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, ‘2‘”. Maid in would b. obliged to rub up no. ofhis mlay‘ brass

m If one man went out with the intention of honestly anti-:3.- upon the read, be who perhaps surrounded by half a dense luv bllpws, who met for a frolic and laughed at the over- ' nt act, in its 0 ration, was a tax a n industry- He was afraid, bowe'ver, that it would not be possl Ie always to fismonsy to pay the tax. It would, perhaps, in some degree, ibmedy the evil, to make overseen always swear to their returns. It was true the Commissioners had this power at present, but as It was net generally practiced, the having recourse to it in particuler instances would appear invidious. He thought it might answer to cause both the Conanissioaerfind the Overseers to swear to'tlieir sta menu. There. were always many small re‘ in which I Co Ill-land? could not-remember; there was a rut era and a hole there, or a stick wanted in this or that bridge. With 1’8!le to Well ' they would have to leave the system as it was. The tax should certainly be levied by a graduated scale; and it shouldbe Ilade compulsory upon both Commissioner: and Overseers to make then returns on oath. The Committee ought to have the benefit of every individual member's experience and suggestions. He thought it would be well if they could send in ii rough draft ofa new bill, which miglitbe allowed to lie over till the next session. _

Mr. Tnonsoit said he certainl concurred in all that had been said about the necessity of atnen ing the Statute Labour Act; and he thought that unless they could now bring in a bill to Improve the manner ofperfortning statute labour, they should have recourse to aCirculsr, couched in something like these words. Mr. Thomson here read nearly the following words :

“ Sir; It having come to the knowledge of the House of Assem- bly that the Statute Labour, in several Districts, .ll imperfectly performed; the House r nest your articular attention to require that a sufficient portion 0 labour fort e number of hands employed, be performed in your District. . _

‘ To —, Commissioner of Roads, District."

This, he thought, would have a very good edect, until the phent statute labour Act should be Intended. In some settlements the mints labour was very fairly performed, but wherever there was a

shop or a puncheon of rum in the neighbourhood, the performing of labour was nothing bntn drunken frolic. It would be well it the suggestion ofthe Hon. Mr. Pope were adopted, and that all returns ofstatute labour should be made on oath. He was certain it would have a very beneficial efl‘ect. Overseers should not pass‘the labour of two or three hours for a da 's work. The fault, certainly, in. some measure, rested with the ommissioners and Overseers; but it was neceasary to admit that the present Act~workcd very unequally : for instance,a man with one team was required to perform as much labour as the owner of many teams.

Mr. DAIJIIL was happy to have to state that there were no complaints made in his neighbourhood about the insufficiency of statute labour. He believed where the labour was not performed as it ought to be, the fault rested principally with the Commissioners and Overseers. In his neighbourhood he had sometimes known the people to give five or six hours extra to complete it ‘oh. Com- missioners were in the habit of letting out a great deal 0 road for a little sum, and, in consequence, work was frequently passed when not halfdone. .

Mr. Yao spoke in support of his motion. He did not see that it could, in any way, injure a poor man. It would have been a bent:-

It totbe country, had the practice he recommended been adopted twenty years ago. Under the resent system: two hundred men, in some settlements, did not dot e work of twenty men.

Mr. L: Lacnavrt observed that the statute labour Act had lon bsen considered to be what it ought not to be, and not hearing wit any thing like equality upon the people; but he admitted that it was not so oppressive as it had formerly been. He had known poor men, with ungry bellies, compelled to travel twenty-four or twenty-six miles to work upon the roads, and obli ed, when they returned, to go to work on bridges at home. ere wefe many persons so circumstanced as not to be able to raise money. And, as the honourable member front Princetown had observed, the tax proposed would be a poll tax, the moat objectionable ofall taxes. Men (said Mr.Lo Lacbenr) are not all cunnin alike. Property wasgsnerally acquired by superior cunning. ro rty might be denominated an accumulation of legal plunder. hey who were

of the cutest share of it, ought to bear the greatest share

efall public bur ens. The poor should pity no more than their representatives conscientiously thought sutficisnt. Some persons could better afford to pay filly pounds than others could do to iiy lfly pence. Were they to adopt the Resolution, they would)he easing a censure u n the peqple of the Colony : it would be eclaring them tooi Is to work or their own convenience. The

