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THE ESA

AMINER.

Voling Agatist the (roveraiment th mives him e oployment ; wWhieh Hie in faily recogimiged ind adhered to in Crreat britain,’ Mr. Owen, ifler wan cessartiiy eniering roto nw ratner tinue che tat: of ' dutres of tae Veo t (lice Deoartment, af wilaeh the Ciovernmen! were previousiy aware, and forthe due perlormance of Whreh Urey haa i aieug made due provisiod, declurés with a st rare detecmimed spurt of imsubordimation than he had Dbetore opemtested, that ** he will net allow himself, as jong as he “ ' i i@ office, wreho@t renmonstrance, to be p aced

: & reifon as Whe: preven ti COM pPUAnCe of tie kia

t iy that bas always Deea awarded liu by the heads of the \ “ Po eh *¢ bopaurtmenats ott of the tsiand, with whom he om tponel pocest Sunmantcation. ”’ Mark hisabsotate '* w -** the not allow Anaself “and -“the various Post Oilice Depart-

reais outol the Island with wham he lias had Pustal Cumiiunl-

mm” Way, he, Thomas Owen, B-q: tis rifon all here?

; » Geveru went of this Island, the people us tSiand, are as tivity CC ommo isan witht ita and tte eatliitu men neh he is to be beld eutet the island ! ‘ty nas absolute as

Phes sty tes tt proetey thated @ despotic soverenva prince! Cant for a moment be uagined Miata Gio iaen! siroitid eXist and Vel pot have itp

4 power to Carry of its own decistou > of that Uw shou d ee-

teViish Ar Ue Which Was foliave practically mcoymaed f Dire SF rppesiiiu, Wold Ve A Brousifots 4 psurdt y As teisstatedin the Abimeate oa Ces mn si. **iwo Coamrses Were open to My Des- Mrina\-- : ‘fy ther > Vote rt a tittvitn tile taie eleetion, or if

“i t» exercise lis elective franchise in opposition lo the

(iorernmert hen for him fest to tender hus resignation. But ; ’ , . . asa ifus SV has Clg iit preg to vole fur those Who were

oomporved te vw Leovermiment, without temdering tis resignation,

thea be hor course can be pursed by the Gaoverument tian his sett fear! tear !] Further, in reply to this Minute f Council, M Owen says, ** Your Exeelency’s}

° ° uf ih " Ccnmneil hassince airecte | me tu receive a oir. AedF, 2 person

whe never jad any employoent in the Past Othce, and to place : ; beyere toe Uh iu t t y M Desdrisay, Witihot uth yrdmne m Whoou the responsidiiuy of the departinent altogether resis, AUY obj tay ol er teeyit riopy tato ine ciitescter of Cxpa- '

uv,orel knowl6g Wheilher ie is & persun on whom tT can piece Cunu j ° hier this view of tne Case, mat ou

OK al his npt te undertake the duties re q'iired to Oe per-

formed as presumptuous.’ licre acain Me. Owen isallin all, and the Government and its vuthority are completely ignered. Ln his estimation, it was uawarraateble presumption, on the part of [fis Excelleney’s «ouneil, te direct him, under any circumstances, to receive suy one into the Post Office in any situation, either that held by Mr. Ly ‘srisay or any other. According to his thinking eorneerning such matters, he, and not the Government, was * appertaining to the Post Office; for

‘the respousibility of the Department,”

hi tat ail upon the Government; and con-

rostiead Upull niin,

supreme in every thin

he says, ** allogether

wogiuen tl y i} alterations or arrangements in it, of whatever | kind, were to be made hy him, independently of the Govern- meat. This he dvcs not indeed say expressly in so many werds;

st what he docs sty can bear no other interpret ition. He

wally elaimed the suvvereignty of the Post Office; and the Goveramrit wore sv cireumstanced, In consequence of the

tdnass of his contum icy, that unless they had been willing to

nder themselves not only ridiculous, but contemptible, by wing bim triumphantly to resist their lawful commands,

ish his own auth rity , in the imp irtant Depart- ut of the Post Oflice, as paranwouat to theirs, they had, as it s expressed in bis notice of vader all the cireamstanees, than to relieve bim from the duties

tis office by the appointment ol lis successor.”’ Mr. Owen,

although cortainly notea little presumptuous in this affair

dismissal, ** no other alternative,

} ‘ _— “= ¢ i r . ; irl Ae . : fianseil, ACCUSES Mr. Kelly of presuipption Witi res} ect to it. 1” = ; ; oe» *? eae a , } sa .. XT i.) Under this view, says Mr. Owen, that is that Mr. Keily

