ee Alter some desultory Johnstone should | should be | lnvestigation. The learned C of Edmund F Poll Book, but that the entry was that he pefused to swear Chere is evidence, however, said the learned Counsel, to shew

ard

Mr

yuneel,

that le did not refuse to swear bepagse he had not the pro perty qualifieation required, but because there was uo form of oath suited to his circumstancesgand he presumed that this Howse weuld not disfranchise him on aceount of an} omission in the Law True, said the Jearned Counsel, the

Law said that if a man refused to swear his vote should he

void, but en referring to the circumstances it would be seen that there was no oath suited to the case, and that the Law did not compel a man to do what was morally impossible.

Mr. McGOW AN—He knew that bis vote was objected, and he had ample time to make it good when the sorutiny was) llaving neglected tg do ge he has a}

held ai Georgetown

np» fight to be diefranchised ; but 1 am satigfed that he bad nc Wote.

« Hen. Mr. BELR—The learned Counsel at the Bar assumes | { The entry in the book} iy Chit he refused to qualify, not that he refused to do what!

what the Poll Book does not justify

was impossible for him to do.

Counsel JOUNSTONE.—I spoke in referenge to the evi-|

dk nee. but the Poll Book.

on behalf of Mg. MeDonajd during this

Johnstone, then observed that Byrne was not marked objected on the

subject further. He would not detain the Committee by dis- | cussing this point now, When the dispatches came down, referred to in the speech, he would be in a better position fo enter ipto the question, and jf the proposal of the majority should meet his views, he would give it his support, if not he would biing forward something else. The Government certainly posgessed the confidence of a large body of the ten- antry, as was shown by the large majority they branches of the Legislature. ‘They ought then to carry out) their pledges tg the people. He was not ignorant that other | indlaences than the Award, had been brought to bear on the} elections, sach as religioug prejudices—a circumstance for) which he was sorry—still the subject of the Commission had | also been before the people, and as a majority had been re-| ; turned in favor of the Government, he was not disposed to) give them a factiogs oppysition on this question. Mr. Brecxen did not understand why the religious question | had been dragged in here ; it should neyer be brought up une > less it had a bearing on the subject under consideration,—and | it had nothing to do with any paragraph in this address, To) obtain the operation of the ward, if possible, was ungestion- | ably the great plank in the platform of the Conservatiye party | at the last election, and they were bound to use their utmost) endeavours for the attainment ofthisend. The present aspect | of the question appeared to be this: When the celebrated |

Are we to discagd that altogether and go by nothing | resolutions were passed, whieh were introduced by the present}

\ hon. leader of the Government, their object was to obtain for

fon. ATTORNEY GENERAL—The Poll Book is evidenee, | the tenantry the privilege of converting their leageholds into)

perhaps the

point, though other evidence is no doubt admiseable. There | rears of rent. } are two forms of oaths in the Act, one for those who reside; to [ler Majesty the Queen, in answer to which,

in. the Polling Division in which their property is situated,

and another for those who de not. In this cage it appears | suggestion of Sir Samuel Cunard and other proprietors, that the elector’s property is not in the Polling Divigion in; limited an enquiry, and insisting that if Commissioners as agent of | appointed they should he free and unfettered in theif oper-|

which he resides, but ip that in which he acte the sittimg member, and therefore he could not take the oath. { do not see that it would have been any violation of law for the Retorning Officer to have modified the oath to suit the cirenmstances of the case; at least it wonld have been a less violation of Jaw than to take the yote when she person refused to qualify

lion. Mr. BEER.—I think the Blector should have stated his reasons for pot taking the oath ; and these should have been entered in the Poll Book. That bemg done, 1 cannot see that we woull have anything to do with further objections. It would be easy to appoint persons as agents who had yotes in the District in which their services were required.

Hon. Mr. LORD.—Theve are always a number of special woters at every electiong but | never saw an agent sworn. have always seen their votes taken, and the objections, ifany entered in the Pol) Books. It might be jhe ease that a Candidate could pot get 4 man in a polling division who was qualified to act as agent, and it would be a hard case if he tock a wap from another polling division that he should loose his vote.

ton. PRESIDENT. — ( appoint a man who resideg in one |

Polling Division tw act as agent for me in another, that man has the privilege of polling bis vote in the division where he is employed ; bat it will not be a special vote upless it is polk { for a Candidate in another District. | cannot see any reason for retaining this vote on the Poll Book whea the man refused to swear.

fion. Mr. ANDERSON.—I do not see any hardship in the case as the man had an opportunity to substantiate his vote when the seratiny was held.

