. aid — ——_- —_> — —s COLONIAL LEGISLATURE. - ASSEMBLY. , Mownay, April 9, 1866. Ar three o'clock this day EM® Kxcellency Lieutenant Go- vernor Dlanda+, came dowa 1. Coune was p @ased oO open the Fourth Session of the Pwenty-second tieneca! Asem dy ot thes island. Elis Etyelleney was re- exved in front of the Uolonmat Buitdng by a (imard of honer of the d-taghtmeat of Her Majesty's 15th Regt , sta- tioned at Charlottetown, Arter a copy of his Excellency’s Speech wes read to the Tlouse from the Speaker's Conr—the Hon. J. C Pope a member ot Lier Majes ye Executive Coanetl, laid on the rable the Shen ifs revara to the writ issued for the election ofa member for the Firat D erect of King’s County. in room rhe emo aitd Beaton’ Werewset The Hon. Karanuel Meobeckens returned. meniber for sand district, then appear. ed.at the bar, sad having been inttodaced by the Hou. Mr. Hleasley atid Pb. Breeken, keq., took the recesssty oaths, aurd hus feat. The usval standiog Committees for the Sess'on were then eppo.nted, the mast important being as follows: Coaumittee 'o prepare an Adiress ww umewer to tis Exceiiency’s Speech — Messes. « Beookéen, Yeo Pas'am, Hon. Bk. McKuchen, Messrs Donean. MeLernan. end Howat —Commitree on Public Acooud’+t Meets, McLennan, Yeo, Daneac, Haslam, tlon. G Coles, Mr Low!en. tion. J. Heusley. On mation cf the Hon. J. C. Pope, seconded by Me Hiasiam—O.dered that the Thirteenth Rule of the House be ruspended to cauble a Member to wrreduce a Hill—after which he presented @ Bill, tor transterting he fuods ra ad hy the sate Of rhe old Military Barracks in Cherloreown for the purposes there’ wentioned. He (fon. Mro Pupe) then asia that since the parsing of the Act to which the Butt alluded, rouching the eule of the Barrack property, it he- came necessary to purchave land and ereet new Barracks and ov her butidengs for the accommodation of Her Mujesty’s rroope@ ta thie Leland. bt was, therefore, he anid, deemed cx- evt thet the fonds arising from the sale of the oid Bar- rack ‘priperty wiou'd be applied towirds the repayment of she moneys advanced by the Government for the erection of the wew Barracks, and other baild ngs connect. d therewith, How, Me. Coles opposed the introduction of the bill, on the ground that it was a bili appropriating money, and should therefore have originated in a Commirtee of the whole “House; atid he aley suid it was unconstitutional. Jions. J. Hensley and J. Warburton supported the objec- tous raised by the Hon. Mr. Coles Hon. Sol. General and Mr. Longworth sxpported the in- troduction of the bill@he @ ject of which Was. uo! to impore # burthen but to remove ir, py enabling the Government to transfor a gram for the rehet of the perule . After seme discussion, the House divided on the question es follows— »Vaust Hons. J. C. Pape, Selicior General, D. Div'es, Dn. Kage, J L megworth, aA, (iray, b MeKaeten ; Stessrs. Haslam. Ramscy. Melennan, Yeo. Brecken, Dun- ean-- Lb). Naye? EFlons G, Colee ‘Whelan, Wirbarton, Thorntun, Laitd. Hen:ley Moeasrs Conroy, How!.n, jiowat—9. . Carried in the sfirmarive The Bul was then cead @ first time, and ordered to be read a second tne 10-morrow The customary order relative to the postage of Members letrers was renewed. : Ordered, That no Petivrion praying for any object of a lees! Or privute character, he received after Friday, the -O.h day of April, ins‘ant. On motion of the Hon J.C. Pope. seconded by Hon. J. Tengaorth, Me Architaid MeNetll was appointed Sammary Keporter, his doty being to furnish each Member datty wir & printed gummery of the p- otved ngs of the House After whieh the Hoare adjourned tli 10 o clock to-morrow. Terspsy, April 10, 1806 Hon Mr Pine pespoeed RB Irene E-q. Reporter of the House. and in do ng so asi l it wis desirabie to have the Hebates before bon, members with ex litvle delay as possibe ~-errors often cocurced m-the reports, aud it wax votylug but right that boa members should hage =m opportu ty of correcting them before the debates sere pursished m the Varliamentaty Leperter—ths e¢ uli only be done by ther being taid on the table of each member while the Ll suse was if Session. , » Lion- Mr. Up's said that without a s’aff of reporters it was impossible i) hare the work performed ax speedily as it should be. snd suggvsted that as there were but 1wo appli- cers, it would be better ro apvorn’ them both in the other Vrovnces four or five re.o ters were employed to keep the work up. “Hon. Col Gray observed that the re-o-rer last year wasal- lowed to ubtain sufficient as-i-tance, as the gentieman pow named would ales, duubtiess, be expected to employ such h#ips a8 be might require. He regreved that im a spegeh of his, with the extendet repor of which the reporter (not the senior but h's s<sistan’) hod submitie! to bier for rev. son—on reading the repor: he found that in one sentence bis sentiments had been a! ozether mi-represe ted, in ul! propability trom a misapprebewsion of tis words or meaning bg the reporter ot the ume of nix taking six notes, Observ- jagetine,.te mot only eorreeted the error on the face of the report, but be al-o tock and retained a copy of the correc- tiem. He wae therefore much surprised to Bod, on reference 19 the | arliamentary Reporter, which bad only been iaid on his desk yesterdiy, that the of gins! error, and not the cor- rection, bad been gives in that record. A disclaimer .ow was Bonvalng against an sutiorty roceived as the record ot the House — ble betieved che gentleman proposed capable of andertaking the work. and would therefore secoud the —_ - wOtion of the ben. the header of the Government. Hon. Mr. Dayie- said it wes betier to have one Reporter responsible for the pertormince of the work cn the priuciple edopted ins: Sestion. Speeches appearing in print six mouths afer they were delivered, lost therr interest. Ir was betrer met to have them even then, than to be inac- varately reported [rwasno use to repudiate what appeared 14 the Patliamentary Keporter when it was placed op the Inst of books in the Legislative Library. _ Hon. Mr, Hensley was of opinion that if any stricter rule than asus! was to be adopted. it woud be betier to define ive iumrts, To prevent misund ss'ending, be would suggest tout the Reporter be ex secied to furnish the Lloave with a € py of the debate on any qaesnon within one week f om the ‘ime such debate took place. , Mr. MeLetina) approved ut the appoiotment of one re- pOnsiBle Reporter. Tt was useless to expend money on ® eech 8 pubishe) mouths afer they were delivered. fon Mr.. Warburton. sud be never felt very anzions shoatthe sopenrave: of bis speeches in public print.. He was eitistied © leave ‘he matter wita the Reporter, of whom it Was Dot proper to expect impoambilities Hon Mr Longwortn sud it bid been very properly suz- gested that the deoares be pabliished with as little delay as prossitie, but wond oot be fair to tie the Reporter down ta dag Algo. Me. Whe an nil] it wae impossible to suppore that Fome debates, suet. for inatanece, #3 the answer to His Kx- o@ leney’s address covid be hurried!y placed tetore the public. Flim. Solicitor (temera! agreed with the (lon. Mr. Whelan. Jf was physically a: wel! as morally, impossible fur any Ke. porter, however weil qualifi-d.