ned the lending features of the Bil on its jptroduction at its first reading, it was

ynnecessary for him to detain the Colon. ittee

will ANY proceedings. tle hoped that both

e tiouse would approach the oaes-

ienthbened remarks at that - Ure 4 leg OL Ct

»of a loan in the spirit of candor, and , i

ith that freedom from party DIAS SO Esse tial) in delit ting on a measure having for its Staak § ceneral relief and benefit of all ehaases e community. Chat a finar cial risis of more than ordinary depression would ew lrawal from the Colony ol i its ‘ t que, and soon ) be ‘ ‘ r the purchase vl the Cunard ppeared to him inevitable. The subie was one of more than ordinary im- joe, Fequiriag the serivus considera tion

il 4

lin. Leader of the Opposition said that

was hot aware that any proprietary nds |

w sent offered tor sale. The Gov- 4 i not informed that House of any y itions pending reiative to tie per lase

a r.stat r Estates The case was dit

‘ “ the lute Government last session, when the extension ot the Land Purchace wus introduced, the purchase of the

‘ rd Estate was cffered to that adm inis- a The extended visions ot the tand Purchase Act leli a laree margin for present Government—sufhcient to pur-

we the Sullivan Estate should it be oflered

r sale lie could not, therelore, sec the

« loan on the principles con

ebill. Dorrowing money ir

: which could be procured

ne«f the State, was not a sound

y, and was contrary to every prit iple

; ny, unless it could be shown shatitw procured abroad ata el per ° If the ¢ nlecerated i’ru-

Dritish America, with all their te- clrreveny es pledged, back { too

Te suarantee, could not obtain

rt iiding of the loter-colonial

ss ra { interest than per

Which g: arantee the money

: > ito] r cent., ho , he

y ij ask. could this swall and isolated ‘ to get a loan on more favor

s”’ He then alluded to the

expenses that would be incurred in nezoti- y rican m England. The services of

' W i be required, whieh would atean aduitional sum. In regard t the nmercial aspect of the question, the Gov- erement should notattempta remedy for any nporary depression resulting from over- :. The balance of trade might one

1 ot

against a country, and the next the ree. The Land Purchase Act, he said,

tained al the machinery necessary for the ber purchase of any remaining Estates at wicht be offered for sale. Lie could,

re, See no reason fur supportiny the Bili under consideration. ilons Me Au! iV, }) incan, Lle nders mm, and MeLennan and (jreen also sever ills addressed the Committee opposition to the Bill; contending that f « 2 aD § re . . i the further Purchase of Proprietary lands suouid be efleeted unde r the provisions ¢ ‘the Land Purchase Bill as formerly ; that the > ’ » tone } : taini fa toreign loan would involve the mtry ceeply in debt, and though it might

; esalr. Preckecn, Prowse.

resulis would prove disastrous to the best interests of the Colony; that a loan, it pro eared, should be specially reserved for, and appropriated to, the purchase of lands only and not used to relieve any monetary ditlicul-

wd temwporsry relief te trade, the ultimate |

Mr. Prowse . mendment that

till he read a second time that day three |

‘months, which amendment was negatived on ‘the following division, viz :

Yeas—Hons. Haviland, MeAulay, Hen- derson, Dunean, Messra, Brecken, ‘Prowse, MeLennan, Green, Rausay—),

Nays-—Hons. Attorney General, Col. Se- cretary, Howlan, Kelly, Laird, Davies, Call- beek, Messrs, MeCormack, Kickham, Catne-

,

cd property owucrs of Charlottetown. The was now almost bankrapt, and how he , would ask could the Corporation afford to ‘Appropriate funds which they did not possess ‘tthe support or efficient managemont of the Fee Department. Le therefore hoped hon. }mbinbers would weigh well their objections | tothe bill.

| Mr. MeCormack was opposed to the Bill,

ron, Jenkins, P Sinclair, G. Sinelair, Arse- but had it been introduced at an earlier period

nevux, MeNeill. Bell, Howat—17 Lhe bill was accordingly committed to a Committee of the whole House, Mr. Bell in the chair, reported progress, House adjourned. é Monpay, May 13. louse in Committee on the Report of the Committee appointed to examine and report n the Publie Accounts for the past year. Mr. Reilly in the chair.

thé case might be different. It was now high | time that the session was drawn toa close.

| Yhe question was put on the umendment submitted by Hon, Mr. Howlan, as folluws:- | Yeas—Hons. Howlan, Laird; Messrs. P | Sinclair, Cameron, Kickham, Howat, G. Sinclair, Arseneaux, Bell, McNeill, McCor-

| mack ,Ramsay—1i2.

