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he alienated in perpetuity, or for any considerable length of owe time; and concludes by de; reeating ary such dispose! of them) som

as would secure to the propnetors or tenants of the adjacent | coil, the exclusive possession of those fo@iditves which are ne-| essary for engaging in the Fisheries of Prince Pdward Island. | Inthe body of the Despa'ch, speaking tor his Mistress, the Queer, be says, *} am of opimon thet such reserved lands sould be put ugrfor Affciion, at @ fair upset price, to be let

either for each: fishing season, or at most for one or two seasons Sik

In sevordance with this suggestion, were such |

in advance.”’ fore the transfer

fishery Reserves deult with for several years be of the Territorial Revenue of the Crown to the this Colony ; and precisely in the same manner have they been dealt with, by the local Government, since th wade. We have set up no new claim ro such have only asserted cur right to deal with then up to that time, had done. We forinerly held that the disposal of these lands, for fishing purposes, was in the Crown , and, since tne surrender of the Crown | to the Legisiatre of the Colony, we have he'd, and we stil ho'd hat the disposal of them for fi-hing purposes 1s In the focal Government ; and that the proprietors of the adjacent soil have never Nid atid never Can have any proprietary claim to them ; for \ii@ir original dedication to the purposes of fishing is irre- Yockble; and the action instituted by thé lute ‘Government ‘aginst Mr. Cox, and recently decided aga‘t.-t liny at oye | town, affords the most conclusive lege! proof that the di¢posal of such Reserves is now in our locei Government. As to the other clase, in which there is saved and reserved a free liberty | to all Her Majesty’s subjects of carrying ona free Fishery or) Fisheries, the same high legal authorities * hich decided that the fee simple of the other class is in the Crown, also, at the same time, decided that the fee simple Of this class is in the proprietors. When his Honor (Mr. Johnson) said ‘* the reser- vation is not th® land itself, but niercly free liberty to carry on free fisheries thereon,”’ had his remarks been intended to apply ‘othis last named class, they would have been quite correct, and fuunded upon a tact whch all admit; but, as applied to the other class, of which the lands are distinctly stated to be reserved for the disposal of the Crown, although only for a special purpose, nothing could be more erroneous. ‘The object of the Fis:.cry Reserves Bill, his Honor seeins most strangely ugwilling to comprehend ; and, reiterates his query, * [3 the question merely to whom rent for the Reserves ough to be pa:d?’ alihough that query has already been most dis- tinctly answered more than ouce. Once more, however, I beg leave to tell him that,—as the Bill itself most distinctly sets forth, and as his Honor the President has been at considerable pains to inform him—the sole object of the measure was, by law, to relieve tenants from their liability to rent for Fishery Reserves.

Hou. Mr. JOHNSON —When such lands were sold, did the

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sa'e of them interfere with or deprive the fisherman of his |

privileges?

fon. Colonel] SWABEY—No: it did not; for the right re- served to the Queen’s subjects colleetively freely to carry on fisheries thereon is irrevocable ; and, therefore, whenever they have been sold, they have been so’4 subject to euch reservaiion of right to all Her Majesty's subjects

