A Weekly Fournal of

Colonial Lavliament,

IOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. Monpay Arrennoon, April 7.

The House went into Committee on the Report of the special Committee on petitions of School Teachers. The propriety of adhesion to a rule adopted last Session, which excluded the applications of all parties who had not complied with the terms of the Kducation Act, was the subject of some eonversation—in the course of which Hlon, Mr. COLES called | attention to the fact that the Report of the School Visitor | had not been submitted, in accordance with the terms of _ Act by which he was appointed.

Hon. Col. GRAY, seeing «2 member of the Board of Education in his place in the Hease (Hoa. Mr. Hensley), | would ask if the cause of the noa-sabnission of the Report | was attributable to that body, or was it chargeable to the | officer whose duty it was to make the report.

Hon. Mr. HENSLEY had attended a meeting of the | Board of Education that day, and he had ascertained that no |

report had been received from the School Visitor. The law) the Volunteers of Nova Scotia, New Branswivk, and Prince | This he considered unfair.

required that the annaal Report should be submitted to the | House withia fourteen days after the commencemeut of the | Session.

Hon. Col. GRAY read extracts from the Act, which | showed that it was the duty of the Board of Education to! furnish the report to the Legislature; yet, at the same time, | Government had no power to compel them to do so— nor had they any control over the Visitor, although they appointed him to his oflice. Ile was then the ollicer of the Boar: of | Education.

The report of the special Committee was agreed to, with amendments.

Hon, Mr. Haviland submitted the annual report of the Postmaster General; and in answer to a question ef Hon. | Mr. Perry, stated that to-worrow he would iuform the House |

“Phis is truce Liberty, when Freeborn Men, having to advise the Public, may speak free.”---Euripides.

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Monday, June 16, 1862,

Mr. OWEN thought the resolution would produce a simi-

lar effect to the grant given last session for the “ Lord Sea- | | forth”—it would prevent a like application for some time to to.

come. On that ground he would support it. Hon. Mr. MeAULAY said the hon. member for Cardigan

)had given a most extraordinary reason for supporting the |

resolution. He (Mr. McA.) thought if Charlottetown harber

bad any elaim Georgetown had an equal claim. It would be

very unjust to refuse the grant for Georgetown, after one had

been given for Charlottetown.

a fter some further discussion the resolution was agreed to, d-

Hon. Mr. HAVILAND said he had another resolution to move, which he did on his own responsibility, namely, the usual grant of £72 for pew rent in the city churches. it was generally known what action he had taken on this subject,but as charch wardens and others had spoken to him, stating that it was unfair to withdraw the grant without giving notice,he would move it for this year.

The resolution was agreed to, as woll as several others of |

an unimportant nature.

Hon. Mr. POPE moved the resolution :-—

‘** That the sum of Sixty Pounds be granted and placed at the disposal of the Government for the purpose of purchasing a Cup or Urn, to be offered as a prize to be competed for by

Edward Island.’’

He moved this resolution because New Branswick had come forward handsomely and offered a prize to be competed for by the Volunteers of the different Colonies, and as it had been carried off by’ Prince Edward Island, this Colony should give the Volunteers of New Brunswick an opportunity to redeem their prize. Some might say that this amount ought to come out of the £400 voted for the Volunteer force, but he was not

| uf that opinion, as part of this grant would have to be taken

up in procuring ammunition, an article which had formerly

ven supplied by the British Governmest. Le thoaght this |

| Island would be no loser by voting a sum for a prize cup, as | the additional number of people that would visit the Colony |} on the occasion, would create such a circulation of money as |} would more than counterbalance the sum proposed in the re- solution. ile did not believe that the cup would leave us, | but that our Volunteers would be able to retain it. Some-

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which the Israelites have been every where at once recogniz-

Sundry resolutions from supply were reported and agreed |#ble. I have seen far stronger evidence of such an origin

among the people of Zanzibar, Sofala, and the Mozambique,

The Bill prohibiting the exportation of military stores was| where the rite of circumcision obtains in full foree. Far

, read 2nd time and agreed to.

resumed, ‘The arguments pro. and con. have been already | given, |” Tho Committee rose without reporting. | Mr. John Yeo reported from the Post Office Committee. | After which the House went into Committee on the question _of the propriety of imposing an export duty on timber. The principle of the proposed measure having been fully debated, | and the opinions of different members having been given to , the public, need not be repeated. ‘The result was the adoption of a resolution affirming the principie of the Bill, and Messrs. Pope, Davies, and Qwen were appointed a Committee /upon it, Tuvrspay, 10th April.

