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se the Island. Hon members seemed to forget how the!ser, Clark, Thornton, D. McLean, Montgomery, Palmer caoney was to be obtained to pay anextravigant bounty.| Douse, J. H. Conroy, N. Conroy, and the Speaker.—10 Several sums were here proposed, and the question Against the motion:—Messts, Whelan, D. McDonald bein g put upon them, were negatived. McIntosh, Coles, LeLacheur, J, Longworth, Havilaud Mr. J. Longworth said—wien the question was be- F. Longworth, Rae, and Moonev.—10. fore the House at an earlier period of the Session, he| : ao a resolution to give a bounty on the export of 00 quintals, to the West Indies or foreign countries, in order to establish an export and import trade of the °¢- best kind; but the question was taken out of his hands| by the hon. member for King’s County (Mr. Whelan), | and if the Bill then before the House was lost, that hon.| member might blame himself. It was evident enough that the question of the Fishery Reserves was introduc-| ¢ ed into the discussion of a former day, to give his (Mr.

The Census and the Currency Bills were then rea

W epnespay, Aprli 12. After the reading of the Journals—

what had been said by Mr. Whelan, that no Reserve rep Bill was to be introduced this Session. Mr. Whelan denied that he had any desire to give the

» ing from £10 to £40, exclusive of their own subserip- , i. . .

“tions, Other gentlemen ulso subscribed liberally, and ‘before the Meeting closed the subscription list repre-

‘sented u fund amouuting to upwards of £280. At the

q Meeting a Petition to both Branches of the Legislature ‘a third time and pussed, after which the House adjourn- “4S presented and signed, praying for an Embargo on

| Agricultural Produce, to enable the distressed to ob- ‘tain seed. ‘This Petition, as the public already knows, ‘has received due consideration in the Legislature. The Subscripten has since been increased to the amount of

Mr. Whelan rose and said, that as Chairman of the £460, Comuittee appointed to wait upon the Lieut. Governor ; with an Address, requesting copies of certain Despatch- | Longworth’s) resolution the go-by ; and it appeared, trom! eg on the subject of Responsible Government, he had to!

ort—that His Excellency was pleased to give in an- “sage oe swer thereto the following memorandum, which he et We readily give insertion to the following Circular,

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AN APPEAL TO THE PROPRIETORS.

read to the House :~-“ The question of the introduction |24dressed by his Excellency the Governor in Council

question the go-by. His anxiety to carry the present) of the system of Responsible Goverument into this Island, °° the Land Proprietors and their Agents, inviting them

Bill refuted the accusation. out of the hands of the hon. member for Queen’s County (Mr. Longworth) he would reply, that Mr. Longwoith’s! with the request of the House of Assembly.” resolution embodied no original principle—neither did) his (Mr. Whelan’s) Bill contain any thing very ori- ginal.—The old law of bounties was the basis of the pre- sent Bill: it was the basis, also, of Mr. Longworth’s re-| te result of the debate is noticed below. — He eng the resolution which supese@) = ed the hon. member’s, because his contained no reference, FRVOIALGE SHINS AY Syne RE PE aE Ke to the Reserves ; and he (Mr. Whelan) was anxious that’ Piette aA OOS a3 an opportunity presented itself, the question of the) i Renavanahal be finally settled. Rider one of the MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1848. petitions, which gave rise to the whole discussion, pray-| ~ ee eet ed that the Fishery Reseves be thrown open for the use EMBARGO BILL. of the Fishermen.—The Committee, as he before ob- :

served, were preparing a Bill upon this subject; but) During a part of Wednesday and Thursday the hon. members should remember that a question so com- House of Assembly again took into their consideration

plicated, and so beset with difficulties, ought not to be the necessity of passing an Embargo Bill—reports of

disposed of in a hurry ; and remembering the great mass TA : of business before the Honse—the lateness of the Ses- destitution in the country beving become loud and ge- This measure

sion—and the probability of a protracted discussion, ifthe "¢r4! within the last two or three weeks, Bill were introduced—the Committee thought it best to) was brought before the House by the Hon. G. Coles, defer the consideration of the Reserve question till next) who moved the resolution, and who advocated the mea.

