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     list Bill of last year, to provide fiir the continuance 
     
     ofthe Sovere'ign’s title in the Crown Lands of this 
     
     Colony, shall receive our earliest attention, in order 
     
     that so important a measure may receive the Royal 
     
     allowance. 
     
    

    
     We regret to learn that Her Mnjesty’s Govern- 
     
     ment have not yet seen the necessity of leaving the 
     
     One-ninth Bill to its operation, inasmuch as further 
     
     cases have since arisen calling for Legislative inter- 
     
     ference on the sulfiect of that Bill, and clearly de- 
     
     monstrating the eqtiit and utility of the principle it 
     
     sought to establish. The inconvenience and dilliculty 
     
     arising from that uncertainty, which cannot fail to be 
     
     felt in the absence of such a Bill as the One-ninth, 
     
     might, indeed, have been obviated, had the other 
     
     Brunch of the Legislature, on passing so important a 
     
     Bill as one to regulate the Currency, also defined, by 
     
    

    
     Statute,tlie just and equitable provisions so necessary 
     
     on such an occasion for all the existing contracts _and 
     
     dbligations according to the established ractice, 
     
     'custom and usage of the Colony, as the ouse of 
     
     ~Assembl were anxious they should do, when the Cur- 
     
     rency lpassed this Branch of the Legislature in 
     
     1819. The assurance that your Excellency will af- 
     
     ford to Her Majesty's Government proof of the neces- 
     
     'sity for legislating on the principle of the One-ninth 
     
     Bill, is to us a gratifying guarantee of your Excellen- 
     
     cy’s desire to promote the interests of the Inhabitants 
     
     of this Colony, and we confidently anticipate that 
     
     such proof will be the means of the Royal allowance 
     
     bcin yet extended to the Bill. 
     
    

    
     Vi¥hen the Public Accounts shall be laid before us, 
     
     we make no doubt that the state of the Revenue will 
     
     alford us much satisfaction, and this satisfaction would, 
     
     we are sure, have been greatly enhanced, had it not 
     
     been for the unusually early setting in of the Winter, 
     
     and closing of the navigation, by which several ves- 
     
     sels, laden with dutiable cargoes, were revented 
     
     from reaching their places of destination in this 
     
     Islan . ' 
     
    

    
     We will cheerfull make suitable provision for the 
     
     maintenance of the Public Service; and, in doing so, 
     
     it will be our earnest endeavou to keep the expendi- 
     
     ture within the limits of the Public Revenue, so that 
     
     the Government may be enabled to place its financial 
     
     operations on a firmer basis than that which has 
     
     hitherto prevailed. 
     
    

    
     Our best attention will be given to the considera- 
     
     tion of any Bill which your Excellency’s Government 
     
     may submit, having it tendency to improve the opera- 
     
     tion ofthe Courts for the recovery of Small Dcbts. 
     
    

    
     Fully sensible of the immense advantages which 
     
     would result to this Colony from Reciprocal Trade 
     
     with the United States, we feel grateful for the inter- 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Ir. Icons 's motion was accordingly whbdruwn. 
     
     Tbs quastidn be’ then put on the motion  tllu  C010‘- 
     
     tht the Rs t of t a Committee be agreed to, n was nrrtsd. 
     
    

    
     blr. HAVPfl'.AND then movsd—“ Resolved, 'Ihut the were of 
     
     tho Co|||n|i|[a9Q ha continued and extended with the view sasbltllfl 
     
     them to engage an Assistant Reporter." lotion agreed to w|ll|°|“ 
     
     opposition. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ti-ruusruv, 29th. ‘ 
     
     The House having gone into Committee of Privileges of Elccltotli 
     
     after some time spent therein. the House was resumed, and I 
     
     following Resolution proposed ad moved in the Cotiiiiiittee by Mr. 
     
     Palmer, was re ed and unanimously ado ited. 
     
     " Resolved, That it is the opinion of the Ceiiiniittee, that the 
     
     Presiding Otlicer at the Poll held on the ninth (in of December 
     
     last, for the election of a Member of Assembly or Georgetown, 
     
     having omitted to take the Oath prescribed by the 89th section of 
     
     the Election Law, in verification ol'tlia correctness of the it 
     
     and therefore, that the return made b the Sheritl' of King‘s Coun. 
     
     ty, upon the Writ, issued for the cal Election, wlierehy _lltltluI'lcR 
     
     McAulny, I-‘.squira, was declared duly elected, is not valid in law. 
     
     and that a new \Vrit should issue for the rsturii of ii Member. of 
     
     Assembly for Georgetown, aforesaid, in p'tics of the said Roderick 
     
     3lcAula , l.sqiiiru." 
     
    

    
     Mr. bl'I£AKER was then instructed to notify His Excellency of 
     
     the result of the investigation, tli.ita new Writ might be issued forth- 
     
     wit 
     
    

    
     Thursday, January ‘39. 
     
