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Had they been comparable to Canada, the" treatment would have been widely different- Wure they not. he asked, an appendage to.Great Britain, aiid were not their claims to justice as strong as il‘tliey were a million times more than they are?\ But were they not left It prey to mercenary agents, who came pennyless tothe country, no better than mushrooms, the growth ofthe filthiest dunghill, worthless as the gourd that shadowed Jonah, wormocankered at the root? The next most natural question is :--why were they to be oppressed? The answer was, because their oppressors had the power. They had been bastardized by the predecessors of Vic- toria. loving and dutiful subjects as they had been. In the Despatch which had. been laid before them that day, they were told that the Indians, who had been cast out like Hagar and her olf- spring, were not forgotten. Were we, then, he Would ask, who ought to be regarded as the children of the promise, were we to be over- looked“! That Despatch contained words most insulting to the Colony. Who was David Stew- art? Look and behold. He' says, Lenr'iox Island contains 1400 acres, and offers it for £ 1500 sterling. A boon indeed! But how much is this boon enhanced by the consideration that instead of 1400 there are only 300 acres. Three hundred acres for fifteen hundred pounds! Who can deny his sympathy? \Vith whom does he sympathize? I wishI could confront him. The honorable member who spoke last asked what security we have to ofi'er. Is not the land and the interests of the people a most ample security? He (Mr. Le Lacheur) declared that it was his deliberate opinion that, had there been no agitation in the Island, where there are now five tenants in it, there would not have been one. They would not only have been fleeced, but their whole substance would have been devoured. There might have been left a few grey-headed and infirm bondsmen; but all who could, the robust and the young, would have been gone. Tyranny must engender anarchy and confusion. The natural consequence of the one is the other. Were he a sovereign, nothing would make him tremble but the thought that he was ruling with a rod of iron. However, he meant not to accuse the government, so ,far as the crown was con- cerned. He blamed the advisers ofthe crown; and of the evils which could be wrought by min- isterial misrule, he' had some remembrance, dating from a period antecedent to his seeing Prince Edward Island, although when he came to its shores he was only eleven years of age. Mr. CLARK said it had been stated by those who objected to the Bill, that they did not object to the principle ofthe Bill. This being the case, ifthey had not endeavoured to amend its detlils, they were about to draw down the vengeance of the country upon their own heads. One honora- ble member has said it is all that is foolish, but still he will vote for it. For his vote in fa- vour ofthe Bill there can be but one oftwo rea- sons. It must be either from fear of his consti- tuents or from conviction. He (Mr. C.) would tell honorable gentlemen what reasons he thought there were for agitation. In the first place he would instance the rents exacted from the. ten- entry by the proprietors and their agents. He might, perhaps, be answered, that the lands were leased at a trifle, and that therefore there was no oppression. To this he would agree, ifthe lands were improved at the time of being leased. If that were the case, this would be the very place in which to make a fottune. But the reality was very different. When a man took one hundred or two hundred acres of wilderness land, they were not worth one farthiug to him till rendered valuable by the expenditure of his labour; and if, after paying his rent, he was still able to live, he got no more than bare wages for improving the property of another. But the case was still worse, when, besides labour, at man expended money in clearing a leasedfarm. The landlord was then demanding interest for money which was not his own. If the tenant merely paid the interest of the money which was the value ofthe land, he would certainly think he had no right to complain. According to the state of things here, money was power: he supposed it was so nearly every where. It has been given to a few the power to take from the honest and industrious ' classes, the fruits of their industry ; and till this state of things be changed, agitation must not only prevail, but it must increase. The igno- rance of some aids their oppressors, and prevents their seeking or obtaining redress. Others with knowledge have not money, without which no remedy is to be had, and, therefore, they are compelled to endure the lash. Are the people all rebels and traitors because they will not allow a few to take all from them‘! We are told that the majority of’the people would be happy and contented enough were it not for the arts and efforts of lncendiaries and agitators. But I an- swer, can any man persuade me that lsufier wrong, when I know that uothing but justice is done to me’! No. Two or three men could not create and sustain agitation, if no real grievan- ces were felt. The present state of things in this Island cannot endgrs. It is in vain to try to stifle our complaints. As well might they at- tempt to stop the current ofthe St. Lawrence, as seek to arrest the progress of agitation without yielding redress. Mr. Clark here said he would just state a few instances of the grievances of which the tenantry of this Island had to com- plain. Both natives and emigrants frequently found themselves obliged to take Wood farms upon leases of forty years. The emigrant had his trade to learn at his own expense, and, con- sequently, his was a case of greater hardshi than that of the native; but he thought he should be able to shew that both were of a nature so unjust and severe as to meet with few parallels elsewhere. Well then, in the first place, the man must have a wife; for what could he do in the woods towards clearing a farm by himself? Then would follow children, and the poorer they were, hull probability, the more at them. These

