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SUMMARY UF PROCEEDINGS IN THE HUUSE OF ASSEMBLY. Monvay, March 20

Hon. Col. Secretary presented a number of petitions relating principally toroads, bridges and wharts,:f inhabitants of vari- country, the prayer of heen entertained by His Ex- celloney in Council.

Ordered that said peticions be laid on the table.

ition. Ool. Secrefary also presented to the Hous Gopy of Res} uteh from the Lieutenant F Seeretary of State for the Jith January, 1868, with minutes of the Executive Council of this Te land, containing their views on the Land Teéayres, and urging certain considerations on “Which they ek the sanction of the Im- perith Government to the iswcduction in the local Legisiatdre of a measure compelling Bryer ture to sell their interests in their “states on the Also copy of Des

th Glvete QOus sections at the

which had not

rovermer to the

Colonies, dated

Ieland, match from call Secretary of State to the LisiAdiant Governor, dated Downing Street, 2d Marcin, TSOX, te rep! aed minutes of Counc! Urdered that table, and i50c¢ )piates te

to said Despateh

do lie on the rinted tor intorma-

enid yup ore

tiun.

Said winutes seek t¢ approval of Her Majecty’s Government for the introduction inte the Legisiature of P. EB felund, of a

measure compelling Proprietors to sell their interests m the Estates. The question sul mitted by His Exceliency’s despateh was

whether His Grace would sanction the intro-

duction of a compulsory Act tor the tinal

settlement of the Land queetion? Said i

minutes of Connell ex; ressly disclaim any

intention to dispoase ss Pr pri tors ot their lands by unfair, unjust or unreasonable roeames ; they w muld’ regard the rights of pro- party with zealous care, but they believe, at the sume time, that those rights should never, for any length of time, De allowed to come inte collision with public interests ; and that the case now under review should be coneed- ed, on the principle that those rights militate against the general wellare. Acting in ae- eordance with the views they entertain on will never be prosperous aod happy so long as the leasehold tenure exists in it, to any great extent, they have endeavored to induce the remaining proprietors to tender their lands to the Government for sale, and their proposals nat having been sustained, they are of opinion that the question cannot now be finally er Batisfactor ily settled except by the passimg of a measure which would,under certain conditions, and in respect of certain compensations or valuations, to be carefully and equitably defined and settled, render the esle of Jarge Estates of Township lands com- pulsory, unless some soch course bead »pted, the Council believes the question will long yet continue to retard the progresa of the Colony; and they thus express their convic- tions with the object of ascertaining the views of Her Majesty's Imperial Govero ment on the point, and whether its sanction would be given to the introduction of such # mea-

gure as that alladed to

In said minutes of ( ouncil the woole ques- tion of ‘land tenures in the Colony was re- viewed, the general discontent which the leasebuid system has entailed on the Colony, and the various efforts which have been at different periods jut forth for the abvlish- ment of that baneful system. It teeta forth that a partial remedy bad heen applied since the year 1862, by the purchase of several! estates, which tended to aggravate the evils complained of by tenants residing on lands

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whose oWners reiusge to their pro- perties ; that it was deeply to be de- plored that the interests of 400 tamilies jo different parte < the Island should

depend, to a considerable extent, upon the will ot a single individual residing across the Atlantic; that the saving of a:l future contingencies convected with the coercion of tenants, the good cdects of tbe stiniulus which the prospect of possersing free land would apply to the energies of the people, the results of the liberal application of capital and labor to the soii which had hitherto been withheld or grudgingly ap plied, are all urged as reasons why the question should he finally and forever settled. The fact that the Proprietory system, which had paralyzed the energies and oppressed the indunsiry of the people, bad no longer any eistence across the narrow strait which separates the Island from the Dominion of Cernada; and that before thus seeking a compulsory measure for the settlement of the momentous question, every effort had been exhausted to obtein the desired end by voluntary agreement with the remaining Proprieiors, are adduced to show that the