    

    
     House in Committee to investigate the allegations contained in 
     
     the Petition of Martin Byrns, Esquire, against the return of Rode- 
     
     rick M‘Aulay, Esquire, as Member of Assembly for Georgetown.- 
     
     Mr. Thornton in the Chair. 
     
    

    
     The Petition having been read. .\Ir. MACAULAY rose and said 
     
     —As regarded the Petition itself it mi ht be partly true, but he 
     
     was positive it was also partly false. Phat part 0 the Petition, 
     
     wherein it was stated that Mr. M'Ciillum had refused a scrutiny 
     
     on the second da after the election, was positivel false. This 
     
     statement he ma a with a perfect consciousness o its truth and 
     
     with a full assurance that he could prove it to betrue. As to other 
     
     matters, set forth in the Petition to detail, he was _not l.iwyc_r 
     
     enough to be able to ca whether they would be sutlictent, even if 
     
     substantiated, to invali ate the election. Reference was made to 
     
     Poll Books in the Petition, and it was stated therein. tbattbey ha 
     
     not been scaled before they were delivered b the Poll Clerks to 
     
     the Returning0tlicer, as was required b the E action Law. ow, 
     
     the fact was, that there was on y one oll Book—not Poll Books. 
     
     That was sufficient to shew that the Petition had not been drawn 
     
     up with much attention to accuracy as respected facts. The hon. 
     
     member then roceeded to observe that he saw around him, on 
     
     both sides of the House, several gentlemen with whom he had 
     
     formerly associated in the legislature; and that, frotn what he 
     
     knew of them in time past, he was led to expect that uprigbtness 
     
     of urpose and wise consideration would characterize their pro- 
     
     ce ingvi touching the question then at issue. Whatever steps 
     
     they should take with respect to it, he was satisfied the would be 
     
     taken independently of party consideration, and with fu I indepen- 
     
     dence of judgment. However, he wo ms is one observation 
     
     with respect to an opposite mode of proceedingzshould it dominant 
     
     party in a Legislature, in which the people |i:id the uncontrolled 
     
     choice of their representatives, exercise their power to set aside 
     
     the rights of parties who came before therii, from the time oftlieir 
     
     doing so, they might date the coinnicncenu-at of their downf.ill. 
     
     The abuse would work out its own care, (Hear! from Mr. Douse.) 
     
     He did not express these sentiments with the intention that they 
     
    
   
   
    
     cat which your Excellency evinces on that subject; 
     
     and we are rejoiced to learn that the correspondence 
     
     has been renewed, under your Excellcncy’s ad- 
     
     ministration, with Her Majesty's Government, in 
     
     Britain, with the view of abrogating the Treaty of 
     
     ISIS, which prohibits others than British subjects from 
     
     prosecuting the Fisheries of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 
     
     at a less distance from the Shore than three miles, in 
     
     order that the citizens of the United States, who are 
     
     fully alive to the value and importance of our Fish- 
     
     eries, may enjoy the uncheckcd privilege of prosecut- 
     
     ing, in common with our own people, that great 
     
     branch of trade and industry. But whilst thus desir- 
     
     ous of strengthening the bonds of amity and friendship 
     
     between Her Majesty’s subjects in this Island and the 
     
     citizens of the United States, we have it right to ex- 
     
     pect concessions lrom the Government of that Country, 
     
     in respect to a removal of restrictions upon Trade be- 
     
     tween this Colony and the United States, fully equi- 
     
     valent to the advantages we are disposed to surrender. 
     
     But should the policy of the American Government 
     
     be opposed to the granting of any such concessions, 
     
     and ourjust and reasonable expectations left unsatis- 
     
     fied, it will then become our duty—and one which we 
     
     shall labour zealously to discharge—-to invite British 
     
     capital and enterprise to our shores, and to afford 
     
     them every encouragement and protection in our 
     
     power, for the purpose of ttirning to account that im- 
     
     mense source of wealth and prosperity which lie 
     
     hidden in the waters that encircle our young Colony. 
     
    

    
     In conclusion, we beg to join with your Excellency 
     
     in the hopepithat the blessing of God will attend our 
     
     'oint' endeavour to romote the welfare and prosperity 
     
     of this Colony, and, the happiness of its people. 
     
    

    
     ( it in r i. r : 
     
     Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Jssrmbly; 
     
    

    
     I think you for the Address, and feel gratified that you concur 
     
     with me generally in the views which I considered it necessary 
     
     to submit for your consideration, at the openin of the Session, on 
     
     topics of great public importance. t will, _assura you, be no 
     
     less my inclination, than It is in duty, cordially to coopertili: 
     
     with you in bringing to a favours a termination such measures as 
     
     may tend to oinots the prosperity of the Colony, and the lisp- 
     
     piness ofnll e asses. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Wunnrsnsr 10. 
     
