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= a — Tn a a rere ne ce ene one nae nn an re l f 7 >» rye ery — = - PEO TET at sosadoud CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1856. _ a hs d : hese odocoqumie’ vx secceetied MOON'S PHASES.—JUNE. 1856 per chan ee i = ——— o Dhae - I ILASES. Il NE, 1856. : (and if not, how much of the right of the line of road will | respecting the opening of new lines of road, which was To be placed at the disposal of the Government, F - oon 2d day, Th. Om. evening. — W. jhave to be purchased, of the nature of the ground, and the | agreed to. agreeably to the report of the Assembly oo ‘ mettee ~ day, 9h. 1 lm. morning. N. k. probable expense of making the said road, The House again went into Committee of Supply, and on Teachers’ Petitions, ’ ae Gonder Se Whe ha ea et: me A Committee was then appointed to prepare the draft of | passed several votes. To the Trustees of the Brudenell School for -— amen ' haleeiniei an address to His Excellency pursuant to the above report.) The Bill relating to the Charlottetown Ferry and the R. B. Irving, 218 4

Coloniai Legislature,

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HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. Monpay, March 31. SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS.

NEW LINES OF ROAD.

Hon. Mr. Mooney, from the special Committee, presented to the House the draft of their report relative to the opening of new lines of road, which was committed ‘to a Committee of the whole House, and agreed to therein with some amend- ments. It was then reported and agreed to as follows:—

1. Your Uommittee to whom were referred the several Petitions praying for the opening of new lines of Roads, as also the Reports of different Commissioners appointed during the last recess, have to report—

2. That it be recommended to the Government to appoint a Commission to open a road from the lower settlement, Nail Pond, to Pig Brook Settlement, between the farms of Brazille Doucette and Michae! Ready.

3. Thata line of Road be opened from the Main Western

Road to Summerside, on the line between Joseph Green and

the late Damel Green, provided a free right of way is given

of not less than forty feet in width.

4. That it is recommended a commission “be appointed to survey and appraise the damages, if any, which will accrue from the opening of a new line of road on the line between Lots lS and 19, and report thercon, as prayed for by the Petition of Cohkabitants of Indian River and Barbara Weit.

5. That it is recommended a Commission be appointed to ascertain and report on the practicability and probable cost of opening a new line of road leading from some part of Fermoy Settlement, Lot 18, to the main road, on the Ene between George Ramsay's and William McKeuzie’s farms.

& That it is recommended a road be opened according to a pian now before the Committee through lands in the p session of James MacKinnon and Lauchlin Gillis, in a straight line through the different farms towards the Chapel on Lot 14,

provided all the proprietors of land aze willing to give the|

right of way. 7. That it is recommended a Commission be appointed to report on a new line of road on the line between Lots 15 and

14, on the farms of Macintosh, Dogherty and Preshaw to the |

shore.

8. That it is reeommended a Commission be appointed, if deemed necessary, to appraise the damages, if any, which will accrue from the opening of a new road from Wheatley

Liver Brilge to Jolnston’s on the Princetown Road, and to report thereon fur the infurmation of the House, at the next Ss ‘s sion.

Y. That it is recommended a Commission be appointed to

survey and report on a new line of road to be opened on the!

Kast side of Seal River to the main road leading to Vernoa River Bridge.

10. That it is recommended that the Government do cause & survey to be made of the line from Edward Johnston’s farm,on the Princetown Road, to the School House on the New G'asgow Road, their report to be laid before the House in the next Session.

11. With respect tothe Petition of James Doyle and other Tuhzbitants of Township 48, your Con.mittee would recom- mend a survey to be made, and a report thereon laid before the Government, and the line of 10ad to be opened, if approved of.

12. That a new line of road is required for a distance of A) chains on the County line, North, between Township 49 and 50 and 66.

13. That it is recommended that an inquisition be held, and a line of road opened on the County line between King's and Queen’s Counties fiom the Whim Road to the Murray Jiarbour Road, at the Southern Corver of Lot or Township 41—a dis‘ance of about one and a quarter mile.

