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‘MONDAY, MAY 25, 1857.

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LITICS, LITERATURE AND NEWS.

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No. 47.

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Colonial Legislature. LLL lll ll ll ll tl ll al a al al tl LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Tvuespay, March 27.

Several petitions, on various subjects, were presented.

The Bill for the naturalization of Lawrence Warren was read a second time, committed and agreed to without amend- ment.

Hon. Mr. Aldous, from the Committee on Education, read the following report, which was adopted and laid upon the table :—

“ Your Committee appointed to take into consideration the petitions on Education, respectfully beg to report that a number of petitions, numerously signed, have been presented to your Honorable House, praying for the introduction of the Bible into the different schools in the Island; and although

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND,

| Hon. Mr. FORGAN,—The plaintiff should decide upon ithe necessity, as being the party who had the best means of knowing the character of the defendant.

Hon. Mr. CRASWELL.—The Sheriff should shew the desperate character of the defendant, rendering necessary the employment of assistants. He should not be allowed to /employ constables without shewing that a necessity existed for their services.

| Hon. Mr. DINGWELL.—The Sheriff should be the

judge of the necessity; yet there should be some check to |Save unnecessary expense to the plaintiff. | Hon. Mr. BAGNALL,—I consider the clause gives too

much power to Sheriffs, Under it, it might frequently '

occur that a Sheriff, particularly if a timorous man, would never proceed to execute a writ Without assistance,

| Hon. ATTORNEY GENERAL.—tThe insertion of the | proposed words would obviate that danger. The Court should be the judges of the necessity, not the Sheriff.

your Committee entirely concur in the importance of} Hon. Col. Swabey’s amendment was thea adopted, and the religious instruction, and highly appreciate the truly Chris-| Bill with the additional clause was agreed to.

tian spirit in which those petitions are dictated, they feel} Hon. Col. Swabey laid upon the table an abstract of the fully assured that any legal enactment on the subject would proceedings in connection with the Publio Lands, embracing tend rather to militate against, than promote, the object/the Worrell Estate and Lot 11; and, in doing so, would sought for by the petitioners ; more especially as the prayer| draw the attention of their Honors to the state of Lot 11, of the petitioners has been already answered by the Resolu-| which, since the expiration of the fiscal year, viz: 31st of tion of the Board of Elucation hereunto annexed, which | January last, up to which period the accounts had been made freely admits the use of the Holy Scriptures into the schools. | up, so much had been sold that but very little would remain

(Signed) “ Joun Arpous, Chairman. | on hand by summer. «That the Board of Education recoguize the desirableness | ae

of affurding, as far as possible, to the scholars in the public schools of this Island, the benetit and advantages of a religious and moral,as well as of a literary, education; but, taking into consideration the extreme difficulty of laying down any gen-

eral rales for the public schools, respecting the mode of’ conducting religious reading or instruction, on account of the

different religious persuasions prevailing amongst the inhabi- tants and teachers in the various Districts of the Island, and fearing that any attempt to do so, instead of proving bene- ficial and producing harmony and good will, would be pro- ductive of religious strife and contention, which they consider

it to be the duty of all toavoid as much as possible—the Board |

have always deemed it better to leave the management of the

District Schools in this respect to be adjusted by the respective | local trustees thereof, and the parents of the children attending |

the same, and the result has been, as appears from returns

before the Board, that in a large number of schools in this | Island religious instruction is imparted to the children of |

those parents, both Protestant and Catholic, who desire it, aud who thereby, without offence, the one to the other, and in harmony, enjoy religious freedom.

“ The Board think it would be in the highest degree unwise to distur this happy state of things; for while they have tio

intention to prohibit the reading of the Bible, but have per-|

mitted gud will bereafter permit it, wuere desired by the

parents of children, they feel it their duty, as having charge |

of the general educational interests of ali religious sects, to set their faces steadfastly against any compulsory regulations, or any attempt directly or indirectly, to interfere with the peculiar tenets of any description of Christians.”

Hon. Attorney General moved that the report of the |

Committee be considered on Tuesday next, when the Educa- tiou Bill would be taken up; agreed to.

On motion of Hon. Attorney General, the Bill to protect parties against adverse claims on property in their possession, in which property they have no interest, was re-committed.

