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™ j frraetion ia the supefier Mahner in velan A rr ry ‘ worry | Ra ‘ ra ater leinan : dused en iitraction til ipe I LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. iwith fab, anda gr ater deuat d is € iney are provided for iy foreign, yesse le, oS. com- - for other kinds o roduee. Huch & great ' : m. The Americans have ves-{t pina tie ; : are | ; j . 3 : sawed iw tha figh> | pared wi our own. ‘Th mericans | SUMMERSIDE Fisiiis COMPANY. number of people betng emgaget in the ng +. tainil ed up expre | : ik meee py | teks burlt Lup ex] yt e , nulates cll braneees of trade. a 1° best of accommodations, and sex: | 1

flon Mri Desewrns : Tan» pleased to hear of ¢ prosperity of | inty ; but i is Hot Véry often that fisher ake fortunes in’ this ¢ ry 1 1 here is too short... I ma: } rom what 1 have [ On x f whoa ¢ ' the fish do very well by it, though the mer chants may sometimes hm ac apr fituble busi ness out of i. Edit. 3 trade eould |! opened up which would be « benefit, and ins cream She prosperity of the country, L would

ncourage it, am glad te see , for [think the

do anything in my power t Lion. ethe \Passtoent: | euch @pbill belore the Liow

fisheries might be made a ree of wealth

to the gountay.. Men living o thousand miles ¢ hae an tf » anil ,

away. Come netre lm Bulinmer and MAAR riches by catching fish ateund our coa ; ; . Lie

and why should pot the inha Sigants of this Is-

Hélieve it can be done

t! land do lkewfse? | It: faroniy required & fitted Gut. and to hava th vivo- | rously and systematically prosecuted, to meke it pay. *f heard of a man at Rustico who paid a debt of £100 last vear, aud had somethitig to epare, with only» the assis- tance of a Small boy iy a bt vaty and T have known. five men to get £53 for one day's work 1 um pleased to see the country waking up to the importance of this bri ich of business, | fot T am confident that mony could be made by. it uf it were properly con ucted. | Hon. Mr. Bern: I believe the fishing busi ness, if properly conducted, would pay well ‘ bot many of the people of this Island who, engage in it do net therou, hly understand | t.

business

Many towns in the N grown we althy hy the fishin Va- rious trades and occupations are fulluwed by the fishernven in the winter. They manulac- ture their owt barrels, and many other arfieles which they require; and if our fish: | ermen would. do su it would be @ great) advantage to them. If the Ousiness was eX: | tensively entered into and properly conducted } it would be a benefit to the larmers as wel! as the fishermen themeelvs, for it would cause @ demand for eggs, butter, potatues, and various articles of agricultural produce We wiald bave a Lome market instead o! having to send thogearticles to a fureign mar- ket. LI would gladly suppor: any practical} wbagsure to encourage this Dra neh of business. flon. Me. McDonarp: I cgree with his! hanor.whoe bast just spoken a3 to the impor-} tance of thedishing. business of this Colony 1 think it shoald be fostered and encouraged, | and { <u pleused to see the people waking up| to the benefit of incorporated companies for! carrying op the fisheries. This is the second | bill of this kind which has been belore us this session, and if the parties are at ail success- ful. 1 bele@e a great many more will embark | in the business His honor from Prince | County (Mr. Ramsay) spoke of that Coun-| ty being ahead of other places, and as far as this bill goes, it is in advance of King's Coun- | ty; but lam Lappy to know that in King’s) Ceuaty there are five vessels being built this |

business.