14. It is also recOmmended that similar st. ps be taken to open a line of road from the County line at Mackenzie’s Mills, between Lots 57 and 58,

15. That with regard to the Report of the Commissioners |

as to the expediency of either continuing the straizht line of road seross the Swamp from Enman’s to Matheson’s, on Towuship 55, or of opening a new line in accordance with a plan drawn by the Surveyor General, and submitted to the House last Session, your Committee have to recommene that the line of road be opened, as it ean be done ata cost of about ten poutids, as stated by the Commissioners in their report, aud as the award be paid to parties owuing land over which the proposed new line of road would ru, wou!d be only about twelve pounds ; and whereas it appears to be impossible now to straighten the old line, as the work would not be proceeded with as at first contemplated, unless the contracting

arty were a!lowed to go on with it before the first day of

arch, and then allowed the large sum of Fifty three Pounds, —under these considerations there can be no doubt that the opening of the new line of road would be a decided advantage to the public. ;

16. Respecting the Petition of the Settlers of Mill River, Lot 46, your Committee consider that the central road recommended by them, as follows, will carry out the object of the Petitioners, viz: that-a further survey be made, (in continuation of the late survey) from New Harmony, Westward, in the most suitable direction through the several Townships to Mount Stewart Bridge.

17. It is recommended that the line of road on the North side of Grand River, Lot 55, down to Poplar Point, be opened under the Compensation Act, and that the sum of Twenty Pounds appropriated this Session for that road be expended on the South side, in making a road leading from the highway to the River, at McLeod's Ferry, near the new Chapel, where the right of way has been offered.

18. Your Committee farther recommend that a new road be epened from Lewis’ burnt house, Lot 41, or ncar thereto, and thence in a straight line to the Bear River Road, Dixon’s Mills, provided a right of way is given free of expense, and whe the new road is fit ior traveling the present shore road to be closed.

19. With respeet to the Petition of the Inhabitants of Green Vale and Mili River, Township 46, praying for a new line of road from said settlement to Souris Road, and also

the Peiiion praying for a new line of Road from Sheep Pond to the old Chapel Road, Rollo Bay, it be recommended to

the Government to obtain information as to the necessity

of the road prayed for, also if the right of way is to be given,

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_ Hon. Mr. Mooney, from the Committee to whom was referred the petition of inhabitants of Lot 36, relative to an _alleged surplus of land contained between that Township 48, } presented to the House the report of the said Committee, in | which they recommended a survey to be made, commencing

jat the north shore and running from thence southwardly for |

ithe distance of ten miles, 3,400 feet being the distance | allowed in the original grants of Townships 35 and 36, and that the Attorney General be directed to prosecute for the _recovery of said lands, with a view to their settlement, under the provisions of the Land Purchase Act. Mr. Mooney having moved that the House do adopt the report, it was re- jected on a division of 12 to 13. | Inthe afternoon sitting the Special Committee on the Public Accounts presented their report, which was submitted to a Committee of the whole House, and gave rise to much desultory debate, which would now be uninteresting to most readers. The report was agreed to with some amendments, and the House adjourned. ~ -—— ~2 ee — —-—- Turspay, April 1. INDIAN BILL. The House in Committee resumed the further consideration ‘of the Bill relating to the Indians, sent down from the Legislative Council, which was slightly amended, The House having resumed, the Bill was read a third time and | passed,

ROAD FROM ENMAN’S TO MATTITEWSsON’s, LoT 55.

The Hon. Mr. PALMER moved that the report of the ‘Committee on the opening of new lines of road, as adopted i by the House the previous day, be referred back to the Com- mittee of the whole House, for the purpose of altering that part which contemplated the opening of a uew road from | Eaman’s to Matthewson’s, Lot 55. The hon, member con- ‘tended that the old line was the proper one—that it could be repaired at small expense—that the person who had over-

flowed it, by raising the water of his mill-dam, should bear

|the whole, or at least part of the expense,—and that the proposed new line would cost a large sum of money, and ‘inflict much injury on private individuals.

| Hon Mr. WHELAN opposed the motion. His hon. colleague and himself had carefully considered the matter, and had come to the conelusion that the opening of the new line was not only practicable, but would be attended with little ‘expense—the right of way would cost only £12, and the ‘making of the new line only £10 more; while it was im- possible to repair the old road, except during the winter season, and that only one person would engage to do it then, | for which he demanded £53, but would not undertake it at | all unless he got the work to do previous to the Ist March.

