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     “This is true Liberty, when Freeborn Men, having to advise the Public, may speak tree.”---Euripides. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Vol. X. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Tuesday, June 5, 1860. 
     
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     - a ‘ room, where for an hour we talked on the subject of our mis-| ou have given me does not suit me in ast, have you not} & . : @ : i i isi . 
     
     ££ 1 t t Y a t u r t © sion to St. Ives. and the probabilities of caeeas and then, as} : lurver on where [ can todge ?' apt ly t 0 V 1 iH 4 1a} x al rl la i" t nt + ice eee oom: pbraed ped EEN neem them, 
     
     critndidiinaldtiied aan i ats the hour was quite ate, [ bade him good-night and retired to * Yes, monsieur,’ the man rephed, with remarkable alacrity, | a thie ‘Boosll a Ss ae and — a & Majority of 
     
     F \NNY POW ER —— chamber, and soon after tosleep. t ‘LT xhould: hav: spoksn of at myself. There is a large aud | “Www were |measures, be th g J waver efear all Government 
     
     hata 4 . Nott ng Musval oc uo red during the night, tf I may take | pleasant chamber next tothe one in whieh you slept jast nigtit LEGISL ATIVE Cc IU y rT ! - oF rg t oF wrong,—be they evidently for 
     
     ae pone eXeevllon, whieh it en 'y be well to bollce in th Splace, | | and ‘ome the favour to eccupy Has lony as you please,’ " — ( N Cl , } the public good S otherwise ; and that their only aii and 
     
     BY THOMAS DAYIS. | had Deen sleeping for more than two hours and waa lying ine} = You had «better decline before it 18 100 late,” Berret whis- | r M ° study will be to defeat or embarrass the Governmeut. Now, 
     
     Tus lady's son rode by the mill ; half unconser us atate, when To was giudd Wy ewakeved by a| pered in my ear, * f fear you wail not occupy ut tor more thew | : Ripa, March 30. | T can positively affirm that no such spirit as this has ever 
     
     Pi teere Meme murmuring on the hill, heavy thongh smothered groan, 1 was perfect Y sure that I ) one nigh If you do you will accomplish what to person b 1s | His Honor the Paesrvent—Nothing concerning the cor- been manifested by any portion of this House sinee | have 
     
     Bat in the valley they were still, en Hot mist ne the sound, and eee vily ae ‘hat at or yet done,’ i it a | respondence Was officially published; the information im ‘had the bonor of a seat in it s;—nor before it either, I 
     
     ie od with heat to cower : ven eecastoned tn some manner in the next room, - sat uprigh: ‘Show me the room, ca'inty replie aying no attention | : / j Ashe. ; ; i . . : . . 
     
     oe = sweater 3 tage priest, rnd listened intently, But | heard na hing more, although t! to the anxious whisper of the setbeneat. » paying parted with re pect to its nature Was conveyed through news- believe ; but all matters, questions, and measures whieh have 
     
     For so had vowed his sire deceased : placed my ear close ta the wali. Weyhatever the strange sound | 
     
    
   
   
    
     Tore sceusll Gurinnig’ raceeibilbite dkiae ts nes tet een editorials. With newspaper editorials we have nothing been brought before them have been fairly and impartia ly 
     
    
   
   
    
     They should have told him tou, at least, rmeizhed, discussed, and passed upon; and were it to be 
     
    
   
   
    
     may have been, nt was net repeaied, 
     
    
   
   
    
     » to do, 
     
     had first entered un. ft wis a trifle larger than the other 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     To fly trom Fanny Power. Upon engo ring after the snb-agent the next morn og, I was! chamers of the house, and the furnuure wasof a more antique Hon, Mr. Hurcmwson—There was besides your own | otherwise, bo one would more sincerely regret it than myself, 
     
     . ' {told that he tad risen before ine, and left the wa. ; | pattern especially the high posted bedstead. Address to the Electors of Charlottetown. | His Honor Mr. Palmer, in’ expatiating upon the Royal pre- 
     
     The lone!y student felt his breast | ‘The sdea then recurred to me that f maght have an oppor- | ‘Lthiek this will answer, Lb eaid, afier surveying the apart Hon. Mr. Patwer— Well, in that Address I stated no rogative, and jn defending upon that ground the withholding, : 
     
     Was like an empty linnet’s nest, tunity to pass halt an hour with Monsie wv Lemare; and av-! went and its belongines., , more concerning the correspondence than what is stated in | by His Excellency, of the Despatch now in question, hast 1] 
     
     Divinely moulded tw be blest, jiresaing the landlord, 4 heavy browed, 1!) featured man, 1) * wail you jodge here to-night, then, monsieur 2” the Message. I was offered a Seat in this Couneil ; and, on | us we all sit here in virtue of Her Majesty's rerogative, and 
     
     Yet pining hour by hour : jusked for hin, Phe man eievated ma brows in Surprise, and) * Certainly, ‘The room suis me in every particular.’ Wy Cousentiug to accept it, L gave to my constituents, as | throuvh the exercis: of the Royal fav 7 This . NH i 
     
     For see, amid the orchard trees, }declired that the wine-seller had not been in the house for aj Uf the dark browee host tad entertained any suspicions of | nelinwed myself to be in dut bound to do, a dated d ~ Ito b t : dI fi 5 PSRAPY Vor, ” ve nog 
     
     Her green gown kirtled to her knees, wen h. | my tntentions, they were certiimly by this time entirely dise ee datbhes ‘a teddies cae » eee ’ ~ “the 9 tee . ‘ ors and 4, for one, ata proud that an exercise of tae 
     
     Adown the brake, like whispering breeze, ;  * Perhaos you do not know M. Auguste,’ [ said, Sipated ; and he left the room, | have no doubt, gratified in | iy - ‘iite' inal a e ; ” bse cause that omer to! oe grace and favor bas placed me here. _ Bat I am far, 
     