|

Le » have vessels properly |

{trad

ortiera States have | xs,

2

tseience and experience are bi

: ant ES would have the same effect here If wo had \ f

two thoueand or three thousand men engrg

: ’ } ’

in ile fisherios, if Ww 1 cause a demand « ' : nee hittlo

va ss kiuds of farmer's produce; itt 1 vlacto " i ring ap, and money uld cireul j rh Lam notin favor [ unties as a ; rial yet l W ! sapport a bounty oni for & jew years, 3

s to get the busi ss f y established

7 3) lion. Mr. Tlenprason : This is justly aa- } 1 tol a& very im nt question; nd it ference to bounties, | believe it 13 . } write mnsidered “by all ‘that, asa general rule, they are objectionable. They are a species f protection which dees not tend to benelit ; ; ! . ye for the countey.ip general ; but that dues not tor

mebt_prove that exce; tional cases may

j ° Be roonagee, . .. a thir vhjectionable In it: |

not where me Oly losirahle resalt. Ido seit ma produce @ Gosirahie Fresaie. it

iy T can prove that us is complications and adilfict question. that the Yankees sould prolably ges three fourths of the bounty ; but if they were really resident in the Island, or bringing money ito 1, I teare whether they were Y inkees or Bat taking it as an exception of Che ral rule. if your honors, who have more rience in sue matters than [ have, and

} Fe ‘ iltiesin the C wil

One is sleek

+e } f ntite bust 3s if, from your knowledge of mercantiic busines: and political economy, you are satistied that

on fish would ‘give a stimulus to}

a b yunty t amount

—that it would put a larger of money Jn circulation in the country than would be drawn out to pay ,the bounty, |

i it. Itis a very important lly and ¢ ilmly con-

wou question, and should be ful tered: Ja reference to what bis honor/rom Bay Fortune (Mr. Dingwel!) said about those who gave a part of their tine’ to fishing and a part to farming, mot prospering, Mt may oe an cxcéption td a general*rulé, ut there i: truth in ity fer theaseowho areowa wering betty ecw iwe ‘épinions, ‘or * Jacks of fwo-many trades,” would, ae debbt, lose by thems bupahat saonl L} rather induce us to hail with satisfaction such en-

terprises as the Company which this is intended | for it is admitted thatitis capital } Where there is Combination

will pay where isolated | cases Will not, and it is nore likely to pay where viight to bear upon } it. It avill be surpeisingetl, by the Fall ofethe | year, it Will not prove so eneduraging as tvinduce

many more te apply for acts of incorporation for | the same objeet,

Hon, Mr. Yeo: [remember that some years | wo there was a bonnty given On vessels, but many | ot them did not fish at all, Where would the | i »from? Tt would have to éome oxt | 1 do not think it would be right |

support

to Incorporate | that makes capital and system, a business

bounty Coin of the country. to tax the farmers to give a*butinty tm the fisher- men, It they got a bounty they would not do any | more. Perhaps they would do less; for they would look to the bounty to support them, as they

hy this is guch a case. 7°"

Thev haveethe V tnducement

Nout fare, aud eve is held ont to) v cel aot ‘ ,* ’ wy Our

young wen to ehgage In then young men f oe ve Int els. where They miecet willl | ¢ o ro mile ’ , ‘amet vf Success li then becomes a amen my whether it weeald be expedientto grant | ¢ \ would encourage persons to hil er i j ‘ diy eaun kee] i. men on the Istaud ' i \ ‘ vv | 1 the ey they make at ‘ ® \ * . { as Phe quest vis not belore s \ I 1 . i " I do not wish to ¢ it myself to y pia ular \ if it should come’ up; but I nk t! s dve'strong arguments to show thatert a ; M ty Ww el Upol Verse belonging to ur Own poo} t would be an advantoyge to the le aud &¢ ree uf the Islaud. J] ‘do hot

the fisheries are

‘ hkely tu be prosecuted |

ne gteat euccess

th vel'y t till the Island is more extebsively pojiulated, or till we have oie eu ition te afford facilities tu supply

oteat want ot labour which is wow very meh felt id’ the’ Colony.’ If) encooragement |

1 Were given to a sound class of homigrant,, |

| - . which? penal. It is merely. impris kuow the bil wae prepared s

ly for the fisheries, | le néy say that the laws here were

mment. 1 did. wot but T-heard a state- kf heard His Excel defective in that espects and T aid expect that a bilt of ttris ied vould be brdétight in’ but I do not thark there

it will act will une

jest subpects,

nent outside —indeed | thin

wed be any apprehension thi it if lue se verity upon any of i seal} Hon. Mr. Discwetr #1 satisiied * ‘xolanations of his honor whe ts a imenmer of the Mr. Menderaet); wnd hie hoor the

fied with the

ef i am

movernment

. 4 lew , reef .

