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, Bil propfles’to'mabe great alterations ,. . . . j though-it is'hot long since it had all?!“ to extend the, time ; it is proposed to allow expiros‘sfter the seizure, before a sale can take place. 'fi _, 43.11.01in are allowed .: there are thousands of leases to thirty days, it will go to interfere with those, it will inter- leaseo in the country, it goes a very great length. and ttltinloit. just by any means,—suppose an individual gives V of band payable at a fixed time. would it not be extraordi- ho was not compelled to pay until six months after it became one is quite as redson‘able as the other. " II' this Bill be- it. will have the effect of disarran‘gmg the existing agree- “ Landlord and Tenant ,; it is not in accordance with In any other country, and he must oppose it. . “RAE; as the Bill is only to relieve the Tenantry in a small as-it io.only on half and half measure he was sorry the he"- would not go with it, particularly as the resolutions pre- y the honourable member go much farther than this ; be A tenantsthemselvcv had better petition; if we mayjudge ‘ ' ‘ aiuly shows what we have to expect, if this small boon , hallowed 3 he had reasonable grounds for thinking that our ions oflhe good to arise from the Squatters’ Bill will be sadly ' u ;Imust acknowledge, I have now very little hope of a rthe distress ol'the country, it is this that makes them break ' WON! would support the Bill’s going into Committee, - - then go into its details, he must say he did not think gin -i out time in the winter, it would be more reasonable r; it is well known, a great depreciation ofa. farmer’s occurs in the winter, it is then worth next to nothinv. Col.“ quite agreed with what had fallen from the hon. member » '1 - just spoken; it was not worth one fourth in the winter season. 69023:. was of opinion, this measure if carricd would be a to both landlord and tenant; that which suits other countries, sibly apply to this; our seasons are different, leaving out rs; let it go into Committee and it can be amended. Luck, in reply to what had fallen from the hon. mem- " to make it‘an object of relief to thc Tenant to break » they had entered into, yet he does not attempt to lin of the leases ; this will change the conditions agreed - ghoutthe Island, and contracts will be rendered useless.— revivc the Escheat question, why not call it by its right he would not say the fees that were now charged did not evislon; he thought an alteration was called for, so far as t, but. he thought the principles of the Bill approached those mcaiures that had so often been mooted by certain hon. thgug ' -ell‘ectually ; he had gone with them to endeavour try, almost beyond what he considered to be just

_ the to > proprietors. “76 may yet do some good if we keep in a con- ol path, but we shallnot ifwe attempt extreme measures. lie on. to see this House‘brought into the disrepute that the last , and he could not give a silent vote to a Bill of this

ACINTOSH doubted the legality of the contracts, but be this y, it was found out the conditions could not be complied with; not consider they were worth one farlhing, and under the say, what did a landlord get by distraiuiug? the cxpeuccs

't fluerally swallowed up the whole that was .found on a

‘ - x ACAULAY observed, surely the hon. member who last spoke, _; contend that a lease is not a lease, or that a covenant is not ‘ at; and he had not heard any one yet say that the leases the existing distress of the country; it must be acknow- to do away with the great fees attending a distraint, and lid: longer time after a seizure, to get the money together, omo religi'to the tenontry. He does not see the danger in 3 that the hon. member for Charlottetown (Mr. Palmer) con- : House thian resolvgtself into a Committee of the whole, 999]” In the Chp’Ir— d after a rather long debate, in which

r'o'ftho Committee took part, particularly the hon. the Speaker,

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_ Palmer, Cooper and Rac, who were Inost conspicuous, it was ' agreed to, with amendments. _ . 7. , . r . ' y, . —— ‘ a ‘ Tocsmv, March 14. , . D. Macleon presented a Petition from a number of

