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",'U ,- ■ '''"'Df. -il^ ^:!.',u';, ' ON THE l i w A i ltP 1 3d OF OCllOBER, !S4$, -•t %. BY 1 1' JOHN Rass, PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR FOR THE INFORMATION OF SUCH OF THE COLCHEiYER CONSTITUENCY AS WERE AOT PRESENT >!' THOSE .MEETINGS. HALIFAX, N. S., NovEMS^r, 1843. ■ ""^^i^ff^bN^^set^ _ ^^ TO THE lllKKHOLDKllS OF THE COUN I V OF COLCHESTER. K „. House was at all probable ^^^ ore nnojl- So- o ' '- Lc,.slat ^^^ J^^ nallv xvilh a view to enable you to judge ol "'^ "'7 '';..../•.,_ ^\,^^ a,.e given in ihis ^'advocates of One College ««;^^f'f /^- %^^ bf p^ on bXre the' House met. shape^in hopes that y^V^^r t^^Jau's io bT l^on ^ reduction of high Salar.es- .l^q'titiodmg not only on the College question du ais ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^j^^^. 'hi'gh in a three fold degree, -h^^^trSah es er^gr anted And a^s I have every wish ^.ommodities now. and the t.me those Sala es ^^ere g an j.onour of being re- .0 be instructed in all matters of general rr ort '^ slioulU ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ tur-Iied your Representat.ve-but P^^^^^"!^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .h'S favourable to one College in Hali- .be prepared upon the Poll-Book,-^one for ^^^^^ ^^.^^^^^ ,,,,x, ,he question-an4 o^e fax-one for those who would prefer my °; " l^f "/\3,7^^^^^^^ tho prescyi*,.-vcit*»ent ,^ fqr those who would prefer not to adont <^'f P'""' ^^^^^^'"'.'^^ and dispa^onalely, for '^ L awd;^ , to enable the pcoj^le tojeal w ^;; J^^^^^J^^^^ .^^t every man in the Coun- ^ the general good of the Country an*the n.m^ ^'^ '' ^"i.'en be votes, and the instruct.o-i M, opinion c„ pro-non . U. ^^t^t^J^:"^^^^^ .he English Gov«na.e.. '°/;^,";«„^: °,",' PaS men .Iring i.. las. siuing, bu. in which A boon granted to Canada by the imper ai ra.i o , . » | „o, asked for.— Nova S^ot.a and New Brunsw.ck are . mcU ded^ m^ ^^ ,^^^ ^, Uk { 1 have the honour to be, "Xrentlemen, Your Obdt. and Humble Servant, JOHN ROSS. Truro, Nv^. 1/t., 1843. i. Aj.-<^ f: wg mwi jii^i" ii> i ' II tM m m i " w^iTT ^ ■in i n i f ■ I - tmin m 0' ■ ell *o on ee. ich ^ tof lie- i '?>''*: j ' in *" ;l. 'f SPEECH AT PORTAl'IQUE, 33d October, 1813. VViiKN I nrrivc.l l.nro to-.lay, I .li.l not expect ih-it -in o.M.ort.i.Mty »voul.l be ftffonle.l mo to nd- ?r:«, tVs .n.etH.p' The I.berality n- courtesy «liiiplayc«'"' »^'7/« left home thia morning, does no| imply that I did not intend to be here, as ha will petceive by a reference thereto. The ilovd. Gentleman will dis- ooverihe purport of my communication to be, that by the rules which I unders-tood were to govern this meelinp. I would be precluded from nddres- Hing you : but that I di.i not convey the idea tha I would not be present, and fo-aring that he won d not receive that note in time, and consequently not have it in his power to comply with the re- quest therein contained, I provioed myselt wi - a copy of the letter to which it alludes, and woicH I had the honor to ad.lress to tho Revd Gentle- man three days after tho meeting at Onslow. TR.mo, 13th Oct., 184S. Revd. and Dear Sir, I tiistoi that I had not an opportunity of con- versirig with you, before your return home on the question now engrossing so much Pf l'^ « ' tention-lhat of Colleges^. The views I ente - tain and expressed upon this subject at the Meet- Sg irSnslSw, arc, I am told, construed by some to serve party purposes, as inimical to he mte- rests of P resbyterians, oi ^ er favorable to the ~~~~ -Truro, 2lst. Ocir. 1813. *'^;'i:«,TcuSro m"sinco I .aw you .he other po..o (he Catholics do nc<|u,e,ce in the nchemo ot one Univeraitf, every bo.ly who know, anything of the Mtraonlintiry inf1uenc« their clergy exerciso over their flock^ inuet know that /A*y have only to will that treble the amount given to St. Mary's ahouM bu rnlHcd annitnlly hy private subscriptions, andit is done. Thatde- nomir.ntion thorofore, will not only sustnin their Jitorary standing, but nctnally gain upon their frotestant brother aubjecta, who are not mo cinily managed when money ij required to nromoto tho literary or religious views of their several deno- imn-'tlons. I look therefore, upon the elompnm of support which tho CniholicH, Episcopnlirtii^ and Bnptists have nt their command, ns ample to promote the eiiucation of their severnl bodies, with- out one farthina of the public money. Their in- terests would be affected only, by the measure proposed, to the extent of the pounds shillings, nnd pence oearing on tho subject. Tlioir sectf>- rmn Institutioni wouM be fostered, and their youth progressing in e.lucntion, while the Pres- by tenant, having no bond of union, would have Iheir young men growing up without thnt educa- tion essential to qualify them to fill siluntions in the Colony, in which they now occupy so respectable and commanding a position, would they only ngre^a to avail themselves of the power of unity, huch a prospect for the Presbyterian popuUfion, IS to mo particularly painful ; and thus far I have used every monns in my power to prevent it. To Pictou Academy 1 look with an intense interest and unabated hopes, as the source that IS to operi to the youth of the Eastern section of this Province the means of acquiring an educa- tion, that will qualify them to compete for the higher offices of tho state in this Colony ; and I know they have natural talents equal to any si- milar number of Her Majesty's subjects. Now my plan of dealing with those seemingly conflicting elements, would be to raise the Pictou Academy to tho same status as Acadia College- endow them both in perpetuity in terms of my resolutions, with £400 annually. Combine '• St. Mary's" and Dalhousie CoUeifes =n Halifax, on the principles of a general « University," with- out any preponderating tendency to f.jvour one denomination more than another, with a grant of X800 a-year, also in perpetuity. Such an Uni- versity would forever deb ir application for aid to build or endow any other College«<, as its portals would be alike free to aU, and no sect could af- terwards advocate its claim on the ground now urged, "that those in existence are