HASZARD'S GAZETTE, APRIL 9.

not enfeebled, and giant rnindii lsid low? llow innny lawful pursuits and healthful occupations has it Ilul I chm-lied, or caused altogether to cease 2 How iininy litttlfll bonds has it not burst, and endearing |lr'~t ft‘.l|l ‘I asunder? How many relationships has it ttul I‘cl'.Vt!l't’.l.I, and unlawful oompauionahipe formed? How many i‘le;u| chliue hue it not set up. and lawful rights de- uiel ? How many amiable ualiiiee as it let extin- lllllbfifl. dark puuions kindled, and foul deeds brought to light I How many horrid oaths, profane songs, and unhallowed sentiments has it not given vent to? ' H--w tnuu atrocities, rapinee, and iiiurdcrs has it not caused! ow ruany ctitiifortletu liunimi, ebcnrless irueflee, sud wretched babitatiuiis has it not occn. sinned! How many widows and orplians_ ' and paupers, has it not thrown a burden on the stlllel‘ and the industrious.’ How many ganls line it tint filled, risons crowded, and graves tenanied? How many ands has it not rendered worse tltaii fruitless, villages depopulated. and cities laid waste 2 How niiiu urchee has it not robbed of sortie of their brightest ornaments, parents of their fnndest littpca, Inf nations of their richest treasures 3 'l‘inn-. would fii me to tell of all that Inteitiperance has done. and ever will do, where it is not put down and banished. Enough liaa been said. to chew that it is an evil, it great and it wide-spread evil ,—entering almost every family. and visiting almost every nation under heaven, —an evil that, trumpet-tongtied, calls upon man to use every lawful means in ' What, let us ask, is it that causes this evil .’ ' ‘ 'sonone beverage, destructive to human life and happiness, which has been produced from wholesome food. which God gave man to sustain his life and promote his happiness; a deadly draught, lltut impovcrisbes a country, drains the resources ofn nation, paralyzes the industry of man, checks the vir- tuous ellbrts of the good. destroys morals, retards the spread of religion, weakens parental instruction, un- dermines the atnan constitution, and encourages every vicious indulgence and demoralizing habit; a soul and body destroying fluid, which would have long since been dashed from the lips of man and bee ' one voice condernned,did not custom. which ifleeond nature, support it. the carnal appetite of man crave it, selfish regard for one's worldly interest approve of it, and the love of money commend it. sit right for us, or for any body of people who know any thing at all of the arriount of evil which intoxicating drink pro- ducee. to continue the use of that which. in nine cases out of tea, has been found to produce the most sad and distressing cons uences? Does the health of a sound bod uire it? Does the stability of the social fabric cry out for it? Does the real interest of entities deman it. sthe welfare of the com- munity depend upon it? Does the strength of nations rent on it? Does the vigor of a man’e intellectual powers need it? or does the safety of the soul tiny, “ give me atron drink”? If man, then, does not need its uae,to invigorate hie body in a state of henltli, or to stive his immortal soul in a time of danger, what might a community to do where the evil of such a cm-ioiu exists as the almost indiscriminate use 0 nnloat spirit.s,——ought it not use those remedies which lie in its power for its suppression ? Various means have been ' in our community. Temperance and 'l'otal Abstinence Societies have been formed; the Order of the Sons of Temperance has been organized; Teniperaiice Tracts and publications have been, to some extent atleast, circulated: Temperance lectures and addresees have been delivered; Temperziiice peli- tiuns lisve been sign , and sent into the House of Assembly; and yet intemperance still prevails, and the fatal nee ofardent spirits is still continued. Some advocate the right of the Legislature to interfere, and put it stop to thevl..iqnor '|‘ratlic; some declare that n G-Wltfllllltflll ha--t power, and tlleref--re ought to un- it, to correct augnau and extensive an evil as Intent- pernnce, which is produced by the use of ardent spiiini; some assert that it is the sound policy of those is ho are entrusted with power, to protect the innocent from the violence of the guilty,—and therefore that they should absolutely prohibit the importation of spirituous liquor, and restrict its distillation for the or of the arts, manufactures and inedicine;-and

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mute the iniprovcineiit of the soil," with certilill aitiicitrltiiciits, tu Wlllt‘lI tlicy tlcsirc tho cun<-iir- rcncc of the llousc of .\nst:inbl_v.

ll.-\‘.\'Kltl'P'l‘('\' HILL. The Bill intitul.-«l " An Act to regulate the Bankruptcy and relief of honest but unforttlllte Debtors," was read a third time. Illld P00504-

Wiiuxizamv, April 6. Report on the Prlition ofdivertt o the Tenants on [he Estates of [Are Earl if Selkirk.