    

    
     Hr. SPEAKER laid before the house the Im t Accounts for 
     
     Csseum c. Referred to Committee on Public ccounts. 
     
    

    
     The allowing Bills were read a lime. wmlnillvd. "nort- 
     
     sd agreed to, without amsndrrie_uts, and ordered to be e . 
     
    

    
     Bill to continue the Act relating to the Ilo-tI't|In|l:‘lL:I‘>III III]. I-03!. 
     
    
   
   
    
     &e., down the rivers and lesser strssnis is - 
     
     Seaman's Bill. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     and Tcmt Bill. 
     
    

    
     Hon. Mr. COLES presented from Mr. C. II. Bagstsr. I work en- 
     
     titled ‘Historical bony on It char-ta._' with s f.-st-usulo of 
     
     ttsgiia Charts, as a t tat ' nv-_ Library. Drdnrod. 
     
     that the present he acknowledged by a complinicatsry Lsttss from 
     
     the Clerk to Mr. Bagster. _ 
     
    

    
     Mr. CLARK presented I petition from Jim. Gillaadsrs. Touch- 
     
    
   
   
    
     sr. . Refsrsd to the Coinniittss appointed to consider the 
     
     Petitions of snlicanssd Teachers. 
     
    
   
   
    
     AFTERNOON SITTING. 
     
     Hon. Mr. WABBURTON presented a Petition in favour of Free 
     
     aestion. from Let It; and 
     
     Ir. FRASER presented a similar one from Oystsr Cove. Its- 
     
     D Committee on Free Education. ‘ 
     
     Han. Mr. WAIIBUI N prassstad tlis linpost Accounts for 
     
     DHsistsf0rwsll Bay. for quarter ending Ilst Dscatubur, IBM. 
     
     Isfsrrud to Committee on Public Accounts. 
     
     REPORTING. 
     
     Ilsa. Mr. C0"Il._ES, from the Commtu 
     
     raagsisisnts in cranes to report 
     
     uuulud the fsllzgiug Report I“ 
     
    
   
   
    
     appointed to nialrs ar- 
     
     tsp of the House, pre- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ;and year Osuimitteshzhlsirsfiws rsssvur 
     
     A-tsust lepsvtsr be by t ours." 
     
     “Tbs Iepsst baring bssamdllsa. Ir. Cslss moved that it be 
     
    
   
   
    
     . hstbs bsrsfsrrsdbsktotlis 
     
     lrDAVlllmuvsdtt lspsrt h e an 
     
    
   
   
    
     flq.:.P.0PI:svslthsstus|ss.usdsr.Is.Isssry.hsvs 
     
     :hvfibssaputsalr.Psps's-aha. the Basra 
     
    
   
   
    
     should be applied to any party or individuals _in tlie_Ilouse; for 
     
     he believed, that, with respect to the question at issue, every 
     
     member in would exercise an inipartial and independent 
     
     judgment. Should they however err in their decision their sen- 
     
     tence would be revised by the ple, who would not fail to assert 
     
     their privileges. He was not inclined to say much at that stage 
     
     of the proceedings. He would merely add that he believed he had 
     
     a eonstitutioiinl right to the seat which be occupied, . ause he 
     
     held it in virtue of the free choice of the people; and that the 
     
     Petition contained a gross falsebooil, inasmuch as it set forth a 
     
     charge, criininritory of the Returning Officer, for which there was 
     
     no just foundation whatever. He would leave the matter with the 
     
     Coiiiriiittce. 
     
     lllr. PALMER reviewed the allegations set forth in the Petition. 
     
     First, be said, it was set forth that t e Returning Oflicer either 
     
     refused or evaded a cninpliancc with the demand for a scrutiny 
     
     made by the petitioning candidate. or his friends for him. In the 
     
     second place, it was alleged that the Returning Otlicar h 
     
     omitted to take and subscribe the Oath prescribed by the ' 
     
     Law, before returning his precept. The third allegation was one 
     
     of a similar nature. It was that the Poll Clerks had not scaled 
     
     up the Poll Books before delivering them to the presiding Otlicer. 
     
     \Vitb respect to the first allegation, he did not think it was in the 
     
     power ofthe House to comply with the pro er of the Petition, as 
     
     urged with reference to it. Under the old leciion Law it might 
     
     have been competent to the House to enter upon a scrutiny; but 
     
     they had not that wer under the present one. The present 
     
     Election Law prescribes plainly the mode of conductinga scrutiny 
     
     when demanded by it complaining cnndidiite. It prescribes that 
     
     the scrutiny shall take place before the sherilf, and it points out 
     
     the time and place. It constiintrs a regular court for the investi- 
     
     gation, and appoints the Slierilftlie Judge, and only Judge therein. 
     
