DUUR-REBPER.,

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ian

Mr be appointed

Mr

keeper, be continued

Dae Uouee divided apnan the smendment—

Caentents—~tlon. Moaares. Palmer, ston, Beer, Anderaon and Gordy

Non-Contents —ikon. Mearsrs Dingweil. Muirnead—6

So the amendment was lost, and the or motion passed in the affirmative

COMMITTEES.

The following Committees were then ap r ated ®

Tu regulate the exponditure of the House "Tin Mr Cord and Hon. Me. Walker

Lo receive tenders for printing and bin the J wroyle; Hoa. Mr. Mr. Balderston.

Baider

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igina

MeDovaid and Hon

to make arrangements for the publication

wt the dehates: Liew. Mr. Beer aad Hua. Mr Lavthoene,.

To-murtow being Good Friday, the House | seed for their trouble

Adjoucved tll Saturday at eleven o'clock.

Satvuapar. April 20th, 1867. COMMMIETTEES

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Watker mowed that Me, Joha D vor-Kee por bu this

Palmer moved an amendment

Coat Me. Hagh Perkin, the poosent Door-| of devong atteuts m exvlusively to the raising | ilis honor speaksof the Hn portation

MeDonald, Walker, Lord, Haythorae and

ding, Government should be @ warning to us.

we had no report from the Model Far thing 1¢ 18 founded upon wrong principles.

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of others. Lam dowbtlul @t the expediency of atock of aved wheat, and | think the raising of seed .| would be worthy of the attention of that e-- ‘tablishmeat. It the Goverament had been in possession of a report they would be able to speak more definitely as to the Course they intended to pursue with regard to that inait- tution. | admit the expediency, or rather the advantaye, of canala, but | do not think the country ts at present in, & positiun to warrant such an expenditure us their con- struction would entail. With regard to the cultivation of fix, I dare say at sume future ‘| time it will be aw important branch of local industry ; but [ think the action of the late lt was about to be inaugurated by privat: parties when the Government interposed, and it was left in their bands It was suwn in -| considerable quantities by farmers in different | parts of the country, and they bad only the From what experience | have acquired in diff+rent parts of Eogiand land Ireland, | am convineéd that this is an | advantageous country in which to raise fax | ft does not require much outlay of capital

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The following siaading committees were Coe machinery ts simple and inexpensive

Brpointed

Oa engrossed Bils—Hon Mr Beer, Hon Me Walker and Hon Mer. Gordon

[To revise the Joarnal of the House each diy —tivo Balderaton.

about to exowe—ilon. Mr. Palwer and Hoo. Mr. Lord. COMMUNICATION. Tom the Prosident informed toe Hose that

he had received « commaniestion fron Mr./ it bad not been for the interference of the | MeNeill, Superintendant of the Government at a critical tite. Chartattetowna reading room, granting the machines are, no doubt, desirable to improve i Culony and the public service mity require. men bers of the Couneil free aceuss to that in-

Atembald

stitution daring the session.

FRANKING PRIVIL®GE. Oo motiva vf the Hon. Me McDonald, it wie ** Resolved, That the postage on printed papers, Deil foreign andy bers of this House, and the posta, when inland only, trom members

sod, to mew

f thi House

shalt be charged to the contingent accouuts of the | for the Government to make the nécessury |

Heuee.’ ADDRESS—ANSWER TO SPESCH. Hen. Mr. Walker, chairman of the com- mites appointed t prepare aa address in answer to His Exceli~ney s Speech, presented the following draft thereut :—

To His Excellency George Dundas, Esquire,

Lieutenant Governor, Gc. §c. $e. May it please your Iéxceliency

We, Hor Majesty's dutiful and loyel sub- jecta the Legislative Counc:: in General Assembly convened, thank your Excellency fpr the Speeeh with which you have been pleased to open the present serion.

Although the period of our meeting has ‘been unusually late, owing to the ministerial arrangements which were the result of the General Election, we will cheerfully devote wo the business of the Seseion sufficient time to enable us to mature such measures as the exigeacies of the MJolony, aud its Public Service way require.

