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 of tha imagat in tha raproduction. or which may 
 ilgnlflcantly changa tha usual mathod of filming, art . 
 chackad balow. 
 
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 Planohas (at/ou illiittrationt an coulaiir 
 
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 Bbund with bthar matarial/ 
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 □ Tight binding may eauta thadowt or distortion 
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 La raliura larria paut eautar da I'ombra ou da la 
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 □ Blank laai^ addad during rattoration may appaar 
 within tha taxt. Whanavar pottiMa. fhata hava 
 baan omittad from filming/ 
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 tort d'una rastauration apparaissant dans !<• taxta, 
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 □ Pagas dataehad/ 
 Pagas dAtachdas 
 
 0Showthrough/ 
 TfiKisparanca 
 
 Quality of print varias/ 
 Quality in4gala da I'imprassion 
 
 a Continuous pagination/ • 
 Pagination continua 
 
 □ Indudas indax<as)/ 
 Comprand un (das) inda)^. 
 
 Titta on haadar takan from:/ 
 La titra da I'an-tAta proviant: 
 
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 Paga da titra ^ la livraison 
 
 Captton of issua/ 
 
 Titra da depart da la livraison 
 
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 Gtniriqua (piriodiquas) da la livfaiton 
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 Additional commants:/ . 
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 Tho imatfoa «pp«aring horo art th« baat quality 
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 of tha original copy and In kaaplng with tha/ 
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 6aginnlng with tha front covar and anding on 
 tha laat paga with a printad or illustritad impraa- 
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 othar original coplaa ara fllmad baginning on tha 
 firat paga with a printad or IJIuatratad impraa- 
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 Laa cartaa, piiinohaa. tablaaux. ate, pauvant/*tra 
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 »N» »%p'rtr»l llMil * atiM* ttl tyim* wMrll Im» Uvh •«• iHirvamnlti itiMilrMtlMtl 
 
 ity -mh miflitKrttv will Umt r«iNllM«i«' i» h» ••'•|Mt*m»>l ii|^iii miv •>! iK** ttt^Hitr*. 
 , li(i«««rr rtifii»l<H-ifiit) II itMt im rvfpnlr*! <t« iiiitrily ••ilit|iliVMi iti ^i urli^\t 
 
 H|M't||rr ilw t»ml<rm|kl«tir«| mm»Ht¥ ttl tm*rr»«Mi| iM( tiMwlli In Inr mammf 
 >%m*^*9A ^1 )iM»r l,itf«l»li(tiit Anfmtfit, will fuMl |Im> r^|irr«MtiM»* i h«»» 
 iil|iMlr«| III, will iltiuMlwH AimrM In )iitir t^'fitahlii n |iMni urirMrMiniiHi ii|° 
 •rrtiiiMniiMklifwibiM. Imii'I tlMilt m* ilviil lnlHy li> »u«tr l^ifiMilt^ i#f Ilia 
 Mi^raly'a (Mnimuirnf. if I tlbl mM r%|Mr«o« mt'ttitttrrhcHalitii litut M i^v nM, 
 for H Miti iMtl niMM«%r 1^' Krimml nf ih* mnlu iA«i>|tili>ii Nkm iW |Im> ( <ivntll, 
 • ImI.m a IhhIi. Ii| iK-vuMtt* Mii-itMHirr |t|iirr> in llw r«n«lllM»i<»M, nii«l •ttttiMn*'* 
 (n lliivlf (iinHlt«k« wMrk il W N^lil. oMiila li*r>:. »<• lu KukIimiiI, itt It. kVui 
 Mpmir. I iWfjl, i»MifrB«r». ll I* lMll,»»«MN>tMililr'lii niill«||iiiif lluti llir |i««l)lU' 
 ntlml In ihU iitbiffy hrtiHi' tmrr iMr»Yt«^i !•• ihf ii>>i«-i'i ttl lrirUl<iil«f Monw. mIU 
 •ritrrrly fot( l«i,rii)i»n, iImiI wlM>n \k ilinniiM •ImH Itthr |i)i«r«- tit n •iNlc iil llllnR*, 
 kiMK hcltl lu Im> ralnhUahMl, il will Im> iiwh A rhunitr. «• will Mii« ih* i'iHt>llli|. 
 llwH)>f till* »« MCQr «*tliai iif itny idlirr iiittiii)r inilw Krrni TikmIiI |;Ii Uu' RMiftlir 
 riHtntr). ' • "^ ' 
 
 Tti# HtiMlilulInn itl ll»U tViivtntip «m mit limiiHVnl lllir Ihal wkuli U •^»)rlil 
 hv iHr |«it iRnwIiM uiwlrr til* inn» •i«lu«r, Ibr tlUt Ikxtrfv ». Hjr-nn .\i>t iif 
 ihv Br|ii»h PiurlUiMPtii, nnr llkr l^lMAlrh hiw hvfti ffnHttw) to mnw <rtll»f 
 ittkinio, liy • •iMillii- t'hwnrr fnmi ihc'KlnKi wImI il ili'rtvita friMH R)iy«t 
 iiiilliDrtt) -U lit hf fiiiiiiil only In «ttfm«i«initl Inntnu-ilnna, ifKiMiiiitl^il n* <*lmin^. 
 ■tnnrio rv<|ulrr to «iii*i-r««lvr Kutrmur* i itm*iiitc*i ihior liminii-fiitn* ««• irniw 
 iiillfitl. il I* mil MrnnK** ilM»Minir ■luniltl i-iiwinitlld iillu'r*, imr <li«t llMinr iif 
 nil iorl) ilnli' ■li<iul<l n«*i|[ii. functltMin tii ihr Imi lliiu>v* uf ilii' U'tfUlAhtn*, 
 ur)' illStrrnt frtun thunr xthkli nrr r«rrri<ml liv Ihi* itii^'iiiMtnilliiK lNN|lr« iif 
 lltr iiiiillM-r ciiiintiT', NMil l< WN« l«»nK nn» .t*»i*Uwnti ilmlnililc li) ihi' hldlifal 
 li'irnl iiiiilioHl) In itM" Prii« liMf , ^Imi Mhntrtrr wno riKhl nixl mnforuiiiM*- in 
 
 thr 'HfttTPlF I till^UtlllUin in thf t^UUlll^ "fUtf^ ttC t mttH*, *|)ilUnt w- t»»fil'nia|U'l| 
 
 Niul |iliu-iil iHttiiiil llif rriu'h ij ioik(ni«fr«y hy ilii- uniu-lltiii nf no UiiimtIkI 
 vlnitili-i "' til^irtl""*." U wn* nlHrtiM-'l. *' hinltiK «if»i'n liiiii iiwl*' |» ihi*. 
 A.M«inl)lk" to lltt' ItuyiU liMiruclluiu, itH not nhilitiilnr) «iii ihiiii, liui on thr 
 CilMtnuMnmnly,'* ', i * 
 
 I li«\r »t«tMl IhfMf thlniTi, hr«»u*' »»h«tnfrr WMir»r pnny ht- tlrrlilnl iiptin, 
 wIhUm rllint of .imply liHTin»liiK •lif'CouiU'il. or lh(»l «>f|gnliij< l<i llit' full fM«-ii| 
 of (imftrrinK liv li^i|irHiil ntnlulr, •iii'h n (■iin»ll(ull<)n n* llii' ( 'iiiinilii« <ii]ii) . It mIII 
 hi' xi iiiiijiiriiliiU" In it« riih»<-i|iicn(^'it in llil* itrnifiiliU- niul hii|>]iy i-dlnny, llml 
 1 iniiiHit Imt fi^l ftnxlou«ly «lf»ir«iui« ihui v«nir U«r<l>*lii|>, iK-fon* ttiininK in a 
 ilriUUiii, ithouki In* iiioiU' thciniUKlily fuuiMlnlnl f l.lli thi' «lnti* <if llilnM" In Ihc • 
 l>r«ivln«<v. Pur'lhU purtHNM* I tmnmrtlt liii' rnt-Uiaril |m|imi, nnit fur tlif oiu^ir 
 rrn»i>ii. I hnw JiiilirnI It rlKht to ronimU»lim Mr. JuMlc** lljilUbiirton, ihf 
 Nvnlnr niiliiiM' jiuIk^ tif th«* NUph-mr i'uurt, in pr(Hi^-.<l tit KnulnAii with thU 
 i|r»|Milhlt. Mr. Unlllhurtim hiw f<ir ninny y^nm rrndrrrti liimM-if Ut>i-ful In iIm* 
 itilnny, by«nkin« nn wthr nnil.iiM-ful |iort In iln IrKlnlAtivi' prm-i iillng*. liurinn 
 »«hlrh lii« *»»« III fullV«,M"»«"*'<"> "^ '•'•■ ••••nRdincr «if my tlirrr lmiiM«llnt«' prwlr- 
 tTRiMijnit mitt I luivr no h«-Mlintlun in InlriMlurInK hitn <» ytiur t^inUhlp, no n 
 iirrwin whom yowr Uminhlp amy imfily rortMilt In nil mnttrrw (Minnrrtni with 
 
 thr InVrrnti* of tM<t t 
 
 !lihiny 
 
 nn<l hiul I no olhrr n'iMon for M'IrctInK ''i"! '*» 
 
 thU o««ni.lon limn thr;>tli-r from Ihr HtcrrlBrv of Huti-. idnvcylng hln tin 
 i|untlfi»«l nppnilmllon of Ihi- cMnnvr in whU'h >lr. HnllUAirtoirhiul rxrv'Uliii 
 II ..rr Ut of a vi-ry «li-ll».'ia«' nnturp. I ohoulil. Imvi* thmiKht Hint xiilfti'lml. 
 
 , -i- No. 3. — 
 
 i.(No.A) ■ „ 
 
 CoitT ofjt UESP^VIji^ prod Vlicount X'WrnVA to UrUt|!r\(wit-Uorrmor 
 , Vf mtP. A/aitland. 
 
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 gjf^ • . " DownlnK-HtrrH, I Mnrvh 1831.- ' 
 
 I HAVi? thr honour to acknowlrdKr thr receipt of your ilrnpntch of th* 
 I7tli Jnniinry Inut, niiprctlnK thr. Hrpnration of thr Exrcuti^r nnd LrglHlotlrB 
 C:ounrllH'jii Novn HcotU, und tht proponnl addition to the iprprfitrntntlon of th« 
 
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 wvMbr** Mil inwuiSJbi^ <•( iii» |if<i«ifw« MMt i<» iIm> fmwl mitl»r«i«M«QM4f 4m§k 
 
 M iKrvTMi u«(«il||i •NMMfH ltl«> fltlfcrrt^l titMM-^a ul Ihv fit4»«niM«til th<-rr. In 
 K«tr Miy tfciatrr'tat ilialMrli iHM wttMl^i-tiiff *liil>> ))l aftttr* III »ni tUtrfnlhmm In 
 Iko y w fm •MlfWi «ht<h mmM «.>« \m (Intiwtl hy thm |Kw«ilM» UMf 
 
 I MM M Ittr Mt{K«' IlitM- flU|i>«n1 lo tHtllfc IImII ^«M« km*P tifi**n « «tbt>r llll»t-' 
 
 Cfitlt«M| iMi «*• iHliMlrtl III m% Mi>r •«! Muntry <i«i ili* |Hni|i9w«| u4 m^iw* 
 liHI Ik* ti ii W i rt <»fr«mt|K Lnri-kihP ( .Mtiwtl* , mpI «hlHMi«li I ftiM>^if |« 
 »«»U Mfwtf n# Ihr m|wrtriMv ••/ Mr lUUiliMrton ll> •niulr* tnfufttuilton ^mt 
 liiMi rvs^ilitg iIm wintr* i4iImi pfinliM^, )^i | alHmM n<>4 ha*< ih.iMiihi It 
 Uit tn^uin I|M> |ifv*»nr» ul nay tw^ ftum N»t« Mtmlto um Ik* pfimcM 
 
 In fv|wr«i |«> llwC'itufHil, ndit Unitn« oMMuiir^t «llh Mr lUllliiuHuft *n<i , 
 Mr ,\n'kltH>l<l, I nm ihiI ul «if*iii<»ii iIhii ii u «<l«i»<iliti> m iliia itHnmni itrrlh^ti 
 »n% iimnatt m «Im> wilMiiiiWi uf iIm- ('•hum U b^viifMi imiltlfHi fUMir a«kl»lUNi iti l^i 
 HHIiitirr «l Ihr l y m hi f*' I Mi (b^rvfiHri' |ii rri|Ur«l IImI |ihi will nimrl !•• Hi# 
 )wiry»t'<nUm m li» llir |ifiipfc>|f •>! tiMrriMlnK llir CVhihiHI l«» ih* numlwr ul 
 M MrtnlNftt, iiimI ilml yuu will iraiMnilt id ui« ilir namn iiV'nut'h |M>rMin«, it<>i 
 . (m'Iiik In iIm- riii|)|>iMiu'iil of (<tf<rrniiiriii, n» ynu iim^ <ii«tat4r| itttMl rliKlbb-, 
 from llwir iliinti ii r nml aiialtuiifiilat In Ittfluml li> llinl hrancli of Hit' UkH 
 Ulttfv. I Willi rii)Kt<t III ilir nwHiicy r^uM^I liy ihr iWnlli tiC lh«' bilr itlliHtiiry . 
 KrnrrHL I niu lu rv«)«(<«« ihiti ^hi wilt Mil U ll|i Inr <hr •^mtnimrnl of inc 
 
 IH-rwmwtuMo iiiHMrtiii- |i4 n lumjnl )ir«)iHrWt»r wwuki imiIi^ hint oul n* in<||||k 
 Ulrt^for IImI •IIUWIktMl, \ ^^ 
 
 The liu-nn**' lu t\v nuiniMr of »Im" rr^rr^rntftllou <»f thr iiriHliu'r, tjr any ' 
 nmlwr nliiruil.Miv lu ltu> (odiii^ wli|, If iir«-mw«r) , iMttHtif nuiltrr fur fuiun* 
 t-onal<U'ritli»i| \ 
 
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 — No. 4. — - , „ 
 C'opvrif ft nEDP.VXf-'H from IJrut».n«nt.fl«vefw» Sir /» Mtltlnittt to^ 
 
 \i<Hti%n\i (iiulrrifh. 
 
 __ <»o»rrniiu-nt Hou^r, Haltfnv, 
 
 My l/tril. ♦ • ' njuiifiH.ii. 
 
 , Yot'K Lunl»lil|» liauns tluiu* m«« flir honour, In )iHir IV^pnlrh of- Ihf IM 
 Miir(>h, to m|nln> my ojilnion nV lo iln> p^miri^ly ol'^lnrmi«liiK rhr Couiuil «>f 
 ihU proving, to th<> ntnulM-r of | \ nwn\\wr*, I hn»» vtS^vn uiy Im'«i oohiia«T«tlo« 
 lo Ihf iiulij«-«'t. uimI iift«;r »•» Ii'wIhk nil tlir drrumMi«mr>« ilinl bnvr oot-umil to 
 iiif. n»t I'onni'itrtI With tlu« (lucollou, I hiin- no iii-«Uiiliun hi iilnlin« thdt th* . 
 |iru|Mi><ril nuKMH-ntnllon noiiM, In my o|iinlnn, l»r |ir<'Jd«*«l!y nilvl«nliK>. 
 
 In llu- PiUHi- |)«**iNtli'1i I nut ili^lml to fl|| up ihn vncnniv In thr Counrll, 
 (•nu«ril liv.thc (lentil of thr Uln nMomry.ffi.nrrftl, hy tin- npiNilntinrht of tin- 
 iiinuui whuM' inHUf||i'f An a Inntlnl propririor nhoulit |M>int hini «ini nn niimt ■ 
 nttid forlhj' •Ituiitlon. With tlif imtiiHuii of the K«'ntl*'niiui nlitmly In llir. 
 Couni'll, I Imliru- Mr. lUnry A. ('o|niw»ll tu li«« thr )«Mthii-»t Inndid propri«'tor 
 ««• linvf , nnd thnt \w i\ri\\v* l^oin hl« |MMM>Miuna, r^iunuirr nnil lntrlli)c.'nri' 
 « ••om'»|M)nilbiK »hnrt> of luHurnrr In thr community. HU rmldrncr i« Axril 
 In thr tonii of Vlftllfux. amii hr h«>l«ft tin- olHcr of Kr|riiii|iir of tin- Court of 
 Chinnrrry I hut I hnvr aurrrtninril that hr U wiUlnm f« r«fi«lKn llii* other, nnti,. 
 I know not tliitt hU Imvlng luUt It ouglit to Iw oonniilrrwl lu nn ol)Kt(ulc to hU 
 upiiointiBmt. IIIh Irniii knowUtlKr un<l mulinrMM in IraiwartlnK huHinrM nrr 
 mil uUttMl to rrnarr hint very unrful in thr Council, o« the riuiual nb«rncr of thr 
 ju(lm» cftuiif.t thr wont of thr«r uualHIcatioiw to Im- Much felt. I do not f.)rr- 
 jiir thnt nny inatrrial liurilnnw in Ukrly tp rroulrti thr attrntlun df thr Ci»undl 
 hrforr your LonUhlp'i MntimrntK on tlUa Muhjrrt can Im- rrcrlvt d ; hut HJinuld 
 an) Nuch .occur; ! ahnll cuniddrr myiirlf on fully nuthorizrd to apiHiInt Mr. 
 C^inwrli tn- the vft«>flDt Wilt. . 
 
 In olM'dlriur to your LonUhip « tMunniandi), I tmuMnit thr nnnir« of thr« 
 othrr iK'nuiuM' couNidcrrd hy inr on rligihlc, from thrli chamcttr nnd nttiiin- 
 
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 nuntH. t» H.ntH In tin- Couiicil. Tin- gontU'iiU'n I niii niMuit to imini> haw 
 «xtfiiitiv». fnmily «onn«'Ni«)iirt. niul np- in the Imbit of nHxocintiiiK wltli >niuiy 
 n'HiMrfabU' nndintellig.'nt imtsohh, who nn> litth- knciwn in whntiM t|«iught thi- 
 liiKhr^r vUwx. of Mmvty luro, n «lnt*H jl ninin not th«' xliKhtcHt mmmch t«> 
 it« MHnibvntJ^i f\\v obJMwntion) whiyh hon undrniably not Increiiw'd itH very 
 lintitfiiitciriil^in i)riTiH)i1lon to tho incrcoHc and advanrcnicnt iif the pnivinei*. 
 
 I nm fn«-lm«d to iHllt'Vf, howevihr, that thr 1ij>iM)intin«nt of thi- jM-rsonH I xhall 
 nnnu' will not Im; viewed with any degm' of diH!witi.sfiu;tion by the tinsrt «»f society 
 to which I have jurt nllud«-<l, and that they mwUi form an addition to the 
 Couneil, whieh woidd be gn'atly approml of in the colony. 
 
 Mr. Peter M'Nab in the toroi»rietor of u valualile and extynsive island alwnt 
 two niilcH from the town, w-hen' he n-Midi>H amunK his tenantry. 
 
 Mr. James Tobin is n Roman-eatlioli*', a merchant in affluent circumstances 
 of sound understanding and ffytnl judgment. ' 
 
 Mr. Joseph Allison is the President of tlu* Chamber of Connneree, and im). 
 bu1)ly possesses more mercantile infonnation than any.«)ther ijerson in the 
 proyjnce ; and his ser% i<eH at the Couneil Boanl woulil lie very valuable. 
 
 N*ne of these muitlemen have applied for appointment, nor are they awan* 
 of ipy intention v^Jin-comiBiendiry; them to your LonUhip. 
 
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 Coj'Y of a DESP.VTCH from Viscount Goihrifh to Lieutenant-Governor 
 
 Sir P. Miiilhiud. 
 
 ^'''' nownini^-street, 7 July 1 8.'i I . 
 
 I iiAVi: the honour to acknowledge the receipt of .your despatch of the (ith 
 June last, in which you state your o])inion that it would be expedient to increase 
 the number of the Coluncil of the jjro'vince of Novo Scotia to I .j meinbers, and 
 recomnwndina; tjie followina; gentlemen as all addition to that boanl, w'hich 
 would be very geui'ridly approved of in the colony, viz. ^ ' ,.; 
 
 Mr. Peter M'Nab, <. , 
 
 Mr. James Tobin, 
 Mr. Joseph .VUison. 
 
 1 have to aciiuaint you, in reply^ that his Majesty liiw been pleased to ajiprove 
 of tlu- appointment of thost' gentlemen to be members of the Council of Nova 
 Scotia ; and I ani*^ to recpicst that you will direct the usual appjication to W 
 made for their tnandaiii>us at my office. \ j 
 
 ■i ' / ' Ihave,'&c. 
 
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 C'oi'Y of a DESPATCH from Li<'utenant-Govemor Sir P. Mnitltnit! to 
 
 ' Viscount C«</t'nVA. 
 
 ' • Government House, Halifax, 
 
 - My Lord, ' ' 2(5 August 1831. 
 
 :^ ■ . In reference to your Lordship's despatches of th^ 1st of March, and "th July, 
 
 ^ 1 have the honour to inform your Lonlship that His Majesty's approval of the 
 
 ' appointmeat of Messrs. Ck)g'swcll, M'Nab, Tobin, and Allison, os members of 
 
 the CtMiricil of tl^is Province, hos bpen duly notified ; and that I have directed 
 
 those gentlemen to^inake the usual application for their mandamuses. 
 
 I have, &c. 
 (signed) P.Maitlmd. 
 
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 :'MU 
 
NOVA SCf^TIA, NEW BRU.VSWICK, &c. 
 
 NOVA SC OriA. 
 
 ■No. 1 — 
 
 (No. .'ii.)' 
 
 ^.7. 
 
 Copy of a DESPATCH from ViHpount Cinderich to the Officer n<ImlnlHterln« 
 , tho (Hnornmciit in Nova Scotin. 
 
 CI' --■'""'' . " '1 
 
 8*'»' . \ ' Downing-strcet, 8 December 1 8;w. 
 
 ^---^ In enrrying info effect the recommehdatfonn of the CJommittee of the House 
 of Commonn on the subjeet of the Councils in Up|M-r nnd Lowjt Canada, iiiiy 
 attention has also been directtj^l to th«' composition of "tl»at branch of tl>e 
 *KifiIatMre in New Bninswick and Nova Scotia, particularly to the custom that 
 the Rxe(!i«lve and I^-^ishitivj- Councils, though distinct b<Mllffs, should (jonsist 
 of the Miijlie intlividuals. j 
 
 To this practice I think there are several objections which induce me t<» 
 believe that it might with advantage be departed from; the circumstance of 
 the same gentlemen being members of both Councils has a tendency, I think to 
 prcv.'nt either from (lischarging with effect the duties which ought to devolve 
 upon It. ^ ^^ , , " 
 
 The ExecuHve Council \(houl«lJ^ist of a small jmmber of gentlemen, in- 
 cluding perhaps one pr two infffiemial, n^embers of each branch ofthe Icgis. 
 fun;, with whonithe governor might confidentially consult upon tlieexecutive 
 business of the govenfment. To this council it would not be propeP K. 
 nominate any of the judges; the chief justices in Upper and Lower Canada 
 having retired m deference to the opini(m\which hod been expressed by the 
 ^. House of Commons on the subject. 
 
 The Legislative. Council, on the other han<l, should principally consist of 
 gentlj-men indepenJlent of and unconnecte«l with the govemhient, and selected 
 froin the pnncinal Inhabitants of the pronnce, and those having the greatest 
 stake in its welfare. The CouncU appears to me at present too numerous ta 
 be usefully consulted by the governor in the adminifjtration of affairs, whilst it ; 
 is not sufficiently so, and has too close a connexion with the executive govern- 
 ment, to enable it to possess the weight and authority which shtmld bebmr tti 
 It as on independent branch of the legislature. * - 
 
 It appears to toe, therefore, desirable that the members of the Legislative 
 Council should be increased, and thot its members shouki cease -to be neces- 
 sonly inemhters of the Executive or Privy Council ; while at the samis'time the 
 latter should consist of only five or six members, and bei composed of «me or 
 two members of the^resent Council and of the Assembly,* and those of the 
 ctiief officers of government whom the. governor might think it desirable to 
 include in it. - . 
 
 I am also of ophiion that, with the exception of the chief justice, the iudees 
 ought not in Mture to be appointed members of the Legislotive Council. ' 
 
 Having communicated with Sir A. CampbeU on the sobject.rlie has entirely 
 concurred in the propriety of introducing, in XU Council of Ne« BninsVick thT 
 a teration to which I have adverted in this despatch, and His Majesty hi bee J 
 ^ pleased, at my recommendation, to establish, by commission under the ereat 
 seal, two distinct and separate councils in that profince, the Executive Council 
 tTaSfmembTr'""' "'"'' thp legislative will at present be increaS 
 
 Vfi "™.*'i!^'^f°»T, desirous of obtaining the sentiments of yourself and his 
 Majesty s Council on the subject. iTa similar measure sho Jd b^ coSer^d 
 desirable m Nova Scotia, and' likely to promote the interests of ^Sn^^ 
 and to be acceptable to the inhabitants, I should be ready to advise^llis MSesty 
 to grant a sunilar commission for Nova Scotia. ; . . ni» iwiyesty 
 
 t \ I have, &c. 
 
 ' * (signed) Goderieh. 
 
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 NOV\ SCOTIA. 
 
 No. 8, 
 
 COIIRESPOXDEXCE RESPEtTIXG THE.O()\ ERNMEXT 01' 
 
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 Coi'Y of a DESP.VTCII km\ Mr. Protidriit Jiffm/ to Viscoimt Gmhrirh. 
 
 ■ ' Guyfniincnt lioust-, llulifa\, 
 
 My Li)r<f, / JO March \KV.\. 
 
 I HAVE Rifoii much atlcntiou to your LohUhip's (h'^iintch of the 8th DeccmlM'r 
 I h;w, No. f> I, the receipt of which I Imd the honour to nckn<nvlcd(|;(' on the *i?thy 
 Jnniinn' ; but as I have not deenied it ndvisnhle to l»rin,u; the Mihject of if 
 officinlly before the whole bo<lv of the Council, during the Mittinp; of the Lekw- 
 lature, I mn not yet preparecl t(» comply with yoiir Lordship's requisitioijfor 
 their scntim«'nts, and my owi^, jipon the expediency of introdudu); in th^ CimncU 
 of this Province the alterationn ttitety adopted in that of Ni-w BrunswicW / 
 
 My intention was to taki- "the (^pinion of the Oouneil wi the prppji^^Ml^neLure 
 nt the close of tlu> session ; but (is, T)y recent intelliKen(,-«- from N»<w' U'i;uu.sMiok, 
 the chimp;*; in the constitution (rf that Province does not appear to liuvt,* kiven 
 satisfaction, a disincliivUion wckiild probably be entertained hero to the uume- 
 diate adoptiofi of a similar mua^urr; and the agitation of th^ question. >t the 
 pn'sent period might, in my humjl,)!e opinion, have a tendency to distiii-l) the 
 peaceful state of the colony. 
 
 Under these circumstances, I sHpII deem it prudent to Withhold }i)ui' Lord- 
 ship's d^patch from the Council' until I am honoured with your Lordship's 
 further /instructions for my guidoiice. 
 
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 (No. ,-,.) 
 
 lACTof a DESPATCH from Mr. President J«;/f(vy to tW Right iiojipurable 
 E. (V. Stanley; dated/Governmeht House, Halifax, 8 March ^834, 
 
 I'HE House of Assembly /liave also had under consideration the present con- 
 stitution of His Majesty'siQouncil, and have'" passed resolutions, de(]laring '■ the 
 Council to be defective, because its Members combine legislative and executive 
 p6wers ; and that, in the opinion of the House, n Legislative Council c^stinct 
 from the Executive Council, and more extensive in numbers than at jjresent 
 exists, may, with great tulvantage to the public intefests, Jbv Meleeted from,. 
 His Majesty's loyal subjects in this Province." A committee haii| l)een named' 
 to pfe|tare an address to His Majesty on the subject, or to rei>ort/ ^ Bill, as they 
 mayjieem the preferable m6de of accomplishing the object. 
 
 In my reply to Viscount Goderich's despatch of the 8th pejcember 183!?, 
 retjuiring the sentiments of myself and His Majesty's Council/ lipon'the pro- 
 priety of introducing into the;rCouncil of this Province th<^ alteration then 
 recently adopted in that of New Brunswick, I stated my reasons f(|)r considering 
 the agitation of the question to be at that period inexpedient,' an^ I mentioned 
 that 1 should therefore take the Uberty of withholding his Lordship's despatch 
 from the Council until I should be honoured with further instructions, which 
 have not been received. —^ - 
 
 I shall now, however, deem it my duty to lay the despatch before them ; and 
 I hope to be soon able to communicate with you, more fully and! satisfactorily 
 than I can at present, on a subject which involves so itiShy serious con- 
 s siderations. 
 
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 A SCOTIA, NEW UHUN8VVICK, &c. 
 
 — No. 10.— ■ 
 
 Copy of n DESPATCH from Mr. PrvmdvntJfffer^Ut the Right lioriouraWf / 
 . ' Ji. If. StHnlejf. I" 
 
 Govemmcnt Houw, Hulifiix, ' 
 ^''■- , • 7 May IH.tl. 
 
 In ft (It'Kpntoh which I lind thi- honour to (uldreRS to you on the Hth Maribb 
 Jftst. I iinntion»«i that as th«> Kubjfct of the conHtitution of the Council in this 
 Province hml come under cliKTusHitm in^\e House of /Vwembly, nn«i n commitiee 
 of the HouKc hnd h«en (ipjMtinte*! to prepare an AildretiH to the Kjuk, praying 
 that two Couneils, executive and legislative, might he established, I should 
 deem it my duty to mUnhit to His Maji-jity's Council, Viscount Goderich'a 
 despatch of the Hth l)e<;ember IH32, (which, for re«8on» formerly explained, hail 
 not been communicated t») them,) requiring their wntiments upon the expe- 
 diency of sneh a mensutt' ; and I have new the honour to recommenil to your 
 attention the enclosed extract from their minutes. " 
 
 As this paper enters fully into the subject, I have but to expn-ss my own 
 coneUm'nce in the Boartl's unanimous opinion that the proposed separation of 
 the executive and Kl^lslative functlonn of the Cduncil would be attended with 
 4»nny and very serious evils ; and I therefore eam«'«tJy hope that the reanon« 
 adduced in sujmort of that opinion may convince His iVlajesty's Government of 
 the jtropriety of permitting Nova Scotia, imtil better prepared for a change, to 
 retii'ii its ancient constitution. » , 7 
 
 I have, &c. 
 (signed) Thos. N. Jefisty. ' 
 
 NOVA S<0'l 
 
 ■ '.va 
 
 Enclosure in Noi 10. 
 
 In Council, 0th May 1834. 
 
 The PreMclent Iniil before the Board a despatch from^lhe Right honourable Viscount 
 Oodench, dated Downmjj.street, the 0th Defembcr 1832, requiring the opinion of the / 
 LoHiici upon the expediency of establishing m Nova Scotia^ two separate councils, execu- 
 tive and le(;is|ative, composed for the most part of different individuals. 
 
 1 J i.'^"""? ■•*" ^"H. «^?"«'«'erotion to this important communication, the Council wouT* 
 npr.iX ^UhiK *; "'''^^"K »ny opinion upon a subject which appears to be iM>arly con^ 
 v!«r^,^k . T'*'*'"* «"'!/»'«"«*««• B»t tt" thislloard, froni its establishment In thj 
 ^f.J! ?!. u J'^'f."^ ''"y' ?.*''* ""' '««'» accustomed to shrink from any duty com- 
 mitted to them by His Majesty or His Government, because it was difficult or unpfeaHant, thev 
 «^ I proceed at once to give, with frankness, the result of the best judgment they have been 
 ab e o exercise upon this question, which they have felt to be one of som^dclicacy. ^ • 
 wn il nIni''.K f con^t'totion were alone regarded, the example in the jmrent country 
 would prompt them to say, such a separation of the Executive from the Legislative Counc* 
 a»4spropo8e<l, would be desirable; but it is manifest that the difference in the condition of 
 
 n^^.'^^if "."iL"'* '" **• S""*' *•"" "" P"™"*' •=■»" ^ preserved : and looking at the subject 
 prectically, they perceive at once very genous objections to the proposal. 
 
 " spniihii"!!!!!!'"" n 'i" ^°7™°'«"» '«' without doubt, to nominate to the Legislative Council 
 sensiblfe imd we'l educated men, possessing large landed property, scpwited from office 
 ' and, having •nfluenc»,jin the different counties in which they resiSc : . pTnTsupporitTon That ' 
 Mich men would be hkely to concur with die mo«t respectable maioVities of tW House of 
 Assembly ,n all questions which affect the great interislte of the count^, and so preserve 
 cZr^ 'Jn*" '^«'«"«'«-, B»t' unhappily^ such men are not to te fo^nd ^ Kvem! 
 counties ol Nova bcotia; and even ifthey could be found, there is much reason for belS 
 fc?.'V"* 'tr"' "^^ ^^ ♦•»« "'«"''^"' «f th« P™»ent Councd toTnc^ wUh hi 
 " o Holf |7S^ ZZl''''\r^ " h^-f-o-"^*™'" been differently entertalfied Z Z 
 cZmeToisirJamifT f"TTy »>« *xcused, itmay be remarked that the dis- 
 r.!!t" f Sir James Kempt, when Lieutenant-govemor of Nova Scotia, and anxiously 
 lookm- for such pertK,,,s as hW been described, ^aced two members of the ptL"B 
 n the Council, because he was satisfied they answered the descripUo" m comEv as aiw 
 mdmduals that could be found in the colony. But it.is well Cwn?a„d Se mfnSteS o^f 
 Swf TP'y.*^" •nfo.^.tion. that tlieW individual;, wholly uncoAnwtedwkh office 
 
 it'dt tretro'ti: HlJirSf '"^Kr^ »-?" 3r-»«J. havfSen «„ifoSy 
 f«Snce of cin^ionT^ llTf "^1^ *'"?"l'''y.°" ^^ °^ '•«** fe'* occasions wheii a dit 
 Xhous^T,^SeLcityt^4S'\^ 8'**" «J««t«fectioh to the 
 
 thHrnSiUrv S^Sl ^*''"*'-- 'i" ?Piy *"* "«=»""» "'■^''e difficulty, or rather 
 tb! ft.S, ' ^ I.- iT^u ™*"* P*"*"« '» *•>* diftrent sections of die province, wiUi all 
 
 Deen mcreased. In sele< iting mdmdual* therefore to fill a more extensive JegislatiVe council, 
 
 , ^* a different 
 
 Enrl. in No. lo. 
 
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 « CORRRSPONDKNTK HESPKCTINCJ TIIK (iOVERXMKNT OF 
 
 l.cr..i>"r.Ml. ..r ofil,,. ftUoH ViLlMuorior r.^ . nr 1 '"^ "' Ar«>i»l.ly u, would'- 
 
 muro 
 
 Irjury to Uif llouiio of 
 
 tioi.. or III,. .ii>.Hal,.fiu».o,, .,f ,Iu,H.. i„ th.- .•.Lrwh. .1,1^' r ^ "'" 'T*'*" 
 
 f» llie QlMII.I..-. ..11,,,!,,,. HU.I. ohirctkH, lul 1 rl -Pi "'"^"''""^"'- ]•"■ I'"' I "tm,, 
 
 ... .. w,,,. „, «,« I., ,1,, t„.....,o »,i i!:st."rs'i£ ""'^ '"'" '"" ""^ 
 
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 dimlH 
 
 I -I , ■- ., "^•^uiJiiuaiuuH lu oujectiuil. Whether' tliev nro tui <>l. 
 
 y 
 
 ..r,li.,„r!, .? e*l)re.BL-d. n full conArmaltMi of it would be supplied bv the «er¥ exln. 
 
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 NOVA SCOTIA, NENY BRUNSWICK, *o. 9 
 
 rontrnUil Imvp ^k.UIIv .Wrare^l, with revolntionnry viollll^e, (hnt aim of the mmt fa.ouwl NOVA HCOTIA 
 
 niKl hiippy ruloniin ol thr iiioM iiiiliilKfiit iiKiiiiirch in ih»! world, nniNt Im; conv«rtc<l into a 
 
 r<'|>ulihc. A 
 
 ll»viii« now iK-rfonHcl th«' duty W-hirh hux l)wn laid u|i<m them, iho Memboni of thn ^ 
 
 Council littv.. only to iidd, with pwy fwliiiK of r«-i.|i«ct. .Idiot if |li« Miijo«ty', (lo»«rnni«iit 
 Klionlil not b." mitiKfitd with the vi.w tli.-y have tukcii. iiiid with tlip rctiionii they have 
 oddiHi'il in mipool-t of that view, tliu huiiiu hilling), which hove ulway« inHiifiiccd thin Jioonl 
 will i.rfvail. Nothm>{ ton Ixi.moro foreign from thcii- wiiih than to bfi iniprdimcntit in the 
 way of liny nivaHurc which lint Majinty or llwdovcrnmcnt moy deem wwentiol to the wel- ^ 
 fare of thf colony ; mid, thcrofori!, ox it hax Ixrcn th«ir unifunn and only drxire. in their 
 prewnt ntntion, to l)c iiiHtruinvntal, ucconliii({ to their obility, in uromotiiic tho honour of 
 »liH MiijcHty, mul thr U'licfit of tho province, they uro ready to retire from that Htation 
 when.vi r it nmy Jm- thovtsht their retirement will comluce mure ettectiiiirflv than their con- " 
 tinuonee, to tlio»e impoitunt oIiJli-U. >, 
 
 A true extnict from the minute*. 
 
 Council Chamber, lloliliix, ' 
 7tli Miiy IUU4. 
 
 (nigncd) Rupafto Georgt- 
 
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 — Nv. 
 (No. 65.) 
 
 Extract of » DESPATCH from 
 to 
 
 II.— 
 
 No. I u 
 
 JSPATCH from Major-Ocneml Sir Colin Campbell, 0. c B 
 Lord Cleneli/i (latccl llulifnx,S) March 1837. 
 
 As I think your Lor(l»hii) will be dtwirous to know how tliinira are K«»inir on 
 h. re sn.ce tlie meeting of the Legislature, I shall as briefly as possible state to 
 yvu their iiriK-eechngs. 
 
 - 'n.e Ijlmse imsse.l several -re»oliiti.)ns, animadverting upOn the construction 
 of His Majesty H (ouncd, and the disposition evinced by some of its members 
 to i)r()teet their own interests and emoluments at the expense of the nubile • 
 an<l also assirting their right to control artd distribute tlie casual and territoriai 
 revenues ,)f the countr)-, &c. ; which resolutions were iwssed by considerable 
 majonties, but not without much opposition, and a comn,ittee was appointed 
 to «raw u|) an addrihis to His Majesty, embracing the substance ofthese 
 resolutions. 
 
 Tlie CJmneil, however, very temperately, but firmly, sent a mes^ to the 
 House of Assembly, in consetjuence of theif attack u,)on some of theii' members • 
 and I am liappy to infonn your^Lordship that the AsBcmbly. finding they had 
 gone too far, have rescinded the whole of their h-solutions, as weU m the 
 appointment of the committee who were to prepare their address. So that 
 InowhQpe that tilings Witt proceetl in a more'calm manner, and that SJe 
 busiwss of the Province will be attended to. . 
 
 _It is evident to me, from tHe^iMT of the House, that before the conclusion 
 of the session, an address wirjr^wn up fbi«is Majesty, praying for a recon- 
 struetion and separation of the touncU, and for thisum-nder of the cSl 
 and terntonal revenues. I tnisf, from what has occurred, that it wUl now be 
 done in moderate and proper terms. •" now ue 
 
 I hope, before tlu- end of the session/ kT be also enabled to submit to your 
 Lonlsliip .the names of fit and propj-r persons to be added to the LegislS 
 Council, and also the names of those intlividuals whom I consider thi most 
 eligible and proper to form the Executive Council of this Province, i^ Ttis 
 evident hat the reconstruction and separaticm of the CouncUs «mnot bTmuch 
 longer dt.lay,ed, without causing dissatisfaction and excitement, whidiTth 
 
 SiS^P'I^ri^^^^^^^^ "" *"° ^^y'^t* ««d distinct CounSl i Low 
 ■stabhshethti^tht-other-North^Affierieaftftovineesi-^-—™- ^^^ ^'^ 
 
 The papers which I have the honour to enclose are the copies of the messaires 
 and of the p-solutions alluded to in this despatch. '^"P'^s^"' »«« messages 
 
 579- 
 
IM 
 
 tOUIlEsmKUKNCE RESPECTING TME tiOVEHNMEM OF 
 
 NOV.! XC«)I),\. 
 
 
 iirit I 
 II. 
 
 Em-toKurnit in No. 1 1 . 
 
 '•r 
 
 ';) 
 
 III thr M<>ii4«Hii' AiMt'n^lily, 
 , - Fi'ltniiiry |m.17. 
 Oi> tho iiiiitioiv t)»;Mi*. Doyle, ilu- rollowiii^' Htsolutioiw w.ri' punw.! iiiiamnioiuly :— 
 
 Hrmlieil, Tlwt tlif nnictu-.- hithi-rt.. piirrtii. .1 by >li« .Mnjonly,. I,.ui.ltttiy,. Ciuiuil in 
 t jw iTi.ym.'^. 61 ijxrfudiuu Uiu iiL-uplu Irum i\ww (l«>lil»*.rat«Mi-», w iiot .h»I* at vnrtatirr w/tfl ' 
 I lilt ..( till- ll.mM! ut biriU, III Kii^lm..!, uikI thul oJ' m-vunil ..«' tlu' l,fi;Nli.liv.i diumil/iii 
 till' «'tlifr UriiiHli iViiitli AimTiciui C.di.mt.*, Imt iiititntry to tlii< >|>irit ol" tlii-^ WtiiiAt 
 'oiNliliitiou.uiHl iiiiiiritiUH tv lli<! iiiteriMtH iinil lik-rticH .il'tliiK loiiiitry. ' ' 
 
 //<Wm/, Tluii «liil.' iliix Hon.'.' Iiuv.' I.Min- to il.ny to tin- ii|i|.)r limixli .^f tim 
 
 I' m^liltiir.' III.' ii.^lii .njoyil liy the nprfm-iitiitivfM of tin- jm-oi.!.', iiii.I ^iiiiiiioii.d liy liiihlie 
 
 "I'liiinii, of (l.wmn ilini il ■* .iiinnn tlir iIih<'i|'<»ioii o|°i|iir>4tioii« oConl.^i niitl iirivili'iii' iiiiil 
 
 "■II |)iirtu'iiliir;Mci ih hIiiii tli.' imiIiIk' ii)lfrt>tt- imfy rri|iiir<> wtrrt (li-lilH>nitioii; wot tliw 
 
 -iK'Ml.l liuHnr iIkii Willy iC tli..y .fill not .xiin--.* to Mm Miij.HtyM (•niiiu-il ilir ilfllilM-nUft 
 x'lin.iiouol iIhh,. tli.y rr|ir.Hoiit, timt Ih.- nyMini of iiiviirmljl.- cMliuion |mr)iii<<it for 'u 
 ».ri.w ol y«.,.r-, im (niiiirht with iiiiifh rvil, mid hiw ii, l.-mh-m-y to fosi.T <tiiii|ik'|oii hikI 
 
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 tor 111.. iu«'oiiiiiio(liiliuii of thi' |iiilil«- in the l.oi;iKliitiyi< Coiiiuil Chimihir. * 
 
 niriirrcil 
 
 On motion of .Vir. Doylo, ■ . 
 
 //.,»»/»■<</ TImt u fonliiiriiiM', l.y I'oinniitt.i-, he d.-siaMl with tli.' C nil, .mi tin- h'h.thI 
 
 itlutf ol th.' i'rovmic; aiul lliiil, nymn nucli oirieruiii-e, the Couiimtti'.' of tins Mouse .l.k 
 iiiunniiniiiite the fori'noinx UcsoliitiyiM^u Ihc Comiiutti-c of thu Council. 
 
 'Irilmil, Tlml the ('Icrk do ri-qnojiti""'' loidt-iilKi'. - ' 
 
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 A .Mmuaoe from tlip Council, i)y "Mr. HaUdnirtoa. 
 
 Ijj the (HoiiRe of As«>nil)ly, 
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 Mr. Sprnker, ' ^ • 
 
 The Ciiiniil liiivi> .lircitc.i nir to dtlivir to this MonoiiruJdf Honsi- a Mfs«a.,'«<, which i* 
 in writing:— And he nad the siiid imwujic at the bar of the Moiye, and ulIir«Vtt»ds(<iinv(Mv.l 
 It inl<> thf House, and tlien witiidn-w. Thu saiil inciiiiagu was iigaiii read by tlH! Cli-rk at 
 the talde oJ th«i House, Olid is as folhiws :—« . ' '.. r . 
 
 Council Chamlier, 4 F<J)riiap"y l«;n. 
 
 Rifohfil unanimniisli/, That a nirssape lie Kent to the House of Assembly to iJform them 
 that the Council cannot continue thu' o<mfctencc to whi< h they cons.Mited wnteilday, as it 
 loinniencd on the |»ait of the Hoi|se by a breach of the privile(ie of theCouiicir, and u 
 violation of purhamcntaiy usage, which prohibits one House from interferinP'with the 
 intcnml reirnliitions of the other. ' ■ f 
 
 The Hritish'^4onstiiiition does not confer a riuht iipin any penmii to be ptvJent at t e 
 deliberations oj^any branch of the lejjislature, of which he is not a member. [Tlie riKli s 
 «d an tn|]rlMhinan are not held by so precarious a tenure as the courtesy of tiny of I s 
 t.ell..w-sul.je«tH ; and it Ih notorious that the only mode of Bainiii-; admission tolthe Hod .! 
 ol Lords IS by proeuriiifr a special rH-rmission fnwn a Member t»f that House, whii-li nrtiy |. 
 eitlier gnmt«d or withheld at the pleasure of tKe person to whom the upplicitio i is mad. 
 and It IS thfas obvious, that it is asked and received as a courtesy, and not clfimed as 
 right. But although His, Majesty's Council do not admit the right, they have for son 
 time had under consideration the expediency, of adopting thu example of the (jwo Hous ^ 
 ol Parhament m the mother country, who now very gencn|lly refrain from enforcing tie 
 •tRUfhng nrdtrs, which preclude strangers from being present at their debates. i 
 
 Although this practice is not unaccompanied by inconveniences, it is productive of raudh 
 good. It Rives to members of tiie legislature an opportunity of explaining thtf reaHo|s 
 which induce them to support or oppose the measures under discussion with greater pul- 
 htity ; and iiiaythus not only shield themselves from misconstruction, but may also reiiuifs 
 much nuaconception, relative to those measures, frord the public mind. 
 
 His Majesty's Council have this subject still unflfer consideration, and will come to suijh 
 «lecisioii upon it us they shall deem most conductive to the imblic good ; but they cannjit 
 permit the House of Assembly to interfere witi/ their deliberations upon it. 'flic bift 
 interests o» the country require that each bran/h of the legislature should scrupuloiAiv 
 j)reserve that iiidejieiidence which the constitutron has bestowed upon it, anil Avhicli wuj;! 
 soon lie destroyed if either were to allow the 9llier to interfere in thu regulations of its owii 
 House. ' , . i 
 
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 KOVA,80QTU^|4EW BRUNf^WICK, »c. . n 
 
 IliK Miijrilt)'* roiiiicil liavr M'l'ii by llii- -jounialii ol Ihr IIoiim' of Aiiiirml)ly, that Iho 
 llou>4' \\w* \\\\i MRNion tli'iNiitMl from llw (tioiiit 'Umkc mIih'Ii liiiyovcr |imviiil4>d in tliu 
 t'Oiinlry iiifl thi' iwri'iit Htalr. Tlicy rc^'ri^t llial their roudjiilorK iii li-Kwlution do now din- ' 
 I'l^N i|iid nct'iili: u()oii tilt' vaiioiiK m<'aiturc<i ivliu-li the |moht' intiyn'ot brin|{pt uiid<'r their 
 (t-iiiixMli'nauiM withoi^l oHiM^K "I* their iiiiiti'd Hiiiiplu'atioim for fh^> aid and i;niduia'i' of 
 IJiiii fmijl whom iil<iij|i' ull^Hiti roiiliitcN and nil ^int wrtirkii do iiriH'i-cd ; lint dri>]dy an tliry 
 lliiiy d<'|iliir).' thi«, ihiYrfo'l iJiat tht-y liutv no riuht to intrrlprr ; and th<r iiuliii'ct i* only 
 nlliidiil iK to iib4'>w that if niJiIi inlrrfi'mici' of out- llouitr ««ith lltt- n-Kul«tn>iw of ano#t<*r 
 vouhi <>«pr lie \mr\m. His !^lti4utty'>t ^mwil might be uH>rt> ^UMtitied in rriittta^tjjig thi* 
 llouM' of AuM^iiibly of the dikty of adlii'rin(; to the uiiri«:iit and <>hriiitiun practwyUf daily 
 iiiid intiji-illy iiii|iloiin); llic ^livnir bli'viiiii; n|Niii our Hraciouii i:(ovi>n'ii(n, |tl•«^' ttit'ir own 
 ib'titHTiiiioii", tliiiii l4ii' l(>iiii<i^ of Ai«fiiil<ly I'lin Sw in a|i|>lyiiiu to liin l\fajr<ity'A C^'onni-il to 
 adopt II kinii'iKi iit-w in lliix foi.niry, and uliicli, nottvitlixtuiidin^ its nmny aiivanlaycii, ha* 
 Imd ir« i|tt<'iiduiil rtilo wlicri'^t 1 il I'iiih lircii intriHliio'^l. 
 
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 (No. a.). 
 
 «y 
 
 / Hi-..i'luji).t>K Coimcikpfrreivf, by tin- jouriialM of thi' Koiim- of A«M'mhly, tvhicli tlic 
 ('otUw II luvi' tliH diiv ri'i'i-ivcil, thafllu' lloniM' Inivr pioDu'd M'vcnil n-HolutionH cunveyiili 
 Ui'(jii»iili UiN ii){aiiiMt Ilis Majesty'* ("ouiiril,^ iiiid, amon^ others, one declaring that soinv <! 
 Ilii'l 5l);A*berK of IIh Majesty's <!oiincil have evineed 11 disposition to protect their own\ 
 inti !i'i;<>ti< iilid eiiioluineiits at the e>^pense of the publie. 
 
 ' Ills flujt'Nty's ('oiincil admit that it is not only the rig[ht, but the duly, of the lloUxe of 
 jAs embly, to proiK.se miy ulteratiou in the instit'ntions of the country whkh they think 
 Voild prove bj-neliciul to the iM-onle; but they cnniiot admit the House to liuve any ri){ht 
 •ill) iroiioniire the nienilH^rs ol the Council to In- guilty of actiiif; from )|Orru|it nifitives; and 
 it' lii^ have eviiued u di'<p<Htition to protect tln'ir own iuteixs'ts and ertioluiWcnJ|i at the 
 €Xj «n'*'»<tlie publK', their motives must Ih' corrupt. ' ^ 
 
 Thiit decuriim which rej;iilutes tin- intercourse of fociety tmuld not loii||r Ik- preiflltved in 
 pi/yutc lile,Af in the transactions id' the lei^islature, where a mon- cer«'moni()US cdwi-vance 
 5'*-iV,""f^''' '" I'"'^"il» '"'•' brnnch should be |>ennitted to conntiit so ureal u violation of it 
 lijioi^ the otlu'r, without i'X|H>Htulatioii or rusiatance. 
 
 His Majesty's {'ouncil trust that the Holise of Assembly will,;u|)on further considetAtioii, 
 iKiceive that 11 nsolution coiitainiii); audi accusations ufriiinst u co-ordinate brunch of the 
 Iccislalure is inconsistent with those rulcH (d' decorum. 
 
 Jllis Majesty's Council would (h'cply deploii! the evils the country would sustain from an 
 iiilerriiptioii of tbu pi.blic business. They trust that the HousC of Assembly would equally 
 deprj'cute kucIi an event ; and tlie^ thi-reforc earnestly liopc that the House will feel thi' 
 priipriety of rescinding this resolution, us Hlii Majesty's Counrij I'etd that if 
 tinue toliold conmiunieatiufl with the lioutM- while tli 
 
 ity's Council fetd that if they were to con- 
 'int resolution rcinuini iiurcscinded, they 
 
 would justly forlcit their MJf-i'cs|,H'ct, us well as the respect mi«l confidence of the public. 
 It tliereloru now remains with the House of Assembly to prevent any intcmiption of tlie 
 
 l>iibli< 
 Jiistii 
 
 business ; 
 lll< 
 
 and the Council ri'iH-at their earnest hope that the House, by ^n act of 
 justice, will enable the Council to co-oiH'rate honounibly with the Houw^ in carryini; forward 
 tht' business of the session, and brinpiuH it to a harmonious aird happy issue, witli all i)bssible 
 lienetit to the ])C('ple and to the Pixjvince. 
 
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 — No. 12. — 
 
 .. (No. 77.) J. 
 
 KxTUACT of n DESPATCH from Ix)rd iihMfg to Mnjor-General Sir 
 ' C". €«»»/<*«•//, G.c.B. dated DownJng-strfeet, 30 April 183". 
 
 YAu frive mo reaaon to infer (Despatcli,. Mdrch 1837) that the Assembly 
 desire such n chnnge in the constitution of the Legirfative CJouncil as wpuld 
 bring^it into correspondence with the system at pijesent in force io the Canudas 
 an^in New Brunswick. •' \ \ 
 
 IS of course understood in the province that in all the feitish colonies 
 possessmg representative nssemViies, except the Canadas and New Brunswick, 
 the Council is a single chamber, qalled at different times to the discharge ^f 
 legislative functions, and t(j the duty of assisting in the administration of the 
 executive government. • ^ 
 
 The separation of this body into two distinct chambers, the one li^slative 
 and the other executive, is an e.\-i)erimcnt wljieh was first tried in tliemnfidas 
 by the Actof 1791, and repeated in New BrunBwick\*n the year 1832. So far 
 as I have been able to jiin%e, the result of this innovation has not been such as 
 
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 rU of Smn HooHii unolii iiul !•<■ thr \w*t mo.l<< of HubjoctiiiK tlutt I..Mty to it 
 
 dimt niul ,ff,..'Uv.- n ..|ion-.il,ility. iiihI of Mmrin^ to m-li ..{ Iho two Iioum^m 
 
 of loKi^lntur.' Hk jiu.t wiIkIu mui l««iliumlf Influ.nn- in tli.- .IfllfHTiUloiiH iiiut, 
 
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 tolhlm hy ^,. n|ir. miitiitlvrH of Hi.- |ho|i|.< „f Nma H.'oUa. Ihmhiiho tii.- Kiiuc 
 
 wiJr riof nfi^ to liu iMoiiIr III llinl proviiHv ••v.ry |mrtioi|mlioii in tli.< iimtltu- 
 
 I <»ii'« oi fli.-hth.T proviiHVM „f |)ritt>.li Noftli Aiii.rica. wlii.li tlidr rt'iinxintn. 
 
 tl|.i4 limy r««iinl as rotiiliitivi- to tin- K<>ii«-rul k.mmI, anil Imtuiim,. IiIm Maji-^ty lit 
 
 n iiviiiwl tliat tliiir .i.lvli-.- ulil Im- <nrtui,.,l liy mor.' ixiut uii.l aliiiiiilimt liiio*. 
 
 H'|l«i' of thf waiit>4 anil wIhIich of llirir ••onxtitiiintM than any otliiT iiiTrtoiw 
 
 Vil "'"V"" '■""''' ^''"•""' '" '•'"'"'• I wiliiiiKly aliHtalii from nilrriiiK on thn 
 
 Ul^i'U^^ioii „f ilir alt.rnativ.' of an Kli-itlv.- Conniil, siiKniminl in on.' of tliii 
 
 n-hiiiiii.il riM.iniion.*. It U iiiiniuMHMnrv for in.- to nav inor<> on tlii^ Miliji'i't 
 
 tli|tii to .•\|.r.-.s my i-onviition that tlio Hiitf)<f«<i.,n *vum tlirovvi^iiit l.y tliu 
 
 A^^Hrinhly ratii.r as a |»o>.«il>ir coiiiBroinlMr of i^ mi|iih>si>i| ilitHrnlty fWais i.x, 
 
 pr-^MiiK any tiv.l opihion tliat.tlu- i-vilH of wlii.li tlu-y lounilaiti »voiiKLIwj 
 
 n-hiiill.il only liy Ml I'ltwiiliul a iA\mp' in tlio>toiiHtitiition. 
 
 h'ln- ol.j.ctloiis niair^- liy tin- AssniiliTv to tlii' artiial ronijioHitioii of tlio 
 U.ninil an- lint too \\y\\ foniuliMl, aiHUIiitliiT tliat ii.Mly slmll ntain itK nrcsi.nt ' 
 fiiXni-or Miall III' nxolvcil into two' M|iarMt». ilianilicrs, it must miiliriro a very 
 " «'oinpriiiiiisi\^ilianKi' lulls coMiponi'iit parts. " , 
 
 It is now for tin- first JtiniV disilosi'il to nn-, ami, as I Imvi* rnisoii to think, it 
 was mvir nnilcrstooil Hy any of my prnlii-issors in offici', that in tliis small lioily 
 tliirc liavy Ihtii inclmiiMl wviral mntlvim'ii niiitnl toKctlwr in on.- iifflnmcr.iiil 
 partiMrsliip. tlnjl tin- imiiilitTs liMv Uvvn nluiost without ixccption fnnii tho 
 inliahitants of Halifax or its vi.inity, .tth(.t nmV tin- «n-ut majority of tlii-in nro 
 all mi'inlxrs of ww n-liKions roiunnmlty, whiph Ih statt-il to Im tin- Iwist iiunif. 
 rnns of any of thosi- into whirh tht- iMipulntiiin of Nova Hootia is iliviilnl It 
 IS im|iossil>l<- that ilistimrtions so iitt1ilioa« hIioiiIiI not hi« proiliuitivif of Hi'riou>4 
 •liMontnit ; ispcially must thirf hi^ tli« Viw«. when peeuliaritirs of rilidous 
 iM'hif an- assunnil as the ground of Jiihnissiun or excliwion. 
 
 In the list, whicih yjm projiose to triln«mit for htit Miijesty'H c.oiwlderatioii, of 
 - gentlemen qiitUihe«l to sit in the Conneil of Novn Scotia; it will Im^ your eaie to 
 introdnee the names of persons eoiineeted with all the great iiiterents, agrieul- 
 tiiral, eonimereial, iiianiifaetiiring, or professional, existing in the provinec. 
 You will also, us far as possible, proposi! candidates eortnected not merely with 
 tlie eapittti hilt w^th the other prineipal towns, and with the rumi ilistrictM. 
 ' ^our reeoniinendations will he ultogetlier uninfliieneed hy any eohHideration of 
 tlie relation in which the proposed eouneillors inUy stand towards the Church of 
 hngland, or any other society of Cliristiuns ; it will indeed he your care to 
 avoid, as far as possilile, siicii a selection its may even appear to have been dic- 
 tated hy motives of tliis description ; and it may rtierefore be necessary that yoii 
 ••Hould advert to differences of religious opinion amoiig'st the various Candidates "^ 
 for tins honour, not as constituting any criteriim of eligibility, but iw a security* 
 i ^ against the semblame of undue favour to any particular church. 
 
 If till- information on which the Mouse of AHscinbly proceeded shall prove to 
 be accurate, it is not inlprolmbh- that the necessity may arise, not inerelv for ' 
 V the introdnetion of many new iiiciiibers, hut for tlu- "exclusion froiu the liiit of 
 VA councillors ()f some of the gentlemen at present, holding scuts there. I advert 
 1^ to this subject the more reailily, because, ns no diiirge liius been ppvfcrred against 
 — aujiJJMhvidual, sjich a change, if really essential to the establishment of piibHc: 
 coiitidenci- in tliite body, will bv made without the infli«!tion of any reproach or 
 unmented pain on any of the gentlejnen who may be immediately affected by 
 It. thus, for example, I do not think it defensible that mhre than one member 
 , //U"^l *"""" ""'"iwrcial house should sit at the (!ouncil board ; and if it be true 
 tliaVthis rule has been violated, the n-tlrement of one or taore mei»bers of any 
 Kuch hrin_A«iJI Mot, I trust, lie regiurded, as it wiU certainly not Imj designed, as 
 . a pirKonaJ Hlj|j|rKt or degradation. . . 
 
 The next in order of the que-stionk raised by the Assembly is, whether the 
 K'f jnstice should retain his s^at in |he Council. On tljis quesjjion i <lo not 
 
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 into two iliMiiu-lrhiinilH'Pi, it in llii MnJ...tyN |iloni.ur<> ihnt niitliir the rhU-f 
 
 JnMi<i> nor nny of hU lollcnKinH iiliouki «fl in tim Kx.nttlvi. Councfl. 
 
 Kmi if Ihiit .hnngr Im- not nindr. Ih.- KIiik thinloi it riKht llml imKIht llir 
 Phhf jiiMhT nor any olln-r ju.Iko Mhould tw |mNirt at any of the |ir<H«>.-«iiiiKi« iif 
 thr ( ..inuil in iu ..xrinliv.. .niMuily. 'Hi.- |irint'i|il«> to Ih- i.t.adily born.' in min.l 
 nii<l iinulbn ly .ibMrv,.,! i^ iWt u|l iht- ini|,e,.M, i,«;hMMiiK »»m- .-biff j.wth*. — 
 
 »uMil.lli...ntir.>ly willulrawn fnim all |K>litUl «lii.<uMii.)iii. nml fmin nil iiarlHiHi. 
 Il.»n in III.' nnaMur. •« .if tli.. Iu.-.d ^.iv.rnniMit. .ir iff any |i.'r«..nH who mav h« 
 nvt\»n in .iiiiMmilioi, to It ft f„||„w. thai. ,.„.„ in l.-KlH|ati..n, (li.- .hi. rhiHll.H, 
 an.l bin bniihiT JI1.IK.H Hh.ad.l tak.- no .mrt wh.n.v.T (iw niiiM ..ft.n hii|i|Mn) 
 Hi.' u<l.i|itinn or r.-j.<tion .if a law inny iin..h.> mini.- (lu.N^i.in .if purty iHiliUc'ii. 
 V. Tb.. on y niol v.. for nlniniriK th.- .Iii.f ju.li... in tli.< C.Hnu'il w.miI.1 Ii... tho<"' 
 I.-. »v.i.ild probably .•..nfrilmi.. io tl„ ^nioral iinpnivvnivnt .if; iIh- p.nu«ki-nt 
 »u«H .If II,.. pnivin..- with a «r«it.'r vxWut .if .■xih-H.^mv an.l Jfii.nvltdK.' t^aii < 
 
 any ..lb.r nniniMr ..I thut body ; liut it may fairly \h' ,,u..«tion,Il wIu-Umt thin 
 mlvanlaK.;.fan Im- a.?«iuir.'d .•.inHiHt.iitly witli ihnt K.....irily which IHh Maj.Ktv in 
 
 Tu '"IT"* ''•"'■'' 7" l""**'" "«"''^'" ""y "^ ""* i"''«''« '"•'"« <lraw./lnio [la, 
 IHihi ,al .liscuhHionn of lh.- ...luntry. l»,rlia|iH ih„ wim.t ..oun..' w.iul.l' !..■, that 
 wlii.i. pn'vailK III Minu- of thi- .Mil.mi.K .aMwanl .if lli.> /Vil,u,tic, wh.TC tlu> 
 jiKKjH an- ..x.;lud.d from th.- looai l.-KiHlainr.-, but un- n..,Hlr.<.l to rt-viw, .vry 
 /\.l IK-I.ir.- it H hnally pnHNftI, an.l t.i rqi«irt th.rir .ipini.in wh.'lli.r it i>t frain.d 
 III Mi.li a ninnn.-i- an to M...'ur.' lh.' attainiu.tnt .if ih«- .,lii,.,.|H whi.rh the L.KisIa- 
 lur.^ may liav.< in vi«w. Th.- lH.n..fit .,f j«,li,.inl knowl...|«,. u,„| ..xp.ri.n.v in 
 thiiH .ibtahM-.! with.iut anv Hft,rMi.v .if ju.li.-iaKin.h.p.n.h.n.M,. Th...'. h.iw..v.T 
 nr.. ,in.-«tlonM ,iu whi.h Hi, MaifKiy .h-Hin-H to a.;t in .•.inf.irmily wjll, tl... .h-li-' - 
 
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 Copy of „ DKSPATCH from Li..„t..n«nl.(;.iv,.mor Sir (W/« ComM,, „ c H 
 [j- , to Lonl (ifciti/if. 
 
 My i^)ni^ (;ov.'mm.'nt Hoiiw, Halifoj^ ' 
 
 ..f ll^y^Hb'!^*'.'''?"'' 'f."f''""*'*"«K«' the receipt of y.mr "^.tSv M^ 
 1. .; o^rin'iblv ''f *■""•■ J^"'"'''''' '" ""thipfition .If. an L^J^ 
 1 1. Il.mw of Asitonbly lines men. iio«8e«w..n .if inHlru.iti.mH f.ir my Kui.lnm". 
 u. ir 1"^^' ?'''™ .^' "V.'^"»"»"ni«'«tio« .If the Oth March S p™-.l 
 
 colors ..nry. and of the -clu«on. a/^'ur ioSj'"^^^^^^^ 
 of som.; of thoHo who now have srat/at the Council iSrd. ^ "^^^""'"•y. 
 i2^.*^r^ll!:.h'?!:^*^'iy':«;!-P«»P'! that it i. v..ry doubtftd whether the 
 
 
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 I tru« I ^linll not Ik* I'onHl.K.ncI ii« iircmiliiinK to urn- tin- Hliirht.-^t ohioctinn 
 
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 rt^l':''- ir'"""; •'"'" •'<» .V"'^. from tl.<. dn..n..Ht„i.rv of tl... dii.f j,,,,!,.. 
 
 • S Th •Mi;"',^'''-. ""'I «» «"" n-viT ..v..|, whiH,H.ml that jiolitical l.ia, 
 fli.| ,1 tl... J u;l.ial .......hutof anvon,. of th..n. : th../ I.av,. ail I,,, n nnin.i.tlv 
 
 s|f„l ,n the. cUnl. aiul n,,.all, ,li.ti,.«,ii>h...l ,„. tL I,....-!.. Tl... hol.Vr of 
 
 liH ,.ft.... imi.t ..IwavH ,M..M>, int,ll..,.t.,al altainnH-nts of „ HU,M.rior or.l..r. an.l' 
 
 a ■l.,l„>t i,,..ni.s of ,,,..,, ,lr.n>r. hi.tl... .iisdmrKi. of his drVuit .l.iti..H. M.at 
 
 nnaf «..,,uai..taii..,. uifl, ,.v..ry i.art of th.. ..o.mtr> . nnd with aU y\a^'. of In 
 
 >"..t«..N «1,.<.].. unit... with Jiis K..m.ral an.l ,,rof,.sHio»«l knowLvJ^.. an.l ' 
 hal.ifs of bu.in.Rs ".nd.-r him tlu- most .-ffirinit 'm..nj|„.r of tl... Bcianl 
 
 Of thf ,.r..M...t .hh-f ju.ti..,.. it i> ...lonjcl, to say that his i„t,.nntvat..l tuh-nN 
 «r.. . ,mr..r>aliy .uk.,o>vlj.%..,| ^.n.l that it «.,„hl b.. hnpo.Mihl.. I fin.l t„ ,1 .• 
 I ,h.".I' f- J''"r;' "; •'"•.^l*':'' "• '"■'■""'•• '" ""• J.<'ifi>lativ..(o,.nnl. |„ 
 iron. til.. o^h(.r w (l«.«.iu«.)| I'vptiHnit. 
 
 'I'h.; |.a....Vs •nil,i,|,.,i to in your LfinUhipV .Irspatoh, .'xplaiiiluj; tl.t- prin.ipl.s 
 on « ...hi liA Majesty has h.rn ph.as,..| to anfhoriz.. a s.ttifm.nt of tl..- tiuan.-ial 
 cinot'on of N<« HruiiMviok, notjiavin^ h..,., smt.' I ha,., writt.n to Sir John 
 
 lillr\'tf-V fill" I'fkliUn; ikf tlij> ivt^.M.. k 1. . r __ t 1 . . . 
 
 Ilaniy for rojilo* of \\\v inoi 
 
 'vvvwX parts of your Lonlsliip's <'orn'S|»o»d»ii 
 
 With his pn .hci ssor aiwl him.J<.|f tin th.' suhj».it, and I Mliall tak 
 
 mysc-lf hj(- those ]irin(.i|^ih.s in am . 
 
 iM-foiny^ my duty b. .nttr with tli.. IcM^i. 
 
 ^•1 attf^nd to VDur Cordhhip's iiis,trucHluii 
 
 fr 
 
 •oni mi- (.f {((iitUniyii iligihh. as i-ouncillors 
 
 ,.<' nirt" to Kovt-m 
 
 simihir arranm.iijkiit into which it shall 
 
 i)f this Pnjvinei.'; nor shall I ftiil 
 
 IiariiiK the list which is i;xpe(te<l 
 
 I hav(.. &c. 
 
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 Coiv ttt'% UKMPVTCH from UruifiMiil fiiivmM>r HIr r»/iit Cm/iMt, e. c. ■. 
 
 fii Uird ItltHflff. 
 
 Ctnvi-nirtirnt Mini««>, llnllAix., 
 Xlv LunL I May lna;. 
 
 Mv tIraiMli-li uf llir Ml .Mwrt'li wiy Imvh pri'iMml ynur Li»nUlil|i fur Ihf 
 \(l«lrf«« or ihi* Mouiir of ^\tiM-iiiMy, whifli I now lu»»«' iIm- honour to rn«'lij««<, 
 •(^rrpri-^rntlnK vnrloMo pcHrvniiiVH iiiMirr wlildt llif InlwMtHnli* of thU l'ro\(no«t 
 nn- «nifl lo Inhour, timl pravInK MIm >tn]«*Nty, n* n rrui«*«ly for th<'tii, ht Kmnt iin 
 • ♦•If4^«lvi' t<r|{i>ilMJvi> Coiinrll, or to M-|mmli' th«' K*wiitlvi« from tin- tiTKUIitlivc 
 Coiiiiril, |inivl<linK for ii jiut n'prrM'nIntlon iif nil tht* KTvat intrn-Ntn of ihf* 
 IVoviiHT In lhit,li, rnntl •tvrurinK tlu* rvH|Mmi«tlillity fif tlii' foriiu-r lo thi« 
 C'oniiiiiwiii. ' 
 
 TliU il^ikirvM*, contnlnlnK xrvrral «'hnri^<-H iiKninut the. Council, I filt It to hr 
 tny tluty, hi Juillkt* to thut hiMly, to Inv u t-oity of It hifon- Ihi-iii, for olli«*n«iMi 
 ' tlif> noiilil hiivf IiikI no o|)|Nirl unity of iiotlcinK It ufticliUly. The (ounrll linvit 
 In roiii'rc|ui-n«'f priftflitril lui tuUlrfiM to iim*. lU-tMinipunlt-tl hy vnriouM MhwrtH- 
 llonii on Niu'h of tlu> rlihrKi-N of i\w AuMrnilily n* srr nut of ttM> Krni*r»l « imtunt 
 t(< Ih> rvfutt^l, and urvtliiK nunii-rouM ubU-etluii» to uiiy wide dt-partun- firoin Ihi; 
 nnrlwit ronMtltutlon of the I'ntvin4*«<. I liuvi* ulao tlu* lionour to fncUutr th«*Mi 
 two do«'Uin<-titM, \\i>h the m>vituI puiirnt nniu'xed to ihi-ni, uud n-qufnt tlutt 
 your l^)nlMhip will Ih- plniiu'd to Iny thnn Ht the fiNit of the 'I'hronr, with tK« 
 (VddrcNM of thf AiM-inhl) . 
 
 Nil wIhk the Miiiji-dt thron-tl«-nllv, liiiiHirtnnt ndvuntiiKm might hv t'X|ir«;ted 
 fnmt till' VMtnhlUhnirnt of tw«i dlnthirt ('ounciU -, ut thi) miiiii' tiin«> I cniiiiot hut 
 think thut the luxunienlii umnI hy thu Council OKaintt tht) uotunl uduptiuii uf th«< 
 ini*uMur«* diiM'ni' Mrrlou« attrntlon. 
 
 Ax fur iw 1 nin nivitrlf fonrrmiHl, I Hhould pniftr thlnin to rfiimln n(*nrly iia 
 llu-y iin-, for Lhiivr hiul i'v»-ry ri'iuutn to Im> xutlMfit'd with tho (Hiniluct of iny 
 Council, an wpII In their leKiHlativc lu fxiTQtiv*' nipitcity, uiid 1 ftvl pi>r>tuiuU'd 
 thnt nny nintfriul rhnnj^f In th«> conntltution of that l)o«ly, howt-fcr w«'ll ooii- 
 Nidt'n-d the iilnn.of ItR iinprovrinrnt mlffht he, would not dlininUh thr dlMutii- 
 fai-tion which ut pri'iM-nt *xUti». An adilition of four or ftvi", huwfvfr, to th« 
 Council; a« |pgi«latlvc councllIurH only, wuuhl, I think, he* dcHimblt-, nnd would 
 nuturally h-od, under Inipnivcd clrcuniMtanocM, to thr foriuntlon cjf u distinct 
 IxTnSlntlvc (k)unci|. ThiM in all the chunnc thiit I can n>(;nmiiiciul nt present ; 
 hut nhouhl your Lordship h«' of opinion thut thetinit! U arrived for nHitlniiUitiiiK 
 ' I In- cou;<t itution of thin Province to the couMtitutionit of the nelKhliourinK coUinieit, 
 your LonlMhip inay rt-Kt aiuiurp«l that I iihaU cheerfully iiHitiiit your LordMhIp In 
 innklnK the iieceHMiry arrnuKeinentii for carrying the nieoiure Intb effect befon- 
 the next meeting of the LcgiHlatun-. ^ 
 
 < . ' I hnve, &c. 
 
 , ' ("Igned) C. Cimpbell. 
 
 («>VA Ncurri \. 
 
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 EncioMure in \o. 14.^ 
 
 ADDUKSS lit' lliii llnuHc ot AHHiiublv t<f the Kiiij?, ioiii|»liuiuii(( ut tliu CoiiHtiliitioinif 
 111-. MiijiittyV Omaiil, uiul other (iriuvaiiccn; with uii AddnsH of ihi- Ciiiiiuil to thu 
 '. I.itiitfnuiu-Oovcriior, uiiii their Obitcrvutiuim in rofentuco to thi- Aililrt-HH of tho 
 I A>i»oiiibly. • .^ 
 
 To THE KlNu'« MOMT EXCKLLEMT MaJERTY. 
 
 The Imniblu AddicMoI'lb*! Ilougc of Rt^proni-nUtivoit in (iiiicrul Aijui'inbly, 
 fur the Province of Novtt Scotia, 
 May it piciwe Your MuivHtjy, 
 . Wi:, Your Moj«||ity'« dutiful und loyal nubjccta, tlie rejjirwMmUtivei. of Novii Scotia, while 
 ii|.|.r(r.rchinji the Throne to nxk for a nMireiw of gricvaiicen, tender the auriuraiicu of the uim- 
 l>at.'.l ntuichnwiit of tlio*- we repreitent to Your Majeaty'ii iiersou and Ooverunieiit. The 
 iM-ople of >ova Scotia, When anything treiu:lieH upon their righU, or retard* their prOnpi'rity, 
 turn to their.Sovereign, a» the father of alfhia peoj.le, wherever their loU may iM'caiit ; and 
 who»<- tiHection m not diniiniithed by dinUnce, iior bounded by the four Sean of Britain, but 
 jxtcndu to th*. moiit remote limits of hi» empire, rearing, wlierever pimcticable, inittitutioiw 
 liivouruble to freedom, and fostering that love of juaUce, that nice WOH of tWivtative 
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 fcORREtirdNu^Nrfe respecting the government of 
 
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 <i| lhe\H<)iiJt.ot'Asne«ibly of the Froviiue to liU Mnje^ty. 
 
 ; Tim Am cniitiilniii(>«tktf(i in fhc Addrusd i», tlmt iuciuImmh oI' Council h«vc been choiwii 
 >i HliiiO!.! fXilusively from ttm hrnj(K of di-purtnu-ntx, and from porsonn reKident in The eapital ■ 
 
 who, ,jroift.,<r-TI?fiei»niy t)f lot^til km.wledc'e, or from the natuml l>ia>t incident to their • 
 
 ottumj «<ntion*, were not ijliahHed to decide upon the wants or just clainM of the people. 
 ' It w not neeessiry now, to Oonsider whether it was wise to neleit mcniberi^' of Council 
 
 irom the heiid* of (IcpurtmeutH »t not, a* no reeentiuHtance of xuch selection has taken 
 
 pluce. . - . 
 
 _ I he I Incf Justice, the' binhop, the collector of the cuxtonH, uud the collector of 
 iBijMists, lire now the only jHiblii' oIKcerK at tilt' Board, and nearly M yews have elap^d 
 MHce the last wuH itppointtd; theeiii(it juniormemberH are all geutfemen u'ticonnected with 
 I 'a; *-''""'"'"'?■"* h "tny "'her oUice than that of memlier of the Council. It Heems 
 (lifticiilt, tlierelon-, to ussijjii any reason for bringing that forward ttnioi»i' the list of 
 grievances. 1 . 5 " ^^ ■ ' 
 
 The ri sidence of the. meinlN''r!i of the Council in the capital is next complained of, 
 K (lie Kings representative were now called upon to supply the names of gentlemen 
 nsidnig III the coiintlfy, qnalilied to become legisldtive councillors, who would be willing to ' 
 .ijerk.rm their <luty without reinuneraUon, His Majesty's Council are of opinion tl^at his 
 hwelViicywoidd (eel great; difficulty in makinc such nomination. » 
 
 ' To the viiiious charges contained in the tliird clause of the Aildress, it may be observed, 
 that the owiosition made jby the Council to extend to the outports the advantage of 
 liireii;ii trade, is confined t|i the representations which they made on th)S 10th May 183.I, 
 and submitted to His Mujijsty's Government, ' ' 
 
 That Hepoit was fouiij^led ^n llie conviction that the extension sought tor by the 
 lloiise ot Asseinbly wouldilhavc the effect of eounteracting the provisions of the Act of the 
 liuperiHl I'lirliaincnt for ni-gulating foreign trade, facilitate smuggling, diisimish the pro- 
 » I lu iai revenue, uijiire thtif fiiir tnider, increase^the ex|xns«s of tjje customs department, and 
 I'jK rate iiijiiri(nisly upon British and colonial shipping. 
 
 For a stiityjunt ol these views the Cou«cii refer to tile representation hereinbefori! 
 .iJIik/kI (ri, by which it will lie seen that although they were opp<ised to the general 
 extension lif tlje Iree |K>rt system to the whole province, they did hot advocate the contine- 
 niint of it to Iliihfax only. " 
 
 That the C<iuiicil tool* any part in determining upon the atnount of the sum which the 
 House of .Asseriibly States it was compelled to resign for the support of the Customs 
 1 Mablislniifiit, is"distinc)tly denied. The Council only concurred ii| the Bill which the 
 House of Assembly passed, to give eH'ect to th<! amingement which now exists. 
 
 TIk CoiiiuiI arc at a l{iss to know to what tlm'House of Assamhly allude, in stating that 
 the Council have interposed <fifficulties to the introduction of a justrand liberal system of 
 • iducaiicii. The Council are, and evfcr have been, earnestly desirous to promote liberal 
 Mliuation; but 'as that ^-annot be done without the provision of funds adequate to the 
 ol'jiif. it is the priivimj*- ojf the Housf oft Asseinbly, and ^not pf the Councifi to provide ♦ 
 tfieni. The Council ji»viild'>readily concnr|iii any judicious system which the House of 
 Assembly wouhl originate to jirqmote so deiii^le an object.^ ^ v "■ ' 
 
 The Council (lelirred the «oiisi<leration of the Bills sent up'by the House of Assembly, to 
 ..bolish the chief justice VJi^s, because they would not legislate upon a subject which, 
 i( brought under tlitir Consideration at all, should have Uien brought belbre tlieiu in 
 (III ir judicial and not-in their legislative capacity. 
 
 All the chief justice's predecessors in office had received t'lose fees, except for two 
 yiais, during winch a.commutation wis given for them to ^lat officer bylaw, out of the' 
 public (rtasuiy, and no provision was made in these Bills for any such commutiition. 
 
 If any grievance existed^a remedy should have been sought by law' here, and hod the 
 ■leiision proved Uns'iitisfactory, an appeal lay to Hi* Majesty and His' Privy Council in 
 Kngland. , , ^ 
 
 But the House of Assembly, without seeking for redress in a court of law, applied 
 ciir< ctly to His Majesty ; iiiid the answer to their Address, as communicated byihe Right 
 Honourable the Secw;tary of State for the Colonics, should have liireventcd the House of 
 Asi-emhly from introducing this subject as a grievance chargeable upon the Council. 
 
 The next joniplaint is, that while dissenters in this province are much more nutherous 
 tlian the memliers of the Church i>f England, nine churchmen are members of the Council, 
 ..nd (Illy tw(» Presbyterians, and one- Catholic, leaving the numerous body of Baptists 
 and. others altogether unrepresented, a \^'^ 
 
 "*hc first observation that suggested, itself in reply to this complaint is, that the CoUiimI * 
 
 Legislature, and if it were, it is quite a new '^ 
 
 ftr^ not the representative branch of the 
 
 principle of representation to classify all the religious sects in the eountry^^ 
 
 the representatives who are to compose a legislative body according to-then 
 
 ujlgitg 
 
 relative number 
 
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 The language of liberality has recently been, that -men shoiiTd be selected for the dis- 
 ilinrgc o( political duties without reference to their religious creeds, but this Uberality 
 it Mijiears must not be extended to the members, of the Estoblished Church. 
 
 His Majesty ■« Council are contident that, witlTthe exception of the bifshop, who rarely 
 attends tli(;M imctings, not one gentleman Was evei called to the Council on account of his 
 
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 tlie people. 
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 collector of 
 hiive elaptied 
 iiuiected with 
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 ; the list ,of 
 
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 [>f gentlemen 
 be willing to 
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 be observed, 
 idvantage of 
 it May 1834, 
 
 t tor by the 
 |e Act of the 
 li^li the pro- 
 artinent, and 
 
 hereinbefore 
 the general 
 the confine- 
 in which the 
 the Cui>tom» 
 I which the 
 
 stating that 
 »! system of 
 mote liberal 
 luate to the 
 '; to provide 
 lie House of 
 
 issembly, to 
 >jec( which, 
 >re them in 
 
 ept for two 
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 Atioii. 
 
 ind had the 
 ' Council in 
 
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 le House of 
 
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 he Council, 
 
 of Baptists 
 
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 beini^ a nientl)er of the Church, but Kolely because the Governor for ihe time thoUjtht liin) 
 an eligible |>er!M>n. 
 
 Adiiiittin); the relative numbers of (he various religious sectn in this province to be 
 • correctly stated in the Address,, the people themselves Tiave not acted jipon this new prin- 
 ciple of repr<wintntion, for it will ttc found that a much greater iiuiIiImt of churchmen have 
 been elected, and are now members of the representative branch of the Legislature, than 
 this principle would warrant. 
 
 The nUinerous body of dissentent in this province contain* many persons of intelligence 
 and resjfiectability ; but His Majesty's Council think it right, in order to vindicate the 
 conduct of the Governors who recommended the several members who now sit^at tlie 
 Boards to state, tliat a great number of the loyalists who settled in this province after the 
 Anieriian Revolution were chttrchmen. Among these were men of education and coni- 
 parntive atlluence, who were then better enabled to bestow' it liberal education u|>on their 
 children than those. who were struggling for a subsistence in a neW country, and hence it 
 aiwe that n greater |)roiH)rlion of, churchmen have often been found quuUhed to fill public 
 stations, thuii a mere rerereuce to tlieir relative numbers would have led us to assume; but 
 this accidental superiority is fast wearing away ; and all recent ap|K>intthents show that the 
 Government cannot be justly charged with any undue prelefence to members of the Church. 
 Keitlur of tlu' three lust Appointed councillors, before alluded to, are churchmen. The 
 master. of the n>lls, the attorney-general, the soUcitor-general, the clerk of tlie Crown, 
 are all dissenters, and have been appointed within these few years to their njspectivu 
 high offices, and the patronage of the government wUl be found to have been exercised as 
 it respects other minor appointments, without any reference to Hie reUgious creed of the 
 various candidates for office. • 
 
 Tlie uresent period, therefore, appears to have been- not very opportunely chosen to bring 
 forward the presetice of so many churchmen at the Council Board, asouo of the prominent 
 grievances of Nova Scotia. 
 