" 0 ; 7 ’ : . . , + , » . } 4 never had any employment in the Post Office, “ [ cannot but look at his attempt tu undertace the duties required to ve per- aa as a ee oe ia sail Es UE os DY 3 SUNDEAUOUS., swOW, If it is resumPpctnuous in Mr. i i : y riauxce ¢ se Gd 2 ust sist ly _ i “7 ' presuimpte ous in Ji Wesvrisay to Go So att time oi S ay i t pullttuicent. ivr nmeibuei ik sd al rT lis pra i a¢ Post Oh susio : = Nii ty } s rns t in . rains? ‘ i } ‘ - , ‘ : ft ' ‘ ha «had dithbeat > baud 4 : i ; . ~ ; ~ j uy ‘ ; Le —— Ei Aving V rill t rOV { ; ae 7 i u a" HLS UU I ists iti bag j ’ S uta imnroa - t atibbia ** abide ii s i z pwed i his (M Des ris s} sor s i> i i” the fo ving and ¢ £ paragray i st Me rai t——48 il Ftc Pp pus ; of ites 3 , : a? , i Lteeliaad i ;cCun a GiiLil si Siuiss iu VA i? ; = — . | ' . ty tis ‘ muse DY bru bab Litu 5 i s . ° ~ ; : es wma . asiilp a vstmascver merai, uf UNDECeEsSSATY INCcouvemiecn t puiad Gu 2 pruace atk G23 trans:utssion of tie corres? Michece , } e > ' . ; ’ bo wile pS | > . al ect kK 5 om a? : ick iS + Teorti I i he ay Wi take f i rty to torwar a . . - . copy of spon with Ilis E yn the import- ¥ ; ' Y , , ' : - } | ‘ su 3 Su Ss i ras ; Wh y ii . ' i Do ie $ iy 5s u i r EX! ney Cuat SUCH A : } : ; fas } vil ic! i } a ( ee th OLD Mure tp L i t ima ——W put ne nauividua., @x 6 tne Ob i OF i i { ii Capulue Of per- i age ming I ies fur a& Gay s such w circumstance as-[ think ae . wa “a3 fhe irt in uu ; Cu il i JAUWjCST 3 PosSseSsions Suen & romoustranee as this, proceeuing ifom a sudordinate ol as licen kee neue Oe 7 ie ean the Ceovernment, is certainiy, to Dorrow the phrascuiogy of tie ; : os Uton.t sat 7? oh ci . recrulsiti sts, very high-handed. lilowever, whilst we ; 2 positively Gepy that the effect of the changes made tn the Post Hh hye le .y y si.l haw } c! . e ; Office by the Government would have been tue cansing oF any ‘ : ~~ > . } ye - +’ if r : such interruption to, or derangement of the business of i : a. a - . : a i ae 4 } depart nt, as Mr. Owen would have had it ¢ ke Deueved would ensue [rom them, we w UG JUS Coil Lim tnat we believe euch a circumstance as a Government voiicer s naving Yoted . . ; > } } os : ascainst the Government, and his not baving been deprived oi : iT Dot wie tn on Mailatad ‘ ee , tes his UUi i vppo mtaicnt in c sIsoqu nee, 1s What We believe is ve ; ina. 2 ee . i RR ; - ; Veil irrou in any pire Of ier SAUTCSLY S GUIDBIDIOUS. ° . J yt » * » t) Yt, . oY y ta Cabs sui j \\V mat Care We, . an ' Cul un €ii i x cum ihe anew rangeedntatin: a it. fia Ss Which Cil wv» pe paucea y any represehtabions co: wif, Wen ost ale Daihen = 1 +? thas Loy soip tae Postmaster { ral cer gy t natter ’ ' , ~liry . De ne Ste Sea iam stronely inclined tu believe tuat Jir. Uwen wiil 800n D , e ; s} ’ . r , Tt c A - i itu ‘ i i S ing tw { s mi tn ¢ ; : ituul .- sian * i en ) ] nh reiusing , ’ » thei umanda, a : iling Hom r 1 and support, he has got hold o < by the - ” * wrony cou. jp Uaeurs. | Ane | i. BNA CdliidDe Vow Hex Gove UNGCT Feview Mr. Ke uy S aeteer Ww tu {i vd. Lvlonl oo 2CFCUar yy, tu wualcu the writer reports hist speetohh at fa Lvs oy } i y y ths ae . tat } +? +} (ihce 0 Mr. Gwen. In this letter, continued the h Dn. C3ntie- .* ‘? a é e ° .* ° se! : - Ff : man, Mr. Kelly says, {n conformity with ny appointm cnt

