The Herald -- 1868-03-18 -- Page 2

MARCH. 18, 1868.

THE HERALD, WEDNES rr dha Tororer
~ se ee ies eels Se eh a en ; i ! however in
. sig i lest inaui the ish-|. Mr Brecken also reviewel His Exeelleney's Speech, | coercive measure. The sums required to buy the 1 time observe, that the rate fixed onthe lands
* News by Telegraph. land needed commissions of inquiry on establish "7 en a lan. A tew re-| under the Fifteen Years Parchaso Act, would yield the | the meantime ob: eee oh tomniemanded
~ — tment of Charch rates. that Chupeh was not suited to a and wns replied to by the Eou Mr Howlan tenant in interest more than the annualrent payable. re a ned Comin Pan usando te ansh

majority of the people who dissented from it. What| marks were made

waird touching the
SP nrch 8. she f de by the Hon Mer Lai
are’ The report reached here from would the people ct MablesMithiak Ucite. dmcathe hrccare) Unseatsins

t. berause of the withdraw! from | It could not be termed wnge goog for it was a volun- Loe as tha Bins of January, by the settlers, anounted to

the East, that ited § iti \ J
ike Soihiek Gervesnece ofipring 40" bets “t port at| should lay claim to and secupy the See Shrslots woeld | caitheus of the Cand leat ce. bios tho Hien: |r A0Gid UF te Land Connie tne be ge Fe Cae & VE.000, 6 oes Seieens to cored Me feet end
i ‘Abiaiin ‘arker Exete ! ld rev. sligic traists wou : of the Cuna state ; i : ‘ . P i pnses of the Estate as requires » the
ee yaar enn wale bn Pag on Rot og join peer he of the Fonkean, Bi 5. Chates Senda wen: Mr ‘Deneek replied Wy stiting iat — an Po g eet on is cara gree yy onl meer phoned ss san turebes of opinion that ideale instead o oe ie
i me , : , t Mr. McGuire had ity of money, th poof of which be stated that | Gene ees dei from the le on that Es-
oe ms rg oe enh en ney See offered ee pion te tee tenet the quotion, Aer aoe. ums of mekey a depoalted in the Banks | sell, he would support a coercive measure, and he hoped oo .— lave paid fatsg that amount,
= ‘Macch 3 oo Mr. Train was again ar- | Speeches from Mr, C. Darley Griffith, member from | awaiting investments. . that both sides of the House would unite to mature a should have the surplus remitted to them. .
en 20 yp 1 moss pg as he oy eat ances a| Devises, and Sir Frederick Heigiey, member for Lon-| After which the House vent into a Soy eer of the a i ne yer oe feeweee nt = ee. Hon. Mr. Duncan felt disappointed that the para-
don, Lord Newbury moved the adoption by the House | whole on the address in answer to His Kxcellency's “ae bre : yamine w nd Pe — Ad be ine Fre oe graph contained no allusion to any bill to be presented

Iécture at, the Rotunda as alleged for debt. The au-
im Committee, of resolntion in substance as follows :— Speech. . . ‘ 7 th . nt, to relieve the settlers on the Sel-
General was a fair one, aud it would yet be seen that it He Bh sega would, however, be prepared to sup-

dienee was very iifdignant and demanded their money
at the door. i : : "That discontent in Ireland is a source of uneasinessto| Hon. Mr. Kelly in the ¢hair. ; k
one dleas. but rw et oe sue rene the Empire. and must be remedied; that the present) A long debate on the second paragraph in the address | would have been the luterest of Proprietor, as well ne port any measure for the relief of the petitioners, which

uiet at the Sligo Assiges. Gales hp trial of Nugeut Church, School and Tenure system are unjust in the | then followed, Hons. leader of the Opposition, MeAulay, tenant, to have complied with the propositions eub- cles be sabenined,
. Henderson, Dunean, and Messrs. Brecken and Prowse, | mitted. The famous Land Commiasion fovoured com- Hon. members on both sides of the House took part

or ti hi : . .| Opinion of this House, these wrongs should be right- D ‘ |

ee men pt gh mnggen ie ee ee ed.” Mr. James O'Brien Member for Cassel, in the | severally addressed the Coamittee, from the opposition | pulsion, and he did hope both sides of the House would in the discussion which followed, There was adiversity

4erm of Court... ._ The Praitin inister of State hag | Course of his remarks, declared thata large body of the | side of the House ; and Hbns. leader of tae Government, | agree on a Bill compelling Proprietary role to yield to of opinion relative to the question, expressed on eack

been authorised to confiscate the estate of the Ex-King | Irish sympathised with Fenianism. He also replied a | Atty. General, Davies, Howlan, Laird, and Messrs | the public interest. There was nothing novel in the ide of the Ho TI ncipal difficulty appeared to
g 4 Nol ov t. The| principle, and the sooner it applied the better for | 4° of the House, peal it 0,

length to the attacks recently made upon the people | MacNeill and Bell, on behalf of the Governmen principle, ar rit was app be involved in the constraction that might be pat on that

the dearest rights of the people. There were many portion of the Land Parchase Act relative to tho sclf-

of Hanover,
_Loxpox, M _ liti of Ireland by Mr. Roebuck. Earl Mayo, chief Secre-| leading topic in the debate was the purchase of the re-
> Mareh 4, eve.—The ‘present condi — ed tary for Ireland, made a long and able speech. He ad-| maining portions ot proprietory lands in this Colony. | reasons for the adoption of a compulsory course. How sustaining principle of the bill, and whether each Estate