On motion that the Telegraph Bill be read second time, Hon. Mr. COLES moved that it be read that day three months. The Bill was premature. The cable had parted ‘late last year. The Bill provided that the charter would expire on the Ist June if the cable was not kept in repair. He would support a resolution to amend the charter next sessiun, if the company should |do ali in their power to keep the line in working order.

| Hon. Col. GRAY—If proper precautions had been taken last autumn, it would have been perfectly practicable to have continued the communication. Th's the Company were ‘bound to de in consideration of the subsidy of £300 per an- num. There was plenty of time last fall to have renewed it |if, as should have been the case, they had provided them. /selves with an extra cable and a suflicient staff.

Mr. COOPER—June was not a suitable month to lay a new cable. July or August was preferable. object was to find the most suitable points at each side at which to attach the cable, tuations where, by being imbedded in mud, it would escape | the action of the accumulated ice in the wivter. Ue would

The Committee on the subject of the Government pews was

more probable is is that they are of Canaanitish nations,— we know that in the time of Solomon the Phoenicians sailed through the pillars of Hlereules, leaving most indubitable traces of their having visited the Canary Islands—a very few days sailing from whence would allow them to drop anchor in the waters of the Connecticut. I recollect an old mili- tary acquaintance who passed many years of his life in en- deavouring to prove that the inhabitants of Scandinavia had settlements on that coast centuries before its more modern discovery, and would endeavour to instance as a proof a round tower in Connecticut still existing, upon which may be traced a Runie inscription. To suppose that America was peopled by Behring’s straits or the Aleutian chain, only shews to what lengths men are willing to go to establish any particular theory; but I can never imagine that tender women and

came in pledged against the departmental system, but the office of Commissioner for revising the laws was not a depart- mental office ; it was more in the way of a person’s profession asalawyer. On the principle maintained by the hon. leader of the Opposition, it would follow that any member receiving money from the Treasury on any account should resign his

seat. Mr. DAVIES said that he had received some £50 from the

blic funds during the year, and h ive vacated his ee. goer e supposed he ought to

Hon. Cul. GRAY—There the hon. member for Charlotte- town had given a case in point.

Hlon. Mr. COLES then read from the Act the list of the different offices the acceptance of which disqualifies a member from holding his seat in the House of Assembly, unless re- elected, the last clause of which list reads thus :—

‘* The office or appointment of Auditor of the Treasury or Public Accounts, and any other office for which there shall by law be provided an annual salary of the amount of Twenty Pounds or upwards.”’

Hon. Col. GRAY said this showed that the hon. member

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children, after leaving a comparatively warm climate, would | did not understand what he was talking about, as he had be able to endure the horrors of those arctic winters to which,,| been referring to offices not mentioned in the law ; and there with all the modern appliances at their command, British | ¥@8 no annual salary provided by statate for the office of tars have fallen victims. lowever, in view of the points | | Commissioner for revising the laws.

The resolution, after a little further conversation, was / what grounds can it be shewn that the present race of Mic- — ; YRO dsl0 ‘he Red 0 enalt cede to submit.

| macs were the original proprietors of the soil. Although! The House was aware thata speci : : I will at once admit that if, as the aboriginees, they were | last Session to examine rae meme te peal Sites dispossessed by the British Government without compensa-| West Cape. ‘This report had ae handed in, and he would tion, they are entitled to tho deepest consideration on the part | DOW move that the sum of £500 be appropriated towards the of this Committee ; and whatever sum may be voted, it is our erection of a wharf at that place.

duty to consider whether we are paying it on the ground that Mr. CONROY said the wharf was very much required, and

,the recipients are the descendants of the origival lawful ae caren ote a Yeo must be | owners, or otherwise. ! R ” ,

