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rac) grant the following sums be apportioned to each County, | correspondence carried on between him (the Commissioner) for the general service of Roads, Bridges and Wharfsy Viz : and Mr. Ball, but be (Mr. Clark) did not know the result.

Queen's County, - : - £1,750 0 0)|The money will have to be provided by some means, as the Prinee County, - ‘ 1,450. 0. 0 ‘parties are poor meh, and caunot afford to do without it. King’s County, ‘ - 1,450 0 0) Then there was Darnley Bridge. It was yet in an unfinished

Charlottetown Hoyalty, - : 850 0 O state, and it would cost a good round sum to complete it, 3. Resotver, That the sum of two thousand pounds, voted | which will have to come out of the money appropriated for for special grants fOr) the setyice of Rbads, Britlges and| Prince County: Wharf, be equally divided between the three Counties, vit} Hon. Mr. MOONEY said—that from all he could learn the sum of =e vende and sixty-six pounds thitteen shillitigs | from hon. members, nothing short cf a separate Legislatare and-fourspence. would content Prince County members, ‘They want Court Making in all, for Queen’s County, the sum of £2,766 | Houses built for the Small Debt Commissioners in Prince- 13s 4d.; for Prince County, £2,116 13s. 4d. ; and for King’s town; and failing to get a Jail built, they now apply for Cotinty, £2,176 13s. 44] | permission to convert their Institute into a Jail. He was

Mr. CHARK® asked would it not be better to have the sorry to hear that the meehanics of Princetown would renegts

ffrants more equally divided? Thete was to» great a difference |'to such an application. The hon, member (Mr. Yeo) wanted between the amount granted for Queen's County and the grants | q wharf here and a bridge there, and schoolmasters petitions for the = ae He was oppdsed to stich unequal | jy abundance Ke had on his desk. We'must open a Telegraph CT OF SO pees aa s i i Jounty is growing fast. Hon. COL. SBCRETARY said the grant for Queen’s Connty | retain ellere Ot" “eegull te Ragletenste oubemaail them,

for thia year was less than than of last year; and believed the | * = * ee eens y : and a Railroad from Summerside to Charlottetown, The

how. member (Mr. Ciark) was the person who drew up the | *™ : 5 an resolute for the last year, Jail, he supposed, would soon break down with the multiplicity

Mr. CLARK—I questiot’ very much whether [| drew up that| of business, as did Georgetown dail last week, But the resolution. (Hon. Cal, Sectetary—Youdid) Well if | did wrong} greatest disgrace that ever the inhabitants of that City Inet session it is no reason | should do wrong now, Queen's (Princetown) would be guilty of is the converting of their County has atways fad @ larger sim appropriated than any of) tial: into a House of Correction. Where, he asked, were all tne other Counties; and of late there has been a special grant the great men that City could boast of? Were the days of

of £2000 to construct ferry wharves in Charlottetown and at ; ; ; Pies : the other side of the Hilsborough river. Many hon. members their greatness gone by? _ If the illustrious Moore was In the

would, te deubt, be unwilling to appropriate money for wharves land of the living, he would exclaim—

in other counties ; but when wt isin Charloitetown, where they “ Town of fame, said the croaking frog,

will never receive any benefit from it, such a grant is nothing. Though all the ducks annoy thee,— Hon. COL, SECRETARY—The hon. member forgets the One swamp at least my life shall guard;

n wount of excise duties collected here, in comparison with that of They never shall destroy me.

other counties. And Mr. Clark, although he lives in Charlottetown, must cut Mr. CLARK—That is ho argument why the apptepristion for| 4 swell about the division of the road moneys. He voted,

Queen's County should be so much more than for other counties. | |g o¢ year, money out of my share of the appropriation ; but

Besides, in the discussion on the petition presented by hon. | ; H or 2 p » parties who shal] be nameie member from Prince County (Mr. Yeo), it was stated that he did that to please some pa ec

