PROVINCIAL LECISLATURE.
House of Assembly. Werpnespay, March 27.
Ine@rporate the Stanhope Hotel Company. Received and read a first time.
Mr. J. E. MeDonatp asked for infor- mation regarding the proposed wharf at Cardigan River.
Hon. Mr: Srewaxr replied that tenders will undoubtedly be called for its constrie tion Mr. Conroy asked why the road from
Andrew's, “Lot-1, to Palmer's which wats recommended by the last House ol Assembly had not been opened,
tion. Mr. Sr®warr was unable to ans- wer: but would enquire of the Engineer.
tion. Mr. Srewarr presented Super visors returns for Prince County. gested that they should be made the basis of the Road estimates for the present year. He hoped the hon. members would give the suggestion their attention. He promised that the road grant wonld he $25,000, as last year.
Mr. Lea presented a petition from the inhabitants of Crapaud, asking for a change in the mode of granting licenses to sell lipuors.
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Hox. L. H. Daviss presented a similar petition. Hoy. Mr. Davies moved the seeond
reading of the Bill to amend the County Courts Aet. He said the Bill places County Courts at Crapaud and at Montague Bridge and will provide for a more equitable ad- justment of the salaries of County Court Clerks. It enables persons te sue out of the County in which the debtor lives.
Mr. Ketriy contended that the people of Fort Augustus had as good a right toa County Court as Crapaud or Montague Bridge.
Mr. Conroy put in a claim for a County Court at Tignish. The Bill, he said, affects nearly every one, and should he made as perfect as possible.
Mr. Cawpre.t hoped the Bill would re cebve a good deal of attention.
fon. Mr. Prowse thoaght that there
was too much law and not enough of equity!
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in the He had been told it is almost’ impossible for a merchant to vet justice. He said it was an utter im- possiblity for a delivery of every article in an account. Al- though salaries of County Court Judges are paid in Ottawa, yet they are an expense to the Province. He hoped they would be made self-sustaining.
Hox. Mr. DeBrorw thought County Court. Houses enough.
Me Farerrarson said the fact that they already havea Court House at Crapaud ia a consideration.
Mr. McLean Bill.
Mr. Catnoun thought there isa necessity for a smaller Court ; and if the Courts are to be held quarterly, the necessity for a amaller Court will be all the greater. He said Judge Pope has given excellent satis- faction.
-Dr. Rosertson said County Courts are not aspopular as the old Commissioners’ Courts. He objected to Quarterly Courts.
.Hox. Mr. Svuiirvan said the Bill has been under consideratfon fer some time; and we may presnme that it comes before us in a pretty perfect state. For his part, he was entirely in favor of Quarterly Courts, and was glad of the proposed change in this respect. He advocated transference of County Courts at Murray Biver to Mon- tague Bridge ; and opposed the removal of the County Court at Dundas. He thought the country should economize in respect to those Courts. Last year they cost over and above the receipts—33,000. He defended the County Court Judge of King’s County frdmi the reflectiens of Hon. Mr. Prowse. He’ believed the County Court Judges gave vary great satisfaction. In Prince County there have been no appeals, and in Queen’s and. King’s Counties very few. He suggest- ed-the propriety of removing the County
‘ourt at Eight Mile House to Mount Stew- art. He thought County Court Clerks should be paid according tv the work they perform.
Mr. McMirxan said the more Courts the more expenses.
Mr. Hackett said he believed the County Cotrts should be held quarterly to lessen litigation. He thought the salaries of the
County Courts.
we have
eriticised the present
County Courts should be readjusted, and |
he contended that the Clerk at Alberton should receive an increase, and that another Court should be established at Tignish.
How. Mae Stewarr thought the Clerk at’
Alberton-is worthy of higher salary than he
receives. . He said the Government is obey- | 2
liging the commands of the people for eco- nonry.
Mr. Arsneavux said that where the County Courts had the most work, the Clerks had the most fees. He thought $200 little en- ough for an office of that kind. He thought the Government takes a great deal of credit to themselves for doing very little. It does not look well to see them singing their own songs. It shows that they are not liked by the people.
Mr. McKay hoped there would be no division of the Cireuits. He thought it was wrong to debar a wife from giving evidence. Sometimes it is the wife who delivers goods. In case of jomt notes of hand, he thought the appearance in Court of one of the pro- misors should be sufficient to enable the Sudge to go on with the case. In his opinion, the Clerks salary should be sup- ported by fees for affadayits, etc.
