The mainbers ui the ©. Yo Mi L. Institute are . taking stepa to get up & firet-claee Roading eaae wa Room. : ao _ | Green : Count VON MoLrKe is, we are credi- ~ ast ceili cia ili i te ; : og ceemoee ee ee ees LT iy informed, a convert to the Catholic bum 3 ; : . : : . ‘is * wd ig It is s:id ‘that the dela in begin- ee tide of immigration rolled so strongly intothe railroad, which would cost more than the to ® scheme of this magnitude, kuow where counts were involved to arbitraticn, they ed on the shore ty the crdimary tides, as if the bombardment of Paris was owing Gee if Uatted States? How was it, that men sroug- value of the whole Island, He believed the the line is to ran, for it 1s absurd to eay wi.at would be settled more expediticuely und would be inter‘ering with private rights is influence, and that its commence- pibuld ly in taWor of ® Monarolical system ct Gov. Hon, Atty, General when be stated that he will be the cost, unless we know the route, with (qual satisfaction Hon. Mr Strong did not question the law , ’ o Von Bismarck siuve ernment soughs home in a Republic The knew very lithe about the matter; and he The ertimate of Mr. Boyd strikes me as a T . " as explained by the Cul. Szeretary, bot be ment was due to Count Von Bismarck. ( : ae : : ee eee : ieee H Leader “of ; di omnes fae the G be bill was reported from committee y ‘ y ietine great Foason was, that the United tates had Rail. (Hon, B. 2.) thought the Hon. Leader of very extraordinary docuwent for the Govern. ; ' (M>. 5.) would not be a party to make suob Pustic Mest ine os \rugx eUM.—The Sone bet be reads and ail the advantages to whieb those tre Government kuew very little about the ment to take any acticu upon;.and for aii greed to without amendment.

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This was a much lower estimate “than ibst made by the Hon, Leader of the Government, It the Railroad were built there would stil! be the same necessity for macadamiz d roads that there is at present. The diflis ilty with the farmer was, vot the conveyiace of his produce to market, but the manuring and cultivation of his land. The ‘act was, that the railway was unerlied for, o@ untcoked for, and should not be under- taken bv the Government, They were the re- present itives of the people; and when the tatter wanted anything they. would ask for it; but it was seldom that afl their wants were sup>lied. The Lint Question remained to be settled. and they were bound to do ul! that lay in their power in assisting the people to secure the freehold of their farms; but the money require | for that purpose was merely like the pririny compared to the loading of a gun, in compa izon to the sim required for the con- struction of a railroad) A vood deal bad been sail about the large quantity of money lying in the Banks, but he believed that if £100 000 were withd:awn from the city, the sum which remained would not be larze, Railways in other cou-tries were built by companies, but in this case the Gove: nment were to be the constructors, Government worke were al- ways fund to be most costly, and therefore were ol jettionable. When the great Pacific Railroad was built, the company rec.ived a grant of 150,010,009 acres of laud from the U. S. Gwernamen:; bur in this Colony we had ne la d to srant to a company, ior sach &pup se. Ifthe building of & railway were approved of by the people, it would, ia his opinion, be better to allow a company a fixed per chutage —sar one per ceut—and allow them (> Lave all the profits of the road. But under present circumstances it should not be

