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HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIVE BILL (Continued from eur last Examiner.)

After some further dicoussion, the question was pat on the resolution moved by Mr. Davius, that Ubarlottetowa be re- resented byone member in the Council, when there appeared

bor itt—Mr. Davies, Hon. Sneaker, Me Aulay ‘Taled, Haviland, Loogworth, Gray, Yoo; Mesarg. Oweu. Hola, MNeil!, Boer, Mout pag tee a } ys \, Bo . igo ry, Ransay—14.

Agatust it-—Hous, Messrs, Wieht ! Kelly, | Coles, Waelan, Tuorntou : Mensa. Uouroy Sane ; 4 s. UVonroy, e, Sinclair, Cooper— 10. ’ oe

Waea the clause relatin ! li

ea the ¢] eating to the qualification of Council- eee } i Council- |

Hoe. Mec rite AN CON said this was another main fos. tére of the Bill. When the members of this [forget al ‘ . aD ‘- > = ont ~ only required to have a qualification of £00 pai unve were should not fix the qualifaction of memin ; bt they £500. When this Bilt ; Cor we thought they oes tein —e ea « woere to the Council at, a tf) ORD “ ao afst brought ia, the qualification gus and Apparent) £700: which was too high, and £500. he though! was too bigh as well. Io his opinion £300 wou'd be sufficient, but he supposed it would be useless to propose

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this sum; he, however, was d sposed to ask the Guverameat |

to make the qualification lower than £000.

The clause was agreed toasread. When the section was read providing that it should not be in the power of the Go- vernor to desolve the Counei!—

Mr. SINCLAIR said that be‘ore the question was put on this clause, he would like to hear it discussed. It might be

that the Council when elected would consider themselves as_

muca the embodiment cf public opisiea as this Branch of the Legisiature, and soe remedy should be provided io case of a lock. He thought if sowe importan: measure were brought forward by the House of Assembly, and rejected by the Council; aad the Hvuse were dissolved, aud a new elec- tion bad, and the same measure were brought forward again by the House, ag.in to be rejected by the Council, the Go- vernor then should have pewer to dissolve the Council. He did not see any provision of this nature iu the Canadian Bill ; but he observed by a resolution passel ia the Commitee ut the whole House ia that Colony that the priuciple was ap- proved of. He did not know the reason why it was not car- fied out ia the Bill which was afterwards passed, but he thought the principle was a very good one.

Hoa, Mr. HAVILAND was aware that the resolution

ferred to by the hon. member for Princetown had been carried in the Canadian House, but it was afterwarde over- ruled, and the Act was passed without the clause. The question was discussed iu the Lmperial Parliament, and the Uual imous opinion there was that it would never do to em- power the Governor to dissolve the Council, as this would make it equal to another House of Assembly. If the amend- weat suggested by the bon. member for Princetown were in- truduced intothe Bill, he (Mr. Haviland) would vote against it altogether.

The Voma.ittee then rose, prozre-s was reported, and the Blouse adjousned. D. Laiap, Reporter.

Saruavay, Mareh 23.

Mr. BEER presented a Bill to prevent Coogregations being disturbed ia the pertorwatce of public worship, which

wus read a first time aud ordered to be read a second time

t.-morrow.

ffon. Mr. HAVILAND, agreea'ily to notice, introduced a Biil for the protection of Copy right, which was read and ordered to be read a second time on Mouday next.

Tue House now resumed the consideration of the Legisla- tive Voune:) Bul. The clause having deeu reel which takes from the Crown the power of dissolting the Council, Mr. Siaclaic moved in amend nent—That the Crowa shall not bave power te dissvive the Legislative C suncil except ia the eveut of a rejection by the said Legislative Couacil in two Sessions, if the measure which shali have passed the House of Assembly in the same two successive Sessions, and the

« said aicasure afier its first rejection having been tested by a dissolution of the House of Assembly.

Mr. SLNCLALR supported his amendment on the ground that is was necessary to insure harmonious working between the lower and upper Chambers.

Hon. Mr. HAVILAND said he could not support the Bill if the ameudment passed. He argued that it was ad- mitted by statesmen in the Lords and Commons oa both sides, that the Crown should bave no power over the upper Chamber. Under the present system our parchment Lords could not be dissolved, but more gentlemen cou'd be invited to take a seat at the Counei! Board. He could not imagine & crisia such as the hon. member anticipate] would occur, as

one half of the Councillors would go out every four years. |

They were placed in that position for two purposes, to check extreme views on the pert of the people, and also to check any encruachmeuts of the Crowa or Ministry of the day ou the rights of the people, so the Crown should not have any rod to hold over them. He was coufilent the Bill would be dissilowed if it contained such a clause.