 If His Majesty's Council could entertain any other feeling than that of deep regret, at 
 the attempts which have been made to excite discontent in this hitherto happy and 
 peaceful province, they woufd be gratified to discover this proof of the difficulty of (indin" 
 real grievances here. . % " 
 
 The framers and supporters of this address have devoted a gr«at part of the session to 
 lliis subject, yet tliis prominent grievance remains unsupported .by a single fact— not one 
 instance of partiality for churchmen in the exercise of patronage has been adduced; but 
 His Maj^ly is told that he *ill readily perceive that the mere circumstance of one b«)dy 
 of Christians having such an overwhelming influence in the Council, " has a tendency to 
 excite a suspicion,' that in the distribution of patronage the tair claims of the dissenting 
 population are frequently overlooked. 
 
 It is worthy of remark, that four of the churchmen now at the Boaid were appointed by 
 governors who belonged to the Church of ScoUand (Lord Oalhousie and Sir James Kempt) 
 whde the three dissenters recently called to the Council, owe their appointments to Sir 
 Feregnne Maitland, a zealous member of the Church of England. 
 
 If the framers of this address are ignorant of the past history of the province, it is pre- 
 sumptuous m theA to anproach the Throne with any representation upon this subject If 
 they arc acquainted with it, they must then know either that this abuse of patronage has 
 or has not Uken place. If it has, they should have stated the instances ; if it has^not it 
 18 not only unjust to the Council, but disrespectliMcHis Majesty, to endeavour to excite 
 suspicions in the royal breast which they themseljSWniow to be unfounded. 
 
 In connexion with this complaint is the intimation of dissatisfaction, because the bishop 
 has a seat m the Council. To this complaint the reply is easy. The bishop of the Esta- 
 blished Church 18 ex officios member of the Council by the appointment of His Majestv 
 because that church, with its Liturgy, and rites and ceremonies, was introduced into thn 
 colony.atits first settlement by the royal instmctiohs,. and was afterwards established bv 
 law, m the first, session of the first General Assembly converted here. The bishop is iu 
 natural and most proper representative. Its interests often require explanation and pro- 
 tection in the legislature, and such have uniformly been furnished when necessarv, to the 
 satisfaction of the Council, and, as they confidenfly assert, without injury or justcaus,- of 
 dissutislaetion to any otfifcr denomination of Chrisiuins. 
 
 ,It IS true that two family connexions comprise j^ve members of the Council. Two of 
 thcin, however, are unconnected with the other three, and the journals of the Council will - 
 sfiow that those who are so connected differ in oiMnion from each other quite as often a-. 
 any otiicr members. ' ' 
 
 In respect to the complaint that five members were copartnere of one banking establish- 
 ment, it may be observed that onfe of them was a member of" the Council before that co- • 
 «.aTTT n*j' «"?*''«' *^*? a merchant, extensively concerned in business, who 
 was shortfy after called to the Board to fill a vacancy, at a time when .there was only one 
 
 »lr« T"^?'iu^!'"'^'*'^.**"' *^°"""'- When flis Majesty's Government at liome 
 were induced to think it injudicious to continue to appoint judges of the Supreme Court to 
 
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 fecotia and Rew Bninswick), it was thought necessary ta select some other person of legal 
 acquirements, and a retired barrister was preferred to any gentleman of theHlaw eng^ed 
 jn practice. After the restrictions upon Roman-catholics having seate in the legidai^re 
 L'!k '*™«*^%t'hoine. It was considered right to call a genUeman professing that i«|i»ion 
 to the Conned m this provmce, and an influential meiuber of that profession was accord- 
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 ■Vhlue „,.,| .Mttblishu lo.a,l ..„rr.' h « lE n ,/l«V^^^ '" «^ a staiKlrfnl of 
 
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 their own iutiinsio .lele.tP "fi Hy I, ,.lu,l that tho«. «,easun.» failed on account of 
 
 The n.N Hcnt,.,. by tl. n„..s.. ,,r^^, ,j ,,,, ,iv„., .„,,„„,. „„ „....„,, 
 
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 shall IH. His RLyestvs p^u ^^^ ake ^^o iTZ ."/"' *""'^/"'' ""''"'"'■ ~ ^^''""«ver if 
 the As«eml>ly ol^'Nova Woti^ th • C ,„ncd wil 1^^„ !7 "«*"-.rr t'"« '»• »"■'"• fr"'" 
 .institied in entering npon thai toj'ie " ""'"' "'"' ""' "" ''"■". '«"•' tl'<>n.«elveH 
 
 lot chargeable ^.Ih'-Sr t Sy'ln'" ^'r""?' "'' ^''^i-'y'" ^-^St- 
 re,H,rtofaconnnitti.e„ftlu.C mw t..lLhL^^^^^^^ fV *''" """"""''' '^^»^«^; 
 first snggestcd by H. Aluje.t;""!';:!;;^^ 'atirme""""'^ *'"'^ "'''"'"^" '^ -''«■•" *„?". 
 
 ^te^.;:;.;r.:r£.:!i:;.:i;{:::rri^^^ a.ocounci, Board h„.. 
 
 presides. ' " ''^'"•^ ""Knt to ft-el lor the courts over which he ■ 
 
 wfi6co«lL«se/eJted with cnuflnd^ ta^r^ T' ♦''"'«*'»««"". •!'> the Coun^r^e 
 
 If it in essential for a neir^.^^l^e raKfe±„''r^l ' H T* "*" "^"^ "'"*' "lelibemtions! 
 think .t is, none can be sun^^se „X f^ r^^ '^^^^^ «"»» situation, and the Council 
 J..«d of the judicial cstab Ct.rthe£tr^n^r'l""^'^^^^^ ">"«... who is „t the 
 .nvj..tigatinn^„dexp<M„„lin;urei!;!X^^^ "'"'^ "''"* "* """yJ-y «' the habit of 
 
 Thi: ;;:5S^:^s^2';r;r=r r- "- '^"""»- 
 
 councillor, an<l no''instancc Iml be Idd.t-^ "?v„^^ ll^"^''^^^^^^ "'" ""^•"''^ «<" JU'lffe and 
 ever having allowed pol.^ca tS" tfc C "2iS".ifi "*"" "^^ ""'" '"'^•«'-. oHiis .. 
 analogy with that ojthe House of LoJs^u/r^f^^^^^ ™* usaRe is in strict 
 
 and so li,r is it fron. bein- the ca« thar^dl 1 5 t, '''''^'''^'^'^."'"ncilB in America; 
 latu«,., that at this very time the chief i?^^^^^ ^ "'"^" '"'^'' '■'»"' "-e legist 
 
 in the House of Lord. --""'jMius o» the superior courts .n England have seaU 
 
 oftie^Str.^til'Brlii?'^ -"-'"'/"• ''- -— d the collector 
 
 coi^i't'S^';slr-t:i::::fe -.. 
 
 enlon'ing those laws «hich aTi^S 1,^ P^T. ' ''^V .'^''"" '""' •'•^^'"''*«-'' »••« d"ty oY 
 of the e.!ipiA, and whil frl,S /le1„">S'T " ."T ^T"^' '"""« """^ «^"mme^ce 
 Mis Majesty's Council are oEim./fZf ', 'm'"'^^ '*',"'. '*^»' ">t««^^*ts ih the colony, 
 tend to dinSnish the nA'ciCn^^^^^^^ f ''f ""? "'^P *''i«^^'' «v.^ 
 
 ^j^ coion^ .f .s: '- ^-^.-W^xSsrtitJtfes __ 
 ' hiitea^^is^iiir^ss nil!;': r2r i.iis.r'"^'."'"' -n'^'' "'^^'-r^^te 
 
 H«cal questions, and the (^unri have „ (f.-IH ' *^'^ """"^' '" '""^ «liscussion of all 
 elusion would i; most unwtse'' ''".*'-'"» ''.'=«"»t'°n "> HtaUi.g their opinion, thi^t his ex- 
 
 havtga^ra?dfer«;&;':^^^^^^^^^ n^^;^'* t^V »- 
 
 subnut toVthe consideraUon of\^" MS^f oLri ^ resjitetfidly, 
 
 exclude fr„\n U.e IkMml a ge,.t^eman7KspSlw^^^^^^^^ ^T' ^ 
 
 merely becaVhe is, in thelTnguai of the dayTTn oK?(.„W^^^^ '" r''"^*'"'' ^'^''^V^*'''' 
 
 holders to seat; in thrSed bit tC feetS"""' '","'" •PP"'"l'»e„t of office 
 those which should p.*do7„inate t h^ £l^oraVXo't""H"°* «""g«"*^ "ith 
 ~rchy. Onthis'^s.deoftheAtlaatic^r^jiiLtl^^e'-bL^^^^ 
 
 • • . - ' ' • embued 
 
 •S 
 
^ 
 
 IT OP 
 
 'omjre that no 
 • at tlic Bourd, 
 ' w«M tlirii nt 
 iieinljcr to c-ull 
 
 i-HtnljIikliiiifiit, 
 itivf upj)gint>^ 
 iiiuHnjr III the 
 iHTHliip. For 
 lespiitch tWiiii 
 xintiuciitH. 
 II HtttiKliTnl of 
 ■ of (fii inuiiy 
 an uccount of . 
 
 and noiiiiiiii( 
 e (Joiiii'cil UK 
 iMeil iioniiimi 
 
 iix upon tile' 
 Wlu'never if . 
 t, to ()i- from 
 ' tli<!ni(irlv(>)< 
 
 rting to ,»l»i. 
 
 d fopj^;«rii^; 
 wlifii It Viitii' ' 
 
 Hoard has a 
 'er which he 
 
 itH tcnd'ency 
 Council see 
 ^liberations, 
 the Council 
 ho is at the 
 he habit ot 
 
 i formation; 
 
 judge and 
 IresR, of his 
 ■ i» in strict 
 1 America; 
 
 the legis- 
 havc seats . 
 
 B collector 
 
 w in every 
 he duty of 
 commerce 
 le colony, 
 which will 
 ice. It is : 
 ted to act 
 iitial men 
 e Council 
 
 lUst make 
 lion of all 
 t his ex- 
 
 »\ for his 
 jp^ctfiilly, 
 e just to 
 ivatlslite, 
 
 WIS with 
 of oflice 
 nial with 
 e British 
 >roughly 
 embuctt 
 
 
 ^A SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK, &c. 
 
 ^ibucd with the JeniocTtttiii principle, that .iiilesH the Crown retains sonie influence in 
 JfUSisiir / '''jS"'''»t''«". 't *i" be impossible to counteract the progrc«^of 
 
 , J'"''"l'''«"'«tioii is not designed to cast any reflection upon the House of Assembly. 
 b|rt iiMJif jr to sta/e, that f^m Its orRanwation it doe., contain so great a portion oftfie 
 ddnocnrtic pr.nc|tlc, that if a mixed form of government is to be retained, Tme principle 
 KU[,p..rting niona/chical iMitutions must be sought in the other branch, from whicfi, thcreV 
 lore, the l.igher Officers o ihe govcmnicnt should not be systematically excluded. \ 
 
 1 he address nixt alludes to the .liflerence which arose between till- H Juse of Assembly 
 and the Council,/ in the year 18:... Many gentlemen who now sit at thi Council Board 
 were not then members ^f the legisteture ; But the proceedings of that/session were vin- \ 
 Govemnienl '■"''"' "f ' "" '"'' '«'''''*'^> *« t^" satisfaction/of His Majesty's^ 
 
 To the obserWatioMs Respecting the events of the present session, the Council reply that thev 
 <l..l not require the H,*.seo< Asnenibly to .*scind their series of lisolut^ns, but li.eiilythoi 
 expressions .uo.ie ofe them respecting the members of His Majo^y's CouncH. whkh 
 a regard to d^«iii^|iould have prevents from appearing upon thi^/ourmils ' - 
 
 As It respects the Cijuncil dehberoting with closei dooi^ ' •'' 
 
 in SlS^nS.'ASr-"*'' in this Province, and „„«! lately in all the other colonies 
 ^ The Council of Noj^ Scotia would, probably, have followed the recent example of the 
 
 an elective Legislative Council, and the desire to render the salary of everHKr of the 
 Govemment subject to an annual vote of that body, by which the House of Assembly will 
 
 • nf 1 I .'" '^"'" *** '^'V'''"'^ ""PP"'* •■«"" "»«« ?»»»«<= functionaries, the performance 
 of whose duties are essential to the maintehance and reguhition of civil society unless the 
 other branches of the Leg slature uniformly yield tp th?ir dictated are de3s To utterly 
 mconsistent with Ihe principles of the Briu'sh' Constitution, that tU Councilf^l it would 
 be improper lor them to waste the time of His ^Majesty's Government by m^ki„ranv 
 observations upon this part of the Address. J ^ ' ^ ' "' mawn^ any 
 
 FyZ.,^rf *"'''%''^""'tive proposed by the House of A4ml.iy, of separating the . 
 Executive from the Legislative dounci , His Maj Jy's CouncilEeg We to refer to the 
 opinion which they were formerly required to giveyiTpon that subjictbf the RiJhhon 
 Viscount Goderich, when Secretary of State»for the Colonies. y ne ivigni non. 
 
 7th^Myif3?:!;CX:;:S.'"'"''^''T"^^^^^ Executive ComicH of the \ 
 
 hal? '£"Zo!fX' *'1^"!S''. "P"".!'"'* '""P?^* '"''»J«'=» "« "«' «"»y unchanged, but 
 rvjL strongly confirmed by subseouent tevents in His Majesty's North American 
 
 SStToC r ^T r "" •"»*" ■•^•'"t'y l^'n taken by persons uifrie'^dly toTnonSc^ 
 institutions to excite .Iiscontent. These innovators, however, are aware that if thev^ were 
 plainly to express their wishes, they would .lefeat their own p ans, for the gr^at bod^ofX 
 
 tfilTJZ'fS'^^ ""u """'^ 'l''r"*'l "^J«=* ''"y Sirec*' rr^pXt3d leJd 
 ».,To . ^1 ™ V'*" »"eg'»n™ to their Sovereign. These desCning men therefore 
 
 hatTey mie'rt tiTal ™n"T •""* thefare deprived of the r^U^rZ^ZX 
 rL..n„ P^ nave not equal political power with their fellow subjects at home, that the 
 i?arhniT r''"ry V'^" appointed by Jie Crewn, and altLugh cS \he upir 
 Lranch ot the legislature, have no resemblance^o the House of Lords ^ . ™ '"« "PP«' 
 
 the Houl'oflSTd '^ *™* 'I'ti*^.*^^ '="" •"'^•^ ""'«• '^ry Wttle, resemttance to 
 me nouse ot Lords ; and it cannot be doubted that every attempt to create a bodv in ♦ho 
 
 0.»Z,^°.S„dl'?w ♦ -^' TT"«! *• S"ve™,n.n! of .k ,„,„„ u, lU 
 
 NOVA SCOTU. 
 
 Ij-'n^ri"' *'''^ f "^'1">" ?» "o* ^ i°'P"'ved. it would 
 
 ttvc-it, be c au sg 
 
 be M unwise to imfiisa to 
 
 \: 
 
 to it, as it would be hnpr^^J ^S^T^h""*"* ?"yT* ^""^ * ?«"*'*« '«g»' '«•»* ' 
 th«,ry, withoutV7J;PTSny';iS J,^^^ '" '^'' "P'*""*'^ ^^ -P~- '»« / 
 
 deslr^f vttin^allK^in^tli de^^L^TT^^T "l "*•* ^'^^'^ *« »»•«»« ^^^ are 
 hasa^ndencyto^inlC-pt^^^ 
 
 " •* 3 desirous 
 
■^ 
 
 
 NOVA 
 
 w 
 
 ^' 
 
 2.' CORRKSPONDENCE RESPECTING THE GOVERNMENT OK 
 
 dr»iroiiH of u»>tiiiiihitiiii: our iuHtitutioiiH uh tiiucli hh poHxibl.- to tlioite o( tJu- Bntiitli con 
 
 lUitntion, It is.«»«.rtc<i thiit .1 L.-iriHlHtivp Council caBted in addition t.^ ami di<tiiut (rom 
 
 III.' lA.-riitiv.-( ouncil, would Ikiir no mor.' roKcmMuncc to tlip Mouse of LottI* than tlic 
 
 pposent Coumil dm-s ond that it would only incix-UMO the niachinery pf the constitution 
 
 aiKl rriKler it iuort< ounilirous, without imMluciiiir any real lionefit to the Province ' 
 
 hroni the .;xt.-nl| of the ,le<tive fraiiehiw, and the freedom which every el.^tor'iMWs.**., 
 
 to ..xeniM. \m own ..iiinioii in the cUoice of u reprenentative, the people are uh fully renre- 
 
 ■ MM(,..I u, they can he iii any country where universal nuffra-^'e doe« not iM-evad N.. 
 
 nxaMir.- can now oasn ol which their representutiveH disuppwve, luir could any measure 
 
 imsH ol which the Govcmment .li»approve<l, if there wu» a CeKixltitive Council coiicuirim.' 
 
 with he ll.nis.. ot Ass..mbly in the adoption of ,ucl» measure. For so Ivnir as we fonii 
 
 a part ot the Unt.sh empire, the, Kind's representative here must not slmnk from puttinir 
 
 II iieganv,., upon liny act i.nitri.ry to his instructions, or to the views he iiml his Executive 
 
 l^omicil .•nterlain, upon any sul.ject iiUvhich the local interests of the colony clasli with thu 
 
 jjtiieral interest ol the eiinnre. " . 
 
 But if u^new Is.dy, neither elective. licre<litary, nor executive, were created, it would Iwar 
 no iiuijlojjy oither t.> the Bntisli or colonial constitutions. ^ 
 
 fhe flm (luitiii;; state of colonial society, the universal division of the iirowTtv of i 
 Ueeeased jierson 1111101.- his chililren or relatives, and;thc jjeneral fiHiliiiirs and habits of the 
 Ch''r.i'"/ ^'',\ S'"""' "'■ """tocracy uiiioiiff us. We tjimnot therefore found any ; 
 branch ol the legislature here upon aristocratic principles ; our laws must be enacted bv 
 «hose who represt-nt the teelmm and wishes ofthe preat body of the pe<«,le, and those who 
 constitu e the frovernnient of tlie country: and let the .niachiVry of Voloni^lZislaToirb? 
 
 "a^ttSe"ed'';::ft.'''"^^ "*'" "" "" •" ""^ *'**'• -"^ *''^«"'y '-0. p-cipier;,^ , 
 
 The interposition of the Council between the Governor and the House of Assembly is 
 judicious ; th,v form a part of the community, and their fiimihes, their property, and their 
 descendants will lie aflected by the law. they consent toenaet, ihile thWcoiiiexTon with 
 the Government will naturally render them desirous of upholdirt.r the Kinifs authority 
 
 Ihus we have u Governor to represent the Crown, a House of Assembly laiy represent- ' 
 
 ing the people, and a Councd interested- in supporting both. f "«-iu 
 
 -Neither the result of the experiment made upon Uie Canada* in the year 1791 nor 'that 
 
 more rectiUly tried in New Bhu,sA»;iek, is such as to induce thinking persons amiJu U 
 
 wish for Its extension to Nova Scoh^. ■ "•««""„ us ui 
 
 His Majesty's Council feel the embarrassment of thus advocaUng the contimiance of 
 
 their own body, with all its executive Und legislative powers, and they therefore in wnclu- 
 
 sujn, «„uld observe, that the greater part of tha memU^n. now composing it were Xt^ 
 
 »rom the community, and summoned tp the Council Board without any solicitation onThdr 
 
 imrt. A large majority ol them are unconnected with the Government by any office • and 
 
 althoughnot insemiible to the honour that was conferred upon them by the^ Sovereign 'wh^„ 
 
 he called them to h.s Council, they are quite willing to retire into pnvate life, «&« he 
 
 shall deem It right to dispense witfi their services rbut while they'retain their sTt^thev 
 
 are urged by a sense ol^duty to vindicate their own characters, tri preserve the riehts of the 
 
 ^ly to which they lx=long, and to give their opinions res^t Jly bu7 expl.c ly t^ H« 
 
 Majesty s Government, upon a subject so" deeply atfecting the interest of aU the Kin^^ 
 
 subjects in his Province ot Nova Scotia. , »u hh. n.iiigh 
 
 (signed) Jirentoti Halliburton. 
 ', John Aoea Scotia. 
 
 iU April 1 8:1 7. T.N.Jeffery. 
 
 H. fir. Jiimiey. 
 ' Ehou Collins. 
 
 " ; S. H. Rnbif. 
 
 C. R. Prescotl. 
 Samuel Vumird. 
 H.-H. Cogswell. 
 P.M'ATab. 
 James Tobin. 
 Joseph Allison. 
 
 Don Mi-NT> ivferrod to iu the preceding Olte^ervatiops of His .Majeify> Comict!. \ 
 
 Obsekvati<.n> of llu. Privy Council of Aoiv, Scoti, on the Address of the Housi.. of 
 Assembly of that Pivlvince to.His .^lajesty 01. (he subject of the Free Ports ind Foreign 
 
 Extract froiji the Minutes of the Proeee<|ing« of a Prtvy CouncU. lield at flic CoTincil 
 Chamber Ml Halilax, on the Ifltli May 18.H. 
 
 Tim fioard resume the considcjation of tlie Address of the House of Assembly 011 the 
 ^u.bJect of the frwiwrts, and Jbreign trade; and conceiving that it does not contain alf the 
 Views which-should be p rese nt e d t o Hin Majwty VGovewmwnt^^o-wiafale them to fornrff- 
 
 . .. _, ._. — ._..._ .^ •"» ""V^«r^ '^" ven i nien t 7-To-enaiiie tnem to Tomnr 
 
 correct opinion upon this important subject, request the President to' transmit to His 
 Majesty s Principal Secretary of State for th6 Colonies the following remarks upon the 
 Address for such consideration as they may appear to merit. 
 
 „ y^^^' f""""' *'?e nafi"'* of ♦'«> <nAc and the amount and character of the population of 
 tins province, theproductions of foreign countries cannot, with advantage to the best inte- 
 
 ,\- . '■ >''•■ ,.' " 't^ rests- 
 
4T OI-" 
 
 t> Bntiitli ruii> 
 I distinct f'n>m 
 ^niit than tlir 
 e cunHtitutioii, 
 
 I'tor IKMKM.IIf* 
 
 Bu fully rcpre- 
 im-vail. ^j„ 
 I any iiu'asiirc 
 ril coiiourriiiK 
 g Urt wc I'onu 
 from puttini; 
 liis Exeuutivii 
 :lasl) with tliu 
 
 it would )ie(ti' 
 
 |jrorH'rty of it 
 hubiti of tliu 
 re found any 
 B enacted by 
 nd those who 
 logiitlation be. 
 riaciples that « 
 
 f Assemblyr u 
 •ty, and their 
 luicxion witii 
 luthority. 
 Ily ruprebunt- 
 
 7U1, nor that 
 amoii^ us to 
 
 otinuance of 
 re in conclu- 
 were selected ' 
 ition on their 
 f office ; and 
 vereign when 
 whenever he . 
 • seats, they 
 rights of the 
 citly to Hw 
 I the Kuig'K 
 
 'rescoti. 
 Vunard. 
 Cogswell, 
 iah. 
 
 illisoH. 
 
 >uin:'.!. ■■ 
 
 L' Mousi- of 
 nd Foreign 
 
 NoVa SCOTIA, new BRUNSWICK, &c. 
 
 33 
 
 % 
 
 r«<»H of the colony, «jntcr very largely into our market Ibr domestic consumption. That the NOVA SCOTIA, 
 wareHonsing^ Micti^ aKicleH to any v^ great extent, for exportation to other countries or — — — _ 
 colonies who posseft^ aiimlar privileges of foreign trade, cannot, in tl|tt rt-gular coume of 
 eomnurcp, be uttcndcd with miicji Success. One of the advantages conteuiplattd from tlio \ 
 
 wafclioui«mg system in tliesc norlhfni colonies was an extensive currying trtlde in the pio- 
 ductions of the United States, for the sjjpply uf our West India possessions; but tlm exist- 
 inj^ scale of duties on those article^ has not becji found sulliciently favourable to such niodo 
 -oi importation to influence U»e carriage of any considerable portion of thoiw! supplies through 
 the wanihouses in the northern pi'ovinccs. It is therefore at least problemutieul whethar 
 more than tliree free jjorts are rc(i^iired Ibr benefieial purposes in this province. It is po«- 
 sililc tliat u more advantageous arrangement of such ports might Imj made ; but when the 
 
 nature of the trade is considerei', the uuml)eri)f ports cannot, we think, fairly be deemed 
 insiirticient. The Address deil^Tces, as the very encouraging inferences to lie drawn from 
 the establishment of immerous warehousing ports in the province, that the revenue wjU^bc 
 increased, its collection flieilitatcd, and smuggling suppressed. Could these objects lie 
 tittiiined, it would seem v^ry desirable;; the only question then remaining for adjustment *, 
 Would. Ik- the edect to b»v produced upon the agficulture and other branches of industry and 
 coninierce of the province. But the inferences intended to Ik; drawn are not, in the opinion 
 of His Majesty's (Council; borne out by exjicrience. Since the opening of the fi*e ports of ^ 
 
 Sy<lney and Pictou, the aggregate of the public revenue in these portft lias diniinisiied, as Jr* 
 
 will lie seen by reference to the annex(;d comparative stateniei^t of the amount of duties ^^ -^— 
 received there during fivp years Jircvioiis, and a like period lubsequent to the opening of 
 the p)rtti. It may also /fairly be inferred that the articles wiTrehoused in these ports have 
 diminished the Quantity Xvhich would have been warehoused in Haliiax, by which tlie impe- ' 
 
 rial duties have been diminished, which would make the loss Of the general revenue of the 
 province much greater than appears by tlie comparative staten^cnt. ft is ailmittcd that the " 
 trade has incieasecL; the conclusion ia inevitable that the making a port free increases the 
 facilities of smuggttnu:, which can only be prevented by an dxpcnsive increase of the cus- 
 tom-house officers^ In addition to the foireign trade carried 6n with the United StateA'ffbm 
 JSyilney, an illicit trade with St. Pierre and IVliquelon in French commodities is carried dn^to 
 a ctmsiderable extent ; and foreign pro<lnctioiis in many «)f tlie outpprts ol' the province Ci(3^ 
 bltfjirocured at- a much less rate than in Halifax, an cvd Avhich now' extends to the diniinu- 
 tioiflof the revtfiiuc in Halifax, by the clandestine introduction of such articles from the 
 outpprts. 
 
 he object Which His Majesty '« government had in view by the esUblishnient of free 
 warehousing jjortS appears to have been to permit a general inU^rcourse in foreign and Bri-. 
 tish ships between foreign countries and the capital W principal ports of the colonies; \)vA 
 it wodld be found impracticable to extend the .privileges of free ports beyond this limit. In 
 conseduenc* of the hrtivy additional expense it would occasion for the support of the various 
 Subordinate officers of the customs, nor can it be perceived by His Majesty's Couiicil that 
 such ekteiided foreign intercourse would be found either beneficial or necessary in this 
 colony iv)ndeed it must be evident tliat such trade would prove injurious to our navigatioii, 
 by giviifc U) foreiKiiers a great portion of the carrying trade now enjoyed solely by colonial' 
 vesselsi 1 But if His Majesty's Govemmant shall see fit to grant the limited privileges of 
 wareliouking ports, now possessed by iJbveral of the outports in the colonies, to an additional 
 number tf those ports in this province, where the imports of flour and other articles are 
 required for the consumption of the inhabitants, such regulation woald, in the opinion of 
 His Majesty's Council, prove mW conducive to the general interests of the province, than 
 by opennig the ports ^nerally,. as sought for in the Address. His Majesty's Council also 
 beg tb rejnark, that in one county, where there is now an officer of the customs and a col- 
 lector of icxcise, the whole colonial duties collected for several years past lias not paid the 
 expense <^f the officers ; and, from iU local situation, little better success can be anticipated 
 trom incifeasing the facilities of trade, by opening ports there. The same remark, to a less 
 extent pferhaps, may apply to many other parts of the province, which so abounds with 
 rivers, c^ks, and landing places, that an expense amounting to one half of the revenue, 
 would We insufficient to secure Its faithful collection. His Majesty's Council have, with 
 much r^ret, but with a sense of imperative duty, stated the foregoing views, as they are 
 extrenn^y anxious that all the benefits of a fair and. free commerce should be indiscrimi- 
 nately Extended to all parts of the province, so far as the same can be done consistently 
 with art efficient control of the revenue, due protection to tlie fair trader, and the safeguard 
 of the ^people from the demoraliring effects of illicit traffic. It should also b»B borne in 
 mind |!hat most of the articles importetl from the United States for consumpUon operate 
 injunrtisly upon the mterests of the agriculturists and artisans of this province, or upon the 
 impor|lation of the manufactures of the United Kingdom. ' r 
 
 H^*ring presented this view which they entertain upon the subject of tfa« Address, His 
 Majefety s Council indulge the hope, that before His Majesty's Government shall determine 
 uponf granting the prayer o» the peUtion >a txtento, commissioners may be appointed to take 
 evidence upon all the pomts connected with th^ trade of the province, which His Majeaty's 
 
 — „ ...— w.j""it to coinelb a jusi concTusion in what mode 
 
 the commerce of this colony can be regulated, to promote the best interests of all the inha- 
 bitants, c 
 
 In respect to that part of the Address which relatesto the arrangement and clJ^enik of 
 th*«u8tom.house establishment, His Majesty's Council do not conceive it necessary to make 
 WW rMMrk untU the other parts of the Address have been decided upon by His Majesty's 
 
 ^. 
 
 — 1 
 
7 If - I 
 
 V. 
 
 : '■•>■ ■ 
 
 K(»VA S( 
 
 (r 
 
 24 CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING THE GOVERNMENT OF 
 
 *-T'.^' Cqmpahativk Stathmknt of Dutinit rcceivwl at Pietou and .SWli«. f<„„. n . r 
 
 ijiipnt to o|N-iiing tlinni itn Fre.^ Warehouning Vo^U. " ""** 
 
 V 
 
 Picloii, 1H24 to IHjrt 
 Hydncy, IH44 to Im.'m 
 
 Pietou,. I rtift to l(»fl,l- - , 
 Sydney, I82lt to. IHXJ 
 
 Pietou, previ«|Uir i:.H,7t4 17 « 
 — subMlqWnt O,!}?!! <l 1 
 
 . ' Loss i'.-2,aau n r. 
 
 Kin)j'» 
 
 £. 
 
 J. 
 
 1,402 14 2 
 SH5 I 6 
 
 ^,2.18 14 11 
 2,09a - a 
 
 Provincial. 
 
 — y «- 
 
 T0T*l... 
 
 Sydney, previous £.0,849 7 7 
 
 , — ' AuWquent 7,12H - - 
 
 ' ■». ' ' 
 
 Gain £. iitt i-j :, 
 
 £. *, d. 
 
 7,2ft2 a 4 
 o,»«4 a 1 
 
 4,1. -19 11 2 
 &,ua4 ID lu 
 
 £. 
 
 Long £: 
 
 H,7I4 
 .*J/^4I» 
 
 17 n 
 
 7 7 
 
 I&,.'i<i4 
 
 .1 1 
 
 U,a7H 
 7,12H 
 
 1 
 
 13,600 
 14,564 
 
 1 
 6 1 
 
 2,»S7 
 
 19 - 
 
 
 « 
 
 HEPORT of a Committee of the Privy Council of iVoiysyXii, rerative to the proposed 
 Altt-rations in the Mode of Oranting LantM in ttiis Province. 
 
 ■ ^ 
 
 Extract from the Minutes of the Procee«ling» of a Privy Council, held at the Ooveinment 
 ' House, in-Hulifax, on the 29th July 1828r 
 
 The Conimitteo of His Majesty "s Council, to yihom the regulations which have been 
 . adopted n Upper Cunoiia for granting lands were referred, report,—' 
 
 That they have carefully perused these regulations, and they submit the- following consi- 
 derations upon the subject to his Excellency and His Majesty's Council. 
 
 1st. 'Die situation of Upper Cana«la differs widely from that of Nova Scotia. Tlie former 
 IS an extensive colony, containing an immense body of valuable land, remote from the sea, 
 and agriculture must ever form the primarv pursuit of its inhabitants. 
 
 Nova Scotia is comparatively a small colony, surrounded by .the sea, alwundiiig in har- 
 bours and inlets from the ocean,- and although it contains a great quantity of very valuable 
 land, the- wealthiest part of its |iopulatioii is, and ever will be, commercial. " » 
 
 In Upper Canada, therefore, it may be e*i>ectcd, that as its inhabitants acquire»wealtli 
 Uiey will be disp<iscd to invest it in the purchase of lands, either from the government or 
 pnvatc individuals;, but in Nova Scotia capital may be more profitably employed in com- 
 mcrde, and few persons will lie met with who will be disposed to invest it in the purchase of 
 wild lands. ' • 
 
 In confirmation of this opinion, flie Committee refer his Excellency and the CouncU to 
 the well-known fact, that the large grante which were injudiciously made some yeare since. 
 oJ the most valuable lands nj the province, to the different individuals who had influence 
 with the govemnient of the day, sUII remain in the hands of the grantees or their repre- 
 sentatives ; and although procured for the express purpose of Selling them, a very small 
 portion of them have as yet been disposed o^ and even that portion at prices which have not. 
 realized the.expectations of the gtantees. • 
 
 2d. In Upper Canada, we are informed, that regular surveys have been made of the lands 
 in general, and that large reserves have been made for the Crown in situations whiph render 
 the reserved lands valuable. I^ Nova Scotia no such system was adopted. When His 
 Majesty 8 Government first atteiftpted |he settlement of this province, it was considered a 
 cold, iQhospitable, -barren country (only calculated for the abode of fishermen), but few 
 would undertake to setCle in it, and Aose who did were encouraged to do so by extensive 
 grantli in whate v er situations of^'^lH ^ ^4hey-f'"""■*■^ '-^-'-* -i!-:t.it: n. . ^ .- 1 ■ ■ 
 
 ftas been that hot. only the most valuable land in the province hti's beeivalieady granted, but 
 what remains to the Crown lias in remote situations; where none tut the poor who are unable 
 to purchase will submit Ui live. '" ' < 
 
 The Committee think t^ey may safely asserttti that there has not been a single instance 
 for 20 years past, in which any person {XMsessing capi^i has plaated himself in the wilder- 
 
ST OF 
 
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 li have been 
 
 Dwinp; consi- 
 
 Tlicronner 
 rom the sea, 
 
 ling in har- 
 ery valuable 
 
 ■' ' * 
 |uire»wealtli 
 remment or 
 yed in corn- 
 purchase of 
 
 Council to 
 years since, 
 d influence 
 their repre- 
 1 very sinalt 
 :l) have not, 
 
 )f the lands 
 lii^h render . 
 When HiH 
 >nsidered a 
 i), but, few 
 r exteMJye 
 i ButwIiic l r "^ 
 ranted, but 
 are unable 
 
 e instance ' 
 he wilder- 
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 NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK, *c. 
 
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 Committee Room, Halifax, 
 11 February 1820. 
 
 (signed) Charles Morris. 
 
 Brenton Halliburton. 
 S. li. Robie. 
 
 REPORT of a Committee of the Privy Council of Xova ArtX.Vr, on "Viscount Goderich'^ 
 
 S:z^^p.::%^:::s^' '''"-' -"•*'- — ^p-t'o„of.hoL.,.siat.vecouti|, 
 
 . «.tract IVom L ^^^^^^^jf ^.^I^Ji^^a ^^ at t.,e Gove.ment 
 
 G,;S^cKS'Dol^i tith t^:^fZ:'^^' hon«u«h.e Vsco.^ 
 
 year 1740 to the present dav. have not U^ J:..!?™^?!™'.*^?',"^ establishment m the 
 
 
 tff- 
 
 ne^s and devotfd that capital to tlio cultivation Hi' wild lund ; Iluring that period a vu»t NOVAHCOTlA. 
 bmly ni .the wildoniesH huH bt*n ricluiniFil, but tlii'-ie improvcnionts have been chit-Hy —«.-_—« 
 cHi'ctrij: l»y the cHiirtit of cniii?ranU, who wire <cini|iclicd by their |x>verty t" dUbmit to tho 
 toil of Kiibauinh' the forti>t, and purtl j|j i ) i ihl poorer |jart of the native population. SJoum 
 of the t^'ronteeH of the large tracts hove cx|iendc(l money in clearing a part of" their land, 
 but in no case have they received a return to encourage them to proceed. 
 
 I iider the^e cifciinmlonceH, the Committee conceive that no price could be procured for 
 the wild landH whiclv, now remain to the Crown in Nova Scptio, suliicient M pay the exijpunH 
 of the survey of them, wlii«li munt Ik; nuide prior to the valuation contemplated in tho 
 lirst article of the Tpinr Canada Regulations ; in conHrmntion of this opinion the Com- 
 mittee r^fer his Kxcellency and His Mmcsty's Council t<i the Order made by his late 
 ftlttjesty, of the ;ld Febrimry 1774, for Ihi- mk of the wildernexs lands in Novu Scotia. 
 At thut time II large portion of the best land in the Province Itelonged to the Crown, and 
 convenient pluiitulion lofn wire luid ofl' in the most eligible situations, and advertised for 
 sale ut public auction; but ulthoufrh these lots were »et up at lUl. ja-r acre, and due notice 
 given ol' four mimtlis hs by the suid OVder directed, there were no bidders lor them. Tho 
 ex|Kiise of the survey, prepiirutory ti^^he sal^, wus defruyed by His Majesty's Oovem- 
 nieut; and the »y^teni of unuitmg lands in the usu^l mimiier wus rcKumed, which your 
 Committee think would Ijc the cttse if the exi)erin\eiit should be again tried in this 
 Province. , 
 
 The Committer have no doubt but that these regulations may be verv beneficial in such 
 colonies as lp|H.r Canada, New South Wales, and countries where the Crown still retain* 
 n great i|Uiintity of valuable land ; but they venture to Mmgot the propriety of continuinsr 
 ml Ins Province the system winch has been hitherto pursued, of granting lands gratuitously 
 with the usual reservations, as the interests of the Crown in the wdd lands in Nova 
 bcotiB IS so much diminished, that the Governnient would derive little benefit from tho 
 change. 
 
 The system nhich now prevails might undoubtedly be improved, and the knowledire 
 which the local governnient |>ossess may enable them to remedy some inconvenienc«B which 
 now exist ; but nii entire change of that system might create confusioii and disconteiit 
 without prwiucmg anjr, corresponding beneht. Tlie Committee, therefore, report as thCit 
 O|»niion, that the proposed regulations are inapi^icable to the present sUte of Nova Scotia • 
 and that the very tritling pecuniary advantage which might probably be eained bv itH 
 'adoption, would not compensate for the dissatisfaction which it would excite amomr that 
 description ol |>en>ons whoure almost exclusively the applicants Ibr grants of land 
 
 'It IS not easy for those who reside in Europe to form a correct opinion of the difficulty 
 ol subdmng the wilderness, and reducing it to a state of cultivation. The wild lands which 
 ndjom populous settlements may indeed be cultivated to advantage by those who alrcadv 
 -, possess larms which yield them a subsistence^ but no land so situated now belon^s^to the 
 Crown in Nova Scotia. The ungranted lands lie in very remote situations, and the man who 
 plunges into the woods almost invariably struggles with hardships to which nothmir but 
 poverty would compel him to submit It has hitherto been theHibject of Government to 
 aflord every encouragement to tins hardy class of Useful settlers, to' whose eHorts w" Je 
 ^. indebted for the improvenit-nt/ of the country. They caniiot p,irchase; and if wild land i^ 
 not granted to then, upon the easy.tenns on which they have Intherto procured it,they wi f 
 be both unwdling and unable to conftnue their labours, i' « ™ u, ,ney win 
 
 p,«ceed.atonce.toTi;;\ithfn;k^rr;eriror^^^^^^ 
 
 to excrete upon this quesUon, which they have fell S'be oL' ofc dSy" '^'' """ 
 
 *.u.d p.mpt them.to say, sudi-a-^p;;a]i;r,;i^rE^;cu^^^^^^^ ScTI 
 
 be Je«rable; but .tS« manifest that the diflerence in the condition of 
 
 as is proposed would 
 
 the 
 
 .7- 
 
NOVA SCOTIA 
 
 
 1 
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 int ^i,o,.l,| l„. ail,...!,! „,;, rt.as.,„ for makh.ir the iiropos,.,!- uU<Tati...h, (hut so.n.- desiri- 
 .. 1 la-b...,i,..v,„....H, .t .,.ay b;. ol,s..,v..,l that .ban^e .J' a.,y ,u.,l ..r ..v...v k„.d uil| 
 
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 .'......mi„y. II,...-.. has both .,„ ,.v.,|..,„:,. that the ineasure is k.-.......I1v .leli,-,.! uMH^y 
 
 s<...,iyu a,i.l,i.,m,,.or.ve,,j»i.a,,y wish tor it, it is ..ot pr.jbable that iill *th,.»,. will Iks 
 H.ri-6...Utthr..,.haMd;.. shoul.i be a.eoluplisJ.ed. Th.re will be 1« ..v.M.cta.*. s V... e e.^ 
 ai.,...,.,t,.u.„t I hat w,ll lollow; ■,i.,.-t...,ths o('tl...s<., the.elor... .,.,.st I .. , i^pSte.l . .1 th .s ' 
 
 d,..,o„t..,tw.llb..,nereas,.,|. The «.H.j,.et l.,.s ind..e.l Ik..,; ....der discZio,! in ti.e IIou" 
 
 M , ..sty s ^oi ...tor-treneral a.non-^ oth,.n., to express a .leKirc Cor an'Elcctive Cou..cil ; with 
 U.,al,sr..^^ar,l.,r(o.j;et(uh.»rss or the obvious (aet. that the b.lance or thtr^consliU.C 
 ., at o,,ce l>c. destroyed, when no intermediate body woul.l U left between 4.e repre- 
 .eniative o( the Crow.. a.i.l the represcmativcs of the pcr.ple. But it is U-lievod that the 
 t"^"?"'""'":'^' : y^^ '•':'"'^''^ """;'■ "■f'r^^t i n that hAu s^. al t h o ... rb pnv y r nl nf ; - 
 
 I.u»e been nanl,.d as exJxjctn.ifS of seats In d.e IJxccutive Md^ Lc^lSruITve C^ij;;;;!;; 
 All tlu.seco„sld*.rafioijglead.to the conclusion that the suggeste.! alteration should not 
 
 ™»v L r '■"";i'"'"V • '■"T •-,'''n"^'°«"' t'Tobje^tion. Whether tl.cy are so obnoxious 
 may be ea^ly ascertan.ed by the Secretary of State, upon n-fcreace to the discerning indi- 
 
 > ' ■• . * • ' viduals 
 

 .-\ 
 
 ST Ol' 
 
 [Ut till' Mlil)j)!(;t 
 
 mliitivc Cimiu'il 
 rriini iillii'i', imhI 
 i|)|Hwitiiiii tlint 
 
 «ll« liltUHO (if 
 
 tiul Hd jiri-iu'rvn 
 
 ill till' rM'Vi'rul 
 
 iMiii tor IhiIk'v- 
 
 ti) coiit'iir witli 
 riitcrtuiiicd in - 
 
 rkiil, tliiit tliu 
 Mini iiiiMiiiirtly 
 lirriti'iit liiinril 
 
 i|>li'li'ly an itiiy 
 
 lllllllltim ill'tllU 
 
 ■<l »itli iillici-, 
 I'i'ii iiiiit^iriiily 
 
 llxiollS wIk'II II 
 
 I'iK'tiiiii til tile 
 • (tilliriiity, or., 
 tin; Prnviilrt', 
 it ('oiiiiril Imn 
 ivo l.i-);iHliitivi! 
 I! iiiiiHt ('lit;iblu 
 
 AMMflltbly UK 
 
 viiulil In! iiiiire ' 
 II ill till- other,' 
 lliu lloiiMC ol' 
 
 I inlliii'iK-o in 
 Itiit tliosi> in 
 I'il iiri-iilrrii(ly 
 tiitioii, or tilt! 
 
 I'll U!< HOOIl II.1 
 
 irrii |iriH!iic('(l 
 |)ii'si'iit Htatu 
 ir L(>(;islutivu . 
 
 VC tllllll WITl! 
 
 siMMiiiiiilaiiit.s 
 ilily li-ail to a 
 iiuly rlli'i-tiinl 
 
 of alFordini' 
 <•, wliifli win 
 
 nnwnt coii- 
 
 lIlOM'Oolollil'iJ 
 
 its i;ovcriiors 
 islitiili'il^ lius 
 siiyitiir more 
 made by Uitf 
 
 some (leKlrp 
 'i-y kind nill 
 part of every 
 sired ill the 
 ii'se will lie 
 ts for every | 
 led, and thus 
 II the House 
 ul even His 
 luiicil ; with 
 conHlitiition 
 n the ruprc- 
 nl.that tltc ' 
 i tt nirmlx' c^ 
 •its. 
 
 sliould not 
 luct of the 
 > obnoxious 
 truing indi- 
 viduals 
 
 NOVA SCOTIA. NEW nRUNSWICK, iic. 
 
 a? 
 
 fit • 
 
 VidiiuUnow in Knjfland who have Im-i-u J;overiioni of tli« col.mv, but have teamd I., U NOVA M'OTIA. 
 
 '■; '''■'' "'"' "I; i""l tlie-e dl«tln^;lllHl III ,M rHoiiH, Vlieii «iviiiir tl„.„ le.limonv to tliv ' 
 
 rliiinii ti r and iiHi'liilne»» III the Coiineil ak now eonNtiliited, ean enwiy ntute whether (he 
 *lj.iiid, atlhoiiK I ready ami aiuioun at all iinen to |.roMiote the objeeln of the (Joveriiment 
 «hin Ihey eoiild eon-eienlioiiHly |iromoi. them, have ever ftiiielied (Von, oHerinir their 
 lioiii'Hl adviee, when they have lioeii *«. un|'ortiiiiute a« to djHi-r in opinion from the ro„re- 
 Ninliitive III lliuir >V)vrrei);n. i. . l" 
 
 A diHn-u'ar.l(oall|[ieeireiimi.(aii(eit i^hieh have now U-en mentioned, and to monv 
 otliern « liieh need not \w emiiiiemteil, huH MutiMed the Oiimeil that it inuMt l;i! deHiruble to • 
 
 relii.ii III thiH pri.viiiec itH uiie t eoiiKtitiillon, whieh hitherto liun iintlier been ineoiiveiiieiit 
 
 ni.r miF.ieee^hliil. It may easily bo altenil at a futiiri day when the eohmy nliall U- nu-ro 
 
 nne lor kiuIi a elmii^rc i( tin. new i «titntii.iw whieh have U-en introilMeed into the 
 
 uilioiiii.i. eolonies should, iiolwithHlandin^ the iiieimvenieiiee whieh how aflemis iheni 
 
 III '".'l'!l'''"'-''''i"i"r^ '""r 1 »•""■.''• i*'"'^'' "" '"'•■'■y '"y' ""'•J^'-t "itirn-gret aiuruiarm.and 
 he .li«e inteiited have liohlly deelare.l, with revolutionary violeiiee, that one of the mm 
 
 leHed'intn'ftil '"'"'«"" ~^'"'"'' '" "'^' '*"'''» -^^^^X- 
 
 roI!,!'*ii".*'"'"* 'r''l"'"'M ♦''"'•'"'y «■',"«•'' l"»« I'eon laid upon them, the members of the 
 
 Hioiild lot l)e BUtislied with the view they have taken, and with the reanoiw tliev I a e 
 uldiieeiln. .^,,H,rt of that view, the nanie teelin«s ^hieh have ul»uW T.iHueS this 
 Uoard will nrevail. ^otln^); ean be more foreign iVi.m their wild, than to be imZ .mel 
 the way of aiiv measure iv tie i Ilia M„;.....°.. ii:. i-l _ .1111.0111, iiiipi(iimuit>< 
 
 ,VT „ —No. 15.— 
 
 (No. 88.) 
 
 Extract of a DESPATCH from Lord Cilenel,^ ,„ Mnjor-Gerx-rnl Sir 
 Lolm Cumphell, g.c.u., tlatcd Downipg-street, (i July \M7. 
 
 vvl.i.rk endoW^"- ' •' "'"^ *'"' '''^'^'''''' *» '''^ '«»« Majosty an<l to yourself. 
 Tlu' Assembly/ having deliberatelv expressed their oniniou that the uolf„« 
 
 ;1* ;,?^TTr"''* '"; v"™»t«'<J b/m-ating two coSs StSof or 
 
 I™. £ V ?^ *" their judgment on that question, not imle« u tE 
 some distrust of the soundness of the conclusion, but c.mvinced thalit is a 
 
 01 til. people. ,nie Uueen can give no i)ledge that the Executive Cmine I «-,-|l 
 dvayscompnse son^e members of the Asselnbly, but mnmnnds n^^o stS 
 that the circumstance oCany cantUtlate for that J^nour Z^^ hat , n ' 
 
 ..t^ and cardinal principles, but are such a8 may be entertain^ by J£se 2 
 
 No. 115. 
 
.\ 
 
 ^()VA HCmiA. 
 
 'as COHp:sPONnKN'( K IIKSPFXTINC; THK (iOVKUNMENT OK 
 
 ■4 ■■ i 
 
 pupuit of till- ortt> comiiiun objfct, tlu) 
 
 an- yvt prriuiriMl to ro-optriitf in tin- 
 piiblh" wrlfiire:^ 
 
 I Minll b»'»t ti.i(tlfy my rwpfft for thoM* bmmli.-* <.f th.« LrKlitlnturf by 
 <hrliniiiK t.. .'nt.T on th.»c «ontn.v.'«..,l «u<-Mlonn. |MT«Hul«i am I »ni that lb« 
 """"■' •>» "^wncilliition will br nioro n-mlllydUeovi'ml witliout th.- inttKintion 
 of am tlilnl piurty i am! tliat tliiit bnppy rt'Milt cnnnol lonx Im' (bftrri'd in ii nw 
 like tlH- pn'«>nt. wlim- both imrtlfK nr.- nnininlcd by rt livtly K«nl for tin- public 
 KO.MI, i,n(i botii an dirm.'.l by wimlom and .xjiorfvnn- in tin; pnm.<utlon «)f 
 Hint purpoKr. You will foninmnicntt^ t.) both bnuiolH-^ of tlu- I^'»d«laturf thin 
 
 Vr'"» • "'"l'"y *''"P"»«'' "f <•»♦• •■«"»> April, iw .untuiiduK tlu- answer which 
 »hr Maji'nty i>t plen»td to ntum to thWr nddn'Kit. ,, 
 
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 (Xo. 0.3.) 
 
 — No, 10. ■ 
 
 rf.XTR^rr of a DKSrATCH from Lifuf.-Oovrmor SlrCdfiii V,mBflla. c 
 
 to Lord (ihinl,/ ; dntvd (iovcrnnu'ut HouHf, Halifax, '.'(J 
 
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 I II AY K had thi! honour to rm-ive your Lor«l»hip'i» ilr!.p«t(;ri, Nf)...8«, of the 
 
 ■ (itli July, ill which your Lord>thi|». after HignifyinR Her MnjeKty'H orq'ulrswnce 
 
 in tlic in>(truction8 roiiv«y«d in your tii'spatch «)f the 3(»th April, for my gjiidance 
 
 " on the queHtionrt j-mbraced in certain nwolutionMiif tlie Houtte of AsHembly 
 
 w\Mi I hud tranHinitted to you, and repUinj^ to soim^of the demandii of the 
 
 \Hfiui«e t)f A»Kembly that Ivad been nlnce jfrefirred In a inon- s|ieci(ic! whapi' in 
 
 fheir n'cvnt addres» «o the Throne, rlireetH " me to eommunirntp lH)tl\ tJtf'ne 
 
 deii|iatehes to the Coundl ancj Assembly, as t^irffiining the answer which 
 
 Her XIajVsty lias been pleased to n-tuni to that aOHRVtv 
 
 „Tlu- .^*^^pn^lti«»n of fhe Council into twii cliamfiJtrH. Uiwinn been determined 
 upon, in Compliance with the expressed opinion of the HoUse that that measure 
 would promote the welfare tif the IVo-vince, it has beroine my duty to submit, 
 for \our I^irdship^'rt approl)ation. tlie jjajM-r which Ihave Ww honour, to"«'nclose, 
 \ti\uit a lisiof the persons wlioappnar t«» me to be the best »tuuWw'<( to 4roni|)ose 
 tbf Executive and L«'«islative (.'ouncils. " ' , ' 
 
 III jtreparinR the lists of couneillofs, I bnvv borne iu mind youjr Lotdship's 
 
 i|rtictioiki,/iiid have made the best selections I can. 
 
 rei)nsider"*lmt the Exe<:utive Council should consist of seven Jr nine, and 
 till- Lejjislative Council of st-venteen members ; but I would not reeo|iinnend that 
 the iin>iiber in itither should be limite«l In the Royal Instruction. , though no 
 .iddition then-to should on any account be n\ade without the previous simction 
 of tiif Secretary of State. I think also it should be pn)vide<l, in the <'asc of the 
 iio|iiiiiation of u hieniber of Assembly to the Executive Council, that his seat at 
 till' IJoard should become vacant On the dissolution of the Hous^, or <m lii* 
 c(|iMng to be a mchiber of it. / 
 
 Concluding it to be your Lordship'.H intention that all the membi'rs of the 
 prcs-eht Council should belong to one or the other of the new chambers, (for 
 ytlurwise .much discontent would Im- cn-ated,) I have framed the lists accord- 
 iii^«ly : though some of the iiresent Council would probably be jlisposed to retire 
 mto private life, if allowed to retain their present rank in society ; and I would 
 rticommend'tljpt it be left optional with them to <ls so, with that privilege. 
 
 At fit>^t, a ipajority of the legislative councillors will be resident in Halifax, 
 thouirli ciqnnected with the country by property or birth: but as vacancies 
 occur, opportunities will offer of supplying them from the rural districts, which 
 will then, I trust, be better able than they are at present to afford suitable jwr- 
 sons for the office. 
 
 1 have not failedto advert to the exception taken in your Lordship's despatch 
 against the pres^mfccOf more than one member of the same commercial house 
 
 >i> th» CouHcil. ' Of Ihc i tlirt ' i ' membo f a of the Ilidifax b gtn k, who 
 
 councillors, one, Mr. Cogswell, is named lus an executive councillor ; and though 
 the other two, Mr. Collins and Mr. Tobin, are both included in the Legislative 
 Council, 1 cannot anticipate that any disadvantage or dissatisfaction will arise 
 from the circumstance, and I am unwilling to omit either; the latter because 
 
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 hx M I ran liam, for the offic- j nnd thf fornirr. iK-nuiw \\r biinff many yc'nr* 
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 a junior ctmndllor. Om- of tluni, howwer, will prohnbty n-tln* MHintaiuoiiMlvi 
 but to 1h' cxoludid would Inivitably iMToiiion mortification. 
 
 In tny dMoatch of .-ith June, I utroiiKlv rewmnnndid that thi- ihii-f iustii;». 
 Hhould remain an nn-»idiiit of the bKiMative Council ; though I would liftrdlv 
 / hliM. done «) hoil I then adverted to a |ia.^aKe In your I..)rd.hi|»'H ih-wMlidi of 
 the .imh April, where, n-hrrinx to his tontinuancr In the U-Kinlaflve C'^iuncll 
 ^our l^irdnhip otatiH that thU i-. a question " on which IIU Majenty dcHireii to 
 iiM III ionforniity with the delik-rate opinion of the |H'ople at farm., and with 
 rl.WMnefit of the mlvice of their reprehentntlvem" for, if the chief justice were 
 nahud ill the new instruction an presld.nt of the Coumil, he wouhl shortly b« 
 Hiibjected to the pain of a removal, it Ih-Iiik eertain that the communication of 
 your L.rdshij) s deH|mtdi to the Assimbly wouhl be imtnwliately followed by u 
 deelanition of their o|rinion, which in fact has iMm «lnady pronouneed.thut the 
 «'hief justice ou^ht to take no imrt in the Mslatlve prociMHlliiKH of the pi^ivince 
 
 Whom to recommeml in his place. I know not. Mr. Ilobie. wli» f.n- many 
 veors whH speaker of th« Ansembly, would Ik- the In-st substitute; hut he 
 apprehend, wouM not accept the ofcce. Tlie same objectk.n which applies to'' 
 the chief juiitice is, I sunpose, equally applicable to the imuiter of the rolls- 
 an. the attorney-Keneral, who otherwise niiKht b* selectwl for the di«tlnction' 
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 the speaker of the Lower House ; but he might, |MThaps, be willing VirnS 
 (Vat In the Assembly i» promoted to the president's chair in the Council. 
 
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 (No. lOI.); ^ , . . 
 
 ^^ J."*;^^ V' " l^ESP.VTCH from Lon^ (iUneff, to >fajor-Genernl Sir 
 c «/»« CampUN, o.c.B., dated Uownirtg-street, .11 October 1H;J7. 
 
 I PROCF.RD to the n'al subject of your denpatch (HI August 1837, No ».»). 
 
 namely, the comjiositlon of the Legislative and Executive 0«nincils ' 
 
 'iour suggestiims have been fomieil avowedly on the conclusion that it was 
 
 Z^XTlfV^"' "'M***' r"»'"T "f. ♦»"' V^'^^' Council shouhl belong to Z 
 J or other of the new Chambers. Anxious ,w I am to avoid whatever nmy tend 
 
 h.t iTZT^"'^'?7l •':. '""«"»»•*"» «" «"y quarter, I cannot satisfy J. ^i 
 that It nou d be right In the present Instance to act on the rule to which tV.i. 
 
 {wcrzir/"^""!:' i"r . ' ^'"'•^^' •«••»'»"♦>• in tL^;,rp'sittwfVS 
 
 tw ((oundls to make that sjelection of individmUs which I have rcasi.n to 
 . bellevV would be least open to ust exce.rtlon. ami whi,.h would nffonl tl^ most 
 satisfactorj- proof of the desire of Her Majesty to entrust the duties attaluTto 
 niembers of the respective Councils to gentkunen entitled to tS e coSnce J 
 the great iHMly of the inhabitants. In omitting, however, from the m'w lis s 
 my gentleinen who are members of the present Council I wiVh t to be d^* 
 tine ly umlerstcKHl that nothing can ]te further from my intention t a.?toJnflict 
 on h..n any pr,n^ or subjeet them to any repn,acl. ..r iliscndit ^"moid a v 
 such suspicion, Her Majesty has been iniciously pleased, in nccor,krt?S 
 mm r*^*" -^T' ^" "V'">"f!' "-•• <»«•«>«• that thev should WtairtE jm-S 
 rank irsocietj^on retiring/into private life. With the VTrv imnerfect ™ rl«n^l 
 
 ^ the'cSdr^" m'"" "f *»»- i»'^5fi<^«tlonH of dSfelt llffi et?oSt 
 Ih. -?r ; ^^"^^ "u* '■•'"*""' to submit any final advice to Her Majev,?v on 
 that subject without the support of your authority It i« nt Vhp 1^.? .• 
 
 rrXX'^^'"*"'' ^^^' theTpartitiJn of the exTs&g K nd into tti'S 
 ttat iet'fi' """ *"'^°"'.fr^>' delay, and under fli^se circuiZauTrfri 
 IntUritv^? T"* which I can adopt is to convey to you Her SSes ?« 
 authority at pnce to appoint provisionally to each of the duncHTthose^ 
 
 duties which wUl devolve on them. *^"'"^»'' ** ttar respective 
 
 inlZ^^^Mf^i^^^J^'''^^''''}t^y ^f>'»« «J'^««°" which you mak^ - 
 aK"^.l'l"i*Tn ™'* °'*^ ground, on which it haspi-oceSedt 
 numSr^^^kS r. M '* ""."«*««»>y Pro^lonoUy to appoint the fuU 
 number of which the CouhciU are intended ultim«ely to consist; you will at 
 
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 Thni luii iiiorrthnn imi' fourth Ih> imlilin oWciTii. . ' 
 
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 nllKioua oiiitiioiiN, JiUt hi Miih u iiiiiiiiM>r nn to uffonl no iiinu«il)ht grounil for . *^' 
 %lw »iiK)>Uioii thai tin; dtoUc wiw liiHuinit'il by that coimhlimtlon. * 
 
 With rffiniiii- to lllf lircMliliney fii thi- U-((i«lntlv«'^('ouiirll. Mrr Mnji-^ty 1% & 
 
 |ih'(u«i'«l to ooiitiilc that duty to thf wiflor iiii'iii^mt for lln«,tlmi< Im-Iiik, with ihf 
 rxiT|itlon of tlw liithop nnil thi- iiH'iiilH'tj* hi4»lki|f>«iffirfH iif riiioliimi-nt iiniler 
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 You will rdiiiiiiiinifftlp to fmth bmnrhm nf the rmrinclnl L«'gl*!fttiir»» a i-opy *ti 
 
 of thlM iU'i.|Hitrh, UN «'\|»lanator) of (in- |>riiiiiiiU'M by whJHi Tin- Uuitii ha^ Iwr ii j, 
 
 ItuiiWit ill lh«' iiii'iiMun-H lU'ttjpHy luloptfd by ir<T Majcrty. ^ 
 
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 i» Linl (iliiiilg, ilatcil (>o\cniiiuiit House, Halifax,* Itt DnTiiibvr IM:*". 
 
 I llAVK fhr bi>iii;tir to acknovvlt'ilgi' Ihi' rcrript of\our LonUhi'pV ilriipatrh 
 of tlu- .Hftt Oilobi-r, No. 101, n'latiiiK to tin- neoimtnictiou of tin; CoumiUof 
 thiit IVovinn-. * \ 
 
 I havi- niMt bfi'n bonouriHl by-^oiir LordHhip'ii ilc^patoh, marki-d " wparntis" 
 oftlic wimi' ilati'', fxplnnntory of tlu' n'lwonM by wliii-b iji-r iMairntyV (Jo»frii- 
 infitt linvi' b«-»'n prcriinh-d from adopting tlM" li((tn Hubmltt«il by iin« for thi- 
 Kxii'utivt* mill I^•ni^«lnliw« CouncilH, Itiit which couUl not projifrly lie im-ludwl 
 in a itfupntrh wliioh Is hi>n>aft«'r to \w laid befon; the Provincial LcgiHlaturc. 
 
 I hayc cumnmnicatcd the former dcnpfiti-'K to the Council, and as the iii- 
 
 • 8triutlo*<H conveyed iij^.lt re(|uifi> me t«) 1i»ku Immediate steps for CHtablixhlng 
 
 two se|>l^nte CouneirH, and it beiiiK thu^ incumbent on me t*r diiuroatinue 
 
 coiiMiltinj^, with the old Council, an a hodyi; I iook tKe occnsion which their 
 
 ( nuctii'iK foi; the last time collectively ujfonled to expl^H my thankn for tlie 
 
 ready and vtv)uable assiNtance wliiiij I have'at all times derived from them, in 
 
 the aihiiiiiistratloii of the affairs of tills l*yoviiice. They have since presented 
 
 nil Addre^^H to me, fif whl<>h, idid of my reply, co|ues an- inclosed. I have felt 
 
 it but justice to the hlp:hly resi'it^-table nnd Influential gentlemen who formed 
 
 this Council, to bear my teXthniiny to their zeahf^us and discreet endeavours to 
 
 uphold tlu- lloyid liiithority, and to advance the interests of tdl classes of iM'ojyTe 
 
 ^in this province ; and I earnestly trust thut though, as a body, this Coiiiuil no 
 
 lonpr exists, it will be ]ierniitted to me and to the public to have the beni'tit of , 
 
 the continuance of the services of 'most of Its mtiubers (four having retired, 
 
 or bciiif^ excluded,) in one or other of the new CouuciU. 
 
 Many of the gentlemen whom, iindiT the authority of Her Majesty, I jironose 
 
 to summon as Executite or Lcfri^ilatlvc Councillors, residing at a distance from 
 
 Halifax, and there riot having been time since the receipt of your Lonlship's 
 
 drs|)at(!h to ascertain 'whetl^er or not they will consent tt) act, I am not 
 
 : j»repanil to report to your Lio^dshlp, by the present mail, the selections I \\n\ii 
 
 : made ;J)ut the arranKement for the prgvigional establishment" of the new 
 
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 Counc i in will be «;oniplete hrfore'Rir^ „ , „ _ 
 
 January, and will be such, I trust, as to show that lliavc strictly adhered to 
 your Lordship's instructions, and as to obtain the approbatioit of thu inhabit* 
 ants genertdly; and the confirmation of Her Majesty. 
 
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 «.ll lontii,,,.. U. Ik. «.t,i«,Hl by III., .„,y.. .lo.rwl, !^i y m' mT v.. ?. v : ''"1'.^^" 
 
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 20. 
 
 32 OGIURESPOXnEXCFJ RESPECTING THE GOVERNMENT OF 
 
 (No. 104.) 
 
 — No. 20. 
 
 Copy of a DESP.\TCH frilm Ueutennnt-Gmmjor Sir C^lin Cmpbelt, o. c. if^ 
 
 j to Lord ff/i-Ht'/y. T" "~~-~. ,_ 
 
 \, , ' ' ■ [ f*,' Government Hott 
 
 .My Lord,- .. 18 December 183^.^. 
 
 Having consulted thejlaw ofliorrs of the Crown as to the best mode^ 
 
 rnrrj ing int(» effect Her Mnjestv's command8, as conveyed in your Lordship's 
 
 despatch of the aist Octojjer, for the establishment of two distinct Councils, in 
 
 Nova Scotia, I do myself ; the honour to inclose a copy of a letter from them. 
 
 i 
 
 End. ill No. 20. 
 
 ., j„,.^™...f, ... .„ „i^ j„u. uv>«<^iiii'» iiiuiiuuu 10 uuopi, in me present case.'some 
 form similar to that resorted to on the like occasion in New Brunewick^ they 
 strongly ad\ise that the letters patent, op other documents requisite for 
 formally recognizing and effecting the separation of the Council, which your 
 Lordship may propose to transmit, may be forwarded with the least possible 
 delay; jus many Acts to cbntinue the revenue, and other important laws, which 
 
 , tvill expjre on the .30th March, will before that time require the concurrence of 
 the L«'gislative Council; and as the Executive Council may also at an early 
 period be called to fulfil functions of Importance to the public and indi- 
 viduals.. 
 
 I trust, therefore, thrtt I shaU receive by the Februarj' p'acket the letters 
 . patent, or any other tlociiment that your Lordsliip may deem necessary for the 
 more fonniJ establisluneht of the new Councils, which in the meanwhile will 
 btf constituted, pfb\isionilly, under thtdreat Seid of the produce. 
 
 The iulditional instruction to the Governor-in-Chief, or the warrants of man- 
 damus confinning the appoini^ments'of the gentlemen nominated by me to 
 these Councils, may beiS^bsequently forwarded, when your Lordship shall have 
 had time to consider the selections I have made. The letters pateht sent to 
 Kew Brunswick mtlSPlV establish two distinct Councils, allotting to each its 
 respective functions, but) not naming any individuals to office. 
 
 Observing, liowe\''er, ;in that document that the quorum of the Executiye 
 
 J Council is fixed, I would beg leave to suggest that, as I, jwopose, with your 
 
 Lonlship's approbation J that this Council in Nova Scotia shall consist of 12 
 
 mem1»r8, and as four of these, owing to their distant residences, will seldom be 
 
 able to attend, fiv^e meujbers be deemed a quorum here. ; 
 
 W: 
 
 ■u 
 
 I have, &c. 
 
 (sig^jed) 
 
 C. Campbell. 
 
 Enclosure in No. 20. 
 
 , ^ir, I Halifax, 18 December 1837. 
 
 In doing oureelvos the} honour to comply with the desire of His Excellency, which you 
 communicated to us to-dav, we cannot suggestarty course which, under the circumstances 
 , of tlie case, appears to us jbettef adapted to carry into effect Her Majesty's instructions as 
 conveyed to jiis Excellei^cy by his Lordship the Principal Secretary of State for the 
 Colonies, than the issuing by his Excellency of two Cdmmissious under the Great Seal of 
 the Province, for appointing provisionally to the Executive and Legislative Councils 
 respectively such persons a^s his Excellency may deem proper. ' 
 
 Supposing that it may be the intention of his Lordship the Principal Secretary to adopt 
 
 ! to4hat 
 
 Bw-Bnuwwiuk,- we-tafisM 
 
 liberty of intimating our opinion that it m«y lie very desirable for his Excellency to receive 
 as early as may be convenient the letters patent, or other documents requisite for form4ly 
 recognizinpand effecting the separation of the two Boards of Council in this province, 
 which it may he his Lordship's intention to transmit, as many important laws expire on 
 the 30th March, which, with other Acta of the Assembly, before that time will require the 
 concurrence of the Legislatiyip Council ; and the Executive Counbil also may at an early 
 
 * ■ .-'''' ^_I,..,_ period 
 
-J 
 
 NOVA jStOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK, te. 
 
 |)Ofio(l ho cnlli'd to fiiMl rniirtioiiK or iin|K>rttin('(! to tin; jxiblic iintl individuals ; iiikI ivo/ 
 iicri'fivc tliut tlit'icttcri jmtdit by which thf scpiiriition of \\w Roards wiis etrvctcd -in Nim 
 UruiHwick, \v('i'iv)(i'iiini'd without rc-fi-a'iice to individnal lueniborM to office. 
 
 (Mgiie(t) 
 
 »o{\ s'cOTtA. 
 
 We have, 4c. 
 
 ,^ V...W. Archibuh 
 
 Attorroy-Gcneral. 
 
 J.'W.John)t(on, 
 
 i^ohcitor-Oeneral. 
 
 CopTKflf a 
 
 Nb. 21.— 
 
 PATCH fisnm Lord Glenelg to Major-General Sir 
 CoUh Campbell, G.c.B. ^ 
 
 Sir, 
 
 Downing-street, 8 February 1838. 
 I HAVE Ivid the honour to^tteeive^Qjir despatbh of the 18th December, 
 No. 104, reporting the steps which you hatttalcen for effecting the separation 
 of the Executive and Legislative Councils oT Nova^cotia, apd suggesting that 
 thfe letters patent for this purpose should be sent ^ut^~.^urly as^ssible. 
 
 Under ordinary circumstances I should have advised Iter ,|iajesty to direct 
 the imme^Iiate issue of letters patent, establishing the Coiitttei^ of Nova 
 Scotia ; but as the Earl of Durham ha^ been appointed Govemor-gener&lof the 
 BHtish Provinces in North America, it has appealed to me most adrisalble^^ 
 insert in the commission under the Great Sea^ issued to him as Governor o' 
 Nova Scotia, the necessary provisions for that purpose, and thus to save \to the 
 public the expense which would have been incurred by the issue of letters 
 patent. The commission of the Earl of Durham is nearly completed, and will 
 probably pass through the remaining official form^ in tlie course of a few 
 days. I -,--'' 
 
 ^ ■ . ' ' ■ ■ ■ r^ have, &c. 
 
 (signed) Glenelg. 
 
 (No. 12*9.) 
 
 — No, 22^— 
 
 Copy of a DESPATCH from Lord GletMg to Major-General Sir 
 / \Colin Campbell, a.c.B. 
 
 Sir, Downing-street, 16 February 1838. 
 
 With reference to my despatch of the 8th instant. No. 128, I transmit to 
 you herewith the letters patent under the/ Great Seal, appointing the Earl of 
 Durham to be Captain-general and Qovernor-in-chief of the Province of Nova 
 Scotia, together with instructions under tiie Royid Sign Manual for his guidance 
 in that office; I also enclose a warrant, appointing you to be Lieutenant- 
 governor of Nova Scotia in the absence of Lord Durham from that Province. 
 
 As the commission of the Eari of /Durham conttdns the' neces!»ry provisions 
 
 for the separation orttle Executive^ and Legislative Councils ofNova Scotia 
 
 I avail myself of the earliest ^pp6rtunity of transmitting it. . J trust it will 
 
 \ reach you before the coniBle^cement of the Session of the Provincial 
 
 \Legislature. / ' " ' 
 
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 J Jiave, &o. 
 
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 No.- 21. 
 
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 • K0V A SCOTIA. 
 
 COW^SPONDENCE RESPECTING tHE GOVERNMENT OF 
 
 Kvcl. I . in No. aa 
 
 ^ ■ ExTIUtT 
 
 Enclosure 1, Ux No. 'J-'jj,, 
 
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 End. 2, 111 Ko. as 
 
 ui.laS..fcLnrri,^' ?J^,"" Tl 1*"='"'.' "'" ""^ '"'''' Executive Council'a.,d the sa.d Le- 
 
 Hl..Jbe?t nuormTfo'r'.h^r' "'."! "'^'T'^J ''''" '"'^'^ '"^"'•"=« "'"O"' ^"i'* Executive Council 
 3u"rk;ir" r "«,*''^P»tc'' «»f tl'c business thereof, and tliat ci-ht n.euiliers of Our 
 !5nd Wh ;■ T"" '''"" 4" 1"«"»« f'T the desptdh of the business thereof 
 
 ^endM-rsJesJctCKX inrhoi.,? f * !f "^■'''. "'"*'■'"' otherwise ; ani that the senior 
 
 ' •fotern.i.^dlvsuc^Xsami rl Inr ^"""?'''' f^^l'^'-'ively between themselves being 
 
 " Dated at We:,ti<iinstcr,«th February 1838. . r ' 
 
 :|i:t 
 
 .fit 
 
 'i 
 
 Euclosiiro 2, ill No. 22. ,,*; 
 
 V ^l^tLl^^r^^pi^^'^'J'-^'^!^^*' "'«'" ">•= R^y' S.i Manual and S..nret. 
 dat«l at Buckingham Palace, the loth of February IU3«, acconipanyii.iiihc Commiss io ' 
 
 '£:^^Z^7^5£^'' ''''-'""[ C^P-i-Oene^al^r&rrr: 
 
 ;^.n h\?"7'"'' P'-'.^^^SPfN.ova Scotia two distinct and separate CouncirS^"^^ 
 called the Legislative Couflcil and the Executive Council of Our said province wircerlan 
 f^rZll^f '»'"3<'"''«« therein-nientioued. and haveArther declared Our pTaTu.^ to ^ S 
 t esaid txecutivc Council and Lepslutive Council respectively should herealto L^st of 
 und roi'ro':;^'' """''^" ."' "^V f»r th"' purpose KTnomLted IdT^p^.ted by U 
 "aid J?hn ZL^^^F^H "r'lv'K ''■^"'' ^rT "'"l" »^ Fovi-ionally a„,H.i„rS^by you^he y 
 saia John Ocorge Earl of Durham, until Our pleasure therein shall be known • orovirfp.!^ 
 
 Si tlin Ori;r'"'°''''l"?r'"" <•-"»*"- bei«g of sucKcuSve'couS 
 Ct by t„^ ™uJ»l P""""f' '•"'"u""' «'«"?*'■»•=••'•>' ""yucb provisional-appoint- 
 
 «nv^^time11by Inv ^^h nrr^^ r ^""'"''' """u***"" "'^hin «»' «aid province shall not. at 
 JriiLcThME P'""*'"""' "PP"'"""? nt. by you, be raised.to a gitater number in tho 
 
 to norinft^ and i^'i.r"'"1r fu ''"'P^f >""• '»•««»'«« >'ohn Geo^e Ear| ot-Burliam. 
 Our s^SrExecutufe P"«fe'oAall.V,HUc<f ^persons aa you shall think St to I,; members of 
 ■:.".'.!'.'*i'!.^:''f:':"V^^ "'?!■ L/'J^'slatiye Councils re spectively, who sliall hnl.l tl»eii^ia^,v,i„t.-- 
 
 • -i 
 
 . . .it 
 
 ■T?^ 
 
 =in«ntff 
 
 We d^tXTii'^'' "urTurth^r j,tea.,uK' shall be ln5^ : Provided, ueverthcIesZ a^ 
 fi.rl r«.^ ^T'"' y°" '"rt''"'t>» »" transmit to Us, through one of Our Principal Secre- 
 IpB^nl b!J vo., ? T""' "'J'* T'f fi'="ions of th; seve^l members ao^Jro^ io^a k 
 ffi iT.i:^- \\l '"' '»«'".be« of Our. said Executive and Legialative Councils resoec- 
 ife teetcli'on "' """' jf"^'""' '^^V "« «'»•'" ««"^ed or dTsanS b^^U, 
 
 tivel 
 as 
 
 \,-t 
 
 •V * 
 
ENT OF 
 
 iiirl of Durham 
 Scotia. 
 
 A 1)0 two (iistinci 
 cntioiicd, \Wc tl<> 
 lieiicefbrwiird be 
 9 Iju i'es|>cctivcly 
 ice. , 
 
 11 an(J «'veiy the 
 ir Raid |>il>viiicr>, 
 iicc, simll heiicp- 
 id that all otiivr 
 'ur Haid province 
 
 Jid the said Le- • 
 lembcrs as shall 
 iiider Our si-rii ■ 
 id John George 
 helesti, aiidAvc 
 nmribers for the 
 ilmll not at any 
 the ;kv hole thiiii 
 resident within * 
 ts, be raised to 
 
 DCutive Council 
 einlxjrs of Our 
 liereof.,^ 
 
 nctivc Councils 
 that the senior 
 8 shfcll- preside 
 n George. Earl 
 utiye Council ; 
 'inselves being 
 1 such instruo- 
 
 NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRl^NiWlCK, &t\ 
 
 \ 35 
 
 I and Siajnet,* 
 
 e,Commission ' 
 
 Governor-in- 
 
 Our Captiiiu- 
 here shall b«! 
 ; respectively 
 , with certain 
 ire to be that 
 ter consist of 
 ointed by Us 
 I' by you, the !■■ 
 m: provided'' 
 itive Council' 
 mal'appoint- 
 totai number 
 shall not, at 
 imber in the 
 
 — iVo. 23. 
 
 NOVA SCOTIA. 
 
 n DESPATCH from Lieutenant-Governor Sir Cnli,i Campbell, u. c. b. 
 V - to Lonl 67«'««'/'^. - \ ' 
 
 ,. . I, Covemment House, Fifllifnx, \ 
 
 MyWil, l7Jnnunr}' I8.W. T ^ 
 
 I HAVE dhe honour to transmit to your Lonlsliip copies of the lettertrptitent 
 which yl-sterday pnsHcd the (.'rent Seal, oonstituting provirtionally the Executive 
 niid Lesisktive Councils in Nova Scotfti. In the Selection of the several 
 members, I have indeavouretl to attend, as strictly as circumstances have 
 jiennitted, to your Lordship's instruetion«<, 'thfaugh V""" deviation from them 
 which I trust your Lordsliiu will deem MnimI)ortant,f has been found expedient . 
 or necessarj'. , " ' ' i-<» ' 
 
 In the. lists which I have also the honour to-^nclose, I have adverted, 
 according to, your Lonlship's desire, to the difference! of religious, opinion 
 amongst the various gentlemen whom I have called to these Councils resiiec- 
 tively ; and though in the Executive, consisting* of 12 members, seven belong 
 to the Established Chyrch ; and in the Legislative, ccmsisting oT 1J> memljer^ 
 ; 10 are Churchmen, while 1 J only belong to the many other religious commu- " 
 , mons existing in the Province, I assure your Lordship thai niy choice has in 
 -no degree been influenced by any undue favour to the Church of England; 
 I have made the be?t selections which, ha\nng reference to the instructions 
 sent for my guidance, I have found pnicticable, and with a very sincere desire 
 to carry into effect your Lordship's intentions, and to show no-p^ifflffty what- 
 ever to'any particular religious creed or political opinions. ^^ 
 
 It was not my intention <tliat the majority of the Executive Council should 
 consist of Churchmen ; and I would have named to 'it more Di&iiters had 
 I not ascertained, that the two whom I'considered as decidedly the most eligible 
 belonged to two separate bSnks, of which each had already a partner in the 
 Council. Nor did I at firsr intend to call more than one, or at most two 
 members firom the ABsembly; but your Lordship~having pointed it out as a 
 principle to be adhered to in the composition of this XJouncil that the members 
 are to be taken from different parts of the Province, 1 have been compelled to 
 draw more lArgely from the Assembly than I purposed; as no gentleman 
 living in the cotintry, and not belonging to that body, would ever be able to 
 attend the meetings of the Executive Council; and it will be but seldom 
 indeed, tl^at is, only while tKe Assembly are in sessioH, that I shall ever even 
 have the advice and assistance of the country gentlemen -whom I have taken 
 from thjit branch of the- Legislature. 
 
 ^Ih^Venamed 19 gentlemen to the Le^slative Cduncil, and would propose 
 - o^*,^""™'*^'^ ***""'^ ^ limitetl to 21 . Eight of its present members r^ide' 
 m Halifax, and the remainder are taken from the country, qne having been 
 selected from each county, except Queen's County, Shelbume, Yarmouth, 
 Richmond, and Inverness. In the thrqp fi^t couhties, the gentlemen who were 
 i)ffered seats djclined to serve ; and jn the two last I have not been able to hear 
 /of dhy persons eligible. \ - ^ 
 
 / In regard to the presidency of this CouncU, I apprehend that much diflicultv 
 and mconvemence may arise if it be assigned to the senior member holdin»no 
 office of emolument under the Crown. In the present instance, this impdiibt 
 «)«ice has fallen on one whose long exiierience as Siieaker of the Assembly 
 and extensive legal knowledge, admirably adapt him for it ; but the necessary 
 quahficalions may not always be found in the senior member ; and I would 
 therefore, recommend that the Crown should reserve to itself the right of " 
 nomination. And with respect to the Executive Council, I would beg leave to 
 repeat the suggestions offered in my despatches of the 26th August and 16th 
 mn^ h r nn,»^!.t.yi' f n Jl^'^'i ^^1!^ \^^iT^ "'^ ""^ member of tlie Assembly who 
 
 No. L'3. 
 
 ■« 
 
 .-* 
 
 . .. ,. ~—.j~.. vtieant~oir~the^idagsotutron'intie~ 
 
 Assembly, or on his ceasing to be a member of the House ; and secondly, that 
 the quorum should be reduced to five, for the reasons already explained 
 
 I cannot conclude tWs despatoli mthout expressmg mygrSreg^t that 
 Mr Colhns is excluded from the Council; he is the wealthiest and One of the 
 most respectable men in, the Province. > «(«•«: i" me 
 
 ,579- . "... F2 ;.■ :''■■■ v;r^ ■He- 
 

 315 / CORRESTONDENCE RESPECTING THE GOVERl 
 
 NOVA StOTlA. 
 
 IjicI 
 N 
 
 i)surc» in 
 
 ''( 
 
 ;:.: X- 
 
 \- 1 
 llMENt OP 
 
 I>wni*f<)nn.'rly .'xtensivolj ..nc;aK»'(tas n mt'fchnnt, bu lias ..f liktc veaw 
 «l.xj)t..llnm.Mlf,.ntm'h. ..x<-»-ptthnt h»- hol.ls a slinre in .1 private Link, to 
 |iKri.ulturoanatl.....inlMllisluii.ntofl.i.s rountry n^uh-nci' In the n«Lui..mr- 
 
 niore wlMHirers 
 in tlieii- private 
 Tiis larg^' (uipital 
 ^IfclMhen made 
 
 odtl o» Halifax, wiiere he lays out more money, and employ 
 constantly than ftny 10 other «entlehien hi the Provinei' «lo 
 puJ-snits. Sixteen vears af?o he was about to ninove" wltli 
 bom the Provim-e for ever, but was induced to m-niain Ify t1ie y..,T^«t; 
 ,to hnn by Sir James Kempt of a seat in the Clouncil, and Ilk' is now 
 mtirtibed by his jpxelusioii. ^^i T ^ 
 
 I trusf; tiierefbre, that your Limlsbip wHI be ph-ased to appoint him to one 
 orotheroftbeCiHineils. The nuiii»)er of the Executive Council is noiv com- 
 plete; but one ,jf the jr.ntlenieii is iiaiped to it on an 'understanding that he is 
 to givt- jilace if Mr. Colliiiss introduction hito it shouhl be approved. 
 
 Jhn 
 
 (signed) 
 
 have, &c. 
 C. CampMl. 
 
 4*^? 
 
 . - Enclosures in No. 23. 
 
 (5?o. 1.) 
 tirucf of (Jo^ 1)1 till! liiited Ki 
 
 SI^jI'vIIT *'"?<;V "f *W "•7I"-.')"''V? KiafidiHl^kGrftal Brit«i.. and Ireland . 
 ^ i|:;i:';ii;t;t;u:'Hl:,'"'''' '""' '■; ^"'•^'■"t^"<^U*-cl.ofEaglandu„d IreW on 
 
 ''''"itvTr'r'""' *;i"-''*-'"\"Vfi'"""''^ *';.J^fl«'/. «'«""' W- Rol'ie, Sarauct Canard. 
 
 irt-nr> I. toKsweil, Joseph Allis..n, Ls(,uir.^s, !:j(.r^iipcrt D. Geor-'c, Uart... Janiea 
 
 . \\. Jol,i.stnn, James Boyle tniacke. Edmund M. Dodd, Her&rt HuutinL'ton. 
 
 TlV..uas An.lre« Sfran-e JDv Wolf, and MiHmel Tobin,..enior, esquires j-GreetVna •! 
 
