.Brunstvick, u communicated by the, Message of His Excellency me Lieutenant Governor, sent to this House on moguth 'of April inst.

. 2. Rnsowro, That it is the opinion oftliis Committee, that provision be made for the conveyance of the Gavin» ment’Mails by means ofa Steam-boat between Charlotte-

town, in this Island, and Pictou, in the Province of

. ; Nova ‘ Scotia, and Mirain-ichi, in the Province of New Brunswick, for the term of five years—to commence the Fir! day of May, One thousand eight hundred and forty- one; and His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor be humbly requested to enter into a Contract for the convey- ance of the Government Mails of this Island, by a sulficieflt Steam-boat, of not less than Eighty horse power, to run regularly, twice a-wcek, between Pictou and Charlotte- town aforesaid, and 'once a week between those places and Miramichi, touching at Bedeque on the voyage to and from 'Miramichi, between the First day of May and she Twentieth day of November, as respects Miramichi, and as long as the navigation remains open, as respects Piston, each year, during the said term of five years, at any sum not exceeding Five hffgfidred Pounds per year: and if entered into by any (so; ‘ tor who shall be, bona

jde, an inhabitant ofthis Isla ’ - be contracted for by any Company, established in this Colony, wherein and so

I ,flong as one half of the stock or capital shall be owned by

ri’ilpersons resident in this Island, then at the sum of Six

. hundred Pounds per anuum; and that His Excellency be

further requested to stipulate, 'on behalf of Her Majesty’s

Government, in the event of the same appearing advan-

' tageous to the Colony, that an advance be made to the Contractor or Company established in this Colony, upon due security being entered into, to any amount not ex- ceeding the sum of One thousand and two hundred Pounds,

40 be in advance of the first two years’ allowance as albre-

.said; and that the House of Assembly do pledge itself to

.the grant of the said sums of money as the same shall become necessary. .

., 3. RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that an Address be presented to His Excellency the Lieu- tenant Governor, praying him to use his influence 'with Her Majesty’s Government, to cause the Steam-boat about to be established between Pictou and Quebec, to touch at the most convenient Port in this Island, on her going to and

; returning from those places.

4. RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of this Committee, that the connection ofthe Bay of Fundy with the Gulf of .Saiut Lawrence, by a line of Canal, is a measure which would materially advance the trade and commerce of this Colony, and that it is expedient that provision be made to defray some portion of the expe e of the Survey now

"‘1 contemplated by the Province New Brunswick, and

that the House of Assembly do, at its next Session, take

the subject into its favourable consideration; '

Mr..Rae moved, that a Committee be appointed, to prepare

an Address to His Excellency, on the expediency of co ' ining

the two offices of Collector of Customs and Collector of mpost and Excise. ‘

Upon this motion, a very long and a somewhat animated de-

i'i bate ensued, which was terminated by Mr. Clark’s moving for

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i an adjournment of the House. 1, This motion prevailed ,,on the following division : 1 P, Yeas—Mr. Clerk, Hon. J. S. Macdonald, Messrs. M‘Intosh, j Macfarlane, W. Dingwell, M‘Neill, Beck, Hudson, Thomson, er Gormerry=tD.-rMacuoaald, Daniela». 4-. _ ..

Nays—Messrs. Rae, Palmer, Longworth, Montgomery, Le Lacheur, Fraser, Forbes—7. v- ~

The motion, therefore, for abolishing the office of Collector of Impost and Excise, was lost.

_ . FRIDAY, April 10.

Mr. Young, from the Committee appointed to prepare an Address to the Lieut. Governor, relative to the disposition of the funds irri- sing from the sale of the Globe and School Lands, reported the lol- lowing Address—which wasJagreed to:

To His Excellency SIR CHARLES AUGUSTUS Fi'rz Rov, KRHZ, Lieutenant Governor, dj‘c. (S‘c. 6'0.

May it please your Excellency ; . _ V

The House of Assembly being desirous of obtaining

informption as regards the di<position of the proceeds

“ prising from the Sale of the Globe and School Lands in

‘ A. this Island, humbly request that your Excellency wrll

Iv, be pleased to lay before the House an ' forrnatiori your

”.Excellency may haveweceived, as r ds the disposi- tion of the said funds. _

Mr. D; Macdonald, from the Committee appointed to prepare and bring in a Bill for continuing the Revenue Act of lust Sessron, re- ported a Bill for that purpose; and the same. was received and read

. I first time, and ordered to be read a second time to- niorrow.