     Went lighisome Fanny Bowen ‘ But Lada, Mousienr, perfee ly.’ he replied, bie depths af vis black heart, that another victun was to fail 80 | re war ¢ to me, and o my reasons for accepting it 3; and I | Very far indeed, trom thinking that Her Majesty would ape 
     
     | * You must be mistek-n about seeing hia here.’ }eistiy into his trap ido uot think that anything Stated or said by me in that ad- | prove of any thing's being doue, said, or written, under the 
     
     Her eyes vast down a mellow light | * He was certainly ere —in this town—las: neght,’ | * You are deiermined on this step, | perceive,’ M. Berret re | dress is of such a nature as if fairly con idered, Ought to give | plea of prerogative, as imparted to Ler Representative here, 
     
     Upon her neck of glancing white, * Bat aor ta this house—you ure doubdtiess thinking of same jiturked aferhe had vone, © W etl, & will got attempt to dis- | ufleuce to any of your Honors as members of this Council. | 0 hurt the frelings of any who sit here by her Royal grace 
     
     Like starshine on a snowy night, | other person. jsuade you, since I know you cauput be moved, bur E promice Novhing ag yet has transpired, with reference to the corres-|aud favor; nay, humble as I am. I am certain that Her 
     
     Or moonshine on «a tower. | Ast watked away. [ noticed that he followed me suspicious. you, should yon be ons-ing in the morning, I will burn the old pondence, to authorize this Council to ask lis Excel ency | Niajesty would not sanction fe ie being directed. ey 2 
     
     She sung —he thought her sungs were hymns— [ty WHA his eyes. Bis perme Sorarchaaremnaintes Lada dlnDeeas | rookery to the ground, and haog the Villamucus innkeeper to tis to lay it before them; and for ail that is publicly known | against me, under a oh 2 Aud his hi 
     
     An ange!’s grace was in ber limbs ; jin fwer, rather anxious ao) overstrained, as shougit he Wished | sign-pos' so surely as | shall myself live till chen.’ concerning it. there is “6 estos 4 a : y Ki | be r al cee. ne yet this course has 
     
     The swan that on Lough Erne swims | very inach to impress it pon my mind Nhat Monsieur Lem ire | * Take whaever s'eps you please when vou fiud me missing, - - ' MS Mt, Wk reas = qaction the expe léney | Veen pursues , 18 still pur ued. and has just now heen strenu- 
     
     Js rude to Faony Power. had in realty not been inthe hurel. Upon fuccher r flection, | M. Berret— uni then leave thesmetter inimy hands, But there bo its being still ‘Kept secret. However, if the Majority o! | ously defended by his Houor Mr. Palmer, the Leader of our 
     
     |however, | was forced to confess that Thad not seenthe wine |. one material service which you must not fail to reader aw, | YOur Honors decide that tt is Proper to make an application local Government. Lt is made known, through the Gv. rn- : 
     
     Returned, he thought the convent dall, j merchant inthe inn. “True, he informed me that be intended | You will, if you please, conceal yourself, wih two or three | lor it, there are various ways of dving £0; but, would they | ment organ, and by ihe published address of his Honor to 
     
     At best « heavy heartless Jull— j & stop there, but [concluded that fe had casoged his miad j'rusty Men, in the room next to tis, which T occupied tas ‘take my advice, I wouid convey it to them in the quaint oid Ms late constituents, that His Excellency the Lieutenant 
     
     No hopes to cheer, no bowers to eull, jvod so T disunssed the subjeer from my though, jweh, and there await my sgnal. Whenever you tear from jadage, “Lt is best to let weil alone,” Lf they ask for it | Governor has had put into his hauds a ower, by which he 
     
     No sunshine and n » shower. a a the oe i ng Z search of the sub- me, you a instantly rush In, and assist me to secure w..vever | through an address to His Kxvelleucy, they will, [ esse | enn make this Coaneil work See ie \y with es Hou e of 
     
     The Abbot sent him to his cell lagent nad continned my walk for bara few moments, when. | you may tind, oka anne" ' Bee ah ? ; eae : s : , . 7 ore) 
     
     And spoke of penance and of hell : | "pon turning a corver. | was brought abruptly upon a singulas y Toese arrangements were atthe proper moment pat fatiy ieasiuae caiman ane hiss ulieiaee ref Sal, rray oh ea is, by Which he can coerce ani control: it ; 
     
     But noting in his heart to quell and terrible scene. A number of persons were crowded in| into opera ion. As evening drew on, | saw that the rub-agens a r : ff Hl - (Col. & he Manny position than t at | aud We are thus degraded in the es'im tion of the p: blie, uf 
     
     The love of Fanny Power. j contusion upon the side walk——and among them, as it happened, | and his alles were properly secreved, and first evjoining vigi- | ts Waieh bis 20006 (\0 - OWa e)) cuurplains they ure placed who look upon us, both collectively and in lividually, as ei 
     
     M. Berres. He qmekly saw me, and seizing my ann, con-!lance avon thea, | entered the mysterious and faral guest-/at preseat. They must thea take further aciion, and udopt -horn of our indepen ience, und exis ing. as Legislarive i 
     
     He dreamed of her the livelong day; ducted me forward to the object of examon attention. It was,)chamber, The lamp whieh | ca ned served to reveal every , 4 still stronger and more Vigorous cvurse of proceeding. Let Councillors, only at the will and pleasure of the Government | 
     
     At eveni 1 when he tried to pray, as t had already begun to Suspect, another victun of the mys | oart of at, and | quickiv became aw are that tuyere was nothing ,taem well cousider, and see it they can justily them-elves to majority in the Assembly, Placed in such a situation, we 
     
     Instead of other saints, he'd suy, terious assassin of St. lves—he b dy of a man Jay exrended | nausac! about the appearance of the room, DE was very amen | themselves fur moving in the matter, to the producing, it way | have been grossly insulted through the ;ublie press of the 
     
