gainst h till he mut have been thought unreasonably persevering and till lie was ioformcil in writing by the under secreta ry of state that further opposition vas fruitless and it was rather singular that while the hmem imputed to innithe sug gestion of a union lie had been charged in printed papers by the agent of that measure with being actuated by interested motives s in opposing it- nousb of assembly thursday 5th february messrs samson and lock- wood from the committee to whom was referred the petition of the inhabitants of the county of hastings and the adjoin ing townships reported a bill which was brought up aud read a first time on the question being put for a second reading to morrow mr peterson of prince edward moved in amendment that the bill be read a second time tins day three modths in support of the amendment he obscred that one of tho hon members for hastiugs had determined to follow up the ungenerous couduct of former members to defeat the wishes of the county of prince edward but he was happy to find that the colleague of the hon member who introduced the bill was more liberal and had told him that he would vote against it he was sure this was a mere contrivance and under stood that it is not the wish of the inhabi tants of the couutv of hastings to obtain a division according to the bill before the house he thought it improper for any one to introduce a measure which would defeat a bill then before the house and hoped that liis amendment would prevent a second discussion mr james wilson followed nearly to the same effect and would vote for the amendment mr samson had not anticipated any opposition at this stage of the bill and was therefore not altogether prepared for tho discussion yet he was convinced le would satisfactorily answer all the grounds of objection which had been ured and shew reasons sufficient to entitle him to the usual indulgence and courtesy of the house in suffering the bill to pass a second read ing hie priucipalobjcclioii he had hoard was that his honorable colleague who was supposed to lie as well acquainted with the interests and wishes of fhe inhabitants of hastings as he mr samson was hnd pro mised or rather told the hon memler from prince edward that he mr lcck- wmiil would vote against the bill this he could not expect for though mr lock- wood had objected yet he afterwards as sented to the measure and by reporting the bill he had given a direct sanction to its provisions he did not wish to oppose the desire of the county of prince edward but he found himself bound to consult the interests of his own constituents a little con iteration would convince unbiassed or unprejudiced geutlemeu thattho hardships and disadvantages of hastings were at least five fold greater than those of winch prince edward could with justice complain that therefore if any division be made hastings certainly had the preference hut he was willing to share with prince edward until our wealth and population should justify anotherdivision when thattirneshall ar rive be would assist in forwarding the views of the members from prince edward a strong fact in favor of this bill was that the greater part if not all the township of a- meliasburgh bad signed the petition on which the bill was founded it was agreed pr edbeingseparated from the rest of the district by water was a serious cause of complaint to its inhabitants but in fact he considered the facility afforded by water communication the greatest blessing in a country where the roads arc almost impassi ble he would rather cross the ferryt en tinus than rake a singlo joumev through the indian woods the wealth and po pulation of the midland district arc nor vet sufficient to admit more than one division and if it be acknowledged that any divisi on is necessary we ought then to inquire how and where that division may he ef fected with the greatest general advantage if prince edward tie sot apart bv itshfillq cttimi 01 uiuugs muit oe relrructi tile losser claim will be preferred to the great er and hastings must continue to surfer most serious hardship and disadvantages because the inconveniences of prince ed ward though trifling in comparison have obtained a sort of pledge to be first consi dered lc trusted the house would suffer the bill to come before a committee when he woald be better prepared to explain its meaning and provisions mr rolph thought the hon member from hastings not entitled to the courtesy he had claimed as he was now introducing a bill which would in effect defeat a bill brought in at an early period of the ucssi- oo by one of the hon members for prince edward as thai bill had met wiih his con currence he should vote for the amendment the attorney general had been always opposed to divisions and al though he had voted agaiust the dill for the separation of iv ed from tho midlan dis trict yet he was in favor of a division ac cording to a bill before the houso he