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Hon Mr. Palmer a uewbor of Her Majesty's Executive Hon. Mp. WIGHTMAN made a few remarks in favor of the! Couac, by com psad of (lis Exeotleney the Lieutenant Gover- Bill, showing how me. nvenient it was to make remittances to | ner, sid va the favle copies of the following Desparcaes :— , the United States or the neighbouring Colonies, and how ad-! No. SG, * Uraasmiting sagge<t- ous to be borne in mind on re- yantageous it would be to this Island to have the currency as- enuctiaent of an Ac: tor ransing a Revenne.’’ No. GO, *: re) similated to that of Nova Scotia. questing further ‘uformation on the subject ofan Attia enadle| Hoo. Mr. LONGWORTH addressed the House at consi- | the Controtler of Navig.tion Laws to grant and issue Fishing) derable lengyh, and spoke against the Bill. Me. Longworth | Licenses to citiz my of the Usted Srates for vessels buil in| eaid he opposed the measure jast Session, for he eoneeied 1b}

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Pik broad, aa Mie HENSLEY said when he spoke to the Bill last | was not acquainted with its details, Ou lookiag |

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with them, to the very dust, and all claim to the “symeatar” of the home Government, an know better than to expect any from us, mercies” they shall henceforth be consigned ! effect, the substance of certain speeches lately delivered in the Assembly ; aad even Dan. Davies joins in the cry, as well as | he can prake himself heard. For my own part, L ask the!

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most active preparstious for warlike movements Were gv

d on—everybody was arm.ug, and everybody confidently ant. to whose * tender cipated that the southern army unler Jif. Davis, Would he Such is, in| safely installed in Washington belure the Ist of May.

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fact, this was treated as an event at least more than half ge, com plished. ' Wasutneaton, Weduesday.—( Times Correspondenee,) .

Priace Edward islaud wt! owed by them.”’ | wae not sufficiently considered by hon. members on either side | evening, he i: é of the House, and the d fi-ultics which he foresaw lest year, | over it, he observed that it was nt so sweeping a measure as

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sympathy’ of no Governments, and claim nothing from them A deputation of Virziniavs and Marylanders waited on the but fair play ;—wheu that is denied me, by the fon. Colonel | President to-day and demmnded the cessation of hostilities fie certainly |

likely to result from the passing of the Bill under discussion, WOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. were not removed from his mind by the Lon. de he had juet heard speak 10 its favor.

Tuvesoay Arrennoon, March 14. | hon. member whe introduced the Bill for bis perseverance, as

Me. HO VAT mowed thata BY to sothborise the appoin'-| he had no doubt his obj-ct was to facilitate and imcresse the ment of Hos Reeves be reada thirdtime. ‘The Bill was then | trade of this Colony ; but he retber thought that the Bul in i's read a third time and vassed | present form wou!'d not accomplish that object. Hon. members Che House then resumed the consideration of the Bll to, should consider what led at firet to a depreciation in our cur- parish persons guilty of tresoxssiny on orchards and gardens, | rency when compared with that of Nova Scotia and New Bruns- Afier several amendments were made ty the BU, the Speaker) wick—why an American or Mexican do'lar in Halifvx passed tok the Cuair and the Chairman reported the Bul agreed to as for 25+, 248 45, and 308. The reasgn of the relative values of einended, j thes€ cotas being su different between N. S. or N. B., and

Hoo. Me. WESLAN presented a perition of Alexander) P. E, {-land, was because the balance of trade was against us ; |

M>Dowa d, Harber master and inhabtsote of Lot 56, preying | 2d ths being the case it was found necessary to put upen these fora grant of £19, to p wreck from the harbor of Grand River, which was received | in this Island, sufficient for commercial purposes. nal! coun- and read and laid cn tie tabie, | tries where the balance of trade was against them. thé currency - . necessarily borea higher nom nui value than in those coun'rie?

