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ly ofthe individual distress, which the stnrt exc- m ofsueh I law might occasion, it might til-o tend to in- mls the amount of uperism. A roung man, from hit six- twenty- rst year. would usually contribute largely to the stators“ his ts, if permitted to labour on his own

L his lid they. ' ht be compelled, however reluctantly, I. ' their the funds of the charitable. h M M the livingsott slots systematically, may in t c ass'ofable bodied people, be geiierally regarded, and its con- MW ofdisltkc to labour, and of bad character—"yet. a h the one of the able bodied, such assistance may some-

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the tnptiou of misconduct.

hbitttal receipt of aims is not the roper criterion of cul- afle pepsin, nor is it desirable that l e law should impede

1L ' exercise of‘sltns giving, whether

receipt ofslms, in order to escape from t duty of honest ,4“ the practice against which such laws should be such abuse arises. the object of th

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The Act numbered in the records ofthis Otllce, 510, intituled " An Act toatttborise the appointment of Coroners in King‘s sad PstucsCounties," is suspended for the signification of Her

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It appears objectionable on two grounds; first, because it do- theexisting Coroner of part ofthe lawful emoluments of hi! 06cc, without any compensation: and secondly, because . the uppintntent ofthe new Coroner is given, not to the Queen. nor even to the Lieutenant Governor, but to that otfiecr, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council. Slightlatnsy bathe importance of these objection: in the particular case, the "contents established by these cnactmcnts, and the principle! involved in them, are of general application. Thiskw must also therefore be remitted to the Legislature for

amendment.

The Act No. (HQ. in the records of thit Odice. and iniitulcd “ An Act to authorize the erection of a Building near Charlotte- town, usn Asylum for Insane persons, and other objects of charity, and to provide for the future maintenance oi the same," places the Lunatic Asylum under the care of Ten Trustees. all of whom, with the exception of the Chief Justice, must be Mem- bers of the Legislature, and Six of whom must be Members of the House of Assembly. selected by that body. To the<e Trus- wearer-e committed various administrative powers. Her Majesty’s Government cannot be partiesto encroacltrncnts of this kind, on the rules which should separate fmm each other the functions of the Executive Government and those of the Legislative bodies Society at large is without any real and effective secu- rin for the right discharge of administrative duties, especiallv when connected with a pecuniary trust, when such duties and

thtsts are castrated by the Members of the popular branch of the

Ls¥lsluum.

he Royal Assent will. therefore, not be given to thit Act. tin-

“the management ofthis Asylum be transferred, by n. sup- ry Act, from the Legislative bodies to the Executive

unseat of the Island.

I suhjoiu alist of the Numbers and Titles of the various transmitted with your Despatch of the 10th June. ve been W10 their operation by the accompanying

W“ Her Majesty in Council.

hub of the Acts of the last Session as are neither noticed in - the preceding remarks nor comprised in the snbjnineil List, are under the consideration of other Departments of Her Majesty‘s Government, and until their reports shall hat-egcen made, llcr

minty: decision on them must be post ned. Ihave the honor to ' Sir,

Your obedient I mble Servant. (Signed) ; J. RUSSELL.

lieutenant Governor. Sir C. A. Fits Roy. «ice. are. kc.

Resolved, That so much of the said Despatch as relates to the “Meet at. the Btll passed last Session, for the appointment of Coroners in King’s and Prince Counties, be referred to a special Committee, to rt thereon, by Bill orotherwise.

, That casts. Thomson, Clark and D. Macdonaid

do the said Committee. a Numb moved the following more»;

3,851 Earliest; Sir Charles Augustus Fit: R , c. (r. -r:. The House of Assembly respectfully request thaayt your Bracel- lency will be pleased, at your earliest convenience, to inform the House whether or not any contract has been entered into by 1, t for the conveyance of the Mails by means ofa between Charlottetown, Pietou, and Mtramichi.

