ivere will‘ teeugage ‘it. And at any rate. the Couiinissiouer ' ‘ald he.:t‘lilierty to consult law.)-ers if they thought proper to Ill! so. Ilon. Mr. POPE observed. that if lawyers were to be admitted es plenrler-s into the Small Debts Courts. it would be much the same ntextendlng a Term of the 8 rcnie Court to the wholti yca Lawyers were very wisely nxclu ed front iiiteriiicddling in such Courts, \vitli the petty affairs usually brought-before them; and. is ffet, were it otherwise, it would, _nt_once be derogntor profession and insulting to the Coinrnissioners. Even ‘amongst such of the Coniniissiouers us were least conversant wiili the Ian‘. tlsrougli a patient hearingef both parties. in the most iritiicate and complicated cases. it fair determination was generally arrived at: but, ifs Commissioner vvereort so it occasion, to be be tired tryosehwyeroeliisrigtitsettanettieronliis . _, completely bewildered, and rendered as incapable of giving a rea- sonable and equitable judgment concerning the matter at issue. as if he had never Iieurd a single wordiabout it. The Smell Debts Courts were bed enough as they were; but should lawyers be nl- wed to pl before them, they would become ii positive ctlflfi l° .‘ 8 .- =' c the country, , Hort. Mr. COLES remarked, that if lawyers were adriiitted to those Courts, every litigant in them, who had ten shillings ' eespura. would spend them in fesing an attorne . If the Loin- n' , however, should find uny sui_t before t in to be so ‘in- volved in legal ambiguities, that it was difiicult for thorn to decide thereon, to their own satisfaction; they might, be thought, he el- letrred to cousulttbe Crowu Law Othoers on the subject of such lefl dificslties. fr. THORNTON. He would be very glad to that Com- missioners in the Sniull Debts Courts. and other Individuals. hav- ing ublic duties to discharge, were entitled ‘Ill cases ‘of ditficulty, to apply to the Crown Laiv Oliiecrs for advice._grat_ir. He hid however, found I at it was not the case; for having himself, on one sueli occasion, applied for such advice. he was told that was not entitled to it. any more than any private_ individual, lwithout a entered thereon. it was taken for granted. that be conceived him- self duly qualified to discluir the duties thereof, and the laws made no provision for his assistance in case of incapacity. With respectio the evils 5'...‘ .. ‘J ' rorii " " _ "_lsIv _e|’la as pleuders, in the Small Debts Courts, they had. in his neigh- hoarliood. suflcient evidence of them, in the persons of a few busy- bodioe. who fancying themselves very learned in the law, fr nont- l eontrived to worm or intrude themselves into I Small ‘ourt, as witnesses or otherwise, greatly to the obstruction of the business therein. If lawyers were admitted to plead. the Com- iniasioners would, frequently. be more at a loss how to decide. after havin heard them, than they were before; _und the Court. instead of ing able to get through their business in a day. would scarcely accomplish it in six. The clause was then agreed to without aineudinsnt. Tuusnsv, Feb 3, lB."iI. NOTICES UPON 'l‘IlE ORDER BOOK. Hen. G. COLES will, at a‘ future day, move for leiive to bring in a Bill to secure to tenants ejected from their lands, cotiipcnsatiou for their improvements. out an rhyme or llony. Mr. to generation. whether he Government on that score. conduct of the late rnsnt were uite as pointinent ofn Market ‘ er . for the repair oft peiisation apprais merit. nine riieiiibe \Vs:nrrssnnr 4th. MORNING SITTING. The Bill to regulate the Sale of Lflsehold Il)lel't."lI. taken in Exe- cution, on motion o Mr. Clark, was read a third time, and passed. Divers petitions were presented by the Hons. hlcssrs. Pope and \Varburtoii, and Mr. Isiird, in favour of Pres ucation, which vvcre referred to the Committee on that subject. _ _ Hon. Mr. \VARBUR'I'ON, pursuant to notice, introduced rt Bill to regulate the publishing of Government Notices and Advertisements, yw iich was read a first time, and ordert-d for a ‘second reading _to- morrow. His Honor briefly explained the principle of tho llill, which was it more transcript of the former _oi_ie, the object coiiteiii- plated being a saving of eitpcnce, by providing that no advertise- ruents, 6rc., shall be published in any other paper than the Royal Gazelle. except in pursuance of special orders from Government. Hon. Mr. POPE, pursuant to notice, moved that a supply be granted to Her Mnjcstg. _ _ _ _ Hon. Mr. \VllEl.A. presented It petition from J ercmiah O'Brien, ying remuneration for the running of ii I-‘crry Boot Ill hlidgell, string a whole summer, for which service he had received no Go- vernnient nid. Hort. Mr. POPE said, if his memory did not fail him, the peti- tioner had previously applied to Governtiiciit and received remune- C0. riisa rsnisin by the fact. that other eflesrs had been so salvell with‘ reason. POPE remarked, th.