After a somewhat leagthy discussion on this point the question was put on the amendmeut, and lost on the follow- ing division.

Yeas—Mr. Sinclair, Mr. Doyle; Hlons. Messrs. Co'es and Kelly—4. Nays—lHlons. Mesers. Haviland, Laird, M*Aulay, Longworth, Yeo, Hensley, Thornton; Messrs. Ramsay, Sutherland, Moutgomery, Cooper, Owen, M‘Neill, Beer, Davies, Howat, Conroy, Holm, J. Yeo—19.

The remaining clauses having be-n read and agreed to, the Speaker took the Unair and the Chairman reported the Bill agreed to with certain amendments,

Hon, Mr. THORNTON moved the Bil! be referred back |

to Coutmittee to be amended by striking out the part which

gave to Charlottetown and Royalty a meimber in Council. For Mr. Thornton’s motion ;~~Lons. Messrs. Thoraton,

Coles, Keily, Hensley ; Messes. Cooper, Sinelair, Sutherland,

Doyle, Conroy, Howat—10. Against it;—Hoas. Messrs. | Heviland, M‘Aulay, Yeo; Messrs. Owen, M-Neill, Ramsay, |

J. Yeo. Montgomery, Holm, Davies, Beer—I1. F Mr. COUPER woved that it be referred back to Commit- tee, to alter the mode uf election, by inserting the amendment sugzested in Committee. louse divided ou the question— 3 voting for the motion, and 20 against it. Mr. SINCLAIR moved that the Bill be refer Committee to have ti amended by giving the Crown powe

dissolve the Legislative Council. Division as in Committee. had bee : f alleen and the and appplication had beeu made to a Magistrate to suppress

The report of the Committee was then agreed to, Bill ordered te be engrossed. Hoo. Mr. LONG WURTUH introduced a Bill to alter

oO, : P , Tbe Committee then went through the Bill and made some

hav ithdraw. this moti T ‘ be ie ¢ leave to withdraw this motion, the Teacher's remedy

cing elsewhere, which was carried.

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a thon, Mr. HAVILAND presented a petition of Danie!

Tastings Craig, New York, / lex. M-Kenzie, St. J | Nonfoundiend, and John Uunter, P. E. Island i i Senile % ; : es ; eee as the “ Galf Express and Yelegraph Com. | ps ¥ Witch was received aud read, and laid on the table. | Mr. Haviland received leave to introduce a Bill to ineor-! i ‘oy ny . r = a Company. The Bill was aceordiagly present ed, read a first time, and referred ¢ eccial C it Haidudete mame 9 the Special Committee | | @ppai ‘0 Keport on private Bills,

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MARRIED WOMEN’S BILL.

WYP py ; Hon. Mr. HENSLEY moved that the second orJer he Land carried,

read, that the Bill to consolidat mer to the conveyance of real eetat~' ing their Spee epee = real Cathe vy imacried women dur- then read yal: vue read a seeoud time. The Bill was = Mey “7% committed to a Comuittee of the whole Llouse | 7). Sinvelair in the Chair.

eand amend the lawe-Félat-

amendments, and the Speaker took the Clair and the Chair- man reported accordingly. Adjourned for one hour. AFTERNOON SITTING. —GEORGETOWN COURT BILL,

The Bill to change the time for the sitting of the Supreme | Court in Georgetown was read a second time, and the House then went into Commitiee on the B.!!, Mr. Owen in the Chair.

fion. Mr. LONGWORTH said he presamod there would be no objection to the time being changed to the second Tues. | day in February, as it was desirpble there shouid be an in- terval between the sitting of the Court ia Georgetown and ia Charlottetown.

Other hon. members argued that the time proposed woald interfGre with the meeting of the Legislature.

Hon. Mr. COLES was opposed to making any change.

Hou. Mr. HAVILLAND said be felt it to be his dury to} comply iu this instance with the wishes of the people in the Couaty. Both political parties ia thé County desired a change. The Court seldom lasted longer than three duiys, but admitting it should prolong its sitting for a period of five or six days, the Legislature could meet on the Monday | following—about the 20th of the same month. The Court ‘im Queen's County met for 14 days, aad 20 days alterward | were allowed for the bearing of arguments, and by adding these days together it would be found that the interval be-| tween the sittings of the two Courts would be too short,

lion. Mr. THORNTON advocated the proposed ¢hange, | 'and said to refuse compliance to the wishes of the people | }would be almost tantamount to a denial of the justice to, which they were entitled to seek by appealing to the Su- preme Court. He argued too, that instead of retarding, the) change would farther the business of the Legislature.