Hon. Mr. WALKER.—There was no necessity for doing so because it was not objected.

best that can be got, and it is conclusive to the) freeholdg, gn reasonable terms, and a large remission of

ar- | This was the substance of the address presented

a despateh | at the) to 80) were |

i was received from the Duke of Newcastle objecting,

‘ations, and should be sllowed to go into all the questiang in) dispute. He also stated in another place that the consent of | ‘all the parties would be necessary to give validity to the re: port of the Commissioners. But a late despatch from His!

| Grace to the Lieatenant Governor contained the following :—

| * Your advisers appear to consider that H. M. Government} i bad proposed to the Proprietors of land, and that those Pro-| prietors had consented to place themselves and their interests |

absolutely in the hands of the Commissioneys. ‘This, however, | was far from being the case.

The Proprietors consented that Commissigners should be) appointed to enter intg all the enquiries that might be neces-| sary, and to decide upon the different questions which might be brought before them, giving of course to the parties inter- ested an opportunity of being heard.’’ | + The main questions thus to be decided upon were :—First, |

at what rate Tenants ought to be allowed to acquire freehold _ interests in their property ; and next what amouat of grrears | ,of rent should be remitted by the Landlords.”’

|

Whether this despateh was written by the Duke himself or | by some of the clerks jn his office, he (Mr. B.) was not — ared to say, but it was inalmost direet opposition to the other

i fn one J[is Grace said the Commissioners should be free and} unfettered, and in the other they ought to have confined their

investigation to the two questions here mentioned, for this was

) the pith of the objection in his latter despateh. on these two questions was what was asked for in the resolu:

tions agreed to by this Llouse; but the Duke of Neweastle

and the Proprietors were not satisfied with this, they desired

| the Commissioners to be less fettered. The despatenes being) so contradictory, he (Mr. Brecken) thought this house should

had in both |

‘at St Eleanor's,

‘ny from which it might never recover.

in order that the way

ari s set aside by the Duke, TRS al clect tor the. IK After such a state-

might be clear for the Proprietor’s bill.

‘ment, they ought to hear bo more charges against the Govern- bad thwarted the Award in an |

ment, to the effet, that the he A undephand manner. He (Mr. P.) did not think it necessary to go into quit rents, but he supposed it would be brought up by the hon, member for the third district of Prince County.

He was not anxious to enter into the quit rent He had gharaeterized the Award asa and did he know of any stronger term in the English language he would be glad to use it. pe wag the opinion he entertained ever since he learned the loan was not to forma part of the Award. An hon. member had remarked this morning that if the evidence before the Com- missioners had been correct, their report might have been dif- ferent. He (Mr. W_) had stated in the Commissioners Court what he believed to be the lands of this Island were not worth above 10s an acre. In going before the Commissioners he had no motive to make an incorrect statement, on the contrary, he bad acharacter at stake. He was acenged by many of valuing the Jands too high, but had acted gonscientioysly. He agreed with the hon. leader of the Oppositiop, that the proprietors’ bill, with 10 years to purchase, was hetter than anything contained in the Award.—There was dissutisfaction in the country ; some even believed that in matters relating to land, the Judges of the Cylony were not to be trusted. This was an erroneous opinion , at least he himself had ¢onfidence in them. [t had been stated that the present Government were returned to carry out the Award. ‘This was not the means hy which they gained the election. In the district which he represented, he knew that other influences were employed ta defeat brim, than the land questign.—Extraordipary stories were industriously oir- culated against him, one of which was that his father had killed a priest at the time of the rebelligu io lreland, &e. (Laughter)

lion. Mr. subject.

fon. Mr. Warngurton brought it forward to show some of the influences brought against him, and still he was returned, though known to be determinedly opposed to the Award. No- thing had been dave to settle the land question until the Pur- chase Bill was introduced. He believed it was right of the people to have had Escl.eat, but as this could not be obtained, he had supported the Purchase and Loan Bills as just measures. Both of these, however, were opposed by the Tory party. With regard to fishery reseryes, if they were surrendered, as was proposed in the Award, it would be an injury to the Coio- Parties who had visited the Western portion of the Island, and witnessed what a large portion of the population were employed in the fisher- ies, could not fail to arrive at the same conclusion. Le would support the amendment, because he believed if one man had been injured, as for example the case which he had alluded to this morning, instead of any benefit resulting from the Commission, it had been an eyil.