     He could easily imagine that the l.i-gislnturo in constituting such 
     
     a Court was actuated by reasons founded in good sense. In the 
     
     mica ofa scrutiny being ileriirindctl at the close of ii county elec- 
     
     tion, when there might be four or live hundred votes to he scrutin- 
     
     ized, would it not be very improper that it should be taken up and 
     
     prosecuted by the House, day after day, week nllr-r tvieelt, or month 
     
     after month, or it iiiig t be for ll year: or the time might come 
     
     when an election might be so carried on tli:it the whole body of 
     
     the electors, greatly iiicrcnsotl beyond their present number, should 
     
     be polled. That was one good and sounil reason why the power 
     
     was taken from the llonse and bestowed upon a new authority. 
     
     Tlis Ilouse could not, with any sertililince of propriety cuter itpon 
     
     the scrutiny; t a wcr was trzinsfcrred front therii to the slierill‘, 
     
     and by nothing short of an Act of the Legislature could it be brought 
     
     back to them. It was true that the present Elcctioti Lntv pre. 
     
     scribed a mode of petitioning the llonseiigninst it return, the fornia 
     
     of which had been observed in the l'i.-tition biefom the Committee; 
     
     but it could not properly apply except to cases of great irregularity, 
     
     or error, directly calculated to render the election altogether void. 
     
     Many such cases might be enumerated. Two were set forth in 
     
     the I’etition:—tbc Returning 0llicer's having omitted to trike and 
     
     subscribe the oath, prescribed by the Law, and the Poll Clerks 
     
     having omitted to seal the Poll Books before delivering them upto 
     
     the presiding Ollicer. These cantc within the scope ofthe clause 
     
     pointing out the mode of petitioning the Assembly. Butthere was 
     
     nothing alleged that could warrant the House taking apon ituelf 
     
     the duty of prosecuting ii scrutiny. lla did not object, in the case 
     
     under consideration, on account of the trouble it would occasion, 
     
     and the time it would consume,for there were but few votes to be 
     
     scrutinized; but he objected on principle. If they deviated from 
     
     Law then, they would be laying down a precedent, which 
     
     might entail immsasa labour apon tbs Assembly, and occasion 
     
     enormous expense to the public in future. Thsdnty of condacti 
     
     the scrutiny was made over to the Sheriff; and the House cou 
     
     have nothing to do with it. without violatin the law of the land. 
     
     So much for the two valid allegations sat orth in the Petition. 
     
     Before he olsred any other remarks upon other allegations set 
     
     forth in the Petition, he would wait to hear what might be 
     
     advanced with respect to these two. Should the Committee 
     
     consider these all stions, one at s time, they would he more 
     
     likely to andsrsts such other. The only thing for them to 
     
     s-iy. was, In thought whstlier the omission of the 0ath—a verv 
     
     ant and serious oinlssion—snd the emission to seul up the Poll 
     
     kg. as directed by the law, were saflsisnt to invalidate the 
     
    
   
   
    
     Election. , 
     
    

    
     Hon. Ir. OOLES argued that Ilia allegations set forth in the 
     
     Petition wars astlicisat to warrant tlis prosecution of a scrutiny by 
     
     the House. The Petition, lisobserved did notsay that the Return- 
     
     lis had advised that 
     
    
   
   
    
     ad 
     
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     ing refused a scrutiny, but that 
     
     the matter should be br before the AassuibILl:y petition. In 
     
     so doing. he advised welt: for_tlis yatsvs having L pyll sworn._bo 
     
    
   
   
    
     would hi... 5.... u. .. , , 
     
     to pronounce any s('ibsui guilty of perjury. He properly stated 
     
     that he could not prnssd to institute a scrutiny, unless it were 
     
    

    
     ' list some electors had voted twice, or out of their Dis- 
     
    
   
   
    
     o 
     
    
   
   
    
     sound. Illcllarlv nbiposs ad dsluisut sensors the 
     
     right to dsrraflud, and thu.pvopriuty o.f instituting a acrutipiyf It 
     
     ieulsr, tueontsuiplata a positive sbsu ity— 
     
    
   
   
    
     . ia 
     
     the Slierilsoruttuiuirtg his own acts. l‘l'is ban. and learned main- 
     
     bsr for G etown Ind said that the House had no or' inaljaris- 
     
     diction in the matter ofa scrutiny,-—bat he (Hon. Mr.‘d’.) would 
     
     observe that tlis constitution had thrown around the elective fran- 
     
     chise safe guards, which tvsrs independent of the more I at inter- 
     
     pretation ofa lsw,—snd, in a case like that under con ' eralisn. 
     
     it was the duty of the House to jsd s with due regard to all the 
     
     circumstances connected with it. Ifa doubt arose. it on ht to be 
     
     given in favour of the party entitled to vote. If the alfegations 
     
     set forth in the Petition should not be substantiated, the petitioner 
     
     would be liable to be mulctsd in the amount of the expenses con- 
     
     sequent upon the enquiry. It might, therefore. be inferred that lie 
     
     at cost. is fully persuaded they are true,—a be (Mr. P.) would 
     
     never consent that a party who felt himself aggrieved, should be 
     
     debarred a hearing and hopes of redress, on account of any doubt 
     
     arising out of any ambiguity in the law. 
     