ty the oiee of Assistant in the General Post O Ree of this Island, I applied to Mr. Owen, ca Thursday, ioth July inst., sub- mitting tv him at the same time the necessary dveuments, and requested that he would point out to me imy duties in that establishment, upon which he question xd me respecting the extent of my knowledge of Post OMice duties, an 1 told me that uuless | could perform all Mr. Desbrisay’s business, f had no I modestly replied, that I

f there.

rigut t) intrude mysel thoaght 1 evald if iis daties were puinted eutto me. He then plainly told mye that he would teach me nothing whateyer—

assistanee was not needed there~—and that I had the

Linki in

yreates presumption in coming there or accepting an office of the kind, withogt haying a previous knowledge of its duties. Fiat £ might, if f pleased, either sit down in the office or retire, for all that he cared—alleging that he had nothing for me to do: that [ would be of no service to him without b sing taught, and that he would not permit me to dv any thing there; : nd

; aisy that when the hour for retiring from the duties of the day

se — f 2 | eh rs ae Le kav in would arrive, he should lock-up the office and put the key in his pocket, and that [ should retire also, or if not, he would put me out.”’ Such, continued the hon. and gallant Colonel . tie - i

, js the account given by Mr. Kelly of his reception in the Pos ;

Ofiee. than which, under the circumstances of the case, nothing could well be more indecorous, ungentlemanly or uncharitable ; wad which, in the most offensive manner, was not only grossly

insulting to Mr. Kelly, bat farther demonstrative on the part vf Mr. Owen of contempt for the Government; and be it served that there is no exaggeration in Mr. Kelly’s accoant of his reception by Mr. Gwen, for that ventleman in his reply ial i ts the corr tness of it Was it necessary, in the first p!ace, fur Mr. Owen to qaestion Mr. Kelly concerning the ¢ .tent of his knowledge of Post Office dati 3? Surely it was not, for he very well knew that Mr. Kelly had had no pt vious opportunity of becoming acquainted with them. Was it reasvuable in him to suppose or ta expect that Mr. Keily & " : . ive know iy? © Ht the dat which he . ve ¢ Schurge in the Hee; or did he find M

bios iy 6 lousty qualified. when he, without having

jauceount of the ungracious rece

Et

had any practical experience of, oF instructions concerning the business of the office, entered <? . Bp; [should certainly think not. Then why did Mr. Owen pretend that he had a | right to expect such knowledge in Mr. Kelly as a | to his being received in the office? For no other reason t on this—his being predetermined nob to reecive him if he coulc {Wear ! Hear!) And so little does

been able to restrain himself upon 1] bis remarks to Mr. Kelly—an individual, observe, not guilty of unwarrantable intrusion into the Post Office, but an officer of the Department, by appointment of the Government as well as Mr. Owen himself | —hy most unnecessarly threatening that he would put him . if he did not leave it when the hour for | flfear! Hear !] During the interval | between the closing of the scene in the Post Office, and Mr. “Mr. Kelly's representation of it, something |

.

possibly avoid duing so. Mr. Owen appear to have the oceasion, that he conclude

out of the office,

closing it should arrive.

Owen's replying to —vither calm reflection on hisown part, or wise romonstrance on the part of a friend—appears to have induced some degree of repentance in his mind for his ungracious and unbecoming potion of Mr. Kelly, and to have considerably mollified his f vs towards that gentleman; for in his reply, dated 17th July and addressed to Andrew Mitchell, Esquire, Assistant | ‘ es the truth of Mr. Kelly's

ition which he gave that

(alonial Secretary. he acknowlede¢ pLOUDAL 6 ecretary , ue acknowieds i Gad SSS | ty lk

ventleman, and says, ‘*] think Ilis Excellency will make some allowance for my expression at the moment, and which | eireumstance, avoided; but as my | lleney hashad no effect, | must only iwit His Exeeilency to allow me to detain Mr. Desbrisay in the

es

} } } Ane ak wkd [should have, under any

ove ctranena ¢ i Exece YEMOUSLFANCS bb Lats Baar

»> until iny return from Georgetown, where l am required

.

