i ' ; - aaa: + way that he could be paid. ‘This could or my i ile sbable that the quit rents would ever be demanded. He| there was no other way that he could be paid.

know, for I beard of ft while whew my he slaraina about them. My plan was to make} pot be avoided. The Commissioners had full power to act a

no compromise with the proprietors, but luy out their claims. I] they deemed advisable; and I understand that he was hich

dare say, however, that we shall be told before this diseussion 18) here to obtain information on some points, respecting whie

over, that the Award will do wonders—that the arbitration clause they appear not to have had satisfactory evidence. When

ed in England ter that sum | there myserf, Notwithstanding this, the late Govyerament| paid a muek larger sum for it—nearly £25,000— and appear- ed {> Jump at the oller

Hi rn Me. COLES Phe purchase of the Worcell Estate) will bring the watter all right. It has oe oe ‘i — re the Award is made public, it will be peer what a Is . . il erate ger x ‘i . 4 wre 18 i . : . se « 1 to 80 More suspicion than that of the Selkirk Estate; this elanse that it will operate against the landlords; and i |l that gentlemon has furnished, and how far the Comm isst

| . any didjeulty Hikely to arise about the appointment of the third arbi- have acted up to it. 1 know nothing about his evidence, save h M0.

mer oud hes friends may have pocketed £1000) poctor, the Legiskuture may pass a law to obviate anything of teal hat has appeared in the public prints. [t has been stated t trane ‘ » | } ‘re a ore: f i ow, Sir, if arbitration is resorted to, it mast be conducted | WO opr. . : ones . } OF Oe ee ee bg Fights » oo “gr ae a | and [ ae saipeiegll that any member of the| that he occupied rooms in this building, and that acer oes - tin on i Wael af Sa) forenee| in Hie Usas ayy ane i ay any | we ; © ia ae ‘ ot ret correspuadence with the Kar! of Selkirk in reference : antiadnen should advocate that that body could jnterfere by im-| been with the knowledge of the Government, l —_— eny to bis estate, 4 think the supporters of the Government need osu any restrietions in regard to the third party. Had the ques-| that the Government had any knowledge of the gent ‘con searcely bring forward this charge against Me, as It 18 quite) tign been left as it was, I believe land could be purchased ata lower | his mission. From the synopsis of the Award ee +4 ‘d evident that the voudours of the Worrell Estate would only rate than if will be obtained snder the Award. Sir, Lam in faveur! Tiowe, it is not correct to say that the Commission has fixe have been & i it irculate such a report had it | of purchasing the land, and not going to escheat or anything of she | value upon the land. If we obtain the arbitration clause, ave been too well pieased to circulate such a report, had it )) 1 maou gh, but T am not in ' ition than they ever : . 12) kind. (Laughter) Hon. members may laugh, bu am not snantry will be in a far better position than they e¢ been true L never ¢ wught that the hon. member would be * the tenantry i }

wegen sige > megelinsen yg odP tyne, Me ts grog: throug!) were before. ‘They will have the means within their own

# party to spread so base und false a statement ; | Ut perhaps) the operation af the award, land ‘we be obtained at aS eee power to say, to some extent, what value is to be attached to for party purposes, he may forget that honor aud integrity aes es eee el ee ee think ‘their farms) What position are the tenantry in at present ? for whieh he generally reeecives oredit. aa th cok hen sale aa with the fjahery reserves. 1| Lt is not in any one’s power to vere his leasehold into free-

Mr. DAVLKS—L did not make a charge; I only said r considered that the Commission was to interfere in regard to| hold, except at the pleasure of the landlord. Some of the there was room for strony Suspicion. And as to the vendors temiin my opinion it would be rather a dangerous matter for the | proprietors will net sell at all, as the Messrs. Montgomery

Ishall and Mr. Sullivan, who will not dispose of their land even at But if the Award come into operation, ‘they cannot refuse to sell; all they can do is to state their again, All I regret is that the measure which we proposed last | price, and if that be deemed too high, the tenant may demand

session Was not earried out. It was in accordance with the recom- am arbitration. .1-de svt intend te diseuse the Award iteclf, menudation of the Commissioners, who seemed to be sorry that they | oe ; Sede nom gintein, wo elt be Land) had oa the power to prevent the collection of arrears of rent, aud because Lam unable to say what y

