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elivions and usefal instruction of the body ne . by judicious agsist- snce in aid of ' rivate ¢ iorts, without in- terference with the rig>is of conscience, or with the management of Schools,— also the encouragement of Agricultural rkiil: the formation of Nurseries of the best kizds of Orange and Lemon Trees, -~the establishment of a Botanical Gar- den, to be under the superintesdence of a person from one of the improved Insti- tutions in England ;—these are the iead- ing features of the speech from the Throne. The Revenue of the Island is stilicient to provide for the public service withuut edditional charge on the people.

The Mar) of Dundonald has hoisted his new “Flag” as Admiral ofthe Blue. It was saluted by such vessels of the Fleet, aa were in Port at St. George's.

A Soldier of the 42nd Regt. had been killed ina riot by a colored man, who struck him with an axe.

The Resistance, Troop Ship, with the 56th Regiment on board, is expected to errive at Bermuda about the middie of the present month—when she will receive the Service Companies of the 42nd for Hali- fax, and then 88th for England.

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CANADA. ELECTION OF W. L. M’KENZIE.

A Telegraphic Despatch dated Mont- real April 16th, savs; °

‘Wm. Lyon McKenzie, after an inter- val of several years, is again elected to Perliament. Mr. McKenzie was re- turned from the county of Haldimand. The balloting commenced on Mondey, and at the close of the polls last night the vote stood for Mr. McKenzie, (the In- dependent and Anti-Ministerial Candi- date,) 462; Donald M’Kenzie, (Tory Conservative.) 399 ; Geo. Brown, \Pub- lisher of the Toronlo Globe, the Free Trade Miristerial Nominee,) 283 ; and Floratio W. Cass, (another Government Reforme;, } 113,

UNITED STATES.

A great riot hes taken place at Mil- waukie. A reformed monk of La Trappe, named Lahey, has been preaching there, and the Roman Chatholics having tsken such offence st if, that serious riots have resulted. Shey have sent threatening Jetters to the {lotel, where he lodges, ordering the p oprietor to send himaway, end similar jet'ers tothe Mayor threaten- jag to pull down the Church, where he preaches. The entire Fire department und 1000 special constables turned out te preserve the peace. But on Saturday evening a gany of men burst into the Caerch, armed with clubs, who tore up the rails and pews, and knocked down several of the congregation. The aiob fellawed the preacher to his Hotel, smashing windows, &e. The Mayor prawised that Mr. Lahev would leave the city ia the morning.—AMonireal Gaz.

Revenleen thousind two hundsed and minedy-siz immigrants arrived at New Youk ‘ast week!

‘There is 2 moderate business doing in Pieur. State is steady at $4,50,and some sales of Western have been made at the fame rete; pure Genesee, €4,87, to 5. Corn Meal 1% more inquired for. and a vale of Jersey liss been wade at $4,062.

Accounts from San Francisco to the <5th March have been received at New \ ork. .

Rusinesa was better. and it was beliey- ed the lowest point had been reached. The Legisiature have passed a Bij] for a system of common schools, which meets geners! approbation. It has also prohibi- ted the sale of lottery nekets, and bas appropriated $2C0.000 and upwards, to pay the persons engaged in military oper- ztions against the Indians.

A fire ia Nevada City, onthe 12th, de- vtraved ane hundred and fifiv honses, im- volving a loss of $1,009,000. The fire continued fram 1 uli 74 o'clock on Wed- nesday morning. ‘The faines were only stayed by having no more material to de vour. One life waa lost... "I'he fire is said

‘o weve been the work of an inccudtary. |

THE RKAMINER.

LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY. |

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Txuxspay, April 24 |

Mr Fraser, from the Committee to whom was referred the Petition of the In- habiiams of Lot 15, praying tor the plac- ing of Buoys and Beacons in Egmont | Bay,presented the following Report which was received, read, and adopted,

Your Committee to whom was referred the Petition of the Inhabitants of Lot 15, praying that Buoys and Beacons might be placed in the Channels of Mgmont Bay. |

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Prince County, have to report, ‘That, from the evidence laid before them, they have | come to the conclusion that it is necessary for the safety of vessels navigating in that) direction, that Buoysand Beacons should be laid down in the following Channels ; viz. Percival Channel and Jacques Chan- nel. |

Your Committee therefore recommend that an Address be presented to His Ex- cellency the Lieut. Governor, requesting that he will be pleased to cause so much of the Provisionsof the Act 8 Vic, Cap. 2, to be put in operation, so far as regards tha placing of Spar Buoys inthe above men- tioned Channels, and placing Beacons on the adjacent lands opposite the same.

And your Committee forther recommend that for the more economical expenditure of the public money, that said buoys end beacons oe let at auction, for the term. of three years, to the lowest bidder.

ALLAN FRASER, Chairman.

Mr Fraser, from the Committee ap- pointed to prepare aa Address io His ix- cellency,in accordance with the foregoing Report, reported the following draft Ad- dress, which was adopied. The Com- mittee who prepared the Address. were then appointed a Committee to present the same to His lixcellency.

