pony ot Volgweers. ‘The letter was given to Mr. Archibald it the jatention of this Legis

M'Le!lan, the postman with the ditection, that, if the gentle- man to whom it was addressed was absent, he was to hand it to me for perusal. [ read it; aod so faras | remember, the general tenor of the letter was this :—* Sir; Having Leen lately appginted to the command of the Volunteer Com- pany, it appears to me the inention is deprive your people from entering these corps. Not coinciding with these ex- elusive feelings entertained by the partics, [ euter my protest against such feelings; beeause, when [ came to this country L did not briny these feélings with me. Ln looking ever the Laws, [ fad your people are obliged, in case of any irernal commotion, to be turned out as well as the favored people; and [ do not know why they should be excluded trom the red-coat and jacket. If you will come forward and bring your people with you, [ will, so far as I am concerned, do them justice.” | never, Sir, had any ambition to be a toldier, nor have [ any partiality for the red jacket. Lt was unwevessaty to sayin the mandamus sent to the District which L represent, that my people shou'd not join in this movement ; for they have no enthasiasm in that respect. | believe the general impression is, this force is to be employ- e1 in the collection of rents, This may be denied ; but there is no nse living in a coustry in which the laws are not res- pected. Causes have arison in this country in which the Sheriff has been succesfully resisted ; and if the people be- come victorious in the one case, they may be in others. Tn euch cases it would likely be said to these companies, which wf you will volugteer to put down this lawless concern? Io Ireland, there used to be repeated applications for the Mili- tia to voluatecr for particular services, A Captain on re- eciving tbis information, would bring out his men, draw them up with their backs to a wall, and then command all who wanted to volunteer to fall back (Laughter). ‘Then there would be three chear: appears to me that the Volunteers here must be of a partica- A peetty thing to give one set of men—your na- tural enenttes—arms, and refuse them to others! Bearing these things in mind, how can I give ono shilling towards | this object? It is enough te keep the Legislature from giv- | ing anything to men purely one-sided. At the present time, ia Lreluad, there is g eat objection on this grouad to volua- teee companies. But liad that Captain never written a letter te me, [| would have opposed it; for [ do nut consider they ure necessary for the protection of our wives and daughters. Une hon. gentleman would be wiliing to take £1000 from the Education Fund to gireto them. Toa few days I shall bring up @ Petition for a famous bridge at Caseumpec, for whica we eannot get £100 or £200 to finish it, thoug’ it has cost £13U0 alrealy, and remains useless for want of a small sam to complete it. Still a proposal is made to give these young men £10(1)0).

Hon. Mr. THORN CON.—Respecting the exelusion of Catholics, [ may say I was removed from the Magistracy. Now, | say, if Romana Catholics are to be removed because they are such, it is not a fair Government. The late Go- vernment did not do so. I would-be sorry to interfere with any man’s faith, for every man should be allowed to get to heaven in the best way he can. Never before have I spoken of Uatholics in this House. But this Religion! It hangs josely upon insself sometimes ; but on hearing the faith of my forefathers spoken of in this way, [ cannot keep quet. Re- fereuce has been made to a Roman Catholic who has been Jeft in the Road Commission; bat 1 may state that I, asa Catholic, und one who took a promfnent part in political affsirs was discarded ; but I stand higher in the estimation of my con- stituents Ow aceount o! being so treated.

Hon. SPEAKE.—IL am sorry this discussion on the pa- ragraph before us has arisen. IL think it should have been diseussed without reference to religious parties. In the part of the country which 1 have the houor to represent, both parties would be williog to give somahing to assist the Vo- junteers. As far as my knowledge extends, feelings such as | have been mentioned bere do not exist. I consider this to he an improper place to bring ‘up this question. I never, heard before that Roroan Gatholics were excluled from Vo- luateer corps on acceugt of their religion. Certainly I do not think they are proscribed on these grounds Ifa sum were voted for the purpose of assisting the Vutuntcers, I do! not think the country would complain. On the contrary, | ui of opiffion theie ecucarrence would be gained.

Hon. Mr. M'AJL.AY said he was sorry sectarianis.n had b en dragged tuto the d-bate, and was afraid it would not be attended with beneficial results. In his opinion the country should fester the Volanteer movement. In doing so they had illusgrious preeedents, He thought some error must bave erept into the law to which the hon. member from Prince Couyty alluded; end in reference to removals from the Bench, he thought men of strong political bias should never sit upon it; for sach bias would be likely, in spite of the will, to influence the judgment.

Mr. MONTGOMERY said ke would ask when the House intended to close the debate on the Address. Already seven days had beeu spent iu discussing what could have Leen sett!- ed in as many hours; and in bis opinion the country would dcrive little benefit from the discussion.