     O holy—Fanny Po«er! ‘Upon the pavement, face downward, the back penetrated by aj such a bedchamber ag wight be met with in almost every vil | te ry probably be of very ewbarrassing and diana ire pretties, 7 ' 7 P h ’ Z pu pt. press ; 
     
     low happier seenied an exile’s lot i deep ghastly wound. Ba ne words can descr be my astontsh- lage mn. Nevertheless, I resolved to ‘at no faith in appear | sonser ibe: teg I ion said mure tl nh r ti ata ro . 1 zn ene SOME o us Rave even been Bau eG to oer ‘a0es 
     
     Than living there, aniov'd, forgot ; j ment and horror, when, upon the tace of the curpse being eX- ances, aad immediately | commenced a systematic @Xamina- | rt - 1 . ; ae sa age ti eee | pgm reduced 7? gate of legislative boudase ae on de ij 
     
     And, cl best joy! to share his cot | posed, I recogn zed my aged acquaintance, M. Augustus Lo l tien. I searched every where—under the bed, in the close: Py > vut atm anxious to show tbat, having received u liating subserviency, What we justly complain of is, that 
     
     His ewe dear Fanny Power. jware! “Phe subd-agent, too, started back to horrified Surprise,| and behind the window curiains—but my search revealed iduect answer to thelr own address, with that they ought to | the Despatch in question, the answer to au adidre-s to Her ' 
     
     “ . jand fr @ moment we bath gazed at the body in silence, My | aothing. It was certain that no one was concealed im the room, | be satistied, and perceive the ipeXpedieuey, in the present Majesty of the House of \ ssembly, the disect re vresentat ves ai 
     
     “™“ ‘Tis vain to strive with Passion’s might-— | habitual caution, however, soon returned, and drawing M. j}and there as certainly seemed no place for ingress, save the | state of the Colony, vay, the positive impropriety of inter- | of the people,—in which addsess this Council has been spoken 
     
     He left the convent walls one night, Berret hastity aside. [ whispered a few words tn bis ear, “| door, I waa beginning to become anxious T reflected that fering at this or at aby other tine, with what ought to be | of in very desparaging and condemnatory tertes.~—bes wot 
     
     And she was won to juin his flight ‘ Now, Monsieur Be ret, of you will follow my instruction, ite danger might come Upon ine un Xpectedly, and from an | strict prerogative. ‘io sbow how ridicu OUs it would be ip | been published for the inforasati f the ~ le la:cve d 
     
     Betere he wooed an hour ; jl think IT shall be able te solve this mystery in the course of the | unexpected source. I sat down, and for ualf an hour I wated | this RMS ansunio—as hia Honor ii: Tent ee | eta he ikea ' Orme ion 0 ie peop eat Or 8h: OM 
     
     So, fying to a freer land, jHexttweive hours. Have ths body conveyed as quickly as |—waited in restless expectancy for the appearance of the as- | ; s . d ; an d d d (Col. Swa vey ) Wisie- | that a fu now edge of it is withheld from “his Council, 
     
     He nal 2 his vow at Love's command, | possible ta sO ne place where it can be k. p' privately, and then sassin, bur { still waited im vain. Looking at my warch, I per | thea to ot rig io demand the disclosure ot private or | who are, h We Y Subjected, Meanwhile, to the tASsuting lo 
     
     And placed a ring upon the hand see whether those five th usand francs can be found uvon it.) ceived that it was nearlyimdoght. My unnceustomed vigil | "eeret mipisterial correspondence, on the Were assumption ferences which have been drawn from the partial disclosure 
     
     OF happy Fanny Power. | Do thos, and regomm mein baifan hour atthe inn. [will wais | had wearted me, and placing my pistols beneath the pillow, I that it contained somethiug inimical to their constitution aud | of 8 purport. Such a proceeding is certainly un act of 
     
     2g elo eee for you there, a ; | fay down upon the bed without removing my clothes. I was | just legislative privileges ; aud that too after having offivially | great Injustice to this Board. flad no purt of the De-pareh, 
     
     I returned immediately to the hotel, and before the expiration | pos Jong mm discovering that the bed was of somewhat s nzular | been informed of the jnexpediency of muking such disclosure. | nor anything concerning the natare of it, been made public, 
     
     THE G UEST- CHAMB ER OF THE INN AT | of the appointed tine, M. Berret entered my room. | Construction— he formation of the top being rather concave than 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Phere is,’ he said,in a wvice labouring under great excite-| otherwise. and 80 adjusted that the eceumen cutld not possibly iL will Just eae pas cause. Suppose that, during oe could h 
     
     ST. 1VES. pment, * no vestige of the money upon the body of this unforio- } rest n is avy other way than upen his back in the middie, — i. ie - ak tr ee moe toveate Bes: by me Goveremens with mage to it 5 but:socmagh ape 
     
     FROM THE JOURNAL OF A DETECTIVE. | wate mian, [t has been plundered ot evervihing valuable.’ Upon hos baci: $ That seeined rather a Singular discovery | Fa y nown . ae eee tee orte, on state atiuirs, i ns it having been made public through the organ of the 
     
     ‘Ab, f exvected tt. Now, Monsieur Rerret, let us sit down | to make Just @ that monent. [ad not every one of the wur ; Was going on between the ritish Government and the | Government, aud also %y a meuber of the Girernment, as 
     
     and talk calmly of this offur. tthink J may be able toteli) dered mon been stabbed through the bick? Yes—and each of | Emperor of Moroceo, or the President of the United States, | leaves us open to be insulted by such degrading ID ercuces 
     
     | them must have received his death wouad w hile lying in ths} and that uny member of the House of Commous, on the as- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ave Ro reason to complain of the reserve exercised 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘Tt is strange,’ sxid Monsieur Berret, + passing strange. I 
     
     never was sv surely puzzled in my life.’ 
     
    
   
   
    
     : you that which will surprise you.’ 
     
