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a Despatch from Lord Hobart to the hieut. Governor, t)| becanse by fictions im law, in relation to land, the assumed | : ‘proprietor is protected, and enabled to enforce the tenant's ‘nents on the Jetter of the six Proprietors. , oon ; , . » Act which was passed for that purpose was suppressed | obligations, while this fraud which had been practised to | that there are nearly forty persons who claim to be owners of Lands for fixing a certain rate of price at which every | business required there—that it was infamous for aay

. : i oad, 2) _ eee pass an Act to revest the for‘e ited Tands tu the ¢ 1oOwn; but

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by the authorities, as it fad no douw't answered the purpose | obtain such obligations has never been investigated, as the |

a The utened { re reduced the pric. | only Court to afford redress ia such cases a Court of Escheats | they intended, The threatened for eiture reduces prie . : ses, ischeats; .. te stri lian aati : , oon : q ’ , , # the Colonial authorities and others | to investigate the titles, is not allowed tu be put in Operation. side of the Atlantic—it must strike the reader as ad 7” arrears of rent, in sueh cases as the Commissioners mich abate the evils was to adopt the elective system! There is

of the grants, ane

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thew from oppression, became tneir taskmasters, and gave strength to the oppressors to confirm ther bondage.

« Pat the Act to revest the forfeited lands in the Crown | until that question is investigated in a Court of Escheat, | appears to have heen revived by Governor Smith, in the year | which will be instituted by the Government, at the desire of | ’ . o

[s{8. to revest two Townships in the Crown, Nos. 55 and 15. Some f milies who had made considera! le improvement. at Launehing, and had paid the Quit Rents for the whole Township of 55, eculd only obtain a grant of 600 acres, to divide amongst themselves, while the lands around them were graa'ed principally to his sons and sons-in-luw and

other gevtlemen, in tracts of from 500 to 1000 acres, persons | tinue while the tensatry pay for the shackles which bold |

who made no improvement or settlement ; and as the settlers were confined to GUO acres, they had to purchase the laod> around them to extend their improvewents and setile their families ’

* To understand the intentions of the Government, it is necessary (o remark, that the same year ia which the two ‘Townships were escheated, Goveruor Smith made preclama- ton of au Lndulgence, said to be from His Royal Highness tre rince Regent to the proprietors, to reduce the Quit Rent upos certain conditions, aud release proprietors from their obligat.ous of setthmg their grants wih foreign Pio-

testants; but the proclammrion dues wot assert that che Lue,

du'gence is an Order in Council, nor is it suthenticated by the seals of office, or the name of the Colonial Minister given who sent the despateh ; therefore it is of no authority; yet it served the purpose to deccive the inhabitants, as the tte ested land holders led them to be ieve that they had the

Royal auihority te compel them to submit to become and |

remain tefiants, nor exp et to be rel-ased from bondage, even 1f the lands were revested in the Crown; and the acts of Governor Smith supported such assertions ; for it was after his removal that the Crown Jands of Townships 15 and 55 were granted in small tracts to settlers.

founded on a plan, which had the support of the Colonia Ministors-~n a Despatch from Lord Goderich, of the 1st of August, 1533, in answer to an adress, praying for the ap- pointment of a Court of Escheat, he says, that in the event vt ao Eseheat the tenants would have to pay the same rent

to the Crown which had been imposed by the proprietors, |

vod assuredly there would be no free grants; aud in another De-pateh from Lord Goderich, of the 27:h January, 1¢23 containing a plan for the commutation of Quit Kenrs, he rays, that bis objections to a forfeiture for non-scttlement, uccording to the conditions of the grants. wou!d not apply to a forfeiture for non-payment of Quit Rents. — In this case

the rights of the Crown should be enforced with rigour, thus | making the payment of arrears of Quit Kent of far more im-

portance that to release the iuhab.tants of a Colony from Oppres-icP.

Lord Goderich must have known that the a lowing the grantees to bold over forfeited lands to impose rents on British suljects was illegal aud most oppressive; and he

must know that the Crown could not be put in the position | of the wrong doers, to enforce the payment of reuts, which | had beeo imposed through the refusal of Min‘siers, to resume | the forfeited lands for the protection of its subjects ; but as |

the grantecs had been allowed by successive Ministers to hoid over forfeited lands, and to impose and recover rents for GO yeurs, they bad a claim in equity to compensation, when deprived of the lands; therefore, to have euforeed the for- feiture for arrears of (Jait Rests ap; ears to have been in- teuded to silence that claim for compeusation; and for the ‘rowa to resume the lands for a sum Of money due for Quit tent seewed to justify a demand upon the tenantry for reut,

but we should expect more just aud equitab e measures frou |

the Luperial Goverument of the preseut day.