After several hon. members had spoken in favor of) ,& change being made, and different days were proposed, and | weeks, ou which the Court should be held, the Blank in ths | Bill was filled up by inserting the second Tuesday ia Feb-| ruary which was agreed to without a division. | Mr. DUYLE then proposed that the time for the sitting of the Court in Prince County be on the second Tuesday in June instead of the first as at present, and spoke of the in- convenience to which parties were put in being cbliged to at- jtend at that season of the year.

Loa. Mr. HAVILAND inquired if the hon. member from Tignish had heard an expressiou of the seniimeuts of the people in the County, in refe eace to the chuage which he propored.

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pleased if the change was made, as it Was a great inconveui- ence to leave home at that season. for at that time people were just Guishing their Spring’s work.

Huon. Mr. YEO, and the Hou. SPEAKER, epoke in favor of the time being altered, were it practicable.

Hon. Mer. LONGWORTIL showed that the proposed change in the sitting of the Court in Priuce County, if ear- ried out, would divarranze the whole machinery of the Courts in all the Couuties, eepecially in Queen's County, which was the most important of the three Counties. Under the cii- cumstances be hoped the motion would not be pressed. | Hon. Mr. THORNTON opposed the motion as it was not ' brought before the House ina regular manver.

Alter a somewhat lengthy discuss.on, the question was! put on Mr. Doyle’s motion and carried on the following di-, vision. | Yeas—Hons. Messrs. Hensley, Coles, Laird, Yeo; Messrs, Conroy, Doyle, Sinclair, Sutherland, Cooper, Speaker, J. | Yeo, Kamsay, Howat—13.

Nays—Hons. Messrs. Longworth, Thornton, Haviland, M‘Aulay, Whightman; Messrs. Beer, Holm, Davies, Mont- | gomery, M‘Neiil—10.

Hoo. Mr. HAVILLAND said if the proposed arrangement | ever became the Jaw of the Jand it would be the great detri- meat of (Queen's County.

Hon. Mr. LONGWORTH showed the different manner in which the requisition trom King’s County, and the mo- tion of the hon. measber from Tignisa was brought before the | Flouse, and endeavured to show that it was contrary to the rules of the House; and the subject kav.ng been debated for ‘a considerable time, it was moved that the Speaker take the! 'Obair, and that the Chairman report progress aud ask jeave | to sit again—wheo motion passed. | Mr. BEER presented a petition of Bertram Moore and ‘other Trustees of the Hillsborough District School, Cnarlot- | tetown, in relation to a School liable to be ¢ osed under the llth Section of the amended School Act, passed last Session, which was received and read, then laid ou the table; also a petition of William C. Trowan, praying for agraut of £6 15s, | ‘te compensate him for the loss of reut and fuel supplied to the Kent District School, which was referred to Comuiitee. | Hon, Mr. HAVLLAND presented a memorandum of rules ‘for the regulatiou of parcel posts, Referred to Committec. |

Hon. Mr. LONG WORTH presented to the ilouse a Bul

jimcorporation of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Char.otte-_ ‘town. Referred to Special Committee.

| Adjourned. J. D. Gorpoy, Reporter. Monpay, March 20.

| The order of the day for the seeond reading of the Bill ‘to prevent Congregatious being disturbed during public wor- ‘ship was taken up.

| Mr. BEER said that there was no law on the Island to ‘prevent disturbance of this kind ; and he was bappy to think

red back to | that there had been but few cases here which called for the sr to passing of such a law. However, of late he understood there |

n some disturbances ina place of worship at Stanhope,

‘them, but he could fivd no Jaw on the Statute book which

the| would apply to the case. {he Magistrates in this Island

were not conversant with the Jaws of Britain, avd therefore

Sena for bolding ane of the terme of she, Saprome. Const a it was highly uevessary that an Act should be passed here

King’s County.

Mr. LONG WORTH said the Bill was presented in accor- | the Coun- | fermance of public worship.

lier period be read a second time.

dance with the suggestion of the Grand Jurors of ty, who proposed that the Court be held at an ear

to prevent Congregations being disquieted during the per- He would move that the Bill

The motion was agreed to, the Bill read, and afterwards

. . ‘ i Sotho igsnnsh, ‘uo Sette, anys benmecnlanbin: aeweehee ES eferred to a Committee of the whole House, Mr. Holm iu

» season of the year on which it was held, qwing to the state

of the roads, &c. hey proposed that the Court be held in | the cbair.