We are gratitied to learn that during the

_ #eeees extensive estates have deen purchased, god that your Excellency’s eff rts are directed towards extending the action of the Land Purchase Bill to such parts of this Island as have not yet participated in its benefite, and we trust that your endeavours to bay out _ fhe interest of the remaining proprietors to

the extent contemplated will be fully success- ful; and io aid of this most desirable object we will readily concur in the vote of whatever

funds may be necessary for its accomplish-| 1 a of opinion that if our many inlets and bar-

ment.

The important question of E lucationis one to which we wili be prepared to give our Serio attention, with the view of i, proving the eretem by which it is at pres<it managed, aod rendering it more eficies: and mora ex- tensively usefal than it has bictherto proyed.

We shall most glallre co-operate with your

- - Mxcelleney in all suck measures as can be devised

“for the developie.t of local industry, aud the im- rovement af “ie Agriculture of the Colony.

Ie entering upon the consider ition of the pre-

sent imperfect state of the Publi: Highways, we wil moat willingly assiat with our earnest en. 4vavours in waturing such a measure as we think will be best caleulated to iinprove (he system under wineh that branch of the public service is at pre- sent managed . The draft address was made tie “ order of tae day"’ ior Monday next, ; Adjourned till Mondey next, at eleven G clock.

Monpay, April 22nd.

fhe House resolved itself inio a committee of the whole to take into consideration the address in answer to His Exee|lency’s Speeci: Hon. Mr. Walker in the Chair.

Forst and Second paragraphs agreed to.

ua motswun of the Hon Mr. MeDonald, seconded by the Hon. Mr. Palmer, the third paragraph, oc being ruad, was separated into twu distimet paragraphs, sol were then, tozether with the fifch, severally agreed to.

Sixth paragraph.

Hon. Mr. Beer: | am pleased to see that Paragraph im the Speech. There is not much debating ground tn the speech as a whole ; bat something might be suid vpon this claua: relating to lousl industry, and [ hope and trast ic will be aeted upon by the present Government—that they will assist in deve- loping the resources o| the coluny. There are several things te which their attention will Seen de directed ; sume of which indsed were initeated by the late Government. An amount ot money Was appropriated by the late Govy- erumens for the importation of a bureing spechine to secertain whether we had any- Ghieg valuadie beneath vur soil. That amount shevid beexpended. and even a larger amount if required, #9 4s to have the question eet at reat. A sum of money was also appropriated to have @ survey of the ground between Tracadie Harbouw® and the Head of the East Kiver, so a8 toascertain what it would cost to construct a Canal between those two places, The distance is but short, and such # Canal would be a great advantage to a large number of inhabitants. [ hope to see the gay when such « Causl will be an accomplished fact, and also one from the head of Richmond Bay to Bedeque Harbour. It would facilitate the business of the evluny generally, and especially Ahe fishing business. If thove places were sugeyed by &@ competent person we would

4ve a0 estimate of the cost of constructing the Cena!s. two dredgiog roachines. [ think we should | have one imimediscely, for ene of our har-| hours are Giling ap, &+ that vessels cannot) Jia2 pow wugre they could o few years ago. | The introductiya of cloth wtlis lam glad to! pee taken up by pre vate parted. I think the Sieverament should a!so! wport machinery Jur feutehing Gax. 1d em saccefi-d that a good | article of flax can be pais sd sere. aad if some ching were given to aggisé per ‘Ons tn iw port- ing wechinery it would be money well apent ‘think we should als» hgve « few thoussod : bels of Canadian ppripg w reat im ported for geeg. It is a pity it wae pot done this ear, DU the season is now tyy far advanced. am glad thet thie subject has been brvughe ty vut notice ia His Excelicucy's apeach, end Tam ale» giad thet we bave souig practic@l agricultdraimtis iv the Government, pucd as

tay honorable colleague (Mr. Haytharge). 1) hope we will soy sev some good resulis {70 | jeerenary av

the changes which baye takea place lataly.} Hom. Mr. Harruowya: Ae my hovorable| fPolieague has alluded ty me, | feel myself, gaijed upon to maks « few observations.| hese have been some paragre phe read which | Abigk dus boner bas lost sight of. Without; tee ant money the Goverawent, even with | heat intentions, cannot wangurate yery extensive improvements ; especialiy as they 9 yet withous reliable information respect.’ img She etate of our finances. Perhaps this poesataph is rather tousely worded, but 1) lieve (6 refere mainly tu ao exhibition of prtgles of local industry, and also to the t of the fisheries

encouregemen As to agri- names ef the new A ; pubtaiat laprovemente, [ think the larve ea- announced to the Houag, nor was it, made known

tabliehiment aver Charlottetown has « whom hoo. members should oy eee the Government.

