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; ale . e se; and suc-} ‘ . of words to the following effect: ‘* What shall we say when wefind Her! Even this resolution had not the effect of bringiag back the a “3 occasion to take up the pon for the — yeni! ' oi os & I t & x a i ! iN t i ° | Majesty’s Representative descending from his high position and degra- | Beh lk : ivate | ns ee th Denxis O'Mara Gavi, the much beloved and only child of Pierce 3 ceeded, as I thought, in administering a sound drubbing to | jding Kis Commission by penying a false despatch, in plain Eaghsh, |Teporters, until Mr. MeAalay, in private letters to the re- Gant, Eeq., of thie City, died of Diptheris ot Seint Dunstan's Callege, i the ardent admirers of that arch-hypocrite 0 — == = : enc ee ape to ne ee a i and pe har med to be | porters, withdrew his offensive expressions as to the reports | on Wednesday the 3rd inst., at the early age of eight years. The re- i

’ y r the 2 dout been : : p instigated thereto by his constitutional advisers ;’’ and whereas, in the |. . . Z oa ; : is di S03 : : ; c ease . a“ J = pd gem! oes me l ae gi Charlottetown, P, E. L, April 8, 1861, | published report of this debate, the expressions then made use of are being inco- rect, and, as we are informed, apologised to the rvs tse umn: gpa Bans Mera Magi ot» te # 9Me t disappotn te in Cur expectations; alr : errr eee | nol set forth in thei y wrder and f » a8 k by t e| y 9 ; a} { is i . i i ets i oo e PE a ck we sratulate himself on the! Yaee bw iT eicninteelaa aoe aud form, a8 spoken by the Hon. | reporters. Now, it may be justly said that this is @ small | students and teachers, but also gained for him the love and affection of lant Capt. Orlebar m Ly sincere’y cong WHO ARE THE TENANTS’ FRI ENDS? | George ’ ’ fai h . ¢ hole House of Assemb) all who were acquainted with bim. Although he was so young, yet hia spread of his inconsistent doctrines, Lt can surprise no one ergs tg ve “ Resolved, That the Reporter be called to the Bar of this House to give |" ““T ‘0 Occupy the attention of a whole House Y | docility and great aptitude to learn obtained for him a fund = Bese P:

i : iven by i ade st wine | . : is explanation of the said ommission ” rre: ‘ 9 di Q le thing to ter- | ledge such as is very seldom found in one of his tender years. Not the <¢ who considers the example om * oy ue leaders es last " | Iw our last issue we gave an account of the debate which man naytanemen < a ee a " for the ” Mos part of two days, ont — — iene semaaaaen trate in the chematel of this amiable coaiiaiieen bis ter, that the Young Meu's C hrestian A ssvolation aa | yeourred in the House of Asvembly, on several of the provioas ann Hon. eet et eee ae aoe of | minate in nothing but the confusion and disgrace of the party recollection and wnatected devotion during the holy exeroiaes of religiva: ‘3

