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olitics, Literature, and Slews,

Vol. XI.

“This is trne Liberty, when Freeborn Men, having to advise the Public, may speak free.”---Euripides.

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Monday, April 22, 1861,

New Series,---N 0. 16.

Tne qualification for each member shall be £509, which may |ix Gieat Britain? be leasehold, freehold, er buth. The qualificat.on of electers| proper to say that the House of Lords should be al ered in this | shal! be similar to that fur members of the Lluuse of Assembly.| or that way—suppose the House of Commons should originate |

; This question, said bis Honor, has been agitated for a long;a measure that no peer of the realm should be competent to i dati

time. It i acknowledged thot there is a d fficulty in finding | take bis seat till he wae thirty years of age, would ihe House | @!! Commendation, and that no person can reasonably reflect

intituled ‘‘an Act to incorporate the! menbers ,to serve ip this House; but when they are elecied| of Lords be obliged to reject it because it proposed a change | On the conduct of the Government in reference to the recep-

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Wepvasvar, April 3d, 186k. On motion the Bi #,t are ele ; ve Company,’’ was read the third (hey will feel « greater interest in it; and the people will have a hee ah gg nage Sartre wished tohave Li: oume | more confidence in them. They are to be elected for eight cantaaete Oo d to the paragraph limiting the amount of | year-. Real Estate to be held dy the Company to £3000.

Tae House then wen. into Comm.t ee on tre Bil) mtivuled in this matter would be placed in my hands. ‘The more [think | that it was an extraordinary measure ; and that the country |

° ‘ to provide for the revising and re- | of ic the more | am courmeed of the preposterous nature of this statiag the aeedl ie fetend.”” Hon, Mr. Goff in the Chair.) Bui. That any body of mea should be asked to lay down = Hos. the PRESIDENT briefly explained thet this Act wes Coammesions in such a manner, is mostabsurd. W — oe merely an amendment to the Act of lost Session—that it gave characterized as old women, weil, I have heard of people— the Coam ssioners suthority to claseify the public ant private | that ie, love sck maids aud disappointed swains, and any Acis, and tu have them primed seperately. | weared out by the Sbheriff—ruaning to commit suicide ; but Oa the fourth clause being read, |never beerd of old women doing so. 11 will take me ans Hoa. the PRESIDENT rime aw, - _ _ 100 | time . ran phe: ” en = a poe A Sten re i Acts ia not sufficient. Each of the mem-! gin, First, | would like to ascer . : » ‘ were as Cngetimnce ‘should have a copy, which willtake it originated. We are told shat it is a Bilis milar to the Act 50. ‘Then there wil! be 40 copies required for the public | gow ia operation in Canada. If it was, t would not meet with offices: and each of the smell deb s Cours should have acopy. so mucn opposition. fn Cunada, the wea beis were confirmed The expense of an additions! 100 copies will be very trifling. | in their seats for Ife. and when vacancies oceurred, they were Hoa. Mr. SIMPSON—I do owt think that it will be neces-) to be filled up by election; but we are asked to lay down our sery to furnish each member of the Legislature with & copy Oo | Commissions at once. La almost all its rs er this, the private Acts. ‘Ihere will be two or three copies inthe | «& is a transeript of the Canada Act. | oe 7 x _ 2 Public Library fer reference ; and that ie all that will Be re- | prostrate our-elves in this pertienlar, more than the ues : . quired. Exch member of the Legislature will be furmisued with | of the Council of Canada? f would like to kaow on what a copy of the public Acts. | principle we are to be asked to lay down our Commiss:ons : floa. Mr. BAGNALL—It would be beter to bave 200 Is there any authority fur duing so? fn Canada, before they copies. ‘There are many ways in which they will be required :) changed the Coustitvtien of their Council, they had a Law

and the expense wil) be much greater if they have to be re- passed by the Imperial Parhament to enabie them to do so ;

nted.

Hea. the PRESIDENT—Your Honors are aware that the | have supe ior powers, Acts of 1852 had to be rep-inted, at a cost of three or four) up tine question as @ party man. hundred pounds. branch of the Legislatu e supported the measure,

Hon. Mr. SIMPSON-~-Those were public Acta.

B oth pariies in the other Sull, we

jafter the passing of this ‘Act the present Council shall be dis-| all would look upen it a8 a most * preposterous” idea.

