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Hon. Mr. COLES The hon. memer seems to feel the) ie 1OWAT—Some reference has been made to a meeting | prick of the thora mach more than [ do, I think, Mr. Chairman. | of dolegates at which resolutions were passed consuring the

Ihave touched him ia the right spot, for] never saw tim so) Government for not supplying the Commission with every in-

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humble. He knows that he has to answer to the country for) formation respecting the questions in dispute between land- | the deception practised with respect to this Commission. lord and tenant. Now, Mr. Chairman, I happened to be at opposed the resulutions submitted by the hon. member because | ¢ia¢ meeting. I was invited to it because I was considered | they contained a refluction on the late tga: hay = to be one interested in the land question, —which opinion was | davd Purcense Bul. I voted for the address, and also for the | correct enough. At this meeting which was held—I may as

A 2t to give eff-ct to the award of the Commissioners, thoug!h | wo)! state where—at the Globe Hotel, | was asked to avree to | Lensley may be tampered with, or deterred from tiking his all around them,

: * he iffereuce : . . | With reference to the latter there appears > ae pram : ferevce | the resolutions referred to. 1 must say that I did not like the | of opinion in the Govornment, for one mem sia. the MXecurive | anpearance of things; the persons present were respectable | has dec'ared that be never expected it would pass at huine. enough, but they were mostly discarded officials, and the |

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in the room of John Knight, Esqr., took the usual oaths and area “slough of Despond,” governed by some Parliamentary,

his seat. Mr. Hensley, having been Attorney General under Military, or Naval jackauapes, who is only called a gentle- | der the aunesty.

the late Liberal Government, and now the representative of

‘one of the most liberal constituencies in the Island, will, asa

matter of course, support the po'icy and the principles of the. Opposition. The /s/ander, however, seems to think that Mr.

Soé ; cE | true position in the House, and threatens to watch his move- |

man because of his position ; society in such Colonies can have nothing particularly civilized or gentlemanly about it. Go-, verument House is usually a scene of Military fanfaronade | and empty pomposity. he Governor and his satellites strut.

about like Sancho Panza in Barataria, and profoundly despise |

gentleman from voluntarily placing himself under their sway. Such narrow-minded, ignorant, swaggering boobies, as little

ments with more than ordinary attention, Mr. Hensley’s | ’ a ’ ) acquainted with politics as with refined manners, put an ex-

a Thakoor, who, himselfa rebel in 1857, had settled down un- The men who actually put an end to tia rebel were two l’oorbeea Bepoys (mutineers), who had long been his associates, but were induced to play fim false at the insti- gation of the Thakoor, and no doubt in the hope of receiving their pardon and reward, A cetachment of Madras troops, it is stated, and her Mojesty’s Dist Foot, have been ordered to Kamptee, to put down the rebels which are yct to be found

This is quite sufficient to prevent ary | there.

POSTPONEMENT, The Lottery advertised to take place at the Temperance

"7" F aif, naa k ’ s obi* i : . i The hon. me.nder for Belfast speaks of frivolous objections, but ebairman himself, Mr. John Lord, was a small pro rietor |

