ly > os Wepxespay, April 16. The Bill to give effect te tue Report of the Comussioners on the Land Question, the Bill to facilitate the operation ot tue Award in certain perticelars, and a Bill for raiging a Revenue, Were severally read a third timé and passed. Hew Mr. Palmer aoved that the Bill te explain fcorGet parts of the Act for the establislinen. of the Prince of Wales’ College be now read the second time me esA OUR ELV 1G Hew. Me. Walker woved in ameudment that | it be read a second time thie day three months. Hon. Mr. PALMER—The College Bill, as you are aware, provides that certain scholarships shall be allowed, that the candida!ea shall be selected iva cack eennty, and that a certain sui shall be granted by the Government tor their support .am, Sir, [ believe it was not the intention of the J eg sivture that the candidates should be selected From the College itself. My attention has been called te the subject by the Board of Education, iad, ov reading the Act over carefully, I find that chev may be «elected from the College, Hon, the PRESIUKNT—Se they should be. Wea Mr. PALMER—Some others are of that rvenld net. There may be some objections urged against mot extendiag the privilege to the College ~—there nay be come enterprising pupils there! gislature. hese parente are poer; but the College being surrounded witha large and deaxe population, comparatively spedsing, Ui large population | ‘ + advantages and conveniences which | : : : , os, — - a fupen to hold au election at an inconvenient time, g «i+ in distant parts of the country could pot avail thems ivés vi. Jeeted from the county. Ilon. Mr. PALMER—Yes, bat when such su-! yperiay advantages are enjoyed in ‘Town, it is! ion. Mr. ANDERSON--1 supported the amend ments; but believing that the measure is for the benetit of the eonntry, I would rather give them up than lose the Pill lou. Mr, HUTCHINSON—I approved of those amendments when they were introdaced, and I supported them. Tam still of the sane opinion gnd Pa shall, therefore, adheré to our wanepdments. As his honor Dro Johuson has observed, the Lignge of Assembly appear to be very jealous. The amend. ments principally affect this Couneil, and this House does not interfere with the lower branch. I think it would be better to have the serutities conducted in presence of the Judges, whe are free from party eousiderations. I should net suppose for a mo } ment that the Ilonse of Assembly would not give way lion. Mr. SIMPSON—I did bope that this Bill, after being so fully digenssegt last year, would pass without any alperntjoug this year, except thoge sug gested by His Grace the Duke af Newcastle think the Duke will not know what we want when | we pass one Bill one vearand another Bill another ivear. | said when the amendments were intro duced that | would not adhere te them if they were | disagreed to by the House of Assembly want the Bill to pass. Jp hps been called for by the } country, and [believe it will cause a vreat disap | pointment if it should not pass lion Mr. RAMSAY—I do not agree with his honor who spoke last in saving that this measure for by the country, for 1 have not } seeu a single petition asking for it; but I supported it last youy on ¢he ground that it had passed almost | gnanimoysly through the other branch of the Le- (Hon. Mr. Palmer, hear.) 1 also sup- ported the Bill this year though there were some aiteratjons in it, and rather than endanger it now I am willing to withdraw our amendments Ifon. Mr. PALMER—U the country is called and it is quite probable that such an oecarrence ; Will take place, then we in this end of the building lion. the PRESIDENT—Only two can be se. | | rests, when they see that we have passed an amend will be acquitted of neglecting the people's inte- ment plactag the time of holding the election in the hands of his Excellency. The question was then put on the Hon. Mr. ikely that they weuld get these twe, and that! Paimer’s motion, that the amendment be not ad- weld be discouraging to the country generally. Now, looking at the superior advantages enjoyed in towa, I th-uk that, iv the presewt state of the} country, Whee mea ef limited meaps may have) the laudable desire ef getling their children ad- vanced, and where there may be young wen of | great talent and ability, if the competitivn is ren-| dered too wide, they will net have a fair epporta- | nity of competiag tor the scholarships. The sub. | jeet has been before the Beard of Education, and! some of the contlemea of that hedy sev the priv’ lege should be extended te the Coliege; w' ule others, to whose judgmert Iweald baw with equal respect, say it should net. What the inajority | way Lde vet Know ; Sat my impression is that they are for withdrawing the privilege from the | College. However, 1 de net know that I would! surrender my judgment te ther, on a question of | euch broad greveds, much ay 4 respect their opi-| piensa These are mv vie \s on the subject ; but if it can be shewa that any young man trem the eountry bas attended the College with a view of waking himself ft to compete successfully for the schelarship, [would rather depend upou the Le- gislatere giving him a tair compensation, tuan by «x(euding the privilege to the College constitute a rule waich would be against the interest of the} ewountry at large. Hon. Mr. RAMSAY—I am of opinion, Mr. President, that when the clause in the Act allow- ing scholarships was framed it was intended for the benetit ot the country. It was te support! mupils from the country that the grant was allowed . the Legislature. Pupils ia town attending the, College are at home, and they have superior ad- ; hered to, and it passed in the aflirmative. Meuse udjourned tor one hour. AFTERNOON SITTING, A Bill to incorporate the Roman Catholic Bishop in Charlottetown was read the second time, passed throuvh committee, and agreed to without any ame adment, Hon. Mr. Porgan moved that # Bill te promote vaccination be now read the second time. Hon. Dr. JOUNSON—That is not the Bill which Fe paseed his House some weeks ago; it is less | . : ‘ : : : me erm yy ee ty a tat ln | SiR—The above is an extract from the volume | Of Cotton Piece Goods, of all kinds, plain,printed, comprehensive in its provisjons, bat L hope it will be extended at a future time. jt will serve to be sim what T hope will be a blessing to the country. Lhaye much pleasure, therefore, in secouding the motion. The Bill was then read a second time, passe¢ through committee, and agreed to without any wmnendment. tee pressing upon the fair ones of the andience the weighty responsibilities of *‘ maiden, wife and mo- ther.’ ” Both of th ludjes logked very well on the stage; but [ ider the young ereature by far the most accomplished, fascinating and beautiful of the two, and T haven't heard a young man express & coutrary opinion. ; The proprietor of a begrding house was man- slanghitored a few days ago near one of the pablic wherfs in St. John, Pies. |, St. John, 23rd May, 1362. <2 000 oe - VOLUNTEER GEESE SHOOTERS, vii , Mr. Wuetax—Sin—lI did not see you at the public meeting the other day, and therefore venture to give youa synopsis of it. Adjutant Currie is congidered to have made the most sensible remarks, hg is opposed to sending any Volunteers to Eng- lamd this vear; thinks we had better sneceed in | beating onr neighbour Volunteers this snmmer, and then next year we may have more lead or brass in our faces to appear on the other side of the Atlantic to compete with the * Britishers,”’ as Jonathan ealls jthem The Adjutant further observed that trade | was dull here, and money was searce now ; but by | next year there might be good crops, good markets, land possibly more cash in circulation, when it ; would be much easier to get up a subscription to | send some Volunteers to England! from which it may be inferred that Donald knows his masters | have been far too lavish with the pnblic money j during the last four years—that they know there must be a general election this symmer—that they } willbe in the minorjty, and will have to give fa pretty severe account ‘of their stewardship, and, | therefore, they had better be canfipus while in | oflice of how they tamper with the publie! My | opinion of the matter Is, that Donald was more afraid of losing his office by recommending the ex- travagant idea of exporting any of our geese shoot- ers, than through a real desire to save expense on jthe one hand; whereas en the other, if Major or l rather Lieut. Col. Haviland was a erack shot, the Acjutant would be among the first to sound his trumpet in favour of the Colonel's being sent, no | matter how searce the money was, or how hard the {tines Were. | Yours truly, A VOLUNTEER. Charlottetown, May 30, 1862. — —~9 000 MUNCHAUSEN REDIVIVUS. ' ‘**Andin some ey of the country I found fine fat pigs ranning abont, already cooked, with a knife } To Tue Eprror or THE EXAMINER. | recording the adventures ef the world renowned “ } | Baron Muanchausen. In its pages may be found and fork stuck in their bind quarters, ejaculating, itis £39,000, £34,000, and £26,000, us plainly as possible, ‘ Come and ext me ! | Yarn the quantities for the three months are 16,- ‘ers; rapidly disgorging mountains of packages ra pastes: The @fowded thoroughfare fades away: the sound ef eager expectation ts hushed; seafluldings, beaches, red clothes, banners, devices, all are gone ;-—even that singular sight, a thousand women and chijdren serambling madly, but gaily, for the sweepings and outpourings of the last pre- paration day, Allis gene, gone for many a year ; and in its place there slowly rise before the eye, as from a distant horizoy, hundreds of lofty, many windowed Mills, with elesed doors, smokeless chimneys, and desertedstreets. Thetread of steps, the beat of machinery, and the throb of all per- vading industry are hushed and still. But where are they all? “They sit in cheerless homes, look- ing at one another, and wondering by what strange spell all should be so right, and yet all so wrong. There are the food, and the cotton, and the machi- nery, and the masters, and they that buy and they that make; there are the nations at peace with one another, and the ships; and there are Treaties of Commerce and laws of mutual kindness. What hinders that the great work of life should not pro- ceed, and a million children of Adaim be permitted to take the blessing with the curse, to work Cot- ton in the sweat of their brows, and to rid that ground of its thorn and thistle? A nation of ci- tizens suddenly changed into fratricides denies or destroys the sfaff of life, and eares not how many innocent peighbours perish, so as they may hurt one another. ‘This is the sad contrast with to- day's celebration that the Returns before us force upon our eyes. Not even the splendour of what we see ean make us forget what we hear and know. Nor can we forget that if was not so in 1851, In these Returns the first item that stares us in the face with painful significance is Cotton itself. | In the month of March 1560, we imported from j the United States 1,629,000; in March, 1861, 1,494,000; and in the saine month this year 2656, But has not the rest of the world partly made up for the deficiency? Letus see. In Mareh, 1860, all the world, including the United States, sent us 1,780,000 ewt.; in March, 1861, 1,503,000; and in the same month this year 29,600, The deficient supply shows itself at once in the exports of all manufactures in which Cotten forms a part. Thus the declared value of exports of Appareland Slops in March, 1860, 1861, 1862, is respectively £140,- 000, £125,000, and £104,000. Of Printed Books Of Cotton 189,000) Ibs., 16,799,000) Tbs., and 8,991,000 Ibs. or colored, they are 190,108,000 yards, 227,647,- OOO, ond 154,785,000. Of Haberdashery and several other curious facts of an equally redieable | Millinery the value of exports for the three mouths ,; character. The book was pyblished long ago; | las been £371,000, £362,000, and £249,000, jand I thought such travellers had beeeme “ things |'There has been a considerable tall in the export ‘of the past,” until I met with Mr. G. Sutherland's | of Cordage and Twine, of Sewing Thread, of lhe Bill to authorize grants of the shores of this | last literary banutling—! The Magdalen Islands,” | Linnen and of Silk Manufacturesand of W orsteds, Island was again committed to a committee of the! in which T am gravely told that, in the year of | tn some other items there has been a reaction, whole House, and Hon. Mr. Hutehinson proposed | our Lord, 1860, the inhabitants of these Islands, | but the aggregates are unfavorable. an amendment to the effect that this Bill shall not affeet the shores of the Town and Common of Charlottetown, which was agreed to. The House was then resumed and the chairman reported the Bill agreed to with a certain amendment. Hon. Mr. PALMER laid before the House the Sehool Visitor's Report for the year 1861, and ou doing so suid—I regret that J] was not enabjed to lay this Report before the House ut an earlier period of the session, though Jam not aware that uny particular measure has been before the Levis lature whieh required the jnformation it contains The delay must be attributed to the large namber ot schools, there being now about 300.) It would, therefore, require 300 working days to visit them ence au year, whereas the law requires that they must be visited tyice a year. The work is almost | among other wonderfu] things they did, * caught 16,000 quintals of dried fists! 104,000 barrels of | prchled fish! ! manufactured 30,000 gallons of | vil!!! and 5,500 seal skins !!!!’’ These Islands, as Jonathan (he is neither bro- | ther nor cousin now) would say, will “ whip all | creation,” if we rely upon Myr, Sutherland's aec- | count of them. The Nova Scotia gold fields must ! “hide their diminished heads ;" for a dependency | in Which pickled and dried fish can be caught in such eyormous quantities, and oil and seal skins be manufactured so largely, will surely turn the | tide of emigration. Mr. Sutherland will then have | the sstisiaction of kuowing that by his lucid des-| cription of them he has“ done the state some ser- | vantages; they should, therefore, be excluded | superhuman, and the Legisjatnre will soon have view.” from competing for the scholarships. 1 would not like te see any restricted: but those from the | country should have the first claim. | Hon. Mr. WALKER—There are a larze num-| ber of young men from the country at the College, | and I think they should hare the liberty of com- peting tor the schularshipa, Hon. the PRESIDENT—MPy the original Act there are two scholarships allewed from each county; but 1 believe a large proportion of the pupilg at present attending the College are from the country, and by the provisions of this Bill they ®™endments to render it more effective. would be excluded frean competing tor the scholar- ships, Whereas by the origival Act I think it was intended to leave it epen to all. Io am rather surprised that ne scholarships have been selected sinee the Act was passed in Is60. However, £120 have been saved by it. Some of the pupils at the College are from the extreme parts of | Prince and King’s Counties, and they should not be excluded trom competing tor the scholarships. lion. Mr. SIMPSUN—If the young men from the country whe are attending the College were allowed te compete I would Lave no objections te to make some more suitable provision for that ser- | vice. louse adjourned, Tutrspay, April 7. | The Bill to