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Parties in France remain as at last advicas. A change in the Electoral law is now contemplated. It is proposed to disfranchise some two or three millions of electors, by requiring a fixed domicile and_garrigon for three years respectively for civilians and soldiers. Artisans must produce a certificate that they have paid their taxes for that period. It remains to be-seen whe- ther the socialists will tamely submit to this sweeping measure. ‘The, government has made extensive military preparations in the event of an outbreak. The government count fully on the support of the army. It is thought this measure for reducing the number of electors will pass through the Assembly. A few days will disclose the tactics of both parties. The fands.ap- pear to be tolerably well sustained, and the President is still an object. of popular favour.

The Greek question remains unsettled. ‘Phé last ac- counts are unfavorable for an adjustment. A very ge- neral impression prevails that the British fleet would Fesort to a blockade in order to bring King Otho to his

eenses, '

The eclat attending the return of the Pope, has near- ly all died away. It is asserted that his Holiness, after a long discussion with the Cardinals and the advocates of the court, has determined to confiscate the property of the Roman Constituent Assembly, to the amount of 2,500,000 Roman piastres, (£440,000 stg.) It is feared this step, if consummated, will be the forerunner of more trouble whenever an opportunity offers itself to the party oppressed.

Austria is pursuing an equally infatuated course.— She has passed a number of edicts handing over to the church extended powers for government and discipline, irrespective of the civil power, ‘The imtrignes going on in Germany for the purpose of carrying out various por litical schemes of different potentates still proceed with- out visible improvement to the country. Prussia is more and more adverse to take up arms. against Den- mark ; while the deputations to Copenhagen haye been

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Denmark will make no concessions whatever. ‘There isno news from the South of Europe. A grand ball was given at Naples on beard the American frigate In- dependence, ‘T'he U.S. squadron in the bay of Naples consists of three heavy frigates.

Deatu or THE Poet Laureare.—On Tuesday, the 23rd instant, about the hour of noon, Mr. Wordsworth died at his house, Rydal Mount, near Ambleside. He was very well and vigorous for his age, during the last autumn, and was, in some degree, recovering his spirits, which had suffered a seveve shock in the death of: his only daughter some time ago. Abouta month. since he was attacked with serious illness, from which he never more than partially rallied, and as we hawe stated he died on Tuesday last. He had lately completed his 80th year,

D. MACLEAN versus RESPONSIBLE GOVERN- MENT.

A modest man is D. Maclean! The greater portion of

the public--once foolishly believing him to be an inde-

pendent, high-spirited and patriotic man, after he had! renounced his Canadian toryism, and become the high! priest of radicalism in Prince Edward Island--have | grown so thoroaghly disgusted with his apostacy, his unparalleled mendacity, and the meanness of spirit that

permits him to become the employee of a faction who! effort made by the Lieutenant Governor, immediately

persecuted him totheir utmost ability, that not one in- dividual can be found to sing his. praises either in print or out of print. fa this stress. of popularity the misera-' ble Duncan is forced to become his own panegyrist, and, it is amusing to note how the fellow will lie and swag- | ger to preserve even a fragment of the rag of repnta- tion with which he entered the political arena of this Island.

In the Islander of the 17th he claims to be the only: one of the liberal party that has never wavered—that al! the rest, including even his “ pot,” Montgomery, have shamefilly ratted—that. he is. still what he was. when he first opened his political shop, pure as Cesar's wife, harring, We suppose, the breath, strongly redolent of old Jamaica. It would be useless to dispute the point with

whom “no change” was to be found, how comes it he is cheek-by-jow! with his own nick-named “man of straw,” ond the faction against whose sides the “man ef straw” takes every possible opportunity to rub his

-ecista; anc who had euch a dreadfy! hatred for D. Mac-

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lean, about four years ago, that they would be canni- bals enough to eat him without salt, if he was not

‘So ugly and old,

And a deuce of a scold 17”

Duncan must, as a matter of course, make it appear that they, too, have changed _ their principles, else there will be no proof of constancy in him.

