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NCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, JULY 4, 1859.

No. 82.

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Provincial Parliament.

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

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Sth May, 1859.. THE LAND QUESTION. House in Committee on the despatches relating to the Land Question—Mr. John Yeo in the Chair. Hoo. Col. GRAY—Mr. Chairman, [ now rise for the purpose of bringing under the notice of the hon. Committee the subject which, of all others, [ consider to be the most

important, and which urgently demands the co-operation of

hon. members on both sides of this House to bring it to a speedy and final settlement. Sir, we have aow before us two despatches from a Minister of State whose high private character, brilliant talents and profound knowledge of all that concerns the institutions of these Colonies, afford me the surest guarantee that never in the history of this Island was there a brighter prospect opene] to us for a fair and equitable settlement of the land question. I wiil, with your permission, proceed to read those passages in the despatebes of the Right Hon. the Secretary of State, which give me this assurance :—

[The hon. member then read several extracts from recent despatches of the Colonial Minister, which were referred to and quoted in the Address of the House of Assembly in atiswer to the Governor’s Speech at the opening of the Session.]

Sir, here we find the Secretary of State himself coming forward and meeting us, as it were, half way, and yet, in the face ot so much courtesy and condescension, wo have those among us who resuscitate from the tomb in which I, and, I firmly believe, almost all the people of this [sland had supposed it to have been buried and forever set at rest, not only from lapse of time but also by the repeated decisions of the Home Government, a question, the agitation of which, at the present junctue, in the very teeth of these despatches, is not only extremely uncourteous to the Sveretary of State individually, but is also a manifest insult to the majesty of the British Government, and which, if countenanced by this Hous’, althoagh I feel sure that such will not be the case. may produce results but little conducive to the prosperity o! this Island, annexation to Nova Seotia or New B unswick anid the en‘ire depriva'ion of oar rizhts ahd privileges as a separate Government. But, Sir, I would ask, are we to leave ourselves’ open to the imputation that there are those atdbng us who do not desire a se t'ement of the land question, but who would prefer keeping it open, regardless of the in- jury they may inflict upon a too c:edulous ;eople, and who, by the agitation from time to time.of one or more of its phases, would muke it subservient to their own aims and selfish purposes. And, Sir, I cannot help expressing my astonishment at the specious rea-oning of the kun. member lately at the head of tle Exccutive, to account for his present agitation of what he must well |now is but a delusion, a mockery and a snare. [luwever, we have now the S cre‘ary of State himself inviting us to come forward, and [ trust a consi lerable maiority of this hon. House will agree with me, and not suject ourselves by complicity in such ugitation to a deprivation of that kind consideretion for the affairs and claims of the tenantry of the Is'aad, wh'eh in these despatch- es we see the Right [lon. Secretary so plainly, although it may be, inferentially promisiag. Sir, I have therc‘ore to propound, for the con-ideration of hon, members, certain Reso'uti ns which [ have drawn up without partiality, favour o: aff ct'on, but which, | am consinecd, will be found most coudue ve to the final scttlement of this long vexed question —the fruitful source of much of the bickerings and heart- burninus which have for so many years d's racted the people of this LT land, and which will also give real relief to tei p’esent burdens, and designate the only way in which, by a persistent course of houest industry, every tenant In the Asland may in a few years become a frecholder, and that without subjecting the people to the e.ormous texation which the wild and reckless proposition of the hon. member in his Loan 1 1} would inevitably entail upon them, and their pos- terity. The Preamble and Resolutions are as follows :—

(The jveamble and resolutions here referred to were pub-

cod ia the Examiner of the 6th June last.] sir, it is obvious that by this measure a tenant will hav

- power of becoming a freeholder by a gradual payment by

stalments, without running the great risk which is bow 1n- curred by purchasing under the Land Purchase Act, by the provisions of which the Sheriff is empowered to come in and distrain, and probably ruin the purchaser, who may not be prepared to pay the instalments as they become due to the Government. All this can be avoided—the farm itself will become a bank in which the tenant can invest his savings at good interest. Every incentive will thus be given to the in- dustrious and hard-working man to prov de for the gradual conversion of his leasehold into a freehold tenure. When- ever he shall find himself in possession of a few pounds, by paying an instalment, he at once reduces his annual rent, and as he finds year by year his burdens growing lighter, a double spur is given to his iudusiry and energy ; while, on the other hand, should any casualty occur, such as sickness, failure of crops, &c., as the time for payment of an instal- ment is left to his own option, he need suffer no uneasiness or apprehension, as it will not be in the power of any Sherif to make him afraid. Sir, I implicitly rely on the support of hop. members iv carrying this measure ; and conscious of

their wisdom, impartiality and deep sense of justice, I now)

entrust it for their judgment and decision.

