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Mr. Yeo presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of

Town i 13,,14, and 16, praying a grant, in 9f indlylf‘lgfissufictiption, towards constructing Wharvesor'

~ Slipt lit Ellis River Ferry—also a Petition from the I'I'-'

fibitants of Lots 12, 13, 14, 16 and ‘17,'tbr a grant It: aid of individual subscription, towards erecting a new Bridge over Ellis River, from Maclean’s to Macdouell’s shore. Hr. Fraser presented a Petition from the_ Inhabitants of Lots 16, l7, I9, 25, and 26, praying an aid to lengthen‘ the Wharf at Green’s Shore, Bedeque, and towards making roads leading thereto. . The. e Petitions were all ordered to he on the Table ,.. . . ' The ouse resolved itself into a Committee-of the whole, on the Bill to regulate the floating of Logs, Scanthng, Deals, 6cm, through Dams and Wastefgates. 0n the House resuming, the Chairman reporte , that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and had made averal amendments thereto, and the amendineutsbemg again read, were agreed to by the House, and the Bill or- detod to be engrossed. ,

WenNasoav, February 19. '

Mr. Pope presented a petition from Terence Webster, of Tryon, and James Gunners, of Bedeque, praying a remission of duties on goods damaged on the pzissage between Charlottetown and Tryon—Rcferred to Messrs- ? , Hudson, Clark and'Yeo. .

‘ r. German presented a petition from Thomas Irwm, praying pecuniary aid, for the purpose of having an ele- mentary book of instruction in the language of_ the Aborigines of these Colonies printed, in order to facilitate the means of extending to the Indians of this Island the benefits of education; and that'the House would resume its control over the Fifty Pounds formerly appropriated for that purpose, and placed at the disposal of the Board of Education—Laid on the Table.

Mr. Clark presented a petition from John Hickey, of Indian River, praying to be remunerated for the loss he had incurred on his contract for building Princetown Wharf. ‘

Mr. Clark moved, that the petition be referred to a select Committee, which was negatived, Messrs. Clark, Rae, Montgomery, Fraser, Macfarlane, Macneill, Hudson and German voting for it, and 14 against it. The petition was then ordered to be withdrawn. ‘

Mr. Yeo presented a petition from divers inhabitants of

to One, Two and Three, praying that directions may be given to the Road Commissioner to cause the new Bridge over Tignish Pond to be erected a quarter of a mile higher up than the old one.—Laid on the Table.

Mr. Yeo’also presented a petition from Joseph Gallant, of Lot Ten, praying an aid to enable him to open a house of public entertainment on the Main Western Road.— Rejected, to voting for its being received, and 11 against it.

A number of other petitions were presented from various parts of the Island, praying aid for Roads and Bridges, and for the relief of paupers.

On motion of Mr. Rae, the House resolved itself into a Committee ofthe whole, to consider the petition of divers inhabitants of Bedeque, praying a grant, to enable Antho- ny Simpson to run a larger Packet between Bedeque and Shediac.

Mr. RA: said they were then in Committee upon the question whether or not a certain sum of money was to be granted to Anthony Simpson, in accordance with the prayer of his petition. He concluded by submitting the following Resolution 2— i s

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, That a sum be granted, in aid of a Packet to ply between Bedeque and Shedinc— said chat to be subject to such regulations as may be adopted by the gislature of this Colony. Y

Mr. Rae said the amount of the sum should have reference to the regulations to be im sod and the servi- ces to be performed. If the sum w ich might then be named should afterwards appear either too little or too much, there could be no objection to their remedying their mistake.

Mr. Panama said he then saw, if he had not at first seen, the necessity of referring the petition to a Special Committee; and the Committee of the House, then sitting, would see the propriety of it. It should have been de- termined how often the Packet was to run, and then should have followed the consideration of the remunera- tion. It was a strange mode of proceeding for the Com- mittee to begin at the middle or the end of the subject. ’If they were to do any business, they should have known at what season of the year the packet was to run, what was to be the burthen of the vessel, on what days the Mails would be received, and so forth. Were they to act so absurdly as first to vote a sum of money, and then to make inquiry what services were to be rendered for it?