     * [t is mot possibis, tuen, that you are labouring under any 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘Is ut passitle that you have gained aclue tothe auth 
     
    
   
   
    
     r (48 have been drawn from it, we have, in my opinion, a clear 
     
     mivapprehension 7° , ee eee - ; oa We oa as — 2 | suuption ee inimical to their rights aud privileges | r ght to require that the whole may be laid before us, in 
     
     isappre sion 7 : , : -e murders? our words add manner lead me to hope for atk— Click — Click : imight procee the -orres deuce or rise is < t 2 : 
     
     ‘Certainly not; have [ not facts to deal with. Supposing, as i { | mIgat proceed trom that correspondeuce, were tu rise in his order that we may be affo: 
     
     M. Guiilot, that hal (-a-dozen dead bodies were found in a cer- 
     
    
   
   
    
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     ‘You are right. [ flatter myself that I have not only ob. 
     
    
   
   
    
     7 lisiinet scnnds tly fhe head j P ded a fair and ful! opporiunity of 
     
     Hree sharp, distinct sounds, apparently near at hand, inter- | place and propose an address to Her Majesty, requesting 
     
     tsined a ele, bot am abe even to lay my finger upon the 
     
    
   
   
    
     | | vindicating ourselves before the puble wth res.ct to its 
     
     rupted my refi ctions, [knew their meaning io ar Instant— '., pial . é a : 
     
    

    
     eee coe . ae that copies of such correspondence should be laid before tue | supposed threats ; and [ think, it is idle and absurd to accuse 
     
     those saunds needed no mterpreter! [ rose quickly and silently | Ho alt h the House had prev: ly b ; dl , tac ae ‘. : : . 
     
     jand grasped my pistols, »waned the next movement of the un- | POUse, although e ouse Dad prevously been informed | ys of an attempt to tuvade or impair any just prerogative, 
     
     | because under such peculiar circumstances, and for such a 
     
    
   
   
    
     jseeuassasains, Ctick, click. That nowe again and now like | ‘hat any such disclosure of the corvespoudeuce weuld be im- 
     
     | purpose, we desire to have the whole Despatch Jaid before 
     
    
   
   
    
     tain neighburheod. in rapid succession, and under very sus- 
     
     picious circumstan ‘Ss, would it rn aoe a fair conclusion tuat yurity partes. Would you ike t hear of mv dscov ries ?’ 
     
     there had been fou! play sumewhere t | .* Yee—{ am all ww ptience, Please yo on.’ 
     
     * [ shuald certainly deem it su. Tae 
     
     * Wel —and if, in additiva to this, let us suppose that no 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     sub-sgent drew tis chair close 0 mine, end listened 
     
    
   
   
    
     the ereaking af a hinge, Next there was a shuffling sound | politic, perhaps daungerous,—what, let me ask your Honors, 
     
     reaverly, while [ disclosed the sigmificant facts whch I bad 
     
    
   
   
    
     ! Id be of i whict td r lour of guilt which made me aware that there was a man bevesth the bed—! would be thought of such proposed invasion of prerogative ? | us. 
     
    

    
     ue coul Se obtained which wuuld even give culo of gull ed gine Wy raf Ss . i ‘ . : ‘ “ i 
     
     oe ee aoineaiiiine sh t every effort had been | 22/uee sce my arrival at St. Ives, | vad the next tustant T saw the blade of a dagger driven up | Would not any hon. member of the House of Commons who} His Honor the Prestpent—The Despatch which 'us Honor 
     
     to any } rsul——nolwithetanding that ery ©& a oe ‘In the first pi sce, then, Monsieur Perret,’ J said, ‘the Bis- | through the thin mattrass, ia the very place where I had been | . 
     
     made —~would it net have been ve ry strange and mysterivus ? j 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘OVery of this morntue r iders i cert in that we hive selected should act iu this way place himself iu a very ridiculous i Col. Swabey, by me 
     
     ‘ “Ty i oritug fenders i ¢ a the > Thive se ecte, = 4° , ‘ wae ; . 4 . = 7 
     
     A : position 2 oe let me add, bow absurd and ridiculous so- | cullency, desires to have Jaid before us, is one which has 
     
     * Awccey deith! New Bak the epoiis,’ L heard the eeme|°*'? a » con mes justly be held ho be on the part of | been reovived by Hie Kxceliency i0 answer to an address of 
     
     }Vorce say, And at the sane instant the head and shoulders of | > member of the touse Of Commons, it is Certainly _ less | he House of Assembiy to iler M jesty the Queen, which 
     
     | the innkeeper were thrust out from the bed hangings, Covering | 4! surd and ridiculous,—no- less an Open and unjustifiable was transmitted Home by hin last May. Now, io the first 
     
     * Pits, in@s, tt sees rather remarkable tit rege wounds | ten wich the mazzle af one of my pistols, [ said : — jatiempt to invade and impair prerozative, for any honorable | place, we ought, as has been said by tis Honor Mr. Palwer, 
     
     ee = — mot a sie nee ee yah peeve a = | * Come forth = eee yo rool — Your innocen’ er of this House to propose an address to His Excel- | the leader of the Government, to bear in mind, that Lis 
     
     ‘ ct @in thot pared r>eRD : seems MC. | . 3 1 ' t ee reo re 3¢ 04 die ote sles : ar = ative aa a? . 2 7. : : : 
     
     Beco oe ret Satibaesaphere lame accdeenaie at — ve os ot ‘ me are vilicer! Don't try to escap lency, Her Majesty's Representative, requesting him to lay | iixcellency has not thought it expedient to lay that Despatch 
     
     : cen | ’ Toe Corey or ot ee oe s _ | before us privaie correspondence between the Lome Goveru- | before the Assembly, although it is an ans t ddres 
     
     “ t prame hand, Io the next place, does it not seem singular that) Bathe did try. and I speedily sent a pisto! ball after him. cut and bimself, whieh His Excel] has already ing | of thes choke ent Se 
     
     made by sume shar, weapon. This was without doubt the every ove of these Unfortunate men has been a sirauger 2” | ‘Tne report was succeeded by a deep groan, and instantly M | @e! ea } AH "e > hin ae er ot is thete owe; but bas thongtsts calBiviont merely to-soqusias 
     
     cause of their deatiis. : i by! | * Now that 1 thnk of 4 2 it dues, as | live,’ tue sab-agen | Berret ind his a-sistants rushed in. A tasty search was suffi ed us be Goer eat eel bimself at liber ty to make public, them, by Mexsage, that be had received from His Grace the 
     