comntry « deal without correspondin a] bonor, my colleague, # one a the munag-rs of that estublishment, and | think helenpald bave enlightened usa little wate the of it; but pp to the time of the lust mweting of the Ageuguve Counei}

all letters and}

son the same |

We also require to have one or}

|PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

jney General if be admitted taat Confederation

plied, and read the names of iit Exeelleney's responsible advisers. He remarked that Hon. Mr. Coles, Calanial ¢

| ofthe Executive Council, nay

pbantly elected by sus people,

| From persona: observation | can teatiuy that 'a4 small sum ot money, perhaps £200 sterling, would be sufhcient to import machinery tor leach county. IL think, however, that it

Mr. McDonald aoi Hon. Mr.!| would be more desirable to bave it undertaken | the Colony.

| by private enterprise than by the Govern-

the encouragement of one branch of loca! | industry, others would probably be applying tor similar aid. 1 believe machinery would | have been imported by private enterprise i!

Dredging

juur harbors, as weil as for the purpose ot raising manure to enrich our fields, large de- | posits of which are found in our Bays and Rivers.and which is well adapted to cur present | purposes and necessities I hope and trust that it will be more extensively used ; but at | the same time | do notthink itis the province lof the Government to import those machines .| for private use. It would be well, however,

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‘outlay for deepening and improving our |harbors. Perhaps I should apologise for the | clause under consideration not being more | distinet, but the reason for ite obseurity is that the Government was not in possession | }ot all the facts that would render our course | more clear and definite. | Hon. Mr Patmen: | was glad to see a clause | of that kind in His Execellaney's speeoh, and I do ; not know that I should have tound fault with it tur not being more distinct. It is sufficient to bring those questions beture the members of the | Legislature with whom it is supposed to rest to | devise such means aa will cary out there objects | Now, with regard’ to some of those public under- takinga, [ have frequently concurred iv the senti wents expressed by bis honer from Belfast (Mr. Beer), but I ain sorry to say that, in sume of the ideas to which be bas just given utterance, cannot coincide. I am of opinion that at present, and for many years to come, the benefit resulting from canals would bear a very small proportion te the expense and heavy taxation which would be entailed upon the people by their constrngting With regard to procuring dredging waci’es at public expense, [ am of a- different opinion Since I bave seen the benefit of these machines. I aim of opinion that it is desirable for the Govern- ment to try the experiment o importing one, do not think there is any Way in which the Go-

the people, and especi“ily of the agricultural por-

When

means of expecting their produce. farmer is sur produce } 6 ©

tue stv” » of our roads, in bringing it to market.

| Sours were attended to, many places would

suitabte for carrying produce, and thereby a vast

people at large.

factory or pay better. notice of the late Government, and it was my desire that they would appropriate a sum of money te procure one of those machines, so as to deepen the water of our harbours and let vessels come to | places where they cannot approach at present. | I have great objection to experimenting too much | with Government means, bat I think thie one! might be safely embarked in; and 1 aw convinced | that £2,000 appropriated in this way would yield valuable returns. With respect to the cultivation of flax F agree with a good deal of what bas been

than for government speculation The model fara [think should be kept up, for Lam convinced

eal than importing it. As to the nmprovemerit of seed grain, that isa matter which should rest more

an incurporated budy, and one cf the public in- stitutions of the country. There is no doubt but