    

    
     Mr. HAVILAND agreed that it would be very aniust for the 
     
     Ilouse to dsbar the complaining candidate from a fair hearing, 
     
     and to deny him the means of redress, if these means had been 
     
     withheld from him tbrou h the misconduct of the Returning Oth- 
     
     ccr,-—_and he admitted t t the allegations against that otlicer, 
     
     contained in the Petition, were quite sullicient. if true, to set aside 
     
     the Elec "on. 
     
    

    
     . Mr. Sl‘EAKER.—'I'hc omission of the oath was, in itself, unfli- 
     
     cicnt to invalidate the election. That single circumstance ought 
     
     to be held conclusive against the return. 
     
    

    
     lllr. PAIAIER said he would defy anv one to shew b the Act, 
     
     that the House ought to do whattbe Sherifl'bad iui ro rly omitted 
     
     to do. All that they had power to say was, that e d not done 
     
     his duty,-—snd that, consequently the election was void. The 
     
     hon. and learned nieinber then proceeded to read the -Itllli section 
     
     ofthe Election Law, and commented upon it to shew that the kind 
     
     of votes of whicbthnt section contemplates the scrutiny, are such 
     
     in} may be alleged to have been polled twice, or out oftbeir proper 
     
     district. He next proceeded to shew that two sestions alter, the 
     
     mode of conducting a general scrutiny was clearly pointed out, 
     
     taken away from the House and conferred upon the Slieritf,-—and 
     
     llltll. therefore, it would be directly contrary, both to the letter 
     
     and spirit of the Act to allow a complaining candidate to refuse 
     
     to trust to the Slierill‘s scrutiny, and compel the House to go 
     
     through it. lfthey should consent to lay down such it precedent, 
     
     they would have to follow it, or to act very inconsistently and 
     
     partially. \Vith respect to the allegations setting forth the omis- 
     
     sion of the Oath by the Presiding Otlicer, and the neglecting to 
     
     seal the Poll-books, he iidniitted that either oftlit-iii, if true, was 
     
     siillicteut to invalidate the claction,—nnd, with respect to the last 
     
     of_thcin, be freely admitted that what Mr. Colea lind said was 
     
     quite correct. for, if the Poll-books were in the possession of the 
     
     Returning Oflicer, unscaled, for ever so short ll time, u falsification 
     
     of them was pints’ . 
     
    

    
     Ilnn. Mr. POPE observed, that the F.lectivc francliise was es- 
     
     pecially under the protection of the House. The omission nftlic 
     
     oath, and the Poll lloolts not having been senlod, atliecu-rl the 
     
     electors more than the Clllltlltltlltiu‘-—r'Illtl if 0rlltil'll~'llt'tl as fact.-, 
     
     the one or the other was quite suliicii-rit to iiivnliil.-iic the i-lectioir. 
     
    

    
     Mr. MON'l'G0.\lERY ohservieil, that the sitting IIIt"llillt‘f could 
     
     not but know whether the ulli-gntions wem com-rt; and, if he 
     
     knetv them to be so, and would ncl(IIO\\'lr’tlg8 their correr-tnvss, 
     
    
   
   
    
     trite, 
     
     they were certainly quite suflicieiit to ltl\'lllltllIlt' lllf: t:ll.'(7lltItl. The 
     
     question might then l-e settled at once, and all the i.-xpeiiiics,wliich 
     
     the _sumnioning of witnesses would occasion to the parties, be 
     
     avoided. 
     
    

    
     llon. Mr. COI.ES.—lfthe Poll Books prove the allegations to 
     
     be true, the House will have sufficierit cviileiice to justify their 
     
     declaring the election void 
     
    

    
     Dir. DOUSE wished to dojustice to botlt siilcs, and he would 
     
     do it—at least so far as his voice went. llo agri-r-zl with those 
     
     hon. members who had jitst spoken, that the in.itti~r ought to he 
     
     pet at rest as speedilv as possible; but as the Slit-rill‘ it-as ilr-c-ply 
     
     implicrited, he thought it ouglil not to he ‘ #9 had 
     
     been heard b the House. The decision tnnirily rilli.-rtcd thr- 
     
    

    
     ectors, and it ought not to be pronounced without full previous 
     
     enquiry. The expense would be nothing when weighed against 
     
     the satisfaction due to the tors. 
     