Amongst the many queer things with which old Snar. leyow eked out his column of self gratulation, stands pro- ininently forth the assertion that he by means of the Jsl- ander, has “ demolished Responsibie Government in de- tail.” He prides himself on having accomplished this. feat, because we did not think proper to follow him trough aj] his noasensical windings on that subject, and because our correspondents have now and then. amused themselves by laughing at the catskia with which Duncan, in the days of frost and snow, sheltered his “dome of thought” from the pelting of the pitiless storm. Duncan Maclean, viewed in the glass through his own goggles, is a wonderful man indeed ; but view- ed through the Islander, the gentus appears a compound of vanity, falsehood, folly and conceit.

The whole of Duncan’s objections to Responsible Government, are just these: The system would place too much power in the hands of one party,—that that party might pilfer the public revenue—and that, having a majority in the Legislature, they maght corrupt that majority with cfices of emolument to keep themselves in power. Only a victim of incurable lunacy, or an im comparable. fool, would seriously urge such objections. We cannot believe Duncan is stupid enough to be con- vinced by them: at all events, we could not be so silly

S to waste our own time, and that of our readers, by rebutting them. Theirabsurdity is palpable. Every one knows that the present system of Government—if it be a system at all—places the chief power of the state inthe hands of one party; Dunean Maelean’s “mission” is to keep it so. That the public revenue has.been “ pilfered,” (we borrow the phrase) by mem- bers of that party, is too evident from the public records —witness the Treasury investigations and the Fee Debate. That the majority of the old Assembly were “bribed and corrupted” to support the dominant party in power, by conferring offices upon them, whenever they were to. be liad, is too notorious to be disputed, The Almanack speaks volumes on that subject; and still there was no responsibility to the country or the Legislature on the part of the Government thus sup- ported and protected by the Assembly! Between the administration and the majority of the old Assembly, the watchword: was, “ you favour us and we will favour you.”

Duncan makes an uncommonly clumsy shuffle to get out ofthis praying for Responsible Government such as obtained in Canada, in 1846. Al]waysthe case witha political trickster, void of honesty and candour: get him

into a scrape, and his efforts to extricate himself wil] be taore pitiable than his plight therein.

PRETORIAN MAGNANIMITY.—No. 3

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risk its loss by the effort. Let her rather cal) in a Pitz Loy,” “ Moderatus,” or any other of her ephemera} friends, to crack it among them.

LETTER FROM ENGLAND ON PRINCE Ep. WARD ISLAND AFFAIRs.

Mr. Coxes, being the Chairman of the Committee appointed by the Honseof Assembly to correspond with the Colonial Reform Society in London, recejyed by the mail of Thursday evening the following srtisfac- tory Letter from the Secretary of that Institution :—

Socretr Rooms, 6, Crose, April 27, 1850.

Sir,—I am instructed by the Society for the Reform of Colonial Government, to inform you that they have made the communication you desired with Lord Grey, and as his lordstiip received it favourably, they deem it unadvisable to present the Petition to Parliament til] uy see what steps the Government will take.

hey also beg you will have the goodness to keep. them acquainted with any further occurrences on the subject. ' I am, your obedient servant, C. B. ADDERLEY, Seeretary. G. Cores, Esq,, Chairman of Committee, ;

&c., House of Assembly, P. E. Island.

The St. John Morning News, noticing the prorogation of the Legislature of this Island, and the Governor's “blowing up” speech thereat, makes’ the following remarks in conclusion :— |

We hope Earl Grey will see the necessity of with- drawing the troops from India, and sending them out to P. KE. Island, if he expects to retain that Colony to. England. In one of the wards in Fredericton there are. said to be two voters only. P. E. Island is not quite so-

bad; but in one of the counties there are fifteen voters, and half of them. are cracked.

