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and susbined by every Government auxiliary- Ii sap their 'ncip.es, he was obli to retire disconi tedant dejected from the field. I am proud—end wel I may be so—to re re- sent so noble-niindev a constituency. “Poll, after the Attorney General‘s rejection by the electors of Georgetown, how did the Govern- ment next attempt to carry out the leading principle of Responsible Government, which, as ex lained b themselves, is that De rtmental 0%, an one, at least, of the rown Law 0 . shall have seats in the Assembly ; that

, ip, shall have their ap intments to oilice sanc-

tioned by the people. Why, their next ste , w regard to their defeated candidate. t e Attorne Gtral, was a direct violation of that princip e : they ve him a seat in the Legisla- tive Ccuncil — t ey placed an iidivid in the higher branch of the Legislature, the oplc lisddeclared unworthy of a seat in the Ibewer. Notwithstandin the honest and inde- pendent conduct of the e ectors of Georgetown, n occasion, both they and the successful candidates—niyself in particular—were, how- ever, meet unscrupulously libelled by the Government Press. Yes; i e Government per, headed by e Royal Arms. it was roadly suited, without the least ground for the assertion, that the successful candidates won over the electors to support them by cor- ruption money. The assertion, I say, is groundless and titles; as will be proved else- Well, indeed, would it have been for the country, had every other c($ituency been as free from corru tion and coercion, as were the electors of Georgetown and Ro alty. Unfortunately, however, it is to well known that, in neral, throughout the country, at the late e eotions, every petty go- vernment ofiicer, every road conimiss_ioner. every preventive-ofiicer, was bound to bring up a certain number of voters tosupport the go- vernment candi tes.—Tlic hon. and learned tlemnn then concluded thus: The present overninent have, in fact, either through igno- rance, or by design, acted, in many instances, either with a total disregard for, or in direct contravention of some of the first principles of the British Constitution. In England, not only are excise-ofiiccrs ineligible D seats in the House of Commons; but they are denied the privilege of froemen at elections, and can not vote: and the proprieq of their being so in_ca- pacitated is very obvious. Such men, haying amilies to provide for, and, for their ability to do so, being dependent upon their appoint- ments, would, in most instances,—such is the

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corruption of human nnturc,—-if entitled to; ,-

vote, give their support, at elections, to those‘ who had rocured them their a pointments, or from w om they expected furt or advance-

m And yet, here, so complete is the dis- regard for the wisdom and propriety of such di ualification and exclusion, that W