calculated to propagate their sectarian dogmas to such students as attend their classes. This Country can never command the many natural resources it possesses, so as to render them subservient to the wants and comforts of ihd people, except through tho application of •citnc» Naiurtl Philosophy, but Ch«mi»try m particular m.ut he <«u^A/ in the Country, be?cr# the great bulk of the people can properf; «„pre c.ote the great fertility of our ,od,\nd the^^e" ■""?;'"» ''en-urei of wealth the mineral kingdom ol Nova Scot;a presents to n learned, ■ciemiflc. and enterprising people. More than ordinary HJorts ought to be immediately made to found in Horton and Pictou, Professorship, of AgricuJ- tore and Chemistry, with experimental farms .1- tached. where students might combine scienc* with practical farming and mineralogy. These are my views «nd opinions, with'>ut re- gard to local petty differenres that may ejiu , be- tween Presbyterians, or Ilaptists, or any othef sect. I hey are confirmed alter comparing the present position of Nova Scoiia with that of Scotland, at the time the Universities of that country were founded. \x is absolute folly to ex- pect such an education fr-n the county Acade- mies as the coiuitry rei.uires. The apparatus lor teaching the scie-ces, even if the master* were capable, is entirely beyond their means I speok with confidence as regards the, Tr.i <. Academy— the same branches werv) to"vh» vkiiji as capable teachers employed under tl.e '-am- mar School system, as at present. Doing nwj. with the county Academies wouhj enaf 'e ;he ;./- gislature to appropriate £1400 unnii,illv !^OTt tu the Common Schools, and allowing a.-i r er ' - of /en pounds ^i each School, and SOsce ola/a 'n each School, 4200 individuals would be uenei'.tted, or 247 in each county, instead of the eight or nine now receiving instruction, and those the very class wno can best afford to pay for the edu- cation of their offspring. These are my views, Kevd. and dear Sir,— I may be wrong, but if so, It IS an error of the head and not of the hear' If health permit, I will be present at the Meeting at Portapique, and if an opportunity is allorJetl, I shall explain those views more fully. Yours, &c. The Revd. Mr. Baih, ^^^' ^^ '^' Londonderry. Now Gentlemen will perceive that my scheme of endowing Colleges is not ho absurri nor vet so regardless of the various interests of other de- nominations besides those of Baptists and Pres- byterians, as is insinuated by a sneaking corres- pondent of the Nova Scotian, who dates his com- munication from Colchester, but to which he would not dare to affix even an anonymous name, knowing tha: any name appended to that com- munication would become a word to which the finger of every honest man would point as syno- nymous with falsehood, cowardice and malice. I repeat that no one dare look an honest man in the face and avow himself the author of that communication. That the individual hid an ob- ject in view no one can question ; an object i I K J 1 .X X ■1* •Mpi muni -I II m ii imiyi i •inittrjr in ry, lie for* riy «|ipre- nd the ex- i kingdom ■ci«ntiflu, ordinary to found •f Agricul- I farms at- ie icienc* rith'>ttt re- exiB,, be- any othef laring the lb that of !•« of thnt ully to ex- y Acade* npparatUM e rnaatere tneann. I ht Trr dealing would shrink :— that object is to deceive nnd niiitlead the people. (.Mr. Howp. Vuu hud Itp.iter lake care where )ou are, sir, there ie a limit to for- bearance.) Mr. WoMt humourun-'tv-'I know I carried a riflt" anmewha'. like Sam Slick's Irish- marl ; hut I did not «;xpuct it would kick ine off the platform. Now he the author who he moy, the garbled and false utatemenfe that communicn- tion contains, are quite in k'jcping with the po- licy pQTsued by the Uentlemnn and his party, I who naturnlly concludes that my sarcnsms nim at him«eir, of crowding the colunms of n paper already in n stale of decomposition, with the vi- rus of laNehood and malice which he wishes to infuse into the minds of the inhabitants of Col- chester who were not present at that Meeting. I had not an opportunity in Onslow of shewing the douhlingo and tortuous windings by which he endeavoured to extricate himself tVom the ridi- culous position in whirh he was placed. He has to day givftn you a specimen if not ii rccapifula- ".o" />?'N8 dinj»-(long calculations, his false stnto- m"'nts of issumed fact-t which nn ordinary mind wt ijIo b« ashamed to palm upon any people en- \ joying as li.ich common sense as would be sufli- » practi-ied upon the Constitution, or allow the per-^on preparing tho Henponfible dme. to at tempt it with impunity. 1 believe, Gentlemen, it is one of those ingredients which constitute the jugnle of the present Government, and which has rendered the true " Hnsponsib'e," a wor.l signify- ing der-M ui and contompt. and it will convey that idea so long as they arc allowed to remuiu at the Council-board. IJut. Mr. Chairmiin, some may coijsider that 1 am diicuasing tho polni.!iil tondon.iy of the propo- eed measure of on« ColU-ge. U has strong poli- tical aspects, and when the Honble. Gentleman ahull find it convonienl to come to the political discussion he has coiidcscoiidod to promise -jS, he miy discover that vvi: aro not so ignorant of tho principles by which countries are governed as he would wish us to bo ; wc may perhaps be able to shew him that all countries aro goven.od by th«> intluences of tho Lawyer, the Schoolmaster, or the Soldier. Greot Britain has no wish or dnpo- sition to govern us by the sword, and leaves it to ourt^elvBs by which of the other two wo will bo governed: vvc are row governed by Lawyers, and they arc afraid that if the Schoolmaster n al- lowed to come among us, hi; may teach us that we can govern ourselveH without '^o much of their aid as w'e are now blessed with. In Franco tho people aie governed by the ^iword ; the School- master has been among them, and to protect the p.