if we turn to his complarnts azainst the late Government we will find that they are frivolous also. Lle censuved them for their vote to repair (fovernment House; we sual! soon see what the amount appropriaed for that purpose last saimer willbe. From the boo. member's statement tn reference to the delay ta giving notice of the opening of the Court, there appears te have been sone difference between the Commissioners and the Government. With respect to the order to furni<h tofor- mation to the deleg»tes, 1 did not ssy it was net given, bur that! Was not attended to. The hon. member's statement | about the ausiunrg journal is not altogether correct. | wished to obtain it, and went to the Clerk of the ftlouse, who informed | me that € wae not in his office. It turned out that it was at the | Col. Secretary’s house, and the Commissioners hav ng inquired for it too, tt wae sent for. But supposing the Col. Secretiry had been grea'ly opposed to the Commission, woat would have been the result? That winch [ comp'ain of 18 that the journal ia qiestion waa takea out of the Clerk’s office. Tue hon. member aiso states tat every cocument n-cessary was fui- niahed to the Court; this, however, cannot be correct, for Mr. tensley never saw them; aud if it had beew trae Mr. Thomp #0n would not have come to me at @ late hour the night before he delivered his address, irqu ring if [could not do s mmething to furnish bom with stateucs. L only spoke froa what this gentiemen sta ei to me, and it is somewhat singular if they were furnished that neiiher of the counsel saw them. Que snember of the Government says the Versus was before Mr Thompson ; but how could a stranger in the country be expect- e¢ to turn his hand to every thing without assi:tance ? ‘They endeavor to show how favurabie they have been to the tenaatry, by dwelling on the fact that they employed counsel for them; and jeft the proprietors'o provide their owa. But, Sir, f under- stood that they did not retain counsel at all un il they heard that the proprietors had done so, and then they telegraphed otf to Mr. Taompson, for they very well knew that if iey ddn-t provide counsel they wou d incur severe censure. ‘The hon. snber for Belfast imay say that he gave the counsel writen notes, but did he come forward before the Court and show by despatches aad other documents tiat the quit rents were never | givea up, and furnish other evidence res.ecting the quest o.4 in | dispute? 1 do not state that the Commissioners said anything against the Government for the course whic they pursued, and | I believe they wou'd not, but this they remarked that un'ess | for the information given by myself and others opposed to the | Government they would have been left in 1grorance of the real quest-ons at issue. | believe that some of ive supporiore of the 4goveroment came forward and gave evidence, becaus:, | sup- pose, they felt like oors=!ves that something ought to be done | amore than the Government were doing to furnish the Commi-- #ioners wih imfermauen. But what did this bon. ceatieman this detinguished member of the Government of which we have heard eo much, say before the Commission ? Why, on one oc- casion he asked how it was that the late Government did aot purchwe the Seikirk estate. Now, Sir, 1 would like to ask | what that had to do with the quest.on before the Court? The hon. member Mr. Yeo'a'so appeared before the Commissioners, and | edunt gave a very farr statemen’ considering the position

who holds his tenants in a firm Eraep. I suid that 1 cou'd not agree to the resolutions, because | thought that was not the time, when the Commission was sitting, for political

‘disputes, but that all should be unanimous in presenting the

claims of the tenants; and [ urged them to wait until the re- sult of the Commission was known. The resolutions, however, were passed, and what followed? ‘The next morning when they came before the hon. Commissioners, tuese gentlemen siid they could not receive anything of the kind, as they had nothing to do with politicel matters, and requested the dele- gates to withdraw their resolutions to save them the necessity of rejecting them. The delegates when they heard this, though respectable persoris, looked foolrsh enough, as they were also told by the Commissioners that the evidence men- tioned in the resvlutions had been received by them.

Hon. Mr. COLES—Did they say who furnished them with the evidence ?

Mr. HOWAT—This brings me to the point. that they did not expect to receive information altogether from one side of politics, but that all parties were free to come forward and‘give their evidence. Sir, there is another point to which I desire to call attention. The poor tenantry have Jaboured under great suspense as to the result of the Commis- sion ; and now they may become discouraged as the impress on has partly gone abroad that because the award is not piven in, and the Act is disallowed for the present, that the whole | thing has proved a failure. But this is not the case. The resson that the award has not been given in. is solely on account of a press of other bu<iaess on the part of the Com- missioners. Mr. Llowe, our owo Referee, in whom | believe the country has every confidence, bolds a high position in the neighbouring Province, and has consequently numerous pub- lic matters to occupy his attention. which accounts for the delay. And nothing has yet been shown to prove tiat the Act to give effect to the award will be finally di-allowed. The despatches received have not said so, and | think ultimately all will be right.

(To be continued.) DD. Larrp, Reporter.

SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS. Satrcurpay, March 9.

Several petitions reerived. Hon. Col. GRAY presented a message from the Lieut. Governor, transmitting copies of three despatches ad- dressed by him to the Duke of Newcastle, in which despatches were en- closed three petitions of proprietors against the Act to give effect to the award of the Commissioners, and stating that copies of the petitions had

not been furnished to him to be land before the Legislature, that the | meimorialists, who were C. Wright, E-q., RK. D. Stewart, Esq., and |

others, appeared to have petitioned against the Act in question, on the ground tuatif it passed into law, they would be bound by the award of the Commission,while theywere not consenting parties to the submission apon which that award waste be founded. A motion was made that said papers do lie on the table, and debate ensuing tiicreor, in the cousre of which Hon. Mr, Whelan in alluding to the Bul past last ses-