Afi ks from different parties, of ti making fun of the House, ‘er several remarks from different parties, of no parti- . ; cular interest, the House went into Committee of Supply. aes Sede ee - ue a soa apr on “

interests of his constituents. Had the Government not given to understand that h ial gran ssome- The Bill to authorise the Government to prohibit the ex- thing might have corGece we Pie ten. aie tee portation of military or naval stores and provisions, was read | severed, he did not doubt that he would be successful some

| have stated connected with our Island’s settlement, 1 ask on

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whether Government had received the report of the Lodian | thing of this kind must be done here to keep up excitement | 0Ppose going into Committee. ‘The Government ought to 4 third time and passed, as also the Bill for the prevention | time when the finances of the Colony weze in a more flourish-

Commissioners.

Hons. Messrs, Haviland, Gray and laird were appointed other places where large sums were granted to encourage the | posed by the Bill.

a special Committee to prepare a Bitl, in accordance with a | despatch from the Seeretary of State for the Colonies, to prohibit the exportation of gunpowder, saltpetre, nitrate of | soda, brimstone, arma, ammunition, military stores, and | lead, should it be necessary to do so.

Hons. Messrs. Kelly, Longworth, Hensley and Thornton, | and Mr. Couroy, were appointed a Committee to prepare a Bill to incorporate the Rowan Catholic Bishop of Char- dottetown. Turspay, April 8.

The House went into Committee on roads and bridges. , Progress reported.

Hlon. Col. Gray, by command, submitted copies of two despatches from the Colonial Minister,one of which announced the intention of the [Imperial Government to doulle the ain- vant of remuneration of the Land Commissioners, and to defray the incidental expenses of the Commission, the other | stated that there being but one copy of the appendix to the Award the Seeretary retained ic for use in Nugland.

The Bil in amendment of the Small Debt Act was re- committed. A motion made by the Hon. Mr. Pope. that the benefit of the Insolvent Debtor's Act be extended to parties coufined for any amount, was passed.

Hon. Mr. Laviland laid on the table copy of a despatch, | suggesting the propriety of vesting property held for oaval j urposes in the Commissioners of the Admiralty.

Hon, Mr. Llaviland presented a report of Theophilus)

movement.

Hon. Mr. PERRY woald oppose the resolution. We could oot get money to vote for necessary purposes, and this was nly for the purpose of being flied away.

tlon. Mr. HENSLEY could not support it either. Le,

out of the £400, as he hadvoted for that sum. Hon. Mr. THORNTON would likewise oppose the resola- tion. He understood that tl ere were 600 Volunteers on the

[sland ; let them, then, if they wish a cup to fire for, put |

their hands in their pockets and give 1s. 6d. cach, and that

| would be safiicient to purchase one.

Hon. Mr. HAVILAND said there was no reason why the | : : : , Volunteers should put their hands in their poekets for this | Island was entitled to the benefits for which they paid. The bable cost or practicability of said proposed work, a grant urpose. They gave their time, and it was certainly too) Houso would not be justilied in continuing their monopoly | could not be recommended to aid the enterprise this session. | aopno

rae to ask them to give their money also. The Volunteers of New Brunswick did not raise the money to purchase the silyer urn competed for there ; it was a grant of the Govern- ment of that Province.

lion. Mr. POPE alleded to the remark of the hon. mem-

ber for Cardigan, th: the Vulanteers should put their hands

|in their pockets and purchasea cup. He (Mr. P.) considered

it was & matter of justice for this House to grant the money, as the Government of New Brunswick and not the Volunteers of that Province provided the prize competed for at the shoot- ing match there. Ife had frequently subseribed to encourage

not care whether the Louse refused the grant or not ; he would | give £5 or £10, if necessary, to maintain the honour of the Volunte rs.

Ilon. Mr. COLES thought that something ought to be done te improve the Volunteers, fur it was known that at a recent

| Hon. Mr. McAULAY—The Bil! was ecaleulated to reme- dyanevil. If Jane were unfit, he would not object to July. They had nothing to shew them that the Company contem- plated repairing the line. Under those circumstances, it

, however, would.not oppose money for a prize cup being taken ro their duty to break up the monopoly.

fon, Mr. LLENSLEY approved the principle of the Bill ; | details could be d’seussed in Commitiee. The Bill on the | Statute Book showed that the condition of the grant was the working order of the cable. He was io favor of the Com- mittee,

Hon. Mr. IIAVLILAND was of the same opinion The

| while the couutry derived no benefit from it, and it prevented Others fiom furnishing the necessary accommodation to the |public. Details could be settled in Committee.

