. of the Speaker.

To 'rIu: EDITOR 0F 'rnit COLONIAL Hanna.

SIR ;-,-I send you enclosed, certain letters received from Joseph Hume Esq., together with a letter from me, as mem-

ber of the Committe appointed to fOI'Wnrd certain documents

from the House ofAssembly, in April last, to be laid before the Imperial Parliament—these papers having produced some excitement and opposition in the House of Assembly.

It. will be recollected that the last House ofAssembly ap— pointed Joseph l-Iume, Esq., M. P., as its Agent in England —which office he accepted, and performed the duties there- of, but refused any salary. In the Session of1842, the Com- tnittee appointed to correspond with the Agent in England submitted their report, but the House insisted upon the Committee’s producing all their letters, public and private.

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where the conditions of the original grants have not been con? plied With, and some ofthe resumptions appear tome to err m the opposite direction to that towards your Original Grantees But the conduct ofthe Colonial Ofiice has always been, and pet" haps will continue to he, inexplicable, on any principles which should be ofgeneral application to all Colonists.

I have only to mention, further, that it is my intention, before Parliament shall separate, 10 ask for an interview with Lord 518"- ley, and to obtain frotn him, if possible, (though I greatly doubl my success,) some concessions in favour of the settlers of your Colony; and in the meantime, I have sent you four copies oflhe Parliamentary Papers, and one under a separate cover, that you may see all the documents produced.

I regret toadd, that Lord Stanley, by Bill, is depriving the New- foundlanders of their franchise, without a hearing, which conduct is supported by the House of Commons. There is no sense of

I, therefore, took the first opportunity this Sessinn m |ay the justice on his part, to prevent his taking the same course towards

correspondence of last year before the House of Aseinbly, and on my moving that the correspondence be printed as an Appendix to the Journals, it was lost—9 voting for the motion, and 14 against it. On the Second inst., the papers and letters of correspondence were referred by the House to the Committee on the State of the Colony, for their con- sideration; but on the following day this order was rescin-

ded, and the correspondence thrown out, on the casting vote I then obtained leave to withdraw the cor— respondence (with the eitception ofone letter), with a view ofofi'ering them to the press, to be published for general tit- formation, and request the several papers will give them an ‘ insertion in their columns.

I remain, yours, &c., - WILLIAM Coons. House of Assembly, 7th March, 1843.

Letter from Wm. Cooper, Esq., late Speaker of the House of Assam-

bly, to Jasrph Hume, Esq. Charlottetown, P. E. Island, 16111 April, 1842.

tit;-The House of Assembly acknowledge the receipt of your communications, and particularly your disinterested kind- noes, and they are thankful that Dr Buwring will, in the House of Commoms, press upon their attention the necessity of some amelioration in the tenures of land in this Island, to enable the inhabitants who have improved this Colony to retain their im-

provements.

The House of Assembly voted it sum of money for a Colony Agent, but this was rejected by the Council. tition, to be

ordered to be sort: to you and Dr. Bowring, wherein are printed

the Resolutions passed by the House of Assembly on the State ofthe Colony, to which you will be pleased to refer for further information. The Journals are also ordered to he sent to you in sheets—all of which are to be post paid. Enclosed are two Sche-

dules, the one chewing the prices for which the Grantees sold

their interest in the Grants, and how the prices varied according to the fears the Grantees entertained Oflosing them by Escheat; and the other shewing the terms on which the Proprietors let The former is taken from the public record, and the latter from the statistical The above enu- merated documents are ordered to be printed‘and sent to you,

their land to persons emigrating to the Island. returns taken with the Census, last Summer.

for information to Members cfParliament.

Our Governor has not informed the House ofAssembly of any on the land question ; and as the is now closed, it would be well that Lord Stanley understood the state ofthis Colony, to enable him to give such instructions to the Governor til would enable the next House of Assembly to settle the Land question without

delpatches from Lord Stanle , last Session of this Assemblyy

further agitation.