excise ofiioers, not onl voting at elections, but occupying seats, in t is House, as representa- tives of the pee le. We have been threatened with a Dissolution; but we fear it not. Our opponents in the House have encrally secured their elections by the great liberality of their promises to the people; and they who have made the larpst, even the most anprincipled romises have, too often, been the most popu- er and successful candidates. We, on the contrary, have promised little besides a recti- fication of some of the evils which the present Government and their party have introduced. They have certainly out-done us in the great- ness of their promises ; but we hope to go far beyond them in performance: and, even althon h time for action were now denied us, we con dgo hack to our constituents, in full assurance of their approbation and our re- election ; for, to our psi'nciples,and not to the extent of our promises, are we indebted for our present position in this House. ooivxr.—'I‘he mind of the hon. and learned member for Gear etown (Mr. Iluviland) seemed to be very strong y imbued by the pre- judices of naliiveism; and he was quite exult- ant, because he could number so many natives of the soil in the ma'ority of which he was a member. He (Mr. I.) would, however, take leafi to tell him, as he did in the last session of the last House, when he made a similar dis- play, that the spirit and prejudices ofnaliceisvn, if encouraged and fostered, in such a commu- nity as ours, could not fail to give birth to much social discord, and to retard the progress of general improvement amongst us. The ge- neral interests would, he was persuaded, be at all times, much better consulted, by those in power, by their simply considering the indivi- dual worgli of aspirants for ofiieial service, and being u ed accordingly; than by allowing themse ves to be influenced, in the making of appointments, by any feelings or prejudices concerning the land of a man’s birth. In a British Colony like ours, in which all, with a very few exceptions, were born subjects of ths'Briish Crown, there ought to be no dis- tinctions of country or creed, on account of which, some were to be preferred to honor, er, or emolument; and others rejected. hether natives of the soil, Irishmen, Scotch- men, or Englishmen, the paths of laudable ambition should be equally open and free to all. Moral worth and ubilisy——not the accident of birth—shonld alone be considered indispen- sable qualifications for allies; and the want of them the only poitive disqualification. The hon. and learned member (Mr. Huviland) was correct enough in saying that, at one time, there was a cry, t roughout the country, against those in power for preferring strangers to positions of honor and power, to the exclu- fiou therefrom of natives of the Colony—and he might have added of those who had been ion resident in it. Such a period there had unnfiiubtedly been in the history of this Colony —aud it was not long gone by—when strangers had, to a certain, but yet guarded, extent. a preference giv n to them, by the Government: which, to ‘ c least of it, was insulting and galling to in ny in the community. Butfi was not so to natives only; for many old and res- pectable settlers had equal cause of complaint, on that score, with many of the most deserving of the natives. Even then, however. all natives were not cvclooked in the distribution of government favom; but the liberality and pa- tronage, extended towards such, were confined to ‘a very narrow circle indeed; and, should the hon. and learned member and his friends, when esbblished in power, not embrace and practice a licy, much more liberal, extended, and pntriog, with regard to the distribution of their favors, n the narrow and selfish one which distinguished their party when formerly pg nalves in general would have, on 5.; goon, but little ;?lol_I to rejoice at thdb 1 ‘an to or. e sinoerit -- e gene- :n.l.It.y“nt least”—"of the hon. and I’ mem- ber's ndieeian, he was very stun y _disposed Q9 dlqate ; hr he esnld not help thinkin that, ) has a msmbsr

had be Mr. II. of Sir onald 0.. rs Geuncil at the time when the scheme. o t was conceived, he

eltlhhs lenthl aldiaf theraao :;‘fl'ndsflQ,O'f.It Ihavewluuhtdatthe listen sedyetthst

scheme would, throughout the country, it not happily been frustrated at — have most nniustly deprived of, and debarred from, the exercise of the elective franchise, a large proportion of native tenant farmers. The on. member then alluded to Mr. Haviland's having been authorised to sub- scribe Mr. McEaohcn‘s name to die uisition for an earl call of the Legislature, dressed to His Exce lency; observing that be supposed the lion. and learned ntleman was, or would be, empowered nera ly to make use of it. at his discretion, whenever he might think his doing so would tend to promote the ob’ cts of his party. We are taunted, continued t e hon. member, with the exertions made by the Go- vernment at the late general election, to secure the return of such candidates as they knew to entertain opinions favorable to their continu- ancc in power; but was it Government influ- ence which returned me’ No : it was not. The influence which returned me was the sweat of in brow. By honest and successful industry, I drst raised myself to such a degree of estima- tion among the people, that I was chosen one of their representatives: and next, in that cap- acity, I have served them so faithfully, and shown myself so anxious to advance their inter- ests and protecttheir rights, that, in manifesta- tion of their approval o my political sentiments and my conduct in the Assembly, they returned me at the head of the poll. When. as a repre- sentative of the pic, I, for the iirst time, stood upon the cor of this House, I had the coura to dispute with and withstand both the son 0 the Colonial Secretary and the hon. and learned member for Charlottetown; for neither did I then, nor do I now, hold myself second to any man, in spirit, or in inciple.—I respect no min more hi hly than I respectMr. McGow- an: he and I ave been friends for twenty years; but esteem for him will not induce me to believe, either that he and his colleague, Mr. lliclflachen, have made such a choice of political associates, in this House, as will be satisfactory‘ 'to their constituents, or that, b voting wit such men, they will be upholding the views and sentiments they were eectod to further and maintain. The leader of the party to whom he and his colleague have chosen 'to attach them- selves, may, it is true, boast of his consistency with the greatest propriety ; but his consistency has, unfortunately, been always evinced in op- position to progress and improvement; and, therefore, none who follow him can reasonably expect to have much dependence placed u n

