-—-.- jflyaeirmb’ VOL. 22. CIIARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1852. N0. 1158. Itytstatiur fltotrrutiigc. HOUSE or ASSEMBLY. CONDENSED REPORT‘. WIDNIIDAY March I0. I862. Ilssaaoe or Mrs l'.xc:i.t.citcx use Ltsur. Govcastos QONCIIICING Mr. MOON ttv's Btr.t.. to consent. I’s.ora.ic- rose to Rscoau Tlllll. 'l‘i'ri.i:a. The llon. tha COLONIAL SI-1Cll.E'l‘ARY,dolivered the follow- Ing Message froiu His Excellency, the Lieutenant Governor : M l-:.\.\‘A(:E A. Bartiteaasarr, Lieutenant Governor. In the Journal ofthe House of Asseiirbly, ofthe 8th instant, the Lieutenant tiovernnr observes, that " An .-\ct to require Iaindlerils, or Clitiiiiants nl Rent. to put the Title b whiclt they claini, on re- cord, in the proper Ulllcea of ecord in t is Ialniid, was read a third time, pas sent to the Council by Mr. Moons ." The Lieutenant Governor sees in the volente of Statutes recently tiblished, page 831, that an Act with precisely the sairie 'l‘itle, was issltowed by his Majesty. King Williatn the 4th, in I882. 'l'he Lieutenant Governor would, therefore. refer the House of Assetitbl to their Jnurrials for I85|, Appendix I".) where tltey will lindgn Instruction front Her MttjesYy to the Lieutenant Gover- stor, _which it will be his duty to obey; the Instruction is as follows : " It is our further will and pleasure, thafynu do not re-enact any Law to which the sssetit of us, or our Royal Prsdecessors, has once been refused, without express leave for that purpose, lirst obtiiined from us. upon ll full representation by you lobe made to us, through one of our Principal Secretaries ol'§tat‘o, of the reasons arid neces- sity for passing such a Law." Govtgaamsar Iltillll. Marclt l0, I852. Mr. PAI..\II".R. Iwas not presetit when the Bill passed, orl should have opposed it; and sill tlituk, its principle objectionaltle, and quite coiicur with IIis Excelleticy in his reiisoiis as expressed against it. Neveriln-less. tlte Message in of ii novi-.l chairaicter_; ntiil directly tends to a positive viuluiinii of the privileges of tltis House As long as I have had the hnitnur ofa seat in the seem- bly, Ih:ive never, antil itnw, lttitiwii such it course to be pursued by the lleprt-eeittative ofthe Sovereign. I fully subscribe to tlte ' stnesa of the observations contained in His Exi:ellcttcy‘s Messrige: til I insist decidedly protul iigiiitiet the time utid timiiticr which he has r-hnsun for their crteitciwiirra. I e is only one lminch of the Lig- gislaiura; and he cannot, withouta positive violation of the privi- Iegeit-If piirliaitieitt, directl ititerposc his opinion concerning any measure is progress through either ofthe uilier two brunc vs. I entertain ell due respect for Ilia Excellency, both in his private rhu- rscter and legislative crtpnr-icy ; but I cannot allow the respect to which he is justly entitled front me in either unit of view, to opt- weigh the obligation under which I lie, to endeavour to preserve in- violate the privileges of parliament. 'I‘he proceeding of llii. liv- cellancy, on the present occasion, is certaitily tnost extrum~.trii'try end unjiistiliable; and I will not allow it to pass without I'et‘.<ittllIIg my protest against it. It is altogether uitprecedcnted. No previous Governor ever presumed directly to ititerpoiio his opinion witliu view of arresting any measure in ngre-s through tlte l.egielulIN¢. Iiowevarintproper and unprstilialile e tnay have deemed it: and if we allow this Message to he entered upon our Journal. We Ihlll thereby be establishing a very dangerous precedent, its ri-spects the privileges ofthe pet-p e 'l‘lte views which His Excellency sitter- tairis concerning the llill to which his Mess-tge refers, are perfectly correct; but the otily proper time to declare them to the Legislature is. when the Bill shall be laid before hint for his sanction. _ iiot iitake these remarks under the influence of any political feeling against His Excellency, who, as the Representaiive_ ofller Majesty, 3. held in as bggh rgspect by it e, as by any other individual of the coiiirituitity; but I iiiaititain it behaves every member pf this House, ‘ f , to rnteat against such un- due iiiterfereitce as U attempt»-d by the present Message of His Ex- ee'leney, and to oppose its being entered upon the Jolmial of the case. Ilott. COLONIAL SECRETARY. I imagine Ilia Excellency has sent this Message to the Assembly. influenced by the s_ti posi- tion, on his part, that we riiay not have known. lllfll by the tr-yril Instructions. he is prohibited from givin his assent to the Bill In question, hr.