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C 0 LO K | A L LEG | SLA T U R E ; | May, 1858, were to have theirland at fifteen |

|) years’ purchase of the reserved rent. I[t is LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | true thut none of the proposals | have nam- DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS.

= ae eeniieinasimnestiatnenedantisinnantial nN

. a . wh j | mi hold Court j i sefuction * laaal ‘ id ask the weight of | mission holds an open : _ We receive with much satisfaction re | ee a Phy wate be. **U there ia | learned Counsel appear for each party, and lattrrwiie we chould giah theentiinte queerd Sie! Fxcellency 8 congratulations on the general an article ; the reply ditch vtenessiiee Manee on4 Gipland by both prosperity of the Gulony, and on the wbun- | po time to weigh it now!—there is the ay a, alent she Oonnaida auth ave} Mr. Coles. dunt barvest with which the labors of our | marked apon it.’ The man would take it,| parties, alter 2

: " , t ive ite! agricultural population have been blessed aud might afterwards discover that there was | heard. The Court takes time to give its

Abie and hands on the printed debates of last Session, lor otherwise; and when, on St. Patrick’ Vay — which day. he believed, was chosen However, the matter will be fresh for the purpose that by such ehuice Koman Catholic Iribhwen might be the more #n-

"| mnoyed—the said Committee reported a Bil} It dues certainly | and it was moved that the said Biit be read

‘ed would extend to or directly relieve the poorer classes of tenants, su as to enable them to become freeholders; but all who

enough for weeks to come, and we intend to give

opinivn ; but before doing so sends a **Spy”’ \ita fair and full consideration.

during the past year.

a deficiency of ten or fifteen per cent., ae

Our law | out to cullect further information ; and from

Manca tl, Pp M., (continued ) could avail themselves of such a measure |

Hon. Mr. Loxw: I did make the statement would andoubtedly do 90, and the indirect | whieh hie honor, the Attorney General, has effect would be that, in the course of a few) attributed to me, and I think itshould be the | years, the consenting proprietors would have

aud lny down soms definite

It is most gratifying to perceive that the | be would have to suffec the lvss. value of our ouaie produce has been 80 ma- should protect the poor mun from being + terially increased by an unprecedented do-| posed upon, particujarly in articles - by . mand tor it, and that the quantity which left Tbe principle was already acknowledged in

whom, pray, from the Proprietors and ten- ‘ants ahke? No! but from among the tenants! And the Government whose special

A LOOKER ON.

we do.

| appear, from the points at which we cau vow ia first time, the contemplated measure was view the subject, that the Government bave 48 fully discussed as any measure ever was

shown extraordinary favoritism towards some of | discussed by the House, and op the tution

; : (that the Bill be read that day three mont themselves and their friends, at a heavy cost tw the House divided, Yeas 12 % wns