Hon. Mr. POPE — Serious Joss had accrued fio.n the | stoppage of communication last fall. ascertain the state of markets and direet the destination of ‘had acted unlainly. They bartered away their charter, ) which it was not intended that they should have done. When

| and no longer period would have been required last autumn.

| Fair offers had been made to the Company to which no an- | swwer had been received. Lt others would not embark in ihe , enterprise, the merchauts must keep up the line, if they should ) sink all the cost.

Le c. ’ issi : ote Same , . ertai m- ’ . Stewart, isq., one of the Indian Commissioners, and Lon. shooting match on Government House ground, a certain com | Hon. Mr. Coles’ amendment was lost, and the Bill was

Mr. Pope a letter from Heury Palmer, E-qr., a fellow pany had to be taker off the field to prevent them from shoot-| committed and agre

Commissioner, referring to the expenditure of the former. |

The papers were referred to Hons. Measrs, Perry, Thorn- | ton, Hensley, aud Messrs. Davies and Sutherlaud to report | upon.

Tcrespay Avrenxoon, April 8.

The Liquor License Act Amendment Bill was read a third | time and passed.

The [louse then resolved itself into Committee of supply.

Hon. Mr. HAVILAND moved a resolution granting the sum of £ to Mr. Uugh Logan, late Jailer of King’s County Jail, as compensation for the summary manner in which he was dismissed from his office. Le understood a, sum bad been voted last year, but through some oversight it | had not been carried through all the stages.

Mr. OWEN said he would oppose the resolution. Mr. | Jogan was well paid when in office, and as he received a_ pension from the Dritish Government he was not an object of charity.

The resolution was carried, 16 to 7.

Hon. Mr. Haviland thea moved that the blank be filled up | mith £15.

Mr. Owen moved in amendment that it be filled up with | £10. Amendment lost, 12 to 13.

Hon. Mr. McAULAY moved that the sum of £100 be granted and placed at the disposal of the Trustces appointed | to superintend the erection of the new grammar school in| Georgetown—the said sum to be drawa when the building is ready for the reception of pupils.

Mr. HOWAT strongly opposed the resolution.

Hoo. Mr. HENSLEY supported a resolution of a similar | nature last year, but it was only for £50.

Ile wou!d go for) that sum this year again, as he thought the capital of King's | County ought to have something better than ao ordinary |

Hon. Mr. PERRY said he would like to see a superior |

school in Georgetowo and another in the capital of Prince | County, but he thought that any proposition for the support | of such eught te have been submitted in the estimates.

dion. Mr. POPE did not think the country was prepared éo gee 2 grammar school established either in King’s County or Prince County, but if this resolution was carried in favor | of a grant to Georgetown, he would consider it to be his) 4uty to propose a similar resolution with respect to the eapi- | tal of Prince County.

Hon. Mr. HAVILAND maintained that the eases be- | dween the capitals of King's and Prinee Counties were not) parallel. At Georgetown a grammar school was in course! of erection, but there was nothing of the kind at the capital of Prince County. When such was the case he would be} happy to give his support for a grant to aid the under-| taking.

Hon. Mr. LONGWORTH thought the proposer of the resolution ought to make the sum £54, if he did mot wish to) eodanger it altogether.

