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‘House of Assembly, the Officers of the Garrison, gentle-| into systematic opponents and untiring enemies, In ; ving tothe Medical and Clerical Professions, / 1845, I commenced my reforms; the first attempt at om ones ae - yet himself an arbiter be- Magistrates, Merchants, Tradesmen and Mechanics, all ‘which created what is termed a great sensation. A then anatnan danas aa shieti dae pleasing! were there to do honour to their distinguished Governor— great min in Ap Porsewvere of ve Legislature came , hns 1) please the people of Nova tobid him a last farewell, and breathe their hopes and down upon me with lis thunders. need not mention ee ee eee i for his future happiness and prosperity. The names,his words will point him out, he said, “Tf, Sir, you

Scotia—he mistakes his duty if he thinks he can confine prayers é himself to pleasing, or in other words, coalescing, heads Company of the 23d Regt. under the command of Capt, go on in this manner, I shall withdraw my support from 5S L f =! - = -

| ™ . Be | <4 ’ . ° of parties. Our object is immeasurably higher than this Evans, was drawn up in front of the Hotel, and pre- your Government, = ans Ww — that the threat (in- £ oe > * kT | > } ‘ : pany consideration. The people of Nova Scotia demand sented arms on His Excellency’s arrival there.—The| decent as it was) wou not again obscure my sight, that ‘Hon. Cuartes Henstey graced the well-filled Table he must exercise his own judgment, and doas he pleased,

of Sir John the practical application of principles already ! io ; conceded by the Parent State—and this he is bound toby discharging the duties of Chairman, and the fon You, Gentlemen, know well who ae was, and you carry out; the people of Nova Scotia will then take care ‘Wituram Swaeey ably assisted him as Vice. Grace) know also his conduct ever since ; there is none like

that the individuals who are entitled to their confidence being said, the “ good things” provided by Mr. Fellows him, there is but one. I ~. aie ae to have shall be put in their proper places. '—{and we believe that a better table could nowhere else glanced over all the reforms I have been able to effect,

The folly of this delay, therefore, lies in this mis- have been served np within the same space of time, wk but at present I ae oo induced to dissect ee take, which some of those who are near his Excellency the worthy host had evidently spared neither trouble nor His Excellency sophays a ~ See — have succeeded in making him believe to be the best expense in furnishing the best of every thing, and every "pon which the Secretary of State had been esought course to pursue. A little more delay, and the temper thing in abundance)—received ample justice at the hands|to remove him from the Government), and said he of the Country Members will prove to Sir John that ur-/of the Company; after which--- oe like Mark Anthony, when he displayed

. . ‘ . . } ict J ce banity is a poor equivalent in the estimation of men of| The Hon. CHARLES HENSLEY, as the chairman. Cesar’s mant a Eadie 4 : : : | i ; “ You a c rt! APER,

strong sense and incorruptible judgments, for the prac-| of the Deputation appointed to present the Address, and| a ae Set ‘ll . you know, too, that Her Majesty’s Secretary of Sta tical principles which have been accorded them.—It will supported by the other members of it, approached His\7°n Jesty y te

. for the Colonies, Earl Grey, at once condemned ijt--- be well for the Executive to ask himself how far he fxcellency and addressed him nearly as follows : ie comprehends the spirit of Responsible Government, in- that he declared in his Despatch that he did not believe

dependent of Howe or Johnston—and to enquire of him-| May 17 prease Your Exce.ency: |the contents. But observe how the concoctors of these no- self if he is not in a situation to carry out the views of | We have been deputed by . large body of the inha- table charges blow hot and cold ” a breath ; they repre- his master in the Colonial Office, irrespective of lesser bitant householders and otiers, of this Island, to present sent me as governing witha MINOT LY, whilst the Journals interests. He is now late, and it will be gratifying to|t© Your Excellency a Farewell Address upon your i the House of Assembly give a direct contradiction to all parties if he does not let the morning of his adminis- |tirement from the Gover nment of the Colony, in which the assertion. They have ventured to declare that I am tration so far pass, as to hear the Preston Pipers playing * humble enone made ” ee of the es, not supported by the respectable and influential portion into the political camp the old quick step of ‘ Hey John- — ae ee ee ae enn Upon a review of the population! What do I now see ? those whom I ny cope in the morning.’ ‘ He stands well with both (Of all the circumstances of your residence et us. behold around me, at once disprove this calumny. IfI parties” To hold this position, Sir John must mistale| Ve feel assured that the ume of y — Excellency ‘ Go-| am not now surrounded by talent, worth and influence, as to the probability of a‘ coalition.” If he believes heneerenied this Colony, will shine as a distinguished as well as by those who hold a large stake in the Colony, possible, we think he is the only man in the Province | Period in its future history. The career of reform and where am I to look for it? are there not here assembled who really does so—we will not, therefore, insult naan has been commenced under your Excellen-| representatives of all the interests of the Island? and do readers by discussing this policy, which has never yet °Y . rule, and all the attempts that have been made to T not see many who, at this early hour of the day—at been in force without failing—or corrupting those who Check its course have only served to accelerate ts pro-/this inclement season, and over roads almost impass- were cajoled into it. ‘ He stands well with both parties ? S88: A good work so favourably entered upon is not able, have thought it little to travel considerable dis- —does his Excellency look behind the party he stands &*Sily arrested in its onward movement, and although tances, that they might have the opportunity of giving so well with, and does he see the splendid train of artil-, “© shall necessarily feel the deprivation of a Excel-| me a last farewell? And yet they have dared to say that lery which each party has behind it, to salute its foe the /ency’s powerful aid, we nevertheless entertain no anx-|[ “have degraded the office of Governor reposed in me moment he is discerned. We give Sir John just the 1ous fears of its ultimate success, believing as we do that, by Her Majesty the Queen!” But this is not the only time that lies between this and the opening of the House, the painful struggles = have all experienced, and may falsehood! Iam stated to have neglected the real in- to rest his ears in the stillness of the political atmos- Still have to suffer, will eventually work much advan- terests of the Colony, and to have unworthily bestowed phere—but after that period, when he will be required ‘@8¢ ' the whole community. ‘my patronage; nothing can be more grossly and scan- to give the people an unequivocal answer, and when he Mr. Hensley then proceeded to read the Address; at dalously untrue: unless, indeed, I refer to another part rust declare for one side or the other—for the new or !t8 conclusion it was delivered into His Excellency’s| of this precious document where it states that I was an- the old regime—he will have such a storm from one side | hands. ‘noyed because my salary was not advanced £500, and or the other as will do its work in every deafearinthe HIS EXCELLENCY, having received the Address, this I trust will go forth to the Country in its true light, Province. The longer the delay, the louder will be the was preparing to respond to it, when he was interrupted which is, that notwithstanding all that has been said to explosion—nor is it beyond what we have experienced by an enthusiastic burst of applause, which continued for the contrary, it is as untrue as are the other charges

