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AS bill r.nv ofour rpnJcrs have nccew to tlio .lonrnuU of llio Lcgiillturo, and oh iIio dclintod, tliniigli llioy con- voy pretty fuir iniprBusinns of wliut U sniil, do not al- wiiys slicHT exactly what \a done, in tliu Amcinlily; it niiiy bo worth wliilo, for the una of those who h»\u no belter sources of infommtion, to exhibit, in.i hiril'iinyo view, whiit wo connoivu lo b« the inoro iiM|iorliinlru- siilw of thfl recent HesHioii. This sort of »uiiiinary will be useful to men of all parlies : wliilo it shows to the friends and supporters oftho present llousu what has been ilonn, it will show their enuniies what has been lelt undone; that, by just criticism and re- monstrance, thusQ limy Hliiiiulate lagging zital when- ever pressure from without may be considered essen- tial. If asked if wo are entirely aalisllod with the fruits of the Session, we answer No ! Hut if it bo demand- ed of us, has not a great deal of good been done, and a good deal more than, under all the circuiii- slances, you esperted in a single year, wo say Ves 1 without any hesitation. From what wo had seen of former houses — from what wo feared in the people's want of political knowledge, and their supiiieni^ss at i;ieciions — and from* what wo knew of tlu; power- ful inHuoncos with which any Colonial .Assembly, and ours iiioro than many of them, have to contend wo were not very sanguine as to the probable amount of any tiling that would bo done by the pre- sent House. Indeed wo scarcely expected, in the autumn, llint the Ri^formcrs would bo able lo mns- ter a majority on any iiHpnrtant measure; itnd, fur one, was prepareil to struggle along for a few years in a minority, until the country became more feelingly alive to its own interests, and better prepared to throw the weight into the opposite scale. In ibis, however, wo wero agreeably disappointed. I'pon Bonie questions the Keforni party made a goodly show of strength— upon nearly all they had an actual, though by no means a very decided m.ijorily; and wo are disposed to think that, on the whole, they have areoniplished more than, from a view of their posi- tion and relative numbers, could fairly liave been expected. But, let it not be supposed that they yet occupy that commamling inlluenci! in the Lower House that is ilesirable — lli.it indeed is essential, lo give tho required weight to their principles and re- presentations, either hero or at home. They arn confronted bv no ordinary share of talent — have to contend againU tho decided opposition ofnt least ono third of the entire House, and are not unfiequently at tho ineiry of thai section of Iho members, which 19 made up of the men of no decided leaning — no fix- ed principle* — the luvcr.sof peacont all ha/.ards — tho timid or tho indiirerent. Their position is not very unliko that oftho majority in tl:,i present House of Commons, — while certain of the determined hostili- ty of tho second, and perhaps of tho unavowed dis- like of another Itranch of the I.egislaturn, they have not that overwhehniiig major'ty in the Kepresenta- tivo Urunch, which would enable them to make good every position, and do the work of lleform in that oominanding and authoritative style, which ihe realln- terosts of the country require. This is a mortifying ocknowledgumeiit, but it is right that it should be made — that the people may clearly understand tho real position of parties; and ho prepared, should tliey deem it desirable, to