The Hon. J. S. Macdonald, from the Committee of the whole House on the consideration of Supplies, reported a great number of Resolutions. Among the sums voted were the followmg 2——

' £90 towards opening‘Road from Cardigan to Mount Stewart. 3” £500 for‘opening such new Roads as are already assessed un- : der the Road Compensation Act,'the said sum to be refunded out of the amount of Assessment 1evted. £50 for Hards at Ellis River. , 3 £3 to Thomas Walsh, Lot 66, in aid of his son, an Ilet, ' £3 for Mary M‘Leod, widow. £8 for Buoys, for harbour of Souris. £12 for a. snow, for Grand River, King’s County. . ‘ £12 for a. Body and Beacon at Crapaud, and £10 for extending ’ the Wharf at that place. . to, . ii" £10 to Mrs. Bulpitt, {omnducting a preparatory School. £4 toMrs. Godkin, widow ogiohn Godkin. ' 'r £3 to George Luke, Lot 11, an indigent and Sick man. 1 £4 to James Adams, Latin.“ ’ .. i , £12 to AlexanderRae, Esq. Master of the School taught in the l lowerpai't of the Royalty ol'l’rincetown. q , £20 for completing an Indian Chapel at Lennox Island. E £51m ierre Doucett, Rustico. ‘

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£10 to -S.<Dcsbrisav, as Librarian to the House of Assembly. £10 to Charles Yoiing, Esq. for his necessary disbursements as ‘- a Member of the House during a part of the present Sesston. 3 V '£5 to Angus M‘Lean, Canoe Cove. 51.vto“'Rcsauna Mitchell. 4 I _ _ 161. to gKcongh and Moorshed, for repairing a Bridge over ";M‘Phee’s Creek, Lot 32. . ' ' 41. to Thomas Desbrisay, for the purpose of purchasmg Clothing ' her for: Gregory Urquhart. . . nines ‘.Down and James Pollard, for extra work per- firmed“ ' "on the I in Charlottetown. ‘ 61:485. trerf'Beshgisay, for Books for the Library or the House forbfhe :fiburagej of Agriculture—501. to be divided ’ null, between the Cent spendent and Crapaud Societies, If: Quien’s County—and 501. ‘to” be equally divided between the ‘ Eastern and St. Margaret’s Agricultural Societies, and the Farming «mob in King’s County—and 50!. to be equally divrded between the l ,lé'ritiultural Societies in Prince County. ‘ M 301. for a Reporter to the House of Assam y. ‘ 31. to Mrs. Quinn, in destitute circumstances. v 52 ‘b S ’ ‘Lennor Islan . - , - may“; $3313 a? gas of certain proposed alterations and i ' improvements in and a ut the Jail of Charlottetoyvn. ‘ g. 91:40! re iring the Hard at the Charlottetown Ferry. ‘ .7 1: notice for the Fisheries. ‘ 6 .r , r Salary of the Colo ' 1 Secretary and 38:51?“ 3;": center'- ' lstJuly-guttdgng for do. to s January; '4, ‘ V, " ,. _ , 301. 06W13enevolent Society. ' ‘ . _ _ 151. to Chit'les Young, Esq. for professional sewn”: WWW“ ‘0

his being a member.

ecutive Oouncif,

the Legislature the enterprising Proiince of New ,

51. to James G-illender. ' 1101. in aid of extending Princetowri Wharf. ' é 201. for budding two Scows for Cole‘s and Fyfe‘s Ferry, New Lon- on. . . 201. to Mechanics’ Institute. 151. for Seal for Supreme Court. 81. 5s. 9d. to defray the expenses of certain Witnesses attending a Committee of the House of Assembly. 70]. for Wharf at Green’s Shore, Bedeque. 51. to John Masters. towards support of an idiot son. 10]. for George M‘Williams, West Point. for erecting a Bridge over the Creek at Little Sands, in addition to a sum voted in the general appropriation. 10001. for Schools. 501. 1‘ :Sailing Packet betweemGeorgetown and Pictou. 301. 1'0 do. between Bedeque and Shediac. , 401. for premiums for destruction of Bears and Loupcerviers. 641. 16s. to William Cooper, Esq., and 631. 165. to John M‘Intosh, Esq., and. 631. SS. to John W. -Le Lacheur, Esq. toindernnify them for their disbursements in attending the House of.Assembly during the Sessions of the years 1837 and 1838. 301. to 519mmissioners for Issuing Treasury Notes. A 251. to alcolm Morrison, for the privilege of a. Road of 60 feet‘ through his farm, to Souris. t #721. for a Bridge over Vernon River, with 501. already appropria- e . 80l. for a Bridge over Elliot River, at Bonshaw, in addition to 501 already voted. ’ 501. for Bridge over Head of St. Peter’s Bay, in. addition to 151. .365. voted this Session. 1 6771. for completing Mount Stewart Bridge. 201. for Wharf at Peters’s shore, Three Rivers. 1061. to complete Bridge over South River, at Murray Harbour. 51. for repair of Bedeque Wharf. 251. to be divided equally between Wm. Dingwcll and Wm. M‘Kenzie, for a right of way through their farms to the shore. 301. for the Education of the Indians. 51.;to Donald M‘Phee, as remuneration for services when Jailer at Georgetown. , A Committee was then appointed to bring in a bill, appropriating the sums voted in Committee of Supply. ' A Conference was held with the Council, on the subject of the Lunatic Asylum bill, the substance of which was reported to the Home by Mr. Young. F A Message was received from the Legislative Council, agreeing to the bill for fixing the salary oftlie Colonial Secretary, 6'16. Two Messages were received from His Excellency the Lieut. Governor, by the Hon. T. H. I'I'dvll‘dlltl, viz. : *

