. oats alone einoiinted to 61.0001; and if frotn the rents of thi-

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proposed in the amendment, be (Mr. Cole? would promise that it should have his support ; for it was a evcrite theme of his own ; end, he thought, it would be quite possible to show the Home Government just and suflicient reasons why it should receive the royal allowance. The hon. member for Belfast Shir. Device) had said, that the amount of reets ennuell with-

rsvrn from the Colony, by the proprietors, wee equa to the value of our annual exports; but the hon. member, in hie cel- euletiene on these subjects bed, he (Mr. C.) thought. [ht very far esirsy. He (Mr. C.) believed, that on proper investiga- lion, it would be found, that our annual reports of barley and

eheeotee proprietors should be deducted the land-tax. the sale- ries of agents, lewyere’ fees and other expenses, he questioned Ituch whether there was remitted to them in all, more thin

or 3000! a veer.

Mr. MOONEY. The Hon. Mr. Coles had said, that the edtlltioriel tax upon the proprietors. pro sod by him (Mr. Mooney would amount to no more than or 6001 a year ,- hut if the hon. leader of the Government would only give him- self the trouble of correctly ascertaining the amount, he would dad that there were 409,995 acres of land, leesed, let by egreeotent, or verbally, which number of acres, at one half- penuy per acre, would amount to 8691 He. That sum would

ave defrayed the expense of 17 schools even in the year 1848. But there had been a great quantity of land lot. since that riod, arid more would he , before the expiration of the - uestion Bill. The proprietors of the wilderness lands would, as soon as they possibly could, transfer the burtlien of the tax from their own oulders to those of such poor tenants

as might be disposed to tube portions or‘ such lands; and, there- _

re, by degrees, these gentlemen would get clear of the tax sl- together. But. Sir, continued the hon. member. I went to grapple with those gentry, by means of a fair, honest measure; what wonder at most is the opposition of the hon. the Treasurer to it. ’I‘hie measure is re idieted by him, as alto getlier impracticable, although a eimi er measure was support- ed by him last year. at there was good reason for ell that. as it to deceive me. that it was sup rted Ielt year! I el- most think it was. lfso, l have been ecsived, but when once eisied, 1 will watch the deeeiver with e lynx-eye for the re- maining days of my natural life. The id. tax was to defray in pant -he Civil List, end pay pensions to those least entitled eo diam. But be that as it may, have nothing to do with it at present. The question now is, “Shell we establish a system of educatioe by a tax on the land or not!” The different constitu- encies have prayed for it. Let not their prayer be in vein. 1 I'll in favor of Free Education ; hut, Sir, whet is proposed by ehe Report is no such thing. Where are the funds at our die- posel to meet the outlay ! We have them not, unless we shall cause those an. of whom I have spoken, to contribute their fair share. I said before, on a former day, let the proceeds ol the Fishery Reserves go to the support of general education, and then we might _call it a eyatein built upon a firm basis ; end I new-contend, that until general education IIMII be principeily provided for, by such means as I have pointed out, we shall never have a fund at our disposal for the establishment of any eyeteiu of education deserving to be styled free. The Go- vernment seem to stand very much in awe of Earl Grey ; but, if Responsible Government be what I believe it to be, there can no good or sufloientreeson why they should be so. I thank -the Government -for the present system: for, by their individual exertions. es mernliero the Legislature, eteedily sustained by a majority of this House, has the great reformation been effect- ed; a reformation -which has conferred upon the people the privilege of choosing both the administration and the Govern- ment oficials, end of choosing them in such a way as leaves them both responsible to the people, through their Re resents-i tires. Let them then do justice end feer nothing : at them ropoee none but just and equitable measures, end they will eve no-occasion to be afraid of Downing Street. It is the voice of the people which has placed them in the high position -which they now occupy; end, in those positions, the people will sustain them, so long as it sliiill be evident that the aim of all their measures is the public good; but. should they unfor- tunately become negligent of the public welfare, or oppose or refuse to sustain equitable end racticable measures, having for their object the promotion cl? the general good. then might they expect, that they, who had set them up. wou seize the Stet o portunity to take them down. All that I seek by my eaten ment is a simple measure of common justice from the landlords to the people. ' tors, and I will educate the children of their tenants; end, in return. their tenants will pay them their rents. ldr. DAVIES. He agreed with the hon. member who had just sat down, (Mr. Mooney) that with respect to the Bill for the int ition of }d. an acre on ell lands, to the extent of 500 ecres, eld by one individual, he (Mr. Mooney) and every member of the House who supported the Bill, had been ill ered end deceived ; end. to that fact, might be t in. on. in gf “,3 gmgndmgnt than on the table. The House, or at east the great ine'oiity of the House, bed_expectod, that the principle of that ill would be fully carried into operation: they had had reason given them to believe, the! it Wolild 50 I0 carried cut; end they end the people had siitticicnt cause of complaint, on secountol"the manner in which the measure was interce to end cast aside. Nor was that their only cause of complaint; for, although the Fishery Reserves had been to t at. it appeared that the Government wee afraid to

