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I ‘ ' j on: (petunia! metals.

hislration ought to be at liberty to select the paper, and halvrng «lone so, the paper selected by him ought to be publicly deciaied the ofﬁcial organ of government, lll'll. all parties might know Where to look for ofﬁcial notices. A paper having been so select- ed, it would, in all probability, continue the. official organ of go- vernment for vears. and to its ﬁles it would be easy on all occa- ' sions to refer back for the time it had continued so, If however, on account of decrease in the circulation of such paper, orfrom. some other cause, it became necessary to withdraw from ll. the 7 government patronage, another, would he immediately se- lected, and the selection _ made public. The hon. and learned gentleman said, he tubttld therefore move, that the execu- tive be empowered, from time to time, loorder that ad notices relative to ‘ public busmess should be inserted in a. CEl‘liLlll newspaper ; that paper as he had said before, ought to be one having an extensive circulation ; the Gazette might be decreas- ing in .its circulation, but he did 'not know that such was‘the fact; and, indeed,’ he cared not if‘the power to select me paper were left to the Executive, as it ought to be, what paper mightbe made choice of. If the Executive shou’ld think In to name‘thé‘ Gazette, he would be quite satisﬁed. Equally so should he be Whether the choice fell upon the Islander’or the, Herald, or éven ' upon his hon. friend’s paper, thehPallndtumq The paper which appeared to have the most exteiiswe Circulation would be selected, and, by an order of the Governorin Councd, such paper would be constituted the olﬁctnl organ of government until such

“r‘otder. should be repealed. This arrangement would meet any

objection which might be made to public notices not continuing to appear in the same paper; lor, on referring to the order in Council, persons Would see to what paper they had to refer for years. There were two things to which their honors were

ﬁbottbd to attend—retrenchment and the protection of the govern--

medt’s right of patronage ; and he could conceive no better means—for the accomplishment of these two ends than what he had proposed. My hon. friend says, let the Royal Gazette bellic ’sole vehicle, I say, no; for ifit were, a sort of double tax might ' thus be imposed upon the country. They might hnye to take ihc .Royal Gazette for. the sake ofnotices relating to public sci't’icc,antl another'ppper for the sake of news and general information. And again, it without an order in CounCil nppomting a certain paper as.the advertising vehicle‘ with respect to the public ser- vice,-ﬁrst one and then another paper were selected for that pur- pose, persons having any interest in any thing connected with the public service, that they might not lose the beneﬁt of any botiCe, would be obliged to take God knows how many papers. The hon. and learned gentleman then explained. that in New Brunswick, during the administration of Sir John Harvey, the Sentinel, and not the Royal Gazette, had been made the advertis- jog vehicle of Government. , , ' (Mr. Young here Suggested that With us the Pallmhum should be the-paper selected for the. patronage of government. Mr. .Péters replied, that he should have no ob_iectiens to the ap- pointment, provided the proprietors of the Palladium had none themselves.)

His Honor the PRESIDENT said, that solong as a Royal Gazette (continued to be published, that paper should contain all notices and adveriisements in any way relating to the public serVicc. as .,'W'ell as all legal notices of what kind socver. It was the proper record of all such notices, and he could not consent that ll'ley should be withdrawn from it. if their honors, Willi a view to economy, were for conﬁning the publication of all notices relating 16 the public service to one paper, he would go along with his hon. and learned friend .Mi‘. Young, in favour of the Royal Gazette.