fon. Mr. CRASW ELL—At the time the Bill was sent up to this Houce I thought it unnece:sary ; and IJ still thick itis uncalled for. In 1851, when, on cerita n conditions, the Terr:- torial Revenue of the Crown in ths Island was transferred to its local Government or Legislature, he Fishery Reserves, 0: which the fce simple was rese:ved to the Crown, being a jar: of that Revenue, were placed immediately and directly under the control snd atthe disposa! of our local Government; and, therefore, in my op’nion, from the time of that tranefer’s being made, the Governnient had it in their power, independent'y of any additional authority which, | y any spee:al enactnient, could be conferred upon thein to relieve tenants from the liability to cent which had unjus:ly been imposed upon thea on account of any portions of such Fishery Reserves. ‘The iil was certainly devised for no other purpose than that of reaeving cenauts from obligations 'o pay rent for Fishery Reserves which had been urjust!y imposed upon them by the proprietors of the adjacent soil ; bui { hold that it was not required, for [ cannot see how any proprietor having unjustly léased lands, respecting the ownership of which thero neither wae nor ever had been ‘any misunderstsnding or dispute, could 60 far take advantage of the wrong which he had committed, as to compel a tena to continue to pay rent to him for land the right to which was vested ina third party. Weall,1 believe, very well know how proprietors took advantage of the necessity and ignorance of immigrants, on their arrival in this Colony; and, exercising e tight of ownership over the lands reserved in the Crown for the Fisheries, included them in the leases of their township lands, the immigrants having no knowledge of the imposition "so practised upon them, nor éven suspecting any thing of the ‘kind. But now, long as it is since tenants became fully aware of the imposition which had thus been practised upon them, and long as it is since, through their repregeutatives in the Legislature, and in every other way Cyen to them, they have sought to be relieved from the obligations on account of Fishery Reserv@®, which were frauduiently imposed upon them, or into which, more properly speaking, they were entrapped,— and now that the power, tll lately in the Crown, to dispose of these Reserves, is vested in the local Government of this Colony, as fully ar'd eff: ctually as it former!y was in the Crown, I cannot see that, at this momeut, there is any thing to prevent the Government's dea!ing w: h them in such a mauner as fuliy to relieve tenants from lisbility to rent to township proprie’ors on account of them. Whilst the dispo al of them was in the

‘bear in mind how very sma

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Government ot | carried on the at transfer was | Governme

y+ as tlie Crown, any © the Secretary of State

ands and Crown Revenues | alienated.

Hon. Mr. Walker, Hoo. Mr. Bagnall, Hon. Mr. Hutchinson,

The extraordinary pr ninant party is sustained by the majority, e other Udtse; bul, were _they to. I! was the majority really given t re they prudenily to consider by | y have raised it to its present , abate much of their arrogance, an themselves with a little more propriety and con- leration than have hitherto marked their proceedings.

Hlis Honor the PRESFDENT then read the redolttion, Which follows: and, having put the question thereon, it was division below given. : ; Resolvell, That this House is of opinion that the right of this nt to dispose of those Fishery Reserves, the soil of d to the Crown, is not a mght depending on

to the country and ourselves.

ption of the domin which they command in th them by the people, and we what questionable means the number, they would, I imagine,

is as

which is reserve bsvlete claim, as Stated: 1858, but one which is in frequent exercise and cannot be

Conrefsrs--His Honor the President, Hon. Col. Swabday. Hon. Mr. Wright, Hon. Mr. Craswell, Hon. Mr. Dingwell,

Hon. Mr. McIntyre.

Non-conrents—Hon, Mr. Forgan, Hon. Mr. Johnson.

R. QB. invine, Reporter.

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CHARLOT’

LAYING THE CORNER STONE OF THE NEW CATILOLIC CHURCH AT TIGNISH.

Tue circumstances attending this interesting occurrence demand a longer notice than was given to it in our last No.

Owing to the very severe illness under whieh the Right Rey. Dr. MeDonald, the Bishop of this Diocese, has laboured for several months past, the Right Rev. Dr. McKinnon, Bishop of Arichat, was invited here for the purpose of laying the corner stone of the splendid Church in eourse of erection at Tignish, under the pastoral care of the Very Rey. P. Meintyre ; and his Lordship kindly aceeding to the invitation, came over in the Steamer from Pictou, on Tuesday, the 7th inst.

TETOWN, P.E. 1, JUNE 20, 1859.

ile was accompanied by his Private Secretary, the Rev. C, P. Martell, of St..Navier’s College, Antigonish ; and on their landing at the wharf, they were received and welcomed by most of the Catholie Clergy in the Island. Lis Lordship, ac- companied by the Very Rev. Mr. McIntyre, the Very Rev. James McDonald, V. G., the Rev. Dr. McDonald, of St. Columba, the Rev. P. McPhee, of St. Andrew's and St. Peter’s,- and the Rev. T. Phelan, of Charlottetown, together with the Rey. Mr. Martell — left Town, en route for Tignish, on the afternoon of the same day, and preceeded as far as St. Eleanor’s,