undertaken without the consent of the people Hon. Arvorxey Gengrai.—This was a

question that bud been discussed by some of Our <aost practical men The Hon, Loader of the Government, and other business meo in that House, muet necessarily be acquainted with the reqa rements of the county and what woul! most couduce b> its ipteresis. It wus to the <pimis 8 of such men that ae would bow, fur be did not prot es to kuow very much in reference to rwiroads. He had fisten-d with jceaf pleasure to the argume tive and reasovab'e speech of the Hon Leader of ths Goverment, and Lad te admit that he had eever heard a more practical one. Ue bad expecied, when the Hon, Leader of the Up- Position and the hon, member for Beliast touk ap th: guestion, they would have adduced S0M8 strouger reasons ayainst the eonstruction of arsilroad and that they would have ev- deavoved to show where the Hon, Leader of the Government's argumeuts were unsound As bis (Hon, Attorney Generai’s} practical experience im those matters was smal), he would confine his remarks te what he had collected trom the remarks cf others.. He was etruck with a remark whieh fell from the bon. member for Belfast. (Hon B,D) tw the effect that forty years azo, the tatters cf the presen’ generat:o: came (9 this countiy with ~ only the clothing they tal on their backs, Yes; bu: what « diffe-ent position they were mto-day! He (Hon, Aucrney General) did aot delieve there was a cousty m Briish Ame) ica where the poopie were move thrivirg and prosperous than the people of vais Island. We bad industrious and energetic men amo: gst as, 7! was true, but a great deal of our wealta was (0 be attrbuted to the natural resources of the cogntry. Nature had done a great ous! lor as, While we had dove comparatively “Ahuw, Wenveraa? ieee #ue would be our progress daring the next forty years with all those advantages and facilities for the transport of goods and pas- gies" Tuey had been told that Great iteim hed spent more than £50) 000 000 or inse or more than half the National Debt, in tbe construction of railroads for the develup- ,imen'\ of her resources. Yet Great Britain had Mo inland o> open country to open up; it was an Jcland, and not a very large one either. ith all the burthen of the great National Deb: resting upon her, her people p:oapered far beyond the people of this country. It the Mot ver Country could spend so large a sum in that little Island, surely we can spend half a + million currene” in ours, whieh would only en- tail « taxation of a doliar per head for every mar, woman and child of our population, to £ive us like advantages. J: had been stated that a large ** through traffic’ was necessary $@ sustain the traffic upon @ railroad; but he bad dee: informed. on ood authority, thet 90 per cent of the regeipts of the Shediue and St. Jytin Kailway were derived from the local tra‘- Ge «wd only.10 per cent from the seaboard, « » But no person weuld compare the sterile coun- try, through which the greater part of that fon! passes, with this fertile little Island. If the cvad could be built and pat in complete running order for the sum of £5000 per mile, and heteleved it could, the sooner we enjoy the henefit of it the beter, If he real’y bee lieved that the road would cust £10,000 per mile, as giated by the hon. member for Bel- fast, he would oppese it; but be did not agree with that hon, member on tht point. Our thing that struck him very foreibly was, that every section of the Island, through which.the road wyuid pass, was decided y in favor of it, and only those who would be at a diatance from the line object to it, aud say they will not help to pay fur it. This, he con- sidered, was one of the sir ugest argumen's that could be given in favor of a railroad, for the inference thet mizht he drawn from it was, that all would be in favor of it it it parsed through their neighborhood, and of couse that they considered that in such a case it would be u great benefit, How people ex- pecied to have a railroad without taxation, he could not find out, He believed that the cost of some of the Engltish railwass was as hizh as £39,000 per mile; but few persons here hac any idea of the immense amoutt of law expences incurred in runnit g a railroad through tha: eountry. He had the best of authority for ata og that the law experses cf Enztish rait- waysamounted onthe average, to £2 000 sty. for every mile in Eogland. The hou. mescher for Pshiast nad stated that the lands of this Island wero worth onty one pou'id per acre, on the average, What was the cost per mile, for ‘hs land upon which Riilroads were -built in Hagtand? No tess than £760) sterling ! If cur lands were worth, on the average, only one pound per acre, what would be the cost of » narrow strip of road 100 miles in length ? It would bs a very smali sum indeed. ‘he ex! avagance of Railway Companies in Eng- lard knew no bounds; he knew of a Railway termainus, near London, the cost of which would build a Railway twice the whole length of this Island; and the money which hxd been expended in Eyeland, in buying certain rights sad political influence, was more than suffi- cient to construct all the Railways in the United States, It had been said that this Jslood was a long narrbw atrip of land. Well, the longer it was, the greater would be the chance of all the people availing themselves of the advantages of the line of Railroad, Sore hon. member had stated that the fare mer carted all hia produce to market in two or ‘tree weeks; but it should be remembered, thit if farmers had the advantage of a Rail- wry, they would not be“oblized to crowd the ta<ing of their prodace to market in go short a apace of time. When it was recollected, that it wus after harvest and during winter, the farraor had to bring his produce to market, it *cald be seen that be had but a very limited tine to devote to the improvement of his fom. What was one of tbe main objects of hte? To tive a3 comfortably and he pily as fi sible. How, and why was it, that the