; . i a alse in accordance with the despatch of the Duke of Neweastle | time enough when it 18 Juid get - » st. wath Had this measure been passed, instead of the famous address to His | deration of its merits ; I shall, — e pat oe Mr. Chairmga, this famous jsycoliency moved by the hon. member for Tryon, to which 1 believe | of the hon. member’s in regard to the fishery ee ; Award is 8 long time in coming to light We were told, he received a favorable answer, thee people would have ee says that the decision of the a eae es when the resolutions for a Commission were introduced, that | reat deal of harassing and vexation. 1 was applied to by several) will not compare with the Act passed by th sad

o head ‘: ' in 8 tenants, who were being proceeded against, and I advised them to| Under that Act a person, if he said he wished to establish a the Land Question wou'd be settled in 8 months, and that voit ou His Excellency. T understand, whatever he inay haye said fishery, could turn an occupant of the reserves ont of his house the country, through the Commission, would receive greater te the Chairman of the Committee who waited op him with the aan garden This is the position the tenant would have oe- benefits than were ever obtained under the Land Purchase address, he informed the puirties who applied to him, that he! eupied under that law: but by the Award he is confirmed in Act. Now, Sir, it is well on to 2 months since the Commis. | could not interfere between landlord and eT " oo see | the possession of his whole froat, with, perhaps, the monstrous d _* +.) | thing more than a mere recommendation to prevent not a few of the ep . : ; ied? AR that be tas 06 siouers courpleted their Award, and forwarded it to the Calo- proprietors from distraining. Several of them have pressed very grievance ot paying ls. an acre re te ‘clade oak 0 Sle sale: nial Office ; yet his Nxcellency states—and it is nota little jaca upon their tenants during the past season. Suchan Act as we | complain of 18, that an nate of S vr | pn norte deer Rhone surprising—that he has reeetved no communieation from the desired te pass, it was eo} jected, would be nneonstitutional; 1 am, | ation, jor fishing purposes. ) ; : Selena

i P h +t anneare | however, couvineed that a short Act would have received the Royal| which I desire to allude, namely, the measure prop y ‘rom this it appears 1 dare say there are decisions in the award, quite as un-| the hon. leader of the Opposition last session, to prevent the If this famous document eomes, it will have to be | eojleetion of arrears of reat. This was the panecss whieh confirmed by an Act of the Legislature, aud this Aet may be kept! he had to offer for all the ills of the tenant. This was the

towards the Government here, and that a Government too! back by a | officer for five months, as was the case with means by which he thought to cut the gordian knot. But

circulating the report. it is well known that if the £1000! Crown law officers to advise that they should be broken up. . : say much mere on this subject at present, because if the award | 9 years’ purchase.

recvilve 1°y re mM leg t Foul ual be tuo) het " : was reovived they wore parties [0 it, and would on - think is very doubtful—it will have to be taken up|

comes—vhieh | ytad to Alter a few remarks from one or two other hon. members the paragraph was agreed to, So also was the Orh. Ona the 7th, whish relates to the Award of the Commissioners, be ing read-

lion. Me. COLES said

remain silent on the suject,

uke of Neweaatle on the subiect ‘ that he has not even had intimation whether the Award has This is certain'y strange couduct

assent. constitutional been received at howe.

certat

Wightman, it must be premature to pro- nounce upon it, The hon. member says the Award is not giving satisfaction. | have heard so too; | have heard that the pro- prietors do not look upon it with favor. J have seen it also stated in the Rxaminer, that some of the tenantry were dissatisfied because instead of paying £50 they might have te vay only £5. What does the Award give? What was the Award for? The resolutions which I had the honor to propose asked for a large remission of arrears of rent, and giving every tenant holding under a long lease an option of purchasing his land at a certain rate, at any time he might find it convenient to do so. ‘The Award does not promise only a large remission of arrears, but all arrears except for three years. I put a paper into the hands of Mr. Thomson to lay before the Court, urging that since tenants at present could be compelled to pay 20 years’ arrears, théy should at least be remitted all up to four years, as it would require this to plaee tbem merely on a footing with other debtors under the Statute of limitations. But by the Award only arrears for three years can be collected. and thus tenants owing £90, £80, £70, £50, of back rent will be let off for £15. L.

