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kingston oniclh nec rege nec popllo se1 utroue vol 12 saturday march 12 1831 no 37 heres a health bon xie scot land to thee a bmtlod sung by madame vettris miss 3tcphens miss love miss paton nnd mr braliam the poetry by w h freeman esq the melody by alexander lee heres a health to fair scotland the land of the brave heats a health to the bold and the free and as loop as the thistle and heather shall wave heres a health bonnie scotland to tnce heres a health to the land of victorious bruce and the champions of libertys cause and may their example fresh heroes produce in defence of ourrights and oar taws heres a health c heres a health to the land where bold wallace unfurled his bright banner of conquest and fame the terror of foemen the pride of he horld long may scotland hold dearly his name and still like their fathers our brothers are true and their valour with pleasure we see of the wreaths thai were won at renowned wa terloo theres a bough of the laurel for thee heres a health fitc heres success to the shamrock the thistle the rose may thev ever in harmony twine and should wily discord again interpose let us challenge each other in wine for while wevc united foes threaten in vain and their daring our fame shall increase till tho banner of victory oer land and main triumphant is waving in peace heres a health c miscellany from the united service journal bunkers him extracted from a private letter writunhy gen burgoyne boston is a pcuinsula joined to the main land only by a narrow occk which in the firai of the troubles gage fortified arms nf the sea and harbour surrouod the rest on the other fride of one of these arms to the north is charles town or rather was for it uuow rubbish and over it a large hill which is also like bustoo a pcoioju- 1 to the south of tho town is a stilt lar- tfor acupfr rmad containing ihrce hilln joining also to tie maio by a toogue of land and called dorchester neck the hcightt a above deciihed both to north aod south in the soldiers phrase com mand the towo t c- 6 au opportunity of erecting batteries above any you can make ngainsi thetn aod consequently they are much more advantageous it was absolutely necessary wo should make ourselves inastdrs of these heights and we proposed to begin with forches- ier because from particular situation of batteries and shipping too long to des cribe aim unintelligible to you if i did it could evidently be effected without any onaiderabe joss every thing was ac cordingly disposed my two colleagues nud myself who by the by have never ctilfered io any iota of military dcotirncnt had io concert with geo iage formed the plan howe was to land from irau sports on one point clinton on the centre and was to cannonade from tho cause way on the neck each to tuke advantage from circumstance- tho opcraiinu must have been very easy this was to have hcen executed on tho 13th oo the 17th at dawnofuay we found the enemy lad poshed entrenchments with great diligence during the night on the heights of charles town were there in force nnd we evident ly saw that every hour gave them new strength it therefore became ucccssary baiter our plan and attack on that side nwe in command was detach ed with about two thousand men aud land ed do the outward side of the pemuula covered by shipping tvilhout any opposi tion he was to advance from thence up the hill iwhich was over charles town where the streogth ofthe euemy lay he had under him brigadier geo pigot clinton and myself took our staud for we had oot a filed post io a largo batte ry directly opposite to charles town aud commanding it and also reaching to the heights above it and thereby facilitating howes attack howes disposition was extremely soldierlike in my opinion it vas perfect as bis first line advanced up the hill they met with a thousand impedi ments from strong fences and were much exposed they wero also exceedingly hurl by musketry from the towo of charles town though clinton and i did not per ceive it till howo scut ufl word by a boat fend desired us to set fire to the town no sooner said than doue we threw in a parcel of shells and the whole ww instant ly in flames our battery aftei wards kept an incessant lire upon the height it was seconded by a ournber of frigates nnd flout ing batteries and ooc ship of tho line and now ensued one of tho greatest scenes of war that cau bo conceived if wo looked to the right howes corps as cending the hill in tho face of entrench ments ant iu every disadvantageous ground warmly engaged to the left tho enemy pouring in fresh troops by thou sands over the land and in the arm of the sea our ships and floating batteries ca- oonading theoi straight before us a large and nohlc towo iu one great blaze the church steeples being all of timber were grent pyramids of fire above the rest be hind u the church steeples and heights and our own csmp covered with specta tors ofthe rest of our army which was dis- eognged the hills all around the country crowded with spectators of the enemy all in anxious snspeoe the roar of cannon mortar aod musketry the crash of churches ships upon tho stocks nod whole streets falling together io ruin to fill the ear the storm of the redoubt with the object above described to fill the eye and the reflection that perhaps a defeat was a final loss to the british empiro in america to fill the mind made the whole a picture aod complication of horror aud importance beyond aoy it ever came to my lot to be witness