only alternative left was the adoption of a |

niessure of the kind indicated, and thereby Obliterate the last traces of the leasehold tediure in British North America. Without suelr a measure the rising generation ot the (elony, with the experience of their fathers before their eyes, would not go up to possess that Jand to which they natural right, but wuld emigrate, as many had already done, to the neighboring Repab-

he, and tt eir devote their y vothtul ebergics | |

to enrich a rival mation, and thue deprive the Colony w rich hed ourtared and educated themrot theirtervices in the liower of theirage dn the reply to said minutes of Council, file Grace the Secret: y of State tully recog nigee the propriety Of the course taken to obtain the wanction of the Secretary of State hefore introducing a ineasure which would naturally tend to raise in the minds of the people ex} ectarions with which, in the result m might be deemed inexpedient to comply, and states that after « cureful consideration of the whole case, and of the grounds put forward by the Executive Counei) in support of a law for the compulsory sale of the land oi those Proprietors who were not parties to the Act of 1864, His Grace was noc prepared to advise Her Majesty to sanction such a messure. The views of former Secretaries ef State anon the subject, and grounds upon which such views were based, had been eu clearly explained in privr correspondence, that it appeared to His Grace unnecessary to do yore than to state that he found no epecial reason assigned iu the minutes of Council referred to, which in his opinion would justify, on the ground of public pulley, the proposed direct appr priation of private pro- erty. The Secretary of State concludes in ie reply to His Fxeeliency the Lievetnant Governor, hy expreseing his desire tu learn the extent of land actually perchased by the local Government, and tuw mueh remrined in the hands of the origine! grantees, or their representatives, and alro Whethor any tenants have availed themxelves of the provisioris of the Act of ]8t4, and if se, to what extent. Mr. McNeill presented a petition from in- habitants oi Wiheatly Kiver and vicinity, re- lating to the gathering ot Berweed. Keter- red t» the Conmittee already appointed, and to whom were referred other petitions rela- tive to same subject uring the Session. “Qa motion of the Hon. Atty. General, it was onlered that no petition of a local or private patvre, on which a bill ean be intro- duced, during the Session, be received by the House attgr Tuesday, the 7th April next Hon. Atty. Genern: presented a petition from —— Teylur,ol New Brunswick, asking to obtain a patent for an improved Spinning Wheel. Owing to the manner in which aad petition had been introduced, it was, on motion, ordered to be withdrawn. Hovee in Committee on Sapply. Aur. Reilly in the (hair.

Hon, Atty. General submitted several re- |

goluiitions, in accordance with the supple- mentary estimates tor the current year the gute granting £190 to purchase stone to

clearly had the best |

ntormality relative to |

side grant. The distinction made between those plaves in the Resulution im question, | was therefore invidious

ion. Mr. Larid and other hon. members representing Prince County contended that thedivasion was a just one,thatthe shipping at Summerside had to be attended to ducing the muddy seasons, that the peculiar nature of the soil, especially iu rainy seasons, rendered the roads in the vicinity of that town almost io passihle, and that the rapid growth of the husiness and trade of that place called loudly fur a greater amount for the purposes in- vended by exid appropriations than was re- quired fur similar purposes at Georgetown.

Che Resolution, as submitted, was then agreed Ww. |

Hon. Atty. General then submitted another | Resolution granting £200 tor Breakwater at Souris, and £75 for a similar work at Cove- | head harbor.

Hon. Leader of the Government explained the necessity and propriety of the latter ex- | penditure having tor its object, the facilitat- ing the entrance to that harbor, which had

| become so sanded up that it was with diffi- ! culty even a swall schooner could enter with | the ordinary supply of coal, lime, &e., re-

| quired by the industrious people of that vieinity.

| Hon. Leader of the Opposition would like | to hear from the Hon. Atty. Generai what success followed the previous expenditures ou the Break waters at Souris, with the view not of opposing the present grants, hat to ascertain if the benefita derived, or likely to | follow, were comimesurate with the said ex- penditure.