In corroboration of these facts, he appealed to the report of the Commissioners appointed by the Government last year, (which he read), sand it was in accordance with their recommendation that he and his colleague agreed to have the | new line opened, in which the House concurred in the absence of the hon. member for Charlottetown. The Commissioners, (he said, were disinterested and well-informed persons, and

| . * | living near the place alluded to, were competent, he thought,

‘to form a more correct opinion than the member for Char- lottetown. Besides, it would be rank injustice to make Mr. Hayden, whose mill-dam was said to have overflowed the old road, contribute anything towards its repair, much less bear the whole expense attending it, as the road was always swampy, and nearly impassable before Mr. Hayden ever 'eiected a mill there; and that the road, in fact, was in a 'worse condition before he went there than since.—As all the members for King’s County, including Mr. Dingwell, | took a different view from Mr. Whelan, although there was no discussion whatever on the previous day regarding the one when the opening of the new line was concurred in unanimously — all the members for Prince and Queen’s ‘County, excepting the Hon. Mr. Mooney, considered Mr. | Whelan in error, and voted for Mr. Palmer’s motion. A | new light had very suddenly and very mysteriously burst upon \ the minds of the King’s County members. The Keport was accordingly referred back to the House in Committee, when, |after vari us suggestions, and much debate, the report was /umended by striking out all after the werd “recommend,” in , the fifteenth paragraph to the end thereof, and inserting the | following :— ’ | That the road be made in a straight line, and when ‘completed the Government do oblige Mr. Alexander Hayden | to pay one-half the expenses of the work, in consequence of ‘his mill-dam having been the. cause of the road being over-

| flowed, and the work to be proceeded with forthwith, and the ‘members for the district to provide mext session out of their

‘road money the other moiety.”

“Your Committee recommend that the sum of fifteen ‘pounds be exjended towards opening the new line of road | fiom George Morrison’s up the Murray Harbour Settlement, Lot 64, until it meets the old road leading to Murray River Milis, on which an inquisition was held last year.”

2 They also recommend that a road be opened from the | Point Prim Light House, at a reasonable distance from the | shore.”

ROUTINE BUSINESS.

The engrossed Bill in further amendment of the Act to incorporate-the Minister and Trustees of St. John’s Church, Charlotietown, was read a third time and passed.

The Legis!ative Council sent down a Bill further to improve the Law of Evidence, which was read a first time.

The Hon. Col. Secretary presented to the House, by com- mand, a Circular from the Royal Commissioners of the Patriotic Fund, conveying their thanks for the effectual assistance given to that Fund by this Island. Ordered to be printed in the newspapers. 4

In the afternoon the House again went into Committee of Supply, and passed several votes, after which they adjourned.

Wepnespay, April 2. ROUTINE BUSINESS.

The Hon. Gol. Secretary presented the general Account of the Royal Agricultural Society for the year ending March 1, 1856. 4

The Hon. Mr. Mooney, from the special Committee, pre- sented the draft of an Address to His Excellency, requesting him to give effect to the recommendations of the House

wharfs connected therewith, was read a third time and passed.

The Hon. Mr. Lord moved the following resolution :—

* Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to prepare an Address to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, request- ing His Excellency to cause the sum of seventy-five pounds to be expended in building one Block and Bridge to the Wharf at the west side of Crapaud harbour,—the same to be made good out of the money for the district next year. And fur- ther praying that His Excellency will cause the sum of fifteen pounds to be paid towards the repairing ef Ellis River Bridge, Western Road,—the said sum to be made good next year by the members for the district.”

Hon, Mr. Mooney noved an amendment to the effect, that the money proposed to be made good out of the appropriation for the district next year, should read the “ third distriet of Prince County,” which was lost on a division of 14 against 3, and the original resolution was agreed to,

The Hon. Mr. Lord then presented the draft of an address to His Excellency, in aceordance with the foregoing resolution, which was agreed to.

The Bill in amendment of the Act incorporating the Minister and Elders of St. John’s Church, Belfast, was read a third time and passed.

In the afternoon the House again went into Supply, and agreed to several votes, which will be duly noticed in their proper place. Adjourned.

— ~ Tnurspay, April 3. PETITIONS.

The following Petitions were presented, read and laid on the tahle :—

By Mr. Cooper, from certain electors of the first district of King’s County, praying for an Act to render the Legis- lative Council elective.

By Mr. Yeo, from certain electors of the fi st district of

Prince County, praying for a like object,

By Mr. McIntosh, from certain inhabitants of this Island, praying for a Court of Enquiry. ee

By Mr. H. Haviland, from John Orlebar, David Fitzgerald and others, members of the Charlottetown Young Men's Christian Association, praying for a prohibitory Liquor Law.

