The Westport Times AND CHARLESTON ARGUS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1868.

Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 317, 6 August 1868, Page 2

The Westport Times AND CHARLESTON ARGUS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1868.

At last the Commissioners have concluded their labors, ami the Commission has come to an end. Strangely enough everyone is satisfied in connection with the matter. The Commissioner is content as he has been exonerated from aii blame, and will be, we iiave no doubt, complimented most higuiy, the Commissioners are happy in being able to see the West Coast, and get well paid lor their visit, the oiliciais generally are delighted at tho success that has attended their get up of the case for the defence, and the total absence of anything like prosecution, and lastly, the public are abundantly pleased that suchastrmgofnonsenseshouldatiength be terminated. We cannot pretend to see further into a mill-stone than other people, but that the report will be favourable to Mr Kynnersley, there cannot be a doubt, aud u evenifitis, we shall be by no means dissatisfied. He has acted well for a period of time as representative of the Provincial Executive, the district owes him a really large debt of gratitude, and it can well ailbrd to forget errors of judgment in exciting times. In saying that there is a sense of relief at the conclusion of t.ie enquiry, we really express the public feeling of the district, and as to the report we venture to say that there are not a dozen people unconnected with the camp wlio care two straws what its purport may be, or when it may be issued. As we have previously stated, the line of demarcation was so clearly defined some months ago that nothing could possibly alter it. A section of the community, to which we admit we belong, condemned then, and condemn now the course Mr Kynnersley adopted. Another portion of the public approved ana applauded the same action on that gentleman's part, but both agreed to differ on amicable terms, and were willing to let bygones be bygones for good and all. The rudely disturbed crust of the Westport district society has, we are glad to say, settled down again, and it was only a matter of fear that recent proceedings might occasion another convulsion. Eortunately this has nob occurred. Both

sides were heartily tired of the quarrel* and by mutual consent it was dropped into oblivion, never again we trust, to be reopened . The possible irritation occasioned by the commission lias been avoided, tho commissioners themselves have as far as possible taken every precaution to prevent it, and in common with tho public generally, no doubt are glad to be rid of an unpleasant duty. The thing ia over, the enquiry is closed, and though there may be a lingering spice of curiosity as to the report, there is not the slightest interest, and it may§feb good; bad or indifferent, complimentary or condemnatory without waking up one unp lr> isant thought as far as the public of the district are concerned. As a matter of course a certain amount of circumlocution has to be gone through before the conclusions of the commissioners see the light, but the public are not in a hurry and can wait any length of time without exhibiting or feeling the smallest amount of impatience. If the report never came or if it came at once, equal satisfaction would be felt, that its being over is a relief is, unquestionable. In conclusion it is only just to the gentlemen forming tho commission to acknowledge the courtesey that all who came before them met with at their handswhether ns witnesses the representatives of the press, or others; the onlv regret is, that their enquiry was not on some subject of a move agreeable nature. At the same time their conduct in connection deprived it of many objectionable points that might have arisen, and the best proof of this is afforded by the fact, that out of it no ill feeling or ill blood has been occasioned. A higher compliment to their tact and their ability could not be paid, and long after the celebrated Kyennersley commission has faded out of the memory of the public, we hope their souvenirs of the district so visited may be of a pleasante nature. Just in the same spirit we sincerely trust that as all existing causes of ill will are now at an end, the public of the district whatever their religious o*political proclivities may be, will live peacably and in harmony with each other iu time to come. As the commission has now closed, so may all past heartburnings be buried, and in future be remembered no more.