i l . g

'thet‘e, but he did not think it would. \Ve will suppose that

, as well as holders of fifty acres; for if we allow two years to

, II‘OIH forfeiture, w’ere entitled to as much indulgence as these

no; «stigma shawls; ,

meet the views ofthose who scrutinized everything touching private property with extreme strictness.

Mr. COLES said, ifit were carried through the Supreme Court without costs, he would have no objection to its going

on one Township the assessment for 100 acres had not been paid. New, by going through all the formalities ofthe Su- preme Court for the recovery Of‘ two shillings, &c‘. a Town- ship or (Town Lot is saddled with seven or eight pounds expenses. Can anything more forcibly shew the necessity of the proposed amendment ?-——Progress reported.

i . TUESDAY, February 21.

'Houss in Committee of the whole on Mr. Thornton’s “Sqnntters” Bid—Mr. Beairsto in the chair.

a Mr. THORNTON, on presenting this Bill as re-model-

led by the Special Committee, observed, that it was seinething different from the one he had tOrmerly pre- sented; it was difi‘erent in some of its details; and on these he would make a few remarks, as the Bill progressed. As to the question ofthe rent, and term ofthe lease, perhaps he wonildroppose them; however, the principles of the Hill are plain,- nudbe hoped it would be found a better measure than that wrhich‘he had formerly presented. , Mr. Dons: thought that the Bill should undergo many alterations before it passed into a law. He could not, for one moment, conceive tbejustice ofplacing a squatter on I par with a bonafide tenant. As to the term of years, he thought a proprietor should not be compelled to give any length oftcrm the tenant might demand; this would be do- ing an injustice to those tenants who were settled for a shorter period. He thought the privilege ofa right of pur— chase was as much as he had any claim to demand, or could reasonably expect.

Mr. SPEAKER did not think an occupation oftwo years was suflicient to allow a squatter the benefit oftliis Bill. A proprietor may be absent from the Island during thespace of two years, and be unable to attend to the affairs of his pro- perty, for various reasons; and it would, in his opinion, be highly improper to take advantage of his absence, and com— pel him to pay for what he might not deem improvements, or to dispose ofliis property in a way contrary to his desn'c. While be (Mr. Speaker) wished to secure to the settler the interest of his labour, yet be considered that the term oftwo years would not be sufficient to entitle him to the benefit contemplated by the Bill. He would move that six years be substituted for two years,

Mr. PALMER was of the same opinion as the hon. Speakerq He (Mr. Palmer) thought at one time that ten years would I have been no more than sufficient to entitle the occupier to the consideration ofthe Bill. lit a new country, large tracts ol'land are unproductive, and it would be unjust to compel n proprietor to give compensation to those who may squat down on his land, for their own convenience, and who may be doing him itiore harm titan good. In this manner a pro- ) prief‘nr‘inay be seriously injured ; for instance, a proprietor may be unavoidably absent, though having a good title to his land; or a party who was indebted might make a convoy- ance ofn part of'u property here, and might not know any- thing of the circumstances of'tliose persons being settlcdgon the property. In such a case, it would be very hard to allow i tho'seto gain an interest in the land when, in the eye ofthe law, they may be only trespassers; for a person may bring an action of trespass during the term of six years, as the law, now stands. Sub-proprietors should be protected by the Bill,

stand as tlieterin to entitle a squatter to compensation, a holder of50 acres, who happens to be absent two years, may lose his land, and the squatter become a freeholder by the ope- ration of this Act. He would, therefore, support the motion ofthe hen. the Speaker, to substitute six for two years.

' Mr. COOPER said it was well known that the proprietors have forfeited all claim to the land; especially those who neglected to comply with the requisition of the Prince Re- gent in 1816. Here the lion. gentleman read from the Pro- clamation the following extract :— ,

"‘ The further pleasure this Royal Highness is, that the Proprietors ofTownship lands shall be released from the obligation imposed by their original Grants Ofsettling them With Foreign Protestants, provided, that within ten years from December, 1816, the lands shall have been settled with other per- sons, in the proportions specified in the original Grants.”

