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iiidfflilly employee; patient head. an Well as of the hands. umut be exerted; tints tbr the dovetopcnt of naulta must be allowed.

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in the epic now under review. should be conceded no the principle that they militate against the general wel-

‘bbts residing on township. owners refuse to Ii:

their properties.

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lcr «ya—The Roman Catholic body is dis laying an

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I fare. . Acting in accordance with tho \ i «m they entertain on

The Council cannot but regard it u a fact deeply to 1400K HERE 3 100“ mil! :

unwanted vigor In all its departments. rebbiihop be deplored. that the Inn-rut. of families. in differ.

nd cventuail aueeeaa will without (hunt. I ii i “ y ' ‘ ° "" “ MeCloshey iavory dill‘errntin liil tactch non Arch-

exact proportion to the manner in which those condi-

tions have been observed. All which bi reapectfiilly submitted -t0,ircther with the documenta mentioned In the accompanying list—by tho nuderalgued. (Signed) H

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Gannon Ilium.

llonitur P. Iiavruouxn. I'iirnu SINCLAIR.

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.1. ’1‘. Insurers.

No. I. Minutes of the Committee's meetings and copy of letter to L. 0. Owen, Esquire. Ii. 1‘. 1'.

No. 2. Correspondence concerning Blake‘s Stone Breaker and pnmhletu, (No. 1, Mr. Marsdou to lion. .1. llcnuloy. July. 1807; No. 2. Messrs. Goldswortliy 8; Sonuto lion. Mr. llecr; No. 3. Messrs. ’l‘enuot to name: No.4. L. C. Oivm, Esquire, to lion. ll. 1'. naythorne.)

No. 8. Itperimentn an to relative Weights and measure or stone. by lion. 0. Beer.

No. 4. Estimate by some. No. 5. Communication by James Itattray. Esquire.

No. (I. Dino from John Williams. Emu”... M to cost or maeadumiziug.

No. 7. Messrs. (troy ofl'ddlngmo. by Glasgow, per L. C. Own. Esquire. on Steam Engines.

1948.19.11] RS

R4411“! ‘0 the L'l'lll ’ 'onurct Qf Prince Edward Island. (laid bit/bra the [base of Assembly, on the 30M 0] Alarch. lSGd):-—- ‘

Copy oi Despnteh from the Lieutenant Governor to the Secretary of State. marked No. 6. Prince Edward Ialaud. and dated Government lion 9. Prince Edward Island. 11th January. 18:14, with enclosure, viz:

A Minute of the Executive Council. containing their View: on the Land Textures. and submitting combina- tions on which they leek lliu sanction of the imperial Government to the introduction in the local Leginliiture. of a. measure. compelling I‘ropriotora to sell their in~ larcats in their estates.

Copy of a Despaieh from the Secretary of State to the Lieutenant Governor. m'll‘kod No. 1:1. Prince Edward inland, and dated Downing Sweet. 2nd March. 1863. in reply thereto.

(Ordered by the House of Assembly to be Printed.)

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. GOVERNMENT Ilotrur.

No. 6. llth January. 1868.

My Lord Duke.

My advlners have requested me to forward to your Grace. the enclosed Minute oi Council.

This Itlitiulo contains tho views of the Executive Council. of this Island. on the Land tenures. and cer- tain nrguziioutn which llll' Members of the Council urge with lllt view of illllllclllg your Grove to sanction the introduction in the local ligislaturo. of a measure. oom- polliug Proprietors to sell tlmii‘ interests in their estates.

The general arguments 1111) similar to those which have from time to time been urged upon the Imperial Govrrnment. and do not nppi-ar to ri'qltli‘c any report on my part. Then: is however, reference mode to re- cenl urgooiuiions with the proprietoia, which perhaps. ! doe-a require souio explanation.