-esent Dynasty, who attempted to make one Press do whiit one College is to tlo for us. Pans must 1)0 fortified, or the Government must, to govern theParisians. This could only he accom- plish'ed by deceiving the people as to the object of having it done. Accordingly, a quarrel must ho had with the English and Russians on the coast of Syriv, an invasion was held in terrorum over the heads of tho Parisian*, and .o magnify the delusion, the recollection of the hordes of Cos- sacks, Polish Lancers and Scotch Greys that in- vettnl their capital and trampled upon their ea- gles in 1814, were dragged into the picture ofde- gradiition they had conjured up, and which, they said, must be wijtod from the }»age of their ylory. / / I ! < \ <««M>i«pNpilil I Thft Itfiii wm loo for^souaU r»I»I*«iI i»ot to Iwi ••w6.nowi»tl by itje •' (Jlunoin N»iiiin,"ni>«t to pre- VBnt a r«curreiiee of mi hiiiiMlimiiig a Drums, thpy coiuemeil — Foru i* forufwtl, oimJ mow wh«ii it i«teo Ime ihe P«ifitinni» fln.l tbcfiiM-Ivcs at the inerflv of the Camion, (iovernmeiit hail M ihttn to believe wcr« |)laiite«l to ilefeml thein Iroin ro- rciifu ajrjfresBion. iM u* compure •iiinll thinga »»ith grent,— take warning btiiora il be too inie ; th»re is a atrilcing nimilanty Ijelvvt-en iha tnctica of th«ott« Collt'ge Statfiamari ami the I'olignac policy whinh ttttmiipted lo compel Frenchmen to . give to Ooverninent th« control of lite Prern", aa ' \v« are re(|uir»;«l to ilo thnt of Educution. The HonorableUentloman thinka there la n grpat deal of incoii»i«tency diapluyed by me ii.enileavouring 10 reaiucitnte the I'ictou Ac{»d»?my, and to mnko out hiB Kaae ho repesiuilly uaaerti«, thnt 1 wait m- atrumental to ita deatruction.— Now I once for nil nn my own behtilf and for the Kirk Party in P»c- tou, Ihiow back the faUe accusnfion upon thoso who fir»t gave it utterancf. Th« Kirk Party wanted to make it uaeful to the whole bulk of the people— they neither wanted to deatroy it, or ex- clude ihowo who cliiim»:d it as their own : what they wanted was equal participation in the bldi- \ wings of 11 liberal F.ciuciition, from nu institution endowed by thu fruits of iheir induntry. Now, I will toll you toAo did deilroy if. It was des- troyed by those who prctentled most friendshiji for' it, by Pduedo pntrioH nnti wily politicians, who would, nnd did sacrifice the best interests of the Colony to keep themselves in power. Pic:ou Academy was the Juggle that kept politicians of former di»y8 over the headn of the i mjnrily in Pictou, while the County of Halifax was undivi- ded, Ae soon as that was accompliNhed, th«y saw their occupation wos gone,— another whuffle of the cards was necessary, and we find thern re- move the Kev. and leurnod Doctor from the scene of his usefulness to be confined to the dreary wolls nfadead edifice,— rather than the majority in f Pictou should have the rights of British subjects, —that of educating their children. The grest bulk of the pcojde of Pictou of both parties, be- gan to see the deplorable situation in which tho political trickery of false friends placed them. They did unite last year, upon u broad, liberal, and judicious system of education *, they went to the Legislature, «s they had a right to do, for aid ; they were met there by the opposition ofthe fair end of that tribe of Jesuits, the member for Colchester, who were determined upon its ruin rather than the Kirk party should benefit by it. This is the spirit that actuates the Honorable Gentlemen, who to gain his enld and gratify his propensities, is ready to sacrifice the real inter- ests of all the Piesbytoriaiis,- both Kirkmen and Seccders, on tbe pretext that the Province would be benefitted in a pecuniary point of view, by the adoption of one College lo the exclusion of all r\iliara Ctnoh an nrtifii>n innv (IprnivR for Atinie. but the oiU idagt of " murder will nut" 4 to overtake such infatny. liaviitg said thus muub ■• to the politictt i dancy oflhis iiii>ajure, 111 iianompare tho pr«a4^ condition of Nova Scoiia with that of Hcott«nll- a country whoee exainpl* in inattcri of education we would do well to iniitfttn. Hrre ^lr. Uose referred to and read tbe slaiiiii^s of Scotland «« Inhibited by him in On-low, and publish*?*! hi the Morning Post o( the 19th liml., and continued : Now gftnilemcn, Itenr in mind thit one hnmlred years after three Universities were founded, the population did not much exceed, that of this Pro- vince. Kecollect alto, that this country has got elemouta of wealth, and means of iiHr»;a«iog and sustaining a population which Scotland never posst-ssetl. The mineral productions of iht soil are not surpassed either in extent or variety in any potion of iler Majesty's dominions. No- thing IS required but Science and Responsible Cioverniiient to maketbisa wealthy and poputiu* cojony. Not such n responsibility as require* oneofihj Governmciut to come periodically to assure us, that this and the othe<' measure i^ a part ofthe Ilcsponsiblo system -but a responsi- bility that every man would feel, by the institu- tions ofthe country being conducted with honesty and fair dealing— opening up the many resources ofthe country to the enterprue of the people — a resiponsibility tha will seiison every man's dish with the relish,— thnt the Oovernment his labour supports is one that required no propping, li«- Mig built upon the well underntood wisnes of a free and leurneil people. Institutions of learning of a high standing planted in the country, is tha foundation upon which our prosperity must b« reared, end in whatove- shape the question may be disposed of by us, the day is not far distarit when a College must be in PictoiJ^ and no spirit of prophecy is required to foresee that such an institution must of necewsity be pnitially endowed by the Legislature. The Eastern counties are chiefly settled by emigrants frotn Scotbufd, and I greatly mistake their character if they will be aa' led with less opportunities of acquiring the blessings of nn education than have been thi^ir forefathers. Let me also implore you to inves- tigate and thoroughly understind the proposition submitted :o the Onslow meeting, as embodied in a number of Resolutions proposed by myself, the same that have been moved in amendment to the original resolutions now before this meeting, by a gentleman to me unknown— the proposition of uniting St. Mary's and Dalhousie Colleger, in Halifax, and to endow Acadia College, Worton» and the Pictou College, separately— the forhner with £8CK), the latter with i;400 each annually, would be a saving of £176 on the present sys- tem. (Mr. Howe— Rut your scheme embraced a College in Capo Breton for the Catholics.) — Mr. Ross.