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C.) had given away a large amount of money to which the county members agreed to it; but when ; rT he was entitled, and that to two districts which could do| Mr. Conroy, at the very time, if such was the fact, he very well without it—and when he well knew from) distinctly denied it. ‘The resolution passed Jast session Petitions laid before the House, that the district which| was only in genera] terms, viz. that the money should he (Mr. C.) represented, was more destitute and had | be taken out of the County ; and any person of common more Roads and Bridges than any other district in this sense will see that all the Bridges in each COUNT x Island.— And what part did the hon. member take then?) provided for out of the money set apart for each nae Hie complained that he was not reported. W hy, con- | resolution did not say that any part of the money w ce tinued Mr. Fraser, what did the hon. member say in his be taken out of the incney intended for any other Dis- excuse at thetime? Merely that be had made the best /trict than that in which the Bridge stood. At the time bargain he could. A good bargain indeed he made of that resolution was passed, it was said the Bridge could it, to give six ‘Townships as much as was allowed to!be done for about 300!, ; - seventeen. He (Mr. F.) did not complain of the hon.' has neyer yet been acted upon in the House, to — member for that, as for having betrayed him so much| money out of one District, and give it to another, even ns he (Mr. C.) had done to his own constituents. That/in the other two counties, where the money is divided hon. member (Mr. C.) had promised him (Mr. F.) that he|in proportion ty the number of Townships; but the| would not consent to give the inoney from his District] thing ag quite preposterous in this case. By the first as had been proposed; and the scale of subdivision scale of division, the first three districts whicli Se of the appropriation, on that account, stood in sus-/nearly six townships in each, were allowed only ae pense for several days, until the hon. member gave up severally ; and the next District, ee a little his rights and yielded to the sophistries of those who more than two townships, got as mach as those contain- had them at their command. When the scale was re-|ing six or seven townships, and after that the sum of ported to the Ifouse, he (Mr. F.) moved as is justly re-|30/. was taken. | Well may the members from ang ported in the papers, that that part of the money which|town and the Speaker back the hon. member (Mr. I . had been taken away, should be restored, and that some | Conroy) when they find him soft enough to give aw wd of that money should be expended none the epee eee which they know is so much wanted in his own tuents of the hon. member; but he would not second) District. the motion. He(Mr. F.) contended, that injustice was! fr, Mooney said-—-When the contest about the divi- done to the first seventeen Townships in Prince Coun- | sion of the Road money took place between Mr. Con- ty, for at least to or three hours; ane then, notwith- | roy aud Mr. Fraser, [ was in the chair of the Commit- standing his promise te oppose it, the hon. member sub-| tee, and was of course precluded from expressing an mitted—apparently quite contented—to the scale; and,/opinion. I recollect that Mr. Fraser stood alone in that besides, he (Mr. ©.) never jet him (Mr. F.) know of the | contest, and tired as | was, at the time, of the discus- alteration submitted in his (Mr. C’s.) scale, until he was sion, I gave Mr. Fraser credit for the independent stand going to lay it on the table. [Mr. F. here used some/he took; and it seemed to me very strange that, year very strong language, at the same time regretting that by year, six townships should be allowed two-thirds of he could not use still stronger.] ‘the hon. member the money appropriated for the whole county, and when then continued, that whenthe hon. member (Mr. C.)/as is the case this year, work of importance is required submitted a resolution for the appointment of another|+9 be done in the county, these same six townships Road Commissioner in his District, he (Mr. F.) had! would be allowed one half. Such a division of the made some observations which he could not recollect— public money would not do for either Queen’s or King’s but he did recollect that as the bon. member (Mr. C, county. No matter what amount of money may be re- had said, his object was to get more money, he (Mr. F. quired for the other townships, those favoured six, it ap- said, the reason given was the very reason that would pears, must get the lion’s share. J must bear witness, defeat the object of the Resolution; as those who then, (continued Mr. Mooney) that I have never heard Mr. and in times past, have got the greatest share of the} Praser speak so eloquently, and with so much force, as inoney, would take care,to hold on as long as possible. he did at the time I have referred to—and he standing Finally Mr. Fraser’s Resolution passed for £15, to be alone against a host of opponents; and I must say, Sir, paid out of the Contingencies, the remaining £4 to be/that if 1 belonged to Prince County, I would do precise- paid out of the Wharfage money, to be collected at the ly as Mr. Fraser did. If each District did not provide Wharf in question. for its own Bridges it should want them, and especially Mr. .V. Conroy.—The hon. member (Mr. Fraser)| those Districts that obtained, as in this case, too large a states what is incorrect, when he says he did not know proportion of the money by the first division. Why { had agreed to the scale of approprietions, til] it was should any member be assailed as Mr. Fraser has been, sudmitted to the House. The fact is, that I shewed him when all acknowledge that the words were spoken; and the list ten days previous: the very day I made the ar-| yen now Mr. Fraser has expressed the same sentiments rangement, I told him of it. It is very well for the| which he did on the former occasion, and the only de- hon. member to say, that he made such great exertions fence then set up by Mr. N, Conroy was, that he made to procure money for his District: but no member a the best he could of a bad bargain, the House strove harder to get a large sum for the Dis- trict which he represents, thanI did. What is the truth of the case ? Why, last year the House agreed that Wilmot Creek Bridge should be contracted for— that £100 would be paid out of the Road Money then appropriated for that District—and that the balance should be paid this year, out of the money appropriated

