Vol, AV. Valuable Frechold Property

FOR SALE,

By Private Centract, ( N PONALDSTON ESTATE, LOT No. 35. containing about Two hundredand Forty Acres of a . . Fr P + EXCELLENT LAND, Bounded on the East by Bedford Bay, onthe West by Winter River, and abatting on the Corran Ban Hridge A large pertion of the land is cleared and in a wood state of celtivation; remainder covered ith fencing timber There are on the Premises a good DWELLING HOUSE, Sift « 38ft; a BARN 40ft « 50ft and 20 ft Post, with CELLAK; a good WELL of WATER, together with several Ponds and Spripws; a good supply of Swamp Mad, together with Mascle Mad wad other Manures, both tn the Bay and the River It will be sofd in LOTS to suit intending purcha Bers, and a portion of itis well aoaeee fo a country Store, a Lime Kila, or a Fiahing Estab! shment. ‘eras Libera Possession instant. Apply to the Propnetor in Charlottetown. JOUN A. McCDONELL. ss March 27th, 1865 tf

SALE OF LAND,

In Charlottetown and Royalty. on FRI- DAY, the 2ist day of APRIL next. NHE following VALUABLE PRO.

PERTIES will be submitted for Sale at

chiefly w

PUBLIC AUCTION, on the iat day of APRIL pext. atthe hour of P'welve o'clock, noon, at the COLONIAL BUILDING, in Charlottetown, viz;

lL. The Western moiety or half-part of Town Lot No 5, in the 3rd Handed of Town Lo‘s in Char lottetown, and one-fortieth part of Town Lot No 68, in the 2nd Hundred of Town Lots in said Town, adioining and in the rear of said half of Town Lot and of the same breadth there with This Plot of ground being situate in an airy anc pleasant part of the Town, is admirably adapted for building pur- poses

2. The Northern moieties ef Town Lots Nos. 43 aud 44. in the 3rd Hundred of Town Lots in Char- lottetown, fronting 40 feet on Hillsborough Street, and extending at right angles westwa lly there- from 164 feet with the Dwelling House, Ke, thereon, now vere; ied by Mr. Michael P. Roehfort.

%. Pastare Lot No. 413 in Charlottetown Roy ality, coptaining 12 acres of Land.

Charlotte +} acres of as W ell us

in au im

4. Pasture Lots Nos. 438 and 455, in town Royalty, comprising touether | Land. a little more or less These Lots Pasture Lot 413) are partly cleared, an proved state of cultivation.

[ BY HIS EXCELLENCY

| GEORGE DUNDAS, Esquire,

| Lieutenant Governor and Commander-ia-Chief in | and over Her Majesty's Island Prince Edward, and the Territories thereunto belonging, Chan- cellar, Vice Admiral, and Ordinary of the same, &c. &c. &c. . {t. 8.]

Georce Dunpas, Lieut. Governor.

y 7HEREAS it appears that divers per-

sons in certain parts of this Island have as sociated or leagued together for the purpose of councelling, aiding and assisting one another in resisting the payment of certain Rents, which they became legally bound to pay, as Tenants, on cer- tain Townships in this Island :

And whereas it has been brought to my notice that an Officer of the Law has recently been vio- lently obstructed and prevented from discharging his duty by persons who have so combined as aforesaid: Now I have thought fit to issue this my Proclamation, warning all parties concerned in such uulawful combination, that, in attempting to carry out such purposes, they do oppose themselves to Her Majesty and the Laws.

And I do command and enjoin all such persons immediately to abstain from all such unlawful as- sociations.

And I do farther command and enjoin all Magis | teates, Sheriffs and other Ministers of the law, and all Constables and Peace Officers, and all other

i

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loyal subjects of Her Majesty, to discourage, by every means in their power,such unlawfal combin

ation, and to give their prompt aid and assistance,

| when lawfully oil. in opposing, preventing

and resisting all persons, whomsvever, who shall | take part in any such unlawful combination, and in arresting and bringing to justice any such persons offending, or having offended as aforesaid.

_ Aud I do further solemnly warn all persons that itis my duty to see that the Law shall take its course, and that I shall canse it to be obeyed and respected throughout the Island.

