| e os a ee — wae < — =a VOL. XXI11.1 A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF P \y Won AQ lll eee Ze ee GY es A ga | A ig if wt \ y ¥ <A A mae en "Qe ot <el Oe (le Ail OLITICS, LITERATURE AND NEWS, — ‘““@his is true Liberty, ~hev Ereeborn Men, having to advise the Public, may speak free.’’---Euripides CHA RLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MO =. NDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1871 ————————— re oe eet UNO. 4. ee - Che Cxantiner _ Important Speeches on the | Railway Question, ete, Tou. P. Styciatr said the Bill was similar to the One introduced ‘ast Session, which was lost, ag it was focnd in iis provisons to be Imposing tt .er too much upon the public. He knew it was nec-rsary to protect the pub- lie from being mmpo ed upon ty ignorant ig PRINTED EVERY MONDAY BY. Pr. R. BOWERS, AT HIS OFFICE, DORCHESTER STREET, A few doors West of the atholic , and unskilled persons, wh le pretense Cathedral] a | » WO Thade pretenses to what they had no corre: t knowledge of; yet, TSEMS DOF SURE UWP TION: they had also to recollect, that there were ee Tek. Lr Ta Msny uselul persons in the country, whose Ten Sittings per aneum, in advance? or Twelve shiiling+ when net poid ia advance, ser: ices have been of much advantage to the public, who ovght not to be harshly deait } with. le thougbt establishing a Boaid ot , EX miners, composed all vt Medical men POSTERS AND BANDBILLS | would result in a short time in placing ‘ barrier upon all gach pergens;: and doubted iu the country was prepared tor euch a measure. <A skilful Medical pentleman had } nol much to fear in his opin on, from euch praction rs, for if he prove: hims-If compe- | tent he would soon rise above ali such oppo- PRINTED AT THIN OFFICE, Business (Cards. 3 2 OR tt te sition, ' ' 7 fy Mr Arsneavx would not support the Bill. SOMETHING WORIH READING He knoew of some persore who were but oe * quacks, yet their s-rvices and medicine had | been more approved of, and {sand myre use- al then otweie who hoasted of hav ng their medical dip! mas, have old tiassaliers, Curtain Bands and Rings, Xe., oo any kind of BRASS-WORK, made to look Persons wanting t | not requ red. | Mr. Howoerr knew a case of White Swet! jing, Where a quack succeeded in elfeetng a hike NEW wenld do we!!! to give JOHN . H, TORREY « cui. ,ermanent cure. whe fiye of the best medi te” N.B —Remember I make old work look | &! Pree loners tn the Colony had v-ven it ay. like new. He toought such a Bill would be injurious ty the country, ard wou'd op: ose it, Uon. B Davies be ievet some sach Bil! weer quired. Tae public should have some JOHN Hi. TORREY, Keut Mreet. Opposite the Rocklin House, Ch'town, P. KE. } —_— : EO ———_ 8 desire to exc'ude a particular cla-s from! small in comparison to our resources, [ coming to the sland, and it has been with admit that our floating capital is compara paintal feelings that L have reviewed the | tively large. receive due consideration. It might be the means of reducing the rate of interest Aod that fact evables the!on money; and as Banks were a great ac- ‘was appointed, the majority on that Board | should be non-professional men, Hon Mr. McEacuen would go further It was beit r to leave the. Law as t was; a measure of thut nature was! jadd Ouu yeatly mvV-nue. lar guage of the hon, member with whom | | Bavk to give accommodation to speculators ce )modation to our merchants and people thantbe Lill proposed, for he believed many Was associated in Government for some years in produce, and affords fac lities for the generally, they were a benefit to the of those quacks should b: huag (Laugh‘er) and it my sllusions to his remarks have payment of the importatious of our mer-| Colony. | He saw 89 mach of the evils resul:ing from gated barshly on his feelings I regret it,|ehans, If that should be absorbed in} on, D. Davies said that the petitioners them, that he had more sympathy fer men avd [ trust that the subject will now be building a railroad it would injure our trade, | who prayed for the Incorporation of this in almost any other position in which they sufle:ed to drop, [ hope it may be built by foreiga capital, | B ok, sta'ed in their petition that the m ght not te efficient, than for those who too. D Davies—It is to be regretted, ! and believe that it wil be nearly sell-su-- trade of the Colony has greatly increesed, pre-umed 10 prac‘ice medicine without & M-. Chairman, that parties will