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THE LAS? DAYS OF THE SESSION. THE LOAN.

Monday, Tuesday, and the greater part of Wednesday last, were occupied in free conferences between the ; : committees appointed from the House of Assembly and for Prince County. The Bridge was let for 3711, which| the Legislative Council, on the suggestions made by the

left a balance of 271i. to be paid this year. Then how latter Branch as amendments to the Curreacy Bill. The was it possible that 271/. could be paid by one District, | failure of all these conferences to bring about an arrange- when the whole amount appropriated for it was only

se aga oa tr inent between the two Houses, and the ultimate loss of 200i. ? It was nonsense to talk of it. ‘I'he members the Bill, is elsewhere noticed. On Wednesday even- agreed that asum shoald be taken from each District. ing the House resolved itself into a committee of the and, after many day's quarrelling, succeeded in getting | whole, and deliberated on the expediency of seeking off by paying 301, where others gave 901. This was for a Loan of Money. There was very little opposition what I meant. by saying, I made a good bargain; and/to the measure—only two members objecting—and the I did not even agree till the members promised to make following resolutions were reported acreed “why the amount good to the Districts next year. What : :

good purpose could be gained by holding out, with the|, /eselved, That it is the opinion of this Committee that whole of the House, except Mr. Fraser, against me?|!t 18 expedient to obtain a loan of Twelve Thousand Mr. H'raser knows all this as well as myself, but forsome| Pounds Sterling, to enable this Colony to extend its purpose, it would appear, he wishes to make an attack|Cizculating medium by the issue of a Paper Currency, on me. to be made redeemable in Specie at the Treasury, and Mr. Montgomery said that Mr. Conroy didall he could|t? be rendered a legal tender in payment of colonial to make the amount to be taken from his District, for| 4¢>ts. aes ph Wilmot Creek Bridge, 2s small as possible: and did not| esolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee that consent to give even a very small sum, till the mem-|22 humble Address be presented to His Excellency the bers agreed that the amount should be made oood to Lieutenant Governor, requesting that he will be pleased him next year, out of the other Districts. "The Bridge |t© Communicate with Her Majesty's Government on the was contracted for, and could not be paid for in any subject of the said loan, and to ascertain whether Her other way, than by taking a sum from each District, |Majesty’s Government will guarantee the same upon Mr. Clark said that many days previous to the Road|Provision being made by an Act of the Legislature of Scales being submitted to the House, the other mem.|this Colony for the redemption thereof in twelve years; bers had agreed. He thought Mr. Fraser was wrone in| ata Tate of interest not to exceed four and a half per stating, that the Northern Districts had been harshly |Cent., and for the principal to be applied to the purpose dealt with, as the Bridge could not be paid for in any|™entioned in the foregoing resolution.

other way, than by taking a sum from each. He had THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND THE CURRENCY BILL

given 90/. out of his District ta build it, and Mr. Conroy ; : had given only 302; and all the noise made by Mr. Previous to the adjournment on Thursday, Mr. Palmer

Fraser was because he had to give 40/., which was 4|—from the committee appointed to investigate the rea- very small proportion. sons offered by the Council for the rejection of the Cur-

Mr. Fraser replied. Mr. Chairman—Facts are stub-|T€0°Y Bill—submitted the report, which was referred to born things ; and it is well known that GOl. each was/2 committee of the whole House. Some discussion was the amount asked from the two western Districts to-|¢licited by several paragraphs of the r eport, which ap- wards Districts Nos. 4 & 5, and 40. was taken from) peared to reflect unnecessarily upon the Council—and District No. 3, and, I a n was, that|*hen the committee rose, on the usual motion being

both would be upon an equality. Now, Sir, Mr. Clark|made for agreeing to the report, Mr. Rae offered the repeatedly showed a paper to me, purporting to be an) following resolution, which was negatived on a division! srrangement, and said that Mr. Conroy and the rest

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Resolved, That the amendments made by the Legisla- tive Council were, on the whole, not incompatible with the restricted policy, which for many years the Colonial Department has seen fit to adopt, in regard to the issues of paper by the Government of this Colony ; with the exception of the amendment by which they created the new Office of Currency with a salary, the amendments of the Council did not create any additional burden on the Colony, but had the effect of rendering it imperative on the Legislature to pay off the debt contracted.