     ‘Such a wound, then, must have heen inflicte< ry — heughitully Pophed. ' > Bur what de you aryzue from this fact 2’ leremt to dise wer the landlord under the hed weltering ia his! What Would the ~— of England be '—what would be the Dake of Neweastla an acknowledgment of the addrese of 
     
     banas—nuthing ean be clearer than this eodlase Wal h sae “Twit draw wy taference im amonent, You will remember! hood, and the hostier was seized before he had an opportunity perplexity in ber Councils ?—what the impediments to} the House of Assewb)y to Her Majesty praying for a recon- 
     
     > ~ rh q 4 2 ¢ yr icCulars woaich may j 7 f : ae : , ‘ i . ng reer 
     
     Mr. Berret, be so good as to state any particula - J the | to close the seeret pannel ta the wall, through which he endea- legislation, aud the hinderances to wegociations ?—what the | struction of the Legislative Couneil ; aud while acquainting 
     
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     ; “ ero the ay determine in what | . siiaetitetes hii Nepies ae SE | te es ; . 
     
     Orne Tigre ic a peet aatgent, Gees E may determine Onigence in our presence hus ea we have seen bis dead | Voured to escape. | dissatisfaction and wurmuriug throughout ibe country, should! them that their address had been d 
     
     anner to act, vody i ithe di t t, rifles > rene ; - e s scloa i : tly | : . ’ j ¢ : 
     
     anaeS O.04 ee ee le ar eles ica r aa Aare M Ay oo a ', an - mips disclosed : ate directly | .ach ultempts at Inuovation of the Royal prerogative prove | the Throne, Stating that he did not feel himself at liberty, at 
     
     re sty oe : Ry 7 ELEN NG @ hollow partition, which communicated wit a tower Foom. | successful in the British Parliament ? nd the succe. } ; : ls : 
     
     wdce in this botel last ugh.’ ). By means of this strange coutrivance, the assassins had always; , ainent {And the success of | present, to make pablic the correspondence which had 
     
    
   
   
    
     *f mast agree with you that it would. 
     
    

    
     ‘And, by my hile, it is the strangest thing I have ever 
     
     known! ft is not at ali w mderful that men die fruu disease 
     
     or from accidents; but when we hear of death withuut ap- 
     
     arent cause, aad of which no eSplanation can be viven, I ain 
     
      aretoae to 8 y that it puzzles me Beyond mm ‘asure.’ 
     
    

    
     * But do you mean to say M. Berret, that there has been 
     
     no apparent cause jur the mysterious deutis ?’ 
     
    

    
     * Ah, I turgot. In the back of each was a wound, apparently 
     
    
   
   
    
     aus of his proposed address to His Ex- 
     
     the right theatre fur our operations. ‘Phere can be no question 
     
    
   
   
    
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     lying! I wave a low groan, which was unswered by a chuckle | 
     
     y eg g 4 , y 
     
     trom beneath the bed, 
     
    

    
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     that thes@ murders have been committed in this 1OWH, since We, 
     
     have ourselves s@en one of the victims.” 
     
     Phe sub-ageut added sflirmatively, and T continued :-— 
     
    
   
   
    
     te circumstance of Sb. Leinare counting ts mouey in 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     The foreguiag br vereati pn tovk place between myseif and 
     
     the sul-agent, m tlie diligence between St. Malo and St. Ives. 3 9 Asa ery, 8 
     
     I had received a letter from bim several days previously, ur- * Phe landiord told me tuat he did not.’ been able to enter this particular chamb-r at any time—and | such attempts here would be of a siailar injurious and bane- | upon the subject, and trusting, therefore, that the House of 
     
     gentiy requesting ‘ay imuediate presence in the latter place, | *So he told me—bur | prefer to investigate for myself. Wel ouce through the pannel without having disturbed the unex- | ful character, although the evils procecding from it would | Assembly would be sati-fied with, thesensuennen tieeatits 
     
     and ip the last few leagues of my journey, [ was so furtunate had it last mignt from Lenare’s own lips, that it was fig inten- | peeling sleeper, their work was easily do: e. This bed was, | 20t be of the same magnitude, [ hope | am undeistood as jaddress ‘had received the anxious eousidendalan. sat’ then 
     
     a0 Se meet See pew any vege, we re reser fore: A tion to stay a! Gis tun ual morning, and [ am inclived to the | as I have sid, construcied in such a manner that a sleeper | Opposing the adoption of the address proposed by his Hovor | Majesty’s Secretary of State, who, while relying ow the spirit 
     
     the op ae ‘ences, in the investigation of which he : Belief that we did put Up here Jast wight, notwithstanding that }Gonld maintain only one position in it—a hole had been eels Col. Swabey solely on the grounds of pure prerogative. As of mutual forbearance to guemnete-densiin’ ieee the dene 
     
     vin as ance. 1 sseot i ‘ eu bys iy? ‘ ae aie : An : . . yt FON 
     
     wall. Salenar. th +t he knew of the matter was, that withia Rem” 4 cere Rear dpe an in ca sank | aera seat Sates See ee wo tees | for instance, whea King William the Fourth had agreed to jand the lower House, had yet placed in bis hands the power 
     
     the compass of a few weeks, a succession of startling murders | 4 With no ove dut the ian-keeper or one Of his servants | Aner seies a bide it didnt ahi ae ina | assent to the Reform Bill and determined to take measures of making such an alteration in the Legislative Council as 
     
     had been comwmitted at St. Ives, a town within his official | Now, Monseur Berret. Jet me recurto a circumstance which | were accustomed to “earet it out in the duciiiiaiia of the night | '2 Secure its passage through the House of Lords, the means would ensure the harmonious working tozether of the two 
     
     guardianship. B.xdies had been found in the street, bearing Happened ta tie diligence, which T think eseaped your notice. | and save’ wie ond af ihe Sublen eurciete af this town And so|t® Which he had recourse was an exercise of the Royal pre-| Branches. His Message, as has been observed by my honor. 
     
     in every instance the wound in the back. ot which he had dust as M. Auguste was revtaciny tis pocke'-book, { happened | adroutly had the tte Mebi blay4d thin nd Uhadow of suncveion |rogative in the creation of a fetih of mir se Lg any atest “one guile hs cn rene siivedt 
     
     1b ee Semabiahinced Coataae Ee ants oe jte glance behind me, and then saw an objec! which instantly {had attached to the eval criminals, c | Suppose a member of the House of Commons, (pposed both | and the same Message having been laid before this Board. 
     