‘ ; ‘present. The sooner the people can get clear of this systent ais amnaneae. ata. co the better. Yes, yes; “help me and I'll help you”’ Is the Hon. the SPEAKER—The hon. member (Mr. Clark) voted | order of the day, as far as road moneys go; and how, ro ie ngainst that petition, | believe. [ to get the many applications which are made to this Hous- Mr. CLARK —That has nothing to do with the present ques-| from the inhabitants of Lots 35, 36, 37, attended to? of the tie. north and south side of the Hillsborough River, in the neigh- Hon. Mr. LORD—I would ask the Leadet of the Govern | tourhood of MeConnell’s Ferry, to extend the wharf aad ment if itis fair to vote a specia) grant for the wharves in improve the road thereto; a wharf at Battery Point; a Charlottetown, when the money for building the bridge at P 2 ‘harf at Hayden's shipyard and Wilmot Creek is to be taken out of the general appropriation wharf at the Portage ; PS Td at M ihewer ; bill for Prinee County? ‘There is often a great uncertainty | 2vother at Cranberry Point; a draw-bridge ous 2 ts about the cost of public works, and I think we ought to have| and keep the post road in good order from St. Andrew 8s to a plan of the works accompanying each report. In the case of | the line of Lot 48? Whatever share of the public money Wilmot Creek Bridge the Road Commissioner had asked for| comes to my lot, I divide it to the best advantage; and if £290, when the bridge world cost when firished, nearly £400. | that will not please the people, I am omy sorry for it. Ihe balance would have tobe taken out of the money assigned Mr. MACDONALD thought the appropriation unfair—

to tl istri I , ik = ss to the members forthe district, and it would take more than |. division unequal. If hon. members would take the Hot. COL. SECRETARY thought the hon. member (Mr, | trouble to look over the Journals for the last few years, they

Lord) had nothing to ¢omplain of, as the district he represents | would find that more had been spent on the roads of Char- gets a fair share of the public money. There had been, it is | lottetown Royalty for the last ten years than what the revenue tree; £2000 assigned as a special grant for building ferry | for the last year amounted to. On looking over the expen- wharves id Queen's County ; but such an appropriation was! gitures for last year, he found that Queen’s County received called for, and woutd be ef as much general benefit to the! pang more than King’s or Prince Counties for the service

Creek Bridge, be thought there had been enough voted for its reconstraction;—but if it were not enough the hon. member

regards Prinee County, hon. members from that part of the | these facts, Charlottetown, with its taxes, wharfage, &e., has

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oo a ee . ‘tion to give Queen’s County the precedence ; still inthe sub- ‘division of it, he thought there was much unfairttess, as one place needed nore money theh another, but got for its share only the same amount. Also, he thought it should be no In ducement for hoa. members to strive after a share of the public | money for the purpose of promoting their popularity. Hon. Mr. PALMER said this was not the proper time or | place to discuss the feasibility of doing away with the present \e¥etem of Statute Labor, or the formation of a Board of Pub- ‘lic Works. Ifhe were present when such questions cs “brought in form before the House, he should be er _give his opinion upon them. ‘T'he only question now be — a sed was whether oe ae got — oe - aoe the public money., He thought the appor right and fair. ‘The population of Queen’s County wh a than that‘of Prince and King’s Counties together; ane | tit © more taxes paid, and more roads to be kept 19 prepa |

: punti Hon. entlemen seem to lay either of the other counties. g ropriated great stress on the fact of so much money ane an P ae for special grants. It did not,affect the justice 0 *.Poeee

pecial gre ial grant. was 10,000 instead of £2,-

appropriation, if the Special g id look n the ques- 000. He hoped the hon, members Wout Mus UPON tor tion from a fair point of view, and they would be better con- scious of the propriety of proposed division of the public money. He, for one, never opposed Special grants, from the conviction that they benefitted the country at large ; but, on the contrary, always gave them his warmest support. He thought, therefore, hon. gentlemen should not permit such a feeling as at had manifested, to actuate them in voting against the resolution. {t should, at least, have his most cordial support.