Hoa. ATTURNEY GENERAL.—The Committee of the House had yesterday reported progress on this Bill, for the purpose of affording an opportunity for the preparation of two clauses to be addcd to it. He thought, however, that it would be unnecessary to give consideration to more than one of them, as the clauses of the Bill which had already passed, provided quite sufficient relief to Sheriffs in case of

adverse claims, and rendered unnecessary the adoption of | any other provision on the subject. The question which re-|

mained for consideration was, whether the Sheriff in cases where he was charged with the execution of process, and where it should plainly appear that he® had done his duty, and had endeavoured faithfully and zealously to execute the writ placed in his hands, and fiom circumstances ‘which he could not control, was prevented from doing so, shou'd be en- titled to have his expenses allowed to him. The Sheriff Was @ mere ministerial officer, and had no interest in the matters placed in his hands; and if it could be made to appear that he had done his daty, as far as in him lay, and had been necessarily obliged to obtain the assistance of con- stables, the plaintiff in the case, who had called his services into requisition for his own benefit, was as much entitled to pay for it asthe Sheriff. ‘The Sheriff would have to prove that he had used all diligence, and had performed his dut in every respect, before he could make any claim under the clause now before the House.

Hon. COL. SWABEY asked, how the law on that point stood in other countries?

Hon. ATTORNEY GENERAL.—As here at present.

Hon. Mr. CRASWELL.—Would Sheriffs be justified in employing constabies without first attempting to execute the writ per se?

Hon. ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Yes. Where it was plainly hécessary.

Hon. COL. SWABEY.—I consider that relief from Oppression or unjnst proceedings, ought to be afforded to Sheriffs where they have faithfully endeavoured to discharge their duties ; but we should certainly avoid the imposition of unaecessary expense on plaintiffs to suits. If the charge for constables were resisted, the plaintiff could, by the Bill, be brought befere the Commissioners of Small Debts by the

Sheriff, to determine the question of the necessity of em- Suciety ; and he was sure it had been the means of great im-| do something to encourage agriculture. He was astonished

ploying constables.

Hon. Mr. DINGWELL.—The clanse puts too much horses. When he first came to the Island about twenty years he should be opposed to the present grant. He was satisfied power into the hands of the Sheriff—there must be some ago, scarcely a good horse was to be seen from Charlottetown | that those gentlemen who had it in their power, would do all tribunal to decide the question, as to the necessity of em- to the West Cape. If the hon. member wou'd look at the that they could to forward the interests of the Society. If

ploying the constables.

Rn Honor the PRESIDENT.—Under the Bill, if it that the value of them amounted for one year to about £10,-| that had received no benefit from the Society, he was sure | me law, the Sheriff would never endeavour to execute 000; and any person observing the horses about Charlotte-| the managers of the Society were anxious to assist them by

& Writ without the assisting presence of the constables.

Hon. ATTORNEY GENERAL.—There are very few been stated that the Society was nota benefit to the country at but he took an interest in the Society, hoping that it would

Monpay, March 31.

| Hon. Mr. Forgan obtained leave of absence till Wednesday, | ‘The Bill for the naturalization of Lawrence Warren was read a third time and passed.

Hon. COL. SWABEY presented a petition from sundry inhabitauts of Charlottetown, complaining of the manner in which the Act regulating the sale of spirituous liquors was earried out. He trusted that such change would be intro- duced into the License Law as would obviate the evils repre- ‘sented by the petitioners, who complained that the provision of the law regulating tavern lincenses had been rendered |nugatory by parties licensed to sell liquor in quantities less than a pint, not complying with the terms of the License Law requiring such licensees to provide and keep a certain degree of accommodation for the public. This practice was so undoubtedly injurious to public morality, that he had every confidence that the petition would be favorably re- jceived by this as well as the other branch of the Legislatare, and some remedy be provided for this growing evil.

Hon Mr. CRASWELL expressed his willingness to do fall in his pewer to crush the hydra-headed monster, intem- perance. | Hgn. COL. SWABEY considered the epithet peculiarly

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‘appropriate, inasmuch as the hydra was represented as one |of the most thirsty of animals. (Laughter.)

| Hon. Col. Secretary, from the House of Assembly, bronght ‘apa Bill for the appointment of an additional Clerk in the | Post Oftice, and the increase of the salary of the present | Assistant.

Mr. Heath Haviland, also brought up the Bill to alter the | practice of the Supreme Court; amended.

The amendments were read and adopted.

Wepnespay, April 1. The Elucation Bill was read a third time and passed. The Bill relating to the Post Office was committed, and

agreed to without amendment.