rise to ad- | taining, but even if it should earn no more acd hat there is a large amoua of capital eufficieat knowledge. The hon, member re- dress the committee five or six times during | than one balf ‘he interest we ought tobui'd ia the Colony waiting imvestment. If, lated severa! cases which proved the absolu e oue debate. This ques:ion is one of a purciy it 1 am averse to any large increase of! perties having surplus funds wish 10 invest necessity exis ing for such a measure. Goancial chiracter. The revo'utioa only | the ad valorem duties, as high tariffs oper- in another Bank he ‘did not see why it) Mr Cameron agreed with the hon, mem- ays that the sut ject is wor hy of our atten-! ated as buunties ‘on swoguling, As to the| sh wld be refused them. He was a holder beu from >t, Peters (Mr, Hooper) ‘hat ton, Lb tink that it is, aud that the time|the remarks which bed been made abou! |0° shares in bota of the Jity B.nks, but he several cl.uses in the Boll were better caleu- hus arrived when action cau be ~ufely taken | navvies, '@ was far from regurd'pg ‘hem ag | cou d see no good re.sou for opposing the land to suit the © reumstunves of Chariotte-| oa it | be ieve that aralroad wil be al-/the seum of the earth, but it must be ad-) establishment of enoier, The Bill before town than those of she country divr ots fn) if wot en irely, self sustaining, Aj mitted bat as a class they do not rake high | the Commit:ee is a counrerpart of the laws the ery, Ph: sicwns and Surgeons were ale! lew yea's ago it might be cow menced as an | rank in commu-iti-s, ou that hee nothing| relating © the o her Baoks, aod the guer-|ways at beod in cases of sicknesa or ac prio ple of iuteeda ing rai- anvees and securities wil be the samc; iis cisents, ant besides the people were ren inost undertaking beyond our merns bu Dow ine | ‘o do witb the |!uerea e of our trade. and the g neva! pros-} roads iete the colony and their p gsinte ins tucrefore, nothing but fair tO grant the exposed to the imposition of quacks, frow pee ty of the couniry justify our exp etat ons | fluence a: elections should oct eu er in’ our | pexyer of the petitioners lor the Lnoorpot ae the con inual wflux of foreigner; so tha: that we can budd | quntderation. jnovof this Bank, Uf the members of the | the elauces in qucction were but necesssry | uyep our tesiu ces, Thesubstiturionotthe| Mr. Howat.—f should. rej rice to. see a| | oure think the establishment of snocher|esf gaurds, Lu the coun'ry. however, the| uorrow ‘or the bicad gaug will Ver: mater-! ra iroad bu li without taxing the people. It | Bink wiil tend to create commercial panies | case was diff-ren'; for there Phys cians and | tal'y diwinish the co t of ce nstruction, aud | he s eam ss coul be built in shat way, {| and ‘hat tho-e ws iurons ste suffciently Durgeons who were qualifi-d were few ard b-evce of ebginecr ng d fii-acves a | see no reason wy the ratlrédd caunot, ‘The | humerous. it woud te ber er uo! to prs the far between, He wou'd ayree to rhe Bill Compared with other countries, will als | resolu ton asks Ou suppor’ to a line without | Bi; bar be (hou. Mr. D) cid not thook ($0 far as to prevent foreigners from prac- coutribu'e to the cheapness of rhe live. We | previ usly usce taining the rouce the leagt. | tt Would have that cflect. The trade of this tising who could set prodace « diploma) have # tertile country an the Gov rumen | or any orber particulars, The Goveroment | Go ony bad of late greatly inereased, wnd from a respectable medica’ institution ; for vw sa larg quan y of land wien th |sh wd shew at leas the general dircetion | there ix @ Consid rable amount of capa be knew of instances where vppriocipied jroad will render easy of secess for sete s!of he lise Even the co-struction of wp Wanting’ a vestaen'; if theretore another quacks from ab oad attempted to miclead wacse Consumption ot dutvable aricies wiil | sma'l bridge in the evaatry isle i ace ra-| Bank wou'd increase ‘he circu'ating wedium, |the people by their pretensions to medical [ bold in my} save with the 1e ws of a specification which | rade wight be greatly b-vefiied, Although, +kill, and reter-ed to a esse in point, of a roud ap absirect from she New Brunswick | not only sbow- the mode in wh eh it is to be | during the last few years, there Las not | stranger who in passing ‘hrough a part of Without undue strain ne i } i Vagranis who im Ratiway Re arns for L871, wareh present | bani, bar