Your Committee to whom was i'ct'crt‘I‘d the Petitinii ofthe 'l'cinititr_v of 'l‘uwiisliips Nos. 57, and .38, tho Estate of the law liight lloiiuhble 'l‘huni.is Earl of Selkirk, ling rt-spn~ctl’ully to re_- port your Collllllllltltt have exiiniiiicd the ditPl" ciito of one of the Li-ascs, or Dccds, acconi ny- ing the Petition: and that from tho evl enco nbtniiicd, tlicy believe this document in it correct copy of iiiittiy of tho Li-uses, or Deeds, ulltlof which the tciutntry hold their lands. ltuppcitrs to your Committee, the statements put forward, by Petitioners, as to the expiration of many of tho lflilfltllll, is ulso correct, and they are of opi- nion, at this moment, these people are liable, at any time, at the dictation of the landlord, to bc cjcctctl from their farms. and that being poor, old, and infirm, worn out with linrd lu-

iour, in clearing the wilderness, they must be thrown on the bounty of the public lor an ex- istence. ’ _ ‘

Your Committee have been inlormcd by the lion. the Register, of the terms on which these ' ‘ownships\wcro obtained from the crown. V|l_i “Granted in thc ‘Jtlilycur of the reign of his late Majesty, Gt‘0l‘gt'. ll .—Lot 57,_on lllst Dec., Lot, 58, on the lllth August, subject tililto W I!

nit rent of Six shillings sterling pct‘ 100 1501'“: t e first ynient in each case to become due at the 1st ll arch, falling five yours alter the date of the grants, as rcspccts thc inoicty,and tep years after siic datc as respects the whole, ’ as appears by the Registers letter attached

ercto. _ Grantees niimeii—of Lot 57, Messrs. Smith- of Lot 58, Joshua Muiigcl. our Cominittcc have to state that no part of the foregoing rents iippcitr to have been poi mm 1 re ts, innsuiucli, us no return to the Colonial Govcrnmcnt.(if any amount of Quit Rent being paid in London. its the law allows, appears to have been complied with,_in which they conceiic this opinion is borne out in it reply to ill] Addrcssufciiquiry from this llouse on the subject, to His Excellency thc Lieut. Governor, dated 9th March, 1852, to which his Excellency replies l6th .\larch, stating" There is no record or source of information from which he can o_ min the rcttirii sought for by the Assembly in the Colony," and a similar reply was received by his Exccllcncy to it siiniliar question ptit by him to the [in criul Government, as was made known by his Exccllcttcy the Licutcnitnt Gover- nor to this House, and dated Downing Street, l7t.li Fcb., 1853.

Your Committee are therefore of opinion, the Crown Rents, on thcsc Townships are still duc, that thcse urrcurs hnyc been ceded b the Crown to the Colonial interests of this Is nd, in the contract entered into between the Imperial Go- vernment iind the Colonial Legislature, which is defined in thc IX Section of an Act to com mute the Crown revenues of Prince Edward Is- lund, &c., &c. _

Your Coiniuittcc ; with the foregoing fact _be- fore them, have drawn tip on account showing thc amounts ofurrczirs ct" Quit Rent, due from

oivnship Nuiiibcr 57, together with interest.