tage. } so much within the last few years, for I can see that it has been an advantage to tne country 1 hope, however, te see it recussitated, and large im- portations of seed grain made by it, eats as well as Wheat. I think if we bad some oats imported from Great Britain or some of the Northern | countries of Europe it would soon show itself in this Isiand. I do not think there would be much difference of opinion between parties respecting those improvements, though there might be some diversity of opinion as te the beat means of earry- ing them out I have always supported objects of this kind and will continue to du so wrile I have a seat in this House Hon. Mr. Beer: Tam pleased to hear that it ia the intention of the Governmeut ta do seme- thing towards an industrial exhibition, for I am ot epinien that sueh exhibitions have been attended | with beneficial effects in years past. They have |induced private parties to manufacture articles | which would otherwise have beeu imported. ‘1 | will certainly give the undertaking my support, | as Well as any other which has for its object the | advancement of local industry. Ta speaking of the necessity for dredging machines, i wight i'menion the Harbour of St. Peter’a and also | Wood Islands, at both of whieh places the inka | bitants have done a good deal themselvea and I | think they should de assisted. As regards the j atock farm. no doubt there will be a report laid before the Executive Government, giving a retros- | pective view of what has been done, though there |is not much to be said, as it ia an experiment | which is only in ite infaney. We found the land very maeh out of order, as well as the fences and buildings, so that a large #xpenditire waa neces sary, uch larger thon was anticipated by those whe undertook the management of it. However, the prospects are looking brighter, and L hope we will soon be able te preaent a more favourable report than we can at present.

Monpay, April 22. Tlon. ATTORNEY GENERAL moved that the Hease do adopt the usual Resolution touching the distribution of a certain number of copies of the Journal. In submitting which, he observed that 1t would be necessary to forward copies to the Governmental departments of the Provinces recently Contederated Hen. Mr. HAVILLAND asked the Hon. Attor-

was a fixed fact.

Hon. Me. DUNCAN remarked that the people of Nova Scotia were driven into Confederation without their consent—they were denied the pri- vilege of an appeal to the polla.

Mr. HOWAT dit not see the neemasaity of re- eogaizing the Confederated Government, as it was terined, for it could searcely be said that it had ae yet aw existence—certainly it was not vet in warking order, and, therefore, it was un- the part of that House to give it any hast¥ reeogaition

Hon. Mr. DAVIES aaid the fact that the Bil for Confederatiag Canada and the two Maritime Provinces had passed the Imperial Parliament, and received Her Majesty's Royal assent, render. ing it nevessary that the House shonid recognize it. thought the views of some hon. members of the Qppssition must have been considerably modified on tie question of Confederation, for it appeared that they (sad aeminated the Hon. Mr. Haviland, wig Was @ strong Confederate, as their Leader.

After sume further remarks from hon. mewbers, the resolution was put and agreed to.

Hon. Mr. HAVILAND remarked that the

Kduinistrativn bad net been

address as Leader of

Hon. Me HENSLEY, Attorney General, re-

do not consider it sound policy to encourage one branch of local ladustry at the expense

veroment could so much advance the interests ot | tion of the comviunity as by facilitating the |

ceasful in raising a large quantity of | ften finds great difficulty, owing to

found which, with the aid of a dredging machine, might be rendered fit for the admission of vessels |

and lasting benefit would be conferred upon the | Looking at these experiments as they have been tried here, I feel asenred that | nothing we could engage in would be wore satis- | I have brought it to the |

| on that question, was a sound ove

said, but it is more a matter for private enterprise that raising stock in this country is mere econowi- | especiaily with the Agricultural Society, whieh is

the importation of seed grain would be an advan- [ am sorry that the Socwty bas fallen off)

tw. 1 daya be able to take bis seat as the Leader of opposite t

the Goeverument. AFTERNOON SESSION, ‘DEBATE ON THE DRAFT ADDRESS I ANSWER TU HIS EXCELLENCY'S SPEECAL.

On motion of Hon. Mr. KPLLLY the Mouse re- selved itself into a Cowrrittee of the whole, to take nto consideration the Draft Address in a ewer to His Excellency'’s Speech at the opening of the

ae — Mr Bettan the Cuair.