Now, many oftl'iose Lots would have been forfeited, were it not for those squatters; and if the proprietors are al‘ lowed to hold their land now. it is a boon from the Crown, and not attributable to any efforts they had made to settle the land themselves; therefore be (Mr. Cooper)considered that the squatters who had improved their land, and preserved it

who had leases. ,

Mr. SPEAKER said, the lion. member (Mr. Cooper) wished to show hiiiisell'n friend to the squatters, and to the country in general ; but he would assure them they were their great- est enemies who, by grasriing after extreme measures, had sowed the seeds ot'diseontent, and thereby retarded the settlement ofthe country. Heretofore, the beingcntleiiian

please with it?

)tlie landlord.

EVIL Cooper) would not hear a word of this Proclamation; e reprobaied it, as giving a countenance to the claim of the proprietors,but now he brings it forward to justifv the claim ofthe squatters. For his own (the Speaker’s) piii't, though

he was not a hunter after popularity, he considered himself)

as much the friend ofthe poor man as the ho“. member (Mr. Cooper) could be. He would wish to see the poor man paid for his labour, even “'01in for one day.

Mr. COOPER said, lion. members might siiy he was an one- my to the people, but he could tell who were their real cue- inies. They were these who were in power, and who thwarted every measure brought forward by him, and those who sided with him, for the reliefof the people,: these were they who injured the people, and not be and his measures. By them Justice was denied the people. The lion. the Speaker said ‘htfl'flnill now be (Mr. Cooper) would not listen to this procla— mation; but he would refer him to the records Ola former House, to see what use he had made of’it.

Mr. MACAULAY felt satisfied the House had too much good

sense and discretion to grapple with what cannot be accom- plished. Some hon. members either would not, or could not, perceive what was palpable to everv one else. \Vl’icn the Bill Was before the Special COlllllllllee:lle tliou'rlit that two yearspossessionsliouldsiitilletliesquuttereitherdinninpcnsa- tion or a lease; but as it appears from the statements ol‘tliose more. acquainted with what would or would not pass the Conneil than he Was, that the Bill would not pass with so shartu term as two years, he would go with the al’tle‘llfllnellt for five years. It was not just to put a squatter on an equality 'With n-tenant who was many years paying rent. . The Hon. J. S. lIIACDONALD said that when the Bill ‘was in Committee be was for allowing the term oftwo years as entitling the squatter to compensation. He disliked five years for a. person might be four years and nine months settled: and if the amendment Were carried, he would lose the bene- fit of his labour.

Mr. Coons thought that iftlie hon. member for Geome- town (Mr. Macaulay) lind any communications with zfhe Council, by which he knew With so much precision what would pass through their House, he should communicate it to the Committee, for their information, as by this means much labour and time might be saved.

Mr. MACAULAY said be bad no interviews with the Legis- lative Council,rbut be supposed them actuated by Conserva- tive principles. It is well known that there exists no visible property without an owner. Of this the squatter was well aware; why then does he take possession Of what belongs to another? Justice and equity should protect every man’s property. If it was not for his own benefit, why did he settle on the land? and shall we be called on to protect him in doing wrong? We should keep probability in view, if We wish for success. He would not raise expectations, for the purpose of deluding the people, as they always end in

,dieappomtment, and then broils and confusion are the cer- tain consequence.

Mr. COOPER would inform the hon. member who last spoke, that land was granted to the proprietors that they

. might act nshgelitslbr the Crown, and settle the Island Wm,

Foreign Protestants, and not for the purpose of enslaviuu ’ IL-"flish fillllel-BCTH. 0

'Mi; MACAULAY Was amused with the forcible arguments of the lion. member for King’s County. lftlie property be

longs to the Crown, can we cotnpel the Crown to do what 108'

Mr. COLES said the hon. member for Georgetown (Mr. Macaulay) spoke as ifit were the. intention of the Bill to deprive the proprietors of every right to the land. It is no such thing. It is designed to protect the cultivator of the soil from being deprived ofthe fruit of his labour, by allow- ing him a fair remuneration for it, or a lease on equitable terms.