Attérney Geueral y bat E must say thet ther ape yy ' fore thi foute with-

many bills which ‘conre betore im : — ; th ; out any explrnation, and T tutnic this au to. the

len mnt Liew mewmpers of that a genticaran introduc rinlanat y ot it me exp itl oT it, @

the Hloase ould vite so u reducing it. I du people.of this [sland rehire such a bil; 4 | haps it wil! not do much harin, ¢ nd it niay be a safegtard, therefore I will not object to if Hon. Mr. McDonaup: After the explat ati fis of iris honor from County (Mi. Lender: son) and hig honer the Atterney Gon ral... aD disposed to support the bill. Lam quite | rey ar Hower i the Banas of ishenent

: ’ rr ng i bill ‘ : . t think the

buf per

the veasou fur tmnt }

Queens

ed to place any requisite the GoveFuient tu prevent the aecomp ist of dny treasonable designs, or the spread uf’ auy4 treasonable epiniovs ah the: Colony, i

any

| have wsed your Oriental Liair Restorer, and with t th appicst rés ulte.

DR, KNIGHY’S |

inv. Epwarno Onn, writiog from Va., February 6, 1566, says > ** iam revret that the frosts of winter should glint pe:

i I y my daughter, 1

my bair, Out to grati 1

too old t

éetus iD at My hair, which two wecks sine ver, 18 COMPLETELY RESTOKED DO TEXTURE OF FORTY YEARS aGo. Lt behalf, L thank you beartily.”’ | yWAN, of the’ ** Sea Queen,” dates

|

émber 27; 1865 5 ** Your Orvienta

wus white as HE COLMR ART my daughter's

Carr: C.U

at Bermuda,

LC Ds

I think it would be a great! aid to the fisheries. | persons should be found iv this Colour (whiel 18 | tar Re corer id Vox ked upon us something miracu- | Our enterprising yeung wea, who are not lovorably Karo we it binglaud for theeloyaity obits | jous by the peo le here Such uiifori, spe edy, desirous to engage in farming, would pursue the | Inhabitants) a erin Ung disloyal ‘ pare, and satis Teets 1 ive never fulluwed the | more attractive employment of the fiisheries, and) wauldche glad to baye a law hy which they could | use of any other pr pare Gri acs cag “aa the want would be supplied by those who would be) be punished prompt aud never yr .; Ans Exas ee A, art ta i ts SAYS ‘: ies Lte come and supply their places. I thing it |) The committee having gone through the bill, the | letter, dated May 9, 18066 ; wonu’t say that 1] would require such a ¢ lass of ¢ migrants, and if! these two th ré combined, the fisheries

would greatly increase. A large amount of ton-! nage would be employed in them, aad the result would be a large cousuimption of the productions

of the Island. There would be a reaction upon the resources of the country which would be a benefit to the whole conmuuiity. out these remarks quite unpre pared, tor I did not | to-day; but as

t before us

> eh ¢ ' “f cl Such & BYyLjece

sof your benors have spe ken.on the subject, these should be wade

exp

have no objections’ that known as myewviews. J kouow that much may be sank wh borli sides pend I taken up this sceetin it wall *be.atthe wext, who- ever hves to s - it, ant thaf the the case Will be fully discussed and decided upoy. I still think thet if a bounty were allowed for a few

hepe that if itis nods

merits of

} years it would tend gréatly te cuvredse the trades

’