The Tat paragragh was agreed to without | remark. | O41 the 24 paragraph being read— | Hon. Mr. HENSLEY rose to move its aduption,

and suid:~ Mr. Chairman: this elause may not }ieet with the approval ot all fen. members, } though I ain unable to see that any ove can raise againstita valid objection. It dors pot censure aby party; it simply states a fact } teat “the late Give at which it was deemed ad

| visable to dissulve the last Assembly, and the Ministerial arrangements resulting from the General Election,” prevented His Excelleney | from summoning the House at an earlier period, | it does not east the least reflection upon the late } Government. We charitably suppose that they |} had good reason tor delaying the Election. But, | | a8 Solpe eight or ten months of the most suitable | j season of the year for Loidirg i, elapsed before} [the House was dissolved, a satisfactory explan-! j ation of the matter, from some of His Excellency 's| llate advisers, would, ne doubt, be gratifying to}

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} hon. members, as well a8 to the people generally

(ss you are aware, Sir, Che ministerial arrange- | wenuts”’ referred to in the clause, are these reuder- ed necessary by the resignation of the late Govern- jipent and its principal officers, whose places bad | | ta be filled up to carry ou the public business of | Those hon. members who accepted | offices of emolument, of course, had to vacate |

| tions, In such cases, were made returnable as soon | | as possible, delay in calling the Legistature toge-| | ther was inopossible. We de not wish to attach | | blame to the late party in power; we merely ex- preas our willingness, notwithstanding the lateness of the Session, to devote a sufficient time to} |} mature such measures as the exigencies of ae} t, however, would afford me pleasure to hear from | two bow. members preseat (Messrs. Dunean and | Henderson), whe held seats at the late Executive | | Board, an explanation of the reason why the] General Election was se long delayed. It is sur-| | tuised that the late Government deferred the oe} | sulution of the Assembly until Confederation might | be matured; but as those two hon. members oe /voderstood te be decidedly opposed to that mea- | | sure, they could net have conseuted to the delay |

on any such ground,

jlow. Mr. MCAULAY.~—Mr, Chairman, I cannot but‘admire the wederation of the bon. | gentleman who has just resumed bis seat! At} first he was vot going to cast any reflpetion upon | the late Government, but be concluded his apeech

by calling upon them te give an aceount of their |

| actions Conduct like this is uopariiameptury. Never before, 1 believe, bas such a thing ocurred

} tempting to eall their predecessors to account on | the floors of the Legislature. A new light has | dawned upon the world since the advent of the | present Governtwent party to power, and I hope jit will benefic from the faint illuesination whieh

that light affords. | rule fur one House to reter to the proceedings of

' } another. But the hou. member's allusion to the

| acts of the lote Government seems merely intend: |

} ed to cover the misdeeds of bis own party.

He

compls'us of the lateness of the Session, and throws |

hall Vue blame upon His Excellency’s former

advisers. } luvestigation. | the 26th of February, and the House was not sum- jinoned tv meet unt the Isth of April. Why the} jdelay 7 The pleading about ministerial arrange- | }twents will not satisfy the public. Were the} | Officers of the late Government asked to retain ; their places for a few wonths, until the business | of the Session could be got over? The real fact i of the ease appears to be that the leaders of the! party vow iu power were 80 anxious to obtain) office, that, rather thao forege the sweets of! jemolument fer a few weeks, they were prepared | | te put the people to expense, and the country | | mewbers to great inconvenience — 1 will not move! jany arsvendment ty the paragraph under consider. | j ation, but I hope tuet the Hon. Attorney General | will adhere to parhawecstary rule more strictly iv | | the future. j BRECKEN.—I regret that the hon. | Leader of the Opposition is nots his place: if he were, [ have no doubt he would gatisty the | Hon. Attorney General respecting the delay in |holding the General Election, which sees to cause that hon. wember so much uneasiness. i believe, however, that his surmise was pretty

| Mr.

