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Fripay, 26th April. (Concluded from our !ast.)

HOUSE IN COMMITTEE ON THE ADDRESS.

Mr. Davies said that there was a striking, and to the souse an insulting difference between His Excellency’s oanner of addressing himself to the Council, and that wbich he assumed in speaning directly to the Assembiy ; and every person present must have been aware of it. ffe thoaght the impulse upon which Mr. Coles had ected was a commendable one ; and he, (Mr. D.) were pe placed again as he then stood at the Bar of the

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nent Act; and, consequenily, the House would fail in the discharge of their duty, if they did not pass a Re- venue Bill.

Mr. Cones approved of the last amendment proposed by the honorable member for Bedeque ; and wouldvote for the introductory clause being struck out

The Chairman (Mr. Clarke) then put the question upon Mr. Pope’s amendment, which was agreed to.

Mr. Sreaxer did not consider that there waz any- thing insuliing inthe matter of His Excellency’s speech, nor in the manner of its delivery. As to thanks, these were matters of form—but might better be omitted if the majority of the House thought that any arrogance had been exhibited. But blaming Governors, unless on

€ouncil Chamber, and, as one of the Representatives ef the people, to be insulted as he then was, he would act just as Mr. Coles had done. He would support the amendment.

Mr. Pore observed that it would perhaps be manifest- ing 8 pettishness, unbecoming the character of the House, to amend tve Address as he had at first pro-

d: on further consideration, it appeared to him that, as the sentiments of the House touching what measure

of respect they thought” His Excellency entitled to in,

their Address in answer to his Speech, would go forth tthe pnblic—it would be more dignified to omit the first paragraph altogetiver.

Mr. Fraser said that he wonld agree to strike out he first paragraph of the amendment. If the House were determided not to thank His Excellency for his §peech, still it would be unbecoming in them to express themseives in an uneorrteons manner. As representa- tives of the people, they were sent to the Assembly to | stt and to do business like men: end it would be de- rogatory to their character to give expression io angry fgeling in the Address, His Mxcellency w23 not in good health, and it was quite possible that his bodily

indisposition might have rendered him somewhat impa- |

tient in temper; but they ought to overlook forms and attitades; every man had bis fanling, and Sir Donald Campbell might not be the mos: perfect of men. There wag nothing to which exception contd justly be taken in the languge of the speech; and, as for the manner in which it was delivered, he thought that ought to be held as extraneous to the matter. ‘fhe honorable mem- ber then said that he could rot let what bad fallen from the honorable member for Charicttetown (Mr. Long- worth) pass without remark, That honorable member had charved the majority with having retracted from the Resolution to which they agreed at the close of the lagt Seezion. He would repeat to him (Mr. L.) what hadalready been observed to him, that he appeared to ve very angry because they were about to do what he himself conceived to be right. For his own (Mr. F's) pert, he eculd not think it very culpad!c in a man when hehad got astray to endeavour to get into the right sath; but he denied his (Mr. L’s) premises, for, as had aieady been asserted. the Assembly were in cireum- tineea Very different from those in which they stood at the close of the Jast Session. Then there was certain profesitions made to the House, to which they were uked to assent: the princrpal of which was that they should provide for the Chief Justice; and, on their do- ing a9, all was to be arranged for a change of Govern- ment. Well, after they were screwed up to the nine- ging, they agreed to satisfy the Chief Justice, although mich against their will; and he, for ene, would net hesitate to say that, if the subject were to come before ‘ym again, he would be found steadily opposed to the manting of so large a sum as he was then induced to “inction by his vote under 2 consideration of tue pecu- li circumstances and the promises which then affected the question, But when that officer was provided for his satisfaction, His Excellency brought forward the aims of others who would not be satisfied with places, mddemanded pensions. Why, it was enough to dis- stat any men placed as they were to guard the interests #t the people, to be called upon to give al}, and receive

wliing but promises in retary. But the position in “ich they were placed by [is Excellency’s assent to tid Inst enacting clause of the Civil List Bill, rendered tunperative upon them to raise a Revenue, and to Mike provision for the operation of that Bill, as well as “er matters which could not consistently be made in

Noneat id which they were prorogued that His Exeel- aren assent to tbat ill, for ne had declared to Committee who wailed on him in S49 with ae Ad- “3 on the subject of Responsible Government. that 88S Opnosed to all iors of Responsibility. How-

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good ground, rather injured a Legislative Body. As to the policy to which the House by that answer would pledge itself, he did not think it the best; Sut it was very far superior to that to which the Solicitor General and his party were endeavouring to draw them; and, therefore, it should have his (the Speaker's) support.

Mr. Warescrron thought that His Uxcellency had manifested a strong disposition to treat the flouse with contempt, and to offer them every insult in his power to give them.

The question was then put upon the Adéress offered 23 2n amendment by Mr. Coles—the introductory clanse

having been first struck out, as agreed to by the Com-

mittee—which was adopted on a division of 14 to 6.

The House was then resumed and Mr. Coles’ amend- ment reported agreed to in Committee.

fon. Mr. Paumer rose and moved, that all after * May it please your Excellency,” be struck out, and the Address as reported to the House from the Commit- tee appointed to draftan Address to the Speech, be sub- stituted in its stead.

Mr. Speaker having put the qnestion on the motion of amendment, it was fost on the following division:

Ares,—Honorables Sol. General and Mr. Thornton, Messrs. Yeo, Longworth, Montgemery, Haviland,

Nays,—Messrs. Coles, Beaton, Clark, Laird, Lord, Warburton, Fraser, Flynn, Jardine, Davies, Pope, Whelan, Mooney—13.

Sarurpay, April 27, 1850. HOUSE IN COMMITTEE ON THE STATE OF THE COLONY.