You desire to know whether anything less than an Eschcat Anything in reason would satisfy the people, but they are afraid to make an proposals, lest such pro- posals Were taken its rt confirmation 0 the Grants; and they are taunted by the Proprietors with every proposal that has been made for their relief, and told that Ministers have rejected them; but ifLord Stanley could be induced to believe the truth, he would

would satisfy the people.

have no difficulty in settling this Colony. l

The Proprietors have derived a great portion ofthe rent from The Government could in- sist on this being refunded, or, in lieu thereof, insist on the Pro- prietors releasing their tenantry from their arrears of rent, and reducing the rent to what the tenant could pay—I would say 6d. per acre currency, taken in produce, at a fixed price, within ten Those who are within reach of Charlottetown Market—say fifteen miles—might pay something more, and generally in money; the tenant to have the

the lands reserved for the Fisheries.

or fifteen miles from the tenant's home.

option to purchase the fee simple at 2i) ye’trs' purchase; and

where this was not allowed, the lease to be extended to 999 years, as the tenant’s interest in his improvements loses its value where

the leases are of short duration.

When Isay sixpence currency, per acre,I do not mean to

limit the justice of Her Majesty's Government; but I have made these statements from a perfect knowledge of what the tenantry, in general.can afiord to pay; and as their dealings in the country

are generally in barter, git ing their produce in exchange for neces~

saries, it is scarcely possible to pay a money rent. Great advantages are frequently taken, in the difference ofex-

change between currency and sterling, and therefore the rent ought to be taken in currency, and in produce at a low fixed price lftlie crops

—the tenant to have the ‘option to pay in money. could be depended upon, it might be more convenient to describe

the produce, and fix the quantity to be paid as rent; but the early frosts frequently destroy one or more of the grain or potato crops, and by laying produce, beef, pork and cattle ought to be taken

for rent. - Ifyou will compare the Governor's Address,at the prorngation

with the Resolutions passed by the House of Assembly, you will see the state of party feeling in this Colony. The Resolutions ofthe House went to recommend the appointment OfCommis- lionera to settle the Colony; and if the Proprietors refused to submit to such interference, that the Government would rcvest the forfeited lands in the Crown, and also to pray Her Majesty that the persons who have improved the lands reserved for the Fisheries, should be quieted in their possessions, without having to pay the Proprietors rent for the same; but the Governor took his stand upon the Escheat (which was only a contingency), and told the people that their views were visionary, thereby givmg the Proprietors a triumph over the tenantry—a minority over a majority. Such proceedings cannot fail to weaken the strong

the inhabitants have to the institutions ofthe And it is common to those in power to appoint who are known to be obnoxious to the people, which sometimes leads to some breach ofthe peace, and then the

attachment whic parent countg. person! 10 0 CB

peqyile are represented as turbulent.

re first report in full oftlio House of Assembly, on the land question, containing a copy ofthe Original Grants—the inquisi- tion ofthe Escheat of two Townships, and the Prince Regent’s Proclamation, to release the Proprietors from their conditions will be found in the Journals ofthe House of Assembly, which I left with you, for the year 1835, page 73 or 74, and despatches on the Fishery Reserves are in the Appendix to the Journals for the

year 1839. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obdt. humble servant,

(Si tied) W . C . . Jose h Home, Esq., g M “PER

ryanstone Square, London.

(Copy) Loaaoa, 3d August, 1842. The Hon. Wm. Cooper, P. E. Island.

Sir; On receipt ofyour letter and Petition, I presented the same to the House ol Commons, and had it printed with the votes; and seeingacorrespondence had passed between the Colonial Ofiica and your Island, on the subject ofyour demands, I thought

‘ . including your Petition to the Queen, and the Resolutions which the House of Assembly had agreed to, to be laid before the British Parliament that they mightjudge between you and the Colonial Secretariat;

itrbcot to obtain copies of all such communications,

ifan opportunity ofl'ered for discussion.

All these pa ers were distributed to the members only a few days ago—too ale to enable me to bring them under the notice ofthe House, and they must remain until a future time, if such Iliall be deemed favourable for bringing youi claims forward.