     — ee ener upon this alarming state of | 2itfacted my attention. ft was @ man, bent forward in Cages Mhe innkeeper recavered from the wound which I gave him. |10 the reform measure aud the means be had recourse to for | ought, in like manner, to have beca satisfactory to your 
     
     Pr gine yn ete peiyy Liat aaa aeamaeat eee ate prep tpt ar Ah Mitch mee Oy eae e e Rie as rhage i | carrying ity should have risen up i his place, denoanerd the | Houors ; and should preclude an application to [lis Kxcel- 
     
     investigation of the matter, and when T encountered him, he | sia altuna Nesbdldeus af adit bai mat bedeee thas etecoh 08 at pet an ican ? "hal whhe 1 oud dat y  ereation of new eee a8 a corrupting of the Upper House, | lency for any further info Metion, under existing circumstan- 
     
     had already started for St. Ives, so that vur destination was | face, | have seen it again this moroiug—it is thatof Antoine | ¥§,, Tyes, itunes aa’ didi chnitihee and the same bed at ani sod moved ap address to His Majesty, calling tor the pro- |} ces, concerning the Despatch, siuce, in the Messaye, His 
     
     the same. : . lthe nostler.’ | ten, with a sense of the most perfect secartiy, undisturbed by | duction of all Correspoudeuce of Whatever nature, private or Kxcelleney eXpressly says he does not fee! himself at liberty 
     
     ee Toe te. reeeal, Jecgnes. Geichesl, 90 eh Mhis is truly an imporiant discovery,’ the sub-avent ob- | any remembrance of m former remarkable adventure " j otherwise, concerning that action of Royal prerogative, would | at pr 
     
    

    
     rably,” M. Berret remarked, * that { am led to hope for your | y y : 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     esent to make publie the co respondence. It is, as we 
     
     d doubtful t atter | °°" "DS he not have been looked upon asa madwan? The right of | ougit ali to know, within the province of His Excetlen +58 
     
     inca = he a re reempenaiesr s Bcd Pape a) Hast might d heard s Er79R, from the r oe re _ | fits txcellency to withhold the Despatch or the correspon- prerogative, as the Represeutative of Her Majesty ‘ ibis 
     
     now looks.’ ‘ |chamber adjoining mine. The discovery of this morning, con-| Two Minute Serwons to Tae Girut.—Ladies—eaged birds 
     
     ‘Atall events,’ was my reply, ‘I deem it no more than 
     
    
   
   
    
     : ro, | deuce in questivn is a right of pure pre:ovative: , id, resting | Colony, ith! 2 Despate >j . 
     
    

    
     ladered with these otherv‘of which! have been tethee you, (Of beautiful plumage, but sickly: lwoksx—why do oan not go | 4% G yee a! Be prsious 5 _ ‘ sa y. to with oe the Despatch from being wade public, 
     
    

    
     j out into the open air and warui sunshine, and add lustre to} MY opposiiion to the a -_ subuitied by kis Honor Col. ' ¢ deems it expedient to do 80. He has alrea ty distinciy 
     
    

    
     however, Monsieur Berret, to give me the oe HUGE NENEES }Lewmare, In any evew', you can draw your own inferences. ) your eyes, bloom to your cheeks, and elasticity to your steps, | Swabey solely ou this ground, [ do vot think it becessary to | told us that he does not fee} himself at liberty, at present, 19 
     
     and conirul pf this matter, in every particular. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ifrisa fact Conclusive that. the unioriunate man retired to bed | and vigour to your frames? Take Inorning exercise, let loose jenter into auy argaumeuts or explatatious [0 prove that it | COmMmuUugicat. aus thing further respecting it to the Levisia- 
     
     ‘I will do so, and with pleasure. Frame whatever plans | 
     
    
   
   
    
     justice to myself to make @ strong effort. I must ask you, ib -ads me to believe that this was the death groan of M. Auguste { 
     
    
   
   
    
     use : : [49 this next Chamber. Wherher or not he ever lett tt ative, is | your eorset strings, and run up the hills for a wager, and} would be Iuexpedieut to grant the prayer of tue proposed | ture, Why, then, b, preferring a request ‘o His Exe Nency, 
     
     = delice an oak nm all m et |* question wich tm my annd adie afibut Inte ae oe Suueewace a ae + ange - mate ve oo | oo | Which, according to bis own declaration, he i: bound to 
     
     thie oth Loe a eae |, * De you, then, realiy mean to «ay that your belief is that M | ditches, wade the bros S. and alter a day of exhilirating ex- , reluse, should we expose ourselves to the bumiliati hi 
     
     : : ! : : : ‘ : lt ‘soN— : : : on whic 
     
     Ste aaa h on Dee nae - ate. | Lemare waa murdered under tis rout 2” | reise and enrvstrained enjoyment —the blooming and beauti-| Hon. Mr. Hurcntxyson—Whether the Despatch, or any | ’ t , hich 
     
     must be as secret as the grave. v Hot, upon any considera- | 
     
    
   
   
    
     e e — i e x i yz j ide cue 4 . : a ositive ‘Aenial~and nothing less e; : : cal 
     
     : ‘ : *‘} om posiive of it, and not only he, hut each of the ot her | ful young lady- rose-cheeked and bright-ey d—who ean darn } portion of it, Was intended to be considered sirietly private, Pp ott 8 less Can We reusona ly eX pee t 
     
     tion. let it be knownin St. Ives that there is a detective officer | 5 
     
    
   
   
    
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     > } i victings, And 1 a a also tod iced to believe that every one ol) a stocking, mend her own frock, ec mmand a Treg iment ot pots | and there ure to he ke: t secret we h: ve t he d ny d~ | would oring ul oOuouss tis tr ue Wew ky : i 
     
     nearer to them th un i aris; and, above all, du not suffer your- ; > Pp c . a nO a 4% O} > u @ to Bee 2 
     
    
   
   
    
     | . A . ; ; vie at >a tet it tints ant ae . 
     