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nearly correct ; that the late Government deemed | it advisable to delay the Election until the inten- | tions of the Imperial Government, with respect | to the position this [sland would oeeupy in regard | to Coutederation, should be made kuown. Though} I am opposed to Coutederation, I believe the} policy of the late Admimstration, in waiting to ascertain the decision of the Howe Governuient It was but right the people of this Island should be made aware of what the Linperial Government purposed tu do with them, before they were required to go tu the polls This is asmall Colouy ; and, though | we objected to enter the proposed Confederation, }it was possible that the authorities at Howe

| might resolve to include us in the Bill then about to be brought before Parlament. The people, 1! i think, will not blame the late Government for delaying the Election until the publie mind was relieved upon that point. It would bave been ua- | wise to put the country to the expense of a} | Geueral Kieetion, without knowing what would | be our future face. Bat. Mr. Chairman, if 1 re-! | collect rightly, the late Government placed their | resignations in His Exceilency’s bands some ten for twelve days before their successors were ap | pointed, therefore the very late period at which | the ‘Session was called could not be altogether | attributable te the time at which the Election was

held. And, after the Government was formed,

and they had placed their friends in office, there

| was apparently no occasion for delaying the open-

ling of the Session uatil last week. They were

| atrong—at least numerically go, whether really

atrong or not. The had nineteen to eleven of the

Oppositiou—or eighteen to twelve—a question | which | suppose the hon. member tor Tryon alone

can sulve; consequently the absence of two eel three meinbers from their seata should not have delayed. the public business. But I suppose we mast accept the explanation in the paragraph under consideration, that ‘ minteterial arrange- ments.”"—or perhaps more properly, ministerial | difficulties — prevented an earlier call of the! House. We know, Sir, from the declaration of | the hon. Leader of the Governweut bimeself, at the | late nomination, that his present supporters in the Legisiature are composed of all political parties ; therefore it is easy to uoderstand how difficulties may arise, The paragraph before the Couunittee | is moderate; aud, indeed, the whole Address is| moderate; and, had it vot been tor the allusion | made by the Hou Attorney General to the course | pursued by the late Government in reference te. the Geveral Election, I would not have troubled | this hon. Committee so early in ihe debate. Hon. Mr. DAVIES.—The hoa. member for Charlottetown has stated that the reason the late Aduiinisirators delayed the Election, was in order te ascertam, what action the Home Government intended to take on Confederation. This isa verv extraordinary excuse to offer, Did they suppose ov desire that the Imperial Goverument would force us into Covlederation?) The British Par- liament weuld uot be so unjust as to sanction sueh anact. Wearein as independent a position as any of the States in the neighboring Republie; and our independent rights cannot properly be taken from us, But the British Government never Wished to coerce us into Confederation Those whe beld up this idea, were the men who wished that this Isiand might be legislated inte the Union without the people’s eonsent. The Howe Government could not rightfully deprive us of our Separate Goverament, unless we kad violated the censtitution ef the Colony, Aud [| beheve thisis whatthe late Government pted to impress upon the Home authorities, nthey sent tor troops to queil what they represented to be a disturbance among the tenantry, thereby bringing the Island into discredit. To state that the late Administration delayed the election until it was hnown whether this Colony would be in

cluded Writ or not, is as much as to say thal they believed the Legislature of this Island to bea faree, and our constituents not a tree people.

Mr. BRECKEN.—Mr. Chairman, I agree with the hon tember fir Belfaat, that it was pot at all probable that thd Home Government would take away the Constitution of the Colony withoat our consent — but the Government did pot know what instructions His Excelleney might, alinvet at any moweat, receive. He might have been in- structed by the Secretary of State for the Golo- nies to dissulve the House, and teat the opinion of the country ou the question of Confederation. Sup- pose that he had received such instructions a week or two after the Election was over, would not the country have theught that the Government af the day had been too hasty in making an appeal to the people 1 Tam just as prepared as the hon

inember to stand up fer the rights of the Colony ; but considering our insignificance, Leannot adit that we are sv independent of the Mother Country aé he bas asserted. The object of the late Go- verument, he also stated, seemed to be to bring

Wole it says!

| bis back, rides to the dd of his journey, and then | taras him adrrft.

z }aworh advisers he willrecover that be wust pur- T> examine what laws have exoired or are| ment, because if such w grant were given for | their seate; and, though the writs tor the Elec: |

| What strange,

ig apy country, as an incoming fovernment at-!