where they remained for the night. On Wednesday morning t

‘they took the Great Westerf Road, and reached Cascumpec | Dock about 3 o’clock, where a@ vast multitude of pegple, ga- thered from settlements for a distance of twenty miles around, awaited their arrival—immediately formed in procession —and accompanied the Birhop and Clergy as far as Tignish Church. On arriving at Tignish, there was a large concourse of people assembled to receive the Bishop and Clergy, and a Guard of ilonour, contisting of about one Kandred young Frenchmen with fire arms, was drawn up ia front of the residence of the tev. Mr. McIntyre, where a salute was fired as the carriages bearing the Keverend gentlemen passed through their ranks. The Chapel bells then rang out a merry peal—a large cannon, (owned in the parish), joined in the general feu-de-joie of the small arms, with a quickness that would bave been creditable to experienced artillerymen, which was only interrupted fora short time during the afternoon by the solemn ceremony of the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament in the Chapel by his Lordship the Bishop, eight Priests assisting. Alter being sumptuously entertained ut dinner by the Pastor of ‘Tignish, the Bishop and Clergy visited the site of the new Church, which is about a mile and a half distant from the residence of the Rev. Mr. McIntyre.

Thursday morning, the Sth inst., the day appointed for the laying of the corner stone, dawned inauspiciously. it rained almost continuously from 9 until about 11 o’cloek: but, not- withstanding, at the latter hour there was a larger assemblage of people on the ground than we have ever witnessed on any} occasion in this Island. The site of the new Church is in the} very centre of the various, thriving, and picturesque settle- ments which pass under the general name of Tignish — is on rising ground, in a clear, vast plain; and commands a view of

. , ~v the country for many miles around, as well as of the Gulf on both sides of the strip of land which forms Township No. 1.

The arrival of the Bishop and Clergy at the new Church was hailed by a salute of firearms and # brisk cannonading. At the end of the building where the Altar is to be erected, a

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and of such costly materials, Krom all the prep

o| he had inspecte noticed, all of which were on completion of the building ; evinced by the commensurate with their glort no doubt that the new Chure would be one of the finest ornament in the lower Provinces, to stimulate Catholic zeal a He eulogised, im glowing terms, sisted between the seve of Tignish—the Freuc

in the Despatch of the Right Mon. | P for the Colonies, dated the 20ih October, | &

as that which is mow in progress. d seen—from the plans which and durable materials he had the spot, arid ready for the and from the Cetermination

complete the work in a manner eae os beginning of it, he had h of S. S. Simon and Jude ts of Catholic architeeture

arations he ha — the costly

and would be a splendid example nd piety in the other Provinces. the harnfony whieh sub+ ral races who constituted the Mission h, in all their ancient om comes, t and faith of their fathers—their meek and entle deportment, and persevering industry ; the hardy Caledonians, whose indomitable energy and unwavering fidelity were cons icuous in the humblest as well as in the most Sietingeiahed spheres of life ; and the warm hearted sons of the Emerald Isle, who were always foremost in promoting such glorious works as that in which they were then a ; and whose ancient faith was rather ne and inflamed than repressed or dimmed by the long an painful persecutions they had so gallantly endured. ~ He congratulated the Rev. ‘and venerable Pastor of Tignish upon having so worthy and devoted a flock as that by which he was then surrounded, and he again congratulated the people themselyes on haying set such an example to their fellow Catholics in other parts in thus discharging one of the most important duties prescribed by the Church in preparing a mansion suitable to the great and immortal objects tor which it was designed.

At the conclusion of the Bishop’s address, ‘he Hon. Mr. Whelan was inyited to come forward, and in the presence of his Lordship and the Clergy, addressed the vast audience for nearly half an hour. After expressing his admiration at the zeal displayed by the people of Lignish and neighbouring settlements, in providing for the erection of a Church which gave such a magnificent promise as that upon whose foundation he then stood, and humbly juining with the Bishop in the congratulations which his Lordship had so justly expressed, he referred to the spirit manifested by the Catholic Church in all ages and climes in the construction of august edifices for the worship of the Most High, and stated that while the old countries of Europe were studded with the proudest monvments of architectural skill and genius that the human mind has ever devised, and within the pale of the Catholic Church, the New World was endeavouring to emulate the Old in this respect; and that the Catholics of Prince Ed- ward Island, according to their numbers and resources, were not far behind their brethren in older and more favoured countries. But the zeal of Catholics was not absorbed in the construction of Churches and Chapels. It was as conspicuous in the erection of stately edifices dedicated to the diffusion of Knowledge, the true handmaid of Religion. 1t was thus the Church vindicated her claim to the title of the most munificent patron of the arts and sciences—thus by the viffusion of letters she spread a halo round the august mysteries of the ancient faith, and triumphantly refuted the absurd and wicked calum- nies of her eneinies, who would fain misrepresent her as the nurse of ignorance and superstition Mr. W. then took rapid review of the various Catholic Churches and institutions of learning that had been erected in this Island within a few years; and concluded by thanking the Reverend gentlemen who had done him the honour to request him to speak on such an occa- sion, and apologised for the imperfect utterance he had given to his feelings.

