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rdeved, That Mr. Palmer and Mr. Thomson be add- ‘to the Committee appointed to prepare and bring in ill to continue and amend the Act for the encourage- of District and other Schools. \ eOrder of the‘naygidor the House in Committee, isider further -tlie expediency of amending the V e “Labour and Road Compensation Acts, being ‘ ; the House accordingly resolved itself into the Committee. . ' r 3 ~. Hoe. having resumed, Mr. Hudson, the Chair- ‘, reported; that the Committee had come to the two wing Resolutions— Rssonvso, That it is the opinion of this Committee, itisexpedient to amend the Statute Labour. Acts, by n ' 'ng tho-labour more improportion to property than it at - . .. nus. _ RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of this Committee, in order to render the duty of Statute Labour a more ll bnrthen upon Kalbpersons liable to perform the same, ,pxpedient that any alteration, in imposing an addition 3 e rates and quantity of labor, as now by law established, f include cases of persons owning an additional number a earns, beyond what are now subject to the performance ,tute Labom'”. . Thomson 'piovéd, in amendment, that after the ;_ ,uThate'; a b‘‘ struck out, and the following 9. tgdttgi‘pasmuc was, owing to theamendment of 'Stattiter Labour Act not [king printedgirnor in the " of the yommissioners before the time by law for appointing Overseers, its operation was, in ‘_ ruieasure, rendered nugatory; but as in every case to the Act appears to have been—fairly acted upon, w additional improvement has been the result, the ‘ thflefore, considers it inexpedient to make any hir’mt'iiendment to the Statute Labour Act during ' tit Session.” H divided on the motion of amendment. *1 a nasal essrs. Thomson, Hudson, Macneill, Yeo, PM ' bes,Gorman, Hon. J. S. Macdonald, Messrs. Palmer, ,. clean, Longwortb, Clark. ’ V ” ' _Avs:—Messrs. J. Dingwell, Macfarlane, Le La-

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Pl’lnl, andpraying the House to take the subject into canideration ; and, should it see fit, to use its influence With the Legislatures of the neighbouring Colonies, to urge upon them them the necessity ofcontributing to- wards the erection and maintenance of so desirable an object. ‘ ,.

Referred to the Committee of the whole House onutlie State of the Colony.

Mr. Forbes presented to the House a Petition of A. Mackenzie, styling himself Chairman ofthe Teachers' Association of PrinceEdward Island,_and the same was received and read—“setting forth—That as they have been led to understand that'thc House is about to frame a new Law for the encouragement of Education, claim- ing leave to submit some suggestions, both as regards their own grievances as Teachers, and also such improve- ments as they conceive to be necessary for advancing the instruction ofthe rising generation.

Referred to the Committee appointed to prewe and bring in a Blli to continue and amend the AhtTor the encouragement and support of District and other Schools. ‘

Then the House adjourned.

FRIDAY, February 5th.

Mr. Rae _moved for the appointment of a Committee, to bring in a Bill for the relief of the American Loyalists and disbatidedTroops in this Island;

Which was carried, and Maesrs. Rae, Le, Laclieur and Fraser appointed a Committee for that p'ur Se. Hon. J. S. Macdonald presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of Lot 20, praying an aid to improve a road leading fro ,Graham's Road to Mill River, New Loti- don.—Lai on the Table. i . According to the Order of the Day, the House went into Committee on the further consideration of the Coro- ners’sBill, namely, for the appointment of one each for King’s and Prince Counties, there being at present only one for the whole Island. In the Committee a clause was introduced, allowing the present Coroner the sum of Thirty Pounds, as a compensation for the reduction in his emoluments, should the present Bill go into ed'ect.

