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The Wonder of all Nations!

‘This is truce Liberty, when Freeborn Men, having to advise the Public, may speak -

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Esland, Monday, March 30, 1863.

Weekly Hournal of Politics, Miterature, and Mews.

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New Series.---No. 12.

THE MARCH OF INTELLECT FOR SPRING 18631)!

Ivrom the

World's air.

mprae best chance ever offered to the| i

Furmers of P. E. Isla, by which Time, La tear awd Monev are saved, the rand seeret to us sii. aud can new be ellceted by getliug one of thos jciest wouderfally improved

MANNY’'S PATENT Gold & Silver Prized Medal

Mowing & Reaping Machines,

wir

Steel-lined Guard Fingor Plate,

tempered sane asthe Auives, umd is attic hed to the fiager by a NEW PATENT PROCESS, thus tmoking an entire new cutting with Hors« Yokes and Swingle Trees, not in former machines,

wkes them vow more valuable to farmers than my of the Gold Mines throegheat the world, and are now warranted to cut one acreot Hay or Grun veh hour, at ove shillings cost, by forming a Club et Gve. which will be a lifth less expense than the old tashroned Seythe cutting, proved so lajurious to the constitution and se fatal to many farmers

face,

With these aasurpasseed Machines any quantity of Seed ean be sewn ia Spring at one time, and no fear for hands to eut it, when ripe, need be felt, and the Crops secured a month sooner, and the cost of the Clab aaved The eXpense now rednueed to the waves of one man for a mouth.

la preef of same, Mr. W. Hyde, Weat River,

whose butterand cheese are so highly prized where ever they can be vot, certifies he purchased one otf

those

Wonderful Money and Labour Saving Machines

im 1861; eut all bis Hay and Grain, nearly a han- j

ed aerea, and cut his brothers or also with it eared half the

~ume year, ail is now free,

amd then hired it ent, by whieh he « pree of the Machine ‘ amd had the crops of beth farts eat in addition This certifieate is more satisfactory on the Island as it can be relied on, than ene hundred nawes frow other places The above aad the follewing first-class Farmers and Steck Masters can bf referred to, some of whom have Maxne’s Parext Macaenes in use for three or four years, aad lave prové d mach more durable 1 beneficial than they ever calculated on, and consider they are the greatest boon that can le eonferred on their brother Farmers, Professiona vn, feachers, sea captuins, widows, tradesmen, ated all these whose time ought be more valuable than at such unprofitable and severe work as cutt ing bay and grain for the herses that are at rest,

THIS

and ought to be at snch employment, in place of ind women tolling themselves to death than four

white tren

to keep the horses alive, and at more

times the cost is NOT KEEPING WITH THE TIMES. P. Lane, Esq., J. P William Clements W. Aoorn, Lot 49, b>. Creighton, Esq., K. Mateh, Gallows Point,’G. Harris, h=q., 4d. Melnnis, ‘ Stewart & Owen, Ship R. Ings, China Point, builders, ( Vickerson, Vernon Hon. D. Beaton,

River, Theo. DesBrisay, Esq., and forty-six others, who wonderful Machines that work like telegraph

Esq.,

wot those

The demand is now so great, cansed by the vast number of men killed in the war, and the order from Europe for L800 of those invaluable money and labour saving Machines, with eighty-six more wanted last harvest that could uot be finished in time, will now require all parties wanting those

Machines to send the order to the Ayent, or the!

Depot at Orwell, with as little delay as possible, to ensure having them in good time for harvest.

No payment will be demanded until the Fall of 1803 aad DSOd.

Farmers not up to the great benefit of levelling and rolling the land are strongly advised by al Agri« ultural Societies and chemists to try it, when it will be found te pay wellfor the little outlay and trouble. To encourage the experiment, two dozen field rollers can be had from the uudersigned, if ordered soon, at COST, and 12 months given for payment

AGENTS: Caartorrerows—John Williams, who is so well known for keeping the best and ele on the Island: W. E. Dawson, whose Cash Store is the cheapest on the Jsland for farmers James Metiill, Spring Park, who is so famous for securing prizes for grain at our Exhibitions Grorcerown — W. Bb. Aitken, Thomas Owen, F. P. Norton MovytTacur—T Gaaxp Riven Douy ild Murray Harecovur—Thomas Clements. Sourts—Edward Kickham. Sr. Axprew s—P. Ciriflin. Cascumpec—G. W. Howlan. CampeeLLtoxn—Jas. Broderick.

Other Agents and instructions in Cirenlar from

PATRICK STEPHENS,

General Depot, at Orwell Cheap Store, eheaper than the cheapest. ANCHIOR-

Feb. 9, 1863

Annear, Philip Beers

aotniite I Rh. Walker, J. W. Truelove, J. Me-

both included.

ee

BUSINESS CARDS.

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GEORGETOWN.

WILLIAM SANDERSON,

Commission Merchant. Wholesale & Re- tail General Agent, Auctioneer & Broker.

NOTARY PUBLIC.

Agent for Col. Lile Assurance Company in

King’s Coauty. Agent for Pictou Iron Foundry.