Mr. COUPER—After giving a resume of the Land Question from the original grants—proceeded to show that no reliance was to be placed on despatch: s ; for one Colonial Minister differed from anotber, and instanced the despatches

then before the Committee, as widely different from those of | joye with ever increasing fondness. Notwithstanding,

the late Secretary of State, Lord Stanley ; and the next in- cumbent of the Office might differ from both. It is a principle of human nature that they who endeavor to obtain money by false pretences, ghou!d se every exertion to effect their ob- ject. The British Government has admitted that they have inflicted grievous wrong upon the poor people of the Island,

and the remedy ought to emanate from them. But now,

after jong continued spoliation, the taking some £25,000 or £30,000 a year from the industrious tenants, it is proposed by the resolutions to make the tenantry pay for the freeholds of their farms. He would support the Government in ask- ing for a grant, but it would be most unfair to call upon the seitlers to buy out the unjust claims of the proprietors. He bad prepared an amenment which he would read.

Protestants was impracticable, went to confirm by inevitable inference the absolute property in the gyntees freed from such limitation. His objection to the tenants purchasing the fee simple of their lands came truly with a bad grace from one of the champions of the Loan Bill. Had the £100,000 been obtained under that Bill, would not the tenants have had to repay it? Are not the settlers on the Worrell Estate supposed to pay for their lands? If not, what mean the advertisements in the Royal Gazette, notifying them to meet the Commissioner of Public Lands, and pay their instalments, under penalty of having their properties seized ? By the resolutions before the Committee, the tenant can pay at what- ever times he may choose, as his ogn convenience may dictate, They had been treated to the old story of Escheat, which had formed the burden of so many doleful songs. He would, however, remind the hon. member, that when’ he assented to the Loan’ Bill, he admitted the validity of the title of the proprie' ors.

Mr. COOPER was satisfied to support the Loan Bill, be- cause he did not think repayment would ever be asked. It Was necessary that no great cry should be raise] about it in Englard, which would be the case if direct application were

He was conviuced we would never be called upon to repay the loan.

Hon. Mr. THORNTON approved of the spirit of the Resvlu- tions, but objected to the long Preamble, which, although the hen. introducer said it had been framed in a spirit of conciliat- ion, he considered it as castinz reflections on members of former Houses of Assembly. In one respect the first Resolution differs from the suggestion in the despatches of the Colonial Minister, for the latter intimates*the desirableness of having an impartial ‘* Committee’” to report upon the question. This Utopian idea could never be practically realized, for of whom in the Colony could such impartial tribunal be formed ? The Resolution, however, advocates the appointment of a single Commission, thus resting the decision of the vital in- terests of the people of the Island in a single individual. It would, he considered, devolve too much power and interests of too g eit magnitude on the individual who might be selected ; and if he were ** unconnected with the Island or its affairs,’’ as stated in the Resolution, he would require at least twelve « onths’ attention to the subject before he could acquire the infornration necessary for the proper adjudication of the sub- ject; and before the lapse of that period it might be that he would not be quite so ‘- disinterested’* as at the date of his appointment. ‘The second resolution met his approval, f«r it had always been a principle of his public conduct, if he ¢ould not get all he wanted, to take what he could get, for the the —— The remission of arrears of rent reterred to in the resolutions was a highly proper suggestion. Those arrears cramped the energies of the tenants, and a liberal amount of relief from those burdens which pressed so heavily on many, coupled with the prospect of gradually purchasing the free- hold estate of their farms, would operate as an incentive to increased industry and economy, One great cause of accumu- lution of arrears was the frequent occurrence of disastrous seasons between the years 1845 and 1851. As an agent him- selt, he knew the impossibility of many tenants, during the period referred to, paying their rents. In fact there were many cases in which tue tenants absolutely required ad- vanees to enable them to put their crops into the ground, As to the sum to be paid at one time on account of the purchase of the lanés, he considered £10 too high ; £5 would, he thought, be ; referable,as the smaller the sum the greater would be the inducement to appropriate it for such purpose. Lle could see no reason for applying the principle tu leases of 100 years, and not extending it to those of shorter duration. [hére was ro reason why the tenant, under a lease of 60 or 40 years, should not be placed on the same fvoting as any other.

