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VOL. 29!.

LAND ASSESSMENT. ’l'nuaavIIa'a Orrtcu, Crsant.o-rrn-rowrr, P.I-1. Ist.atu!. January 19, I852.

IN pursuance ofthe Act ofthe General Assembly ofthis Island, made and passed in the Eleventh year ofthe reign of Iler pre-

Iotit \Iajt-city, entitled " An Act for levying further on Assessment on all |slIl|III in this Colony, and for the encouragement of l'idiici_t- tioti," and of an Act iiiiide in ittnendiiieiit thereto, and passed iii the I"ifteiinlh yeiir of Iler said Majesty's Reign, entitled “ An Act to explain and amend the resent Act for the Aiisesatiiient of Land and the encouragement o I:‘.ducntion," I do hereby give public notice, that Ihave issued ti I'rnclnioation, accordiitg to the terms of the said Act, of the uodermentioned 'I'uwn Lois, Water Lots. Pasture Lots. and parts of Townships in this Island, in arrears for the rioii-prtytiietit of the several rtuiiis due and owing thereon to Iler Majesty, utidcr and by virtue ofthe first mentioned Act.

acitcs ACIII Township No. I 4588 Township No. 89 500 3 H43 40 800 7 I881 ll 500 9 tiooo 42 500 I0 6050} -I3 2073‘ II 37I 44 2962} I2 2397; 48 88 is 862; 41 70 is 55I2 48 4.‘!|0 no I529.) 49 575 23 655 50 4-l0 25 I760 55 78! as mi 58 1573 as 15031 as 2279 I9 4741} C 80 I380 80 305 6! I3Il 8| I I28 65 I73} 33 N64 6'] H75 36 4 Panmure Island I00 31 204 Lenuox Island. 1400 38 500

Charlottetown, Id do. do. 1 of No. 97, 1 of No. . Pasture Lots in Charlottetotvn Royalty, Nos. 197, 288, 802, 324, 538, and Q of 563. Town Lots in Georgetown 1-} of No. 7, lat Range Letter B. niige, Letter B.

3 Pasture Lots in Georgetown Royalty :——Nos. 69. 89, 90, I08, II9. I20, I2I, I-I7.

‘own Lots in Princetown .—

Nos. I, 5. 6, 1, lat Row lst Division .etter A I, 3. -t, 6, 7, 8. lat Row 2d Division .etter A 2, 3, -I, 5, 6, 1. 8, ‘Id Ilow 2d Division .etter II I, 3, 5, ti, 7, 8, 2d Ilow 3d Division setter II I, 6, 8, 2d Row -lih Division .ctter II 2, 8, 4, 5, 7, 2d Row bth Ilivision .i.-tter B 8, 8d Itow Irit Division .etter C 8, 8, 8, 3d Row 2d Division setter C 1, 2, 3, 3d Row dtli Division .etter C 5, Q, 1, 8 8d Row btlt Division .etter C g, Q, 4th Row 1st Division .etter D 4, . 4th Row 2d Division .etter D 1, I, 8, ‘V 4th Row 4th Division Letter D 1, 3, 5, 6, 5th ltow lat Division .ctter E I, 2, 3, 4, 6th Row 2d Division Letter E I, 2, 8, 4, 5, 5th Row 6th Division .ettcr I-I 2, 3, 4, 7th Row lat Divisiott .elter G |, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8th Row lat Division .etter II 3, 8th flow 2d Ditision .etter ll 1, lat Division .ctter I" g_ lat Division Letter D 4. 3' Ist Division letter L

1st Division better I ‘:2 lst Division Letter 1

, 3, 4. 5. 3. _ Lots in Princetown Royalty :—No. I75, 2l7, 370, half of No. 427. I53, I83. 89- ,

And the owners of the said Lots and 'I'r.-icts of I.and so in arrears, and proclaimed as aforesaid, are hereby notified, that in Cale lhc sum cliarged on thciii as aforesaid, tugother with the coits which have been incurred, shall not he p:iid within ten days from the next I-luster ’.|‘ermof the Supreme Court tifludiniitiire to lie held at Clinrlotletowti, which will commence on 'l‘UI“.*l)-‘Ya ll” ‘ml ll“! °l' bl-‘Y "Ml. "ll- ilicncatioii will be titade to the Supreme Court, during the said "arm for Judgment against the said Lots and Tracts of Land res- wecme y. J03!-‘.I’lI POPE, Treasurer. SI‘.CltI:1:AIlV'l I)rrlCEiFcliI;ll,

