' admitting I-IASZARD’S GAZETTE, JUNE 4. WLOIIAL LIGIILATIIBI. House or Aasaesanr, Saturday, April 0. I858. IIIL DAIIAOFB PETITION. (0oatlsesd.) House in Committee on the Report ‘of the genial Ommithe appointed to report on the titles of Niel Derrach—Hon. Mr. Jardine in the Chair. Mr. Men-rsoleer The hon. the Treasurer snyshs hssssen Capt. Cumberlaiid’e Rent Book, and examined, in it. the statement of Niel Dar- rach’s account. I should like to know how long it is since he d’ so. Hon. Mr. Perl. I did so abouts week or ten ds e c. Ll. wssleav. When the Special Com- mittee questioned Capt. CumberInnd's Agent con- cerning the Rent Books, he said they were in En- It was then explained that although 0a t. Cumberland tick the original Rent Books wl)th hint to England, he left copies of them here with his t. line. Mr. Lean. One or two hon. members ap r to be extremely anxious to malts out a case in favor of Capt. Cumberland; but, the facts lstely against them, that, with all their ability and ingenuity, greet as they are, they must fail in it attempt. I have listened with mac patience and attention to the elaborate defence of the ‘no on against the Petitioner; but it has failed to convince me of their propriety. To me, it appears, that the object in view, from their commencement, was to die as the Peti- tioner of his farm; and nothing that has been ul- vancsd, in defence or in explanation of the pro- ceedings taken against the poor man, has, in any way, tended to convinssms that it was necessary tsinstitute two actions against him. really indebted to Capt. Cumberland, on account of arrests of Rest, due before the granting of the , and which were recovereb e by law, why washe not proceeded ainst, by one hction for the whole amount, iaetca of beiu by one estion for £84, end then by a second for a f Such a mode of proceeding, even a certain amount of arrears to have been due end recoverable by law, was certainly most oppressive end unjustifiable. Looking fairly and in "all at the whole case; end articularly con- 'ng at the evidence of the lleceipts proves that the Petitioner regular in the merit of his Rents, foreoms years before the granting of the ; end that, under the Lease, he has been punctual and exectis discharging his Rent as it scorned; I am quite at a loss toconceive how any man, on a review of the whole matter, can honest- ly declare that the proceedings telten against him were otherwise then oppressive end unjustifiable. In fact, it appears to me that the poor man has hssnvsry ernelly end unjustly dealt with. By hie own labour, he has converted a wilderness intoe ‘glued farm; end. as it seems to me, e design was to dhpceaees him, for the purpose of having an opportunity to rs-let the farm at an advanced Rent. so as to include the interest of the value of his improvements; and, by means of the success- ful prosecution of this design. the Petitioner, at the advanced age of 73 years, has been fleeced of a large amount, and deprived of ell that he had realised by a long course of nnremitted toil and care. We have been told that there is reason to suspect that the Special Committee have been eetusted by a desire to damage the professional reputation of the lawyers who were connected with the ease of the Petitioner; end that some 5' so so ' other members of the House appear to be influenced :y'perecoal prejudices which incline them to adopt sustain the views of the Special Committee, without due enquiry into the merits of the ease. sash imputstions are, however, I think, altogether unwarranted. The Special Committee have done no re then it wee incumbent u n them to do: they have dnly enquired into the acts of the case, a faithfully reported to the House concerning them. And if, since the House has been engaged in deliberating upon that Raptor. some hon. mem- bers have honestly stated their convictions, as t facts of the case which have been hrong t under their notice. in doing so-—how un- favourable soever thcee convietione may be, either as in the lsvzyprs or the land|ord—in openly dsol ng thsm,wi ut heeitetion or disguise, the have y acquitted themselves of s ' they owe