After the addresses, a collection was taken up in aid of the Chureh, at the corner stone, and in less than an hour the sum of Seven Hundred Pounds was received by the Rev. Mr. Me- Intyre.

t is supposed that the erection of this Chureh — which is junder the direction of two very skilful gentlemen from New York, as Architect and Builder — will cost between £10,000 hee £12,000. It is to be constructed entirely of brick, which l

ious devotion to the

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ave beer made on the spot; and judges of the article pro- ounce them as fully equal to any thing of the kind ever im- ported from Great Britain,—the Lime, a very superior article, has also been made upon the spot from stone found in the vicinity. All the other materials, such as foundativn stones, window framos, sashes, stained glass, &c., have been imported from the United States— are of the best description — are all ready to be put in, and are all paid for. The length of the Church inside of the clear of the walls will be 110 feet; its breadth, 62 feet; depth of the chancel, 25 fect ; breadth of the chancel; 31; square of side porch. inside, 8; square of Chapel porch, inside, 7; length of Chapel, 50; breadth of Chapel, 20; length of Vestry, 18; breadth of Vestry, 15; height of side walls over surface, 30; square of Tower, inside, 14.8; height of brick work for spire, 84; height of Chapel and Vestry walls, 14; height of Chancel walls to top of eave, 29 ; and height of porthes to Church and Chapel to top of eave, 11. It will be heated by furnaces in the cellar, which will be about 9 feet deep; and some idea may be formed of its extent when it is known that 100,000 bricks haye been already used in the Cellar walls and pillars. There are about 100 workmen daily employed on the building, and it will be closed in and nearly finished by next Christmas day, when divine service will be held in it. The Bishop and Clergy were the guests of the Rev. Mr. McIntyre during their stay at Tignish. Hon. Mr. Walker, D. McIsaac, Esqr., and the Editor of this paper, were also among the guests of the Reverend Gentleman, and we need not say that bis hospitable board presented every delicacy and

Crown, there surely was ro need for a special law toenable the Crown to assert its power to control or dispose of them ; and now that the power to dispose Of them has been transferred by and from the Crown to the local Government of the Colony, neither, it seems to aie, co they stand in need of any such law to enable them to step in and relieve tenants who are, by town- ship proprietors, unjustly held liable to rent on account of any portions of them ; or that they can by any means be withheld trom exercising that power for the general or particular dis- posal of them, so long as they only seek to exercise it with due regard to the especial purpose for which the Reserves were ‘originally made. ilis Honor the PRESIDENT—His Honor (Mr. Craswell) seems not to be aware that, althongh the title of proprietors to those Reserves was originally bad, and is, in fact, still so, yet tenants under lease, having covenanted to pay rent for them, can, by Jaw, be compelled to pay it, even although deprived of them for fishing purposes, unless otherwise relieved fromm it; and the sole object of the Bill was to relieve them from it. Hon. Mr. JOHNSON—Do not tenants, in all such cases, take the leases of their lands subject to such reservations ? {lon. Colone! SWABEY—Certainly they do. But the Go- vernment and the Legislature, in their desire to preserve all the rights of the people,—both collectively and individually— and seeing that, if the right assumed by proprietors to exact- rént for the Reserves should not be contravened or St aside, ‘either the people in general would be defrauded of their com- mon rights and privileges in the Reserves, or tenants would be compelled to pay rent for lands of which they might, at apy time, be dispossessed by fishermen,—deemed it advisable to