-to per'orm bis work in the’ so0rt time al'uded to. it should be left to the diserction of the Reporter to employ such ansistanac as he requred. Mr. Howlan said it was impossible for any Keporter to ive extracts, quoved in speécties, un'ess they were furnished tr, Lt was therefore, the du y of bon. members to hand tie Reporter euch extrae’s in order to -oable biw to publish theie speeches aerurately ‘oMle, Breeken was so favor of the adoption of a more sam- mary @ode of reporting than that hitherto practised. Noth- 19g, eXeping putenat aiedieine sotices. couid be more nau eoys than te be ¢ ed 10 rend over’ old “rpeeches wh oh appeared in print month after they were delivered. The worion to appoint K. B Irving E-q., Reporter to the Howse, was then put, and usaaimuusly carried, Me. Brockon. {'»airman of the Committee appointed to prepare an address io answer to His Exculiency's Speeeb, echeurtted @ dratt address which was received aud read. OFdered. That said address be refered to Committed of ANe" whole House to-toyrgie.- tetas i « . Ha. die. Davies, Ubsirtman of the owmittce te receive tenders for privting the Juuruals of the Session, submitred teommeuding thet ahe tender of Mr. Fo OW. re, hetng the lowest, De seuguted——renert agiecd to. _ tier, Me. Pepe. heirwencnt the ¢ ‘ymittee to raceive benders Fe prints F the Parliawentary Revorter. ohmitted See ass ces te So po Me. FLW. be acesp. ta to. [Moser atyoarnd 3 vit! 10 Ovleek tomorrow. ‘ Weroxespay, April 11. Vw ewe ad GO 4 btat ca ' eee oe 2, te ' arte! Cuabre ge epee bo pugger to bis Kx ve!leney's 3 cech.— aah “;° sw? Tess r. Yeo in the Cheir. yedmittes rec maeuding tat the sender - tfrite aut a bn be drafi wid es - fon. Me. Lan wath osha! to the Hew ’ +c the An: ' Bees of she $y okay ol che Lapa ieee: “The Chairman thea read the Whole Addreas which is as when apy emergency arises. rendering it whire & cS, 4 - follows :-—~ : A . i , : > SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS INTRE MOUSE OF 7. His Excellency Gwo.ae Duvpae, ' UOhaiber, unt Ae remy oercindip-eatiliea—e | | | i i | | ' ' | “| } ’ | ' } i ! | j ; ' ; ' ' ! } | ' ; ' ’ ‘ ; | j i ——— ee ee = Ss “Governor. de, &c., Fe. May it plies yout Excellency t f We, Har Majesty's loy ai subjects, the House of Assembly ‘of Vrideé Kd ward island, regpectiully offer to your Exce tency ur thanks tor the Speech deiivered at the opeusng ot the present Session. : : ' : lu consequence of the abrogation of tae Reciprocity Treaty between’ the Cuited Stace and Great Brita, we shall adopt such measures ae avy Le required to advange aud protect the commercial interests thereby afected. ; We shall be glad to receive the Keport of tue proceedings of the Coaveil summoved by the Guvernor Geaeral tor the purpose of furnishing ae eptnien to (be Linpertel Gove: umeut on the uegotiauion ot Commercial Treaues, Lp » mater o! such umportanes, We are pleased ty gear that the interests of this island were represented by a Delegate sent tor that purpose, ; . 4 We trust that the Mission to the West Indies, Brazil and Mexicos to which this Isiand is represented, wiil resait in che extension of the Frade of the Britieu North American Provinces with chose Cvubltrics, It is with deep regret that we learn that the general pros- perits of the past year has been marred hy the Civil distar- Tnees which iuve taken place i this Colony, and we canput too strongly deprevate the conduct of the parties by whom the Tenaotry were misled, and by Whom they were induced tu lorm themselves into wn association so Ulegal, and eo subyer- sive of the righis of property ae thatty Witck your Exceliency bas udeerted ; and when the law was so openly act at dehance, we conceive that the course taken by the Government of the Colony, in calling tn the aid of Her Majesty 6 troops, waa the exfest and mone effective that could have been adupted under the unforcunste circumstances vi the case. We shall be glad tw bate the papers on these eubjects laid -Sefare us. “Any measure for applying the money arising {rom the exle of the old Barracks towards the expenditure incurred tn husid- ing the new Barracks at present oceupted oy Ler Maj-ety troupe, Shall recesve our best attention. cuts , We are gratified to learn that you Lave recently concluded the purchase of another Estate from one of the Proprietors, and that it is your intention to continue to buy out the rights of the Landowners whenever you are able to do sv, on reasun- able terms. , We thank your Excellency for having directed the Public Acvounts for the pass year and the Estunates fur the present to be luid before as. We are pleased to be informed that the Revenue of the past year exceeds in amount that of any pre- vious one ; but we regret that ihe extraordinary outlay which Was caused by the measures requisite tor the suppression of the disturbances oceasiuned by ine lawless association alluded to by your Excellency, has caused the expenditure tv be greater than the Revenue. It is with feelings of just. pride that we have observed the loyalty und apirit evinced by oar tellow-subjects m the neigh- bourmng Provinces when threatened by piratical attacks at tie hands of jawless men ; and we bey to assure your Exeeilency that should a smilar ewergeneyv untortunstely oceuarin thia Island, your Exceliency could rely with confidence on a like spirit in ite inhabitants, of every creed and station; and we w imit the necessity ot doing ail in var power towards making due preparation tor such an emergeney by esrnestivy consider: reg the Laws hy which che Misia and Volunteer Forces are at present regulated. li issatiafuctury to be informed that the Stock for the Model or Stock Farm, purchased in England, arrived in good cond)- tion, and we shall cheertully vote a sufficient sum for the sup- port Of an inetitution so well calculated tomdvance the agri- culturul inter-sts of tie Colony... - We join with your Excellency in the fervent prayer that