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exeite our risibilities. Now, Mr. Chairman, I, for ope, am | not at all efvaid of incurring the disapproval of my constitus| rots by the yote I shall give to-night, J bave had thehonor wt eepresenting the Second District of King's County since tae year 1846, and from that time to the present [ have: never, by word or act, induced my constituents to suppose that } would go for Escheat, So far from that, I have re- gieatedly told them that it was impracticable, and that the ‘agitation woule only tend to inereasc excitement, from which | vo benefit could accrue; and, Sir, when d heard, during the Session, of a mouster meeting to be held in my district for | the purpose of impairing my influence, 1 issued a placard, | announcing my intention of being prescut, That meeting | was ¢alled by Mr. Cox, and the Chairman was nominated by |

him; yet, notwithstanding this, Mr. Cox and his friends|

could not succeed in carrying a single resolution explanatory

of their views in favor of Kscheat. | deration @

Hon. Mr. Loxewortu.—Although it may not be strictly regular for me to interrupt the hon. member, I think I can satisfactorily explain that fiet. I¢ bappeued tv be that the hon. member and the Chairman preposed by Mr. Cox went to the place to which the meeting was appointed to be held in the sleigh of the hon. member, and during their ride together

the Chairman, by some means or other, was induced to change |

his yiews. (Laughter.) But I have been informed that the majority of the meeting were in fayor of Kscheat, anc would have so declared themselves, if they had been allowed their own way.

the assertion of the hon. member that the act of the Chair-| jjh0J, the people would man going to the meeting in my sleigh, does not conyey any | foe of cost.

reflection prejudicial to me, nor does it subject thet geutle- | man to the charge of having been influenced by any conver- | sation that may have taken place between us on our journey. | When he took a seat in my sleigh I knew rot that he was_| to be the Chairman. Mr. Cox himself changed the place of | meeting from the lozality designated iu the printed notices to a place somewhat distant. While 1 was in the house | at which the meeting was first appointed to be held, a Chairmain was selected, of which selection I was totally un- | conscious. But, Sir, if as has been said, the majority of that meeting were in favour of Escheat, allowing the hon. member the full benefit of his assertion, and supposing, for the sake of argument, that the Chairman might have been influenced | by me, why were not resolutions passed in favor of Kscheat ? | Any resolution to that effect would have been triumphantly, carried against the opinion of the Chairman; but I state) here that the opinion of the meeting was decidedly and most | emphatically expressed the other way. : Mr. McInros.—lI deny it. | Hon. Mr. Wartax.—What proof does the hon. member | adduce to substantiate his denial? In truth, Mr. Chairman, his denial of my assertion is entitled to aout as much credit | as his dcclaration that hon. members on this side of the | House were speculating in the Government lands, If reso-/ lutions had been passed in favor of H:cheat, where, is the | name of common sense, are they ? Mr. Cooren.—lI can tell where they are. Hon. Mr. Wuetax.—I understand the object af those | frequent interruptions, Mr. Chairman, aud I ean assure the, hon. member and others, that so far from having the effect | they desire, of interfering with my argument, they but assist it. The hon. member, I presume, refers to the protest which | has been sent here, which states that the people were dis- | gusted at the meeting, and that the resolutions, as reported | by the Chairman, are not thé opinions of the majority of | But, Sir, I well know the parties from whoiu | manated. Mr. Mclhee and Mr. Mcltinnen Pumty two who opposed the resolutions which were | ssed, and en the division they went to the north side, | and opposed the resolutions against Kscheat. But all this does not @pme to the gist of the question, Why did| they not, if they could, pass counter resolutions? 1 must now again revert to the cours¢ pursued by the hon. member for Charlottetown (Hon. Mr. Teaicihi: who states that his vote in favor of the resolution for a Court of Escheat, will not interfere with his votes previously given on the question of Escheat, as recorded on the journals. He says he has voted against escheating the lands, but that is not voting against the establishment of a Court of Escheat, and he seems to argue that there is a great difference in principle between Escheat itself and the institution of a Court of Escheat. Now, for the life of me, I cannot see the d'stine-

