.- ‘maader In iissiliurs GAZETTE, MARCH 12. is fully expected that the Indy Franklin, sailing vessel, formerly purchased by Government for Ca t. Penny’s ex ition, and now at (‘hatham, 1 accompany t c Phoenix as a store ship, and he also we an plied with coals for the use of Phtnnix and with a fresh sn ly of provisions and other stores, which wil be turned over to the North Shit, Commander Pullen, expected to be found I e as a rendezvous-hr the of Sir. Edwlrd Belcher's expedition. The Phae- nix having accomplished that part of the object in sending her during the Arode regions, will then discretionar rwer, at the command of Com- gle id, to proceed to Smith's and Jones’s Sound, and follow up the discoveries he made in the former in 1852, leaving the lady Franklin, sailing tender to the Phoenix, at the Cary Islands, or other eligible winter harbour at that t of Bsflu's Bay, at the month of Smith’a und, as a rendezvous for the oflcers and the crew of the Phtenix to fall back upon in the event of any unforeseen accident to the lad nklin, the devoted wife Franklyin, still entermins the fund hope that her long lost husband will again be restored to her, and her whole energies at the present time are directed to the sending out the sabel screw steam vessel of 16 nominal horse power, but, being on pic, cfipable of working to a much hi her pow- er. . Kennedy, who commanded t e Prince Albert in her recent vo to the Arctic regions has just visited the sa lat Woolwich, and made a minute ins ction of her, as, if it is finally decided thats e shall procecdtoBchrin ’s traits, e wi ave the command, and accompanied by Monsieur Bellot, the French- man who was with him during the last voyage, and who has again volunteer is services most generously and gratuitously in any further service Mr. Kenn y may enter u n, in oo - pliance with the wishes of Lady pF?ranklin, in search of Sir John Franklin. Mr. Bardin, who accompanied Commander In lefield last year in the Isabel, as engineer of t t vessel, has also oflsred his services to proceed in her with Mr. Kennedy. pertinent year to the the high pressure princi- Tus Govasnsiritr DICIIION on Ccsvocsriou. -1: is now understood that the Government has assured both the Archbishop of Canterbury and the clcrgymen anxious for the revival of Convoca- ticn,of its determination to interfere if Convocation attempts to enter into business beyond that which has been already transacted in framing an address to the crown-—cr if any factions attempt be made to rcsistthc prorogation by the Archbishop. This announcement may tend to allay the eagerness of the Bishop of Oxford to enter into a contest with the Archbishop. The address will be presented on the lbth, and the proro such will immediately follow. Anxious that the vernment ehould talm an equally wise course in the matter of the Colo- nial Churches bill, and of the Court of Appeal (which certain bishops are about to recommend ). we understand that the joint committee appointed by the two Houses of Convocation will report- that certain bishops having undertaken to introduce a Clergy Discipline bill their labours have ceased. Convocation has been called together by the crown in order, as the writ runs, to consider certain mat- tersto be placed before it by the crown. it can be called together in no other way, and for no other purpose. The crown having nothi for it under a kind of 1* COLONIAL LEGISLATURE. HOUSE OF ABSEIBLY. Wxnnesnsr, March 1.—(Coudcaud Debora; Proposed llxeausion of certain Govuuitxnr Orricisu from the Lacisurnax. Mr. Mscaur.sv—jussasthe hon. the Speaker was about to put the c acation on the pasmye ol “tltefis-tsssiasto Ill: ii-saukise Bill"- rosc and moved. that the followin Ito.-solution be added ‘to the Bill, to form pan t srsof, by way “ Be it further enacted, that, immediately after this Act shall go iulo operation, no legislator shall ill the clue of Colonial Sccsetary,Colouial iessursr, or usen’s Printer, er Registrar of Deeds. or Collector of Impact and Excise. Collector of any part of the Public Revenue the Colony of Prince Edward Island." he hon. member, in doing so. said that it was well known be entertained peculiar views on this subject-.