omec ‘ : ' “ty ° Pr alle w y

to attend ona Crown Subpoena ; and then if Mr. Kelly returns : . "ty Beth . a L : al} rasl } le he

to the oice {i will endeavour while aul aditowed to pold tir

appointment of Postmaster General, to perform the duty as)

_ . . . . . ; correctly as the painful circumstances in which [ am placed will permit; for, although Mr. Desbrisay acted very indis-|

} ; +} + +} | ] +> rot lay 1 ; . ereetly in voting at the late election, yet in no otner instance | ean 2 shadow of eotaplaint or stain be thrown on his character,

which every member of His Exeellency’s Council will, Lam

certain. fully admit; and L trust some excuse, therefore, for

my feelings under the circumstances may be made.”’ Judging ym the tone and teno ; i nerhans, as could have been expected from Mr. Owen, consi- ch he had previously committed

rof this letter, quite as apologetic,

lering the temper in whi himself in his opposition to the Goyerninent, one might very ’ —— 3 $

reasonably have concluded that, finding his resistance to their lawful commands could not bat prore altogether ineffvetual, he had wisel y resolved to be all due submission on his return from Georgetown. On Mr. Owen's return from Georgetown, his conduct to Mr. Kelly was, on the contrary, still more uneourteous and indeecorous than it had been before. As

stated in Mr. Kelly's letter of the 28th July, addressed to the |

| Hon. the Colonial Seeretary, representing his reception at the |

Post Office by Mr. Owen, on the 26th July, and Mr. Owen's subsequent conduet—the representations set forth in which | are not rofuted by Mr. Owen's answer thereto of the 31st Jaly, but in fact fally confirmed by it—-‘ on his” (Mr. | ix Ilys) ** repairing tu the Post Office fur the second time,

which was on Saturday the 24th July, Mr. Owen treated him

‘and the parties who sent him there with the same contempt ‘and indifference as he had on a former oceasion, by telling him

he might come there if he wished on the following Monday, but tu bear in mind that be would get no information from | he duties of the Post Office; and that the him might not think he was gving to turn)

i 1is other duties—that he would eudeayour to struggle with him until something would occur to relieve him from his present distressing embarrassments ;

7 :

aim respeciin,

t parties who sent

: schoolmaster in ad

Y } . : ! —— P heieaw ¢) -_ and that he would retain the services of Mr. Desbrisay ther: ’ } ; io , ' e - , rm es as long as he himself would be permitted to hold the office . * ‘ . >. ; ; | ! p eet? a ad md conch dby saying—* go and teil tac Government tna ' EE ge Oe ee eR an | edt pe pe) ee He (Mr. Kelly) aceording, attended on Monday morning, at ‘ ' \7 Dale ba i aie ! a J So'e ind saluted Mr. Owen on entering the office. Mr. 1 ' ‘}” | oe y tin WwW ia ; VOGE. Ll no Zz mV, sbibth abil 3 LO ROU T q * | | 1 2 9 : . ii § s \ ix 1] C tm hand ona pareel waicil . ‘ \t } . 2 ’ 1 1 1 . S Lr t i i i} Wilcu Hawied out to t ; ’ a a ve -} L irly tone, not to tou or interfere with . s © . ; : » in the office, as something very serious might occur cs ’.. 1 why puct ny-duing sv. tn fact née toid ine to touch 1 } ’ . «z y fiee, but that ] might look at Mi , as swab : ing his business 1 did s0 in compliane ‘ ' ; ; . ri T I i i i SvLOUOU ra ssGeTatne tine wita Mh “Wit * WV i was recetvin?g } sii ring ictLers, ul : seu s i I L VY thth = ‘ Es i i 7 ee + i iy bi , ra ing oe ic. < . ’ . ’ * ii i Mula 1m gt t r¥ duu onan . a9 mae : “a. ame t ; t i a i thi ifternoun of the same day (Moudav,) i ia SU ‘ i Pea ; Wi mr. Uwel iii viil 1k Wis , ¢ - 7 ) } ) b 1@ BO 1D s i es in ; ia , i t Steui o1 i lie then sui \ » hold i versa = with ane, and ¢ me not ») 87 < tu uh La int; and t t i SU to KHOW iToin Us hnhes to tii i Jonar rent i li Ci wvyCeril i ‘ 7 yr ty ‘ and des y } a , > ‘ ’ i ATID Ui ost UO y sendin Ss1stunts tier . o as tf ? Wwiioin ¢ $3 t cu t s lic ceased 8 king . io ALY } } Ts eek I ver since, tnis Db SS 1esua yening it must, Ss SA neiedl tie: 44 » . | rel erefore, be considered, Sir, that Mr. Owen has regarded me a Fs : ii, RA sin presenting myseil ther rather as an interioper than unything else, and does not seem In any respect to recognize . . ’ A agg “ity of the local Govern ‘ 0 Re RE bhe AULUOTILY Of LU bce rovernmens. i huye, therefore, no ¢ ; » ~ 47) ‘ encouragement or ghance of improving myself whue such . i feelings exist.”’ Now, continued the hon. and gallant Colonel, ei attccen 2 ot lat ns > Be, ' iv ‘ee P20 Ciwas wuetner the revuision of feciing, ym Grae part Oo ar Owen, a ae A he ar Vie ie Ce Dati, Ria towards the Government ang Mr. Wey, 38 nint sted hy him,

