, . ....-...,_...._......... tisszsairs Gszs'r'ri=:. - DECEMBER '10. ;am‘ THE NORTHERN PORTION 01-‘ NEW- BRUNSWICK. _ (From the New-Brunswickei.) 'I‘U"nrve_y of tbe'~'bouiids line between this Province and Canada, vr icb has be plflbod fcwarlfall the sat season. is now suspended until nekt spring. The L‘oInmiI- sioners, it will be remembered, are Illajor Ro- ' nson. R.‘il"}., named bv the lm rial Govern- ;Q.eu'B,t.he. o A..J..l§otsi‘ord. on the part of A ow- runswick; and Josuplt Bouchette, Deputy Surveyor General of Canada, on the part of that Province. ' ' W tar that the portion ofbouiidary “VII of Luke Temiscouata, as also the limits of the ‘ it of Nodowytska. (which l'orui_par't ‘o "t e ioundary between this Province and 0usadu,) "have already been silrveyod and marked,—thus leaving" for therlabour of next .5 c :" ti. - -seasotndlto tsasiagoi-the-has along the «suit the Highlands to the 48th parallel of North” latitude ; then slot: that parallel to the river ° Mistoucbe, (better known as the Patapediac,) an do it the centre of that river to tho Restigouebqwliich completes the, survey. ' reason to b6Il6V9,_tlltII the Iherehfi cg’, tsrrisoryjfifl? falls to New-Brunswick in consequence» c this new adjustment of boun- dar , is of the very.finest description, not only witt respect to the character of the soil, but i db of country, Professor Johnston concludes by. say- liig—(Vol. I. page 40" — “ I insert these and other particulars concent- ing this river, because it struck me from its n:i- tural beauty and fertility. and fro '§ acuit- srly healthy tone of character di aye Ii ’ present rtttsl population, to be rii re vrotth the attention of those desirous of ohatigitt I llwll‘ homes. than either we, or the New-BI’titiavt|akers' generally are in the habit of siipposilil-" . ii is this magnificent in f cogs}; qliioh is proposed to be tratrsed by t e llslifiis and Que- lict: railway, in its northern course to the Saziit Uawrence; and we nisy well lieiesiious or Deity broug ht into communication, as speedily as pui- sible, with this, the very garden of l\cw-Bruns- ~< 3' < ‘» wick. . -. .- ....,,. .. intraovnmzigtrs tit‘ Militia, . _ The French Emperor is int_lefat'ig_a_l_)'_l_c"i_i_i iinproving"'Pai-is’, -‘wliiéli:"in a15'w years, promises to be by far the most magnificent capitsHri Europe: are from the London Spt-dolor on the “Every visitor of Paris is struck with the extent, variety, and importatice ofthat ivliicli Louis Napoleon is doing for the French capital, not only in finding em- ployttieht for large ntimbers oftlie wovltiiig also as re rds the value of its tiuiber. An into ligent. luaibeianan residing on the Restigoiiclie, well-known and highly iéspcitud in that quarter, has written us a clisracteristic lell'.‘t‘, descriptive of this new territory, from which we give some extracts in his own words :- “ My faith. Sir, but New-Brunswick has got a slip of tine country l l "I was m in Nova Scoiia, but for the last sixteen years I have followed lumbering. I know all the streams of the llestigouche, (which are ' II it few,) up'to their very sources. and have been '_ a mod deal on the waters of the St. John. I hire heevrthrough Nova Scotiii, and is great part of New-Brunswick and Prince Edward Island; and I tell you in truth, Sir, and you may rely on my statement, there is soil in this Northern sec- tion of New-Brunswick that I never set my foot on the like. _ “ There is an immense tract of wilderness land between the Maiapedisc and the Resiigouche, that might slmodt settle the one-litilf of the pre- sent inhabitants of New-Brunswick, with soil as riclr as s-garden. You may take a cane, and by a small pressure of the hand, thrust it down three feet deep in s ric ark brown loam, quite free of ' stories. You may stand in many places. and without turning out of your tracks count ofihe fittest sugar maples, iroiti four to five hiiodrt-d =- tvres, and thisI have often done for the curiosity oftlie. thing. . ' “ Passing tilting the main post-road in this Northern section til‘ ilio-Prtihiiicc. more t=speci:illy in the neighbourhood ofilie llesiigtniclii-, the lane of the country appears broken by ravines or . aulches, containing small streams of w:itcr'_- Then an abrupt inountajti range with rough rocky cliffs presents itself, which wotil_d lead a stranger _tu conclude