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: d to the amendment made by this Couneil to the “ Bill for tine Noteraliention of Aliens.” And also that the House of Assembly had passed a Bill relating to limited Partnerships.

The House then resolved itself into a committee of the whole ona “Bill to estatlish the standard weight of Grain and Pulse, aud fer the eppointment of officers for measuring and weighing the same.” Hon. Mr. Ramsay inthe chair, On the first —— aoe read— e

) r ‘ on. the PRESIDENT—It appears that the Act to regulate the Mon. Col. GRAY —Not of this McNab, but the other| | Hon. the PME nt Pulde thas allowed toexpire i the year MeNub. (Ladghter.) Under the pFoposed measure HO DOM!) [xo and durthy the year LSel theré wat no Act for that purpose. hi nee of thas description ean hold an office. When the late | now appears necessary that there shodtld be aa Act on our Statute

’ : d be f Book to fégalate the standard weight of Grain, Your Honors. are Govertiment were in poser, some four or five members of | aware thata Petition was presented to this House praying to have the

that were in that hody, when the present Government eame into power? who but the hon. member opposite; the leade: of the Opposition ?

Hon. Mr. COLE3—The same may be said of the leader of the Government with respect to the last nomination.

Ordered, That the Petition do lie on the table.

The House then resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the Bill telating to limited Partnerships. Hun, Dr. Johnser ifthe chiaif. :

Hom. the PRESIDENT=It appears that the principle object of this Bill is to prevént fraud by what is called sleeping partners. 1 mean persons whd ostensibly have the appearance of doing alarge business, and when their creditors seize upon them tlievy find that they have pones partners. By this Act such a partner cannot be known ; because, if, on reference to the place where the certificate is filed, his name is not found,

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to fulfil such important fonetivna, and their thanks for his services, are all that snch an officer looks for. I have no objection to the It was offered to me and I o jected, because I do not approve of the proposed site of the Building. he Petition was received, and referred to the special Committee on miscellaneous subjects. House adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock.

tual darkness which enshrot@s Wim. vence in bis countenance. is more that of an animal than of a man. them to

belong to a generation, for whose intellectual eu ture little or nothing was done.

out being at once painfully eteuck with the intellee- t There is in general neither speculation . Lis ores nor intel li- e whole expression ; Pie ig (heMtence: “We could, in thie

wanting, too, in the erect and independeyt bearing of a man... These are the traits which I can affirm ss usa class,after having come in con- tact with many hundreds of farm-laboarers. ro:

As a class they have no amisements beyond the indulgence of sense. Iu nine cases ont of ten recreation is aseociated in

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Ita rs that “An idteie® the golden opportuuity of being ne : that is to jndge from the wished, place onr fingers spell out the name of the “ \j man who has made himself ao not conterring too much

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pine. : ten 1 ; the tide has ebbed for me! In struggle this House held office, besides two or three from the Legis-| enters ae ts oats ene to pores but Le a What ly Gant @snle-ta-ad « partner. Your Honors are aware} DREADFUL IGNORANCE IN ENGLAND. ai Eadeen Leow coke oa al, a | cone ae it ae

° *) . our onors Ww oe img te rr > pre ‘ro > Oners ; ; i i , ! : . | 3 : dip ease bald oes nn gpg open a vou Hh n rs | be w iting » Gran a comer st 8 2 — the | that a sleeping partner is only liable jor the amount which No. 10. moral enigma, an fatetinstanl cottons, Let nue poo AS mind the vast and Pe. = — Sade ikunieines 1 thick it will re | standard weight of oats would not only be injurious to the shippers of | he mvests. To tue Epiror or tHe Examiner. be said that this picture is too strongly drawn. Tue | quen ikely to result to an h

Grata, bat | consiter that it would be injurious to the farmers as well, This Eshated is called the “Ciranary of North America,” and by shipping wdod grain we cat obtain a highér price if the market. tt oe to me, however, that there is a slixht defect in the clause which has just | been read. It does not specify of what kind of weight the standard ot i the several kinds of grain is fo consist, except that of whest, which i to be avoirdupois. I therefore move that the clause be amended by striking out the word “ Avoirdupois,” folio 2, 2nd line, and after the word * pounds,’ folio 2, 7th line, inserting the words—* All these weiyhts shail be Avoirdupois

Motion jassed in the aflirmative.