“ Lord Glenelg supports the same messure as his prede- | {on his Despatch of the 10th August, 1836, he!

Cessore,

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quired ‘Townships for nominal or trifling sums. Thus the | juires nshif : Q : . : : i i i be sai 2 only five, fi faj

se: vants of the Crown and other leading men, who had the Sovereiun, to exercise authority over the titles to land, | question,—and, indeed, it may be said there are only five, fer report thé result fo Her 3 ajest 7.

assisted the inhabitants to petition the Sovereign to release | and it is a rule, that once a person sueing for the rent of Sir S. Cunard undertook to sign the paper for one of his own

“Lt is necessary that the title of land should proceed from

| : . . jland, when the title is presumed to be iv the Crows, and nctice thereof given to the Judge, he will suspend judgment

‘the judge, to prevent persons recovering rent for Crown ‘Lands. But when that notice is withheld from the Judge [te is left to give an unjust dec’sion, Lt is only in this smali | Colony, where such injustice could be continued, where a rent of from £20,000 to £30,000 a year is the reward to men to uphold this system of robbery, which can only econ-

them in bon lage.

“ When individuals give up their nataral right of taking | redre #3 of wrongs in their own bands, it is upon condition jthat the Sovereiga who has engaged to administer justice )Wlappoint Courts, to take cognizance of complaints, aud a ford justice in auy case; and tue subject who has sufferec | wrong may, ia the name of the Sovereign, plead for redress lof Lis owa wrougs, But when any Court is kept shut, purposely to prevent justice being administered, then the social compact is broken, and the right reverts to the people | to take the redress of wror gs in their own hands; therefore

| Escheats to be established to afford justice,

| © Whea Lord Joha Busse] says “ftnat the Government hare no funds at their disposal to purchase the lamds, to he jafterwards sold or granted to the teuunts,” is an admission thit the lands would be purchased from the Prop: ietors, and ~oll or granted to the tenants, if the Government bad tie funds at their disposal to do so. Tue Lmperial Parliament have always granted money to pay a jast debt; but as the claims of the Pro rieters to compensation originated from ‘the delay of Mi.is eve to resume the forfeited lands, and the

| Goversment cannot ask Parliament for money to purchase, | ail . . . } : £ ’ 9 . j ‘re y* "it? * Ty show that the proceedings of Governor Smith were | Without exposing the de! nqnency of Colonial Ministers, and | there be any doubt of it!

| therefore justice is likely to be delayed, ws long as this House ‘suffer the tenantry to be impo-ed on. When the Proprie- tors are deprived of the lanj, they can app'y to Parliament, land if Parliament refuse compensation, i will be a prov! | they had no right to receive it.

* The Despatch from Ear] Grey of the 12:) Feb., 1851 calls the Governor's attention to the Lind Qaestion, and (Says that the rights of parties cannot be altered but by an equitable adjustment; aud while the laws contivue as at |present, they should be enforced wish troops if necessary. his threat implies that the rents might be recovered at the piont of the bayonet. *

« Now the first law of the I-land is, that the Crown shall resume the forfeited lands, to be enabled to protect the in- habitants who reclaim and culcivate the land. The obliga- tions of the tevants to pay rent was imposed through the

upjust delay to enforce that law; but that law is in force in | the first place, aecording to its true intest and meaning, to |

revest the forfeited lands in the Crown; and the fraudu'ent leases fall to the grouud. We have no right to seek asettie- ment of the Land Question by equity, when the written law provides for that settlement.

* The plan foreed upon the late Government, to purchase the Sland, met with opposition from the Proprietors; and when objections were started, Ministers could uct obtain the money they had promised to keep it in operation. But the sxitiement of ali the tenantry ia free sold, on the E-tates parchased, makes the rest of the tenantry feel their bondage more and more, But to ask lor a Commission, to submit the question to arbitration, where the Judges are restr.cied to respect the claims of the landholders and impose eundi-

* From the tenor of the despatchez referred to, it is ad-

mitted that the landholders have no title to the land; buat

says, that it is an erroneous impression for the tenantry to |i9 cons quence of indulgences they have a claim to apes

think that they should bave a freehold interest.

