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Nays —Honorables G. Colea, W. W.- Lord and J. Jardine; Messrs. Wightman, Clark, Beaton, Mooney, M‘Neill, Laird, Flyna, and lraser—)),

‘The question being put on Mr. Fraser's motion, the House again divided as above:

Ayos~1l]. Nays—6.

Werpxesoay, Mar 14. MORNING SITTING.

_ Paowatrs Sacartarr'’s Fers —Th Yionse (having eat, yesterday, fer a con- eideradle time in committee, on the Re- port presented to the House, by Mr, Fra- ser, ay chairman of the commitiee appoint- ed to report concerning the Private Se- cretary’s Fees) was again resolved into a commuiriee on the further consideration of the same Report, Hon. Mr. Jardine inthe chair. Ia the course of the discussion in committee, the following Resolution was moved by Mr. Palmer and seconded by Mr. Longworth. The submitting of this Resolution occasioned much further dis- cussion, and on the chairman's putting the question thereon, the House divided:

Ayes—Meassra. Palmer, Longworth, Yeo, Haviland, Montgomery, Thornton, Douse, Wightman and Mr. Speaker—?,

Nays—Honorables G, Coles, E. Whe- lan and. W. W. Lord; Messrs. Fraser, Mooney, M‘Neill, Laird, Flynn, Davies, Beaton, Clark—11.

Resolved\ that a copy of the Report of the committee now read be furnished to Mr. Unviland, the late Colonial Secretary, by the Clerk of tins House,with a reqtes', that he wil] furnish this House with any retnarks or comments he may be desirous ef making thereon,and that sate Mr Havi- Jand be sliowed one week's time for that purpose, and tn the evest of the Honse being prerogued before the expiration of that periad, that satd Mr. Haviland be allowed tine for that purpose nati the first day of the next Session of the Legis: jature.

The consideration of the Report was then resumed ; and afier 1t had been gone throurk and avreed to, paragraph by pa- ragraph, the ITouse was resuined and the Report reperted agreed to, Mr. Palmer rose and moved that the following be sub- aimuted for the Report; and the question being put thereon, the House civided:

Ayes—Meaars, Palmer, Yeo, Douse. Longworth, tHavilasd, Thornton, and | Woightman—Z, !

Navs~—Honorahles G. Coles, F. Who. | lan, J. Jardine and W.W. Lord; Messrs. | Clark, Uavies, Laird, Fiynn, Mooney M*-}

F Neil, Praser—1}. }

* Whereas the Report of the committee |

upoatie subject of the Fees of Office of | ’ , was concla-; tem of colonial misrule and official cor-

tie late Coloma! Secretary,

ded and s-gned on the 28:h April last, but,

spy ec te not laid before the Honee until the 12th | of May instant, and it is intended that the: Legislatare shall be prorogned to-morrow, | tne 15:h onstant, Resolyed. therefore, that | as the jate Colonial Secretary was not.

4 ao ee ap eae age ty, called before the said committee for ex-, polities you cannot be expected to know

ainination on the subject referred to the said commutes, #s charges gravely affecting his conduct in the discharge of the duties of his Office. it 83 just that a, copy of the said Report be furntshed to the said late Colonial Se- eretary by the Clerk of the Flouse, and that he be allowed antil the first day of the next Session of the Legislature to eulrnit.te the [louse any answer or ob- gervations he may becdesirous of making respecting the matter of the said Report.”

Fiun, Mr. Coues.then moved that the Report of the commiutee be agreed to: the question being put thereon, the House divided aa adove ;

fyes 3. Nays—8.

