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TOWN GOSSIP. .

Tecuy the hearts of our adverdari®d are easily made gtad, if we may judge from the joyful smiles they put en, when, on the arrival of every Packet from England, they learn that His Excelleney’s, Mail Bag. contains aome balm for their wounded feelings—that, in short, it sionot bé found that Lord Grey lias yet positively com- sanded the immediate introduction of Responsible Government. They are inournfully convinced that the dreadful fiat must come forth—-that it is delayed only #eeause the functionaties in Downing street have not uad time to grope through the mass of faisehood and wiacepresentation, with which no doubt they have been ‘0st industriously plied since the protogation of the Legislature. “This conviction is constantly giving rise to the gloomiest thoughts ; and is it remarkable to see men gloomy at the. doleful prospect of josing comfort- able situations on which theyshuve lived sumptuously for years, deriving therefrom 2 ‘certain’ degree of im-

norsance which their lineage, hereditary fortunes, edu-.

eation and mental endowments could never bestow 7, in this state'of mental- depression, it is natural their spirits should become singularly buoyant with the faintest ray of nope, When despair sits heavily and darkly upon the heart, it is then the most accessible to. every transient glimmer of joy.

' Friday last afforded a graphic tustration of this state of feeling. The Mail of the precedin ne evening brought Government Despatches. A Council was su:umoned at eight o'clock that evening. The messenger was in- structed to inform the Councillors respectively, that the Despatches were of the must favorable character— tavorable, of course, to the party in power. Early on Friday groups of Tories—dressed -in their holiday amiles and clothes—might be seen in every part of the town, discussing and promulgating the important secrets of the Cabinet. They all agreed in asseverating that poor Responsible Government was knocked in the aead—that Sir Donald’s conduct was not only approved of, but eulogized in the highest terms—that the only zround of complaint against him at the Colonial Office was, lis neglecting to liberate the prisoners in the several Jails when the House of Assembly deciined to xote the necessary Supplies for their support—that if the House of Assembly should persist in its “ obstinate” sourses, the Government would be immediately abolish- ed, and the Coluny annexed to Neva Scotia—-that the House of Commons refused to receive the Petition adepied by the Assembly here, and entrusted for pre- vemtation te the Society for the Reform of Colonial Governament—that the complaints of the Petitioners were treated with seorn by the House of Commoris— and that it was ¢he will and pleasure of Her Majesty’s Ministers that the glorious reign of the Family Compact should continue andivturbed unto the latest generation.

All this stuff aud mucli mere kept the jawe of Tory gossips employed during tke live-long day.

Saturday came, Tory countenances put on their latelgomere accustamed gloom. Whut was the cause of the sudden transition Had any one, versed in the seereis of the Cabinet Council, revealed the truth of the Despatcher, and disturbed the delicious dream of WeTories> The delusions of the day before, each in ‘eRucmy assumed tre formeof a myth. The story of the prisoners was neatly the first to vanieh. The Court, shea etiag, sentenced several unfortunate devils, who aad Leen Sutely tried and convietedvof crime, to various eta of imprisonment. Every body asked, why was

jndgment progounced, if the prison establishments were phad such Pie opportunity ar inelinstion to cultivate f

to be brokén up, and felons to go free? Why were the Coarte of Justice kept open, why,in short, were any of the public departmenté—any of the public offices kept opens, if the “occupation” of the Sailor—-the great con- servator in every state of life, property, and peace—-was,

like Othello’s, “gone”? It was_a silly tale, and de- monstrated the most absolute poyerty of invention on the part of its originators. Then the story about the rejection of the Petition was demolished by the publi- cation of Mr. Adderley’s letter; and it was admitted,

that though the Lieutenant Governor’s conduct was ap-

proved of in the main, Responsible Government was either at once conceded by the Despatches, or about to be so. Our own opinion was, that.a Despatch waa left lurking in the bottom of the Governor’ bag, signifying Her Majesty’s assent to the Civil Dist Bill, and that its existence waa Jost sight of, while the admirers of His Excellency swaggered under the ‘delirium of joy pro- duced by the alleged approbatory Despatch. ‘I'ime wil! tell whether we were right or W¥ong in forming this opinion, If the Government orgah is as silent on the subject. of the Despatches as the Islander of Friday was, we will) feel tolerably cértain that-a complete blight has faifen on the ‘hopes of he Compact and their cads.

We freely confess that we howe: never been particu- larly uneasy respecting tire issue ofthe contest between the Govermnent and the Assembiyy Weofelt and feel that the issue may be delayed for ménths— that attempts would be made to hoodwink and cajole the Home Go- vernment; but that the Reform for which we struggled was-ag sure to come as death and-taxes. An election

might be ‘resorted “to;—such wh afbitrary proceeding |;

would make matters worse for the Compact rather than better. ‘The country has not been lied into the belief, through the agency of Maclean, or any other unprinci- pled scribe, that it is not fit to enjoy Responsible Go- vernment—that such a polity would prove inimical to its interests—or that the present officials are the most pure and trustworthy of men. The decision of the con- stituency of Belfast has shewn what little effect misre- presentation has had amongst them. Other constituen- cies would pronounce still more decisively, were they appealed to for a decision. Then we would be annexed to Nova Scotia! Aye, that hoax has been tried for about forty years, and is by this time pretty well worn out. Dut suppose annexation wete to become a fuct, would not such an event be a triumph to the Reform party? We would thereby get rid of the incnbus of a clique, and enjoy all the advantages of Responsible Government. We are not frightened of annexation ; but if Her Majesty and her Ministers were to falsify their promises to this Island, and to tell us that if we did not-content ourselves with being the slaves of a faction here, we should be annexed to the other Province, we would cheerfully embrace the alternative, and would be certain of seeing the majority of our fellow colonists follewing our example.