our da) berations may, under the Divine Blesang, cundute te the welfare and prosperity of this Island | The paragraph touch ng the abrogation of the Reciproc'ty Treaty, cailed forth a debste which will appear in the ex- tendei Keports ot the House. The necessity of gaarding, fostering. and protecting our fishing interests, under present cireunstances, was urged by hon. members on both side< of the House. and whilst it was regretied that the trade hetween the Provinoes and the United Srates wou'd suffer very ma’erally from the loss of the Treaty, yet the hope that the ov-herwise dormant enerzes of the Colonies would now be called forth. and that no sacrifice of Colonial interests would be made —was very generally expressed. _Afier which, the parsgrapy was adopted. The paragraph was then read, reliting to thed -sturb ines which touk piace in, and marred the prosperity of, the Gojony daring the past year. awd wine resatted in calling im the aid of her Majesty's T: oope. To ths psragraph, the Lon, Me following amendment : The Douse of Assemble regret that eivil disturbances teak place in this Colony durmg the past veur, bat the Thouse of Assembly reepectiully submit that the alleged open and systematic defiance of the Law might bave been averted hy # mure prompt and energetic use of the civil authority, whee the distarhanees first made thet appearance and thas the re. course Ww extracrdinary measures, as reierred to in your Ex- calency 8 Speech, might bare been avoided.’ Coles submitted the After a very long debite, which was kept up till a very late hour, the ques-ion was pu’, For the motion of a@nendment—llons, Co'es, Whelan. Thornton, Kelly, Warturtou, Lensiey ; Messrs. Lowian, and Sinelsir, &. Against i'—Li ons. James CO. Pope. Kase. Davies, Long- worth, Solicitor Geveral, Laird, Gray. McKachen, the Speaker, Messrs Breesen, Haslam. Mowat, Green, Me- Lennan, Montgomery, Duscan and Rimsay—17 Mr Howat thea addressed the iJowmuttee and sai], that a2 weither the paragrapy under debate nor the amendm nt submitted by Llou. Mr. Coles represenred bis wews, he woud sabnit the tollowing amendment, whien was seconded by the Hon Mr Laird, viz: — ** That the House of Assembly regret the disturlances and troubiea which occurred in this Co'ony in the past year; hut the Ilonse. at the same tinre, are of opimon that the alleged open and evetematic defiance of the law might have been set aside by a further reeourse to the atd of the crwil power at the dis- ee uf the local authorities, before euliing iu the aid of ler Majesty's troops. © We are ales of opinion that, before any money war applied towards providing Birrack accommodativa for euch troapa, the consent of the Legislature should have been Brat obteined.”’ Tlon. Mr. Uensiey said that thongh he considered the evisis waa the result. of the want of energy on the part of the Government, yet if the hon. member (Mtr. Howa:) meant that po necessity existed for calling in tne aid of the troops, he was not prepared to go to that extent. Hoo. Mr. Whelan asked the hon. member for Tryon if he wished to ignore ibe necessity of sending for troops when they were called io? Mr. Howat, in reply, said he was ef opinion that the Government were not wurran:ed in sending for the troops without further testing the civil power at their command The question was then put oa the amendment submirted by Mr. Howa:: Kor the motion—Huns. Mr. Laird, Coles, Thornton, Ke!'y, Warburton, Messrs. Howat, Howlan, Sinclair—8. Agains' it—Hons J.C Pope, Kay. Davies, Longwerth, Solicrror G-neral, McE chev, the Spesker, Gray. Whelan, Hensley, Messrs. Brecken, Dunesn, Meleonan, Mont- gonery, Rameay. Green, Haslam— 17. The paragraph in the eddress was then put and carried vn the follow.ug division : — Yeas—llons J.C. Pove, Longworth, So'. General, the Se S,ezker. Rave, Davies Gray, NeKachen, Messrs. Duncsn, | Breeken, Haslam, MeLennao, Montgomery, Kamsay, and Green—15. j; Nays—Hons Coles, Laird. Warburton, Wielan, Hens- pe Thornton, Kelly, Messrs. Howlan, S:cclair, Mowar— 0. After which progress was reported and the Iouse ad- journed Tatuspsy April 12. Ono motion of Mr. Brecken, the House in Committee ree snmed the consderation of the Address in answer to His Fxcelleucy'’s Speech When the paragraph io the Address, relating to the ap- plivation of the mouey arising from the sale of the o'd Barrasks toward< the expendiiure incurred ia building the new ones, was read by the Chairman, another long debate eusued, during which it was arged by the Osposition, that ro large an expenditure as that required for building the Barracks should pot have been made without the conseut of _ the Legislature ; asd that such permanent works shou'd not (> have been ereeted anti! it wad ascervained that the troops waulé be allowed to remaia ia. the Colony; and in suppart “Of these views, Mr. Howlan sabmitied the following amend- nent to the paragraph eader cousideration : ~ ws ** The measure promised by your Excellency with respect ty the sale of the id Repos sail the building of the new ones, will receive our earefal attention, when all the papers om the subject slall be submitted’ to ae, The Houre of As- sembly cannot, however, but regret that @o large an expen- dtrore, a8 Would appear to have heen incarred this manent work. siould have been undertaken without the _copsent of the Legislatare.’” Sats The supporters of tho Government on. the contrary con-. tended that, as i. was mecessary to ceil in the aid of troops, it was ivcumbent-oo the Governtaent to provide suitable stone toe them; that eBirte Were made 10 rent” prineple: whieh govern al! constitutional Goy-rnments, per.” ‘OF suit cotld “Be ‘ob. tained; es noes ns use ‘ae e. : } ' | ; 1 | j ; ' | 1 ’ | | ' Di: abilpceutinvsinetingn aiiynaatly-< te 2 En meet ween ens 2am ayeantptaaspepecnnne Cire. a + # Yutions, ihe eesspoule that arc cueval with | dancing mistress, whilst teaching the minuet }: ' : - \ dywus . veiled the vau:ted cer mg: a ak . 7% ; ot a froutage ef painted aamvesé. The city a ———— ——— i . he | ‘neecssary 10 apprapria:e ey for | aintenaed cf law and Sader, ned, for he | protectiva and defeuce of {rte and property; } and that ag some Of the leading gen of the — ; of the Qo- Uppusition-supported the ae of t Veruwent reiaiivedto evliing roops. koey | should edycur with the nee ot providing i them with suitable and proper wovoumpuda | tions. : At a late hour the-quratiom Was pat in | Cowmittee by the Ubaucun. _ if For the aweadiment-- Hons. Co'es, Lard. Keily, Tbornton, WWasburton, Woeian, i ienstey; Messrs, Houwiau, Simeciair, Sa her- land— (10). Agaiust it—LHons. J. C. Pope, Long- worth, Sot. Goneral.sbe Speaker, Naye, Davies, Gray, Machachen ; Messrs. Uun- cao, Breckea, Lusiaw, Melenvan, Mout- gomery, Komsay, ava Greeu—(1d). Progress reporied.