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Fray, April 3. The Post Office Bill was read a third time and passed.

| Hon. Col, Swabey presented a petition from the Head

Master of the Central Academy, praying for a grant for the

provision of philosophical apparatus.

| On the suggestion of His Honor the President, it was de-

cided to visit the Normal School on Monday next.

| Hon. Mr. Montgomery brought up from the House of

Assembly a Bill for the incorporation of the Free Church in Charlottetown, which was read a first time,

Hon Col. Sceretary brought up a Bill granting aid to the New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company. | Also, a Bill relating to Ferries and the Wharf at Minchin’s | Point.

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

Tvuespay, March 24.

| On motion of the Hon. Col. Treasurer, the House went into the fourth order of the day, the receiving of the several re-

Y solutions reported from Committee of Supply yesterday, when

a number of them were unanimously agreed to. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY GRANT.

On the grant of £1000 to this Society being read, Mr. Perry moved that it be reduced to £600. | Mr. COOPER said, the improvement which had been boasted of as having been accomplished by the Society, was / not so great as had been stated. He had been in conversation with some men well acquainted with the subject ; and it was ‘admitted that the description of borses in the country now was worse than it was some time ago. There appeared to be a party of men got up, who took away the praise of what was done by private individuals; and if the Society was to be a burden upon the Colony from year to year, he thought it was time the country should declare against it. | Hon. COL. TREASURER was sorry to hear the hon.

member Mr. Cooper declaim against the Royal Agricultural

| provements. He denied what the hon. member said respecting

| number of horses exported from Green’s Shore, he would find

town, would see a great number of very fine ones. It had

Hon. Mr. LORD did not think there was ary occasion to discuss the subject again ; but he could not allow the remark | of the hon. member, Mr. Cooper, to pass, that if the Society | was to be a burden on the Colony, the country should declare against it. Now, no petitions had been presented to the House against the grant, though it had been given from year to year. People generally derived great advantage from the Society by means of the importation of improved agricultural implements, and machinery, imported by the Society, so that mechanics had models for imitation. It was absurd to say that horses were not now so good as formerly.

Mr. MACINTOSH in reply to some of the remarks made by the Hon, Col. Treasurer, was not going to maintain that the Society did no good, but he was not for giving it credit for all the improvements that had been made. The hon, member who spoke last, had alluded to the advantages that the country derived from the Society by means of the impor- tation of improved agricultural implements ; but it should be remembered that such importations were effected only by means of the public money. He never opposed anything that was reasonable for the Society, but he would oppose what was unreasouable; because if the House appropriated so Jarge a sum to the Society, they would not have the means of en- couraging other enterprises. There was a disposition on the part of the Society not to give the people credit for importing any improved stock or implements, but to take all the credit to themselves ; yet such importations were made in other parts of the Island independent of the Society. He kuew that it would be money thrown away in a great measure; yet some | were inclined to take the responsibility of it. He had not seen those private gentlemen who had the means of assisting the Society, afford it that encouragement which they appeared so anxious ti.e House should grant.

Mr. MACDONALD had not been present when the subject |

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Charlottetown, for the benefit of a party who lived there ? The people of the country ought to open their eyes and see the manner in which the wool was drawn over them.

The House then divided on Mr. Perry’s motion as follows :

Yeras—Messrs. Perry, Cooper, Muirhead, Macintosh, Laird, Dingwell, and Macdonald—7.

Nays—13. So the motion was lost.

Mr. Cooper having seconded the motion made by Mr. Dingwell, that the grant be £800, it was put and negatived on the same division.

On the usual grant to the several churches in the city bein read, Mr. Muirhead moved that the grant to the church England be the same as that given to the Roman Catholie Chapel.

After some explanation respecting the object of the grant, and that it merely paid for the assessment on the pews, a greater number of which were set apart for the use of the government than in other churches, the motion was put wd lost, Messrs. Muirhead, Cooper, Macintosh, and Luird, voting for it.

Mr. PERRY said, before the question was put on one of the resolutions, he felt bound to vote against it, unless some ex- planations were offered regarding the objects to which the grant was to be applied; viz., £200 to the Colonial Building.

Hon. COL, SECRETARY expiained the repairs were re- quired on the building, particularly the roof; and he and some other hon. members enlarged on the propriety of having the Building railed in, and other improvements effected in Queen’s Square, such as planting ornamental trees.

The following are the resolutions argeed to by the House.