to are duly influenced by a sense of whet they owe to the pen is, es the chosen guardians of their rights, they will never allow any considerations of pri- vate relations, to bias their minds with respect to any enquiries or questions, their investigations or decisions concerning which may directly end as- rionsly eflhct any individual member or class of the community. The ease now before us is one, which—elthough we knew it to be the only one the which has ever occurred in the Island, —would forcihl demand investig eton at our hands; but which,—w n we have reason to believe it to he s more specimen oppressive character ofths proceedings which are, too often, had re- sesiseto; or coercion o:r:e.i:ante in this Ca- .—iiupesstivsly requires us, as we serobligstissscfdstytoths ple,nctonya thoroug investigation, but a f lend undisguised declaration of our sentiments concerning it, to the end that our exposure‘ end czndqninttjon of the precesdia smsy,sntsone an ,m etsnants ' and on the other, deter landlords end any of thdr tsnenb who may, unfortunately, b: teomtiehisthsirpowsr. 8omsth' as ' h way o‘fh.an attsm to ehew that towards the ‘i“ value tenant has ruined means at tws suite atlaw (instituted on behalf hlsIendisrd.)end the judgments thereon ebbin- ed agent him, lrst, tlirougotho by own Attorney. of flirt haze been lsoosssfully , nsx thereon, or which will amount to the same thing, to pay an increased rent according to the value of the farm enhanced by those tru- provcments." Iftho father had not been depri- ved of hie farm and in improvements, _v 'ustihble harshnem of the proceedings enfor- against him, 0 rm and the improve- ments would. most likely, have descended. as a l old inherihncc, at the original rent, to the son. They who can discover leuity or indulgence iri_thls, must surely have very strange conceptions of severit . The case has been very properly brought be ore the House; end, notwithstanding all that has been advanced to the contrary, by the hon. and learned member for Charlottetown _and the Hon. the Treasurer, I am of opinion, and msinhin, not only that the House a right to institute the most searching enquiry into the facts of the case, but that it is their sitive duty to do so. I hold—_—and I am not sin- gular in that res t.—thst not only have the t body of the people a right to bring before in House, with a view to ress, any general rievanoe which presses upon them : but that it is also the privilege of every individual amongst them to appeal to us for the notification of any private wrong, for which no rcmed can be ob- tained by ordinary rocecdinge in e Courts of Law ; and that, wi respectto every such case, so brought before us, it is our duty patiently to listen and earnestly to enquire into it, for the urposc of rectifying, if possible, whet we may grid to be wrong in it; or, if we find that we cannot positively remedy the evil, that we may efiect something beneficial by remonstranoe, or by a manifestation of our determination to op- so whatever is unjust, whether it may afoot the people generally, or merely one class, or one indivi’ ‘ “‘ ‘ _ “ P ‘ less, in our proceedings, of the position in so- ciety o to] Wllolll our censure or condem- nation ma 'ust a . Y J in Pg‘?! '8 r. no. ug was, at first, inclined to think, that the pecial Committee had, as respects the roceedings on the pert of the Plaintifi in t is case, taken a more unfavour- able view of the whole ehir, then a full and impartial investigation of facts could 'ustify, I am now satisfied that their Report is ully sus- tained b undeniable evidence ; end, elthou hI am not avourable to our throwing open a cor for the admission of a representation of every real or imaginary private gricvance—for, if we did, our labours in that way would be endless- I am now, I freely confess, very glad that this case has been brought before us. I think the proceedings altogether are the most tyrannical and unjustifiable of the kind that have ever been brought to light in the Island. Indeed, I do not think that a more harsh and unfceling thing was ever done by a landlord to a tenant in any country. I myself