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THE EXAMINER.

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he foundtovehack the abuse of them. I find that! for its chjaect the inrprovement of the moral condition of the — oom ed in by ionns eminent men in the neighboring | Colony, and the sonsequent happiness and wealth of the view concurres in “ E have merely, Mr. Chairman, dealt with the sub-

: : : : “a mn] ] } » Sir a work people, ‘Janies atid in the United States. It would be, Sir, aw t 7 : ee own fone ed ration to detail the reasons for the opinion that ject in & general point of view, because [ am well aware that

2 ‘lL wee of intoxicating beverages is an injury to} it lias been studied by all who take an interest in the ae 8 i jus Ue Va é aD —" : we , = sae , i an Rh aw Are y > secive bY co i t¢, it is idle, at this period of the history of thg temper-| ment topics of the day. They search for themselves, 'u6y

seation. t ardue that it does not cause deplorable evils read and observe the proceedings that have taken place on guce agitation, & arg at i : te ‘anh’ tho different colonies and the United States, aie affecting the condition of the people fo au extent it e su ect, in the ailerent co ontes i ie th ina whioh seriously interferes with the prosperity of the country;| and are consequently acqyainted oT. . . » ae and [ say; Sir, that whenever immorality shall have extended arguinents, of great zeal and foree, whic se ao om to a degree affecting the well-being of the state, sapping the) te bear on the matter. ed oe en ‘ wre cor

ge ° - 7! kao - s Jeaiatlo servati Ss! ‘ e ° foundations of society, bringing men to poverty, interfering , detailed observations on the sad and mo P

. ; . - onreg oe , a evils at with the proper conduct of business, and causing excessive sequi neces of intemperance are aaa a 4 is it crime, it becomes the imperative duty of the Legislature to ee an * peretns et yeccot boldly. : ne cause of 74] y+ nerience has | expedient for the Legisiatur@ to e : ~ = jnterpose aud stop the cause of those evils. Experience ha: i. ihe wabject ? To that question, 1 reply, that. it. is pe- proved the impossibility of preventing the evils I have named, | a wi fi ie A eae de , It is their imperative

: hig: 2 affic are, | culiarly incumbe e . ; save by the entire prohibition of: the traffie. I am aware, | nee ‘pe mer pal ge PF ge withowt Sir dot it has been said that it would be difficult to obtain duty to arrest an admitted nh ee ut ~ placed will be by re the object sought, That no means that could be de- | iajucy to individuals ; banat | ope the! - ihe vised by human ingenuity can prevent people drinking what adopted, I need not, ir, foo ~~ ee oats t! lene | that the law will be evaded by artifice, fraud or committee any further, | KDOW t 1a muny t *h 2 fist

aoe Such arguments, however, have but little weight | a7 desirous of expressing their Op nions, ond er I hall with m “Tho law at present regulates the importation of | them with pleasure. a, annolaihg ft cnet e. . Wi ne. ne a 5 cs , 7 eas : : he ie . ¢ . wi e dives of ran- tat ; Jan Bt at law is in all | merely say that I hope the discussion wu be 4 spirituous Heuors, ae ae sal eet cee | oorous feeling, and that hon, members will, in dealing with cases complied with, that mo liquor is importe oe, he subject, be inQuenced solely by a desire to do what they

, . t rent of the duties. All are aware that the law} , ‘ ‘s vo. . io ee vast quantities are imported, on which no consider right aml beneficial to society, and conscientiously 15 i :

. . Hicchar: ir duties « yislators. I now, Sir, move the duties are paid—but no legislature has said, ‘ because the ae nee yee as leg o Saree : aa , -o | following res i— ; Il cases paid agreeably to law, therefore we | *#40W'NS ds perma Soars tan eh uti ‘at all.” No, Sir, but it becomes| Resolved, That it is expedient to prohibit by law—to take effeot from will not impose any duties atall.” No, oir, OT ae ton al the manufacture, im- the duty of Legislators to make the law as perfect as possible, portation and sale of spirituous and all other intoxicating liquors, except and them to see that it is carried into operation as far a8} for inedicinal, chemical and mecbanical purposes, and the sscred ordi a . . . BS aot i ale ibi see suc iquors fo »n $ y agree | nenees of religion, and also to prohibit the keeping 0 q human means can be brought to be w in its favor. I agree cap acetylene to a certain extent with those who say that the law will be)“ ‘ To ! ea cd : aed heated ontinued. evaded, and, consequently, will not attain its professed object, | (To be coi sion of bat whe Dan eee — _— namely, the total suppression of the traffic ; bu it | ; : that a partial evasion may occur, the great and open trafic} JWews by the last English Wail.