in all this they claim a British House of Commons as their precedent. It remains for me, Sir, to recom-

tng ii qua «I Lectiucr into the country, who would point out to the people the evils of lnteinpernnce, and ieinlcnvonr to induce them to nbon on a haliit demo- ralizing and ruinous, ‘us well as destructive to their I-mporal. and eternal interests. 'I‘his, Mr. Chiiirtiuin, I do, as in duty bou_nd,—-knowing that it is right and pr--unworthy, both in the eight of God and man, to do all that lies in one‘s power to improve the condition of the people, to reform their habits, and to lend them by every moral means. to that throne of grace where, for the sake of Him who shed his blood for them,they will be heard when they snpplicate Him who sitteth thereon for that grace and strength which will enable them, resisting ever sin and evil, to live here below to the glory of (it , and look forward at the last to the olitauiing of that crown of glory which fudeth not an ity. You have agreed that liiteniperence i.. evil; you have agreed that intoxicating drink is the cause of It; you have agreed that legal and moral remedies might to be used and conliiiued, to put a stop to it. I It-'-\ unit you to agree to the adoption of the Resolu- ll-III. and to aid in carrying it out—for it contemplates sending l.I coir eteiit Lecturer into every buy and creek in the Island, who shall enlighten those thatare in ignorance on the subject of Teinperance, and evoke a spirit among the thousands in our Isle which will not be easily allsyed. With these observations, I have much pleasure, Sir, in moving the adoption of ti.

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LEGISLATIVE SUIIAEY. House or Assnunr, Tuesday, April 5.

T B " APPROPRIATION BILL

he i for sppro rioting the a lie at- ed to Her Majesty, this session, W:B giine fhiiiiigh in it Committee of the whole House. The Bill was then reported a to without any amend- ment, snd ordered to be engrossed.

CH N AND COHMON IMPROVE- . IIENTB BILL.

Hon. Ma. PALIII introduced a Bill relating to Charlottetown and Common, and toautborize the Inhabitants thereof to assess themselves for objects of local improvement within the same, an to repeu certain cte therein mentioned, which was read the first time.

Hon. Ma. Patan then moved that the said Bill be read a second time to-rnoi-row.

lion. In. Coin moved, in amendment to the motion, to leeve'ont all after the word “ Bill," and insert the followin , “ printed and lie over until the next Sees on."

The House divided on the motion of amend- mont:

Yesr—IIon. Mr. Coles, Hon. Mr. Jardine, Mr. Iaird, Hon. Mr. Warburton, Mr. Davies, and Mr. Compton,

N Hon. Mr. Palmer, Hon. Mr. Lord, Mr. M‘Neill Mr. Clark, Mr. Havilaiid, Hon. Mr. Pope, hougworth, Mr. r, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Meeeuay, and Mr. Moiitgoniery,—ll.

So it posed in the neptive.

The question being then put on the main motion, it was to by House, and ordered uecordi y.

BILL! PAISID BY THE LHJISLATIVE ' (DUECII. flsaasge from flieoouncll I) Mr. Des-

}! . brie: , it use eoiaiannlcsted to tlisilonss that the (beast! lied the Bills ititltuled, “ An

thercun to March, 1852, due from that Lot amounting to Bight Thousand, Two Hundred -ml “-3 ‘- ‘” --ma‘: - , ' mae't‘»‘t<sti' to‘ equal amount, and us this ycurly rcnt was in- tended by the Crown to have defrayed the ex- penscs of the Colonial Government, towards which the Grantees mentioned, contributed no rt, previous to the year 1832; but, that this urthcn was born by the public. It appears to your Committee, the Crown never rescinded on trt of the foregoing debt, but on the contrary, _cld it over the Grantees, to be enforced at any time, as well as a means of protection toenforce it due regard to the interest and welfare of the under-tcnunts, as ujust debt, which power is now ceded to the Colonial Government as a means of protection to be used by them against any unjust measures that may be practised by Grnntecs, the Tenants of the Crown, to those to whom they may have sub-let it to.

Your Committee therefore recommend an Ad- dress be presented to Ilis Excellency, the Lieut. Governor, requesting his Excellenc may be pleased to cause the Proprietors of Townships Dumber 57,and Num cr , to be informed, that if the followin conditions towards their teniintry be complie \vith,the Government will absolve them from the amount of debts due from their Estates for rent,together with the interest thereon. The conditions of this liberation to be as follows, viz. :--To for ‘ve all arrears of rent to the present time, on grant new leases for not less than (900) Nine hundred years, at one shilling currency, per acre, to the rcscnt occupiers oflnnd on these Townships; with fur- ther instructions to the efiiect, that if this ar- rangement is not complied with, the Govern- ment will immediately proceed against them for the amount of arrears of rent before herein uam .