[FIRST MESSAGRJ

C. A. FITZ ROY, Lieutenant Governor.

The Lieutenant Governor informs the House of Assembly, that Her most gracious MajeSty Queen Victoria has allied herself in marriage With His Royal Highness Prince Albert, of Saxe Cobourg and Goths.

This auspiciom event tool! place at the Chapel Royal, St. James’s, on the lOlh ol'February last. Government. House, lst April, 1840.

[SECOND MESSAGEJ

C. A. FITZ ROY, Lieutenant Governor.

The Lieutenant Governor lays before 'the House of Assembly, Copy of a communication which he has re- ceived from the Right Honourable Lord John Russell, Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Co- lnnies, with reference to a correspondence between the Right Honourable Lord Glenelg, Her Majesty’s late Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, and him- self, relative to the Indians in this Island Also, Copy of a correspondence which has passed with Mr. David Stewarttund the Colonial Department, on the subject of the Lieutenant Governor's pioposition, tlialSOme arrange—

ment should ‘bewriiade’ for m V" rpuwywu V _, . _ ,_ "I, w WV .

The Lieutenant GoVernoif has been Instructflflo tiring this,mattrr under the consideration ofthe House of As-

sembly, and to propose to (item that the purchase money, /

whatever it may be finally fixed at, should be paid out of the Colonial Revenues, and that Her Majesty’s Govern- ment Wlll undertake, from time to time, asor-casiou may offer, to defray the amount by the able of Crown Lands in the Colony. .

Government House, 1011i April, 1840.

Messrs. Young, Palmer, Clark, Montgomery and .I. S. Macdonald Were appointed a Conirnitlee to prepare a congratulatory Address to Her Majesty, on the occasion of her marriage With Prince Albert, of

Sax Cobour and Goiha. ' , _ On niotiogn of M r. Palmer, the following Address to His Excel-

lency the Lieutenant Governor was agreed to by the House :— To His Excellency SrR CHARLES AUGUSTUS FiTz R01,

K. H., Lieutenant Governor, 8'0. :81. (yo.

May it please your Excellency ;

The House of Assembly beingrdesirous of making as adequate provision for the support of the Lunatic Asy- lum intended for this colony as the resources of the Colony will-admit of, humbly submit to your Excellency the advantages which ming hereafter accrue to that In- stitution, by there being appropriated or reserved for its use certain of the ungranted Lots ofLantl III the Royalty of Charlottetown, and respectfully request, that your Excellency will be pleased to take such measurp‘s as piay to your Excellency seem necessary, to meet the View:

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entertained by the House of Assembly in ohhnining for "I

that Institution the benefits the House would desire.

The Bill to authorize the Crown to purchase the Lands and to settle the Inhabitants of this Island, was, accord ~‘tu order, road a third time. . . ‘ ‘ “ n

Mr. D. Macdonald moved that the Bill do pals, . _ v .

Mr. Palmer moved, in amendment, that the Bill do pus this day three months.

The-House divided on the motion of'amendment. .

Yeas—Messrs. Palmer, J. S. Macdonald, Hudspn, Longvvorth, 4.

Na s—Messrs. Fraser, Young, Clark, Mpcneill,‘Dalilel, Beck, D. acdonald, Le Lat-hour, Macintosh, For-bee“: Muofurlo'ne, W. Dingwell, J. Dingwell, Gor'rnan, Thomson, Montgomery, l| . _

The question being tlieriput on the original-inotignl—t that the“ Bill do pass"—it was carried in tlie nl'Iirnititive.

