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JURNAL OF POLITICS,

“"RPhis is true Liberty, when Ereeborn Men, having to advise

EDWARD ISLAND,

the Publie,

MONDAY,

may speak free.’*---furipides.

APRIL 6, 1868,

en aemeomnediate an

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w a

Or Si The British Warehouse!

Fancy and Plain Coal Scuttles. Fancy and Plaia Coal Shovels.

lron Bedsteads and Stretchers. Umbre'tla Stands. Fire Guards, Nursery Guards.

Fancy Fenders for Grates. Mabogany Pouies. Rings and Ends. Brass Poles, Riogs and Kads,

Brass Brackets and Holders.

Brass Stair Rods and Eyes.

And all Furnishing Goods

wise A. BROW N.

Charlottetown, Nor. 11

THE NEW SERIES OF SCHOOL BOOKS. Muk NEW SERIES OF ReADING

BOOKS, anthorised bv the Board of ‘ tion Tot the PUBLIC SCHOOLS of this {siavd upl HARVIE’S BOOKSTORE,

QUEEN STREET. A Lise rat Diacowst allowed to Teachers and and wholesale Dealers.

t . Please send

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rw De had Cul

cun the ete ut

im your orders. wu

SU, iSOe

Ch tawn, Sept

PAPIER MACHE GOODS. y TORK BOXES, WRITING DESKS, CARD BOXES, NETTING BOXES, PORT FOLIOS, &c. &e WHITE WOOD BREAD PLATTERS BUTTER COOLERS, EGG STAN aod a variety of other articles just suitable fer CHRISTMAS PKESENTS & NEW YEAR GIFTS, AT BUQK STORE, Queen Street

S, &e.

HARVIE’S Dec. 23, 1367.

Winter Arrangement. NHE Mails for the neighboring Provinces and the United States will, until fur- ther notice. be closed af this ¢ Rice es ery | lesday, Thureday and Saturday evening, at 7 o'clock.

Maile for Great Britain, Newfoundland and the

West Indies, will be closed every alternate Thars day and Saturday, at7 P. M, aa follows, viz :— Tharsday, De ¢. 12, 1867. Saturday, Feb. 22, 1568. Satur lay, de 14, de Thursday, Mea. 5, de Thursday, do 26, do Saturday, du 7, do Saturday. do 22. deo Thursday, do 19. do Thursday, Jan. 9, 1868. Saturday, do 21.do Saturday, de 41, do Thursday, Apri! 2,do Thursday, do 23, do Saturday, de 4,do Saturday, do 25, deo Thursday, do 16,do Thursday, Feb. 6, do Saturday, dv 18,do Saturdsy, dv 3, do Thursday, do 30, do Thursday, dv 20, de Saturday, May 2, do Maila for Summerside and St. Eleanor’s, via

Bedeque, will be closed every Tuesday aud Fri-

day, at F, a. wm Uetlers to be registered and newspapers must be peated haifaa heur before the tiwe of clusing the Mails THOMAS OWEN, P.M.G. General Post Office ?

Ch'tewn, 7th Dee. 1867. 4 all

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NOTICE! Postage Stamps. peeox and aiter this date Postage Stamps will be sold at this office only between the boure of 10 a. m. aad 4 p. m.

Persons wishing to post Letters before or after

these hours, can procure stamps at the Stores of

D. Laird, H. A. Harvie

E. Reilly, Mra. Breuner,

Mre. Stamper, G. Hubbard,

J.D. McLeod Theoph. DesBrisay,

Jas. DesBrisay, il. Haszard,

G. & 3. Davies. T. O'Connell.

THOS. OWEN, P. M. G.

General Post Office, Charlottetown, ?