Town Lots, Pasture Lots, and Farms for Sale ia King’s County.

Noy. 18.

Watch ‘and Clock ~ Maker. | — Valuable Freehold Property

PURCHASE, Smardon’s Corner.

CHOLCE ASSORTMENT OF

WATCHES always ow sale, and warranted to perform well. Trice £3 1s, and upwards WEDDING RINGS, DROOCHES, &«. &e. in great vuriety Charlottetown, Angust 4, 1362.

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MR, W. A. JOHNSTON,

OF HALIFAX, N.S.

Attorney and Barrister at Law Notary Public. &c, &c.

tw” Orrice—Mrs McDonaid's, next door to.

Mrs. Forsyth’s, North side of Queen Square. Charlottetown, October 21, 1861.

JOHN & ROBERT SCOTT,

Coach & Sleigh Builders, Kent Street,

yavoax the inbabitants of Charlotte- |

town and the Coantry generally, that they have now onhand a namber of new and second-hand Carnntsces, open and eevered, of different styles, whieh will be sold cheap for prompt payment.

iv All orders punetually attended to. April 14, 1862 Queen Insurance Company OF LIVERPOOL. FIRE AND LIFE! HE Subseriber, having been appointed

ayvem for tle above first class Inanrance Com

pany, is prepared to take risks on all deseriptions of

property. J. 5. CARVELL. Charlottetown, Feb. 10. uf

fExrRacts From Newspapers.] On reference to a return nade to Parliament, and

ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, 7th

June, 1361, it will be seen that the incrense of Daty |

for the year, puid by the “ QUEEN,” was £2567,

being aaron eof £10 more than paid by any

other office ever yet establixhed in this City. [From Gore's General Advertiser, Oct. 24, 1861.] “ Indeed, we beiieve that we are perfeetly jasti-

fied in saying that no other Company, withiy the | same period, ever attained so larye an income in!

either the Fire or Life Departments as the Queen Insurance Company. In making this statement, we make no exception even in favor of onr older local companies, namely, the Liverpool and London, the Royal, and the Lancashire Insurance Companies.”’

[From the Civil Service Gazette, Nov. 2. 1861 ]

* Among these important institutions stands emi nent for its solidity, ae Well as for its snecess, “the Queen Lnsurance Company,’’ which last week held Nes annual meeting of proprietors in Liverpool A

eterence to the ample report in another page will fully satisfy every reader of the signal progress made by thix association since its foundation. Such auceess is, indeed, rarely attained; and it attests at onee the excellence of its management, and the pub- lie confidence in its constitution [Frou the Liverpool Mercury, Nov. 2, 1861 ]

“It must be gratifying to the publie generally, and erpecially to the proprietors, to find that its in- come curing the past three years has increased at the rave of £20,000 per Aunnn We believe that no other Company, within the same short period, ever attained so large an merease cither in the Fire or Life Department. This speaks highly for the activity aud zeal of the manayement, while the promptness with which all the claims, arising ont of the tate disastrous fire in London were met, tes tifies to their financial ability and the eare and pru- dence which marked the investment of these furds.’

~ Go-Partnership Notice.

fue UNDERSIGNED have this day

entered into CO-PARTNERSHIP as

IMPORTERS & DEALERS British, French & other Foreign

DRY GOODS, Under the Style and Firm of

VAUX BROTHERS,

W HOLESALE and RETA I L.

Cc. C. VAUX. H. B. VAUX, Tropolit’s Buildings, 152 Granville «treet, Halifax, Nowa Seotia, Sept. , 1862,

- Premiums Reduced !!

HK Agent of the LLVERPOUL AND) A LONDON FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY

has the pleasure to announee that he ia anthorised

Wo aecept fieks in this City at uineh reduced rates. W. A. JOUNSTONE, Agent. Marel?, 1963. bik adi

imade to Mr. Thomas Mountain on the

are ander eultivation, and the

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pene 8 | A comfortable DWELLING HOUSE,

be easily obtained.

ECQD>TE SALI! SHORE FARM, at Kildare Capes,

1 on Lot Three, coutaining 100 acres of LAND,

70 of which are ina good state of eultivation, fenced off inte eight acre fields, and the remainder covered with Hardwood and Fencing. The Main Road runs through the Farm, and it has a front of ten chains on the Gulf Shere, where abundance of Sea Manure can be obtained.

Phe Daildings are nearly new — DWELLING HOUSE 30 « 25; 48 FRAME BARN 40 » JO: a LOG BARN of about the same size, and a small FISH HOUSE at the shore.

Part of the Purchase Money can remain on the premises. Application for further particulars to be

pretilses, or to GEORGE W. HOWLAN. Alberton, March 9, 1863. Isl

FOR SALE.

PINIIE SUBSCRIBER offers for sale A.

VALUABLE FREEILOLD FARM, fronting ou the weat side of Morell River, contain ing eighty acres, of which about sixty-eight acres remainder is covered with Longers. There are on the Premises A GOOD

SUBSTANTIAL DWELLING HOUSE, and good

Out-Houses for farming and mereantile purposes.