, = | ; a hie shall be chos non the el clive principle. why is it ne: coustirutioual to alter it in the Colonies as wel! as | al £ ° and an a r 2

If the House of Commons should think |

inthe Constuution? No! They might enquire imo it; they might pass it without a divisin. ter Majesty might assent to (uy that would be constitutional. His Honor went on to say

Hon. Col. SWAREY—If was we!l aware that the initiative | that we had no right to alter the cons:ituuon of this Council — |

| ways that he does not speak as a party man, because both partes, inthe other branch of the Legislavure, united in sup- porting the measure. arguments. for this alteration in the constitution of this Council! ; so fer think one part of of his Honor’s argument answers und annuls the other. 1 do not Understand, says his Honor, the object of this Bill, What is und-mesth i? Jt was justly observed by his Honor, Mr. Sunpson, that the Bill wowld speak for itself. For my part [ cannot teli what ubject is hidéen underneath it; for 1 know noue to exist. And the fact that it was supported by both parties in the other branch of the Legislature renders it ia) Ozsible that any conceuled object could exist. His Ho- nor went on tu say that i was an interference with the prero- gative of Her Mua) sty—that it was oue of the brightest gems in her Majesty’s prerogative to appoist Members to the Legis- jlative Council ; and that thie Bull will deprive her Majesty of it. If we pass it, and it was %» become law without asking her Majesty's assent, his Honor’s observations would be cor- rect ; but since it contains a suspenting clause, it is by no means an interference with her Majesty's prerogative.

| from the Canada Bil. We kaow that fro.n the earhest history

}of this Colony, the Council has received all the appropriations

If she | British Throne. (but bere no such Law exsts, and we cannot be s: pposed ‘o | thinks ut ts, it is Optio a} w.th her to refuse her assent. His land said— You wiil not cong der that | aus taking | Honer (Col. Swabey) proceeded to point ont another deviation

Now, | pon ‘eit o° the Times consisted in his accusing us of drunken-

uess, which may go for what it is worth. We can afford to be quite indiffereut about his accusation. 1 think the dili- gence of tae Committee appointed to make suitable prepara- tion for the reception of the Prince of Wales was worthy of

tion given to His Royal flighness,

Hon. the SPEAKER.—In reference to the visit of the Priace of Wales, Mr. Chairman, 1 may state that I never jheard any of the people from country districts complain about

idid not require it—thar it originated in this or that way. He | their reception in this City on the occasion of the visit of His’

Roya! Highness last summer. Oa the contrary they appear- ed to be delighted with the manner in which affairs were con-

Now, this is jus an answer to his own! ducted, and if they were satisfied, I think we should not make It shows that the whole face of the country called any com5lsints,

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As regards the manner in which they were received, they spoke iu the highest terms; and my impres- sida is that they did not expect to be entertained at the public expeuse. I think the Comittee did all in their power, on that occasion, to make the Prince's reception as creditable

to the Colony, as satisfactory to all parties, and as correspou-

dent to the dignity of His Royal Highness, as possible. Hon. Mr, FHORNTON.—While speaking about the ro- ception given to the Prince of Wales, | may say 1 received a ticket to attend the Ball given in honor of His Royal High- uess. The Committee sent us tickets at 30s each, bnt I con- sidered the members of the Legislatare should have gone at their expense. [ was under the impression such would have been the case when I, for one, voted a sum sufficient to make spitable preparation for receiving the Heir apparent to the When £ received a ticket [ looked at it “Well, F am not going to be a public beggar.” However desirous I might have been to have seen my illus- | trious namesake, still 1 concluded not to go to the Ball asa

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| must have our op mons, and | mus’ confess that | was sur-| for the peblic service in one Bill. That certainly places this | publicbeggar. Ou arriving at the door I could bave present-

Hon. the PRESIDENT—L vemare to say that if you have | prized when | saw members, w th whom! have be associat) d| Council in a disadvantageous posi ios, because tey must ied my ticket, but if my wife or daughter were with me, my