« . a | occ ee ous < ’ : 3) rd > oO ° baad . ne Pa oo . . . : r ‘ Literary Lnsiitute should propose for pga a hed af lays, on the subject of the petitions, praying that an Act tne weld abvlonte > and insert the following : pe iy brought itup. Mr: MeAalay’s resolution, it is evident =— ~y or i ae — are most ran, ere him—“ 43 igti y ver » | days, « e subjec 3 g that an Act} > : : - erable old age is not that of long time nor coun e number 3 twel vernonth after the eulogistic lectures ye 7 pe apnapetn ot J : onl f bei m > f a *“ But the Lieutenant Governor is not so mash to be blamed, or held } to every one, has not been borne out by the results of the en- | but the wuliecuniadiog it athe grey hairs; and a epotices life is old oa this institution, on Cromwell and Hamplen—*“ Whether the might be passed to prevent proceedings being taken for the | responsible for the statement in the Despatch, aa the members of the| . ; . ooo ir |3 He pleased God and was beloved, ond livi among si be i f Char! @ [. waa justifiable ?” and carry the | collection of arrears of rent until the award of the Land Com- Government, or those from whom he received the in'ormation, for it |GViry. The Reporters maintained to the last that their 5 ohne He was taken away lest iekedes she 14 alter bi « beheading ere wt re na manne AE vere Ahapee ets | collec : : e A ; ’ | cannot be expected that His Excellency can be otherwise acquainted on | published reports were corroct. If they were admitted to be | Jade ~e - pees ak a ess shou An f ern a f | missione ‘ 8 , y erte aime | arti ing with seeding i i 2 rstanding, or dece . Being made perfect x question in th Cee ae “s as Ceown. The! missioners shall be made known e inserted, at the saine | any eee with = ao or the Legislature during Fai the majority would certainly have ordered the | short space, he fulfilled « long time, for his eval Gud: there q egis of the Esta Pee lyr ead eajid ere “| time, the resolution moved by the Hon. Mr. Coles on this sub-| that day then from the members of his ’ Jory y fore be hastened to bring him out of the midst of iniquities.” 4 Ch. Towa D-ubating Club, from the members of which better) . canal i : ; Now, with respect to the amendment moved by Mr. |neeessary correction to be made, and no doubt a vote of cen-| The remains of the deceased were sccompanied to their lasting rest- e sht have been expected, also lent its influence to foster an |/°°* Carrying out the prayer of the petitioners, an also the 7 d ~" \ l b ing place on Thursday Inst by all the students and professors of the * — whi ree viewed with alarm by every one who jamendment moved by Mr. Mowat, recommending that the | Whelan, it will be observed veal it 16 ——s transcript from Ce an — er po fr. Coles oe er has College, together with a _— Senna erty friends and eisi- i opia e : . F yet z ' a hlist Mr. cC ify- | been ne. r of ‘ i is, t . Mueb is feit re i > a has a due regard for the continuance of the connection be-| Lieut Gov roor should be requested to intercede with the | “ on nished reports of weer ir Ca td “wv when qualify es ne oe oe 8 re we i ’ aE ae a oe sympathy aul in their sad be i tween the N. A. Colonies and the mother country. Rvss’s| p 0, riet rs to induce them to abs:ain from harsh pasenedings | ing his remark about the Lieut. Governor ‘§ Inoacurate des- a ny napdicibean ie th sa eipihs oaPr © si idadhabailiiaitiait ah innocent in hands, pee hesrt, whe bath not taken hie a Weekly, thea, as it would seem, was but the exponent of a | against their tenantry uatil the award shall be given. We | patch. In voting against the amendment, it was clearly the | fully and reckless dicogeed for the time of the country we ented tenmnaehia anaes — Got his eden aie f growing disloyal sentiment, and on that account entitled to | have sown the utter absurdity of this amendment, and have | object of the majority, who would not allow any alteration to | have ever yet seen manifested in the Assembly. little children to come unto Me, and furbid them not; for of such is the E ; i 3} ice re r ‘“ ° ° : ° : ee . i £3 : : ae an honor whch it seldom recvives—that of being noticed by | pr ved that it was intended asa mere ‘“ go-by’’ to the ques- | be made in Mr. M’Aulay’s resolution—either to throw the} The Islander promises to publish the evidence of the report- Siagtom ‘of Ged."—Coms. : raries. . |: ati len altoge » Li ; i ject. W “6 yi war: Neleese of the promise contained in my last I now | ‘in of protecting the teaantry. We shall now only record | imputation of falsehood altgether on the L igat. Governor, or | ¢TS on this ats W yee do we ee And we shail, Catholic Young Men’s Literary Institate. rooasd to adduce som: further evidence ov the subject | the division, which tock place ata lute hour on Monday night, | to make the reporter admit that he had givea a garbled and | ™oreover, publish from the columns of the Js/ander, and from

under consideration. No intellizent person, | presume, wi'! | on Mr. Coles’s resolution : — affirm that the trial and bebeading of Charles was in conso-| py, ¢he resolution in favor of the tenantry being protected nance either with the ancieut lawsof the rcalm, or the wish- es of the people of F igiand. Historians of different shades of polities and relisious views are unanimous in affirming | the negative, althoush the editor of Ross’s Weekly asserts U the contrary; and | may, therefore, dismiss this part of my| Sinclair, subject, and proceed to the enquiry, Was the beheading of | ™~ a D yle.—10. ey aly Charles justifiable ? It is not my iptenitou to excu'pate | Against the resolution and in favour of Mr. Howat's amend- Charles in defending what Ae considered the rights or pre-| ent: — rogatives of the Crown, bat which, if admitted, must be cun- | Messrs. Howatt, sidered in the preseut day as subversive of popular rights, | Holm, Owen, This acknowledgment, however, does vot prevent us trom | ae én ne offering in palliation, not iu excu!pation, of these encroach. | can Yeo y: Porn ments, his own erroneous instructions as to tho righ's of the | Longworth, McAalay, crown, the uncertainty or indefisiteness of those prero-| Laird, Haviland—I4.

