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by the spirit, will be concentrated on the flesh ; for I and practicable, in the present condition of the country. am told that they never breakfast without a cold mis-| 4} our trade has been confined to ship-building and

” shaking hands wi | 38 ‘ He sionary on the sideboard.” In 5 th the agriculture—Paralysis has seized these branches of in-

new prelate, as he was leaving the honse, the reverned eo wit added, ‘Good bye, we shall never meet again; but dustry; and merchants will, in the meantime, be com- let us hope that you may thoroughly disagree with the) pelled to make their remittances in cash. Suppose the

savage who eats you.’ Bill, as fashioned by the majority of the House, had ADVERTISEMENT IN THE Lonpon Times.—* Jane,| gone into operation—authorizing an issue of notes—-four your absence will ruin all. 7 of your en pe even three to one of specie—a run is made upon the your parents — your children. Return — return — all | oacury for gold and silver, as a as

may be well—happy. Atany rate enclose the key of oe er,as would be very y . happen at that season of the year when merchants

the cupboard where the gin is.” ; usually make their remittances to foreign markets, the

AnotTuer MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK is noticed in St.) : John (N. F.) papers: |precious metals would be soon exhausted, and our notes

“During the heavy gale and drift on Monday night, would no longer be a legal tender. Government, in the 2ist ult., the brig oe Kelson, of Poole, Rob-| the event of such a circumstance occurring, would not bins, master, last from Cadiz with salt, and bound for only be embarrassed; but serious inconvenience would.

Catalina, whilst endeavouring to make the Horse Chaps, | . alten t} f lati (Trinity,) came suddenly in contact with the perpendi-| °© nent ection. ngpnd, app higc! 9 nies

cular cliff to the west head of Green Bay, and imme-/the poor man would be at the mercy of the rich—the diately sunk, ‘The master, his son (a little boy,) the|debtor might have to sue in vain for the clemency of mate, and three seamen were lost, two seamen only! pis creditor—the Storekeeper and the Proprietor might)

the eight pers perp 2 he ‘eclamebale a ya ahabaeniie are) 10) el the poor farmer that he would not be allowed for

the masthead into the shiver of the rock, and from his notes what appeared upon the face of them, as they whence they were lowered down by a rope from above,' were no longer a legal tender and unrepresented at the

> q 9 4 1} ‘ ¢ . into a Planter’s punt, atabout 11 a. m. on the following Currency Office. Ten or twelve years ago, we are in-

Thursday, much exhausted and frost bitten, having)» 2 on det eee iation of been all the time without food.” PREP SONY ie eee ere tet

on A ees ENC, that few of the shopkeepers could be induced to SPLET SO} LAYS AEE ETERS ‘change a note, unless the bearer took goods to the value — _ ‘of three-fourths of it. Such a state of things might ‘occur again had the Assembly’s views been carried into sa a a ae ‘effect ; and with these facts before us, we must admit oe RENOY Se ithat, ifthe Council erred atall, their errck was certainly Tis measure was rejected by the Legislative Coun-| on the safest side. cil on Wednesday last—the House of Assembly declin- ing a concurrence in some of the suggestions offered by the Counci] as amendments tothe Bill, and the latter Body—confident in the correctness of their views, and governed by what they deemed a proper sense of duty—refused to abandon their position on a question ofsuch public importance. [tis out of our power, this week, to notice the several principles of the Bill, upon which a difference of opinion arose between the Coun- cil and the Assembly. The main point was that in reference to the amount of Treasury Notes to be, issued. ‘The House contended for an issue of 4 to 1— that is, four pounds in notes to every one pound in} : , ‘ specie to be kept in the Currency Chest—allowing the The Officers of the Gulnare and the Commissary were issue to reach the amount of 20,000/, and then to be re-/@!so 1n attendance, and, as is usual on such an occasion, duced to the proportion of three to one. The Council, many fair daughters of the Island Home graced the

suggested—that it would not be advisable, nor safe, to assemblage with their presence.

have so large an issue, as, in the event of a run on the | HIS EXCELLENCY’S SPEECH.