4 7 ggple belipvflhit, in the) British dominioneu the slavery ofblacks

, 'r'e -—-w . tomstra them that

that slavery among whites was still to be maintained. Mnlsunosn aaid,that in the wa of perfectingthe statute labour Act, it seemed honourable mom on knew not how to go ahead. The law res ctiog road making may be defective, but a st'part of the roads in the Island had been made by it. he impositions. however, practised upon the people, might cause them to neglect it. He knew not properly how to remedy the evil. The honourable member from Bedeque was more likely than any other entleman in the house to tell how the present law operated upont e roads, and to suggest some practical enactment. It was well known that the present law operated unequally as respected property. Regard ought to be paid to the use a man made of a ma , by what he was in the habit of driving upon it. A man own- ing two bollocks or two horses, should not be rated as high as the

owner often or twslve horses.

(To be continued.)

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SATURDJI Y, MARCH 2], 1840.

Qwing to the space occupied by the proceedings of the Legislature, and a esaure of other matter, we have been on- ayotdably compelle to post one the insertion of several commu- nw’pgons a'nd to nqbreviate oi ers. .

s opy artic e of Foreign intelli ence of mi h ' received through the medium 0 the Ameribin giggle? : co liston having taken place in the China seas between two B’ritish men-of-war (the Volsge and Hyacinth) and thirty Chinese war junks in W'lllckl’lltllEQO of th; long; were stink, and one blown up. Their,

use in i e was set to over three hund d ' on the British side. Such at least is the repel: , "mun" In, 10"

Since our last a writ has been issued for the ele ' ction a member for the Third Electoral District of Queen's Counl‘;f including neirm “dim 49 and so, in thefioom of Mr. Arbnckle’ Riplellrl. "Il‘hgicanlgidates $1: halve heard of are Mr. Young Mr, see an r. ouae. esecti ‘l ' ' mask.“ on m l commence on Wed- . eport of the Com " on the Public Acco is '1 hand in our last . {tum a concise view of tllilii fiiivalilciil A Billilnlggpahe Comy for the past year. I an int need for laci th Col ' I [if the Executive Council‘bn :‘fixgt‘l salliti;ige;l:d:rdf.tllg “'32:; :30 allowed. The amount of the salary has not yet been hursday Mr. Rae introduced a Bill to exam t l andtenants from the payment of quit rents or lsild an agreement entered into by them to the contrary notwithstanding, he House, the some do , went into Supply, when several sumi [hr tlllikoginary services 0 the year were agreed to, without much 'satsrday Mr. Le Laslieur from theC m 't I John Russell 's Despatch on lhe subject of‘lrdflm 13;: to England was referred, reported a Bill to authorise tie Critgn to purchase the Lpnda and to regulate the settlement of the people of this Island, which was “read the first time. No day has been at :03: mites»? treuqdrng. . A motion for its being printed is to u . . . . . N." “:3: "aw" plinotion was earned without a division, Mr. so... er ills were introduced in the course of th _ a week w:t Pfiz‘evented, by want of space, from more particularly, _ e ave not and of an thin hav‘n ' ' qulgmmciPXth thel Filbgry Roses _ rvles‘ hilt-liaihrtbhihig‘i‘; u o ssemb y, further than that they have ordered it to

We have been requested to publish the following cor.

sespondence :— Charlottetown Royalty 17th M . arch 1840 In; I observe in last week's Gazette re 'at d ' ' . my, a report of one_of your Speeches iii. thee I-l'tlti'ilefiolfi or my, which contains certain expressions,attributed to you, censor-ill:

my conduct, and obs in in ’th ' ' ' ' ' causssl'} leonisnm‘enJo'flhe‘Cdoiil’: chum“, m Manning (5 to the ascradnus of my judicial character

Iamtoose

M‘ ' ' ‘ ' llow" ' i ’ I even the breath of suspicion), to a . (which “Sm.” flight to: it—tlioligh made under the prgteqppiq e333: Pivilege—to obtain a currency without carryi g refiATIE?“ :3]: .133}, correctly reported, your informlpqtihazxqal l mi’sle on and induced you to givIe credit to w a e Whnmvfil‘ fact—that: ndver having been, on any occasion, any czusummenro’ oat ned nor decision delayed, from a premature a Jo in 0rd" lilo abort-:- on will oblige me by communicating his namekd me that I may cyall upon him to substantiate his charge, or a i e

consequences. I 33;}, your obediem humblg servant, .