Tie remaining clauses were agreed to withont any discussion, and the House was then resmmed. Chairman reported the Bill agreed to with certain amendments. .

lion. Mr. Haszard presented a a 7 a cominittee en

. »mnelk » ._'a meeting of the inhabitants of Orwell and vicimity, praying that the Dat I SUppose i may offer - few pe eee — oe —— an | rare dn of oats may be reduced to 34 pounds ities un Assayer ject. Le states that his principal objection to the Bill in for- lot Weights and Measures may be appointed for the above named mer years was, that the qualification of electors was the SAME | piace | and also praying for a sum of money to purchase a set of Seales as ‘hat of those electing members for thie House ; bat, Sir, | and weights. . ' I observe by his aarerte on the measure last year, that his; (Ordered, That the above named Feetion do lie on the table. main objection V6 it was that the property qualification for Adjourned till to-morrow at 11 o'clock, . . - candidates was not high enough. VW hen the Bill was sent i Hon. Mr. Palmer presented a Petition of William C. Burke, South the upper Houfe, this was also the principal eomplaint in port, praying for remuneration for running a steainbout from Charlotte- pose i : instead | town to Mount Stewart Bridge.

vast a y ont Gey pre - eee ap eanpe east Also, a Petition of William ©. Bourke and Pope Welsh, contractors of £500; sof presume that the opinion of the hon. member | of Charlottetown Ferry, praying for remuneration for running an extra agreed #ith that of the other McNad, in the other end of the | steamboat on said Ferry. His ifonor, Mr. Palmer, on rising to present Duilding. 1 again express my cony.ction that the liberal views | this Petition said—I do not kuow what fate this Petition will nicet of the Dake of Neweastle on this matter, are owing to his| with in the other Branch of the Leyislatare ; but I hope it will meet visit with the Prince of Wales to these Colonies. [expect he) —_, a a reception, — I on Soe ne a ee i. ~

. ‘ vrant Wiieh they may initinte to encourage the enterprise. ‘Ine the had seeu the memorial forwarded to the ¢ olonial office Oem! ass-tero' Years the deambont ‘on the fiver: bes eh a a very great plaining that the members of the Legislative Council were advant we toa large number of people, particularly at certain seasons

move the principal objections to offices being held by mem-| bers of the Legisiature. [ may stare that if the contemplated | B |1, embodying the suggestions of the Dake of Neweastle, be disallowed, it ts doubtful whether any measure of the kind, whieh this House may bring forward, will receive the Roya! assent. It behoves this Committee, then, to consider well what they are about in proceeding to decide upon the provisions of a Bil) that is to regulate a body which will | have 4he power to thwart the measures of this House.

Yon. Mr. COLES—I entertained the hope that the hon. | mewber, who has just spoken, would have made some motion ;

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persons possessing no property, and when here kept it in re-|

| vf the year when our roads are almost imprssible. Lam wlad that there

Hon. Mr. SIMPSON—Am I to understand that the active partners are liable for the whole, and the sleeping partners only for the amount which they invest ? : :

lion. Mr. PRESIDENT—Yes, that is the meaning of it.

The committee having gone through the Bill, the House was resumed, and the Chairman reported ‘* the Bil agreed to, without any amendment.’’ :

Hon. Mr. LLUTCHINSON presented a Petition of the City Council of Charlottetown, signed by the Mayor, praying the legislature to guarantee the payment of City Debentures to the amount of £50005 with interest, for the purpose of build- ing a new market house.

flon. Mr. HUTCHINSON, with reference to the above named petition said—Previous to making a motion to dispose of the petition, your Honors, | beg leave to say a few words respecting it. Your Honors will perceive that if that amount of money i# loaned te the City Corporation, the interest, at the rate of 6 per vent, will amount to £300 per annum. Now, it will be some time, supposing the means is obtained, before the market house will be built and in operation, so that any return can be received from it. ‘he interest, in the meantime, would amount to such an enormous sum that the citizens would be harassed to pay it, along with the amount of taxes which they have to pay at present. I think the taxes would heeome so intolerable that many would Jeave the city. But I think there could be a remedy found. 1 know something about the working of the City Corporation. ‘There is fur too yreat a proportion of the revenue consumed in paying salaries. Che following is the amount of salaries at present paid :—