will be stopped, and time and experience will enable the! = Legislature to frame laws whieh wil! aay ns | TIE VIENNA FARCE AT AN END. cure the evil. There are many other o'yjections, Mr, Chair-| if , a man, which have been offered against the passfi ze of amea-| The great farce of the Vienna Conference | as organ eure of this nature, but they have been so often answered by | —terminated, as we have all along predieted it would, ns men more competent than myself, that L refrain from occu- abrupt and point blank refusal on the part of Rasein to accede pying the time of the Fouse, by reviewing arguments that | to any terms that would limit the dangerous preponderance have been worn threadbare. [ shall be glad to see the! she has aequired in the Black Sea, or in the slightest degree question treated on pure eonstitutional grounds, and I hope | diminish her power of ultimately accomplishing the hereditity that hon. members in the discussion will confine themselves | designs of her Czars upon the integrity and independence of strictly to the subject. It may be said that this is a matter | the Octoman Empire. No other result was to be anticipated. seriously affecting those engaged in business—that a large When Russia, in the spring of 1853, bade defiance to all the amour! of capital has been invested in the manufacture and | Jaws of the civilized world, and marched her armed battalions purchase of intoxicating liquors—that their claims for com-| across the waters of the Pruth, she did so not in the incon- pensation in those countries which have adopted the Maine | giJerate hast: of a sple: etic or paseionate moment, but in the law have not been fecognised. I cannot see much force in| deliberate and long-premeditated spirit of aggression and that argument, for other people change the nature of their | conquest. She knew perfectly well What. she wag about. buciness on a change in the laws of the land, affecting their | Aspiring. for ages, to the possession of Constantinople, she particular avocations, Still, Mr. Chaiiman, 1 would not) believed that the hour had at last arrived when her ambition advoeate the’ passing of a law which would entail serious! was to be gratified. The voice of prophecy urged her to the Joss on individuals. In this [sland, the manufacturers would! enterprise—the circumstances of Hurope and of the Hast be the parties principally affected by it—the importers would | were apparently favorable to the fulfilment of her long: | hardly feel the alteration. Now, Sir, the number of manu-/ cherished designs. For more than thirty years sbe had been | facturers is a very smal! proportion of the community, And, ||xborously preparing the means by which to strike the final Sir, as one [ would say that, rather than sez such a measure | blow upon the throne of the Sultans. The Euxine was swept defeated on those grounds, [ would be willing to insert a/by her ships of war; Sebastopol bad grown into a fortress clause providing compensation to them. It may have been| which subsequent experience has shown us she might well urged with reason in other countries, that the amount to be/ be justified in regarding as invulnerable; the “ siek man” provided for compensation would be too large for the respec- had sunk, as she conecived, into a condition of hopeless tive Legislatures to grant — that is so far from being the | decrepitude ; the powers of western Europe were too deeply case in this Colony, that I am willing to go for a liberal) engaged in the pursuits of commerce—too strongly wedded compensation. That, however, rests with the people them-' te tie love of peace—too mutually jealous of each other to selves. As to my aetion on this question, I can honestly | dream of drawing the sword in the cause of an insulted and disclaim all hostility against any one engaged in the business. injured ally. A friend of “forty years standing” was at It may have been suid, and, by some, supposed, that IL advo-|the head of ofiairs in England; France, though newly re- cate this measure because it will afect my political opponents. }solved nto an Tmiperial form of Government, was still I solemn'y disclaim any such motives. Numbevs of my own | staggering under the effect of recent interna! eenvulsions ; political friends have & large amount of capital embarked in | Austria was bound by a debt of obligation for the. Russian the business, but [ am prepared to run the risk of their cen-| suppressicn of the Hunyarian revolt; and Prussia, united by sure, and put ia hazard their future support of myself; for! blood with the Muscovite threne, might be safely relied upon I feel that L take my stand on the attainment of a good ob-| for doing nothing eppored to Muscovite dictation, Such ject, the scope and aim of which is the benefit of mankind.| were the circuinsiances that presented themselves to the And to attian that benefit, I repeat that [ would freely sub-| calm and c scribe toany feasible scheme providing reasonable compensa-} months of tic