sion to authorize grants of the shores of this Island having asserted; |

* I believe that the Bill was paszed to suit the interests of a member in

this House,” he was required to apologize to the House, and withdrew |

They stated |

course is very clearly indicated, not merely by his own ante- | , : : : : : ee ce : ; tinguisher on al! libe i Colonis i | cedents, but by the feelings and opinions of his constituents ; | | a liberal ambition in rn and aoe d we } denhe theta site h ~~ *| them to locate themselves as far as possible from the scene of}. | 8nd we Baye ne Couhs that ue will purege that course in 4! their impertinent overbearing presumption, and attend to | St@nt: aaa straightforward manner, and thereby retain for many years): ing rathe he publiee CG 2 Se a ae ee oa Dae yy any _— seen than - > — eee. bi Colony. Catholic Young Men's Literary Institute. anne é a : > On . t . .

= on - 0 - irst District of King’s — | ¢ only way to remedy the evi is to get rid of the aris‘o- Mr. James &. Kelly lectured, rding to announeement,

Lhe afternoon of Thursday and the forenoon of Friday were ¢TAtic principle of government. There is no other means oT at the above Institute on Thursday evening, 14th imstant, or occupied in discussing the principles of a Bill, introduced by Preserving the independence of the Colonies. Canada, in the) Ancient Egypt.’ The leetare, as might be amtisipated

neighbourhood of a great democratic Republic, will not sub- | from its very name, was extremely interesting, and was handied

re : wit indefinitely to be taxed six times as much as the State ‘in a manner which bespoke the research and extensive reading substiiuting the decimal system of counting by dollars and of that Republic, for the benefit of the lordlings who may of the learnéd jecturer. The audience was so large as on cen's, a8 pow in operation all over the American continent, be placed over her, People may laugh at the cheapness of | former occasions, but the isons ,which was pald to the | British and Poreigu. Both parties in the House were much | democracy, but, after all, cheapness is a good thing. There lecture during ite delivery .proves Che dnterest whieh Was when

7. il : Page : i. a ale Re aagpae _|in the subject, and must have been gratifying to the lecturer. divided on this question,—some on the Government side being ean be no pleasure in reailiy in paying five or six times as On Thursday evening next, 2lst inst., Master James Roche > o ro °

mue » Infor: woe ‘ 2 } ot ° . ¥j . sorte a gos a “sae ey ke a4 = 4 2° | will lecture, subject—* The Life of atioate.’ ; | eaters ; ' : a : The | me much superior, Men don t at ali benebt by seeing} Maresh 16. . Remur, See’y. several members were fur; it, and others against it. The _aset of men placed over their heads dreadfully mismanaging . re ground of opposition was, that the agoption of the new system their concerns, paralysing their industry at home, cramping| Dyspepsia is one of the prevailing diseases of this country, would lead to inconvenience, confusion, and probably loss ; | their trade avroad, irritating and impoverishing them by | This is owing both to climatic mfluence and the habit of eating but this objection was met by reference to the other Provinces | ™!sMauagement; and, in short, doing every thing that can ea — 1Ov meee In spite vf yay es 7 3 . a ae : . - : 7 ais disease ra pi we ppesrs ie use of the Oxrygenate and to the United States, where no such resulis were known j be done towaree readering them fer one aabeppy. ‘Tee Bitlers a ve , | example of the Uuited States is always before us to prove that | P | nations can be governed cheaply and well, and the respect 10) We are gratified to learn that the Senate of the University of Glas- ; \ | which those States have Been held by all the rest of the | gow have recently conferred the degree ef L L. D. on Professor Ixcies, The afternoon of Friday and the whole of Saturday were | world show that EK; giishwen may govern themselves without | Principal of the Prince of Wales College in this Island. The bigh liter-

ae : : A : / ; : : : ‘ Jniversi ich h i dsum i occupied in Committee of Supply on the resolution for a grant | ibe intervention of an aristocracy , and yet command the wien ty Padase eb theotas ddieeen the samaien 4 i ~ Ss >

of £5,500 for the service of roads, bridges and wharfs. The | T’Spect and admiration of ali around, while they husband | which be is held in bis native country, as @ gentleman anda scholar. | their resources, public and private, and are guilty of no fully Isl.

or eXtravavance. There is this starting fact, that out of two hundred and fif'y-eight thousand emigrants, one hundred and was not larger than et present, the grant for this serv ce! eighty thousan i ewigated from Great Britain in the course

‘commonly ranged from £7000 to £11,000—tiat, with the | of last peur, growth of the country and the increase of population, the | were governed on proper principles, if government were there |

Ilall on the 19th instant is postponed wntil Tuesday the 26th

Mr. Finlay MeNeuill, to alter the currency of this Island, by |

opposed to it, others in favour of it; while in the Opposition

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The Bill was, however, lost on a motion being carried to read it a second time that day three months.