Dear Str,—Having in my last two letters shewn the immense efforts which have been made for the education of the people by those Catholic countries which are generally represented to be the most ig- norant and degraded in the world, I may be permit- ted to give a short account of the state of education As England is the

in some Protestant countries.

richest, most powerful, and most energetic Pyotes- tant country in the world, I presume that it will not be considered unfair to take the’ state of education amongst the English as an index of the efforts made by Protestantism for the intellectual training of the masses. There are no people who speak so contemp- tuously of the ignorance of Catholic countries as the majority of Brilish Protestants, and there are none who boast so exultingly of their own superiority in This being the ease one would naturally suppose that the people of England are more intelli-

all things.

gent, more refined, and better educated than any

other people in the world.

hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out

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We shall see from the most reliable testimony of British Protestants whe- ther or not the following text can with justice be applied to this most Protestant country——“ Thou

SUBJECT 18 OSE WHICH DOES NOT ADMIT OF EXAG Geration. Did purpo which this class of British subjects is steeped which does not exhibit a living illustration of it

and the examples start up around you in handreds [ have found it so in al versed —from Salisbury to the Land’s-end — frou Portland-bill to Oxtord—in the vale of the Torridge

and the Plym. difficult to point out the worst.

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from Scotch blood!

classes? It is miserable.

and everlasting burning ; of our Lerd Jesus Chie?

women, or by men of the lowest attainments....

— permit, ef could any good se be served by it, I could adduce instances almost innumerable, of the profoand ignorance in

There is scarcely a field in the agricaltural districts Search any county throughout the south and west,

those which I have tra-

in the vale of Aylesbury—by the Thames, the Severn, the Frome, the Stour, the Exe, the Came! Where all is bad, it is sometimes (p. 579 & seq.)

Thisis truly a frightful picture of Protestant, Bibie- distributing England, and is almost sufficient to make any English gentleman attempt to trace bis descent

“ But,” continues Mr. Kay, ‘ what is the intelli- gence of the partially instructed half of our poore: Tuéy can, perhaps, read and write..-.The greater partof even this partially instructed moiety of the poor Lave few ideas, beyond the most vulgar and erude notions of Cod and the devil, of heaven and hell, of everlasting hapmness

the sacrafice of an enraged Deity....What is the character of the education which the majority of these poor children who go toschool receive ? Most of them are instructed either by poor ignorant

A great part of the very best built and endowed

-\ from having his name honored wij columns of the Monitor—and I shall ace n the iast syllable of recorded time,” Fate which dooms me to be una presiding genius of the Monitor, ligence conveyed in the above ext ter’s ability to set fype, T have that if he were to employ bis time at other honest business, he would be ‘| by the community generally than ‘} while his labor is confined to the reperting of all the political scandal that may be leak. For the formance of this duty, the publie are y, op principles of retrenchment tes of £100. There ia another - article under consideration, whieh It is stated that “ An Irishman’s” from an “empty head,” and was “bad heart.” In reference to the this accusation, I way state that it sligit annoyance \ me to be called « ” by a mere literary sea people will be inclined te laugh a who makes ab arsertion of that kind vancing some proof to sebstantiate ‘| particnlarly so wher they recollect that the. is preferred against me hy one who extent of bis own richly-stored and highty ted mind in appreciating and the public a species of poetry which gods nor common-sense men tolerate,”

