r

IOOII probable that at

alleveamlutliecassbel °VDlfl. Such fair ofisrs would general! be the dsareusuallyletuponleasuofeyx .."'.".‘

s I

Island should treat with such of the 3:1Ii§;.s:<l>np-iill. fend {apt the State thus of e 0 so ' ,.......... .. ...... .:...:: ...‘-.:..'.';.:'=*.'.:.*.'.'.“..f......."° :.'.'*.'::..".: 2i‘.‘.‘.?..f.'2"EE°.i‘.i‘-.".§' .“““‘ "‘° “"‘“°"" “‘°"'°"°' “ah ha - 9. A it t t i.‘ ki

without? arlaigetlzefl 0(:)ll:l(l:l‘8l7'lIl‘Ol mddnwgy -0‘ h. It:

Island Government, the interest thereofeo be

revenues of the Island. But Her Ma‘ ty’s Govetamenrcaulhlql

not be indispoeed to take into consi ruteon

kind whi h ' ht hm‘

the intergst ygofusiiie loaiii eoiildolmecallemy he mam ‘.3

what arran ements would be reposed as to thg 3...,’ ‘ ch e fee simple gt‘); .,

disposing o the land; of wlfi bou ht u . l.Iwoldbse ,thzb an l,°..¢.-p sation Act wiis pi:vo:vided1hZt a lspn'downer sliril-d',’ ' ownlsad

ejected a tenant for non-payment of rent, buy up his

It is to be presumed that if the tenants or the Colonial Government were to offer to’the proprietorstwui years purchase of their reserved rents, there are few, at events, of the non-resident proprietors who wouldnokacce t such olfers. P I have, kc. (Signed) ll. LABOCCHERE. ’

The Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island.

‘' lseverslotbeg 1.9.,

‘Item nearly the some ¢flet,':l..?.:.b;::E‘_°.3.P:::'¢: themselves‘, Some rootlae huqlu‘ F... “,5 db '°Pp.d' ’ ntlnue the Ilsckerzkfislierynact was eoaimitted tea M . -~--o., .. ..':° ::::‘.::'.:*.‘:;'.'.".°.':.';'.'°.‘:;:::'.':..‘.’.°.' ‘;)-inga-£’l:|'tnlI:£::.‘:!h::rmsn. 3 Coininiiteg was also _ Moon!’ chitmuh PW‘ °“ ‘WP?’ P°l_|tiohs. Ben. The House then waited on Ills Excellenc ' - - , .y with the Ad 9" W ‘“""°P llzolps opening Speech,-,after which an ad‘

riiment took p

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TAVERN Licnxsa iicr.

0" "'9°ll"K ‘Rain in the afternoon the re - _. , . _ . port of the (mill Committee appointed to revise the License Law was Offcd '0 the whole llouse in (‘o_uiuiittcc—hlr. Clerk in the l|'“'- C0Ml_i10rIIble discussion ensued on thsamenduienta I 8890'“. which our reporter has ‘condensed as follows ;— lox. l\_lii . WARBUlt_ l'0.\' bplieved that no one could deny that [comes for the retail of spirituous liquors could not well be “'!l’°"'°d With, in the present state ‘of society, and the tint «hyecft of the Legislature should be, in dealing with a mat. 9'' 0_b:hli]'|M|IW. to make licensed houses as respectable as flllil 0- d reont cnactniepts laid not had-that tendency. Lie grnp nqiicstN_'tlic Louply had been entrusted with the oigcr 0 ‘recommending, or, In liict, deciding on the lung" of II“ infill Of persons for keeping public houses ; but it was ll0l0H0|lI that that power was not discreetly exercised. 11; too many cases, both in foiija and Cou’ntry, persons wholly riinworthy of trust, and quite incompetent. received the neces- -sarv recommendation; whilst those who could, and did former- ly, ep good houses. were denied it_. The obtnininga license, under the present law, was more it matter of favoritism

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. 9

(From the Ilmmincr “ Parliamentary Roper-(¢r.") ' PETITIONS. \Vsn.\'iasnar, February 20.