make the host possible use of their power of pargation, whenever another general Election occnrs. Aiiuming then that the present Uotue, Crom its eomposilion, has not done, and cannot do, all that wo believe to be desirable — all that one dilTerently cod* ■tiloted might do, let as torn to what has been ac- eomplished. T/nskcd to point nut tho distinguishing diifereneo bctnuentho present Assnmbly and those that have gone before it within our recollection, wo think ills to bo found in a greater regard to economy — a more sensitive appreciation of tho importance of retrench- ment, in the management oftho public funds. With- out going back to prove the fact, by any elaboraln reference to details, wo think wo may assert tnat til ) public burthens of tho country have gone on neeiimulating, under tho auspices of every previous Assembly, that has boon chosen within Ihe Inst 20 years. Though some few savings wore occasionally made — some slight modifications of tho prevailing system of expenditure at times cflecled — still it is notorious that no elFi^ctunl revision oftho Civil List took place, and that instead of being diminished, tho annual expenses of ihe country wont on slowly, per- haps, but certainly increasing. Tho results of this system, together with tho lavish cxpcndituro upon Uoads and llridgcs, while the practice of manut'ac- turiiig paper money continued, wore 'ho necumulu- tion of a largo debt, to pay the interest of which and support tho overgrown (lovcrnmcnt establishments, it was necessary to borrow money .ivery year or two, in order to keep up the Roads and Kridges, and provide for the current expenses oftho country. To have stopped short in this career of extravagance^ to have said to tho waves of this rapidly ebbing tide, you shall go no further, and to have trusted to the growing consumption and slowly swelling Revenues of the country, lo have replenished the fountains, would have been something, even if the present House had done no more. Hut this .Assembly has not stopped here — they have gone much furllier — tliey have made a vigorous, and so far as their powers could be immediate! brought to bear, a very sueeessfal ell'ort to enter j economy and re- treuchmeut. This will be best understood by an 0.Y- amination of the following list, ef tho items which they have struck oir from the annual expenses of the go- vernment. The sums saved, as nearly as we can recollect, are as follow : — The Mililia expenditure, about Xl,2.')0 The tiiivernor's contingencies, '2Til> Tho Attorney (ieneral, 75 The Treasurer, from extra allowances, 5(1 Clerk of the Council, I0(» .Associate Judge, 400 Members' Pay, 96 Chaplain, 25 (iuager and Weigher, 8S Keeper of (Gunpowder, SO Chairman of Oommitlees, 80 Western Stage Coach, 18S Eastern do 144 Olliccr's Wine duty, 804. Tobacco drawback, 310 Clerks of the I'eaco, 69 I'ictou Steamboat, 100 Uigby do SO .e3,5l!> So that tho Reformers have saved in a single Hes- s'on X35l!>, and to this extent have fulfilled their pledges in favor of economy and nttrenchinent. If they never clip off another penny from the current expenses of the country, and Iho nltimato passage of tho Quadrennial Kill reduces the term of their ex- istence to foar years, they will have saved a fuiii equal to X 14,076. If that bill does not pass, and tho Mouse iives the six years contemplated by the people when it was chosen, then X21,114 will be saved, a auin nearly equal to one fifth of the Provin- cial debt. Ruforo pnjsingon to ctlior t.ipicii. wo li.ivo a re- mark or tvvu to iiruko iipuii iIii^hu itoiiH. 