-i_t lfniiy thing Iron 10 show that it would be for the public benefit or convenience, tli_at lltq Clerk of the Market should be reiiioyed : he ought to be disiutlledi but it would seem according to the id_ens ofthe honorable member for Cliarlottetown. that as it was, so it should be from generation lle (Mr. Pope) was well aivnre of the cslumnies that had been industriously circulated: such for instance. as tltll ive, Her Majesty's servants were, not ca ble ‘of carrying on the Government, and that corruption would ollow in our visits. Sue cnlnmnies can well and easily sustained. so long as it that we carry with us the good opinion of the public. . nornble member look to the actions of the Goyerniiieiit with respect to the chit us which they have made in public otlices, nnd_tlien say. I not reason to be surprised at the iiioileiation of the Although it could not but be evltlifll to the honorable ineinber for Cliarlottetown, how much trouble had been unnecessarily iven to the Government, by the co ire \Vnrdens, it seemed notliiiig less would satisfy him than placing the Market Clerk in ii position _to offer si- iiiiliir reeislance to the Government, should they ever think it would be for the public benefit or convenience to remove. lIItlI'. and his reason for pursuing such a course he would have it to be under- stood ivns that in his opinion. no confidence was to be placed in tlI6 Government. But, wliellicr that were the opinion of the honor-.i- ble member or not, he (Mr. Pope) believed the present Govern- trustworthy as their immediate and, when t ey failed to do their duty to the public, public would not fail to bring them to account. Mr. C contirini.-d the statements of the Hon. ‘Mr. Coles, relative to the discovery. that no luw existed, authorising the up- Mr. Flt ASER could not see any reason tvhy on omission was not to be remedied in this Bill, its onii.-sioiis frequently had been with great propriety in others. The opposition to it carried suspicion - hr 3. , with it. h.’ T.“ 5.“ “Mi “mt when my one nppomud lo a P. .6 0 . On the question being put, the amendment was rejected. Bill re- ported agrecd to. and ordered to be engrossed. AFTERNOON Sl'I"l'lNG. Ilon. lllr. COLES presented the School Visitors‘ Reports for Queen's and King's Counties, transiriittcd front the Board of Edn- ehu cation. _ _ Ordered, That the said It opens be referred to the Special Com- mittee appointed to enquire into and report on Free Education. Mr. DAVIES ireseiited a Petition from llugli Ross. coiitractor lie Wlinrfiit Pinctte River. (South Side), praying remuneration for the coiiiplctioii oftlio siiid Bri e. M . DAVIES also presented a Petition from Ricliard Gill, Pn- trick Stephens and divers others. prayiiig for the amount of com- ’ ’ on a proposed new line of Road between New- tewn and Port Selkirk, surveyed by order oftlie Executive Govern- Oii riiotion by the Hon. Mr. POPE, the following Committee of rs--3 for each of tho Couiities—-was appointed, to whom shall be referred, rill Petitions relative to the opeiiiii of new lines of Real, to cxaiiiiiie the satire, and report thereon.- Mr. Davies, Mr. Laird, llon. Mr. Colos, Mr. Thornteii, Mr. Benton, Hon. Mr. .lardiiie, Mr. |"rascr, Hon. Mr. COLES prescntcd a Petition from .\I:ilcolin .\l‘Kinnon, setting forth. that about Eiglit years since, to was induced, by the advice of friends, to pica the principal port of his iiitirtoy in the hands of the late 'l‘rensurer, tliiiikin ' inent Security, but which he hail since had reason to believe, went into the pocket oftho Treasurer : that the petitioner is Eighty-nine l on. Mr. it was invested in Govern- ycurs old, and in destitute circuiiistanccs : and praying relic . Ordered, 'l‘o he referred to the Coiiunittso appointed to consi- dcr all cases of Pain t-risin. After the Petition had been read, it short discussion emitted, as to whether it should lie on the table or be referred to the Coiiiiiiittee on Petitions from Ptiiipcrs, in ivliicli the Hon. Mr. Colcs, Mr. Mont- gomery, l\li. Davies, .lr. Fraser, Mr. Tlioriitori, and the lion. Mr. Pope, each bore rt art. llon. Mr. CULES scarcely knew which course to recommend. The case of the Petitioner ivus u very hard one; and tho lcss which he had sustained, through gross fraud on the part of it late public office, coupled with the coiisidorution of his very advanced age and destitution, certainly entitled him to the sympathy of the House. lfit were ordered to be laid on the table, an idea nii th:it it was to be taken up, and especially dealt with, with a view to reimbursing the Petitioner in the amount of his loss; and this erroneous idea might cause others (for, he believed, there were many), who had been defraud ' late Treasurer, also to petition the Houiie for redress. ration. Hon. Mr. VVARBU