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the forfeitare of any estate for ungp-performance of the sete tlement dutics, they would requige to be satisfied, not enly that there are not, at the present moment, but that there have not been at any time, the stipulated number of settlers on that. estate, and that this circumstance has arisen from the wilful negleet of the proprietor. It is needless to #y that such an inquiry gould searcely be now undertaken with any success—that it would be tedious and expensive in 1ts process—and that it gust tend to alarm the public mind, without holding out any fuir prospect of a useful result. lor these reasons His Mayesty’s Governmept must af once | decline to advise His Majesty to accede to the prayer of the Assembly, as set forth in their address of the 9th April last” Now, Lack if the resolution shou!d be carried, and a Bill ia accordance he introduced aud passed into a Law, if the sug-

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found in my conduct, tut this charge is based upon the “most desperate falsehoods.” I used no deception in the transfer of the contract from Messrs. Bell and Irving to McRae and Muttart. Mr, Bell awthorised and requested me to withdraw hie tender. IL have a letter from Mr. Bell to that effect, which followed me down to Town, and which [ would have made public before this, had it not contained matters of a private nature, and I cau prove that Mr. Belt did authorise me to withdraw the tender by two competent and satisfactory witnesses—Mr. Muttart, sen., and Mr, Dawson, one of the Commissioners of the Small Debt Court —who had it from Mr. Bell himself. Now, Mr. Speaker, I trust I have satisfied the House that no foundation exists for the vile slanders which have been circulated ayainst me, month after month, through the columns of the Islander, and [ have felt it necessary to allude to them here because,

biect of the land tenures. I told them that they

Cos ecutil ad their representative. They replied to the effect that there was no use iu doing that, as they had no confidence in him, As to the meeting held in his distriet, to which the hon. member has alluded, { regret that I had not time to go to it, But I am credibly informed that the day was very stormy, apd in consequence, a number of the people sought the shelter of some bushes gn one side of the place where the Chairman presi¢ed. While they were there, not taking part in the proceedings, some resolutions were put, and those in favor of them were requested to go to the side That is the way the hon. member this majority. (Laughter.) When the people came to the soa canna i. which the resolutions had been | carried, they wished to bave them reconsislered ; but this the | Chairman would ‘not allow. I do not intend to charge the

gestions in that despatch are or are not worthy of our const- How will the hen. member prove that the conditions of the grants have not been eomplied with ? He may, aud probably will say that the induigences subsequeuthy ‘allowed prove ¢hat the original stipulations had not been ‘fulfilled; but supposing I admit the inference, what evidence ‘does he bring forward to shew that the terms on which the ‘indulgences were grauted have not been carried out by the ‘parties in whose favor they were allowed? In no one in- ‘stance is a title of authority brought to shew that the terms of either the grants or indulgences have not been satisfied. But, Mr. Chairman, | now come to the most important point oh 1 mean the idea which has been ex- : obtain the fee simple of their lands ‘This expectation has been goustaatly held up be‘ore the people, and it has been the main prop of the agir tation that has been excited over the length and breadth of the land. ‘This opimon is met hy the despatea already quoted, in the following berms ;— :

“[t would appear that an erroneoys impression has got abroad among the poorer class of settlers, that on forfeityre by the present proprictors of their titles to the land, it would