'I'liu nuiii fiivod liy tlioabnlilioii ul'tlio Allliliit iiyitteiii, idoh:irgv- nblo lor tliix yciir Willi iIm! II iiioiiIIi'h piiy, votuU ii!i A parting gil\ to llin lii»pi:eliiig I'iulil Ulliccrii; but wu li.ivu aliiloil tliu amount ut wliiit will bu tliu pc!rniunui>t fiivln^ lo tliu Province. .Nor id thin nil : in aOdilioii to tliL> ai.'tuiil cxpomlituru IVonilliu public cIiohI, to mip- |ijrt (lie HpluniliiJ liuiuliug ol'a niililiii, tliu Iomh oI' Iiiiiu wliicli it oncaHiiined hIiuuIcI iiUo bi> tiil>L'n into ibo account. I'^iliinalingtliii nunilii.'r iil' pursoiK linlilo to lip turntU out to drill tliroiigliout tliu rro\lni:i', ul n'>,l)()ll, niid valuing llKMrhilior at 'J'l. liil. p.'r d.iv, wu liiM! II iciving of l:'.'.')!) pur uiiiHini, orUlioraloui.', which tliu Old tijililia law coiiipi'llrd llio pi'opli; to Hucriliri' ; to Hay iiotliiti^ of tliu timu wi'stud in fioing lo and I'loiii iiiUAturiiig phici^s, whin iImmu uiiru at a lil.ituncc, or of lliH broiU and disnipalioii wliiili, in many ) iaccH, wuru tliu roiiininn adjiini'lK nl' » militia traiiiiai;.* 'I'hu ro*lly gi'iv gii.vi of lli,; Ililii'iT* — tliu ilrctK uoatM, hall, HtvoriN, ^ild i I'uiiluitrii, aiol |^o!d l.'\<>!t ilowii at lu^n than X.'illO, ou;>lil, howovur, tu bu la!>i'ii into tliu ai'iMuiit — anil, llii'i-ufiiru, wu iiiiy very fiirly v-i- liaii'-U llir si.iviii^ uli';uti'd hy tl|i: rupi'al of tliu iiiili- li:i I.iw, III labor and u\p.!iH«.>, lo n.iy iiothiii;; oflli.; £ IJilii a yar p.iid by tliu rro\in i', at .tlL'.'in pir nniiuiii. 'I'lii<. in sixyuar.i, wuiild iii oiiiil to t.'.'i.'iilO, .-iduiii uitfy} til. Ill u'lual to un.itliur lil'ili of tliu I'iomii- -ill d.'bt. 'I'll Tu aru two otliur iluaii, in ihi* li-l, upon \v!ii;'!i It in bat fiir to iiiaku a runiaik. 'i'liu .\<.iin;ialu Jud/u ilii'il liulwu. n thu proro:;.itijii of tliu latt and ihu riiltiii;; of tlio iiuw .\>siMiib!y ; and tli.; Sal. try of the flurli of lliu Counuil did not app'ir in lliu I'..,- Iiliialu. rauililiu4 wuru lliuri^firu all'onbd lo lliu pr.>- s'.'iit Iloinu fir rulri'i.'liiii;^ lliu,.' two it mii.<, \vlih-|i did not p.-uviounly u\::t llousu, t|i.'».j would havu huuii uiiibiar .hI — liiil iii.i),iriliuH Ii.i\u u\li4 wliiub would bit\u riiinidurud lliu I'h'ili's .S.ilary ai an unadviiuil oiimh- Miiii, and lii.vu autiiorisud lliu ajipiiinniunt of u iiuw Asnocuilu .lud^u. ifa proiiiinunl Uarrislur in tli'ir ran»4 n:o;id in nuid of a placj. I.ut »i hope lliat tii.JU liiiiu< havu pa<t. of r"'li-uiiu'i:iiuiiU fiOiii lliu (-'iiorinoa.^ Salaiu'H I'liioyud by l!h; Collui'lor and t.'oiiiplrollur of Ciis- loiM-' lliu Cliiuf JiMtini', lliu .~'u''n at random from any part of our shores, tliuy would KJiai'ic, at targut firing, any equal iiumbur that uoald be pickud from thu garrison. Tliuy aru thuruforu more than hiilf-suldinm already, and r.ould easily bu disniplinud, if tliuru wa.s any rual nuceasity. Hut one day's mustering in a year in pro- found peace, at a cost of thousands to the connlry, did no good, and no lilllu luiscliiuf. Council. l"or iintancc, upwards of £ 1 000 pi r iinnnm ure luviud wilbnutaiiy law, by thu Judges iif llic Su- prumu Court, about half of which until i;oes into tlio pocket of thu Cbiofjuslii'o. A Dill waa passed by the .Assembly in IH:!li abolishing ihuso fiicfi. It was destroyed in thu Council, ofwliich the Chief Juslicu is I'ruaiduiil. .