— It did not. What I said in Onslow was. that the great blunder comtniited in «he Lo- •» «RV v«ry Honblt. Q 1 Ibrethylil ul llathoii«i«. \Vh«ii ih« ^cntlciimn aikml rim if ibn C«ihuliti w«r« not ■• inurb •ntutj.l to • (;.,||ege g. ,„- «u«y or ih«. L«gi«l,it.jre helorti th«y graniril • bu.U wh.r. it *ouM confT iha grcn,„, bm.rfjj f K • *?■• *"'"* "'♦'"' •••o»»'«- «h''rt.rure ii nughl .h. r ^'"' »•:!''': «"»>" i' t:*p« Urctun or m Lr?n^i!i " "rJ*^''//*' ' "'"*''*••' '"» »-*^«'»^'-' J-L- **».••• .*"• """'''•• «'"«««'"^«"« h„» aUo ••Mil, bow I ■miodnjiOM or •' Kif.K'» C..II«„o- Windior. My .n*wer hn w.M n.wl m ih« kn-r r«i T.*^"'. ■«"'" '*''"* **"«« ' '-'•' in 0"» n „' I «»M'«'- di'l wrong, in n,y «,.i,„on. •n not ..i,if.ortH,g Mr. Mct.elUi,', h.ll \U i^, •ion, which would S.vi! placed all ColleKM on tur« to deal .nerwar.!, with the qu.'«iion o? Col- !!?,'»! " n" «"»'Jn'n might doeiii mo.t just to ull parliot. But their po.idon waa ono of «xtreinu awkwardncM, and und«r tLe existing exirao.." n«rjr circumatancfa of the time, the- uiiaht not iob«»oa«visr«ly bhmcd. «"''»ut ,™"L®.*^*"''','* "***?' »''''*'*"* '" cirflumatance? aomewhat airr.ilHr ir thnt of Scoil-nd i.reviona to ibB (oundiny of tbo Edinburgh lTnivcr«.ty.- Scotland bad thrn ita three U..iveriiti«a all Sec- tarian : but did our forurathci,,, I any ,>ur fore- latftera, for the Prf-abyterian^ of the North of Ireland were originally from Scotland, and the IJrat aeltlera of thia now populoin Townshio weie from theNorth of Ireland, aa the name im- pnea. I aak, did they dumo-.i-ih the old S«ctarian i^ollegea and l.u.ld a nf w one on their ruina. No, Uentlemen, iftheyhadyou should not fi,.d me here lo-day iickt,owledt;mg ,.,y,elf a Scotchman •nd proud of thename-ondthoy done ao I would dUown my native country, and ahudder when I ■hould be auapected of being a Briton. I would rjtherclai.n kindred with the Esquimaux or the tlottentot than trace my pedigrt-e and nativity to • peop'e guilty of ao vftnd;.lic and bnrbaroua an outrage upon the proper feellnga of mankind. But.Gentloman, what did thev do > It iii an hid- torical fact, Cfedimble to the'country and to our n«ture, that at the refonnaiion, when the accu- miilated wrongs of an oppressed people armed their vengeance with seet-jri »n zeal, which forc- ed them to desecrate tha altars at which their forefatbars worshipped the same God which they adored, hut under n different priesthood-yet they spared the Seminaries of Learning, know- ing that they were dedicated by the same priest- hood to the general benefit of mankind, although particularly under the controu! of the Church, to irain up a learned but aectarian and corrupt cler- gy, and from whose influences they were then purging tfaf iniiituiioni of the State. They not or pul Md i.oi down tbu<« in .«,.i«r,ct, bu iImi, '..if, and rndowH ano.her ni the cap.i'al of thJ kiogdo,,,. a, ^, ,„y, ost now to do with a char- ler aarn», p;iii and uncantaiiiimurd as ib« air H hirh encirclM I en-Lomond. Such „' |„,iJu' g^n«'e of the country and ihn wants of ihot« whu w^n ?*r.' * '" J^' .""""•'•c'unoR district*, •« Now mark the result. While thoso in active and u«ercil ..jj.atence were «u,t..ined, and progreMsd ' «Mon„hmg p,o«perity. adding IVol^i^abip. ..nemJow,,.*.. hairs with amc/rng r.,,„|„y, xL f^linburgh Univer.ity ha. out.t.ippe.l ihei;. .11, aflording the mean, of a liberal and iH»li.h..>l |d..cation to any one who cboisea to *rek i there. I ho Kev.J. ticnilemon who sits beside me, and who IS in the habit of oddies.ing his psriihioners in strains of id a policy. Ought we not there, lore to follow that example and endow one Unl. vorsity in the Capital to f.\:end similar blessingi to those who m..y conscientiously txcluda thpin- selves from th't institutions now iu e.-tinlsnce, bo- cause thev may have acquired a ssctarian cha- rccter. Wy own opinions are decided in favour ot such a measure, enjoying as we do Hatterinr prospects of a speedily increafcing population, both as regards ihe natural means of incriase, as well uji by emigration uIho, It has aNo been atnted by an Honble. Gentle- man here to day-Mr. Howo-that there is no couii»ry with whose history he is acquainted that supports H College with a less population than Switzerland, r.nd it contains 400,000 inhabitants Wow I complain of this mode of decept^p aa being particularly unfair. I will not underttke to assert that the Honble. Gentleman intendedia mislead, nevertheless the violenco offered to a lair statement of farts deserves the unnualiHed disapprobation, if not the execration of this meet- ing. 1 ask him is it fair, honest, or proper policy in him, to compare the populaiion of Switzerland nntp with the Colleges it supports i Ought he not go back to the date of their foundation, and compare the population and resources of tbs couriry then, with the present population and prospects of th-s colony * Great minds should study great questions thoroughly, and be pre- rmred on svery occasion to enter fully and un- equivocally upon the various bearings of a sub- ject involving less interest than that of the edu- cation of country : ignorance or negligence / I ,j^-r^fi wsy..aaai>yi iwwpolj«tK(i ueek 't H» liflaids BBttng hi« fintfinf III 1 (lesnnbe, learning ir|icl, WHS bm iiAtivo vitied the Uuivtr- iuw«, ani jrHun and 00 inan- lot there* one Uni- bleirtingi uJa ih'-m- 3uce, bo- •ian cha- in favour nattering )))ulatiuti, rtaar, as . Genile< ere is no inted that tion than labitantt. pt.-'^n as ndertfke tended to red to a fjualiried lis uieet- Br policy iizerland )ught he on, and s or the tion and 9 should be pre- and un> }t a sub* the edu< I wii the |inrt ( T thoit «vbo at)>ir« ir> in«n««« the •fi'itirii orBiiii4 in auch mnVxin, ish'gbli eti.iiinat and d«aerv«a (*en«urv. J he moral guilt of d«- ce.viii'f thv |)e(>|>!e tuity not ba a- greot it' inia- kiaieniriita ura iriada in i|noranri>, but the |ioliti- eal culpaUliiy admiU rf no palhniiun, particu- larly HI ihoar vihomn d ity it ia to be well inrurm- wd on aur'i auttinala, • Now Mr. CbnirtiMt, lei ua look at the waya and itittanu propoaed by thj aifvocntea oron« Col- lege for ita aupport, and we flnd that "iHCi) only Will in th« incan liriif, aa ihcy hHPvrt, \m rt'(|iMrcd from the Public Tnwiaury, w^tl» it n ndnnded that jE'J05(» will !iu the probibta annual expendi- ture. Another item ol'iCsoo ia niMde up, i.