temple was tastefully eonstructed under the direction of the Rey. F. Aubrey, the amiable and much esteemed Vicar of Tignish, the floor of which was richly carpeted and strewn with wild flowers. His Lordship, — assumed in this temple the episcopal vestments, proceeded to bless the salt and water to be used in the ceremonial, after which he offered up @ prayer for the perpetual sanctity of the place sprinkled with the water. He then mingled salt with the water, in the : form of a cross, and offered up a prayer, *‘ that wherever it shall be sprinkled, all the molestation of the unclean spirit may be removed, and the terror of the venemous serpent may be driven away.’’ ‘The choir then chanted the Antiphon— ‘« Sionum Salatis pone,’ and the 83rd Psalm, ‘ Quam dilecta tabernacula.”” _ The Right Rey. Prelate then offered up a prayer for the Divine favour on the spot, through the interceding merits of the Blessed Virgin, the saints to whom the Church is to be dedicated (5S. 8. Simon and Jude), and all the other saints. He then proceeded to where the corner stone was placed—a large and beautiful block of granite which was imported at a heavy cost from New York—and engraved with the sign of the cross. Having sprinkled it with holy water, the Bishop marked each part of the stone with the sign of the cross, in the name of the different persons of the Ply Trinity. His Lordship haying then Enelt, the Litany of the Saints was recited, after which a prayer Was offered up, and the 126th Psalm, ‘* Nisi Dominus dificayerit domum,’’ was chanted. The Bishop then set the stone, and sprinkied it with holy water, saying, ‘‘ Asperges me Domine, a et mundabor : lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.”’ [Thou shalt sprinkle me, O Lord, with hyssop, and I shall be

luxury that could be desired. To Mr. Conroy and his estima- ble lady the latter named gentlemen are also indebted for very kind and hospitable treatment.

The Bishop and Clergy left Tignish for Town on Friday, the 10th inst., accompanied by a very large procession, with a Highland Piper, who followed them as far as Cascumpec, making the woods and yales vocal with the national airs of old Scotia. High Mass was celebrated at Cascumpec Church by the Rey. Dr. McDonald, and the Bishop preached a powerful and eloquent sermon on the doctrine of the Church which re- commends prayers for the repose of departed souls. The sub- ject was eminently suitable to the occasion. An old grave- yard in the vicinity had been lately abandoned, the remains of the dead exhumed, and were then gathered to be interred in new consecrated ground, which was done with the usual solemn rites of the Church by his Lordship at the close of the services at Cascumpec Chapel.

The reception given to Dr. McKinnon and the Clergy by the people of Crsenmeen was of the most enthusiastic descrip- tion, and cannot fail to have impressed his Lordship with a kindly and enduring recollection of the respect and yeneration shown to him on his western tour in this Island,

The following is the inscription aboye referred to, which has been placed in the corner stone of the new Church :-—

AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM.

Hac die Nona Mensis Junii, Anno Salatis, 1859, LAPIS HIC PRIMARIUS

On this Ninth day of June, In the Year of Salvation, 1859,

THIS CORNER STONE Ov tur New Cuvrcn og 8.5. Simon anp Juve, At Tignish, Prince Edward Island, Was solemnly laid, according to Pontifical Rite, By the Right Reverend Corin Francis McKiynoy,

of Arichat, ‘i ’

By the Authority of the Ordinary of the place There being assisting many Priests from various and Missions, With a great concourse of the pious Faithfib. Pius tux Nixtu, Supreme Pontiff, The Successor of Saint Peter,

Being happily governing the Universal Church of Christ. The Right Reverend Bernarp Donatp McDonaton, Second Bishop of Charlottetown,

Ordinary of the place. The Very Reverend James McDonarp, Viear General. ViciortA, Queen of the British Empire. George Dunpvas, Esquire, Governor of Prince Edward Island! The Very Reverend Prren McInryne, Pastor of the Mission of Tignish.

Parricx Cuartes Keity, of New York, Architect. fecu Hawit, Builder.

“ LEGISLATIVE INDEPENDENCE.”