Hon. COL. SECRETARY was not aware of the difference between the population of Queen’s County and that of either of the other counties; in Queen’s County the nepnlation was 36,000 ; in King’s, 17,000; in Prince, 17,000. It would be seon by this statement, that the proportion is not even fair in regard to Queen's County. He believed the members for Queen’s County have bitherto yielded too much in this respect, to the members from the other counties, Hon. members are not satisfied with the Speciai Grant for the erection of Ferry Wharves ; but if there be a wharf to be built in Georgetown or in Crapaud, hon. members would not then think it unreason- able for this House to give a Special grant for the purpose. Why, it often happened that the members in King’s County did not know what to do with their share of the public money, and consequeutly it was as bad as wasted on roads which Sta- tute Labor would keep in repair. While he alluded to Statute Labor, he had improved on the suggestions thrown out by some hon. members, and found that if atax of 3s. were Jaid on each person, liable to perform Statute Labor, it would amount to £2,- 567; and 2s. on horses, £2,000 ; which would be the means of lessening the expenditure on roads and bridges one half. If such an amOunt were laid out on the roads, no Statute Labor would be required. There was not a farmer in the Island, he was confident, bot would gladly pay the required taxes, sooner than goto the inconvenience of working on the roads, in obedience tothe pre- sent system of Statute Labor, for three days. He thought, with some hon. members, it was better to do away with the present sys- tem altogether, and when the Municipality Bill went into ofléct, they would have ample opportunities of collecting such taxes. Hon. Mr. LONGWORTH did not see why any exception could be taken to the division as in the resolution under con- sideration. He thought the spirit displayed by some of the hon. members from Prince and King’s Counties boded no justice to

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‘CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E«1., APRIL 6, 1857.

LEGISLATIVE.

Tue principal event of the last week was the discussion in the House of Assembly on Wednesday eyening of the Loan Rill, for the purchase of the Proprietary Estates in this Island,

etill hung out his old Banner of Escheat, which oV

vad torn but flying, * Streamed like a meteor flag against the wind ”’

80 hopelessly that it failed to rally to his standard anything

their leader’s hattle-ery was sounded.

A motion embodying his views was made by him on Friday, which, however, received a ¥ery summary application of the wet blanket, in an amendment offered by Hon. Ty H. Havi- land, to the effect that it be consigned to the ** tomb of all the Capulets,”’ by being read that day three months. =~ Wo congratulate the country on the adoption of this measure, as we believe it to be the only means calculated to quiet the minds of the people and allay the constantly recurring irrita- tion on the subject of the relations between the tenantry and the proprietors. The Government which has carried the Bill deserve well of the country for the persevering zeal which obtained the Imperial guarantee of a Loan for such a purpose. The guarantee by the British Government, proffered after a knowledge of our financial condition, proves clearly that our credit is considered as undoubted, and this consideration by so high and competent authority cannot but have the effect . of inducing an influx of capital and population to the Island, which will rapidly and most materially enhance the general prosperity. That the Bill will not remain as a dead letter on the Statute Book, but that the proprietors and tenantry wiJl avail themselves of its provisions, we can confidently assert, . from the experience of the past operations under the Land - Purchase Bill, in reference to the settlement of the Worrel Estate and Lot 11, where the settlers haye so generally con- . verted their leasehold tenures into frecholds. Some months since the Selkirk tenantry applied to their landlord, to be al- lowed to purchase the fee simple of their holdings, and we have heard of several districts, the tenants on which are ex- tremely anxious to participate in the benefits which the

which was sustained by a majority larger than-we had expeet>- ed, there being found on a division thirteen in fayour/of the | measure, while the minority counted but. seven. Mr, Cooper _

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like the number who, in olden times, rushed to the front-when~

Queen’s County. We will (said Hon. Mr. Longworth) have to | enlarged means now plaeed at the disposal of the G trust to the tender mercies of the members for Prince and King’s = CO Te a

counties, as they could combine if they chose ; and therefore

i : ¢ . 3 we had better take what they may be pleased to give us. The et re eee eer noes grant roads, bridges and wharfs, besides receiving £2,000 for the | f.¢, was self-evident that the sum provided by the resolution, ferry wharfs in Charlottetown, over and above the usual| when the greater amount of population, &c. was taken into

utd ‘eer ti of ingent fi '365. Now, as|amount appropriated for the road service. In addition to| account, was far below what Queen’s County was entitled to. ; 4 could ‘get his 'chere*of the contingent fund of £365. Now, as ei Hon. members seemed to forget the number of roads to be kept | prouder title to the gratitude of the people over whom he

will enable them to confer.

