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New York. Feb. 26.—Advices from Mexico state |
that the Mexican Government has recognised the Eng.
lish and Spanish debts, and that a sinking fund has |
created for the redemption of converted bonds. |
Lennon, Feb. 25.—Rev. Mr. Speke, brother of the
we'll known African explorer, whose mysterious dis-
appearance caused much excitement and comment, has
wen found.. ...The coroner's jary, which bas deen in-

be a a verdict containing a charge of murder against
MeKay..... At the last eession ot the French Legiels-
tive body, during the divenssion of the bill for regulating
» the press, \.. Haven, of the Siecle, rose aud commenced
reading the judgment of the Court exonerating himself
and Mr. Gnrett from the charge brought against them

by the Goverament ‘The President refused to allow | Must be angmented.

him to proveed, M. Haven insisted on reading the

_docament. Much disorder and confusion tolowee, raising a revenue.

whereupon the President deelared the sitting of the day
tlisgolved, The Government members then retired, the
Liberals remaining. Joudly protesting agninst the
arbitary action of the Prsident. They were finally ex-

vetled from the buildi y the offivers, and the gas cx- | @agment that pressure,
lingalhed. ee te vest, any naan € by the bill to be submitted to the Legislature is in-con-

formity with what is invariably adapted hy every mani-
cipality, and which must, sooner or later, be resorted

Malmsbury announced that Lord Derby tendered bis} t

Lonpon, Feb. 25, eve.—In the House of Lords, this
afternoon, at the beginning of the Session, the Earl of

resignation to the Qaeen, oa account of continued ill

health, and that Her Majesty had been pleased to eall | Will necessitate the taking of stock by

Hor ot He Exchequer, the Hon, | The assessors make their valnation, and it is ovly when
the person assessed conceives that the assessment is too
high, that he relieves himself of it by oath,
think, would be seldom resorted to, as the assessors
would be more likely to under-value than over-rate the
I shonld anticipate very few,

upon the presence Chance
Benjamiu Disraeli, to form a new Cabinet, Earl Russell
and others expressed their sympathy ter Lord Derby,
and hoped he might recover from his illness and re-
sume bis post at the head of the Mimistry..... In the
Tlouse of Sumas the announcement of the resignation
of the Prime Minister was made by Lord Stanley, and
was responded to by Mr. Gladstone, who, with much
delicncy and feeling, expressed his sorrow for the canse
which compelled the neble Lord to resign his high office.
The transaction of business in the House was adjourned
until Friday next. :

Lonpon, Feb. 26.—Tt is thought that Mr. D'Israeli
will resign his position as Chancellur of the Exchequer,
and that Sir Stafford Northcote will take his place. No
one is yet named as the probable successor ot the latter
as Secretary of State for [udia,....Official despatches
from General Napier say the envoy sent by him to Prince
Jassai was well received at a Durbar or Council, and
found 2000 warriors with their Chiefs assembled, by
whom he was heartily received..... All the prisoners
oe by the Coroner's jucy awith complicity in the
Clerkenwell explosion, have been committed to stend
trial for marder,... ‘The House of Lords in Committee
of the whole, has agreed to the bill renewing the
pension of writ of Habeas Corpus in Ireland... Di
new treaty which bas been concluded between: th
United States and the North German Confede
provides that natives of Germany must obtain a license
to emigrate, which should be registered, and that those
who have taken out their naturalization papers and
have resided five years in a foreign country, shall be re-
leased from the obligations of military service in Ger-
many.....Consols closed at 92) a 924. Markets gen-
erally unchanged,

Lonpox, Feb. 26, eve-—-The London Times of this
morning, commenting on a change in the Cabinet, says,
Lord Derby's resignation was a foregone conclusion, so
ulso was the accession of Mr. Disraeli, as no ether man
has an equal right to take the tory lead; it thinks that
Lord Chelmsford will retire, but that no other change
is likely to be made; it sees no reason in the present
circumstances why the mipistry should not be a per-
manent one. The Morning Standard says the previous

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one of great difliculty ; he is hest fitted by courage, tact,

ceed in the difficnlt task which has now devolved —
him. The morning Post declares that Disraeli bas be-

» wad that Lord Santey may be made a Peer and repre-

Mr, Disraeli eannot expect the indulgence showed and

changed.

eleewhere. The chief grounds for this motion, Mr.