ies, before three years you will have to reprintthew | tor yeurs, passing such a measure without giving ue any inti- ““llea, De JOUN SON—There wil be considerable expense , marion of their intention of doing so. The circumstance el- in having another hundred copies ; and | suppose ine Govern- | toge her reminds ine of the words which Shakespear put into the ment wish to econom ze as much as possible. } mouth of Mark Ante ny when haranguing the Romans over the Hon. the PRESIDEN T—I move thet the word “ one” be | budy of the murdered Cerar : struck out ; and the word “ two” be inse:tec. tb Sip ahh 6 Dade iemencines Gates madet Hon. Mr. ANDERSON —I move, in amendment, tint after | “Twas here ran Cassius’ dagger through ! the word + huadred™ the words a Stry”’ be inserted. the} Through this the wel! b+loved Bru'uz stabbed. * * Hon. Mr. GARDINER—Is there uo way to ascertain the | wihda thie tue. che Gaokindese Cat Of Wil. exect number which wili be required ? 4 For when the noble Ce ar saw bim s'ab, Hon. Dr. JOHNSON—1 was in the other House when this Ingratiwtude, more strong than iFaitor’s arm, question wae argued, aud I aw confident that 100 copies is | (Bete vaayombed him. »Aad.in bie taut face, t Caeser fel. “Hoe, ihe PRESLDENT—We hace nothing todo wish the! Mark hate fel was ene, my county men other House. We ea an ys aga Body ; and I do not} Ten you and [ and eof fel ane . yield to the opinion of the other House. ne Ht While bioudy treason flourished over us, n. Mr. puieclseais 408 hanna: et The | vont Honors will observe that the list words are the poet’s suse mend 3 ; | not imine, ing tt ‘ S tee adi -90t.. fee ounce 2 e s | better than a dead lion ; and [ think a five Conncil is better clauses, after 5 me conversational debate, wer ~~ casnatshetemachingenibeleedtimean chek whan Luk oo tie te. capers cleenemrey. .b 8° Inet aoe tans tnd cone | friends oppesite—the gentiemen who were brougiit here so re- Hoa. Mr. Goff reported that the Committee had gone through | on een anenee, the Bill, and agreed to the same with & cer sin a. | cently, end who are'to hevs y > The House then weat rato Committee on the Bib) intivuled | ee Fegarm tance ; xh: | : : yse af very much aggrieved, “an Ac a: Romaa Catholic Bishop of Charivt Sgr emer ee = ae? aap ll ay hy OR ne. icadinanetabeten gone through the Bill, the Tlous> was | resumed ; and the & beituiaR rep wied the Biullagreed tu without | ve thie Bil i any amendment. [ivuse adjvurue!. Tuurnspat, Aprildh. |

However, | have heard the saying that a live ass is |

ex inguisher is to be put upon them, i appears to me, that if ] jihe Bill.

lion. C4. SV ABSY—Bat L exnnot speak on what dont} yop positively knuw; and I do net know esacihy wie the o'j cl b esble to us; and, vice versa,

| Hon Mr. SIMPSON—The Bill will «peak fur ite-If | cunchide with neydhg Cheb eeblMelilpihetthe wrentey ties.

/ Hoa. Co. SWABEY—Buat I want to know whet 1s ender- [tor several years, been agnated on taie question:; and tnere 1s On motion, t e Ts il iarituled ** am Act te provide tor the re-| neath it. | exnnot understand. why it. should be fayourcd Oy | .6t uous stakesble evisence ibe coupry desire a change |

| ether sanction items of which they dv uot approve or reject the jwhole. It is a question on which public feeling has been | worked up on diiterent occariuns to a high degree. And if it fll to my lot to sit down with his Honor io p-u a constitution for thie, or any other Co'ony, it is very probable that | would be fuund to agree witii his hiovor om that point. But the very 1B now proposed will, ma great mevsure, remedy that evil. [At present if a difference arses between the two branches lot the Legislature on any item of appropriation — suppose the | Appropriation Bull comes up, and the Council found some item | wiich trey thought the country did nut require, and objected t@ that item, while the House of Assembly, with equal firm- ness, tpsisted shat the Bill should pass as it went up—the House of Assembhy would say that they ste on elective body jand had the people at their back ; and the Council coaid not jSay whether tuey enjoyed public confidence or not. In my | vpsmon, 4&8 s00n 43 this Coune:l is made an e'ective body, that }ev.l will, im @ great measure, be remedied, because the House of Assembly will pause and say, we must remenber that the | Couneil is un elective budy now as weilas we. (Hon. Dr. _Johoson—Hear.) Toere would be 2 strong inclination to give way if an obstinate resista ce was to lsd tu a general eleciion. (His Honor went on ty say that New Bounswiek had rej -cted That would not infueace my opinion, Each Coloay

bas Us own peculiar eeummavces to guide mt; and we are | stand in the same reladon to the people.