Given under my hand and the Great Seal of this Island, at Charlottetown, in the said J<+land, this 22d day of March, in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and in the twenty-eighth year of Her Mziesty's reign. By command, re

W. H. POPE, Col. Sec’y. GOD SAVE THE QUUEN.

Boston and Colonial

Ou sale of the above properties, the parchasers,

on paying down 25 per ceut of the purchase money, will be allowed eighteen months for payment of the balance in two equal instalments, with interest on mortyage of the premises.

For further particulars and terms of sale, appli cation may be made to the subseribers, Trustees for

Sale, &c., under Deed dated 7th October, 1804. J. LONGWORTH, JOSEPH HENSLEY.

j Mar. 6

Clarlottetown, Ist March, 1365. isl

“Highly Valuable Property FOR SALE. fue subscriber has been instructed to

offer. at PUBLIC AUCTION, on TUESDAY the EIGHTEENTH day of APRIL next. at twelve

» clock, that vaisable Property kuown as SOURIS MILLS to which are attuched TW!) HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND, having fifty ander cultivation, tovether with the Buildings» <«; 4, comprising MILLS. KILN.GRANARY. GO: >) DWELLING HOUSE, BARN and FORGE, &: ‘Lhe above sule is posicively to take place, so that cupitaliste mas losk out fora profitable investme Terms

made kaowa at time of sale . JOHN MACGOWAN. March 20th, 1865.

~ Freehold Property in the Royalty!

fEXUE subseriber offers for SALE by Private Coutract, FOUR PASTURE LOTs

of Twelve acres cach, sitanted on Che St Peter's Road, opposite Jvln Roper’s, four Mile from the City Phere are ou the Premises a wel! furnisiec DWELLING HOUSE 26 by 30, also a BAKN and STABLE, 40 by 20. ubout 20 aeres of the Land js cleared and sown down with grass, the remainder is covered with a valuzble growth of fencing poles If not suld previous to the Istday of May next, it will. on that day, be « ffered vv Auction, at the Colonial Building, Charlottetown, at 12 o'clock

noon. For Terms apply to ; W. DODD, Aurtioneer. Ch'town, Queen Square, March 27, Io.

“Dwelling House, Tannery, &c. FOR SALE. mpue

subseriber offers for sale, at private contract, the premises at present occupied by

him in the thriving Village of SOU HPORT The Land measures 100 feet on the main street, and extends back 200 feet. There are on th- premises a very comfortable DWELLING Hé SE, one and a half story high, containing 6 rooms on the firat tloor, Kitchen and Pantry attached

Also, a two-story BULLDING 66 by 3) feet, now nsed us a TANNERY, containing 12 Pits, with Leaches and all the necessary conveniences for earrying on the TANNING BUSINESS There is a good Well with Pump at the dvor and good garden.

‘PuE Steamers COMMERCE,

STEAMSHIP LINE. Ait First Trips of the Season!!

F. M.

Syow, Master, and GREYHOUND, P. A. Nickerson, Muster, will leave BOSTON for CHARLOTTETOWN and Intermediate Ports on

the 4th and Lith April next. For Freight or Passage apply to FRANKLIN SNOW & CU, Boston, or to I. C. HALL, Agent,

_ Water-street. Charlottetown, March 13, 1865. all papers.

.

To Painters ! WHITE PAINT, VERMILLION, BLACK PAINT, ROSE PINK, YELLOW PAINT, CHROME YELLOW, KED PAINT, CHROME LEMON, BLUE PAINT, VENETIAN RED, GREEN PAINT, IVORY BLACK, PATENT DRYERS, PAINT OIL, BURNT LUMBER, VARNISHES.

To be had cheap at W. E. DAWSON'’'S.

March 20, 1865.

‘The Fall Supply

BRITISH AND FOREIGH

GOODS

+ T ” . IS NOW COMPLETED by the arrival of Ships Commopore, Unpine, and Lotus, which, for QUALITY and CHEAPNESS, will contrast favourably with any other Im- portations for the season, aud must insure a

Rapid Sale. WILLIAM HEARD. Queen Square House, Oct. 31, 1864.