of i much lament toms absence it was a sight for a young soldier that the loogest service my never furnish again and had he been with me he would likewise have been out of dan ger for except twocaooonballsthat went a hundred yards over our heads we were not in nny part of the direction of the ene mys fire a moment of the day was criti cal- howes left was staggered two battalioos had been sent to reinforce them but we perceived them oo the bcacb seem- ttig io embarrassment which way to march clinton theo oext for business took the part without waiting for orders to throw himself into a boat to head them he ar rived io time to be of service the day coded with glory and flic success was most importaot considering the ascendan cy it gives regular troops but the loss was uucommon in officers for the numbers engaged howe was untouched but his aiddecamp capt sherwin killed jor- dain a friend of howes who came in gaittt at caur to see the campaign a ship mate of ours on hoard the cerberus and who acted as aiddecamp badly wounded pigot was unhurt but behaved like a hero you will see tho list of the loss poor col abercromby who commanded the grenadiers died yesterday of his wounds capt addison our poor old friend who their first state is that of scattered lies their second that of a tribe under litary chicftaio elected by the suftra- masters of the northcast portion of what was afterwards the kingdom of poland the first mention of this people in modern history is in tho year 550 when they form ed a government under leek brother of cracus oc cresk first duke of bohemia who cullocted the tribes auri founded a cas tle or centie of the city in this opera tion one nf thtwe omens occurred which pa maoism always looked on as tho voice of fate the workmen found an eagles nest in the wood which they were cleariug away for the scita of the fortress the nest was called io slavonic gniazdo from this the new ciiy ws named ooesnn aud the ea gle was transferred to the hannerof poland tho history nf all the gothic tribes is the same fa mi a rai tes of the people the chieftain becomes ft tyrant or transmits his power to a feeble successor the people then dethrone the race break up the tyranny aod come back to the nld system of free election the dependents of leek reigned a hun dred years j hut thnd nasty was then sub verted niui provincial military chieftaios were substituted for it twelve governors entitled polaiines or waiwodes generals from ftoifta war wodx a chief were crea ted but their violences disgusted the peo ple aod oe of them cracus whose con duct was exceplioo was raised to the throne by flbe elective voico of the oaiioo in some yors after hit death his family were displaced by tho palatiues and a ci vil war followed the hungarians took this opportunity to ravage poland io ad 751 but peasant przeinyslas saved his auntry collecting together the broken tion to the throne j usurpation i nud declared every farmer at liberty if in- n i n id rapidly converted them into ty- jjurcd by the proprietor of the soil to sell the i uh properly and go where ho pleased a in arrived but the day before and was to have t i k-t- u i l i i fnrras of poland ne approached the nun- dined with me oo theday ofthe action was forc 0i if o inmf n n mo killed his too was upon the field at f 1 id the time majormitchell is slightly xvound- g battl as sunn day h and pi vjz vi i slsj lsl o lluoffirtslttw perceived as they thought ed young chetivyands wound i also flight lord percys regiment has suf fered the most aud behaved the best his lordship wai oot in the action lord raw- don behaved to a charm his oame is esta blished for life 1 from the monthly magazine poland past and present poland io the begioniog of the eighteeolh ceniory was one ofthe largest kingdoms of hurope li was divided uuoduur 4raud districts i great poland bordered by lithuania silesia and pomerania 2 little poland bordered by great polaod silesia hungary and red russia 3- royal prussia lying to the dorlhoast of great poland and bordered by pomcraoia rmd ducal prussia which formerly belong ed to poland 4 red russia bordered oo the east by the dnieper on the south by the dneister and the crapack mountains on the north by part of lithuania nod oo the west by little poland io additioo to those was the grand duchy of lithuania rather an allied principality than a portion of the kingdom the duchy furnished ooethird ofthe troops composing tho army ofthe crown and one quarter of tho money pranted for the support of the monarch the duchy of courland also was uodertbe protection of poland tho poles like all other nations claim an extravagant antiquity hut the first accounts of tho country are from tacitus who pro bably received them from the vague rumours ofthe roman soldiery or the exaggerated oarratives of the germans at rome he tells us that however derived from the same general stork ofthe northreo nations their customs differed largely from those of the german tribes the poles living iu a state of singular rudeness- while he gives testi mony to the more regular habits and even to the lofty and chivalric conceptions of i vale and public liffl mh0r0 frmffflwhh o their deference for women tfieir obe dience to a chief their personal rights and their heroic faith ro battle he describes tho poles as living almost in a state of nature and supporting their existence only by the chase nud by plunder but as they fought on foot and with tho lance and shield he distinguishes them from the scythians or