By Hon. Mr. Palmer, from David Fitzgerald, William Snodgrass, and twenty-seven other Protestant Clergymen, praying for a prohibitory Liquor Law,

The engrossed Dill from the Council, intituled “ An Act further to improve the Law of Evidence,” was read a second time, committed to a Committee of the whole House, and agreed to therein with some slight amendmeuts. It was then read a third time and passed,

The House adjourned for an hour, and having met in the afternoon, the House again went into Supply, and finished the appropriations. It was ordered that the resolutions should be reported on the following day,

Hoo. Mr. Whelan, from the Special Committee appointed therefor, presented to the House a Bill to increase the num- ber of members to serve in the General Assembly, and to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to elections. The Bill was read a first time. On motion that it be read a second time to-morrow, Mr. Palmer moved in amendment that it be read a second time on Saturday next.. The House divided, and the amendment was lost. The origiual motion was then put and carried. [louse adjourned.

~~ eo eee VFrmay, April 4. Vorrs IN SUPPLY.

The Hon. Colonial Treasurer, from the Committee of the whole Louse, on the further consideration of a Supply, reported twenty-five resolutions of the said Committee, which were read, and embraced the following amounts :—

A sum sufficient to repair the damage done to the wharf ait

. Minchin’s Point last fall.

Books for Legislative Library, £100 0 0 Bog School, Charlottetown, 20 0 0 Extra expenses, St. Paul’s and Seattarie Lights, 13 0 2 To pay passage of W.H. Nelis to United States, 8 O 0 The sum voted last year for Scud Horses to be placed at the disposal of the Agricultural Society. The House divided on the last preceding vote: In favour

of it—Hons. Col. Secretary, Col. Treasurer, Messrs. Wight- man, Montgomery, Messrs. Munro, McDonald, Muirhead, Yeo, Clark, Melutosh—10. > Against it — Messrs. Laird, Perry, Cooper—3s.

The next resolution was—

That two-thirds of the amount of judgment and of the

taxed Bill of Costs, be granted and paid to the Trustees of

the Dunstaffnage District School, St. Peter’s Koad, to reim- burse them for expenses incurred by them in defending an action in the Supreme Court. :

On the foregoing resolution being put, Mr. Cooper moved to amend the same by inserting at the end thereof, the words --- provided the amount does not exceed twenty-five pounds.”

The House divided, for the amendment—Messrs. Cooper, McIntosh, Yeo, Muirhead, Laird—8.

Against it— Hons. Messrs. Mooney, Coles, Wightman, Lord, Warburton, Montgomery, Messrs. McDonald, Perry, Munro, Clark—i0,

The resolution was then put and carried 10 to 5.

The remaining resolutions were then agreed to without any division. They embraced the following amounts :—

New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company, to be paid as soon as the tele-

graph is completed, £300 0 0 To James Easton, Teacher of the Infant School, Georgetown, 10 0 0

To Dominick A:sneaux, to reimburse him on

account of his farm having been sold at

Sheriff’s sale, through an error which

occurred in his receipt for payment of Land

Assessment, 10 0 0 To Rev. P. McIntyre, for Circulating Library

at Tignish, 4 10 0 0 To Jobn MelIntosh, Mail Carrier, for extra

travelling from St. Eleanor’s to Tignish, 7 0 0 To redeem two five pound non-registered Trea-

sury Notes, for which no provision had been

made, 10 0 0 To the Speaker of the House of Assembly £60,

and to each member £30, with the usual

travelling fees.

A sum sufficient to defray the expense of explor-

ing and reporting on a new line of road

from about Crabb’s, on Princetown Road,

to unite with the Freetown Road on Lot 25,

in order to improve the communication be-

tween Charlottetown, St. LHleanor’s and

Summerside. To Isabella Ross, widow of the late Clerk As-

sistant of the House of Assembly, to reim-

burse her expenses in removing her family

to Georgetown, 10 0 90 To John Mckinnon, late Landing Waiter, Char-

lottetown, to reimburse him for certain

expenses attending the seizure of the Schr. ;

“ Dragonet.” = To the Administrator of the late Napoleon Le-

Page, also formerly a Landing Waiter, for

a similar object as the foregoing, si 9 A sum sufficient to defray the expense of any

police or other force that might be required

to maintain the supremacy of the Law. To the Charlottetown Mechanics’ Institute, 30 0 @ To William Hooper, Mail Carrier, to reimburse

him certain expenses incurred by crossing

the Souris Ferry, 5 0 6 The sum of twenty-five pounds to the following Jvostmasters, in addition to their per cent- age, for their services for one year :— ‘Martin Byrne, Georgetown, 10 0 0 Patrick M. Power, Summerside, 10 0 0 Postmaster at St. Eleanor’s, »*S*s

A sum sufficient to pay the road or commutation moneys of all school teachers not coming under the exemption of the Free Education Act.