ives, and Re ¥) ars 7 ee of hie patha-| When Mr. Coles’s resolution was lost Mr. Cooper moved an edn oe aad oe hohe the fullowing resolution, when the division was precisely the

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ed urge, and with much trath and force, that the pre- | Same as in the case of the preceding resolution :— eedents of furmer reins furniehed biu with a decent pretext! « Whereas, His Grace the Duke of Neweastle has said that, jor all his proceedings. To the intelligent reader it may be!‘ while assuring propriet rs that the awarl of the Commission- deemed unnecessary to refer to the reigns of Kiza‘eth and | ers ¥ il! not be enforced against proprietors who have not con-

against Law proceedings for the collectior: of av-rears of rent: Whel n,

Perry,

Cooper,

Messrs. Col: s, Kelly, Hensley, Conroy, Sutherland,

Davies,

| false report of Mr. Coles's speech. But in this the majority |the pen of Mr. W. H. Pope, specimens of the foulest abuse that was ever cast upon any Lieut. Governor, without any Iu the afternoon of Wednesday, when Mr. D. Laird, asone qualification ; and wo shall then a-k if Mr. Pope is the proper | of the Reporters, was called to the bar of the House, and Lyne to reprimand 0 hers on the impropriety of using oflen- | sharply questioned, he declared most positively that the re- |Sive language towards the Queen’s representative. In the po t published was a correct one—that Mr. Coles did use the |™cantime, we shall con ent ourselves with making two short | qualification, imputing the vrigin of the falsehood or misstate- extracts irom the speeches of Col. Gray in the Assembly, | ment to the Exeeutive Council; andgwhen he (Mr. Laird) was | wherein he accused a Lieut Governor of falsehood and misre- a‘ked whe:her he had omitted any important remarks or par- |?"/8¢”alion, without any qualification. These extracts are | ticulars in the speech of Mr. Colss, he answered promptly and importan » because Co!. Gray was one of the first to. roll up | distinctly thathe had not done so. Mr. Gordon, the second | »i8 eyes in horror «t the charge of falsehood against the pre- | Reporter, was also called to the Bar, after a good deal of Sent Governor, and because he is one of the masters of the opposition from members of the Government. On the 27th Colonial Secreta y who professes to have such a profound | February, when Col. Gray ealled the attention of the House | Tespect for the representa‘ive of Majesty, to which he was ito the remarks made by Mr. Colos on the previous evening, |§ ch a total strangor while Sir Alexinder Bannerman and Sir the latter gentleman r-peated his declaration that he did not | Dominick Daly administered the public affairs. bame the Licut. Goy.rmor but the Exeeative Council for the! In the debate on the address in answer to the Lieut. Go- fu'se eta‘ement in the despatch, Mr. McAulay’s speech vernor’s speech in 1859, Col. Gray used the following words | shews likewise, as we befure stated, that the ** Government,” | While speaking of the loss of the Loan Bill: — ‘* The loss of that Bill was attributable not to the influence

| most signally failed.

. ° ° . * . e nm 6e + om "9 wwe a MF, J for the exercise of those powers which were deemed sented to refer their elaims to arbitration (which was intend-|®94 mot the “* Governor,”' were censured. Mr. Gordon was

tyraonical when exercised by Charles. It will not be ne-

,ed to define the rights of proprietors and tenants), yet they| the reporter on that morning, and he was summoned to the

shou d bear in mind that such refusal may materially influence |bar to prove whether the published report from him corres-

eessary to examive at any great length the grounds of dif- ference between Cuoarles aud his subjects, suflize it to *@Y | support them in any futare dispute with their tenants :’ And that in levying taxes without the authority of an act of) whereas. there is no Act or bond to bind either party to abide parliament—in confining ivvolent traitors by his mere man-| by the award of the Commissionors, or any szeurity given date, be had the precedent set him by his predecessor. pat the award will be tag om operation ; ‘ "

James was never accounted a tyrant, although he invaded the And whereas, all the tenantry sould be equally protect-

: + ah . ; ; ; ither by > aw liberties of his subjects quite as much as did Charles, E.i- |ed until their rights are defined, either by the award of the

