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ray, “lt canmot pay it for six or twelwe| in the discharge of his parliamentary daties, months,’ the mortgagee weald compel hia could not have come, from any quarter, with fo take & new mortgage at a higher rate of a worse grace than from the bon. member poterest. Tle migh® say, © LC you will pay) from Summerside. The absence of that bon, me ten per cont., d will give you two years) member from the Island, in the prosecution more t» pay it."" That is the greatest ob-| of his own private affuirs ia England, had jection | see to passing the Bill without any | oeeasioned the sammoning of the Legislature restriction. The proposed amendment will! tor the despatch of public business, to be de- not interfere with Promissory Notes or Biils| layed a mooth beyond the usual period ; and of Exchange. The Act te regutate the inte-| thet delay, oceasioned by his inopportune rst on thove is proposed t) be repealed, and | absence, might—and, indeed, most probably eople can then wake any bargains they) would— prove greatly detrimental to public ike, except im cases where mortgages or} interests, both directly and indirectly. Yet judgments are gtyen. (onder the present} that hon. member, only just returned to at- law, on all Promissory Notes and Bills of! tend to his parliamentalll deticn, had the as- Fachange, payable within three years, @ny) surance to tax him (llon. Mr. Whelan) with amount of interest may be charged are only endeavouring at present ¢) affurd | the prosecution of pablie business, beeause some protection to those persone who are) le was ovcasionsily absent from his plage at placed in such unfortunate eircunmstances) the openmg of the }louse iw a morning or at that they would have t) submit ty such the resumption of business in an alterqvon ! terms as hard-hearted mooey-lenders might) Lil, indeed, did such a charge become that ghoose to dictate. {hon. member! ll, indeed, did it become

lion. Mr. McLaren : I now gee the matter aoy hon. member on the Government side of ig a different hghs. | think there should be | the House ! pome restriction, and seyen per cent. would, | general mode of directing parliamentary pro- ja my opmion, be a fair rate, | ceedings was such as, he believed, bud never

ion. Mr. Dixawens: ihe reason that ]| been adopted by any other adginjstration, proposed eg per cent. was, that that is the! esther here or else where ; for pliant a8 their common Tate on agreements at present, aad supporters were, it was yet deemed necessary if we could leave it at the same rate ig would | by them (the Government) to hold a caucus which mmght be) meeting aumost daily, in the Library, for the caused by a change. purpose of drilling them into still greater

Hien. Mr. Lono: I think it is better to re-| subserviency—if that were possible. Than strict the rate to six per cent. , and if those} such a mode of conducting it, scarcely any yentionen who are ig the babit of lending! thing, be thought, could be retardasive olf gneney teel that they ar injured, they cun) the progress of the legislative basiness of 2 jntrudace a Bill nest sesson to change it. | country. — have the greatest respect for the geademan |! Co vpracr FOR CARRRYING TBE MalLs To AND who mtroduced this Bill, [believe he would rRoM THIS ISLAND AND THK NEIGHBUKING not take one shilling more than ~ law al. |} Provinces.

wed him ; therefure, i presume that he was; " a , ete by the beet motives when he intro- | Resolutions from Supply. uA cuced the Bill, and I am also corginced that} <A om sufficient jor the Summer and Win- jt don sourd principles. [| was muis-| ter Mails. : oy Someee : Saas who intro-| Hon. Mr. Coles moved a Resolution to the

prevent that eommotior

taken with regard to the a seg iene ie » consideration duced the Bill when J addressed your honors | effect that the amouns proposed to be oe ene a the consideratic before. | for the Mail Service be reduced £1500. He | Hon. G, Coles moved that the sum of 7 appro-

— ‘did so, he said, because the Contract entered N : rs ; SESS > linte, by the Government, with the Steam NOTES OF THE SESSION. | Boat iieeninen, was £1500 per annum more

No. & | than Mr. Boultenhouse had tendered to d» Woagesit Pstare, j the work for. The question baying been put,

lon. Mr. Coles contended that the W ore) | aud the diyision thereon having been called