For further information application to be wade to the proprietor on the pretuises

° RICHARD HAYES.

Morell, Nov. 17th, 1862.

FOR IMMEDIATE SALE,

HAT DESIRABLE WATER LOT, in GEORGETOWN, containing half an acre of LAND, with usual privileges, known as No. 1, or Potnr Lor. Terms Cash or short time on security. Apply to the Lon. Joseru Henstey, Charlottetown. December 2, 1862. tf

Rare Chance to obtain a TAR NE!

OR SALE, at ROSE BANK, that beautifully situated FREEMOLD FARM, fronting on Wilmot River, Lot 25, North Bedeqne, containing seventy acres, lifty of which are cleare« and in a high state of cultivation, the remainder being covered with Hardwood There are on the premises a GOOD BARN, with shed and straw howre attached; a good Draw-Well within a few yards for the convenience of watering the stock. a with a fruit and vevetable garden atiached, and a never failing spring of the best water within a few yards of the Dwelling House. There are onthe premises abun- dance of the best quality of Marsh mud which can This desirable property is dis- tant only three miles from the flourishing town

fof Summerside, and situated in one of the most

flourishing settlements en the Island.

Trenus—ne half of the purchase money down; the balance can remain on interest for a time agreed to by the parties.

Application to be made to the subscriber on the pretiises, CHARLES D¢ INAHOE.

January 12, 1863.

Valuable Freehold Property FOR SALE.

"EXHE Subseriber offers for sale that well

known tract of Land, fronting on Pedeque Bay, Lot 17, commonly known as Crossan’s Point,

containing 390acres of excellent Land, well stocked |

with building timber and cedar poles. There isa good Marsh attached to the property, from which a man, if industrions, can cat from forty-five to tfty tons of Hay every year, Three good Dwelling

Houses, barns, und other outhouses erected thereon. |

An abundance of sea manure can be procured at any seuson of the year It is an ex elleut place for fish ing, and oysters and lobsters are in abundance. The above property is vrell fenced, and a larve part of it im a wood state of cultivation. It can be divided by a plan, in fifty or a hundred acres to suit par- chasers.

ALSO,—250 acres of Freehold Land, fronting on Bedeque Bay, Lot 17, and within a mile or so of the flourishing town of Swumerside, fifty acres of which is well fenced, and about iS under cultivation, with a fine barn, and a new Honse, nearly finished, thereon erected, and a never féilme well of water at the door, and is known as Harvey's farm. The remaining two hundred acres, adjoining Israel Green's farm, is well stocked with timber, anda small stream of fresh water running through it. There is a small Dwelling house and a large barn erected on the premises. "The whole of the land is

of an excellent quality, and not one foot of it but is |

fit for tillage, and level.

ALSO — The Leasehold Interest of Two Farms wijoining the above property, on the Linkletter road —one containing 100 acres of land, and known as Thomas Murray's farm, rent, £6a year; the other containing oF weres, and known as Jelley’s farm, rent, £4 10s. per annum. i

The above land is known as part of Welling’s

Point, and is part of the Estate of the late Lisle Ann Compton, of Chatham, Kent, England |

Part of the purchase money may remain on se curity on the premises, F F For further information, application to be made to M. P. RorchFoKD, opposite the Nuiery, Char- lottetown, or to MARIA ANN ROTCHFORD,

Adwinistratrix.

te If the above Property is not disposed of

betore the first day of JUNE next, it will be put ap and sold at Public Auction.

Charlottetown, Dec. 8, 1862. e

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NOTICE!

paid forthwith. ; JAMES EVANS. New Perth, Feb’y 6th, 1863

PACE |

aye st Seed ‘

From a NEEDLE to ayn}

LI, persons indebted to the undersigned |

are required to pay the respective almoants to Ressaaix Desttaisay, of Charlottetown, Attorney at Law, whois instructed to sue for the same, unless |

- '—PHE PRIDE OF NEW YORK.) COLONIAL LEGISLATURE. [with regard to this sale were not legal. ‘The Act under those votes on Tot 66; and tho frst th

1863's Specialty.

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FOR THE NEW YEAR.

T is with no fear of War's effect upon

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st neCRIBERS, and announce to them and to all, that |

the New York Mercury for this year (1863) will ! be richer in every luxury of Polite Literature than ever before. It isno upstart speculation, no tempo l rary “sensation,” but a first class literary weekly, which has been familiar to the United States for a quarter of x century; and while the wishy-washy mushroom prints of yesterday are cutting down their talent even while they raise their subscription price, Tne New York Mercury maintains all its vreat Stall of Romuncers, Poets, Humorists, Essay ists, Story-Tellers and Editors, and promises to make it still ereater for L863.