IITON observed, that the hon. member was perfectly correct: the petitioner had received from Government, what was thou ht full compensation for his services. Hen. Mr. W‘llELAN explained, that what was awarded by Go- vernment was for other services, and on account of_ot|ier considera- tions, quite distinct from those. for tvliicli the petitioner prayed to be remunerated. After a fow remarks from lllcssra. Thornton _and Clark, the petition was laid on the table, with an understanding that enquiry shou made. _ _ _ Mr. THORNTON. pursuant to notice, presented a petition from Henry Irlooney, praying aid for the services of his wife and daughter in extinguishing a fire on a bridge, at Pisquid Road, 'I‘ownsIiip Q2, in the summer of the your 1840. The hon_. member satisfactorily explained the reasons why no previous application had been made to the House, and said that the case had been strongly recommend- ed by the Commissioner to the favourable consideration of the late Government, and his late Excellency had partly promised whiit the petition now pray or. _ Mr. FRASER had known similar praiseivorthy conduct under similar circumstances, unrewiir c . _ . r. YEO expressed himself in favour of tlte petitioner, and con- sidered all such cases should meet with the favourable consideration of the House, as an inducement to others to act in the anine way; as " instances were not of singular occur_rciice, in which persons, instead of using their endeavours to extinguish fire, stood calmly looking on. llon. Mr. POPE said, in his opinion, but little conitniserntion ought to be felt for such unprincipled rascals, had they been burnt tbeinsclves. _ House in Committee on the Market Ilouss Bill. Ifon. Illr. JARDINE in the Chair. _ _ Ne debate took place on any clause excepting the one iplcndcd to 've the Government the war to up int the Mnrliet_(.lcrk. On this clause being read, D r. Palinor moved the following amend- ne"'“And be it enacted, That as often as Il|Q.0IHC_O of i_\Iarket Clerk shrill become vacant. by reason ofd_eutli, resignation, Inca iiicit to serve, or dismissal for misconduct, it shall Iielawfpl for t i_e Licut. Governor, by and with the udyicc of Her Majesty s Council to fill ‘ up the said oflics by new a pcintment." The hon. member said c was induced to offer the amendment, because when the Bill was introduced, he fully rinderstood nothing new, as regarded the Market Clerk,_ was to be introduced, and as therefore, perhaps, be the best way to include the petition amongst anpers; sltho h, from the currietnncee which it set.orth,it seetn those of consideration. His had ti on Pauper Petitii Mr. upon the in tion. be referred according y. w 0 hit ' no fault was found with him. he took it for granted he was not to be tl erto dismissed; he could see no reason for the introduction ol'tlic clause into the Bill. _ _ Hon. Mr. COLES s.iid. neither could he see any necessity for_the amendment. As no law was in existence relative to the nppojnt- rrtent of Market Clerk, it was highly requisite that an Act of I ar- liarrient should pass to rerriedy the defect. Sufficient had been seen in the conduct of the late Fire Wardens to show Iioyv necessary II was that such questions should be made plain_. '1 hey. ‘(the tile Fire Wardens.) because they found themselves in possession t_i _ Old Court House, although without an lawful right.—-tbs building liuvi been erected attbe sxpouse oft e public at _lurge—_nnnoyed, and a most defied the Government, to get session it I}- very convenient purposes to which it has since been applied, those of the Post Otiice and Meal Market. 'I‘he_ Govern_tner_ti ‘have no fault to find with the present Clerk, nor any idea ofdisrritssing him: the clause had not been introduced with any such intention. Mr. PALMER. did not consider that the allusion made by the lion. member who had just spoken, to the conduct of the Fire Wardens. here any analogy to Il|I£fXl|I question. It was all very well to say, ‘oh, the present arlret Clerk has been and ' be It uulprnperpevuon. snd_tlis elaase not been introd with any intention of turning him out of IIH situstion;' but, conti- ased the hescrable iiieniber, insa such professions and assurances hve been broken—-he bad lrnown several to be violate_d—erider vsnie ext or another; and he should not be surprised, if no more eaeuse could befound than that the ofleer's face uiiglit be fund fault with, it should be made a reessu for his ejeerinent. He (Mr. Palmer) wished to see tltings plainly stated. and no loop- hfl'£ aiéd iherefiire. did he more the amendment. r. as :- . .. 3' still on ,lI|IIll|'O.‘l'O',".C riot.-any tayinesl; psguta rt s tat lrmfit '.&‘:3akhqusstisu.sed.izaP:ta’-swu lutrsdueedp aeethsr Mr. rA.l.