Deeiwat Currancy Brix, | where it was in their favor; for, were the currency of each Mr. MINEILL moves the order 3; the day, that the Bi'l to country of equel value, the circulating medium would be drain- requinte tre currency apd the Decimal System of aceonnt.nz,| ed out of these countries which import more than they export. be erd a secon! time, Woich motwu passed, aed the Bul was| This was the reason why it was found necessary to put a higher read a second time, /homipal value on the currency of P. E. Ieland than what tt Mr. M‘NELLL seid —the Bill merely provides for a ehange | beara either in Nova Scotia or New Bruaswick. Such being fromthe present mode of accounting in pounds, shillings spd) the ease he thought the Bill then befare the House would, if nence : and, that after Mebruary first, 18562 accounts shall be kept It came into operation, produce an effect different from whe! 10 dollars andcents The Bilis s miler othe Act of Nova Scotia, | some hon. members anticivated. So far asthe Decimal sys ew which has given general satsfiction, The Decimal system of accounting was concerned, it was no doubt the easiest and has been adopted in al the North American Colonies, New-| best method and much superior to the pound-shilling-snd-pence fuundiand and P| E. Island excepied. If this Logislature | systein, But as the object of the Bil was to assimilate the would follow the exaoole of those Provinces wich have adopt-;| currency of P. E. Island to that of the neighbouring Colonies ed this, [ am satisfied a great booa would be conferred on thig| he could not support it. Looking at the trade of the Colony Island, and that ifs afopron would conduce very wuch towards | he thought the Bul would operate against the country. _ The the cornmercial prosp rity of this Colony. The trade of this | time would arrive, he hoped, when the resources of the Co'ony Jelend with the neienborine Colonies and the United States is; would become more developed, and when P. K. Island would ' wou'!d be very desirable and be found | be in a better posstion to sdopt the measure now proposed, He

now cohsiderad’e ; and it

beneficie! to have an assimilation of the currency of P. BE. Is-| (Mr. Longworth) was in favor of the Bill going into Commit- and to that of Nova Scotia. The Bill mokes provision for past | tee, and of its being published, that the people might have an |

contracts, so nothing need be apprehended on that ground. If | opportunity of discussing its merits If favorably received it

tbe thought the cliu-e for the protection of the tenantry be | vould be enough to pass it next Session. In other Colonies not suffinently strong it may be mide so in Comim:tree, if it go Bilis of this description were never hurried through the Legis- to Comanttee. | hope, however, this question will be taken) lature, without having the public fully informed respecting up dispassionntely by hon. members on both sides. In Nova there nature. As regarded pas: contracts, he thought the Bil) Neotia the Currency Bil was introduced by a member of the, was not sufficient’y guarded ; but that would be considered | Minerity, and he was cordially supported by both sides of the | when in Comumtee on its details. After all, altering the nom! llouse.

} . : : members whoa | +4 Government officials be required to keep their accounts

He gave credit to the |), auiisrs and cents. ‘This being the case it wou'd not in-

ry Robert Howlett for the removal of a | coins a nominal value, in order to retain a circulating medium

be was at first led to believe; all that it provided was that

He was of opinion that the | ‘Treasury notes would not require to be called in; they might ‘be allowed to pass, their value in dollars and cents being lexed. [He thought the Government ought to have been cou-

sulted before the measure was introduced, as to whether they | would be willing to carry it eatin the public offices, He | might vote for the Bill to go into Committee, but would not

‘be prepared to vote for it ulogetber unless the Government

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jexpressed their willingness to carry it out.

Mr. CO JPER thought that no alteration should be made ‘in the currency unti! the Land question was settled,

| Mr. SINCLALR had listened attentively to the remarks

| made cn the subject under cousideration, but could not fully |

| decide as to the advantage that would be gained by the Bil. Whether the currency of the Island was changed to doilars ! and ceuts, or allowed te remain as at present, be thought it would be very difficult to get our notes to pass in the neigh- ‘boring provinces, He considered the measure premature, ‘and thought it would bring confusion into the country with- lout avy corresponding advantage. He would vote for the lamendment that the House go into committce on the Dil! ‘this day three months. : | Hon. Mr. LALRD was opposed to the adoption of the deci- mal system at present; it would be an inconvenience to the |country people fur a considerable time. There was nothing | to hinder any person to keep bis accounts as he pleased ; let the merchants, if they thought the system an advantage, keep their accounts ia dol.ars and cents, and this course might de te means of training up the people to understand this method of accounting. After scveral bon. members, who had expressed their views

