I{ASZARD’8 GAZETTE. MAY 6.

alerts for the suppression of smuggling than the are at present. At present the Law recognises and in eed ‘

The Bill to alter the Third and Fifth Pollin

s (I

lises the Traflic ; but it was, be conceived, the duty of

Divisions in the Second Elctoral District 0

t e Legislature. to make the tramc disreputable i and the moment they did so, one of the greatest dilliculties In the way of a prohibitory enactment would be removed, and the law could and would be successfully carried out.

itb these views, he_wculc_i support any reasonable mea- sure, having these ob ts in view. At the same time, admitted that he di not think the proposed law was

usrall popular throughout the country. But if the

ease id not make a stand, at sometime. against the Trails. it never would be suppressed ; and it was better, he thought, that some hon. members should, if need be, sacrifice their seats in that House, to secure the welfare and prosperity of the whole community. than that a mat- ter of such vital importance should be any longer defined. Were he (Mr. Clnr ) cast out of the Assembly for sanc- tioning the enactment of such s w, he would be con- tent to put u with it, satisfied that in supporting it he had done his nty.

The Hon. COLONIAL SlCl.l.'l'.\IY said there could be no diversity of o inion as to the evil of intemperanco. But be was afrai that the time for such an enactment was not yet come as he did not think the public mind was prepared for it. Finding, however, that it was the wish of a large ma'ority of his constituents that the experi- ment should e tried, it was his duty to comply with their wishes with respect to this matter. He was, ever, of o inion that a larger time should be given to

arties em rked in the business than was conteplated

y the Resolution before them, to prepare for the pro- posed change—say two years. He thought also that these parties should be coinpcnsatod for any losses they might sustain in con ncnce of the destruction by the Legislature of what ha hitherto been considered a legi- timate and proper business. Time should also be given to devise the necessary ways and means of meeting the deficiency that would necessarily be occasioned in the Revsnue by the suppression of this Traflic. He thought too. that immense quantities of spirits would. in all pro- bability, be illioitly introduced into this Colony, and that parties would have to pay higher for them than now, as he much feared that le al enactment would not have the desired effect of arresting acquired tastes and appe- tites. and many would be found to indulge in the use of spirits at any cost and by every means. .'till, he would

J with the measure. if its operation were postponed until the year 1856.

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Tirasosv Mar 2..

The Savings Bank Bill (from the Council) was read a second time.

A Petition of Peter Indian and Alick Mitchell, on be- half of the Micmac Tribe of Indians on this Island, pray- ing relief, was presented to the House by the lion. Cow- sim. Sscaurssv. Referred to the Committee of Supply.

PRISONIBI. The Hon. Mr. Connor introduced a Bill to authorise the removal of Prisoners sentence to imprisonment wit Hard Labour from either Prince or King's County, for the purpose of having such Hard Labour erformod in Queen’s County. Read the first and secon time,—coni- mitted—reported agreed to without amendment-—to be engrossed. wxtciirs urn irnstraxs (Amendment) Bill. The Hon. Conoitur. Sxcrrr.-raxv introduced a Bill to amend the Act relating to Weights and Measures. Read the first time. ANTI-LIQUOR srr.i..

The Bill to prohibit the Traiiic in intoxicating Liquors as a Beverage was read a third time and passed, on e following division :

For the passing of the Bill :—iIons. Attorney General, Colonial Secretary, Messrs. Hsviland. McAulay, Messrs.

H. Haviland, Macgowau, Golf, McLeod, Beer, Davies, M

Clark-ll.

Against it :—Hons. Messrs. Warburton, Conroy, Whe- lan, Messrs. Mooney, Fraser—5.

A good deal of routine business was transacted through the day, of which no note is taken.

WIDNISDAY, May 3.

The Hon. Coimtiu. Srcssnsv delivered the following Message from His Excellency the Lietttenant Governor ' A. Biiinsitisiit, Lieut. Governor.