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spring of 1853—such were the circumstances

tion. for I believe such compensation would be money well laid | under which \’rince Menschikeff was instructed to make bis at. I consider the Legislature is imperatively called upon to | imperious and insulting demands upon the Porte—sach were

take tp the subject, and pass alaw to arrest the clearly proved | the circumstances under which the Russian army. was evils ¢hich result from the traffic in spirituous liquors, and | ordered to cross the Pruth, and invade the dominions of which are steadily increasing with our pepulation. A duty | the Ottoman Empire. _ Ail was premeditated and pre- of high responsibility devolves upon us to provide for the arranged. The probabilities of success or fuilure had been morals of the rising generation. This House has already | deliberately weighed—the chances of the war so wantonly interfered by one act of legislation, which has said to parents, | provoked were coolly calculated—the fanaticism of the Rus- careless of the education of their offspring: “ You must edu-| sian people was blasphemously appealed to, and all the pro- cate your children, that they may become mere useful mem-/|testations of Western Europe were either wholly unheeded bers of society, that they may be able to distinguish good | or haughtily despised.

from evil, for a virtuous education alone will teach them to} Our readers will naturally be curious to know under what shun vice and love virtue, if you do not, the strong arm of} circumstances this famous but fruitless Conference was the law will interpose and divest you of your property to| brought to a close. Those cireumstances will be best compel you.” Now, Mr. Chairman, I can see no distinction | gathered from the brief but siguificant statement made by between the principle of the two cases — the one is certainly | Lord Palmerston in the House of Commons on Monday not more arbitrary than the other. It has been generally | evening. “ It is well kaown,” said Lord Palmerston, “ that adtiitted that spiritaous liquors are unnecessary to man, and) the English and French Governments, in coucert with the their use can be dispensed with without injury, and I ean-| government of Austria, had determined that the proper vot see that there is anything arbitrary in the legislature ,development of the third point, which royarded the treaties adopting that view, and prohibiting their use, to put a stop to/ of 1841 with respect to the Straits of the Dardanelles and the thousand evils which flow from their abuse. It is a re- ithe Bosphorus, should, among other things, be, that the pre- straint upon the indulgence of an appetite or fancy, an] laws | ponderance of Russia in the Black Sea should henceforth be have been passed applying the principle to other subjects. | made to cease. That was the principle jaid down by Eng- It will, I think, be admitted by hon, members that there is|land aud France, and agreed to by Austria; and that nothing in my previous conduct to warrant the idea that I\ principle was, in the abstract, accepted by the Russian am carried away by excessive zeal ‘oi the subject. I enter- | plenipotentiary. Qa Thursday last, at a conference, at

effeet to the principle

son | of that proposition. The Russian

ntiaries acknowledged the courtesy of the proceeding,

jlenipote : 7 a ' yee | a asked for time to refer to their Government. That tite

“ag give The answer from St. Petersburg arrived, and it des Ea: fee Rawiat Government had no proposition to make. The allied representatives on the following ne forward their proposals, and the Russien plenipotentiaries - e 48 hours to consider them. ‘Phat time was also given, and on Saturday last they absolutely rejected the proposals both as to limitation in, and exclusion from, the Black Sea.” From these circumstances it is impossible to arrive at any other conclusion than that Russia never had the slightest intention of yielding to any terms that might be based upon the most important of the * four points”—that her profession of a readiness and even of a desire’ to entertain negotiations for a restoration of peace has been a mere pretence aud sham from the commencement; and that her only object in embarking ‘a the conference at all has been to amuse the mind of Europe with a shadowy hope and prospect of peace, whilst she her- self has gained time-to arm herself at all points for an obstinate and determined prolongation of war.