=B.I':‘siiI...astvrithstaudiag vvhatlisd fallen from the W lib rsuialnsd uuslisltsu. thst'the Clerk thIsepl- besslledte destroyed ll carried xi quiintity of it in his Mr. IIAVILAND suggcste t nftlic pro Hon. Mr. y the Committee. the ibits gar h sideration in Committee. claim to indemnification by the House. vised that it should be referred to the Committee on Pauper The discussion tlieu ceased, and the Petition was ordered to In ii siinilnr way. by the It would nlior nsture_ of the cir- entitled to some opinion, however, was that tho Petit oner had a claim u n the Snreties of the late Treasurer, for the amount of which he ad been defrauded; for it was under the pretence of lag Government security for the money obtained by him from the Petitioner and other, that he had been able to act so frudulenlly; and there was reason to believe that the late governnisnt and his riends were cognizant of the intinuer in which lie was dealing with such individuals as the Petitioner. Mr. MON'I‘GOhIEllY thought the only way in which the House could, with propriety, entertain the l'etition. was by referring it to the Coiiiiiiitiee on Pauper Petitions. Mr. AVIES was of opiiii:-n, that from the pcculiar circumstances of the Pe|ioner’s case—-particularly on the late Goveriiincnt had sustained the late 'l‘re:isurer in his plnco—tliat he (the Petitioner) claim upon the Ilonse. Tho Pctiiition might just as well be thrown under the table at once as to be referred to the Committee Let the ho- ntuiiincious rotlticeseofli : doubtless the Pope , glit get abroad y the House. rticular 2 fiict, iv- Mr. DOUSE insisted. that before the hoiuruiag Olteer should be called to the Bar of the House for examination, it was dus_ to him that he should be furnished with a copy of the charges which lllil been preferred aqgiiist him. Hon. Mr. “(A IIURTON observed, that the I_ionorrtble mem- ber for Belfast (l\lr._Douse) was the fittost person in the House to explain to the Returing Officer the nature of the_ _ rges preferred against Iiiin, and to make him_nwsre of the position in _vvliicl'I he would stand before the Coiiirnittee; for it_ was chiefly owing to the pertinscity of that honourable member in iiisistin pon the on- g u h cessity of that 0l‘Iicer's being examined by the House, that the Hon. Speaker's Summons had it issued for his npunr_iince. Mr. SPEAKER. It had always appeared to him, that when an itidividutil was about to be examined, touching nny.inutte.r or bu- siness, out of his connexion with which, it prosecution might pne- sibly arise nguinst himself, he ought to be caution , lluit he was not bound to answer any questions, his answers to which, might tend to n criniinntin of himself; but tli.it he might answer or not. « as should appear to ii_rnielf to be most for his own interest. ives the course prescribed in all courts of law, with regard to the examination of an individual. liable to be prosecuted, on nccoutit of the charges, touching which be was to be cxamm . _ I on. Mr. PE denied lltill any such course as that rescrtbcd to the Committee for their observance by the honorable Speaker was ever pursued b the Ilouse of Commons. \Vcre an individual, under exuiiiinntion fore u (.‘oiriinittee of that body to refuse to answer such questions as might be put to him, ruliitive to the siib- ject matter of eziqiiry, he would be committed to prison for contu- 'l‘li:tt the Returning Otiicer had done wrong, the House already know. That evidence of his having done so ivus heforc them in the Poll Hook; and, in consequence of it, the House li.id declared the Election void. The Presiding Officer was to be called before them, not that he might criiniiinto himself, and so ‘render himself obnoxious to II prosecution; but that he might explain the reason or cause of the omission in his Return, liy which the Elec- tion hus been rendered void, so that, should his ronson be sulli ' out to iiicliiie the House to a f.ivournble consideration of his neglect of duty. he might escape prosecution for the recovery of the penalty to which he was liiiblc. .\lr. Sl’E.\KER sustained his opinion, and in support of it, cited it case, which, he said, was exactly in int, from the Journals of the House of Lords; that ofan individual who had crimiiiuted liiiiiself. by his admissions. in the course of his exiimiiiation by their Lordsliips; when it w:is held, that it would be coiitrnry to all rules and sense of law and justice, to direct a prosecution of the individual, to be sustniiicd by the ttdiitiasions so iiinde by himself. I ix. llIr. POPE argued, tli:it if the Coiiitiiittce should admit the proprict of the course insists upon by the honourable Speaker, it ivoul be useless to summon iin_v individual to the Bar of the House for the purpose of eliciting from him, Iiy exnmimition. ii y information of which they might deem it requisite that they iiliould he possessed; for, in tiut case, such iiitlividual iniglit refuse to answer almost every question