To His Excellency Sik Avexanver Bax-

NERMAN, Lieut. Governor, Gc. .&¢.,¢¢.

May it please your Excellency :

Tre House of Assembly having had under their consideration a Petition from the Inhabitantsof Lot15, Egmont Bay, praying that Buoys and Beacons may be placed in the Channels of said Bay, have, in conformity with the Report ef a Special Committee, accompany this Address to which they crave Your Excellency’s atten- tion, deemed it expedient that Buoys and Beacons be placed in the Channels and Lands therein mentioned, and pray that Your Excellency will give the necessary instructions for carrying the same into effect.

Qn motion, by MrColes, the House was resolved into a Committee of the whole to take into consideration the Appropriation to be made for the Koad Service, &c.— Mr Clack tn the Chair.

Mr Coles, Mr Pope and Mr Speaker, in succession urged upon the Committee the propriety of frst providing for the payment at the repairs of Roads and’ Bridges.which in the absence of any appropriation for that service, (owing to differences between the kixecutive and the Assembly) had been undertaken and completed, either onder contract with the Road Commisaioners, or independently of any such contracts, by individuals fully satisfied that,in tie sound judgment. good faith, and justice of the Assembly, they had a very sufficient guar- antee that they would be fully paid for the work performed by them for the public be- nefit, and the execution of which the public safety and convenience would not admit of heiny delayed. The credit, said the hon. Speaker, both of the Government and of the Assembly was, in fact, pledged that | the paymentof these services should be directly provided fur. Tt was entirely ow- | ing ta the high opinion of the sound juds— |

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ement and inteerity of the Assembly, en-

tertained hy the MailCarriers.and by those

individuals who had undertaken and made | the necessary repairs of bridges, in diff- erent parts of the Island, last year, that the publie inconvenience had been mater- ially obviated,in the absence of the usual appropriations : and it would be higtily derogatury to the character of the House. shonld they hesitate to afford those who had implicitly confided in their justice an immediate assurance that their confidence) in the House had not been misplaced. He, | therefore, hoped the decision of the Com- mittee, tonching those services, would be ‘such, that a notice of it, in the next news- ‘paper which should be published, would |

have the effect. of completely ‘removing ‘ : .

| year; observing that provision might be

‘of a provision being made by the House in

| were so firmly and efficiently constructed,

fromthe minds of those persons who bad contracted for, and effected the completion of any such services, all anxiety and doubt concerning their full and proper remunera- tion: for he believed much pains had in some instances been taken to create uneasi-

contractors respecting their remuneration. The hon. Speaker then submitted a Ke- solution to the effeet that it be reeommend-

for the payment of those persons who had contracted for, and, aceordiig to contract, completed the repairs of any bridges Jast

made for euch as had not been contracted

seine . . | agree to the Reso!ntion ness and insti! doubts inio the minds of such

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batvery little success; so Jittle,in fact, that, where contracts had been entered lnto,they had been inken, he believed. aras low a rate a3 any similar contracts fur ten years back. He hoped the Committee would submitted by the hon. Speaker: and thatthen, as the roads had certainly been nevlected fast year,they would follow up that Resolution by voting

a liberal genera! appropriation {i | . le ation forthe Road ed to the House to provide by special grant | 7 eons

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Service. The people, said the hon. mem- r.expect it; 3 [ be ,e tut; and.] hope, they will ges it. “ir Fore said the Resolution of the hop. Speaker ought to be adopted without one 9 moment’s hesitation. A fine of distinc

for by a subsequent Resolution. FRASER maintained the justice of provid- ing, at the same time, both for payment for repairs of bridges which were contracted for, and submitted a Resolution to that

effect. Mr. MONTGOMERY and Mr.

the latter hon. member, whilst he admitted that the Assembly were bound to make provision for the remuneration of: indivi- duals for services which.in a most laudable spirit, they had undertaken and executed

for the public benefit, in full dependence |

upon the justice of the House to make pro-

| vision for their payment in the next Ses-

sion ; yet thought it might be questionable, whether it would be altogether right to exclude from a participation in any special grant for such purpose, those districts in which repairs-of Roads and Bridges ought to have been effected !aet year, and, with resvect to which, there mieht be good rea- son to believe they would have been made, had not Commissieners and others, anxious to bring undeserved odium upon the majori- y in the House, done a} they could tadis- suade the people from making them.