February, instead of the second Tuesday of March. Mr

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The Bill was agreed to in Committee, aud re- | ported accordingly.

as: Mr. HAVILAND presented to the House a report

Longworth was in favor of baving the Court or such a time | eer ; . a ‘ ; te }. M. Rider and Wiliam Hubbard, Coimmissioners ap- in February as would admit of the Legislature meeting un pau to sed the harbor of Cascumpec, with a view to

mediately after, under which arrangement it would be neces-

e improvement of its navigation-—laid ou the table.

sary to adjourn the Legislature while the Georgetown Cuurt cn Mr. HUOWAT from the Private Bill Committee reported

was sitting.

Tae Bill was received and read, and the Tenth rule of the ‘that they ha House suspended that it might be read a second time in the |

afternoon Sitting.

Hon. Mr. COLES presented a petition of D. 8. Bentley Teacher, stating that be bad beeu appointed by the Schoo Visitor to inspect six schoois in 180, and having done soa

2 under their consideration a Bill to incorporate

‘the Koman U ‘and recommende , Bills relating to | tormly been exacted tempted from such fees. Ua motion of Hon. J

et sot iahe sitions ae sap eomeution. islative Council Bill was read a third time. Mr. COLES moved that it lie on the table, and afier a it was moved iu amend.neat, that Mr, Yoles | now pass

praying to/and Royalty thereof. i

no objection to the principle of the Bill, and would there-

/man where be would fiud the Act. 1t wasnecessary to have Tent and arrears of rent being made until the award of the ‘constitutionally to show our wishes to be united te N

| of his pen.

Mr. DOYLE said he thonght the people weuld he mush,

| which might be obtained in the several public offices; and |

' sented to the House the report of the said Comittee, which

prepared by the Committee appointed to prepare a Bill for)

} I : ad not heretofore uni- , , C ; : : : ; Sai ths Tlsuea ae the said Bill be ex-|-— two writs. Lady Cecily Georgiana Fane — seven writs | this Colony; £0 far from unsettling the minds ef the inhabit- | ’ ‘

. Hon. Mr, HAVLLAND then moved that the said Bill do! Rennie—five writs.

New Series.---No, 25.

“Bok ar, COLES eater Meeeanerane ane Dalecl tie Ie et ee Mr. COLES mo in ameadment that the Bul be{ ~The following named Proprietors have not issued any Writs | These resolutions were assed wit : : : ; | refered back to the Committee of five whole House, for the | Within the period above named :— the members who ae ; r eh dis vowes, | purpose of amending the same by str} king out all that relates | ~~ Right oar Laurence Sullivan, Messrs. Palmer.| aid and Mr Mr. Nelson _—, po _ wored ye eDea- !to a member of Con, Cr 1 ae: ees ie | the Reverend Doctor Wiggins, John Roche Bourke, William ||. Con sere . who support the resolu- Voaneil for Charlotaetown and the Common | Cundall, James C. Pope, James Yeo, Miss Fanning, Harry tions were, Dalrymple, Brecken (the father of the present B. Cumberland, Messrs. Montgomery. Attorney General), Brenan, Willock, Pope (tho father of the neta ry D_ HODGSON, | present Col. Seeretary), Cooper (he appears to huve been in Sea pair Wightman; Mtssrse Charicttetown, Prothonotary’s Office, 22d March, 1861. | good company), Hyndman, McNeill, Owon, A. McDonald, he — . Conroy, Howat—10. : , --»' ,'Nga_said report was referred to the Committee of the Green, and J.S. McDonald. Such persons toking up the Against it—Hon. Messrs. Haviland, Gray, Laird M+An- | aan itachi onal f tl +43 uestion led the tenant > beli : lay, Seinetrentes Bes 0 MsNeil, AD | whole House, when in“ emmedeccation of the petitions on the 4 cnautry te believe that something was about Jy Songworta 5 Atessrs, Owen, DM-Neill, Davies, Beer, | table, in reference to distraints for arreaTStr+eent: to be dene to ameliorate their condition. There was some

Ramsay, idontgomery, Holin—13 nan, [the meter le eee Coane Torspay, March 26, | the resolutions o™ Ls: Anoper thought the Kscheat 1?

| House adjourned. Messrs. Hensley and Conroy presented some petitions in Should be general; ochers considered it she geording

