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“THIS 1S TRUE LIBERTY, WHEN FREEBORN MEN—HAVING TO ADVISE THE PUBLIC, MAY SPEAK FREE.” —Euripipes.

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CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1848.

[No. 27.

Boulton,

Hon. W. Robinson. shall be gratified to.afford my aid in forwarding such Hon. H. Sherwood, Attor- measures as may be proper, consistently with the varied SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1848. foronto, ney General, and W. H.jinterests and wants of this Province, for promoting so

COLONIAL POLITICS.

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SUPPORTERS OF THE OPPOSITION. CANADA EAST.

great a National Undertaking.

I invite your early attention to a question which I re- gard as one of very great importance to the future inter- ests of this Province, namely: that of the surrender of

CANADA ELECIONS. malechors, A. et yam the Crown Estate in Nova Scotia to the control and oor Champlain, L. Guillet. management of the Local Legislature, in exchange for

We give below an autheatic list of the members re-| Dorchester, — Lemieux. a Civil List. z turned to serve in the Canadian Parliament, as furnished | Lotbiniere, J. Laurin, This question was presented for consideration in a by Montreal papers to the 12th and Quebec to the 14th Montmorency, J. Canchon. Despatch of the Secretary of State, dated 17th Novem- Montreal (City), A. Jobin. ber, 1846, which, at the last Session, was communicated

inst., inclusive.—-These give us the names of 75 members Q yebec (City),

elected to serve in the new Parliament, leaving 9 Con-| ~ (city)

stituencies to be heard from. The total! number of __ ; Yh Richelieu,

members in Canada is 84—42 for each section of the| ; St. Maurice,

and 16 when the two parties divide on the floor of OP eueney * ss . se a? = i Assembly. The Liberals are in possession of all the | st. Hyacinthe, seats, County and City, of Quebec--and Montreal, the | Rouville, seat of Government, represented in the late Parliament)Chambiy, by two Conservatives, has aiso been added to the list "ether ‘ ram ashi ; 'Terrebone, Liberal triumphs. The opposition do not appear to have! Vaudreuil, lost a single prominent member of the party, but have! ° ° . “a Sy gained largely in talents as well as number: The Bytown, Ministerialists, on the other hand, have lost their Soli- ‘Glengarry, citor General, for Canada Exst, Ogle R. Gowan, Grand |Grenville, Master of the Orange Lodges, and several other leading | members. | Leeds, Allthe returns from Montreal were not in at the|Lincoln, latest advices, but a Correspondent of the Quebec fica Chronicle (Conservative) estimates the Liberal Majority pr Z: at 1800! a noble triumph. ‘Peterborough,

Mr. Hincks’ majority for Oxford was 333, and that of} ae r : > oe 83 9¢9 YYentworth, — Mr. Baldwin, one of the Leaders of Opposition, 260. | vont, ist Riding,

The celebrated Louis Joseph Papineau, ex-Speaker of York, 4th Riding, the Lower canada Assembly, was returned without op-| Durham,

position for Saint Maurice. Mr. Lafontaine, (leader of Haldinand, the French section) was upwards of 1,000 ahead of his) lalton East, ‘Halton West,

opponent at Terrebone the first day’s polling, besides York, 3rd Riding,

P, J. O. Chaveau. T. C. Alwin and

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Dr. W. Nelson. Louis J. Papineau.

Dr. Lateriere.

T. Boutelier.

— Davignore.

Dr. Beaubien,

L. 'T. Drummond. La Fontaine.

J. B. Montganasis.

CANADA WEST,

John Scott. J. 8S. McDonald.

W. B. Richards. W.H. Merritt. W. Notman. H. J. Boulton. Francis Hincks. James Hall.

G. B. Lyon.

H. Smith.

J. H. Price. Robert Baldwin. Jas. Smith.

— Thompson.

J. Wetenhall. A. J. Ferguson. W. H. Blake.

being elected for Montreal. We observe that some of the Liberal Canadian papers claimed some of those we | haye classed as Ministerialists, and set down others as

: — ' = — et “ uene whe jee ult. Wur1am Youne, Esq., was proposed b ave not identified themselves with the Opposition, and | Josepu Howe, Esq,, to fill the office of Speaker. Th

NOVA SCOTIA AFFAIRS.

The Legislature of Nova Scotia met on Saturday the talent of the Assembly, the Liberals present in the new

'H vy na “ fore equalled by any party in this country. Represent- © ing twelve out of seventeen Counties—enjoying the con-

to the Legislature, and in which the views of Her Ma-

jesty’s Government are fully explained.

It will be the occasion of much gratification to me if your deliberations shall Jead to a final and satisfactory adjustment of this long pending negociation.