Opposition contended that the amount was altogether insul- | + Died, At Charlottetown, on the 26th ultimo, of consumption, Mr. Wm. Peters, Z co : : 4 , of Georgetown, aged 38 years. He leaves behind him a wife and a Now, it is quite certain that if cur Colonies | large circle of friends, to mourn their loas. At Lot 19, on the 2d instant, of inflammation of the longs, Isabella ; ‘ : a etn | : bee Bt ; | Abigail, youngest daughter of Mr. Joseph Barwise, aged 21 years. necessity for the opening up of new roads, and the construc- | M44¢ caeap and economical, and if men could there eseape | Deeply lamented by a large number of triends. | being suubbed and domineered over by tyrannical partizin| At Big Pond, Lot 45, 0a Weduestay, the 13th inst., in the 42nd | governors, whose sule recommendation lies in their epaulettes, | 7°#? of ber age, Catherine, the beloved wife of Mr. Neil McPhee, and

larger instead of smaller tian it was in former years. The | ;,,; : a ce a i | youngest daughter of tie late Mr. Allan McDonald, of Garabelie. vs : /tuis mighty tide of population would set towards our own |?" Ar the Lunatic Asylum, on Sunday, the 10th instant, Jobn Callaghan,

Government party justified the smallness of tie Proposed | possessions, rather than towards those of our weighbours ; | aged 57 years, a native of the County ef Waterford, Ireland,

grant on the plea that they had no.more mousy to spare— but everybody attaches the idea of something petty, paltry,) ——=—— ey | | Wake

that the debt of te Colony was 'large—that the expenditure and pettifogging to an English Colony, ridden to death by

ficient—that under the late Government, when the revenue

\ion of new bridges and wharfs, the grant should be much

during the past year was very heavy, especially that part of | the land owners, who are the minions of the Colonial Office ; : s ee ’ 5 | while there is something maguificent in the mighty democracy | it which had reterence to the visit of the Prince of Wales ;! -¢ ts Ts 6 5 ois cee te

“tt ; ’ | of the United States which dezz es their imagination and in-| ~~ and that about £50,000 would be required for the public! yites them to partake of ; and no doubt can be entertained,

service during the present year, The Opposition replied tha that if our Colonies were well goverved, every Englishman

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if the public debt was inordinately inereased, the Government | would prefer them before the United States, simply because | M essrs, Swabe & Ro b erts

veins: ensinnle lame for it—that they mie nve practised | the 2 rit. : g Joionies 2d | ® : sims . were entirely to blame for it—tha: they might beve practised a, A ae = e at. pd a wt i — mempored | WEG to offer their best thanks to their friends and the publie economy in arany cases where they indulged in lavish expen- | °Y “8 Mismanagement of Weak and imbecile goverrors—so | generally for their past custom, and to state shat for the | long as these goveruors are permitted, without let or hind-| fyture their business will be conducted STRICTLY ON CASH a i aioe é jrance, to vomit forth their ire, and dismiss from places of | ppINCIPLES, so large & sum as £3000, which was spent chiefly for the honor and trust, without cause assigned, highly respectable! In following the good example set them by several of their

