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Colonial Legislature.

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. Wepnespay, April 1, 1857. AFTBRNOON SITTING. THE LOAN BILL. (Continued from Examiner of June 22.

Mr. T. tt. HAVILAND.—L am opposed to the principles of the Bull in question. I have always been opposed to it— upon the ground that it is not a self-sustaining measure. would, however, commend the eloquence with which its prin- ciples are upheld ; but they are based upon no solid foundation.

When the answer to the Governor’s Speech was being dis- pe g

cussed, much was said about this measure giving general

satisfaction—much was said about the thriving state the affairs of the Worrell Estate were in; but when we come to view the! wij} run th

Public Accounts quite a different state of affairs becomes evident. When the Loan Bill was alluded to, it was charac- terised as one of the most important measures ever originated for the benefit of the country. And nothing could exceed the satisfactory condition in which the Land Purchase Bi!! had placed the tenantry on the Worre!! Estate! But lo! we find this now nothing more than a dream. Under the peculiar manner and spirit in which this debate has been carried on by the members of the Government, we have had nothing more than a series of contradictions. It ill becomes the hon. member, Mr. Lord, to reflect upon the minority of this House for discharging their duty in ferreting out, and bringing to light the numerous short- comings of the Government. As to the threat he makes use of in enforcing his argument—that a handsome tax will be levied on the rent-rol!s of the peoprietors—it is simp!y ridiculous. We have heard a good deal of eloquence to-night, and certainly the hon. r.embers on both sides of the House have done them-

it down, in justification, that no Government can exist without _class-lecisiation. Look at the principle, it is odious ; and any | Government which is intended to exist by class-legislation is | not worthy the name of Government. Macaulay, in his history ‘of the reign of William III., mentions an instance where

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1857.

| —now he admits it is a species of “class-legislation, and lays but no more. When the bargain was entered into, the De. | Nays—Hons, Colonial Secretary, Col. Treasurer, Lord,

_bentures were to be ready for signing and transfer on Saturday;

but as the arrangements could not be made, it was postponed until Monday, but the deed of reconveyance was to be executed thatday. I there met Mr. Fairbanks, who, in presence of tlte

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Whelan, Wightman, Mooney, Messrs. Macdonald, Munro,

Perry, Clark, Muirhead, Dingwell and Cooper—13.

| The original motion was then carried, without division. The House then went into Committee of the whole on the

a Bill was brought into Parliament to lay a tax on Jews, which Attorney General, took a document out of his pocket, to show | Bill. Mr. Macdonald in the Chair. When, after one reading was rejected. He thus characterises legisla-| us how bad he had been used in the affair by his colleagues. I| On motion of Mr. Perry, the Chairman reported progress, | tion of this kind :—* If any Legislature stoops so low as to did not see the deeds signed, but the Attorney General says they and asked leave to sit again, which was granted.

,puta burthen on one class, they are unworthy the name of Government.” And to what end is the preseut Bill intended {toapply? Not only to levy a tax on freeholders, but on lease- holders. Not only on townships, but on individuals. Not only on individuals, but on incomes. If the people are willing , thus to sustain mea who will vole away their money—if they

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were signed. In the deed it states how much is due by the Government. However, when Monday came they repudiated | their acts, and there the matter rests. Is not Government

|justified in holding back until the affair is cleared up? I think they are, There has been something said about the

_ Then the House adjourned. T. Kirwan, Rep.

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Taurspay, April 2, 1857.

| The Bill to incorporate the Free Church, Charlottetown, was ‘read a third time and passed; elso the Bill granting a yearly

| sustain men who are rushing them headlong and blindly into books of the estate. When the estate was purchased, the | sui to the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph

| destruction, like Sampson, they can only expect to bear the | burthen, or have their rights crushed beneath the weight of taxation. But I do not believe they do. I do not believe they sus headlong into the abyss. The few who are in ' favor of this measure, labor under a mistaken notion. But the | leaders in this movement have one darling object in view—one -end to which their whole energies are directed. That is, the purchase of-the Selkirk Estate. If, it was thought, the Earl of Selkirk would sel!, we could then have a chance of additional | field for speculation, How did they go towork? They stirred up the tunantry on that estate, and goaded them on by flattering | hopes and promises to petition their landlord. It was a most ‘indelicate piece of business thus to act. It was not right for |them to go from place to place, and influence the minds of | men against their landlords. But they thought the end justified | the means—perhaps they quieted their conscience with the ‘thought that they were working forthe independence of the country. Perhaps they thought it would be better to have the Selkirk added to the Worrell Estate, to secure two representa- tives to their side of the House. But Government have re-