he impossible to select a mixed jury. Mr. G. F. Train,

Who happened to be in Sligo, rather unexpectedly ap- | trespasy on the or

before the Court, and offered to become one of
the American Jurors, but the offer was declined. Mr.
Heron's motion was argned at length, when the Court
refused to transfer the trial to another place, the ease
was then proceeded with, The * Times,’ in an editorial
artigle on the trial of Gen. Nagle, the writer strongly
urges (he abandonment of the prosecution, saying that
the point of law involved is, to say the least, doubtful.
....True bills have been found against Fitzsimmons,

= were accordingly breught to tial without
la .

kw York, March 2.—Articles of impeachment
—— President Johnson have been presented in the

weetion of their postage will be taken at 4 o'clock this
dnernoon.. Gold lait

Eorrespondence,

4

, with the muniei of the

News by Telegraph. : | Not @ common sewer in the City, and pe Bay: who in

: ... | summer enters the building where the
kept, and where the Legislature hold ita Sessions, may
he easily convinced. if his sense of smell be ina normal
ef the great want of one in this lwcality at least,
Bot nat ouly there, but in all the more densely inhabi-
ted parts of the City are sewers required.
situation are oar streets during the spring and autemn
monthal The side walks are in an un
te pon ower i a. be of “ a
: en enclosed by private subscription, batt
vestigating the circumstances of the death of Casey, has ta Ae sor ioas te te
et place should be properly ornamented
‘The streets are not
Now, in order

istae,

to be better Queen Square
and the mar
with trees, and the latter fenced.
half lighted ; several not lighted at all.
to accomplish these not only very desiralle but absolute-
ly necessary improvements, the funds of the city
In all municipalities, the person-
al estate of the citizens has been made the subject of
The true role of taxation 1, that
the burthen should be borne hy thoee best able to sus-
tain it, The tax now levied apon the occupants of real
estate preases hard upon the poor, and any further ad-
dition, whether upon the ecoupant or the owner, would
The assessment as proposed

You are, however, mistaken in the supposition that it
he merchants,

stock of the merchant,
if any, oljeetions to the rate in this respeet.

Your next objection is to the clause vesting the un-
granted shore im front of the Hillsborough in the city.
You state that it would be a hardship on the
of the Barrack property.
it would so operate on the different owners of the Bar-
rack landlots. They purchased by metes and bounds, and
the law under which that land was sold prescribed, with
the utmost exactness, the area of land which was to be
sold in lots under the authority of that law.
persons conceiving themselves warranted by the assur-
ance of Col. Gray, that they might take in as much of
the shore opposite their respective lots as they pleased,
will find themselves mistaken,
to make any such assurance, and he was told so at the
time of the sale by the late Mayor that his assertion
was incorrect. The parties. too, were warned that
The law, however, might
remedy that, and give the city a power to either sell
the parts of the shore thus unwartantably taken pos-
session of, ov lease them for terms of years, paying the
city a rent for the same, 't would be, perhaps, as well
to give the city, under proper restrictions, the power of
absolutely disposing of them. (
that the ungranted shore should be vested in the city,
there can, I think, be no doubt. When the Bill is re-
ceived, I hope that it will be submitted to a special
committee, with power to send for persons, papers and
records, and the matter, which is of the highest impor-
tance to the eity, ean then be fully and fairly myestl-
The city of Halifax is but fourteen years older
than the city of Charlottetown, and although there are
some colossal fortunes, the great bulk of the citizens
are no better off thau our own; yet not only is real
estate liable to assessment. but household farniture and
moveable property of all kinds, goods, chattels, wares, |
and merchandizes, whether in posseesion or in the pub- |
lie warehouses; monies in possession or abroad; ehips |
task of Disraeli, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, was | or vessels, whether at home or abroad; monies invest-
ed in mortgage or other security whatever within the
experience and close relations with Ear! Derby, to suc-| city. In addition to this, every owner of property is
compellable to provide, at his own expense, a quantity
of brick, with granite coping, sufficient for laying
come Prime Minister less on account of bis own merit | down 4 side-walk in front of his premises.
than because there is no one else go fit for the place.... | moreover, a wider rule.
Daily News says it is possible that Lord Cranbourne | called a tax, as the water is brought from a great dis-
may suceeed Sir Stafford Northcote in the Indian office, | tance, and every house can be supplied m_ unlimited
uvantities; and yet, toa certain degree, it is a tax, for
sent the Government in the House of Lords,....The} the pumps, which were a nuisance and disgrace t the |
Telegranh has reason to believe that Sir H. Cairnes will | town of Halifax, as the pumps are to the city of Char- |
replace Lord Chelmsford as Lord Chancellor; and, is-| lottetown, are all removed, and the citizens are com-
cussing the position of the new Premier, intimates that! pelled to take the water from the city water-works.