The lloiv. TREASURER presented a Petition from James

Gillanders, School Teacher, setting forth his long service. n such, and praying that a small sum be annually allowed him to sustain him in his declining ysars;—a eecond_ petition was presented from the same person, praying for an allow,- ance for services rendered during several months of the pact year in Prince County. ' _ _

The Hon. Con. bECRl3'l‘AR1 wgsinolined to support the pray- er ofthis Petition—the petitioner, he believed. was a most do- serving person, which was suflicientlymproved by the tiict that upwards of 300 ereons recommend his case to the consi deration of the ease. He had been in the service of the public as a Teacher for about 34 years, Gd thought that some provision ought to be made for him.

, The Petitions were referred to the Special Committee ap.

pointed _to_ report on '_l‘ca_chcre’_ Petitions.‘ _ ,

A Petition of certain inhabitants of 'lrout River, Lot 13, was presented by Mr. Yeo. praying aid towards repairing

a Bridge and Road. Mr. Yeo strongly urged the prayer of

the Petition. ,

Ben. Mr. MONTGOMERY also supported the prayer of up petition, but thought it would be necessary, be on any sum of money was set apart for the bridge, to employ Mr. Doirant, or some other competent person to examine the bridge. and ascertain what repairs were required.

The Hon. 001.. SECRETARY agreed with the suggestion lll‘.l.f.l6 by the llbn. Member from Princetown. \'hen . Doirant reported on the brid e, the llouse would ls ablo to decide as to whether rebuilding or repairing would be ti; most desirable course to adopt.‘

r. CLARK thought that about £200 would be nired for the work, and that, ifthnt suni were expended, tlfeegridge would be rendered serviceable for some ears to cone ; but

‘ ft would certainly be advisable that Mr. oirant shuild flrst, inspect it—his skill in bridge-making was well knevss to the‘

House,and he would no doubt make a satisfsctor; report

of what was required to be done.

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FERRY WHARF, CHARLO'l"l‘E'l‘0\VN.>

The Hon. C01. SECRETARY remarked that, as thqfiubject before the’ House was one which had reference to ‘rid and vvharfs, he would call the attention of Hon. mbeu to the necessity which existed for previdin anothetwhai-I

with Grand Juries than c-insiderzition for the necessities "F "'9 0999. in it _ul_ilic iut of vein‘ ; and such were the ll-zfliculties ofobtnining license by pnrlicg who .13.] no; spmd high in the favour o Grand .h‘i‘ries. that the number nl illicit retailers throughout the Island I.ad bdn very real - increased. Even the moat slrcuumis advocates o total abstinence had been forced to admit th’ ; tliusa law, which was framed with the view to restrain tbao too l'rco indulgence in the use of ardent spirits, had had the opposite etfect. Our present License Law was intended to be ii. step in the di- rection of proliiliition. llon. members must have snoiiccd the result ofn tri.il of that system in other places. It totally failed in the United States. where it had had its origin ‘ ~

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the-Societ in New Brunsivick,v:liicli was then under rig the ordeal ofya prohibition law, similar to that of th late of

l¢l"°- had 3990 "WI! violentlv conviilsed by he atte t to en- 'orce it. He, (the Hon. "reasurcr) therefore, oposcd

‘o amend the Act, by divestin the Grand Jurv of the power hey at present exercise; an by setting‘asiilc the practice ifgrantiiig ten pound iceiises to country retnilcrl. which frees them from tho obligatioii of atfordinvv nccomuiodaton ,0 travellers, and which only leids to the ?gross indulgence if low tippling habits; and by reviving the psvictice ol granting licenses, at the former moderate rate, ‘to such ~-cspectablc and worthy persons as might be recommended iy two of the nearest Magistrates, and six of the neighbour lug inhabitants. roni these alterations he had no doubt hat a respectable class of taverns would soon be restored to he Count ( To be coriliuucd.)