Treland and the question “ . ; : :
8 el My A patna Finest on Tuesday the | mitted that great diseontent prevailed in Ireland, but | The speakers on the opposition side contended that the could it be expected that men who had been persecuted purchased under ite provisions was to be priced separ-
10th inst. ‘The consideration of the subject was post- | #id it was exclusively nourished bythe Irish in America. | paragraph under consideration was fat from satisfactory | and handeuffed for rent. would, in case of an invanion, ately, with the view of paying for itself only, or was it to
poned from the 25th ult., in consequence of the resigna- | The Irish in Australia and Canada felt no discontent;even | to the tenantry, who wete led to believe that the present | stand as targets to be shot at for the protection of the ba priced with reference to other Estates previeusly pur-
tion of Lord Derby and the saperiilen of parliamentary in Ireland the feeling was confined to the lower classes majority would initiate some definite measure for their | rights of their ereecutors. He alluded to Sheriff Dodd's chaved, with the view of making up the loss on the one
business pending the formation of a new ministry... only. There was no prominent Fenian leader in Ire-| relief. The Tenant Leaguers especially had sent re-| jeter, which, be said, was a hbel and slander on the ah the exnence af the ethix. That each Estate separa-
Despatches from Annesley Bay say that letters from | !"nd who was not aided and pushed on by friends in the | presentatives to Parliament for the very purpose of | country, tely was Intended by the true meaning and spirit of the
the British captives have been received at the advanced | United States, Le repelled the idea of English mis- carrying out their devlared intentions, relative to the} [fou. Mr. Dancan read statements to show that np- he te be salleustaiaine. ami that an ane Hatéte should
ast of the Expedition, having been brought in sceretly | S°Verament ; and said the present Government at Dub- ropriety of introducing a compulsory measure for the | wards of £58,000 was deposited in the Banks, and as ine edi anon to makers the loss incurred in respect
3 native messengers, , The letters are dated Magdala lin were nearly all Irishmen, and the police force was | land question, and it would now seem that the promises | proof of their prosperity, a bonos of 5 per ovnt, had just t th aes of anoth m4 appeared to be the prevail-
Where they were securely guarded by their jailors, | Mtirely composed of natives, Me advised the main-/ made to them were to be broken, It would appear that ato declared in the Bank of P. E. Islend. It waa he ie vied ee rit He ner, Sppea'
though in ‘great fear of the vengeance of the King. tainance of the present poliey,but promised that a Bill| the Government having failed to prevail on absentee | said altogether unnecessary, and contrary to the best ree vi * 9 1. T the add tn cetitton having ber n
They were still as well treated as their condition as| V°%ld soon be introduced for the relief of tenants. At proprietors to sell their ands, was not going to adopt | jptoreats of the Colony. to obtain any loan from abroad, ate hee : the a ee sate aa. ai
prisoners would permit, and all were alive and in good the conclusion of Earl Mayo’s speech the debate was any further measures for the rehef of the tenantry who | when plenty of capital could be had at home for all | *8teed to, " a na estilo toltiee sos Sec
Realth, The letters gave the important intelligence | “journed until next Thursday. Gold 1394, | are anxiously waiting to be relieved from the reatpay-| ayailable purposes, eaten Le y mer On ee ma ee cae
that King Sho», a powerfal tributary Chiet, bad left}, 44ONPON, March 12.—-Gen. Dix, the Amerioan Min- | ing system. © ‘Tho lands of the larger proprietors having | Hon, Mr. Howlan would ask if the moneys deposited ou eanet © ne sangre prone slated bill al
Magdola in a great rage against Theodorus. It was iter to France has arrived in this city, and it ia ander | been purebased by the late Government, it vow only re- | jn the Banks were available for the purchase of lands, | ©*Pination he £0 $20 eae d nto 2 wernt yen
delleved he would turn his arms against the Abyssinian | #004 he will remain here two or three weeks, it is eaid | mained for the present party in power to deal with the | He thought not. The money in the Banks was the luded to in the paragraph shoutd per ttl yu
Menarch as soon as the British soldiers appeared in| %¢ bas come here on business connected with the | lesser ones, aad surely they from whom, more than property of minors and others, by whom, or on whose |. Hon. paar of the Government ae, “~ nl
sight. No knowledge as what plan of operation or | Iuestion of the Alabama claims,....‘The House of! any receding party in the House, was expected! the | behalf, deposits were made that could not be appro. | Jeet badbeyeboe alluded to was to ee th oo “wee
‘course of policy King Theodorus intended to adopt. ommons in committee of the whole agreed to report | amelioration of the tenantry, were not going to rest | yristed to the purchase of lands, Business men, and | © s0tua settlers on wilderness lands, ; an was given
Consols closed at 93). U.S. 6 20's. Breadstails and | fr passage the bill introduced by Mr. Gladstone for! satisfied without maturing some measure. Merchants also, had accounts with the Banks, and the | UY the Land Purchase Actas it now stood. —
Provisions unchanged. Gold opened at 141. the abolition of Church rates... . . Mr. Watere, receut-| ‘The speakers on the Goverament side of the House | sums placed to their credit were liable to a call at any | eat should be held out tothe young men of . —
New Yon«, March 5.—The United States Senate at|!¥ arrested, has been discharged from custody. The | denied that they bad made any promises to the people | moment, and was deposited for the purpose of making | ‘ty to settle on those lands, and rot to seck a co
Washington, to-day, is being organized as a bigh Court |°®8* Mulleany is to be brought up in the House of which they had not endeavored to carry out, There | it available for the prose-ation of the ordinary trade and | Other countries, Any reduction that would be made in
i for the trial of President Johnson, ‘The Chie Justice | Lords next week..... Great preparations aro being | were no promises nor pledges made » them further’ | hasinves of the couniry, and not to be appropriated to | the price of those Jands would be amply met by tho
presides. Money market continues quiet. made in Dubliv and other parts of Ireland for the re-| than to carry out the principles of the Land Parchase | the purchase of proprictory lands. stimilus it would give to the actual settler, and thereby
Loxpon, March 6th, eve.—A despatch from Annesley |C@Ption of the Prince of Wales... It is reported in| Act. ‘The principle object of the tenant league organ-| pon, Leader of the Opposition said that ho was not | Prove 4 benefit and not « loss to the revenue of the coun-
Bay says the advance of the British Expedition was | Berlin that a proposition was recently made to Lord | ization was to displace the Conservative Government, prepared to express his views on this new measure | **¥: : ° ;
Awaiting at Antalo the appearance of Kassine, Prince Stanley. to submit the Alabama claims to the arbitration and by uniting withthe old Liberal party to form 4 Go- respecting which correspondence had taken place | The paragraph touching the expenditure of = past
of Russia, and that they are willing to entertain the | vernment that would be free from proprietory influences between the Local Government and the Home Depart. Pages having been amended, by striking out the allasion
/in the latter part thereof touching the demands made