They | sation when deprived of the land. which places the tenautry

it beeomes the duty of thts House to require a Court of

tions upon the tenants—is most unjust, and unworthy of | consideration.

should have knowa that iu the event of an Escheat. the |in the worst positioa, for the landsolders have no induce- C.owu would en'oree the performance of the contracts, which ment to deal lenieutly with their tenants, but the reverse ; the tenaniry bad made with the former proprieiors, The|the greater the burden they impose on their tenantry, the

furmer rewarks to Lord Goderich’s leiters wil! apply to this ; | more it enhances their claims for compeusation ; which wii! | but Lord Gieuely. as if he thought the tenan'ry were entitled | 20 doubt be regulated by the amovnt of rent tk ey received. | “When Lord Stanley stated in the House of Commous | babitants as far back as the year 1817, that they cught to | that the wrong of which this Colony had to complain was |

to better terms, admits that it was the impression of the in-

be settied ia freehold ; aud such impressions may have re-| ‘he act of the Imperial Government, and it was their duty ceiv.d some confirmation frum ibe Escheat aud settlement of | to provide a remedy, the Proprietors were well aware that Townships 15 and 5). whenever they were deprived of the land, the Imperial

* But there is a former Despatch from Lord Glenelg,|Goverument must make them compen-ation, and it is not

dated the 23rd July, 1835, kept back until 1838—the sub- | likely that they would agree to any compromise which would | Whatever price the tenants may have |

ject of whichis a correspondence betweea a Sir Charles | reduce their eloiia, ‘ Saxton and the Colonial Uffice. Sir Charles puts the q ses- |}tu pay for their land will be required for the improvement tion, * Will the payment of ihe commutation for Quit Kent. | of tbe Colony, to mike up for the loss it has sustained ; and as re] vired by Lord Godevich’s letier of the 27th Jauuary, i longer to delay the law. to enforce the forfeiture and revest 1533, relesse proprictors fiom the arrears of Quit Rent, | forfeited lends in the Crown for the settlement of the in- and from the terms of settlement prescribed in their original | habitant-, cannot benefit the landhulders, while it would grants? Would a regrant be wode om redemption of Quit ztetly retard the improvement of the Island.

tents to parties fur 2U00 or 3000 acres 2” (Answer),| “ Therefure Resolved, that it is necessury .to establish a * Propsietors commuting within the time limited would ex-| Court of Kscheats, to investigate the titles of the Townships

tiuguish theiy Quit Rents altogether, a release from the con-|#0d revest forfeued lands in the Crowr, with a view of

dition r. quiring the settlement of one person to every 2OU settling the inhabitanrs.” acres, was & boon held out by Lord Goderich for proprietors | to commute Within the time limited, which Lord Glenelg | would adopt; but the Goverument canuot make a fresh | grant.” e. 2 ae : ’ ceitteeatone eee “ The inference to be drawn from this corresponderce is | ce ee eee ‘ ey this; there has been no complaint of the saliliciait of the Charlottetown, P, E. ‘3 April 17, 1860, condition requising a settlement of one person to every 200 acres, abd consequently it was safe for the Minister to grant | au indulyeuce, which had never been complained of; but as the grants could not ve altered it remained there still; but

Che Examiner,

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THE LAND COMMISSION AGAIN.

We stated in our last paper that despatehes had been re-

Che Crxraminer,

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We have not room, at present, to offer any lengthy com- ‘to enquire into the relations of Landlord and Tenant in th: ®eurse—that the Council were a set of hambogs or old When we know | Island, and to negotiate with the Proprietors of the Townshi; «omen—tbhat one member was quite enough to do all she