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their professions of political liberality.— he . and learned member for Georgetown has auded his constituents, as the most inde nd- ent, honest, and intelligent in the Islan ; al- though there are some who dare to call them corrupt. Iwill not, indeed, positively deny the hon. and learned member’s having just cfise to be proud of his constituents; but I hesitate not to tell him there are some consti- tuencies in the Island, that I think much more entitled to commendation, for political inde- pendence and integrity, than the constituency of Georgetown; and such a one, I have t e onor‘ ,, ‘ "' ' the different means by which the opponents of the Government have endeavored to accomplsh their overthrow. In the House, to this end, the hon. and learned member for Charlottetown and his collea ue have su ported the Govern- ment when I ave op se them. Whenever it appeared to those on. members that the Government were likely to dnma themselves, in the estimation of the people, bl; any course which they seemed determined to pursue, those hon. members, and others of their party, were sure to vote with them, and so make up for any conscientious defection on the art of their regular s pporlers.—It is said, y our oppo- nents in t e House, that the oplc are tired of

_ the present Government; an that their havin

returned, to the Assembly, a majority, oppose to the views of our party, is a proo of it. This, however, Ideny. here is, it is true, a majority in the House against us ; but it is well known that neither Mr. Golf, Mr. Mncgowan, nor Mr. McEachcn, would have been elected members of the Assembly, had they, at the time of their election, openly declared against the Government and the principles which they have carried into operation. According to the o inions cntertaincd'by the constituencies, at t s time of the elections,ooncerning the political sentiments of those whom they ha chosen to represent them in the Assembly, the majority was, and, consequently, ought to , with us. It is a gaoat mistake on the part of our op o- ncnts here—-and that they wi l, in the end, nd to their cost-—to suppose that the people are tired of such representatives as Co es, Lord, Whelan, Mooney, and Co. All, in fact who have been elected members of this House were “Iiber " upon the Hastings; and, therefore, unless that word has two meanings, and those diametrically opposed to each other, there should be but one party in this House. I indeed, contend that the rofessions of man hon. members on the hustings, and the course which they are now pursuing in this House, are so incompatable, that it would be nothin but mockery on their part, to hold cutthe han of fellowship, as “liberals,” to the people of

rince Edward Island. The term “ liberal," however, appears, at present, to be used in a very ambiguous manner; and as I think it might prove of great service to the country, to

ave its real signification properly determin- ed and fixed, I mean to consult Starke,nnd request him to give us the true definition of it. Mr. Maceachen was “liberal” in tellin little stories, when going round his District fore the election: and the Hon. Mr. Palmer,I sup- pose, is “liberal” also; for one, ten times more obstructive than himself, told me the other day, that he was “ liberal” in all thin s.

he hon. member then concluded by denying the truth of the statements made by the on. member for Belfast (Mr. Douse), as to the electors, in some Districts, having been deceiv- ed and seduced b promises of free lands; and saying, “I chaleu , hon. member to meet me, in my istriot, amongst his own tenants, and, face to face with me and them, to ascertain whether they have been, by me, led to expect they would obtain free lands by any other means than purchase; that is by the operation of the land Purchase Act.

(To be continued.) R. B. Iaviitc, Reporter.

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GALVANIIM.-—Tlle Northern Times says that Dr. de L’Huynes, a French physician, is now in Liverpool for the purpose of applying gslvanisrn for the populsion of ships. The discovery of the doctor consists in lining the vessel with zinc and with copper, according to I given plan; and in forming by them an immense series of galvanic piIss,or batteries, of which the liquid electro- inoior shall be the salt water of the sea. immense bstiey acts upon the slectrcniagnets, of which the movement of attraction and repulsion

much surpasses. ii is said, the lens of ear god.