     (these midnight assassinativas ius been committed in the adjoim | 8vd kettles, and be a lady when required, is the girl that | portunity of positively ascertaining; but this we have! Despatch. I would like to see it inyself, Bur, seeing that 
     
    
   
   
    
     , | : tap : Sus | So } ‘ecellen: ae r ivoly : 
     
     self to make an ep juiry concerning these murders. Leave me ling chaniber.* | young men are in questofforawife. But your pining. serew- | heen given to understand, both through the columns of | His Excellency has pusitively told us that he is not at hiberty 
     
     to ask a!i questions in my peculiar manner,” — : ‘I have no doubt that you have arrived at the trath,’ the sub- | ed-up, Wasp- waisted, doll-dressed, consumption-mortgaged, the Islander, the organ of the Goverument, and by the | 10 comMunicate 1t—to usk him for it, would be seeking a 
     
     The sub-azent promised tull compliance with wy d at ae agent replied. * Aud gow what do you propose to do first? | @U-te-mardering, and novel-devouring daughters of idleness | | i Jess dba enter Mr. Palmer to his late constituents, | "¢fusa!. Aud I ask your Houors to cousider whe her you 
     
     : 7 g . . j ‘ ge . - ae ‘iia ,£ + ss : ‘ . é Ss i ° ‘ . > i +s | . . a 
     
     tions, and in a few moments we were rolling through the Would it not be better to arrest this invkeeperjand his bostler at} ~-You are no more fit for matrimony than a pullet is 10 look | , ‘ ee 1 sshd jority of | 2¢@ Pet vow Ip a beter position, as respects that Despaich 
     
     dark ess and rain into the village of St. Ives. Daring theee | ty » | after a brood of fourteen chickens. The tiuth is my dear | that ualess we harmonize with the Government m jority of | h ld be in shoutd ts ; : : 
     
     tae " : ‘andwiia |amee ? : s i : Og | net a Vee piglt Mei ame «Mak yp | (Han you would be in shoald we ave to record in our ure 
     
     few moments however, an incident occurred which neocensrily | *Byno means, M. Berret. {think that that wonld be an| girls, you want les- fashi mahle restraint and more liberty of | the House of As embly, that 18, unless we defer to ther | iit to we had presented un address Hi kis. Jo a 
     
     bas an important Dearing upon my narrative. | extrewely injudicious step. What 1 have been telling you are | action ; more leg exercise and less sofa; more padding and less | judgment and submit to their guidance aud direction with | i h =e vg te SGGress to Elis. Kx ellency, 
     
     : . | . 7 . 5 " 4 : i | 2 “ et wrt ae + ioraying uve a Gert; spmte ry POrree, : . 
     
     Our conversation bad been held, as a matter of course, inso jonly conjectures of my own, which, though probably true in| Plo; more frankness and less mock modesty, Loosen your respect to all legislative measures originating with or pro- ee . “e , tt At no ie respondeuce eon. 
     
     lew 5 Nae Sa Oe ee a eae tines tas +] almost every particular, would, i greatly fear, avail little as| Waist Te and breathe in the pare atmosphere, and bee sme ‘ceeding (rom them ; or dare of our own mere wotion to bring | Cerulng tRe eupstraciion of this Board laid be ove us, and 
     
     . ; luge ic i y F ~ . aed : me ind a9 o * ae ifal; : a ; Tins op) j ee ; : ‘ ¥ Stively « ted ¢ ’ y bain en 2 
     
     the diligence ; in fact, I pee Dewar mer any eae | proof tu charge the villainous invkeeper and his servant (who, | . nething as good and beautiful as nature desig 1ed—A merican | forward and agree to any measure which may be unpalatable | that it vad been positively Cenied to us. Your lonors will 
     
     But now, os a ren ~ ing tdi ae = .’ shenis | beyond all question, are the criminals) with these crimes. ‘Phere | Paper. Diicsslitsadt tat eas to them,—we are to be rewodelied, Now, whatever some |@!! agree that, in virtue of his prerogative, as Ler Majesty's 
     
     ¢ aroun me " ee F | 5 a i i - ‘ ee ae . 2 . . »| . se ative owe ey ; “ 
     
     en directly behind us, Mons:eur Auguste Le- | ‘9 10” one decisive step < a pent Merete 19. geey: toe The pleasantest thing in the world are Pleasant thoughts, | ay wuderstand by being remodelled, my understanding of | setentias re nae Wabt ote ee nef wile 
     
     a Ka é Ur. Bae tad E : i ; 7. : 7 , i i F S { F ; u i ' é 4 eclve 
     
     oda a wealty wine-seller of Bordeaux, and with whom [ was | "St 19 this mysterious chamber and the greatest art in life is to have as many of them ag possi-|'t atMounts to this, vothing less nor more, that if we prove | hold, eitber se pt Ae Patt, any Despates reecived by 
     
     nite intimate Upon recognizing me, he greeted me cor-| Monsieur Berret heard my quietly spoken words, and looked | 41, restive or refractory under the control, assumed or intended |®im; and as it has been stated, through the Leader of the 
     
     dially and we conversed together upon passing topics for a perfectly aghast with astonishment, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ; ; . } oiled , in Jovern-| Goverument, that His Excelienc will eons ot 
     
     | * What, Gurllot! wre you mad 7’ he exclaimed. «Passthe| There is no greater eign of a mean and sordid man than to | 9 be a sumed, over us, by the Government, or the Govern- ee ae ca J » 6 present, give ue 
     
     ae , id, | a: , hat 1:.fernal tA hterhouse! Wh: are you tired of | doat upon riches; nor is anything more magnificent than to | ment majority of the House of Assembly, not only shall we other information concerning the Desated in Question thaia 
     