; -, | Commissioners or by law: Resolved, therefure, that proprietors gabeth has been styled the mother of Ler people, even while | 61141) c'aim no more tha one ye rs rent, as ree »mmended by history informs us that the lives of her subjects of a partica- | the Commissioners, until txe mghts of proprietors and tenants lar creed were in continual jeopardy. Nor was the S:ar-! are d fined and confirmed hy the award of the Commissioners, Chamber less active during their reigus than during that of | or by due course of law.” Ubarles. Now why is this? The auswer obviously iv, thai} The yublic can now easily draw tieir own conclusions from -.@ - ‘ ; . re, be nett aptal ° . . ° e fanaticism has not yt = Pe 1 hee tae Certain | these proceedings, and it will not be difficult for them to de- iuda, and 2B ug farics baving been perpe- : ih ‘ minds, the beb Ons ‘ Sh ieee termine who are or who are noé the friends of the tenantry ? trated by a faction who assumed a superior sanctity, eauuot | fail to fiad favor in the cyes of many cf our own day, whe | consider themselves shining lights in spiritual matters, and PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. who are always reacly to counive at any piece of injus ice or | rascality perpetrated by ostentatious “ Saiuts.” | Iw debate, in the House of Assembly, on the 26th February As ‘o the opinions of Carlyle and D’Aubigne on the be-! last, the Hon. Mr. Coles used the fullowing language while beadieg of Ubaries, they are considered by the learned and /commenting on an erroneous statement in a despatch from moderate wen of oli partics as mext to worthless, Even the Lieut Guyernor to the Colonial Office, respecting the time Macaulay does uot escape the charge of partiality and! i diletisthiticdin iiaieia ham Edited Ae ete cal ’ : ; ; an. 126 whic e La 0 0 revives oncurrence violence when impeaching the churacter of the king. ‘The/ ** Wr! ™ I ™ oo wen * bloody” parliaments of thit reiga were mere reprehensible, | vf the Legislature—His Excellency having written, Gn the 30th aod hal wore inffaeuce in bringing about the evils and dis-{ uf April, that his B 1 had passed, when the public records orders fac wich that perio l ia ! atiuga‘shed, than th: a-'s of ' show that it had neither received tho assent of the Legislative : E arlioamen'e ae al Sais . aso ‘i . the kimg. Tu Leet, (he parliamen's were the disgrace of the ; Couneil at that time, nor, of course, could it have been sub- watiog, aud wm gat b: styled what Lor 1 Dewan styled ivial | mitted for Lis Zxtellency‘sapproval, who is, in hi- by jury ia Ireland at a certam trial —* 2a aiockery,! snare.” £ ial and exeeus i S.aff ord a deldsive, aud ee a ! i 3 ce - eee oe sk <0 ane Mecettibey*s Des; itels of the 30th April states that the Act had aud Laud tfford an apt tsustratico o w tiuth. « ia Feat! passed throug both Mi-ases. whereas it appears fre: the Jeurnals of th ot Safford, B. tug the most able and levoted ch at) O28 ut ihe | Legislaties Couneil that it c'd net pass tiat Body until the full Wing eruwt, Was the first v.ctiu stta tiled out for vew ye iawn lined Widlaned mal atfat Girddaid ine ott ¢ : tht I 4.12 newt, Wiese Vi —— g Cter eu J los wrt idding, and therefure consi ler Uthe billas good as passed. I be pe Law morii tue cont. mpl of posterity. by suime if may bet red tru-t that these new membets of the Council wili see that an una argued that the Puciiameni was actuated by wotives of) warrantalle reliance has been placea pon their ane and announee "a . . : ; lew. Sir, f ean say that this Despatch, cv in- justice in demanding that he, as the yacaiert cen of popu- Mua: Sir, Senate nap tat Une Ciergatelh, cotsin

. : ing such a efatement, was the reasun tha. iis Grace the Duke of Now. jar liberty, be broughs to trial. Let us hear what Hua |

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# separate and distinct branch of the L-gisiature :—

scauee by! day, the dzst of M aye I -upp se the verawent depended onthe party ef new Conrcillots then lately brought in frum the country to do their

| their indep: udence

the conduct of Her Majesty's Government, if calicd upon to ponded with his original noes. He was nut 2'lowed to testi- |