Ratate when banded over to the Conseryative

Government, in 1858, was in @ prosperous | bers of the House being alluwed Ata Soret condition, as shown by the Ageuwpts of Mr. | °?> ipasmuch us they ao I i y Aldous, the Land Cummuissioner. By those! rule, incapacitated trom duing ide in co the Accounts, it was chewn chat the cost of the | quence ot their being shareholders in the Estate amounted to 120.550: that the) 0 Ctenms Boat ae cae ile aie amount due on Sales, bearing mterest, was) bers, tu whuse votes the fon — Se ae 4.14981 150. 40. ; leaving a balance £4,758 | jected, on the said grounds, were Sve Bln Js. 8d. against the estute, to meet which Colonial Soaretary, the oe a 4 . oo there were 41235 acres of jand to be sold, the Lion. D. Davies, mem ore 0 ie ero high at 2s. 6d. per acre, would bave ligu:- ment, and Mr. James Dunean, & supporter te : of the Government. In support of hes objec-

dated the said balance, and cleared the Es- re aaa s tate. If, said the hon. gentleman, the present | Hun to the votes of the@e hon. members, th

We | neglect of public duty and the retarding ot |

As to the Government, their |

i for, Huon. Mr. Coles objected to four mem- |

The bon. mem- |

ment Issuing warrants for the payment of their salaries as all the other officers of the Colony are paid. These aceounts, he ot would never be | properly kept until Financial Secretary W as a pointed, whose duty it would be to correct all) mistakes, Je said much credit: was due to the chairman of the committee (Mr. McLennan) tor drawing up the Report se as to secure the signa tures o: the Opposition as well as Govt. members , non . ot OF han alt. Davies approved of the suggestions of) the bon. leader of the Opposition in reference to; the mode of paying the salaries of out-port and Exeise collectorse These officers had not, how- | ever, acted in any way contrary to the present act) which recoguises their right to pay themselves, The Report was then adopted avd agreed to. Hon. Mr. Pope moved that the Resolution = ihe emis Ou supply relative tu pew reat be y received, : “Tn. 6 Coles moved an amendment that it bas ' received this day three months. ee the amendment :—hons, Coles, Hensley, | | Haviland, Warburton, ‘Lporntun, Beaton, Messe. | Conroy, Howlan, Walker,—¥.

j

Longworth, Laird, Kaye, Davies, McLennan, Duncan, Hasiain, How- The Speaker then took

1J. C Pope, | Messrs. Green, ' hat, Montygomery,—lo.

| » division reversed. athe bill relating to summary and appeal cases from the inferior to tiie Supreme Court was read | }a third time and passed, ‘The bon, Lewisilative | formed the —- — ( ne ; ate the Land Assessme ‘Ast ~ raise a Revenue bad received the assent 0 that hon. body. | ffon. Mr. Haviland called the | House to a question of privilege, une j bills just alluded ta, should have ito ihe House; he said he was lead to make this} request because there were, he beliey ed, some lhon. members of the Legislative C ouncil: whe | were disposed to infringe upon the liberties of | this 50. yt also said that the bills al i Iuded to should be subinitted by message from | Council; said Acts were then submitted to the House by the Clerk of the Legislative Council. A message from his Excellency the Lieut, Gov ernor Was received commanding the attendance | of the House at the Bar o¢ the Council Chamber, where his Excellency was pleased to give his as sent to the Act for raising » revenuc.

| priated for the payment of His Exceltency’s pew rept in St. dames’ Church be struck out of the | bill, which motion was lost on a division of 18

jaguinst 6,

“Mr. Howlan moved that the sum of 3007 appro oriated to Messrs. Palmer and Pope as Delegates | to England on the sutgect of the Land Comuiis

sien be struck out of the bill, which taotion was }lost up the following division: Yeas —Howlan, Coles, Beaion, Conroy, Walker, Heusiey, 6 Nuys } Col, Gray; Col Seety., Brecken, Hashana, Green, Montgomery, McLennan, J.C. Pope, Yeo, Laird,

tuu, but could not succeed. Council by message in | telegraph was received that the American and he bill to consolidate and! (o)onial mails were forwarded to Cape Tor

Hon. J. Hensley asked the government, by whose authority had the Mail i an en. despatched on yesterday (Sunday) for ( Ee ‘ glish mail to Cape Tormentiues see fam oo that cases might arise in which perhaps ~ (oe sity might require work to be perfor med on the Sabbath day, but in this case it was Me work of necessity. ‘The steamer might as we have been sent’ this morning as yeste day ; what was the use of having 4 Statute requir ing the due observance ol the Lord's day, if those in the government employ did not ob- serve it. He was sure, he said, that the mem- bers of the government, When they considered the matter, were ag anxious as he was to en- force the strict ebservance ol the Sabbath, but he felt it incumbent upon bin to ask by what authority the mail steamer bad yesterday (Sab- bath) been despatched to Cape Pormentine.