i el ; . oh d to th ticle of bakers’ bread, and | duty it was to guard ther rights with an =e ‘a ? ays 15, as wae we et fie aaa 7 belt amas wank ao ene ener sa pwn a ee ee | should vo ll countiohinel general wer- wavering fidelity, not only upproves of ub- pg ; and me public jovrnalict, we are reeurded on the 2d page of the Journal of should be deprived of his property wit ou . a ’ 1d ay wbly | /P r J . ‘ehandizs. ble was very giad tu see such @| taining information tm this contemptible | bound to give a thorough investigation to the the House. The first reading of the Bil} an equivalent; but to come at the tair amount a. ’ a ° In the courses ot a wery| To which His Excellency was pleased to Lelause 10 the Bill. ae it.eres very much: calied | manner, but takes their money to pay for subject. | was, therefore, carried, in a House ot 27, due the Se ae eo — + da a ae aiianede a paren make the following reply: : \for. There was ‘great imposition practised | the introducing of a“ Spy ” wsmong them — sea Rie *- i ‘ besides His Honor the Speaker, by & majority culate the amount of rent, a» well as in ater . ap | Mr. President, and Honorable Gentlemen of in the vale of flour. He did not think that) And a cringing majority supports them init.' NOTBS OF TUE SESSION, of only 3, a fact which fully established the terest on it, which they have received. it | wie — tenants. the Legislative Counc. 50 per cent. of the burrels would bold out} Now, Mr. Editor, we contend that in this No. 6 truth of the statement on that head set forth has ofteu been said that the Liberals want to | r — re a io ae “ ay a | [thank you for your Address ‘their weight. ‘The coaitission merchant need | mode of proceeding a precedent is set, und ORANGEISM in the Petition. For the third reading of ’ Clear 2 e le 1D ) ae | . : i _— : a: ; o ° i} : eae aan a a Eee a eae rib aadeehten the a emannts S best 100}. Abie my study to promote the welfare of noteuffer, Lecause, when he ~eoaer iu por- — 10 9 —— a eee Hon. Col. Secretary—Atter having moved - ee “e ae op te fe of : ‘ . ‘ ’ ; / ah s ane i i . “pa sig ; . 3 e ae : . ¢ . ; : reuse 0 4@ majority in iavor ‘ : , if ‘ , ‘a want to legis-| this Island. You may rely vn wy cordial | tation of articles, it woujd. be his duty to as- | that only requires extense -|certain Kesolutions, as giveo im our last,| |; : : : ys pean, eo A eget ay Wa toe ia Wi cheeaaie Ducantatinn tee the ates “cooperation in your endeavors to auvance the | certain if they contained the von seress Se eee ee yd an gg thn nd eres condemnatory of his oaks the Duke of New- - ei rsa ae a cain “ i ot and cold, : . : ' : ie hem: and if they did not, he could | this Colony, and that if the Protestan eed oe |» | motion fo vurpose unti abserice ; : te! July last, let the rich alone,—they can do fur them-, public interests. : upon t ; wey ; : ee a castle, for having refused to submit the Act, ; i take up tlie Grace's deope ottihe ‘to settle | selves. . | Hon Mr. Hexperson, from the Comaitte| ear the consigner with the deficiency, as | true to his motto he would deasnuce it ws | od by our lucul Legislature, lust sessivn, |*2%° of the hon. members who had opposed

the question. | auswer that it was not our) plans anda so. The only thing the present) would be relieved of back rent, and that Government bave done for the benefit of the | would be @ great encouragement tu shes... I tenants, is, to work on the Land Purchase | know there are many #0 deeply in arrears

Hon. the Passtpsnt: The poorer tenants: appointed to receive tenders for publishing

well us with the expense of weighing.

the debates and proceedings of this Heuse) Hon. Mr. Lory said he agreed with some for the present session, reported, that four of the remarks of the Attorney General, but tenders hud been received. One from F. W. | thought there would be great difficulty in re-

Let, a mecsure which they condemned in the | that they have lost heart. The tenant who jjughes, at 17s 6d. per sheet of tour

strongest terms when it was introduced by | the Liberal Government. ure as sincere as the present Government | i » 4 outa = ee ert age the fee simple of their farms at fifteen years tion of this question. I could have got 7000 acees of land for one hundred sovereigns, but | I would not take it : and [I do not want to) get land b menas. legal ticlés to a great part of the land : , in jasti as done they a ond a eae ST a ceaiieeieiis | to the Colony.. The Government wil) we — ony fe aa titles good, | calied ujon to redeew £13,000 or £20,000 in | jngty. ; od wh oA man ave u the fishery reserves, debentures, on account of that purchase, in tion. Mr. Beer presented to the House the os ott KA lepalies laud w the Pro-| the course of a few months. Fourteenth Annual Report of the Medical be oe. en : Hien. Mr. Loxp: We have, at any rate, Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum. ‘ . a sr - They did not) relieved @ great number of tenants on the| Laid on the table. kn aadanhy any vbly found shat! Worrell snd Selkirk estates; and I believe) Adjourned till to-morrow at 12 o'clock.

ragement as well as the other. If an act | 5s., and 9a per copy tor binding. One trom

pages, and 9d per copy for binding. One

themsclves 0'¢.0 privilege. There ace wany four pages, and Is 9d for binding. And one

other impro ns tieve the pro;tieture bene estes an almost nominal price. The Worrell) delic p

aper. which | estate was purchased at 7s. 6d. an acre, and | i

‘he Committee recommended that the ten-

purebase, 1 believe thousands would evail (pom Edward Rielly, at 12s 6d per sheet of even on the Selkirk estate who are not able) from Henry Cooper, for the sum of £12 15s,

er | $0 pay for their farms, though they were sold | and to publish the same in the Mondor news-

even at that price there will be a heavy loss! ger of Mr. Heury Cooper be accepted, it be- be | ing the lowest, and it was accepted uccord-

pages, | ducing the propositions contained In the has paid bis rent would have no advantage or to perform the same work, and publish in ‘clause under consideration to practice. How I say the Liberals | over the other ; but he has right to ew:0u- the Examiner newspaper, for the sum uf £22) vould the price of articles be regulated ?