In reply to the Assembly's address of the 9d inst.. in refer- ence to an item of £21. charged in the ShcrilfofPrinceiown's Accounts for 49 Candidates‘ Clerks. and which flt'c(IIlnlS are stated to have been audited by essrs. Rice an Wsrburton, and said item of £9l. reported to be correct. and consequently paid to the Sherilf. The Lieut. Governor further observes in the Address the following psragraplmvhich appears to him to require explanation from the two gentlemen who seem to is implicated in the transaction: “ that in order to put a stop to such msl-practices in future, and to check the growing evil of melting charges not authorised by law, as well as to remedy the delinquency complained of, an Address be resented, &c. &c., sp that the above sum of £9! be returned to the Tree- sur .‘

efore complying with the Assembly's request, the Licut Governor considers it necessary to require an explanation from the present Tressuror. the Hon. Stephen Rice, and the late Colonial Sccretary, the Hon. James Warbuuon, and he will forthwith issue instructions accordingly.

The Lieutenant Governor embraccs this opportunity of noticeing another statement which appears iii the some lleport ofthe Committee. which narrates the proceedings relative to the Sheriflof Prince County's Accounts. it seems by lhr-. report. that John Williams, late Commissioner of Public Roads, drew from the Government £055 As. !0}d., and that in the cxpen- diturs of £417 ofthe amount drawn. no vouchers have accom- panied the said J. William's Accounts, lie having refused to furnish them. and the Committee "consider such conduct on the part of a public oflcer a gross dereliclion ofduty, and such as to render him unlit to hold any ofiice under Government." It this case be correctly reported, and such an opinion is held :11 the Committee on the conduct ofa public ofieer. the Lieut.

overnor may consider it necessary to proceed further in this matter, than the Assembly seem inclined to go; but. in the fit-at place, he will require explanation from the party accused. and with that view. as in the former case. he will immediately issue instructions accordingly.

Government House, May 9, 1854.

Immediately after the reading of the above Message, the following Letter in Mr. John Williams. late Commission- er of Reads for Charlottetown Common and Royalty. was, on motion of Mr. Fraser. ordered to be printed as an Ap- pendix to the Journal: ,

S Charlottetown, April 1. 1854. is;

In answer to your Note of this da 's date, as Chairman‘ of the Committee a ointed to exam no and report on Pub- lic Accounts, in w you request ms “ forthwith to lay before the Committee the Vouchers attending the expendi- ture of the Public Money on the 12th Road District of

sen’s County, including Charlottetown Common and oynlt ." I beg respectfully to refer you to a full and coin- plets turn or my Receipts and Disbursements for Sam- mer ruished by me to the on. James Warbur-~ too, late Correspondent—whl Return was laid be in Council. and by them submitted to the Public Auditors, who. after having examined and compared it with the Vouchers, certi to its correctness, since which have paid no attention to the Vouchers. am. Sir, Your obedient humble servant. * v. - JOHN WILLIAMS. Allan lrsssr, Esq. , Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts. . Ill.|aI-

The lbllowlug Bills were s‘e‘

ll ‘read a third time. and sent to t Council, v‘:

rs. inn e co... II it 0.blsrMloti.pr:E of th.Iil.isb::o:.gii'm

13° —to be en

Queen's County; an

The Bill relating to Prisoners under sentence of imprisonment with Hard Labour in Prince and Kin ‘s Counties.

The ollowing Bills were severally read a second time, committed, and reported agreed to ossed, via:

The Bil to amend the Law relating to Weights and Measures. an

The Appropriation Bill.

ssvnvos naivx.

