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VOL. XVI. J

DELANY & BYRNE 1866.

QUEEN STRELT, Spring Importations, Opposite Hon. D. Brenan’s. net

al iat Y the L. C. OWEN, and other ves- I ‘VE RECEIVED, per fwline, Lotus, sels from GREAT BRITAIN, BOSTON and and other arrivals,

HALIFAX, we have received our A Large Stock STOCK OF uf

SPRING and SUMMER G@OO Ds,

Comprising the largest lot of Stuple and Panes GOODS we have yet offered. We have opened a vhoiee assortment of Black Lace Shawls, Plain Black, Bordered and Fancy Tissue Shawls, Blick Glace Silke, Dresses, Parasola, Bonnets. Hats

Spring & Summer

DRY GooDs, HATS & CAPS, Fenthers, Ribbons, Velvets, Flowers

Hosiery, &e. &e. Ke Boots and Shoes, ) |

To which we invite Attention,

Groceries, Ac. &e. DAVIES & WEEKS.

June 11, 1366 tf

City Hardware Store.

have replenisied our STOCK ol

TE \ Amertean Tardware since the tire, and are prepared te offer a com

which they will sell at leas than the usual ra‘ee lor Cash.

They are new epenmg a large assortment of

HOOP SKIRTS,

in all sizes, which they will sell at a very emall advance on Cost, :

* J plete assortment ef GOODS received trom : (*h town, June 4th, 1366 bid ial pat Bosron by Steamers Commerce and Alhambra ; . among which are [S66 LIVERPOOL el SE. 1S66 Trowels, @ULEEN STREET. _ Counter and Tea Scales, Chop- Spri : ping Trays, Beefsteak \ pring Importations Completed. Broilers, Transplanting WILLIAM FU Trowels, Ladies’ Floral Hoes, LL Beard Sticks, Gong Bells (a new } AS thing), Cooper's Adzea, Meat Saws, |

Teeeived = Undine and Edwin ¢ | Listie from LIVERPOOL, Lotus trow | LONDON, and 4riadac, from G1. ASGOW —

Paint Mills, Ouachita Oil Stones and } Slips, Blind Hinges avd Fuats, } Rivets, Walnut Door Stop

leo Packages | Knebs, Roller Bush- | ings, Caulkin Staple & Fancy Dry Goods, &c., hes ae | Mallets,

direct from the LONDON, MANCHESTER, | LEEDS. BRADFORD, and GLASGOW, Mar. | kets, and now invites an ivepection of his Stock. ALSO, by above vessels and by Steamers from | HALIPAX snd BOSTON, |

together with our usual full assortment of }

British Hardware.

H. E. STARBIRD & CO. |

Cheats claice Conge TEA, Pane. bright MOLAS- June lith 166 low | Hhds. Bright SUGAR, SES, pa va tt en OEE Cte te ema ee i

Ps a fa 3 ae . ; 4 : Pcs ned SUGAR, Liver SOAP, =| ALEXANDER Ross, |

SOLE LEATHER, RKOOMS, &c. &e. whieh will be sold WHOLESALE and RETAIL, | at the lowest prices for cash or approved credit

WILLIAM FULL.

Jane tt, 1866

BUCKETS,

| -—s« QUEEN SQUARE, | Next Door to Apothecarie's Hall,

AS received per ARIADNE and other arrivals—

L . L oatanebet A Large Stock ‘ Great Bargains. - "PYHE Subseriber intending to make an Spring and Summer

alteration in bis business on the Ist of Oc- D R Y GOODS,

tober west, will sell the following articles at the prices vamed below, viz :— s = > CFroceries, &c.. ACC.. whieh he will sell at a low figure.

|

PEA, 2a 6d te 2e 9d per lb. ; warranted good. SUGAK, 74 per Ib GIN. 6s Gd to 74 per gallon RUM, 42 to 40 3d du BRANDY, I<. da. SALT, be od per bushel TOBACCO, 1a Sd per lb COTTON WARP, tts 64, White De. 198, Blue. FLOUR, 408 te 508 per barre! } GLASSWARE, NAILS, PAINTS and OLLS, | ata Great Keduction in Prices HUGH MONAGHAN. Queen-street, Charlottetown, / June 18, 1566. 5

PATENTED IN 1666.

REGISTER GRATES.

UST RECEIVED, per Steamer Com-

werce, from BOSTON, 35 Packages of REGISTER GRATES,

Of the LATEST and MOST APPROVED PATTERNS, which we offer at a SMALL ADVANCE ON COST.