Hon. leader of the Government: replied and said, that all matters connected with the mails

For the Resolution ;—-hons, Col. Gray, Col. 8ec., } and postal arrangements were under the charge

of the Post Master General's departunety.— Passengers and mails were delayed and kept

be Chair, and the Resolution Was carried on tite ov the other side because of the fluating ice i i :

lthe Straits. he steamer had made several $

attempts during the past week to get to Pie-

luformation by

. ala «| ‘ . ‘ 2 - Act, and alsu the) wentive ; and also that a pamber of passengers

for this Island bad arrived there, and were

atiention of the! doubtless anxious to proceed on vo the end ol tsaid that the | (heir journey ; aud further, bad not the. mails been sent doW | toon here this morning in time to be forwarded

to the different country post offices, whole weeks’ delay, in many cases, would have been the consequence. tie therefore had no hesita tion in saving that under all these circumstan- ces the Post Master General considered be had acted for the best is this matter,

On motion of hon. J. Longworth a com, of conference with the hon. Legislative Council was appointed relative to an amendment mad by the Council to the bill altering certain terms of the supreme court in this Island; said com. reported that the Council passed unauimously the ameudmeut in question, rela- tive to the changing of the March frm of the supreme court in Georgetown.

Hous, Hensley snd Beaton contended that the change asked for in the bill was in accord ance with the wishes of the people of King’s county, more especially the eastern seetion of the county, and regretted that any obstacle was thrown in its way by the coaucil ‘They would rather see the bil thrown vat aliogether than submit to the amendment of the council.

Hon. Mr. Haviland eaid, that no less than

Howat, Kaye, Davies, Long worth, Haviland, 15. Hon. J. Longworth moved tit the bill relative | for the grauting of letters patent to dvha Robinsen } to Liverpool, England, be submitted, a short de bare on the subject took place, during whieh hon orable mention was made of the distinguished patent of Mr. Duchemia, as 4 work of art which had secured jeliers patent noe ouly in America, bat aleo in Englund and France, That it would

veud tu advatice the interest of the Colony to fos was theretore, he said, very extraordinary that |} ter enterprize and improvement of every descrip: | :

tion Was discanted upon by hen. members, after |

three Grand Juries of King’s County present- ed, at different terms of the Supreme court, to | the Jadye, the necessity of making an altera | tion of ove week earlier in the time for holding lthe Mareh term of the court at Georgetown.

Phe Bill now before the House originated, in ‘fact, with the people of King’s County. It

they could not be allowed this alteration in

Government have, during the last six years, mnismanaged the estate, so as to have spent ail in the mismanagement, it is pot the fault) of the Liberal 4dovernment who bought it, for} the ery of the Tury party, betore they got into power, with respect to the Estate, was, + Letall the land be suid at auction for what- ever it will bring. and close the Land Uffce.’ Jiowever, on their accc sion to power, they guw the Land purchase Act ina light very different from that in which they pretended to view it when they were out of power ; and now they wish to charge the Liberals with | whatever blame may attach in any quarter, for any joss on the purchase of the Estate. The statement, to which the Hon. Mr. Coles referred, in corroboration uf bis aesertion that) the Worrell Estate was in a prosperous condi- | jtion when it passed from the bunds of the) Liberals into those of the Conservative (io- sernment, is as follows, copied fromthe Jour- nal, dared 31st of January, 1859, and signed,

hon. gentleman read the Rule of the Lupe-

rial Parlhament, by which it is declared that |

no member of the House, having any share

or interest in any Company, entering Intu @

Contract with the Government, could vote vn any question betore the Llouse in which such Company had any interest. The bon.

+! mewbers whom he bad numed were, be said,

members of the Steam Boat Company having the Contract for carrying the Mails to and irom the Islend and the neighboring Pro- vinces; and, therefore, according to the Par- liumentary Rule which he had just read they were precluded from voting va the ques- tion then beture the Huuse; Inasmuch as, were they to vote thereon, their doing so would be a direct voting of uoney iato their own pockets.

His Honor the Speaker said there was no proof before him that the hon. members pamed were shareholders in the said Com- pany ; but, if they were. they certainly were excluded, by parliamentary rule, from the

* Jobo Alduus.”’