ENDERS wi'l he received at this Ollice, (in cnnfortiiity with the Act of the present Session, for the eiit-ourageinent of the intercourse between this Islniid, Nov:t Scotia and New lrutiswick) from those persons wlto are desirous of placing it Packet, of not less than 70 too-, old measurement, on the Shediuc and Iledeque station; and n Pacltel, of not less tliitn 60 tons, old meiisurontent. on the Georg»-town and I’ictou station. Tenders to state the lowest rate at which Passengers, Cattle. &c., will he tnltsn; also, to cori- tain a description of each vessel, setting forth particulars as to ac- coiniitodaliim. 6» _ _

The Packet selected for Iletleqae will receive it grant _I|nIIlIlll.ly, for three years, of £80; that selected for Georgetown, will receive a grant nitiiuitlly of £60. _

'I‘lie reception of 'l‘endt-rs for the I'=tcketrt above alluded 10. ll linreby Ihistpoiied until \\r'eduesday, the I-ttli day ofApriI next, at

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\vlDNlIl>AY February lflth. AF'l‘I:‘.l{NO0N Sl'l."l‘ING. Housl IN Cousttrrcc mt Till: REPIIRT or Tut: Srrctst. COMMITTEE, Airroist-co To Rt-rroirr ox EDUCATION.

(Debuts concluded.) Mr. HAVILAND in the Chair.

Mr. PALMER. The question under discussion was said to be n_ Government measure; and that view of it had. he thought, occa- sioned a much warmer discussion, touching its propriety and the sources whence the nieiins for its support were to be derived, than would otlinrwise have taken place. He, however, saw no neces- riity for the question's being either considered a Government mea- sure or made one; and neither did he think, that if the measure should fail to be carried through the llouse. its failure should be the iuimcdiate cause of the Governiiient’s overthrow. IIe thought, it was due to the country, that honorable iueinbers, on both sides ofthe House, should in their consideration of the uestion, divest tlieuisolves of all party feeling, and treat it as one, in which the whiile people, irrespective of party, station, or creed, were mostdccply interested. For his own part, however, he ditfered vcry mucii from the opinions ofthose wlto were favourable to the scheme, as set forth in the Report of the Special Committee ; both as respected the principles and the details of the sc c He dis- liked the plan. wheti under the consideration of the Special Coin- niittc; and he was not yet able to reconcile himself to it. tnucli as liiid been advanced in sup tort of it in Comiuittee of the whole llouse. Iluty notwitliiitunding his dislike to the measure, both as respected some of tliu principles on which it was based, and some of its contemplated details, he had no desire, on that account, to quarrel either with the Government, or those who had introduced ‘ On the contrary, he was willing to give, to both, credit for the ver best intentions concernin it. I‘liey, no doubt, believed the means which they had proposed for obtaining the end in view, to be the best which, under existing circainstances, could be devised. Ilia estimation of the proposed iiicana, however, differed widely froitt theirs. 'I'lte ttiode, liy which they purposed to carry their aclistne into operation, would carry ulotig with it a vast amount of injustice. Ile was, by no means, opposed to the free education of the people. So far. indeed, was he front being so, that. could any means be devised for its uccomplisltiiieitt, so that it might be made to work equally; and the means for its support he rovided, with- out evideiit injustice to tiny ofthe parties, from wliotii they were to