tartars who fought on horseback taci tus speaks of this wild hut not joyless life of the tribes of the desert with the natural surprise of a man living in the central re gion of the civilized earth yet who per haps often envied tho naked freedom where there was no nero or domitiau no bloody and maligoant despot to embitter existence those barbarians he says 14 live in a stnte of libtrty they have no tfc idea of hope or fear and they prefer living in this manner to cultivating the carthaud taking care of their property or that of their relations or neighbour but to this cha racter in which he probably says all that he dared say of freedom under the fierce and suspicious tyranny of rome he adds they havo no fear of their fellow crea tures nor even ofthe gods which is very extraordinary in humau beings thoyare not accustomed to ujako laws nor vows be cause they are not accustomed io desire any thing which they cannot procure for them selves such is the contradictory character con jectured rattier than described by the great historian aud which without any idle attempt of ours to viodicuto the morals of a nation of the third century betrays somo ignorauce of human nature if the pules desired nothing from others they could not be a uatiou of robbers all tho gothic nations too had a singular reverence for their gods nud their defence of them was long and desperate the grot emigration of tho goths from the liahic provinces to iho south left their ancient possessions open to tho bordering nations- the poles took their share of the abandoned territory nnd mado themselves the 5ti with which lord rawdon ihu kite mann of hastings rvcu during the ac 191- their eoeifff defying them to the encounter thoy rushed on them with contemptuous rashness but tho polish post retired ex hibiting wlbat to the astunished uuugari- ans seemeil a forest suddenly plucked up aud ninviojft away yet the view of polish flight overcame the terror at the spectacle the hungarians rushed on until they found themselves inevitably intaogled in a real forest tlhe polish leader now charged to tally routed the enemy and left not a map to lell the tale but f heir cuoip afjiidiootr here too his iogenuiiy was exerted ho dcxtemgsly clothed his men in the dresses ofihedad divided his troops into small bodies frndseot them towards various ave nues of flic camp as if they were hungari ans retwoed from battle the traiaem succeeded the poles were suffered freely to enter the hungarian camp ouce with in thernp they drew their sabres fell ou their unprepared enemy and slaughter ed the whole remaining multitude with the exception of a few fugitives who escaped on the first onsetaod who served the polish cause most effectually by spreading the fame and irrror ofthe national arms thru all the countries on the baltic the con queror could uow have no competitor at home nud he was soon after chosen duke of poland on his death the palatines those cease- loss disturbers wero again in arms each struggling for the crown to prevent the usual effubion of blood an expedient was adopted which displays the tartar origin of tho people the crown was to be the prize of a trial of speed oo horseback the trial was opeu to the whole body ofthe youth on tho day appointed amultitude of gallant horsemen appeared but soon after starting maoy of their horses fell lame to the astonishment of the spectators moro were lamed every momeut two alone at icoftth contended for the prize the whnle multitude nf riders had fallen behind with heir chargers broken down witchcraft bud m hrathof the gods wereexclaim- ed in a thousand furious or terrified voices but the two candidates still held on fierce ly and it was not till after a long display of tho most desperate horsemanship that the conqueror lefzck reached the goal when he galloped back to lay his claim efore the diieftaios aud was on the point pfheiugchoseu ho was startled by a voice proclaiming thai ho had won the prize by eachery- lefzek turned pale but haugh ty denyiog the charge demauded to be confronted with ihe accuser tho accu ser was his rival iu the race w demand ed that tho horses of both should be brought into iho circle lifting up the hoof uf lcf ycks horse he shewed that it was complet- y covered with iron thus said he did the traitors horse escape the treach ery then liftiog up the hoof of his own horse and shewing it was also covered wiih iron thus said he was i ena bled to follow him while tho assembled warriors were gaziog oo the discovery the jole grasped a handful of tho and aod shewing that it was full of nails exclaimed thus wci e your horses lamed the trai tor had sowed the saod with iron spikes and covered his horsos hnofr that ho aloou might escape them i saw thcartificeand shod mine that 1 might detect him now choose tho traitor foi your king lefzck vainly attempted to defend him self his crowd of rivals dnuhly indignant at their defeat and ihe injury io their horses rushed on bim with drawn sabres aud he was cut to pieces oo ihe spot wild ad miration succeeded wildjusuco theyrais- ed his detector oa their shoulders and in stantly proclaimed him king by tho iitlo of lefzko the second in the reign of his successor lefzko the third the casual vils of au uttftcitlftd o- yornruciit wcreina perpetual by ibqffloftl fatal of nil institution tho king had a number of illegitimate sonfc for uhoin he provided by giving litem fiefs held of po- licl his heir those fiefs wero original y hut manor righls the people had feo- 10ij3 iu thvir