thought prince edward alone too small for a district but that objection would be ob viated by the union of that county with hastings the establishing courts to be held iu each county alternatively he thought would be more generally beneficial as the division intended by this bill would be more useful and more likely to obtain the concurrence of the other branches of the legislatureho would give it his support mr mclean considered prince ed ward too small to form a separate district and had therefore always opposed the sepa ration but as he thought hastings and prince edward together sufficiently large for a respectable district and as the pre sent bill appeared better calculated to af ford general relief and convenience to that part of tho county he would support it the question on the amendment bcingput the yeas and nays were taken asfollows yeas messrs blacklock brouse caw- thra dalton kwing fothergill frazer horner ketchum lclterty lockwood lyons mckeozie malcolm matthews perry peterson randal geo rolph john rolph shaver smilhtorry thom son james wibon woodruff 3 nays messrs alty gco1 berczy budl hamilton longloy mclean sam son wilkinson john wdlsou j tho bill is therefore lost adjourned frioat fth february pay lo printers in committee of the whole a resolution was proposed for the payment of monies to cevtnin printers no votes of the house passed j a previous session mr bidwell said tuat the lieuten ant governor by address of the house had been requested to piy the sums to these printers among the contingencies of the house and in itbhiding them his excellency in his opinion had been guilty of a breach of the privileges 0 the house the monies which had btt voted came from their constituents who jf lde disap proved of our conduct iu doing so would have an opportunity oppressing their dissatisfaction by rejecting us hereafter- the sums included iu the vi he house for paying primers for reporting the pro ceedings was not a new item it bad been included aod paid before but was with held without any intimation haviug been 1 giveu that it would be objected to he considered it absolutely dishonest to en gage persons to perforin a certain service and not to pay them ili excelleny must have been aware that the house in tended to include these payments in thir contingencies as the reroukons of the house communicated to him every day would have informed him die would con fine a bill on the subject t the printers a- lone and not include any other votes iu it and if such a bill should be rejected he would thou present an address to his ex cellency for the payment of the sums due with a statement of the whole case and if the payment should still be refused he de clared he would not consent to vote a siu- gle shilling for any other purpose what ever mr baldwin considering it as tho least objectionable mode of proceeding should vote for the introduclinu of a bill for tho payment of the rrinters mr longley said that the former vole of the houe included other persons besides the printers now proposed to he in serted in a bill and as ho could only form au opinion from what was recorded on the jouruuu hccould sec uo reason for a dis- liuct vote for the printers- mn riamhon considered it unfair to make a particular selection in this way ol the sums which bad been previously voted and to include tho printers only in tho bill the resolution being carried was re ported and a bill brought in for payments as follows to john carey 133 18 6 francis collins 133 is 6 and wm l mkenzie 59 being the amount of the former vote of the house with three years interest the bill was read a first time and on motion of mr rolph the 41st rule of the house being suspended as far as re lated to this bill it was read a second time forthwith and tho mouse resolved in to a committee of the whole aud reported the bill without amendment on the ques tion for receiving the report mr samson said that ho should state his reasons for opposing the bill a parti cular selection from a former vote of the house bad been made if all whose names stood in that vote had been included he should vote for the bill on the ground that all had an equal claim as appeared from that vote but as a selection had been made and the printers only included he felt himself called upon to vote against it mr peterson would support the bill he bad not in the first instance been an advocate for paying reporters yet al though he had often had reason to fiud some fault with the reporters who wereem- ploycd he thought it hcacr that the re ports should be taken even if they were sometimes a little incorrect and the vote of the house stood pledged for their payment ho would take this opportunity however of saying that he had been grossly libelled in the report of a speech he made last year on the militia law by the kings printer that person had uttered falsehoods with respect to him and reported n speech full of falsehoods he should