that the country was of a sterile cha- racter. Butsuc li'not the case. In the vicinity of these mountain ranges, almost universally along their bases, and the approach to them, the - soil is ofthe Very richest kind, fit for any agricul- tural purpose, surpassed liy none, and equalled by few parts of the roviticc. At the base of one of these mountain ranges, a field belonging to the Hon John Montgomery. taken from its wilder- " ness state and wiiliout any-manure produced four . In its of hay'to the acre. - ' “ All you ascend the lcser streains into th in- terior, there tire small [to tea ‘ main one. which generally end his line liar - wood rid ut when you arrive at the head of the main branches. and their tributairies, then you lindpreat tracts of wilderness land for ipilcs, V producing bind not to be surpassed in British America. Many of the first settlers are going back to the third, and some to the fourth comes- Iilinrivbere they have taken up land and are now c caring " This plendid country prodticesa luxuriant growth of wood, of the fines! description——ni:iple, beech, birch, elm, and all other kinds of hard- ivmid common to our forests, with some spruce, and ccdar,'Ind now and then, a good lofty pine. Every where is water found of the purest kind, rising fmin npriiigs. .so that aiuan need travel but it short distance in these forests without water ' of the finest description to refrc_sli_ ltims--ll‘. “ While rumbling in the woods, I li-.ive often stood on" the summiioi‘ smite hill or mountain, and viewing “great stretches tiftltlslnagnifict-til country, have asked thyself, t>an.it be possible that all this is made lifvainl Can it b.a»iliat these vast tracts. richly wooded and well watered. needing only_t.l.|.a,.cultiv.itiiii7..hand ufiiian ") make them a gardeiysboiild continue to be a habitation ' only for wild beasts,’ while there are niillious of human beings without land enough of their unit to rest their foot upon? Alhough the manuscript ofour coires ondent is rough and homely, yet it cuutaiiis muci valuable local information, and many sound views, of which we shall avail ourselves hereafter. His * glowing description oftbe excellenceofihe coun- try -watered by ilie Rcsllntiflclie and its iiitiumiies, ' is fully. sustained by Professor Johnston’. Mr. W. . E.‘Lsuaii, Pmvimiial Geologist of Canada, Mn jot fiobinson, R Capt. Henderson, R . I"-,, all of whom speak of it in terms of continen- - dstion. , In crossing a portion of this line tract of coun- try, by the Metis road, from the St. Lawrence to ' the Restigottché, Professor Jolinstoue wits greatly struck with its beauty and fertility’, as well as by the fact, that settlers were ifindin-.2 their war there inzconsidevsble numbers, wiiliout notice or erit:osragetaent._ tl his “ Notes on Noiili.Aiiicri- ca," ol..I, pagc.39~t, the I’rol'cssoi' says:-— ‘f These first settlements we came to, are about 8 miles north, in a straight line, from the banks ' cf'tiie Restigouclie River, and 1250 feet above ' the level of the Sea. That the crops, and col- sure, ssdfarmirig I saw here should be possible also high alsvel, shows, not‘asly that the land is naturally good, but that this northern climate ,must,bs.lsr triore.propitictiI to vegetation than is generally believed. _ ... " One thing the tjfiellpr through gs rcgionnlika, ’ this is surprised at, when ' stumbles on a set- tied and cultivated over or fand,"such art was new passing thro Hs wonders liosv tltl plg cam; |o i Wilt! Illdllced III IIQE. men and we riiers of Scot- ; land, and nuts: is this ivsmots dursdv cf Scinti- spjsrn Cgasdcl fllfitr , . ' At l ti seats 0 where they con 0 out. .-.i 9:-ei-¢9..»'nd.u. Fr “New ysrtmient cl‘ both rovincep JI ti cl‘ ‘how litlle we lthow o itsovsit-Iridlrn III-lilfl Soqtoiisicn ' ice of it, and al- t%l“"l"f' an thslg .ll|4l-lflpdfiflllz in it their attire limes. '"::;.‘:..~..*:::........... lildrsry covnniusisa-i , of which public tier .¢=‘-,uve.mrntiu.t- fit» Bil ' Ill‘ jhl tli ’ omadnmkmmv l]C]tttrI‘Ull's.IF. OQWM-v Nil an . . . . ' . hctic ‘g’ tlle ‘Iirue crops_'g'em!rall_v p q- duced by the settlers on the Restigouohe, diltl ll ‘I variety ofottior matters connected with this trttct restore, and glsdden your own. _'1‘_t;_s..wltuls.l.‘uis trivflllllll-!!]iis' l y st.ho—. thospoj I apesli ofilwns, ‘Gilly Illlbifl the.