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The first New York Mercury Novelette for the New Year to be counmenced in the issue of January 3, L863, is ealled

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CARGO EX “GEORGE DUNDAS,” i FROW NEW VORK. (GME Subscriber has JUST RECEIVED

per Schooner “ Groncr Duspas,” the fol lowing GOODS, which he Offers for Sale at the LOWEST PRICES: 100 bbls choice Pastry FLOUR 200 do Extra Family FLOUR | 10 do jaker’s FLOUR | 1 hhds Bright Muscovado SUGAR

20 de Best Porto Rico MOLASSES 10 do Bright Cienfuegos do 20 do» Cuba Muscovado do

100 bbIs Choice Russet APPLES 20 do PEARS 20 do WASHING SODA 10 Kegs BAKING SODA 100 sides SOLE LEATHER 50 doz BROOMS 20 doz BUCKETS 100 boxes Oriental and Patent Candles 50 do Pale and Extra SOAP 20 do CLOTHES PINS } lSnests TUBS %5 boxes assorted Candies. } ALSO, IN STORE, A Quantity of Tea, Boots, Shoes, Spices, Lozenges, &c¢. J.5S. CARVELL. Peake’s Buildings, Dee. 22, P62. tf

| Farmers, Attention! PENH Subscriber thankful for past favors,

respectfully informs his customers and the public generally that be has ready for sale

‘Sleigh and Cart Harness

}of every description, and of the best quality, snita- |

| ble for winter driving, which be will sell ressona | bly for prompt payment.

He is also prepared to execute ail orders in his line, and to supply country wholesale dealers, as formerly, ou liberal terms.

JOUN BOWERS, Richmond Street. Charlottetown, Jan. 15, 1863. 9in

| Grain, Grain.

TT TM highest price given for BARLEY

and OATS, at

Coles’s Brewery and Distillery, Constantly on hand, at prices cheaper than can be

purchased in the Market, the best of Ram, Brandy,

Gin, Whiskey, and a superiorarticle of Malt Whis-

key. Also—X, XX, and XXX Ale. Charlottetown, November 14, 1562.

Wanted atthe City Pannery. PEN DERS will be received at the office

of the above Establishment, up to the 31st |

March next, from persons wis! ig to supply the above quantity of Hemlock Bark. No tenders will be received for a less quantity

than Fifty Cords. and good security willbe required |

tor the fulfilment of each contract. Charlottetown, Feb. 9, 1503.

Holland Gin! 200 CASES, 1 doz. each, and 5 Hhds,

De Kuyper’s BEST GIN, 20 chests Congo TEA, (very superior), 1 Bate No. 1 Butfhlo Robes, 100 Boxes Lozenges, all at LOW prices. WILLIAM DODD,

Queen Square.

Dee. 22. isl

| BENZOLE,

R SPIRITS TURPENTINE SUB- STITUTE. One barrel of this article, now ‘generally used in the place of ‘Turpentine, and se.d for less than LLALE its COST, forsale at the CELY HARDWARE STORE. H. E. STARBIRD & CQ. A Beautiful Set of Teeth. ERFECT freedom from premature de- cay, and Teeth of a pearl-like whitness, by ithe use of Joux Gosnenn & Co's CHERRY }TOOTIL PASTE. For sale at the City Drug store of W. R. WATSON. | Ch. Town, Nov. 10, 1862.

Choking!

| Jany. 12, 1863. 4 ee ae

No More PANU Hairs of Hopkin's Adamantine-

Cr mented dpon Ho Biwsues will not come out iby main force. For sale at the City Drug Store. W. h. WATSON. Ch. Town, Noy. 10, 1862

Verse, Gossip, Feuilletons, Broadsides ot Humor, |

The productions of this distinguished authoress |

500 Cords of Hemlock Bark.

‘which this land is said to have been sold requires that it is, has the petitioning Candidate shown shoes thei to should be sold by meets and bonds. Now 1 ask this Com-| taise a rersonable donbt in the minds of your Honors, so as | mittee, as honorable men who are to be guided by the evi-| to call for evidence from the sitting member to show that idence before them, where is the proof that the Sheriff ful- those men had a right to vote. Formerly, when a vote was ‘filled the requirements of che Act in this particular? The objected to, the party objecting had to prove it bad, and had ne i evidence of Mr. Ball shows that he did not and could not! to get at the evidence the best way hesould. Bat that Law | Hon. Mr. WA LICER presented a petition of Alexander do so; but a block of land containing 5000 acres was sold, | was liable to great objection and abuses, because a wealth Smith, an oll soldier, in indigent circumstances, praying for reserving those parts on which the tax had been paid. The Candidate migkt get a large number of votes objected, wh relief, Also a petition of Kdmund Sha, and old teacher Sheriff sells the land without describing it by meets and his poorer opponent could not go to the expense of proving praying for relief. Both laid on the table. , bounds — without the parties residing on it being aware of them bad, and therefore might as well give up at once.

| ‘The House again in committee of privileges in elections. | the sale; the persons have been in possession ever since, and| House resuméd.