APPROPRIATIONS FOR ROADS, BRIDGES, &c. Queen’s County, including Chariotte-

town and Royalty, - - £1300 0 0 Prince County, - - - - Me & © King’s County, - en 1100 0 OU Special grant for Queen’s County, 1200 0 0

Do. do. Prince do. 90 0 0

Do. do. King’s do. 0 0 O

Roads opened under Compensation Act,100 0 0 Contingent expenses of roods, bridges and wharfs to be equally divided be-

tween the three Countiss, 300 0 0

7v00 0 0

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Tuurspay, Feb. 27.

: . . ; : stern it in emt to the Coloni Yice: so that by the trme | ° . ‘ ii , : aw <

which boasts of its influence at the Colonial Office. Bat, | svother, before it is sent to the Colonial Office; se tat fy the time’ ao aad nis friends were m power, why did they not pass : ; ; . it returns, and the award becomes binding it will be of very little , 1) the land the Colony in the Crownf?

Sir, L think it shows some want of n.anagement ou the part! “| a ee eS adtime te ceenre | an Act to revest all the lands o y n ry nok | LOWS BOM eae ¢ ages we pé service to the tenants, as the proprietors will have had time to secure would be quite as just ag the other. The Commis

| iover , las ave »y done to mote their} «| » arrears shall move an amendment to the paragraph of | the one we ' ;

«ee = aot have thay. done — * Fy all the eres ‘d 4 ves Mae e od it ts thle sr ne sioners did not recommend the passing of such a measure as

oC. yee #—this —— which has caused niore oa, ~ Anis GA wee ac ' i Excellency hasnot | he proposed ; they only suggested that one years’ rent should

puXiety, sueing, distress and suffering than any other which “ We are surprised, and regret to learn that your Exeellency has nor did the Duke ot Newcastle recommend anything

; . communication from Her Majesty’s Government be paid ; : , has ever been brought forward in the Colony—this Commis- f the Royal Commission appointed to settle the lof the kind. Had the Legislature passed a short Act to pre- sivu Which was to settle tae Land Question, Escheat, Quit) |

The Commissioners met) Majesty's ©

we understand was transmitted to Her) vont the collection of rent withoutany direct authority or in- ; > Reats, and the B isher y Keserves. which the people of this Island feel so much anxiety, will receive our |

jonial Minister in the sammer of last year, A question in struetion, they would have received a rebuke, because it ’ : ; : os : asse i suspending clause. iu New Brunswick last spring and completed their AGare 51 60: ennsiderstion when your Excelileney may be enabled to communi-| ought not to be passed without a pe g

vet received vapecting the report ¢ und Question, which report,

any a

I be-

i ; ler Majest ynuattids erence to it.’ ye the e resolution passed by the majority of this House and | beheve the Coverument or Governor Were offered a cate to us, Her Majesty s commands im referet ‘ to it. | lieve that th = P ae ple a ae - Hon. Mr. YEO—The hon. member referred to some of the | effected more than that meas a P

} 92 ~. ” . —_— . o- > show) i . tg . cupy of it, but declined, stating that it was better it should lle knows very well what it! pass, for I know that His Excellency exerted his influence in

yo the round of the Colonial Oilee. The very words used tenunts being distrained upon by Mr. Llowe, when be cawe to the [slapd last summer, were, eng seeds el “nd L verily believe ‘that every one who| tenants. A law of the kind which the Opposition desired to * that if the Award was not here it ought to have been tid so w asp rt disturbed. But persons went round the coun-| pass, would only have produced the effect of the Legislature here.” And there is auother report to the effect that the try and persuaded the people to pay none ; and because they ‘receiving a censure at the hands of the ¢ olonial Minister. tiovernment have been a little peaurious in regard to the yiuid not pay any rent they were distrained upon. ‘he Committee rose, and the Llouse adjourned. Coumission, They have, | uaderstand, refused to pay cer- lion Mr. COLES—I showed last year that several who tain expenses, such ag that of clerks, saying that they had a “ whale yoae's a cc neinetnch fa Miniainens iat eieiateten cities ntti ad.