Mr. Lea said eight per cent. of the ness done in Bonshaw came from Crapaucl. Crapaud is the centre of stoves, lime kilns, etc., and in his opinion a proper: place for a County, Court House, a
Hox. Mr. Gorvon was surprised that the Attorney General had.not shewn some good canse for ‘mtroducing the Bill. He
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opposed quarterly Courts and favored re- adjustment of County Court Clerks’ salary. He thought there was not much fault to be found with the working of the Courts in King’s County.
Road,
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He sug- |
merchant to prove to the!
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| months, | Motion passed— House resolved itself into |
‘Committee of the Whole—Mr Calhoun in|} ithe Chair.
i Hon. Mr. Davies submitted a resolution | os. Mr. Davis introdnced a Bill to | providing for a change of the sitting of the | Specia! Disputed to
} County Gourts: from bi-monthly te quar. | | terly. | | Committee reported progress and obtained | leave to sit again. AFTER RBCESs.
| Committee met, and, aftera short discns- json, voted down. the. resolution providing quarterly instead of bisnonthly Courts,
Hon. Mr. Davans then -moyed. for. the
| establishment of a County Court, ai Ora. | pand and at Montague Bridge. I of the members debated the iresolution each, in turn, complaining that | some portion of the district which the repre- sent required a court as well as those mentioned in the resolution.
Hon. Mr. Beer moved in amendment that County Courts be established at Mon- ‘ tague Bridge, Crapaud and the south side | of the, Hillsborough. | Hox. Mr. SULLIVAN moved
ment to the Muriay River be removed to Montague | Bridge. i
Mr. Conroy also moved an amendment | that a County Court be established at Tig- | nish.
The motion and amendments were all put singly, and voted down,
Dr. Roserrson afterwards moved a re- solution that a County Court be established | at Montague Bridge. This resolution was | sustained. i
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; an amend-
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The House then adjourned.
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| Local and Other Items. THe mails will arrive in this city at 8 | o'clock. i
ing Department,—-2i
Anovt 200 first-class to select from at W. A. Weeks & Co’s. | , }
Look in and inspect W. A. Weeks & Co. new cloths for spring and summer wear.
Gents’ wanting a good stylish suit, should leave their measure at W. A. Weeks & Co.
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| ‘Puere were no trials at the Stipendiary | | Magistrate's Court this forenoon.
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| ‘Tye letters of ‘‘Free Grit” and ‘Another | Fireman” are crowded They will ap- |
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Ws. Howes pedestrian, of London
England, has challenged O'Leary to a match for a champion belt and $2,500,
Suip Maggie A. Robertson, D. Melnnis, Master, arrived at Akyab, 25th January, from Buenos Ayers. Crew all well.
out.
First or THE Season.—-A lot of tnose fine Oysters just received at the Union House, by C. O. Winkler—same kind as were sent to Paris Exhibition. 2i
Tue Northern Light arrived in George- town to-day in good time. The express with freight and a large number of passen- gers arrived in this city at 3 o’clock.
Tue English Church clergy, of Montreal, |waited on the Metropolitian Bishop on the 25th, and requested him to reconsider his resolution toresign his oppointment. His | Lordship said he had made up his mind to} retire and regretted he could not alter it. |
Sreamsuip ‘‘Carroll” will leave T Wharf, Boston, for Halifax (only), Wednesday, March 27, 1878, at 12, m. For rates of freight or passage, apply tu W. H. Ring, 18 T Wharf, or O. G. Pearson, 219 Washing- ton street. Leave Halifax for Boston, 30th inst.
Tue entertainment given by the St. |
Joszeph’s T. A. Society, in St. Patrick’s Hall last evening, was largely attended. The music, recitations and readings were interesting, and called forth favorable ap- planse. The next reading will take place on Wednesday fortnight.
On Saturday night, a row of extraordi- nary nature took place in the little railroad city of Moncton. Two high-toned track- /men and a brother firemen as well, got into a scrimmage, during which one of the com- batants got his opponents ear in his mouth, | and bit fully one-half of it clean off.
Tue Atheneum was packed last night. Mr. Robert Shaw delivered an able and elo- quent address, and Mr. James McDonald recited a poem composed by himself, which was greatly admired. The singing was cood. The! Reform Club has lost none of its attractiveness.