We have reason to know that Iis Excellency the Lieutenant. Governor has interested himself warmly in bringing about the grand object of the guarantee, and has thus earned a

road money.’ Especially the hon. member (Mr. Lord) shouid | the whole community to support Queen's County. If King’s not complain, as in the settlements of Tryon and Bedeque, the County received the money for the Crown Lands sold there

Statate Labor would keep the reads im repair; but i was ; : footi d ferent in a setriement like that which the hon. member, (Mr. by the Government, 1 would be on « mach bette footieg

Yvo) represents, where there is sometimes fifty miles of a road : wee with ‘but few inhabitants,—in such places it would require | ment for a special appropriation. He pro

there was on roads in the other Counties. He thought the sug- gestions thrown out by hon. inembers, as to the abolition of : ' : statute labor, and the levying of taxes instead, were good for it | public business, and we shall give as speedily as possible the - ‘ . was a notorious fact, that, whether from an indisposition to work, | reports of their debates, of which we hz :

than it is at present, nor would it be dependant on the Govern- or a habit of regarding such labor as a hardship, people did aml ts PP TGR ek gh | posed that Queen's | peform their statue labor with anything like a cheerful epirit.

The Legislative Council is progressing steadily with the |

on hand, but a press of matter has prevented our publishing

o Great amonnt of peblic money to keep-the toads in repair,| County should receive £2,400, including Charlottetown | The sooner, therefore, such a system was done away with, the | them 28 soon as we could have wished.

whereas in the case of Tryon and Bedeque, the Statute Labor | Royalty. fe could be performed by the people and the roads kept in repair} fjon, the SPEAKER.—Although, as a general ‘taing, he without the expenditure of a shilling of the appropriation money. | would support.an «qual division of the public worse yet, in Hon. Mr. LORD was glad to hear the hon. Col. Seeretary| this instance, he thought hon members most all admit ‘that had fot lost sight of the fact of the large tractsof Public Roads | Queen's County has a larger claim upon the public revenue uninhabited in Prince County ; but he (Mr. Lord) thought hon. | than any of the other Counties. Queen’s County has a larger member had lost sight of evils that would arise if a sufficient population ; has more roada, upon which there is a great deal of grant was not given to re-construct Wilmot Creek Bridge. | travel, to keep in repair ; receives more —— pays more The whole’of that stracture would have to be taken down and] taxos than either King’s of Prince Coumties, the the bridge ‘built anew—and as it was abont the longest amount spent for building wharfs in Chartottetown, it does not bridge in the Island, and would cost a great deal of money, if | pecome a member from King’s County to reflect upoa such an there was not a sufficient sum granted for its compietion, it appropriation, when he considers what benefit is derived by the would cause a great deal of inconvenience,—snd people would people of that County, travelling from the Southward. As to

ave to ir way. i sehe eS ad's solution, he thought it a just one; dead loss to the country. P : Zo hasnan lt deamon aeeaggmetmnbettio: ccopeel Ga Geta tania ee , plaint, should be the most powerful arguments to induce hon.

members, to accord to Queen’s County its fair proportion of the public will have the effect of preventing his making any” public money.

might be the case if the money was appropriated before a report! and when it. was shown to be short of Jast year’s appropri- from’the Commissioner could be had 1m regard to its estimated | ation, he was prepared to go for it, as he thought it a fair cost. He thotght, in view of such facts, it was vafair to make | one, "He thought that if the amounts of public money squan- such 6m appropriation, dered on the roads, was applied to the formation of the

Mr. CLARK said he should not agree to the manner of | roads, bridges and other useful works, better results would dividing the public money. He wanted an equal division. | ¢yjjow. The system of Statute Labor at present in force, was, which the resolution under consideration did not embody If) he thought, defective, and did not answer the desired end. the retarns from Prince County were turned over, it will be found) tye had argued for years that Statute Labor was not the thing, the grants have not been made in proportion to the amounts | and should be done away with, as he had ample opportunities required, some commissioners not having enough and others | o¢ knowing how it had been misapplied. (he Speaker then too much. fo his district the Road Commissioner had to pay £175 | related several facts relative to the misapplication of the labor, more than his share, to his (Mr. Clark’s) knowledge. illustrative of his argument, by which it: appeared that people