 U iiEBiiAs II. Our Roynl consideration having deemed it expedient that the uxeeutivc and 
 
 Ie.MshUivejMmersjvh.ef. have heretofoie Ikm.!, unitedly exereised by pur Council in Our 
 
 '' r'lT- '-."" M "" "^T^^ ^"^ separate,!, a..d that there .hould be two distinct and 
 
 Mveru t,„>ne.s.nO,.r said Prnvnee lor exercising separately the said functionss^to bi- 
 
 resp,..t.vely eal ed Her .M,j,,s,y .s or the Executive aouncil. and' tlie ^K'^hle Gmnc"l of 
 
 tJur sa..l l>rov.jn.e ; W e d.d lately throu^d. Our trusty and woU-belovd Charles Lord GleneJ/ 
 
 Our Principal Seeretarvo btate »or the (Jolo.iies, communicate .ueh Our Royal will to Ow 
 
 S '""'",<"-'« ri^'i' *;?'"' t^^'-'l''-^,". Knight Commander of the Mont HonouraUe 
 Military Order of the Ilatlr, Maio.-j;,neral of Our forces, and Lieutenant-goven.or in and 
 firtl.l?rr' '^'""^"";'V'""'***"' '"'l.'"*cr an.l instruct him Our said Lieutenant-governor 
 fort w.th to carry such Our pur,K«<e into etfect, and for that object to npininate an?appoint 
 ht and i.ro,K.r ,«.rso,.s to be members of Our said twa Council!, in the said Pmvincl pro- ■ 
 visionally until Our further pleasure should be kiiowjn'; ' ^ 
 
 Now know ye, that We rei«)Bing es|H'ci»l trust aed confidence in the loyalty, intesrritv • 
 ^^^^>'\\'y-h-nih.^^^^^^ B.Robie, Samuel CuLJ.'Hc^? ft .• 
 
 i-r '«"';»' 1 .^' rV' ""Jf ■■' "• "'■"■■£'' •''""'^'* ^^'- ■'"l^'ston, James Boyle Uuiaeke. ' 
 Edmund M. D.hI.I, Ibikrt hunt.ngtou, Thomas Andrew Strafe De Wolf, and M^chae 
 
 NrHot''tf; '"'''' n'r'r''* 'j,t-l'rovi.H.nally to nominate mJ „p,^„t you the^aid Thomas 
 >.JeHe^,>i,uonBRoh,p Samuel Cunard, Henry H. Cri^swcll, Joseph AUison, Rupert 
 D. (.eorge, James W Johnston, James Boyle Ui.iacke, Edmund Kl. Dodd, Herbert 
 Huntington I lion.as AndreV Sti-ange De Wolff Michael Tobin, senior, to be uA^ot 
 shall brmadrw'r "."■*"""* '"*■ *''* P'°*''"«« "fN'ova Scotil^ until Our furdiT plcttsure 
 
 And We do declare Oiirwdl and pleasiin- Jo be, that all and every of, the powers and 
 authorities her..totoi<- vested in Our Council of the said Province, except ^ far as resoecti 
 the enactments of any laws to be made within OuV said Province, shall henceforth be.^d 
 
 JefTery, 
 
 eorge,_ . ~™.., _„.....„ »-„j,c ^•■iai;Ktf,i;,uuiuiiuii«.i/ouu, iieruen tiuatinErton. 
 
 Tliomas Andrew Strange de Wolf, and Michael Tobin. senior; and eagh of you are hefebv 
 empowere.1 and required to execute the same in the hke manner, and as fuUy in eveiV 
 resnec t as Our said Council heretofore of right has done or might have done. ' 
 
 And We do furUier declare Our will and pleasure, that aMy seven of Our .said Ex'ecutive 
 Council shall be a quorum and that in the absence of Our Governor or Lieutenaut^jovemor 
 of Our «a.d Province or of the officer admiBistering the government thereof, ^he melubcr of 
 Suncil *" whose name shall sta(Hl, first in the list, shall preside hi our Executive 
 
 • ' ..f. Qhm under th e Gr e at S e al of Our said P >h > ' ' ' 
 
 ^ 
 
 >*. iiicf -of Kovu • Pcotin ; witness 
 
 ^^ trustvand wcll-lK-loved lii« Excellency Major-general Sir Colin Campbell, k.c.b. 
 
 Our Lieutenant-govcmoi (ind .Commander-in-chief in and over Our said Pro- 
 vince, tlii4 Kith day of January, in. the first year of Our reign, and iff the 
 >earot our Lord 18.38. .< " '- ■ ■ ' ' _■ -'* ... - -^. ■■ 
 
 By Ins Exceil^ncy's Command. 
 
 . ^- 
 
\- 1 
 tot' - 
 
 of lite years 
 xte bunk, t(i 
 
 ►re labourers 
 ibcil- private 
 lar^i; capital 
 Mhen made 
 now 
 
 niin to one 
 iH nuiv coin- 
 iig that he is 
 (I. 
 
 &c. 
 
 Camptetl. • 
 
 I and Irehinil 
 (1 Ircluijd on 
 
 iinuct Ciinard, 
 Uart.,, Janieg 
 lluutiii^toii, 
 ; — Greeting : 
 
 executive and 
 luncil in Our 
 distinct and 
 ctionf>}'«~to b«' 
 ve Council of, 
 Lord Glenelg,' 
 al will to Our 
 t Honourable 
 enior in and 
 lant-governor 
 '■ and appoint 
 'rovinc<i pro- ■ 
 
 Ity, integrity,- 
 rd, Henry H. ,- 
 yrle Uniacke, ' 
 and Michael 
 said Thoma» 
 ison, Rupert 
 >dd, Herbert 
 ■(cfubersof 
 ther pleasure 
 
 powers and 
 r as respects 
 forth be,*and 
 
 Thomas JV. 
 \, Rupert D. 
 Huntington, '' 
 1 are hereby 
 illy in every 
 
 d Exlecutive 
 int-govemor 
 ; ineniber of 
 If Executive 
 
 w ti i cM O m*—' 
 pbell,K.c.B., 
 ur said Pro- 
 and iri the 
 
 NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK, &e. 
 
 37 
 
 4M 
 
 n>:D. 
 
 (No. 3,) • . 
 
 Vktoiiia, by tin- (Jrace o» Crtid of th.' (Jnit.-d Kingdom ol' (;r.at Britain and Ireland 
 Quf.ii, Dtliiuler of the Faith, and of the Uiiited Church of England and Ireland on 
 Eurlh t/ie Supreme Head. 
 
 . To Our truxty ajjO^jrelUbeiovod .the Ri^ilit Reverend John Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia. 
 
 V ni"' SiniMH 5 Robi.;, Peter iVI'iN'ttb, JnniesTobin, Joseph Allinon, Norman Uniacke 
 
 James VVfJiThnsium, WilHnnt La^vson, (Jeorge Smith, Aicxundet- Stewart, Williani 
 . Rudolf, Lewis M.Wilkiiis, junior, .James .[5. Morse, William Ouscley, Robert M 
 Cutler, Alexander Cuiiipb«ll, Janys Ratchtord, Joseph Fitzrandolpli, and Williani 
 U. Almon, M.U., csquiris; — Greeting: 
 
 WiiKBKAs in Our Royal eonsideratiriii, huviijg deemed it expedient that the executive 
 iiiKt- (.gisjutiv^' powers wliuli haw hc+etolore l>een unitedly exerci'se*! by Our Council in 
 Our ProviiuH. of ^ova S.-otiu should be sopanited, and tfiat then- should be two distinct 
 and s«veral ( oune.ls inOiir said ProvinV-e for exercising separately the said functions, to be' 
 Mesptctivelv e..lled Her Majesty s or th^.,Executive Council, ai.a the Legislative Council 
 of our said P«.vinee ; \l e did lately, thrdbgh our trusty and well-belovSd Charles Lonh 
 , Oleneig Our Principal Secretary of State for tbe Colonies, communicate such Our Royal 
 - will to Our. tru.rty and well-bebved Sir Colin Campbell, Knight Commander of the Most 
 Homnirable Mditary Order of the Bath, Major-genen.1 of 6ur Forels, and Lieutenant-" 
 Kovemor in and over Our said Province, and did empower and instruct him Our ^d 
 Lieuteimnt-govemor. forthwith to carry such Our purp««e into eWect", and for that purpose to 
 nominate and npjH.int fit and proper ,«!r«)ni. to be menJbersof Our stiid tw'e CouncilHirthe 
 said Province, provisionally, until Our further pleasure shall be known ; '- 
 
 Wow know ye, that We reposing es|K-eial 4nist and confidence in the. loyalty, inteirritv 
 aiH^ abihty of you the said Ri|rhtMVeverend John Lord Bishbj, of Nova Scotia. Si^onfi' 
 Rpbie, Peter Bj'Nab, James ijbin Joseph Alli.on, Norman L^iiacke, James W JoT^^ ,m 
 ^i illiam Law««n, George Smith, Alexander Stewart, William Rudolf, Lewis M wTki^s' 
 junior, James S. Morse, Williani Oiiseley, Rolx-rt M. Cutler Altxandpr (^nnm{!» r I ' 
 
 Rateh.or.1. Joseph Fitzrandolpl,; and ^^^ilbamB. aIoh Se1louS"fit':3Sair to 
 
 !J' "";• Lf^."l>ix'".t y"u ,tfe said Right Revei^nd John Lord fiish^ Jf NoTa Sia 
 
 Simon B. 1^1,.,, W.cr KP^ab,.James Tobiii, Joseph Allis.m, Xonimn I "niaeke, Jun^es w' 
 Johnston, William LawsonGeorre Smith Alexanller Stewart, William Rudolf,' Lev^I^ M' " 
 » ilkuiH junior, Jaiiios S Morse,^V,l ham Ouseley, Robert M. Cutler, Alexander CaniDb^ir 
 James Ratd.foid Joseph F.tv..ndolph, and Wflliam D. Almon, to be meiJber;. 7^r 
 Legislative Council aforesaid, for the Province of Nova Scotia until Our f,,rlh!^„i 
 shall I. made known. And We do declare Our wilirdT-i^Si?, AaHfe^^^^^^^ . 
 . ol the powei^ and authorities lieretofore vested in our Council of tl^id Province ^fa^ 
 as respects he enactments of any laws to be made within Our said Pro^incr*hafl' h^nce 
 Ml f.e and the same are jiAeby vested in 0,ur said Legislative Council ; and Jou U^e said" 
 Right Reverend John Lord Bish.mof Nova^cotia, Simon B. Robie, Pe er M^ab Jam^ • 
 Tobin, Joseph Aliyson, Norman Oniacke, Jaiies W. Johnston. William I aw«!rr 
 Wh, Alexander Stewart, William Rudolf, Lewis M: WiS, rnir^jtZr^' M "'*'"' 
 Wil ian. Guseley, Robert M. Cutler, Alexander CaniLMa^^TatdlfiTltnH pT' 
 mndo ph and V^iUiani B. Alihon. and each of you, al^ hereby empoteSdt^jf^^ 
 e.xecute the same m the like manner, and as fully in every respect mK!r JDt^ ^ 
 heretofoit. of right has don* or might have done. ^ ^^ ^•' ""' '""^ ^<'"''"' 
 
 And We do further declare Our wiH and ,rfe«sure; that any of Our said Le-islativc rn.mnii ' 
 lall be a quorum : and that the member ot(h,*iLui n^.-Zii .X"„. _._^f 'f .r "^ ^"""«^'* 
 
 Givei. under the Great Seal o» Our said Province; witnessOur trusty and 
 .well-beloved His Excelfency Major-General Sir Colin Campbell 7c b 
 Our Lieutenant-governdr and Commandei-in^hlef in and k)ver Our^aW 
 ^nr^r 'w'Sat' '"'■"""'y' '" *"'' ^-^^ yearof Gu.Reig„Tan'5'[n^; 
 By His Excellen(fy's command: . ■- , 
 
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 ' Copy of a DfePATC^H fi«m Wd Glenel^^o Major-General Sir 
 
 NOVA 8C0TIA. 
 
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 f^A^E had thehonour to receive yoTr deSSTftllT.*;! ^"^^ ^^^' ' 5J* ^J""' •'3'' 
 reportiiiK the stens whirh xtZiZa \T ^^V^ch gf the 1 7th January, No. 4, ?»• i77- 
 
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 despatih thv (VHnmwMcm of the Enrl of Durham' ns Governor »f No«a Scotia. 
 «^tl y our I Coinm WHum ax. Lieutenimt-fJovernor, huti been niremly ilittpatehed. 
 "' I have^t(. eonvey to vou my approbation ..f your proeeeduiRH or, thiH impor- 
 tant subje.t, and I Hhall tnk.- the earliest opportunity of HUbmittini to th« 
 ••..nsiderationof Her MnjeAy in Coumilthe natnesofthe Rentlemen wlioin you 
 have s.elect,<l for the respective CmmeilH. In complianw! Avkh your recoramen- 
 clatign, 1 Hhall also have much pleasure ii\ submitfing the name <.f Mr. C-'oUins 
 
 »..'/'*n "*""'"' /" iL'"''^"'"*"'*' ^'»"n«'"' ^"t as you have not pointe'd out 
 the ^entJenian whose'WVlreinetit to make way for^'Mr^^Collirw hnfl been nffreed 
 "IKin, ai d a^ I am nohaware of aay reason for limiting the number 'of the' 
 Lxeeutiv . C,.uneil to, \2 members, Mr. Collins xvlll form an mldition to the list 
 which you have sent home. -- * 
 
 peat your suggestion that the seaf of any member of the Assembly 
 , ho appomted to the Executive Council Hhould be vacated by the 
 h^8o!utioi„f the Asstmbly. The jmnciple inv«.lved in such a regulation, if 
 apphcabk in Novafccotia,wouW of course be e<pmHy applicable inifli the other 
 IVorth All, erican provinces; but Iler Majesty's Government are not prepared 
 at present to intpiiluee any change of this nature into the system. The miVsion 
 with whicilht Karl of Durham is charged, will iijclude a revivw of the iirin- 
 «H>les on uhi(5h the Councils of the British North American Provinces are 
 constitutecl, and will aclvert to this, among other points connected- with the 
 
 I have, &c. 
 (.signed) Glentlg. 
 
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 -No. 25.— 
 
 Copy of n DESPATCH from Ueutenant-Govemor Sir Colin Campbell, k- c. ?. 
 
 to Lord GVojfJJ/. 
 
 ^^y^^"'' ', ' Halifax, 5 February 1838. 
 
 I HAVE the honour to transmit your Xordship copies of the speech with 
 which I opehed the Legislature of tliis Province on the 25th ultimo, and the 
 , j:^ of the legislative Council and House ot Assembly thereto. - ' 
 
 - I have, &c. . 
 
 .: . (signed) Colin Campbell. 
 
 "^ / Enclosure in No. 25. - 
 
 / " Halifax, Nova Scotia^ Legislative Council Chamber, 
 
 . * Thursday, 25 Januivy 1838. 
 
 At two o'clock this'day. His Exc«>Hfnoy the Lieutenant-Governor proceeded in State to 
 llip Councd Chamber, and iH-in^r m>ated, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod was 
 dnicited to conimniid the attendance of the Hourc of Assembly ; the House attended 
 accordmgly. When His-Excellcncy was pleased to deliver the following Speech :— 
 
 'Uonouraltle Gentlemen of the r<egislative Council, J 
 
 Mr. Speaker and Gentlcmdn of the House of Assembly, v 
 
 My tirst duty, and apainful one I find it, is to condole wi)b-you on the loss which, 
 
 wmT *"- '*** '""'''"g. we have sustained, by the demise of his late most gracious Majesty 
 
 William the Fourth, ol blessed menlory, whose paternal attachment to this Province, which 
 
 he visited at, ^u early period of his life, will Iw reinombered by you with (;ratitude and 
 
 rhe Throne of the British empire is now filled by his august liicce Queen Victoria, the 
 
 ^daughter of hm late Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, who for many years resided amongst 
 
 yoii, when t.ommander-in-chief in Brltl^h Anunca. Her Majesty's accession has been 
 
 -hailed, in every part of her extensive dominions, with the most enthu^astic loyalty: her 
 
 youtli and sex claim from her subjects their dutifql atfection and support. . 
 
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 N6VA SCmiA, NEW BRUNSWICK, &c. 35 
 
 / It iM with Hopi) t..«ret I hav.. to iiuticp (lio latr unfortuimto cventn iii tho r«i.jji„i. 1 . 
 
 Cuim In, and that the iraitorou* atti uij)! nin<lu to H«paratc *lio Upper Province Ah ," Hr?li 
 
 u Miimll and <leHp.rat.- band mdl retain ,M>H«.Hiiion of Navy' Inland • hut tlier.. i,>^^ ! 
 
 WnitMl Mato|»^ioi the .nlorcwuent of neutrality on the frontier 'that tlirn!. ,1. 1.. i 
 deprived of ,fll foreign a»Mi»t«nce, will K,H.-cUily|^diHpiLd "'^'^ •"""' 
 
 ..l-L'irn'i- i''"'?'"'' '" '•'^'i.7a»"l»tinir you upon theabundant liarvcst with>whieh if I.,.- 
 
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 Mr. S|)eakcr and Oenllemcn of the House of Assembly, 
 
 I have no,loiibf of your providing for the support orHer\l,n..^v'.« submitted to you and 
 other nec.»sary se,-vices, with your uluallSty ' ^ '^ " Oovernment. and for all 
 
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 ^^IK!"™*^'*^ Gentlemen of the Legislative Coun9il, 
 ftTrTSpeakcr ond Gentlemen of the House of Asseni 
 
 r Assembly, 
 
 discipline 6{-ii,ZoyoZSA^!^nr3 itr T 'Y «««»«?=«; «"«* the zeal.Wd 
 by tfovenunentand t^.e ll^islatTre^ ^^^ ' "''" """''"^ ''"«'*' "»» '» "^ ""gkcted 
 
 '^'^^X^^^Z^:?;^^ that you will 
 
 ^ts^i.i';?^£:ftf^s^^^^^^ «f "•« Most 
 
 in an, oWrHer M^est^^ P«>tf Ai^K^SrS^^l^SS^^r ^'^^ 
 
 \; The Address of the Legislative Council. ' 
 
 May it please your Excellency, - 
 
 NOVA 8C OTIA. 
 
 ~H»6st, gracious ' 
 
 ft the demise of his late 
 liout hia Widely-extended 
 
 »;-whde the important events of univ^C«J „»«»„; "k?!?". J"' 
 
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 ■A ^ — ""^ vwiiucHtent 
 
 ITovmee, as the scene where a portion of his enrlv lif»'i.n;4 j — r— -— w"«iu» cms 
 
 memory dear to its inhabitants';, while the imwifi i«n f^" "P*",*' •"■* '*"'*«'*«* "»» 
 characterized his reign, will ever nvrtothaT'^^„!lf*'u ""''''"''' '"'*'^** which have 
 the amials of theempire. - K P""'"" '^ •»»"■ h«toiy a coiupicuoiiii place in 
 
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 Wf r»-»|Mm(l witli iIm- *l<'<'|i<>i>t finotinii tni thf HcntiniDlltit <>C (Ipveiti-d attnchnvpnt' ^lul fruity 
 1.1 iiiir iiiiKiiHt Sivcp^'ijiiiyiiiTitVicionii, winch her iivccHiiion to the Throno liuwi^Kflcil forth, 
 jl uivr* UK iili-umirf'ti' rciiiniili^^r tin- WHi;tn inttnrioit which liiT liitf (iitlicr ever rviiu-cil iti 
 tin- wi'lliiri' of lliiit yfuviiuT, when- he (toiin ri-Hi(l<-ili iii««H'iiitCM Mrr Miiimty mon- n-nilily 
 ,wj|li a* iiihiiliilmitH/ iiiitl w^• li'i'l with yi'ur Hxci'llcm-y thiit her iin'' '•""' **'* <•'■'•'* iiroiiiMl 
 niT the ttH«"cli«»n>iS»t her Hiilijfclit with (jceiK'r iiitcrcMt. 
 
 Tlw iinhii|ipy i'vi-iitH jii the < 'uniidiiM hhvc cxcitcil our «l<'i'p r<'t;ri't ; but wo liiiij >;nMit huIih- 
 ' (kii'lioii III the uKHui'iiiii'i' tliiil tlu- tmilorouH iittuiu|itA of iloNi^niii^ iiicii lmv<- Ih-imi i*ii|ipn>iiH>(i. 
 Wi- n-joico t^l till' );ulluiit luilitin of l'|)|M-r Cuimilii met in mu (liHtiii^uiKhi'd il iiiuiiui>r tlio 
 ',riii«>r|i;uiu-y which culled t|)cir loyiilty Und counties into nxerciw' ; iiud iiiiluli;e with iiluuHurii 
 the hopi* your Kxccllciicy iiHiirdHUH Ihut tli<! dLii|N;ruti* blind of wicked uiiufuiNKuiilcd men 
 on Niivy. iHluiid, Htill found in o|i|H)Hition to the iuHt nuthority uf llcr MuicHtyiiiid the law*,' 
 U'liif; dritrivcd, throu^'h the nitcrvci/lioii uf the (•overnineiit of thu Ifiiitud SUtteH, of forifilJii 
 Hid, limy M|ieedily be diupcmed, uiid 'the luiMeniM of violunce tUid dihordell Ih! nlto^ethur 
 Htiiycil itt, our »i»ter (Joloniec. 
 
 your bxcrllenry tniit Rucn m ttic iinivenuil liH'lin;; i 
 thr prrnrnt n« a lit occasion to Wilder to Her MiijCHty, in uniiuiii with our fvllow-Kubjcct)i, 
 ^our owfi exprciwioiiH of diinilur'^entimentt. 
 
 In the con|;riitulntionH i-xpregHed by your Exci-ilency on tliv lute bountiful liurvcHt which 
 ho* diAimed priHpi'rity tlirnti^h the liinu, und in the (iiHt ouuw of the liveliest i^ratitudu und 
 ' devotion to the Aliiiti;hty Oiver of till our blc»iiing», we m.u«t cordially unite with your 
 Excellency. • v 
 
 The iti^mi'v of the rcvciniey and th*i faithful iliwhiiri^e of ull deiiiandi* upon the Trea- 
 sury, art- very jinitifyinir. In the opplicntion ol' our uiif^inented resourcCH wc nhull not fail 
 to he guided by your Kxc£Uom^'>« recoinmen<lution for their ecoiioniieal exptmditiire. 
 
 Ai.Tceiujjf-Hir-vfcciitirelv ilo ill (he Hcntimentii exprertned by your Excellency ri'gardiii^ the 
 
 «MTe"o>' iitir iiiililiii, we xiiull rciulily adopt liny nicusiircH that niuy lie devine'd tor the iiii- 
 
 piovenieiit of ilH di>icipliiie und the .iiicreusc of it* elliuieney. 
 
 Nil elliirt on our part sliiJI In' wanting to enoure harmony in the performance of our 
 le<.'i-liitive hibiiiirs, ileeply ci^nviiiced that, c'onducteil in ituch UHpirit alone, they will bo 
 lieneticial to the I'roviiice ; ami Vour Excellency 'h adminigtration oi the t;overnment cnuble.-t 
 ufi to rely with |MTfect contidencc upon your co-operation in every measure which may 
 advance the iiiten-Kts and promote the pcaci', liappiii(w>, und proi*|M:rity of the people of 
 Novii Scotiii. 
 
 To bin Excplleiicv Maior-CJencral Sir Cotin Cnmphrll, Knight Commander of the Most 
 Honourable Military Order of the Hath, Lieutenant-Governor and Commandcr-in-C^ief 
 in and over Uer MujestyV. Province of Nova Scotia and its Dependencies, &c. &e. &c. 
 
 The humble Address of tlic House of Representatives in General Assembly. 
 
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 MiJv it please your Excellfenev, ^ ' 
 
 We, Her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Representatives of Her Majesty's loyal 
 people'of Nova Scotia, thank your Excellency for the speech with which you have been 
 pleased to oiH-ii tliejpitwenl session, and condole with your Excellency on the dcmisie of our 
 lute i;racioUR sovereign William the Fourth, whose blcsse<l memory is ciideared \p the people 
 of Nova Scotia by the paternal attachment he extended towards its inhubituntii, among whom 
 he h|)triit part of his early life. The accession to the Th|x>ne of the British empire of his 
 august niece. Queen Victoria, daughter of his Royal Highness the late Duke of Kent, has 
 been hailed throughout her extensive dominions with hipturous and enthusiastic loyalty ; 
 and her youth anasex have no where a stronger claim to attachment than in this Province, 
 where the memory of lier illustrious father is gratefully cherished. 
 
 The i-egret we feel for the recent insurrection in the Canadas is mitigated by a knowledge 
 that it has bcn-n suppressed in the Lower Pro^nce ; and we feel proud that the constitutional 
 force of the Upper Province has defeated the traitorous attempt to cast off British alle- 
 giance; and are gratiKed to Icym that the government of the United States, is determined 
 to i>dher« to the pacific treaties subsisting between the two nations, and to preserve that neu- 
 traiity which may leave the desperate Iwnd of conspirators encamped at Navj^sland no 
 alternative but submission to a just and indignant gdvenunent. W 
 
 __ The attBch"'p"« "f Novn S<-ntiniiH to Her Majesty's person and Government has ever' 
 been unshaken, and recent events have only causeiTlt ^~ be more openly and frequently 
 expressed. "^ ' " ' 
 
 We are pleased to hear from your Excellency that the blessings of Divini^-Providence 
 have produced an abundant harvest, and that the labours of the husbandman throughout 
 the country have been rewarded with plenty. t. . 
 
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 W^. iirp dutjjottril to tuu tin* |iroviNiuui 
 
 ,lulilii«liim'iit of tHo (lutiiic't ('oumilt ax cvnliwc NOVA RCOTM. 
 |iiiitl to till' ri-iiirmiiitutiuiiit uiiilrPHiu-d by tlii» ' 
 
 Iho ThioH.' diiriij^ |li<^ IukI !.«i.»um ; lAxI it i.Ll) lutt Ihj oiir fault if tliiit jiii- 
 
 «)!' t^' tif^l'ioiiH iillt'iiliuii wiiK'li liuo 
 
 |)»rtifS^ 'il^rution i* nut iitlciHk-d witlruU'th<f udmiitajfcH l>y wliuli, wlu-ii vn- advined Uif 
 
 iiiKOii^i', V(M'»|H-« led it would IM' Ui-voiitjtOiiipd. 
 
 Wi'lJUHili ymir Kxri-ilfuty (or din-tliu^ tli<! publiv uccouiit« U^kw Huliinittfd to u» ; und 
 vou iiiav*<-ly on uiir dii>|HiNiiiuii to pK^vidc for tin- nwM^ury Hupiwrt of llvr Mui.'»tv'i» 
 t^nrirnyjil. . . * ' ' 
 
 ■ "Wi- iifiiflmppi'M to Uiini tliuJhtlu' ri-vrniiit-liBH coiikidcrubly incruuMMl dnnilK Ibi! puitt yeor,- 
 uJM thijtfflw r«n'n>tK lui\)- Imi-ii more thun MitHirirnt to nu'ut all Ilit- diMnundNon tlifTri-a4ury. 
 
 rhi' ci-rti/ninHndulion cil iiii ciouoniuiU »JiplK=Htioii of our nu'Uikx, we fi'i-l ix (oundStl on uu 
 ♦'tniglili'M view of III)- wiintH iind ri'-<ourii'» of,t^(in young country, und your Exc.llbncy 
 n«rty^MfH»i)inro\l tlmfit Hbull Iw our tonMiiut «Hidi'uvour tr> keep the oxiR-nditur.' of the 
 jnii^iiiV ttitlini \u iuronic. 
 
 Tlu- M»Jitiu Ltw , to u n-'viKion of which your Eivvllency hii!* cuIIimI our uttiiition. wu» 
 
 wMfs^, ii. rt<|uirLV tlu' adoption of more efficient iliuit^inMitK^, your Exccirency muy rely 
 nntt, while \vc i-ndiuvour to huMband oUr rcHonrcm, we hIwH "tuHicic-ntly cviiue our anxiety 
 «o wiiav Uie piKc and i.tren!{thcn thiy «;on»titutioiud difciioeiof tlu- Province. 
 
 At a linu- when upi^fhhouriit!; colonies are only recovering (wni the eHeet>t of civil Htrife, 
 UHliiill be our pride to re»pond to the earncMt desire und reeon»&(qndation of Her Majesty V 
 J'OM rnnient by euteriiij; n|M)n the discharge of our pid)lic duties With that spirit of hurnmny 
 •or winch the Legislature of this Province hux long In-eft conspieuoiw.and which liasprov'ed 
 xo conducive jto the llfist interests of the country. ' . 
 
 We (iel.usKurtd that it is your Kxcelleucy'H anxious wish to see |»eaee, contj'ntrand pios- 
 erity prevail Ihroughoiit the Province, and wdl labour to ccT-oiierate with your Excellency 
 
 f»'i..j |.re»iiii mrougnoui me rrovince, and will labour to c(r-o|i*<rate ., 
 (n every nieasua- which can tend to secyrt' und increase tlioRe blessings. 
 
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 iMv .ittciitjim hiiviii;: Ihiii iliriTtrd to the tdiiMitutioii of tlu- t'oHHciU iii the 
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 vull r.|iort to inc, in the licnt of itx b»injt «-oiiHid.nMl chwirahl.- fo iurrcaw the 
 niinifur of rlu- Council in thr Provinc.' of \, w nrunf-wick, how far it may be 
 pnufiitililr lo find a Miffititnt niimhfr of lurNoni* of n'^|Mrtahilitv-yf tids dc- 
 
 (•ii|iti(in. wh.-f -rni(U'« n.ay tic i ni|doycd advantaKt'ously as nninnlTo)^*. 
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 i n AVK. hail tlie liniKiuir to ree(i\e your Lord>hi|»V despatch of tiu- "th ifee., 
 ii((,M,iiiitin^ me lli.it }(UU' ntlention liad heen directed t)» tlie eunstitutitm of the 
 rouiiciH ('if till.. I'voyiucc, with tlie\iew of ifivin^ iit a more independent eha- 
 Liferby introducing' a liiruer proportion of membi-rs not holding oHJce at tiie 
 |ilti,«iire (if llic { iDWu. and re(|uestinu; me to report to your Lordship, in tile 
 ■tnf (pf it> Ui-itm e(in>i<IiT«^(iisiraltlc to ineria>e the numjier of tiie <'onncil, 
 Ihi\\ f.ir it u'lay be practie ible to find a sufficiency of persons of rcspect(d)ility, 
 '■. hoM' "crvjces mii^ht l)e iidvantaireously cntployed a> eouncillorii. 
 
 >iiould His .\Jajistv'>(iiivernment >o determine, it is my humble opinion that, 
 ■(1 a siniiU eyteut. with liue eireum>i)ection, suth pirsons inav lie selected frmii 
 
 ,,.«.rf;;.;_... ..«■ *l... II ;.. . 1 ... ... . .:':. . . .^' . . 
 
 (iitt'tiiTnTf parts of the I'ro' 
 
 inoe: but persons pofsessin^^ «pialiticatioiis highly to 
 
 itcuniiiKiid them for >ucli a situation are not numerous at present.. It is my 
 I |iiiiion, aJMi. that any increaM' shoidd be firailual, liavinji; some reference to tlm 
 iiiiditions tliat may, from lime to tinn-, be made \n tlic House of lU'presen- 
 tiitive., and that, if it be the intention to remove Hie puisne jud;ics from scitts 
 ill tile ('oniKil, the 'iire.sent number of 'memlicr.s, if effective, woulil be amply 
 -iitfieient. ' ' " ... ' ' 
 
 111 rcfrani to the judsies, as far as my own -exjieriem-e and judf<inent cuii 
 .liiidc, they have treiierally Ixcn eminently (useful ' members at the Council 
 lioard : altlioiiftli on (piestioiis any way affe(alii<< tli(*mselves, it must lie adiniWetl 
 tliat. xmietimes, upon a thin attendance of ineinhers, they have had a majority 
 aiiaiiist popular opinion. - 
 
 I iierewith transmit, for your Lonlship's information, the list of Council on 
 1st .lanum-y. ' 
 
 Last 4©ceniber we lost one menihcr, S.l). StreeF, esq.; by ne.vt opportunity 
 I shall take the libertv_tft ref-ommcnil a person jn my ojiinion (pialifi»-d to sue- 
 
 'Ifts 
 
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 ct ed Imn, should his TTxeellency Sir Howard Douglas not'Tiave aln-aJy pro- 
 posed one to your LGrdship. . • I ' 
 
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 mill (iiiilfri'l lit Ml'. Pri'-iilnif Wink. 
 
 DirtMiinst-Htn'H. '^.'i April l>^r.'. 
 hi-knimlftljrf tli*- rtTfipt of your n«'"iMitfli ortlio 
 
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 I^t Mnnli In^t, n'|il>itit{ to inv in(|ii(rii'>* no to thf »tnti' anil riiiii|Hi<>itiiiii ol' In,** 
 .Majl•^^y'K CoHiuil In tin* I*ro*\nr»' of N»-\v BrunnHlck. /Wit n|»|M'Br< bv your 
 ilr->|if|trli tliiit 1(11) liu-ri<ni-r.lii tin- iiinuhprof tin' nii'inhiTn.nl prr-rnt roiilil only 
 b<> to n Hniall cxti'iit. anil tnw inrnncli^'* hnvlni< n'ci'iitiv iMTiirn-il li) tin- ili-ntli 
 of Mr. StrtTt, niiil tin- rriuoval of Captuiii^ Hiird to l^pi'M-r (anudu, I fliall \w, 
 nn-piiri-d to r»-«-«'lyu your n-comiui-inlatlon of t^ui Kt*ntli'nn.*ii uin'oiini't^ti-il with > 
 III- MajcrttyM (iovi-mnirnt to ronipli-tr tin* LVmn'll to tin- pn-M-nt iniinlii'r of 
 thlrti-rii. Icnviiiif nny further aililitloii to It a* n Mihji'i-t for frtturi- i-o(i«lil«-riitiou. 
 
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 Coi'Y lU' a DKSP.VTCH fvoni Mr. Prf-iiU-iit Wmk t„ VlM-.tmit 
 
 L ^_^ -»•!«<• I'ri'lU'rii-toii, Xcu Dnin^uU'k, 
 
 ^Mi'Ltril'. . ' '.»* .Vum-t'lM.M. 
 
 I HAVK haij tin- lionour to n-t-civi' your Li>rrt!*liip'> ili-j-putL-lrrtf tln"J.»th April, 
 iiCfiuiuiitiiiK nn< that tju- niinibrr of CoiinrlL is to ri'n)aiu for thi' pri>si-nt at hi, 
 ami that your Lordship will hi" pn-pari-il to riH-eivi' itiy ri-ronimi*inlatioii of two 
 f^fiith-nn'ii ulu-o»ftn'(t('d witlC His Majesty's Go* i-niini-iit to till the vacivnrii-s' 
 irn-ntly ocvaHioind by tln-Hi'nth of Mr. Strei-t, and tlii' removal of ('aptatn Hrird 
 to I'npi-r Canada .\h your Lordship has rondivenidi-d to r»'(;i'ivi> mt ri'i-oni-' 
 nn-nuution (which I had ht-forft avoiifc-d taking tin- liht-hy to innke, l(^4uit*'i'- 
 fi'riii({ with the preroj^ntive of the Lit'ntenant-govvrnor, who was on the spot), 
 upon due cojisidi-mtion of the consiequence of mc\t ap^iointnient, and the ni'ct'ji-» 
 sity that there/should he always at or near Frederieton n sufficient nuinljer tti 
 form n (|Uoi;uni fur the dei«|Niteh of the ordinary llusiness in Privy Council, 1 have 
 the lionour to subniit for your LordshipV saiK'tion Jlie-J^iuie of Peter Fraser, 
 esi|., a respectjjjie'and intelligent gentleman of substantial worth and Hia- 
 rneti-r in this country, for a long time an active and influential member of 
 ■ the House of Assembly, and upwards of 'Mi years rei^ident inr FreiU-rit-ton. • 
 The other gentleman I would propqse to your Lordship is xYiorles Samuel 
 Putnam, es(|., barrister-at-law, grandson of tjie'late J.udge Putniuni, a gentlenuui 
 of the strictest honojur and Inti'grity, and'in my judgment well qualified tt) proM- 
 an eminently useful and correct member of Council. But iti' your Lonlship 
 guards against persoits conni'cted with Government, it is iny duty to state that 
 Mr. l*utnain at present, holds the oflice of clerk of the Ci^wu ih the tjupri'iue 
 Court, hut of very trifling emolument. . \ \ 
 
 " ShoiUd your Lordshiix, however, object to Mr. Putnam, if he retain^ the said 
 cli-rkshipi another noniin|>tion can be made to Sir Archibald Campbell, although 
 no one, in my opiiiion, ctm be found wltowould more honourn1)ly acquit himielf 
 
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 'in that situation. 
 
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 BKINNWICK. 
 
 No. S. 
 
 44 rORnrfpONDEME HESPRCTINCJ THE (iOVEHXMRNT OK 
 
 „ ' • ' -No. ft— 
 
 (No. lo.) . . ' . 
 
 CoHV i.f 11 nKf*P\r( 11 frim. ViToiu.t rt..,hr„l, to IJ. iit« iinn{.n..v.mi.r 
 Hr ,/. (\imftbfll,Ht\ri. u.c h. j 
 
 ,**''• , " l>«»wnln(j-itfmt. jMOiiitlHr Ih;ii. 
 
 I IIAVK h. MikiHiwI.dtfv thv r.nl|>t of JUr. l'nr.l<lint HlaikV- il.«iim,.|i, 
 No. i'.a. of till' -JMh VuKiiht ln»f. n-poniiiK-mlifig two KtiitifiiKii to All tlu> vmuii- 
 vivn riMiitly oiTiiMoiK'il 111 till- rouiiHI of New Hnin«wirk l»y tlu) tUiitti -f Mr. 
 Ktri'«t..«M«rtlM' riinoviil of Cuptniii Hitnl to r|i|HT Ciiiitnln. 
 
 An I nm ill fxiHrtntioii of ht-iiriiiK from yoii on the MiliJ.ct of tlir ttiiiUr liiiulc 
 ly till- JimIkih of llH-ir miUk in tlu- Couiirll. it iiiiiM-nrH to m.- to Ih- lulvixnl.!.-, 
 iiiMtml of M-l«rtiiiK tl"' iHTHmH nronnniiKliil l»y Mr. liliuk. tlint tlir |iriii(-iiili* 
 of < Ati'iiiliiiK till- r«|ini>«-titiilion of aiHcniit pnrtH of thi- iVo\4niM> mIioiJ«I, iu for 
 «iH iinotinilih', Im- actttl upon in tillin^ up tin- viuniirli'x in tlif Comidl. I luii 
 tlunfortMU-hirou-. thai Jhiiuh .VIU-nKhaw. Kh*,., of CImrlohrCountv, hIiouIiI I.^ 
 ». lnt.d fiMT ttm of tlif vrtittndrK, nnti I shmilrt hnv.- «.ujcKi>*t«il for Hic otii. r 
 viuaiu-y n ^«-utl<innn dio^n fniiii Miraml.lil, If I linil not Ixvn Kivtii to uiiiUr- 
 «tnii(l that Mr. SinmniU. who in alnudv in tin- Coumil, wax formerly mcmW 
 ill till- lloiiM- <»f A^Minlily for tin- comity of N(»rthuiiilnrlniMl. t 
 
 I am, th«n-fon:, to nqiiot that yoii will avail \^)urMlf of an early opportunity 
 of >uhinittiuK to me tlu' iiamen of mhIi uentleiiu'n, an vou may eonoliler likely. 
 
 from tin ir proiMrty arid attuinlmmtn, to till that im' 
 tiijte to the l>h>vince 
 
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 No. (i. 
 
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 — No. «. — 
 
 foi'Y of « DESPATCH from ViHcount Gwleriih to U 
 Sir A, CdiH/t/tflf, Hart, u.v.a. 
 
 ituation with «|4vnii- 
 
 I have, &i». 
 (ciKiud) iiodrrkh. 
 
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 , ^''■' . , !^ . l>ownliif .street, 'ij^^M 1831. 
 
 linvK th*- hommr to transmit to you the <'o|>y of a letter whieh I have 
 n ee'ived from Mr. Hotsfonl and Mr. Warcl ( hipiivan, two of the a>4Mi«itant judtfen 
 m the IVovinee of New HninHwiek, tendering their rPHij^nation of the nentn 
 which they hold w membern of HIh JIajestyV t'ounril in that Pfoviiice. 
 
 I have tlHmnht it right to n-fer a cvmmmiiention of this nature to you, With 
 H view to your reporting, after you .'hnll have had the opportunity of makinir 
 yourwlf naiuiOnted with the Hubjett, v^iether it would be pruilent to aeeept the 
 resgnntion of the two juilges. having due regard to the real feeling of the 
 thinking part of tli«- c-on»munity in the IVovinee on thin Hiibject, and the mennn 
 whieh iiiuy b«- foumi for supplying the plnres of tlie judgpn in thej Council by 
 individuals oT Hufficient weight and iatdligence belonf^ng to a different pro- 
 fesfion. ' , ~ ! . 
 
 I tnmsmit for your information n copy of the letter llhic-h I have dinctetl 
 my tmder-secretnry to address to Mr. Botsford and Mr. Ward Chipman on thin 
 ^'♦'jt'd- ' - ,-. /. ,> 
 
 ' -' _ . <^.- .■"* . ■ ' ■■ I have, &c.' ' '''"„ 
 
 (signwl) Goderich. 
 
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 End. 1, 1(1 No.Ck 
 
 T Enclosure 1, in No..«. 
 
 • W .'^•"'■'l' Fri<f<'rict6n, New Bru/ihwick, 30 March 1831, 
 
 n^is«i as^intant jud>;es "f thi» provine*?, wc beg leave to approach your Lordahip oa tlie 
 
 i.u l .j..ut uf M.ii U..liliiit^ i.jjiit!! ill liwi (3miin.il. -^ 
 
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 1 here Id, as your LonUliip knows, but one Council in this iiMvmcf, Uoth for executive 
 iind letfislative purpoMR, and we had the honour each of u« ot being called to Keatx at thiit 
 Uuurd without any solicitation on our part. 
 
 , The ^'M-nt itete of Parlianientary opinion m England on the subject of judtres being 
 
 memberi ol" the wlonial councils, and ilie manner, in which the iofluence of that dpinitifi is 
 
 \ . operating 
 
mVK WXyriA. NKW URiNSWICK. Iie. 45 
 
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 • .^ IM.I.IuiMf»Kl, thai w.. Jh,M .,.., ,g,,.^ ,„ i»„l'„„jK.,| for purpi-^ olprivM^ inl..r...i m 
 ni# »«y ofTnHtttwe uii.l |.«ir..ii«K<'. '••wl-HiHt wv>..ml% m otir iirf...,., iwUr. Iruiikliv... 
 
 W.. Mr iH>t .lu|«.«..ll.. .Imnk Ir. uiy .t..H«« i^hilh .t Hm Urn tbn n|r»iir« of ..ur 
 
 ..♦wiK" t- |«ll u,«m .,, lo .l,..h»iy.., bui».. ......M.t foUt .U.a ..<„ ftr.l.liu.r, «». |lM«^„f 
 
 *^ rMWvnMl ih|i»H nm.t be .mr ,nrt' to mttuilmii, wUly..ii»iiv.|i-imrHu..ii»ii(. ili«t iuii...|«r». ' 
 »i.Mi itiKl ri.|H..l III t\w ry... ..t thr cnulrf «vlii. h ihr ,,„|>im| .ImriuVr ilriiiiiml., hihI whiiti 
 
 >».'inn .•-.iihilrmly .Ijig. ihr j.i.lur* m iht^jTovmn, lihvr hitlirrl.. |HH..r,M.<l. , In tlii< vww 
 •>l III.. ..ll.j.vl, !».■ f.rl (Iml «... .rnuht II..I, I.I thr ,.rrMrl.t Mulo .,f thl* .i..r.lK.t.. lo .onliimn in 
 
 ■ Mil |.l(r.Y IM Ih.. I .MiiLiI, ,„.|....u .h.,„|.| lM.thr |,h.np.«r.. ■■» hi. M,,ir,ly'. B.,v..rii.,i«n 
 
 .•»|wr...^ .iiMlrr th- .muMi.tiMwr, »huh n..w rvi.l. Ihm w« .ho-.M Ho «. ; immI ..,..„ .,« u 
 
 • ttliifhjiijjhi an.., Inmi ..nr »H-mt{ m a.'iiii.l |^..m>.4..,ii ,.r thow- ..l„.r«, ,i ,„« iu,„,\,\„ 
 
 ■ .'.'.'.V "iihII " '""' '•■'""""•"' ',''•"' ""«'" '^'"'•' """ »♦'" '»"' "'•^ l"''""'"J rrliiclttiK.,. to 
 
 U Uhniit y.„iiy ,1,1., ijirilM-r .h.|M,l,'we Mill ihccfbrr rely .iu..ii your Lorrt.hiii'. etHMliwitf ' 
 
 dniy to .,,,,.„..„.... „U.,.vr* wh..;h in.lu.r „.. ottr, lull .illlK.rMl?;..^h.....blyT., trm S 
 
 «.- .1.. i,..w ,lo, n.„ ,c.,jf.mt,.M, .,1 tl... ..,,t. «l„.|, „M r...,,K,.Hvrlv. h.,|.l ,i,^„4 M«|«.|v'* 
 
 hm M«l. .|y'*|,|..,i,Hrr<„r<t|,i«.ub|.il. , "minor iii«y im» 
 
 W.. Fuvr .Irllmil ii,uki„u; UiN .(mim.mi.afiu,, „„i,| ||,„ p,p„iu .ewi..!. „i thn (i.'iirmi 
 A...n.b|y „ .„, the |mN.^ of.- ..*,„«; ,„ or.Irr (hi.t ,.,. i.^Hrollmu- -C m.r, u.iKht crrMtr u y l 
 
 ■ .Mh...lty ,1, cnrryinu .,„ thr lr.i.|«t.vr \mm,-*., .....I'thrrc w.fl br ..,.,,,1.. t ,m tW ," uS 
 ShZ".'*''"''' *'"^'»' y'" •"■"•"•"I' mi-y th.ik ,,r.,,,.r l...(or« i.iioll,...- ..".'imuTf Ihlj' 
 
 To Vitcomit CMoricb. , * ..i^,.r.h'' ''T»' ¥, /• / 
 
 . '^'- *'''' . H»>dCbif,tnai>.' 
 
 Bill 
 
 NI'.W 
 MIWICK. 
 
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 En^J'^iiru -•, in .No, 0. ' M- '' ' 
 
 To the ll..„. Wm,m ifapftf „«rf thr Il..„ ir„,W rA,y„„„„, JudR... of .ho Supreme 
 
 when th" p"ll,c^„ S^ '''"^ "[ >""' •"'"'■'y »" K'v« up '<ll r'Honpl co„«idcrnti..i,. 
 
 tnnly ,„a«le He wi.&^« .T' '?"l"-«l'««.t to avu.1 h.mwlf „f iR^ offerlhu* volu.i- 
 brccwmr tT^^ l.f.i.? ^' ""«""». pn-v'^u-lv to coiMult »,th tho»e whcxw duty it wi I 
 
 iron. Ihow ,n a„ h«rul ?„ .r " ".!"' •"'P«''""'"y '» " impo'tant that he should learn 
 
 anco at that Board. c.i|h <ii. in w r, neve you flrou. your present attend- 
 
 .My. .he.n.ore .o. a^ the "bJenoe of « 1^ ."' '* '"""*'"'« the di«rh«rge of your 
 rc^onMbility to fall ^n rh^Z'Xr. of Couilal """'•*'''*"'" '=''."^" " '-"'^"'''^ '^«'»^'" «f 
 
 '^ ' I hBv^8lc. 
 
 . (.--igned) U. W. Uaif. . 
 
 V.nt\. i, in Kii.b. 
 
 5.- (No. 5.) 
 aDEi 
 
 My Lord, 
 
 — No. 7.-^ 
 
 FVM le ri cton , 10 Octobw l<»ti 
 
 No. TV — 
 
 Yotm L<»i 
 
 their seats in cXcuXES^S Tv/tL*^*. *° ^^'^ rerfgnation of 
 my serious conrfSion S mv^Sr** ^^"? 9l'P°r' ^ »^" under 
 but little tWe or TpSS foHnSni ' T* ^'l""*** I have „. yet had 
 
 ;579.- / °*'^'"*«' wplacing these gentlemen eflSdently at the CouncU 
 
 "•■'^' / ■':■■■• -. , 03 .,« Board, 
 
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 4.; t()RUF>POXDK\CK UES^lXTIMi THE (iOVKRXMKNT Ol' 
 
 Bonnl, I tliiuk it prw*'!"- >'» »1»' ni«'nvtiim>, to lnti)rin your Lordship, That 
 1 shoiilil ninch rciiri't t%M' (W'i)rivt' I i)f the s«'rvic<*s of two such abU- couui-illors 
 until I hiivf hail t\w v\\m'wi\vv of kt h-ivxt 12 months to i;ui(k- my judgmvut on 
 a iioint of Mich, jiniiortaiic!*' to thf uSmmmu'iit of the I'roviiiov. 
 
 I shall m)t fail to hear in mind jjoift- Lordship's wishes and instructions on 
 tlii« >ul>jtTt, in hriniihiy; to yitln* I^irdship's notice the names of one or two ean- 
 didiitcsVor tlli- CiMnuiC \vlit'nevtr''I am, from pcrsiinal oljscrvation, euiiUled to 
 make >uital)lc xhctious for that lifi!?h and most important office. 
 
 1 have, &c.. 
 (siirncil) .Lrliihuh/ Cuiii/theU. 
 
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 (X... y.) 
 
 Copy <if a DESPATCH from Lileutenant-a;overnor !Sir A. C'iiiijiIh'II, Burt. G.c.B. 
 
 toiVisconnt iioih'ricli. 
 
 i 
 
 My Lord. 
 In ('i)nsc(iiiencc of the" veify 
 
 f redericton, New Brmiswiclt, 
 Hi January 1832. 
 
 lonij pa>sa!;c of the Xovemher packet, youf 
 Lordship's despatch (Xo. l())|"of the 2!>th OctohVr last, -did not reacluue (mnl . 
 ycstirday, ■ ^ • . 
 
 In niv despatch (Xo. .')) of 1831, I had the honour of suhmittina; to your 
 Lordship mv reasons for wi^dns to th-fer for a time recommendina; any new can- 
 didates for I'lis Miui-sty's (y)uncil, to replace Judges Botsford and Ward Chipniiin ; 
 anil as tw() yjcutlcmcii had been recommended by Mr. Black to fill up the exist- 
 inti vacanciis, I was U'd to consicU'r that such delay rtould be productive rather 
 of bt iiefit than of incHnyi'uience to the public service. But your Lordship's 
 despatch, now muU-r reply, renders it expedient that I should at o^ce transmit 
 a few name-, wliich are< in my oj>inion, likely to In? creditable ami useful addi- 
 tions to the pn<sent lis/ of councillors. - 
 
 ^he subject is, hoWever, one of too <leep and vital import-to the best hiterests 
 of the IVovince, as ivell as to the due and most necessary jnaintenance of His 
 Majest\ ■> authorit\-Vml prevoi^atives, to be dismissed w it houj^'ome observations, 
 which "my own short exi)erience, aided by mucli careful investij&tioii into the 
 state of provincial politics and parties,, have already fi»rcibly impressed upon my 
 mind : an<l I shall, therefore, w ith the utmost deference to your L<mlshipls 
 judianent. sn))mit my staten\ents in that spirit of candour and sincerity which 
 I am sure will best "become me in the zealous and faithful discharge of the 
 duties of my situation. . / 
 
 It cannot be doubted, mv Lord, and it therefore ought not to be concealed, 
 that there, is a growing tendency in the House of Assembly of this Pro\j.nce, to 
 ac(iuire such-% ascendan<n in the administration of tlu' government as w;ould, 
 if successful, infallitdy destroy that jmiper balance between the Executive and 
 Leirislative branches, "without" which there is neither safety for the wisest and 
 mo>t beneficial institutions of the country, nor resjiect for the only solid princi- 
 ple upon which the ^adual expansion "of theresources of the land, and the 
 pernument welfare of the people, can be promoted and insured. The inhabitants 
 of Xew Brunswick an-, in gem-ral, enthusiastically loyal, and warmh- attached 
 . to the (Jovt-rnment under which they hve: but it is not less certain that there 
 is growing up among their wpresentatives a strong and influential party, deeply 
 tinged with speculative opinions, which, iif not restrained by the wisdom of a 
 firm and, imU'pendent Couhcil, are calculated to irritate and work upon the 
 public nfitid, and to lead to nmch and serious future mischief. I iinpute no bad 
 Of factioua motives to the party here alluded to, but however honeirifieiirinrcrr= 
 tions, while I iSeelthat nia|iy of their favourite measures are of a nature to 
 infringe ujwn the just and consen-ative influence of the Crown, I must be alive 
 to tlie necessity of providinsf a sufficient and constitutional barrier against 
 encroachments," which, independent of all coloniid considerations, would bring 
 Tvith them a train of eyils. to the Province. , 
 
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 \OVA SCOTIArXKW UHIXSWICK, &c. 
 
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 I It is ill ilii- vit w of the sniijcct that I attac^i fin- lii^^liot inijjort.nici' to tin* 
 (•t)!ii])i>-iti(>ii of His MnjcstyV ('oniicil^ which Mioiiid iiiwajs he so (•onsfitiitcdas 
 tt|i iiit«Ti)osf (fficifiitly b«'t\vfcU tiu; rr|ir(seiltativ«-s of xhv ikh)J)U' and thf nutho- 
 ritii'^ of the Crown, so as to form n \vhol»'soim' oh('rk.*on inriovaticnis, anu to ' . 
 overrule unwise l(''ri>lation, uitliout Jirinirini? tlu" Hxeeutivc into <-()lHsi()ii with- 
 /file l.ow<'r House. It is for tliese reasons most de.'^iralile tliati^ill new meml)ers 
 of tlie C'ouneil should he possessed, iijit only of sound ])rinci])les, bvit of minds 
 siittieiently enlijrhtened and enlarired to iiercrive that the future imisperity of 
 the Province mainly depends on the exir<teni;e of s»icli nn internu'ciiate body as / 
 will fearlessly do its duty -«)•> the hroacj principl** of national utility, unswayet)/ 
 hy any ufUTOW considerations, -of mere local or party interest, and which }iy - 
 (on^istent loyalty and patriotism in all. its acts will ijivc a prop<r tone to/fhe 
 feelinirs of a youuii society, from situatioiv peculiarly ('xprtsed to the eorruiJtiiif; 
 iiifliu-nce of perniciousdoctrines aJul opinions. 
 
 Men thus ((u.dified for o{fi<'e from their i)ropcrty and attainments arc, ;t> your 
 Lordship is aware, uufortimtjitely not at present numerims iilthe Pi'oviuce. Tli(\, 
 two u;reat daises of tile connnunity from which' W(Miui-<t of ueces>ity rill uj) the 
 vacaneies are lawyers and merchants, ,iud I think it is hut fair that a propor- 
 tion of the latter class should he selectt'(| ; hut we nuist still, 1 ciniceive, l)e very 
 careful, for reasons which your Ijordship will readily imairinc, not to irive them 
 Xwy much weiijht and intliu'nce at the Council Boanl. I ipiite cuter into tin- 
 sjnrit of your Lordship's instructionK, now «'ouveyed to me, relative to the 
 extension of the representation to different jHirts of the Province ; and aithousih 
 I luivcnotiiyet seen Mr. AlKnshaw, I aro inclined to think, from all I have heard 
 pf^liim, th'ftt he is a very proper person to receive one of tlu? appointment.*. 
 
 A<'tijiji- (in the nliove i>rinciple, I would next hrins to your Lonlshii)'s favotir- 
 abll>nrt»tit'e the name of Joseph Cunanl, esq., of Minunichi, one of the iii(i>t 
 wealthy and influential nu'rchants in the Province, and who is in «'very respecit, 
 both as to ifflucation and sterling loyalty of character, very clesening of this 
 mark of approbation from His Majesty's Government, ilr. Sinionds, now in 
 Council, although formerly member for Northumberland, and engagwlfor some 
 time in mercantile pursuits in that ccitmtry, is otherwise quite unconnected with 
 it, he and nearly all his family now residing at St. John. 
 
 To replace the judges in the Council (shoi^d your Lordship deem it advisable . 
 to acc«'pt the temler made by theiji of their seats), I would beg to submit the 
 . names of JohiiPSimcoe Saunders and Herlwrt Cornewall, esqrs. ; tlu; former is 
 the ()n\y"s<m of the venerable the chief justice, Ahose whole lift: ha.s been spent 
 in devoted loyalty to his Sovereign. His son was educated to the bar in Eng- 
 land, and is a gentleman of very considerable talent.s and attainments." y\r. 
 Cornewall, ComirtroUer of His Majestj% Customs at St. John, is the son of the 
 late Bishop of Worcester ; he is a gentleman possessed of great information, 
 and with the advantage of a most liberal education cannot fail to prove a veiy 
 useful and efficient member of the Boartt . 
 
 I liave already exjierienced |ome inconvenience from the want of a sufficient 
 nimil^er of members at head*<piftrter8 to enable me, on an emergency, to form 
 a council; and as the Bishjop of No^a Scotia can only be considered as an 
 honoiWry member, I should venture to sWgest that an efficient one be itppointed 
 in his|room, letivfing his Lordship's name> of course upon the Jist, with the pri- ' 
 vilege\pf taking his seat as often as he may visit this part of his diocese. For 
 this purpose, I beg to be jjettnitted to submit a fifth name to your Lkmlship, 
 'that of Major W. Robinson, of the British armyj unattacheil ; he is thj; son of / 
 the late respectable member of Council of that name, and a gentleman every ' 
 way eligible for the situation ; he is a native of the IhH)vince, and now settled / 
 near this plac^. / 
 
 ..I annexe a list of the .present G^ouncil, 'with the places of* residence of^'th^ c! 
 different n(iembers, in order that your Lordship may be enabled to judge of the 
 difficulty above tujverted to. ' c* ' 
 
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 NJ. 8. 
 
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 4S qoapfTPOXDENCE RESPECTING THE GQVERNMRNTOI' 
 
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 Enclo9uri> ill No. 8. -' . 
 
 Li-T oCiUi-^ >|ttje:-ly"s (,'oiiiK'il in llic FrDvUico ot Ni-w Biyiisvvick, witli tlii' Pluct'siof 
 
 rDvuiL'o 
 Ri'sidi'iH'c of tliiAiiHorfiit McinV"'-'' 
 
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 The lloi.: 
 
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 Ldul Ili-ihi)]) of Nova !»i'()tia,. vl^itmsr »|ii' 
 
 Illy r.ilfo ill cvoiv iliii'i' IT tour yeari* 
 Till' lil«iii.Uiiili;i> HI1V1, ivsiiliiii; alMiiit-lii miles CSn^ 
 Till' Hon. Milliun^ Ulaik.jit St. .lolin, Itn iiiil.'s (iyiii 
 Tlio Hon. lii'oim' Slion- - . . -/ 
 
 Tlic Hfin. Thoinas Hailln' lali^i-nt in EiV>;luiiil) ■> 
 The Hon. .Tiidm' Hotnt'oiil - - -■' - 
 The Hon. .ItitlLT'' ('l'.i|>i\iai'i 
 Tlic Hon. H\ I'.liT- 
 Tin; Hon. F.\l'- Roljin^oii 
 TliL' Hon. Ilili'liurtl SiinoncI 
 
 |>art of till' (lioti 
 
 10 JiimiuFy IM.l'J. 
 
 Ilrsidt'iu'f. 
 - Fri'ili'iii'ton. 
 
 Halifax. 
 Fri'tiiTutoii, 
 Fiviiriii'ton. 
 Fit'di'iictiui. 
 Fri'<I('iiL'toii. 
 - ■ M t'^linoioliiiiil, 
 - - - - St. John, 
 (ia;j>'Town, !»(! inil<"< from Fii'di-iictoii. 
 
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 (Ni). 30. )■ 
 Copy of a DESPATCH 
 
 ' —No. 9. — 
 
 from Viwount Goih'nch to Lieutpnaiit-Kovenior Sir 
 /j. Cf»j/7*6(7/, Bart. G.c.H. . 
 
 Sir, \ ' Downinj^-street, 1 May I8:J2. 
 
 I HAVE tlu- hontuir to acknowledge the receipt of your letters, No. 5, of l!«h 
 October 1831, and Wo. 2, of the I fith January 1 832. 
 
 In that of Octobeit \ <)th, 1 83 1 , jou express an earnest det^ire not ttf be deprived 
 . of the services of Judges Qotsford and Chipman in the Council, until you may 
 * have had the experiertce of at .least twelve months to guide your judgment upon 
 a point of such impolrtance to the government of the Province, anjl I collect 
 from your <lespatch, No. 2, of Januarj- 16th, 1832, that, after the lapse of four 
 months^ you retain the shmi? feeling uixin that subject ; under these circumstances 
 Ldo not wish to embarpjiss you by requiring that you-should immediately accept 
 the tender which they hlive made of their seats in the Council, but referring to 
 . whrtt has passi'd of late Vears in some of the other North America^ Provinces 
 iipoii thijg subject, and khowing the raiudity with which .opiiuons upon such 
 matters IjU- hold of the puulic^ mind in societies constituted as those Provinces 
 are, I am 'jiersuaded that you will feet the importance of beaming in mind the 
 great advantage which is" \a be found in anticipating instead of following a 
 powerful public impulse, particularly in cases when that impulse is directed 
 towards objJf^s not in themsehes imk-easonable nor constituti<mally. incomiNitible 
 with the regular inan!h of tlu\ King's (Jovernment ; I readily admit that in the 
 
 ■ earlier stagesW colonial societSes, such a body as the Council of New Brunswick, 
 
 ■ couUl not easiW be composwl in a manner consi.stent with its obvious functions, 
 unless it conJiinsed imlividuals ^ho upon gcneraLgrounds might not be precisely 
 thos«' wJiom it might idtimately \\^ advisable to select. Tlie introduction^ there- 
 fore; of the thrVe puisne judges,\ as well as the chief justice, may fairly have 
 'been deelned on^gjnallj' A>n«tter M necessity; and it may be that the time is 
 scarcely yet arriml when thepracnci! could conveniently be changed. \I am 
 willing', therefore, «) defer to your wislies and judgment^ and to postpone fo*; the 
 present the practiiiml application of W former instructioiis, contenting myJself, 
 upon this occasion,Vith pointing oui to you the considerations whi(Sh seeni, to 
 me to dictate the ni^cftwHy of making in <lue time the proposed alteraticin. 
 It would scarcely be \neces8ary to add that my pBject in proposing th'nt tlie- 
 juilges, with the excei)t;ion of the* cluef\justice, should no longer have seats iii; 
 the"lj»'gisfative Council^ was my desired to add to the weight and influence'', 
 poss>-sse4by that body by givin g to it a chViracter nf ^nter independence, were 
 It not tliat in consequehce df the obsen-ations which you have made vpon this 
 subjecf^y attention has. '.Veen attracted to the question of. how far it may be 
 practicable to adopt further ineasures calculated to produce the same effect. 
 
 It has hitherto, as I understand, been ihe custom that the Executive and 
 Legislative Councils, though dlistinct bodies, slfould consist of the same memlxjrs. 
 
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. <» NOVA S(OTIA, NEW qUUNSWICK, &V. 
 
 49 
 
 To tjtiis practic«> I tVtflt there nn- several objections, which incline me to believe NEW 
 
 that it might with mantage be dcimrted from ; the eircumstitncc of the same BRUNSWICK. 
 
 fjentlemen beiuR n>enil)ers of botli Councils has n tendency, I think, to preveht — — 
 
 i'ithcr from discharging with effect the duties which ought to d«>volve ujion it. , • ^' 
 
 'rh(>Kxec(itiveCounvilKhotild, I think, consist of n small mnnber of gentlemen, , ' 
 
 including cme or two influential members <>f each branch of the lA!gislature, with 
 whoin tlie(iovemor might confidentially «;onsult upon the executive business of ' 
 
 ]\\v gove'rnm^nt ; the Legislative Council, on the other hand, should be more 
 uunferous, and should prinriimlly consist «)f gentlemen independent of, and « r 
 
 uift-c)nn<«cted with, thejExenitive (iovernment^ and selected fnnn the principal ^^-^ 
 
 iiifl|^d)itants of the IVovinc*- and those having the greatest stakein its welfare. *'i ,^ 
 
 .Vfijiresent it appears to m«r that the Council is too numerous to be usefully , ..' 
 
 ccmsulted by the Govenior in the 'administration of affairs, whilst it^ is not 
 sufficiently so, and has too close a connexion with the executive government, 
 to enable it to jjosscss the weight aftd authority whitrh should belong to it as an 
 independent branch ,of the legislature ; nor is this the <mly oljjection to the , ^ 
 
 present system, the rank of n councillor b«'ing naturally an object of ainbitiim, 
 thosi- gentlemen who by their ccmduet in the Asseml)h;«Wre entitled to the ' ' ^ ~" 
 
 countenance and favour of the Government, are, l)y t\u' \n^ act by which it is ' 
 conferred ugon them, withdrawn from -the scene where they can be most useful. 
 "■ |sons it appears to me highly desirable that 'the number of the 
 
 "ouneil should be increased, an«l that its members should cease to . 
 ^rily members of the Executive or Privy Council, while at th«' same 
 jtitudd be authorized to summon to the latter one or two membtxa^ ^ 
 
 . ["ntCouncil, and of the Assembly, and those of the chief officers of the 2 
 Ciwvemment whom you might think it right to include in it. I fiml, upOTi ~ , 
 
 , inquiry, tKat there appears to be no legal obstacle to your being empowered by 
 «n instrunjent under the Great SeaKto carry into effect the proposed alteratioh, . 
 and that by\the records «)f this office there would seem to be no law wfiich 
 would pn'vent a i|iember of the Assembly of New Brunswick from retaining 
 his seat in that house if called to give his advice to the Governor in the Executive. « * 
 
 I wish you therefore initnediately to take into your most serious consideration 
 the suggestions which I have now thrown out, and to favour me with the result 
 of your deliberation, in order that before the next meeting of the Provincial 
 Parliament, I may determine whether such a change should be adopted. You 
 will have the gbodness at the same time to communicate to me your opinion as 
 to the gentlemen who should be added to the present Cduncil, or who should be / • " 
 
 members of the tWo distinct Boards," should it be your opinion that these should / 
 
 be constituted in the manner I have described. To the names which you have / 
 
 submitted to me, fhave no objection to offer, except to that of Mr. Cornewall, 
 whom I should be unwilling to add to the Council, not on account of any personal 
 unfitness, but because 1 understand' thi^t he has merely an official , connexion 
 with the cololvj^^a'hd becausct the situation which he fills is one to which some 
 unpopularity usually attaches, while it is also one which is of course felt by the 
 inhabitants t8 retain its holder in a state of dependence upon the Government. 
 \yith respect to Mr. Cunard, that gentlenian seems to possess ever)' retiuisite 
 qualificafion, and to be well calculated, from his character, his talents, and his 
 stake in tbe country, to give satisfaction to the public, and weight to the body of 
 which he woukLbecome a member ; but at the same time, I think it is necessary 
 to obser\'e that if the proposed alteration in the constitution of the Council 
 shoulU take»pkce, I think that it would be most desirable that he should retain 
 his ^eat in the Assembly and becoiue a member of the Executive Council. 
 
 '^ With respect to the bishop's seat,-! confess that I quite agree with you in / 
 thinking that it is attended with nj^ractical utility, and may become ultiniately/ 
 an object of jealousy and animi^i^rsion ; although, therelbre, I am not prqioretL^ 
 at present io give you aniy detimtiv'e instructions resiwcting it, I shall bear th^ 
 subject in mind, with a view to some change, whenever I feel myself in possession 
 of sufficient information to be able to take i nto conside ration, witli a view to 
 
 -re««»« pFiieticat measure, the general condition of thF^hurchofEnglaiidiatliF" 
 province of New Brunswick : 1 an> bound to add, that if a vacancy were to occur 
 in the s^e of Nova Scotia, I should not recommend that the new bisho]) should 
 be in the Council of eithier Province. , • 
 
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 DllL'NSWICK; 
 No. 10. 
 
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 r,o COIlRKSPO^DENCfr BI^SP15(TIN(i THE GOVERNMENT (IF , ^ 
 
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 t'onyWa DESPATCH fronv LiJ-iitcnnnt-fidvcrnorSir /I. Crtw/jW/, Bort. o.c.B. 
 ■' to \ iscount (.iodfruh. 
 
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 [ My LonI, *• Fredmi-ton, N.B., 2« July IH.Ti. 
 
 I"JIAVK the lionoJir'to iM^knowK'dffe'thc rrccijit of yoiir Lonlsliip's dcHpiitch 
 ofthw IsfMiirlnst, No. .Ic}. I liiivr tnkfit into .my most Ht'rious co.nftidemtion 
 tlu' various ini))ortaiit sulijccts tln'n'in, coininunicTuted, an(C hIiiUI n'spectfulJy 
 offtT a ftfw,l)rii'f ()l).xi'nationrt ri-suUins th'Ti'froni. \, ^ , ' 
 
 - Ill flif'-first jilaci', Lhiivi' tin- sntisfaotion to state tliM I Imte never, either 
 
 , din-etly (ir indirc,ctly, had iiiiy reiniirii orconijilaipt nmde ,tp irt*as to tlu; judges 
 
 haviiif? s«-ats iiiT'ouncil. • 4Vrhai>s this irtay have arisen more from the hif?h 
 
 feeliiijj of rc.-<i)e<-t entertained throu.u;liout tlie iVovinee -for tlie (iiKtin^dshed - 
 
 individuals at pn-sent hoklinf; those appointments, than from a:ppn)i)ation of 
 
 the sykeiiJ . its«>lf ; this is so far ^atisfnetory as to the past, and! beg to thank 
 
 >.youf Lordshi|i for your kind iiidulgenee in allowing nle to luivi; tlie benefit of ' 
 
 their eouiRiel antl cxjierienee so long.' Cointnding fully as I do' in youi- ImtA- 
 
 ship's «^pinfon, that fjrent iuivantiiger is to be found in untieipatin^^, instead of 
 
 i follbwi'iig, a powcTful iiublie opihion, \vhi<!h, iw I have aln«ady obscTved, does 
 
 3. ni>)t^t manifest 'itself in this Provimie, but might, at the instigation of a few^ 
 
 ^,.-^I«nagogues, burst forth when least expeeted, however much I may tegtet 
 
 , the r»'iiiovar of ■ the judges from tlu».Council,fI sli^tM not urge one word more 
 
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 upon that sHlm;t. 
 Under eireumstaiices 
 
 ■:1. 
 
 different »frt)m tfiose I'tim about to Hubniit to 
 
 your' 
 
 Lordship, the removal of the' judges from the Couneil might Iw seriously felt, 
 ina.sin.ueh nsJh^«' would he no pers<ms left competent to protect the judicioiy 
 
 *' system and othW legal "instifutidntCof the Provuict* from innovatioh, anafrgm 
 . those fanciful changes whi«li have* been often suggested by membits of the 
 
 ^. -House of Assembly ; but i« the list 6f, names I have to transmit for your Lbrd- 
 
 / 'ship's ajiproTnl to the Council will be fmti^d those of tw^o eminent .lawyers, viz.^ 
 
 ' ' Messrs. Johrf'Saunders and G. F. Street natives of this province, but educated' 
 at the British bar ; gentlemen, I feel confident, fully qualified both by prin- , 
 ciple and talent, to secure to that bpdv all the' legal ad\ic6.it may requure in 
 the protection of th^ prerogatrves orliie Crown and tlie institutions of the 
 country. ■■ ' [. • i ' ^ 
 
 ° Altlumgh the eon^ftutional practice of the legiskture of this l*rovince in its 
 different branches has hitherto wiirked well, the chunge conteinpla(*e3 by your 
 Lordsfiip in the^iiiisjon of tin! Ex*cutiv«> and Legislative Councils, must, asoA 
 
 <" I make no doubt will,' be received as. a most satisfactory improvement. As your 
 Lordshi|> justly oboen'es, the inconsistfiicy of the same members forming the 
 Privy mnd legislative Councils as a fjoJy, is, an anomaly that never ought to 
 have existed, -and the sooner that it is abolished' the better. - , 
 
 In the adoption of this chaHge I would in^t resjicctfully recommend,, in the 
 firsjt instance (to save expense), that the Legislative Council should be kept at 
 its "present strength, or 12 effective ni^bers; an ample pn>|»ortion, it maybe 
 presumt-d, to the existing memljehnjr the Lower House, viz. 28, including the 
 
 * 'Sjieaker. Tliis branch must soon, increase by the further division of counties ; 
 
 as settlement and popHJiation extend, so.may the other in progressive ratio. 
 
 Hitherto tHV proceedings pf the Legislative Council hayc been carried on with. 
 
 closed" doors ; 1 l>eg to be favoured with your J^ordship's coimuands relative to 
 
 the^future continuance of this custom. «. - . '. . , 
 
 1 The Ext'butfi-e Council I would propose to consist of five, with a provision' 
 "that three; should form a quorum; the members to be selected from persons 
 residing at op in the immediate vicinity ai the seat of government. The nomi- 
 nating of gentlemen, to this Council 'from distant parts of the; country wotild I 
 .-Ofit only li e attendcd-l>vith Iwueh . inehnvimiencft, exiwnsff, ftnrt...l« g g..of JMlMft.blfl.|- 
 
 V time to the incUvidualS themselves, but from the length of time that would 
 necessarily elapse before they could be iassembf^^d, might be highly detrimental < 
 to the public service in the event of an emergent call for the meeting qf that , 
 
 "Council. The case is differe'nt in regard to the Legislative Couneil ; they we, • 
 
 • m a matter of course, ia attendapiJe cUiriug the session of the Assembly, gene- 
 
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 NOV/V SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK, &c. 
 
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 51 
 
 riRy about liO ilnyHnn tht* year, nnd the only time, uikder the contemplated 
 arrang«'nient, that their Hen-KjeH ciiH be required, t ., 
 
 I havivinost attentively weighe<l that purt of ycmr Lordiihi|)'H desii&tch »u(;- 
 ^Htin)]; that' ^oiiie itienil)erH of tht^ Lower' i louHe H|ujuld Im> called or noiViinated 
 to the Executive 'C^ouncil ; and 1 speak ndviHwlly wheii ' I ("xpreBH my appre- 
 heuHion that*HUcU-a mensure would not answer. TJhe very eireumHbincu of thpir 
 bein^, eouiieilI(irH,-and in the inunediate ('(infidene*' of the Exwcutive, would not 
 qnly e^;at^ mudrfenlousy auioiu; the other niein!)er8 of tlu- House of AsscJinbly, 
 but woiihl in iill i)roba|iillty destroy ail their influence i« that house, and prevent 
 them fn»» heing, re-eloeted to it. Mr. Joseph Cunard is the only one in the 
 list yet brought ,t(» your I^onrship's notjfe ; an<l I confess that I should regret to 
 have^ to try the experimi'nt «i his cii»P,''the more partic^ilarrv so, as I am assured, 
 in tlie iwresent onler of things, that hia broth.er will bt^ l»is successor in the, 
 A>'semmv. 
 wine sti 
 
 Hjmng . , c~ . t -- 
 
 sttitiHl in the despatch under con^idenition,'! shall, in oliedifHrc to your Lord-, 
 ship's coiQmandsi submit ^r your approval the names of the ^ntlfimen of 
 whom I propose h}-the first instance to funn the Executive vjuul Legislative<k 
 
 Councils. V ' . 
 
 'I have, &c. 
 
 mitWsw icK. 
 
 nl)ly, from tlu? county of Northumberland^ — a gen^ljeman actuated by the 
 spirite.d and joyal pHui-iples. *" ^ '>, 
 
 ivtng now; to the best of my judgment, rei>lie<l to the djllDren^ suggfestions 
 
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 % JjeifpiffA) Arch. Campbell. 
 
 Enclosures in No.' 10. 
 
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 For tlie HKccutive Couucih 
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 \ The l.ieiitminiit-goveivicf'. President. " » 
 
 Tlie ClwJ'-jusiice. • ,. ,- ' " <!' ' j " >> 
 
 Mr. Tliomat Baillie, Coin<i\is8ioiier'At° Crowif Lands. 
 .. Mr. Fredaip P. Robinson, i\)hdit<)r. \ . ' *'■■:■ ■>' 
 ,■ Mr. Willram Fi.Odt;ll,Secretiir)h^ - ° ' ,vv -' ' 
 ' llr. (ieorjje' P. $trcflj A^voAte-gencriiL * ■ " . 
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 An'h. Caiiiplie/l. 
 
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 Ends. !ii No. 10. 
 
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 . ; ''-.(No; 2.) 
 FoV iliQ Legi^ativp Cutuicil. 
 /Alre^Hy in the Council 
 
 The CljiieKJuHtice^ PreiJitient. - 
 TLe Bishcin orNbvHt^colian ^ 
 Mr. William Bl.ick. »*. 
 Mr. Cieorati'Shore. 
 
 ' ' Already approved of: 
 Mr.'l'hoinasCunard. 
 Mr, .biiues Allanshaw. \ • - 
 
 New recuiuiaendatiuns :' 
 Air. George F. Strocf. ' 
 
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 Mr.. Thomas Bnillie. - ; ' 
 Mr.' Harry Pe»f f», « 
 
 M r. Frefleric P. Uobinson. 
 Mr. Richard Siniiinils. ' | 
 
 Mpjor William JioltinHon. 
 Mr. John S^, Saunders., 
 
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 'iVlr. WilHam Ornne. 
 
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 Copy of a bESPATGH fromlieutena^at-governor Sir .4. Campbell, Bart, g.c.b. 
 to Viscount fcrotfmeA. , "' ., 
 
 y_ " MyLwd, ' V ' -Predericton, N.B., 24 July;18%2. 
 
 With reference to my de^tch c4 the 20Ui instant, No. 41,1 find: it neees- 
 ■ sary to offer a brief e^qslanation of the motives'* bywhicb I .jffQiS guided in the 
 .selection of members for* the ExeciitiVe^lount^f (flk,^ No. 1 )s therein trans- 
 mitted for ^proval. ' ' ' ' ,, ■ '- ' ' 
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 No. II. 
 
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 No. 12. 
 
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 5i feQli^KSmNrtENC'R RESPECTING THE GOVERNMENT ()F 
 
 I (HiiiUl not M-U'ct pi'i-iioiiit, t-i)n)i)t<t«>nt in my opinion tu bc(*«)nic (Mwnintlorii, 
 rt-^nlinK nt or in tlic inunodintc vii-inity of tlu> st-at of govfrnmcnt who nri> not 
 ulrt'iiily nu-nil)crH of tlu- Lt'td^Inttve Councj^ : nnii I als«t fft'l (U>HirouM to liavi> at ' 
 lfa!<t tho f\]UTini(M' of oni- sewxion to t'nnl>ir> nic to judm- how that Ixnly will 
 work on tlx* ri-nu)V4il of thi> imion*- judges (iiliould that nu>u»ur(> bt> at unce 
 tU'tt'rtiiinrcl on) : if !*nti!*fiictoriiy an<l_,wt'll, tlwn u nipn- coinpU-te Hfimratiun of 
 Counrils fan snfoly tak«'i»laef. " 
 
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 ■ „ (signed) ' Arch. Campbell. 
 
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 jientenant-p;oveVnor Sir ^^1. Comjt^ 
 to Viscount Ootlerirli. ° 
 
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 C'(.pv 4u nESlWTCn froujl 
 
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 Myv-Wdr -' ' ' ^ FrO(!ericton, N.Tr^>9 .VuRUHt tM-2. 
 
 With nfereiue to my despateli of the Sotif July 183? {Nb. 41),lbeK now to 
 state that Ihnvrluul,a eommunieation from Mr. Crane, oif Westmorland, respect- 
 fully detiinin^ a si'at in the Legislative CouneH, for which I reeonunended him, 
 preferring to remain in his present situation as S]M>.aker of tlie House of 
 Assembly. ' ' 
 
 Should the arrangements alread) proposed be confirined, I Shall take an early 
 oppt)rtunity of submittihjj the name of some other respectable person for the\ 
 Council in room of Mr. Cfane. Here I cannot help again expressing niy hope 
 that a small Exc-eutive Council, as proposed by your Lordship, will 8U|>ersede 
 the present system of p'ferring confidential matters to so large a • bod)' a^ 
 conipose the Council as now constituted. , ' , / 
 
 • "I hane, &c. ' . / 
 
 • (signed) " Anil. Chwpbell, . 
 
 Lieut.-govcruor. ■ 
 
 ■ (Xo..ih.) -Ko. 13.- " ■ y 
 
 Copy of . a DESPATCH from Vii*eount Goderkh to Li^eutenant-ggivcrnor 
 Siryl. Cff»f/«ie//, Bart. O.C.B. \ ' / 
 
 Sir * Downing-street, 'i.'V September i832. 
 
 I HAVK the honour to acknowledge, the receipt of your despa.tch of the 
 20th July last. No. 41, in which you state youj^oiuiipn that the change coiji- , 
 templated by me in the constitution of the Pr^^^Pof New Brunswick, by the 
 separation of the Executive from the Legislative jCounciLs, will be received as 
 a satisfactory improvement, and that the anomaU' of the same members fcuin- 
 ing the Privy and Legislative Councils as a pody olight no longer to be 
 continued. V -<C ' " .' 
 
 Y(m also infonn me that you conceive that die; judges may now retire 
 from the Council without inconvenience to the public servijie; and although 
 no complaint has hitherto been made on the subject of the ji<dges having seats 
 in Council, you conceive tjiat this may probably l)e attributea^ore to the high 
 feeling of respect which is entertained throughout the ProriiiCje for the dis- 
 tinguished individuals at present holding; those appointments, tban from appro- 
 bation of the system itself. ' , " 
 
 I concur entirely in the sentiments which you have expressed with regard 
 to the able and im]>artiaU manner in which" flie judges have uniformly executed 
 the important duties which have been requirerl^ of them as executive and 
 legislative councillors; but, at the same'tim^, I cannot hesitate in advising 
 His Majesty- to accept their resignations after- the decided opinioii which his 
 b een expre ssed ])V Pnrliiiment pn tbi> siihjeet iy th e r jL Se of the Canndinn Pro 
 
 vinces, and iu, thti propriety of whiclT I .entirely concur. Th0 chief justice ~ 
 will, therefore, in future be tfie only judge retaining a seat ig the Executive ' 
 ami Lt>gislative Councils. You will, however, communicate to the judges, that 
 it is His Majesty's pleasure that they retain the rank and privileges of members 
 of Council ; and in opening the next Session of the Provincial Legislature, you 
 
 will 
 
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 NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK 
 
 will avail joursolf of the opportunity of publicly exprestiing to thrni Ills 
 Miuf>tt)'H tluuik>4 uiid approbation of their paftt Horvliios. 
 
 The (MjHtoni you wtntr to Imre hitherto prevoiled of the proceeding!! of t\\v 
 Lt-giHlative Council 4)(ing carried o« with clotteil doora, is liable, I think to 
 cohKi«lerabU' ohiection and^niHconstruction, nnd it seems to me bii^Wy^itr5^)I».* 
 »i.„. :.. f....._.. ,],p ordinary deliberations of thisbratuJii-<rfilTr"WisIature should 
 he public. I wish y<)Ujtbwrfoferi>rivately toiuggest to fhe 
 proi»riety of jpkiHfiTSii5h w change, which, of course, can only 
 be «'fre«;teiy by tlui, oHthOnty oif the Council itaelf. Under wAmt regulutioni) 
 this mwi^jje-lirto b<' grantVd, ohd on what occasions it may hi' proper Jo ijus- ^ 
 u^MtHfs exercise, will al8n^Ji« qut'itlons for their conslderatitin.r , .' 
 