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emigrants bad been accustomed in the mother country ; and, therefore, offered a more come fortabie home than did countries where tho-e advantages did not exist. No man could teil how, and what a Radway woald vay toWards its cost Of construction; we would oaks {oO puy towards its construciion ; we would have to build it—f it were built at all—upon faith. He thanked God, ard the people may thank thetmseives, that the prosperity of the country did not depend on the efforts of poli- ticiwns; but upon the general industry and thrift of the populations Those who jeaned upon politiciups, leaned upon a broken reed, Commerce did more for the prosperity of the country than all the efforts oi the politicians, Who could teil the nuaber of litle rivulets whiéh would spring up andf*» dato the gteat channel of trade through a trunk Pne of eat way! The hon. Leader of the Goverament had correctly s:uted that during the bot season, vast numbers of the people inhabiting Jarge cuties, were glad to Jeuye them fur the fovier retreats of the country places, ‘Lhere as no more bowutiful gud healthful cvuntry m the wor.d, during the hottest season of the fear, than our own, Why was it selected by the Premier of Canada as the best spot that eould be found for a residence in order to aid in the resteration of his health? Hecause it enjoys the most salubrious elimate in British North America. If we had Railroads and hote!s and ali the conveniences of otser voun- tries, vust numbers of travellers would make this Island their home in the summer séa- son, for the purpose of enjoying its pure aic and sea bathing; but with our present means of traveiling, our «dvantage would be but iittle kuown, and etill less soaybt after. It would he impossible to say what ben: fits a Railway would confer upon the country, by inducing travellers to make this Island a Watering place, But :ecording to the hun. member for Belfast, we aie perfectly sutistied with the resources a bountiiul Providence has given us, (but we are able to fight our own batile in the world, and do nut want any ex- ternal assisiance, If we wish to keep pace with the other provinces, we must provide Simi.ar conveniences, There is no greater sivp ef pr gress ih a ©oa try than ifs means ef cummunication, it a country irich and prosperous, 18 means Of trauspoert are good. Redkine ut the fact thet every aere of oar soil cau be rendered high y productive, and that our climate is highty conducive to goud healtn, we must conclude that we require betier commmmecativun, in order to develope our resources’ He (Hon. Atty. Genera ) did not see wy sume hon, members ars so tecribly afraidof the cost ot building a Railway. The materest of the money would represent. the debt, and if that be pad by the present genera- tion, their children would be m a better posi- tion to pay the princrpal, bec wee our trade aod resources would be mor: fuily developed. If this is a prospervus coantry, would any ton Member say that ths building of « Railway Was & MoNstrous undertaking, and that to taux every man weman and child «dollar per head, .wWas more than the cow try could bear? By no means lutroduce a Railway, and produce in every part of the Isiand would be equaliz-d in veld. ; the remute districts would be brought into immediate communication with the ship- ping places, and every inch of land would: e highly cuitivated. The iors member for Beifast profess s to believe that an appeal should be made to the people at th» polls in refereace to this great Question. That hon. meimber kuows ~ery we ] thatifanew election took place, @very public question tha€ has ever agicated th- minds of our poti ici:!8 would be dragzed defare the people, and that the real issue would not be an answer to the question, But every legitimate means could be used to tata the sews of the people in regard to the matter, If hesheard the peuple say that they would go in fivur of the euterprise if the road passed near their doors, he would kuow what that meant; and he believed that if every ssction of the country expected to enjoy the bevefits of abrancn road, the whole cvuntry would support it. Le did not know why the electors of Strathalbyn entertained d:ffereut views om the matter; but he heped that the Question would be discussed apart from every party feeling, and calmly and diss passionately considered. He belteved the+ the country was perfectly able to build the Railroad, and to uuderake the payment of £30,000 per year, mterest We should rather look at the indirect, than at the direct veneli ¢ whids would resu.t from the construe- tion of such au itaportaut public work. If the Government increased ihe value of the property of the people, and -vate them the means of enlargnyg their operatious, and of developing their resource, slihough a skilver sixpencle never dropped into the colfers of the treasury in return, he would support the evn strucuun of a Ro ilway. Dd the hoa. mem- ber fer Belfast (on B- WD ) expect that the Operations of the Land Purchase Biull, woud ever return to thé treasury. the interest of ihe large sans of money which had been spent in the purchase Of the propri-tory estates | The hon. member well knew that not oue six- pence would be returned to the ireasury as the earwugs of that evterpriz?, The result will be that the treasury will be the lcser, by tena of thousands of pounds, by the operatisns of the Land Purchase Bilis yet there was not aa hon. member of the House who did not believe that the measure bad greatly beaetiied the country What retarn would the country yet from tie operations of the Sione Crusiner? If itcost £1UC0 per mile to mucadamize our road: near a shipping place, where stone ca be mmported, what would it cost as tae work govs on through the country? To wacadawize our roads properly would cost bali as much as a Railway und when eowpleted the loss of time in conveying produce to market would be nearly as great as it is at present. When the Railroud is constructed, the fares should be fixed so low that every man mig’ t take ad- vantage of it. Cars should also be cons: ruci- ed as to allow of the ecnveyance of manure to every part of the country; every induce- ment sould be held out to the farmer t+ de. ve op the rescurces of his farm, aud to im- prove his condition, If ten or tificen thousand persons visit cur shores every year, a Rail roud would afford them grect facilities for travelling from o.e part of the country to the other, und woula induce them to remain amongst us fur a short time; aud if each vis:tor epends tweaty oc thirty pounds in the country, the total sum would be quite cun- siderable, and would greatly assi«t our farmers, whose produce would thus be consumed, and biing w gool prices, If a Riilway’ would ever develop our resources, it would do so to- day, and we might ws well, therefore, coi. menee its construction at once. He thought that if the positive assurances of the hon. Leader of the Goverument be taken, upon this question, the road would not be ia oper- ation more than four years, before every man in the country would be in favor of it, There were @ertain polit.cans, who, perhaps, would not be satisfied unicss they the xselves had the eontrol of the road; but after two cr thice years’ experience of its working, it would be well supported, When the celebrated George Stevenson, the great Biginear, first advocated the buildmmg of a Railway in England, pre- cisely the same objections as those now uryed were made against its construction there, The same objections were also made in Cana- du, or, the introduction of Ratiways inty that Province. Karl Derby strong'y opposed the butiding of @ railway in Englard, and declared that n@ snorting, dirty engine shou'd pass through his dcemains; but what did the Earl say in reierence to Railways before his death? * You may runa Railwey throiizgh my draw. ing room,’’ vaid be * if necessary. *” Hon. B. Davies had been amused to hear