I on a Resolution of the House of ASSembly of the 18th All“ 1840: and ifuot, whether any, and what proposals have filo-gag splat sie‘rhvice, with any othir ilrltlortuation on this r xce cy’s Miamw it: may be deemed

ofvalue to theBouse, inlegislatingou this important subject.

A (He.

r. unclean vs notice that he ‘would move. on Wednesday

' tint: . oust. tgpasolve perelf into a Committee of the

under rating 0 increasin the present rate

almost-flwildemun land; and of makinggn rgtoalsle reduc-

tion ot‘the duties now levied upon Tss,snd otlieasrticles ofge- ' a f

.ttsrsl consumption.

purposso ope ’ roadstnsuch amputation). ndrcadingto-mosrosv.

rznumvodthatslleugeha val-Enema theLieut. Governor, to ascertain ‘ , any reply ha

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disevent ha! Afieeting of , . _u the N abéording to ‘3‘?!me .l _ evening of Wednesda ,the meta ope

short address from the ev.

' st all classes? tighighest in

due to Divine Pro

tings f .l‘ Y3 j; unive‘llY' \. , { ted to like into eon-

iat-iooer! appointed under relive-es to the Sumyof Term-v tons a coin perso-t to potnlibt’to the of To haunting Tow-slit Number

ill tandsz _ip.siuber :- ‘

. 0m- grntitude is following M8393“, m,

3.. went

wetland delivered the

lane, the Lieut. Governor: nus-r trusses.

C. A. FITZ ROY, Lieut. Governor.

inert;

the Colonies, in reply to

addressed the meeting,

ti t; had been ma 6, ' . . :ttiii'docgirpiedns in of all Auxr tat-y to an;

3. . I .., t o “v I ‘ . V V gallium}; gintletnnu submitted the dn ,,,

ill continue to

watch over your, rendered your Majesty so dear to ectionate and defroP’the day-waaspen of the expediency O d Compensation Acts.

Elie Colonial, V I. SATURDAY, FEBlt-UARYTG, 21841.

e brevity of 9m} furnished With t we find that

virtues which h

M c' Secretary 0 [Pd ' hearts 053’“?

(Mm of the Ho discusses, 1W0"

hemsideration . f mneriding the Statute follow .——

incommittee)

Settlement of the low” of this certain Sections of an Act intitulcd Man i ’ ' ‘ Legislative Cou timber '

MSW ' , oftlioAsse_ in playing forsrbconstructiou'ortho CounciL - . Government House, February 1, 1841. slcosn Issues. C. A. I-‘l'l‘z ROY, Liam. Gov The lacuteusn' t “Giver-nor nmlil the Copy it Lord 50'!!! Russell, Her ' State for the Colonies, accompam mpoudenoc which has taken place Department and the TrcastIry, ot' the House of Ammblitep em ed in oouve 'u 0.3:: might be alli‘wgd to touch at Charlotte Governor takes the same 0 of Assembly, that, agreeably t_o~s their, Journals in the last Session, ublished, calling tbr ban Eightv Horses' twice a week between R fifmhien those placle: , ‘ regrets to o reunited.

hours to the House an ofi'er by the anera of the Steam- twice or three times a week too; and as it is ot'great unicatiott with Pictou, , the English Mails are conveyed Governor trusts that the House fer their early and favourable

Presidents, Secretaries,

r readers for 1h \Ve have been delivered, bu_ s will require m0

“’1'. have to apologize to on Legislative repor a report of some the preparatto

of the speeches 1‘ them for the pres this week devote 1' columns are he 'nul communication will prove ge denvour to lay a

transmits to the House of As- ch from the Right Honorable. "a Principal Secretary 01 ed by copies of the cor- bctWeett the Colonial with reference to the Address 3 that the Steam Vessels is between Pictou and

Anniversary, ut' whit: Office-bearers chosen.

tat-“ls” .7: m at l 123"”? “it”. ’aae oft! lute ,t..,witte *1 I“ Legislature of Prince Edward “Hi” h. received at this Depmnent, and having en- ”hm d tier Us h sGovernme:t,l _ , there-Ionian tit'nsont issuqect.