The Hon. l\lr. YOUNG thought his hon. and learned friend Mr. Peters was blowing hot andcold at the same time, as he himself had one day expressed himself in the Supreme Court, when he spoke of the man’s warming his hands with the same breath With which be cooled his broth. Ifthere were no other reason why the Royal Gazette should be the advertising vehicle, in all matters

* relating to the public service, than this—the certainty of reference which would thereby be secured to all parties—that alone would -beasutﬁcientone. Let us not have two government papeis; there is no necessity for our having two. If it were said, that the circulation of the Gazette is not at pieseut so great as that of some of theother papers, he would reply, make it the sole adver» 'zising Vehicle in all matters relating to the public service, and

t .that ald’ne would rapidly increase its circulation, and enable the

proprietor to conduct it in such a man er as‘olherwise to entitle his paper l0 public support. But how i. it known than the Gazette ,is not at present more extensively circulaierlpthau ‘any of the other papers? It may be so, for any thing that appears to the contrary, ~ I The Hon. Mr. PETERS again insislcd that the best plan would be for the Governor in Council to appoint. a paper from time to time, which paper‘would, in all probability, be the’one having the greatest cirCulation, acquired by its general merits. Persons wishing to con- tinue subscribers tosuch a paper would not then be put to the ex- ' ‘ ’e of takinir two papers, one for general information, and the other

’- o a . u 4 or notices relating to the public serum.

The Hon. Mr. HOLL thought that if their honors came to the con— ,clusion that the publication of all notices and advertisements rellting : jtotthe public service should‘ be confined to one paper, that paper ‘ ought: to be the Gazette. In this way they would economize as much as in the other. ~ r The Hon. Capt. SVVABEY looked upon the question in :1 light in which it. did not appear to present itself to some of lhcir honors. He :thought the real question was merely this—~whcthcr they should do- privc the Executive of the right to make the selection ; tvhcthcrdltsy should deprive it of the power of bestowing patronage in tlicsc quar- ‘tcrs in’ which it might think it. best merited. He would put. the ques-. ,vtion broadly and without; disguise. It was nothing but this t—Shuli we unconstitutionnlly tie up the hands of government, and deprive it .of thutprivilege which is enjoyed by every other British government unearth, the privilege of freely bestowing its patronage in whatever quarters it may choose? It was very well known, that. when only two papers were published in the Colony, an exclusive claim to the right Tof publishing, all notices relating to the public service had never (been setup on behalf of the Gazette, arid he was at a loss to see fwithnvhat propriety such a principle could be recognized now. He was perfectly willing that. with :cspccl to the Gazette all notices should appear in it. as heretofore; but he would not consent to any invasion of the right. of patronage of the government, which, he con~

tended, was not. only a constitutional, .but a. most useful privilege .of it.

His Hon. the PRESIDENT explained that the Bill, as it stood, pro- videdthat all notices and advertisements_relating to the public service should be published in the Royal Gazette ; but that in extraordinary cases the Government might direct that notices should also be pub- lished in any other paper they might select for that purpose. He would then in extraordinary cases allow the Government to net ac- cordingly, and in Council to nominate the paper, if the choice ought. ,not to be left entirely to the Governor himself.

The Hon. Mr. PETERS said, if the Bill were as his honor had ex- plained it, it would leave matters pretty much as they were. But it oughgto be recollectcd that if,on'cvcry extraordinary case, the sanction. of a. Council were to be made necessary, a Council could not always be got. Frequently, if in such cases they had to wait. fora Council, much injurious delay might be the consequence. The Government very properly did many things without the advice and consent ofn Council 5 and in judging of extraordinary cases, and making choice of a paper, he thought it might very well be left to act independently of one. - ‘

The Hon. Mr. BRECKEN disliked Ihe proposal made by the hon. the Solicitor General, which was that the Government should from time to time selecta paper as an advertising vehicle in all matters rc-

- “lating to the public service. In Charlottetown, no doubt, the choice would very soon become known, as also any change when it tookplace; but. it would be otherwise in the country, where such a scheme would occasmn much perplexity and uncer‘taint . If the advertisements, however, were to be conﬁned to one paper, he thought that paper ought to be the Royal Gazette. To withdraw them front that paper woiild be an invasion of the rights of the Queen’s Printer. And as to leav- ing it to the GovernOr in Council to decide ,what are extraordinary cases, and to sc‘lect,a paper, he thought such a proceeding would be quite absurd‘; nay, it would almost be insulting to his Excellency. Ifatiother paper besides the Gazette is to be patronized, it ouoht un-

.‘questionably to be a privilege of his EXcellcncy to decide botah with respect tonexlraordinnry cases and the paper to be selected.