—iioure aajourned. Pasay, Arai 13. The House in Committe of the whole again resumed the conseration of the address in answer tu: bits Eaveliency '® Speech. The paragrap reiating ty the recent par- chase of Mr. M ntgomery's estare in this Is. land, was read trom tee char, to which the Hon. Mr. Waeburtun sudutted the Joliowing awendiment ; “The Honse of Assembly rejoice to learn that your Exvetleney has conetaded the pur- | chase of atiother Estate trom ote of the pro- ' prietors, ; : “The Honae of Aseembly cheerfully ree ognise m thie purchase another tertimeony to the useful- nese and necessity of the Bul witch has authorised such @ measure, and whieh the Liberal Govern- went in i953 were happily enabled. to place upon the statute book: ot the Coleus.” A lengthy debaré ‘tert followed, during which the merits and demerite of the various ‘Bille which, from time to time have been en- acted tor the settlement of the Land Question, were reviewed and commented upon. Both sides of the House, bowever, concarced in the desirability ot employing every legitiunate measore having tor ite object the cancelling of the Jeasehold system, In the vouree of the debate the Hon. Col. Gray observed as his opinion. and ardent bope, that before the next Session of that House, a proposal tor the pur- chase of the Cunard and Sullivan estates in consideraiton, The Huon the Leader of the Government observed, that it was the intention of the Go- vernment to axk the hon. House for an ex- teneron of the Land Poreliase Bri! with the view of purchasing the estates to which al. lusion had been made by the hun. Member for Beltuer. At the ‘lose of the disenssion the para- graph ander consideration was agreed to m Committee witheut a’ division. Longe ad- j surned. , Satrepar, April 14. The Lovee in Committee rreumed the con- sideration of the draft, address in answer to His Exeelleney's Speech, Tbe paragraph in allusion to the loyalty and spirit manifested hy the people of the neighboring Provinces, r lative to the threat- ened attuck of the Fenians, and the necessity ot making due preparations tor any emergen- ey that might arise, by taking inte eonsidera- tron the Laws which at present regulate the Militia and Volanteer foreee of this Island, was read— Hon. Mr. Coles expressed his readiness to support the Government in devising measures for the defence of the Country, and eard that on a sabjeet. of euch vital importance, he hoped both sides of the ilouwse would conenr inthe aduption of such weasures as would tend to show that we were, aga people, pre- pared to devote our beat energies and all our t ; ‘ | available means tor the defence and mainten- | anee of our Britesh Institutions, Whatever our local differences might be, he said, on the anbj-er of military defences be bad nv doubre hon. members on both eid-s of the Louse would be ananimous. Item. C4. Gray and other hon. members on the Government side of the Louse then expressed their estiefaction at what had fallen from the hon. leader of the Opposition, and trusted when the subject of milttary de- fence would be submitted to the consider- ation of thuthon, howe, toat that unanimity. 8) desirabdie on a subject of euch viral im- , portance, would characterise their deliber- ation, Hon Col Gray then entered into = very lengthy expostiva of oar postion in a mili- tary polnt of view, and spoke of the compli- cations likely to arise from the abrogation of the Reciprocity Treaty, A diseussion then took place touching the canduct of the Giawernment, in eausing Special Constables to he sworn in to keep the peace in Charlottetown on St, Patrick'eday, | a procedure which, i¢ was urged eapectaily by Messrs. Conroy and Howlan, was not ony uncalled tor, bat a slander on the eha- ract-r of the Irish Roman Catholics of the | Col mny. j Ie was atated in reply by the Hon. Sal. | General and others that the cone ruction Bonght to be put on the conduct of tne Go- Frrament on that point, was anjost. Toat | no insult to any porten-of the community was intended — that oti mould appear thar an Canada and eleewhers>Remians made their. boast that on Sr, Parriek’e Day they would. | inaugurate their campaign. That Fenian | eympathy prevariad fo @ome extent was shown from: the tact that Funhin butrons and ballads | were exposed tor sale in Charlottetown. | That the Fenian or-anization was not reeog- , nsed xs being composed of Roman Catholics | or Protestants, many of them being avowed | infidels. i } ’ { That the preeantionary asters taken by the G verpment on St. Patrick s day were not in- tended to throw the slightest refi -etion onthe loyalty and attachment of the Irish Catholics of this [sland to Britush Lnstitations, ! But that aeut wae feared that a sympathy for Fenianvem might exist here, s@ in the other Colonies, toeometxtent, it wasthought | advisbble to be prepared tor any manifesta | tion which might be cttempted on behalf of | Fenianiem on that day. The paragraph under disastion was then | passed without » divixion, and the whole ad- | dress reported agreed to without amendment. ‘The several amendments submitted in (om- mittee were then putun their proper order to | the vote, and negatived on the same divisions | as when previousiy put an Committee. Alter which the address was carried, or- dered t» be engrossed. and a Committee ap- pointed te wait on His Excelleney to know when be wonld be pleased to receive the same. a vere ON The House then adjoined till Monday next, at 10.o'cluck, a.m. ~< - , i : A. McNeitt, Reporter. ’ —— — 1~ox~a~ r To Evivor of Tat Exawes. _ Ona reading the proclamation of H. W. the Mayor the other day respecting the sduitory measures to he adopted in this city, I could noi help feeling some disappointment, inasniueh as it seemed to @nioin merely an external po lishing, instead of 2 thoreugh radical cleansinz of its foulness. Jt°was te be a phantasm and ewect illuston, destined fo gratify the eyes of | the Lieut. Governot or Gthers who mbizht make a tonr of inspection, “ty keep the word of | promise to the eve (not Bar) byt break it t) t-uat,”” was ta be, jn short, - theatrical sel] like that practised on Catherine of Hassié’ by her ministers when,she. veited her eouthern dominions. At dnterra's she, saw flourishing towns and populous villages, bear- ids eyideut testimony t4 thé fusteting care and administrative sagacity of her advisers. But alas! both hovses