‘ Inhabitants of Rustico, and its vicinity; setting forth the , ions hardships that are sustained from the unpust oppres- . L I’ yranniziog landlords, the cruelty of agents, and the l ‘ fmpflcgicability of paying; the enormous rents and arrears of on which are being extorted, and which they are so Im- Juotlylcompelled to pay; that they cannot conceive the rea- ' son why~ equal justice should not be administered to them _noyvoll»as in the neighbouring Provinces. That they are Managed by Sir Robert Peel’s declaration, that the laws l ht to change to suit the condition oflhe people, as well I ad" 0rd John Russell’s despnlch, declaring that contract null (Ila void When there is no pOSsilIility ofits being performed. ( " That the unfeeling manner with which every enactment . Insure by the last House ol'Assembly respectiugrents wastreat- ,j’d by the Legislative Council; the rclontlessaud oppressive “measures resorted to by those claiming rents and their agents, , together with the depression oftrade and the impracticabi- i

. .6, my ofruising money, with many other evils which might be genomeroted, call loudly tor rellress—and praying the House Raketbe‘ir case into consideration, and to cause such pro-

' dings to adopted, to alleviate the evils so Justly corn- , , . d of, t' _y in their wisdom may deem meet; but ' 1 ' Ill their endeavours prove inefl'ectuul, that they will be plonsed.to supplicnte Her most gracious Majesty to cause ‘tbis unfortunate Colony to be annexed to Nova Scotia or

Dom , ther neighbouring Colony. fired to the Committee on the State of the Colony.

., 4. y be Bill ,to alteraud amend the Acts relating to the Steam 1 “Navigation Company, was read a second time, and commit- l tell tga Committee of the whole House. I 3;: ’ Tho clause repléaling that part of the former Act which l -' provides that the Steamboat shall touch at Georgetown once _'§sfortnigh! ‘Wns agreed to without a division; as also the - ~6lnuso authorizing the Commissioners for managing the alarm held by the Government in the said Company, to buy the shares held at Georgetown, paying the holders inter- .mon the money advanced by them at the rate of four per gent; and also authorizing the said Commissioners to pur- ch the twenty-nine shares remaining unsold in the said

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directiqos of the Slc'nm Boat Company, a division took

place, 14 voting for‘ the clause, and Messrs. Cooper, Ding- well, ItIncintoshpDJllacdomIId, Beairsto and Fraser against it. . 0n the House resuming, the amendments were agreed to, ad the Bill ordered to be engrossed. ,

The Bill to provide a mode of compensation for parties whosol atom been flooded by the rising oftbe water in Mill;ng I , as read a second time and committed. 'I'lIe

‘ Minutes rose without reporting—so the Bill was lost.

r. Fraser, after alluding to the very irregular attendance {ifpmombem and the consequent dcluy oi'public business, ‘ wt forward a motion, of which he had previously given E , that in future the Journals shall be read each morn- (jug at half-past ten o’clock, immediately previous to which .. filo rclsballfilbo called over, and any member not then In "MI place, or retiring without permission from the chair, shall I qutfeitpn’e day’s pay. The rule, he remarked, had been for- l merry adopted m Nova Scolin, and he thought it was much “called for here—The motion, however, was so coldly recei- and, that the hon. member thought proper to withdraw it. Indeed, We believe, it was not even seconded.

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. 1’ WEDNESDAY, March 15. . Ir. Dingwoll presented a. petition, signed by 330 oftlIe riculturisls ofKing's County, stating the inability oftbe Tummy to pay a money rent, and praying that measures may be adopted for their reliefl Referred to the Committee on the State of the Colony. . ’

The House went into Committee on the Bill to continue Load amend the Act for the encouragement ofsuiling pack- --ets-betwoen Georgetown and Pictou, and belWeen Bedeque

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, Shediac. The allowance for the Belleque packet con- tinues as formerly, at £30 per annum; while that for the 4 Georgetown packet has been increased from £50 to £70. " "r '11). additional £20 was only carried by a majority ofone. ‘ 'Mr. Locgworth, from the Committee appointed to prepare and bring in a Bill to amend the Academy Act, reported a Committee. Socond reading on the 22d lush, . ' The Bill to alter and amend the Acts relating to the Steam vaigull00:_CQInplgny:m read the third time, and passed—

course of roccctliu" bv c'nclmuul. l‘ a .