Also. in Store, MARBELIZED MANTLES, VERY CHOICE. Magician, Union, Victoira

Cook Stoves, for Coal, Waterloo, Broadside, Niagara, le by Say Prince Albert, i Chartottetown. Jan. & res. ©. OATES

Cook Stoves, for Wood. premee yO einems PARLOUR STOVES, | 10.000 #ustiees Lev ERPOOL | FOR WOOD. ’ BANE»... Her Babe by

wee, | Parlor Stoves, for Coal. Water Street, Charlottetown, Mav 14. 1866

Which will be SOLD at a REDUCED PRICE, | ———___——— DEBENTURES.

te make room for OR SALE, a part or the whole of 14

1€00 STOVES to arrive. GOVERNMENT DEBENTUKES of £100 |

—ALSti—

a large Assortment of

HOOP SKIRTS,

all Sizes Charlottetawn, Jane PS, 1966

TEA, BREAD, Ac.

q bear tor Cash. Apply to A. MCNEILL, Auctioneer. |

Queen-street, Charlottetown, ? 25th June, 1366.

EUROPEAN EXCHANGE. —

1 YELLOW OLL JACKETS, 100 pairsdo PANTS,

4 Long COATS, | SOU WESTERS,

40 pieces CLIPPERCANVAS, for Boat

Sails

For sale low

r.W

tf

HYNDMAN May 21, 1866 i Flour. Flour. PRARBELS Superfine FLOUR, Extra Do For sale by

G. & S. DAVIES. ! _ Charlottetown, Jan. 8, 1866

Lozenges! Lozenges! 100 BOXES ASSORTED.

For Sale by

DODD & ROGERS, | Dodd's Brick Store, Pownal St. | each, bearing 5 per cent, and being payable in 10 June 4, 1966. dia | years. Apply to ~ al JAMES F_ MONTGOMERY,

HOOP SKIRTS Biustend, St. Peter's Road.

May 28, 1866

For the Miillion!! NOTICE. | ! Us? RECIEVED — | ‘ BELL, formerly of Charlottetown, but at | e present residing in Auckland, New Zealand, are

100 Dozen of Iloop Skirts, hereby notified to wake payment te the Subseri- | NOW FOR SALE WKY WILLIAM DODD.

Queen Square

Jous Bo Campnecr, of Haiitax, Nova Sevtia, Merchants, te whem all debts due to the said |

Ch'town, May CHARLES BELL have been assigned by Deed

NEW FOUNDRY. JOSEPH HENSLEY.

"EYHE Subseriber respectfully ivutorms the | Charlottetown, June beth, 1866.

inhabitants of Charlottetowa aud vicinity : shat he ie prepared to faruiah Castings of varions | BANK OF P. Ee ISLAND. Divi Aescriptivns ut the OVICE i berevy given that a Divi, CITY FOUNDRY, Seal of as Lact Ralcrebecte ae | Gear McKINNON’S TANNERY. Ship and Mill jand, for the hast half year, bath this day been Castings. 1 nanan Machines and Mad Digyerr, | declared. and is payable to Stockholders forth with, ¢, made at shortest notice. mu demand. by Order, MICHAEL RIOKDAN- ” WM. CUNDALL, Cashier. Charlottetown, May 28. 1866 Sun 4w JAMES MUNRO, BRASS FOUNDER, South Market Street, Pictou, N. S.

OMPOSITLION Rudder Braces, Butt

/ Bolts, Cabin Hinges and Hasps, Ships Waier Closets, Lead aud Copper Scappers, and all ekinds of Ships’ Furnishing sapplie | —

fieders left with Mr. Jousn Gittan, Charlotte House and Lot for Sale,

town, P. KE. 1, promptly executed on »| STOVES in every variety, STuUVEPIPE, anda | FYB AT pleasantly situated HOUSE and- #enera! xesortinent of TINWAKE kept constantiy | PREMISES in Fitzroy Street. formerly the | on hand. ou May 14, 1866 resideuce of Tuomas B. Trematn, Enq , decensed, | a : either in one, or the vacant part adjoining the late NOTICE. | Mr. George Allen s premises, about 40 feet front,

PeERs« NS wishing to eroxs over to South- and running buck 160 feet, being sufficient for port, te attend the CHURCH SERVICE on | nice Building Lot, may be hud sepurntely. There Senday afternoon, can have Season Tickets for | isa ood Garden attached, and « Stable; also, a

, Well of excellent water, With « Pamp inthe yard — = sony © a, Woes are The property ia so well known, it needs no further

liiaednasalinneal a : description. For ae ly to YLLIAM DODD: 100 30° NAVY BREAD, | 2 Boxes ?

