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room, two or three more stood up and declared fo for indeed

ee . . . . , * lhe first | took up was French, of Green Park ;

he wasn’t a eute fellow at the best of times; and if it wasnt of Catherine Vorna

that the hay was so low, he’d never have guessed it was a feather bed till he woke in the morning. Well, down he went, Then cause Kyre.! Then doe Mahon—two and twenty etone—no less! Lord pity them! This was a great shock entirely! But when I opened the door for Tom Burke, upon my conscience you'd tkink it was Pandemonium they had down there, They were fighting like devils and roaring with wil their might.”

“Good night, Tom,” said I, pushing Burke forward. the crows you bear underneath.”

With that he snatched the candle out of my hand, and looked down into the pit. Never was such a sight seen be- fore or site. Dun was pitching into poor Krench, who, thinking he had an enemy before him, was hitting out man- fully at an old turf creel, that he rocked and creeked at every blow, ashe called out—

« Ul smash you! L'il dinge your rt s-oundrel !” bat :

« Eyre was struggling in the hay, thinking be was swim- ming for his life; and poor Joe Muhon was patting him on ihe head, 2nd saying, ‘* poor fellow!” for he thought it was Towzer, the bull-terrier that was prowling round the calves of his legs.”

“Tf they don’t get tired, there'll not be a man of them alive by morning !” said Tom as he closed the door.

“* And vow if you'll allow me to sleep on the carpet, Dil take it as a favor.”

“ By this time they were all quiet in the parlor,

“ It's

bs for you, you infernal

; i my door, went to bed with an easy mind, and a quiet con-) science. To be sare, now and then a ery would burst forth, | as if they were killing somebody down stairs, but I soon fell | usieep and forgot them.”

* Dy daybreak next mornu | and when I was trying to awake at baif-past ten Lf found | Colonel MeMorris, of the Mayo, with a message from the | whole fourteen.

“\ bad business this, Coptain Mahon,” said he, “ my) friends have been shockingly treated.” |

“ Iv’s mighty hard,” said [, “to want to shoot me, because | I hav'at fourteen feather beds in the house.” :

“They will be the laugh of the whole country, sir.”

“roth!” seid I, “if the country is sot in very low) Lawson, their Teacher, may be remunerated fur ber services} most unfortunate one. Last year a whole evening was spent in

spirits, 1 think they will.” ; “There's nota man of them can see!—their eyes are | actuslly closed up !” : “The Lord be praived,” said 1.“ h’s not likely they'll | hit me.” “ But to make a short story of it, owt we weat. Tom; urke was my friend; I could scarcely hold my pistol with | laughing; fer such fuees no man ever looked at, | self-preservation sake, 1 thought it best to hit one of them ;| so I just pinked French a little under the skirt of the coat. | “(ome Lambert !’ said the Colonel, “ it’s your turn now.” ‘Wasn't that Lambert,” said I, * that I hit?’ * No,” said he, “ that was Freneb.” “ Begad, I’m sorry fur it. French, my dear fellow, excuse | me; for you sce you're all so like each other about the eyes! this morning——”

“With this there was a roar of laughing from them all, infirmity is rendered disqualified for tbat service, praying

in which, I assure you, Lumbert took not a very prominent | part, for somehow he didu’t fancy my polite inquiries after | him ; and so we all shook hands and left the grourds as. good | friends as ever, though to this hour the uaime of Newgate |

brings less pleasant recollections to their minds thaa if their | destitute condition in consequence of his having lost his house ‘and all he possessed by fire, and praying pecuniary aid.

fathers had been hanged at its prototype.”

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f, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Sarvrpay, 16th Apnit, 1859. COURT-HOUSE AND LOCK-UP.

Hon. Mr. ALDOUS, by leave, presented a Petition of divers inhabitants of Cascumpec. praying that this House will concur with the House of Assembly in granting a sum of money for the erection of a Court House and Lock-up in Cascumpec. ;

Ordered—Thbat this Petition be referred to the special Committee appointed to report on all Petitions relating to Miscellancous Subjects.

