Housgof Assembly.“

Finniv, April ‘2.

Mr. llcnderson alluded to the tree ‘ of complying with the prayer of a pct ‘ from certain ol his vmrstitucnts. asklugforl a sum of money to improve the shipping: whan known as Allken's \thrl‘. Men and Iltl|'>l‘.'l were in danger of being washed off that wharf at shipping seasons. for want ol asuiall expenditure. it was well known to Hon. members that there was no public wharf at Montague Bridge. the want of which caused that bridge to be very much injured. As to drelcrry. or l‘eters‘ wharf. > a public meeting was held by the people’ interested in that mailer. at which he and his colleague \vcrc present. and the de- cision of tire vtluilo rut-cling (excepting one or two dissciitieut voices) was, that the old \vliarfshonld be repaired, and not that a new site taken. Why the Govern- ment should have decidrd against the views of the penile. in that matter, Ire knew not. huthcfelt conlideiitsoiirc under lntluencc had chn used.

Mr. Proust) supported the remarks made by his lion. colleague, and said that the desire of the, people, expressed at the pub- lic meetingalludcd to, was. with one or at most trvo exceptions, to extend and un- provo l’ctci‘s’ wharf. Ii the government intended, as he understood, to pri cure a site for anew wharf at the end of the sand beach, a brr-astwork would have to be built and a right of way purchased at no small expense. It was also the opinion of goodjudgcs that a wharf on stair an ex- posed siteconld not stand against the action of the sea. and that also the ice, in

breaking up, would press against thati

wharf, rendering it liable to be carried oll‘ however wcll supported.

The Attorney General said thatifi ~ould be the province of the Board of Works to settle all such ililliirulties as existed teach- ing the building nail repairing ol wharls, with which it was impossible for the gov- ernment to be fully cognisant. There was no oilicial grant provided for Aitken's \vlrnrt. but £150 were provided for the purpose of entering into contract fora new wharf at the site alluded to by the lion. mcmbcr (Mr. I’rowse). and £30 n crc vot- ed for cutting the road asked for at llign~ bunk. Thou: sums were in addition to such allowance as the members tor the district could spare from tho gcncrulap propriations.

Mr. Laird presented nbill to amend the ad relating to weights and measures. lie said the alterations sought for were to provide for the buying or selling of pota~ tens or turnips by weight or measure, and that the weight. per bushel, otsueh articles should be specified.

The bill to empower the government to expend thirty thousand pounds in the purchase oflzvntls was read a second time and agreed to

House in committee, to consider the ad- visability oi'platiiig at the disposal of the government the sum of five thousand pounds, for building a new post oflice and public building in Charlottetown.

The Attorney General said the resolu-

tion bctorethc committee involved the cx-‘

pezrditurc ot a lnrve sum of money, and shouldcall forth a discussion Ilc advertcd (o the incflicicnt state of the present post office, and said that the Govcrnmcnt felt .thnt they would he considered guilty ol a neglect of duty it they did not take steps .tuwards the securing a more Sullitblt place for the 0st oflice and customs depart- urents. condition, in case of tire, of the protbono- tory and registry otliccs, where the valua- blo records of the colony wcre kept. 'l‘ucsd 5'. April 0.

Ilonscin Committee on the Bill to amend the Law relating to Felony.

lloml Mr. Ilaviland, introduccr of the Bill, explained the amendments contem- plated to be made on the Statute touching the prevention of the crimes referred to. fire utmost extent to which parties guilty of inflicting ininrics on any person or per- sons, could be punished was two years imprisonment, which was altogether iii- adequate when the crimes committed were of an aggravated character.