ad . j at the Award is not | if “ 1 think it must have happened by a mistake on the books,| Mr. CONROY—Mr. Chairman, as I have not yet taken a ordbaseenetoay— tay ty oa ‘0 oral goon yr something of the kind. 1 know that on a certain proprie-| part in this debate, [ deem the present an appropriate occa fortheoming, as the Duke of Newcas'le might say, “ let thea seal elias ties people were threatened, and some of them | sion for the expression of my opinions. A great deal bas ae waut it umil they choose to pay for it.” Now, it was mean oo came to we. L told them to pay their one year’s rent and [| said on the subject of the Award of the Land Commissioners. tie part of the Government tv refuse to pay a paltry eecount) giq pot think he would interfere withthem. I believe the | As one member of this House, | may say, Sir, that I feel very ot £90 ve 90 for cerks ; aud 1 cannot say whether they jost of them have done so, and have not been disturbed. | little anxiety as to the arrival or non-arrival of that document. have paid the Spy or not, but the detailed accounts, when | What good is all this talk about the Commission going to do?! — oe ae Prats ee. 1 ene ying aH laid before us, wul show, I contend it was mean to employ! The [louse can do nothing in the matter while the Award is | be ne icia = — n th : : ' “a oe

an / sien an on es males sollect | not before thiem. About the Fishery leserves. this is some- that the leaseho tenure would be done away with,

» pera through the country and endeavour —— : thing worth talking about certainly. And as to the loyalists, means would be devised to establish the people as freeholders ; welOrentE: 18: Qrery Ghat every wen whe enane Dafees the po the Government help it if the Commissioners have | but [ was disappointed when | read the exposition of the Couanissivn was a liar, for | cannot call it by a more mode- dosihed they should receive compensation out of the Crown | Award as given by the Hon. Mr. Howe. I saw that little or Now the preseuce of this person on the lslanc Lands? It isa shame to take up the time of the House dis-| no benefit would result to the tenantry from the action of the must have been Lnown ty tue members of the Government. cussing this question, us was done last year, at a cost to the Commission. On occount of the leogth to which this debate

Wepbnespay, Feby. 26.

right tu pay only one thirg; acu perbaps an account of this)

raufe term.

Hoa. Me. POP E—No. country of some hundreds of pounds. has extended, it is not my intention to occupy the time of the Hoa. Mr. COLES—Well, a member of the Government has ad- Hon. Mr. LONG WORTH—Mr. Chairman, I did not expect Committee longer than is necessary to allude to one circum- mitted tite his mission was huews to His Excellency aud one of the) 5, subject to come up this afternoon, or | would have been | stance connected with the Commission. | was surprised Jast

t jywe-

ibers of the Goverauent, whe, | suppose, Was the leader. «this Me. Wightman had the use of an office in this building,and

si a letier from @ high offieer fo the diflerent puble otfices to tur-

evening to hear the hon. member of the Government, Mr, Longworth, state that he knew nothing of this notorious Mr. Wightman—that he was not aware that he was in the Island, and was in utter ignorance of his business here. 1 cannot but think it strange that he should be so uninformed on the mat- ter. Mr. Wightman came into my neighborhood, and em- ployed himself in telling all sorts of stories to the people. At

earlier in my place; nor I think did the hon. leader of the Government in this branch of the Legislature, or he would i him with such infetwation as he desired. This was great liberty have been present, though the elements have not been very ¢ without the sanction of the Government. Now, Sir, this| auspicious. The question of the Award has been opened up

reund the country gulling tue people by talking about | at great length, indeed ; and the hon. leader of the Opposition He carried with him a! has not failed to endeavor to muke political capital out of it. ies Whe appeacen beiore the Commission, and would | [Je generally attempts this with every measure he has not in-

» reece Spy weut i

ding Pauways aud establishing Ysueries

bint oT Ubieree

call on them. and converse with thera about some great project of 4 troduced into the House. He claims credit for the One-ninth | Tignish he held out the idea of running & steamer ener railway passing that way, such, for exaaupic, as he did with a person! Bi)) which was brought forward by the late Mr. Duncan Me- that place and Shediac, At Cascumpve he talked of building

out about the Teu Mile House, saying “that there must be a railway

'

Lean.

Hon. Mr. COLES—Who suggested it to him.

