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uble, anxiety and agl- plained of in the Petition, and into the unanswerable All the = fae Lak wrung by facts which his Excellency has communicated to the ant - |

Thus the money account would stand, or if the items sion on the Petition.

i | ati ‘ ught ; ; : : : are too high or too low, the account 1s So In the same tation, have gone for ponge' ad - oe-bevone| Colonial Office ere this, to be in readiness for Mesers, proportion in each table, the conclusion will be still just.’ 6 most arrant duplicity from the mos gone:

’ope—would be eminently serviceable to

advantage of, heir handsome Palmer and Pope

It appears then, so far, that — oe a on ony dupes, to enable the Delegates to show been fruit-|the country: how? because it would force upon the ate

= ee ae 5 ra mich great-| physiognomies in the great metropolis—has sue of Her Majesty’s Minister the real stata of the ous “spores” ired i latter Jessly, foolishly applied. ; : x as :

or qnonsity of langes which 22) oe —s . ne ear ae saree j hich this simple fact stl public affairs of this Island—open up scenes of official

table than the former? ye a of ge ~~ | The mortifying reflection wh! | : + fail to uiieteneata not to be parallelled in any other dependency

in, Keeping & Soc, (en enormous cen j inds of the duped, cannot fa | .

iat ceaee a0 cscbenttuted for Potatoes,) the getting)avaven a we ssh Das of the Empire ; and convince Karl Grey, better than all ing objects s . lars :

up, the storing, and carrying to market—to say nothing | them onjee™ —_— Despatch, “ was pleased to the addresses that were ever passed in the Local Legis-

of the 6th year, which will be found, if ploughing be| “Her Majesty,” says the espatcn, aciously.” lature——of the necessity of conceding to this Island that

then resorted to, to produce a good crop of Wheat ; OF receive the same (that is, the Petition) very graciousty. | latur . ¢ whicif will be the best eafhnmend if the land be mowed, a far superior quantity of or D4 | This sentence emphatically contradicts the absurd false. Systein of Government! guar

than in the 6th year, according to the plan of the Pt industriously propagated previously to the publi- not only against public abuses, but against the annoy-

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table: but I a not yet said a w 7 es a ani of the Despateh Pa the effect that Her Majesty ance of all future Delegations. If this country had an sntive charge & precesmg mane SY sh ee a ana , ; te sponsible Executive Council—publi

necessary stock for the purpose ; nor have I altogether giq not receive the Petition, but rejected it, premises, efficient and Respon , public

sufficient positive and practical information to rely on rayer and all fanctionaries in the various departinents who would not

for the purpose : yet [ make no doubt that if the cme Acrain—*It has been extremely satisfactory to me to oppose and seck to thwart the principles ofa majority of

33 isease, and occasional insui-| /Agaln-— as ’ A 5 7 :

aiens sean ed = aoe last year, be all consi-| have it in my power to lay before the Queen these proofs the people, but who would discharge their duties faith- Cl neans ’ os , j ; s i ‘ : . °° ° i

dered, the advantage will be, in any situation ae} of the favourable opinion which you have obiained of so fully, and maintain at least a neutral position in all the

lime can be had, decidedly in favour of the syed ARGE A PORTION OF Her Masesty’s SuBsECTS IN Jocal political controversies of the day—the disputes

means. Now, considering all these matters, and car a on 7? is f that which have from time to time arisen between the Go- fully comparing them, I do not doubt that in the five) Prince Epwarp Istanp. Here, then, is proof that) whiel

i | a ; : : , “a: 2 d, could not possible recur. years’ process, according to the first table, there will be one great object of our Petition has been carried out. yernor and the governed, | With

an advantage over the other of 3s. an an annum! We were never very sanguine that its prayer would be /a Whig Ministry pledged to eee ee Go-

in whose se I will submit to any-| Naas wer | : San wil ae :

J gen ade uo ae ” ne | acceded to: It has been “graciously receiv ed,” and it/ vernment to all es on a rt ernor ew

ing, must, if the —-o s ’ ii ae inion” entertain-| who glories in the application of the System, and who sider me a visionary or a novice, for which I do not care, | has given “ proofs of the favourable opinion” en who g Pk y .