do not know much of Capt. Cumberland personally ; but I understand that, although thought to be somewhat eccentric in his ways, he is nerelly accounted a man of a very generous isposition. ' however, in this case, against a poor man upwards of seven years of age, are such as no men of common umanit or conscience could ado t : and they may serve to show the tenantry w t treatment they may ex t to receive when, by their own refractory spirit, they drive out of the country landlords who would deal leniently with them, if encou- ragcd to do so by a willing com liance, accord- ing tc circumstanccs,with their ir demands on account ofltent. With respect to the alleged arrears of Rent in this case, admitting them to have been due, it was most cruel to attempt the enforcement of their payment in the way pur- sued; and, considered, no men of any conscience woul have done it. The ahir would not have had quite so bad a look if it had been pro r old man to for- 've him one _ at he would agree to pay the other half, as I believe landlords very 0 ton do : but altogether, it shows whet some people would do if they had power. (To be continued.) R. B. Iaviiio, Reporter. GLIAIIIGS PROM LAT! PAPERS. A TEMPEST IN PARLIAMENT. ‘Ties long time since the ordinary gravity and decorm of the debates in Parliament have been interrupted by any of those heats of tem- per, explosions of spleen, or violances of r- sonality, with which men even of the a test temperament, and most reverend demeanour, are occasionally hurried, when they enga in the strife of argument, and the conflict 0 dis- ' For months and months the dilibera- tions of the Legislature have been conducted with unbroken order, and unmitigated dulness. Not so much as a joke even has escaped the ii of any Member of either House, to relieve t e heavy riionoton of the strict propriety which reigned aroan . A solemn sobriety has vern- ed the tongues of every speaker, and a correctness mar ed e progress of eve A few evenings ago, however, a this became suddenly c , the H of Commons, from being the temple of all the Gravities and all the Proprieties, was in a mo- ment converted into a scene rivalling and dis- cord and confusion,eny th' that ever was enacted it is classic sod of Donnybrook Fair. a flourish of shill has not been witnessed for meuya da , ci in or out of Parliament. In a word, rs was a genu- ine Irish row. Itaroseinthiswe . 'l'hcIIonsewasincom- mitbe on Ways and eene,end wasen in discussin the Govsrnmentlprqpoeal for extend- ing the come-mxtolre ti . Severellrish Members had taken part in the debate, and had declared themselves for or against the proposi- tion, according to estimate which they were led to form of its policy or inipoliey. At length Mr. Dnfi nose, and after exp himself warmly and ener finally aplnst the extension ofthe bx to Ir£nd,hs went on to my “I don't know how no man Irish Men ve been persuaded to vote siiss. Some few of them I dare say on ‘entice! motives; but will as ,cn the other hand, withoute boeitstl . that short cxpe ence of r _ eat been, I think in the worst days of Walpole and Pelham more scandalous corruption —‘4 010 with shouts of approbation. to e poo hhlf of the arrears, on condition ed general roar which b this time had extended itself to all parts of e House, that the words used b the Member for New Ross “ be taken down.’ This proposition was at once received ' Mr. Duly again , but was instantly es’sailed ALI essayed to s with seionate cries of “ name, name.‘ . will name," at length he was heard to an “ if the Chairman calls upon me to do so." here was now a general cry of “ Chair, Chair." The Chairman accordin ly rose and inquired of Mr. J. Ball whether he intended to press his motion that Mr. Du ‘n words be taken down. “ Cer- tainly I do,’ re lied the irate Ball. “ What then are the wor s 1" said the Chairman. The apparent simplicity of this question was _too much for the gravity of the House, and elicited a shout of lati hter. “The words," said Mr. Bell, " were ose, I will write them down.