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CIIARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, TUESDAY,‘ APRIL 6,1852.

VOL. 22.

CHARLOTTETOWN BIBLE SOCIETY.

The Fourteenth Annual \lseting of the Prince Edward Island Bible Society wits held in the New Tetriperitrtce Hall, on the even- ing of Monday, tlte Ibth March. 'l‘be llnn. J. M. Holl, Vice Presi- dent, took the Chair at 7 o'clock. The Hall was well filled. and the speeches were good. or the singing of a few verses of n hyrrin. sud prayer by the Rev. Mr. Rand, the Chrtirinan opened the business of the evening with it neat and appropriite address‘, and the Report for the past year. and itbtttac' of the Treasurer's ac- count were then reitd by Mr. Cun.l.ill. tlze <lecretary.—-After which the following Resolutions were passed. being creditably sustained by the gentlemen who itioved and seconds t em.

I. Moved by Rev. Robert llacnair, seconded by Rev. F. Small-

Thnt the Report now read be adopted, and printed under the direction of the Coinrnittee. 2. Moved by Hon. Charles Hensley, seconded by Rev. D. Fitz- e ild: 'l‘hnt this meeting gratefully acknowledges the blessing of God upon the litborii of the Parent Soviety during the past year, is thank- ful for the spirit of libsrality evinced by its numerous iiuxilittries, both in this Island and elsewhere, and is encouraged thereby to re- newed exertions for the more extensive distribution of the ible.

S. \loved by Rev. 8. '1‘. Rand, seconded by Lieut. llancook,

That this Meeting acknowledges the obligation diieto the Ladies‘ Association and other Collectors. for their ell‘-arts in iiinrettsiti: t'ie funds of this Auxiliary, as ermbling itrtd enr.ottr.igiiig the Committee to engage the services of a Colporteur speaking the Gaelic luri-

gauge. 4. Moved by Hon. Charles Young. seconded by Capt. Orlebar,

That Ralph firecken, Esq. , be the Treasurer for the ensuing year, and. that the Committee consist of .\lr-ssrii. 'I‘hom-is l)esbris.iy. jnn., Jarries Deetiriitiiy, Ileiiry IIus7.'ird. Joseph Ilerisley. II. .loltrisoii, M. l).. Joins-i Mason, John Urlebur, R. N., James Purdie and Charles Palmer.

A collection amounting to £9 4s. N. was taken up in the course of the evening.

After singing the Doxology, the Ileneilietion was given by the Rev. D. Fitzuer-ild. and the meeting broke up about 10 o'clock.

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PRINCI-J’I‘0wN BIBLE AND tii's3‘ioNAttv SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of the Bible and Missionarv Socie y of the Princetnwii Presbyterian Congregation, was held on the 9th of March. Afters sermon by Rev. Robert Grant, front Met, le. 94v.—the Rev. John Kier presitling—the Treasurer g.-pmurl, that the collections for the year ttI'l|t|l.IlllQd to £48 _6s. 6d,, which the meeting appropriated by vote, in the following

¥;nt'|.|.gr|i:r:gign Mission of the Presbyterian Chorcb£

of Nova Illls » go I0 0 To tlte British and Foreign Bible Societ y, to 0 0 1'0“... Sqyctgly for the conversion of the Jews, 5 0 0 To the Domestic Missionary SociPl)'._ _ 5 0 0 To the Tract Soeioty, with any subscriptions yet to

be collected

The trusting ‘after being arlilrossed by the Rev. Messrs Sinclair, Patterson, Murray and Grant, was concluded with the soripllfll Blessing.

lrntslattur acorttutitnrt. HOUSE or ASSEMBLY.

Wanrsesoatr February lath. AFTERNOON Sl'l"l‘ING.

House or Cotrari-r-rer. mt 1-as Rirroirr or rite snout. Corsrtt-r-1-as, Iiri-orii-no 1-o Rrroii-r on Eotzcariort. (Rrsioindcr of Debuts concluded.)

Mr. HAVILAND in the Chair.