Mr. Young, from the Committeee to whom ya ftp, _red the 'Messnge and Petition relative to an alteration m V "in Luv", presented a report, which was agreed to by the ,_ typnandv as

follows:—- ' , r p .‘ Your Committee, to whom was referred thePetition of ' Major, Thomas Robinson, and others, respecting certain defectsin the Militia Laws now in force in this Island, with His Excellency’s Address thereupon. .heg report, that the Committee have examined the said on and ‘Address, and also the Militia Laws, and fittd’the latter extremely defective; but, from the lateiiessofiethe present Session of the House, cannot recommend an. aehange or amendment in the said Militia Laws tlus‘pfiesoien; but would suggest tliatthe matter be taken up at jeagjlyday next Session, and that the amendments anwplteratipns prayed for in the said Petition be then taken‘ leopards-

‘ration. . 7? “ A =-———_—= ’ V ,

Great preparations are making throughout to celebrate the fourth centenary ,ot'the discos , “printmig. Leipsic, the central point of the hierarva ,l mfii‘ll ce e-.

I I ‘ ibrate this glorious event on the 24th. m-hiim'flslh 0‘

inext June, with great splendour, and Felix Mendellsshon

Barihol’dy is now writing a new orator'io lot; times-non, 1

_.;——Musical Journal.

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rim . . com ® NEA'EA ESE nannies

SATURDfl Y, flPRIL 25, 1840. V - .

London dates, one day later than those by the Packet, have been :eceilved Via Boston and Hgalifax, but they contain little worth ex-

ractmg. -

In the House of Cominrins, on the 5th March, Mr. Ewart brought forward his motion for leave to bring in a bill to nbolisli‘the punish- ment of death for all offences, which he supported in an uble and very interesting speech. It was opposed D Lord John Russell, Sir Robert Inglis, and others, and supported by Mr. O'Connell. The

Lord John Russell moved for leave to bring in a bill. to give Iumé mary protection to persons employed in the publication of.Parlia-

-motion was lost, 161 to 90. ‘

~ V memory papers,nprnpos to which there was another long debate on --the priVilege question, and the affair ofStockdule and Hansard.

The papers announce the death of the Duke of Marlborough, in the 74th year ofhis age. He was a"liiieal descendant from Jehrl,

the great Duke offllarlborough, through the daughter of‘ that emi- nerit warrior. - ' _ y ' ‘i

ST. JOHN, N. B., Around-J

The House of Assembly have passed the bill authorising the ' granting of‘3‘0.0,l)00 acres ofland to the Colonial Assoctat‘ion, under certain conditions ofscttlemcnt; to be laid out in blocks of30,000 acres, they paying three shillings per acre for the same. .

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' I Secretary’s Office, April 17th, 1840. i

I‘lie Lieutenant Governor has been pleased to appoint Peter Math gowan, Esq. to be the Correspondent of the Commissioners of High- ways.

‘ Oflate there has been a great degree of mystery relative to the proceedings of the Legislature. What they have been

Eligut for the last eight days, is a matter of astonishment to every 0 y. .

THE SnERirrs.—Mystery is the order ofthe day. All

_ is conjecturefiirid nothing has yet, so for as we know, been developed.

its to who shall be the Sheriffs for Queen's,*King‘s and Prince Counties, for the ensuing year. Probably the next week‘s Gazette will disclose the facts. At present, we must remain in ignorance. \Vliut the object is, if there is an object, is to us unknown. A few days will explain every thing. /

Mscnamcs’ INs'i-iro'rn.—Charles Young, deliver- ed,ou the evening of the 151h inst., to a crowded audience,an extremely interesting lecture on Magic. The present session of the Institute will terminate on the first Wednesday in May, on which occasion Mr. Young willvclose his subject, by delivering a lecture on Witchcrafl.‘ and Necramlrncy. accompanied with some observations upon the prospects oftbe Institute.

isn’t of ethatlottztoinu.

' ENTERED.

Schooner Eleanor, Sutherland, Pictou ; Ballast.

Matilda, Fougeron, Arichat; do.

Uniacke, Landris, do.; do.

Harriet. Fougcron, do.; do.

Marmion, Rice, Halifax; Fish, écc.

:Royal Miner, Sampson, Arichat; Ballast.