two leading gentlemen of the Governmont strongly advocating the ooustruction of @

practical working of Railways, except what be had beard frem some Csna2zian speeulator. The only statement yet niade ip reference t6 passengers, was that 30 000 visitors were to come trom ubrvuad, during the summer Beason, to Spend their money amongst us. This was all speeulution; no one could positively say that any Such a number of visitors would come down here, It was a mad scheme, ard he did not think uoy sane man would eptertain it for one moment} Le really did not thin’: the Hon, Leader ot the Government atid the Hou. Au’y. General were in earnest when they made euch etucements. If th- construc- tion of a faiiread weie urdertaken at all, he would advise the Governme:t to let it to Companies, and allow them a certain amount of iuterest to help to pay ils working ex- pensés.

Hon. Leapgr cr tHe Government said that the hou, member fur Belfast (How, B,D.) was prepared to yuarautee a company a cere tain amouut of interest for pbuilding a railroad. What did that mean? It mean: nothirg eise than if the road was built, the hon. member wus prepared to gvaraniee the pay~ ment of the principle employed in its construc- tion. He (Hon. Leader ct the Government) would read & proposition which be had, in Ins capacity; as Leader of the Government, re- ceived Irom @ Company prepared to under'ake the work, aud he was piepared to g@arantee that the parties making it were respousib’e and reliab.e, ond had the equipments ready to commence the building of the road as soon as may be agreed u-on. He (Ion. Leader of the Goverment) was of opmiwo that when the hon. member tor Belfast slept and dream. ed over the matter; be would support it: If @ ma.’s dvrm was cut acrose; he would not only be paid ter his la d) but the fences en eacn side of the read would be built ad kept in order. The opposition to the paragraph

hud been very flat ‘Tue hon. member tor Murray Ltabor ¢ilon Mr. Wightman)

thought that if the lie passed through his dis- trict it would do very well, and “he (Hon. Leader of the Governme:t) knew the hon, member was strongly in favor of at.