than the proprietors; the latter, he feared, got but very little after the agents were satisfied. “ In fact," said the hon. member,

agents, were disqualified from acting in such capacity.” He thought other persons more lit, "I'll bad no doubt the exchange would be utlcndod with great benefit to both landlord and tenunt. As to including Mr. Morpel‘b iu the examination, no cause ox-

frmn the lion. member Whu bad just resuqu his seat, so far us tn the exclusion of Mr. Morpelh. M‘D.) possessed, the tenaulry on lllat eslulc, nftcr meeting

ofthe nutum of which tlu-y were ignorant, nnd had got llelll‘lt‘l'

year, liuluilics lIHtl it

once, and tllrouloncd to turn them (ill agreed to his terms.

on had been put into possession oftbut property; it bull been ric- cilled in London by arbitration in his favor.

would not have them on any terms.

as to the pruprimy of private persons being better qualified than solicitors to perform the duties of agents. He (Mr. You) knew

to talk about was it not for the hon. geullmuun‘s Improved cruelly. But were lion. members ignorant nflbe fool, lb

and other securities, not one of which has he made use of, nor

evory lub stand upon its own bottom.

to such :1 course-lie considered unjust and unmorited. doubt lull that the hon. gentleman would without being much scorched.

Surely there must have been a prnpcllin not have put themselves to lulu-ll incunv maul prevailed, and be considered in

ncccssily of examining those against whom we complaint.

man whose name bod been so unceremoniously used in this House, of lnlc, will be happy to explain his conduct—and the

how far he deserves the cpitbcts l

boaran be baviuu nlreadv . 7 3'

ho rugrctlcll lo hour, and if foumled on fact, it was making an unusual and be

rablc, und unless that gentleman could show doing so, be was highly blameabln, parlicul principal Crown Utficers nftbe Colon filsubjecl to be Investigated by u spec

in this House, ns several of the Proprietors' to take produce instead llfcnsh for rent. had known nfscvaral persnns lmving through the oppression ofngems, to go Into the (enquiry.

ed, composed of Messrs, Cooper, D. Maclenn, D. Mncdonald, Douse, Thornton, J. S. Macdona Longworth.

was referred the, Memorial of THOMAS IRWIN, aid to cnablcbi‘n to publish‘nn elementary book Mickmuc Language, for the purpose oi'convaying instruc-

' s,’ . Yet“. 12; Nays, Masai-s. Dingwoll,lllIacilItosb, 5. ; ~

Several Bills were forwarded a stage; after which the House resolved itsell'into a‘ Committee oi'Supply, when se- veral votes to pauper: were agreed to. The claims of the following persons wererejected, viz: Margaret Cam‘pllfll, John Austin, William Holmes, Alexander Munu, bill‘ula

thlau, Mrs. Ann Le Page, Adelaide Murphy, Phillip Cooley .

, Tuonsnn, March 16. t r ' __ ller Coons, in adverling in the slate of tbe Colony, soul, It Would be necessary torobtnirrdircct lltl‘xll’lnfltlllll prevmuslothefub: je‘rt being‘agaln taken up by the House. A clrcumstanlto lmrl‘lfllfll.“ come to his knowledge, where a man, lIIa Wife, and, lie-beliet'elb ten children, were turned out nfbuuso and home upon’tllo mercy oftbe charitable, even now, at this irlclomcntseasnn. The suf- fimngs ofllIis wretched family bud been truly deplorable. Was not enquiry into such a state oftlIiugs rendered highly necessary? It was tor worse than sending a man to Jail for debt, for then the creditor must support the debtor; but these proprietors exerctse their cruelly without a thought of what becomes ufllIe ejected puor creatures thereafter, who have no poor laws to resort to; II“ relieving officer to whom they could state their (leslitution, and who would be bound to relieve their wants, as by law compelled lo do in England. Surely the conduct ofthose who inflict such severily should be investigated before a Committee of this House; The perpetrators ul'sucb cnurmilies ought to be compelled to provide for those who have improved their property, or send them home where there are poor laws to protect them from actual starva- tion. He Concluded, by moving that the Rule requiring previous notice be suspended; and that a Special Committee be appointed, to inquire into the primer-dings ofIlIe Solicitor General, taken against the Tcnantry and Sqllatlnrs. in his capacity of Land Agent; and also into the manner in which the Agents of Mr. David Stewart are sntlling the inhabitants upon the lands claimed by him—with power to scnd for persons, pllpcri and records. a