Hon. Mr. MeAULAY consented to insert £50 instead of £100 in the resolution, apd it was then agreed to,

llon. Mr. KELLY proposed a resolution to the effect that £100 be granted to W. U. Bourke, as an encouragement to him for rynolag @ new steamboat (now in preparation) on the! Hillsborough. As the new boat would cost about £3000, |

ing away all the Governor's turnips. (Laughter.) He un- derstood that the urn in New Branswick was on hand since tic Prince of Wales visit to that Colony, and the Government thought they might aa well offer it for a prize. As there was some £40 for wine on the occasion of the Prince's visit to this Colony that had not yet been accounted for, he thought the House might grant £40 to purchase a cup, with the under-

| standing that the money due for the wine should be taken for |

this purpose. He was of opinion that £60 was perhaps more than the country could afford.

lion. Mr. LONGWORTit apoke at some length in favour of the resolution, and in reference to the wine said, the hon. leader of the Opposition knew it was paid for though it did not appear on the publicaccounts. The reason that the mat-

ter had not been entered into the accounts was because there |

was still an outstanding claim against the Prince of Wales Comniittee. When the question was taken on Mr.Pope’s resolution there

| appeared for it—Hons.Messrs.Pope, Gray, McAulay,Speaker,

Longwortii, Haviland, Coles, Wightman; Messrs. Ramsay, Douse, Beer, J. Yeo, Holm, Davies—14.

Against it—Llons. Messrs. Perry, Thornton, Kelly, Laird, Uensley ; Messrs. Cooper, Sinclair, Sutherland, Doyle, Con- roy, Montgomery, Howat—12.

Adjourned.

Wepwespayr, April 9.

lion. Mr. Haviland introduced a Bill for vesting all estates and property oceupied by or for the naval service in the Lord igh Admiral, which was read a first and second time, and

assed through Committee.

The Bill for the prevention of vice and immorality in the City of Charlottetown, was read a second time and passed through Committec.

Mr. Beer introduced a Bill to alter and amend the Act to encourage steam communication between Charlottetown and certain parts of the Ilillsborough and Elliot Rivers, which was read a first time.

lion. Mr. HLAVILAND presented a Bill relating to the Inland Posts within this Island. Ue explained that the ob- ject of the Bill was to carry out the suggestions contained in the report of the Postmaster General. ‘That officer had shown that by the present system the Colony was losing revenue, and had recommended compulsory prepayment of postage on all letters leaving the Island. Le had also suggested that in his opinion the time had arrived to require prepayment of postage on letters passing from one part of the Island t» the other.

The Bill was read a first time.

Mr. Davies introduced a Bill to amend the Act incorpora- ting the town of Charlottetown. Read a first time.

‘Lhe Bill to give effect to the report of the Commissioners on the Land Question was read a third time, and a motion having been made that the Bill do now pass,

Hlon. Mr. COLES moved in amendment that it do pass this day three months, and that an address be presented to [ler Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to urge on her Government the early consideration of the Report of

greed to with an amendment proposed by | Hon. Mr. Henstey, extending the time fur repairing the ¢a- j ble to July. Committee of Supply resumed. flon. Col. GRAY —- A petition was yesterday presented | by the hon, member Mr. Davies, which might be considere4 to convey a reproach to the House, as not being mindful of ‘the rights of a certain portion of the population. ‘hat point,

however, I shall waive, as [ believe the House will recognize

| the claims of the parties in whose faver the petition was pre-

| pared, with as much frankness as ever. But when I sce

|such an array of names, representing so much of the intelli- | gence, respectability and weulth of the community, as are

| subscribed to this document, when [ sce that it is signed by

sident and Manager of the Bank, the Attorney General, Treasurer, Postmaster General, nearly all the leading mer- chants, by members of the medical and legal professions, by officers of the Royal Navy, and several of my military bre- thren, | trust they will pardon me, if I differ from them in one Opinion they have affirmed. J never affix my name toa petition without duly weighing the statements it contains ; and it is my duty, however averse to d.ffer from the gentle- men to whom I have referred, to avow the grounds of that difference. If the allegations ia this petition be correct, it might be our duty to grant a large sum to the parties on be- half of whom it comes before us; but if I can shew that these allegations are unsubstantiated by proof, a question arises as

that the Indians now on the Island are the lawful descend- | ants of the original owuers of the soil. If that be the case, | we would be bound to make Iberal compensation; but I fear | that it never entered into the ininds of those who signed this | petition to ascertain the fact. Ido not agree that the Mic- mac Indians were the original owners of the Island. When Cabot discovered Canada, he found there priacipal tribes. The Hurons, the Algonquins, and the Lroquois.. Some say that the latter are a bastard branch of the Algonquins. Ac- cording to Cabot, the [roquois settled in New Brunswick and | part of Maise.