—that he had publicly stated those views to his constituents-—and had, on difersnt occasions, publicly endeavoured to prove the proprict and rudcnce of their being acted upon, y the gis- aturs, to the and that purity of popular represen- tation might be msintsincd:—it must, therefore, have been natural to expect that he would, as a member of the Assembly, take some suitable op- portunity of introducing a proposition in accord- ance with his views; and conceiving the present to be such a one. he acted accordingly. Hon. Mr. Coi.as rose and said, that he begged leave to make a few remarks touching the rcpt» sition of the hon. member (Mr. Macaulay) fore the question should be put thereon. it was well known that he and the majority of that House oc- cupied the position in which they were placed therein, solely in consequence of their attachment to the principles of Responsible Government. as they were then established, and as, before their establishment, they had been frequently enunciated by them. The people had placed theniin a majo- rity in that House for the express purpose of car- rying out those principles as they were establish- ed in the Provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia, where the system of Government by Heads of De- partments had been established. And that the es- tablishment of a similar system of Government here, had been clcarl contemplated by the peo- ple, at the General lection which constituted that House, had afterwards received the fullest corroboration, in the result of the partial elections which afterwards followed the concession of the system to this Colony, and the appointment of fivs members of the majority to five several govern- ment otlices—he alluded to those of his honourable collea uss in the Government the Colonial Secre- tary, Colonial Treasurer, the 6uceu’s Printer, and the Controller of Customs and Navigation Laws, at St. Peters, and that of the Colleotorof Excise,Char- lottetown. The people, in spite of all the micro re- scntaticus of the system which had been scin us- triously circulated amen at them, fully understood and appreciated the prili egcs conferred upon them or of in its establishment working. They knew that a Governmsu the introduction of the could exist in defiance cf rose; and they knew that the changs—-the introduction of the Responsible Systsm—had conferred u n them the inestimable privilege without which t cy were not freemen in reality—the privilege of choosing, not only their representatives in the Assembly, but also the men, to whose hands the management of public aflhirs, in their several departments. was to be committed. And they also knew that a Government chiefly to do. very properly directs the Archbia op to dismiss the reverend cutlcmcn to their own homes. —'l‘hc ' rsday ssys:—Ws stare- queated to announce that her Majesty has °‘ anter ury er ly intimated to the Archbishop of intention to receive the address of the prclates and clergy of the Convocation of the province of Can- terbury on Wednesday, the l6th instant, at one o'clock, at Buckingham Palace. is Nsrol.son’s Wxnoisto Csxs.—Ths bridccake for the imperial marriage was made in London. The cake weighs 390 lbs., exclusive of the decorations. The design consists of a group of eight splendid cornuco ia pourin out beautiful lowers, emblematic of sees an Plenty, and suriuounted by a vase of alabaster, exquisitely car- vad, with the esglesof France for supporters. The bouquet for the centre of the vase contains the flour do-lis entwined with the Spanish jasmine and lrish shamrock, overshadowed by the eagle's feather. The whole of the flowers are of English manufacture. The entire cake, including the ornaments, was designed and completed within three days. The following are the ingredients of the cake :—-Dorset butter, 94 lbs : lcsf sugar‘, 84 lbs; currsnts, 30 lbs; raisins, 30 lbs ; flour, 98lbs; Jordan almonds, fllbs; eggs, 339: lemons, 40; orange, lemon, and citron rings, 94 lbs; three bottles Ean-de-vie; two bottles creme dc Noysau. A Bisnor Ar Tin Drountes.—0n Tuesday, at the monthly meeting of the Christian Know- led Society, a letter was read from the Bisho of delaide, in the course of which his lordshi remarked—“ I perceive that the notion prevail}: in En and that the gold diggings have tired wcalt beyond boun into our laps. is is true of the labouring class, but the other classes were never so mush inc The cost of sub- sistence has dcub All labor and service wages are exorbitant. - The clerg and gentry, fliereforc, not only find their incomes diminis - ed, use the suppl of labor is insulcuent and we a hi h; but, sides much discomfort, find it flcul to live and educate their children as before. Bread is 4d. per _pound, and unless the good feeling of the working classes induoog them to tin the harvest, instead of hunting after gel , even this rate will be exceeded ncx 1'“-’ La-rs vaoii Csr.iroasrs.-Intelligence from sun Fnsnciace was received at New-Orlsaua on the 10th last. in eighteen days, being the quickest ' between the two Tha ‘M.’ . is cell in highest aatiotpatloas in mgsrd to her, Only on gaawsssadatystaumsdunsg whole trip. The sosssmptlos was under Ive seas is It beam. IIW BRUNSWICK to as orsu ll“ s..l...i...ml’i’§"3n coui of individuals taken from the majority in the Assembly, and Government is prin- 'pally 'assd from the same budy,tnust Fe directly responsible themselves, long retain their positions of ascendancy and place, iude ndcistly of their a probation. Yes, the poop a full y understood autrappreeiated the advan- tages which the Responsible System had conferred upon them; and, if the hon. member for George- town aud the few other public men who. for private reasons, best known to themselves, yet so slightly veiled that they could be penetrated by the weakest vision, should have to wait-—aa they themselves cxpec ey would-for the reclin- tion of their aspirations altar power and place, till the people should have been weary of the present system, he was afraid that, how liberally soever they might sow the seeds of reactionary change, they would never reap anything but dis- appointment. in this Colony. the establishment ol the system had been brought about by means which were highly creditable to the pecple—by nothing but steady, pescsable, and constitutional agitaticn—and the manner in which it was freely conceded to them, by the Home Government, so soon as the were satisfied that the change was earnestly aairsd by the majority of the people, was highly complimentary and gratifying to them. In Canada, the change had not n cfi'sct until after the pie had broken out into open rebellion, into whic they had been goadsd, or rather been allowed to be betrayed, by being refused the privilege which they had long earnestly, constitu- tloually, and justly demanded-the privilege of governing themselves. It was true that the repre- sentatives of the people here wers—in asserting their just claim to the privileges of sclf—-goveru- mcnt, and in consequence of the unconstitutional resistance 0 posed to its introduction in a certain quarter—drivsn to an extreme course, the stopping of the Supplies; but that wss_ a constitutional proceeding. in rfsct accordance with the self- regulstiug. sel —balancing principles of the Con- stitution of Great Britain: and it happily brought about, in peace, the change which it was intended to calm. Ha. Msesn1.sr.—He had viewed the question in all its bearing, and considered it with the test im rtie ity, and the conviction, o- uccd in his mind b his stud ofit, was, t at, both out of the Legi ture an in it, the mit- ing of ac man Government oflcials, as on sat in it. espeohdy in the ‘popular branch to have seats thcrsin,was direc y calculated to give the Government undue influence in legislation ; and was therefore, a practice which ought to be abolished law. He was not opposed to true , Bespcnslbl?Governmcut. On the contrary, his o ' tlienwsa the making of the Government of this Colony much more responsible to the people, than it possibly could be, whilst the practice which it was the aim of his position to abolish, should continue. that he was influenced by at- system, or the old Govern- rnent—thst Government he kncvymifit even by name. The olclsls were undou y gentle- men fiilly capable of dmcharglng the duties of their several class; were too much but bf, by the in to be able at e same , todizhzrp duties of legislators. As members of the true, they would be much more valuable were the so olelsls. flicadvsa ofthe us lclysssmoffloveramsut msumwsrs dispuhdw Aadif .mabss-swsrs lfiilhc working o?a-ebii:a:'L ‘u, a of which, , soaghtsnmhars-trassaddirsst and could not 7 to the pooplt-:3 ht be essotusiiy obtained. The people ofthc mitetl St ere older, and wiser too, then we; and w d, lie tl-ought, well become us htsaubl ' to l’ rn and protit by their experience. s hadm‘ nsigerable deli ce nin the subm "of is. posi(iit‘:h ;°(l:lC I}lIl0Il.‘lll0l‘l:‘l‘l(‘l'l ‘l.tIadh‘sQu, ,w atwere i 0 ions re the question which it we: cphlcula to tlelflnl mine ; and they must, naturally. have ex that, sooner or later, he would bring for proposition or measure in accordancewith . pg opllllnonlllh H l k d n the hon ineni R. vrnv.~.— e on e u>o . - ber’s ‘ ition us notll X bnta feelle Indj vain attempt at obstruction. The increment e, re, felt persuaded, would occa on the ' A It no was, by no means, calculated, to no the . They knew \'¢-.r‘y,‘vI‘ell, lg ' the present system, they enjcyetlthe right to’ choose e u lic servants. ,to.aay_w . should, and who should not, till ofices of trum and emolument in the Colony; and they could clearly rceive that the adoption of such rule as t twhich the hon. member for George- town, Mr. Macaulay, would preserihe_for their observance, would take the control which they at present ssessed over the chief government olliliala, entirely out of their hands, and, in fact, deprive them couipletely of one half of their po- litical power. . Hon. Mu. Pors:.