Bor the amendment—Tons. Widssrs. Coles, Thornton, | i

Cooper, Sinelair, |

Tue original motion that the Bill do pass was then put,

s ; j r AN : se f ss ie , ‘ ye, Hon. Mr. HAVILAND in rising to move the second read shite to Light Houses on the North Cape and East Point, | '0 the indulgence of 1818. Mr. Cooper agitated his view ot

ing } j ate the Rc ' ~ Se: z ng ol te Ll to icnrorats tho Keman Catholic Bishop o|" Ai. DAVIES made tome remarks fe reply tothe rte: be Gueaion, sod wat ranaaed by heaoeeg ole troduced in aacordanee with the ovr of the me: mr before | ments of the hon. Leader of the Opposition on the previoys | the agitation down to 1838, [The hon, member referred to dus Secon Uk Citas ke pga e asm) jevening, in reference to the Blue Books. The priscipal the quit rents, and maintained that Her Majesty’s Govern- merely a transcript of one ‘epiamaned into ie Canadis - te complaint against Mr. Haszard appeared to be that he had | ment had vot given up its claim to them as late as 1855.J islature for a aa et elec, | ae he lg mn 4S" found fault with his predecessor in office for not making up To show you, Sir, the object of the ouit rents, as well as the g a similar Object. . the design of the Bill was | the Books within two months after the close of the financial | differenee in the representatives of Belfast now from what they

}to make the Bishop trustee of the proper e Rom: as cae y j i e property of the Roman year, while he bimself had taken five montas to prepare them. | W¢?€ Some years ago, I will read a few extracts from the late

Vatholie Church in the Colony. Fe ght there ¢ > ip i. ates ; : surch in the Colony. He thought there could be art it might be five mouths from the time that Mr. Has- Dr. MeAulay’s address to the electors in 1818 :— ; : ‘gard commeneed the Book: i 2 compiet 2 is ‘« For ¢ 2 - : bse enbun Ghat Sibir ated oe wry Books unt | he comp eted them, this did For & course of years | have been honored with your Vhs istinn tiie dideed dea el —_ , not prove but the work could be done in two months, He |S#frages. The fermentation arising from a heterogeneous C ae sc “a ae tes the + |Tead, committed to ®) @Mr, Davies) believed that the Books could be made up within |CO™Pination of Jand jobbers, needy officers of Government, om nines oft ie whole ouse, aut ait ra short time spent | two months alter the close of the year, and said that it ape | petty-fogging attornies, and plandering agents of Land Pro- t oe the Committee rose, aud the Chairmaa reported pro- | peared to bisa there bad always been too mach delay in pre- Lrtepcig ham ae such for a half century that this Colony is — - Bi ih jparing them, He further said that the principal things in [reland Baste a 8 Se ocs Bankrupts and Gamblers of Ilon. Mr. Thernton presented a petition of certain Trus | the Blue Book prepared by Mr. Hasaard, to which ob vctic Ph pee remeion, —— and Scotland have not been far from ad- teos of St. Andrew's Culleg”, setting forth that the said Col- | had beeu takea by t! ao a Wot rere | dished thee: 204 Bar, and from their address they Ss" g iad Heeu takea by the hon, leader of the Opposition, were mislead their superiors in rank both h d Jege has for several years past evased to be kept as a college 2 sof opini ; ge I ivi ene en athome.. Thate eg 6" mere matters of opinion, and not statements which would ‘earned that convivial and travelling judges crammed thei for the education of youth; that they have some funds and | affect the statistics of ' | heads and bellies wi iti ee = ‘ staan Fol cen aun ‘Lich |puest the statistics of the Colony. the oades, wilies with politics and good cheer, while they left oner aly 0 » . “ahr . rf } , . property belonging to the trust of the said College which | fon, Mr. LONGWORTH moved the House into Com-| ‘22 Spiders to peruse their law bocks upon their shelves, and

ithey are desirous to be allowed by law to transfer to St. | mittee to take into further cousideration the report of the oer interne Being attornies to fecee tho country. It is

Duastan's College, ‘aud praying the House to adopt such Commissizners for revising and reprinting the Laws of this!2ow fot Tie he Treen det what wen you appoint to repee-

measures in the contewplated Act of incorporation of the lat-| [sland. One or two resolutions ie cee ae ate Peed eee Louse of Assembly.

ter institution, as will answer the purpose of the petitioners. | which, with tae resolutions formerly aaa to in the man | produced 2s one Seahantne a fot ie

Talk pen ke 6) : 5 . iil a a . , ry & 8 wb om. acres of Jan i i

eae > the Saat whom was referred the pe- Cummittee, were reported to the House, and severally put | Ut for the good of the Island. The winehak mais

page tel Bi dgemtay of St. Dunstan’s College. jand carried, [ihe most important of these resolutions have | *P¥* t© our agriculture and fisheries, which will redound alae he order of the day for the second reading of the Bill for: peen already published.j to the benefit of our parent country than to allow un

the protection of Copyright was then read. | j nicious men to swallow it op. © & 6's EA. weeks Hoa. Mr. HAVILAND, in rising to move that the House | TOELEM, | or property is not afloat, since the Prince Regent hath told . . * - . } ' . * . .