fautltf bed voices io the elce raooies aod the people into slaves institution of fie ib commcucing royal vice eoded in national ruin a new revolution oow raised the most celebrated dynasty nf poland to the ihrooe the son of popicl h died execrated hy the nation for hereditary crimes poland whs once more the pre of the palatiues the great holders fer the fiefs crushed the people all was misery until all became indignation the people at length remem bered the freedom oftlieir birthright and iospired with the warlike spirit of theirsla- vouic fathers rose j arms disavowed the dictation of tho feudal lords and demand ed the right of free election to th throne the great nobles were awed and the elec tors assembled atlhecityof kruswic but in their triumph they had beeu improvident enough to meet without considering how they were to provide for the subsisteuce of fto vast a multitude they must now have dispersed or fought for their food but for the wisdom ofom man piast au opulent inhabitant ofiheci knowing the rashness of popular baste fid tho evils which it might produce ho had with fortunate sa gacity collected largo magazines of provi sions beforehand ou the first cry of fa mine he threw them open to his country men in their gnuitutje for a relief so un expected aod theif admiration for his fore sight the multitude shouted out that m thoy had found the ooly king worthy of poland the other candidates were forced to yield the great feudatories mora willing to see au inferior placed nhovo them than to sec a rival made their aoveraign joined in the popular acclamation the citizen piast was proclaimed king hciustifiedthechoice by siurular intelligence virtue and humani ty aud when in sci he died left his me mory adored hy th people and his throne to his son aod to it dynasty which was not extinguished for fie hundred yoars jo tho rcigo of his descendent miects- law poland was converted to christianity the king bad married a christian priu- cess dainbrowckai the daughter of boles- las duke of buliqrujii the cooditioo de manded by his qufren was that he should reoouuee paganisrm tho condition may have been au easy one to the monarch who3eseos and tfoaolincss if they knew bullittlc 1 tllttuliautu iiatl ll ui scorned rhe gross vices and flagrant absur dities of the national superstition he sub mitted to all the restrictions of the new faith with the zeal of a dctcrminedconvert dismissed the seven partners whh pagan licence had given to the royal ccuch sent an order through his realm for the demoli tion of nil the idols and to the vonder of his people sobmittiogthe royal rsoo in to the hands of a kotnao monk was bap tized the farmer religion of poland vas a mo dification ofthe same worship of the ele ments or the powers presumed tocommand the fates of man which was to be found in the right their formidable part of tho abuse was claimed hy the proprietors of giving tenants as pledges to ftach other lor their debts f which had produced the most cru el sufferings for the pledge was a prisooer nnd au exile perhaps for life casimir in dignautly broke up the tissue of crime framed a codo giving the people equaliry of right with their lords and while he made tho oppressive uohles his enemies gained from the nariun the patriotic and immortal title of 4i king ofthe farmers it had been the custom of the lords to seize the property of a tenant who died without children the kiug declared this to he ao abuse and enacted that the pro perty should go to theuenrest relative a deputation from the poasautry who had tome to lay their gricvauccs before him were askod who have assailed yon were they men they were our laud- lords was the answer m theo said casimir if you wero men too had vou no sticks nor stones ashe was withoutsnus he appointed his nephew leu- is king of hungary his suc cessor the deputation ofthe nobles sent tocouveythis intelligence exhibited that free spirit of the uortb which about a cen tury before on a day never to be furgotteo by koglishmen the famous 19ih of june 1215 had boldly extorted tho great char ter from the fears of the bigot and tyrant jnho lewis was compelled as theprice nf his crown to sigo au instrument exemp ting tho polish natiou from all additional taxes and all pretences for royal subsidies abolishing the old au ruinous custom of living at free cost on the people iu his jour- nis and as an effectual barrier against kingly ambition the vice ol those days of ferocity aud folly pledging the king to re imburse out of his personal means all the public losses produced by hostilities with his ueighhnnrs the act was signed by lewis for himself and his successors and was solemnly declared to be a fundamen tal law of tho realm no act had ever made nearer approaches lo laying the fouu dutiunsof a rational liberty yet none was ever more calamitous it wanted but ade gree of property aod rwilizaltoo iu the lower orders capable of applying and prc- 4qftlhwih ihm tliiftihiiimvcr4i tiutltn only nation they seized all the benchts of the law established an oligarchy made the king a puppet tho people doubly slaves the crown totally elective and the nation poor aud barbarous without the virtues uf poverty or the redeeming boldocss of bar barism lewis ascended the throne broke his promises was forced to fly from the king dom entered into a new conciliation for which he paid by new concessions confirm ing tho power o ihe noble oligarchy was again driven to hungary where he attempt ed to take his revenge by dismembering ijio kingdom