-cnuso ibe'Ro_val Allowance ltss already been refused to it Bill for the same purpose as the present one. I am of opinion, that the only object iif Ilis Excellency, in sending tlits Meseiige, is to apprise us oftlie rcstrictiiiiiii imposed upon hint, by_the. Royal Instructions, with respect to such measures; and to avoid his being obliged to refuse his assent to a Bill passed by the two Ilnuses of the Legislature. The Bill itself is it highly proper and necessary one. It is l Bill which ought to have been passed into ‘ll law long ago; and I can conceive no other reason for its not liaving become law, but the opposiiioii tnade to ii. at lloiiic, liy and on accouirt of, proprietors who have not good and sutiicierti Titles to the lands claimed liy tlietti in this Colony. s _ _ The Hon. the SPEAKER suggested, that the proper time for dis- cussing the rliarncter of the Message, would be, when the Journitls should he read nextday. He himself did not ltceitute to pronounce the Message eltogltcr unconstitutional. As tiaving reference to what he been already done by the House. it was, he said, in its dic- tstorisl character, a work of supererogittiort. It cou.d not then, as tiis Excellency tiiust have known, reverse wlint had been doite by the Assembly with reepccl to the Bill IIII]Il0IIll.llI;dl'l(.IgII|8t'¢IOI’Q, it scented to hiiti, that the only object Ilis Bxcelleitcy could have in view, wits swaying the other House in their action on the Bill; than which, nothing could more unconstitutional. ’l'he o tints, however, or considering the character of the Message, he was bound to say, would be on the reading oi‘ the Jourital on the marrow. ‘I subject matter of the Message would not properly belong to the llouss until then. Before that time, it could be re- garded only as belonging to His Excellent: and his advisers. Hon. Mr. Ct)I.Es. 'l'he proper tints ortakirtg into considera- tion the Message of His Excellency, is, I rnairitnin. 'I'° rI""°"lt ptid not to-morrow; and in opposition to the opinion, both it the INI- porable the Speaker and the honorable and learned itieniber for Charlottetown, Ialso maintain, that the Message is not unconsti- tuiiunal. His Excellency, by this Message, has shown very great consideration for the House. He saw tltettlie House were proceed- in to use a Bill. to which the Royal Allowance ltad been already I sd), without having obtained Iler Majesty's periiiission tor the -e-introduction offie measure; and the step taken by Ilis l-.xcel- gncy‘tIl, evidently proceeded from his it 're to put the House nto the proper course, end to eat a nngntory result to their sboars, with respect to tlis Bill in question, which might have been be case, ltad Ilis Excell-may soitlserl his knowledge of‘ the Royal rtnstructitns, as atfectirig it, to his own breast. In cones-quettce of the information conveyed to as, by this Mssngs of his Excellency, eve are placed in a situation to address Her Majesty this Session, on 1|" guirjscr ofthe Bill, setting forth the necessity for its allownitce, Instead having to postpone that step until the next Session of the Legislature, as would have been the ciise without the timely inti- matloii given in His Excellsrn~y‘s Message. It is in no way uncon- ptiisiional, and neither is it at all derogatory to the dignii of the Assembly. for the Governor, at any tirtte, to lay before I siti all, or any portion, d'tbs ltoysl Ieatrar-tions by which be ‘u hoend get, with respect to lqlslative sieitsurea. in his capacity of Iler Ma- sty's llepruseritetive; aed least of all, can it be so‘, when the ob- ject must evidently lie, to spike the lloesri of the course to be per- seed by theat fur the ettelrieiat at‘ any sed which the may have Itumflflblgl view. “I.'h is its far rernov as possible -1 mm dictat . It Is, IIQI “lb! ofit fact, which it seems His El leer lsppellll th to have overlooked or forgotten; ggd ltereinlnztlisin ofit,eIly.thst thy may have time, before tlte class oft . In Its suississ occasioned by their oversight G fvf[l|fIl0% Oflln B“ is which the Message has gang, is prsst-at,-itts aasts. sad has the seine title, as one which was formerly fie , led from which glu Ioyfl Allowance IOI ' ...t.arasaas.rttss'os'tr"a's'°“'”i'u'i-""-.ut"""'i'i' , I pbialssd. v_ tessivstbnestlsa smlsullosynvsit ptthsagspsa-b'1‘thstIsIlsasssstIs bfifls. lie neat- . _. .. . « K’ . V .v. fest intention of His Excellency is, to put the Assembly in s ositicu to procure the complete passage oftlie Bill next Session. ‘ Ex- celleiicy_‘s desire, is to co-o crate wit the representatives of the Pen la in all measures lor t a public good; and unlike some of liia pr eceeaors. one of whom took occasion to shew his face, ilirough ll“! half-opened door of the President's roont, to sortie members of the Legislative Council, to iriliitiidiitii them from voting in favour of a Bill to which be was opposed, His Excellency only requires to be correctly informed concernin any measure, calculated to promote thcgensrsl interests oftlte people, that he may help to proinute it. This. I In iifllflinr is the proper time for the taking of Ilia Excellen- cy's .