diture—that the reteption to the Prince should not haye cost

which he occupies as e land proprietor; but he ssid nothing in! bis words. Hon. Mr. Haviland presented the detailed Public Accounts. | favor ofthe tenamiry. It is true the lender of the Govern nent | The Census Bill was read athird time and passed. lon. Mr. Long- | likewise came forward, and another of bis colleagues; yet (hie —- panes : eo a the Right Rev. ee MeIntyre, Ko- | ' : T ips | tian Catholic Bishop, of Charlottetown, praying the House to pass an | wae not until @ meeting of delegates from different > _— Ps Act incorporating petitioner, with cgaidn panin. enabling him a his | was beld, anc resul tions of censure against the Governinen successors in office to hold and acquire real estate for religious and | Were passed. When one member of the Government was neked | other necessary purposes. A committee was appointed to bring in a| before the Cour: his opin.on respecting tie land ques.ivg gei- | Bill ig accordance with the prayer of the petition. Mr. iicwat from | erally, he said he had given his sentiments on the subject so the committee on private bills presented a report recommending that | frequently in the House of Assembly that he thought it was) the House do pase the Bill introduced to authorize John Hunter to take wnuecessary to give (hem here. But the officials of the Govern- ‘be additional name of Duvar, upon payment.of fees. Hon. Mr. Havi- meat were allowed tv come forward and give their ev.dence land introduced a Biil to provide for the organization of a Volunteer | one of them stating that the tenantry ought to pey from 20s .- Force. Mr. McNeill introduced a Decimal Currency Lill. |

30s en acre for their land) The hon. member for Belfast says | Monoay, March 11.

gratification of a very small portion of the population—that | and well-educated geatlemen, to be re-placed by the lowest | fellow Merchants in Town, im allowing no further credit,

too much of the pablic money was spent in decorating Go-| ‘ | vernment Ilouse, on which more than one thousand pounds |

; were laid out last year, and that the Government very im-|

properly proposed to expend eight hundred pounds more this | year on the same old butiding—that the purchase of the | swimp ;land known as Lot 54 was entirely unealled for, and is likely to prove a great public loss, as none of tlie Jand has | yet been taken up by tle settlers,—that the people of the |

whole Island were more interested im having good roads, |

boors, who ean scarcely read or write, to be used as tools, Messrs. 5. & R. confidently ex class articles, imported from

RATES THAN HERETOFORE.

solely for political purposes and partizanship—so long will | all intended reapeetable settlers aveid approaebing the pesti-

t to be enabled to sell first yndyn direet, a7 STILL LOWER

All persons indebted te Messrs. Swabey & Roberts are

lential shores of such a Colony; aud so long will all well respectiully requested tu eetile their accounts at an early date.

meaning and honest residents unite in their endeavours to throw off the yoke of such intolerable oppression,

News by the English Mail,

Great George Street, Mareh 18, 1861. (Isl & RW Im) © NWO CREDIT, UT all Goods at lowest paying rates and Cash. Oate,

Barley, Potatoes, Eggs, Butter, Weel, and other Produee taken in payment at market price for

that one of the Macilonalis of tie Tracadse estate agreed to the Commission. Sir, we du not koow who has sgued this docu:nent agreving t) the Comniss.on; it 1 not here.

Hoa. Mr. WAVILAND.—Is is in posszssion of the Imperial Government.

Hon. Mr. COLES—It ought to be in the lands of ihe Go- vernment of the Culony ;: for, t dare say the Llome Goverament have given it to Sir Samuel t unard, and it may never be as-

A number of petitions were presented, one of which was from Be- deque, praying for an Aet to prevent the running at large of swine. It was referred to a committee to report by Bill or otherwise. Mr. Owen from the committee on expiring laws reported an Act for raising a re- vonue, an Act exempting certain bills of exchange, &c., from the ope- ration of the usury luws,andan Actrelating to Packeis between this

island and the neighboriog Provinces, would expire at the end of the

presentsevsion, Lt was resolved that tie two last mentioned Acts be | continued; and committees were appointed to bring in biils accordingly, |

which was dune, and the Lills read a first and second time.