Province. Of those returned, 37 are from Canada East, "Two Mountains, W. H. Scott. I trust before the’glose of this Session ts belfveptand . and 38 from Canada West, which are classed as follows: | Vercheres, J. Leslie. to lay before you for consideration, a proposal for the Slieie : Conderouttird Drummond, R. N. Watts. future management of the Post Office Department Canada East, 30 | Canada East, - 7 Kamouraska, Dr. Marquis. throughout the North American Provinces, and the re~ Canada West, 20 | Canada West, 18 “hee — Fournier, gulation of the postage payable on the transmission of beable, oe einster, A Dumas, Letters—a proposal which, I confidently expect, will be 50 25 | Montreal (City), M - La Fontaine. found conducive to the convenience and the social and B. Holmes. the intellectual advancement of (the people, and the ge~ So far, the Liberals have gained {1 seats and lost 3,| Nicolet, — Fortier, “ eral interests Of the Province.”

making a difference of 8 in their favour on the returns, | Rimouski, J.C, Tache. , ;

Three Rivers, — Dumoulin. On Monday the 24th, a very animated and interesting

debate occurred on the address in answer to the Gover- nor’s speech, called forth particularly by the following expression of no confidence in the Executive Govern- ment, proposed in amiendment to the Address, by Mr, J. B. Uniacke, the Leader of the Liberal Party:

“ While we are fully sensible ofthe importance of the various subjects submitted by your Excellency for our consideration, we fee) that in the course it may be ad- visable to pursue, with reference to measures so inti- mately connected with the interests of the people, itis

R. Borritt. . tines. Hastings (City), B. Flint. essential to the satisfactory result of our deliberations Lanark, R. Bell. on these and other matters of public concern, that Her

Majesty’s Executive Council should enjoy the confidence of the country, and we consider it our humble duty re- spectfully to state that the present Executive Council does not possess that confidence so essentia] to the pro- moting of the public welfare, and so necessary to ensure to your Excellency the harmonious co-operation of this Assembly.”

The Liberal Press speaks with the utmost confidence respecting the action of the new House. We take the following passage from the Morning Chronicle :

“ The day that we have looked forward to, |for years, with a confidence as firm and abiding as the rocks which gird our shores, has come at last. The reign of Toryism and humbug, from this day forward is at an end ~—the triumph of constitutional principles complete.

Commencing the Session with an inflexible majority of ‘Seven, and four-fifths of the speaking and business

ouse, a variety and combination of talents never he-

ig as : I be nodoubtthat) _... | . the result is as above. There can now be no do w motion was stoutly opposed by Mr. Attorney General fidence of two thirds of the constituency of the whole

the Liberals will have a good working majority in the Johnston and his party, but was carried on a division of Province—the Liberal Party may well be proud of the

w House— : he remaining Constituencies | ' a eae new House—as most of the remaining Constituencies 99 ,, 98—showing a majority of 6 in favour of the Li-

are said to be favourable to the Reform Party.

appreciate the enlightened and liberal sentime

‘beral Party, without the Speaker. We take the follow-|

ing paragraphs from the Speech of His Excellency Sir’ John Harvey to the two Houses of Legislature. They THE MEETING OF THE PRINCE EDWARD

I am happy to encourage the belief that you will justly

nts of the ; ; : h; and munity—and many ladies, as is usualon such occasions,

position they occupy on the first day of the Session, and on the eve of assuming the reins of Government.”

ISLAND LEGISLATURE.

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“Tt willbe my duty, at an early period, to lay before! At two o’clock on Tuesday last, His Excellency the you a Despatch from Her Majesty’s principal Secretary | Lieutenant Governor came down to the Council Cham-

of State for the Colonies, explanatory of His Lordship’s, Mi eters ; views of the principles affecting the Administration of, ber attended by his Aides-de-Camp, and was received

Colonial Government, as applicable to this Province, in| 1" t

he main hall of the Colonial Building by a Guard of Honor of the Royal Welsh Fusileers. All the Members

‘These principles cannot fail to exercise a powerful in-| of the Legislative Council were in their places, and the fluence over che future prosperity of Nova Scotia; and’ body of the Chamber and the Galleries were densely

oeili by persons of all ranks and classes in the com-

SUPPORTERS OF MINISTERS. CANADA FAST. Missiquoi, Attorney General Badgley. cannot fail to interest the Colonial public generally : Megantic, Hor. D. Daly. Ottawa, — Eagan. Port Neuf, Col. Duchesnay. Sherbrooke (City), — Brookes, ™ (Town), Col. Gugy. Stanstead, — McConnell. some important particulars. CANADA WEST. Brockville, G. Sherwood. Cornwall, Sol. General Cameron. Carleton, —- Mallock. Dundas, — Crysler. Essex, Col. Prince. Frontenac, Hi. Smith. Hamilton, Sir Allan McNab. be disappointed. Huron, Hon. Mr. Cayley. | Kingston (City), Hon. J. A. McDonald.

Lennox and Addington, London,

Niagara, Northumberland (Sh.}, Prescott,

Stormont,

— Seymour. John Wilson. W. Dickson.

— Meyers. ‘ — Johnson.

A. McLean.

Imperial Government which pervade this Despatc | that His Lordship’s expectation of the spirit in which’ graced the assemblage by their presence. From the

those sentiments will be met, in this Country, will not House of Assembly three of the Members were absent

in i , —Messrs. Douse, A. McLean, and Fraser, the two > tance is the fact, which 1 : ee ’ ' ;

Next in interest and impor : scine'bn "Deitel andl Woo taehthed Hehe eines nell

am enabled to announce to you, that a good and practi-,

\cal Line for the projected Rail Road between this Port! Town in time to attend the Meeting. Shortly after His and Quebec, has been ascertained by the Officers to Excellency ascended the Throne, the Usher of the whom that Exploration was confided. { am prepared t© Black Rod was sent down to the House of Assembly to

concur with you in making the necessary provision for : ree the payment, by this Prince of the proportion of the command the attendance of that Body in eon expenses which haye attended that Exploration; and | Couneil,—and the House having accordingly ’

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