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0f tlte hon. member; it is the leaSt we can do to express our dis-j approbation of‘the monstrous and exaggermed “wwwons made against the solicitor General, now proved to be totally unfounded in fact. _ ‘

Mr. Cones drew the attention of the Committee to the heart- breaking tale which the hon. member for King’s county (Mr. Cooper) related about Honey, when he applied for the Commit- tee. So pitiful and lamentable was this man’s suffering said to be, and cattsed by .the cruelty of the Solicttor General. that be (Mr. Coles) fancied the tears were trickling down his owr: and several other hon. members’ cheeks ; yet now he must say. that the hon. member had failed to prove the charge ; and one ot'two things must be the consequence; either he had wtlfully endeavor- ed to deceive the House or most grossly had his informant im- posed upon him; it was due to the hon. member ttrsay. thaLif he (Mr Coles) understood him artght, the latter .was the case. The evidence taken down by the Committee, tended to prove the people of New Lortdori 'have by far greater reason to complain thati Haney ; he thought the former possessed just reasons of complaint; the bailifl travelled 20 or 30 miles to distrain, and the tenants were severally saddled With 20 or 30 shillings costs, arid what was still \vorse, not the least notite whatever rims given flrém ; but Haney’s was quite a different case. he had resided on the farm nine years gratuitously, was offered a 99-3 years’ lease, on givinga simple acknowledgement for about .65 back rent; but said the hon. member he would not even agree to these or any terms, and then he was ejected; yet after tliishe was suffered'to return, where he remained another two years; after all he was not turned out; he had several tlnys’ notice, and rI-inoved lll.‘ effects as he thought proper; thus the charges of Cruelty. said to have been committed by the Solicitor General in this case, must be pronounced as disproven.

. Mr. RAE submitted a resolution to the Committee [0 address Her Majesty on numerous I‘ll-’llll'lS, as it appeared froin what we could gather, and then he said he felt a loathing on his mind bordering on disgust, that there should be obstacles thrown in the way to prevent a redress of the real grievances of the peo. ple; an almost insurmountable one presented itself in the Land Agents, who stood in the way of any measure passing into law touching any question relative to the settlement of the land; hon. members kept aloof from the evidence of. Mr. Nantes. which confirmed the statement, that a great number had been issued ; be (Mr. Rae) was well content that the cvr'enco should be printed; then it would appear how bad and unjustly the land is settled, and likewise confute that prevrously given by a Land Agent. r

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. Ann. 8. ’ IIPOBT 0" rm: SPICIAL COMMITTEE APPOINTED T0 INQUIRE

INTO Tun-rnocnlniivos or This SOLICITOB GENERAL, 6w.

, (Debate concluded.) .

Mr. MACAnLAv did not. doubt that the Committee was ofa constitutional character ; the constitution, he feared not, was yet sound; it was also rather aged,. and this. Committee adhered

' firmly to the latter, for it. had been twenty-five days preparing to A report, and what is it now it has made its appearance? Does it confirm the statements we have submitted patiently to listen to, that distress to an unparralleled degree existed~in this Colony amongst the titers of the ground? Buteven after this lengthened examination of witnesses, where is the eVIdence that tends to prove the statements so promulgated? They kuew'the ungroun’ded ISSéIIiOnS,'0r why net, with the opportunity and power possessed by‘ the Coinmittee, substantiate them? The whole eiid and arm of it was to keep up agitation, and nothing short of that did certain hon. members con'emplate, from the beginning to the end of the proceeding. He(ltlr.i\1'A.)dtd not intend to assert thaithis Colony, 'ot.the‘ptesent time, is in the most picsperous ctrcutn- ‘ stances; but is it not as much so- as many other Colonies? Is it not more so? 'Look atthe whole world, and then say, if the place can befound where complaints do not exist of stagnation of sotne kind or another? If we were seriously and calmly to compare this Colony with many others, a great balance on the right side ofthe book, would stand in our favour. In respect to the accusas , tions charged to the debit ot'the Solicitor General, it now appeared - that sufficient proof was wanting to substantiate the charges; and no proof could be adduced to t e contrary, why the balance should not be struck, and the profit and loss divided -those taking the loss who had made the unjust charges. If the Report was not ainended,,embracing some such object, he (Mr. Macaulay) thought it should not be entertained.