of the Colony. oo |

lion. Mr. Desewsnk: Ldid.not think this discussion would -haye taken such a wide | scope, and perhaps it will be taken notice of! what way this Llouse views the matter, For! Dy part, ! am notprepared to givea decided | opinion onthe subject. I feel delicate ip | giving an opinion, as 1 did when the petition] wus presented ; but if the peovle | represent) are favourable to giving a bounty | would | notopposeit, I have no particalar objection | to it, but Ido not wish to injure oue class of the by giving a bounty to another, If young | companies are springing upiin the country, b} dare say it would berdesirable te encourage them | for a few years, but the troubleis to give a boun- | ty in such a way that thee who deserve it would | Ifit would go ‘tod

people

be the persons to receive if those who catch the fish T would vot oppose it,

On motion ctf ** to incerporate ile

Lfhave thrown | >

House was resumed, and. the chairman reported the bill agreed to withoytany amendment. The billbwas then read a third tine and passed. |

bir.

MeDonaid, a bill ide. Fishing Con |

pany ” was also read a Lhird time and passed

liou uuu

the

a WAM CT y JUST RECEIVED, Per Schr. ‘‘ Vincent,” from Montreal :

{ (PEELS. No. on FLOUR,

A 100 Bbls CORN MEAT, S

1 Super fiue Catedu

oU. Bags No. PT SHIP BREAD,

BO, dv No. 2 do,

33 Boxes TOBACCO, 10's,

150 SidesiNo. 1 SOLE LEATHER,

60 Dez. SODA WATER,

30 Dez. CHAMPAGNE CIDER,

J00: Boxes SOAP,

50 Cases CLARET, (St. Julica Medic.)

Also in Store: { Casks GIN, (DeKuyper'’s), 1 Pun. Bourbon WHISKEY, + 3 Casks Hennessey’s BRANDY, pale & dark T qr. Cask U, ©. WHISKEY, : 1 Cask Scoteh WHISKICY, :

109 Bags SALT, (Liverpool), 12 Cases CHAMPAGNE,

10 Bois. Betded ALE and PORTER; 2 Hhds. ALM (MeCallent’s), supetior. JAROBERTS ECKART,

Peake’s Brick Building, Water Sirect.

July 23, 1866. Hf

REMOVAL!

did -beture, instead of working as they sluaild do, | tt Lthink there are many ways to prevent it) ravi Subseriber hereby notifies his Ous-

Hon. Mr. McDonaup: His bonor is om posed to giving bounties, and believes there | would be no more fish caught if a bounty | were given ; but we want to encourage peo- | ple to embark in the busimess in a Proper | and systematic manner. As his honor from |

season which will cost as wach as the en-|} Prince County (Mr. Ramsay) has said, they tire stock of the Company to be incorporated should remain out till they get tueir luads, by thie bill, They will edst at least) bat at present they can only go out on fine £1000 each, and they are being built by | days, and the very day they should be fishing »tivate individuals expressiy for the fishing | they are about the shores. Perhaps on fine business. We have had very numerously | days, when they go out they should be on signed petitions presented to the House this| their farms. His honor from King’s County session, praying for a bounty upon mack-| (Mr. Dimgwell) is afraid that if the bounty erel, and | regret that the Government has) were given to the fishermen it would be at

not taken any action upon the matter. A) believe that there is no subject of greater im-| portance before ua than the encouragement | of the fisheries. Large sums are given every | year for the encouragement of agriculture | and the importation of stock, while the fisheries, which, if properly eucouraged, might be of greater importanve to the coun- try than agriculture, are entirely neglected. Many young men leave the Island and bring bome $400 or $509 each for their summer's | work—fishing in American vessels for four, or five months. Now, if a number of vessels were fitted out here, there is no doubt bat it would be the means of increasing the trade of the Colony very much, aud it would keep

the expense of the farmers. Just as weli might the fishermen say that the farmers receive bounties at their expense, for they do get bounties in the shape of grants for the importation of seed, and stock, and in various other ways. It way be said that the effect | of these grants is a general benefit to the Is- land, just so it would be with a bounty given |