Hon. Me Wigutman suid tat it was his Own private end peisonul opinicn that a rasl- road wuld benefit ihe country; but aa his eo:.8 Nuews were Cppused tu it, he wus bound to opp. se if.

How, Leapsr or tuk Goveryment knew that the hou. member fur Beitast (lon. BD.) Wes also in fuvur ot it, fcr he bad never heard the hon. member speak with so Inte energy and spirit, 43 Ou that evenmng He belie-ed tie hon. member wus only opposi g it, because a good many of bis coustitaciits were not in favor of i; but they did wot kuow the sdvanutages whieh wou'd result from a railroad, ws they viewed it fe m merely a lucal stamdpoit, and not from the bread principle that a would benefit the counuy at jaige. They could not see that they would derive ®&:y part.calar local benefit trom it, the expeuses of building it would be very great; they did not consider the preat facili- ties which would be afforded for the traus-~ port and shipment of produve. A great many p ople had been led to beli-ve that # railroad meant Confederation, acd tat the present Goverumert were not to bé trusted with its construction; but these who had been impos ed upon, haa been politiculty duped, He had Only the other duy heard a member of the Opposition say that he .ouked upon the Ho», Attorpey General as the man whom he would hke to see leader of the Upposition. He had inv ted him to come over to the Government side of the House, and he believed the hon. member would yet do 80. Although that hen, member was at a” mectirg held at the Link-~ letter Road where the railroad was opposed, yeta majority of bis constituents wou.d sup- port it. Tue people of the Linklezter Road were close to a goud shipping pluee, and that was the reason why they were carelees about the Railroad,

Hon, P Sixc:atr said that it hed been stated that the interest of the capital neces. sary to construct & Railroad would be abcut £32,000 currency, but bis own calculatiens were, thas it wo.ld be one-third more tuan that sum. He did not understand iow the taxes wers ty be levied in order to meet that expenditure,

Lhe Speaker then took the Chair, progress was reported, and the House adjourned till ten o’clock to-morrow. i oO.

Taounspar, Feb. 23rd, 1871. Hon, Mr, Sinclair presented a petition of Thomas W. Vedd and others aguinst the Re tarn of Hon, Daniel Davies, as a Member of the House.

Petition reed, and the consideration of it made the Order of the Day for to-morrow.

Committee cn tne Draft Address resamed,

Mr. Ram: y-—Mr, Chairman, T shal) con- fine my remarks on this paragraph within a very small compasa. The desirability of dredging around the wharves in the Island must be acknowledsed by ail. The harbors on the N ith Side reqvire the services of an efficient dredzing machine to keep the chan. nels clear trom the obstructions created by the accu:nulation of gand, I have been requested, by those whom I] represent, to ask for a yrant for breakwaters for the Harbor of St. Peter's, The Legislawure has already dealt liberally, and much goud has been accomplished, bus, from the et iting character of the sands, it is alm st impussible to keep the por:s on the North sida of the Is!am! available for ecm. mercial purposes, A‘ St. Peter’s, the existing breakwater un the north s.de of the harbor has bad the effeet of deepeniug the water, at the cost of changing the cha wel, and cassing a deposit of sand on the south aide of the harbor, where, consequently, a breakwater is now re- quired, in order to confize the channel between the two sea-walla tam plad to thik that the question of a railmad has made rap'd strides ip tue Opinions of the people of the Island. Por want of the accommodation such means of transport would afford, cats have been selling to the country at 4d. per bushel less than in Charlottetown, and potatoes are proportionally lower. Whatever differences of opinicn may exist upon this question, I have no doubt that the time will eome when all will admit the veeessity of having railroad communication; and here, sir, 1 mas: come p iment the Hov. Leader of the Government on the very able speech which he made on thia subject—at once practical and exhaustive, it retieeted great credit on him, fam prepaied to support the introduction of railroads, but I consider it unfair that such places as Souris and S°. Peter's should be excluded from par- ticipation in the benetits they would confer. TI do not, of course, expect trunk lines to either of those places, but the people of the North Side labor ander greater disadvantages from want of means of communication chan any other part of the population. It is hardly reasonable to expect the support of members from Souris and St. Peter’s, without the hope or promise of branch lines to those places, If we are to do without railroad communica: tion, we should send notices to Siberia, and, in fact, to all parts of the world, warning p2ople against coming to our shores, J] have faith im railroads aa in steamboats and tele- graps, amd the peuple will hereafter thank those who intioduced them, I have favored the system of macadamizing our roads, but it is a very slow and expensive process. With re- ference to the figures quoted by the Hon, Leader of the Government, I am not sare that I would sapport his views, if the railroad pro- posed isto cost more than five or #:x thousand pounds a mile. I would prefer that a proper survey should be hed, the route ascertained, and estimates made before further action be had. ,