Mr. COOPER said he was much p'easod with the mili- tary appearance of the Voluuteers om the occasion of the visit of the Prince of Wales. But when he came to under- staud a seleet.on had been made—that one party was in the tirst place suspected, in the next place neglected, and then insulved—he thought they would be likely to trample on the rights of others. ile was opposed to anything like partia- lity ; but when the time came for voting, he would not be backward in votieg somethisg for their assistance.

Mr. LOWAT considered that a Bill brought in for the resulation of the Volunteers should be very mild in iis prin- ciples; and thatany Volunteer should have liberty to resign is gui whenever he wi-hed.

Hon. Mr. LONG\VORTIL.—As we have heard the opi- nions of hos. mem>ers, Mr. Chairman, pretty fully upon the point under consideration, it would not be my duty to remain rileat. ‘The discussion has taken a wide. range, as allusion has been made to sub ects remote from the one under consi- deration. But L may say L am glad it is so; for had we taken the statements of the hon. Leader of the Opposition the country might have felt disposed to believe the present Government had done an act of injustice to a large and res- pectable body of the inhabitants of P. E. Islend—the Ro- wan Catholics. This was a prominent point in the arguments of the hon. Leader of the Upposition. We bave been told we are not disposed (o do justice to all parties; that we are astuated by improper motrves ; and that our object is to build up the Government by favoring one section of the people, at tue expense of the richts and privileges of the other portion of the community: Asa member of the Government [ re- pudiate sugh sentiments ; and the hon. member who made these charges are not borue out by facts. Now, it so hap- peus the Koman Catholics are united in sentiment, We see ihis whether-we look at Lialy, Ireland, Nova Scotia, or P. E. Island. Lt does not vecessarily follow, however, that they should be opposed to Conservative principles. Here, so far as they supported the existing Government, they were ap-

pointed to offices ; aud if we refer to general support we find they have received wore than auy Protestant denowination. ‘The hon. member from Cardigan referred to this disimiesn|. Hat he wast bave known that a law bad beeo

jar class,

for the Volunteers (Laughter). Lt

which

lature to stand aloof from the Volunteer movement, and thus make this Province an excep- tion to the other Colonies, and to Great Britain itself ?—Or ‘do we wish to see young men from one end of this [sland to the other enrolled in the Volanteer corps? Do we desite to see manifestations of public spirit encouraged, and the wel- fare of this country promoted ?—If so, let us encourage and ‘foster the Volunteer movement. In doing #0, we ‘ol! ‘example set by Great Britain, Canada, Nova Scotia, and

New Brunswick. Why should we suppress feelings of patriot- No ease, [ conceive, has heen made

ism in our young men ? out why this Legislature should not extenda helping ban! ‘to the Volunteers.

rr j TeX r ie hl an - . 2 «i hon. Hon. Mr. TUORNTON,-—In reference to the removal of Cin J be asked to give my support to it when she strange-t lion, M r, LONGW ORTU.—That a 8 the men from the Bench, of strong political bias, alluded to by) partizin feelings are extibiied by the Commander-i: -Ciret ? | member's seuti:sents was certainly quite uncalled for. an hon. member, [ would ask if ever that bias indaced me to T regard The hon. mem- ber, Mr. M Aujay can answer, for he sat upon the Beneh When polities came in the way on these occasions, But I would ask further, if the w,i|, if necessary, employ physical force to put down <be tea- :

-* . ’ 4 oe : a ae ° r ‘i .; ast m : men who now serve as Commissioners are not men of strong autry. Are we to pot arms ia their nands on the pretext of a) viBit, in my opivion, will be productive of cot ave + It was said [ was foreign invasion, but in reality to make them the mercenaries | Golony ; anc in this I agree with the honorable Leader of the

give a verdict against a political opponent ?

with me, [ always set them aside,

political feelings ?—-Certainly they are.

ge on aie of’ as ae not dismissed from the office of Road Commissioner,—no ; it | of the Gevernmen ¢

was unnecessary ; for L informed the Government by letter,

that as they held removed me from the judicial offize on ac- | count of my political views, L had no desire to retain the | 4... bug-bear, ae the only excuse for the organization of a-

other office.

Mr. OW EN said that in removing froin the Beneh men was not the sligh est occasion for the appreheusion of an in- of strong pobtieal bias the present Government was ouly

following the example whic was set by the late Government

which removed Mr. Goff in 1852 for that reason, and for so!

doing that they had not even tho excuse ofan Act. Hou. Mr. COLES.—L beg the hon. member's pardon, the ' Act was passed,

Mr. GWEN -—He was the only one who was remove} ; and a perfect stranger was put in his place. (Hear.) Mr. Chornton was displaced uader the new Act.