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Rane Ceaosity.—The editor of the Pisladelphm American has been shown

a stpall pocket sized volume, contaring ! the whoie ofthe New Testament, written |

with a pen on velinm. in condensed Latin. The work was done in the year lang befare the art of printing was dis- covered, and the rype-like clearness, re-

enlarity and Corn pact ness of the Jettering, i rea any advantage upon him, nor upan the moaasure hes been carried, {f you are

aawell na the exquisite deheicy and beauty of the ornamental writing i col- erg, whieh illuminates every pige of the boak, constiiute itone of the inost re- menkatle -clics that have descended to ua from the times anterior to types and

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| your fellow subjects in the other Districts, ‘as to elect him, may be farrly presumed

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<n ras suamenga. Monday, Jane 2, 1851.

TO TWE ELECTORS OF PRINCE COUNTY, GENTLEMEN—

In the epace of a few days you will ecain be required to exercise one of the highest privileges of Freemen—namely, that of returning to the House of Assem- bly three gentlemen to represent your interests and opinions therein. But it is not solely your own interests and opinions that will be affeeted by the choice you are about to make, for the well being of the colony at large, and the stability of the principles on which its Government is now and hereafter to be conducted, are, in a great measure, dependent upon the manner in which. you will exercise the elective franchise. It is, therefore, exceedingly desirable for you fo act with the wtmost cantion and deliberation ; and to weigh maturely the grounds on which your suffrages should be given. The object of the following observations is not to inflame your prejudices and passions by fine spun rhetoric or high sounding declamation, nor by resorting to any of those little artifices so ofien practised by heated partisans in electioneering con- teats ; but Lonestly to assist your deliber- ations bysecking to inform your judgment, nad to fortify it with facts which sophistry cannot vei), nor passion overthrow.

Let us firat ask, who are the candidates [$r election? The Hen. Mr. Warburton, Colonial Secretary, for the First District ; Allan Peaser, Esq., Collector of Excise, for the Second District; and the Hon. } Joseph Pope, Treasurer, for the Third District. It appears to he generally well understooad’ that Mr. Lawrence Gall, Land Agent for the Hon. Saml, Cunard, will oppose the Colonial Secretary ; and that Doctor Conroy, one of the leaders of the old Tory party, and one of the most unscrupulous supporters of the late sys-

ruotion, will oppose the Treasurer. Tr dees not seem to be known who will en- ter the lists against the Collecter; but his late constituents are advised not to Of Mr.

promise him their votes, Gaul's

much, if anything ; he has never been in

take, were you so lost to the sense of the |

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‘appeals es a candidated, and from the | patronage by which he is encoursged. Of the learned Dogtor's politics, you have | had opportunities for learning much; und | if yonr experience of him has not amaz- ingly deceived you, yon must know that he never advocated one good measure

hilst he held a seat in the [louse of As- 'sembly. Woth an honest and generous | disposition as a private man, and blessed with a heart ‘open as day to me'ting cha- city,” the Doctor has manifeated a dispo- i gition, npon all occasions, to support the “prMensions of a party who never confer-

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tion of the Government you were taxed to support ; and, in fine, to keep you in @ position that rendered you incapable, without incurring great risk, if not posi- tive injury, of expressing a free thought, or performing an independent act. Whilst the Doctor's party was in power you were virtually slaves; under the system, but not the party—(for the great beauty of Responsible Government is, that it knows no party but tae Peorie) which Messrs. Warburton, Pope and Fraser have helped to establish, you are as you ought to be FREEMEN, in every sense of the term.

We need not remind you that the Go- vernment candidates were returned, at the last general Election, almost expressly to advocate the introduction of the new sys- tem of Government. They did not pro- mise one thing and practise another. Faithfully end honourably have they ful- filled the trust with which they were charged. Their efforts, in unison with those of their coadjators in the majority, have been crowned with complete suc- cess; and Responsible Government is the established rule of the colony. We cen- not supoose that you will annul your de- cision in reference to the desirableness of Responsible Government, by neglecting or refusing to support the Gentlemen who have helped to settle that question. Their defeat at the polls—not, it is true, proba- ble, considering who their opponents are, but yet within the range of possibility— would be greatly derogatory to yourselves, and inimical to the best intereste of the country. Defeat would be derogatory to yourselves, because it would argue want of consistency and fixedness of purpose ‘on your part: at would appear to indicate that a measure of which you were desir-