It is stated. (pages 4 and 5). that the Local Govern- mcm hM “endeavoured to induce the remaining pro- prietors to tender their Lnuila to the Government for rule. and their proposal:- have not been entertained." and. (page 21)), “that before cooking ncompnlaory sctllo— men! of Ibis momentum question. every 0111;” has been ; exhausted to obtain the desired result by voluntary; agreement with the remaining proprietors.“ It‘or tin-ei- ncgocialions. l have torefcr ynanruoc to .\l r. llensh-y‘o report. (pages 10 At Iii). (mph-I of which I Ibrwurded with my doc intuit. No. 85. of 2nd November. 1:367. Mr. Hensley 1:15 also reported that since tlio ilntoof his report. he. on the putt of the Government, has asked Mr. Robert Ilrncc Stewart, is resident. owner of about 60,000 norm. whether he would sell his landn under the provision of the Land Purchase Act. (i' a. at a sum not exceeding lireshillingi an acre. including arrears). and that Mr. Stewart hu’rcplied that be is not willing to do no

The propri.-tora. therefore. with whom ilio local Govurnnieut lid-i been in couiinuiiiciitioii llrl'. I. ml r Melville. Lady Georgina l~‘.iuc. Colonel Cumberland. Itlisu Sullivan. Sir Graham Montgomery. Lady Wood, Mia: Fanning and .\Ir. llruco Stewart.

Negociatioos with Lord Melville are not yet closed. as an Offer ban been made to him of £41m.) for his ce- tuto. oi whatlliu rental is. (page 17), £ll6. and the nrrcnra due are £2,600.

I am informed by Mr. lltflloll‘l’, that I. My Wood and Misc I-‘anning. are willing to sell. but at a price for ex- ceeding what the Government will give. viz: at?) your: llefilllHU of the reserved rent. with till the arrears ilt‘e.

'l‘liu estates of Miss Sullivan. and of Sir Graham Montgomery. alone, of those proprietors are subject to the Act. of Hill. referred to at page Iii. of the minute. and uudor that Act, each of the tenants on those estatot, is already at liberty to purchase his farm at ‘litlocn years purchase of the reserved rent.

Besides the proprietor: named. there are several otliera—cliiclly resident hero. with whom my Govern- ment tlomi not appear to hava deemed it neceuary at the present time to open negociatious. I do not think that the estatcaofiiny of those proprietors are very extensive; and some of thwo owners hold their estate- under eon- ditionu. which render it impossible for them to give a title. own if disposed to col .

As the quoalmli for your (iruco'ii decision is. whether your (1 race will sanction tho introduction of a compul- sory Ant. any enn aunt on the minute of my Council bevnnd lliclu explanations appears unnecessary.

To tho enclosed minute is annexed u rcturuol arrears on curtain estates. .

The Legislature will meet on tho Illi March; I will therefore venture lo ask your Graco‘a curly decision on this question.

l have. 5.0.. km. the.

GEORGE DUXDAS, Lieutenant Governor.

Ills Grace, tho Duke of Buckingham and Chandor.

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Minute of Council on the Land 'I'cnum.

The Executive Council have taken into consideration the replica or certain he iriulora of'l‘ownsiiip Lands in this Colon . to inquire w iotlicr they wouhl ctllllcnt to null their states to the Government= and if so. upon what terms; and ilnil that aneh replies have. in some cater. been in the inquire. and in others. iiicoiielimvc Ind Innatirfaetory. and. therefore. connider II a duty in- cumbent on them to record their Vie-We on tho subject_oi‘ ll“ leasehold tenure. and the future diupncal of the Wil- ili-"lwu land: still held by Proprietors. ‘

Their familiarity with the whole history oi too loud question—their knowledge of the ham-fol influence the

[Signed]