Bxsi. DAVIES, Chairman. ROBERT Moosxv, R. .\lic.irt..u'.

Committee Room, 31st March, 1853.

Mr. DAVIES, on rising to present the above Report, s.uid—As Chairman of it special com- mittee appointed to enquire into a Petition from divers of the Tenantry on Townships, Nos. 57, and 58, in the Belfast district which he had the honor to represent, the property of the late Right Honorable Thomas Earl of Selkirk, he would beg to say a few explanatory words, be- fore submitting the Re rt to the Lomtnittee,ns to the views under w ich the Committee had drawn up the Report. The hon. member then proceeded to say—Your Committee lint labour- ed under the impression that no ellbrt could be made, at least of such a nature as would be likely to lead to an amelioration of the hard terms under which the Petitioners are bound down ; but, on enquiring at the Register Ofloe, as to the terms under which these Townships were ntcd—-we were leased when informed that the holders of these ends are no more than tenants of the Crown-that these Lots were let, subject to certain conditions, one of which has never been complied with, and on which I, therefpre, wish particularly to reniurk:—- t is, Mr. Speaker, the yearly rent or considera- tlon under which they were tappears a yearly rental to the crown o 'slx shillings ster- ling r tindred acres was the annual rent rota sed to be id, by the Grantees oftheee

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ts, no part of which rental up rs to have been paid, either in this or the o Cottntry,uud that these arrears with interest thereon u to Mlchsleuiue, 1852. on ovrnebip o. 57, skins amount to about £8,500 sterling. This he Mr. , has been drawn up this a- That the debt is one beyond dl ate, it be eoetradlstsd: lttss lavrthl elast-

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one, ceded to thc colonhl interests by the (.'i'0WII in the nrrangcriicnts liotwc-t-ii thc 1.0"" ;!§’”‘l"" intents which took place on the lIN&l||'l|'.'l\‘ of the present eytitt-in which we have the r-:utisluc- tion to live under. This Re It Fl} H that thetirrears ofrentduo from the_eeTowfilIIpI be enforced, or conirnuted\in this way: that the Lt. Governor be authorised to inform the .ro-' prit-tors of Lots 57 and 5tl,aii to the terni_s w itch they conceive the under-tenantry are entitled to- It oi-rs to the Proprietor the choice, either to remit to the under-tenants the amount of the urrenrii of rout due to thc-ir l.:indlnrd, to cancel tho prom-tit. iiiitl gruiit lIt'\\' lenses, of not lose tliiiii ‘J00 years duration, at the yearly rcnt of one shilling per acre. If such terms nrc fully complied with the report rocotnuiondii the debt for arrears of Quit-rcnt, to -tlicr with interest thereon, be forgiven. At t e same time it re- commends that the Lieutenant (.iovnriiur be instructed, if this clear is not complied Willi. 00 enforce the amount of principal of the dbt forthwith—'l'he Ilon. member then concluded b saying: I conceive, Mr. S iikcr, this lfiiuse has it right to step in an cause such steps to be taken, as will lead these o pressure to :1 sense of their duty to humanity. iy which I feel assured they will llicinsclvcs, in the long run, the gaim-rs. I think this House ought not to allow tiny class in society, by nmttts of such object conditions, to continue_to_ lord it over any oppress:-d or unfortunate victims who may have come within the power of thc gras ing selfishness of an overbearing and tyrannical land 0 .

The Committee, to whom the Petition was referred, ctnisisted of 7 nicmbers. .\lr. Duvics, Ilon. Mr. Pope, .\lr. Wi litniun. Mr. M‘Attlay, Hon. Mr. rd, Mr. .Vonncy, and Ilon. Mr. Palmer; but as the Report was signed by only l]tI'PP of them (a rninnrity,) the Ho.\'. the SPEAKER, declared. thitt it could not be received. It wus consequently, witlidrnwn; and. us, therefore, it was not properly before thc llotisc. the hon. members who had declined to sign it were, ac- cording to piirliuinentary usage, precluded from all opportunity of assigning their reasons for dissenting from it.