from going into there lands. Hon. the Presipent: The reason the people | petitioned for a bounty this year was on account of the heavy duty put upon mackerel by the Uni ted States Government. It was thought that it would throw a damper pou those whe were pre- | pared to engage in the States is nearly theouly market we have for mack- erel, and the high duty will place our fichermen in a very disadvantageous position. Lam of opi- nion that this season will net be a very successful one for the mackerel fisheries, for | understand that a number of steamers are to be on the cvast, and it is well known that where they run macker- el are not caught. That bas been found to be the casein the Vuited States. Before the last treaty there were three or four steamers on the coast, and our fishermen made poor fares, which they attributed to the presence of the steamers. ) If such a number of steamers are to be on the coast this season as we hear of, I aim of opinion that there will be very few mackerel caught in the | Gulf. }

House resumed.—Bill reported agreed to.

On motion of the Hon. Attorney General, abil!

The United |

business,

tomers, and the publie generally, that since the late Fire, whereby bis premises, on Queen Street, were destroyed, he has removed to that building on RENT SPREET, next. door to the premises of Mr. JOHN SCOTT, Carriage Builder, where he is prepared to carry on his Business in all its branches as usual. Having been a heavy loser by the fire, he takes this opportunity to request all persons indebted to him to make immediate payment of their respective amounts, as his Books will be placed in the hands of an Attorney for settlement aud collection ou the Ist of SEPTEMBER next.

AUGUSTUS HERMANS, Gunsmith. August 13th, 1.06.

NOTICE.

LL Persons indebted to CHARLES f BELL, formerly of Charlottetown, but at present residing in Auckland, New Zealand, are hereby notified to make payment to the Subseri- ber, Aftorney of Messrs. Joun S. MCLEAN and Joun B. CAMPBELL, of Haiifax, Nova Seotia, Merchants, to whew all debts due to the said

‘or the encouragement of the fisheries. A |‘? consolidate and amend the laws relating to the | CHARLES BELL have been. assigned by Deed

oumber of vessels would be built for the pur- pose of carrying on the business properly aud | systematically. A large amount of money | would be put tn circulation, and wore vould | be retarned tothe Treasury than the amvuunt | laid out. His honor a'so said the farmers, | us a general rule were better off than the |

conveyance and transter of real and personal pro-

perty vested in Mortgagees and ‘Trustrees, was

read a second time, committed, and reported |

agreed to without any amendipent.

Adjeurued till to-norrow at 1 o'clock.

Wepnespay, May 9th.

. . |

On motion of the Hon. Mr. Henderson, a bill

méey of those young men on the Island) fishermen, bat it is because the fishing business |g. phe regulation of the Militia-and Volunteer

who flow go away. And, perhaps. out of every huudred who go away, not more than eighty return to the Island. They settle in| the United States.

Oona the Presipenr: I do nut think nalf of | them return.

Hon. Mr McDonatp: Well. I do not know}

that they do, as his honor from the first) and when they go’fishing on the shares they | ed with the nature of the bill, aud would like to

isnot properly carried on. It is well known that those engaged in the fisheries can pay higher wages than farmers can pay. Far-| mers Cannot pay more than £4 a month, and it is doubtful if a man’slabor on a farm will | returp that much ; but those engaged in the | fisheriesoften pay 6, 8 or £9 a month for men, |

CROWN AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY BIULL.

On motion of the Hon. Mr. Hendersou, a bill for the better security of tue Crown and Govern- ment of the Usited Kingdom within this Island, was read a second time and committed.

Hon. Mr. DINGWEEL said he was not acquaint. |

Forces was read a third time andpassed. 1 | |

district of Queen’s Connty (dir. Beer) said.) often make more thun the largest of those | hear its provisions explained. the manufacture of barrels would be an impor-| sums, [ bave known a man-to make £50 in Hon. Mr. MCDoNaLD was of opinion that when |

tantand profitable business for the fisher.nen | one season. That shows that 1618 a mOr@ pro- | @ measure ofthis kind was brought betore the | ja the. Winter. “The Americans buy a great! fitable business than farming, and 1 would | House, there should be seme explanation of its