certained on this leiund who kus sigmed it. We have Leard at stated that those proprictora who have no agreed to the Commission are not tu be bound by the aw rd. ls this then A petition from James Burns,owner of the horse Saladin, was present-| we write: but the Government seem @etermined to limit tue to be the case that the tenantry who were not consulted in | ed by Mr. Laird, praying lerve to take said horse to one of the neigh- | i 4 7 regard to the Commission are to be boand by its award, | bowring Provinces, waich petitiun vas referred to a committee to repert expenditure for the mos important braweh of the public service - % hereon, b T otherwi etilie sented by Mr. C i as The- hon. mginber | Sere rr oS ee A petnien wes guemented by Nt. Cares | ty the comparatively small sum ef £5,400. ale» remarked that us « despatch had been acnt i forming the | °° Western part of this (sland, prayiog a grantin aid of a steam. D ot. : em 7 a mt: e SUPERS SYS boat to connest the perts of Cascumpee and Bedcgue with the Sheciac ———_—__——_—+ eo uke of Neweastle thatthe Act was passed _tlere Was Nv N€-! raiiroad, 2e—laid on the tabe. Hoo. Mr. Maviiand introduced an | ee ‘i Ty , cewity to be in suci: haste to send it home, since it had to be! Siective Legislative Council Bil. The provisions of this bill are simi-} THE LAND QU ESTION. printed. Now thoush that were the case it is proba le thitt | liar tu those of a former bili introduced by the same genticman, with! Tye Jon. Mr. Coles has given notieo in the Ilodse that he thie particular Act would not be printed tu the last, were there te exception that 12 councillors, instead of being apportioned 6 to | Ne si rt s ‘up nxt sume intention t) delay sending it home. Other Bille were “Bern's County, and 3 to —— of the ene two Couuties, ars to be will, on Thursday next, move for a Gommittes of the whole a a. ae te _ MOR OM,.gF s -. equaily divided between the Counties, making 4 to each; and the oi ns a b> wy ; ee printed long before, and how came this one, Which was. of 00 | <u otiss are to be divided inte twe elcetorel dictsicte, haslath 0000. naede. liouse to take into consideration the pétitions | .tely received great taportanee,to be left te the last—why was it not pri -t- | gers for each, who are to be elected for eight years, two for exch County | from several parts of the country, praying for the adoption of ed first ? Nothing ever gare me wore pleasure than when } passing out every fuur years. Dir. Howat from the committee oa the | some measure to stay proceed: i { th i ; | heard at the openiny of the Commissioners’ Court that all the | petition from Bedeque relating to Swine, reported # Bitl, giving two- | °° ’ ay proceedings lor the cuuection of arrears ruprictore wuald be buund by the award ; but if this ie not | thirds of ™ <r gue . auy a oa rood oe 2 — of rent until the award of the Land Cotmissioners shal! be ; : ; : at ‘ istcic ‘} 5 sso} a first and second | tu bs the case, the avitition on this question is not yet over, |S ug at large io saul district Lhe bill pa .— . ’ That} Eas a a #. bs — eS oat ap hock sue ae a whi lreading. Mr. Beer pressuted # petition of William Ryan and uther | wade known. Whether the majority will agree to go into —sewne i eo Jt 4 t¥e ai a agi un, it is this Government which has caused agitation.

while some of the proprietors are put?

brance of the support which her good offices have offered us. | | An iilustricus Prince having ascended the throne of Pru-s.a, | sent wy Ambassador in order to testify to him our symnathy | for his person and for the German nation.

| ness of its strength the kingdom of Lialy will be able to follow

fess, but it is as wise to wai at the right time as it is to dare | at the right time.

eur 4 Revenue cfticers, praying an increase of pay, so that a ecntinaous and | Committee on those petitions, is very doubtful ; but there is : F “Ve WCC | systematic watch may be kept up in the port of Charlottetown during |

told by them that this Comm-ssion was to settle the whole the ensuing summer—ltaid on the table. A large number of other peti- |

question. Bat what has been accomplished? Tha Act I | tions were presented. Hon. Mr. Laird from the committee on the peti- |

believe wl! never become Law, for the words employed by | tion of James Burns, relating to the Horse ‘ Saladin,’ reported a Bill |

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( \ : , me? he same a ages when | authorizing the ex; riation of the same, which was read a first an gay allie rare precisely the 6 = . | second time. The Hen. Mr. Laviland presented the Accounts of the | ik dd. |

‘ : ng thing I have > Say -egpean tho | Committee for tho reception of the Prinee of Wales. The House went | manner in which we have been treated in that matter is, that | into Committee on the consideration of the resolutions transmitted frum | the Duke should have agreed to the appointment of the t’om- | the House of Newfoundland to this House on the subject of the New- | Mission, thus throw:ag the country imto agitation and then | foundiand fisheries, and after some time spont the-eiu the Chairman turn round and refuse the Royal aseent to the Bill. ‘This is reported a resolution to the effvct thatii is inexpedient for this House | what I consider a strange proceeding. tu take any action io the matter until the Government of Newfoundland |