—The watch-word of the obstructive rty whose peculiar sentiments respecting 0 oe-holders, we are required to believe are set forth in the proposition submit- te to the House by the lion. member for Georgetown, Mr. Macaulay, had its origin with a isconten and envious faction in New Brunswick. And what are they who have taken it up here, but a set of the greatest oflioo-seekers in the Colony! and the mover of this amendment, it is ver well known, would have ver willingly uccepte an number of the pett ee- reduc- ing oliices a tent Geor ctown, con (i he ave so managed as to secure t lL‘lJI. In New Brunswick the movement to exclude certain odicials from the Assembly had its origin in personal hostili- ty to on individual. This led to the introducti- on ofa Bill in the Assembly of New Brunswick for the cxblusion of certain oflicers from seats in that House; but the good sense of the public had repudiated it. Some of the s eches made on that occasion, in favour of the ill, had been industriously buwked about this Colony in hun- dreds, by a few disappointed obstructives of progress, and interested adherents of the old s stein. And, at the same time, these individu- als had taken occasion to assail the party now in power with the most rancarous and unmi- ti ted abuse. The bad represented the w ole party as not ing but a set of cor- ruptionists. They» had represented them as thieves and rob re. So exasperated were they, by the success of the responsible mea- sures; and so unmitiga was their hate of those who had happi y labored for t"ir full recognition and establthment, that were the very ex ressions by which they chose to de- clare it. hey told the people that we ‘would, - in our oficial capacities, stud nothing but the av efecting of deception and pecu aticu ; and the , for mutual security in our fraudulent practices, we would an port one another, and effectually unite, shonl the dishonesty of any one of us be pected, to revent any such investigation as would be like y to establish it or bri it.fully to light. And the spreading of these ca nmnies has not been discontinued ; but, on the contrary, their original wretched propagators still adhere to their vocation; and, convinced then they must be of their inability thereby to . those apinst whom they are directed ; y are. ct so senseless in their hate, as to repeat and renew thetn a in and again to their own discomfiture land a e. For what has the result of the three years’ practice of the responsible system, w ich we were mainly instrumental in establishing, proved? Has it not been attended with the most convincing, the most undeniable proofs of its adaptation to all the ends and objects of vernment and wise le 'slationl And has not the country un- er it, n benefited by the liirtherance of its interests to an extent which, in so short a riod, could scarcely have been looked for by most sanguine of the friends of the responsible system; and which finds no parallel in the his- tory cf these Colonies? As a proof of the eflci- cne of the several government departments, an of the strict integrity and correctness with which all pecuniary transactions and accounts are managed and kept, it is quite sullicient to refer to the reports of the searching inves - tions made every three moths by the Public n- 'tcrs: ntlemen who,besides being eminently well qua ilied, by their practical knowledge of _ accounts, to detect every error and unravel any mystery which may exist, are quite be and ever suspicion of pertiality to those in o co : for if r men at all, the must be considered as be- onging rather to that of the old, than that of the new government. But, in spite of all such tes- timonies in favor of the Government and the Government oficials ; and, although no founda- tion whatever, whereon to prefer a single charge against them, existed; yet one wretched slave- driver-—the despised hireling of those whobase- ly em loyed hlm—had late y had the audacity to dec re that the Government had, by some covert mcans,appropriatcd to their own private use, and divided amongst themselves, £20,000 of the last year's revenue. e entirely unsup- ported assertion of so worthless and degraded e wretch would scarcely pass muster amongst those who know him, on any subject whatever; but so monstrous and unfounded a ealutnn that to which