go into the order of the day, said it never oceurred to him! ‘The order of the day for the House in Committee on the 22™Dlers and land speculators the terms upon which they

that there was not a law for this purpose on our Statute | Consideration of the several petitions on the table, praying | Cvenider oe il z Fre wien we hoe: _ ° , ‘ . ' . ° . . i n r i i Book until he was asked the other day by a literary gentle- | the House to take such action as will prevent distraints for | thwarted therein by cmantad ~! a. ae “P siete crests, as a Province we ought

such a law here. Bor example, the copyright of Mr. Cun- | Commissioners appointed or the Land Question shall be made | Scotia, My friends will exeuse me for such a general address,

Jal’ map of the Island—a map which was a eredit to the ' pr _ then read. | as daring the reaping days [ must remain at bome.”’ Colony —ought to be protested ; and the House did not know | on. Mr. COLE3.—Ia moving that the House go into the | Here then we find that those quit reat be lai how scon a Macaulay might arise to write the History of the oer of the day, said, I wis to make a few r. marks on these ‘for the benefit of the Co! a ee - wie’! i ae eee a ats i eae uttions’ “Paiva Kécheas b . ; > ¢ Uciony, whereas the proprietors, with sland. Every person should be protected in the production petions. there appears to be seven of them in a’l, four | few exceptions. h i om : from King’s County and three from Prince County, with an | th v Sane Dave pover paid any... IP the opposition of ‘ : . : | sesveate of shoud 1491-03 bane a? | the proprietors continued, annexation to Nova Scotia was ree fhe motion was agreed to, the Bill read, committed to | #ggregate of about 1434 signatures. The petitions bave all | commended. At the election in 1842 th i Committee, 2nd reported agreed to without an amendment. | # slunilar prayer. [The hon. member here read the prayer | men, as many thought that Cooper ‘ey mo once ay House adjourned for one hour. | of the petition from Lot 54, which was in substance as stated ‘myself went to the hustings — Rar tM. wc sigihse se hanya jabove.] Now, Mr. Speaker, this petition is no party affair | thinking that aaa 8 on ertaining this opinion, and AFTERNOON SITTING, jatall. Ihave looked over it, and find that it is signed by | from the povciotenn — wastes to pure »sse the land Mr. Davies presented a petition of James Malony, the tenants f both political parties—177 in all. 1t was pre-/[ endeavoured to carr eg ma nes - penelpin, ened owner of a smal] house in Charlottetown which was destroy- | sented by the hon. member, Cul. Gray, and [ regret that he | into power, [ bellows the vate alinitedename ed by fire, praying compensation for said loes, did not recommend its prayer. I think it proper to show that | during that time. But in vetéée Sin ianen wale quiet ~ ; ; ; ba Sas itd Tas ai iil S ~_ overomen Hon. Mr. HAVILAND moved the secoud reading of the! thie Land Question has been agitated by every House of As- | and they repudiate the Land Purchase b Wand Loan Bill at Gili to incorporate the Gulf Express aud Telegraph Company. °° mb 7 the Colony, and that since the year 1802 the people | rst altogether, : Some hon. members he said were afraid that the Bill would | "&¥@ beea led to believe something wou'd be done for the! {Ton Mr. LONG WORTI-—No, no ° . . . . . i , ‘ “ 7 i ’ ve interfere with the rights aud privileges granted by the Legis-| ‘entry. It is no use for one party to say to the other—/ flon, Mr. CULES.—Yes, but they did ; ever the Pur- lature to the Newfoundland Pelegraph Company, but he had Lou ee agitatiag this question, for each bas done the same jchase Bill which they have since extended wis classe | amon come to the 2onclusion that it would be bad policy to refuse, ink: ieee wane ne friend on the left (Mr. Cooper) for the + visionary schemes” of the late Goverement The To Incorporate this:mew Company, as they purposed to relay | re: course which he has taken on this question; but I will /country was Jed to believe that some great benefit wen t a the Telegraph Cable, and also to extend the line from Cape ““°¥ that loag before he on to the Island the land agita- | received from the Lind Commission aa I ho 2 th ; ! Traverse to Summerside and perhaps also to Caseumpee, son had epmenaue, In 1802 Governor Fanning stated in} will now be disappointed, though I think it will be ae aie i a ai : ° . “ SHoOgeh « hea : agiala tur - ’ which would cost about £960, He thought it would be suf | * Sbecce at the opening of the Legislature that he had re- | before their expeetations be realized. When the none me ecived a Despatch authorising the passing of an Escheat Bill. leolations were introduced in reference to the Commission, shou!d be understood to interfere with the privileges granted we, ~ ae Butin order to give effcet to the measures which | ihe tenantry were given to understand that something would to the other Coupany. | have been weer Hlis Majesty’s Ministers, it will be ne- | be done in eight months, but four times eight have since pas- After some desultory debate, the motion was carried on a) “*“*'3 that the ce eee here should be ewe to | sed, and no relief has yet been afforded them. he first re- Liadeses on circumstances shall saan! it advisable, the | solutions were repudiated by the Colonial Min’ster in his slate requisite an legal steps for effectually revesting in His Ma-| Despatch of the 21st March, 1860. After refersing to his > “ } 's : st i ‘ éd ¢ a et > { ’ Thi | ". < . rs . . tion to the Go- |J°sty such lands as may be liable to be escheated.” This | correspondence with Sir Samuel Cunard and other proprie-