For terms, which will be made easy, and any Other particulars, apply to WILLIAM DODD, Anctioveer, Charlouctown, or to the su! scriber on the premises. JOHN RENDLE.

Southport, Marek 20, 1865. tf

Valuable & Desirable Building LOTS FOR SALE.

HE Subscriber offers for scale Two

Pleasantly situated WATER LOTS ia George- town, with Water Privilege to the ehan vel, adjoin- ing the Common at the eastern part of the Town Also. several BUILDING LOTS in different parts of Charlottetowu. Terms liberal.

GEORGE COLES. Charlottetown, 6th Mareh, (865

’ r y VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.

"EXO be SOLD by PRIVATE CON. TRACT. that beautiful TRACT of LAND. belonging te the Subscriber, adjoiuing t\e Farm of James Miller, Esq., on Township No. 24. This Land is ensienltod in point of situation aud quality. it is eovered with a rich growth, cotwisting priv- cipally of Beech and other valaable kinds of lard W ved, bas a frontage of ubout nineteer Chains and thirteen links on the St Peter's Road, and is dis-

tant only about 4) miles from Charlottetown. 4 JOHN LONGWORTH. Ch'town, Dec. 19, 1864. tf

Valuable Farm for Sale.

To be sold by PRIVATE CON PRACT. that eligible LEASEHOLD PROPERTY, on Lot 3M, knownas ** MARSHFIELD,’ containing 660 Acres. more or less, of excellent Land, of whieh about 150 are under cultivation, und thé re

“srs and further particulars made known on application to the Subscriber on the Premises, or

to Cuakces PALMER, -~ P. HAYTHORNE

Marehfield, Nov. 28, 1864. tf te” The lease is for 999 years, and the annaal vent ls. per vere.

~~ _Juand Sale.

ro be sold by Pustic Avcrion, on TUESDAY, the Tweuty-fifth day of APRIL next, (A. D., 1865,) at the hour of 12 o clock, noen, at the Colonial Building in Chariottetown, under and by virtue of a power of Sale contained in a certain Indenture of Mortgage, bearing date the Twenty-Eighth day of May, A. D., 18 J, and made between William Walker Mocre, formerly of Charlottetown in Prince Edward Ish.2d, gentle- man, aud Mano Moore, bis wife, of the one part; aud John Morris and Thomas Morris, both of Char- jottetownr, aforesaid, Commission Merc ants, of the other part: All that Tract piece or par el of Land, pemg part of Lot or Township Namber Thirty- Fight, in the said Island, bouuded as follows, that js to say, commencing at a stake fixed iu the North East corner of the property of the Heirs of the late George Douglas ,from thence South or South wardly Seventy-five chains, thence Westwardly Forty chains, thence North or Northwardly seventy-five chains, thence East or Eastwardly For'y chains,or until it strikes the #take at the place o! commence- meut, containing by estimation three hundred Acres of Land, a little more or less, together with the appurtenances thereunto belongin,;. For fur- ther particulars and conditions of Sale, apply atthe otlice of Messrs. Haviland & Brecken, Solicitors. Dated this 20th day of February, 4. D., 1865. ORRIS, ; Mortgagees.

JOHN THOMAS MORRIS. Havitasp & Braeckes, Solicitors. Feby. 20, 1364. 2m

Carlton’s

mainder, for the most part, covered with a valu

able growth of Firewood, Scantling aud Fencing Poles. The Dwelling House and Buildings are | darve and commodious, and the land isin excellent eundition.

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Charlottetown, Feb. 10,

{ExTRACTS FROM NewsraPers.] On reference toa return made to Parliament, and ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, 7th June, 186}, it will be seen that the increase of Duty for the year, paid by the * QUEEN,” was £206/, beirg 0} an of £1000 more than paid by any other office ever yet established in this City. jFrom Gore's General Advertiser, Oct. 24, 1861.] “ Indeed, we believe that we are perfectly justi- fied in saying that no other Company, within the same period, ever attained so large an income In either the Fire or Life Departments as the Queen Insurance Company. In making this staterment,we make no exception even in favor of our older local companies, namely, the Liverpool and London, the Royal, and the Lancashire Insurance Companies.