E. J. JARVIS.

The Hollorable’ Joseph Hope. I - ’ ' Charlottetown, 17th March, 1840.

' ' ~ ‘ ‘ House o'fAs- it; ‘ a crusal ofthe report ofmy speech in the. _ ,. “35'3"?” it “gluon”. 2::"“:..:°.::*;°:::i ":33: l: oflnst week whic a no . , V , aGftaezfiI received your iiote ofto~da_y, having been absent froip tquqq the whole of last week), I think it due to‘yonr Honor to sta_ e, the report referred to is most incorrectly given, and unfequtvoca iy deny having charged your Lordship wriba “denial-p Jllsdllcle, n postponing causes by hasty adjournments ofthe Court, . an .uclaa assure on, that] never gave utterance to any expression,hw1 u view oly preferring such a charge, and sincerely regret tdat 0 should have so considered it, as my speech, even as reporte , oes not fairly warrant such a construction. I stated, as neilir as my re} collection serves me, as fi)lluwez:—“ That _tlio estab is ment 0 Courts in King's and Prince Counties had disappointed thefexpic. tations of the people, who, having made ample provmon or t e Chief Justice’s "swelling expenses, by addio $100 per annum, currency, to the .sum of £700 sterling, put him by the Home Government, had a right to expect that all causes tried in the Coup- ty Courts should be final! decided therein ;_but the hasty manner in which the Court generally breaks up in Prinop County, frequently leaving reserved points and law arguments, arising out of causes there, to be subsequently discussed and settled .cither at Charlotte— town, or, perhit s, at eorgetown, where suitors cannot attend without loss and inconvenience, had given great and very general dissatisfaction to the inhabitants of that county; and he must say, that such a system did not reflect any credit up the parties concern- ed. At the same time, he could not concur With those who thought that justice could not he had in the Island, for he believed that the laws were as impartially administered here as in any part of the British dominions." These observations were made by me, in the discharge ofa tlut confided to me by those whom I represent; and while Idisclaim being actuated by any desire “oven to_breathe a suspicion on your 'udicinl character that would be prejudicial to it," as may fiiirly e inferred from my conpludipg observations, I, beg to assure your Lordship, that I deem it quite tinnecessaryfor me to shield myself under the protection of any legislative pritn- Irge whatever, in giving expresston to what my constituents and

myselfbelievo to be a public grievance. .

After the statement which I have given, I deem it unnecessary to name any particular person as my informant ; the conclusion to which I have arrived being founded principally on my own obser- vations of the manner in which tlie business of the Courts has hitherto been conducted, and in which opinion, I am satisfiedl shall be borne out by the inhabitants ofthe County I represent.

I by no means hold myself responsible for the report of in speech, as given in the Gazette, or that repeated in the Heral , which I have not yet seen; but should your Lordshi wish, I have no objection that your communication, together wit this,"ahonld be published in both those papers.

am, my Lord,

Your Honor's most obdt. servt.

The Honorable JOSEPH POPE.

CbiefJuatics Jarvis, doc. 8w. 6w.

Charlottetown Royalty, 19th March, 1840.

Silt; I received your communication last evening, in answer to my note of the l7tli instant; and I beg to assure you, that I feel quite satisfied with the explanation you have given of the matter, which I referred to you. I could not suppose tlint, as a gentleman and a man of honor, you would volunteer any,unfonnded charge, and I therefore attributed the alleged expressions to eitheran incor- ‘rectness of the , or to misinformation—and I am happy‘to learn, that the .miaconce tion originated in the former cause.