Hon. Mr. MONTGOMERY thought when officers were | jn most cases expected to be paid by the Road Commissioner appointed by this House, and had certain sumsof money placed | for the most-trifling repairs done to roads,and that in some at their disposal, they were not warranted in expending more | {)jstricts the Overseers did not actually know in what manner than their share without the consent of the Government OF | to expend the labour, and only waiting their share of the pub- Legisiature. He was not surprised at the statement made by | jc monies.) He thought the system of Statute Labor had bet-

County what was its just share of the public money ; still, he could not shut his eyes tothe fact that there were many important works which needed the assistance of the Govern- ment in Prince County as well as in Queen’s. As he had before ; alluded to Wilmot Creek bridge, he would now state that unless veyed in the two concluding queries. If the editor of the something was promptly done ere -¢ cee Islander has really any doubt as to the application of the that most important edifice, it would be the occasion o/ grea rte yt : ; trouble and jnconpiiibannh, not only to the travelling public, but | money, we advise him to go to the Legislative idbraey, and he to the inhabitants of Bedeque and-vicinity. (The hon. member | will see a beautifully engraved and framed receipt, under the then alluded to the special grants made for the purpose of hand of the ‘Treasurer and Secretary of the Patriotic Fund, building wharves in Caarlottetown, praying that although they were needed it was no reason why hon. members should be Pv blind to the fact that there were other places in the Island | omitted to give us credit for our contributions, we take at chat”

better. Whenever a measure was introduced having for its) é ‘ object such reforms he should vote ~ it. pet e aaa rather pry Is. 6d., or 2s., on all his stock than be compelled to , do statute labor, re he knew there was not a farmer in the | misstatements and abuse (sanctified, of Sousa) ed oe would oot ~ saine oath He did - co of the political Parson, Mr. Marray. Ile, feeling at = the to hear hon. members say that so much had been spent on the ‘TMS j vue, a8 it appeared in our roads of Charlottetown Royalty, when such expenditure was report of his Bible meeting harangue, Pi

made necessary by the amount of travel upon the.n by people | journal, has d As to the large | from the other counties. In 1855, the amount expended upon | ourselves for having given publicity to the foolish remarks he | the roads in the Royalty of Charlottetown, was £500 ; last year, ae ] maak Aeeaiemaite. tanteas £350 ; the City Government, alone, expended £250.. When made. Now, as we annie that our report is “= ‘a

such ajarge sum is éxpended by the City, for the repair of roads, | smile at the denial, and pity the man who makes it. e can

it does not look as if the (axes formerly collected there are a only trust that Mr. Murray is sorry for his intemperate and

Tur Protector of last Wednesday contains a “large dove oF from the per

enied the language imputed to him, and abused

, ‘acts 1 f ing com- . “ei These facts instead of causin unjustifiable language, and that his present position before the

similar exhibitions of bad taste and feeling. a a

We take the following paragraph from the last Islander.”

We can easily understand the ipsinuation sought to be con-

Hon. Mr. LORD said he had no objections to give to Queen’s

of the contributions from this Island. If the Canadian News

the hon. member (Mr. Clark) as he had known the same thing | ter be done away with, and he was certain if a tax of eighteen entitled as well to consideration as Queen's County) The the omission was quite unintentional.

to occur frequently before. As, however, a}) the post-roads in pence were levied on each man, there would not be found one the Istand converged in Queen’s County, and as they were of | jut would gladly accede to the arrangment. And then if there

hon. member (Mr. Longworth) said the members of Prince and King’s counties combine to deprive Queen’s County out of its

Surrrrsixc.—The London Canadian News of the 18th He (Mr. Lord) would tell that hon. member that) February, publishes a list, furnished by Captain Fishbourne,

: i , ae ‘ j he . ; , j ights. “ 7 utility alike to the people of King’s and Prince Counties, he | was a tax of Gd. or Is. laid on each horse, in addition, they wach if conchilliba was far from the truth. He would inform| of the sums contributed ‘‘ to the Patriotic Fand from the

thought it was nothing but fair that Queen’s County should | would not grumble at it. In this way a considerable revenue have a yreater share of the public money. He bad heard that) night be raised, which, under competent Commissioners, ap-