Hon. Mr. Waetan did nvt intend to enter into the subject be- fore the Committee, and would have been silent were it not for allusions to # certain newspaper, the name of which

accept it. question at present. * gigantic humbug ;"’

Pore did not seo what this had to do with the

: sould not be mistaken. He was highly dattered at the state- : a Seer) oe ad we It must now be plain and palpable to every

| person that the statement Tmade, which has raised | la cry in the country, is not only most consistent |

wents made, as it ayfPeared the paper in question possessed

‘more influence in England than it bad hitherto received credit

He would be very happy if the statements were correct ; | with the principles of the Church of which Iam |

la Licentiate, and by consequence, of the Presby-

for. he was certain that no person expected the two Bills woula ever be gnything but adead letter. ‘This he affirmed notwith-

Hon. Mr. Waanurron | ad received a challenge, and would |

true, when he said)

Award without a further effort to have it) standing the

—_ | 1S —_ A“ ———— uu -_ —— a a a todd th 5 statement of ee P , ; gs 2Aee". ae ae he doctrine contained in that 6 y debate it was finally decided that Mr. Hon. members of the majority &eemed to think that it was) deemed themselves bound to give effect to the Fopert of ow re Salad which 89 @erge an outcry has heard on condition that none but he not laid aside, and avowed their intention to prosecute the| Commissioners. Probably, then, it was on this 5 country, apd gn account

been raised in the ‘of which I have been stigmatized ap getting ‘forth the views of the Roman Catholic Bishop. And mark, the: statement is pot only lard | down almost jn mI words in the resolution lof Synod, it is deel:

uniformly held by the body its existence as a separate Church is built. ‘The Resolution is the following ;

“ That no educational measure, in the judgment

principle vot within the province of the to provide fur the religious instruction of the

ject, and that so far as

ing the religions instruction whey give te be supplemented by the Local Boards in any way they think best without interiering gular hours of school attendance.’ ”

In support of this resolution, the Rev. Henry

lution by the Unites

within the provinee of the Civil Goverument t

|animously re-affirmed in the Synod.

plause ). freedom.

liberty.

principle standing before the worl ' tor aud its advocate—occupied in relation to the

| abstained from going forward—to press upou the Goverumeyt, ta press upon the Legislature, te be done in aM other form than by a resolution and by a course of action originated in the Synod

’

State.’

lterian Church ot Nova Scotia, now merged inte

flattering terms in which some had spoken of the | the Chureh of the Lower Provinces, but forms in

on which indeed} ren,

of this Synod, can eyer settle the question er work satisfactorily that does not proceed on the recognized by this Church— That iC ts Civil Government sub- Government auperinten- dence and control are concerned these be con | fined to the sécular branches of education, leav-

with the re-

Rentor ot Kelso thus prefaced his observations, from which it will be seen what importance Is attached to the principle enunciated fi the Reso-

{ Presbyterian Church of Scotland —a chureh inferior to none iy — of influence in that country: / The question under discussion was a very great and wide one, Ov the first week of the union between the two greal bodies which composed the Pnited Presbyterian synod, (the Secession and Relies chyrches) there were three memorable resolutions adopted in re- gard to this subject. The priveiple of the tirst of these resolutions — which to his mind was par- amount to all otber resolutions they had ever) tion announced of inflicting a seces of such o adopted — was that the Synod heid it was hot

proyide for the religious instruction of the subject. Phat principle was the distinctive one ol their .| Church — it was a principle which distinguished them from all other churches in this couutry—it was a principle that had been repeatedly and un- He assured them that, next to the doctrine of Christ crucified, he gloried in this principle as the most lustrous for which the Church-militant coud contend. (Ap- It was the whote principle of religious Let them stand by that principle and they would shield the domain of conscience and of He confessed, however, that he couid uot look without deep humiliation oy the position which such a Church as theirs — poling such a

asx 118 eX posi-

application of this principle to the question of na- tioaal education. This Syvod had for a succession of years refused to go forward — at least it had

press upon the country ina way that could not

the iniquity of attempting to teach religion by the

“ everywhere un parents, and ho ranee of their children. 1 ‘teachers in the edueation of childten. jthen the character of schoo