he (Hon. Mr. Pope) alluded could have no cflect, but that of lowenn the estima- tion, in which, for efsctive inendsc ous defama- tion its thbricator had been held by his masters. With the single exception, however, of that thoroughly despised calumniator, he believed there was not one individual in the community so boldly unjust as to come forward and prefer any e rge against either the Government or the Government oflcials, efiecting their integiri- ty in their public capacities. The public at rs had never been so well and so prosperously con- ducted as they had been since the introduction of the res nsible system; and, in all tlm de- rhentarhflces, so correct were the modes of nmctin business,and of kezping accounts, that it mi t hirly be question w ether the were, in any t degree, misceptible of im- provement. th rsqieot to his own clue, al- though, as Paddy says. he mid it who she not say it, he could safely declare that all was in a state of Wlpholf: lmd never surpassed, even t But he was not ssaki to himself alone, for he m E m 9- an l’?..‘J.§’s‘1'i. 5:? uld of some still better thanths f r m be. uasnsble, uncoustltutlonsl,_ and adverse it as more than he could realise by his rivate eiitt-rp_rise, that he had made up his min re- tllgltll, and he now p.tlllll.0l)' expressed his in- tention of sliortlv phctmxrin at the dispo- sal of those who had 00 it again ovi ‘nether . I! re ulduabflg tollxmer sad ‘ re in- tin held‘ for me exercise of his sgbs and enterprise, than this bed _ on accnuntotf the ssuductsud policy of these who aedervaluqd even msn'sssrvics but tlmlrowa, and _g9ught to tsdtumths «public elssmts the mssss of a bare subststsnce—thus acting a most unwise part ; for the Public would never secure the mmau ofqsalilsd mu. snlem they paid them a reasonable sum for their services. ‘it was pretended by some that patriotic men, ' hues the sad will- ‘'3 -muwsll ,‘ i to do so without pecuuisr reward, could my ht‘-found ts dflh all t s administrative duties of Govcrnincni; ut such rctsuce was Aamasigbs . t weeafaet at, however patriotic and talented men might be—bowavsr aeslous to serve their country, and capable to do so-—-they all looked for some much more sub- stantial reward, for such service, than the mere approbation, either of the pie, or of their own consciences ; and they ha a good right to do so. The appointment of men, either to constitutes Government, or to discharge departmental ofleial duties, properly belonged to the people only ; and they best know who were able to serve them in those capac" o s were more worthy of being well rewarded than faithful and eficisnt public servants. To choose men fully qualified to discharge the important duties appertaining to the higher government olliccs; and to award them liberal salaries for the performance of them, would always be found to be the best and the moat aco- nomical policy. Such was the amount of public business now to be attended to, that it was quite prc osterous to suppose that it could now be our- ria on without the assistance of id departmen- tal otfiosrs connected with the rcgislsturc and Executive. The salaries attached to these ofices, in this Colony, were a very insignifi- cant recompcncs tor the discharge of the duties incumbent upon those who filled them, as well as inadequate to meet the expenses which were necessarily incurred by living in such a manner. with re ard to individual and family respectability and comfort, as was no more than decent and becoming in gentlemen placed in situations so important and conspicuous; and the sooner the gentlemen so circumstanccd came forward and said so. the sooner the miserable economy which regulated their salaries would ivc place to a more liberal and a wiser policy. The hon. gentleman then declared his surprise that such a proposition as that which had just been submitted to the House, should have proceeded from so well informed a gentleman‘ as the hon. member for Georgetown, Mr. Macaulay-a mea- sure which he must have been aware would meet with little or no support sitheriu that House or among the people generally. And, in conclusion, concerning the alleged impossibility of the Assam- bly’a sustaining an impeachment, under the pre- sent system, against an Ofioial. being also a member of the House, in the pecuniary manage- ment of whose department it might be suspected any fraud had been practised, the hon. gentleman said that it was very well known to those who ufged the impossibility of obtaining a full investi- gation of the accounts of such an individual and of the mode in which they were kept, that it was scarcely possible