put to him, alleging that it would tend to implicate or criiiiinnte liimsel . Mr. \VlGH'l‘.’tl:\N observed, that the House had, unriniiiioiisly, concurred in the propriet of sutiiinoning the Ileturiiiiig Ollii-er to the Bar oftlie House, after the litltl been Election setiiside, from the evidence of the Poll Book; the declared object of the House being, not to ascertain whether the Returning Ollicer had, or ha not, been guilty of any neglect of dot —for they were convinced that be had—but to shew that his 0 'enco was one 0 is very serious character, and such as ought to draw down an infliction of the penalty to wliicli lie liiid made himself liable, unless he could satisfy the House, b exploitation of his conduct, or npoltig for it, that his olfeiice might receive it lenient consideration. 'l‘lit.-re was tlii-rcfore, he thought, little occasion for the quoting of precedents with refer- .ence to the procedure. ' 'ie Otlicor had been sent for; he was tiers; and the Coiiiiiiitlce were sitting in cxniiiiiio him; they li:iil before dcteriiiinetl what course they should pursue; and he would, therefore, advise that .\lr. McCulluin he immediately placed at the Bar, as iiiuved by the lion. Mr. Colcs, and that his ' " be thcii proceeded tvit Mr. DOUSF. having again insisted, that it would be unfair to sub- ject the Returning Otlicer to an cxiiiiiinntion until after lie had been furnished with a copy of the pripcrs containing the ulli-gritioris against liini. - Ilon. Mr. COLES replied. that there could be no necessity f'or his being furnished with a copy of the Poll Book, for thiit had been supplied by liitiist.-lf. and afforded most conclusive evidence against him. All thiit was now sought to be iiscertaiiied, was, whether he could offer any satisfactory explanation of his conduct as con- ned the omission of the r.tii' av.t. hlr. PALMER then rose and said, he was not present when the order was made for tho summoning of the Returning Ollice, would have objected to It. He should like to know why he had been summoned. It appeared to him. that there could be no "art reason for it. All that could be ascertain would be, that be either had or had not done his duty. done his dut . he would as so. If he had not, he was not bound to answer. list it was it less to seek to conceal the object of the examination. It was to ascertain, whether or not he was guilty of neglect of duty. to an extent that would subject him to the payiiieiit O 0 -v 6 -s =’ 6 ins. FRASER was of opinion that the Petition should be laid e. Mr. 'l‘llORN'l'ON mid Hon. .‘\Ir. POPE coiiciirrcd in the opinion that to order the Petition to be laid upon the table might be, how- ever erroneously, construed into it recognition of the Petitioner's They both, therefore. od- ‘eti- lloiise in Committee on the Hon. Mr. iVriI:i.Aiv‘s Bill to regu- late the Sale of Arsenic and other Poisoiis—l\Ir. I-‘LYNN in the The Bill, as submitted to the Committee, contemplated the re- gulating the Stile of Strychniiie (Fox-Poison), Corrosive Sublimate, Uxnlic Acid. Opium and Landanuin; but, on the showing of the Hon. Mr Pope, the Ilon. the Speaker, Mr. Palmer and Mr. '1‘liorn- ton, that Opium. Laudniiurn, Corrosive Suhlimate, and Oxulic Acid, were in daily and necessary use, either medicinully or in nid of the arts, and that such restrictions in the sale of thorn. as were oposed by the Bill, would occasion much trouble and inconve- nience to both buyers and sellers, without producing any general bcneit, it was unanimously agreed b the Coiiiiiiittce, that they should be struck out of the Bill, and t icir sale be permitted us hi- r CLARK, Mr. Duvics, Ilon. Mr. \Viirhurton, Mr. Palmer, and the Hon. Mr. Whelan, severally set forth the serious losses which have been and continue to be sustained. throughout the country, It the general use of Stryclinine, (it most sulitile poison) for the killing of foxes. Many vnluxiblo dogs and cattle have been it; and the use of it is become so common, it was stated by l\ r. Clark, that in his lit‘el‘lIl)0IIl'lI00d, almost every boy c d the necessity of prohibiting the sale AI"'l‘I:‘.l'tNOON SITTING. Hon. Mr. COLES seeshsd DIDN'- msisezitsrselestts hsIu.bsttisa¢M.lMII°It|I Tirtrasnav. Bib. GEORGETOWN ELECTION. A short time having been spent in presenting and receiving Pe- titions, tlie House than resolved into a Committee of the whole on Privileges,—llr. Davies in the Chair. when rose and observed. that the House was in it Committee on Privileges and Election, with a view to the exami- nation of the ‘gentleman who sated as Returning Oflicer at the late tvn action. for the purpose of ssssrteiai whetlaipran he ' vlt hsdan reasantosasiga forliis havi fsilediemalIe'tlie a hsdti the llestisa Law his ish sin diamante Ilestise h. I hsrsfersuorsdtlis ii; that Olasr. of it bv a penal clause in the Bill; and all concurred in tho proprie- os.