Nays— Messrs. Brecken, Jenkins, Rielly,

'Owen, Green, McLennan, Prowse; Hons.

Suid Report shows that the revenue re«! Coles, Calbeck, Haviland, Menderson, Davies

ceived daring the Financial year, ended 3ist January, I867, amounted to £95,442 17s. Id. Lhe expenditure, £154,545 14s Sd—showing an excess of expenditure over the Revenue of £08,902 17s Td, which. added to the balance agaimst the Colony in the previous years, aumounts to £135,542 17s 8d. Lo thatamount Is included £82,344 paid by the Governuient for 220,469 aeres of land purehasedl during the past year, from the sales of which there is included in the Revenue £10,742 19s 7d. Lie above balance against the Coleny also includes all Treasury Notes, Warrants and Debentures issued up to that date.

fhe Revenue of the past year shows an increase of £27,401] 136 2d over the previous year. The total receipte for and op acwent vf Public and Crown Lands, during the past year, amounted to £16,148 lis 6d. The eXpenses during the same pericd, including loess of Land Tax and Interest, amounted to £0,862 5s Sd—showme a surplus of £10,286 is. JG. over and above UX Pe rise 5.

Un motion of Mr. Brecken, seconded by Dr. Jenkins, that the House vo into ¢ om-

tuittee on the Bill in addition to, and amend- ment of, the Act to Incorpurate the Town of Charlottetuwn,

lion. Mr. Liowlan renfarked upon the im portance of the Lill just presented. Lt con- tewplated levying an additional tax on the citizens of Charlottetuwn, and several other uiatters of very grave importance. He was, tnereture, of opinton that it would be pre: mature at that late Stage of the session to entertain the Bill. Le observed that bon. members troin dilferent perts of the evuntry manilested great anxiety to get through the business already before’ the iouse, in order that they may get to their homes and attend to their agricultural pursuits. He was, therefore, of vj iniun that it would be un- wise to enter into a dchate on the merits of the different clauses of a Bill of more than

ordinary iujortance, und he wou'd, there- ture, muve, in nmendment, that said Bill be read that day three months, and that it be published in the Koyal Gazette tur the infor- wativn of the pal lic.

Ur. Jenkins said that the hon. member, Mr. Howlan, need net fee) any alarm at the Bill. it wes not conferring powers on an irresponsible budy. it was simy ly a Bill tu enabe the City Corporation to levy a tax on

its Own Citizens, for the parpose of sustain-!

ing its requirements. ‘Tbat corporate body should have the same power tu tax its citi- wns as that Legislature bad tu levy an assessinent On the general public. [It would not occupy much of the time of the Louse tu

ties arising from commercial panies; that it} put-che Bill through a Committee.

was impolitic and unsound i principle to |

borrow trem a foreign market when the

Hon. Mr. MeAuiny—It appeared by the

, Bill, if enacted, taxes would be levied on

necessary funds could be procured at home ;| goods, the property of certain parties, if

that thoagh large quantities of lands were | landed at Charlottetown. With the hope | | that such a tax would induce importers to direct their attention to Georgetown, where | /no such tax existed, he would support the |

purchased by the late Covernment, @the woncy was procured in the country without eashing Warrants at Discount. The same principle, if judiciously applied, would even- tually suceeed in effecting the purchase

| Bill. Mr. Brecken said that though the Bill

of any remaining Estates that might from | might contain some objectionabie clauses, be time tu time be offered tu the Government. | boped it would be allowed intu Committee, Chat the cause of the present aepression of} ana then some of the clauses alluded to trade and scarcity of the circulating medium might be struck out. One of the principal was not attributable to the purchase of the) objects of the Bill was to raise funds for the Cunard Estate, but to the fact that a larger} Fire Department. Le then alluded to the

” ‘The Committee being equally divided, his honor the Speaker gave his casting vote im favor of the amendment.

Hon. Mr. Howlan, Chairman of the Com- mittee appointed to bring ina Bill in accord- ance with the Resolutions adopted on Friday last relative to the amendment of the Suna | Debt Act, presented to the House a pol authorizing the establishment of additional Smal! Debt Courts at Summerset and Mon- tague Bridge, aad for other purposes named therein.

The Bill was received and read.

Hon. Att’y General, Chairman of Private Bills Committee, presented a Bil tu enable George C. Stiles, of Westmorland, Bh Bs obtain Letters Patent for the invention of a new and useful improvement in the con-

struction of Spinning W heels.

Said Bill was agreed to, aud ordered to be engrossed. ;

lion. Attorney General presented a sill to appropriate the supplies granted to ler Majesty tor the year 1507.