take possession of them on behalf of the people, when they "

choose their present Representatives. that the Lead Question would. at length, receive due consideration and be fully inves- tigated ; end yet there wee not a single word uttered concern- ing the enquiry by any member of the Government ; and. if it wee at ell adveited to, by any hon. member in the House, who wished to act in accordance with his own conscientious convic- tions concerning the question, end who wee honestly anxious to see the reasonable expectations of the people satisfied with regard to it, his observations were hooted end scoffed at, as if they were positively uujustifieble end absurd. If poor men had dared to seize or infringe upon public ri his end privileges, in the same manner as the proprietors had done, they would a dily have been brought to e strict end severe account for t e wrong; but it was otherwise with the wealthy proprietors, they were allowed to ofend with impunity; their protection against the course of justice. in such cases, lay in their having their pockets well lined with gold. lfeny 'ust measures with reference to these uestions had been carried out, or even if the Government he only manifested a disposition to carry out such measures, the amendment upon the table would not have

ii ro . Mr?LAlRD would sop rt the amendment in connection with the Education Bill, on use he should receive some certain assurance. that if it were then wiihdraun. it should have the support of the Government in a separate Bill, similar to thetof

G re use the tax upon the proprie- 500 of 004

would not submit to It.‘ Rather than do so, he would be willing. thet by a dissolution, a direct appeal should be made, is the matter, to ' of the ople. For the redress of the alleged grievances of the people. i e Goyernment lirid already brie ell that they hiid had time end opportunity to effect; and, he believed, the people were, generally speaking, we_ll convinced that they (the Go- vernment) woul leave no real public grievance uriredressed w tell they had it in their wer to remedy. He could not imagine, that any reel friend of t very great and important .mee_rure of free education. could seek to hamper It by connecting it with the pro-

taxation of delinquent proprietors, nor that it should depend on the Fihery Reserves for its support. I e, however, would not consent that the Government should be coerced into the adoption of a inensure which they knew rnttst prove fatal to the success of the School Bill. He looked upon the educational eclieiiie nv sufficiently dillicult of itself, without its being encumbered by any ciinnexiop with another of a still more complicated character; and were his own individual views with respect to it to be acted upon, it would. after it lied undergone all due consideration by the House, be purit- ed and submitted to the further consideratioii of the people until next Session; but he would. on no account, consent to mix up with it any measures of coercion, with respect to the proprietors. None but its enemies would seek to make this n pnrty question. The Ilon. the SPEAKER. He would support the amendment, provided it were so modified that the tax, whether dd. an ll cre._or whatever it might he, should be payable only on lends from whic the proprietors were ecturilly deriving revenues. The arnounttf public revenue which might be derived from it, would not be so in- considevable as the hon. member, the leader of the Government seemed to suppose: it would amount to £850 a year. at the lowest; which would he a very considerable addition to the sum proposed to he aniiiaiill set I rt for the support of education. _

Mr, 'I‘lIOl(N’l0N"bhserved, that for a long time previous to the imposition of the tea upon wilderiiess lands, the greatest cause of complaint against the proprietors was their retarding the advance- ment of the country, by refusing to lease their lands, or vi-lint the complainants pronounced to be equitable term-, end their thereby retarding the advancement of the country. Tlirougli perseverance. however, the Representatives of the people, in the end, succeeded in imposing a coal tux upon the wilderness lands ofthe proprietors. which were, I ereby, made it source of public revenue; iinil, so it the cause of complaint ngninsit such proprietors. iie refused to lease their lands on reasonable terms was removed. it respect, how- ever, to such proprietors as, from the first. but! been willing to lease, and had actually leased their lands, on fair and liberal con- ditions, both with respect to the amount of the rents, and the dura- tion of the leases, being mostly for it term of 999 yeani, it would not be acting fairly to impose an additional tax, end thereby place them on a worse footing than those who had yet eclined lensing on Illn- ilnr terms. And neither was it fair to seek to embarrass. the measure for general educetion—e measure which lind prospectively received the sanction of the whole House in the laist Session.-—l_»y coupling it with another measure, with respect to which, pnrties III the House might entertain opinions directly liostilo. He did not re- gard the contemplated educational measure tie it part question; and nothing calculated to excite party spirit, wish reference to it, oug to be, or would, he had thought, he brought forward by there who were sincerely favorable to the grand object of it. It those who supported the ttincndiiient ofthe hon. iiieiiiber, (Mr. Mooney.) de- sired, at the some time, to be accounted friends of tlio contemplated educational measure, well might the fair and honest supporters of it excliiiin, “ Save us from our friends." .