-i . QVIIELAN according prcptircd a short clause for that purpose: which, having been submitted, was unaiiiniously adopted The House being resumed, the Bill was reported agreed to in Committee. The lleport was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be en rnssed. The Bill provides, that on every stile of Arsenic, or Prussic Acid, rticulars of the sale alinll be entered in ii in this form set forth in a Schedule to the Act; and it altogether pro- sale and use of Strychnine (Pox-Poison) under a penalty Book, by the seller, 5. A Bill for the Extension of tlie Elective Franchise was introdu- oed liy the Hon. Mr. \Vheltin. and read a first Iiine. The riuciple and details of this Rill will be duly noticed in the Report of its cen- of the legal penalty of £200. ‘lic honorable iiieriiber then pro- od to denounce iii the strongest language, ivhnt be conceived to be the design of the exaiiiination. the eiitrapping of an individu- of into the condemnation ufliiiiiself, out of his own mouth. Such a rocccding, he said, would be contrary to common sense and com- mon justice, and could not but strike with nbliorreiice ever man living under the operation of the laws and coiisiitutioii ii Great ritain, and who was capable of duly nppreciatiiig the protection which they bestow. By the terror inspired by a rofercnce to the Sergeant-at-Ariiis, perhaps to ii dungeon. it was expected that the individual to be examined, would be so f.ir intimidated, as to fur- nish proof of his liziblity to the penalty of £200, as would enable the Croivn Law Officers to prosecute him for the recovery of it. Honorable riiemlicrs knew, they said that the Returning Otlicer liiid been guilty of is most serious neglect of duty. But that did not satisfy them. They desired to arrive at the easiest and shortest way of putting the Returning Olficer completely in the power of the Crown Law Otlicers; and that was the object of the proposed cxniiiiiiatioii. So arbitrary, an unjust it proceeding, was never be- fore contemplated by any British Assembly, bearing the semblance of a Court oflustice. lle for one, would not make himself worse than ridiculous by ndinitting the propriety of the outrageous course intended to be ursued-—sco|iirig to make ti inon critiiiiinte hiinst.-I \Villi respect to the individual who it was intended should be the victim ofit. be (Mr. Palmer) would en ', tlizit unless he were to- tally regardless of his own interest, he would not reply to on ques- tions tending to criniiiialc liiriisclf- It would be worse than fully, it would be madness in him to do so. Ilon. Mr. POPE, in reply to Mr. Palmer, maintained, that the contemplated proceeding of the Committee was perfectly in accord- once with the practice of the Ilouse ofConirnons in siin lar crises. llfll. ht! l“PP0l°d. it Will opposed by the honorable member for linrloltetoivn out of his love for ood old times when men were privileged to break the law with impunity. It might appear 0 O -5 Is examination, h ha T Ilr. PALMER. He inshtsiusd that the lleturnlag Oflcer was not com lleble by the law of Parliament. or any other law known to the ritisli Constitution. to reply to such questions as he could not truly answer without criininstiiig himself. It had been anid b some hon. members, that it was not the whh of the House to deal rigorously with him. But, iidinitting that to be true, it ought to be reineiiibi.-red that, if rriade to criniiiiste hirriself. by his answers, in the course of his examination, these answers ' t be laid , y the late coniliilates. and urged in a Court of w. in support of pro- ceodings instituted against him for the recovery of their expenses. It had been said, to justify the contemplated examination, that He- iurning Oflears had been examined b the House of Aaseuihly aforetinies. It was true they had; but or an object very difihrent from that then entertained: not to cause them to crluiinate t selves, but to give evidence touching mutton electing the candidates c E The question was then put on the motion of the Hon. Mr. Cola, and the some havitig been agreed to, the Sergeant at Arms with. drew, nlltl. returning with Mr. !ilcCsl|um, placed him at the Bar of the House. Mr. ltIcCu|luni's examination then commenced. and was prosecuted by it series of questions, which were to cording to the usual parliamentary mode, and to all w icli, he un- hesitutingly gave clear and direct answers. [In the course of the examination, which occupied but a short space of time, it was admitted by Mr. McCullurn, that he did not take the allidavit required to be taken by the 89th section of the Election Law, because be conceived that his acting as 8herifl', and not Presiding Otlicer, rendered it unnecessary for him to take tlist aliiduvit. Ilis examination huvin been concluded, Mr. IIcCal|um was ordered to withdraw. A