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. so : oe aL “a iat ee : seh hav ts inside of th ; no se te i i ‘ memberunce, and was looking round a little. He probably fare — _cnterprising men in this conmmunity ‘ one aes e a Miah? 22a nes Be oe eR ig: @ His Royal Highness the late Prince Consort, carey) Tediveak evenly ee alte may a ae a fe, baw some, that bad property, and one who was said to have) i ites of pablic = ar a thidk that which Neue te keep ap MaMMOME. 5 cs ca cenent os stoeecnaensee Se whose sudden and much lamented death lately cast | each se!:ool ; no maps; very few bools; and no ap fop ;—and the iMerary position whieh ' te . ' t ¢ expenditure, i : ’ , a mone ; aud perhaps he thought as he stood before thisintelligent goin it i emean different places is the most beneficial te CHS RR Ie bi cc sis peetetenee @ © a gloom over the whole nation, was well aware of | paratus for instruction. The peer share, = Kd an to caked Bl oh gentleman dressed up in bis red coat and other regimentals, the people of this Colony; and it is the duty of the Legislature t City Mas oe kee ee ee the appalling ignorance which prevails in England, ne ne Oe ae ee ae — aie qaeeieneaell ee cern iow o that he would make a more efficient Councilior than those pos- | paren: Ye every cae tadinde. pate = eit en ao Six Constables, at £60 each...,...,.360 0 6 and in the address which he made on the 23d June, teks nearly the whole day (!)....1 am quite con- | ishment for bis crimes, up to his chin i 5 Pt. Bessing property. 1 will read an extract from & pamphiet et Satins expence of chadieeiinadl produce to market. ‘T'o thou City Treasurer ........ cece eee eee 25 0 0 1857. as President of the “ Educational Conference” | vinced that our dame schools, and those schools |a stream of dirty water continually which, as it was written by a person holding a ‘high office in | who reside near a shipping port, the expense isnot so great; but when WHMREE sox cedic hone ssereeeesae @ 'D he gives a gloomy picture of the juyenile education which <a 7 the ca ge head. The “translated As eters! crashes ss esiere 3 | our farmers have to convey their produce any considerable distance U Assayer of Weights and Measures.,.,14 0 0 of England. His Royal Highness said :— ~ ria the children Pony aration Meg a anise t oe ry eee oy ich = arket, it very materially reduces the profits of their farms. Nes ‘ ‘ i 2 AC , ‘ me 3 consummate im w I « 7 ay . rno This and ‘the Petition prey ae rE eaiea: were referred to the Clerk of Meal Market. ....-++1.++- ‘e oe “ We are told that the total population in England | stand the greater part of the day, are very much |), has had oe ae will have = : : ** With an independent Governor, let the Colony have an Special Committee on Miscellaneous subjects. Clerk of Meat Market ......+.-+++-.20 0 0 and Wales, of children between the ayes of three | Worse than no schools at all....Talk of education undead in adopti ; : Master, independent Legisiative Council—the members of which shail | ss The Billio continue the severul Acts therein mentioned, and the CHIE oveceec cet ite oyae eS and fifteen ne eae at ———- only 2,046,- we ps pees much wd ma" 00r aa we mateo er pabim 7 a ee poss: ss ach a hold or leasehold estate in the Island, of the! pi »stublish the s ard weightof Grain and Pulse were read the ielhiniccsaihin 843 attend school at all, while 2,361,853 receive no lave scarcely begun anything like education in | ; Trishman, BR ° e freehold F de : ” oc. of cen ye a a “ i a Tr pee, ot dyes wore ; : , : 870 1 instruction whatever. At the sume time ananalysis| England.” (pp. 584 &c.) Cooper must also strangel forget his value of £500 sterling — and be appointed by the Governor, | ‘iird time and passed. ; 2 Total for salaries, £870 10 O ‘an ices i ate Se leet of 2 ok homie i: ice , of without Itine his Exetutive C il. Such a Governor | Hon. Mr. Palmer moved that the House do now go into a committee ti di ; a 3 of the scholars with reference to the leugth of time| Mfr. Kay says :—* In England it is well known | W4e0 be bece vnc ‘medium giving ithout consulting his Exetutive Council. Suc Hove _} on the Bill to incorporate the Ministerand Trustees of the Presbyterian Printing and Stationery...........£73 6 3 allowed for school tuition shows that 42 per centot | that not one half of the country is properly supplied to insinuations as to the want of , und such a Council, would soon do away with the feeling Of Oy aich of Krooktield, Township 23. Police Clothin ; reaaeaeee.. © ©& them have been at school less than one year, 22 per! with good schools, and that many of those which do | of heart in others. He should insecurity which pervades tlie minds of all who possess pro-| }lon. the PX ESILENT—I think it wonld be better to pass a general tine Brtivane scree > oe aa 7 9 cent during one year, 15 per cent daring two years, | exist are under the direction of very ineflicient and | thing of that sort suits his pages just about asc, — it the Island, and prevent mer of independent means | Act to incorporate all the congregneas - the , it Sern f ‘ AEE RET HO RRTO TR TP Oe oes oon A egy naave sometimes of actually immorat TEACHERS.” (vol.2, ropriately as words of virtuous indi j . , > | the menns, not only of saving a great dex] of trouble and expense, but Se te years, sper cer ing five years. rerefore ‘ : : ‘ a a “ indignation rom leaving our shores. to seek s home where property 7 of « stablishing Tileorn ereled. Gh * iiform tules “in the different Total, £1362 4 0 out of the two millions of scholars alluded to, more | P- 39.) What a contrast there is between the “im v¢ the lips of a courtesan,