I8Sk. {It would be derogatory to your- selves, because it would affix te your characters the crime of ingratitude, by withholding the reward of well-fought victory from these whom you had elected io fight your battles. Defeat would be derogatory to ycurselves, because it would proclaim to the world that when liberty was within your reach, and its generous jnfluence began td erradiate and enervate the land—when the people’s constitutional power was cared for and respected —jou were unworthy of its en- joyment, and ignorant of your rights, by stooping to kiss the rod that scourged you, an? to fawn upon the hands which

lavoured to fasten your chaine.

We have said that defeat of the Go- inimical to the best interests of the country. [Tn what respect, do you ask? We shall tell you. It would be regsrded as an expression of opinion against the policy of the present Government, an) against

vernment candidates would be

all the measures of genera! utility which the majority of the Assembly and the Go-

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utility which the mojority of the Assezr, bly and the present Government have ne- complished? They have lessened tne public expenditure, and consequently the public burdens to the amount of £305. — they have secured to the colony the dig- posalof the Crown Lands, Permanent Revenues, and Fishery Reserves—they have lessened the salaries of Collectors ef Customs and Impost in the Rural Dis- tricts, from £40 to £15, and the ealary of the Collector of Imposts at Charlotie- town from £260 to £200. [Do you ima - gine that if they were so greedy for the emoluments of office as their eremies jabour to represent them, they would have reduced the salariea they were themselves entitled to enjoy?) They have passed the One Ninth Bill, which renders it impossible for an avaricions and tyrannica! landlord to exact from his tenants, as the express terms of his lenges might legally warrant, £7 10s. inetead of £5 IIs. Igd. for every 100 acres of land at one shilling per acre ;—and they are determined, if supported by the country —to pass a Tenant Right Bill, whieb will entitle an ejected tenant to compensation for his improvements. Would the gen- tlemen who ere now canvassing for your suffrages supporteither of those mess~ ures? No; one is & proprietor, who would take good care, if in the Assembly, to maintain his power over his tenantry, and to preserve his profits from their industry ;—the other is the agent of the lon, Mr. Cunnard, and has not onayym- pathy in common with the people of this ts'and--he is Known only es a grasping, avaricious task-master, who, Shylock- like, must fave hie pound of flesh—whe has probably ere this signed a Memorial to the Queen, praying Her Majesty net to assent to the Onue-Ninth Bill—and who has been encouraged by the Proprie- tor he represents to oppose the return of Mr. Warburton.—Ther there is the Loan Bill, which will reduce the interest on Warrant? ; and the Market Bill, whieh will afford accommodation to such of our agriculturists as bring flour, meal and grain to Market,—and it will lessen the expense of our Postal establiehmeat, in asmuch asno Rent will be incurred fora Post Office. Other subjects might be cited, in support of the claiins of the Go- vernment candidates to your sepport: but these, for the present, wi!l euffice. What would their opponents da, if returned ? ‘The question is easily answered: they would oppose every measure we have particularized, if they had to be brought into the Assembly again—they would en- danger the passage of the Tensnt Com- pensation Bill, as well as the adaption of any other measure which may be hereafier submitted to the Legislature, with a view to unprove the condition of the tenantre ; and they would strive to re-ertabhab the ascendancy of that party, who exereived

vernment have successfully carried out. The policy of the Geverninent is to give the force of Jaw to the will and wishes

of ther@are desirous of tiaving any mea- fravernmen!

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of the People ; 80 that when the majority |

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‘the high functions of Government opiy | for themselves ‘end for the proprietary | faction-—paraivyzed your industry — d:re- 'garced your wishes, and neglected the , resonrces of your country.

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blighting policy had no other tendency | it, aud whom you aided, you will reject! ship Africa, at New York, on the tet of

i thin to enrich themselves, to perpetrate a | the Crovernmentca ididates. This, how-! May. was commonicated by telegraph te

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