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'ber of the Goyerument of the day, the hon, member could ‘not take an active part in support of the views of the mect-

if they were true, it would be the duty of the House to expel me, fur [ should certainly be unworthy to hold a seat in jt and it would be a disgrace to the House to allow me to con. tinue asa member. But, Sir, I trust I am too well known in this House and in the country to have my standing affected by such unfounded and malicious libels. I have lived now some fourteen or fifteen years in Charlottetown, and I can appeal with confidence to the mercantile and other portions of the community, if they ever knew me to have been guilty of a dishonest or dishonorable action. But, Sir, this article is of a piece with the other lying and violent attacks that the editor and printer of that paper have been pouring out against me for many months past; but I now wara them that they may be going too far. They may find that I may not remain passive under their atrocious calummnies mach longer. Look, Sir, at the venomous disposition mani- fested by dragging His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor into the matter. Why was this done? I suppose fur the purpose of inducing him to dismiss me from the Gievernment. 1 know that [ went into that Government against ny own

‘hon. member with insincerity, but I remember the time when ‘a meeting was held at the head of Cardigan, about four years | The then Sheriff was somewhat timid, and it seemed as

| ago, A ‘th he had not courage to call the meeting. As a mem-

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ing. but he recommended the people to pass resolutions. I support the resolution for a Court of Escheat, in order to put means into the hands of the Government, by which they may be enabled to do good to the country., I intend to per- severe in my opinions, and [ maintain that it is absurd to say that « despatch from the Colonial Minister, inimical to the rights and wishes of the people, should be considered as binding on the Colony. The Crown held the lands solely in trust, to be given out to the peop'e in parcels, as required. The Sovereign, as such, can do nothing but what is provided by law.

M yr. Larep.—Mr. Chairman, I will answer the remark that has been made witle reference to my not haying declared myself an Escheater before the House met. I know that J

was not asked to go for it. There were then no petitions in | wishes. I have received no : pickings ” as a member of the favor of it. Now, if the petitions do not contain a majority Government. The ouly public money I have received since

I joined the Government, has been a few pounds for my ex-

be regranted by His Majesty in freehold to the actual occu: auts, ‘This impression, indeed, would secm to haye origin; ated as far back as the year 1787; and it may, perhaps, | have derive? -ome confirmation from the course pursue | with respect to tie forfeited “Lots, Nos. 1o and 50. Nothing, | however, can b2 more unfounded. You will take the most effectual means in your powér for making it generally known, that e) | iis Majesty be advised in any case to pror ceed against lands liable toforfeiture, the Crown would, in the event of its success, step exactly into the place of the former proprietor, and would enforce the okseryance of any contract wkich might haye been made with him by the teuent; and that ynder no circumstances which it is pqssible to anticipate, would gratuitous grants of land be conceded te any persons whatever, But you will, at the same time, an- nounce that His Majesty's Ministers haye not, as at present advised, felt thenmiselves at liberty to sanction any prqeeed- ings for enforcing the forfeiture of estates on the ground of the nousperformince of the original conditions respecting

Lf then, Mr. Chairman, this be the case, and the doctrine is laid down with authoritative emphasis, the tenantry would be no better off after Hscheat had been granted than they are at present. They may probably get their freecholds fiom the proprietors at as a low a price as they could from the Crown, and this shews that the supporters of the resolution are not advocatiug the measure because they really believe it will be beneficial to the public. Before [ resume my}; seat, Mr. Chairman, [ must express my surprise at the speech of the hon. member for Charlottetown (Hon, Mr. Palmer). I will not express myself with regard to it, as did my hon. friend, Mr. Lord. A feeling of compassion will prevent me saying that [I was dispieasel at it, for I am sa- tisfied that the hon. member was not particularly well pleased at the position in which he found himself to-night, compelled by a regard to consistency to vote against Escheat, but at the same induced by his desire to damage the Go- vernmeut, he censures ther for voting in the same way, and elaborately sends to the country all the reasons he can ima- gine in favor of Nscheat. His voting with the Government, and at the same time cequetting with the hon. member (Mr. Cooper), shows that he is in a position to say with the high- way robber, in tue Beggar’s Opera—

** How happy could I be with either, Were t’other dear charmer away.”

tion, and I am really at a loss to know what he means by Put, perhaps, bis principal object in making the observations

euch a line of argument,

Hon. Mr. Lonawortu.—You take the meaning from it.