protected, and its possession does not mark the owner as an object Uf insult and plunder. During the past five years there

congregations. have looked through the Act which is now before us, jand compared it with an Act passed in the year 1860, for a similar

| Now. along with this, how could we pay £300 for interest

hate been driven from this Island, by disgust at its Govera-| purpose, und I find that there is considerable dilference on several | On City debentures ?

thent, severa] gentlemen with families who spent nearly £10,- 000 a year in the Colony. Her Majesty's Government may

remedy those two evils without any danger of severing the |

union between this Island and the mother country — a com- pany of fifty regular troops, supported, as they would be, y

large numbers of the popalation, would suffice, at all times. | this necessarily involves the expenditure of a yreut deal of time and , ,. *;

to maintain the supremacy of the law, and preserve order— and should the Assembly refuse to proceed with the general

business of the country, and co-operate with the Legislative |

Cvuncil and the Lieutenant Governor, in their joint endeavors

| points, therefore I think it is quite possible that differences. may arise ‘eaten different congrevations of the same denomination. If there | Were one general Act passed 1 ihiak it would be snificient. At least /a very short Act to enable each congregation to work separately, is all ; that would be required. I believe that during the last 4 years at least }20 Acts have been passed to incorporate different congregations, and

money.

| Hon. Mr. PALMER —It escaped my observation that there was ; an ther Act on our Statute Book to incorporate the sume body ot christians. If there is one Ll think it might be amended so as to meet the requirements of the parties who petitioned for this Act. On my

| Hon. the PKESIDENT.—What is the amount at present assessed for ?

Hon. Mr. IUTCHINSON—The Corporation has the power by Sta- tute to assess for £1900; and by a bye Law, which requires to be sane- tioned annually by the Governor in Council, they can assess for £250 more for gas. Now I think some of these ollices can be done away with altogether; and the salaries attached to some of the others so re- duced, that we would save enough to pay the interest of the amount required to build the inarket house. It is the general opinion that the mayor should serve gratis; but say we will allow him £00. 1 would reduce the expenses of the Corporation iu this way—

than one million and a balf remain only two years

at school. of such an education can be.

these are startling facts.”

Mr. Kay, the Protestant Travelling Bachelor of the University of Cambridge, in the work from which I quoted in my last letter, gives a fearfu! picture of the almost incredible and brutal ignorance

I leave it to you to judge what the resulis I tind, further, that of these two millions of children attending school only about 600,000 are above the age of uine. Gentlemen,

of millions of the English. This learned, Pretestant

gentleman says :— “If the object of government is to create an enor

inostracted women, or poor uneducated artizans ; or rade and unlettered pedagogues; or even immo-

moral teachers’ of the dame schools of “ enlighten- ed England” and the female schools of the benight- ed Popish cantons of Switzerland. Our Protestant author writes at page 111: “In the Romanist cantons of Switzerland, the Sisters of Charity conduct the education of the girls; and their schools are the best and most pleasing female schools I save ever seen.”

Mr. Kay, after shewing that no person is allowed to be a teacher in Germany unless he is a man of learning and probity, asks :—“ Can we say the same in England?) How many of our teachers are only

In another communication I have occasion to notice the sneers and insults Trishmen iy. dulged in by others than Mr. the meantime, if scribbler or “ Seribo” lean, to express himself iutelligibly, he shall peegive the attention he deserves from .

