saa siting atta

Inn an tenets lint abil

skp aaee Pg eiliceda te id 4 eee : cS anneal oar: ye ee

I ae ne cee ae

ae See + ee i

a Bat Ba aes .

ee a oe eee a seen

mee me

ee

. SE ee

f ‘4 i

110 a Te

seen that it meant no less than that hier Majesty’s Go-|a:rangement will, in the present circumstances. of the

vernment would be prepared aud willing to advise lier Majesty to make al] concessions to the Colony, requicite for the establishment of Resporsible Government We re- in, ona decided manifestation of the wishes of the

ople to that cffect ; and if be (the honorable member for Charlottetown) were capable of justly estimaiing the weight of the conditions, on which the salaries ana allowance in the Civil List Bul were to be paid, ne would at once perceive that the payment of them being made altogether contingent upon the granting to and establishing in this Colony a system of Responsible Government similar to that now in force in the Provinces ef Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, and that that Bill’s having received the sanction and allowance of the three Branches of the Legislature—the House of Assembly, the Legislative Council, and the Lieut. Governor—were a positive and very sufficient evidence of the wishes of the people of the Colony to have the aame measure of justice extended to them, with respect to the privileges and advaniages of Responsible Self- Government, as have been conceded to the neighboring Provinces ; and, were it also still further considered, that the Civil List Bill, with the important suspending or conditional clause annexed to it, had been carried through the ilouse of Assembly by a large majority— that it had received the sanction of the Legislative Council, without one dissenting voice being epposed to uo passage—*nd that His Excellency in assenting to it in Her Majesiy’s name, had intimated no intention on his part to advise the withholding of the Royal allow- ance ; it would be quite clear, ke thought, even to the honorabie member who had last spoken, that the antici- pation of the Royal assent to the Bill, which Jed the majority to contemplate the passing of a Revenue Bill, a8 intimated by the Resolution which he (Mr. Coles)

THE BXAGINGE.

country, afford much relief te parties indebted to the Government, and be found beneficial towards the repairs of the Roads for the present year. : Hiluminating Gas.—Mr. Pope presented the following ’etition:—*‘l’o the Honorable House of Assembly of Prince Edward Island, now in general Assembly con- vened,—The Petition of Abraham Gesner, of Halifax, in the Province of Nova Scotia,—humbly sheweth: That during the past year Petitioner has made an important discovery in the manufacture of illuminating Gas, which he now obtains from bitumen, asphaltum, or mineral pitch, never heretofore used for that purpose, and from which a better and cheaper Gas is derived than from coal, rosin, or any other substance.

That to encovrage and reward such inventions and discoveries, the laws of Great Britain, the United States, France, Spain, and other countries, authorise the granting of Letters Patent, even to foreigners. Your Petitioner, although a subject of the Queen o Greut Britain, has obtained such Letters Patent for the whole of the United States, also for Nova Scotia and other places. His caveat is also filed in England and in the French and Spanish Colonies.

Upon making application for Prince Esward Island, your Petitioner is informed that such Patent cannot issue under the present law to any person who is not a resident of the Island.

Your Petitioner is a Colonist and a British subject, and begs most respectfully to submit to the considera- tion of Your Honorable House that whether as being such, he should not obtain Letters Patent from a British Colony. It is by such ioventions and discoveries the welfara and comfort of mankind are promoted, and your Petitioner only seeks such protection from your Honor- able House as wil] aid in compensating him for the ex-

had just submitted, was based upon goed foundations. The Chairman (Mr, Jardine) then put tae question

upon the Resolution, which was agreed to without op-|

position. And then the House being resumed, the Resolution was reported agreed to accordingly ; and the question being put thereon by the hon. Speaker it Was adopted nem. con.

he

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS TO THE CLOSE OF TUE SESSION. Monday, April 29, 1850.

Message from His Excellency, by the Honorable Mr Secretary Haviland:

“'The-Lieutenant Governor transmits to the House of Assembly the Estimates of ihe Expenditure of the Government of this Island, for the current year.

“Tho Lieutenant Governor lays before the House of Assembiy, Copies of Communications, received by him from Captain Bayfield aad Commander Jenner, of Her Majesty's Navy, relative to the Light House at Point Prim, and he recommends to the favourable considera- tion of the Assembly, the suggestions of those Officers, as to the means of increasing its efficiency.