: ‘i ; Tenaut might bave the option of purchasing his land ; and | Government to fill seats in that Branch with pereous huld- land in this Island—the majority of whom are on the other also to negotiate with -the Pr pictors for a remission of *he/ ing th’er own politica} views; and that the only remedy to ordinary to see only six names appended to the letter in| Joeom reasonable, and proposiag that the Comn-issioners should | not a word about the elective system how—not a word about the expense of increasing instead of diminishing the number As large Proprietors of land in this Island, we deg to state! of Councillors! Political consisteney is a virtue not much that we shall readily acquiesce in any arrangement that may/ia favcur with our rulers, When the new Councillors shall be practicable, for the pur; ose of gettling the various questions | hare taken their seats, aud given us a touch of their quality, SO Td : . ,, [alluded to inthe Memorial fromthe House of Assembly ; but | we shall have more to say about this uneulled for, and bigh- Even the proprietors in the | we do not think that the appointment of Commissioners, ia handed exercise of the prerogative. | Island here have given the House of Assembly no proof of! the manner proposed by them, would be the most desirable | their acquiescence in the course recommended by Sir $. Cun-| mode of preeedure, as the labour of suctk Commission would jard and his four English friends. What reason have we to|0aly terminate in a Report, which would not be binding on ‘infer, then, that they will be bound by the suggestions con-|2"Y of the parties interested, s Si a 7 el aa , a "i as ci ee oe - We beg, therefore, to suggest, that instead of the mode 7“ sahil ge ; i nroposed by the House of Assembly, three Commissioners or But let us see what these suggestions are. The five pro-| R .furees should be appointed—one to be named by Her Ma | prieturs say they will ‘readily acquiesce in any arrange- jesty, one by the House of Assembly, and one by the Pro- duty, and on spirits, by which they will ably inerease ment that may be practicable for the purpose of settling the | prietors of land ; and that these Commissioners should have! fhe ae - ata of eal an eight th _ % | various questions alluded to in the memorial from the House | power to euter into all the enquiries that may be meceasary. | mis isa ew mode of robbing Peter to pay Paul. Twelve ‘of Assembly,’’ but they have no confidence in the mode re- | 20d ? decide upon the different ee which may be months ago the party now in power used to decluim against jcommended by the House. SirS. Cunard and his friends are | - ~~ vn a Ah od ae (0 the partion saterpeted the Government of that day for allowing the public to . ° 0 2 ° : . . . | to be the sule judges of what is * practicable ;”? and who can “We sliglil baiepel aekeba expense of the Commiss‘on an ae and for not eae eat at Sa i itively decl: int it. : r ; —to liquidate the debt, ani to ° | doubt that they will most positively declare that it is nod) shou'd be borne by th2 three parties to the reference, t) at —_ a jr eee oie tricep. They have al | practicable to entertain the question of Escheat, on the ground | is ¢o say, in equal thirds, and wo feel assured that there eed but they now propose new taxes sa: thie Lope of : : meeting their extravagant expendifure this session.

family. It is very evident that the Proprietors, as a body, | feel no inter: st in the formation of the Commission, or other-

they are strongly opposed to it.

MORE TAXATION.

Tur Revenne Bill for the ensuing year was under the consideration of the Committee of the House of Assembly last evening. The Gcvernment propose to add one filth to tre duties levied !ast year on goods subject to an ad valorem

|of non-fulfilment of the original conditions? Who ex doubt! would be no difficalty in seearing the adhesion of all the ‘that they will set their faces as positively against any con- | landed proprietors to a settlement on this footing.

The precise mode of carrying it into execution if adopted, would repuire consideration, and upon that subject we trus: that your Grace wou'd lend your valuable assistance.

We bave, &e.,

-_——- + TO CORRESPONDENTS. *s Werand’s’’ lines on the death of Master Dayid MeGill,

siderable remission of the arréars of rent? In fact, we believe

|

| nothing will be ** practicable,’’ in their estimation, but the g I ’

adoption of a reputt from three Commissioner8—two of whom | 2s ‘ f * will be inserted in our next No.

piv: Pe. asi 9, Denne ean £9 safe dees ip rd (3'gned) 5. Conanp, *« X. Y.,’’ in reference to the lecture on Galileo, at the C. possessions, with the view of putting a stop to all future agi- KE. Conarp. per 8. Canard, Y M L i titute Wednesda evening last, has been rv i ; Biden . M. L. Institute, on D 3 - | tation ; and they mo.lestly ask the tenantry to bind themselves .-Granam Montcomery, > poe a ue neon — ’ isei SELKIRK ceived, and will receive a ention. ‘to accept as final the report of that Co:miseion. ’ ; ' : , : Jaues Monrcomeny, ‘+ Conservative,’’ on ‘* Exploded Delusions,’* will aleo re-

| Wesay that two of the three Commissioners — should they

: LAWRENCE SULLIVAN. ; ever commence their labors, which we doubt extremely—will

To Ilis Grace the Dake of Neweastle, Can | &e., &e., &e.