The Hon. Capt. SWABEY explained that wherever an Act provided that all notices under it'should be published in all the papers, he would not. propose that such notices should be withheld from the Gazette; he would say, let them be published in the Gazette as here— tofore; but in every other case, he maintained that it ought to be left to the Head of the Administration to direct publication to be made nlllhe Gazette, or in any other paper which he might think proper to se eel. T After some time spent in Debate, which would exceed our present limits (the opinions of most Members having been again repeated), the hon. Mr. Peters moved. in amendment, that the words “ extraor- dinary cases” in the preamble, and the words “ except in particular and extraordinary cases” in the body of the Bill, be struck out, and the words ‘9 in sueh cases as the Governor or Administrator of the

,Govemmept for the time being may see ﬁt to order the same to he published in some other paper,” be inserted, which was carried.

1 The Bill, as amended, was then sent to the Lower House for their concurrence, and after rather a sharp debate ﬁnally agreed to with

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

Monnni, March 4. _ ’

A Petition of-Angus Mncdougald, ofTownshipAG, Kings County, was offered to the House by Mr. Cooper.

Ordered, That under the peculiar circumstances ofthe case, the said Petition be received and read. ,

Atid the sold Petition wns rend, setting forth—That Pett- tinner, in the your 1819, took possession ol land on To_Wn- ship 46, and has ever since livctl thereon nnd improved "- That Petitioner, with many more, waited to ,see if any PI‘O- prietor would claim the Said land; but, ﬁnding no clniirinut, Petitioner, with his neighbours, got u Surveyor and surveyed to every mau'liis share, on'wliich Petitioner becomes owner of Eighty Acres, for his share. Thatsubsequently—that IS to say, from the year 182210 1843—‘rent had been demanded from the Petitioner by six different itidividiinls, none of whom received any; and that Petitioner now lies Iii George- town Jail, at the instance oftlie Hon. J. H. Peters, for the sum ofSeventy Pounds, for rent ofthe saiil lniid: That the said Mr. Peters Will not shew tiny title, or secure your Peti- tioner from others claiming the bind in like iiiiiiiiiei'—aiitl praying the interference oftlie House in his hehnlf.

Mr. Cooper ll'IOVell, thitt the said Petition be referred to a Special Committee, to examine the same, and report thereon _witli power to send for persons, papers and records.

The Hon. Mr. Pulll'lel‘ moved, in amendment to the ques- tion. that the House do Resolve as followetli‘.

“That the case set forth in the Petition-of Angus M ‘Dougald presents no peculiar cit'cuiiistaiices, culling,r for the interfer— ence of this House; nor can this House entertain the same, without, in eﬂilct, establishing n precedent for the House of Assembly’s reviewing the Judgments of the Supreme court ofJuilicnriire oftliis lslund, against each ititliviiliinl sublept, as be may consider liimselfuggrieveil by such Jiidgiueiit.’

Mr. Rue then itirivcd,,iti tiliietiilment to the said motion of aiiieiiilrnent,tliat after the word “that,” all be ekyllttigetl, ulld the fbllowirig,r snbstitutod:—“ the Petition be referred to the Co‘niiilittee on Crown Lands, to report thereon its respecting the Grant of Lot 46, and other Lots for which \llO Grants are on record, and the grounds on which, when such is the case, the title oftlie claiiiinut ofthe Township is held good ;” and tl'ie'inotiou beingr seconded, and the question put tliei‘cori, it was agreed to by the House. ‘

Several Bills were forwarded a stage.

TUESDAY, March 5: _ ,

The Bill to regulate the publishing of Notices. tisements relating to the public service, was i‘en - time, cotiimitted, and reported with amendments. ' _

Mr. D. Mucilounlil moved to amend the Report, by striking out that portion ol'tlie Bill which limits the publication of Public Notices to the Royal Gazette, except in extraordinary crises, and inserting—“shall be inserted iii all the News- papers published in the Colony.”

