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Poetry.

THE LVY LN THE DUNGEON.

BY CHARLES MACKAY.

The Ivy in a dungeon grew,

Unfed by rain, uncheered by dow; Its paliid leaflets only drank

Gare moisturcs foul snd odors dank.

But through the dungeon graticg high, There foll a sunbeam from the sky;

It slept upon the grateful floor

Iw silent gladacss evermore.

The ivy felt a tremor shoot Through all its fibres to the root; It felt the light, it saw the ray, It strove to blossom into day.

It grew, it cropt, it pushed, it clomb—

Long had the darkness been the home;

But well it know, though veiled in night 5 o ’

The govdness and the joy of light.

Its clinging roots grew deep and strong; Its stem expanded frm and loug;

Aad ia the current of the air

Its tender branches Qugrished fair,

It reached the bearn—it thyilled, i: curled, It blessed the warmth that cheercd the world,

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jbefore the expiration of the period specified in their leases. }1t is not proposed to extend its provisions to those tenants | | for short periods whose leases shall have expired ; and it has’ been framed to meet the present settlement of the Gountry, | and is required by the state of affairs caused by the original grants, By this Bil, if a tenant shoald fall into arrears of rent, it might be by outlay for improvements, he cannot be ejected for those arrears, Without receiving the value of the | | improvements hie has made uponthe land. The Compensation iwhich the Bui provides will encourage tenants to make im- /provements, as they will feel that they have a property in | the results of their labor and outlay of capital. In cases! where the value of the improvements, estimated by arbitra-| tors, shall exceed the amount of the arrears, the tenant will receive the difference. If, Sir, the views of the Hon. Men- | {ber (Mr. Cooper) be adopted, there will be no end of the | _matier and no beuelicial conclusion can result, Better, Sir. | | to let this Bill pass, as we wish to benefit the tenant as far as possible. A Bill similar to this passed the House three | | years since; on that occasion it was maturely deliberated, |

‘and received very general support. The Hon. Member had | better embody his views in a separate Bill, and not jeopar- | |dze the benefits sought by this measure, by the addition of| other matters which might cause the loss of the whole,

Iion. Mr. Monrgomery had voted for the previous Bill, and would not oppose the present, although he did not think | it would doall the good expected from it—if the Bill became Law, Landlords would not proceed against the tenants by , the mode of ejectment, but wou!d sue the tenants, as for any other debt, and thus avoid the necessity of paying for improvements.

Hon. Cot. Secretary. The objection of the Hon. Mem-

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| the Bank to withhold the redemption of their own paper, was ' Government haye always exercised careful supervision over

quite sufficient to destroy it. I will suppose the case of a all colonial legislation, especially on the subject of Banking.

‘party, and if

| takes the notes to the Bank and asks that they be redeemed; in operation would give that party a monopoly of the monetary ,he is told that it is not convenient to pay the cash, but that ‘business of the Island. The objections are, in my opinion,

he will be allowed twelve per cent. interest until they are | well founded, and I think that the more carefully guarded paid. What must he do in such a case? The Bank, ac-/ the Bill is, the greater will be the security to the sharehold- cording to the Bill, can tell him that it is not convenient | ers and the public. Ton. members cannot reasonably expect just then to take up their paper, bat that he can receive | every Bill we may pass to be assented to in England.” But twelve per cent. interest, on the notes he holds. What com- ‘since the introduction of Responsible Government into the pensation, Task, is that to a man in the cireumstances [ have | Colony, but one Bill was rejected. The One-ninth Bill was supposed? He wants no interest, He requires cash, and! sent back merely that it might receive one amendment. “That cash he must have; and this Bill would have the effect of Bill should haye been passed without a suspending elause. compelling him to take the notes to a shaving-shop. The! Most probably the proprietary interest was employed against Bill is objectionable in other respects. It contains no clause ‘it at the Colonial office.

limiting the amount of rcal estate to be held by the Baak. | "The motion for publication in the Royal Gnzette was then Such property is not required by such an institution. Specie, | carried,

not real estate, should be the capital of a Bank. Their! Hon. Cot. Secretary, in presenting additional papers

| banking house is the only property of that kind that a Bank | connected with the Worrel Estate, to be published with those

requires, Again, under this Bill, shareholders are not liable | he had previously submitted, stated, that since the subject had fur the consequences of any mismanagement on the part of been before the House, a receipt for £30 paid to the late the directors, beyond the amounts of’ their respective shares. | proprietors, had been produced to him, and hé mentioned the They shotdd be responsible fur at least double the amount of| case of a person who had purebased a portion of the Estate, their subseribed stock. For these reasons, Mr. Speaker, 1| containing 60 aeres for £75, the interest on that sum was consider the British Government justified in refusing their! £22 10s. making in all £97 10s., of which be had ‘paid to sanction vo the Bill, and I move that the paper I have pre-| Mr. Desbrisay £56 9s. 2d., whereas had he purchased from sented to the House be published once in the Royal Gazette. | Government under the Bill, he would have had to pay but