It is a great misfortane to a community when the
«Ine his veteran and rovered colleague... ...Congols 934 | words tax and assessment are in the winds of a great
U. $8. Bonds 7)§; Breadstuffs has declined to 428. 3d, | majority of the people, equivalent te robbery ; that is,
per quarter for mixed ; Western wheat steady at 168. 3d. | to uw dead loss—a picking of the pocket—under color of
for California white and 16s. 5d. for No, 2 Red’ Weest- | law.
érn, other articles unchanged. Gold 140}. think nothing of it.

Lonvon, Feb. 27, eve.—The House of Commons has | know nothing of it; and yet, when the merchant pays

assed the bill renewing the suspension of writ of | five, ten, or fifteen per cent. on his imported goods,
beas Corpus in Ireland ....1t is thought that the | he not only charges that, bat he charges an additional,
appointment of Sir Hugh Cairns as Lord Chancellor | som to reimburse him for the impost or excise duty ad-
will defeat all hopes of reforniin the Lrish Chureh...-. | vanced, and he does only what is right. The people,
The civil authorities have determined to withdraw the | however, do not feel it. All that a purchaser looks to
remainder of the suits at law against those Ir:shmen | is the price of the article he wants, and purchases it at
who were indicted tor walking in the mock funeral pro-| the cheapest store. When the tax ir either a poll in-
cession at Dublis recently... .. The * Daily News’ this | come, road, or other direct tax, or an assessment on
morning has an editorial article ou the resignation of | real or
the American Minister. «AH England,’ the News says | ever, t
will lament the departure of Charles Francis Adams.... | daughter gets her feet wet, and a consequent cold,
Mr. Disraeli has gone to Osborne, where the Queen | hoarseness, and a doctor sent for, then comes the ery—
is now stopping. it is expected that both Houses of | ** What is the Corporation doing? Why have we not
Parliament will adjourn for the week to await the re- | decent sidewalks and proper crossings ?
constraction of the Cabinet... ...'The London * Times” | the streets dighted as they are in other cities? “To which
says the American who will succeed Mr, Adams coald | there can be but one reply. The city funds will not allow
not have an easier or more gracious task than the | of the necessary expenditure, The merchants and shop-
tettlement of the questions which have arisen con-| keepers go to great expense in having plate-glass win-
cerning the nghts of naturalized citizens, Consols un- | dows mn which to display their wares for the purpose of
attracting customers. This is a voluntary tax, imposed

Lonvox, March 1,.—His Majesty. Louis, King of | on themselves for their own benefit, They lay down
Bavaria, died yesterday. tle was oly 23 yeara old, | sidewalks fur the same purpose; bat to what purpose if
..«-In the easé of Gen. Nagle, now on trial at Shgo, | parts of the street are still without them and no suffi-
on the charge of Fenianism, the motion for delay of | cient crossin
trial, made by Mr. Heron, counsel for the defence, was | lottetown wi
refused. On tlie announcement of this decision, Mr. | what is done in other munici
Heron moved to transfer the case to the Courts of the | necessity of making their wel
Queen's Bench, in order that the trial might take place | on a par with those of the adjoining Colonies, so that

when strangers visit us, they will be able to admire us
Heron said, was the fact that there were not six Ameri- | for our taste and spirit, and not, as at present, politely

cans in the whole city of Sligo, and therefore it would | hinting that we are behind the age.
The subject is by no means exhausted, but I fear to
of your readers,

Tam at a loss to

Col, Gray had no right

they had no such right.

That the law intended

gated,

This, however, can hardly be

@ levied indirectly, and they

Let the sanie tax
Nineteen out of twenty, perhaps,

sonal estate, all are up in arms. '
streets be in such a state that a wife or

+? In a word, if the citizens of Char-
hut reflect—will take into consideration
alities, they will eee the
laid out city be somewhat

Your obd’t servant,
JOUN LAWSON.
March 9, 1868.

To tHe Evrror or turn Heranp.