It is trus, they suggest that one | A true copy,

Henny Botwer, Private Seeretary.

ceive attention as soon as space will permit.

“J, A.C.,” “ Equity,’ * A Teacher,”’ received during the past weck, and other communications which came to hazd atan earlier date—are not authenticated by the names of the writers, and according to our rule, cannot be entertained.

“Pro Bono Publico” is in type, ani wil! appear in our next. ,

Cuartortstown Deratixe CLtn:—The subject of discussion

y : : . at the last meeting war, ** The advan a, 8 .n‘di a Ivantages F ‘ issi ‘ters of the Government on Wednesday last when it be-| of a Federal Union ef the British Nortn Awerican Uvlonies

What chance the House of Assembly's Commissioner iq | “PPS ; ‘ ai ivi-

semana ies sat Sibes pact onnh came known that the only measure of great importance—or | The debate was more than usually animated. Upon a divi

‘have in resisting the undue demands and pretensions of the | . i int ‘ederal Unien, by a ma- _s p (the one which had more of a partizan character than any | 98 members decided in savour ut a F “—e jority of two votes.

proprivtors—even supposing him to be a liberal minded man, | : not ae ; : , . : ; ‘ : | other,—the Act to amend the Election Laws, which was carried Sub} : ** Does the Free Educa- and had a leaning towards the tenantry—it is not difficult to em m ; oh Schad of aehati Rrncohatbting . pie?”

hy a siriet party vote in the House of Assembly, was rejected ape 16,2860... liberal suppo t es SUD, Sec'y.

be the nominees of Sir Samuel Cunard and his friends.

Coumissioner should be appointed by the House of Assembly |

—_—- ———- —-—_ ¢ meses

here—one by the British Government, and one hy themselves ; |

but as the British Government will not stir hand or foot in| DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT IN TLE LEGISLA-

the matter without consul.ing Sir Samuel Cunard, we have | TIVE COUNCIL every reason io conclude that this gentleman himself will have | ‘ TuErE was much consternation amongst the members and

the exclusive honour of nominating the two Commissioners.

|eonjecture. The majority would be against him—it is in their = ‘ pave verre re ; “dill | by the Legislative Council—only three members of that body power to make a final report—he must either sign it, or | : a ; The Bill abandon the whule business in disgust, and cuter, perhaps, a | nari Seana = ee ene ea

| understand, gave rise to a debate of unusual length and

| warmth —the Leader of the Government in that end of the

Died,

On Friday morning last, at St. E!ecnor’s, after a few weeks illness, Emma, the beloved wife of Jonny Haszarp, Eeg., in the 35th year of : . j ‘herage. Deeply and deserved: yjregretted. :

‘nearly twelve months regarding this notable Commission, they jening vengeance on the Council, and declaring that steps' At Georgetown, on the 22nd ult.. after a severe illness of geome

9 ake ‘ 2 ‘ ~ 1 | months, which he endured with much patience pnd _ fortitude, Mr. passed a resolution on Saturday last, nominating the Hon. | would be taken to make the Council pass the measure in Irss Finlay Smith, second sonef Mr. Andrew Swith, soar, Newtowa, aged

Josepii Howe, of Nova Seotia, to be the Commissioner on be- | in three weeks. What proceedings he intended, or intends, | 58 years.

IN ERTINEMNT

WI =

useless protest,

In order to give a finishing touch to the delusion with which Piste, Se : : the Government have amused and gulled the country for | vuilding, Mr. Palmer, having distinguished himself by threat-

“half of the tenantry here. Mr. Howe is sapposed to be still * adopt, the honorable member did not condescend to make)

| popular with the tenantry of this Island, notwithstanding the | known. But even if he had the power to alter the constitu- | i ; . ; “ i »} o ; » 2 |

differences which have sprung up between him and the Catho-| tion of the Legislative Council—authorised by one of those i

‘lies of his native Province; and the Government, no doubt, | Secret despatches which they pretend to have in their posses-| —.