, pv w o furnish this House with a copy of the Treaty and other documents eon- Hon. Mr. YEO. — The bon. member, Mr. Coles, wascertain- | ceed with the dispute beaneen Great Britain, France, aod that Colony. | ly mistaken when be stated that I said nothing before the | ° Commissioners in favor ofthe tenantry. I said that the crops | a) W EDNESDAY, March 13. bad failed of late, and consequently the people had found great | Mr. Yeo presented a petition from Lot 17 praying a grant to aid is : : ; ; : : | placing the Steamer Princess Royai on the ruvte irom Bedeque to Mira- difficulty in paying their rents. 1 told the Commissioners ns wichi, &e. Mr. Sinclair presented @ petition from Lot 18 aud 19 pray- | with respect to Lot 13, that [ would azreo to anythiog that ing for an enactinent te A a proscedings for the collection of arrears of | was fair. But some who came before the Commission appear- | rent uutil the award of the Commissioners be made public. Mr. Davies | ed to have no regard for trath. Mr. Warburton did not make presented a petition of divers merchants praying for the passing of a a fair statement. Ile commenced by saying thet 1 gave short Barkcuptey Law—ordered to be committed to Committee of the whole | Jeases. I never gave a short lease in my lite. Ue aiso stated House on Tuesday next. — Beer introduced a ae the ee that | made a reservation of wood in the leases, and L never | *! Persons who shall be guilty of trespassing in orchards, &c.—read a ; : i ; : first and second time. Mr. Haviland presented a petition from the Exe- did anything of the kind ;—and other statements in the same | cutive Committee of the Charlottetown Debating Club, praying a grant manner. The Com:aissioners saw through him at once, and jg aid of their funds. A large number of other petitions prayiug aid | #00n onderstood him as wellas Idid. Talk about wy doing for rvads, bridges, wharves, Teachers, &c, were presented, nothing for the tenantry, I iave done almost everything that | wre lies ia my power to favor the country. Last summer when | the Government couli not get money to send home to pay for | the lani, I gave them a £1000 stg. pill, though it was consi- | derably to my disadvantage. [ haye also frequently — SSS = | persons out of jail who were pat in for debt; ut some hon. | . mem) :rs come eas and get ana jabbering that would never) harlottetown, Sf E. bi Mai ch 18, 1861.) do anything of the kind. l= Mr. SINCLALK—Tle hon. leader of the Opposition bas) prROCEEDINGS OF THE UOUSE OF AS eloquently stated in what respect the Government displaye“ | ® want of action before the Commission ; and though bis re- | | marks have been so:aewhet severe, 1 must say that they are, | > : 4 sail tia ss cea a generally speaking, my sentiments. 1? think the eaeion the | the pe ee taken up in receiving Asean which some | Government have taken is untenable. They appear to think | notice wil! be found in the summary of proceedings. themselves as much entitied to be considered the friends of; Q, Tyesdav, Mr. Haviland introduced a Bill to alter the |

i. hl : . i . . - cae = tenants. Their right for so thinking | constitution ot the Legislative Council, by making it elective.

llow were the expenses of the Com- nf sia s Mission to be defrayed? One part was to ba paid by the | lt proposes that on the Bill receiving the royal assent,the pre-

aia Government, one part by the proprietors, and the | ...+ (-ouncil shall be dissolved by proclamation—that the three ¢ hi ix he if mere “Sona F of the cpaleon % co she alevtetnent aan renb 1 Counties, divided into two districts each, - aan cae the tenantry in binding them to agree to the decision of the members—being two members for each district—that the a atin to pay heir shave of the-expenee, they | members of Council ehall be elected by the same class of should al-o have presented their case fully before the Court, | sa it Wis Renee Bedi and not have taken any side with the proprietors, who were | Voters as those who seturs the members o: aa oo ct Sauthee ty in the arbitration. The questions of dispute —that the qualification shall be freehold or Jea*¢hold, or both, md q pute | , ni a ag sem erie of _ renee eee to the amount of £500—and that, at stated periods, e certain fsbory seserves : it io theg te whens the ule sents ought | number of the members of Council shall vacate ove om, ™ be paid ; and so with the other questions at issue ; certainly the vacancies to be determined by lot; and new electiuns will prencionn. — >e S. coe pe bon = wet be held in the same mancer as is prescribed in the first — , ob employ counsel, bu ; i 1. W ; , them every assistance. Now, hr it may be that as the (io- for the election of the whole Council We have not the Bi : yeznment consider themselves the guardians of the interests of | before us, but these, we think, are the principal features o

the proprietors as ell ;

is grou hose of the tenantry—I say itmay | it We b t space to comment upon it atany length. We Le om this ie ap : it. We bave not spa h. W Proprietors oa mee Serene tae Se Ee a feel assured that its introducer does not expect that it will