Hon. Mr. WAI{BUIl'l‘ON. Wlietcvcr justice there might be in compelling the proprietors to priy the tax proposed by the amend- ileet under consideration, there would, in his opinion. be a ft impropriety in connecting its iin ition with the Bill for pro- vid'q free education. so fair as the principles and iuipositions con- templated by the Ileport want, u Bill framed in accordance there- with, would be a fair and just one. He wns, however, decidedly ofopinion, thnt the proprietors ought to contribute towards the eup- port of the free educational system; not only as respected tlii.-ir wilderness lands, on wlticli any last imposed was merely a pcnzil one; but also as regarded their leased oi tonnnted lnnde. from which

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were dependent upon the industry. skill, and probity of their reti- ante for the regular receipts of their rents, was ll direct proof how much it concerned their interests, that the rising generation in Prince Edward Island should receive such an BIIIIC-tlloll, as might lay a sure foundation for the successful exercise of their skill and industry, and give that niornl tone to their chiiriir.-terr which would be the best guarantee ofiheir probity in all their dealings and innll their relations in life. But, uliilst lie was clearly convinced ofiill that, lie felt it to be liia duty to o pose the aiiieiiilinerit subiiiitted by

the is. member r. Mooney; use he believed. that its adop- tion would all her defeat the intentions of the House with respect to the eetebllnident of a system free education in the Colony.

He was too sincere and zealous an advocate for the inestirruihlei neral education. to consent to peril the success of the measure liy encumberi it with an imposition which would he sure to draw forth the most deterriiiiied opposition of the proprietors in a quarter, in which it was only too probable, that it might be

ccces u .

Mr. LAIRD. It was very true, that as the lion. the Colonial Secretary had just observed, the contemplated measure was it good so far as it was proposed to curry it; but it didnot go far enough. It was. he believed. admitted, on all hands, that the rent- receivin pro rietors had a direct iiitereiit iii the good education of the (do, w ether they were resident or absentee proprietors; and, that being the case, it wns quite clear that they ought to be made to contribute_to in system c good encrel educntion,—on account of the properties from which they derived certain rind very consider- able incomes, through the industry and skill of their tcnnnts,—iis mach certainly, if not riiore, than these tenants themselves would be bound to contribute by the conditions and cove-mints of their lug“, Ilg would not engage to support the Bill, unless the riiiieiid- merit of the lion. riienibur, Mr. Mooney, sliinild lie iiicorpimitod witli ' It would be unjust to allow the rent-rocciviiig proprietors to esca scot-free with respect to the support of tho uystoiu in con- templitlion, by rejecting the aaisridinent; but it would be an Iiotior to the House to adopt it.

Mr CL. Ile was sorry to say, that he could not altogether approve of the course which some lion. iiieiiibcrs seemed determined to pursue, with respect to the government educational scheme. In- ritead of obstructing the progress of tlie riieiiaure. by iiieiiiliiig upon the adoption of an amendment. to whic ‘

the (sovi-rriineiit. as they valued the success of the measure. could not consent, because they were persuaded that its adoption would entirely ilelsat their ulijuci ; it would, surely, have been fairer and better for tlimie lion. iiiciii- bers, es ranking with the ministerial majority in the lloiise, to have plainly intimated to the Goverriiiierit, at the first, III-‘ll they would oppose their iiiensure, unless it should embrace the iiiiposiiiiin ofilie propristar tax for which they were then contending ; than to bring forward t e emenduient,end press its adoption, in the way they were doing, at the risk of leaving the Goverririicnt in the minority, on a question of policy of such riiiignitude an iiiiportniice us their scheme for free ucation. a t e question at ptaseiit stood, he himself would rntlior that the final decision of the I ouse, with res-

ect to it, should be postponed until the next Session. It was well

nowri that many erroneous ideas concerning its eoritcinplnted working, in particular as respected the amount of the tax end the eppointinents of tdchers, its well its some other details, had taken possession of the minds of some of the misinformed portion of the people. Many believed that the 'I‘eecbers were to be appointed by tho Government; and, to such "overnment pntronng-., they were

the last Session. II‘ he should receive a uerentee, that it would be carried out in one form or another, s would be satis- Isd : if not. he would vote against llie Report Mr. MONTGOMERY. So far as the edoption of the pro- d emendrnsnt would el'cct such property as Lot 34. Wlllfll was all ienaatsd by ittdividulll regtilarl paying their rents, he did not think, it could be fairly objec to : the proprietor! OI such rent-yielding sstetee ou ht not to be exempted from boll’- iiig a fair share of the pubIic bertbens imposed upon other holders or owsere of pr y which was to then a source of

profit. But it certainly did score to him, that it would be very unfair to impose a tax upon the pro riotorg for our here which the have leased, whether they derived any nslit

free: it int 0 shape of rents or not. If such a tax as that pro- "9'

prised by the hue. member's ( r. Mooney‘! srneiidnisnti should be imposed, its exsctiori or payment sbou d be so regu- lated, that no proprietor would have to pa it. unless for such elliis leesed lands, as he eetuslly receive resits for.

