riaszarurs GAZETTE. MAY 3.

this Board who were placed there under that

4. Where then are the

own, and the Journslsn in asssr '

, and your

is Honor sites, that iers in this House I fear in number, and his Honor cannot understand that this is a majority- Now your_I:lonors, I an read to members, if desired by our bahly, with his Honors usual dexterity, he c_all seven out of twelve not a ma’ rit ; in t o rt of his reply to what fell from me, there _were any parties outside these walls entertaining “insidious ‘(loci never heard of them ; and et before his speech, his onor di- named one gentleman -‘mm

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laforesaid, to be submitted to the Legislature, at Its next Session.

the mid and Go!‘ Mr. Fu He thought

09 not the Court of of the rious, that those who were so unfortunate a rice to t involved therein, could, with grea

dilliculty, extricate themselves therefrom. .\luch attention had been devoted to the subject in 1847-8; but there was much room for improve- ment yet, and he hoped the time would soon ooine, when they would hear no more of John Roe and Richard Doe.

Mr‘. H. HAVILAND admitted that there was ‘still great rooiu for reform in the practice 0 the Courts. He could not see wh a suitor

the proceedings in

_ _r yet seen, a Mr. Mcheau as ilty of" insidious designs.” So much for

His Honor the Pampas-r.—I understood "

-‘- -“-‘ be told by the Judges of the Supreme Court: “True, you have a rcmedy;but you are in the wrong Court;”and he thought it

the proceedings and practice of the Supreme'. Court of Judicature ; and also, if they should! see fit, to prepare a Bill or Bills for the_purpuso‘

Committee to wait on His Excellency with} Address : Messrs. H. Haviland, Clark,‘

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was contrary to common sense, that such

llonor to mean, that they were persons in op- resent Government, and I cbcan, as being opposed to

es.

r. I:loll.—His Honor the Presi- dent has asserted that the Islander newspaper is the organ of the Government, but I think it

not didicult to prove the contrar b a simple fee t 0 dis ‘

' ' be the case. In the United States and in England, this matter had en ged and was still engn 'ng the attention of some of the greatest re ormers of the a .

Mr. Dsvirs thought the principal objection that could be alleged against the Court of Chancery, was, the great expense attending suits therein. If the hon. member for George- Itown (Mr. I-laviland), would brin in a Bill to

Government was to confine the Royal (aiasette, the authorised vehicle for conveying all Govern- ment notices to the Public, to its legitimate; obyect. Conscious of the evil sfibcts experienced _ . by the late Government in allowing the colums of the late Royal Gazette. to filled with party politics and other esent Government came to the conclusion, that it would be more r to cilicial notices neral information as mi ht suit H181 views of al parties, and to public _ ible, so as to bring it within the reach c every olhcer of the s carefiilly avoiding all offensive matter.

Government therefore, cannot be answerable for any thing that may appear in any of the public Journals, having no oflicial control over

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em. After some further desultory conversation. ' I think that if there is any one culpable it is His lency the Lieutenant Governor. the President has thought proper, to accuse Mr. Duncan McLean of endeavourin s into the Co ony, but. ray might with equal tch of that _ lony in the year 1849, his Lordship strongly recommended separation of legislative and oficial duties. then, or Mr. Duncan McLen.n,. be accused of insidious designs? That gentle-- ' ' to his Honor the President). ought to reco ect that Mr. McLean defended. him when, his (his Honor the President's) resident, ‘ me

The hon. ' to intro-

“I did not want him to defend me.”) of your Honors made _an allusion to me, with.e been taken into the Government, but Sir, sue a remark, (the hon. gentleman again looking at his Honor the Pre- on your hat dc _ .—Lawyer or Attorne . air.

Honor. And your Honor cerhgi?

r ure from the Presidential on have done that which: £‘l’0°0ld'lng- Your totransfer the businesss of the Court of Chan- Iionor sent a letter to Mr. chin of Halifax. (His Honor the President then moved that his Honor Mr. McDonald's words should be taken The standing order was then moved. and strangers had to withdraw.)

A few minutes after our returning to the Council Chamber the House resumed, and the hon. the Chairman (Mr. Birnie the Committee recommended, be presented to His Excellency the Lieut. Gover- nor—And on motion that the report of the

reported that at an Address

BIIIIABY. House or Assaiisir, Tussnsr, April 27.

iuirniu siovingforleavc toprescnt Lieutenant g that His Excellency will

p to appoint a Commission of suitable rsonsto inquire into the practice a

to the Supreme Court, remarked that it must be admitted by that portion of the public 13 acquainted with the Court of _ry, as well as by members of the legal

fessiou, that in consequence of the enormouie t

ble to abandon

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those charges, he would, oubtless, do (I. But instead of transferring the business of the Court of Chancery to the Supreme Court, he then ht, a suitor was more likely to obtain -justice t ere than in any other court. Court of Chancery, all cases were decided on

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gamer and Maceachen; Messrs. Yeo, . an

RIVINUI.