| ‘The evidence of the Hon. Mr. Hensley and Manoah Roe, | now you come and say, you have no right to live here, you! 4 Messaye was brought from the House of Assembly by the Hon. Col, Gray with a request that this House would

| respecting @ Sheriff's Deed of part of Lot 66 sold for land “are mere squatters, because the Sheriff sold your land 13 years | tax; the votes of the residents thereon being objected by Mc- ago without your knowledge. But I feel that I would only | appoint a Committee to join a Committee of the H of Gowan on the ground that they were squatters, be offering an insult to the understanding of your Honors A csombly to prepare an Address to Her Majest La | fon, ATTORNEY GENERAL said it was quite com- were I to insist any further upon this point. There is an-| on the Land Desdien er Majesty the Queer petent for any member of the Committee to ask for any other circumstance, however, that I would like to bring to} The Committee of leis ans Mom i documentary evidence that he desired to be furnished with, the notice of this hon. Committce, which is, that 4171 acres’ Hon. ATTORNEY G ENER AL—Mr. Chai : os there being no rule by which such evidence would be ex- of land were sold for the mere nominal sum of £12 13s. 84.! chown that by the siend die L a b Is ving cluded, but there would be a distinction with respect to living If such a state of matters were allowed to exist it would be, yotes acai a e ee ferry fhe bu : en of proving 'witnesses, fis Honor wished to know fiom the petitioning | disgraceful to any Legislature. But L am happy to say that rests upon the Candidate foe eine fn sghntewn shea ‘ge | Candidate whether those voters on Lot 66 all stood in the the Statute has supplied the remedy. Lt has stretched the | ccossaliae to enquire what ee i a bl ar isame position—whether the same objection applied to the| arm of mercy as well as the hand of justice. The fifth 9nd whether ar ae rte whole—whether the decision of one should settle the whole. clause of the Act says that so much of the land shal! be sold ynder conside Mr. MecGOWAN.—Lt was the opicion of the Sherifl’s! as will pay the charge with reasonable costs; and there Court that the examination of one should settle the whole.

: COUNCIL CHAMBER, Tvespay, March 17th.