Hehee

| tenance, must be a reth ibe were loving and goldly parents to

ured in it ¢o be a principle | jg their own persons the education of their Pind | the egorits !

to guard | imagine themnelves ! er ee oh A! cient adage, which some modern Philosophints,

By exeyy consideration of duty to Goe his child is the christian parent against being a party to any arrange ment whic might prove detrimental to the fa children or the glory of God. He cannot enter ine

intruction, &."" Just so; and therefore, by irre sixtible sequence, exclaims the Catholic, yf the State is to provide religious instruction,

have a school fur myself. 7 am auswerable for the education of my child. to any arrangement which might prove detrem to the weli-being uf my child or the glory of

God

Wosleyan, &e. be, that the parent is answerable to edueation, and if the State is to provide godly re schools. The parent cannot instruction the soundness and prey he cannot in conscience admit. Beside

schools, provided and su

what is “strictly and literally and absolutely ’

schools endowed by the State and upheld by a com

ulsory tay. 1 cannot, however, expose in detai the wretched “ philosophy” and worn “logic? condensed in those articles. T perceive the inten

the readers of the Protestant. heavy dlLassorted stuff, throwa loosely on board might cause the vessel ty founder! !

himself ealled on to enter his solemn * protest.’

Charch of Nova Seotia stood to the United Pres byterian Church of Scotland.

trae that the P. Chureh of Novy Scotia was at

Church.

in 1827; but it is not true that it was more thar partially successful. It is not true that the unior was acknowledged by the Established Chureh it Sevtland. of the Church of Scotland in the Provinces” en tered the union. book says so.

’

views. At all events she was publicly committes

proofs her Seminary at Truro is at once a stand

the principle of State denpminational grants.

. Yours, &e.

te the duty . —_. _ om responsible for the Iga ” ; ; ‘oo ieee thenact ttetigh of ‘tarkey shen-husband * aires it makes him ap-

js ina christian land, | j i age tted to coun

and which a christian pagent ts perme ; #tion of what they would superintend

well-being of his |

an agreement which would ney ralize godly, parental

I must to God | wheregn to strut their boots among the other m.

I cannot be a party | significant vecupants of this sublunary world! ental | But 1 am no egeotist:

> si mauner speaks the Presbyterian, the why cna If it be but came as it must | explain in this respect concerns myself

for his child's

' | ligious instruction,the logical conclusion is separate sanction a course of of which , if our brother had the smallest discrimination, he might have pereeived that Dr. Wayland is speaking of ported vy the parent, bat

proper and imperative in schools sustained on the coluntary principle is wholly inaduiswable in

A series of such

It relates te the relation in which the Presbyterian |

It is difficult to understand how any may could manage to erewd | as many errors inte 80 small a space. It js very |

independent Church, just as the Presbyterian | Charch of Canada, in connexiom with the Estab- | lished Church of Scotland, is 9 reference ta that But it is not true that ber relations to the U.P. Chareh were not similar to these in which che other Churches referred to, stand to each other. [t is true that a union was attempted to be reached

It is not true that “all the ministers

It is not true that Patterson's) Lut it is true that subsequently to) that union she maintained relations only with the | Secessign, gbtained ministers for her, &e., and must, therefore, have been committed to her

io the yoluntary principle, of which among other }

ing evidence, and a standing public protest against

" second or twe about myself, Egotion ie a first rate thing! it gives aman an inexhaustible supply

-} pear larger, much larger, than his body gothes lwere ever intended to permit. Tilustrations are numerots, I ide~—one or two of our wore promi. nent members of Government, and one or two of our would-be leading Government member Clergy. -lmeh, as point blauk « sampler. — How blessed are How over almighty they really How true is the good ay.

| with very blunt perceptive powers, have vain} »\striven to explode, that “Ignorance ie bliss!” land how certainly true must thie same old a ‘ever manifest itself to be, notwithstauding | thing which can be said to the contrary, so | such men continue to find any elevated position