Mr, Howat —I agree, Mr, Obairman, that we should, before commitymg she country

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we know, the company spoken of by the Hon, Leader of the Government may be. found un. able to ccmplete any Coutravt after it tas been entered into. Comparisons have been made etween Great Britain, the United States and Canada, but there is no analogy between those counimes aud this Island, in the matter of railroads. There the roads are built and worked by companies; here it is proposed to have them conduct'd by Governments. If a Company were to contract to build a railroad hete, they would have to find the means, and take the risk of being repaid. and it might be that the Govermment would be justified in subsidizing them. Aga farmer, I deny that the difficulty of getting oats tu market last fail caused the detention ot vessels, wh'ch a railroad would have prevented, Farmers know better than that, They watched the markets, aud, finding that the merchants combined to keep down the price, they withheld their produce fiom the market, Mvself and others kept back- our oats for three weeks, and if there bad been ten railroads in the Island, people nct presse ed for means could not be turced to sell. No class unde:stands their business betier thun the farmers, 1 heard it said that a railroad would raise the price of grain, but, Sir, [ have always been urder the impression that the rates in foreign markets :eguiated our prices I wih ask, would merchan:a here or any where else, give more for an article than they can get for it? Besides, almost all parts of the Island have ready access to the sea, aud the argument that railroads are re- quired to convey our produce to ® market jalis tothe ground Ii was stated last even- ing tha’ in New Brunswick raiiways cost bee tween £13,000 and £14 020 per mile. How then can ary one say that we can have them for £5000, and that before any survey has been made? We have been tuld thut the contractors for buildirg a railroad here will have to find security, but in other countries contrac(ors have furnished security, a:.d the people Pave had to pay larye sume beyond the contruet prier, to have the roads com- pleted, if a ruileoed shou'd be deemed re- cessary, there is no occasion that it should be forced on at sailroad speed. . Let a competent party make a proper survey, and let the people have all the details as to route, cost. &c., before them for a year, sv that they may have ale oppottunny of forming uid *Xpresce ing their opinion on it, Such a course would be more respectful to the peop'e than that proposed. I have listened to the pred.etions that the reilroad would pay more than its working expenses, but they aie merely Gone Jecturrs. No catculations have been brought to “Suppo t them We have no evidence of the umou:t of passenger and freight traffic Which may be expected to pass over the line, and my opinion is, that it will be difieuht to fid freight excngh to pay the expenses of a railway —where is it to come from? I]t may be true that oats,just now, are higher in Char. Joitetown taan iu the couwry and I beheve that they and potatoes will be higher still, in the spring. As to the effect of the railroad in widucing people to come to the Island, I Suppose the sight of a railroad wou'd uot be a great novelty to them, and the bathing places about Stanhope wiil not be more ayiilable at present without a branch linetothem. But there is one cliss of people that I admit will be brought rere. I medn the navies employ- ed in building the road. They will be able, in many districts, to outvote the native 8 Cr at least greatly influence the elections, and will, of course, v te as they are bidden by their employees, J] repeat thut it is injudicious io pass a railroad Bill without previously ascer- luining the location of the road and allowing the peopie to form their judgments on the subject, (To be Continued.) Eee eee SS

Summary of Legistative Council Preceedi, gs,

On Friday 4 dill to make beter prov'- sion for the dealing by Kxecutors and Ad- mipistrators with morigages, was read a third time and passed, and the House ad- Sourned till Monday,