Ch'town, April 2, 1366. tf For Sale by I. Cc WALL _ Water Street, Charlouetown, Moy 14, 1366

TOBACCO. TOBACCO.

10 BOXES Flat TOBACCO, For Sale by 1.c. HALL Water Street, Charlottetown, Moy 14, 1866 ~

instant.

June 5, 1966. — el

Union Bank of P. E. tb. | @& T a Meeting of the Board of Direc ors, | held this day, it wae Reselved that a Dividend of 7] percent for Lulf year ending Ist instant, be declared, with paid up capital of the | | Bank, payable on and after Gth instant.

By order, ; JAS ANDERSON, Cashier. Charlottetown. 2nd June. 1866,

o ee

(Pur Subseriber will pay the sum of Ten ~ Poands to any person who will give informa: | tien whieh will lead to the conviction of the purties

Koad, last Thursday evening : ; ALFRED WINSLOE | Charlottetown, June 18, 1866. Sjus

Gloves, |

|} vrineiple, together with many years

purposes.

who destroved his curringe, lett on the Baghton

Just Received,

Ex Schr. Marie Anna, from QUEBEC,

ARRKELS NO 1 SUPREF. FLOUR, Boxes SOAP,

Hhds ALE & PORTER (McCallam’s), Bbis Bitter and Pale ALE (in bottle), fhbis PORTER.

Also in Store,

TEAS, BRANDY (Henneasey’s), COFFEE, GIN (DeKuyper's), SUGAR, RUM,

PORT WINE, SHERRY WINE, CHAMPAGNE,

iSOLE LEATHER, CANDLES, SCOTCH DO J. ROBERTS ECKARY. 1866 Fishing ‘ Codtish Leads, (Patent, a new thing) Codfish Throaters, Mackerel! Jigs, Trout Hooks, Salmon Flies, Hake Hooks, Bar Tin, Jig Ladles, Fish Forks H. E. STARBIRD & CO.

; PILOT BREAD, POBACCO, CIGARS, ' KEROSENE, UPPER CANADA DO. All ot which will be sold at lowest market rates. Water Street, Ch’town, June 25, 1866. is} ewes} din all other adv. ont Codtish Lines, Codtich Hook, Codtish Swivels, Codfish Splitters, Mackere! Liter, Mackerel Hooks, Mackerel Jig Moulds, Mackerel Knives, Trout Lines, Trout Flies, Sik Worm Gut, Gat Casting Linea, All at LOW PRICES at the City Hardware Store, Jone 11, D866 Sin

NOTICE. PEXHE SUBSCRIBER begs to inform the

citizens of Charlottetown, and the public gene- rally, that he has RE-OPENED his

Tailoring Establishment

_|on QUEEN STREET, two doors west of T. Des-

Brisay's ; and solicits—while gratefully acknow ledying past favors—a return of that public pa trenage which was formerly so venerously and extensively conferred apon him. E Having acquired a thoroughly correet knowledge of the Cutting Department, on a purely geometrical snecessful practice, he is prepared to compete, for superiority, with any of his profession in this Colony : Having also selected Mr JOHN CHRISTIAN whose tame is provertlial for superior workman ship, as his Parnter, he guarantees the Firm ot “McLEOD & CHRISTIAN" to vive every sa Uistaction. Xs Orders from the country promptly attended to JAMES McLEOD. Ch'tewn, Jane 18, 1866 f

Tuandin 2.

Bhls. FLOUR,

|e) f 200 W Bois RYE FLOUR,

120 Bays CORN MEAL R. W. BRECKEN. adjoining Bank of P. kb. Island. Sune 1, 1866 2m

FOR SALE. |

_ FLOUR, SUGAR, MOLASSES, (PO BE SOLD by PRIVATE SALE—

400 Cedar Poata, 40 ‘Tous Pictou large Coal. 50 do. do. (sma do.) } Aucher, 24 ewt, A lot of Chain, 5-eth Standing Rigging, — suitable for a Schooner ot 25 tous 4 Bbls Pogies, 1 Bait Mill Also —1 Mare, 6 years old, suitable for general Apply to J. P. IRVING. At Mr. DeBlois’s Office. May 7, 1866. SEWING MACHINES. OBERT YOUNG has mueh pleasure in announcing that he has jast been appointed sole Aveut for P. E. P&and, for the sule of

THE WEED SEWING MACHINES,

fand would strongly recommend to all intending

erp eee au inspection of the sample now on ‘is premises, so contideut is he that they only require to be seen in operation to be appreciated,

THE WEED MACHINES

are better adapted than any others in the market to the changes and yreat variety of sewing re- quired ina family. They will sew from one to twenty thicknesses of Marselles without stopping, und muke every stitch perfect They will sew from the finest ganze to the heaviest cloth, and even to stout. hurd leather, without changing the veedle or making any adjustment of the Machine Two different sizes of the Machine are manufae- tared fitted up. plain or ornamental, with or with- out cabinets. as may be preferred

These Machines bave obtained the highest premiums wherever they have been exhibited in

competition with other Machines.