The Hon. J. S. MACDONALD said he was one ol'those who voted for this grievance Committee. and he‘did nut doubt that sotne hon. members wore very much chagrined at the result of the investigation. He (Mr. J. S. Macdonald) could not perceive that the Solicitor- General had acted illegally in any way. He had

’ discharged his duty to his employers, and to them only had he to render an account of his stewardship. In regard to Mr. Stewart’s property, his mind was not so clear; a specrfic day had been appointed to grant Leases; the occupiers executed agree- ments;. but they Still complain that they cannotbbtain them».—

So that be (Mr. J. S. Macdonald) was borne out in what he said

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is one way,” said be. So it was, for on holding it up to via", it was fiddled with holes, some as large no the point of my finger. When I left the country, Ihnd not half; dozen shirts with two sleeves n—pioco—Mqfl‘at’a Missionary Labour: in Southern flfrica. . ‘

Bonus, The SCOTTISH Porn—The geniuo of Burns ro- nernbled the pearl of'Cleopntrnfboth in its worth, and 'in it! fortune ; tho one was moulded by nature iri oocret, beneath the depths of tho ocoan ; the other was produced and per- fected by the same hand, in oqutrl obscurity, on the banks oftho Ayr. The fortrior wno suddenly brought to light, and shone for a season on tho forehead ofimporial beauty ; the latter, not loss unexpectedly, emerged from tho shade, and drizzled and delighted rm admiring nation, iii the keeping of a Scottish peasant. The fate of both wantho lame; each was wantonly dissolved in the cup of plepeure, and qunfi'ed by its possessor at one intemperato droughL—Jamea Mont- gomery. _ .

Iii rt recent book on Chancery Practice, vol. i. p. 125, is the following choice specimen of'legnl perspicuity.—“ When a person is bound to do a thing, and he doos what may on- able hint to do the thing, he io'supposed in equity to do it with a vieiv of doingr what he is bound to do!”

Moort’r ETNA.-—No_eruptiono of Etna have been more terrible or destructive than,that of 1669. The lava turned its course towards Catariia, and the stream ofit in forty days destroyed the liabitntions nf27,000 persons, and ofthe 20,000 inhabitants of Catnuia. only 3000 rctrmined. The water re- tiretl, the sun was darkened, the fish Were destroyed, and the colour of'the sea itself was changed. Burning rocks, sixty- pnltris iii length, were thrown out to the distance 'ofa mile. Immense columns of smoke Were seen, and tremendous thutiders, accompanied by alarming earthquakes. -

Capt. Fitzroy has been appointed Governor ofNew Zea- lttiirl. ’

The Nortlt Western boundary is now occupying public attention, and it is reporter] that a detittclitiwtit oftho Royal Suppers and Miners will proceed to North America shortly to survey the Oregon territory. I

The Thames has lately presented a bustling appearance, in consequence of the arrival of many ships of large tonnage from China, principally laden with tens.

'ouo amt con-n t press, and breaklflg'ootjau pm“, in, iiirlt and violenge, even in the balls of longing”, rm"... breaches of truot in the_depooitorieo ofth. rubric my, and ouch a rush to be discharged ofjuot d. ‘5 M i, h. become necessary to repool thelow which 'wu round“ {a the relief of honest debtorir. Thto ltappeno incur immodinto neighbourhood, and we cannot boost ofborn' “my,”

' tn similar enormttteo. _ ' . hieSih'tiiild we not, all things considered, tnoteod ofoufi'm ourselves to bcpitted again-t each other, undor tho may- once of passion and prejudice, for the benefit of o fow, 9mg. in supporting the’ ancient chamtcr of British cargoes, “good men and true,” guard against tho. introductionor spread of notions‘ and act. inconsistent With that: aha-pa. ter, and, while we deserve, maintain thyproud distinction of BRITISH Fntlmm? I, —————‘!-—-=_-_—_3

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SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1843.