Monpay, Mirch 13,

Hon, Col, Seeretaiy presented to the House the Cojovial Trea-urer’s Accounts for the financial year ending 31+t January 1871. Also, certain returus o: Bauk of Prince Kuve ward fsland. the Union Bank and the Summerside Bank. ail of which were order- ed to be laid on the table,

A message wus brought up from the Houze of Assembly by Hoc, Mr, Owen, ask ng ibe Council to appoint a committee to join a committee of the ffouse of Ax- sembly, to exawive and veport upon the subject of increased acocmmodaiion ia the Lunatic Asylum, A committee was ap- poinied accordingly, consisting of the Hons, Messre, McDonald, Suo»g and Beer. Two bills were brought up from the House of Assembly by the Efon, Attorney General, viz: A bill relating to the registry of Mortgages and memorials of Judgment, and a bill to author ze the Government to pri- hibit the exportation of Arma, The said bills were read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow,

Hon. Mr. Beer rese to present a petition of J. P. Beete and others praying that a road may be opened to the frm keown as Brickmakers Boint Farm, Lot 48, but the Honse declined receiving it on the ground that petitions for new roads should gu to the executive Government,

Hon. Col. Secretary, aceording to notice im the Order Book, presented 4 bill to cou- fer certain powers upon ‘I'rus'ees and Exe- cutort, [His houor said the object of the bil was to enable trustees and executors to invest Mouies in the Government securities of the Colony, viz: Treasury Warrants and Debentures. Lf they dd eo, as the law stood ut present, they would be liable for insolvency of the Goverument, or depresia- tion of t: easury Warrauts, aod be thoag at they shoud have thar power, as they have io the other colonies and mother oountry without sueh resporsibility. Lt also coc- tained @ clause to make provison for re- ferring certain difficulties relative to com- pounding claims or accounts to arbi:ration, instead of going iato the Supreme Vourt or the Court of Chancery. The bil! was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time tc-morrow,

Turspay, March 14,

A bill to confer certain powers upon Trustees and Kxecutors was read a second time and referred to committee,

Heo. Mr, Dingweil was glad to see a clause in the bill to provide for referring certain cases of arbitration, for it would save expecse, and, with all due deference to the courts, he believed that equal justice would be obtaived, He hoped tis honor the Col, Seeretary would iutroduce other reforms which would save the courts a large amount of wopleasant work, and suitors a great ceal of expense, '

How Mr. Beil thought the bill did not go far enough, as it oaly provided for referring cases to arbitration io which trust money was coucerned, Sometimes juries did not woderstand accounts, and if tne court bad powel to refer oases, in which leagthy ac-

A bill relaticg to the registration of Mortgages and memorials of Judyment, was also resd @ second time, ard referred to commitice,

Hon, Col, Secretary said the object of this bill was to doviate difficuities which were sometimes ¢xperienced in the Registry Offive, on accoun: of the practice of register- irg absolute conveyances of estate3, me morials of judgments, and various other documents in the same book. When aman wanted to trace a title to an estate, be has perhaps (to spend three or four hours in goirg through (he whole list of conveyances, memorials of judgments, marriage settlc- ments, &e , whereas if the different classes of documents were registered and indexed in different books, it might be done io hulf an hour, The bill would not impose any additioual labor upon the registrar; it would rather facilitate ihe work iy the office, for when there were two men employed, the indexing of d ferent docuuents miykt be going on simultanecusl y;

Hon, Mr. B-er had no particular objection te the bil, but he had never found any diffi- cully in tracing vut .titles ia the Kegieiry Office, and never was detained more than filteen or twenty minutes in doing bo,

Hon. Col. Secretary reptied that he (Col, Sec.) had frequently been detained for hours, If be (Mr. Beer) had to trace out a ttle among the Macs ot the last 30 years, he would wish there never had desea any Macs upon the Island.

lion. Mr. Strong said the hill commended itself to his judgoment, aod thought 1 would be @ great ddvantage to those who had to trace gut titles, to have the d frreni dscu- mente registered in different books

foo. Mr, Boll had ov objsesion to the bill, as he believed it was called tor. Ha referred to the necess.ty ofa Registry Uffice aod Court of Probate in the other counti:s and boped the present Goveroament would afford those countes such facilities i1 that respect ag Queen’s County had long enjoyed.

tion. Mr Dingweil believed she time had artived for es ablishing registry cflices in the dif-rent counties. ‘Ine work in the Cffise in Chatlotietown bad increased so much, that it “as unreasonable to expect ope or two men to periorm it 8 tsfacturily.