A j surned till 3 o'clock.

AFTERNOON SITTING.

IIon. M-. KELLY said when he endeavored to form a com- perform on the Continent.

pany of Volunteers he was refused permission, and told there were n> arms. Since tiat tm: he hid Jesrne/ that other companies hid been provided wih arms. He considered his standing mm the Mili ia entitled hin to some eonsiderttiion 5 for he had toe honor of serving as a Copia ia the Muiva 20 years under Governer Fiz Koy; aud also under Sir Joha Harvey. Mak. ny these th ngsin’o consideration, be (Mr. Kelly) thougn: he ough: n t to ive been refused the sovor of forming a snail company of Volunteers.

Mr. SINCLAIR —On se icg hon. gent'+men r'se eno after another who bad been off crs nthe M1 tia, or were « ffieers in Volunt er corps, and reflee ing that | was but a poor eivilian, { feet proud of imy country, taka an intere-t in my country- men, and have inuch confideace ia the bravery of re intabyt- auts. | tinnk the Volunteer movement is » laudable une, i properly carred out; and, look ng at the disturbed stat- of the world at present, this miltury o- yen zt on ts absolutely necessary. | amof opinion ities our duty to agaist Qud en- courage Ue movement. But, Sir, Lmust say that if this force, which was intended for lxudable purposes, is to be esnvort-d into an eng n+ of terror to a po tan of the comnumty, it wi!l be the worst thing which ever happened our country. [ hope, however, such i not the cise) What position, | ask, would any people find themselves in, if one porton of thecount:y was armed end the oher defeno:less? f, for one, if inthe latter class, would feel myself in a dangerous posivion, da lesis'a’- ing on this matter, then, we should ba ca:tione, At presen: I éonst fei thit Pa am cal'ed npon t> pledge mys-ly to pur- aie any partic:lir course, bu [shail wait till | see the com- plex-on of Bil whieh will be introdvo d. | mny say I think 1t 38 uniarr thet Compasvies in Charlottetown 8° oald have their drill Sergeants paid fer, while o hera in the cvuntry are compelled to pay the rown expenses. | understoed that tie Governm-nt we.e te pay one half of the expense. TF would have no vdjecton to vote a smal sam fo drul Sergeauts, but I donot pledge myself. W.ti ohese remarks | support the amendment, a: I see nthing mitto which tear objet. bE promises to take the subjec: int» consideration when ihe tune co nes to legislate up n it.

How. Mr. WHELAN having read hie own amendinent said —This amendment, Me. Caairman, d- es not pledge this ilouse 10 any apecifi-d cour-e of acton. | am not going to retain my position in the Levislature and ask the revple of P. KB. Island (0 cow'rioute money for the supp. rt of an organiziten whieh [ shall shov is entirely unnecessary. From tiwe to time ' we have been told of the d stressed st.ste uf this Co’ony. and o! the deficieecy of the revenue to meet tue exper Ses of the cur- brent yeur. We have been reminded of our lunit d reesenrers, and of the amount of the pubic d-b'. Since the present ses jsion Of tie Legisiature opened, we have been fiequeut'y re- | minded of the distress—to which bon. members cannot clove their eyee—among an overvhelming majo iy of the pe ple of this Island, on account of the leisehold teaure, which the Government expressed so much aox ety tosstasde. And, furiher, we know it to be a fact which cannot be controvertes, ‘that the revenue of 156) 1s by no means commensurate to the -eXpenses of that year. Ry and by we shal! be told when celied upon to vote whatis absolueely nece «ary fer coada and bridges, , and also a sum for the relief of a large cl..se of vur fel'ow sub- jects who pass under the name of p-upere, and 10 whose @ reum- stances We mus! g ve some cons deration, hat we mus: Jinit the grant for thes+ purposes, '9 enadle us ty devote a portion ,of the revenue to other obj ts, and that our means are not | adequate to all demands. IL wouid lke to know, too, what propriety there was in the 8 gzeston of a supporter of the Go- i verament who expressed fis willingness to take from the hard- learned eeliries of Schoolnasters £1000 for the wilitary jeducaton of our youth. Is ths tue kind af patriotism we

the

ishould expect from the eupporiers of Her M j-siy’s Govern-|

ment? For my owa part when the Volun eer movement wes fir-t proposed, | was vet opposed to it; nor would b be opposed \toit now were it carried oat te tie same spirit in which it was leoumenced. Bat from the indications given, as | shall soon show, | am positive mW was a party, political movement ever since tus Goverament was organ zd. On severa!’ occasions