.mb’“ is the records of this Duke, 530, inntntezl ’ V the Act now is fbrpe regulating Apps-m. Wy designed to remedy a real grievance. M state, giveoecassou to abuses still It that the Childl’euoftltstitutc panpers which they can become use- snrtsty; and wit this view “no It that such out as Apprentices, with [Kl’hfle’t‘liwho aunt-seedling” ‘ touanrtalterd proper to receive t c large u in I when there is a scanty wpula'uin, - ‘md “moat labour, such s tathceasidChitdm who have pussedt m azeufptt- ’ “unearth-db] the Master, as a valuable interest; not." doubt be taken to prevent their being contracted. Mike-neat, either of the parent or guardian ofthe child. ideal and well established necessity. Now, in no such ptneaution. On the contrary, a youth at m may be apprenticed till the age or twenty-one, tin mica,“ : single witness, or by the ccr.

lllht t t the parents of the proposed

' vs been in the habit of soliciting aims, or of recei- ‘ from an ehsritsbie association ; and hi! so other cell! fort r necessary and permanent m .fl! is, in el’eet. to declare that every person who has been in thehsbtt of receiving aims, must submit totlic pewa r Children spprrnticel till the age of twenty-one: y be generally attirtnt-d of all such persons, that

all pro-occupied natters, which, we trust, -

s’ and Other l“lo shall next week en-

nerally interesting, full report before ourt'e

__Last evenin

1-: or THE Moos. f the wouderfu

be transmitte Society, and that the

fully solicited. '

TOTAL Ecurs setited to our view one o wisdom, power and go and beauty, viz: a torn commenced, as near as we con the period of th minutes to ten.

“'0 Lie"tenant accounting the House Retollflioll entered ttpon be caused Advertisements Tenders for a Steam-boob °fn0l '0” 1 Power, to convey the Mails ' towu and Pit-too. and once 8 “0° and Miratuichi, touching at serve, that no such Tender has he

The Lieutenant 00 which has recently been made boat Pocahontas, to run that Boa} between Charlottetown and PIC importance to secure a frp during the Season in wine bv that route, the Lieutenant of Assembly will give this 0 consideration. \

Government House, February 1, 1841-

DothxoSrau'r, ‘394 Sept. 1840.

all its sublimtt

' ) of the l eel“ se at Eight, p. up, an ty was about delightfully serene and or viewing tlie'won- lly diminished, ful grandeur of with the Psalmist—- and the firmament At one time tlie‘moon appeat'e :a;lively imagination d when the earth was to be destroyed cod—and all the workers oftmqur; ess for ever. at

‘ ’ the meeting were preseilted to that gentleman for e moons greatest

The evening was clear, affording us a fine oppo derful phenomenon. our minds were forci

and cordial cO-opei-ation in promoting interest I

light gradua bly struck with th and we were led to excluttn “the heavens declare th sltewetlt his handy work!” red, as ifon fire; it rnig as if the period had arrive —-the moon turned into ‘bl ty hurled into the bin Astronomy appears

Which man has been mos ‘ do his calcu

e glory of God,

lit have scented to

ckness of dat‘kn

to be the science in the study of t successfitligg'l‘his is proved by the latious regarding tire shall feel exceedingly obliged, if vout- 'us with ,tlléfi' notes euiug, that we may record‘in f this total obscurity of the that the first total eclipse of 19th March, 760 B. C.

y bodies. . We some at our scientt respecting the . our columns the portion tnoon. Chronologists tell us, the Moon on record happened

fic readers will III

I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Despotch No. 13, Eclipse last ey

ofthe 5th of May. in which you transmit an Address of the House of Assembly of Prince Edward Island, to the Queen, pray- ing Her Majesty to recommend the adoption by the .Ctllonltll Legislature of a Bill for the disposal of the Lands, Similartn principle to that which was rejected last Session by the Lt-gtdattve l have also received the Resolutions of the Assembly. complaining of the construction of the Legislative and Executive Councils, together with the counter llewiutions of the Legis- lativc Cottncrl to that complaint.