aud after giving silesia to every region of the north and wfcfcfa with j the alarquis of brandcnburgh the fatal additional nnd poetic elegance was the a- foundation of the subsequent claim of dopted religion of greece and rome they j prusvia rave some ofthe polish frontier u bad their sovcreigo of thoskies the lord the thunder hy the name of jatsofn liada was their ruler of war to this joprtcr and mars they added a venus named less j was ihe ground of one of ihose oeisof wild provinces bordering oo hungary to the empress queen the foundation of another 5ubsequcul claim this guilty transaction ss it were represented by the ratal sis- a sthe disposer of the lives of man 2 zjm r joslice which are so conspicuous io tho po lish history tv it continued- domestic provincial parliament prince edwaiid division concluded mr b remarked that the interests ofthe executive and those of ihe people were se- himself defend the harmooiously dztdzielia two insepara ble brothers their lei aod pollol had the history and attributes of the greek castor and pollux driewanna was scarcely more different from the greek oiana in attributes lhao in name they had a goddess of tho earth aod its produce and their deity of terrors niam the pluto whose oracle at guesna was tho awe aud inspiration of the ootth they had one deity more which escaped greek invention unless ters three t t dl u t n3 s nghts arid promote the interests of the peo lo 130 by the death of caiiimr the k i dcpendinb upon lhe oxicu crowo of poland finally passed wn from g for hjs f he thing was im the piast dynasty they had already worn pro was unreasonable it for a looser period than any dynasty of mr q s at large on t impolicy europe 500 years casirmr was one of i and i of granting representation to those singular mixtures of truth and error ownsj distinct fro that ofthe counties strong passions and great uocultured pow- j mr howard was opposed to allowing ers which are found among ihe heroes of to send representatives separately semiharbariao life- the chief part of his u the counties he thought it unjust reign was passed io war in which he was i the counties and tligerous to our liber- generally ftoccessful defeating the teuto- ties ho would hot speak of the counyl nic koights who invaded him from prus- j towns generally in the province he would sta lhe llitssians and the wild tribes ho advert to one example within his own per- were perpetually making irruptions ioiosonal knowledge the townofbrockville the siaies of their ttore civilized neighbors contained about 60 electors lhe county of casimir was memorable for haviog been j leod contained 1200 yet these io voters the first to give the jews those privileges in the town were placed upon a par in the which make poland their chief refugo to scale of representation with 600 voters in thi day after the loss of his first wife the county for the town sent oneliembcr ann of lithuania he had married the j and the county only two there was no daughter of the landgrave of hesse but equality in it and if this system was perse- like humbler men ho had fouod the yoke matrimonial too heavy for his philosophy his queen was a shrew aod iu ihe liceose of lhe age he tuok the beautiful esther a jewess ro supply her place the jewess who was a woman of striking attainments as well as of distinguished personal attrac tions ohtaiued au unequalled asccodincy over the kiug he suffered her to educate his two daughters hy her as jewesses aod gradually ijavrt way to all her demands for protection and privilege to her unfortunate people hut ho had the higher merit of being the legislator of poland nr rather the pro tector of those feelings by which nature telu every human being that he is entitled to freedom the abuso aud tho reform are less a part of the history of poland thau of human wrong and its obvious remedy for a long cuurso of y oars tho lords of the kiefs had pronouueed the people bora on their estates to be slaves incapable of following their own will or removing from the kief without iho permission uf their masters casimir roused by tho com vercd in the members elected by compara tively a small village would soon be near ly equal to those elected hy the great body of tho people the elective franchise would in effect be annihilated and our glorious constitution would be prostrated and tram pled under foot the great towns and cities of rngland had boon mentioned but he mr h thought there was no analogy between them and the little towns and villages in this province he should therefore sup port the original clause ofthe hill mr roblin wished prince edward to be placed upon jthe same footing with other districts if other districts had a county town w the privilege of sending a mem ber to parliament he thought prince ed ward ought to have tho same privilege hedid not wish it made an exception the people of prince edward in thfcir anxiety to be erected into a separate district had not thought of a county town but he dare say they would vih to be separated with the samo privileges of other districts he should therefore vote for the amendment mr john willson said that the right of plaints of his subjects nnd jurly indiguaut reprenntation was founded in properly and tho uauroatiooi abolished th jio cluimsj i not in utrtqtftjs and therefor town r is wira as much entitled to representation as coun ties mr w- accused the learned membe from lenox and addington mr bidwell ol inconsistency for formerly opposing the bill and reluctantly supporting it now