A PUBLIC MEETING

Fitzgibbon, Leonard, O'Conn r ond Leahy, and the | Of the inhabitants of Alberton and vieinity was hold,
' pursuant to notice, at the Temperance Hall, Alberton,
on Wednesday, the 26th ult, to take into consideration
the distressed state of the District, when the following
resolutions were unanimously a om re

of Representatives at Washington, and the GW howe, F teres Forsyth, Esq., seconded by Hon.

oplsion thas

we are of

sentations mete to this meetin,
very great distress does exist
rene carbene ——=—== | this District, and that, at the present time, such scarcity
of n and fodder exists, that unless the Government
will grant a sam suflicient to obtain seed grain, a very
: will suffer from real want for

led by William

great number of person:

Te . this great necessity of all farmers.
To TH Evrron or THe Hrraty a
Sir,—Leannot bat suppose that yon, in common | Hubbard, Esq.—

— ef the © of Charlottetown, are
Aviron ! the metropoli« of the Island apon a | ing, a
and

. Clark, Esq., second
red, That in thé opinion of this meet-
setting forth the toregoing resolution

memorial
: : havi oh should be sent to the Government, requesting the grant
slp of com/nrt, convenience, and safety, both | reo, a sum as the Government may think po chy goa

es aa e 22nd of °
ae om " atticle | named
ete the ineororation te Distret needing sine,
wuke Charlottetown what t such te added to
ment due 2 take with inlaneet™ All
plage 2p mene, 1 Miler od
with the view of the Committee, hay
condition of the applicant and security for the
ra B. Reid, ' ;
B. Reid, Ben). Rogers ae
it in accordance with the
opened for sub-
Kaq., be appointed

seed for those in need, and that
n the hands of a Commi
the Government, in the several localities in

the next Instal-

‘That Richard

rmment.
xell Wada

Theref That t a list be

THE HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARC

H 11, 1868.

ramemnnimas toe ose

do constitute a Co to solicit subscriptions in be-
half of thie poor District :—Messrs, Danie!
Intyre, Within Well
man, John Clark, dames Rogers, R. TH. Craswell,
Antoine Perry, and William Hardy.

It was then proposed and seconded that the proceed-
inzs of this meeting be published in the Island papers,

Dr. O'Leary then vacated the chalr, and Mr. John
Carter was called thereto, when the thanks of the meet-

ing were given. to Dr. O'Leary for his efficient conduct

in the chair, ‘The meeting then dispersed.
j F R. B. RELD, Secretary.
February, 1868, i

LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY,
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

—

-Wepnespay. March 4, 1868.

At 8 o'clock His Excellency the Lieutenant Gover-
por was pleased to open the Second Session of the
Twenty-third General Assemb'y of this Island, with

the following
SPEECIL:

Mr. President and Honorable Gentlemen of the Legis-

lative Council:

Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of As-

sembly :

I am glad to meet you at the Commencement of ano-
ther Session, and to have recourse again to your as-

sistance and advice,

During your last Session you passed an Act to autho-
rize the raising of a Loan; It was deemed advisable
that, during the recess, a Delegate should proceed to
England to carry out your. intentions in this matter;
and, also to apply to the various Proprietors of Town-
ship Lands resident in England, with the view of ascer-
taining from them the terms upon which they would be

willing to dispose oi their Estates,

l regret that the negotiations with these Proprietors
have not, thus far, been productive of any results: Never-
| theless, the efforts of the Government continue to be di-
; rected to a full and final settlement of all questions con-

nected with the Land ‘Tenures,

As one of your principal objeets in passing the Loan
Act was to enable the Goverament to make. extensive |
purchases of Land, it has not, as yet, been deemed ad- |

visable to proceed with that Loan.
Papers on these subjects will be laid before you,

Ihave recently received a petition from certain Persons
who have purehased their holdings on the Selkirk Es-
tate. The petitiouers allege that the amount paid by
them, as instalment, has already been more than suf-
ficient to pay for this Estate, and that it was not the in-
tention of the Legislature in passing the Act under
which this Property was purchased, that a larger sum
should be exacted from the Tenants than would render

it self-sustaining,

I deemed it necessary to refer this Petition for the
consideration of the Law Officers, and [I have directed
that their opinion should be laid before you, in full con-
fidence that yuu will mature such measures as may be

deemed equitable and convenient on this subject.

A Bill will be submitted to you for relaxing the pro-
visions, enacted by the Land Parchase Act, for the Sale

of Wilde:n¢ss Lands on Public Estates, with the view
of encouaging their speedy settlement and disposition.
Mr. Speaker and Genilemen of the House of As-
sembly
The Public Accounts for the past year will be laid be-
fore you.

lam glad to observe that notwithstanding the com-

mereiel depression of the past year, the Revenue was
larger than could have been anticipated, and including
that derived from the sale of Public Lands, was hu excess
of the expenditure,

I have directed that estimates of the current year be
laid before you, and [ ask with contideuce such supplies
as may be required for the public. service.