| Soap,, for instance, was allowed te lose

were passed to enable the teaants to obtain) Geo. 'T. Haszard, at 22s per sheet of four| twelve per cent. of its weightin the course of

six months. Merchants would regulate their prices according to their invoices. If they were compelled to weigh everything, it would cause a great deal of trouble, and the law would not be complied with thuagh it were ever so binding. Merchants would sell according to the weight marked on the arti- cles. He had noticed that molasses general- ly held out the quantity, though a wasting article. Sugar was suld by the 112 pounds, the twelve pounds being allowed for wastage. As regards chains, anchors, etc., a certificate from the manufacturer generally accom pan- ied them, and they were sold according to the weight marked upon them. He had suld a great wany in that way,and never heard

| that, in the end, they will come out very W xoxespay, March 23. ee, I am not surprised to hear much alike as regards loss to the Colony. | ayer tT tit

. passed i) | At least, [ will venture to say that if the| it said that oe ae tee ae i for the] Worrell estate is paying nothing at all, there | = ee : will be @ lugs of 60 per cent. on the Sellcirk |

enedit of the tenantry ; but (bey mismanaged |

blic affairs so, that @ great loss was sus- estate. ' : tuined by the evluny on account of the land | Ifon. Mr. Hxxprrsos : [ would justeali at-— which they purchased. Treasury warraats, | tention to the fact, that, if the richer tenants too, were a¢ a discount of 15 or 20 percent ; | do not obtain any privileges by those propo | but there has been no such thing under the | sals, the benefits will be to the poor teawants. | present Government. And the leader of the | We have nothing to assure us that the pro- jute Government had lust confidence in the prietore will not exsct the whole of the back Land Purehase Act, for he voted against an Te?! from them, if they can find anything on estate being parchased by the present Lo- their farms to pay it. I know instances vernment ut * littie more than half the price | Where the poor tenants have given bonds and wid by bis party for the land which they notes of hand for rent to the amount of scores ; nel put the present Government | Of poands, and which would be cancelled by | tlk bold of the Raat ‘Pocchene Act and| the operation of the scheme proposed by the | showed that it could be worked without | delegates. Aud would it not be a privilege loss to the colony. 1t has been said that the for a tenant to be allowed to purchase his despatch of the Colonial Minwter, of the Lith farm at £75 or £80 per hundred acres? A July last, was only published in the Roya/| an can purchase at that price without he- Gaazetté, bat that is a gross taisstatement, for | '"S enormously rich. And if you enrich one | i€ was published in the Islander and Ex | portion of the tenantry, who will deny the aminer. It has also been enid that neither; fact, f he would allow bis better judgment the propositions of his Gruce vor the pro- | speak out, that it would be a benelit to/ ponals of the delegates were compulsory ; bu

,| the Island, as a whole; and if we do not ac-. that ie another mnustake, for the latter were | cept the one offer, we lose all.

; i

Hon. Mr. Warxer: [ am ata loss to know |

,sufely delivered of a Prince.

any complaints of deficiency im their weight. He presumed that this Bill had been sug- gested from the other side of the Atlantic, but was sure it could not be carried out in this country. A similar law bad been pas- sed in Eny'and (or the purpose, he presumed, of preventing persons from making ase of the names of uther parties; and he was cer- tain that there was nota seythe manulactur- er in that country who would venture to make use of the name of **Griffin’’ without authority to do so.

lion. the Prestpent thought that such a measure would do very well in England, |where the merchants receive their articles : : | direccly from the manufacturers; bat he did of Assembly, by the Hou. Mr. Gray, inform: | nog think it would suit in this country, ing this House that the House of Assembly | where goods are obtained through so many had appointed a committee, consisting of the | diferent channels. When articles were sold

Ilun. Messrs. Gray, Coles, Longworth, and | by the poand, the purchaser bad no right to

ilensley ; Mr. McLennan and Mr. Sinclair | pay for more than the box or package con-

to join a committee of this House to prepare | Addresses of corgratalation to Her Majesty lor package, the case was different. Seythes the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince | wight be imported from the United States ot Wales, on the happy occasion of Her aarti “Griffin,” and there was nothing to Royal Highness the Princess of Wales being prevent the Americans from using that name; but in England it would not be all.wed.