continue to the last moment tosay that it was a falsehood he never had said as reported in that pect for many of the militia officers the false report of his speech nearly cost him his election and it had become necessary for him to explain the subject to his con stituents he repeated that the speech was falsely reported he saw the person pre sent who reported it and lie was glad tt he was present see last number of too loyalist where mr petersons speech is published with remarks the report was then received and the bill ordered to a third reading tomorrow war losses on motion of tho attor neygeneral the house weut into a com mittee of the whole on the ar losses the atty general in submitting certain resolutions on the subject consider ed it as important to a meritorious and galiaut class of people who in the defence of the province had sustained loss of pro perty to a considerable amount a tra veller casually passing through the niaga ra district at the present day and obser ving its flourishing appearance would not perhaps be led to suppose that it had within a few years past suffered from the evils of war but in fact the pressure in many instances was felt even to this day aud it was owing to the industry of the in habitants that tho country had recovered its appearance the subject of the losses bad been discussed on former occasions and several applications had been made to his majestys government for their pay ment those applications had uot been atteuded wiih success to the extent that was anticipated and it was now clearly ascertained that tho home government would not consent to pay more tiiau a part of the losses they had accordingly made a payment of 25 per cent on the whole amount intimating that nssoou as tho province payed au equal sum they would advance a further sum equal to a- nothei25pcr cent making the amount paid hy them one half of the claim and had expressed their readiness to assist us in procuring a loan for the payment to bo made us on our pledgiug some specific source of revenue for tho payment of the interest and gradual liquidation of the principal tho measure ho intended to propose would be the moans ufrealizing to the claimants in all 75 per rent on their respective claims aud lie had uo doubt that thus much being- done they would have no objection to wait some time for the balance remaining unpaid the duty on salt for a part of the last season appeared from it document which be held iu his hand to amount to about 1300 aud he thought that there could be but little doubt that within the year ir would realize 500 by the provisions of a late act of the imperial parliament for the regulation of commerce which de clared that salt should be admitted duty free it had been supposed that the pro vincial duty on that article was taken off and it had been admitted into the pro vince without collecting any revenue up on it on reference however it appeared that it was not the intention of the impe rial parliament to interfere by their act with any provincial laws for the imposi tion ofduiics on articles imported into the province the duty on salt was there fore again collected and the revenue ari sing from it was in fact au addition to our resources without that duty heretofore the province had been able to meet the demands upon it and to pay tho interest and liquidate pan of the principal of its debt tbeduty on salt with the excep tion of the intermission ho had alluded to had existed for a long period of timeit was one he had never heard complained of on the contrary he recollected that it had been proposed in this house to aug ment it his proposal was to raise by way of loan the sum of 57000 equal to 2 per cent on the amount of the losses and of the same amount as has been already advanced by the homo government pledging the duty on slr for the pay ment of the interest and gradual liquida tion of the principal this payment to the claimauts together with a further ad vance of an equal sum from the british government together with what had had been realized from forfeited estates would leave something less than 5s- in the pound to be provided for hereafter- the measure generally hud on former occa sions becu invidiously objected to on the ground that hon members from the wes tern part of the province were governed by particular motives it should not be forgotten however that llw wrm ivam of the province and more partm nlarly the niagara district bad beci exposed to the enemy more than other prts and that the inhabitants had felt the procure of a state of war in a greater degre than others they were constantly fcfpt on duty aud their farms neglected wiile others could follow their ordinary nccttntions in peace and were realizing large prices for their produce c we were now told what would he done to assist ih in paying off these claims and ho trusted that the suf ferers would not from yeai to year be dis appointed in their hope