Received and read.

Louse in Committee of the whole on the Loan Bill.

‘The principles of that Bill having been fully explained and diseussed at a previous stage of the proceedings, the debate, when iu Committee, did not diver very materially from that already given relative to the prin- cipal features of that measure.

Un raotiva of the Hon. Attorney General, the clause authorizing the Government to negotiate a loan was amended by the inser- tiva of a provision limiting the total amount tobe borrowed to £100,000 stg . said sum to be raised wholly, or in part, in this Island, ozin Great Britain, or elsewhere, as might be ordered trom time to time by His Excel- le ney in Counc il,

That being the only alteration of any im- p rtance, the bill was reported agreed to, and ordered to be engro.sed.

louse u di surned.

Turspay, May Li.

The Appropriation Dill was read a second time and agreed to.

When in Committee on the Appropriation Bill, Mr. Brecken alluded to the remarks made by him on a previous occasion when the grant of £20 to St. Ann’s School was before the Honse. He had then stated and would now repeat, that from a sense of jus- tice be felt it his duty to support that grant, | but as he bud beea charged with making use

| of assertions without proof, relative to the ‘sentiments taught from books of a disloyal | tendency in a certain School in this City, he | would now read extracts from a book called | Graces’ Outlines of History, published at | New York, and contended that the history in question was of a disloyal and anti- British character, and should not be tulcrated in any British Colony.

Hon. Attorney General said that the bis- | tory in quesiion ghould have been reported to the proper authorities. The Visitor of Schools should have made the matter known tu the Board of Education at the time when it was said that that book had been in the School alluded to, which was now some four years past. Le disapproved of the senti-

quantity of goods were imported last year than was warranted by the circumstances of tLe Colony, and also to the fact that ships were sent to market, which were still lying in the English docks upseld. Hente the

want of exchange to meet the bills of the}

werel ants. lion. Leader of the Government defended the principle of the loan bili before the Com-

mittee, aud said that he had hoped both sides |

of the Llouse would have concurred i:- the necessity of adupting means whereby not only tu effevt the further purchase of jands, but

alsu to relieve the embarrassed state of the |

(uluny commercially, The principle of the bill though formerly opposed and petitioned aseinet by the Conservative party generally, was now almost universally admitted to be not only sound, but also loudly called for, ia proof of which he referred to the petition of many ot the merchants and others uf Char- luttotuwn, now on the table of this Llouse,

calamitous fires of last Summer, the spread

prevented had the Fure Department been in | that state of eiliciency to which, since then, it bas been raised. A Steam Fire Engine bad been imported from England at a heavy expense. An Engineer was appointed, and alarge and efficient Company ot Firemen formed in connection with the steam Eugine, and now the citizens of Charlottetown only atked that hon. louse to be allowed to tax themselves to keep up the Fire Depas®ment Surely, therefore, that right would not be denied them. jlon. Col. Secretary regretted that the bill was uct presented at an earlier period of the | Session. He agreed with the remarks of the hon. members for the City, relative to the great necessity of supporting the Fire de- partment, and as much Government pro- perty, a3 well as that of citize@, was at the mercy of the devouring element, im the ab

of which might, to a great extent, have been |

ments contained in the history in question.

ifon. Leader of the Opposition concurred with the remarks made by the Hon. Attorney General. Objectionable hovks should not be tolerated in any School or College re:civing Government patronge.

lion. Mr. Howlao said that at the time when it was reported that the history Jdluded tu by the hon. member, Mr. Brecken, was ured in that School, the late Government were in power, and that he (Mr. Brecken) should have then, and not now, examined inty the correctness ot the report. It was the

duty of the Visftor of Schools and the Board

| of Education to have investigated the matter at that time, now fuur years since, and nut have the question now brought up.

Mr. Kickham said that people living in mixed communities should guard against the introduetion of any principles that would lead to bickerings or disputes. He thought it was unnecessary to question the loyaltyofany of Her Majesty's liege subjects in this Colony.

relative wo theembarassed state of thecountry.| sence of an efficient Fire Department, he| Mr, Reilly said, as the question was again

;

L owever desirable it was to purchase pro- priewory estate, with the view of freeing the tenantry of the colony from the rent paying

tystem, care should be taken that such)

purchases should net cripple trade and cause other classes of the communitp to suffer in woneequence. The loan contemplated by the bil would enable the Government to negotiate fur aud purchase lands without paralyziag the general trade of the country. It was

evident that the payment of the instalments | due on the (Cunard Estate, was the cause ol |

ks refusing discount. The payment would absorb the greater portion ¢ f

tetate would have been purchased and paid ior, witiout experiencing any such serious de- ; a

