newhere to work, and praying that the cue would make some order thereon, so at they might be permitted in future to erform their statute labour on that road hich is so essential to their convenience. This was opposed by Mr. Pope and Mr. on the ground that it was an indi- ect charge'on the Commissioner, and that ythe High Road Laws, that officer was llowed to order and direct the Statute abor wherever he saw it most advantage- us to the public, and that until the House ad a complaint against the commissioner, be present petition could not be enter- erlained. After a few more remarks herein was stated the propriety of send- 3 the petition to the commissuoner. u Owen said he would do so and with- At about haI/‘pastfour r. M. the ouse adjourned to 11 o’clock the next a '. gummy, FEB. 9.—Mr. Speaker ar- ived at 12 o’clock, shortly after the Par- on read Prayers. Mr. Binns moved that e House go into Committee on the 'l‘res-

was a Bill of very great importance, nd as there were several of the members bsent he hoped Mr. Speaker would send or them, the Messenger was then ordered go and bring Messrs. Compton, Cody, nd Willock. At about!) o’clock the chair- an reported progress and obtained leave again. Mr. VVillock moved an ad- urnment, as he said he wanted to go ome. Mr. Nelson seconded the motion. nthe question being put thereon, it passed the negative. Mr Owen said there was a ill sent down by the Council to regu- tea Court of General Sessions of the

sland, and that although from what he had card from honorable Members, he did not link it would go down well, yet he con- idered it as emanating from the Council it ould be treated with courtesy; be there- re moved (seconded by Mr. Brecken) that :e Bill be read a second time on Tuesday ext. Mr- Pope said he did not like to eso many entries on the Journals res- It was before the House, and the honorable Illember would not with: raw his motion he would move that the illbe read a second time that day three onths. Mr. John Small M‘ Donald thought at the establishment of five Courts in the car, which was effected by the CirCuit ourt Bill passed this Session, ought to 8 sufficient, in addition to those already existence. Mr. Hugh M‘Donald and r. Compton spoke to the same purport. ir. Brenan said he was desirous of paying ue deference to the Council as any man that House, but he did not think he ‘ould doju'stice to his codfstituents if he "I not oppose the Bill. It should be

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in the recollection of his Majesty’s Coun- cil that asimilar Bill was introduced into this House last session by his honorable colleague (Mr. Owen) and which Bill he (Mr. B.) opposed on the ground that it was not calculated to answer instead of a Circuit or Supreme Court in the different Coun- ties, and now that the said Bill had passed establishing the said Supreme Court in the said Counties, that he thought it ought to get a trial before they would heap on the people an additional Court of General Ses- sions. He (Mr. B.) was the first that gave notice of hostility to that Bill the moment he heard it announced. Since then he had read it over carefully with the determi- nation of being able to give it his full op- position, but as he saw so many opposed to the bill be thought it unnecessary to go into detail on it and would vote for the amendment, because he was anxious to have it disposed of while there was a full House, and he very much suspected his ho- norable colleague (Mr. Owen) would not be here on Tuesday next, if the bill was postponed ’till then. '

Mr. Brecken said, he voted for a simi- lar Bill last year, although it did not pass,

and although he voted against the Circuit,

Court Bill this year, yet as the latter B'

did P355: he would now vote against t " Z

as he thought there were Courts en already established. The question 011,: amendment was then put and N , mem con, Mr. Owen himself 10 "7 against his own motion.

Mr. Pope moved for leave to present a petition from Peter Stewart, Malpeque, Master Mariner, complaining of his wife who left his bed and board, while he was on the high seas, and praying the House to grant him relief. Mr. Brenan wanted to know before the petition would be received, what the man wanted, or whether he was now in possession of the premises or whe- ther he wanted this House to put him in possession thereof. .Mr. Pope said the petition stated fully that the wife abscond- ed and now lived with another man in Nova Scotia. He [Mr. Pope] thought it was a matter well worthy the consideration of the House—he observed that in the neighbouring Colonies they had Laws rela- ting to Divorce, and for his own part he did not wish to enact any particular Law than a declaratory one, to enable the Law ol‘England to he put in force here, by the Governor and Council. Mr. Brenan said there was no specific law in England on the subject of divorce, that whenever the like was done it was by a private bill being passed for the particular individual who send for it. In Scotland it was different, as the Constitutional Courts was allowed to take cognizance of it. .Mr. Binns said that the Law in England, invested the Ec- clesiastical Court with power Ito grant a Divorce, so far as regarded the separation

929‘ of man and wife. But when the parties wanted to marry again, it was always done' by Special Acts of Parliament.

The petition was then read and referred to Messrs. Pope, Binns, and Dalrymple to report thereon by Bill or otherwise, with power to send for persons and papers,8;c. the House adjourned at half past three, until 12 o’clock on Monday. vwa’r REX.

Monday, Feb. 11th. At about one o’clock, Prayers were read; and in an hour afterwards, two Bills were read a. third time : viz. a Bill, relating to the standard of weights and measures ; and to compel masters of vessels loading with a- gricultural produce, to keep a proper Stamped measure on board—And a Bill for the protection of the Herring and Gas- pareaux Fishers, passed and sent to the Coun'il. The House then went into Com- mittee on the Trespass Bill, Mr. Binns in the chair. This Bill naving been so often under consideration; before it elicited no discussion. At about 4 o’clock Mr. R. Me. Neill arrived. The Chairman report— ed the Bill: agreed to ; and it was order- ed to be engrossed. Several notices of petitions were given, and at half past 4 o’clock the House adjourned until 11 ' lock on Tuesda .

‘ " '. . ' . Prayers read a- ' " his day Was princi- ferences with the ebating petitions.— _ d a petition from cer- ' v . ‘ _ ' allos Point; requesting money in a I of'Roads. Mr. Brenan ask- ell for informaton, if that was the road where the honorable member [Mr. Wil- loik] promised to expend his last year’s pay in the House of Assembly. Mr. Wil- lock begged leave to correct the statement of his honorable friend, Mr. B. It was not last Session’s pay that he promised to lay out ; but the year before. He, Mr. 'W. could say that he did expend a consi- derable share of his own money on roads ; but to tell the truth, they were roads for his own convenience. The petition was read and laid on the table. Mr. Dalrym- K ple presented a petition from Mr. Peter Kelly, praying for a remuneration for ad- ditionl expence in erecting the outer block to the King’s Wharf, which he claimed in consequence ofsome difference of opinion which existed between himself and the Commissioners. The petition was strong- ly opposed by Messrs. Brecken, Pope and Cody, on the ground that there existed a spncial contract between Mr.Kelly and the Commissioners ; and that if Mr. Kelly made a bad bargain of it, the House could not help it: and that if the House were to entertain a petitidn of such a nature, th ore is no public Contractor in the country that would not claim a similar advantage, ,‘ihat until Mr. Kelly obtained a certificate from

the Commissioners that he did more thin