and that pay ment which had been j long delayed would no looger be defercd the hon aud learned gentleman thei submitted his resolutions for which ice loyalist of last week after some discussion the committee rose aod obtained leave tosit again to- morrow adjourned proceedings in the case of allan macnabb isouire imprisoned in the common cool of the home district by order of the house of assemble- on saturay the ur february the select committee to inch was refer red the inquiry into the hfnilton outrage presented the following report in part by tl select com mittee of the commons luuse of assem bly o which was referred the inquiry in to the hunilton outrage your committee bee le to report to your honblc hoisc that macnabb of the district of gore inquire barris ter having been called lefnre them the following questions were p to him ami to which he refused u answer ilavc von seen the petit n favour of francis collins refuse- to answer have you any idea wh- circumstances gave rise to the hanging ol john col- w vrov o istiie remark ol mr guruett iu ins pa per ol 24th january last relative to the petitioners correct answer i am not hound to answer that question as 1 was not summoned for that purpose w d you oi will you not answer this question answer i wish it to he un derstood perfectly respectful to the com mittee and with all due reference i do not think 1 am bound to answer that question havoyou any reason to believe that there tire any feelings of indignation with the people against mr gurnett for this publication of the 24th january last answer the samo answer as before i am not called to say any thing relative to mr collins nor mr gurnett did you understand that mr gurnetts cfligy was hung before that of sir john colborue auswcr i understood it was but i do not conceive i am bound to answer that question- all which is respectfully submitted signed w v baldwin chairman pro uni committke room february 14 1829 mr baldwin seconded hy mr per ry moved that it be resolved that al lan macnahh esquire haviug refused to answer questions put to him by the select committee appointed to inquire into the hamilton outrage and the threatened re lease of francis collins by force with power to send for persoos and papers and oi he t wise misderneaning himself before the committee has been guilty of a high contempt and breach of the privileges of this house yea- baldwin blacklock brouse bucll cawthra dalton hopkins hor- nor ketchum kilhorn leffecty lock- wood mccall mcdonald mckeuzie malcolm perry peterson randall j rolph shaver smith terry thomson woodruff nay- attorney general berczy bc- tbuutf ewing fothergill eraser hamil ton henderson longloy radenhurst samson wilkinson and johu willsoo carried by 12 m baldwin seconded hy mr peri moved that it be resolved that tho sp fc mm hi nwranf directed lo tho serjeant -at- arms or bis deputy lo apprebod ihobaid allan macnabb forth with and bring him totbebarf tij house nn monday next to answer for such cou- temptand breach of privilege- cofw- monday lgih iebrcary the serjeantatarms reposed t al lan macnabb was at ihc bar oft be house in custody on motion of mr baldwin ihc report in part of the select committee as above was read the spkakbr then demanded of allan macnabb what he had to say in his de ft nee- allan macnabb addressed the speaker as follows mr spkakkr i have perused the warrant under which i am brought to the bar of this hon orable ilcise aud without being under stood to admit the legality of my arrest aud detention 1 beg to observe that from the process i only learn in general terms that i have been adjudged guilt of a high eon- tempt and breach of the privileges of ibis honorable house in having refused to an swer questions put to me by the select committee appointed to inquire into what is termed the hamilton gutrage and the alleged threatened release of francis collins hy force and in otherwise vtisdemtanijgnii- stlf before the said committee untler such circumstances i cannot but complain of hcing prematurely judged without enjoying a right inviolably secured by our glorious constitution to the memt- est felon wheuever arraigned before a tri bunal ofjostice as long as the resolutions which it seems were passed against me in my absence on saturday evening remain recorded on the journals of this honorable house i cannot but feel myself accused tried and convicted uot only unheard but without notice or in timation upon thecxparte representations of my accusers and under such circum stances i am impelled to regard the doors closed against reply or explanation even were the resolutions rescinded 1 am constrained respectfully to ruiark thai 1 could not with a confidence rnqual to tile justice of my case and the innocence of my conduct cheerfully answer in a place io mtitnl liu ovf wo to so hastily couoerou- ed i am in the power of this honourable house but i trust still under the protection of the british laws