any error or fraud. if such existed, could escape detection b the public Auditors, as he had before stated ; but, besides the searching quar- terly examinations of these gentlemen into the s ‘stsmga of every g clr accounts were regularly submitted is case every session; and. besides being duly ia- vestigstcd and reported on, by a Spscal Commit- tee, every member of the House hpd ample oppor- tunities aflbrdcd him of exercising the strictest scrutiny concerning them himself. All these facts considered, it would be admitted, by evsy candid and independent mind, that’ the most minute er- ror could scarcely, by any possibtlty.sscapc dis- covery. How then, in case of fraud, dishonesty could esca e detection through collusion on any the part c the members of the Government and other ollicisls in the House, he, (the Hon. Mr. ope) was wholly at a loss to understand: and equally at a loss was he to express his contempt r the suspicious, by means of which some men would seek to impugn the character of others, merely because they occu led positions of consi- derable pecuniary trust. he ever impugned the ibtegrity of s Prime Minister of England, or of a Chancellor of the Exchequer, merely use they were heads of De artmsnu and were in receipt of £5,000 a year c the public money, or dreamt of a combination to defraud the public Revenue, be- cause thcy could shield and support each other. Away with such arrant nonsense, it would not take with sensible men, and be trusted the House would treat the absurd pro of the member for Georgetown with that contempt which its transpa- rent wortlilessasss dsscrcvs. . . Psi.uxa.—He wouldnotbcs rissd ifit should soon be accounted treason, y the Members of the Government, for any one on his side of the House to make the sllghtestobjeotioss to,orto rcpose the sme tinnovation of a s stem,t s working of which it was their dc- light tolaud so much; and not withoutgood reason; for, cerminly, it could notbe denied that it had worked well for themselves at all events. It might suit their views, as no doubt it did, to maintain that the pro 'tion of the hon. member for Georgetown . was unreasonable; na , more, that it was un- constitutional, that i was opposed to uhlie libert , and that its object was to fetter free exerc se of the elective franchise. It might suit the oficials in the ouse to ' ' t they were returned on principle, and not, hyfi means, in consequence of the unduly cxci were, of all men in the community, worthy and deserving of war and further to declare that, t ereforc, foundations of their authority sho rema unsbsken, and endure to elletsrni . It might suit them to re sent e proposi on as out of place; and the might attempt to ut it down, either by pointlcsshttcmpts at r culs; or 13 course sspsrsions of character, and ursfound impumtions concerning mraonal means which suited the ab 'ty and o E‘ motives-a inclinations would take leave to. tell the honorable Leader of the Government, and the horse is ths’l‘rse- proposltlon of the on. member :."°'° sarcr, that the Jar Geo gctowu was so mid concerning the aim msugsmeut of has exercise of the tire f , every other public else. as is bad with was on with the constitu- respsct to those ofhis own. And t thegsn- - csoftbslritlshlloussofcsmmsasa tlsmsa who filled those class had rapsa- sud, fir was It lag ad‘ to public ssatstlssunllttolllthsm audssltsvl ss- liberty thstthsonlyobjsotol‘ tlol sad to them only up lths wssa uue.hls.ss. ’ last the ' CHIN! a their . cut of Ir Ilbsrtlss, by means df Government .... ..'*.:.':.'...°':°°'.:r..'?".....‘ '*4.:‘.W*l:.'4""°;:~° .......*::.°.., ...*:'m*.‘."..- one u ; so . e a rs = 0 OHM‘ the salary atmuhsd U sadgw hfitfifllly said approfiatloll of slmal. could so come between the the Assembly to_eaups tlticiaostssafchiag layu- .. rmer. But he o for such a purpose was quite manifagt to .1], As to the propositidn’s being out of place, that, he thought, was rather a strange euortion to rcoced front any member of a lag Government. of the elective franchise, to prevent a migukgn and dan roua exercise of that liberty - and it was wel -timed, as being seasonably ‘brought orwsrd gtprcvent, at the next general, and all future cl one, such returns as would endan- gil‘ the ty and cffie Assam. ly. T e Government Oleiala is as [long llld-Ind ll! was not at all surprised that they did so—that their beingozgain returned to the Assembly. GNP having appointed to their several ofloccs, was a proof of aeaiicsccuce in, and a proval by, the pee e, of s_ principles on wh oh the present sys of Goyofnmgnt i. framed. The fallacy of such reasoning was, however, most easily demonstrated; for a test of the le’s o ' ' which We n....."Tr"i.