\ similar Hill w.is passed this uiiilur, but of course it was smolliured in the I'pper I'runrh. ,\ny Hill tiincbiiig the Salary of the Secretary of tlio rrovincu, who is Clurk of thu Council, or llii) Col- lector, who is n IMciiibur of lliu Ihiaiil, would, iu tlio prusuni statu of things, meet with « siniilur fatu. Our luiidur.H will r'adily purcuivu, lliuruforu, that these iiiatlurs can only bu rudiessid by isuch a ruuonstruc- tioii of lliu Council in will givu Us a majority lliure, who think and fi'ul with llie great majority of llio I'uoplu. 'I'o obtain this was lliu objuct of the Uesu- liitions; for pai.iiii; which, thu Ciiiiiicil ihreiitincd lo luiciilic.u lliu |{ '\uiiau and .\ppropriatioii8 of the year, and leave the Country wilboul Koads, IJridgus, or Si'i d,— to suciiru ii, Ihu .\ddress was brought in and passed, aftiT tliu Uesoliilions wuru re^eindi d. \\'luit success wilhitlund lliu upplieatinn, rumains yet to b" seeir.but of coiirsu no sioiiu willbu left nnUirnud b\ Ihosu iiiliTusli il, lo defeat 'In: ell'orls of the llcfor- iiiers, and lo prolL"jl, utall b.i/.aids, tliuir own puwfr uiid ciiMilitnienls. Wiiliaxiuw lo furlher riMrcncbmunls, en(|iiiries havu buen niadu into Ihu fiinils iin..iiij; IVum t!iu Tost (t, lice— lliu fornialiiii and diiliesof the lii'vuiiiiu lle- pirliiiunls, i\^c. soiie of wliic b i( is bat lair lo ac- iviiowieiliu havu uillier been conducted or shared by gi'iilli'ineii not usually clashed aiiioi:.'; the ISeforiiicrs, but who line IraiiKly but tliu aid of their talents to c.irrv out Ihu ^ iews uiitcrl:iiiiud by u majoiily in the .Asseiiililv. .Nntbiie.; has aeliially been reireiieln il HiftI r Ih'su liiuids \et, but these lopies, 'villi iliil if ill ■ .liiili 'i ir\ , wi'l prob.ibly eoiiie a:'aiii under iciivv ia ensuing Si!..,si.uis. .\s re»picls fdiicalion, no maleiiil driiige has t.J.er. pbiee. 'I'bu Suleiol .\el, wbieli paysed for a heii,.» >if yeai-, d.ies nut I'v pii u iiiilil IMiS; so that lliu whole siibjeei will bu laki n up m \l sussion, wlicii ihosu who fuui inteieslc d had bullut bu prepared lo SI, limit lliuir views by putilimi. \\ lib ri'giril lo lliu lishi'tius, as llinsu engaged in tlieiii were ofopincMi lli.il ihu best cncoura^Miiicii'. lli:il could bu yiM n, would bu I i proleci ile'in from the d |i.''edalioiis of lliu Anierieans and rruiicb, a Co'iiiuilluu w IS app >ialed earlv in the Session In col- l"et iatoriiiali'tn. Cireui.irs were addressed lo prae- tir il iiii'ii ill dill'iTeut puts of til.: rrovincu. The an- swers to these, wilh the liepoll, which we piil.b:,liei( last wee!(, jirivu been printed and lorw.iidud lo Iti-t Mai'siv's lIov.Tiinicat, inordur to furnish lliu Minii. try w. lb such iiiforiii ilioii as will uniblu tbum In ue| Willi energy and uli. el; and in the mean liiiiu Ciliii was placid at lb" disposal of llo' l.ie.iluiciiil (oiver- Iior, to euible biiii I" til out siirill iiiniud Vessirls |o hiiiillhu Aiiiuriea:i I'lslieriiien out of our Harbours, .Old kee|) Ilium w.llioul thu ii.i.ils a.--ig:ii.d to Ilium by treaty. Tliure is one .\c' of I'lu last s vision, or rather Iwi. acts, which an' part of one guni'i:il measure, on the cliirncli:rof which a ^reat diversity of opinion uxisls — we allude to lliu lliiibargo and Iteliif liills. Hy the foriio'r, the evporl ilion of sued I'otalocs and (li.ls, was proliibiliMl unlil thu Kllh of June, by the jatti^r C;!,', mid whatthiiru were!, Hiild reiiilily[ 111 :!k. <le-ill hiislielK iil'Seuil will priihilily hu ili.i. trlliiiti'd, and il'uaeh receiver live IiiiiIiuIk, lliu iiinxi- liiuiii ^iveii here, iipwanlK ol' (illlill rainiliis, of lliu poorer ilescriplion iil'our pupulaliiui, will have lieeii relieved hy llie jiiilieioiiK einploviiieiit ol' a sain, only n lilllu larger than lliu Itil'oriniil House have Havi il liy retreiieiiin'i Is items I'loiii llii' Ciiil l.i»l. The iieee.