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     jeft, and has defended at the tribune, with vigour and 
     
    

    
     talent, the opinions advocated by La Reforme news- 
     
    

    
     per. 
     
    

    
     General Suservic is a general of Napoleon’s crea- 
     
     tion, and won a name in the great campaigns of that 
     
     period, in all which he served. He has had the charge 
     
     of several important posts, in which he has evinced his 
     
     military skill ; and in the Chamber of Deputies he has 
     
     always sat in the ranks of the most decided opposition- 
     
     ists. No one is therefore surprised to see him in the 
     
     post which he occupies to-day, though it is scarcely 
     
     conceivable that a man fashioned by imperial despot- 
     
     ism should be a suitable apostle for republicanism. 
     
     However, the people will find a sure guarrantee in the 
     
     honor and morality of General Subervic, which has never 
     
     been questioned. 
     
    

    
     M. Goupcuaux isa banker of the second, or even 
     
     ‘third, order in Paris, and is only known by being the 
     
     holder of very decided liberal opinions, which have been 
     
     tthe cause of bringing him forward. He is also well 
     
     known by the constant assistance which he gave to the 
     
     National. 
     
    

    
     M. Aveert is merely a mechanic who has been 
     
     called into the Provisional Government—and this is a 
     
     politic measure. Besides, why should not Albert fur- 
     
     nish his share of experience and his patriotism in the 
     
     republican administration. His exemplary conduct, 
     
     and remarkable skill in his profession, had already gain- 
     
     ed him the esteem of his employers and the contidence 
     
     of his fellow-workmen, of which he has received a proof 
     
     in his nomination to the Council de Prudhommes, an 
     
     excellent institution for preserving order between man 
     
     and master. in these late events Albert has shown 
     
     courage, presence of mind, and a devotion which render- 
     
     ed him the equal of all his colleagues in the council. 
     
    

    
     General Bepeav is now in his 44th year. From the 
     
     school of St. Cyr he was appointed to the staff, and 
     
     served successively in the 8th Cuirassiers, inthe Lan- 
     
     cers of the Royal Guards, in the 2nd Regiment of 
     
     Horse Artillery, and in the 13thof the line. Aide-de- 
     
     camp of Generals Ferrier, Gerard, and Schramm, he 
     
     made the campaigns of Belgium in 1831 and 1882, and 
     
     for the last twelve or fourteen years has been among 
     
     the most active and distinguished of the young African 
     
     generals. After Lamoriciere, Changarnier, and Bara- 
     
     quay d’Hilliers, he is considered by the army as the 
     
     very best and most popular officer in France. 
     
    

    
     Cavaienac, the new governor of Algiers, is nephew 
     
     of the General Viscount Cavaignac, son of the conven- 
     
     tional deputy, and brother of the famous republican of 
     
     the mis du Peuple. He is nowin his 46th year. A 
     
     scholar of the Polytechnic, and of the famous School of 
     
     Artillery at Metz, he distinguished himself at Medeah, 
     
     Bouffarik, Cherchell, and all through Africa, not merely 
     
     by the most daring intrepidity, but the most scientific 
     
     knowledge of his profession. It was the opinion of 
     
     Clauzel, Bugeaud, De )’Etang, Vallee, and other com- 
     
     petent authorities, that the army of Africa did not con- 
     
     tain a better officer. 
     
    

    
     M. Caemrecx, the Provisional Minister of Justice 
     
     (deputy for Chinon), was a formidable opponent of the 
     
     late ministry. He exposed all its vices and its weak- 
     
     nesses. He demanded, on the discussion of the game 
     
     law (originated in the peers), the suppression of the 
     
     article which exempts the crown lands from the severe 
     
     provisions of that enactment ; but although successful 
     
     in the deputies, the upper chamber restored the obnox- 
     
     ious clause. M. Cremieux’s parliamentary career has 
     
     been one of the most important and honourable; and, 
     
     in short, he was a leading member of the opposition. 
     
    

    
     M. Betamont isalawyer who sprung from the ranks 
     
     ofthe people; and he certainly will not be likely to 
     
     forget his origin at a time when the great object of the 
     
    

    
     _républic is to organise the well-doing of the people. M. 
     