Hon. Arrorney Gexerat, by command of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, laid before the House copies of a large num- ber of Public Despatches, on various sub- jects, the most important of which were those relating to the. Land Question and to the Union of the Lower Provinees. They were read by the Clerk, and ordered tu be laid on the table.

Hon. Arrorney Gixnerat also presented, by command of tis Exceileney, a copy of the Blue Book for the year 1862; and the Semi-Annual Retarns of the Bank of Prince Edward Island for the year 1863-4.

A message was brought from the House

‘The Hon Attorney General, Hon. Mr. Beer,

om + <> >- stein PUBLIC MEETING OF TUE TENANTRY OF LOTS 8,9, AND 10.

After six days’ notice, a large and respec- table concourse of the tenantry of townships Eight, Nine und Ten, met at the Brae Sehool- house, on Monday, the 10th inst., at 1 clock, p. m., for the purpose of taking into consideration the long agitated land question, and the plausibility of forming » tenant league. The meeting having been duly or- ganized by the calling of Mr. Felix McKin- non to the chair, and the appointing of Mr. A. A. MeSween to act as Secretary, the meeting was first addressed by Mr. Strang Hart, who explained to bis tellow tenants the nature of the lung agitated land question from the time of Governor Smith down to the present day. The meeting was also ad dressed by Messrs. John McLean, Neill Me- Kinnon, Peter McDougall aud James Doyle.

After considerable dis ussiun the tullowiog reslutions were proposed and unanimously

d, vig.:

Moved by Mr. Felix McKinnon, and se- conded by Mr. Douald Melutyre :

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this meeting that the off-r made by the Govern- ment delegates, of sixteen years’ purchase, was an improvident and unjust proposal, and one, which, instead ut being a benefit and be- ing calculated to ameliorate the conditiun of the oppressed tenants, was more calculate to oppress and rivet thy: irsi.ackl s more Grinly than ever — We. th erefue, tuuanimously agree in disapproving of sucu a measure.

Moved by Mr. Strang Hart, and seconded by Mr. John Mitebell ;

Resolved, That as the inducement of ob- |tuining tree land held out to as by the ap- ;pomtment of & Royal Commission has | proved fruiticss, and all proposals made since by the Government have been of non-effect, we, therefore unanimously agree in common

tained; but when they were sold by the Sox witht toe oppressed tenants of this Island to | Band of His

ne terms for the sutisiactory adjustment , of the exising evil. Moved by Mr. Laughlin McLean, and se- conded by Mr. Alexander Mel ean: Resolved, That the tesaniry ut Luts 8, 9 &

its introduction and first reading gave those who were in favor of it an opportunity of carrying it with an apparently increased majority. It would not have been so, had

to incorporate the Grand Orange Lodge ot P. E. Island and the subordinate Lodges in connection there with— proceeded to comment upon the Petition transmitted, through the

hands of His Excellevey the Lieutenant Gov- ernor, to the Secretary for the Colunies, the Duke of Neweastle, prayimg that the Royal assent might be withheld trom the said Act and signed by 11,000 of the inhabitants of the Culony—the signatures including indi- viduals of every shade of politics, aad ot every religious denomination in the Island. He said he would not impute motives to the Duke of Newcastle; but he thought it very probable that His Grace, in withholding the Act from the considerativn of Ler Majesty, bad fully betore his eyes the power of that party ip the House of Commons communly denominated the Brass Band of tis Holiness the Pope, upfurtunately, at times, holding a candle ty the Devil. The power of that party consisted in their holding themselves distinct both trom the supporters of the Gov- ernment and the Opposition, and being ready to throw their weight into either scale, as

every bon. member been in his place.