M? Lime to petition againstit. This of course is c only & supposition, Lut eat appear that something of the ever pass into law. We have strong doubts as to whether the

Ceteaial Mia tt _ the delay ” ~ Geary ny © oo Council here wiil pass it; but should they even consent to binding on the teusntry - ~ et ae the alee saeened their political extinction, we feel satisfied that it will not re- wy oe rey wey if this be not the case the tenantry ‘ceive the royal allowance; for the elective principle, as. the same posi ay Z Se ask ene oa eee applied to the Council, has not worked very well in Canada, |

ave every reason to believe that if the award ph ie ab agree” the ouly North American Province wherein it bas been nt ; Se sane of the ‘oprietors, the assent to the Bill will | and the neighbouring Colonies of New Brunswick and Nova the same sight - aie Sey anak os dee te, Same | Sevtia appear to haye abandoned the project altogether. Mr. when we peat a Bill to give effect to the award without | Haviland felt, no doubt, that he was pledged to the principle knowing of what nature it might be. It appears to have been | of the measure, and has brought it in for the sake of appearing

- first opinion of the Duke of Newcastle that an Act should | consistent. We baye not heard that it has been brought for-

+ wh he i be ta ,

must bin { creda te dhide te the dasion of oe rasa ward as a Government meagure ; we rather think the Execu- - But now since the assent to the Bill is withheld, jt | tive declines the responsibility,

seoms as if they desired us to bind the tenantry while the

Proprictors were to a I consider thas we haye been opposition a momber of tho First District of King’s County,

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The Examiner,

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SEMBLY. | m—— |

Iw the House of Assembly, during the past week, most of |

no doubt whatever about their determination to oppose the | prayer or them. Tho siale and worthless argument which they w.ll most probably use for opposing the reasonable de- sires of the people in this matter, is, that such a proceeding would be an. interference with ‘* private rights.’ It will not be difficult to prove the fallacy of this argument. There | are many acts on the Statute Book at present which may be | said to interfere as much with ** private rights’’ as the odject | prayed for by the petitioners—as, for cxample, the Act to prohibit distraints fur rents at certain periods of the year, | and the several Acts re'ating so assessment on land. Besides, | the Land Commission itself may be fairly said to be an inter- | ” and the recommendation | made by the Commissioners at the chosing of their Court in|

ferenee with ‘* private rights ;

September last, when they enjoined the landholders to abs:ain {rom the collection of the ar-ears of reut—was certainly no less an interference with ** private rights’’ than would be aa | Act of the Legislature to stay proceedings for the recovery of al rents on township lands until the award of the Commis-.

sioners shall be made known. It ix in vain, however, for the people to expect any redress | of their grievances from the present House of Assem biy. The

Colonial Minister is under the controlef the absentee land- holders, — his extraordinary and contradictory despatehes |

eatablish that fact beyond the shadow of a douubt,—the Lieut. | Governor of the Colony is the nominee and friend of the pro- prietary clique in Britain,—in his Executive Council at least one-half the membes rare proprietors and agents, and the other half, with perhaps one exception, have always bad their sym-

pathies enlisted in favour of the proprieturs,—and the re-| mainder of the majority in the Louse have always shown a| disposition to favour the claims of the landholders. What then | can be expected from the present Asseinbly ? Nothing, cer- tainly, to improve the condition of the tenaniry. The Land, Commission —devised, in the first instance, chiefly to confirm | proprietary claims, and, in the secend instance, to quiet the | minds of the tenantry by holding out false hopes te them,— | bas turnéd out, sooner than we expeeted, the most dagrant | piece of Ceception that ever disgraced a political party Therefore, we say to the tenantry—Exzpect no redress from | an Assewbly that is bound te obey the dictates of « Govern-| ment which is the offspring of proprietary influenee, and you escepe the pain and mort fication of disappointment.