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

llox. ATTORNEY GENERAI. moved the second rmding of the Bill relating to Bills of Sale. ' an

llo.\'. Mn. HAYTIIORNE had seconded the motion for the introduction of the Bill, and would second the present ; in doing so, he did not wish to be considered as approving all the details oftlio inczisuro. rain it conversation which he had had with a inouiber of the House of Asseinhly, he had ascertained that a similar measure was rejected some years since. He would like to know the reasons wlllltll led

to|such result. lloivevc:-, the more numerous business

uiraiisactions iiiig'it l'el1t'l"l‘_!ll(‘.ll measure now nccejsiigv, and

as the Council was composed of gentlemen from dillerent parts of the Island, they could now obtain the adrnnta e of their various expcrienci iii pcrfceiiog u. measure siiitab o to the rcqi.-irezncnts of the country. ‘iv

llo.\'. Mn. Dl.\'GWl"LL had no objeclioii tog ling into Com" mittee; he considered the Bill nei-essary.but was not prepirrd to supportnll the clauses. lloii-ever, be trusted a. measure

in Charlottetown, where the ferry boat cou d have Isvgoul-9 paited to the state of tl.e country would resultJ'rom their

and convenient landing. The want of a proper slip.t the old Queen's wharf is much felt; there were-times wheunuch . difficulty was experienced in getting in or out of the hot; and females particularg sutfercd from the want of the pecsssry accommodation. c then ht it impossible to constlet a good landing place at the 6ueen’s wharf, as the shiping. usually moored there, would be much interfered with but he considered that the end of Prince Street would be neat eligible site for another wharf. A plan of_ such what had been prepared, and was before the Government. ( 0 Col. Secretary) had been in communication with Mr. llidia, about rentin his wharf for the purposes of a Ferry lacing- but he thou t that the sum he as ed for such accom tion, viz : 60 a year, was too much ; for Mr. Reddin of course, reserve to himself, in an contraetwhich he enter into with the Government, t e right to ile deal nd. timber upon the wharf, and to moor vesse s there for‘. loading and unloading; so that the inconvenience new in- plaine of. would be elt as much as ever. '

which it was the objeetof the Bill to

deliberations.

The Bill having been raid, on motion of the llon.Attorncy General, the llousc resolved itself into a Committee of. the whole. .

The Ilon. Con. Sivabcy in the chair.

The Bill was then {end clause by clause.

llon. Ma. ii.ivi'n0nxr: suggested the insertion ofsome

amount, to entitle the Bill to registration, .

llon Al‘l‘OllNEY G ENEIRA l. objccted—tlie some frauds‘

tlie_c:iso ofn small debt as well as it urge one. The fies for

registry were so small as not to form matter of consideration

with the holders ofa security for ii small amount. Besides. the Act did not hope‘ «in necessity on the holder to re- gister. He would be at liberty to confide in the honesty of his debtor as at present. ‘ ‘V I How. Mn. l}E.\'l‘O.‘i was opposed to specifying any amount.

subject much consideration, and had come to the would that it would be far better to provide for oonstructi wharf exclusively for the use of pa money on an attempt 10 make the old Ferry wharfm , convenient for the pur ose. To do this might cost, rba £500 more than woul be required for making any in meats upon the old wharf; the interest of that movie he a very trifling sum, .' l he better to incur that annual expense, besides the sins additional expense that would be incurred to he wharf in repair, than undergo a rent of twice the amoun and not have the entire control of the wharf. ile (t Secretary) recommended the members of the Assembly examine for themselves the site he had suggested, for a te - .- :- ul be ll!‘ oxreu

its :5’ as O ‘I 9 is E E a 3 n. C is ‘I 2. ‘C ..