Hon. Mr. LONGWORTH—Can the dead speak? What an appropriate question to ask who suggested it tu his mind! Mr. Wightmau then asked if he| Hon. Mr. COLES—I shall exp\ain that matter. the person answered, yee, and) Ion. Mr. LONGWORTH—Oh, yes, we all know what ve that m Bedeque he created quite a) your explanations amount to, and the country also is capable sof discussion was where the railway | of judging of their importance The hon. gentleman has Now, Siv, ail tus was a most disgracetul piece of de-| aeted a most extraordinary part in this matter of the Award ; aud the persea Whe practised it ought almost tu have been, he will not say whether he is openly opposed toitornot. He

It @ said that up about Mill River the people hung the states that a tit attended no meetings except in his own : Hix, of Br. Howe, and burnus Sian eugwards, aud ew the aa district, and these he called to learn the opinion of his con-

* Five . Lie emnly ponent, L beheve, whe looked ou wae Fy? shitenhe He deatoen pan keep Lie hands clear, so that he may was a poor Frenehwan thai ted te save his coat: but tue others : ’ . wipetite d out, ne, be, burn un all! An effort was made in Town to be free to act in future ; instead of having the man y courage throw the blame oc this trausaction ou the people of Mill Vale; [,| to go and say to his eu pporters that they should receive or re- however, iuquited inte the matter, and found that the deed wasdone! ject the Award. He knows his past course has been so crook. boy Thee supporters of the Governmment—the Tories of New London, ed that he does not wish to commit himself on this question. Whe toed to lineow the viuuee of tue failure of the Commission on The sut ject ot Escheat, he says, has been held upasa delu- Mr. Howe, justead of ou the Goverment. sion and a snare; but he never possessed the manliness to state

Mr. MONTGOMERY—This is the first time I have heard who that it could be carried at the present time. All that he would oe oa L could never ascertain WhO! sa ig that it might be necessary to resort to it someday. If, the partis $ were, but it we, however, desire a proof of his inconsistency, we have only | “How. Mt, COLES—The Frenchinan, however, seems to hiave been | t turn to the records uf 1855—on which poe —_ lueiiwedt te spare hit. Sir, the supperters of the Government need minds of that day gave forth their opinions on SC +0 en net coupiaia ot the Award, for it goesat leastas far as the resolutions com pare them with those of a subsequent date, since the Loan

this (louse. Imadea remark toMr. Howe tothe! Bill was refused. Questions have recently been put to a the Award was anfuvourable to the tenautry; and his re-| leading member of the opposite party by a gentleman on the ply was, “did you ever hear of an arbitration granting more than! game side in polities, who was once a member of this House any ot tae parties asked for!” I inquired what he meant; he auswer-| jg regard tu this and other subjects, and how have they been ed, “ we have given you all that the resolutions of the House asked answered? ‘They have been altogether evaded, the reply only lor, wud & Litite mere; so you cannot complain of us.” The manner | uwounting eo this: our political sands have run out, and we

wine tae Award disposes of the § ishery Reserves must work in have nothing else to propose. When asked what else they | jJutously ub many cuses. A person can go and ask tor an zere ot had tn bring forward when they found fault with the Award, enaine pp ati one me ee — Se oe the answer was unsatisfactory to the gentleman who proposed < j i , Ben app ey p> st - vlog +-| the question, and we think also the supporters of that party half an sere, aud lhe were to reply, oh, [ canuot let you have it; | He Y . : » leader of the Govern- the porsen applying mgt say, but you must as [ want it for fishing} generally. — | need not answer for the leader of the Govern purpeses—appuint your aria rator. 1 ouly allude to this to show) ment io reference to his opinion that the question would be tha. were is mere occasion for an ontery new than existed a year or! settled in 8 months. Many am eminent man in his ardor for two (iwverument thulglt to settle the question ot! the success of a remedial measure, may wiscalculate in the bie reserves. Ta farther evideuce than the resolutions of tuis House,| matter of time. ‘The hon. leader of the Opposition wiil not that the Award is us tavorable to the tenantry as the Goverument) Qing out distinetly against the Award—that wouid be bar policy ; but he seeks to make all the capital he can by blaming

the Government because they held out that the question | ver, take his own statement, 13 or 19 years’ purchase, and that would be settled in a short time. and by saying that the ——

tow in the face of @ huwentable ease which was before the Court on | Was not what the people were led toexpeet. The hon. momber He said the people could generally pay 15 or! has made certain remarks, ball in the form of queries, showing y anxious to find out every little matter connected " Iie has thrown out some