* fl- furef at leaaf, aa to accrue from Tuition Kara of 80atudtrag oi(e third of thw number thua nxaumeu !irt Cii'^ulntir.ii ; — jCSOy inoro or £1,3% wiU i„ i'orti U» required nnnu- ally from the pubiin '1 n!»iury, inatuttd of £800. at repeatedly nsaerred. I.i ten yo.i-a we would have thia gruM irniv •Hif3 broMs'hc to ibr bumi.ier lo pny n d-ht thua in<.<«iumjibly incline I nccord ing lo their own nhewinr, or nnotljpr dfniand .m««»e upon and itnid by ihe Trr'nciiry for £5,d00. Now let un look t»t the credit ni le of the rcounf— at ih*- oLjccl t(, be gained nnd the Heme or ^hich thin dent is 'o bo im-urred. We nrc to hsvc Profesaori of J»lornl Philosophy nnd lllietn- ric, (ireek, Latin, Chemistry, Natiinil Philo.o- l»hy, Politii:nl Knonotrty, .Moilern fatii«uagpg, liHW and Mfidicinp, re.-juiring nn e.vpenilitu.e of £15iO mnongm eight individuHl*, who :»re lo bo eminent for their learning, a model to tho stu- dents in rnoraN and religion— forming a nucleus nround which wiil gniher the erudin*, tho scionti- iic of nil pnrtiea, and whom the learned and good of all Denominations will delight to honor— oil, all ihia for the paltry Kum of £2^jr/r. On rending the calculations of the Hon. Gentleman now Dresent, pubmittcd to the grcaf meeting con- vened nt Mason Hall in Hiilifi>.x, I felt nn inde- scribable amount of iiiitonishment nml delii^ht nl the great bargain about to be concluded by the Hon. Etciseman ;<>r the benefit of tho rising generation, betsveen the Proviii'-iuj Treasury and such a list of vnluabln commo»700 for thii B#rvHfa oi ntn^ imiividuala, on »ii avei ,»«of £«U6 I J.. 4d eaeh-to men eertsWIjL not more l«arnedj not mopt hontaf, not mow »!•- / aervt.ig tbun Proleaaora ahr.uld b*>. -a»i«J ainonfe} then, wf lind an Kxctaemftn. whoae literary ' aitninmenta do not lurppia those required fVom*. a i'liBC'ier of ^. >dern l.angiiafea, whoao salary . ia flieJ nt £12^0. Hut th^n we are to have Pro- fcaaora of L.fW and Medicine, and lor the mode- rate sum of XloOeaeh. Homr p«raon .■• «eid that Ivtwcen ttie aubl.me and -idiculoua there i§ but a atep— that atep may Uid fo other extremen. In the CotlHice then we are to have an emine.it Ii3wyer to d»"al out the distinct. ons of right and wrong for £l(W)ayeai, whtlfl nnochar receives £ii50 for similar aervicea— th3 aimple difftrenee being thiit, the one teaches, under legal preten- Bio'u, aophiitry as a science by which the poor mny be oppressed— the other deieots, exposes and poniahea vilhiny, excepn when pracitied by sanctioii of Laut under myaierloua technicalities, which a common sense ^lew of matters would despise Hod rejert. Bur there may be an emi.tent ex|»nuniler of Law ind Education, who may be ambitions of being the Professor, and— anJ— I wili m.' ny whot ; I acorn to t-II the truth of that ^ ^^ Mion when k tells against them, except tl. .• .,• n representative present j' (Mr. U. B(>k- V d if there were a lawyer present } " Munro" was echoed from different |uart« of th^ Mftetinir on the Colleiie oues- ti«n, otifSied the sjieakers to half ati hour, he begged to State that twenty minutes bad already flapped, and that he (Mr. Howe) bad not come to the quiiSiion, which he (Mr. Ross) under- stood to be the constitutional points of" Respon- eible Government." Mr. Howe, in a n.ost acri- monious manner, naid, •' 1 will not insult this Meeting by admitting that you possess jjuniption enough to know what a constitutional point is." I'fotwitb.standiiig this bint as to the lime, Mr. Ho.vt! coniinned his alercolypcd spepcbes o, po- litical SherifTi— Judji;os in tiio Coiiiwil — Collrct- ora of CusIoiujj and Exciso in the Council for life— Attorney General, Uie sahirieil officer of tho Crown, and Sjciikcr of tho Assembly, — Judi»o.s FVos and closful doors of the Council Chamber. The llonorabla Gcntleiimn concluiled a Spt'ccb of one hour ntid fivo n^uites, etating that note five of the Exemtive Council must obtain the confidence of some constilucncy before they c.a obluin a st.(it at the Council Board. Thut ha had nccopiod un office, because the people hau the powf.'r to deprive him of it, wheiievcr he forsook thwir intere;-t>5. Mr. Ross asheii how tho people ooiild deprive l;itn of it, — they bad no voice in bis appointment, nor would lliey be con- sulted if it bu'came necesiary to dispense with his services— the people could only deprive him if they thought proper, of his sent in the H iuse. Mr Howe. — If 1 should lose my seat in the House I would resign the Excise. Mr. Ross adilressed the Meeting to the follow- ing effect ;— Mr. Chairman, the honorable Gen- tlemen who has just sat down, might well spare this Meeting the indignity offered, -by anticipat- ing their opinions as to my abilities as a public speaker. I presume they are as capable of judg- ing what a ^'farrago'' is, as well as the Learn' ed Exciseman. To save his reputation as a public declaimer, he should also have discovered before he consented to appear alongside of me 01 this plaiform, ihat discussing a point with n person who has " not gumption enough to know what a point means," is not very creditable to his discretion, or displays much taste in selecting the !!!