n I neon t . . no. oubt, object to his pro 0- am to remove the Fe 7 leading to Prince Street; Eat they should remember that the had enjoyed the advantage! of a'fsrry wharf in their iinuicaitite vicinit for a long time; but he hoped they had good sense cnougi to recognise the propriety of adopting a site that would ive satisfaction and I ccoaimodation to the public at urge, and one that would be particularly advantageous to people residing on the opposite side of the river. llon. Mr. MONTGOMERY approved of the suggestion thrown out by the Hon. Col. Secretary, as to the eligibility of the landing at the bottom of Prince Sirest, as a site for the erection of a Ferry wharf. Complaints were uaceasingly made about the want of proper accommodation at the wharf at present used for a Ferry landing; and be (Mr. hlontgai niery) had no doubt that those complaints were fully war.‘ rented by the circumstances of the case. The intercourse between both sides of the llillsborcugh Ferry had now . come very extensive ; a lav eeetioaof our population, liv on both sidps. was deepy hterssted in keeping up ' tsrcou as free from ctioa as iblc; and I‘ isery) therefore thought that steps ehould‘be

y taken to alert! the pebli generally the tion, without rsgprd being ad- to private o

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‘lbs Ben. TBIAIIU BIB fully concurred in o uion wit leeretery, as to the end 0 Prince

elligtble site for th ted wharf. aslea sf tare,

ion. the l’ll§lDE.V’l‘-'l'hs Bill‘ on being

[he [loses the PH ESIDENT thought it should belimited hi all sums over .l.“.’0. . llon. Mn. DINGWELL would not limit it to any amount. The holder of a Bill of Sale for securing ii. very small amount would not be likely to register it. ‘ llox. D. Bl"Al'0N' tliouglit that the holder sliouldbe obliged to file the llill in the Count iii ivhicli the. grantor resides, and would leave it optioii:i to send it to Cliurlotte-town. How. the I'ItEb'lDE.\"l‘ thought it would be better to make it compulsory on parties to tile the llill in one geiicnil ‘ace of do iosit, say in Cliurlotlctowvi, and .l-ave-special o ces in di ..-rent districts, for instance, he Coiniriiss.-onors of S.nall Debts Courts, ivlicr.i Ill'!lI|')l'ill|tl.\ of the yvirtioiilars of each hill could be. tiled. Let the Bill in £I;0VOdJ ’h. ',?’«u _ L _1_-‘*V- _.|e.\usd at-an out o oer be oro iv ioin it is pr-ma send it to Clairlottotown. where if it were filed in the l’rotlionutur_, ‘s ulli--c, the state of in man's iilfiirs could be l|8¢.'t'l'llIlfl9(l. At prevent. people-

lapply to the Registry of Duedmto iiscrt.~iin thou-iiidition ol'ii tnan's real estate. and attlie l’rotlioiiolnry's ollce, to see il

here be sr-y judgments against ii ]-l|l'l_\'. lf t.'xu.t .l-n did ot meet the approval oftlieir Honors, it might be a«lvis.ibli- 0 give the Government the power to up int plnccs ol epositin the country, and have all Bills of Sale tiled in lnirlottetown, so that any one out bird's eye ' n scei-lain the position of his dulilnr. Unless '_ h Ian be adopted, a man ma trsvef to (ieorg yvn,liiid thing recorded there, then to Charlottetown ewllll the me result. lsit reasonable then to enforce upon. him enecessit of going all the way to St. Elea oc's.' To e the B II generally useful, it should be niadl com ul- ry on parties to tile at one central oflce, from which the era would redleio. V g . lloiv. ATTORNEY GEN!-II agreed to It certain extent ltli his lloner—liis object in log three places for tiling to still the convenience of the country. *._ proved before the" _ loners.'sliou d be sent iy that ofieer to Ps'othoiiot.iry’s o so at Charlottetown, after he had enter- the particulars in a Book to Rs kept for that purpose.