er a short discussion, touching the o- prior or impropriety of certain questions, contemplated to be put, wliic it was finally agreed should be ivithdrriivn. lloii. Mr. Pope moved that the witness be called in. and that he be informed, that lie is at liberty to ninko any statement. which it may seeui good to him to offer to the Committee, with reference to the omission of the ntiitliivit. This motion havin been agreed to. Mr. McC:tlluin was called in, and. it having been intimated to him, by the Cliniriiian, Mr. Davies, that he was at liberty to address the Comiiiittee, with reference to the subject of his examination, he spoke to the following effect: “ lie had nothing to any further than that he had been desirous to discharge his duty legally and constitutionally. without partiality. If he had done wrotig. he had done so through an error in judgment. \Vill'ully to have committed an error could have done htiii no ser- vice; und he could have had no motive wliaicvcr for doing so. \\'ith both candidates he was on it friendly footiii . He had never ad any dispute or iiiisuiiderstiinding with either of them; and even had it been otlierivise. he would not when on oath to discharge his duty iiriperlially, and according to the host of his knowledge and ability, have improperly done nriy thing to the injury of either. If he he done wrong, lie was sorry for it; but he had done so only from an error in judgment. He thought that as he was presiding at the election as Deputy Sheriff, and not acting as Returning Oficer, in virtue of a precept from the Sheriff, the laiv did not require that he should make the ntlidnvit. ' ‘he error was purely unintentional; and as a proof of the fair and iiiipnrtial iiiiiiiner in which he had presided at the election, the parties cumplimeiited him by a vote of thanks, and cheered hiiii." ' On motion by the Hon. Mr. Po , it was then agreed. that the Returning Ollicer be excused from urthcr attendance. The House was their resumed; and the Chairman of the Com- mittee asked leave to sit again, which was granted. The House was then utljournc . Hitt's:7zi;mn9s comma. ”-i-imisnu. FEBRUARY 10. 1852. HAD we not, from the beginning, been satisfied that the leaders of the present majority in the House of Assembly were both unaware of the extent of the duties which they were so ready to undertake, and incapable of perforiiiin them when undertaken; their first measures in t is their first session, would have con- vinccd us of both these facts. \'Vc were told, and tho tale was repeated ad nauseam in every fbrm of anticipa- tory triumph, that the proceedings of the Provincial Parliament were to be in exact accordance with that of the Parent State; that as self-government, Responsible Government had been conceded to us; the Representa- tives of the people would have to look to the ministry chosen from out of themselves, for the manner in which their deliberations were to be conducted, and the ends to which they were to be directed. Now, as the speech to that honorable member, that the countr ‘a being put to the ox- pense of a new Election. through the Returning Uilicer's ncglcc ofduty, was an occurrence o no consequence. ' ivay, concern him, that both the late candidates had been seriously inconvenienced, and subjected to much expense through the of - conduct of that oflicor. It might be, to him, no cause of regret, that the Electors of Georgi-.toivn had, for xi time, been deprived of due representation in the Legislzitiire, by the fault ofthnt individual. 'l‘liose evils, serious as they are, iitny now appear trifling or unim- po_rtnnt to him; but happily there was no prospect of his being able, with all his powers of mystilicaiioii, to cloud the perceptions of the Coii_imiItee, and induce thorn to take the law from him, and trust to his guidance. If the House had, as they might have done, pro- ccedod on the evidence of tho Poll Book, to order thii Returning Officer to be coiiimitted to j.iil, the honorable meiiibor (.\lr. Pal- mcr) might have had good grounds for charging them with arbitrary and t 'rannical conduct; but no reasonable man would an , that they had orgotton to be dis'creet in adopting the very mil course of a flowing tho Returnin Officer to offer the best apolo y in his power for his misconduct. ith respect to the course which the honor- a lo morn r for Charlottetown would recommend the Returning Officer to pursue, be (Mr. Pope) did not hesitate to say. that slieuld the Returning Officer refuse to answer such questions as mig it be fsirl put to him, he would immediately move for his commitment. h r. THORNTON said, with the Petition against the Return they iid now nothing to do. ‘he uestion arising out of that, had been determined. The object of eating the Ruturnin Oliicer to the Bar to sllovv him an opportunity to 'nstify himself, His could. It was