-ily llial eXHteil lor this evpenililun, anil the prolectioii ol'lliu I'lsheries, will, oreourse, hy ali- Rorhiti;' the whole anioiiiit (»aved, prerliiilu |]im pos- Kihilily III' any liioueiliate n iluetioii orthu dehl ; liat il'lli'^ aiiiHiil anil rejiiil.'ir oulhy he sy -leiiiatle.il- ly reilaei il, ill 'su i\tras^tli:\t a saerensioii el' h'lil rte.'isoiM, or other p eiiliar eireuiiislaiices, reader es- Hi'iili.il, iiiev i'.'i>iily he horiie. Il'lliu leakK arc oiieu ■•luppi'd, and the easK ki'pt in f;;ioil rep.ur, a piiU'ii! itiav he latiiMi wiieii wanti.d for iisi't'ol purpost.-.), anil ■ he hnuiily ol' rnualeio'u will kee{i up the sujipl). Il \i the waste lh.it niaki's thu water low. \ eh'.ii;e orexlriiva ;iiice has hei n liniughl ngainat lliu lloiisi.' I'or eenliauin;;; a poiiion >''' llie praiits to the r.aslern and \\ esliTii Sla;;es, hul it will he aei ii thai, fioiii I'lrnier allow aiiei.'s t.' lliesi- r.stabli-hiiienl-, the Kuni ol' ti).M has lietMl eiit oil' — luav iii;^ llielii e.irli only Hiieh reniunetalion as the (io\ erniiient would he eonip.-Iled to pay toothers, il' those lines wore not in inislelire, I'or the eairi.'^e of the Mails. Oil! oth^r aet of the present House will have found, e.r we am ineeh ioi..ial\eii, fivor in the eyes of Ihu piiiph'. 'i'liough II vast iiiajority of il« iiieiii- li >rs vv re etueted for seven v ears, without a thought of ihe term heinir redueed ; lhoii;;li hut one or two out of llie 111 had r,>eeived any inslrui lions fioio the •■onslilueuey on the suhj-Tt, vury early in the Ses- sion, and hv a large majority, the itu.adrenoial liill was passi'd, by wliieli more than oiii* lliiid was Ntriic!\ o!l' froai tha lemi of ser\ i.:e, aiul a yrae.-ful return tiiade to the pi:ople, of powers eoniiinlleil to tliu liuiidK uf thu Uepreneiitalivus, hul which they r.oniiiilurcd were more exionaive ihnn wero eompiit»- bli) Willi tlio public good. Thill rcadineii (o account once i^ -I, inilnnd of'once in 7 yrnrii, alioi.ud a good Kpiiit; but IliK Miijealy'n Council, who nloadily o|>- puKu every tiling calculated to give the people power, thruw out Iho Hill. /^iiiung thu Ibings which may fairly bo auidto linvn hum uceoiiipliBhed by the preicnt lh)uao, ia thu opuning of thu Council « doom. Truo tlioy are nat yet opened, but Ihe point ia gained. A Coinniittei' I.UK hui'ii appointed to make urrangeincntii ; and al- ihun|;h their iiepurt eonteinplatca the udiiiiKnion uf as Hiniill u nninhir of people ua poaiiible, alill there is to be an end to thu pertinaciuua adherence to Ihe old rule of exi'lusiun. The Cnuneillora declare timt thu peuplu would havo lung iiiuce been iidniittcd, only for thu iiilerfeience of the lIouHU — but let them Icil this to the .MarineK. Year after year, tin grievuneo was pointed out through Iho I'renK, before any iiioliuii was tiiaile in lliu llouao, but atill the iloora wire elii.,ed When a innlion waa iiiadn, that wa* Hi i/.ed on UK an excuse to ennlinue the xysteni, and il wi:s only when they found lliiit thu coustitutirn ami conduct of their huily were no roughly handled — when they Haw that an appeal was tu he iimi'u tu their iiiiislers ill Downing-Sl'uel— that u bungling