Mr. Owen spoke favourably of both Break - | waters at Souris, they boing of great service, and would like to know it the Government purposed causing & proper survey to be

|} made of Souris Harbor. Such a step wouid

| be advisable in order to the pro; er aud judi- cious expenditure of the grants in question.

Hon. Att’y. General, said that it was the |

| intention of the Government to cause a sur- | vey ot that harbor, and that by the same

| gentleman, if his services could be procured, Whose reports relative to Victoria Harbor land Tignish Run had been laid before that |

i House. Great adyantages to the best in- |

| teresta of the whole couatry would follow |

| undertakings having for their objects the

‘advancement of the trade and resources of the C ony

An item of £60 granted to yay the Re preseatatives of the City of Charlottletown for extra money expended by them to par- chase stone for macadaimizing purposes,e)ici-

, ted a long debate, relating principally to the powers which should be vested in the City Corporation; at the end of which the said | grant was agreed to.

A resolution was then submitted by the | Hon. Atty. General granting £1000 towards a Breakwater at Tignish Run

Mr. Bell supported that grant,and addres- sed the Cominittee at some length touching the wants and re quirements of the Fisher- men, and the fishing interests of that part of the Colony, whicn had always been too

»nuch negletted and overlooked. The prac-

| tieability of the scheme was, he said, clearly

| puinted out by a plan and report of the emi- nent Civil Engineer appointed for that pur- |

| pose whose opinions, as contained in said re- port, were already belore the Hlouse. want of a Harbor the trade of that part of

| the country cannot be properly estimated,as |

} goods consumed there are prineipaily pur- chased in Charlottetown. ‘The mackerel ex- ported from Tigaish last season was equal

jin value to 250 000 bus. oata. a fact in itseif sufficient to show how necessary it wus to foster the fishing interests of the country.

The resolution in question was agreed to

Another resolution submitted contained an item of £52 38 8d., to be paid to Charles E.. Stantield, for drawback on Machinery tor Wollen Mill at Tryon. ;

Hon Mr. Laird said that the amount in question was given as a small recognition of

he services of that pioneer in that branch

of industry. He was glad to learn that others, emulating the example eet them by that gentleman, were about to establish in the Colony kindred institutions to the Tryon Woollen Factory.

Hon. Mr. Calibeck approved of the vote

| From his position as agent for the Factory alluded to, he could state that many reverses and difheulties had to be surmounted before the establishment in question was broaght to its present position. The euecess which had followed was the result of hard toil, perseverance, strict attention to business, and an indomitable spirit of enterprize on the part of the owner, who had even within

‘the past two years invested £3,500 out of his own private funds or resources in the business. Forty thousand pounds weight of woul was manufactured into cloth at that establishment last year; and with the in- creased facilities lately acquired, double that quantity could be manufactured in the jtuture. He also alluded toa Hat Factory about to be put in operation in connection | with said Malls.

lhe several resolutions agreed to were

'then reported by the Chairman, and the

| louse adjourned.

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Trespay, March 31st.

| On motion of Mr. McNeill, the bill to pre ventaceidents to persons travelling on the ice, was read a second time and committed. Mr. Howat in the Chuir.

Mr. MeNeill explained the object of the bill, and pointed out the great danger of travelling ou the ice where the mud digging process was carriwd on, and the necessity of guarding against accidents, by eausing the parties cut ting holes in the ice for that or any other pur- | pose, to bush the same, so as to attract the | attention of and warn travellers against the danger of approaching in the direction of such dangerous places,

Tbere was no opposition offered to the bill and it was reported agreed to.

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When the Resolutions ot Supply were re- porte d to the House, Mr. Mele noao observed that it was unnecessary to delay the appropri-

,ation of the sum voted for Macadamizing the Roads at Summerside, as the stone for that | purpose could be procured in that vicinity.

Hon. Mr. Laird had no doubt that the money would be expend+d as sous as practi caule.