‘ classes, but in improving anti adorning the capital, so that the work itself plinll' stand after he shall ‘have passed away. \Vliiit- everthe motive, whatever the sacrifice or cost, certain advantages will remain, which the French especially can prise, and which might be prised indeed by the people of any capital in ut-ope. The chief improve- ments are tliese;'-——'I‘he ‘opening of two great strcetréone from the Hotelde Ville to the Strasbourg rnilway‘sttition—-a liroa street, to be planted with trees; the other, froin’the Place de la Concord, past the Tuileries and the Louvre,‘-to the Hotel do Ville, a mile and a half in length--a street of palaces, with two rand squares in it; an immense bari-ack behind the Hotel de Ville, a palace of stone, to contain 3600 soldiers, and to constitute a fort com- manding the Hotel de Ville and the streets around; the completion of the Tuilcrles according to the original design-—-adding a wing, and forming the most extensive palace in the world; the restoration and decoration of thr Louvre; the improvement and completion oftlie quays; the restoration and decoration of several chiirches—Nott-e Borne, the Saints Chapellc, St. Eustace, St. Etienne du Mont, St. Genevieve, the chapel oftho lnvalides, and the tomb oftlie first Napoleon; the great Exhibition building of 1854--a palace of solid stone, 800 or 900 feet long, 400 feet broad, whose walls are already springing from the ground, exhibi- ting u long row of marble arches, rising above one ariotlmr, aud forming already 8 couspicious object in an avenue of the Champs Elysees. It is not tinly.tlie mate- rial, the design, and the extent of these- itnprovcuicnts and new buildings which strike the visitor, but also the grouping, so arranged, at commanding points of vioiv, as to present it striking scene, solacing to the pride of the Parisian in its of ct an the mind oi't'ne stranger. Even the ofiliying Bois dc Boulogno is undergoing such its- provcuicnts as to make it a great pleasure- gi-ouud for the .I’arisians. Successive Governments of Paris have kept their river, so iiifci-iot: to outs: in size and utility, at least pure; it is iioiv to be made navigable to the sen.-- \Vith far less enterprise resi- dent in the body ofthe people, Paris will be supplied very shortly with a circular railway surrounding it, and uniting all the lines oftlie kingdom. The Englishman is not only struck by tliis..iinmense improve- inont for the-Parisian, but also by the con- trast which the capital of F rance presents with his owu.’’ # I‘II-ZLP one ANOTllER.——A traveller, who was crossing the Alps, was ovcrtaltcti by a snowlsloi-in at the top ofa. liigli inotiiittiin. The cold liccatnc intense. The air was thick with sleet, atid the piercing wind sccnictl to‘ penetrate his bones. Still the trtivcller foi"n. time struggled on. But at lost his limbs were benumbcd,' n. licuvy di-owsiriirss began to creep over him, his feet almost refused to'move, and lie lay i oivn on the snow to give’ way to that fatal sleep which is the last st '0 ofextrcme cold, and froiu which he wobfd certainly iicvcr have wakcd again in thisfivorl . I _' ' ,' i ' Just at that moment he saw ‘niiqthcr poor traveller coniitig along thc,l"t_)ad. _ he on- happy man sccm_et.l to be, if possible, even in a worse condition than liiti_isélf,;l'or hetoo could scarcely iriovc; all this powerslwcre frozen, and he appeared t_o_bc just on the poititto die. . I V . '1 . When he saw this poor man, the travel- lcr, who was just olng to lie down"_tr'i sleep, tnatle it reat e ort. '_He"roused‘.liinise‘lf tip, and ic,cra'wlcd,,for' he was scar-cel able to walk, to ltiadyipg fellow-suffere'r‘! He took his hands into his dtyp and tried‘ iti w'at-iii’ tlietii. e' cliafé s temples; he rulibéd his feet; be ap lied friction ‘to his body. And all the time‘ ii spoke ' cheering ' As‘he_' did thus, the dyii'ig'man began to revive, his powers were restored, nd, he felt able" to go forward .-'-But this was not dll,'for his kind betijefactoif, too‘, was reco- vered by the cfi'oijts'tvl_iicli lie"had made to save his friend.‘ 'l‘hd cirei-tion _of rubbing made the ‘blbbd cifctflttteilkain in his ‘own I . His dro“wsincss;' _'q '; _lie"'i‘io -longer lvisllod to steep; liis"linibs l‘0I'lll"nd/(‘l again to their-proper force,‘ and the too travellers went ontheif way together,‘ hap- py, and dongratulstisg one ‘sivotlittroti their ggoqpg, - ‘ =‘ "v". ll -Iv, -i I’ ~:i! 