\ csattge itito consideration, and for the adoption of that course wliichp due consideration rfii.,will clearl suggest; and which, I think, is to agree to a short Address to I er Majesty, setting forth the justice and necessity of II law to coiitpel Prttprietorse to put their Titles on record, to be sccutnpariiel by a copy ofthe Bill for that purpose agreed to by this House, and praying Her llluji.-aty‘s porniiuiuit to introduce it next Session. But as regards the course wlitch I, individually, have pursued with respect to the Bill, I beg leave to remind the House, that on the second reitding of t e Bill, I up ised the Ilouse of the position in which His Excellency would be piiiced, with respect it) it, attould it be carried through the two Houses. and that w en it was passed, was not present. Mr. .lION'I‘GO.\IERY. Icannot conceive of what use His Ex- cellent.-y‘s Message cmi now be to this House. 'l‘lie Bill to which it refers has been passed by us; and is now before the Legislative Council, and be nnd our reach. Ilon. CULU. IAL SECRI'I'l‘.\RY. His Excellency's object, I |"¢P¢=|l. ii aviileotly to assist the Iloiise, with respect to the Bill, b putting us irttn the right track. With respect to the tone in whlc the honorable the Speaker liiis alluded to His Excel|ency's Advisers, ll ‘Gt-'|'|9dr that he was of opinion, that they did not possess the confidence of the House. Ifha really thinks so, I would advise him to get a Resolution to that elfect moved; and, if it he carried, he will soon be gratified by their resignation. 'l‘lie Ilon. the SPEAKLII explained, that he had before intimat- ed to the House, that by pzirisiiig the Bill, they would be calling upon IIIII Excullenc to do that which, b the Royal Instructions, he was precluded rotii doing. He denied, that he had said, it was derogatory to His Excellency to aeiid such ll lllessage to the House; but iid-iiiitied, that he had said, and was persuaded, that the pro- ceeding was uncomititution.-il. He further added, that he believed, such a step had never before been taken b an Governor of the Colony. i.-xcept by Sir II. V. Iluiitley, with respect to an account of Dr. Holikirk for public itiediciil services. However clear the [loyal Iiiatructioiis were to His Excellency, they could not be more so to ltiiii, than tliev were to the Asscmlily, who were in posse-ssiou of them. as well as himself; and itucli ii Message to the Assembly coiicernirig them, was, in his opiitiun, at once superetogaiory and utii-oitrititutiiitial. Hnti. .\Ir. l’UI'E. The opinion of the Speaker is uncalled for, unleashi beiippealed to, antl except with respect to it breach of privilege, he has no right to obtrude his opinions on the llouse on any measure. before the subject is put into the liatids ofthe Clerk. merely to ullirid liiinselfitri opportunity of iirruigititig the advisers of the Govermiieiit. The .\less.ige of Ilia Excellency is not a imit- ter of privilege, it does not relate to atiy Bill in progress in this llouso, andit should not be considered by the llouse with closed oors; Ido not wish any thing which tifl'ects the interests of the people to be debated upon in secret. \Vhen Sir Alexander Ban- tteriiian crtiiiu to the Colony, he was well informed coiicerning the course which had been pursued by some of liia predecessors in the (ioverniiteiit, particularly, as respected the nature and object of their Private Despaitcliea; u so is stated a his, with the dis- closures ittzide to liirti on that head. that he detzlared he would never write ll secret llespatch; but would consult wiilt the people, coninraiiicate with their repre-ietitatives, lay his instructions. if ne- ursee. lie so In been read to the House, by the lion. the Colonial Secrstar , is, I take it, in perlect uttisoit with the declaration of His Excellency to which I liiive just adverted, and is a proof of the friendly spirit by which Ilia Excellency is actuated in all ltis coirimuniciitions with the Assembly. Ile tells as, fairly and candidly, that, he is pre- cluded from giving his assent to the Bill in question: but, at the same time, indicates to us a course, by which, we shall have the best chance of obtaining our object. If the course taken by Ilia Excellency ltiid dictiited to the House, it would have been a lirertcli of privilege; but it is not, ns it has been represented by the lion.»