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— = Hill here ? Phe hon. Mr. | preponderanee, and £700 qualifiestion - 7. "id Palmer would then find that if he brought the ivon rod lato | too high ; these would need to be altere betogn* cues operation, he would find something to do. They eould only|give it his support. Jt looked too aristocratic, oppex “| bo dismitsed in accordance wita the Royal instrections, | intende@ to set aside the pretensions of the fende e200. | ‘hich provide that before dissmisaal tok place, the party ing to a seat in the Council, lt should be reduced to ; 4 chould be furnished with the sharge against him, in writing.| He bad also # great objection to running the whole county | They hed been told also, that some of those men had bo what clauce would farmers have, under such a ayes © | ‘qualifications, even for Members of Parliament, and yet beingreturned ? Each county should be divided intoas maby they had been appointed to the Council. Perhaps so, but districts as it had members. As respect had the appointments always been founded upon the pro-| uomination, it was a very grent evil, totally su

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petty basis? Not so, and the objection came with a bad | the principle of popular liberty, and opposed to the spirit of | he aeea Seana , (28.408 tons, cleared from hence for N

grace from those who hod set the example. But the parties ‘tree inetitetions, as it Was not reasonable, nor could it be alluded to had qualifications of the highest order— education, | xpected, that a person would vote against the men who had salent and information—the greatest requisit-s to rule a! given him a seat at the Council board. Mr, Sinciair had etate; ‘stated, that if this House passed the bill in a fair and liberal

Hon. Cul. GRAY felt highly pleased while fistening to! spirit, it would receive the approval of the Council, Potiti- the very grandiloquent speech of the hon. Mr. MeAulay,!eal expediency should never induce this tlouse to pass a and was aul more pleased to find that the present Govern-| bill! to meet the views of political opponents. Feeling jus- tment were determined to put an end to the Upper Chamber, | tified in the integrity of their motives, they should pass the —that patebwork and heterogeneous midss of misrepresenta-| bill, acd their consciences would tell them that they bad tion, which was only a mockery, and should not be suffered | done their duty.

ed the system of | creasing articles of export, although t

the horse kind 11,000, exelusive of those owned bf the natives,

who now psy considerable attention to agricultam) pursuits. Adibetionsd td the whole of the European Colonisis, ‘these would give about twenty-seven sheep and two cattle to ee soul of the population, and one horse to every five oy persons. In the Iast ten years 320,000 acres of land have 7 enclosed or brought under cultivation. Ihe European a tion has increased fourfold, while the Hg ays a eae i ‘ide 4 ust fo -

so rapidiy,that wool, hides, and t I Sends oni « olontal trade. The revenue of £250,000. and of this £132,000 year 48 vessels, registering ew Zealand, taking in ‘The total number of vessels that entered ris of New Zealaad in 1857, was 289 veseels, 78,809 tons, and 4861 men; of these, 81 vessels and 29,970 tous were foreigners. The total value of the imports into the Colony in the same year was juat upon one taillion. of which mote thao half a million was a 7 ee ar ies, und the great bulk of the remainder from this country.

The value of the colonial exporis in 1857 was about £370 000. The value of the imports has more than doubled in the past tive years, but that of the exports has not increased in so large a

very respectable share of the C the whole Colony now exceeds Laet

about 5000 adults. inwards at the several po

times during the week, we have had about thirty Protests ng clergymen from different parts of the adjoining Provinogs, whose meeting here has had some connection with chars affairs. The place had a very sanctified appearance the week, but we did not hear that the dry bones of the ogy brated ‘* Protestant Convention’’ had been gathered together preach the downfall of ** Popery,’’ end to complain of injustice done to Protestant children by not Having the legally recognised as a class book in our publit schools, the late Government were still in office what an outery wy should have heard ere this, about the ‘* blighting infle Popery,’’ and so forth! how the Temperance Hatl woulg ring with phillippics against the Vatican! how the letter would be again made the stalking horao of Bigotey ) what sympathy would be expressed for the spiritual darknes in which the whole land was enveloped!. and how ‘*the minions of the Pope in high places’’ would be denounced for their alleged opposition to the circulation of the Bible! “While thick and thrang, an’ loud an’ lang,

to exist in any country. If ever a people were deluded,! Hon. Mr. THORNTON felt that the bill was ealled for ; met Thema hip ate SON, eae ong teas Wi’ Logie, an’ wi’ Scripture, deceived by a name, it was the people of P. B. Island; aud; he was in favor of a change in the construction of the ~~ wei we ae aed OF Lhd 9500 take of Thoy'd:raien.s dis that in the end, he might exclaim, while deploring the simple credality of Council, and would go into Committee on the bill, and speak Kauri Sar The quantity of timber and spare shipped has been Would likely breed a rupture