‘eg-ion in the ordinary trade of the country, |

1 from the eaid purchase, in toe

a'wence of sach ameasare. The loan would douh s prove a boon and he hoped that he suc: misrepresentations aa were made @rcainst 2 siinliar measure OO a iormer occa. sium woul l again be resorted to, for the pur- pose of défeating it. He had boped cn the

contrary tat both sides of the Louse would teve supported the question irrespective of party Dies as theeffectot such general support from all parties, would tend to secure its

ffons Davies, Howlan, Laird, and Messrs. venkina. Reply, Bell and MeNeill, su pport- Gi t i 1 tie grounds that it was desir- able to provide means for the fical purchase f nrozirt ry claims, whereby the tenan-

try coull be relieved without the infliction | any material injury to trade and other brane ies of industry. That the obtaining 1 loan would not only cffeet that desirable ect, bot alsu give an impetus to the com- tnercial transactiona ef the Colony. That the borrowing of money in Englund ia cordance with the terms of the bill, would prevent the sudden withdrawal of the gold

ail silver of the country, and thereby cnable

ik’ to keep up their circulation for tie a mumodation of the ordinary r juire- wentsa of trade and commerce. That in pro portion ty the amount of exchange re yuired ty be drawn from the e puntry, would be re- gulate! the facilities given by the lianks. fhat the mode adopted for the payment of the Cunard Estate, bas had a depressing ¢feet on the whole trade of the country, and that if a similar or even a smaller purchase tuan that was wai 1 attempted, Without sume such provisions as the bill contemplated. it would eripple all the banks in the. Island, apd cntiveiy wiclidraw the circulating medi- um of the Colony from its ordinary ard egitimate avenues, The banks having to provide exchange for heavy remittances re- quired for the payment of the Cunard Ivtate, were crippiied in their operations, ap J con- sequently curtailed, 4 aut altoget| er refused

oe

ciweyunt on the very best securily in thy | pace. That had it not been for these heavy |

drains for tle payments of lands, the quan-

tity of goods imported last year would not! have reauined unsoll, nor would that sear- |

eity of money complained of be so general, Wen Shi bs and other productions of the esantry, were suld abroad, exchange iu gold

was ubtained, and thereby the banks were)

relieved. Similar results would not follow

the sule of lands. Loans of a similar nature had been obtained by other ritis': Pro- Vinees, from the Mother Country; and as uvney was more plentiful, and evuseruently would be obtained cheaper there, tian iu swall communities, it was a sound and wise policy tu obtain @ loan, for the requirements

| hoped some limited sum would be contributed | from the public funds of the Culony towards | sustaining, efficiently, that Department.

lon. Mr. Davies—There were clauses in

| resumed, he, too, would read, if necessary, extracts from another history, but one of an | opposite character to that alluded to by the hon. member, Mr. Brecken, namely, Coilier’s

the bill which he would not support, but) History, which he held in his hand, and was | owing to the absolute necessity of sustaining | prepared to show that the tendency of its the Fire Department, he would vote for the sentiments, if not of a disloyal character, , bill going imto Committee, and then objec-| were at least objectionable in institutions

ld and Silver in their vaults. Under! ions Of the loan bill the Cunard!

tionable clauses could exsily be struck out. ; Mr. McLennan—Thoug! it was late in the Session, he would support going intu Com- mittee on the bil!. It was not fair tu deny the citizens of Charlottetown, or any other plaee, the right to tax, through its represen- tatives, its imbabitante.

Mr. HMowatt--The principles of the bill

were euch, if adopted, as would lead indi-|

rectly to a tax on the wiule community. Le had not heard that any expression of opinion

in favor of the bill had Leen given at public |

zg meetings or elsewhere, by the «itizens of (barlottetown. Ie would not, therefore, at that late bour of the Sersion, support the bill. Thougi the City Council was an elective body, they might err ia the disezarge of their civie duties.

lion Leader of the Opposition hoped the citizens of Charlottetown would thank the hon. member (Mr. Lowatt) for his active care of their rights, ot which he assumed to be the representative in this mutter. That

hon. mewber appeared to act in the double |

capacity of Kepresentative for Tryoa and Charlvitetown. It would require no great time to put the bill through Committee,where ail its objectionable features could be removed

Mr. Keilly—Under existing cireumstanees he could not see how the Corporation of the Capital of the Colony could be sustained if the hands of the City Council were io be thus tied up. Hon. memers should not op-

pose the whole bill, because it had sume ob-|

} ctionable points.

Mr. Bell~It was, indeed, too bad to ask that Louse, at so late a stage, to discuss the merits of the bill ia question, which was admitted on all sides to be objectionable.