The en ssed Bill from the Council to es- tablish a ghzings Bank in this Island. was com- mitted to a Committee of the whole House- Mr. Macgowan in the Chair. After some time ‘spent therin, the Committee rose, and the Chairman reported the following Resolution, which was a reed to bgthe House :-

Rcsoived, hat the ill intitnled “An Act to establish a Saving‘s Bank," &c., does not appear to this Committee to objectionable in principle further than as it would impose on

Her Msjssty’s steamer Cyclops, which

3 s the intelligence that the have crossed the anube at Galata with 30,000 men, without opposition. The Cyclops also brings news that the urks expressly left a free passage to irsova, and, havin surrounded them, after a hard fight, one half of the Russians were cut to piece_s, and the remainder took to flight and retreated across the Danube. The splendid stearnsh

i kins arrived Halifax on the 25th April, after a line run of 0 1-2 days from Liverpool. he dates brought by this arrival reach to the 15th

stunt.

The Duke of Cambridge, Lord Raglan, and suite had arrived at Paris, where.a grand eview of 25,000 men was given in their onor by the Emperor. Their reception was of the most cordial and friendl nature. All Greeks who _woul not place themselves

Arabia, Com. Judi-

thc Treasurer of this Island the do of 2-3- ing a Saving’s Bank without an ndditioniil :remuncration to that Oflicer, and t at it would be desirable to establish such an Institution in this Colony: Therefore Resolved, That it is expedient to defer the further consideration thereof until the next Session of the Legislature, with the view of their remedying the objection‘ which the House of Assembly entertain to it in its present form. OIIAIILOTTETOIVN (incorporation) sin.

The Order of the Day for the Second reading of this Bill was isohar , and the further consideration thereof deferred until next a-

n.

After some further routine business the [louse adjourned.

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Tutasnsr, May 4.

nir.I.s.

The following Bills were severally read a third time and passed, viz :

The Bill to amend the Law relating to Weights and Measures ;

The Bill (from Council) to enable the Minis- ter, Church Wardens and Vestry of the Epis- copal Church at St. Eleanor's to Exchange Lands held b them for other Lands ;

he F1 or ii propriating certain Moneys therein cntione for the service of the year

' ;sn

Tire Bill (from Council) to Incorporate the Masonic llall Company.

ADDRESS.

The usual Address of Thanks to the Lieut. Governor, for his various Communications and Messa es was, on motion of Mr. H. aviland, a ree to b the House. Committee to deliver 3 essrs. II. aviiand, Macgowan and Clark.

ssssssaxs.

Messages were received from the Council syg- nifying their iIonor‘s assent to the following Bills, without any amendment, viz :

The Free Education (amendment Bill;

" Hard Labor (King's and Prince Counties) Bill ; and “ Polling Divisions (Queen's County) Bill.

rluvrira nn.i.s.

The following Resolution was, on motion of r. . Havilund, unanimously adop ; Resolved, That no Private ill, to be ssed hereal'ter, shall be published in the tatute Book at the public expense.

Fainsr, May 5. Blue.

A Messaige was received from the Council with the fo owing Bills, agreed to, via 2

The Steam Communication Bill; and

" Weights and Measures (amendment) Bill.

srsrurs LABOR (amendment) sii.t..

Mr. FRASER introduced a Bill to repeal that

rt of the Statute Labor Act which r uires

cad Commissioners to Let the cutting own, levelling and repairing of the Pitches or Cradle- hills within their l)istricts—-the operation of which has been found to entail considerable expense without affording any corresponding benefits to the public.

‘ma sliu.o'r.

The Order of the Day, for the House in Com- mittee on the Resolution submitted b the Hon. Mr. Warburton, on the 6th April ast, being read, as follows :

" Resolved.-—'i‘hat it is expedient to alter and amend the Election Law, so as to establish, in lieu of the Vote by Ballot ,’

And a motion being made, that the House do go into the Order of thc.Day :

r. Mos-rcoissnr moved. in amendment, that all after the word “ Resolved," be struck out, and the following substituted :-—F‘ That it is in- expedient. at this late period of the Session, and during the absence ofso many members, to en- tertain a question of so much importance as that of Vote by llot."