Mercnants’ Mantyx Insurance Com- pany.—-Marine Insurance has been iuch more profitable in Prince Edward Island | than in either Ontario or Quebee, if the | success of the Merchants’ Marine Company of Charlottetown be a fair indication. The premiums earned last year were $17,764, a dividend of 45 per cent. has been declared upon the paid capital, and $5,920 added to its surplus, which is now $19,748. Al- though the losses for the first two years have been very large, yet the Company has earned 344 per cont. on its capital, taking the whole period of three years. - Monetary |
Times.
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We understand that a few photograph! counterfeit $2-notes of the Union Bank of | P. E. Island were attempted two be passed | in Pictou some days ago, and that the party |
‘circulating them was arrested there, We) ‘have seen one of these notes. It is num- |
bered 49561, and is crossed on the face | with the letters ‘‘Canada Currency.” The TWO in.the centre of the note is evidently painted, and, on referring to the back, the daub is very apparent... As we understand from the Bank itself that they have issued no notes numbered higher than 33,000, any- one can readily detect these counterfeits. At any rate, their general shady appearance
aup trader.
Me'tsaat favored Caurts every two | t
ame , hy ‘ourt ati 3: : <8 . .* rendment that the Court at lined after causing a Ministerial crisis.
CG REat attractions at Werks Cos Tailor- . iby a
patterns of tweeds {
‘the Roumania roads and railways, and in-
would reveal their spuriousness at once to | @ t (ing Rooms, Water Street, Charlottetown,
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WAR NEWS.
VIENNA‘, Mareh 27.
' ji hp. ' ce General Ignatieff was in conference with |
Count Andrassy this morning, and had an | audience with the Emperor in. the after. | noon.
The Political says that | General Iynatieff’s mission is a proof that! the key of the situation as regards the | eventuality of waris in Vienna, and that the Austrian Government inust allow Eng- | land to entertain no doubt as to whether | she can reckon upon Austria. | u Beriiy, March 27, » »
lt is said that the Servian Goyernment | have refused to mobilize the army on the|
Corre spondence
+ . . , . ' Northern frontier, as a demonstration | against Austria, without the consent of
Sknpt:china, which it was known before- hand would not be given.
Russia suggested the suspension of the Constitution ; this suggestion has beet de-
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Lonpon, March
A Jeorrespondent of the Manchester | Guardian says that the situation, so far as regards the meeting of Congress, is much | improved by assurances that Harl Derby | received from Schauvaloff during the past few days.
Pall Mall Gazctie prints « Berlin special saying that the Powers have declined the | suggestion made by Russia thai the Con-
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‘uress be held without England.
Gortschakoff is endeavoring to bring about a meeting of the three Emperors and three Chancellors.
Russia, is understood to have indicated | her Willingness to make further concessions | to Anstria, and some concessions also to Roumania, being prompted, it is thought, ; vrowing apprehension of «differences with England. . Germany has, under the circwnstances, for the present
abandoned all idea of issuing invitations for Congress, A correspondent of the ** Times’, in his telegram from Bucharest, that the Bessarabican qnestion stands thus: Rus-) sia has agreed that it should be brought be-/ fore the Congress and be decided by it, de- | clating herself ready to keep Dobradya, if the Powess pronounce against am exchange. A Constantinople telegram states that Os- | man Pasha has been appointed Commander }
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in Chief.
Bucharest papers attack the stipulation | in the treaty of San Stefano, that Russia} shall maintain communication through Ron- mania. In-two years they sy that the; Russo-Roumanian Convention terminates with the end of the year, and the stipula- tion would be a perpetual block to traffic on
states
jure the trade of the country. The Rou-| manian Government has refused the Rus- sian application to build a hospital and tele- graph station at Galatz,
Berurn, March 27.
Taq Blatt says that Prince Bimarck’s latest attempt at a mediation between Eng- land and Russia has thus far been unsuc- cessful. is proposal was that Russia should indicate beforehand the points in the treaty which she agreed; should be dis- cussed at the Congress. Russia has not yet replied to this proposition.
Bucnarest, March 28.
In the Chamber of Deputies to-day M. Ceogatniceano, Minister of Foreign Affairs, decided that the treaty of San Stefano was for Roumania null ard void; he stigma tized that treaty as a scourge to the Rou | manian Government. He said he would} yield nothing where the rights of the coun-} try were concerned,
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