The Bill for raisin a Revenue was seated. to the House by Mr. . ontgomery an read the first time. Second reading to morrow.

The House adjourned. - Faimv, April 28.

_ , _ The hon. the ATTUKNIY Gmassn. immediately‘ 3‘ '°°°“d°d Ml“ H‘",l"“d ' m°"°"- after the reading of the Journal, this morning, °‘“' C°“"‘ moved the adoption of the following Resolu- too greatly amplified. As for._fi,,,,;_

_Chxincery, it was entirely out‘ reach of common men; and it was noto-lgm before mi. Home‘ for um“-ii‘, °ipendence of Members of the Legis ature was I pro of t

“ Whereas an amendment to the Title of the the Inde-

sed by William Clark, Esquire, a moinber is Second Electoral District of Prince Coun- ty, and who holds the ollicee of Collector of Ini- Controller of Navigation laws for

st an Richmond Buy—-which amendment is vexatious derogates from the dignity‘ ceedings of this House s ould be conducted; Resolved, Therefore. That the said amendment be expugned from the Journals of this House.”

with which the pro-

The ws : Yeas — Hons. Messrs. Attorney General, Haviland, Colonial Secretary, Macaula , Mont- avi-

House divided on the question as fol-

d, off. Beer, Maclecd, Frnser—l2. Nays—Hons. Messrs. Lord, and Warburton; Messrs. Mooney, and Ds.vies—4.

REVENUE BILL.

The Bill for raising a Revenue was then read I’ a second time, committed to a Committee 0ft 0 whole House—Mr. H. Haviland in the Chair.

Reported agreed to with amendments. To be

engrosse .

Usunr LAWS. A Message was received from the Council,

intimating that their Honors had passed the Bill to repeal the Usury Laws.

Seven or 8 years after this fabulous. evcnli "*0 baron and bsroness were at iheir seat in _Frsnche Compete, and they were suddenly surprised one evening by the appearance of an unexpected guest _a living ghost-the first liu The bsroaess could do. She was taken to her apartment,

- f l fsinu-d—-ii was the least slip. .

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

Your Committee, appointed to examine and report on the Pub-

lic Accounts for the your I855, have to report: Tlini after care-

Ibs iaaI.tavs_lo thorn referred, the

the ghost opened an explanation with his rnsrtlll successor. 'l‘.'ue genilemsn had chsngedhis plan of suicide just as he was shout to put it into sxe-- cuiion ; that was no cririis. He had travelled and had not written, it was from motives of delicacy’. as he did not wish to write until he had made his fortune. He had not succeeded in his enterprises; conjugal happiness would have to console him_ for his misfortunes. He returned to claim his wife; it was his incontesiible right.‘ He found his wife mother msn’s wife ; but this second marriage was of course null and void. . _

The baron was about to answer IIIII rapidly de- livered discourse, when he was informed his wife —their wife desired to see hi .

*‘ Go,” said the firei husband,“ I permit a fare- well; but be so lrind ss to have me served with something to est for I am very hungry.”

A servant received the bsron’s orders, conduct- ed ihe ghost to ii pavillion in the parli, spread a collation before him, and left him alone. In an hour the baron appeared, a pistol in each hand.

“ You must see." said he to his guest, “ that one of us two is in the way of the other."

“ A duel !" exclsirncd the ghost. “ Bah ! my position is too advantageous. I refuse, positive-

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“ Nothing was said concerning a duel, mon- sieur,” replied the baron coldly. “ My position‘ is also too advantageous. You have forgotten that you are dead; that no one will miss you; that the only servsnt who linows of your presence here is devoted to me; that we are in a solitary spot; that I am armed, and that I can kill you with impunity. That is what I am going to do!” “ No, inonsieur, no; you will not kill rue,”

their own merits alone. But in the Supreme Court, lawyers were permitted so to browheat ‘and puzzle witnesses, as, at times, almost to force them to depose to positive falsehoods. The hon. gentleman instenced the case of a respectable tradesmen in this Town, who, on one occasion, was so grossly abuse an Attorney of that court, and who felt so strongly on the subject, that he afterwards publicly insulted the individual who had thus attacked im.