WISCELLANY.

BacneLors and Hermirs.—An opinion generally prevails in this country that it is not good for man to live alone, nevertheless if any individual, soured by cares or disappointment, should think proper to dwell by himself, and hold no converse with persons of the gent- ler sex, he is at liberty to do it, without rendering him- self liable to punishment by the law. Such was not always the case—our pilgrim fathers had but little mercy on old bachelors or hermits of any description, but chastised them with a truly parental care, and al- though they did not go so far as to compel them to marry, they compelled them to dwell with persons who were married, as will be seen by the following extract from the records of Essex County, when Hampton was included in its limits:

It a County Court held at Hampton, 8th mo., 1672.

This court being informed that John Littledale of Haverhill liveth in a house by himself, contrary to the law ofthe country, whereby hee is subject to much sin and iniquitie, which ordinarily are the companions and consequences of a solitary life, and having had informa- tion also of some of his accounts, which are in no ways to bee allowed of, but disapproved and discountenanceé, doe therefore order that the said John doe forthwith att farthest within the time ofsix weeks after the date here- of, remove himself from the said place and solitary life, and settle himselfe in some orderly family in the said town, and bee subject to the orderly rules of family go- vernment in the said family, unless hee remove out of the towne within the said tyme—and if hee doe not perform this order as above said, then this court doth order that the selectmen of the towne doe forthwith order and place the said John to bee in some orderly fami- ly as above said, which if hee shall refuse to submit unto, then, THESE ARE IN WIS MaGesTIES NAME to require the constable of the said town, upon his knowledge of it, or information, to apprehend the person of the said John, and carry him to the house of correction in Hampton, there to bee kept and sett to work until hee shall bee freed by order of authority—and this order shall bee a discharge and security.

KLoquence or Action.—Demosthenes and Daniel | Webster agree in attributing eloquence to action. Both proved the theory true by their action. A clergyman we have read of tried the same thing more demonstrably. His wife had just been buried, and he was closing the service over her grave. Stretching forth his hand, and pointing towards the grave, he saij—“There the wicked cease from troubling,” and when placing his hand on his breast continued, “ and the weary are at rest.”

Axecpote.—An old lady was telling her grand- children about some troubles in Scotland, in the course of which the Chief of her clan Jost his head: ‘Jt was nae great thing of a head, to be sure,’ said the old lady, ‘but it was a sad loss to him.’

Lours Putuirrr.~-The Philidelphia Ledger says that the ex-King of the French is shown by the transfer books of the state of Pennsylvania to be a holder of about five hundred thousand dollars of 5 per cent bonds. He is, besides, known to be a very large holder of both New York and City loans, and most likely of the bonds of other states and of the general government. ‘The real estate that he holds in the city of New York is im- mensely valuable, and it is probably within the truth to set down his interest in property and credit in the Uni- ted States at not less than five millions of dollars.

Tue Love or rae Youne.—The love of boys and girls is an object on which grey bearded men vent much spleen and scorn; but depend upon it, reader, where it exists in reality, it is the sweetest thing that ever life knows; it isthe violet of our short year of existence. ‘Phe rose is beautiful, richer in hues, full of perfume and brightness, as she flaunts her gay bosom in the ardent sun of June, but give me the violet, the dear early violet, that scents with her odorous breath the air of unconfirmed spring ; the soft and timid violet, retreating from your gaze with her blue eyes cast down; the first sweet child of the sweetest season, the tenderest, the gentlest, of all flowers of the field; the emblem of earnest and innocent affection.

No, there is nothing like it! In all after years we may lay our hand upon what joy we will—pure and innocent it must be, to bear the comparison for a moment—but I say we may lay our hand upon what joy we will in afier existence, we shall never find any thing on earth like the first flower of the heart.—G. P. R. James.

A Prieasant VaLepiction.—Pefore the Bishop of New Zealand departed, Sidney Smith in taking leave, affected to impress upon his friend the dangers of his mission. ‘You will find’ he said,‘in preaching to cannibals that their attention, instead of being occupied