if they will only just for their own sake, think for them- ed towards Sir Henry “by a large portion of Her Ma- every day witnesses its efficient working in the Admi-

selves ; and let them be assured, that so far as the pub- jo.ty+5 subjects.”—When His Excellency had given the nistration immediately under his care,—there is every

i } . =: . lic interest is concerned, they will be for ever, not only” . ve of policy, every li-| reason to hope, that if the Mission to England have any the producers, but the consumers, and that the prosperi-/™°St manifest evidences of a change of policy, y i pe, j

ty of the Colony is mainly in their hands, and will ever) beral man in the Colony felt desirous of expressing his effect at all, it will be just ages a one as has been far- be so, ina country devoid of manufactnres, long after approval of the change: that approval was signified by thest from the thoughts of its projectors, and which Ship-builders and lumberers have ceased to a. Let ioning the Petition, and Her Majesty has been graci-|they shall have ample causes to deplore——that is, the ae ey ny dh a aecetaining it, which ther 021) pleased to receive it. ~The Petitioners have, then, placing of the People of this Island in the enjoyment of will find, to a very great extent, to depend on keeping so far succeeded. And if the Governor be to give the their civil and political rights on a level with the inha- themselves independent, which they can only do by a) Administration into the hands of another, at the expira-| bitants of the other North American Provinces.

judicious and economical application of the materials |1;,. of his official term, and in accordance with an ee Another, and perhaps not less important advantage Providence has p oe ay mange. blished rule—his adversaries cannot plume themselves that has been gained, is discoverable in the great-

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Your obedient servant, jon being accessory to the enforcement of that rule. ‘ly improved tone of the public mind. Want of in-

But the Petition in favour of the Governor has been telligence upon, and indifference to the business of Go- attended by other important results. First, it has been| vernment, must Jeare any country an easy prey to the Ithe means of sending the Delegates on their wild-goose| designs of a, few active and intriguing men in office.

Mr. Editor ;—I beg, through the medium of your Jour- chase, for their best friends have often declared, the! Any people indifferent to their public rights-—regardless

nal, to urge upon those gentlemen who hold the office yyission would never have been thought of, but for the |of the administration of justice in any department—-rea- of “Pump and Well Assessors,” the necessity of ad-'

ae iti , i jing | d k with complacency and c i monishing the contractor, in order toa more faithful| first Petition. Secondly, many of the re maneeng oy oe Play terra. aamennes at oe discharge of his duties. ‘openly and secretly abetted the Delegation, an enquiry | power, without troubling themselves to ascertain the A Pump in Prince Street has been without a cover into their proceedings has been the result. The false grounds on which they build their confidence—are ‘and absurd charges contained in the Delegates’ Peti-'slaves in effect though they be not enslaved. Stolid

ionth. It is impossible to calculat amount of trou- |. as ble and Mddate oath . i i ae geal that tion, has, no doubt, forced upon his Excellency the ne- indifference and unreflecting confidence have long,

portion of the community who live adjacent thereto, cessity of making many important representations tothe amongst British American Colonists, been the true

Besides the danger of accidents (and it is providential {mperial Government of the mismanagement of some of sources of corruption on the part of public functionaries,

that none have occurred, so many children living in the «he public offices of this Colony. These representations rather, perhaps, than inherent principles of vice and in- neighbourhood), it is not very pleasent, accordihg to my

notions of delectation, when partaking of a repast, to cannot fail to be followed by some beneficial changes. justice. Itisa well-known maxim, that to be free re- discover portions of decomposed animal and other mat-| Thirdly, if the accusations against the Governor be lis- | quires but the will--not to be tamely cherished, but to ter, floating about in the vessel. ‘'tened to by the Colonial Secretary, they must be sub- be firmly expressed and steadily pursued. But to be