Hon. Mr. COLI-ZS, in reply to Mr. Moonrv. stated what measures ltad been brought forward. by the Government, for the benefit of the tensnir ‘, and these. he believed, the Tenant- ; were satisfied with. There was, for instance, the One-ninth ‘ill, and the Bill to prevent exorbitant expenses in casrs of Distrainl, pissed lsst Session; and, during the present, the eeheme of Free Etltieatien, now before the House, which woo 5. equal to a reduction of the rsiita by one-half their amounts In enabling a farmer inpossessiort of Ifly acres, by pavintt 30. Id. a year, to send all his children to school free. even if he had

ii. There were also the Ejscted Tenants‘ Csiripensatton Bill, and the rsventing of Proprietors frntri setup the Tenant. sgall bts Court. and thereby sadilling there with two . gum pounds seats. for the recovery Ivscr da pounds, *0 they bsvea reiesily already by dietrster. there wsvenseyneuneasarss, bytrbisl the psoplsttegeesrst

would be benefited, if a little time were allowed to perfect them; but to please some individuiils, every thing must be dotie at once y the present Governrrient. lad not, however, almost every measure which had been brought before the House, been a. o- vernment rriea-tore? es; and now because the honorable ntsm- ber, Mr. Mooney, could not get about three or four hundred pounds out of the proprietors, the country was ruined, and the Govern- tneiit had abandoned their principles. No : they had done no such thing; and he (llun. Mr. Cotes) was sure no Government could be formed, that would do half as much as the present had done, and were inclined to do to promote the best interests of the country, if allowed time. As for tltetitx propose . e a mentioned it ill sortie of the public meetings which he had attended, and the Te- nants stated, that they were itfraid, it would triake the Proprietors tnore stringent in the emotion of their rents. He acknowledged, that the Government was pledged to the introduction and an art of every priicticuble measure ofjusticc and equity, for the nine- liortrtinit of the condition oftlie tettaiitry, and the general good of the country: nttd what they had already procured to be done, :iiid what they further proposed to effect for the public benefit, ought to be sutliixiertt to convince ever honest and rational friend of the people of the integrity of their principles and the sincerity oftheir purposes Ifthe lionorahle :nenilier for the Second Dislrirtl of Queen's C ly (llr. Mooney) could not, however, be convinced, that the Go- vernment tin one’, were oing. and were determined to do every thing in their power, by just and equitable tnettnii, to ensure the udvaticeitititit of the people's best interests the future prosperity of the Colony; if he thought, they were unworthy the conlideitr-e of the people and the rtuppttrl which they had liitherto received front a large rrt.-ijnrity of that I ouse. let him act in accordance wit his cntrvictiorts, and join tlte ranks of the opposititirt. Let irn do so, and if he thought proper, use his utmost endeavours to overthrow the present Government, nitd establish ltis newly chosen allies, the oppiiiritiori party, in their stead. Let liiiti do no; but let hint no longer call liiiiisclfa frinnil of the tenantry: for not one of those rrieitsures whit-.lt the present Govcrttrtiunt ltnd already carried for tho I)HlIr'llI ttftliit turittiitry, would lltttt pttrty, if in otver, ltave allowed to pass into a law; iiitd neither would they, if in power, permit the passage of any one ofthe trieasures ttow in couicmph. tion for the public good iriid uatisfactioii. even if they suffered those which liitd already become law, to continue in force. \'Vith rite- pect to the retention of power liy himself. he would wish it to be distinctly underetooil, both within tluit House and without it, that having acquired it by his advocacy of what he believed to be the just rights of the people; hitving hitltcrto exercised it conscientiously with ll view to the promotion of the general welfare; and having been actuated by no desire for personal aggrundizcment or promo- tiiin of his own more ittdividual interests, beyond the enjoyment of the proud sntisfrictiiin which he shouid derive from beittg acknow- leilgi-d as the man of the .0 le, to whose exertions they were fair- ly indebted for their liberiition from the selfish uitd tlespollc controul ofan urrprincipled coiitptrct; and for having conferred upon them, the power of freely choosing who should be placed in iminedi.-rte authority over them; he would never seek to retain his power by any iibiinduiitttetit of principle or trervile coiirpliances with the irri- politii: views and mistaken notions of individuals either in or out of the Assembly. All that he lt:td coveted ltad been freely conceded to him; but he would resign it to-urorrow, should he find he could hold it only by the sacrifice of his inlepetideuce. For liimself he would never prefer the reti-tttintt of his present politiciil prc-ettti- nenne to the itpproliulioii of his own mind and the free exercise of conscientious judgment. Actuated by such principles, he was, as