'l.I; -«- . Soon the sviow-storm -ptisscd'awsy’: ' the mountain was" crossed,‘ alidtlisy ieachei! thiev-home in ialbty. " " ' ‘:- If you ‘feel! your heart cold towards God, and your-soil-alriiost =rchtly' teperlsli, try to l do-souiethiri which mtIy'lIsliIvinotlitit' owl to'lifi,-cad- kc"llis'ht!_afl 3'-brill on g nil ofiavtfind is the bass-day W'WdIU, bad l 7 6 On The following remarks _ subject: - . words are his ear, anti ti-iedto comfort liir_n._ 5 Pasta 26.33;: as _ Under this qt ‘ t and expressiv 1 , an Amei-iciin ‘ or iv: the fol wholesome ad- vice to aders. fire is not fline it but what truc .- . “ Young man, you mud paddle your own canoe!- It is on the whole better that you should._ See that young man who gets into a canoe, bonglit with the money of his par- ents or his friends. When the vessel is launched, he must have it paddled by hired a rhada, wdvilcr-be lolls bsck,a-nd ‘secs nothing but an unsIIbstantiIl.sliadow of liiuiself in tliesmooth waters. By and by the canoe, t-otiglr careleslttcl and presumptuous steering, is dashed among the rapids, and he goes down. Should be cotae up again, be finds heis abandoned by‘ all, and that. he has made a wreck where he might have made a forturie. ~— ' -‘ ‘ oung than ‘or woman ! paddle your own canoe !- 4 Even if you are favored with parents or friends who can give you one, be sure you‘ earn it by the worthiness of your lives. In high purposes, in noble re- solves, in generous deeds, in purity and virtuous euduraiice, and blameless conver- sation, let your endeavours to paddle your canoe be seen by all. Pullitway ! If the paddle break Wlllle'8II‘lVlllg against the rapids, have another ready. if you have but one, pull with the stump ol_'tlie old.-— Don’t relax one offort. Oiic stroke lost, and it may be the fatal one. Pull away ! —Yoiir canoe, if you have btiilt it, like your friend, of the right nitaerial in your character, will hold as long as yourself will. P.ull away and before long you may find ourselves in as fair haven as the man that ‘,‘ paddles his own canoe." \Ve had rather a striking instance in our viisi prim Court, one day this week, of the manner in which bad example in high places will be used to excuse bad conduct among the more lovely." On the trial of an im- portant will-‘case a witness was put in the box, and e osed an oath to the tcstator not being conscious of his act, when his mark was subscribed to the will. He was asked had he not on various previous occasion expressed a very diflbreni opi- nion? He replied that he certainly had. He was then asked how could lie justify ~such disgraceful conduct. “()li,"rt-plied the witness, “ I don’t see such harm in it. There is yniir own Mayor. Did not he tell one story on his honour, and another- one oti his oath? It is only “ want of Cati- dor."—-Brilish. Caaadioii. ' A new motto for Russia——Bear and Over- ear. Hsszannm GAZETTE. Saturday, December "in, istis. The following article taken from tho Courier, is so well, and so tempera y written, and con- tains such just views of the subject of which it ts,t are r c will approve ofour it qpting It comes at it very op i-tune period or us, and givin as it does, t s experience of one well ualiiied to judge of the workiti of Res nsib e Govern- ment, in the sister 00 oti Ofi cw Brunswick, is doubly valuable. I the people of New Bruiisiviolt are not in a state of sufficient ailvuncciiiciit for tho assiuiilation of their con- stitution, to that of the parent state, with how much rcntpir truth can the same be predicted of this shin . The leading man of New Brunswick and we trust of Nova. Scotia also ; will sac, that in this continual struggle for power, the true intctnests of tllioir res ctivcdppofiinges prslgost sight ofi In ’riuce ‘ war s u , t o cparttuenta system has proved a total failure, in fact, incn properly qualified to fill the ollices and at the me time, command seats in the ousc of Assembly cannot be procured-. At thisindniteiit t ro is but one liead- ofadspartnievtt in.tlic Assemhly,.that is tho-Colonial beorctitry, for it is the height of iibsui-_dity'to call at mechanic, who happens to hiive ti monopoly of the public printing. the head of a dc iai-tiuc_nt, or _his workshop a Departmental 0 cc, seem