Hon. Col. GRAY discharged a pleasing duty in expressing satisfaction at what had just fallen from the hon. member. Lis observations were of a character more complimentary than might have been expected, when it was considered how frequently, and to what extent the influence of party spirit enters into the discussion of political questions. The plan developed in the resolutions had occupied his thoughts for some time past. He could not, however, divest his mind of the opinion that the first part of the preamble was necessary. As to the laches of the proprietors, he would not enter into any discussion of that question at the present time, as his ob- | jeet was to conciliate all parties, and obtain harmonious action

in the settlement of this troublesome question. He would ‘only say, that in the management of an estate he would rather lremit to a tenant, unable to pay, portions of his rent, than suffer an accumulation of arrears to depress his energies. As

to the reference to the possible change in the office of Colonial Minister, which had been advanced by the hon. member, Mr.

Cuoper, that might take place, indeeed it was probable that | the present officer would come out to Canada as Governor | General ; but it was well known that the working staff of the |department remained in their situations, and his successor )} would carry out his views. He considered the amount of £10 ' low enough asa partial payment. Any industrious younz man can easily accuwulate thatsum. He had in his own service a re- spectable young man who had been with him about three years, and he had left in his (bon. Col. G.’s) hands some £80. The minimum of £10 could not be considered inapplicable to the circumstances of the people, when a farmer could get £30 or £40 tor a horse. He had no objection to apply the benefits of the plan to leases of less than 100 years’ duration. He had a decided objection to the granting of leases for short periods.

Hon. Mr. LONGWORTH congratulated the country on the fact, that the solution of the nd Question had at length assumed a practical shape in the propositions before the Com- mittee, which afforded a prospect of snbstantial benefit to the people at large. The hon. member, (Col. Gray) was entitled to the gratitude of the country for the mode which he had proposed to settle the matter. As his proposal savoured not of party, 8» it ought not to be regarded from a party point of

and should meet the support of independent members on both sides of the House. He was gratified at the sensible and practical character of the remarks of the hon. member, Mr. Thornton, which afforded a pleasing contrast to the oft-repeated ‘and visionary opinions of the hon. member, Mr. Cooper, at \which, however, he was not surprised, as it was not to be | wondered at that a person. cherishing and advocating peculiar

| opi for thirty years or more, on this particular subject, slant. ig should cling to his first

‘almost to the exclusion of every other, ; e

member must see that the

‘eould not but think tnuat hon.

; ‘2 ; ; ! prinei ied in the Resolutions waseminently calculated into the Island, and no honest man could sanction the idea of a 7U Lagan “aps gore All admitted that a griev- ‘that hon. member, that we should borrow money without in- colony wo ld a

to settle the minds of the people.

‘ance was inflicted by the original grants, but that grievance te

was not of our creation, —it had descended to. us,— and: unless we now endeavoured to find some practical relief, /cend to our terity. As his land) had sa ae valid without condition ; and the Crown having dis- pensed with the performance of the eonditions, the proprietors held unconditionally, and do so to thisday, Besides, our ‘own legislation. as recorded in our Statute Books, recognized ‘and confirmed the titles of the proprietors. The Land Tax Bill, the Land Purchase Bill, the Rent Roll Tax | ¢ Loan Bill. «ll admitted the validity of the proprietary titles. ‘About one-twelfth part of the Island had been purchased by