books were handed over by T’. Desbrisay, Esqr., when it was 'found that some of them were missing. On applying to him, he replied that there were no other booxs of the kind in his possession. Another application was made, and he replied in writing that he had found one, which before escaped observation. When this book was examined, it was found to lead to another, still missing. Mr. Desbrisay was again applied to, when he said, afier searching for some time, he found another box full of books, but still this box did pot contain all,as there appears to be another ledger. How can the Governmeut be expected to settle, when they have not got all the books, How do we know but, when the missing ledger is procured, that we may find hundreds of pounds paid ‘in it, of which we have never received any account. When ,one of’ the parties was asked to explain why so much money had been collected, of which there was no account, he exeus- ed himself by saying these sums were colleeted by others. We are therefore apprehensive that there is yet some artful

Company.

Mr. T. HEATH HAVILAND introduced a Bil! for better securing the liberty of the subject, and briefly explained ite object. Under the present law, the oniy remedy for an indi- vidual confined in jail, was by applying one of the Judges of the Supreme Court praying that a writ of habees corpus might be given to bring him up before one of the Judges of that Court, that they might inquire into the legality of the charges against hia, that, however, was an expensive course, for the Sheriff was bound to bring the individual himself into Charlotte- town, and the unfortunate person had to pay the expenses himself; where the Court might inquire into the matter just as easily without having the body of the prisoner before the Court atall. A case had lately come ufder his own observation of ‘an unfortunate person in Prince County who had cemnuted |some misdemeanor, and though he obtained his hberty, yet it was at the cost of two or three sovereigns more than if the , Bill now introduced had been the law of the fand. An Act | Similar to the Bill in question, was io feree, in New Brunewick, }and it worked very weil. Bill read a first time.

pudiated their first doctrine, and now they acknowledge this | dodging going on of* which we know nothing about. The! eo ad Resi Canepa measure to be a species of class-legislation, justifying it on the | oe 8 » Mr. Pal dl id : a

. ie 1 , a ale a x6 » - © mC rea | very new and disingenions grounds, that no Government can | 208. member, Me, Palmer, said he would go for any measure

ex st without class-legislation! ‘They tell us it is self sustain- | that would benefit the whole Island—that if there was a}

selves credit by the very able manner in which they have ad- vocated their several views of the subject. To my hon. and

toad AFTERNOON SITTING. searved friend, Mr. Palmer, | must do the justice to say that he

has delivered one of the best and ablest speeches | have ever had the pleasure to listen to from him. His arguments are based upon too solid a foundation to be shaken, and they have not been as yet, nor can they be answered by a single inember of the Government. Before going into Committee, contrary to the rules of Parliament, the Hon. Col. Secretary more than ouce lsunened out into a torrent of eloquence. He seemed to open the fire of the grest guns then; but alas! they have dwindled down before Mr. Palmer's baitery, into vollies of mueketry—and a mere ruaning fire Las been kept up. [Hon. Cy!. Secretary—The hon. member should not forget that it is customary to speak but once on a resolution.} If I speak more than once, it is because such a rule seems to have been made

an order of the evening ; and if [ am out of order in speaking |

e to this resolution, | contend thet hon. members on your

(Hon. Col. Secretary) side of the Ilouse are out of order, ‘I'he hon. member, Mr. Whelan, in aliuding to the resolution said, that if 1 were passed it would defeat the Bill under considera- tion—that it was important to defeat the resolution. In fact all the hon. members at the opposite side of the House are at variance, in opinion, as to how it would affect the Bill under consideration—some of them said, if it were pissed, the Bil! would be annihilated, and therefore the whole party are paralysed with this fear, and will not vote in accordance with

their convictions. The hon. member on my right, Mr. Mont-|

gomery, tried to fish out your (Hon. Col. Secretary’s) opinion on the sabject; but you dexterousiy evaded the bait. But ] will now give my opinion, aud if [ am wrong, you will be pleased to correct me: If the resolution were passed, the further consideration of it would be postponed until Saturday. Go- vernment would not surely be put in danger by such a course.