The hon. gentleman again adrerted to the highly indecorous language in which the Hor. the Colonial Seer tary had indulged when speaking of His Lordship, Bishop Me- Intyre, and attempting to cast ridicule u the canonical vestments worn by him as a dignitary of bis Charch. The manner in which he had spoken of His Lordship was not only disgraceful to himeelf, but to the whole Government majority who had i. witted him to use it, and who, from thej having failed to interrupt his fiippant tirade, had, it was to be ieferred, listened to it provingly. Had he (llun, Mr. Coles), ina similar manner, taken the liberty w ridicule. a certain winister tor dunniag and weari a clerical gown there, which he did not wear elsewhere, he had no doubt he would have been called to order immediately, and severly censured by bon. members on the

Government side of the Louse ; and yet

had not manifested the slightest disapprobs- tion of the ribald ridicule which a member of their majority and the firet officer of the» Goverument bad attempted to cast upon a clergyman of bigh standing in his C

and also otherwise of the greatest respecta- bility mm the community !

The Duke of Newcastle, continned the hon, gentleman, was perfecily justifiable in bis ,condempation of Orange Lodges; and the discussions which had taken place in that (louse concerning the:a, afforded most con- | vineing proofs that they tended to embitter religious and politica! differences in any Co

might suit their own purposes, and by that means they Occasionally obtained concessions from the Adwiniwtration which would other- wise scarcely be granted to them. The Duke, well knowing that, was, perhaps, in fluenced by the consideration that, should he allow the Royal sanction to be given to an , Act which would be 8 inimical to the aspi- ‘rations of Ruman Catholics in general, **the _Band"’ might resentfully avail themselves of ithe first occasion which wight offer, on 'which, by voting with the Opposition, they | might ewbarras the Government, | Having thus indirectly attributed the con- {duct of the Duke of Newcastle, with refer- : cal : ' trary }ence to the Orange Bill, to His Grace's dread sn} dcbebolentaceseheke ulipteashate jot provoking something like retaliatory ac- | in Canada when the Orangemen there at- tion on the first vecasion of a ministerial | tempted to force the Prince of Wales to pase crisis in the House of Commons, from the ie their arches; and deep was the humi- | Trish Catholic members, whom, in a spirit of liation whieh the Mayor oF Toronto drew ‘most bitser irony, he styled * the Brass | gown upon himself and the city on account of His Holiness the Pope's,” be (liom | 4 the deeeption which he had practised | Colonia Secretary) next deciared that the) .oon she Duke of Newcastle with respect to | Petition against tue said Bill wasa misstate- =

tl reparations which had been made b ment of the truth calculated to deceive the 0 Galaenbes for the reception of ke Coloma Minister. Foremost of the petition- prince of Wales; in consequence of which— ‘ers he said was the individual who styled | +. Duke having caused it to be notified to

intended to be made compulsory by law, |

: LU sliall have the lege of purcoasing the |): a : ‘ ’ ani a i * a Jodie On motion of the Attorney General, the | sal] have the privilege of purcvasng the | bi mself the Bishop of Charlottetown.” bien thet: hemaes ‘wet uiteendthe Seldih's while the former r evidence on the face |

Mr. Lord were appointed a com- |

what to say, for—judging from the remarks | clause was amended, by striking outall that) fee simple of their farms at a rate, say five

2 tran pts

of them that they were not to be wade biad-

ing.

"hes. Mr. Rawsar. This subject, Mr Chairman, is not a new one. The Legis- lature never meets but we bave a blow at the land question. | wish, Sir, the time may suou arrive when we could give it a finishing biow. Butt believe that were an angel tu descend from on High on & mission to settle the land question in Prince Edward Island, on the moet just and reasonale terms, giving ty the proprietors everything that law or justice could demand, and to the tenants everything they could wish or desire, he would find some one tooppose him. Opposi-

tien, Mr. Chairman, is the rock on which |

the land question has becowe shipwrecked

As soon as this question Was brought up the |

of some of your hopors—I cannot tell what is really before us. A Bill ts spoken of, bat. there is no Bill before us. His honor the! | Attorney General asks why the Oppos:tion | | did not take up the despatch of the Colonial | Minister of the llth July, or propose some | | Scheme fer the settlement of the land ques-| | tion ; but it was not their business to du so |} As to the delegation, I thought no good | would result from it, and [ am of the same! opinion still, [think the land question is | in no better positivn now than it was years | ago. | The qnestion was then put on Mr. MeDon-, ald samendment and the Committee divided: | Contents : — Hons. Messrs. MeDouald, | Lord, Walker, and Dingwell,—4.