CLEARED. » . Schooner Brothers, Turnbull, Halifax; 800 bus. Potatoes, BOGE‘tdo. Ones, “1.5 bls. Oatmeal. “3..

Mary Ann, Campbell, 110.; 172 bls. Oatmeal, 1000 bus. Oats. ‘ Vigilant, Farrell, Pictou; 200 bus. Barley, 100 do. Potatoes, 10 hi].

Pork, 10 bls. Pickled Fish. 1 ‘ Trial, Maodonald, do. 5 550 bus. Oats, 200 do Potatoes, 1 bl. Perk. ~ Speculation, Wood, Halifax; 1600 bus. Oats, 250 do. Potatoes, 270518.

Pork, 18 tubs Lard. , Dopson, Jones, do; 2981 bus. Oats, 500 do. Potatoes, 20 bls. Oatmeal,

>2 casks and l bale Furs. Uniackc, Landris, do. ; 900 bus. Potatoes, 900 do. Oats. Harriet Fou eron do.; 1330 bus. Oats. ‘ 1.": _.... 1 ‘ Wave, Webster. Newfoun .aii -3 .- "i . ‘ . '

l bl. Carrots, 30 bus. Oats, 29kt“. Eggs, 1 bl. Pork,‘3 cwt. Butter; Sally, Gillis, Halifax 5700 bus. Potatoes, 200 do.‘Oa!-'.“""”

' launcheu, ‘

From the shipyard of M r. Benj. Davies, ntOrwell Bav, on the 22d . inst. the Barquc Lady Wood, of 315 tpns old, and 348 tons new ad-

asuremetit—a very Sll el'lUl' V8550 . mat Trvon, on the 17th inst. it vessel called the Sarah, 2I‘tons new. and 34 tons old adineasurernent—belongiiig to Mr. Archibald Cl k. 7'

aArt Lot 49, on the 4th inst.‘n vessel called the Edward, of do tori. new, and 68 tons old admcasuremcnt—for Mr. John DaVis, gun. Charlottetown. '

flint-rich, .

On the-14th inst., at York River, by the Rev. L. C. Jenkins, Mr. John Warren, to Miss Pollard, daughter of Mr. BenJ. Pollard, of Tryon. '

‘ . Etch ' Suddenly, at his Chatgiau, La Brleyenne, Province of Bretngno, France, at the advanced age 01'82 years, Hon. Harry Conipton,'for- merly a Member ofthe Executive Council, and Coloneloftbe Prince C out Militia in this Island. ‘. I I “On tyhe 17th inst., at Georgetown, Mr. John Kuwin, for moldy cars a resident at Tryon raced 62 years. / , . y At Halifax, on the 10thiinzt., in the 50tlryear of her age, Hetty, wife of John Howe, Esq., Deputy Post Muster General.

PUMP AND WELL ASSESSMENT. HE Inhabitants 8nd,,Landholders are requested to

assemble at the Court House, in Charlottetown, on the Firpt T d ’ M' next at Twelve o’clock noon to vote a sum 0 milk: :ii’dukeeplin repair the I’uinps and,“’ells’of Charlottetown, and for other purprises, and to choose Assessors for the present year. EDWARD PALMER, 7 Representatives FRANCIS LONGWORTH, S for Charlottetown. April 16th, 1840. V I _ I '

TEN POUNDS REWARD, . OBERT WEST, a natiteof Yorkshire, and for many

. years a resident of Prince Edward Island, left his brother, under wlmseczire he then was, at Brandtbrd, Core District. Up er Ca’hhdu, in the Full of1838,‘ to return, as he said, to this Island, ut has not since been heard of by his friends. He had for several years been labouring under mental derangement. lie was about years ofage; stout built; in height about 5 feet, 7 inches; his hair brown; eyes, grey ; and complexion lair. .

The above reward will bis-wit] to any. person who Will take care ‘of him, and have him forwarded to illpsh Islandkfasns’oon as pjozgyblllp'. 'nformation res ectin iim wi ' et an n y receive.

allied, 9, g GEORGE WEST.

Little York, P. E. Island, 20th March, 1840.

The Editors of Neilson‘s Gazette, Quebec; the Montreal Herald, and the Christian Guardian, Toronto, are requested to give the show; Advertisement three insertinnsiu their respective papers, and to for. “V ard their Accounts for payment.

LL Persons indebted to SIR GEORGE F. SEYMOUR,

. for Rent, sales ofTimber. or otherwise, .o'n account of his Estates in this Island, are required to paytlieir respective Debt! forthwith to the Subscriber, who hath been duly authorized to re.