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GLILIHK [ROI LIT! PAPERS. . ' (Tl: European 1'.)

The opening" of Parliament has scattered to the winds e calumnies of which Prince Albert has been the victim. The first night of the session was not suffered to pass without these cnlumnies being thoroughly sifted; and certainly the explanation of Lord John Russell places the conduct of the Prince in a much hi her point ofview than it ever stood he ore. Not merely have the slnndsrs levelled at Prince Albert been untrue, but, now that his domestic life has been laid bare to the world,—now that certain conversations and arrangements have been made public in which he was vitally interested, the results show that the Prince has borne himself from the first with great discretion, and that the grasping and meddling spirit which has been attribu- t d to him, is not only contrary to fact, but the very reverse ofthe charges which have been so deliberately and acrimoniously hen ed upon him.

he slanders alluded to compelled Lord John Russell to enter into a kind of chronological record of Prince Albert's career since he first came to this country; and this delicate tracing necessarily drew aside the curtain for a time, and gave the public an insight into the inner life of Royalty. This sketch certainly justified the summary of Lord John Russell at the close,— namely, that “ Her Majesty is married to a Prince of singular attainments, and their domestic life is as good an example to all the Queen's subjects as her constitutional conduct is a model for all sovereigns.” It may be painful for people in high places to be subject to the kind of imputations which have drawn from the leader ofthe House of Commons the his- torical picture to which we have referred; but there are occasions in life when the most exalted and the most humble appear to be separated by It very slight distinction, and that is when both have been assailed by'evil tongues- We learn from this explanation, presented now for the first time to the British public, that Lord Mel- bourne, who was at the head of the Ad- minstration when the Prince was married, found that the Royal Consort’s mental powers were such that the Queen could repose with safety on his judgment, and the Minister advised the most unlimited communication and confidence between them on all matters appertaining to the State. This was the view of an experienced and a cautious man, who had seen much of the world, and sscsscd peculiar aptitude for readin c nracter. But any other advice un er the circumstances would have been disregarded, for nothing can he more natural than that husband and wife should converse freely on all points in which t oy are mutually interested,-—a phase of the question which Lord John Russell brought out with remarkable force and clearness.

No circumstances connected with these explanations is more creditable to the Prince than his refusal of the post of Commander- in-Chief of the Army when it was pressed u on his consideration by the late Duke of

ellington. The veteran, it appears, went purposely to Windsor, to urge upon Prince Albert the desirability of succeeding him at the Horse Guards; and it was upon this occasion that the Prince, having given due attention to the proposal, determined to decline it, and for reasons which do his Royal Highness infinite honour. In nar- rating this delicate incident Lord John Russell siiid:—“lmmcdiately after having given that answer I had the honour of an interview with his Royal Highness, when he read the letter he had written to the Duke, and it appeared to me, and I im- mediately expressc my opinion, that his Royal Hi hness had judged most rightly, and that he had exactly viewed his own position. Ithink there were other reasons why his Royal Highness should not take the oliice of Commander-in-Chief; it is quite unnecessary to state these reasons; those which his Royal Highness himself stated were quite sufficient, and they showed that while he considered that he on ht not to lie ommander-in-Chief, he li ewise considered that, whenever he could be of any aid or assistance to the Queen—what- ever difficulty she might feel—whatevor decision she might have come to—he was bound to give the whole of his intelligence, and zeal, and wisdom to the consideration of the question. (Cheers.)”