Dee. 7, 1867 5 rs

NOTICE . \ HEREAS by virtue ofa Deed of Re- lease and Assignment made and executed the 2ist day of OCT. inst, and duly filed and registered in the proper offices in this Island, WM. B. DAWSON, ite of Charlottetown, Tauner, hath reldased, assiuned. transferred, and conveyed to the undersigned. all his real and persopal Estate in Prinee Edward Island, and all Debts and «ams of money and securities therefor dae and owing unto him, a well as all the personal Estate aud Kifects belouging te and all debts and sums of mon- ev aud securitice therefor due aud owing to GFCRGE NICOLL, late of Charlottetown, Shoe- Biker, which had been by trim assigned und cen- veved tothe said William [B. Dawson, by « certain Deed of Assiguwent duly registered, upo certain Trnsts, and for certain purposes, in the said first Mentioned Deed of Assiuvnment expressed. This is to notify all persous indebted to the said W. B. Dawson, and to the said George Nicoll, whether by Beok Account, Notes of Haud. Judgments, or otherwise, that the eeveral sums due from them re- spectively, must be paid by them forth with, to Messrs. Actery & Davees, Selicitors, who have been duly authorized to receive and yive receipts for the same; and all persons to whom the said W.B Dawson ia indebted, are requested to fur nish their ciaime and Accounts, duly attested, to the said Messrs. Aliey & Davies, forthwith. Dated at Charlottetown, t THOMAS DAWSON. KICHAKD HEARTZ. THOMAS «LLEY.

_Judson’s Worm Tea! HALL’S VEGETABLE SICILIAN

HAIR RENEWER, HS proved itself to be the best pre- P

aration ever presented to the public; a fact to which thousauds have testified who bave been benelited by its ase. A few applications of this Compound will change brash, dry and wiry [lair to a moist and glossy appearance, and make it of

SILKEN TEXTURE.

ie 25th Oct. | S67.

The Proprietors offer the Sicitian Harr Re- EB'VER to tue public tirely coufideut that by ite rest rative properties it will bring back the Hair to ite

NATURAL COLOR.

It ie not a dye, and consequently does not stain the skin or soil the finest tavrie. If the Hair ie falliny off or becoming grey, the use of the KENEWER will serely arrest Its decay, nO matter om what Cause aud will create a new growth, and make it Sssume in a st t time all its former vigor, as it furnixhes the natritive principle by Which the Hair

Wwuourished and supported. Asa

HAIR DRESSING,

the Rengwex is unequalled by any otber Hair Preparation in the wofld, giving it that beautiful texture which isso much admired by a It does hut contain any pois tote drugs, tl basis of

i remedial properties VEGETABLE COMPOUND. It completely e: scruf and dandrei. and cures all diseases of the sealp, and by its eooling properties allays the itcbing aud fever of the scaly It combines not on the best remedial properties for all diseases of the Hair and the Hair.

being a

1Gicuter

alp, but also is the best dressing fo This preparation has been sold for the past seven

Beware of the numerous imitations, which in ap- Pesrance only are similar to ut, which are forced Spon the public upon our reputation Call far HALLS VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR RENEWER, and take no other, or you will be dis- Sppointed.

R. P. HALL & CO Proprietors, Nashua, N.#i. For Sax sy Henry Beer, Southport; Wm. Find. ley, Orwell; R.J. Clarke, Orwell; Jas. Hay- den, Vernon Kiver; Daniel Gordon, George- town; A. W. LeBrocq, Georgetown ; J.B Boerke, Jr, Mount Stewart; John Binns, Jr, New Glasgow Bridge; D. & P. McNutt, Mal- | ert Wm. T. Hant & Ce, Sommerside; vid Rogers, Sammerside; Herbert Bell,

Alberton. W. R. WATSON, General Agent for P. b. Island. City Drag Score, Victoria Building, / September 30, 1867. $

a

Rpt celia eeesio

, ‘ ‘ ‘ ’ TEN QUEEN SQUARE HOUSE. } UST reeeived, Ex Shes Peietidne

3 CASES LADIES’ & CHILDREN’S

WINTER BOOTS & SLIPPERS,

LATEST

STYLES.

Ex “ ALHAMBRA,” 2 CASES FUR CAPS, WM. HEARD.

Ch’town, Dee 2,

NOTICE. |

General Post Orricr,

1807.

Charlottetown, 27th Feb., [868 a? . » ’ [> consequence of a Postal Convention having been concluded be tween the United Statea and Great Britain, the Postaye on Letters forwarded from this island to the United Kingdom

esa United States has been reduced to SEVEN PENCE STERLING per half ounce, The Convention also authorises the transmission

of Box

States

k Pauckeis and Patterns through the United in the closed Mails exchanyed between Great Britain and this Island, at a total rate of postige Of FOCK PENCE STERLING per quarter of a pound or traction thereof THOMAS OWEN, Postmaster General, ALTERATION IN BUSINESS,

Notice to Debtors.