Mr. RAE remarked, that the Island was tired of the Cunards; and the Cunards, tired of the Island, were about to withdraw their Steam-boat from the service of athe Colony. Honourable gentlemen who have complaints against'the Cunards should be ready to say whether it would be better to send the Island mails by way of Georgetown to Halifax, or by way of Bedeque. His inten- tion, in bringing the matter before the House, was to give them an opportunity of determining which route would be preferable. He hoped the Committee would be able to decide whether the transit of the mails should be direct from Charlottetown to Pictou, or by way of George- town, or by way of Bedeque. He said the transit'from Bedequeto Shediac, which was a distance of not more than 35 miles, might, in ordinary weather, be made in five or six hours. He also stated that there was a good wharf at Shediac, and a good wharf in preparation at Bedeque. '

Mr. Thomson thought the honourable member would be puzzled to shew that the transit between Bedeque and Shediac would be shorter than between Georgetown and Pictou. The latter, in his (Mr. Thomson’s) opinion, would be found the shorter. Mr. Rae, he said, had spo- ken of the facility with which, by the route which he had recommended, we might maintain a correspondence with, and receive news from, the rest of British America, and also the United States; but were not the English mails of more importance to us than our entire corres- pondence with all the other parts of America together? and these mails, he maintained, could be procured with most facility and despatch by way of Georgetown. It uppesred 'to him, he said, that the petition before them should not have been entertained at all.

The Hon. Mr. Porn represented the proposed Packet u worthy of encouragement, were it only to keep up a

’ 'ié‘stlon .with New Brunswick, which would be highl'i.‘ ‘ this Island. He had had some commu- nicat an" "“Shripson, who, if encouraged by a grant ‘

‘ extremely poor, nor would the

rovide a suitable vessel,

of £25 from this Colony. would P

with ‘gopg. and suitable accommo whom h‘d Would carry at for deck passage: He (th pose that the sum of_£25 sh ‘ engaging to run the packet as propose ' " l 1'0 5. - .

ungle: ligo‘iflbbg‘ividnnthought s5 25 would be too much. Th; Hon Mr Pore replied that the Colony was not so

. ' \ benefit to it, by the estab-

ll, biit that

d, for five. yealjfi

I i s d acket, be so very snia ‘ ihsgymmio {mill}, egraht £25 in aid of the undertaking. Much "$0 he brought into the Island from New Brunswick peniiig of the regular commnpication

‘ - ' lof ro rosed. Mr. Sim son, last year, had left a good dea - Emilie] in.the Islandgfor cattle which he had bought in it.

Mr. CLARK said such a Packet .Would bea great con-a venience to the whole of the western part ofthe Island, and even to Charlottetown. . The lowness of the fares for passage and the short distance would be. great ipqucj- inents to the people of New Brunswick to Visn this sgn'. He would agree to the proposed grant, and would ate no objection to the passing of a similar grant to George- town, or to any other port in the Island from. whence a beneficial intercourse might be kept up With neigh- bouring provinces. . v

Mr. Tuonsou said, he , he only objected to t ' ‘ attempted to procure the ant. He would be Willing to grant, could the Colony afford it, £25 or £30 for a simi- lar purpose to any harbour in the Island. . .

The Hon. Mr. Pong informed the Committee, that if the grant were increased to'oiily £30 a year, Mr. Simp- son would be willing, on the Cape Bretonjs ceasmg to run, to take charge of the Mails, and to deliver them once a fortnight in Spring, once a week in Summer, and once a fortnight in the Fall. . I i

It having been agreed, that, notwithstanding the in- formality ofthe proceeding, the petition from Georgetown should be taken into consideration with that from Bedeque, and some honourable members having stated their opinions that £20 or £25 would be a sufficient grant; it was finally agreed that £30 should be granted in aid of the Packet from Bedeque, and £50 in aid of that from George- town.

The Speaker resumed the chair, and the report was ordered to be received on Friday.

ot object to the sum named,

THURSDAY, February 20.

The Bill'to compell all actions of a local nature, afi'ect- iiig lands and tenements, whether for rent or otherwise, ,to be tried in the County where the defendant resales, was, according to order, read a second time.

Mr. Fraser moved that the Bill be now committed to a Committee of the whole House. ,

Mr. PALMEa said, if time were allowed him, and the House were open to conviction, he would be able to shew that there was matter in the Bill just read, utterly repug- nant to the laws and constitution of Great Britain. ’He would therefore move, as an amendment, that the Bill be

committed to-morrow. Mr. Palmer's motion of ameiidi’s put and carried.

THE DELEGATE’s ST M‘nNT.

The 0r f Day being read, for the House in Committee, V nsideration the statement hand- ed in by the Spea , n the 17th inst. (and which we

inserted-in our last) in reply to the charges against him in his capacity of Delegate, which were introduced into the Journals in the shape of amendments proposed by Messrs. Palmer and Longworth, on the 10th inst. to a Resolu- tion reported from the Committee on the state of the Colony, on the subject of sending a Petition to Parliament;

The House accordingly resolved itself into the said Committee—Mr. German in the Chair.

Some discussion took place on a proposal made by Mr. D. Macdonald for appointing a Clerk to the Committee, which was ultimately agreed to.