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.of Tigre, who had promised to meet Gen. Napier there 558 : : lee | ;
Proposition as far as it applied to the question of in- | and in whom they would have more confidence than nient, which course was rather novel under Responsible | ;
upon the ‘Treasury, caused by the gales of last autumn

with a large force of native troops. : : : ,

NDON, Mareh 7th,—Consols 934, demnity, but he refused to submit the cther point in | they had in the late Conservative Government. The fact! Government. He would hike to know if any distinction |
New York, March 7.—The Senate, as a Court of | titpute. | that a Delegate was sent to England for the Very &X* | would be drawn by the contemplated measure, between | 48 Agreed to.

Rome, March 11th.—One hundred Zouaves who! press purpose of proposing to absentee proprietors the locul and absentee Proprietors, or were they all to be | on 7 March 8

’ NURSDAY, March 12,

. eT has assigned Friday, March 13th, for volunteered for the Papal lest tved } hase of their lande i | ith the prinei

resident Johnson to appear for trial,. Gold 141}. Pred for the Papal service have arrived here. | purchase of their lands in accordance with the princi- : i 1
Lonvoy, March eat 4 the House of Ctiaioeas last | SAN Faancisco, March 9.—Advices from Victor Wa | ples of that bill proved that they were not reereant to wR aad tn. ype ge Peg the touse in Committee eames (a0 COMMtnenient 62 ine
&vening, Mr. Shaw Lefevre called up the question of | Of the 7th, state that there is excitement there over the | their prine:ples. They regretted that the said Proprietors heen remitted large amounts of atveare bh the Wieland oe
Alabama claims, and made a long and eloquent speech threats by the Fenians. A gunboat full of marines | refased to sell, as expressed in the paragraph under Years’ Purchase 4 Soe which ther ex eed to him wo kee = the _— FE licited a lengthy
on tho subject, urging the settlement of the question on | P#trolled the harbor, and the magizines were double consideration, and alluded to the propriety of a compul- their gratitude : See | ai om fone Th “Op sit asked a x . rnment
the plan proposed by the American Government. In| %""ded. The engine houses were also guarded and | sory system somewhat similar to that proposed by the i Camoren regretted that the efforts of the Hon | what material chengs, if any mwas contemplated by
ealling for papers on the subject, and moving tab acon, ~ volun‘eers were ordered to be in readiness for in-| celebrated statesman Bright for the purchase of lang Attorney General. Tolative to the purchase of the lands | the paragraph in ‘question, whic: seemed to
sideration of the question, ho disclaimed havirg any |* cbeabloges ll ‘ices Meek oie deh cle pace yp pebyar es Se a Aeprraggl ~~ ee of absentee Proprictors had not met with that snecess | indicate that some measure’ would be submitted
, : p going i @ rubjec! Hidh would be which was desirable. ‘There was an expression of | for the improvement of the present system. Itcould