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the peuple, and detesting the delusions practised upon them/to its details. The father of the present bill, Hon. Mr. by those who pretended to be their friends: “ Oh liberty ! ‘Haviland, and the grandfather, Hon. Mr. MeAulay, had what crimes are practised in thy name,” &e. The present given very good reasons, avd advaneed sound arguments in ‘jovernment would not be guilty of the additional crime of | favor of the bill, and as he claimed to be the great-grand- telling the people that a nominative and elective system of father of the bill, he wished it every success, As stated the Council could co-exist in this Island. It could not be | before, be was opposed to the wholesale dissolution of the 60; it was impossible. ‘The former must cease, the latter be | Council, but favorable to the elective principle. established. He had one strong objection to the Bill; that) Hon. Mr. HAVILAND—The Hon. Mr. Whelar. stood the qualification was too low. It should be much higher ; alone in his opposition to the bill ; with that single exception, £700 was not enough, £3000 would be more preferable, as it ithe House ani hat a ch: necessar He 7 : " oy ouse Was unanimous that & change was ye would ensure the return cf men having a stake in the country,! never heard that the Hon, Mr. Thoraton had claimed alive to its prosperity, whose real interests were identified any paternity with the bill, but feit thankful for his support ‘vith, and inseparable from those of the people. What had|—he took a more liberal view than his friends—was at issue been the working of the nominative system? The dominant| with them, and hoped he would expunge them altogether. party had no respect for the opinions of the minority, they; Was there never to be any change in carrying on the Wo- wie acerens to the teachings of their party, and at the | vernment of the country 2 Were they to presume, that both paging ” m who bad given them seats in the Council, and | branches, as at present constituted, would exist for ever ? thas the interests of the people were sacrificed to the party | Such was impossible; every election changed the members predilections of a political chief, But they weve told that} in this House—a public bevefit—and such should be the they had r presentatives of their opinions in the Council. case also, at stated periods, with the Council, which would Yes, ane majority . = House had —s two in the | add still more to the advantages of the people, and the pros- Council, and was this being representec tn the Upper | perity of the Colony. But the upper chamber, as naw con- Chamber? When he hed a seat in the Council, be kuew tha: | stituted, was a mere farce, What did they see there? Dr. Was aes e every man zs vote with the men who! Young and Col. Swabey, with 7 . oa eer wan nominated him, é felt this to be degrading, and finding | and ot! r be men, were little boys at school. a : ee aoe es Bi: thers, grown to be Men, eC ; y : : tnere Was one free, but all slaves, and loving freedom him- | they were told that these were the appointments of the tories. wif, ho took up bis hat and bade them good bye. The | But what had the present generation to do with t'-e acts of the rysiemi Was @ mere siaus, a disgrace, a mockery of legis-jold tories? Were they to be held accountable tor the acts

declining. ‘The Colonists own 186 local craft, registering 6662 tone, sad manned by 580 men and boys. They have also been adding largely to their steam fleet, and there are now about a dozen steam vessels employed coastwise and intercolo- nially to the Australian ports. There is laudable rivalry between the seven recognised provinces of New Zealand ; aud although some few of them have uot the same advantages of resourcea as others, they will, ere long, take a very creditable position. We hail with satisfaction the exertions making by the Provincial Councils to attract settiers by land concessions, because it is not only the parties who eettle that become useful Colonists, but they are sure to report favorably to others lett behind, and will draw many more after them. It seems remark- able that the lands of New Zealand have been tor so many years locked up from the reach of the settler with small means, who, in emigrating, naturally looks to the permanent esta blish- ment of hunself and family by his induatry. With tnis view alone is he induced to break up old ties and associations, and to seek anew home ainong strangers. ‘The large measure of success that bas attended al! who bave gone to New Zealand is an earnest of the well-being of thoxe ahout to leave, and the Colony, which is already a customer for British goods and ine- nufactures to the amount of abou! balf a million sterling, will soon take a far more advanced position, both as a producer and a consumer, and prove a profitsble field of investment for the DUritish shipowner.— Mitchell's Maritime Register.