Mr. PALMER said, that there were‘ one or two passages in the Delegate’s statement which called for remark, especially from those gentlemen who are pointed at in that statement. The first was, that part which charges them with-having had no other end in view than to injure the reputation of the delegate, in the estimation of his con- stituents; and the second was, that wherein it was- stated that the charges were false. He (Mr. Palmer) did not expect that any honourable gentleman in the House would differ from him, when he stated it to be his opinion that such reflections amounted to a gross breach of the privi- leges of that House. He thought he had been lono enough acquainted with parliamentary rules and usage: to be fully warranted in stating so much. Mr. Speaker from the peculiar duties of his situation, was the very lasi man in that House who ought to indulge himself in the expression of any feeling which might involve a breach or privileges; I and any unjustifiable animadversions acquired a severity, as proceeding from him, which would not have characterized them, if proceeding from an other member of the House. In justice to the parties to whom falsehood and sinistrous motives were so impro- perly ascribed, he hoped the Committee would pass an opinion sufficiently marking their sense of the high inde- coruniinto which the feelings ofthe delegate had betra' ed him, in substantially setting forth such charges agaiynst two of the members of the honourable House. He chal.

Ienged any one to shew that the allegations, in any one of.

the lofi'ensive amendments, were not founded ' any honourable member thought so, he hopeldI HgtWOUlIKI‘ say so, and then he (Mr. Palmer) would more particular] know what he _had to establish and what to refutey Mildness, he might say, ought to be almost a peculiar attribute ofa man called upon to preside over a delibe ' tive assembly. The honourable the Speaker havin m. the occasion to which be (Mr. Palmer) spoke for a gtt on divestedthimself' of that character of mildnes; which ""6 so peculiarly becoming to his station, was now that “h:53 error could not but be manifest to himself ah well as 0th ls unquestionably bound, in justice and in honour to em, forward. and retract the ofi'ensive parts of his d, ‘ come In conSIdermg the conduct of the honourable the O with respect to that document, it ought to b that he could not easily plead ' e re zsgnlexcuse fplr the. error h a septanig tn nit; and House, the followhig morningfwwliltahd :ng (12:: ‘0 ihe self-composure which bespoke no unusual inthnala:x(:itgf Mr. SPEAKER answered, t

the aggravation which he hailat m weigh“ the matter.

full consideration. He considerfdfizefaought to have it;

justly assailed, and that neglectof d

been

anner in which it had been »

d been very “n,

dations for passengegs,e,;y the rate of 75. for cabin an s. 5:, 7 e Hon. Mr. Pope) proa . ould be granted totheperson ,

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‘ seén, he was not neglectfulof endeavouring

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maintained that, as delegate, he had done Ill b. _

' ie' structions. With res A

2:33:31? £0 arr-fig”, that he neglected 2%“

m 15w opitgfimywhile heh‘adntitted t , it ’ firmed that he might have dccflton'i." the . . ,- “counsel, to enable him to support the .VleWI'oft in , either before Her Majesty in Council, or before ' , perial Parliament, it was no. part of hisinst .. ‘ apply to counsel for a law opinion respecting the . between tenantry and proprietors, nor were any , I placed at his disposal for that purpose; yetfla , le al advice. ;

ii. an said they were i." C‘fmmii‘“! “Emmi! .» 7..., whether Mr. Speaker wasjust'ified in using certain terms, 1 ‘ tocertain amendments: “’h'ch .li'd bee" Prop”? l? ' Resolution ofthis House to pen"?! "'°.'E”P‘"“.v' 3%" 7' also to ascertain whether the' House was satisfied wit 0 "‘7 ofthe Delegate when in England? Th9 honoum-MQ the H ‘- had said, that he conceived. he had, as for as laid .1" his u 1 m complied with his instruct,m‘- 3"” hm “mplmnc' "it “ structions, on such a mission as had lately be“? enunmh‘: was by no means sufficient. Complete instructions couldjoa ' given: it was impossible to foresee every obstacle. And were possible to give such instructions, a man "Mum". "mm 76"“, t. very unfit for the trust. He (Mr Rue), could not concur with i ‘ who thought every thing possible. had been done by the-do 1 He had seen nothing to induce him to say so. Yet while "1"" pressed himselfdisappomted In the dElegf‘lfii 1‘ W", b"! {5" to. w‘, that he fully admitted the zeal and ability manifested by - ' individual, on former occasions, in behalfofthe rightsoftbe : “’ It ought to be remembered, that he had not been one to stop , ofwhat he considered his duty. So far from doing too little, ‘f‘ had been severely punished for having dpne what was, by so: considered too much; he had been deprived of every oflice , honour or emolument of which government had it in its power 'i deprive him. Enough on the subject was already upon , ' Journals. lfthe delegate had gone weakly and lsnguidly to w in this instance, it was not in the power ofthe House, liy any v t in his favour, to clear him in the eyes ofthe people. e, did think that the honourable the Speaker himself would say hell i' done all he might have done as a delegate. The truth was,t ' when, instead of meeting with a decent reception at the Coloni .- Office, he’ received a slap in the face, he entirely lost heart. H (Mr. Rae) hawever, saw no good that could result from furth prosecuting the investigation ofthe delegate’s conduct. What he been done amiss could not now be rectified; tvhat had been no glected could not now be supplied. The result, however, migb