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lhc viliidiii-it.dnd‘j;rtipi:t£Jof.v:li‘h§lfilieTi7i7eritiitcitt were mum‘

and, be believed, it was due to his colleagues in the Government to say, that neither would they. any more than hinnielf. iiiibiiiit to be coerced or intiinitlated into an adoption of any ill-tiiried or irri- politic measure, mcr-ly tltroughti fear of their being obliged, in consequence ol the loss of their influence in the Ilouse, to retire frniii power, and lose their appointments and their petty salaries of £400 or £500 a-year, together with the title of " Honorable," which others ha been found to value so highly, as to petition for lilrerty to retitiii it,wlten thrust from tho position which h:td formerly entitled tbeiti to it. For his own part, it was quite prepared to resign his place in the Governttietit and his seat in the Assembly also, whenever linaliould be convinced, that he could no longer hold them with honour to himself rind service to the people. To the principle of the nttiendirient, he was not rind never ltad been 0 osctl. On the contrary, he would rr-juice if tlte lliiuiie could itceotriplish its practical rero nttion; but he would never consent to its forming it part c a Bill or so important and beneficial ti trien- sure as free education, so long as he lelt persuaded, that such iri- corporiition would defeat the main object. 'l'hcSPl£AK ER said as to his Con-t-tuents on Lot l4.they were again-st any Lauil Tax, tlriise oit [6 the same, the greater part ofthose on [7 w--re fur the tax. llliscoriclte excepted, as to Lot [8, the itiajiirity there I 't'Illt‘tI agreeable to a tax it one shilling p r I00 itcres,—and that the rcinalning portion of the funds for Education slioulil be taken from the General Reve- nue, which might in that view be increased by an additional ditty on Wines, llraiiilies, Hruiid Cloths, Silks and otlu-r luxu- ries. This last was also the Idea of toe Acodians on Egniont Bay. During the St-ssion and for a moritlt or two previous, it had berome fasliiiittaltlc to talk oflhc great boon the Colony was going to receive in Free Ediicttion. But (the Speaker’s) constituents know, there could in this country be no such thing as really Free Education. They knew thi-._v itiust ay for it directly or inrliri-ctly. They knew that the utmost Enlltl Tax proposed, namely 4s. 2d. per I00 acres, would barely pay one third of tlte cost of E«lucat.i0ri—perl’tap3 not more than one quarter, and knowing this, they said lax luxnriv-s somewhat more. An honorable mrnibrr from Murtay Harbor, hail said it was very good of the rinc= Town p-ople to propose an ail- ditional tax on spirits and wines. as little or none of it would roll on tliem,tliey being member uftlio l'ot4l Abstinence Society. For the iiiforiiiatioii of those who might be misled by that gentleinans st-itrmeitt, (lie the Spealter) itiust observe that though that portion of his constituents’ wt-re not tlrullltilltl“. they took a reasoiia‘»le share of riich articles. and on Lot I8 and If). there were at least four distilli-rs. The people in that section hail on the wlioli-,lie thonglit,maile the mos‘. f6iISunaI)le anp practicable proposition which had l)t'e|| lai-I lfelore the House on this matter, mainly the hitlf to be paid by the pri- ronts, the other halfby the Government. Tht-y WPl't' not iii- different on this ma'trr, but had for more than fifty years been one of the settlements wltich mode more exrrlinn to maintain ¢¢|..¢.;;.m.| ggl|I)llIIIlI‘l¢‘l|Il than the generality of Districts in the Colony, nttd,vi hicli bid for cars Ilod a school rimtaininir a greater nuinbv-r of ptipils than the Academy ever had. As to the proprrty to be assessed by the Bill now before the House, he thomrhl it not unreasonable, to tax a Landlord tocontrihitle to the Education ofttie children of his tenants.thnugh their obli- gation to contribute to make and maintain roads through their rented land was far more clrar. But the law, while it borr that they should contribute to opening new lines of road, was very imperfect in allowinir that end, and as to maintenance of roads, on law made their; liiihle, and now while we let it man whose Tuwnsltip is all rented, escape from any contribution to Eilneation, we tax a man who may have only 1000 or l0.0o0 acres of forest land, and not a human bring resident thereon. Ile (the Speaker) was well aware, that a stimulus was want- ing to the cause of I-ldiiration in this Colony, btit he ilissented from many of the clauses of the present Bill—thou-.'ht it rniirht be printed and left a year for the conttideretion of the country. The rrpeated changes in the law vritltin the last fiftren or sixteen seats, in which time it had been rilto-reil fire timi-s. tho repeat examination. of the 33:21:-ir"':-rid--e'., no t-vrry clianue of the law, were highly dissureahls to Teachers who Itnew their duty and soils. voured to do it. One clause in the Act too madr it the interest of the masters of the Academy to find titan sttflicicnt srhobed not passed some months itnil- r It sir tuition. One of the masters of that institution was Visitor of Schools for Prince County, the other two were members of the Board of Education. They would scarcely refuse a esrtilute teens when they bed lestreesslmorevse arsscrn