NEW ROADS.

The House went into Committee ul' the whole on the Report of the tfontiuitice to whom were referred the several Petitions, praying for the opening of New Roads; and, the Committee lItiv- inp gone through the same, Ilie House was resu- med, and the Hon. Mn. JARDINI2, Chairman ofthe Committee, reported that the Committee had gone into consideration of the said Report. and and had adopted the same without making any ameiidiaeiii thereto.

The Report was agreed to by the House, and is as follows:

“ The Comm beg to submit-

I. With reference to the Petition of the Inhabitants of'I'ownships No. 28, 99. 30, 3|, 32, and 65, praying that the New Central or South Western Road be extended until it intersects the County Line, a distance M7 or 8 miles, in order to open ti short and good line of Road to Charlotte- tnwn.—thst they rccnmtnen u urvey an Estimate he made, with a view ofascertainiog the

ittee to whom was refei-ed Sic &‘c.

plated Road.

72. The Petition ofthe inhabitants of West River, pravina to have s and opened, from the Tryon Rti:itl.l0 the shore, on the line between Dunnld M‘Phee and Douiztild M‘Phee,—that they recom- mcnd an In uisiton be held, with the view of opening the osd prayed for, under the sixteenth clause of the Road Compensation Acts ll8|W0°|| ‘h§’!‘|ld_VM:E’It_I_”’.‘.0I' in any other pl!_t3.€..l.l:C_l;g'- that a sum sulficient be appropriated out of tlie tnooey for that District in aid of completing the contemplated Road, after the lnquieitiou is taketi hereon.

3. The Petition of‘ the inhabitants of Oyster Cove and its vicinity, Lot 18, praying thata Road he opened from the shore at Oyster Cove, in the boundary line between Lands formerly belonging to the late R Stewart, Esq. and Leads belonging to the late Donald Stewart, Esquire‘s Shipyard, unlil this said line strike the side boundary of the arm of Mr. Alexander Stewart, and thence across said farm. or theroabouts,utitilit strikes the Indian River Road,—'l'liat they recmnnieinl the said Road to he opened under the l6th Clause of the Road Compensation Act, and that the sum of £6 appro- priated in the Road scale division of that District. for the continuation of said Road to Wm. Taylor's shore, he applied towards defruying the expenses of the Inquisition to be held upon the Road in question.

4. The Petition of the Inhabitants of Murray Harbour Road. and the rear set-lement of Lot 57, praying that the centre of the line of road between the said rear settlement and Orwell Head. and which is the line between Lots 50 and 57. opened-Tlint they recommend the prayer ofthe Petition be complied with, and that an Inquisition be held upon the part of the said road winch is not opened. under the l6th Clause of the Road Com- pensation Act, with the understanding tlist a snllicient sum of money be appropriated out of the moneys granted for that district, and as has been provided in the Rosd Scale, in complete the esid Road after the party concerned are satisfied.

5. The Petition of the Inhabitants of George- town ,prayin g that the road leading to Charlotte- town rom the head of Victoria Street, be com- pleted—Your Committee submit that, as there is no obstruction in the right of we —nud ro commended that, if the members of as District deem it expzdient to have the acute , they may allowed to sets sum aside for that purpose out of the Moneys appropriated for that District.

6. With res He the Petition of the lube- bitants of Lot 5, pruyin to have a Road open- cd from Fifteen Point to uscouolie Harbor, in Lot 17. your Committee will remark that, from the statement set forth in Petition, the Road prayed for will extend to about the distance of

hree Miles long. But as there is no authenti- cated Plan, and the right of way does not appear to have been given up in full, our Committee do not think it advisable, unti further infor- mation be received, that any action should be taken on this Road; but they recotntnend that the Road Commissioners for that District do examine the land through which the Road ray- ed for will pass, and ascertain the utility t ere- of, the amount of compensation, if any, that may be aired, and the probable expense that may atten the completion tliereofland report thereon by next session.

7. Your Committee would recommend that the Road on the County Line, from the Prince Town Road to Margats Creek, be opened a direct line on the new Coun Line under the Iisiziliisitiou held on the use , in the year