It would merely suspend the action on the measure under con-| sideration, but ta no wise defeat it. Such a course, however, |

is rejected by the Hon. Col. Secretary, who is kind enough to state that after the Bill is passed, he will give usa Special

! to him for such consideration; but it cannot be done now— when a resolution is once lost it cannot be put again. If we had the privilege to have the Public Accounts properly before

be to the minority. But, by a species of Governmental tyranny, we are denied that privilege—-we are subjected to a denial, the parallel for which it would be in vain to look for.

ing; but they tnay repudiate that assertion also, by-and-by, and justify themselves on other equally untenable grounds. It is, | however, at present asserted that this measure will be self. | sustaining ; but I should like to know in what manner is it to | be self-sustaining. I judge that the Government will find it rather hard to realize the sum of £15,000 per annum, interest on this loan. I am afraid that the revenve of this Colony would have to be converted into a sinking fund, which would be altogether sunk in a few years. The Hon. Mr. Whelan stated, |that if the members of the Government do not express the |the views of their constituents, they can be sent about their | business, But if, while in power, they saddled the country | with a burthen, that would require the strength and labor of a

| Hercules to remove, is it then time to ery out against them—is \-it then an easy matter to remedy their faults? [think not. If | we had a House of Assembly where the members of the Go- verninent were only somany drops in the bucket, instead of the bucket itself, then there would be some chance —some hope of | justice; but as at present constituted, there is none. The mem- | bers of the Government are tied down to each other, and the {members of their party to them; therefore it is not surprising | to see hon. members voting against theirconvictions, ‘There is )one member of the Government, whom | know in voting for this measure, has voted against his principles ; but if he were inmy boots, ! am certain he would vote as I have voted. (Name?) I will not name him. Perhaps the time will come | when we shall, many of us, fied ourselves left out of the list of public representatives, and as for myself, the prophecy may | apply to me as to others ; but that consideration will have very | littie weight with me. 1 do not care whether [ am to be sent back or not: but while I am here, [ will protest with all my | whole strength against such an outrageous measure. And, if this Bill be passed in this Assembly, the generations yet un-

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| born, laboring and€ groaning under the disabilities this House

Ne Mebie A i Cee | placed them under, wil! curse it bitterly and with indignation. | Does he think Her Majesty’s Government so foolish as to| Committee to investigate the Public Accounts. am thankful! |

| Hon. COL. SECRETARY.—The hon. member who has just sat down, accuses the Government of not being able to

ih . janswer the arguments adduced by the Hon. Mr. Palmer. | us, with a chance for their investigation, what a boon it would |

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They certainly did not use so much humor in their reply as

‘the hon. member who last spoke; but the hon. gentleman | need not work himself up to such a frenzy because they did Let the majority search the records of Nova Scotia, Newfound- | Bot bring so many arguments to bear against those of his lind, New Brunswick and Canada, for a precedent-—but they |

friend. What arguments, however, they have used are good,

will search in vain. Go to Russia, and even there we wili/sound and substantial. I do not blame the minority for

meet with more liberal views from the Emperor than in the | raising such a hue and cry against the Government—that is | Government of this Isiand. My views on the principles of | thoiy business. But I do blame them for making false state-

j}ments—statements calculated to show the affairs of the}

this Bill are well known, and no hon. member can say that want to shrink from giving my vote independently. No, sir,

instead .of jeaving the field, { will ‘*teke the bull by the) horns.”” | have declared my sentiments, on this point. When)

the address in answer to the Governor’s Speech was discussed

lthen declared I would not support the imposition of a tax, upon industrious men to support the lazy. 1 likened it to a tax |

upon industry, and a premium upon idieness.- ‘The Hon. Mr. Whelan says, he has nothing to fear from an examination of

the Public Accounts. Perhaps not. But I wish [ had the |

snug income of £800 a-year which he has got. Perhaps T) bat there are others who think different. Then this Bill is

would then be as anxious to shield off investigation as he is.

Government ina wrong light. Still we could not expect any more from that side of the House. It has been their constant

practice to villify the Government—and practice, they say, |

makes perfect. The hon. member from Princetown, after giving an unfair statement of the affairs of the Public Lands,

/ wound up with a statement that there was £5,000 or £6,000

due, and asks what is there to meet it—nothing but bonds. But bonds, he says are worth nothing. He may think so ;

| certainty of all the Proprietors of lands being willing to sell,

jand a scheme for their purchase would be only self-sustaining,

ibe would support it. But, sir, if after having a chance to | dispose of tkeir property, the proprietors still refuse to sell,

| Hon. Col, Secretary presented a petition from the acting | Head master of the Central Acadewy, praying a grant to enabie | him to procure the instruments necessary to impart # practical knowledge of navigation and land surveviog, which, after a \short discussion was referred to Supply, Mr. Dingwell, who

'T would be propared to go for a Bill that would compel them opposed the petition on the ground that it would not be a general

| to dispose of their lands to the Government. (Hear.) But

|there will be no need of that. The tenants will drive them |

/to that alternative. The hon. member also gives the names

| of individuals, who, he says, will not part with their property.

