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COLONIAL. |!chiThCANADA-[Fn!ofThe rcaloations for removing the Mat of government .he in Montreal, after being passed in the Assembly, were | attaken to the Legislative Council on the 4th, ana there Frafter another warm debate, the discussion was made theorder of the day for the 9th. Our readers may rememberFryothat the resolutions were once rejected in the Council,some of the members being absent, and the point madeagainst them now, was, that they could not come up ;Nlt; again for consideration during the present session. jfrcThis point being overruled, the hon- Mr. Morris rose, Llat made his protest against the decision come to, and an- j eienounced his intentibn of withdrawing from all fartherparticipation in the action of the Council, He then leftthe chamber, and was followed by twelve other members—Messrs. De Blaquiere, Ferguson, Crooke, Sherwood, Hamilton, Draper, McDonald, A- Frazer, Washhum. McKay, Dickson, and Macauley.—The Speakeralso, iii putting the question, declared his opimon thatstcibri'tel(paste■the proceeding was unconstitutional, and that unsustained by the majority of the Council he could no longerconsent to occupy the chair.The/bill to secure the independence of Parliament haspassed-the Council by a vole of fifteen to twelve. Agricultural Protection Bill has also passed the Legislative Council, to take effect on the 5th January:neibaievTl:tlw9 .1Legislative Council.—Our reader* are already a-ware, that fourteen of the Hon. Members of the Council, including the Speaker, kave retired from its delibcra-tre a I beicfTmidohatinlions. The Speaker's chair has been filled hy the ap- _ pointment of the Hon. Mr. Caron—the vacant chairs'co of the business members of the House, who have withdraw, cannot be occupied. We have had a Legislative Counril—to day %ve have none, The upright, consistent defenders of the privileges, the honour and character of the Couucil. have been driven withoat the walls of thethHouse, and the combined power of a corrupt administration and asstmbly revels in the wreck, which its Unscrupulous disregard of justice and of truth, of integrityand of honor, has created.■ The debate which took plare on Saturday last, andwas published by us on Monday, will have placed the people of this Province in possesiinn of the grounds upon9which the Council has thus been broken upfor it cannot be said to exist except as an embodiment of Executive corruption, an insulting mockery, a solemn farce,bereft of power to command even respect to its enact-Emenlfi, confidence in its character, or reliance upon usdecisions.E*The most solemn farce—so snlema as to repress even an attempt to smile—wn enacted yesterday. The new **Speaker,—** having; different view* of constitutionallaw, as desired for such a Council by the honourableVice Chancellor who has vacated his seat—took the (|chair of the House. The message from the Assembly ** was-read, the question of concurrence put and carried — vtithoHt a denting voice. Certainly if a oneness of sentiment is desirable in a deliberative body, the Councilpossesses it in an almost incredible degree.•Two addresses from the Council are therefore on their!aaI!way to Her Majesty, the one, to use the plain and honest language of the hon. Mr Ferguson, giving the fie to tiieother—an honorable position for an honorable Councilto be placed in before Royalty.We need make no comments now upon the extraordinary proceedings which we hare recorded. The debate exhibits truly the spirit of the evening—the final scene we may not attempt to describe—it was integrity fleeing from the impurity of corruption. —KingstonNines, Nov. 9.The trial of James McDeimot for the murder of Mr. Thomas Kmnear, took place at Toronto on the 3rd instant, and resulted in a verdict of Guilty. He was * senten ced to be executed on the 21st of this month.I _nOn Ihe following morning (Ssturdayl, Grace Marks!was placed at the liar, charged as being an accessary ij before and after the fact of the murder of Thomas Kin-!nearThe eridenc* brought forward in this case was nearly similar to that given on the trial of McDtrmot, but the defence was totally different; the learned council being convinced (and endeavoured, with much ingenuity and jitalent, to bring the jury to the same way of thinking.) of the innocence of the prisoner, so far as the actual participation in the murder; and that she was forced tosilence by the fear of her own lire being taken away bythat incarnate fiend, her companion. Success so farcrowned his able efforts that the jury in giving theirverdict of Guilty, strongly recommended the prisoner lomercy.The Chief Justice passed sentence of death, to take effect on the same day with McDermot.During the trial, this unfortunate and criminal girl wae in lears, and when the verdict was brought in she swooned—in falling forward one of the spikes surrounding the dock inflicted a wound in her breast, and, although not of a seriotu nature, caused much pain.— Toronto Herald.F
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Saint Johns Patriot And Terra Nova Herald
Saint Johns, Newfoundland, CA
Wed, Dec 27, 1843
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