and Villages cousisted only i ' cere eee ee was, if opuesved, to @ave its face washed, sod boim-combed,. without any altempt iv uuvell or distuh the impurities of its under yarment, We might white-wash the temples of Cloacina and Méphitie bet not Thfrinze | on their paysteries : it would fe revolutionary | tu -carrs. reform inte those Cine bongred ju our, Penains, - 1 recotiect. years ago visiting the } collgrsof a xine marchers tears of Landon | where she a codgnt, weet pride to. an 5 Chasocliais acre SPP BAN Sih sds, 9 ar te YF : Suh fom lcte oe} 2 ve fron, thay bad bee: this Colony, wonld be submitted for their | rs, ‘ > & proof, nd “¢ tutier, aud were considered only of the sutiquity, but of the guududss OF the ceilar. The proprietor would nate No were thoucht of removing them than # Chinese of cuttin sis uails. “" Now, we have — ivy mantled towers, u® chi vofthingle ruins teeming with In j we are, perhajs, radicals rs iu utr polities, but we cling with @ religious and tender couservatism to our dint. It is cherished like the blue-mould of a Stiiton cheese, or the mellow autiquity of a Meerschauhh, © We anay boast vo pomp 6f heraldry, no-pride of power,” Bo cacutcheons flowning vo criour gates, bub. we afe no hoes homines when we can point with pride to the uubroken pedigree of our dust heaps. If we have no yneturéd auvestors on ote walls, or fabulous vitages in our cellars, ‘Nec Lestrygouia Bacelus im amphora Loangierent atin ;'” Nor does the Juice of Bae hus Te Mellowing tor me Be Grectangars 5 -yet the venerable wecumulation in-our vards daicetrom **ConsulePiarico,” that “or that “annus urbis couditie,” when Sir Was governor and George the was king. * Manet eternumque manebit.” Now, had not the medical gentlemen of this City shown, in theirrecent discussion, a profane tetidenty towards innovation, [ beveve that nothing short of am actual overtiow of these cornucopias of ordure, such a8 happened at Paris two' or three centuries aso, when the mouths Of the sewers being yorged by a rise of the river, or other cause which 1 do not recol- lect, they vomited their nuisome contents into thestrects, flooding a great part of the tuwn to the depth of a fout or more. Nothing short of this, | believe, or the late able report of our medical board, would hawe induced the mhabi- tants of this town to get rid of these dangerous and pestilential excrescences, The very able speeches made at that uceting have shown that the thin must be done. The question, there fore, only remains, how’ are We to do it? It had before struck me, and | was glad to find the game idea enunciated by Dr. Jenkins, that the only means by which it could he effectually performed would be by a Seavenger Company employing an organized corps of workmen. The Mayor may order people to remove all impurities, aud fine them in defanit of i; but how can aged peaple, women and children, who compose many housebolds, or any persons, in fact, not possessing horse and cart, perform this The whole town will have io be Cleansed at once: as far as external impurities | go, the thing is easy; bat as to the removal of | the more offensive deposits, 1 hate heard only { of one man likely to undertake it. We shail all have to bid ayaimst each other for his ser- Vices, the town will be muleted, but he whe is irreverently called Black Billi will become a millionaire. Future historians will insert. his } name in the golden book as Guzliolmus Nizer, | ; | | ! where are those to find the persons to.do ity or ; themselves? i ; ; and Ottawa king at arms trace his genealogy to the Black Prince or Roderick Dhu. I see, with the prophetic eye of Carmenta, Charlotte- town sitting a future Venice on the waters. © Faller? and hits NWneare a race of Dukes oF Doges. Lot me not lose time in forecasting the future, but return to the present, the desirability of forming a worshipful Company of Scavengers. | Let us indoctrinate ourselves thorouzhly with the value of the matter with which we have to | deal. “Dirt,” says Lord Brougham, who des. | Canta “de omai-re setbili,”’ is merely a misno- i me, a word implying matter out of ite proper piace.” This rude pile of material may form , a Parthenon or 2 temple of Poestum, these ; hideous and repulsive atums may under a dif- |. ferent combination form the beatty of the rose or the frazrance of the violet. The simple numerale | to 9 together with an 0, may express eithes the importunities of.a dun, or,the luxury of a legacy; they will foot my either your milk hill, or the national debt. AU civilized nations haye wishedt> vet rid of excrementitions maiters from their cities. Witness the wonderful sewer of ancient Rome, and the (4 tuaca marina er main draia where, as Viiny describes it, a cart hivhiy joaded with hay might pass, or a vessel mizht navizate—levok at the Inmense sewers of Paris widermining the . whole of the town, (where they are now destroving the rats bs electrivity)—read of the enormous draina se works stil progeessing in London: but bow few have made a full advantazeous use of the materials so rejected? The wisest of them are those idiotic Chinese, whose extreme care in economiging everything convertible inte manure has alone enabied then to maintain per square mile the jarzest population in the world, The Flemings of Belzium a.saiw, the model a rrieul- turists of Europe, collect all these matters in an hi Pent inventia mernia colles?”’ ‘ . . ° tanks which they distribute with lavish hands. { How far this system is carried out in other lands, Franee, Switzerland, or Germany, Tam unable to say. a8 when [ visited them I was young and had no azricultural tendencies: hut us fe rards Italy where | resided near a quarter ofa cen- tury, and for many yeass possessed a farm, T can speak with more precision, At Nice a poor house, rather than it should be allowed to remain un- tenanted, is often offered gratuitously ta a poor family for the profits of the cesspool. Tn Ths- eany, and [ believe all over Italy, the ve zetable gardens ave in the viciuity of the towns univer- sally feeundated with nizht sil, applied to the plauts at a certain’ staze of their growth, and the eTect of which in a few davs is wonderful. You see the products in the ror seous abundance, beauty and variety of the markets every where but. at Genoa. whe ré from ifs t no rraphical po- Sition, not its orn fan't, the Apennines risinz almost abruptiy from the Mydite*ranean, aud affordins only, small patches abd terraces of | land suitable for culfivation, it is but scantily Less ed, and its own prover! deséribes it as sew without fish, market without