The bill provides that if any person shall unlawfully or maliciously adurinstcr poison, or shall attempt to take Olifc by drowning, suffocating, or strangling. or shall shoot at any person. or by drawing a trigger or in any other manner attempt to discharge any kind of loaded arms at any person. or shall attempt to stab, cut or wound, with iirtciit iii any such case to kill, or audio, disfigltre or disabln, or do any other grcvious bodily harm to any_ person, or shall maliciously, by the cx-l plosion of gunpowder u' airy other cx-l plusiwc substance, destroy or damage the whnlevcr any part of any'dwelling house or airy other building with intent to cn~ danger the lite oi any person. shall be, by the provisions of said Bill, guilty ol felony, and shall be liable to be imprisoned with or without hard labor for any tcrnr not ex- cot-ding twenty-one years, and also it" a male. to be once. twice or thrice publicly or privately whipped, ii the Court before

In also spoke of tho insecure

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EXECUTION“ dr‘DOWEv. ‘ I (From the PEI, April IO.)

0n Tues

' last. George Dovvey, who

, was convicted. at. the lust llilary Term ol'i

the Supreme Court. of the murder of John , t‘ullcu. suffered the extreme penalty oi the law. Dnripg his,imprisonment. the Pro- tcstrrnt clergy-inert oi the city, and several ; ladies and gentlemen. Wcru unremitting in ministering to his spiritual wants, and no people could have been kinder and more attentive to the prisoner. than were Mr. llarvic and his iamil . On Monday,

. he commenced writing a ristory ollris life.

which he completed on the moraiugni his ll. Ilo arranged all his worldly affairs iii the most minute attention as to de» tails. Ilu packed up his clothes and put their) and the balance of his wages caro- I‘ully by in his trunk for his wife and mother. to each of whom he wrote an ntl'tciionatc inrcwvll letter. lle desired to,‘ ho remembered to some old friends in Dublin. whom he named, a'nd consoled his poor mother with the assurance that though in :i few hours she would have no son on earth. she would have one in heaven, wcrc he hoped they would meet. to part no more. In his devotions he ucvcrlailed to pray earnestly tor the welfare of Mrs. Cullen and the children whom his hand had deprived of a father. On Monday night the Rev. Mr. .l’autlier (Episcopalian) was with him from 8 o'clock to 115. and the llev. Mcsars. Pope and Perkins (Wesleyan) remained for upwards of an hour more.

, After they left him, he slept well until {my-l

light, when he got up, and. at “In: usual lluul‘, ate a licnrty breakfast. Bum-9..., 1; am] 12 0:.“ka '10 100k ‘3. lunch. The Rev. Mr. I‘lle'fil‘illtl- ilector of St. Paul", mgch “'lllll inc licv. Messrs Pope and l‘crkius also I yisitcd the prisoner early on Tuesday morn- nig. Just be fore leaving the jail, one of these gentlemen, overcome with grief, was unable to restrain his emotions, Duwey took his pocket handkerchief. wiped the tears from his face, and said, “ Do not weep for me, for 1 shall shortly be in u better world." At 115-} he emerged, harcheadcd, from his cell, iurd leaning upon Mr. Fitzgerald‘s arm, walked towards the sc l'old, which he Inuuntcd with a firm and elastic step. Seated on a chair. he began at once to read the history of his life, which Ire did in a clear and Iilfaltcring tonc, until he came to speak of his mother, when a slight trciiror in his voice was percep- tible. No nrun on the scaffold was more tranquil and self-possessed than the prisoner. lfe displayed no uuiiurnly fcar; no tear moistened his clrcck‘no murmur escaped his lips; while his conduct was in all respects free from anything like bravado, or assumed indifference to his fate. Un the contrary, he was calm and restgncd, and so far as man canjudg', met his death with the hope and fortitude of a sincere and pcnitciit Christian who felt in his happy experience that God had pardoned his sins. On the scaffold Mr. Fitzgerald offered up a solemn and appropri- ate prayer, in which the culprit joined, after which he himself fervently and aloud prayed for some minutes. He tlicu bade farewell to the Rev. Messrs. Fitzgerald, Pope and l’er- kins, and to the slicriii, prison Doctor, jailer, the bangnian (who was uniskcd) and all pre- sent. When the noose was adjusted, the un- fortunate inan stepped smin-tly forward to the drop. The bolt was withdrawn, but the rope breaking, he fell to the ground, a distance of fifteen feet. lie was picked up immediately. and carried back to jail, where he remained for an hour. while a new rope was being pro- cured. During the interval, though he must have suffered great pain, he littered not a whisper of complaint, but dcvotcd himself wholly to prayer and praise to God. Under the impression at first, like litany iii the crowd, that the requirements of the law had been complied with, he exclaimed that 'as air interposition of Providence, mid concluded that he was not to be cxccutrd after all; but when carried out again to the scaffold, he never murmured or repincd. And now another mishap occurred . Tire elect to which the cud‘oftho ropc was fastened gave way, and the prisoner, who was almost unconscious, a second time rcnchcd the ground from which he had to be drawn up by the executioner and his as ta. He died without ll. struggle. his hands clasped in front of his body, aird his who and mother's photograph pinned to his bre'ist. When life was extinct, ho was cut down, pat inn collln, and placed in his cell until l5 o'clock on Wednesday morning, when he was interred in the Protestant bury- ing ground. chcral persons attended the funeral, and the Rev. Mr. Fitzgerald read the burial service at the grave.