/t railroad to Bedeque; and, after instilling into the minds uf the people the belief that great puble improvements were about to be nade by himself and those whose representative he professed to be, he asked what thay would sell their lands for? As was to be expected, the people allured by the pros-

mn St. Peter's to Caarlotichow uy, wud we tmaust have a station here, ae Wo eu ' that bi, wow, Siz, What will you take for your turn The person, with all this prospect before him,

theaght thal be ought te have a goud price tor his property, and ac-

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cordingly set a uigh value upon If,

* ured before The Comittission: may went the Spy. Lb tein setsutlou, aed the great 1 p

would pass.

value of their properties. Before be left the yieinity, his ob- ject was suspected, and the people were cautioned to beware uf him. mers to pat a high price upon their lands, and when they had done so, he recorded tie figures in his bouk ; and, Sir, all this was done at the instigatlon of the supposed friend of the tenantry, the Hon. Mr. llowe. Sir, no one would have supposed thet gentleman would have employed such agency to deceive the people of the Island to their own injary. It was disgraceful to adept sueh means. Mr. lowe sent ona Spy to get evidence to contradiet that which he and his fellow Commissioners had openly and publicly received from bun- dreds of the most respectable men on the Island. And this

ate potiw ..

uri trbve tered.

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that shameful affair. statements of the people, bat their hopes and expectations were to be excited by falsehoods, to induce them tu put an exorbitantly high value upon their properties. This Llouse ewployed Mr. Lowe to protect the interests of the tenantry ; instead of doing this, he sent among us a spy to tell lies, tor the benefit of the proprietors. Mr. Wightinan was in the habit of declaring himself delivhted with the quality of the land, and after praising itand talking of the proposed steamer or railroad, or some projected fi-hery, would induce a man, who would otherwise be glad to get £50 for bis tarm, to usk, it might be, £500. Sir, that man has been paid to libel the people of Prince Edward Island, to endeavor tu prove thei liars, and when such is the case, [ can feel but litcle interest inthe Award. I am, Mr. Chairman, a tenant, and have paid a considerable umount of rent, and I entertain no bad feeling towards the proprietor from whem L hold my land. But while I say that, L must also state that [ would be glad

appears there was a Freneliman amoung the

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ied auywhere ou lis

Mi uhtiersiae,

when the hat reasonable terms. As I said before, | cannotexpect any bene- fic from the Award, and am sorry that the Commissioners should have acted in wu manner which dues not entitle their yeport to any respect. lion. Mr. YEO.—The Commissioners were not so simple persons as not to judge of what was right. Certainly if the award comes into operation it will clear off thousands and thousands of pounds of back rents. Hon. wembers on the other side say it fixes the price of land at 20s. an acre. This Now. | do not believe that there are ten such with the acts of the Government. is not the case ; the highest only is 20s. an were; but by the insinuations with respect to the person whom he callsa‘ Spy.’’ | arbitration clause the price may be brought down to os. I do not think it is right tu take up the time of this House now

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desired, L have bul to reier to the statement of one of its members beore lie Cotdssott Liat the people were able to pay Io or iy

: ¢ eA a years’ purchase—but of my memory serves me right he said 20,

Loe prev ietl* even ivy * purchase, but there were exceptional cases suck as the one | that he is ver we had Mei evening. ieee il ile isiauu.

Hon. Mr. LONGWORTH—I am astonished at the hon. member! and attempts to show wherein the government have betrayed

licking tit perversion. ‘Tue report of my remarks will speak for| their trust. In regard to the Commission, | maintain that the | diseussing this subject. cid AL. | appeal tu this House if my statements betore the Commis-| Administration have faithfully discharged their functions as Ifon. Col. GRAY.—Mr. Chairman ; [ have to apologize to

this Committee for not being in my place yesterday afternodn,

which was owing to illness under waich I have suffered for the last six or seyen weeks, and to the severity of the weather.

mon Were not as feverable to the tenantry as those of any individual! g government. sypeared betore it

’ nN Hou. Mr. COLES—This statement that the people were generally «tu pay Is or lY years’ purchase, had great weight with the

Had they been actuated by a spirit of unfair play, would they have procured such Counsel tu advocate the cause of the tenantry as Samuel ‘Thomson, Esq., one of the ost talented members of the New Brunswick Bar; and a