Session. As to the present Bill, its principle was held ;

to be adinissable on the occasion vad io hy mimi wre. mrging at thie Sonen Coane te praprie- member for Queen’s County (Mr. Longworth), and he ‘Y of preventing distillation—which he acknowleged did not think it would be creditable to any honourable} would be a great sacrifice to himself—in order to save

entlemen to oppose it now, merely because it was not) ihe Grain for the farming population alone. ‘The measure

introduced atan earlier day, or because it was not! brought forward by the hon. Seales for Queen’s County, | "8° "ery stoutly opposed by seven or eight members — The debate, as

‘The hon. Speuker remarked, that, when the hon. mem-| including gentlemen of both parties. ber (Mr. Whelan) and his friends moved fora Committee may be imagined, excited a great deal of public interest 5

to report on the subject of the fisheries—he did not be-|and we regret that we have not space to pourtray any |

lieve they had any intention to do justice to the subject; 4¢

, ; of its features for the information of our distant readers but they were caught in theirowntrap. They propos-| F § soaders,

‘The greater part of this day was occupied in Com- mittee of the whole House on the Embargo Question;

As to taking the question being under the consideration of Her Majesty’s Govern- \to ee re a f for the distressed. Wien ment, the Lieutenant Governor must decline to comply |'t ' Well known that the Tenantry suffer most acutely

at this season of scarcity, there ought to be no hesitan- cy or lukewarmness on the part of the Proprietors in ge- nerously responding to this invitation. ‘They are, as- 'suredly, responsible for much of the distress with which that class of the population have been visited.

| Years of agitation have failed to convince the Bri- itish Government that the leasehold tenure of this Is- land is eminently detrimental to its advancement. It is, ‘however, to be hoped that these annual demands for ‘the means of subsistence—these unmistaken and unmis- ‘takable groans from the pinched stomachs of the poor possessurs of 21 and 40 years leases—will, in the end, be found to be arguments more potent than logic, or rhetoric, or reason can supply.

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Council Orrice, Charlottetown, April 6, 1848. SIR;

The destitute state of a numerous body of the Tenantry in this Island, in consequence of the failure of their Crops and other dispensations of Providence, has from time to time en- gaged the serious attention of the Government, and large sums of money have been granted from the Jimited resources of the ‘Colony, toenable them to provide Seed werewith to sow their lands; at the present time, public sympathy has been more om culiarly awakened by the fact, that the last untoward season had not only Jeft many of the ‘Tenantry without Seed for the ensuing | Spring, but has also deprived them of the means of present sub- ‘sistence. ‘Io alleviate their distress, the Legislature has again been iuduced partially to a means form the public funds, ‘but as effortsmay reasonably be looked for, from other sources, jin addition to the public relief which has been afforded, His 'Excellency the Lieutenant Governor in Council, has deemed ‘itadvisable to appeal to the resident Proprietors, and to the Agents of the non-resident Proprietors, in behalf of that portion ‘of the Tenantry who are suffering from present want, and whe, | unless they can procure Seed in the approaching Spring, will be

. lSuffiee } : : . ‘ » plunged still deeper in misery and distress. ed to take the Fishery Reserves under their care, but | Suffice it, the debate termniated in the introduction of * ee y

they showed themselves incompetent to grapple with the|a Bill, prohibiting till the first of July next, the expor-

question; and he believed that if those Reserves were| tation of Potatoes, Grain, Flour and Meai, the growth

never made avaliable until the hon. member made them} and manufactare of this Island,—and prohibiting also go, the day was very far distant.

Mr. Whelan replied—-the Speaker’s taunt rested light-| eomiviation from corn—-which passed both Branches

ly upon him--and would, no doubt, be as little regarded of the Legislature on Friday—the Legislative Coun-

7 others of the Committee, some of whom showed anjcil waiving their objections to this extreme measure | a

ility to deal with the question of the Reserves on for-| snd sseenting to it with most commendable alecrit mer occasions, which neither the Speaker nor any of his) sab Ce ere ae

_ friends could equal. For his (Mr. Whelan’s) part, he|Some members of the House of Assembly did, in the had left from the begining the settlement of the princi-| most indecent manner, censure the Council for throw-

ples on which the Reserve Bill was to be framed, to the ing out the Potatoe Embargo Bill at an earlier period of

other members of the Committee, and it had been delay-' the Sess

: ; : ion,—and those very gentlemen, with flagrant ed because the Committee felt there was not time to). ‘ ' y 8s : cies g ‘inconsistency, were the first to inveigh against the Bill

discuss it,—-not because they could not grapple with its | ; ee details ; and next Session would shew thatthe Speaker's! that has just passed, and which public opinion declares

gift of prophesy was as worthy of note as any other of his'to be absolutely necessary. No person will reasonably