in thie House | voted for a grantin ad of the Volunteer guards |

which now bear the high sounding title of the Prince of Wales i i: Company. Now | would be opposed to voting one s81x- pence of the pabl ¢ money, in any form, to ard this movement. ,Lovk at the discloses male t -lay respec ing the par iz«p ,ciaracter of thisorganizaion 2? And if we want anoiber proof of ithe partizin cha acter given to the whole of this movemen’, it isin conneciivn with tue atrempt made last summer to orgn- | nize a Company under the nane of tie ‘ Celtic Volunteers.” | When His Grace the Duke of Neweaste was he e he «x- | pressed his v ews respecting the necessity of making the move- liment as general as poss bie. Inthe presence of many Ils | Grace said it tse Co-ony had not a sufficient number of r.fles to jequip addit:oual companies, more woald be forwirded from | Betain. Sir Fenwick Williams too. a short tune previous, in his very room, expatiaied on the neces«i'y of formeng Volun- | teer Conpani-s—saying every inducement should be held ou {to young men to gee them to enrol, Moreover, there was suc) a desire on the part of Her Majesty’s Government, and suci an example set by the Liewtenant Governors of the other Pro- 'vinces, that there could not have been the slightest objection }to ther formatou im this Coony. Trea, bask, why was the ‘app icotion ef the Celtic Vovunteers rejected by this Excellency and bis advisers? Why should 60 yourg men, of trreproach- able charicter, who were snxivus to serve their country, be ‘treated an sucha manner? And yet hoa. membera wili de- ‘fend the acts of the Commander-in-Chief. But hid he been desirous of carrying out the instruc'ions of the Duke of New- i castle, his superior in command, or the injunctions of Genrr:] | Wiiltaws, he would not have rm jee ed tue application of the | Celtie Volunteer in the manner ne did. Lt showed a desire ‘on his part to faver those only who obey the beheete of the Go- | veromecut. Subsequently, at a public meeting, these young men, in resolutoas which they paseod, justly found fault with the Commande:-i -Chief. ‘Though the terms in which they

ow the | encontagement to this movement than has been derived from | would he bow down or humble himself before the Queen of | terms, they (she proprietors) would bave to maintain Tox

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ALINE EN SS ee : . . _| haili to collect ; a. ly * esi ia. ‘Thisos the way to encourage | heartily. From the manner to which he has given expres- teers would oot turn Laliffs ect unjust rents from | tron a Commission in the TT vine tee 10 petty spleen. ae | sion to his sentiments just now, he has shown it was not the themselves or their neighbours, and that even if they “La this manner was Major McGill | spontaneous wish of his hvart that the proposed reception to attempted it once, they pethaps would not live to do so a second time. Such trae and particular ieformation would enlighten the Government of Iler Majesty, and enable them at once to te'! the proprietors thet if they would not part with their usurpel lands ia Vrince Edward L-land, 02 reasonable

the Volunteer movement the instaace just noticed ! treated becanse he resented an indignity Offered hun. Some- be given to the Prince of Wales should have been so we'!l re- thing was said about Orange nen as being an auxiliary to the | ical by this House last Session, and if he were pleased

rement— + shict as fti- : i ‘ etc a ce L eh ae = a | ee erere with the reveption, he would not have given that forced as- ‘ally rebuked in Canada Inst summer on the occasion O° , , , “ty Pribee's vat. I believe Orange Lodges have affurded more ; sent to it which he has just expressed. In no circumstance

Not far fram Lot 49 1 have been given to) Kagland, or a son of the Queen. Regiments of sold ers here in future to coilvet the rents for nnderacand that meetings of Orange Societies and Volunteer! “lon. Mr, WHEGLAN.—I beg the hon. member not to them. ITlad sach an hoves-t course been decided and acted Companiee take place simultanconely. Con'd I, de-irous a# || Ls construe my words. I said [ would net huable myself} on, it would have saved your ixvellency much trouble an] em to promate the peace and haepiness of this country, give) =) the dust before the Queen of Kayland, but would assert vexation hereafter, and relieved your advisers from thag ” jmy support to an organizition £0 eminently calcu ated to dis- my rights before all-the Sovereigneof the world. eternal brand of infamy and hypocrisy so indelibly stam turb the peace of this Island, and brexk up ours cial relarions ¢ | ad on their brows, and which all the waters of the thil - There can never efface or wash out. Your Hxcelleney might here | |told the Duke of Neweastle what a sorry figure the “ cock. . sparrow” Major would cut going st the tail of bis Veiune~ teers to collect ren's; and the thousands of pounds lavished from the public Treasury, out cf the taxes paid by the tenant. y, or the pay and equipment of such a gang for the sole pure ; pose of terrifying the tenantry, and compelling them to pay rents, is one of the most swiquitous, tyrannical acts ever attempted to be practised on civilized society, aud cne which every honest freebolder, as weil as tenant, in the [sland must and will deprecate and detest. It may, and perhaps will be said by the sbufiling set who claim the right to direct. your Excellency’s political conscience, through their Colonial . Secretary, that the Volunteers are not intended to be made — constavles of for the collection of rents, and thut they are only intended to repel a Yankee or French invasion!! Sorry indeed would | be to see tie detence of your Excellency and Govervment House entrusted to the dariog warfare of the “ Cock-sparrow" Major, at the tail of his gallant musk- steers, “ shuoting round a corner” at Brother Jonathan or Monsieur. But in all seriousne-s, why need the great and valuable military services of the long experienced Major, at the present time, at sueh a vast expense to the Colony? Our late Liberal Government governed this Colony for eighs long years without the fear of an invasion, or the very able and valuable military aid of tae Major; and why ow tax the poor people for any such purpose, at a time when the incapaeity, and profligate, and reckless extravagance of your Excellency’s advisers have nearly ruined the finanees of the Isiand? And is it for the suke of adding to Mr. W. H. Pope's salary, cutting out some plurality of offives for him,