PETITIONS,

such a doubt had heen east upon the votes ei ration as would warrant us im calling upon the h ‘S| opposing Candidate to prove them to be aad ae sup- amit p ie ¢ another clause which says that no land shall be sold. unless | posing those men were living upon that Lot for 20 years, Counsel JOHNSTONE —If such was the decision of the it is absolutely necessary, on which there are buildings. | this Deed, assuming that it is valid, would sweep away an Court it was entirely unknown to me. I objested to taking Now, did the Sheriff comply with this clause when he sold | title they could have acquired by , a “The y them up together, and I think it will be necessary for your this land on which there were buildings? Was mercy ex- | Counsel has taken objection to this Deed and his first. ground Hlonor’s to refer to the Poll Books as some of those men bad tended when 4171 acres of land were sold for £12 13s, 8d ?/ of objection was that sufficient evidence of judgment against property in other places, (‘The same might happen to any of your Honors. I asked! the property was not produced, and he argued cana Hon. ATTORNEY GENERAL.—TIf all those votes have | before if the requirements of the Law had been complied | that if the foundation were rotten the superstructure would been objected to on the same ground, and if they are all) with, now I ask if the higher considerations of humanity fall to the ground. Ina Court of Law it would be indis- equally effected by oe title Deed, | see no objection to | have been complied with ? I think I have shown that this -pensably necessary for a man to prove judgment and execu- |taking them up ina class. I do not think _we should be | proceeding is antagonistic to the intention of tho Act, for tion, as foundation of the Deed—to prove in short that his | beund by any technical rules. I wish to do justice to both |there is a clause in it which says that improved land shall | title was good—otherwise the Court would non-suit him. parties, and to arrive at as speedy a decision as pessible. I | not be sold if there is sufficient unimproved to satisfy the | But in this case it is different, for the Law says you shall think it will be an advantage to both parties to take them up demand. I think this is the _construction which every | give as much evidence, ot as shall prove the title dad, but in @ class. If five or six cases came before the Supreme humane person would put upon it. ; ; _ | as shall render it doubtful upon our minds; then it rests Court which me alequela aa the een | Hon. ATTORNEY G ENERAL.—f think the intention | upon the other partly to prove it to be good. If that clause =~ one was one aha je ge — 0 ae : opposing | of that clause was to allow the Sheriff to sell any part of the intended that the party objecting should prove tho title bad, Jounsel and enquire if he was not satisfied with the decision land, and only to reserve the buildings when there was what would be the use of the clause at all; you would just of the one. eal “rr . | sufficient without them. have to work the same way as under the old Act. The | Hon. Mr, BEER — if the petitioning Candidate would Counsel JUUNSTONE.—I would refer again to the learned Counsel for the sitting member says that the 13 | state the grounds af ohjection—if he would mate whether | sixth section of the Act which says that ouly so much of the’ years possession siuee the land was sold should strengthen they polled as freeholders or leasehdlders—it would be suf-| land shall be sold as shall pay the demand, Though it is their titles, but if the Deed is valid in itself, subsequent ficient ; it would then devolve upon the opposing Candidate | necessary to layon a tax, and though it gives the Sheriff au- possession gives them no right, fur, at the date of the Deed, to oe — ce a cenit sb tana’ thority to sell the land for the tax, yet it is intended that they are deprived of any ttle, and 13 years gives them no : Mr. McGO es o~ hs " 7 r. © age that “ that authority should be exercised in a humane manner. title, If they are there 7 years more, it is true, they will already antes the grounds of objection. ‘e bring forwar¢ ’ Hon. Mr. BEER.—Till a squatter is 21 years in porsess- acquire freehold titles. Then another objection which the a Deed to show that the land was sold in 1850 for land tax, jon he has no title, learned Counsel advances against the validity of this Deed and that the Deed was drawn in favour of Mr. Hensley. Counsel JOUNSTONE.— No, but every moment he isin js, that a sufficient description of the land was not given Hon. Mr. Kt AMSAY.-- wish to know whether those possession increases his right and gives him a more dona fide when it was sold. Well, the Law is clear that when a parties have been in possession of the land for 20 years, and title. A man who has been ia possession 19 years bas a Sheriff sells land under the land tax Act he should describe if 80 would their titles be legal and their vores good, . | better title than one who has only been six. months. Every it publicly. That is laid down in the Act of 1848. Here Hon. Al FORNEY G ENERAL.—W hat bi = te year his title is more favourably regarded by the law. It is|a question is often raised at law. If it were a question at | ascertain is whether such a a ae re _ ved by just like aman paying for his land in instalments, when he _law it would be incumbent upon the plaintiff to show that it | the witnesses was ee to 5 ensley in i 0, and has paid the second he has a better right than when he paid | was sold by mects and bounds, so that the purchaser might pene Hs convenes to Mr. om vi the ue ess the first. Therefore thoes men who were there 10 years be able to find out the land. Now the plan adopted in this aig whic _ e ane voter i: oor . m oe . ‘ prior to 1850, and now 23 years in possession, have a much | case appears to have been, to describe the whole quantity, eed is proved to be valid, it a Tae the “~ 0 -_ | more meritorious claim than a man going there perhaps only 5000 aeres. ‘This is stated by Mr. Ball, whose testimony, I ee ns 2 —- — mi 3 day before the election. eu At _ _ | must say, is not as satisfactory as might have been ¢ ss Saaeee ate teeta: tenet cant Hon. at PORNEY GENERAL.