Hos, the Pres‘dent thougst the bil was & Movement in *he right dirction, dud as it did not entail any additional work or expensa he did not see that there could be any ob- jection to is.

Toe bill was reported from committee, agreed to without amendment, and read a third tim: and passed.

A bi'l to authorise the Government to pro- hibit the exportation of arms, was fead a second time, referred ty committee, reported agreed to without amendment, road a thitd tm-+and passed.

tion, Mr, Muirhead preserted a petition of tho masters aud members of Mount Lebanon Lodge of Freemasons, ot Summerside, asking for an Act of Ineorporation,

Hon. C!. Secretary remarked that a great deal of legielation, scch us Acts ot Incorpota- tion, or bills on any matter which d:d not appropriate money or levy taxes, might originate in the Upper House and that would eonomise time aid facilitate the pablic business. It would also show the people that the Legisiaive Council was something more than @ revising Court, with merely the power to dot the is. cross the t's aud correct the spelling in the bills which originated in the House of Assmbly.

Toe petition was soferred to a special oom- Mittee, consistirg of Hon, Mr. Muirhead, Hon. Mr, Bail and Hon, C» onal Sseretary to report thereon by bill or ot2zerwise.

Adjourned,

Wepnespiy, March 15.

Petitions presented—

By Hon, Col. S-cvetary, of certain taverns keepers setting forth that the Act recently — relating to the eale of spirituous iquore to minora works injuriarly to tae trade, and praying for an amendment. A

etition of certain tinsmiths prayiog the

ouse to consider the expediency of remitting the duty upon tin when imported fur manu- facturing cans, for preservins fish,» A peti- tion of Alexander Brown. A. Lord. W. A. Weeks, R. R. Hodgson and others, praying that an Act umay be passed to incorporate the Peoples’ Bank, Charlottétown, . A petition of the office-bearers ard m-mbers of the Young Men’s Christian Aesociatio:s and Literary lostitute, praying for an act of incorporation, A petition of eertain merchan:s and other inhabitants of Charlottetown praying that the deci.aul currency system may be adupted, and a petition of certain inhabitants of Charlottetown, calling themselves the -* In- dependant Order of Odd Fellows,’’ pray:ng for an act of incor poration.

By the Lisn. Mr. Dingwell, a petition of trustees of the Presbyterian Cuurch at Belfast, praying for a: amendment of their act of In- corporation,

By ‘ion, Mr, Muirhead, a petition of the trustees of the Presbyterman Unurch at Summerside, praying for ax act of sncorpora- tlon.

By Hon. Mr. Balderston, a petition of certain inhabitanis of Lot 30, praying for an alteration in the election kiw, sous to enab]a them ty po'l their votes in a more convenient polling place; and « petition of certain in- habitants of New Glasgow, praying thut the public may have the right to takesea manure off tho shore, between bigh and low water mirks, at M dileton’s Gove. A _ counter petition, of Andrew Doyle, was presented by Hon. Mr McD vaoaid.

By Uon. Mr. Haythorne, a petition ofthe Presidens and cirectuis of the Unrn Bank, Charlottet wa, praying that their charter may be extecded to tue year 1899, with power to increase their capital.

Hon. Mr. Buidersten, on presenting the above named petition, relutuog to seaweed, said that he waa of opimion that all sea manure thatlodged telow high water mark, shou'd belorg tu the general pub ie.

Hon. Mr. McDonald oa presenting a counter petition of Andrew Doyie,said the petition sat forth strong grounds io show that be had a legal right to wli tae seaweed that lodged on the shore in trout of his farm. The question of the ownership of seaweed had beon before the Legislative Council on former occasions, and » report bad been drawn up with great care and after wuch reeearen. Lhe report contained the opinion of a gentieman of the legal profession, (hat all seaweed thrown upon the ehores, belonged to the owners of the soil, aud he did not see that the Legislature could do any more unless they passed 5 law to give the pablic a right to a portion of if by paying the owuers a reasonable compensation,