Mr. Howat said good stone was to be had around the sho

had been already tested and found to be of |

guoed quality. It could be procured much jcheayer than imported stone, and would } answer the same purpose.

Mr. Green—There was a sufficient quantity

jof stone around Summerside tu Macadamize: |

all the roads im that vicinity, and it could be | placed where required, at the rate of trom 2s. Od. to 3s per ton.

Hon. Lender of the Government observed that hon. members jn whose hands were |placed the expenditure of similar grants at | previous sessions, had neglected to give any lreturns or report of their work. He had no jdoubt that the monies were properiy and ‘

judiciously expended, yet the information toat sech returns would give relative to the subject, would be very desirable, and was due to tee nublic.

Mr. Brecken agreed with the remarks of the leader of the Government, and said that the information alluded to, was highly neces

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i 7 ; | how the money was expended, and he bad ng doubt hon. members entrusted with such grants, would submig the required returns.

| Mr. Gireen eaid thas he, as one of those to

| Whow wag entrusted cerigin expanditures, was |

| prepared to hand iu an account Of the same, and would sabmit his retarns ty the Govern-

ment ee ig Hon. Lender of the Opposition objectesd to

ltatives of Charicttetuwn for stone purchused That vote appeared like a pre-

. } ast year. macadamize the pub)ie roads, as mp a for extra expenditure. “The correct Charlottetown & Rovalty £500 9 O | practice for meeting such payments was to | Georgetown & Koya) 200 0 0 take such deficiencies trora the appropriations | Sommerside & Royal: y a0 0 6 lof the current year.

called forth some discussion, Hon. Messrs cAiay aud Haviland, Representatives jor ede. and other hon. members repre- ating diferent sections of King * + ounty, aplained that the rains voted fur George-

y and Sugomersice were not equally di They contenced that atiate shipping

4 “Wompes exported from, and

x. rgetown for parties of the country,

Hm other .

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Hon. Mr. McAulay, Hon. Mr. Henderson, Mr. Prowse, Mr. McLeunan, wud Mr. P. Sinelair, severally addressed the House, in opposition to the vote ia question, on the | grounds that it would tend to the establish. | ment of a bad precedent; that it was con- | trary to the usual practice of che House, and | that the sum asked for, should be paid ont of | the appropriations voted for Cherlottetown | and Royalty for the current yeur. Hon. Atty. General, Hon. jeader of the Government, and Hon. Mr. Calibeck, egplain- ed that the object of the vote to

in which they Were . "p eed, on

For |

' | } } es near Summerside, which | | | | |

| anee to the country commended itself to the}

sary, aa the returna jn question would show

| and reflect eredit on all concerned.

| fold object in view.

| | ithe vote granting £60 tw pay the Rep esex- |

oye tip

the limited nature of the.grant of last session, they having been called upon to pay out of | their own pockets, the amount in question, | tor the purpose of procuring the stone which had been offered in the market, and which! they succeeded in purchasing on the faith of being granted the required sum.

le of placing monies in the

fer the

Phat the princip

hands of members Koad Commissioners, which bad been for ‘

, . } some time adopted, was not 80 productive ol

district instead, ot,

cake

’ é he , rood results as was anticipated, and had there

tore been abandoned, tiier¢ ny precluding the

possibility of like cases as the one under dis

cussion ever arising again.

At the close of the debate, Hon. Leader of the Upposition moved in amendment, seconded | by Mr. Prowse, that said sum of £60 voted to nav the members fur Charlottetown for Steve

imported last year, be struc k out of the Reso- |

lution before the House. On which the House! divided as follows, for the amendment :— Hons. Leader of the Opposition, MeAulay,

Henderson, Measrs. Prowse, Cameron, Owen,

Mek pian, Ramsay, r Sinclair—9%.