e erived, tto one would support the tneusure with more sincerity and zeal than he. In dealing with the proposition, it was absolute- ly necessary that they should be governed by circumstances, by the local circumstances affecting the question. To cling to itiero theory, without duly considering these circuiitstanccs, and allowing them their full weight, would most assuredly lead them into the coin- mission of practical injustice and error. Ile quite agreed with the liotiorable members who hitd said, that it would be well to provide such salaries for Scliooliiiasters as would render them independent of every other ettiployinent or means of support, but that of teach- ' d or fit and competent men, in the avocntion of teachers, he would wish to see such salaries provided. Ila had, however, heard it stated b one bonoruble tnciiiber-—it moiiibor of the Go- vernment too-t int engaging in tho avociitioii, was, by many young men. regarded as a mere temporary speculation, and entered into, by them, only with tltu view to prepare themselves for some other more durable or more pmlitiible enip|oyment,—whilst others engage in it with qualifications no slender, that they were actually an t or any thing else. Most auuredly, education could not be expected to prosper in the hands of teachers of either of these classes. ' the first, it would fall from a want of necessary zeal and interest on the rt of its conductors,—und, with the other. from inability, it won d uiitount to nothing more than mockery and deception. To endeavour speedily to redeem education from so low so inefficient a state, was undoubtedly it paramount duty which the representa- tives of the people owed to nieir constituents; but it was one wliic i they owed to themselves individually considered, either as tnoiiibcrs of the cniiiiuunity, or as heads of families. No fither, lie was cer- tain, would be satisfied to have his child educated by a man whom he considered beneath him oitlier in station oflifejor llI0‘lll character. All parents would undoubtedly wish to have their children educated by teacliers, who were equal, il' nut superior to themselves, in every element of tiiortility and true respectability of character. Such considerations were quite sullicieitt to cotiviiice the House of the iiecesstty which existed for tii.il.'iiig suitable provision for allow- ing such salaries to ieaclinrs, as would enable them to live, by their profession, in soui-etltiug like respuctaliility.——and. so far, he believ- ed, they were all agreed. But it was iiisutliciettt with respect to the sources whence those means were proposed to be d ' 'I‘lie taxation would be unequal and unjust in its operation. It would press heavily upon many who were exceedingly poor,—-and woul tint attempt to participate iii the education which the aclietne was intended to afford. He was very far from overlooking or disputing the fact, tlt:it every member of :i cotiimuiiity has either a direct or in- direct interest iti general education, as respects the well-being of that coittttiuiiity,—-and should, tliercfuro, if possessed of ralcublg roperty, be called upon to contribute according to the immediate value of that property, for the furtherance of such education —iiiid he held it to be the duty of till who eiiteittiiiied views, aulliciently enlightened and liberal. with respect to the question, to endeavour to convince all who were of a contrary opiiiiou, lioiv iituclt they were rnistiilten. But it was the duty ofthe Ilousu to pause before they impose it tax, for the support of the new system, upon so great a number as would regard it either as an unjust iuipussion, or as a very embarrassing‘ and unnecessary burileri. When it was known that the number of such individuals would be very considerable, it would be wise to convince them, in the first placoofthe tiiorul obligation which rests upon all men to prnvitla for their children, according to their tneaiis,—und oven to assist in tho procuring of right education for tlto children of such parents in the conmiunity to which they belong. as have not the ability to provide it for themselves. But the ditliculty oflegislatiiig upon such principles, for a community in which their propriety was not fu'ly recognised, was not to be disregarded-for the genciol coimurrciice of the public was necessary to ensure the success of any general measure hating suclt principles for its basis. i might be no rare occurrence to meet with the fntlicr of it fmnily, who we . with reference to the proposed sy stein. when he should find. liiriiself bound to contribute to its support. " I have had no educntioii my- self, my father was a poor titan, and could not afford to send me to school; but I have got on in the world pretty well without learn- ing; and I can't see but that my own children ma do just as well without it, as I have done. I don't see, why aliould be called upon to do more for my children, than my father did for me. Let those who witnteducution and can afford to pay for it, have it, if they hits; but it's not right to tax poor cople for it, who cannot afford to pay for it and doti't want it." hose false notions, it was the duty of all who were better informed, to endeavour to eradicate from tlte minds of those who entertain them; but that could not be effected by more legislation. Better tneiins of providing general education, than compelling, by law, individuals to pay f'or it, who do not desire it for their children. would have to be devised, or the niea ure would prove abortive. It was said, that man had paid as high as £1, £8, or £10 a-year, for the education oft etr children, under the old and existing system of education; and thiit, under the o ration of the contemp sled scheme, such individuals might liavo u I tltairchildroti educated 8d. s-ye:-r. wliicli. to mnnig. would be it boon of very rest moment. But that was not suffici- eat tujuatify tliucnntoniplated snersl imposition of the adtlitimial land-tar. It might he clearly aiewii, for its justification, that the a stem would not only confer an iuiaiediate boon upon many; l“Il t on it would confer an iiiitnodinte boos upon the iiin'oiity of lbe people. It was, true that several Petitions in favour o the addition- al lattd assessment scheme for general education IItItI'l')06II presented to the House. and were entitled to just consideration. Ile ha novu undervalued the Petitions of the people to the 1_\sss_mbjy. But. with respect to those Petitions which had been sent in, in it- your of the educational scheme, he did not loolt upon_ them as con- taining sn expression of free, unbiased o irilon, with res .