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Mr. SrEaxEn said that the Resolution just submitted was quite plain end uncomplicated, as it was couched in terms similar to those set forth in the bill passed last session. Mr. RAE thought it nothing but justice to himself, to say, that the Resolution was not one of his own fathering—no it had the ' proval of many good members of the House—, it was not e_ production of one alone—it was no pet mea- sure. Thesz nothing complicated in the Resolution; ‘the arguments narrated are known and declared facts. He was not gomg to defend all the matter set forth in last year’s bill, as the best; he would have hon. members consider the whole matter maturely—lt was one of great moment. Every one knew the fallibility of human nature~that from any number of fallible- tpipgs a perfect measure was not to be expected as a,matter of certainty; but while thus exercisin his own judgment on the work of many, and retaining stil his own opinion of it, according to the lights which he then had, he ought in justice to remem_ber,.that his own judgment was fal- ible, and though he could not and ought not to try to re- move from his mind the propensity to form a judgment more or less positive on every point, where any data for judgment were given, yet he ought not to persist with such pertinacity as to exclude'kir perpetually to oppose all results proceeding from the judgment of others. He hoped that every one desirous of seeing the question set at rest would go in the main with the leading measures ofthe Resolution. ~Mr. Panama said he confessed his curiosity was, for the last few. days, very much excited, to, find out what was the next plan to be adopted“ .‘members, to obtain their great end. He thought it nnnec ssagry to describe the nature of the proceedilgs of last SeSsi ; but he conceived, that if the Committee had now diclosed all they intended—if the whole of their scheme foiSession 1841 was now fully de- veloped, thtur expectations were surely hopeless. This Resolution is grounded on a favourite construction put on a passage of the Despatch; but where are the hopes of suc— cess to be gleaned from this passage? He could see none. The Secretary of State says it is now a public question, and as such it must be treated. Why, it has been, a public question for years past; it had been a public quéhtion as long as be (Mr. Palmer) could recollect its being agi- tated. It ween public question when first recognised by the Colonial Minister at home... [Here Mr. P. quoted the words of the Despatch of Lord John Russell, dated the 22d Septeiiiher last, recently sent down to the House. V, then it is proved they are entering into a negociation with the_ Proprietors. Have we any faith in the communication which the colonial Minister, in his Despatch, tells us he is instructed to make to the Pro rietors? Have we allowed

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when they were made to pay rent, then they began to'gbe in- dustrious and better off; and if they were not now asked for rent, they would return to their former state—worse than Indians. In 1824, rent. was demanded of them, and they paid the same for threeeyears. vI-Ie believed that the greater number of them at that time might have been able to pay three times the amount; but since 1826, some of them have not paid a. farthing’s rent; and he thought the were not able to pay half a year’s rent. Lot Two is sim' arly situa- ted. Lot Three is Owned by a number of absentee Proprie- tor. The occupants of Lots Four, Five, and Six, hold their lands as tenants, but for many years past have paid no rent. Now, finding that there is an Agent sent on those Lots to collect the rents, they are becoming more industrious, some of them in timber making, others in road making, and in I. . short time they will all be in comfortable circumstance 3 again. Lot Seven is a fine Lot; many have purchased ' lands there, some are s uatters; they also are becoming more industrious. Lot ight is of little value, the most of the Lot is hndland. Lot Nine, the same as th , 'ous Lot; there is very little good land on'it. Lot Ele dim . fourths of this Lot is inferior land; but the tenltnts on it ‘ I’ Just beginning to pay rent, equal to meet the taxes. if; Twelve, more than three-fourths of this L'ot are valueléssn- Lot Thirteen is a good Lot of land, except about 5 to 6000 ‘ acres. Lot Fourteen is mostly purchased by the inhabi- . touts, who are well ofl'. These are fourteen Lots, undue - represented as being more than one-filth part of the Island. In these Lots it appears that there are upwards of 100,000 . acres of wilderness land, which is next to useless—a t inducement indeed to the Home Government to purcinse these lands! Some hon. members blame the proprietor! much for not taking the offer made them for the purchase _ of the land; but he never heard of a shilling being’othred ‘ for the purchase; he was confident that if money

ed to the proprietors they would soon dispose ofthéir Ian

Mr. CLARK said that the hon. member who had Wen, - had, no doubt, given us a very famous descri two a t ' of the \Vestern Townslii s of this Island. He (Mr. Y i ’ admitted that all the peop e of Lot One were so poor‘tha't' i at they had a cow it was ten to one if they had a pair @mocca— ' sins until they were compelled to pay rent; thenxbeybecame, industrious. But if they were not asked for rent they would soon again become worse than Indians. This was a pretty : compliment paid liy'the lion. member (Mr. Yeo) “this our stituents. According to his mode ofreasoning; if by paying £5 they became iiidustriou in one year, surely by ying a doubly so. But we' knoww at we may expect from the hon. mefiber. The qugstion under

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il “l- MulnlOSh BeCk Dalziel Fraser Rae D. Mac- . . . . . . sufiicient t3918 for that purpose. No we have not. Is it debate is one of the de st inlays" tto the Colon . For'his' .. ‘9” " Haldv monlfiom’e'Y- ’ ’ ’ ’ I tl'lhteh Blftl columns a blau'se 9lisil‘mhdmg “8 Operation uni reasonable 9 “Y ,‘Vhetller or not they, have followed up the own part he was not not?e repute "d to say Whethgr to follow ' my Er ' me mehdmem was carried' ’ " I e 0“ assent e s'gm e ‘ e'e‘m- course hammomised? N0,say we; we will take another out the measure adopted ast Session, either by an address “ ,'