Hon. Mr. Wuetan.—Yes, I flatter myself I will take the meaning out of it before I have done with you. (Laughter.) The hon. member says he will go for a Court of Escheat, but at the same time is dead against Escheat itself. Now, I ask, where is the difference? Why ask for a Court of Escheat unless it is expected that the lands will be escheated ?

Hon. Mr. Loyawortu.—The Court will escheat the lands if liable to be escheated, I did not say they were liable.

Hon. Mr. Wuetay.—Then why go for a Court of Ks- cheat ? ’ sil

Hon. Mr. Lonawortu.—To try the titles.

Hon. Mr. Wuetsy.—Then what is the use of a Court to try the titles, if that Court cannot pronounce them bad? {Laughter.) I will now, Sir, allude to the handbill which has been spoken of by the hon. member for Princetown (Ion. Mr. Montgomery).

self. (Laughter.)

Hon. Mr. Wuetan.—No, Mr. Chairman, it was not; but if it had been [ should not deny it. I acknowledge right | cheerfully that [ saw the handbill, and I go further, and A y) that I approved of it. If my memory serves ine aright, || egw it.in the Jslgnder newspaper, and I think jt held out to! the tenants the prospect of obtaining freeholds under the pro- | visions of the Land Purchase Bill. I will now appeal to the | candor of the two hon. members for Charlottetown, and the hon. member for Princetown, and ask them if Kscheat was eycr mentione! in that handbill? [ know, and so do they, | that Escheat was not named it; and even supposing that it. had been, should it be considered as bioiling hon. members |

en this side to support Escheat? What was it more than | one of the anonymous publications put forth on the eve of an |

election to influence parties on one side or the other? Why,

Sir, there issued ftom the Islgnder office quires and reams | of falgehoods and libels for the purpose of injuring the former |

Lalgnial Secretary, Hon. Mr. Warburton, and his political friends in this House. I remember that the Tories sought to hunt down that hon. gentleman as you would pursue a mad fog, when it was attempted to impair his influence by propa- gating the assertion that he was an Qrangeman. When that pad other equally groundless charges were being poured forth with all the unrestrained copiousness zhich might be ex- pected from a licentious and unscrupulous press, dig I, or the party with whom tact in this House, assert or insinuate $hat the hon. members opposite were to be held responsible for the fou! slanders I allude to? No, Sir, we did nat, and God forbid we ever should hold those gentlemen responsible for such charges. I treat them with more respect, and I hold it to be uufair to attribute to any anonymous document, puch as this handbill, the character of a promise on the part of the Government to advocute Escheat. At this late hour Mr. Chairman, it is not my intention to trespass on your time much further, but I shall read to the committce an extract. from a despatch which has not been referred. to by

my bon. friend the Col. Secretary: * If4s Miristar, Lord lenelg, in the year 1836 wi of Pen el. _ Belore His Majesty's Goverament could be a party to

Hon. Mr. Moyrcouery.—Perhaps it was printed by your- |

he has to-night, has been to give expression to the feelings of irritation he experiences at the unhappy position in which he is placed.

Mr. Dixawatu.—Mr. Chairman, perhaps it might have been said formerly that 1 was in favor of Escheat. But, Sir, time aud circumstances alter cases; and what might at one period be a proper and just course to pursue, may after- wards be unwise and iajurious. The despatches which have been quoted, shew that it is desirable for the general benefit that this agitation for Hschoat should be abandoned, and that the people should be induced to accept the benefits he!d out to them by the Land Purchase Bill. I may be wrong in my opinion, but | do not think so; and although I may render myself liable to the charge of inconsistency. [ would rather submit to that than vote for the resolution of the hon, member (Mr. Qooper), from which I really cannot see that ;any good will resuit to the country. [ think it would only) aggravate the evils already existing, and increase the dis. | of the tenantry. In this belief I)