In the present state ofthe House of Commons, where the Min- isters have so decided a majority, and when the opposition mem- bers have nearly all absented themselves, I do not think I should have done you any service by ressing your claims forward at this time; indeed the tenor oftord Stanley’s letter ofthe 14th chuly, 1842, to Lieut. Governor Sir II. V. Huntley, printed, seems to shut the door to any further interference on their part, and that you will be left to make the best terms for yourselves.

Itliink the inhabitant settlers have been very tinfairly dealt with, and that the conduct of past Secretaries has been vacilla-

‘ ting and contradictory, and that equal justice has not been done

m'you’ as they have in other Colonies done.

“,8 proclamation of Lord Falkland, respecting Nova Scotia, may bogiven in proofofthe strange contradictor proceedings in "spec; to the lands in Colonies; and I think Iyatn correct in .inting,that in the Colonies of New South Wales and Van Dic- uwfl mad, the Government are resuming all the grants Ofland,

Enclosed is a Pe- presented to the House of Commons, and copies of Petitions which are sent to Her Majesty. The Newspapers are

I therefore advise conciliation, and remain, Your obedient servant, JosI-zrii Hutu:-

you.

(Signed)

(Copy.) LONDON, 13th August, 1842- The Hon. Wm. Cooper, P. E. Island.

Sir; Parliament was prorogued yesterday, and‘referriug yttu to ply letter ofthe 3d instant, I have now to add, that, in spilenf every effort tnade by Mr. O'Connell, myself, nnd a few others. never more in any division on any part ofthe Bill than twenty- fiVey the Bill for swamptng the House ofAssembly, by tlirowmg in 10 nominees ofthe Crown, passed both Houses. ' ‘here were two modifications made, viz. the suffrage was not altered, as at first intended ; and the duration of the Bill was limited to four years, after which their Constitution will again be in operation.

The majority ready to carry any measure the ministers propose enable them to perpetrate such acts ofinjlislice without scruple', and as the few Whigs thltt attended the House voted for the Bill, there was no means of arresting it. The majority in the Lords is equally strong and reckless, so that the will of the ministers is the law. ' .

Lord Stanley might, with as much justice, have brought in a Bill to disfranchisc you, and it would have been carried with as much facility. The value ofa Constitution, in any Colony, is as nothing; and those who act against the pleasure or wish ofLord Stanley, must take the consequences. I spoke to Lord Stanley, as I promised,and he told me lie was desirous to see the proceed- ings in the first Session of the new Pailiament, before he said more than he had done in his late letters. I urged him to send a proper person as a Commissioner, to the Island, to inquire, and to recommend a course to set at rest the very unpleasant proceed- ings so long existing in your Island; biit Lord Stanley was silent, except that he would see what the next Assembly would do. Ifuny opportunity offer to forward your cause, which is I think a just one, I shall be’ready; and remain,

Your obedient servant.

(Signed) JOSEPH HUME.

(COPY) Wm. Cooper, Esq.

DEAR SlR;—-I wrote you by the last packet, that Lord Stanley was unwilling to say or to do anything until he should see the result. :is he told me, ofthe Elections then going on; and by the Gazette of the 19th OfJuly I observed that these have turned out adveIsc to the popular party, which composed the majority ofthe last House of Assembly, and for whom I was requested, and agreed to act. I cannot judge what may be the result of the change in your new Assembly, and therefore address you to say, that as long as I can be useful, or that the party whom I have been acting for think that I can in any way forward their views in this Country, [shall willingly do so. But you will bear in mind, that on the first intimation to me that the Assembly had appointed me their Agent with a salary, I declined the latter, whilst I willingly agreed to act for them. I ilid so on the princi- ple, that the people had been, in my opiiiiou, very ill used by the Colonial Ofiice at home, in supporting the governing few in the Island, and that I should act towards them as I had always done for those at home or abroad who have had grievances to com- plain of.