feeling of prejudice. All future negotiation, he said, a ei ; :
electe Jtiterday in New Hampshire by about three | submitted to the House in due tune. and which would opinion contaived in the Fifteen Years’ Parchase Bill, | !8tdly be supposed that the mere consolidation of the

would add to the complications already existing. He thousand majori to the 0 iti ad bli ger 1
ajority. prove to the Opposition and the public generally that latiy i agin Schbdol Act was all that was meant by the careful cons!-

slat hv t 4 " a A
relative to the high value put on lands, that was calou deration which the Government promised on the subject,

Seotched bag progress of the recent civil war in the Bostow, March 11.—Gold 1 to-day at 1394 tk tG ce te has
States to its termination, He eaid the fall of Sumter a N, re Gold opene ya * ne present Government were not wanting in their ts rippigage :

duvited the famous proclamation of Great Britain which| N®W Yon«, March 11th.—Gold 1394. efforts to abolish the land tenures. a sed so . the eae One ceaney. dy i rf In His Excellency's speech allusion was matle, first, to
recognized the Southern insurgents as belligerants. Lonpon, March 10,—The War Office Department} Atthe close of the debate the question was put on def ae hts i At — =? a Tenant ae yt | & measure that would impart to the system of Education
They had no fleet, but they purchased their ships in has just received adilitional despatches from the Com- | the paragraph in question and carried, House ad-| 2°84 “ve Conduct of the large majority of that body, ; an efficiency commensurate with the liberal provisions
ports. These ships. notwithstanding vicorode ihéasttes mander in Chief of the Army in Abyssinia. The mili- journed, AFTERNOON SESSION, | Made for that service; and, secondly, the consolidation
to stop them, cluded our vigilance, went to sea, and | tty situation at the English front is unchanged. King | — ITon. Leader of the Government said it was a dificn]t | Of the present laws on that subject. It would therofore
were hoepitubly received at British colonial ports. They | !!*0ore treats the captives more leniently, and begins task to legislate in this Colony against Proprictory in- | ®PPet that something of wore vital importance than the
ports. y Tvespay, March 10. fueness. ile deviawad the several enactments of the | ™¢Te amending of some clauses inthe Act, relative to the

bbe ge biti: pores nts || Working of the law, was contemplated. They contend-

captured and destroyed, during the war, over ewo| * Pegard them with atmore friewdly spivit. Mr. Raseam
s ; 4 captive official of the Queen, thinks the king detain | The House in Committee of the whole, resumed tho | Liberal party retative to the Land Question, and said ed that the paragraph under consideration was but

handred American vessels in less than two years. The ; :

United States flag was literally driven from the nis. | him merely until the English troops arrived at the roya | the consideration of the address in arewer to His Ex- | now that all reasonable offers and every possible effort | an evasive and iudetinite reply to the Speech on that all

while the commerce of Great Britain was doubled for | head ‘darters, when he will be set free... . .The Morn- | cellency's Speech. Hon, Mr, Ke'ly in the chair, had been made to purchase Ne a claime, and had important subject. and assured the Government: that

the reason. The speaker thought we otight to treat | "7 Post, in an editorial on the subject of Church Re-| The third paragraph ia the address having been read, partially failed in totally abolishing the tenant system, they (the Opposition), would cheerfully support any mea-

their claims generously. They wore first made in’ 1862 form, says that the pian which will be pursued by the | a long debate on the subject followed, and was kept up / it was vot to be wondered at, that a coercive measure | sure that might be submitted by the Government side of
would be resorted to. Some stringent measare, which | the House, having for its object the Improvement of the

“by the Amerioan Minister, Mr. Adams. After eulogis- | "2" Government onder Disraeli, in regard to the Trish | until 10 o'clock, p. m.
Chareh, is as follows: Ist, The consideration of the! Mr, Howat observed that proposals had been made | he hoped wonld meet the approval and support of both | system, aud would offerno opposition to any amendingnt
calcu'ated to facilitate the working of the School Act.

ing the course of Mr, Adams on this. and other questions, | ¢ ¢ fone “ : .
: Mr. Lefevge continued: . An arbitration: has been pro- Chureh qnestion will be oot of pntii the Comission | to abeontec preprigtors, all of which they refused ‘The | sides of the House, would have to le adopted. i

sed by the American Government, but refused by | on the Irish Church Establishment, already appointed, | country expected and had a right tv expect some fur- Mr. Breeken averted to the arguments that had been | Hon. Members on the Government side of the House,

rd Ruasell, who repelled the suggestion, Lord shall'lave made their report, 2nd, this Coumission | ther action on the all important question of releasing | used in favor of the loau, and eaid it was well for the |!" Prag said that it was not usnal to debate any question