that it is asm ch open to those of the Pu lic who require its services, as to the Government, and the Royal Games is nothing more nor less than a cotsmon subscription news per. lo calls hjinso I‘ an, olicctpof the Govoruiuent, but that title, if accorded at, all, is merely so by cour- tcsy. Ii} thedlotbcr Country, it is not un_coiii- mon to -héarl of Coachmaker to Her Majesty, Perfnmer; Harness niaker,'a1id we think we once heard of Leather Bfceches maker to her Majesty. - .So'the situation of Queen’s rinter is a very rcspectallxvand it very lucrative appointment, as \u.hel' s .tlie csent occupant continues to mokelt,btit.it requires no cxtraordinar tal- bntevve beli vs to til it. Aiidywe are fu ly pf opinion, on we believe that most people are sulikewise, that Mr. In ' or Mr llaszard Jun. couldexecutethe duties tb'e situation, thatls; print what they were ordered to prini,¢md dtcr .Ih¢ liiglicl saible price for itas well as Ml}. lfljclan, and we venture to think as wall as it rose the thought that the Government Printin mi ht be more expeditiopsly, if not better one y a tradcsnian who was in his place of business presiding over his workmen, th§q..Qt'astiiig‘. his time—t ougli stpthc ulilic expense—ni t afler night in making ustinn speeches an se f lauda ry orptions. , And of ' QtliIlIiW& are sure, that aiilccbatiic who is paid for is work by"tho ‘piei-o has’ no business 8 I) , sitting with _lils employers. lie and they alter- nstely_ pass is-'the Collector ofdltpo Fraser, ii head of It department. for in truth ; tlipro, is no dopnrtiiioiit of excise. every district I being totallyindependant each of the other and I cvcr district cc'l actor’ maltlng his return tb' the EIQGIIIIVI‘. Mr. Trtiser‘ lo’ iuorel collclrtor of tlttfldlsttict (il‘'(;'hatlottctttwn’.» ’ 0 has control-srverotlier collectors and tlisssforooo more at the head _of‘. the Excise De rtiuaahtlun: an ct er._pollect_or ip fact, he butts lf,i_s butt, ti. s_t,il _ r ippte ‘to Il|_t_5"‘]'0a‘flIf¥ \"Il9_k0i3%flIfl -heck, ii 'in not and lo ‘whom he is‘ niiiiiiipp e’. h‘ ej ih’§b'b'ilit:o hero‘ ttitiagoua to out thd‘(‘h'nii- cc 6r'0l' the 1-Jxcliecquerpwlint ever siiliilihrlty 3 O O ‘I therdl be*betvvaen'titcCclon'nI'IYsastIrci'hcrl aadvfis at Lord of tlis-'IhiatsIry in IPA aud.r In-short. dsparttnstthl Government.‘ : rises: ilid prdlslsnd, sp we have ,just bout; -a _is , _l£IlI Bu wnvv L30-kin ., a lab '5? liitiyisitn iv - ti '6 ‘lllirbrlitli as:sroitsi'si.I GOVIIIIIIT alto nIrArr- oovsltrutarrr A considerable ct-iifu.-ioti of ideas vevslls in the Colonial iiiind respecting forms it Government. flsny, qt ise ssssib ates, when you untsve to pxpsfiss doubt Il|tt|III' Dspsvtuiental Govern- mssi. can Gnvevuaieiit coasistit of the Provincial flgcnginry, tho Attorney Genera . the Provincial ‘l‘reii-are. &s., those oflicials being required to c tsia seats in the House of Assembly, and holding ollce vision; as they can he returns and csvumuod it majority in the llouu, is the best form oftiovevniiit-tit for thinly peopled and poor countries, iiitiviclive principles on which parties csti H: if they do not question your sanity. will at least make up their ttiiiids that your only aim is to restore the days of'l'cry rule and family Coiiipuciii. ,'l'haL that. is no tiscessitry cnutiectiuii lietwi.-en Responsible Govorntnetit itiid Departmental Govern- mmta very little consislerittion of the subject will "at once determine. By Responsible Government, we uaderaitaadthasubsllaecutive. or those who through the Governor direct and control the uiiitirs of the Province, are to be elected liyt psopla—ure to have the cotifidcncc ofa tiiujority of the people's House, and tire to return periodically to the people to give an itccount of their stewiirdslii . t is no es.