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bcisiiliiatenire Monpvar, 18th April, 1859. PRISENTATION OF THF ADDRESS TO HIS EXCELLENCY IN ANSWER TO HIS EXCELLENCY’S SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF THE SESSION.

At one o'clock the Honse waited on His Excellency .the| Lieutenant Governor with the Address in answer to the Speech at the opening of the Session; and, being returned, the Hon. the President reported that His Excellency had been pleased to receive the same, and to give an answer thereto, which was read by the Clerk, and is as follows :—

REPLY.

“Mr. President and Honourable Gentlemen of the

Legislative Council ;

I thank you very sincerely for this Address, assaring me, as it does, of your cheerful co-operation in all necessary “measures for the protection of the public interests; and I assure you that I most fully appreciate the very gratifying

Lee eS SP RRA NSN RE AL OE, NT SSE sim, gonna Good night, Dan! bat let | Ordered —That t

vise you to get a little farther from the door, a8 there

so [ lent, Tom a couple of blankets and s bolster, and baving locked |

‘gent circumstances, praying re

es laid on the Table respecting Her Majesty's disallowance of certain Bills named in his Kxcellency’s Speech, and other

| patches put into my hands for that purpose, and which

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ho taid Petition be referred to te Special ort on all Petitions reiating to

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| Education. ; Ito -

WEDNESDA Hon. Mr. HUTCHINSON, by leave, pr un of Charlottetown, w ‘circumstances, praying relief. | Ordered—That the said pe Committee appointed to repor | Paupers. | IMPOST AND EXCISE ACCOUNTS. Hon. Col. SWABEY laid before the House the Accounts of the Collector of Impost and Excise. His Honor, in ag so, said the duty was one which would properly have de- -yolved upon a member of the Government, had there been a i member of the House, but there was not, at least if there ‘was he was ignorans of the fact ; and, therefore, it was that ‘he had conseuted to present these accounts.

y, 20th April, 1899. esented a Petition idow, in indigent

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tition be referred to the special t on all Petitions relating to

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oo —— : Tuurspay, 2ist April, 1859. | ffon. Col. SVABEY presented a Petition of divers [n- habitants of Townships Nos. 36, 37 and 38, setting forth ‘that the Main Road leading from Savage Harbour to Char- | Jottetown is obstructed by three gates, to the great annoy- nnee of travellers and the people of the surrounding settle- ‘nents, and praying that such measures may be adopted, as | will cause the said gates to be removed. : | Ordered—That the said Petition be referred to the special Committee appointed to report on all Petitions. relating to | Miscellaneous Subjects. | Petitions were presented to the House, and the same were severally received and read, viz :—

By the Hon. Mr. JOHNSON—A Petition of Henry Lecky, Teacher, praying remuneration for his services as such, at the back settlement of Tryon River.

A Petition of Bethia Price, Teacher, praying remunere- tion for her services ot South Shore, Bedeque.

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'puRLIC ACCOUNTS AND THE ACCOUNTS OF TNE COLONEAL TREA- SURER. | Hon. Mr. Forgan. laid befeee, the H ounts for the year ending dist January,

d by the Auditors ; and also the | Colonial ‘Treasurer for the same period, | Ordered, That the same do lie on the Table. VACCINATION BILL. fe | A Bill intituled “ A Bill to encourage and faci cination in this Island,” introduced by the Hon. Mr. son, was read the first time.

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1 on Monday next. o'clock at noon, on ! y R. B. Invino, Reporter.

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HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. | Tuvrspay, 14th April, 1859.

ADDRESS IN ANSWER TO THE LIEUT. GOVERNOR'S SPEECH.

(Debate continued.)