 ''^ His Majesty lias' b( en pleased to ajiprovc of the. g^ntlemef recomniencled 
 by you as members of the Executive aniMn-glslatlve (.'ouucilH.jwith the excep- 
 tion of Mr. Street, whose apl)o\,|nm«nt to the Legislotive (f'ouncil I siiduld 
 rather wish to be deferred for the present, as^Mr.Odcll would Othinjvisc be the 
 only executive councillor not in the Legislative Council. I think this would 
 hanlly be sufficient (o mork the dlHtlnctlon of the two bo<liesJand woiild inak^ 
 the ont" apfiear too uluch llkfcji committee of tbe other. I J ' 
 
 The sepamtton of the two Councils, and flie retirement /of the jitdfoes, ii 
 ..-u ^..= , .. .... .i?#prp^ 
 
 perhaps a sufficient innovotlon ot\onpe, and I therefore acqiilesce 
 priety of not otteihpting at pn'sent to establish a closer connexieh iK!tw'eei>^ 
 th* Executive Government t\iul the Assembly, as originally proposed ; I. hoW- 
 ^vep, still entertain m opir(lon that thi« is an object which shd^ld riot fee 
 lost sight of, and whith it will be verj' deste^ble hereafter to accomplish, kn 
 order to effect this, it is desirable that the public should be led to regard (a-V In 
 EngltMid) the obtaining n seat In thV Privjfc^buticll os an honour not incom- 
 
 Gltiblewith ony other, situation, or as ilisqualifvinj^ the holder from sitting 
 kewise in the Assembly. The liest mode, probaWy^oftt^}'ing the "experiment 
 of uhi(ing.ln one person the two characters, would be to endeavour to procure 
 the election of an- executive councillor as a member of Ouj AsseinKly, instead 
 of naming a iiersoh olreailv in the Assembly to the CouhcSx With this View, 
 l,lhhik It would be advlsobte to taktJ an early opportunity of>introducing Into 
 the Executive Council some gentleman possessing such an in^st in some 
 part-of thp Province as is likely t«) lend to his being chosen one dC the rtpre- 
 senlStlves. I tnijit that I shall be enabled to transmit to you lii^thei next 
 packet the neces^ory authority, under His Majesty's sign tuanual, for ^yiiiir 
 the proposed rirrangement Into effect. \/ ''** ^ 
 
 - ■> ; ,1 have,«&c. 
 
 ;.--.'■ ■■ '. \'' ' \ '-.' ■'.■'"' ";-, ■■(signed) \Goder: 
 
 GoPYof aDJESFATCH/rom Lleutenwit-govemor Si'r^. Cmvben,hat q c b 
 
 to Viscount fi'otffnVA. ^ . " \\' 
 
 My Lord, ' -yr 'pVedericton, N. B., 18 November ISsi" 
 
 tuLl'^^rc- ! °r""^>Jr" "• ^"•Jf ^'^ *''^''^'^'Pt of your Lordship's despatch of 
 
 , tbe-e5thSepte.nber.(No.56),bhvhiQh I find that in the contemjlated changes ^ 
 
 in the formaUi» pf the CouncU of New Bninwlck, the puisne' ja<lgL So 
 
 longer to hold their seats In tlie Legislagb Co'uneil -', •! . i . 
 
 In my despatdi of the 29th August'lM (No. 51), I had the liollur of com- 
 
 fcK?"®. '\ ^"""^ H't^^^ ^^^ *#'«ne, t^ Speaker o?VheHouSTf 
 
 S;'^' nirfrf""^' declined alepting of a ITat in the Leglslatlv"- 
 
 CoundJ. I now begto recommend for that vacancy A. G. Botsford.' esa • the 
 
 •eldest son of Judge'^otsford, he is a country gentleman, and one of th^mo t 
 
 zealous officers in the mlUtia of New Brun*wick,-in ^hlchlShS the raik o f 
 
 Lieutenant-colonel, and he is reported to me In every res^t S quIlS to 
 
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 i^.?m i' ^'""•*^'' •*?? * '"^r ^"""^ reason to belief thift such.a measure 
 would be no less acceptable to the whole county of Westmorhnd., 
 
 . I liave, &c? ' ' 
 
 __„ (signed) JircA..C<i»»»itfW, Lleut.igovemor. 
 
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 COI'Y of n DKSI'Vrfll (ro\)\ Viicoimt (ioilirirh t 
 J Sir J. ('<//«/(<i.7/, Hart. (i.c.H. 
 
 Sir, .1 <l)()wnin>?'Mm't, , 
 
 I II AVI tlM- lionoiir to tninsniit to yt»ii llin iMiijcxty's c imi 
 
 (ircat Seal, rKtahliHliinij two ilisiinct t'oiiiiciU for tlic I'rjivii 
 ...: .1 I ..I I.. .. .J.. ...i.i:>:......i :..^t .•:.... ..iwl.... >li>> 11: 
 
 Lit!Utt*nant-Kov(>mor 
 
 7 IVfwmbw IHU'i. 
 ' inii^iMHion, iitiil<>r tii« 
 
 ,..., ,., ^ viiifo of Ni'w llniiiH- 
 
 wick. I uIm) iiiclosi' i|ii additional iiiHtrtiotioii, midiT tlic lloya'l Si^ll Manuiil, 
 a|)|ioiiitiii|{ the mnnliriN of tile ICxtrutivt- (.'oiiiicil. Th<' »l>i''f jjwirwn of, 
 VlUKT anil Umcr t'aijada having ri'siijiu'd tlirirm-atx in tht' Kxcciitivc C'onnciln 
 of thos»' l*rovini'4>s. iji (hftTi-ncf to tin- opinion which had lu-on t-xpresHcd 
 by the Houhc of Conftiions as to the impropriety of tU»M:hiff jiv«ti(;f hoUUng 
 a M'lit in tlu- Kxfciitilt' Connfil. and i^l I'ntirojy i-oncuV in tin- n-c-onnncnda- 
 tion of tho CaiuMla (itinniittrc on this sHi>j«'<t, you will at on<<- pVnrcivo tllat 
 It wo» inuMtsHilih' for jnif to include the name «)f th" chi«>f justice iw an cxecu- 
 tiv«' councillor for NJ'w nruiWwiek ; I have, thcr<^fore, suhmittcd the niimi.i of 
 Mr. John Sinico*- Saifiiders to Hw Majesty to fill the viirancyo«-<!a»ione«l hy the 
 oiuiBHion of the yiiief justice in the list of Ihe Excfuitlve Council. 
 
 \ .1 hnvo, &c. 
 
 \ (xigned) , Goderirh. 
 
 Our , 
 
 , or to 
 
 KiicloHure l,in No. 16. 
 
 / COMMISSION. 
 
 )3Vi 1.1,1 \»tTl'!', 
 ()ur Will iiml I'JciiHiirc in. tliiit sm propiirt! u nil! lor Our Hoyal SiEnaluro, to pan* i 
 ~<}tih»US<i;ii[ o» t)ur I'nitcd Kingdom .lit' Oriot Urituia um| Ireland, in the Word*, ( 
 ^hc eflect follbwiirert - 
 
 Wiu.iAM the Foiirlli, l.y tin- Grwft of «<xl oT Itin H«it©d Kingdom of Orc»t Britiiia and 
 Ireland Kiiij;, Di'ltiidi-r of tlie Kiitli, to Our riy;lit truHty aiuf well-1)«dovBd Mattliew Lord 
 Aylnier, K. C, of tim inost Imnoiiridilo niilitiiry Order of the Huth, l.ifuteiiant-iriMioral of 
 Om J'orws, prei'tini:. Whereus, liy letters patent, bcurinif date at VVeslminsler, on the Otii 
 'day of July^iaait ml the second year of t)ur reiun, VVe did eonstiluto and appoint von to 
 bii Om Captaiii-ijciuriil mid Mov.riior-ia-Ghief in and over Our province of New Bruns- 
 wick, mid did l)y Om- Lid cDininission (;i»<-, gnint^ and commit to you certain powers and 
 airtlioritif*, t" 1m^ hy vtVi excrtisi'd in manner tliiTcin iiHJiitioned, with ^lie advice and con- 
 ient of*()iii l"nmiuiri>(' < »\ir Niii) provinci;, as by reference to the said letters patent will inor<! 
 fully and at larije ilpp<!ar:\Aiul?iv'iepns \ve liaA edeeiin-d it expedient that there should lience- 
 iijyward be two distiiHt couWils in Our said province, for the purposes heirinutler iiiealioned : 
 Now, therefnri', know ye,lli\l We of Ourespeeiidj^nice, certain knowled-^e, and'ninre motion, 
 have tliou(;lit proper to •4rinit\ provide, and declartfand do hereby t;rant. provide.inu.l dtrclarc, 
 that there hliulMienceti>rw;aiili)C within our said prtvince of New Brunswick, two distinct and 
 separate councils^ to lie respct hvoly called the Legislative Council and the lixecutive Council of- 
 Our siiid iMvince; and we do hVreby further direct ant|, declare Our pleasure to be, that all and 
 every llie powers ui/id authorilits iri the letters patent aforesaid eontanied, and thereby coiv 
 ferred,oii and vcs'l<il in Our Council 'therein mentioned, so far as respeclstlie ciiae.t;iii>iit ol 
 anydaws to beUnade within Our wii<l pl-ovinee, shall henceforth be ami the same are hereby 
 vested in \.\\t said' Legislative Council, and that all other powers and aiitliorities whatsoever 
 in the' le'tters pnUiilt aforesaid contained,' and thereby conferred on and vested inOurCouueil 
 therein nientic.nec), shall li.iuefortli be and the siinie are hereby vested in the saul lixecu- 
 tive Council. Aijd We do furllier direct imd declare Our pleasure tt> be, that all and every 
 
 ' the provisioiisv^^ses, niattfers, and things in the said letters patent contained, or which are 
 or'tihall be idiitalliied in the lieiierill or other instructions^ therein referred to, wilhri^lertuice 
 to the c.m'slitiittoi' of. the Cimcil therein nientioneTl, and to the nnmber of the member.! 
 thcr<<)f. and to tlu; nopiination;i umMjintnient, suH|M-n»iion or removal of such meinbers, 
 shall lie and tiiv same are hereby made applicable to the said Ugislative Council, aa fully as it 
 the sa,iie and every of llicm wcrebcrc leiMiated. And We do lutther declare that the said 
 Executive ( 'ouiicil shall consist of five members and no more, and that three of such mem- 
 bers shall constitute and be a quornnVof Our sfid lixewitive Council, and that such ^)er»on» 
 Hhall be the Mendiere of the said Ji.x«}cutive Council as are for that purpose nonpnatfd and 
 appointed by i»ie ilddUional iustructions umler our signet and sign manual accompanying 
 
 — t{ics«- prenenVf afl '"■"rim- even date liemwith, or shall be so noinutatcd and appointed by 
 
 any further instructions Ui be by Us for tliatpiiriiosc addressed to you undeFtTur signet and 
 sign manual, or in Our Privy (}«nincil, or through one of Our principal Secretaries of State. 
 And we <lo further direct and recpnre (hat every memUet^of Our said Executive Council o» 
 Our said Province shall take, and subscribe such and tliS^amc oaths, and make all such 
 and the same declarations (to be by you for that purpose administered), as by the said 
 recited letter^ patent are required to be taken or made by the members of Our Council 
 , . therein 
 
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niriitioiiril. 
 
 NOVA M(COTIA. NKW HHI-NSWICK. kv. I 55 
 
 Ami \Vt»\«lii hi'rilty niilhi>rm> ynti, milijcct, iicvertlirldmi, to ihv niliw 
 
 •ml ri'tiiliiliuiiK III llml Ih liull I'liiiluinnl 111 llic iimlriu'liniiH ururcHiikl, to Hiiii|M'iid uiiy immi- 
 Imt i>\ (III' oiiiil IaitmIhi' Cmimil Iniiii lim plui'i' iluri-iu, until Oiif |)li'iiHurc Rhall be 
 kiiiiUn; mill \Vi- <lo licrihy <l<'(lHri' tlnit llir riM|Hclivi- MtnihrrH ofllio Extxiutive Council 
 
 IJL'tU 
 
 URI'N.SWICK. 
 
 ill tilt) third yeiir 
 
 Oodtrkh.* 
 
 -ulliili rrH|it'('livfly Imlil tlii'ir jiliicri* tlirri'iii iliiriiiu'Oiir iili'iiHiiri' 
 
 III! witiicKK, &<•., wi<iii'j«»«, Dec, iiiiH (iir »o il ^r ihin „|||||| \ui voiir wnrniiit. 
 
 /flivrei ut(>iir,Oburt ottil, .Iiiiiivk'ii, ihiit -^uth day of Novciiiber IHSa, 
 ' of Our rci^pi. ,> » 
 
 ]))r Jjiix Muj^Mty'A cuniniuiid, 
 
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 . . ■ INSTIU.'CTIONrf. ' 
 
 Wii.i,/*mH. , . , ' 
 
 An tiifilitiKiiiil liiNfrtictiiiii <o Our Umht 'i'iiii.ty niid WVll-liclovJ-d Mntl/iew Lord Aytmrr', 
 K.< . II., l.iriiti'iiiiiil-ui'iM'i'iil of Oni- Fiirccs, Oiir ('ii|iliiiii-|;i'iii<ru1 mid (ioviTiMir-iu-Chiui' 
 ill mid o\iT Our fl'ioviiic'i' nf Kiu- Ihiinmiik in Aiilirua',' or in'liiit iiliKriii'o ^o Our 
 l.i«ulfimHt-j;(ivi!iior or Ofliccr luliiiiniitlt'riiiu; «in' (Jovirnnii'iil o( ^hir said I'roviiiL'c Ibr 
 
 Ilic (inic Ltiii>:. Ginu ut Our L'uuit ut St. Jaiuu«'i» iIiim 0*1 »lt»y oC, Ui>i'uinber. IHaS, in 
 
 the riiiid yriir <d Ojir |{t'i|»M. , * 
 
 WiiK.iiiiA). hy Our CoininioHioii Under till- Ornit SchI ol'Oilr I'liiicd Kingdom of Drcat 
 nritmn mid Irplmid, Ixurint; oven «inli: Inicwiili, Wr did k"'*'', |>i<«.v^li\ mid declare that 
 llu'rc hhiiuid lii'n('i'l<>rnni'd lie witliinOiir kiihI provinee of New ilruiirtwiek two dixtinct and 
 M'|iiiriiti' eiiiituilH, to hi- riK|irelively eiilled (lie l.t'uis'liitive tl»)uinil and the l^xeeutive Council 
 of Our Huid provinee: and \\<c did further decline (hat the Maiil Kxeciitive Council nhouUl 
 connist of five ineniberH uiid no moie, and that nuy\\ pcrsoiiH kIioiiIiI he the inemlM'rs of Our 
 said Kxeculive Council iw Nbould lie (tir tl(at pnrpftKO nuiniivuteil itHfl appoiiiti'cl by the liddi- 
 tioiiol inHtructiuiiH nndifr Oiy Kimir^and Hijjn ninnual accoinpuiiyiiitf Our HaiiyaMmitiHion : - 
 Now know ye, that Wc, reposiiijr CHpeciul triiHt and confidence in the loyiiltyTnncgrity, and 
 ability of Our tnntty and well-beluvrd TliomoH Itnillie, Frederic P. UobinHon, VVillium 
 Franklin Odell. Onirg* F. Street, and John Sinicoe Snuntlers, v<i(pii>fc(, do hereby constitute 
 and ap|Kiiirt (hem the naid Thomas Huillie, Frednsric H. Kobiimon, \^illinin Franklin Odcll, 
 George If. Street, and John Sinicoc SdMiiders td^ bo the meinltcrH of Our said Executive 
 Council, und do hereby empower you to siiiiimon them to Our said Council aciCordiqgLy. 
 And We do lyirdier declare Our will and pleo^iurc that in your absence, or in the absence of 
 Our I.1c8tcimiit't;overiM.r of Our Buid province, or the olliccr uVluiiiiistering the icovcmment ** 
 
 End. a, in No. Ij. 
 
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 r I. . y 1 • ■■ "" ~ •^ — "' — —- -j'^lt'nng the {rovcmment 
 
 U>r the liuA; being, the ineinber of Our ifoid Council whose name shall be first placed on U»o . 
 list shall Preside in Our siiid Council. / 
 
 (No. 8.) 
 
 — No. lfi.w 
 
 Copy of n DESPATCH fr^m LM'tifcimnt-Kovcruor Sir .4. Cnmphdl, Biirt. g.Cb. 
 ' ,„ to Viscoiku <?o//mcA. . . _ 
 
 My LonI, / Fre<lcri(?ton, N.B., 12 February 1833. 
 
 By thf, December mail, which arrived only a i^^^ys ago, I hatl the honour 
 
 to receive your Lordship's desjiatch of tlte "tliTlecember last, transmitting 
 
 ^ His Majesty's t'ouunitision under the Great Seal estnblislijng two di.«<tiRot Councils 
 
 "for the Provinee of New Brunswick; and L have noW to' infiinn your Lordship 
 
 that 1 have this day carried His Majesty's commands into effect, in ever)- respect 
 
 as therein directed. It is a nieasurc that I feel f^nfictent will work welKfor the 
 
 benefit trf the Pf mince, although in the establishment of this, as ipdeed any 
 
 new regulation, many individuals (in their oy/n estimaf ion of their claims and 
 
 merits) may feci tliemsclvea hurt at their dtclusion from one or othcr^f the 
 
 Councils. -"^ v •' * 
 
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 ■ V- . ' ■ (s^ned) Arch. Campbell. 
 
 No. 16. 
 
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 Copy of a DESPATCH from.Lieutenant-govemor Sir A. Campbell, Bart, a.c. b. 
 
 .My Lord, >*^ Predericton, N, B, 4 March 1833. 
 
 1 !5 V- "'"*^'""'"R P""^ «f my despatch of the 12th ukimo, I observed to your ' 
 Lordship that in the establishment ef any neW regulation, such aft that oftlw 
 U)uncil8 therein adverted to, many individuals, /In their own estimation of their 
 claitajs ipl»d services, would, no doubt feci themselves hurt at their exclusion 
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 out of tlmt fnliiiK Im^ nimiiiitt'd tin- riirlomel luhlri-i-H. 
 
 Tilt t'oiiiiiiUximi umlcr llii' (!rriit Sral for tlir fommtioii of the two CminrilM, 
 w.lr. riajl in my |>r«><iu«' licfon' th«" hrfukiiiK up of thi- old v)M', tiiiii|MH'lM'iHliiiK 
 till tlmt i cnulil miy «>«i tin- '<ul)jt*t ; my nply, tlu-irt'f«»n», to tin- iu'i'oiii|mti>iiiK 
 inl«lr<'i«i* \var<. lliiit I ImuI iM-ftitrtl do further lilstrUrtiou-*. Honu- Ma')s afttTwiinU 
 lli«' Council mlilr«'ss«<«l nir Wr « ropy of t^i* ln»itn«'tioiii« tlmt rami' with tho 
 Royal ('onuiii»>'ioH for tlio forniatU»« of thv Kx«'CHtiM', whlrli wan lifniH-tliatt'ly 
 -xr'iiV. at* wi'lluf oni- to ilif Uowt r H"'""' •>» ''>« n|>|ili<'atloii for lh«' wum-. Hoiiw^ 
 1111 nilicrrt tvf till' olil (ouui'il wixh to niakr it appear that it nnn thi-ir unilouht«>(t 
 ri^ht to W nppointril to ilu- EMrutivc i and I inn told, that notwilhitundiiiK my" 
 af**urtinro to tlii-ni* tlmt I ^lioul^ trniicndt their luhlrccH l»y the firnt mall, they 
 intend to. forward to hU Majv*ty n^cparate applieation to tlje name purjHirt. 
 
 I hop«', however, fo he »oon pnt in potne»tMHi of your LordHhip'f* de«>l»i<tn «Mt 
 the point-* in reft-rtniee. ^ ^ ^ ^ ■ " 1 have, &e. 
 
 ' (ntgiuHl) .ifth.Caiftpbell. 
 
 ■. , .-•• \ l-'nclu«urc I, in No. I"- / 
 
 \. i l.rgMative Council Chamber, Monday, 
 
 iH Fcbruury^ iHaa- 
 Os luoiiiin nl' Mr. Siiiiondn. -N^ 
 
 lli»olvr(l, 'I'liui an liiinibic n<Mrt,<n be |irc<cnlc(l to hi* Hxcclloncy the Liciiicnant- 
 •.'(ivfrimr. )ir.i\iiii{ llint he would be |ilrn>t"n to iiilorm litis llouic, wlicthcr-.Bay, and it iiiiy, 
 whin lii^iruiUoiH have lucu rcccivtd, rilliMvc to the noiU icsppctively to bo hflil by nuiabfiii 
 oi ilir I,egitlati» I' nnd Exituiivf (!ouncd» 6t' iliiii Province, and (;«|iccially an.refaiin to ih« 
 MKC( -hion to llie iuliiiinixiralion of the irovitimienl, on the event of ihc Jeath or abienc* 
 of I lie Litutenniil-yovcinor for the tiine being ; tor nllhougli thin home entertain no doubi 
 that the iidn)ittiiitration of tlic ijovernnu'nt wou'M in »niJl cane <lcvolve upon the xcniur 
 jrt ni^inbcr of ciihtr of the hiiid CouneiUi njjreenbly ^o the dati» of their ri'»|»eciiyo Bp|iuint- 
 iii<iii», vci ihe^ deem it iiidiipcnsubly iiecen«ry, in' order to prevent the ixMnibihty of 
 tolii'ion' in a niaiitr of no great' iiii|H>rtance, Ijjat tiM4«(]iieition iliouhl dc settled lo m tu , 
 . |>rt('lude nill dgubi or dilVerence of opinion, ''with ns little'delay aa po«Hibl<-. 
 
 Ofikred, Thai Mr. Peter* and Mr. Simondi be a comntitteejo present the iione. 
 
 (ligned) WiViata Tyiig Ptttri,Cletk. 
 
 End. 
 
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 Nt.. 17, 
 
 jy 
 
 No. 18. 
 
 Enclosure a, in Wcr., 1 7- 
 
 !(ltssnge fo the l« gislnlivo CounciK-20 FejHtiary 1833. 
 TliF., I.itiitenanl-govcriior iiiformH the Council, in aiinwer to their addroa of the l8th 
 iiiMant, that iic hn» not received from lii^ Majesty's (jovernnient any iniitruelioni relative 
 10 the rnnk to be respectively held 4>y Memt)or« of the Legislative anil Executive Councils, 
 rii>r a.- relates to the succes^iion to the ndininiKtrotioii'of the governiiieiil, in tlie event of the 
 ilealli or absenee of the Lieutenant-iiovernor. He will, however, trnnsiiiit a copy,>oV the 
 artdre^i of iht C6iiiieil, by the first'mail, to, England, and will in the meantime tuke^ 
 iiuasiire- for a«ceriaiiiiiiL', for the I'nI'oimaiion and guidance of his Majesty's Executive 
 Council, in the event ut kucIi n coniingency. arising us stated in the addiest, what orders 
 have bttii ri;«eived, or what tuiloms have oiitamtd in other coloni>'> »liiularly situated. 
 
 I '(signeii) A.C. 
 
 "■ (No. iS.) • ./'^ ': J . 
 
 CoiY of a DESPATCH from Lieutenant-govenVor Hit A. CamjiMl, Bart.a.c.B. 
 
 to Viscount Goderirft. 
 I .J . .^r... , l^dericton, New Bruns\vifk» 
 
 Mvlo/d, ^ ' II March 1833. 
 
 15y tile tleti ntion of the mail for some days beytmd the U8UJ»1 time gf depar- 
 ture, in eons((iuenec of a ^icvfre snow stonn, 1 am enabled to transmit to your 
 Lordship some extracts frpm tiie proeeedings of tlie House of Assembly, ' " 
 
 w|ii<'h it will ho ww-tltat^thoy i i a w 
 
 
 tlieir oijjiiosition to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, hii*\ departiiient, ^e 
 collection \of the quit-rents, and the newly-constituted Executive CjJuncil, which, 
 with the Annexed remarlts, I lose no time in fonVarding for Jour Lt)rd8hip'» 
 information. " . J I ^ -'«^ — 
 
 ~ " ' I have, &c. 
 
 r^ r * («igl»ed) Arch. Campbell. 
 
 I 
 
r 
 
 NOVA SCOTIA, NgW ORVNSVVICK. to. 
 
 57 
 
 EncloHurp iti Nu. IM. 
 
 EXTRA^CTS from Ihf Jourual of ilif IIuum 
 of Atirmlily of V*il' tiruH$wicli, dMml 
 8lh March 1H3:). 
 
 Vo, *.— Rmolvad, lir., Th«t the majoriiy 
 or lh# prAvnt Executive Council of thii 
 I'rovincf cannot have the conRilence of the 
 country, inat^nucli a* iha firit named 011 
 the hat Iwld* the office of CuinniiMioiirr of 
 Crowo Land* ai»d Foreal* in thii Province j 
 an o(|i<« of auoh Rreat |Mtwer and aiilhority 
 a« rendcra it inconipatibh? with tli<^ admi- 
 niatration of the Kovernmi-nt of the Province 
 to which auch councillor would iiumrdiiitely 
 auBcee«l, in the event of the deaih or \b- 
 , at-nce ol the Licuienanl-governor ; nnd tlWtl 
 the |)enon» aecond and third mimed on th^ 
 aaid liii, hold |iublio lituaiion* in thii Pro- 
 vince, alio incunaistent with the ndiuinittru- 
 lioii ol" the goverMiieni, to uhicli they might 
 ^i|t;r«arior lucceed. And it i< the fiiriTier 
 f>|>|i>ion of thia commiiipe, thut the coiniMi- 
 aiiion of the laid lAecuiive Council it highly 
 ^uiijuit nnd unaatitfactory, by the o\clu»ioii 
 berefroin of old and faithful cbuncillora, 
 I were entitled, by the former conitiiu- 
 •jO"\«o aucceed to the grovernuipnt of the 
 rroviiha^ prior to any or those placed on 
 the liat oMw Executive Council. ' 
 I To which rW<|Jution im amKiiduient wm 
 iHoved, for ttrikihcoutjbr^urd* " unjust 
 •lid,» • • • *~*\^ • • •■>,'" 
 und it wM carried in the affirmative. 
 
 Lieutcuant«Oovtrnor'a Renmrlia. 
 
 No. A.— Thee\cluiionfroin the Executive 
 and Lequlative CounciL of cert.iiii p«r>on», 
 who eatiniate thiir own pretention* and me- 
 rill at u high rate, it, no doubt, the cauH* 
 of tliit reaoTulion. ; 
 
 I tliall pat* by Ilia objection iniide to the 
 Artt-nanied pcraon, hi* Majeaty'a (Ioveni> 
 utent having bean fully uwure of ih« public 
 •ituation he holilt, when he wat pliWcii Aral 
 on the litt of the Kxeciitivo Council. 
 
 The tecond pert<m on the liii i»^ p. 
 Robinioii, e»q.. n gentleman of the country, 
 holdinif the ii^ipoiiitmeiit of auditor of tlit^ 
 -~juul revenue accountt, on a t.-ilnry of 30 )/. „ 
 
 T nnnuni. 
 
 The third named pcrton it \V. F. Odell 
 »Ikh a native of^the Province, holding 
 
 •t(|\ 
 
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 the aitualion of provincial lecrelary, on a 
 aBlarjr\of 250/. per unnum, the ■mount of 
 conimu\iiiion feet oq the tale of l»mi and 
 liuibrr hot being ytt fixed by the Lorda of 
 hit MajctU'a Treotury. 
 
 On th<! Whly ditre»|wctliil and porhnnt 
 unpreci;denti»d langunge of the concluding 
 part of thia Vexolution it would he pre- 
 aumptuoni in, W to offer any remark ; but 
 I will here take ilie liberty of giving n proof 
 of the incontittency of tliefruinert of tlie«e 
 retolutiona. 
 
 ' V They object to Mcaart. Robinaon and 
 
 • . Odcll huviiig eeatt in the Executive Council, 
 
 frant their holding public aituationi in the Province whicti rendtriTauch theii 
 appointment* inconiniitent with the udminittration of the govcrAraent • nnd 
 Ihi^t the comMtition of the taid Executive Council it highly unjust and un- 
 aatiafaowry. 1^ the excluaion therefrom of the old and faithful upuncillort. 
 
 Of the old council, four membert are not in the newly-contti{uted Execu- 
 tive; VIZ. itt. Rlr. Black, mayor of the city of St ^ohn (90 inile<^dittant 
 from tbe«eat ot government), which appointment yiclda enloluiuents^ L be-^ 
 Iievc, to the amount of from 500/. to Coo/, per mnuut. Y^ — 
 
 The tecoud it Mr. Shore, holding the aituation of clerk of the Suprente 
 Court. Blvi«ff him from 900/. to 1.000/. per annum, betidea being adiut.mt- 
 general 61 mihtia. on an annual- aalary of 75/. " 
 
 The third is Mr. Heiiry Petera, . country gentleman retidiiig at 0am 
 Town, 36 milti from the acittof goT^rnment. and holding no apoointment 
 of pay or emolument. , ** ki ^"»>»"t 
 
 The fourth is »fr. Ricbaird 3imondt, provincial treasurer, on a aalarv of 
 600/. per annum, living ofSt. John. 
 
 So that by their way of vievring the subject. Mr. Peters, from holding lio 
 official situation, is ifie only person eligible for the Executive Councif, or 
 the adminittrauon of the government . ' " 
 
 Not^only in the niajority, but in the compositiort of the whole of the 
 fcaecut.ve Council. I have every confidence, and I am sure that tliev wilt 
 . prove themselvet worthy of that of the country.. " 
 
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 DMUNkWU'K. 
 
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 579- 
 
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 il» (OIU«|fOXDEN( F. UKSmTING THE OON^RNMENT OF 
 
 l)R( NKWICIC. 
 
 No. 10. 
 
 -No. lU. - 
 
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 (No. j$^ 
 
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 ^ ExTH«7 ofi)! nKSPATCH from y«*itrn«nt->(ovt<rnor 8lr A. Cim/tMl, Ikurt. 
 
 f . ^ W * ,Fr.a«Tict«»i,N.B.,0 April 18.13. 
 
 Ry the UVt mull I luul tlu' honour to tmnmult t<i your LimlNhlp <Mniif rmo- 
 
 ■^'"^ lutlttiiM Imiuitd to tw l)y iIm- U'xlitlatlvf AnHfiubly on thflr HupiMiopH nrlrvnm-M, 
 
 U)M)U whU'li I inn<U' i» f<*w nmrKiiuU r«iniirk»*. Hioce tlimi, thry liuvc |ir«-McntiMt 
 
 nil* with n copy ol f hdr mlilri^M to HIm .MuJMty on tlu) mum- Hubjtct, turuwltli 
 
 I'liil. in^o 
 
 I J. 
 
 / 
 
 Eiiclusuri! in No.' II*. '" 
 
 1^XTIIA«T ffom tlic Ahnnit** of the IIoum! of AnwmMy "f A^«w Ihuiuu-irk t<i Hi* Mi^Hty. 
 
 'I'llklliiuie would iiUo ino.i limiibly bill iirg.-nllv'|i'»y Y""' Muj*»ty'ii rvcoiuidcfiitiun 
 iif ih*'con»titmj.>norilm Kxwl^iivc Ooiincil l»l*ly loriuwl in the l'ro»iii«i-, by winch ih»«-e 
 ol'tht Ar»i-iiiiiii«'cl |.«rin)iiii 1(11 the luliiulii •ituniioim iiicomimiible with A ju»i i-x«ciMiun o< 
 i\\« «|uly of iidnliiiioteiin); ilir guvrrnmcni of (he l'ro»iiu«, in tlio eyuiit of «lic drMh or 
 al>*(«nce «>r ibt' LituleiiHiit-gov.riior, uiid tt tlie Jiain* lime old iiiid fnilliful coiiiKillort, in 
 *\ioh\ the country Imvf luug liiul full tonlidem*, lm»« ll(U« Imnii ile|jrived ol «ucc«adiiia 
 to the biub und boiit.iirmblo Mtunlion, lo which, by lh(» formur Uoy»l Comiiiiiiiioii mid 
 MKtiuilioiiH. ibry wi ro entitled. And Your MiyMiy mf he will i uiturod ihiii your fniili- 
 ftil ConinKnw of New nruniwick «*oul<l nnvw Imve iiH««d ili« *xl>rt>Mioii of ihcir feeling* 
 on iliu «ubi«f. did ibcy not bilmvc that Your Miijinty could not hiive bfcii well informed 
 01 the irufpiinu- of thmgH ill iliiii I'rovinci*, und of the m-iiernl dimatiiifactKiii which thin 
 /Qiciiurf would oci'iiiioii. 
 
 No. 20. 
 
 '- - . — Nil. "iO. — 
 
 (No.3><0 
 Copy «if a DESP.\T('H fniin Li«'ut.-Kovpmor Sir A. CimpMl, Bnrt. o.c.b. 
 to thf Right Honourable H. (>. Stanlejf. 
 
 Sir, Fr»^ericton,N.B., 2(lMoy IH33. 
 
 I iiAVK now much natlHfarti«m in reporting that vxperienct' confiniiH th« 
 advantages 1 antidimted from the ni«'aHure a(lopt<><l Homo inontlm ago of 
 tlividing the G)uno>l into purely Ugifilative and exeeutive ones, inHteail of, as 
 heretofore, the name indlvitiualacomjiosing and jierfonning the duties of both 
 hituations. Thin meiwure cannot fall in it« operation in lM>ing appn'ciated a« a 
 boon to the Pninnee, fniin the facility it affonlH U> the rlispatch of all puhlic 
 busineiw, and to me an Lieutenant-goyemor It is most particularly gratifying. 
 
 On the first proiiiulgatioii of the measure alluded to, disappointed individual 
 endeavound ti» reiuler it unpopular, not in a public |)oint of view, but In eon- 
 sequence of their «>wn exclusbn, all the members of the ohl Council considering 
 themseWes «;ntitlcd, as a matter of course, to become meinl)ers of the new 
 Executive ; and, again, by others who deemed themselves overlooked In not 
 being apiwinted to the Ligislative Council in room of the puisne judgi'S. 
 
 By Lord Goderich's despatch of the Ist May 1832 (No. 3«), 1 found myself 
 authorized to increase the number of the' members of the Legislative Council, 
 then consisting «»f 12. I did not kt that time avail myself of his Lordships 
 permission, as I was desirous of trying how matters Vould proceed with the 
 ' Jiut the experience, of the^ last session of (he Cien«!ral Assembly^ 
 
 yjjjiijimhpri . 
 
 —'t^fs me now fully impressed wiffiPthe necessity of the Increase then coir- 
 templa*r<^ in the Upper House, and particularly of introducing Into tlmt body 
 some legal talent to n'gulate not only that body itself, but also to counteract 
 the many improper and ill-digested measures emanoting from the Lower House, 
 which duties have been hitherto ably performed by th«. three puisne judges. 
 
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■^ 
 
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 IfOf A BCOTIA. NKW URl NHWKIC, lr«. 
 
 m 
 
 I now, llMTPrfon«,^>n eii»1n«tly lo n-fuiiiini-ii(i tin- uitilitkm of four iur«ilM>ni 
 thr l4'Kl»ltttii|i- CouiuHl, anil lo |)ro|KiM* lui mucIi tlir II<h>. («. V. Hlrm-I (wlut 
 ^^ formerly nHnininu^ilril, but U wan ilwinwl lulviimlilf i»y Utnl (iw«l<Tir|i ili«n 
 fu |HHi(|Mitii* IiIh R|i|Milnlinrn(, <*>r niHuifw iitttU-tl In llir lUitiMtch rrfrrmi toi 
 tliU Ki-nticinan in n mmibrr of ilu- K\iiuti\r wr IMv) tlouiit'll), ChiirU-ii Jfttmr 
 •Prirnt. ••wj., lln* uttoniry-n«ii<mil, llolwrt l»ark«T, vm{., »h»' Millcitor-Kviu'ru, 
 ami Tluiiii« H. jVtiTK. rmi., clrrk of ihr |NM)'f for, tin- iHiunty of Northuin- 
 tN'rlttittl -all frutli'iiM'ii of thf liiKhiiit rrit|iectMbUli^. iinth»'«i of tin- IVuviiu>r, 
 aiul luiviiiK a Krfiit makti in it. I am Awan- M tlu> Council fumurly »tood, 
 liuvliig thr icKliilatiTf and »xrtutlv«« ilntim to nrrfonn, tlwt tlir Orown lawym 
 »M>ing mt-mlMT* of Tt, would in «tvt:ry r«^|H'ct w oltl^ctionuhlr r JlUt now tluki 
 tho iVivy Oiinirll iUl\U'» an- «ntru>n«-«i to n w)mrlit«- b<Hly, I truMt^'llK-rt may b« 
 no oliJMrtion to llwir iH-inn- brouKht into th*- b-Kinlntl*!- (ountril, wUiti" tlu-lr 
 m<|i«-i-tttliilily iiikI Irnal a«;«|U|rfnni|»tH cannot l»Mt ^in»y«« uiomI wrvicspuhh- to tlw 
 
 I»ubU«" intttVKtit of th«- Pri " " 
 roni that iNMly that onn 
 piKcial u|>|M)intini>ntit. 
 „ Hhoulil you tii'Hirc any 
 f bfn rMt|H'ftfuliy to rtU 
 Crown Lanilx, tec, in lltiM 
 with the Nii>>j«>ct un«l(Mr lUl|K:^l 
 
 .Kiw 
 RRllsswirl 
 
 il«M;iiiioii of n l<N-al uatun- can i'manatn 
 (■unvt! inti<rfi>r^ with tlMt dutitw tiT thvir 
 
 mtion m the iuliiMt Tlfthta dmiNMch. |j 
 
 Hon. Tlionmit Uuiilif, foniniiitMloiuT ofj 
 
 iu En(|ltuid, wl'io 1m wfl( acquuint 
 
 1 hnv«, kv. .^ 
 (^ned) Arch. CampHi 
 
 /) 
 
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 (No. ii>.) •#.■»' 
 
 Cui'Y of u DKSl'ATCM front the lliKht Hon. K. O. Stanley t<i Lt«uti>niuit. 
 
 • goveriMirSlr .-l. Crtwiy<Af//, llnrt. O.c.l. ' , 
 
 Sir, 5 DowninK-strpot, fl AugtiVt I H.1.3. 
 
 I HAVK recfivfd your d«'»|mtch, No. .18, of the "iOtli May Inxt, n>|iortinKJr<iur 
 HQtiMfaction with thtt reault uf the mcfuure for M-noratiuK thf Councils in^t^w 
 BrunKwieIc, and proposing that an addition Hhpuul bi> ntodie to- tlw KUiulwr of 
 th*i nicmbent <'oni|>OMinK the l*'gi«lative CouuvU. 
 
 In anHw«r to thiM communiWltm, 1 have th<: honour to inform you that I hare 
 hail nmch pleiwurit in »ubinltting tlie name of Mr. Churli'R Petent to his 
 Maji-Hty for a H«at in the LcgiHlativt' ('ouncil, ftn>y|||^l for^vard, by an <>arly 
 opportunity^ the instrument ecmt 
 
 Ttaining his np|)oi|pHH. With ri<Kpt'Ct to the 
 oilier gentlj-raen named in your dettpatch, 1 must^Tlecline submitting their 
 names to hJH Majesty, not becMiae I have any reason to doubt 4helr qualifica- 
 tions, but iK^cause the very oliject of the aeparotion of the .Executive ai^I L*>gM>', ■ 
 lative Councils was toctmh'r upon the latter of them a greater character of inde- '\ 
 pendence, /by making it consist of a burger pt»i)ortion of nunilM-rs Hot holding ' 
 office under the Government. I sliall Iherefore" he glad to re«;eive from you a' 
 rejiort of snch resident oolonistii,uncojiuiectcd with office, ns you feel able to tecut||i- 
 mendas quafified fora pllK*e in the Legtalative Council of New Brunswick. 
 
 \ I Iwve, &c!. . • 
 
 ' ii < ■ ^ ' *" (finned)- E. G. Stanlej/. 
 
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 a DESPATCH ' (hi^ the Hight H«;aouxable E^. G. Stantt^ to 
 Lieutenant-governor Six A. Campbelff Bart, o.c.b. 
 
 , , ; V Downini-«treet, 27 July 1833. 
 
 I HAv H^ivcd im<f Iflia before the Tfibig ywr dwwch, No. 3 a. of the H»Q l 
 
 CojJy 
 
 (No. II.) 
 of 
 
 No. *!». 
 
 MujicU last, encloting cotidii reaolutions c>f pie liegisk^ve Council, and also 
 an adaress from that bo^ to His Majesty Qn'Ui« subjetA of the relative rank 
 to be/held by members of the Bxecunve and Legidative\Council8, and on tlut - 
 ti^tf of succession to the admiuistratitin of the goyemmipnt of the Province in-, 
 the event of the death or absence of the lieutnumi-Kovemoi^ 
 
 m. ..•.:■,:..■'.■■•■,;/ 1-3 -..-■ :•• ; \ ■ -."■with 
 
»iO 
 
 correspond|:nce respecting the government of 
 
 NEW 
 
 I 
 
 ICK. 
 
 'sfi" 
 
 With H'tipt'c-^ to the latter point, I think tliat the exititing instnimentfi under 
 »the Royal Sign Manunl im^ sufficient to place it beyond the reach of doubt. 
 By letters patent', henrinf? date the 'M\ Deeember 1832, the Council of New 
 Brunswick was divided] int«) two distimt Councils, to b«; styled the Legishitive 
 Council and the Ex<^ife Couneir. The Legislative Council was to have those 
 powers of the ori(ripa( and "Joint Council which respected the onactincnt of 
 laws ; but ndl other po\Vers and authorities whataoetrer belonging to the original 
 Council wer»' to be Vi^ste<l in the Executive Council/ It necessarily • follows 
 that the privilejie of succeeding to the administi;ation of the government must 
 belong to the senior member of -the Executive Council. I may add, that this 
 provision was no inori* than consistent- with the nature of the two bmlies 
 which His Majesty was, creating in dividing the Councils. It was natural that 
 the mlvisers-ff the Govtrhor in thO:)rdinary discharge of his «)ffice should be 
 presumed to l)e better jm'pared tdf^ueeeed on an emergency to the same office 
 than those wh») were conliaed to the separate, though highly important, husi- 
 - ness of legislation. i 
 
 The solution of the question referred to in the preceding obserVntions appears 
 to me to answer the cjuestion respecting the relative rank of members of the 
 Executive and Legislative Councils. As the succeJlsioH to the government 
 belongs to the senior member of the Executive Council, the members of that 
 Council ought to have precedence of all other persons, fdr it would be a mani- 
 fest inconvenience that an officer called upon to a<lminister the government 
 AnnM tUerebv supersede a previous superior in rank. 
 
 ( ■ . I . I have, &c. 
 
 (signe<l) E.G. Stanley. 
 
 Nb. 
 
 I 
 
 
 V -"" . ..-. V ^ —No. 23.— ... 
 
 :'\ ■ ■ '. '' ,"'.!■■■"■■ 
 
 ExTR.tcT of a DESPATCH from the Right Honourable E.^0. Stanley to 
 \ Sir .1. Crt;«;>6'7/,Bart.u.c.B. dat<'d4)owning-street, " Ai%u8t 1833(No.l8.) 
 
 \ On the division and composition of the Councils, I shall merely state, that 
 iVntirely ajJiwove the" geheral principle on which the measure of separating, 
 the Councils was founded,! and without further proof of practical inconvenience 
 rekdting in the particular! instance than has yet been brought forward, that 
 1 think it far from «'xpedient to disturb arrangements so recently adopted by 
 HisMajesty^Govcmmenti . J?- 
 
 «^. 
 
 (No. .5<'-) 
 
 No. 24. 
 
 Pf^ 
 
 Copy of a DESPATCH fr6n*Lieut .-governor Sir .4.'Ca»j/>6<-//,'Bart. g.c.b. ^ 
 tfMY^e Rif£ii!t Hon. JS. O. Stanley.' ^^ 
 
 S5r^ ' Fredericton,N.B., 15 October 1833. 
 
 1 HAVE the hpnour to^acknowledge the receipt of your dipspatches of the 
 8th and 2«th August last, acquainting me with the reasons that prevented you 
 from submitting to His Majesty the names of tl)e gentlemen respectively hold- 
 ing the appointments of |{lttomey-genejral, solicitor-general, and advocate- 
 general, for seats in the Lefefelative Council, but, as I understand, ap|^ving of 
 my ncomihendrttion of Mrj Thomas H. Peters for that Mfcour. . 
 
 I am also therein desired |" to submit for your consideration t>e names of 
 such* resident colonists, lincotinected with office, as I might feeHib|> to recoai- 
 mend as qualified " to becorale memliers of that body. y 
 
 I have now, after much consjileration of that subject, the honour to lay 
 
 beforeTOU the names of ihreT~gentlemeri, all ttStlTOa of -,,-., . - 
 
 opinion quali^ed in every resipect to fulfil the important duUes of legislatavef 
 coiinciUora; viziijebrge Heni§r Hazen, Bsq., formerly an offioer in the army^ 
 
 • now residing upon his oypi jjroperty ; idly, Thomas Carlton Lee, esq., a pn- 
 ' vate gentiemari, residing on m own projierty ; and, 3dfjr; John Thomas Murray? 
 esq., a very talente^ barrister-4t-law. ' ' 
 
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NOVA SCOTIAk NEW BRUNSWICK, &c. 
 
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 I nm led to beUe\-e that there is n tnixtnku in the insertion of the diristian 
 Tinme of Charles Jeffrey, instead Of Thomas H. (Peters) in the instrument, 
 under-the Royol ^igh Manual, transmitted with despatch 26th August. As the 
 former is the name of the attorney-general, whom I understood to be one of 
 those objected to, as holding office under Gbvemment, the appointment of clerk 
 of the peace for the county of Northumberland, held by Mr. Thomas Horsfield 
 Peters, can scarcely be bot^idered in the light of a government office, bein^ 
 merely a provinciati^onnnation, uniler the warrant of the Ueutenant-govemor. 
 
 1 have, therefor^);' deemed H right to bring to your notice the doubt existing 
 in my mind. on this fcubject, as, should a misunderstanding e^iist, there will be 
 ample time fou its correction before the meeting of the,J^otise of Assembly in 
 the latter end of January ntxjj;, ) m- 
 
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 (signed) Arch. Cumpbell. 
 
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 (No. 34.) 
 
 Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. E. G. Stanley to tieutenant- 
 govemor Sir A. Campbell, Bart, g.c.b. 
 
 S'*"' « Downing'Street, 30 November 1833. 
 
 1 HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 56, of 
 the l.-ith October last, recommending George Henry Hazen, Esq., Thomas 
 Carleton I>e, Esq., and Johf Thomas Murray, Esq., as well qualified to become 
 members of the Legislative Council of New Brunswiek. 
 
 Ha\-ing submitted the names of theie gentlemen to the King, his Majesty hos 
 been pleased to approve of your recoiiunendatioQ ; and I transmit herewith the 
 necessary mandamu.ses summoning them to the Council accordingly. 
 
 The fees of these instruments, amounting to 9 1. Ks". each, you will have the 
 goodness to receive, and forward to Mr. George Wilder, ofthis department 
 < , I have, &c. 
 
 .■■■■ ^z _ " r^ (signed) E.G.Stanley. 
 
 No. 25. 
 
 (No. 20.) 
 
 — No. 26,— 
 
 71 
 
 Copy of a DESPATCH from Lieut.-governor Sir A. Campbell, Bart, g.c.b. 
 to the Right Hon. jB. <?. 5^<i///«y. . 
 
 Sir, ^ , Fredericton, N".B., 26 March 1834. 
 
 I HAVE the honour to transmit to you an address from the Legislative 
 Council of this Province t6' the King, respecting the relative rank and privi- 
 leges of the members of the' two Councils, and praying his Majesty to appoint 
 the lef^lativecduscillorslor life. ' ^ 
 
 Until this address was handed to me for transmission, I certauily entertained 
 a very confident hope that- the clear and unansyrerable decision given in your 
 despatch of the 27th July 1833, No. 1 Irwould have put all further discussion 
 of the. point of precedence at rest : ' wlieUier tli.e reasons assigned for thus again 
 agitating the question are of sufficienf weight and importance to disturb existing 
 arrangements, or to alter that decision, it beloilgs not io me to determine ; but. 
 I cannot avoid remarking that some of these reasons go A length, and are deli- 
 vered in a tone, which, without pronouncing any opinion on tlieir' character, 
 and tendency, may justly excite my surprise and disappointment; and I will 
 add, that it must ever be deplored that such untenable doctrine as is put forth 
 m the diird paragraph of the address, should have emanate^ from a body so 
 highly honour e d by ti> e irSov€W)igUyi i uMl" w ho8C ftwt duty it should fae to- iiicid= 
 cate reverence to the King, and*willing obedience td the laws j viz. " That the 
 Council then established (the miginal joint Coundl) Constituted an efficient, 
 independent, and permanent;,branch or part of tiie constitution of the colony; 
 and which could not be changed or altered but by 4n Act of this Legi^tOre, by 
 and with the consent of your Majesty, &c. &c. &c." 
 
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 It is first '|m»i»pr to imiuirp Uow f«r tin- Cinuvcil ir/bornc out by thf iiistvut- 
 tionK mctiiip this Province into n st-purAtf uo\Wim»'Ht, and uiMin wliiih the 
 abovf th«>or>- is prouiuU-d, ill tJius bctldlj tjiustiotiinjt thi- jiower mul authority 
 cxiTciBwl by his Majesty hi the 4nt»' sc^jarutiou of the Councils. 
 
 TliP constitution of this Province is fo/nu^d by th»' iUt)ninii»i()n to tlie 
 Govvrnor, and the' aeoompanyin^' instn»otions, whfeh direct tlic manner in 
 whidi th<' powers given in tJie comnrissiou are to be 4-.\ecutiHld, namely, accord- 
 ing to those instructions, and " to sueli finth»'r powers and instructions as shidl 
 be h«'reafter ifiven under tliv King'j Signet and Sign Manual, or by onUr in 
 the Privy Council." * • 
 
 By these instrections a Council was appointed to hold their seats during 
 plcitsure, hdving both It^dslative And executive powers vested in it : this the 
 Kin'^^thought proper to alter, and by commission under the Great- Seal, an 
 instrument of e(pinl power with the .ommission to the (Jovernor, divided this 
 Council, and established u t^-parate Executive Council, conhning tlu- forme^ 
 council to their legislative functions. - " ^ 
 
 This constituti.)n, often heretofore j-eferrcd to by the Council, seems to be"^ 
 most strang«lyltinied and set aside b> this extraordinary address, which asserts, 
 tliat it could nut be changed or altered, but by an Act c.f the Legislatur^of 
 this Pronncel! It also declares, that the members of the Executive Couyicil 
 cannot be entitl|-d to a relative correspomUng rank with those of the Legis- 
 lative Council, htitwithstandiug the acknowledged maxun, that the King wrthe- 
 fountain of honolir and of office, andean bestow rank as he thinks ht^^ po 
 notwithstanding hour answer to their formei- address upon th«» subjedtT 
 
 The juldress then most inconsistently proceeds*" to pray his Majesty t(| do 
 what it'^efore deWed him the power of doing,— to appoint the legislative coun- 
 cillors fpt life, and to allow the'members of the Exeeutiy*%uneil to rank jvith 
 thefli, Jvncjl to succeed to the administration of the goyeri^^ according to^he 
 seniority of their appointments. ^ ,. % "^^J^ j 
 
 It isneedless to remark upon tljis- inconsistency, or upon the obseR^atibn, 
 ."rnadi! in all humiUty," that the separation ^of the' Councils nvas uncalled lor by 
 representation or complaint from tlyis country. : 
 
 Tlie -obfcct of the address is .'vidently to secure, if possajle, to one or two 
 members of the iVcKs'ent Legislative Council the chance of succecdmg to the 
 administration of the government upon any temporary, vacancy ; ami to 
 accomplish this eijd. the Council has not hesitated to impiign Ins Majesty s toj^I 
 prerogative as '.^w^rcised in the division .)f the Councils, while they at the same 
 time put fonvard the expressive prayer that their apiwintment sliould be tor life, 
 with the view, liMt would seem, to secure theijiselves 'from «lisimssal in the 
 event of their opting measures in their legislative cap.Tity which might drdw 
 down upon them the disapprobation or displeasure of lus Majesty ; a concession 
 which would take from the Khig a iwwer, in this young community, essential 
 to the presenation of the dignity, respectability, and usefulness of, that body, 
 namely, of removing from it liny member whose conduct Inay have proved hiin 
 to be "unfit for or unworthy of so high an Ivonour. 
 ' There «re other part^^the address that may appear to call for notice ; but 
 I shall content myself witlhWcly repeating, in conclusion, tliat.the rtivision 
 of thP Councils is in my oi»i^iot»-iTOrking welt, and, as far as .the bxt-cutive 
 Council is concerned, to my t-ntire H&tis|ittption ; nor need I scruple to add, to 
 the advantage of the country, from the grefl%merea.sed facUity, regularity, and 
 expedition, with which aU matters coming undeHts^imsdictiiSn are now mve.s- 
 
 tigateiVvand decided on. ' ^^^'^--^^ « \ 
 
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 EnoloMirf'in X(». 20. 
 .To The l^^n's .M<^t Exctllfnt Majb^tv. 
 
 63 
 
 NEW 
 BnUNSWICK. 
 
 Encti'in'No, 26. 
 
 *rht' lnuiililc linci (Intif'iil Adtlri's* <>(' hfi Mnji'sty'n Lc^isliitivo Council of the Province of 
 Now BnniHwick, iii (ifmiiil A^sseuibly convened. 
 
 May it-))leuse Your Majesty, • V 
 
 We have" h»(l the honour to n^c^-ive, by metiNago from his Exil^tlcncy the Lieutenant- 
 giivcnior, the tli'iipiitch of Your Majesty^ Secretary for the ColoiiieH, in unMwer to our 
 A(ldrc-i» to S'pur Majesty, ri'i'pectilii; the niative rank (#thc President and Menibers of tlie 
 l.('j;ishitivf Counoil and tliM.' of th<! Executive Council. At the lime when We had the 
 honour of addrt'Ssin;; Your MajeHty upon that subject, it wbb a system j)crfectl^ new to us, . 
 and hint l)ecn entirely unknoxvu to the constitution of this colony, as well as t<i that of the 
 ancient colonial systrni, and wlitli has been but very recently introduced by Act of Parlia- 
 'inent into any of the colonies. 
 
 VVe, therefore, most humbly crave leave ai^iii to* approach Your Majesty^ and to offer for 
 your royal and benevolent consideration some additiiijuil reasons and obsmUtions in eluci- 
 dation and support of our claim, tluit tlie members of^he twn eouricils should respectively 
 rank and succeed to thg, administration of the government, according to tlic seniority of 
 tft'ir appointuicnts, as has heretofore, from the time of the first establishment of colonial 
 governments in North America, been accustomed. , 
 
 That the Councils aflpbihfed by your late Royal Father of gloriouH and revered memoiy, 
 upon tlie erection of tins country into a separate and distinct Government, have invariably 
 from ihat time performed, and^^o still continue to perform, all acts of legislation in as 
 full and ample a manner her^Mthe House of Lords.have done in England, conducting all 
 our prticcedmgs and keepi^mw journals strictly conformable to those of their Lordships ; 
 and have always l*een conlrotcd uj^fhe colony, as well by the people at large q,8 by the 
 House of Assembly, to stand in tfip:t analogy in those respects with tlieir Lordships; nor 
 ilo we think that Your Majesty '9 Letters Pateiit of the 3d of December, for dividing l,hG 
 Council, did in any manner impugn, alter, or diminish the powers or duties of ihg •Members 
 of. fhe Legislative Council, conferred -upon them by your httexRoyal Father, bitt tliat the 
 Council then established constitut<i^|in efficient, independent, ^and p^nanent branch or 
 part oTHhe'constitfttion of the colony, and which could not be ^changed or altered but by 
 an Act ofthiiLegislutufe, by ami with th^ohsentof Your Majesty, although its Members 
 have been, amhstill continue to be ap|)oin^ during pleasure; and' we take leave humbly to 
 sirijuiit for Your Majesty's favtmhible consideration, whether their-.beiBg appointed for life 
 would not be more conducive to. Your Majesty's interest, and tliat of the. country, by 
 raising them in the estimation of* the pubHc, apd thereby promoting their usefulness anr" 
 efficiency/ ' .(^ . ' 
 
 ' We abstain from iiiaking any additional observations respecting the Executive Couiicil, 
 and coftfine ourselves briery to jecapitulate, that j| we have not been able to find, that the 
 Members of siich a Council afei recognized in ^Bf Table of RrcSedence in Envlana, or in 
 that which has "been adopted for the colonies ; and, as it appear^ to bear so slign^ resem- 
 blance to Your Majesty's CalMnet, eitjjier in the extensivcness or importance of its duties , 
 we therefore humbly conceive that i|!' cannot be entitled to a relative "corresponding rank in • 
 this colony. > # ■0- / ■ 
 
 We in alt humility beg leave respectfully to re|)reseut, that tlie forming4his Council, by 
 breakin>; Up by letters ij^^tenf the old Council, which was constituted iirthe same maimer, ' 
 and witii tlie same powent conformable to all colonial councils whicjihad been instituted - 
 from the first establishment of colonial govemmenta..in North America, was altogether 
 uncalled for by any representatioii or complaint from tnis coUiitry^acai^st it ; and it could 
 not fail to excite feelings of greiit concern i^ the members of tfieold Council to observe, on 
 the establishment of this new one, that a jtiriior councillor ^>«fas Selected and placed' 'at its > 
 head,, with the. intention of giving him not only rank aboyS^ his seniors, l^ut also of investing 
 ' him with the power of administering this govemmen^in case of a. vaci5i\cy, thus depiiying 
 (hem of the honourable^ distinction and reward wliidi, from their zealous |nd faithful ser- 
 vices to Your Majesty, they had co;iceivett theniMlves entitled to exiiect. 
 
 We therefore humbly beg leave to lay^he abo\;e brief statement before Your Majesty, 
 and to pray that you will be graciouslV pleased to take the same into your patenial hnd 
 favourable consideration, anit to allow the members of the two Councils respectively to rank 
 and succeed to' the administration of government according to the seniority of their appoint- 
 ments, as has been accustomed from the time of the esta^shment of colonial governments 
 in North America, and^so to pray that Your Majesty *^ould be graciously pleased to 
 appoint the members ^of the Legislative, C<^||;icil for life. . 
 
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 And, as m Uuty Donnd,.will ever pray. 
 
 I^iflative CoAncil Chambers, 
 . /"^'"-^^sa.^arcli 1(*34. 
 
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 (signed) ^^ Saunderii, 
 
 President Leg. Couni^il. 
 
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 BUUNSVMCK. 
 
 No. 27. 
 
 
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 64 CORRESPONDENCF. RESPECTING THE .fJOVERNlMENT (M- 
 
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 — No.ar.— ./ 
 
 (No. 20.) 
 CoPYof a DESPATCH fron^the Right Hon. T. Spring Rice to laeutfnant- 
 governoi/ Sir vf. Cffm;>Ac//, Bart. o.c.B. 'd-^" 
 
 Sir» ^ / Downlng-Btrcct, 31 October J 834. 
 
 I HA\'K ree«ivcd your. despatch dated the 26th of March last, No. ao, en- 
 closing an address froni/the Legislative Council of New Brunswick to the 
 King, respecting the rcmtive rai^k and privileges of tht^ members of the two 
 Councils, and praying hik Majesty to appoint the legislative councillors fo'r life. ^^ 
 , I have laid this adijfess 1)efore his Majesty," and have received' his Majesty's . 
 commands, to return the following answer to it. 
 
 The members of /he Legislative Council claim ^be entitled td take rank, 
 and to sytceed iri the administration of the govenuncnt, iiec^o^uig to the* 
 seniority of thei/ appointments, The- claim to prec^nlence, and to suc- 
 cession to the gmernment, rest uiwn very different grounds, and involve con- 
 siderations entfrely separate from each other, h is not easy to suppose any 
 part of his M&jesty's prerogative more entirel>''l)e)'on^tr1flie reach of dispute, cr- 
 one which K ii* hiore important to" maintain unimpaired, than that by which ^e\' 
 detennin*?^ into what hands shall be delegatecf'lhe administration of every other 
 bTauch (if his Royal authority in the dependence's of this kingdom. Any claim 
 whiclv derogates ffom th<' unfettered right of the King to decide upon whom 
 the gWbmhwnf: of N«'w Brunswick khall devolve, is the assertion of a right 
 incoHipatible with the just rights of the Soven-ign, and inconsistent also with, 
 the public interests. It is impossiblfe, .therefore, for his Majesty to relinquish a 
 branch of his Rdyal authority with which he is invested for the common benefit 
 of his peoplft'at large, and the renunciation of which would effect a most dan- 
 gerous chang<' 'A the practice and principles, of the British Government. What- 
 evei* rules therefore may , be established, vesi>«'cting the precedency of the,^ 
 members of the Council of New Brunswick, it may be assumed as a fundamental 
 priBciple that his Majesty's right of selecting the temporary administrator of 
 the^govemment^in^he^vent qf your own absence, will not be dependent upon 
 any such regulations. That trust will always be committed into the hands of 
 the iH-rson, whosoever he may be, whom his Majesty may considep a^ best 
 qualified to discharge it with jbenefit to the public at large 
 
 : It is not necessary for the present purfiose that J should examine very closely 
 into the accuracy of the general maxims laid down by the Legislative Council, 
 rt'specting their own constitution and inherent rights; but the chblce of an 
 Executive Council had'no tendency to impair,it might indeed rather be said to have 
 strengthened that resemblance to tlie jionstitution of the House of Peers on 
 which the address insists. Although in then: individual clianicter their Lord- 
 ships enjoy an ancient and prescriptive right to tender their advice to the King 
 on questions of public interest, yet, in their collective capacity, in which alone 
 the analogy is to be found, the Peers of England have never possessed or 
 assumed the right to acf as executive councillors of the King. 
 
 Tlie recent change left the LegislativeiCouncil unaltered in its constitution, 
 and in all its appropriatte functions ; it mthdrew from them an^emplc^ment 
 to which they were not considered to be as competent as the body to which it 
 was trajj^reed. Tliat employment was the counselling the Governor in the 
 adnit^ustrailou of his executive duties. The right qf the King to select 
 th(! person to whom the exercise of his prerogative is to- be delegated, 
 neces^rily implies and supposes the right of selecting the persons by whose 
 ad^-ice the Governor is to Jw assTsted in the discharge of that trust. In this, 
 as in many other cases, the greater power necessarily involves the less. - 
 
 * To the proposal that the King should constitute the Ic^slative pouncillors ■, 
 members of that body for life, his Majesty will not be advised to accede ; hi* 
 Majesty will be at all times UH)*t ready to receiver and to weigh attentively, 
 any arguments which the Le^lative Council of New^Brunswick may wish to lay 
 
 •4)ef or e hiia-f-but-«>th-rB>4w » rt-io4h»^d>tMioft of th&twa < 
 to state that his Majesty's decisioft was maiiily influenced by the reflection that 
 this new arrangement might enable him to- bring the Executive Government of 
 ttie" province intct^at free communication with the House of Assembly which 
 
 ' ' ' ' • . , .• ' is. 
 
 
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 BRUNSWIjCK. &p, 
 
 65 
 
 I0, on fn;ii#\ii^i;ount, so drsirablc. By cnlliiiR sum*> meinhent of that House to 
 th« EX(>oul((ix> ('(Hindi, n channel for vonxtitnt uiul unrestrained intercourse wa« 
 opcne(l,>^from which it seemed reatioiiable to anticipate very considerable pbblic 
 benefit. Nothing bins hitherto oircunred to sliake the foundation on which this 
 opinion proceeded. With ,regai^l to ^the ([uestlon of precedel#!«i between the 
 inentbiTs of the'two Councils, it was nertaiiily 'thought that, as in the absence 
 of n Governor or ljieutenant-g'ovj|[-nior, or of an administrator of the govcmf 
 jtftent, the succession roost properly belonged to, tHe head of the Executive 
 
 f,- Coum'il, precedence shouhl lie conceded to the menibers of that body. But 
 
 fnin af present dispos(^d to adopt as o'ltsbniible the modification suggested in 
 
 V address, tliiit the ranks of lueniJieVs of eitlier Council should depend upoJ| 
 
 tlie seniority of their apiM)inti\u<nts ; not howdl'er admitting, but rather denying 
 
 the eonse<{u^ice, , thai the sttccessiun to the government shoiild be regulated 
 
 , by seniority of rank. Tlie jiersons selected to advise the Tiovernor- in the 
 adiiiinistrivfion of bis ofl^ art? prcsuineably the be?tt quolifiod to succeed, in 
 ease of ift'ce-'^sity, to the dischjygc of it. t^X ■ ^ 
 
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 NEW 
 BRUN^W^CK: 
 
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 (No. 19.). 
 
 (signed) 
 
 T.S. Rice. 
 
 — No. 28.— 
 
 No. 28. 
 
 Goi'Y of a DESPATCH from Lieutffianf-gowrnor Sir /I. Campbell, Bart. o.c.B. 
 
 to lintA Glenelif. . . 
 
 Fredericton, New Brunswick, 
 My Ldrd,. ^ •' 4 -■ * I G March 1836. 
 
 Thk docitm^ts herewith trjjnsmitted-may appear to jour Lordship to contain 
 Home J-epethions ; but I beg to account for such being the case, b}' my having 
 made tlu' remarks ou the resoji^tions before the copy of the address was sent to 
 me jTsterday from' the House (if i^ssembly. ,. ^ ^ 
 
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 : . (signed) Arrli. Campbell. 
 
 Jitsolution 20. — Resolvril, iis 'tlie 
 
 J^ndfosure in No. 28. 
 Extract from the Resolutions of the Hoase of^sscmbly.'passed RlHtl?3fl, with 
 
 llema^k^^_the^eon 
 
 Gncl. ill Nil iZ. 
 
 opinion ()f :this C^huiittee, that the inenibers of the 
 Executive, Cuuncil'shonid Lc increa!<{ed to no less than nine in* the whole^ in order fhat the 
 iidniini8,tniti()p of tlic government niijg]^be enabled at all tmxei>, and under every emergencyj 
 <o derive the best informoitioii on evjry subject affecting thg gei]«ral interest oftiiCsPrpvince*' 
 that' may be brought under )>i!i consld'eratSR^' * . , • . ** 
 
 jRewnrft*.— ^hig irraugement woluld ^fiaps .be unobjectfcnable, if petsons properly 
 qualifi^ Jbr the office were to ite lifunA a^t ihc ,seat of eoyenuiMnbr so nenr to it as to.be. 
 (it the immediate caU of tin; governor whenever ic«]liired. ''W?''' ' ''*!.'• 
 
 Besolution 21.T^<Rfe8olved, as the opinion of this (^imitt^, that'by calling som^ membcVs ' 
 ol' th^' ■ House of Assembly to the'Eseciitive Ctiwicil, which .would not be considered as 
 t'onstitjuting a reason for vacating tlie seat of such niember,' a channel for constant and 
 
 m|;iinly influenced by the reflection, that -tliis ..new arrangement might.ihnable him to bring 
 the Executive Gavemnient of th^ Province inta a -free communication with the House of 
 
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 B^Hurks.—ki\ arraiigenicnt* by which the Executive Government might be brought into' \ 
 a free communication with the Hoiise^as always' been considered desirable, but it was very 
 doubtfiil wljcther the mode proposed 'by. ^theAsi-cmbly would succeed. Without adverting / 
 
 -te-thc ptobMbility-tlptmwrty in t|)ie H^ma« wowlfl |>i»'vftit to vacate t h je wt it of tt lt y g' n ifa i b(ii ; 
 of that Uouse^mi his being called to the Executive Council, such membeMfc^st fake the 
 hazard, upona dissolution^ pf^bein|; re-cfected, when his holding, a seat i^ne Executive 
 jQpVncil wbuld be j^jected gainst him, and used as a means (without a doubt successfully), 
 to prevent his return, and' another member of the Assembly niusl then Jje called to^lic ^- 
 Coultcil. By fliis mode, the number of executive councillors would soon become too larger ' 
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 vfuufi till (fci\n)iiiitiit, lo^itliiTI^^ otlii 
 ift^m. tlir ii|iu»iiii Inn * ^ ovi, ^Mpfver, tin 
 it»U ol>|iitiou. tinit III iio^ ntiSftlir suHi n 
 
 U .ilyiilmil, .i|p|Hiiriil to iMTsBy |(ll^Kll!•; im /^icioi 
 
 iliAxr ot thi ''^*HW>'^" * "wf ' ^^ ■ '"*""'' ''• 
 ffuwjjji-uif, NoKi. mk^oU mldie \-.-.qiil.ly, uiid Iw 
 *.irtiliiiiiiumioii l*t\V(l'ii tin l^iilivr anil till' lli^ip 
 ijk)i(iir<K \N.i4 siii^i-xtPil l>\ tilt Hkil of Hi|Mi||,iii Ffj 
 
 I ouiiiil to *iniat' tly IPM ,it-^ !»<• (»w**jrniii,jnt \\u 
 
 (l<'fd||M) of • .„ , 
 II at tliMiuii'« ill fiitmbu Mr. ST^Iiilrkt 
 loiiitiifWll""' I'^I^^^P'* ("emu'il, i,l)n 
 :cuiiihIiU||%1|^' Mic iix'^lily o(^lli(>ir 
 oUHu ht»»l)Htretl lj|^iiiiov«' thi' |ii ip- 
 iil may Ih- caUi;^\ijJhr E\«'«'«il ' 
 
 S:ji».''nm»^iit,, 
 " to i^i-f eptj jjl' 
 t:i'«iM'>iM<'|itil,i't^I*'Ut 
 
 ivltettidilil^, it UiJPJPiT«il 
 
 tfir t'XtrBut* 4>f .tluwe . 
 views 'of tfic Coluiiiitl 
 jl^oil to till! IloliM', except 
 (,"t the iiKle|)emU!iu'o of 
 _ for iipiiointnient under 
 ,; Ifl^i'ieil into o|iei'ution in 
 ■''^l Wi^^tlu' HuitI iiuttruc- 
 l)> al Hoiifie, ill being 
 •vinii.- IT. . .<,»^>«'ti'(l with the receipts 
 liaxpfiiiit ;iflift' jiri'uiiistiiiitiiil niunner 
 ::Uitt (.liilif^jl^aifkeii, for from |li» 
 
 ^, 
 
 
 1' 
 
 « 
 
 if pi'opaffi||W'!«' 
 
 iltir rare itHwrhi 
 
 pi r to fijcreed to vueiiiuieW or 
 
 tsiHhitne-A'liHuil, "lioiflijj^they il 
 
 ,iu S^Pffiion of thin C'olliiiiit 
 Jl^prjior for l'pp«T Ciiiimla) ^, 
 ^^iii|y.'promiilv;i>i<'<l relutite to;| 
 (. riH*», Ahoiili^mrtimt iiitiro sati; " 
 tioiis' IIS may 1ie eonsffiiell to 
 who iiinyj bolil any inVeiior ofll' 
 upon which they , are lounUed |\eie 
 ill ij, ,1 H form III the eiiinu'iln of thi^^eoloiiy, 
 iS^JxklifiVti^ji^lftlplu oHini« wotihl be, respouiiible und mcoiUiit 
 ^"^lj< .to p»l«j;.ut ,i,^iil -libmit tlM'ij' proceedings in ddtaily an o 
 'Ai \pi'mlititti-of tin Kiiit«*ri venues, in the most 
 ( till llijiise vVi As"*! iiiBlyi xlioifild be humbly 
 
 ,„k It'iiiust-Aiiieai tfti*) extraordinary timt the Hoiwe ol ']^!^M|bly should attempt 
 
 ••-"-'-■-•-", vvjiich werif not imMOTy bt^^ 
 
 Ith'tlK V oiil) hnil fiettitiiiiti iiilbr,iniltioii. "I^lie nbVurdrfy^f itfe'piocwding is .folly 
 liw^J^nui on tlM.)i«ji«stion ; Imt this diviHion doi;« hot«filll^-ntly mark the dis- 
 
 ^. • "s.servtfiits ii,v tfiia Pk'dyntp rei*|H>nsible and 
 
 iiitroduc(iil:'reH|H'(-t)ni; the indojieiideuce 
 I imhib«r» ol till, Il j.\-\ itii'i<'wa^ ijiiitie, because the House nfleetetlto cyiisider the iiistrucT 
 t<ii« i-\>tinilniL' ^Mlllk^„ol (OiUiliesaWf'ali other sjjboVdinnttiolHcerij. j ', 
 
 /li -oliituni 1 1.— 'Wi -ol\i.«l, I** nit'opinion'of this C<)iiiiiiitte<', thuf.ni ndconlaticn Ithirewitli, 
 
 'l >Ri'hl\ ixpidu^it tiibiip-r^uiidtr the notice of His'Majesty'i* <So\y>niment tlje oreseiit 
 
 . iiipiXitji 11 ol tliJ l.frLi-lnt*i < oiij^iJ, with a vicjv oWiaVinfitxeKiiViKl^from that lnMly such 
 
 till 1 1- IS (ki iiiiiiiidwiilx (Vi))<iul*it upon («.venimeiit. ami neefye jarfre sniaiiet, in order 
 
 !ji.Tl .o"imi)oil.uit a biaiuii ol tin legislature app.inted by the Crj^vji^nijuy exercisjt, without 
 
 < ml', tj i.isMiii 111, a ])it«iK r di«cri tioii lipon id! iiialters snbijiitted 'to tHejiJ. ! 
 
 ' Ifmiitnlio^Wn'. piopos.il, il loii'ipjied \Vith, would totally ih;strH, the elHcici|icy of the 
 
 I,. .isIaliM Vl"""^''. ''^ rniinni^, from it the eljief jiistieo, thO;at(ott»ty-freiierttlL,and any 
 
 llici l.iwMr who mi^lit nuivi a salary from "the Crown, thus, weiikemnfj tl>ii|t sal^itary 
 
 Lik .IihI lontrol o\ii till K^'noraiit imd iiiiconstitutronal proceedins^s of thelA«H»(iubly 
 
 whitli has hitlierto prtMr^id the jutlicial departmeutsi of t\)e Hvovincej and woi Id conse- 
 
 i|ii(iitlv pio\( hlL'liU in)iirioiis lii»t<ad <>f lu-crtliilj!: to this proposition, it would be very 
 
 iw-jiafdi to h.n( moll nun ol hgal knowledge in t>ie Lesislativi,' Coujivil ; i(nd it is y vital 
 
 iiiooitiiKi lt>i thi pii s» nation of ..the-.constitutjoii 
 
 |.iti.rti rl the l(.i-lati\i ( .>%JK:jl.sliou|d Im^ vm^r^the direct 
 
 ( I \t.llIMIIrMt « ** ^^' . ■* -J I 
 
 wlajj iipoik iiiilrrK lio!|» n> another Province, wjiich ^ 
 
 . , th th< y oiilj had new sjiijit i iiilbr,miltioii. *■' '' 
 
 -fi( \\n •)% iIm iliM^ii'iiiii onilM.)i«ji«stion ; Jbut this il 
 5 . -111. II ol till llirttpi to i(4(il«i^.4ll His Mnjpsty's.i 
 ivl". imlablt loit.Hhi i \i r^ituin.wjHeli* tftt'y hiiye 
 
 No 
 
 
 4- 
 
 
 No.29. - 
 
 l^\TU\tT iif II UEbPATCH imvaAjatA.Gk>ielff 
 ' . dated Downi^-strect, 31 Au] 
 
 irenigiitive, tt)at a> 
 if His JVItij«(ity*i> 
 
 Ww/>M/> Bart".^. c. B? _ 
 
 (ith March" lasti 
 of Assembly oft 
 nnmi- 
 
 rmtb. t he 
 
 1 H \\ b to ac knowU'dpe the receipt ^f your des^ial 
 No. 19, tranjsinitting the copy of an Address .from t 
 Xttv Brun»wick to his^Iaj c sty on vflrinna s»t$pcljLi3 „„___ 
 iiistnition of public affairs in that Province. I have sinoe^mVrtl from Messrs. 
 ' fnme and VVihnot, the gentlemen deputed l?y the House yf Assembly to r^pre- 
 i-»nt them in this countrj-, the original Address of the Assembly ; and"! hare 
 also been in communication with those gentlemen, as well^ on the matters to 
 which the A<ldress adverts, as on others connected with the colony. 
 
 . 1 have 
 
i. 
 
 xov\ SCOTIA, m:w BRUXSWrCK, 4c. 
 
 6t 
 
 "fl 
 
 
 I have hnil the honour of luvjiiiB: nt tlic foot 'of tlii' Throiit* the Address of thr 
 Housi' of Asst>iul)ly, and I niu (-onniianili'd to t'xpresM hiti Majraty'it HutiHfaction 
 at the hpirit and teni|N-r in which thi* Houst* ha^ framed thin record of th^ 
 ^rntinl('nts on .Huhje«!t<« of great oonntitutioniU interest and importance. 
 . Tiif A^fieniUI}' expn'oA their ap|iroitation of the inMtructiooR issued by his 
 Majesty's eonniumils to Sir K. Head and to the Canada .Commissioners, and 
 Ktate, that it wduld afford tliein entire satisfaction if the principles whicli they 
 inv(Jve were carried into op(Tation in New lkunswici<. 
 
 ,It is.witii fn'eat pleasure tliat 1 am enahUil to give tlie Assinnbly the satis- 
 faetibn whicli they desire. The principles hivolved in those instructions are npt 
 of limited n])plication ; they form the basis of the |M)licy which, in his MajestyV 
 ' ^dt^ment, it is the w:isdoni of this country to pursue, In reference; not only to 
 t the .Cant^ttiis, but also to all the other states of British North Aiherica. 
 * The AsscnOdy next allude to the eomposition of the Executive Council. 
 - „They recdnmieiul that the mend)ers of the Council should be materially 
 >'inejeiis»!(l, and his Majesty will take this suggestion into consideration, althou!;h 
 he f-* i)ot yet prci)are<l to (h-clarc whetlier it can be carried int«) effect, still lesg 
 \f hat should be the extent of the proposed increase. 
 
 The Assembly furttuT exph-ss their cordiid concurrence in itlw vrews of Mr. 
 Spring Rice, wlative to the sunnnoniiifi; to that Board of some menibers of the 
 ' poi)ular bnmeh of the Legislature. 
 
 On this.tojHC the Assembly have expressed themselves with a just delicacy ; 
 declaring tlieir approbation of Mr. Spring Rice's despatch, they yet disclaim 
 any wish to offer nu opinion to the King as' to the persons whom his Majesty 
 may be i)leas«'d to call to fill seats in the Executive Council. It is obvjous, 
 indeetl, that a jieremptorj- rule on the subject vrould be inadmissible. . At pre- 
 sent it is open to the Crown, at its. own discretion, to select members for the " 
 Executive Council from all descriptiotis of his Majestj's subjects ; the prero 
 gative is unfettered, and it is, in tl)e ophiion of. his Majesty's advisers,- most 
 advantageous for all parties that so it should remain. With respect to the 
 manner in which it shall, in this brancih of it, be exercised, his Majesty can give 
 onlv the •general assurance, which he directs mel to convey to the House of 
 Assembly, that his selection of p^rs<ms to sit in the Executive Council wilt ht- 
 g)nd»'d solely by a reference to -the pernument inteA'sts of' the province, and to 
 * the (jurtlifieati(ms of those whose name's may be submitted to him for that 
 distinctiim. -.. . 
 
 The C()i,^)osidMi) of the Legislative Council is the' next subject alluded to by . 
 
 the House, Adlmitthig thi\t no great public evil has jet arisen from this, source, 
 
 * they nevertheless express their n]>))rehension that, according to'*"the principles 
 
 laid down in the in.structions to the Canada Commissioners, those meml)ers of 
 
 ■ the Council who hold office under the Crown-could not be expectetl to exercise 
 
 an unbi.issed judgment (m the questi(ms which might come before them. 
 
 His Maje.stj''s Ministers entin-ly agree in .the importance of secuBng the 
 inilependence of the Ld'gislatiye Coimcil. They are nut indeed preiMUvd. esjH'- 
 dally lifter the i^qndid i^i^sion of the Assemblj' as to the working of the 
 pre^^M'iMJpiu to' 1w his Majesty the- supercession of any of the 
 
 pr/ipnt tnmra^ 6f tMtipoi^m; nor do they consider oifiae as of itself a dis- 
 atffiip^cation for a seaAn tlflpCBjincil, but they freely admit that the introduc- 
 Jj! 'titm into it of too large a ntiftiber of. persons .holding places of emolument under 
 ^ the Executiv:ili Clttvermnent would teiul to'^letrtuit from its weight, as an inde- 
 pendent branch of the Colonial Legi^ture.'^.JLuril ^iijjtMk in a d(^sp,atch, dated.- 
 the 1st Maj^ 1832, observes, that t:he U'gisl»tj{^ ^ivWr'Asi^Suld principally 
 consist of gentlemen indei)endent'of, and unconnected with the Executive Go- 
 vernment, arid selected from the princiiial inhnfi^tarits of the P|o^ince, mid those 
 having the greatest stake in itMFclfititjB." 4fy^ * * " ■"* * , *^'>:, 
 
 To this ininciple, altliough n. would seemihat acddentid cirqumstahces have " 
 hitliefto prevented it from being cturaMJi ittto ifuU^eflfi^t, liia Ivfajesty's Govem- 
 mVnt ^ntinue to adheire. Wlieneve^ therefore, it- Uiay^ become youPHuty to 
 HMg>uift w8iht»^« c, for l>i» Majerty^iM)| | pro]i | ||tij(jgi, tlietjitoaS i ^^^ 
 
 MEW 
 BRUN8W1C|. 
 
 a member of the Legi 
 
 td the 
 
 ''(^" 
 
 If ywiwiU t 
 , Lonl Ripon, in tjie words wbicb I W^just qiMtt 
 ^ per to advert in this placf>,4o the imnressidri w|4ch has beeii" ■• 
 ,.' minds of. the Assembly by those clauses of the ||tstructioas to 
 Sir F. Heail' " which (to use their tWvn langudgt-) might be sUi^posed'^to'^ affect 
 
 ■mm 
 
1 ■ •?..>■ 
 
 ,A ^ 
 
 NtW 
 BRUNSWICK- 
 
 Ntf<;Jo. 
 
 31 AugiHt. 
 
 (8 C0RRE9P0NpfiNC*E .nEHPRrHINCf THK (iOVRRNMKNT OF 
 
 thr in<l«prndonc<> of mi'inbirK i»f \\w UKMntxin- holding any iiifrrior office or 
 npi>ointiuvnt under the lioverniKeiit :" on thin mil)jeet it i«, nMUigli to |K)int otjt 
 to the oWrvnlion of the Aiweniltly tlmt the clauM»»ln nueHtittn, in «» fiir u« 
 ilijiy 4;onrrm peraojiK I'uildinK mIMh in fitber IIoum', luive reft'wnw eximiwly to 
 " uij^ntben of tlie 1«m-iU government ;" not t«) inferior olfieen*, but to tliow* who 
 fcnn an uctunl iiortion of tiie Exeeutive Oovernnient, un«l vthm' «:or«li«I sym- 
 pathy and co-on«'rati«in are alwihiti-ly indisiM-nsatile )«Nth«» exlntenee of any 
 HyHtem of adminlKtratlon. Willi reganl to »h«1i indiyiiliWln, I tnixt the AHxeju^ly 
 will ndlnit the juxtiee «)f tlie ohi«er\-ution which con«'1udcH the con«idefation of 
 this topic in the in«tnu;tionK to bir Vrtunw Hea«t ; " llnl«i»« thin j-ourne \w pur- 
 jtucd, It Would' 1h' inifMwitil)l».' to rcwUe tb«? head of tlie (JmenHijent from thii 
 imputation of Insincerity, or to «'tmduct Jihe ndniinintmtion of public affuim wit]i 
 the necittsary firinne>ii* and dt'cicion." ^ 
 
 ■• V,'-".. : \. ■-• : No. atJ.— .''■ f .1.. . -. -'- ,■■—': 
 
 ~I?STRACtof a DESP.Wni from Lord tyfc'rtvf^r t«r1.lnitpnant-0ovcmor- 
 Sirvl. V(mi>h-U, liart.o.c.n. dated Dov^ning-ntn-et, :. Septendicr IHIMi, 
 
 In inv dcMmtch of the ai««t ult. 1 have eoniuninicated t«) y«m the answer 
 whlcli ills Majesty has cotumandeil nu- to return, t«i' the Aildre^s from thj- Hou«e •> 
 of Axwmbly of N«w Bnmswi.k, «.f tUc Htli March tor. \ Jiave at the Hajne 
 time enclosetl, for your infonnation, «'opic» of tlif «'orre!«iM)nilence whuli luul 
 nHsw'd on tlu' subi«-et of tliat A<ldrc»H, an<l on other matteh«.of a public witure 
 between Messrs. (Van«> Bu«l Wilmot, the gentlemyi deputed by tlW-.HouHe of 
 Assembly to repnsrnt them in this countrv^. Having eojsimuiiicated ty Me««r»«. 
 Crane aiid Wilmot the .Imft of my «\i-spatt;h of the Hist ultirae. 1 have wceived 
 from them the enclosed observationH «ni it ; I have alno had with them Fnional 
 e<»miuunic«ti«)ns on the wbject. tr_^ ' .. 
 