"The Steamer S1. Gannon: started yesterday "10"“!!! f“. Proton, being her first trip for the season. Being no"! painted and fitted up, she had a very She was loudly cheered oii leaving the wharf}

We have in our present paper brought to a clooo tho do" hate on the Report of the Special Committee nppointo‘ito inquire into certain proceedings of the Solicitor General and others, as 'Lniitl Agents. A muss of evttleiice, and that too all ex-parte, was handed itt, but as the Com’rnittee made no remark upon it in their report, we may conclude that it woo not ofa nature tojustily Iln investigation an utterly uncalled for. As the matter has been so fully debuted. any comment of ours on the subject would be altogether superfluouo. 1’

0n tho .I ltli the subject wits introduced by MrJhe, who moved the following Address to the Queen :

Mosa‘ GaACtous Sovnneton; , ,

We your Majestt’s faithful subjects, the House oonoem- bly of Prince Edward Island, humbly approach your Majesty’s Throne, with sentiments of loyalty and attach-

The SPEAKER observed, the hon. member as was his cttstom' was going wide of the question ; if llt‘ would state. aiiv real grit-v- atice he should have his (the Speaker's) support; he did not alto. gather disapprove of his remarks on the Land Agents—let the eVIdence be printed, every word of it. btit let us- iint mix tip this report. or summary, as hon members term it. bttt he would

on this head on aprevious occasion, when the subject matter was in debate. ' . " Mr. Senna admitted that irregularities had existed in the ‘manageinent of the property alluded to by the hon. member who had last spoken ; but they now appeared to be Ott-tlie eve ol being rectified. In reply to the assertion of the hon. member for New Londonfllr. MacLean). that he'consideted the proceedings of the Solicitor General to have caused the cotnmoliousu hicti had taken place in the country, be(Mr. Speaker) at once would decltre that 'ntitliiag had or could he proved to bear that hon. member out in ' such an insertion. Could it be said that hon: individual was to bEar the brunt of the illegal assembling together (it the people at the East Point. and its consequences? No distraints had takvir place. Then, too. how did it turn ou:,,iu the trumped up case of , alleged cruelty said to have been pfllclhed on the man Ilaney and his large family? Why nothing it'hatever., The fact was, hepossessed, illegally possessed, the property nine years, wrthottt paying one farthing rent, and was offered a lease. which be refused likewise. He was by trade a blacksmith—one of the best in this country. Two acres only of the land had been cleared. _Wherein thcn consisted the hardship, he would ask. so forcibly thll upon by some hot). members? Let it go forth to the country in its true‘shape; it should szate that the evidence fell . most woefully short of the antictpations of the originators of the Committee. Let both sides be told ; then the public cart exercise their own judgment. We should not put it in the power of :‘tuv ‘ to deceive the proprietors, for be (Mr. Speaker) was (if he might be allowed to use a Nulgar expresston) for giving the Devtl his due.‘ ' Mr. Doosn, in reply towhat had fallen from the Hon. J. ’ S. Macdonuld, observed, that the tenants on Lot 30 would l . reccivo leases as soon as the lands were surveyed; httt what right had these people to complain, inasmuch as up to the com time, no rents whatever had been received from. them ? \Ve have heard a greattleul said about the squatters ‘ on this Township, as it‘its ‘owner had committed it great crime against. them ;for his (Mr.Douoe’sl part, he thought the w v oveuor had been much more sinned against by these per- oono than shining: The evidence before the Committee oti the State of the Colony proves it.