Hon. Mr. HAVILAND—The bon. member hed expressed his surprise that no anuouncement had been formally made of the forination of the new Government, but the House was equally ‘without official information of the dissolution of the old. — | Hon. Mr. POP E— Could see no reason for any discussion on the clause before the Comimitiee. All knew that the harvest had been abundant, for whieh they should all be thenkful. As

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wind, there was quite wind epough in him and the hon. member, Mr. Whelin. The hon. member, Mr. Coles, had argued as though the agricultural prosperity of the Island was attributable to his Government; and in fact he had beard one of that hon, tnember’s supporters aasert that the late Government had cured the potato blight. (Laughter) The truth was, the country generally was never so much in debt; and aithough the hon. member, Mr. Whelan, found fault with the Speech because it annovnced no new measures, he would find that the members of the Government would redeem the pledges they had given, —they promised the people retrenchment, the people expected

By the Lion. the PRESIDENT, a Petition of Lewis Wicket,

/ Teacher, and the Trustees of West Point School, Township |

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ig they all made their escape ; No, 8, praying that the said Teacher may be remunerated | with reference to the Government, Dut when on amendment to

for his services for eight months last past. aa

By Hon. Mr. WALKER, a Petition of Cornelius Harring: | ton, praying rewuneration for his services as a Teacher at| Miil Road, Lot 55, bis allowance having becu withheld, in consequence of there not having been the average number of scholars in attendance required by law.

By lon. Mr. CRASWELL, a Petition of the Trustees of | the Birch Hill District School, praying that Sarah Jane)

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for twelve months. Ordered—That the last five preceding Petitions be a ferred to the special Committee appointed to report on all | Petitions relating to iducation. The fullowing petitions were presented to the House and | the same were severally received and read, viz :—

By Hon. Mr. WALKER—A Petition of Mary Kelly of |

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<eg e : os @ oe 9 | tos But for! Charlottetown, widow, with four female children, two of| official proof.

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hich are Idiots, praying relief, A Petition of Mary Ann Shea, of Charlottetown, in indi- | lief.

By Hon. Mr. CRASW. LL—A Petition of Mary Francis, , an infirm female Indian, in destitute circumstances, praying | relief.

A Petition of Letitia Moorhead, of Township No. 16, for- nerly a Teacher for fourteen years, but who, from age and

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pecuniary aid,

A Petition of Margaret Clarkin, of Charlottetown, widow, in indigent circumstances, praying relief.

A Petition of Alfred Horne, of Port Hill, setting forth his

ATCHES CONCERNING HER MAJESTY’S DISALLOWANCE OF CERTAIN BILLS. COPIED FROM ZHE ORDER BOOK. “ April 21st,—Mr. Swabey gives notice that he will, on Monday next, call the attention of the House to the Despatch-

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Despstebes therein alluded to. —~@ 982 > Messace from His Excellency the Licutenant Governor and presentation to the Hon. House by a member of their own body, seing neither a member nor an officer of the Government, of Copies of certain Despatches, the lay- ing before them of which had been asked for of His Ex- cellency the Lieut. Governor, in the respectful and cere-

monious manner prescribed by parliamentary usage. Hon. Mr. FORGAN, in his place—Your Honors, in com- pliance with a request of a member of the Government, I rise to deliver 2 message from His Excellency the Lieutenant Go- vernor, and to lay before this House copies of certain Des-

Despatches this House, by means of a Committee appointed for that purpose, respectfully requested His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor to be pleased to cause to be laid before them.

Hon. Col. SVWABEY—TL have had the honour to sit as a member of this House for the last fifteen years ; but this is the first time that there bas fallen under my observation any | departure from the respectful and long-established parliamen- | tary mode in which messages from the Lieutenant Governor

‘bad been cowpelled to feed their stock 80 Jong, that the con-

‘no recount of the quantities exported from the Nerth side of

or other administrator of the Government have been conveyed |

The course pursued ir this iastance is uncourteous, and, | believe, unprecedented ; and I feel it my duty thus promptly

terms in which you aliuded to my approaching departure und my administration of the Government of this Island.” MAIL SERVICK.

Hon. Mr. FORGAN, by leave, presented a Petition of Ewen Morrison of Ellis Riyer, praying that the Legislative Council will concur with the House of Assembly in granting him remuneration for ferrying the Mail Courier over Ellis Ferry, and for repairing his Scow.