herbs, monntains without woed; and (Iam sorry to add) men without faith, and” women without modesty. But having been discursive Tet me digress, Hiberniec, into the main subje-t. he same iznominious material which fertilizes the gar- den is also most wonderful in its Stimulation of cereal crops; we used to pay pretty dear for it at Siena. The very defective rotation ef erons was, beans first in holes well manured, 2nd wheat, the land being plonzhed for both these ; ord, bar'ey in land dug by the spade, and sown either in holes made by a hoe, tozether with a dash of that unmentionable thoucsh poteut liquid, or combined together broadcast, | assure you the barley even in the poorest or sandiest soil was @ taulion. This was then our rotafion wheré 1 Lived, heans, wheat and barley. Within the narrow boundaries of my experiences I shou!d not have hesitated 20 years azo to have given you, like most superficial travellers, an opinion as to the general practice ia Taly, supposing as I did that the rotation vsed in my vicinity was general, A. Prussian nobleman who visited England some 30 or 40 years azo declared thai after a fort izht’s sts > fol ent ¢ sae BO A Ler he horon shiy trustworthy ac itof English laws, Batistics, constitution, usages de socicte. Vitera- ture, &e., but after a mouth he be san to doubt, and after a year’s residence became convinced that it would require halfa lifetime to accom. plish the result. So T in the presemotion of early ignorance thon ght myself qualified te give a general account, et least of Tuscany, the state where T lived, but being on a visit at a villa near Florence, while speaking to some of the people as to their system of farm ing, I was yet more astounded. Teans, wheat, harley, had seemed @ preity exhaustive system of cropping, but I found that owins, of course, to the great natural fertility of the valley of the Arno, sssisted by the almost un- | limited command of stable manuve and nizht eoil from the city, they actually grew wheas three years in succession, with ouly. one inter- vening crop, beans generally, they told me, thus producing in a cycle of 20 year 15 crops of wheat. Ge you, Islanders, and do likewise! Tet it impress upon you the value of sewerage ! Now I have rathe:, in sporting phrases, overrun the scent, T must hark back. Before speakin of the @mployment of this valyable matter, J ought iw proper order to hare enquired how. we are to get it out of the city, for we must first tatch cur hare before we cau cock it. It has bees said of the Mantuan poet that he could even eeatter dunz with grace, nihil testigit quod nos arnce’', that is, “be touched nothing to which he did not leads charts and an Ornament.” But how to_ extract abominations tram ao un" derground deposit with # bucket iu an futer- esting manner, or treat of it devent!ly either ia prose or hexameters, isto mea fic. Madame ———, I forget her naine, a. eminent French de la cour was. always erving out a@rondissez tos bras, ond Festa a Mrict attention to this Tay Tenge tion mone graceful and thing fon ger cont. Tata abaid howeve>, wo! Bot “dttend tf thes- eleghncies. «The Graminer. hen -ad con ; ; ' sin to keow if, and to whatextent, she sisome | abe a ck BY | fhetakeable moteeag,” The first clearance of th ate unications from Vienue desert, tia determined to put an end to must be an offensive, tediow , and therefore | that” coghy operation. bor has Btruek me, = rovigivitl state of affairs in the Duchi com ug with » fritnd Picaind that he ix Mints jf necessary, she will pro a ee — + eS ——————— eXnety Bbted on the same ix that thigt: © questijp should be referred to an lurupeen E cess Bu t be Sl sinapiified an ‘on geass. ; tated. r. denkios Bas recy ided pen lence Belge wo lishes telegiaphie hold exagtly thought gayest, t those my Berlin, according to which the of d should iy cieunabee bev tiled wi of the continuation of peace have ti us to adqwit only a smali accumplation. Here commends a buck water proof tank, but would / it not be still better tu substitute a-large move- » @b.c tub, ap cupafious as ifayt be er With pobtalilay, that mizht r in @ moment raised by blocks andiackic, and conveyed aways ouatvuck. This shouid be provided with a close Lttug cover, tor thouch wine tasters purposely agitate ihe wine in the tumbler to develope as uch as possible the aroma, our object is pre- cisely the reverse; any ammouls thet may es- cape is not onty disagreeable but is a financial | gerous. The article poitts owt that asmac loss though poison to usit is the vital essence had eat, her ti vat poometron weet | of vegytation. The cask whemcoveredanay tae | compel hes to hasten the attack, of : | verge the eity withoud offebce either to eyes ot | stauce which the Prubsian Cay eroment is & Penuses. There should be two,so that an em; ty one | into serioks considempiion. ; may be substituted on removal cf the other. Prresevs, March oP ‘Wid epend, We now come to the question which has | Relge publishes telegraphic intelligence from wan dinitiished. Count Von Bismark Insists -apon4#ht anuexation of the Duchies, and the | alternative is thus placed before the King or } wer wit Aut pay or the ata a of Couns Von Bemarks It is beli®red that Austrig Lo will aotbe the first th declare war. The Lvidlerixche Correspondenz publishes an articie representing the present state of the Austro-Prussian relations as : considers that the crisis is far from dimitisiing, but is, on the contrary, becopmime (a OF fe ‘age serious, ! Austra hadarmed, her er given a title to ove of Bulwer's works, What | Weimar, aceortiag to »hich of willthe do with 7° A scavenger Co. may | Prossia gate his consent, on , to either sell the material or utilize it themselves ; | certain military arrangements, which, although ja cither case they must bay or rent some land i uae } ouly of » pretinrinary nature, indicate thut gar is almost inevitable. ’ THE CAPE MATL. § PryMorTH, Mareh 23.