     Bethmont has not been a prominent character in the 
     
     house ; and, though he voted with the opposition, no 
     
     one could foresee that he would become so decided a 
     
     radical, a change that probably surprised himself as 
     
     much as it did his friends. Nevertheless, should any 
     
     one prophesy the future, judging from his past career, 
     
     they could foresee nothing that would not be favourable 
     
     to the present state of feeling in Franee, for the high 
     
     position he holds in society is entirely owing to his very 
     
     honourable character and most distinguished talents. 
     
    
   
   
    
     HOUSS OF ASSBUBEY, 
     
    
   
   
    
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     PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Monpay, April 3d. 
     
    

    
     The Speaker, who was, since Wednesday, confined to 
     
     his lodgings from indisposition, being able to come out 
     
     to-day,the House met at3 o’clock,and then resolved itself 
     
     into a Committee of the whole on the further consider- 
     
     ation of the . 
     
    

    
     Election Laws.—Considerable progress was made, 
     
     without any important discussion occuring, when at an 
     
     eatlier hour than usual, in consideration of the health of 
     
     the hon. Speaker, the chairman, on motion, reported pro- 
     
     gress and asked leave to sit again. 
     
    

    
     Team Boat.—Mr. Rae remarked that][{he had some 
     
     time since given notice in the order book, relative to the 
     
     throwing open the Ferry across the Hillsborough to 
     
     public competition, in order to the raising a revenue from 
     
     the same. Thehon. member gave notice tothe House 
     
     that he would go into the question to morrow, not wish- 
     
     ing lo to keep theS peaker in his chair. The House 
     
    

    
     then adjourned. : 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     _ Twuespay, April 4th. 
     
    

    
     The House, in Committee, had been engaged during 
     
    

    
     the whole of the day on the Election Bill, upon which, 
     
    

    
     at the evening hour of adjourment, the Chairman report- 
     
     ed progress and asked Jeave to sit again. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ways and Means.—Mr. Thornton moved that it be 
     
     made an order ofthe day to go into Committee on 
     
     Ways and Means to-morrow, and then, at seven o’clock, 
     
     the Elouse adjourned. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Colonial Building.—Previous to the adjournment, Mr. 
     
     Rae informed the House that last Session he, with five 
     
     other members of the House, were named a Committee 
     
     to join the Commissioners appointed to superintend the 
     
     erection of the Colonial Building, but from that time to 
     
     this no meeting had ever been held. He understood 
     
     that the accounts had all been presented, and some of 
     
     them were enormous—one in particular, so much so 
     
     that he could never agree to the payment of it. He 
     
     therefore wished to have his name taken off the Com- 
     
     mittee, and that of some gentleman of Charlottetown 
     
     substituted in its place. 
     
    

    
     Mr. Palmer said he had taken much pains to cet the 
     
     Commissioners and the Committee together by posting 
     
     notices and otherwise. He and the hon. Mr. Coles 
     
     were all that attended the meeting to-day. He (Mr. P.) 
     
     did not think the hon. member (Mr. R.) gave sufficient 
     
     reason for withdrawing, and could assure him that he 
     
     would have opportunity to make his objections to the 
     
     accounts before they would be discharged, as there 
     
     would bea final meeting. 
     
    

    
     Mr. Thornton thought that the hon. member who} 
     
     wished to withdraw from the Committee had stated a 
     
    
   
   
    
     |ions, he would take the sense of the Committee, in the 
     
     ‘first place, on his motion as to whether power should be 
     
     given to the Government to negociate a Loan if required : 
     
     which having been put, passed in the affirmative. 
     
    

    
     Some hon. members saw the difficulty that might arise 
     
     from this —the Government might notsee the necessity 
     
     of negotiating a loan till the Treasury was exhausted, and 
     
     before the loan could be negotiated and made available, 
     
     Prince Edward Island might be in a bankrupt condition. 
     
    

    
     Mr. Palmer strongly urged the necessity of a loan 
     
     being negotiated forthwith, and was sure that if such 
     
     was not now agreed to, they would have to do it before 
     
     the Session closed. 
     
    

    
     Mr. D. McLean thereupon moved that a loan be ob- 
     
     tained previous to the Treasurer commencing to pay in 
     
     specie; to which Mr. Rae moved an amendment “to 
     
     be obtained when necessary ;” and the question being 
     
     put on the amendment, it passed in the affirmative. 
     
    

    
     In the afternoon sitting, the Bill was gone through, 
     
     no other part of it having been discussed except that 
     
     which provided for the payment of a Clerk to the Trea- 
     
     surer, whose services, hon. members contended, would 
     
     be found necessary when the new arrangements came 
     
     into operation. ‘I'he clause was ultimately carried, and 
     
     ‘the amount of the Clerk’s salary fixed at £100. 
     