Ayainat it—Hons. Atty. Generai, Colontai Secretary, Davies, Kelly, Laird, Cullbeck, " “in , ’ |

Mesers. Arsnault, Green, G. Sinclair, Rielly,

McNeill. Kickham, Brecken, McCormack, | Lik wit, Yeo Lo. is

port “eG

n. Col. Seeretary presented to the House

Re ymuissioners appointed to investi: |

pate the loss of a parvei c¢ mtaining mo i@y, | +3 . = al ef addressed to the Cashier of Summerside Bank, |

aud mailed at Charlottetown, with copy of

correspondence and deposition of witnesses | relating thereto. Also Report of Commission. | ers to investigate charges aguinst late Keeper f Lisht House at Sea Cow Head. Ordered | that said papers be laid on the table. House in Committee iv further consideration | of the Bill relating to the Savings’ Bank. | Hon. Mr. Henderson ia the Chair. } [he several clauses in said Bill having been |

rman reported the bill agreed to. |

On motion of the Hon. Mr. Ca!lbeck, the| Bill to incorporate the Baptist Church at} Lot 65, was committed to a whole. Mr. McLennan in

read, the Chi

Long Cree a

Committee of the the Charr.

The Bill was reported avreed to. j When the Resolution granting £1000 for | a Breakwater at Tignish was read, Honble. | Leader of the Opposition expressed his want | of contidence in the practibility of the pro- | posed work which, he feared, would not| prove of any advantage to the country. df} the object was to encourage the Fishing in-| terests, it were better to vote the moncy 10 | the shape of Bounty for the encouragement of that braneh ot industry.

Hon. Mr. Laird reterred to the opinion | expressed by the scientific gentleman whose | report relative to the feasibility of the work had been laid on the table, and contended that the vital interests involved, justified the |

having been read in Committee, |

experiment.

Hon. ‘ir. MeAulay said that the report alluded to, bore the marka of a master mind, but be had vet to learn that the author ot that document bad warranted the expendi- | ture of £1000 for the work contemplated.

Mr. MeNeill—The sum appeared large, yet it Was necessary to encourage the Fish- ing interests of the Colony. If a harbour could be constructed in the locality referred | to, capable of affording even shelter to boats, it would be a matter of great moment

Mr. Kickham alluded to the searcity of} Seed im that part of the country. and the! propriety of prosecuting the work at a time when the expenditure of money was much required and labor was cheap.

Mr. P. Sinelair—If the sum voted will} open a harbor for boats, and thereby stimu- late the Fishing interests, it will be money | well expended. He approved of the course} taken by the Government in procuriug the Report of a competent engineer betore voting the expenciture in question.

Mr. Prowse doubted the stability of the work, which he feared would share the fate of the West Point Wharf. If the people in that part of the country wanted seed grain, as stated by Mr. Kickham, it were better to give a grant for that purpose openly and| above board.

Hon. Atty. General said that imputing| motives wae no arguinent against the work contemplated. No good reasons had been offered against the opmion of the Engineer | which should be held as preferable to that) of any bon. member of that House.

Hon, Mr Henderson feared the sum named | would not go to accomplish the object in view, |

' and doubted that the Engineer alluded to}

had taken all contingencies into account| when preparing his Report. One advantage, | however, would tollow the expenditure or} the money, and that was the giving employ- ment to the people in that locality, and} thereby enable them to procure seed and | other ne vessaries of life.

Mr. Bell.—The contemplated work was of vast importance not only to the people in that | locality, but to the whole Island. The| people there wanied nothing as a gift, they | work tor, and earn all they get. After storms which was found to be the best time for fish- ing, boats are high and dry on shore, and eannot be got off, and are thus prevented from getting to the lishing itial at the most favorable time for catching mackerel.