to allow him to give reasons, ifhc had any. for his not having done what the Low required. He might be able to make it appear that he had erred from a want of knowledge, not! quite unintention- ally; and in that case, the House would incline to deal leoiently with liiiri. There was no desire to find or rove him guilty beyond the extent to which they already knew he lied offeridetl. lIen._ Mr. COI.E8_ denied that the House lied brought up the Returning Officer. in order that, liernight be ad into a crimi- nation of hiiriself. There was no necessity for that. The Poll Book established his offence. But if he showed that it was owing to any niisiippreherieion of the law. or he lied an other valid ex. case to offer in extenustiou of his misconduct, t a House would, doubtless. extend their indulgence to him. The misconduct, how. ever. vvssone _toose us a character to be passed by without proper inveetlgiitien. _lfsueb cniisslensor neglect of duty should at eilier_esca setieesudeeusere; it might, porhe , gt . Ion -|-at-om rim that though party |ll.y':l"toel bed feel . Xcers, half the ions would have to 3'1"» void. in esusaqeeuce of similar ouiisslees purposely the or let .. °.:......."" "W made. from the throne is, in England, always considered and treated as that of the ministry; we id not for a moment doiibtyiat such would be the case here; and we were, we honcstl confess, not a little anxious for the forthcoming ofu ocumcnt, upon which the credit of the Adiniiiistrntioii, as to the fulfilment of the promise! so liberally made upon the hustiiigs, must materially depend. It was expected to he, or rather it ought to have been, ii. comprehensive rind compact epitome of what they intended to do for a people who had been suffering under an accumulation ofills and grievances, engendered by upwards of half a century of the most infunious inisrule that had ever been inflicted upon a colony, now brought to the very verge of destruction, from which nothing could have saved it but the interpo- sitioii of the varied brilliant and elevated talent ofthosc who, in o fortunate hour rushed forward and rescued the helm oftlie all but submcrsed vessel oftlic State from the gripe of the ignorant crew, which however incapable, still affected to direct her course. For ourselves, we looked for It “ Declaration of Rights,” printed, or tit least worthy to be printed in letters of gold, to which the eyes not only of the present but of future ages would be directed as the Magna Charts, the Palladium of the liberty ofPrince Edward Island. But it was not to be. The Speech, in the first place, is not that of the Administration, but that of the Governor. e on. Mr. Whclan ropiidiatcs the notion, “ that the speech of the Governor, like that'of' the Soverei n in Great Britain, was an act of the Govcrnment;’ so that we tmiglit. In no are still under the old regime as far us that oes, and the Governor is the Governor still, a c, and as e will of his own; and one would think, that he had made Mr. VVhclan iiioi-bidly sensible that such was the fact. But beside all this, Mr. Whclan tells us “that in a young colony like this (not twenty years younger than Nova Scotia, but ten years older tlitin New Brunswick, and in possession of ii Legislature before the United States had It Congress) where Responsible Government had only been just established, it was not to be ex ect- cd that the Governor’s Speech should specify altlle measures of which his Government contemplated the introduction. Their ideas with respect to stony questions might not be yet clearly deoe ed ! I" We believe not; this is u more candid admission of their inferiority than we had any reason to look for; we sincerely, however, believe it to be true; they have no ideas to be develo ed; they have not been able to agree upon any thing in the slightest degree resembling a system of govern- ment, and the never will. The Speech, however, is delivered, an the address in answer to it is moved, when strange to relate, the only opposition to it is from Mr. Davies, one of their own so porters; he and some others beside, the majority, we t ink, of their own con- stituents, are dissatisfied because that most important of all qucstions—tho settlement of which was the in- duccinent with all, or nearly all of the voters to elect them—hes been unnoticed, viz: The resumption of the townshi lends by the Government, a measure ivbich, as Mr. Davies says, and very truly, " the public were led to expect on the introduction of self-goverrirneut.” But as we have no right to intermcddle in domestic differences, and us _ ' Lucius O’Trigger says, "the usrrel is e vs quarrel as it stands, and any explanation mig t make it worse,” we will leave than to settle it between them. ' mu. respect to the Georgetown election, nothing‘ could be more completely lhrcical than the attroqn on