Dr. 'privilege of voting on the question then un- i : 0,55 scnsideration of the Llouse. don purchase of Lau, £20,550 9 0} der the cc nid “ Cx Hon. Mr. Coles replied that the hon. mem- |

bers whom he had named could sot but be

By amowat due on

sales, £14981 15 4 }very well aware whether they had a right to Bonds, aioe s ; vote on the question or not; and he would, Bulruce, vor Foss therefore, leave it to their owa sense of howur

0, to do so or not,

The hon. gentlemen whose right to vote /had thus been directly disputed semained in ve their places, neither denying nor admitting 41,2 acres. | their alleged disqualificati.n to do so; and, | notwithstanding their silence, may have been

£2 3H 8 0O~LW5 0 83.309 acres

yd pnrebased, ba e 42,074

Seid, Balance unsold,

Balance iu each year over ¢ spenses. 57 £35 14 0

‘ : he i

517 2 | interpreted as ap admission of their disqaali-

ms se | fleation, they voted on the Division, whica To be deducted from baimnee | was as follows: above £73 UL 2h | Far the Motion of the Hon. Mr. Coles.— | > i | Huobis. Messrs. Coles and Waerburton, |

fANGEISM. . '

ah. Senaieen = mt > was falee upon | Messrs. Sutherland, Sinclair, Walker ana : a8. . . | Howlan—6. jteface. Butthet was not al]. When the Against it.—Honbls. Colonel Gray. Colo- |

Roman Ganatie Sehee anes it, bs _— _ niai Seeretary, J. UC. Pope, D. Davies, and to be faise; be Knew he a: as S1gniDg a “es ac~| Laird, Messrs. Haslam, Ramsay, McLennan, | hood . _ red ve talechare The Jobn Yeo, D Montgomery, Hlowat, J Dan- that they - q re , re Pt o : a -ean, Breckon, Kaye, McAulay, Green—16.

Petition was deliberately * 7" up Wh) Avy comment upon the peculiar features 2 aon w wegen W “e- nae! at i. ma lof the facts above stated would be quite su- | vat he was statiag a (alsehood. O CUP. | ones

Dupeav) thoagns oot oe eee Yhe Mon. the Colonial Secretary read the | % Sadan = erche Uikdis ur anette a which vad moved py = _ Cubcession Zaye 5 i Mr. Warburton, declaring Mr. Boulten- ourselves, and of enacting whatever laws we | house’s Tender the lowest, and that as it

| Commission

might deem needful for the preservation of | peace and good order and the promotion of | the general welfare, » long as such laws! prould pot be in any way opposed to the}

rinetples of the Constitution. The Orange! el was a measure of that kind, intended to | foster and protect the best interests of the | Colony. ‘The murderous riot, some years ago, at Belfast, led wo the formation of Ur- page Lodges ia the Island. The members of | those Lodges bad nothing in view but the} pssertion and observance of the principtes of | our Constitution, and the preservation c!}

peace and good order throughout the Coloay; they had no private ends of their own to} romote; they bad in no iastance either | violated the laws or sought to abridge or in-| vade the rights and privileges of any class of | their fellow subjects, and therr rise and pro-| gress in this Island bad a salatary influence | upon the community. They had as mach right tu an Act of Incorporation as any other body oF society, st whose request and in whose fayor euch an Act had been passed by tue Legielature of the Colony — certainly quite as good # right to it as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Charlottetown. By what- ever reasons tha Duke of Newcastle had been snttuenced—whetber by such as especially weighed with bim with Fespeet to the secu- rity of bis public position, 98 @ minister of ghe Crown, or otberwise-—in withholding the Orange Bill frow thie Royal) consideration, he had been guilty of y direct violation of | therconstitutfopal privileges of the people of the Colony ; aod it was a duty se the

; acceptable of the three.’ Mr. Montgomery

was calculated to saye the Island a large ex- penditure of public money, it ought, there- iore, to be accepted. This Resolotion, said the hon. gentleman, was negatived by the House, and, therefore, it was the House, and not the Governmeut, who rejected Mr. Boultenhouse’s Tender.