the atty genl made some remarks in reply to mr beardsley he observed that the interests of the government were not distinct from those of the people that a friend to the one was a friend to the other that the government and the people wero mutuallv depending upon each other the sol general offered some farther ob servation on the representation of towns and appealed to the hon and learned mem ber from lenox and addington mr bid- well who resided in kingston for the cor rectness of his remarks in reference to that town mr bidwell said from the coursothe dis cussion had taken it had been his intention not to take any part in it nor should he say any thing now had he not been personally appealed toby thehonble and learned sol general what the hon and learned sol general had said in regard to his the sol gs be ing supported at his election by persons who differed from him in politics was per fectly correct it was understood that tho two candidates for the town of kingston entertained similar political sentiments the only circumstance by which the peo ple were governed in their choice was personal respect private friendship sit this resulted decidedly in favor ofthe hon and learned sol general but the very fact of the people being reduced to the al ternative of voting for one of two persons whoso politics differed from theirs arisin from the present system of town represen tation proved most clearly in his mr bidvrells opinion that the system is a bad one and ought not to be extended any far ther indeed it was a fact too obvious to be de nied or doubted that from the compactness of our own population the depending cir cumstances of a large portion ofthe inl ah- itants the large number of executive ohi- cers who are settled in all our towns the influence with which they are invested by their situationsand means that the elective franchise cannot be exercised with as much ireedom and independence in towns as it is in counties the honourable memberfrom wentwortu mr willson had said that property was rumhjrtmsfetjmii 4ti i 1 o t r fran chise was founded but would not this ar gument make against town representation for in counties none but freeholders havo a right to vote but in towns even tenants who pay hut a small rent can vote as well as tho most wealthy proprietors he had accused him mr b with in consistency in this that honourable gen tleman was mistaken for he mr b had supported the measure ever since it had been introduced into parliament the hon and learned atty genl had said the interests of the executive govern ment and those of the people were the same and they were mutually depending upon each other that they had some interest whuh were common to both readily ad mitted but this must be understood with many limitations upon the acknowledg ed diversity of interests between the gov ernment and the people originated the sys tem of popular representation if the in terests of the executive government and those of the people were the same what need ot representatives to protect the righta liberties and interests of the people against the encroachments ofthe executive that the government and the peoplo were mutually dependent he admitted in regard to independent governments but it was not true in respect to colonial gov ernments for colonial governments could exist andhd existed independant andtn defiance of the people and had resisted and carried measures in direct opposition to the voice of the people he would adduce one example namely the marriage bill no measure had been more loudly and more unanimously demau ded by the people of this province than the marriage bill this was notorious to all it had passed this brunch of tho legislature every session for many years it had at length struggled through the legislative council the legal advisers of the crown had stated in that house their opinions that it was not a description of bill which the thirty first of the late king required tho governor ot the province to reserve for the consideration of his majesty s government yet notwithstanding the measure had been loudly and unanimously called for by the people ofthe province or many years notwithstanding there was no legal neces sity for withholding the royal assent to it the lieutenant governor had of his own pleasure refused to give his assent to it and on this very account the people of this province had been deprived of that import ant measure for two years past and he feared would be deprived of it years to come would such a resistance ofthe voice ofthe nation he attempted in england by no means it shewed most clearly that the executive of a colonial government was not depending upon the people but could whenever it choostd to do so resist their wishes and interests nordid he mr b make these remarks in the language of com plaint or sensurcbnt it was inherent iu the very system of colonial government mr j willson dwelt at great length up on popular clamour factious ambition c adverted to the late house in language of strong condemnation said that hotio had passed a road bill naming commission ers that were dead appropriating money where it was not wanted and withholding it from places that needed it ceven when they were told of it at the time mr- perry said the honorable member from wentworth mr willson had been in the habit almost every time he spoke of attacking and abusing in a very lofty tone the late house of assembly but in general his abuse was too contemptible to deserve notice ijr would now say that what thai