Resolved, that the following Salaries and allowances not provided by Statute be paid for the following servioos :— Education, a sum sufficient &c.

Sammer and Winter Mails.

was discuss yesterday. He admitted that the Society had | 1nland Maile, £700 | been a great benefit to the country ; but he agreed with some | Publie Postage, 140 hon. members, that the advantages derived from it were not | Georgetown and Picton sailing Packet, 100 ‘in proportion to the large amount of public money which it} Bedeque and‘Shediac Packet, 100 jreceived. He would vote for the smaller sum proposed by! Private Secretary, 100 ‘the hoa. member for Prince County (Mr. Perry). They saw | Commissioner for issuing Treasury Notes, a {that money was squandered by some of the branch Societies; Two Auditors of Public Accounts, 60 in Prince Coanty, as wes manifest from the statements made | Superintendent of Public Works, 7 the other day. The expenditure for last year had been very {| Assayers of Weights and Measures, 10 large, and be did not see why they should not practice re-| Land Waiters, 800 trenchment im the grant to the Society as well as to other} Medical Attendant, Queen’s County Jail, 10 objects. ° Medical Attendant, Prince County Jail, 4 Mr. T. FRATH HAVILAND had not been in the House | Medical Attendant, King’s County Jail, 4 when the qvestion was debated last night; but he must vote! Keeper of Queen’s County Jail, 40 directly the reverse of his hon. colleague (Mr. Macdonald).! Keeper of Prince County Jail, 80 Le was of opiuion that the grant was the best expended money | Keeper of King’s County Jail, 30 that the House appropriated, aud that they had better re-| Expenses of the County Jails, jv? trench in anything else than in the grant for the encourage- Repairs of Prince County Jail, or as much thereof js | meut of agriculture, especially if they considered that agricul- as may be required, 225 ture was the foundation of the happiness and wealth of the; Keeper of the Colonial Building, 60 whole country. It was contrary to the spirit of the age to desire | Messenger to Public Offices, _ 20 | to restrict the operations of Agricultura] Societies. On the con-/ Messenger to Executive Council, 20 tinent of Europe and in the United States, people were taking Guard at Government House & Signa! Station, 200 the subject of agriculture still more into consideration, and Market Clerk, Georgetown, a boafds were investigating aud recommending the bést modes Indians, 60 of tilling the soil. In fact, it was as much the duty of the| Paupers, 650 state to look after agriculture as education. In the message} Board of Health, a of the President of the United States for the last year, there} Royal Agricultural Society and Farm, 1000 was a long article on the subject. It was a narrow minded | Block House Light and Attendant, 70 view of the subject to take, that the Society was only a benefit | Colonial Building, 200 to persons about Charlottetown, because it came back to their Buoys and Beacons, 140 pockets. As to the statements of the hon. member from} Matron of Queen’s County Jail, lo King’s County, Mr. Macigtosh, that improved implements | Protection of Fisheries, 25 were imported by the people as well as by the Society, they | Public Surveys, , 100 would fiud on inquiring into the matter, that such implements | Public Printing and Stationary, 900 were imported by the Society in the first place, and then after | Interest on Debentures, 1000 they had been tested, other similar importations were made | Interest on Warrants, ' 6.0 by the people. Respecting the statement that the breed of| Incidental and contingent expenses of the Lunatic horses Was worse now than it was formerly, it was contrary Asylum, 400 to common sense; for nothing in the shape of a horse could} Contingent expenses of the House of Assenibly. now be purchased for less than £35 or £40. The proportion | Incidental expenses of the Legislative Concil, of the grant that would be applied to the model farm would | Fuel for the Public Offices and Legislature, 100 be money saved ; for he considered it would be much better| Premium for killing Loupcerviers and Bears, 50 for the Island to breed pure bred stock than to import it from | Episcopal Chureh, Charlottetown, 7” time to time, incurring the risk and expense of bringing it Roman Catholic Chapel, ii across the Ailantic. The Society would also be able to sell | Church of Scotland, 7 Island bred animals much cheaper than those imported ; and | Free Church of Scotland, 7 they would also stand the climate much better than others.} Wesleyan Church, 7 Mr. DINGWELL had not been present when the question | Baptist Church, 7 was before discussed ; but certainly the grant appeared to be Contingent expenses of the Government, 400 very large. The people in many parts of the Island did not Repairs of Queen’s County Jail, 162 receive benefit from the Society in proportion to the money} Resolved, that the following sums be provided Tor the granted to it. He believed it had“done good, but he really} several services mentioned :— did not think it had done that good to the extent anticipated ; | Three High Sheriffs, £60 and undoubtedly its benefits were chiefly confined to the people Grown Prosecutions and Crown Officer's Fees for about Charlottetown. He would certainly wish that there miscellaneous services and for Jurors, $50 should be a liberal grant in behalf of the Society, and moved in! Crjer of the Supreme Court, 29 “areas oa it be £800. a is e th Coroners Inquests. on. COL. SECRETARY again detailed some of the . : advantages conferred by the Society, as the hon. member who ao that = ratte 7 a os — spoke last had not been present when the question was dis- Bias ere a comet She gam peapased. soaly Re ony Sor. Se. present Resolved, that the sum of two hundred pounds be provided year, aud the Society would perhaps require a very small ¢,- expences incurred uader the Road Compensation Act oom next year. Resolved, that a sum sufficient be provided to complete the Mr. DOUSE said, whenever this question was brought | Ferry Wharf Prince Street, and the Ferry Wharf at Minchin’s