gifts or graces. — ‘dispute that such a measure is ruinous to the interests Mr. Palmer said he had been heretofore an advocate P of the country—but when we contemplate the lamenta-

fora bounty on fish exported to the West Indies; but| eee ahd when he considered the many demands made upon the, ble and daily increasing destitution of the country, and revenue this year, which would necessarily affect the the fact that very many poor farmers would be unable revenue of next year, he deemed it inexpedient to advo- to procure seed for their grounds in the ensuing sum-

cate a bounty now. Should the prospects of the coun-; ; is try become more cheering, he had no doubt but he| er were the merchants permitted to export the Grain

would then give his support to some measure such as ‘ their possession—every candid man will admit that that before the Committee. the Legislature did right to forego minor considerations, Mr. Mooney was afraid that feelings of jealously in- and do & little wrong to avert a great calamity.

fluenced the minds of some hon. members, because this : . question had been taken out of their hands, Had the An Executive Council was held on Saturday, immedi-

Bill been brought in by his hon. Colleague, there would ately after which His Excellency assented to the Bill. be, no doubt, on the part of those who usually vote with ~ him, a greater disposition manifested to support the Bill.

The Hon. Mr. Coles said he was always in favour of, 4 Requisition having been addressed to the High an export bounty; and on the appointment of the Com-

mittee, he was anxious that the Reserve question Sheriff of Queen's County, a Public Mecting in accord- should be taken into consideration, partly because the ance therewith, was held at the Old Court House, on question had been raised by one of the petitions before Tuesday last, to devise measures of relief for the desti- the House, and partly, because, ifthe Reserves could tution which is reported to prevail throughout the Is-

be thrown open, great inducement would thereby be : given to the prosecution of the fisheries. Hon. members|!@94- His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, who

who supported tha principle of the present Bounty Bill,| presided, addressed the Meeting, and manifested a very when the question was before discussed in the HoUse,| warm interest in the object for which it was convened. had advanced no argument—and could advance none—| 4 subscription for the relief of the most distressed was to justify their oppomstion to. Row. immediately set on foot, which His Excellency headed

Some further discussion took place, when it was}. eee moved that the Speaker take the Chair, which on a di- with the handsome contribution of £20. Several agents

vision, was carried by the casting vote of the Chairman of Proprietors, who were present, followed the exceilent —there being 10 and 10,—and the Sill was thUs lost. {example set them by the Lieut. Governor, and inserted

For the motion, and against the Bill:—Messra. Fra- - names of their principals on the list for sums vary-

RELIEF MEETING.

i am accordingly directed by His Excellency to address you aa i |with the confident expectation that the destitute Tenantry up- ;on the property under your control and management, will re ceive at your hands that sympathy and assistance which their | distressed situation so urgently calls for. { have the honor to be, Sir, | Your most obedient humble Servent.

| Mecnanics’ Insrirotr.—On Wednesday evening D. Mac- ‘lean, Esq. delivered a very elaborate and pleasing Lecture on the Heat of the Earth in remote ages, accounting for the pre- vious existence of tropical animals and plants in high latitudes.

| : For Quebec.

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‘PHE Schooner MARIA, J. G. Crawiord, Mas-

~~ ter, willbe ready to sail from Charlottetown, for the above ‘named Port, on or about the 15th June next. This Vesrel will be fitted up on purpose for the accomodation of Passengers ; aud the master (who is an experienced seaman), pledges himself to do every thing in his power for their comfort and convenience. For further particulars, apply (if by letter, post paid) to the Sub- (‘seriber, at his Auction Mort, Kent Street. H. W. LOBBAN, April 17th, 1848. Commission Agent.

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| Fhe Old Establishment Revived.

} GUN AND LOCK-SMITH BUSINESS. |[OOLE & TAYLOR beg leave to inform the inha- bitants of Charlottetown and the Island in general, that they are carrying on the above musiness 1n all its Branches, at the Old Establishment, next door to Mr. John Jury’s, Sen. Kent Street, where work can be done on the most moderate terms and at the shortest notice. Bell Hanging neatly done—Brands neatly cut, and Trusses for Rupture made on an approved principle. Guns altered in first rate style. December 11, 1847. 6m.

NOTICE. ‘PH E Office Containing the Standard Weights

and Measures, is kept in Great George Street, at the Store of John F. Clark & Co. P. G. CLARK,

Assayer of Weights. and Measures.

A CARD. S the Subscriber has decided upon remain-

ing in the Island he will resume his practice in the various departments of his pennies ; and will again appear as Coun- sel in the Courts of Law and uity.

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