—When a man is in| from a scientific surveyor. They appear to have sold the a eR mpg oy ape ae of gen bene wey sale, : ; : | has the sess 2 xd 2 Act ‘sa oecupie ose who ha i eir lar ew: re eo Rowe Sestent ties Pe partie whtes | must be Freehold or Leasehold, or both, then it must be a | sane of shesk who had offend aed ne oy the Ghee es were objected to, and Mr. Pope, who is acquainted jesal title. at the sale, All the rest was understood to have been sold, /with the parties and with the locality, represeuted me at) “Gounsel JOHNSTONE—Mr. Ball’s test! hows|T lan : Ts | tt Ys 2—Mr. Ball’: mony shows ‘he person purchasing could then get the list of those who | Lot 66. House resumed and progress reported, | there was no plan recorded with the Deed, which is necessary | had paid their tax, and in this way could find out the land. Adjourned ull haif-past three o'clock. ‘in order to make it valid; neither has the land been sold by A sale of this kind would be deemed quite sufficient. If a | meets aud bounds, and these requirements of the Act not ‘man were to sell me a piece of land describing the boun- | being complied with, the Deed cannot be legal ; the possess- | daries, excepting such pieces as are held by A. B. and C., persons to the common jail for contempt was read the third | —— Sas eee eee Now, the that would be deemed a sufficient description. Decisions in r oa ttt aa | Deed being ri : yectment brought | point are often come to in our Courts of Law. One was time and passed. The House then went into committee of | . gainst the parties, [ ask your hofiors, are you going to do/wiven not many weeks If the land i . privileges on the ease of scrutiny. jaa hich thé duct’ alee Golds the Dect is you g . eee) ee is described so that iat which the party who holds the Deed has not done? Are | the purchaser can go aud lay it off it is sufficient. It is not you going to say that those men have no legal right to their | necessary that the Sheriff should Jay it off. Therefore I land? T advance this argument with a great deal of confi-| thiuk the description was given with sufficient accuracy to | Iw of dence for I consider it fatal to the operation of this Deed as | enable the purchaser to get his Deed. Perhaps it would not your Honors to the poll book itself, and [ think that L will | it is sought to be given. be deemed suflicient in a Court of Law though I do not see | show that of the number of votes on Lot 66, attacked by the) Hon. ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The parties were left why it would not; but then we are ‘wot a Court of Law. petitioning candidste, there are at least six which are unas-| in possession, bat were they left in seizin. Ail we have to consider is whether sufficient doubt has been “sailed and unassailable ; therefore L wished to have the in- | Counsel JOUNSTON K.—It was necessary under the old | raised to call upon the Candidate to prove those votes good, | vestigation er to = poll : wok, and to have the votes | English Law, when the ownership of land was changed, for Ilouse resumed. Adjourned till 34 o'clock, | taken up 9 Te y- ‘ — the = are ra aatked ob- the parties to go upon it and go through the ceremony of AFTERNOON SITTING. jected in the poll book, and four others are not marked ob- | giving and receiving twig and earth. ‘That is not necessary Hon. Mr. BEER presented ie i 4 | jected by any particular candidate, they must, therefore, | now ; but still, it was necessary, after the land was sold, to | rn ao. 37 ; rer : petition of cortarn Inhabi- | stand good to all intents aud purposes. -1 also observe that| make the occupants aitorn. I think L have now addressed | 9 : OT a = establishment of « Small ovens - ae ae ; Debt Court at Mount Stewart bridge. |some of those parties who reside on Lot 66 have given in| myself to all the proof which has been brought forward re- Hon. Mr. DINGWELI 6 i as . | property which they hold in other Townships; and if their! specting the validity of this Deed ; and { think L have suc- |). cua a ~“ . hyo a 3 petition of the Mi- vote on one property is bad it does not follow that the other ‘cessfully shown that the occupation of those parties has/| ie ae “1 . ss . yterian Congregation, St. ‘is bad also. By the present Election Law it appears that | ripened into a legal title. This committe is sitting here as a | o , ro +4 mee “ of Pa arog a |when a doubt is cast upon a vote it devolves upon the can-| CQourt of Justice ; and [ may say on, behalf of my Clieut | | one wo _— we The Committee of privileges and didate, for whom it was polled, to prove it good. Some of’ that he casts himself with confilence ugon your hands, feeling | Geotiens was- then — r those men have given in two properties, oply one of which | assured that he will receive full and ample justice ; he asks) Hon. ATTORNEY GENERAL.—T waa proceeding to | has been attacked, and therefore their right to vote on the) nothing more. say that another ground of objection raised against the Deed, ‘other stands good. (Here the learned Counsel enumerated; M r. MeGOWAN.—I have listened with the ereatest at-| by the learned Counsel for the sitting member, was the fact several ‘persons resident on Lot 66 who held property on tention to the learned Counsel, but I have failed to discover |of such a large quantity of land being sold for such a small other Townships and endeavoured to shew that they had a} evidence for anything he has adduced. He thinks the onus amount, That 1s perhaps the strongest objection that has legal qualification.) Then there are two of the other voters of proving those votes falls upon me; but I insist that there been raised against it ; and it would have great weight in a” on Lot 66 whick are unimpeachable, namely John Gill and jg a clause in the Act which throws it upon the Candidate Court of Law. Now suppose some stranger bought this ‘Hugh Rooney. They purchased their land from Goverment, | fur whom they were polled when there is a doubt thrown land and got a Deed; and Mr. Worrell, whose property it and therefore their votes cannot be affected by this Deed, upon them, ‘Those Electors on Lot 66 knew that the Court | 8, afterwards finds that it has been sold; the enquiry theu | for they must bave purchased their land after Lot 66 came was sitting in Georgetown and they should have come for- | Comes who is to blame for this ? The stranger may say, the ‘into the hands of the Government. Then your Honors will | ward with evidence to prove their votes good. An objection | Law authorized the Sheriff to seil the land, and he has | perceive by tho evidence that Edward Rice has paid land has been raised against the Sheriff's Deed on the ground that given me @ Deed. This Deed will be considered good and | tax for 21 years, and surely the Government cannot say we the land was not sold by meets and boun Is, but, ia my opinion | valid tilt it is set aside by showing that there was some fraud /will take your rent for 21 years, and then say you have no Mr, Ball's evidence goes to show that it was. | practised, or that the Law was in some way evaded, Sup- /title to your property and cannot vote upon it. Then there Adjourned till to-morrow at 11 o'clock. |pose Mr. Worrell should endeavour to hold the property and |ig John Smith another voter on Lot 66. Lt can be proved : ; ‘put the Deed at defiance, when the man who holds the Deed that he paid his land tax in 1850, and that is the year in Wepnespay, March 18th, | goes into a Court of Law and shows it, the Judge would be which this Deed’ is said to have been executed. Conse-| Hon. ATTORNEY GENERAL presented a petition of bound by it, and Mr. Worrell would be non-suited. If he | quently, if his land was sold in that year for tax it must the Mayor of Charlottetowa, praying the Legislature to | cousidered that there was fraud practised he would have to ‘have been illegally