In my. opinion, a Wlde difference exists between a charge that “ the business of the Courts wafleft undone, and causes osiponed and decisions usiyed, merely for the purpose of hasty ad mommi- of the Courts," and the complaint, that, after trial had, the law ar uments were'Fistpnned to be heard elsewhere than in that parti- t-u n_r County. he former infers not only a delay, but a denial of Jillllce; which, surely, would be highly ccnsurable in any Judge' the latter is a mere question of judgment and discretion, on whicli every fine ban a right to form and express his own opinion. [should be fastidious indeed, were I to censure tiny man for merelv dissent- ing from my Judgment, in any case whatever. 0n the contrary so d-isirustful ant I of my own infullibility, that (in the very anomalous situation in which I am placed in this Island, having no person of legal mind with whom to consult in cases of difficulty) I should feel beholden to the man who should canvass my judiciitl acts and point out _m errors, where they exist. But, as my inle rily of ::ar:pter isinlm own keeping, I must stand excused, iflevince

e remc on u on ever oint h i ‘ dc?" m fly] it in yuewon' y p t at may have the slightest ten- nm not here to discuss with vnu the iiestion of d ' merits afler trial, to be heard in Charlottgtown; butl gZIIJrIISEDZTE‘lI- observe, that I think you labour under an erroneous impression iii that respect. :lhe County Courts were, undoubtedly established that Jurors, wuiicsses an suitors might not be taken, out of their: Counties, nt adistapoe from their homes. This end is com letel answered by the trials being bad there. The subsequent luv]: ar It): ments are, y particular order of the Court, to he had in Charloge- town, where the lawyers reside, and who e they have their libraries for reference; nor could the arguments be had in the conntr with illllélle greatest inconvenience and imperfect attainment ofi'uslice- "r: nhglland, all law arguments, arising on causes tried throuohout . on o a kingdom, arudieard and decided at Westminster Ila" - Ngy‘g::?pwwtkfill:fiy are pegrd and decided at Fredericton ; and in, ii . a i iix. n eed it is the case ever h

could not be, consistently otherwise I yw em, and finding the slightest liiult with h ' at", however, far from I _ . you, for bringing forward tl '

tion, which, undoubtedly, in your view of the ca "8' ques‘ I fie _ _ _ . . so, you considered Mg "grow, but in wlitch, in my opinion, you are under consider-a.

I shall avail myself of the chosen ‘ graph, and transmit this correspondeiiciaxtlhrethseedriliit tion. I remain, P

Sir, your obedient humble servant,

E. J. JARVIS.

your last para- crs, for publica-

The Honorable Joseph Pope.

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.—

In our last, in the Re rt of the r I i I . second ' ' enable Commissioners of mall Debt and Juzteizglsngl? 51?;833: is

ap int Gerks, we had inadvertentl

“ ‘ . _ made the H .

June?! saint-e his having become a merither of the gilectniiivf‘li: liad “In occ pct as a Con‘i‘missioner omeall Debts." What he’said‘ a Encufigsiqp was,— that since he had the honor of a seat i (ha M«minnowq‘uncil, he had, in deference to the practice of n it e . t at body, ceased to act as a Justice ofthe Peace, uric:

in cases of em ~ - f“. onbe Billfir‘sncy , he therefore had no direct intrest in the

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k consequence of_ the dismissal of Mr. Arbuckle fr

Df'ltflrilllz?’3:lt, s Meeting of Electors, being residents ofthe Til?m

day, When MfeergnCp‘pan‘ty, tlook‘ place at Pinette Cross-Roads thlig

Refidxiom were Idop‘edef; iavuig taken the Chair, the following as tied, That this meeting doom ‘ ‘

. it are t ' ' ' $0123qu 'embarrassment, to resort to every czzslildtgnilltx c"(I'm or worm, opoplrpzzmzhe roman tollegislation of a Reformer :2! bill?

' . once, utaaoa erson 1ft l , :i;;;°mdfo;:i:qpntof alpch requisi’te enaZtnLElli‘hscgvlill’ed‘iiliiblo "dead sought. p I o o tam that Justice they have so long an;

_ tied, That notwithsttindin ‘ ' meeting with, from the rent-roll inglldiliiceipvgzfldfenm ml sbzlid ate a or-

tive, confiding in the f i ' '

“$312; I???“ gezztillghl and in the independence of the Elec- v , pt this meettn dee ' QileaJtlied to receive our sufi‘ragges at Thfl'liils't‘ih 1:0“? Esquue’ duly p eonrselves ta endeavour to return hint age, an wo do ham!)

to the Legislature of this Colony. our Repm'enuli" V \

' By order ofthe meeting, ‘ ‘ Pinata, March 18th. 1840. JOHN FRASER» Chaim-n},

“In”...