agthorize grants of the shores of this | sland, and the Bill to incorporate the Roman Ca thelic Bishop in Charlottetown, were read the third time and passed. | Hon. Mr. Forgan moved for the third reading of the Bill to promote vaceinstion. Hon. Dr. JOUNSON—I am extremely sorry that | that Bill has come before us too late to make any is very ineflicient. But at jt will be better than none, and as the Government has taken the subject | up in asomewhat eurnest manner, I hail it as a wrecursor Of something better to come. hope the sill will not be considered as drawn up by me, for it is very defeetive. I thnk the Governor and Council should have a little more authority. Hon. Mr. PALMER—I, woo, will vote’ for the Bill; but at the same time 1 must express my re yret that more efficient means has not been devised to prevent the spread of Srall Pox in this Colony. | I think the dangerous circumstances iy which we | j aré placed call for amore effective preventatiye than what is provided by that Bill. 1 will not say that the Lill; but 1 think it would be very unjust te! the Bill which we sent down from this House was debar them from that privilege. Hon. Mr. PORGAN—1I think there are very few wt the district schools cupuble of: teaching the | character in it, but the Honse of Assembly could branches in whieh eandidates for the scholarships ure required by this Bill to be examined. It says they shall be examined in suuple senten¢es in Cesar, da Algebra, as fur as simple equations, in «lusive, and iu the first book of Euclid perfect, but I will say that it was better than this. There might have Leen some cluuses of a nevel have struck them out. I hope no respossibility will fall on the shoulders of the members of that Hlouse or of this for not adopting a more effective measure, should the disease get fairly under way | mnong the 27,000 inbabitants of this Colony who | It being the last day of the Session, several of are not vaccinated, and, ther« fore, not protected | their honers expressed their anwillingness tu go into Coumittee on this Bill, and, after some farther desultory debate, the question of concurrence was puton flon. Mr. Walker's motion of amendment, and the Youse divided : | Contents—Hon. the President, Hons. Messrs. Walker, Forgan, Hutehinsoy and Ramsay—5. i Nou-contents—Hons. Messrs. Palmer, Johnson, Andersou, Haszurd, Simpson—, The members being equal, it passed in the nega-| tive. ee The House then went ints committee on a Bill to! authorize grants of the shores of this Island. Hon. Mr. HUTCHINSON—Awm I to understand | that the shores of the city may be granted or leased | under this Bill? The Corporation Act prevents the civic xuthorities from eccupyiay the hone, and if this Bull authorize the granting of therm to others, I think it is very unfair. The Corporation showld have the management of them. | is cow from Smal! Pox. I do not know that his honor! Dr. Johnson should disclaim all connection with this Bill, for it is connected with his profession. We are all prone, while attending to pF things, | to forget our spiritual state till good and faithful | diviners remind ns of it, so it is with national de- | fenees, until military men point out our danger; | and lam sure we are under an obligation to his | | honor for agitating this subject, but for him we wor'd not bave get even this Bill. I hope it will be the foundation of something better. Hon, Dr. JUiLNSON—Tie people are not fully | awake to the dangers which surround them. If that awful disease, Cholera, were as near, they would wake up to the necessity of devising means to resist it; but Cholera is not one hundredth part as destructive as Small Pox. Cholera would only Visit certain localities where there is filth ; not so | with Sul! Pox, it is the scourge of the world. It| ox that hus placed us in some degree of | Hou. Mr. SIMPSON—There is vothing in the Dill calesy. bat the dangers are continually increasing, | to prevent the Corporation from obtaining grants of them if they desire todo so. House resumed and progress reported. At the request of the House of Assembly, a con- ference of the two Houses was held on the subjeet ofthe awendments made by the Council to the elective Council Bill. The committee on the part of thie House consisted of Hon. Mr. Palmer,and Hon. Mr. Anderson. lou. Mr. PALMER reported that the House of Assembly had disagreed to the amendment uiving the Lieut. Governor a discretionary power of «ix months with regard to dissolving this Couneil after the passiay of this Bill, beeause it would be inpoli- | tie to allow this Council, after the paesing of thie! ill, to exercise any further fanctions. ‘And that | they had disayreed to the amendment requiring | serutinies to be held before a Judge of the Supreme | Court, becanse it eas not advisable to allow al Jucge of the Supreme Court to mix ap with poli-| ties. I’ regret, suid bis honor, that the House of | Assemtily does not deem it expedient to concur in} those amendments. They may, perhaps, be con-! sidered unusual and as they lave given their reasons for disagreeing to them, Dum willung to accede that | those motives have actuated them, but I cannot | agree with their reasons. However, it is not my | intention to-contend for those amendients. They | may, perbaps, be considered nevel in their charac- ter. They may be rather entrenching upon the principles of the Bill. Perhaps I should have suy- | | ested those amendments at au earlier stage of the | Years ago, has ever since been regarded with a de- frit, but they did not eccur to me. If we adhere! to our amendments We may put it in the mouth of the members of the other House to say that we have introduced a new principle into the Bill which has proeared its rejectiou at the Colonial Uilice, in| case it should be disullowed eu account ef those | amendments. J will say ve wore with regard to the serutinies being held hefors a Judyve of the Su- preme Court; 1 will cautent myself for the present with hoping for the appointment of impartial sherills. But there is one amendment which I am nat so willing te give up. Itis that which gives a «dliseretionary power of six months to the Governor to pat the law in operation. A great deal of incon- venience might ensue if the Bill is allowed to pass without that amendment. A despatch with the Queen's assent to it might arrive When we were on the eve of a general election for the other House, or we might bein the middle of a session ; and Ido not accede that there is anythiasg unconstitutional in tuis amendment. When we meke provision that a Vill shall not go into operation till a certain period, ic ia not law tul that period arrives. However, I do wot know whether the Hoase of Assembly will adhere tenaciously to their decision or not, but I am inclined to think they will, and it now. rests with your honors to say whether you will adhere te your amendment or not. T xm oneof the prrty who are pledged to carry this Bill, and I woete be disappointed uf -it thoald net receive the Royal suction. I believe the country would also be dis- ax peinied, and weeld endeavour to ix the blame n ou thix Howse. And perhaps, too, half the mem- | hers of this Hoase might blame us, for it is impos- sivle to tell how far party feeling and recrimination | mny go af an exciting time, Since ihe priuciple of tie iil has been acceded to by his Grace the Se- ewtary of Stace, and since the Lieut. Governor, who ax able G give au impartial decixion on this matter, has received it with great satisxfaction,and considers at weil w the cireumstances of the Colony, i would be sorry to insist on those amendments dest they should obstruec the passing of the Bill. J would curber take it with, what L consider those impertettions than uot get it at all. Notwithstand- ing