‘ where the award of the Liti- Iioyu ()otiiniirsiom-ru

this oubject. and believing that the Colony wdl iii-v... b” l‘mf‘l'onw ‘nd [WNW ‘0 long no the lea-lcliold tenure exists in it to any great extent. they have endeavoured to Induce the remaining l‘roprictora to tender their lands to this Gorernmunt for sale. and their proposal: not having been entertained. the Council is of opinion that the question cannot now be finally or aatlafuetoril settled except by the passing ni‘n measure. which wonli , under corta n conditions. and in reapect of certain coin. pcnantlons or valuationi. to be carefully nod equitably defined and settled. render the sale of large estates of towiulilp lands compulsory. Union. lnmo .uch cool-.3 be adopted. the Council believer this question will long yet continue to retard lhepropreu oftlie colony. diseonngeils people and course many of tho rising generation to leave in shores for countries where a more [current system of land_trnuro prevails. and they now than express their convictions. with the object of userrlainin the viowa of ller Majesty's Imperial Government on i c point. and whether its sanction would be given to the introduction of such a measure as that just alluded to. The present time seems to be peculiarly opportune for the re-opening of this ouciition: during the last eight years the puliiie mind has been kept in a state of perpetual rxpcetttlion, and seems now to have settled down into the conviction that a general conversion of the leasehold tenure can only be accomplished in the manner indicated above. In 1860. three Commiusioners were appointed to in. quire Inioand nil'ust the dill’rrencea " between landlord and tenant." no of these was selected by the Score- tary of State. a second by the propn'otora. and the third by tho Iorol Legislature. 'l‘lielr public inquiry was held in I860. but their report an] award wnsnot oilieinlly pub- llallut] till March. 1862. That document. which was characterized by the late Duke of Nowrnsllo. then bocretury of Stile for the Colonies. " as able and im- lW‘llul," though it was subsequently set aside by his (irncc, yol cannot be cmnsidcrrd \aluelcss; it contains the remit of many niomhs‘ patient Inquiry into a com plicati-d and protracted question by three talented and lmli-lmidcnt gentlemen. . It tram-u “ the origin of then unhappy dispulea to 1m tinprovldent and cooler exercise of the ltoyul peregri— ltve." It states ‘t that the proprietors have been treated by the Crown with an excessive indulgence. \vliich warrants the exert-inc of tho l‘i-roguiive in the applica- tion of remedial measures." It suggest. " the c ’tln stop of lllo principles of the Land Purchase Bill." it itssnmoa that t‘ the ropricters will be willing to convert the tenures and will be coerced by legislation. should fair term he offered and tin-y refused to comply." It failed. because “ the Commissioners rouglil to devolve the duly of auctioning the value of Township lands." a duty they should have performed themselves. upon other parties not recognized in the Commission. and thus it has happened that the virtual promise of a settlement made to the tenants eight years ago remains to this day only partially fulfilled. The question has since been timplificd by tho not]qu ailion at several estates by this (iul‘t‘l'llmt‘lll. uudrr the provisions of the Land Purchase Iiill. and notably by that oi Sir Samuel Cunard. consisting of 212.00.) acres. The” purrhusrs chat-led. at rates. in no case exceeding five shillings sterling per acre. may be aSsumrd to form ujult criterion ol'lho value of other contiguous Town- aliipa. not dill‘oring materially In qnalilv of soil. situa- tion or population. If, howevm'. ailiii‘rrrnco can he allow" to exist. the Council will not hesitate to admit that it should have duo Wright in estimating the prior :1 , proprietor ought to receive for an estate; and as ll!" i tenants of them proprietor! who hue refilled to loll' their lands are naturally desirous to share the adv-ans lager rem-ally acquired by their fellow colonists. the Council. therefore. deems it a duty to abstain from u- citing expectations in the pctlplc‘s minds. which may again prove dolusivo. before the sanction of the Score- inry of Sluto has been nought for the introduction of n _ measure which. resuxiiing the t uvsliou at the point 5 illlml ‘ to take effect. would provide the r cans of ascertaining the value of propriotorn‘ estates, and tho: so! thin moth voxc-I grievancu nt t'crl forever. It is most important lhttl. a solution of this (limi‘ulh problem should he arrived at without delay. The iii- tcresiii oftliis whole community demand it as inipet‘av tivcly us do the tenants themselves; it absorbs the pub- lic nttcnli-in to the exclusion or obstruction ofall ollicrn. Does lholoonl Legislature look around for a source \vlicnco revenue may be derived for internal improve- oieiilu, or following the dictates of philnnlhrropliy. such to color o the Colonial Lunatic Asylum. or in cooler only wit i the (Ii-sire expressed by Ills Grace the Score- lary offiiuic. is it proposi-d to improve the prieons and prison tllSClpllilf‘ within the Colony. the most nnluial and certain resource of a new country—u land tax—~11! found to be anticipated by the proprietora‘ront. Most other Colonicp. at some period of their history, have possessed a fund derived from the sale of wilderness binds. applicable to emigration or the construction of public works. Prince Edward Island not only has had no land fund. but has been compelled. to the great cm- iiarrnramrnt of her finances and the impoverishment of lll'l‘ people. to remit monies which should have been our ploycd for the benefit of her populmon at hum". 'lhe progress of a cmnmunity thus circumstauced. must no- cessarily lie i-low; nor is it surpriain . that peace, her- man '. and contentment. which shouli be as household Wol‘ a in the thriving settlcr's home. have here given place to nnriety. discontent. and not unfroqucntltulo despair. To treat this question as one between landlord and tenant only, is to Hike a limich and crronroua view of it. it cannot be supposed that any class of the commu- nity regards with indifference. the employment of lli-r Mnjoaly‘a Troops to collect rent for pro rietors. or to coerce refractory tenants; still Ion cnii t e expenditure of Colonial resources in building bun-ache. unneces- sary. except in connection with the leasehold tenure. be approved. The annqu nbattnelion of each for remit- tonoc abroad. instead of circulating through the ordi- uarv commercial channelr, Ia another cause of embar- rusincnt affecting nll classes. to which mnv be added the indoiunco and want ofonterprisc which the lease- hold system often engenders. and which reset on the revenue. on Well as on the profits oi traloimcn and mechanics. . There are certain objections often urged by the in- teresled parties. ’ who oppose a _sattlonier_it of this question. which it may be worth while. to. anticipate. lat. That the amount in question, I! insignificant. and cannot materially affect Individual or general prosperity. It alioulddiownver. be remembered. that root in Prince Edward Island. been no analogy to rent in Britain. Here it is demanded for hind covered with forest and without a vestige of improvement. Clearancr-a, fences. buildings, must all be provided by the tenant a labour; live stock and implements mutt also be obtained from the name source; previnlon must be made for necessary ubliu works. for the decent ministration of rub on. and or those contingencies which await every larni y. if to all these Items cl expenditure, Landlord a rent to added. it mav be easily understood. that small as the amount seemidt cannot willioutdillicully be soured. hxporknco lIM shown that the object: abme described. are rame attained; the wilderneu is reldom converted Into a homestead at any loan ancrlllce than what may bacon. niilcrcd the nettve period of a “follow. This sacrifice. settlers in Prince Edward Inland have heretofora been