Mr. Havitanp.—I was not present, Mr. Speaker, when | £37 10s. for his land, and even with the addition of two years the document was read, and am consequently unprepared for| interest, would have made the cost but £45 103, Thus discussing the matter now, but I must say that the reasons! shuwing that be had already paid about £10 more than he assigned by the Hon. Colonial Secretary for the rejection of | need have done, and had incurred a debt of £51 which might

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ber does not affect the Bill. For supposing that a Landlord )should pursue the course stated by the Hon. gentleman, the land will bé sold by the Sheriff at public auction, whore

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It felt the life of bursting Spring ca 7 : ta ;competition will secure to the tenant the value of his pro-

_perty. The Sheriff must give ample notice of the intended | sale, and if the property should bring £100, and the claim ,o! the Landlord be but 450, the balance would be paid over to the tenant: without this Bill the tenant will have nosecurity. i have heard many instances of agents of proprictors using tie infnence of their position according to their political h'as, and in one instance, an agent, within 15 miles from | Charlottetown, threatened to turn off a tenant because he } was not on tlre same side in polities. “Puss the Bill now |} efore the House, und should such a case occur in future, the proprietor mast pay the value that the tenant has conferred upon the land.

Mr. Dovse, I do not know, Mr. Speaker, whether the Hon. gentleman alluded to me »s the agent in the evse he has | mentioned, nor do I care. If, hovtever, he does refer to me, To every dungeon ce tmes a ray | i can tell him that his probable informant, should have been

the last man to have said a wordin the matter. He went on

| the Jand with the understanding that he was to tuke a lease, ‘he never paid a farthing of reut, and refused to execute the lease which was prepared, stripped the land of the timber, and what arbitrators, [| would ask, could estimate the damage sustained by the proprictor imsucha case. Talk of paying such a person for bis improvements!. Whi, Sir, the | property would huve been worth much more, if be had never

It heard the happy skylark sing; It Cauzht the breath of morn aud eres 5 ’

And wooed the swa!l w to its leaves.

, and sunshine fed,

By raina,

Over the cuter wail it spread; And ia the day beam waving free,

It grew into @ steudiat tree.

Upon that sel tary p'aco

Its verdare turew adorniag grace,— And mating birds became iis guests, And sang its praises from their neste.

Would st know the moral of the rhyme? Behold he heavenly light aud eliub:

Of God's interminable day.

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(Continued from our last.)

Bthey went out of office, but before their resignation a com- # mission was appointed and « report made.

Baioners referred to hy the Lion. Member for Charlottetown, fam compelled to notice the observations he has made affecting | @4y Wau of the Biayself, and in doing so, [ can assure him that Lam no| Biind syeculator nor was [ ever, and nothing in my conduct} case that could arise uffeeting lands should be introduced—

Weonespay, February 14. . agate nam bade id gone on it. [ foresee, that such men will endeavour to rob PURCHASE OF THE WORREL ESTATE, the proprietors by seeking shelter under this bill. The Tion, Secretany. It was made but a fortnight befure | allusions of the Hon. Secretary to the cundact of agents do ,not apply tome, | have mavaged extensive estates now for | 22 yeurs, in this Colony, and during that time [ never have, Mr. Dinowert. Mr. Speaker, as ene of the Commis-| and I trust I never shall feel obiiged to ejeet an honest j | tenant for arrears of rent, Ged forbid that I should deprive fruits of his honest industry.