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for a time would tend only to increase his‘lahours and his di‘lllles, although: in the end e would find in’thetn his most eflicrcntaids. For the first eight or ten years little would be done he- sides earning ficanty maintenance. .But when at the end of forty years, the duration of his lease, he had cleared the whole, the account

would probably stand nearly thus. The clearing,

ofthe farm had cost £500, his house, say £300, and he had paid to the amount of£_400 in rent. The whole amount would be £10000r £1200: And whose property was it then? Such athought as this, perhaps, had never entered his head un- til matters had reached their final climax. That attained, the proprietor comes, and says, natu- rally enough: “ This is _not your property but mine, and you must yield it up.” The poor man remonstrates: “ I am new old, and my strength has been expended in clearing this farm and making these improvements. My children have all left me, and I am unable ot myselfto under- take the clearing ol another farm. This farm has acquired its value by my labour. All it is worth is mine, except £l00; and 1 hope I shall not now be driven from it in my old age." The proprietor replies, I am not bound to listen tothis stufi'. The poor man then entreats that he may have it on lease for an additional term; and the landlord, perhaps, consents that he shall have it for two, three, or six years longer, at a rent of £60 per annum. Now, continued Mr. Clark, this is no imaginary case; and is this to be the end ofall a man’s industry. toil and saving? Are our young‘men, thus deterred from all attempts at settlement within it, to be driven from the country? He admitted that there were a few proprietors who gave long leases, but still there terms were not sufficiently liberal. However he trusted there was a new system of things growing up. The way in which lands were now leased was Is. or 25. per acre per annum; but a tenant was not allowed to sell a single stick from off his land. True, he was allowed to burn; but the law ofthe lease was, touch not this tree nor that, because they are suitable for ship-timber; and thus he might be prevented clearing for potato grou‘nd. What was worse, the proprietor might enter upon leased land, cut down all the wood, and not leave the tenant a single stick. Would this system be allowed to go on if a fair repre- sentation were made to Her Majesty’s Govern- ment? Would not such a representation bring forth redress? He for one would not submit if it failed to procure it. The man was not worthy of freedom who would not resist such oppression. There were a thousand ways by which the un- wary were entrapped. A proprietary claimant comes to a squatter and says; “ This landwliere you sit is mine. I could immediately drive you from your premises and improvements, but if you will pay me so much for the past, I will grant you a lease, and allow you to remain.” The poor ignorant man, afraid of the very name oflaw, with which he is threatened, submits and is robbed. Whatever terms the poor man may have made, they do not, however, prove his safe-

guard against further wrong. Ariot pick- pocket comes and says: " He who was ere be-

fore was an impostor. He had no title to the land. I am the true proprietor." The poor man very naturally is inclined to resist, thinking his hating to pay one landlord is quite sufficient. But what with scheming, palnvering and threat- ening, he isa second time entrapped, when all legal means would have failed. This second robber succeeds in sending him to an Attorney. The Attorney tells him what he had previously been instructed to say. He then returns to his self-styled landlord, who may perhaps address the poor man in this manner: “ Well, you've come forward like a good fellow, and I’ll behave well to you. Give me your Note of Hand for one-halfyour arrears, and I’ll forgive you the remainder. You see how the Escheaters have deceived you. I can’t give you a lease just now. I have not sufficient authority; but you shall have it by and by.” Mr. Clark concluded by saying, "I will complain, and never cease to complain till I get redress.”

Hon. .I. S. MACDONALD thought they had just been listening to a history of this Island rather than an argumentative speech in favour of the Bill.‘ He thought he knew quite as much ofthe Island as any one in it, and also of the difficul~ ties to be encountered and‘overcome by a settler in the woods ; and his experience was quite oppo- sed to that of the honorable member who had just sat down. Witha settler in the woods the first five or six years were the best instead of the worst. For that period he had the wood which he cut down to burn upon the land; but after that he had no manure, but the stumps to take out. With respect to the Bill, be had as yet heard no answer to the honorable and'learned member for Charlottetown, whose arguments wereas yet, he thought, decidedly triumphant. He (the Hon. J.’S. M‘D.) agreed with the 'prin- ciple ofthe bill, that is, he approved ofthe propo- sal to purchase the lands; but he disagreed with the details of the bill. He had mentioned his opinion to several honorable members, hut-found none to agree with him: he had therefore ‘re- frained from making any motion. The bill as it then stood, even were it to pass the three Branches, would never be acted upon. It went to repeal the Act relative to the Province Build- ing. It also did away With the provision of £1000 ayear to redeem Treasury Notes. .These were incongruities which could not pass. Be- sidesthere was no provihion for the squatter. What title could he,‘ln compliance with the bill, come forward and shew to entitle him to a settlement. possession 20yeim, he could have no title. He (the Hon. J. S. M‘D.) was as willing as any one to agree to a purchase of the lands, provided they could be purchased. But the effect of the Bill’s repealing the Statute he had just named was a sufficient bar toits operation, and he would therefore rote against'it.