)eo golug to have our cons i ution moulded to suit New Brous-

I think | have sow answered ‘he principal poiats of tits Honors obj -ction<; and T shall

What ik appheable to that Colony ungbt mot be appl | ihe Bal;

jin the fable of the **old man and his aes.”’

partuer would have been accosted— fifteen shillings, if you |please, Madam!” | think, Sir, the £75 spent in furnishing the members of the Legislature with tickets might have been

| laid ont to much better advantage. It would bave been much better to have used it iu making preparation for the reception of the public generally. Another reason why I did not come was this:—I kpew only tal/ men would have the pleasure of | Seeing the Prince, aud that smazd men like me would not have got a sight of His Royal Highness at all.

Hon. Mr. HAVILAND~—The hon. member from Curdigen | gays he would not come to see the Heir apparent to the Br.t #h | Prone, because he would not come as a * public begyar ;”’ and, alsu, because hs ticket wou'd not admit of him taking a lady. In that event, however, there was another course open fur tae hon. member,—he might have sent back his ticket, and paid his own way, and not have remained at home in the cusps. Certainly the Committee were quite justified in not presenting the Indies ta the famibes of legislators with free ucketa. Such a cou.se was not adopied in Nova Scotia, nor in Canada, and it 18 wot done in England. As legislators we hold a ceria:n pesition in which we have been placed by the people ; but that iS uO reisow Why our Wives and daugh'ers should receive more alleption (Gan the mem ers of the families of those who do not flad they been in- _vited, then, no duubt, the ery would bave been ** you crammed -roum full of the wives and daughters of the Legisla- jtora.’? kt is impossible to please all parties, as is well shown 1, for one, came and enjoyed myself and was well pleased with the enteriein- j ment, ibon. Mr. PERRY —When the accounts shall be presented,

veme and reprinting of the Laws of this Islaud,” was read the members of the House of Assembly wh cail th mecives lie) iy ghe cong iuiion of she Cougs, hew 2 first emer vr. Chairman, | presune it will appeor evident that the amount terd tune ani paered . i bera’s. All l can 81y is, that it appears to ine that the orginal fed the Lecislature of tuis Colony } ty have been too! *xpended in waking preparatious for giving a Tec-p'ion to the The Bul ini uied “ an Act to incorporates the Roman C.tholic | Constitution of ths Coancil is the best. Why deprive her jyoung aud imexperienced to form a cor ect opinion; aad | Ppiaee of Wales,

Bishop of Cuarleuctown in bis Diocese,’ was alsu, on motion,

Maj sty of one of the brigicest part's of her prerozaive? Fist] was thea opposed to an elective Coune:L.

suited to the dignity of that personage, will

of Smail Debt © | of this kind,

| Hon. Mr. LONGWORTH said the suggestion of the bon. | member was reasonable. ‘The only difficulty he saw with respect to it was, in regard to which of the Commissioners should be called upon to make out the list, as there were so (many im each County. It would be invidions to select any | Pirticuler one of thew number to perfurm the duty.

Hon. Mr. COLES remarked that he only meant that the Sm li Debt Commissioners should furnish the names of persons jin different paris of the Counties to assist the Sheriffs in making jout their hsts, for it evuld not be expected that the latter | would be acquainted with people all over the country.

Hon. Mr. HAVILAND had often observed this difficulty in respect to the present mode of selecting jurymen, and thought it would be well if it could be avoided. ‘It was frequenily the case that the Sheriff chose a number of persons for jurymen Just around the part of the County where he himself wae jacquuinted. He (Mr. Haviland) thoaght that some such pian /as that suggested by the hon. leader of the Oppositivn wouid remedy the evil.

Hon. Mr. LAIRD said that the proposed plan might be a little unprovement, but as long as the jarymen were chosen by | ballot, all the Coun y would seldom be found to be represen ed ; | for though there were persons from al parts of it on the list made out by the Sheritl, those diawn by ballot might be ull from one part. He thought the Sheriffs might tike the road returns and make out thei heis frow them.

Hon. Mc. LONGWORTH was of opinion that the ballot could not be dispensed with, as suspicion would immediately arise that the jury was packei. There should be a represet.- tation from all the parts of a County ; but the plan suggested would be very cumbersome, as there were eight Commissioners’ Courts iu Queen’s County, and six or seven m each of the her two Counties. If twe or three persons in each Count were named to make out lisis for the Sheriffs to select from, it would be an advantage.

lion. Mr KELLY thought the Magistrates would be the most proper per:ous to wake out lis @ for the Sheriffs. la some cases the Commissioners uf Small Debts lived ell in one part of the district.

‘The Committee then rose, and progress was reported.