{From the Civil Service Gazette, Nov. 2, 1861.)

“ Among these important institations stands emi nent for its solidity, as well as for its success, “the Queen Insurance Company,’’ which last week held its annual meeting of proprieters in Liverpool. A reference to the ample report in another page will fully satisfy every reader of the signal progress made by this association since its foundation. Sach snecess is, indeed, rarel attained, and it attests at once the excellence of its management, and the publie eontidence in its constitution.”

[From the Liverpool Mercury, Nov. 2, 1861

“Tt must be gratifying to the public genera ly, and especially to the proprietors, to find that its in- come derlan the past three years has increased at the rate of £20,000 per aunum. We believe that no other Company, within the same short period, ever attained so large an merease either in the Fire or Life Department. This speaks bighly for the activity and zeal of the

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management, while the promptness with which all the claims, arising out of the late disastrous fire in London were met. test fies itto their financial ability and the care and pru- dence which marked tbe investment of these funds.”

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“PRICES REDUCED!

RENEREW HOUSE!

YHE Subscribers will, from this date, dispose of their Srock Ar Repucep Prices.

Goods at Cost!

Ladies’ Furs, Hats, Plumes, - - - at Cost! ‘* Winter Shawls & Mantles, at Cost!

Hoods, Sontags, Breakfast Ghee, = + « «

at Cost! at Cost! at Cost! at Cost!

BLANKETS AT COST!

Skeleton Skirts, Boots & Shoes, Clothing, Cloths, Tweeds, Fancy Shirts & Shirt- ings, and all other Goods eG At Reduced Prices FOR CASH! DELANY & BYRNE.

Charlottetown, Feb. 27, 1865.

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BRITISH WAREROUSE,

QUEEN SQUARE, IMPORTATIONS

FOR PALL (6!

THE SUPPLY OF

British& Foreign Merchandize,

COMPRISING OUR

STOCK IN TRADE, WILL BE FOUND Second to None IN THE CITY,

For Variety, Quality, Style or Value.

Selected with the greatest care, purchased on the best terms, and sold at the lewest remunerative prices.

We Solicit Inspection. W. & A. BROWN.

Charlottetown, Nov. 21, 1864.

Light Houss at North Cape. —aatee TENDERS will be received by

the undersigned, at his Office, Charlottetown, | until WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of MAY next, for the erection of a LIGHT HOUSE at the North Cape of this Island, agreeably to a Plan and Speci- tication to be seen at said Office. (he signatures of two good and enfficient men, willing to become bownd for the faithful perform- ance of the work, will be required to accompany each tender. THOMAS ALLEY, Ch’town, March 27, 1865. Sup. Pub. Works. NOTICE. R. E. C. NEWBERY is hereby authurized to collect amounts due me for proféssioual attendance, &e, aud give receipts in my name. All aceounts rendered by him must, to save further trouble, be settled immediately. EZR. GAUVREAU.

Ch'town, 27th February, 1865. isl Pp. 8S.—E. C. Newseer can te seea at Dr. Gauvaeay's Olice.

It is a well known fact

paar the BOOTS, SHOES, &e. made at the Prince Edward Island BOOT & SHOE

FACTORY, are better and cheaper than can be

imported.

THAT Wholesale Dealers ean buy their Boots,

Shoes, &c, ou better terms and at lower prices

than they can import them.

THAT Wholesale Buyers can order smal! or

large lots upon the same terms, and can receive

them in any part ef P. E. Island within three

days from the time their order is received.

THAT Dealers in Boots, Shoes, &c, ean prevent

a surplus stock remaining on hand by buying at

the above establishment.

THAT Wholesale Buyers ean have made to

order any description of Boots, Shoes, &c, required,

at short notice.