Charlottetown, Mag YR. D866 tf

Wanted immediately, A Settlement of all Accounts due. Pure SUBSCRIBER, beng about to

effect a change in his business, will take imme diate steps to collect all his accounts forthwith. Vurties iuterested will

TAKE NOTICE,

the wise is sufficient.

On Hand, about a dozen more of those superior

for sale cheap. —ALSO—

Two or three ISLAND WOOD WAGONS, to ae- less price. Now is your time to get a Barguin. S. WELLS.

Ch town, Jane 25, 1866, wkly sj im

Valuable Freehold Farm for Sale. ONSISTING of 175 Acres of Front

Land. in a high state of cultivation, with a good Dwelling House, Barn, Coach House. Thresh mig Maehine. and all other requisites suitable for a Farm. Also,

One Hundred Acres of Wood Laud

in the rear, situate on the south side of Elliot River. about seven miles from Charlottetown, and quite wear two public wharfs for shipping produce, &¢ Phe above Property ix well werth the notice ot

jany person wishing to purchase a good Freehold | Property. being the estate of the late J.C. Wright.

eq. ‘Time will be given for two thirds of the noe money. Enquire at the Office of Hesny ALMER, Esquire, or of the subscriber. CATHERINE WRIGHT, Exeeutrix. June 25, D866

; TO THE - BN Awe eee

or P. E. ISLAND. ‘Pur Legislature. during the late Session

having passed * An Act to assist Tenants in the purchase of the Fee-simple of their Farms,”

by advancing to the Tenant ONE HALF of the amount agreed upon by the Proprietor and Tenant,

as the Purchase Money of bis Farm—

The (Commissioner of Public Lands to the country, or what would have been the state of 8)-,

hereby gives notice to ali tenants

JOURNAL OF POLITICS, LITE

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDW

COLONIAL LEGISLATURE.

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. THE BARRACKS QUESTION (Debate continued.)

Mr. BRECKEN. No.

Hon. Mr. COLES. They now saddle the country with £12.000 or £15,000, and donot tax the proprietors a shilling for it. This expenditure has been incurred ak the pro- | prietors would not consent to measures which fave been — by the three Governments which have succeeded the

iberals ; and yet they try to make people believe that they are the only friends of the tenantry, and the only parties | who can effect any good for them. And why? Because the

BOURBON WHISKEY, | proprietors have confidence in them. The proprietors have

| rejected their bills, and the award of the commissioners, and | this bas brought the tenantry into trouble. What 1s the re- sult? The freeholders and leaseholders are to be taxed for | the expense of the treops and the barracks, and the proprie- tors are not to be taxed a shilling, so far as we can see. was not anxious to bring the troops trom Newfoundland here, and I said ,at the time, that if they were required it would only be in consequence of the oppression of the landlords. Indeed the Bill to tax the Propri tors’ Rent Rolls would /have been passed had we remuined in power. What was seid by the Turies in reference to the Land Purchase Bill? | Was it not “that every freeholder would be taxed to buy land | for the tenante?’ But) think they w.ll suffer in the flesh | now: they will find out that they are taxed for the benefi: of the proprietors If freeholders, however, are inclined to go on with this taxation [ will not quarrel with them about it. I have seen this trouble coming on tor sume time; and | have been endeavouring to obtain some redress fur the tenan- try. I believe that every bill that has been brought forwaid jfor the benefit of the Island, hus been suggested by the | ** Leader of the Oppusi ion.’’ This is admitted by the sup- porters of the Government ; but very little thanks he gets for jit. The Conservative party got up a religious ery which | served their purpose for @ time ; and, now, when they find it 4 going down, they attempt to scare Protestants with the | fear that they are all in danger of having their throats cut. | But, [ believe, these things will be the means of bringing | Protestants to their proper senses. | Hon Mr. BRECKEN The Hon. the Leader of the Op- | posi ton has said that he had the sanction of the Legislature | for detraying the expenses of the ** Ragged Regiment.”’ I say he had not, He says [ am incessant in my attacks upon hia t reply that, ast have said before, | entertain no personal feeling against dim, but, when he makes statements which | know are not founded on facts, I think it my duty to cor- r-ct him. Hon. Mr. COLES. I said I had the sanction of the House of Assembly for organizing that corps.