j castle from an officer of high position and very great talent, who has lately been sent to explore a route across this Con- \tinent to the Pacific ocean. Le arrived at the conclusion ‘that from the great Algonquin family there have sprung the | Ojibways, Crees, Potawatomies, Shawnecs, Leani Lenappe, | Delawares, Ottowas, Nipissings, Abenakies, Amalacites, , Montagnois, Sokauis, Mistassins, Mohegans, The mention (of the last named tribe will doubtless reeall to hon. members

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of that period we have dwelt with rapture upon the thrilling

ieople were unable to

* : . * ! | their loaded vessels, as they otherwise would. The Com; any

sut : | the cable was broken, in the Spring, it was repaired in a day, | ‘the movement, and would du so again if required. Le did) s e Spring, as rep nied in a day,

) among the Volunteers, as our case was different from that of |communicate with the Company before taking the action pro- | #%4 punishment of vice and immorality in the City of Vhar-| ing state.

lottetown. . ° | tion. Mr. Hensley, from the Committee on the petition lion. Mr. COLES said he could not oupport the resolution, ) from Lots 45 and 46, praying the alteration of a line of road, when he and bis colleague could obtain nothing for Mount | presented a report recommending that the Road Commissioner Stewart bridge.

of the district be required to visit the intended new line of} Mr. DOYLE—This was the old story that when any grant | road, and report to the Government. was wanted for Prince County there was no money to spare.

Mr. Conroy, from the Committee to whom was referred | But for the last few days hon. members seemed to be united

the memorial of divers inhabitants of Lots 1, 2,3, and 4,—/in voting away money for King’s @ounty. He thought the

with a subscription list attached—praying that a grant be! people of West Cape had a good claim on the House, and he | given to construct or hire a dredging machine for the removal | would support the resolution.

|of some obstructions near the mouth of Kildare River, pre- al :

| sented ® report stating that the construction or hire of a eee ween tad ‘ta a the I om

dredging machine would necessitate the outlay of a large sum | hut he was of opinion that the House ‘aie aaee fi oon

of money, and in the absence of any estimate as to the pro- Committee, a they appointed last session . sings re the proposed wharf, and whose report they received, thus

aware the principle. He agreed with the hon.

member, Mr. Doyle, that when any application was made

for King’s County, hon. members seemed to think they must

support it.

When the question was taken on the resolution there a

peared for it: Messrs. J. Yeo, Perry, Doyle and Conroy—4 ;

Mr. Howat, from the Pauper Committee, presented their report. which was read and ordered to be committed toa Committee of the whole House to-morrow. The House then went into Committee on the further consi- , deration of supply. Polen So favor of a grant to the Micmac Indians was} )4 14 against it. e* ” - . . *

Jlon.Col. GRAY said there appeared to be some irregularity | Hon. Mr. COLES said he had given notice yesterday that in regard to the petition. Its inerits ought to have been dis- | he would ask a question of the Government. Ile understood ‘cussed when it was referred to supply. But his hon. eolleague, |@% hon. member on the other side of the House to say that the member for the secend district of Queen's County ,had not, this would be the last session of this Assembly. on. Mr. he believed, coneluded the remarks which he commenced to, Howe had frankly answered a similar question in Nova Scotia

make in the morning. to that which he was about to put, and he hoped he would

the Mayor of the City, by the Common Council, by the Pre- |

‘o the obligation to give a large amount. ‘The petition states |

I will read a despatch to the Duke of New- |

the sunny days of their boyhood, when with all the enthusiasm |

ifon. Mr. LONGWORTH said he had nearly concluded his remarks on the subject. He maintained that the Indians ought to have been provided for by the British Government. [t was quest'onable whether a grant from this [louse would be any benefit to them in their present condition. The num- ber of Indians on the Island at present was only about 300 ; in 1750 the number was about 4000, which showed that the os was rapidly passing away,like leaves before the autuumn’s Dlast.

Mr. BEER said some hon. members y ote to have scruples about yoting for a grant to the Indians, owing to the nature of the petition before them. He woald then move that the hon. member haye leave to withdraw his motion for the present.

This motion was agreed to.