THAT all who have bought Boots, Shoes, &c,

are decidedly of opinion that it is to their advantage

COLONIAL LEGISLATURE,

~ LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

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| Fripvay, March 24. (Continutd.)

| SALARIES—COLLECTORS IMPOST AND EXCISE,

| ‘The House again resolved itself into a Committee of the whole on the further con- sideration of a Bill to regulate the salaries of the Collectors of Impost and Excise for ‘he districts of Bedeque and Georgetown. Hon. Mr. Goff in the Chair,

Second clause read.

Hon. Mr. McDonatp: I have looked through the journals for the last eleven years to see what was the amount of duties paid at each of those Ports in that time, so as to ascertain the amount of commission that each of the collectors would be entitle: to. 1 have also made out a list of the ves- sels entered and cleared for the last nine years; and I find that at Georgetown there were 1386 vessels entered in that time, and 1326 cleared; while at Bedeque, in the sume time, there were only 710 vessels en- tered, and 891 cleared, only a little more than half the number that were entered and cleared at Georgetown. Again, taking the amount of duties collected at those port> from 1854 to 1864 (both inclusive), 1 find that there were £28,739 17s. 103d collected at Georgetown, and £29,062 18s. 1}d. at Bedeque, being only £323 Us. 3d more at the latter place than at the former There was a great falling off in the amount collected at Georgetown in 1859, and iv ne subsequent year has it come up to what it was in 1858. In that year, the amount received was £4,049 Is. 6d., and the greatest amount received in any one yea: since (1863) was £2, 992 13s. 10}d. 1 scarcely know how to account for this fali- ing off, unless it is owing to the quantities of goods entered in Cuarlottetown and af- terwards reshipped to Georgetown. Th number of vessels cleared from Georgetown has been nearly doubled in ten years, and yet the amount of duties is nearly the same. Lo looking over and comparing the amount of duties collected at those two ports, | have been led to the conclusion that the great increase in business at Summerside has been owing mainly ‘o the encourage- ment which has been given to trade by large grants from the public funds, and particularly to what bas been yiven for the encouragement of seam cowmun'cativn with the neighbouring Colonies. I have no doubt but the increase of trade cau-ed by the steamers calling at Summerside, bas increased the amount of duties received fully as much as the amount of the sub- sidies given to them; and if similar encou- ragement were givea to steamers to call a’ other places, it would have a like effect. Previous to 1859, the only communication from either place was by sailing veasels, an! the amount of duties received at George- town greatly exceeded that received at Sumw- merside ; but siuce that year, fully one-third more has been received at the latter place than at the former; yet, taking the whole collectively, the amount comes so nearly equal, that I cannot see any good reason why tbe salaries of the collectors should not be the same. The office has to be kept open longer at Georgetows, for it is the first port to open in the spring, and remains open a month or six weeks longer in the autumn. For these reasons, I think the salaries of those two officers should be equal, and if this House possesses the power of increasing the allowance to the Collector at George- town, either by conference or otherwise, 1 would like to see it done.

Hon. Mr. Yeo: The steamers calling at Summerside four or five times a week give the Collector there a great deal to do. He has to attend in his office the whole time; yet the main object of the Bill was to re- dace his salary, while it increases that of the officer at Georgetown. 1, therefore, think he ought to be satisfied.

Hon. Mr. Ramsay: I dare say his honor from Georgetown (Mr. McDonald) is correct in his calculations, but we are not legislat- ing for the past, but for the present and the future. Summerside was scarcely known ten years ago, andI dare say that in ten years more it will be as far ahead of George- town as Charlottetown is now ahead of it. | know there is a great deal of work to be done in the office at Summerside, caused partly by the steamers calling there so often, aod sometimes at midnight. When the Coileetor at Georgetown gets more under this Bill than he received last year, I do not think there is any ground to complain ; if it were reducing his salary, as it is that of the officer at Summerside, it would be a very different ease.

Lon. Mr. McDoxwatp : The amount of com- mission to which the Collector at Summer- side was entitled to sever amounted to £175 till the last two years. What he received in 1862 and the previous years did uot amount to as much as he ie allowed by this Bill. His honor who has just spoken alludes to

to patronize the Prince Edward Island Boot und Shoe Factory.

THAT the Merchants and others who have bought at the above establishment can with eonfi- dence recommend them to their customers.