Mr. BRECKEN. We assails the Government for whar they have done m erecting barracks, though he acted on the same principle himself. [am not going to follow that hon member through his tirades; but 1 will just ubserve, with respect to his declaratiun that he has said many cufting things to me, that | doubt not he thinks he has, although | can assure him that { have oever been seasible of the cutting power uf anything that he has either said tu or of nie

he alludes to, his want of power to give them effect rendered them miserably abortive. They make about as much impression vb me as water on a duck’s back. Annoying as it may be t | him, however, [ promise him that, as long as | hold a seat in | this House, und have a tongue in my head, and he makes | such unfounded statements, I will follow him up for the par- | pose of exposure, fur, in speaking on great public questions, | he should state facts. I am at a loss to see the difference, in

| Ex Brig Talba from New York, | principle, between what he did in bringing the Newfuund-

land pensioners here, and what the Government have done now ; except that what he did, he did withoutt he shadow of & cbecesa:ty. And at the time when he held the reins of power, in a despatch sent home by Governor Daly—written and sent most undoubtedly at his (llon. Mr. Coles's) request , and dictation—urging the Imperial Government to sanction )** the Rent Rolls Bill,’”’ it was argued in favor of the weasure

~ | that having the troops here would enable the Government to

| assist the proprietors in the cvullecting of their rents.

Hon. Mr. COLES. There is not a word in the despatch | about wanting troups to collect reuts.

Mr. BRECKEN. What I have stated is the substance of it. *

Hon. Mr. COLES. The hon. member has made a very erro- | neous statement. If | make a mistake, as I did in reference to to the [mpost Duties, the other day, it 1s sure to be pointed out It 1s just like what | said about what Mr. Sheriff Dodd had told ‘me. [ thought he spoke with reference to himself, and he says it was his predecessor of whom he spoke ; but f am not going | to bandy words with the hon. and learned member for Char- | lottetown either coneerning the words or the import of the | despatch to which he has referred. 1 suppose it will be as it | is in a court of law, namely, when parties put in proof and it operates against themselves, they cannot put in other proo. to counteract it. The Sheriff has put in his evidence to the effect that if the Government had gone to the expense of £10 or £12 in the first instance, it would have saved £10,000 or £12,000. That is the inference to be drawn from the Sheriff's letter. I helieve the Sheriff was wrong when he stated that what ae said had reference to his predecessor and not to him- self, He probably wrote that letter in haste, without due consideration ; perhaps in the Clerk's roum, and at the dicta

tion of the Government.

Hon. Mr. POPE. [tis not my intention, Mr. Chairman, to occupy much of the time of the House, but I would say that | am culious as regards what falls from the Leader ol the Opposition. Lt takes no effect upon me. He makes a statement to-day and denies it to-morrow. He has always ready a quibble by means of which he hopes to escape con-

evidence against him. He will not hesitate to make a wrong jor false attack upon the general policy of the Goverument if he thinks he will gain any popularity by it. Ie has even

said that it was the duty of the Opposition to attack any pa-

~ | ragraph in the speech, whatever its character, or to take any |

course which they thought would damage the Government.

Hon, Mr, WHELAN. Will the Hon. the Leader of the Goverument allow me to ask him, if, in case the hon. the Leader of the Opposition thinks the Government is misman- aging the affairs of the country, is it not hisduty to do every- | thing in his power to damage that Government? '

| Hon. Mr. POPE Well, if the Government could not

| the Opposition have shown in this debate, | would give very | little for their management. Kast Point (Mr. Hensley) justifies the Government one mo-

ber, Attorney of Messrs, Jomx S. McLean and American Oak WAGONS and BUGGIES ; ment, and condemns them the next. Tnen he is backed up)

by the extraordinary Resolution of the hon. member frow | Tryon (Mr. Howat) which I will read:

tae alg sgt . ‘ ho Ph inferi il “That the House of Assembly regret the disturbances and troubles | of Assignment, ted the 16th day of June, | commodate parties requiring an inferior article at! y hich oecurred in this Colony in the present year; but the House, |

pat the same time, are of opinion that the alleged open and ayste- | matic defiance of the law might have been eet aside by a further | recourse to the aid of the civil power at the disposal of the local authorities, before calling in the aid of Her Majesty troops:

“ We are also of opinion that, before any money was applied to-

sent of the Legislature should have been first obtained.

| In thie Resolution the Government are found fault with for, bringing the troops here, and the hon. member for St. Peter's’

| (Hon, Mr. Whelan) says they should have called them in long before they did. Well, it it was necssary to bring them | here, what were we going to du with them? Admit the ne-

_cessity fur bringing them here, and you admit the necessity | | The House in Committee of the whole again resumed the

consideration of the Address in answer to His Exeelieney 's

| for providing accommodation fur them. And where was the necessity for calling the Legislature when we were previous- ity pledged to provide accummodation for any troops that jmight be required here? | think there are times when | party feeling shvuld not be allowed to influence members sv much; but there are members on the other side of the House from whom w~ do nutexpect anything like consistency. Such ‘hon. members will not tairly discuss the subject before the House. On the contrary, they try by the introduction of irrelevant questions to get up an excitement against the Go- vernment. | did think that, when it was admitted that ‘there was a necessity for bringing the troops lere, it would ‘wlso be admitted that there was a necessity to provide suit- |able accommodations for them. Now the fact’was, that be- fore the Barracks were built and the troops put intu them, many of the men were suffering from the evasequences of being tented out, and what would have been the cousequences

‘ciety, if those troops had been ealied away when this

desirous of availing themselves of the privilexe of | ,. oursed assuciation,’’ a8 the hon. member from St. P : ‘: " ; — , . - me - Peters the above recited Ac t, that he is now prepared sd {Hon. Mr. W helan) has termed it, was not altogether ay b-

~~ | ASSIST SUCH TENANTS in the parchase of their Faris, as in manner and extent provided ander | dued.

such Act

FORM OF APPLICATION and fel! partienturs

imay be obtained at the office of Crown Lunds Colonial Building, Charlottetown. JOHN ALDOUS, Comympissione;. Public Lands Office, May 8, 1865,

Ja RE

it the Government had allowed the troops to be called away for want of aceowmodation, that hon. member would probably baye been the first to denounce thew for it ; ’ and, on this ground, that jt was proper to ettack them in

uny way, Fight or wrong which was at all likely to damage ‘them in publig estimation. The Government, having come

_w the cunclusion that it was necessary to proyide accommo- mvaos whieh bas yet been devised for the settlement of the;

ARD ISLAND, MONDAY, JULY 9, 1366.

Whatever his intentions may have been, on such oceasions as |

viction fur mistatement of facts, even when there is written |

The hon. wember from the |

wards providing Barrack accommodation tor such troops, the con

RAT

U

dation for the troops, asked for tenders, and two were re- ceived; one for £3,500 the other for £5 800. There was a good deal of dissatisfaction, in some quarters, when it was | known that there was a tender from Mr. Alley; and mem- bers of this House baye censured the Government for ac- cepting it; but if the other tender had been accepted, per- /hape a much larger additional sam would bave been expend- ec, than the difference between the two tenders. And what other conclusiun could we come to than that the tender of Mr. Alley was very reasonable, when that of a first class mechanic, like Mr. Lowe, was so much higher. The season | was far advanced when it was found that, by certain regu- lations, other buildings were required, without which the military authorities would not allow the troops to go into _those contracted for. Lumber had then advanced, and _when Mr. Alley offered to put up those other buildings at the same rate of charges as those he had contracted for, we | conceived that it was the best thing we could do to agree with him, and there wae not a dissenting voice in the tio. | Vernmett with regard to it. Surely then, if a man was to be trusted as Superintendent of Public Works, he was also | fit to be trusted with this contract, when we considered that | no less than £2 300 would be saved by it. ) | Longworth and Davies were appointed to superintend the work, and they were empowered to call in mechanics, to judge for them, if they found it necessary. Therefore I ‘think the Government were perfectly justified in al) they did. | and that they did all that could justly have been required of | them. [ said, last year, when that illegal organization pa- 'raded the streets of the city, that [ would spend the whole | amount of the revenue to put it down, if it should be re- quired. The barrack buildings will not cost £15 000 as the | Leader of the Opposition has erroneously stated they will ; | for the sum realized from the sale of the old barracks will ibe transferred towards the expense of these. He says | it is nut proper to take that money; but I say it is the | very money which we oughtto take for that purpose. The Government have taken a great deal of trvuble and have spent much time, and all they get for it is abuse; burt it is the daty of all Governments to preserve law and order, and when they are not fit to du that, they are not fit to con- duct a Government. They did what they considered to be their duty—-what [| consider every man who has a proper re- zard for the security of life and property would have done

like necessity for it should arise.