The House ivided on the motion of amend-

. Mr. Montgomery, Attorne

General, Colonial Secretary, Messrs. Havilan , Conroy, Maceachen, Mucaula , Messrs. II Hsviland. Yeo. cGowan, Beer, McLeod,

raser—l3. Nays: Hons. Messrs. Wlielau, i Lord, Wurburton ; Messrs. Mooney, McGill--5. So it was carried in the allirmative. '

WARREN‘ FARM.

Mr. Mooxxr read in his place a petition 0 Daniel Kelioe, of York River, settiuw forth claims to the ownership of the Port on arren Farm, and praying justice to be awarded to him in the premises.

And a motion being made, that the said Pe- be receivednnd read, the motion was negatived —the remedy being elsewhere.

1. B. Cccrna, Reporter.

ATTACK UPON ENGLISH VIIIII-I ON THE

Letters from Constantinople fully confirm the previous re one of four English'vessels having been red upon :y the Rusiun batteries on the Danube. he Bedlington first reported, received no less than seven- teen shots, and sank in eight minutes; the Crescent received seven, and the Annie three shots. The two latter were boarded and the crews taken prisoners, bi were, on the following day, released. The master and crew ofthe Annie then took possession of their vessel, and arrived safely at Cou- stantinople. The Crescent, however, was sosevsrely disabled that it was found im- possible to bring her into port, and she was ~sIlerwsvds seen stranded within titres will of the batteries.

under the rotecticn of the Ports had been ordered to save Constantinople before the 15th of April.

The Russians were beaten in another encoun- ter art Siminitxa, losing 4,000 men.

EASZARIPS GAZETTE.

Saturday, Kay 0, 1804.

destroy all coafideuss between the Bsprusntativs of

to him through their representatives? Will it not be an admission that there is a power ofadvisisg superior to that appointed by the Constitution, and give to the Administrator of the Government the optisn of acting according to the suggestions of eiihsrl—sud if so. what is this but tbs creation of iispsriusi in isipcviel What is this, but admitting that a part of the people is superior to the whole l—that an assumed majority of the people, tsstifled by more signatures, shall be ol more svuil than the declaration of the majority ol the people in Parliament assembled I His Excellency has given a very proper response to those parts of the petition that trust of the discussions as to whether some part ofthe representatives have failed to redeem their pledges made at the canvass or on the hustings, and we shall therefore say nothing more on that sub- isct. His Excsllsncy's address concludes with the following paragraph :-

" The latter part of the petition is of great import- "ancc; it prays that I shall ‘dissolve the prssrnl " Hours of .dsmrrbIy,' and thus cause the gracious "intentions of Her Majesty, with respect to the ox- " tension of the suffrage, to come into speedy effect

“ Without saying anything further at present, I shall, “ without delay, submit the important prayer of thir " petition to the serious consideration of the Executive “ Council."

In this, His Excellency has acted, and will, we doubt not, continue to act constitutionally, and consider himself bound to abide by the decision of that body

PRESENTATION OF‘ THE PETITION FOB A DIISOLUTION OE THE HOUSE 0!‘ ASSEMBLY.

Wednesday last. which the afiiiir was conducted. and of the " pride, pomp and circumstance," nhich attended it, we esve to ablsr pens. Our business is with the petition itself, and more especially with ilis ExcsIlency's answer thereto.

The Petition (which we gave verbatim in a former number) is said to have been signed by 8,074 Elect- ‘ and, as the magnitude of the number carried suspicion on the face of it, llisre is accordingly a cor- vsspondcnt degree of pains taken by those calling

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Tins event, so important in the eyes and imagina- tion of those immediately concerned, took place on Of the impressive manner in

which. whatever it may be, will ban protection to him against censure, come from which quarter it may. There are many reasons why the House of Assembly should not be dissolved at present. 'i‘hs late Admi- nislrsticn—ths first under the system of Responsible, or Self Gcvcrnment—sst their appointed time, during which, the question, whether Departmental Govern- insnt—wlilch is merely subsidiary to Responsible, or Self Governnient—was, under all the circumstances, applicable to the situation of Prince Edward Island. was fully and fairly discussed. An appeal was mndi to the same constituency that had elected the previous