Mr. Yeo said he had much pleasure in supporting the grant in question, calculated 43 1L was tu conler great benefits on the whole western section of the country. Allusion was made to West Point Wharf, but the fact was that the want of properly ballasting, and otherwise securing that work, was the cause of its apparent jailure. That, how- ever, was no reasou to urge against the Breakwater at Tignish, and he hoped yet to see the West Point wharf completed. He was glad to observe that the Government were disposed to act liberally towards the western section of the country

Mr. Green helieved if the plan was carrj- ed out, as laid down by Mr. Boyd, a harbor could be had at Tignish. He then explained the mode of constructing the work on the inost approved principles, which, if properly followed, would prove successful It was due to the people in that part of the country that an effort be made by which they might he enabled to procure the products of sea and soil,

Mr. McLennan said that too much money | had been spent in striving to make | arbors| in impracticable places on the [sland. Those | harbors which nature gave should be improv- | ed where necessary, but efforts to create or mat:ufacture new ones was a failure.

Mr. Howat said that a great many persona! in difforent parts of the country were destitute of seed grain. it was the duty of the Government to relieve such. He would support the Grant, on the ground that it would give employment to many and thereby relieve their necessities.

Dr. Jenkins considered the two-fold object of giving employinent to the people, and constructing a public work of vital import-

best support of that House. That the people were scarce of Seed, and wantea employment, was an argument in favor of, and not against the expenditure in question,

Mr. Arsneault said, no public work had | been undertaken in that part of the country | that had not proved a success. In proof of | which he instanced the Lignt House and| Cathedral, those had been constructed, aad} the work now contemplated, be had no doubt | would be accomplished with equal BUCCE +B, |

Mr. Brecken would not object to any un-| dertaking of that kind, because it had a two} ile bad his doubts ae to the stability of the work contemplated ; if} however a boat harbor could be effect d, the| money would be well expended, and more) especially as it would apparently afford means | whereby many would yet seed grain. He would not therefore oppose it.

The question was then put on the Rescla- | éiga and carried

Mr. P. Sinclair presented a petition of} divers inhabitants of P. E. Island, relating to} the lawe now it foree regulating the sale by} license of gpirituous liquors. Said petition! was on motion .eceited and read.

Ds a ie : ° . . Mr. P. Sinclair, in presenting the said peti-| Of # legislative grant in aid of a Catholic edu- character; and, having the will as well as the

tion, remarked that it bad attached to it the} names of upwards of three thousand of the henevolent asd enlightexed portions of the |

eople, from ali paris of the country, and he}

oped a subject go well supported hy the pub-| be farther from our intention than the accom- ‘cumstanced, would to doubt emulate—nobly

lic would meet the approval of the House. ~Petitione's set forth that, heing desing 1 ace, Lappiness and

that impede

OUR

| it has pleased the editor of the Patriet recent-

That one of the chief of these evils is the | liquor traffic and the sysvem of licensing the sume, }

That as that system for the present appears a necessity, they are of opimon it might wt rendered less pernicious iu i Operations by | amending the law relating thereto. ; Aud, | therefore, suggest that the present combination |

of the sale of intoxicating drinks, with gro- vould

ceries and other merchandize 11 stores, st u levislative enactment, sepa

‘ retail trom wll | That persons | juors are sold |

be abe lished hy rating the sale of hquors by other kinds of merchandize. dealing at those places where li in Connection with yroceries, especially youth, are exposed to great and unnecessary tempta- tions, ‘the removal of which would remedy that evil.

That houses where liguors are vended are unsafe as places of resort, and that, therefore, no Post nor any othee Government office should be kept in connection with such houses.

That the present system of obtaining lheenses in School Districts might be unproved, by em- vhboring magistrates to

powering one or two nel “, : call householders together at a public meetin after ut least two wecks’ notice thereof by handbiils, posted in three or four publie places in each district. The majority present at such meeting to decide by resviution whether or not such license may be applied for; and that no application of a similar kind be entertained in auch School District for twelve months after the time of holding such meeting as aforesaid ; a similar course to be adopted previous to the yearly renewal of licenses.

" Petitioners recommend the adoption of a like mode of procedure to the Wards of the City of Charlottetown, which, they believe, would be found to work advantageously.

Petitioners therefore pray that the sugges tious submiited be embodied in an amendment to the laws now in force, regulating the sale by license of spirituous liquors.