The delusion is now at anend, Bussia openly declares that she will neither propose nor accept a peace. The sword, therefore, can be the only arbiter in the mighty struggle that must instantly arise between the two opposing principles of despotism and freedom—between Russia, em- bodying the principles of slayery and conquest, and France and Bnugland representing those of liberty and progress, We cannot doubt but the strife will be fierce rnd bloody ; and that it willsorely tax the patience, the energy, and the resources of Britain; but unless the Ministers of Britain shall con- tinue to fail in capacity and daty as grossly and unpardonably as they haye done during the last two years (which we would fain haope is impossible), the final issue of the contest cannot admit of doubt. The savage barbarism of the Kast must quail before the enlightened valour of the West,

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(From the News of the World, April 29.)

SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.

The bombardment of Sebastopol is gigorously continued. The latest accounts from the Crimea inform us that several of the most important works of the enemy have been effectually silenced, and that the garrison replies but feebly to the unin- terrupted fire of the besiegers. Still, it is said, that an immediate result is not anticipated by the Allied commanders, their plan being to effect a gradual but certain reduction of the place by the superiority of their fire, rather tian to incur the fearful sacrifice of life which must necessarily attend a hurri¢d assault, however brilliantly successful such a move- ment might be. .

Acting with this view, the Generals appear to haye deter- mined to limit the fire of their batteries to the extent necesrary to damage the warks of defence, and to prevent the enemy, at the same time, by an uninterrupted cannonade, from repairing by night the injuries inflicted in the day. By thus husbanding their resources, the Allies will be enabled to await the arrival of the reinforcements that are required for ulterior operations, and will likewise avoid the disastrous effects experienced in the first bombardment of Sebastopol. On that occasion the absence of sufficient supplies of ammuni- tion preveuted the Allied batteries from maintaining an uninterrupted eannonade, and the enemy were therefore enabled to repair in the night the great damages sustained in the day. The Allies are, at the present hour, in a position to continue the bombardment for several weeks on the same extensive scale, and the terrible effect created by their continual tire may be conceived from the result of the first few day’s can- nonade. Weare assured that, on the 13th inst., the formida- bie Russian works of the Mamelon and Malakoff tower were reduced to nearly complete silence by the over-mastering fire of the British batteries; and that our Allies, the French, had so far datwaged the great Flagstaff battery, as.to disable it from returning more than one shot to every three directed against it, At other points.of attack similar advantages had been gained; and on the 14th, one of the ablest of our correspondeuts writing from the spot says.—* The result of each day’s bombardment continues to be most favourable to the Allies. The Flagstaff still makes an her.ic defence, but

lculating gaze of the Russian Czar in the earliest | is evidently sinking fast. The Redan is still vigorous ; but

on the whole line the enemy’s fire is not half of that of the Allies. To-day our superiority has been much more marked than ever, the Russians not replying one gan to our three or four.”

Later accounts forwarded by the electric telegraph, and published in the French Monzéewr, tell us that up to the 17th the superiority of the Allied fire was steadily maintained —that a series of ambuscades in front of the central tower had been successfully carried, and were now comprehended within the lines of the besiegers; and that a mine had been sprung in immediate proximity to the Flagstaff Bastion, giving to the French a new parallel, which they had success- fully joined with their other works of advance,

All this would certainly lead to the conclusion that the bombardment, if not so rapidly triumphant as our sanguine hopes had induced us to anticipate, is still steadily and surely tending to the end we all so earnestly desire —the final downfall and destruction of this stronghold of Russian tyraa- ny in the south. ,'