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|shall vote against the resolution-of the hon. member (Mr. | Cooper), and in fayor of that offered in amendment: by my:

hon. colleague. Me. Mctxrosn.—Mr. Chairman, the Hon, Col, Secretary | has imputed to those of the liberal party who may vote in) favor uf the resolution pruposed by Mr. Cooper, a desire to! overturn the Goyerpmeut, So far from deserving that im-| putation, I can feel a strong desire to keep them in power, | and my course on this subject is calculated to strengthen | their hands, by giving them increased means of doing good | to the people. they haye done. For instance, the carrying of the Education Bill, which 1 consider to be the best moasure ever carried | But while [ approve of all the; bevefisial acts they have done, I cannot have the same} opinion of theiy conduct in paying speculators at the expense. of the people. Ido not see that the Colony will be any! better oY under the Land Purchase Bill; on the con-|

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| trary, I think it may be placed in a worse position if that @

| Bill is generally acted on, Why, Mr. Ciuairman, at the rate’ ‘at which the Governmeat paid for the Worrel estate, it! would take £490,000 to buy up the lands. Now, that ‘money shoyld ke kept in the country; we all know it is! wanted; but if the Land Purchase Bill is the only resourse, it will be— ae “Like to the snow-flake in the river, A moment seen, then lost forever.” Lam sorry to see that the Government are disposed to treat a despatch as if it were entitled to as much authority as the Gospel. 1am not inclined to regard them in that light. We all know how easy it is to send communications from this side of the water, and get out*despatches to suit the views ,of the party in-power. ‘Phe* hon. member (Mr. Whelan) said, the other day, that oye of the petitions on the table, which purported to be from his district, was not the petition of his constituents, but had come from the first district of King’s County. Now, Mr. Chairman, I will state, on the veracity of a man who never lied, that I myself have seen upwards, of a hundred of that hon. member's congfituents,

just presented be referred to supply, 1 trust, Mr. Speaker, | We

justify and, in fact, poquire the House to expel me as un-

of the people, still they are numerously and respectably ee signed, peuses when employed in examining roads or bridges. The

true feeling which has produced those attacks, is disappoint- ment that the party of which the slander is the organ, can- not get their hands into the public purse. 1 thank the House for the attention with which they have listened to me and I know the foul abuse which has be.» heaped upon me justifies me in asking their indulgence in making those explanations. —_—_— —————

(To be continued.) ; Saturpay, April 7. PERSONAL EXPLANATION.

Hon, Mr. Loxp, by leave, presented a petition from | Samuel, James, William and Charles McRae, and Lewis os ; rn . Muttart, the mail contractors between Capes Traverse and | TH IY KX AM IN K R Tormentine, praying a grant for au ice boat built by them) .T . for the purpose, and stating that at the time of entering into) CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. 1, APRIL 23, 1855. the contract with the Government, they were under the im-) —. ; pression that one, at least, of the boats in the possession of the preceding contractors would be given up to them. The hon. member said—in moving that the petition which I have |

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LIBERAL CONCESSION OF THE [MPERLAL | GOVERNMENT. have learned, upon good authority, that, in compliance

that the House wiil allow me to make a few observations on

the charges and imputations which have been thrown out with the request of the Government of this Colony, all the _ en puts . ‘ gre .. | Ordnance stores which, it was expected, would be transferred against me, in connection with the subject of this mail. | . ,

Although I may not.be taking the most proper course, in hethewsupecey analy nba — eddbysdocn

alluding to those matters here, I trust the House will listen | vities by the Imperial Goversimcat.

to me, as the charges that have been made, if true, would | Bout also, in compliance with unother request from this 8 | quarter, stated their readiness to place at the disposul of the