Mr. Pesident aud Honorable Gentlemen of the Legis-
lative Council.

Mr, Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of sembly.

When [ released you from the Legislative duties of
last Session, I expressed the hope that you would, at
your next meeting, take into consideration aA measure,
calculated to impart to your system of Education adegree
of efficiency and practical benefit more commensurate
with your liberal provision for that service.

A measure fur consolidating the pesent Laws on. this
subject, and for amending them in certain particulays,
will be submitted for your consideration,

The Committee which you appointed last Session, to
report the best method of improving the Highways
throughout the Island has concluded its labors, and its
report will be laid before you, ¢

I would direct your special attention toa subject. of
such manifest importance to the people whom you re

resent.
r I venture to hope that the seccess which attended
the Exhibition of articles of local industry during last
Automnh, will encourage you to repeat and extend: the
stimulas which such exhbibitious undoubtedly give

. I now leave you to the performance of the duties of the |

Session.

Hon, Members of the Assembly having returned to

their seats, His Excellency'’s Speech was again ‘read
from the Chair, after which the House proceeded to

business.
Hon, Mr. Coles, Col, Secretary, laid on the table the

Writ of Election issued for the Election of a Member)

for the Seeond Distriet of King’s County, in the place
of Edward Reilly, Esq., who badaccepted the office of
Queen's Printer, and the Sheriff's Return thereon,
which was read by the Clerk.

E. Reilly, Esq.. Queen's Printer, re-elected a Mem-
ber for the Second District of King's County, appearei
at the Bar, and having been introduced, took the usual
oaths and his seat, ‘ ; :

The fullowing Committees were then appointed, |

viz:

Committee to prepare and report the Draft Addrese
in anéwer to His Excellency’s Speech—Meersrs. Reilly,
MeNeill, Hon, Mr. Kelly, Messra. MeCor\sack, Dr.
Jenkins, Bell, Kickam. i

Committee to receive Tenders for Printing the De-
bates of the House—Llon. Messrs. Hensley, Lowlan,
Haviland. :

Committee to receive Tenders for Printing the Jour-
nale of the House—Hon, Mr. Hensley, Mr, MeNeill,
‘lon, Mr. Henderson,

Committee on Public Accounts—Measrs. P. Sinclair,
Bell, Hon. Mr. Kelly, Messrs. MeNeill, MeCormack,
Owen, Yeo,

Committee to provide Stationary——Messrs. Bell, G.
Sinelair, and Hon Mr. Laird, ‘ ‘

‘The usual standing Committees were then appointed ;
and, on motion, it was crdered that Mr. John Griffith be
Doorkeeper to the House, in the place of Mr, Furlong,
who, owing to illness, was unable to attend to the du-
ties of that offie, ; , ‘*

On motion of the Hon. Col, Secretary, Mr. Archibald
McNeill was appointed Summary Reporter to the

‘House, his duty being to furnish each. Member of the

ifouse, daily, with a printed Summary of the previous
day's proceedings. ee
ouse adjourned till ten oclock to-morrow. poe

_ Tuunspay, March 5.
Hon. 8. Davies enlmitted a Resolation, seconded by
the Hon. Mi. Howlan, to the effect, that. Robert Gor-

don, Benjomiu Balderson, and Issac Oxenham, be
appointed Reporters tothe Louse, during the present

Session. ‘
‘To which the Hon. Mr. Haviland, moved an amend-
ment, seconded by the Ilon. Mr, McA tilay, namely, that
the names of Kobert Gordon, Bunja Baldetston, ‘and
Tsaac Oxenham be strock ont, and the names of David
Laird and Peter Stainforth MeGowan be ineerted in
a Yen 2 ' q edt reds
evate on the subject of Reporters then follow:
an-extended report of whieh, will appear, in the Pee

linmentary Reporter,» oe ‘
’ a ‘eb aie amendment was lost in the follow-
ng viv na vig: . : may
For it—-Hone, Haviland, MeAolay, Henderson,
Messrs, Ramsay, Prowse. Yeo, Biecken 7. sas?