Independent of the materiel employed in the actual process of the siege, the means placed at the disposal of the Allied Commanders for operations of another character are rapidly attaining the proportions demanded by circumstances. We, believe we are correct in stating that at the present moment, above 100,900 British and Freneh troops are encamped before Sebastopol, while a corps of 25,000 excellent Turkish and gyptian soldiers, commanded by Omar Pasha, swell the strength of the Allied Armies. Within a few weeks the

tain a sincere respect for the organization of the advocates of | which were present the Kaglish, French, Austrian, Turkish, ees I do not belong to the order. 4 do not ad- | and Russian plenipotentiaries, the plenipotentiaries of Eng- | vocate their Views as a partizan, or as one who has subscribed | land, France, Austria, and Turkey proposed to the Rowsien to their rules, I have never done so, and therefore I am! as a mode of making to cease the preponderance ef Russia not liable to the imputation of being influenced by improper | in the Black Sea, which, in principle, had been admitted and motives. I am not pledge] to abstain from’ the use of| accepted by Russia—they proposed as the method of carrying liquors, on the contrary [ do use them whenever I see fit, | that principle into execution, either that the amount of Hus. but not often. If { were is:linel] to use them habitually, | sian naval force in the Black Sea should henceforth be there is nothing to prevent m:, but I, as an individual, am, limited by treaty, or that the Black Sea should be declared ‘willing to abandon their use, if [ can get the public to go neutral ground entirely, and that all ships of war of all with me; and it will be found that the privation to indivi-| countries should be excluded from it, so that henceforth it ‘duals will be but little feli, when once it beeomes general | should only be a sea for commerce. The Russian plenipo- through the length and breadth of the sland. Af the preseat|tentiary required 48 hours to take that proposal into con- application should be successful, and a Jaw in accordance! siderations and these 48 hours elapsed on Saturday. On with it should be passed, the rising generation, — those who | Saturday ‘another conference was held, and at that couference ave to be the men of the country when we shall have passed the Russian plenipotentiary absolutely refused to accept away=will be removed from a great temptation to err, and | vither of those alternatives—-those alternatives being pressed the country Wi receive the blessings of the change. The) by the four other plenipotentiaries unanimonsly. Taereupon Wisest of mankind has suid, + Traia up a child in the way the conference adjourned sine die, and my nobie friend the he should go, and when he is old be will not depart from) member for the City of London, and the French Minister,

it,”—and I say, train up 2 child to habits of Temperance, | M. Dvrouyn de Lhuys, immediately took their departure and great indeed must be the plunge, if, of sober habits,| from Vienna.” The noble Lord further stated, in reply to cutil he shall have arrived at man’s estute, be should then a question from Sir H. Willoughby, that « Russia had bh become a tippler. If scenes of temptation are not presented | no counter-propositions of any kind whatever.” This fact

} vO f g wwe i jel a ong Y ; aS . to his youthful and experienced vision, such change is most :of no couater-pro position haying been made assumes a graver

. cia Dei , ad csr os: note es F ‘ rz : improva ie, and I believe that the suppression ef the traffic unportauce, aud presents thing short of the most dogved |" os

; ’ Pte ht . : ' . ° ; is the oly sates of attaining the desired object. It has |determination of Russia to go on with the war at all risks beca said, Mr. Chairman, thot this is a political question. | when it coaes to be viewed by the light of the ee It is possible, [ will admit, that there may b sous wh» | o wea bY Me ligat of the explanation pears bamit, sere May be perseus wo» given by Lord Clarendon upon the subject in the House of make use of it for political purposes, but there is no force in| Lords, ““ When the third point came under discussi : %.at argument, because if the measure be go d in itself, t said Lord Clarendon BCT, CLRGREROR, should receive our sanction ; and any question, no matter of Powers, i :

“the representatives of the Allied | batteries suddenly sprung into life and vigour,

: } ° » a 0 order to rove that the : ’ . ~ what nuture or teadency, may be made the subject of politi- ' Russia, but, on the Gane oan ee . dignity, om 100 to 250 guns were fired at once from the Redan, the |

Sardinian contingent and a large reinforcement of French troops will have disembarked at the seat of war; and the deficiency in cavalry exper.enced by the Allies will have begn partially removed by the arrival of the British regiments from India.