, Stanley might have taken another course, but be in- | will be appointed to enquire into the relation of Jand-| the remaining portions of the tenantry of theColony from | interests of the country that the Hon, Atty. General, = prety 3 ee ~~ Th the Address In answer

isted that tle Yesponsibilityof Englaad was ouly 4{lord® And tenants, 3rd, a Charter will be granted for Propritory bondage. Some definite rate of purchase | whom he was feady to adiit, had condacted his mission en Sedncesion Feanited ce Gs Phd so a) laws ee
_ moral one in the Alabama case. The less said about /aneW Roman Catholic University. 4th, Irieh rniiways | should be fixedjand a reasonable compensation made ty | conscientiously and dilligently, had not sueceeded in Disputes and differences of opinion Srequently a
eae snorality in this question the better. He regarded the | are to be subsided by Government... The Prince of per oprietors, by which they could not justly be said to | borrowing money nnder the Loan Bill. Mad the policy | among trustees and teachers, because of the ambiguity

+ dbireaking out. of a war between England and the United | Wales will make a visit to Ireland, where he ia to be} auifer any material lors, ‘Che Liberal party accused the | of the present Government heen carried out, the Colony | of certain clauses in the School Act, ending, in many
Yo or ‘States as extremely unlikely, but all needless irritation | made Knight of the Order of St. Patrick..... ‘Lhe Fe-| Cunscrvatives of not effecting the fiual settlement of the | woald now be paying interest on the loan and no lands | cases, in law suits. It was, therefore, highly necessary
i vay pihould be chapped -+-Lord Stanley praised the pacific | nians who Were captured at Merthyr, in. Wales, have question, and now the former were expected to adopt jin the market. Tt would not do to cripple the commer: | in order to guard against such dilliculties and miscon-
-. tone of Mr. Lefevre's speech, and warmly compliment-| been indicted for treason, and will be tried at the Swan- some energetic course of action. Trug, the Conser- |eial and other interests of the country by negotiating a | structions, that the laws relating to Education should be

ed Mr. Adams for the vonciliator spirit he displayed | sea Assizes.... Despatches from Annesley Bay say that | vatives paesed the 15 years Purchase Mt, which was | loan at a rninous rate of interest. | 8 explicit as possible. There were many defects in the

On the subject under discussion. He said we could not | King Theodore has arrived in the immediate neighdor- | at all events ‘partially compulsory. The abolishment Mr. Prowse said that many of the poorer tenants | pre°ent law to which the attention of che House would

make indiscriminate concessions, but we could learn | hood of Magdala, with his troops and war material. | of proprietory elaime in Canada was a precedent upon | would rather endure, fora time at all events, hardship | P@ “lrceted when the subject would be submitted, The

‘the rights of the case. He thought England had been The advance of the British expedition was steadily | which to act. The Bruch Government sanctioned thatact. | and privation, in order to pay their instalments and be- tap rye a prep ere the law S Oe
entirely neutral, but no neutrality would have pleased | pushing ahead under Gen. Napier, and at last aceconts Why not attempt a similar measure in this Colony? It | come freeholders, than continue to pry rents all their je “ was gratifying tot ped — ue ag poss :
America. What the United States wanted was neutral.| were two days’ march beyond the village of Altergal, | oald only be refa @1.1tappeared theLoan was now avail-| lifetime. The 13 years Purchase’ Act, was.a coercive | jt improveret wanil vecdinn the basalt cuneiitenss
pity coupled with warm eympathy and support. He eas able, and be would lend his support to any measure that | measure against those gi hoon who were compelled | of the Opposition. The necessity of rh intermediate
would-be submitted for the purchase of the land tenures. | under its provisions to eell their lands. ‘The loan bill School, in connection with the Prince of Wales College,

Rs So apa eee e sen ei a au Seri ait

enied that the United States Government claimed, . "i
or could claim, that the necessary reeoguition of the LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY, Hon, Atty. Gencral concurred partially with the re- | was not required, as money was attainable in the coun- was alluded to, in which a knowledge of the ordinary
a ‘Sonth was'a violation of the law, but only that it was | ou OF A : marks of the hon. member (Mr... Howe!). He, the | try. branches might be imparted preparatory toa Collegiate
unfriendly, rash, and unprecedented. “The United | HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. Hon Atty. General, then gave an account of his inter- | Mr. George Sinclair was pleased to know that the | education. It would appear that the elause In the Act
States only pressed for the purpose of showing that but es a, view with Miss Sulivan, to whom he offered, on behalf | Loan was available, if required. Jt was not reasonable, | which compelled young men, however well educated, to
for the unfriendly action ot England tho Atsbene de- Monpay, March 9. | of the Government, the purchase of ler Estate on the | from the very nature of things, to expect peace or real | Spend five months at the Normal Scool, was considered
édations Would not have occurred. He concluded Hon Mr Haviland said, before going into Committeo, | Island, but which eho refused to accept. He also reag | cmtentment in the country until the land tenure was|% hardship. The primary object of that institution was
; | hi leter addressed to Lord Melville.to the effect that he | abolished, to impart to teachers of youth » knowedge of the art of
: teaching, and not © mere School In which to learn the