many @f their barrels in Nova Scotia, and | koow they, would give more for barrels manu- | factured bere. . They would give a half more | than for those manufactured in the States, | The men who embark in the business are. not generally men of large cxpital, and if this should be an unsuccessful year they will | absendun it, and thus the trade wil! be thrown back twenty years; but if a bounty were! given, it would encourage them to continue another year. - [regret the Government has’ not, ere this, introduced @ measueé in compli- |

like to encourage our people to engage init) properly, fur then it would be mure profit- able. 1 donot think it is fair to say we will not give a bounty at all. A bounty was given before, as his honor from Prince County (Mr. Yeo) bas said, but it was giver on a wrong system. It was given on vessels, and every old vessel that could be obtained was fitted out, and claimed the bounty wien per- haps they did not fish at all. Lhe proper way isto give the bounty to the men who eatch the fish. His honor from Queen’s

anee withthe prayer of the petition. Weknow County, (Mr. Henderson) was afraid that the that persons fishing from this I-land will have | coutitry would go ‘into the hands uf Yankee

to compete with the Ameri¢cons at a great

disadvantage. Not only have the Americans

more Experience io the business, buat they | have an advantage of two dollars per barrel,} which ia the duty they have jot upon mac- | kerel. . [fa bounty were given it would en- able our fishermen to compete with them. Jam ed te see people get)ing in the way of embarkingyin ibe fisheries ip Companies. They do not do so to ary-exten: in the United

States ; butdilteen or twenty or thirty men oftén associate tozether, and one person man-! ages for them. This enables persons who! have a smal] amount of capital to have an

apeculators, Lub there are-very dew such men here, and if they are_living hire and teach our people to engage in, and. carry on the business properly, they bavea right tw a shape of the bounty. I regret) that the Goyern- ment bas not brought forward a measure.to | give a bounty, for L believe it would be a) getieral benefit to the country. [lis bonor | from King's County (Mr. Dingwell) thought | if it was such a profitable business there was | no necessity for a MBufity ; bat a business | may be very profitable when it is thoroughly | understood, and yet people be afraid tu, em- | bark in it. It is well known that persons in

provisions given by a member of the Government. It interfered, in some respects, with the rights of | the subject, and if there was any necessity “for it the House should be acqaainted with it.

Hon. Mr. Henperson: The reasons for pass- ing this billare, in niy opinion, guite obvious. I have not been specially, charged with giving any | explanations or reasons for passing it; but I con-| sider that as there is no enactuent oa our sia | tute boook equivalent to the enactiwnents of this | bill, the state of the world ia general, and of these | Colonies in particuiar, dou appear to call for such | a measure. Not that I apprehend that any por, | tion of Her Majesty’s subjects in this Island have | a desire to act such a part asto render a mea-| sure of this kind necessary; but we have reason | to kKuow that there bave been parties insinuating | themsecls és anoeg the people of this Istind, wie- | ther few_or wany I cannot say, but the fact I do | kniw, that'they are’ trying to get the people

to) jact a treasuiable part. We may therefore take ft]

for Branted that where they would see Her Ma‘ | jeaty’s property dnprotected by law, they would} persist In tampering with the loyally of the culo-! nists, Auditis weil known that parties having such objogtsin view are trying Té ascertain what our po- sition i8,—hew our banks and magazines are situ- ated, avd what the feelings of the people are, aud | Where they may, with the greatest probability of | sncees’, steer their course, so as to succeed. in their traiterous desigus. Therefore I do say, asa

interest ia a vessel, One assists another, and j town have a considerable amount of money member of this House and a member of the Go-

I hope the same mode will be adopted here. |

Hon. Mr Ramsay: His honor from Bay Portune (Mr. Dingwell) thinks there is no- thing to be made by the busin: ss.

llon, Mr. Gixcwern: | suid in general,) the persons who caught the tiel were uot en- | riched by that means.