Mr. Cones, with respect to the Resolation to withhold Supplies, agreed to by the House inthe previous Session, observed that they had good and sufficient reason to adopt it; and lie was decidedly of opinion that, to the general principle embodied in that Resolution, it was he duty of the representatives of the people to refuse to entrust the disposal of the public monies to a Govern- ment in which they had no confidence, it was still thetr duty to adhere. Since their adoption of that Résoin- tion, however, one important, and he might truly say unforesern circumstance had occurred which not only warranted but demanded their receding to @ certain limited extent from the determination therein expressed : the cireurnstance to which he alluded was that of His Lxeeliency having given his assent to the Civil List Bill, by the suspending clause of which it is enacted that the Act shall not go into operation until a system of Responsible Government, similar to that now in force in the Provinces of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, shall be granted to end established inthis [sland. His Excellency had more than once expressed himself decidedly opposed to the introduction into the Colony of any form of Responsible Government; and had dis- tinctly manifested his repugnance to its adoption, in refusing to recognize its first leading principle by a reconstraction of his Council, in accordance with the expressed wishes of the Representatives of the people: the House could not, therefore, with any show of reason, have anticipated the allowance of that Bill by His fx- cellency; and they matured and passed it mncrely to convince the imperial Government of their readiness to assume the payment of the Civil List, in return for the concessions tendered to them, in Her Majesty's name, oa their making a suitable provision for the performance of the public service. Phe Civil List Dill, however, having been assented to by the three Branches of the Legislature, and having been sent home for the Roval allowance, would have, with Her Majesty's advisers, greater weight than if the three Branches, the House of Assembly, Legisiative Council, and the Governor had, by a joint Address, petitioned Her Majesty for the es- tiblishinent of Responsible Government in the Colony; and the people and their representatives had, therefore, coad sud streng reasons ta expect that: the, Bill wonutd parceive the Rowal allowance, and thet the form of Go- byerument degired, by the peooe would therchy be at

once fully conceded. ‘This being the case, it behoved the Llouse, he thought, so far to recede from their Reso- lution to withhold Supplies aud to decline the transee: tion of any further business with His Excellency, as te pass a Revenue Jill, in order toe create a sufficient pul lic fund for the payment of the salaries and allowance conditionally appeinted, in the Civil List Bill, to be paid by the Colony, and also out of which to make sufficient appropriations for the payment of the interest of oustanding Warrants, and to defray the Contingent Expenses of the two Houses of Legislature during the past and the present Session; taking especial care eo to tie up all the moneys which would be paid into the Treasury under the operation of the Revenue Bill, aste place it out of the power of the Government tomake any appropriation therefrom not duly authorized by the Legislature-—binging. the Treasurer, under a

penalty, neither to iseue nor pay any of the moneys arising froin the Act for any other parpose than those expressly declared therein; and having done so, it would then, he conceived, be the duty of the House te decline the further prosecution of Legislative busineas, until such time as they might consistently proceed therewith, under the assurance of safety to the publie interests by due ce-operatioa in their measures by a Responsible Administration. The honorable member then concluded by moving three Resolutions, whieh have been publisded in the Examiner of the Ist instant

Mr. Fraser, in seconding the motion, said that should the Housé adopt the Resolutions which had just been submitted by the honorable member for Queen’s County,—as he fully expected they would,—it would be most unjust to accuse the majority,” on that account, with an abandonment of the position which they as- sumed in the previous Session; since al] that they now proposed to do, was’only what they would have done; after the allowance of the Civil List by His Excelleney, in the last Session, had they then had an opportunity to follow up the measure by the one now proposed to be carried according to their origina) intentions. Their agreeing now to pass a Revenue Bill to raise a fund, out of which to provide for the payment of the salaries, and allowance on the Civil List, would, instead of affording a proof of any inconsistency in their proceed+ ings, be an evidence to every just and unprejudiced mind, that the nrajority had laid down for themselves. an honest, straightforward, and independent course, and were determined not to be driven from it by the jeers and taunts of their opponents in the House, or by any obstructions which might be thrown in their way by the, Government. He would give the Resolution his best support. ; .

Mr. Lonewonra observed that the party to which he stood opposed were like all other political parties, im a country that attempted te establish their power bya departure from, and a disregard of, established and constitutional modes of eflecting a change in Govern- ment: they were actualiy, whilst professing to keep to one course, compelled openly to depart from it, and to proceed in a line diametrically opposed to ‘that which they had, very recently, positively declared they would pursue. Whilst professing determination aad consia- tency, they were vacillating and uncertain in all their plans: but, like all who found it convenient to waver in a public or potitical course, they were always ready to" fall back upon expedience as a support; and how often soever they might find it convenient to shape anew course, they were never without some excuse for so doing, although some of their pleas were of the sorriezt ever deperced upon for defence or justification. The one now put forth was indeed a most wretched and in- efficient one-—the Lieutenant Governor having—unex- pectedly they say-—yiven his assent to the Civil List Bil! It was poor and silly indeed; for they knew, or ought to have known that, as @ matter of course, lisa Excellency would give his assent to the Bill, if not withheld from so doing by the Royal instructions.

Mr. Cours briefly replied to Mr. Longworth, that the opinion expressed by that honorable member, signifying that the Lientenant Governor had merely given bis ageent to the Civil List Bill as a matter of course, and implying that the measure waa not the more likely o2 that account to receive the Reyal allowance, was a very strange opinion indeed. That honorable member seeme

to the Lieutenant Governor, an extract of which waa lnid before the Honse, informed His Excellency that he would not advise Her Majesty to refuse the concession of Responsible Government to the Colony, should « uppear to be the wish of the people to live under that form of Government. If the prejudices. of the honor- able member had allowed him to give its fall legitimate

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