    

    
     Mr. FRASER then suliiriittcd the following Resolution, trliicli 
     
     was unanimously a lo: 
     
    

    
     '_' Rusoavuo, As the opinion of this Committee, that the alle- 
     
     gations set forth in the Petition of Martin Byrne, I-‘.sq. against the 
     
     return ofkoderick Macaulay, . as member of Assembly for 
     
    

    
     _ own and Royalty, are an lent to authorise the House to 
     
     enter into an inrestigstioii as to the legality of the said Petition." 
     
    

    
     ‘I he House was then resumed, and the Resolution baring been 
     
     submitted by the hon. Speaker, and a to-and the hon. Co- 
     
     lonial Secretarv having presented the oll Books—on motion, by 
     
     the hon. Mr. Coles, the House went into 
     
     . Cosrsri-rs-us: on Parvrcsous or Ecuc-rron—Mr. Davies 
     
     in the chair. 
     
    

    
     The members of the Committee were then svrern by the Clerk. 
     
     Mr. Macneill, ‘ to enquire diligeiitly,iind without fear and favour, 
     
     or partiality, into the facts relative to this order of reference, and 
     
     to make a true and faithful report of the Inquest by them to be 
     
     taken, and of their opinion thereon.’ 
     
    

    
     On motion by the hon. Mr. Coles, l\lr. Mscneill was appointed 
     
     clerk to the committee, and lie was then also sworn by .\lr. Spea- 
     
    
   
   
    
     there could he no reason to prolong the discus.-ion, for. ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     Cf. 
     
    

    
     The Poll Books were then carefully examined. by several mem- 
     
     bers ofthe Committee. to ascertain whether they atford any tra- 
     
     ces or evidence oftbe Oath which the Returning Ollicer ought to 
     
     have taken and subscribed, but no such eviilenco or traces were 
     
     found. The hon. Colonial Secretary having sutisfietl the Com- 
     
     mutec that tho veritable Writ and the vi-ritatile Return were In’ 
     
     before them; the positive declaration of .\lr.'l'horntnn that he bad 
     
     no doubt on his iriind that the Oath liziil never been annexed to 
     
     the Return; and the statement of Mr. \Vightnmn, to the effect 
     
     that lie was satisfied that the actual Poll Bonk. nnil other genuine 
     
     documents, were before the (‘omriritier-. put an end to the enquiry 
     
     concerning the alleged omission of the Oath: and all were con- 
     
     vinced that thc Allidarit required by the Law lind never been 
     
     ninda. llut with respect to the l'oll Books having been left an- 
     
     sealed by the Poll Clerks, the Committee concum-il with hlr. 
     
     'I‘|iornton in his opinion that there was no evidence that such was 
     
     the fact. The discussion would than have terminated had not Mr. 
     
     Douse continued to insist upon the propriety of the Committee 
     
     postponing their decision until after they had i-.x-triiinr-d I e 
     
     turning Otlicer with respect to the allegations set forth in the Pa- 
     
     tition. and its to whether the docuinents hr-fore the Committee 
     
     were authentic or not. He (Mr. ll.) maintained that the Return- 
     
     Ing Ollicrr ought to be exnniined before the decision ofthe Com- 
     
     mittee_: and that it would be very unjust not to rillow biiu an op- 
     
     portunity for explanation touching allegations by which he was so 
     
     fleeplv implicated. Mr. Illu-ii.snn observed that ifthe Return- 
     
     ing Otlicer were there then, it would not be in his power to supply 
     
     the defect ' by putting in the Oath. r. Moorrur 
     
    
   
   
    
     _ in his Return 
     
     said the Returning Officer would find himself there soon enoii h— 
     
     sooner than he would like, when he should fin e would invc 
     
     to pnv the penalty of £200, inr ed by the Act for neglect of 
     
     duty,_ and would also be liiib e for the expenses of both the 
     
     Candidates. 
     
    

    
     The following Resolution, prepared and moved by hlr. Palmer, 
     
     was then submitted and agreed to unanimously. 
     
    

    
     " _R_nor.vun, That it is the opinion ofthe Committee, that the 
     
     Presiding Ollicer at the Poll held on the ninth ds of December 
     
     last, for the election of a Member of Assembly fiir ti etown, 
     
     having omitted to take the Oath prescribed by the 89th section of 
     
     the Election Law in verification of tlis correctness of the Poll 
     
     Books; and therefore that the return made by the Slieriflnf King's 
     
     Count , upon the Writ issued for the laid Election, whereby Rod- 
     
     prick cAnlsy, Esquire, was declared duly elected, is not valid 
     
     in law, and that a new Writ should issue for the return ofa Member 
     
     ofAaasinbly for Georgetown aforesaid, in place ofthe said Rods- 
     
     riok lickulay, Esquire.” 
     