Hon. Mr. LONGWORTH introduced a Bill tu pro-ect the Herring and Alewives’ fisheries in this Island.

‘The tlouse thea edjourned for one hour.

AFTERNOON SITTING.

Mr. MONTGOMERY presented a petition from School Trustees and heads of families, at Graham's Road, New Lon- don, in behalf of a teacher, which was referred to Committee.

Hon. Mr. THORNTON requested leave of absence fur Son. Mr. Whelan ull he recovered from his present indisposition, which was granted.

The touse then adjourned.

ourts would be proper persons to furnish lists

Wepnespar, March 6.

Hon. Col. GRAY—My attention has been called to a para- graph in the Lxaminer newspaper of this week, in which the hon. member for Liguish (Mr. Conroy) is represented to have accused the Government, in the debate on the address in answer to the Lieut. Governor’s Speech, of complicity in r- gard to the opposition to Roman Catholics enteriug Voluateer corps. 1 was under the impression that the hon. member did not impute any blame to the Government in the matter, and I believe that the statement which he made in reference to the Volunteers in his district, is distorted in the newspaper para~ graph in question. Asi see the hon. member in his lace, | would ask lim if he meant in the remarks which he offered on that occasion to implicate the Government in the Opposition shown to Ro nan Catholics entering Volunteer Curps, und if be will give th» nau.e of the Captain who wrote the letter to which he referred ?

Mr. CONROY—TI fancied that I had made myself quite in- tell gible on that occasion. I gave as nearly as 1 could remeu « ber what was contained in the letter to a gentieman in my district by the Captain of a Volunteer Company. [The hon. member h:r+ repeated the words of the let‘er from memory,

read the turd tune and passed.

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the names were cal ed over, to which ail their Honore answer- similinude we have to the British Constiution under which we [ed Upon 1 as almost a revolut onary sdea. { have hoard the measure is very unpopula with the | chaz it was some years before | got over it.

ep om. Mr. Goff who was ab-en. After some! five ? mnie Me. Gvdun ne to the Counc:! Board, anid informed ministry a howe ; and { beluve it ts the care. Whether ite the House that be had tendered bis resignation t) Elis Excel-) promo crs nave be n led tote it t) redvem some pledges given iency, a8 a member of ture Hotts- 5 and that he did not feel }atan election, I cannot say ; but I hope they are not winking | jes ified on taking ive seat until he received his Excellency’s .¢ this Bull, which os of grest wnporiance to tue people os well | reply. as to the Council. The Canida Bil! conceded some powers Hon. Mr. PALWER—The que-tion to be brought before | io the Couned ; bat this dees not coucede any which we had the Houve t-day, aawely, the Bi te change the Constiiuiou nor b tore. ‘Uhis ia wrong. If you wre going to.slter the of the Legwatwe Counci!, one of the highert timportauce | | Oustitution of the Counct!, you should titer 1 for the benefit which ili come before us this Setswn ; and there 6 evidently! of the people: at present we have no power as we ought to

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s desire to have eli the membere of the House pres nt, when | have. j eminent statesmen that there are but two prine:ples in which a