- riible the Speaker and the lioiioralrle and learned tiieiiiher for Char- ottotown, any attsumptiiin ofn right to dictate to the Iliiuse. would he the first to oppose any undue iiiterft.-renca with the pro- ceedings of this House; but Ilia Ext: :lloiicy‘s lllue-urge is ofit total- ly dilfercnt character. It is the lirat time that tiny (iuvcrnor of this Loloiiy, so for us I know, has voluntarily allirrded assistance to the Assembly, by it suggestion, eiiiamitirig solely from his own good seitse and good feeling. , its well as the llnii. Ir. Coles, liovve- ver, called the iittention of tlte House to the fact, that by the Roy- ul Instructions, Ilia Excellent: is precluded from giving his llluielll to any Bill, frotn which the l{oyal Allowiitice has been formerly withheld, unless its re-iiitroiluclion ittto the Legislature aliall hate been authorised by the lloyul permission; and, at the same time, advised the hotiiiruble member, Mr. Mooney, to follow up the object of his Bill, by Address. Ifhe do, he will, I believe, have the support of Ilis Eiicelliincy; and I aiti sure, he will have that of His Excellency ‘s Governtiteitt. We are here to do public‘ ser- vice witltoui oversteppiug the bounds of moderation or propriety; but we lose sight of that duty, when we allow ourselvert to stop aml quibble about every little seeming irregularity. or unimportant deviation front the beaten use we suci-eed in procuring the lloyal Allowance to a Bill to compel Proprietors to register their 'I‘itIss, we have shall, I believe, thereb do a service to the Island. With respect to that measure, I rnysi-I will act in pursuance ofthe sentiments vi-liicli I have now enunciated; and, if llis Excellency consult me concerning the measure, I shall advise him to assist us in our endeavour to procure Her Majesty's permission for the re- introduction ofthe Bill. .'lIr. MOONEY admitted,-that both the Hon. Mr. Pope and the Hon. Mr. Carlee had told him of the obstacle to the passing of the Bill intoypossd by is Royal Instructions; but he was not a ntan who can be easily turned frottt his object or driven frorii the track. Ile had looked for himself, and after ltiiving well cortairl-ercd the subject, he felt persuaded, that if good reasons could he uddur-ed in support of the Bill, it would receive the Rmal Allowance. He did not, he said, wish either to o pose the (mveriirnent or to se- piirate himself from the majority; cause, iflie did, he would not know where to go, to be er is of public good. It hegot but little, for the people, front i to Government and the majority, he would gain nothing b joining the minority. From the Guvorii- merit and the majority, he hoped to gain a little now and then; but from the minority, he could not, under an circumstances, expect ncessiuns, having for their object, I ' iilipioveirtettt of the condition ofthe people generall . He was very proud. that he had ferreted out the Bill to compel Iyhopvietsrs to register their 'l'illoI. and been directly instrumental in causing its IO-Iltll'0tIll¢II0l|,lIllt‘I as it had now seed the Assembly it aecosd time, he was very sanguine that, if properly followed up, it would receive the Royal A low- anre» 'I'lie Loenrithls members of the Government to wbotii he lied alluded, had told hint that his intended reintroduction of the measure would be prsetstsre : its lied, ltswsvei, persevered, not- withstanding their dissppreliatiss of his inteittioii; and the Bill had beenrpeued by the Hesse; and, a way baviag been pointed out to _ltiitt erssceriug iislsalsesssss. he wseld sot be slow to pursue II. Hoe. Mr. COLES. I srsssot is the Hesse when the Bill passed. lfl lied been prssset.whse tbs Ilill was reported. Irflfil in in Cum- tnlttse, I would have prnpsssd to arrest its planed lltfift-'. Iml l_III'-'0 , recstiimsnded tlie adnptioe of an Addreasto er Majesty. briefly I sstti lhrtli the necessity and justice of the insaaur_e, and praying Iler ajsst ’s consent for the raintfttdtltllfill Ofllli B[“- "' "'9 ""‘ session of the Legislature: and this is the court-e_. Wl"¢lt I “P!