We should be happy to know, friend George, where you got your information about the “ fifteen voters.’” We would not give much for your editorship of the Morning News if you understood your own provincial. affairs as little as you seem to do ours. If an increase of military were necessary, the only rebels that would be found are those in authority, who are not only in. opposition to the people. but to the Crown aad its Minis- ter, on a question affeeting the future peace and pros-. perity of the whole Island.

A Mistake corre¢TEp.—The old woman of the Gazelle had her nerves dreadfully shaken on Tuesday last, at finding the ovascotiaa had copied our version of the Gover nor’s Speech. at the prorogation, and our remarks thereon. The Novascotian inadvertantly omitted a few words of one of the paragraphs of the Speech, which, bad enough as it was in its corrected state, made the thing read abominably. The Gazelle notices the mistake: but the Novascotian had itself dis- covered the error before it could be informed on that subject by its Charlottetown contersporary, and thus

As the old lady in Powna} Street; “ witat” Keeps the! Lion and Unicorn,” volunteered (qu ?) a defence of the’ Telegraph affair, and so signally faiied in the attempt,| she may, possibly, come out upon us “ summut strong,”

| When she reads in our paper of-another instance: of pre-'

torian magnanimity ; but we are quite ready for her. Discreditable as.was the first affair, it is a mere trifle in comparison with the sweet-tempered and obliging

alludes to it in its issue of Wednesday last :

“In our number of the 13th inst., it inadvertently. happened that iw quoting the Lieutenant Governor's. Speech, at the opening of the last Session of the Legis- lature in Prince Edward Island, as the “ Devil” would. have it, His Excellency was made to say. when addres. sing the Speaker and gentlemen of the Assembly :—-Ik is evident that without a, Revenue Act, this Island must suffer heavy Joss and injury, and I hope you will do so. —The passage should read thus:—lIt is evident thet without a Revenue Act, this.Jsland must suffer heavy loss and injuay, and as u is in your power to avert these

upon the close of the Session, to prevent the running of; evils, | hope you will do so.

the Inland mails; and which, but foe the prudence and firmness of the Deputy Postmaster General, would-have been successfully carried out. Now, it isto be borne in mind that, fortunately for the people in,the country, the revenue arising from the Island Postage is nearly equal to the expenditure incurred, and the loss too trivial to permit the authorities to risk a collision with their interests. Still the attempt was made !

T’'he mercantile and domestic correspondence of the whole Island, with the exception of Charlottetown, in- cluding all foreign correspondence also—matters of the very greatest importance to men of business, and of the highest interest, where family affections, and family hopes and trials are concerned’, would have been wan-

“ We make the above explanation and correction— placing the omission in italies—in common justice to Lieut. Goveraor Sir Donald Campbell, to our numeroue. readers, and to ourselves. We feel. that under the circumstances, it was a most unhappy. mistake, and we are glad to. make all the amends in oue power. The journalist who would wilfully misrepresent the .senti- ments. of others. is utterly unworthy the confidence of. that great and—we had almost.said unerring arbiter— the Public, Having said thus much, we cordially wish both the Lieutenant Governor, and the Assembly of Prince Edward Island, a happy issue from al] their troubles. ‘This they may be assured can only ba accomplished by a wise moderation, coupled with =, generous forbearance on the part of each.”

Betrast Disrnxict NOT SO BAD AT arn.—We aré

tonly retarded, and, in numberless instances, e}together sacrificed, to gratify the resentment of en imperious autocrat.

Here is aynut for old mother Spitfire to crack. Yet, out of pure compassion to the old lady’s jaws, we would

beginning to held a better opinion of the Third District of Queen's County than the one we lately entertained. We learned yesterday that there are positively two candidates jn the field for its representation—not !D- cluding Mr. Douse, who is equal to two more any day —the one, Mr. Archibald M‘Neill, of Mount Vernon.

recommend her, if rhe has a tooth remaining, not'to

and the other Mr. Murchison, of Belfast. The former