 The first alteration propof**-*!* by MessrH. Crane ami Wilimit is, that, tilt; , 
 Exe«'Utive Council should, in <<nniiliance with the wishes of the A88«'n»bly, tie 
 at ortee enlarg»»l, without waiting the further deliberation contemplated in.my,-^ 
 despatcirbf the Hist ult. . ' *j!L — 1 
 
 On this piiint his Majesty, «ftcr a due consi«leration of the.MgWs«"tsurged 
 by the House of Assembly, and of the repn'sentfttion:? t)f Messrs. Ckufie and 
 Wihnot, is ])rei)ared to adopt the m-eessarj^ steps «pr me«ting the wisluw of, the 
 A'^sembly. It is unnece.ssju-y. on the prest'iit occasion, to offer any pU'dge fus to 
 tlu precis*! number of which tb«- Executive Couucil should Iw-retiftir consist, 
 nor indeeil ctr^ld an invariable rule be prescribed on that subject WithWut incon- 
 v«iiience; but you will immcditttclj' report to me.the names of wwrai gentle- , 
 men wh«»m you may think most eligibh- for seats in hisv .Majesty's Executive- 
 Council. Ill making your selection you will not confine yourself to any single 
 •cla-xs or des<;riptwn of persons, but %iU endeavour to ensure the pn-!j*ncc in 
 the Council of gentlcineln representing all tlie various interests Whidi exist in 
 the province, and possessing at the same time the «-onfidence of .the people at 
 large. It may not be jiossible always to find such persons in the neighbour- 
 hood of the capital ; but I am assuml that there are gentlemen bf fortune in 
 the Pnmhce; who, if appointed to the Council, would, from- puljlic' motives, 
 attend Jo the duty. ■ „ ^ " ■"■ f.(j'; : 
 
 \ Enclosure in No. 30. ^i" 
 
 \ Remarks oir^he Draft of Despatch for the Copsideratiou of Lord '^J^netg. 
 
 1st. OiUhe AJflitioii of MeiiilJers to the Evediitive Council: •' ' .J -' , " . 
 
 Tht'"AgM'mtily of New Bmnswivk are desirous that the Exeimtive Couneil be enlarged. 
 First beeauso, as it is now (composed, u imij.irity of its member* has n^ the coAfidence'^of 
 «hi- country; and si condly, Incuuse it in expedient that sonic ineijiberH should be udiled 
 
 H' 
 
 ^K^^^^Ko^)^»sVpmclIc5r¥n^W^ 
 
 ■ resU of the Provmce. . /. xf «^ • J 
 
 For these n»fons it would aflord universal satisfaction to the people of New Brunswick 
 if the Gpvemraeat would order such additians to be made. '"- ' 
 
 31 May 1«36. 
 
 (wirned) TRUtom Cramk/, 
 
 ^» l.A.'WUmit./ 
 
':\ 
 
 \, 
 
 V. 
 
 ■\- 
 
 , . . NOV/^ NtOTIAr NEW BRUNSWICK, &c. * v (in 
 
 (No. ,<i«},) ^. . ^ '" "■ • 
 
 ExTRAiT ..fa DKSV/Vrt'fr fn)in Lhut.-<;<»v«'mor Kir A. Cot,ff>l»eH, Bart. «.c.b. 
 to lAinMHeuth, dut» «l. Pmlirictou, N«'vv BriiiiHwick, 17 l)»'cnii>b«T IH.JO. 
 
 '-^ ' . ^ 
 
 HtRKWiTli I hnv«' Ih*" lionour to Hitbtnk, in obrdicnce to, your LorilHliip'a 
 
 foiiiniand^;' thu ha'ii)«'H of 'H^voral KentKnu'n in my opiiiien flinit)lf uiid tit tp 
 
 -hold wnitH in tlic- K^rciitlvj* t'ounoil, on the i!ont<'in|)liitc<l in^n-iOM- of tluit IwHly. 
 
 Thf n'siM'ttnliiUty <if elmriu'tt'r and ffithj-rto unlilt-rijiHhwl n-putationH of tlifse 
 
 KflitltrnM-n, aflfonl nn- tin; safest tTitcrioii to.truHt that the sel«'«rtion «»f them, or 
 
 of an many of tliein nt* yotjr |x)rdHlnp MMiy dt^fnv propel oomiot fail to prove 
 
 »'nti»fattory' to the iM-ople at^ lorgf. , . ' ' 
 
 To that liHt 1 t'ould add th4« nnme« ofothf-r re«iM'ctal)h' individualH ; but tlipy 
 
 I rwidr at Kuch a ditttanc«> from the Hciit^of govcniim-nt, at to prreludo tlij-ir 
 
 atteililancf at tlic oriiinary nu-ttiuKH of the Council, which arti fnt|Ufnt, and 
 
 \l)ft«"n mceHMarily at a Mhort iiutice, and cwiHequfutly they, as well .as mottt of 
 
 l^thoBP now named, eouhl Ije' conttideml only om ho^jorary members. 
 
 NEW , 
 DMUNHWKK. 
 
 Ny. 31. 
 
 ^Ib. 
 
 (.'.'■, 
 
 — No. 32. — 
 
 (No. -•.) . ; . 
 
 Extb:\ct of a DESPATCH fnyn Lonl Glemhf to Lieutenaut-Jjove^or 
 Sir ifa/«« //rtmy, K.C.B. «lated Downinji-Htreet^O April l'83". 
 
 In inv deHimtch, No. H.5^ of the ith df Ia«t U^ptember, Sir A. Cainpbrffww 
 
 mvn 
 
 No. 32. 
 
 
 directed, with reference to the desire of " the Assembly for the increase of thtM^ki 
 
 b.>ecutive Council, to report to me, withotit loss of time, the names of suchi 
 f;(|ntlemen as i*ould apjjettr to'him tijost eligi^ile for seatsf in Hjs Majesty's 
 Kiteeutive Coiincil. The instructions ' contained in that . despatdii I l\ave to 
 desire thftt you will consider as nddlressed to yourself. You will accordingly 
 apply yourself witliout unnecessary d^-lay to a eomplianc<! witli tliem in thta .^ 
 importmit, respect. In «!onfonnity with my din-ctioi^ Sit A. Campbell trans- 
 mitted to me, on the l/th IVcember, a list of several lenttemen whom he con- 
 i siden'd proper objects for the hAnpiir-of the Executive Council. I reciueat that 
 you \Yil|^ take this list into your consideraticm in connexion with the whole 
 subj<{ct, and will favour me with your.othser^ations on the recommendations 
 wlm-h ft.coVsvey!*, a* well as with your suggestions reganling t^ny other gentlemen 
 10 the-.Province^hpm you iiiay consider more eligible to be membersLof the' 
 Executive* Councihf"' - = f * .^ 
 
 ..•1 
 
 luncil 
 
 
 -i* ., ^ ": /■ '""-^.Nd. 33. — ' ''\. / ' 
 
 Xofy of ti DESPATCH from Lieutenant-Governor % JoA» Hunejf, k.c.b. 
 
 , '■ V ^i.."', ^ - I to Lord Gleiielg. ':^y\'-- 
 
 Government-House, Fredericton, 
 If. 28 July 183". 
 
 ^|i)cfore your tonl^hip certain n^solutions of the House* of Assembly 
 _ Dvmce, which have been placed in my hands for that purjrase, relative 
 tb the -present composition &f the Executive Council, it is my duty frankly to 
 stftte to your Lordship, that under the peoiliar circumstances in which I "find 
 myself placed, I could wisl^^that the Council was diiFe|rently composed, or that 
 fj**^** J^extension of it might immediately be made as might give me the 
 ;benefiHra majority of its members, 4o whom I could bring myself to give my 
 entire » >*^-' 1..- .- . ^ . .. , . .° . •'. . " . j^ 
 
 No. 33, 
 
 / . 
 
 of this 
 
 July 21. 
 
 possible for me,a8 yet, to Mtendtoall tlemmnbersof the present Board. 4 do i 
 not doubt the integrity of their mbtives, ari|i*do not %ny that af^due disi^a- '■ ' 
 tipn has bfeen shown, by the parties to whomXaUudeajj^act cordially with me 
 jp matters of detail ^d of minor imporiU__~ ""^^ 
 in which, from thri pfeconceii^ed oninia mi— ^ tV 
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 iiuito tlu- iiwtnu'timi' u|M»it 
 to 8ir .Vrchihnid ('rtm|»lM'll, 
 fi'iS'iN' to !lio«<' ln^««ii'tUi»», 
 follows iiig «t'nflt'mt»i, who**' 
 ii t<» 1h>Ui'v«' \vouJ«t Ih« »♦'»«•- ^^ 
 I'roiu this ttsl I *l»ot»M»M- 
 ii#1lNlM Ife* r»tM>lHuiu-ut 
 
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 )iM"'>f •'!•■ iitf«iil>**P n«?'<''"'in'\ |i»t**lPrcii ., 
 
 ttiwWoli i,t nidv lie your LoiiWiipV iutmtion A» rv^>^' H. ml>?l»t n» oiici- 
 m4«'«'I^''' limits iliuiin will mow iMroiw rt»or»' otjimtUH. iu «t»>ii»«qti»'n«M' of th< 
 JiMn- v\ ».t nuu!!i ».f the duJ|.lMrtu»C«"*«' r*rf^»riu«Ml bj th.- ^wul grontiiig 
 
 (incut. 
 
 of llic \\m4 of AHM'inWy, tt ifp«i»ttewnii <>f 
 
 .f 
 
 iioiul-, Mm|"., W|M'iik<'r -1 - — .; 
 
 lent, and of (Jtitnt influ<'n«f. inid of W of the ol<U'»*t loyftti»t fa»iilt»'>« 
 Mn«c. Mt. Simonlls hnvi«« rontriJrtttfd hi* ijowci-ful aid towartk tlK^ 
 
 'M'tilHuTnt of tin- gnat »iut'-<tions which htwr ju»«tb<'i-» l>ron«ht toil xnti*fmtorv 
 iHu^ion. ha* an intintiou of ntlriui? from|thv chair of thr iiojjular hiaixh 
 
 * 
 
 of the i»oii 
 
 fltc b-iri-lat«rc. lltrcMdC- - • . , > . ., .. , 
 
 nicViiid cftfttni aiiiH-ar^ to «nc M-imvlv to huv^l- rcccimt iti fmr nharc ot %w\\ 
 •|ii.|...intu..17ts a^ liiat which. I now foUcU ^ for hitii, Tiic tomnuinicuDtm , 
 •hctuixt l%*lcri.tt>n unfl St. JohnV N |h!*v and nv|»id at «ll ,»cjiJ.oi»*ot-U*i >"ii ■— 
 iniid as I ifronosc t<i-hold»" U\w\ BoimW i)«rt<Klicnny, on HtatcddnugUicrr^Mll 
 he m. difticnitv in ikrc»curln« the aftcn(lan<t of incndM-r* Jrotn «^ at any 
 tinu «luHMlu'ir|»rt'M-m*cnmy hcthwuKht ii^H>!*!«iry. v x, .► ■ '' 
 
 \VilJiniu\riiiiic, Kmj.. mcuihcr of the lIouM' of Assembly, one of t^ip rUl»utfe* 
 iVrtN iiwKnulaifciLj* gcaUJcninn of inrfcc pn»i>*-rty, imd i»f uttuiinncnt' with whR-lt 
 tour Umi-ihinTaciiuaintcd. Mf. franc l^^^ uwjuircd stroni? ilaiin* H|H)n th*- 
 Vcs|M'<t and ci»n%Unt^*|)f the Inlmbitautw of thi« l'ro^in«>c, and 1 thinK u|Kni 
 
 JS'cvilh IJarltcr. l>a*, KTX^rfiitwf the tiUM ipul imo»*trli*ii»K thiuicWy Iwir- 
 ri«tc)v in tlw' .-olonv, a gcntUmaft niwu nvlibui^' have m^nitly confiTiv«l lh»> 
 «ii5tin^tion«of KWs cott»».*j;l, and «it>nt!l have thought of for the oftce «»f 
 MnKhr«)f the i«i in fUjyf vent oTlpe iVA^e^mhli needling to the reconanen- 
 ilation wliilh I i»W»*c tiiTiak'l- to tliat \\va\, in !t}» next, m^mov, to imnide a 
 
 n>intuicntj. >Ir. N. Parker i* a hroth«'r <»t tjn- 
 li rcVides'nt St. l(>|mW ' t" %" . ^^" 
 
 [[. 11.; I I JfWili T I I ' jf th«,L««,'ij||j^tvf Council, «)n„i.f tlic ' 
 JHfl^M- ».f that nanWT^hiydy nspcctiilffi^ and.imjmHr. pnsrtfH' rewlnig ni the 
 
 inmtv of Wcstniorhmd. .."'•- ./ '' -^V " .• • •^. .- '% '^ ^ - 
 \UvA\ J(plin>toh, ^>ti..,it*w«ltliy reti^^tijgrelmnt, »t cvcHTtit. Ui«il> ; it-Rcn- 
 
 tlcnJJui «!fniqcU,ahilitvfi'^>*-»|«^' i"i^V»f"'^^' «"' "'"'^'' 'I'^f "^* nifluen- - 
 4iiiJ iHcnihcrs of llw- rfousc of^^aBljbly. ., ■ V ' ,' " , - .. 
 Mon. Jospi.ii Cun"!l*d; was iaMW)i>>tl<l t:iflni,»lA'l s Iwt : i^ a nicm b.-r ol tJjc 
 
 j|'j*aftlaH>v Lowica-'a weakU^Brei|ljp»nzU»g 4UCTehjjiit..,lar^ly etohurked iti 
 
 tVi'^iiTilicr'iRidcaf Mfaunic»iJ.^# j^ . ., ;.'•;. " '., - n •.!.•'■ 
 ^ •mu.^J.Shote; id^ija nundW* *tf"fhe L.•f,n^lntlVe ^'ouhcij, mi old luditary 
 
 oflker, whtVMrt^ Miidfj nw d4rin|!; the, Int.- war ! a mild, discreet, juchcion,^ 
 , Mid poji^ilar |>eri*0ii,' iM)»s«*i4nK h c<>nsidernlile stake iu tfte colony. V 
 
 " Of tlu- wbole of the Indinduabt above suJimUtwl, only two are in any _ way 
 * eoiin«*ctcd with or-relatcd to the actual mewhers of tite CouueU. Mr. Jolm- 
 
 stoii-lHVcry wmotely tfinnected with Mr. Trederick Robifwon : and Mr. Sh«»ri! 
 
 i*. married to the ^istcrof Mr. Saundets, a circumstance, which would have im-- 
 " vented mv incluifina his name in the list. But inaepndent of tlte circunwtamte 
 
 of mv wishing to give m old brother offici'ir. a proof of my Contidpnce and goo^ 
 - tlmt^ I ^dmukllinve nne uLthc flAtiitinnnl ntemlieiy a n'sirtent 
 
 iiituble .salary -fitf" such ati appointment, 
 ju'dfte of thjrt-Att^ic', jju 
 
 -wHMt-i'^ iHH**wiry 
 
 X »-3' 
 (1 
 
 '. I 
 
 in IVedericton, in order to insurt; a quorum at all times when the solicitor and 
 i^ocate-ceneral.(>l»i»8rs. Street ami Saunders) may be absent on circuit, or 
 Scrwise, and for the paqmse of forming the •' Land tir-anting Committee, ex- 
 "Sluding therefrom, As 1 nccessarilv must do, the Crown Land Commiswonef , tui4 
 
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 V 
 
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 f 
 
 t^UVA MCOTIA. NEW BRtN»WKK, lio. 
 
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 nii<thl» potntlitiipt iMit to concral from ^iir Lunbthl]^ that*-! fiilljr ctincur 
 in ttH*Hi)|tiiiU>n wlili'li the liiiii»c nf \«nfiitlil) liun «-\prt>MMe<l, n^ to tlti* Vii<*uiii. 
 (mlUiility of the ^ffivv of i'oiiiiiiiwKitiMtr nf Oonmi LiihU with tttnt of Kxcnitlrc 
 C'oufit-illo< 
 
 llor. 
 
 I linv«-, 9u: j "* 
 
 (»iKiu-«l) J. fliirviit, 
 
 U/-ut.-|Cov(nior. 
 
 Kiulo^un- in No. .»:». ♦ / 
 
 * * >' 
 
 llouai- III' AmiMiilily^ rriilay, ^1 July I>-'I7. 
 I. f)i>(>lvi (i, UH till' iijtiiiioit ■ (' tliiH riiirmiittrc. tliut the lloiixy ailKiiilil I'litcrtiiiii u (i<'i'|i 
 ih'liiii; ii|'L,nitilti(lii tuM^rtU till' Ri|xht lloh. I.<iril (IJi'iii'lir, liir lli/- luKlily •inttilyiMu; iiiiMiiicr 
 III wliitli hii4 l.tirili-liip liuH Ixrii ii|niMi-i| tu i'\pr«>i)'« hiH Mini'Hty'>> ii|i|ir<>lm{Hiri uf tni'ir. jiro- 
 rMHJini."* im the p'uliiwt of tin- ((iHrreiio'D whii'li Imil iiiiloitui|uti<ly iiri<«Mi, r»~<|M'ctiiij!: tliii 
 f nnvtiiii'iit iil'the Civil laxt Hill, uiid[^ tho |iriiiii|itiii-MH with whic|). thi'^iiiiiiK'riiUN iiiiiiii|iMtunt 
 t)bj«itioli* iiiiVHiiiril liy tlk; HxpfuWl o< tljf I'niviiictt U){»iiu| Uiucniup^ltitMHiiit'tJtM n^biiiiri 
 mvtv <Ih|xm*hI of l»y liiM l,orili*hi|i. /. 
 
 'J, Rt'otilvril, UK tliu iipiniuii i)f tliiit coiiiiiiitti'c, tliiii lut vrry giviit (ii»ert'ti(inury pownni 
 
 nr« vcMlnl in tlic Lit'iitfimiit-uovcriior iiixl Kxivutivf Council, liy tlio Art for tlir NU|)}i<irt 
 
 of till* fiyfl ifoviTiiiiidit ol' tliiH Province, that Council nhoulil he coiu|nwi1 o|' purauiiiit 
 
 r^ piwM;»»iiitj the coiiKilciu'f of tli<r country ; dikI not of tiitiw, u nmjoiity of whom hiive 
 
 <>viiiri-(l Ai <li-cid>'<l hoMtility to the iiriiiciplcii of the late iin|M>rtiiiit iirruliiri'nicnt. 
 
 .'t. itiMoivpil, ii» thf! o|iini<>n of tniH coitmntte**, thut while tlie Houhk hIidiiIiI repoMc the iiio«t 
 
 entire ( niitiiioicu in the prPHt^iit IjvuteiNint-t^owrnor, niiit liuil Init Hiipoiillnieilt iiit uii iiddi- 
 
 lioiml I ruof vf Hm MiljeHly'H |mteniul solicitude fur the welfure of Iim devoted HubjeclH in 
 
 thix I'rivilic^uiid UH iiiiM]iiciouM of ^iiittre liberul and HutiMfuctory |>olicy lliiiii tliiit which 
 
 «;huriu.'ti'ri7.ed (he Ihte iidniini>(nitioii, tijey Hhouhl deeply regret that the FAeeiitive Council 
 
 \ * l^nmini I uiirhiingi'd ; whcivby liii* ICxqdfeiicy i.s precliuled fnun ohtuining thnt'pmcticn! 
 
 \ •dviM^niul aAxiiitaiice, *o ei4iientiully iieceiiMry tu u liUcceMHful ttdiniiiiitratioii of th«> (jovert)- 
 
 Vinriit. J s . ■ 
 
 i. Heiiolved, it* tjie opinion of thin coniiiii^ve, tliut tlin IIoiiko ouf^ht fully to recoirniiM) 
 
 priiKiplL' litid down by Loril Olenel-;, tliitt thu Executive Council Mhoulif bu coiiipoiM^I 
 
 voiH |K»i«<>ii.viiii; i\\v contidcnce of the country lit lur^re, und thiit tlie cordiul Avnipiithy 
 
 |p >|wrution nl thut body iirc tibHolliti'ly iitdiHpontiubTe to the exintence nf luiy Hyuteni 
 
 o(^m^Pni.<tratioii«; und ulthoiii^h the fiouite shoutd repudiate the cluini net up by' iinotlicr 
 
 cuhony, thut ^he Executive Council ouf;ht at ull tiniei* to lie suliject to removnl on un iiddn*«!i 
 
 .for thut purpn««,' from the |iopular brunch of tliu );ovemnient, yet they should view, the 
 
 prewiit cute uH~one unprecedented in the nniialM of colonial hixtory, iind whicli (leciiliurly 
 
 , cuIIh liir the iiiter()OHi(ioii of hirt MttjeHty'HUoveniinent. < 
 
 Ti^j Iteiudved, as tjte opiiriuii of thix coniinittee, thut indeutMideutly of other cotimiderutioiui, 
 tile );reut )>ower>i vtkited in the Executive (Council for the c\|)eiiditur(^ of pulilic iiioiiieH, 
 under the -Ith Kectiii|n of the Act for the support of ■the civil governiiie 
 patible for the i.'oiiliniiDHioner of Crown lundx (under whom! niithori' 
 niich exfienditure iinlst ariite), to liuld a place in that b<Hly. 
 
 •1. Ilesolvi'd, as the opinion of thiit coniinittee, that the forcKoiiifr 
 brought under the i'unsideration of his Majesty's Ouveniinent, by ' 
 
 liuke it iiicDiii- 
 [■ portion of 
 
 mIiouIiI be 
 •M from tiiiH 
 
 |iiu>e til his Excellency the Lieulenunt-|;uveriior, prnyint; timt liiit iBxcellehoy will lie 
 pl\hi (I to transimf tlie i^iMlic. 
 
 (signed) . dharlei ,Slmund», ^pimker. 
 
 INH 
 
 «• 
 
 (No. J.}.) 
 
 — No. ;J4. 
 
 ^ CdPY of ft DESPATCH frtim Lortl (Jlfwlg to Lieut«riant-Governor 
 % .\ 8JrVo*»» //rtmy, 'iC.<:.a^ 
 
 "Sir,/ " » ,, Dowhing-street, 21 Sept. 183/. 
 
 I '«AVK iweirecLyoiir dPKpatch, No; 23, "of the 28th July last, enclosing a 
 series of f (^filutiono odoptetl by th6 tiouse of AsMetubly of New Brunuwick, 
 relating to the compositiiSn of yoor Executive Council, and submitting a list of 
 
 UltUNMWJCK. 
 
 tnf I. in No. 33. 
 
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 No. 34. 
 
 =4fefr paint»- iit-M ) vvn goHlUnacn wb gm yoa-^TOHwtfer fit -to btf wklwl to tl at^ 
 Boanl. ■ In answer, I beg to acquaint you that Lam hjEippy to have it in my 
 power to give'proof of the confidence which I repose in your judgment, by sub- 
 mitting to The Qtieen, for Her Majesty's sanction, the Ust of candidates whom 
 
 you have proposed for admission into the Executive Council 
 
 579- . ' ^ «^4 
 
 The requisite 
 instruments 
 
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74 
 
 (ORRKSmNOENOB RksPRtTISMJ TUB GOVRRNMENT 09 
 
 N» « liiMrununl. for th.ir umH.lulmrnt will Im- 1..uimI a« «mih a* 111* nrrw.«r> tMi^ 
 
 nill)N?»WltK. rumiH • nil •»•• «oiii|iUtiHl. , , . 
 
 • I Imvp, «<!. 
 
 (kIkiwhI) 
 
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 No. 3.V 
 
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 -No. ».V- 
 / (No. .j'l.) 
 Extract of n DI'.HIVVTC 11 from Uiut»iiiuir(io»Mrnor Hiry<»A« ll>in^M< •'■^■■• 
 ti> Uoril (ihinlft. diiticl (Jov««nimfiit-liou*c. l-'niLrlrton. Ni-w nruii^wlok, 
 i:. iWinuM ih:i7'. 
 
 ' With nuanl !<• «li«' Immiillnti- mlHiiK fiirwiinl <*( any nilditlotint mfiiilM-r* 
 to wnt* ill tin- Kx«'«utlvc (;omi.il. t tlti not .•oikobI from your LonWiip tliiil It 
 hni« Im«u ri'pnMiH. <I ((• uw liy ««o of Jiu- m.-mlM-ri* of lli»- nn-MMit lloundl, 
 Mmn. IJiiiliu- iumI <)«l«n. ""«l tlmt •'"•l"' ti^Ki'HH'"' '>* xupiK.rt.a ».y Hi.- opinion 
 of thi' ntt»im«v.gi iM-ml, (one nuirtovir in wliirli I luiv.- no iloulu tlnit Mr. Htn-et 
 woUritor-Kt-mrul nnd « mtnihrr of tin- ((mnril, would if pnst'nt fully loiirur), 
 tliat uny pn)vl>.ionnl txtPn^lon hv im- <if tin- mimh»'n» of iN mfinlifrM wi.ul.1 not 
 i-onf. r upon m» inl»«rs ho up|H>lnt.«l a li-wil rinlit to \otr nt tlint IkMirjI. But 
 not«itl>«ti»nlinn ihoHr HUKm-Htionn unil opinions, I linvj^i-lt irtywlf juxtiht'tl in 
 hnviuK rerourx*' to this nMUi«ur«' l)v tin* following «'onsitl«rutlon>», via. ; 
 
 iHt 'ItiHt the wn«titution of tliix IVovinrc Imx niuli'i*on<' nuoli ii virtual 
 nltfrntlom Ity tli.- piwKinn of tlu* Civil l.i-.t Bill, iw to rcncU-r man) of tl«' 
 iirovi^ioni* of tin- ••ommiHHion uniler wlilrli it« novf-rnnu-nt Iwix liitlu-rto Iwfii 
 nan»iniM.r.a (tluit of tin- (iov.m.ir-ln-rhU'f,) wliolly innpplMmlil." to tin- htiitt- of 
 tliin«H now HubKixtinx. . ' . o, . /. in 
 
 •2d 'Hiat Itv tin- Jirnt numlM-r of your I»nt»liip>« dtxpfttch to Sir \. ( iiinpiH'U 
 i>f till' -itli H«iit«nili.r liixt, tlif propoHitiou of Mi-xsrx. Gmni- and Wihnot, "timt 
 till' K\««'utivt' t'ounril slioul«l, in <'on»plinnrc' wjtli llu- wixlii'^of tin- Ahw-iiiUIv, 
 ' lii-at nwv .iilarK«il," without waitinR tin- fjirtlur «l«inMn(tioii «>ontnnplnt«>d In 
 your l^inWiip'A diwputoh of .llHt .\uKU>t, is fully ••oncicUd. 
 
 :id That it hai« bmniie tin- luon- imnn-diatc duty of tlu- Kxt«>utivi> (iovcrnrnfuf 
 . to vwTi'W a vigilant control and clirrk u|M)n tlu- hmd grmitiiiK d«'imrtimut, a 
 .liity \vhi«h miders it ini'xiHdi»iit, inniy opinion, for two of tin- prcM-ut 
 membm of th.>C"ouncil to form part <»f tin- ((mimittfc of tin- Council, to which 
 it apixarx to mc pn»mr to n-fcr for «'xamlnati(m an<l rt-port, all applicatiouH 
 for VrantH of land. licrnc.-8 to rut timlH-r. &o, &c., thus n-ducing the nunilM-rrt 
 iivailabU- for that »lutv to tlinn', iucludinif thr »olicit«>r-R«iural, whow fnciucnt 
 and long prof«>nsional absi'ncts mav lUso Iw consid.n'd an fxcludiiiR him from 
 a seat in a rommittce whith ou^lit'to givf its* steady ntt«Mition to tlu- important 
 intt'nsts intiMulvd to be committed to it. ,•, . ■• si i 
 
 •Mil 'ITiat I am of opinion that dueh a Biiard shoultl be eomnosed of indiViaualH 
 posHOXMnK tlK' publii- «tmfid«.n»;e, and Iwcause I coincide in tlie ..pinion rccintly 
 exprei-sed by the popular branch of the IjK».-*lature, " that the majority of that 
 Coun«-il not'onlv <loes not powess that «»HiHdence, but is positively hostile to the 
 principles of the lat»' important arranne/nents," an«l, , 
 
 :>th. That by selectin« tlin-c individuals from tlu- list of candidates wluch ha« 
 .,. b»tii sent forward by me to your I^irdship, I believe mj'self to Iw actinK in 
 reasonable antiefiiatidn of j our Ixmlship'ssanction ami concwrenee ; /md if any 
 queHti«.n of the lemdity i)f tln»s«' gentlemi-nV votes or acts, (while provisional 
 memben* of the Kxecutive Council) be really involved, it wcmhl Ik- at once set 
 nt rest by. their inandainuses beiuB madt^ to Iwar the some «late as those provisional 
 npiK»iiitnuiit». 1 luive aticordiiiKly the honour to n-quest and to solicit that your 
 lordship would be pleiwed t<. move Her Majesty The UUeen to be Kracmusly t 
 i)leasedto«;onfirm the provisional appointments to Keats in the Executive Council 
 of this Provint;e of the following gentlemen, who have been called by int^ to 
 ti^Ve their seats at that Board until her Majesty's pleasure is Ituowii, awl who 
 
 1^ 
 
 have accordingly this day taken the presoribeil oailis, \U 
 George Shore, esq. (a member of the lii'gislative Council.) 
 
 V Charles Simoml.s, esq. (S|Muker of the Hous«' of Assembly), and 
 Htigh Johnston, <?sq. (a memlwr of the Assembly-) — - 
 
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 NOVA mmi, sm bminhwick. ii-, 
 
 BKLNNWICK. 
 
 . tn coiirlu»l«Mi I woul«l Jm-h to nfrr >our Liiril«hl|> t«i thf rrmilution uf tlite ^-TT* 
 Houi.i' of Ai»Miibly of the 21*1 ultiinu. (tn^iy rnduwd) ami |MurtlcuUrly to tiM 3^ K-hn mT*./. 
 MKNitHi of thoiHi rrvulutbim. . \ |)„,.,«h. «• JmI, 
 
 P.S. 
 
 I)**t>«lch, jil Jul; 
 8horr, who yiw a.vtry uirfiil in<-nilM>r of thfi 'f"'f'''& 
 
 -With wfiTMHf to Vfr „_ 
 
 formrr Kxeoutlvf Council, pifvUm* to U« •liwU'verifh*'^, i Jifg to rxprvM my 
 coiuurrriiif in thf rfcoininrtuiatioti of Mir /\. C«ni|ib«>ll that Mr. Hhon* «houl(l bo 
 iTtturril to hit funii«r rank at that Moiml. 
 
 (■IgnMl) J. II. 
 
 (No. .iv^ ' 
 
 Extract of a OKSPATCH from Lonl (llfntlq to Urutrmnt-iiyvfnior 
 9\t John llantjf, k.c.h. dati-*! 'i\ H«>'ptpmber IHa7||> 
 
 It rrmainii that I iihouht a«ivi«rt to your |iroc«*«lini?« rfii|M««tinff the Exi'cutivo 
 Couiiril, whUh jou hav»« noticed in connexion witli the toiii«« alrtady men- 
 tlonwl. ■ ^ ■ .».,.;,^, ^ 
 
 i thinit that, under the drcumntancwi of lli«* eM<%^oti Ju(lf(«d richtly In 
 Immedlfttcly nvaiUng voumelf of th« Mrticea of M^r^.Nghaw, 81mond«, and 
 John«ton. It waa rridently necwiaary tlia^;tl^C<)ii)itil nhWhl b« immediately 
 •trengthened by thirfr aHHiKtAnce. I concur, llowever, in the opinion, that, until 
 the propimed altcnrtionii hare bi-en made In the commiiwion un«ler which you 
 id, tho«ie j^entlcnjcn <nnnot utrictly he reffanle<i tut executive councillum. The 
 Queen in Council wait plenM«>d to make the neceiMan' order yesterday for per- 
 fecting the Arts re<iuired for thia puriKwe ; they will be tranamitted to you 
 M tioon an the .)fficial formH can be completed. Mr. Shore will, in deference to 
 the cohcurfhit opinion of Sir A. Canipbell and younelf, be authorized by Her 
 Majeatv to reHume tiiat Heniority in the Council whi«;h belonged to him under 
 it» ancient ^nutitutlon. . , 
 
 No. 36. 
 
 .C.B. 
 
 ,•-»" No. 37. — V 
 
 (No.43.y. j;; 
 
 Copt pf a DESPATCH from Lleutenant-fiovcmor Sir John Ifarvfi/, k. 
 
 tq Lord Glenflff. 
 
 \. . , , ' Government House, Fredericton, 
 
 My Lortl, g s««ptemMr imj. 
 
 With a view to latisfy yoUr Lordnhip that the proviaiqAl^dition which 
 I have made to the Executive Council of this Province /J^R^^eoMUre highly 
 accepuble to the country at large, I httvc Helected one of the addresses which 
 hoH been presented to me on thin subject ; it proceeds from the three counties 
 immediatelv surrounding this place, and is most numerously and most resoect- 
 ably signed;- . , , I " 
 
 ^ I I have, &c. 
 
 (signed) J. Harvey. 
 
 No. 37. 
 
 End. in No. 37. 
 
 to Mi. Excellency Major-general Sir yb*, Harr,;,, k.c.h. and c.a. Lieutenant-Oovernor 
 BL.; ""•* Commander-in-Chief of the Province of Xetd Bruntwieh. 
 
 Kwnblfi AddreM oT the undersigned Inhabitant* of the CoLtie* of York. SanbulV 
 
 « ., , „ andCarleton. i " 
 
 Mav II Diease your Excellency: 1 . 
 
 l.u«*Li?rrfl.T'^'* •'"/■f"' '"«' '7"'f"4««»«. inhabiunto of the counties of York, Sun-' 
 S^^f P?^^"' '" "^' ^^iW*- '^'«""" "f New Brunswick, beg lea»« to pren^nt 
 &.S™ Kin??5yiliZ.i"B ""1 "7T '!««»' "'h*' demi^LV^ur Most 0«^Ss 
 Bpvwign King William the Fourth of blewed memory, a So vere^n justly endeared to all 
 
 i*^ "l"^ *'!'"*' ^"'^ *f)' ^ long and Bffehi<) B«tely che&he d. * 
 
 his subjects 
 
 l-at the M l tiaa tima b » g Ut WMte =^ 
 
 •L ..^n^^ ' i" "'^.'^ ?«"«"»'"' government we feel the most Jrdent attachment : and 
 weasauieyour Excellency, '.» Her lepre^ntativc, of our firm andTnalterabla SetermiW 
 
 mcnt m which the Province of New Brunswick has largely participate. . 
 
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 We urr hU imaiv of llro .lilKi-ultiiH wlikli U-M'l ymir Ivxcellemy m oxHuniiHK tlu; (>ovcm- 
 miiit ot tl.i* I'roviiic- utu v.ry minorti.nt |)fiK«l in lU liiHtory, ami wu , ilmily lament ' 
 till.) lli.« .•.mrso mir-iicl l.y u iimjorily i.r yluiir Exccll«i«-y s olRcml lulviscrs hIiouM have 
 Iktii :<iuI. II!. to liiwr jimtly .l.piivc.klhrui ..t'ltlii! .H.i.fi.U'iiio jiiul Hiipixirt of the coimtry, 
 mill to liuvc emliarrasM-d your Kxci'Ueiify's givmiiieiit, • fit. r. 
 
 ■ Hut wf ent. Dull. »n m.hhukiii ho|H. that yoW Excellemy will continue feurlesslv to di»- 
 i han'f the hiirli anil imia)rtaiit iluties devolv njj upon you with Uiat lirmiicH* wIihU ha« 
 hith.Tto iharaeHTO.d vmir i:xeell.i.ey'>. .ulmiiWtrution ; and wo hail witlH.earlfelt natw- 
 
 .liulion tl..' lol'iL' wisht'-d Cor luldilioa whi;ih jo.ir Kx.cll.n.y liiis nrei.tly made to the .. 
 Exeeutive ('oiineil. a l)(,dy wlii.li.'whei. proiHjrly eoi.stit.iU'd, will dmibtlcsH cordially unito 
 •Mjtli voiu Kxe.llemv ill devfl.ipiiin the rem.urws and |>rOni()tin|^ tlu; peawj )»"« |)ft>»iJi;nty 
 
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 Coi-Y' "f a DESPATCH from Lord i^lenel<f t6 Lieutenant-governor 
 
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 With reference to my despatches, Nos. 3il and 34, of the'21st iiltimo,! have 
 ♦tlu' honour to transmit hi you herewith Her Majesty's U'tters Patent under the 
 .Great Seal ofthe-United Kingdom, for inerejiping the number of the Executive 
 Council of New Brunswick, toRether with bUUtioual anstiwtions unjler the 
 Rovol Siim Mantwl, nominating the membeni of that Councd. ; - -~^- 
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 *y^ . ^^^^ l:ETrERS iVVf EOT. ^^^"'""""^^TTT^^'il^"^^ 
 
 WaTih vVt, 'aiithori/iiifs the. jiassiii!,' Of Lettors'Patcntlamlef U.e Great Seal, for increasing 
 the Xiiftiljiroi; the ExecntivfeCouncilhxrs in the 'Province ol .\fliJ) /IriHMJcnft. '. -it 
 
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 (),a\Vill and Pleasure is, Hliat' you prepare a Bill.for\ Oi.r Royal SiKnatarc to jJass the-: 
 
 . Ghat J^eal of OuiWiiittd -Kingdom of Great B«itain o^iVJ Ireland, in the Words ot to the . 
 
 ■ etleot folloW'iiiiX ; viz. ; r ' '- ' / \ ■ '• i,' .*"; 
 
 vl( Toiii A.bv tiic .rrace of God, of the United Kingdoha (if (ireat Britain-amMrelawl Queen, 
 
 "'Defender of U.o-.> Faith, to Our ri-l.t trusty and-riglvt.w\m-beloyed cousin oj^ councillor 
 Arel.il.al.l EiVrl^of Oojford, Captain-general and Go«ernor-M.-chiel in and ove/Dur province 
 of -New Brunswick, grwting; Wlien>a8 his late Majesty Kuig William th(v Fourth, did, by 
 eettain letter* patent, bearing date at Westminster, the «tH flay of July Inai. m tlte seco.id 
 year of his ieigiii, nominate and apmjiiCMajor-^eneral Matthuw Lord .AylaiV'r. to be Cwtaiit- 
 i^'clral ani'Govwnor-in-eliief iif<iul>« the aforesaid province o» New^Brunswtck, and 
 iid ill iukHw the said recited letters patent authorize and Anpower hi.n the said Matthew 
 Card Avln.eTtoexercis(!.and perform all and singlihu- the t^Swers and authorities tl,ere.u 
 eonluined bv iuid with the advice and consent of the council of the sUfd province: And 
 wtieieas his said late Muiesty .lid in and by Certain .Hher letters jKitciit bearing date at 
 Westminster, th.- :«d day of .Ueceinl^er mi'l\ in llig third VM *'^"' J.-''"*' PJf "*^' • 
 
 . and d<'cUire that from thenceforth there should be within the rifiid jmrtf(nce.f» .New Btuns- 
 
 • wiekitwo distinct and separate councils, to be respectively called the Legislative Cyuncil and 
 - the Evocitive Council of the said province, and did further d^iclare tl»t all and everv the 
 
 Doi^W^d authorities in the sai<l first recited. letters patcntcontdmed, and thereby conferred 
 Ulw*8buneM therein mtriiltoiied, so far as respected the ehaittaent ofJiMys for ™e ?«<» 
 liiovince, sluaild from the date" of the said bst recited letters -j^nt be vested in the said 
 Le.r.slative Conncif, and that all oUier fSorters and authorities iiRhe said first recited letters 
 paFent contained should froih the date«f the last recited letters p 
 ■ said Executive Council; aiul did furtheTgrant^ and declare that,-t 
 
 should consist ol'ijft^ members, and no more, onit that three. " 
 ' Hitute and be a nComm of the said Executive C<)uncil : And 
 
 » «id by certain other letters patent^ bearing dat«*t Wjistnui 
 
 , ■ in the siVth-*liar of his reign, constitute an*a}>l»»«**yo,u the 
 
 • to l>e dttttajn'-gencral anif GovehioMnniHief m and ovelr the Mll| 
 V wick, aiufdid the'reby'au,thorize you the (S^'d Archibald Earl .bl 
 
 aiid to titercise certain powers therein particularly racntioftcd, by •~i>£iv''" r:~ --"T~,."iVj'V-- 
 
 • said Executive Council of the said province: And whereas we b4v«i decided it expedi(!ht to. 
 
 - revoke «o much of tRe before recjted liters patent of the 3d day 4 December 1883, •» , 
 
 limits to five the niimbej of executive Swincillors within the said provmCfe, i»«d wejkve' 
 
 liirther deemtd-jt exbedieatjo abrogate aW annul that rcstrictioh. and to revise. 'M»e exwtate 
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 kiiowlmlKo aiitrn..r« inOtu.u, have revoked an.l nnnnlled, ami by thesi- frc-cntl. do revoke 
 
 and annul that part oifl^fr o( the mud recited Icttcrn |)ate«it iif the ad day of Dccoinber Utaa 
 
 III xo lar an the same hiuitH and rcHtraiii» to five the number of the executive eouncillor» of 
 
 Our HH..I i.r..vuue m,d We do hereby abrogate and annul that restriction and Ihnitatioa 
 
 accordingly : And We do h.-feby appoint and declare yiat the Kxecutive Council pP Our 
 
 -- Haul province Hhall hereafter connist of hucIi and so many mcmbcrH as Hhull from time to 
 
 timo for that purpose be iwminatcl and. appointed by Us under Our Royal sign manual 
 
 and oignet, or as Nhall be pr.)visitJnaUy appointed by you the said Archibald EaVl of (i.w. 
 
 fort , or by the governor or ottiicr for the time being administeringttie government tif Our 
 
 suul province until Oi,r pleaiiurc therein 8hall be known : Provided ulwiy*. that'the t<ital 
 
 number of members of the said Executive Council fesidcnt withiii Our stiii^ provihce shall 
 
 not at anytime by any such provisioliar appointment!, be raiscdto a greater number in the 
 
 > whole than nine. And Wo do further direct and appoint that the%ember« of t»e said 
 
 Executive Council shall iiold their places therein during Our pleasure, and not otherwise, 
 
 ana that any two or moVe of such members whow; 'appomtmente shall be made bv any ofi 
 
 , hnd the saftie nistruracut, shall between themselves take rank and precedence iii the saii 
 
 Council according to the order in which their names sliall be iuserte.1 i|i sudh instnimeii. 
 
 ■ and that m all otfier cai«!8 the members of the said Council shall take rank and ureccdei/co 
 
 therein, according to the dttte and seiiioritv of t^eir reSpctive appeintmcnts : And We /do 
 
 lurther declare >0ur pfcasuro to be that the iicniorine|nW for the time being bfeWTlRrid 
 
 Council shall, in the absence of ttie governor or the officer ft)r the time being idmiuiste'rinir 
 
 ' f''«^ aovernracnt-pj the said province, preside at all the deliberatipns thereof: and \Sk do 
 
 - hereby revoke-aml annul alf appointments of mcmlters of the said Executive douncil ijere- 
 
 •tolore majle mid no* m force; and We declare Our will and pleasure to bc*hat the seteral 
 
 ^ persons namc«l for that purpose in Our insttructions under Our Tloyal sign manual and siVnct 
 
 occompanying these presents, shall be the first executive councilfoi;g of Our said province 
 
 ,under.these pftscnts.iand according to the conslilutioij of the said Executive Council hettfbv 
 
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 Abditipnal Instkictions to the Earl of Goj/brrfjjmr.raiuating the MQinbei-s of llie 
 '• ■ Executive Council, in Uie Province of l^tw Itnumieick. ' < 
 
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 Aui.iTio^iLi, iNstijicTioN* to Our Right Trusty and Riglit welUlielovcd Cbusii, Snd Couii-'« 
 I'{ n^ • " t"' of/'os/""/, Our Captain^encral iftid Obvenior-in-Cliief, in and over 
 S z^""'"'^'^. "" ^ruHswieh; ixt, in Iris absence, to Our Licutenant-govenior or 
 
 , tlie yihcer administering^ the Government of the said Province for the time bein<v 
 -.Given at Our Court at Brightoif, the 30th Dav^f October 183^, in the First year of 
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 >igiu^« .Oui- will and pleasure that the Ex?cu^ve CqiuicU for Our province of New Bnmswirk ' 
 siouUllitreaner consist of such and so mamy merobfers as should from time'to time be fw 
 that puq^se nominated ^d apHointed by . Us und«f.Our Roy^ sign manual and si-niet 
 or as sHouUI be provisionally appointed in manner tlWrein mentioned : and V^e hu.ve brtlie 
 ^aid letters patent, declared Our will and pleasure to be, that tlie>sev,.r;d persons^namcd tor 
 hat purijose ni Our instructions under Oiir Royal sign manual iumI s.gn^, accompanyni.** 
 the said letters patent, should be the first executivecouncillors of Our W province under 
 .Tl- u^^J"**",'*'.*""* according to the cons^ituti<?fc of tile said Bxecutiv^CounciUhei'fiby 
 ^mb^l «1 \Tv!'J'\ ?»»•"*'"'» We. ■reposing especial trust andconfidence 4n the wisdonf. ' ' 
 i^ce aftd abihty of Our trusty and y^l-beloved George Shore, Frederick P.Robinson, 
 CmV^'^N ?1 i L*"' ^llpSi"?"*? S'*Vde'8. Aarles Simonds, Rugh Johnston, William 
 Crane, Neville Parker, A. E. Ikitsf^. an<J Jqpeph Cunard, Esquires, do by Uwse Our 
 ibem ^hf'.'rn '" P"'«"'««„« '^m^t r°^** '*"«'* I"***"* constitute >Sdapp„,„t 
 baundera. Charles Simonfls, Hugh mnston, Wiliam Crane, N«ille Park^., A. E. Bots- 
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 C*op-« of a DESPATCfl from Ueutennnt-govemor Sip John Harvey, K.c.p. , 
 ^ to Lord Glfiielff, 
 
 ' Government House, Fredericton, 
 
 My Lord, * . "7 November 183". 
 
 ■i i 60 not delay a singU- moment the grateful acknowledgment of the receipt 
 W your lordship's despatches, Nos. jilj to 37 inchisive, which? with one 
 marked private, dated 22d September, have reached me this morning by way 
 of New York. - • 
 
 Althoiigh I have never shrunk from the assumption of any degree qf respon- 
 sibility which n sens*' of public duty has at any time appeared to me to impose, 
 yet, deenfy impressed as 1 wTCTwith the extent of that responsibility in respect 
 to the inatters referred to in these despatches, a responsibility contracted upon 
 my gwn aln^st unaided views, ina.smuch as not only my official, put my legal 
 addhers, were opposed to those views, your Lordship may more easily conceive 
 than I am able to describe the degree of pleasure and of pride with which 
 1 ha\e perused the aespntche* which it is now my grateful duty to acknow- 
 lt<lge. The noble support which your Lordship has given me will place mt in ^ 
 such a iK)sition wfith H-sipeet t«» the people of this Province as^greatly to enlarge 
 mv pothers of usefulness. It only reriiains for me to entreat your Lordship to 
 do n»e the further fa\our of lajing at the feet of Her Majesty The Queen tfae 
 homage of my heartfelt gratitude for the cheering expression, so kindly con- 
 veyed to me bv your Lordship; of Her Majesty's gracious^^probation of my 
 humble endeavour-, to promote tire iHteri-sts of Her Majesty]* subjects and 
 servile in thi^ Province. 
 
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 Hon. £.G. Stanteu,^T. v. <J 
 
 * %. ' Charlotte Town, 2 April 1834,* 
 
 i iiAVK tlte honuair to tran8(mj,an address from the Hou^e of Assctribly of this 
 islanil; praying Hi^ Ma|tsty to grant to this is^hiud a Leginhitive Council di«. 
 linct from that of the Executive, to be composed of gentlomen rwssessing a ' 
 kpowledge_ of tluj wi»nts and resources of -tlu! colony, and who hold no situation 
 or office of'emplunicUt at |hi! pleasUVe of the Crown, thereby placing it bn an 
 eqiial footing wi^i the sister province of New Brunswiok. * 
 
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 : • '^ ..; , (signed) A.W.Yoti7i(f,Umt.-govcnm.'^ 
 
 PIUNCK 
 EDWARD 
 ISLAND. • 
 
 
 'Enclosure in No. 1,, 
 
 ' , _ TO the King'* most Excellent Majesty :.. : 
 
 The^ humble Address of the House of AsgenrbVfor Prince Ed wanllshuich 
 
 „ MostGracibus Sovefeifni, 0^ '» /. , - ^ 
 
 We Ypar Majes^'s faithful subjectK, the ComuSSn^oT Pi^nee^Edward island, in Colo- 
 
 , nial Parliament assembled, impressed with feelings ofvlpynltjr and ^evotion tawards' Your 
 
 W' MW**'y*s •■oya' person mi Goveitiment, and b^jifg-perfecily nsSured that Y*mr Majesty is 
 
 -.!Vei- dcsnons tO jknow tlie wnnt^ of your peo||lp, iW 4«ywr lb exercise youf VoyaJ Jbciieficence 
 
 m relievinj; thent, lieg leave most huinbly-tp address Your 'Majesty on a'kubject with which 
 
 the future welfare of this colony is in'tiaiatcly" connected; 
 
 That the constitutioii oP Yo«r Majesty's Coancil in %« island, Composed as it i 
 genttei^ien (six of" whom hold situations of emolument at the pleflsure 4f the Cro 
 
 eloAire in No. i. 
 
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 is of nine 
 Crown), 'who 
 
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 . act both m a legislative and executive^cupacity, and (me ol whon&at least, is -also thc^leRal 
 
 adviser of Your Majesty's representative, is con8idere(yiic6mp(ail)le\i[it,h the freedohi and " "■ 
 
 ■ nidepeudence of the second branch of the legisluturt*.; ^'d that Such Atensive powers con- 
 
 • ■» fferred oh so Jew individuals, howcv-ettrustjMprthy or fiSMectable in society, Sre contrary to 
 
 j,he spirit of the Britisji constitutioii is what the Mouji of Assembly most humbly sabmiii 
 
 for Your Majesty's gnjcious xionsideratiori,", , ■ ~ <■ 
 
 Relying with conhdence on the patyiuafVe^rd ever riiauifcsled by Your Majesty towards 
 
 all classes of your loyal and <}evaHl!%ubj«ctii, wh^rei^er resident, and Yourffjilajesty'B 
 
 * ' anxiou§ desire to preserve in il:4 greateiitiiuriiy the tMf principles of the Britisli constitu- 
 
 ntioii 111 all narts of yout extensive domitnons, thtl Aiicmbly most Immbk but <<amestlv < 
 pray Your Majesty' to uhmt unto your faithful and, attached jwople oT this islftnd a Le- 
 gislative Council disil|j|^frum that of the Executive,' to be compOs^l of •'entienien 
 IHJssessing a kiiowlrf[K>j_jfcc. wants and reBourccs o^ the colony, and who" hold no ' 
 situation 4)r office of'ciflJRSirmt at the pleasure of the Crown ; thereby placiii"' them oii an 
 ' e<iual footing with the sister province of New Brunswick. •■..'' , 
 
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 f^. o^r Ml r"''*'*tlT. rl^''^^!*'''' rpceint Of Your dcsimtch. ]^o. 70, of 
 a1 t^P''^-''^ tran8!n,tt.nV to address jto rfis ]V<a|e6ty frto tlie House of 
 Island ^'' '""''^''"^ establishment of two distinct Councils in Prfrice Edward ■ 
 
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 Vovi will ai'i|iiaiiit Mic Aswinldv, at tlu-ir next iiuctinu, timt. tlii-ir inhlivs-* lia« 
 iH-rn rcfcivid iiiiil laid at, tlic fiiot of tlio Tliroiu! ; lint tliut, al'lcr the fullo!»t 
 ilililnratioii wliicli llu- i«ul>ic'<'t eoiilil ncfivi', I nprct flint I liiivc not felt myftU ' 
 lit ti*w*rfy 1(1 a»l\i!««' His Mujrsty to a<'tVd«' to fliiir n'rjucst ; you iliuy at ttic, 
 Willi.- tiwf point (Hit tt^ tlii- AHHi'niWy an ernir utnUT which tlicij; a])|H>ar to 
 lulunir, *ifh r««fHTt to tluj coniiiosition of tin- l.rmslativc (Council in New 
 ^ft<iinet^to1l, I'lwni the londiiilin^ iiasnanc^if tlu'ir nutlrrs!' it may lio ini'orrud, 
 fJiat fhi'v •'MjipoM' all |«fr!»on<< lioldiiu; ofRi'iuf situations to luMiirt'ssarily fxcliiilcd , ' ' 
 friim that ('(iiiiuif; which i^sJ^iotrtluv t-asc in (loint of fact, and wh^v'h ilis 
 Majt'ipfy'»,tl<Ainiuunt wtaUd di'i-ih^nuwt ohji'cthmahh' in |iKncijjlt'. . 
 
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 ; > Copy ut'A UtfiSl'ilTCH from Lord (Urnvl'j to Lmitcmut-aoycrnot 
 
 Sit C. A. FitzJtoj/, ■ 
 , Hir, . DowninR-strcTt, l.lMay IKSi 
 
 Ai« ytttl art' ahont to utt>owd to Prifii-e Edwanl Island to assuhic the jjovcnt*. 
 "nu-iit. I tliiiik it ri<iht, lu-fon* yowr di'partnPf, f^pwdl your attention to a sithjfct 
 
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 whwli in till otlicr Novth Am<riii«n Colt^^cs hasJIattcFly i-ny-u^id much of thi!^ 
 I»i0ittf iit.ti'iitioii ; I allude to thf roiri^osnion oftnc Li^islativo (.'ouiicil. 
 hVji slated in some <*f those colonics that the njanner" ' 
 
 heeti niiure^iiTs liotT; 
 
 1+ liiw ln.'e.n slated 
 »»**t*^ion» for flu 
 
 in some <*f those 
 T^e^rsTative Coun*-*! have 
 
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 is not Ijcen sucli ^as to -^ 
 ftJ^-Hjic for thai liody the |)nl>li« etjiifidence ! that these a|H)ointnients havfv 1|i * 
 .genera) ahoen kK. nuifli confined to uniarticular ela^s of jtersons, "fivfiuonfly 
 '(oiMm'te*^ ronfciiiw by (»mily tjes, ^tud. not pofsessinfr any essential stJkie in the 
 wejtiirc n^' tlu' v^^Amm. In other i«in*<anees it has heen representc'd that a large '' 
 p<*rion «1 tlie' ingiaJieis of Aw Cowmcil have heen {^cutfenicn hpIdir^K; apppint- , 
 m«»ts af the ulea,-uii' of th*^ rotvn, and therefore destitute at' ^aT indepen- . 
 A nee of (•ireinnstanees whicli isj|fe<!e»tial to the d^Ky performance of jheir fnuC" 
 rions. Jnidl cases >Vher(' <Mji»ijrfjiiiit« of this naturt! .have heen brought before 
 . Mi* M«^'skr's iCjovetniiient, mYasftreii , havt; heen adopted by them ibr intro- * 
 liueittic iwf" the Legislative Coui^ils ajrreater number of independent gentUimert, 
 OM wfcosf diar ay r And ablli^ tljiijfiibUc might sately conhdo. 
 ,j I am not *<^ tO' .-ay, oiT^jOiytrffieial authority, whether lii Prince E(|>^ard 
 ^ UltHwi any yroiiind exist'^'SjCEjL'.oniulaints simihtr to tlios«j which liave bcorf 
 received from dther tpiartiprs ;imit i i)eg to direct your early atten^jon to this 
 ■subject, in (xrder that if, aj^'xlefects in the cciniposition of tlie Council of that 
 ci/lony should appear to yp(|,jlb^ weaken tl^t.|Aiblie, confidence which .ought t(^ 
 attach to it, you may i'uritjSH me iis early as 'fibssible with ti* fill 1 report on the 
 subject, iai'orfler that'immediute sji|)s may be n^kcn for asccTtainiug iij what 
 niann«,'i\tliis evil may he remedied. • ' ,j - " ^ 
 
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 ExHiaOt of a,UESPATfJH fiom Lieut.-governor Sir Y.'. ylC /'«l';ro//> to kojtd 
 
 "Gknvhj; dated GoveaVijientilouse, i*rincc Edward Island, lu MarclilsSH. 
 
 ^ At the re<)uest Qf the llou-^oi AssenVbjy, 1 have tht; honour to transmit to your jj, 
 
 I,ords:hr|i.a^a(ldjH;ss, to The (Weou on, the structure of tluj coianiil of this*ishiiul, 
 
 cbmjjIaiiimjS.'^Jr iirt; li1i|iitj><l?nnmbi>r of its'njemlM'i's, aiid tlw- undue' projiortiou' 
 
 ' holdiuc office iiiider the Go\(jrnment, and pra;^ing that Her Majiaty w-jll V 
 
 lt'a,si'<l to grant to" this colow a sitiiila'r modification - in the. forin of its Ipcal 
 DA'ernment to that which has recently taken place iu NpvaScqtia.^j,' 
 I also do my*olf tlfe honiMir t(), trauiiinit an addrciss ffoni the Hji^feit^^)!' Assembly 
 
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 „>$ubject:the ihost serious ottentMi, both o^^cuunt ufiilie.lniltriictioiisi rceeiyLHt'i, 
 M>efore I -left England in your tords|Hp;',s ^dsp^ttJi 'of fhj; 1 Jtli.Mfty (No. 8.)} aftd " " i; 
 abo liccausc 4 very sooif boicame 4>V4(^"tUa(t an alterUtieti ifi^iilfi^U^trucdon qf „ « 
 
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 tli|c Cnuhcil ^Mjr<!<[rne8tly (Icfiircd bjdTii! Iqliahita 
 tniioli iiKTi'asctl l)y t^ clisiiiKi.'ii wliiclWjuvo ri-wiitlv 
 of tilt' iitljiJiniiijr |)rovin«r of N(fva Siuiitiu 
 
 Ii|liahitaiiti), a ilotiiro v^hjcK l>o^ ^wen 
 y taken |)la('i><^^lie couiicIIh 
 
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 Vour l.or(lHlii|> '\vill p(ircciv«> tlint tlic address pmy» for '* a sopamtioii of the 
 
 EyiTiitiyi* from tlio L'gi^ltttivl! ("ouijcil, and tin* hitrodHctitin into those hcxficH 
 
 of iicrsouH fronv tlifW'vetHd |i«»rti* of tlw coiintrv, rcprt'siittiug its Icadtfig inttTcsts ;" 
 
 xwfk it w my duty >n,i«tate, that witlioiit tifis si'parAtion takos olac*', tlie wi»lie8,"hOt 
 
 only of tin; lloiistf f(f ^i^mlily. hut <if the colony at larj!;i', will Im; diHa|i|)ointcd. , 
 
 , Should ^iny^ihiHtgoa miilocidi'd niion, tl«' prc»ont would hts thj; Itt-st time for 
 
 carrjinp them Juto etH-ct, it*, aecord»n|; to the constitutiort of the colony, tht; 
 
 present ytuis(M)f Assem^ily must Itc dissolved before the end of the current year; 
 
 alid that ((dhering tti cl^i-lj-^JtiMSMajHfn^ancj'i* will/admit to the instruetions given 
 
 by yoiir L(»rd)thip to S,t>i(^)lin Canipl>ell for ett't-cting the clmn|^>s in the council 
 
 ♦ pf NovaSoittia,^nd as'tluYleusl. invidious mdilc; of curry ihR out^the sanu; prinqipiu 
 
 V in this pphVny.-aitthOfity siftuld l>e couvej-ml to ine'to dissolve the present Councij^ 
 
 Xiahd^o foriji an Extputive and L^gi^iime Council <li8tin(;t froni each other. 
 
 ,; TfMwouhl pro()ose tUat the Executive Council should Consist of nine members, as 
 
 *" atpresi^rit; svud that tlMi" Hj^mber for the Legislative Council ^honhl be 12, in 
 
 orderJo meet whafJippcars to me to be the generjfl wtsJti aiul ivith u view ttrits' 
 
 t'fficiinicy ; that in forming the - ExecHti\*e Council, »ix of its present members 
 
 (inelnding \Ir- Hrecken^*w<»o is'not,coune(ned witlt:,ihe tiovi^rniMent.\ should be 
 
 ■ reappointed? an^tbn-e selected. 'from the House, of Assembly ; and that jn 
 
 foriuiiig tWte* I -egiwlative Coinicil "ihreeOf the mPlnUervof the present Council, anil 
 
 , 4>flictu's o^the (joyemment, should be appointed to lit, and' the renmiuing uiuti 
 
 selected aecovdirtg'.td the pri(^er of the address from the' several parts of the . " 
 V* ,<!olony, and fepre^ntinp^ its leading interests, without reference to any particular 
 , party'or.influetfCe. " . , , , * 
 
 . \Vith regard to the E^ecutiyft Council, I ^o no^unk'jt wOuld be either advts> 
 " Je or practicable to forrti ft without thj* nupibei'of govennneut officers 1 havo^ , ' 
 ^ledl* for sjijfting aside the necessity jtliat the 'J^ieutenant-giuernor should b« * 
 ||sllted by a aufiicien^ numl)et of heads -of departments, and persons, conversant •' 
 , with the T)fl»irij8s of the^ (ioyernmenf, youV Lordship will readily underhand ^that » " 
 in"' a new«^«untry, where , every individiral has to gain a livelihood by his own 
 exerti^s^ altliougji a «ufficient number of persons may be found*wi|ling to give 
 up their time gratuitously to the public during ^Irc liSjiAl period jof the sessiou of . 
 the Ijegislaturc in tlie more idle time of winter, yet few or none could aflbrd to 
 or would wish to be dalled u|M)n t(^>ttend l^ie sittings of tlie Executive Council 
 ' which occur tirrbughout'lbe yeaf;' and this 1 conceive to be tin additional reiison 
 " for separating tfie Councils. 1 6ave proposed the three members from the House 
 of Assembly, beeftusc iVwouhlfbeavgreat' convenience to thcgpvcrnment to havo 
 sonic in^emSers conniH^Ml wirfi it in that house wlio could explain its measures, 
 or correct any mistakes or. misunderstandings which might possibly arise, an«i * 
 much time yfould !»<• saved khich is now wasted by ihe dilatory jj,roeess of mes- 
 ,'^ge. I w'ould. also-«ugKe^''to yjour LoMship, that I shoiiUl be allowed to select" 
 these members afterseefng the result of the n^xt elections. , ,, 
 
 It is- J)rope^tllat 1 shotild statt!. that the Council, up to 18£^(, coiist8t0^pGi[^o 
 ineml)ers, including tlits Bi.shop of "Nova Scotia. ■ lu that ^ear two^^^apcics'^' ; 
 . occurred, only one of wliieh *a« filled up; therdfor&I trust that nine for tire . " 
 Ji,xe^uti\4', and <12 fov the Legislative jCouricils, will not be thought toogreati^'". .° 
 number of , members ; particularly, if the jJoyaV Asst^nt is ^iven to thcr decticMt'-..''^ 
 law re'cciUly passed for lifereasing the representation injtlie'Hoiise of As.-Haliibfy,' -. it, 
 •and whicit' I slmll haive tl\|d J|(onour of trUnsniitting lii ^ sepitfote^spatdi by tile . 
 „pi'esen£H)pi*6rtuttity* '"*'' ■' , " .. , ^'- '' -'■";. »>4 -j -- ' j ';■ '!"«•■;•>."*„ 
 
 ^ ■ ihe naineflijf the members of^ie presenir<j()jiii;cil*i«e as foJlj^yvS s ,'*^ ', l-V «'' J- 
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 Of t/icso 1 wtrtild |iro|io!if t»<'([)mit in the Execiflivc C(HIi.i('>1 tliv BUIiop of-Nov* 
 Scotia, the town-nmjor, nuH tho colU'ctor of ini|)o»t». 
 
 In ronsM-tictin); the Lt^ishitivc Council. I would i 
 
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 Th<! AttorMcj-;j<('n(Tul. / . ', .\ t^f^ 
 
 / , Tht; Coih'ct0r of Oirittniii., . . .' ; 
 
 Mr. Hrcckon. I " *« ' ^ 
 
 1 hivo^'lcctfd ih«' tlmte fiwt, officer* of 4ho Govcrnmeni, both' becnudc I 
 f>bonl4fin(l it tiifficnh to ftVm im cffitient Lfgislntivc Council witlioMt fht;m ; and 
 that po»»is«n}j nuu»h. fjcni'raf knowh-tigc aiul local cxpfiftcncc, and (»oin}j; meiii of 
 indoftendcnt priliuiph':', anil inucli looked up to in the colony, I thittil thuir, 
 'apiioititnu-nt would l>vf{cncmily aeci'ptublf. .:-^ 
 
 J would at the Kunic Jinic rv(|U(>]«t y*Hji' l^mlship {m^^^r tli« same boon on the 
 two (^entlcnicu I proplt^c to omit in 'toth CuunL'iU u3 wa^ bcHtowcd ^n tho:M> under 
 similar circunistancis iu Novii Sculiu, by permitting tlum to rutaig their present 
 rank and preccdeneo in the col6ny. , %^% 
 
 t, Waiting your Lordship's furUit'r in^rructiuu^i outlMtgwbJtft or^fia Uedpf^ch. 
 
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 To tlie Queen'* Mw t'EjB^te n*MiiJ 6»i^, 
 
 ,i,' May it plcpgc your Majenty, - -^'. 
 
 ,\Vi-;, your Mdijesty'd dutiful and Kiya! subjects the repreAentativeii of Ptinoe Edward 
 Inland, pi Ocnttpfl Asseuibly comrened, huuibly be<; to repn-srut to-Your Majwsrty that the 
 structure of the rouucil of tlii» JHlnnii, (.-omposcd us it is uf only i!ight> periiunK iwlio are, 
 with 0n6 <^xcef>tiou only,. Iieadit ul' departinentH; h6idin<; office under the (iovernment and 
 ■cxcrcirtv "legislative, "judicial, and executive functions, in defectivein principle, at variance 
 with tiic cunHtitution of our common country, and by no theans calculated to^ttecure that 
 confidence which the sepnud liranch of the L^giidature ought to poKsess, nor to promote the 
 true intercDls of the inhabitantu of thix colony. 
 
 - The Hounc of Asaembly liaving obM.-rved with much gatiRfaction the ready attention and 
 anxiou!) (leiiire graciously iftHiiiteHtcd by Your Majesty to meet the wishes and to concdiate 
 the uftiectiuiiH of th» people uf Nova Sfotio, by granting th«m such alterations in the instt- 
 tutions-of that-provinc^ as itii.circunistaitces recjuired, are thereby ttncouragcd to hope that 
 Your Majesty wilt- be gi-uiuou^ly pleased to grant to this colony a similur modiKcaiiun a\ 
 the forni of \i* local JiovcVnmcnt, by a separation of its executive from the lcgislativ,e coun- 
 cil, and by thii intnxfuction into those bodies of persona from tl^- several parts of the 
 country rcprvsi^ntiog the leading inter^ts of tUtt province, as will* tend to confer ou them a 
 gieatcrelauii to the confidence of the il'olnuiuifiy at large. 
 
 Csigtied) 'Gtu. Dairy a^ltx'* ,v 
 House of Assenfblv, a March 1B3«. ' !(..>", f Spanker. 
 
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 To his Excellency Sir CiiarletS^uffustus FitsRoi/, k.ii., Lieutenant-Governor: and Corar 
 niander-in-Chief iu and over Her Majesty's Island PriHM Kttteard and its Dependencies, 
 Chancellor, Vict»-A«iniicaf, And Ordinary of the same, iic. Sic. &.C. 
 
 '^ May it please yotir Excellency, ^^- „ * ' 
 
 "The House of Asstnnbly having^pfepared an address to Her Most gracious Majesty oh 
 
 the Mj»jpct of the constitution and struettirctiif- the Executive and IxjgiBlatjve Councils of 
 
 \\. . this islumi, res|iectfully re<)ue8t that your Excell^cy will take the earliest op|)ortunity of 
 
 forwarding the same, to be laid ai tl^e foot of the Throne. Tlie House, fully relying on 'a 
 
 '^ continuance of that unceasing desire: which your Excellency has hitherto on all qccasions 
 
 manifested to advance^ and promote the weltitrc of this colony, trust that your Ew-'ellency 
 
 will add the wei^ht«>f your periMiial influence to obtain the obiects of their address ; and 
 
 ^-^ should your Excellency be called on -t^ carry into effect any changes which Her Majesty 
 
 may be pleiuied to direct, the House fif Assembly feel confident that the local knowledge 
 
 which your Excellency has spared no pains' to acquire of the variou« interests of the itiha- 
 
 ' bitants of this island, will en'able ^ou to make such arrangements as will' be best calculated 
 
 » } "' ,, to estabiikh a responsibility n& the institutions of the colony, and thereby confer a penua- 
 
 nent and lusting benefit o»n»ll i^lasses of th« cohununi ty. . 
 
 Wtt0-- Geo, Dalrjfmple, 
 House of A|sembly, 3 March 183d. - • tSiF^ , • ' ' Speaker, j, 
 
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 Ctrf V of,a UESl'ATCU frtmi llord Glenelg t6 Licuti'iiant-Governor 
 
 Sir, . ' ' * Downiiig-^trt'Ct, 4 Miiy 1838. 
 
 I iiAvB r(><'t\ivo<l ami linve lAjd before The Queen your ilespn^eh of ihe lOtli ■ 
 Miirchr inorke<l <k>paratt', encl4i«iiipr hn address to Her Mujcsty, from the House 
 of AxHriiildy (»f I'rince Kdwnni Uhind, eoui|)hiiniii(iC "f '''•' present eoiistitutioii of .. 
 the Council, and pniviiig, th^t in eonformity with tfie eoiirse ndopted on tlw 
 wwne Mibjt-et in Nova o^-otin, the Executive mny he separated from tlio Legislative 
 Council, and that perxons from the several parts of the country, and representing 
 its lending interestxTiiay be a'npolnted^o th^sc boards. 
 
 Her Miiji-sty hn» been grttuiously pleased ^o accede to tjie wishes of Her faith- ' 
 ful subjeetH in I'rinqe Edward Island, for ti separation of the Executive and 
 Legislative Council, and also to approve of your propositio,?!, that the Executive 
 C'ouneil, should in the first instance consist of ninc,.mnd the Legislative Council, 
 of twelve members. The necessary infl|rumen{8'for elU'eeting tins change will bo 
 prcpan'd as soon.'as y<)U shall have furnished me witfralist^pf the gentlemen'^ 
 wIk), in yon^pini(Hi, are most proper to be appointed to thV* respective Boards. , 
 
 In |ir(;|)aring that list, you will of course select tliose who fr«im their character, 
 their aitainmeuts, luid their standing in society, appear to y6u most likely to 
 command the public rrapect and confitiencC; and you will so govern yotir selectTolr--> 
 as to ensure as much a» possible the presence in your Councils «)f members from 
 all parts of the island, jnnd representing its principal interests. 
 
 I observe timt among tho*e jnembers of the^ presenuC'ouncil whom you pro- 
 pose to retain in the new Executivo Council is the chij-'fiustice of the colony ; 
 this is inconsistent with thi; course pursued in the other jfKfb Aiverican provinces, 
 and wHlt. the avowed policy of Her Majesty's Cjiovem|ne^t on tlio subjectF=«=^ 
 
 Fully sensible of the assistance to be derived from j|jc geiienil knowledge ami 
 experience of the judges of the respective colonies,' Her Majesty's fJovernniCnt 
 have yet felt that this advantfig« is I'iiiore than counterbalanced uy. the inconve- 
 nience! of involving these ofRcWs in tlie discussion of party fwlitics. 
 
 Accordingly, in the late reconstru^ti(ui of the Councils in New Brunswick and 
 Nova Bldtia, and ip the renewal, on the <lemiM> of the Crown, of the commission 
 of the (iov<^nior of Newfoundland, the chief justices, and other judges of those 
 colonies, have been omitted from the Councils ; Her Majesty's Government pro- 
 pose to follow the same rule in Prince Edwartl's Island ; but Mr. Jarvis will of 
 course nnderstund that the omission of his name from ihe list of j^ncillorsis 
 iinconni-cteel w'tth any reference to himself personally', but is made in deference 
 toagenel^l principle applicable to all the British colonies in Norili America. 
 At the same time Her -Majesty has been pleased to cbnhuand tlrat^he chief 
 justice and other members, of the former Council who may be omitteu tn the 
 new Boards, sliall retain the preceidence in society, and the titular distinction 
 which tlic^- previously enjoyed. 
 
 You state thai it. would be a great convenience to the govecimient to lnjjve 
 some memliers connected with „U in the House of Assembly who could ex|)Jain 
 its moiisiires, and thus save the time now consunted by the dilatory process of 
 messiige. Her Majesty's Government do not deny the advantage of intrbducing 
 into the Executive @oifncil suni^ membi>rs of the Assitnibly, and there can ' 
 little doubt tliiU if tliose inemljers were authorised in the As^emiily to explain 
 the vVuws of the government, scmie time might bcTsaved: but there art- other 
 objections to such an arranti^ement, the most im|iortant of which you will, find 
 stated in the Third Ke|Mrt of the Canada Commissioners, It must ther,cfore 
 be considered as uu imperuti^i* rule, notwithstanding the presence in the l4>gi«- 
 lative Council anil Assembly v>f some members of the Executive CoUiiicil, that 
 all ci^qMtuutcatious from the GoverUor to, eitfter of those houses; should beimade 
 as no«»^y message^. , j ^ ^ » ! ^ * , v/ 
 
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 Coi'v ol'ii DLSl'ATCII Ironi Lard Hmkrirh to Tiuvcntor SirT. (Win/Juv 
 
 JVo, I. Sir, " . ' ' |)oMiiinK-s»vi'(!t<^it .t*ily 1h;»;»ji 
 
 I iiAVi: lliu lutiioiir liiTcwitli to tniiiHiiiit to you Mis .VIigiKlv!* ('ftimiiit*ti<»li 
 uinlir lln» (Jrout Sial. iippoiiitiiiii ym (lovcriior til" tlu' I.»lim(l itl' NiVtoiiiiilJmiiil^ 
 
 v-^*—lojplhJr with your (icmnii lijstriictiniii' iiiulor tlic; Hoyul Sijtn Mi»iii)|iil, ri'ft'm'if^ 
 
 to ill tnul" (..'oiiiiiii^>ion. > ■ 
 
 As thiit \* tilt' (ir«t owiimiin on which provision lm» 'h'imi uimit' r<)rrtii»vcHJn}?; 
 a Loninliitivc A''>-oiiililv f()r tin- ishiiiil ol' Nowlouiuniiitil, flif iiniiortam-c of tli(>^, : 
 nu-umin- n.•(|llil•<■^/tilllt I shniild iioii limit niyct'lf to flir iiunlv I'ornml <Uitiy j»( 
 |iliu-iii}<: yoii iiKjiosscssioii of them' iti^uiiu-iits, Imt that I kIiohUI shortly I'liiAairil 
 the (iriMinilf* 1111(1 the Jiatuif «>f thf |H)Bcy by which Hi» Maji-rtty's Councils ui^V 
 this Hiilijcct havi' Ihcii ilircctt'tl. j, -■ .[;/■ 
 
 It wire sii|Krtliious^at the jMVsi'Ht tfay to iniiuin' info thcf wisdom of that-. 
 
 Bysti'iii whi()i wa^ |iursii«>ii lor so many yt'iirn towiiMls tliii ancient coloav mMPr 
 your fiovcnmitiit, tin- fuii<tunifiital prinrinli' of which was to uri'viliit tJio cohj-. 
 ni/ationt>f till- island, ami to rcmh-r this kii(<{d<>ia.,tlie dpniicijf tff all jmrsons^ 
 cnijaKi'd in tlu' .\«\vfound1and Hshcrics. 'I'lu' e(»MniiHi interest or convc-iMonce*, 
 of tho8<' iH-rsoiis virtually dflVati-d the rt'strictimw ,«>f the vurioii* 8fiitut(>s re- 
 spi'rtinjj tlit'in, loajr hdoreParlianw!nt admitted tlic nVri'S*ity of rt'|K?alin(»tlM»»e' 
 -laws. A odony <rrMtlimlly x-ttUd itaelf akNte thf shoiNS* of thf inland, andMias 
 of late yearn iissnnu d a raiik of no i — liit i in i b U iiin|»orlaiice amongst the fortdgn 
 puBHtWions of the Hrirtsli Crown , ti«t. motwnJisttwj'ding Mie {rrowiii}; population 
 and the wvalth of Newfouiidlaiid, no plan lias ludiurw) fw-eii acloptt'U^for'irt'gfi- 
 latintf such of tlie internal atlairs of the eoloniswijis demttiid».*d tJw Ciiacttiient 
 of law* speciallv adapted to their pwuliiiff situation. Parliam«Mit, indeed, con- 
 ♦ Icmplated llie,erechoii of eorjior^fe towns, with the powvr of naukin^ bye-laws, 
 for renkdyinp thi(* ineiwveiiieiice ; hut on wtUMiptinji to carry this «i|-si(yi» into 
 etteit, unforeseen tihstaths were «'ncounteA~!«l. it was found altogether iiii- 
 prueticalde to reeoneile tin (••mtradietory wi«hes mmI r<.x'oniwu-udittiottW of th«! 
 • " jiarties who would ha\e lieeit niorv immediately affwte»<i by th«- mvaswrc,; and 
 lit became evichiit that the iMNm which it was prmpoiwil l» cpnier would bi' 
 ■* teceived hv a jzruat body of tfie inliaMtant.-., not at-aii aurt of ^tnvce, but iiH'aa 
 
 infringens«*n't - of their right.-, Jnto whaft-ver loriaiditt iiut(>iided chanters might 
 have been thr<*»u. ..Tji*- eoiiti^uenct- was, tliat H|f Mai«»ty fi«can;ie prardcally 
 f unabh- t<» cX(;etHc the trn-t whiL-h I'arlianient hail (rwufidt-ii to him. 
 
 " tl»i',]i<*eisi.iiy of -'>'nr provisiim for regulatinif tlutt iiUeriial concornH of 
 ' .Ni-wfouwdlaiid by I uar i '1 .« iwl-ipliHl (o the peculiaratie!* 'W their locai fK>sition 
 
 ' bt'iN^iiiericiwii'verdsUlvniiiitjindjii^r* villi nt. Carrying with yieiMJTO^ntliiski^ 
 dqni l^^e law «f thiglaiAl, iisj^,tlte"f»i)ly code by which the righti) and "(pities of tlie 
 ^ \ M-ople miiUVSr Kil.itiiws to each uttier, imd iu their Ij^latiou to tlic 8^tu, could 
 
 be jif.c< il.nu(»il, it'rtas, i>bvions,,if« sihWi a* the colons began t<j tti*sun>( a settled"'^ 
 /oTH^ tlut'lirMyi(U>pt;it^(>ii of til it «*»)ile.t» llw various exigciiries of the loca( 
 tN^kty was-ti'H.isk (li luaiidiiig tin- exereise-of iiiiK b rejection and caution ; that ^ 
 * 5>an y" i»fr H'H iiroMvoni^vwre, eiiUrely inapplicubh- u> tiie Wuntfl of a population 
 >>* ',Wp«'t'uliaily" '.itiiah^t; and tlutr iHawy flgipre coiild be applied only by a distant 
 al^iil uncertain a|t|itW'h to the original iAandard. „ Hence it occurred that, in 
 tin- ftdniiiMstiatiim (if^ie law. the judges 'virtuaUv^ssuined to theinBcIvos tunc- 
 f,ioii'» rathii li gi-.yttte tldoi judiiclat;"Hnd uyilertook to determine not so much 
 f^ what till liw actiJ.»lly \vas,»hs .wlii(,t, (Ml the (•oiulij;i<m of Newfoundland, it ought 
 ^•ij_",f»4ii>/ ^l-or this'stssiuiiptiou' of ]»ower no ceiitemre attaches to tlhise learned 
 1^- "'p«*r(^ft«.; wrthoiif aiij ;j)c)sitiVe nd^'' ikf Uecision, polling reniiUiii'd lor^therii but 
 to i-ngaoe u^ MTcli\^|lii iwijniry ; yx«t the jiructical iuconveui^ncc Wjus not the lc*» 
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 II' O'jjwliilumsi^.wiliirh iif. juHirr- ««ibl ,>itlirr Ir/vont 
 •^ixriiiliy i/V v» lintivyr ifilatt'd fo |r<»lici'rtti(l iiifcfiiiil intfmiv.'ni'Ht*, 
 ,r ,.- ,' '■"-"l"''^('i"ii «^T tllrt'iviu |iii«otiN nothihij «mW be cnrm/into 
 
 (■rn.i, whiihiinv iiifiivi^liial Coiiinltiifi nilffiiiiUe 'rin<.nn l«»r oimosiiitt. («r whli-li 
 »ir o|,,,„«.,| from uurv,»i>rm: f fiiiil' that h« ii yniiM..t «„ friflintj in apiH-nr. 
 aii«;c. iiiul y.» nH.rtiiifr Ml,. cMiifortH ,,f «„ nmnv, n« th,. j.rcv..mi„M «f «toiiiVHtlo 
 nmill.nU wiiii.|..rin^r lit larp:./ throiijfli tli.. .•oiiiitrv". i». Viiriw^t ..n(.licaH(m wrw 
 irtiid.-t.. His .yiii|..sty\ (it.vrnim.iit »,o ohtiiiti .lir Ai-t of' f'arliimii.iit for fliL* 
 r..ln.s« ,,» till- u'rieviiiMr (.H.Iiir.-iU-v tlu- <'..l.,HisfH. AJtlimiph'it twi^ tl.ouirht 
 liiii.n.|M.,r. to iiM-iinilMr lli.. HriliHr'.tu(i.l..-l.,mk will. mmJi ijn.vi*i(W!i, vt't it wgn' 
 fully mljiiHti-.! tliiit tlirv loiil.l I,,- Hii|>p|i...l l.y no oilior uiitl.t.t»»v ; nnil jhe 
 ujiplusition il!..-l» lorcil.ly illiistniti'.! tli.. im-o^vvui<nfc of ho roimjtc a j««M«tv 
 lH•ln^r iliAttliiti' of uny local Lrgi^lutiiro. - ' 7 
 
 It niii\ Hctiii, lio\V(\.r/!.iiiicrfliiou'i fo nc«>»inniliito reifon* in pffwf pf dfie 
 proprK'tv of .-tal.lisliiMK in Ncwfoiiiulliuiii fluit/IVinn of r.mmit.ifioh which 
 gtiicrally pivvails tliroiinlioht tin- IJri,ti»h tnin-atluiilifVoionicH ; th.; cliffl«ultw 
 -M^odld-ronHmt riith.T in tiii.lin(r vnli.l aruunicntH for witl.ho|,li„,r it. Th.- r..asan. 
 ahlc pr,».un.pfio,, s.-.-nis to !«■, that a system of colonial KovHiini. nt which has 
 
 iK-cn iitt.iMlci with f my mlvantaLrcH in HrittHh North An.ericii. would pro- 
 
 . tliict' Hinilar iM-iuhth iit Newfoflnillanil. if tnlnsf.rrc.l to that Vttlt.Hient I do 
 not iikIcikI iJu-an to' (Icny that «»)ni.- coiisidcrHlilc inconvmi.nw hn« wccasioiialltf" 
 ^^(•siiiltcd »rm^ the ailopticiii, in those .Icptudenoic!* of iJreat Britain, df i-wiwti- 
 ., rntioi.s modelled int.. a miniature rese^ihlaiiw. of our own; hut 1 know n«»t 
 what IS thejsystem of which th,- same; mipht not h, triilr asw-rted. It is Buf-= 
 haept ttrsfty ot the scheme of intc-rnal pohty in force in Nova Scotia ami New 
 Hrmi^wuk. flint m all the colonies to which it hi« he^n eitended, ii has iuva- 
 nably secured ihi> attadiment of the |M„ple. b.^f;ivin^r them n larffe share ia 
 the roamiRement ol finir own nffiiiw; hy aflonlinj^ an open field for the {^ke 
 exmMse of fah „« and puhljc tipirit ; hy providing hom.iimhie amhition with 
 a leftitimate olyccf (.ml rewaM :«hy insuring iinim>diaU' and careful attention 
 to the varioim exigemies of ,,,ciefy ; and by p^fibting a frugal and iudicioiiii 
 administration of ^uhlic afliurs. \Vith the 8i„|iK.xe..ption of th.^/coloni" 
 
 in which the people nn" separnte^UVom each other By distincfhms an.ilogoiUto 
 those of caste, representative. Assemblies are nol only lecon.mended by abstract 
 cojiswUrnfions drawn from H,„,g,-iii(,s anji principles of our own CJovernm.'nt 
 .•I ••)■ »«;nJ?.,V',""^:: "l«;xp«'rimenfspnrsu..d und.r a gicat .variety of cireum- 
 stdncs, hiifBtill leading r^. the same general result. ^- ' ^ 
 
 In advising His Muj^fy to convene an AsSemfcly from among the inhabitants 
 of Newh,uiidlai«l I I7ave then^fore.not yieldwl .myself to the guidance of any 
 improved theory. bi»^ have simply extended ft. linother of the oolonial ,k>ssc^ 
 sions ot lhc^rm»-j/pr..iqrp|es wIhcIi havQ'hee» eWwhere brought to the test 
 ' IL'*'''-^ \ i'HM..e«essful ex,,t;rinu.nt. Yet I ,|„ not conci^ul from myself 
 i»r wish to W that the .infy which yoif will have to perf rni will be attei.ded 
 ijrth son... dj^itnlfy. nn.l that ^ou will liaye large scop.- for the .xcrcp of cJr- 
 
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 »t .xecntkiif, <jf such a design, many 
 .re impoWltle to iuiticipate distinctly. 
 
