The “ Bill for incorporating the Trustees of the St. Andrew’s College,” and the Bill for Registering all orders of his Majesty in Council, were severally read a third time, passed, and sent to the Council. Mr. Cooper presented a petition which he said was signed by 595 persons, inhabitants of King’s County, praying for the disfran- chisement of George Town and Prince Town, and praying that a Gaol or Court House might not be erected in the [former 'lace. Here Mr. C read a paper which e pulled out ofhis pocket, giving its con- tents in lieu ofa speech in support of the prayer of the petition. He then moved, that the Petition be referred to a Com- mittee of five Members to report thereon. Mr. Brenan said, he felt extremely sorry that any petition coming from King’s Coun- ty should not meet his support, and more particularly one which was said to be signed y so largea number of the people. But the very suspicious manner in which the present petition was got up and brought forward, made him doubt very much, whe- ther or not it was genuine, or whether such as the prayer thereof was the wish of the people. He had as great an inter- course with a majority of the people of King’s County as any Member in that House, and he now learnt for‘ the first time that they wished not; ' 't ‘Jail' or Court House in Ge . v well recollected when a . ' ' George Town at the having mentioned something ' 4 ing Circuit Courts there, or of making King’s County independent of Queen’s County, and he thought it met the people’s approbation; at all events he was elected when the Honorable Member who presen- ted this petition was unsuccessful. He (Mr. B.) never brought forward any peti- tion or measure relative to King’s County since the Hon. Member (Mr. Cooper) 0!). tameda seat in that House, without first submitting it to him, or at least making him acquainted with the'purport of it; and had be (Mr. B.) been sensible that such as the prayer of the petition, would insinuate was the wish of his Constituents, he would have felt it his duty to have gone amOngst them on a question of such mag- nitude, and ascertain their real sentiments. lie was told about six or eight days ago, by a respectable man from Three Rivers, that there was some kind of a petition sent round amongst the people, and that he was aware of several respectable names being put to it without the parties knowing any- thing whatever of it. He (Mr. B) ob- served that 6f all the signatures said to be tothe petition, three only were on the same sheet with the petition itself, and even those three were only put to it in Town esterday. as'could not be denied by the on. Member himself. (Mr. Cooper.) Being therefore- aware of the manner in

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to obtain signatures, (continued Mr. B.) and knowing that people all Over the Island would sign petitions for the Escheat Bill,Ifear the present names have been attached to this petition and obtained with- out the people knowing the real object thereof. And although I dont accuse

Mr. Cooper with any dishonourable or‘

underhand work in that way, yet whenI

see whole pages of the petition signed‘by.

the same hand, and other whole pages with marks or crosses, I dont believe it to contain the wishes of my Constituents and therefore cannot support it.

Mr. Owen said he considered the peti- tion of a very suspicious nature, and could not give it his support, he saw no reason to believe it genuine from the manner in which the sheets of paper were patched together, and he belieVed the people who signed it never saw the petition.

Mr. Cooper said he wondered at the inconsistence of his honorable Colleague in making such a statement. That he (Mr. Owen) was the very man who handed to him (Mr. C.) in that House several sheets ofthe signatures to that petition, with a copy of the petition itself from Murray Harbor, and that he (Mr. Cooper) did not know the like was coming from that quar- ter until then.

Mr. Men said, that that partof the ac- usation he could easily explain. That ome days ago he receiVed a letter from

i the Rev. Mr. M‘ Curdy at Murray Har-

bor, inclosing a petition from the pe0ple of that district, praying the inland mail to be forwarded to that settlement which Petition he had already attended to. That the envelope containing the petition contained also some other papers which he was requested by the letter of Mr. M‘Cur- dy, to hand our to Mr. Cooper. That be [Mr. Owen] handed the paper to Mr. COOper without examining them and there- fore could have knOWn nothing of their contents,

Mr. Angus M‘Donald said he could prove afalsity in the very face of the petition, and that ifrequired, he could bring forty respectable individuals, whose names are” affixed to it that can prove they never sawit. Mr. Hugh M‘Donald- followed in the same strain, and moved that the petition be thrown under the Table. Mr. Cooper moved in amendment that the petition be referred to five members to report there- on to the House. This amendment not being seconded the question was not put thereon.

Mr. Brenan said he did not like to treat any petition so disrespectfully as to throw it under the Table, and although he could not support the prayer of the petition, yet he would vote for it being laid on the ta- ble. Mr. Pope. Mr. Owen, and several others spoke to the same effect.

which the Blank Sheets are handed, round

Mr. Compton said he did not see why

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the King’s County Sages shoum thing at all to do with the disfranchise. ment of Prince County, he thought the Inhabitants of Prince County ought to he allowed to judge for themselves as to their manner of representation, Mr. Hyndman spoke to the same purport. On the qugs. sion being put for throwing it under the table there appeared for the motion— Messrs. Angus M‘Donald, Hugh M‘Do. nald, Nelson, Hyndman, Willock, M‘Neil Compton.—Against it, Messrs. Brenan’ Owen, Dalrymple, Cooper, J, S. M‘Do.’ nald,Pope, Green, Cody, Binns. So the Petiton was laid on the Table.

Mr. Pope moved for leave to present a petition from part of the inhabitants of Tryon River, praying for a Grant! of Money to repair the Abite‘au at that place. Mr. Brenan said he did not think it was fair that the petition should be presented in the absence of the Hon. Member for Charlotte-Town( Mr. Brecken,)who gave no- tice, that he would present a counter petition from the inhabitants of ’I‘ryon River, and which in his opinion ought to be presented at the same time, as it might the better de- cide for the House whether or not to en- tertain it. Mr. Pope said he did not think it any advantage to have the petition laid on the Table, and that if the petition would be now received that he should pledge himself to make no other order thereon than to lay it on the table, until Mr. Brecken would have time to present the counter petition. But be (Mr. Pope) could inform the House the cause of the counter petition. It was (cantinued Mr. Pope) got up by old Mr. Lord the Magistrate, through spite and Opposition, because he asked me to let him prwately the contract of what money was to be expended there last year, and becauseI did not give it to him in his own way he would not tender for it, and afterwards insisted that it was his own private property, and that he would not suffer any thing whatever to be done to it, nor permit any person to cross it. This Mr. Speaker I can prove on oath ifit berequired.-—There is another thing Mr- Speaker which in my opinion entitle! thl' petition to peculiar consideration, and that is, Sir, the very logical style in which it is written, it has been drawn up Sir, b]_ 3 man who expects to be a representative himself for Prince County the very Heft vacancy,—and I think when the petition." read the House will feel much pleased will! the information it contains. The petlt'm‘ was then read to the no small merrimenl of the auditors, and laid on the table-

Mr. Owen moved for leave to present a petition from * “ I" . complaining that they are 1‘ great want of a road there, and that they

have not been allowed by the commission- :1, er (Mr. Lewellyn) to perform any It" ‘ou tute Labour thereon, but were compellel ul