- ‘ that the st corruption ever practised in the days 0 the Walpoles and tho Pelhams had been ractised under his own eyes upon the Irish hllembers of the House’—-those, sir, were the words or the subsmnoc of the words used by the Member for New Ross, and havin now written them on this slip of paper,I g to place them in your hen s, an to move that they be formally ' taken down.’ ” The Chair- man ' read the words from the chair, in the midst of loud and general cheering, in- uircd of Mr. Duly whether he admitted that t ose were the words he had used. Mr. Du replied “ they are not identically the words,but y are so near that I do not quarrel with them.” The idea of .lu‘.r liaving‘any quarrel with the words was again more t ii t a gravity of the House could endure, and roar upon roar of laughter resounded from every quarter. “ The question, then, that I have to put" said the Chairman, “is, that these words be taken down.” he position of the member for New Ross was now becoming formidable; because, if his own words were taken down, he would immediately become amenable to the most strin- gent of those laws by which the House pro- scrves the order and decorum of its p ings. An attempt was strongly made to effect a resto- ration of peace by means ofoonceseion and con- ciliation. Sir D. Nor-reys rose to express his conviction that the ofisnsivc words had only escaped Member for New Ross in the beat of debate, and that they were not deliberately designed to insult any of the Members of the House. He trusted, therefore, that the hon. gentleman would see the propriety of withdrawing them. To this wall mount appeal Mr. Duffy turned a deaf car-—he remained silent and innexorable. The confusion of the scene was now probably at its height, and it was in no degree diminished when Lord John Russell, after a brief review of the circumstance under which the words had been used, said: “ Iown it seems tome that the committee in ncral, and the Irish Members in particular, have a ri lit to consider that the hon. Member for New ose has intro- duced words into the debate whch he is totally unable to prove, and that his object in so intro- ducing them was to affix a stigma upon the re- presentatives of Ireland which they do not de- serve." This announcement of o inion was received with uproarious cheering rom all the Irish Members sitting on the Ministerial side of the House. “ Nevertheless" added Lord John Russel, “ as the matter now stands I con- sider it woul I! better for the committee to treat the hon. Member‘s words with contempt, and to take no further notice of them.” A vociferous cheer marked the general assent of the House to this contemptuous ro ‘tion. Lucas here ate forward _ eln gav‘t‘iiir- a rocese o sue s is es in to e yw P t n y hgdme righm belblfend at any thin Mr. Dufy had said ; but his inter- position 0 y increased the storm it was intend- to allay. It would be scarcely possible to pursue the scene through all the tumult which ollowed. Mr. Philmorc and Mr. Otway thought that the Member for New Ross ought to be called upon to ofier an immediate explanation. _Mr. D’Israeli warned the House to be cautious in the proceedings they adopted, last it should _e an inconvenient ent hereafter. Ila ppinted out too that ere was a wide dis- tinction to be drawn between the itllc tion of corrupt motives in individuals, and o corru t conduct in a Government. The former wou d undoubtedly be disorder! —the latter not so. It was unoerhin in whic of these two senses the words used by Mr. Du had been employed. The House, therefore, should take heed how it proceed in th met r. Lord Palmerston generously urged Mr. D to relieve himself and the ousc from an em rrassincnt painful to all, by withdrawing the oflensive words and expressing his react for having used them. " hat,” said his rdship “ is the course whch I should take myself, if in the course of debate, I had let drop any words imputing dishonour- able conduct to honourable men ; and I venture to en t to the hon. Member that he will con- sult tter what is due to himself, as well as wlmt is due to the representatives of his country, 3 o 9 B‘ Q 0,,” if he fiirly and handsomely states that he did not mean deliberately and seriously to impure