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him and the representatives Of the libera! party. ™ been in communication with him om the subject change of Government, it coul@ not certainly be inferre : that he would pass that Bitlgeand althony:h he did pass it, the prorogation following &s it were in the same mo- sent, the House had no opportunity to pass a Revenue Bill by which to create & fund for the payment of the salaries and.allowance on the Civil List. Wath respect to the amendments proposed to be made tothe Address, he thouaht they were such as were fully called for ard werraniod by circuinstances. Should the House agree mw thank Eis Excellency for bis Speecn, they would shew that they set very little value indeed upon what was due to themse!ses, as the Representatives of the People, irom His Ixcellency, who had certainly, as it seemed 4o.him, endeavoured to make them feel by his mode of delivering his Speech, that he thought them unworthy of any thing like suavity of manner from him,

Mr. Mooney declared that although he did not with- draw from the Council Chamber until after His Excel- tency had concluded his Speech, he felt as much re- sentinent in his breast at the insulting tone in which His Excellency addressed the House as Mr. Coles who ‘bad evidenced his resentment by his mode of acting. He (Mr. M.) was, he knew, accused at times of being warm, end very likely, with justice; but still he was -able to control his feelings however strong, when time and place forbade a display of them; and, although he keenly felt the pointed insult of His Excellency, he thought it would be better to bear with it for the time, and when a proper opportunity should arrive, as he kaew it would, for his manifesting his sense of the in- suit, to be prepared to avail himself of it. Tle would ie!] His Excellency that, in allowing himself to be car- wied away by his passion to the length of offering a direct imsuit w the Representatives of the people, he had divested hiunself of the dignity which should ap-

THe EXRAGIBER.

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THE PROROGATION AND “THE SPEECH.”

“1 regret,” said the Lieutenaut Governor on Wed- nesday Jast, “that it is not in my power to congratulate you on the results of the present Seesion.” We regret that it is not in our power to congratulate his Excellen- cy on the result of his cunning, in stealing a march up- on the Legislature, by proroguing it 80 unexpectedly as he did. It was, no doubt, an object of great importance to His Excellency to get clear of a body of men whose proceedings had been anything but pleasing to him — and to get clear of them in such a manner as would the most pointedly indicate his indignation or contempt, — On Wednesday morning the Speaker was directed by the House to acquaint His Excellency that they would be prepared to rise on the following day (Thurs- day), and to request that his Excellency would be. pleased to prorogue the Legislature. His Excellency’s answer was an evasive one, and unworthy of a Gover- nor — “he would consider of it presently.” The Speaker had not had time to communicate to the Honse his Excellency’s reply to their request, when the Usher of the Black Rod commanded, on behatf of the Gover- nor, tlieir attendance at the bar of the Counci! Chamber. It was thought, of course, that Sir Donald commanded the attendance of the House solely for the purpose of giving his assent to the Revenue Biil; but he took that

peviain to him as the Representative of fer Majesiv the Queer. tc could not fora moment be sunposd

vecasion to prorogue the Houses, preventing the Lugis-

that afer Majesty wou'd on any account offer such an|lttve Council from deciding onthe merits of a Bill then

inan't to the Commons of Great Britain. Bat to this!

before it, and hkewise suspendiog the acticn of the

co rideratina Sir Vonald might reply there was a wide) House of Assembly in reference to the Chancery Bill,

2% reno: cetween the consideration due to the Cuom- sron- of Great Britain and that due. to the Assembly of

sto which the notice of the Legislature was cailed by

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ae > . _ —— eee we must beg leave to tell His Excellency, that the rest

state of the ease is materially at variance with his re.

presentation of it, It may be true, we admit, that ow:

of the produce of the Land Assessinent, the Governmeny might lawfully have appropriated a sum sufficient

meet all the allowances authorized by the Act for the

Encouragement of Education; but we deny that with.

out an authority, such as that bestowed upon the Ger.

ernment in the Ninth Section of the Revenue Bill, 2

would have beer !awful for the Government to Appro-

priate one farthing of the Revenue to the defraying of the [nterest on Outstanding Warrants; and if Hie Ex- cellency contemplated such an act, independent ofa power to that effect, expressly conferred upon hig dy

the Representatives of the People, we cen only say thet, in an arbitrary, not to say malign, Spirit, he must have

looked forward for its gratification to the exercise offs power, more absolute and unjust than that which lef the way to the downfall of Charles the First, when he robbed the people by his arbitrary exactions under the name of Ship Money. We need scarcely hint that we think His Excellency is fast descending the ladder fram, an elevation, which, as regards himself, serves only ty. exhibit his incapacity for Government, ‘and confirms the truth of the poet’s verse : ,

“ Pigmies are pigmies stil} tho’ placed on Alps.”