forward a certain number of gentlemen seemed to him to take ls pride in running the Society down. He really was impati- ent when he saw members of the House declaim against those |

| who sent them there—-the farmers of the country ; and he was | almost ashamed of his seat in the Louse in consequence of it.

Would the hon. member, Mr. Ccoper, state that all the im- | provements in farming were mot a sreater benefit than Escheat. | He agreed with the Hon. Col. Seeretary, that taey ought to

at the hon. member, Mr. Cooper, that with all his experience

as Mr. Dingwell had said there were some parts of the Island

sending them seeds, &e. He was not a practical farmer,

Point. . Resolved, that the sum of three hundred pounds be provided for contingent repairs of Roads, Bridges, and Wharfs, should

‘the same be required, to be equally divided between three

Counties. : Resolved that a sum sufficient be appropriated for Lights and Light Houses ; viz:— : Point Prim, Three Rivers, Richmond Bay, Cascumpec, and Summerside Lights and Light Houses, £800

Light House and Tower at Fish Island, 100 St. Paul’s and Scatterie Islands’ Lights, 36 £9736

Telegraphs at Capes Traverse end Tormentine, a eum sufficient to pay the expenses thereof. EDUCATION BILL.

Hon. Col. Secretary moved the third reading of this Bil!. Mr. DOUSE ssid, he had not had an opportunity of speaking

on the Bill, and he regretted his absence during its progrees through the House. He felt anxious cn the subject for the

cases in which it is not necessary for the Sheriff to take large; but he knew that a Branch Society which had been | be a benefit to his children and to those that came after them. | sake of those who sent him to the House ; and he thouzht the

some assistant with him.

‘established at St. Eleanor’s, was a great advantage to that) Why, it was almost the only money their constituents received pevitions forwerded to him signed by about 2,000 persons,

Hon. COL. SWABEY was aware that it was customary part of the country. The Central Society had sent thorough-| from them; and they were in duty bound to advance their relating to the use of the Bible in the schools, were entitled to

in the Old Country for the Sheriff to take a bailiff with bred animals to Cascumpee, and other parts of Prince County. | interests in every way they could.

him to put into possession of the property levied on.

Hon. Mr. BEATON could assure their Honors that no subject when the vote was first propose?, having been in the such ecessity existed in his part of the country—there no chair; but as to the opposition that the hon. member Mr. difficulty existed to prevent the Sheriff doing his duty. Perry then made to it, he would say, he did not think the

Hon. COL. SWABEY suggested the insertion of the seer had refused to establish depots in any part of the | Island, | ;

words “ if necessary.”

some consideration and respect from him. It appeared to bim that the Bill should contain some provision to mevt the views

He had not had an opportunity of expressing himself on the; Mr. COOPER trusted there could be no objection to his of the petitioners. He did not wish to stir up division ; but be

rising in answer to some of the statements just made. No thouglit the Bill should contain a kind of permiesive cleuse, person could say, whether escheat were guined or not, that! somewhat similar to the resolution which the Board of Educa- people should improve land and then pay rent for those im tion had passed on the subject. It appeared to him that were a proved lands. Was it fair that those people should be cumt-'gjause of that nature introduced, it would give generel pelled to pay for a clear farm and for stocking it ucar satisfaction to both Catholics end Protestanis. it mgat

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