Jt is contrary te pariiamentary |

His excuse will not stand the test of! Tne General Election war held on |

jtown, a red bot Unienist, as their leader, thus

1,

j approve of mauy of their acts.

| more definite was hewa ou the subieet of Con- federation; but Idd nut wish to convey the im-

| their | had to submit it to the Legislature; and { there-

| us traitors, even were they so inched

i Georgetown, (Mr Haviland) who is a Confeder

tion to seeing him now on the floor, tor I have

| (be Opposition tor choosing the bon. member fer

.

do adopt the usual Resolution touching the distri- bution of a certain number of copies of the Jour- vals.

i a : he bun. gedtha's business establish | ‘went, and gave bin yon. He appeared | the door before them, reeeived the h | u countenance radiant? the emiles o

Nx ism. 1 aw not going taain this bon. committee | tb

at present to discuss theint whether the nature of the disturbances wh arose oul of The great Fenant League agiariawere such as to justity | the late Government nding tor tropa, Twill} jwerely say that of then. member for Beltast | siwcerely believes that ir achen tn the wattet | | was intended or caleu*d to bring the Colony

into disgrace, be ought, see he isa weaber

fot the Govcrmment, gare intreduced a para-

graph inte His Excellg’s speech to carry out)

the objeets of this Teit Association wineb he | counteuanerd and supited. A little pepper to the Specel: would bavgen an improvement, I was pot at the hen meer’s elbow through his election campaign, but have been informed that the League bad not ali to do with his presence here. Tf, then, Sir, te ees hie seat mn thi- House tw the influence of that ewnigation, Why bas he vot something in this ddvees on the subject, evens supposing he eould nol vears @ place for it in the speech from the Drove? F fear, Sir, that having ridden into thelouee ow that political borse, he bas turned hyaway, Hever more Lo be heard of until the ng Enction day comes reund. J ean ouly at his conduch te? man

who has undertaken Joug journey ou foot, und | finding himselt fatiguepod alinvst despaving ol) reaching his destinatah he weets wilh a borse which he couxes with dittie provender, leaps ou

So ise hen. member with tbe Penact organization ie gave ita tew political outs, and encowragedt to help him along, but having served his punse, be bas vow quietly forgotten its claims. 9 may declains about the troops and the acts ohe late Government, bal now after having becoe one of His Excelicney’s

sue the same policy imaintaining law and order as was adopted by theonservative party. Lt is ruwored that the Brith troops are to be with- drawn from the otheProvinees after they are coufederated. If so, b8e which are here will also be called away. Should the bon. mewber jor Belfast then ascertn that law and order can Hot be wamtained in is Colony, except at the point of the bayonetje, [ think, will conclude that we are Hod so indyendent as he al presen! imagines

Hou. Mr. DUNGY —The subject of the Tenant League havig wen brdught torward by the hon, member forBifast (Mr. Davies), one of the members of he Government, it is, Mr. Chairman, no bari tr jhe Opposition to mention it. ‘The conduet of iy hon. colleague, in regard to the Tenant associion, bas been, [ think, some Tu fet, he has merely used that body as means of geing into power, and even in bis Canvaas before th late Election, he regulated his Speeches i) regal to the Land Question and the rights of the Teautry very wueb by the cha- ractec of the peop whom be happened to be addressing. He shuld not, I think, have alluded | to this question at alkod I wonder that he has done | eo. But, Sir, returing to the poragraph under discussion, why didjot the present Government, if they desired tu ed the Legislature at an earlier period, wait a few yeeks belure appointing their principal officers fu the members on the floor ot the House? Cald not some of these appoint- ments bave been prtponed until the House had risen, and therebyno delay be occasioned 1 But ithe Address thaaghout follows the policy of the late Government—that policy which the present | Government at he ‘ate Election found so much fault with, but which now they appear ready to carry out. J, fer my part, Mr. Chairman, eee nothing objectionalle in this paragraph, but am surprised at tay lot colleague’s allusions to the Fevant League. [is plain that be bas merely used that organizaton as a meaue of getting into the Goverument, ad that he will now have no further use for thetenantry uotil be again calls upou them at anothr Eleetion