Respecting the appropriation tar Education, we mey further observe that His Excellency’s Speech fully bears us out in the position we assumed, when we re plied to the clamours of the Islander end Gaz-tte—the organs of lis bxcellency’s views—by aogertmg that the produce of the Land Assessment oy it be apvlied te Educational purposes witvont ev social! sets of the Lezislature iv the last Session : aad ie ace that tae outery raised on this head, by the Jslander and Gazctle, bad «

anos he Secretary of State f, Colonies, end.vbstructing | Paltry, pitiful and factions adesiva in ii. Brine Saiward bland. . ‘Chosne, (Me. M.) woald aamit.|" Secretary of State for the.Colonies, end,vbstructing PUtry, p Ctkoy SEA WN bi

bu’, at the sime tame, he would remind Sir Donald) thet iiere was not a grester difference between the! Connors of Britain and the Assewbiy of Prince Ka-! Wat! isiane, than there was betweeu [ler Majes:y the Queen and Sir Donald. There migui not, it was true, be any tineg in the languave of the Sveech at which ro

the compleuon of certain. Commitee business before | the Assembly, ifis Excelleney may bave gratified for}

ithe moment, by adopting this proceeding, his svleenPropriations in we Bll oo Supp'y.

against the Assembly; but no person can hesitate to! say, that he has seriously compromised his own dignity |

It is quite amusiny to Gad hs Excellency cuyilling’ at the alleged uncoastitutiouslity of ineliding the ap- ile, of course, should ra'se some ground of opjection to the Wills bur it is singular that hw Exeelieacy was notso quick-

take otiewee: and the very sentence which Sir Donald!in dorag so, and laid himself open to justand severe Sighted on a former occasion, when he assented to «

hac, in vis delivery of ut, loaded wah disdain, would

not, ah |) had just been read by tie tion. Solicitor Gene- pal, frghten a ciuld. He (Mr. M.) was not a bad mimic, tad be only had the cocked bat upon his head, | he could, he thought, vottate Sir Donald's manner in delivertag the sentence, wmeh had been so meekly sead ivy the hon. Solicitor General. The hoa. member then gave a specimen of bis power of mimery, by reading ue sentence referred to, ina harsh, absolute, peremptory tone. ‘J'he hon, member then obserced, that Sir ilenry V. Huntly had been. represented as.a perfect tiger; and, when the hon. member from Bedegne, whe nad been so mich opposed to him, was chosda Speaker ofthe House, it was expected that Sir Henry, in detiv- ering his Speech at the opening of the Session, would pointedly mark, by his manner, hs strong disapproba- tion of the choice made by the House. No such disap. probation, however, was shew n by Sir flenry, and, what- | ever wag in his breast, contentment sat upon ins brow. | Mis Excellency, Sir Donald, bad taken advantage of iris! position and? place in the Council Chamber to put an’ affront upon ths Assembly ; but he would not venture, he (Myr. M.) felt certain, to treat any number of persaus in the Streets of Charlottetown with the same indignity. He (Mr. M.), as he had already said, had thought it right, quietiy to pocket the :msult in the Council Cham-! ber; but he wonld raiher be # dog and bark atthe moon, | than be held incapable of reventing, ata proper time and in a proper manner, such an insult as had been levelled against bim and bis constituents by His Ex- eellency. And why, he would ask, had Sir Donald nautted the House? Because they had shown a great- er regard for the interests of the majority of the people han for that of three officials. Because they had ‘ought the wishes or 63000, whom they represented, mach more deserving of their attention and considera- on than the claims, put forth hy His Excellency, oa vehelf of theee individuals to retiriag pensions, aiter ‘heir having, for many years, been in the sanual receipt vt the most liberal incomes from the pubiic purse, and the individual pockets of the people. ‘I'his ts, Ilia Ex- ce'ency thought the House deserving of insult at his vends, becanse they were fautful in the discharge of their duty tothe people, The hon. member cecciuded by saying he would support the aineudmeut.