A correspondent of the last Islander, who writes over the hackneyed signature of ‘* Vox Populi,’’ professing great regard fur Conservative principles—admiration of the party now in power, and abhorrence of the late Liberal Government —seems tothink that the theory with which the present # dominant party started into office looked and sounded very 4 well while they were in opposition, but is sadly abuged or neglected now when attempted to be carried into practice. The writer in the Islander adduces the faet, that while the majority in the Assembly professed to forego offices of emolu- ment for themselyes, they monopolized nearly alt the most important ‘offices of honour’* in the colony, by means of which they can controul the disposa! of salaried offices for the benefit of their connexions, and destroy the independence of the House of Assembly as effectually as could be done under the late system. ‘* Vox Populi’’ refers to the appointment of Mr. Yeo’s son-in-law as Collector at Bedeque, in illustra+_ tion of his argument. There is no doubt that this appoint- went would never have taken place if Mr. Green had not had the good fortune to marry Mr. Yeo’s daughter. But there are instances of favoritism and Executive influence exercised by members of the House of Assembly for mercenary purposes more palpable and gross than the one now so loudly complain- ed of by the Tories themselves. Take the office of Attorney General, for example. This is the most influential and lucra- tive office in the gift of the Governnient,—in all the other Provinces it is given only to persons who have rendered im- portant public services, and whose talents and influence have enabled them to command a high and honourable position in-

dependent of goverment patronage. But who is tlée office

given to here? Mr. Fiederick Brecken—a respectabje young man, we believe, in his way,—but we haye never heard that he has distinguished himeolf either a9 an advocate or politi- eian ; and if he has stronger claims upon the party who have used his name in connection with the office than tan be estab- lished by older members of the profession om the sate side of politics, the claims of those others must be slight and poor indeed. But the motive for Mr. Brecken’s appointment is easily explained, and is beautifully illustrative of the fine theory about Legislative independence. In the first place, he is a fayoured child of the old Family Compact, whose influ- ence has greatly revived within a few months past, and who haye now the general as well as the municipal government pretty much under their control. In the second place, he is the cousin and partner in business of Mr. Heath Haviland,

}who is one of those members of the [louse of Assembly that

are combined to monopolise the ‘ offices of honor;"’ and who pretend to be mightily independent by not having the salaried situations directly affixed to their own names. Mr. Heath Haviland, as Executive Councillor, recommends Mr. Fred. Brecken to be Attorney General ; and how can the accommo- dating partner and cousin, who is doing business in the same office, refuse to share with the Executive Councillor the emola- ments of the Attorney Generalship? Every body sees that the whole thing is a farce ; and so palpable, that it fails in its object of gulling and cajoling the public. Mr. Haviland might, with just as much propriety, have presented to the Executive Council the name of Master Ned Hodgson, or any other hobble-de-hoy of a clerk in his office, and get the Goyern- ment to dub him Attorney General.

We have been asked frequently why is the office of Solicitor General not filled up? We shall presently explain the reason why. The late Government was frequently taunted with not being able to provide a successor to Mr. Reddin in the Solici- tor Generalship. But now that nearly the whole Bar aie on the side of the present Government, we find that they have failed to do the yery thing which they imputed as an instance of neglect to their predecessors. And why is this the case? Mr. Palmer—foolishly yielding to the humbugs of the Politi-

‘eal Alliance, who were silly enough to believe that they were

going to bring about a political millenium by ordaining that no member of the House of Assembly should take a salaried

office—was ineligible to the post of Attorney Genéral while a

endeavor to prevent by law the existence or the occurrence of cleansed : thou shalt wash me, and 1 shall be whiter than the either of these evils; and the Fishery Reserves Bill of the last snow.] The 50th Psalm was then chanted, after which a session was framed and passed accordingly. | procession was formed round the foundations, the Bishop

Hon. Mr. DINGWELU—I fully concur with his Honor the sprinkling holy water upon them, and the choir singing, as President in all that he has said concersing the question now! they went along, the 5dth Psalm, ‘ Fundamenta ejus in under our consideration; bat what [ now wish to stare is the! montibas sanctis.’’ During the procession the Bishop and great satisfaction which I have had in listening to his Honors ‘Clergy stopped twice, offering up appropriate prayers, and observations respecting what has lately been done and said in| chanting the prescribed antiphon. The hymn “ Veni Cre- another chamber. {lis [enor’s remarks have been character- | ator,’’ haying then been sung, the ceremony of laying the