Mr..Co_orstt confessed the information he had received, with respect to Haney, was incorrect, although it amo/unted to net fly the same thing. The hon. member then_ went into a minute desctiption of the cause (asrhe considered), of the events that had taken place at the East Point, and was far from thinking

' the Solicitor General had escaped Scot free, as hon; members would: wish it to be believed. True it was, he had offered leases. x but in a Very abrupt and determined manner. He Would not give them time to consider; they must not dictate about terms. Nora Word was to be said. They must quietly submit, or abide .the consequences. Then iii rescht to the removal of the stakes, the people thought it useless, in their situation, to go to law ; 'and conceiving themselves in the right, they pulled them tip ; and the cause of this must rest on the shoulders of the individual upon whom he (Mr. Cooper) had placed it. The Committee did not wish to enquire into private matters; all that was coittctn- plated and sought for was, only as to the agency of the land, aiid . su’ch could not properly be designated as of a private nntu re. ' ‘ Others may cry out “ notguilty," but be (Mr. Cooper) Would not join them, inasmuch as the acquittal takes place before the trial in this instance—rather a novel proccetlttig, in his opinion. Mr. Tnou'ron remarked—So then, at last, he have an admis- — oion that the hoti. member (Mr Cooper) was misinformed. It was unfortunate this had not been discovered some time Since; then this great waste of time and public money might have been saved. This man Haney, about whom there has been so mttcli ado, was not severely dealt wrth; even his own evidence docs ‘not prove any thing against the Solicitor General. He refused a lease; he questioned the authority and tesisted the claim of that hon individual. He fidlr. Thornton) would not sci‘uple to say, the man had been schoo ed to do so by the Est-heaters. The chair- man of the committee (Mr. Cooper) refused to question this i notorious Mr. Hanev,as be (Mr. Thornton) requested. It had ‘ i been cirriedin the Committee, that the hon. the Solicitor General ' . should be examined; bttt he had declared, that he considered it l nothing lessthan a downright attack upon his private character. l, and upon those grounds arcse the objection of that hon. gentle- ? man to be examined on such a point—one that they had nothing l- to do with. This, be (Mr. Thornton) had trout himself. The i

and o iglit to be treated as such. Mr. Alacm’ros’t! ridiculed the evulence oer. Gall ; what does he say, said the lion. member, IllerFlV that one had told him (tire thing and another :lnolllt'l' (question!) yes. he would say qneslltm. loo.nnd yet this is the rubbish. they say. acqui's the Solicitor Ge- neral, (question, questiOti!) He (Mr. Macintosh) tltd not consider this interruption. as ftir pl-iv. T ie lion member who vocifetates so loudly "Question," has atleast been on his legs four times ; ifuny thing is attempted to benefit the distressed Countrr. then the crv of experts: is set up; but large sums are voted for much less usvfttl purposes without a passing note, (questian from Mr. D ruse ) He must now be borne out in saying Land Agents are very troublesome

The Speaker then took the Chair, when the following Resolu- tions weie reported. and agreed to: ' - I. Resolved, That it ll the "pinion oftbin Committco, that the majority of'tlm Special Committee, appointed on the Hill) March Inn to inquire into the proceedings oftlte Solicitor General, &c. have failed to discharge the duties which devolved on them, in not having expressed in their Ropury any conclusion or opinion on the nature oftliose proceedings, &e. .

2. Resolved. Art the opinion ttflllis Committee, upon it full in- vestigation of the Report ofrlte Special Committee, nothing It as

Assembly. 3. Runolvnd, That the Report of the Special Committee, with the Evidence by them taken, be printnd in the Appendix.