-by advising the appointment of a mixed commission he would make.a flyicg commentary on the Speech with
for the proper adjustment of the question.....Johu| which the Sesslen bat ent yaad Tt disap. | "ae authorized hy the Goverment of the Colony to of- | fron Mr Laird beld the opinion that the soil of an .
‘Stuart Ail, W. Gladstone, Mr. Forater and others took skin that the hou. member peved, lls Kak draft fer, for the purchase of hie Lordship's Eetate: le the country should be the property of the tiller of that soil, Son oar Board of Peo ag ne
part in the debate. address tothe House, had not made the motion to go | I#lanc,eatmated atl0,000 acres on Lot 28,and1,182 acres | The fact that Lord Melville, an absentee Proprietor Hon. Members on both sides of the Honse expressed
‘Lonpon, March 8, eve—Nearly all the leading | into Committee. He thought the hon. mewber bic ¢ on Lot 53—together with all arrears of rent, and secu- | recived annuaily, from the soil of Lot 29, the sum of their desire to foster tho Educational interests of the
journals have editorial articles on the debate in Parlia- have delivered an eloquent address.on the vital interests | Tities for the same due thereou—the eum of £4,000 ety, | £200 sterling. wae 119. small tax on the settlers on tha Colony, and to lend thelr support to any measure caleu-
iment on Friday night, on the Alabama Claims.,....The that were to.hq brought before the House. Last | Pav able by instalments, as described in said letter, to | Township. fi was not to be expected that people thus | lated to render as perfect as possible the laws relating
Times says the debate must convince the United Session the reason given by the Government for not | Which his Lorpship replied declining to accept the | burthened would remain dormant. It was the duty of | to Education,
| States that England wishes to state the law in this case, | maturing aay very grave questions was the lateness of | Proposition on the ground that the terms would be dis- | every man who loved his evurtry toaid in any measure | The paragraph under discussion was then passed, as
sin the American sense; and that the failuce of Great | the Session and the short time they'had been in power, | Advantageous to him. He (Hon Atty Gen) then spoke | coercive or otherwise, that would relieve the people | Were also those relating to Road-making, and the Indus-
Britain to refer the Alabama Claims to arbitration, is| but now uo sach excuse could ve offered, and yet he | of his interviews with several other janded proprietors | from the anjust demands of Proprivtors. trial Exhibition of last year, after which the Committee
duc to no desire to avoid her just obligations. Mr. | gould uot eogratalate them on their production; true, | in England, and regretted to have to say that theywere| Mr Reilly said it was a vital principle to decide mined and the ow oan ad reported the Address agreed to
to get Lord Stanley in a like spirit to it alluded to the loan which was to give free land to the | 2Ot disposed to meet his views on the subject of selling | whether the people should be governed iy the bayonet Wis ae teemamedt,

Seward has on)
, i = tulouplerstendiag.. -The tone of the articles gown-tradden tenantry, aud was also to’give assistance | their lands to the local Government. “The question was | or by public opinion. He was not indebted ta the Ten. | House adjourned.
A eth ims momansnarnee is Guonrelty the same. . {tothe commercia! interests of the Colony, The oppo- | 89¢ however to remain in abeyance, a correspondence | ant League tor his seat in that Honse, but was depen- Enrpay, March 18.
Panis, March 8.—In the Corps Legislatiff, last week, sitom side of the House last Session said that there ex- | With the Home Government on tho subject had been | dent, in common with his fellow countrymen, un the At 4 o'clock, p. m., the Houge waited on His Excel-

The Loan Bill, however, | pened, anewers to which might be expected in a few | enceess of the Agricultarist, The people of the Cole | lency with the Address, and their ret His Honor
days, when the subject would be Inid before the H ouse, | were grossly libelled by the letter of Sheriff Dodd, and | the leases reported end reed. the ‘Sang, whieh is pe

ghts, as & penishment for certain offences, letter. He alladed to the Hon Attoruey General's visit | The remaining holders of proprietory lands were act- | the actions of the Conservative Government relative to | fojiows :—
. i in not consenting to sell on reasonable | the question to whieh that correspondence alluded. | Afr, Speaker and Gentlemen of the House Assembly.