The Hon. Mr. Coles contended that the effect of the rejection of the Hon. Mr. War- burton’s Skis hy the majority of the House, was to leave the whole of the Ten- ders in the hands of the Government, as some objections had been made to the secu- rity offered by Mr. Boultenhoose. This, said the hon. gentleman, would appear from the opinions touching the question expressed by some hon. members who yoted against the Hon. Mr. Warburton’s Resolution, as well as from the Resolution which was car- ried. Hon, Colonel Gray, in the course of the discussion of the question, said * tHe was of opinion that it would be useless to eall for tresh Tenders, and that the offer of Mr. Boultenhouse was the best that the Govern- ment could accept.”’ Mr. Davies said, * If Mr. Boulteniouse’s Tender was accepted, the most ample security should be required.’’ Hon. Mr. Laird said. * If Me. Boultenhouse gave proper and awple security, his was de- cidediy the best offer.’ Mr. Brecken re- warked, ** At the present state of the pro- ceedings, he could not but acknowiedge tiat the tender of Mr. Boultenhouse was the most

strongly objected to the Tenders of Messrs Hodgson and Bourke.’? Mr. Davies again

Legislature owed o the country and te them- selves, plainly to declare-—as was purposed | tu be dune by the Resolutions then under the | consideration of the House—in what a re- | prehensible Jight they viewed bis conduct | with respect to that [hiil.

A desire to press the Committee to a divi- siog being manifested by some hon. members on the Government side of the House—

Hon. Mr. Whelan rose and said, there was a degree of unfairness in seeking to press a division upon the Committee before hon. members who might be « pposed to the Reso- Jutions had an opportunity to examine them fully. To that end, they should have been pilowed to lie upon the table a sufficient Jength of time before being brought under the consideration of te Huvwse in Committee. He himeelf would have taken copies of the Resolutions --- bad « suitable opportunity been offered him to do so—in order that, as he intended to oppose them, he might be pre- pared with counter Kesviutions to move an_ amendment. When common gourtesy was observed, by a party in power, towarde the minority, suitable vo; portunities were offered them to pare counter Resotutions,

Hon. Mr. J. ©. Poe obrerved that, if the hon. member who bed last spoken was more observant of the hours at which the House commenced businere iv a morning and re-

sumed it in an aftersoon, and were, in a general way ,as ear'y in hs place as he ought to be, he would hay: no vceasion, at any time to complain that due opportunities were not afforded him to consider any Resolutions to be brougnt forwarh by the party in power, and to prepare others in Opposition to them.

Hon. Mr. Wheien, in reply, said, ic was) geVtieman who prides himself apon bein e eertuinly that the attention ‘ohieh it weal beet ay “som Necessary tor bim to give to the direetion of his private business did not a}ways admit of his a punctoally in his place in the, credited in the Treasurer's office, some other hon. members were : spec

but, he thought, eeneure of any hon. mem-|

Jiouse as

said, ** He would b> surry tu see Mr. Boulten- houses Tender eet aside.’’

Hon. Mr. Coles having read the several opinions as above cited by him, said, ** Mr. Speaker, I think it is clear, from the opin- ions which J have just read. of hon. mem- bers who vuted agaist the Hon. Mr. War. burton’s Resolution, that they only wanted to leaye the question open, tou the end that it might be ascertained whether the security which Mr. Boultenhouse war prepared to of- for was sufficient. Mr. Boultenhouse was here at the time, and was told that he would be commynicated with upon the subject ; but he neyer heard any thing further about it from the Government. This si:ows that the House did not yote the Contract to Messrs. Hodgson and Bourke ; but the Government, of which four of the shareholders were members, gave the Contract to themselves at £1500 more per annum than Mr. Boulten nor had tendered to perform the work ur.

i ——- — SUMMARY OF HOUSE O®8 ASSEMBLY PROCEEDINGS.

Saturday, April 30,

On motion of Mr. McLennan, the House went into committee op the report of Lhe committee on public accounts,

Hon. leader of the Opposition remarked that the cotoutittee had rectitied the error relative to the entry of 1 , Which appeared in both the receipts and expenditures of the Colony. It was difligujt, he said, to understand or correct the out-

rtaccounts. Between the first sheet of the au- ditors’ classified Linpost and Excise accounts, and the corrected cue, ems ap ed to be no less than thirty-five Dusronention The classitication submitted by the Government, and prepared by «

ntanton the Island, differed in some respects frou the one suumitted by the auditors. Phere was also a difference of 6GOOL Leeween the smount shown in the Impost accounts and that but thi

counted for by the different Excise iat eiug allowed to pay themselves instead of xe-

bes tor negligence either real or apparent— | counting to the Government fur the Whole atnount