On motion of Lion. Mr. Longworth a resolution was passed

granting the sum of £1795 for enlarging and repairing the ' Lunatic Asylum.

On motion of Hon. Mr. Perry the following resolution was agreed to:

«« That the sum of £30 be granted and paid for the relief of indigent Indians, to be divided as follows :—£15 to the Rey. Mr. Kay, for Prince County ; £10 to the Rev. Daniel | McDonald, for Queen's County ; und £5 to the Rey. F. J. McDonald, for King’s County.’’

Hon. Mr. HENSLEY said he had a resolution to propose, and as he had not been very troublesome to the Committee, he hoped it would not meet with much opposition. The reso- lution was that the sum of £150 be granted and paid to the Commissioners appointed in 1860 to superintend the consoli- dation and reprinting of the laws of the Island, in part pay ment. Ile was a Commissioner on a former occasion of re- vising the laws, and as he believed the duties were quite as onerous this time as they were before when they received a like sum, he thought no person covld object to the amount. It might be considered rather strange that the resolution should be proposed by a member on this side of the House, but in a matter of this kind he thought he hada right to make a motion, as no one present probably understood better about the nature of the service performed.

llon. Mr. COLES said it was a most extraordinary course for a member of the Opposition to pursue to move a grant for the payment of officers appointed by the Government. The sum should have been included in the estimates. Ie (Mr.C.) did not say the Commissioners were not entitled to the amount /named in the resolution, but it was for the Government to say whether they had done their duty or not.

Hon. Mr. HENSLEY said the hon. member who had just 'spoken might have more parliamentary experience than he | had, yet he had been a Commissioner for revising the laws, and knew something ef the labours such officers had to per- fourm. Besides, he considered he had a perfect right to table any resolution which he pleased.

lon. Mr. HAVILAND said the matter was not included in the estimates fur the reason that the Commissioners had not then reported. If the hon. leader of the Opposition was of opinion that all money votes should come from the Govern- ment, why did he presume to moye a resolution to remune- ‘rate a Government officer, namely, constable Douggan, for services performed ? llon. Mr. WIGHTMAN remarked that if the Commission- ers were entitled to the money, it made no difference from

the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the land tenures | seunes so admirably depicted by the inimitable Fenimore | which side of the Ilonuse the resolution came. He thought,

of this Island, in accordance with fiis Grace the Duke of!

Neweastle’s despatch to His Excellency George Dundas, Es- quire, bearing date 7th February, 1862, wherein he says, ** | shail be very gladif I shall find it possible, at a future oppor- tunity, to offer any fresh suggestions for meeting the difficul- ties of the case.’’

Hlon. the SPEAKER objected to put the motion in that form, as ho considered it was irregular.

Ifon. Mr. COLES then moved that the Bill do pass that day three months. He thought the best course which the House could pursue was to passsuch an address as he had moved for, because from the despatch read here yesterday, it was evident

| Cooper. I believe all parties are agreed that from the Aben- _akics have descended the present tribe of Micmaes. I think it will be difficult to disprove the fact that this Island was | occupied by people of the Esquimaux race long before Ca- | bots's expedition,—at that time the Abenakies were settled )in Maine and New Brunswick, Nova Scotia being without pany settled tribes, although hunters from New Brunswick | periodically visited that Province. But soon after the French

began to establish military posts at Annapolis Royal, the |

| Avenakies would find but little difficulty, when supplied with

| however, that the resolution should be more explicit; if the | Commissioners had done their work,why should not the whole | amount be ineladed ?

| Mr. COOPER did not see any irregularity in the manner of proposing the resolution.

| Lion. Mr. LONGWORILIL had not intended to say any- thing or to yote on this matter, as he was an interested party, ‘but as questions had been asked he might offer a few expla- ‘nations. The hon. member,Mr. Hensley, was well acquainted 'with the nature of the duties performed, and had kindly ‘offered to propose the resolution. In reference to the amount lof toe work which bad been gone through, he might say that

he thought the sum proposed would not be too much for this! ¢hat the Home Goverement were taking up the whole ques- | 2tm™s and ammunition, from cro-sing over to this Island and | ¢},¢ Commissioners had spent three months in the summer of year. ,tion, and intended to make other sugyestions. Bat if his) exterminating the less formidably armed Ksquimaux ; and, | 1860 removing obsolete matter and placing marginal notes.