Having laid before the Queen the Address of the House of Assembly, Her Majesty has commanded me to instruct you to acquaint the House, that she learns with regret that the qttt-stion of the Lands in Prince Edward Island, continues to tits- tnrb the peace of the Colony. Although this quesuon origi- nntcs in motivesof private interest, shared equally by Landlords and Tenants. it assumes, in effect, the character Of a public question, and as such, must be treated. It is Her Majesty’s rut nest desire. to remove every just cause ofcompiamtitu n'l partsot‘ llcr Dominions. Her Majesty has been accordingly pleased to desire tne to enter into communication with the Resi- dent Proprietors in this Country, with a View to learn whether, by any further proposition on their part, means may be found to determine a question which has for so ‘long a period agiatted the

At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Lot 64, held _ the house of Mr. J. Johnston, the followmg Resolutions were unanimously adopted :— . ‘ Resolved, Tlntl notwithstanding the recommendation Oftlio lnta Noble Earl ofDurliatn, to levy n . penal Assessment on the Wilderness Lands of this Colony, no u menus whereby the de. oily thereof would be compelled to. render. d agriculturists; and notwttltstrmdtng tit-t: ntion offler Majesty’s Colonial Minister, to hurry stud measure into operative cfi'ect—lhis meeting, from Footrevents, have reason to disapprove of the prpposed mettst ‘ol'zAssess- tnent,'as it is our opinion that the said expedient originated front dclusive proprietary misrepresentation, thlt regard .m the fitne- goinyv high authorities, in order to prevent the establishment in the .olony of such expedients as are calctiluted to redress the. wrongs oftt suffering people: therefore, tittetrtoettng wholly dis- approve oftlie proposer! measure of Assessment, and tndulgelllte representatives in the House ofAssemhly (in whom we plaice I re most unlimited confidence) will devrse such judicious measures as will render justice to an injured and

faulting proprietary it

hope, that our wortlt

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a result which the up ntigcshtps would rather ' and prevent is Act wi therefore require the rc~

rt 'i‘ fth. .tn.tution'triith the 'slaturc, India the mean time. Her Majesty's " “mm” ° “m” c” 3 °

accompanied your Despatch, it. is my duty to declare that I do not see that ade ttate reasons exist for the immediate recon- Tbc material charge agninst.tlicse bodies is, that they have an interest initnical to the general interests of the Inhabitants, in consequence of their alleged connectiott with the Proprietors Of the Lands. answer to that charge. that ol'thc Ten persons composing the Legislative Council, Two only are Proprietors, whilst urThird is agent for a' Proprietor, the remainder being wholly uncon- In the Executive Council. you in- form me that there is no Proprietor at all in the Board, and only three agents of Proprietors, holding less than Three Townships. The allegation of ttndue weight in the Cottncil, in favour ofthe landed Proprietors. thus appears to me not to be sustained. that ground, therefore, i would not desire that any alteration should be made in either of the Councils.

Resolved, That this Meeting, from dire experience, are justified in considering the extra and injudicious ittdtilgences of lSlG as the prolific parent which line conferred an existence on those measures which have effected a transfer of the agricultural ri ltts oftlte Colony unto a defaulting body of urtdosetving spe- cu ators, whose Selllttll principles have not only retarded the. developrnnntoi' the natural product of the country, but: have produced therein the most baneful results, through the persecu- tion of n persuvoring but oppressed people: meeting nrc justified in the expectancy that the House of’Assclll- lily, in the ensuing Session, will devise tticuns whereby the said unconstitutional indulgence mature investigation of the imperial egul authorities, in.tlte full hope that such will dispense to an injured people that justice which they are entitled to expect from the equitable dispensation of British laws.