 .oiimsjiectionS 
 questions \yi 
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 eivil Im/incss ..f that natur... 1 ...in" fores,.e ■niat\he"r..f^"ing oliit.ei^/V." 
 vWand the nmi.bers ol Ass, mbly. may all in some instn,,ces misapprehend 
 th^.nct,ons whid. th,y «i 1 hnve to dischargi., or th.- pn.per nu.de of p^ 
 ce^dimr tor the metho<hcal and 'accurate discharge of them. GaStio«^ly >' 
 
 probably mm- whfch it were imp,.iiye'to :u.ticipate distinctly 
 ol the duties cast upon them, iincMVom their inexperiente in 
 
 _^faining from th,. appearance of iisi 
 'propei^y tailing w4(+iin the cognizance 
 to aHord to all parties whatever co|insi 
 obviate difliculijties ,'.f ihi>i nattire. \ It ^^ 
 boon which has been gTiintcl- i8\setoiU..^ , 
 operation of the Exicutive (i«.vLriiliunt, jiiid 
 regahkd, not as ii. rival power, but at^a tni^ d 
 _»elf n udv anting the prosi>erity of thp »kt\m 
 
 Fcryoui'own giudaiie,- it ni.ly bfi right to ,„« 
 «^thby derive their geneial form fiH.iii the model < 
 mon.s; so they liave ,liawn' their "rules and system 
 •*°"''«^t'-'- The distinctions qre t.f course both nuaUi 
 
 liny undue authority over matters 
 "^sembly, you will yet be promjit 
 'tance you cm r.nder them, to 
 k1b» """''' '"*• iippareiit that the 
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 ^'■■'»the Ilodse of Assembly is 
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 ,»i..„, ,|io wI.ol.- ......r».- of pnK...MU„K* to In- mlopt.;.! for kIv...h " "^^ '' .^ • '""^,; 
 
 „f tlio... i„*tr.,otio„. UH nluto ry the .:onvok.„« tlu- AMn.J.lv. ^^f ^"''j J" 
 • illro..«.l.rt»ui ..ronrr forntn of the ^rH* to f..- myr.>M.-.l to tl..- n.turn.nic 
 
 v.lii.i.t .n.tlio.1 of o,M.ni.ig tho Hnrt m-wio.. of tl.c (M-...r>.l A**;n.l.|y «- '!' M r ■ 
 ,.ril.to a...l .I...OMIH .oknu.iti.H; uml, aUm- all. tla- to,...-«a« winch ilunr 
 attii.iron "hoiiia in th.' firrtt iiinta.uM- Ik- diri'tt.Ml. ■ _^,' .. , 
 
 I .■o,.f(.rn.ity >»itl. tla- ..rmdniU in ..-«• on -imilar ot-.a.io..^ a iinH^lafnulioi 
 4.« . . c " a. rol,i;.l.cl,,r,itory of th. f.n..rc. ny^teni of ,tov..rnn....t to W uimrscA 
 
 hMh! ."iSv 11.1. ,.r.Hlanuaio„ voi. ^iil n«.,c to I..- ci.c..lat.;a ... th. m.>Ht. 
 ,mW inanmr V- mmv m •■onv.M.i.-ntly.n.ay luv^aftfr your «"'va . 
 ' I. h.H for tiu. prf-..'..t .livideJ- the cou..try .nto ..^aoral . I.Mr.ctH. ai^d m* 
 .lrUr.i.iiU-»lll.cn.....lMT ..f numlK.rswI.o nw. to 1... retunudtor .•ud.. 11. «. 
 
 ■ . .;^vv' ur. tojiih. o.. whici. it in very proliuhl.. .hat t'"', ":'^^.T.'' '1 J o Z 
 iMcn aid. to ac-.iV.ro i.t thr. ki-.^do... ...ay Ik. .rr«..cou- or "'"f^" '';^- ^ J o ; 
 
 ilivi«ion-of tin- omiitrv whirl, inav Ik- ...or.- K<'nnndlv conv.-ni. nt, an.t a.y otl.tr 
 
 » , !,il|th ' n.u.,b.>r of r.-pro^c,.tativ.,.. for ,lirtVn;.a d.^tnct. wh.ch he 
 
 ". .ri3Bii.>T»l.Iy n.ay docn. n.ore .i.lvantaKcm.. w.ll he t..- ht »..hject of 
 
 • ^'fmlmff-----' N.i chanpc in the constitution of tl'C I ouho. or in th« 
 
 .rS«BS n.«nhew. can Uevcr b.. erteetcd. exc.pt w.tl. 1l.« Wajcsty « 
 \ n^WBBRniiun, and i.. the fi.n..ncr indicated i.. your genen.l "'?^"C "»" • 
 ' V. SSBe wit] the ..nifornt co..rHo of precedeuU. your (.'omni.HH.on con- 
 
 il,.'iti,»i iiiclteiou" I'jctciiso «t 1 «■ r iMwcp 111" otciKioiiMly w..m Ite mlnljiaiict 
 ■ . Vn..™ « '.. .'ppo.«.l to.,tl.c imnfmou. ..r tl.o fr,*....ma..l o|.,...o» «l 
 
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 lunmje .n.-nibers ol the L.g.slutu.-e than ..wNtw.ouimiu , ,. •„ j, 
 
 l.,.ience h..slK.e.. fou..d to resnU fn.m ""J''^.^ ^.J'^^^ j'^ce t that 
 
 v.i.i.me has been toi.nu lo reMi.i ....... ;•",•"»,•.•„„ .i,,.:- ^.rvices in tha 
 
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 nMninmi, »m\ tliu (.*<niii«il limit nc*t nKitiimo in tiit* rotnny ti |NUit{oii, tins^i hiflii* 
 /nci* aniiloi(«H(ii l<i tluit of th« H(*u<ti> »(' i\>vt», t>H^mm< t-utirtflv tfcuiituto (»f Hint Iml^ 
 ' mi |)«tbrM' ui)ini«n wliirli tli«< fiMiN-rty uiiil' iiiiJi<|M-^(<i<'nrf it( it* ViHf;fHiii;im,i%^ w^ll m 
 
 the ntilii'|uity of the iiiHtiiiitioii tim'lf, I'OlifuMtiMi^" ("H-nf^ '«if |(ih^ cojitiiiry. 
 Ailv<rtiii|iC4o tlifw' (■on«i(limti« ■ ' ' ' ' '*" '• •■ ■> -^ 
 
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 uny.tirrHiiifi'nKfiit whicli «i)i<iul<| (■( 
 |t •'inulc lloufif, in which the »('|ir 
 ^inffiriitl i»«'rvnnt4 of t\w ('town. An «•; 
 
 in Hritith (iiiiann, and in fouiul to pi 
 
 which it iiroiniM'A in theory, Ity c 
 
 ri-»iJ<ini»ihihly uft ofti-n n* he iitKint^ 
 
 IhmIv, iin«l hy Ht>curiHK (<> ''■*'■" "'' *'" ■<■ 
 
 rt'iulered liy nienilHTA ofKeiiillv eonventimi 
 
 Milder Cheir conftidi'mtion. Thi". however, ir^a Hy*l(finf 
 (iuiiinii iN'fiire the eonqueot of tiiut ii(<tttenieiit hy (jrcat 
 
 iv«! hi^liiry uf the HrHJili ,, 
 jjurd wttii >*Aii<tli»)^iiWilt I i 
 
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 I H|iiirelii>nd, Hit Miijenty could-notV«tahli)(h by the uxun-iMe of,hii4 furvrogcutivigl' 
 ill Ncwfiiundhind. . If, now ever, the (jititn'il a^d Aoxfinhiy, ti* eKialiliwlieil l»y : ' 
 yoiir('oninii<«>.ion andinitructiouH, >ihoii1d eoitciir inllu! view wliidi I li>iv«t tiike|| J 
 '' lif tliitt Kiihjeet, luid Rliouhl be iiiii|M>M;d lo \m<^* u Hijl for iHiifinK thi! t^'O 
 llouM'i, with u rluuie 'iiiUH|)euding thu o|)eriilioii of thi> luvr/fi^r tin* Miguiiiuuti^)!! 
 of lliH Miijesty'n pk*iuiurc, you .wiTf, on llii* Muiiitty'H jirjii'nlf, tiAHent \» t»ny suoFi 
 Bill. Should the deHiifn be etitertii!iu-<^ |, thiiiR^ thut thi; eoluit|n( iiectulury, thu' 
 t|tiorn«>yi;eneral and the chief ofKc4>r of (m»t4»nii( w<Mi(|l' |;h! thu niiiHt propmftffi 
 IHT'Mins to' hold KcntH in tlie ^MHemblv, by virtue of tnV'if otKciul mtiiiitioiiii : 
 they would Iw emiblcd to explain thu viewn of thiM<':|MH!,vitiV-e (iovenuuent u|)on 
 the principal* |^intii which .coifid Inr broii|;lit under the consideration of thu "' 
 b'i;i!«luture : und thu introduction i;f no Kiiiull it iiuinU^r uit tnrcc ({entleinuii ' 
 nominated- by thi.' Crown could not''bL> aup|HMi-d in uny di'grvt} totcuiitrol it«"'> 
 delilM-riitinn!*. Uimn tlri.Hi>yi(it U in only necea4>ry^^ii> ml^, tliiU thu Bill lihuiild - 
 
 be m{ frunti^l, at,.in depriving tbc<^^<>"f":^' '{r^''* It'iJ^JiHtittlvti fu«iotion«, tu allow 
 of ill* continuance ^oi a body ,^) which the (jJovernoir ''»lii"(;lit resort fur advice ; 
 during till! intervals lu'tw^'u t)ie scMionii' uf thi; IJi-gialuturo, and ii|H)n othcY, 
 (M:cai«ion!< when it miKht Itt? convenient to lyiti, to «h» no; fur this purjxjtM!, how- v 
 t'vei% u nunficrous UmIv is* not rei|uired, andl have, therefore,' at ^rtriM'nt only 
 recointncndtid to His Majesty /inu gentleman, not holiliiig uhy oHicinl> situation, 
 *for a 8<!ut in thu Gouncil. ' The gefitlcnian. whom I have selcctttQ ts Colonel, 
 "tlaly, wito hiis been strongly recommrndetl by ydune|f^4iiul t)i whom n dorniant 
 eoiiintisHiou will bt; grantea, authorizing hint to u^Sunii> tlie govchii|ieii t uf thu 
 colony in the event of yonj alMepice, in ord«T that thO rOffiilar diiwhargi! of the _ 
 ' dutiat of the subordinate uHict-rs mi^ not be jnferriipted by their bt^ing culled 
 Up<Jii^ to lUHiime the tfmporarv adniinistiiitioli of thir iguvernitient. 
 
 .In c(Mlt<;m|>latiun of the. ''change -which has' btrcn eflti-ted in the Internal 
 |,'oyeriunent of the colony, it was resolvi^d to u|m^o Parliament to cuntiniii; 
 ,^ui forcethe Acts Uy whicn the celebration „uf mrtrrin^'s,; the ad|nini>»triition of 
 ' jiiAtice, und tiuu coQih^Lt of the fisheries urc< .regutiited'. Dills are now pending 
 for "th^t pur]H>se, fiiJjl will, I trust, bo shortly passt-d intrt law- The i\iurriug« and 
 the Administration o'f Justice Acts, being matters exetusivnty of, lo«;nl con(:em, 
 will r<-main in force iiniil tlie lo<5al Letjislature shnll «t'e fit to i-e|K!ul or to alter 
 tlieiii. Ff tlif! Cuiihcil antr J\ssenibtyf shoulrt think that any cliaiigu is rei|uisite 
 ■on (ithev of ^thefie topics, the remedy will therefonj be in their owrt hands. Tlie 
 Ntjn^ Ibiindland Fisheries Act i^'cts iiiterci^ts piirtly local, and partly co-e.\- 
 ^(r witli the trade and nuvigatioR of the empire at large. It will therefere 
 t^inuedTn force, for tw'6 years. Hefore the cxpimtionuT that time it will 
 lit tlic lol-al Legislntiirf! should be (ttvited to consid^r^ho subject in all its 
 wrings, 'v^o much of thiVtTitatute as relates to tliu inmgation and commerce 
 >fUhis kingdom- may then Ih! revise<l by ParliailMmt, with the benetit of thu 
 i is.4stance to i)q antici|fateil from the^ laliotirs of ^^! Council aiid Assembly ; S9 
 " niich, on the other haiid, of the statute as reters to interests pro|)erly locafniay 
 
 .hen-^al80'b& remitted to tito Uwal L«cisliinire for their decision. ■ ii 
 
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 fVrring to thd'(ioverhor, Couiicil and Assembly of Newfoundland the appro- 
 
 piration to the public serncu of the island of all money /levied there under any 
 
 •PJ|rliameutary authority'. , From 'his existing revenues His Majesty has resiuved 
 
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 Ni:\Vl-'OUM>> iKitliiii^ (ill' lii-< null iiii<|iialitli-(l ilisposiil, liiit lias iiliH-c<l tilt; wlioli- iiiiticr the 
 
 LAND. coiitrni (if ill*' Knal l.cp;islutni't>, uilli'tlie cxrciitKiii uf ii Hum which iiiii.xt 
 
 ' I — lie a])|ilinl lor tile sii|i|ioi-t of tins (iovi-rnor, the jii(l)^i'!*, the eiilonial secrrctary ■> 
 
 and till' atliinify-ui'iu'rai. 'I'liis arruii<reni(>iit will, 1 tnixt, cH'ectually oiiviiite 
 
 till- (lilHciiltii'x wliit'li liavi' licon so st'iisilily felt in other eoloilies, and satisfy tlie 
 
 inliiiliitiiiits of liis Maje^^tys fixed ])iir|HM«e iiud earnest' Holieitude to prunuite tu 
 
 ' the iifintist of his powir a wise eeoiioniy in the expenditure of the public re- 
 
 veiMhvand to rispeet the eonstitutioiial rights of the 'popular branch ot the local 
 
 ' l^efiislatlire. ^ 
 
 Voii will observe that the expense of CQllectin^r this branch of the revenue is 
 
 f^» be dt'diieted from its jjross procewls, and that these arransemtoits do not 
 
 emJirace any part of that revenue which accrues to the Crown in virtue of His 
 
 Majesty's prer6ji;atives. Such, for example, arc the rents W the proceeds of 
 
 the sales of Crown lands, esicheats, fines and forfcituires. Hi| Majesty is, how- 
 
 •^ e\'t"r, graciously pleased to authorize you to assure the Council and Assembly 
 
 that whateviT money may accrue to the Crown in the island will always be 
 
 applied towards the (-xpensc of the, civil or military government, or towards 
 
 , objects strictly ami exclusively local. 
 
 ^. . 1 hojie shortly to convey to you the authority of the Lords Commissioners of 
 
 '■ . the Treasury for the ap|>orttonment of that part of the Parliamentary duties 
 
 which will be applicable to the support of the public officer*, already enume- 
 rated. ^ , , 
 
 " I have, &c., 
 
 • (signed) GodericL 
 
 V. 
 
 No. 3. 
 
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 — No. a 
 
 X 
 
 1:1. 
 
 (*o. 8.) " : -(C.) ' ■ 
 
 Copy of a DESI»ATCH from Govenior Sir T. Cochrane to Viscount Goderieh. 
 
 My Lord, . i' Newfoundland, St. John's, 1.3 Feb. 1833. 
 
 : As soon as the two branches of the Legislature had made their preliminary > 
 arrangements, and were prepared to enter upon business, I transmitted each a 
 copy of your despatch of 27th .Inly last. No. 1 5» the main object of which 
 was to recommend to their adoption the amalgamation of the two Houses 
 into one body. i . 
 
 This document was laid before .the Assembly on the 0th January, and oa 
 the following day the House waited,, on me with their reply to that part of it 
 containing the suggestion before mentioned, a copy of which is annexed, and 
 by which your Lordship will perceive they have at once rejected the recommen- 
 dation. 
 
 Between the period of ray return to this (government and the opening of the 
 colonial Parlium nt, I availed myself of every favourable opportunity to draw 
 the attention of the influential part of the community to the important subject 
 tiiat would attract the early considcratiqa .of the Legislature, and the advan- 
 tages your Lordship anticipated from tire union it suggested ; and although I 
 was apprehensive tliat the plan did not meet with general approbation, I cer- 
 tainly was not prepared for the prompt and unhesitating negative which boa 
 been given to it ; for from all I can learn the question scarcely went thtough the 
 form of a discussion, having been disposed of oa the same afternoon it was 
 submitted to them. 
 
 It is not the least singular eircumstance attending the general disapprobation 
 .J the measure of amalgamation has met with, that while all come to the same 
 ■■■I' :j«i^ conclusion j many do sp upon diametrically opposite grounds. Those who are 
 'considered here as being democratic' in their principles reject the measure, 
 because they apprehend that the infusion of officers of the executive govern- 
 ment into their Assembly will ultimately give them such an ascendancy over ite • 
 members, by their superior knowledge and acquirements, as to control their 
 proceedings ; while another party, who claim to be more constitutional i ft | t hfiir 
 ^»'anri»tremtonyitt"tltCTir op po»iti o ttv and mainttttir that- t<>~ ttb o ft31f ^tte^ 
 Council and place some of its members in the Assembly, would be to establish 
 :j£|l|^ democracy, as the voices of the few officers of Government thus introduced, 
 'v iito ld be at aU tiraift borne dj own b y the repieaentatives of the^ people, who 
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NOVA'sGOTIaUeW BRUNSWICK, kc. 
 
 87 
 
 NEWFOUND- 
 LAND. 
 
 would not fail to ai'ray.tlionwclv,.« .mniiimt Mios... wliom tlioy vonlcl consider uh 
 
 having no comiuunity of interest or feeling with tlivni <on9iaer m 
 
 Betwwn tlie tw„ parties,- l,owev..r inaecumte tlieir coHelnsi,„m inav lie I 
 
 plated; and ,,j.rlmps vour l^rdnhm will tl,i„k ti.e tfrne Arrived for tiu' eon" . 
 deration of the estnbl.Hl.ment of^ a permanent Council. a« I eone.de he 
 rS'V""' '•«"'/"V' 'y }■«'"• Lord«hij, only as povisionar uS ti.e 
 
 rcsuto yoursuggesionshoulcfbe known; indee.l the Council, as at ient 
 const.tut.Kl, .8 at variance with tiic 03.1 clause of the Royal Instruction^ bv 
 wuch your Lordship will preeive there are many powl wl3 triZ 
 ciUor admmistering the government in the al«ende of the (J..ven.or ca no 
 ex.>eute without the cons^-nt of s^-ven, whereas six is the prese ™t of ha ' 
 body ; an. .t certainly will be very desiralde that a few of ^^[1^ ri .c ^d inhibi 
 tants be added to .t, to give weight to its proceedings, particula'X on a„v noini 
 
 :3^.S^X"\sS;""''^ ''' '''y'' ■^'^^ Lent t;'imrK;" 
 
 jp^ T^t^frs^E'ij^oj^^s^^^^ 
 
 S'aCn "■'"''"'»"*?= ""'^ ^ ^'' i' ««»'«' be an advantage if thoiZcZi 
 the nffil'li f r'"' "" ^'''''T'^ Council, consisting 0/ the senior member and 
 the officers of Government of the legislative Iwdy ^forit has alwavsTmeared 
 to me an anomaly that the Governor should have to cihsult upoiHC Zprietv 
 of some measure on whicri he majr entertarn coi.sid.jLle'^drbt Tto 2 
 expediency, the identicall/ same peiSpns who have alrea.lv in^n^H 1 
 disposed of the question/ IndeedrF/ouTd fuXr sS '''T 
 
 permitted to call to the/ExecVitive Council, Sron7TtwJ otlw.' ""^ ' 
 unconnected with eithe/House; sudh for insiaSrce a' The HiglT sJS ^Ti 
 always an .mpor,ta„tyerson in the colony, an.l some otl^r indiv JuaT whi ' 
 
 5rJ'?^*"!!l'^'i "■■ -"^^ "7 '"^ calculated for the situation, but wL di« 2 
 choose to meddle with (he politics of tho^island. 
 
 It 18. I am aware, the practice in many colonies for the chief iudire to l.n 
 
 Ae senior member of the Council ; but iLlieve I art, supported bymaivney 
 
 sons well versed m colonial affairs, in the opinion that .f is not EK; 
 
 should form a part of any political body; in the first place! if nteSverv 
 
 much with his other important duties ; and secondly, tCe conduit Tmrv S 
 
 him to observe m his political capacity, is ant to bnno- him j!i»« ^ ii- -^ • ? 
 
 .ge inhabitants, to Xm it affoS, an^^lntgt'Sb'^^wl^^^^^^ 
 
 his conduct on the Bench when it may be at vnrinnp.. ^ /i. »k - "'"M^^f. '» ., . 
 
 aniTviews; and your Lordship wiH^ witr^ Jh^l^ t'"f ''^^'^T *" 
 
 Mpjp'nce irt a colony, wheref unlike T mXr™S jj?: Lj^l^'^S'" ^^ 
 
 sopally known to. and more or less brought into contact w^thVhinEliL K! I * 
 
 he should stand entirely aloof ftomeven^^tbingbTrolfpIS^eu^^^^^^^ * 
 
 and I have evcjy reason to believe tlie present chief judge isTthe Mmo' 
 opinion. It would, however, be desirable that the Governor SvLeinnowS 
 aZtir%*"/T'"'^""*\5''''^fJ"''^'*«»'>sExecu"recS^^^ . . 
 
 quwtion of law becomes a subject of consideration. o«i>«i wnen any 
 
 th^T . T^ ^^^^^ip approve of the suggestions I have had the honour to > 
 
 trjL^it^;: ss: icraVhSitTor^^^?^^^^^^ prof'rs :: .,. o...;.:.. ^ 
 
 in£ccompm.yingsch^^^^^ 
 
 Hiave, A:c. 
 . .^: (signed) That. Cochrane. 
 
 
 '¥• 
 
 Enclosure 1, ia No. 2. 
 Schedule : 
 
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 S79' 
 
 The Comniandant of the Troops. 
 
 rae Attomev-geneml. 
 
 The Colonial Secretary. 
 
 The Collector of the Cuatomi. 
 
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 in Xi». s/ 
 
 nitfiyiilimuTIioinB«, 
 ■,^ Bingley Garland, 
 Charles F. Beonett, and 
 John B. Bland, Esquiret. 
 
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 88 CORUE§PONUEftE ttESPECTlNG THE GOVERNMENT OP 
 
 
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 End. 3, in No. i. 
 
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 Enclosure 2, in No. 2. 
 
 To His Hxrfllcncv Sir Thomat John Cochrane, Kniffhtk Governor and Coramtndef'lrticlti*! 
 
 ill iinJ over tlie Inland of JVeirfoimdlitndaind. it» l^tfliendencies. he. 
 
 Tilt humble Addres* of the llouiw of R^SrettenUtikfi in General Asnembly. 
 
 NIny it pleiise Your Excellency. , v. 
 
 Yoi'B Excplloncy having licon plrn«ea 
 letter from Viucount Owlerich, llis Majcfl 
 dated the a7th day of July luaa, ind tho 
 that part of the lelU-r which propone^ tj 
 House of Assembly, the House liet; leave lu «aic w j"-. ...v, ....... ,, ..._.__....,.---,-- 
 
 the raatUr into the^r most »criou» consideration, they are unanimously of opinion that the 
 
 -measure recommended by the Ri^ht l|onourable- SecreUry, not being m accordance with 
 
 tixe pnnciples of thf British constitution, is in^ow.se^ apf)|icable to the cir«imstance» of 
 
 this colouv. -1 . • . . __ 
 
 -In the House of Assembly, ip .lanuary 1833 
 
 Then passed in the House of Assembly. — , „. , 7/., , . c l„-. 
 
 " ' r^ ' (signed) J. Btngliylflarland, Speftker: 
 
 lay before the House of Assembly a copy j*f a 
 *8 rrincipvl Sufretary of State for the Coloiiiei, 
 attentioi) of tlfc House having been called to 
 ainalgamatdiythc Legislative Cdunfil «rith the* 
 {o state to y»«r Kxci-llency, that bavirtg tal^jbn 
 
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 • CoFY of a 43ESPATCH from Govenior Sir T. Cochrane to Viscount Goderick, 
 
 ^ 'Newfoundland, St Johnr^s, 
 
 " M^onl ' "^ 12 March 1833. 
 
 Ir'isVith extreme regret, that in so short- a period after thte mtroduction of 
 llu-new form of jiovernnient into thi. island, (and of which I had and.. Iged the 
 hope it would have he.n in my power soqji to have reiwrted favourably of Us 
 oiM»tion), 1 find niys.lf under the necessity of communicating to you a sudden, 
 and unexiMCted check that has been given to its proceedings, . M 
 
 From tiic first ..penipg of tlie S^-^«i, tlie House of Assembly have bee^ 
 remitting in their attention to their duty, and with the exception of some tnljl 
 occasional chiOlition of feefing-incident to tiic first acquisition ol power, thfe p^; 
 ccedingsof tliTllouse'have Ix-en marked by a decorum a^^ propriety, as W^U as 
 a real anxiety to exert themselves fof th\ good of the community, whicW reflect 
 much credit on so young a body. v i .■ i -n 
 
 Having communicated to thc-m that it would be necessary|d.at they should 
 nrovide for their own expenses after the 1st of April, an.l furnished'thenf with 
 in ..stinmt« of the probable amount for the current year tiiey entered mK)!, the 
 consideration of their ways and means, and prepared an<l passed a Bill laying^a 
 duty on wines and spirituous liquors, being the most judicious and least bur- 
 thensonie tax they could impose. This Bill was sent to the Council, and I was 
 not a little sun/rised to lear^from the colonial 8.?er£tary tliat there was a pro-<j^ 
 babilitv it woiiltf be thrown out. j . . .' ' , • c i • .^r 
 
 It nmy be proper here to acquai*nt your Lordship, that on the first opening.of 
 the session, w^th tlie view to facilitate the public business, and that each branch 
 of the Legislature might be aware of my power in assentftig to. and. by consc.^ 
 quence, tTieir own ^ri enacting Bills, I sent to ckd, a cppv °f ">''»«" ^Jfe^^^ 
 bearing on that point ; and a reference to your Lord8hip,^espatch to me of the . 
 27th Jillv last. No. 16, will bring to your rcmembrance^thata clause prohibit- 
 ing the taxation of British trade was omitted from my ipstructfeft^expressly 1^ 
 Temovc any doubt its insertion might give rise to; notwithstendihg^ these irtr 
 strurtions were in many points obsolete, jand more or less deviated from m;^ 
 
 ^''''immSdy on being made awa/e of the proceedingljkely to take placeMn. 
 
 the Council, I read to the coloirial secretarj- your clMr^ind explicit reply to 
 
 that part of my letter of the 2>h of July last, on the subject of import duies. 
 
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 his having" communicated i/fi purport, the president and the attorney-general 
 threw out the Bill. My astAisUent was the greater at the course these g^n^le- 
 meii had pursued,' from its living been wholly uuexpected ^ ibr although Ue 
 
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 Bill had be«n in prognstt for w««k8, nnil itH ixistence well known to every ImkIv, NK 
 not a wliif*|)er ever reached me that any exception could or woidd he taken to it. 
 
 Yoiir Lord8hip will readily imagine that the Assembly wcrg much excited at - 
 the rejection of their Hill, and the coniraunitv at largi- very indignant ; and it 
 was one of my first einlenvours to avail myself ol" any tnfluepce I had over the 
 leading men of that boily, to moilerate their feelings and induce them to main- 
 tain that decorum they had, in their discussions on tfee subject, hitherto oli- 
 served ; and I am happv to say they have on the whole met my expectati(»u8. 
 Some fljw days after the Bill was rejected, the House waittjd on 'me with un 
 AddnRi, a copy of whicli, Avith niy reply, I have the honour to annex. m 
 
 It is of course out of my )H)wer to communicate to your Lonhthip a detail of 
 the reasons assigned by the president of the C^icil aqd attorqey-general for 
 their opjiosition to the Bill, and the former is too tenacious of his privileges for . .i. , 
 me to think of asking for an account of what he stated in the Council; budthe ^ 
 
 accompanying short rejwrt of his speech, I understand from several peifeons* 
 contains the substance of what he said on the occasion. From^ the atpbrnvy^ 
 general I can only leapi that he found? his Opinion of the inconijWency of the 
 ^al Goveniment to impose duties 4on articles already taxed by tmt iMnerial 
 "T^M^Hpnient upon genera} principles, supported by the CJeo. 4, c. II4N 
 
 If;lhtse gentlemen, shall be^ found to>ave decided correctly, theii"^very 
 Assethblv, Council arid Goveritgc in every colony will have been acting itiegally 
 for the Jast 100 years, ^nd evefySpvweign wid Frivy Council for th^ same 
 period will have sanctioned «nd abetted such illegal acts; for I believe there 
 IS, not a locaj^egislature that does not impose import duties : and in contradic- 
 tion to tlie, stateinenrmade by Mr. Tucker,-; that in Nova Scotia they get rjd of 
 the^ifB^iIty by putting the duties on as an excise, I have .now before me\the 
 . iftumal of the Proceedings of the Assembly of that province for the year 1830, in 
 which I not only find they impose duties of excise upon home made articles, a?id 
 duties upon imports to a large amount, but that in a Council hpid by His Majjdty 
 on the 1st Novehibcr 1830, of 47 Bills, passetjyiD 1820, and submitted for appro4d 
 from tliat province, one is intituled " An Act to alter and continue tlie Acts, now n 
 force to provide for the support of His Majesty's Government in this Provincle, 
 and for promoting its Agriculture, Commerce and Fisheries, by granting Duties 
 of Import on Wines, Brandy, Gin, Rum and othejr distilled Spirit}iou8 Liq^oA, 
 ■ Molasses, Coffee, and Brctfvn Sugar ;" and another intituled "An Act.for tbe 
 fttrtlier Increase of the Revenue by imposing a Di»y upon Articles Imported 
 from Foreign Countries;" and again in the same Council was submitted one 
 passed ip 1828, " An Act i|itituled an Act to alter and continue the Acts^now 
 lii force to provide for the Support of' His Majesty's Government in this Pro- 
 vince, and for promoting its Agriculture, Commerce and Fisheries, by granting 
 Duties of Import on Wine, Brandy, Gin, Rum and other distilled Spi^tuous; 
 Liquors, Molasaes, Coffee, and Brown Sugar." t All which Acts were confirmed 
 by His Majesty in Council, after having undergone the ordeal of being reviewed 
 by the Lords of the Committee appointed for the consideration otjM Aiatters 
 relating to trade and foreign plantations. y^^ 
 
 Now, my Lord, I tliink, with such evidence before thert, both the president 
 and the iittorn^-genlerid ought to have had some diffidence of their jufigm«?nt 
 before they persisted m ift, measure which has thrown the colony into confusion, 
 and have been satisfied with entering a protest or have reiferred the question 
 home for their guidance in it future year. Still, if they were fixed in their 
 opinions, although emmfons, and conscientiously considered their -duty land the 
 enactment of that Bill at varianc«^yJipwcver their decision might be regretted, 
 U "jt^ould scarcely expose them to censure. But yonr Lorddijp will perceive, 
 
 *tom a pemsbl of the report of his speech (the authenticity of which I have no 
 doi»bt), that Mr. Tucker did not confine himself to the measur^before the Board, 
 but commented upon the wisdom of granting that constitution His Majesty had 
 extended to the colony ; a liiie of conduct uncalled for, and which I cannlsil: biit 
 view as reprehensible. As a government officer, whatever his impressions yfere. 
 It was his duty, I conceive, to suppreaa them the moment the measure was deci^ 
 on, and to give his countenance and be«t endeavours to iCs success; it was the nile' 
 ... Sj^".£f'^_*° "y^^^' ^^ ^ *^'°*^ "^ff^^ *° ^^^^ been obsffved by every other 
 
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 public oA^^ 
 
 Mr. Tucker's/efusal to assent to the-fiiU on the groui^d of expediency was little 
 less objectitHMbie ; for, whether in his opinion the coloby could or cOuM not bear 
 
 liTS- _ „ __ H ' '. taxation. 
 
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 tiixntittii. it wu* ollittlf «on»tMiuiii«>: tlio |mo|)U- liiiti uik^ for tlic local goviTiiint'iA 
 witJi tlif cxitnits umlirntamlinir \\wX tlu'y were to niaiutuiii it theiuselvfH ; their 
 r.m<rr..iitntiv»v« IiimI voluiiturilv ami flitorfully inipos.Hl tlie tux,.tt» Wiiiff .tl»c luoftt 
 npVropriut.' lui.l Ifusi giuTousVuml with one cx«e|»tiou (and that iiidiviilual at 
 III. tiiiu- ahwiit from ill health; the Council was comtKHt-d of Govoniimiit offlcen 
 who iiavc no stake in tho island, and therefor.! coulif not fairly ohjeot to the Bill 
 on iiorHonal eowxidcration-'. AJU n» little to lx> coBiniemltd is the threat the 
 pre'idtnt held out. that, whatever the late of the Bill ihight he with the Couiicil, 
 he wonhl disregard it on the hench ; and after having nnnecensanly trnvelled 
 out of his way in dii^ejisMiig the measure before him, Mr. Tucker cannot be 
 gnriirised if the e.)nununUvhave(l*owever unjustly) taxed, him with an mtentioii 
 of rendering abortive His Majesty's gracious intentions lij- the cours*' he has 
 
 mirsued. ' ^ / ' ... , . , , n • 
 
 Vour Lordshin will readilv fwl the very peculiar positnw in which I ndw find 
 myself.^ With the intention of chwing my demands on [the Treasury lor the 
 siiinwrt of the island on the first of next month, (as fromhrour ir|structions, and 
 the 2d 4c 3d of Will., e. 78, I collect, I ought to do), fl am precluded from 
 aalliiiu uiMm tin- House of Assembly to provide means I to meet the necessary 
 exiRiidituri-, and I umlcrstund that after they shall have Prepared a memorial to 
 His Maiestv, to be forwarded by the conveyance which tdke» this, that I gliall be 
 amdied to f.v them to continue to>:arryoH the finaiciJl department Until the 
 decision of His Majesty's Government shall be kittjffti.J The body to whom I 
 should naturally look for advice uH^t''e' P'H.n/W ''s»«'' " ^is Majesty s 
 I Cuncil ; but its" con.luct has been s(. .lecidedly ,gt 4d^\f with my opinions, that 
 it wouldjie useless'to consiUt it in the l»rvsent eni^gefcAr ; which comes so fully 
 within the view Ihave taken of the question ol an 'Elecutive and Legislative 
 Council in the comniunication I had tlie honour tb adMss your Lordshiu on he 
 Will February, that 1 trust it will have sonie weight injffie decision your Lordship 
 
 < may ooine to iipu" i^- . .1 , .'ftA , . ui 
 
 In clWinis this despatch, I think it right to add %at the Assembly were 
 desfrons of .mssing their Revenue Bill with all expedition, knowing that vessels 
 with a qiiniitity of the articles intended to be taxed wer^-Jtly f f <:|«d. »»<* ''»«« 
 is everV rt-ason to k^ieve that, in consequence of the fiilure of the Bil , the place 
 will siwn Ik- overstocked with them, iTnd the lo?s of (if least one twelvemonth s 
 
 .<• rcwiu. will pBJbably result lo the coloi^-:' ^ ) • . • , 
 
 Your LorjJ.hil. will readily lulieve tl^t I shall be mdst aiyiious to receive vour 
 comipinds as to my future conduct in. tJ|.>' anoinalousUosition m. which lam 
 Dlaced ; ami as vessels almost daily sail'from Liverpool for this port after the 
 fir-t of next month, may I recjuest your Lordship wiR lie good enough to for- 
 ward your despatch through the same channel as those communications you 
 h..noured me with in Noveinl)er l?st, by which means 1 shall be in possession 
 of your wishes many weeks sooner than I could be through the usual channel of 
 
 the North American mail. , 
 
 1 have, fitc. 
 . , (signed) Thos. Cochrane. 
 
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 LdP. 
 
 Knell in No. 3. 
 
 C(*£f; 
 
 Enclosure in No. 3. 
 
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 To his ExcJllencv^i^ TAomai Jy.«C«cAra«e, Knight, Oo»ernoran,l Cammander-in-chief 
 in and over the Island o/AWb«n<//a«d and it* Depeudencies, &.c. 8lc. 8.C. 
 
 y;^tlX£:Sl^'7m:^.S^^s: dntifulandloval subjecU die people of New- 
 foui^diaid^rieave at this-tline humbly to brinff to tiie notice of your JExcellency th? 
 S^umie^tf^^^^^^^ i.t which'this colony is P»««V«"'K »» 'l-.tXio hVs 
 
 ^Legislative Council of the Billjately passed in tho »»"««. "fAssemWv, g.tmt.ngto^^^^ 
 Majesty certain dutiep on all wines, and on all brandy, gin, mm, and other spintuons 
 
 'tn° diSrl^lan o/S: sSn your Excellency was nleased to lay bef.re - ^-^-|^ 
 of the civil eTwishment, and also a sUtemeh> of tfie «»™ "'^'Hy/ie „Z^' of 
 addition to the small amount of revenue at present at our disposal, for th? purpose ot. 
 dftfrayinK the charges of the civil establishment for *"» ^"I^";, ?^*^^- 
 
 Vfter ha 
 
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 iic Govc^mmeiit ; |n«t in impoitiiig th« <lHii<-<« mentioned in iHc Bill for ((rHnting to IliH 
 MRJeity Jtertain (l|iti«» on nil *ine, uml on nil brniidy, ({in, rum, luid other •piritiioui 
 %uorR imported itato tlu* inlnijd, wr not, only lauliouitly uvuided ' intrrl'<irin(( with the 
 oMiati<i{i of miih Act* of the linpcrial Purtyinicut fj)r the n-guliition of the trude of the 
 British ]ioHfM<»tiiion« i»» urc now Ai fort-*-, bul'wu ulno, exerciwed our bf»i judgment in the 
 itelertion of sui-h nr^icle« a* we tonMidiretl IpjJitiumte/objectK uf taxntiun, liy impo»ing thone 
 .duti«i( upon nrticlcH pf luxury, Lawfully tibHtninini; from increaiing the prire of anything 
 nece«Mry for the Nubport of the|po<i(; and in fmniii^ the Hill, we had fnrtljer in view the 
 «i)llectiuit.of the dutVt impoited by it at the leant po^nible expeuHe. 
 
 The Bill .ttftA having paitMed through the reguluT stago* m the Lower Houwi without a 
 diHftentient voice, wait iiub«e(|uerttly wont to the ^■lriltla^ive Council for concurrence, but to 
 our great turjprine aid aKtoiiiMl mient was rejected by that bo<iy, on the- ground that the 
 Legislature ot thin colony docn lot posscsH th^ power of imposing duties upon any article 
 imported into it, alreikly subiec to duty under any Act of the imperial Parliament :'und, 
 If the ariruments HoiiJit To be HU|i|iorte«l by the .Legislative Council can Iw maintained, 
 •uch IS the nature of t|ie comiuej'ce aud the circumitances of the people of this island, that 
 it would be jnijiosRibyfor us to hiise the niohies necessary fbr^he 8upp<)rt of the Govern- 
 ineiit and for other P"|l'c purpoicj,; since, without the power of levying taxe* upon articles 
 .imported into the iHliuill, tlioic i*not, in our opinion, any othe> mode Iiy which a revenue, 
 adequate to the wants |if the colony, co'uld be raised. , ' 
 
 But notwithHtandindl the opinion of the Legislative Council to the contrary^ manifested 
 by the rejection of tlfc. Reveimd Bill, we are decidedly of opinion, that we do not only 
 posses* tlie power of r|ising a revtnuc, by imposing duties upon the articles mentioned io 
 ;ihe Bill which has \>evr\ lost, bit that, in the course which we have on this occasion 
 pursued, w# ore home out by tliri Acts of the Legislatures of the neighbouring colonics, 
 which Acts have been from time|to time confirmed anil approved of by His Miijesty iA 
 Council. . 1 5 
 
 , , ■•It is unnecessary for us tucnum^te the evils thot miij^t arise from the occuncnco of this 
 unfortunate event, which is calcula^d to create a feeling of discontent and dissatisfaction 
 ■ in th? minds of His Majestjr's subjects in this colony ; and we cannot but view with the 
 deepest regret the conduct of the Leg^lative Council at this early stage of our proceedings, 
 since, if the power of raising n revenue by Ihe Bill which has been lost, and which they 
 jhave (lenied to us, could not be exercised, the benefits which wo«rid have accrued to, and 
 ^which His gracious Majesty intended to confec u^ this island, by grantinjt it.a legislative 
 constitution, w[ould be lost, thi). public improvements which we have cpnieroplated must be 
 abandoned, and our endeavctf^s otliersrise to ameliorate the condition of the colony would 
 
 . |be cramped ajid fruttrateti •* v' 
 
 Under-the present constitution of the Legislative Council, we have also to regret, that it 
 reouired a mafority of three-fourths of the members present to enable the Revenue Bill. to 
 to be passed thfough that bo4y ; aud we cannot but consider tb* course^ pursued by the 
 Council as manifesting a feeling more calculated to check the early operations of the 
 Assembly than to promote the best inte'reits of the colotiy.. ' 
 
 'f Under these circumstances, which we, cannot toe de^fily lament, we.deem it our duty to 
 1»y our situation before your Excellency, and we hunlbly request that your Excellency will 
 -fce pleased to inform us whether you possess any pov*er which will enable your Excellency 
 
 , to relieve us from our present embarrassment. 
 ' In the House of Assembly, 4 March ieas, 
 I Then passed in the House of Assembly! 
 
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 (signed) ./. Bingley Garland. 
 
 NEWPOUNI 
 LAND, 
 
 Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Hciuse of Assembly, 
 i It is wittvdeep concern I learn from your> Address that any circumstance has occurred to 
 interrupt that perfect good understanding w^ich it is so desirable should exist between the 
 two brancheit of the Legislature, or that any proceedings on the part of the Council have 
 been such as to lead you to apprehend that they will create feelipgs of discontent and did- 
 Sfitisfaction in the minds of His Majesty's subjects in this colony. 
 I It is a further source of regr^to me to be ilnformed that the Council has felt called upoa 
 
 • to refuse a Bill you deem «f sufh importance to the island, and the rejection of which you 
 consider wdl be injurious t^o its interests, and those benefite lost, which you had anticipated as 
 the result of 'the constitution His Majesty h^ been graciously pleased to extend to tliisv 
 
 . colony ;_a measure which I feel no doubt has been the source of uo less concern to the Council "^ 
 than It has been productive of disappointment to you. 
 
 The Bill to which your address alludes notlhaving reached mej I can fotip no opinion how. 
 far It IS m accordance with tlw lawi\of tlie IniperialPariiwiintt wd the Royal Instructions ; 
 tut the same desire which (with the^iew to faicilitAe the piMc bn|ita«8s) led me in the com- 
 njencement of the session to send toWh branch of the Legislature a copy of that parfor 
 my instructions bearing upon thi* siibject, n^w induces me to state, that oij perusing the 
 draft of these instructions, I observed! a clausfe which, it app^red to me, tfeiicfed to defeat 
 the.only means the colony possessed of raising an adequate revenue for the support of it 
 governm e nt , th a t ofLa^ t ax upon in)pw '" ' -' ^' • ' . i. .. ... 
 
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 Mist likely* to impede the successful joperatioh of the new-cinsti^onV 1 addrwsed H^iJ 
 Majeatv s Pnncipal Sedketery of State for the Colonies on this ripindHbm whom I received 
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 vcriiiT Ir.iiii i/iviii/ lifr ikuwiit l» uiiy tiii BHiftiiiR tlic trmU- nr f.»iiimerie «i|" tlir inolhj 
 coiiiitrv lm» /Mciy omillcfl. It i», tlwrAon; ..iily iiec«'M*iiry ti.r me to dcmre tlwt vou 
 not iiH»Vnt ii/niW Art ii/i|K>(iiiiu' tlwcniylniitiiinilutux uii Untwli unjiluci', oi luxm for (M 
 
 I Imvi; oi/lv Uirtli. I U) iicuiiMnit vi/i timt, with tin- r«»iMTVBt(im nljuvc niadr, I Khftn^avn 
 no l>.»imti(/ii' i/i iisM-iWum 1^' iiiiv l(/vnMH' liill ill wliicli ilir iwii bmiiclM'HOl llioJ^uiiJalurn 
 iiia\ i...ni/iH/.n«lt<l it bi- mk\\ iiH,/(ii olIuT rei.p«-tet«, hIiuII meet Milli my roin-uH^m-.'./ Uut, 
 iimlnTMJiiii •iiiiii^Ht.iiic.i., iyrf|ni«iit.'(l by yi'u, I .an only UimiU UmA I |k.j^<'»« iw 
 |ii.»ii- to ijC-lifvi' yon (iiiin till" riiilmrriiiiiiucut under w|ii»li yon »tatr yun^ |)rcM;iit /ubour. 
 
 
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 tnrl.isurc in No. 4. 
 
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 — No. A.— 
 
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 Copy irVfHI'^l'Al'^ '• ''"'" <i"virii()r Sji-X Coehrum to NiHCom/t (ioderieh. 
 
 Nly ii<n'tl, 
 I H.wntli 
 
 (;ovfnim(mt-liou!s»s St. .loliiiV, ^'pw*)uii(ll«ii<l, 
 
 _ . 'X /j* Mifch |H:t:t. T 
 
 , ...i^nTtlK' lioiio'ir to tiiiiihinit thr accoiupniiyiiiK mUlrt'ss to tli/' King from 
 till- MoiiM oC .Assciiililv <if tlii;>4»Jninl, oil tilt! ,*iiWct of the riUctioii % the 
 Coiiifjl of their HiMiHU' UUktni tiic >jiouu(Ji« net .forth thfiviii, dml to request 
 voiir Loni^liip will hf pU'ix*.^! to Iny thf w""V iH-foiv Hin Majesty. I 
 •' I '. / ■ 7 I Imv.', &«/. 
 
 / (i*i}riictl) Tliqs. Cochrane, 
 
 E^nclosurc In No. 4. 
 
 To the King * most Excellent Majenty. 
 
 ip huii)l)lc Adtlross of thr Rc|)rc«enttttivra t)f New/oundland, conveAed at St. Jolin's 
 
 ill General Anscnibly. ' ■ 
 
 / May it plea-w your Mnjwty, ' 
 
 / \\\ till- reprrnentativeH of your Majenty's faithful Commons of Ne«lbuiidlaiid. beg leave 
 
 iost rcsijectfnUv to ixpretin on their beljalf to our rnont gratiouK Sovereign the sincere 
 
 ,Jttuchnieiil felt throughout thi» inland for your Majesty'* ijcrHon and tt(.vernment. 
 
 *|6 We also take this early opportunity of tendering to your Majesty/ in the name of the 
 
 'inlmbitants of this colony, our warmest gratitude for the feracious rfianncr in which your 
 
 / Maiertv has listened to the petitions of your dutiful and loyal suUects, and the interett 
 
 / inaiiifchtcd by your Majestj tot thcit happintss and welfare, in graining to this the pideat 
 
 of your foreign possessions a Idgislutive constitution, similar to/ that enjoyed by your 
 
 Maiesty's neighbouring colonies. Coi)£J»icd ut this time in our legi*lutive cnpaeity, our best 
 
 ciulc^onrs have liee'n and shall be used to amclionite the conditiod o» our roiiatituents and 
 
 of the colony at large, by the cimctment of those local laws an^ ordinances, the want of 
 
 which has licen so long and ^severely felt. . „ , /v ' • . r ■, . . .. 
 
 In the early part of tlic Sessbn his Excellency the Govdraor, jfriO^ji view to faciliUte the 
 advanciroent of the public business, laid before us an estimate «»f the civil establishment o» 
 the colony, with u statement oT the amount of revenue at prcafnt collected under Acts of 
 the Imperial Parliament, and showing the sum yet necessary trf be rawed to meet the public 
 expenses of the Government. Our attention was also dir^ted to the adopUon of some 
 more saiisfactory system of administering justice than tilat now in operation, to the 
 encouragement of the fisheries artd agriculture, and to the oj^ning of a more safe and speedy 
 commuiiicution between the different settleinenta of the ishUid by means of roads, as.objecta 
 of primory importance, and as best calculatetl to improve flic condition of the p«>orer claaaes, 
 renilercd still more unfortunate by the total failure of/the potatoe crop dunng the last 
 season. ' Fq; carrying these useful purposes into eftect.y/but more particularly for delraying 
 the charges of the civil establisluiient, we took into our/couiideration the. ways and means of 
 raiding such amount of revenue as, in addition to tlirf sum at preMOt at^our disposal, we 
 conaidered would be required. / e ■■ 
 
 On a careful review of the resources of the colon/, and the means of rawing a revenue, 
 which presented themselves to our minds, we deemeU it » duty imperatively incumbent upon 
 us not only to avoid direct taxation, in itself alw^s odious, but carefully to a|>8tam froiq 
 levying taxes which would in any manner incrcaat the price of articles necesaanW consumed 
 by the poor and that class of the hardy inhabitahts of the island engaged in the nsh«nM. 
 ' I afcord<in<'e with these views we framed a B^)fl (a copy of which is hereunto annexed, aiM 
 
 -jTi, 
 
 =bk 
 
 to which, for greater certiunty , we fiiimblyaitvc leave 16 rfelef your Majestyn" . „ 
 duties on certain articles of luxury, the growth and uroduction of foreign countries, and alfo 
 a duty upon Bntish spirits, which latter duty, by the operation of an Act of the^ Imperial 
 1 r ,v ji Parliameotj 
 
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 ■ NOVA SC0TIA, NEW BRUNSWICK, kc. / 93 
 
 Partimiirnl, iwimt'il in the oixtli vrur U tUv r«i)(ii of hi* lato Majcuty Kiii^ n)!ur((i> iht; 
 Fiiurtii, intiliilcd. " All A<'( ti< rc|fiilut« lli« Triidvlur tlu' Uritmli ruM>«>«itii>iiii iibruAd," •ttiKlie* 
 tOuii<l ID |i«ytilili- ii|ioii tiirriun iiiiritK, tlicrtliy nvimliiiK tlio iiniHMitioii uf uiiy duty which 
 mi^ht hatt' tht> irllirt iil u *niit-riiiiiiialiiit( iluCy. In t'runiing tin- Hill wi> h))l two nwin 
 objicU furthxi iii vic»i, lir«t, ihc iicciwitily of cuiitiouiily KvuidiiiK uiiy inU'fl'i-ronci- with 
 Iho |Hihcy iir <i|HTutitin nf llu' Art nl' tin' liii|M'riiil I'urhaiiieiit uhovi> mvtttioiicd ; Miid, 
 Miuiidly, the Mviii); of th(> heavy <')i|ii'mi4«' of nil i-kci>« «Mt«hh«bDieiit in Ihtiicullcctiuii hyt 
 
 ' till' odiiYi'i) of tlie riiitoiiiit of the diilifK iiii|Miitfd ill th(! Ilill. I ., 
 
 Thin llill, atttfr hiiviiiK pitxix'd ihruuKh our hniiich of the I^uiiiliitiiru without a iliiMWiitiviit 
 toicf, wHM ill dui' liiriii (raiiHiiiitti'd to ihc l4';:iiilutiv(> L'uuiu-il Tor lh«;ir coii<'iifn>ni-i-; but, to 
 «>ur urcufvufjiriri' iiiid ivurt'l, »*iii» ri'ji'cli^d by thut lH)dy, for reanotm which, if'viihil, iiot only 
 dt'pnvu UK oi Ihc |)o\vi-r uf mutiny n icvimiiii iidi'i|tiMt«i to the wuiitN of the ('o)oiiy,^hut which 
 would, ill A );rrHt iiicnKiin-, dcHlmy ii rit>lit iiilK-mit in u* a* the re|)rcM>iitktivt!a of a frra 
 peojilt', thut of taxiiiK "■*!' couptiiiicniM for the HU|)|Mirt uf the Uoverniiient. 
 
 'Ihc olijectioii olfcird liy t'li b'tti^lntive Council tu thiH Hill, and which we are led to 
 Ix'licvc caiiitcd it>. u-jcctioii by thut body,' in, thut the urticlcM nieiitioiicd in the Hdl huviii); 
 b«-«'n ulitiidyMtli|i'i ted to duty by llie mihI Act of the liii|icrial I'urliuiiiciit fir the regulation 
 of the taid<> of the Uriti«li |io:-HeMMiolii> aliruud, Ihc Act ol uiiy eohMMal l^'uixlnturc itnpoNiiiu 
 adililioiiiil diiliCH on llu' »(iiiie iirticlcH, iit rcpuiiiiiint to the InijDtrinl Act.lilid eoriiwc|ueiitly 
 of no force or efl'cel. " . " ; 
 
 . I.'tioii II curcfid review, honever, of thi."- Act of the liii|icriu! Pnrliuinc^t in i|iieiition, wo 
 arc ut It hwH lo dincovcr unythiiiK llicrein on which the lx'(;iHlutivu Council coidd have 
 
 . formed hiicIi nn o|iinioii, uiid uc humbly Mubinit thut no pyrt of the Hill which liiM nuHiietl 
 throuHli our bruncltof the l^xi'^lttoi'e ta re|)ii^n»nt or in o|)|H>sition to tIjle'Hnid Act of Par- 
 
 . lianient' for the followiiii; rcuHoiiM ; The Act of (ho IinpcrinI PurliunWnt in qucKtion waa 
 puHMcd nt the tiuie the UovemuK'nt ol the mother country wiiwiy deh'miined upon extending 
 to your Mujnty'H colonicH the privilege of proHeculinj; 11 direct trade with fornii;n countries, 
 niiil llie principal object of the ^cl, w it« title expreiiMCR, wim the regulation oi tlio trade of 
 the llritiih poHsetuiionii ubroud, aild tlif jbrotectlon of Uritinh miuiiifacttirert by the iiilp<mitioii 
 of high lutCH of (lincritniuuting duty upHii articlcH of foreign growth or production imported 
 into the cojunicii. Thut it waa the' intention of the lni|ieriul I'arliaiiW-nt to levy taxes upon 
 articlen conMumvd in tilt* ciditiiicK no further than wan neceasary for the regulation of trade, 
 clcarlv appcarw from the 13th section of the Act, whereby the produce of the dutieii col- 
 
 ,, Iccteii by menim of it are directed to be placed under the control (/f ^e local Legiilaturea 
 of' the colnmeH respectively, thus (ionflmng the Act within tlie sitving of the declaratory 
 statute passed in the )Hth year of the reign uf his \fte Majeiity King George the Thinf, 
 concerning taxation bv the Parliament of Great Britain in any of tfie colonies, provinces and - 
 plantations in North America and the West Indies. Dut we hun^ly conceive that there is 
 nothing in any of tlie aliove-nientioned Acts of the Imperial Parliament which prevents the 
 Legislatures of the colonies from raising! a revenue by imp&sihg duties upon articles of < 
 foreign growth or production im|iortcd into Uitni, provided the aame be not discriminating 
 duties. 
 
 Asa further r<>ason thit such could not have liecii the inter^ion of your Majesty's Go- 
 vernment, we would humbly refer your Miyesty to an Act of /the General AMembly of the 
 Province of Nova Scotia-, passed in the year of our LonI lU^tt, and intituled " An Act for 
 the further Increase of the Revenue by imposing Duties on Articles imported from Foreign 
 
 Countries/' (b copy of. which is hereto an'neited), whereby Certain duties am imposed upon 
 various articles of h>rci^n growth and production, 'expresslj^ in additio]^|llr < 
 
 mperii 
 
 „ „ , - . » ^ . *"" o*^"" ""d 
 
 above the duties payable upon the same articles by the said Act of the mperial Parliament 
 for the regulation of the trade of the British possessions abroad. This Act uf the Legisla- 
 ture of Nova Scotia we find wa.4 afterwards, on the 1st day of November 1'830, approved of 
 by your Majesty in Council. 
 
 That the Imperial Parliament has itself recognized the power of a colonial Legislature to 
 impose additional duties upon articles already chargeable with duty by the said Act of Par- 
 liament for tlic regulation, ofthe trade of the British possessions abroad, we woufd humbly 
 call the attention of your Majesty to a statute of the Imperial Parliament passed in the 
 7th year of the reign of his late Majesty King (^eorge the Fourth, intituled " An Act to 
 alter and amend tl^. several Laws relating to tli<^ Customs," tho 44th section of which re- 
 cognizes and sanctions a duty imposed by tne Legislature of Canada on spirits, in addition 
 to, the duty payable thereon under the said first-mentioned Act of Parliament. 
 
 Bu^;we deem it unnecessary to a<kluce further arguments in support of a position which 
 admits of so little doubt, for indeed if the coi/struction put upon tiie Acts of the Imperial 
 Parliament by the Legislative Council could/by any means De correct, the Legislature of 
 this coloiw would be deprived of the power/ of raising a revenue by imposing duties upon 
 articles ofimport, as no other means aaequate to that purpose are'witliin its power, and the 
 numerous advantages which the colony Would have denved from the constitution which 
 your Majesty has been graciously pleiiscd to confer upon it, would be thereby in a great 
 measure lost. / Ny 
 
 It is to us matter of deep agd serious regret that the Legislative Council should have felt 
 itself called upon to reject a Bill, by which we contemplated raising funds at the least suffi- 
 cient to provide for the support of tlWcivil establishment for the current year. We would 
 
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 tive Council, ancl the fact that duriiig the whole of the discussion on this important Bill, 
 only four ofthe members of that body were present, who being equally divided upon the 
 question, the Bill was consequently lost . Under the circumstancea of embarrassment in 
 
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 which Mr Mvrf |)lai'ril liy thr Im* •>!' llx' Hill, wr initih- imiiit'iliiUr it|i|ilii'n(itin to hn K«c«l- 
 hm y «li«' Ciuvrriiiir, nmf |.rii>v«l Ihitt hr wmiltl ii«r •iivh iii<'iiii*'n« tiinjhl Iw ill hi« iKiw^r, t» 
 rcJiHi- II* I'roiii iiiir iliAt«-iiliif> ; hiil nl(huu|{h iiimiiloliiiit ivt-ry tli>|HMiti<>ii to I'acilitatW tht« 
 iiihiiMii'iiK'iit ot lh« pnblu- biiiinr", hi« Eutt llriiiy illil not ruiiaiilfr tifiit Ih* |iumf«M>«J uiiy 
 iiuwitr III rriuoviim Ihf ..Iwliulr which !IiimI Im-cii oJi|iom'iI to thi- progrfwi of oiir IckmUiiv* 
 tulNi«rii. 
 
 riiiUr iIk-ki' ciriiiiii.taiiir*, whuh We dwply (li'iilof*, iiiiil convincrd of ilir |)Ht«riiui r 
 uikI Milu'ituili- of your Miiiroly for till' hii|>|iiii«-i» uiiii ni-lliire of yoii» •iiliji-ttn iikiiU pArt* 
 of ytiiiiriloiiiiiiioim, \\i< ft'i'l lliiit ihin* i* no other uouror Irll iii, tliiiii that of iimkiM^ our 
 •itiiiitioil known lit your MB)inty, int^iJlt^tl that it-will ri-ceivi' your .MujrHty'* «M»rlJ««t coii- 
 RKlrriiliok uiiil timt your Miiji>-ty will ^rniit ii« •nth r'-luf ii« the inttiiri! of out ia)>« nwy 
 rn|iiiii'^«/\iul »iiir« »r have b«»ii |ir<'v«iil»(l from uvuihii^t oiirM-lvri of thi- oi)Kf nifiiiii by 
 whiili wS^hciii il |)rii<li'iil or priictuiible to ruiM- ii riv«-iiu«-, w« hnvc imnt Kifnibly to tlAint 
 the IttvoiirAlih- coiwnli'Mtioii of your Miijeitty'* (Jov»-riiiiitiit in nn»kintf|1riiviiiioii for tha 
 •iioiiorl of klir Konriiiiuiit of tlii' colony for thf |iif»cnt v»"i»f- / 
 
 III ihf NoiiM' ol ,\-..iiibly, II MiMih, \. rt. lii:i.l.— Then \m»ii*-(\ iii tli« llouw of 
 
 AMCilibly. / 
 
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 Coi'V. tif Ii DeVtAB 11 Iroiii ( iov.rii.i/Sir T. Cochrinw to fhf Right Hun. 
 , \ /'• f^pi'jniii Rice, 
 
 / \ (iovui^niciit HoiU', St. .liihn'D, Nt'wfounilland, 
 
 ' Sif;, ^ / 28 ISoptt'mlKT 1K34. 
 
 DniiMi tlw two Hrj't Mwititi^if tlio coloniiil LcKislatiirt; tlio ("oiliiril ailliored 
 ill nil nt-iK-its to llin Miijfhty's IiistrlictionK, niid to (\w UNigiH of the CoUticiU 
 ill (itlitT roloiiii!« ; but i»fi^i)ii <lu- lliinl MiMuii Inking plucc. I unex|»ertc«lly 
 foniid ihaMluv lind tlioMj^lit pro|Kr, fifi»t to altir the appellation of th« senior 
 iiuiiifMr to that of '*, &*peaker ; " m-ondly, to change the (|iiorum from three, ai 
 tixtd l>v Hi" Maj«Hy\» In»truction«, to five ; and thinlly, to makt! it ewential that 
 the Sp»"aker Hlumld'bif oiif of it ; and moreover, a» I Wa» further given to undcr- 
 Mnnd, to make tlie sittaation of Speaker elective. 1 could not lult Ik; extremely 
 riurpriwd that tliev slKJiild Uike njion 'them so unceremoniously to invade those 
 inMriietioH^ to which they owed their existence; and iniifhaps it would have 
 been thjj^most correct mode of prtWeding iihmwliately to have noticed it ; but 
 ifwiinff th'nt those who iiWoduced "puch innovation» would in ^^11 probability be 
 intjiiced to atlhere ^* rt'elpV I preferred allowing them to pass tinobscrved, and 
 Utended to confine mvscff TO corhniiinicating the circumstance to you, for your 
 nstriKtions thereon ; 'and\l ««s abo^it to have the honotir to address you when 
 ilt presented itsi-lf to nii-jtjuit.flfthaughl-hml a t^^^ passed, it was 
 
 ilot before mt^ in that official aiiX fortnal" sha|»e wliicli might place my assertions, 
 ib some pHrt of the detail, ieyonil contradiction ; aind to prevent the possibility 
 of any mistake on my partAl direeted the lettijr-No. 1, to be addre»8«'d to the 
 cliief justice (wlio, arrivinV in tlrtr Colony between .the second and third 
 sessions, originated tite eharifee ii] cirtestion). In consequence of tliift answer 
 (k». 2) the letter No. .1 *as adtUtWd to the attorney-general, and on 
 receiving his reply (No. 4), i* message-V 'Whieh No. 5» is a copV, was trans- 
 niftud to the Council, and to ^liich its anWer (No, «) is attached. 
 
 do not pretend to know whit are the riWitYj or privileges of the House oj 
 Pliers with reference to aiisweriiW anyqdestidns His Mi^esty niay think propef 
 to tmt to it, and on which I confude the jQouitcil now take their, stand ; but if 
 thil latter iman to do more than filaini those HgJV^ and privileged, so far as the 
 anillugy is maintained between tlMr |K)sition aiick that of the Hiiperial Parlifl[- 
 nic It, it ap|M.ars to me «|uJte inadmissible. \ \_ 
 
 ''he House of Peers, I believA hold whatever Wivilcges they possess by 
 Uieieriptive right, and not by an v authority emanating from tlie(^rown; and 
 
 constitution, 
 they 
 
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 icripuve rigiii, aiiu wn uy ii» vuuiiioinjr i.im™«»»"«k ■•". ,. y. -...., , — ^ 
 
 ther in the ev»nt of their doinj]^, aiivthing so extraordinary as ^. alter thejir 
 stitution, as well astlie name orUitle of the individnillpresidini^ oyer them, 
 f could also refuse to explain th* nature of the transa^on to His Majesty, 
 
 pohir lf|R)n^hich tinirTrcither rarnble, m* wotild it b^i^^jjfwper in i«e, Ut- 
 
 ■ an opinion ; but with referenced the colonial Councily^e case is altoge- 
 
 different; they owe their existence entirely to His MajesVs Instructions 
 
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 and it rortainly ii|)|M>Hrf> if. iiit; not only rwiiMmnldo, but Mwiitidt. tliiii in tht 
 o.nt of lli<>ir Ix'ihK *iin|Mrt.d to (li'viiUi' from tluMv Inntniilii^s tli..y uliould nt 
 li^Biil Pxplniii «liillur tlii-y li^v.' doni' mi or nut ; und I «on»i«|.T that In tlii- nifn- 
 «|iii'»tHo» of till* «|jnnK«' of tilli- of the if-nior nivmlK'r, it woifld liavo \m-n fidly 
 tomiM'frnt in iii.* t.» bin,- nfnmd t^y nropii)!!' Iijfni l»y tlic nj|i|H>llulioii th.-y Imve 
 ■doj.iwl. Till- Coiineil Inning, lK«i.,.ur, dfv\hml to iiffonf nny •■x|duiiution at 
 to tluir jinKjifdiugii, it reniuiint for nic to do mi ii) tin; niott uccurnto nmnuer my 
 inforniiitinii will |Nrrniil. ' 
 
 . It m»|Mar* tliiit on thv oitoninpior the thirdS<>Mion, Mr. Boultwi offpred Ci'rtnin 
 i1di!» and riguliitions ftir the guidiinci! of tin- Council, nnd one of wliirli in. " thut 
 four nieinlH'iiy witli ilio H|H'nk.'r uliuli rolinjj;ut.!. u ijuohini." IK- aki informed tin- 
 
 ' Council, tluit tli.'v niijdit .Icct tli.ir Hin-iikcr, and tluit li.- wait willinit »o lulmiit to 
 any rlioicc tluT iniKlit makr. Hut it iiTnttlicr ningular to mv that I cannot, 
 from tin- nunilwrH of Council individually, nncfHrtiii wlictlur thcv did actually 
 clc^f « S|Makcr or not. From oiic I hiini that no election took place; from 
 another, that iiouc actually hut one virtually did; nnd fnini a third, that he 
 conMdcrc<l an election had taken place; hut the fuctn'ofltlie cam- I believe to 
 li«" between them, and that after Mr. lioiilton hati aci|imjnted the Council with 
 the extent of their riKlit. and their not [irocecding to ehi-t any one eUo in con-' 
 formity thereto, he toyk |)<M>««4i>iou of the chair- 
 
 It i-., however, of minor conHC(|uence whether tlicv acjually made an election 
 or not, if they c..n*ider that power to \h- ve»ted in them ; and that they do wi.or 
 
 ■ Tuther that Mr. Hoiilton. the |irojioi»er of tilcse altemtioiiji, d<K>n w, I had from 
 hiin»elf; an he explicitly Mated to me, that had the H<nine elected another per- 
 son he would have yieldcJf up the chair ; which would ko to egfabliiih it riirht 
 exceeiliinj that of the Aswiiibly, who niiint first be directed to I'lect their 
 Speaker, and- then have him approve<l, before he can tai.e the chair. 
 
 Having drawn your attention to what I consider a decided infringement of 
 His MajeHtv'd Instruction!*, and un unconstitutional act. Wen if in other resiiecU 
 un advisable one, I i«hall have the honour to explain tw^i-ou the pre«ent incon- 
 venience that arises from this arrangement. " . 
 ^ By His Majesty's Instructions aiiy three members of the Council, as therein 
 jUKicd, can forin a ijuorum, whitywe found, during the"first and second ttfssions, 
 to lie a great coiiTUiwenee when ^rircumstances, ott inanv cWcasions, prevented the 
 Attendance of the sekior iiiemb/r. t'lider the existing" riile, however, should the 
 bjieaker Ije unwell,.nWiit on/n circuit, or elsew|^ere,. it ik impossible Jo proceed 
 
 • to businegs, ticcause the Coutjcil have placed it oUt of theilr power, if they adhere 
 to their own rules, to assyinble without him.\ /On statii g thitt difficulty to the 
 chie^ justice, he consid^ed I might nominat^^, a^ Hif Majesty would in the 
 aljseuce of the Sjieakep^of the Hou8«? of P*^««nff°this liower I altogetherdis- 
 claim.yas d|c.(;e is nrt a vestige of such aflliP'ty conferre«l on YiK' bv His 
 Majesty's l0structio;ls, consequently the services of the Council might be ren- 
 
 - dered^iltogether nugatory. ' „ \ 
 
 Having hu«l the honour to lay liefore^ou the infinngemenit, on tlie part of the 
 Council; of the King's Instructions, and the hiconvenicnce arising from it, I may 
 observe that, consideriug that the Council has been increased to nine, it might 
 
 -^possibly be advisaMe tQ«dd oil't or two to the (|Uorum; nor dti^ I conceive there 
 M anv objection; on the contrary,. it may lie vm* proiier there should be « 
 Speaker wllose presipnce should be necessaiy on all Winary occasions to conduct 
 the iirdc<<edings; aS, ui^hough it must be desiruble Vt^fit tht- p^bli9 busiiu-ss shall 
 not be>bstructed by a continuqd absence on the-pittt of the, presiding member. 
 It mii)' iNi-atteridt^ with some inconvenience to tk^ general r{>WanVof their 
 
 out any 
 must. 
 
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 protiecdings to have tVe({ueiit.or daily cliAuges of tht pfesidiiig officer. Bt 
 fcfterationS which may be deemed advisable in the constitution of this body uiusi 
 / apprehend, originate with His Majesty, and be sanctioned by a similar instru 
 Went, and under the sttnie forms, as those Instructions which 1 have the hunou 
 at j^sent to hold from^tis Majesty for my regulation and guidance! 
 
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 (signed) Thos. Cochrane. 
 
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 ntyMur ll»l«- »( thv miiiiU-r i.l lh<< ('•■uniil |if»«i.liim <.yrr rt« ilili>»rirtMi» lnni \mfii iiUi<rnl 
 to liliil <>f " M|i«*k<r nf lht« C'.mmhjI,' I nni l<i n'i|iirKl Voti wifl iln iih- «hr f«»«.iif i>t ttiilmn, 
 *ir ^» f.sefllriMty'u iiiliirmMlimi. wiml « miinwlminf^fiii^ l»<l lo lhi» iilii'ru|i.«i. nml wrliAh«r H 
 Iw Mii<l<'r*liMn| Ihiil il hni» tiruf II frniii llii' J'lWiiVf^ Iwviiiu 'ir*n I'li't It'll iir cIkimii to that 
 oiH<;«, i>r wiirthrt il i* iiH'ruly »" npufliiilKm lo <lMtini{iM*h llw mtimir iiif itilirr •>»' I|m I-'ihiimiI , 
 ftTMil ihmUlwir immiUrx <it MWl iKHly, / .. >, * 
 
 Xlio ll<mmimh|.« llicgiU'f Jil»ltc#. / (•i«iM»i>. Ju*. tromtfy. 
 
 (Iir, / $t( Jtilin'o, VcwfoiiiitHiinil, m ^iiiiul lNa4. 
 
 Tm*! mihii'it iimMcf of your Mtor nt.lbi* il»ti' Imvinu « rrtVniHC «>l<lyM<> .IIm' pri»il«'i{'«'i« 
 
 of ihat-ttniKli of ihp Ipumlnliirv In whif^ I Imvfl ihr lii>noiir"|<> ImIoiii;, I il« nW (f\ myiu'lf 
 
 MMirmulPiF III oHVriiiK mi^rvpliiimtiou Hpoii.tlu- |Mimt<, to wliuli, for \iU jbUitflwntfy'i* iiifor- 
 
 iiMtioii, you hil¥» ii<i»ifrl<"«l. / '. ' 
 
 Th.' Il«y..iir«lil<fc Mr. SetrHittry C/ywdy.' (.ignwl) //. 7. ^onftoli. 
 
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 .Sir, 
 
 (No. a.) 
 
 Sir, . / \ -f»««ret«ry'« QWcp, 80 Aiip««» li»«M. ' 
 
 AM tlirrclcjl l>y tlir O«vfrnor\lo Inummit to you'tlw iiofoni|ninyinK copy of « Icltor from 
 
 to llif ditrf iimliro, witfi hi« \i!|>ly, i»ii<l to rc(|U«>it you w"ill ttti|iiil|ut me with wliut you 
 
 ilifiii tbf proi>er iiikI fi>|{uUr ('fiurM bi puriiun to ttltiiiii tin-, iiiformatioii (ji-nirpd. ,' 
 
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 TIic Honoumhic? the Attornry-flrbeml. 
 
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 „ Attonipy-O«f;mri> Olfic*, i Sept. I«a4. 
 
 I iiE.I th* hoiwrt^r lo uclmo>»lMlK<. lliAreMipt of your Istlpr of iho, JMUU uUinio. loKetMr 
 with opics of the .orrr^HHidniM.! tli.r«i» r^ferre.l to, r.-lutii«-to ih.; Blt.n»tion «dopt«l iii 
 tli« prwM!dii.i''i of tho hKioliitive f;ouiicil tli ri«peci; Ui the till« of the prTHHlmi; eoun.illor, 
 who i« now Htyl«l ^^wakn xwifnA of l'r.^«idcnt, m. hirelofort-, mid r*.|i.rMtinu I will infiiirin 
 you what I miiy dcmi Iho pro|)*r and n-Kular eowmc to purtuf , in onlfcr that hif^I^)|FellMi«y 
 m«Y Ix! maile arqiinintiMi with the cau«e of thw uUnrati^n. . „ , ^ '•, i 
 
 iVi unnwi'r to which imiuiry I bag leave l(i «Mite thW if the journaU of lh» Council do wot 
 yield the information required, I am \!Ot iiwure of any more proper imthod by nieaiia of 
 which \m Exa;|lfiicy may aitcertaiii the niattrr' than that of hw Ucclleiicy temliiig a 
 iiitHiMJije riquentiim to be informed upon the |)oiiit. -• , , v. , \ r 
 
 Hut it apiKyini to m« that iuch innuiry might ralHO ii qiwHlion of privilcKo, if such title oi 
 Pre»i<lenqor Xpea|ter remain within the discretion of the Council to adopt at their election, 
 Mince preAdrntu (ire to he found in Ihc legiaUtiTe coiiititutioiiH of the British colonif*. . 
 
 But if li*,styie ior'ttle of the presiding memlier of.the Council be predicated by Ilia 
 Majc-sty iI lusU^trtio^s Elating to the inalitution of the (ieneral Aasenibly of this C9lony, any 
 deviation from ttie Hj^fc («> ««•<!► •««y«4*, » conceive, noticed by his bxcellency "»»<«•<"•«» 
 Of u niessace rcmonsfSit ng against such deviation, if such altermtion do not meet with the 
 con|u/reiicc of his Ext^(lfncy, and such proceeding would, I apprehend, lead to the e«pla 
 
 natfcn*t«quired. ?i-«.^t»__ - ,. .' 
 
 ; ' ' , M ^'^'^aT- • » . ■ , 'Ihavr,&c. 
 
 he Hon." iMr. Secretary Crowdy. (sign**!)' /•m« Si««M. 
 
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 (No. 6.) 
 
 Tiir. Governor having observed in the journaKi of the Council a rufo of that body, which 
 pioyides " that four members with the Speaker shall constitute « quorum,' his txcellency 
 IS desirous of calling the attention of the Council to the, circtimstance of the rule in question 
 b< ins in opposition to (hat clauwi in the King's Instructions which fixed an^f three a» th«i 
 nlimoer of the quorum, and 
 
 i.iher the title of Speaky emi 
 
 a{Wo of ^ing acquainted, for His Maiesty's informatiou, 
 4racea anything more Ihan. wojp^r aupelh^idn for the aenior 
 
 |emb*r present 
 Oovemment House, 4 ^eptemHier I83.H, 
 
 (signed) Tim. CiKkranjit. 
 
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NOVA SCOTIA. NK^ MHlfNHWICK. Jir. 
 
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 To IIm |{ic«l|«iiry Mir Tkmma* .Mm (urArMr, Kiiiglil. Oofamiir iu«i 
 
 Chm/, lu^. lU'- he. 
 
 '<i«iii|iiiiMli*r'-in« 
 
 < •*•¥ II IiImm< vuur KirrllrnrK,- 
 *i>. .. *."'• ■*'"J*««y • <l«i«itnl »ii<l I<>1 
 
 . J. „ , - * / loy*! »Ht»)Pi»ii, rtin |^mI«(I«p CnuiM-ll of NvwiouiNltMitil, 
 
 -m I •rliniiirnt HMomlili •!, Iir|, |<a«<- ni.iMvliiilly U( .Mr. in tt,ftnn>» t; y.mr l'.«i..|l..ii.y'i 
 
 iw-drfU'- <»• niiiriMky lliK nil iii.uia, ifial midxr ilx- 4iill iui|ir«»M>ii lliut yimf IUhIUimv, 
 III iraiiMnitiMiK tlmt in«...KP, Im.l i,„ ,i.(niii..ii „t iiiit-rti<riiiK wifli our |ir*»iUvti'«, w« imly 
 Uaoiii il )^o|irr to iiii|tAiiil your Kdntkiiiy Ihm nnioiiu |Im> iircrwuiry pruili-noit lUt'Hlctil hi 
 ini« iloUM H» ■ ..►.or.liiiHl- lirutiihol ihr li Kutiiliin' orN.wCmiMkiiMl, Ihm oflriwlom Inim 
 •H iiil«>rr<i|(liti<«i M to i)u' r«Nr.i|M or luolivm whi< || Hmy lmv« Iml tlii« IIoum' In tlw iWtoniiuti 
 ul luiy iHirtu'uldr loiir-rf lil ^I^Min«|iU|r |»-uii«loiilitmlly on* willioiii wliirli ||i«' iiiiriiM iwliiiMIii 
 I lU I'harticUir (■■iiiiot Iw iMiMiiluilifili or ila fuiu'tAin. «ili.'i«..ilu .li..-l.i.r.r«.i - 
 
 Lvtfii 
 
 Of lU I'harticlor raiiiiot Iw MimiiIuiI|i<|i or lU riiii«:iaiiw nllirMiitly i|iMlmr|{iH 
 
 |{i*l*li«« tJowiril. Id »ci>i«|uber mw.^ ■ (M||iMd) //. J, Ihmllon, H|»iik«r 
 
 ..■••' —No. «.— ... 
 
 (No.li.) . ^ , ^ 
 
 Corv ofa DRSPATCU »V..ni tli<< Right lion. f. Ifprimj Rkf ta (Jovc-mor 
 ._ , . Prfucotl. - ■ . y - ■ 
 
 I ,'..,», ^ I)«wniu|r-rtriwt, STl Octolwr IH34. 
 
 I iiAVB rtc«>lvc«l Sir T. Coclirwio'* <I*<iij.nUcIi oT thf uad" iillinio. No. 47, 
 rMiiertitiK the prntcunlona ndvuiii'iij hy Uij^ Council of N.'wfomi.llun.l actiuir in 
 tlK-'ir J«>jttilntivc cii|meity, A» tlwf-tHHnmuiiiontioim wliiyh tcjok placi' lM.tW.H»n 
 hini»j.iriin.l timt iHkly w«ri. not ilvNiKiKti to Miniioiint vlny pnufi.al .lilHniUy 
 whiili had iwtimlly uri>H>h in tliu udniiniHtnition of llio (JovKmnunt, liiit rrttlM;r/ 
 to oliviftti! r.rtiun Itttrnt und nnavowid claimn which it wiw ttiiikiMwd (hut tli«/ 
 ''^""f"***^ ,**«"*'» '"'*'un<:i!, I Hitt i»«t convinced ttmt the wlu.h( .Kw,ii»iiioi/ 
 miiht not with more pnidonco huvn hn-n nvoiik-d. . But wliun I adv.-rt to th/ 
 Addniwto Sir Tltonmii Cochrune of th*- Kith: SrptanlRr V». "liifurtHiy m. 
 Boulton, tbi! chief jiLticj .of thi- colony, on hehnJT of the CouiY^il ut hif«e. I do 
 nof Oiiivli that It would Ir- uoiwrhl.., with |>ro|.rifty or wilfcty, t6\imiMi uunotiii 
 
 tJ? /f '' ^ "^ '''*'^ ^*^*^^*'^ "'»"*«•■ UHWrtiror intiniatcH. > / 
 
 Tjie Codicil dccliHu trianswir Hh: iiHiuiri.-iiVuiMJikHl to them hy the (lovirAor, 
 on the Kro«ind that n fn-iibm fto;n fill.intern)|mtionii im to JthiJ>iuotivos of their- 
 proccedingH, in-umunufiit "th* necewwry privijcgeii incident tg^ thi»\ IIoukcLb 
 co-ordiimto brandi of tli« L.'girfature." The Addrewi bears the fonowinir/Hub- 
 •oription, '• J. W. Iloulton. Sneaker." It might (M^rhupt Becni frjv«|J,m b iJhIow 
 mKicli.or ijinv jioticc on the dtHigiiatioiOt w^jleh the Board of qomieil/thu» 
 awunic for themw-rveti, luid for their President, were it not that tlioHe\e:ti)r.Lion» 
 arc evidently employed In reference to tH inquiries which tliey dwline tt) 
 aiwwer, and w» an indirect iwHcrtion of, tlie rightn of which tlicy nJfJjilc, k the 
 Oovt-nior h iiiHlance, to ent.T into any explanution. The context thui Wvi's a 
 Bignificuney to the tenns they have empfcyed, which might otherwise £• aho- 
 gether wanUng. ^ ' . \ 
 
 In tlie adoption of . till* language, ai»'connecte<l with the prrvioiiB nicsHaffiii 
 jnay I preBume be discerned the piirpse of claiming for the Council, fin their 
 relations with the Oovenior of the colony, the privileges which Ij^jIoi^ to the 
 iii»|HT IIousc! of Parliament, in the K-lation Iwme hy theif lordshipl to His 
 Majesty. Such an analogy, if not urged beyond those limitk within which 
 alMie It can prop»>rly be maintaiii<Kl, may jH-rhaps be admitted^ if carried 
 fiirtlier, the prctepsion refutes itself by the conBeqiitnces it involves. 
 
 It may not improbably U> conj^ured that the constant residenril. of Mr. 
 ^mou m the province of Upj^ Canada until his transfer to the/anch of 
 Wewfoundland, may have induced that gentleman to form, and that^iis autho- 
 rity i^py .iav« led otiiers to adopt,. views respecting tlio constitution of the 
 CouncM, winch, however accurate in refflrbpce to Uie Canadian cousrttution, are 
 inapplicable to_Ui« form of civil govemmeat which for nearly two cfcnturics has 
 subsisted in the other Transatlantic possessions of the British Ciown. The 
 «lutinctipn bfetwe«« the office o f^thfe t - ^^i slati voCwt l Bil H of th i> / n n n dn H , nnd 
 
 ;% 
 
 Ntwroi;Nt>^ 
 
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 No. 6;* 
 
 "f.u r ^ " .^ o ujui l ^iHiat i vc w o uncil a oMIi .. i ;ftnmln « ^ nn. l 
 or the Counols of otiier colonies possessing G«nenl Aueq)hlleB, is however 
 of too much importance to be overlooked. . ; T ^ ' 
 
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 j>S ConHESPONDENCE HJESPEGTINO'FlIE GOVERNMENT OF /. 
 
 .TUc (HMuilinn'b'gislfttlvi'C'mHuiN iltriv.' tlifir origin from the- constitutioiml 
 Aftol" 1T»1. Thtv wfrt» lHMlii'# foniietl in uvoWwl iniitatioo of the Hou**' of 
 ^\.Kj». Their f«nitioiiV»»rc to bo «'x<lu*iveh'* L<>gi#Utivi'. and m tljo M'^X* 
 *»«r^ to lie holtli-n rttit'dnt for the life of tho'iUfmlKTi*, m alwi provision vk an 
 math- for r.iultTi"g'»l»eirM'»tHliirL«litnrv, and for oonniyting tli«m witiL here- 
 ditary titles of lionour. On tlie other liund, the (M)iin«ilx, (w tht'v now esi^t in 
 .laraaioa antl.tiie «)tlur British We*t Iniliu Island*, origiuuted in Hoyal Contmi»- 
 oions, of wiiieh that of the (iovernmcnt of Newfoundlantl is a literal transcript. 
 TIb'80 CuunciU were origiiittUy deilgne«l Jo fulfil iio other function than that of 
 
 "adviMng the (Jovernor a;* to' the acceptance of laws passed ^ by the House Of 
 .A»4enil»ly, or upon anv other question on which, in his administration of the 
 CJoVernnient, he might hav<? occasion to coiisntt-tliem. The*< Jovernor Uimselt 
 wasaccustomed, lUitila^periwiof no remote antiquity, to preside at all their 
 
 ' deliberations, those connected with the enactment of laws not excepted. Tl^e 
 modern though Weil .stabUshed practic." is to observe the distinction betwee;} 
 
 < the meetings holden for .niiberuting on Legislative Acts, and tho8.! which are 
 holden to advise the (Jovernor when i*<ing in las executive capacity. Still it 
 is one luid the same body performing two *stinct duties, and liot two distinct 
 bodies, each charged with a sepanUe function. The tith; of " Legwiative 
 Council." assumed i)V the Council of Newfoundland, is a designation to which 
 they have no legitimate claim. Th'-y are simply the Board of.^JounciI, and, 
 except by His Majesty's express sanction, the (Jovernor ciinnot'n'Wgn'ze tliem 
 under any other appellation. 
 