Supported by these reiuforcements, the Allied Command- ers, even if an assau!t on Schastopol should not prove so successful as is confidently anticipated, will be in a condition to take the field with a fiae army, an 1 to establish, if necessarr, a fresh basis of operations. : When the last accounts left the Crimea, a considerable body of Rassians troops was showing itself upon the heights of the Woronzow-road, opposite to Bula Clava, and there appears to be little doubt but that the enemy will sooner or later strive to effect a division by attacking that place.- We are led te believe, however, that any attempt of that kind will be indeed but a forlorn hope. Omar Pasha, with 15,- 000 chosen Turks, his marched into the fortified lines of Bala Clava, where be will be supported by the gallant rem- nant of the British Guards, and au ample force of British artillerymen, Thus established in a strong position, all that the old warrior deigns to say to the Russian legions, is— “ Come, if you dare.” If they venture to attack him, there = be no question but that he will give a good account of

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EXTRAORDINARY MANCUVRES OF THE RUSSIANS—FURTHER DE~ TAILS OF THE FIRST DAY'S FIRING.

English Camp, Heights of Sebastopol, April 10. At about four o’clock yesterday. all the euemy’s lines and Volleys of

lagstaff, Barracks, Garden and Malakoff Batteries, even

‘eal or party action, it parties are disposed to treat it as such. | proposed Por mysylt, { regard jt purely as a mo : at + dette = pe : tal question, baying the jnltlative as to tho means by .which they would give

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to the Russian representatives themselves to take the Mame!on,

which all thought destroyed and untenable,

order that enquiries might be instituted, and the guilt or in-

from the correspondence which followed Mr. Campbel | Gro : Bt ¢ 4 le, | letter. Now we ask, why has not the whole of this ce = Use gr SS guns ip rapid succes sign, Lbeir stat came in jrespondence been published? There bas been quite tw

upon our works like hail. On every point along our lines alls were to be seen bounding and piunging, and shellg bursting like freworks in the air, Never, perhaps, was such a concentrated awd destructive cannonade witnessed since thé commencement of the siege. All felt that if it contintied twe or three hours our works Would be levelled with the dust, ag,

enemy, in spit2 of our utmost efforts, gave five guns in reply to our one. The rapidity and deafenivg uproar of the fire

remarks, the enemy’s batteries made a dead pause, For

Russians give in reply. Nearly twenty minutespassed oy their side in this state of unaccountable inactivity, when again suddenly the Redan and Fiugstaff broke out in heavy volleys, and maintained them, This was at about five o’ciock, and from this time until the fire of the long gubs discontinued for the night, except by occasional guns, few and far between, uo other Russian works but the Redan and Flagstaff took part in the contest.

work, at the same intervals, 10-inch were thrown into the Malakoff. The French directed their bombs into the Flag ° staff, and our left attack threw them into the Redan.

ing missiles in all direct‘ons, except into the town, their orders to spare that being still in full force. The enemy replied with mortars from the rear of Malakoff, the Redan and Plag- staff works; but we were evidently two to one superior to

compensated for by the use of their gans, when fired in volleys,

whole day’s fire is evidently with the allies. Whatever is the reason the enemy most certainly are not fighting with their usuai vigour. We have not yet destroyed their works—their guns are still good and serviceable, yet still they continua silent under our cannonade dpring the greater part of the day. The conduct of the enemy is, on the whole, so extraor- dinary, that even the wildest comjcctyres to account for it gain but temporary credit. According to some, the garrison is not sufficient to man all the defences, and this being also, L. believe, the opinion of General Jones, is generally believed.

is certainly less probable, ss up to the moment of our opening fire, tae enemy have wasted it in the most reekless manner, as if their stores of it were inexhaustible. Some, remember. ing Bala Clava and the subtle attack of Inkermann, look on their want of activity as a mere ruse to induce the allies to storm,

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Correspondence,

OSI NN I NIN INI INI ELLE DADE py TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER.