*;ans to amuse or instruct this auJienc*^; When I had the honor of addressing this meet' / 11 r 11 iviJuali of hard earn- 16 ISi. 41., lording lo uniiertukv r annum, the shoul- I expirtd. :ed ill not i« calls a id already not coiritf «) under- ' Respon- ri.08t acri- nsult thin Cuniptioii point is." titnp, Mr. les o, po- -Collrrt- )unci! for cer of tho — Juilgo.s Jhatiibcr. II Spt'ecli that novo blain the Ikeij c.ii Tbut he iojtle ha.l never he I how tho ^ had no y he con- I with hia If. him if » H iuse. ut in the le follow- ible (ion- 'ell spare anticipnt- a puhlic e of judg- le Learri' ion as a liscovered de of n»e nt with n li to know able to his 8electin{|f hi« meet" ing bufoif, I Btalod, that I chuuld coi>7ict th« honorable gentleman before any oudiunce who might choose to libton to the charges |)reforied And the proofs adduced. I now t*dl him, that it ia my intention to convict him of deception and corruption. Now, Mr. Chairman, ihu honora- ble gentleman has repeatedly in the courbe of his speeches to-day, endeavoured to deceive thiii Meeting, by describing mc an an incorrigible Tory— seeking to gain the confiJence of the con- ntituency of this County with h view to deceive them as to my real political opinions. Now 1 ask that honorable gentleman, if he do?4 not know, that so fur buck as 1828, 1 wrote a num- ber of Letters, which he published in the Nova Seolian. exposing the misdeeds of n Magistrate in the County of Pictou, who vvns a Tory and a Kirkman, and who had beet* foisted into the Commission against " tho well understood wish- es of the people''- -that a prosecution was Ihrcat- eiieii by tho Magistrate — a private correspond- ence between the Editor end myself ensued — that Editor was the lion, gentleiniii who now accuses me of tory principles — I call upon him to answer and explain. — [Mr. Howe reluciamly said, — " this may be all triip, 1 cannot recollect - all this — what I say is, J always found Mr. Koss / I V acting with the Kirk party in i'l.iiou."] Mr. U. — Well, 1 shrill refresh his memory a iittlc nioro before 1 am (ii)nc. Did li.ne permit, Mr.. Chair- man, 1 would explain to this Meotiiifi what kind of Tory 1 am, by entering into tiiC pirticiiiar.s of a coiitroversv iliit lasted lor several weeks, be- tween the l''.iUt )r of iho Novnscorian, and a writer in tho •' Free IVoss", lat t (c lottery?, and if tha spntiments they contain i\re tory, thcti \ am onf. Wdl the honorable gi lulemun pretend to deny that ho knew I was the author of those communication.-, written ten or twelvo years ago. He cannot, — how dare he then attempt to deceive this .Meet- ing. But, Mr. Chairttjan, I shall refresh his memory on more recent occurrences. In De- cember, 1839, when ha came to this County to lecture the Yeomanry upon his i)lan of Respon- sible Governtnent, 1 attended the public meeting held at Truro— -the political Tory Sheriff to which ha alluded, wua in the chair — and not feeling disposjjd to put mystif in the power of a person who I knew would avail himself of the influence of the chair to nsult me, if 1 attempt- ed to address the tn>?eting, I concluded to keep silent, and express my opinions afterwards of the proceedings of the me*;ting, through the me- dium of the public press. Shortly afterwards ( reviewed tho proceedings of that meeting, and my opinion of Mr. Howe's scheme of Responsi- ble Government, and published the same in the " Jleadian Recorder,^' and stated therein " that •Vr. Joseph Howe net nnlu denerved Ike rMunlr- n^ncc.Jml tupporl of aH reho t»it!itd py„spcriiy to the country,— ■" Ueiponsilnluy'* being the grand preventatite of corruption, and curbed the abuie of power in every department of the State,— ibo great majority of tho peopla of the Province know this; and feel thnt the more Responsibility is infused in,to our institutions, the nearer we ap- pro.\iinate to thrtt standard which we all admit to b<) otir be.4t guide— the British Constitution. — Out they also know that the sanie degree of Ro- eponsibility, and the mode of applying it, iiiuvt somewhat vary from that o( the Mother Coun- try." "The only Responsibility, which (is a Colony we can expect to inlrorluce, it, to mako the Heads of Departments paid by the Colony, amenable to the people, through the Houfie of Assetnbly, whether holding their seatd in the ExecHtivo Council or not ; by making their tala- ries dependem ipon the annual vote of the popu- lar branch." Iheso Mr. Chairman were my opinions then, and mind you, thi$ teat before the present eonstitutton tout proclaimed, and these are my opinioyis itill. 1 happened to bo in the JNova- seolian office the Monday after this communica- (.10.1 apjjoared in the '• Recorder," Mr. Thomp- son, the Editor of the Pearl, and Mr. Howe were also there — Mr. Howe accosted me, •' Ross, you wrote tht article inSatgrday's pa f)er, reviewing our nu-eting at Truro." I answered — Vss. "Why, you are a ResponsibleGovernment man as well an myself." " Yes— but would apply it in adifTerent way.*' Will theHonorable Gentleman undertake Id contradict one iota of these fact", yet he has the banliiiood to Htand up and try to make you be- liuve that my professions of Responsibility and ccoii(»my are artifices now assumed to mislead you. [.Mr. Howe. But whou did he and his Irieniis call public meetini^s and strengthen the bauds of "Reformers."] Mr. Ross. I was never very ambitious of figuring as a loader. 1 entertain my own opinions, and offered them to the public through the press, and do not consider the influence of name essential to give weight to an arLnimetit. Now, Mr. Chairman, I think I have sufficieiuly establi:4hed the Jirst count of the indictment, ^nd that this meeting must find bitn guilty not only of uKemp-.ing to deceive them, but himself also, as to my real character. Now Mr. Chairman, let us proc4t Excellent Majesty, and passed bv the Hohsj; llio 13th of April, 1837—" In Enalan'd tho Rpprcsen- tative branch can coi.ipel a redress ofarievnnces hv u'it!iliu'.di?i2 ilifi «u'M'!ies : llfrn th''V h:iV!» tin such remedy : because ibo salaries of neurit all ^V iMl immm 12 the public officer* being provi.lcd for by perm a- ^- ' ' ibe Casual and 1 errito- iienriavvB, or paiil out oJ ibe Casual and 1 errito rial Revenue, or from the procsedd ol dunes co. lcct«d under luip^riHl auli?, a fctuppage of nuppbes whih it would inflict great injury on the country, by le-iving the Koadi and iindjics, and other ea- Henlial services unprovided for, would not touch the emoluments of the Head* of U«i>"rtnienlfl in the Council^ or of but a few suburdinun ofliceri of iho Government." , ••Apar. from the nioro question of Jiidn« h faes, ihia Assembly i.s convinced that the pics«!nce of the Chief Justice Dt the Council Board, has a tendepcy to lepsen the respect whi.