at be productive of some good. It might tend to lessen the‘ honourable gentleman's confidence in himself, and induce hir- ' pay more regard to the counsel ofthose who shared the confidone‘ '. ofthe people with himself. _ {E , Mr. Luscwomn said, the amendment he had proposed was this; “ That while tlii House duly appreciates the undertaking of Williun' Cooper, Esq., the delegate appointed bythis House, in its last senior to discharge the trust reposed in him by this House, personally” ' represent the grievances of certain of the tenantr of this Island Her Majesty's Home Government, and to obtain or them redress this House cannot, in deliberating on the result of his mission; refrain from viewing, with deep regretand equal dies pointment, tlll omission ofthe said delegate to pursue that part 0 his instruction i requiring him to apply to the Imperial Parliamentfor redreas.". . What was there here, be (Mr. Longworth) said, to complain of? There was nothing but an allusion to facts, and regret expressed or ' a certain omission—an omission which the delegate would not and: could not deny. We, said Mr. Longworth, are accused ofmolig— . nant intentions. What does the remainder of the amendment say, ., on which to found 'such accusation 9—“ or even to procure a can, ' petent law opinion (while provided by this House with ample 1. means. for such purpose) upon the questions which have so fungi; agitated the minds of the said tenantry.” Now, will any honors—i. rable member of this House say, that a part ofthe sum ranted to; the delegate, for the expenses of his mission, was not given with" ’ the view of enabling‘him to procure a competent law opinionPi \Vhen the House had the mission to England under their comide ration, it was first proposed to grant £500 to send two delegateso the mission to England; that would have been £250 to each A And one reason for granting £300 to one delegate, when it Was .5 resolved to confine the delegation to one, was, that the additionally £50 might be available for the purpose ofobtnining a law opinion. : V Mr. Longwortli then read the concluding words of his proposed amendment, which are as follows: “ or otherwise coming to the 1 ‘ conclusion that the said delegate was decidedl of opinion thd‘t ‘ neither course could have been attended With any benefit or advantawe to the Colony.” If the censure implied in the previous ‘ part oft e proposed amendment were to be abandoncil,could it be. :1» from any other consideration than that contained in these conclu-‘fl - ding words ’ ‘ I, Mr._ CLARK said, that they were to determine what con struction was to be put on the expressions used by th I honorable the Speaker, in reference to certain proposeifv, amendments of the honorable representatives of Charlotte-1 town. If those expressmns amounted to a breach of pr‘ . Vilegehthe question ought to be taken up in a Committee of PrIVileges. ' ‘ The Hon. Mr. POPE. said... it appeared to him to be is" ‘ place then to proceed to ajudgment of the matter. v i soon as Mr. Speaker’s defence or statement had head" I 0‘. placed upon the Journals, was it. not moved and agreed ' ii that the said defence or statementshould be referred to' 3. ~ Committee ofthe whole House? And now, that the House" were in Committee thereon, were they to be told that the . two honorable members, whose characters as gentlemeii‘ ‘. and men of honor had been so unwarrantably assailed, were _not to call the attention of the Committee to the ex» , pressmns by which they were unjustly aspersed? Th5 i‘ had been accused of setting forth statements which had} nodfoundation in truth; in fact, they had been called liars; i‘ an dwere they not to be allowed to repel a charge so ‘ garah t’ng'iph the character of any man to whom it could u; c -_ . ey were justified in seeking in that Committee, for ajustification of themselves, and for a condemnitibli, its well of the language, as of the author of the labgudio“ y which was ascribed to them conduct so high], , . .,, pant tohthe‘ feelings of gentlemen and men of honors ‘ N thvet‘lojngce “filluld hp done them. They, at least, knéd‘. ress emse ves - and h s - 4 fail to do so. ~ ’ e tm ted‘ they would ni‘! ‘ ‘8

Mr. RAE said the House was then in Committee in c . .

sequence ofa motion which had b ' ‘ ' surely, ought to know as well as fifteen made by bun. B.

that Committee had been st'iu ‘ ght. It was n t, th -‘ orable' gentleman who had last spoken ivyssaznxibiifllo a the propriety or impro-

priety of certain ex res ' ' ‘ which had In p sions coiitainedin the statement'