against the decrees of this honorable body l an humble and let me add an uo- ofiendiug individual am ill able to con tend i out ray fate today may be tfte fate of another tomorrow and of hundeds in time to come the public whose liberties are dear to them are as much nay more concerned than i am in this unusual pro ceeding- to that public i can appeal on vindication have no other alternative to iny country 1 shall turn will confi dence but whether sustained hy its vtiee or notthere is a spirit of patriotism infla ming my breast as a british subject a na tive of canada and an innocent mm that forbids me submissively to yield to jte in fraction of the best rights and privileges of tho people in my person willi dl due reference and respect to this honorable house i most rcspretfully claim protection sir as a subject of my most gracious sovereign i claim the hirthright privileges ota canadian inhabi tantunder the sacred auspices of the en glish law dispensed in the spirit of bri tish justice mr baldwin moved that the defence of allan mcnabb be taken down and insert ed on the journals yeas- attorney general baldwin bc- thune berczy bickhck brouse buell dalton dickson ewing 1 othergill fra- ser hamilton henderson hopkins hor- nor kilhorn leflerty lockwood longlcv mccall mcdonald mclean malcolm matthews perry peterson radenhurst randall g rolph j rolph sharer smith terry thomson wilkiuson john willsou aud woodruff ivwys cawthra ketchum mckenzic and james wilson carried mr baldwin moved seconded bv mr perky ihat it he resolved that the of this house is a further b ll vi leges mr mclean moved in amendment that the whole of the prce- in relati on to the outrage said to h lten com mitted at hamilton in the iirnct of gore be expunged from the joutls aud that the select committee be discharged from consideration thereof yeas berczy rcthue dickson ha milton henderson longley mclean randeuhurst wilkinson and johu wil son nays attorney general baby bald- wiu mrtckloefc brouse buell cawthra dalton ewiog fothergill fraser hop kins horner ketchum kilhorn lefierty lockwood mccall mcdonald mckcnxie mathews perry peterson randall eo rolph j rolph shaver smith terry thomson jas wilson and woodruff 4- mendment lost on mr baldwins motion the house di vided yeas- baldwin brouse horner mal colm peterson jcorge rolph and wood ruff nays attorney genera baby ber czy bethune blacklock b bawthra dalton dickson ewing fothergill fraer hamilton hendtrson ketchum kilborn lefierty lockwood lough mccall mc donald mckenzie mclevn matthews perry radenhurst randal j rolph shaver smith terry thoi wilkin son john wilson jas wils- lost mr baldwin then mo t a mcnahb be discharged- mr mckfazie in amc mov ed that allan mcnahb be committed to the gaol of york under w of the speaker directed to tho jeantatrms daring ue pleasure of this hi yeas baldwin blackly r buel cawthra ilopktn l kwum urn lefierty lockwood jjfall mcdon ald mckenzie malcolm mni p rawnll e rolph omxr wru jaraes nays attorney general jjeiczv be thune dickson kwinp ktl hamilton hcimimwii untf mcu reiorson kuuu mrsi terry n and john wuoii annd msj g mh i orry movedthat ai m lxrpiro be for his said c j breach of privilege committed to the com mon oaol of the home district during the pleasure of this house and that the spea ker do issue his warrant to the serjeantat arms or his deputy to take the said allau macnabb to the said gaolaod the sherifl or gaoler to receive the said allan mac- xahh and him safely keep iu said gaol daring tho pleasure of this house carried mr hamilton moved for the print ing 501 copies of the proceedings for tho use of members yeas- berczy buell dickson ewiug hamilton longley mckenzle ilkinson aud john wilson nays baldwin blacklock brouse cawthra lopkinshorner ketchum lef- ferty lockwood mccall mcdonald mal colm perry peterson radenhurst g rolph shaver smith terry aud wood- roil lost the speaker read the warrant for the commitment of allan macnahbwhich was approved signed by liie speaker and put into the hands of the serjeantatarms for execution the catholic question answtr of dr curtis to the duke offfcl- lington drogheoa dec 193828 my lord duke i have never been more agreeably surprised in my life than by the unexpected honour of receiving your graces very kind and even friendly letter of the 11th inst which coming from so high a quarter i should naturally wish to reserve if possible but as it ws frauk- ed by yourself the news of its arrival was known ll over this town s mipht be ex pected from a provincial posl office be fore the letter reached mj hands so that 1 was obliged in your graces defence aud my own to communicate iff contents to a few chosen friends for the satisfaction of the multitude who might otherwise fa hricate in its stead some foolish or perhaps mischievous nooseuse of their own but fortunately your graces letter contained only such iuural and benevolent sen- euts as ii parties must