PPPuE Subscriber hereby notifies that a |

e change being about to be made in

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the Business carried on at Orwell, beretotore. by Pa K Stephens, deceased, and subse

jie tly by the siyned And this is to give notice to those parties indebted

to Mary Stephens, Executrix, to the under- signed, »y Judgments, Notes of Hand, and Book Accounts, that unless they pay their respective full this Fall, they shall be saed with- out further notice on the Ali kinds of merel payment Orwell Cheap Store, r Sept. 30, 1867 ‘

Tenders for Seed, PPPENDERS will be received by

ber, until the 6th March next, at his

una

accounts iti closing of the Navigation. autable produce

hk. J tf

taken in

CLARKE.

Office. Reading Room Building, for the delivery of Pimothy und English Red Clover Seed of Island growth, in quantities of not less than 10 Bushels |

Timothy and | ewt. Clover ples and prices to accompany each tender. g TERMS, Cash on delivery

A. MeNBILL,

Sec'y Farmers’ Clab.

COPPER PAINT-

Samy r

Ch‘town, Feb. 24, 1868

FPNHE SUBSCRIBER keeps constantly on |

hand a supply of

’ ., y %, (\, » Da:

Tar & Wonson’s Copper Paint, an article which has given the greatest satisfac- tion te all who have used it. [t possesses superior qualities for effectually preventing the accumula- tion of all foul matter, such as Werms, Baruacles, Grass, &e., on the bottems of Vessels or Boats, when properly applied.

I. C. HALL.

Charlottetown, May 20, 1867. Ec a cs Yarmouth Stoves, E Subseriber has Just Recrivep, ex

"Ru r Schooner ‘M.E. Banks,’ direct from YAR- MOUTH, his USUAL SUPPLY of those

Celebrated Cook and Box Stoves, |

which will be seld cheap for Cash or approved

Joint Notes. t. J. CLARKE.

Orwel!, October 14, 1867. tf

EXECUTORS’ NOTICE.

LL persons having claims against the | Estate of the late George Poove, Esquire, of |

L

Georgetown, are recuested to furnish the same,

duly attested, to either of the undersigned, within three months from date, and those indebted to the said Estate are hereby required to ake immediate

payment to R. Mauro, Esq., at Georgetown. DANIEL GORDON, ) JAMES N. COGSWELL, !

- . . > x "B. RODERICK MUNRO, | Executor JOHN T. POOLE, : Georgetown, Jan. 16, 1868 3m Imeh 9

NOTICE!

LL persons having legal demands against £& the estate of the late JAMEs RuBERTSON, Roselyu Cottage, St.Peter’s Road, Township 34, Es- quire, deceused, are requested to farnish the same, duly attested, to either of the undersigned, for set- tlement; and all parties indebted to the said Estate are required to make immediate payment to

ALEX. ROBERTSON,

JOHN STEWART, Jr. Lot 34, Nov. 29, 1867, of

} Ex ecutors.

Grain! Grain! Grain! FPXHE highest price given for BARLEY and OATS, at

Celes’s Brewery and Distillery,

CH Constantly on hand, at pricescheaperthan can be purchased in the market,the best of Rum, Brandy Gin, Whiskey, and a superior article of Malt Wbis- key. Also—X, XX. and XXX Ale.

Charlottetown, June 20, L867.

B. WILSON HIGGS,

General Commission Merchant

AUCTIONEER, P. E. Island.

Charlottetown, ...+-.- May 2i

, 1867.

ly

F. P. NORTON,

Commission Merchant ASD Auctioneer. GEORGETOWN - - - P. E. ISLAND.

Fannin hace met PO) tt THOMAS W. MAY, Surveyor and Conveyancer, Gienstewart - Southport, REFERENCE:

The Surveyor-General, Charlottetown.

June 10, 1367.

FRANCIS 8. LONGWORTH,

ly

Barrister and Attorney-at-Law, |

Orrice— PAVILLION HOTEL,

(next door to Hon. Joseph Hensley’s)

Charlottetown, - - - P.E.Isiand. |

dan. 14, 1867.

R. REDDIH,

Attorucn and Parrister - at - Law, CONVEYANCER, &e. Office: -- Great George Street,

Charlottetown. (Near the Catholic Cathedral.) September 3, }366 j

CARVELL BROTHERS, ~ AUCTIONEERS, GENERAL AGEN T &,

AND

Commission Merchants,

Charlottetown, - - Prince Edward Island, |

AGENTS FOR: New York Board of Underwriters, Boston Board of Underwriters, Eastern Express Company, _ Fairbank's Patent Standard Seales, Gowrie Coal Mines, Cow Bay, C. B. Fiskwick's Express.

i Si] ADVANC 8 made upon CONSIGN. { MENTS ived, or when seut Lo their Agents | seme a

ay

the

ue

Lor Sale

AT THE

| Establishment of W. W. Lord, |

BY WHOLESALE!