-ieiiiisl part of this form of Governivievit tluit all or any of the public servants, or clerks iii the public officer, short a political men, or have \ 7’ No one will say that the business of the Trettsury, the‘Post Ofllcs, or the Crown Land Utlico, will be better conducted by political men, who hold these ollicies not because they are trust-worthy Treasurer-i, energetic Posttiiiisters, or cniinent Surveyors, but because the min coininaiid a majority in the House. through their influence as Freelriiderii or l’rotection- ists, III Radicals or Conservatives, its Sons of '|‘ciii- pernnce or Anti-Mains-Law men, or as Urangetneu or Anti-Orangeineti; and yet such are the only pnvty principles on which our iiuijorities are now or tire likely to be formed. '|‘bere are two very grave objections to De art- menlal Government being mixed up with Responsible Governnisnt, that we would like to see public opini- on brsught to bare upon. Unu is, tliai by this system there can be no possiblii check on extritvvigntice or peculation, as the very men who collect nnd disburse tlie ulilic monies, keep the public accounts, and do the public business, are the men who, as Members of the llouse and oftlie (Government, are called upon to audit these accounts and pass them; and the other is. that while these oliices form it buck-ground of prizes to be gained by the cleverest politiciati—tIiaf is by the realest demagogue, and by the men who can talk outlet! and longcslqf public abusrs or cunniriglq play upon the prejudices of lhep¢oplc—-the Provin- ces will be kept in continual agitation and hot water, not that nbascs inny be refortiied. or that nicasures of progress and amelioration may be pained, but that ambitious men may get power and needy iiicn places. There is no more reason that we can see why public servants sliould govern the country. than that oiitnagers and socretitriesof public companies should sit at the direction‘ boards iind audit their own accounts. Oil ititilly the Colonies were governed by ti (Governor in Couticil iioviiitiuted by the (Trowu. 'I'lie lleiuls of Public Ihepnrtiiietits were generally noiniiices of the I,‘--lmiiiil tltlicc, utid formed the chief portion ofthe Council. To have eliicient responsible or self goverviniciit, it was not by nny means necessary. tiiattliis part of the old system should be angrafted on the now. t would have been quite stifiicient to concede to it Psrliiinien- ttiry tniijoriiy the whole management of this internal iiffuirs of the Province, including the right to appoint and displace all public servants. ' def any one to show that the public service is liencfiieil, or that more responsibility is olitaiiied I) requiring public servants to obtain l'| sent in the ouse, rather than that the Ministers of the Crown, rtouiiniitcd front, mid hiivivi the coiilidence of tlie Ptirlininuntnry uiajnrity, slioul rule and direct the affairs of the country without ‘being hindered sn v tied down by the drwery and details of ollice. ' oroodll adults that the Iyalovn has not as fair trail in this Province, as it was attempted to be carried out by those who had no love for it in any in ; but in Canada and Nova Scotis it has been thoroughly tried, and, so far has certainly not con- ducted to the liiippincsi Wiivvcgress of the people. lti neither Province has there been any wniit of party spirit. but aufortunrtely the party questions were, not whether this or that measure woul promote the moral, social, or cotnrnerciul advance- iuentoftlis people, but whether this or that act of men should enjoy the salaries of otlice; nnd in both Provinces an uiiicunt of ill feeling and animosity has been created h l ' strife for oflice, which must efiiacttially prevent any co-partition for the general 8°'l‘bc worst feature of the Departniciitnl Govern- ment system is, that clever but iinprincipled mcu iniiltc a trade of getting up party questions of an exciting nature, such ns retrenchment of expenditure, l’rotect.ioa, Drsugeisni, or Potiiperanca, and set the whole country by the ears that they tiitiy get ollice, —such questions being dropped the instant the end is gained, n Radical out of otlice becoming invariably a stout Conservative when in. ' \Ve have considered it neceuur to say this much more oti the subject, as some 0 our contem- poraries seem to think that we were inclined to bc hostile to Responsible Govcriinient. We tire, on the contrary, decidedly in favour of that system, and would not willingly live under any other, but we wish to have it in rea ity, and not in name only. All we desire is. that ilic subject should be fully and fairly cotiitidcretl. - (I"or IIus1.'irtl’s Gtizcttc.) _Mii. Ilasaaiur. Sir,-—An‘iong the new lights thrown out of late in clncidation of the theory of Government, we have had a it as to what constitutes interference with the l’rcrogotivc,nud the re- ~iuonstr two of certain Magistrates