-jclflll would be pursued by the Iloese, at that stage, with respect in it. Mr. IPAIJLAY. He was sot. be said, so conversant with the usages of the I-lease as sorrte other members of it ; list he was not so iguotsnt of the rfiilve duties of the different bflncllfl of IIII I.eg‘isliitsrs, as net ts knew that HE Elcellstie ‘a Message was a direct vistatlce sf the prlvllqsssl‘ the Assent y. lftbs overti- sr were to be is fess with isessersl la progress thsqhtbsIqlIlItltlrOrtOdbtsts.sltIsrts&sepsIIsssssrth¢ Q ~ > .‘.....,,~. rt,-5.1-.,.— ~ , for tho representatives 0 the people to go onto, and leave H is xcellency and ltia advisers to dispose of all public business, as they might think best. With respect to the Bil itself to which the Message bed reference, it was not to be supposed that the Governor could. ltnow how it would af- fect the general interests of the people. is well as those who lied been longer in the Colony, aitd wire consequently better acquainted with the sentiments a peculiar circumstances and position of the people in general, with respect to the proprietors and their titles ', Wlllr therefore, to him (Mr. M‘AULAY) ititeriercnce of His Excellancy—settirtg aside all consideration of its unconstitutional charitcter—appeared to be very injudicious. The Titles of Proprie- tors had ollen been called in question b the tenaotr ; a record o them li:id long been demanded; and a (Mr. M‘Au|ay) believed that much dissatisfaction on that subject would continue to felt tliroughout the Colony, until they should be recorded. The hon. member, after having taken up the Royal Instructions. and road that portion of them to which IIis Exce|lency’s Message refor- I‘t_id_. proceeded further to observe upon what he considered the pre- ctpitancy of His Excellency with respect to the Bill, in questinu, reniarlrtrig that the Bill was in the hands of the Legislative Coun- ¢|l. and that as it was intpossible for His Excellency to know what ulterntions it might uiidargo before they had done with it—wliether ll "light. not be altered altogether in title and forin—aiid whether it _W0|lhl. in the end, canto within that class of Bills to which, by his instructions, he was precluded from giving his assent —it was quite clear that his’ ' " , owevor ,’ ' ' ‘ in ii ’ ' ' point of view, was quite as titucli so oit account of the time at which he had chosen to lllll c it. ‘Mr.’ MUN l‘GOIIIlltY. His Excellency's advisers had loads no objections to the proceedings of the Assembly, with respect to the Bill, and had not, by a vote upon it, at any stage, attempted to pre- _nt its buing carried through the House. It‘: knew that the Bill hzidbeen unconstitution.tlly introduced, it was their duty to er- rest it-it was their duty to prevent the passage of any unconstitu- IItin:|l' measure ; and, if they had done their duty, with respect to the Bill iaque-ition, they would not only have prevented the as. sage ofari unconstitutional measure, but they would have prevented a breach of the privileges of tltc House by the uiicotisiitiitiotial Mess.-igc which had just been delivered to it. However unconstitutional the Message may be, it is liriritilcss enough in itself. It cannot undow at has been done; and, lit fact, it amounts to no more tltau this : " You have done wrong ; trike care not to do so again.” _ Mr. Wltill l‘.\lAN. He supported the Bill, because he believed ll l-1 he a just and necessary one. Ila wits aware of the Royal In- structioirri; but he thought that an Address from the Atiseititily to Iler Maijasly, setting forth the necessity :trid justice of the measure, would be iiio"ed and adqpted to reittedy the irregularity attendant upon the reintroduction o the measure without Iler Majesty's con- 1 0 seat. Mr. DOUSE. He was at a loss to understand the conduct of the Governmeiit, vvi'h respect to the Bid. lie was surprised that, after having allowed the Bill to past, they should object to it; and, in or- der to intercept it, advise His Excellency to an act of unconstitutional Interference. lIu thought, that such proceedings on the pit! of the government members could not fail ti shew the people. that they were occ.