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CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, TUESDAY," MARCH 30,1852.

us of different School-masters themselves, who had . r influence they possused, in their several districts, to induce the inhabitants to sanction a measure, which they trusted would, at least, improve their own condition as teachers. They (lbs District 'l‘eacliers) had held a nblic meeting, in Charlotte- town, for the purpose of considering liow the legislative educational. ntovement could be turned to their advaiitage,—and, at the meeting, they had. be understood. determined, with a view to their own benefit, to influence the people in favour of the contemplated mea- sure, and had prepared the draft of a Petition of the Aaseitibly, to be submitted for signatures. in their several neighbourhoods. Such. he believed. was the origin of the Petitions in favour of the land taxation educational scheme which had been presented to the House. They had nearly all risen from the steps taken by the Dtstrict’I'eachers, to promote their own interests; and were not free and unsolicited ntunifestations of approbation of the scheme, from different sections ofthe coinnittnity. In these remarks. he did I101. however} Irish to be understood as string any censure or con- demnation upon the District Teachers or the share they had had in getting up or procuring signatures to those Petitions. I‘lie had properly availed themselves of what they conceived to be a finer- able opportunity to promote their own interest; and he did not blame them for having done so. \Vith respect to those Petitions. he only wished to establish the fact, and impress it upon the minds of the Committee, that they had not directly proceeded from the people thein.-elves. Every class ought certainly to be alive to their own interests; and, with respect to the scltoolinastets, it was very evi- dent that they had, as far as they were concerned, been abroad to sortie urpuso. But if the opinions of the people, with regard to the so cute, were to be fairly stated, it would be found. that a vast majority of them were decidedly opposed to it " . ’ the Hon. Mr. Colos.) Such was his beliefat least; and he vvtts per- suaded. that no such tax as that contemplated for the support of education could exist with good efi'ect, unless its imposition wen left to the people themselves. Such a system was in sutisfiictorv opo- ration ln.ClllIfl(Ill. There an assessment was levied upon thc' lands l-"" °°"‘"" §°"°'ill Pllfpulel; and out of the rates. so imposed and collected, a certain part was set aside fortlie support of education. In some such we , he was ofopinion, education mi;-,lit be elIii:ient- ly _and sittisfuctortly provided for here. A law should be passed fixing the rate of assessment, and also the atnount of the school- iii;tst_ers' salaries, as wel as pointing out the m e o teimiiitng who should be estcmed fit and proper persons to im- pose such assessment. But be (Mr. Paltncr) would not propose, that it should be made couipulsory on the inhabitants of any (ll~'ll'lt:l to carry the Act into 0Pt‘I'iIIlt)fI. He would leave them at liberty to judge both concerning their own educational wants and their own ability to supply them. He would merely place the machinery within their reach, satisfi-d that, in all large and populous districts, the law would be carried into ita- mediate operation. But with respect to the few, poor inhabi- tants of new settlements, it would be necessary to wait for the improvements which would arise from their labors; in the mean while. doing the ht at that circuinstances would allow. There sat around him gentlemen who. from what they well knew ofihs dasiituiion of sti.-.h settlers, were much bvllol’ able than be was, to paint the wretclii-diii-as of their condition; but, from what ‘he had himself occasionally even of their misery, in a parcel of cliil-Ire-n, covered with rags, huililled together in It corner, by the fire, and who. perhaps, scarcely saw a loaf of bread once a week, he was convinced, that it would not merely he unfit, hit that it would be positively cruel. to impose on such inilivi als an annual tax for the education of the cliildren, for whom they can provide neither sufficiency of food nor clothes to cover them. \Vilh respect to the amendment p|'0P0!t'tl by the lion. member for the Second District of Queen's County (Mr. Mnoiicy) he (.\lr. Palmer.) lelt himselfbound to say,that it was it proposition in which be recognised much force and reason: and, were it reduced to a systematic and operative form, it should have his support. llis objection to it, as it at pre- sent stood, was, that it would tax lanils according to their area or extent only, withotit any reference to value. 