Mr. SAsAxEn said, the hon. member for King’s County (Mr. Cooper) would have the House think that squatters were to be turned off without any ceremony; but the claimant must first preve his title, belore he can exact any thing from the settler. There is one thing that seems to have been lost sight ofln the Bill, and that is, that squatters do a vast deal of injury to/a property, by cutting dowu timber, and burning it; and is itjust or equitable that they should be remuner- ated for this? The proprietors, as a body, do not deserve the opprobrious epithets that are so lavishly heaped on them by certain parties. \Ve ought to distinguish between those who are the enemies ofthe country, and those who have its wel- fare at heart. \Ve should be wise enough to profit by'tlie ex- perience of the past, and not grasp after an ideal good; let us do that which we can defend. The present Bill will benefit many, and lot us not lose it by clogging it with enactments that will not receive the sanction of the other branches ofthe legislature. His (the Speaker’s) public conduct had been or- raigncd, but his different appeals to his constituents shewed how they appreciated his conduct. It was at one time said, that the hon. member for King’s County (Mr. Cooper) intend- ed to leave the country. He (Mr. Speaker.) trusted he would leave it in peace, and he would give three hearty cheers at his departure. He would not be surprised to hear afterwards that be was called to fill a comfortable situation at the bead ofa republic of squatters.

Mr. A. MACLEAN would vote for two years: he thought that those who laboured for two years were entitled to com- pensation. . >

Mr. Coorss acknowledged that persons so‘metimes chop- ped down wood, and burned it, and after taking out a crop or so, suffered it to grow up into bushes; but others, on the contrary, make valuable improvements, for which they should be remunerated. It would be a great hardship, indeed, to turn such and their families out without any compensation.

Mr. MACAULAY thought it was quite unreasonable to sup- pose that a landlord who saw an industrious person occu- pied iii clearing and iniprovmg the Soil, would wish to turn him away. He (Mr. Macaulay) considered that the interests of landlord and tenant were reciprocally connected, and that the more prosperous was the tenant, the better it tvas for He would like to see the lion. member for King’s County (Mr. Cooper) make a calculation of the ex- pense of chopping down an acre, in order to see whether two successive crops would not be a sufficient remune- ration f'or his labour, without exacting any compensation from the proprietors. Some lion. members seemed to think that those who squatted down on a proprietor’s land, to suit their own convenience, had, by this act, acquired a right to the soil; lint others had their rights. The shopkeeper had his rights—the tradesman his—and w by not the proprietor his, as well as the squatter? Iftlie proprietor has suffered the squatter to remain two years tinii‘iolestcd, there was a presumption he would for four; then eight, and so Oh. . He

Mr. Macaulay) was neither a tyrant nor oppresfior, but would like to maintain the distinction between right and

wrong; and therefore he did not like to see the rights of

property interfered with, to benefit squatters or others. Every Township has an owner, and in passing Bills that of-

fect them, we should consider what probability they had of

passing elsewhere. He did not like the idea efseeing our bills sent back to us, in consequence Ofour own folly.

The Hon. J. S. MACDONALD never meant to give squatters a riglitto the soil; but he would wish to give them coriiipen- nation for their labour, and not to turn them away destitute on the world. He would propose that three years be inserted in the clause. ,,

Mr. D. MACLEAN observed,tliat iflie were rightinbis con- jecture, tbt’Bill would protect those whudo not look~ after their property. He thought what was not worth looking after was not worth having. ‘ '

Mr. PALMER would ask why two years should be chosen? Some families would improve the land much soonertban others. In two years a man does not make inn-ch improve- ment, and a party may have property in P. E. Island, and be in the East Indies, China, or elsewhere ; and ifwe limit the time to two years, he may be called on to pay compensation. This he (Mr. Palmer) would consider as nothing more or less than giving a‘bounty to trespassers. A man may not, in the course oftwo years, arrange his business; and if he does not, he is called on to pay for what may be of no earth- ly advantage to him. A proprietor may have seven-eightbs ofbis property settled, and yet, ifpersons choose to settle down on his land—perhaps against his will—lie is called on to pay for this. Let us pass a moderate measure at first; if itwero passed for ten yenrs,lie would consider it a great boon,for many would be benefited by it; and ifit was found to work well, it could be reduced afterwards. It will be a

considerable concession to getthe principle admitted. 1f )lle Wished to have the Bill lost, he would say, reduce the t

{me to six: moulhs—czfcml the [case to 2000 years—and reduce the rent to thrct‘pencc, is be {alien in produce. '

lilr. COOPER thought the Committee should apportion the compensation to the amount ol'iinprovement. The person who injures the property should not be reiiiutierated.

necessarily absent in other countries for many years; and he thought it would not be proper to take advantage ofthis.

tout the squatters.

provisions of' the Bill.

ofthe. Legislative Council, and the different opinion they held from that of the House.

what will pass the Council. For his part, he would be sorry to engraft anything on the Bill that would swamp it else—

tlie time to two years. Mr. Donsn said many oftbose who pretended to be the

greatest friends of the country were, beyond all question, its greatest enemies.

for King’s County (Mr. Cooper,) turns round, and tries with

lators that ever be was acquainted with.