[3° Orders respectfully solicited and punctually

attended to. GEO. NICOLL. Mareb 20,1865. isl rwphmé6in

Furniture Warerooms

Corner Kent Street & King Square. TP ye wish to buy FURNITURE,

CALL AT

DOUGLASS’S WAREROOMS.

He has tne largest and best assortment of

Ready-made Furniture,

of the latest and most fashionable stLyes, to select from in the Island, at

EXTREMELY LOW PRICES, consisting of :—

Drawing-Room, Dining and Chamber Furniture. Also, Side Boards, Book Cages, Wardrobes and What-Nots, Centre Tables, Extension do, Hall and Toilet do, Bureaus, Bedsteads, Cribs, Cots and Cradles, Feather Beds, Hair, Excelsior and Straw Mattrasses, Cane and Wood Chuirs, Office Chairs and Cushins, Cornices, Pu'es, Rollers, Shades and Tassels. A large assortment of

Sofas and Lounges. ONE PIANO.

(ey Please call and examine.

Corner Kent Street and King Square.

GEORGE DOUGLASS. Charlottetown, Feb 20,1866. tf CODFISH.

50 QUINTALS CODFISH, for gale

Ch’town, March 20, 1865.

by the subscriber. J. = CARVELL. t LOUGH METALS. BLISTER orn be eo r.E DAW 8. Mareb 20, 1869 we

Sammerside eclipsing Georgetown. Well, if it receives the encouragement from the re- venue by the large subsidies to the mail steamers and for other purposes, 1 have no doubt it will. They have a telegraph line, and we never See a session pass without large sums being voted for the improvement of communication with the neighbouring Colo- nies, and for building and repairing wharls. And while this is the case, and taking the situation of che place into aecount, it would be an extraordinary thirg if it did not go ahead. It g-ts more from the public funds than any other locality, and that is one of the great causes why it prospers. If the public money was more equally divided, the eastern end of this Island would increage as fast as any otber part. The navigation at Georgetown continues open longer, and if it had the facilities for trade which other places have, it would keep its place as the second town in the Colony.

Hon. the Presipenr: I do not think the Collector at Georgetown has anything to complain of. Lf it were not for the increase of business in Summerside, this Bill would vot be before us at ali. The salary of the

inereased, as compared with the average of what he has received for the last four years. liis honor from Georgetown goes back ten years to make his ealculations, but at that time Summerside was scarcely in being. There is no doabt but it will inerease, but that is no reason that we should give a higher salary at another place where there is not so mucli business todo. The salary allowed to the Collector at Summerside is about £99 less than what he received last year.

The House was then resumed, and the Chairman reported the Bill agreed to with- out any amendment.

A me Assembly by the Hon. Mr. Hensley, with a Bill in further amendment of the laws relat- ing to the sale by license of spirituous liquors.

Adjourned till to morrow at 11 o'clock.

Colleetor at Georgetown is not curtailed, but

Saturpay, March 25.

of Impost and Excise for the districts of Bedeque and Georgetown, was read a third time and passed.

LIQUOR LICENSE LAW.

On motion, a Bill in further amendment of the laws regulating the sale by license of intoxicating liquors, was read a second time and committed —Hon. Mr. Beer in the chair.

First clause read.

fion. Mr. Dinowett: That is a new clause, and I think it is a very necessary one. It gives power to the inhabitants of a district to close a tavern which is not pro- perly kept, or which bas become disorderly, and also to prevent a tavern keeper from getting his license renewed. I think the in- habitants of a district should have power to close a disorderly house, and, therefore I will not offer any opposition to the clause. It is not likely that tha people would close a house that was necessary for the accommo- dation of travellers, as long as it was pro- perly conducted.