Mr. MeInvtosu would wish that a Biil applicable to every

can justly the Hon Member in making the remarks he has.| the present Bill did not go far enough, but he would not In Wischarging my daty vnder the Commis-ion I acted | oppo-e it on that account. The Hon. Member mentioned the houestiy, «md [ ell the iin. Member that [ am. and [ trust) case of Mr. Keefe, whe had located bimsolf upoa Lot 49, ever hyve been, as honest aud conscientious « man as himeelf.| without a lease or written agreement as to his tenure ; after It is most improper ior the Hon. Member to attribute | several years occupation the proprietor wanted the lund, but interested motives to the Commi-sioners who merit no such| the tenaut would not give up possession without being paid im putations, fur his improvements, the value of such improvements was

Mr. Mcixtosu. Mr. Speaker, L rise, merely to observe | referred to arbitrators who awarded to Mr. Keefesuch a sum that I thak the Government made a judicious selection of | that, after dedueting the Landlord's claim for rent, he was the gentlemen who acted as Cémmiss oners, they are fully | enabled to purchase a freehold property. He mentioned this

the Bill are, in my opinion, frivolous in the extreme. Among other objections, there is one relative to the issue of sall notes. Strange, indeed, to find such an objection to this Bill, when the Banks in Nova Scotia and New Bruns- wick are allowed to issue such notes! and, sir, a clause similar to that allowing the Bank to suspend specie payments, on payig twelve per cent, interest during the period of such suspension, is to be found in the Acis incorporating those Banks. Why was it not objected to in their cases ? But, sir, the clause was irserted, and would operate as a pen- alty on the Bank, and a security to the public. Any bolder of its paper could sue the Bank in the same manner as any other debtor. I wish the matier to be fully discussed, when hon, members may have had time to consider the objections ; at present [ am not prepare| to take it up.

ion. Con, Secrerany did not intend to eater into the discussion of the objections at that tiine, his only object in muking the observations he had, was to shew hon. members the propriety of his motion for publication. He denied that the twelve per cent. clause was penal, for while the Bank were allowed to issue paper to thrice the amount of capital

subscribed. they would be in the receint of eiehteen ner eent and deducting the twelve per ecnt., would still receive six

ity. The hon. member had stated that a similar clause was to be fuund in the Bank Acts in the other Colopies, but tacre was this very material difference between those Acts aod the present, that they expressly limited the peried of suspension, after the expiration of which, the Charter of the Bank beeame forfeited, but this Bill provided no time for the resumption of cash payments. He would be willing to give a reasovable time for the Bank to obtain specie, but thought that the Charter should be forfeited atter sixty days’ suspension of specie payments. With reference to the hon. member’s remark that the Baik might be sued, he would only observe, that the liability of tue Bank to be sued would be practically of no benefit to the public, for there being no Backrapt Law in force in the Island, after the time lost in obtaining judgment aguinst the Bank, the creditor might find that there was nothing left on which he could realize his claim.

Mr. Havitanp.—The Hon. Col. Secretary states that the twelve per cent. clause was not a penalty on the Bank, inas- much as they might be making eighteen per cent., and only paying tweive; bet if the clause were struck out, what secu- rity would the public have? The Bank would then receive the whole eighteen per cent.

Hon. Mr. Lorv was opposed to the publication. He con-

| supply annually.

per cent. on their paper. for which the public had no secur- ||

have been saved. ; The House in Committee on expiring laws, decided, after 'a little humorous conversation, not to re-enact the Act for en-

! couraging the destruction of Bears and Loupeerviers, by

‘granting a bounty, but to yote a sum for such purpose im

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Savurpay, February 17.

The Hon. The’Seraxer presented to the House~a letter and papers he had reeeived from the Trustees of the Lanatie Asylum, which were referred’ to the Committee of supply.

STUD HORSES.

The Hen. Cor. Secretary présented a petiton from the Royal Agricultural Society, praying a grant of £1000 to enable them to procure’six Stud Horses, for the use of the Island. The Society contemplated cbtaining three of the horses from the United States in time for the next season, and the remaining three from Great Britain in time for the

fullowing season, and he moved that the petition be referrod

to the Committee of supply. J10n. IMM LORD Wisilca*tt opinion or vic tryuSy er We om

pressed before referring the petition to the Committee.

| Mr. Cooper thought it would be better that the petition should lie on the table, and the merits could be diseussed in Committee of supply.

Hion. Mr. Wicutman agreed with the Hon. Mr. Lord that the House should consider the matter now. ‘The hon. member declared his disapproval of ihe importation of heavy horses as being unsuited to the requirements of the country. Those of lighter weight are of greater service to the people, as there is now no comparatively heavy tim- ber to be nauled, and he was of opinion that whatever num- ber of horses it might be deemed advisable to import should be procured from the United States, whence they could be obtained, of the suitab’e kind, at less trouble, risk, and ex- pense than from Great Britain.