The sketch of his life, which Dewey read to the assembled crowd, fills eight closely \vrittcu pages. It is all in his own hand- writing, aird the spelling and graniatical con~ struction conclusively prove that the pro- duction is nitogcthci his own. ’I‘houghlack- iiig scholarly finish, it bears the impress of n rh-ar and vigorous intellect. As the sketch is intended for publication in tract form, we do not wish to iiijtirc its sale by reproducing it vorbatum. Our readers must, therefore, for the present be content with agencral out- line of thc prisoner's dying statement. Ac- cording to his own account he was born in Montreal; his father died when he was a mere lad; his mother resides in Dublin, where. after eight years absence, he visited her last summer, and iriadc the acquaintance ufn. very respectable young wuuuin, whom he married a fortnight before he left Livcr-

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whom such oll'cnder shall be tried shall,

think fit. in addition to such sentence of imprisonment. The llill also provides that. every person convicted of innu- slaughter shall be liable to be imprisoned with or without hard labor, for any term not exceeding twenty-one years. And also that any material witness in a case punishable by death, shall be required to enter into recognisancc to appear in the Court and give evidence in shell cases, and in default of giving such recognisancc the

Judge of said Court may commit such‘

witness to Jail until said trial shall be finally ended.

Ilon. Attorney General supported the amendment submitted by the lion. Mr. Ilnviland, and also submitted the addition- ul amendment thcr'cto. touching the re-

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tunllon and recognisanco of witnesses in! cases of an important. nature. involving;

punishment by death.

After some remarks on the necessity of preventin sailors from curryin knives when on s lure. the Bill, as anrcn ad, was reported agreed to.

Mr. Sinclair, chairman of the Committee appointed to report. on Salmon culture. presented the report. of said Committee, to the effect that from substantial informa- tion received from settlers on. banks of» rivers, Salmon lt'cquenlcd several of those 4 rivers which formed suitable spawningl

rounds; that from the fact tbiit. Salmon were charm! and destroyed during spawn- ing season. by parties setting opts. and .upcnrlng by torch light, the said lrsh Wcrc scatter-oil and destroyed. and prevented from spawnini.r and accumulating in our rivers; that it Salmon fishing were pro- rerly protected during Spawning Season, it uould soon be unimproved in: to ht'l’lllllu a useful and profitable source of Wealth to tho Colony. 'l'hn (Jonmriltce concluded their re roll by i'croiiuueuding the passing ,0! an Act for more fully plulcclmg our flalumu fl‘llt'fit’fl.