Hon. Mr. HAVILAND was amused at the line of the Government under the Land Purchase Bill, and that Act argumeat adopted by the hon. member, whose assertion that

had received the support of the hor. member, although the

the condition in the original grants of settlement by foreign | original grants ‘of that property had the same conditions, on

made to indemnify the proprietors from the Imperial Treasury, |

the non fulfilment of which the hon member relied as destruc- \tive of the proprietary titles. The remedies-suggested by the Imperial Government’ were all conceived in a conciliatory = He agreed with the hon member, Mr. Thornton, that the suggestion of the Colonial Minister, recommending an im- partial Cot mittee, was* impracticable, if it was to be com- posed of individuals connected with the Island. No unbiassed tribunal conld be here constituted ; for parties would, of neces- sity, be influenced in favour of the proprietors, or their’sym-" pathies would be with the tenantry; and, therefore, the — in the resolutions, that the Commissioner should e unconnected with the Island or its affairs, met his hearty approval. Let a gentleman, selected from England or the neighbouring Colonies, travel over the Island, and make him- self acquainted with the subject in all its phases—let him satisfy his mind as to the actual state of the people—he would not find any thing like a general disinclination to pay rent. In some districts he would undoubtedly find the tenants largely in arrears; and in such cases he wold recommend.liberal remissions, according to the circumstances of the respective e.ses. The preamble, though. perhaps, some hon. members might consider its language rather strong, he considered neees- sary, in referring to the previous schemes which had been at- tempted by different parties on thisquestion. The first resalu- t on had been objected to by the hon. member, Mr. Thornton, as limiting the Commission to one person. If more were added, thetleast number of Commissioners must be three, in

order to provide for a majority in case of a difference of opinion. Phis addition would necessarily involve great ad- ditional expense, whether tobe defrayed by ourselves,or from

England, knew not; ‘but one ¢ompetent person would, he thought, he quite safficient. ‘There was nothing in this resolution ¢o call for opposition. Conciliation was the only true policy. The Tights ofthe proprietors had been recognized for years; yet while he fully admitted those.rights, it would be found to be impolitic for them to insist on receiving high prices fur their lands. It would be more for t'e-r interest to sell at a moderate figure, -and: get rid of their lands as soon as possible, and with them all the annoyance of hostile -legis- lation and onerous taxation ; nor was it to be presumed that, in view of all the circumstances connected with the agitation of the question of the land tenures, and the general situation of the tenants, that any Commissioner would recommend a high rate. After reading and briefly expressing his approval of the 2nd and 3rd resvlutions, the hon. member proceeded to say, with reference to the 4th, -that he considered it conceived aud framed in just appreciation of the difficulties under which many of the people libotr¥¢,.aad well caleulated to-remedy them. It provided for the payments, on aecount of the purchase, by instalments, at suc! tingessas suited the con- venience cf the temantry,—thus providing against the mis- fortunes of a failare-of crops, or the contingencies to which illness or other causes might subject him who was bound t» pay ccrtain specified sums at fixed periods, whose failure ia promptly meeting his engagements might be the cause of his ruin. By the adoption of this principle of the resolutions, the country would save the expenscs incurred by the operation of the Land Purchase Bill; the poor man would be relieved from the heavy costs to which that Bill could subjec bim, and with which he had been threatened. ‘There would be found me» dificulty for an industrious man to/save ten pounds towards the purchase of his farm ; and he would soon feel a constantly increasing s:imulus tu do so ; as after each payment he should find his annual rent diminished by the interest on the pay- ments he had from time to time so made. The hon. member who introduced these resvlutions had stated that of three years wages his servant had left in his hands £80,—a genile- man near him had just informed him that he held £100 for one of his servants—the undrawn wages of a like period. Now, such people as those could pay for their farms at ary moment. The hon. member, Mr. Couper, had advocated the appropriation of a large sum for the general purchase of the proprietary interests, as was done in the emancipation of the negroes in the Wes Ihvies ; bat if such large sum were obtain- ed, the repayment of it would fall upon the people of the Island, and would confer no boon on the public. - for the Government, getting possession of the lads, the settlers would be eharged with the price, and would be under heavy res- ponsibilities to pay their instalments at the times limited, as ‘8 now the case with those who have availed themselves of the Land Purehase Bill. In justification of his opinion, the hon. member stated, that though he had supported a measure pledging the faith of the Coluny to repay the amount, he had no idea that we would be required to do so. Did that hon. member mean to state publicly, on the floors of that House, that Lis action in the matter was based upon an intention to practise a fraud upon the British Government? He was astonished at snch an expression of opinion,—such conduct would be unjustifiable and disgraceful in a private individual ; and he must say that, uttered in the halls of legislation by a representative of the people, it reflected no credit on him or the constituency which sent him there.