out parts of the Island. rhould depend to a canal-Mable extent upon the will of a Ilu‘l. Iadhidoal revldiog across the Atlantic. And that this large number may be further aumented. when the wilderness lands-allo- properly of the some iiidividcal.. acquirca additional value by the increase of population. the expenditure of appropriations from the general (avenue. and the ex

ten-ion of steam navigdtlon. " """ "’

therein named. were remitted.

amounting to over 1:33.000 sterling. Assuming lhia ad

proprietor'a rant ruII. confirmed by observing the amount of arrears whic ex. isted on some of the estates purchased by this Con-m meat-Va memorandum of which is hereto annexed; a further confirmation in opportuner afforded by the on tale of Lord Melville. comprising 11.200 acres. It is shown by a return recently luruiubc‘d by hi: Lord-hip] order, that with a gross rental of £410 sterling. 1W! anni‘nu. arrears have accumulated amounting to £2,600 sler mg.

3d. It has been agreed that a wholcmle purchase of leasehold and wilderness lands by this Govcriilllt‘llt cannot prove a self-snatching process. and that the colony would tlicrnby be plunged into a at:th hope- leu financial Olllbll‘l‘lhltlt‘lll. . Aiaumiiig that some temporal lnu wonld ensue, against it should be set oi? the ruling of all futuro con- tingencies connected with the coercion of tenants; the good rill-cl- of the alimulua which the prospect of pot- iirssing free land Would apply to the energies of the poo In; also. the revolts oi the liberal application of cup tal and labour to the sell. which have hitherto been withheld or grudgingly applied in sufficient quantity.

Another important object. would be ained~tho wit 1- tlvuwal ol‘ the wilderness lnnda frntul copcrntum of the it‘lbsl‘lwlll system; then the llIt‘l‘fllt‘d value they would acquire by the completion of public Works, by steam nniiuntion. promoted at the public expense, and by the rapid increase of pepulhllon, Would become. as it ought always to have been. the property of the people, and not t-ort‘c to enrich an absentee or even a resident nricloctltoy i

In conclusion. the Council doairc It. iniprrsa upon his Grace‘s attention. the fact that the proprlotery a sleir,which thus paralyzed tho tut-mes and oppressed t e industry of the people. Inn no longer any cxianmc norm-s the narrow units which neporatoa this lalaiiy from the Dominion of Canada; til-i0, that before lech- log a compulsory arltlcinent o1 thirhr'hmcuteoa ques- tion. every cllort but been exhausted to obtain the desired result by voluntary ugrcrmcnt’pvilh the romain~ iug pro iietora. Thus the remedy now sought for. in the only u ti-rnnllve lch them. The Council. therefore. i-ni‘nrrllv desires the sanction of his Grace. the Score- tory of State. to a measure of the hind indicated. and thus to olililt‘ratc the Inst tram-s of tho leasehold tenure in British North America. ‘