On the House resuming, the Bill, as amended, was agreed to, on the following division : _ \

Yeas-«Hon. J. S. Macdonald, Messrs. Palmer, Thom. son, Clark, J. Dingwell, Hudson, German, Moutgom‘ery, Beck, Yeo, Dalziel, Forbes, Longwortb, W. Dingweli

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fnrlane, ‘ smart: or run cononv. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of the

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course ; w ve. no faith in this part of the Despatch. Is it fair, then, to take this course, before it is learned whether the Ministers have ever entered into this negociation ? If so,

it seems-y‘fimnge mode of procedure, on our part, for

r. Speaker, as Chairman ofthe Committee appointed SessionJor the purpose of corresponding during the

‘ with any one or mesa Members of the Imperial liament,‘ presentte to this House a printed copy of

Petition of last Session", to the British House of 3.1.? DJ? .l. :0 n t' ‘ 'fla! “an Aavnn bfll‘ km“

' 1 presented. fter some routine

or by bill, or both ways, would best-answer. our" ,' [03.6. Let us pass a bill at any rate—1t will .only' Show our, opinion is the same as last Sessionm-‘sThe're was ample time for the proprietor to make up their minds; but this was not their purpose—4 ir object beingvnto employ their minions , here to circulate the idea, that a penal tax on wilderness land would be the only iemedy likely to succeed. No doubt

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the adopt such a Resolution isavirtual rejection of the Despatch.‘ , thin, their answer We reject—to take’a mgm Wise, wines of om; What is the Jew scheme? f'sume . . LL ' i J ' grand cure for 'the disease. _ abortive production of last Session, can, Mr. German in the on, Mr. Chairman! Oh, Mr. Chairman.

a" "i'fiiis Bill, the rejected a_ be taken up again. w Have their wits

business, the House adjourned. encwrflgemen

ou‘ld not see on what th V dbill was to be the some

e have received so much Hon. J. S. MACDONALD c The propose

e Resolu- Tnousnav, February 4.

l on the State or the C0100” ' ' ' ' , . d? It ts me in tion was grounded. ‘ r y r H I n fwm the committee or the Who‘e House, $2215, I afiidbifetitgiiigoiid‘fdtgfflilieniiil‘bmiib‘iigsi Dutchpriien who, as that of last Session. Hintdiglp0;:pcqlwgiegglhsddpfipagfip , i ' ' i i I I I . m ' - - , «rem , - “I. , :the e iency of establishing certain rates to be Mr. Rite, in introducing the, first Resolution, said, that a deliberate 0n a case of some little difficulty, aw held out any encourag of the House to wait ti“ they heard

- meeting to I ' I 1 much grave deliberation given to .t the other, “Vaut you think about it?’

3 said it was the duty

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new era had arrive ter has at last been

ged the use of the Stalls i He, for his own

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ss of last Session. free lands in the Colony. He thought» .

.7 , repon- -, it, according to 0rd . l k! - h . mature consideration. . . ,, . “W n h I mkkme same thing,” A!“ pa”, dispmred Ghee," Nd d . -,;h were a an read at theIC er s honorable members would give itt on I You think, Sm e , t en, L . k v v 1 be to have the ten-ts lows a m i comuee' Whl g The Resom‘lm‘ he had to pmpose was as follows'-‘ go it is with hon. members—they must think as they thought the. only remedy \\ ou1d recommend petitionmg Her Mg , g

for that purpose wou It was the object of _ lands from the proprietors,

he, and are as follow:

V: ' ' ' ' ' Committee, van That it is the opinion of this ' Sifisa ‘ in the Market House in Charlottetown,

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'1‘ ' d of tli d a B‘ last Sesswn—and so on to the en further can be do,

' i ' i ‘ If nothinrr he Township Lands of this what a fallin 05" is here. _ a . _d h Hm ts. and whereas the Leg-ism- Vised than w lot is proposed by tlllls Iéesolgflpéié '31:; the ISland’ and settle the Inha ) n ' . - - ' 3'11 would feel no need to troube 116 V om 1 w t tive Council have declared its opinion of the said i as Now, he (MLP') was prepared t9 expect some gram, pih , ‘Thatit is the opinion ofthis Commi‘tee’ that any and entirely difi'erent scheme, for the redemption o e

i ‘ ' —such as borrowinn t, by voluntary sale on the part of the Colony—something bold and startlplpgo make freeholders 69f i

in its 186‘ seSSion, passe the majority of the House to.wrest the without any remuneration. This Resolution, he considered, was too premiture, as an anew” 4 o the Address had not yet been receive . Mr. SPEAKER would call the attention of the hon. member for Queen’s County, to the Resolutions of the Council (which >

s partly composed of the proprietors themselves) where they

1. WHEREAS this House, {the sums to enable the Crown to purchase t

at Auction, at the upset price of Four Pounds per

inion of this Committee, House be let to any per— follows ;._.. by the Market Clerk’ 3‘ ‘ equitable arrangemen