. } : ; : ; XI E .* Liter bis return trom Georgetown, in bis ¢ mduect to Mr. Kelly, was the result of any cogitations of 1s OWN, or Was OCCus!

by any advice which he had received from any of his friends

; > rs ; , | ; . : . ") : . , opr ; ° lie Witi Wi oe is ySS1Di he eommunea concermaz iis : Se j=. } D.<t Ofee T ha

iistressing wwarrassminents in the ust Uincee, i nave noe : = ae a | “eee neans y yuich to a mine, whatever may imcime to : : ' ; ae ee ee, ee ee imagine concerning it. This, however, by Mr. Owen's repiy, »l } ' . . it) r an? lated the SU os ULY Ra qurte nan 3t .— it Mr. Keiiy’s oe : + , : = ae cComypuaint ol is unevur Ss treat ni him was weli I founded: that his representations of it and of Mr. Owen’s | ’ - . . t . } , Y . Pe - ymitempt of the local Government were Dy no ncans exagyvera- : . . oe oe 2 Be a5 and toat Mr.

his cont macy, DY the

wii tote “nea ; ‘ ‘ : <. oe e : 1. Xtravagant counse touemseivyes ais friends, Y1

r sustaimed by the ‘ference on his behalf by

» } . list; Original Pesoiuction

tu resist the authority of thelocal Guvernment with respect to t

“4 ‘ eee eae } ve Post O , and ally to put it fais and fully to the st. whether he was bound to submit to their authority, or

whether, on the contrary, they would not admit it was, under all the circamstances ot the case, their wisest course, if not pusitively their duty, tosueeamb to him ! (ffear {ilear! Hear !] ihe issue of the contest into wach Mr. Owen's absurd con- tumacy had, in a inanuer, forced the Government, could not, as you will all readily adit, be allowed by them to remain long undecided ; and Mr. Owen's pertinacity leaving no mere in- dulgent course open to them, they prowptiy, and, as f think you wii

| say, with the greatest propriety, relieved him from ** the very distressing embarrassment,” in which, notwithstanding iis reiterated couplaints concerning It, he had strangely chosen to continue. [flear! Hear! Hear!} Ina style and tone of iasolence, in which, notwithstanding the truthful representations of the langnage used by him, wheu speaking to Mr. Kelly ou the subject in the Post Office, the Government were not pre-

pared to find he would indalge when directly addressing them

by letter, Mr. Owen tells them, in reply (31st July) to Mr. !

Kelly’s last complaint, “if His Excelleacy’s Government sup- poses that,in addition to the arduous labour aud attention required to be observed by ine, I must place confidence in, and reach Mr. James Ek. Kelly to do the duties which only by along practice can be Correctiy and satistactorily performed, they require from te much ivre than it ts in my power ty accom- plist.’ Aud further, he concludes by telling them, with much self-complacence that, in direct violation of one of the most weedful and mo-t wnperative of the Post Office regulations — the jealous exclusion of strangers—he ieaus to avail himseil of tie proffered assistance of Mr. Desbrisay. His words are these : “1 am happy to state that Mr. Desbrisay’’—then a stranzer you will observe, as being no lounger an officer of the Departwent—-* has kindly promised to assist me a few hours in some measure reheve me from my

every day, Which will ‘The natural consequence, as | have

present emi sarrass nent. befure said of Mr. Owen’s pertinacious Coutumacy, was his disinisss| from iis ollice by the Goveroiieul; which was made

third day after Mr. Owen had

a ; : on the 6 d of this month, tae

pened its Uiiniaiia—a propusitiens WHER which, Wilheul Couw- preteiy stuitily g Uietiseives, the G VWernimenti musi certainly could wet comply, Mr. Owen, oa account of lis great punc- | tualty and vilicrency in lus office, has been a fayourne with the