anv other quarter,

the Orange organization aa the most hellish wh ch | was not the least occasion to bring in that matter by way of ever disgraced God's eanh. Asked to suppor the Volant er | contrast to the subject under discussion. 1 will say that the movement when pot required by cirsaind ances of a Jocal or | visit of the son of our Sovereign to our shores was looked extraordinary character! In the atdress to Ho Excellency | forward to, and was. Gited.. as it did, to gladden the hearts

Ris stead etfax i nlimationthat they | ; cs aee'e . . from the people of Beifast, there is @ plain intina : | of the subjects of Queen Victoria in these Colonies. His

[nave heard much of a foreign invasion ; | Opposition, who, in this whole matter, has been consistent. bot, [ presume, we are supposed to be men of intellizen’ minds.) We know how difficult it is to please all parties. The pre- Many of ue, at least, koow whot bas transpired ab-ond; 294) cont Government endeavored to expend the money placed at to hear the hon, lead rof the Govern nent thresten us wth | oie disposal to make preparations for the reception of His os a heee ioe | Royal Highness, in the best possible manner, aud in accord- : ance with the wishes of the people generally ; aud when the accounts are presented, [ thiuk the Goverament will not be consured for acting parsimoniously. L am bappy in being |able to say that both political parties acted in concert, on ‘that oceasion. I was glad to see, too, that there were coun- terparts to the statements put forth respecting us, by the cor- respondent of the Times, and some of the American journals. Whe New York Herald, ove of the leading papers ia America, came out in a quite different strain, and passed some high enconiums on us. As for the Gentlemen of tne Press, cards were courteously presented to them to be preseut at th. enter- tainment prepar:d for the Prince.

Hon. Mr. WHELAN.—-At 8 o'clock. Hon. Mr. LONGWORTH —I am was provided for them in Halifax or elsewhere. With us to land on the shores of Albion,—should he put in requisition tae difficulty was to be forchand arr, “es t a those powerful arm iments of war — those great military equip- | state, wo, that when the I —_— rode vat ye - es oe one ments which he has accumulated around him—shou!d he | knew of his intention about doing so, bat those at Govern- launch these against England—and I trust [ shall gain your | ment Fouse, as it is not desirab'e to distinguish personages | 10 pay a deputy for perfurming the duties thereof, the better concurrence in the opinion which I am about to eaunciate— | to be watched in all their movements, 1 think the Govern. | to evable him to blackguard, vilify and defame not ouly the Kngland, unaided by any European power, is yetable to com-| ment is not to blame ia this or in any other particular, i | down-trodden tenaniry, but every Liberal in the House of pete with France. (Hear). Bat, forsooth, when England aud | gone stion with the visit of [is R yyal Highness, | Assembly or ou: of it, who may be honest enough to raise a France waze war, according to the gloomy apprehensions of | dion Me LTAVILAND —It has becn stated, Mr. Chair- | voice, or*utter a word against the usijust exactions and tyran-

the leader of the Government, we are to have a corvette of U Reargg ving ay ose satel ohn ania a , py paryedd Peseeypedion: der greene * p don’