Laird, Atty. General, Col. Seeretary, Kelly, Messrs,
Hell, Areeneanlt, Reilly, MoNuill, P. oi ang Kickham,
Hon. Atty, General, from the Committee appointed

to receive Tenders for Printing the Debates of the

sented their Ri
Mr. David Lai

rt, tothe off
ary W. Hoghes & Malone,
upon the consideration of
said Committee. recommended the tender of
Messrs. Haghes & Malone be accepted
» Report adopted.
Ifon, Atty, General

d ane, and appoint agents, from whonsl
recommendations | be required, to obtain relief.
was also further d that the following gentlemen

Richard B. Reid, John D. Wood-

also presented the Report of the
Committee appointed to receive Tenders for printing
the Journals, which was to the effect that the said Cem-
mittee had received tenders from ‘Thomas Reilly,
Hughes & Malone, and D. Laird, and that having coin-
pared the gpecimens of paper submitted, the
tee recomended the acceptance of Messrs.

44 Committee was then also adopted.
Mr. Reilly, from the Commuttee appointed to prepare

and report-the draft Address in answer to His E

lency’s Speech; presented eaid draft Addross which is as

To His Excellency George Dundas, Esquire, Livuten-
ant Covernor, &
May rr PLease Your Exceruincy,

We, Her Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, the
Hous of Assembly of Prince Edward Island, be;
ciproeate with your Exeellency the
experience in meeting you again at the commencement
of another Session, and to ensure
our assistance and advice will be cheerfully given when-
ever y.“a shall have occaston to require them,

With your Excelleney,we regret that the negotiations
entered into during the recess of the Legislature, with
non-resident Proprietors of Township Lands in this Is-
land, have not, up to the present time. proved suc-

easure which we

our Excellency that

Although your Excellency has not, as yet, deemed it
advisable to proceed with the Loan, yet, the provisions
of the Act authorizing it shall remain available in case
any Proprietors shall hereafter, as we trust they will do,
see the advantage and propriety of meeting the views of
the Government by accepting a fair price for their pro-

Any papers upon these subjects which your Excellency
may lay before us shall reecive our due consideration,

When the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown on
the subject of the Selkirk Estate shall be laid before us,
your Excellency may rely upon our giving the several
questions involved in it our serions and careful attention,
and maturing such measures on the subject as may ap-
pear just and equitable upon a full consideration of the
whole question,

It will afford us much satisfaction to give every en-
couragement to the settling of wilderness lands, by pas-
sing a bill for relaxing the provisions of the Land Pur-
chase Act, or devising such other measures as may best
promote that desirab’e object,

We thank your Excellency for the assurance that the
Public Accounts for the past year will be laid before us.

It is gratifying to learn from your Excellency that the
Revenue for the past year has been in excess of the Ex-
penditure, notwithstanding the commercial depression
'to which your Excellency has alluded, and also the un.
usual demands upon the public Treasury to repair the
damages caused by the gales of last autamn.

We shall be prepared to give to any measure whic
may be submitted to us, having for its object vhe im-
provement of our present system of Education, and the
amendment and consolidation of the laws by which the
same is regulated, our careful consideration, believing
as we do that the subject is one of paramount importance
to the people of this Colony.

The system of Road making hitherto adopted in this
Island has been almost universally condemned by its in-
We hail with pleasure the prospect that some
feasible scheme will be devised by which our highways
will be improved without trenching too much upon the
public revenue.

es ae ee
ings on the ane until a bill for the Incorporation of
that town would be submitted.

Mr. Green eaid it would be quite time enough for
the House to take op the matter when the people of
Summerside asked for it—he would then be prepared
to entertain the question,

A Commitee was then appointed to bring in a bill
purevant to said resolutions, viz :—Mr. McLellan, Hon
Mr Haviland, Hon. Mr. Howlan,.

House adjourned,
A. McNertx, Reporter.

Weduacsday, March Il, 1868. ey

ae Ra ee aa ae ee =e

Tur Islander of the 6th inst. contains a long and

labored article on the Opirion and Report of the Crown
Law Officers upon the petition of Joseph Dixon and
others, purchasers of lands on the Selkirk Estate. Tho
alm of the writer seems to have been to make the
smallest amount of sense and argument extend over the
greatest possible spaces Had he been paid a penny a
line for his effusion, he could. net, if he were ever so.
“hard up,” have contrived to make it three lines
longer. Our readers will be surprised to find that the

| learned editor considers the law of the opinion to be un-
‘assailable, He is obliged to admit that each and every