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But the pets of the ‘ Protes'ant Convention’ having ob- tained the offices formerly held by the friends of the Catholica, « modest stillness and bumility’’ have taken the place of the fierce passions that were continually bursting from the breasts of certain pious divines while the Liberal Government existed, —the Bible question has been dropped —shelved—thrown to ‘the dogs by those who were most active in getting up an agite- ‘tion about it,—even the lamentation respecting the ** godless” state of the Central Academy and Normal School is no longer heard, although the party in power have not moved an inth, © nor done the smallest act in reference to the Bible and the schools. There is now abundant proof, if it wes over wanting, that the Bible agitation, got upabout ‘wo years ago, was only a political scheme, to be dropped as soon as it served its turn.

There is one consolation connected with the avalanche of piety with which our little City has been eo graciously visited. We have heard or seen no signa of a **revival.’’ We shall always have a dread of such a thing, for at the last * awaken- ing of sinful souls’’ in our midst, we were most wofully sold by one of the leading saints.

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“THE IRON ROD.” a

‘a : : ; Z “HN Tree : INE 27 59. J s : ° in lation, Great changes had since occurred, but the wisdom |of their ancestors? Such was the doctrine advanced in CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. I, JUNE 27, 1859 Tae following pasaage appears In _ as article of « uf the Upper Branch remained stationary ; it hated revolu- | opposition to the English Reform—precedent was pleaded— | ~ 4 t Fame j er late No. of the Js/ender, and we quote it, as it reminds usof tion, aud was opposed to all improvement, fur it was an | authority quote]—yct Reform triumphed, and so also would! CONTEMPORARY OPINIONS ON POLITICS IN P, FE.) incideet-in the last Seton of the oem er Assembly

.* ela Ot Ate, : ; . - tts . . : " acknowledged fuet that sehool-boys had often evineed more dis-| the principles of reform in P. E. Island; and among its

erection than was evilenced in that Chamber. The cry aguinst | first and {fairest fruits. would be the popular privilege of an | offize-holders had been long amd loud ; the old family compact | Klective Legislative Council. 1» addition to the authorities |

denounced ; the plurality of office and ewolument censured in | already cited in favor of an elective Council, he would name the strongest terms; and yet two members of the Council ‘the celebrated Sir William Molesworth, the acknowledged were recipients ofa vast variety of official bounty, and honored champion of radicalism, who, in the debare in the British with a long array of high-sounding and bombastic designa- | House of Cemmons on the Legislative Council for Ausiratia, tions ; ard surely those marks of puilic favor, and literal) declared himself in favour of the elective principie;

call the chairs in his house his own, should make his grate-| sponsible Government, admitted the justice of the e'ective

fal, It tifight suit the views of some wen to support a mix-| principle. ’ al ° ea ia . a : ; ae Scal rrr og

cd Council, part neminative and part elective, but it would |cwn convictions, be had felt justified in introducing the bill,

ISLAND.

Ever since the changs of Government in April last, the | Islander has been exceedingly sensitive to every expression of ‘opinion from abroad respecting the alteration in our constitu- tion. We were first told that the Queen herself had signified ‘her entive approval of the destraction of our constitutional

ede off 2 1: und | privileges by means of a Despatch from the Right Hon. the} dividend of the public bounty to a poor man, who could not) Lord John Russell] bad also, in stating the principles of Re- |

/Seeretary of State; but believing, and indeed knowing, that

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| to produce the document said to have been received from the

! : ; ee - 'no auch despateh was in existence, we challenged the Is/ander With such a host of authorities in support of his; ™° cach despatch was ip, ¢ ar ; S

neither suit him nor the constituents whom he represeuted, | knowing that it would be hatied by the country. The charge | Colonial Office. The challenge, however, was hot accepted ;

whieh we had nearly forgotten :—

‘+ We trast, however, that we shail never again witness return to the system which for the past eight years has ob- | tained in this Colony — nor again see in the Assembly the | Leader of a Government threaten the - Head of a Department’ | with deprivation of office if he did not retract an honestly ex- ‘pressed opinion, which, as a Representative of the people, he ihad given, and vete according to the will of the Leader, and aguinst bis own sense of right.”’