is also a guide 10 the cop ractor | been much Ww noting ip ibis respec! ; perhaps the Ls! nd, called to a house where a person Ch town, Sept. ii i protect oo ag emst thus Goto W iS7 1. poeed upon the ; tences and dang-rous wostrums, Some suc | zuaranteé shou d be given tothe public as ; would b>, at a Board was formed where th ames of geutiemen im th p ofession could be enrolled, and their qua'ijcations as. e: tained A Weeks & Co. for Cheap Goods. WILLAM JiMiis MENLY. AUCTIONEER, | GeneraliBroker. tecountant AND jtrme allow tose persons who were then ‘ . s pract engin the coufitry, to do su where no COMM IS “ION A G EN T: medical practioner was established H-> te- WATER STEER, wowed the r ason more obj-ct ons weie no Summerside, ~ FP E-Island. ly. | iskil ul pers ns was, Deeause that ihey WILLIAM DODD, pved them feit tha: much of the “ odium rested upva them who gave them work to do. Commission Werchant and. A man ip England would not be allowed t : ; ake charge of a ship, unless he underwenta AUCTIONEER i QUEEN 8C. ARE, i Xumstion. and was found competent. I) ssou'd be sy aiso in the practice of medci-in CHARLOTTETOWN, PE. ISLAND fand surgery a @ was so in every Coun ry, ex —_—_— 7 — |} cert Prinee Edward Isiand, COLFORD BRO ei. M . Rigv_y saa the ecuntry had not muc! 110 fear trom those kind. and useful pers_ns Importers and Dealers in | who frequently rendered goos service to those But it wus ray ‘ { | who employed thom. 18 the duty of i () B A ( C Q } tne Legislature to protest the country avainst + 9 those imposiers who so frequevtly came t 33 a » § | the Istund, and 1mzpo+#d upon the ereuulons,; & g an ee D imany of whom, pretending to bave diplomas, and Smokers Ariicles, | had none. | fion Mr. Hewsan enamerated several! eg ey Bap ee N.S: Say LA 487 e | eo ges wheregeveral such persons, »s had been laliaded toby the hen member for Sc. Peter s were @ fursance, Spurious diy lomas from \merican Colleg-s 1a she lar west were easily obtained, and the ouly way to protees the | country againet such imposters was to have CARVELL BROTHERS, AUCTION“ ERS, . . . them «Xamined by a board of Examiners. Commission Merchants, roe. 0o:sorser sie tearnod Pio essions, |. ud means fer pro‘ecting its mewbers from AND ) }sucoa characte Those the Medieal pro- ow ‘now suc. characters those tu I G EN ER 4 L . G ENTS, tesei pm were enti l i to the same priv leves. BANK BUILDING, QUEEN STREET,| Dr. Rip-rrs x revewe? the objections . } | broug! ‘ a ageip he Charlottetown, ’. E Island brought lu:ward ageins. the A. MeNESLE, READING ROOM PROPRIETOR, CHAMISZSION LSRELANT up | fessors of A U CTLO V KE 2 lertner to the c untry,or those who bad spent . deve: all ia . jtune and moncy in cbtammg a Vedicn edo- CHARLOTIETOWN, j}euton to permit such imposters to come to March 21. 1S70. lyr ithe Island. and tnas impose apon the public? 1A parent might spend much money in edu H. HASZ A a B : feating tis eon for the Protession all of waie! . . ti jwas upneersaary, f a jot of imped nt | Commission Merchant, }aone were to be jetronised and pro ected, GENERAL AGUNT, by.i8 was the only Province where they met | with any tavor, or were t us allowed to im- AN pose epon the creduluus, AUCTIONEER Uppe. Queen Street, House resumed. Progress was repaor’ed land leave granted the Comasittee to sit asin Charlottetown, - - - P.E.T. } Adjourned for one bo r. G. | H so. B. Davies.—The bon member 3.-~-Orders from a ead, and the country} from Caseumpec (uon, Mr. Bowlan) hes l mise ps'rued m, reference to * navvies,”’ leet evening. | inte ded to conv y the Go te W. A Weeks v Co. for Cheav Goods idea that a8 a C ase, those people were ar i generally cousidered rowdies and shat at AGENCY OFFICE! lan electiop the, would uasturaliy support veral Ways were ol service ebjeet was to guard pr r8ons Who it 8 m the country. The | travelling imp sters wl-o professed to be not |merely Piysteimms aud >urgeore, bat Pro- Medene. Was it fair or just @te@ N wii' -eceive prowptatient Apri! 26.1869 pe SUBSCRIBER will ‘attend to all or |! sepest: cued: well be the case, ders for thé Beih -, lettiny, purchasing, | ente leading &e., 6f Dwelli ut Houses, Business | 0! the | Es ebiish.nents, aud isids both in City and; wo d ‘to dispsragement of them; bat they mublic with their fulsome pre. | Ix peuses, Hie woud, h wever in the moan-! brought forward against severu! of those un. | Wie | | Freight traffic, equal to Lill, and sa d} het the Buili did