, -_ T mm", we m, than hir. Pope’s grand diacovery he. cornea a very almplepaii'air indeed. lie had only to make use of the kuon'W WWI he had acquired an Colonial Secretary to convince the miniature that they had been named upon, and to bring the present Government. as

he “oped, into didlcultiea. The discovery might be at- tributed to any accident that would be found convenient. A “atch honorable man would. we repent, ouner in. right hand to be cut of rather than avail hinmelf of any Nu“; m abuae the confidence of tried Manda. Mr. r: wu for fbur years the ropreaentatlvo of the nettlera on the Selkirk mutate. lion in it that. during a,“ “me, he never made thin extraordinary dincovcry of bio? lie was then in a position to do malcthing town‘s remedying the cvlla which had been Indicted on Ms constituents. it won his duty then to make u...“- mwwnta his first conaidcrutlon. Why did he not then o"quire into the aeereta of the Crown Land Uificcl’ Why did he not then agitate that relic" be extended to the “poor Highlanders." for whom he has. for the last two or three month. been moaning in spirit? We and um. while Mr. l’ope euloyed olllce. he did not trouble hla head about tho or Highlanders; but no sooner Md he began to ice the distressing effects of the cool .qu dark alludes of o poaltlou. than hla fccllnx heart reamed towards hla ll mood follow-colonists. This fact 3w. . wry aunpiclotla look about it. and people are un. charitable enough to draw conclusions front it not at all favorable to the political integrity of the errant cx-L‘ul- onial Sccmtary. 'l‘ho feel warranted in believing that if the Comervatlv'os ind been returned with a unriorlty u the hut election. and if the ' had appointed Mr. Pope to a or). flit oiiice. the worl would never have heard,

‘ from dm. at any rate. one tingle word about the poor Highlanders of Belfast. The quibble that the Conser- vativea did not extort from the aettlers upon the Selkirk “a...” more than was \vnrrautcd by the tonne oftltc Act. beeauae when they went out of olllec the iandn Were not aid ibr. la unworthy a man making the mnnlleat preteu. tlonn to liberality of mind. it is evident to any one on- pable of following out the simplest train of reasoning. an: the Conservatives did all that in them lay to commit the act of extortion complained of. That this act WM: not consummated is owing to no virtue of theirs. They lined the extortiouutc prior: they received on many of the instalments of that price as they had the opportunity

..r dulng, and they doubtless would have received thei

whole of them without dreaming of restitution had the people continued them in olth-e. We will even 1m to r. thcr. and. for the information of those whom the [minder calla 0‘ poor Highlanders." and to show them the sincer- ity of the svmpathy of the prletnry co leagues. state an a fact that the Go. vernmeut of which Mr. W. ll. Pope was an olllccr. not only charged the purchasers of the selklrk Estate a much higher price t tan hlr. Altlnm con-.ltlcrcd necessary to render the purchase solf-unatnlnlnx. but actually pro- poaod to demand of them twouty per cent. of the arreara of rent due on the. Estate; To the credit or

ill: Excellency birch-Governor llllllllzifi, be it mid, that .

blank to m‘t'etic to no monstrously

he manned point holders of the

august a proposition. and to him are the So

klrkcatate partinllyindchted thntlhio largenmount was ,

merit In considering this question. it must be borne in

mind that self interest. which generally exercises away. 3 until Monday morning at It) o'clock. i

over the mind: or individuals. dlctntcd to the Conserva-

tive Government. which contained; large pruprlclory 1

element. to keep up the price of lands. It. would be ub- surti toau pose that the lions. J. 0. Pope. James i'co,

ex~riecretnry and his l‘rw,

not attuned fi‘om them by the late trollsesvudvc lion-rn- ‘

‘ififlE HERALD, WEDNESDAY, hiARCH .11. 1868.

Committee on Stationery—who are atrict economivtr. and determined to aboliah altogether the are of wine and apirita in the Ante-rooms uf,the Anaembly.