-isionrtlly swayed by other considerations (wlintever they might be) of more w_eight and moment to thorrisolvcs, than an. open and f.tir discliarge of their duty to their constituents. Mr. MOONEY informed the House, that the Bill was still in his posseseiiiii. The reasiiii of its being so, he s'iid, was, that for three days, the two llouses had not been sittin at one time: and conse- quently, he had held no opportunity to to c it up. Ilon. Mr. COLES again stated, that lie was not in the House when the Bill pztiisutl; and t|i.it therefore, he had not had an oppor- lttiiily to arrest the progress ofthe Bill on its being reported agreed to in Coinmiitee, by praposiiig .1 suitable Address on the subject to Her .\I:ijL-sly. The liortoriible ineiriber then moved, that IIIH Order for carrying the Bill up to the Council be discharged, and that a Coriiinitice be appointed to prepare the Draft ofan Address to the Queen, praying Iler Majesty 's permission for the reintroduction of the measure lllr. M'AUI.AY would willingly second the motion for the ap- pointmertt of it Cornmittec to prepare the Draft ofan Address to Her Majesty in support of the Bill. Mr. I’AL\Il'IB.. If we agree to the motion which has just been lllfltla. W0 Illllil. in my opinion, s.-irt.:tinii the iiiterfcrciico of Ilis Excellency. Such ti step its Illlll now proposed, would, I lllllllllltltl, be positively wrong. The Bill, tiltlinugli it is not, might now to to be in the h:titds ofthe I.egi.<lative Council; and this lluuse has no right to retain it, with it view to future action IllI.'l’e0ll, irierely because the honorable member, whose duty it was to take it up to the other House, has. for three or four days, neglected, or had no opportunity to do so. If the Bill be now sent up to the Council, as it ought to be, we cannot tell ltow they may deal with it: they may make very iiiaterial alterations in the body of the Bill; and with it new title, refer it back to this Ilouse, for their concurrence; or they Iiiiiy Wish to have it priritcd,so that it ma not be pa.--ed before all parties interestt.-d shall have had full iiifurniritiou concern- ing it. The evil to be ripprclieiitlcd from the adoption ‘ll the course proposed, must, Itltinli, be aim evident to the whole House. It would, undoubtedly, be estztli i.-thing a precedent for most uiir-.on- slitutioiial iiitcrfercnce by one Branch ofiho I.cgi.~ilature with ano- tlicr, in allowing the Repre.-teiitalivo of the Sovereign to pronounce upon a legishttive measure I)L'Iitrt.! its being snlirnitted to hirii, in regular piirliitinentary course, for his assent or rejection. But as to whether the Message shall be allowed to appear upon the Journals of the Ilouse or not, that is, comparative it question oflittle or no nio- inent. Not so, however, the riiotion of the honorable member, the Leader ofthe liovertiineiit; for to act in pursuance of tliui trio- tion, would be practically to uckitowletlge the right of one Branch of the I..egisl.iture to dicta! to niiotlter; and would, on the part nftliia llouae, amount to a most culpable surrender ofthe privileges of the people; for it would be impossible to say, how fair it might. licreaftcr ' I, therefore, think it the duty of the Ilouse to express their dissent from the priiiciplo involved in the lllessngc, however favourable an iiiterpretrition they iii:iy be dis mod to III a in the motives by which it has been dictated. As to the Bill itself, I do not approve of it, and I would have voted against it, lnid I been iii the House when the questiort was put upon it. But I am quite willing to give His Excellency credit for wishing to see all things diitie cou- stitutioniilly: and I do not iiicliiie to censure him or itiiy intention to violate the privileges of this House by the Message under con- siderntion. 'l'he blame rests wholly with his Advisers. Ilud they done their duty in this House, there would have been no occasion, no necessity, for such a Message. But their duty they had not done. They had rather slept upon their posts. They had rillovrcd the Bill to pass through all its stages, wiiltout once dividing the House upon it. they had really intended to shew that the intro- duction uftlte measure was irregular, aitd uiiaiinoiioncd by them, they should have recorded their votes against it. But totillow them now, without opposition, to carry their motion for discharging the Order for can ing up the Bill (which has been so strangely delayed) to the Counci , would be to conseitt to the creation of a iirost dan- gerous ptecedeiit for future innovation ofthe privileges of the popu- lar Branch of the Legislature, and every faithful represen- tative of the people in this House, will rise up and oppose it, (To be continued.) - The American Board have recently opened a mission upon the Microneaiait