Suppose, that the nomination of such a man wiil be bailed | Sion relating to that body — he could not make the change is. a NS. dies RAILWAY.

with approbation by the tenantry, and help to establish some | in three weeks; and he could not bring the Bill forward twice

Shediac and Moncton Railway-

OMMENCING on TUESDAY. the 10th inst., Trains wiil ; run on this division of the Railway, each lawful day, Executive Council there, and a leading member of the Goyern- | sible to accomplish, even suy-posing he could resort to the ar-! until further notice :—

ment, precludes the possibility of his spending his time here, | bitrary step of proroguing the Legislature, and calling it to embroil h mscliin the almost nterminable disputes between | immediately after. Mr. Palmer's threat was, therefore, very andlord and tenant ; and they are very well aware, likewise, ' unwise, if not to say foolish, and was evidently the result of

confidence in the folly and delusion which they are practising in the one Session; besid:s, he knows very well that the onthe country. But they know very well that Mr. Lowe's | Mouse of Assembly would have to re-enact it before it could position, as Provincial Secretary of Nova Se tia, Clerk of the | be again presented to the Council—a thing it would be im pos- |

Leaving Sueptac at 8, a. m., and 3 p.m. Moncron at 10,9. m.,and 5, p.m. Connecting when practicable with the Steamers arriv- ing at Shediac from Quebee and the Ni rtiern Ports and

that he has tov much sagacity to damage his reputation as a, bad temper. Ii it had any effect om the majority of the Coun- Pictou and Prince Edward Island, and at Moncton with those

public man —as he most assuredly would—by engaging in a cil, it was only to strengthen them ia their determination to contest with the proprietors in which he must be worsted ; or | reject the Bill. We were not present at the debate in the Council, but we Mr Lowe is more at | believe the reasons which influenced the majorityof that House his ease, and jess liable to censure in the Seeretsry’s Office in to take the course they did had their origin in those two Secs | llalifax ; and wil, no doubt, put ina civil plea, touchi g his, tions of the Election Bill: “the first giving power to Road | official duties, for decti:sing the honour, &c., &e. Overseers to grant certificates to statute labour voters; and | That, in view of the course adopted by the louse of Assem- the second, that which enacted the disfranchisement of Prince- | bly. the tenantry wiil never con-ider themse'ves bound t» | town, Royalty and Lot 18, and conferred on Summerside the ab de the award of the Commission—should it ever go into honour of being the Shire town of the County. The Council | peration—is moral'y certain; and we are conv need that the contended, we understand, that the first section put a very bar en, if not mischievous, results of the whole scheme, will | dangerous power--and a power that might be used for the | give ris: to an agitation in the Is and mo e violent and wide y worst purposes—in the hands of a class of petty officials who , 3,read Ssan has ever yet attended the disecssion of the Land _were generally selected on account of their predilections to- | | Question.

by agreeing to the demands of that class, in which case he | must become odious to the tenantry.

| } i | ; |

| wards the Government of the day, and who were not, in the We have many other observations to offer on this subject,

but must reserve them until we have more space at our dis-

aggregate, the best informed class in the community ,—in

fact, Road Overseers were, by the new Bill, to have a very

posal. For the present, we submt to the perusal of our

extensive control oyer the exercise of the elective franchise ;

traders the correspondence whielr gave tise to the'debate on 114 the Council, very properly thought, as we did in the As-|

| Friday and Saturday last.

| Por the resolutions whieh were moved by the Hon. Col. |Gray and the Llon. Mr. Coles, together with the divisions | thereon, serefer the reader to the Parliamentary summary

sembly, that no such extraordinary power ought to be given |

toa class uf officials, 80 seattere., so irresponsible, and so un- | fitted by their social relations, their political bias, and their

| educational aequirements, as Road Overseers generally are ; | ’ i

}and that the certificates of such men—many of whom can_

| | ~ a : ’ } | SiR — , _to the hustings. The Council objected, we understand, to the | With refercnce to my de-patch, No. 11, of the Gch of} other clause, as being uncalled for and unnecessary. September last, in which | informed you that I had commn-

published on our s-cund page. |} 8

Downing Street, 2lst March, 1869. | barely write their names—ought not to be the only passports

Priace- |

iustead of the foreigners who were to have been settled. to

substitute British subjects in lieu of them, to be settled as tenants, deprived them of their birth right ; and the Govern- ment affording them no protection against the persons wh» deceived and enslaved them, is the cause of ail the com-

the grantees from their conditions prescribed for sottlement, Sir Charles Saxton would have no occasion to ask fur such a Telease, por would Lord Glenelg bave hai any cause to re- fase a fresh grant, which is a tu:ther proof of a plan that Governor Sumth’s proclamation was intended to deceive the dwen they bad ensiaved.