Hon. Mr: Rausay: Perhaps his honor has} never been jn tie Bay Chalear where twenty | or thirty large Ships are laden with fish every | year. fave seen nine large 5!\ips dismasted, | waiting till theis Cirgoes were Chugiit; and |

jmuight have sume Chance to compete with the

on which they are not reeeivihg any interest, | and yet they would not give it out:to) parties ‘to engage lu the fishing business, because they are tet acquainted wih it. ‘Phe parties:vot baving realestate to represent, eaneot dbtain money, | and they cannot embark in the fishing business | Without it. We want to let these people Lave to say there. is something they cam depend: apen ; | and while they bave to pay wi duty of two deilars per barrel in the Uuited) States:amanket, tliéy should have ene here te meet ity se- that they

Americans.

if it were not & paying business, it would not) Hon. Mr. Yeo: Tis hener speaks about those

be entered into so extensively. 1 Lave seen | engaged id the fisheties being abla w pay such

some fishing establieh ments bere, but none | high wages as compared with’ wit the’ farvers

like what { bave-tcen in Carrinquet, where | | eas iflord to pay ; then whiy should we tax the

have seen 50Q@ Boats going o@t (rom one little | farmers, Who cannot pay high wages, forthe pur- d ing {

: . ose of g bounty to the Gshermen

ace n the ha ie - Many o hem ; . | pee ot giwing a } -

vg till the ge ngs loa a ’ ie stay Hiew. ATTORNEY GENERAL: L do not know vu y 2 . ace.

Some Of them | whether itis the intention of the Government to rode out the great gale in tsel, when so Many bring this question of a bounty before the Legis- Amerieans were lost. We wart Letter boats | jacure this session or not,but so much has been said here, so that they evuld stay out till they get! that it will be expected that the opmion of this their loads, and not run-in every night gs | House will beeheited: and athough I do not they do at present. profess to be competent to judge of the propriety on. Mr. Divowenrn: T ean scarcely an- | ef giving a bounty to the fisheries, yet I must cou- derstand the arguments of your honors fess that muy inclination leads me rather to go in You say the fishing business is so very pro- | |'°"" fi atthe present tam. FE know: it has . money to be made by it—and been tried during my legislative experience, and titable, : considered to have tailed, or not to have given | you wish to have a bounty given. Well, satisfaction; but still, L think the Legislature | ier is given 1 must ¢ ime out of the wiightdo Worse than te give. a bounty upen the | poekets the farmers, and if the business is’ catch of mackerel. It has been tried by the peo- | *0 very olitable, 1 do not sce why those | ple of the United States, aud the subject has been who engage in it should require a bounty. | very generally discussed, but L believe the bounty 1 do not wiskte discourage the fisheries, far | has always beea maiutained Dbeheve it is graut-| ts ; but if J have been able to discern | ¢d at the present day in Maine and some of the | it is that those who engage in the | er States, Now, if they have placed a duty of

; i es not been the most Ptosperouy: ‘twe dollars in gold upon farcign weckerel, it will | bose who have given their whole’ time’to | eperate ef course against the interests of this ls-)

| . . land, and it weuld therefore, become a question

farming have generally been uwre prosper- ous than those who have given o part of their, time to fishing anda part to farming. 1 would to, ace the lisheries prospering— | to see Compahies estallished in all parts of the Island—-but we sliould be very cautious | in. givi , fort will r-quire ave peg te: meney, aki i 4st is coud | a very profitable Dusiness I do not see that it is required. . lon: Mr. Burr. If by givinya boanty to the amount of £1000, we could receive and | ES in e:reul ation £10,000, Ltiink it would! acting on the principle of © throwing a! Sprat to catch mackerel ;"’ and though it | would come out of the pockets of the far- mers, in. the first instance, it vould po into’ them afterwards. We have n. fishing busi-. ness here, properly speaking, sod we want. to encourage and establish sucl a business | pie alter. afew years it would maintain iwelf. Millions of dollars have been paid io the United States in bounties on fish. They have two or three objects in giving this bounty. They get their markets supplied