Sir,—T observe that the last Islander endeayours to make it appear that the lon. Mr. Coles voted against the One-ninth Bill in 1849, and that the Tories carried itin 1854. In that paper Mr. Coles is charged with falsehood for having said that he and his party were instrumental in getting the Bill passed, Now, Sir. instead of Mr. Coles voting against the One-ninth Bill in 1849, as stated by the Islander, [ find that the very reverse ts the fuet. for that year that Mr. Coles obtained leave to introduce the One-ninth Bill, and the same was read a first time on the 5th April (see page 76); at page 80, I find, on motion of Mr, Coles, that the Bill do pass, Messrs. Douse and Yeo recording . their names against it. In the Legislative Couacil Journal for the same yeur, I find that Mr. Holl—the leader of the late Tory Government, of which tre Islander was the organ, and the proprietor of that paper the Queen's Printer—voted against the Bill, and ultimately succeeded in getting it thrown out. By the Journals of the Assembly in 1851, page 93, I perceive that Mr. Coles again introduced the Bill, and carried it through the House. At page 54 in the Legislative Council Journal for the same year, I observe that Mr. Holl again voted against the Bill. In the House of Assembly Journal for 1853, page 24, I find that Mr. Coles again introduced the same Bill under a new title. It passed the three branches of the Legislature—went to England in the summer following, and in the same year a despatch came out from the Secretary of State, stating the readiness of Her Majesty to assent to the Bill, on a certain amendment, which was suggested, being made to it. This amendment was sent down to the House of Assembly, in the next Session, by Sir Alexander. The Tories were then in the ascendancy, and Mr. Holl at the head of the Government. They well knew that if they did not pass the Bill in its amended form, the Governor would send them adrift much sooner than he did. To avoid this unpleasant alternative, Mr, Holl bolted his objections, and got his party to pass the Bill.

Now, Sir, let me ask who is the man that deserves the thanks of the tenantry of this Island for strenuously and unceasingly protecting their interests? Mr, Coles, the Leader of the Liberal party, who was constant in his efforts to get the Bill passed; or Mr. Holl, the Leader of the Tory party, who, with the execption of the Session of 1¥54, was as con- stant in his efforts to destroy the Bill? The answer must be in favour of Mr. Coles ; and therefore what reliance can be placed on the unsupported assertions of the Islander regarding this matter ?

Yours truly, A Memnuer or tux House or AssemBur.

May 14. See aD

_ THE EXAMINER.

CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. IL, MAY 14, 1855.

THE EX-COMMISSLONER O¥ SMALL DEBTS AT '

Sr. ELEANOR’S,

Tarre appeared in the Islander, about three weeks ago, a letter from Mr. James Campbell, of St. Eleanor’s, resigning his office as Commissioner of Small Debts, and giving, as a reason for duing so, the circumstance that Governmeut had made some unworthy appointments to the Commission of the Peace—intimating that some, whcse names he did not give, were guilty of very serious offences, and stated that he would

only be “compromising his principles” if he remained any -

longer ia office with such people in the publie service. A letter was sent to Mr. Campbell from the Secretary's Offiee, desiring him to name the officials gravely aceused by him, in

nocence of the parties fairly proven. Mr. Campbell, findi that he had placed hjuself in a hazardous predicament, lixely to give work to the lawyers in prosecutions for libels,

shrank from naming the individuals whose official and private - eharacters he would fain have destroyed—stating that they

were.so well knowa in the community as to render the pub-

lication of their names unnecessary. These facts we gather

though both English and French kept up a terrific fire, the »

brought all who were at leisure to the frout, and the oldest and most expericneed artillery officers augured very unfavour: ably of our prospect of taking » fortress which could commend! such a fieree canvonade, Suddenly, and in the midst of such.

rearly a quarter of an hour not a gun was fived. The Allies kept up theipbombardmeat ; the French battered the Fi ; and works to’ the left ; our shot ploughed into the Redan ay Malakoff, and our 13-inch shells burst in regular successiog in the centre of the Mamelon; but not five guns did the.

Our long guns ceased firing a little after © seven, the enemy’s about eiglit, and then both Russians and’ allies resorted to their mortars. The fire of these latter wag — maintained all night. very five minutes one of our 18-inch shells was dropped into the Mamelon, and from the advanced! ©

On the” extreme teft of al! the Freach rocket battery sent their burn-

them in sach ordnance. This deficiency they oceasionally

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