MOLASSES in Puncheens, Tierces and Barrels, | SUGAR in Hhds. and Barrels,

FLOUR and INDIAN MEAL,

TEA in Chests and half Chests,

ONIONS and APPLES,

Boxes Ground COFFEE,

Boxes Ground PEPPER,

Boxes SODA and WINE BISCUIT,

Barrels PILOT BRE AD,

Bays RICE

Boxes Liverpool Brown SOAP

Boxes PIPES, 6 gross each,

Any quantiry of SALT, by the Bushel or Bag,

HERRINGS in Barrels and half do

Yo Tons eommon BOLT TRON, 3, j, 7, a £15 cash,

STEEL, Nails. Spikes and Rope,

Second hand Rigying, Blocks, Sails, Masts, Bow- Patemt Trou Work for the Windlass, and sout for a Schooner of about 60 tons

r 000 Tous Roend COAL. 20 Tons Small COAL. Ch'town, Dec. 2, 1867.

aprit

Look here! Look here!

| wait until all the proprietors are willing to sell, 1 think |

Greater Reduction. Carriage Axletrees, Waggon Axletrees, On hand, One Hundred Sets Malf Patent Carriage Axletrees,

At Twenty-one Shillings and six pence per Set.

manship to any yet imported. ARCH’D WHITE.

Sqnare, Feb'y 24. 1868 3m

CRAPAUD.

CELVED, BY LATE ARRIVALS,

K ng

| 200 Bois. Extra Canada FLOUR, 350 Sides SOLE LEATHER, | 20 Puneheons MOLASSES,

8 Hhds. SUGAR,

Bbis. Kerosene OIL, 20 Bbls. CURKANTS, toxes LOZENGES, do RAISINS, Keys Baking SODA, ) Gross MATCHES, Boxes TOBACCO

>

4 Bbis. Spirits TURPENTINE, 20 Boxes SOAP, 30 Keys NAILS, 1 Bbl. OLIVE OIL,

} 1 Bbl. Lubricating OIL,

| 2 Bales BUFFALO ROBES,

4 Bays RICE.

} For sale low

GEORGE HOWATT. ‘ Crapand, Dee. 16, 1867 tf

NOTICE!

Micitia DEPARTMENT, 11th March, 1868.

ed by the Militia Training, will be re-opened at o'clock, p. m, on Monday, the 10th inst.

Mu MILITARY SCHOOL, interrupt-

a 7 Candidates f

attend.

or commissions are requested to

By Command,

[signed} A.J. DOUGLAS SMITH,

(o-partnership Notice.

ered into CO-PARTNERSPIIP as BAR RISTERS and ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, under the

} nume, style and firm of

i G EORGE ALLEY, | }

ALLEY & DAVIES. OFTICE - - - - OHALLORAN’S BUILDING. GREAT GEORGE STREET.

LOUIS H. DAVIES. Charlottetown, Oct. 18, 167. tf

A CARD.

fer the liberul patronage extended to him during the last year. Having enlarged and fitted up his establishment at the Old Stand, Lorn's WHARF, yw prepared to execute with des patch all orders which he may be favored with in his line as SHIP and GENERAL BLACK- SMITH. Fishermen will find Anchors of all sizes for Bouts cheaper and better than can be found at any similar establishment in the City. GEORGE H. FOSTER. Lord’s Wharf, Ch’town, ? Feb. 17, 1868. §

is L

ly

—_——— Se

NEW GOODS.

NHE Subscriber bas lately received a LARGE ASSORTMENT OF

Dry Goods and Hardware;

which have been bought at Auctiou, aud will be

sold very low. ' GEORGE HOWATT.

Crapand, Angust 22, 1867.

TOWNEND’S HATS AND CAPS.

LARGE SLOCK of the above, received ex * Lotus,” from LONDON, of the newest STYLES and SHAPES—

Good Silk HATS, 7s 6d to 14s.

Paris Velvet de, 20s 278 6d.

Townend’s best do, 32s 6d.

Boys & Gent's. FELT HATS, in great

variety.