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pool for 1’. E. Island. He was always of a wild and reckless disposition, nird front his youth upward, iiiipitticnt of parental control, to which he attributes the errors of his after years. When old enough, he was sent to learn a trade, but .ot liking his situation, he run away. He worked in a factory for s ninl shipped on board a steamer. Leaving her, he sailed from Boston to Char- lottetown for three or four you”. 110 then went to London, and from thence he made ll. couple of voyagcs to the Mcdittrrnncnn. After that, he s: ilcd bctrrccn Liverpool, New York and New Orleans. At the cuniincncc- meat of the American war, be shipped on baard aNurtlicrn ninn-ofqvardn which hcactcd in the capacity of master-ni-arius. llaving received his discharge from the United States Naval service. he came to 1’. 1‘}. Island, where he made the acquaintance ofb‘loru Mcharric. As a sailor, at sea or in purt,thcrc was no sin of which he was not guilty. 11c kncw nird cured very little for religion. llnviirg tics- uribed tho places which pea-faring men visit when on short. and the dens ofiufaniy which abounl in Liverpool, London, New York, Iloston and New Orleans. he hcsouglrt his friends to shun taverns and houses ofill-fiunc. These haunts lcad many to destructionl. Ilc Apokc of the time when he was nyoung, smart strip steward, and ifni y ofhis hearers recog- nized him, he hoped they would avoid the ob- accno long: and ribalil jesls in which they onccjoincu him. llut, said be, you my friends. being neither drunkurdn nor murderers. may not require my advice. 1 was never it drunk- art}; and until lately, I was not a murderer. 110 then referred to his any and thoughtless ohipiuatea, who left here last fall in tho Clara Novella, and were iill iii it Iiiuurcut summoned. it may be, unprepared, to meet their God, while he, as great it smncr, wasnllowed time repent. It is not mentioned in the sketch of

,his life. but be related to one of his Attorneys,

how he had been provitlcntially saved from being drowned several years ago. He signed articles in Halifax. and received part of his run mom-y. lie neat to the flank to change

,tm'llt: non-s, and before he got back they had

landed 111! box and put. to sea. In ten lays, the venel and all-hunt]: were lost. He also spoke ut'thc niulifof thoururdcr. Iluhndbcen at McQunrric'c, and taken Ammo drink. It If» icctvd his brain. and in a fit ofjcnlousy, and

provoked by lur-Illll of which he would have.

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the man's heart, and made him (Howey) I murderer. He expressed his deep regret for the deed he had committed. He took it. Iit'l‘ low-Innrtal's life. and was prepared to make the only reparation in his power by giving up his own life in return. Ilc ullo alluded tobis acquaintance with Flora McQuarrlo. lie kept her company lost fall'wilhout telling bar he was married. After she disoovcred- this fact.- aud he was arrested, Miss hIchriirrie, frontal feeling of revenue, testified against ‘him. “Dd it she had told all she knew. it would. in his opinion. have reduced his crime to manslaugh- tcr. llnt be freely forgave her. and hoped God would forgive her, too. Ilc spoke of his feelings in prison, and said that after his con- viction, he thunght‘of doing away with him- sclf. but by God's help, he was enabled to abandon the wicked idea. Ilavinu addressed a solemn warning to parents and children, to young men and girls, as to their duties and rcspotlsibllitirtt, he thanked the judge. jury and crown officers, for their courtesy and kindness to him. To the Jnilor and his fami- ly; to the constables who attended him since his sentence; to the ministers of religion who took so deep an interest in his spiritual arid te..rpornl welfare; and to his attorneys. for tncir advocacy of his case in court, and for their exertions to save his life, he acknow- ledged his sincere arid heartfelt obligations.

The spectators began to assemble in the Jail yard about 10 o'clock. There were from I000 tu IJUO persons present; among ‘1le were a number of women who would In“... showed more good sense v3“; fueling pm} “my ft‘lllilim‘ll M how“ minding their business. 1 he CUII‘lEIL'l 0': the people was quiet. and or- ‘lL'E'lyi ""3. we saw nothing nppronchingwrow- "sin or dissipation on the ground. A de- iuncnt of :10 men from the Irish. Rifles, Prince of Wales, and Prince Edward Compa- nies, under Capt. McIntyre, were drawn up in line in front of the gallows. and acted with the precision and firmness of regular soldiers. When, umlcr a momentary impulse, a cry of rescue was raised, the volunteers faced right about, charged bnyoncts, and prevented a rush being tirade.