island, near the equator, 8,000 miles southwest of the Sandwich Islands, where the gospel has nover been preached. The iiihrrttitants are said to be mild, amiable, and unwarlike, who give a higher riinlt to their wornett than any other heathen nation. The have no idols, no temples, no sacred da sor priests. but ray to and worship the spit its oftheir itncestrirs. ’ ‘hey have heiird torn sitilnra the great change in the Sandwich Islands, and the advantage of ii, and have sent for titiasiottaries to come and improve their condition. A Missionary in India writes :—" I am more than ever convinced that Mxtttouisat is better adapted than any other system in con- un the world. It seetns especially adapted _to meet the spiritual ' wants of u,asw country this it supplies agencies that no other sys- tem adopts, rushes available every rticle of talsst that it Cherch may contalit, and w tbsgrsatest aslllty strikes!’ ' ' every dlrestlss." UNITED‘ ITATII. . , (pm. or Haws. British Mru asuriess. Hey :5 The R. II. 8. districts, arrived from Baden, this about 5 to] o'cIoctr.—8tte lisd I0 Paassegare as board. J whom were for Halifax, and brought dstss to ID CI 1 The only news besides that pnvisssly seesivsd. B the arrival at’ K|p_ssutbat|tlis Cspljiadl, whvqye he was rsecsivsd Ebb e_ is way is stop at orcestsr, priiiglie . which places he was most satliasianicsly recs ed. . The Steamer .Nbrlhsrtt Light, two week later from Califsrela. and the Franklin, from Hat-re, both arrived at New York en‘ the 21th inst. The news from the mines was very oltserlrtg. sad gold data‘ in into San Francisco In large qttetititiss. o other news of im s..atell of Kossuih arrived at srssy city as tbehrtli, when lie was res ' t ceived by the military and city sai An alarm of fire on the merning ofthe Ild. hlttigbt set the lie- en, soon after which dimes burst out of the Netbeel Theatre. lfldllitflhln a short time was totally destroyed, with several baildiiga I IIIIIH s II‘he edsott, at Albany. on Tuesday sgais lesttdstsd the Pit. and lloodsd tlto cellars in the viciaity,to the serious iatsrraptise of sincss ‘I ’l‘he steamer Pocahontas from Arltensss, bound to New Orleans with 2,560 bales of cotton, toolt hrs on the Missisippi, and burned to the water's edge. Boat and cargo total loss. Tait persoes were either liurnt or drowned. ’l‘tts N. Y. Mirror states. that Madame Koeiiatb has written it work on America, which will shortly be published in that city. Doves, N. ll.—'I‘bs Cocltes river had risen to as enues height. the water, to the depth of three feet, overflowing the wharfs and doing much datrtttge. Dwight Johnston, an extensive pradaee dealer in New York, III- pended payment on the 23d. Texas advices report a violent Tornado iii the lower part of Washington County. The corn and cotton crop have been seriously iiijurotl by the frost. 'I‘lie Brazos river has overllotved the whole country tlirottgll which it runs. doing immense ‘damage. ‘ Burnett's furnishing warehouse at Cincinnati has been burnt. Insured for 820,000. 'I'liieo whiile ships with valuable cargoes, arrived at New Badfcrd on the 22d inst. I-‘rom almost every part of the country. advices reach Boston announcing tiiore or less destruction occasioned by the overflowing \VllII!l‘l. A destructive fire occurred at Springfield on the morning of the 23d, destroying five or six fine stores. A New Planet has been discovered at the Royal Observatory, Naples, by Professor do Gaspatis. This is the liftli discovered by this gentleinan. During the last five inontlts, 85,000 cases boots and shoes have been shipped from Boston, and l20,000 bales of cotton received.‘ A new piece of the value of two shillings, stg., called a Florin, has been issued front the mint. . ' CaIhoan‘s son is reported to have died with cholera, also twelve negroea. The disease brolts out among a gang in Georgia, There were 534 birilia at sea, on board ships arriving in the port of New York during the year I851. . ‘ Na leon issues public documents in his own name as Pre- sident of the Republic, and no longer iii the name of the le. A plan for it suspension bridge across the t. Lawrence at Que- bec. is before the Coittiiiori Council of that cit . Young potatoes and onions appeared in the New Orleans market a week ago. Strawberries were also in nburidance on the 25th ult. A great fresher has occurred at San Antonio, Texas, recently, by which several lives were lost. I-‘noes IIAVAKA.--I)iIlt2l from Ilavana to llith instant have been received at New York.