Ordered—That the said Petition be referred to the special Committee appointed te :eport on ull Petitions relating to Miscellancous Subjects.

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Tuespay, 19th April, 1859,

POST OFFICE.

Hon. Mr. DINGWELL, by leave. presented a Petition \ livered to us, either by the Private Secretary, or some other |

of divers Inhabitants of Townships Nos..88 and 39, praying that a.Post Office may be established at or near James Me- Donala’s farm on the St. Peter's Road.

Ordered—Thiat the said Petition be referred to the special | for the delivery of the Message, that is by a member of this | pos Committee appointed to report on all Petitions relating to | House, in his place, who is not also a member of the Govern-| rig

Miscellaneous Subjects.

to remonstrate against it. In doing so, I, however, beg leave ito say that I mean no personal disrespect to his Honor, Mr. ea organ, who has been selected by the Government to be the instrument in this innovation of parliamentary usage and 'gourtesy ; and neither would I have it to be inferred from | my remonstrance, that I conceive this House would be justi- ‘fied in receiving a message from His Exeelleney in any other than the most respectful manner, by what channel soever it _may be conveyed to us, 1 have now only further to say that ‘to this most unusual procedure of the Government, as well 'as to the Despatches accompanying His Excellency’s message, 1 will beg leave to call the attention of this House on Mon- |day next.

| His Honor the PRESLDENT— The regular course would ‘have been to have caused His Excellency’s Message to be de-

|Goverument Officer of suitable standiug, at the Bar of the | House ; or were a member of the Government a member of | this Elouse, by such member in his place. The mode adopied

‘ment, isa most unusual breach of the courtesy due by the

Hon. Mr. DINGWELIL also presented a Petition of Government to this branch of the Legislature. It is, indeed, a

Simon Gill, Teacher at Morell River, setting forth that the | departure from the parliamentary and constitutional rule, and |

full allowance for his services had been withheld in eonse- quence of his rot having the average number of scholars in attendance during the jast month, and praying the favourable consideration of this Llouse.

Ordered—That the said Petition be referred to.the special! Committee appointed to report on Petitions relating to Edu- cativn,

Hon. Mr, FORGAN also by leave presented a Petition of Arch’d. C. Becktord, praying remuneration for bis services as a Teacher at Hilis River.

‘the first instance 1 have witnessed during the 20 years I have ‘held a seat in this House; but as his Honor Col. Swabey las well observed, it is the duty of this House to receive vevery Message from His Excellency in the most respectful ‘manner, independently of all consideration of the mode in | which it may be conveyed to us.

| Hon, Mr. Forgan then proceeded to deliver [is Ex- |wellency’s Message, with the accompanying Despatcl.es, which, ‘having been duly received, were, by order, laid upon the

| Table,

to us; which, until the present occasion, has always been | ‘either by an officer of the Government or a member of i',' agitation. It was high time that thie question should be set at

it, and they would get it. li.n. Mr. PALMER was absent at the commencement of the discussion— which he understood had been rather warm—

the Address should be moved, they would be able to see what the objections were. ‘The debate arose about the word ** very ;” —how the Opposition should, on such a foundation, base gene- ral attacks upon the Government, he was at a loss to conceive, The observations that had been made by the Opposition were but random shots from the advanced skirmishers. He should reserve his ammunition until thei main body with their heavy | artillery came into the field.

Hon. Mr. THORNTON thought the word ‘abundant’ a

oure the Public 1859, as arranged | Acwounts of the

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to the allusion by the leader of the late Government to bage of