Hon. Mr. Anperson : Your honors, [ think differently from his honor who has just spoken. { think this Bill will have the effect of closing houses which are necessary for the travelling public, though the inhabitants of a district may» not consider it a benefit, and may not desire to have it. Where I reside, you may travel 20 or 30 miles without com- ing toa house of entertainment, and it is owing to the restrictions put upon license.

people are alarmed at the corrupting effects | means of closing many houses that are re-

On motion of the Hon. Mr. Dingwell, a |0f low taverns and distilleries as a genera! | quired, and some of those men who would Bill to regulate the salaries of the Collectors | Tule. But in some localities these effects are | close up the public houses would be the last

reaily appalling ; for I might venture to say | to open their doors to a person who was

that, perhaps, in some rare instances, one in

every five of these who are constantly employ-

ed in some small distilleries, descend into a remature grave.

Hon. Mr. Lorn: I hope his honor is not correct with regard to the number of deaths caused by intoxicating liquor. It it isa fact,

| it is a must lamentable one, and the Goyern- ment should endeavour to do something to prevent such a fearful loss of life; but 1 aw inclined to question the correctness of his honor’s calculations. At the same time, I believe those small distilleries have been the means of doing a great deal of harm, and the Act compelling them to pay £25 for license has had a good effect. If it were £50 in- stead of £25, it would stop more of them It would be better for us to get a good arti- cle, if we required it, and some of us do like a glass.

tion. Mr. Henperson: Your honors will cbserve that I said *‘ perhaps’’ it wasso. | did not speak positively, although painful re- collections, thesresuls of painful o servations, convince me that my statement is not much beyond the mark with regard to some of these

travelling. I would like to see one door opened before another was shut. (To te continued.)

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. LAND QUESTION.

Monpay Arrernoon, March 20.

The House in Committee on the despatches relative to the Land Question.

Hon. Mr. Cores..—Mr. Chairman, it has been stated that the Bill known as the Fif- teen Years’ Purchase Act, might bave been disallowed if a certain lady had gone to the Colonial Office with the view of opposing its sanction by the Crown. I should have thought that the Report of the Attorney Geaers!, and the Correspondence which has taken place on the subject would have set- tled the matter so far as the tenants on the estates of those proprietors who consented to the Land Commissioners are concerned. [ know full well that the great bulk of the tenantry entertain the idea that ao adyan- tage will accrue from the measure. Al-

establishments.

Hon. Mr. Gorr: There is a strong objec- tion on the part of many persons to having a tavern in their neighbourhood, and not without reason, for it tends to immorality and bad habits. There are very few who

Many people would say that a tavern was not necessary ; but when they would travel

no! the people will say that a public house is necessary for the settle:ment ; and if temper ance houses were established, there would

entertainment is required. People are some-

houses of entertainment.

on the road.’’ sign a certificate for a man to get a license, might change their minds—they might join

prived of his license. Thus, a man who had

passed for a eertain time, might be deprived

most ruined.

it is likely that two-thirds of the inhabitants of a district would vote for shutting up a

ago while travelling to town. But this clause

either temperance houses or otherwise.

not be allowed to retain tier license. Hon. Mr. Anpverson: If the clause were merely intended to shut up disorderly houses

self or my horse for about sixteen miles.

on thissubject. They petitioned last year to

plo. As the law is pow, when a public house keeper once gets the people to sign his certificate, then there is no way to close bis house, or to stop him from getting his license | renewed, even though his hvuse may be dis- orderly. hey want more power placed in the hands of the people, and it appears to me that this amendment is very desirable, and will answer the purpose much better than the present law. I will support the clause, for I think it will havea good effect, and it will please the people who petitioned for the alteration. Hon. Mr. Lorp: If the petitioners would exert themselves to shut up those houses which sell without license, [ think it would answer a better purpose. IL do not oppose the clause ; I would give the petitioners what they ask for, but [ think they are making a grvat mistake. They want to put such re- strictions upon license as will prevent the ublic from ge. ing necessary accommodation. tT cavenanen considerable inconvenience in that respect myself not long ago,while travel- ling to Murray Harbor. There is not a house of entertainment from Nicholson's to the Wood Islands, a distance, 1 think, of not less than twenty miles. I do not think the Bill will have the desired effect, unless it is intended to shut up all the public houses.