letter. Now their system might be very good—lie believed it was. but fornirr teachers there had other systems. Motnltell could well rt-member mental Arithinetb. and what it cost lltfi country, and to require it Teacher nlalillity and experience to uhang-i his system with every change, which might be intro- tluccd by successive masters into the Acsdetny, did not seem very advisable. Schools would c made more useful to the

public by [letting in suitable situations. from 4 to 10 scrrl of ~

and, building thi-reott. lint a larire and suitable school-hotllfi unit a dwelling house and stable for the teacher. This would forward the cause of education more elfectually and at less ex- pcnr than any other mt-asure—it would not siipersi-dc other messuns—biit without this, all others were imperfect.

After a little further discussion, Mr. MOONI]Y'S amendment was submitted to the vote; and lost on a division of ti “ Ayes," to 13 -- N. 4."

The qiierition wasithen put on Mr. MO‘N'l'GO.\IERY‘S amend- ment, wlticlt was lost on is similar division.

The House being resumed, Mr. MOONEY submitted the following Amendment to the Report; and the question having been put there- on, the House divided :

Avt:s—.\Iessrs. Mooney, M‘Ncill, Davies, Laird, and Mont- gomery.-5.

Natrs—~lIonornbles G. Coles, J. \‘Verburton, J. Pope. Whe- Inn. and Dr. Jnrdine; Messrs. Fraser, Flynn, Wiglttinun, Thornton, Clark, llttviliiiid. Palmer, and Yeo.—l3.

.Mr. Mooney‘: proposes! ./I/iierir!menI.—" Resolvrrl, That the Report be amended so its tax all l.:inds that may be leased or other- wise let by agreement or verbally; and that the said tax be paid, by the Proprietors or Proprietors of such I.ttrtd.s. ittto the Treasury of this Island. the name to be appropriated for the purpose of Gene- ral Educatioii;—Saving and excepting tlie 'I‘eaaiit to be free from

and the question lt.iving been put thereon, the House divi e Yttas-—-Nliessrs. Montgomery, Palmer an co—3. Navs—-llonornblies (3. (Jules, J. Pope, J. \Varburton, E.

Whelnn, and Dr. Jitrdine; Messrs. Mooney,Clnrk, l"i:rser. Davies,

W'igII|ni:in, llnvilitrid. Flynn. Tliornton, l.tiird. and M‘Neill—l5. Mr. Monl,gainery‘s proposed .A:risudmeiil.—“ .R€IOID’ll. That

it he reorirniiiciidcd to the Iluuse, in add to the nriiouiit 'eiirly ex-

panded for the purposes ofedacation, ii siniill suiri out o the gene- ral Revenue, from two or three thousand pounds, and to raise the present Governtricnt allowance to School-masters. viz. £15 and £20 to £25 and £30; and that to Female Tencliors in a ratenlile proportion, iirakiiig it conditional on the Inhabitants of each Dis- trict. rind ‘I‘own and Royalty. to raise rt like win by Asscsstticttt on

Land. or by any other means they rniy deem suitable to their cir-

cumstiinces; if by the oriticr, the aortic to be iiiiptatcd according

to the value thereof by Assess--rs to be chosen and appointed by the ltuusehnldets of such District and Towns. The Report, without amendment, was then adopted by the

I ouse.

sun ax. Mr. l\lONl‘GO.\Il".RY also submitted the following amendment, d d :

Sarunnax’ March 20. AFTERNOON SITTING. Frsrtazttv Rasntrvsis.