Mr. DAVIES thought that moving £100 would de- first motion could not be put, he would at least move for delay. | Sir, it is a very nice question if the Miemaes e

. i t the whole resolutica.

Mr. BEER was of the same opinion.

flon. Mr. COLES said that there should be some conside- | ration in favour of Mr. Bourke, owing to the kind of boat he imended to pat on the route. A ncw and good boat would tunable the people to come to the market regularly.

Mr. OWEN would also support the sum of £100. A good boat on the Hillsborough would be a great advantage to the people of King’s County. As there appeared to be some objection to inserting £100 ia the regolgtiga,be thought it would be better to name £70.

Mr. BEEB moved that the sum be £50, and this motion Was agreed to.

Hoa. Mr, HAVILAND then moved the sum of £50 in aid of a steam ferry-bout between Ueorge:own, Montague, and adjacent rivers, for the eowing season, provided the said steamboat is placed on the rouse, and continyes plying there- Ou semi-weekly during the opening of the naviggtion.

Mr. HOWAT said he must rise again ; he did not think & boat was country could uot alivrd to place a steamboat on cyery creck.

Hon. Col. GRAY was surprised at the extraordinary view which the hon. leader of the Opposition took of the despatch of the 7th of February. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle suid that the appendix to the report of the Commissioners, owing to its bulk had not been printed, and as there was only one copy, it had been kept for the purpose of aiding the Im-

‘they probably were. [t is a fact that when the illustriou Wolfe sent Lord Rollo with a company of grenadiers, after the fall of Louisbourg, to take possezsion of this Island, its ‘inhabitants were only a few French Acadians, occupied in

ver possessed ’ When the laws were revised some eight or nine years ago,the |a foot of land on this Island, except as the ruthless invaders Commissioners then appointed received £300 for their ser- s Vices ; and as the first volume was now nearly published, and

reecive a similar reply. He would ask the hon. leader of the Government whether it was intended that this should be the last session of the present Assembly ?

Hon. Col. GRAY replied that he was not aware that any hon. member on the Government side of the House had enun- ciated the statement that this would be the last session of this Assembly. He fancied that it came from the hon. leader of the Opposition himself,when referring to Hon Mr. Howe’s declaration. But he (Col. G.) would answer as frankly as Mr. Howe. The Government would give due notice when it was their intention to dissolve the House ; and as to this being the last session, all he could say was that it wight or it might not. (Loud applause.)

Adjourned.

Fainay, April 11.

The House went into Committee on the report of the special Committe on Post Office matters.

Mr. McNEILL opposed the recommendation of the report, that three new Post offices be opened in Prince County. He did not think the trade of that part of the country warranted the opening of so many new offices. He was more particularly induced to make this statement since some applications from King’s County had been refused.

lion. Mr. YEO said that where the new offices were recom- mended to be established there was a distance of about thirty miles without an office at all.

Mr. CONROY maintained that there was much need of an office at the Brae.

Mr. J. YEO said he supposed it would be with the Post offices in Prince County as it was with the special grants for bridges and wharves, hon. members would of course oppose them. Offices were much required at the places mentioned in the report.

After some further conversation, the ph recommend- ing that a Post office be established at Lot 8 was struck out, and the report as amended agreed to.

The Inland Post Act amendment Bill was read a second time and passed through Committee.

The Louse then went into committee on the report of tho Committee on the pauper scales. The report was agreed to with a few unimportant amendments.

The Bill to alter and amend the Act relating to the recovery of small debts, was read a third time.

Mr. John Yeo moved that an engrossed clause, which he of- fered, (providing for the establishment of another Small Debt Court in his district), be added to the Bill, and do form part thereof, by way of rider.

The Louse divided on the question :

Yras—Mesers. J. Yeo, Sutherland, Owen, and Ilon. Mr. Wightman—4. Nays—13.

he Bill then passed.

The Naval Service Bill was read a third time and . The order of the day for the second reading of the Bill in amendment of the Act to incorporate the Town of Charlotte- town, being read—