I think iftliere has been that return ofMembers ofthe Assem- bly unfavourable to the establishment of a Court ofEsclieat, as recommended by Lord Hobart, so as to form a majority in the Assembly, that the Colonial Secretary will not be disposed to listen to any of your requests; whilst I do think, if the present Assembly should support the Resolutions which the late Assem- bly passed and forwarded to Her Majesty, and which have been laid before the House of Commons, and printed, on my motion, that Lord Stanley may be induced to do something to have the long pending dispute settled.

I request, therefore, you will let me know, its soon as you can, the situation ofParties in the new House; and ifyoui party he in the minority, you will immediately present the enclosed letter ofmirre, declining any longer to act for the Assembly under the change that has taken place.

I remain, Your obedient servant, , JOSEPH Hunts.

Lennon, 24th August, 1842.

(Signed)

[We have been enabled to obtain a copy ofthe letter allu- (led to in Mr. Hume’s last preceding letter, which is here— unto subjoiced.—Ed. Colonial Herald]

LONDON, 26th August, 1842.

To the Hon. Wm. Cooper, Speaker; or to the Speakerfor the time

being of the House offlsscmbly of Prince Edward Island. Sir; Having read in the Royal Gazette, ofChurlottetown, ofthe 19th ofJuly last, that the Elections for the new [louse ofAssem- bly had taken place, and that the majority of the members were opposed to the Resolutions ofthe late Honso of Assembly, ofthe

I'lth of April, 1842, and to the prayer ofthe Petition 'fi'om the

Speaker of the House ofAssenibly, ofthe 12th of April, 1842,

which I had the satisfaction ofprcsenting to the House ofCoIn-

inons ofthe Imperial Parliament, I request that I may be allowed to resign the duty I undertook, as Agent for the House of Assem- bly in England; and in so doing, to express my regret, tltatl have not been able to obtain from the British Parliament, or from the Colonial Secretary, that redress for the grievaiicestnfthe settlers of Prince Edward Island (which are stated in the Petition

and in the Resolutions ofthe House of Assembly) which, in mv

humble opinion, the justice of their case demanded. I have the

honor to remain, Sir, your obt. humble Servant,

JOSEPH Home.

LAND ASSESSMENT.

Tarasuaza's Orrica, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 17th January, 1843.

IN further pursuance of the Act of the General As- sembly of this Island, made and passed in the Seventh year ofthe Reign oins late Majesty King William the Fourth in- tituled fin flct for levying on fissessment on all Lands in ’this Island, I do hereby give public Notice, that I have made Procla- mation, according to the terms ofthe said Act, of the undermen- turned Town Lots and Pasture Lots, and parts of Lots or Town- , ships in this Island, in arrear for the non-payment. ofthe several

sums due and owing thereon to Her Ma'est under and b ' vtr ue ofthe before-,inentioned Act, Viz: J y, y ‘

Pasture Lot in Charlottetown Royalty .- Lot No. 538.

Georvretown Royalty: fut No. 109.

Princetown Royalty :—Nos. 278, 319, 339 and 345.

Townshi s :

No. 3, 1330 Acres. No. b, 342$) Acres.

No. 39, 7fAcres.

4, 17375; n 2|, 994 u 40. 221 a

5, wars u 27, 545 u 52, 4130 H

6,18840 “ 37, 47-2 “ 65, 768 u 38, 740; u

And the owners of the said Lots and Tracts of Land, so in hr- rear and proclaimed as aforesaid, are hereby notified, that in case the sums charged on them by the said Act, together with the Costs which have been incurred, shall not be paid within Ten Days before the next Eastern Term ofthe Supreme Court of Jo- flicnture, to be held at Charlottetown, which will commence on I‘uesday the Second day nfMay next, application will be made

to the Supreme Court, during the said Term, for Judgment against the said Lots and Tracts of Land respectivel .

J. SPENCER SMITH, Treasurer. FALL GOODS. THE Subscriber offers FOR SALE, at the Old

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R. LONG WORTH.

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1st December, 1842.

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