'Hereupon several divisions took place, when the period of five years was finally agreed upon.

Mr. D. MACDONALD was of opinion that the number of acres held should be extended to more than 100 acres. as it sometimes happened that a man’s clearing cornprised'inore than the front of'lOO acres.

Mr. THORNTON thought that 100 acres were quite sufficient for persons called squatters. Not one in a thousand oftbose who had leases possessed more. If we went beyond this we might, with as much reason, extend it to hall‘a township:

Mr. D. MACDONALD explained, that be thoth the prOVi- sions of‘tl‘ie Bill would be restricted to thosebwho held but 100 acres only, but not to any above that amount.

Mr RAE thought the Bill might be extended to include 200 acres with beneficial effect. Some settlers clear the front of60 or 70 acres more than 100, and it would be a pitv they should in... itviftliev were willing to keep it. He would no”: restrict the Bill to 10Q acres.

Mr. SPEAKER said he knew instances of proprietors being

If he wished to protect the proprietors, he also wished to pro- Tbose squatters alluded to on Lot 45, are, he believed, with few exceptions, more than five years settled there, and consequently would be benefited by the

Mr, RAE said several matters were submitted to the con- sideration ofthe Committee. Have we power to pass a Bill to settle those who have improved the land ofnominal pro- prietors? He had heard a good deal about the superiority

For his part, as he was a stranger to those euipyrcnl regions where Jupiter sat eti- throned, he could not be supposed to know what were the opinions of the deities there on the subject; but one thing he knew, that the object ofthe landholders was to get rent, and not to improve the land; but we must limit the bill to

where; and those best acquainted with the matterthink that the Bill Will not pass the Council With the clause limiting

. After the Committee have been so long engaged in preparing this Bill—which, he would say, would be of great benefit to the country—the lion. menibhr

all his might to defeat the Bill. He (Mr. Douse)was sent there for the benefit ofthe country. Others pretended they were the friends ofthe country, yet he would say, notwithstanding their pretensions ofliberality, they were the greatest specu-

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, . n . Doosz said that when he was on Lot 45, no perso heldrmore than 1003acres. It was understood that each I l have 100 acres. ». , Shil’frf MAcnv'rosu said the hon. member(Mr. Douse) must have forgotten that some of'them held 150, and some 200 acres and were settled there thirty years. ' He thought such erso’ns were on itled to somedconsideration, especially as Ind 30 or 4 acres cleare . I I _ tmllllr.lSPiaattini. said it was the opinionof many, and in which he concurred, that new settlers generally take too much land. If we say 100 acres, we prOVide for the majo- 't fcases that may occur. I . . . n D. MACDONALn’s reason for inquiring was, to know if tracts above [00 acres, held by squatters, would be excluded from the Bill. . _ Mr. COOPER was of'opinion oto the ire irietors. . ' g A divis'ion‘I then took place on the question ofextending the provisions ofthe Bill to tracts of'150 acres, which was 'decided in the negative, five only voting for it.

that the improvements would

\VnoannAY, February 22. _ , _

Ordered, That the order ofthe day,forvthc third reading ofthe Bill relating to Landlord and Tenant, be discharged, and that the said Bill be re-committcd to a Comrniltec'ol the whole House.

The House accordingly resolved itselfinlo the said Committee ——Mr. Canibridwe in the chair. I

Mr. Coles lllfTVCd an amendment, to the .effect, that urn-ejected tenant of‘a dwelling house or other premises shall be liable to imprisonment, or to have his goods and chalch sold for "Unvplly- ment ofthe costs of process, provided security be given {UP the payment ofllicm, within thirty days from the date of the judg- ment. Agreed to. ~ ' ‘

Mr. Cooper proposed to insert a clause, that Justices ofthe Peace shall not have power to net in cases where the tenant or occupant nfnny premises shall have erected the buildings thereon at his own cnst.—Ncgniived.

YnAs.—Messrs. Cooper, Macintosh, Dalziel, Fraser, D. Mac- (lnnnld, Diugwell, D. Muclcnn‘, Coins—8. _

Navss—Mr. Speaker, Ilon. J. S. Macdonald, Messrs. Benirslo, Montgoinerv. Macgrcgor, Thornton, Longwmtb. A. Mnclcnn, Macaulav, I'Iudsnn, Dmisc, Vv'iglitmnn. Hon. Mr. Palmer—I3.