Commissioners. I ot pails. pe een — wr pe tna Colony a is known to be a supporter of | paragraphe of the Address still to consider, I thought the |

ae pe man ie eae soe aelian a ste he ithe opposite party, and a reasonable and sound-minded man. | discussion of this subject would not come up ; however ene Whe ‘awe will be very little benefit to the tenantry, ay bonds and! Still we have been charged with dereliction of duty because I had heen aware of the fact I could not have heen present. [ warrants have been taken from miny of them for arrears; aud Mr.| we did not appear belore the Commission to advocate the} will be uncer the necessity, therefore, of having recourse to Howe said tat the Commintioners had no power to interfere with! question of quit rents, and fishery reserves. All the documents) the notes of my frieud and colleague, the hon. member for

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such. When # boud of warrant is given ile tenant's property can| on those subjects were placed befure the tribunal ; and with | Georgetown. [ know nothing new on the subject of the| be Tukew away, ald suld without almost auy notice. "Such a case | respect to the Colonial Secretary, though I am not here to) award, as it has not yet been received by His Excellency. vecurred bere Use other day, when a tenanv’s lorse and cow Was defend that gentleman, is he to be held up to public reproach | We have only the synopsis of it given by the Hun. Mr. Howe, wold fora trifle. It is the delay in referenca to the Award that 1) because he read certain despatches before the Commissioners?) and on this account we can say very little respecting its) principally complain ol, tow it Is BVA tine tu the proprietors to {he Counsel for the tenantry, az has been admitted by both | merits or demerits. I shall first answer a few of the objections ne ne = pr aroma dar we Mr. Thomson and the Hon. Mr. Hensley, had perfect liberty | brought forward by the hon. member for Tignish. He referred | time. Hy Miiahawa ike heen ne “ar to adveeate all those questions, and that they did so will be | to the employment of an individual by the Commissioners, | js = oul to the Land Purehase Act, under which the Worrell aan! seen by the Report. ‘The hon. leader of the Opposition has | whom they sent here sometime last year for the purpose, it is) seikirk Estates were bougit, and the tenants thereou were forgiven! adverted to my evidence before the Commission. I am quite currently reported, of obtaining statistical information with | all their arrears, and freed from paying rent as soon as the firsi in- prepared to stand by it; and if he will read it earelully ; respect to the value of land. 1 hope any hon. mew ber iad stalmeut was paid, Besides, if te tenant cannot get the proprietor through he will find it compares favorably with his own, or| correct me, if this be not the report, viz., too btain information

ty sell, he has to go to law with him, for it amounts to that by the| that of any other person. ‘That gentleman has insinuated that on this subject better than could be had from proprietors and | rutration clause. This Award, in my opinion, instead of doing! | set a high value on the lands of this Island ; what I said/ tenants themselves betore the Court. away with the propre ary system willouly perpetuate it. ‘The “UP-' was that the tenants might in some cases be able to pay 18; Mr. CONROY.—A person at Tignish informed me that,

porters of the Government maintain that the Award will dw good; or 19 years’ purchase, but pot generally, and in some cases! that Mr. Wightman told him he was sent by the Commissiun- |

cil, let them have it.

j ‘ : 5 ait ) hg i ‘ pe »| 3 . . ; . . . r vere led to expect. [ Son eo wee ee sna little or nothing. | believe my evidence made an impression | ore to procure wach, ae. as ae have a. : AY ‘ ment bave been goiug round the couutry and repudiating 4 part | on the Commissioners favorable to the tenantry, because Mr. was told this, l remar o that he must be mistaken, for i of the Award—the ciause relating to the loan. I have attended ao| Gray remarked, when objection was taken to my statements | not believe the Commissioners would resort to such meuns to) iaeetings except oue ortwo in my own district to receive instructions; by one of the proprieters, ** what shouid be aimed at, is the obtain information.