Hoe. Mr. POPE‘. It would really a peer, es ' seine lice. mem- ber! expected. that in every rnseseio

rd zthe Go- there‘ ought to be found el'eetss mouse for redress Go

VCIUICBU , of ll blic grievnees. With tothe b’ t ed -‘ sidearm. , the Go_v'srnr_rient lied e of IO pibllfl lol ¢°W.0'fllI:. it. Report, recom- Deedhg the In of a Bill for t sstebliehirteet of a system edeee lee the

of t t Colony, to the support in rt, by

the imposition sfe tea efsris Iaelf-pensy se euro as all ls bssrieppvevedef rhoselise. eseeiberewbs.ettbs l

*5‘ 9'‘

I‘ 0" in e reteehle

of each Dbtriet and Town and e

to their eireurrieteeess; f by

and %“.""m" amendment, was then

decidedly opposed. Mari also had been persuaded that, by nothing less than an annual tax 0 20s. per I00 acres, could the system be sustained ; and such an addition to their burthene. it was their opinion, the people could not at present sustain. As he had before said, he thought it would be best to allow the question to lie over for final determination in the next Session ; and. in the moiinwhile. to afford the people such irifurmution,ea would remove from their minds all erroneous impression concerning it. [To lrs concluded in our n¢.ct.]

The House having been resumed. Mr. MOONEY submitted the following Amendment to the report; and the question having been put thereon, the House divided : .

Y.‘._Messrs. Mooney, M'Neill, Device, Laird, end Montgo-

-b. avs—lIoriQebles G. Color. 1. Pope.J. Werbnrton , E. Wlielsn, and Dr. Jsrdine; Messrs. Fraser, Wiglrtman, 'I‘liornton, Flynn, Clerk. Palmer. Havilend. and Yeo-ll

“Reeolsed. That the Report be amended, so as to tax rill Lends that may be leased or otherwise lot by agreement ov_verbelIy; and that the said tex be paid by the Proprietor o_r Proprietors of such Thlyefllaljowirig amendment was thus submitted by Mr. MONI-

“ That it be recommended to the Ilouu to add to the amount éserly ex nded fortlie rposes of Edeeetiou, a sum out o I

enerel evenee, from we to Three Thousand Pounds, and th raise the present Government Allowance to School MsItorI.—V|!- 3 £15 end .£l0,—to £25, and £10 ; end that to Female Teachers ion, nralrl it oonditionul on the Inhabitants

any other means they may deem suitable tlieformsr. the sense to be lm iegte thevalsethsreef, by Assssesrstotre ohuewss

oeeeheldsvsafeeeb Districts and Towns." cry. and Y

Ir-

diliiculty uiiglit be experienced in finding him out.

no lie hn el

they derived on iiiimedi-iie income; for the vi.-ry fact, that they 0 _ _ _ ,_ ' least incliiieil to tnlio any. the least reirponsiliiliiy upnri tliciiiseli-cs.

oyelty, to raise a Iilie serri by As- ,5.“ ,3. "g M,‘ .. so If . esprhsslse oceerred tn the

ed eot.lieve cold water tlwowri u t

Colee,. bertoe,J.P .E.Wbe iru‘ 1.47.1" _II’ F’-TOW. pans. purp::, s more a igious t . Mooney, and hI'Netll,—l4.

soriptioe list Id be or whatever

Lends, into the Treasury of this Islebd, the same to beepproprlated for the par ceptiiig the Tenant to be free from such toe."

of General Etlucetiori,—Saving always and ex-

MORNING SITTING. THUIIDAY, Feb. 26th

Btu. 'ro riisvlitr -run ltimiiiiio er Lhltil or Swine

AND Geese. (Conlinuedfrorri our last.) _ Mr. THORNTON. in reply to an observation of Mr. Coles. said

it was not to be expected that the aiiiinrils, when turned upon the roads, would know igli-w furs. talta the liberty of paying an uiiwclcoiiie visit to any part of win Island, unless ten or a dozen boys were set to lice them within nietce and bounds. 'I‘liree or four ears ego, the t en lIouee.of Assembly passed it Bill imposing it no upon the owner of all pigs found at liirge without being yoked, to which the Legislative Coun- cil wished to ed other restrictions, b_v ringing them, and so it ended in nothing. ' plated change could not be carried out. where the farms were cleared; but then another obstacle presented

eye from by-ways. They might, there-