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—4' . . , . WTWii liftiijliZfore stated, that 31?, Legislqitrve (.oqnfiil, . , . . m - instead of proceeding With the i ,passe sev'e. h ' ‘ f their Willingness to jam t e g:::?:’llelx dzfigetoothe Throne 0n the subject, which mode of procedure was repudiated by the House]

gamut—avg of Name.

A eneral order has been issued from the Horse Goargls,‘annou'ncing that Her'Majesty has been graciously pleased to command, that a library and. reading-room shall. be established for the use of the non-commissioned officers and soldiers ofeach of the barracks throtighout_the United Kingdom and the Colonies. The object of these institutions is so encourage_ the soldiers to em- ploy their leisure hours iri a manner that shall combine amusement with the attainment of use- ful knowledge, and teach them the value of sober, regular and moral habits. _ ’

Advices’have reached the Adjutant General s Office of ‘a melancholy loss oflife, on the occa- sion of Her Majesty’s 'I6th Lancers crossrrig the Jhelum, on their march back from Afghanistan. The stream was so rapid as to sweep one troop on a quicksand, where the horses fell. Captain Hilton and nine or ten troopers perished, and Col. Ctireton and 40 or 50 more, were extricated With great difficulty—Bengal Harkaru.

There is no foundation for the rumour con- tained in the Calcutta papers, that Lord Auck- land was about to proced to China. His Lord. sliips’ return to Calcutta was rendered neces- sary, in consequence of the instructions which reached him by the November mail, the char- acter of which is sufficiently manifest, from the preparations which his Lordship ordered to be made for the expedition to China. Any negotiation which may take place. will be con- ducted by the Admiral, in command ofa force sufficient to give effect to his remonstrances, if, which is very probable, they should be dis- regarded by the Chinese authorities.—.Morn~ ing Chronicle.

The forthcoming hostilities between England and China have determined the French Govern- ment to despatch a French frigate to the China seas, in order to observe the movements of the belligerents.

In the prosecution of their crusade against the helpless Iridians,the Americans have determined to plunge into every exc'ess which a fresh thirst for vengeance could excite. The Secretary at War has issued an order to the persons entrusted with this dastardly expedition, to slay outright every Indian they may seize. These are the Ultra-Liberals, who contend for the rights ofman,

'upon the ground that all men are equal in the

eye of Heaven. '

Several persons in Sydney have purchased land at New Zealand from chiefs who are residing in Sydney; solicitors have drawn up formal deeds of conveyance. One person, for about £200, purchased a piece of land thirty, miles square, cpstaining nearly 600,000 acres—Sydney 11er- a .

It is said that the New Zealand Company have selected Port Nicholson for their first set- tlement.

The late Sir Watkin W. Wynn left a memo~ randum that he should, ifconvenient, be attend- ed to the grave by any eight old soldiers who had served under him, and that a gratuity should be given to each, whether able to attend or not. This was done accordingly.

Bis/mp Gleig—This eminent prelate of the

Scottish Episcopal Church died on the 9th March, at Stirling, at a very advanced age. We may notice that Bishop Gleig was the father of the Rev. G. R. Gleig, the author of the ‘ Subaltern,’ and several other works of.merit. ‘ A great sensation was caused at Brighton, on the l7lh March, by the elopement of a Mrs. Heavyside with—no less a person than Doctor Dionysius Lardner, the well known lecturer on steam engines, and getter up of books on every thing Mrs. Heavyside is said to be a very elegant woman, about 30 years old, and mother of three children. The guilty pair were tra- ced to Oslend.

Tue WEATHER—For nearly a month the weather has been beautiful, and notwithstanding the slight frosts ofthe nights, spring labour has progressed most favourably. The sunshine has occasionally been strong and warming, and after a few hours of rain on Saturday night, and on the mornings of Sabbath and yesterday, the air has partaken of the mildness of May, and the soil is in capital working condition. The seed- time for black victual has been, or soon will be, favourably closed, and the sower has, during the last eight days, been a-field betirnes, and every thing would lead us to believe, that should three weeks of similar weather be vouchsafed, the seed Will be deposited under circumstances more fa- vourable, than has been\known' for twenty years. It is, long since .we enjoyed such a month of March—Glasgow Paper.