15 guns come upon us, bringing destruction to the poor inha- | YG fO8" Bae oe the forego f ress @ 2 Dub Fee/ —"" . 1 Cs, ee eee bitints of Charlottetown by taking our notes out of the Bank. | ce!¥° their cards tili uight; but 1 may stare tiat on the very | understand me, as I ouly wish to put your Excellency on But supposing such a war should arise, what, I ask, could j afternoon of the day on which the Prince arrived, Tuursday, your guard against urs<iifyl pilots, who will rau the Ship of 1500 or 1600 do in repelling a foreign invasion ?_ The thing | inquiry was made to ascertain where they lodged, and en- | State aground, if net immediately discharged, which is very is manifestlyju vsurd. In speaking in this mauner I do not cast | quiry was especially made to find the Correspondent of the) honestly recommended by

any rellection on the courage or efficiency of our Volunteers. | Tymes, Though this was done, atiil it so happened they | Your Execlleney’s faithful friend,

litary Compan es, is certa nly astemating. vasion fiom a forege quirier. We ere oi the eve of a war with France, said he. Hon. Col. GRAY begged the hon. member's pardonand sais {he dd not sav ao, | Hon. Me. WHELAN—Bat £ beg hs mardon and siy he did. Ilon. Col. GRAY—Tnhe hon. member eays he “ he did,” which means—he did not.

Hon. Mr. WIFELAN—What did he mean by his allusion

to St. Pierre and Miquelon? Bat [ am not to be humbugged

| by such an absurd notion, that even if an invasion came from 'Mrance, we could be injured by it. Look at the com} licated jaffuirs of Italy, and the menacing aspect of the powers of Europe. The French Emperor has quite enough work to Even supposing he should attempt to emulate the conduct of the First Napoleon—shonld he harbor the idea which Napoleon [. did not carry into effeet—

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, err ine-of-battie i ik : p . é ° - an , . We know, however, that a line-of-battie ship might come | wore not found till 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the day ov ABERDUMBEE WILHOCK, into this port, and in spite ef ali the efforts of the Volunteers, Which th : rag i nae tual lay this City in :uins in a few boars. I add no more to this ae © entertasnment was given, ae ee ‘subject, but will remark concerning tho exclusion of Roman | C6 eS per houses. When I met Mr. Woods, the, Catholics from public offices, that since the present Covern- Tunes’ Correspondent, in the afiernoon, | gave him an ex- ment came into power 152 Magistrates have been appointed, | p'auation of the circumstance, because even for personal rea- piieenitiaaillial tl of these only 4 were Roman Catholic: ; 65 Commissioners of | suns | would be the last to offer a slight to the Correspon- ; . me qt Rie ‘ . RT ane a > > Smal Debts, but only 5 Safin Se 33 Road Sena dent of the Times. As regards giving them free quarters Charlottetown, P.: Bs le april 15, 1861. ecsinets ai cman ‘bing nS ae sdokuaie Ud Uhag | at an Hoiel, suei was not done eicher in Nova Seotia or Cana- — nn no ropriety prose ; a ‘ SOT ’ eC 5 , ‘ ii we iit > a8 a your . ~5y standing up in parbament, «nd «t pu lic meetings and saying } da. , Voese =e ee large salaries. : Pe ue bly Mr. Woods, NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MAIL. it was beeause they dissented from the principles of the pre- | fC-!¥es Hot less than £1,000, or £1,200 a year, and so sent Government. Had they been actuated by a spirit of | Were qaite able to pay their own way. L give the Loader] We have had, during the past week, a more than ordinary fair play they could havs found seores and hundreds of Roman | of the Opposition great eredit for the straightforward wau-| sapply of Mail matter—the Mails having arrived three times ‘Catholics who never manifested hostile felings towards the ser in waich be bas spok-n of th's matrer. Lt is to be re-| ‘ ae : i ~ q ° | o ths * : + Government, many of whom, too. are quite as competent to | gretted we came under the lash of the Times’ Correspoadert. | during that period. The British Mail reached town on Tuesday + . ‘ he 152. 65 and 33. whom : Famiic : evening. ‘The latest dates furnished by it are to the 23d ult. Pong od pct ag oi gree ache or et T hbelione | Lt shows us, however, one cup place very little dependence | 7 © ~ ‘ . " - ney a3 -osen. > oe Se os Bae i motimes Pai 5 * Foreign | fe give below a few extracts from our latest papere, touc the Lieuten nt Governor has descend: d from his high position, | what ate ae ae read under the head of * i erat. ” es P bead ss and cullied the honor entrusted to him, by associating himselt | correspopdexce.’ It ill became the Correspondent of the| ing upon the principal events that occurred since previous with the party feeling of those who surround his, as adv sers. | Vimes to write ip terms so g-neral about these Colonies, con-|adviews. Tue death of Her Royal Righness the Duchess of | ‘The amendinent was put and lost on the same division as | silering the hearty reception [Ls Royal Lighuess received | Kent, which hapgened on the 16th ultimo, took the British the preceding. at the hand of Colonists. | ce 2 | When the eleventh paragraph in tae Address was readl— (To be continued.) fnation by surprise, aud created general regret smongst all