A good deal of blame havingbccn sought to be cast upon the authorities here, for not. ex~ cruising the prerogative of mercy in the pris- oner's behalf, arid dill" cut and conflictng versions of Earl Granvi "s Desptttches bring in circulation, we therefore tliiirk it our duty to lay these documents before the public. The first was in reply to Dewey’s appeal to Her Majesty for a commutation of his Sen- tcnce. It is dated Sackville, 5th March, and reads thus :— '

I‘ctition from the prisoner Downy for corri- mutation of sentence laid before the (drawn. but. Her Majesty could not be advised 'tmiu- terferc with the due course of law. ’

Earn. Gnanviimp, Londth.

Subsequently another petition, signer by

several Minis we of the Gospel, foan of the

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the bar. a majority of iron branches of the Legislature, and about four hundred others, was presented to His llonor the Admini ator, who, couccivlngjnstly, as we think, that the fort-going Despatch from Earl Granville left him no discretion in the matter, declined to comply with the prayer of the petitioners. A telegram was immediately forwarded to Mr. Bright, acqunimiug him with these facts. and asking him to get the prisoner rcspited uiuil the last mentioned petition could be forward- ed to the Queen, to which the Colonial Minis- ters replied as follows :— _ ‘ After consultation, 1 see no ground for iii- tcrferiiig with the ordinary course of l: v. Earn. GnAxxii. . .. Colonial Oflicc, April 3, 12 at night.

CORRESPONDENCE.

“an “ GII‘I‘ 00MBANY"EX1?0SBl).

. . . Raw Yoruc, March 24, 15.309. Mir. Eon-on: ' I I

By a cop: of the Journal which I received

yesterday. I are that the wonderful " Gift

Enterprise” bubble has burst, and the expec- tations of those who were cherisbing the idea of becoming suddenly rich, by a favorable turn of the wheel of fortune, have been cruel- ly dashed to the earth, and the problem In solved. which before scented inexplicable, Iiow a person could give $10,000 for 25 cents, and not only ilicur no loss, but by some pro- cess not known to thc uninitiated, make a good living by the “ speciality."

Inrpellcd partly by curiosity. and partly by a profound sympathy for the victims whose prospects were thus blighted, I determined to visit I’arker, Moore .53 Co., 105 Broadwnyamd state the grievances ofu large irunibcr of my countrymen, and ask for redress. But on ur- riving at the location referred to, I was not much surprised to find that. no such a firm was doing business there; neither could I find thcir names in the City Directory. There are, however, a number of cheap cwclry st’rrcs there, where the unwary are daily swindlcd out of their greenbacks, something after the fashion which some of your readers already know. ' I am iulurmcdlithat this it a notorious place. the “ firms" clranginguthoir “ style and name" as often ns'tflcmtulollbd'u- inattds, and 1 have no doubt that the quondiim 1’. M. a". Co. were impersonator! by some. of the polished villains who are now’; «liking under some other assumed name, nudIirubub~ ly “astonishing the natives" wiilr their flann- ciul calculations, in some other scetiunof the globe; and as “ all the fools ain't dead yet," we infer that 1’. M. & Co. will fleurish'f‘or some time to come.

I then wentto the Herald office to ulcer- tnin it the coniplimcntitry notice which was quoted in their advertisement was genuine or not. I \flfs informed by one of the editors of the Herald that it was a base fraud, and that they never rcfcrred to that or any other gift enterprise company, except to denounce them its infamous scuundrcls, and to warn the pub- lic against them. I also went to tire Tribune ofllcc, with ter same result, and on reference to their fylcr, I saw that tho ll'rclrly Tribune was not published at. all on the drift) from which the alleged extract was taken, 'ihat not being the day ut'the week on which it. is is- sued. I merely statotliis-to shew me cun- ning of tho knnvc: , to avoid any uctldu'ngainst thcin. , , {i .