‘on the measure yesterday,—had spoken-—chiefly reiterating |

| their former arguments—tbe question was put on Hon. Mr /COLES’ motion of amendment that the House go into Cow- j mittee on the Bill this day three mouths, when there appear- ed, For it Hons. Messrs. Coles, Thornton, Yeo, Laird, Kel y; Messrs. Sinclair, Owen, Caoper, Moutgomery, Iolm, Con-

or his colleagues, 1 know where to appeal. takes the Jead in regular Dragoon style, acd seems disposed | to make slashing work in bis onslaught on proprictors, | As regards the Hon. Mr. Longworth, [ ought perhaps, in justice to add, that throughout the debate, as reported in your paper, he appears to have been guided by moderation, | ‘hough he bad as much cause to compiuin of being “malign: | ed” as any ove of his colleagues. But Mr. Longworth kuows better than that; he understands constitutioual privilege, | aud is doubtless well aware that Her Majesty’s Minister | would not allow the meanest subject in the realm to be fettered in his right to petition his Sovereign. Mr. Longworth is’ probably #iso better informe!’ on another point than his gul-) lant colleague would appear to be—namely, that so far from the Lieut. Governor being “bound to transmit every petition addressed to the Authorities at home, po matter what it con- tains,” (!¢!) his Excellency’s iustructions would not justify ‘him in even receiving a representation, unless couched in respectful language ; and every one must know that the Lieut. Governor is too sensible of what is due to his Sovereign, and his own high position, to transmit libellous or disrespectful matter to be laid at the foot of the throne; even if, as was meanly ipsinnated in the Assembly, I had placed such in his hands. It may be said, indeed, that due allowance should be made for gentlemen in the beat of debate, aud [ under- staud that the Colonel, who bas served in the army, sometimes both acts and speaks with the characteristic warmth of a soldier ; and may very reasonably be supposed to snow more of ** martial law,” as administered at the drum-head thaa of either “Habeas Corpus” or “the Bill of Rights.”

Such an excuse, however, will fail to apply to another “honorable gentleman,” who, if 1 am eorrectly informed, bas the reputation of being a sound ‘constitutional lawyer,” and bearing the loca! rank of Major of Militia, has not been iu- aptly styled ihe Hotspur of the Exeeutive.” Ir is not at present my intention to take particular notice of his silly sarcasms upon me; but as regards the principles ehuuciated | by him, as well as his practice, on the land question, [ am)

until after the session of Consress Tae President's answer was prompt and decided. Ose of the deputation said that 75,000 Marslanders would contest the passage of troops over her soil. The President repliel, “he presumed there wag room enough on ber soil to bary 75,000.”

UIGULY IMPORTANT FROM MARYLAND—TULEATENED sLivg ry. SUKKECTION —TEBRUR AMONG THS WHITE POPULATION OF Hq RURAL DisrTKicrs.

Reliable information has just reached this offiee that in. tense excitewent prevails throughou: the rural districts of Maryland, in copsequence of the iuumivent danger of an im. mediate, bloody outbreak on the part of the slave population, Slaves, on a large number of estates, have ceased to treat their masters wiih ordinary civility. They covertly insinuate that

| they expect to be speedily provided with arms; and there ig

no doubt that the awful horrors of Saint Domingo, iu the be. ginning of the century, will be repeated, upon ua cularged scale, unless Providence shall interfere to prevent so fearful a calamity.

There is a slave conspiracy orgin’zed whose ramifications extend into Virginia. A lady revently arrived at i on ber way to the North—bkerself a slave owner—stated, that she did not care to live among her blacks with no faz ther security than the Jocal authorities can afford. She says that she had not a neighbour in the district where she se sides, who does not consider it unquestionable that a barba- rous warfare, with the hideous concumitants of the insarree- tion of a brutalized, inferiur race, ia ou the eve of desolating the region in which she bes resided.

Maryland should make peace with the Federal authorities, Self-preservation, aud the duty she owes to the mothers, daughters and children of the State, demands that she should take the speediest messures to avyvid the evils with waich she is menaced.— NV. Y. News, 25th.

New Youn, Mey 3. The Steamer Northern Light, from Aspinwall, with nearly One Million in Gold, bas arrived.

| nal value of the currency of a country did no’, and would not! Hoa. Mr. YEO e2a'd he cons'dered ths Leland in reference | edd anything to its wealth. If, however. the objections which | TOY, Llowat—13. a : i to tie question beler> the House, did not occupy the same | he urged against the Bill becoming law, were removed, he fir! Against it —- Messrs M-Neill, Davies, J. Yeo, Beer ; Hoas. position as the saer Colonies, masmuch as our currency was | one would give way ; but he was not then prepared to give 1 | Messrs. Haviland, Wightman, M*Aulay, Longworth, Gray,

happy to say that 1 differ with bin in toto. IT am fully Mendoza, near Valparaiso, hai been destroyed by an Earth- aware of his claims to ooasideration, eo modestly urged in| Guake. Hight thousand Lives were lost.