We give the Islander people credit fur sincerity in their

| declaration. that they do not wish for a return to the old

| system, as that would entail the loss of office upon many of

The Leader of the late Govenment never threatened

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f | “ot Bee : . ° ' o ° , 4-4 o- ’ > ; ‘ 10 tuierate a system Wy wich bad secured a majority in the | of making the qualiGcation £70, to exclude the farmers, i for ifit were, the Islander would be convicted of misrepresenta- | the.4*- Blend Of m Demartment!\ eit: demeineiien ae Vouncil—some not rious for their oflice-holding propensities | Was totally yoid of foundation. It was placed there, believ- | tion on the clearest evidence, and the progress of humbug and a pa = . P * —opposed to the wishes of the representatives of the people.}/ing it would be reduced to £500—a sum not tco high—j | - account of a yote in the Assombly. We believe the littl

consent this ar: would be he hal the honor to represcut, the slaves of a power wujast in principle and in- tolevaut im practice. The people bad wilied, by the majority sent to represent them here, that nomination must end, and election take its place. That will was all powerful, aud must be obeyed. intelligence aud respectability from entering the Council had existed too long; the mode by which gentlemen of independ- ence, talent and integrity way enter, canuot begin too soon.

Mr. SINCLAIR said, however barren the debate had been of disinterested arguwent, it had been most pregnant of eloqueut speeches, aud so many, that it was quite clear they solicited opposition. They were, however, disappoint- ed, as ne desire had been manifested on this side of the Honse to resist the principle of the Bill. He had often heard it remarked, when the late Government were in power, that they hud always managed to keep a nest-epg. The present Government appeared also to understand the utility of popular agitation, and they hang up their Kiective Lesis- lative Council Bill to dry, as they did not, as stated by themselves, expect it to pass; but, nevertheless, it would ferve to distract the country for the next three years. But why not moulded at present to suit the mind of the country ? They could not suppose the people should expect it to pass, when they themselves had predicted its failure. The printing and dissemination of the Bill all over the country was in- tended to create agitation, at present quite unnecessary, at ull times more or Jess prejudicial to the country. He would sguir repeat the opinion which he bad already expressed, that if the present Government were sincere and desirous of carrying through the Bill, they could frame it in such a way as would render it generally acceptable, so as to pass at once. Such a course would be more calculated to give more general eatisfaction than avy species of uncalled for agitation,

Hon. Mr. WHELAN here addressed the House for more |

Shaald ha Should he angemcnt, he

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The sysicm which had debarred men of |

‘deception, to which the present Government bave given their dates | distinguished patronage, would be seriously retarded. Since | present maiovity bad found their way to this House by fraud ithe story of tho despatch fuiled, the public jonrpals of the ‘and chicauery—that they bad vot come in here iu such large | other Provinces have been ransacked with the utmost care, joumbers by fair mans, ‘The majority may thank that! anda few common-place paragraphs about our local politics igentloman who had concocted the bill, which increased the have been found, and duly rehashed, but they are remarkable number of members; yet, while the mem ers were added te, | and the districts parcelled out, to suit the convenience of the | late Government, they found they had Jost the contidence of | ithe country ; and some of them, no doubt, wondered at their | that a law was passed in the late Session of our Logislature, ‘good fortune ia being returned in defiance of the popular) under whieh the departmental system of Government was

iwhich would enable hundreds of farmers to offer as Candi- id if they felt disposed to du so. It was said that the

for nothing except the ignorance of their writers; and that ignorance is sufficiently proved by the fact of their asserting

sentiment. He had advocated the elective principle—de- nounced the corrupt system of nomination—stood his election, ‘and was returned triumphantly, despite the efforts of the | Hon. Messrs. Coles and Whelan, and he now had very great pleasure in congratulating the House, aud the country, on the unanimity which prevailed on ail sides, with refereuce to the bill.

Mr. CONROY would support the bill, but objected to the unequal distribution of members.

Afier a few explanatory observations by Hon. Messrs. Palmer, Coles, Thornton, Whelan, &e., the bill Was read a first time—Hon Mr. Whelan voting against it~was com- mitted pro forma,—Mr. Yeo ia the Chair,—and the House ‘adjourned at 11 o'clock.

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THE PROGRESS OF NEW ZEALAND.