Five pounds to be paid to the representatives of Third District of King’s County, for the relief of Patrick McGee, who was dangerously wounded by a pisto) shot, (and in con- sequence apparently lamed for life), in a disturbance with the crew of an American fishing yesse] at George- town, last year,

A Committee of three menibers was then appointed ‘to prepare and bring in a Bill, embodying the foregoing grants.

The Hon. Mr. Mooney, from the Special Committee to whom was referred all pauper claims and petitions, presented the report of the said Committee, which was read, committed to a Committee of the whole House, agreed therein with some amendments, and then adopted.

The Hon. Gol. Treasurer, from the Special Committee, presented the Bill appropriating the supplies for the public service, for the present year, which was read a first time; and in the afternoon sitting read a second time. committed to a Committee of the whole House, and agreed to therein without any amendment.

STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN P. F. ISLAND AND TH#& NEIGHBOURING PROVINCES.

Hon. COLONIAL SECRETARY informed the House, that sometime ago, he requested the Postmaster General, Thomas Owen, Hsq., to write to the Postmaster at Tatama- gouche, for the purpose of endeavouring to ascertain through him, whether or not it was practicable to affect a daily com- munication between this Island and the neighbouring Pro- vinces, by running a steamer between Charlottetown and Tatamagouche—that the Postmaster General had done so accordingly, and received an answer which he would read to the House. The hon. gentleman then read the letter of the Postmaster, which, in substance, states that the scheme is quite practicable, provided the Nova Scotia Government will provide means to build a wharf of 150 or 200 feet in length, and to construct a break-water, The hon. gentle- man added, that he had obtained Charts of the Gulf from Capt. Bayfield, of whom he had also enquired, touching the suitableness of the harbour of Tatamagouche, for the ac- commodation of a steamer, and that he (Capt. Bayfield) was of opinion that that harbour was the best that could be selected. The hon. gentleman then moved the following Resolution, adding that the object in question was one of the highest importance, that could it be accomplished, the advantages which would be derived from it to our commercial interests would be of the greatest magnitude, and the saving of time and expense to travellers between Halifax and Prince Edward Island would be a gain of no little moment, as they might leave Halifax in the morning, and be ia Charlotte- town at night.

« Resolved, That a Committee be appoinied to prepare an Address to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, re- questing him to take such steps as he may deem expe lient, to ascertain the practicability of runing the Mail Packets from Charlottetown to Tatamagouche in Nova Scotia or Pugwash, instead of to Pictou.”

Hon. Mr. PALMER said he had always been in favour of the project ; and the ouly objection which he ever had to it, was the unsuitableness of the harbour for the admission and accommoéation of steamers, and its affording no shelter to shipping. The project was agitated in the time of Sir Donald Campbell, and that was the obstacle which prevented its being prosecuted. Captain Bayfield was then consulted as to the practicabilty of the project, and he was much mis- taken if that gentleman’s opinion was not on those grounds adverse to the design, If the constitution of a break- water and a wharf would remedy the natural defects of the harbour, and means could be found for their construction, there could not be two opinions upon the question, the great advantages which would result from it were so obvious, But whether it should be carricd into effect or not, it ap- peared to him altogether depended upon the Legislature of Nova Scotia. Such a wharf and break-water as were re- quired, would be works of considerable magnitude, and a heavy grant would be necessary to ensure their execution; and the willingness of the Nova Scotia Legislature to make it might well be questioned. He was, however, well dis- posed to support any proposition likely to bring about so very desirable an arrangement, an arrangement which, although it might be delayed for a time, he was yet firmly persuaded would ultimately be carried into effect. An ob- stacle would, no doubt, be thrown in the way by the inhabi- tants of Pictou, whose interests would be materially damaged by the projected change, should it be accomplished. He was sorry that more information could not be affurded respecting

the practicability of the erection of the wharf and the

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