‘.‘i.'i.§'.‘a’.‘I.§°.‘i to ca out J.“ new system, could not be siirdcd b e deter- mination of tw_o or three constituen es, who, so far from constituting a majority of the electors, formed but a very small rtion of the whole. The hen. the Leader of e Government had, he thought, been peculiarly unfortunate in his attempt to shew the propriety and superiority of the a stem of Government now in practice here. I: was, at the best, but a very question- able recommendation of any system or institu- tion to as that it had been brought about by 0 n rebe lien is inst so mild and rental a overnment as tof Great Britain was,almost universally, admitted to be. But, so far was the system from having given general as tion, in an of the Provinces into which it had been introduced; that in all of them the loudest com- plaints were preferred a inst it; and, in fact, it was still undetermine in any one of them, whether it would be firmly eshsblished on its present foundations, or whether, to give it per- manence, it would not be necessary greatly to modif many of its principles and the basis of the w ole. If the object sought was in reality responsibility, the course adopted was the very reverse of that which ought to have been ur- sued. Was it not evident to every naprreju iced mind that such responsibility was not attaina- ble by coustitnting e a body re re- sentin the Crown and the Government? The Assem I ought to be a are representation of the poop e, and its functions merely legislative. But what was it under the existin system, but an unconstitutional mixture of s inistrative and legislative powers‘ The proper functions of the people's represenmtivcs were pure legis- lation and a vigilant and jealous resistance to the undue assumption or exercise of power by the Crown or the Government. But these func- tions were not compatible with the presence, in the Assembly, of so many members of the Go- vernment and Government Oflciels, as were quite sulcient to enable the Government to secure and exercise undue inllueucc, and tobring a ma‘ rity into subjection to their will. Under the 0 system, do ective as it may have been, the representatives of the people had it in their power, at all times, to impeach any Public Ol- cer whom they might have had rcaaonso t of any culpsb e neglect of duty or fraudulent ' ' public moneys; and nothin him no is power r so 0 B r T hiin by means of such impeachment. But how stood the case now. If a Government Oficer were char in the Assembly with mal- rac- tices, defa cation, or embcsxlement in hiso cial capacity, who would constitute the tribunal be- fore which he would be ut on his trial! Not independent men, men vin_g no immediate connexion with him; but himself, and men whose interests were closely identified with his, and who were bound to him by the ties of cm- cial brotherhood. Such a state of thin not compatible with public libert a regard to the public intercom. W t could he tedfrcm it, but that olcials, whatever in ividusl " ‘ “ ' ‘ would support and defdiid each otheif, as the had the power to 0 report evil report! A collector of uh in revenue, so sheltered and protected, mi t, were he able to devise some ingenious, but tive and fraud- ulent mode of transacting the. usiness of hi: olce and keeping his accounts, go on, yserafter ya’, J 5 an - - chi... self by his cmbesslements. He spoke on neral prinei lcs, and wished merely to show w atwas possilblia under such a system of oloiel union combined with an undue ascendancy in the As- sem y. He did not, by any means, intend that his observations shonlt‘lfio.ocahpi‘oi:‘e bplliief that he an poscdor suspected t u ,ei «system- etlpeall or otherwise, was tiscd in any of the pa lic close. But who hedcsiredtomakc manifest was, t if fraud were so practised, there could not, under use existing system, be found a majority, in the Ammbly, so melled and indcgpdeut, as to put having a asst rein hirly nap h s trial. lfheir-e mls lmbt: thus the mi 1 of tel.‘ majo- r t mam y, rcspons i to c - pleywas virtually done away with." It was P3- enthuaissm, and cunningly arou expectations c l to secure integ- of a portion of the electors. It m‘ t suitthem rity of act on their part. But file was a to assert, as an undeniable feet, t they lmd lse conclusion, for w a t an beeuchosen, by the poo e,aftcr mature delibe- their la the as to scrern ration, and through a ull ccnvietiouthat they olciel ds usnciss,if in ,many grtat ‘ most d his evils m ht be perpetrated irlithin that period of time, ‘as it was. muc.yIi:i'glit sneer at the Am exercised he is -