Mr. DAVIES from the Committee appointed to pm are an Ad- dress to His Excellency on the subject of the Fishery eserves, re- ported. the following :

In I. n Iota-t-,rft-ji‘_.t'lI&?:»_--Jar Bqnserman, Knight, Lisa- Mttv r-r PLIAII roua I-Zxcxaanivcv;

The House of Assembly having had under their consideration the Fishery Reserves, heretofore vested in the Crown, and transferred to the (iovernrnent iifthis Island, deem it expedient, that all persons should be warned from trespassing on the same.

With that view, the House of Asseirilily request, that your Ex- cellency will be pleased to issue a Procltrinatiori, cautioning the public against trespassing or renting the said Fishery Reserves. or in any way occupying the same, without Licence frotri the Govern- meat of this Islniid.

ours. Davies, Fraser, and \Vightnian, tlte Committee who prepared the Address, were appointed a Committee to present the same

DIONIMY. March 22. MORNING SITTING. Supvav.

llon. lllr. JARDINI-‘., the Cliairinnit ofthe Committee on Sup- ply, rttrttle his Report of the .-\ppropri:ttions.

I"R.\SI’.lI, cotisidiered .5 H too much to pay livr tlte 3 Pews in St. I'aiul's Clturt-.li, used by the l.'t-gisluture. After it ft.-iv re- marks from set-er.-il lion. tiieriibers the vote rotrittincd at the original sum of LI-I, the usual grant.

Aunrrotts or Puantc Accounts.

On the Resolution of Sixty Pounds to the Auditors of Public Ac- counts being put, Mr CLARK olijecteil, on the ground ofits being too rriucli, iiccurditig to the services rendered, which he thought would not occupy a month altogether in the year. ‘

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Mr. MOONEY divided the House on the Resolution of £500 lic- ing set apart, as it rain! to any person or persons who should die- CtIVt!f Co.-il in sullicicnt quantity to supply the inhabitants of the

slnnd. For his motion that it be disagreed to, Aycs—-Messrs. Mooney, Davies, Laird, and .\l‘Nell——4. Nu_ts—-I I. So it passed in the negative. Srlansll 1'0 QUIIIC.

On the Resolution of £200 to Mr. Ntirton of I‘ictou, for running a Steamer being read, Mr. MOONEY rttovcd that it lie over.

llun. . r. U . *3 was sorprisr-il iit the lion. member; lie tltouglrt it one of the best votes of the Session.

Mr. FRASER was ofopiniori, the Steamer should call at Be-

dequc.

llon. Mr. COLES said, that would not be fair to the Shedinc Packs . ,

For Mr. Mooney‘s amendrrient,—-Ayes 3. Nays 9.

INFANT Scrrooas.

On a Resolution being read over to grant £10 to the conductors of the Infant School at Guoriretown. llon. Mr. COI.l".S said. he did not oppose it. but thought the grant to the one in Charlottetown should be more than to that in Georgetown.

lllr. M‘AULAY supported the 1.10: the Master. be said. was married, and botlt his and his wife's time were fully occupied in tettcliing the children.

Ir. CLARK hutnourously observed. that it appeared the Infant School drew all the children from the Grammar School, to which it large sum was granted annually. The vote was agreed to for one

car.

A vote of 1310 was also carried to the Infant School of Charlotte- town, tiller an amendment having been submitted h Mr. Fraser, that it be £5, which. however the hon. Member did not press.

Mar or -rrrs: lsaairo.

A sum of £60 was granted to George Wright. Esq, after some tliscariiiion, fur prcptiringa Map ofthc lsliiiid. rovided he furnish Twenty Copies, gratis. for the use of the Legis ature.

llutitt Looittv, Jailor, Geoaaarorvts.

A sum of £8 was agreed to be granted to the Jailer, on condition that he does not again petition the House on the subject of the es- cape ofn Prisoner sortie yerirs since, for which recaps he had to pay it certain debt of the prisoner, although the escape occurred. as the Petitioner irlle oil. in consequence of the bad stiite of the Jail Fence, the same having been previously represented as insecure, by hint, to the proper authority.

Rowan. Aoarcut.-wear. Socra-rs’.

Mr. MOONEY moved to amend the Resolution previously agreed to. viz. :

" ' ‘hat the Government be authorised to cease to be paid to the

becribsd

Society double the amount which _ l‘or._" by in- flfllllgalll , which. sttsrsoaie slight disssntce, was nsgst .

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