The clause limiting the duration ofthe bill was also altered fi-nin five veurs to two. and from thence to the end of tl.e next Session ofthe Assembly.

On lhe I-[nuse resuming, the amendments were reported, and ordered for a third reading on 'i liursduy. . '

A Message was received from the Legislative Council, With a llill for the naturalization ofAliens in this Island, to which they desired the concurrence ofthe Assembly. '

Mr. Longwm’tli presented the report ofthe Special Committee appointed to examine and report on the Pf‘llllC Accounts—Refor- red to a Committee ofthe whole House on Friday.

TnnnsnAv, February 23.

The Bill relating to Wills, Legacies and intestate estates, and the Bill for the iialuralizaiinii ofAliens, were severally read a second time, and committed to a Committee ofthe whole House. .—Progress reported, and leave given to sit again. .

On motion of Mr. Rae, it was resolved, that the House so into Committee on the State ofthe Colony tn-morrow. Mr. Rae laid upon the table a string of Rtsolutions, which he meant to submit to the Committee.

FRinAY, February 24;

A motion being made, that the Bill relating to Landlord and Tenant, with the amendments, do now pass;

Mr. Cooper moved, as an amendment, that the amendments, so f; as they went to extend the operation ofthe Bill to the country, The struck niit.—~Neg:itivcd, I3 to 5.

The Bill was then passed. and ordered to he sent back to the Council. with the amendments.

Mr. Thornton presented a petition of several shareholders of the St. George, steamboat, residing in and about Georgetown, 'cuinpluiuing Till“ the Act. ofincorporution bail, in many instances. apparently been needlessly violated, inasmuch llS she had not performed the number oftrips to that port that. she was by law bound to do—-—nnd praying that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstance, and the necessnrv measures adapted for prevent- ing the like occurring in fumrm—Lnid on the table.

Mr. Secretiirv anilnnd delivered , the two following Messages from His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor :—

, H. V. HUNTLEY, Lleut. Governor. '

The Lieutenant Governor lays before the House of Assem- bly copy ofaii Order of Her Majesty in Council, specially confirming “ An Act to alter and in addition to an Act made and passed in the Tenth year of the Reign ofbis lute Ma- jesty King George the Fourth, relating to the laying out and altering oinghways, and for other purposestherein men. tioned,” passed during the last Session of the Colonial Legislature.

Government House, 24th February, 1843.

H. V. HUNTLEY, Lieut. Governor. ,

The Lieutenant Governor transn‘iits to the House of Assembly the several Returns Of the Commissioners of Statute Labour for the past year, together with their re- - marks upon the existing state of the Roads and Bridges

within their respective Districts.

Also, the Accounts ofthe Road Correspondent, showing the application of the sum granted by the Legislature for Roads, Bridges and \Vbarves, for the past year. The con- tingencies for King’s and Queen’s Counties have been con- siderably increased, by an unavoidable expenditure upon the Roads and Bridges which were damaged bv the severe storm ofthe Third ofNoveinber last. -

The Bridge over Dnrnley Basin, in Prince County, erected ata very considerable expense, was completely destroyed. The Lieutenant Governor recommends to the fuvourhble consideration ofthe House a Petition, very numeronslv signed, praying for aid towards the reconstruction of this Bridge, so essential to the intercourse of that section ol the Island. .

The Lieutenant Governor also submits a Petition from certain Inhabitants of Lots Numbers Sixtydliree and Sixtv- tour, and others, showing the advantage ofa new line Of road from Vernon River to Murray Harbour, as delineated in a plan annexed thereto.

The Lieutenant Governor also lays before the House of Assembly certain Documents connected with the Wharf now in course of completion at Minchin’s Point, Lot 48 in explanation of an additional outlay of£I'20, which has b,een I‘lelllti'll::(I 1n the removal of the original site ofthe said

The Lieutenant Governor also submits .a Petition from Angus M‘Isanc, the Contractor, praying for a remuneration tor two additional Blocks and Bridges.

In niiiking the necessary provision for the service of Roads, .l‘Jl'ngeS and Wliarves for the current year, the Lieu- tenant (rovernor leaves the House to appropriate such sums for tliisimportant branch ofthe public expenditure as the increasmg demands of the Colony may require, and as may be deemed consistent with its available resources.