the qu-stion is discessed. | cane here yeaterday oer to, lion. Mc, SIMPSON—Theop it is not the perfect body yoo | ’ on; and | put important Susmess out of wy | thought it was. fC ielibenilasan Gl dv aa. tea. one hon. member was! Hon. Col. SWABEY—That is not whatI mean. If was a then sbecat, and I thought af the tiuue thei his excuse Was 4 member Oo Council some years ago, when we wade applica- wery lame; and though { had no demre to sead for his Honor, | tion ut the Colunial Office to be sliewed to put our veto on yo. | was particuleriy anxious to prevent any person from hav- | seperate votes of sppropriatiun Bills; but we were told that it img an opportunity of saying hereafter that we had gone into | would be very dangerous (to allow the Coane | to make ap- the question when some of the members were absent. fam) propriations, unless considered by the ilouse of Assembly. much tsken by surprive at the eonduct of one hon. member) Now we have an opportunity of setting this matter to rights, who came to thie {loard and rather abruptly stated that he had | Looking at the Canada Act, I find that there is no sueh a wing tendered hie resignation to fim Excelieecy. Under the cr-| aw the appropriations being eeut up in one Bi. Vney are sent cumstances, I think # is beter to defer the order of the day up in different Bills. The consequence 1s, that the Counci! tli we see whether or not His Kxceliency will accept of the ise an influence over every appro: riation mide by the House fion. Mr. Goff’s resignation. I move that the orcer of the of Assembly; but we can do nothing unless we reject the day be deferred t)\| .-morrow. : |whole. Ithink that such a right, if we had it, ought to be The question of concurrence was then put on his Henor's | exerci-ed with great p udence. | think the supply Bril ought motion, end it was passed in the affirmative. | to emanate from the lower branch of the Legislature ; but yet The following Petitions were preseuted to the House, and { think it would be a fortunate thing for this country if this the came were received and read :— | House exercised more controul over the appropriations than Hon. Mr. Paimer, a Petition of divere inh -bitants of | they do at present. J do not charge the present Governmen’ Charlottetown, Southport, Lote 48, 49 and 50, praying tha! an) with misappropria ing the public money any more than the additional steam boast may be placed on Charlot:ciown ferry | former one; but I thnk tuese things should be considered. for public accommodation. Ilad they been considered heretofore, the debt of the Colony By Hon. Mr. Vimzwell, « Petition of the Harbour Master} would nut now be £62,000. I am aware that the bestine | and ether inhebiants of Grrud River, Lot 56, praying for a) Counei! is not working well in Cansda. in New Brunswick sum of money to compensate Kobert Howiett for removing #) — Bill wae introduced to make the Counci) elective, and they wreck which obstructed the entrance to the harbor. : rejocted it. In Nuva Scotia they have not brougit it forward. The two preceding peutiona were referred to the Special | { will now read an extract from the Constitution of the United Committee oa miscellaneous subjects. ; States, “ All Bills for raising a Revenue shall originate in the A Petition of James Keefe, Bailiff, Rollo Bay, praying for House of Representatives ; but the Senate may propose or Cou- | compensation for a wagon alleged (0 have been broken to pieces cur with amendments as on other Bilis.” Now, I never could by sume evil-disposed person, while in the discharge of iis duty vee any good reason why we should not have the same here. as Bailiff. | “here 1s another clause m this Bill with which | cannot agree Hoa. Mr. HUTCHINSON ~I do not dispute the statements { canuot see any reason for preventing @ person under thirty in the Petition; but it is an extraordinary course to present | years of age from holding a seit in this Council. Many men’s shat Petition to thie House, and if we receive it, we will sv0n minds come to maturiy before they are thirty years of age. have more of the same nature. : | L feel myself bound by tnree considerations of Joyalty—to you Hea. Dr. JOHNSON—The person complains that he has | ¢, the Crown, and to the people, to make the motion which I been the victim of malicious persons ; and if he has suffered am going to moke. ‘I'his brench of ihe Leg sau, ifelvcted, while in the discharge of a public duty, he should he remuuer-) would not be more indeperdeni than it i. W hen fam pliced ated ; ‘ | tere by the Crown, : ee er hen todas p a an : 4L—I¢ is not an unusual course ; and elect d by the people, | would feel a tie upon me; a 1 I en oan ane cone remuneration. When the | be carried away by a popular delusion. We are here tu pre- Laws do not apply to hie cave there is nyu other Course for him! vent any invasion of public rights by the Crown ; and to prevent to tne Legisiatue. the ascendancy of democratic principles f on the pople. 1

} true, it says that it shall have vo eff -ct ull her Majesty's Sent) pe pig tHonur Col. Swabey now, tha j é ‘ . There favimg been a cil of the House erdered for to~day, | sha}i be known ; but why should we seek to take away ail the | hiny (0 es-on to think of altering the coastuuton, —1 lo ok-

‘hoo te PAULMER—Where the circumatances of the case) move that the order of the day be read this day three months.

ae so concisely set forth, we cannot secertain whether the Petitioner has any claims or not. However, { woald protect | Gflicere in the fe thfu! diecharge of a public duty as far as pos- © mbes and, tuerefure, L have no objeetiuu to allowing the Petition te lie on the tab ait at Hon. Mr. BAGNALL—I understand that 4 similar Petition Was presented \o the other branch of the Legi-lature, and was rejected. —Ordered that the Peution do Jie un the tabie. House adjourned. Fatbay, April 5th.

Hon. Mr. Palmer, a member of Her Majesty's Council of

thie Island, informed the House that his Excellency the Lieut.

had provisionally apponted Charles Haezard, Esqr ,

* Warrant besring date the 4th day of April, 1861, « member

of thie House, in the place of Hun. Joba Goff, whose resig- notion his Excellency had accepted. '

Hon. Mr. Piimer, and Hon. Mr. Simpson were appointed a Committee to uve Mr. Haszard qualified, and having attended him and reported accordingly, he was introduced between Hon Mr. Palmer and Hon. Mr. Simapéo’; and took his seat.