eH'orl was iiiade to hliift the hlaniu nif their own nhoaldura, and iiiaho a show of coiieeiliiig what had hee;i wiiiii:; I'roiii tlieiii, uH the coin i.s wrung fruin the dying Miser's hand. .Notw'lllistaiiilingthe liniu orrupiedhy an uniisuallv largi' nuniher of eimtesteil I'.leelions, ahnut !MI liilU passed lioth lininehiH; and several muiu, wliiih were sent iiphv the Lower House, remiiincd In tlie Coun- cil Cliaiiiher; some, hieausii ihal body wero rp- posi il to them in principle — others, pi'ih.ips, be- cause they were sent forward ho latu in llie tjCHsion, as to lea\e hut Iil lie time for a fair rcvi.'W. Ainiinn iho more iiiipnit.mt of ihosu which reeeivi-d His Mveelli ncy's assent, wi:re the I'ieMud lisli inspec- tion l!ill — the liiil to eonfirni lilies to lands .ifior a possession of (il) years-. lliu .Merchanls' ^ean un Ihll, Ke. Kie. .Among lliosu not assenkd to, were the (luaiiieniiial l!lll, and the liill inaKiiig the School Lands available for the i due.iliiin of all rlasKCK uf the pi'oplu, vviihout any religious distinction. .\s this aiticio lias alicaily extended ') a grealcr ler.'.rili iIkhi may suit ihi.' tasli: of our readers, we shall coneli.ile Iry iihserMiig, that wu think the popular (aii>^e has gaiind iiitieii in the character and acts of t!ie piesei.l lleiise ; that the lone of feeling within il is Ijctler than in former times ; that a great deal of good lias lihcady been done, and more may hu rea- Minahly e\peil( d; hat Klill a bi tier house maybe iiiNile. While il lives, ihu I'eoplu will do well to watch its coriiiint narrowlv — peruse the del.a'csatiil proceedings eloselv — mark lb" di\isioiis— .anil pre- pare themselves for eorrucling their own inistakea ; encouraging the descrviiin;, coi.liriiiiiig the timid, and taming out Ihe incorrigible, after all liave had a fur I. piiortuniiyof showing their disposition andabilily to advance the cause uf rational refuriii. ToTlir.K! ■.•< .Ml ).-!T r..\rr,LLr.NT maji.stv. VVo' /iif,vf6/c jl'l'trrss tif t'tf Ih'i'iC of ]i>';trfsnitti' iit'fn ill (tcneriil ,'h\ei!iOhj, fur t\f. I*ioiiiifC nf .Mini Sioliii. M.*v IT fi.KAsK Yoiin .M.\ir.sTy; — We, your .Maj.isty's dutiful and loyal subject*:, the Representatives of Nova .Scotitt, while approach- ing thu Thronu to ask fom redress of (irievancus, tuii- iler the nKsurunce of thn iinabaied all.ichiiiuiit of tliOHO we repreoent, to your .Majesty'H perxon and govorn- inunt. The people of Nova Scniiu, when any thing trenchea u|m>ii their rigiits, or retards ihuir prosperity, turn to (heir Sovereign, as the rather of all his I'eoph), wherever lliuir lotx may he cast; and whose •(TecliDii is not ditniaiihed by distance, nor hounded by Ihe four seas of llril;iiii, but extends to the most leiiiolu limits of hi.s I'nipire; rearing, wherevur prae. ticahle, Instilutioiis favorable to freedom, and fosti'r- ing Ih.it love of justice- -that nice sense of the rula- li\u duties of the (iuverninent and thu governed, which distinguishes the Parent Slate. .Nor is their coiilidunce in your .Majesty diminished hy llni rc- lledion, that ill uarly lifu you visited .Nova Scotia; and, ill iiiatiirur years, have sanctioned ihosu vast reforiiiatory changes at lioiiin, which embolden ihuiii to suck for a revision of their InsliliitiuuK, and the introduction of those checks and guards, without which they fuel that private happiness and public liberty can never be seoure. In the Infancy of this Colony its whole Government was ucccisarily vested in a Ciuvcrnor