* Non-contents :—Hon. Messrs. Attorney |

Leyislatoré, like an unbayipy family, divided | General, President, Anderson, Kumsay, beer,

among themselves, and the enemy hae taken | aad Henderson —6. advantage of it. Had the Legisiatare been) united thirty or forty years ago, as.I think |

in their wisdom they should have been, we | and agrééed to, the Coumittes rose, and the

would not be discussing this subject pow. As to sending ‘the deleyutes to England,

So it passed in the negative. The remaining clauses having been read

‘chairman reported the Addre-s agreed to. | When the President was about to put the

of upinion thas the Government wok the best Question onthe Address, Mr McDonald again

moved his amendment, and the House divi-

| , and the same Committee who prepared |

mittee to join the committee of the Louse | relates to the country or place where any shillings per acre, for all tillageable land, all

of Assembly tor the above ~urpose.

A message was also broaght from. the House of Assembly by the Hon. Me. Gray, with a Bill relating to the Office of Com- mander-in-Chief. The said Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read 2 second time on Monday next.

Friday next being Good Friday, there be- ing no business of importance before the House, and some of their honors wishing an opportunity to visit their bomes in the evuntry, they adjourned ull Monday next at 3 o'clock p.m.

Monpar, March 28.

A Bill relating to the Office of Command-

| er-in-Chief was read a second time, passed

through a co.amittee, and agreed to without any amendment. A message was brought from the [House of

| Assembly, by the lion. Col. Gray, with a

Bill relating to the traadulent marking of merehandize. ‘The said Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time tm porrow.

Adjourned till to-morrow.

arrears of rent up to 1X64 tu be forgiven.

Moved by Mr. John MeLean and seconded by Mr. Alexander MeDunald :

Resolved, Tbat it is indispensably pecessa- | ry lur the the tenants to have seven (7) years given thew lor the lulfilment of tuew vvliga- tions to the proprietors, aceurding to the above proposal.

Moved by Mr. John MeKinnor, and se- cvnded by Mr. George McDonald :

Resolved, That it the toregoimg resolutions be uot complied with, the tepanuery will con- sider themselves jusutiable in resisting to the usmost of their power, legaily, uli coercive measures that way be used by the proprie- tor for the collection of rents.

Moved by Mr Poter McDougald and se- conded by Mr. Roderick Gillis :

That all independent journals in the Island are hereby requested to give publicity tu the foregoing resolutions.

Donato Melyryre, }

Jouxn McLean,

Lavcutin McLean, > Committee. Auex’k McLean, |

articles of merchandize are manulactured. | ‘The House was then resumed, and pro- | gress reported. A message was brought from the Llouse of | Assembly, by Mr. Brecken, with a Bill **to anend the laws relating to Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes.“’ ‘The said Bill was toad a first time acd ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. Adjourned till 4 o'clock, p. m.

|

ABTEKNOON SITTING. A message was brought from the House of | Assembly, by the Hon. Mr. Hensley, with a | Bill ‘sto repeal the Act now in toree estab- \lishing and regulating the rate of interest, jand to make some provisions on the same jsubject.”’ The said Bill was read a- first time, und ordered to be read # second time to-morrow.

Adjourned till to-morrow at 11 o'clock.

CORRESPONDENCE,

(FOR THE EXAMINER.)

Feuix McKinnon.

Whatever liberties with truth an obseure | Layee, for, if he did, he would not be re- | priest might allow himeclf to take, it surely | oeiged—he had to make the most humiliating | became one who wore all the toggery of 4 | explanations. He (Hon. Mr. Colee) cared Roman Catholic Bushop, to be especially care-| nog indeed whether the numbers of Orange- /ful that all be uttered, wrote, ur subscribed | yun were upon the increase or decrease in /was conlormable to fact. He then proceeded | the Island: the principle he went upon was to give an i.onieal exposition of the embie- that, as an institution, Orangeism was bot | matical significance of the mitre, the vest- | required in the community. As to their )nents, and the crozier, which be termed the principles, he hoped, however, that many of |“ toggery of a Romun Catholic Bishop ;’’ and | cher were unactuated by such as those which

directly charged His Lordship and the ten! paq just been avowed by the Hon the Colo-

or eleven thousand signers of the Petition,! yja} Seeretary, who, it wss very plain, | with having signed a falsehvod But not) whatever else had been instilled into hie