Government House, February, 1843.

The documents accompanyingtlie second message were laid on tli‘e table, for perusal, and the message itself was referred to the‘bommittee of Supply—to sit on Tuesday.

llie remainder of the day was s ent in Committee on the Pub-

lic Accounts tli " ' I . . .. —- e consideration 0 the state ofthe Colon h been deferred. y “mg

SATURDAY, February 25.

The order of the day, for the House in Committee on the stelte gfflle Colony, being read; the House accordingly re- so ve itsell'into the said Committee—Mr M c ' ' Chair. a giegorin the

Mr. Rae having seine ‘days previously given notice ofa series of Resolutions which he intended to submit to the (mmuuttee, embodying his views as to the state of the Co- lony, handed in a bst of nineteen witnesses whose evidence he was desirous of obtaining, and moved that they be seve- ~;illlyhsiimiiionetl, to be examined at the bar.

is proposal gave rise to a long discussion in wh‘

v _ _ icb most of the members expressed their opinion witli regard to the general state of the Colony; upon the policy pursued by the late House of Assembly with the view ofanieliorating the

Committee then rose, and obtained 13. vote upon this question seemed m triumph by the majority. MONDAY, February 21.. The House did not meet this day until rm 3} members having left town on Saturday. , .phe Small Debts Bill was read the third :5, its length may he formed, when-(rtl'n'i'endin‘ 5 hour and! a quarter. 7 I A clause was offered to be added ('0 the‘b'm was to prevent more than one trial going on in“ the same time, as is now frequently a Commissioner is present, and where the cam . exceed forty shillings. A clones was also ,9 V. prescribing the form ol'an oath to be taken “h, These two clauses were considered ol'snch im ,, were refisrred to a Committee ofthe whole ‘ ' cussion ofthem occupied the whole oftliis egg m _ the House resuming, the Report of the Com-mi he received to-morrow (Tuesday). , '

it - TUESDAY, February 28‘._ Mr. Dense, from the Committee ofthe w consulemtion ofthe twu clauses which war; he added to the Small Debts Bill, reported t amendments" therein; which were read and, said clauses, so amended, were ordered to b. , The bill was then passed unanimously, and for concurrence. [The Council have ordered? printed} r Agrecably to the order ofthe day,.tlie "a selfintu a Committee. ofth whole, to consid ‘ a short discussion the sum. of'l‘iirce thousand L l for the general service of Roads and Bridges; - Three hundred pounds for wbarves, with the .

condition of the auricultural ) i ‘ ' ' . I ,_ . [nit of the )0 ililation ~ signal failure which had I I ’ 0‘ [he had been hitherto made for that purpose; the causes oftIi-it failure; and what measures ought to be ’uow adopted

towards :icemi’iplisliiiig that desirable oli' ' _ lect. At the ' )the debate, which occupied t Close 0‘