     * You stop at the Hotel of St. Ives, I suppose ? he said, | ateht tn that iferna ssanghtlernonse | ty, are you A . * > 
     
    
   
   
    
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     " hij byuptly. 1 consulted the | life? Consider the danger of the thing and the great loss to ; ; ; ive to i » shoal w . Saha 
     
    

    
     chancing the sul ject somewhat abruptly be’ wlaan tm fit. ition service which your death would ocexsion ’ oe ; ° , . 3 | We shall be made to feel it ; and this accoruing to my ap-| relative to it, why should we place Ou) Sel¥es iu a position to 
     
    

    
     sub-agent, and learning that this was the on y piac Why are presidents like vagabonds ?—Because they are : : ca ts vig = jreceive a refusal? Ali has been eoine i : 
     
    

    
     Ives at which he ever stopped, | answered the question inthe) The earnest anxiety wih which this last remonstrance was associated with vives | prehension of it, will be the mode of its operation : a few of | at 48 been going on well and barmoni- 
     
    

    
     etna Tee uttered was so perfectly ludterous that I refrained with difficult : | the members of this Council who may be the most obnoxious | 88 between the two Houses since We met on the 16:h ult; 
     
     affirmative. Ae y y . : J hen | : 
     
    

    
     ‘ Well, I shall stay tere also, but it is possible that I shall | from laughing outright. But f sson succeeded in silencing his} ** How do you get that lovely perfume?’ asked one young to the dominant powers will be deprived of their commissions | ‘e0 let matters saproceed, Let us not provoke aggression, 
     
     nut see you agan.as I intend to leave St Ives early to-mor- | objectias, if “? ia ee his — . and lady of another:—* It’s sent tu me,” replied the other. iand reduced to the ranks, and other geutiemen, who approve |Y9%, SUppose his Houor's proposed address to have beea 
     
     row moraing. 1am uow on my way to England, travelling ‘ ee prrorse 8 , then remarked, ‘a considerable It is said. «« the hare is one of the most timid animals, yet | of the policy of the dominant party, promoted iu their stead. | sdopted by the House, to have been presented (0 Lily Ki: cel- 
     
     jade Poor ral pom - a ie ‘ waiesaod ‘te ales letters 0 a ee Mon "Diem, had thie rascally landlord known it last) it always dies game !”’ Why shouldn't it, when it is made |The alternative offered to us, as it has been stated in all the reas _ re wept to have answered it by rovusing 
     
    

    
     : : rave neglecte 2 : , " ame of ‘ ta. aiel : ;. al iat ore i ee f Osi 
     
     te hail ‘wa have now the sad of five thousand franca! might, | might now ve as cold as poor Leware! Can it answer| me of. papers, Is either implict submission to unconstitutional con- |‘ comply with the prayer of it: now, 1 say, sup, osing this 
     
     of exchange. 
     
    
   
   
    
     iay them out freely in acts of bounty and liberality, be given fully to know what the half defined threat is, bur ‘Wat which he has already commun: 
     
    
   
   
    
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     with me. Permit me to count this over before you, that in| you any purpose 2 An eminent teetotaller would only consent to sit for his| trol, or reduction to obedience by the Withdrawal from 06 ae - the proceeding eo far, L will take leave to 
     
     outs wily tinbeened misfortune sbould deprive me of it before | ‘A very nnportant ane. Lend me your pocket-hook? portrait cn condition that he should be takeu in water colours? Board of its most obstinately and offensively independent | 4% bis Hovor what course he would they pursue, What step 
     
     reaching Calais, you may be able to certitiy to my crediturs| Sui! holding 0 my hand, I descended the stairs, the a Ifa young lady has a pain ia her side, can she be relieved wembers. Yes, we have been most insultingly told that if he eee take; for such an issue would necessitate 
     
     48 to my possession of the money at this time.’ _ jagent closely following me. Ihe innkeeper was Biting na of it by wearing a sash ? we presumed to obstruct any of the Government measures,-— | ‘urther action ; ; 
     
    

    
     Producing « pleshoric poeket-book, the wine-merchant | hind hig bar, oe — Se ood —- - ae in ee very careful how thee steer their life-barks | that is, if, through the exercise of an honest atid independent | Hon, Col. Swaney—That is ® question which I am uot 
     
     seca, Hay ot nto, toa |e nye, ed wach pose mae | Ay woul woat spel ste eo ae” falar ee ena nes kins Hn, Cl Srases—Thst gna 
     
     ne france. ee i request, became i ges g van ; ‘« Whata fine head your boy has!" said anaduurine friend | Yivced that it is our duty to reject them, and act accordingly,} His Houor the Paesipent—That argues a want of due 
     
     ’ ; . - ote we ae a ; . : © eietiied th : és : 
     
     ® The diliemnas ae oe a stop befure the inn, and the| ¢ The amount is correct,’ | said aloud.to M. Berret.. © Twal —.. Yes,” said the fond father, * he’s a chip of the old block | —~—We shall be knocked isto a * cocked but "It seems to consideration, is Houor should not have laid the fuunda- 
     
     ngers basten+d to leave the oue for the other. .\fter we | thousand franes--ihis, then, discharges tne deb.’ Then waik-) —ain't you, my ws ‘** Yes, father, teacher said yesterday | be presuined by the authors of the threats which have bees | tiou without having weil cousideved how the intended super- 
     
     ad our supper, L accompanied the sub-agent to his|iug up to the bar, L said ta te iuukeeper: ‘Tue room which that { was a young blockhead.” levelled against us, and by those who have been most indus- |Structure was to be completed. I would advise bis Houor