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to fear that Sir John may have both parties on his flanks at once, and if he dreams ofa coalition this is most certain to be the case. Nor is it out of the way of our duty to suggest to Sir John that the people are already impatient at the ease with which he consoles himself in his easy chair between ‘ doth parties’—he is sitting on ‘two stools,’ and that was found to be a mistake a long time ago.

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1847.

THE PUBLIC BREAKFAST TO, AND DEPARTURE OF, SIR H. V. HUNTLEY. His Excellency Sir Henry Vere Huntiey was

entertained with a Public Breakfast, on Tuesday morn- ing last, at the Victoria Hotel; and although the heavy

snow which had fallen the day before, and the pinching’

frost by which it was succeeded, rendered early rising anyth ng but agreeabie, and travelling almost impracti- cable, yet, the company which flocked round His Ex- cellency, at an early hour of the morning—many of them having come a considerable distance—afforded a grati- fying proof of the respect and admiration entertained to-

wards the Lieutenant Governor whose administration of and all irregularities and evil

the public affairs of this Colony cannot fail to command @ prominent place in its history, from the many benefi- cial social and political changes by which that Adminis- tration has been distinguished. Eight o’clock was the hour set apart for the Breakfast, when between forty and fifty gentlemen assembled to partake of it. Amongst these were to be seen men of all ranks, classes and pro- fessions in the community—several members of both ‘Councils, Legislative and Executive, members of the

some minutes. The cheering having subsided, His Ex- tramped up against me. I deny it cniirely. JT never cellency proceeded to answer the Address in the follow- asked the Legislature for £500 more, or for any increase ing terms (as nearly as we have been able to preserve at all; but the House of Assembly soon after my arrival the language), but without our being able to indulge voted me about £300 for furniture I took of the late Go- the hope, that we have retained the point which distin- vernor. I refused it because I would not appear to guished, and gave life and interest to the whole. ‘neglect a despatch previously transmitted to the Colony _ Gentlemen—I feel myself overpowered with emotions on this head, considering that if I accepted this vote I when I contemplate the scene before me, and I dare might damage the interests of my successor in this hardly trust myself to thank you for this testimony of Government, which I believed my duty to protect. This your approbation and regard, lest [ should incapacitate bundle of malice and falsehood then goes on to say that myself from remarking upon other topics, which I hope I endeavoured to create discerd in the community : which to be able to touch upon. I have never refused to meet has the same kind of verity to boast of, that the bombast my enemies, face to face; but I find it a far more trying of that bombastical man who, in the House of Assembly and arduous task to meet my friends as I do you this afew years since, talked of his representing 50,000 free- day, and to express to them the sense I entertain of the men in this Colony—forgetting that the whole popula- honor now done to me; time, however, will not permit tion, men, women and children, would not at the last ‘me to linger over this interesting but painful topic. I/census make up the tale. I am also charced with turn, therefore, to other matters. ‘threatening all who should associate with a gentleman L You, Gentlemen, will no doubt well remember the who once made an insulting speech in the Legislative time when the parties who have lately exhibited so Council relative to myself. Now, what does all this ‘much hostility towards me, were professedly my friends, come to? I felt it necessary to the Representative of Her ‘For the first three years of ny Government they were Majesty to uphold her dignity ; but what was the conse- successful in their efforts to keep me in the dark as to quence? Upon reflection, the gentleman in question the real state of affairs here; the system worked well perceived his error, and made me a written apology. In for them, they could not therefore wish for any change, so doing, he exhibited a gentlemanly, a noble and a practices were hidden purely moral feeling ; in my turn I readily accepted it, ' A more matured acquaintance and he became, as before, a visiter at the Government with the business of the Colony enabled me at length to House. But while some are found to nourish the senti- see through, and to remove the dark and poisoned cur-| ments, and to act as becomes the character of those who tain they had so artfully placed before me, and distinetly | lay claim to the title of gentlemen, what has been the discern the real truth. From that motnent I determined conduct of others? Have I not seen him who by custom te enquire into, and if possible remedy, the grievances has been termed the leading Commoner of this Co- under which the Island suffered; and from the moment. lony, together with a gentleman who ought to be my oe it became evident that I had lifted the mysterious chief adviser, leagued with a person ’ ” .

and dark curtain, my former supporters were changed | of whom I dare not speak. Yes, Gentlemen, because

from my observation.