thaf fT inive-taken some puins in framing those sincuduents, bala pet eo immatably wedded to veuliar Views of my own as to insist upon them, if oy doing se} ehoale endanger an important mea- eure. 1 thevefore hape that whatever Way your bomors have ¢ 60 oe - VERY. FRANY, Mr. Wirtan—Sin—Our Post Office authori- ties announce that certain letters must be prepaid or they will not be sent; they also notify us that | , the Mails, which used to close at 9 a. m., will in future close at 8 a.im., yet the pigeon hole in the office window, through which we “ outside bar- barians” are served, is never opened for business till after 8 o'clock, aud often as an English mal arrives in the morning it is not open till after 9) o'clock. How then can people post and pay for | their letters to go by an & o'clock Mail, when there is no access till after 9?) Surely the morn- ‘ings are long enough now to have the office win- dow open at 7 o'clock, if the public are to be ac- commodated. | Then, we haye seme people in our midst whose | sole delight it seemed to be to give the road over- seer all the annoyance they could by continually | pushing lim to see that the street law was carried out to the very letter. Now, however, when these same peeple cume to be overseers themselves, the law is as little noticed as if it were in the moon, | — houses are being built and their materials are strewed over the sidewalks, without being fenced in as the law directs; other houses have their trents torn out, their cellars deepened, and the rubbish, mortar, &e., are permitted to occupy our most public sidewalks for weeks, for people to tumble over at night, or walk around in day- light! funny people. Yours truly, OBSERVER. MISCELLANEOUS ' INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION ODE. The following is the Ode written by the Poet Laureate for the opening of the Exhibition, and set to musie by Sterndale Bennet. If was sung on the Ist instant, at the Exhibition Palace, with grand effect :— Uplift a thousand voices full and sweet, In this wide hall with earth’s inveutiou stored, And praise th’ invisibly universal Lord, Who lets once more in peace the nations meet, Where Science, Art, aud Labor bave outpour'd Their myriad horns of plenty at our feet. Q, silent father of onr Kings to be, Mourn'd i: this golden heur of jubilee, For this, for ull, we weep our thauks to thee ! The world-compelling plan was thine, And, lo! the long laborious miles Of Palace; lo! the giant aisles, Rich in model and design; Harvest-tool and husbandry, Loom and wheel and engin’ry, Secrets of the sullen mine, Steel and gold, and corn and wine, Fabric rough, or Fairy fine, Sunny tokens of the Line, Polar marvels, and « feast Of wonder, out of West and East, And shapes and hues of Part divine ! All of beauty, all of use, That one fair planet can produce, Brought from under every star, Blown from over every main, And mixt, as life is mixt with pain, The works of peace with works of war. O ye, the wise who think, the wise who reign, From growing commerce loose her latest chain, And let the fair white-winged peacemaker fly To happy heavens under all the sky, And mix the seasons and the golden hours, Till exeh man find his own in all men’s good, And all men work in noble brotherhood, Breaking their mailed fleets and armed towers, And ruling by obeying nature's powers, And gathering all the fruits of peace and crown'd with all her flowers. HUMILITY. I will tell thee—I will tell thee Where my bosom friend shall be; Not where hollyhocks are flaunting, But where violets scent the lea; Not where gaudy parrcts chatter, But where larks und linnets sing; Not with dahlias of the autuinn, Bat with lilies of the spring. Every bird of plainest plumnave Scatters sweetest wusie round— Every flower of richest odor Grows the nearest to the ground. I will tell thee—I will teil thee Where my bosom friend shall be ; Not where haughty riches gather Needy knaves to bend the knee ; Not where pride looks down on merit— Or where beauty dwells with scorn, But where wealth is linked with goodness, And the best are noblest born. For the humblest are the wisest, And the meck are glory-crowned, Aad the sweetest scented tlow’ rets Grow the nearest to the ground. ~ ep THE DISTRESS IN ENGLAND. We give below a very suggestive article from the Loudon ‘Times’ on the prevalent distress in the manufcturing districts of England, in conse- quence of the war :—- It is the duty of a journalist, as of a chronicler, to take things as they come. Were we toattempt to put off the evil day, and reserve the gloomy re- flection till it could be better borne, we might have a terrible amount of arrears. To-day is one of the world’s great festivals, England is again the Queen of the May. She has raised her chap- leted pole, and all the sisterhood of the Arts and Sciences come trooping around her. The sun shines on the festivity. Many wounds have been healed, many difficulties surmounted, many a hitch forgotten, and the accumulated tide of ten thou- sand great efforts is now a glorious success, brim- mung over, surprising all, filling all minds, and ever to be remembered. — It is necessary, then,on such a day to obtrude a disagreeable fact, and to whis- per in the ear of thirty thoasand holiday people, “Thou, too, art mertal?” The fact comes betore us in the dry, revolting form of the accounts of Trade and Navigation, Happy, indeed, are they who are never visited by this skeleton. But here it is, at the best of times an arithmetical prodigy, now a er of evil. Potent is its dark apeh At once the “ Exhibition” has vavished from our eyes, with its vast and gracetul domes; its nume- Certainly we live among a fuany, verv | The toral de- clared value of all articles, enumerated or unenu- merated, for Mareh, 1560-61-62, is respectively £ 10,393,000, £ 10,950,000, and £9,664,000,show-; ing for this month alone a fall from Jast year of £1,286,000. As both the imports and the exports are very favorably aflected, ou the whole, by the French Treats, and the consequent liberation of our trade with other countries, the figures we have given greatly understate the effect of the American War. It may be considered as now diminishing our exports to the amount of a million anda half a monuth; er at the rate of eighteen millions a year; and this immense sun does not adequately express the misery inficted on our manufacturing population, the number of the sufferers, and the apparent hopelessness of their POSITION. We cannot help feeling that this is a qnestion of greater gravity than the Americans, perpaps, | will be ready to allow. Let us suppose a Civil War raging between England and Jreland, and the former, in order to starve out Ireland, estab- lishing a blockade or procuring an Act of Varlia. ment, the necessary result of which should be the starvation of two or three million Americans. [Let The Civil War in the States. News by Telegraph. Sr. Joux, May 26. General Banks wasattaeked by asuperior force at Winchester yesterday morning, the fight last- ing about six houra, Gen. Banks retired to Mar- tivsburg, a distance of twenty-two wiles, and crossed the Potomae at Williamsport. ‘The force of the Confederate attacking army was estimated iat 15,000 men, under the command of Generals Flwell and Jackson. It was supposed that it was the intention of the Confederates to enter Mary- land via Harper’s Ferry and Williamsport. The Governor of Pennsylvania has ordered all the State Militia organization to Washington imme- diately. The Governor of New York State. has also ordered several Regiments to Washington, including the 7th and 7st. President Lincoln has taken possession of all the Railroad lines tor Military purposes. General McClellan reports progress in frout of Richmond City. Mechanics ville occupied. Reports are current that the Con- federates are moving north ef Richmond to take the offensive. General Curtis’ command _ has jeined General Halleck’s army before Corinth. Banks’ division was reduced by portions withdrawn to strengthen MeDowell’s. Prompt measures have been taken to reinforce Banks, Large forees of enemy appearing in Western Virginia, give co- lor to rumor of intended invasion of Northern States. Scheme considered desperate and im rac- ticable. Governor Andrews has called gut Massa- chusetts Militia. Old Sixth has responded. Great enthusiasm, and crowds rushing to enlist. Col. Keal’s Maryland regiment bad severe fight with the enemy, and was obliged to retire across the Shenandoah, suffering great loss. News of this caused Secessionists in Baltimore to exult. Great excitement ensued; Uniontsts handling them without merey. Flour Market —Superfine, $4.