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Our lest files from New Zealand speak so favourably of the progress of te several Provinces of New Zealand, and the general feeling of the superior class of emigrants is 80 8 rongly expressed in favour of this British Colony, that we th ok it Gesirable to place before the public some of the statistical | details and facts that have reached us. Iumtimately acquainted 48 we are with the business progress of the British Cuiones at large, we must confess our surprise at the great headway New Zeulaud is making in all the elements of substantial wealth.

abolished, when every one here knows that such a law was uot introduced, and would not have been passed if it were, as the Council would have speedily thrown it out. But the Go- vernment party uavo experienced new transports of delight from the publication of an article in the Montreal Weekly Herald, and another in the New Brunswicker, both of late dates, in which the departmental system is denounced as everything bad and corrupt, and the rulers of this Island are eulogised for having abolished it. Now, the opinion of both journals is positively worthless,—and it is nothing but an opinion we haye from them, based upon no apparent evidence, and no more appiicable to this [siand than to the other Colo- nies,—both have been always opposed to the departmental system, especially the Canadian journal, whose party have never been in office since the establishment of that system, and it is only reasonable to suppose that both would be op- posed to it still when their opponents are in offics. While the

two or three years ago, the second paper quoted by the Islander bore no such testimony as is now adduced against Responsible Government, which was as much in operation then as it is at present; but on the contrary, it appeared to think

Gray and Wilmot Administration existed in New Brunswick, |

difference in the Session of 1858 between Mr. Coles aud Mr. | Clark is lere referred to. In the first place, Mr.Coles, as Leader of the Government, did not threaten Mr. Clark with the deprivation of his office; and, in the second place, dir. Clark was not the * head of a department.”’ It ia unnecet sary for us to enter on the details of tho difference betwees Mr. Coles and Mr. Clark, as they are well known to the public, and very undue importance has been attached to it. [t has been eaid that Mr. Coles used the * iron rod" over Mr. Clark in this instance; but the leader of the present Govertr nent used the same instrument most effectually on the back of no less than seven members of his own party during memorable day in the late Session.

When the House of Assembly was in Committee on the Elective Council Bill, Mr. Coles proposed an amendment, making it compulsory for candidates who sought to be electel to the Council to have their property qualification in th County for which they offered, or to reside therein. Foe? menibers of the Executive Council, and three others who it variably voted with the Government, supported this amené ment, and it was curried by a considerable majority. Ti gentlemen who, in this instance, countenanced a liberal pr position were —Hons. Messrs. Haviland, Longworth, Lait) and Pope, and Messrs. Howat, Holm, and Ramsay. No soon was the decision announced than Mr. Palmer, as Leader @ |the Government, became very indignant at the defection’ | his ranks, and threatened to vote against the Bill altogetht | if the amendment were not withdrawn. He saw at a gla? ‘that Mr. Coles’s amendment would be injurious to the inter ‘of the land proprietors, for they could not have their ran ‘over the whole Island in getting seats in the Upper Bost

and he was determined either to destroy the Bill thus amend® ‘or to make his followers feel that he was their master,

than an hour not only agziast the prisiciple but the whole de.| !f there were no uther criterion to judge from, the newspapers the system was a very good one; and if the Conservatives |

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tails of the Bll, although he admitted that that was not the. time or place for the discussion of the details, But they ‘red been reviewed by the introducer of the measure, yery | “unnecessarily ; and he felt justified, he said, ju reviewing the review. He contended that the prisciple was unsound. yn-| British, and he felt confident that two elective Caambers_—_ | both influenced by popular opiuion—could not work te bar! ae He had been always opposed to the application of the | elective principle to the U,per Chamber. He had seen 3 reason to abandon or modify his opposision, thouh he road nearly alone in the House as the only opponent té the ciate ofthe Bll. He denied that the public mit d w: aa Sictahed. i ° — ind Was agitated or |

__ in reference to the question ; and alluding to the | manner in which public opinion on other subjects bad been | misrepresented, he adverted to the means which had been | taken to prejudice the late Government and to obtain a| majority in that House, which he characterised in very strong | terms. Several hon. members in the majority rose simul-

the obnuoxiogs expressions he had used,

of the Colony would of themselves speak if unmistakable language of progress and sound business. In this Colony, cating 48 it Were but from yesterday, there are published now about twenty journals, most of thew conducted in a manner highly creditable, and fully equal to many of our provincial journals. Tue European population has increased nrarly four- foldin the lastten years, and now equals the native, The inmigration into New Zealand has averaged from 6000 to 7000 souls for the last four or five years, and the new system of free grants of land ia several of these provinces has given 40 in- creased Impetus to emigration from this country —forty acres of land free in such an excellent climate, and in a Colony offering Bo imany advantages for agricultural and pastora! necu- pation, more than compensating for the extra distance of the

voyage. We have the detailed reinrns of the last year’s em-

were still in power under Responsible Government, we have no doubt it would as readily uphold it as it did in former years.