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| whether it was the only way to enable our people

| to compete with the Americans forthe Legislature te grant a bounty. lu the first place it may be said that it is nothing more than giving a bounty | to one ¢elass of the people at the expense of | another, and that we could not give a bounty tu the fiviefinen withoat faxing the farmers to pay it, but each person must, of course, be prepared tu ray lis yuvta vf taxation for whatever purpose it is intended, aud it mest not bey forgotten that the people fave taxed thense!ves largely te con- tera benefit upon the farmers. been voted for the purchase of land, which is exe | clusively toy the beuefit of the farmers. A great deal would depend ov the manner m which a bounty was granted; and if the Legislature eon- sidered it expedicuit to graita bourity, T believe it would be a very great benetfitto the Island. If ibe mackerel fishery were prosecuted in large ves- sels it would be amuch more certain and. advan- tageaue business, A great number of our young

men gv inte the employment of foreigners, where | they can make more money (han they eaa at home, aud very often they quit the country and settle in| the neighboring Republigg, vow, what is the rea- | son of this? It appears rather sfrasigeé! but whea | itis enquired jut it will be found that the pria- |

Large sums have |

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vernment, that there is a neeessity for this bill. It is net uncommen in Great Britain, when any- thing extraordinary arises, to have enactments of this kind., I remewber that, a few years ago, when some person having a desire for notoriety, fired at Her Mojesty, a bill was introduéed tor the security of Her Majesty's person, in the way of extending the superiority-of the laws, ard ] thiuk itis ne more than right for the Government gud the Legislature of this Island to passa mea | sure like this. Aud if, after,a calm, delibera tive view of the case, and uuder a due sense of our obhgations to the Quecik— whose coronation bath implies that each of her subjects should reei- pro¢ate the very terms and: stipulations ot thut vath,—auy pf your honors should consider that any clause ef the bill goes Heyond what the pros pechve hecesgities of the casé require, it is your | duty, while you would protect Her Majesty's in terests,aleo to protect with equal care the rights of each of Her Majesty's subjects under the flag. Hon. ATry. Gen.: I think a bill of this kind | had better be a part of the laws of the Colony, as | it has been for many yearsa siatute of Great Bri-| tain, for I believe it is little more than a literal | copy of an act passed in Britain forty years ago’) or more. It is true, we bave laws relating to | felonies and to the crime of treason; but there may | be offences which may be nearly as serious as | treason, and yet cannot be brought within that class of crime, 80 as to be punishable under those | laws. Some years ago, as your honors may recol- | lect, there were great riots in Manchester, which created great alaru: in the minds of many ef Her | Majesty’s subjects. Great multitudes of people | asseuibled in a rivtows manner, yet without cog initting anything that would come within the de- fiuition, of treason, And in cousequence of it being found difficult to punish people of that kind, | thé British’ Parlameut passed an act, of whieh F4 believe this is a copy, and which has been beted upon there ever singe. Now, in alf theUplouies, | L think it is right and proper that the lawa, as re. | guards the Crown and the safety of Mer Majesty's | Government, should de assimilated to those of | Great Britain. We live in extraordinary Limes. | There is a spirit of restlessness or lawlessness | tid though it muy not reach our pepula- tion, yet it is better to have a law such as this to meet any Hecessity that might arise. “Phis bill, 1 presume, 8 merely to render more effective the

| Without bringing themselves within the crime of |

treason, aud who, without an act of this kind

night escape punishment. Ido not think it gan inflict any wrong upon aay person. IL requires clear proof of a man’s intention aud acts before he | ean be convicted. A wan might do just as bad as| an overt act of treason and not come under that | It is very difficult to convict a man/of treason ; and with that hawanity which charac. |

| terizeé@ British juries, they are’ loathe to pronounce | shop TY Ht VE ACRES OL.

a war guilty udless the evidence is very clear | against him. If he dees not come strictly within | the letter of the law, he way escape, though guiity 5 burt wider thid taw the inay-be' tried for a felytinus | juteation, and then he would not be so liable to escape if ho was guilty. The pusishwent is not

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