0n Thuraday morning. March 5. the Home met at the areal bear. but beyond the morning prayer and the reading of the Journala. nothing will done until the after- noon lilting. in consequence of the Commilieca oi the previoua day having to prepare their rcporte ior aubmla' area to the Ilouae. In the afternoon the “on. Mr. De- vlea propoaed and the lion. Mr. Iiowlan aoconded the appointment of Meura. Benj. Bnhleraton. Iaaao Oren- ham and Robert Gordon aa lleportcra to the Home for the precept Session. ’l‘hla motion created a tympeat in input among the Opposition. who raw, in the ap- pointment, a mauifertalloa of illgl‘atitudc to Mearra. Lam! and McGowan. (tho lit-porters oi laat Scaaion). and a tame auhmiuion to tenant league influence. The fact waa that Mr Laird did not want the appointment. and Moran. Ilaldercton. Oxenham and Gordon having canvaased the Government membcra before hir. Mc- Gowan gave it to be under-loud that he would accept the appointment. there war no option but to appoint them union in breach of promise were made. The Queen‘r Printer then submitted the limit oi the Addrcaa in au- suer to the Speech of llir Excellency at the opening of the Session.

M (See Summary.)

r. F. W. lIAuyhr-a‘ tendon for the Printiu Journnla and the Debate: of the lIouau having hell. l lowcat. they were acne ited. l

FRIDAY. March 6.—-’ ‘he IIouac met at 10 o'clock. and after the innocence ofsomc routine hmincu. adjourned until the pfteraoonmhen Air. 1’. Sinclair proposed that £15 be given from the Contingent Fund to each Inland paper that would publiah in full the Dobaicr of the Sea- atoll. This .vraa ruled to be a money vote which moat ' originate With the Executive, and therefore could not ; be entertained.

.Suvnou'.‘ hiarch 7.—Thc ilonae mot and the Com~ nuttc ou'Ex urtu Lawn presented their Report, whiclL. wna receive an read. All the Oppoaillon did notaccm i desirous of taking up the Governor aSprcch in the fore- ‘ noon. the House adjourned until the afternoon. The Upporlllmt again failed to toe the mark in the afternoon I with regard to the Governor'a Speech. They acemcd ' i anxious to preserve the «really of their minda until af- ter Sunday. Another rcaaon for the opposition wishing to delay the Debate on the Governor‘o Spec-on war to. allow of a caucua being held on Saturday night. to en- ' able the conservative literati of the city to frame roaolu- tlona or amendment to the Addrera in aran'cr to the Governor'a Speech. and to lend out any grammatical ; errors that the Addrera might contain. The {me of th V 1 House and the public intert-rts are thus made to suil‘ur f ‘ in order that trifling criticism and uutncraaary rccrimi- . nations may he indulged in. Out of courtesy to the ()p- ’ pmlllnn. the Home was adjourned about 5 o'clock, r..\t., l

Mox on. March 9-—-'I‘hc llouae met at half-past it n i o‘clock in the morning and war moved into a Committee .

oflhc whole to take Into consideration the Draft [\«l-

and other )ropi‘it'iui'.‘ who hold seats in the late Govern- an." in reply.“ "m spew“ m “w Excel‘mcy um “up

meat. and who. no doubt, looked forward to the time when they. too. would have wish and put their Estates in the market. Were of selling the public lands to the tenants at a low tlgurc. 0n the contrary. we had them. when in power. to de- maud item the pure Eetatca a larger sum per acre than they knew Would be. aumcicut to cover costs and expenses; and for this slm- , pie reason, that in caso they should over our: their pro- : petty to the Government. they might be able to ask a high price for it. It is in vain for Mr. W. H. Pope to heat about the herb and wildly assert that the late Con- acrvativo Government were unaware that in fixing the selling price of the Selkirk Estate at the rate which they i did. a cum more than sufficient to meet the costs and en- pcnaea bf the transaction would be realized. for “e have the punitive evidence of his brother. the lion. -i. C. re”. who occupied the poaltlmr of leader of that. (lov- crnment, to the contrary. In his place tn the anomaly. in the reunion of loud. he made it a boost that every Rotate purchased by his Party had been a aourcc of “profit” to the Government—thud proving the line of cut that We have adopted. that the l‘muservatives. in violation or the spirit and intention of the Land ,l’ur- Chane Act. aimed at making a. profit out of tho Selkirk and other Estates purchnacd by them. The exact hm. kit of the lion. .1. C. Pope is :—-" Every Rotate which we are bought has proved a paying speculation. We have had a count t'ros nvauv on or THE“! 1 think the Government will be instilled in purciuwing all the Estath they can. and carrying on. no quietly as possible. fille freeing of the country from the burden of the lease- hold or rent-paying system: and whether I may be in the Government or out oi it. I will do all in my power to bring about no desirable a conaunlmatlou." With firia declaration before them. we leave the ao-called “ r Highlanders " to decide whether the Government. 0 which Mr. W. H. Pope was a confidential adviser. aioaired to make a ~~ protlt" out of them or not, and to divine the motives which induced the Land Agents and fro rletnra who formed that Government to fix. in npitc of 0 )position of the present Commissioner of t‘rowu iLauda. t to price per more at an cxtortionate a rate. as do demand the intervention of the Legislature and a Li- iberai Government at: the present day.