How. Mr. DAVEDS.—1 wish, Mr. Chairman, to make a tew remark regarding ‘he defence of the hon. member for Ciariottetuwn, with respect to the action of the lae Government in delaying the General Elections. The observations which have fallen from that getlemau would lead us to be- lieve that bad certdu news come from England regarding Confedention the House wouid never have been called. [his is but a poor defence of the action of the Government, and is eqral to saying that its meubers were willing to sell their country and prove trailors to the trust reposed in them. And is net the party carrying out the sane poliey still? Have not the Opposition chosen the hon. ane learned wember for George-

at! of the new Adwinistration bad yot been an- onor with) nounced to the House, vor wasit made known f patriot-| whom hon. membere should address as Leader of

stole advisers. Coles, Colonial Secretary, and President of the} Exeengive Council, having just been triumphantly |

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e Government. ; Hton Mr. Hensley, Attorney General, replied ves of His Excellency’s respen- He remarked that the Hon. Mr,

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elected by the people would, Ina few days, be able tu take bis seat a8 the Leader of the Government. AFTERNOON SESSION.

On motion of the Hon, Mr. Kelly, the House went inte Commnttee of the whole on the Draft Ad- dress in answer to his Excellency’s Speech. Mr Bellin the Chair.

The whole Address having been read by the Chairman, the frst Paragraph was again read and agreed te

W hen the adoption of the second paragraph was moved by the Hon. Attorney General, he rewarked upon the inconvenient season at which the late Parliament wae dissolved, and said that any expla- oatory remarks from bon, members in the opposi- tien, especially from those who were members 0: the late Governmeut, which they might choose to wake, he would be glad to bear, aa to the cause of the late period at whieh the General Election took place. Ithad been rumoured that the delay was eaused by a desire to ascertain what course to adopt relative to the subject of Conlederation then before the Conference eld in England. It was not bie desire to cast reflections on the late Gosern- went (ovebing that point, but he contended that au explanation was desirable.

Hou. Mr. MeCaulay replied to the effect, that the explauation sought for was centrary to Par- liamentary usages.

Mr. Brecken —Assureing that the rumor alluded te was correct, was it not advisable thal the coun try should know the decision of the Imperial au- thorities on that important subject

Hou. Mr. Davies was surprised af the reply given by the Hon. Mr. McAulay. Lt was also, he said, extraordinary to think that the con- stitution of this indepeadent Colony should be de- stroyed by any action that might be taken on Con- federation by the Home Goverament. The peo- ple of this Island, be said, were misrepresenied, touching their loyalty toe the authorities at home, with the view of coercing them inte Confeder- ation: and, in proof of bia remarks, alluded to the bringing of a portion of Her Majesty’s troops to the Colony,

A lenghty debate then ensued, in which several hon. mewdvers on both sides of the House took part.

During the debate the Tenant Union and Political Alliance Associations, exclusion of office holders from the floor of the House, the Depart-

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Government generally, were freely discussed, as were also the several actions cf the Conservative and Liberal party relative to their policy in con- ducting the Guverument of the Colony since the year 1558.

Hon. Mr. Henderson and Mr. Prowse, from the Opposition, aud the Hon. Mr. Laird and Mr. Me- Neill, from tue Government side of the House, ad- dressed the Committee for the first time. Their addresses were listened to with warked attention

Ai a late hour the paragraph in the address under censideration was unanimously edepted. After which progress wus reported and tha House adjourned till 10 o'clock to-morrow.

Tusspvay, April 23.

Hon. Attorney General, from the Com- mittee on expiring Laws, presented the first report of said Committee, and moved that it be made the order of the day to-morrow.

Hon. Mr. Haviland, leader of the Opposi- tion, said that in the report just read, he observed one law had expired named in the report, the immediate consideration of which was necessary. He would therefore move that the House do now go into Committee on the report.

Hon. Attorney General supported the mo- tion. Mr, George Sinclair in the chair.

The House in Committee reported the fol- lowing Resolution agreed to, namely :—

That it is expedient to revive, continue and amend the law relating to the limits and rules of Jails in this Island.

A Committee was then appointed to bring in a Bill in accordance therewith,

On motion of Mr. Brecken, Mr. John Yeo obtained leave of absence for one week.