conclusion to which the Attorney and Solicitor General
have come is a sound one, He acknowledges that they
are right in deciding that each transaction under the
Land Purchase Act should be self-sustaining; that tho
purchasers are bound by the deeds and declarations
which they have signed; and that they must seck relief
elsewhere than in a court of law. Since the opinion of
the Crown Law Officers coincides so entirely with his
own, what, asks the reader, Coes the editor of the
Tslander see in it to find fault with? ‘The enquiry is a
very natural one, and one which it would be very difi-
cult for any person, except the editor of the Islander, to
answer. But that gentleman has found matter for een-
sure in the Opinion which none but a man determined to
find fault could discover. The astute editor, suddenly
become very jealous of the reputation of the late Gov-
ernment, imagines that he sees In the Opinion a disposi-
tion to fasten upon them the charge of having violated
the spirit and letter of the Land Purchase Act. This
charge W. H. Pope himself has for some weeks been
dolng his best to fasten on his late friends and coadju-
tors. That he has suceeeded but too well he now finds.
He should be the last man in the Colony to reproach
others for having assisted him In performing this labor
of love. If our Crown Law Officers have interpreted
the law aright~and Mr. Pope acknowledges that they
have—the late Government, whether intentionally or un-
intentionally, did violate the law when they set a higher
price on the lands of the Selkirk Estate than was suffi-
clent to make the purchase self-sustaining. . The infer-
ence Is unavoidable, and the editor of the Jslander must
be exceedingly obtuse not to seo that, if there is any
guilt in the matter, his crime is’ much greater than that
of the Crown Law Officers. He it was who threw the

The Report of the Committee -appointed last session
to consider this lnportant subject will receive our s
clal attention when laid before us,

As Agriculture must ever form the principal business

power, an occupation upon the successful prosecution
of which depends, to a considerable extent, the material
well being of the Colony.

The Local Industrial Exhibition of last autumn having
proved a success, We can assure your Excellency that it
will be a pleasure for us to extend to every section of
the Island the benefits which such exhibitions are calcu-
lated to confer. :

On motion of Mr. Reilly, it was resolved that on Sa-
tarday next the House resolve itselt into a Committee:
of the whole to take into consideration the said Draft

Ilonse adjourned till 10 o'clock to-morrow.

Fripay, March 6.

The Hon. Attorney General, from the Committee on
Expiring Laws, sobmitted the Report of that Commit-
tee, and on motion, it was ordered to be submitted to a
Committee of the whole House to-morrow.

Mr. P. Sinclair directed the attention of the House)
to the desirability of causing the extended Debates of
the Hoase to be published in all the Island newspapers,
in order that the general public might know the action
taken by their representatives on all questions affvoting-
their interest. He then submitted a Resolution to the tthe policy which the Government ought to pursue
effect, that a sum, not exceeding fifteen pounds, be
aid tc such publishers as would publish in full the De-
apers under their control.
exception to the Resolution,
on the ground that it was introduced contrary to the
prnciple upon which was based the initiation of money

ates of the House in the
Hoa. Mr. Haviland too

Hon. Atty. General said that though, strictly speak-
ing, the objection urged by the hon. and learned mem-
ber was correct, yet the purport of the Resolution might
be adopted withot affecting any vital prioe'ple.

Mr Reilly observed that the Resolation might he
amended by striking out the words naming any given
amount, and leave it with the House to pay out of the
sum that would be voted at the end of the Session, for
contingent expenses, such sum as the House might
think proper to each publisher of the Debates,

Hon. Col. Secretary said that the only objectionable
feature in the Resolution was the naming of the amount
intended to be paid. The hon, member who moved in
the matter was no doubt influenced by motives of eeon-
owny in naming the amount.
namethe som which each publisher would receive on
the dre performance of the work, and the eafest method
ption of the usual course touch-

It was indeed wisdom to

ther@ore, was the ado

iland then stated that the Resolution
had tken the House by surprise, no notice of it having
appa@red on the Order Book, in accordance with the
estullished rule of the House.

, Attorney General eaid that the rule relative to
the hitiation of money votes would not apply in that
case it was not nsual to introduce matters touching the
publshing of the Debates or the payment of the Ofi-
cergof the House in accordance with the rule in ques-

. Sinclair then said that he had no desire to press
otion, a8 objections had arisen; he would, t
withdraw it, and place a notice on the Order Book
rative of his intention to bring up the question at

Fouse adjourned.