3. Rcsalred, That it is the o derogatory to that respect wltic also in that justice which is due to its subjects, furtlte linuto the «potting of the Fishery Reserves of the Colony, itt accordance. willt'llte {escrvttlions set forth in the original Grunts thereof, and also itt accordance with Lord Glcnelg's Desptttcli of the 10th May, 163$", lls such procrastination has not only enabled the defaultin proprietors to enfiirce, by coercive law proceed- ings, the payment of rents for the srtid Reserves—in which they are borne «in! by the sanction of the Supreme Court—but said

rnprietors are also enabled further to lento and sell to sundry individuals the said Fishery Reserves—measures at once calcu- ltttnd to stop and undermine the foundation ofour constitutional rights: t|torefore,this meeting also indulge the hope, that the House of Assembly will so efl'ectunlly operate in its next Session, :15 to induce Her Majesty‘s Government to llll'()\V Open the sztirl Reserves, in accordance with the original intention oftlte British

struction of tlic

therefore, this noted with the Pro rietors.

or dis emotion sltnll undergo u

ninn of this meetingptllatfit is is due to the British

J. RUSSELL.

. (Sign ) To His ufixceilency Sir C. .Fitz Roy, ézc. the.

On motion of Mr. D. Macdonald, it was resolved, that the House do, on Wednesday next, resolve itself into a Com- mittee, to take into consideration the State of the Colony.

Mr. Rae, agreeably to notice given, moved for leave to in- troduce a Bill to relieve Tenants and Lessees from the merit of Quit Rents and Land Assessments.

The House divided on the question :

Yeas—Messrs. Rae, J. Dingwell, Macintosh, D. Macdou- aid, Macueill, Fraser—6.

.Mtys—Messrs. Beck, Yeo, Le Lachcur, Dalziel, Clark, Hon. J. S. Macdonaltl, Gortnan, Longworth, W. Dingwell, Maclenn, Thomson, Macfarluue

So it passed in the negative.

Resolved, That this House will, tO-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee of the whole, to consider the ex ediency of revising and altering the Statute Labou Road Compensation Act.

Tlteu the [louse adjourned.

, Montgomery, Hudson-14.

4. Resolved, That this meeting have reason to regret the priit- ci lea resorted to by the Colonial authorities, in the C(lnsll‘tlclltlll oi the Legislative Courttzil,whit-h have so banefuliy operated agaith the best interests of this Colony, for the accomplishment ofpnrtiiil measures cnlcultttcd to further proprietary ttiisrule ill the expense and degradation of ptlllllill’ rights: therefore this triccting feel assured the House of Assertibl qutrc u sutisfactor Tltronu lust Sessi

r Act, an also the

y will not only rc- nnstver to the Address transmitted to the ,for it reform ot'sttid Council, but we indulge Ihc hope that the said Assembly'will further proceed in the accomplishment of such judicious measures as will ensure to the people it Legislative Council, composed of persons not only worthy of their confidence, but such its will be responsible to those for whom they legislate.

5. Rcsoleed,'l‘li:tt the fore the Colonial Herald.

Tucson, February 2.

The Bill to authorize the openin ofRonds to such Farms . public was , was read a second time, committed anti ordered to be euwrossed, with amendinth

Mnfl‘ltomson introduced a to take the requisite steps for ascertaining t 0 number of persons residing within this Island, and for other 808. Second readiu Rae, from the Committee appointed to wait on His Excellency the Liettt. Governor, with the Address of the information as to whether any artewer' to the Addms (‘1' last 0 claims of the Alteri—

as have no access to any

ill, authorising the

g on Thursday.

going Resolutions be published in

By. Order nftlti: Meeting, House, mqpesl HN JOHNSTON, Chairman.

had been reCei Ml’rmy "“rb‘m': Jan. 22, “341

by His Excellenc Session, to Her Majesty, respecting t can Loyalists and disbanded troops in titliblaud, reported the delivery thereof, and that His Excellency was [danced to say, no answer had beenreceived. ‘