Mr. COOPER hoped he would be allowed’ to answer the hon. member who had referred to him, as though he were alone in the opinions he entertained on the subject of the Land Question; but thuse opinions ba! been entertained by imen conspicuous for their talents and high social position. Escheat had been recommended in 1802, and some laads were actually escheated’a few years after. In 1839, the late Lord Durham, who had been commissioned to investigate the cause of the agitation on this subject, and suggest a remedy, had reported fa ourabl to the views entertained by him (Mr. Cooper.) The idea had been instilled into the minds of many of the people that the day for Escheat had gone by, but Lord John kussell had, on one oczasion, referred to tne Escheat of a family Estate which had been the subject of litigation so long that one of the parties ruined the other. In brief, the inhabitants bad been treated worse than pirates treat the victims of their rapacity—they had been swindled out of their birth-rights. He repeated his conviction that the proprietary influence had prevent d the Loan, which otherwise wonld haye been obtained, and the Island would never have beeu

view, but be considered on the broad basis of its own merits, |

called on to repay it.

Ilon. Mr. YEO considered the resolutions were based upon fair and just principles, and the hon. member who had in- troduced them could not be considered a land-jobber, and as such having any personal interest in keeping this question

vernor. who was expected to arrive shortly, would probably have instructions for his guidance on the subject. As an old agent, he might say that Lord Selkirk’s tenantry had a right of purchase at prices defined in their leases ; but few had availed themselves of the privilege—their minds having been unsettled by the pernicious agitation which had been ‘excited and kept alive by facetious demagogues, for their own selfish purposes. He would support the hon. Col. Gray in this at- tempt to set le the question. Strangers desirous of settling among us were induced by the agitation which had been so- steadily kept up to believe that good titles could not be had, - and consequently would not invest their capital in the Island: He could not find language to describe the injury which the hon. member, Mr. Cooper, had inflicted on the community. He had caused the ruin of many a family, and it was a matter of no rare occurrence to hear tenants in his (Mr. D's.) office curse the day on which that hon. member first set foot on the Island. He wasa wicked, cruel man, and ought to be ashamed of himself. For one he could not bear the name of Cooper” —it stunk in the nostrils of the tenantry.

Hfon. Mr. THORNTON hoped the hon. member would not allow his feelings towards the hon. member, Mr. Cooper, to lead him to transgress the limits of parliamentary courtesy. een language was improper, and should not be heard in the

ouse.

Mr. COOPER was aware that, the main object of the Government wus to talk against him. But what they should do woul be to refute the statements of his amendment, which, however they could not.

Mr. SINCLAIR was not inclined to support the resolutions; as embodying a reasonable plan for adjusting the future re- lations between landlord and tenant ; yet, in saying this, he would not place himself in a false position. By the preamble we would appear as admitting that the agitation of the land qaestion had been all wrong; and were we now to bow as beggars and ask the proprietors to remit some of the arrears- and give terms to the tenants as matter of favor aad not of right? He agreed that it would be better for the tenantry to purchase from the proprietors than from the Government, but we should assert the rights of the people, and he was willing to leave the claims of both parties to the arbitration of dis- interested persons. The British Government had admitted that there was something to be settled, and that admission placed the proprietary and the tenantry ‘in an equal position beforg an arbitration having for its object an amicable settlement. He agreed with the resolutions, but ob- jected to the preamble, as compror.ising our rights and positions as British freemen.

Mr. DAVIES considered the resolutions as suggesting the only yracticable means of finally settlirg the question. The time at which the hon. member, Mr. Cooper, could have pressed his peculiar views was when Responsible Government was introduced, buat then the late Government had opposed the establishment of Escheat. It consisted, within his own knowledge, that several parties came here for the purpose of s:ttling in the Island, but declined to do so in view of the re- lations subsisting between landlord and tenant. The plan befure the Committee was, in his opinion, the only feasible one. The price of purchase would be fixed, and it would not conduce to the interest of the proprietors to demand too high sums fur their lands. As to the operation of the Land Purchase Bill, he did not think a farthing would be realized from it towards indemnifying the public for the price they had paid for the lands they had purchased under it ; for it appeared that hitherto when the best of the land had been suld, the working expenses and interest on the cost had ex- ceeded the proceeds. There was naturally a strong disinclina- tion on the part of the people generally to be taxed for the purchase of free farms for the tenants. He trusted that the resolutions would pass unanimously, and to ensure such re- sult the preamble might be altered to meet the views of those who agreed with the hon. member, Mr. Sinclair.