AN IRISHMAN, RESPECTABLE OR NOT RESPECT. THAT IS THE QUESTION,

Mr. WHELAN ;—Sin—Considerable excitement has been recently created by the design of a phe. tion of the City Council to have gas on the streets

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oe ee 4 > ’ ° j onest | Tarn from Georgetown a few days azo, a Petition was handed to m« Mee Bis wimcdihinen a £50 00 mously wealthy clase, and to raise to the highest ral and low-minded men? (p. 266.) There ean be | at the expense of the City, and petitions for and :

oe bog yes sera eda ae tae a praying for this Act, aul i Ser " 3 pergevg! | duty een IP the Recorder ..-. +. ---+00eereeee reer errr eee 79 0 0 point the civilization of about one-fifth of the nation, | Bo doubt that many of our badly conducted schools | against it have been sent to the Council, whilethe * prineip Bujesty 8 fy: ent . prayer of the Petitioners. 1 do not sce that it is necessary to have u City Marshal..............---.--+-+--- 6> 0 0 while it leaves nearly three fifths of the nation sunk | are thus doing more to retard the progress of religion | matter has been deferred for decision fill ext one of the neighbouring Provinces of Nova Scotia or New separate Act of incorporat ion for each congregation ; but at the same Pofice CN inci k ods. cocked ae ee @ in the lowest depths of ignorance, helplessness and | end morality, than any gin-palace in the land.... week. In conversation with a Councillor on the Brunswick.’ | me there is nothing objectiongble, iu principle, to such a course. The City Sarveyor............ gl th aa 6 0 0 degradation, ther the system hitherto pursued in It would be far, far better for many a parish in cubject, he informe me that @ ra tend i “ . | Several congregations may parately, and they may wish to vary Collector » bined mg nett teers e ee ceeeeee 30 0 0 Great Britain is perfect....We have poor classes, England to have no school at ail than to keep up onth in "fi a an

am giad that the hon. leader of the Government In this | their rales as circumstances may require. In mostcases where private Printing and Stutionary................ 100 0 0 FORMING THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF THIs| those they have at present.” (p- 277.) a hi me bg my portion Of the House i@ coming round; be says that the Elective Legislative Aate bre passe i, Ce gestion pom res have te ry the on jens, - ee. eo eer te ges Stee 330 0 0 couNTRY (the italics are his) more ignorant, more| ‘Towards thie close of his second iil in aka — ; — ” a e band _— great inany Couneri will open the door to carry out the departmental sys-| ' ae erat * ae apted here a ‘ ie, H bry be Presi le u ; menial pauperised, and more morally degraded than the] gq Reatich: Pretustnnt Traveliian Rasheles wal iad petitioned against the gas, whe were nat rae tem of government. I suppose, then, if the door be opened, | 9 oe chink eee eres ai che helena’ tt aoe a Total .......-2-2++----+-+-- £e30 0 0 nee classes of most of the ‘countries of Western e . ravelling Bachelor writes: | payers, (or, in other words, were the rabble) whow

we shall soon have the whole affair. Le states that under the late Guveromest there were seven or eight members of the

corporated, and so there will not be many more Acts required. If the) plin suggested by His Honor had been adopted 15 or 20 years ago, |

Thus effecting a saving of £680, the City taxes.

I think the Wartinger should collect He is not employed as Warlinger, in the winter sea-

jurope. And here itis that Englishmen:

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i “xzht weil | afford sometimes to forget their pride in their own

“T will give a short summary of the present state of primary education in England and Wales, as col-

request would net be noticed ! Pat why is this?’ Why are they mot rat» yor

. * - < 4 : ee, } » 2et ca, ‘ _ 2 ataate’, > 2 2 : ] oe ee we ee eee es - at son. Ithink [have now suid enous to show that sutlicient might be | Coautry, and to learn a lesson from other lands. lected frou the re ports of Her Majesty 8 Inspectors, /ers? For this simple reason—the law Legislature holding office; but what difference does it make bel daved “ob thie oe sehes ‘eaanaen eee eee it | suved to pay the inierest on the amount required to build this ane (The Social condition and Education of the People,| of the Commissioners of Inquiry in Wales, of the | was for on “extra assessment,” us it was t his > , o s, ore “re 2 Act it} -

as long as the members of the Government can appoint their own relatives and friends to office. The hon. member might have spared his allusion to the appointments to the Legisla | tive Council, made by the late Government; their conduct) was, at least, no worse than that of the present party, who, had appointed five to be their subservient tools. I think this question should have been a Government measure, and that) a Bili ought to have been brought down framed in ace wrd-| anee with the despatch of the Duke of Neweastle. I suppose there will be very littie opposition to any part of the Bill, exeept it be in regard to the amount oi qualification for electors.