yw” person, |

|fy, from memory, as to the correctness of the published | report, and was compelled to read from his phonographie notes, which he read with remarhable facility on the spar of the moment, and which most conclusively established the correctness of the published report from his pen, covering /with shame and confusion the party who voted for Mr. Mc- /Aulay’s resulution, by which it was attempted to be shown | that a faithful rej ort of the debate had not been printed. So signal was the defeat of the majority that they readily agreed | to an adjournment of the House, (moved by one of the minor- ity), a8 soon as the examination of the Reporters was brought | to a close. On the next day, Thurslay, the majority were somewhat ' startled by receiving through the Speaker a letter from each ,of the Reporters, declining tu do any further service for the | House, as their veracity was impeached by the examination jof the previous evening, and because one member (Mr. Me- Aulay), who originated the whole proceedings, had declared ,tnat ‘their reports were incorrect ali th:ough.’? As these | mony ty the correctness of the published reports, while they j bear Mr. Ccles out in the position be wssumed from the first in this matter, we readily give iasertion to them here :— (cory.) Tavxspay, April 4, 1861. | ‘Lu the Hun the Speaker of the House of Assemb'y.

letters are highly important, and must be accepted as testi-

S1n,—Maving this meruius carefully eousidered tae proceedings of the ifun. the House of Assembly yesterday, iu reference to ¢ lling the Kicporters tu the Bar of the louse, t» answer for the correctness of their reports of tue 26th and 27th. f February last, in the course of whieh proceedings it was publicly stated by an lion Member that the report

| Was ineurrect ail through, w saivmeat net yet uaretracted, and as ] | was, On the aiternvon vf yesterday, summoned w the Bar of the Louse, and said to be put on my trial, [ ave tv inform the Hon. the House throush you, that [ have uo desire any longer to cecupy a position woere my veracity may be impusned publicly, withous having the privilege

or action of the propri-tors, bul solely to the falsehoods and masrepresentations contained in the Despatch which was sen: from here.’’—Parliamentary Reporter, 22.

In the course of ihe sume debate, on the following day, Col. Gray repeated th’s offensive language as follows :—

*« T stated, Sir, t at the Bill guaranteeing the Loan had been abandoned by the Imperial Purliament, in consequence of the falsehoods and misrepresentations contained in the de- spatches on the subject of the financial condition of the Colony.”’ —Parliamentary Reporter, p. 12.

Now, Col. Gray was well aware thet Sir D. Daly wrote the despatches which he referred to, and the charge of ‘‘ fa'se-

| hood’’ and ** misrepresentati n’’ was, therefore, intended ex- | clusively for his Excellency, for there was no qualification

| attached to the words, eoupling the Executive with the trans- | action. And this, forsooth, is the Leader of the party who becomes so horrified when an offensive word is spoken against ithe Lieut. Governor! Are they not

| ** All, all honourable men?”

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BILL.

| bidided | urs Bill was the subject of discussion in the Upper | House on Thursday last, aud a majority of their Honors very jcomplacently voted for the onoxious principle contained in ithe first clause of it—that is, declaring their own existence at an end as soon as it becomes law. The new Councillor also voted f r the measure. Indeed, we have no doubt he | was brought there expressly to vote in that way; so that if ‘the Bill receives the royal allowance he will have just about | time enough to warm his seat before bidting good bye to it ‘forever. With a lofty coutempt for suall incomes, which is g-nerally held to be one of the marks of a plebeian origin, (a majority of “their Honors” also voted to inorease the pra- |perty Qualification of candidates ‘or the Legislative Council from five hundred to one thousand pounds. There can be jno doubt that the object of this high qualifieation is to enable ‘the large landed proprietors to obtain a majority of seats in the Council ; but we can scarcely think that the majority of

On Thursday evening next, 11th instant, Mr. Peter Me- Intyre, student at St. Dunstan's College, will deliver a lecture ° before this Institute. Subject—* History.”

Aprii 8. K. REILLY, Seo'y.

Souris Institute.

Ar the meeting of the Souris Institute, held on the 23d of Feb , the f-Howing gentlemen were almost unanimously chosen as office bearers for the ensuing year, viz:—Hon D. Brenan, Patron; Mr. Neil Me- Donald, President; Mr. Edward Kickham, Vice President; Mr. James McDonald, Treasurer; Mr. Philip Leslie, Secretary.

A Lectu e on the lite and present crisis in Italy was delivered by Alex. Leslie, jun. The lecture was remarkably free from sectarian pre- judice, and quite original, was listened to with great attention, aud elicited a lively discussion. a | This Institute seems to be thriving, and the member ere the liberal supply of newspaners generously seutithea by the Chariotte- ¢ wo Debating Club es @ gre.t boon.—Com. :

Alarried,

On the 27th ult., by the Rev. Robert Laird, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. James M. McNutt, Princetown Royalty, to Catherine O., daughter of Alexander Stewart, Esq., Indian River.