    

    
     The House was than resumed, and the Resolution having been 
     
     adopted b the House. the hon. Speaker was instructed to notify 
     
     Hys Excel sncy of the result of the lnvutigsticn that a new Writ 
     
     uiiglit be issued forthwith. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ruroa-rsa’s_ Noru.—Ia condensing the Report of the Debate 
     
     on the Addren in answer to His I'1xcsllancy’s Speech, the Roper- 
     
    
   
   
    
     Froui papers by the last Hall. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE IIEVOLIJTIDN IN FRANCE. 
     
     corn: sdsses bstissss the Gossrsusstr xii 
     
     Fhui’:s—Esplassti'oas required by lbs lgitisl  
     
     Soon after the cos d’ stat of the id last. a coma a 
     
    

    
     was mails in the IIPIIIO of the British Csbiiist to th:  
     
     G0VOlIInIOM. in Vllticb. wliils say irritating expression op g.-. 
     
     merit apps: to bsavoided, explanations were asked as to» 
     
     whether it was contemplated to completely abandon the libaal 
     
     and constitutional policy which had prsviousl y foruisd the bead 
     
     of alliance between the two eoiinttiss. 'l‘hs Prusiduut of the 
     
     Republic was reminded. that England and Francs. connected 
     
     as they had so long been, by the siinilarity—so far as the dif- 
     
     ference of character of the two people rmi|,|od—of uni.» u. 
     
     spectivs institutions, were at the head c European civilisation; 
     
     that boil: atill enjoyed with tlis modification \ 
     
     arlvsntsges of representative government, freedotu of the'u»i. 
     
     bone, and liberty of tlic ress; that a sac nsion or a cause 
     
     of such grantees for pub ie liberty wool necessarily imply an 
     
     atianilonnient on the part of France, of these political advanta- 
     
     ges, and would necessarily diminish, in a considgnug 4. 
     
     ilie sympathies entertained in England fora system like the 
     
     present. so widely diffari-nt from its own; that a coup st’ star 
     
     which abrogated the Constitution, annihilated the Legislature 
     
     and destroy-rl the liberty ofthe press, was. and must be dis: 
     
     tasteful to the people of England, so remarkable for its uittliu- 
     
     sisstic attachment to all those institutions; and the French. 
     
     Government was earnestly called upon to give sorus uxpluuu-v 
     
     tion of its intentions, or of what it proposed doing, so soon ap- 
     
     the ernbarrassincnt of the present situation had disappeared, or 
     
     been materially diminished.—Thc note was at consiilcrablr 
     
     length; and its tone was, though not irritating, at all events 
     
     decided and energetic. 'l he answer is stated to be what, par- 
     
     baps, iniirlit be guessed under the circumstances. It purported‘ 
     
     to repudiate all intention of abandoning a liberal policy-—it 
     
     spoke of the President as having no desire to esubligh . 
     
     potic authority, it alleged the ditlicullies of his situation ; the 
     
     rlsnprrs that had threatened not only France but the European 
     
     continent, from the rapid and fearful progress of Socinlipt 
     
     ltlctlu ; and It repeated the arguments so often put forward in 
     
     excuse of the act of the Bil inst. This answer, though of 
     
     equal length with the original communications, was not con- 
     
     sidered as stillicieiitly satisfactory ; there were not fo,-ind in it 
     
     assurance of a positive nAture—sullicient|y so to satisfy the 
     
     parties to whom it was addressed. A second communication 
     
     was math-, less of an olliciril than a personal kind. and in the 
     
     name of one of the most prominent members of the English 
     
     Cal-inet—no! tho I-‘oreion Munster, and addressed not to 5 
     
     member of the Freiicli Gorerumi-rit, but to it peuongpg who, 
     
    
   
   
    
     nevi-rtltclrss. possesses no ltlctlnalderiilllfi ll|lll't' of influence. 
     
     This second cniiiniiinicntion was also replied to; hint the 
     
     answer, 1'llleI'llI]_| as it did into still greater detail. and repeat- 
     
     iiifi uiili more-, force the artzuiiiciits made use ofin the first, wau 
     
     not considered as more categorical than the first, nor ilid it pm. 
     
     (lure any greater szitisfactioii. It had been urged on the part 
     
     Ofthc noble Ltlftl relerred to. that it was absolutely necessary 
     
     '0 lite explanations of a still irinre precise kind; that public 
     
     opinion in Englaiid required the-m: that the II onientous events 
     
     which hail just taken place in France, would, no doubt, bo 
     
     commented on in the Eiiglisli Parliament, as they had been in" 
     
     the press of the same country, and that it would br not merely 
     
     sstisfaictory, btit absolutely indispensable for the llritish Cab- 
     
     inet to have some (lulu, some assurances, something positive, 
     
    
   
   
    
     iit fact; to present to l’:irli:itnent when, as would certainly be 
     
     the case, explaiinttons were deuiaiiilcd,iind that it was scarce- 
     
     ly necessary to say these expliinations ought to he of a cutie- 
     
     factory ltiml. ln adrliiinii to the reply to this second note. it 
     
     was tlt.‘Cltlt‘tl tlist a person should be sent to Londoit, to confer 
     
     “ll ml Pllllleralnn. and give explsntitimic which, it was 
     
    
   
   
    
     I liopeil, would be sritisfiictory. The party in question, however, 
     
    
   
   
    
     is said to have declined the mission, on the ground of not being 
     
     able to give prsitive assurances, or an explanation of the intan- 
     
     tioas of the Government at‘ that precise nature which it was 
     
     evidently the desire of the English Cabinet to possess. Such 
     
     is the situation of stfairs. 
     