The editor of tho lerzmlrr comments on the silence -of the lending members of the late llpponltion on tho anbject of the prices of tho ilelklrk Eatnte landa; but. as We have been informed, the present Leader of the Government protected against the price not upon those lands. and predicted that art of the purchaao money would have to be remade. to the act- tlora on them. There would have been little use in say- iug anything more about the matter until the estate had been paid for. and then. no doubt. acme patriotic gen. "man who placed high value on votes in Belfaat Would Ind. a bid for popularity by maldn preclocly the name discovery which Mr. l’opo baa atom led upon in a man. not at once no opportune and almplc. \i'e repeat that if the Selkirk Estate settler-a are to be relieved from the extortion of the late Conservative Government, It will be owing to the fact that an administration it'lcndiy to the agricultural classes have succeeded a Proprietary Government. whose interest and design it wan to do as little as possible without exciting their auaplclou or hos.

tility.

LEGISLATIVE.

0n Wedneaday lost. at three o'clock in the afternoon. liia Excellency Lieutenant Governor Duedaa came down to the Council Chamber for the purpose of formally opening tba Laplalatura of this Colony for tho tranoac- lieu of bualucaa. lilo Speech will be found in the Sum- mary of Mr. Areh‘d McNelll. Ilia Excellency war ca- ; eomd‘to and from Governinont Home by Captain. .Wood and Holmana‘ Companiu of Cavalry. whlirt the City Artillery. Irlah. Prince of Walea. Dundee. Royalty killer and 2nd City Artillery Companies of Voluntoen performed duty at the Colonial Budding aa a Guard of Honor. Owing to the revere mow Itoma oi the pro. viola two daya revcrnl membera of the Council and Ar «ably were about The Council Chamber and Lob- biar were tiled by a more than cecal number of spoon. tort. 0a the return of the Members of the Assembly from the Overall Chamber to their Iloom, Mr. Speaker Whitaataa read to them acopy of the Gubernatorial utter‘ area, any which the Queen‘s Printer. recently ro-elact-

, all one of tho Member-a for the Second Electoral Dir triet of Klara County. war introduced to the House and took the areal oatla and hit out fir. Archibald Me- erll war appointed Summary Reporter to the Ileana flit- tba Bunion M1883. The canal earamittoca formed at the opening of the Legulatura having been appointed

I Ill! Renae adjourned until ton o'clock a. at. on Than- . do. in: Lauder of the Oppoaitlcu. the no... 'r. n. . HIM”! to be in nasal aplrlta. whether from r ‘ “WWI of mud dirt-ion ia the . Omar.“ camp. or the aatinfaetioa of again «audio; to the l aura. we know not. Cnnoldorabio dia- M aid liaaatiaihatlea were medicated an»; abna mama apparition at the canpoaltioa of the

. - l l o l l . . m “mum ’ to I", 3‘ the motion wna carried. the Leader of the Oppomion. s lion. .‘ii. Iiavlland. onwmd into a Review oi'thc Gover-

: litir'a Speech and not-erer criticised the Governmou: in bacon: of tho Selkirk and other: “'0 "will" of UM) Loan. the Land (location and Eileen;