i classes of her Majesty's subjects. The death of this distin - | guished lady bus given rise to many biographical and baudatory

| Hon. Me. WHELAN rose and spoke as fol’ows.—I am sure, Mr. Charman, no gentleman will say for 2 moment) that I have manifested any di-position but that of the most respec! ful attachment to Her Majesty's person aod Govern: { ‘mention this Colony, though my acts bave been frequently | tnisrepresented by my polities! enemies, but [ cere not for! \ RERDUMBER WULMOCK, Esen, TO UIS EXCEL-} ‘that. Notwithstanding the stizhts cast upon me, and that) ~ LENCY GEORGE DUNDAS, Esga., LIEUT. GOVEROR: | (From the Fondsa Gazette Ectraordinary of Saturday uy fellow-colonists have been dealt with unfairly ; still | GREETING. March 16 Lael | ° have only — feeling, aud that i, profuun attachment both} Whe her or not I can 4.tter myseli that my correspondence | Wsrrensie, Manca 16, 1561.—This morning her Royal to Her Majesty and the Coustitution, Yet, white Leutertain | pith your Exceilency has im any way contiibuted to enlighten, Uighne-s the Duchess of Kent departed this lite, at Brog- | these feelings, [ am not going to manifest any stavich sub- public opiuion, i is quite certain that your Ministry ‘have j more House, to the great grief of her Maj-sty and al! the serviency, wor hauble myself in tre dast be'ore reso Seve | tllen to nearly the lowest possible stage in public estimation; Riyal Fawily, «fier long suficring, which she bore with ex- | reign of Kugiand, mor av i ho-ng ome down my head and Since che Colonial Parliament assembled. Bat how long iemplary patience. Tne Queen, bis Ruye! Hoghness the , kiss the dust oa which the i — of Wales walked, or that your Excelleney may yet suffer ench greedy, useless, noxious! Prince Consort, and her R-ya’ Uegharss the Priugess Alice, on which any of Her Majesty's heirs may tread. T shall ' creatures to gu de you —or rather mislead you—ia couducting | who had arrived from Loudon at 3 o'clock last night, and | aseert my rights to equal privileges aul a a8 UNY the afairs of the Colony, yet reusivs to be scen. * rath} remained during the night at Fregwue, were present when ‘of the Queen's su ects 5 and [ shall dy so betore ber or any i, powerful, aud will prevail,” and as { ovly communicate | the Duchess of Kent ex ured. of the poténtates of the earth, | think tie people ot this Jowuright, conclusive, palpable facts, if I don’t succeed a | , Colony have no great reason to be proud or to boast that) convincing your Exceliency of the imperative necessity of | BLOG RAPHICAL SKEICit OF? THE DUCHES3 OF they are a portion of the great British people, since the pri- |. 0:0:, > : i a ptge ae ey — 5 : ee ee Pry dismissing your present advisers, | feel assured that you are! KENT. viieges to which they are entitled have been denied them. | tne only mas in the Colony posses-ed of honesty and ordinary} Vietoria Mary Louisa, Duchess of Kent and Strathera in and they have been left to be the victims of proprictory des- | powers of @iserimination, who won't be convinced —save only Great Hritaim, and mether of ber Mcst Gracious Mojesty, potism. W ult you tell "me they have any great reasou to be | those who feel interested in the fraud and deception practised , was in the 7o:h year of ber age; having beew born on the proud of the British Government, when they arc kicked about | 94 the tenantry ever since they became advisers of your Ex-| 17th of August, 1786. She was daughier of the then reign- ane a ball by the Popes party ? oul, {am not sorry we | czilency. Tne “old family compact sys:em” of governing | ing Duke of Saxe-Cobourg Saalfield, and sister to the pre- i Dritc aa? our feo —. loyaity on the ovcasion O!| 5y chicanery, dissimulation and hypocrisy won't succsed i» |sent King of the Belgians, who, it will be remembesed, sah 10 thie: Oolot vr senate ; ane acai ee the present day; thanks to the enlightened “free I lucatiou” married Charlotte, daugnter of George Prince of Wales, and es —, . Saad, . a ee that visit, | Ssheme, it is noi the schoolmaster, but the schoolmasters we | Prince Regent, afierwards King George EV. King Leopold ie ay vio 0.4 ” : a, rising. ; ae young £0") have abroad ‘to teach the young idea how to shoot.” ‘The consequently holds the relation both of unele and cousin to eman bimself was respected on account of bis mother; but) tine has arrived ” wheu the people caunot be hoodwinked by | Queen Victoria—as brother to her Mujesty'’s mother, and alpen false pretences by any proprietary Government, who pay 80 husband to her Majesty's first cousin, Princess Charlotte, pect shewn him was not on account of his own merits, for of ty eee — oe ip 2 Caliente | Se however, died nearly two yeare previously to Queen these we had no knowledge. it was owing