iis speech, “as a land «gent, and as the son of 2 lundiord,”| “ The Steamship United States, from Glasgow for Montreal, both which distinctions [ trust he may long enjoy ; though js ashore at Bird Rock, at the mouth of the St. Lawrence, | he doubtless expects, “in the ecurse of nature or otherwise,” and going to pieces.

eifferent. To hs opinion it would op» rate against the terantry, | his support, in j:s oresent form.

tor their lea-es could oot be aliered to suitthe charge. Were — ilon. Mr. THORNTON said he opposed the measure when we situsted ag the other Colonies, he, Mr. Yeo, would not be first intraduced, and that he had not yet heard anything ad- epyomed to any meober bringing in a Bul of this kind; but, vanced in its favor which would induce him to change his opi- lookmg at the reotal aystem which obtained in this Colony, he | nou, and induce him to support it. The prine pal arguraen! tiought the change woulc be injurious te the tenaniry of P, | in its favor was, tha: it would be an accommod tion to traders BK. tsland.

member who had jast spoken took 8» much interest in the ten-| trade were it to become law. It mig'st be necessary for the antry. in reference tothe Bill he wou'd ask whether the | other Provinces to heve such a Bli become law, but the same wovereign would have the:ame valce in this Provinge as in| n°cessity did not exist in this isolated Colony. Not one dollur N wa Scotia, es (t was stated that tLe currency of the two more would come to this Island were ths Bill to become law CU jlonies would be as-imiJated? As he understood it, there t a ie received under the ex sting svstem of accoun' ing. [Mr. was a clause in the

jand merchan’s; but, in his opinion, it would not be a benefit, How Mr. HEN>L"Y said he was pleased to hear the hon. | to the public g-erally, nor have the effect of facilitating |

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Hensley—10.

Hon. Mr. COLES asked if the Government wauld have any objections to furnish the House with a copy of the At- torney General’s statements forwarded with the two Bills which had been refused the Reyal assent, namely the Shore's Bill and the Land Commissioners’ award Bill; as also of

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Hou. Col. GRAY was not aware of any objections to fur- juish them. He had the statement of the Attorney General jon the Shores Bill in his possession fur the information of | the House, and would procure the other documents.

The Bill to give summary protection to persons employed

Celony in do lors and cen's, and in that cise no injury would year @ p»rt of the epeeches made on the Currency Bill, by | in the publication of Parliamentary papers, was, according

wee ue to the tenan so for as the rents were concerned.

the sam@ time he ¢ uld not perc:ive that the change would | lest year that the Bill was unnecessary, and what necessity |

nuateria ly benefit this Isl.nd ; and before he (Mr. Hensley) Was there for them changing their views, for there was no more | vvould feel justified in voriny for the Bill, he would like to sre need of a change this vear than there was in 1860 ] These | tial some permanent advan'eg? would be likely to result from | and ofier hon. members who spoke last year expressed therr | the adop ivn of the Decimal system of accounting. | Satisfaction with the present system. In his opinion, a change |

Mr. DAVIES asia he expre-eed himecif in favar of the Bill | — create a great deal of confusion, and the people of this wid wae rnc irt yur bt moval opavn te eguty | ind could canly count ail thei ning m poonda sb ge was not prepared for (he proposed charge. Since that it had | “aps . a GOO Be been adopted in Nove Scovia, and ia all probability he thoughe | — oe co oe, wa ae Pe = aco a ea the system would be adopted here in the course of afew years | Senay: SSO e (Mr, Suorntan) world oppose ihe | atleast. He thought :t would be a great benefit to all these | ; i ae | Uv onies if th-ir currencies were assmulated. If the Decimal | Hon. Mr. MsAULAY said it Was patent to every one who | nysien of accountng were adopted, it would save much labour | “ — ee fae es aa a 8 _ one on m for | iu nakiag ealeulstions and keeping ace unte. | preciatron of the currency of any coun'ry. ountries

Alli scientific | men adupied the Decimal system. Our trade with the Uu:t-d | which import largely have remittanoes to make, and if these im-

isates wee locreagsng, and 18 adoption im bids Colony would

ouly be 8 question of tune. It would no doubt be found incon- , 4 wh veriest fou ashot time, but it would only be fora i crodit abroad, hep he requ.fed to moke a re-

pernod | mittance he would go to @ money Glanger and ask tim for |

Hon. Mr. COLES considered it wonld be better to defer the | a oe he could remit, and en a tiiscover- |