How does he know they will not sell? Is he authorised to

| make such a statement? There has been a favourable an- |

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Estate. ‘There has also been a petition forwarded to the

| proprietor by the tenants on the Cunard property, and |

ener . p i ais se} » (love Mr. "e also | . ; suppose he will also sell to the Government. Mr. Yeo a © of goods and produce imported and exported, durmy the past

,says he will sell Sir George Seymout’s property to the Go-

| vernment at one quarter the price he paid for it. The Gov- | ernment will take it on the terms he offers, An hon.! several Road Scales. Mr. Clark im the cha After some | time spent therein, the House resumed. The Chairinan reported

| progress, and asked leave to sit again, which was granted.

member—swamps included?) Yes; at his offer. For 1 know it is a choice bit of land; an? the tenants would be rejoiced at the change. The hon. and learned member for

Georgetown, is pleased to compare this Government] to that of the Czar of Russia. It is a good thing} Supply. Hon. Col. Treasarer in the chair. The following jsums were voted ;—£25 163 2d to reimbarse Indian Commis-

are a greater tyrant than the Czar of Russia.) Yes, [| sieners, for suppites furnished the Indians last year, over aud oe 4 ‘above the public grant for that year,

we have a Czar. (Mr. T. Heath Haviland. — You

am, because [ do not cringe to your opinions and eat humble

lnssumes. Among others he wonders why it is the revenue ! ’ . " . . * | of the Colony will have to be pledged in behaif of this Loan.

|swer received to the petition of the tenants on the Selkirk |

. | pie to you and your party. The hon. member makes use of | |some very curious arguinents in support of the position he |

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yond to the Island, being the only voter in the negative,

Hon. Col. Secretary also presented the School Inspector's Report for the past year, which was ljaid on the table. The Bill for the better regulation of public ferries, &c., was

_ read a third time, passed, and sent up to the Legisiative Counc.

A djourned.

—_—— ——— —-_ + wow & — Fripay, Apri) 3, 1857 Mr. Clark presented the Custom House Report for Churloite-

(town and the various out-ports, &c., embodying the No. of /tonnage builtand lauuched, arrived and cleared, and ihe amount

year, ‘ The House then went into Committe of the whole on the

SUPPLY. The House resolved itself im'o a Committee of the whole on

7 to Juin Macintosh, Lot 14, for extra services as mail carrier. £50 to procure instruments for pupils stueying Navigation, and Land Surveying at the Central Acadewy. £2U to the Bog School, Charlotietown. £3 43 9d to James Howatt, Crapaud, to reimburse him for

‘loan us money on any other conditions. If we bave to| duty paid on tmported machinery,

(Hear.) I perceive you understand me. I am in earnest.

‘our endeavours to purchase the Selkirk estate, and all the

spend more than the revenue, to pay the interest ou this loan | i

‘we will have to look out for othe? means of raising taxes |

£10 to Win. Chappell, master of Bay Verte packet. jiouse resumed. Chairman reported progress, and asked

| leave to sit again, which was granted.

: | While in Committee of Sappy, the Hon. Col, Secretary sub- We should be in earnest in carrying out this measure—in | mitted a communication from Wm. Monk, Kisq., master of the ' Normal School, suggesting the propriety of providing for that

'estates in the Island. The hon. member went on to intimate | School a sett of apparatus for experimenting in Agriculiural

} bad ‘Government, to pay so large an interest, fur which the people imust be taxed. We have heard the same arguments used against the Free Edneation Act. It was thought to be a measure that would create dissatisfaction und ruin the ‘country; but it is still in operation, costs the country £13,000 | per annum, and has it pulled dowa the Government? No; lit has rather lifted them up. But the £100,006 seems to ‘stun them altogether. ‘ We shall never be able to pay the

| interest ; not to speak of the principal?” I have explained,

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but rather be the greatest benefit to, the country.

: juntil I am tired, that no such sum will be drawn, perhaps | t

\the extent will be no more than £20,000 at one time. Tie!

hon. members may rest satisfied that this affair will not ruia, | r ; | J "| several resolutions were agreed to; after which progress waa

| reported.