Government ; anil, up to the time of hts 'reststance of |

‘be carried into eff-ct; and the Post Office was therefore

| wental System of Government; and so it continues to this |

' certainly deserving of

ithe meeting, and said,—I hold in my hand a Resolution which |

| the offices they held 1a the Post Office; and deprecate the con-

‘tion in Colomal Parliament of any constituency in the Island, land were, in consequence of my professions of regard for popu-

manne — — eee : most unwarrantable |

ther lawful authoruy, they had inanifested the eq tests concerning apacity ; but if be,

greatest willingness to comply with all hist the Post Ollice and himself in his official ¢ on that account, supposed they would rea

t 2 ‘ted ¢ | Office —and tovest him with it, he, | must say, expected a little

too much from their just appreciation of his services ; and his

arrogance has Al the time of the establishment of the Departmental System, | party in power, whether or not the ap-|

it was debated by the pototment of Postmaster General should be made in accordance with the fundamental principles of that system ; but, for reasons of acknowledged weight, it was determined that these principles | should not, with respect to the Post Office, at that time at least, |

allowed to remain non-departinental as respects the Depart- |

day. You will, therefore, observe that the strictures upon the Government, so freely indulged in by some of the! leading Odstractives, for having appointed a gentleman wae has pot a seat in the Legislature to the office of Postmaster! General, are, to say the least of them, very absurd. ‘The gross | uvsrepresentation which these strictures embody, 1s, however,

deplorably ignorant of the practical principles of the Govern- ment under which we live, and as there can be but very few |

referred to, numbered about three thousand.

fanity. The name of tho Almighty is not impiously used to

certify the falsehoods which have not the peor merit, ascribed to our account of the Meeting, of being ‘* highly decorated," ily strip themselves of and passages of Holy Writ are not dragged in for the purpose /a most important part of theie power—their control of the Post lof imparting a spurious sanctity to its absurdities. The un- / known editor has thrown aside his veil of hy poerisy, and comes

met with no more than most deserved punisiment. | before us with all his natural infirmities.

Tho show our readers with what degree of unction the pious

‘editor can sin, as well as his lay brother of the Monitor, we shall now transfer to our columns a few of the undecorated ealumnies of she Protector.

“It was sufficiently evident to all strangers—as many of

' them observed—what was the character of the supporters of the present Government, and no man possessed of common sense, ‘and only a spark of sound principle, would have trusted his llife in their hands for a moment unprotected.’’

It was computed by competent judges that ‘* the supporters

of the present Government,’ who assémbled on the occ@sion

Now, to Bay

being most severely phafesiorinns ; yet, nothing of the reckless audacity with which a eharge of igno- } as it Cannot possibly linpose upon any but individuals the most | rance and wiht of principle is preferred against so large a body

of people, we should like to know by what ineans the sensible

| a . ‘ ° sueh individuals in our Island community, we will allow it to| Tories protected themselves while they mingled with the crowd ?

vass without further Comment at present. a { Che bon. and gallant Colonel, throughoyt the whole of his)

address, was listened to with the m

Had they revolvers, or sling-shots in their pockets ae Mr. E. ost respectful—we may | Palmer displayed on a former public occasion ; or how many

: . ° > “al oil . . . . . ilinost say, With most profound—attention , and the full ad ‘of them imitated Mr. J. D. Haszard’s example in ostentatiously

mission by the meeting of every fact stated by hin, and their entire assent to every conclusion deduced by him, from the Various p convincingly testified by the unapimous cheers with which, at |

lintervals, ha was greeted by them during the delivery of his |

address, and oy the hearty round of applause with which he was complimented on his concluding it. |

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Doxatp Meclsaac, Esquire, J. P., then presented himself to |