addressed to the iieut. Governor, on the subject of ii recent appointment to their bod , has, with no small iiuiount oftcrgiverstitiou, been represent- ed as liable to that construction. I know if the I.ieut..Governor reads the Advertiser or would sulfcr his min to be. misled by the assertions it contains, any more than by simi- ar ones which occasionally appear in tho Rut/al Gazcile. lie is doubtless too well acquainted with‘ 'tbc nature of the Prero " limited exercise of it cntruste to him by his Sovereign, to allow himself to be influenced by such doctrines. ' The reii1oiistrance.or " Mesiorial,” as it is termed of the his istriitce, which preceded their resignation, as a so the resignation itself, have both been before the public. We are there- foI'0’II liberty to form an opinion of tlit-iii, and none can deny that the are couched in lan iagc,‘ respectful tower s his I-Ixnclleiicy, on with becoming regard to the dignity of his station. Now this is the main essential to the ntattcr, for tlit-ro can be no doubt that the Magistrates lititl it perfect right to uiiiltc that rmiionstriiuoe, and an equal right to resign their ollict-it, on its unfavorable reception, i they thou ht lit-'; wltliout-subjecting them- selvd lto & ‘ silly iui titatiots ofuttetnptiiig to dictate to his Bxcs lmey, or to interfere! vvivtlv exercise of the Prerogative. i ‘it-may be observed in roll.-rem-o to this doc- trine that-the credtlon bi‘ Peers is one of those bxclusivo privileges, of the Crown which from time iinmeirioi“lal,has been jt-alously guarded by E 0 al- tho Sovercigiis of/E gland; nn ll none i - so than cor tho ¥liird.-—Yi.-t wcyflnd tliantodi the ‘it o ry 1782. when it was an- . f. «hp,-3 . ounce ilrtllci unit‘ Lords thiitbcrd (iltfcr 0 sites» t_b'beralsstl to on rem ' lie‘1tacsvt' Visteont istoflvttle; ' a motion‘ S d‘< lnade by Lord Carinartlieti to the chat, that his elevation was dero tor to the til i of the House, as sdnie yoga pieviously Ilgnbtlyd been heavily cencured_ by a Court Martial, and dc- privod of his Military cominand.—0n the 8th of the Heath, when the new Peer t s seat, the motion was spin brought forward : it was contended, against it. that the King was the sole judge. and that Lord Baokville laboured under no legal disability: that subsequent to the sentence of the Court Martial which had been passed more than twenty years before-he had been made a Privy Councillor, avid called to ollices of high trust andimportanco, to which no exceptions had been taken in either House at the time, though he was a member of the House of Commons. ’l‘he motion was lost, it is true, but a protest was _ent¢t'Qd en. the ' simple signed by nine of the Peers who vo against Ministers on that occasion ; and it is worth '. of remark that the right of the House to ente in the question, seems ve 'spIted b none; but Lord Sackville himself, _whose vvor s were that “ to call lus _Biia,ppty's right in ques- tion, was to interfere with his Prerogative.” This to be sure occurred in the House of Peers, one of the three Estate, but let us inquire a lit- tle furtlior. In the Month of Mo 1769 a petition was re- scnted to George the bird, signed by 1565 res. holders Middlesex, praying the King to dismiss his Ministers on various charges of malversa- ion and corruption. The nature of sotne oi‘ the grievances cont lained of, will be euificiontly explained by tic following extracts from the ietit i I “ The civil magistracy rendered eontetnptible by the a \ iointineut of improper and incapable persons.” “ l’njust trcatiueiit of petitions b solectin only suvli parts as iui rlit be wrcstc to crimi- aito the petitioner, an refusing to hear those which might procuro liiiu redress.” - On the 5th of the July following is tition to the sonic effect, from “ the Livery of adult in cotumon Ilall assoiiiblcd." was presented to his Majesty b the Lord Mayor in person; in it occurs the following passage. “ They" (the Ministers “ have brought into diiirepute the civil Magistrscy, by the appoint- ment of persons in man respects unqualified for that iuiportant trust ; and have thereby pur- poscl furnished opretext for calling in t e aid of Mi itary power. Now the orcgoing is matter of history, and though as conipared with the present, the times referred to ma culled arbitrary, yet no courtier was sorvile enough to