satisfied with this general charge, he singled wind in his infancy, bad not had the prin- jout His Lordship from the rest of the sizners, | ciples of Christianity infused into it. Gann jand said that not only bad be (Bishop Meln-|). 9 good Protestant, the principles by | tyre) signed & lalsehood when he appended | which he would be actuated would be those j tus name to the Petition, but he (ion. Col. | o¢ good will to all men; but, by his own | secretary) believed that he (His Lordshij) shewing, he was almost as far from being so knew pertectly well tuat he was sguing & os it was possible for any one to be. fulsehood. The lalsehood, he said, was that; pre hon. gentleman, concluding his re- . the Petition stated the Bill had been carried | parks by eulogizing the Duke of Neweastle,

by # majority of only 3, whereas the truth | and deelaring that be believed all im thie ) was that it had been carried by a maj rity ' Colony would admit that he was better en- jot 7. He then impugued the statement set titl-d to their respect than any other Minis- llerth in the Pettion that it was signed by | ter of State who had ever preceded bim in hia individuals of every denomination of Chris- | ofive — the Hou. the Colonial Secretary tians in the Colony. He next avowed bis | said, “That waa an erroneous assertion ;

eep id. take under «the cireum- | Turs 3 1 29. ; : ‘ '

eimai come of it: | 4¢4. Division same. as above.—Mr. ‘ioff, | : Fomepar, Marek 29 “OUR LEGISLATORS AND THE LAND) Brae, Lot ¥. hatred of the Koman Cathuite religion, de- and he for one would not subsersbe to it.” ‘ Were we to wait for despatches trom the | the Chairman, voting with the non-coutents. I On pug ange ov eet the ” ome QUESTION.” palpate meee ‘claring it was the duty of every Protestant) ton Col. Gray said, ** Hear!’ Hon. Mr. ; Colonial ¢ , Fears might e'apse befure we | Tue Address was then ordered to be engros- ee © dade ws uae et Me. Eprror ;— Incidentally taking up the DELEGATION MEETING. | parent to instill that hatred tuto the heart of Qoles, “1 am surprised at the Hon. Col. é

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would get a8 wuch infurmation as we have now got in the correspondence.

{ will re-|

it appointed to wait upon His Excellency to}

FRAUDULENT MARKING OF MERCHANDIZE.

Protestant of the 26th uls., we notice an

é The undersigned, nominated and deputed | article under the a! ove heading, in which we

delegates, on behalf uf the oppressed and suf-

| bis child as soon as he could lisp. Ue said

iray’s ** Hear!’ "’ it was periectly consistent in His Lordship— wore sad

Hon Mr. Kelly said he most heartily

svrve any further remarks till the Bill comes | *#Ttain when he would be pleased to re-|

nite Hon. Avrrorney GENERAL, on rising to before us | ceive 1

| move the order of the Gay for the second

Hou Mr. Divewsnt: I om sorry to hear! his bunor speak so despondingly of the settle- | went of the laud questivn, for | think we

will buve it settled before many years. [i | pointed to wait upon His Excelleney to know | the mercantile community from imposition,| and also the ‘evil genus’’ of the Land we woald only throw away those littie party | when he would be pleased to receive the Ad-| by dishonest persons counterfeiting certain Question on this Island, are of a different unanimous, | think the pro- dress, reported that they had discharged the | trade marks. I | duty assigned them and that His Excellency | mercantile interests were protected by a law) pateb, and argues that the proposals thercin

feviings, aud preeturs would eome to reas nable terme.

Adjourned till to-morrow at 12 o'clock.

reading of the Bill relateng to the fraudulent

| have the opinions of that paper on the sub- ject. He thinks that the quit rents have ‘been remitted. Sir S Cunard is, we opine,

Tvespay March 22. | marking of merchandize, rewarked, that the | of a different opinion, and judging from his Hon. Mr. Gorr. from the Committee ap-| principal ohject of the Bull was to protect! Bill, we infer that the Attorney General.