M . I-I. Havruxn said the individual t

whom the hon. member for Belfast (Mr. Davies) alluded, happened not to be witness, but a suitor, in a case of the worst possible description —that between a Fntlier and his Son. Family spirit be deemed worse than Party Spirit, and in this case, the Attorney for the former, had to s cali in prett warm terms, of the conduct oft e son. ‘he on. gentleman (Mr. Davies) was the first advocate, out of the rofcssion, he had heard, come forward to efcnd Court of Chancery, and he thought the Chen- cery Bar at home, if they ever heard of the hon. ‘gentleman's advocac , would certainly vote him a service of to. As to the Court of Chancery deciding solely on the merits, as stated by the hon. gent eman, he (Mr. Havi- land) denied that such was the case. ‘

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that it was by no means certain that a case wvvould be decided there solely u in its own ‘merits. He (Mr. Haviland wantc reason and quity to be combined in the some Court ; that the Judges should no longer be compelledx

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to tell a suitor—-“ You have a case, fut ', on no redress,” thus necessarily compelling the suitor to commence his action none, in consequence of the mistake of his

hlr. CLARK understood the object of the hon. member for Georgetown (Mr. Ilaviland) was,

cery to the Supreme Court. He had often been sorry that this was not the case. In Nova Scotia and Canada, as well as in England, Commissions had, he believed. been issued to report on the practibability of abolishing the Court of Chancery, and as he was in favor o' the re sition, he would support the Address.

T e ill to amend the Royal Agriculture Society Slncorporation) Act, was read a thir timo,an passed.

INDEPENDENCE OI‘ Till. LEGISLATURE.

Assembly, and to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, was mmit to a Committee of the whole House—Mr. Macgowau in the Chair-

himself, and his pity for the poor woman, .cup he lied filled to the brim with the bitter tears‘ figure, of sorrow and humiliation, suddenly became even a good horseman, a great card-player, a passionate frenzied in extent. himself she would marry this excellent young: every night, man, who loves her, I know, and whom no doubt she is fond of. ' past, and the future shall be happy! fice shsll cost me little. able life in which lam a burthen to others and to mysc ”

The Bill for the better securing the Indepen-' Contents, The hone. Mr. President, Swabey, deuce of the Legislative Council and House of Birnie, Haythorne, Dingwell, Beets, Beaten, ' Non contents, the lions. Mr. McDonald, Hell,

supposed.) were found on s brink of s precipice

After one of the stormiest and most protract-

Gra . The motion for the Address to his Exocllencyw ed debates of the present Session. occupyin

four hours, the House resumed, and the Bil

merit. Hon. Mr. Winuiv moved, that all having reference to the Attorney General, Colonia

out of the Bill : and the motion being seconded and die question put thereon,

The House divided : Yeos—IIons. Messrs. Whelan, Lord and War- burton: Messrs. McGilli, Davies, Fraser,Clark, - Mooney.-8. Neys—Hous. Messrs. Monwmery, Colonial ‘Secret , Attorne General, ‘Aulay,Conroy, Havilan , McEac en; and Messrs. eo,

Haviland, Gel, McLeod, Beer, and Macgowan—

So it passed in he negative. The Hon. Mr. Wanna then moved, that the ‘Bill be referred back to the Committee, for the purpose of amending the seine, by including in ts provisions, Justices of the Peace, and pro- vidin that the said Act do go into operation The House again divided : Yess—8. Nays--13 ; and the names were then down as in the last preceding division. 80 it passed in the negative. . The Hon. Mr. Wnnuir then moved, that the Report of the Committee be agreed to “ this

last preceding divisions. A motion being made, that the Bill be en- aad that the Title be “ An let," «be. . lhvi: moved, that the Title be " An Act for securing the Independence of the Go- V0l'IIIl0l'I’I over that of the Assembly and the

Is. ‘file motion was negstived without a di-

F vision.

Mr. Cuax then moved, that the Title of the said Bill be “ An Act for destroying the Con- stitutional Rights of the People. ’

This question was also negativsd on the 1 following division :-

essrs. Clark, Moons lions. Messrs. Lord, Warburtou--7.

Nsys—I!onorabls Attorney General, Messrs. Montgomery, Ilcflsebsn,

- , eye could measure.

‘u nporbd to the Home without my “mend at this generous husbsnd anticipated tool: His widow shed a few tears of tenderness as a legitimate tribute to so disinterested an set:

search,” "id “M Exwuh" Council’ be “mcpbad his decesse legally proven ; passed a year in

da three months ;” when the House again divided. in the two

the few eloquent words; and then instead of pre- cipitating himself into the abyss at his feet, he silmpl threw down it an old log of a tree, which.