Mr Fraser was very fac from denying that the expectations, entertained by indi- viduals who had performed such services,

jis present Session for their payment were not justly and reasonably entertained ; but he was decidedly of opinion that to proyide the means of payment for such services by special grant, and afterwards to allow those counties and districts in which such gervi- ces had been performed and paid for,to par- ticipate as fully in the general appropria- tion for the Road Service, as if no such special grants had been made, would be very unfair; for the fact that in some dis- tricts the needful repairs had been made al- though not paid for, ovght not to give those d stricts in which aimilar repairs were equal- ly needed, although neither made nor pro- vided for.

| Mr WARBURTON took nearly the same view of the case with Mr. Fraser. He said that had the bridges in his district required any repairs, he would not, ag a Road Commissioner, have hesitated, for a

Mr | , the Assembly, had

} | LORD. also concurred in these views: but }

tion ought to be drawn between those wie ia fall dependence Upon the ioteerity of ' vy stepped forward iw obviate public inconvenience, by the per- formance of public services, in ful} reliance upon the good faith of the Assembly, at a time when a sense of duty had caused that body to withho'd the usual cppre— priations; and those who, perhaps, mis- interpreting the epirit of the Agsseml}y and their motives, had been cowiling io place the same dependence upon their jus- lice and integrity of purpose. The Reso- lution to provide the means of payment for the public services of such publie Spirit- | ed and rightly judging individuals, chould take precedence of all other considera- | tions, and be carried at once. The Ilouse being resumed, the fal- lowing Resolutions were reported aereed to in Committee, and on being severally

opted by the House.

1. Resolved, As the opinion of the Com- mittee, That all contracts entered into fer the Repairs of Bridges and Wharfs, up te this date, be provided for by a special Ap- propriation : and that the sum of Four Thousand Five Hundred Pounds be divié- ed according to the following seale for the service of Roads, Bridges and Wharfs fur the present year : | Queen’s County - - -

| submitted by the hon. Speaker, were ad: |

£1,700

Prince County - . : - 1406 King’s County- - -~ - 1,40¢@ £4,500

2. Resolved, That the sum of One hun- sered and Forty Pouods be granted to de fray the contingent expenses of Roads, Bridges and Wharfs, the same to be equa)- ly apportioned among the three Counties.

3 Resolved, That the sum of Three Hun= dred Pounds be granted and placed at the disposal of the Lieut Governor in Counei}, to be expended, if necessary, in the laying out and altering of Highways under the Road Compensation Act.

SATURDAY, April 26. The Bill to authorize the Colonial See -

retary to eppoint a Deputy, and the Bilt (9 authorizethe -"Treasurer to appoint a

moment, to put them up to tender; for he | Depaty, were each ‘severatly read a third

could confidently have recommended the people, ta place implicit reliance up on the good faith of the House to make provi- sion for their payment. In his district,. however neither his own confidence in the jastice of the Assembly, nor that of the peonle, had been put to the test by any ne- veasity for repairing their bridges; for they

as te havesustainedpo damage from the efiecis of the storms, which had been so Mischievous in their effects elsewhere. With respect to the question immediately before the Committee, however.be was not prepared to admit the propriety and justice of making a special appropriation for the | paymentof the services spoken of, even whilst hefally admitted in how highly laud- able and public spirited a manner they acted who underiook and perfurmed them. <Ac- cording to his ideas of Impartiality and jus- tice the payment fur such services ought to be made out of the general appropria- tion

Mr MOONE Y sail he would support the Resolution of the Hon Speaker. He eulogized the spirit in whieh, in the ab- sence of the usual appropriations, the ne- cessaty repairs of Reads and Bridges were generally made throughont the country.

ume, and passed,

FIREWORKS, &¢.—Mr Palmer in- troduced a Bitl to prohibit Fireworke and” unraly gamesin the Streets and ‘Thorougb- fares of Charlottetown; which was read first time, and orderedfur a second reading on Monday next.

KLECTIVE FRANCHISE.—Hen. Mc Wuknan moved the following Resolu- tion whichwas agreed to,

Resolved, hata Committee of five members be appointed to bring in a Rill, next Session, to alter and amend the Law of Election, with the view. of extending the Elective Franchise. in'Towrs and Re. yalties of this Island.” Honerables BR. Whelan; G. Coles. J. Pope, and) WW. Lord, and Mr Clark, were appointed a Committee aecording)y.

_ EDUCATION:~Hon. Mr Coles trom the Committee appointed to report on Education, reported a Bill, which was received, Sod read sfirst time. This re merely provilea fer the continuance of the present Act for the Eneour 0 Péuchiine for one year. Pnegen tees qr: Mr Cones said. as it was new too bite to think of preparing, bringing and perfecting any eden tapi Heahbice’

lle, at the same time, eensnred the con- | dnet of seme Reed Commissioners, who had used their utmost endeavours to pro- 4 vent'the people from making necessary re- pairs upon roads and bridges, ins order to: bring discreditand disgrace upon the ma-

jorty in the A’ssembly. [le was coma however, to think that such unworthy. and

inalicions effuita had beem attended With |

In accordancewith the sentiments of the

Ouse, as preity well ertawnined at the beginning of the Session ; hebseuld recom - mena thata Committee,of one memer fer each Electoral Disnet, and each Town and Royalty, be appointed, whose duty shalibe during the recess, to endeaver t¢ ascertain, a8 far as possible, the sentimeas of the People atlarpe.coneerning the ech- eme of E'ree » Education. «In order. faitly .,