The House divided on the motion ofaiueiitlment:

YEAS—M cssrs. D. Manilonald, Cooper, D. Mac-lean, Fraser, Mai-in osli, A. l'lliicleziii, Montgomery, Rue—~8.

Nays—Hon. Mr. Palmer, Messrs. Beai'i'sm, Hudson, Coles, Thornton, Douse, AitkeiigDalziel, Macgregor, \Viglitinan, Cambridge, Longwortli—IQ. .

So it passed in the negative.

The Bill, as amendedﬂvns then ordered to be engrossed.

‘Tlie House resolved itselfiuto a Committee oftl'ie whole House, on the further consideration of Ways and Means—Mr. .Aitken in the Chair.

After some time spent therein, Mr. Aitken reported, that the Committee litid come to the three following Resolutions:

1. RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of this Commit- tee, that the several rates and duties imposed and levied on articles imported into this Island during the past year, under the Act of (i Vict. cap. 7, intitiiled zip Act for the increase of L'te Revenue of this island, be con- tinued for one year, from and after the Third day of May next—save and except such rates and duties as are imposed by the Fourth Section of said Act, and that the following articles Shall, for the some period, be made exempt from Colonial Duty, viz z—thrley, Oats and O'ntmenl, Potatoes, Horses, Cattle, fresh Meat, raw Hides, Tallow, Burr Stones, Hemp, Flax and _'I‘easles. .

2. RESOLVED, That in addition to the Rates and Du- ties to be imposed in accordance with the foregotug Resolution, there Shilll be imposed and levied, for the same period, the several Duties, as the same are respec-

tively set forth in the Table of Duties hereinafter cou~ tained viz : ‘

, 'rxnnn or DUTIES.

\that Flour, the barrel of 196le. - £0 5 0 Meal, Srilletl or cured; the cwt. - - 0 4 0 Lard, per cwt. - I - '- - - 0 5 0 Butter,‘ do. - '- . - - - 0 5 0 Cheese, do. - - - - - ' 0 5 0 Coffee, do. ' - - ‘- - - -' 0 4 0 Bread, Biscuit and Crackers, do. - - 0 5K 0 Reﬁned Sugar, do. - - - - ’ - 0 7 (i

IrOn and Brass Castings, 5 per cent. arl valorcm. Men’s Boots, 10 per cent. ad valorem.

the amendment.

Sole Leather, per pound, ‘ — - - l 0 0 I Harness Leather, o'o. - - - - 0 0 I Upper Leather, do. - - - - 0 3 Manufactured Tobacco, except Cigars, do. 0 0 2 Cigars, 20 per cent. ad valorem. Clocks and Clock Machinery, 525 per cent. ad vulorem. l - ‘ Articles manufactured of Wood, and such arti- cles as wood forms the principal part of, 15 per .cent. adv/110nm. Rum, per gallon, - - - y- - 0 0 9 Other Spirits‘and Cordials, per gallon, 0 0 9 ‘Wine, bottled or not, per gallon, - - (l l) 9

3. RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of this Commit- tee, that the sum of Sixpence, per gallon be imposed

and levied on all Spirituous Liquors distilled this Island.

The First and Second ofthe said Resolutions being arrain severally rend, were agreed to by the House. D

The Third of the said Resolutions being again read, and the question put thereon;

The House divided:

Yeas—Messrs. Aitkeii, Wiglitnian, Cooper, Douse, Long- wortli, Hudson, A. Muclenn, Palmer, Macintosh, Thornton, J. S. Mncdonald, Citriibrirlge, Dulziel, D. Macdonald—M. “

NAYS--MBSSI‘S. Colcs, Benirsto, D.‘ Maclean, Macrrreuor, Montgomery—5. i a 5

So it was carried in the affirmative.

Committees were then appointed to bring in am to the above Resolutions.