: tenant Governor at the opening of the Scarlett. Before I

tion. All thrao whit-ctr ought. in his opinion. to have been Sctilml by this time. or that the Government Oilghl. Il- lmrl. to have foreshadowed in His Excel! lency‘a speech the nature of the mcarurca intended to: he introduced during the Session. hlr. lircclren. onel of the weathers for the city. followed in the camel strain, and anurted that the present Government and - l'artv poaacqpod no public, aplrit or rerpeetablhty, politicrlly. a that there wu not much fear of their ever surreal ‘ g the relno of toner upon any vital public question. They would ti o of aimplc inauition. Tho M~W~ ‘ ’ -

audio a attain of good-humeral! irony. exprerrwd the be c that. from the energy and zeal manlierted in the

a he luteveata b iltoac gentlemen while in opposition. )ui. forgotten w ' c in power. they would long continue in a povitlon to cultivate thoao excellent qualitioa for the benefit of the country. When in Committee. the light waa renewed With apitit on both Bidet. and kept up until nine o'clock at‘ntght. with the exception of an hour‘s recess for dinner. Uttth Government aide. credit war claimed for being aound to the core on the vital question of Confederation. for caring 135.000 atg. to the Colony by Mr. Ilenrloy'a mission. for governingi the Colon without the aid of troops. for raising tboi rularieao teachers without lncreariug taxation. and for putting machinery in motion which will coon enforce a aettlcmeut of the Laml Queriion. he late Govern. mat. of which the Leader of the Opposition one an ciliccr and a member. failed in evorythin except ho- traying and iibolllug the people. and erect n3 Barrackl. It is admitted on all hunda that the defence of the Gov- ernment was completely aucceavfltl in every point. whilst the onslaught on the Opposition waa moat dam- aging to their hopea of speedily wet-ceding to the Gov- crnmcnt.

Tucson, March 10.-—Tho Debate aiill draga ita alow length along. the Oppoaltion indulging in endlcaa rcpelltionr with regard to the Tenant League and the Land Querillm from the daya of Gracchi; but without the tire and vigor of ycrterday. We suppose the debate will be kcpt up for two or three day: yet, after which we hope the balloon of the country will be vigorously prorecutcd.

Tm: I-‘mumu‘ Cnun met at the North American Hotel on Friday night last—Dr. Jenkinl in the Chair. Agricultural Implementa and the growing of Wheat were the onhjecta diaonarcd. The Hour. Memo. Hay- thorna and liner and other gentlemen offered aomc very valuable auggcatlona upon wheat growing, but it waa painfully evident that ii the Club deairea to improve a on the present ayatcm of farming. it will have to be. 3 u at the beginning. and employ some competent per- aon to impart to it: membera a knowledge of A ri- cultural Chemiatrv. Many aubjccta which ap car in- explicable to acme of the r akera on h‘rnay night would appear aimple and pic n enough by the aid of valence. We would an great that extraeta from i'rofew nor Dawaon‘a work. out tied. "Agriculture in Schoela" ha read at each meeting of the Club. Much od wold. undoubtedly, result from each a procre lug. even in oonaidcving the '- Rotation of Cropa." e aubject for next night'a diacuuion. and one which Pro- feaoor Dawaon treata in an exhauativc manner.

Articlea cfimpcachmcnt against Preaidaat Johnaon were to be laid before the United Statca Senate on

Weduceday laat. Title in: chmrnt albeit is likely to prove a acriour one to the Mud Blotea. The outru- aiblo cause oftho Prealdrat‘a Impeachment la hia having

the real canoe in who found in the roaidont‘a rmccn- atruciloti policy which ia eppcaed to that of Con- great.

Tia Lennon Quanrnnnv Ravxaw. for January. containa the following artiolcat— 1. Sir Walter

Scott; 2. The Queen in the bland. and High- lactic; 8. Private Confusion in the Church of England; 4. Gulaot’a Melanin; ii. The Brltlah Murmur; 6. Lou. Eevltv and Centenarian; 7. Phwnlcia and Greece; 8. ‘hureh Program; 9. What ahall we do for Ireland.

Ir will be torn by our cable doapatebu that Lord Darby. Prim liahlar of England baa trained. on ac.

lion. Hr. Darnell to form a new Mlniatry.

A French contain vary a villa: the flagiutoudld Canad an Papal Zouavo cat-pr waa mainland by the Gray Nana of Montreal of

rumored Stanton from the Secretav Ihip of War. but ,

count of ill health. and that Her laioaty the Queen baa called upon the Chancellor oi the Exchequer. the Right

We underata'nd that'iho Charlottetown hatter Dramatic Club intend girlna couple of Charitable

entartalamoata on Burton. Monday and Tacoday eve- _ to be the moat laugh-l ’

ningr. The Bill of Fara , abla on yet. “ O’Callaghaa on bia Laat Logs" will be brought .out in excellent atylo. and rupported lo’ Ii gum Stall. The whole performance will be council y.