Mr. Havitann.—I'be question is, shall we have horses or not? He was prepared to support the prayer of the petition for the fall sam asked. Hon. members should bear in mind that the horses would be sold, and the price to be obtained fur them would probably nearly amount to the cost, hy

Mr. Mcinrosn did not approve of heavy horses. The country does not require them. We have seen that all our heavy hotses have been taken off the Island. It would be

| far wiser to import the kind we want for our own use, He

ec nsidered the Canadian breed of borses v ¢ | suited to this ecoun-

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coutetent to estimate the value of laud, an! I for one am satisfied with their report. I must say, however, that in my opinion the Government were somewhat hasty in concluding the purchase. as, I believe, that, hud they waited a little longer, they could have otained the lend at a lower price. ir. Coorer. ‘The reason, Mr. Speaker of the com- paratively high price paid by Mr. Cox is, that his land cou- taiged valuable improvements, it comprised 200 or SCO acres

that the bill makes purchasers pay for tleir iniprovements,

Proprietors would have been investiguied by the Cominis- p BOners,

Oa the second reading of the Sheriffs Bill, Mr. H. Haviland sugvested an alteration to that part which held the

adopted without division.

February M4.

TENANTS’ COMPENSATION BILL.

On motion of the Hon. Col. Secretary, that the House go into Committee on the Tenants’ Compensation Bill—

Mr. Cooper the motion, on the grouuds that the Bill was but a prop to the Landlords’ titles, It applies merely to a certain class of tenants, those who beld written Jesses fer definite periods, while it made no relief of the large cass who had short leases, or had settled on land under an um picc ; romise of a lease, or those whose settlement bud jeu known to the proprictor and not ob- jected to for years. If a gencral measure, affecting all

Landlords, their titles, phould be

rights lord should be found “a Gon si : + _ Hon, Co Swcautary said that the Hou. Member who had a hae am quite a new light upom the Bill; appears in wake it include all classes or settlers.

iutended to upply merely to. parti | BOM, wh | may anh bow caeted

The arbitrators to be appoinied uuder the Bill,

aud J certainly was under the impression that the title of

classes of tenants were adopted, it might be of some serviee, bur the present Bill tends but to s:rengthen the position of instead of embracing provisions to investigate

‘he empowered to enquire inio aud report. upon the and gas of both Landiord and. ‘Perant, and if a

as an instance of the benefits likely to accrue under the Bill.. Labor shculd be protected whether the laberer were under i lease or not.

Hon. Mr. Wannurtron recommended the reference of the Bill to Committee.

Hon. Mr. Moonry stated that the present diseussion was untece-sary, as the Bill had been befiure the House twice before, and had received its sanction. If it ddes not embrace

ail we can get. Such a measure is necessary for the pro- tection of the poor tenants, for the man who goes into the ‘woods to make a living for himself aud family... That man must, notwithstanding the complaint of the Hon. Member for Belfast, about the destruction of timber, cut down trees to clear the ground for erop, build his hut and must

euretes for a Sheriff liable for the acts of his Deputy after; have a little wood for fire, if he would not be eaten up by the death of the principal, which after some discussion was the mcsquitos, (laughter.) If the Hon Member will only

give leases for 999 years, I will promise him that there ‘qvill be no destruction such as he has mentioned. 1 ean ‘state, from my own knowledge, the case of a tenant, who ‘owed £50 four rent, whose farm was seized and sold fur the the amount of his elaim, but tuok the surplus. Uf this such cases, it should be pussed,: and ay alteration in its details, can be effected in Committee, -

The Bill was then read by the-Clerk, after which the

Fripay, February 16. Tue Bill providing for. taking the Cemsus was read a third time und passed. Hon. Mr. Wightman prescnied some pe- titions om reais aud bridges, which were laid upon the table. BANK BILL. Hou. Cou. Secrrrany, among other, papers, laid upon the table extracts from a despatch from Sir George Grey, giving

to have exceeded his authovity ib the reasous which had induced Her Majesty’s Government to

jwithhold the Royai Assent from the Act for the incorpora- ‘tion of the Prince Ejward Is and Banking Company ; and in moving that the latter document be pudlisied in the Royal _ Gazelle, stated that the Luperial Government bad always

|Fight thas ay sh ae Ae xe Of this nature, and it was Fapy. 5 a: Tr:

try. A sufficient number of them could be procured for a less

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reut. It brought £80, and the Landlord received not only | one penny of it?

sideved the present discussion a waste of time. Nearly three-fourths of the clauses of the Bill had been objected to. If we want a Bank, we had better state our wishes to the {inperial Government, and take whatever measure they may please to give us. 1 will not vote for the publication, Mr, Speak- er, though other hon. members may., I wish to see a Bank established in Charlottetown ; it is very much needed ; every man in business feels the inconvenience and annoyance to

of well-fenced land, and the former residence of Mr. Worrel,| all that some Hon. Members may require, [ am willing to; which the community is subjected for want of such an insti- Ae. But my objection to the action of the Government is,| take it as an instalment of justiee—it is good policy to take |

tution. I know that I, for one, feel it yery seriously; but really if such objections as these are to be made, we may as we!l abandon the idea at once.