) OF Ube duties reevived by thew,

| aud said he was glad to inform the House that |

and ile Goveru-\ ing provision fur having them bound

which the bill was read a secund tite and agreed } to,

' On motion of Col. Sec., a Committee was “e pointed to determine What Vouchers reiative fo the public accounts shouid be published in the | jouruals of the House. This motiou elicited a | Uiseussion upot the necessity of having a Finan | chal Sceretary for the Cuiouy, W house duty it Would be to prepare the public accounts, Already £100 a year Was paid for uuditors’ salary, to Which sum aecht be added the expense the Colony sustained because of the manner in which the time of the llouse Was occupied in examining and correcting weouuts, and also the deficiency that might ap pear in the returns of any officer which would be

promptly coilecced by the Financial Secretary.— | li was argued by hon, members on both sides of}

he House, that the appointment of such a func

tionary Weuld not only expediate the business of |

the Legislature, but alse prove a great saving to the tinancial interests of the Colony.

Mr. Breen moved that the thanks of the House be conveyed to His Excellency the Lieut. Governor for the various despatches, nersayges,

| aud correspondence submitted by His Excellency |

for the information of Unis House.

Hou. Mr. Coles seconded the motion, and said, | it should be remembered His Excellency was not | | allowed a private Secy. by the Government of che

Colony, this he cousidered Very Wrong, When we had a private Secretary’s salary paid for out of the public funds, be could be required, und it Was expected of Lim, to place ali necessary doctienuts before this House in proper order, bul now it was depending upon a yenlieman Upon Whol we

|} have no claiay Whatever fur such papers as We | ite y , ‘ jhe alluded (His Excelleney’s private Secretary) |

require. Lhe gentleman, he said, lo whom received no salary from Chis Colony,

Hon. Mr. Haviland said he was now free to speak out his mind ov this subject, and would un | hesitatingly say that it was extremely uiggardls su the part of Lhe goverpiment bot LO pay the sal ary ut Private Secretary ; this he said was the only

Colony, in which the Private Secretary is not a

paid official.

Hon. J. Hensley said he would be glad to see a of public works aiso appointed For want of this officer, miucb of the public money

| was throwe away in the cous-ruction and perform: |

ance of roads, bridges, &c. | Hoa J. Warburton supported the hon. J. Hens- | ley’s views on this sulject and referred to the} shameful magner in which public grauts fur roads, bridges, &c., were mis-appropriated. Mr. Duuean also agreed with what lad fallen

| from hon. members on this subject; Le said that

ib must appear evident to every Intelligent person

| in the community, that the services of a Cowmis-

sioner of Public works would prove a great say- ing tothe country, much of public money was now thrown away for want of a proper Kuowledge

| of the manner in which it should be expended. In

illustratiug his arguments he instanced the case of a Ship builder who having several vessels build my would refuse or ueglect to pay a Foreman or Inspector of the work. From his own experience in this braveh of business, he could say that the want of competent superintendence would inevit ably end in a loss to the owner, The same result would follow in every department which requir ed a heavy expenditure of capital, but more eés- pecially in that branch of the public service, over which a Commissioner of Public Works would exercise coutrol. It must be perfectly clear he said, to every hon. member of that House, that it would be a great saving to the pablic revenue, to have a fit and proper ofticer appointed, Whose duty it would be to see that the appropriations for the Road Service were properly aud judicially ex pended. J

Hon. Mr. Laird remarked that as ‘the discus- sion hac taken a wide range, he wouid direct the | attention of the House to an officer, the duties of | whom would be second Lo none yet naibed by} any hon. member. In Canada they had a Minister | of Agriculture, whose business It Was to superin- | tend the agricultural interests of the country, and | his reports clearly show this his labors tend very | inaterially to the advancement and improvement! of agricultural pursuits, In this [sland our chief | dependence is upon our agricultural resourees we therefore above all other should be the first Lo en- courage in every possible way that important branch of industry; and the appointment of a! minister of agriculture for the whole Islaud would | doubtless confer a benefit upon the interests of this Colony, i