dishonoureble conduct to any Irish Member of is House.” The manly pro riety of the co suggested was obvious to every- body; but Mr. uly cbstinetcly declined to adopt it. f'I am smyoung Member of the House," mid he, “ I may have got myself into a position of some diflcu from being ignt_ir_an of its‘forms. There is, owever, one position which I shall not t into—I will never thin ." The boldness of served to renew the storm which for a few moments had partially abated, and which now grew to be a rfeot hurricane. Itsfiiry was even e vs by the sentences which ollowed. “I , ’ said Mr. Du , “ it is the opinion of the House that I shou d give it information of the hots which led my mind to the conclusion I have ex need em 've tlmt information. Illron the contra , it the of the House that I should dsc re what I said untrue, then, whatever may be the consequences. I decline to do so, and I await the consequences, without fear.” At len , after e vast deal of further confusion and tn- ltult. the question that “ the words he hkeu down" was put byhothe Chairman and carried aoolamatia. Committee of Ways and H." “N, '1 _ie which the House had been sittin u Iris£.Merebsrs " Here the haynbepn 3E.€_u¢li0 &9:.h:fwf:;'III:ud ,and in ‘MI! I0 huh M. fozlpon um :::'b:, which the Member for sw had ‘deed. =~«- ,, e -1» “‘"'»° --~ -I» .. .. ...°'.’*:.:i.':‘:. ‘:.°.'°""- W" ' ’ V 0 0 Ol 23:? ..ri.a....'ii.. ...Ki'."2ii.’3"..."3..ii"'l.. tI-- Ir but: it an ghmdn up hit “by, 1; Q 533 would give hllifinsslsct coinil he lwss allowed In becode r hb.i‘a’,'¢. ; as If thet. the rustle hevlughssntskeii notice of, the mchhnngmun ohm‘. m besltbsrrstrsc orexplainedto thstltisths wish ofthc thetlsho ">0 How. If 0- ho-~ an am am not umelispersoestowhsmlheveslluded Ci-so-diode-It!-or. donldb-In-duty. .s.ua.....-’ 0 the tie. Vincent Isslly evvwdlnsmle --I fir-onl-Bovm rose to order, andmitlydsmandsd to be f'ersi- "l“l'"'o "‘ I‘ 5“ “"3" “W 30"‘ ‘WV ed whether such language as Mr. Dfi [ml dstermhe wlmt course it would t. nsedwastobetcleratsd. Nosnswer re- D"l“°?“lll!N'°fi'°llIi||0|¢ 300010 hnd,o,l,,.j,,.,,,,,,’g,,.'u,_g_h[{g,. IIoess.Al andsscrndesoussion 3.,“-,.,,-,,,.o.,j,".,,,.¢ 5 ‘mdg. sesnsdsseifissssrsew thsloussshould pursue, which finally terminated in an adjourn- ment of the question to the following day, when Mr. Duffy was ordered to attend in iis place ITALY AS IT IS. The London Times has the following letter, dated Rome, April l4:—'I‘he Count de Chsmbord has addressed what his friends call a very sturge- tic letter to Pius IX., reinonitrating against his l{oliuess’s eetictloiiing, by oflicisling at the euro- nation of Louis Napoleon, e guveruiiisttt origitist- ing in revolution, and diametrically opposed to the law of divine right. 'I his is not the first attempt to wound the amourpr of cute Napoleon from the same quarter; the Countess dc Chsmbord is said to have been the principal instigator of the o position to his marriage wit the Princess of sea; and now, ofcourse, the Cabinet of Vienna has approved this irritating document. Here, in Rome, a proclamation has been issued within the last few days from a secret society, calling on their countrymen to join under the banner of ‘ lo- depsndence.’ With the rallying cry of " Out with the barbarians," it eiijoins them to be war- discuseicn on minor objects until this most desire- ble consummation be attained. hough it has evowedly failed in at once giving any thing lilse general satisfaction to the various parties it was intended to cement, yet the strenuous efforts made by the government, through their spice, to disco- ver the authors, show how dangerous sucha move is considered; and as the appeal is more to the good sense than the passions of the people, there is every chance of its becoming popular by diges- ' . ' be same spirit has long prevailed among the most enlightened patriots ol Central Italy, and is now fest spreading in all parts, and through all ranks; so that, should an outbreak occur between Austria and another power, it would probably be regarded as a pious duty in Italians to join the ranks of her enemies; and we may expect to see in Italy a guerilla war as sangninsr as the French suffered from, in the Spanish eninsula. Still Austria continues to oppress and bully, as though no day of reckoning for her could ever possibly arrive; and every post brings reports of stranguletiens, and confiscations, and forced con- except those wilfully blind tyrants themselves, if the people despair of all amelioration short of their expulsion. The chief supporter of Austria here is the Caldinal Antonelli, who is also greatly opposed to the journey to France, the objection to which is said to be a fear of the Pops becoming too liberal.” Pi:-rrv Tvuitrmv or Louis Nsror.noir.