A l the statements about the Prince’s in- terferonce with the despntches of the Foreign-cliice, and with the patronage of the Horse Guards; nllthe falsehoods about his communicating with ambassadors at foreign courts, and his secret coquetting with continental despots,disappear like mists before the sun. Never, as in now appears, were attacks so systematically and con- tinuously persevere in, use on more

roundless suppositions; and the Earl of Piarrowby might naturally feel indignant that newspapers which were supposed to represent the gentlemen of England,-—

apers in their confidence and support by their pstronsge,——should take the lead in these envenomed assaults on the Consort of the Queen.

The afihir from first to last is a melancholy proof of the fact, that the most stainless reputation in the ' best position in the land is not free from the shells of ealumny, and that a popularity, which one month seems as firm as the yraniids, as unassnil- nble as the evenin star, can be so shattered by a series of slsehcods, lndustriously pcrserved in, that a gullible world without asking for a particle of proof, will dspose the idol itlias worship , set up in its stead something 0 edious mics and dis-

reputable ehaiucter which neither lien nor can csntsslaes

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REPORTED FIGHT IN THE BLACK BEA.

On Thursday night it was currently stated in London that the English and French fleets had met the Russians in the Black Sea—-that a collision had occurred, and that the shi s of the Czar were destroy- ed or taken. his report emanated from a great city centre of shipping intelligence, and born the confidence with which it was ut forward obtained considerable credence. o special telegraphic message, however, arriving to con rm the statement, it may perhaps be safely regarded as a more enlarged and~positive echo of a rumour traceable to the Vienna Wanderer, and current for many days net. The Viennese story was based on a t cry that a hostile

meeting had taken place, "because the.

Russians must be met by Admiral Dundas, and could not in honour accept, without fighting, the orders he was directed to deliver to them"— such orders being that they should at once return to Sebsstopol and remain there.

Tuanrssiivo Asrsc-r or Arnlas in Si-siN.—The Paris correspondent of the Times again draws attention to the increas- ing danger which mennccs the authority of the “lady, who is the resent unpopular occupant of the throne” of Spain. After speaking pf the stupid audacity of the ministers in attempting “to crush all op- position to the misdeeds of the government, and all censure of the pro‘ligacy of the court,” he says—-“The ople, and by this term I do not mean ti: lower classes exclusively, are becoming, not disgusted, for that they have long been, but impatient and irritated under the dsbnsing yoke of an elfete favourite, who has not even the poor virtue ofgenerosity to diminish the hatred with which he is regarded; and they execrnted like the unworthy minion as they do the ministry who hold ofiice by the ignommious tenure ofhis protection. Symp- toms ofthe great discontent ofthc Spanish people appear each day in spite of the exertions ofthe overnment; and when we find that such ocuments as those, the translation of whicn I subjoin, are sur- reptitously but industriously circulated in every corner of Spain, there can be no longer any doubt of the public execration and ofthe danger to which it is, I fear, but the immediate prelude. The first is to this efi’cct:—‘Spaniards!—We have suffered enough already. The abject condition of thegovernment has reached its utmost limit. The laws are violated. The constitution no longer exists. The ministry is no longer the ministry of the queen; it is the ministry of an imbecile, absurd, ridiculous favourite —-of a man without reputation, without glory, without talent, without heart, without any titles to supreme favour except those which the caprice of lust gives him. This new Gcdoy pretends to plant his heel on the neck of this heroic nation, the immortal mother ofthe victims of the 2nd of May, of the heroes of Saragossa and Gerona, of the warriors of Arlaban, Mendigorria, and Luchana. Are we, indeed, to endure with impunity so much ignominy? Are there no longer swords in the country of the Cid? No weapons cfuny kind? Up, up, S aniards! To nrms all! Death to the avourite! Hurrah for the constitution sndlibert !”’ Another document prognosticutes “Tri- umph of the liberal and parliamentary principle by means ofa revolution. hunge of dynasty. The house of Braganza begins to reign. Union of S sin and Portugal. ‘ Pedro T.’ ” he ‘mu correspondent positively asserts that the union of the two crowns of the Peninsula has become the great question of the day in Madrid, and in other principal towns, among the multitude.