sold. As to the three votes not marked | guarantee the interest on a loan of £5000 for the purpose | go into a Court of Chancery, for a Court of Law could not o' jected by any particular Candidate, I submit, your Houors, of building a Market House. set the Deed aside. The Law favours the purchaser, and if ‘that Mr. McGowan cannot scrutinize them as they are not Hon. Mr. {1 ENDERSON presented a petition of Donald the Sheriff has sold the land unproperly the man has his maiked objected by him. And now, having dispo-ed of the Scott praying for a sum of money alleged to be due to him remedy. The Sberiffis not bound toexamine what the title was obje:tions ugainst those six votes, successfully as | believe, from the Government. before. A Court of Chancery might set the Deed aside, ‘the list is reduced to 19. Another circumstance which A number of petitions were received praying aid for but a Court of Law could not. Surely then there is tends to throw doubt on the validity of this Deéd is, that roads and bridges. All laid on the table. sufficient doubt raised upon the validity of the titles of those the parties themselves were not aware of the land being sold, The House then went into Committee of privileges and | men who voted u,on this land to call for evidence to prove |for tax. For instance, Lawrence Murphy, Patrick Rice, elections to take into further consideration the petition of that their votos were good. Auother objection that has been Lawler, James Wickham, Murdock Nicholson, and W.S. McGowan against the return of Andrew A. McDonald. | urged is that there was no plan registered with the Deed. James Kvans were not aware of their land being sold for, Counsel JOHNSTONE asked if a man had been twenty | Now, thousands of Deeds are registered without p!ans. In- tax in 1850. Donald MePherson does not think his land years in possession would it uot be a suflisient answer io au | deed it is rarely that they are recorded. If the land was was sold. Donald McInnis heard it was. It is very extra- action of ejectment. ‘described in the plan and not in the Deed, then the plan ordinary that those men’s farms were sold and they not be) fon. ATTORNEY GENERAL—No maiter if he and would be part of the Deed; but here the Deed states and ‘aware of it. Those men, it appears, were living on their his ancestors had been in adverse possession for 500 years, deseribes the boundaries of this land. It is therefore perfect ‘land in 1850, and L think we may fairly assume that at Adverse possession amounts to nothing in opposition to a without the plan. Again it has been said that some of those ‘least a number of them have been on that land for 20 years. land tax sale. ‘Lhe question thea simply is, is this Sheriff's mea who voted on Lot 66 had property on other Tuwnsbipe | Li so, though there is often an odium thrown upon squatters, Deed a valid Deed ¢ Ail we would have to do, were wea, —that they voted hot only upon land on Lot 66 but on OL ‘yet, if they have been 20 years in possession, it gives them a Court of Law, would be to refer to the Judgment Roll;/and 59. Well [ think it would be a dangerous decision i¢ title which cannot be disputed. Now this Deed is brought but in this case we are bound by a clause in the Act which | say that their votes were good upon that account. A man |terward to disfranchise a large number of citizens, and your says that if there is prima facie evidence sufficient to cast a) wight say his land lay in small patches in different places. | Honors should be wei! satisfied that it isa legal instrument doubt upon a vote, then he (the voter) must prove it good. | Ile might have 20s. worth of property and claim a right to '—that all the requirements of the law, with respeet to it, The question may be asked, what arzonnt of evidence is suf-| vote saying be had property im other Townships, When have been fulfilled. There is no evidence that the Deed was ficient to make the vote appear doubtful? If the assertion | there was a doubt raised upon a part of the qualification of duly executed, and it is incumbent upon the opposing Candi- of the learned Counsel were correct, that the opposing Can- | those men it was incumbent upon them to give evidence to | date to show that it was. If land can be sold in this way, didate would have to prove the title bad, then there would | show that they had sufficient property elsewhere, ‘The ‘and a Deed given without the parties who reside upon it be no need for this clause. The clause is a very important Sheriff's court was open to them, and they should have come ‘knowing anything about it, then L ask your Honors who is | one, and when it is properly understood, it will be seen that) forward and proved that they had good votes. J do not he- ‘safe? A sheriff might sell a whole. Lot and give Deeds) it was conceived by the dictates of good sound sense, and for | sitate to say that if this Deed was a * rotien foundation” it | without the parties who reside on it knowing anything about the advantage of the weaker Candidate. would have been proved to be so before the Sherift’s Court. ‘jt. It is a legal maxim that all things must be supposed to| Hon. the (PRESIDENT — It has been stated by the [ do not see how it is possible for us (0 say that those votes ‘be done well; but if this Deed is to be brought here to dis- Counsel for the sitting member that two of those votes on are good ; for if we regard the privileges of the poople we ‘franchise a large number of citizens, without any further Lot G6 are not marked objected in the poll book. will uphold this Law in every possible way, for it is in evidence, then almost every law might as well be swept from) Hon. Mr. BEER—There is a clause in the Act which favour of the poorer Candidate, Without that Law the poor our Statute Book, and everything Jeft to the Sheriff for the prevents a man from voting In any other polling division Candidatepwho had no money to expend would never feel ‘time being. But while the superstructure may appear mag- than that in which ho resides, consequently a man could not safe. If do not know if I am thoroughiy understood, but nificent the foundation may be rotten. If that land was vote in Lot G6 upon property held in Lot 51, unless he were that is the effect of the evidence before us upon my mind, ‘sold 133 years ago and the parties have not been disposessed, acting as a representative at the former place, I only wish to do that which is just and right, te act as | surely that is strong picsumptive proof that the sale was Counsel JOUNSTONE—Their votes were not attacked would were I sitiing as the only Judge, and I do think thas not legal. ‘The evidence of Mr. Pope is strong on this upon that ground. those persons who voted on occupancy on Lot 66, and im, _point ; it shows that they-held the land im defiance of him.! Hon. AVTORNEY GENERAL —T think the better cluded within that Deed, haye failed to make good theig ‘There is, then, strong presumptive proof that the proceedings course will be to decide the main questiya lirst ia regard to votes.