eapeet to the repert of the Commissioners. The friends of the} greatest amount of good to the greatest number.’’ The hon.| fon. Col. GRAY.—Well I was surprised to hear such | Goverument, | believe, are circulating that the Liberals have united| member says he hus heard that the Government or the | Temarks fall from one whom | supposed to be a friend of the) wir influenee with the proprietors tooverthrow the Award. I defy Guverner, he dues not know which, refased to accept a copy | tenantry, for | understand that this gentleman has furnished Them ty prove that uuy Laveral bas ever written a line to the Colo-| of the award. Al! | have to say isthathe has heard what 1| information favorable to their cause. The award, I learn, has "qe a =e ihe Award, by the resolutions of the! nog true. He seems to think that the Government by all, been printed by the Home Government, and when it arrives | tet atiliged alta, but tie peoptictos were not saseied| MEANS should have ubtained a copy of the Commissioners’ here I think the povple will find that they ary ander the| with that; they desired the subjects of caches. quit nahh. Ghote report before this time. All the documents of the award will | greatest obligation oo ig tman, a owe ig rea reserves, and the loyalist question to be included. ‘I'be loyalists, by| ave to be carefully examined and considered by the proper | be a fair synopsis of the Award, it spea 8 for itself. It is— the report of the Comunissioners, are to receive compensation, but | Officers in England ; but if in a matter of such importance, & Speaking of those on the estates of proprietors who agreed eut ot the Crown Lands that may be in the possession of the Go-| delay of 6 or 7 mouths has oceurred in forwarding it to this | to the Commission — the greatest possible boon to the verument. ‘This I consider unjust; the compensation should be from | Island, f cannot see why the government should be censured | tenantry. An Award by which £100,000 of arrears of rent the pruprietwrs and not from tne Government. Those men who jeft in the ease. We are aware that seme measures of far Jess | have been remitted cannot cannot fail to be attended with the Thess Bouses and lands and all on account of their tidelity to the | consequence have been detained two or three years at the | most beneficial results to the country. It is as greata boon oe ae ia ae pogtond . ppomne trou the proprietors) Colonial Office for consideration, therefore [ think as yet we) as ever I expected, and more than [ expected. And if it can : rat Bho ne bare eB yens Seer hey ce de oe are have but little cause to complain, The hon. leader of the | be proved that Mr. Wightman’s evidence has been the means reason Gt What was allotted to thems, but the most of them received | Opposition has adverted to the employment of Mr. Wightman of correcting the pre-conceived opinions of the Commissioners, noue gtall ‘J hey soug'it cedress, but were denied their rights; at by the Comunissioners, has characterized hun vias spy, and certainly the ptanenaiay. A will have no reason to complain. The length, however, a law was passed Wy give idem justice, but this was| S/d that be conducted his enquiries with the kuvwledge of the Commissioners were empowered to proceed according to their frustrated. These loyulist« or their representatives came before the | Government. [ deny that the government were acquainted | pleasure ; they were at liberty to come here and conduct the we nossioners, whe have taken ap their case and decided that they| with his mission, and have dened it before. I never knew) investigation personally and adopt such other means of ae py eon ation irouw tue Guveruuent, which is very) there was such @ person here until after he had left the | procuring information us they might deem expedient. I did on dea hae a lave wo Fag bi to pay for the de-) Island. 1 have heard since on good wuthority that he was Suggest to them on their leaving the Island, that if they | pears théd thats SF Gare oe quik rents, 4 ap) sent here by tue Commissioners, and principally through the | found it necessary, they might return and — a sub-court| Givveroment net having urged the ites a ee eee influence of the Hon. Me. Howe, whose friend he was, and |on the following year; but it appears they did not consider) their Colouial Seeretary to go befdre the Commissioners, and with | who had every confidence in his abilities. He brought a letter | it needful to adopt this course. t do nut agree with the | such ducuineuts a4 be bad at his command, endeavenr to pruve that! from the Commissioners to His Excellency stating his mission, | remark of the how. metuber trom Tignish that the Award is! all bud ten rewitied: aaa they som w have taien his view #94 that it was to be kept secret, besides requesting that he | uot such as to the people have reason to be thankful for. 1! of the mativer, The Lvinnd, by the Avard, has lest not only in the! Should have access tw ducuments, and that his service should , believe the Commissioners entered upon their duties with the matter of the amonnt that wight be beeaynt in by fishery reserves | be paid for. fullest sympathy for the tenantry : and I was happy to hear} aad q * reais, DUS Aley in teyard to tie price of iand. A certain} Hon. Mr. WITELAN—Out of the public funds ? that the Llon. Mr. Howe suid when bere that sheir decigion, proriewr af howe wrote be | on, Me. LONGW ORTH Yes, gut ef the public funde;, was unanimous.