The remainder of the day was spent in the consideration ofthe Bill relating to the publication of notices Sac. relatinu' to the public service in the newspapers. '3

within

Bills pursu-

WEDNESDAY, March 6. ,Mr. Thornton reported a Bill imposing a duty ofsixpence pep: ggllon cirall Spirituous Liquors distilled within this s an . - He also reported a Bill to further amend the Laws mak- ing lands and tenements liable:to the payment of debts} Mr. Longworth reported it Bill for the increase of the

. London, was presented to the House by Mr. Longwortli, and

The three preceding Bills were,severally read the ﬁrst time. ‘

The Bill intituled “ An Act relating to Schools and Edit- cation” was read the third time.

Mr. Yeo mchil to amend the Bill, by reducing the allow- ances to Districr'Tcachei-u to the rates formerly allowed by Law. ~

The House divided on the motion:

YEAS—Messrs. Yeo, Longworth, Fraser, Cambridge, Douse, Benirsto, Palmer, Cooper, Macintosh—9.

Nays—Messrs. Wightmnn, D. Macleaii, Dnlziel, Hudson, Aitkeii, D. Mucdouald, Macgregor, Moutgomery,A.. Miicleau. The House being equally divided, the Speaker gave the casting vote in the negative.

The clause rendering it imperative on District Teachers to undergo a fresh examination as to their qualiﬁcations be- fore the Board of Educmiou, was, on motion of‘Mr. Mont~ gamer-y, 'struck out oftlie Bill. .

Mi: D. Mnclenn pi'oposed,. as an amendment to the said Bill, that the highest class teachers, in addition to their other qualiﬁcations, should be required to tench Algebra.—Nega- lived on the following division :——- ' ~

Yeas—Messrs. D. Maolean, Rae, COoper, Dalziel, D. Mac— donnlrl, Macgregor, Cambridge, Macintosh, VViglitmnti.——9.

NAYs—Messrs. Yen, Loiigworth, Palmer, Montgomery, Douse, Fi'risci', Hudson, A Mnolean, Beairsto, Aitkein—IQ.

The Bill was then passed, and sent to the Council for con- currcnce.

The Bill, iii its main features, does not appear to differ materially from the former Act.

‘ THURSDAY, March 7. A Petition ofJol'in Mackenzie and John Mackie, of New

the some was received and i'eurl— praying that a bounty may be allowed tlpOll‘eVel'y vessel properly manned and. ﬁtted.- which shall this year be engaged in the Seal Fishery, and which shall prosecute the some (luring a suitable period.

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Com- mittee oftlie whole House on the considc'ntion ofso n'iucli of'His Excelleiicy’s Speech at the opening oftlie present Session as relntes to the Fisheries of this Island ;.n|sn, the Despatclies and other papers cmnmtinionterl to the House” by His Excellendy during the present Session. ,

Several Bills went through Committee, and the,IIouse adjourned. -

Family, March 8.

Read a third time and passed, the Bill to establish an ad- ditional Term of the Supreme Court. and to extend the Hilary and Trinity Terms for Queen’s County.

Road a third time and passed, the/Bill in further amend- ment oftlie Laws for’ making Lands and Teueineints liable for the payment of Debts, and other purposes.

A Message 'was received from the Legislative Council, hitqiiaintiiig the House that their Honors had passed the Bill to regulate the publishing of Notices and Advertisements relating to the Public Service; and the Bill to iiatiiralize John Broderus Editiger Tybring, Willi several amendments. —Amendmeuts read a ﬁrst time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow.

The House resolved itselfiuto n Committee of the whole House, on the further cousideratiBii ofso much ofthe Lieu- tenant Govertior’s Speech at the opening of the present Ses- sion as relates to the Fisheries of this Island ; also various Despatclies and other papers communicated to the House by His Excellency during the present Session—Mr. Fraser iii the Chair.