- 35 and $1.60 and $4.7), St. Joun, May 27. General Banks in his official despatch says that When he was attached at Winchester by the Con- federates, his force was only four thousand men. He retreated by forced marches, fifty-two miles; and thirty-five miles was wade in one day, con- | Stantly encountering the enemy in rear and flank, jand saving almost his whole supply train. The enemy. it is sjid, treated the sick and wounded inhumanly. Gen. Banks now occupies both sides of the Potomae at Williamsport. The 7th New York regiment, also the Sth, have leit for Wash- ington, Ten other regiments are under orders, Several Pensylvania Regiments are also going. Governor Sprague with Rhode Island troops also going. Excitement continues in Baltimore. The Secessionists, it is said, are getting roughly hand- led. It is rumored that General Jackson is re- | treating as rapidly as he advanced. The French troops have been defeated near Orizaba by 10,000 | Mexicans, with a loss of 500. Che Cxraminer, A Bill for settling differences between Landlord aud ‘Tenant, and to enable Tenants on certain Townships to purchase the Reversion of their Farms. Whereas, by a certain Address of the House of Assembly of this Island, pursuant to certain Reso- lutions passed by the said House, it was prayed | that Her Majesty’s Government would be pleased 2. Be it further enacted, that in any action here- after to be brought by auy 6f tae said Proprietors, their heirs, or assigns, agains? any such tenant, for the recovery of rent which wiy have aécrued due previous to the day of 1458, under any such demise as aforesaid, this (as to so much of the demand as relates te rent acerned due previous to such last mentioned date) shall be a good defence under the general issue, without the same being specially pleaded in the thereto. 4. That nothing in this Aet shall be construed to entitle the Tenant of any farm or lands, compri- sing any mill site or water-power, capable of being used for the driving of any saw or grist mill, to retein any such remission of arrears of rent, or a right to purchase the reversion thereof, as aforesaid. 5. That this Act shali not extend to any lease or demise where the unexpired term shall be less than twenty-one years; nor to any lease or demise of any farm or lands having, at the time of the granting thereof, any houses, buildings, or other improvements of that description thereon, unless such houses, buildings, or other improvements shall have been erected or placed thereon by such lessee, or some person from whom he may have received thereot before the granting of such lease. 6. That no Tenant shall be entitled to claim the right or option to purchase under this Act, unless all arrears of rent, and which may be recoverable by action, shall be first duly paid and satisfied. 7. That in case the Tenant shall destre to pur- chase between the periods or days on which the rent falls due, the same shall be apportioned, and the portion there found to be due, added to the purchase money, payable by such Tenant under the provisions of this Act. 8. That nothing in this Act shall extend to any lease made after the passing of this Act. 9. That no Landlord shall be compelled to sell under the provisions of this Act, unless the whole of the _— money be tendered or offered to be pai ii SCHEDULE A. Sir Samnel Cunard, Proprietor of Townships Numbers Two, Fourteen, Twenty-one, Thirty-two, Yorty-four, Sixty-three, Sixty-four, and of halves of Townships Numbers Twenty, Forty-five, Forty- six, Forty-nine, and parts of Townships Hight, Forty-cight, Fifty-four, and Sixty-five; also one- third part of Township Twenty-seven. Mr. Edward Cunard, Proprietor of Townships Numbers Four, Five, Six, and half of ‘Township No. One Right Honorabie Lawrence Sullivan, Proprietor of Townships Numbers Nine, Sixteen, Twenty-two, und Sixty-one, Sir Graham Montgomery, Proprietor of the One- third part of Townships Nos. Fifty-one, Fifty nine, aud Thirty-four. Honorable Thomas Heath Hayiland, Proprie- tor of ‘Township Number Fifty-six, and parts of Townships Numbers Forty-three, Forty, and Fight. Henry and Edward Palmer, Proprietors of half of Township Number One. Mr. Daniel Hodgson, Proprietor of part of Town- ship Number Twenty-three. fr. William Cundall, Proprietor of part of Township Number Twenty. Mr. John A. MeDonald, Proprietor of parts of Townships Numbers Thirty-five and Thirty-six, Mr. John KR. Boarke, Proprietor of half of Township Number Thirty-seven. James Montgomery, Esqr., One-Third part of Townships Numbers Fifty-one, Fifty-nine, and Thirty-four. _—_—_— THE PROPRIETORS’ BILL. WE reprint this Bill, as we promised, for the | to direct a Commission to enquire into the exist- | ing relations between Landlord and Tenant, and | to negotiate with the Proprietors for abatement of | | Arrears of Reut, and also for terms to enable the) | Tenants to purchase the reversion of their farms. And whereas Sir Samuel Cunard, Baronet, Ed- better elucidation of our own remarks upon it, and for the renewed perusal of a very numerous body of tenantry whose interests are proposed to be sacrificed under it. Before proceeding to review the several parts us suppose the Americans called on to eudure and | Werd Cunard, Sir Graham Montgomery, James of the Bill, which we have marked for that pur- to sanction with equanimity some measure of an unusual and rather violent character, with an equally sertous aud fatal operation on themselves | and the Irish, with whom at the very time they were feeling a great amount of political sympathy. It is natural to ask what the Americans would do meuch aecuse, Would they sit down and die in | Montgomery, the Right Honorable Lawrence | | Sullivan, Danicl Hodgson, William Cundall, John Reach Bourke, the Honorable Thomas Heath | fHiaviland, Jolin A. McDonald, and the Honorable | Edward Paliner, proprietors of the several Town- ship Lands mentioned in the Schedule to this Act, | marked ., did agree to the issuing of such Com-| pose, we must take occasion to observe that the *Islander’— the organ of the Government — has not ventured to offer any defence of —that it might be advantageous to the tenantry cided approval of "4 latter measure sags — iilldding to Sit Saini When ing pression of belief that his Hi will beg wl tory One —"T teed hardly say tht it wilt great pleastire to find Sir Sint Conangs pations are well fotitided.” Jy View of a fact’, no man cin suppose, or he others to supppose—unleas he be wi fully bent upon deceiving that ad will be submitted for Her Majesty's me a Mill Their doom was foreshadowed in the despatey the 7th February, butit ix uminist = It is time, however, we review of the Proprietors’ Bill, and . | gard to the preamble. a“ = The proprietors have been ‘ the preamble to their Bill, as the wie " canmmideration, the several " fer them by the Royal Coutnissioners 2 the