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MR. DOUSE’S LETTER.

We were considerably edified by the perusu) of » jet- ter signed “ William Douse,” published in the last Js- i lander, We were edified, because it is new and curious to see a philosopher Jike “Wullam” in the towering pession which every sentence of his letter betrays. He | is indignam, horribly. indignant at the azsertien made |

by the Examiner and Review, namely, that ke is indebt- |

ed for his lute election to his position and influence as a land-agent) He gives the asserters “the most unqua- lified lie! ia’ vul@a¥ terms, not to be misunderstood.” Nohody is likely to dispute Wullam’s aptitude fur the use of “yulgarterms.” We should be surprised to lear of anything cise but vulgarity-from a person who hes

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the habits and feelings of the Gentleman... Mrs Douse ceases to be interesting when he ceaseato be vulger, for he would then be assuming 2 character which he could not long sustain: he would be destroying hie identity, and rendering it difficult for himself cr hie friends to recognize him. We pray him, therefgre, to be always “vulgar ;” affectation in manners is less disagreeable and disgusting than hypocrisy in religion.

He informe ‘us that he was “neither anxious nor

foolishly ambitious to take a seat with the rials that now form the majority of the present House 0 ae semb! y” did he go to the trouble of cont

the e ction’? Jid he imagine that the electors of sel fast could 5 pense with hie valuable services? that.

they were determined on electing him, whether he was wilid dng or no? that the business of the countr would infallibly go to smash if he retired into private life, and ceased to electrify and charm the Legislative hall by his classic oratory, his deep erudition, his acute ratiocination, ‘Say, O modest ‘and patiiotic Wullam how can thy adopted country be ever sufficiently grate. fal for thy disinterested devotion to her interests? Ife esteems it no honour to * take a seat with the materials,” (such are his correct and classic expressiona) “who now form the majority of the Assembly.” ‘I'he “ materials” fre not ambitious of the honour of having Mr. Douse amongst them; they beg he will keep ata respectful distance when he goes into the house of Assembly, for there is an odour—(we speak metaphorically and politi- cally) about plethoric tories not enchantingly ag

“{ never canvassed the Electors upon the ‘oecasions,” he observes. What occasion? We don’t t suppose he caf- vassed the electors on the “ occasion” of the election. But did he not “ do the agreeable,” shortly previous § tothe election, by sending parcels of turnip seed in various directions of the district, as payment in hands for the votes to be registered in his favour on the polling d And did he not give Professor Numskall a lift (but ¢ admits the fact) by bundles of the Express (not half so valuable . fh the turnip seed) amongst the elec- tors, “as’ indisputable evidence” that the majority of the Assembly are a pack of rascals, with whom, neyerthe- less, he was desirous of associating, and that Maclean ané himself are the inost immaculate patriots ? (Wher a very ignorant man writes letters in the newspapers, it is fairto give him a wide berth, and'to avoid, i possi bie, laughing at his use of expressions whose meaning he dees not understand ; we shall therefore, let the “ in- disputable evidence” pass. And did he not desparage some of the majority, and thus by comparison praise himself and his party? And did he not rant and rai! against the proceedings of the late Sessions, and thus by comparison lead the electors to imagine what great things he and his party would ,zecomplish for the coun- try, if they were ina majority? le admits it all,—-and yet he has the incomparable impudence to tell the pub- lic he did not canvass! If this 1s not canvassing on an extensive scale, we must confess that we know nothing of electioneering tactics.

‘There is a good deal of slang in the letter of * our Wullam” about “ penny-less members,” “Snatchers,” and persons in the Assembly intent upon nothing but serving “their own dear selves.” Now, though “our Wuliam” tay have been born a genius and a phileso- pher, he was not born a very rich man, nor a ¥ery scrw- pulous one in the means resorted to for acquiring riches. We are not aware that any of the majority—pennyless as some of them are alleged to be—ever hed to work as a day labourer ina garden or a cook ina ship-yard— we have never known that any of them has sought, and been refused, to be admitted as a servant to the House of Assembly-—we are not aware that any of them has ever flourished the white apron a3 an obsequions Boni- face at a public inn—we are not aware that any of them

misrepresentation and impudence, the management of an estate~-we are not aware that two hundred pounds

annually for the management of an estate has enabled

any of them to brild ships, acquire rea) estate, support ‘large families, and make expensive journeys to Bng- | innd,—-we are not aware that any of them has trafficked in tuber not their own,—we are not aware that any of ‘them has changed sides in the Blouse of Assembly— suddenly orofessed principles to which their whole pre- vious course of conduct was opposed, for the purpose of gaining the support of their former opponents in the scheme of making a Chancery officer disgorge three hundred and fifty pounds, praising those opponents, for tht same support, as the honestest party in the Assem- bly, aud afterwards abusing them as Snatchers, restless, nennyless agitstors, “We repent, we are not aware that

avy of these things can be said of any one member of

has enatched to himself from another, by the force of