-.h ihd pcoplo ought to feel for ihoCouiUover which hf presides: while the position occupied there by the Collect- ors of Customs and Excise is also unietae. 1 hcse, Mr. Chairman, were the Kriev.mced of this Colo- ny in 1837, they are the srievances of th;s Colony 710X0, with the exceiition of the Chief Ju-?tico and the Collector of Customs, having retired Irom the Council. The very man who moves this list ot Krievances, if I recollect rightly, at all event:?, tho individual who headed und led tho llelorincrs ot ihat time, has haungin» the record from the Journals, but actu- ally sneakingly creeping into the same Comicil, along side of the very man he traduc-d. Now, 1 am not saying whether the House did right or wron» in recording their opinion of that indivi- ,h,al Twhat 1 say i^, having mads the attack upon him, they ought either to carry it out or expunge their hasty opinions. I can only s-iy, as reganJa myself, were I one of the number, I would hesi- tate before condemning a man, unless I had sa- tisfactory evidence against bim, but I wi.l also sav, that there is not a man in the Council m whom I have less confidence than that Honorable Gentleman. I have not yet forgotten the part he took in conimuiins the Quit Rents ; nHiiher has hH gained in my op.nion in not having rcsigiied, his seal in the Executive, when his slanderer had wormed his way into it. How different the course adopted by another, who fidt the indignity of be- III" compelled to sit in such company ; he now sit" there honoured by the respect ofhts com- peersi and 6)/ the Special Request of his Soveretsn. i will li:ii VOL' more iiu. itii. il^.-'.rc n-.r - accepted a sOai in tiic Cumicil, upon tl.o express undi'stauding Umi the Casual and icrritorial Ucvenuts, should not bo again offered to this Co- lony. I speak positively on this point, because \ hold his own written acknowledgement of tho fact, in a letter written nt the time to a person •hen in his confidence, but who afterwards had found him out. Now, Mr. Chairman, the Casu- al and Territorial llevenne of thiH Colony, a- mounting to about £10,000 a yeir, ..njust in the same situation, as reganls any control the popu- lar branch may exercise over it as it was m 837, but in an infinitely worse situation for the tolony, when tho proposal fur commutat'0.1 may been tortained by the Home Government ; thus iii the year 1337, when Mr. Howe considered it a mon- strous grievance to have tho ofiicers ol Govern- ment paid therefrom, the charges upon it amount- ed to :• III 1837, tho items chargeable } on tho Cnsnal Ilavenue uru J In 1842, ihu charges ) X6 636 6 ll.i for 3 of a yoar uro ) Add i to make the year £2,C5 1 1 <> X3,436 I 8 X!),290 T 5i £3,834 6 9i Tim amount the Colony will have to^ provide for more than it would huva j had to b-irgain for in 1S87 :-all tho } addiiiona were made by the Ileform- I Now let it bo understood; that this Province U in a worse positioi as regards 'hej:Bsual and Territorial noic, than it was in H37, by Three Thousanr^, Eight Hundred, and Fijly tour Founds, Five Shillings aiidnine pence halfpenny. You will naturally ask wha are the items that swell the amount to this magnitude, and 1 answer the Judge's Fee?, of which wo heard so much, instead of being abolished, have been fixed upon this revenue to the tunc of £2l'i 10s. each, viz. S Jad-es fee*, at £212 10 ea. amounts to £637 10 The Attorney Genl. who never rucv'd fees 21i lu " Master of the Rolls do. IVl:ister of the Rolls for fuel and oner of) his conrl, 5 Do. for stationery, printing, fuel, mcs- } , and other conlingencie*, j _„ .V. Voung, Dep'y Receiver Go nsr»l of II. M. Droits of*y*ltt 13 6i I n ^» 97 5 U ilony iho ing 8e!\ts 1 Howe. £750 aii- e change 1 of Res- irks aiiiu- tjiar intl (> till ,.iiei- ihe aninin- iijraiivii. ¥ ^ Ihose who piny bnsi to liig fuldl**. but the Hon. lientlcninn tells us he has accepted oiRce, becauiifl the people tiati the power to remove him when he has rorfeited their confidence, at the same time he sits in the floui^H without astiin^ thetii whether they approvo his Rcceptance of office or not, and in open violation of what is considered constitu- rinnai principles in Enj;land , he also lella us that five of the Executive Council are obliged to geek heats in the Assembly, before thoy can sit at that Board. "#'ow will the Honorable Gentleman ex- plain to this meeting who ha» jjiven this Consti- tution to this Colonj, or by whose aulhorily the \ Councillors Must obtain seats in the Assembly ? I say that no power but the Assembly has a ri^lit to say who shall have a seal in the popular Branch — [Mr. Howe, under great embarrassment, stam- mer-^d something which Wuj not distinctly heard.] Air. Ross — I ask again have the House declared, by Resolution or Bill, tbatyiye of the Executive Council must have seats in the Assenibly. [Mr. Howe, — No, but they have done what is tanta- mount to it, they have allowed them tr. take their i^oats, without objecting to it.] Mr. Ross — Very well, this is another feature in " ResponNible Uovernmetit," we shall gee presently how it works. It will be fresh in the recollection of this tneeting, that the Honorable Gentleman, in the course of his defence as to the policy of the pre- nent Ministry stated, that he spurned the idea of gentlemen in the Country or i i the Assembly, being influenced in favour of the Government, either by the Magistrate's Commission or any paltry appointments. Tho contrary, he said, was proven in the Assembly, where a number of gentlemen voted against the Government, altho' they had accepted offices in the Probate Court. Now, I will not undertake to say what Gentle- inen may do, but I will tell this meeting what a »'Virtg'is/rrtlo system. Mr. Councillor Howe sheltprs the Msigistrato and the Commissioner from pecuniary loss ami disgrace. It is but an act of fair dealing then, that the Com- ■ • • I ^^ _ ^ .1... .^-.. tk^ KAr^on missionor and his relatives v-h'> I'^ap th|j^ber.efit of the ro.id and thr money, should help ITO Conn- oillor out of nis difllcuhies in return ; and it is but fair to admit that they are acting their part .:heor- fullj. He.