’ : York? i de ded as | . att believed any other hon. member’s design. . 2 Road Commissioner in Mr. Clark's district had expended 88 | yo:nted by the Government, would be nearly sufficient to keep Fats. Seeneenelhs said the inhabitants of the Island were not} shilling from Prince Edward Island is acknowledged, mone:

disposed to work on the roads. He (Mr. Lord) did not like to | if we recollect rightly, as large, or a la hear the in

much over end ahove what was allowed by the Government, 88 | the roads in better repair than they are kept under the Statute his share of the public money amounted to. Labor system. And this reminded him of a paragraph in a Mr. MACINTOSH took the same view of the matter 48 | newspaper which he held in his hand, part of which, although

that hon. member, that such was not his (Mr. Lord’s) or he} North American Provinces.” Canada, New Brunswick, Nova

The hon. member | Scotia and Newfoundland figure on the list, but not a single

rsum was n habitants of this Island stigmatised as being too lazy | and subscribed from this Island as from Newfoundland. Is it

He could tell the hon. members that the possible that the money has not been paid inte the Fund? If

i k on tl ds. a , Hon, Mz, Montgomery, aod thought that there was noting he did not agree with all the \edisoreaid, was, to the )presoat inhebilante of Tryon and Bedeque (in Lots 27, 26, and 25)| not, to what purpose has it been applied ?

but justice in allowing to Queen's County ¥ pia ee Se : ae # alee : > ee . : : _ members did not wish to! ‘*‘ But there is no class of our public works which require more ye = os amish tds - Va hyer Prince County Fle said | careful supervision than our roads and bridges. The system, or rather e 32 5 ,

the road from St. Peter’s to Charlottetown had cost a great vice demands the most earnest attention. We believe that our roads

| the want of system, which characterises this branch of the public ser-| saw the hon. member (Mr. Lord) coming they worked hard, as he (the Speaker) had known to happen when he was himself an

work as hard on the roads as they do on their farms. ait Od LF

Hon. the SPEAKER said it was probable that when they SUMMARY OF LATEST NEWS.

Tux English Mail, together with the usual Colonial and

deal to keep it im repair, owing to the amount of travel up- | and bridges could be constructed and kept in repair for two or three | overseer. ‘The fact is, the people, very often think that if

thousand pounds less than they now cost the country, and be in a more

on it, aud it was nothing but fair to observe a great deal of | cmcient state, if they were placed under the direction of 0 Boal. of | 27 labo

of the wear and tear of that road was occasioned by people Works. There is a fearful waste of the pnblic money in the usual in- from. Kio g's County. On the same grounds he thought | discriminate vote, made without any proper estimate, and too often. other roads leading into Cha: lottetown, travelled by people | with tie view of gaining populerity; while utter wastelalaess, and, from Prince County, cost a great deal to keep them in repair. |

it out. There is a glorious unanim®y amongst “ bonorable members ” In view of such facts, he thought hon. members ought to be | with respect to this vote. If there be any squabbling at all, it is as to willing to give what was reasonable.

| which County should have the largest share—the “ ae _—_ a ‘ | bers”? fi 2en’s vontending stoutly f lion’s portion, while those

Mr. YEO thought the Government ought to appoint a/ for Prinee snd King’s a taaa ean 2 coin league and cove- Commissioner to go and ascertain where the money is most vant” to resist an unjust distribution.” ' : wanted, not to vote money indiseriminately for the use of The debate he had just heard, was ree Mg the edi.

roads. fle instanced the western road, for which more | ‘t's remarks, “ if there be any squabbling at all, itis as to

, . ; » thi which County shouid have the largest share.” He could not Oagas to Se dans Sis les been by this House. He suggest- old to ake doctrine, and supported the motion as it stood.

ed that it would be well to appoint a man to oversee the | : whole road, and the necessary grants placed at his disposal | Mr. COOLER enid-thn time was araving peer ,foe_spethes for the pupose of repairing . i something of the kind’ system E nn oo ene ; - a de, Y: he only ; , way to have good r . was not done, the travel on that road would be stopped, as it rahe person for a number of years. The Government, at the was during the latter part of last season, impossible to travel same time, could appoint an Overseer, whose only duty would upon it. \be to exomine the work and see that it be properly done. Hon. COL. SECRETARY referring to the statements | Then we might have good roads, and not as at present, when made about the over-expenditure by the Road Commission- | during certain seasons of the year it is impossible to travel.