Macgill helan and d , seeing s man, so near the precipice, and then a dark body their my I really taken that route, ssd they afterwards de-

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A GI-IOS'l' STORY. From the New Orleans Picayune. A Paris letter tells ll good story of a ghost

who turned out to be real flesh and blood. We translate it:

Much gossip during a former season took place in the Parisian fashionable world, concerning a husband who committed suicide in order to coun- terbalance in some way the miserable life he had caused his wife to lend. finished his course so well, had commenced in quite an opposite manner. lll88lpIle(I, a gambler, a rout, he had spent all his own and wife’s property, and rendered her unhap- py every reason in his power. woman who merited a better fate, was good and beautiful, winning, and charming, and supported

This husband, who

Full of bad qualities, The wife a

admirable resignation her un\V0l’l.h\' spouse.

e Her patience and virtue never fallered for an in- stant during this severe trial. customary in French society in certain circles, s number of male worshippers, and among those‘ was ii young baron, immensely rich, passionately attached to the lady, and of very amiable and pleasing manner

She had, as is

Fallen from a'hrilli:int position and living on

complete” were they tied down by precedents’ ‘llpans and the wreck of a fortune, and driven from

sris by his debis, the husband went with his wife

to pass the summer at the watering places in the Pyrenees. compelled him to leave the spot. touched the husband. I back on his career, he was overcome with shame and remorse

The harun followed, but the wife

For the first time he looked

long one of the Parisian lions. years he was one of the most prominent elegane of that capital of the clsss. He then accused and condemnednlour were much admired. He was a dand —s

This conducl.

said the ghost, quietly crossing his arms, and setting himself more comfortable in his arm chair. " If it had been your design and determination to kill rue, you would have begun by doing it with- out using so many useless words. Confess frankly that you have a better proposition to mslieio me.”

“ Well, rnorisieur, since you speak- of arranging the affair, so be it; I am rich——you are not ’

“ A gleam of satisfaction passed over the ghost’s features. He listened to his host's proposal with evident pleasure, and showed himself obstinate only about the sum total of the srrsgcments. To expatriate himself a second time and forever, to return to chaos, and never come to life, he nslred a fortune to allow him to live as agreeably as a dead man could, and he fixed the sum at 100,000 sous.

“ Will you cheapen your hsp inessl he said to the baron. " Would you insult your wife by

neslimatlng her at s more moderate price 3"

The bargain was completed, and the defunct husband kept his word——ihe more easily that he made good use of his time in America. The sum given him by the baron allowed him to undertake extensive enterprises which succeeded admirably, and in a few years he was worth several million r:mcs.—Nuiwiihst:inding and although Paris is the paradise of the rich, he would have returned

»there had he not learned that the bsroness died ‘suddenly, and that the baron had survived her

only a few days. Then he came back to France with his millions and an assumed name. He was In the last few

His taste and splen-

Were I dead," said he to

Be it so l I will make up for the The sacri- I am tired ofmy miser-

As doon as he had taken this resolution he

wrote a farewell letter to his wife, praying her to ‘ pardon him all his faults towards her in consider- d‘stion of the total cxpiation. “ It is offered for

you,” he wrote; “it is to remove the only ob- stacle to your happiness, that I end my life." Thereupon he started out to put his plan into execution.

The next «lay his hat sud memorandum book, (the letter containing a few farewell lines hurriedly written and passionately expressed, as might be

in the mountains. He had written and then thrown himself into

whose: I“.Iddl°'3hv£

I one——wuh hair slightly grey, a tall very particular and fashionable in his dress,

lover of art, at the opera, french and Italian, ’ and well known in the green-rooms of the large and little theatres. He also had taken the title of baron, and his button hole was ornamented with s uumbcr of ribbons of unknown orders and countries.

This opulent, ac venlurer ended by relating to some of his confidential friends the story of his death and resuscitation. Death really came a few days since and surprised him in the midst of his splendour, sue the confidential friends have told as the great secret, the anecdote of the sui- cide which brought its suilior so much meney and so much honour.

DRINKING USAGIIS OF POLITE SOCIETY. By R. B. Giiiivnaon, L.L.D. No one cause has contributed so much to the for- mation of internperate hsbiie, at festive entertain- ments, as the practice of health drinking: and, in more modern times, the custom of drinliing touts,

the sombre abyss, the depths of which no I--"Mn place.

mourning, and then became the barun_'s spouse-

She knew then what happiness was for the first

time in her life.