A large Stock of Tweed and Cloth CAPS,

And alsoin Ladies’ STRAW HATS. &c¢ &e. Gg. & 8. DAVIES.

1867.

~

Charlottetown, June 7,

| a | CHARLOTTETOWN | Woollen Factory Company.

First Call ou Shares!

T a meeting of the Directors of the

28th instant, it was resolved that a call of TEN PER CENT on each and every share subscribed,

LIRGS, te

12th day of March, | office, South Side Queen's Square, of which all

shareholders ix the Company will please take due’

| notice.

By order of the Directors, DAVID LAIRD, President. Ch’town, Feb. 17, 1868. Gin

| (PAIN bor | |

MUD DIGGERs.

fey PEEL for MUD DIGGERS.

ee for MUD DIGGERS

at W. E. DAWSON’S.

Jan. 3, 1868. FAT HERRIANG!! 300 BBLS. Bay of Islands FAT HERRING. just arrived per Schooners

'* Lettie’ and ‘‘ Foam,” and for sale by Ch'town, Dee. 23, 1867 ©

ay GOOD FIRES.

TOW selling at the Gas Worke a 1 quantity ef very superior COKE at FIVE | PENCE per Bushel, N.B. Coke will last longer aud give a greater heat than Sydney Coal. January 20, 1368. inl

HALL.

__ CORNS and WARTS ARE permanently and effeetuallp Cured

by the use of ROBINSON'S

Patent Corn Solvent. For sale by W. R. WATSON.

City Drug Stere, December 23. 1367.

CARD. WEBS. COMBS desires to intimate to the ladies of PCharlottetown. that she has opened a class te teach Wax Work in Flowers, and . Baskets, Groupe of Flowers made eo aoe _ Residence oppasite the Catholic Cathedral.

iy” Also. part of & house to reut.

. 8 ; ELEANQE COOMBS.

*

*FYHE Subscriber begs to thank the public |

} ° . * time will arrive.

Superior in Material and Work- |

' that such a measure should be brought in.

mm

DAD TT A at ‘A Te eR Y i A a) L 4 ek Uh 4 dd de

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, Turspay, March 19, a. M.

OLONIAL

House in committee of the whole, resumed the con-

sideration of the draft Address in reply to His Excel- |

lency’s Speech. Hon. Mr. Kelly in the chair, ; The third paragraph being read, Hon. Mr. Laird moved that it be agreed to.

Mr. Howat.—Mr. Chairman, before the question is |

put, [ wish to offer a few remarks. From what has

been said it appears that when the proprietors are |

willing to sell the Government will be prepared to buy.

Last Session, on account of the shortness of the time at |

the disposal of the Government, pot much could reason- ably have been expected, but now some definite action toward settling the land question has been looked for,

1 am aware it is expected that an attempt will now be inude to release the remaining portions of the tenantry |

of this Colony from proprietory bondage ; but if we have to the present generation will have passed away before that

extended the benefits of the Land Purchase Act to ove part of the country at the common expense, while those in other parts have to pay their rents, but have received no benefits for the extra duties which they bave to bear their proportion of, and which this measure has rendered it necessary to impose. I[ do not think that it wou'd be any injustice to the proprietors to pass a Bill that would compel! them to sell at a fair compeusation. L believe

Why should

| parties in England who are unwilling to sell be allowed

‘o retard the progress of this country? In some parts ot the country the people are not able to pay their revts, and will, I believe, have to be assisted in some way by the Government to enable them to obtain seed; and others would rather leave the Island than pay Rent, A Bill should be brought down by the Goveroment by which the proprietors could be made to sell. Conservatives were in power the Liberals complained

| because they had not settled this question, and promised that when they got into power that they would do so, | “" oe with the public rights of the country in which they

Why theu do they not bring forward a measure them- selves for settling it ?

Ilon, Leaver or THE GovEeRNMENT.—Any promises the Liberal party made, were not made in bad farth: nor is it the intention of the Government to overlook this matter.

