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auy due consideration of the burdens or revard for the people, the dea of creating a Pension List. He had always fully ap- precited the wiegom of making Judges independent, both with respect to the Crown aud the People; and he waa, ther: fore, then, as he had previously been, fully disposed to consent to the most }iveral consideration of the Chief Justice mn envy fautere Civil List; and aware of tha general feeling with regard to the clauns of that fuuctionary, ie was satts- fied that no serious difficulty could arise | In connection with a Jegislative consider- ation of them. Wath respect to other claims wich might be preferred, it was sufficient fur him then to say, that when brought forward, he would readily jom in mying them that fall consideration which he expected they would receive from the ffouse. {fe would not prejudye the can- with ns that might be aneaed to the profi ered concession; but he might be allow- ed to avow his de ermination to resist zny thing approaching to arbitrary Coer- cient witheut either saying how far he would, or how far he would not go. He would have been glad, ifa reference to the past could hive been avoided in a consideration of the question before the Committee: and he should be very sorry »adeed, should any inisconstruction of his wards give offence where none Was of eould be intended; but the faet was, he believed, that His Excellency had none to thank fur the allusious and statements relative to the past, which had just been trade, but his advisers who had counseil- ed him to abstain, in his Speech, from all stich topics as could nut fail wo call forth sisagreeable explanations, or at least to reatrict iis coustitutional adviser, the So'. General, from puttting the most itiberal constraction on thein.

Mr. Monreomery charged the hon- eravle meaber who had fast spoken, (Mr. Pope) with having, im ap ungentley manly manner, censured and condeinned the conduct of two. private gentiemen who were not. here to answer for theim- selves. Than one of those gentlemen (Mc. M’Lean), he said no ene in the Co- iony had been more, or ‘more unjustly, slandered. ‘Thathe was not, and fever had been_a rebe!, no one knew better than the hon. member who had just ac eused fii of baving been 39. [Mr. Pope, interrupting the bon. member said, he had not said he was arevel, but that be had found it necessary to exculjmite him- calf fiom the fear of being one} Mr. Montgomery continued. lie had seen a document signed by the mayor of Mon- treal,and pearly ail the mesubers of the Government then existing, as well as by others of uniupeachable character and un questionable respectability, fully exouers- wog Mr. M’Leau frow ail share in the Canadian redellion ; and that dogunent wag transcaied tothe Cylonial Minister of the day. Wuh respect to the prase- eution which had been jnstituled aygatast saat gentieman some years ago; and on pecount of which the bon. tnem der from Kedeque lad peesiued to style him a vediticus diveller; be should Lke the hon. wember bunself to state without reserve ihe knew concerning the cause and origin of that prosecntion; and then he (Mr. Mentgomery ) imagined it: would ylaiy avpear, tat all which could be proved agatust that yentleman was, that he had uaaded ia for pubdneation to the proprietor of a public newspaper, the copy of a lLesulation which had been sgrecd to ut a publie meeting, and that the hon. member fron Bedeque, then a member of tne Goverament, liad bad the chief band in dirrecting that prosecution ue wait as in all those acts of tue Govern. ment atthat time, which he hid now go ungparnahy egudersned; aud with reter-

anceto those acts he would just tike}

leave toask bim if be had not, as a mem- ber of that Government, advised the send- ng of the troops to the Eust Point, (Mr. Pepe frow bis Chair replied thatle bad praiotained tie propriety of tat step, and would always be found ready to defend

it.] Me. Montgomery then concluded by

again ptrougiy ceusuring the course pur- sued by te ion. member ( Mr. Pope}, by referring ty his speech, to quesiens and Aybiec s of altercatioa which had arisen ut of doors, between him and geutie- gen whe were net mewtem of the Ags-

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sembly: and asking him why he had not replied to iheiz accusauions through the Press,