lion, Mr. HAVILAND—The hon. leader of the Opposition. of cour#; mast oppose everything which proceeds from this side of the Huse. He obj -cts because a Bill was not brought | down by tue Govermme.t; bat. Sur, I think it would have been | very dictaturial on our part to have pursued such a course, when the Duke of Neweastle says that his despatets was tu be laid before the Legislature. As the hon. member desires | bomething to epesk about, I will read a resolution : — |

** Resolved, That any male person of the age of twenty-one

a or upwards, who shall own a freenoid or leasehold qua-| Conoty, for selling spirituous liquor without license, whereas he was | means. ‘

fication of the vaiae of one hundred pounds currency, and_ wer have been in possession of the same for a period of at} east twelve months previous tu the teste of the writ of Klee-| tion, shall be entitled tv vote for a member to serve in the Le-| gislative Counsil iu this Island.”

1 think we cannot well make the qualification lower than this ; | to fix it at a less amount might endanger the measure, by | again preventing it frem receiving the Royal assent. I was

certainly a:mased at the probable reason assigned by the hon. | leader of the Opposition why the Duke of Neweastle came to) the concluswn that members of tne Legislative Council do not | require * property qualification, viz, because a eertain indivi-| dual, when His Grace was here, wore a red coat and cocked | hat. Lam a little astonished to hear that the luke could be! convinced on this point by such things. Had the hon. member | said that His Grece had formed this vpinion on account of the

| would have to be a pretty long one, and therefore, I do not see that

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os , : | the diifereace on the score of economy would be very material. i fion, the PRESIDENT—I do not intend to oppose the passing of

cougregation. But if the Acts of the colony are to be reprinted, 1)

house. 1 move tiat the petition be referred to the Special committee on niiscellaneous subjects.

the City Corporation, I may say that L have never been a frienu of ii,

© Of the children of the poor, whoare yearly born Hoa. the PRESIDENT—I have listened wich a good deal of interest | in England, vast nnmbers never receive any ednea- this Act. I think we should pass it as it has been asked for by the | to the statements made by his honor, Mr. Hatchiusou; and in regard to | Hon at all, while many others never enter anything

better than a Came ora Sunday-school. Inthe towns

think a general Act of incorporation might ‘be passed which would | because I do not think there is any necessity for all this cumberous ma they are left in crowds until about eight or nine ¥ ” . - 7 a sy : ee . ot) tenes of sire : 2c “selves i he dir the serve all the purposes required, and save a greut deal of time and | chinery to manage the affiirs of this little Town. Just look at their! Years of age, to amuse themselves in the dirt of the

tronble, and whieh would also secure uniformity of action.

present position :

‘They are in debit to the amount of nearly £159), | streets.

In these public tsoroughfares, during the

The Honse then resslved itself into a committee of the whole on the| Chat is enongh to show that their atfairs are not ia avery healthy state. | part of their lives which is most susceptible of in- Ard now they come forward aud ask the Legislature to vuurantee the | pressions, and m st retentive of them, they Require

aforesaid Bill. Hon. Mr. Palmer in the chair.

On motion of His Honor the President, the 7th clause was amended, | by striking out the words—‘ as well, ’—(Folio 8—line Y,) and inserting | the words * the whole; and by striking out the word—* us,"’-—same

The committee having gone throngh the Bili the House was resumed, and the chairman reported ** The Biil agreed to with certain amend- | ments,” *

The following Petitions were presented to the House, and the saime | Were received and read :-— |

Presented by Hon. Mr. Gardiner—A Petition of certain inhabitants | of Middleton und vicinity, Lot 27, praying for the establishment of a | Post Oifice.

By Hon. Mr. Ramsay—A Petition of divers inhabitants of Lots 3, 4, 7 and 8, praying for the establishment of a Commissioners Court.