{can in no sense claim the _| distinguishing tithe; and yet I want to say some. | thing about myself. But since what I wich to

Leven less than it does the ppblic, 1 shall not sernple -| to “speak freely.” Frewdom of speoch, I believe, is stil] at least legally conceded, although perhaps tacitly denied, to all British subjects in thie Pro- vince. Jt is presumed, I imagine, too, that this will be the cage until our existing Government and Sanhedrim (comprising W. H. Pope and the rest of the Clergy) think proper to publish and core the new Protestant Inquigitwn Decalogue,

’ other dogmas, of which | have already given the public a faint hint. I shall, therefore, I say, us yet make bold enough to “talk freely.” 1 shall -| here say to my friends, the People of this Island, }/ that in general—these are very exciting times, *) The world over, action and revolution seem te -| play the most prominent part, and to enjoy the )} most unrestricted developement. Perhaps there never was a period in the whole chequered history of the past, which more stirring events were trauspiring, both amidst and around us, than at the present moment. On the one hand, we see a

,

But J mugt potice what he says in regard to the neighbouring people, the Young ites wublie of

“ third statement” of mine, agaiust which he feels |

») America, stifling itself with the dm, and gloating itself with the blood, and beggaring itself with the expense, of a most wnnatural civil war; and om the other, we find in its own estimation, the next greatest conntry on the face of the earth—(but a country which, im the floating ideas of all other , humans except those alone by whom it is thus it- (self inhabited, occupies the rea) position of the smallest bantliug which nature hus yet produced ‘in the form of a political community, of ow whieh lepe has thought tit te bestow, in coutrariety to all | ordinary experience, something bearing the name | of a distinct lacal Government of its own)—litth weeney Prince Edicard Island, just emerging from ,| ane ot those tremendously sensational st , 4 well known every four years as a General , | Election, and which is ave febly as well known te result almost invariably im that expecial sort of Gare up which may be most appropriately styled “A tempest ina teapot.” And what a tempest? | Has not the late Government campaign amounted ‘in reafity toa perfect Political Tornado? Had any af you, my quiet and pooerely disposed Fel- |fow-Islanders, traversed this Cofoay from East ; Point to North Cape a few weeks ago, what | would you have heard, and what would you have ‘seen? Would you not bave heard men, women jand childron talking pehtics? Would you not have seen a certain neondeseript fragment of gen- tlemen, most of them the veriest ‘ris inertia’

bell |

-

tools of the present Geserament faction, running

Hon. Mr. HENPD ERSON.—It is troe that the reason of his | 90¢ relinquish the adios’ Mendiean | refusing is not entered, otherwise we might look upon it in a carried into effect. If the question = - - very oe different light. That might giye us the key to the whole | Which formed but a small part of the Award, was once aatter itself considered of sufficient importance to be referred to the

JAMES ALLAN.

sincerity of the Government. The issue of the elections did | truth its distinctive characteristic paaciple—a prin- not turn on the Land Question ; it had been put forth by | ciple so esssential as to rank next in importance some of the papers in the interest of the Government that | to the doctrine of the Atonement in its estimation ;

Covehead.

———<>p—-—_—----— FOR THE PUBLIC.

Hoo. ATTORNEY GENEKAL.—The man was not forced to act as agent. As he refused tu qualify, his vote should not have been allowed tu remaip op the Poil Book. If he tenderd his vote and the Returning Offcer refused to take it, the remedy is prescribed by Law.

it was then moved that, as Edmund FP. Byrne had refused to qualify when desired to do so, his vote be struck out, and the question being put thereon it passed in the afirmative. ou-e resumed and progres3 reported.

Adjourned till to-morrgw at 11 o'clock.

The following Address of the Legisiative Council, in answer | to His Egcellency’s Speech at the opening of the Session, was inadvertantly omitted by the Keporter last week :—

To His Exeellency George Dundas, Esquire, Lieutenant (Jovernor and Commander-im-Chief, $e. Fe. Fe. May iv prease Your Exceviency:

We, Her Majesty's loyal subjects, the Legislative Council of Prince Edward fulande beg to offer to your Excellency our thanks for your speech ut the opening of the present Session.