. in llieiritiostjust claims—that he won

_ watch—six tiionths' solitary iinprisomnentpand nine moo

\ inst., at Georgetown, and laid a statement of the facts ' 4

Societ was held at th W ' I t the f H _ e ellington Hotel on the 10th ' ‘ Ii yearTJWlng members were chosen Office-’bearers for I V - Francis Lon worth E ' I i}, . goctor conrfiy, Vic's Pfiiigdieilld.m (“W”). r. Martin Doghorty, Assistant Vice do. " ‘

. . . ‘connvsiu‘rand use! At a'Meetiu of a arge number of the - Third District of usen's County, held at the r, a on Wednesday last, Charles Young, Esq, g . M ward, and ofl‘er himselfas a candidate at the erase?!“ Mr. Young's name being announced,three Ian I; dd fiirth‘b the assembled crowd, and Mr. Youngt .p a I the fol owing effect. It is not pretended to give. eir‘e. is ' g dress, its he spoke for nearly two liours,but mere y out“ ‘

Mr. Youn said, that he felt extremer gratified I w malfiiiei' in whichgifis name had been receivcdhtfind .. his conduct wtiuld be such as wouldever meet in Jr's-m oftlic'tr approbation. In olfering himself as cha ‘ .. audio as, he felt that there were‘ two thingsw ic nigh to=mifitate against him—the hrst, that lie was Is" ‘ fl all; and the next, that he was-lawyer. ‘ h. . m 1, although he was a stranger, yet, on that accoun , m _ ‘

freni’ w b less shackled by and perfectly free . it‘llirifgnb: “and to follow the- natural impulses qf hta I. espousing, that, cause, which his late beloved and amen

' - u . of the o 16;" and ll: litigrivgdpfiinti prgl'bjfizi‘lifiho membepi: (if which, in , Islandfwere generally supposed to be .hostile will? ‘03:“ . that as a lawyer lle conceived that he'might be use End to _e of the house, whom he felt proud to say had. 0‘2"] 937:: vi, imparting to them a knowledge'of the first princlp ea h i. the noble and glorious constilullon of Great Britain, w co. > should require it. It could not be denied that the i - i I“ - a legal advocate in the House of Assembly, who was ever. I ' protect their interests, and who always spoke and» voledlngnl tenantry; whereas the tennntry had none. And the v. ' _ . the house felt the want of one on their side who was pcqnai with legal principles, and who would assist them in legislath , 'the benefit of the tenantry. It was at the request of that m ' i that he was induced to ask them now for their support. that, if he were returned, he would do his utmost to have Fishery Reserves thrt‘i‘wn gpen for the qlse aq: bt'ii‘s’eyd‘i‘tlsatina -— l on in is owerto ave o; ~ that he won d d p ld exert himself» has . ‘ oppressed tenantry of this Island relievedfrom their heavy - I and carry out any principle of reform in the government , , Island that might be mpoted for the general good. These be his dearest objects toaccomplisli constitutionally“, and be «in God, that they would soon_ biz-effected, and .t tan-sod speedily be put to the agitation that necessarily exuts, . ~ . continue to exist in‘ this Colony, until the conditionrofthe “113' tenant is ameliorated—until he possesses that interest ip which he ought to assess, and must have—and. until he is from that weight 0? oppression which he has hitherto borne, 'now sustaining. He said, that in two years time, there would; general election, and if he were found not to have fplfi ” pledges, then made, the frecliolders would have it in their : reject himtshould he again appear before them as a ca - be trusted that he would do so. All that he askedtbeln, and if, on that trial, be disappointed their expectations and the important trust which they might place in his h would be in their power to say to him “ Avannt ye! i a have been it faithless and unjust steward." But, if he selfat all, he would not believe that such would the . their connexion: he felt his principles too firmly fixed to, 7 m himselftoo fervently espoused in. their cause to betray t. ' ’ thalifthey did him the honour to return him as their tative, he most firmly believed and sincerely hoped that would have cause to regret it. 0 During his address, Mr. Young was frequently into n I. loud and continued cheering, and, at its conclusion, all - ward and unanimously promised him their support.