Mr. D0055 :Issttlicll the Housc he would not Oppose the motion. In the case alluded to, be. believed llIcrc had been a regular Let the inquiry. however. be extended; let the whole of the agents be cxunfiucrl; he did not dread inquiry into his conduct as an agent. Lot ll be con- fincd to fuclsnmd ifcrucllies and unjustifiable means have been resorted to, let us son who arc the guilty parlics—-tbcu the salllllu will be put on the right horse. I'Iu would go hand and heart in any \vell-nliviscd measure that Would lend to the good nftlle country; lull such doctrine as a proprietor being compelled to support an ejected tenant, wbusc conduct probably had caused it, he must confess the equity ofsucb a measure he could not com- prcbeud. -

M r. 'I‘uonxrnu Would give his support to the motion ofllm lmn. member for King's Counlv. He also agreed with what lllul fallen from the hon. member (Mr. llouse) ofrmlking it'nmru general, as a means inwards discovering who are in reality the guilty parties. The innuccul should not suffer furlbe latter individuals lflbo motion is ugrcf‘d to, we may be enabled to place the burden on the shoulders ufllmse wlIo oughtto bear it.

Mr. ero's ubscrvalluns [coded to cxculpate M r. Stewart's agents. Hc'tboughtlbo Tcnunls on Lot 30 ball llllle. ifany, cause to Complain. The Hon. tbn Sollcilzzr (icucrul had also advertised to recnivc produce in payment “from, at a price that could not be made nfit in the market. He (Mr. Yen) lbnugbt be could give the Hmlse as correct an account as could be gathered by an ex- amination uftbusc gnnllclncn,aml what result was expected from

such a course, be was at a loss to understand.

Mr. Rn: dill not like to remodel anutbcr member's work; yet he wished Mr. Stewart had been left out of the motion. The

agent for that property, be believed, was as lenient as could be expected. Ho bad beard there was some Inislnnuagcmcotou llllS

properly, but he was ignorant ofany thing turtller than this. The

remainder nfllm lion. member's remarks tended to show the im- practlcubilily ofcxumimug such amass of evidence tbls Session, as some hon. members Wlslled to be carried out.

Mr. (,‘oLns said he thought tllat the agents were more culpable

‘I think it would bl: attended with good results if lawyers on

sled to render tllnt course noccssary. ~ The Hon. J. S. Mscnonxcn was quite of a different opinion

From iulbrululion bl: (M. .I.' S. All».

gents by agreement, had been induced to sign some documents,

eases nor any thing else in return. :oiut cleared up. . I Mr. Huusou knew Something of Lot 30, and he would now like the, opportunity to slate tn the House, that as late as lust quattell thereon, and comment-ell clearingJIm and and ore-cling huts. The agent, however, made his appear- ‘ unlvss lbny imlucdialclv In cunsoqunnr-u oflbis proceeding. the. ad- 'it'c oflbc Attorney General “as taken, who alles‘ed tlwm that t would not be safe to proceed in their impruvonmnls. the land n question still being in dispute—the offer-t of which bud caused uvcrul to leave the lot on which they had squatted.

Mr. Donsn‘ rose to correct the lion. mcmbcr who had ‘lust pnken in respect to Imt 30. Htfzctlllltl assure lllt". House Mr. Stew-

IIe should like to see this

Some of those who lad squatted thereon, were wurlbless characters; be (Mr. Dousc)

Mr. You must differ with the hon.mcmbcr, (Mr. Coins),

eases drawn up by Ike furmcr, who charged more for such than be Lawyers worn in the lmbit nfcbargiug. In his opinion the run. the Solicitor General seems to be quite a god-send to some Inn. members; in fact be knew not what they would have found

at this very suan

ndividual now holds, and has held lbrlbe last 18 months, Bonds

ms he exacted even his fees ibr the preparation nfsucll instru- ncnls. Let the truth come out, Sfllfl the hon. member, and let