ut \Was defeated by » decisive vote. to England, as a delegate to.secure the loan; but the | ing i !
: ’ : F ; e | ing improper
Ft ag March 9.—Gold 140}., Ss ms records no bocefts accruing from his mission. terms. e thot that large portions of the lands of the | Could it be denied that the Colony was saved the pay-| I thank you for your Address and for the assurance
hie NDON, a 9, eve.—The House of Commons Tt Was most extraordinary that. the Government should | Colony bad been already sold to the Government, tend. | ment of £5,000 stg. by the mission of the Hon Ky which it affords me that you will give your careful con-
this evening reply to aa pede! ftom Mr. J.'Harvéy | send ‘to England for a loan, and plenty money to be | ¢d to increase discontent among the remaining tenantry, | General-to En lod, hat sum was demanded for the | sideration w the subjects to which I alluded at the com-
‘ pay Bros atl et sone ¥, the Home Secretary, said | haa on the Island at-G por cent, The money due onthe | 4nd until the question was finally settled permanent | maintenance of troops stationed here hunting tenants, | mencement of the Session.
wat pe oe en previously informed of the! Canard Estate bad been paid, and the Banks were by | peace and’ contentment would never prevail in the | Both parties in that Retée had for many yeare atrived | "on. Colonial Secretary submitted a mestage from
_ splot for blowing up one of the walls of the Clerkenwell) no means embarrassed. There were, he waid, at the | country. to secore the consent of absentee proprietors, and His Excellency the ve rere sees
os piacg had effecting the release of the Fenian -prison- | present moment £28,000 ih the two Ranke at Charlotte. | Hoe Mr. MeAulay said. the question bad been a | though their efforts met with some suovess, yet, a largo | "the Information ete a
ane sa g! n “ who was within the prison, was to| town waitin ‘or investment, He alluded to the puras | Stalking horse 7 mary for tho purpose ‘o securing | portion of the people were still under the yoke of Pm sone vis tage t ott Hy the securityjor the
ed cries , Sa a the conspirators approached to | graph touth ng the petition fromthe settlers. on the | places and positions, the duties of which they Were very | propriotor, and it was now high time to have recourse | Crown and Govenment of che United Kingdom.
: : a 7 i wing a white ball over the wall, | Sellirk Estate, and contended that, the Government meompetent to discharge. He was not sorry that the | to some more stringent measures than had hitherto Despatch from Secretary of State respecting the salary
i accdeanee Sighs « ag ap to secure Poeuily. bostise, should have declared some;course of action an that im- | loan had proved a failure, his opinion on the subject | been resorted to, If the negotiations now pending | of the Lieutenant Governer.
lb \Wwae-seet in the street bet u codbiin Of powder portant question. Hw reviewed the paragraph relgtive | had-not changed since last session, The measure was | should prove a failare, compulsory measures would be| Despatch from Secretary of State forwarding Colonial
’ ta : bit i ote a ‘was se @ that to Education, and said that it too, like that ‘on the eub- | not calculate to benefit the tendatry, and would only | perfeotly justifiable, Office Regulations, 1867. :
4 ak wae dle ‘a rs} ty a ae not given. The | ject of the Selkirk Estate wis Very indefinitely worded. | (if obtained), sink the Colony into debt. Ile contrast. | ‘The question having been put at the close of the de-| Despatch from Secretary of State enclosing Her Ma-
por bad he bo wet arrests were made, | He glanced at the subject of Road-making, and expressed | ¢4 the different position ia. which this Colony stood rela- | bate on the paragraph ander consideration, it was car- forty Proclamation for uniting the Provinces of Canada,
' , Fi might trodu ostering the agricultura the other Colon ng, ; P : tha’ apers ald on the le.
' i ig the ag bintereste Porseesing, as they did, the means of | Progress was then reported, and the House adjourn Hon, Colouiellt Pp oe athe persented to the Hows

rthe clause on the ae bill, which subject persoas con-| igted no neceesity for a loan.
ected with public journals to forfeiture of their| « Passed, and is now on the Statute Book a dead

/ “guard when the explosion took place unexpectedly dar-|of the country. He expressed his surprise t enriching themselves which the Island had not,
be the day. Mr. J. McLeary Brown lett tho British allusion waa sade in the Speech to the mio pe — Hlon, Mr. Henderson said hi ob Gonoaes relative to the ai nee the Blue Book for Se eas. 1666. tal
legation in China. and was accredited to act as Secre- proving oar Insolvency Act. question of obtaining a loan from abroad were unaltered, Weonrspay, March 11 bine rast a ee