ulogise and none could powrbjv nlign rtsjdi it very seasonably treuthemi the testimony that i as a faithful witness have on all oc casions given tf your generous upright and impartial disposition it would be somewhat worse than ri diculous in me to oiler any thing iu the shape of political advice to a consummate statesman at te head of the first cabi net in or out of europe but as your grace has so humanely condescended to meution some of the difficulties tending to para lyse yourefiorts to seltle the roman ca tholic question i beg leavo to submit to your superiorjudgment a few reflections made to rae by some well informed aod unbiassed friends as well protestants as catholics who certainly understand the subject much better than i can pretend to do they have read with great pleasure and gratitude the noble dpclarntioo in which your grace so strongly expresses your sincere anxiety to witness tho settle ment of the roman catholic question which you are convinced would by bene fitting the state confer a benefit ou every individual of society and you regret that you see no prospect of such a settlement because violent parly feelings are mixed up with thatquestion and pervade every discussion of it to such a degree as to pre- elude the possibility of prevailing upon ien to consider it dispassionately mil that if it could be buried in oblivion for a short time and if that time were diligently employed in the consideration of the ques tion you would not despair of seeing a sa tisfactory remedy these humane and statesmanlike sen timents as far as they so do great honour to your graces i ead an heart and might appear sufficient if you wire h private no bleman but not in your present exalted station wiih power to wield when ue cessary all the resources of government for it would he u slur on the unrivalled md farfamed british constitution m snscvi that even when well administered it does not posseps or supply means for establish- 1 peace welfare and tranquility of the em- i pire at large and for polling downor re- moving any intrigue or pari smril that might wantonly attempt to oppose so great a blessiog ri p my friends allow that such momentous exertions may be sometimes unsuccessful when government is conducted by weak or unsupported heads or hands and that they require such a prime minister as the nation has now and i hope will long have the happiness to enjoy who after au uninterrupted scries of the greatest victo ries and a successful arrangement of the most important interests that perhaps ever yet occurred has been placed at the bead of government by the entire and well-earn- j ed confidence of our most gracious sove reign and with the universal applause of the whole empire and indeed of all other nations under such a chief exerting his legitimate prerogativetheysay that no par ty would dard oppose the general good and that if your grace would iutimatc your se rious resolution to settle the roman catho lic question its opponents would instantly fly and appear no more aud if the settle ment were once carried it would in a few days bono more spoken or thought of than the concessions now are that were lately made to the dissenters for the enemies of such arrangement are uot half so angry in reality as ihey now appear to be in order by that bugbear to carry their poidt but my friends have no hesitation iu declaring that the project mentioned by your grace of burying the catholic question iu obli- vivion for tho purpose of considering it more at leisure is totally inadmissible and would exasperate in the highest degree those who are already too much excited would only consider that measure as a ro- peiiiiou of the same old pretext so often employed to elude and dissnppoint their hopes of redress but that if it even were adopted it could only serve to augment the difficulties by allowing the contending parties andparticularly the enemies of all concession the opportunities they seek for preparing their means of resistance and violence which they have latterly carried to the most alarming lengths which they have avowed aud publicly announced in atrocious and sanguinary terms u which in we vi r i should not hen- allude for i ne ver wiii n liu accumrbut that i ullicor- tain your grace must have read those horri ble thrcatsoftcn repeated iu the brunswick and orrtige public prints and to this lat ter subject at least i must beg leave to call your graces attention aud to implore your powerful protection humbly praying that you will not suffer public peace aud concord to be violated or disturbed under any pro- text whatever an effectual remedy would cost your grace but oue w ord i do not however hereby mean to meddle in tem poral affairs hut i consider it my bounded duty to labour incessantly iu concurrence with all mv venerable confreres to impress upon the minds and hearts ofail those com mitted to our spiritual care sentiments of christian charity moderation