—'I‘here is no more prominent characteristic of the Govern- ment of December 2, than a systematic contempt for lew—n persistent determination to ignore anything like fixed principles of common right. After the revolution of 1848, the right of sporting over a portion of the forest of Compic no was let on lease by the state to M. dc lines. it 1852 the President of the Republic chose prematurely to enter into the employment of various royal prero- gatives, and directed his senate to put him in pos- sessicn of all the ruyalpaleces and forests. M. de Ruze’s lease was in the way. He was at tint applied to privatel to surrender, but as he de- c ined to do so, a enetus Consultum of April I, passed over his ri hts without notice, and declared that the Prince resident should exclusively cri- joy the right of sporting in the forest of Com- piegne. M. de ltuze was then served with notice to quit, and, protesting against the legality of the eenste’s declaration, he was forcibly ejected from the forest. I-ls appealed to the Court of Amiens, which decided that the Senatus Consultum was binding, although there is not a word in the con- stitution enebling the senate to melts laws, and it is too clear for argument that nothing less than an act of the legislature can lewt'nlly deprive any man of his roperty, even although compensation may o cred him. This act of more violence is now awaiting the decision of the Supreme Court of Cessation. But in the meantime, the Government has discovered a means of provin to . de Runs the danger of standing upon indivi usl rights when opposed to imperial desires A clause in his Icese required him not to allow rabbits to multiply to such an extentes to be injurious to the crest. From 1 8 down to the moment of his refusal to surrender his lease, no complaint was ever made about the rabbits,.but from that moment the local authorities systematically thwarted his efiorts to destroy the rabbits for the purpose of talting exception against him. They cut and sold the hog-weed, cow-weed, and different herbs upon which rabbits feed, so as to drive them of necessity to gnaw the yonn trees. Then, al- though authorized by M. do one to destroy the obnoxious animals, the state hoe rs systematic- ally absteined from doing so, an an application by M. de Rate for permission to use guns for their destruction, out of the shooting season, refused, although the prefect of the department has given leave to all other proprietors to shoot at any time of the year for such pur ass. An ac- tion has now been brought against de Rate, for in'ury done to the forest by the rabbits, and a court of] justice has adjudged him to pay 10,000 fr. damages. A PEEP AT UNITED STATE POLITICS p sceasorn, was a striking exernpliheation of the energy of the “popular will." i was not, as foreigners to the intellectual action of our political system are apt to imagine, a mere cciitsst between two distinguished citiaens for the highest ofics of honor in the popular gift. It was something more an this. It was a war of Measures, not of Men. Mr. Fillmore made a worthy and scapehle Presi- dent. e was honest, faithful, and circumspect. As a Man onl , he might have been nominated and elected. Hyut. his measures did not. apparent- l , meet the requirements of the " popular will.” General Scott had the advantage, in int of cele brity, over President Pierce, just as snry Clay, in e rsvioue canvass, had t vantage over Prssi out Polk. Yet measures. not men, carried the day. The result was the same in th