Mr. Pore replied, that he had not

chosen to answer his assailants through

[the Press, because one of the Journals } was in the payoftie Government, and the other i) the pay ofa party, whose sole object was to libel the majoity of the IIouse. But with respect to his asaai}- aunts and aspersers generally, ie would say, that not one of them could boast of having enjoyed the confidence of the peo- ple to the same extent that he had done for 21 vears past; that confibence he had always, as a public man, sindied to de- serve ; and, a8 such, it would still be his aim to act so as to inerit its continuance. When the public became tired of his services, they would, no doubt, tell him so; and ke would then, es it would become him do, bow to their decision and retire, Meanshile he would peree- vere in the course which he deemed the best for the furtherance of the public interests, satisfied —so far was there from being any reaction on the part of the peo- ple adverse co that cause—that the num- bera now in favour of Responsible Government, compared with their amount a short time ago, were as ten to one,

Mr. Monreomerr declared it to be his epinion, that if the Assembly shonid again break up without voting the supplies or passing e Revenue Act,and properly ac- quitting themselves of the other duties. for the performance of which they were assembled, the majority would’ find the reaction, far and wide, to be much too strong for their ability to subdue.

that the hon. member{ Mr. Montgomery } should have voted and acted wii dir, Pope, during the Sessions "47, 43, and 40, and that he wever told the flouse aduut any of hisbad actions durog taat tine. But Mr. Pope had lefi the ‘Vores, aad that was the greatest political sin be had been suilty of in the eyes of vir. Mont- gomey. in those days of Mr (.’s crueity the hon. member for Prince Town was en escheator: bat he liad Jim Croiecd avout, and so bad Me. Pope, tle who Lived in a wlase house, should nui throw staues. So much for Mr. Montgomery’s consistency. What did the worthies of the odsiructive party promulgate the moment iia excel- lency reached our shores? lierme by telegrapaic despatch to Flinty Glen, tha: Responsible Government was to be cou- ceded to the public. Bui ep what eoudi- tions 2? Why, the majority had sold the people for the sake of getting lito fice, the hungry creatures! Ol.yes.the compact wept over the down-troddea tenauiry. No more, said they, wonld the voice of Hscheat be heard! No! offices the Snatch- ers have zoty and that was aii they. w4ni- ed. That was the croaking they kept up. Hut Mr. Yeo had Jet the cat out of Uic bag. The people were not so very fool. ish as they were thought to be, {t was very clear that Mr. Yeo fad not yet entered mto a contract with (ie miajorily to let his land yo scot-free. No; neither had any of the majority ever beea a pasty to such) a contract, For his own part, at least, he never had. The hoa, Donaid M’ Donald was quite a neighvonr of his,

aud that gentleman wonld mot ey that

ing him in. his (Mr. Mooney’s}) favour, He {Mr Mooney )would éo no such thing:

such treachery. .He was prepared to carry Responsible Governimen}, so fur as it depended on bis yote,at any risk that would not tench on his and what made him think so mich of Responsible Government, Was that ro- prieiors Were so much againet it; that, he thought, was a good rule to be guided ov. Ufo would support the amendment proposed by bis hon. Tieng, Ms. Culex.

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Sregu aso Gas witeout Ceat.—Itis scarcely thirty years since a committee ifthe Hoase of Communs doused the possivilily of travelling at the rare evenut fifteen miles ao hour. Winsor, loo, wae laughed at whea ke proposed to ligh street latnos with coal was; Dr. Lardner endeavoured to prove the hnopossiltity Ff geim chip

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his ideas of the electric telegraph: tail things have been brought into successful operation. One or two of the principal railway companics have Sately entered into an arrangement with Mr, Shepher I, who has patented an invention for the de- composition of water, and negotiations are pending with some steamboat and gas companies for the application of this pa tent to propel steamboats, lecomotiver, and other engines, by which the cost ot working machinery and generating gas 18 likely to be greatly reduced, At the coming Exhibition we hope to have an opportunity of testing the merits of this wonderful invention.

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Monday, April 28, 1831.