By the Kuglish Statatea, tae

do not think the land on the Island is av valu- had been pleased to say he would receive the which allows certain individuals to have able that they need set such @ price upon it; | Address of the Council that day, forty-five , marks for articles of their own manufacture,

nor do I think it is any sdvuntage to the | minutes after three o'clock in the Legisla- and a fine was imposed upon any person con-| that Mr. Whelan’s views on the subject have

vropri to bind their tenants down to! terme whieh they eannot fulfil. So if they | consult their own interest they will see that | it is for their advantage td come to some| fair settlement of the question. It is quite) reasonable for us to find faul: with the delega- tiun, for it haa not resalted in any good. We were not conduited opon it, and, thérefore, | sre not bound to support it. What have the delegates done? They have only come in contact with Sur Samuel Canard, and the Go- vernment is placed in @ worse position than they were belore.

fion Mr. Uenpesox: Strange-b:ings we | are! mourn over it and try to resuscitate it ; rev 1 would su any measure that [ thought was for the Ce tate 5 ame me what party brought it forward. however, that opposition is the life of trade , | and if we were without opposition, | believe | we would be in « far worse state than we are | ip at present ; tious vu tion. " before the time. tlave « little patience til you see what will come of the delegation. I

tive Library. Adjourned till 4 o'clock. AFTERNOON SITTING.

At a quarter to four o'clock the Council | waited upon His Exceliency the Lieutenant | Governor in the Legislative Library, and presented the ADDRESS IN ANSWER TO THESPEECH.

To Hes on areas | GeorcE Dunpas, Esquire, | Lieutenant Governor, $c. 4c. fe. May IT PLease your Excencency: We, the members of the Legislative Coun- | cil, in general Assembly convened, tender to |

with which you have opened the present ses- | sion of the Legislature. In common with Her Majesty's subjects in |

It ie said. | all other parts’of her dominions, we cordial- on them.

ly participate in the joy which hae bee oc- | easioned by the birth of a Prince. [t would have been gratifying to us to!

adopted by both branches of the Legislature, | last session, on the subject of the Report of |

l!committed to a coinmittee of

victed of counterteiting those marks. This Act wus, indeed, to protect the interests of manufacturers in the colonies, whose trade marks might be counterfeited very much to their prejudice.

The Bill was then read a second time and the whole House. Hon. Mr. Walker in the chair.

Un the clause being read relating tu the weight or meusure contained in any articles of merchandise being murked thereon, and also the country where such articles had been manufactured ;

tion. Arrorney GENERAL remarked, that

We first knock down » thing, and then| your Excellency our thanks for the Speech | there might not be anything objectionable in

requiring a warranty of the vendor of any ar- ticles of merchandize that sueh articles really contained the weight or measure marked up- The vender might easily ascertain whether the quantity contained in any arti- cles was correctly represented by the weighs or measure marked upon them; not so with

but what | depreciate.is fae-| have learsed that Her Majesty bad complied regard to the country where they were manu- 1 would sey, jadge nothing | with the prayer conveyed in the address/factured. A man might import articles la-

belled ag manufactured in Canada, and after he bad sold them, it might be discovered that

think there iv sumething more favorable, and | the Commissioners appointed to inquire into they were manulactured in the United States,

better adapted to our circumstances, in| the differences betweea landlords and tenante; store for us, than that ster Bill of Sir Sam-| but your Exeelleney imforms us that Her

and vice versa. Such person, under the oper- ation of this Act, might be liable to ao ex-

vel Cunard.” tls Hon. Mr. McDowate: His sonor who has Just sat down bas charactcized the Bili ot Sir Semee! Cunard as 4 stera one, and tor my part | cannot see muci: difference between it und the prepositions offered hy the delegates. 'The priee offered a6 much higher thao the price paid tor any of the estates bought under the Land Parchase Act. When the delegates went oo their mission, they Go not appear to have referfed t the proposals of » the Duke of Neweastle at «ll—at least, they do put appesr to have brow ght them forward as sroposale which could be entertained ; and the terms they offered ure, in some respects, less favorable to the tenaniry. Bus I hope and trust the delegation wil! result in geome good yet; but I think that if they bad put the ls of the Duke more promi- pently forward, His Grace wuld have been induced to accede to some mure favourable terms. Some of your honors have charged the Opposition with insincerity, but [ do not take any pert cf that to myselt. In any ac- tiva | have taken on this question, | have bree Son ca aneie! terests of my Constituents, and that is the rule by which Lintend to be guided in future. When we remember that we do not know what instraction the delegates received, nor ean we see what good hasrusulted from their, mission, we would not be doing our duty if, ~temnraeatigentiven copes heres | to withoutes our Opi- nions and gan amendment. : Hon. Mr. Hexpsason : Your honors, 1 wish to make one rewark in regard to the suls made by the . weecmpee) these proposals with the maximum price re- commended by the Royel Commissioners, whieh was twenty years’ parchase, it will be.