in- stances. in truth, our Pressdsntial slsstioris may he cori- ' but as so many stritgles for political prin- ciples, of which the candidates on hoth sides ates as the public exponents. These rinciples conti- nually shift their application to acts, under the pressure of politi contiegsesiss. The adminis- tration that does not shift its poliely accordingly. pen’ passe, _nnpo man who does not keey pass with these luctustiens loses {salts or runs i.ttl:o"cld-fogyism." The popular ee ing, ever vs to new impressions rsjssts authorities thus made obsolete. and in itsdsdsione t;.l\rsa cvsrlowphell I‘I_’tO qld landmarks. oreitevsry ing siniiar t atinsy present 0- sclf as a_ temporary obstacle. The rseset election as 5' I — flu wne an instance of one of these itlsel frs_ehets. The election that laced Gees II the Ixscntive Chair the antics in 1000 was another. That which gave Mr. Polk a triumph over Henry Clay in IBM. and that which s General Tay- be into the White llsess in I were equally significant. The candidates thee overthrown were not srreigasd for say dalsit in or abili- ty. They had merely fallen bind the popular temper in its appreciation of current sveste. popular wiihwseld est 3|!!! in iuwtwevd ca- ned by and experience ofthc pest, and give up all 1” tributions, insomuch that no one can feel surprise, SD90 The late Presidential election, like many of its ho rear to instruct them, but cast them impetuously polj‘tIi'ca| oceen._ 2 econtestin 185 , h h ' ll Geiistll Scott and G8ll‘0l:l'gPl8nf::‘,l";t:,bien‘7'::|n notlii but a test. at the ballot-box, of the pop...’ in oil in regard to the principles involved in in. celebrated “Fugitive Slave Law " endt c“Com. promise Measures," upon which that law repot-ed, together with other less prominent principle. of ll_0V0f'|.|:l|dOl|I. .l:‘e°dagitstion of the slavery ques- "MI prece so far-—pnblic opinion had been so distinctly and so vehemently arraigned, mg?’ I0(:wl'f‘i;Inlfl.TIlnll the piolj_cy_of surzlendering to ' _ arrests ugitivr s1ives—that, upon this.pcint principally‘, the whole republic iavoluntaip y took issue. ith or without reason, t e pope er sentiment insde General Scott [hg champion of Abolitionisrn, and General Pierce :20 IP°I!:° 07 S‘0l:~l|€$rRI'gh}:.e. plgh or without _|'°ll- I We! c__ is t at i enerel Scott triumphed, the Fugitive Slsxc.Lsw would be re- pcI|ed.d The lIdlGl0II0l'l of Glensrlnl Pierce, it was _sesuine even save our cgie etion on the sub- t of ‘Slavery intact; would concilists every Sothern feeling; renew all confidence in the in- pegpity and tiliiiversnli_tyd_of tlwbll institntitzns; and m lnl0.I sti more in isso u e unity t c politi- cal elfcctione of the American people. ‘The result might have been anticipated. The nation rose to put it: ‘ogdcondemnstion onrthelsnpposed fit amp o in r uce into our pc itica system i e elements of disunion. A most important change was made in every part ofour administration-not at the point of the hayiiot—bnt more reliably, :l‘I0§§lI peacefully, from the potent list ofthc bal- ot- x. The Congregational Church in Lockport was striickrgy ig tning ycsterday,durin service. it cuts the singers llery, instant y killing Luther Crocker, one ofihe choir, and soverely wounded six others, three of whom were ladies. The minister on witnessing the awful occur- rence fainted in the pulpit and consternation soiled all present. The Connecticut Legislature has appointed a iul Committee to investigate the circum- stances of the Norwalk disaster. A bill has al- so bocn introduced into that bo6d(y,, the object of which is to impose a fin:-L $10, on the com- pany for every _-i-son killed on the Railroad, and heavy penn ties for all injuries caused by negligence or malice. I)BI’lDI.ABLE Accm:Nr.—Licut.. Fortcscue, of H. M. S. Cumberlaud,wtts suddenl deprived of an eye by a blow from a racket ball: at the (inr- rison Ball Court, on Wednesday. The injury he received was so severe that it canned the eye to burst from its socket,whilc tl. rty of friends were anxiously ondeavouring,— y ever llltflllls in their power, that the deepest symput iy could su st,—to relieve him oft to torture which the dreadful mischance occasioned.