Governinent House,

April 29, 1850.

“The Lieutenant Governor transmits, for the infur- mation of the House of Assembly, the Road Commais- s'oners’ Returns of Statute Labor for the past year, to- Sether with the Road Cocrespondent’s Account, showing the sums which have been expended, during the same period, upon Roads, Bridges, and Wharfs, under the several appropriations of tae Legislature. Also, Re- ports from Road Commissioners, relative to the advanc- es made to destitute Settlers in the years 1847, idds, and 1849,

The Lieutenant Governor further submits, for the

consideration. of the House of Assembly, the following |

communications connected with the Road Service :—

No. 1. Petition of the resident Inhabitants of the Mastern Section of King’s County and others, for a Bridge to be erected across Souris River.

No. 2. Petition of Inhabitants of Lot 18, for a sum to be appropriated on the Road which passes from the Old Town Road to Fermoy.

No. 3. Estimate to re-build Poplar Island Bridge.

No. 4. Accounts of Wharfage received and expend- ed in the several Road Districts.

Government House,

April 29, 1850.

Ordered to be laid upon the Table.

; Debts due to the Government for Supplies of Seed Grain, &c.—Mr. Pope moved that the following Ad- dress be presented to His Excellency :

“May it please Your Excellency, “The House of Assembly being desirous of meeting the circumstancés of the numerous poor Settlers who, during tle last four years, have received advances for

the purchase of Seed Grain and Potatoes, and many}.

of whom are now unable to discharge their obligations in money, Would respectfully request that your Excel- laacy will give directions to the several Road Commis- missioners to receive labor on the High-ways, Bridges and wharfs, during the present season, in liquidation of the obligations new in their hands for moneys so due to the Government, the rate per dav not to exceed 43., sad the Commissioners to be required to make due re- turns to the Goverument ofall sums so received, and ,ow and in whet manner expended,

pense and Jaber he has sustained in the invention and discovery referred (o.

Your Petitioner therefore prays that your Honorable ‘House will be pleased to amend that Section of the /Patent Law that excludes him, or make such other re- solution as ehall enable him to obtain Letters Patent for said fsland, or adopt such other means as may be ceemed meetin his case. And your Petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray.

' !

ApraHaM GESNER. Halifax, 27th March, 1850. Oidered to be laid upon the Table. Seed Grain, §¢.--Hon. Sol. General, by request of ‘his Excetlency, informed the House that his Excellen- cy had been pleased to say in answer to the Address of yesterday, respecting tne Debts due to the Govern- ‘ment for Supplies of Seed Grain, &c., that he would ‘comply with the request contained therein, The hon. land learned gentleman added that from the tenor ef the directions heretofore given to the Road Commissioners, ‘it was evident that it was not the wish of his Excellen- cy that they should pursue a rigid course for the re- covery of these debts.

Wednesday, May 1. Mill Streams.—Mr. Lord presented the folllowing Petition, which was read by the Clerk:

To the Honorable the House of Assembly, in General As. sembly convened,

The Petition of the undersigned inhabitants of Bedeque,

Crapaud, De Sable, and the adjacent settlements,

Humbly sheweth:

That your Memorialists, many of whom occupy land through which valuable Mill Streams flow, learn with ‘no stnall degree of astonishment and alarm, that an ex- clusive right or claim has been set up by individuals owning Mills on said Streams to the alone privilege of directing the waters of the same for the purpose of driving machinery; and that in consequence of such assumed right, Parties who have erected Mills thereon, have been dragged into Courts of Law, and thereby subjected to heavy expenses and loss,

Your Memorialists would therefore most respectfully solicit your Honorable House to adept such measures (as you In your wisdom may see fit, to prevent the recur- ‘rence of such arbitrary and vexatious proceedings, and thereby secure to the occupiers of such Mill sites the quiet and undisturbed possession of their property. Al! which is humbly subaiutted.

Ricaarp Hepson, S. E. Dawson, Puirups F. Invine, And many others.

On motion of Mr. Lonp, it was then ordered that the, Petition be referred to a Committee to report thereon, next Session by Bill or otherwise. The following hon. members were appointed a Committee accordingly, Messrs. Lord, Pope, and Coles.