’ ' LvEti, Eliot it is the op th rilet Stalls in the Market in Charlottetown,

, . , n sident , . -tl mone from the King of theFi‘enc _ _f u find 16 of the Land Bl“ w“ “med

. , ,. Sb :2 and-Six Pence, for each and every Market day: ‘ Proprietors, by which the Crown can be feu’lVleiStfid wx i us all); or that of mortgaging the Island toour frientdhs tboer pftglaléeflétchtpti: WEI]: be {lithe highest important)?” the

the " applicant on such day. A t the said Lands, so as to enable the Crown to so t e same Americans, or some such grand propolffim? gggceyEd- 0010“ and a boon to the people enemny: The" ‘- r. ain Food, and the clueS- t at a reasonable rate to actual occupiers, would tend gmutly being originated by the House of Assemssggg of the Des- objectidns are, that the consent of t e Crown and the 3;,“

and ldVaflce its ward Island! If, indeed, tliis (:llioscn pttlry ‘ ' ' ‘ tie coun “me for mtch is the only panacea or on ca D hopes ti‘om Ministers at home are small.

land should be first obtained. .LNovv, V have the permission of the,

Eng ld l t th y l are to tie e ' eminent to agree tothe Bilbao; tliatthe Crown .

‘ to increase the settlement of this Colony,

this year, their prietors in ‘ prosperity, and would be considered as a ho

The Despatch is the Counci Home Gov

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"J: . , ‘ ._. . . ' “ he id Resolutions being ag . I I ded : 2 f ‘ , rence 'iut thereon, the House divi u. :Afil‘lj’lressrs. lFraser, Beck, D. Macdonald. Mont-

Clark, Dalziel, Macintosh, Le Lacheur, Forbes,

I: n D I I . it ts: at u h d' 00 ' u m ' it is too much in Downing- . _ , ' , . ‘1 . er, . . R W D- Well. tt 6 utmost exte t of gratitu 6 fr In its ,1 , . co c e int cautio s ter 59 . _ W,” take care 0, the propnetors in DE “d, eve ma , ’ Hudson, Y e0, J. DlnMaillliirlaiife’ Longworth, ‘ although this Committee thus far recognize the prinCiple of street language. He would Withhold aigoflililpilger olpsplit'vae a 18 jecfiou their an wo I D In ve 8 son“. !

tioris until he saw whether any further offered to the Committee. Mr. SPEAKER was sorry

' t t down so much in t _ iiiastcsl: We have received all that was required by our Ad—

z—Messrs. German, 1, Maclean. . .v were carried i

;'Bill for the appoint

details; and, in fact, they t not only premature, but 1 the consent of the templated by the

oppose this fairly, but bya side ‘wind he omise with the proprietors, in direct op- » iressed opinion of the landlory to the by endeavouring to lead this Homo ' hangeable and vacrlla-

‘ the Bill, they caiinotconcur in its ‘ deem any enactment_ on the subjec ‘ inexpedient and unnecessary, nnti ‘ Crown and Proprietors to the measure con

gentleman cannot

to see the hon. member who had Proposes ‘1 c"ml"

' ' _ iosition to the exl he dark as to the eflect of this Des [Home Govermnem’ were

aside from the direct course into a c

n the afiirmative. . . ment of Coroners in Prince according to order, read a

ng’s Counties. wast. . . s . . .a h .e s the Ri lit t ion. This Despatch is not only handed to , a , th t 0, one "0 08“, one yearnnd a second to.

“me I . com- ‘ sald Bin Shun be firm Obtamed- 11;“de 'ehta’s Princigal dreslibgfdllgd tiestshe Legislative Cotincil, and is a sufficient tlggamfier year,lsol’that the Government ghoul um

otion being made, that the said Bill be now Honorable Lord John Russell’_ er the y az’swer ,0 me“. Resolu,,o,,s_ Lord John Russell says to the Enow What we wanted, and treat us With me contempt w“ ‘1 z to a Committee of the whole House? Secretary of State for the Colonies, by a Despatch bearing Council, “I admit it is a quesfion between ,andlord and tem woum deserve. Bm he hoped hon. members won” see the