insinuate, nor any press venal enough to assert, that such rcuioustrances on the part of loyal subjects were contrary to the spirit of the Constitution, or 'n any wit ' be construed into an inter- ference with the oyal I’rt-rogative. nd charges couched in the same general terms lieon strbuiittod to the Lieut. Governor of I’. I-2. Island, he would doubtless have done as he did on other occasions call for particular instances. In one case at least, then, it parti- cular instance has been afforded him, and we have seen to what pur se; but 1 am for from wishing to hit u n his Excelloiicy’s motives, and when be cc area that be acted according to “ the best of his judgment." Iain willing‘ enough to believe him. It isdcserving the consideration ofall inter- cstcd in the inaiiitennuce of social order, that this cry out for Prerogative is raised by the pro/i-avert advocates for liberal ( lovei-nmeiit to an. extent heretofore unknown in the Colony! the- some who by their strictures on the ings of a County meeting held in Charlottetown on the 21th of (him stifln Ifthny could, the freedom of discussion, and call in question the right of remonstraiice. If a Rail- way accident occurs in Eupland the most search- in investigation takes p ace, and if itbc pos- sib c to trace it to any mismanagement or want of precaution on the part of the Directors, no pains ufinquiry are spared to arrive at the truth to fix censure where it is merited, and ifp)ossi- ble to place it where the highest responsi ility rests. in order to ensure a due re ard fo the public safety. For rsons entrusted with the iiiaiiiigciiiont of Rai way iiffitirs are frequently men of rank and influence, and many facilities are thcrub afforded them to secure them- selves froiii lunio by shiftinfi the onus to their hired servants, l-Engineers, rivers, &c., w are sometimes incompetent persons engaged on croiioiiiical principles. llutl trust that frocdoin of discussion will not be t-ntliingored by the attacks ofa few self styled lilurals ; und that we shall bear no more about ‘‘ prerogative,” merely cause a few Magistrates ventured to reinoiistrato with a Lieut. Governor, on an appointment which in their opinion was ill-advised and improper. Siicli a manifestation of the temper of a govern- ment, should however warn us to on e ulert I am Si Yo Dec. 7th, l.‘i."i3. rr nr obedient Servant, x S BSIIVII. To -rits: Eon-on or lIssz.uti>’s GAIITTI. Sir,—-I notice that in the correspondence published in the news rs as having taken place between His Exoo lency the Lieut. (lover- iior utid the gentlemen who avo Itliin with credit to themselves resigned their Commissions as Justices of the Peace, that Sir Alexander states that nothing against Mr. Whclan‘s cha- racter since he became an Executive Councellor and was placed in the Commission of the Peace nearly two and it half years ago, was ever bt to his notice. i ovv Mr. Editor will. U‘ -i C 3 when the rcscnt govcruinent came into power and Mr. V 'hcliin with the other members were sworn into ollice, that Lion. Mr. Pope (vvbo bad for some tiuie previous voted with the pre- . sent govt-.rniiient party) for some do ‘a refused ‘ to be sworn in, an Iilsccutive Counce lor alleg- ing as his reason the char a known to exist‘ against Mr. Whelsn, and w icli had never 509]!‘ cleared u to his satisfaction, and will yea also inform the public if the lion. Mr. Haythorn was not also some time nee olired a seat II the Exociilirc Counccl and roll: take it sllc iagas a reason that he would not sltat the ‘board while Mr. Wholan was al and to retain his seat there. An answer them uerics would at the resent moment vs saus- action, for if Mr. clan lssot ofths crimes attributed to hint beo I tobc lit-9 ed before the iublic which certainly is not till case. Notwit tandi presume III In ' his last paper dares the iaisglstratclto do that which lps-esanie they will neildo via. bsltig 1 forth the other cireuinshacas Ilctiri vhlisvba-' ' ractsr-in this coaivviurthy"u which’ hlltldo ’ in their letter to the Llcltflflevtrtnr." " ' h. . apt, Sir, ygprs Charlottetown 22d Nov."-, I853. A Letter {rota . D. l§a'urd'l‘loq..;'.fi>it°lIll15 = - :1;':.*:;:;*.:*;:ti.:it.*:“‘:‘::‘a°i. '?'%’°"’°'“l‘£2 .. - -t . no Owen . cine lstsnfolr this days issue. but vvistppsar in 0 you inform the public it‘ it is not the case that ‘