-I sr e "U! I’ 5' 0 9 8

lloa. Avroassv oi-as. objected to leave the Bill orsiio in

of the Clerk. to be seat down by hiiu-therefore the arrangement embodied In the mil. .3» IMYTIIORNR thought that the bbnelcial vrorklal . she bill depended on ttseelause they were then dlseaoliig 1 gs one which required earclal conshlersiion—shice ewe lfal npsnberedllsred In their views, it was for the at‘ the r Ilene 00

re to try if the judgments of unsophisticated not devlae a sultab1e sstieiae. lie was of opinion . I sanetstaery employed is writl the Bill, ltgghtbp He the ‘lathe of the ll Debt

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of. A Bill to-'*";"P“

revcnt, might occur in -

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Courts ‘the apt suitable clan’ to receive P'°"f‘ ‘.''‘'--l is

. ‘ll : ll be ld_ vs

“° '-1-.~".s*°.-'::~‘ i . n t en traiisuii s t —

grills’-iiii.,inutlie l’rotlioliotary’s olce, they would be open *0 ll"

ll-ins ciiou or everv

(HIE. on Ms. DINUWELI. thought there should be at lelalst nice in each county independent of (Jiarloiietpwnl. ‘Um’. no necessity for remitting the documents l0‘DlIIY etc: H" -—il‘ the poops: or Uiuii-lotieto_wii ivsul Inlvfmllv“ "3 p“ “I. circumstances of people in the country. l“ "’°"' '°" ° country for it. - ‘ lloiv ale BEATON thouglitthe lion. members rather pl '9)’- ..ihere was hardly any psrt of tb_e lslaiid, the lllllliti nopus of which would not the t convenience ol lIlVl|“ ‘ f l',‘°: of reference in Charlottetown. it would be more ooavelnisn' to himself. He saw strong reusons tor _opposisg the pun I: making the Clerks to (‘oiniuusioncra (oarts the parties 'Ie the lliil of §sle—one_ of these reasons was the direlt interest they laid in issuing wrils,- {Wtl "'9 k"‘"‘''l°d3‘; ' '1. plan proposed would give them ,_ might lead to the ramp‘: man a man who may give a Bill or Sale. to reliev-i_ i‘ s abso ute want. and who. if it were generally _kuoW||» ||"b"‘ be sued by every man to whoa! owed siiy_ fill"!- llon. Ma. HAY FIIURNE admitted the lorce of the 1.100- bleiaber's nlijeelion. . , _ _ _ llori, hla.‘l)lN(i‘\\'I-_l.L had no cl-yection to this appointmcns being vested in the hands ol' the G.ivern_iiic_nt lle coiisidcrc it the most, suitable, but hoped the frlnclpio of localisation would be ado it?“ as far as rat-ticable. _ llos A'l'l'(l l.\'l.-LY GEN. "he Coiniuiseioncrs for taking the allidaiits in the supreiiie Court, would be suitable pols--Iii: they vrcre not liable to the olfeetion of the |l_0_||- N'””l’°"- with reference to the Clerks 0 the Small Debt Lourts. ’ ' lion. Ms. (,'ll.\S\\'l-ILL saw no reason why the llilhyofsiles should not be rsgiszcred in the t diets of the Deputy l_rul|mmI Iarics, and filed here. There should be some dehiiite place and person to wl-ein ii plication could be made. . llox. Ms. ll.\(iN.—\l. . said that the lion. Mi.-inbcr had antl- cipatcd what he was about to any. It _was neci-ss_iry that there should be it di-tiuiie place of reg'stry._ l0f_ ||||_“"'°“ the Coiiiiitissioiie rs , if\.nur.s are the plan s ol registering. II _uiaii may have to travel to several courts below he can obtain the iiiforiuation he seeks. ‘ The Committee rose and re] ortcd progress.