“Iu the year 1839, the Earl of Durham, as Governor

General, uppviated a Commission to enquire into the com- | gave their opponents to understand that the Escheator’s, like

plaints of the people, and from the evidence taken, came to the dee.sion, “ that the lands had been granted upon terms wa:eb hal never been performed, to which may be attributed

levived from the Colonial Office, by the last English Mail,

| authorising the appointment of the now celebrated Land Com-

|mission. Not being in the confidence of the Gevernment, we

| patches ; but we’have no longer reason to plead ignorance on | that score.

\sembly were mighty jubilant during the early part of last |

|

| themselves and their supporters ; and by vague hints, and

} “ Noda, and becks, and wreathed smiles,” |

| Othello’s, * oceapation was gone,’’ for that they were in-

| nicated to Sir Samuel Canird the correspondeuce which ha

‘taken place upon the sub,ect of the appointmemt of a Cow- mission to propose measures of arrangement between Land- lords and Tenants in P ince Eiward Island, [ transmit to

alae ad. Msbebds SANE corch'athation bad re! ; | did not, of course, know the precise nature of those des-| you the copy of a letter which has becn addressed 10 me by ils 5 i , ! ¢ umati é Pp, eased | et 3 ‘ . ; . : i plaints; a 10r Smith's pro o bad release } Sir S. Cunard, aud several other proprietors of Jand ip tie!

The Executive Councilors in the House of As- | island,

| ‘The proprietors, it will he seen, do not think that the ap- pointment of a Commission, in the manner proposed by the

- owi ‘ a le ht tak i . - , | week ~looked very knowing, and uncommonly bland towards! jjouse of Assembly im ther Adcress of the Sih May Jast, |

would be the most desirable wade of proceeding, as the labours of such a Commyssion could only terminate ta a Report, the cone'usions of which would vot be binding on aay of the parties

jinterested, They suggest, therefore, iustead, that three Com-|

| wissioners Or Referees should be appomred—one by Her Ma-

| vested with such authority as would set the vexatious Land | jesty, one by the Houve of Assembly, aud the third by the

me . é ‘ esky ‘4 | Proprietors—and that they should be invested with power to all the evils under which this Uolony labor ; and, therefore, | Question at rest for all time to come. Unable to contain the | t J powe

the aecessity of providiag a remedy; and as the people had s:flered uo time to elapse, without making their complaints koown, it was not too late for the Crown to resume the

grants it had made, as a measure not only legally justifiable, |

but the only course to free the Uvlony from the evils the grants have inflicted.”

* But the Earl of Durham had not been aware that the evil inflicted upon this Colony was the act of the Colonial Ministe:s, who had not only given indulyence to defaulting grantees to hold over forfeited lands, but had assisted them with des,atehes to their Governor in the name of the Sovereign, to deceive and enslave the inhabitants, which had so far committed the Imperial Government that they could not deprive the err of the lund without compenea-

tion ; fur when Lord Join Russell, in his despateb of the 25th |

of June, LSil, says, ** that the conditions of the grants were mmpracticable, aud an KEscheat at the present day for the nou-perf.rmance of such conditions would be unjust ; and the Government have no funds at their disposal to purchase the lands, to be afterwards sold or granted to the tenants.”

“ The exeuse whic Ministers set up for granting indu'- any measures which might be required to give validity to that |

gences to the grantees, ix, that the conditions of the grants were impracticable ; but Ministers must lave known that the gravts cost nothing; and they were informed that the grantees made po attempt to perlorm their conditions for settiement, or to improve the land ; and there‘ore they could lose wo-Ling by the forfeiture, which they were fully apprised of. Bur the land having been reclaimed by the labor and means of British subjects, who had reason tu believe, on the

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lo. laid before the House of Assembly, on Wednesday last, in his usually dignified and ggandiloquent style, the documents |

hear and determine all the questions in dispute. [tis fursher suggested that the expense of the Commission should be di- vided equally between the Crown, the Tenauts aud che Pro-

prietors.