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LT mtend to move; and { doubt not after the full and very clear

elucidation of the whole question to which It refers, that we) have heardtrom the Hon. Colonel Swabey, it will be adopted | unanimously by the meeting. As there are others upon the platfora: who are much better qnalified to address you relative tu the questions, for the solation of whieh this meeting has | heen convened, ( will simply read the Resolution, and submit | it for your consideration. Mr. Mclsaac then read his Resolution |

; i ia; follows:

Resolved —That this Meeting highly approve of the act of the | Government in discharging Messrs. Owen and Desbrisay from |

duct of a Party who, having failed through the constitutional | ineans lately afforded then by a General Klection, to overturn

‘ bail hire aia tei : . the Government, endeavour tu intiandare, or prevent the Execu- | ** The furious passions which were displayed by those besotted

j trve from exercisiog theic constitutional nmgbt in conducting the |

pablic affurs in accordance with the principles of Responsible |

Government. The reading of this Resolution was followed by the loud and | veneral ery of * Hear! Hear!’ | |

Matcotm Forres, E-qiire, then came forward to second | the Resolution, and sand, Geatlemea, | second the Resolution ; | ’

ind, in two of three words, | wil! give you my reason for doing | so. If | were again to become a candulate fur the representa-

lar rights aud jiberties, again to attain, as [ have before done. he OFfeci al my minbition > but, having oDtained it, were i iD pacliament, LO actin opporsition to Ube policy of the party of

viich | had, previously to my eleciion declared myseif ang idherent, my Coustiivents would most un loubted!y liave a right to call upon me to vacate my seat for opposing Unose measures tud that pofiey which they bad elected me to support; and un-

ssl were one of the most tnpudent and unconscionadie of nen, | would at once acknowledge the justice of their demand, they had placed me for

the jegisiature in whieh

and retire trom a purpose very diilerentfrom that winch | had been subserving.

Now {iis tapaginary Cast and the reai one, Concerning whici

“ we ave how called epon to decide, are im my opinion, aithough t qu parallel, yet very much alike: for |} maintam that i e quite as much the bounden duty o, the officers of a Govern- nenm!, 70 wWhese patronagve iney are beholden for their daily bread, to support that Government by tue exercise of thei hey choose to exercise it all, wiiist retaining

yenis asi the express duty of a representative

i@ jeg slature to support the rights of the

$ i bib . } } | j

iM ' to the maintenauce and furiieranee of which he had

jeder Himsell; and if such indiviaudais 19 eifiler Capacity

‘hoose direetiy fo oppose tne pouicy of those Whom taney are

property bound to obew, and dare to refuse Compiiance with : —- - ? : ' sina tutte i i

heir jawtal demaudes, they shouid be com yelled—when the

.| power to compel unquestionabiy EXisis—im ged itely to resigo

lie appointments, or thetrast, of wich, by thelr insuBerdination, 1 breach of confidence, they bad proved themselves unworthy. Sol judge, gentiemen, and so [ believe you willall judge ; and. therefore, in seconding this Resolution, which I do most willinely aud approvingly, [ am persuaded there will not be one voice raised against it from amongst you. [Loud cheers.]} ‘he High Sherif then put the qnestion upon the Resolution

i} i yi } } i as above given: and with Joud and prolonged cheers, was unanlmous.y adopted.

. . a ne } (To be continued )

ae ‘ cae She, ee sal . oe Tux chagrin of the Obstructive Opposition at the result of

the late Cuanty Meeting is rather feelingly exhibited in the Monitor and Protector of the past week. Both are very indig-

nant and very abusive, and well sustain their character for

falsehood, malevolence and stupidity. The gentleman who lutters his spite from his stable in Queen-street will excuse | us fur declining a controversy with fam, so long as his seolding smelis so abominably of the filth and nastiness of his surround- | ings. Le informs the few who aro so prodigal as to throw away their pennies for his trash, that the supporters of the 7