Died,

in this City, on the 7th alt., after & short illness, Eliza Annie, only

ao ot Captain Samuel and Match, aged 4 months aad ys.

At Charlottetown, of Diptheria, on the 8rd inst., Arthur Wellington, second son of Mr. Wellington Nelson, aged 7 years and 14 days.

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jeastl thought the Royal assent should be w‘bbeld for the preseut from | uf w public reply, and of beiag subjected to trying ordeals in reference | he [louse of Assembly will agree to this alteration in the in GEORGETOWN, on THURSDAY, the 18th of April , , ,

sys, vol. v¥. P p- 15-4: * dimm dine tly after 3S eff wd i the Lill; but there is nm» telling what may ha, been*ibe result. Ile is | ty other men’s unguarded statements I feel calied upon to siate that |

was sequstered irva parl.a.ncat, aud evogaed in tie Tower. | « Cuwmittee of thirrcen was choseu by the lower house, waa | intrusted -weth the office uf prepariag a charge agsiusi him “Phd=e, joiued to a suiall commitiee ef lords, were vested with

. . . ha, authority to eXamive all witues-es, to cull for any paver, |

and to uw ¢ any meaus of scrutiny, with reyard tu any part ol | the Earl's bebaviour aud condyet. After sv general and un- } bounded an inqt'sitiou, exercise] by such powe:ful aud im-! placable enemies, a wan must have been very cautious or! very imgocent, bot 10 afford duriug the whole course of his! life -ome matter of accusation against him. |

“This committee, by direction from both houses. took an. oath of secrecy; a practice very unusual, and whieh gave |

them the appearance of conspirators, more than ministers of |

justice. But the intention of this strictness was, to render |

well awsre of the encertainty of ie sistative activ... re ow what may bappen ina day. A nation may ve ruinelin a day. | Sach a coarse as thst Her Majesty's Representative ‘boul! pena false-

t heed to the Col niat Office is dishenoralte to one holdin - his Ligh p sition. |

But the Lieut. Governor is not so much to be blawed o, ‘tell rezpousible the statement in the Despatch ag tie members of the Government, ! or those from whom he rece vod the information, for it cann. * be expect- ed that His Exeeleney enn bs otherwise acquzinted ov any ptiticular evening with the proccediugs of the Legislature during that oa. y than | from the members of Lis Cuancil.”

Va the following day, 27th February, Col. Gray attempted | to read Mr. Cules a lecture on the impropriety of his conduct | in imputing to the Lieut. Governor a false statement Mr. Coles denied, most emphatically, having charged the Lieut. Governor with the axthorship of the falsehood. He stated, | as on the former day, in nearly the same language, that he |

present Session, in whieh there ure so many personal attacks, every word of which is important in ue view of sume hon. members; and as I have but aitained that proficiency in the phonugtaphis art as to claim

|to be w verbatim reporter, prtticulariy when ben. mewbers speak at

the rate vf 150 words per minute, rod as I cannot teli how svon, if I continue reporting, f may again be calied upon iv answer fur an omission in some hov. members speech, I bez to teader my resignation as Ke- porter of the House for the present Sessivn. Yours, very respectfully,

(Signed.) Davin Larry. (copy ) To the Hon. the Speaker of the House of A: sembly.

lion. Sin,—I wish to make a remark in reference to a speech delivered by the ifou. Mr. MeAulay, which to-day I read from my original notes.

As this spec¢h stands in the Parliamentary Reporter the word “ Govern- |

ment” occurs in the first sentence, but to-day I believe I read ** Gover- nor.” Tuis discrepancy originated in the follow ng circumstance. [na

it more difficult fur the Kar! to e ude their search. or to pre- | held the Council, and not His Exceliency, responsible for the + 4 ~ ~Ge , ;

pare for hia justification. /untruthfui statement in the despatch above referred to—adding

“ Aa accusation eurried on by the united effort of three theso very important words :—‘ How did His Excellency know

kingdoms against one man, unprotected by power, unassisied | by counsel, diecoantenanced by authority, was likely to prove | & Very wuequal contest ; yet such were the capacity, cerius and | presence of wind, displayed by this mogoanimous statesman, | that, while argument, and reason, and law had any place, be | obtained an undisputed victory, and he perished at last, | overwhelmed, and still unsubdued, by the opea violence of his ficree aud unrelenting enemies.” ROYALIST. To be continued.

For rue Examiner.

WILLIE POPE.