It is with; apfeigned leagure jye haye receiyed the annotince- ment of the Sopréschidg Mariage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Waies to Her Royai Highuess the Rrineess Alexan- dra of Denmark. This auspicious event affords us much acditiongl pleasure, convinced 5s we are that it will be a union so conducive tg the heppiness of our Gracious Queen, Ller Royal Family, and the Ration at large. : ~ ‘The recollection of iis Royal Mighness’s recent yisit to this Colony stimulates us more cordially to unite in the national) expressids of saiisfaction ut the approaching alliance.

We learn with mugh interest that the Secretary of State. for the Culonies has laid before Her Majesty the Petition} passed last session praying for privileges, in respect of shipping, iieptical with those conceded by France to the Proyince of | Canada, and that the question of extending these privileges |

to Coloniui built vessels is under the consideration of the} ! gra mm.

We deeply regret to perceive that the Colonial Minister has| Hon. Mr. Henstey did not take the same view of the amend-

French Government.

intimated to Your Excellency that the Commissioners appoint- ed by the Queen to inguize ipto the differences existing between jandlords and their tenants powers in the report which they have made.

We trust that that which is supposed to be the excesa of authority referred to may not ultimately prove so material as t» endanger the validity of an adjudication on which the pros- perity of this Colony so much depends, and toward which vast numbers of its inhabitants have looked forward with jo- tense anxiety.

We will proceed with much interest to examine the papers question, but a very important one. He (Mr. H) thought, pression are new and put forth fpr @ paltry motive. What

which will be laid before us on this subject, and we are most earnestly soli¢itgug that the juet and reusungble expectations of the peuple should be realized by a speedy ang satisfactory

settlement of the difference existing on this important measure. ‘This was acceded to ; We will give our best consideration to the system by which |

money votes are initiated in the Houge of Assembly, and to’ such proposed measures, in relation thereto, a3 may secure greater responsibility for the financial condition of the colony.

The Act changing the Constituiion of the Legislative Coun-

cil haying come into operation, we feel asgured that ity delibe-| made pub

rations, in whatever respect ils Constitutional functions may be affected by the Act which renders it elective, will be strengthened by a consciousness of popalar support.

We coneur with your Excellency mm deeming it advisable that the qualifications of electurs under the present Jaw should be registered, and we will be prepared to take into considera- tion such measures a3, for that purpose, may be brought before us.

To which Address [is Excellency was plegse to make the following Reply :—

Mr. President and Honorable Gentlemen of the Legislative Cowncn ;

J thank you for your Address, and for the assurance that you will give your careful consideration to the measures which will be beougtit before 7

J trust that your delsberations may tend to the adyancement and well-being of this Colony.

—_—-o2 +

‘long time, b2fore they would append their names to another | document of the kind.

‘the Opposition respecting the famous “ Spy,”

haye exceeded their relating to the Award, and therefore how could he egprexs| Mr. Eprror:—

| words ** as yet’’ should not be introduced, if be intended it to they have heen accepted as welkfuunded and may operate

law officers of the Crown, surely it would be no trifliag matter, and nothing more than justice to the people of this Colony, that the whole report of the Commissioners should be submitt- ed to them for investigation, before it were finaily set aside. be hon. member for the third District of Prince County, might denominate the Award ‘a gigantic humbug,”’ but he (Mr. B ) believed that if the proprietors were only relieved from their engagement in this matter it would be a long,

The point at issue was whether the Roman Catholic

‘to obtain—or not. ‘In regard to his Girace the Duke of New- castle reviewing his: position respecting the Award, he would probably say if appealed to, | have already given my opinion on the subject. It had been said that the matter might be

unimportant Colony like this could overthrow the Colonial Minister. The only method @ settle this question was that recommended in the Commissioners” report, namely the loan | (hig it was objected would burden the Colony. He (Mr. W.) | howe 7er, thought that the evil would not bear a comparison with the ¢reat benefits which would result from the adoption of the Commissioners’ suggestion.