    

    
     Insolvent Debtors.—Mr. Rae introduced a Bill to a- 
     
     mend the Insolvent Debtors Act, which, on motion of the 
     
     hon. member, was read a first time, and its second read- 
     
     ing ordered for to-morrow. 
     
    

    
     Ways and Means.—On motion of Mr. T'hornton the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘House went into Committee on Ways and Means: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. Le Lacheur in the Chair. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     very strong reason why he should not be allowed to do! 
     
     80. | 
     
     Hon. Mr. Coles said, his name stood first on the Com-| 
     
     mittee, and he was going through the accounts. He. 
     
     believed there was no strong objection to the accounts| 
     
     except in one instance, which one he supposed, was the, 
     
     cause of the alarm of the hon. member, and a few) 
     
    
   
   
    
     others. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Wepnespay, April 5. 
     
    

    
     Election Bill—The House immediately, succeeding | 
     
     the reading of the journals, went into Committee_on| 
     
     further consideration of this Bill. | 
     
     Mr. D. McLean moved an amendment to the effect, 
     
     that no individual should be eligible to represent a 
     
     constituency who had not resided in the district for! 
     
    
   
   
    
     Flour, &<¢. Duty Free.—Mr. Thornton, moved the fol- 
     
     lowing resolutions :— 
     
    

    
     RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of this Committee that the 
     
     several rates and duties imposed and levied under the Act of 
     
     10th Vic. cap. 3, entitled an Actfor raising a Kevenue,” be 
     
     continued for one year from and after the first day of May next, 
     
     Save and-except as expressed in the following resolutions, 
     
    

    
     RysoLvep,as the opinion of this Committee, in the present 
     
     scarcity of Agricultural Produce in this Colony, there shall not 
     
     be any duty imposed on Wheat Flour, Corn and Corn Meal, 
     
     and Oatmeal, Bread, Biscuit, Rice, and Pulse of all descriptions, 
     
     which may be imported into this Island prior to the first day of 
     
     January next. 
     
    

    
     Dr. Conroy would not agree to the admission of Bread 
     
     stuffs free of duty beyond the first of September next. 
     
    

    
     Mr. J. Longworth considered the time of little conse- 
     
     quence ; for if the Island should be favoured with a good 
     
     Crop this year, foreign produce would not come in. 
     
    
   
   
    
     which he offered himself, twelve months previously., | Hon. Mr. Coles rejoiced to hear the motion for admit- 
     
    

    
     Mr Coles thought he could perceive the motive the |ting Bread Stuffs duty free. He knew the Government 
     
     the hon. member was guided by: he finds himself get-|had been censured for not listening to the prayer of a 
     
     ting unpopular, even at home, while those at a distance] Petition signed by fourteen Members of the House last 
     
     are taking up his lost ground. It is not at all probable! year, during the recess, who had guaranteed to indem- 
     
     that the motion will be supported, for in this matter it|nify the Government, should it allow the duties on Bread 
     
     would be arbitrary, and restrain the people from elect-| Stuffs to be taken off; but, he would ask, how did the 
     
     ing the man of their choise, be his residence wherever it| Government know but that the House might be dissolv- 
     
     may. ed before another Session commenced. If the House had 
     
    

    
     Mr. Douse thought the hon. gentleman who just sat! placed a discretionary power in the Executive Govern- 
     
    
   
   
    
     down, wes making too much of the matter, for he (Mr. ment, he had no doubt that Flour and other bread stufis 
     
    
   
   
    
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     D.) could not for a moment imagine that the hon. mem- would be allowed to come in éuty free. 
     
     ber who submitted the amendment could be serious :| Dr. Conroy knew the time when the Executive was 
     
    
   
   
    
     for it was quite in opposition to the practice of the Im- 
     
     perial Parliament, where an Englishman may be found | 
     
     to represent an Irish constituency, or a Scotch one. | 
     
    

    
     Mr. D. McLean said ifhis hon. colleague judged of his’ 
     
    
   
   
    
     not so cautious upon other matters, but there was 
     
     some Members of that body who did not care what they 
     
     did to serve a tyrant and fool. 
     