Air—Jvhnny Cope. Pope sent a iessage to his Grace Who fills the great Colonial Place, Prrying him to leave the tenant's case

Tou local arbitration. Then hey, Willie Pope, &c.

But lest the savans should arbitrate

In a way that might displease the Great

Who guide l’rince Edward’s Craft of state, ile would tide their investigation.

When he fuund some landlords would not submit To Lave thou: sages in judgment sit, On the right or wrong of cach title writ,

fle sent home the application.

it’? (the Land Commissicn Bill), ‘* had passed unless told so? His Excellency could have no idea it had passed un'ess he had been so informed by one of his Councillors. for he is a gentle- man of too high standing to pen a falschood in reference to this maiter.”’

The Ifon. Mr. MeAulay, a supporter of the Government, | admitted shortly after Mr, Coles made the above remark, that |

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his (Mr. Coles’s) accusation of falsehood was against tar Go- | vernuent. The hon. and gallant Col. then seemed to pull in his horns, and, in plain words, the subject was dropped in the House. But it was revived in the Islander a few days afterwards. The editor of that paper, evidently jealous of Mr. Colcs’s in- | fluence, and desirous, no doubt, of creating a breach between | him and the Lieut. Governor, stated’that Mr. Coles charged iis Exceliency with ‘‘lying and falschood,’’ (although tue first word was never used by Mr. C..) and suppressed the main | fact that the Council were held responsible for the imputation. When this falee account of the affair appeared in the /slander, | Mr. Coles addressed a note to the Reporter, Mr. D. Laird, | requesting to be furnished with a correct report of what he | did say on the evening of the 26th February. This was given by Mr. Laird, and corresponded exactly with the ext act above

| Phonography, shortly after tue¢y were delivered, and from these I tran- | scribed what appears in the aepo,ter—on carefully looking over my

| MeAulay used. If read * Gentleman”’ a /!ttle further on in the speech, | instead of * Gentlomen,”’ it was because the wor-ls are also written alike,

Phonography the icgographs for the words Governor and Guvernment are alike, and not being quite collected at the time, I suppose I read the one werd for the otuer. Oa looking carefully over my original notes

since—I say original noivs, fur I copied off the speeches delivered on the |

forenoon of Wednesday, February 27th, in the corresponding style of original notes, then, I find that (ov tmment is the word which Mr.

the only distinction icing in their position—vide the Phonographic Manual, page 8), and ihe Phonographic Maguzt.¢ under the letter G.— The word in the origina! notes is in the plural, and yeads Gentlemen.

It the House be pleased to receive this explanation, J merely request the privilege of having it mentioned, or the proper wora or words—if there are two—ivserted. I may say, too, that I think any guort-haud writer would say that it was unfair that I should have been called ppon to read ad prompty from my original notes speeches delivered 5 or 6 | weeks ago, especially when all the speaking ou Wednesday morning of February 27th was not very deliberate.

T must now state, Hon Sir, thut I am ready and willing to resign my situation as one of the Keporters to your Ion. House, at any moment, |

| for it is contrary to wy principies to serve any man or body of men after | °

my fidelity is douvted, and much more so when it ig publicly impeached. If I have forfeited the confidence of your Hun. House, of course I will not be expected tv appear any more at the Reporter's Desk—at least not until an explawation be given. I remain, Hon. Sir, Your humble obd’t serv ’t (Signed ) J. D. Gorpox. Wednesday evening, April 3rd, 1861, I have carefully examined Mr, Gordon’s original phonographie notes | of the speech reterred to in the foreguing letter, aud can certify to the truth of his statement with respect ty tue words “ Government” and | “ Gentlemen.”’ / (Signed ) Davin Lainp. |

! A good deal of discussion ensued on the reading of the |

quoted. It was then clear that the Islander misrepresented | letters. The majority felt that they had got into an awkward the whole matter. It was to be expected thst a paltry sub- | predicament. Here were two reporters of their own c'ioice, ject like this would now be forgotten ; but it seemed to rankle whose — of honour had been outraged by the folly and in- | in the breasts of the Government; or Ilis Excellency may have | discretion of the majority, and who seemed determined to | been desirous of ascertaining whether the Clerk of his Council | eres with barbarie hands — Sapusertes stequonse-by or the Reporter to the Assembly had put a false construction which some members of that majority hoped to amuse, in- on his words. Whatever may have been the motive, we know stract and astonish the world. The Hon. Mr. Longworth,

But with it he seat some letters too,

From some of the fell despotie crew,

Praying his (irace to have nought to do With men of so mean a station.