-fl we fitid'them arming one denomina- tion against another, reckless of conspquences ; throwing familes and comiiiuni'.ies into fermen- tations and discord-:, with a view to support this villanous sysiem of fraud and irresponsibility — a syrtem that enables them to pursue their uncon- stitutional knavery with impunity. These are the advantages the country has irnined by having Honorable Gentlemen both in the House and the Council. (Here a young innn mounted the lad- der, approached Mr.Howe, and whispered some- thing in his ear ; he rosu without sayinii a word, and left the stage.) Mr. Koss.-The Honornble gentleman is getting sick of my farrago j »l he was not in such a hurry, I would treat him to a little more of it : I am now speaking of £100 ; in a few minutes I would prove to this meeting th»t £500 has been turrepliliotiaiy drawn from tho Public Treasury, which it was his duty to expo.se i»nd prevent. Mr. Iloss followed Mr. Howe ofT the platform, and the people dispersed, it being nearly dark. i >Jn' T\l 15 fruoM Tii» ricTou oiiervkr ] THE tOLLEUE QIJESIION l> COLCHESTER. ALIAt. JOSEPH MOWE AND Hid Al.i.lES ON • UHILE HIL^," AGAINST THE RESTUI'THECOU.NTKY. Mr. Editor, — For some lime pant it hat hetn well undcrttood by ihoao who are in the confiduiice of th« Honorable Ex- ciieina^^al ihu crisii " to do ur dr." wai fatt ap- proaofl^P Aicout from Aeaii-quurterf, the Honorable Mr. Annaod, arrived here about 10 dayv ago with ere- •tentialtni ** Plenipotentiary Extraordinary t" to arranga lireliminnriei, dnd if pns«ible to (/(«organize ihoae who •aproned Ram at the lart contest for the Kcprc lenta- liun of t\ if County, with a view to enable Mr. Iluwj to ■und /itJ nominee to this County from llalifai, aa he did the Pictou Exciseman in 1841. The College (]uei- lion wbf chosen as the OBtentible ubj ict ol the iiieuiiiig. i'htt main supporters ol'the irrcsponiIUiiic.'init)j{ inilividu.-tis to s gn a requisition lo con- v»>na a public (neehng to discuss the queslinn of one L/'n'.versity vs. .Aoidu College ami the Piciou Academy. T»ie Rnnponsiblo Sheriff, n new made Coroner, and the Township I\lB(nbi!r, iufi Truro on Sunday, the Isi of this month, in coiiipiny with Mr. Annand, afiar iiaving set their plans, for ilulifax, io rnport progress to their master, IVlr. IIuwc, and invite him and his nominee to iimUe fpt'cchns und admire the hkill they hud dislayed in Fortifying thtiinselves, ni they supposed, by tho assis- tence of some of those vvno were opposed to them at the lust political struggle. Somr; men are so honest and single-hearted themselves, that they cannot be br'^ught to suspect even those who liaJ freqnenily deceived ihom on former occasions. Sue!) lias been ihe care in ihii in- Biancd. Tho question of Education is one ofiinmense consequence to the Country, and consequently the peo- ple take a corresponding interest in the subject, in what- ftvnr shape it may be presented lo them. The meeting in Onslow, thus organised, was a rroivd- ed one, consisting at one lime of at least 800 or 1000 individuals. It commenced a quarter of an hour before 11 o'clock, and continu'^d with unabating interest until after 8 in the evening. Those who ceiled the meeting came prepared wih a series of Resolutions, which I suppose will find their way tj the public press, as Mr. Croskill, of the " Morning Post," was present taking notes. They were met, however, by another series of Resolutions, offered lo the consideration of the meet- ing by Mr. Ross, whose popalariiy the other party wished to do'roy. Lf>ng and spirited cpeeckea war* made on the uueaston. The di«iaio» look place on the green in from of the Untlow Meeting hoas^, where the meeting wee held about 9 o'clock it mghi. I am lul J eacli olaim the victory. The Uvqaisiiionisis claiming on* of • majaritjr, and the ullter side thirty-six. The theory oiPoliticai. ShAtfls waa Snely illostratod, bat 1 will not anticipate Mr. Croakill'e report. One ex- traordinary fact waa bruaght ool by Mr. Rota which nnoi be too aoon or too fxtensively knowo, »ix : — That the Academy in Truro it dt awing uonrt money from the Public Treu$ury tor tha,^niiniber f>f Scholars laasht iha Classics. iMDivinuALLY, than some of the Common Pchoole in the Cogniy received for ALL the Scholars t;ught !" The Return made last year from this Academy exhi- bits 32 Common Scholars and atndying the Claiaice. The Common Scholars throughout the Coaoty had drawn from the Treacary ao average of ••. Id, for each Scholar, thus — 32 Common Scholars, at «s. Id. Jt9 14 8 » Studying Claiaice, at £1U 7. i)0 6 4 41 Am'i dravu/i by Academy, XlOU Now it will be seen by the above »hot tho loni of 'he rich Morchar.ti, Road Commissioners and Respon- sible .Magistrate!, in Truro, are drawing from th« Treasury more individually than 39 poor Com- mon Scholars in any other part of the County. And theia are the very men who have attempted to cajole the people into the belief that ihey were labouring to extend the Common Schools. Out there is nnothet fee- ture in this case to shew these gentry in their proper character which ought not to be overlooked. Lact year a young man educated at the Uorton Acadomy, was the Teacher. The gentry whose lona were reap- ing the public bounty lo abundantly, while hondredi of children in the oulikirti of the Conniy perhipi had not a school within half a dozen of miles of them, were not latinfied with the advantages their children derived from the Teacher's tuition. They m'lst not only have their children taught, but they muit have the .money too. The young man was dismissed accordingly, ond now we find one brother receiving ;£10 Os. 7d. for teaching a younger one ; but they are both the brothers of a Sheriff, ihe ion$ of a .Magistrate, the eomins of a Coroner, and the nephewt and cousins of 4 Responsi- ble Magistrates. Is it a wonder that they had to go to Onsluw 10 gut op a Requisition to support them a little longer in power? But their days are numbered — they have iailen into the pit they themselves have dag. I herewith send >oo a copy of the Reiolntions offer- ed by Mr. Ross and passed by the meeting. Mr. Mowa is still here, perplexed where to go— con.iing no doubt. " 1 gang na mare to yon Town." A RIFLEMAN. Trara, I2ih October, 184S.