(‘Te be Continued.) W. M. Howe, Reporter.

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Correspondence.

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To tue Epiron or tux Examrser.

€1n,—I believe the people stand as much in need cf sound information at the present time as ever they did. The speeches of Members of the House of Assembly, when re- ported on both sides of a question, will enable electors to judge how far their representatives express their wishes iu the Legislature; and whether the votes are given for or against the interests of their constituents. But the land ques.ion, whi h oceupicd the atteution of the House of Assembly Jast session, had three sides, and the speeches are only reported on two of them, that is, on the proprietary side and the liberal side, but on my side there is no speech reported. Tke lund question sffects in some degree every other question, for we caunot prosper as a people or have good government until that question is fairly settled. Therefore it appears uecessary that LT should furnish somo articles to inform the people, and enable them to give their assistance to bring the land question to a settlement.

The proprietary side of the question was brought forward by the Hcn. Col Gray, who introduced a series of re. ol tions with a long preamble, the substance of which was to claim an ‘absolute right over the land for the successors of the grantees, without any enquiry into, or investigation of, their titles, but to petition ler Majesty the Queen to appoint one or more persons to enquire, not into the titles, but into the existing relationship between landlord and tenant, and negociate withthe proprietors to forgive a part of the arrears of rent, and fix a price for the land, so that tenants why have paid up their rent may have the privilege to become, freeholders by purchase, without infringing the rights of the landlords. Such terats way suit the views of the tenantry on the Selkirk Estates, but 1 thought it was the gencral opinion of the people before the election that the titles should be investigated, and therefore Ldid not expect that the country would have returned eightcen Members to declare that the successors of the grantees have au absolute right tu

open. He had acted with a sole view to the interests of the tenants. As a proprietor himself he (hon. Mr. Yeo), knew | that it was an injury to the tenant to allow his rent to fait’! into arrear ; but a great portion of the arrears commenced in the years 1835 and 5836, when the agitation, fostered by the | hon. member, Mr. Cooper, had caused theruin of many, who, acting on his suggestions, refused to pay their rants. That) hon. member would be remembered as a eurse to the country. |

hon. friend (Hon. Mr. Havi- ; : id, the conditions being impracticable, the grants off before he heard it, so often had he hear cals Sad ‘from that hon. member.

Bill, and the

He, for one, considered him the greatest curse that ever came |

nding or expecting to repay it. Mr. DOUSE—In reply to the spech of the hon. member, |

would des-! Mr. Cooper — would only say that it was not worth while to i, ww

listen to the greater part of it. Ie could have written it, But, with reference to his alleged | motives for supporting the Loan Bill, he would say, if ever dishonesty existed, the hon. member, he considered, the very | king of it. He was ashamed to listen to such sentiments— | they were disgusting. They might do well enough to delude some ignorant people at the East Point, but honest men of intelligence would recoil from such baseness. He held in his hand a paper in which that hon. member abused Messrs. Coles and Wheian for pot supporting Escheat. That question, he doubted not, would soon receive its quietus. The new Go-

the land, without enquiring into their titles.

The Liberal side-—When the Liberals took office, the Ministers were desirous that toe land question should be setiled, if possible, without an Eseheat, but they did not keep faith with the Libera's. Governor Bannerman had a promise from Min'sters, that if he could get the Colonial Legislature to agree to buy up the landlords’ tit'es, and make chase to commence with, as far as the funds of the liow, the Imperial Government would gua- rantee a loan to purchase the remainder, consequently the Liberals had to make the experiment ; and the purchase of orrell Estate giving so little satisfaction, the Ministers declined to sanction the joan; and 2s we had then Resron- sible Government, the Liberals bad all the blame. But those who know anything of the working of wheels within wheels, in the corrupt system of the land monoply, must know that in a case of this nature the Libera’s were ruled by the Ministers, and the Ministers were prejudiced against the tenantry by the proprictors, who are to blame for the whole. The Ministers having declined to supply funds, the Liberals were relieved from their pledge in a great measure ; aud as tho arrears of Quit Rent and Crown Lauds were