Hon. Mr. WARBURTON. Lis Honor the Leader of the Government boasts of the management of the affairs of the Island, by the Conservative party, but, perhaps, it wou'd not be out of place to bring the circumstance to his recollection that Governor Bannerman found, soon ufter his arrival here, in a cabinet drawer, a constitution for this Island, by one provision of which no farmer was to have a vote unless he held SU acres of land with improvements thereon worth £300.

Hon. Mr. POPE. The hon. member is speaking of some old document which was found in some rubbish drawer of Government House, long befuce | had a seat in the Legis- | latere.

Hon. Mr. WARRURTON. Considering the large am- ounts, Mr. Chairman, which the present Government are spending fur delegations, perhaps it would not be out of place to say a few words on that subject. | was once sent on an important mission to Washington. | was fnrnished with funds; but when I returned | considered I had no right ww anything more thin what paid my expenses, and [ took nothing more. At another time I was sent to Halifax, and what | received, over and above my expenses, | returned to the Treasury. When my hon. friend, the Leader of the Op- position, who was then Leader of the Government, came for- ward and said, ** You have served your country well, allow me to put your name down for a grant of £200," I said *No.’’ I do not wish to be pensioned; but, when the Leader of the Government boasts of his economy, I will tell the trath, the whole truth, and nething but the truth ; and {am sure every member of the House must say that the Leader of the Opposition, in hie capacity of Leader of the Government of that day, was ecunomical.

Mr. HASLAM. I would address the Committee for a few moments, end | would remark that the course pursued by the Opposition, ever since | came into the House of As- sembly, has been one of eystematic opposition to the wording of His Exceiiency's Speech for the pnrpuse, it would appear, of delaying the business of the sessiwn for a few days. Whether they are speaking to the question or not, does not concern them; for they wander away to the widest range of their imagination, without any consideration whether they are edifying themselves or those who hear them This paragraph has been discussed this whole day, and [ do not see that one sound argument has been brought againat it Now, | would ask any man of common sense—If there was a necessity for bringing troops here—and all admit that there was—how could we retaia them if we did not provide neces- sary accommodations fur them? The tenants were induced, by sume partis, to believe that Her Majesty would never send troops here to collect the proprietors’ rents, and the same parties also endeavoured to impress the minds of the

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Land Question. When,bowever, the TAberal ‘Gorennment passed that measure, in 1853. it received nothing but abuse from the organ of the Tory party—* The Islander.” The whole party raise] « hue and ery against it, declar- ‘ed that the hard working and provideat fi who had purchased the fee-simple of their farms with the earp- ‘ings of their honest industry, would be taxed to pay for the purchase of freeholds for men who had been too lasy aud _improvident to make provision even for the payment of their rents, although only one shillingwn acre orless. Aod, ‘further, to renler those for whose especial benefit the mea- ‘sure had been div sed, mistrustful, aud dissatisfied with she prospects of relief which it afforded them, they told them |that not one of them who rented « farm of 100 acres at £5 sterl'ng per annum would be able to purchase it in fee-sim- ple for less than £150 Island Curreney. In the same man- ner, it had been the invariable practice of the Tories to ais-

o represent, and eodeavour to deceive the people —-

'merits and prospective operation of every measure whi |for the public good, emanated from the Liberals ; aod wheu /such measures were s0 Obviously beneficial to the

‘that it was altogether useless for them to deny it, they ha the effrontery to declare, aud, in spite of the most uudeai- able evidence to the contrary, to mainiain that those mee sures hal orig'nated with them.—To show how mach the Tories were opposed to the Land Purchaee Bull, io 1833, ths yerr in which it was passed—how earnestly they strove 'o misrepresent it, and how zealously they lahoured to judice ihe minds of the tenantry against it; U will just read an editorial upon it, from the organ of the Tories, the ds- lander” of the date 25th March, 1853 ; which wae at that ine, elited by the late Mr. Duncan McLean. The article is alrogether rabid and acrimonious; but no one al- luded to by i: is spoken of with mere bitterness or less courtesy, than the Hon, Joseph Pupe, the father of the Hon. the Leader of the Government. The reascn of ¢hat no doubt was that, alvhough once a leading Tory, he had yielded to the influence of public sentiment, and become « Liberal. He had once been a friend ; but, having become a8 opponent, he was regarded as much worre than ao original enemy ; and trea'ed uccordingiy. The hoo.