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| Ton. Mr. YEO—The discussion on this question, which | was intended merely to keep parties in power, bad alr ‘eost the country more than the Reseryes would brin gold to-morrow. He was owner of an Islandin Richmond eontaining about seventy ucres,—sup were leased to different parties as fehing stations, how, he would ask, could he effect an entrance to his roperty ? , Hon. Mr. PALMER—The paragraph stated that the House

would express its opinion on the subject when the Despatches should hava been communicated, members of the Op- position well knew that the matters alluded to in the

raph could not regularly be discussed until the pers were Before the House. In any action which they might take on the question, the Government woulkl take care that their trenp ; ment of it would be such as to commend itself to the good sense of the people. Ha was not at all eurprised at the made by the Opposition to resnscitate the question, when remembered that years ago the hon. member, Mr. ( and his former colleasuge, Mr. LeLacheur, depended on it or their political existence, and were carried into the House on the strength of it. With reference to the Bill which had been dis- allowed the present Government had welitgy do withit. If their predecessor in office had sent home an Act objectionable in principle or detail ; or if they failed to cotimend the result of theit legislation to the approbation of the Imperial Gores! ment, they had none but themselves to blame. When Government shail haye proposed a measure, and failed in carrying it into effect, it would tlien be time to attack them. The leader of the late Government was now very profuse in his declarations of sympathy with the tenartry—they alone should have the Reserves. Why not bestow the boon when he had the pear to do so? He stated that the reserves wers ceded to the Colony at the passage of the Civil List Bill. He was leader of the Government for several yeara, and had management and control of those lands,—why thee did he } the golden hours pass unimproved? Why did he not, during his long tenure in office, make seme arrangement, mutually satisfactory to Landlord and Tenant? It was premature, and & gratuitous aasertion to say, er infer that the Government did not intend to initiate any measure on the subject. The amendment proposed by the hon. member, Mr. Whelan, ex- presses regret that the Bill was not confirmed by the Imperial Government. Its rejection surely afforded no subject of regres. by men of honest and reasonable views. lt was

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two descriptions of Reserves in the original grants. By the first the right to the soi! passed to the Proprietor simalta with the grant, subject to the privilege of fishermen using it for the prosecution of their business. = the second

right to the soil was reserved /o the Crown, for the use of ermen. The latter was the only class which the Crown could cede to the Colony at the passage of the Civil Liet Bill. The Bill on the subject was of so questionable a character, that, ou looking it over, he could not wonder that the Royal Assent been withheld from it. It did justice to neither of the parties who were to be affected by its provisions. The real object of its promoters was to keep themselves in power, for while it

diseussing its applicability. Now the debate arose on the word | eomnecited with it—*yery.’’ He was happy to believe that | the Inst harvest had been abundant; a most fortunate thing it | was, for owing to the late Spring of the year before the farmers

susption of their produce im that matter had necessitated many to buy meal, &e. The Address ailuded to the increase in the exportation of fish ; of that, he wns sorry to say, they had no ‘There should be recognised statistical infurma- tion on the snbject, a3 without that we could not ascertain the extent to which the business was carried on, or the degree of success which attended its prosecution. For instance there is the Island, while it was a matter of general notoriety that numbers of vessels go along the coast purchasing fish et various places, until at length they complete their cargoes and leave tie Island.

lion. Mr. HAVILAND hoped that the hon. member did not intend to visit the sina of the late Government upon their successors,—the oinission complained of was no fauwii of the present Government.

The parag.aph was agreed to, as waa the next.

On the question being put ou the eighth paragraph—

Hon. Mr. WHELAN rose to move an amendment, and, in domg so, would not trouble the Committee with many observa- tions. Last year, as is well known, the Legislature passed a Bill which had for ite object the exemption of tenants from liability to pay rent fer such portions of their holdings as had been reserved to the Crown in the Original Grants. From that Bill, through the opposition of the Proprietors, the Royal Assent had been withheld. The Despatch announcing the re- fusal of the Royal Assent was well known. Hon. members of ihe Government need not intimate an expression of doubt; it had been published in the Royal Gazette, and if they did not see a copy of it there, no doubt the original had been found in the archives of the Government. It could not be denied that the right to those lands was not, and never had been, in the proprietors ;—they had been expressly reserved to the Crown in the original grants. Inthe year 1844 the Attorney and Soli- citor Genera! of England gave an opinion adverse to the claim of the proprietors; and in 1851, when the Civil List Bill was passed, the Reserves, Quit Rente, Crown Lands, in fact all Crown rights, were in express terms ceded to ihe Colonial Government on certain conditions, which the Colony has honorably fulfilled. Under these circumstances the late Go- verument were fully justified in introducing and passing the wneasure, Which «il who desired that right and justice should preva)! mnst regret was not confirmed by the Sovereign.