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Conn or Consume-nos Br INHALATION.—In a Boston me- dical publication is given an account of it new method of curing consumption, namely, by itilialntiori. A' Boston Physician, Dr. Manson, has constructed an apparatus, called an “ inhaling instrument,” the office of which is to assist the respiration and tlistend the lung: with air. A Mr. Stiuborn, a public lecturer, gives the following account of his care and cure z»

“ For fifteen or twenty years] have been troubled with consumptive symptoms, such as slight cough, pains in the chest, and expet'toration; and within the last year, there has been considerable increase of'tlteie syiriptoiuii, particularly the cough and expectoration, accompanied with more or less difficultin) breathing. My business being that ofn public lecturer, I experienced an increasing difficulty in the delivery of'tiiy discourses; and it seemed as though the en- tire viscera thoruic, abdominal, were in utt inactive and con- tracted state—characterized by it shrinking of the organs, if I may no speak—rind my lungs, 1 Was conscious, were far from being adequately expanded. Being alarmed about my tense, l solicited the advice of Dr. Muttaoii : and after exunt- iniiig my chest, he informed tne that my lungs were diseas- etl, as I had every reason to apprehend. He recommended the use ofun inhaling instrument, which lie employs in the treatment of' pulmonary consitiription, and which'lie said would increase the volume of my lungs, and sooner or later effect a cure.

“I was favourably impressed with his explanation ofthe treatment proposed, and commenced inhaling without delay, using the instrument several times a day. In a few ng5 .I could breathe more freely, taking r. deep inspiration with- out difficulty, atidiny voice increased in fullness and strength. My lungs expanded more freer and appeared to be more fully inflated. When I first began to inhale, I experienced new pains indifferent parts ol'tiiy chest, owing, us Dr. Matt- son informed me, to the expansion ol the lungs; btit these are now all gone, niid my health is iitiproving. I- may also romnrk, that in my first attempt at itiliuliug, I could not take more than two consecutive inspirations at a time, btit in the lapse ofa fortnight, I could take fifleen or twenty with ease.

“Dr. Mattson has published a treatise, entitled “ Brief Remarks on lulialatioit iii Consumption,” iii which lie adopts the views oftlio celebrated Dr. Railings of London, that tio other pltin of'tretittiieiit can pertitntiently euro the frightful malady under consideration. For example, ifit cavity or ulcer forms iii tlie‘lungs lty‘tlie expectoriitioti of tuburcu- loua mutter, it is apparent that no medical trentriietit tutu possibly ltettl said cavity, for this only can be accmiiplishetl by inhalation, which enlarges the volume of the lungs, and brings the surfaces oftlto cavity into contact, énnblingit thereby to heal.

“ It is no wonder that medical authors, almost without ex- ception, pronounce consumption to be incurable; and if people would reflect for it niouieuttliiit the endless iioetrums advertised in the newspapers for the cure of consumption have no tendency whatever to heal it cavity or ulcer: ofthe lungs, they would not so easily become the dupes ot' quacks and iiiiposters.”

A MissrortA nv’s \VARDROBB.—The contents of my ward- robe bore the snare impress of' poverty. Tho supply of clothes which I had received in London were, as is too ofton the case, made after the dandy fttoltiou, and I beitw still a growing youth, they soon went to pieces.) There werg no laundry maido there, nor anything like ll‘Olllnl’ or triang- ling. The old woman who washed my linen Boometitnes

. 1 with soup, but oftcner without, was wont to make one shirt into a bag, and stuff the other: into it; and [just took them out as they were, and more than once have I turned one to fbel the comfort ufn clean oliirt. My dear old mother, to keep me out of mischief, in the long winter evenin‘no, taught me both to new, and knit: and when 1 would telrher I in- tended being a man, she would reply, “ Lad, ye dinna ken whttr your lot will be cast.” She wu right, for\l have often had occasion to use the needle since. I remember once she shower] me how a shirt might be smoothed, by folrt‘ma it properly, and hammering it with apiece of wood. Resglv- mg one day to have a nice shirt for the Sabbath, I folded up one,~hnd having prepared it suitable black, I laid it on, not it

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hon. member now explained the part he took in the cuziiiiiiiiee, which was merely that of a locker-on. He was of the same opt nion asorhcr hon. members, that We must substitute the original evrdence in lieu of this Report, or whatever it 15 called. The whole thing was a great mess. We must, in justice to the Sol. _ Generaimome to a determination, and he would prepare a Res‘o. ? I lutton to exonerate him from the charges set up.‘ Nine members