Treasury, which would not be impossible, nor improba- | Hf, President and Honorable Gentlemen of the Legisla- ble—there would be 15,000/. notes in circulation unre- | tive Counci ;

presented ;—and the Council accordingly thought that | Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly ; an issue of two to one would beas large asa due regard) After a long and close attendance upon your Legis- for the pnblic credit would admit of. The subject |lative duties, it affords me much satisfaction to be able,

having been again brought up for discussion in the As- Ito release you from the labours of the present Session. “i - * The various subjects of public interest which I deemed

sembly, that Body agreed to an issue of three to one, OF, | + mm y duty to bring before you at the commencement, in other words, an issue of 15,000/, to be represented and during the progress of the Session, bave been res- by 5,000/ in specie in the Chest, and two to one after-| ponded to with an unanimity of action, alike honorable

wards until the amount of notes in circulation |t yourselves and gratifying io me; and I cannot doubt that the several important measures which have been

reached 35,0001. But even this aenenent would not natured, will be productive of the happiest effects upon be agreed to by the House, unless the Council gave/the future prosperity of the Colony. way upon some other points, one of which was, the! Among these measures I must not omit to notice the

tye iquidati f Act for the appointment of a Master of the Rolls to the provision made in the Bill for the liquidation of all old Court of Chancery, and an Assistant Judge of the

atanding debts in the Currency to.be by aw actabliched. | cous Court, which will facilitate the administration To this the Council assented, but insisted ca their origi- of justice in the latter Court, and afford increased con-| nal scheme of only a double issue of paper, but offer- fidence to suitors in the Court of Chancery.

dification: That the) The Act to consolidate and improve the Election ing, however, the following modification at the Laws will be aleo found beneficial in its, operation, by

sad : t caleneowrny, Smacreethett ~ cucelatan ome we made * securing to the constituency the free and unreserved legal tender, and that, in order to provide for their re-|a.ercise of the elective franchise.

demption in cash, specie to half their amount should be} The Act relating to Emigrants, although stringent in

placed inthe Currency Chest—the Governor in Conncil = provisions, oo a ere = order p= may ais ; ing. i the community from the spread of Infectious diseases, to be invested with the power of extending, if necessary, and to avert, aa far as human efforte can avail, a recar-

the issue to 5,000 per month, until the whole amount of -once of those distressing scenes which were presented notes reached 15,000! for 5,000/ of specie in the Chest ;/Jast year in all the North American Colonies.

then to issue only one to one, until the total amount of oe te gs ee oe aa paper money afloat stood oT ee oe sree which you have given to this oa pounds in notes to one pound in cash; and then to Com-| suestion, affords me a confident expectation that efficient mence the double issue, to continue until such time as means will be adopted early in the next Session for the whole of the notes in circulation amounted to 35,-|/placing the Currency upon a sound and wholesome

a . basis. 0001. The majerity of the House would not agree to I deeply regret the necessity which has arisen to

this, and the Council, deeming it the only safe arrange- prohibit the exportation of agriculturai produce for a ment that could be made, declined going any further. |imited period. : ve The Bill was, consequently, lost. The distress which unfortunately prevails in certain

districts, from a deficiency in the last year’s crop, will Now, however desirable it may be to procure a further be alleviated by the Jiberal grant you have made for the

issue of paper money, still in order to make our notes --rvice of Roads and Bridges, with the view of enabli payable in cash on demand, the suggestions of the|the destitute Settlers to purchase Seed, and to earn the Council on this subject appear to us as the more safe|means of subsistence until the harvest, when I sincerely

MONDAY, MAY 8, 1848.

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

On Thursday last, at 4 o’clock, His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor proceeded to the Provincial Build- ing, where he was received by a Guard of Honor of the 7th Fusileers, under the command of Lieut. Young, | and having taken his seat in the Council Chamber, sum-,| moned the attendance of the House of Assembly. His Excellency then assented to the several Bills passed in the Session, and prorogued the Legislature. The Lieutenant Governor was attended by His Aids-de- Camp, the Hon. J. S. Smith, and the Hon. Col. Lane.

trust that a kind and beneficent Providence will bless their labours with an abundant increase.

Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly ;

I thank you for the liberality with which you have voted the Supplies for the Public Service.

You may rest assured that they will be faithfully ap- plied to the several purposes for which they have been granted,

Mr. President and Honorable Gentlemen of the Legisla- tive Cowncll ; Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly ;

The intelligence which has been recently received of the birth ofa Princess, has afforded you an opportunity of renewing the expression of your solicitude for the health and happiness of her Royal Parent, and your loyalty and attachment to Her Majesty’s person and government. Your dutiful and loyal! Address has been forwarded for presentation at the foot ofthe Throne.

I have observed with satisfaction the zeal and ability with which you have applied yourselves to the public business ; and I sincerely hope that the harmony which has so happily subsisted between the three branches of the Legislature at the commencement of my Admin- istration of this Government, may continue so long as I have the honor to preside over the Colony.

inresuming your private avyocations, | beg you to be assured that you carry with you my best wishes for your welfare and happiness.

Tue 23p Fousireers.-—On Thursday the Company of the 23rd Fusileers, which has been here nearly a year, under the command of Captain Evans and Lieut. Campbell, was relieved by a Company of the 7th, under the charge of Lieutenant Young. We have seldom had any of the Military in this town who agreed better with the Inhabitants, or men who conducted themselves more quietly and respectably ; while the removal of the Officers is regretted by many families in whose society they participated.

The English Mail.

The Packet “Peri” arrived very early this morning from Pictou, with the English Mail. A week only having elapsed since the last Mail, the intelligence furnished presents scarcely any new features. The pa- pers abound with the details of the progress of the Re- volution in Europe, which promises not a speedy ter- mination. Hostilities in Denmark—fierce political ex- citement and commercial embarrassments in France— the marching and countermarching of troops in the va- rious continental States—immense Chartist Meetings in England and in Scotland—preparations in Ireland for one great and sanguinary struggle for National Inde- pendence—are the incidents which make up the histo- ry of Europe at the present hour. There has been no actual disturbance in Jreland—but judging from the enthusiasm with which the people are taking up arms, the conflict is daily apprehended.—The commercial affairs of Great Britain are still suffering from the late monetary crisis, and from the interruption that has been occasioned to all kinds of trade by the commotions on the continent.

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OFFICIAL PIKE PLOT.

Spydom flourishes in Dublin; Spydom has its sup- porters, scoundrels, and plotters here. The “ dir'y work” done to order in Dublin is undertaken and done here. The official plotters are and will be baffled, because their degrading pursuits are detected. This is the

‘second Whig plot which the people’s friends have coun-

teracted. The Whig plot against the Priests was abor- tive; the Pike plot against the people shall be so. But if the people’s Representatives were faithful and honest, not only would this plot be abortive, but damnatory to the concoctors. It is one thing to seek information; it is another thing to create an offence, in orde: to lay grounds for a crimina] prosecution, and the deprivation of personal and national liberty. The Government have attempted the latter. They gave orders for the manu- facture of pikes. They endeavoured to couple, with the execution of the order, the name—to involve the li- berty of a distinguished Confederate. The modern “ Major Sirr,” their clever Colonel Browne, was studi- ously emphatic on the legality of pikemaking—and thus is the base scheme Jaid open inall parts—of creating an offence, involving an obnoxious Irishman, and furnish- ing the pretext for a law, which of course would, like the Coercion Act, be interpreted by an “ efficient” Judge, to have a retrospective and, perhaps, a capital operation. This infamous plot is blown ; but let the people beware of the machinators ; their budget of villainies is largely stored.— Limerick Examiner.

PassencERsS.—In the Packet Peri from Pictou this morn- ing—Messrs. James Peake, J, Reddin, A. Mitchell.