and Council; .'ind, oven nflcr n RRprannntutivo AKiicnitily \\n» granted, tho prnelico of clinovin); Maiiiti'iijpl4 to abolish the uneon- Htitiitional and obnoxious feu.4, taken by tlic Judgeii of the Supieme Court, While llie populnlion of this Provincn U roiii- poaed, in appears by the hiHlt'eniiM liken in {f'iT , of ^x.li.'i!) M.inbers of tho l°pi>ieopal I'liureh, and I l.'i,!!),'! Dissenlers, wlijeli proporlioiiK may be an- ■ uuieil an fair at the present lime, ihi' nppointmenls In liie Council have seeured to the Alendiers of the t.'hurch, endiracing but one tiflli of the population, n clear and decided majority at the Hoard. 'I'hey havo now ni that Itody nine ^lendiem. 'I'he I'rea- liyterian<<, who out-nund>er llietii by idioat nine: tbounanil, have but IvTo — the Calliolics, who are neaily e(|ual, but one — while lln' llaplisH, anioanl- ing by the Census of the iianje year, lo It), Till), and the Alethodiala to (),l))8, and all oilier !^ert.i and He- nominations, are without uny, of their MiMubers in a Uoily whoso duty it is to 1egi>laie for all. 'I'lie Catholic Mishop has no seal ut the Council [ioard, and (JIurgymen of that and other DenoiiiinatnMis arc, as they ought to be, excluded; yet llio llishup of the r.piseopal Church has been, bince the year I Hit!), and still is n Member. Your Majesty will readily perceivi-, tlinl, nhelher designed or not, tho mere cireurnstance of one body of christians having snrh an overwliebning iiilluence in the l.egiliglilly in these blessings. They kn.iw that llie spirit of that Constitulion — the i;enius of those Institutions, is complete responsibility to the People, by whose resources, and for whoso be- nefit, lliey are mainlaineij. Hut. in this Colony, the I'l'ople and their llepreseiilali»es are powerless, exercising upon the local (ioverniiient very little iii- Miienee, and possessing no en'ccluai control. In r.nglind, the People, by one vole of their Kepresen- taliM s, can change the .Ministry, nnd alter any course of piliiy injurious to their interests; here the .Minis- try are your .Majesty's Council, coiiibining Legisla- ti»e. Judicial and Lxecutive powers — holding their ■t*;its for life, though nominally at the pleasure oftlio Crown; and often treating with inilill'ereneo the wish- es of the People, nnil the Kepresenlalions of the Commons. In I'ligland, ibe Kepresenlulivo llrnnch can compel a redress of grievances, by withholding the •'^applies : here, they havo no such remedy, because the Salaries of nearly all thu Public Ollicers, being provided for by permanent Laws, or paid out of the Casual and Territorial Revenues, or from thu produce of duties collected under Imperial Acts, a stoppagi! of Supplies, while it would inllict great in- jury upon the Community, by leaving Koads, Hridges, and other essential services unprovided for, wouhl not touch the emoluments of the heads of Depart- ments in the Council, or of any butu few subordinate tUficers of the tiovernment. As a remedy for these grievances, wo implore your Majesty to grant us an LIcctive Lcgislatiro Council ; or, to separate tho Lxccutive from tho Le- gislative Council, providing for a just Kepresenlation of all the great interest of the Province in both; and, by the introduction into tho former of some Members of the popular lirannh, and otherwise securing res- ponsibility to the Coininons, confer upon the Peoplu of this Province, whot they value above all other poiaetaioDi, the bleaaings of the Uritiah Cooalitution.