By Hon. Mr. Walker—A Petition of John Preston, Tiguish, Lot 1, stating that he had been fined twice by the Grand Jury of Prince |

guilty of but one offence, and praying redress. The three proceeding | Petitions were referred to the Special Committee on Miscellaneous | subjects. By Hon. Dr. Johnson—A Petition of Mary Ann Shea, Charlottetown, | widow, in indigent cirenmstances, praying for relief. | Also, a Petition of Mary Connely, Charlottetown, cripple, praying |

| for relief. |

By Hon. Mr. for relief. By Hon. Mr. Hutchinson—A Petition of Mary Martin, widow, in indigent circumstances, praying for relief. | By Hon. Mr. Palmer—A Petition of Mary Donnelly, praying for | relict. ; | The five last named Petitions were referredto the Special Committee | —— to report on pauper letitions. : : fon. Mr. PALMER on rising to present the list named Petition said | —I trast that the day is not far distant when some other method will | be adepted of vo.ing paltry sums for the relief of persons in indigent circumstances; for I look upon itas by no means compatible w ith the dignity of the Legislature, especially of the Upper Branch, to sit here

| to veeceive for it.

payment of £500) more. That, L woukl ask, has the City Corporation

dirty, immoral, and disorderly habits ; vy, ai, and disoracriy babits: doue since its commencenfent? It lias incveased oar taxes six fold; | 2¢customcd to wear filthy and ragged clothes ; they |

they becoun

r

and when a man pays bis gmoney he is likely to ask what benctit he is | learn to pilfer and to steal; they associate with boy:

Our streets are in a worse condition than when the luanavemnent of them was inthe hands of the general Government. Nor

to have an Act pussed to repeal the Corporation Act, aud let the gene ral Government assume their debts. The Corporation will never be out of debt.

When they have power to assess for £1000, and are pay- | ed they are not tanght the truths of relig

| who have been in prison, and who have there beer. | hardened in crime by evilassociates ; thepdearn bow

can L see that those six Policemeu are amy great Lenelit to the Town. | 6 Curse one another, how to fight. how to gamble | ok at the whole of their cumberous maehinery! EF would be williug | aud how to fill up idle hours by vicious partimes: | ;

2 ». | they aequire no knowledge except the knowledye ot | of geography, history, science, music, or drawing. | OUT Citizens that we are soft enough te two

Vice ; they never come in contact with their betters; | Their instruction in the village schools has hitherto | Officers £175 per annum? One would think we

National Society, of the Statistical Society, and of the City Mission, from Mr. Redgrave’s reports, from very able articles in the North British Review, and from numerous personal inquiries in various parts of England and Wales.

“1. It has been calculated that there are at the present day,in England and Wales, nearly 8,000,000 (EIGHT MiLLioNns!) persons who cannot read and write.

* Of all the children in England and Wales, be- tween the ages of five and fourteen, MORE THAN THE HALF ANE NOT ATTENDING ANY SCHOOL.

“3. Evenof the class of the farmers,there are grea’ j numbers who cannot read and write. | 6 4. Even of those children of the poor, who have received seme instruction, very few know any thing

ing salaries to the ” P ne : ), what benefit ean the Pab-| W8y by which to improve their condition in life. | practice in reading, writing, and ‘Scripture histery. v salaries to the amonut of nearly , What benefit can the Pu » Aasg, ‘ Me. | s | y

lic expect

silver buttons.

is between S0u and salaries. The revenue, it is trug, is more than that. ing over te City aceounts, and I see that the amount received last vear for licenses was £469, Fines £265, Whartage - City is in debi to the amount of pearly L150. Aud now, just one re- mark in regard to the market house paying. i

expect from it is from 1 te 2) per cent. for the Corporation to pay the interest from thai source.

Hon. Mr. SIMPSON—It is quite preposterous to have such a large | amount of the City revenne consumed ym paying salaries; bat Ido not see how they are to be reduced xcept by togal enactinent as they are fixed by statate. :

Hon. Mr. HUTCHINSON—No,.—only one.

Hon, Mr. PALMER—The prayer of the petition, I understand, is asking the Government to guaragteea loan ef £0000—to be responsible | for the principal and interest. This petition, it appears, has given rise |

to some discussion on the working of the Corporation in general. Now, | tare of the degradation of English children with the

tleman’s talents, we might believe that there was some | and vote such paltry grants for the relief of Paupers. 1 have often | Sir, L confess that though originally a supporter of tie Corporation