0-I0 block of 5(l0 acres might be worth £50,--whilst only 50 act‘?! near it might be worth £300 or £500, owing to its capabilities or the improvements thereon, such as streams, the ervclloll of mills, ship-yards and siib-rents arising from it; and, surely, it \v.is quite cvialent, lhat the p,.,,P,i,_,,,,,. of the smaller, but much more \’£|IlI.'lIIll‘ tract should pay a higher tax than the owner ofthe more extensive, yet much less valuable one. r. ooney had .-aid,tlizit a proprietor who hail settled a township mixhl be tlfttwlll-.1 from it his 20,000 sliilliir.-e it year, either in cash or in rosluce. and yet. according to the taxation sclio-me recommend- ed in the Iicport, such a proprietor would be allowed to escape wlllioiit paymt-nt of one fl|flllltl_I_' for the support of general etio- c.itinii. 'I'lii~i was trap; and it was too flagrant an error to be allowed to pass without correction. lion. members might say they could not help it: the question \va< beset with so many ilif- liL'ulll“s, that they could not hope to overcome thevri,within the periozi to which their sessions were usually liuiited- But if right legislation was their object, that would not prevent their grappling with the question. It would he better for them to sit until Christmas, honestly, and aiixioitsly endeavoring to de- vise and perfect ajust and necessary measure, than lo Illow tlit-.m.-ielves to be bi-traycd into the passing of an iinjiist or im- pe~'li!t‘l oue,froin any t‘0ll"ltlt3l‘;Ill0lI of tlifliciilties alfcctiiig ir.tli- vi-liial convenience, or origiiiali-it: from mist-ken notions con- cerning pttlillc econmny. lle diil not think that the proprietors would olijcct so much to the iinpmition of a tax upon them, on account of their leased land-, as they would to an additional one iiponlhv-ir wilili-rocss latiils. A proprietor would certainly in: ln'lL'lt more willing to pay a tax on account ofproperly yield- ing an lllcoml‘, than he would be to pay it for an estate from which he deiivi-tl no brn-fit whatever. There was much rea- son in the proposed ainriitl ncnt ct’ tho ltttttltritlilt! mi-mbt-r (Mr. Mooney).-—.oid his friends ought not to quarrel with him on account ofit. The Bill would be singularly defective, should his (Mr. Mooot-y’s) RIlIf‘.n'lIIl0llI not he iiliowell ll‘ l°"“ I P'" "r it. There \\ as no (lllIlCllll_V in the way which oiiglitto frighten the llou.-e from rndeavoring to carry the principle of the €tlnell4lIlI"lll into effect by legislation. Every tiroprlelllft ll‘ thoiigli he hail leased his l:iiids,lml a rercrsioiiary interest there- in. and it direct one in the annual receipt of £5 for every I00 IC|’f‘!.-—-Inll, on account of his into-rest therein, it was clear that the amendment might, with perfect justice and propriety, fornt it part of the llill,aiid he did tint sce.Wl'l’ " lllllll“ Ml 5° iii'roducci| and carried. 'l'lie hon. member who had introdu- ced the Bill was pretty perscrctiag and would no doubt carry it according to his own views. He (Mr. Palmer) would be very glad. ifliis solitary vote would do any good with respect to tho importatit measure. Ile wotrlil willingly vote for a tax on productive real estate for the maintenance of a sound.aya- tom of general etIncatioii,—but he would leave ll to the Inha- bitants ofthe dill‘.-reiit Districts and settlements in the Island to carry the law intoefl'.-ct, by the actual imposition and col- leclioit ofthe tax, whenever it might suit their own views and circitmstancra to do so: they should not be forced to adopt it. Suc‘i a system was found to work well in Maraaehuacetts and elsewhere, and it was much better adapted to Ill! Wlflll Ifltl circiimsiancrs of the people of this Colony generally, than that proposed by the Report. Ifihe flill should be so altered,’ he would give it his support. It ntiaht then be allewcdhtogo mp. npomi.-.;. 1‘... .. few yi-sr<,—aml if, after the expiration of the period for which it might be enttclv d, it Ihotiltl be found that experience or it clitinge ofcireumxtaiices called for the lit- irnduction ofa now system. it would be it ntattcr of no difll- culiy to accomplish it. When it govertntii-nt or a lsgralntuie was about to give birth to it new and important rnrlltlfl. N0 that under consideration. the greatest rate sliouldbo taken in malte it it sound one. The wilderness lands were wearing gutsy, and the lands ofthe Colony would soon be all of 000 c ass.-anil, consequently, under the tall“ Ol llll Ofltlllllr plaied Bill, the proprietors would altogether escape,-aadtboy