—The mail steams); Briton arrived bere the morning with the ao 5 | wail. The war between the Pree States andthe _ Basutes exhibited Iitthe change. The Rasutes Lad > i recently attached the tewa of Bethiebem wut 3 | were repulsed by the Boers with some tong | natives in the colony eontintie peaceable. | adjacent to the city where it may be deposited | | and composted. J should then like te. see rich | and flourishing market gardens, such as adorn | the suburbs of ali European towns, and a well- | filed "presen grocers” Store in the “New “Market | House, and where évéry vezetable porsibie in this ciate may be procurabie on any day in | the week. As the elm has always been married | tu tie vine, both in the telds of Italy and the ! verses of her poets, so are there certain ortho- dox and inseparable associations of the dinner #7 Gosernor bad modified hie demands for the | aitien of the head men among the Tambookies: & | committee has been termed te secure a representation of the colony at the Paris Exspi- bition of J867. The sentence of excomaumien- | beans and bacon, amb and spinaze, or take | tien on Dr. Colenso had beex read im the cathe — ; sorrel from @ Parisian’s fricandeau. Mere | dral at La wee pe oy Jon. ts the | undisguised animal food is suggestive only | ste jay epe Bene rr table. Larbariat be who would divorce tur- nips from boiled mutton, disturb the harmony of pork and cabbage, deny the affinities of of the shambies, recails the gory banquet of | ead ’ : Polyphemus, of carries you with Dante to that_| — sre feaes odd eiwbtinend grim tower at Pisa, and harrowing meal of | conduct the eervicrs inthe cathedral, aad the = j} Ugolino; but give it but an edging of green, | attendance had been as usual. The bishop bad scatter the * Rapula lactuga: radices,’’ and drape _oreeently baptised a child, but the dean would not | with cress, tender as in aesthetic Italy, the sliced | allow an entry being made in the register. The & Bologna, cireled with green figs and bedded on | Supeenie@oort had decided thatthe register was vVineleares, and it becomes not pig, but poetry, | private property. an emanation not of the market, but of the | academus: you have back ground, contrast of i colour, relief, and chiaroscuro ; and fancy, sub- limated, flies off to gardens of Armida and howe.s of the Besperides. t | But shou'd we, under an invasion of Rinder- | pest or Trichitis, have to become vegetarians, to botanize **on the mountain's grassy side, or depend on the res surees of our gardens, OUr | ‘Twelve workmen employed on the building were ** feast of herbs and fruits supplied, and water” arrested apd brought ap-at the pelice-court in the from the spring,” woula be so uninviting, that | course of the day. Several of the men said they neither to the ** rentle Hermit of the dale’ nor | knew nothing abeut the concealment of the arms, to the ever dear Anzislina”’ could we proffer an | and three of them had vome te work there + invitation, especially if they had got over their day for the first time One of the persans ar sentimentalisin and recovered their appetites. | ed, James Brophy, whe war an oe The Spartan simplicity of unrelieved potatoes | '# ef the hear ; he ie ba Hugh & : , | who wae convieted af the Ppecial commission — | The prisoners were reengended for a mtmk rz, THE FENIAN CONSPIRACY. DISCOVERY OF MORE ARME IN DUBLIN. | ! On Monday the polier discovered, buried | the earthen floor of a prow in a houre in t ' course of building in Upper Rathmines, } wooden cases containing nine rifles having bays ihe Rare x s | nete attached. One of the | breeeb-loader; the ot | | | may charm Connaught or “tice Tipperary, bet would net be considered an attractive menu in ; the Palais Roval. This, however, has been, CONCENTRATION OF RUSSIAN TROOPS, for some mouths the only vegetable procurable, | A communication to the Czas from the banks of sud that only eceasionally, in this market. Is | the Doster cage cthat Gy be tafions wf imtantry, not this dreary te contemplate / net so mnely | 26 squadrons of cavalry, and 96 pieces of artilery, for the actual privation, but from the feeling | are en echelon. and within three days's march of that one has got! to the *‘nltima Thule,” the | the Austen frontier. Moreover, 23 battalions of jumping off place of civilization. Surely a fit. | meagre at pronto oa ae + a a a are concen tle enterprise, a saue employ of these matters Baits. Th troupe evtld enter Muldavia js which it is necessary to remove from our dwel- _ there daya by Feroge, The distrielefnrs hme | linge, may both remedy this deficiency and giad- ; ,-epited in-tructions to be prey | den the aspect of our veighbourhoed. T was! means of transport tor the troops, in care of their ) rade enoush to plant Goldsmith's Hermit and — entering the Danubian Principalities. his hen’mio-to Hy off at a tanzent a few lines | back. J only wish to return to warn him that, + even if content with our esculents, he should j mot madly approach ear pumps, did he ence | taste, he would aljurethe elemeut, and take to * Moutitain Dew" ever afterwards. Our whole soil ia so impregnatel with, (supply me the | phrase, ) what it should net be, that we are worse off than where, as Swift describes in his Rath : Ciuide, the bath was in too close connection } with the forniain. ‘+ While little Tabby” (was | performing her ablutions) bis words are more “the lndtes kept drinking 3 — —-aee. -—— THE DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS. 9 @ Tne only Parliamentary event of any im- portance siuice out last issue Was the debate on the Address int an<wer to the Croverndr’s Speech , at the openins of thé S®sioa, Tt commenred on Wednesday, and did pot te-minate until Saturday erening-—-the House sitting autil a The., debate was pretty wuch like preceding ones on De me ere late hour on two nizhts eut ef the four. forcible than refined, ; 4 of bl Deed Ml ekit ice it ede it out of the pume, wil! not somehodr set "MSY AE UD 0B ici a MRD EE CME FO NEALE. up a water cart, aid sell something clean by like occasions — namely, an attack. by the alae, comil * . ne pt . on - The CRS Ponnsition on the Administration for their sing ; rs I T had awished to deceant cn some other i —_— ; ce i eas ; oe of omission and eommission-dirins the past 7 points, to reecmmend to Co., besides =. j gardening, Dairy Farm, stall-feeding—arti- | re“r- It was characterised, however, by mort Mechi, and of Lombardy, where the Parmesan cheese is yuide. LT hadalse scribbled a nave, fortunately | lost, knockins a dead man on the head, and | | proving, what has been proved already, the im- ; possibility here of drainage. The houris late, and Tam unwilling to communicate my own j drowsiness to the reader. [f, in teeating so : : ; : repugnant a subject, where T have had to held liven the dullness of Parliamentary eloqnence, — % my nen with a pair of ionza, I have tean | F srtunately for the credit of the Mouse there muddy, as pity theme, and failed *-ex (imo) dare lueem,”” if it was impossible to apustro-_| phize aud @raw inspirations from a sewer, and sty as the English poet to the Thames, ficial grcen croms—system of than the usual share of good temper aud the avvid:ince of personalities. This may have, © made it appear somewhat tame to the fre- = quenters of the gallery and the side seats, who always expect to witness during the first Ing dehate of the Session, a few “seenes”’ tiem) ~ scenes,” and for four mortal dayas & were no the debate “diaz red its slow lenzth alonz,” producing much wearingss (which was gett & “Oh econk ow like thee. end make thy atream rally and nainfully apparent towards the close. i ai ld I flow like t @ make thy Iv and fully ap; t towards the close My inspiration ae it is my theme, i Thongh deep, vet clear, though gentle vet not dnll, | Strong without rage, without o'erflowing. full!’ | impossible to say. yet I shall still be content if T d-aw forth han- pier observations from others, accepting with resignation the humble part of the grindstone which whet the steel while possessing no cut- tins ed re jteolf, More cantious he, perhaps, who follows to the letter the Horatiany precept that a wise writer - 2 - + rr When the-debatd will all anpear ih print, it is All the papers published ) in Charlottetown would not safiee—having a dae regard to ether interests—to publish the debates of the House, day after day, if hon. members will continue the bad habit of intro- ; duting 80 much irrelevant matter iato their speeches. Those speeches never make a con’ © ah” , vert on one side or the other, and the public © © Deaperat cas aly niteseere posse relinqnit.” | only see them whey thes ase entirely toa stale a ricerngaen, Setar crete to he ead | Weeare dt atoss“to kdidw What motive proimnts theic delivery) it hay he } pleasant pestime to the speakers — eunemhat | expensive 'to the country: “ Those topica whict he cannot polish ieto attrac tivenese -— just lete nlone”’ Yours ped’ ti, d. FF. NEWBERY. but as they cannot | be utilized nvehanging the views of meni bers, who have all made un their mifids as to the | side upon whieh they will pote, Befsre they ’ ~~ menenewenenewe~ mew i have heard n word of the debat i 7 : ; veard n word of the debate, nor in en- Charlottetown, April 16 & ’ Pp , 1866. lizhtening the general public whe neither hear See pretences atBonatbne age fl , , a" . , nor read them, we would-sugvcet that it would ARRIV, OF > ENGLIS . . (RIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL. | he 9 great improvement if hor. members ches ke . ae tah! Fue v ir ee ee eee see : LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE. } ed the redundar ev of their elo jucnce, and eon- ; areas ‘fined themselves *o) the plain and simple Pee Colonial and American Mails were re. | question betore the House - . * : 7 r ceived hore on Saturday morning. There was The amendinents offered by the Opposition to also an Engilsh Mail, with dates to the Sist | the Government/Address consisted of three-— ult. The news from Gurope is not important. The first had reference to the employment of 5 * vera, 7 \ Tie a 1! ee We > ; oe > or : 3 Considerable discussion still prevails in England | the Military last Sumames.. Thisieoughtup, very ; with respect to the new Reform bill; and Mr. naturally and very properly, the whole +istors of “te ted ™ ie a ° - . r ° é . PS Gladstone has stated that iv is the intention of che Te nant League agitation and disturbances. Nearly every member in the House eondemaed, , invery severe terms, the illegal organization. the Cabinet to test the stability of the Govern. ment of that question, and to accept Harl Grosvenor’s amendment—to whieh we referred | The minority contended. hower er, that the agita- : ; in eur notice of the last Ealish news, about a tion would not have spread, nor the disturbances forbtight aso--as equivalent'ts a vote of cen- | occurred, if the Government had mace @ pte sure bn the Gor ernment. per use of the civil authority at the commence- Die «difficulty ” between Prossia and Aus-+ ment ofthe azitation: and their amendment tria with — to the late Danish Duchies, i merely embodied this view. The Government has pot yet heen settled ; but though war be- | side of the House, of ¢ourse, endeavoured to tween the two Powers does not appear im- © shew that the civil power was used af the pre- i ) t, itd Ni . ; senhed i aan ee : » ™ at all improbable . per ume—to the utmost extent without ; ehiauisim ia eet still prevails to some } auy avail insecuring a due obsercamce of Abe . exteni; and arrests of persons implicated in the | law in the disturbed districts. The miuority conspirdey coutiaue to take place, | did not positively deriy that military force was r sve 1,0] one ¢ o } : ve We give Lelow some extract: from our latest | necessary at the time it was brought here, and se- papers. ve ombe ’ . i aia ia ldo * ont prone rs on that side expressed their em AUS A AN {USSTA. | t fication that troops were once more stationtd WAR IKE DESPATCH -OF THE PRUSSIAX Co- ] amongst ut. Two members who vanally vote V ERNMENT? Y teen on : a : ve , with the Govermment party-—MMeasrsl Laid and Prossia has forwarded a ¢ircular despatch to ' Howat--took exe)-tion Oe Fj he ‘employ - the minor German States, laying stress upon) ’ Ste ee a troope atanytime. Therdid.not tale me), by this mere show of fndépendencé. They were laughed at by their own party, aud they did nos . receive much sympathy from the Opposition. It is tome that when the vote wus taken on'the the ineuflicieney of an appes! to the Fedora! Diet to settie the preséut ednuflict. The des-_ patch futher points out the becessity vf the various states taking up a definite position oue side or the other in the steugyle whieh the a numents of Austria seem to render more and | more imminent. The note accuses Austrian of | smendiocut proposed by Mr. Howat, cthbedy- having violated (he Couveution of Gastein and | Sin ap ay emul a sate ei 7 fei . As<sulned & Unpeaieuing attitude, 1; exnresses | ms } 7? ‘* ” to SIernaes © f dvubte of the power of the eunfederate dates . Civil authority at ail times, sud the causequert Fd absence of way necesssiy for troops, most of 7 good intentions towards } the Opposition soted with him, in duing which te carry cut their Prossia in the defective state of the Federsl we think they committed » grave mistale. The secynd amendment hadawferénee to the military organization, aud points out the ne- cessity which bas arisen for introducing ge. ‘orn Of The present system. ‘The despatch concludes o> It is urgent for Pras, , buildiag of the Barracks. The iapolics of die4 rely upon aasistaner, in caseghe sbould t Fmactiing the old HBarearks sand selling the tacked’ hi Austria, or forced inty. war = ' ground, was.a grin reviewed by the Opposition ’ ~the new Harracks were descoltad gy mere ” nw, 4