man then read from The * Islander” of the said rv follows :

“SWEEPING MEASURE ""—THE LAND PURCUARE BILL,

“ This is emphatically the greatest broom, or leading bumbag af the Session. Lt is just Coles’ old Bill, authorizing the Goverument te purchase Township lands at net more than 7s. 6d..Cu per | tere, in lots net leas than 1000 aeres, if any proprictor be wilhag te sell within the limit. ‘The Royal Gazette, of the 7th inet., turniehes an epitome of the Act, and a very confused affair it eoome to be. | The Government tu settle the tenantry in frechuld, if they wish it, at ‘ coat and charges’; but it a those same ‘ cost and charges’ may amount to, but net exceed, ‘that sum, the anvual tuterest of which would be equal to the anaual reat paid by thew under their leases.” Reducing our cotemporary's explanation te & perspicuous statement, it means that if a tenant pays £7 J0e sent | in the produce of the farm, he aay have to pay £7 10s. rent of ia | terest in cash, yearly, to the Treasury, until he be enabled te baud over £150 te the Government, for the freehold of the same. How the ‘charges’ should amount to such a figure is the m . Our quotation cannot mean 3d. rent per acre, and under the equivalen of not more than £5 sterling purchase, there being aune jessed @o low on the Island, we believe.

“But the Bill ia not simply an electioneering huabug—it ie some thing worse. Unless land be in the position of the Worrell Estate, owned by a very aged gentleman withuut heirs, no preprietor will sell tor tour or five years’ purchase, with titles better than they were 10 or 20 years ayo. The Bill, nevertheless, provides thet Debentures—obligations for berrowed money—shall be isaued by the Government to the tune of £30,000, which, with the £30,000 already ufluat, needlessly, will form a public debt of £40,000pbear- ing an annual jaterestot £2000 Ye * Family Compact * Govern- ments! hide your diminished heads; ye were but uevices in the arts of corruption.

“ Some years ago, Pope purchased a trect of land on et near Lot 11, amounting to upwards of 1000 acres, we believe, suld tor a trifle, because it was not considered worth paying the land assewe- ment for, We have seen and read a Freehvld Deed of 100 gores of similar bog land to Pope's, in the same quarter, for £10, cr about 2s.2d. per acre. Now, we don't doubt that the purehase uf Pupe's

swamp is one main object of the Bill. Will the public eumsent te continue to be represented by a pack of fellows who needleaaly im- pose high duties on tea, sugar, &e., to obtain te

on any such a purpose? Now see the downright corruption, ad the absolute irresponsibility, of what is deceptively Reapon- Pope and Warburten—whe, we anderstand, has alse abundance of beg land for ssle—and their in the Assembly, pass a Bill invelsing a publie debt of £30,000, to be ez- pended m the purchase of such laud as the Goverument may choose. But Pope, Warburton and their clique colleagues fourm the Goveru- ment, and way thus draw from the Treasury a price for their worthless land of more than teu or twenty Limes ite salve”

lion, the Leader of the Government (J. C. POPE. Hon. the Leader of the Upposition has always clai eredit lor being the author of the One-nioth Bul; and yes, t be- lieve, the credit of that measure was justly due to the lass

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tenantry with the belief that, if they would wait till winter, the troops would be taken away and they would then be free tu tuke their owo course. But now comes the

point: some maintain that it was not necessary to find ac- commodation for the troops, and further, that it was uncon- |

purpose, without the sanetion of the Legislature. Sir, if a bridge were bruken down in sume place, the want

Island, would it be necessary to call the Legislature before Government could have it rebuilt? What is the Govern- ment but an executive committe of the House of Assembly ? it rests, therefore, with the majority of the House to sustain them. members are only speaking fur the sake of systematic oppo-

Point trod on the corns of the Leader of the Opposition that he ** flured up’? as he did this evening. {[ will support the paragraph in the Address.

fion. Mr. COLES. The hon. member thinks, | suppose, that every person must be convinced by his wonderful argu- ment about the broken bridge. 1 think he is murmuring | like the old man he was telling us about this morning, who | grumbled because the old woman did not sit up till he came

home, | Mr. HASLAM. What I said was that the Opposition was

like the drunken wan staggering bome at mght who thus soliloquszed with himseli—* If my waite 18 not in bed, twill ‘beat her for sitting up and burning the candles,’ and then

LL Persons indebted to CHARLES (#4 gevern themselves accordingly. A word to | Manage the affairs of the country with more consistency than | taking another stagger, said —*+ If my wife is in bed IL will