Mr. Howarr—lI am happy to hearit. It matters not what prom ses were made by either party, what the country wish to know now is, what action do the Go- vernment intend to take in the matter? If the Conser- vatives went so far as to pass a 10 years’ Purchase bill, which is, to a certain extent, compulsory, and better than nothing, the Liberals should go a step further. hon. member for Belfast (Mr. Davies) said that such a measure could not be carried uoless there were more

| tenant union men in the House, but this isa mistake,

Inspector of Militia. |

SUBSCRIBERS bave this day |

| Government sactioned that

above Company, held on the evening of the |

' on his Lordship’s estates on this | published in my report.

for [ cannot see anything unconstitutional in such an Act. We have a precedent set for passing such a measure in what was done in Canada for the abolition of proprietory claims in that Province. and the British Act. done here, at least an effurt could be made; if it failed, we would not be in a worse position than we are in at present. The hon. member for Cascumpec (Hon. Mr. Howlan) stated that the Loan was available when re- quired ; and when such is the case an Act wight be brought in, founded on the principles of the 15 Years’ Purchase Bill, or on other equitable principles, by which a fair compensation may be given to the proprietors for

their Jands, and which they would have to accept, and |

if any such Bill, founded on those just principles, is | c y ae the J P eT turning back,

brought down by the Government it shall have my support,

Hon. Arry. Genprat.—Mr. Chairman, I am sure the Government will coincide with the hon. member for

Tryon in his expressions of regret that the proprietors | | the land Bill and the loan Bill have too long been made

have not consented to sell their estates, and in the dis- appointment the announcement wil! occasion to the people of this country. I can assure the hon. member, that the Government have not abandoned the consideration of the settlement of the Land Tenures of this Colony, but have, during the recess of the Legisla- ture, been using every effort in their power to do so in accordance with the intentions of the Land Purchase Act. I stated last night that on the part of the Go- vernment I made an offer to Miss Sulivan for her estates, of five shillings sterling an acre, which would have cost £27,000 currency, avd candidly told her, that I was certain that it would be better for her to take that amount for ber lands in this lsland, rather than to retain them in her own hands, ‘his offer she refused to ac- cept. The Government have also gone further than this, and have made an offer to Lord Melville for his estates. When Iwas in London I had an interview with his Lordship and ascertained from him that the annual returns from his estates, since Mr. Burke has had the management of them, were £200 sterling. I

| asked his Lordship if it would not be better for him to

accept a suto for his estates which, at the usual rates of investments, would yield an annual income of £200 sterling.

estates, and desiring him to furnish the Government with ap account also, and | received a letter from Mr. Burke containing an account of the number of acres, rent, &2., Island, which is

Mr. Burke on the same subject, and found that his

| secount of the rental of the estate as received coincided

be now made, the same to be paid on or before the | the President, at his |

| Twenty-nine, and eleven hundred and eighty-two (1182) |

with his Lordship’s statement. The Estates of Lord Melville have been estimated as being worth about

£3,600 sterling; but the Government eonsidered it |

better to offer him £4 000 sterling, which at 5 per cent. would yield an anoual income of £200 stg. And this offer [ made to him on behalf of the Government as will be seen by the following letter :—

(COPY. )

‘© CHARLOTIETOWN, ‘© Prince Edward Island, © 93rd December, 1867. “ Tur Viscount MELviLte. « My Lorv—I am authorised by the Government of

this Island to offer for the purchase of your Lordship’s

estates in this Island, estimated to contain ten thousand |

and twenty-three (1023) acres of land on Township No

acres of land on Township No. Fifty-three, with all arrears of rent and promissory notes and securities for arrears of rents due thereon, the sum of Four thousand pounds sterling (£4,000) payable as follows: £1000 on execution of a sufficient Deed of Conveyance with usual

' covenants; £1000, with interest at six per eent., in | six months from date of purchase; £1000, with interest

at sume rate, at end of one year from time of purchase and conveyance, and the balance of £1000 and interest at same rate in eighteen months from time.

‘ Lhe three last instalments to be secured by Govern- ment debentures, and the first instalment to be paid in

cash, on execution of the Deeds by the necessary parties |

to pass the title. “ The above is at the rate of seven shillings and one

_ penny half-penoy (7s. 14d.) per acre, being twe sbillings and one peuny (23. 14d.)-in excess of any price yet paid by the Government for any lands purehased by them.

present offer, the Government purpose submitting to the — Legislature a Bill to autherise the purchase at the above |

——

At present the law restricts the Government from paying |

more than five shillings sterling per aere for any estate offered, but in the event of your Lordship accepting the

amount. As the Logislatare will meet ia March, in the early part of the moc. sting wammislal®s jae that a reply to this offer gore “aved by that time. I requ

ao - ade Gis

It has been considered unfair to bave |

posal consideration and a reply at your earliest con- | Venience,

“IT have, &c., JOSEPH HENSLEY, * Attorney General, “ On behalf of the Government.”