Mr. DOUSE could answer for those of his constituents who were in occupation of Reserves. They had no desira to place any part of their holdings at the tender mercies of any Government. ‘They were in possession of their ‘ands and wished to remain se, notwithstanding all that might be asserted by the Opposition to the contrary. It was folly to endeavor to excite among the poor people of the Island hopee which would never be realized. The same remark applied to all the agitation about Escheat, and the flourish of trumpets about the Loan Bill. It would al] end in smoke, and that such would be the result the very parties who originated and sustained the agitation knew as well ashe did. Wiat would be the consequence of raising such vain expectations in the minds of the tenantry ? Many a poor man would become hopelessly involved iu arrears of rent, by giving heed to the promises of parties interested in hood-winking them, and weuld owe his rnin to this mischievous

rest. He really was ashamed to think that it had been kept alive so long by those who knew that it would come to nothing.

Hon. Mr. COLES—Notwithsianding what they had just heard from the bon. member, could assure him that the Colonia! Minister took rather a different view of the subject, for he ad- mitted that there was something to be settled between the pro- prietors and their tenants. It had never been alleged that the | proprietors bad fulfilled the conditions in the origina! grants, The last Despatch which had been received on the subject expressed a wish for an amicable settlement of the question. The Colonia] Minister objected to the Bill, that it would take the Iand from the proprietors, to give it to the tenan's. The tenantry had certain rights to those lands while the proprietors had none. The lands in question were particularly reserved to the Crown in the original grants, and those reserves were ex-

pressly ceded to the Colony. Notwithstanding this, it was not impossible that the hon. member, Mr. Douse, might advise the Government to allow the proprietary to rob the tenantry. The | Islander had stated that it was the intention of the late Govern. mentto takethe Reserves from the tenantry. ‘The Crown | Officers of England, and the Secretary of State for the Colonies | Were, seemed, of a different opinion. ‘The fact was, that the | tenants were in possession of that which the proprietors never had; the object of the Bill was to confirm the tenantry in the

session of their reserves. ‘I'he proprietors had usurped their ht to the reserves, and by so doing had become meie squat- /ters; in that House the poor men who had settled on lands—no Proprietor of which could be found—had been termed by the supporters of the proprietary party squatters ; but the illegal 'clauns of the proprietors those parties would not think of char- acterising a8 wrong in the slightest degree, If proprietors can with unpunity usurp the lands belonging to the Crown, Govern- | ment will be powerless to settle the vexed question of the Re- iserves, Inthe present state of those Reserves, a stranger willing toembark his means in the prosecution of the Fisheries, | may be compelled to leave the country because a proprietor inay ibe unwilling to let him occupy @ portion of the reserves, of which mmles may extend as far as the eye can reach perfectly useless to anybody, [le was not surprised at the course pur- sued by the hon. member, Mr. Douse,—-as agent and proprietor

purported to benefit the tenantry, it did not; but. on the eon- trary, put into the hands of the Government every Reservo, with power to lease or mot to whom they pleased for 1 year or 999 years, at the rent of a shilling an acre or £50, as ten- ante at will, or for long or short terms of years. Let hon. wembers imagine what an engine of coercion and corruption such a Bill, worked by an unscrupulous Government, might become. With what facility the intelligence could be com- municated through the country on the eye of a General Elec tion! Sow the ready caution to the Government tenants of Reserves would be circulated—* Mind the fronts of your farms, yo who have Fishery Reserves ; an clection is at hand —if you dare come to the polls, and oppose the Government, take heed to your Reserves, your rent, and the renewal of your lease.’’ Such was the nature of the Bill, and such was the use which was intended to have been made of it, by those whe advocated its becoming the law of the land. There was no

cause of regret, but ample reason to rejoice, that the Bill was {not sanctioned ; and he was well satisfied, that were the Bill