| which, we suppose, bad been near setting fire to his pocket | during the previous day or two. They consist of two lette:s,— | proposal, 1 believe that it may offer the meaus of bringing } one from the Duke of Newcastle to the Lieut. Governor ; and | these lony-pending disputes tout “uMibation. But it weil be necessary, before going further isto the matter, to be as-ured that the Tenan's will accept, as binding, the decision of the

ji bel The Duke of N Commissioners, or the majority of them’; and, as far as pos- ‘ 2 ive 2 ” a ra yee ' a 2 * 4 ‘ documents are given below. The Duke of Neweastle approy sible, tuat the Legislature of the Colony would ecovcur in

the other from Sir 8. Cunard and five other land propric-

| tors to the Secretary for the Culonies. Both these remarkable

| statement it contains; and puts his veto—as he did befure—on jthat decision. [t would be very d sirable also that any the resolutions passed by the House of Assembly last Session | Vomunissioner who might be nauied by the Eouse of Assembly | But his Grace goes a little farther to complicate and embarrass | 0 behal! of the Teuants should go iuto the enquiry unfettered | | any en; 1} eines a Qe «e ; ie Accor) the question than even the proprietors do. Ie states that « it by uny conditions s ich 8 Were proposed in the. Ascemily | will hef eee ieee : , | fast year. L have, therefi re, to request that you will ascertain . a> 4 2 r 2 ¢ ie « . ons ° - . | ah De SOeeeEA Cer GP Rar eree "Sen pne marer, tobe | 1d report to me whether the ‘levants of Prince Klward assured that the tenants will accept, as binding, the decision | Island, or the Llouse of Assem)ly, on their behalf, are pre- of the Commissioners, or the majority of them ; and as far as | pared to agiee to the proposed reteren-e, possible that the Legislature of the Colony would concur in | I have the honor io be, &e. &e. &e. (S)gued) Pe iy Se : ; : | Lieut Governor Dundas, | decision. Itis quite plain, from this language, that the | “A” git i - i . " » te - ~ - | "ee ‘ | Duke of Neweastle expects that the tenantry will be permitted | Hexay Beuwer, Private Seerctary,

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to give the assurance required in the only way in which they ‘ean give it—at the hustings ; and when he alludes to the ne- Bush Hull House, Edmonton, “cessity of “the Legisiature’’ ratifying their decision, he evi- | 13th February, 1860.

| dently considers that the only way tu give effect to what we My Loxp Deke;

We have been furuished with a copy of a Memorial, ad-

| must consider the arbitrary proposals of the Land Proprietors, |

- +s . , i - Z j ingly refers to the letter of Sir Samuel Cunard—endorses every )avy Measures which might be required to give validity to/

faith of un order in Council, that they wou'd be protected | ; by the Crown resuming the land, aad for Se ag grant would be the sanction of a Bill on the pabject by the several indulgence under such circumstances to grante's who bad branches of the Legislature. The House of Assembly, how- bo property in the land, or title in the grant, was to band ‘ever, undertake to answer for the tenantry, and for the Legis- over the liberties and property of British subjects to de- | lative Council as well—thereby adopting a proceeding at

tauiters, who bad uo title, which is criminal in a high degree, | vasiame with that suggested by the Duke of Neweastle.

jdressed to Her Majesty py the House of Assembly of Prince | Edward Island, on the subject of the questions which have arisen in connection with the original Grauts of Land in that (sland, and the rights of Proprietors in respect thereof. We observe that the House of Assembly have suggested |that Her Majes'y should appoint one or more Commissioners

_town has been recognised as the Shire town for many years; | quired. It will be sold at a bargain.

}and with Lot 18 added to it in the Blection Law, its constite- | ‘eucy is as respectable, in a numerical point of view, as that. _of Georgetown and Royalty, and should not be dis'ranchised | ‘at the mere dictation of a member of the Government, and Tt was,

without some expression of opinion on the subjeet. | therefore, deemed advisable to postpone the further considera- |

tion of the Bill until next Session. The new Election Bill—being an attempt to eripple the} elective franchise, and to give encouragement to corruption |

‘and partiality, by placing all the statute labour voters in the |Colony at the merey of partizan Road Overseers—would be

an outrageous invasion of popular rights if earried into law. It is fearfuk to contewplate the despotism and tyranny which |