Solioe

Che Examiner.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1850,

ee

—_——— a nt nee

ROADS AND BRIDGES. No falsehood hag been more industriously circulated by the Obstructives since the prorogation of the Legis- ‘ature than this, that no provision was made by the Assembly in the last Seesion for'the Service of Roads,

oe

ty tt a

in putting forth this deliberate falsehood, is to create in the breasts of the most indigent of the farming popula. tion, a feeling against’ the House of Assembly, by're- presenting ‘o.them that if they be without the means of precuring Seed Grain and Potatoes for the present Spring, they should blame the House of Assembly.

Now the facts shew that the Assembly have made a very excellent provision for the Service of Roads, Bridges, and Wharves, and in such manner as to be of the most essential service to the poorest part of our population. There are sums now due to the Govern- ment, amounting to between three and four thousand pounds, for Seed Grain and Potatoes advanced to poor Settlers in every section of the Island, during the three or four years pest, when crops failed and great scarcity prevailed. Government, through the agency of the. Small Debis Courts, lately commanded suing for the recovery of those sums of money; and as judgments were in all cases obtained against the unfortunate de- fendants, the poor fellows were likely to be made te pay high enough for their Seed Grain and Potatoes. The House of Assembly, not wishing to see their con stituents fleeced and harrassed by Government at “ Tra- cadie Fair,” addresses the Lieutenant Governor on the subject, requesting him to cause the Road Commis- sioners throughout the Island to take in paymento those debts labor to be done on the Roads, Bridges, and Wharves, during the present season: thus presenting to the debtors an easy method of ineeting their obliga- tions—saving them from law expenses; and, as the. amount due—considerably over £3000—is larger than the annual vote of the Assembly, we conceive that am adequate provision is made for the Road Service. Even if money iad been voted by the Assembly for Roads ard Bridges, it does not follow that means would there- by be afforded to the poorer classes of procuring Seed Grain, for the least needy might obtain the work, ae is most frequently the case, and payment could hot be had until the contracts were performed, which is usually about mid-summer, and nearer to hervest than to seed time.

THE PAY.

We take the following sentence from the Islander of Friday last: “* We would not ask for better cvidence of a guilty conscience, and at the same time of a deliberate intention to deceive the public, than the omission in the last Examzner of the Resojution voting themselves (the House of Assembly) their £25 a-piece.” We teli the Editer of the Islander that he errs in asserting thet we intended to deccive the public in this marter; for if we had any such iniention, we should have omitted in the same paper the Governor’s Speech, since he story of the £25 is very conspicuously presented to tie public in that famous document. The Resolution voting the “ pay” was inadvertently omitted, amongst other things, to make room for the Governor’s Speech, which came to hand when our paper had gone to Press, and our columns were of course filled up. As it appears to be a great sin on our part to omit the Resolution referred to, why did the Islander not publish it? It 1s true fous lines were inserted in that paper, in the form of a Reso- lution, stating the grant of pay and travelling charges; but that was not the Resolution which passed the House of Assembly. The Isiander’s Resolution would make it appear that the £25 was voted for the one Session, whereas the Assembly’s Resolution states the £25 to be for two Sessions’ atteudance.

Again, why did the Isfander omit in the same paper in which it complains of our omission, the amended Address in answer to the Governoi’s Speech at the opening of the Session, ¢ ving only Mr. Palmer's bant- ling, which was remorseless!y strangled by the House of Assembly ina very fe minutes after it was ushered into the world. Was the ésiander ashamed to shew the utter defeat of his friends by publishing the amended Address and the circumstance of its adcption? We merely ask was there an “ intention to deceive tle pub- lic” in respect to this matter ?

The Islander speaks of a “ guiity conscience.” Weil, then, every member who voted for pay, should accord- ing the Islander, feel his conscience acensing him of guilt; and as Messrs. Palmer, Thornton, Haviland, Longworth, Montgomery, and Yeo, readily voted fo9 their pay, we suppose their consciences are equally

*The House of Assembly are of opinion that the

Bridges and Wharves. The objectof the Obstructives

troubled. To express our ewn opinion in the aztte,