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vernment a few days ago in reference to the Blue Books, |°*''#ct shows that there was agitation in respect to the Land | tors be says :

» +n of Jucstion ¢ : he i : is Ma-. ss : and had beeu intormed that the Books for 1859 were uot} — > ame me = aris ae. er oe |“ Phe proprietors, it will be seen, do not think that the &p- made up, on accouut of the Journals of the House for that ae Z 7 Anecatel ith Was & MU Passec’ In accordance | pointment of @ Commission, in the manner proposed by the year not being yet printed, He stated that there was no in-| vot at espatch, and the Govergor fore Sie Senin toitin House of Assembly in their Address of the 9th of May last, formation in the Journals required for the Blue Books, but IS03. This was the first of this great agitation, which po-| would be the most desirable mode of proceeding, as the labore litical parties are accused of keeping up; but, sir, every hen. | Of such a Commission could only termiuate in a Report, the that he thought the Government would soen be getting a rap | member bas to carry out the views of his coustituents. epee marten = ee wenadres Sint on any of the par- over the knuckles from the Howe Government for not senl-| /#ough that Escheat Bill passed here, it had the same ine | Chapa oa soles eee Sanaa t U - ~~ . ° ° i Pee: > in ti theas td the’ Caldeial Oliee tw shaw” the’ thorities | 2eenee to contend with as is now at work at the Colonial | y;,; a elcrees ehould be appointed—one by Her g @ Coton: n time for the authorities Pins thg paaeetaheed’ niGh sitele: Mien thane a an ajesty, one by the House of Aseentbiy, and the third by the there to make up their annual statistics of the Colonies. He, ~ “ oad P r swell thd Mooa? Ore NIKE Tigers, ane HOF) proprietyrs, and that they should be invested with power to complained that he had been ceusured in 1859 because the | he wee ing it ‘aie the ae aie ieast so : was hear and determine all the questions in diepute.” a ee D gilli giathy ee get thought—it was burked somewhere before it came out here. !p_ et gia Blue Books for 1858 were not prepared within two months | The 8 i ab Ve it 1803. whe | By “all the questions in dispute” as stated here, the country ; bach MB sy . ieré was nothizg more about the matter until 1805, when t after the elose of the financial year, though the Mouse bad | : ; ae “| Was led to believe that not only the original grants, but also not met, and they were never commenced eatil Aeneas. Bie the following resolutions were passed by the House in Com. | ; : at ae Sina ee “y ed until August. ie tee oe a adiiewn Uhe quit rencs, ard the leyaiists’ claims would be investigated alluded to the Bine Books for that year, which bad been per. Te fees ; jand determined upon. I will now read what I consider the pared by Mr. Hazard after that gentleman had resigned the | Resolved, That it appears to this Committee, and that | principal part of the Deepateh. uffice of Colonial Secretary, and was therefore then no re- they have the strongest reason to believe, that the Royal assent | i : ‘ sponsible party,—which Book contained a letter or despatch | to tle said Act fur reinvesting His Majesty with such Lands | If the consent of all the parties ean ‘be obtained to this = gst dake tials a8 : G We toon ict: pa’) as are or may be liable to forfeiture within this Island, has proposal, [ believe that it may offer the means of bringing Gat Was aever sabwnit pa fo She overnment, In which Were | heen yraciously afforded by His Majesty. these long pending disputes to a determination. But it will reflections against him (Mr, Coles) as Colonial Seeretary, tur | * Kesolved, That the Committee hath great reason to appre- be necessary before going further into the matter, to be as- not having the Book prepared in two months, still Mr. Has- | hend, and it appears to them, that such His Majesty's Koyal sured that the Te-ants will accept as binding the decision of zard himself had taken five m ntisto prepare it. The Book allowance hath been withheld by means of unfounded repre- the ( rege rang: paw the majority of them; and, as far as he (Mr. Coles) suid, contained several incorreet rtatements, S¢utations of interested individuals in Engiand, which the possible, that the Legislapaep of the Colony would coneur in aud he read exteacts therefrom in reference to the Public | 488emDly of this [sland hath no opportunity ef answering.” chat ‘eatin. — er ae waaay te a . ee 1: . . i iat Gecision, lauds, &e., and commented upon them as conveying false in- ; Now, Sir, the obstruction alluded to in those resolutions to t : formation. He also suid that he thought of moving tbat the | the interests of the Island has been felt in the Colony ever Here the consent of ail tie parties—proprietors as well as matter be referred to Committee of the whole House, but be- | since until this day. To show that the agitation was kept up, | '€22!8—Is represented as necessary before the disputes can lieved it was seareely worth while. { have but to state that iu 1818 Governor Smith took it vpo» gon’, be brought ” a determination ; but the Duke of "| biting? 4b Sathent tide “Beeuthine1$ aed 55... The o3 |-Neweastle appears to lay particular stress in regard to tbh Hon. Mr. Cules from the Committee appointed to ascertain | "5!" . — , oe names | ene oF eg: be and report to the House the aumber ae ‘ssued for the |°f the jurors who sat ou the escheat of Lot 55 were Charles Tenante accepting as binding the decision of the Commis. Wright, Dovald MeKay, Joho Gardiner, Thomas Robinson, | #0ners. The despatch goes on to say that—