fairly explained, and its practical o tenantry, there would not be found ten of them who would express regret at its rejection. If the late Government serious ly intended to take the Reserves, their Bill should have ex- pressed as much in unequivocal terms. The rate of rentshould have been defined ; but he had no idea of allowing any Govern- ment to adopt a sliding-scale of charges, to be used as @ ineans of coercien or corrupt favoritism, by ranting terms to ee rf oes according tu the political Opinions of ne applicants for a Lease. The rights o uld be defined, and any such logille tion on su Ne oatheuh te tian under discussion should be definite and precise. _ Hon. Mr. COLES could assure the hon. member who had just sat down, that all his special pleading went for noth with him. The statement that the Bill wae intended to away from the tenant the land in his possession, and give it to the Government, was untrue. There was no claued to that effect to be found in the Bill. Asa roof, he would rep that the Crown Officers of England ha objected to the Billos the ground that it would have the effect of benefitti the tenant at the expense of the proprietor,—not as the hon member had stated, that the tenant would be deprived of his property in order that the Government might getit. The real and avowed object of the Bill was to prevent tenants ing rent to proprietors for lands which the landlords did not own, and for which consequently they could have no claim torent. No Government, depending on popular sq port, would dare to actin the manner which the hon. member had au posed. The present Government might be inclined to my the manner described by the Jearned member, but if they did sure he was that they would not soon have an opportunity of repeating the experiment. As a proof that the assertions of the hon. member had no foundation in fact, he might say that the late Government did net allow any one to settle -— Re- serve without compensation to the tenant in possession. Mr Dean wished to establish a F ishing Station at Rustico. He was told that before the Government would give him a License, he must make arrangements with the parties interested in the particular piece of land. Notwithstanding tho reservations ia the grants, the proprictors still made the tenantr }

ration indicated to the

He would menticn, that a part appli = aan for a License on the Cunard om — 2 oe ae Agent of that Estite compelled him ie

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ae ies and io en was intended to obviate the necee € “overnment bringing an ejectment againet th

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in ant for the recovery of possess the Reserves. The hon. that the present Govern-

member for Charlottetown had said ment should not be blamed for the defeat of t e Bill ; but he

course, saye the ejectment of the The late Government had brou Cox, and had they remained in been taken to England, and fi no wish to press their claime of rivers, as far as the tide ebbed and flo in all its bearings, was left to the Court prepared to admit, that ia the first class of to the soil was yested in the for Charlottetown had stated.

Hon. Mr. LONGW had fallen from the hon.

Government. Any one who micht ta

the Bill would seé at once that the eae ata. member were notcorrect. If it was intended, in framing and enacting the bill, to protect the tenant againt the alloged or of the landlord, if the tenant was to have his

offered to him relieved of rent, why was the fifth section ores It would ae been easy for the hon. member té

iven a practical direeti i

canoes Ee te or irection to his sympathy for the either confirming the tena Reserves upon his property ; o

tenants, was open to him. ght an action inst Mr. power, the matter would have nally settled there. They had to the Reserves along the

proprietor, as the hon. mem

and limited in the bill. it passed into law, the transient visitor to our shores would

have as fair a chance.of obtainin }

Reserves as the man who had lived a Maeease eS but that was by no means the only Any action which the Goyernmen in favor of an

water front of bis farm—in 2 majori valuable portion of it. contemplated a benefit to

but the tenant, would deprive the latter of th y of instanees the mc

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‘his feelings were interested,

the tenantry, would they claim he thé truits of his labor by transferring

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who had turned their attention to the subject, that there were |

ch a subject as that

wed, but the subject, ‘ ferdecis‘on. He was nts the right

ORTH must express his surprise at what ; member the leader of the late |

& positive enactment into the bill, — nt in oe rent-free possession of tho — : " r at least givi i i tial right to a lease from the Crown, . a mitte bs oe nied ‘ But this bill did no such thing. Had |

objection to the measure. _ ight take under the bill, _

the whole shores

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would ask, who were they who had petiti inet i

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troducing euch a meneure Le a. He had not thought of in-

was satisfied that no other _

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