They had found themgelves ia a ds adyantageous position. The Imperial Government secmed determined to uphold the prourietors in their claims to the land. ‘The hon. leader of the Opppsition when in power, de- elared that Escheat was a fruitless and mischievous agitation; and he was right when hes iS. Lf this House then gave up the Award, what else could they expect from the Proprietors? « ‘The only course apparently which could, be pursued was to)

test the legality uf the Commissioners’ report. He (Mr. B ) did not mean tosay that any agitation which this Culony could raise Would be the means otf displacing such an exalted official as the Duke of Neweastle ; but this he would say, that he thought if the Legislature here made proper applitation regarding the Award, to the British Parlament, justice would be done them. He had no doubt, however, that if a respectful rewonstrance was sent to His Grace he would not refuse to hear it. Great credit wag due to the hom. leader of

CORRESPONDENCE, | To rue Epitog oF THE Examiner.

Six, — Will you allow me the ytivilege of space in your paper for a communication | sent, to the Protestant in reply to certain editorials, &¢., in whieh jé is assumed that Cam opposed to var youth being. instrueted m the principle of | religion or of the Bible, than which nothim; cu" be more | the Government for the resolutions on this question which he grossly untrue. : That communication the Protésiant, eee had intgodyced in a former session ; and he (Mr. B ) was glad bs riised and circulated ‘the stander, refased to pubs,'. + | that they had beard nothing to-day from hon. members of Principal object is to show that Certain statement in regan” |

and that there 2 Education, which’ b incidantall * inde Tn réply to az. | were ho taunts aboat the insincerity of the Government. He Sutherland, and which las been sthade the foundation of the| could not exactly undergtand what object the hon leader of | vlander, is In entire pret ica a the principles of the | the UOppositign bad in view in proposing his amendment. | lurch to which : be Ie = UM . ene el The wording of the paragraph and amendment were nearly , distinctive principle. I consider,it,due to myself that this: similar—it was a distinction withouta difference. ‘The hon. | be done. IT trust that, if this communication own m your member since he had gune so far, ought to have extended his P&PEF, the contents will gradaally reach the peuple before

liberality a little turther, and given his support to the para-| whom { wished the communicatign ty,be laid. Yours respectfully. 4

i

Covebead. JAMES ALLAN.

| ment as the hon. member for Charlottetown. The hon. leader | i. ae ;

of the Opposition way oppused to the Acts passed last segsivn | To tue Epiron ov re Prorgstanr. regret that they had not received the Royal assent? He) (Contrary to my expectations and desire, U feel impelled to should rather rejoice at the fact. The amendment expressed | resewe wy en. The reason is your own improper imputa- regret that the Commission had been fyllowed by no beneficial | tiong on my motives and conduct, ‘They could have no effect result. a in But in other quarters

There had been some diseussion as to whether the) on any person in my neighborhood.

injurioasly.

‘apply up to the present time only, 48 he explained this to be! if d| "You seem to say that the yiews to which have given ex-

big meaying. ‘Fhe subject under congidegation was gn o!

‘that the resolutions first passed by the Houge, agking for an! jaye investigation, were too stringent. Intimatiun came from the | insincerity ? Two indiyida.ls out of my congrdgation, I | Colonigl Office that the Commissioners should be unfettered. learned, were proposed by their friends as worthy of aspiring,

still he was of opinion that they were not 4, Jeyislative honours —one on each side of party politics : | different from other arbitrators; they could not give & report put neither thought fit to ask my advice, and ag litile did 1

yoy seen in me that Jeads you to think me capable of

'differently—it must be final and decisive. He wae not dis-|

av » ascendancy—as it was supposed they were desirous | : _—_ Op nie the aapeneenty ; oe . | to the soundness of a principle, if it be held by the |

} Church to which an individual belongs, it need } excite no surprise to find him proclaiming it, and |

j world charged with being an agitator, when I did nothing |

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deew it my duty to interfere with the prospects and operations

osed to say at present whether the Award was legal or| of ¢; - f ; d..at hi , Tiegal ; bet be could not go for the paragraph; though he! of either To one of them, ingied, ah. hip own weqates, f

| had yoted for the bills a = Session. ane the coe was eee af dig pos thipy ie nonellit aal ast lic he newer thought it wou any great boon to: would be of no servi him. | % ;

the tenantry, and recent experience jn examinations with re-| _ 1 ae a Ard brethneh, some years azo in the “spect to the value of land, had shaken his faith aligost entirely | design of establishing a newspaper in the Island specially for | in the arbitration clause. He had heard parties swear that * the defence of Protestant trath and Pratestant interests. ‘The