original grants, the quit rents a they - serves; and in the seeond » concessions are declared te be a3 at law and in equity.” They inca na that a deelaratory Act of this kind would fou, end to all agitation on the subj oeer but the proprietors would find thee much mistaken, even if this Bill thould ti law. Agitation and the leasehold teuupe are existing things: the one will flourish like - bay tree as long as the other lasts, Kee portunity were oflered te all tenantry we, come frecholders, on terms such an the peaple the Worrel. Selkick, Lot 11 aud > allowed—agitation would very soon Sbidtun, out Royal Commissions or Acts of Varliameut to repress it. ‘The Proprictorw’ Billefers wo tetans, ble opportunity to any man to become a freehalder- and although it has been framed clearly with the view of confirming proprietary claims, We believe that proprietary interests would be more insecure vader it than any other measure that cov!d be de vised, as it would inevitably give rise to combing. tions amongst the tenantry to resist thé@paymens of rent. With regard to the arbitration, scheme, which was recommended by the Rayal the Proprietors state, in the preamble te their Bill, that the “ Commissioners “ thority intended to be given them bythe Asse and the said Proprietors,” and, therefore, ther declare, such arbitration “ cannot be allowed or confirmed.” Now, supposing that the arbitration _part of the Award was good for anything, js it hot an outrageous assumption of power on the part of the Proprietors to set it aside upon such silly pretext as this, Sir S, Canard and his von. freres might entertain what intentions they pleased but they never made a definite declarstion of them ;—the Crown, in issuing the Royal Counis. sion, did not say that the Commissioners should not resort to the arbitration scheme; on the can. trary, the Crowy clothed the Royal Cormmistion. crs with ample power to settle the questions at issue, in any manner they thought proper, so long as the settlement was based “on fair and table principles.” The House of Assembly thought that the arbitration clause in the Award was a very excellent provision, and they passed a Billty regulate its application. Does this show that the | Proprietors have stated the trath in their Bill, the | wherein they declare that the Assembly did nog | measure, beyond a general assertion, to the effect “intend” that there should be an arbitratign at jal ! How were the Proprivters to kuow the in. quiet, being reconciled to death by the considera-; #ssion, And whereas a Reyal Commission was | to have the right to purchase their farms at I5s. | tentions vf the House? No resolution adopted tion that the blow was meant for the Irish,though fit inevitably reached the Amerivans also?) We are inclined to think they would net submit, but wonld require that, whatever is done to satisfy | the exigencies of war, there must be no measure of pure mischief, if they suffer themssives the larger moiety. gutter, itis no satisfaction te have your pardon begged on the ground that the assailaut meant te knock dowa somebody else through you. The hardship is agyravated by the circumstance that at the very moment the American Govern- ment is cousiguing aanuy thousands ef our poor people to ruin andgtarvatien, and seeing we take it all.as a matter 6f course, it 1s inviting its own people to celebrate a solemn Thanksgiving for its | deliverance from foreign ibtervention. | we will, we get no credit for it. | Christians, we suffer and are defamed at the same time. A large Federal navy is caretuldy watching | | that the ordinary means of life shall not reach the | | British population for whom it was grown, and to | | whom it is virtually pledged, and the people who | do thisare approaching the Throne of Grace with | }solemu thanksgivings for their escape from our | intervention! We doubt whether our reward for | an this forbearance will be in this world, or whe-| ther the Americans will abstain from invasion and | intervention when it is their own turn to practise | this virtue. Probably there is no other nation in| | the world which, having won the power to assert | ‘its own rights, would have taken the matter 80 | | quietly as we have; and we doubt whetber the | publie opinion ef mankind will not sume day set / us down as even tue righteous and merejful i Very Latest from Europe. THE STEAMER EUROPA OFF CAPE RACE. (From the Evening Express. INTERESTING PARLIAMENTARY NEWS —THE LONDON PRESS GN AMERI-) CAN AFFAIRS—OPENING OF RUs- SIAN PORTS IN THE CRIMEA. The R. M. steatnship Europa, Captain Stone, passed Cape Race at 7 p. m. on ‘Tuesday last Through the politeness of Mr. Hunter Duvar we are enabled to furnish our readers with the sub- joined resume of European intelligence:— GREAT BRITAIN. During a receit discussion on the American Question in the British House of Commons, Mr, Layard said Her Majesty’s Government had re- ‘ceived from Lord Lyons a copy of the report of a committee of the United States House of Repre- sentatives, on the Reciprocity Treaty with Cana- | da, and had no objection to lay it en the table. Lord Palmerston alse stated that the Govern- ment was prepared to lay on the table all the in- formation they possessed respecting the occupation of Mexico and China, and the intentions of the French Government on the subject. His Lordship said that what was being done by the naval and} military authorities in those quarters met the en- tire approbation of Her Majesty’s Government. He believed that the steps now taken would lead to a settlement of the affairs at Shanghae. The London Times says the Federal advantages in the Western States cannot he over-rated. The Times also expatiates on the news of the capture of New Orleans, and says the North has a right te presume that the hour of final success is ap- proaching. The Tunes expresses a belief that the Seesssionists will soon be glad of an opportunity to re-enter the American Union on easy terms, such as the Northern States will be glad to offer. The London Herald argues that the evacuation of Yorktown by the Confederate forces will be found eventually to have been a piece of masterly strategy on the part of the Southern leaders. The jewels in this year’s London Exhibition are suid to be inconceivably splendid. The Koh-i-noor is there, but not alone in its glory, for a great rival, said to be worth a million sterling, has come in from Amsterdam, . This is .“‘the Stav of the South,” a single brilliant of immense size, and weighing no less than 125 carets. It is set in the centre of a magnificeut star of brilliants, each of which though large and valuable, is a mere foil to the glittering centre stone. Around the stand on which “the Star of the South” is shown is a most interesting collec- tion of diamonds from various mines in every state of progress, from the rongl stone to the finished beiltinut. Emanuel shows an enormous emerald set in diamond, a noble cross cut from a solid topaz, mounted in gold and enamel with other costly jew- ellery. But the great blaze of gems comes trom where the Devonshire jewels, sald to be the rarest and most artistic collection of antique gems in the world, are shown amid a perfeet crowd of pearls, opals, brilliants, rubies, aud topazes. In this case are jewels to the valne of £300,000 stg. The owners of the Emile St. Pierre have made Captain Wilson a present of £2,000, and it is stated that they also intend to provide handsomely for his companions, one of whom is an Irishman and the other a German. Setting the Thames on fire is a scheme proposed by one Mr. Mackintosh,in view of a possible foreign invasion. He proposes to float a sheet of combustible hydrocarbonaceous liquid over the water that sus- tuins an adverse fleet, to ignite this combustible ]i- quid, and thus to eavelope the cnemy in tiumes. ITALY. Prince Napoleon, now on a visit to Italy, has been received with great enthusiasm at Naples, and is reported to have had a lengthened interview with Kisg Vietor Emmanuel. RUSSIA. An Imperial Decree just issued, opens the har- bors of Nickolaeiff aad Cherson, in the Crimea, to rous entrances beset with exhibitors and ticket- foreign ships atter the 13th Juue ensuing. When you are knocked into the | Saffer as | Like the Early | ‘thereupon issued, which js as follows: (t. 63 “Vierorti R. * Vieronta, by the grace of God, of the United | Defender of the faith, Presents shall come, greeting ; “Whereas We have been moved by the Assembly of Our Island of Prince Edward, to appojut Com- missioners to inquire into the differences now pre- | Vailiag in our sud Island, relating to the rights of | landowners and tenants in Our said Isliund, with | 2 view to the settlement of the same on just and! | equitable principles: And whereas the suid Assem- bly has further, by a resolution dated the Lith | day of April last, set forth its agreement to abide | -by the decision of any sch Counnissioners, or the nujority of them, and to coneur in whatever mea- sures may be requsite for giving validity to their decision: Aud whereas it is highly desirable that the said differences should be adjusted : * Now know ye, that We, taking (he preuiises into Our Royal cousideration, are graciously pleased to nominate iad appoint, and do by these presents nonrinate and appoint, Our trusty and weil-beloved John Hamilton Gray, Esquire, Our trusty and well-beloved Joseph Howe, Esquire, and Our trusty and well-befoved John William Ritchie, Esquire, to be Our Commissioners for inquiring into the said differences, and for adjusting the sume on feir and equitable principles. waver at Our Court at acitehain Palace, this 2ith day of Jume, 1360, in the Mth year of Our Reign.” os i By Her Majesty's command, ** (Signed) NEWCASTLE.” And whereas the said Cominissioners, by their Report, did find and declare that the said Town- ship Lands were not liable to forfeiture in conse- quence ot any emission to perform, or any non- performance of any of the conditions in the original grants thereof. And also that no arrears of the Quit Rents, by the said grants reserved, are now due or recoverable from the Proprietors, Tenants, or Occupiers of such lands; and also that the Proprietors, their Tenants or Occupiers, should be quieted in their ener ot certain parts of the said land, called or known as “ The Fishery Reserves,” and did also declare and ay;ard that all arrears of Rent which accrued due to the said Proprictors in respect of any of the said Lands, previous to the , 2858, should be reinitted to the Tenants, and did also fix certain rates at which they sbould have a right to pur- chase the reversion of their farms. Aud whereas the said Cominissioners did also, by their Report, direct and provide that, in certain cases, the value of the lands should be ascertained by Arbitrators, to be appointed by the Landlords and their Te- nants, in making which last direction or provision the said Commissioners exceeded the authority intended to be given them by the Assembly and the said Proprietors, and the same, if confirmed | by Act, might give rise to wany disputes and much litigation between Landlords and Tenants, and such direction or provision cannot be allowed or confirmed. And whereas it is, nevertheless, expedient for preventing the Tenants being delu- ded by the agitation of impracticable projects, based on certain questions ealled, in the said Resolutions, “The Escheat Question,” “The Fishery Reserve Question,” and “ The Quit Rent Question,” as well as for securing tothem the be- nefit arising from the remission of Arrears of Rent, and the right to purchase the reversion of their farms, that the declaraiions, provisues, or directions relative thereto should be confirmed in the man- ner and under the provisoes hereinafter mentioned. And whereas the said Proprietors have agreed, during the several periods hereinafter mentioned, to adopt the rates of commutation fixed by Her Majesty's Government for the Commutation of the | earnestly will it be condenmed by the people ge- This reticence with regard to the details of the | | an acre, as proposed in the proprietors’ Bill; but | therein declared that there sheuld be no arbitra. lthe “Islander” conveniently omits to state that | tion. What, then, can we think of a measure Kingdow of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen,) the proposal is coupled with conditions which / ene of the first and mest authoritative declar- To all to whom these | could not be fulfilled by one raan ina handred. | tions in which has no foundation in truth? But let us proceed te consider the terms of pur- Bill shews that the Government are even ashamed } chase, agreed to by the Proprietors, and set forth of the propricters’ bantiing, believing, no doubt, | ‘that the better it is known the more loudly and) in the first enacting clause, The terms of purchase are three-fold. Jet. The Tenant may purchase his farmyat any tune with- /nerally; and the condemnation will, in the end, | iu five years frown the Ist of May, 1352, by paying be pretty sure to fall upon the heads of the Go-| a sum equal to fifteen years’ rent. 24. Tf he de- ‘vernment. Phe‘ Islander’ of Friday last publishes | lays the purchase beyond the five years first men- | an article relating te the Bill, but the editor eon- tioned, he must pay asum equal te vighteen years’ fines his remarks to two points, in which the pee- tent for the freehold of his farm; aud 3rd. if an ple can feel no interest whatever,—first, as to the other period of five years be allowed to elapse particular time at which the Bill was received in | before buying his farm, the tenant must pay a sun | this Isiand; and second, 2 denis! that Mr. Pal-| equal to twenty years’ purchase. This right of mer, as leader of the Government, was a party to, purchase is confined to tenants heldiag leases for ithe framing of the Bill. It is a matter of no con- longer periods than tweuty-one years. The pur- sequence whether it was or was pot received here | chase money must be calculated aceording to the (on the 20th or 28th April; we have it, in all its | highest amount reserved as reat,—that js, for in- | ugliness, before us; and it is equally unimportant stance: a mau takes a lease of a farm for Whether the lucid pen of the Leader of the Go- Je#rs,—the first three years there may be no vernment, (McNab the First), actually framed | 'ent,—three years more, sixpence an aere may be the interesting document — the name of Edward charged; three years after, ninepence per aere; | Palmer appears in the preamble and in the sehe- | another period comes, and the rent amay be a dule te the Bill, and he is declared to be a con-| Shilling an acre; another period, and the rent is senting party to the provisions it contains. That ised to eighteen pence an aere; and it gore on looks extremely suspicious, to say the least of it; | increasing until it comes to two or three shillings and every one will think that the positive decla- 20 acre. The highest price—say 2s. or 3x an ration iu the Bill would not be made without Mr. | 8¢re rent—is that at which the fee simple value Palmer's knowledge of the details, notwithstand-| of the farm shall be fixed—say 30s. or 458. au ing all that Mr. Secretary Pope may write te re- acre—it cannot be under 15s. an aere sterling for lieve his friend from the unpleasant responsibility. , the first five years. No tenant can purchase his But the most amusing feature in the double. | 9% our ot this extravagantly high rate, unless dealing tactics of the Government advocate, is the he