»dopton of tae new sys'én tui the Land question was settied, a as Th ora wee ie velua ne, would demand a pre- | . i ! -

Tor af the reotal syste was continued the method of account- | ae hus the currency of the couniry not negotiatle abroad,

ng ia pouuds, sailings sad pence, bad better be retained. Keats were now peid by the add vo of on--ninth of the sum

mentiouved im the lero, and farmers, he theugh » would ex pe-

was odiged to fal upon the circulating mediuin in order to!

remittances was made. | needless to dwell at any length upon the gibject. it was not, sience some d dicu'ty ia calculating in dollars and cen:a. | 20%" that Nova Scows had guned anything by the change. | Upon she whole, however, he wee opposed toe shang, Ii lhe best thing the Colony could do would be to import less and | wie not « sufficient reason in his epimion, for this Province to! export more ; but so long as the b-lance of trade reinainge | change ite currency because the Unired States and some of the | °%*'™*t this Island, it made littie matier what the currency | naghbourng Colonies chose to reckon in dollars and cents. | might be. Ove argumen advenced in favour of the new systeu was, that | t enabled merchants to keep their accounts with less trouble ; but he thought many of them had not so much business to Transact just mow, bur what they might very well keep their secouats io the old style. He would ask what was to became of the old coppers whea the new systems would come inte vperation ? wr. DAVIES—Seod them to Newfoundland. (Laughter.) Hon, Mr, COLES —Uur no 03 toa, would weed to ve rei-sued, | rad new pares tor tiat purpose would be very expensive. | Further, our money woull sink in value, if the currency of this! Colony were astimisted to that of Nova Scotia. He (Mr. | oles) thought i preiecab'e to po tpove the adaption of the| Mr. M-NELLL said it was surprising that this small Colony | Deeci nal system till (ce reutal sya em be abgiished. He ©P- should be the only place on this continent, except Newfound. | pe —— iction uf & change last Seesivn, aud would do ‘land, that had adopted the Decimal currency system. The Su lft one. ry Mc. B&eR siid he was ia favor of the Decimal system of hon. member, Mr. Yeo, bad remarked that be thought the | wccountrug. Sooner or later the allergtian won'd be effected. Bill wou'd operate agaiust the tenantry. : This, coming from | A little in :onvenienc might be experienced bv d fforent Parties i that gentleman, was rather an extraordinary expression of | for a time, till people got into the way of reckoning by dollara| opinion. He (Mr. M*Neill) for one would be sorry to advo-| aad cens, aad thea it would be acknowledged to be the simplest | cate auy measure which might be the means of increasing | tuethed of calculating Nov one would be sejured by the change. | the burdens of the tenantry ; but be could not see that the |

for the eacale to regulate past contracts and rents, etc., would | Bill would operate in this way, as a clause might be intro- | prevent that

Pane, hid ecessir w ears might j ; . ey allowed to aa b ra tie toe Willi Wek ee lets duced to guard agniast difficulties ” wenpees 7 vant, He ane ’ , | believed that if the sense of the pegple of this Island were |

“Yon. Mr. WHBLAN sad he fel: inc!fised to support the Bill, | taken on the measure, they would be found to be in favor of | auc tual he woald Lave voted for it list year, had he beeu | it from the Kast Point to the West Cape. preseut. Ile could see no force in the argumen’s used by the! [lon. Mr. YEO entertained the same opinion on the ques- | non. member from Port EL i!, end the hon. member on his left, tion as be did last year. Tue Bill, if it be-ame law, would

Me. Coles, that the tenants wou'd be put to some inconvenience se expense } ; 5

b he change, and that it would be betier to wait till nee | cause = the Government and to the Bank, as new f. Sys. penee. ’ ; ‘notes would have to be issued, and id !

Commiesion on the Lond question bad given in their decis on, | PS Sued, And it would scarcely be a

If bon. meubers wai ed till that time should exrive, be thought benefit to any one, for the most of the business of the Colony | they might m ke up their muds never ty hive the Decimal | ¥48 with Britain. He believed that it would operate to the | rystem introduced, at least, noi dunng the lite of any then | injury of the tenantry, though they might rot think so. |

weteut; ‘or in his opinion the leasehold tenure would not be) Mr. CONROY did not understand what would be gained | |

agaist the Bill the Session.