Government at the late Mecting did not exceed three hundred

and fifty—that there was not a respectable man amongst them hat the whole three hundred and fifty were ‘* mis- creants’’ and ** ruffians.’’ Men who have mixed in bad com- pany for many years are too apt, we believe, to carry into every grade of society some at least of the habits and modes of thought of their old associates. The gentleman who is so ready to imagine that a large proportion of our population is made up

of ** miscreants ’’ and ** ruffians ’’ has returned from his travels

only within a year or two, and we fear his experience abroad '

has made him intimately acquainted with the class of people to whom he refers, when he displays such a peculiar tact at home for discovering, or pretending to discover, the worst fea- tures of the human character in nearly every man he meets. The fishwife of Billingsgate who bawls out “ stinking fish ’* as a term of reproach at her neighbour, generally happens to have a plentiful supply of that commodity of her own; and there are none who are so ready to declaim against the rascality of the world as those who are its greatest swindlers and cheats. We have heard that the fastidious editor of the Monitor, who cannot suffer the breath of his felluw-colonists to come between him and his gentility, is or has been an ardent advocate of the ‘Temperance cause. If we did not know this, we should be disposed to believe that the eye which he opened on the Ob- structive gathering had extended #/s ** spherical ”° proportions to such an extent under artificial influences as to see more than double ; while the visual orb which tried to scan the other side

must have been almost totally blind.

The religious paper, in dealing with this subject, has been just moral enough for once tu abstain from its accustomed pro- ’

to disturb the peace. to take life, if necessary, may be inferred from the above in-

on edge.”’

flourishing asword cane? The Belfasters, we have heard, came articulurs brought under tieir notice by him, were most armed with pistols, but they had the prudence to keep their powder dry until they re-crossed the Ferry. The supporters of the Government, however, neither attempted nor intended

But that their opponents were williug

‘autious admission of the Protector.

‘The Government has now afforded abundant evidence of the fact that they rale not by the consent of the independent yeomanry of P. E. Island, but by the concentration of the most ignorant and degraded men that are to be found among us."

That the Government rule with ‘‘ the consent of the inde- pendent yeomanry of P. E. Island,’’ was evident enough from. the orderly and respectful demeanour of the immense assem- blage that surrounded the Sheriff ’s platform, and who would not be seduced into acts of violence by the ‘‘ ignorant and de- who were sent from Belfast to disturb the peace.

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graded men

men, when the electors from Lot 49 and Belfast came up the street, and walked past the hustings, were more in keeping with the demons of perdition than the sane inhabitants of this planet.”’

The only display we witnessed was a considerable amount of merriment at the sorry figure cut by Col. Gray’s awkward If the editors of

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squad as he marched them up Queen-street. it must have Let us hope the omen may

the Protector saw any *‘ demons of perditicn,’ been by the aid of second sight. not be a disastrous one for our pious friends, who we should be sorry to think were reserved for closer intimacy with the

evil spirits conjured up by their disordered imaginations on the

day of the public meeting.

*- Bat we can only conjecture what the end would be, when we reflect on the fact that a great many—if not all—of the Lrish were armed with fearful weapons, and that a considerable quantity of fire arms were provided by them for the occasion.”’

That our contemporary ‘* car only conjecture’? when he reflects upona fact, does nut surprise us—secing that he seldom dealsif any thiag ofthe kind. We saw no‘ fearful weapons"

or fire arins of any discription on the persons of either party:

and we are sincerely thankful when we reflect on the fact, that every thing went off peaceably, and that na necessity was ex- perienced by the Tories for the use of the bludgeons provided

by, or of the fire arms which were seereted abuut the persons f, their own partizans.

The Sanctified Press complains that “ scurrilous attacks” are ** made by the Journals in the pay of the Government om the Protestant Ministers of the Island, as well as on Col. Gray, who has but lately set their teeth on edye.’’ In proof of our candvur, and as a specimen of the justice we are always ready to accord to our opponents, we will, while in reclamation of what is due to ourselves, ask the *‘ learned Theban ” from whom we have quoted to designate the Journals in the pay of ‘ i:

the Government which bave made the “ seurrilous attacks on the Protestant Ministers of the Island, as well as on’’ (oh!

1 és wehe se falling FT vena +! . , 9? ‘(" : what a failing off was there, my countrymen’’) ** Col. Gray,

who has sot their {i-e.] ** the Protestant Ministers’’’ “ teeth

We had previously been aware that some of their

Reverences were tolerably sharp set, and that the gallant

Colonel might be voted a somewhat sharp file, but we were

certainly not prepared for the admissior that he has polished

off his friends tu such an extent as the Protector admits. We Aa

recommend them in fature to endeayour to *‘ keep their tongues

her ors sa within their teeta.

We pass by many other absurdities in the leading editorial of the last Protector, but we think we haye quoted sufficient to let our readers see what a holy show the sanctified editor haa made of himself,