to our knowledge ot | ee a ae made binge? s9 busy a towe and ante. ’ — po. indeod the wneaperted o— oe | the private and domestic virtues of his mother—the respect | Se ae reg ed peta: 9 Dor arnnglgy 9 tend prom a bit ereees Sete, oe: eeeaes Saree * shown the Prince was on account of the virtues which adorp- | Lind a sqnes: Se eged. suffering tenantry. {n my povenn Royal —— being celebrated aoe after. The od the Quenp, hnewtl: 45: anue feeadd. vous f del aia No. 5 L pointed out to your Excellency the disgracefully base | Duchess of Kent was married twice—first, in 1803, to | entrusted with the management of affairs in preparin for | oomauct of your advisers in withbolding or retaining the | Knricn Charles. then reigning Prince of Leiningen, who the reception ot the Prince did not very well stipes the a |“ Act to give effect to the report of the Laud Commissiouers,” | died iu 1514. By this aliiance she had a sou end a daugh- ties assigned shem. For one thing there was not proper sc- autil the Laand claimants could ascertain, at leasi, a great, ter. The former was the late reigning Prince of Leiningen, ‘commodation for the people i" pene “ath ar et /part of the views of the Commissioners, which the better half-brother to the Queen, whose -un, the present reiguing | 5 eeiok, ‘Sens: Cities einstalibed Wish Ciel Gieblan weaiedidll habs enabled them to draw up renonstrances or imaginary com- Buke, is a commander in the British navy. The latter, the | duty in ae vesiihinng “alien donnvediily “the ‘aealibeal who |pesinte agsinst the Act. It is said that tho petitioners did | Priocess Aune Feodure Augusta Cirarlotte, is ihe widow of | were the representatives of the foreign Press g In the public | 2 furnish your Excellency with copies of their petitions; Ernest, Prince of Nokenlone-Langenburg, whe beeame & fraeeiten ohen. plete athetted uae mi ai epu a ‘buat if your advisers were not a set of selfish, worthless fel. | widow in April, 1860. Atthe end of eleven yeara the uated antes What as Gain 'Y one word | lows, whose interests were involved and identical with those Priveess of Leiningen found herself, in 1814, a widow, sole : : : — ‘of the Land claimants, they would fiod leisure time evough | guardian of her children, aud Regent of ber husband's Prin- __ Hon. Me, COLES.—I may remark upon the subject un- | for W. H. Pope, Colonial Sveretary, to copy those documents, |cipality. It was twe years afterwards that her brother der discussion, that we } ut the revenue at the disposal of the | instead of employing him to travel through the country with Leopold was marrie? to the Princess Charlotte. How bright Government, to enable them to give a hearty welcome tothe the Commissioners to help Mr. Haliburton, Sir Samuel! were the hopes of the British people on that occasion, aud Prince of Wales ; and L thiuk we did give bm a very kind Cunards lawyer, Mr. Haviland, Mr. Debjois, and the rest how sadly these hopes were disappointed, it is needless here reception, IL thiuk the heart of every man, woman and child, |of the proprietary party to conceal the truth from the Land ‘to recall. The Princess Charlotte died in 1817; the Co- fe t warm on the ocession of the vist of His Royal Highness. Commiesioners. Low strange it is that copies of the prayers bourg family lost a chance of establishing a dynasty on the | So far as Charlottetown is conceraed, [ believe the reevption | of some of the petitious could be kept, without copies of the throne of these islands; and the British people had the pain which the Piinee received was second tonone. So far asour whole, so that no matter what has been sad in the petitions of not only losing the Princess of their hearts, but also of limited resources extend, [ heard frem good authority it was | or memorials against the people or their Liberal representa- | anticipatiug no small difficutty as to the succession. It was the best. I did not agree with the hon. member who spoke | tives who advveate their claims in the Assembly, there is no under the pressure of these anticipations that three Royal last, wien he gave it as his opiuion that the visit of the means le!t to answer or refute them; and to judge from what) Dukes—the Duke ef Clarence (afterwards William LV.) | Prince of Wales would be of littie or no benefit to this Is-| Mr. W. f1. Pope bas said and continues to write against the | the Duke of Kent, and the Duke of Cambridge immediately laud. I think it will at least have the effect of turning at- tevantry and Mir. Coies and their other firm friends; aad as | coutracted alliances ‘with German Princesses, aod were mer- tention to this Colony in such a manner as was never done Mr. Pope and some others ip the Government were parties to | ried within a few weeks of each other. The Duke of Kent