After some” time spent therein, Mr. Fraser reported, that the Committee had come to the two following Resolutions?—

1. RESOLVED, 'I‘liutit is the opinion of'tbis Committee, that any Legislative enactment to be marle‘ on the subject oftl'ie Fisher Reserves shall require to no based upon ,the princt- ple of, and having mniiily in View, encouragement and pro- tection to iiiilivtrlunls iiiimeiliately concerned in prosecuting the Fisheries, having a due regard to the interest ofngrictil— turists. ‘

2. RESOLVED, That certain lands in this Colony, original- ly reserved for the use of the Fisheries in (this Island, having been declared by the Atty. and Sol. General of England to be the property oftlie Crown, having been claimed, and in many cases, leased and sold by the Proprietors o'ftl'ie Town- sliipsou wliic1i such are situated; it is right and proper that the Settlers on said lands should be protected by Legisla- tive enactment in the quiet posseSsiou thereof, without any further ram being exacted by the Proprietors ofthe Town- ships on which such reserves are ; but at the ‘same time, not interfering with any right the Crown may enjoy to exact rent for such reserves, until the land be required for the use of the Fisheries. —

The question of concurrence being put on the ﬁrst Reso- lution, it was agreed to unanimously. On the second, the House divided as follows 1— i

For the Resolution——Messrs. Rue, Fraser, Hudson, Mont- gomery, Aitkeii, Beairsto, ’I‘liornt‘oii, D. M‘Leun, A. M‘Lcan, Cooper, D. Macdoﬁtalrl, J. S. Mncdotialil, Dttlziel, Wiglitmnn, M‘Gi'egoi‘, Coles, Longworth, M‘ltltOSll. .

Against it—Messrs. Douse, Palmer, Yen, Ciinihridge.

Messrs. Rue, D. Maolean, VVightiiinn, Thornton, and Hon. J. S. Mncdonald were appointed it Committee to bring it] a Bill in accordance with the said Resolutions.

The Hon. Mr. Palmer, by leave, introduced a Bill relating to Entire Horses.—Read a'ﬁt'st' time. Second reading on Monday next.

C ——~ SATURDAY, March 9.

The Revenue Bill passed through a Committee oftlie whole House, with some slight aiiiendngents, and was ordered to be engrossed. _ _

The amendments made by the Council to the Bill for re- gulating tliepublicution of advertisements, 52.6., relating to the public service, in the newspapers, were taken into con- sideratiou——a discussion ensued, whereupon they were ﬁnal- ly agreed to, on the following division. .

YEAS—Messrs. lNightiuau, Palmer, Cambridge, Long- wortli, Coles, Thornton, A. Maclean, Hudson, Douse, J. S. Macdouuld—IO " i I

NAYs—Messrs. Rae, Cooper, 'D. Maclean, Fraser, Mont- gomery, D. Macdonnld, DingWell, Mncgregor, Dulziel—9.

An amendment made by the Council to the Bill to nntu- ralize Mr. John Broderus Edinger Tybring, suspending its operation until the Royal assent {hereunto had been. signiﬁed, was agreed to by the House.

A Message was received from the Council, intimating that

they had passedulie Statute Labour Act amendment bill ; the Supreme Court ndtlitiotinl term bill; and the Herring and Alcwivcs’ bill, Without any amendmentz—also, that tliev had passed the Bill for conﬁrming titles to land purchased under the Land Assessment Acts, with several amendments, [0‘ which they desire the concurrence 'ofthe House ofAs- semlily. A Message was oulered to be sent to the Legislative Cotin~‘ cil, praying that their Honors would permit the Hon. Charles Young. one of their members, to be examined before the Special Committee appointed to report on the subject ofthe Crown Lands, and also as respects the grant of Lot 46 and other Lots for which no grnnt is on record. ’

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NIONDAY, March 1]. Mr. Yen. by leave, introduced a Bill to amend the Act for ascertaining the boundary lines of'I‘ownships, &c.

The House went into Committee on the amendments made by the. Council to the Bill for conﬁrming titles to land purchased under the Land Assessment Acts. After some time spent therein, the Chairman reported, that the Com- mittee had disagreed to the some.

The report was received, and a Committee draw up reasons, to be oﬁ'ered to the Council once, for disagreeing to their amendments.

_ The Hon. Mr. Palmer introduced a bill concerning the tak- ing of bail in civil cases.