Mr. Howat said he thought the time had arrived for him to speak, <A few years ago, he said, we} were told Auditors of Public Accounts were yoing | to do everything that would be necessary to per- fect the sytem of placing before the House in a ¢la-sitied form the Public Accounts, and yet we fiad blunders committed, What guarantee, he would ask, have we that a Financial Secretary would be more competent or perform his work better than the Auditors had done. We were every now and then annoyed by officcholders ask ing for inerease of salaries, and some of them even threatening tu resign, because as they allege of the small salaries they receive; and how could we be expected to provide for additional officers? He for one would not support the appointment of any ofthe officers to whom allusion had been made by hon. members To muitiply officials by the dozen and have them scampering about this building half their time was 4a dactrine to which he would never give his consent, The ob- ject he said of the hon. leader of the Opposition relative to these uiatters, Was to lead the guyern- ment into difficulties, he would therefore advise them to be on their guard

Tne appropriation bill was read a third tinye and passed,

Mr. Brecken as chairman of committee, report- ed a draft address in accerdance with the Kesolu tiou of the House, acknowledging the indebted- ness of the House to his Excellency in submit-| ting for their information, despatches, messages, and correspondence relating to the interests of the colony, Said address was received and read.

House adjourned.

Monday, May 2d.

The honorable Legislative Council by mes- sage informed the House that they had passed the following bills viz ;

A bill authorizing the goverument to open a cash account with the bank of P. K. Island,

A bill relative vo the issuing of certain de- bentures.

Hon. Col. Gray presented to the House a despatch received this day from the secretary of State anuoaucing that Her Majesty the (Queen was pleased to confirm the Act to ineor- porate the Farmer's Bank of Rustico.

A message from the Legislative Council an nounced their assent to the apprupriatio.: bill.

A bill to enable John Robinson of Liverpool, Englaud, to obtain letters patent, was read a third time and passed.

Hon. Col Sec. informed the House that he had corresponded with the honorable the Speaker of the House of Commons, on the subject of obtaining for the use of our Leg isla-, ture the Journals of the Imperial Parliament,

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ithe said Jourvals were kindly offered. He would therefore suggest the propriety of niak-

ithe Act. Hecosld not see the force or justice of the reasons assigned by the Leg- | islative Couneil for their amendment, and hop- }ed the House would have the good sense to ‘throw out the Bill altogether rather than sub- mit to that amendment, If, he said, the House | would not now stand by King's County in this matter, and throw out the Bill, the people of | that County would never again get their rights | relative to this question. After sume further debate aid conferences on this subject, the amendment of the Council | was finally rejected by the Llouse, aud conse quently the Bill was lost. | His honor the Speaker laid before the Mouse a letter from his Excellency the Lieutenant Governor's Private Secretary, announcing that his Excellency would attend in the Council Chamber to prorogue the House at 5 o'clock this afternoou.—House adjourned.

AFTERNOON.

Mr. McLennan chairman of the Contingent

Fand commitize, submitted the report of thai | Committee which was read and agreed to.

Hon. G. Coles ressacked that he had great

pleasure in observing that a number of Ladies

lieved for the first time. sieps would be taken @aring the recess to pro vide a Ladies’ Gailecy Tor the accommodation of Ladies.

remarks of the hon leader ef the Opposition.

Mr. Conroy also said he hoped Cuat propet provision would be made so as to secure the attendance of Ladies at our Legislative Halls. Their presence, be said, would have a beneficial eflect on the debates of the House.

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MEETING OF FREEHOLDERS AT SQUAW BAY, LOT 49.

Verbal information having been circulated among the independent and respectable Free- holders of that portion of Township No. 49, that a meeting of the worthy inhabitants of said Dis- trict would be held at the School House in that locality on Monday the 25th inst., at 3 o'clock, p. w., tor the express purpose of deliberating upou the present pernicious aggrarian and protracted and agitated laud question, the source and origin of the apparant dissutislaction and distracted state of this unparalleled Colouy,aud the propriety, coustitutional, and feasibility of the tenant orga- nizations throughout this Island, now embracing indigenous talent, effort, and ahnost incredible daily accumulating sympathy and numerieal ace | quisition and strength. After further preliminary observations, approbatory of the judicious course adopted and pursued by the tenant organizasiens ot this retarded slave-holding and oppressed Co- lony, the meeting truly appreciated the laudable and indepen@ent attempts and efforts of the ten- ant organizations of this sea-girt Isle to emanci- pate themseives and suceeeding generations from the intolerable yoke of land monopolists, the de- vastating scourge and cause of the prevailing destitution in this purely agricultural aud inele- ment Colony. Therefore, the meeting, as an evident pledge of their approbation, commissera- tien and heartfelt sympathy for their more untor- tunate fellow Colonists, enrolled their names in the bond of union, and ligerally subscribing to- wards the fuad in connection with the orgauiza tion, at the same time extremely regretting, a8 ardeut and strenuous supporters of this existing Govergment, that unfortunately the Legislature of this aggrieved Colony should assume the pre- regative, without the consultation of their respec- tive constituencies, to pass an Act confirmatory of the proprietory titles, and thereby unposing upon the inadequate tenantry of this Island a ruineus purchase, at a rental of fitteeu years, &e. The feelings of the meeting cannot be more co- gently illustrated than by adopting the following poetical quotation :