FORMATION OF A NEW GOVY- ERNMENT, Ox Wednesday last the system of Res- ponsib'e Government became part of the law of the land. On that day his Fxcel- lency the Lieutenant Governor, accompa- tied by the Hon. Mr. Haviland, Colonial Secretary, repaired to the Coune:l Cham- ber, and assented, in the Queen’s name, toa very eonsiderable number of Bills, the latter of whieh waa a Civil List Bili, providing the retiring allowances for the Attorney General and Colonial Secretary, and fixing the salaries of their successors, and those of other officers under the Go- Outhe Speuker of the As- sembly reporting to the House his Excel-

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leney’s assent to this Bill, which may well be styled the charter of our liberties —Mr. Coles moved for aw adjourninent, and this being carried, the same gentle. | rnan proposed ~whilst the Speaker was stillin the Chair—three cheers for the} triamph of the popular cagse, which were | given with the greatest enthusiasm. After a growl of disapprobation from one of the minority, the fouse dispersed, Early in the evening, Mr. Coles’s residence and business establishment were splendidly iliuminated ; anda pretty general illumi- nation touk place ata later hone, theeventug a Band of Music paraded the streets, playing in front of the various

during

liouses devoted to the popular canse, On the following day his Excellency jor Mr. Coles,

joader of the Afajpority, and. in-

the juigut. Governor s as the Administration

sirncted him to form en

that would possess the confidence of the Assembiy. Whe ligase adjourned very early that dav; by request of Mr. Coles, and the Majority inet in conference in

P| 2 - © ° ihe Legisiative Library. de the evening,

men were presented to his Excellency in!

the Council Chambez, as being the choice

sworn in, by his Honor the Chief Justice, memvers of Her Majesty’s Executive Council of this Island .—

George Cites,

Charles Young,

Willan Swabeg,

James \Warburtoo,

Woiiham W. Lord

John Jardine,

Pdward Whelan,

inmedistely after Charles DosBrisny, Esc, was sword inas Cierk to tue Executive and Legslative Councils.

On the following morning, ata meeting of the Board, Josech Pope, Esquire, was

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were severally 8worn in to administer the duties of the Offices set opposite to their Names --—

Non. Charles Young, Attorney General, Hon. James Warburton, Colonial Seere. . tary, Hon. William Swabey, Registrar and Keeper of Plans, The Offices of Treasurer and Colleetor

of Excise for Charlottetown are still held

understand, in a short time by geatiomes from the Ifouse of Assemb!ir.

The Legiwiature, i is thought, wil rise in about eight or ten days from this, Within the past three or four daya the public business has progressed with sste- nishing rapidity. The House of Aesem-

become luw. The duty on Molasses has been reduced to 14 per galion, being only

half it was Jost vear.

{7 Correspondents must excnae esr declining to publish their favours in the present crowded stete of our columns, unless when their communications refer to greatand immediate interests.

NOVA SCOTIA.

The Legislature of this Province was prorogued by Sir John Harvey on the 7th instant. His [Excellency in his speeele complinents the Legislature for the mapy useful measures passed during tho lave session,

The lion. Mr. [lowe arrived in Halifex in the steamship “ America” on Wednes- day morning, the 16th instant. The friends of the Hien, Delegate received him onthe wharf,and amidst great chee

light (it being very dark) to his ows residence. Tuere is no Jonger any dowdt as to the compiete success of his Railsead. Mission.

PEATH OF THE HON. LADY HAR- VEY.

It is with nufeigned sorrow that we hove to annonnee the demise of the am'- alle consort of our venerable and esteemed juientenant Governor. This sad evest

this City, on ‘Thursday evening fest From the Peerage we Jearna that the Honershle Blizabeth Lady [Harvey wae

Lake, a General in the Army, Colonel im Chief of the GOth (Rova! Rifles) Reg: ment,end Governor of Plymouth He was advanced 13th Seprember, (804, te he Dionity of Baron Lake of Delhi, Las- wary aad Ashton Clinten, Co. Buelsa, for the intrépidity, eminent jadgment, ead active spirit displayed by him when com- manding the British army during the Mahratta war, The subject of the pre- sent notice was married IGth Jiine, 1806, to our present Lieutenant Governor, at that time a Maior jo the army, and attecb- ed to the Siai? of Lord Lake, in whien capacity he served with distinction thronghout the entire war. Sinee her marrage, Lady Harvey bas accomp> nied her husband in all his varied and cistin- guished servicea, in alinost every quar- ter of the glabe. Wrirh the single excep- tion of Canada, Lady Harvey hag grece- fally dispensed the hospitslities of every Goverument Honce in the British North

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by the gentlemen appomted under he ate Government—but will be filled, we

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