The Is/ander endorses the vague and unsupported assertion of the Montreal Herald as to the departmental system being the parent of ** profligacy and extravagance *’ in this Island. But if such were the character of the late Government, is the present one any improvement on it? The very reverse. Not only have some of the most unpopular men in the Island been appointed to office—men who never cou/d command a consti-

tuency — but there has been more shameful and barefaced in-

gration from this country to New Zealand befure us, but we | triguing practised to get office than ever was tolerated in the

have also tne Blue Books of the Cotony, which furnish many \Island before; while

valuable details. We find that the number of immigrants who arrived in the province of Cante-bury last year exceeded 2000,

1 7 . ; . r ‘ Iie then reptied to Liverpool and Glasgow, have gone into the New Zealand trade, |

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family compactism, and consequent

corruption, flourish in rank luxurianee. As to ‘‘extravagance,”’

‘und the emigration this year to Lyttelton, Auckland, Welling-| the party now in office bid fair to outdo their predecessors in

{ . ! taneous! . ; wee - ton, ace, bids fair largely to exceed that aggregate. Besides! that line. sly with cries of order, and Mr. W. slightly moditied the old established firms, one or two new firms here, and at!

The public expenditure will be quite as large thiS year as it was last year—the debt of the Colony as great, and

the argunents in support of the Bill adduced by members and there are now about a dozen sips laid on to sail for New| the taxes levied on the people not reduced to the extent of one

on both siles of the Meuse. The specch of the hon. member debate.

Mr. HOWAT said, the Legislative Council Was, in its present form, acknowledged by both sides of the House to be obstructive and inoperative, in carrying ent the prineipies | of genes ' the Colony. If the bil! passed, they should | not bear m futuie of what was said to have

as | ave occurred the other day, where a seat oo proving the truth of the ada tan, as well as the mare

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appioved of its principle, but f ; >. | Shipload after shipload of stock was arrunng fron Australia ta pe, vund fault with some of its ‘add to the flocks and herds of the Qulony. The sheep in New. Commander of the Forces in Halifax, Lieut. Col. Fordyee and House. It was found absolutely necessary to the p

dviails; siz members for Queen's County was too greats

Zealand during the present and ensuing month.

had arrived at each of the principal! settlements within the dates Comprised in our last advices, the number seems to have gone a very small way in supplying the labour wants of the Colonists.

: Several of | farthing will probably appear with a more extended report of this {te provinces have eppointed special agents in London to pro-/ anaferrine UG mote and condnet emigration, which has greatly benefitted ihe | Tnsferting overnment patronage from one class of people

‘interests of the Colony, Although several hundred immigrants | to another. When they have effected any improvement in

In short, the Tories have done nothing except

“held the iron rod. Several of them got round him, pattet caressed, whispered, coaxed and wheedled ; nothing, howe would appease the wrath ef the irate Leader but an uncom

tional retraction of the obnoxious vote by the four Councill™ and three slavish followers. In less than half an hour Bill was reported to the House as agreed to in Commit

Mr Palmer then moved to strike out Mr. Coles’s amendme®

and five out of the seven who had dared to think for selves only half an hour before, changed their vote, and sh that they bad been brought to a sense of their duty by! iron rod, voting agaiast their consciences because the of their party bade them do so—the only two who did

“appear to be terrified by the rod or the frowns of him »

held it, being Mr. Laird and Mr. Howat. There aren * suns in the whole Island who have railed out more vi frequently, and senselessly against Mr. Clark’s alleged mission to Mr. Coles than Messrs. Pope and Havilaad,” we do not know of an instance in the Parliamentary hist

‘of this or any other country in which there was such and humiliating submission to a Leader asin the ca”

the administration. it will be time enough to institute com-| 2*¥¢ J3st cited. j

Agricultural jabourers and shepherds, mechanics snd domestic

Servants, were sill in great demand. Many new public works

divgings, and stlithere remains @ wide fie d fur the industrious,

“ bought, and a member sold, ere in course of construction, new roads were ordered t be | Our little City has becu honoured, during the past week, G2, that it was money made tho | M4. and several hundred persons were engaged at the Nelson | with more than its usual proportion of distinguished visitors, tion, one of their standing complaints against the

| parisons between themselves and their predecessors.

At the beginning of the week we had Major General Trollope,

| ECONOMY OF THE GOVERNMENT. } — | Wuen the party who are now in power were in the Opp

was for spending so much money on the guard at Go

Zeal:nd alresdy number 1,500,000, the cattle 1,500,000, and | eavoral other officers of tho Royal Engincors; and at different of the public property to have three persone