(Tc be continued}

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aakaTa.—In “ Sayings and Doings,” iaserted in Wednesday's paper—last line of the sixth paragraph, for “delight of the age,” read eye, &c. Firat line ot tive ninth sor:¢raps, for * Rise on, 9 Sun,” read “ Ride

- ea: ‘ . s ° . venue Bill, evidently with the intention of casting odium

animadversion. |

it will be remembered that on Tuesday—the day pre-| viens to the prorogation—a Committee of the whole! House passed several Resolutions condemnatory of His! Excellency’s conduct and policy—with these Resolu. | tions the Committee did not, however, close ;—on Wed nesday morning, it will likewise be remembered, it was purposed to institute an enquiry into the question, whe-! ther the Colonia! Secretary waz authorized co retain fees to the amount of about £700 received by him in, his capacity of Private Secretary, and if not so authe-| thorized, he was to be called upon to cefund them. Is 't not reasonable to suppose, then, thai His Excellency’s object in prematurely closing the Session, was, iv the first place, to prevent further proceedings being taken in reference to himself; and, in the second place, to| shield the Colonial Sceretary from. the consequences of the enquiry into the subject of the fees? hat the Governor should thus have given cause for such a sup- position, shows how utterly indefensible his conduct has been, and how dangerous the position in wich the chief otticer of his Government was placed.

We shall not trespass on the patieace of our readers with any lengthy cooments on the Speech. There is oniy one paragraph, indeed, wich has particular!y arrested our attention, and ix is that in which His Excel- lency alludes to the apprupriations coutained in tne Re-

upon the members of the House of Assembly for. voting to themselves, agreeably to the wishes of their constita- ents, the magnificent sumef twenty-five pounds, for two Sessions’ attendance. His Excellency observes that the produce of the Lani Asseesment, and a sain sufficient to defray the Interest on Out-standing War- rants, would, according to the law, have been applied to} their respective purposes by the Government, even if zo such apprepriation had taken place. Here His Ex- ceilency appears, whether wittingly or unwittingly, we pretend net io aay, te have fallen ito an error similar to that pointed oui by the third and last of the Resolutions usving reference to. Fig Excellency’s public or officiel conduct, which, on Tuesday last, were adopted by the tleuse when in Commnitiec oa the State of the Colenay-—

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we mean the ewratitution of am asgertion for e fact; for

Bill similarly constructed. We allude to ‘he Laad As- sessment Act, by which 'sxes are imposed and appro- oriated. The appropriation anthorized by thet Act, however, included a provision of £50 for the Lieut

Governor,—and that, we presume, was aneliectaal bar torclicomplaint. Wemight farther tasiance |)° eften-

quoted Tenpenny Act, which likewise appropyiates the Revenue it prodrees. fnstances, however, of this des-

cription, though “thick es leaves ir Vallambrose,”® wonld not satisfy his @xcellency and his obstructive friends, so lone as they “agree to differ” with the ow-

jority ef tie Assembly.

THe Canapian Recrerocity Br.,—During the greater porion ofthe present session of Congress, a special ageat of the Canedien government wag tr Washington, urging on menivers the propriety of pass- lag the reciprocity bil', snd went home afew daye since, in the confidert expectation that the measure w:}! ne passed before the adjournment, and perhaps imme- diately after the settlement of the slavery question. We are not so sure of the passarre of that bill, although # may receive the sanction of the American Congress.— The annexationists in Canada are opposed to the measure, becuage they suppose it will knock theic movement in the head. In this we think they are mis- taken. ‘T'o be sure, tt would give the people »f Canada almost al! the commercial advantages, which they would enjoy under annexation, but, ou the other hand, # would make them and-ihe people of ihe United States more intimate than they ever have been, ond we can safely say that the greater the intimacy the grester wil! be the desire of the Canadians to be annexed. Thar intimacy would dispel their ignorance and prejudice towards republican institutions; and when once they saw things in their trae light, they would unanimous'y sever their connection with Great Britain, and seek te be their own sovercigne.—-.Vew York Herald.

Lectcores.—On Wednesday evening, 24th ult, Mr. John Le Page deliyered at the Mechanics’ Institute sa mstructive and highly entertaining Lecture on the “Philosophy of Humane Life.”—On fast Wednesdey evening Mr. J, Wat ‘lectured at the same place ow “The Atmosphere, and ite effects on Anima! ant Vegetabie Life.”

Oo Monday evening, 20th vlt.. John Arbuck’s, Fe. G. W.P., delivered a iecture to a large aad respectabie audience, at the Town Ha!l, on © The principter of the Order of the Sons of Temperance.”