ee : : We should also have good roads in winter time, and there ers, as udverted to by hon. members, said that if such was) would be no possibility of the mails being delayed. Under the

the fact, it was done without the consent of the Government. ' present system of things, if a snow-storm were to happen, ten it any Road Commissioner did so, this House ought to re- ehances to one but the matis would be delayed a week. ‘The Sent it, and such a person ought never to be appointed again. | mails should not be delayed on any account, when it is possible There was, howev r, vo retaras of any such over-expendi- to have them promptly forwarded. In the neighbouring Pro- ture, to his knowledge. vinces no such stoppages take place, but a strict discipline is

Hon. Mr. MONTGOMERY.—In the case of the Road observed and enforced. ‘The present system of statue J abor is

Commissiover in Mr. Uilark’s district, there was an over- defective, and if it were ubolished, and instead, a tax laid on property as well as persons, it would be much more satisfactory.

expenditure of £175. : . : s Without some such reform.as he alluded to, be introduced, we Mr. CLARK rose to explain. There was one Road hai) never be able to have good roads or wubetnntial bridges.

5 i i % ¥ F 7. : } . Commissioner who expended £80 over his allowance on one {py regard to the division of the public money, which had raised

perhaps, something worse, is practised, in too many instances, in laying

ron tbe roads they are working for the Queen (laughter), | Foreign Mails, arrived in town on Wednesday night. Latest.

and not for. themselves. As regards the over-expenditure ot money by Road Commissioners, last year a circular was sent to all the Road Commissioners, instructing them to enter into no contracts without they had means at their disposa] to complete them. Now, it eppeared, that one Road Commissioner had expended £174 more than he was authorised to do. In view of this fact, he thought the Government ought to issue another circular this year, threatening to remove all Road Commissioners who should be guilty of a like imprudence,

Mr. PERRY said he was not aware that a Bill was before the House to tax people for Statute Labor. He hoped hon. members would adhere to the question.

Mr. YEO was in favor of doing away with the system of Statute Labor at present in force; and if the tax in lieu thereof was even a half-a-dollar, it would be better than the present system. ‘I'he hon. member (Mr. Longworth) said the members of King’s and Prince Counties combine to do injustice | to Queen’s County. He did not think they did, he was sure they did not. Ifthere was more inhabitants in Queen’s County

English dates are to the 14th ult. From these we learn that a treaty of peace had been signed at Paris between the repre- sentatives of the Persian and English governments, and the war thur brought to a termination. Accounts from China re- present a deplorable state of affairs— hostilities between the. Europeans and Chinese having assumed a most sanguinary and violent character—the latter resorting to acts of atrocious bat+ barity, and the former retaliating without merey. The Chinese war had been made the subject of a long and acrimonious de- bate in the House cf Commons, on a resolution moved by Mr. Cobden, condemnatory of the action of the government in reference to it, which resolution was carried by a majority of fourteen — Liberals and Conservatives uniting against the g- vernment in their condemnation of the war. Lord Palmerstot

than in either of the others—and that was a fact no hon. member would dispute—there was more taxes paid, and therefore Queen’s County was entitled to a greater share of the public | money. (Mr. Yeo, then illustrated the bad effects of the present system of Statute Labor, by relating some facts which | came under his own immediate notce.)

The resolution was then agreed to, without amendment.

The House resumed. ‘The chairman reported progress, and leave was granted to sit again.

House adjourned for one hour.

T. Kirwan, Rep.

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Constantinople, March 2.--The Circassians, it is reported, have beaten the Russians on the banks of the Laba. The Russians had recrossed the river, leaving 400 men, 4 pieces

9 . "OS ‘ 3s wv | . svptract, and £95 on auother. He believed there was some | ev wuch contention amongst Lon- members, he had no objec-

announced it to be the intention of the government to dissolve Parliament. as soon as possible —all measures of importance being withdrawn,—and he will continue to lead the adminis- tration until the sense of the country shall be ascertained by means of a general election. For this great event the most active preparations ate already in progress, and it is evident there will be very warm contests in a majority of cases.

ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. Parliament during the week has been industriously pre paring for a final meeting. Al} the bills of any moment have been withdrawn, and the private bills are in a state of suspele

of cannon, and a part of their baggage on the ground.

sion, waiting the meeting of the new parliament.

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