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this was not to preclude special grants being L0 of this nature, which, from peculiar cire‘ums mar, the consideration ofthe House. ' ‘ area. Another Resolution was proposed, fiir gran . d. - . yea I. pounds in the Lieutenant Governor, tobe M new roads under the Road compensation not. H ‘ V l passed unanimously, and the Report was orde of IE on Thursday. _ _ . _ is cm A message was received from tltehLegislntifi ‘ Se‘ in: the House tojnin ilie Cmtncll in presenti ‘ fth‘ flier Majesty, praying that she would be p 0 armed Steamer, of moderate draught ol'water n Wl this station during the summer season, to p! been from the encroacliments of American vesselss Be The House agreed to join in the proposed mitten was appointed toyoin the Committee»? 'aent part: the same. OI The House again went into Committee on ll be n tiun ofthe Statute Labour Bill. After some v toyer‘ the Chairman (Mr. Douse) reported, tbstth gone through the Bill,and made several Ill) film“ The Report was received, and the Bill was ords' LC sed. By this bill, it is enacted, that as far as of wl and Royalty obeailuttetown, each individua} data, ofsixteen and sixty shall be liable tO pay the» ‘ annually, which sum must be paid in money - “P. iiig on the streets and roads for forty-eight has ‘i wrltl the practice in other partsol‘tlie Island now is and 1 here. Horses, 6w. will also be taxed ritth which were hitherto exercised withinthe said ; Iiv the Road Coiitiiiissioncr of the District, '7 , V gram biiard of magistrates, who are to appoint the _ Par" wlint work is to be performed. The Oversee _ Ca tax, for which they are in be allowed two units; bpv" Uri moliun of Mr. Thornton, an Addresp ' Geo presented to His Excellency, praying for n E the Crown Lands which had it dispose.r ’ {35‘3‘ count was furnished; and praying to be printions had been made out of the funnier 30mE and for ullier information connecth therer . 1, "law The Hon. Mr. I’alincr reported a Bill to - _ for the suinmarv ll’lul of common assaulls a flue" make other provisions in lieu tliercofi—‘Seco, nar day. " child WrinsssnAx, March? “of: The Order of the Day, for taking " i B several private Petitions before the The House proceeded accord new consideration. ‘ ' " vane The Petition of divers Settlers on bl for aid towards opening a road from the 30, 1 Road to the harbour ofPinette, was want Resolved, That the prayer ofthe said Pi —-tlie remedy being elsewhere. ‘ the 1 The Petition ofJobn Peters, ofGeor Y was read; and thereupon, ‘ . Mr. \Vightman moved, that the said <l’s , “’1”! to the Committee ofSupply. , . . 168.“ Mr. Montgomery moved, as an amendment, teac ofthe Petition be rejected. . C. The House divided on the motion ofamen sine, Yeas, l4. Nays 3. mm) So it was carried in the affirmative. . me“ The Petition of Thomas llopgood, Ferry nu" River, was read ; and thereupon, . 1‘ Resolved, That the prayer ofthe and P t, 1‘ The following Petitions were also taken Still!l read, viz: . ' ,presi The Petition of divers Inhabitants efTO _ is ta and Fourteen, for a grant to extend the (“‘55 side OfEllis River Ferry. ' Echo ‘ The Petition ol'divers Inhabitants of W . Tl aid to make a road to Sand Point. _ th Ordered, That the two last preceding‘Pe “f l to the Members from the different parts of Fhlld for consideration on the division ofthe road Kilo } County. ‘ _ ‘ H In The following Petitions were also taken! Irish read, viz: V 1, «flag, The Petition of divers Inhabitants of be-m, Twenty, for a Wharfat Long River, Now the t‘ The Petition of divers Iiiliabitnnt\oFTO_ be nine and Fifty, for aid towards the cousin!“ co at China Point. ' unde The Petition from Orwell, Newtown, and . Lt Road Settlen-ieiits, for aid towardstheconst time at Orwell Ferry Point. to on The Petition for aid towards opening a I'D! of ‘h, Settlement, Lot 49, to the main road. I - Boo] The Petition for aid towards the constr - mm at Cranberry Point. _ M Ordered, That the five last preceding P0! _ to the Members from the different parts of ' "find for Consideration on the division of the road J'slle County. . ‘ it .. A 'Char The following Petitions were also takfll- :stati. read, viz: v T. The Petition of divers Inhabitants ofo" Soho aid towards making a road from Hardl, L‘ Princetown Road. , ~‘ last The Petition of Alexander M-cgresvt m " Frenchfort, praying for a grant 'to opt!!! I "l. The Petition ol'divers Inhabitants of 801m ment, for aid to open a road to the Birch , a L The Petition of‘divers Inhabitants 01.3!“ amp.- nnldston, for a grant to alter a road.. ' 'Orlh The Petition of divers Inhabitants ofTo Sum for a grant to alter a road. T] The Petition of divers Inhabitants of “WW Black River Settlements, praying for l! c of road near the new chapel on Lot Thin ~ ' ‘ l Ordered, That the six last precedlnf. 3°“! drawn by the members who presented"! l‘en dy being elsewhere. ' ‘PPG The Petition of Thomas Irwiny'fof ~ced| publish a book ofelemeiitary iiistrucuefii P C, gunge, was taken up and again .c‘edi, RESOIVB‘I, T but the said Petition I" Esra“ miltee of five Members, to examine; {In thereon ; with ower to send f0! ‘ P p 0f I records,

atieiided all the attempts which

;he whole of this day, Mr. Rum iwu taken up and again read 3 I

Ordered, That the Hon. J. 5- M." Mr. Cooper, Mr Macaulay, and the H0” pose the said Committee. . a '

The Petition of John (.Jitttlelff’m"f