—'l‘he affray represented, in the telegraph dtispiitcli from New Orleans, to have talten place between English and American sailors, was between them joiiiil on the one art, and Spanish sailors on the other. Troops were all called to the aid of the latter, and succeeded irt bayoneting one English- ntan and one American. The Aiiterican wits su po to be mor- tally vtoundcd. It is said, that English and rnericnn sailors al- ways fraterrtize with each other, when they have any third party to contend \\'I'tlI, of sutlicient iriipoitancc to deserve tlteir atten- tton. 'l‘lre new Governor General nfCuba had arrived. Much regret was expressed at the removal of General Couclia. Prince Scliwarizmrlturg, the Austrian Prime Minister is dead. Ile died front ll stroke of npuplexy. He was the bitter Iltllef of IIun- gary, mid tlte perscvulor ofthe Protestititt iiiissioriiiries in that coun- try. Kits.-tulll has one enemy less now, but there are plenty more of such riten in Austria. A Spain.-rlt lady, writing from Wasliington, says of Henry Clay: “ I iirir not able to give you an adaqtnitc idea of his state. Ilia c 2 alone sltowa hint not (lead! Ilis lin era are a itkeleton's,-—lhe countenance cadztvt-roan, yet vviilial, his mental faculties are unim- paired and as vivid as ever.” ILLUMINATING I.lGl-I1‘ llovst:s.—I')r. Geaner, of Halifax, N.S., as has been iiicntionord iii mir columns in Vol. 8, discovered, in his geological surveys in New Ilruiiawick, valuable deposits of as- plialtuin, which, by an improved apparatus and mode of treating it wliitzli we witncrisitd in this city, tinikcs a most beautiful illumi- nitiiig gas. He has applied it to the purpose of ttinkingn brilliant light in llglilltoultts upon the coast. The lighthouse st Mc:tghcr‘s Beach, Nova Srzotia, has been placed by government under hie cltargo. He has illuminated it at a charge of (H00 per annulll, mak- ing it satin of $250 per nnuuiii. 'I'lie Doctor proposes to furnish the other liousi-a in the entire tiritnncr. He also states, that he can erect liglrs along the slinre, without expensive houses, b raising poles and placing the lights upon tlietii.-—JV'. Y. Scisnltjiic finic- rtcriri ~ . Tilt: lama F.xr:nt1'to.v.—l\lr. \Vebeter’s instructions to Com. Auln-k. wlm has cltaruc ofthe Japan expedition, explains the objects of this rrmlertakin,-1 III the sultjoined passages :— t is the l’resnleni’a opinion that step! should be taken at once to enable our enterprising iriercltants to supply the last link in that great chain, which unites all nations of the world, by the v:ir.y eetahlialtmcnt of a litre of steamers from California to China. In order to facilitate this enterprise, it is delireble that we should obtain from the Emperor of Japan permission to putclirieo fiotn liie eulijucte the necessary eiippliee of coal, which our eteztiners. in their out and inward voyages may require. The President has tlrangltt it proper to invest you with full power to negotiate and sign a treaty of snrii and contmercte between the United States and the Empire of spec, It is important that yott should secure to our vessels the rinht to enter one or tnore of the ports ofJapan, and there to dispose of their cargoes either by sale or by barter, without being subjected to extravagant port charges ; and even more important is it that the government of Japan should liiiid itself to protect American llllorl and property which may be on IIll‘I|’ shores. ' I"rtn.ii Rio Jaastao.—A letter from the Seautca's Chaplsla at Rio de Janeiio, dated March lltti, says- “'l‘he yellow fever is raging in the shipping. "It lies plriioiilarly fatal to seamen from northern ‘urope. eently no Americans were taken ; but now, many with it, and some have been taken to there loitg h foreigners died in the hospital in the month of Fsbrfly, and the disease was still tunic fetal thus far in the month of March. ‘IIIAVI Tlll Ilunniu or IT Evsitv Wxsx.”-—It not uri- fnqtirnily oce-its,wltrti persons are asked,il they will sebscri for s newspaper. or if they slreatl_v take it, that they rt-ply“NeS but neighbour. B. tsltes it, and lhave the reading of it Out] vreolr."-—Such often add. that they like the paper. poste- iintcs they say they consider it " the best pa r they of." They are benefited by the toils, perprxities fld st- rnditars ofiltose who receive nothing frost than is return. Ilsadsr, if you feel rrprcvsd, just send your IIIIO and lake the paper yourself, not lsrgattisg to pay for it. . «-—..izn'issag.~<tp.-:-- ,‘g-,~v;.....-r-so-uaag_ r «raj “aw, "fi__“