certain property was worth so much, and others shortly after) Qhurch of Rome bad abated none of the vast pretensions pat also on their oath, state it was not worth half the amount. | forth by her during the Middle Ages. She professed not to | With this additional experience he could not join in expressing | have x esa in character, and she has lately startled the ‘regret that the Acts had not received Her Majesty's agsent.| world wrth the appearance of a vitality supposed to have de- \ tle, however, thought that the House last sessidn did right in| parted from her. The circumstances of this Island also ren- | passing these Bills, as by so doing they had established “| dered, in my judgment, religion a matter of paramount neces- | strong case in their favour, by showing their readiness to con sigy. " Such’ was my views and feel gs then, and such are my firm ti.e decision of the Commissioners in every shape and) views and feelings still. But while [ think, as | haye ever form. ‘Their conduct in the matter would probably be the | thought, where is the propriety of treating an opponent un- means of obtaining for the tenantry more favourable terms) fairly of speaking of hin uncovtiqougly ‘of imputing to him ‘than they otherwise would from the Home Government. He} purposes which he does not avow, ora attaching to his | did not look upon the despatch of the Duke of Newcastle as) s+ word"’ a meaning which one believes was not intended, and ‘conclusive on the subject. He saw nothing to prevent the [m-| which any one, woderately acquainted with current events | perial Government saying to the Commissioners, if they had} and newspaper phraseology, kuows it will not necessarily

exceeded their authority, ‘* you should go again and report bear? No good can come out of that. Let any one read that | within the scope of your powers."’ fe had never accused | chapter of England's History when the Exclusion Bill was | any of the members on the other side of the House of insincer-| ynder discussion, and the subsequent ceaction that toak plage,

NOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. | ity, though he differed with them to some extent last session. | | He would be pleased to hear some of the legal members on the | Goverpment side discyss the legal bearings of the different |

Saturpay, March 7th. SPISENCRS OT TIES. | paragraphg of the Award. fle did not think this subject was)

Committee on the Address in answer to His Excellency’s| set altogether at rest, by the Duke's decision, and was glad to Speech resumed. | find that the Goyernmens intended to prosecute it further.

Mr. Ilowar.—An amendment had been submitted by the! Hon. J. C. Pors was glad to hear the hon. member for | hon. leader of the Opposition, bat if he (Mr. H.) understuod | East Point speak of the sincerity of the Government, but did it. it was similar to the parageaph pander consideration. ile| not understané why he shoyld haye supported the Bills of last, was glad that the hon. member seemed to be disposed to go to| session which he himself had assisted in perfecting, and could) some extent with the majority, It used te he hig practice to/ not now yote for 4 paragraph which merely expressed regret, oppose everything brought forward by this side of the poage ;! that those measures had not peceived [Jer Majesty’s approval. bat be had geen it advisably to change his ygliey. He had} He (Mr. P ) was sorry, after what had fallen trom the hon. | now found that the country was in favor of the Award. There | member, that he cogld not yeturn bim the compliment for sin- was po doubt respecting its opinion on the subject, and as s cerity, All the excuse that he had for not supporting the was true responsible government to carry out the well under- | paragraph was, that he had ascertained some people were not stood wishes of the pegple, what should the majority do but! to be trusted in regard to the valuation of Jand. It was un- exert their utmost to obtain the Award? The people wished, necessary to say much on this question, as most of the hon. the Award, the whole award, and nothing but the award; it) members present were here Jast gegsjon. The time of the was the duty of the Goyernment, tuen, to endeavour to get it 'Committee should not be further delayed, unless the hon. carvied into opration. “}1on. members all knew that there had! member of the Third District of Prince County mtended to go) pot been the benedits from it which they could have desired. | into the subject of quit rents, as he bad hinted he would, Pro" | —~TVhe paragraph, before the Committee, however, expressed | vided no other person would take it up. He had denominated | thie, and the amendment was very little different. There! the Commission ** the most gigantic humbug of the day.’’| being se Jittle difference between them, why should the time | As had been very well put by his colleague, if the hon. mem- of the Ilouse be taken up any longer on the question ? her believed it to be a humbug, why had he gone before it? lion. Mr. Cones was not surprised that the hon. member for