Mr. HOW AT entertained the same viewa on the subject | | which he did jug: Sess on; and he was oppos-d to the Bill going | to Committee. He nad spoken to geveral mercantile men on | | the question, and they were of opinion the advant:ges to be | gained from the adoption of the Decimal! Svstein of accoun ing | would not counterbalance the inconvenienges to which many | wou'd be the subject by the change.

Adjourned. J. D. Gorvon, Reporter.

Fray, March 15. | Debate on Decimal Currenoy B:}] resumed.

wholished by that Coansission, Tenonts woult, so far as pay-| by going into Committee on this Bill, and taking up the. ‘ng their rents were conce med, experience no cilficulty in| time of the House with it, as it was fully discussed last year. | asceitam.ag ibe amount tu be paid for the rent of their farme, | os

“ = . , | in delinge eed eents, (2, upon the whole, they possoesed ac| Notwithstanding the statement of the hou. member, Mr. Yeo, |

munch intulli gence en the imeccautile portion vf the community ;| he thought he had no sympathy with the tenantry. Some-| neither were they tferior im tuat respect to their fellow colo-| times it was convenient for tnat hom, geutleman to say that. nisis in the neighbouring Provioces, The Decimal method of | he was their friend; but at other times be appeared to care | reckoning Was the readiest and easiest inuse, An bon. memw- nothing about them. He (Mr. Conroy) would suppert the | ber inquired what wae to becone of the old coppers, and he, motion made by the hon. member, Mr. Coles, that the House | (ee “res ar hak Mie hak ot ore eo i Fn we o into Committee on the Bill this day three months, Usa WOU: + ° « °| . ; ‘ : ; ’ : culation would be @ disgrace to any count y. There gould be! eo - poe ps + CR into Committee on| itle objection urged on account of the new plates, for they | ‘"° 2" cyumninaddr epaswont vi tng to alter the opinion | would not cost muc). But the great edvantaze which would | Wich he had expressed yesterday, ‘The hon. membor for | result from the change would be an assimilstion of our exchange | Port Will thought the measure would be a disadvantage to) w that ofthe other Vrovinces. Then we would not be under | the teaantry, aad effect no good to any party; but as had | the necessity of secking from the Bank notes, or bills, when | been said by the hon. member who introduce) the Bill, a we conned w make rem tances to Nova Scotia or New Bruns-| ciause could be introduced to guard against any difficulty wick, ur eaper money at present ae worbens ithe with respec to rent. OF couse ifthe decimal stem mere thatof N.3., this inconsemence and drawback wou'd be re- adopted, it would cost the Goveremeat und the Bank alittle, medied, which wou d be one of the adypuitages tha. would result as they would bave to regal! their notes, and issue others in from the adop'im of the Decumt system, He was gut theg | Yollars and cents; bat he (Mr. Davies) could not consider prepared t> express hie views om the subject a length, but | this as an objection if the introduction of the system wou'd wo id support the nersu-e. be a benefit to the country. The hou. member for Vardigan lion. Mz. LLAVILAND ssid he was happy to eav he wou'd | said that it would beuetit no class of the community except vote ou the sane side ; for be thought it would be of essem'isl | the merchants; even though it should not, this ought to be service to the Gov voment, as well as to private individuals, | sonsidered a sufficient reasun for passing the Bill, Thath were the accoun’s of the Co ony kept according to the Decims! ee ie ind _ aystem. Our preseat system was ove of the most iarrcate un- | DEMVEF iso Fea extructs from speeches made last year by} der the sua. Our trade with Britain wae falling off, and the | 8¢¥eral parties iu this House, and endeavored to show that | commerce be'weeo the neighoourimg Colonies and the United they considered such a measure unnecessary then, and suid Siates increasing, which was one fegson why the method of there could be no more need of a change this year. He (Mr. aceyunting by dol ars and cents should be adopted. Even in | Davies) was among the number to whom he alluded; but he

tie od country the Decimal system bad many advocates. A! gould assure the hon. member for Cardig

n f ‘ i an that he had rot few years ego a Speciai Committee was sppointed by the House | d hi inion i . . h. Caasntatnndh— genital tree che aneeell” Gide | changed his opinion in regard to the advantage of the deei-