Hon. Mr. Henperson: Your honors, I would like to take a fair view of the subject in its various bearings, and [ would not wish to say one thing here and another at a public meeting. 1 have told a portion of my con- stituents that while they were endeavouring to shut up taverns, and I would say amen to shutting up every disorderly tavern, that they should use their influence to open suit- able houses of entertainment. That if they shut up the taverns, and if they took a right view of the wants of the travelling public,they must use their influence to open temperance houses. IfI am not greatly mistaken, it is the duty of the Government to provide ac- commodation for the travelling community. But I am very glad that temperance men are becoming so numerous, and | hope they will use their influence to open houses on temper- ance principles. & would cheerfully pay something extra to such houses, and am sure there are many others whe would do the same, until they would be put upon a fair footing with taverns, for it is well known that tavern keepers make more money by selling liquor than they do by providing food for men and horses. If our temperance friends succeed in shutting up a tavern and do not use their best efforts to open a house on temperance principles, they are, perhaps, ' making a vacuum in the one instance which ‘they are not filling up in the other. They ‘are taking away the evil without supplying

the good. And your bonors will agree with _me that there is no such thing as taking away

the evil, in the moral scale, without supply- |

ing the good. The New Glasgow road is very badly supplied with houscs of entertainment, there being only one temperance house (Mr. Seaman's), and a second or third rate tavern \at Wheatly River, within the whole bounds ‘ofthatroad. Therefore, while I agree that it

e was brought from the [House of is just and proper to confer upon the inhabi-

tante of the school districts the privileges ex- in the clause under consideration, | | fear they are not sufficiently alive to the claims of the eereting public. I

wonder, however, to find that many of our

veiling.

roads.

keep it open.

say whether such and such houses should be closed or not.

certain houses should be continued or not

are only a nuisance.

main roads it would be sufficient.

will be taken advantage of.

Opinion.

day as a glass of liquor.

two or three Magistrates were to travel the

good purpose. As the law is at present, we might have fifty taverns between this town and the North Cape. Houses of entertain- ment are necessary, but when there are too many taverns,as there are the at present time, they become a nuisance. I was surprised tu hear the account given by his honor from Queen’s County (Mr. Henderson) of the number of deaths caused by intemperance, and I hope his calculviion is not correct. 1 would be sorry to think that one death in five hundred had been caused by drunkenness, or that one in five of the inhabitants is a drunk- ard. 1 do not think it is the case at the resent time. A great reform has taken place in the drinking custom of society. Llis honor said it was the duty of the Government to encourage temperance houses; but 1 would ask how the Government can be ex-

ected to encourage them? Can the Go- vernment be expected to give them a subsidy ? direction if they did. Very few men are wrong Perhaps it would not be a movement in the willing to open houses of entertainment un- less they are allowed to sell liquor, as it is considered that it will not pay.

Hon. Mr. Henperson: I regret to have to rise so frequently, but his honor who has just spoken has misunderstood my sentiments. [ said it was the duty of the Government to provide accommoda:ion for the tr avelling pub- lic, but [ insist that the temperance men should take the lead,and that the Government should not discourage them by legislation. Ina part of thl district which I represent there is a temperance house, kept by Mr. Godfrey, within a half or three quarters of amileofatavern. At that house the pub- lie can be as well accommodated, and it has successfully competed with the tavern for several years. ‘Lhat shows that temperance houses will pay when they are well conduct- ed. The public should noc frown upon such houses, but should give them every encourage- ment in their power, and if they would do so [ believe they would succeed without any subsidies from the Government.

Hon. Mr. Bers: L was going to allude to that circumstance. I have travelled many times on the Anderson road, and have been well accommodated at Godfrey’s. And if a house of that description can be kept on that road, and successfully compete with a tavern within half a mile, why cannot the same be done on other roads? If such houses were kept, as I believe they could be, if they were more extensively patronised, there would be very little necessity for taverns. In a part of the district which I represent there are too many public houses. The people comylain that they are @ buisance, and they want the power to shut them up. This Bill gives power to two-thirds of the inhabitante of a district to close public houses, or to prevent them from getting a renewal of licen e, but I do not think there are any grounds of apprebension that they will close houses that are really necessary for the accommodation of the public. I think there will be good faith enough in the people to allow a public house at every ten ‘or twelve miles on the main road.