° } ‘ a , ; »! ian, ithat it would be the means of pulling down the present | Chemistry, and offering to devote part of his time to the eluci

| dation of the said branch of knowledge. A resolution was |mnoved, granting £60 for the purchase of said apparatus, which

afier a lengthy discussion, in which pearly al! the hon. members

|present tooksepart, was negatived on the following division: |} —Yeas, 9; Nays, 10. |

A message was received from the Legislative Couneil, infor- ming the House that their Hopors had agreed to the Bil) for an additional assistant in the Post Office, and to increase the galary

_ of the present assistant, without making any amendment thereto.

Asjourned for one hour. T. Kixwan, Reporter

AFTERNOON SITTING. The House regolved itself into Coramittee of Supply, when

THE LOAN BILL.

He also says, if the resolution were carried, it would give the characterized as a species of _ class legislation, and some of bs 7 : Y ae ic brat eee en inority an undue advantage, which they are not entitled to. | the hon. members of the minority are opposed to it on this | 18, Me public ae . na . h y cold " hirds | Qn motion of the Hon. Col. Secretary, the House went into I can sympathise with the anxiety be manifests. When the | ground, and the grounds that it will not be self-sustaining, and | ment for at least three years; they have sold two-thirds ° Committee of the whole on the further consideration of this Hon. Col. Secretary says, we ought to be ashamed to ask for) wil] impose a tax on the freeholder to benefit the leascholder. | the Jands, and what have these sales brought in? I would | Kili, Mr. Macdonald in the chair. After several clauses had en investigation, he forgot that we had a right to ask for such Put we say and are prepared to show that the principle is | ask is Lot 11 paying for itself? Ido not know much about been agreed without opposition— an investigation—nay, to demand it. He first said they were | self-sustaining. What more then can the hon. members| the affairs on the Worrell Estate; but in Lot 11,if the land) ~My GOOPER said, before they went farther in the Bill, yo the House fifieen days, and os _ mee poy | want 2 The hon, and learned member for Georgetown, is all sold, it will, Lam thinking, * the cod of ten years, be he would merely ask whether the titles of the land to be Se emlinte ed wards bea dane ~ sacle emesis lira Mr. T. H. Haviland, dwelt'largely on the enormity of* class | found that it is not paid for; that there is not a man in Lot purchased were to be investigated; and as they had every lic Accounts laid before us at the beginning of the session, they | * E. 2. Ah. , te J : : y ~ ; ; Sitti deids ead tod Shek cdcnites | : Z : : did not come in for a month after the House met. ‘This delay legislation,” and even quoted from an historian to second his | il who can pay its insta ments; 30 that the expenses | reason to believe that the titles of the land which had been was not anticipated. We were led to believe, when the House | arguments. Bat I would ask that hon. and learned member attending its management will be fouud ee Pio cet already bought by the Government, had not been investigated met, we would not have to wait long for ihe Government ifa system of “ class legislation” was not carried out in Eng- | I am sorry fur the Couimissioner of Crown ands. > GO 00% | scoordiag to law, it was easy to make provision in the present measures-——that the Attorney and Solicitor Generals would Jand, when the Home Government purchased the slaves in| think he is so much to blame, having no Clerk to keep his iy for that purpose. He wished to test the question, and have them ready; but where are they? cho answers, the West Indies? Who were taxed for the carrying out of |2ccounts. He is poorly situated, and may have to auswer moved the following as a principle upon which a clause might Where?” “Abouta week ago there was a call of the House, | 115, scheme but the people? But you will, perhaps, say, | for errors not his own. ‘be founded. “aaarebdere thi lo daa ore van aaa tx look at the object of that measure ! ‘True, it was dois ost Hon. COL. TREASURER.—I do not intend to speak on | “In cases where there is reason to believe that the con- would vote on the ciao Te tae canton Mr. ri | humane end. But look in return at the object at which the | the Bill now before the House, but merely to notice a state-, ditions of the grants have not been performed, before the labored under the impression that we were to have the money | present Bill aims? I must confess the resemblance did not’ ment made by the hon. member who spoke last. ; Ile says Government purchase any such lands, the grants shall he from the Home Goveramegt ; but when the Despatch was read, | strike me before; but [ think there is a surprising jikeness that there is not a man on Lot 11 who can pay his instal- submitted to a court of competent jucisdiction to investigate which said as plainly as 1 say jt—* We will pass the Bill for in both the measures. The Bill to emancipate the