Message from the House of Assembly by the Hon. Mr.

ton, wih @ Bill intituld ‘'aa Act to incorporate the Trastees of Ssiat Dunstan's College in Queen’s Connty, and for other therein mentioned.”

Hon. Mr. SIMPSON in moving that the order of the day, for the second reading of the Bii) intituled “an Act to change the Consiitution of the Legistative Council by rendering the ae ive,” be gone into, briefly exp'ained the object of the Bil Le said what as the Bill had been on the table for a con- siderable time, their Honore hed mo doudt availed themselves Of the opportunity, thus afforded, of making themselves fully acquainted we ite details; it was ees shana t a jon him to enter into any expositio them. This sil, said bis Honor, is, ee you are aware, to

Hon. Mr. PALMER—Mr. President, there are various meters for discussion in this Bill. 4 shall advert to them, tak- ing occasion at the same time to reply to two or three ubser- vations in particular, made by his Honor Co!, Swabey ; and in dving #0 | trust that | shall confine myself, as hie Honor has don, to the real subject in question. is Honor has charac | terised the Bill as one of the most preposterous ever offer. d 1a any Legistature. 1 would merely say thet a’) Bills, which pro- pose an altera ion in the constituiion of the coun'ry, are often so characterised by their particular opponents, But to follow his Honor more particularly into his objections: He saye tha: this Bill, having @ princip'e which is intended to sweep away the present Council, renders it something which wil! not com- pare with the Canada Bill. Now, it is true that the Canada Bill doev pot deprive the Councillors for the time being of their seats. A very gvod reison for thie difference is, that the people of Canada did not require to have them removed, The lower Provinces are governed by the same constitution; but it does no: follow that there may not be great differences in their loeal circumstances, and it may be neceseary to alter the coa- stitution to suit those circumsiances. The people of Canada have expressed theasselves satiefied with such a modification of the constitution of their Legislative Council as is now im oper- ation; but that is no reason that we, in this Island, sould be satisfied with the same modification. tis Honor furtner states that he questions the authority of this Legislature to alter the constitution of the Colony. Well, itis strange that any gentle- man, who ia so conversant with the constitution of Great Britain, should question the authority of this Legislature to pass any measure ty alter its own constitution. His Honor is

And | confess |

tiey are guite different. body, body without extending the privilege to his heir.

IL was ‘ried |

jence in the lave Wecsieydale Peerave; but the Crown had to |

gvewsy. fb bave gone fully imo this subject when I wis | tae O her branch of the Legisliture ; and [shail not go any | further into iv now, it 18 sulficient for me tu say that 1 1s ev - | dent that a change is desired ; asd st bas been allowed by |

change can take place, these are the eleciive and the heridi- tiry principles ; and between these two there is no choice in this Colony. His Honor gave another reason for opposing this change, namely, that st would give an influence to the proprie- tary body ; but } do not thiak there 1 any ground for alarm on that pout. The proprietors’ great complaint is that they are fearfuily at a lose in this Colony. ‘They say we are only 67, while the electors are 67,000. Now, bow could it be thought that any advantage would accrue to them fromthe change ? What chance would a proprietor have of being returned from any district? Exper-euce shows that they have very hutle in- fluence in the email districts—they can rarely influence their tenants. | confess that ticreare 8 me of the details of the Bill wilich are not as congenial to my view o8 | could have desired. The first is universa) suffrage. 1 am not particularly wedded to that part of the Bill. My idea is, that we would have ap- proached nearer to perfection if we had a proper qualification tor the electors ; but those with whom { am sesociated thought differently ; and as I did not consider it of viral wnportance, i gave wey. Anoher particular is that | would hike to see no sudd.visiun of the county. 1 would prefer each candidate having to run the whole county, By this means we would be lnkely 10 secure men of higher standing and atiainments; but | gave way on thut point also. [ would also like to see the qualifica ion fur members at Jeast £1000. IL know that it is becoming the opinion that property qualification had better be doue awey with altogether, but 1 freely confess that such is not my view on this pomt. If the property qualification had been higher | would have supported the measure more warmly ; but as | said before, | am witiimg to allow those who are more conversant with the country to decide on tins mauter. These are the principal features of the Bill; and I trust that your Honors will bear in und that this is a questiun which has gra-

I thought the | | Legislitive Counce was similar to the House of Lords; but | The tiouse of Peers is an heredi ary | yoth. The Sovereign canno: send whom she pleases to that |

it ought tren, not be b-yund that to whieh we can reasonably object. In re- it waa whe nex |

ferenee to this matier $ do not sce that the Goverument are to be baned. The revenue «f the Colony was pleesd at their disposal! on that occasion for the purpose of making suitable preparations, and the services of tue Coninittee of management were performed, not merely fur one side of the Huuse, but for ({fear.)