dine gab a aie ee of rent due smee 1858, intimation given that the Bills passed last Session rg one e Pepe ney would be’ abust ‘tro to confirm the original Award — or at least such |?" — fron the time the law could ge pte parts of it as suited the views of the Tory majo-| operation, No tenant, also, ean claim the right rity—are yet in a fair way of receiving the Royal {of purchasing his farm. if the landlord ean dis- allowance. Of course, not one man in the Go- | Pe ner erage * water apes it thet may bow vernment believes that anything so absurd and eideved cullicient for mill purposes ; woe \eadt he preposterous will ever come to pass; but it is sup- | a aran’. Tange wetted ree! ag posed that some little popularity attaches to the | 208 §) 208 FS ee iy By ‘sal Bills passed last Session because six Liberal mem. &°'™410n8 for the purchase of his farm, if there bers voted for them ; and it is therefore desirable, | “°T® 88¥ #™provements upon it before he obtained in the extremity of the Governmental fortunes, to 1 he . buildings, feces, cleerennet jt a encouraze some amount of popular delusion, par- CSe9 apetion &,),. ar ae, =e : af ticularly with regard to the Arbitration clause, all the clauses of the Bill is that which declares— under which the tenants were told they would be (ste section 9)—that in addition to paying all the able to purchase their lands at fabulously low neweeee of seul, the tenant must pay down in hard prices. We see no reason to retract or modify ee as ¢ Me porctnn Seay Pe iar our opinion with regard to that clause. The held of his far - before the landlord can be compel- Duke of Newcastle is of the same opinion as our- led to sell it. Now, let us see what amount of selves, that it would be impracticable on account | "°" ® tenant holding 100 genes, at le. anaes, of the multiplicity of cases that might require its with 1-0th added, would have to pay for his fann, operation ; and his Grace very plainly intimated |“! *¥¢ !owest price proposed by the Proprietor’ :— that he would not recommend for the reyal alluw- pr oy rehase of 100 acres at Is. to . : ance any law that might be passed to give effect Five years’ rent from 1858 te the pase- Gus ents, a the ow at ese they will permit} to it. The rest of the Award — considering that oa Seng OE G00w DUD ion 5 bis cidade banca 6B 0. their Tenants to purchase the reversion of their ee e-ninth ou the rent..... + 9wepeccsoo wp respective farms, and which rates are more ad- the Loan recommendation was annulled by the Deed of Conveyance ..............--1 1 0 vantageous to the Tenants than the rates fixed in the said Award. 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and Assembly, that from aud atter the passing of this Act, every Tenant of any of the Proprietors in the said Schedule named, having, at the time of his desiring to exereise the right of purchase hereinafter given, an unexpired teri of not less than twenty-one years, under written demise, in any of the Township lands of such Proprietors therein mentioned, shall have a right or option to purchase the reversionary in- terest of such Proprietors, his heirs, or assigns therein, at the rates hereinafter mentioned, that is to say: during the firet period of five years, from the Ist day of May, 1862, every such Tenant shall have a right or option to purchase such rever- sionary imerest at fifteen years purchase of the yearly reserved rent; during the next period of tive years ensuing, such Tenant shall have a right or option to purchase such reversionary interest at Is years purchase of the said yearly reserved rent; and during all subsequent periods every such Tenaet shall have a right or option to pur- chase such reversionary interest at twenty years’ purchase of the said yearly reserved rent. . Pro- vided always, that in’ any case where the said yearly rent, during the first portion or years of the term, shall be less than the yearly rent re- served during the residue of such tetm, the amount of the purehase money shall be computed b multiplying the maximum or full rent reserved during such residue of such term by the number ot years purchase at which such Tenant ay, under the provision aforesaid, be entitled to purchase. 2. Be it further enacted, that the hereinbefore recited Declarations or Award of the said Commis. sioners, respecting the Escheat or forfeiture of the Lands, and the Arrears of Quit Rents, and the Land called or kuown as the Fishery Reserves ; and also concerning the emission to Tenants ot Arrears of Rent, which have accrued due previous to the——day of——1n5s, and which are now un be, and the same is hereby declared to be, Duke, as well as opposed by our own Government and Legislature — is not worth one farthing; but A > taldeead ~_ £112 2 2% would, on the contrary, be injurious to the inter- | “"™™#! interest on ests of the Colony, inasmuch as that it proposes ey nina pte one yo PE ‘ Rent at present rate, m- great Concessions to the proprietors without re-| cluding one-ninth..... 511 sacrifice of Colonial interests. But there is no use in speaking of the Award as a thing that has any existence. The very circumstance of the Duke of Neweastle sending out the Proprietors’ Bill, as the only basis of arrangement which the proprietors will agree to— proves that the Duke did not suppose that Bills would have passed dur- ing the late Session to confirm the Award, the ori- ginal copy of which he had withheld, so that it might not be made the subject ot legislation. AN this was clear enough before, when we read the Duke's despatch of the 7th F *bruary; but it is doubly clear to us now, viewed by the light of the despatch of the 5th April. It is quite true his Grace expresses no opinion regarding the propo- sals contained in the Proprietors’ Bill. The only proposal of any direct consequence to the tenan- try is that with regard to the terms of purchase. That branch of the subject was discussed at some length in the Award of the Royal Commissioners ; and his Grace, in sending out the printed copy of the Report, made no observation on that part of it; but the Duke of Neweastle says he would not, “IN ANY CASE, pronounce a confident opinion on a matter depending so much on questions of local detail.” The silence of the Colonial Minister, therefore, gives us no reason to believe that he would accept our Bills in preference to the Pro- valid aud binding at law aud in equity. Prietors’ Bill; byt, ou the contrary, he gives a de-| quiring any concession from them, as well as a! Difference in favor of paying rent... 2... 26.0. 140 one-fourth for Bank rate of unterest........0 6 0 £1W 0 Here, taking the ordinary, uot the highest rate of rent—not such rent as Mr. Jobn A. MeDonald receives from his tenants, and basing our caleula- tious on the lowest offer of the proprietors — We find that the leaseholder will actually save money by remaining in his present position, even if he had thousands of pounds at his disposal. But inthis poor country we know there is not one tenant in a hundred—perhaps not one iu five hundred—whe could pay down seventy five pounds besides bis arrears of rent. The farmer who has money to spare is not likely to have any considerable amount of arrears against him; and the boasted “ conees- sion” about a remission of rents would be of ne earthly advantage to him. Besides, the former who is thrifty enough tosave money from his «mall guins, knows how to turn it to better account than in buying land at the high price which the pre pnetors demand. Numerous opportunities for speculating would present themselves; and peF> haps by two or three successful ventures, oF by keen shaving for two or three years, be could double his capita). On the other hand, as regards debted io iis landlord for five years rent, he 08 3 ‘