Mr. Havinanp agreed with the hon. member who had just sat down, and supposed that under Responsible Government we were to have the management of our own affairs—that the British Government would not make fish of one and flesh of the other. The Bank of Westmoreland, in New | Brunswick, had similar clauses, and the Act incorporating it had passed simultaneously with our own, and had not been objected to. Talk of sccurity to the public—why, sir, I be- lieve there are upwards of £60,000 of foreign bank paper afloat in the Island, and what security have the public for

Hon. Mr. Mooney was

public, and thinks so still. The 12 per cent. interest, pay- able by the Bank, is no equivalent to avy person whose

be bus'ness requires cash, and the Bank would still wakea profit | provision for the | flouge went into Committee on it, Mr. M*Donald in the chair, | of 6 per cent on paper which they could not, or would not, |

1edeem.

— Hon. Mr. Warsurton was in favor of the publication moved for by the Hon. Col. Secretary. It was right that “every information on the subject should be furnished to the shareholders and the public at large.

‘The Bi.] was no party measure, hou. members on both sides jof the House were in favor of it. "

Hon. Col. Secretary would mention thatthe Westmore- Jand Bank, aud other Colonial Banks are restricted as to the period of suspension of specie payments. The Hon. Member (Mr. Haviland) bad stated that £60,000 of foreign paper was in circulation in the Island. Well, if people choose to take it, Government cannot interfere, but the Government do not teke it. It will not be received at the Treasury. With reference to the remarks of the hon. gentleman and the

sup not surprised that the “Hon. Mr. Lord, as to the right of the Briti:h Government

eee eS : present at the passing of the Bill, measure will have the effect of retievingyeven 20 tenunts'in'; n!, at the time, thought that there was no security for the

Hon. Mr. Montgomery had no objection to the publication.

sum than one thousand pounds which he considere] cxtrava- ant. ; Hon. Mr. Monrcomery was in favor of granting the whole sum asked. Le considered that no appropriation more advantageous to the country could be made. Large borser were of great benefit to the country, as they were sold at high prices to the people of the neighbouring Colonics, and thus a large amount of money weat into the pockets of the farmers. 4

Hon. Col. Secrerary.—Mr. Speaker, hon. members may talk about the Country not requivihg large horses, but L firmly believe that one Clydesdale Horse has been’ worth fully £:00,000 to the Country. The high character of thas horse’s stock gave general reputation to Lslaud bred: horses, and brought to gur shores purehasers. at high prices from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The best. stock is a cross between a thorough bred and a Clydesdale, Pifty pounds are now paid fur a horse instead of the fifteeaor twenty

junds of former years, Why, Sir, but a short time since, L. sold to my hon. firiend on my left a mere pony for £00.

Hon. Mr. Loxp.—You did, mdeed. (Laughter.)

Hon. Cou. Szcrerany.—And now, | know, he would not: take £75 for it. King’s County has now the best horsein the Island. It was imported last year. The farmers must raise large horses which will bring them bigh prices.’ The demand for our horses in the neighbouring colonies is:so great, that itis no uncommon thing*tosee 18 or 20. herses in a string, the purchase of one-man, The full sum of £1000 will be required to mect *the great and increasing demand. If four horses had not been Jost last year, £500 would have been all that would have been asked for.this season. The reason of the rejection by the Council of the grant last year was some di-satisfaction at the individual appointed to select the horses. Some American horses are well adapted for the ‘use of the Colony, but the Clydesdale is the breed reqnived for market, :

Mr. Gooper.—I consider, Mr. Speaker, that £1000 isa large amount to be appropriated dur such a purpose, in addi- tiou to all we have already given. If the horses that hare jalready been imported haye been of as guod a breed as is alleged, that breed should be preserved. I not, surwy We» can employ the money to more adyantoge, If e arealways ‘importing, and not retaining the sin *® the Country, we Bre, ra ae tect ite Speaker, the hon. leader r of the ’ Governmens » lays talking of the necessity of import'ng :