    
   
   
    
     (Frost the Halifax British J\’ortIi .dsisrtcan, Jan. 15.)‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     STATE OF EUROPE.—PROBABlLI'I‘Y OF WAR ! 
     
    

    
     The state of Europe, just now, prusents great cause for uneaainub 
     
     and disquistuds. l‘ ‘ 
     
     between des _on the one side, and the spirit of spublicsnism, 
     
     aniniatingtha uiilltons of that quarter of the earth, no man can 
     
     scarcely doubt. The Coup it’ etc! of Louis Napoleon may has. 
     
     been successful. backed up, as he no doubt is. by the agent“ 5.. 
     
     tlusocss of the Emperors of Austria and ltussis; but tlisre is a uni- 
     
     versal spread of Republican spirit throughout the misses the 
     
     Continent. which will be ready to show itself at the first outbreak- 
     
     and inasmuch as tluit spirit of Liberty is reflected back from  
     
     land and the United States, so will i iusn panti for freedom 
     
     look to those nations for help, and so will tlis Dsupots arm thorn- 
     
     selves against those Asyluiiis of freedom. 
     
    

    
     Francs, Russia, and Austria. against England and the United 
     
     States! The storm is brewing; but if the Emperors know when 
     
     they "0 W!" 0W. they will pause and well consider. They will 
     
     not only have against them the two niightiest nations an ant, 
     
     ' have been of the most fraterrsl kind during 
     
    

    
     the same 
     
    
   
   
    
     rcpublicniiism, ln' broad and deep, and tho 
     
    
   
   
    
     31908. though bloody, cannot but result in the triumph and cater - 
     
    
   
   
    
     aion of human libert . The embers of air outlrreakarc ultlisiburilg 
     
     uud may burst into lliune sooner than we may iiiiiiginc. . 
     
     c or 1' CI! uuruouus. 
     
    

    
     A proclamation. of which the following is a translation has been 
     
     sent to Paris by the French rafagsss whose names are mbfiibfl 
     
     to — 
     
    

    
     To the people, the re risen in London whose italics are 
     
    

    
     Will Ill be debniibrl? Will you be snslavedl \Vill.‘;fi:“|.:‘. 
     
     come henceforth an object of eternal contempt and ridicule to tho 
     
     oppressed people who awaited their deliverance at your la-inch? 
     
    

    
     Louis Bonaparte has just crowded into a few hours. more crimes 
     
     than it would have l)l.'I.'ll thought possible to include in the life of a 
     
    
   
   
    
     lllfl. 
     
    

    
     Like a thief, ltc li:is so-iced upon the liberties of his country by . 
     
     nnctiirmil siIrprisc—a vulgurartiticu which certain people have been 
     
     rash enough to call courage. 
     
    

    
     lls has sudsciously tritled with the sanctity of the demonic 
     
     earth. 
     
    

    
     By the help of his stvnggering soldicry and police he has silsaead 
     
     every month in Pans except his own. 
     
    

    
     At one blow he has suppressed all the journals, and has cast 
     
     forth into the streets of Paris, without bread, ttioss ofour brethren 
     
     whom the press Illpprirlnd, ' 
     
     oiimig ,iind siricltca down, and trampled under fast 
     
     that national repreuentution, not only in the persons of your an: 
     
     iriics, but also in that of Grcppo, tho gpggggiig 3.1] |¢ .1 
     
     tntiva of the workmen of Lyons, and in tliutof Nudaud t -5. 
     
     son, who has so ollea and so nobly dsfsndsd your interest; in tbu 
     
     tribune. 
     
    

    
     Do on wantto have a master P And do u ' 
     
     tar sboyuld be I.oais Bonaparte? You have :00:  
     
     lic traversed the streets of Paris, h gd 3 5." gnu‘ 
     
     Ivy cannon. and causing himself to be borne in trlam II by. his gut 
     
     adding to the crime ofhigh treason I iusolanes In suuquurar' 
     
     and treiitin France as a conqa en airy—hs wliuaa RHHII’. 
     
     annals can boast of nothing except the Opjlobfllml of the Rains. 
     
     es redition ! 
     
    

    
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