We are called upon yearly to pay our assessment,'stantiated. Lord Grey will not place any confidence governed well, it is not sufficient that the chief ruler of and in justice we demand a supply of clean and whole-| in the bare assertions of two men—one of whom he ne-|any country be actuated by pure and patriotic motives :

some water, when attainable. If we have such officers

y 1 ic ’ c it ie 4 } } j S as “Pump and Well Assessors,” let them manage their Y°? S2Y 0 heard of in his life, and the other, it is ve he directs the business of the state—those entrusted to

affairs “ according to the thing,” and then there will be Ty well known, stands low in the estimation of the Co-|carry out its details need to be actuated by the same

no complaint. ae Jonial office, from the farago of falsehood, meanness and motives. If the private servant of a man happen to do I make no apology for the severity in which these

; : nonsense put forth in his resienation Jetter last year.) wrong, he will s i is in remarks are penned. I consider it to be my duty, as. P —— y e? urely withhold his confidence from him

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER.

well as the duty of others: and were I a member of the Enquiry into the truth of the charges must be had; and or dismiss him; but the people here have too long been

“Anti poking your nose into other people’s business the result of this enquiry will be delay: so, instead of compelled, by vicious training, to repose confidence in ety 7? : ‘ . . : . ew :

society,” [ should consider it no infringement of its hastening the departure of the Governor, the Mission the public servants, w iether they do right or wrong, and

rules, to attend to my own, and to urge upon others 1e . - . ver ey eae necessity of doing ee ge up tl may become the means of prolonging his stay. If no to yield submission even to the mest flagrant injustice. I am, Sir, such enquiry be brought about, we can only suppose This state of things is not, however, likely to continue.

Your’s, &c., that his Excellency will be removed with the “ favorable! The recent agitation has LEVIS. opinion he has obtained,” and the Delegates be dismiss-| the latent energies of the popular mind—has brought ed from the Colonial Office with cool contempt. Messrs. public opinion to bear upon the acts of the servants of

“= Pope and Palmer will do something, or absolutely no- the Government; and the day is not far distant, when ‘thing: If an interview be given them, Her Majesty that opinion shall be the only guide to official patronage. ‘will never condemn Her Representative on exparte| From the last two years of Sir Henry’s administration,

. . ‘ 1 ; _ . ‘statements. The truth and justice of Sir Henry’s case| we date the commencement of an important era in the

THE ANSWER TO THE PETIT ‘ON. ~~~ | could not fail to triumph over the falsehood and malice history of this Island. During these two years, he has

of hisenemies. But we strongly suspect that Pope—if done more than all his predecessors ever thought of do- 2

. . . . | i | In publishing the Despatch received hy the Lieuten-|he should learn from any of the Clerks of the Colonial ing, to emancipate the Government from the thraldom ant Governor, in answer to the Petition praying for his Office that the Petition has been replied to—will never) of an irresponsible Faction who have grown rich and continuance in the Government, some remarks will not ask for an interview with Earl Grey ; but will return to’ ; be out of place. We beg, first, to direct the attention of our readers

supercilious through the indifference of the people. ‘the Island, as soon as his funds can be replenished, as| When the present Governor shall Jeave them, a re- wise as when he left—crest-fallen and utterly contemp- spect and admiration wi} iati to the date of the Despatch. It was written on the 12th tible. of lia rele;-.-end ail ee ier Le © August—two days before the memorable Delegates’ In any case, will be their surest uid ee f left this Island, and three days before any information serv 1: Rise lhe « eecnes: yegeacaty

could be given by Mr. Duncan, who left for ‘his successor. The minions of the Clique need not

the previous packet, and who intended, we were told, to gates a summary dismissal, if they have moral courage aes ‘ame | rca eee ee play a part in the drama that was to be played before enough to present themselves at the Colonial Office— trary, every succe ve is Excellency, but, on the con- the Colonial Secretary under the management of the although the odium which would therefrom attach to/that sentiment a a ea ae ee celebrated Joseph Pope. Earl Grey, therefore, knew \them would be nothing more than their just reward. majority of the : aa that feeling, until the -— nothing of the Mission, when he pronounced his deci-! We say that an enquiry into the various matters com-| own strength, td Eating become conscious oftheir

shall be at all times prepared and proud

helped materially to awaken

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indeed, an enquiry would be eminently iceable to the country—and feeling convinced of England in this, we do hope that Earl Grey will not give the Dele-

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