“On motion of Mr. P. Sinclair, it was order- ed that said bill be submitted to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Breekeu, that the bill to amend the City Incorporation Act, be read a secoud time, 4 discussion relative to the merits of aaid Bill ensued.

The objects of the Bill are: to levy an as- sessment upon the proprietors and owners of Real Fatare. To fix the amount of license duty payable by shop and tavern keepers, for the sale of spirituous liquors, in less quanti- ties than two gullons, and to inilict penalties for the infraction of such rules relating there to, as may be enacted. Thirdly—To levy duty on goods or merchandize, the property of non-residents, sold at publie auction; and to coinpel auctioneMs selling the same to give a true account thereof to the City Council. To require every person nota native, or who

ntay not have resided three years, previously |

to the passing of the Bill, on the Island, be- fore commencing any trade or business in the City, to take out a license, for which to pay, ifa British subject, £4; if an alier, £6; no such license to be demanded if the party will, on oath, declare his intention to remain over one year on the Island.

The asking for an extension of power re- lative to criminal jurisdiction. The bill sets forth ‘that there are various improvements which the increasing population and commerce

of the City demand, in order to protect health |

and promote comfort, for which the present revenues of the City are inadequate, and that therefore it is essentially necessary to grant the Corporation such powers and privileges as are asked for by the amendments proposed and submitted in said bill.

On motion, the debate on the question was adiourned, after which the House adjourned till 10 o'cloek to-morrow.

Wenxespar, April 1.

Hon. Leader of the Opposstion regretied that the unpleasant task of agaty directing attention to discrepancies in the extended debates of the House seemed to devolve upon him. That sheet of the Parliamentary Re-

porter then before him, was full of errors and |

incorrect statements. In proof of which be quoted extracts from said sheet, to show that the Reporters were not only detective in| their knowledge of the rules of Parliament, | but also unable to comprehend, in many in- | stances, the meaning of the Speakers.

Mr. Precken, Mr. Prowse, and Hon, Mr. | Henderson also alluded to mistakes made in | reporting their remarks, and disclaimed ever | baving uttered certain sentiments attributed | to them in the Parliamentary sheet in ques- | tion. |

Hon. Leader of the Government and the} Hon. Atty. General hoped that the Reporters would be more particular in extending their | notes, and that in future they would submit) their manuscripts to hon. members in order | that errors,especially regarding the rules and | forms of the House, might be corrected.

Mr. Brecken moved that the bill to amend | the City Incorporation Act be read a second | time. The principal objects of the bill were fully explained by the hon. member for the City (Mr. Brecker) who urged the propriety of going into Committee on the bill, in order more fully to investigate its provisions, any of which, if considered derogatory to some principles, might then be struck out.

Several hon. members on both sides of the House spoke favorably of some clauses in the bill, whilst at the same time they expressed their disapproval of other provisions in 1%. After a Jengthy discussion on the matter, the bil] was, on motion of Mr. Brecken,com- mitted to a Committee of the whole House.

Mr. MeLennan in the ebair.

The clause relating to increased taxation called forth a leugthy debate, which was ad- journed for further consideration.

The clause increasing the powera of the City Council in regard to the granting of licenses to retail spirituous liquors wasagreed to. The clauses relating to the imposition of taxes on the goods and wares of non-residents sold by auction. ‘Phe payment of a license fee on the part of aljens and strangers doing

business in Charlottetown for a less period |

than one year; and the extension of power in reference to Certain contracts made with- in the City, were all considered, discussed and severally disagreed to, principally on the grounds that their provisions were contrary to the free trade principles of the day, and contained restrictions calculated to prejudice the best interests of the Colony.

Hon. Atty. General submitted an amend- meut to the clause relating to increased ase Fesement on real estate, in the shape ot a pro- vise to the effect that the tax to be imposed on Real Estate, should be expended in per- manent improvements, and not spent in the ordinary management ot the Coroporation.

The debate on the bill was adjourned till to-morrow.