Lhe propo-ed ayes int-oduced in this Jeland, in the course of | al sys eu; the ouly differsuce ia his Views was that last two oF tives years ei! pertiies, he bad no dowbt, wonld be sq S*S8!00 he thought the time bad vot arrived tor the change, well pleaved wih ‘he change, that they woud wonder it had at Bow he believed it bad arrived. us the eysiem had been

nat beeu wade as oneacli tr period. At present some were un- | adopted in Nova Scotia. In the neighbouring Provinces, the der the necessity of Keeping ther accounts in both systems; people gid not know what value to set upon our notes at pee- but it was tune Ww dspease with the time wasting’ method of | sent, but if our currency was in Gollars and cents, they would

keeping accounts in pounds, shillings, pence and farihings. be ab) to tell J might b : ’ y jos year be, (Mr. Lavi and,) voed against the meseure, and | .- e af, MPU mDig: t buy up our bills though at a smal! being skuiled in thet peculiar brangn of polities) economy, but | discount. Notwithstanding all that had been suid respeetin

from the litle kiswledye he had since »equired on the subject, the baiauce of trade being against ys, he thought if a fair wad behewng the UU ww be @ beneficial! une, it should receive | calculation was Wade jt would be ascertained to be very little: hi # support, jaow. [The hou, aigmber bere read un extract from the re- |

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|“ Brunswick and that of P. E. IsJand—by the local Govern-

“maligned” by this respectful mention of his name, though

g| tone is wonderfully changed. We have fair ly secured the

At Messrs. Wightman and Iavies, showing that they considered to order, read a second time, and passed through Committee

Adjourned for one bour. Dp. Lairp, Reporter.

Carrespondence, : [The fuilowing letter was sent to the Zs/ander for publication, and refused insertion in that paper, fur reasons that must be

abyious to every person who knows that the proprietor and publisher holds the office of Queen's Printer, and the editor

the despatches which accompanied them to the Colonial Office. |

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to become some day a landlord himself, if he do not now and then dord it a little already. I spewk of the Major with the | utmost respect, nor am | ignorant of his numerous preten- | sions, whether martial or civil, though to enumerate them all | way be tedious. Being an Executive Councillor, he is of course dubbed “honorable” for life; he is also a member of | the Assembly, and joint law partner with the Attorney | General—as a circumstance unavoidably prohibits bia in- dividual appointmeut to that high office; and for aught I can tell, he may prove the successful candidate for further) honors and distinctions, as yet unkuown or unheard of! But) though, like bis prototye, he may think it “* An easy Icap,

fo pluek bright honour from the pale-fuced moon,” yet would [ humbly recommend him, in exalting himself, to! abstain, if possible, from trampling upon other creatures, however lowly their condition, and even if no bigher in the | ereation than the defe noire desortbed im Captain Orlebar’s | last lecture before the “Uuristian Association.” Bat “suff- | | cient unto the day is the evil thereof,” and as worldly glory | ‘is but “vanity,” we must vall philosophy to our aid, amid the | itrials of life. [nv this view of the mutter, then, what does it | jamount to? Why, the Major with bis eloquence, and with, | honors thick upon him, reminds one of a vew-fledged * Cock |

Wasutnoton, 5 p. m. Gulf States demanding an attack on Washington. Virgi-

| Dia opposes. Southern troops uncontrollable.

Arrivals from extreme South, state aff:irs in terrible con- dition. ‘ ivenianialliiiat menial Tax Catuotics x ine Crrsis.—To the Catholic Bishop of Philadelpbia (says the Bostou Frasserips.) belongs the high bonor of being the first clergyman jn the United States to raise the “ stars and stripes” over an edifice ereeted for pudlic worship, after President Liucoln’s proclamation.— Toe Philadeiptiia Cathedral hss a neble dome, whaeh rises

1210 feet above the squire on which it fronts—so that the

national ensign the Bishop raised is visible over # district of nearly as exiensive as that from whiel the cupola cf the State House in Boston ean be seen. Archbishop Hughes, of New York, has raised the American flag over the Cathedzal io bis diocese. _ . _-

iow ova Sovrieny NeiGuzours amvsn TIEMSRLVES ON rug Sapnatii.—TVoe canaille of Si. Louin were treated with the spectacle of a ight between two buil terr'er dogs snd a Braailian tiger, at the Arseual Park in that city os last Sun day week. Higbt or nine bundred ineu awd boys were pre<

those of Secretary and Clerk of the Executive Council. The | Sparrow,” that by some chance has got perched ratier higher Seut to witness the brutal exlubition, The tiger was a small independence of their journal is not rendered very conspicuous | up than usual; and in the giddy flutter of excitement, voids! auimal, weighing about winety-five pounds, and the doys

: ‘ eee oe Poh. ovfd. ih tal a ae Ss | ports exceed the exvoris, the consequence was that the importer | lightly on two or three members of the Government. We |‘ nostrtés” of the “black beasts” ruar wat hey beloxx. i : > j«calped, air! Jong ribbous of bide and Resh were stripped

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| shqald refyse compliance with the request, —Ep'r Ex‘r.]