. > > e *o* . local Executive, arms and equipments for a hundred militia : cavalry, fur provincial service in ti sene > suiieaiie and are, as I trust [I shall be able in a few words to shew, | y» for provincial service in tae absence of the regular troops. <A short time previous to these concession=, His Ex-

unfounded. I shall now read from the Is/ander newspaper, | ; ; ; ro celleacy the Lieut. Governor receive} a despatch from the

of the date of the 30th March Inst, an extract which I think Quentary of Siats: infieian tee OO 4. a . $ ¢ ‘ ie 2 _: } Ci 3 o are, iOTrmips ! ie TROKS i will justify mein the opinion of on es = sohing the | ground Satehed would be hinted ae t6 “a loa 6 an indulgence af sae Epetpo Ss eabing & Teply & oe eae onan nent, on condition that the former shou'd be kept i Te nies which have been re a oe Dy the ae of that | The grant of £2000 in aid of the Patriotic Wind thik to, a wet ae vo 2 “a « ; e - a r al > paper ever since the Government entere! into the contract ie oe eh a eee k eter tae ee with Messys. MoRue and Muttart. I shall not trouble the: J ones gratulatiun throughout this Hotso with the whole of the article, but content myself with | Island ; but now when we have evidence that Ller Majesty's ro ; ; ; ; . , | Governmeut entertains a parental solicitude for the Colony, eee aes avrcs to the concluding paragraph, which there is much more sath conzvatulate the countey on the - © A singular fatality has pursued the interference of this | liberal spirit displayed by our Legislature in making that man, Lord, with the matls, He firstly obtains a contract which St he is incapable of executing; sublets it at a profit, having’the | duty most wretchedly performed, as might have been expected ANNIVERSARY OF Resroxsisie Goverxwest.—lIt is just under the circumstances. — Secondly, he signs a false certificate | four years to-day since the new system of Government was of the safety of the “ Fairy Queen,” mai’ steamer, which re- established in this Colony, There was not theu one reform sulted in the loss of several, but by which he Sbtained the | measure on the Statute Rook—now there are many, all of v »*

agency of the vessel, and the concomitant pickings. ‘Thirdly, | 4; 3 by the dint of the most desperate falsehoods, he obtained a jwtiel have greatly tended to enhance the coutenta-ent and

transfer of the contract from Irving to McRae, wonder circum oe of the country —and ae particulier ae stances which reflect disgrace on every man in the Government, ihave, we think, greatly ameliorated the condition of the His Excellency not excepted, and the result has been more tenantry. [+ would be unnee-ssary to refer again to the Free blood. * What, will these hands ne’er be clean! Here’s the | Education Act and the extension of the Prauchise—no such sinell of the blood still, all the perfumes of Arabia will not liberal measures grace the statute book of any othe. country sweeten this little hand. Ob! Oh! Ob!” | and it is nothi - " ; e d. ; ; : | and it is nothing but the simple trath to say that such measures Now, Mr. Speaker, with reference to the first charge—E de- would never be known in this Ish: a 1 : e : : us Island but for Responsible clare it to be a direct and wilful falsehood, and the writer of Gevernmenot. Four years av aa ; : . ’ years azo there was a tremendous debs the article must have known it to be so at the time he! of £30 000 hanging over the Colony and paralyzing i : nned it, What are the facts? When [ was living at| Ae ahs” peut ce cet ga ess OT ee oe pe it. ( ’ mg On this, the auuiversiry of Responsi t: Government, t'e Tryon, in the year 1833, the mail service across the Straits | (ony i ly eles er : : | y is not only clear of debt, but it has a surplus of over was first put up to tender, and [, in connection with Messrs. | ojeht thousand 9 . its of ’ g sand pounds, ‘These are some of the good fruits of Goldrup and Jang, entered into a contract for the convey-! the new system. May the day long be honoured, no less fi ance of them. ‘This was in September and in October; the’ having inaugurated a new era in the histor of ‘this Isls : writs for an election were issued ; a public meeting was held than for being the anniversar¥ of Eyeland’s < t oI, at Tryon, and I was solicited to offer myself as a candidate. , r Pane ROE OT I declined to do so, on the ground that my duties as a repre- | : re sentative, if I were elected, would interfere with my private) Patrioric Foxp.—We understand that the yoluntary business. In a few days after, I left the Island to proceed | Subscriptions to this Fund throwghout the Island anwunt to to Halifax, and while there, I saw that the people had no- £932 7s. 2d.; and it is expected that there will be nearly minated me again, and [ was elected while still absent from £100 more, as some of the returns are not yet in. Tao the Colony. ‘That fact alone will, I think, prove my popu- | money in hand will be paid over to the Culonial Treasurer larity in the district. Ou my return home I found, of course, | t0-morrow. that my election prevented me from going on with the con- | tract myself, and I withdrew from it and became security, | W# understand that Mr. Heard, the owner of the Steamer believe for Messrs. Goldrup and Lang, and they did the work, Rosebud, has entered into a contract with Government to and carried the mails quite as well as they have ever been Tv that vessel between -Charlottetown and Pictou, twice a carried since. he statement, Sir, that I sublet the contract Week, during the season, and until the first Decem er next, is a most foul and malicious libel, and the editor and printer The Rosebud will make her first trip to Pictou, under this