Mr. LoanunTH was at a loss to understand why selection was mile of the “on. the Solicitor General us the object ufmtuck; He (llll not pass through the fire

Mr. D. MACLnAN mentioned a case where an individual bad man turned out of his farm at the great ago of70 years. The run. the Solicitor Generul's conduct was the sole cause of the )cuple’s assembling together to petition the House ofAsscmlIlv. g pmver, or they would euicuco. Grenfexvile- quiry ought to be gone into. erul; but he did not see the have heard no

u for as rulutos to the Solicitor Gen

Mr..'I‘uonn-roa entertained no doubt but that the hon gentlr

ounct‘nn opportunity is .given the better. We shall lbcn sec avislled upon lIisrt'putation. as also inclined to give Mr. Murpotlt n , out ofdoors, (lllllletl what had been Hid ufllim in this House; for as soon as it came to his knowledge but people had taken possession on Lot 30, be bud insisted on ilcir rl-umving. 'I'Ilc lmn. mcmbcr'hcrc said be bad understood be Solicitor General was in lhc habit ofrurrying fire nruls. 'l'bis apparently must think an [unnecessary display of ucb weapons. He did not scruple to say it was highly consu- gnnll reasons lbr :ll'ly being one uftllc y, and be thought it was a ial Committee.

good clfecls were already manifesting uflbe discussions that ball taken place agents now offered He (Mr. Wighlman) had to leave this Island and he would wish the House

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Mr. \VIGHTMAN said that Ilemselves, in consequence

The molion was then agreed to, and a Committee nppomt-

Id, Macintosh, Rae and

Mono/Ir, March 20.

REPORT ON THE INDIAN PETITION. The Hon J. S. MACDONALD, from the Committee to whom

praying for in ‘the

real, I). Maedona‘ld, Cooper.

1 _ I I , tion to the Indians pftbatt‘ Illl'lllg; presented the Report of tho ' tee which Is as .0 ows:-—- ' ' Committee have to report, that they have examined the work prepared by Mr. IFWIIly‘HPOII which, In llIeprprqn of your Committee, he must_ have bestowed cousldcla e One-Illnl labour; but, from tlIelrIngoruIIce oi the language in which it is written, they are Incompetent to Judge ofns merits. The members ofthe 'Boprd of Education also say, in their Certificate, ‘uccompunymg 'tlle Petltlon, that the form oflhe work is well calculated for the purpose Intend- ed; yet of its merits respecting the Mickmuc language, they are not qualified to express an opInIoll. And the Right Rev. B. D. Macdonold, Bishop .oi Charlottetown, states, in his Certificate, also accompauymg the paid Petition, that ‘the Manuscripts which Mr.‘lrwm has laid before the Board of Education huvebeeu written by persons wlio_were competent masters oi'tbe Mickmuc Language, and prrulted, would serve as an elementary book to Instruct and convey sound and moral education to the hitherto too-much neg- lects-d Mickmuc 'I‘ribe.’ ' “Your Committee have also examined Mr. lrWlII, the compiler, who status, that ifbis manuscripts were printed, he would willineg devote twelve months grams to the In- structiou of tlIe'Iudiuus; and he feels convinced, from but experience of then“ aptitude to learn, that in the course of that period he would be enabled to convey such Instruction to some oftbem as to reudcrthcm competent to teach others. He also states, that in his opinion, tho cost of publishing a, sufficient number ofcopies oftbe manuscripts, for the use oi the Indians oftbis Colony, would be about £100;.but from the uncertainty they labour under, as to the. merits oi the. work in question, and also li'om the very lunlted number of Indians that usually reside on tlus Isluudptll’ey deem It pt present incxpedieut to recommend the pruning oi a work, the utility of which, for the reasons above stated, may nppcnr doubtful, and particularly as Itllns been “mutated to vour Committee that books ofa simllar nature have been Itl‘llllctl in the neighbouring Provinces; but they have no means at present ofnscerlniniug the truth of such statements;