 The practical importance of the, distinctions to which I have been adverting 
 is very considerable. Tiie Canadian Legisjjative Councils enjoy, as incident to 
 their peculiar character, the right of^regulating by their own votes, whatever 
 iWates to their internal economy amf proceedings. But at the Council HoarU at 
 Newf(Hindland. as with the corroKjKHiding Inidics in ^ther colonies, there are 
 certain internal regulations whidi it belongs to His Majesty to establish, and to 
 vary at his pleasure. Tlius/fl"' •^"'S' l*.V *'"'' Commission anil Instructions to 
 th«'(Jovernor, has invariaWfj- determined what shall be the numl»er of members, 
 how many shall eonstitufc a i|UoruAi. !>y what means seats shall be vacated, 
 and on what membf^th.; precedency slmll, on every different contingency, 
 devolve. The claiirfo the title of " Speaker" which Mr. Boiilton advances, is 
 altogether inadjwiSsiGle. By virtiieof his offiqe he is, under the King's Commis- 
 sion and Ii*«(fructioiis, President of the Council, ami, nothing more. If it bo 
 really tru/that he claims to act as Speakef under any form of eU'ction, such a 
 pretensjoii is not only unfoundeil, but wholly at variance with the Parliamentary 
 anahiCy urged in its support. There is no instance of an elected Sjieaker of the 
 Hou^J of Peers. Again, if it be true that the Council, hftve disregarded His 
 M^stv's Instructions respecting the number requisite to Wm aqnoruin.and have 
 ^blis'hed a new Regulation for their own government^ in that respect, such a 
 Mm is plainly subversive of their own authority, as co|litradictpry to the matru. 
 ncut on wliiclt ajone that authority rests, • 
 
 Should it Appear desirable to the Council of Newfoundland that any variation 
 should be made in the Royal instructions which regulate either the proceedings 
 of the Board, or the number of meihl)er3 consjitutiug a quorum, an address JA 
 His Majesty praying that the necessary alterations may Iw made, is tlio legiti- 
 nial^inode of proceeding. This course you will" not fail to recommend to them, 
 
 nudij^ode 
 siP^sliall 
 
 g^pr/shall be prepared to lav it at the foot of the Throne, humbly tendering to 
 
 His Majesty the ailvice \^hidi ciTcumstances may seem to require. 
 
 ':■ Amongst tlio rfutles of the Council, the punctual transmission of their journab 
 
 ' through the (ioverrtor to His Majesty, is one of. the most indisputable. You 
 
 'will.'^lifcreforfe, oh tliu receipl of this despatchlA convene a meeting ot the 
 
 /Board of Council, and lav before, them this cyiinunication, and you will 
 
 / intimate to theni that His Majesty will expect a dOc observance of the instruc- 
 
 ■ tiona. to which 1 have last adverted. You will fkirther convey to^them Ihe 
 
 expression of His Majesty's confident lio|)e that those ^journals, wlie^nsmitted, 
 
 Uiil show that they hioe steadily adhered to the liigts «/ /•'^'r.^««*''S°"' 
 
 autlittrity, arid that the designations assumed in tllc\ address of the 18tli ot 
 
 September, both for the Council itself, and for the|r\pre8ident M'- B«>"H«"j 
 
 rwere not, intended as an affirmation of tliosW claim^ Which Sir T. Cochrane 
 
 attributed to them, claims whiclj it would /be the dkty of His Majesty to 
 
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 NOVA SCOTIA, NEW ftRUNSWICK, ice. 99 
 
 iliwoiintennncc and oppoio, if iinfortuiiutcry tlii-y itliould ut any tiniu be advanced NIW FOUND, 
 by timt I^mIv, wifhcuit their hnving Hwt dbfiiinnl His Mnjesfy's express sanction LANb. 
 
 to fucli chun|;c4 in the coustilution of thirt-olouv. ' '■ i- 
 
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 ; («igned) T. Spring Rict, 
 
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 Copy of a DCSPATCII from riovernor Prmo^^ to tlie Earl of Aherdtcn ' 
 
 My Lofd, X^ Govennnent House, Newfoundland, 7 April 18.15. 
 
 I HAVE tlw hoflour to transmit .herewith an address whieh has been presented to 
 me by His Mnje^ty's Council, 
 
 I liave, ki\ 
 (signed) //. Prescolt. ; 
 
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 ; Eneldsure in No. r, jfi^ ' ' . 
 
 :*To His Excellency I/eiirij Prturotl, E*'q., Companion of the moTt Honourable Militory 
 ^' * Onler ufihc Dttth, Govenior, jjte. &c. Stc. - \ 
 
 May it please Yuu^ Excellency, ' 
 
 We.-HIs Majesty's dutiful anil loyal subjects the Council of Newfoundland in Porliiimcnt ' 
 assembled, Imvmji taken into our consideration the despatch from the Rinht honourable the 
 Secretary of 8tate, datetl the 2Ist October last, No. «, which was laid betbre the Council by 
 your Excellency, deem it a duty which we owe no less to His Majesty than to ourselves as a 
 branch ot the le(,Mslature of thpisland, to lay bfefore your Excellency, for the information of 
 H'l"ai»*ty 8 Government, the followinir observutioas thereon. / 
 
 The Secretary of State, in his despatcir, poinU out lour several ins^nces, iq whidi he states 
 that we have departed from the Royal Instructions, and>hav6 exceeded the jusl limits of our 
 constitutional authority, viz. \ 
 
 In assuming the title of " Legislative," when acting concurrently with the Asscmlily in 
 legislatmg lor the colony. •v ' v \ . 
 
 , In the applicatioJJ of the term "Speaker" Jhstead of that of" President" to our presiding 
 ' nijBmber. 7 \ 
 
 In changing the number of members required to form a quoruiit from three to five, and 
 \IH the refusal to answer, on the requisition of Sir Thomas Cochrane, certain intcrrooatorie»> ' 
 as4o the motives of our proceedings m some particular instances. " 
 
 <••!?* V"* " ^'»''»*'*e' «»* ""Mid by the Council in thtir journals from the first openmg ' 
 • u 'i? legislature, and so far from being objected to by the Governor, it was applied by 
 Sir Thftmas Cochrane in his first message transmitted to the Council after the opening of 
 the legislature, and the same style was generally used by him in his subsequent messages 
 during his administration of this goveniment. *" ' ^ 
 
 'f' therefore, in the assumption of the title "Legislative" the Royal Instructions have' 
 been departed froni and the limits of the Council's constitutional authority have been exceeded . 
 we must observe that it was an error into which not only the Council but the 6ovemor also 
 ., naturally fell from the character of the functions we wet« called upon to discharge. 
 
 ' I. Ill ^* substitution of the term "Speaker" for "President," the Council was influenced 
 by the circumstance of the former appellation being more parliamentary in its signification 
 than the latter, and certainly by no expectation that the change of title would bring with 
 It rights not before enjoyed ; or that the person appointed to preside over their dehberations, 
 under whatever- title, could derive his authority trom any other source than His Majesty: 
 and we beg lea,ve expressly to" disclaim all idea of an election having ever been con- 
 temulated by us. ' / ■ 
 
 The Council further desire to remark, that as the councillor who would administer the 
 ;. Government in the event of the death or absence of the Governor, would do so under the • 
 ''"*?\ ''f™*'«**"'»'' the change of term alluded to might, in Such case, avoid- confusion. 
 
 Without a wish or intention to interfere with the Royal Instructions, the Couiicil, in 
 nommating five as a quorihn, followed implicitly the spirit jof .these Instructions; for while . 
 the Coancii consisted of six members, His Majesty dSclari^ that three shall be a quorum ; ':, 
 when, therefore, four new members were added to their>umber, the Council, seeing also, -^ 
 that the Governor's Commission requires that all laws /aie to be enacted by the Govemo^ 
 with the consent of the " major part" of the Councifahd Assembly, did not consider that 
 thev were acting in opposition to His Majesty's directions (as gathered from th6 Commission 
 anjl Instructions collectively) when they increased the quorum to five, being one-half of 
 the membera now composing the Councd. 
 
 In speaking of the motives which induced the refusal to reply to the interrogatories put 
 to the Council by Sir Thomas Cochrane, we trust that the character of the individuals 
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 U.U ( OUUKSl'ONpENCK HESPECTINO THE GOVERNMENT OF 
 
 comPo.iin; 111'- Coum-il, ii* w»ll »•• «»P>r it.norul cnmlwl hk conncctwl with the ( Jovrrninent, 
 willVlii. Ill llifui li.1111 tin- himt iniiiiinaioii i.llmvinn artel w|tK niiy driir.- to cnibarrnnH llm 
 M„H-«lvs r.|.r.«riiliiliv.', uixl wi- Wu to ii*.ur<>'v«>«r lA.i-lh'iicy that wc were »oh-ly ami 
 niliii ly iiiHiuiioil liv II wi-l» I., iiiiiinlniu iIkwi' iinvili|,'iH wIikIi wi- concoivo to lie OHitcnlial 
 to our iliiimrl.i UH iiii inil.|..iiiliiit Imuuli of tin- lfui»liitiirf, ami whuh \* m. imhH|>ciii.al>ly 
 mf<-!<*iiiy to riir.iifr to ii . idr " |tiil)li«- n»iNft," ami without wliu-h thu King h Korvicc mimt 
 
 «IIIHVollll"(l)lv Mltlil lit our llllllllh. • .i.rrl r 
 
 III acoiii. iiiii.' with III.' AsiMiiihly, the Coiimil at-iwrtril tho kumic n^lit of freedom from 
 iiilnroUiilioii «lii.linli.v iil'lii«iii<l« <laim«'il rioiii lii^ I^Xorlh'm-y lh.< Oov.-niiir. 
 
 Ifil liririii 111 till' «'oi.l- of l.oi.r(i.Ml.Tich'*il<-H|wtth(io|iy of which wn» laitl bi-foro the 
 C.iin.il liN Sii'Tlioin.i- Corliiaii.-), "That ill.- C.rtiiuil .I.h-h ii.rtasHuinr in tlir colony n poHitioii, 
 or III! iiiMmiu.', iinMo-oim lo lliat of III.- Hou»c "f I'cr^ liccaim.- .-utir.-ly (l.-«tit.ite o( that 
 lioltl t»\ i.iililu- opiiii.Mi whi.li till- proiM-rty niiiJ iinl<-|«iuh-ncc «l lU iiicm»)crn, ait welt an the 
 uiiluHolv of the In>liHilioii ilHi-lf conf.-rs o.i the pirniKe ;- thru it m c<iiially certain that to 
 niaiiitaii't llii.t I1..M on Hi.- imhlir opinion which it ix cHHontiat the Council »houhl jkishcm 
 Ihcv niiiHl Im- fi.-.- ami lui-liacklwl m tln-ir d.liherutioiiii, whether tlu-se have f.)r their end the 
 Kov'orimteiil of lli.ar own IhkIv, an a coordinate and imlciH-ndent Jjmiich ol the Legmhituro, 
 01 the (.roxidiiis for the exisjeiicieH 6f.the |niblii; furviyc and the internal imiirovenieiit pi the 
 
 " '\u\\w> "fliiniiiia for the roiincil, in ih.-ir relatmn with the Oovernor of the colony tho 
 i.riv.l.-u.s which lieloii- I., the I'pjH-r lloii«- of l'arlianie;it. in the relation borne by their 
 Lordlfhips lo III- Miij.-stv," we tru«t We have not ur^.M! th^ amdofjy beyond thoHC hiiiiU 
 Within will, h al..ii.- II can proiH-rly be nminl(»il.e«l ;" and while we are niont anxiou* to oHer 
 c\i-rv p..ssd)l.- r.specl to the reprewntative of lliit Majesty, wu look with conftdence to lli« 
 Maji-Jy'--r.oveiiui..ul to .support this bniiich of the le^inlaturp in those t'onstitutioual pri- 
 vili-'-cs "which will lilt lie il<-iiied to the Anseinbly. 
 
 In l,or<l (i.«l.-ricirs despatch, alliiiled t.i in the Governor'* niciisaKO of the «th January 
 ltt:t3, aii.lM-iit lo the .«' Leirislutivu C..uiK-il" for its consideration, hm Lordship observea, 
 •' rorvoiu ouu mmlaiice it may be li^ht to observe ihat col.mial Assemblieij, as tli^-y derive 
 their .^iieral form I'roni the ino.l.-l of the Uritish House of.Commoiw, ho they have drawn 
 their Miles and sysU-ui of procedure from the same source. The .listinctionn arc, of coiirBC, 
 both iniiiieroHs and important, and i;row out of the dissimilarity ol the circumstances ol the 
 repr.-Mtitalive b.Klies of a small colony ami of mi extensive kingdom ; but in general the 
 nimlot'V is luaiiilained, ftiid therefore the laws ami rules of Purlmment, as mothfied by the 
 i-xiL-encie-, ol the case, may be taken ub the safest guide for tho conduct of the Council and 
 Asseniblv. and for your own pr.K-erdinijs towards thein. In accordance with the uniform 
 coiir-e of precedenls, ycair Commission c.aistitutcs a Council, which will jwrticipate with 
 the Assembly in the i-nactinc-nt of laws. The acrimony cngcndore<l by such disputes hu 
 sometimes .'[v. n occasion to an eager assertion of, extreme rights on the part of the Council, 
 and to a mi less determined denial of their necessary' and constitutional privileges on the 
 port .if the Asseniblv. The cHect of the institution, tlicrelore, is too often to induce a col- 
 lision b.'twecn the d^tlerent branches of the Legislature. 
 
 From these expreiisioim- it is evident that Lt>rd O.Hlerich did not consider the Council a 
 mere board f<.r a.lvi-Ing the Governor, but in its legislative capacity 00-ordinate branch 
 of the l..-gislatnre,ie(|uully respcmsible to the Government and to the colony for the posing 
 oliust and salutary I'lws; ami vested with constitutional privileges, and with a legislative 
 authority to enforce due order and regularity while discharging their public duties. 
 
 In taking the " Laws and Rules of Purlian.cnt" for their guidance- the Council have fol- ' 
 lowed the sucuestions of lord Goilcrich, and they now rcsj)ectfully beg leave to submit for 
 His Maj.stys inspection a copy of the Kules which they have adopted for the regulation of 
 their proceedings, humbly *)liciting His Most (Jracious Majesty to rccogmic the right of 
 lite Council to make rules 10 the government of thcir-legislntive proceedings, in the lame 
 maimer as the Assembly has ever done. ■ ,,.,-,.• . j -.i. 
 
 Inless the Council be considew^ a co-ordinate branch of the Legislature, invested with 
 
 to havi- borne for their rejection of measures which have been proposed ^y the other branch 
 
 of the Legislature." , • .v /# r » i, 
 
 •^ (signed) fLJ.BouUm. 
 
 Council Chamber, 30 March 1836. 
 
 Rules and llEr.t i.ations to be observed in the Legislative Council of Sewfoundland. ^ 
 X. Tub members of the I-cgishitive Council are to sit in the order prescribed by His 
 Majesty. ^ j ■ » » 
 
 2. The Spea'ker, when he speaks to the House, is always to be uncovered, •«»« w not to 
 adjourn the House, or do anything else as mouth of the House, without the «:»'«f "^ »» *je 
 member* first had, excepting the ordinary things about Bils which ar« of c«"7' J*'«^"' 
 the members may likewise overrule, as for preferring one_^B^II before another, and '"Ch lik^ 
 -And in case ofdiffprence among the members, i| is to be put to the question, »"*'«">« 
 Speaker wUl sj^ak t<j anything particularly, he is to go to his owtt place u u meinoer. ^^ 
 
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NOVA scoTi^,; 
 
 IHtlJNSWICK, Ate. 
 
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 a. Thai ininirduitrlv uftct ihe Wljicnkcr'sfuill liavn (akrn Ihfo cliair, the djoon (hall ijc 
 ciuRrd, unit the Journul* oC the prrcetling (la/ lie hlwayn read. 
 
 4. Thiit luiy moiiihir limy «t niiy tmm ili-niri- the IIdum' tii bp cl«Are<l of Ittrangeri, and 
 Ihr S|N>Hk('r i«hull iniinrdiatcly i;ivi- dirrctioiiii to fkociitn the indir, without iltHintc. 
 
 ft. \Mii-n thi' lliiimc i* Rilliii^r, pvrry ni<Miili<r Ihnt Hhnll piiIit ih to ifivo 4iit rrccive mIu- 
 tatiiiiiH froni thv rent, iirnl mil tu nit ilnwii in h'lH |iliiL-fl uiilviw he haii iiinde h|li olyiiiancev 
 
 n. Tht' iiicnihon in thn,r|i|irr lloiiic nru t<i ker|i th«ir dignity and on^rr in Hitting, an 
 much nn niny In-, iind not rcnioVK out of their pliuet without jimt euun«| but whrn Jhey 
 Dlllttt imnhIs poacrohH the lionise, they are to itmkr olmiminrr to the rhnir, 
 
 7. When nny iiuiiiherii niieak, they addrcM their npfceh to the rent- ti the inemberi in 
 genrriil. ^ '' 
 
 «. No member iH to npenk twiee to any Hill at any one time oi rcadiiirfit, or to nny other 
 propoHition. unlexK it be tti explain hininelf in iKimi' material point of hinftiH-echclHit no new 
 niattir, and that not without hov^ of the Hoiiw; HrHt obtainml. I'>«ty meiAbcr npenk* 
 •tandiii|i nnd uncovered, anil nunim not the nienilM;rK of the House iViinmonly by their 
 . niimeM. but "the nieinlier that spoke lant," "lant'biit two," Sec, or gome other note of 
 diitinrtioii. ' ' > 
 
 ». That Huch mpinbers nil Hhnll make proteBtatioiw, or enter their diHiteitts to nny vote* of 
 the HouHe, aM they have a riifht to do, without iiMkini; leave of the Houhc, either with pr 
 without their renHoiiH, Hhnll caiixe their nrotentfitiuns or iliMxents to bfe cntcrcii io the clerk'a 
 book on the next sittini; day of thin llouKe, before the rining of the Ilontie, otherwise the 
 ■amc Hhall not Ik> entered ; nnd,Hhall uIho sigii the same before the rising of the House oa 
 the same day. % / 
 
 10. That all orders pf the day, which by reason of nny ndjoumment shall not have been 
 proceeded npon, shall be considered only as [lostponed to the next day on which the House 
 ■hall sit. 
 
 11. To prevent misunderstanding,- and for avoiding offensive spcecheH when matters are 
 Rebating, either in the House or at committees, it is for honour's sake thought fit, and is no 
 wdcred, that all |iersonal, sharp, or taxing siieeches be forborne, and that whosoever ahswereth 
 Miother man's speech shall apply his answer to the matter without wrong to the person ; 
 and ns nothing offensive is to be spoken, sCniothini; is to be ill taken, if the party tliat speaka 
 it shall presently make a fair exposition oftlear denial of the words that might bear any ill 
 construction ; and if any offence lie given in that kiiTd, os the House itself wiH be very 
 ■cnsible thereof, so, it will censure the offender, and give the party offended a fit reparation 
 and n full satisfaction. » , 
 
 12. Thatfcr avoiding all mistakes, unkindncss, or bthcr differences, which may grow to 
 quarrels tending to the breach of the peace, if any member shall conceive himself to have 
 received an affront or injury from any other member of the House, either in the Parliament 
 House, or at a committee, or in any of the rooms btilonging to the Legislative Council, he 
 ■halt appeal to the House for his re|>aration ; which if he shall not do, but occasion or t-nter- 
 tam miarrels, declining the justice of the House, then the member that iHtl be found therein 
 oiwnding shall undergo the severe censure of the House. 
 
 13. That when a quetttion is under debate, no motion shall be received in the House, 
 , unless to amend it, commit i^, postpone it to a certain doy, or for the order of th» day, or to 
 
 adjourn. 
 
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 14. That all motions deemed special, two days' notice thereof be given to the House ; 
 and nny motion (with leave of the House) may be withdrawn at ady time before amend- 
 mept or decision. ■ 
 
 16. That no motion prefaced by a written preamble shall be received by this House. 
 
 16. That when the question hath been entirely put by the Speaker, no member is to speak 
 . upon the question before voting. . 
 
 17. That after a question is put, and the House hath voted thereon, no' member shall 
 depart out of his place until the House hath entered upon some other business., 
 
 18. That at votes, the contenU do rise in their places, and the non-contente continue to 
 ■It; and that the contents and non-contente shall be teken and entered on the minutes at 
 the request of any one member. 
 
 10. That the clerk is to enter no order until the Speaker first demand ;lhe assent of the 
 Mouse; and the clerk is to read every order BiBtin^iL House, before it be entered. 
 
 SO. That each member has a right ta require thafWR^uestion, or itaotion in discussion, be 
 read tor hn mformation, at any time of the debate.Vi^' 
 
 ♦ •.?*■ T?.u*'* 'J'T [^•'o™ "f ^e****. «»«1 to facilitate busineis, committees are appointed, 
 tS **[ . fu* fr l*°"f ' *" "'" •n<*'»'dualB; committees of the whole Ho-ise sit in the 
 ^flouse, but then the Speaker sits not in the chair as Speaker. 
 
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 NEwmuNn- 
 
 LAND. 
 
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loj CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING THE COVERNMENT OF ' 
 
 NEWFOirND- 
 LAND. 
 
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 'in. That Hh(>n the llouie Kllmll li« put into a committee of the whole liou*e, the Houm 
 Im not retiiiiied without the uniu*inv>u« coDient of the committee, unlet* upon a <|ucitioii put 
 by the member who thall be in the chair of such committee. X 
 
 - 3:1. That m n committee of the whole Houm, the rule* of the IIouhc Nhall be obterved in 
 no far a* they nmy be applicable, cxceptin); the rule limitini; the timtii uf upcaking ; ami that 
 ho motion for the im'viiiuit que^ition, or lor adjournment, can be received ; but a menitwr may at 
 nny time movi- that the chuinnan do leave the chair, or report nomo progrcw|, made, and a«k 
 fcuve to nit a^nin. 
 
 'H. That Hclcct 'nnuittee* uouaily meet in one of the comniittec-room«, a» the mcnibera 
 ■like. The menibcr« of the committee speak to the re»t uncovered, but may sit Rtill if they ' 
 plea»v. . f~. ' - 
 
 35. Every niem]||rT to Kit in hi* due place when the Ilbusc is put into a committ(W> 
 1 
 
 la. At nny commitlee, niemljcri* <if the llnute, tliaii);h not of the committee, are not , 
 eicliidt'd from cunnni; in and upeakini;, but thev nm«t not vote; they »hall alto give placo 
 to all that lire of the cunnnittec, and Hnall sit behind them. 
 
 37. When anythins that hath iK'en- committed ii reported, the mcmbem of the C9nunittee 
 stand up. 
 
 3U. No man in to enter ut any committee or ^.conference, unleo* it he such a^ are com- 
 manded to nttcnil, but Huch uk are memberJI of tlu; Huu«e, upon pain uf bein^ punished 
 ,.t-vcrely, with example to other*. 
 
 , 38. That no meAoatic from the AftceniBTy be received in thii Houmi, with a Uill or other- 
 wise, unleM the object of it k; expreixed verbally, a* huth' hitherto been practiiied. 
 
 30. When notice i« f{iven U> the Houko by the Uiiher uf the DIack Rod, that a message 
 or deputation in fv.nt by the House of Assenibly, they attend until the HouMf is prepared to 
 receive them; We l)eing seated, they are then admitted. On their coming up to the bar, 
 with three obeisances, the Speaker goex down to the bar, and receives their message un- 
 covered'; the nicMSHge is then read and delivered to the Speaker by one of the members of 
 the deputation: on ili^ir retiring with three obeisances to the House, the Speaker rcsuniea 
 the chair, and, standing uncover^, reports the mesjMige for the infqpnation of the memliera : 
 the House then resumes the business it had before it. 
 
 Ul. None arc to speak at a conferenca' with the Lower House bufHhose that be of the 
 committee; and when anylhinj; from rnifch conference is reported, all the members of that 
 committee present are to stand up. \ ; , •■ '. 
 
 33. As ill miglit deeply intre'ncli on the privileges of this House for any member to answer 
 an accusation in the House of Assembly, either in i>erayn 0/ by sending his answer in 
 writing, or by his counsel there, upon serious consideration had thereof, and perusal of the 
 preceifents in the Upper Huusc of the Imperial Parliament, it is ordered, that no member of 
 this House shall either go down to the House of Assembly, or send his answer in wHting, 
 or appear % counsel to answer any accusation there, upoiu penalty of being comniitted to 
 the Ckck rod, or to prison^ djiring the pleasure of this House. > 
 
 , I -• ' « 
 
 33. That no member or officer of this House, without lefve of this House, shall, by order"- 
 of the Assembly, go into that House whilst the House! or any committee of the" whole 
 House, is sitting tliere ; or apppar before any committec| of that House, sitting there or 
 elsewhere. , ; 
 
 34. That the members of the^'Assembly be admitted i» auditors of the debate of lhi» 
 House, or any other persons introduced by a member of t^his House. / 
 
 3 j. That it is the right of every member of this House to J)ring in a Bill, and pray that 
 it may be read. , , 
 
 ;MI. Bilk are seldom opposed at the first readinj:, Ut are generally committed upon 
 motion at the second reading, at \vhich time. the principle is usually debated. 
 
 37. That no arguments against the principle of a Bill shall be had or admitted in any 
 committee of the whole House upon such Bill. ,' 
 
 3H. That i»> Bill shall be read twice on the same day ; that no committee ol the whole 
 House shall pruceed on any Bill on the same day in which flie Bill is committed, unless 
 the H0U86, upon motion, shall see special cause for the coraiiaon utility to change the same 
 coursi^in any particular instance. ■ ' 
 
 3i». That in a committee of the whole House, u member may,, at any time previous to a 
 Bill being passed entirely, that is to say, all the clauses, preamble and title of the same« 
 move to have any particular clause thereof, that may have been passed, reconsidered. 
 
 40. That toannex any clause or clauses to a Bill of aid or suppivy the matter of which 
 is foreigir'to and different from the matter of the said Bill of aid or supply, is unparlia- 
 mentary. 
 
 41. That 
 
NOVA SCOTIA. NEW BRUNSWICK. Jtc. f. . 105 
 
 . '• 
 
 41. Thot proof that noltc« nf the ihtontion of any penon or pfr«on« U> apbly („ tha 
 
 UgultHirc, for ilH intfrJercnco re«|)«tiin{ «"V lot«L matter, thould b« aiven in the " Roviil 
 
 CHwtt.' ol NewfuundlitiKi at Icait onco in each iQonth for *ix month* precediua (ha 
 
 •MRiun III which mch appl^icatidn in to bu made. • "• 
 
 48. That p»ery |)etilion which i> brought up ahall lay on the table two day* before it i« 
 read. ' 
 
 43. That the allcRation. in cv.ry petition for a prirate Dill, meant to originate in thia 
 Ilouitc, Mhall Iw flr»t referred to a luiltct committee, and the matter thereof rtported ut>on be. 
 fore the iiitroductiuii of any luch Dill. f^ I " «« 
 
 44. That every member who «liall inlnxluce a Dill, petition or motion, upon any aubiect 
 which «iay be relorrwl to a .ommittee, ihall be one of the committee witJwut beinir named 
 by the lloute. ^ • •«•««:« 
 
 4a. That when a private Dill i* brought from the other Ilouie, the principle of which i« 
 adniitteil, tliia llouw, by meMo(;e, may either requeat a communication of the evidence 
 received in proof of the al|pgationi,or matter whereon the Dill i* founded, or the committee 
 q> thia llouae to whom it may be referred shall examine the abid allegatioim, and on report- 
 inj,' the IJill, Htatu whether the tame or matter thereof bo founded, and whether the partiea 
 concerned in intereat or property therein have given the conaenta to the »atigfaction of the 
 cominittee. .. 
 
 4tl. That tl^e foroMing be considered a standing instruction at *ll MmHiitteea who shall 
 meet uiion privote Dills ; ami further, that they re(|iiire all pershns/whoaetitereijl or property 
 they shall consider to lie affected thereby, to appear in person /before fliA, 'L Jye their 
 content thereto ; and if they cannot personally attend, they ma/ send their dtSent in writ- 
 ing, which shall lie proved to the satisfaction of the committ*; and that when any com- 
 mittee shall be apm>inted on a private Dill, notice thereof sh.all ie set up in the lobby of this 
 llous^^seven days before the meeting of the said committee. / 
 
 ...••'•, '''''«' '*'»*'» «."•." ,«>"R'n»t'«>g in this House has once paised through iu final^staire in 
 thia House, no new Dill for the same object can afterwards.be Ruinated in thit HouL durin.^ 
 the same session. " ■ 7"".'""""S 
 
 4a. That for the future no motion shall be granted for 
 a standing order, or foa disiMiisiiig with a standing order^th 
 before the members of this House in town shall be summon 
 
 iking any order of'thia House 
 
 "No same day it ^ made, nor 
 
 of th^ said motion. 
 
 I to consider 
 40. That four members, with the Speaker, shall constitufe a quorum. 
 
 60. That any member of this House being desirous to in/odupe a»y Dill, shall be at liberty 
 to cull upon the Master in Chancery attendant upon thi/Ho^ to digest and draught the 
 aanic ; who shall be allowed as his fee for the same the «bm of three- guineas. ' 
 
 ,^ 
 
 — No 
 (No. 8.) - 
 
 Copy of a DESPATCH.from ton 
 
 8. 
 
 Sir. 
 
 I Glenelg. to Governor Pracofk 
 
 Powning-street, 30 Jub^1835. 
 
 «„ n.'llil? T""' >rj «l«»P«»«=''^»ed the 7th April I6st. No. lo, enclosing 
 «n address to yourself from his Majesty's Council in Newfoundland, on the 
 subject of the remarks made on^heir proceedings by Mr. Sprint Rice in his 
 despatch of the aist October last. No. 0. 
 
 .vTi!'*" '=M"\*'f!'"^ Council to the possession and exercise of powers analogous 
 t^thoscof the House of Peers ot Cfreat Britain and Ireland, raises many wide 
 ,wi«^bstract qiiestjons, which I think it unnecessary and inconvenient to discuss. 
 It IS Ntficient for the present purpose to say that the Council have now afforded 
 those ej^anations. to theijr refusal of which is to be attributed the origin of 
 this debaite. No practical question remains, for the decision of which ft is' 
 necessary to lengagc m so extensive an inquiry. 
 
 The alteratiV oT the q^ionim from three, the number fixed by his Majesty to 
 four, the niimbeV substituted by the Council, is defended on tlieground that the 
 Governor is rejiuiVed to mak« laws with the cpnsentof the majority of that body.^ 
 But the maionty oRtht? Quorum, on either supposition, will be less than onfe-hdf 
 or the whole numbW\of councillors. Consequently the change is not vindi- 
 atted by the only ar^^t alleged in its defence. Until tlie rule established 
 by the King shall .be\alt^ by his Majesty's authority, it must be considered 
 as binding and as in full force. 
 
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 ...Vi&^KStaV 
 
 NEWFOUND. 
 UNO 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 ■No. Jr. 
 
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 1 
 
 
 NFAVFUIJND- 
 LAND. 
 
 No. 9. 
 
 104 COIIUKSI'ONDKNCK UKSI'KCTINCS THE (iOVEUN>U:JVT OV ^1 
 
 I nni lm|"l>.v ♦«> ''"tu. »n lli«' iiutlmrity of i\w vil\m'\\\»r* Umjuim'Ivc'*, timt Sir 
 T. r.Klirniil\«n*,iiHM'»lKii >» oMPI^'-'i'rt M'«' ••"•.V '"»•' *l'»'""«l » "Kht t.» vU>ctl 
 llnir |>nHi«l*iit, iind tliUf llu- titli- of *\tp\kt'r liml litoii InsUiwca u|miii liim, o^ 
 in(lk-iitiii)( that lii" aiilliorify wii* tlcrivrd from t|iut mhitvc. 
 
 I Mc, liowivtr, no r<ii*oii wliv «li«' ti-riiw wfiirh Imvi- Ihcii in iiw for thsSiist 
 (WO nimiricH in otiur llriii'li ci)li»nit*. of wliirh tin* »1»n»titutiou i* foinnl<tl on 
 Hovul comniiMions nr.tiwly -iniilur to ilmt uriuUrd to Sir Thoinuu Cxiliriino 
 aiKl yoiir«»lf. ^lioiiKi In- nlmnilniKil in N.wfonntlliniil. nor wliv llio'im'Hjdl.-nt 
 sihoiiM Im «U-.iKnnt.'«l l.y any mlur till«. <>r iIm) Ctum^jl dm-ribcil by tin- imUmhcI 
 of " l.«»KiHlativv."' lu'ull your nHumluiicntionn wiili.tlicni you will ailMre tui 
 tlif ancirnt fornnihirv. 
 
 Tlic iorni»|ionilincf on ll.iii« ^ul.j.it hu* luw ri'ntln'»I n Ht^^?^;,lK•y«n^l *hicli I 
 (b not think it toulil U; *«h antagioudy |turHUid. . . „ / 
 
 I have, «f. . 
 
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 — No.».— 
 (No.■^o.)' ' _ ' 
 
 t'oi'v of a DESPATCH from Gwenior Prvicotl to Lord G 
 
 " Governint;nt llouito, NowfoUndlund, 
 My bml, , IH August, lH3ft. 
 
 In voiir l.or«lshi|M fUsi.atili ^^). 8, datcil ?i»iliJ^»f Jum-, it i« awumt'd that 
 the numlHi' fixed l>v tin- l.(Kir.lativ»' Council an thiir (juorum ii four, bu^ it wa» 
 intLiid.d by their 4lHh Kui.- that their speaker with lour other mfmben* nhould 
 form a iiuonim, wliicli woiild of courno be a majority of the whole. 
 
 When the Conntii 1j syjain as»<,'mble«l in its leKinlative capacity, I nhull. 
 ttiinsniit th.in a copy of y"'""!""''''''!'''* '^'*♦*"^ "" '"''"K ''"' ''*''*' n>"<li' "•" "^'W'nff 
 the (luestion at rest ;* but unless otherwise directed, i ^hall uj^-r the pansagc 
 relntinn to that |Mirt<>f the Hubjeet ax follows, " Until the Hulc for the quorum- 
 c»tabli«hed by tl«! Kint? shall be alten-d by Ilia Majesty's authority, it <inu*t 
 be consideretVan bimling, and as in full force." , ';■ . , 
 
 • ■ . ' I have," &c. -' 
 
 < ,, . (ftipned) II. Preicotl. 
 
 ^ 
 
 No. 10. 
 
 Appenoix, No. I 
 
 • RegistfrcJ a,l53. 
 
 J"< 
 
 Vo.8,p. ilC. 
 
 Vos. (I, 10, II, 
 .. 11910134. 
 
 — No. 10.— 
 (No.tii.) . 
 
 Copy of ft DESPATCH from Governor PrMfdff to Lord 6* W^. 
 
 Government Houhc, St. Johii's, Newfoundland, 
 MyLonl, ' 22 November 1837. | , . 
 
 1 HAVB the honour to enclose an Addrens to Her Majesty from the Legislative 
 Council, writh some docnmentB appinded th«'reto. 
 
 This Address* gives n comiJete history of the dispute which has prevented any 
 Appropriation Act being passed for this year. 
 
 The passace relating to discrepiuicies between the estimate for^certain itemB 
 and the sums voted by the Hous(^ of Assembly wiU be , best expWned by the 
 comparative statement which 1 have annexeil; asdthat your Lordship inay be 
 in f,ai possession of particulars, I also enclose coplfes of messages and addresses^ 
 Mween the House and myself, which led to a vote being made of 2,000/. ^'\a\ 
 liquidate outstanding claims, and to defray ^irospective deficiencies; but this 
 sum would still have been inadequate. " . 
 
 1 do not concur in the observations of the Council respecting the R«ad BIlJ, 
 inasmuch as' the large sum voted is not necessarily to be expended "rth™ ^« 
 
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 items 
 y the 
 ay be 
 
 resses 
 
 f. " t^., 
 it this " 
 
 / 
 
 NOV/V SPOTIA, NKW BIH'M^VVICK, Ite. 
 
 105 
 
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 'fliwnriU year; ^nd I du not'fomMN* any. iirruiiinry incotivriiionci* from that Nl.uroiNI>> 
 nirnMiini'. LAND. 
 
 i <nHu»«> likrwinr a i^pvlff thf Hi^)f Supply, om nent up by the Huusr of 
 AMi«>ml|ily, nnd rcjwtpd by the t'ouncil, ^ ''''• "• 
 
 ■ * •.. \ have, 4c. ' 
 
 »^' - ' ' (nlgiMtl) n. Prtteott. ■ *\ ♦ 
 
 "^ Enclo«|fta I. in No. 10. • « 
 
 AooRKJ'* of Ihc Cniini'il «f "XnrfoMHiHiiHit In ll«r Mujfotv, 011 thr C»iim!» which Icii to llie End. I, In Ng. 10. 
 ^iw of thii Supply liiti (luring the S-kkIoo uf the turtal Lvgiitluturf 111 IhU7, 
 
 To lli«> yiu-pii'p* M<>*t Kxti?llcii( Mujrity.' ' '. 
 
 Miiy it plouKp Your Majt-aty, 
 
 M'fc, Your MajfHty'n nHmt dutiful iinil loyal Kultjcit-, tlic rouiiiilof NewfiiundlaMtl in 
 
 our h'UMJativf tuputity aownililfd, Ia({ U-hvc to ap|)rou('li Yoiir Mnjoitty iCitli/fieiitiiuiiitM i>f 
 
 tin- rtumyiiucorc anil iiHt'ctionuIr uttachnii-nt to Yonr Maji'!«ty'» |NTitoii ami K<>vernnu<nt, 
 
 and to ek^n'Hit our d<fp ri'cr«t tlial, u|M>n tli« Hnit ui-t-aHion of cmr umunililiu^ al tint ooni- 
 
 uuiu'cnii'nt of Your MajcHtv'N auHpiciou* rvi(;ii,cirrumiitanfei« Nhould-huv(> occurred to prc- 
 
 ..*«nt tlu' granting to Your Alajply l)y tho (irncral AiMvuibly of the ialand the uaual nml 
 
 wtcHKa/yHuppiicH for carrying on' Your Miijcitij'H government in thiM colony; but we m- 
 
 dulj;c'the Ijclief, that when w« nhall liavi- laid before Your Majenty the rauiteii which ha/1- 
 
 M to thii« untoward remit of our lalMiurK liuriu); a very protracted He»Hion of mora than (bur 
 
 nionthH, Your MrijeKty will not renurd tliiit branch of (he I^Kiitlatun! aH unmindlkil of Iheir 
 
 duty to Your Mi^jeitty in declining' to iH'come nartieit to un appropriation of the public 
 
 /revenue which in our cunRcienccH we believe wquld have l»cen an unjuxt toward* many faith- 
 
 ' Jul Ncrvanta of Your Majenty in Newfoundlaiul, aa it would have been detrimental to Your 
 
 Majtt«ty'«iu*t prerogative, and subverxive of thoae principlex whfth arc ciiaential to the 
 
 Iktability of the mixed form of government no happily eHtablinht^il in Your Majeaty'a realm, 
 
 and under which the dei>endeucicM of the Dritiah Crown have hitherto been Kovehied and 
 
 " protected. 
 
 Without treopuKiiing beyolid tlione limit* which our position ax a branch of (ho Legis- 
 lature would Hcein to preMcribc to animadvert upon the preHentconKtitutionof the Aaaembly, 
 which niany |)erw)nit leare<l would le«rd to the renulta which aHlfeplore, we shall confine our- 
 aelve* to a Muccinct atatenient of (lie facta witli which we have had to deal, and of our reawnH 
 for adopting the j[inc;!ifrc<ii|iHnct in relation thereto, which our duty to Your Majesty and 
 thctrue interes'tsof'the cot^y im]pd'''<'^ topunue.. «. 
 
 The Cieneral Avsiembly met Ibr tlie despatch' of busiiie»A on the .Id day of July last, and 
 has continneil ni session, without intermission, to the present time, although it was not 
 until the IHlh day of Octol)er, aftor having been three months and upwards in session, that 
 the bill U|>propriuting the supplies necessary for defraying tho charges of administering the 
 civil government of the colony was sent up to us by the Assembly. Uptm being read a 
 first time, it was fuuiid, that u lifeasurt! for granting nearly three-fourths of the current 
 year's revenue for making and repairing roads and bridgi-s, which had been the subject of 
 a former bill, but had lieen thrown out bv us for reasons assigned to the Assembly at a 
 conference ujxui the subject, was nevertheless tacked to the Supply Bill, in order to coiTce 
 the Council into its adoption ; that several grants of money to individuals not recommended 
 by the Executive Government, and of the propriety of which we were altogether unin- 
 formed, together with an appropriation for alleged contingencies of the Assembly moa- 
 than double the amount which bad Iieen found sufficient upon all former occasions', nnd a 
 very large share whereof wos under various pretences awarded to the members themselves, 
 were also included in thi» one bill ; thus comprisiu^ in one general opp'ropriation the entirt; 
 expenditure proposed for the yeor. Such u course ot proceeding we acquainted the Assembly, 
 at a conference, we could not concur in, as it deprived the Counait of all opportunity of 
 separately rejecting such grants as we could not approve of. - 
 
 * On the 2l»t of OcU^ the Assembly sejiit up a new appropriation foif roads, which 
 being more in accordance with what we had represented to the Assembly to be our views 
 upon the subject, although still liable to much objection, was neverthefess paaped by us 
 without amendment, the Assembly keeping back the Supply BiU until the Road Bill was 
 paaaed. 
 
 Immediately on a message being sent, acquainting the' Assembly that the Council hod 
 passed the Road BilK they sent up a second bill, appropmiing money for defraying, it is 
 true, the greater portion .of the usual charges for condae^^ the public aervice ; but while 
 ■ome charges were not provided for, othera were introduced which wera not required by the 
 government, and several occasional grants, having no reference to the public aervice, 
 together witli tfaa grant for the contingenciea of the Legislature, were atill included. We 
 
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 •mmii FMit»r»tr«l *» »'«Hi''«'»niv«', utitl ufU'r ri'iitrittiiiK mir iiiuilli'ruhU' •IvlrriKiiiitlKHi imt lu 
 .jiiirHr III iMiV .iHimjit l)> lut k iwrn»iiinnl (fmiiK or "llwr •iiiii* for wllruinj .omiiinpiuh** 
 III llii> M»itiil tlill "I >'iiJHil>, •<•» ''" rfii«<>ii« ulrrwity •IuIkI, *»i- |ir<H ti (ImI Io tiriiiyrrmi* ihk h 
 ul' iIht III III" II) iliui purl ■•f tin' lull wliu'li rrlutnl In llir unlinuiy i'liiirt(<^ for uiliitiiiixtJriiiK 
 l»ii; l;"»i ""I" "'■•'•>•*' •'""'V''' "liji >«I""'«''K himI tft |Hiiilt out Ihf iiMintnily iif in».iv|i|iMH 
 f,r .illiri. Himli Im4 IwiM yltou'lhir HimlUil. *s, 
 
 l» lin>/M'i'U iKiiiil III till* loluny In ilt'>i|{iial<- with crritl iiiinuliiir*- iiiiil (Mirlii iifkrilk the 
 .,r. ,i«' .>*|«t't» I" «l|l<li till' .ii|>|ilii'« .in- I" IN- ilivolcil, •«) liituli ..I, lliul iHil ftrli « t-^H 
 .l.ihlf nirNt. liny •Ii|mihI mil .iin'ilUnlly ii|Vop'"*'«'''- -TJm miuiniiiiriin' of llm. .-slrtiim^ 
 inirluuknlv U» m«'> "••♦ioim iiimhi llin iirf«'iil iifriimoii, 'iiiiil wi- Inimlily foiHTivr, lliitt 
 
 liM.I II (lillinill iimiiIiihI Ik'i'II |Mir-ii<<l, imiili ot tin- iiiroiiv«ni«-)i4' iw I'.lt.w.mii! iii*< r li<i«« 
 
 r\i.ti<l. \ . , 
 
 It I. >iiii|i»il)iyilly llu' |irotiii> <■ III llrt* Kurviitiv* (iiivinimrnt to iiwki- ^m li u iliotriliiMuHi 
 ..» til.' •nj»|ilii« ^riiiiti'il iimli-r tlu' •I'wWil h.»iU of public uxiMiuliliirf u» -hull Im> iiuMt 
 iniuliuivi' III IIh- <'(H«'H'tii') 111 Ihi' piihlic nrvu'i', mill, < •jn'i'mlly, it •limilil Im' «> iii nil 
 
 iiinllir- ri liilHij. to t\/i- iiiiiiiHiftrttlioii ut jiuIhi . t'|i«in tin* priiici|il<' I'lirlii lit pr<«'< iiliil 
 
 mIiiii ihi- n'»i'rviilii.ii>wii* iiiikU- of ii »imi for piiyiiiK the nalurn^ of iIm' (J.ivtriior, .IiiiIki'«, 
 
 AlloriiiV-i;i'ii''riil, iiiii\<'ol ul Sen lurv, tlir purHriilur ilixirilmlion J|M'mi{ l)'l\ Io tint i||it- 
 
 rri'lioii ol thi' Crown. Tin' L'ni»lttliin-,' Imw^i'vir, liuvr liilhrrlo u. IimI iliHrntntly, niitl iIhi 
 ►|wi ilic «ti|M'inl Ul fM\ umu'i'l'wt"' ^ ftjiwtulilf tor ••i»«'h loculMy i* tixcil by tlu; Aft Hpprt>> 
 priiitinj: till' liiii<l» iicri'ilKiry fur <lcfl(iyiiij{ ihi* ilrftivcv 
 
 In . oii«*<|ii<iU'i' of ibiA KyMvni, tli«' iniliviiliml Hlliim riioh of ihew Mtiiulinnit w brrfiunht* 
 lindi-f Ihf iiolioi' of the Li'tjinluiur*', anil any privutf piqiw or ollii-r immr of ilulikr, hh wuII 
 ii» .1 wi.h •oiiictmu'* to u«lvttmv',fh<' intrn-nt* of ii fnV.lrftile oiKor, iiiiiy, iimkr vHrioua 
 prrli'xti', f^tiKi' iilK'mpti to Ih- m»Av lor iliniiiKihiiiK. ilKilinhmu, or imrrimiiiK Ihn itti|irnd 
 of lln'«P liiiniblr Idiutioiiurnn an llii-y lonw iimW review. Hud thu upproprmtioii »br 
 oilifniyinv; tbi* xtnuiulu of the ionntttblt*, for'oxiUMpjr, bifii unintcd ill one i;ro«i Huni, it 
 woiiia Imvf nniiiHicil With the (Jovcninitnl to him« diatnbiitiHl it n^.tlif piiblu- kervit-p, 
 and « iliK' nu'unl to llii- « liiiinn of pulilic wrvunln, niJKht icipiire ; uiiil bail llii- A««rrobly 
 Im'i'ii ilmiMKi-d to rrtniirti, Kiii'h rrtn-iulinii'nt \vmbl not hovi- Imm ii (it the <>k|iintMi' of niiy 
 jidivn(iiul iirtirur, biil ii^inn ihi- (jroHn unioiint, ho Umt uMiu-kit upon >n<(iy»)iwlit epuM not 
 tbiH Im' plii'i'tiil ; ami should ii diwirp i-xmi Ui I'livour any indivnliiid, the ctp)Mirtuni(y tvnuld 
 not b." utbirdfd, \)wm\ai iliiV incrT-aim! would au to nuKnieiit tbi- hi'Ii«'T«1 f>i"d uppUinble to 
 thul •frvKT, und the Uiiixluliilre would Ihiw U- pn-vrnti'd nmlimn iiMliyillviHlii'Rf iitl, i-ither 
 for pioil or evil.- y- ■{.■".,' 
 
 Ill tbi' Supply Hdi now iiinlir loiwidirution, and wbiib tin- Coiificili'Vftld Hot concur in, 
 rluH ^vsarul wan iitti'inplcd by the ^iKM'Uibly in u nianm-r numt iiiijuittiiiiiltk-; and wc h<'({ 
 iMo»t Vf^tKctliilly to refer Your Mujitnty to tin; uccoiupaiiyiii); inntnictjon* to our gonferuM 
 nfHin llle iK'iUMoii, uM well a^ to thu Report of the 8»-rk;ct ConiniitU't- upon t|ie mibject. 
 
 The inriMiiiH wbowe i«li|HndH wctn- either withheld or diniinii>he<l were opjmwd ut the Inte 
 eietlKinx In the cuiidnluU'it r«turne<l for their «M|)etti\ n diHtricti*. while thoiic whom- mipeiKlH 
 ** weir nu reaw'il wire friendly to their return, und otberwiw ohjectn of their favour. It nuch 
 II ii.iir!"!' of lei:u.lalioii Weill ome iillowed to lake riMit, eH|)e('m)lv where the udniniwtrution 
 ' if ju»tii'e i» iortcenie«l, it iieixU no ar«uiiieiil to prove to Your MnjeHty, that u blind xul)- 
 -vrMiiii'V to the niemlMr-. of the AH«einbly wouhl hlnirtly ttiipt'ruede devotion to Your 
 Miiienty""* H'rviee. We huve then-fore felt ounK'lvcH conHtniined to n-xist linnly at the 
 (HitMt H!li»ttempt'<of thiH imljire, even at the Imiurd of ii tom|M>rul'y HiiHpeimmn of the 
 "iipplie*. 
 
 We huve aUi fell it our iliity iindiirnily to ri'Hiitt the tiickiii« to the Supply Uill the 
 nonifipriatnin for difrayiiift tin? eontinK«iit cxjieniwx of the Leninluturu ; uml in no iimtunen 
 siiue the eM^tenie of« Uninlative Aiwu-nibly in thin colony bun iiuih u iii«tho<l ph:vuiled. 
 
 I'lie v'runt for contin|ient e.\penK«'i« latt year wbh 084 /. «». 3</. ; thi* «e«iiion the Amienibly 
 have intiiHlKd iipuii tiruntiin; t<i tlieniM-lveu a much larger Hiiin, while the entire grunt pro- 
 p«»eil by tbeni for eontin>;eiM-ieH han increaHed to the Hum of 'i^\\t2l. 2«. 'lil., which wn 
 'ook iiiion liti out of ull reuniin und unnecennury j'aiitl, conitequciitly, we have inMiKted that 
 iliew >.'niiiH sbulleonic up 1IH heretofore in u M>|iarate ineanure, that we may, without 
 iletiiiiient to other «|uci*tionH, diMiiiw tbi* Hubjwt unincumbered by other conwderationn ; 
 .111(1 the only object for tackinff thene (jniiitu to the Supply Bill in, to conotniin u« to 
 « iiiiicice ill them rather than low the Hupplien. And we humbly Hubmit to Your M<jetty, 
 that iiotlunn can Ix- more uiicoiiNtitutiohal than for the Aii»einbly to threaten withholding 
 the siipplicH for defniyittj,' the umiul chargeH of uiliniimterinL; th*' giivennnent, becuuHu they 
 uri! not allowed to uppiopiuute a largo muiii to ihwiwelveH lifid to th<M)e-«hom they may think 
 ' jiioper t<i putroui'/e. " 
 
 If they can appropriate to tlieirowii ii<c oiic^'Kuui under pretence of privilei^e, they can 
 take wl^utcver they pleufo ;,,bAit the Council are of opinion thut they would lie guilty of it 
 Hugnint breuch u| thtir duty to Your Mujcuty and to tlip public did they allow theraHclveji 
 to |4»i;ti<°>p(>te in Mucb n mamfeiit impropriety. 
 
 VVliatever contingent exp«ni««ii are fairly incurred to advance the legitimate intercnta of 
 the public, or to remunervte individualx, whetlier membem or other pemouH, who Hhal| have 
 iicrfomieil any service demanding a fair compemwtion, will be mont favourably considered 
 by m, with every desire to m^t the just expectations, of the Assembly ; but any appro- 
 iirmtions of the public revenue which shull, in our judgment, be manifestly und ifagrantly 
 • . . impropter. 
 
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 cunry ol thr depurtmen.H nUo HJ^ch they ner..' c.med. or i„d«.d t,. the., bein "uphe^J 
 
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 SthtC.ti';^^«^"K.S^^ ^^ "TTT' GoV..rnn.ent, at tin- o;^^^-. 
 makeN^ffor^^i '^^^ 7^'"'t;^ '^^"^ theperfurmince of thei?dut.H to 
 
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 t!ontuine»l ii. •*)«•«•> I ''*'""*'^,'^ " , .\.' » ..TnnU tliu {A.u.»cil «w under the necewwly of 
 
 nrr; tS rth"r.r clclVC^nf^^^ wa. ..t b« .uauc^d by .n, oon- 
 
 I^aeruuoiw of t«.n|K>rury^xH'«-'*y"»'''*"'»*'^'"'^f ''"'"'• .,y . * „ 
 
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 lUy IImIU m rmliiiMl riimt JA/. Ut I'i/ 111 vwti •■•«>, unM iHal ihv wtlnrv tif Ih* K«ol»r at 
 FofryiMiil M rrtliH-ml frimi -JAl. !•> 'i<W, whilw in Ht. Mmjt'*, hriiiu • |>liu'r itf b>M impiirlaiMw, 
 lh>* wliiry •tf iho i'ii«iaiitbl« w r«i*MHn iIh< Muma pfii|MifW»n, »i«. mun 14/. In l^k/ j wdilxMM 
 r<HMtalil<< nl Triniiy liiM li«<>ii alruck ulf «llii«(i>llM)r>«iMl iho m\»ty iif aiKHhar •t'V'itlMtiiM 
 hM liMii iliHihb-il, It liviiitf ntiaMi thnii I'J/. Ill Jt/. ; ami al (ifMiiM I'ihmI iHp ciMalaltla'a 
 •alary ha* lirnii rtHtmiil inim Ml. !■> 11/ 1 whib' im> a|itir<ii>ri«li<>ii al all i* iiiiule ifw |Miyill|[ 
 tlir aalary dCiIhi I'lHMlabU* al Tutlaiy, <mm* iif lh4' taruvr MtllrmonU iif ihf rvnfnil dialrti I. 
 
 • Thti (.'uuncil ar» "f iiiNiiion iImI ^#1. ),% «. auNWiMil aalarv iht any iil lli«< i.'oti«latilra al lH« 
 ■mallvr M<lllKin<>nl* ami <iul|iiirUi ami if a Milafy wrr** «VnmiI Iii la* uinnlrtl, fiW ih« Ant 
 
 llfHj- ktx A f t HKttlrili' At lltt-b Hull* tdt •■I't-f in-liaiitt |^i» ii**4nH<*a* t nt* V M^ i Ht hI f ^t tl«'lly IITlf II ♦tt«* 
 SStnK^ WT (K f^t II M I'M ■ II 1 W« •?»•» srtttfW ttt iV I i( jTtMtt'Vt ICI IIMi*Vt*«^ • tllti 1 WitMHI *'■•>* »*t W ttl r Tilt- 
 
 AwHiinlily Miiilrrlj^HK tllal «iiiH •iilMcttuii tml itlrn ihry <'iiii1i(' im>I anfv tii ilniililr Ihal 
 HUioinil iiriiiK ||i»i>i» In Viihxfnlili'a III |ilai:ra iif iHi ^rralvr iiii|MirliMi<'r , ami llivri'liid' (lity 
 ilrt'iii'ii iMi|M*l Ui ruiMi 'utw MMii'* «Ii|m»mI al llii> «»|M>nai> u( lh« aalaiy iwwl Ui umpior |i>tr<HMi 
 piniilwly ■ilitalvU. * ° , .. 't ' 
 
 The ifitlif iiliiaU ri<<'vi«inK lti«>«ii aliiicmt* itrv, It i« trui>, in an liiiitiMit nUiiini |if lifi>, ami 
 Ihr anKMint [xtni l<> I'uch la hifunawli'ralilr ; Inil ihcy miKht mil on Ihal airiMiiil l^ Im< in'wtcil 
 with a IcM n<Knnl in |u»lic<-, iwir oiiKhl iIh ir rliinii* In Im' vit*wi'<l Irw hivoiin^hly llian if 
 th«f hail II in U^nr imwi-r tn ailvMiiri- ihcir mmii |in'li-iiiii<in« wilhin lh>* mhIN ■>! I|h)'. lii-nrral 
 /dMi'inhly iif th)' taland. 
 
 ' Th<- mnium-rtition lo tif uwiiwai allcmlaiil >if thi« uanl al Hi. John'* la Hir ll|» tlr«l Ihim 
 >w|iHrulr<l rroin ihii univriM ftiMino'it of lluil brumh i>l' llu* (kuliliv M-rvM'r. a* kril u* lh« 
 ii|i|iriiil III the Kaol FiarlM'r.V 'llir autary foniu'rly |aiii| In Ihr MirKmn >inl of ina |^n»riil rumi 
 a|i|mi|inalr<l fur ^mil I'HiM-nM'a, ^t ih Irur'.'i* I'linUiiuril ; ImiI it i« <'on|ili'il Mtilli it rralrirlioH 
 «»hM*h wiMilil ilfpfivr liim of aiiolhi<Mitual)oii, llii)l of ilintricl nurKcon, wrilh a larijrr ali|iriHl : 
 wliilti tlip rriuiiiifru((oii III ihr liiirfirr la riiiM*)! fn^ii I'i/, (an allowam'v qmli' atM-tiualt*, arul 
 which ha* Itfi-ii H|i|Mirti<tii<'it lor yrara |Miit tty lljiti (iiivwrnMtfnf ) lu lit/. Hiioh ^ t'oiirM* of 
 imM'criliiii^hr ('oiim'il ran iictpr'i'onarnt In liri-itnir iNkrlirit t<i. 
 
 Thr Kranl for iht-iiuiiiHirl of the |Hior nliouM, m ihv opinion of ilw (Uium'il, fiirin the iinir 
 jrrt uf n lU'iNtmli' hill, inaaniiirh an ■■rrtniii provimon* niiKliI lo Im' roiitaiiH'tj in »iii'h a 
 nwaiiurf to ^uanl ami n>Kuluti' ihi- fxpniiililiin'. Thn Coiinnl art* of a|iNiiiin that th« lull 
 nhoiihl uM'prtain tlii' iK'num* lo whom Ihc money m to Ih' <liii|ieiiM'il, hy t^mw niuri< ^IrAniii) 
 trnii lliuit lliut uf " till- poor," ami it iiiiKht not lo U' \vt\ lo tin- iliM-rrlion uf ihii i'ommi«> 
 Kiom'nt to dole out llii- piililii- fiintlit lii mich |H'nionN »n lh<-y inuy Ihiiik pro|H>r to U'ltuw it 
 iiimn; Iml l4)at a |(orlHin of llir> miili icruiilril nhiuihl la- ikllm-il anil "it apatt for th<' n-licf 
 withi' ■Ki'ilji'it'k, nlHmi and ini|ioli'nt |HMir. ' 
 
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 II an MaiPKly 'n < 'ouiu'il liau:j')'<|Ui-Ht«-d Ilim i'oiifi-nMici>, n|M)n the reiKiliitioii of titp A«M<nilily 
 iraniiiiiitlcir lo thrni on Moitniiy laat, ut'ipiuiiiliiiu that lloiiap Ihiit " lli>r Majrwiy'a Couiii'il 
 ' hail |NiMnl thn hill aent up Iroui th« Amipniliiy, iiililiiird, ' An Act lor (.'runtiiiK to Her 
 .Maiealy crrtain .Monini.for the niakiiiu and repuiriiiK of KohiIm luid llridKea in the f^ilony, 
 oiiu to provide Iteuiilatioiii* reii|M>ctniK tne aunie,' withiiunin uinendmeiila, to lie a violution of 
 thr iirivili-uea of the IIoiim' of Aiuu-nihly," uiui " thiit that IIoiim! ciiiniot rec%'iiixe 11 riulil 
 in ller Mnjeiity'M Council to make any itnieii<lnieiit in n hill Krantin^ iiiuniea to ili>r 
 
 er Mnieiitv'M 
 iity," lor the 
 
 MajpRty," lor the purpoiu> of uc<(uaiiitinv; the Amipmblv Ihut, while the Council hax no iIim- 
 puaition tu interfen^ witli any privilPK« claimed by the Axaeinbly, au lon|{ aa that ilouae Hhall 
 oonfliie ita pitttcimionM within rramHiable nml cnnvenipiit boiiiidn, yet iia the Kiitft'a lettrra 
 imtriit, from whence the |)oWen« of |p^iHlation ur«* 10 recpiitly derived lu ImiIIi IIoiup*) ronler 
 no ci|)ecial privileue upon either, the (!7<iuiicil cunnut pennit u mere iiiwiimption of privile^o 
 ON peculiar to Ihfl Amtpmbly tu \m carried to Hiich len^tha u* would, if ucquieHced in, con- 
 centnite all |iower and iiuthurity, in iiintlcra conupvtp«l with Hiipply, in the Aum-iidily ; 
 <lt!privini( the Council uf that wholexume and aalutary check upuii thu pri>cecdini;a of the 
 Aaaentbly which they poaaeai upon thoae uf the Council. . -, 
 
 Although there muat obviuuMly b« a wide and muiiifeiit diatinction between tlip privilegra 
 incideiiMu or niiaunied by the IIoiims orCouimona, aa one brum^li of the Uritiah Parliament, 
 cxerciitiiiK from a iN>ri<Nl of hi({ii anti<|uity miprenie authority over a voat empire, and tlioae 
 wlijch an! applicuulo to a ■UM)nlinate colonial otiiu-inbly, recently called into exiatence by 
 Ruyal authority, yet- the Council will cheerfully arqiliewce in thn pxcrciae by thn Aaacinbly. 
 of Hiich a niodinoalioik of the urivilr((eH OMiimed by tlm lloune of Culnmona aa Mhull reaiHin- 
 ably be found to com|M>rt witn thn iImiIuI ilevelopiiient uf their IPKialative |x)weni. I'poii 
 thia prinriple, the Council have no heulatiun in admitting that all itilla for thn granting or 
 opprupriatin^ the public money, or for layini; any additional burtlien upon the people, iihuuld 
 , naturally originate in the reiireaentative branch of thn Ixigiilature ; but that no amendment 
 can be made by the Council, even in aiich parts aa do not aflect thn tiuairtbni uf the aupply 
 to be granted <ir appropriated, would be ex,lending the cluim lM!y(m<l tnoiie liinila which the 
 Council cimceivc may wifely be conceded without inconvenience to the public iiervire. 
 
 During the short period that the Legislature of Newfoundland has existed, many pre- 
 cedents are to be fimnd of anicndments being made by tlie Council in Money Bills, verv 
 
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 fur puwiiK *il- tut-aih iiunilHr of Ihc Ai«<«'mlily, who 4iall havi' ttltiiidcd htxdaty for tlial 
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 lh« -iim 1^ l,AiHi/. Id lb* iliatrM't i»l M. Juhu •, nmi ilu> l^irthor ■urn <i< I.AihW. Rir thv oiW 
 iliaiiHlh, «■ iiniiiuanl ih Ihti Imi i*M|>uly Hill | In li« ii|i)iliMi liy 4iiHtnilMlu|i«ri, lit \m 
 i(|ip«iiii)t<l l»v lii* rUi*lt*lM-y, iMWiinU MirviiiK ilw |i»>«w, nikI m»y ^rlhrr Mihi «hi<h'^lh« 
 , A«««iulilv imy iloam m|uKil« tiir ilwl |iHr|MM«< j ih* • t|Hiiii|Mlitri> to hw unirrMl Uimiiiiliuiil 
 •At'h ilKlirltil, mill not Iu lir i iHiHiml Id ill* iiihi^lMlitiita iif miy iHtrlli'iiUr lowii oi^itlm'*, 
 
 NoM'Kril, llml Willi an f«rnr<l ijraini in nirti |Im> wiilifaonlir Awrmlily, Mrr Mii|Mty't 
 lliiiiiiril will ii|.|>|y llwir l».l rniuiilrriiliitii io lh« rcBwiiw whwli iiiny iiiiiti- ih«> Aawtiilily \n 
 ^iifiiiM- itiiy iitbvr urmil, m» Mmhi «• lliry •hall U- |iul ill (WMowkiii ui 1I1.1 iuvU m|<l iinuni- 
 •Umi ■ iiHlyi INK %m «|i|)rii|MMlMHi ol «iii;li./iiHh*r •hum. 
 
 RrdilwiJ, llial lh<> f'imiii il will imti iir in * Bill, uniiilinff (n M»r \lii|mlv .i minixil mom^ 
 k't |Niy4ii|( HI. Ill rill h mriiilM'r tif Ihk <\«M>iiihly wlio •huH hav>- nUriMlnl lii» duty f>M iImI 
 Nunil»r of lUy* iJiinnK lhi> •••tiniili, tu hv inti/lnl t>y ihr Hin«|irr. 
 
 
 
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 McH Mii|<»iy'ii Ciiiim'jl hua iliairvil ihk iflnfeitnii-n wilh miilShi**! ilr.irv (o |)ir4>rv«> ili4t 
 ■iiuil ii>ctr<i|)<>iMi*ii<'i- Willi llm AaMiulihr »liu li ihi- llMt intrr«*lit iil |||«t oibiiiy rriiuira 
 utMHild ■lilMinf ttrtwrrii nil linilH'lir* nf llir l,r|{Ml«IUfi', Kllii (0 utttroiiih r>-aMili« < 
 IwM' inuviil llit> (!iiiiiii'il 111 riquin' ihat the iiiiiM«ltirioii* iiiaib-m^ontaiiiril in llu> |li|| .ni 
 np >iy ihr AvwiiiMy, iiiiilnM, " Av A«l for umMiinf ti» lli-r Miija-itty » <iiiii ol Muiii>y i; 
 'I'ftjjyini; ftn K»|>tiUM' ui ihr Civil (iuxrvniniiiil nl IhM (.'oluuy, i|iHMur othrr purpiMra, lor 
 llti^lmr rmlint; line rtirth^tlav i»«' JirtSF, in tlir Ywr ii»' our bwrf ln.lii, aiul liir ihr iimkliiK 
 uml rv|iMirinK of i<<>iwl>, HiKliway*. anil HrulK^ in ihw (^iluiiy," utioiilil hv M>|ianitml anil 
 Inailr Ihr xiililfct oriliatiiict llilU. Tlin (joum-ll iliaa^m-'to th« iiiiioviilioii oC lilrmliiiK im 
 'ill t(p ;4ktiii)ary •upptm iir«.-c»«ary litr il«<l'ruyinK llir iliar|;rii u« ailminmb'riiiK tliq 
 liiK'iil,' wilh ixriiaMiuiil |{rani« of niiifl<<y liir totally iliH'rmitt ami iiiili-iiriiilrnt uliji^-u, 
 ritu' iu{iiti;lii)K tin- »»••( ^* (IwiprKiiiK iImi iin ulenial i-xiiciim'* of lint l.i'|{ii>liiiiin> with 
 i'iIImni-. - ' _ 
 
 Thi' Royal |ii*triirtH)iiii Imiilit, with « vn-w to lh« a*onlinu tin* inconvriiH-ncf-i which 
 
 niiikt naturally uriM> Iroiti a rontfury |ira«ti«'i>, tv(|Uin> that it* miirh mm |KMitih|f each ilirti'ivnt 
 inallrr In! (iroviilril fur liy u ilifTi-rpi^ liiw, wililoiit inlrr^toit; in oini anil th<- naiiic Ai-t mirh 
 IhiniK* a* liav« nu propi-r rtlaliun to i-hk^ "thfr, Hitd < x|m-< mlly thai no tlaum- li«> niM-rti-il m 
 any Act which i>hali bf i>>r*i||fn to wIim tin- IWe t<i awli Act iin|iortii. 
 
 niich pruK'iplrn till' CouiH'il roniodkT u» of thv htKlirat ini'|iortanci' tw Im' riuidly ailhen-ii 
 to, an not iHily mix-ntial to iImi pRKonration of thr rightful authonty of I'ath firaiiili of tint 
 L«KitlMtur(',.jn inuwiiik or fej«rtinu i»/ miiIi ttlca«ure«i «« uliiill i-oiiir Ik-Ioti' tlii'Ui, litit uloo to 
 llio prrvrntion of thia i-onatanl rmort wliioh iuu»l oth«r^iw be hiui,, on i\w iwrt of thu 
 Council, to anirmimrnt* in moiMiy-bitU, vnibrai iiik ««»>ry variety olf ubjr«!t, whirh tlHi 
 AiMM-inbly lumiini- to !« un iitlriiiKrini'iit of thi-ir jirivilege*. » 
 
 Whatrvvr may lii> the |>nvai(! wiKhm of iiMlivirfiiala, if i* te bn pntMiniM^l that public iMxiiM 
 urr Milrlv actuatmi by a iloiirr faithfully to (tiwharfff tlM< Iruyt repuMml iu )hcin; u (iriiiciplff 
 npplirabld iilike to each brani-h of \hr IfKinlalurp, aiMl coaiiM|iirntly ivpry nii^aun* «houl<l 
 Ih- <u liroii|{ht hvftmi tlirni that jiach uiattrr jiiay \k orpurately conHiilvml, and eithrr udnpled 
 «*»■ rrji ctid without pnyudiir tAiiy othi-r i|iintioii. 
 
 tJie Anarinblv clanii the privili-Ki- of uriuinutinK all nuincy-bilU, mid thi'v di-iiy |o tJiO 
 Council the rinnt of ulliriiiK or Hiiiciuliii); them. It it not neoj^ary that yu- Counril iihuuld 
 f ithrrarqujoKP in or rvpudiati- them- pr<!ti-iM!ionii ; but it i« of the llrnt importaiiii- that tlioy 
 *hi>ul(NKi( uHuw Huch rlaiiiiN of privilege, on the part of the AtMiubly, to break down thetr 
 
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 ii.iiiion*,; luid; lhof.T»rr, if tl»« AltHciiiWy uro unxious thiit Bill* of Appro- 
 ot b.- altiwil or BiuendojUu Hic C<»«/*il. »*'» """ply P'"**'" or rojectetl in 
 \\ th.v idiio up, tlicv'^HtwiKl tli.Wiip i»i such u hImim! that the Cotiucij 
 
 *.vn iirnKmlrt.-.! rijiht, ft^cljK. uiu« witl.«ut •n^tmii.t, a4 a^-<«rdmfttc brnncli of tW L.w 
 IhIuiv. to .l.«l with i\«'ry wbi-rt wliiib ii<U)r c..m«.b.'f..i^uyu, ami ii.it to be f.wrccd iiit.l 
 „■ ii^optioii of am, vmhtwwA^emmW uii.l. aistiiicl .*j.?t<. rMp-ctiii^ winch thi^ nmy\ 
 ,ciil»'.rliill> iliviTHi- oj) 
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 the form in wliich tncv I'imio up, imy ■••"" "••" ••■")• •■k ■'■ - ;•. — ,-—---- -^ 
 
 11,11 V. without ..ii«lmrnis8i|i»jit, lonriir in or tlinscnt fnyii .•ach propoHitioii, othcrwiHC they will 
 fiH'l tli<iuw-lv.>!4 comp.-lle<l t» nuiko hiuU anipmlraoht* uh they iiiuy deem c.H»entiul. uh the 
 VHOiHioiis Hhatt «».'•! '""• '»' '"'«^^'' " counw-'Hlmll \k^ il» opiwsitioii to|lainiH of privilege set 
 1.1) l,v the Aswuihlv. the blnme «ill U- ut tlM-ir of« dw.r, for iMirscvcTHii),' u. a couiim: whicli 
 tlif (■ Viiincil Imve an ertiial ristlit to .liKwnt from /aiul they lUke thw opiiortunity .llHtinctly 
 t,M«.iuuiiit tho^AsKeii.blv that thriy will not bi- j4idu<ed,"-by any yowiderations. ol teiniMirary 
 ..xpidieni y, trf «l«vi»l.' fr»n. those priiuipli-s wKi.li they dwm of «|ith vital importance to the 
 »>cV' PTereisi- of an iii(le|kiulent jud},Miicnt u»fiii every ipiv'stion that shall be brought under 
 ■ Iheit' delilj^'i-ation. 
 
 The Coinuil have ahcnily lejected a Bi 
 colonial revenue, niised durinti the year.^'' 
 id|;;e», iM'caiUM; no s«tficieiit provision 
 
 for api)ropriatiii)( nearly thre(*-foiirth» of the 
 [•wards tlic niakiug and repairiii!; of roads and 
 1 made iiithat Bill fftr guarding against a waste- 
 
 iviKknd'lavishVxi'ieiidMureof 'b.. large/ sum; a imint whieli cannot be top scrupuhmsly 
 ^ -• ' •■ : - A- '^ m^train the ('ouncil to aeqmesce in the views ot 
 
 constrain km' ............ ..- -^i — - — — — -- 
 
 is tacked to the supplies necessary for carrying on tlie 
 Council will »tea<lily resist. If bv u perseverance in 
 ,■ tlie Council, any ineonveiii^ice shall In- experienced 
 t bcHig granted for" defraying the charges of adininister- 
 ilitv wfll not rest withsthv Council, as they are ready to 
 ■ till- usual Bill fpr graiitii« thosf supplies ; and it^ ■ 
 from the Asscmlllv to the Cornel, their scmling uirtt-BtH**)- ' 
 lints of inonev for other objects tacktMl tg it, avowedly for - 
 lil into the adojition of the measure so tacked to the usual 
 
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 tv jfroiii 
 
 attrtidt'd to; and now, with a view to 
 the Assi'inbly, the same ai<j)ropriatior 
 Governnient"; a proceeding which ' 
 tliis mcHjod of endeavouring to coi 
 on aeeoittit (if the usual supplies 11 
 ing the (idveri,inient, the responsi 
 foncur witliNtlie Assemlily in pa ' 
 will not shift \hat resjionsiliili 
 . granting those Hiipplies, with ) 
 
 the purpose of eohreiug the Co-,.... ,.......-- - _ 
 
 Supply Bill, whielittley wouldfotherwise reject or desire to see mpdifieU. 
 
 ' The best piVrliainentarv iTrecedents deprecate the heaping together in oiie law a variety of 
 unconnected and diw-ordant subjects, as iK-ing uiiparliumentary. But to do this in ca*ps 
 Where it is kiu.wn that one of the com|)onent parts of the Bill will l)e disagreeable to the 
 Cft.wnor to the Loitis, and that if it was sent up alone it would not be agreed; to; 
 uwn this account, and with a view to secure the Royal assent, or tlie concurrence ol the 
 L.M-ds, to tack it to a Bill of S^upply which the exigencies of the State make necessary, is 
 ajjroi-ieding highly ij^iigerous and"unconstitutio|iBl. 
 
 ■lathe iui.'hlMmring t^olonies of Nova Scotia and ^e*= Pninswick to which the Assembly 
 have so frequentlv referred for precedents, which tlicy : have urged ii|)oii the Council as 
 nroper to In! followed l,y the Legislature in' this island,- all the resolutions, passed in com, 
 uittee of supplv. u,K,i. winch their Bills of approiir.atiou are afterwards founded are 
 constantly Jn(4 to the founcil for their concurrence, tliertby.affoM.ng the Co.iuc I he 
 fullest om«>rtuniiv of either concurring in or reiecting eacll pniwsiA^rant- Uad this 
 
 ' -ourse iH-en adopted u,K,« the present- occasion ty the Asscmtlv, there w^uld not "hftvc , 
 
 ,eei. such stning objections, to embracing all the grants .1. one Bi|l, althoftgh such acourse 
 
 ,« not usual m'tluiie eolouies. In the larger provincef o^ Upper and Lower Canada u 
 
 .I.Hirent mode is used, namely, the approi.riating particular grants of money for specific 
 
 -objects in separate Bills; thus preserving the spirit ol the constitution, which contemplates 
 the free aiul unf.ttered exercisi; of the judgment in each braiwli;: of the Legislature, u|K)ii 
 every distinct saliject brought under di>liberation. ,; 
 
 In either House of Parliament it is usiuU to divide a compljcateJ question, to enable 
 thoie wim a e in favour of one part of a propositi.iu, but opiK.sed to another, freely o give 
 I ITrv^^u L •itlier. a.i.l it woul.l be Joniideied a.^, most unfmrao Irame a complicated 
 .,u;st:on,wraSw't:, deprive m of that method of recording their sentiments. 
 
 For these reasons ilie r.«iiicil do insist that the matters..;iivl>ra^<ed in thi» Bdl vkIucK are, 
 
 di.':;:;^!:: ui:~:i.!l ^haii i. separated, find ti^y will -' ^--[j';;,^:^s?i^ 
 
 cedent, that objects so dissimilar may be put t"g« '«^'»""P »''V,f "1^' Ub^Wir 
 the- orient .iccasion will thev resist such an attempt, since tli;, grant lor maning un« 
 
 the opinion of tin. C«imcil, for .guarding against an improvident ».penditure thereof. 
 
 Until this constitiitioual V,«estio„ shall have Ix^en definitely "^^t^X mm^i!Si'X^ ' 
 to discuss the sufficiency or inadequacy of any particular items of the appropriation pro- 
 ^.sTor the goprietv \t making" some of tfie grants, or of leav.ng out ot>.ers ec^ially 
 
 posed 
 
 proper to be iiiode 
 
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 vllejjo set 
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 cmijorury 
 lice tu the 
 ^ht under : 
 
 h» of thft 
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 ircrance in 
 
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 variety of 
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 lh^ to the 
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 jiincil the : 
 
 Uad thi;! 
 
 not iJftve , 
 li u course . 
 Canada, u 
 jr specific 
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 to enable 
 bIv to give 
 iniphcated 
 ments. 
 
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 entire sum of (iOO/, Formerly the services designated as contingent veie set forth in the 
 Journals of the AsseniMy, togctlier with the sums for defraying such chwge; but now that 
 tipursc is not pursued, and all information upon the subject is denied. 
 
 To tlie distribution, hoWcvcr, of the monies granted for defraying the Ordinary charges of 
 the civil ex|>ei)diture ofth^Govemnicnt, the Committee have directed their earnest attention, 
 because thiy are of opinion that principled of the deepest intcrvst and i^ost serious conse- 
 ^ar c in vo lve d in the V onnideration - • • . . ^ . . . 
 
 NEWI^OUND- 
 LAND. 
 
 REPORT of a Select Coniniittcn of Her Majcfity's Council of jYewfountUaiid, on the 
 ,y ' Supply Hill, 
 
 The Silect Cloiimiittee iip|M)iiited to take into conHideratioii the Dili sent up to the Coun- 
 cil from tlu> Ansembly, intituled, "An Act for granting to Her Majesty a Hum of Money for 
 defrayiug the KxjM-iiMe of tlie Civil OovcrniiieJit of thi.x Colony, for the Year ending the 
 aotli «lay of June in the Year of our Lord 1H3H, and for other pulses," and to rt^port their 
 olMM-rvalions thereon, and who were empowered to send for persons and papers, and 4o 
 receive evidence iijion the several |M)iiits requiring explanation, have, pursuant t(» Ijic order 
 of the Council, examined the matters to them referred, and have agr<>e<i to the following 
 report. 
 
 In orih-rto presj-nt a clear view of the subject, the Committee have thought it desirable 
 to class ill a tubular Ibrui the various appropriations pro|M)sed by this Dilf which require 
 observation, under the following heads, viz. No. I. Ordinary Charges for tlio Support of 
 the Civil (iovernment. No. 2. Salaries and Inciilental Expenses of the Legislature. No. :j. 
 Miscellulieoiis Grunts. These tables are given in the Appendix. ' 
 
 The Coiintil having u|)on various occasions, during former siMsions, as well as recently 
 during the present, expressed their decided disapproval of the course adopted in this Dill, of 
 lucking to the ordinary sunplies grants of inoney for objects having no rclationtlie one to 
 the other, the Committee have not thought it necessary to pursue a subject which may be 
 regarded us settled by the unanimous decision of the whole Council, more than once ex- 
 pressed ; and therefore they have contented theiiiselves with merely extracting grants of 
 this description, and exhibiting them for more ready reference in the Table No. 3 ; and as 
 tile Council have expressed a determination not to enter ujion the consideration of occa- 
 sional grants of money so long.as they shaU' continue to be tacked to the ordinary Supply 
 Bill, the Comniitt^ has not felt at liberty to enter into any inquiry respecting the utility 
 justice, or necessity of any of them. For the same reiuions they have forborne to enter int(i\ 
 any minute con8i<leration of the causes which have led to the very great increase, which j 
 tliey regr«'t to perceive, in the contingencies oJUhe Assembly, although they cannot avoid 
 noticing the fact, that these contingencies amount in the aggri-gate to a,3U3 /. 2/. «rf. jjeing 
 considerably more than double the sum granted for the like purpose last year. 
 
 The Committee also desii^ to draw the attention of the Council to tlie fact, that wtiili. 
 sutnsTar, exceeding those grMiied heretofore f^ tlie like services are specifically appropH^ 
 otcd foe printing thd Journals, and otlier general printing, for tlie Members' wages,/oi- 
 stipends to the usual servants of the Assembly, as well as those appointed to new situat/ons 
 not heretofore found iiecessai^, yet, that a sum of ei>u/.in addition is appropriated for/ 
 tingcnries, and although, the Committee have desired to examine the votes of the AsseihUy, 
 'o ascertain what charges are included in this sum, the person who acts as clerk If the 
 
 ssembly leiil'ses to aHord tlie information required. 
 
 The Committee have, therefore, endeavoured to procure information elsewhere upon this, 
 
 imt.'and although not official, yet they have reason 4o believe it to be tolerably c6iTect. 
 
 leVhavT ascertained that notwithstanding 588/. have l)«en openly and specificafly nppro^ 
 printed to the Members themselves, yet that a very large sum, iibout 290/. further, is in- 
 clndedliirthis general sum for the like object; which the Committee cannot but express 
 theij strong disapproval of. If the Members wish to apply a larger sum out of the pubUc 
 revenue 10 their own use, surely it should be openly done, so that the public and the Coun- 
 cil, whosi! concurrence is required, should be able to judge of the propriety of the grant. 
 