: Saturpay, March 7.
House in Committee on expiring laws. Mr. George
4 Sitclair in the chair. :
on. Atty. General submitted two Resolutions, which
© severally read, to the effect that it was expedient
scoutinue and amend the Act relatin
at Summerside, and the remoyal o

th streets thereof.

to accidents by
nuisances fiom

A short debate on the subject of an Act of Inoorpo-
r 34 * gpa then ryrbp et ile Wk
ov. Mr. Howlan expressed his an 6 that the hon
fro (M McLellan) Was not
solution for the Incorporation
blie meetings

ared to Se aad ia .
a rtanttown. Poa
Sue Aa in eppadred ed from

sich were published in the news
t rosolutions were adopted at

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be Lee: vid shed 0 WOE wna’ ek i nde.
Suimmesihe however

ers of that place,
meetings touch-

repared to as-

y hject nati it would be found
the people of that place asked for an Act of Incor-

on, * Pi
Hon. Mr, Davies spoke of the rapid growth of §
abe. ‘it was now a sins of very deeaidoreble bea:

Againet Sie § B, Davies, Howlan, Cal!beck,

ortance, it had

first stone at the late Government. But we emphatically

;deny that the opinion contains a single word ditectly
| censuring the ate Government for the manner In which
of a large proportion of the people of this Colony, it wili| they managed the Selkirk Estate; not the slightest
be our duty to stimulate, by every meatis within oar | trace of party politics can be discovered from the
| beginning to the end of the document. We defy the
editor of the Islander to produce from it a single sen-

tence or expression that bears evidence of being dic-
tated by the spirit of party. The allasions which
it contalns to the sale of the Estate ure ‘us few us
‘possible, and appear to lave been worded with oxtrome
care, in order to avoid even the appearance of parti«
zanship. If the following paragraph contains any cen-
sure on the late Government, it is merely by necessary
implication :— :

“Tf, as the Petitioners allege, the Selkirk Estate has
been charged with the pay ment of any large amount
more than was required to make its purchase self-sus-
taining, then we think that ft has been so charged con-
trary to the spirit and meaning of the hatd Pavchaec’
Act, under which it was purchased.”

The framers of the opinion could hardly have said
less, and they might have said a great deal more. ’

The second fault which the learned editor finds with
the opinion is, that it does not point out authoritatively

towards the purchasers of land on the Selkirk Estate—’
that it leaves the final settlement of their case to the
consideration of the Legislature.
Tad one of the least “able” of the “able” men, at
whom the learned and amiable editor is so fond of
sneering, ventured to censure the Crown Law Officers’
for not overstepping their duty by dictating to the Le-
gislature, he would be the first man in the Colony toy

, laugh at bim for his want of knowledge. The Attorney)

and Solicitor General were asked for their opinion on
the law, Having expressed that opinion, their duty
was performed. It would be mere impertinence in them
to have dictated to the Government the course which
they ought to pursue in the matter on whieh their
opinion had been required, Suppose the Attorney and
Solicitor of Great Britain were applied to by the Gov-
ernment for their opinion, or, say, the legality of the
Alabama claims. Would it be their duty, after laying
down what they believed to be the law in the premises,
to command the Prime Minister either to put a stop to
the negotiations on the subject, or to liquidate the
claims forthwith, as thelr opinion might happen to be
adverse or favorable to the recognition of the claims in
question, Those eminent lawyers would never dream
of being guilty of such folly, “They would give the
ministry their opinion of the bearing of the law on the
course submitted to them, and then leave it to the Gov-
ernment to act upon that opinion or not as they should
think proper. The Government applied to our Crown
Law Officers for their opinion on a point of law, and
they very properly, as we think, gave that opiniot,
simply as lawyers, and not as politicians. They have
declared what they consider to be the law, and have left
it to the Government and the Legislature to decide upon
what is’ equitable and expedient: That the Govern-
ment and the Legislature will deal fairly with the settlets
on the Selkirk Estate, we are well convinced, This, if
the whole truth were known, is what the editor of the
Islander 80 much regrets. ;

W. H. Pope denies being a member of the Goyern-
ment when the Selkirk Estate was purchased, This is
true, but he has forgotten to state that he was, at that
time, a confidential servant of that Government; that
he sat at the Executive Board as chief clerk, and, if Re-
port speaks truly, that he took no sniall share In the de-
liberations which were thete conducted. We have
reason to believe that the subject of pricing the Jands of
the Selkirk Estate was a matter of. discussion among
the members and supporters of the late Government,
and that a high selling. price, when compared with the
buying price, was, In opposition to the recommendation
of the Commissioner of Pablic Lands, purposely °put
upon the land to make up the loss alleged to have hedn
incurred on the purchase of the Worrel other
Estates, The members of the late Gov mt con-
sidered that they were justified in thos managing the
Selkirk Estate. We the more readily believe this as it
appears exceedingly improbable that men of experience
in “public affairs would blunder so grossly as to commit
an error of £10,000 or £12,000 in so simple a calcula-

ople, It was better however to stay further proceed-

tion. If we are rightly informed on this matter, and we