Mr. Prowse, would su, port the bill and feave those whom itaffeeted to judge hereatter of its merits, that Liouse might be saved

ther expenditures for city purposes, if the bill in question became law.

Mr. MeNeili was in favor for the present of causing the till to be published for the information of the country. Ll: found expedi- ent it could be entertained next session.

Hon. Mr. Hendersua—LLere appeared to him to be a great diserepancy between the

| manilest uecestities of the city and the con-|

duct of its Civie Representatives in delaying to present their bill to the House until that late hour. ‘There was an apparent want of Larmony in thew activas. The disastruus

supported by public money, as were the | Nermal School and Prince of Wales College.

Further remarks from several hon. meni- bers were then made, to the effect that it was highly necessary to exclude from ai! public Schools and Lnstitutions of learains all bovks of objectionable character, and not on the list of books sanctioned and recom- wended by the Board of Education.

On motion of the Hon. Attorney General that the Bill authorising the establishmeus of additional Small Debt Courts, and for other purposes, be read a second time,

Hou. Leader of the Opposition moved, in amendment, that it be read that day three months, anc opposed the principles of the Bill. The Judicial office should be tree | from political bias. | At the close of his address on the subject,

he poiated out the tendency of aj; pointments purely political. Changing the complesion

vt Small Debt Courts with every change of

Government was highly reprehensible, when the object evidently was tu appuint to office political partizans and supporters of the Government of the day, no matter whether Conservative of Liberal. It was high time toadopt a course more in accuréauce with that which obtained in other Colunies and in the Mother Cuuntry.

A debate followed, during which hon. members on both sides of the House con- carred im the desirability cf ippointipg to the office of Commussiuver of Small Debts those in the community whose experience, impartiality and integrity commended them to that bigh and important position, irrespec- ‘tive of party bias,

At the close of the debate the House divi- ded on the question, when the amendment of the Hon. Leader of the Opposition was | negatived on the following division, viz :— | For the amendment— Hons. Laviland, en- | derson, McAulay, Messrs. Brecken, MeLeu- | nan, Prowse, Green, Owen—38.

Against it—LHlons. Atturney General, Lairc, Davies, Col, Secretary, Howlan, Callbeck, | Messrs. Arseneaux, G. Sinclair, Reilly, Jes- | kins, Camerun, MeNeill, P. Sinclair, Howat:, | Kiekham, McCormack, Bell—17. | ‘Lhe Bill was then read a second time, and reported agreed tu. | Lion. Mr. Howlan presented a Dill to ‘alter the Act relatir g tu the Revenue. | Thesail anendment is to the effect that

conflagration of last summer should bave| Cavadias Flour, imported via Bostun, New proved a warning to them, and they should) York, aud other ports in the United States, Lave matuved theif measures at aa earlier would be exempt from duty on the produc-

period; he would however, from the necessity there existed for au eflicient Fire Department, support going into committee on the bill, lon. Me Calbeck—The House" was not bound tv adupt all the provisions of the bill. Why not tierefore go ito Committee? As tw the objections relative to the lateness of the session, the same would he believed, be offered at an earlier period as well. He ex- plained the condition of the Fire Department, and the necessity of sustaming it ia an efliei- ent manner. Jlad the officers and men vt that Department the proper means at their disposal, the spread uf the fire of last _Summamer could, in his opinion, have been pre- | Fentody aud now that a new Steam Fire Engiv® had been imported, and the whole

vf the Coloey, from abroad. That antil the departwent placed oa a good footing, he

their farms, agrarian grievances would ~—s #kist, retarding the prosperity of the coun. try; it was therefore desirable to os _ ‘Tavasures by which the whole question aS act atr

i

Whole teuautry seeured the fee simple of sincerely huped hun

te arent at exif. prvicans necessity that exis ; isions “made by tha: bill to opioe fando la cto of thes

iaportant sepeeenen t. Government: “perty in the ty wan. onbiect 9 the sean

from fire with the property of pri

i

jtivs, on the part of the Luporter, of tho -necessury certificates to show that raid four was the produce of Canada, and was not purchased in the Unéted States or any couu- ty Dot reciprocating with this Culony.

) Said Bilk was then read a second time and

reed w.

Un motion of the Hon, Attorney General t the Bill to awend the Militia Law of Island be committed to a Committee of

the wh: le House, r. Howatt moved, in amendment, that is be read that day three mouths.

The euestion oe on said amendment,

and negatived as we, Viz: Yeas—Mr, Uowatt, Hon. Mr. Laird, Mv. Reilly and Mr. pretty

Path tPerded; Gesee—13

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