To which a few days ago I received the following answer :—

| “ (Signed) }

‘© Meivitte Castle, “ January 23, 1868,

I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23rd ultiso, offering on certain terms to purchase, on the part of the Government, my property in Prince Edward Island. I have thought it right to refer this letter te my land agent ; bur, in the meanwhile, I may at once inform you that [ consider the terms so disadvan-

“ Sik ;

which | have read, would not enable the purchase more land, because the loan, if obtained, would be absorbed io the purchase of Wararnts, Debentures and other public securities. I will now allude to one other delusive idea put forward by the friends of this measure. They said that it would render exchange easier, and thus give a stimulous to commerce, but | think, Sir, if the matter is fairly con-

_ sidered, that the effect would be to render exchange

tageous to myself, that [ can hold out no expectation of |

arriving at any other determination than declining to

and this is the proper time to take action in the matter, | accept them,

“ T have, &e., *+ (Signed) The Hon. Joseph Hensley.”

MELVILLE,

I cannot but regret that his Lordship has not seen fit to accept 0 the proposition made to him. Lady Wood and Miss Fanning have also declined selling at a lower rate than twenty years’ purchase, with all arrears of back rent, under these circumstances, therefore, 1 see very little prospect of settling the land question hy voluntary purchave, and the Government bave, there- fore, had under their consideration the propriety of intro-

ducing a compulsory measure, and in the meantime are

| laid before this House, | nature is not new.

When the |

| have been bere expressod. that where the private rights of any person interfere |

in communication with the Home Government on the subject, and [ expect an answer shortly, which will be Legislation of a compulsory In Canada a compulsory measure had been introduced for settling the land question, ss was observed by the hon. member for Tryuv, aud the same principle was adopted for settling the Slave question in the West Indies ; and [ trust that when the views of the Home Government are obtained on this subject, and laid before this House, thas it will be found that they are in accordance with those which For my own part I believe

exist, that the private rights should give way to those of the public, more especially whea in fact it does not do any private injury. {If Lord Melville, for instance, had taken £4000 for his estate he would have received an equivalent, by which he would have been no loser, and a benefit would have been conferred upon the coun- try, in the advantage it would have been to the tenants on these estates. As to the twenty years’ purchase with

| all arrears of rent, it is too perfectly ridiculous to be

for one moment entertained. I think the present holders

| of these estates take a wrong view of the matter, and one,

The |

when we consider the manner in which they obtained these lands, which they ought not to entertain, nor do [ see why any individual should under such circumstances be allowed to hold property in a way that tends to retard the progress of the country. The land of any country

| Should belong to the inhabitants of that country, and it

The same could be |}

| parts in which it is not settled.

His Lordship wrote to Mr. Burke asking him | | for an account of the rental and arrears of rept on bis

I had also a conversation with |

is contrary to the interests of this Island that those holders of estates on this Island should have the power of refusing a fair compensation for their claims. I am glad the hon member referred to the matter, for [ am

| quite satisfied that until this question is settled there

will be no peace or happiness in this country, and tke fact that it is settied in one part, and not in another of this Island, only makes the discontent the greater in those As regards the matter referred to in the paragraph, | may state that when the

| correspondence to which [ have referred is laid before

the House, it will be seen that the (tovernment are will- ing to take the matter in hand and have no intention of

Hon. Mr. McAutay.—Mr. Chairman, although [am not afflicted with that loathsome disease, called the ca- coethes loguendi, 1 wiil make a few remarks upon the paragraph before this hon. committee. The fact is, that