—Heli_'fa.r Recor- Rl'll0l‘IED CiisNas3.—Tlic Colonist of Thurs- do last, upon what authority we are not it - prised, states that it is in contemplation on t is rt of the Government to a point the Speaker, Mir. Young, to the ollice o Solicitor (rencrnl, )cut to be vacated, we suppose, by Mr. Mc- Dou ll. If this prove to be it fact, though the Span or for the last two years has been ike a cricket in a crevice, nobody, not even liimself, lrnowin what he intends to do, we shall look forwar with some interest, and for more than one reason, to know how such a movement is re- lished by the Liberal section of the Iagislative Ccunoil.—Ib. D nu PRO'I‘E(7l'ION OF THE Flslilllfllfi. (From the Halifax Daily Sun.) The Hon. William Ycun , the Speaker of the House of Assembly, atten ed by the oficers of the House, and accompanied by most of the members now in town, waited, by up intrnent, on Pride , at noon, on his hxcc orgy Vice Admiral ir Geo. Seymour, who recciv them, attended by his Secretary and several of his olicers. when the Spoaker addressed him nearly as follows: Jllsy it please your Excellency,- Tlis House of Assembly having unanimously re- Tllefliid the Lisnt. Governor to express the gratitude t y feel for the recent effective and spirited protecti- on cf our fisheries, his I-Excellency has imposed on me the agrees dot of presenting the resolution, and the members of ssemhly now in town have accompanied me, in order to give it the united weight of their personal approval and sanction. We account it a matter of sincere congratulation, as it is of vital importance, that the Home Government have de- terminated to guard our coast fisheries—the chief source of our commercial prospsrity—f'rowi the irre- gnlnr and indefensible invasion so long and so justly complained of ; and that navel force employ in this service has been entrusted to otlicere so zealous and able as your Excellency and the squadron under Permit me than, air, not as a mere compliment, bet as the uuine exponent of the feel- ings entertsiued by the . ssemhly and people of Nova Scotis, to tender to you this resolution, which you will receive, I meet, an an indication at once of our warm approval of the measures ado ted with such signal success daring the last year. 'of our earnest ps, that the future will he dbtinguis t e same activity, and by essrticns equally acceptable to her Majesty's fait fnl and ioys subjects, the in hahitsnts of this province. In the House of Amctnbly, 80th March, I858. Resolved unanimously, That the Lieut. Governor be respectfully requested to communicate to Vice Admiral Sir (100 Seymour the report of the corn- mittse on the fisheries adopted by this House, and to convey the ep scietion and thanks of this House and the people of ovs Scotie, for the prompt and efficient measures adopted and carried out by him, and the officers of the squadron under his command. in the protection of that great national branch of industry. the coast fisheries. ‘C 6 [Extract frtn |Isport.] ing to the suggestion contained Commander Colin Yoi-lie Campbell, submit- ted to this honorable Hoses; and that the thank c this House shred to his Excsllsnc Sir George Segiviiour, Admiral on the British North ms- rlsee and eat ladies station, for the osipt and easiest-manner in which he and the cgcs his esmuiend out the _whe policy oflier Ma- ’ ’s t in tecting from t J“, and inherent rglits of her Maj:s‘t"'°s.llI:hthl is tbh st of hr deininions; e as tdist' person It comma . that this Hcn.s‘s.a.nd the people of this psvlnse filly appreciate lie sxsrtisuclthoss om- ploysd in that important national service." After which his Excellency was pleased tomslte the following reply, and the gentlemen withdrew: Mr. Speaker and Monsters efths House o_f.dusiii- N ,- I have is odor my theatre for the cetnmnnication which you have this dn made to me nfthe report of KM Oollttchtss of the rise, and of the resolution adopted by the House sf Assembly during the III! Inonths mother titers is no beast wbioh i' more pried thanzdspprsbatieaefthslissse I aside as so many idle waifs upon the shores ofihe 1