Mr. Palmer also moved, that it be an instruction to the Post Oﬂico Committee, to consider the expediency ofiiffor- (ling.utlditi0nnl accommodation to the mail carriers in cres-

nppointod to at a Confer-

Revenue, by imposing certain duties oflmpo'st.

sing the straits with the winter mans___.cm.ried‘

The Bill to incorporate a li‘lshiii~ Com 7 the third time, as engrossed. - g _ : 42am, was mm Al‘ amendment was proposed to be made to am gm, Mr. Rae, by adding the following words thereto ;, j “Provided always, that the Company hereby; 3 shall, in regard to the occupation by them, or Q l persons acting for them. ot'any portion ufthe '

in

on this Island fortlie'Fisliet‘y—whetber inn," otherwise—be liable to such regulations nigh, be imposed in any Act for regulating said R‘ may be passed by the Legislature oftliis Colony. _ The amendment was iiegntived, on the folio Ynhs.—'vMessrs. Rae, D. Macdonal’d, Montgm pm lean, Fraser, Dnlziel, Mnegregor, Cooper, Dirtng 1. _ NAYs.—-Messrs. Yen, Coles, A. Maclenu, Lo won,” 7 trier, J. S. Miicdonnltl, Hudson, Douse, Thom“) ‘9‘: -. The House being equally divider], the Speak," casting vote in the negative. ‘* r The Bill was then passedon the following dimmﬁy l7. Nay, 'Ml‘. Rae. , . r y- ‘ Read a third time, as engrossed, tho Bill 'im till Act for imposing a duty on all Spirituous Liq'qof.‘ fuctureil, extracted, or tliStilled within this Inland}? Mr. Coles proposed an amendment to the Bill,” ing the rate of diityirom Sixpence to tliree-penw‘w —Negatived: Yeas, Messrs. Coles, D. Mucle‘an,M¢jy‘ —Nays, l5. _ . _ , ,M r. Thornton then moved, that the Bill domain Mr..D. Maclenii moved, in amendment, to M I word “now,” and, tit the end of the questing. < (lav three months.” , . The aineiitliiierit.\vns negativetl, on the fol , Yeas, 3. Nays, The Bill was their passed, and sent t0't , their concurrence.

. I} ll berg;

Wing if

PORTREE, 5th January, 1844.——'I‘lie mot yesterday at the chitrcli of Snizort, to ’ l,» , to the Rev. Angus Miii'tiii, minister of Duirini‘sw Joliu Mackiiinou of Sti‘nth pi'encheil an eloquen sive sermon from Gen. iv. 7. There wnsa ver‘ congregation. After sermon, intimation was “gm people to come forward and sign a call in fav ‘ Angus Martin of Dui'rinisli, who has been pram;~ Crown to Siiizort, whereupon ninety-nine cuin'e ‘ ndliibited their names to the-cull—sirice then, 9e have done so who hail not an opportunity of at the meeting. All the deiitleineu tacksmen siz (except one), sticli as Donald Mncleod, Esqgﬁ J. Macleiiuan, Esq., Lyntlale (a proprietor aim” Mncdotiald, Esq, Skerinisli; Archibald Sm Cuiderach, &c. Objections to the presetttee'wem but none were made. The 18th current is ﬁxell ’ bytei’y for the day of Mr. Martin’s settlement, gratifying to the friends ofthe Church of Scotln‘ as to the presentec, that the call has been so regy numeroust signed, in the very parish which is , head of Non-intrusion iu Skye, and inwhich'the bent ofStiizort, the Rev. Roderick Macleod, power and inﬂuence to make the parishioners .men. It was not' expected by any, far less , Church people, that the call to any minister 3p Siiizort would be signed by above a dozen, yer half an hour 99 ndhibited their names. « ’

THE ISLAND or»: Latvia—“7e are truly loopy; Jumes Matheson, Esq, ofAcltniiy, M. P.,"lt from the, family of Seaforth, the princely pro Lewis—one oftlie largest islands in the population ofaboiit 15,000, and included in thé Ross. The purchase money was £190,000.