rPeoO re 3 s "eo ine e ire s y ust, p - | recovery of arrears of rent, since the first ef May lust, pre Paul Mabey, Nathan Davis, William Bremner, Ralph Thomp- | «Ft would be very desirable also, that any Commissioner ‘sin ellen tet: ental Diets Millaatins 3 json, William Hyde, William Farquharson, Thomas Sims, | Who might be named by the House of Assembly on behalf of yw a eeie . i ‘William Warren, Jobo Howell. ‘The jury on Lot 15 was | Se tenants, should go into the enquiry unfettered by any con- Your Committee appointed to enquire and report to the Gia rJeg Wright, Benjamin Evans, Doaald McKay, James | @itions such as were proposed in the Assembly last year. 1

a : es . a | ta il aa | have th fore > y i : {Touse the number of Writs issued for the recovery of arrears | Uantel!o, Henry McWilliams, Thomas Sims, Jabez Barnard, — ore, to request that ros will ascertain and report |of rent, since the first of May last, have to report that by jp irsnys a . : tome whether the tenants of Prince Edward Island, or the la : : f h Picitaiaistade” Office. th “| Paul Mabey, William Bremner, Thomas Robinson, Nathan | flouse of Assembly, on their behalf, are prepared to ene ane cnr nes rans . W err R i 2. - Davis, Jobn Howell, William Dockendorff. These were the the proposed reference.’ ! “6 a io Save sane ore Pee “ye °. fate it 2 | juries that were summoned to escheat the two Lots referred qyon the Royal Cowmissioners held their Court here lest > » oS} ) { *eSSeCS DY , re ‘a: We . ° . . . , 5 v eet Ets ee 4 ; ane dogs b re o'8" to; bat it appears that the proprietors again interfered, for| .mumer, I believe bere was nota satan tai the I ; a" . son states that there is no record in his office whereby be can | ().vernor Smith received a rebuke for these proceedings. | guar’ on the Islaud who | state the cause of action for the latter Processes om : gy | was not satisied to leave all the matters in dispute in their Diet < : sa | One of the Townships was escheated in Iebruary, and the ponds: but the belief was thet ell tf ‘ot ld be | A Rerurn of Writs issued out of the Prothonotary’s Office | other ia August, It also appears that the proprietors, when | bound by the award of the Coouistionrantalite a tor Rent, from the 1st May, 1860, to 22d March, 1861. | they found that Governor Smith was going on with the es |; dispute would be considered. But aes <. aewet — === | sheat of the lands, petitioned for and obtained an indulgence, | 14 jn his desnatch of the 2d ‘J Is _ ——— ‘ | which is commonly called the indulgence of 1818. There} ad ak ba ete nT EET , Eee writ, cite J , ee ees ., ence to the Act to give effect to the award of the Commis- was little more about the matter until the indulgence expired | i onors which he did not epbmit for Hler Melesty’s"ament ae ‘in 1828. For several years the question of titles remained | , or Majesty's assent—