To tux Epjroy or rye Isianper.

Sir,— Having ep honored w'th particular notice daring | became of less value than the curp. ncy of the country to which | Jate discussions in the Assemy, as appears by the reports in | , ws : A He (Mr. M‘Aulay) considered it was | your widely circulated paper, I may be allowed to offer a| ready to deicnd it to the las’. The utmos. euthusiasin exists tew remarks in reference to some expressions that have fallen | in the Gourse of | aes }come out true jor the Union.

from leading members of the Execytive, debate

The Hon. Colone] Gray affects to think himself more | He opposed the measure last year, and would vote | maligned” thau eny ather man in the Colony by ™ two ine | | dividuals” of whom he names me as one, ani first of all, it |

may be as well to inquire a little iuto the grounda for tnsinuation—l{or it amouats to vething wore.

Almost any one must suppose the Culonel wogld feel it a, distingtion to be represented as the fast friewd of the ten | aniry;—as having attended the Jand Commissioners, day | after day, aud dene his best to give effect to his tamous “Re- | solutions,” as far as the tenants are concer:ed. Now this is the head and front of my offending, and yet the Ccl. feels himself * maligned!” but of course he is the best judge of what is due to his intentions, which I trust the tenants them- selves may hereafier duly appreciate. But toexp!aiu further: I felt it requisite to set forth, in my petition, tuo very able advocacy the ‘l'enants’ cause had received;—that a fair chance had been afforded them to make known their griev- ances; aud that the able assistance of members of the [xe- cutive Government was not wanting on the gccasion. Here are the words I ysed ;—* Although learned counsel of high ** professional standing were retained—from the Bar of New

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“ment on behalf of the tenantry, yet certain members of “ Your Majesty's Executive Council, namely, Colonel the * Honorable John Hamilton Gray, and the Honorable John * Longworth —both members of the Assembl y—addreseed the ‘* Coumissiouers in opeu Court against the leasehold tenure, ‘‘the former especially attended throughout nearly the whole * of the tenants’ case.” Now, whatever the Col, may pro- fess, I cannot believe Mr. Longworth will think himself

we see it stated by another member of the Executive that thoge gentlemen are represented as having stepped from “their high position to take part with the tenantry.” Can they really fancy themselves “maligned” by the bare mention of the fact ?. or giving them credit for sincerity in their zeal ? Ought they not rather to esteem themselves truly represented as doing honor to the ‘high position” to which the suffrages of the tenantry have raised them? Had J represented the Uonorable Colonel estaking part with the landlords, he might then complain in earnest! I did also express a belief to which I still most sincerely adhere, that the Colonel's inter- ference, however well-timed and considerate, would not tend mugh to bring about an amicable settlement of the question, to the satisfaction of all parties ; an opinion in which [ think, by this time, a good many will concur. [ further mentioned that the Col. bimself was the descendant of an original Grautee, but did not now bold or represent any interest in Township lands in this Island. There are the simple facts, aod if saying that a man’s grandfather received a grant of land be maligning the graudson, [ must have “maligned” more than the Colonel. 1 was not aware until lately chat he asserts he attended the Commissioners, not as “a member of the Government,” but as plain “citizen” Gray, nor can I see the sense or meaning of the distinction; thouzh it eer- tainly couveys no great compliment to the tenantry, who w |. doubtless value it accordingly. ‘lo give more of the contents of the petition would be superfluous ;—much of it was of a private nature, and it was written solely with the view to protect the lawful interests of myself aud family ; and [ can conscientiously declare from no political or party wotives; though I cannot help noticing the mean attempts, in the As- sembiy, to make politiea! capital out of it—attempts never- theless which it is amusing to see have most signally failed in their object.

Now mark the consistency of Hovorable gentlemen. The far-famed Resolutions which accompanied the Address to the Queen, (dated May 9th, 1859), were conceived in the very spirit of moderation, aud it was most distinctly stated, in the preamblo, that there was to be no “ compylsory interference with the lands and rights of the proprietors,” as such would be contrary to the declarations of Her Majesty's Government. ¥ for 4 great number of years.” But no sooner in the consent | of Sir S. Cunard and a few other dig men obtained than the |