    

    
     Hon. Mr. Coles said there wasa majority in the Coun- 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. D. McL.’s) unpopularity from the recent election, cil at that time, men of independent spirit and worth, 
     
     he thought the position assumed untenable, inasmuch as| whom the indecent language of the hon. Doctor could 
     
     half the votes were not polled. not injure. 
     
    

    
     Hon. Mr. Coles said, had the Election not closed so| The hon. Speaker said he could only express his re- 
     
     soon, he had not the shadow of a doubt but he should gret that the Government did not then admit Flour 
     
     have been in a majority of 600, and his Election last) duty free,on the guarantee ofa majority of the members 
     
     Spring, when every exertion was used to keep him out/of the House. They weuld have been perfectly justi- 
     
     of the House, plainly shows whose popularity is falling fied, had they done so. ‘The country now feels the effect 
     
     and whose is rising, as the oppositon of the hon. mem-|of the Government’s non-compliance with the prayer of 
     
     ber and others could not prevent him again taking his the Petition referred to. He would not go for a longer 
     
    
   
   
    
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     me ments. 
     
    
   
   
    
     seat. 
     
    

    
     On the question being put, the motion only found one 
     
     more than the mover and seconder to support it. 
     
    

    
     Several divisions took place on the qualification 
     
     clause, which ultimately was left at £50. as before. 
     
     The House, during the whole ofthe morning and a part 
     
     of the afternoon sitting, was engaged on the Bill, when 
     
     it ultimatily was agreed to, with a variety of amend- 
     
    
   
   
    
     Tuurspay, April 6. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Currency Bill.—The House met punctually, and im- 
     
     mediately after the Journals were read, went into Com- 
     
     mittee on the Currency Bill:—Mr. Whelan in the chair. 
     
    

    
     Considerable discussion ensued on the proposition of 
     
     Mr. D. McLean, to open a Credit of Exchange in Lon- 
     
     don, by the Island Government, so that when individuals 
     
     applied tothe Treasury here for specie to remit to Eng- 
     
     land they might be supplied with a Bill of Exchange in 
     
     place thereof. The hon. member contended that if this 
     
     was agreed to, it would render unnecessary the negoci- 
     
     ation of a loan. The motion having been lost, the hon. 
     
     member then moved that provision be made, empower- 
     
     ing the Government to negociate a Loan whenever they 
     
     may see the necessity to do so. 
     
    

    
     A great variety of opinions prevailed as to whether this 
     
    
   
   
    
     motion should pass ' 
     
     as the loan should be raised at once, to be in readiness, 
     
    
   
   
    
     time than September, because many. persons might take 
     
     the opportunity to import a winter’s supply, and thus 
     
     injure this Island. 
     
    

    
     Mr. Montgomery said that asa farmer it might be 
     
     taken for granted that he would not do any thing to in- 
     
     jure the farming interest; yet, from the great distress 
     
     existing, and which, he believed, was in a sume degree 
     
     brought about by the circumstance of many settlers nct 
     
     having sufficient seed to pu tinto the ground Jast spring— 
     
     and this year he was afraid the scarcity in that respect 
     
     would be more severely felt—he should therefore vote 
     
     for the original motion. 
     
    

    
     Mr. D. McLean observed that one good crop would 
     
     cause prices to become Jow again. It was very remark- 
     
     able, he said, to see Flour more than 2d per !b.. and as 
     
     recently as the last fall twelvemonths it was as low as 
     
     134, and in Canada it was something less. Hedid not 
     
     think, therefore, that it should come in duty free for any 
     
     lenght of time. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. Rae believed that in the present cireumstances 
     
     of the country,—scarcity already existing in several dis- 
     
     tricts-—the duties on Jndian Corn, Indian Corn Meal, 
     
     Rye, and Pulse, &c. should be takenoff; but not on 
     
     Flour; because the people ‘in the country who were in 
     
     want would be weil satisfied, could ther, obtain a suf- 
     
     ficiency of the cheaper bread stuffs. T'wo additional 
     
    
   
   
    
     , or whether it should be amended so|reasons moved him to vote for continuing the duty on 
     
    
   
   
    
     Flour: first, that the imported flour was consumed 
     
    
   
   
    
     as soon az the alterations in the Currency would go into|chiefly by those who did not think Island flour good 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     operation ;—others contending that no Loan at all would 
     
     be required. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     enough for their palates. Second, that those in debt for 
     
     rent, or to the Stores, could not get a remunerating 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Mr. D. Mclean said as there seemed so many opin- price for any other article raised on their farms. He 
     
    
   
   
    
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