«© ves, ‘tis thus grieved Isle, thy doom Hath hitherto been sealed, These Politicians dig thy tomb, Lut ieave thy wounds unbealed. Thy vex'd land question never can Be set to rights by them, Thy sons alone, joined as one man, Thy tide of ills can stem.”

The meeting being constitutionally organized by the appointment of Mr. Wii. Wood to the Chair, and Alex. McNeill, Acting Secretary, the tollowing Resolution was submitted and unani- mously approved of :—

Moved by James 1B. Gay, Esq., seconded by William Jones, Esg.—

Whereas, that in the opinion of this meeting, that the long agitated and nun-settlement of the Land tenures, being the west vitally important and absorbing question at present affecting the wass of Her Majesty’s loyal subjects in this Colo- ny, and that no measure would be wore conduct- ive to the prosperity of the Colony, and peace and contentment of the tenantry and eo iy than the couversion of the present injurious rent- paying system into a freehold; and recognising the strenuous efforts gid powertul influence exercised by Sir Samuel Cunard and the other large pro- plictors, aud their agents, to prevent the laudable efforts of the people, through their representatives in the Government, at all tines, to effect this much desired cousumation on terms at all possible to be complied with; therefore, this meeting reeipro- cute and cordially sympathises with the present popular movement throughout the Island, which constitut onally contemplates the settlement of this agrarian question, viz; the amelioration of the oppressed and suffering tenantry, by offering terms equivalent to what other estates im this Colony have bwew purchased fur; and should the Govern- meut at this peculiar aud critical juncture as- sume the responsibility of establishing the proprie- tors’ proposition of sixteen years’ purchase, that this meefing cannot consider such legislation but prejudieial, injurious and ruinoys to the interests and: well-being of the Calynista, ; tthe Canad anny seconded » vote of thank

oe ! vv his impartial and praisewor thy conduct in the chair, the weeting in unani- a ot sentiment and opinion consider that jeour- ual vatronized bythe teusnt orgazm, é‘ P gratuitously, coumunications tend- tig to the prosperity and success of the object in coutem plation i therefore, the meeting gave three oe eae _ our gracious and beloved So- ereign, an ticipated a im order, harmony and an

ALEXANDER MeN , Lot 49, 25th April, 1aG¢ es Bee's.

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TENANT MEETING ON VALDWIN’S ROAD, LOY 51.

A *cFy numerously attended Publie Meeting of the Tevantry and Freeholders of Baldwin's Road, Cardigan Road, and the neighboring settlements, was held at the School-house on the above named road, on Tuesday, the 3rd instant, for the pur- pose of taking inte consideration the accumulated grievaneee entailed upon the country by the Leasehold System; and of forming themselves inte a branch of the Tenant League, in order that they may be prepared to act in concert with their fellow-sutterers uf other districts, as vccusiou may require. :

Several speakers made very appropriate re- marks on this subject, with a good deal of force aud effect — facts which are of sufficient impor- tance to prove that good results may be antici- pated. Mr. Henry Bradley spuke very pointedly on the subject, in expressing his ablorrence ot rent-paying, by saying that the system is a dis- grace to any country having pretensions to inde- | pendence or intelligence, and that our condition is the more humiliating when we consider our position in respect to our neighbours im the Colo- nies, Who are perfect strangers to the many evils of rent-paying; and that therefore the united efforts of the tenantry should be used by every lawful means to abolish this pernicious system, | which is se very much crushing the best energies loft the tenantry throughout the Island. He also remarked that if the tenantry on Lots 48 aud 49 are so Vehement in this movement, and who, trom their contiguity to market, shipping and other privileges, enjoy advantages superior te tuany districts in the [sland—certainly then the tenarts in this isolated place should louse no vpportunity in following their example.