mere stalking horses of for getting men in positions, the duties of which, perhaps, they are not calculated to fulfill. The paragraph before us reads thus :—‘“ Although your Excellency Sas not, as yet, deemed it advisable to proceed with the Loan’’ ‘To proceed with the Loan ! Where is His Excellency to proceed with the Loan? The statement implies that the Loan has been obtained, but I want to know, Sir, where His Excellency is to proceed with it? Is it to Nova Scotia or Abyssinia ? Perhaps they wish His Excellency to proceed to the latter country to fight with bis sable Majesty King Theodorus. The confusion and discordance of thought manifest in this expression is eclipsed by the following sentence of the paragraph, in which there is something horrible, something dreadful, Sir. It goes om to say: — Yet the provisions of the Act authorizing it still re- main avuilable in case any proprietor shall hereafter, as we trust they will do,” &c. Now, if these words are susceptible of any meaning, they imply, that the proprie- tor was to be divided into parts—cut into pieces! and each part was to accept a fair price for his land, and thus meet the views of the Government by accepting ihe price they might offer. Is this the meaning of the paragraph? Perhaps the gentlemen who prepared this Address were not agreed as to which of them was the best philologist. IL regret, Sir, that the Government of this Colovy should make such a parade of their imbecility | as to issue such a document as this. offer any amendment, | shal! Jeave it to the hon. mem- bers of the Government to say whether this document sball go forth in its present shape or not, The question, however, intended to be embraced in this paragraph is an important one, and as a member of the Oppo-ition I shail not approach it in a party spirit. Wath respect to the Loan, you already know my opinion. [ am not sorry that it has not been obtained, for [ certainly thiak it is fortunate for the Colony that it has proved a failure. The strongest arguments brought forward last Session by those who supported the measure, were those which were drawn from other Colonies which have effected loans; but in their arguments they overlooked the object for which these Loans were obtained by those Colonies. I shall, sir, with your permission, look to Nova Scotia, because it is the Province with which we are the best acquainted. The Loan obtained by the Government of

I do not intend to |

that Province was expended in public works that have | | greatly aided the internal improvement of the country, |

and thereby the best engineers, artizans and Jaborers in | that Province, have had employment, and the other in-

terests have also been benefited; and the result is, that |

| the improvements thus effected are now yielding such a |

| profitable and permanent revenue to the colony, that the

| wisdom of those who introduce’ them is fully justified ; |

but | cannot see in the Loan Bill of last year chat any- thing is there foreshadowed that would lead us to conclude that similar results would follow if a Loan had been ob- tained here. In the eleventh section of the Loao Bill,

I notice that it does not say that the Loan, if obtained, | E » Be 7 : ’ | been ruined before this time.

shall be applied to such laudable improvements as it bas been applied to in Nova Scotia, but for the * redemp- tion or payments of Treasury Warrants or Debentures, or any part of the public debt of this Colony.” From this it is clear that had the Loan been obtained, it would | not have benefited the people of this country, as ao

agent would have had to be employed, whose dury it | | would have been, as set forth in the tenth section of the

| Act, to * hold all money raised by virtue of this Act, at | the disposal of the Government of this Island, aod shall accept and pay bilis, remit and pay money, as such agent may, from time to time, be directed by the | Lieutenant Governor.” these clauses would be to throw the money of people residing in this country out of use, and to give an andue preference to that of the'stranger. Is this statesmansbip ? Shall we call that sta sinanship, the only effect of which

| can be to dripaaholders of money in the Colony ino. _ ee The provisions of the sections of the Act ' ’ Ss et 4 oa

Now, Sir, the direct effeet of ‘diets aan pee cals of £20 822, |

_ and notes of foreign bunks to

annually more stringent. If, Sir, you were to borrow in Eng!and £50 000, £3,000 a year would have to be exported to pay the interest, which, in ten years, would cause £30.000 to be exported from the Colony for interest alone. Is it by making the country £30,000 poorer that you expect to benefit it? Nowa Seotia lately obtained a loan of £250,000 at par, but we could not expect to obtain one on such terms; besides there would be a depreciation of probably 24 per ceat. for commission. There is further the ten per cent. which would have to be placed in the sinking fund, to meet the payment of the principle at the expiration of ten All these amounts would be withdrawn from circulation in the country, while they would cause ao additional increase of taxes, and a greater drain upon the resourees of this Island. I give the hon. Atty. General credit for sincerity, but his scheme is hostile to the good of the country throughout. The argument that posterity should pay for it isan ungound one. [| blame not the Government for endeavouring to settle this question, bus blame them for having brought forward a measure that is not calculated to do this. But, Sir, if they bring in a Bill that will promote the public good, it shall have my support, and that not an hypocritical support, for hypocrisy is foreign to my.nature. I conclude these remar«s, by stating, that if L succeed by these observations in bringing this delusive Forei Loanscheme into disfavor more universally, I shali have the high gratification in lending my aid in saving to the country not less than £30,000, which must be evident to any one who takes the trouble of calsulating the Foreign Loan scheme of our present Government. R. Gorpon, Reporter.