tuzcruic 'l'Il.[GlAl‘ll coixrixv. The llos. A'l"l'0RNEY (;i:.\'r;ii.ii., mi.-m. petition from D. Ii. Stevens. on behalf of the . cw _Yurk Nowfouiidl.iud and Lulldoll '1‘-logriipli t.'oiapaii_\'. lf"|_V"'l; " grant in aid of their intended line connecting this island with New Brunswick. ' llrs lloxoii ms PR ESlDE.\'l‘ rcnd to the House H e follow- ing extracts ofa letter he had received from a gentleman in iidon, bearing date the lat of February :—“ l‘lie Atlantic Cable to connect Newfoundland with lreland is to be made tliir, and submerged nu! year. Our specilicaiionsarc now out for tenders, and the wliercwilli is provided for The Newfoundland and tape Breton, as well as a new Cable for tapes Traverse and Toriuentine, are to be laid in June nest, and if our Govknuient lie liberal and wise you may secure a through cominunieition, via Capes Maibou and luiet." l'he writer then proceeded to suite that the Le islatare. by a liberal grant, should , “ make it worth while or the Com- pany to e«-nsti-.nct so‘ much extra and unpr--Ltable lll e.ai.d you may re! upon it, that it will be the heat spent iao.iey ever Votril iy the l'olon_v." llis ll:-nu r 1r-cuded Io itali that he was eogiiiunt of the fiict. that uni Fonipiiny had already expended some £5000 or J.‘00ll0 in the Island, in the- erection or posts and placing wires l'rom Charlottetown to Cape Triivcrsc, and eaistwardly from Charlottetown to Souris. Posts had also be'en erected from S iuris Io Gcorge~ town. During the period in which telegraphic communica- lion had been maintained between Charlottetown and Saekville in New Brunswick. the receipts had ranged from £60 to £80 a month. lfa regular communication had been kept up. his llonor had no doubt that they would, by this iiiue, have realised the suui of ‘ £12!) or £130 a month. He believed itwould’ my well to lay ii. good and sufficient Cable between Capes’ raverse and 'l‘oriaeniiiie. The only deduction" froui tii0"l'000‘pl5 would be the sslar-es of the operators. He estimated that those expenses and the natu- ral depreciation of the line by wear and Ivan‘, and ll‘-8 cost of the micessary chemicals, would notexcectl 1.2‘! per month. llc had b on iiiforuied by hlr Uisboriie, that the receipt during the List month of their c inuecti on wit‘: N-iw Brains- wick amounted to £80. Now, it might fairly be lltlt:l’l'\‘|l t iai lICi)l'Illlill.l.IlC0 of r.-lgular ('(sllllll|lIIlt.'itll-ill would bring them up to .l.'l20 or J.‘ 30 per iaonth. t.‘onsid.-rin that thi- C‘ornp.iny had a|re:idy expend-;:d about £04200 iii the island, be for one wouiil in willing, iii vie v ii the vast benefits to be derived from a t.-legrupliio coin etion ailh Gieit Ilriiain, and the neighbouring Colonic s, and. through them. with the United St.-ites. to pay double the |l":tI0l|I amount of his taxes. 'l‘lie cost ot taking up, repairing and relaying the Cable between Capes Traverse and 'l'orm-~iiiiiie last year, was about .t‘;'0(l, which proved to be a perfectly useless ouilay. In concliisiou, his llonor express.-d the hope that the Legishituie would give oiieouriigement to the projected enter iriso. ' The llos. hlii. BEATON presented a petition from sun-li-_v inhabitants of Little llarbor, praying aid fora school. w ioli was read. llis Honor the President IlIg‘{I.'llt'll the e pe-

with reference to petitions of this nature, and also to road petitions, nziiuely, the appointment of Voiniiiittees to whom they should be referred, and who would report the result oi their dl.'lll)!‘3:'iItl0nJ on them to the House.