tary of legation to Mr. Burlingame, on his mission for!” fon Atty. General replied to the address of the hon | Jt would appear from the amount of capital in the B Road enere
ape Crinece Government with the fall consent of the} Leader of the | Oommen whose allasion to the happy | 8 loan was not necessary. He observed that the on aaenaparh 4 xe Aguas Cae eee Retasre fm teeny Crores of Oneetincheeore for the
ir mbamador, who éncorsed his crodentinte. family reminded him of, having seen, when in om, ape’ principles of the 15 years pnrchae, introduced | of the inhabitants on the Selkirk Estato, asking for the | recovery of Small Debts,
«Lonpos, March 1ith.—In the House ‘of Commons | that bappy group; they were however very unlike the | by the Conservative party, were now to be adopted hy adoption of measures for their release from ell further | Returns of the Bank of P. B. Tsland, up to Bd Sept.
jlast pight, Joho Francis McGuire, Momber for Cork, im | members of the late Goverament,for they had quarrelled | the present majority, The provisions of that much des- | payments on account of their purchases on that Estate, | 1867.
Moving that the Houre go into Committce on the state among themselves and ultimately burst their cage. The | pised bill were covrvive and binding on consenting Pro- ade Report of the Hon. Atty. General and Solicitor| Summerside Bank, 4th Feb. 1868.
r élend + said that though Ireland / was part of the | opposition, when in & majorit did not always advance | prictors; and s bill was passed also by the late Goyeen- General on the subject wan alluded.to in tho course of | Farmer's Bank, Rustico, Oct. Ist, 1867.
be , and now peaceful, yet the personal: liberty of |impdrtant meaunres in their peeches at the opening of | ment, as a supplement to the 15 years purchase Act.| the debate which took place, and was kept up the whole The Colonial Treasurer's Account with the Gover
’ every man in the country was at thy mercy of spies, | the Session. ‘Tt was however gratifying to learn that enabling the Government to lonn to tenante purchasing | da eee os satin A ment for tlio past year. :
Policemen and Government officials; and this state of | there existed no nebessity (or sta:ing im the Spesch of | their lnadé under provisions of 15 years Parchase, one | Lion, Leader of the Uppesition said tho question pe-| , Ordered. that the Road Correspondent and Treasurer
Hthings existed when reports of the Courts showed there | the present Session, that the fonntry was in a coniused | balf the sum requited for. that parpose. and many of the | culiarly affected the eames. of the hon ste A a Accounts be severally referred to the Special Commitier
were few cases of ordinary crime. He then quoted the | state, and that the law could not be maintained. He —s availed themselves aie rivileges of those | for Be fast, aid be had no doubt, however widely the ne glia ay oi os, rte spatial bana
pio of pauperiss and emigration, and declared | differed with the hon leadet of wel rn ont the | bille, | Despite all the prejudices that hind ‘héew created | might differ on other matters, they would be of the same | “Ordered that tho soveral R turns above named be lal
Mie bik tye the country tas een and ite people in deg. |.loan gure con, Cobetes tlre material interesta of the | against the Act, a purtion of the tenantry of the Colon mind touching the ion nocival in the h | on the table ae = x
~ £occs qsBAit, Disoontent was a word soadequate to snake ie | SE the Colony lace ee emanced by it.The export ttade| were religved from the paymont of large aume of hack | ents connidecation, "He had expected that £ meses | "How, Leader ofthe Opposition called atten'ion to som
as dala aod ocd feeling. He denieg tha. statement by of te Colony last autumn was ‘execedingly prosperoas, | rente, and bonds, which had been cancelled by the hill, | would have boen matored hy the Government, based | errors that appeared on the fourth page of the first sheet
" Bon nn pe the farming class in Ireland were loyal. | and relieved, to ® considerable extent, tho mereantile | Thess were incontrovertible facts, He approved of the} on the opinion of the Law offigers, and submitted to | Of the Parliamentary Reporter for tho presont Scssio
‘The ofthe past had madg a deep ae ee depression that had been apprehended. It was rather | caution taken to ascertain the views o the British | the House, : - and said thatthe sheet In question should be rev
unusual to review the Speech before going into Com-| Government touching a coercive méasure, and he would,| Hon. Mr. Davies in reply, direeted the attention of | before being chronicled as an authorized record of tht

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sbi eae to obliterate these bi remembrances, + | mittee ; was however always pleased to heat the | regardless of part tt measu i i :
The Igws in + ard to the tenure of tatids were defeot-| opinion of the hon leader of the Cpreeltion on all public of the rood sg bate ne +s pconcyer yh, pe Ppeerer’ 0 soontion, and sald After some remarks from several hon, members
report bl wn would be the subject, I wag greed that the sheet alinded to ¥
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ea" “ive, ond Spetatid 00 disastyously thatthe ‘means of @ questions As to the Insolvent question, he wonld ask | | Mr. P. Sinclair eontended that ;
‘tenant whieh were good two yeare ago are worthless | why was not that subject cotortaleed by the bon mem-| accrued to the tenantry from ho tetdees ehete atreeraeh se aoe wf gendngg 1 vigbon 8 en Se Gomes Se tast
-__ He denounced London Guilds, who held large | ber when be was in tho majority, and ig the Govern-| Fifteen Year's Purchase Act. The lands wore valued | well matured would be submitted, such as would give s thas e@fect. oe

-_ ment himself. at too high a rate in that Bill, and it was a failaro as a satisfaction to the people, and such a measure too as House adjourned.

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