and true w ilhout kind forbearance tow aids all men exception i beg your grace will excuse the length of this letter and vouchsafe to consider it as a proof of my unfeigned regard and of the sincere respect with which i have the honour to remain my lord dukeyourgra- ces raostobedient most humble servant r curtis litter from the lord lieutenant of i rclund to dr curtis dublin phffluixpark dec 23 most rev sir i hasten to acknow ledge the receipt of your letter of the 22d covering that which you received from the duke of wellington of the 1 1th inst to gether with a copy of your answer to it 1 thank you for the confidence yon have reposed io me your letter gives me information upou a subject of the highest interest i did not know the precise sentiments of the duke of wellington upon tho present state of tho call die question knowing it i shall venture to offer my opinion upon the course that il behoves the catholics to pursue perfectly convinced that the final and cordial settlement of this great question can alone give peace harmony aud pros perity io all classes of his majestys sub jects in this kingdom i must acknowledge my disappointment on learning that there i- no prospect of its being cflected during the present session of parliament i how ever derive some cousohilionfioui ohsrr- itigtuuihs uiiu is not wnairj mus o i he measure for if he cau bo induced to promote it he of all men will have the greatest facility in carrying it iniu effect if i am correct in thisopiniou it is obvi ously most important that the duke of wellington should he propitiated that no obstacle that can by possibility be avoided should be thrown io his way that ail per sonal and ofieosive insinuations should be suppressed that ample allowance should be made for the difficulties of his situation difficult it certaiuly is for he has io over come tho vny strong prejudices and the interested motives of many persons of the highest influence as well as to allay tho real alarms of many of the more ignorant protestants i differ from the opiniou of the duke that an attempt should he made to bury in oblivion the question for a shorg time first because the thing is utterly impossi ble aud next because if the thing were possible 1 fear that advantage might beta ken of the pause by representing il as n panic achieved by the late violent rcaction aod by proclaiming that if tho govern ment at once and peremptorily decided against concession the catholics would cease to agitate and then all the miseries ofihe lastyearsofircladd will be to bo re acted what ido recommend is that the mea sure should not be for a uiomcm lost sight of that anxiety should continue to be ma nifestedthat all constitutional in contra diction to merely legal means should be re sorted to to forward tho cause but that at the same time the most paiieut foibcar- ance the most submissive obedience to tin- laws should be iuculcated thai no person al and offensive language should bohcld lo- wapis those who oppose the claims personality offers uo advantage it effects no good on the contrary it offends and confirms predisposod aversion let tho catholic trust to the justice ofhiscausc- to the growing liberality of mankind f fortified his enemies within the last six months by unmeasured and unnecessaiy violence he will soonest recover from the present stagnation of his fortunes by show ins more em per and by trusting to the legislature for redress brute force be should he assured can effect nothing it is the legislature that must decide this great question and my greatest anxiety is that it should be met by the parliament under the most favorable circumstances aud that iheopposers ol ca tholic emancipation shall be disarmed by the patient forbearance as well as by tu unwearied perseverance of its advocates my warm anxiety to promote the gener al interests of this country is the motive that has induced me to give an opiniou and to offer advice i have the honor c sigued anglesey to the mosl bev dr curtis c the chrotflcle kingston february 23 1s29 we have london dates lo the 7th ult the most important intelligence is the re call of the marquess of anglesea from tbo viceroyalty of ireland he appears with respect to the catholic questiou to have lost sight of the neutrality which belonged to his station wo fear that the settle ment of that question is yet far distant but trust that ireland w ill arrive at tran quility without first undergoing the horrors of a civil war iu our columns will be found the answer of dr curtis the ca tholic primate to tho letter from tho ke of wellington which weave in om itsi- also a letter from the marquess of angl esea to dr curtis the trial by jury is justly esteemed tbo palladium of british liberty a celebrated constitutional writer liuckstone seems to consider it tbo essence of t freedom for he says no nation can enslaved while trial by jury is preserved iu its pu rity commensurate then with its im-