 They have also reason, to believe that' SU/. is included in this sum to bfe paid to one of 
 the membeVs aii chairman Nuf some committee; and nottvithstanding 100/. is granted speci- 
 fically to R.\J. Parsons, the printer of the Patriot, for general printing, while only 4»/. was 
 required for that service froik another printer last year, yet the Coirifhittee believe the sum 
 of 20/. or mdre is included in this sum of OOU/. for printing th« speech of one of the 
 Members. V 
 
 The Committite have also ascertained, to their entire satisfaction, ttiat much larger sums 
 than^verc fornieMy granted to tjie clerk and se/jeant-at-arms are also included in this 
 grant, to be paid i^ persons acting in those capacities, to the exclusion of the officers ap- 
 
 Kitcf. 7,in Nu to. 
 
 juenre 
 
 x)f-tlie-cluu igeg BffUgllt to bfl gffacted jttt.th c ., a oIe- 
 
 suggestion of the rcpresenta^vc branch of the Legislature. , 
 
 By our constitution tiie so^-rcign is the fountain of justice, and either directly or indi- 
 rectly^ through the higher or<Jer of functionaries, appoint to ever* office connected with its 
 administration, while the Legislature is charged with providing the funds necessary for de- 
 fraying the expense incurred by such appointiuent. ": r ■ v 
 
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 CORUESPONDEXCE UESPECTINO THE GOVERNMENT OF ^ 
 
 Tlio ri.'poii-'ibilitv of HeU'cting |m)|Mr (KWonH to (ill Htutions (if Jnirt bcinn vt-Htod in the 
 cxcciitivi' lmini'hi)}'ll«'(5ov»-fnmfnt, it irueccwiiry tlmt these Kclwtjoiw BhoukI hv nmdo 
 li.il iv und iiHleixiiiifiitly, with ii vii-w to the efficient ilischiiri;.- of the duties ini|m»ed, »or 
 wliieh tlie executive \* iiguiu r<>s|H)nHible. • For th»!«« reiwons the Comniiltiie are of opinion, 
 tliul Ihe method herct<ifore M now a<loi>ted by the Anitcpibly in tluH cohmy, of njiniitely 
 ai.|.r.»iuiatinii the various njkciHe sums coiniiosinp the uggfU"'*' 9« J')''/""'!?! '"'' S""""'='- 
 ,n.r ,ach branch of tlie niiWie service, if not proiluctive of the cvit which the Committee arc 
 al«mt to l)rin.' umler tli./notice of the Council, at least nflbr«l» th.,' o|>p«jrtumty (i.r^'flecting 
 it The I,ei3»laturelia/ thought it neceiwary, from time to tiniV, to j.rovide Htiitends for 
 nia<'i-<trates and c<»nHt}li>le» to reside at certain places in the diHm'iit districts of the wlancL 
 III niakiii!' this amin^enieiit care should be taken to keep separate the re»iKH-tive functions 
 of the executive and of the legislatiiif, otherwise; the latter will Vc in a condition^ in pflcct, 
 to usurp tlie functiong of the former. If it Im- thougII|»eceH«ary that tlp^ohfuW be 40 
 ...iisial'l.'s, for iimauce, in the outi^irts, at a salary «nb/. cftcli, 40(1 /rW&UHH-gfWite. 
 in cross to me^t the charge ; and should the leLMsIatnr(i5Aip<ia«ny ftiture bccdsion, lie ol 
 oninion that thf public revenue could not, with <luc regard tp other Iranclrfs (VI the iiubli 
 siTVJce, Ix-ar so heavy a charge, it miclit hv diminiiljH[„>vithout aflectini,' ex^hwively th 
 ^ intensts of any om- "in particuli/, leaving it to the executive^govcrnment to d stnbute the 
 diiuiiiivhed .'nint in such u ma/ner as should best preserve tlus elhciency of thcldepartni^'nt. 
 The iwlice of Londcm is paid by the Oovimmcnt, but it wo«ld scarcely enttir into theAicw 
 of Parliament to regulate (h/iMirticular stipend of each poUceinlin. J 
 
 The lcL*l(ituni of Newfoundland, liowev^r, acting u^ii this pnnciple,deicei)di< to the 
 luiimtest distribution, andiegulates the precise sum to beymid to each iiidividliaVthe con- 
 ^edii.iice is, that uiHili eyt-ry occasion where the supplies ariSbeing vob^l, each mi-mber has 
 Pu'mcI in review Ix-fore/bini the ipdividunls of his neighbourhood who are jt(/receive^e 
 nio^t in^i.'nific.iiit sum/, and an opportunity is thereby afforded ol uinkmg th^ berwrn^ find 
 not the office, the siJiiect of discussion; and should any (sonstitble or othtr lunctionary 
 have iKcori'.e obnoxiSis to the^iemliers from his quarter of tl>c country, _hi/sAi|>end is scru- 
 tiiii/.(l with the gruhtest rigoiir, and jicrhaps rfdiiced one half, or withhclcFaHogetherj while 
 those who have ii)^itiatc(r Uumselvcs witli thc same persons have their sdlarjes raised w'*- 
 iput rt'iriird to services. • • . k. ■-* . J_^^I 
 
 The r<mnnitiee have exajiiined several witnesw^s to asicertain if tWrtTwcro any circum- 
 sianc.-< whicjTcould reasof^iibly warrant the changes set forth in th(yTiible iNo 1, but have 
 k-en able uTdiscover noiiji' that would warrant an hououi^ble mind lA selecting the instances 
 that are tKere exhibited «s jjroper cases fore8pe«;ial red^iction or nufeinentatlon, for abolition 
 
 or infriuluction. ., L i / ail .u » .« 
 
 Th/constable of Ferryland is awry reputable man,/has been in oHi^e more that 20 years, 
 re4(l?s in what inay be called the county towi) of the distri/t, wWre the circuit court is 
 hcUt and whcri! there is more business- transacted t|iaii ih ohy othfer place in the southern 
 district of the island, with the exception, perhaps, 0f Burirf; heiias received an excellent 
 4ianicter from several rfspectable i^ifsons residing i\hc, but it an^ars from their stat«swe(|U 
 /fluit \u: is opposed! to the Member represcntinj; Jhat^ distriiit, an^ his salary is reduced from 
 
 ■J5/. to 12/. * 'rtV- i i 
 
 The Assembly have ussigne(l in thwr reasorts ^1 
 |ict, OS the cause of this rediicti^, that theri; 
 tliat-shorc, in order to facilitate the administratio 
 diminished. / , . . 
 
 In the first place, the Comi^ttee are of opini 
 by the Legislature until the ni 
 but in those iiistanceji it wilj ' 
 
 at a farmer conference on this, sub- 
 ire 4hree stipendiary constables. add^d to / 
 (f justice,, that his duty '» consequently /' 
 
 ..y.i that stich salaries should not be granted 
 (cessity Of the apniiiptment were indicated by the GovernmepI ; 
 iinceji 11 wii» oe obvioiw uponT aii examination even of the Table now uiider 
 considiration, that such inconsiderable pKs as Cai)e Broyle, Caplin Bay, and Aquafort, 
 all in the immediati! neighbourho.)d of F/rryland, and containing together a population of , 
 oidv .'..311 soifl^, cannot rtquir.' a constaJBle in each, while the Aftsembly have withheld the 
 /iilnrv of the omstablf/at Torbay, wheA- the population amounts to 758 inhabitants, and is 
 niiull further ^om St: Johii's than eiAer of the other places is from Ferryland j but it ap- 
 «pe;.rs in evidence, t^at the c«.nstabl/at Torbay was advefee Jo.^thc prciient Meqibers, during " 
 
 Ihe former electioiti*, '/ - ■ .-',.,. ' --l ^- ' .l • 
 
 The salary oftKe constable of /St. Mary's has been raised m the same pr9pi>rt(pn as that 
 ..f the constablcit Ferryland K/s been diminished, although by th6 evidence takci^ byyour: 
 Committee it Would np|i«!^r h/is by no meant* an efficient officer, and oh one oc<Sasiqn he 
 positivelV refused to do his (Mity in aiding the (constables st^qt from St. John s in the govcm- 
 iiRiit viicht to apprehend s6me of his immediate neighbours for a not The eround alleged^ 
 bv the Assembly fpr raisijrfg thin constable's salary, viz. that his duties-extended throughout 
 alineof«5ast of loOinfies in extent, isj within the knowledge of your Committee, quite 
 delusiviy, as it is well Irtiown that none'of thfese constables are sent beyond their own fm- 
 niediale vicinity: and they have ascertained ithit in fact there is httle for him to do, 
 * 1j> the case ot M constable at 'Torbay, tht Assembly hah not hesitoted to place the with* 
 Iwlding of his sotory upon ^>cn;n^ {rrounds^ s^aUng that ^h^y^""'" "I'y'^" ^° '"[^y* y 
 
 rtwat grounas^ s^ung mat- tney wuum , " ■»■■ 
 Ang cTioice bctwertrtwo honofary'eoimt»WeB== 
 
 iseoTOie iriufropridtjr iH ,—- ....g -••--■ -■•t v v - . . , .. 
 
 person lo;(g«*t in office, 'the most respectable and the best conducted. 
 The Conuhittee hai^e examined witnesses on this point,vand find the statement qii 
 \found.>d. /There has beei\ but one coiistablfe at Torbay the last 10 years. • /. 
 
 The skfary payable to the sccoqd constable at Tnnity has been withheld.'unde^ circum- 
 of-the inost'crying injustice; and tWc "Committee have Clearly ascertainefl, by- 
 -7-— ~ — r -, ■ '■ '. I . . , ■ . Jmdisputable 
 
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 -Stance 
 
ently /' 
 
 bJe 
 
 NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK, &c./ 11.5 
 
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 indigputublc irvideiice, that there in not the Hlightent roandation for the statement made by 
 the AsM-niblv, ut their last conference on the Hubject, vi«, that he holds the sinecure office 
 of ffaoler and lives in the gaol. / ' 
 
 At Koiiavis^u tlicre are two sti|)endiary constables receiving M^i'- I0«. each ; the salary 
 to one of tliesc is withheld, and the amount conferred on the other without any apparent 
 reason. And it is a fact worthy of obsepration, that while salaries are voted by the Legis- 
 lature to the constables residing at thrcM! small harbours near Ferryland, before iffeh^d to, 
 with a population, inf all/of 630 souls, the salaries heretofore payable to three ojlit of five 
 constubles at Jlunavista, Trinity and Torbuy, containing together a population of 3,564 
 suuIh, have been withheld. ;• 
 
 ^ There is olso the same appearance of personal fecKng manifested in the orrangenneflts 
 
 nttcnipted to be mude-in this Bill, relative to tjie paol and district surgeon ; Dr. Kielley, 
 who is known to bo dwidcdiy opposed to the political conduct of the'present mcml)ers of 
 thq Assenibly, h(i)ip<-nH to fill both these situations, and with a^view to deprive him of^one, 
 ' a proviso is attached to the /grant for paying the gaol surgi-onv that he shall not hold they 
 situation of nie<lical attendant upon the poor oAhe district. If the salaries, instead of 
 being 40/. for the gaol and 120/. tor the district. Were such as a professional man could be 
 , cxpecte<l to devote his wHole time for, there might be some reason for saying .that the two 
 were incompatible, sinco' lie could not devote his wh(»ie attention to two different employ- 
 ^ nunts; but this is not tlie case; and the situations are not in the least incompatible; 
 
 therefore he ought not/to be removed by Legislative exclusion, without complaint and with- 
 .^i|t liearing. The pUin for dividing the district into four words, tlieOommittee are of' 
 ,-^ffljafo'»n might l)cbe/icficial^o the public, and therefore, however it.mi'ght interfere, in a 
 ^,*' I^^Ntain dfegrie, witl/ the present emolument of Dr. Kielley, tliey would not recommend any 
 ''^ ?%.'"-. ^1'"'''''''" *° such/an tirrangcment ; but they are decidedly of opinion that the interests of 
 ' ^^^^ '**' P"'"' would ii6t be consiilfed by his entire. exclusion. 
 
 / i^ iV :^, TlKv injustitcybf withholding any part .of the year's stipend to persons fulfilling public 
 
 • situations at filled salaries, willbe still more apparent, when it is recollected that during the 
 
 present scssiod, the first quarter's salaries have been granted upon the estimate laid before 
 
 / the Legislature by the Governor, and that the oflficers have continued up to this time 
 
 (tt further [Mhod of four months), to discharge their duties under the expectation of being 
 
 .paid as 'usual ;. and therefore, whatever may & the decision of cthe Legislature as to future 
 
 years, the/honour and faith of the Oovemment is pledged to ste these persons paid for the 
 
 present war, if not for a loijger period j but the Committee arl decidedly of opinion that 
 
 the redyction, in any branch of the public service, ought to be in the aggregate amount, 
 
 and not in the detail, which should be regulated upon the responsibility of the Government, 
 
 I and ni6t made the subject of personal favouritism. 
 
 , ^ After a puticnt investigation of the whole matter, and after hearing the testimony of the ' 
 
 wiwesse* called before them upon the several points to which they have been examined, 
 tM Committee are of opinion tliat considerations of a personal nature, growing out of politi- 
 all hostility, have had much more influence in dictating the appropriation of public money 
 ifo the objects referred to^ by the Committee, than are consistent with a just and impartial 
 'administration of those brandies of the public service to which the Committee l\ave thought 
 it material, particularly to draw the attention of the Council ; and they are fully convinced ' 
 that nothing can have a more direct tendency to sap the integrity of subordinate public 
 senants, than the constant 4read ^ having their stipends reduced or withheld, or the 
 perpetual pmspect bein<r held" dut tcTthegi of their being increased at the mere motion of , 
 a popular body; and therefore they do urge upon the consideration of the Council the 
 necessity of using all proper means to prevent the belief gaining ground that the only i-oad 
 to'prefemicnt is through the agency of the members of the Assembly, and more especially 
 ill matters jeonnected with the administrotion of.iustiee. During tlie progress of this inves- 
 tigation tlie message sent up to the Council on lyionday last, upon the subject of this Bill, 
 , has been referred to the c(unmittee, wherein the Assemoly declare that " they are at a loss 
 to conceive how it would be more calculated to advance the liusiness of the Leginlature 
 to a close, to have five new Supply Bills originated in the Assembly," in accordance with 
 the resolutions of the Council therein referred to. 
 
 The Col^mittee are of opinion that nothing can be more obvious than that by these 
 means the most (important ^uts Would thus be at once coilcurred in, and that others upon 
 which there mi{;ht be a difference of opinion, would be brought under the consideration of 
 . both branches lii such a shape that mutual explanations might- conveniently be had upon 
 them, and if, ultimately, the Council and Assembly could not agree upon them, they 
 %ould ibe rejected without detrimenlf to other matters. In this message, the Assembly j 
 endeavoured to throw the responsibility cif not granting tlie ordinary suppUes ; of with- - 
 holding the money for the relidTcof the poor, whoA tjtey represent to be upon the vei-ge 
 of starvation ; and of "refusing to ^y the contingencies of the Legislature, upon the 
 Council ; but the most superficial view of the subject will be sufficient to correct an error 
 so obvious, and to -place the responaibitity where the Committee are convinced it will ulti- 
 i i i a te ly regtr-if-the-Assembl y p e ii » ev a m in th p jr p rf ny nfi C Qur ae ; " "d no p p n i ni l y w hen th « 
 -determination of the Council upon this subject was mfule known to the Assembly so long 
 ago as the IDth day of October last 
 
 The Council in their resolutions have expressed their readiness to concur in passing the 
 
 ordinary Supply Bill, for discharKing those expenses of the Civil Oovonment for ^hich 
 
 ' f he public faith is pledged ; that Uiey will concur in paying Uie usual contingencies, although 
 
 far exceeding the amount granted for that purpose in fonuer years, together with the vote 
 
 579- , «a " J of 
 
 NEWJOUND- 
 UNO. 
 
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 tEWFOLND. 
 LAND. 
 
 ■T 
 
 116 CORRESPOJJDENCE RESPECTING THE GOVERNMENT OF ^ 
 
 of 3,000/. or more if tliX Asncmbly dcHirp it, for the |H)or; uiid Aliut they will, contmry 
 indccti to their own HciitiiWlrt*, ngrci; to tlie iiieiiilierH nvi'iviii^ 42f'. each ictr their attenil- 
 nnco tliirini; the SesHion ; hut tliix will not Hultice ; the AHwinbly iuxiHt upon Meveral further 
 fiumti very nrnrly npproachini; 1,000/. bein;; p^iven to themgefve* undec variouH prctciiceH, 
 and to ronmderalile huhih being |«id tOx j^rttouH Delected by thif AHsembly, whoRe HcnrieeH 
 the Coniicif ure not informed oj'; und it iW tliui* thut the |MHir urp' to'lx; left to niiiicry and 
 Htiirviition, becauoc the nieinberx of the Axiicinlily arc not ptjrinitted by the Council to 
 appropriate to theinsclveH and their odhcnMitx, 80 niueli of the ^xddic money ax tliey think 
 proper to take. 
 
 . The HumH (tppropriated by the |ires«>nt Ddl to ho |)ai<l to the 14 meuilH>rB themsclveii, who 
 hav« taken their oeatit, amount in tjii! tt<;gre;ratu to upwurdii of .1,300/. ; lust year they were 
 contented with qne-fifth of thut num. 
 
 l<aHt year the contingeneies, including printing and the Htipends to every officer luid Her> 
 vant coinu-cted with the AHHcmbly, amounted to ))H4 /. U«. 3r/., wliilst this year their contin- 
 gencies amount to 3, 17H/. 2«. At/., exclusive of 500/. appropriated by tlie Dill to defray 
 the ex|)ense of thn-e <if their own body, as delegates, to treat with Her Majesty's Govern- 
 ment t>n the subject of the. administration of justice and (Hherl matters, and also exclusive 
 of 815/. "to the officers and servants of the Assembly appointed by the Crown, whose 
 services the Assembly have refused to receive, whilst they propose to pay other persons for 
 performing their fuuctiuns, and so increase the charge u|>on tJie public by paying two sets 
 
 of officers instead of one. 
 
 Thrts it will lie seen that the Assembly pro|)ose to increase the public expenditure this 
 year over any prereding year, with reference to themselves and their officers, by the aitdition 
 of the large sutii of 1,U0H/. I0.v. !)(/,, and with what advantage to the colony the Conuuittee 
 are at a loss to perceive. 
 
 lJ|Hin a careful review of the whole subject, the Committee ure opinion that since the 
 Assembly have, notwithstanding their knowledge of the Council's determination, persisted 
 in comprising in the same Uill appropriations for every description of expenditure ; there is 
 no course left for the CouAcil to adopt, consistent with their sense of ajust application of 
 the ]iublic money, and of their repotted declarations of the princii>le8 upon which they must 
 \n\ p_ovenicd, tliuii to unieiid t^ie Bill, by rejecting all sucli portigns of it as they cannot^ 
 without further infoniiation, conscientiously concur in. 
 
 -v 
 
 A P P E N D I X. 
 
 I> 
 
 
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 (No. 1.) 
 
 : . ■ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SaUriM irducrd 
 
 
 No. of Makf 
 
 ■ * 
 
 
 
 4H Aii;iiiwnlrd, 
 
 Nunihcr 
 
 Irom 
 
 OJFICK. 
 
 I'LACK. 
 
 j'rrwnl Salary. 
 
 withlicid ur origi- 
 
 nalril, hy Ihe 
 
 Auenibly. 
 
 of inhabitaiitt. 
 
 14 lu 60 year* 
 uf Agv. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 a 
 
 
 •£. ». d. 
 
 £. i. d. 
 
 
 
 Constable 
 
 Ferryland - 
 
 23 - - 
 
 12 - - 
 
 607 
 
 
 Gaoler - 
 
 Ditto - 
 
 25 - - 
 
 20 - - 
 
 — 
 
 
 Cnnstabic 
 
 Bay Bulls 
 
 25 - - 
 
 12 - - 
 
 «01» 
 
 
 Ditto - 
 
 Kcnewee - 
 
 20 - - 
 
 12 ' - 
 
 001 
 
 
 Ditto - r 
 
 Greenspond 
 
 15 - - 
 
 12 - - 
 
 734 
 
 
 Ditto - 
 
 St. Mary's . 
 
 12 - »- 
 
 25 - - 
 
 441 
 
 
 ©itto - 
 
 Catalina - 
 
 12 - - 
 
 24 - - 
 
 523 
 
 
 Ditto - 
 
 Bonavista 
 
 yi 10 - 
 
 *25 - - 
 
 l.'>331 
 
 1253 P«^ 
 758J 
 
 
 Ditto - 
 Ditto - 
 
 Ditto - 
 . Trinity - 
 
 12 10 - 
 12 - - 
 
 - . - 
 
 
 Ditto - 
 
 Torliav* - 
 
 18 - - 
 
 . . _ 
 
 
 Ditto - 
 
 Cape Broylef - 
 
 - / ' - 
 
 12 - - 
 
 2101 
 
 103 > 630 
 I27J 
 
 200 
 
 Ditto - - 
 
 Caplin Bay % - 
 
 . ' . 
 
 12 - - 
 
 TO 
 
 Ditto - 
 
 Aquaforte'^ 
 
 .... 
 
 12 - - 
 
 64 
 
 Ditto - 
 
 St. Lawreno^ - 
 
 ^f li'lin S ■ 
 
 12 - - 
 
 12» - - 
 15 - - 
 
 232 
 
 34 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 •ii miles from St. John's. ^Ui 
 
 ider 3 miles from Ferrytsnc 
 
 . . 
 
 " . tan 
 
 iiiles from Fenylani 
 
 1. §3i 
 
 1 miles from dil 
 
 to- I 
 
 r*~;> 
 
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f' 
 
 '\ 
 
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 NOVA SCOTIA, NEW URUNSWICK, &c 
 
 .. .(No. 2.) 
 
 \ 117 
 
 NEWFOUND- 
 LAND. 
 
 OFFICE •on NERVICe 
 
 Coi'NCiL : 
 
 Clerk - 
 
 UHlier ... 
 Door-keeper 
 Coiitin);ciicicH of Clerk 
 Ditto - - of UHlier 
 Muster in Chancery - 
 
 ASSEMBLY : 
 
 SjMakvr ; new (^rant, bcHid^ pay as a Member - ^- 
 Clerk -«- -, . . .". 
 Serjeant-ut-ArniH ... -,_ 
 Door-keei)cr, bh usual - . . . . 
 Two undcr-iloorkeeperB, new ofliccfi - - . "" - . 
 MfiBScnger, an usual -'-". .... 
 AiwiHtant ditto, new office - ^ - . - .; . . 
 Reporter, ditto .- -*- 
 Newxpaiieni, new charge - - . ,. _,. 
 Newfoundlander, printuig joumalit^ • - . 
 R. J. PanionR, proprietor Patriot, general printing , - 
 Contingeucies - - - - -' . _ . 
 Fourteen menibcrs, at 42 /. each • . . . 
 
 Solicitor - - - - - . - ... 
 Witneftscs examined respecting the conduct of J. Stark, J. P 
 Messenger to Harbor Grace, to summon them . . * . 
 
 Towards 
 sengcr 
 
 compensating Cleck, Serjeant-at.Arms, Door-keeper, and Mes- 
 of the Assembly, appointed by the Crown - r 
 
 . r . ,,.(No. 3.) 
 
 [A] To the representatives of the late Wm." Pliipard, in full for all claims on 
 the colony - - - . . . . . ._ 
 
 [A] To Thomas Morton, lute a constable in St. John's, for loss of office - 
 Towards defraying the expense of a geological survey of the island - 
 lowards supportmg a grammar school at Carbonear, for three years 
 each year -- - . . .. __ ._> 
 
 Towards defraying the expense of three delegates, appomted by the 
 House of Assembly, to treat with Her Majesty's Government in 
 London on the subject of the administration of justice, the a<nicul- 
 ture, the fisheries, and the general state of the colony ... 
 John Eiford, (compensation for pulling down his stows at Port-de-Grave> 
 James Doyle, (mamtainjlng an orphan from March 1832 to June 1837) 
 James King, (building a bridge over Salmon Cove River) . - - 
 Dr. Walsh, (small pox attendance under board of health) - 
 Catherine Walsh, (sending lunatic to Ireland) - - - . 
 Mrs. Mulloy, (supporting her husband. Dr. Mulk>y, a'lunatic) - ** - 
 James M'Domild,HarborGntce, (supporting a deserted child) - 
 
 Rob e rt Tremlett, (sugportioga nd 
 
 £. .$. d. 
 
 40 - - 
 
 art - - 
 
 350 - - .J 
 
 100 - - 
 
 .'.00 - 
 
 20 - 
 
 .■)« IV 
 
 30 - 
 
 25 - 
 
 10 - 
 
 \3to - 
 
 is 
 
 00 - - 
 
 ^^-'y.:- 
 
 Captain Pearl, (conveying petitions) 
 
 a, Jihl V*^*?;"^"?!!*' ^^Vt"^ *« high constable, at a salary of 100 i a year, but withheld 
 ^„!7!ir^'*T' '''*J?^ ^'^^ *^ °" ■"** "•''™ *» «J» h" «J"ty ; *>««« Morton, a petty 
 U 2^„t^' T, i'T^ for mw^nducl ; and yet the estate of the former, after Us <£th, 
 tt granted 40 /. for two pars back pay, while the latter geto a year's pay roted at ohdT 
 
 s^ 
 
118 (;0URE8P0NDENCi: RESPECTINO THE GOVERNMENT OF 
 
 F-i! 
 
 II! 
 
 NEWFOUND. 
 LAND. 
 
 End. 8, in No. lo. Statbmbnt (laiti Miirf IIoiiim" 
 
 7 
 
 / 
 
 UmloMJ'f <>i ill 
 No. lo. 
 
 EncloHure 8, in No. I(>. 
 
 il' AiUH'mhly) ()!' Outiitiirxliiig CluiiiiH on tlu! Colonial 
 Oovi'rnnieiit. 
 
 ITEM* OF RXPE iDiTrne. 
 
 Printin);, Htntiuncry, iiv. 
 I'ronci'utiouM - 
 ConuHTN •■ - - 
 Fuel iiml li((ht - , -■ 
 Potitafif and incidcnials 
 lloi)airn ol' Oaoln 
 R«'lii'f ol'tln' jw)i)f 
 Fog-^iiiw - ' 
 
 AtlorHi'j-nrncnil, w itnc»s«« 
 
 ITJ>.H > 
 
 AMOt!NT. 
 
 i: ». d. 
 
 •J47 4 ft 
 •274 17 <l 
 
 •m in - 
 
 V,7 II 
 / I 17 
 
 ft.i 17 n 
 
 400 17 .I 
 H« 1 . - 
 
 .£. 
 
 \ 
 
 1,100 
 )I0 
 
 1,100 
 
 CoMPABATi vV. !?TAtEMKXT of Siui s fstimatcil for the undi'mitntioned branchcH of the Public 
 S-Tvice (an laul Ixforc thir llonf*: of A^M-'xibly by the Oovornor) ami of the Suuw voted 
 to <h'fray the same. 
 
 Printiii<;, &c. - - - 
 Coroiiern - - - 
 Fuel and liiiht - - 
 Kepi'iirs of i'oiirl-hoiises 
 Postiiiies and ineideiital.'* - 
 Frosei'iitiolis - 
 Oiiol exjienses - - - 
 Circuits . . - - 
 Ciiiitiui;cneie8 - - - 
 F(>ir-''uns ■ - - - 
 
 * V Dclicien;y 
 
 Add amount of outstanding claivis \ 
 
 Leaves totally unprovided for 
 
 
 
 
 
 E8TIMATII. 
 
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 ,J00 - 
 
 - 
 
 200 - - 
 
 
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 120 - 
 
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 nil. 
 
 
 4,-210 - 
 
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 ■ 7 
 
 
 
 :».21H .'> 
 
 7 
 
 
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 The Kovemor, in Uic 
 meiicement of the present vsessi^in 
 Governinent of 1,100 /., under 
 
 Printing, st^tioivery, &c. .. - 
 f 'ivii knd criminal prooecutiohs 
 
 ConwMirt - 
 
 Enclosure 9, in No. 10. 
 
 financial-statement laid liefore the House of Assembly at the com- 
 I, represented that there were o)itstanding claims upon the 
 follow.ing heads.' 
 
 tic I 
 
 
 £. s. d. 
 
 247 4 !t 
 
 274 17 (I 
 
 20 1« ' - 
 
 y 
 
 / 
 
 1 1° 7 
 
 .M 17 (I 
 
 -/40« 17 4 
 
 88 1 - 
 
 Fuel and light - 
 Postages and incidentals 
 Repairs of gaols 
 Hfliefof the poor 
 Firing •fog'gmis - - 
 
y 
 
 
 NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK,] &c. 
 
 a 
 
 Ami othw doraandn on the Ooreniment hard- at later periwiH Im!<4 laid Iwi'ora tli« II 
 for which, with the exception of on* Jt«ni; that ol' fog-nun*, no prov| sion Mt-cmH to have 
 
 made. 
 
 in« Excrlltincy nlito forwardeil an iMtiinalc of tiin hiuuh m 
 <'urri'nt yciir, Ix-twrcn which auniM and tlumo in ihe flil| panted 
 there npjx^ar the follow inf( dinen>pau('icH, 
 
 Printini;, &c: 
 (-oronem - 
 Fuel and li^^ht - - 
 Repaint of court-houwH 
 PoMtagen and incidentaU - 
 Civil and criminal pkt>socutions 
 Gaol expcnm^H - - _ - 
 CircuitH - - . . " . ■ . 
 ContinpjunoicR • - - 
 Foii-iinn* . .- 
 
 id iJV ;ho 
 
 •for till! Hcrviue of the 
 he Houm: of AMMinibly 
 
 lurriM. TB. 
 
 tab 
 :i()u 
 
 1H(I 
 I2U 
 000 
 700 
 AOO 
 600 
 SAO 
 
 oUVe, 
 been 
 
 NEWFOUND- 
 LAND. 
 
 nVU VOTBD. 
 
 £. ». d. 
 
 aso - - 
 
 12U ,- - 
 
 ■imi - - 
 
 100 - - 
 
 00 ^' - V, 
 
 600 - - ' 
 
 362 - -• 
 
 400 - - 
 
 100 - - 
 
 nothing. 
 
 • Including nurgeon itnd barlwr. 
 
 The eHtimate was, based upon tJie experience of tbrnicr year., and if connidercd trroneoun 
 or cxcesHive, hwjExcelletvy would have l)een and will lUII be happy to xupply any infor- 
 mation requested which he may poggeiut upon the subject. i-i / j 
 
 Should the debt. <^ntii4ie unpaid, and ib« lumii voted under certain heads be allowetl to 
 
 ' «"'«'» ""anifestly modeq^te to the cxpens# of the current year, not only will the dignity 
 
 ol the (.oyemtficnt be ilJJ^riously compronuscd, but the public service must be Husnended 
 
 in Home ol Its most important branchest. i~ ^ ^ 
 
 With respect to the amount of a vote of credit for unforeseen contingencies, the governor 
 has only to remark that it seems requisite to fombinc with «luc caution as to its hmount 
 a ctmsidoratiorj ol the ditticultitis in the way of assembling the legislature, arising from the 
 climate and otiicr circumstances, should any emergency call for a sudden and unexpected 
 expenditui;(r. ' ■ 
 
 Oo«crnment-House, lU October 1837. ^ ~ ' 
 
 ., 
 
 I 
 
 \ 
 
 Enclosure 10, in No. 10. 
 TO His Exccllenc/Wtury Pr<«co«, Esq., c. b., Oovemor, &c. &c. 
 
 ^ May it pleiMfyour Excellency, 
 
 TuE House (JTAssenibly, with reference to your Excelleiicyfs message on the subject of 
 cerUin ciauns upon the Government, and of the estimates for the present year, respectfully 
 inlomi your Excellency that, in Uieir t^otcs of monies for the service of the current y^r. they 
 were actuated by a sincere desire tj^ support the dignity of Govemmeiit, and to give eflect 
 to allthe necessary branches of the public si-rvicc, and at the same time to keep the civil 
 and judicial expenditure, within those limits of economy which would enable the Assembly 
 to^devote as much as possible of the colonial revenues to the p..rmanent improveitient of the 
 
 ony. , 
 
 1 y?*.! '" ^^ ??"■** "' ^*''" eiHunination of the public accounts, po far as tliey have been 
 laid bcjore the House of Assembly, they found that various charges had been/raid of allowe.1 
 exceeding greatly charges of a sunilor character in former years, and that iome charges, of 
 o novel descnption, had crept into the public accounts, wliicK the UousCof Assembly did 
 not deem it proper to recognize. ■ \ / 
 
 That, while the dietary of the prisoners in gaols had been reduced io thelowest scale o.i 
 whicli perhaps human nature can m a climate like this exist, a corrc^nding reduction had 
 not taken place in the gaol expenses; that, under the head of civiT and cnminal prosecu- 
 tiong, a number of costs and charges have been introduced, with which, wdving any giiestinn 
 
 End. to. In Nil. lo. 
 
 ..»,^ ucci, luMwuccu. wiw wmcn, waiving any qiie8tinni_ 
 Urttl many of the cases, t¥e public purse under any 
 
 piupnriy^ ufpiDSCCuung «,, ■„■ „, uiaa*j vi uic uascny a.uc uuuiic DurHe unaer any 
 cwcumstances ought not to be burthened ; for neither In tlie pi^iit country, nor in the other 
 colonies m general, does the Government defray the expenses of prosecuting for common 
 assaults and other petty misdemeanors ; such expense are either paid by the parties prose- 
 cuting, or form a subject for adjudication by the courts before which they may be tried 
 
 579. . «4 With 
 
ijo COmiKSrONnKNCR UESPKCrriNfi the fiOVKUNMKNT ()!■ 
 
 INKfWlOl NU- 
 LAND 
 
 hi 
 
 
 1/ 
 
 U nil nirri'iii'f l)> tlu' tliiirtiix liir I'ihI iiikI li|;lit, tor piililii- liutl<liiii;ii, nftil |irintiiiK uml 
 >.|iitiiiiii'r> , il WHH »li*oo*rrfil lliill ii ninxiiliTublc |Mittioii of tin- liirHitT wmt i'oiiiiiiiiird liy 
 (lie »ln nil III III" «l»rllin«-lH>UM-, nml n luil vi-ry tnlliiiK \mtt «!' the i-xih^iihi,' «iI' llic liitU-r 
 iiu'iimil III till' bluritl 'k iilliri' ; iiiiil the IIoiim' of Axtriiibly, k'illll>«•ivill^ xiiili iip|ir<i|iriutionit 
 lo lir »\illu>iit prill (Itiil iliTwIiofc, ujiil u iiwIiHH cxpt'iKlitiin' of pulilu; iiiom-y, tuu<l<! I'oni- 
 iiii'iiKiiniti' ri'iliiclioiiH ill lilt' ri>p«'i'tivi' »olo». 
 
 The lliiiii'o of Ai«Mnil>ly fiirthfr U-jj to iutiiiiute to your K*^cllfiicy, (Imt ttic miiiiw votetl 
 for tirriiitit, itiiil lor civil iiml iriiiiiiml promfiiitiimx, iirc urthr Himic niiiitVint i»« t\w>»»»y^ 
 \oti'il for hiiiiiliir piirposiK in If.il, inid thiit the Miiiiyoti-ilfor jiriiitiiiir, *«•• i-xofWrr-ttTf 
 Miiiii witfil lii^l yenr; iiinrii« nuiiriln the iKtiiiiutf of uKiirKu for tiriiij; fot;-KUiiH, nn it mtiii* 
 to Iw II uriiiniropinioii thiit »iuli tX|MiiM' iimy Ik- /iviil without iiuonviiiiime, now that 
 two Ii^IiI-Ihiiiwh lire i xliiliiiKlinl-iii-iir llir port of J>t/I<ihii'», the Hoiihi' of AfHcmlily rriippj;!- 
 fiilly riMpuHt ihiit your Kxt'illf in y will Ih- f\k'im'dllo );ive dirtrtioiiit to hnw the pruitice of 
 lirmV lo'_'-j:mni iliHconti (I. * 
 
 Dii 11 II lirinii- to till' .liitiitrtiHlinK ilitii'w «»«' ihf (lovemiiiciit, to whiili your Kxittllriify 
 
 lnlv.■rl^, ill u It rhiirt,'«tl for rcpiiir» of piolw iippeuriiij; to 1m- priiiciuHify coniponol of b 
 
 ibiiru'f lor tin- intirior littiiiu "P <'•' »•>•• MhcriH'V ilwillin^'-houii<>, uml IVir ntovcH lor th« 
 HhitiH, tin- lloiHiof AhMinlilv iiuimit in nnywny rciicjiiiwi such churirfH for the Hhcnff'i* 
 hounf ii- pnvijhh' out of the "piililic nvtuuc; nor iiwi tlii-y lulniit the chiir({fH of »ttttion«-ry 
 nml pnntiiijr lor ihf nhtriH V ollkf, iii.lmlvd in thu public sUilioncry unti printiiiK uccouiit,' 
 fen cliiirpiililc iiix>n timl fuiiil, uiiil' tht! IIoumc of Anwrnbly niuht llniily dinwiit from any 
 oppliciition of the public uionicx to cilhrr pnqKiHo. 
 
 Alt|ioii"li till- House of AsHcinbly Iiutc, ufter a iliKpni»nioimte comii<li>r»tion of the viiriouH 
 1 «tinml»'*'iiii«l jiiiblic iiciounts nnl)iiiittrtl to them, iirrivcd ut the coiicluHion that eoimitler- 
 hI.Ic riitHciioim minht still Im: ninilis witli lulvuiitune t« tho public, in nnvifrul bruncheH of 
 the coiiliniiciit exp<nse*of the (iovernment und courtx of jiwticf, yet, iiifluenccd by mi 
 eariu'^tt desire to relieve your Ivxcellency from ui»y embunttHHinent reii|iectinft i»ny fair clwrnti 
 no>v'.«iili>'iHliiiL' iipiiiwt theCovernnient, nml to make up any necenxury ileficiency which 
 iiinv luiH- in unv of the Kiippliex of the ptcwnt Hesnion, the lloime of Amivmbly, in onlcr to 
 eniilde your Kxcellpiicy to meet theiie object*, have reiiolvv«d to place at the dmjiosal of yowr 
 Excellency II further'num of a,ooo/. , 
 
 --■Wm. Canon, Spnnker. • 
 
 (itigned) 
 
 Kiicl. I i,iii Nu< lo. 
 
 ICnelosui* U, in No. 10. 
 
 ^>^^v^« 
 
 (iciitlemcii. 
 
 A, I <im in ihebiuheslf decree unwilling to enter mto aiiythm(,'' like a controvorhial dw- 
 -.■««»,i v,ith the llouH- of '>Axxembly, 1 shall abstain from obMrfation on various (iiirtH ol 
 tl is Addri-s ami content ftiy«.-lf with stutiiij;, that thl- extinmteH lor the current year were 
 .rm.in<l wui. cur.- ami atti'iilioii ; they wire generally lonndcd upon pant expi-rieno?. and 
 !n Foni.' particulnn., uptin prospective increase of expense, in con«-qucnce o» recent Ipgis- 
 Jalivc fiiuctmeiits.; 
 
 I have always been and shall ever be ready to afford Tlie llouxe all the information in 
 ,,,vlwerr.-s,.i-ctii.!; accounts, and it is my wwh to practise ai» Htnct an ec«,iomy an tlie 
 public exigencies will jiermil. , 
 
 With rewct-to the fog-guns, as tUey are only fired by day and iiot by night, they ate 
 not m«lc".Kin.,H.rt»^;r necessary "by the cstablinhment ofhght-house.. . ^ 
 
 r.reut mischief mav arise from their K ine <ii»contiiiued,- since vessels, relying on Oie 
 eom^ cm ipu atiiin of their fatitude. nm bolcfly for the port in the thickest weather, as.«,«i 
 Ihia the vJarliing g«n will give them timely notice of their approach to the shore. 
 
 I would, therefore, venture to recommend a further consideration of this subject, so im-' 
 portant to our eomuicrcial interests and to human hfe. 
 
 • .■:■ /■ -^ :■■-:-■-[■:- -'.y^-y .----,■:■-' y-- -^^ , - .— -■-■.^ -- ...-.-. 
 
 Govcmhjent House, 2B October 18S7. ' " ; , ..\/ 
 
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 NOVA SCOTIA, NKW BRUNSWICK. &r. 
 
 \%\ 
 
 \\\\^ ami 
 iiiiii'il liy 
 
 III- lllU«T 
 
 t|)riutiuni« 
 u<l<! I'oni- 
 
 tllP Hllllllt^ 
 It MTIII* 
 
 now that 
 I rmpcct- 
 rui'tice of 
 
 xci'llnify 
 lu^ctl of a 
 H lor thtt 
 
 Hliorilf'it 
 itatiiincry 
 
 tti'count,' 
 I'roiii any 
 
 iR vnrioiiH 
 I'oiiitkier- 
 aiicli*!H of 
 L-<i by All 
 iiir clBJtnH 
 icy which 
 I ortlcr to 
 iti of your 
 
 Eiu>l(wun< I a, til No. to. 
 
 NK 
 
 thi) 
 Year 
 
 P«;b1 
 
 keri 
 
 riVi^ (litt- 
 ) (jgdrtx of 
 ycur weri' 
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 icnt Vg'"- 
 
 mabon in 
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 , thoy ate 
 
 g on tho\ 
 r,aMured\ 
 
 !t, go im* 
 
 Civil Oov,.inin..|.t of Iim (^.loiiy lor tli.- V.ur cndiOtf th«' ;•'•«• .la/of Jui,,.. ij, the Y 
 of our Urd I Han, and for other l'urj)o.K!i». f ' ' "!j ^ 
 
 May It pltNiM Your Excellency, ' ' , ' 
 
 iw^?' iln ^'»J''*">'*" :.'"':•'"' »•"' '"y"! wil.jwtH the Commoim oC Her M«ie«tvV IhUiuI of 
 Newfoultdhiiul, have In-e y ai„| volJ„l„n|yV^,v«J to Rive aiK^ imnt toTl'VlW-t" V « ■ 
 
 SSv™:r£jii:.. '::'.;"': '/'''' ";"""«"" ?'""r' »' "'" j-K-i-'-rxi/Huo hj. .sj'^ 
 
 ii(.M>ci.n your i<,xcellency thut.it may Ihi eiitu-ti!il, and— ' \ 
 
 fn.ma'lij'rt oTrr^n'''' "'•'/''""'"""■'*'"""•"•.""•' '^"'^"'''"y "' NqCfi.ii i.llan.l, that 
 hV^ I , "^' "'"I """Ppi^pf'ti-d, then! hJiiiII b.. Krantefl to ^ler Miiii-Htv her 
 
 -on X, .| h^ ^ ,1^ . ' """ y,''"' ™"""«'n'"'K '>" the iHt duy of July iM.nl mi I eiiiliim 
 Jilt k to ijl^:^ """ """• ""='•""*"' '""' *■"' ''«' »"'«' P"n4-/«H hcit,.inmifr cxiTCKc-ll^; 
 
 W FOUND- 
 LAND. 
 
 Bucl.it,iaNo. lu. 
 
 ^ 
 
 •~^ 
 
 \7y^^U !!'£!'''"'' Jl"" *".'"'■'>' "'■,^"' «='"'' «f "«' M«jc»ty'« Council 
 TowardH defrayin^r the wi|ar,c„ of two clerkn in the ferotury ^h /ffice . 
 
 TowI!I)u i"?"y'"B l^ «'1'»^ «f '♦"« ••Iwk of the Northern ci^uit Courl 
 Towards defraying Uiciwlary Wlho crier and tip«taO- of fjie Supreme 
 
 Towards defrayuig the iwlary of the gjofcr of St-Mn-H /-" -' I 
 8t? Jo'hnt"^"* . •"'"? "•■ """ P""« n«gi»tr«(e for/the diHtriot of 
 
 ■'"Sof^lSZ-!!'! '"'"7 •"" ! '«"=°"'* P""- '-K^Vt^'for the dis-" 
 ^"St'jo'hi?*^'.'''^ *'•" '"'"'y "^ "•" i'igli "constable df Uic' dirtrict of 
 
 "^'cotn'iJ&L"!" ""'!'y' f^T"'' ••"«'^'«=<»ntinge«cica ;f^lhe* 
 
 TowiSi deSi |{!^ ""'."y °J """ »^""='' ""*'«»"»"' »» Harbour Grac^ 
 f2Jo .^} ***! "''^ "f «>"« !»'«=« niagiatiate at Twillingatc and 
 
 T^J2? ii: ■ *« '"g»'.'^°n''table, and 25/. for each of the other two 
 TowaSi 3e& .'t" ** "'y ",^ ^^ K""'-^' »' ""»^"' Grace - . 
 t32 S^ h! "u^^ "^'";u «''P«"f!i»'y "'"g^trite at Carbonca, 
 Kasffe . t!** - "^ Wnstablca atCarbonear 
 
 ?r5:&;::«t^if°;^e^"^««5^^^ 
 
 Toward* defrayin 
 . a constable at 
 
 3rave; being ss/. each 
 
 ' ^ SSSLrX.'??; '*'*"'^'' ''"'^y'"? '^« «Jarie8 of gaolers , 
 . ^ • consUbl^ iri the foUowmg outports: Siat is to sav— 
 
 A constable at Bayde>Venl8 - l~™, uiana loaay.— 
 
 A constable at Harbour Main - . ' - ~ I ' " 
 
 AconsUbleatCat'sCove . - . .1" " * 
 
 A constable at Wedlem Bay - . . %■ '. ' 
 
 A constable on the south shore - -* . . * 
 
 A constable at Ferryland ' - - . . ' " 
 
 A constable at Bay of Bulls - . " I. 
 
 A constable at Toad's Cove - . . 
 
 A constable at Cape Broyle - .■ ^ T ^ 
 
 A constable at CapUn Bay - '^ . I I 
 
 A constable at Aquofort - . , I II 
 
 A constable at Fennuse - - . . * 
 
 A cogitable at Renews - - . . I " 
 A (tmutable at Plip«mti i> 
 
 250 
 
 30<t 
 
 80 
 
 270 j 
 
 10(^ 
 
 A constable at Little Placcntia 
 A constable at Barron Islands 
 A constable at Merasheen - 
 
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 12 
 12 
 .12 
 12 
 12 
 12 
 12 
 12 
 

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 LANU. 
 
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 ^URKRPONDENCR RESPECTiNO THR' GOVEUNMKNT OK 
 
 A t-uiMtiililr lit Diiriii " > 
 A t'liiUlulili- III ><iiiiil l^wfi'iu'F 
 A ('oiIkIhIiIi- at l.iiiiii'liii)' 
 A roiiktultic III Suiiit MaryV 
 A r«i^mliil>l«' lit 'r»«'|iH>twy - 
 A >'ii|iii<tul)l<' ut IIuiImmic llritttin 
 A t'tjtiiilultk- ut (<niii<l Uiiiik" 
 A n(iiili'r III I'l'rryliiinl •- 
 
 A ii^olt'i lit i'liKTiitin 
 
 A K»«mf III I iimniiii , . ,. I 11 rn II 
 
 TiiynftiU ill Iruyiiiu lli^ onlnry of ti ulipi-mliury uiu^iHtruti' ut Imy or Iliill* 
 TofiiriU ili'Crii) iiiK llir Hiiliiry ot ii hIijh mliiiry uiu«i»lnili' ut Ferry luiiil - 
 ToUurilii iklruviii); ll"- fuliiry of u Hti|)«Miiliury iiiiii^iMtrnlr nt I'luc'cntw - 
 ToiUiirilti ili'l'nrviiii; tin- wilury i>( « »li|»mliMry iiui^iHtruto nt "''"« 
 Ti^wiirilH ili'lnrvHij; llii- "iiliiry ol'tlii- ^liiHiiilmry iiiuni»lr«»" ut St. Mn 
 Ti wuril* ililnryiiiK llu: nulury ol' tin' htiiiemlim imij^ixlruli^ ut Hurl 
 llpitiiiii -• - ' - . ■■ - -y - " - - ^ 
 
 Hrituiii - * 
 
 iiry n 
 Imiuf 
 
 Tjiwunln ili-lruyiii^' tliu nulnry ^f tin- utiix^ndiury iiiuuintmtr ut Trinity - 
 'liiwuriU di-lruviiin tlii' fuliirH-* of a niiolir uiiil ci.iiKtiibli' in certain out- 
 JiKirtH; tlintjn to Kiiy, n jriiolir nt Trinity, 'ift/.; oiii! conntable at 
 I Triiiily, UA/.; u coiiHtuliii- ut Ciiliiliim, 'J4/. - '-,. " ■ " 
 TownnU ili^fmyinp tliK xnlurv <>f « iiti|ifiMlinry mutsinlrati' at lJ<.nii»i»ta - 
 Towttril»(li'fruymff,lhc- Hularii-Hof foiiHtubli'H in tim tiillowing out|iurtM ; 
 
 tliul ill to Huy : 
 ' A ton»tul)liMit Hoimvintn - - • • -t. aft-- 
 A comttulili- nt (<ri'*'iimH>nil - -_ - • 
 Tliriw foiiKlulili'ii ui Twiltin(;nti' and I'o^u 
 A coliHtulili' ut l'\|iliiitii Uuy - - - . 
 I A loimtuliii- ut Hriijiiii hvmtli - - - , - . 
 I A ii'Vt"'''*' "' WitliKu Huy - - • • -- 
 
 I A foiiHtulilc ut IVtty llurlxnir - • 
 
 ;. A conKtttlili! ut Old IVrlHun - - - -^ 
 A cimiitulili" nt Hcurt'H ('onti>nt - - - 
 A loiixtulili' nt llnntV llurlKiur - - - 
 "{ A foiiHtuliliMit New llurUiui - - - .- 
 
 4U 
 1 9 
 13 
 Vi 
 W 
 I-i 
 Vi 
 
 I'i 
 
 13 
 
 /. 
 
 13 
 13 
 
 <» 
 13 
 13 
 13 
 30 
 
 3y 
 
 luo 
 
 100 
 100 
 100 
 
 too 
 
 100 
 i 130 
 
 74 
 
 luo 
 
 I. 4. 
 
 For difniyint,' t^c Atlonii'v-ifi'ntrur* fiOB, and in lion thrreof - ■ 
 
 Tiiwurdii ilclrnyiii): tlio diiiticncy ariiiing (r«n> an irrut in tlie IJovorii- 
 
 mint t'HtiniutcAif tin- MilnrifH of nix |i<>lice con»Uilili'H at St. Jolmn, for 
 
 thi- i|iiurti!r oiul^iij; iioili June IH:17 - - - 
 
 /lo dilruy tin; ••xj*iim- of civil umt jiidiiiul priiitinj; and Htationcry, cx- 
 
 > cliiitivi! c»f tluplii'tiH'H olHcc - - - - ' - 7 ' '" 
 
 T.iwutds iUfri»/iii(5 tlio ixiKiiHt- of civil mid criminal proMciitioni - - 
 %i dcfniy the Jictiiry, clotliiii|t wukIuii}:. Ac, und for otfier incidental 
 'r''ex|HMM''< lo/*iiriKonerH throiiPiout the inlund - - , - - 
 TowurdK ileMyini,' the cximiihch »t tl>o ordinary repairs of court-houiiei* 
 uii(l nuoli*! - - -- -- " * " ," " I 
 
 to d^lniy thecxiienscH of eoroiM-r? - - - - - *, ' 
 
 To d^friiy tilt! ex|)eii»eH of fiiil uiifl li(?lit for public buildings, cxclttsivc 
 
 of the Hlii'riH"H Ikiiimc und uffici-H - - - /• " , ," , t ' 
 
 To di'lniy th/sulury of the niedii'al attendant of the gaol of ht. John h, 
 
 " proviiliHl that the nieilicul attendant of the gaol slmll not hold the ai>- 
 
 (Ktintnient of diHtrict surgeon or mcdicnl attmidant of the poor ot the 
 
 diftrict of St.Jolin'(i - -- - ",.","'" 
 
 Todefniythewilury oftbebarlierof thcgaolpfStJohns - - t 
 Towiirds defruying tlie s^lury of the mciiical attendant of the gaol tX 
 .J llurlioiir Oruee - ,- ..-- - -- 
 
 ! TowuriU difruying the cxRcniies of jiostage, &c. - - - - * 
 
 Towurds dilruying ihe expenses of the hiring of yesnels, and covering all 
 the otlwr ex'penws of the judges on the usual eirciiits . - - 
 Towurds cBiiipintiuting James lllaikic, Es^., for the loss of income pro- 
 duced By tlie Act for the amalgamation of the office ot clerk of the 
 Central Circuit Court with that of the clerk of tlie Supreme Court, 
 liir the year ending aoth June 1838 - - "" , " 
 
 Towards defmyilig the expense of removing rocks and obstructions in 
 Quidi Vidi Harbour, to be expended under the same supenntendenco 
 as lust year - - - - "!"'.'■, .l" 
 
 Towards defraying the expenses of unfor^n/MnUngenciea lor tl|e year 
 ending 30th June laaa - - - \ ^ ^, Z ,_:JZ. 
 
 odditioimi" 
 St John's 
 
 SI jonn »•- - r - J ,. t r> 
 
 As niWitional retnunciation "to Michael ^aycs for taking census of tx)n- 
 
 I Tiition Uuy - - - - */ ' * ' * " 
 
 
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 22 10 - 
 
 350 - - 
 
 600 - - 
 
 300 - - 
 
 100 - - 
 
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 200 -- - 
 
 40 
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 20 
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 400 
 
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 200 /- - 
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 NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRlJNftWICK, fte. 
 
 Tnwint* rnmiM-niwimK John KlTcinl for hi* aUm and tttgn, >.>ontttinin|( 
 inill ami tithrr iirii|irrty, out ilown by <inl«r iil thr maKHlmlc*. to mivi! 
 Ihp Imrbour of P«rt-«l«M»r«»r IVi)ni lirinK humi <m th<t lUKlit ol Ihn ftth 
 jRnuHry IM37 . . 
 
 TowBnli c-onii)rn<(«liiu( Jumtm l)<»yl.., of V,»r\mtw»r, ktt nmniUiiunK tii 
 oqihaii t'hilil ■iiur Mitnh |N:i-i to iluih Jiimi |m.it . . . . 
 
 Towu;iU (IrfruyiiiK '•»« «»»»"•«» <>f erectMiK n Kranil jury nw»n in iUr- 
 .lMmr<irac«i -'- - - 
 
 T<iwiinl» rri|iuii«mtin|{ John KinK for having erected a cwmnuMliou* and 
 iiwful hriilK)M)vi>r SalnMHi (.'ovi! Hivpf - . "• . 
 
 TowariU rrniunnratmK Dr. W«l«h, of t;ar»i«)n.«af, for acrvicpa jwrforniwl 
 |iroli-a»lonally uu<l«r the board of 'health durinK the prcvalencn of 
 *nmll |M)X --.*-...,.. 
 
 A* a rvtirinK allowaneo to John lluckip^hnm, of CnrlNinoar, t^., incoii- 
 lidenition of hi* paal *ervif«B a* a iti|H'ii{|'iary,uiuKi*trate in Concoii- 
 tioii liny '. '•- . . . -J- - - .. 
 
 To defray the eimnM-a of a«|ircial nie**pn|{nr,i(nd4if witnowH>*r|(ttmiiii'd 
 at (h« bar of the llouneof A*«>nibly in thnfollowinK innnncr, Ihiit ia 
 to »ay : To Tlioniu* Ridley, Jame* Hoyly, Jiinie* I,. I'rentleruoNl. 
 flume* Shaq>, John Jacob, the repreM-iitJitivpii of the hitc Juuie* lluj- 
 pifley, Rolurt J, l»iiiH«'nt, Wdlinni Ktirltnj;, Alfivd Mayne, and Jutui 
 Fenncll, each 6/. j Thoma* Byrne, l/^ Thoma* Dyme, mad-aiir- 
 veyor, (I /. - . . . ■■■■^ . . . 07 _ _ 
 
 8pecilil meaaenger .. . . . . . 30-- 
 
 Towfrd* relieving the poor of the outport* of (hi* i«lnnd for tlui yea* end- 
 iiij|( June 30, IH3H, provided that the *ajue ■hall l>« di*l>ur*4!d by liuaitla 
 .of C(>ninii««ioneni, to lie ap|toinU'd by hi* Excellency the Oovemor in 
 the Mveral clertoral diatrici* ; an<t the uarticulara of «uch diaburMiinenU 
 ahall ba returned to hi* E«i<cllency half-yearly, m dcUd, which return* 
 ahall be puWiahod in aonui public nowapaper in «t John'*; and provided 
 
 ^ Airther that the *ai<l Huni ahull be appropriated in qjanner followrinjr : 
 
 / that i* to »ay, for Uic dutrict of Conception Hay, 000 /. ; that i* to «ay 
 t<i be cxp«!nded in Carbonear, aoo/,; Harbour Grace, «00/. ; and in 
 DriKii*. 200 /. ; 8t. Mary 'a and Flaccntia, 1 00 /. ; Trinity, 1 fto /. : that ia 
 to nay, 7a /j to be expended at Trinity harliour, nnd 7ft./. at Hunt* hur- 
 hpur; Dunn, 160/.; Fcrryliind, 160 /.; DoniiviaU, 140/. ; Fotro and 
 Twillingate, 140/. - - ' . 
 
 Toward* relieving the poor of the diatrictof St. John'* for the *aine period, 
 provided that the aame ahall be di*bur*ed by a DourtI of Commisaionera 
 U) U'. aj)|)oinlcd by hi* Excellency the Oovemor, and the purticulnr* of 
 auch di*burNeuicntM shall be returned to hi* Excellency half-yearly, in 
 detoil ; which return* Hhall be publiahed in aonte public newii|>apv'r in 
 8t. John'*. And provided further, that hi* Excellency the Uovernor 
 be empowered to nominate and appoint four medical practitioner* reai- 
 dcnt withm the diatrict, to act a*, and he the diatrict eurireon*, or 
 medical attendanU, of tAe diatrict of St. John'* j and to deduct the 
 aum of 120/. from the *ald *um toward* defraying the *alarie* of the 
 four district lurecons of St. John'*, . being the sum of 30/. for each for 
 the same period ; and a ftirther sum of 40 /. iowarda the purchase of 
 medicine* to be di*pefi«ed in the town of 8i John's, and that there be 
 called for, by public notice, tender* for the aupply and dispenaing such 
 medicines, and the lowest tender shall ba preferred ; and (hat a further 
 aum of ftO /. 1)c phced at the dispoaal of the Indigent Sick Society - 
 
 Toward* compensating Matthew Sterenson, late clerk of the peace at 
 Harbour Grace, for the loss of hia office - - - . . 
 
 Toward* compenuting George Hippealey, for aerncea perfoimediiy him 
 aa asaaycr of weighu and meaanrea ---... 
 
 Towards remunerating Thomas ^illiima, aisayer of weighU and mea- 
 aures for the district of St, John'^ for hia lervicea and ezpeaditura aa 
 auch asaaycr - - - ./.•. . . _ 
 
 Towarda ddraying the aalary of/ibt atipendiaiy mairiatnte at Grand 
 B*«>lt - - - i - - . ,- - , - 
 
 Towarda compenaating Gathering Walsh, of Brigua, for taayint the dw 
 aagaof.lunalic to Ireland - . . *!7 ."l^T*^ 
 
 Towards suroortinff Johanna Amutrong, widow of WiUiam Aimatiooff. 
 latemaiahaloftMSoprem^Coait - - . ..y . . ^| 
 
 To dtfiny M tdditiim ta the iilary of John Howaoo. nULi-fc— .»«■ ;« *\^ 
 
 To the K|ina«ntat»e» of th/i hte Wilfini Phipnanl. i|l fbU for aB ehim. 
 o« thu.eolonv - , I . . . . , ' . 
 
 ^"ite*51''H''!^3\*^' M"U«T.of H«bowb|Me,^theiupport 
 ofherhwhwid, bemtffflunttic - •- . 7 . - . , 
 
 579. ■ / -'"y- §;-[f, ' 
 
 lis* 
 
 t. d. 
 
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 20 
 
 an II* H 
 
 60 - 
 
 .10 . . 
 
 aft 
 
 no - 
 
 77 - 
 
 1,600 
 
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 1,600 - - 
 ^0 - - 
 
 15 - 4 
 
 60 
 
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 IflO./-- - 
 
 60 - 
 
 1ft - - 
 
 40 - ,- ■ ■'■ 
 
 30 - - 
 * (MadmiMl) 
 
 ■ 's: 
 
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 V i 
 
 li'i 
 
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 I*-, 
 
 ■■*:ki 
 
 NKWroUKD' 
 
 :/ 
 
 ,/, 
 
 I 
 
 poor 
 Out|H)rts iiOl. 
 
 m m 
 
 .TinvuriU (i<-rmyiiiK the expeiiM of « mblogical fitttty of this ulahd 
 Towuitti* licl'ruyiiiK the ices of ihe BoTicitoi^nenl - - 
 TuwiiniH rciiiuiK-rHtini' Jniiicn M'Doimlil, of Harbour Once, for tupport- 
 . in^ u iJeMcrted cliitu (Thomai Fuining) - -, - 
 TowurdA n^iiiuiu-raling Koberj Tremlett, of Twillingate, for •upporting 
 Mid traiiKuiitting to St. John's b blind pauper - ' - - ^- 
 
 he House of Assembly, to deffmy the'ieit-. 
 I II«use of Assembly ; that is to say, {Ke 
 
 To the Ifun. the S|)t-aker of 
 - penM** of newHpopers fur 
 
 i*t«pt- ncw a pptr, t'fe- 
 
 XlAlt.nd.; Newfoundhmdj 
 
 Btur, I/. 1«. ; Sentinel, 1 /.j 
 
 TowardH compensating Steph« 
 
 :^-|KrAirmud as usayer of 
 
 
 Cwettfr, t fc H. f Piibfe I^Jgw, 
 
 134' CORRKJ^PoSidKn/k RI-WcnNfi irrtf GOVERN MRNT Of 
 
 rriimnrmtint; Ihn <4iiiir««Mn nt Ihr (Vi)tnil DtMini of CimiiMi*- 
 
 •Hittrrjiyir KiNiiU, iiiiii r ^'1 II \^ ill. 4, <-. la, ti>r hM wrtlt'mi 
 
 lirinMiiiig IVilimiu Miirtm, fttr his |nmI Mfvit'i'* as hi)(h »in<, 
 
 4( tUf Krnrml clrflKHi itf |Mit7, as Kilkiwsi 
 
 :«lif liri'ltaHl St Hi. Jiihit'*, 5<l/. U«. l4. ; rrtiini- 
 
 rIkJiof. Hupriiw* iiH-urrv«l at |-'<irtum< llay, 
 
 riiii(((-<>ri|i<-r, aA/. i |Mill-<-li'»k, 10/. KtpirnMtii m- 
 
 oirrwl at Hunn, Hi. Iit». hi. ; r»tuniiimH.llU»f, aft/, j pultH-lork, liiAi 
 
 EklH-MM* iiii'urrnt ul riatj'nMit aiul »*l. MaryV ii/. lu«. •<</.; rriiirif 
 
 iniiMirtli-t^r, ua/. i imllilirL, lo/. l-U|irnM-s Tmurii«d at FVrryUiMl, 
 
 n>tiinii|i|t-<ilHri'r,!iA/. : |H.lttl.-rk, lii/. K»|i«'n»P«Jn.i«tt.-.|jjt CVMi«-ri>. 
 
 lioM l^y, Ml. IJ »• H«/. ; rlniniiiiKHilrtiiT, :il6/. ; ||«tl-uliwli, lit/. If«- 
 
 prHM>« iiH'umil at Trimly \Hiiv, ll.*» ; rfliirin«Ht«<lllr..r, aft/. ; \ntit^ 
 
 ill;*, 10/. Kkimihwh iiMrt«r<'M ul 4l«'iMikW«, !»/. "<• »*•/.; rntuniiiiK- 
 
 •iljl.nr, aft / ; |xil^< l«rk, (ii/\ |'.jyK,'n««4 imumil lit I'liuo, !»/. | re- 
 
 ni!ii||H<(lir»f|J^1i/.'i-|«4l'Hi'w;'V''' ' " 
 
 iWMtU ilirruyiiit; llii- Nutury iii\ili<l>cl<!rk of lli-r Maji'nty'* Ouuncil fu^ 
 tilt- |irfM-iil M'liMitii 
 
 )war<U ili'l'ravinK Ihr wilary ul' iKo Miulrr iii Chanvery attnndiiiK ll«r 
 Majmly'ii <.otiiirtlft)r the iiimcinWjwMm - - -. 
 Tifwanix ilflVayiim th«' imliiry <iflh«Vtlirr oi'lhr hliitk n>d - - - 
 TuwnrU ilil'riiyiiiK llm »ul«ry of tl(u door-kit'iwr of llvr Muj«Kty'ii 
 
 ('(niiK'il - '- • '■ - 
 To llifiJirk of ll.r MaJMty'K Coum-il, ki di-ftwy thr cnntingent enprnwn 
 of lli-r Miiji'xly'it yoiiiK'il duriim the pK;i4'iit neiMiion - -* • 
 
 Towiiril* ilcfruyiiij; tho nulary of Iho lloiioumblu tli« 8|ieak(>r tif the 
 
 lioHiw' of Awt'iuhly .•-•>..-- 
 
 TowiinU ih'I'rnyliiK "alary of Silkilor of thn House of Assembly for th« 
 
 preKfiit M-MiirHi - ♦- - - -• 
 To (hi' i|<M>rrkW|Mr of the Huum> of Assembly for his srrvires duriiin the 
 
 pn'M'iK al'MDioa - ■«■ -. -- 
 To two iiiiilir <l<M)r«kiTp<>n> of thn House of Assembly for their services 
 
 duriiiK.thi' pn'sent ««'»i<ioi>, at aaifrnach -»•-*■- 
 
 To till' niVi«M'ii|;rr of the l(uuse of Assembly for'his strvices during the 
 |in-ii<!nt iir-Miuon - - - - - -• - ■• 
 
 To ihf uHciotuiit nUMi>cii);<>r of the House of Assembly fur his services 
 duriiii; ^liii I'niirtJit witition - •- - - - - 
 
 To tlv ri'iHirjUfof tlio Houw of Assembly fur hi* services in reporting, ice' 
 of till- l,k>'uii«- of Ai>w!nilily durii>n tlie pri-wnt sessiuiv - - . 
 
 To tlicldiruriBii of tim Lc^inlature Uir licr services .... 
 
 Tu.the treOKurer of this colony for procuring copies of certain |)ublicjw- 
 .' 'cuunU • - - - - - - - - - / " 
 
 For am-un i|uib to John Shea for prilhtiiig journals oftflouse of ^^M^bly 
 
 luiyi H<<itiiiuli -..--..--''.. 
 TowanJH diNchargipK the arrears of expense of firing fog guns from the 
 
 m Ji/ly'lH:iii to thn3l,«t Ucccfnijcr lH3a • - - . ; 
 
 Towards defraying the expenses under the following genliral heads, for 
 tile lyiarter eiitriiiK June 30th 1H37, being one-fourtn of the several 
 HUiuH voted for tliu^ uurpiiscs, as hercinbcturc mentioned, that is to 
 say: civil and judrcial printing, 87/- 1U«-; criminal pr«>secutiun8, 
 iar>/. ; ex|H-iiscs of prisoiicrti, 7& /. ; repairs of gaols and courts-houses, 
 Sft/.^ coronrrM, 30/.,; fuel alnd liuht, ftU/. ; medical attendant at gaol 
 
 . uf St. John's, 10/. ; ditto at Harbour Ui«c^,gaol, ft/.; barber at gaol 
 of St. John's. »l. Ifts. ; postaffes, 10/^; contAgencies, 2A/.; and also 
 to the poor of St. John a, k further sum o0fto/. ; and to the poor of 
 
 4fJ lu 7 V 
 100 - - 
 
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 8S1 
 860 
 
 •a 
 
 17 
 
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 W' 
 
 * 
 
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 1ft 
 
 7 
 
 a 
 
 _L 
 
 imes, 1 /. 1 «.; Mercury, 1 /. 1 «. ; 
 
 I J. Darnel, late of Carboowr, for ■crricea 
 rbta and meuurei - :.— «< .-;■«■ 5su__Js 
 
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 I fi>llu««i— Ifllk* 
 
 ' J*mMl^liiy.|iW.( J<)lmM'Uiin«ii,l/.«i«. I >f. ; Jiihii Turr, I /. Ht.TAi 
 John IWnMn, It- H«. 7i/. i WilltuMi llmii«y, | /. |«i. 7<l. ; Th4NIIM 
 
 , •MoftiMt, r/. I4«. Ti/.i lUnry WiiiUiii, iiMiti<iiu<ry, B/. t9«. ai/. In Con- 
 I'ljitiiMl lUy : ThoniM DitiMim, 7/ I|. ; John llurkiimhaiii, 3/ 4«. | 
 Uillwin MiirlmK, H/. Mr i Kit!h«nl Ranhin, m/. n«. ; J«ni<D Hh«r|i, 
 
 il. ftf. I Hcinjamiii Hiiwi<, .it. J4<. ; Uaniol IknutM, 4/. UK.; John 
 torrm, a/, i Thmnas llullw. 4t 10*. ; William HmKl^, 1l /. to*.; 
 ^ Ruhi-n 0*nn«ll, -i/. lit*.: William Miill<mii«y, !| /. lOf, |n Trimly 
 H«Y. John RmiK«n,° h/. ; Jamni, roiwulil* (lor IM3ftVia «. 4d. ■, John 
 ToHhm (IH9»), ll.nt.nd.; Martin Ally (maa), tl; Juh« Kaiutrll 
 (INn5),a/. i William Jamm, ronaUMo, I /. ; Ituimaa (Jr<<«ii,.(;>r Ixiat- 
 hirf, a/. I0».: <^harlr» Orutiuw, 'i/. IU«. ; IWii)aniiii Kwiwllifml^ ft /. 
 ■ In Ikmaviata flay, Haiiwon MiHtin, 7/. 10 f. ; J. I,. OalLk'y,'?/. l»».; 
 Jaiur* AII«n(IM:iA), \L_Jii<J-'urrykut<i, WillwmTraymMr, 4/.r'WiHiBm 
 
 Hw«-Hlaili|(|M.1A), 9/. 3(. 
 
 TimanU lUrraymu I'dm rippmlilun* of Jamoa WuMipin, ^n RnumanitiiiK 
 
 / thf ••i'ii«ii» III Triiiily Hay - - - .'. 
 
 To lli« honourabin ihe H|M)ali*!r of tlic lloi{f)4< of Aaaem&tir, lit cl«fi^y the 
 
 rnnlin((«nt cipfnwta of tha Houaa i)f A*ai>mbly dtmtiff tha prawttil 
 
 Mtamon - - -". -- . . -. 
 
 To flffray the <*ii|jpniH>K anil rrmunrralion of J. D. Bemn»», aa awuiyrr nf 
 
 wi-ikIiU ami iiipanurn* at liriKUa ami Fort dr nravn, in ('oiu-(>|ilion Hay 
 
 TowanlM <><im|iriiwttinK tho rlrrk, iH<rj<-ant-at-«rm*, il<Mirli*''<'p«'r ami iiini' 
 
 wiiKt-r u|i|t<iintr(l liy tlin,Crowii U> Ihfi'ilouae of Aia«mbly ; that i« to 
 
 any, Kilwani MprtiuiM'r An-bilialtl, Kaq., lOOf ; Eliaa Randall, ftO/,-; 
 
 John Hli<|>lii-iiiuiii, aa/.' William Krily, au/. • • - ^ <> 
 
 'o tho |ini|irirtiini of th«t Ni'wfoumllnndKr, ti>w«*d»d''rr<yiiiK th<<pli|ienM 
 
 of |iriiitin)( the Joumala of thn llouM^>f Aaaitmbly fiy the ftfmsnt 
 
 MIIWIIIHI *-.--»...» I.r^ • , 
 
 o Richard Prrchard, Iviuarktwpernf th« l^itlatura - ^^'' .'••> 
 iiwartU |>ayinK i^*< rrpri-M-ntativpa of the followioK dmtrictii, I /. per dicw 
 •■ach;' for 4'i <i»Vk' alteiulanrn iltirlnK the nroariit aomion ; (hat la to say, 
 the Mi'mhrni for thn diatricta of St. John a, Conception lia^, llonaviatn 
 lluy. Trinity lluy, Fogo, I'enyland, I'luventin, und HI. Mary 'a and 
 lliiriii ; aiirh aiima to \m puiil on the ritrtittcfite uf tlio Hpeiiker - 
 'o Itoliert John Faraoiia, to delVay the cx|M>naca of the ^unnml printing 
 
 £ of tliK llouiH> uf Aaaembly - -.- -^'- --. 
 
 I'uwttnU dflVnyini; the cxpeniwa of Captoin ,Pearl, Royal Navy, incunml 
 in (■onvryiiiK pt-titiona to Ilia lute Majeaty'a Oovcrnweiit, praying tHc 
 eatabliiihment of u LoOal Ix'KiKlatum - • - ■• ,- 
 
 Tti^rardu def(«yiii){ th» «xpi>iiM.*a incurred by Thoniaa Chnnooy in the flt- 
 (in^ up the iiniiuona houae of Carltuneur - • ^- - - t 
 
 In addition to the aaiary of the chairman of the aeaaioiia for the diatrirt 
 of St John'a ----.---.-. 
 
 Towania com|M>n«a(inK Thomaa MortQii for peat lervicc)! . • • - 
 
 To the clerk of thi- peace of llurliour Grace ■< - . . \ - i - 
 
 Por three ye«ra from Hth May lauB, towania *up|M>rting a grtmatar 
 achool at CarboMar, under the direction of thit followinir iMnintuf 
 directora, that ia tu tmyi Robert Pack^ Jjohn Waiah, M.O., William B. 
 Ik'uiiiiter, and Felix M'Carthy - - - - 
 
 Tuwurda defraying the cxpcnaca of thn<e dolegatea appointed by the 
 llouae of AiuM'mbly, to treat with Her Maieaty'a Uovermyient in Lon- 
 don. on the aubject of the administration of juatice, the agripulture, the 
 fiithi>ri««, and the general atati! of the Colony^ - - - 
 
 To hia Excellency the Uovenior, towarda liquidating outatanding claima 
 on the executive, arid to meet pnwpective deficienciea - - - 
 
 Tu, remunerate the two clerk a in the aecretary'a office for extrt labour 
 ariiiiiig from the preaeat aeaaion haviiig beec^ protracted to a period of 
 four montha • r ' * ' *'■' " « » - 
 
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 And be it further enacted, that Ihe ■um^ of money kereby grante^ ahall be paid by th« 
 treaaurer of the colony, in diacharge of auch warrant or warranta aa dhali be iasued 1^ the 
 Uovemur, or person adminiatering the government of the colony for the time bein^, in ' 
 favour of any person or persona, tu be applied to the purposes of thia Act ; and that it shill 
 not be lawful lor the said treasurer to pay any sum or siwia of monoMut of the treasury oC— — ^:'~' 
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 (No. 169.) .. • \, , 
 
 Copy of a DESPATCH from Lord Glenelg to Goveraor Prmott. 
 •■*■,'' 
 
 Sir, Downing-stret't, 1 Febnjiiry 1W38. 
 
 1 HAVE liad the honour to lay lieforc The Qticc-n.thc nddroAS from t|ie Council 
 of Now|'oundland, in their K'lHshitive capacity, wliich was puclost^d; in your 
 dciipatcli, Nq. 01, 'of the 22d November 1837, on the subject of the question!* 
 controverted I^tween that body and the House of General Assembly during the 
 last' Session, ami I have received Her Majesty's commands to return the 
 following answer. 
 
 The Qupen dee|)ly rcgrpts the inconvenience to ^hich Her faithful subjects ui ' 
 Newfoundland will be. ex|H>8cd by the loss of tite Bill of Supply for the current year, 
 and regards with lively conpem the jealousitis between the two Imtnches of the local 
 .Lpgii«tature which led tp that unfortunate result. The Queen, however, indulges 
 tlie ho|)C that Her niediatitin will be accepted by lioth the palliea to this 
 tlisciission, and that' it will be effectual for re-establishing u good understanding 
 t>etWeen them, especially aa their conflicting claims ajipear to originate rather 
 in a mutual misapprehension than in any deeper and more settled cause. 
 
 The constitution of the Legislature of Ncwifoundland is. avowetlly mo<lcIIed 
 on that of the Imperial Legislature. With regard to money grants, however, a,, ^ 
 x^istinction prevails. In the House of Commons no gra^t of money can bev. 
 Initiated exc«'pt by the Crown. .This rule, practicidly, does hot exist in the 
 House of Assembly, nor, itidee<l, in the Houses of Assenjbly of the Brilish 
 Provinces on the continent in North America.' In the latter a substitute <- 
 has been devised, not less effectual in.' its operatioi^, and more consonant 
 with the geuerAl spirit of^ the provincinjl • conslitutionu' It consists in the 
 practice 9f either grunting the supplies for the year by a scries of. Bills, 
 t-ach of which is in turn sent up to the Council for acceptance, or in granting 
 the supplies by separate resolutions, in each of which succe^vejy the concurrence 
 t»f the Conucil is obtained before it is iiieludedin''the general Appn)priat|jjin Act. 
 In this respect the Assemblies are subject to a restriction from which the House 
 of Commons is exempt, a restriction which has still in view the same object, 
 that of affording to tlic people a s^urity against the misuse of that high trust 
 which the constitution commits to their representatives. < 
 
 * If the Assembly" should establish aqd exercise the double right of deciding 
 'without intervention of the Crown, fir^t, on tlie amount of the public expenditure, ' 
 and secondly, on the si)ecifieol)j^t8. to which, it should be applied; and if ..tlie 
 only practical check on this power shoiild consist in th« right to reject all the 
 votes of the Session collectively, it is plain that a system would be introduced 
 unknown either in the mother country or in the British North Amencuh 
 Provinces; and it is equally nlaio that such a systen^twould ^ attended with 
 very grave inconvenience. Besides other evil consequences, it would reduce the ,3 
 CoUn(,-il and the Governor to the dilemma of making,' with a view to place, con- ' 
 oessidns disapproved by tijeir deliberate judgment, or of acting on that judgment 
 to the derangement for 12 mouths of the whole internal econopiy of the Iqcal 
 .Government. , 
 
 / Her Majesty is therefore of opinion that ^ House of Assembly would exeiGiscX. 
 a sound and enlightened judgment in acquiipscing-, either in Uie parliamentary 
 rule which leaves to the Crown tlic first suggestion of ail money grafts, or in 
 the rule of die provincial L^islatures, which'^ngs every Buch grant under the 
 separate revidon of the Council. ; otherwise, uk extreme right on the one side, 
 ^nust be encountered by a right equally extreme on the other side, i^ the 
 contests between the two Hous^ of l^xial Legislature mus^be pursued at the 
 expense of th« people. 
 
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 ^ ight on the pr^nt ( „. .^. 
 
 Maje^y having been appeal^ fo by the Council, desires to express, though with 
 every feeling of respect for tbe Cou&^U, a different opiuioa. 
 
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 The Appropriatiou Dill appears to liuw lM>eii roivctcd l>y the Cound) because 
 various important services were provided for inaifcquately ; becauso^e supply 
 was votcd'in such very minute detail as to brinf^ under the rcy»ion of the 
 'Assembly the case of each public officer, not excepting those who iUled the most 
 bumble and obscure plaices ; and because the sums voted for eorliiingencies wore 
 considered as an unjustifiable diversion of th« public rcvenui^ from its j)iro])er 
 
 ^ objects to tlie personal advantuire of jjie mdivulual membei^ of the House of 
 Assembly. However mucli tlie deficiency 'of tlic supply, pr the Extreme ininutc- 
 ness of tntf appropriation might justlv he regretted, thirte circi^mstances do not 
 seem to afford any valid reason for tfie rejection of th(e Bill. The third reason 
 indeed involves so grave an imputation, that it is di^cult even to discuss it with- 
 out touching on the deference aue to the Representative Assembly of Newfound- 
 land. • Such an imputation, it is clear, ought not 'to be cast without the utmost 
 caution, and on the clearest proof. It is of coiirse not to be admitted merely on 
 inference and conjecture; ncit docs the amount of money involved in the nucs- 
 
 ; tion warrant wcli a conclusioti. Consicierihg also that suth an unworthy aousc 
 of the most sacred and honourable publlk: trust could hardly fail to be visited 
 
 . with the censure of society at large, the Council might, it should seem, safely 
 refer the oifending parties to the tribunal of {lublic opinion, with u reasonable 
 security that at no distant time ijt. Would be expressed in unequivocal terms even 
 against those who for the momentrmight appear to enjoy the most unbounded 
 popularity. If it were ncccssiiry to believe that such abuses bad been really, 
 practised, it might W6ll be doubted whether the authors of them would not derive' 
 impunity. and encouragement from the public favour so readily bestowed on those 
 who are engaged in a contest, of which popular francIAses are at least the inva- 
 riable prett**r The case therefore ought to be exceedingly clear and strong, which 
 would justify the Ejection of a bill of Supply on the ground of selfish misappro- 
 priation of the public money by the House oi Assembly. . 
 
 During a session of four months continuance the sums appropriated undei' the 
 head of contingencies amounted to 2,303/. 0«. 3d., a sum considernble, it is true, 
 when compared with the expenditure for other branchy of the public service, and 
 probably admitting of some retrenchment i]^ future years ; but not so large as to 
 justify flie veiry serious reproach cast on tb^ Assembly, of lavishly voting, for 
 their own benefit as individuals, money which oughf to have been applied for 
 the RQpd of the public collectively. The practice of claiming a remuneration for 
 eervihg on the Assembly, or at least an indemnity against the expenses of such 
 service, cannot reasouubly be condemned; it is sanctioned by many precedents, 
 . and by many qonsidcrations' of great weight. In the very delicate office of 
 assessing the amount of their own remuneration, there can hardly be a doubt 
 that the members of the House ■ol Assembly Vill, on consideration, see the pro- 
 priety of living to the Council a ccmtrol of the most unfettered kind^ and will 
 admit that this is a branch of the public expenditure ovei' which it is'^mphati,- 
 cally needful that a constitutional jealousy should be exercised. 
 
 Adverting to the whole of this subject. The Queen commands me tot. signify 
 through ^ou to the Council Her Majesty's opinion that, if a Bill of Supply and 
 Appropriation, substantially corresponding with the prpenj^should again be sent 
 up by the House of Assembly, it ought not to be-rejeStedon t£^e groun^ assigned 
 by the Council for the rejection of the present Bill. '.,. ^"^ 
 
 I havie, &c. 
 ^ (signed)! Gletufy* 
 
 NEWFOUND* 
 LAND. 
 
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 — No. 11— ?:;: 
 
 Extract of a DESPATCH from Governor iWeoM to Lord OUmcUfi dsted 
 Newfoundland, 9 December 1837. 
 
 I HAVB the honour to. endpipe an Address to Her Vb^taty from,, Uie HouM 
 v;' of Assembly of the Island of N^OModland. 
 
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 !!ncIo8ure in No. 13. 
 
 End. ill No. id. To|tlic Quccii'b Most f.JU^Meiit Mitjcsty : — Tlio l>iinil)l(; Adilrem of the House of Rcprcsen-. 
 tativrs of t^ /slfind of Newfoundland, in Uencral AMcinbly couvcned. 
 
 May it pleose^/jmir Majcily, / 
 
 We, your Moj^^ft^V nioHt faithful aubjccts, thctConimon* of Newfoundland, in General 
 ABBcnibly conycnnl,inoilt reverently an^rciipectfuly approach your most uraciouH Majeaty'a 
 throne, and with^K^tinient^ of the deiPpcHt and moHt Hincere attachment dc); leave to oner 
 the huni\>!«_ tiu>iit« of our heartfelt BynipatKy for your MajeHtv'a bereavement, and the 
 ttatiom), afiiouQi), on the occasion of the departure from this workf of our late beloved sove- ' 
 ivim,yWlnikje*ty'suncle,of glorious and happy memory. . 
 
 ^ Unmr U^ mild and beneflcent administrtAion of that great Aid good monarch, the geniua of 
 liberty am lefohn spread her influence ov4r the land, and wherever she smiled contentment 
 and (lapwiiess were awakened, because Ooverhment became impartial, and justice accessible 
 to ail/the people ; the fetters fc4l fro^ the feet of the captive, and he lifted up-his hands, 
 unmOnacled, in thanksgiving, pouring benedictions i{pon hit royal benefactor. While the 
 encmirngement of commerce and industry bespoke a solicitude for national, prosperity, 
 the mitigation of the severity of tbe penal code testified an inherent love of the truly royal- 
 itributp of mercy, and the tra)iquilIizftion of Ireland was commemorative of a love of 
 /justice'calcuiated to endear his niemory to the latest pOs(eriry. 
 
 But while your Majesty's lov<il subject»of Newfoundland Cpiicur in this universal sentiment 
 of grateful remembrance of Avours poured upon other countries under the dominion, of 
 Britain^ their gratitude is |iarticulatly called forth by his late Majesty's attention to the 
 interest of this colony, manifested in nis graciously according the blessing of self-legislation 
 to a people Whose distance from the seat of Government rendered a local legislature necessary - 
 to promote their prosperity, and that feeling is peculiarly enhanced by the last act of hm 
 Majesty's life, as connected with this island ; the opening the prison gates upon electoia 
 unjustly condemned to loss of liberty because they haid d^rea to use their franchise freely. 
 - The principal iiistitutions of Njewfoundland are young — her courts of justice and her 
 legislature; and t^ey particularly need your Majesty's fostenng care to guide tnem through the . 
 difficulties natiirally surrounding infuit establishment^ and your Majesty's people in this 
 distant but important colony there^re hail the commenc^ent of your mcit august Ma> 
 jeaty's reign as bearing auspicious promise of improvement. . 
 
 ^ -Moist jlracicMis Queen, permit your Majesty's foithAil Combons ofNewfoprfdland to bear 
 yqur'M4je8ty*their ardent felicitations on your Mayeety'e happy accession to the throne of 
 
 ur forefathers, and to' express'an humble but sincere prayer that your, Majesty may be 
 defined to bring to maturity all those great measures of imprbtvement whicn owed their 
 iotepdon to your Majesty's royal predeceaaflirsj, and to ratify all th^fond hopes pf your people 
 6yttlwg, a nappy, a))d an illustrious reign. '' 
 
 «- . ^ (signed) WiU. Carum, 
 
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 HoiueW Assembly, 
 ~ ober 1837. 
 
 Speaker. 
 
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 Sir, V / Downing-etreet, 6 January 1888. 
 
 J BATE had the hoqmr to lay before The cfueen the address from the House 
 of Assembly of New^undland, dated the 16th\ of October, and enclosed in your 
 despatch, No. 67, ^f the 9th December last; and I have received Her MuMty's 
 commauds.to insect you to^inform the House oi|A8sembly thAt Her Majesty 
 'has received witK mucn satufaction-the assurances contained in their address of 
 the attachment'of that House to Her person and Government, and to the consti-^ 
 tution imderAhich they' liv^^; and th^t thie House may be assured that Ha 
 Majesty wiU' at aU times be r^y to co-derate with them in promoting ' - 
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