The cleveuth paragraph was now read and agreed to. The twelfih paragraph was then read and agreed to also; afier whiet the S.eaker took the cha ¥, aud the Chairman reported the Address agreed to without amendment. Upon the question being then put on the several paragraphs in the Add:ess, those from the first to the fifth inclusive were passed without amend- men’. When the question was severally put on the paragraphs between the six h and tenth inclusive, Mr. Whelan propvsed the several amendments whieh were moved in Committee, and which were lust on the sa.ne division as in Committee—il to 14, by interchanging the name of the Chairman for that of the Speaker. It was next ayreed that the Address be presented tu Lia Excellency by the whole House. ’

The to lowing members thea received leave of absence— HHon. Mr. Theraton, toi Monday next. Hons. Messrs. Wight- man and Whelan, till Tuesday next. Messre. Owen and McNeill, till Weduesday next.

Adjourned uli 10 o’eluck on Monday.

4. UD. Gorvox, Reporter.

Monpay, March 4.

The following petvions were presented to the House, viz.— By the Hon. Col. Gray, from Jona M‘ Dougall, Lot 60, praying an allowance for fis services us an unlicensed teacher in that lozelity. By Mr. Conroy, from Thomas O’Brien, prayiag an allowance for @ similar service at West Point, Lot 8. By Mr. Doyle, a petition of John G. Murphy, teacher, Kildare, fora similar object. By Mr. J. Yeo, a petition of trusees of School at Lot 10, praying rewuneration to Isabella Forsyth for ter Services as teacher of said schol. ‘These petitions were re- ferred to the Special Committee on Teacher's petitions.

Mr. DAVIES from the Committee appointed to wait on His Excellency to know his pleasure when be w))! be atieaded by the House, reported that His Excellency had been pleased to appoint this day at one o’clock, in the Legislative Library.

The following petitions were then presented, viz —By Mr. J. Yeo, from imhabitants of Lot 11, &c., praymmg a grant to

complete the Bridge over Lot 10 River; and frow inhabitants

of Lot Il, praying a grant to render passable the road from Main Post Road on that Townsh:p to Western Road. By Mr. Sutherland, 2 petitions of inhabitants of Lots 51, 32, and 39,—

dusliy taken hold of the public mind, and it wil be difficult | both praying aid to improve their road communications, By

to put it down. I eppears that thie Bil comes up from the | other branch of the Legisiature, almos' unanimously supported, | only two dissen'ing voices onthe principle of the Bul. And | a3 all parts of the country dewand @ change, it devolves upon us to endeavor to pass @ mewsure Which will satis‘y and benefit | the country ; but if any of your Honors cau devise @ more just | and popular measure, 1 am wil ing tw give it my support. Hon. Mr. RAMSAY—Mr. Presidewt, | have heard it steted | in the Houve of Assembly that the new Counci lors tok their | seaty under the Governnent lish; and that they would be | whipped into every messure wh ci the Government plessed to | bring befure them. 1 can assure your Honor that toe Guvern-

my dependence in Prince County; and | hope that I shall always act free and independent as long as { have the honor of holding a seat at this Council Board. 1 will support the prin-~ ciple of the Bill which is before the House; but | do not agree with ali the details. = will give ny views on these when ibe House is in Co:nmittee.

Adjourned tor one hour.

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

Continued from our last No.

Hon. Col. GRAY.—When he had given an explanation about some misunderstanding which arose about the time of the Princes’ landing, said—Respecting the ride whieh the Prince ot Wales took into the country, His Royal Highness, before he set out, gave positive instructions to the gentleman who was to be his guide, to take him into the parts of the country where he would not be likely to meet many people, as his object was to see the country. When it was wention- ed to the Prince that there was a gentleman who was anxious he should see some of the aborigives of the Colony, His Roy- al Highness refused to go, saying there would be too many people standiag about. His Koyal Highness, however, was pleased to say he was exceedingly gratified with the hospi- table reception which he met, and with the loyalty manifest- ed by the people of Prince Edward Island. As regards the