Tun ODD FAMILY.—1l‘l the Reign of William there lived in Ipswich, in Suffolk, a family wh’ number of peculiarities belonging to it, Was 11‘ by the name of tlie Oilil Family. Every even good or had happened to this family on nit-odd month, and every one of them had something, ‘ lier person,“ manner, and behaviour. The their Christian names always happened to her. The llusbuntl’s name was Peter and the They had seven children, all boys, viz: S James, Matthew, Jonas, David, and Ezekiel.,‘ had but one leg, his wife but one arm. Sol liliud ofthe left eye, and Roger lost his n' dent. James had his left ear pulled oﬂ'by a i pnd Matthew was born with only three ﬁngers. liniirl. Jonas hail a stump foot, and David was All these, except David, were remarkably short, kiel, was six feet two inches high at the agé The sttimp~footed Jonus'and tlie hump-bur: wives of fortune; but no girl would listen to _' oftlie rest. The husband’s hair was as black as \vif ’s remarkably white; yet every one oftlie ch] red. The husband had the pecttlial‘ iiiisfortttu’ into a rieep snwpit, where he was starved to d year 1701, and his wife refusing all kind of soar in ﬁve days after him. Ezekiel enlisted asn Gr 9,, although he \vns'nftei'wnrils wounded in twenty-l be recovered, Roger, James, Matthew, Jonas 7 died at different plnces on the same day, in l; . lomon and Ezekiel were drowned together in Thames iii the year 1723. ' I

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it e, (petunia! Enrol SATURDAY, MARCH 16,1844_-

The Couriers arrived at the Post Ofﬁce rather, tcdly, yesterday morning, with the usual Ameri nial Mulls. The principal items ofiutelligence below :

I'IALIFAX, N. 8., March 11.——Tlie proceedings of Viiiciul Legislature are at last assuming the am business, untl we think our readers ivill agree with. itis quite time. On Friday, a Bill for the permnn men: of the Civil List was introduced by the A. ueral, placing at the disposal of the Legislature l and Territorial Revenues. The amounts ofsaltirie, to be ﬁxed by the Assembly. The scale reCom‘

that in the bill of1840. It appears by documents paiiying the Bill, that there has been afulling * Crown Revenues for the last three years to a con amount. The second reading oftlie Bill is ﬁxed» ncsduy next, when an animated debate is expecl’

FnoM Mexrco.—The‘brig Petgrsburg, Capt. Lat'kili at New York yesterday morning, from Vera Cruz,WI she left on the 23d.of.lnnuary. ' .

The intelligence ofthe settlement ofthe diﬂicul . tween Great Britain and Mexico, occasioned by an» offered to the ﬂag ofthe former, is conﬁrmed.

FROM THE WEST IND1E5.-—\Ve have the St. CIITIB Advertiser of Jan. 6th. «The Governor of that Island h pointed the 8th of February, the anniversary‘of the earthquake, as a day ofThniiksgivinrr.

Annlarming visitation of earthquake was expel-ion ,, several QfIIlepVVIIlVVﬂl‘d Islands on Friday morning, th'< January. 'I‘wo shocks, the latter of which is said «i been very severe, were felt in Granada, Barbadoes, St. It .. and St. Vincent. No damage occurred, except ail / ' jury to the guard room :tdyoiningthe Commissnriat t ‘ in the Cnrennge, Grenada. : . The Trinidad Standard of the 8th Jan. says the p i of that Island are encouraging; an active Legisla well diSposed peasantry—a bustling and prosperot’n' meme—good Seasons—«good crops, and good mark“ Y. Express. ' ‘ ,

QnEBEC, Feb. 26.—Mr. William Mullen has comb; as a Candidate for the representatioiﬁflliontranl' place of Mr. Holmes, resigned. Mr. Fisher, it ill) retires in order to enable Montreal to have .0004“ two of the commercial .classes. I

The appointment of Mr. Ogden, as Attornoy__