This season the large and extensive shipping concern of Messrs. Pollock and Gilmore are sending the whole oftheir ships to sea on the tee- totalprinciple. Instead of, as in fbrmer vears shipping of rum for the use ofthe crew, they are; supplying large quantities of tea, coffee and sugar, which are to be served out in lieu of the grog. The plan has been tried, and found to work well.—Glasgow paper.

The TEMPERANCI nnronuaa‘itm. '

.DonLru, April 6.—.Father Matthew left toWn this morning for Enniscorthy, county of Wax- ford, where he is to administer the pledge to- morrow. Very ‘nearly the pledge of total abstinence; at the hands of Father- Matthew, during his visit to Dublin. ’The public houses are totally deserted, many of them

have beenlaliut up, and shops for the sale of

70,000 persons received Bla

‘,‘_teetotal refreshments," not.

tosh m, and lemonade, are ope I." , , .”'

“'The return! of the excise revem from h ,-

th show a very considerable defic' , ‘1‘, ,h .F zfail-k district, for the past quarter, the! v amounts to £23,000. It is rumourediim [7 great distillery in the south has failed.-

siNouun conncsrononucs. I The following correspondence (says , dOH-paper) has been in our hands forum, time, but really we had doubtsofits‘authe‘uti. , city. Finding however, that it he‘s sinceghen- i published, and not disavowed by either a tug ladies in question, we submit it 'to our reap, . ers :— _ ‘ Co 1. —Lad Seymour presents hurt-‘3 ‘ com(p|iiiiZnts t)o LadinShuckborougb, and would 5’ be obliged to her for the character of Mary Stedman, who states that she has lived twelve ~ months, and still is in Lady Shuckborongh’e , establishment. Can Mary Stedman cook plain- dishes well, make bread—and is she honest, good-tempered, sober, willing, and cleanly ? Lady Seymour would also like to know the rea— son why she leaves Lady Sliuckborough’s ser. vice ! Direct, under cover to Lady Seymour, Maitle’n Bradley. Co ‘2. —Lad Shuckborough presents hei coiiiplirrients tiiy Lady S. Her Ladyship’s note, dated October 28, only reached her yes-

was unacquaitited with the name of the kitchen maid, until mentioned by Lady Seymour, as it is her custom neither to apply for, or give characters to any of the under-servants, this bring always done by the housekeeper, Mn, Couch—and this was well known to the young, woman—therefore Lady Shuckborough is aur- _ prised at her referring any lady to her for. character. Lady Sliuckborough having a pro- fessed cook, as well as a housekeeper, in her- establishnient, it is not very likely she herself should know any of the abilities or merits of the under-servants ; therefore she is unable to answer Lady Seymou‘r’s note: Lady Shuck- borongh cannot imagine Mary Stednian to be capable of cooking for any except the servants' hall table. Place.

(Copy, 3.)—Lady Seymour presents her compliments to Lady Shuckborongh, and begs she will order her housekeeper, Mrs Pouch, to send the girl’s character without delay; other- wise another young woman will be sought for, as Lady Seymour’s children cannot remain without their dinners‘ because Lady Shuckbo- rough, “ keeping a professed cook and a house- keeper,” thinks a knowledge of the details of her establishment beneath her notice. Lady Seymour understood from Stedman, that, in addition to her other talents, she was actually capable of dressing food for the little Shuck- boroughs to partake of when hungry.

and ink vignette, by the Queen of Beauty, re- presenting the three little Shuckboroughs, with- large turnip-looking heads and cauliflower wigs, seated at a round table, eating and voraciotisly scrambling for mutton chops, dressed by Mary Sledman, who is seen looking on with supreme satisfaction—while Lady Shuckborough ap- pears in the distance in evident dismay.)

(Copy 4 )—Madam—Lady Shuckborough has directed me to acquaint you that she de- clines answering your note, the vulgarity of which is beneath contempt ; and although it may be the characteristic of the Sheridan! to be vulgar, coarse, and witty, it is not that of “ a lady,” unless she. happens to have been born in a garret and bred ina kitchen. .Mary Stedman informs me that your Ladysliip does not keep either a cook or a housekeeper, and that you only require a girl who can cook a muttonochop—if so, I apprehend that Mary- Stedman, or any other scullion, will be founik fully equal to cook for, com manage the esta‘ blisliment of the Queen, of Beauty.-—I am, ' your Ladyship’s, doc. ELIZABETH Coucn. (Not Pouch.)