worthy to hold a seat here. Those charges are most grave,

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of the paper knew it fo be such. As to the editor, Duncan contract, on Wednesday next. She will leave, however, tos

McLean, he, I suppose, is paid for writing whatever he is Morrow for Wallace, and returu the same evening. told to do, no matter whether true or false. and I do not | think his conduct so bad gs that of the printer, John Ings; he is the worse of the two, for he must have known, living | as he does in Charlottetown, that my character was such as to render the. vile abyse undeserved, and his conduct in

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Hicu Surrirrs.—The following gentlemen have been ap- pointed to the office of High Sheriff for the present year :— Queen’s County, William Bagnall, Esqr.; Prince County, oe : Thomas McNutt, Esqr.; King’s County, Hon. ing- a the ae Ee so worse than that of the hire-| wel), 3 We have no Social in aa ere ae ‘— ing who was paid for his dirty work in writing it. Now, | appointments will giv east Mr. Speaker, | come to the second statement, which alleges | Tyee eee that I furnished “a false certificate of the safety of the Fairy ducen mail steamer, which resulted in the loss of several

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iy” We will endeavour to give in our acxt No. a short review of the measires—or at least of those which possess a great public inportance —that occupied the attention of the Legislature in the recent Session,

lives, hut by which [ obtained the agency and the concomi- tant pickings.” Hy the “ pickings,” 1 presume the writer meaps commissions on the agency of tlie boat. Now, Mr. Speaker, so fur js that from being the case, that I never charged or received a single farthing as agent. At the re- quest of the owner of the boat, I allowed my name to appear as the party at whose place of businéss parcels might be left, I did so for his convenience and also that of the pub- lice, [ have stated this before in the papers, but I do it now that my declaration may go abroad and obtain a wider circu- lation from the pen of the Reporter. That charge I have proved to he as false and unfounded as the first. And I now. ask the attention of the House to the third attack upon me : —Thitdly. By dint of the most desperate falsehoods, he obtained a transfer of the contract from Irving to McRae, under circumstances which reflect disgrace on every man in the Government—His Excellency not excepted—and the result has been more blood. ‘What, will these hands ne'er |concluded to withhold from the press the letter signed “s be clean? Here's the smell of the blood still. All the per- | Brother,” noticed in our last—some of the topics on which tt fumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Ob! oh!‘ touches having been already alluded to by “ Tom Jones,” and

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The Colonfal and American Mail arrived here on Friday evening. '

Senasrorot ix Frames.—The Halifax Sun of the 15th instant, gives the following scrap of intelligence : —‘ We are led to believe, from reliable information received from a passenger by the “ America,” that a telographic despatch had been received, just previously to the sailing of the steam- er from Liverpool, to the effect that Srepasropon was IN FLAMES—SUPPOSED TO BE THE EFFECT OF BOMBARDMENT.”

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