negroes, ‘ments. I deny it. There are many that can not only pay the title.” : ; you, and grant the Loan ; but you must pledge the revenue Of | was a humane movement—this is also a humane movement. | their instalments, but haye puid altogether for their lands., The Hon. SPFAKER did not wish to prevent the hon. ve toland, aes anything is paid’—he changed his mind, One had for its object the freeing of the slave from the autho- | Why, it was only by the last post that the Commissioner gentleman from putting that resolution or rather opinion and [ don’t wonder at it. What could he do? _ He could not rity of a cruel master—the other the emancipation of the! received £25 from a man in Lot 11; but 1 won't tell the before the committee ; but it. was a bill that they were con- vole for such a measure, neither could he vote directly against fi ; f i : | : i 5 sent i sidering, and it ought to come in, in the shape of a clause ag it. What did he do? Why,he fell back on Escheat!. The tenants from the powers of an exacting landlord and a hon. member who it was that sent it. sider ge ' g het , hon, member, Mr. Whelan, states that the minority wanted to | gtasping agent. lf such a measure as thiscan he considered} Mr. MACINT OSH.-~In regard to the reference made to au umenc ment to t re oo vm gg as ya fs see the Public Accounts before voting. | cannot answer for|a species of “ class legislation,” then it is one that we are | the emancipation of slaves in the West Indies, by the Hon. | Hon. COL. SECRETS ssid, e hon. member knew them ; but for myself, [ would say that { expected to see the | willing to take the blame for supporting. It has been ap- Col. Secretary, 1 agree with the hon. member that it was that the original grants were settled ; and the clause proposed Public Accounts from the very first. He also wonders why the proved of by Her Majesty’s Government, and that is well.| both humane and charitable. It would be equally so if our, went to say that if not settled, they should be investigated. minority show such determined opposition, If the hon. mem-/ [¢ will be the means of making this Island a colony of inde-| slaves, the tenants, were released from their serfdom, who That was no place to introduce the clause, which would ber stusied the character of the British House of Commons, ndent men, and that is better. Besides. it 3 } . ht than their masters to be free; but ‘require to be a short bill of itself, and might be the means of he would find that the duty of the opposition is to oppose the we . +, , pesides, It 18 only an’ have even a better right than at ie vat ae bad d 3 ting the bill. The Home Government had again and Government. He also stated his surprise that the Hon. Mr. | 2PiDiOu, the mere result of supposition, that this measure the proper way to proceed would be to put it to test who bad defeating the ; es ee Palmer should characterize the Bill as founded on class-| Will not be self-sustaining. The remarks of the hon. member |a right to pay for their lands, and who had not. The system again said that they were satisfied with ia, oe < i legislation. [The hon. member was here interrupted ; but re- | for Charlottetown, (Mr. Palmer), have been, 1 think, fully ‘of taxing the freeholder to pay for the tenant’s land is, in my unwise to entertain any measure that would affect the rights suming, said:} The hon. member wishes to lead me from the answered by my hon. friend, Mr. Whelan. But there are opinion, the result that will follow this measure. Ifl thought of the proprietors. i i _ doint—class-legisiation ; but it is not the first time. The one or two remarks with reference to the Worre! Estate, otherwise, I would vote differently. | ee, COOPER said, if they took the opinion o er ent Roll and Tenant Compensation Act, was another species which 1 will briefly note. The Hon. Mr. Palmer aceuses’) Hon, T. H. Haviland then moved that the Bill lay over Majesty’s Ministers of England, it was their opinion from of the same “ class-legislation,’’ and it was supported ; but it@ | the Government of dishonesty, because they did not pay the till this day three mouths the first that they should be investigated ; but there appeared character distinctly denied. But the time gone by are not the | f £3,000, said d : py : Tarbes . ton : to be an act of treachery before those bills relating to the times of now. Formerly the hon. member would deny the ba ance 0 O00, said to be due on that Estate, Now, ‘The House divided on the motion: to bean a 5 wate sacs tiie charge, that any Bill introduced by the majority into the House , 8! the Government do not acknowledge that they owe any} Yeas—Hons. T. H. Haviland, Palmer, Longworth, Mont- Land Purchase were passed. = hether it wast vee accllde Was a species of class-legislation ; but now the tune is changed Such amouut on the estate. They are willing to give £2,000,‘ gomery, Messrs. T.H. Haviland, Yeo, McIntosh and Laird—&. of ministers at first, or whethcr it was an intention to Geetire

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