** Por we who are owners of this soil Ought to keep hold of the reins aud epuil, ' Among these knavish sons of toil

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party is unquestionable.

Although we are, and have always been, opposed to an ‘elective Council Bill on principle, we shall aot be sorry if (the present measure becomes law. It will be a great disap- pointwent and discouragement to the party in power if it should not miscarry like the Land Commission Bill, for they know as well as we do that only a very, very small propor- tion of the present majority of the Council would be able to come back to their seats under the provisions of the new law. We suppose, however, that should the thing ever leave this Colony, secret agencies will be set to work to strangle the | eoctanete bantling in some dark chamber in Downing Street.

A RE3IGNATION AND AN APPOINTMENT.

On Wednesday last the Hon. John Goff announeed in his place, in the Legislative Coungeil, that he had resigned his seat therein. Tie hon. gentleman gave no reason publicly for this act, but it is generally believed that he was opposed to the Elective Council Bill, and that being a Goverament measure he considered it better to resign his seat than vote against it. If this be the case, and if Mr. Goff has acted wisely in resigning his seat, why then every member appointed by the present Government is bound to support the measures of the Administration or resign his seat. The public will draw their own conclusions from these facts as to the amount of independence enjoyed by the majority of the Council under the present regime.

Oa Thursday Charles Haszard, Esqr., of Belle Vue, was sworn ia a member of the Legislative Council in the place f Mr. Gof. Mr. Marzard is a near relation of the Pre- mier, and aconnev:ion Of several other members of the Go- vernment. [le was, besides, pot many years ago, a candidate for legislative honours in the Assembly, but was rejected. [he party now in office used to denounce it as a high crime fur the Liberals to appoint a genticman to the Legislative

| Couneil afcer failing to get a seat in the Assembly. But

times are wonderfully changed with the present dominant party in more ways than one.

Ovr attention has been called to a paragraph in the last Monitor, headed, ‘‘ Her Excellency, Lady Bannerman,”’ in which her ladyship is charged with meddling in the politics of her husband, the Governor of Newfoundland, and ‘alluring him from the influence of his constitutional advisers.”’ It is not our purpose to ask whether there is or is not the slightest foundation for the charge, but to reprobate, as we do most strongly, the sneering and insolent terms in which her lady- ship is alluded to. Lady Bannerman was known in this com-

Who sent the application.”

House to drop some important business then under its con- sideration, in order to determine whether the Reporter had

Then wrote |\is Grace unto Dandas, ae knows as well as any a-—— hat measures should and should not pass

that the Lion. Mr. McAulay, on Wednesday last, asked the |

fecling, perhaps, that he was the only man capable of extri- cating hs party from the difficulty, proposed the following resolution :—

munity as one of the most amiable and estimable ladies that ever graced the courtesies and dispensed the hospitalities of Government House. The recollection of her sojourn here is,

Resolved, That in calling Messrs. David Laird and J. D. Gordon to | “2erefore, fondly cherished by persons of every elass who had

Jn no matter d) we | { aw luath to transcribe any moe of my votes of the debates of the Bill, notwithstanding that cheir leaning to the proprietary | instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, the following GOUDS,

to close consignments :

10 Chests and half chestsTEA, 40 Bbls. FLOUR, best brand, 10 Sides SOLE LEATHER, 20 Bags MEAL, fresb, Boxes Soap and Candles, 5 Kegs and Boxes Tobaccg, 20 do. assorted Lozenges, 1 Doz. Steel Hoes, 10 do. do. Candies, 2 do, Potato Hoes, 6 Doz. Hay Rakes, 3 do. Brooms, 2 do. Hay Forks, 25 Bsgs Butter Salt, 2 do. Seythe Sneathe, 10 Backs . do., 20 Boxes Cigars, a good article, 1 Plough, 1 Caso of assorted DRY GOODS. Teums—All sume under £5, cash; over £5, three monthe credit, on approved joint notes of hand. W. SANDERSON, Auctioneer & Broker. Georgetown, April 8, 1861. 2in. "Renders. ENDERS will be received for the finishing of a Chureh on the St Peter's Road, Lot 34, until Saturday, the 4th of May next, at 2 o'clock, pm, either separately or together, (for Plastering or Carpenter work), accurding to a plan and specification to be seen at James Purdie's, Esq. By A of ae ane A ANDER ROBERTSON, Chairman. St Peter's Road, April 8, 1861. Isl