The great cerantouy of Hearing the bannora of the Canadian Papal Zoonvoa wok lace on the night of ibc lath inat., in the French Pariah church at Montreal and w“ of a ver impoaing character. the building being dearly paella . 'I‘ e uddreu on the coca-ion war pro- nounced by Monugnenr Lance .

()cn readcra will ace by referring to our advertiuing column that a Grand Concert will ha given on the Evening of St. Patrick'r Day. under the auapioeulof the Benevolent Irlrh Society. . i

Scrnmn COURT. Ktxo‘a Confirm—The February- 'I‘erm of the Supreme Court for Kin ‘a County com~ mench Von 'l‘ueaday. the 35th ult.. an econ lied the re» mainder of the work. Ilia honor. Mr. Jon ca l’etora. prodded. The following gentlemen constituted the Grand Jury:—

John C. Underhay. Foreman; Daniel II. Dingm-ll. John Cowan. John F. McKay. Charlel hieEucheu.‘ an... McDonald, Edward Viekcraon. Henry Badman; it. ll. 'l‘homaa. Duncm McDonald. John Steele. David McClure, Ezra Wickwlre. Agustine C. Mel)unald.l Jamel Jollmtouc. Jorc"h Din veil. Douala: A. Smilii.l George Itobcrtron. Ben amin cilia. Anqu McDonald! and Charlea Alleyne. ha oircr. ;

There were on the dczkol l9 a‘ppeala. all of vl'hlcll.i with one exception, wuro m-iilrd. inmiraod or put oil ' till next term. Of the Record Camel. three only—- ejoetmcnt eaaea—wrre triad. Doe dent. W-n. Forgaa and othera. ea. J ntnea ' nagh. occupied the whole of the first day. The defeat ant. Moynagh. claimed under it Learn. uith the privilege of purchase. The Lure expired without the nucleate being effected. ll. tried. but failed to prove lull al right to the land in die. mic. and. therefore loot t to cm. For the Leaaor o. l’laiutifl', Maura. Lcngworth and llodgson; for the def fondant, Maura. C. Ballet and McLeod.

Doe tlcm. Jamca Mo ugh. re. C. S. Beaten. Trea- msa and E'octment. ardlot for the defendant. For manor of ’laintiii‘. Maura. C. Palmer and McLeod. For defendant. hierara.“llcnrley. Lougwcrih and hi. l’a'mer.

Donald McDonald ea. Angua Monaco and otltcra. Trespass. Both parlica claimed under a Squattcr'a title. and hence the puaaosaion of the one was no go d g as that of the other. Verdict for the defendanla. For i the I’lalntdl‘. Mt’bsl‘tl. lionaley. E. l'alttter and llodgaon. l Fprl deidcnduuia. Menu. LongWortb. C. Palmer andi A .l' 400 . » ,

liy consent. the caan William Stone and Donald Campbell. was left to Emma... All the other record ;

suits wrro settled by ' partier. .

Donald lilclunis. m ted for stealing a watch. war! tri :d. convicted and teneed to two monlha im ulson- ; ment. The war the only cruulnal care on the i oeket. i a circumstance highly’crodltable to the people oi Kin“: 3 County. Bills of indictment were found agnluat two! pouch: for aunuitingra bail“? in the execution of bio;

my. . . , p The Grand Jurrbnught down a preaontmcn t. in i which they recommended that the Court fiance and l gremltl he cucloacti li)‘ a fence. and planted with lreer. ’ and that certain itnprovcmenta he made in the Grand Jury Room. The GrandJury also brought to the noilcui cf the Court that magnetite" confined m the County ‘ Jail are 'dertitlttbof bull, bedding and cooking utcnrils which iho authorltloa are raqueatc-l to provide—Pal. ‘

At a recent meetib‘oi' the American l-‘ai'mrra‘ Club, 3 (ac aaya the Patriot). Mr. E. Will'ntnla. a practical tarm' or. from New Jeruy,-read a paper on Potatoc Cultural from which vve clip (“flowing extract: ; “My practical ca r not with oiaioerla eonhncdi