Progress reported.

A. McNeti1, Reporter.

The = Gxraminer.

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Charlottetown, April 6, 1868.

REPLY TO THE PATRIOT'S “SECTARIAN EDUCATION AGAIN,” OF THE 26TH ULT.

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At the distortion of our views, as expressed

through our own columns, concerning the ques. !

tion of Sectarian Educational Grants, which

ly to lay before his readers, we are, we confess, but ditfle surprised; and—roundly as he has taxed us with being illogical in our reasoning and Inconsistent in Our utterances with respect to it —weare, we beg leave to assure hiin, sfill less annoyed.

There is one thing, however, to which, as respects that distortion, we feel bound in jus.

g ‘accomplish? And, further, we think it would | being simply initiated in learning, or advanced

Ce a

ligious training should be inseparable ; This opinion is also

direct appropriation, for their own special bene- and re , fit, of a part of what they—nearly one-half of | and they act accordingly. eee the whole population of the [sland—contribute | equally held by every other denomina aa

and taxes—nearly one | Christians; and nothing but the actually a r of adverse circumstances pre-

in the shape of duties

half of the whole of such impositions—for the | superable powe j ' press: # general parposes of the State, of which, most} vents, in any case, their practical adherence undoubtedly, the support of religion and the] to it.

be the chief. | In

| Opinion so far as res}

St. Dunstan's College, this catholic |

diffusion of education ought to ects all students who are |

We are not, any time, fond of personalities ; 7 ot

arg of the C ; ; n prac but we think it would be pardonable in us were | members of the € atholic C sete ly 18, In P | t-| scrupulously and conscientiously adhered to; |

we pow, in imitation of the editor of the Pa | but, a tthe same time, students who are mem-)

rivt, to retaliate upon him, and, in nearly his | . slice aa enomination

‘own words, to ask in reference to himself, | bers of other Christian

: | ne ire even i most distant | Who can have 2 great deal of respect for either | never required, even in the mos

who| manner, to take part in any of the religious

ithe principles or the logic of a writer | me | ‘exercises which are enjoined upon, and prac-

|knowingly and deliberately misrepresents the | be it's case, and | tised by their Catholic fellow students.

'fandamental facts ot an oppoue: That, as respects the education of youth,

‘directly and without reason attributes to him the | nothing is more desirable, our opponent ot the

ithe seeking to further qn unjust design, _ | Patriot will doubtiess admit, than that, whilst

\very reverse of that which he is seeking to

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to add that it is| in merely secular or scientific knowledye, they

| he exensable in us, were we l our opinion he (the editor of the Patriot) would | should, at the same time, aud under the same

haracter| instructors, be trained ‘in the cultivation of

{be much more likely to realize that ¢ mind, and to the

. . . . 'for superior wisdom, sanctity and justice ate ; he almost invari | cherishing of habits of piety towards God, and ; i. ” j ably assumes, if, instead of the course which | of benevolence to man —that they should be he is now pursuing in opposition to the just | trained be to the God whom \they worship, and true to the faith in to be full

which, |@ pure and humble state of

| . when engaged in controversy,

to “ true

leluims of the Catholic portion of our commu- inity, ke were honestly and fearlessly to expose | which they profess to believe; the shameful and palpable injustic I daily practiced and has long been perpetrated | to be faithful before his eyes in imparting to the sons of | to their enemies, warm = with compassion to |the rich almost gratuitous academical and col- the unfortunate; self-denying to little private ilegiate education by pecuniary means, derived interests aud pleasures, but zealous for public from impositions which are chiefly borne by | interest and happiness.”’ Buch an education, ithe humbler and poorer members of the com-|such moral and religious trainiug, wherever it | manity. may be afforded, he must certainly admit to be | The views which we entertain upon the ques- ltruly in accordance with the principles and | tion, and which we have openly avowed and | doctrinces of Christianity, and, therefore, mest j|advocated, are, we feel convinced—how much | justly desirable.