House; and it has been decided by an overivlrelrning i majority that the system of ilepurtmentsl Governnienlw

is inapplicable to the circumstances of the lsiuiiti. And of this no one is better .'i\\'.tl'o lilltn his Excel-

thsniselves the Executive Committee, to r upon the mind of His Excellency, that all this long bead roll of signatures are bona [ids those of the persons whose names they purport to be. Unfortu- nately, tliore appears to be a feeling nmong a certain class of people that in war, love and politics every run, every strategem is allowable; that decttpliun,lleI. and trickery in such cases. are but additional proofs oftalsnt and cleverness, and are not to be

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y , for though it is a ru'e, and on indispensable one. of the system, that those ollicers \\ ho are heads

of Departments should he at one and tire same time ,

members of the Executive Council and iiistnhcrs oi the Assembly; yet, from the very first, the rule was infringed in the cases ofthe Attorney General and the Keeper of Plans and Registrar of Deeds.

The lirst of these oiiices iadispensibly requi-

by the same scale of morality which we apply to the common and ordinary business transactions of life. That, in short. in politics everything which may tend to promote the designs of your own party, is praise- worthy and justiliahls, though, under any other cir- cumstances, it would be dishonest, sneaking, pitiful and mean. The framers of Election Laws, linve been fully aware of all this, and have endeavoured to guard against fraud, by every means that the wit and ingenuity ofrnan, aided by the knowledge of, centuries. could devise. That they have laboured to a certain degree in vain, the experience of Great Britain and all her Colonies together, with that of the United States of Americs—aven will recourse to the ballot-box—contiuuss to attest. if it is diliicult to guard against bribery, corruption. false iwesring. want of qualification, and voting twice and thrice at the same Election, where the most stringent checks are made available to prevent such occur- rences, what shall we say of the methods that are, and may be used to obtain signatures to petitions in a country where, alas! the majority

are unable to write their own names, and a great proportion are ignorant of the language in which

the petitions are couched, and for the truth of the

assertions contained in them can only rely on the ve- racity of the person presenting them. Before what

tribunal can the qualifications of the subscribers as electors be tested? Who is to certify that the sub-

jsct matter of these petitions was duly explained to

those whose names are appended thereto? Nay.

more, who will dare to attest that misrepresentations

the most gross were not made use of to induce the

unwilling to lend the sanction of their names to the

xparty purposes and machinations ofu more handful of rdiseontsnted, because discarded office holders? His

‘Excellency, however, in his answer, judiciously inti-‘

signatures accompanying a petition, would weigh but little with him in comparison of the more important question of tlis legality or propriety of granting the prayer of it. ’ to require his gravest consideration.

ssoks from his Excellency his acquiescence in a prin- cipls which, if acceded to, would be in practice entirely subversive of that system of Responsible Go- vernment which the petitioners declare that it is their wish should be preserved in its purity. The and and .aim of introducing the new system of Government in .the Colonies was. as his Excellency states, to enable

constitutional sdvissrs of the Crown, those in whom it has confidence, and who are to originate those men- surss which they consider will be beneficial to the Colony.—-and who, so long as they possess the confi- dence of the body from which they originated, have a right to (Its confidence of the .ldsts‘ris'stralor of the Gocrrnsienl. and their interposition in all cases- vsry rare. almost impossible contingencies alone ex- eoptsd—vvill be a protection from the displeasure of his Sovereign or tlis Imperial Parliament. who will justly hold the responsibility transferred from his shoulders to those of his constitutional advisers. Self, or Responsible Government, as of tsrsiini, im- ports that so long as the Administrator ofthe Govern- ment acis in conformity with the advice of his Coun- cil. he. like his Sovereign, cannot do wrong, for— and herein we differ from his Excs|lency—ths members of that body are as liable to impssclimerlt as "-

- h it ' r it h r yreunt ‘y'all. of voun" ‘ho ll.|llIIl at! c more circumstance o I e nuni er It