Without such a int-name. the rising generation of this Colony. tuning the experience of their fathers before IInir t-yos,\vill not grow up to pout-as this Iand.to which they clearly have the best natural right. Following. the i-vuiiiplc of their lriuh prototypes. they will accept the bitter alternative of expatrinlion. they willenfigrnlc. ' as uraiy have already don-e. to tho neiglilmrino Repub- lic. LII l Ila-re devote their youthful energies to cliilch a

that was unthCalhoIio. common schools. politicians and Protestants. always before the public—on the Ialform. tn the rot. trum. or in the press. ointleul to the last.

lie was

bishop Hughes. who fought over thing and every body "a long t the Bible Society.

ielliaereiit and dog

Archbishop MeCloskey Manila no.

lie in:

Wagon AES. Wagon Axles.

On hand: OnJIi-i-Indred Settle!

_ lly an Act passed in IBM. intitlcd 9‘ Al Act to settli- differences between landlord and tanant "--all arrears of rent due previously to 18.58. on certain townships The advocates of that measure churned for it the favorable moderation of the public. on the ground that It cancelled urrenra

mix-ion to be correct. it affords clear evidence an to the nosntiai‘aetory position of the relations between land- lorda and their tenants. and of the fictitious value of the This view of the case ma - lu-

body. nltneka nobody. never appears In‘ public unless In connection with his Church duties. But for years thin Diocese had not been guided by so omit-lent a band. or ruled by a man of such marked executive ability. The Diocese everywhere gives rigoa of new life. New churches are consecrated : old onea anla ed ; education- nl inlercatl vigorous. and human '0 an iences fill the ohm-china on Sunday night when subjects are treated in . defence of the Catholic faith: tracts onIWcring popular objection: are distributed through the cars. omnibuaes and places of public business. The work on the new Cathedral on Fifth Avenue is to bc recommenced this full.--Ezchango.

Hal! Patent Wagon Axial. At Twenty-one Shillings and 811‘ Panes perm.

WM color to an at inputted. J ’ y ’ ARCH‘D WHITE. King Square, tel). 26. 1868.

8n TWINES. LINES. &c.. FOB SALT-l.

15 a ll rum coo Loves. PULLOCK Linus,

Pamt'l’op a cannon 'rwmii. Best 3 ply atomic TWINE.

Ms

It is stated that 11. M. 4th Iteizt

.. at present station-

ed In this garrison. are under orders to proceed to Eng- land. their term of Sl'rt‘ioe having expired-idle. paper.

A (Io-patch from Ottawa. to the Toronto Leader, says the weight of iviilenoo is largely In fuvorof the Northern route for the lutereoloulul Railway.

lion. bu. 'l‘illey. of New Brunswick, in confined to his room at Ottawa. by an attack of crysipelal in the rye. IIoi-tieulturidt predict that the coming season will be a good one for fruit.

1.500 persons applied for charity food one morning last week in New York.

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Died.

On Monday. the Isl. inst... after a low lioura‘ illness,

Al the 'l‘ou Mi'e House. on Mr

EXDERS will be received by the undersigned. un-

til MONDAY. lhe 20Lh instant, at 12 o‘clock, for building a new nmnorz on the north branch oi Pint-tic River, at lion'o Wharf ; plan and specification to be seen at my office. Hill-borough Sq Ipet'llicutioil at D. hlci.eod's,hieq. bldou l’ust Olllce. The names ol'two l‘cupmtriliic pet-cons. willing to become le- curity for the pi-rlbrmunce of the Contract. innit accom- pany each tender. The contractor will ror-civd asnbserip- tion but of one hundred and filly-one pounds six abiliings. as part payment, the balance in the usual way. one-third mi rigid-ii: the bonds. the remainder when the contract is completed ; all to be lilllI-lllfl‘ on or before the first day of November, A. 1).. 1868. Tim Government is not to be considered as bound to urwpt llic lent-ct Tender. I'luvvlopeii to be Illill‘llC‘t " Tender for Pinetle llridgo.