| member of the Assembly, though every one freely admitted | that he had the best claim to it; and in order to compensate him for the loss of the employment, the Solicitor Generalship is left vacant, which will justify the Government in carrying Epispopo Arichatensi, ‘out the quiet understanding between them, that Mr. Palmer Ordinarii loci Auctoritate ; shall have a retainer in every petty Crown case that may

come before the Courts,—partly to help Mr. Fred. Brecken

Nova Eccresite Sanctorum Siuwonis er Juve Ritu Pontificali solemniter Positas est, Tignish, in Insula Principis Edvardi, A. Rm°. Dmo. Cottn Francisco MacKinnox,

‘ized with so much dignity and propriety, and he has therein evidenced so much of that spirit of gentlemanly forbesrance and self-respect which, on such occasions, should animate every geutieman occupying such a position as that in which he_ is placed, that I cannot forbear endeavouring to express the | great pleasure with which | have listened to him. Uis Honor | has most justly said that we shall best show how truly we despise such low abuse as has been alluded to, by carefully | guarding against every thing of the kind in our own discussions ; and I feel confident that, when he said this House will enter- tain every measure evidently for the public good, which may be sent up tous, how much soever we may condemn or be! opposed tu the general policy of the party now domsnant, he | Said no more thaw will be verified by our acts if we be put to | ihe proof. We will, 1 amcertain, cheerfully coincide with them in every measure devised by them which may really be for the public benetit ; but, on the contrary, when they make _B direct attack upon this House, or assume, by their acts, that one branch of the legislature can set aside the power and privi- oges of another, or of itself suspend or subvert our constitu-

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corner stone was brought to a conclusion.

A large bottle was inserted in the corner stone, which con- tained a Latin inscription, beautifully written on parchment by the Rey. Mr. Martell, of which a copy is given below, to- gether with an English translation. A collection of the smull ee most . alge 5 aa ws the Examiner and Islander, and copies of several other Colonial papers — ikewi deposited in — bottle. on —

ilis Lordship the Bishop celebrated a pontifical high m in the temple above referred to, in which the following Toews

entlemen assisted :—The Rev. Dr. McDonald, Deacon; the tev. C. P. Martell, Sab-deacon; the Rey. F. Aubrey, Master of Ceremonies: the Very Reverend James MeDonald, V.G. Very Rev. P. McIntyre, Rey. Thomas Phelan, Rey. Pius Mc- Phee, and Rey. S. E. Perry. Shortly after Mass, the Bishop addressed the vast- concourse of people from the steps of the temporary altar; and in a strain of fervid and thrilling elo- quence, which occupied about three quarters of an hour, he congratulated the people under the spiritual care of the zealous and indefatigable missionary of Tignish on the extraordinary

Assistentibus Pluribus Presbyteris ex Diversis et longinguis |

Regionibus, through his probationary course as Attorney General—to en-

Cum piorum Fidelium Magna Frequentia. able him to wear meekly his “ blushing honours thick upon

om, Save, Pontifice Maximo, ‘him ’*—and, partly, to help himself. This is a fine way of

Universum Christi Eeclesians Foliote: Gubernante. Serene te fenton San Comes seetee, Pram R’mo, D'me, Bernarvo Donatpo MacDonaxpo ee ee

Ordinario loci ’ It would be easy to shew, as we shall shew upon some

Dicccesis Carlinopolitanae aE Episcopo. ‘future occasion, how other members of the Assembly whe

Adm. Rdo, Jacoso MacDonatp, Vicario Generali. have ‘‘monopolised the offices of honour,’’ have intrigued, and

are still intriguing, to secure the appointment of their brothers

Imperii Britannici i pe reso waa aud other relations to salaried offices under the Government. D. Georcro Dunpas, Gubernatore. i Missionis Tignish, Admodum Ro, Perro Macinryre, Pastore. Parricio Carotro Kermy, Nau Eboracensi, Architecto. Hucont [amitie, Aedificatore.

ge Last Thursday, having been a by his Honor the Administrator of the Government, the Hon. Charles Young, as a day of general thanksgiving for the restoration of peace in Her Majesty’s East Indian posbeqyons —was very generally and decently observed as such.

pointed by Proclamation