateful task of thanking the gentlemen who signed the first

. “- . wt, . : al ‘ ae 3 memorial, comprising one-fourth of the House of Commons, We should not set so

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‘much value ona document emanating from the whole Liberal

Representation of Ireland, It is the diversity of the ma- terials, working in harmony, which renders the O'Brien

Carse oF THE Mortatity Iv tHe Frencn Arwy. — The! memorial so remarkable and pressed with so much force on

j (official organ in Paris. This explanation throws a light on | truth. It appears that the French army are encamped round | ,the ruins of Sebastopol, where so many interments took | ‘place, and to this cause the sickness is attributed ; whereas | (the English army, oceupying a most healthy position, escape | severe diseases to which the French are exposed. It is per- | 'feetly denied by the Moniteur that the French soldiers have | been in any way deficient of clothing and the most wholesome | food, including fresh vegetables from Constantinople, and | fresh bread. baked in their own ovens.

Tur Crimesa.—The Times has received its correspondence | ‘to March 15th. The conditions of the armistice had been | ‘settled on the previous day. Drafts of men were continually | “arriving from England. The Fourth Division nucobered |

nearly 8000 men. The English and Sardinians generally | | desired the continuance of the war, while the French are glad itis over. In another campaign the French feel that it | / would be in vain for them to effect an imaginary superiority |

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‘over their allies. Our army augments daily, while theirs; ‘continues to dwindle.

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Crose of THE ConrERreNcE.— Signature of the Treaty of | | Peace.—Paris, Friday Evening.—The Congress has terai-

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= even have my motion seconded. When His Honor the|from two to three hundred pounds. I am a frecholder. nated its labour, with the exception of a formal signature of | We would u : wat took his seat at this Board there were but one or} When my father came to this Island, he was about twenty-| the conditions of peace, which, it is said, will be definitely | proceeding, for it does not harmonise W

four years of age. After his arrival he settled on Township signed by the whole of ihe Plenipotentiaries on Sunday next. |

vering industry, he rendered himself independent, and before

parties who haye put their names to the petitions can say as

The Post also mentions Sunday; but the City article of

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his death, which occurred in 1845, he was enabled to establish | the Daily News states that the treaty will be actually sigaed | all his sons, six in number, as freeholders. Tow many of the 0-4a@y. n ‘very excellent authority.

It is understood that this last statement rests on’

‘comments of the English press on the condition of the French | the government, The Whig of Brookes’ and the Conserva- jarmy in the East has provoked an explanation from the | tive of the Carlton are equally anxious for his liberation.

Lords and Commons vie with oue another in generosity. All

) the mortality amongst the French troops, which seems like | feel that, whatever the original offence, he had atoned for it

amply, and that when querulousness might naturally be ex- pected from a person in his position, Smith O Brien never forgot the character he was born to sastain through life, that of the Irish gentleman. He indulged in no violent recrimi- nations on the one hand, or yielded to craven submission on the other. He bore his hard fate with equanimity, and improved the painful years of banishment in studying the

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formal treatise and published since his return to Europe. We would not raise expectations which possibly may pot be realized. We before yielded to the delusion and are growa wary by experience. But ut present we see nothing to prevent the issue of the royal pardon. Stale reasons there are none. Ireland isa model for the empire in its almost complete immunity from crime, and Ireland would accept with gratitude such an act of royal clemeney and respect for national feeling. We sect no value whatever on the absurd stury circulated by the prince of story tellers at the London press, that Her Majesty is the chief obstruction to the unconditional pardon, or indeed any pardon, beyond the qualified condonation already extended to Smith O’Brien. pot mix up Her Majesty with such an ungenerous ith the private opt- nious she once expressed in Dublin. As a constitutional Sovereign, she must be guided by the will of her ministers, and they by motives of public policy. eae on generally understood Her Majesty was Se ; to the prayer of the petition —Dudiin Freeman’s Journal.

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