out apply to Accouchers, or | both the proles-<ian and tho pabl.e against}, ithe Government which ewp oy d them; and | Nv oe) raiva more respec! for the early re'tlers | sland thap i dsand | uever said a | Cowitry. iwere a class of men widely Gd flerent trom Parties wistin~ to dis Property of any description, to let or lease Houses, Stores &e., will please apply by let ter statin Darticd ars. gay SECRECY, w obsei ved, en required, strictly A. MeNEILL. Exchange Buildings, C\town, 187k. CITY LUMBER DEPOT, POR SALL A T THE ‘CIPY sUMBER DEPOT. ALL KI-DS OF LUMBER! Pine and Spruce Borde uni Piank, Sewn énd Split Shingles (Cedar Pine & Fir), Cedar Posts and Fence Kui's. Scentiing, Studding god Lithe, Enquire at Mr. James Barrett's, Block- maker. Dorchester S reet, near toe KR. U. Ubapel, or of the Subscriber. ALSO: BRIT AUD STONE FOR SALE AT THE LUMBER DEPOT. BENJAMIN WILLIAMS; Hillsboro’ Square. Ch town, June 19, 1871, t pi tf POR SAL Queen Square Furniture Store ! Children’s Carriages, Al discount of 26 per cent from vaval prices JOHN NEWBON. Apel} 94.4878 pees and POSTERS printed at Exawusen Ulhec. pose of or purehase | the tiavvres, who, so tar from seitimg per- meneo! ly in (he bs and, wil leave the cou- ty us sao as the rai road ta built or high | ler wages con be obtained elsewhere, ‘Li o ject of m observations was mere y (6 i shew that sug? peop'e so si uated, sneuld ;not b permitted to vote at cur elections aud, by thetr numbers, vulify the suffraye- of ov-her elet rs permanently setied um nz as. flon Mr. Hewe's.—I am glad thar 1} have brought the bon, membe: to bis senses lat last, Log evening be cha ac erized the railway laborers as the scum of the earth ‘ter confine their remarks to the su’ ject | Hon. Mr The hon, member wit: fied that some of his owa con-tituents bave gone to the negh- borteg Pr vinees to wok on the railroads, Last evening neyvies were th scum of the earth; Dow that the hon member has slep' upon the matter, they are well-couduected ‘mee, Let the hoo, member go imo the | back settlements of the country, and ask the pioneers who first cleared the foreat what means they brougnt with them ? i! ‘theic pockets were lined with sovereigns ? L cannot sit silently Jevening to such jassertions east upon A Class of men ‘so much requred, ond so uselal ‘in these Colones. Their wealth is m | their strong righ’ a'ms, aod I bope we may ‘be able to get them to butid our railrvad. ‘Have the S.ates and the Dowinion beea | puived by the uflux of navvies ? I for one ;wou d have no ofjctiou (0 see any nuimb.r of them cowe to my store in Uarcumpec ‘and purchase goods, U1 course it would be desitable that they sbouid settle here and doubiless mony will, bac what harm if they rewove? Tuey will have g ven us the ‘services tor which we bargained, aod [ shail ‘be glad to welcome any ad puletioo, jaw. 1 was sorry ‘the bon, member last night, to hear the statewen The ¢ natgMaN.,— Hon, members bad bet- | How.ay,—L am doing 80, | dition to our po- erumen'. ali of whom are equal bef.re shee Ep piore denthis Ueno as it indicaced regard tue folowing fizurcs. — iu form) g vv estimate of ‘be cost for which . > i {y, - - . New Baunswice Raitwar. be wis perform the work. A measure cf this im) Ortarce should oot Le burned $19) 557.36) broush the Hous: with such indecent baste, 1 ¥,t 53.9 | {t was vot before tbe pepe at the pulls. Gross Rev uue, | ‘ ——— ——— | I'ne hon. Leader of the Goverment bas , *¢ -o.r.- P.. fit, $55,273.27 | tounded ove argument O@ the assertion thot Pi oportion of above revenue in toe railroad wil. save rome of the wear and Freigh , $103 3°2.5]| tearof ou preseus common roads, Lt may D tto, Pas-engers, x] 975.0%} do so to some extent, but | conrend tha 10 61,16 | our presen ou jay on thoe r ad~ 18 insuf- ——_ | ficien!, and more mney is required fer them $ ¥5 547. 6| 8; eciadly in the netyhborhood of smpping |, laces. & have heard nothing culculaed to | bew me how the :aiircad can be expested Al. af Mais, $2.58 per eent. Passengers do, 4294 do Mais, 52d do | ? 4)» Im fact, pay its working eX),enses excep! perbars for a short time ip the spring 130 do std tali We bave been told that we aust | Ol the ab th iar aad }keep up with the times,—that, as other or =: ao Ces a Sion ae eounines have ad ipted. railroads we mus! Trough trafic 418. 40: leek: ee es Uf Freight, : OO PR Sica Sl AS gy panies build our lines and would give them Aud, 7 20.40 (hrougt freight, "4-Reral cubsid-cs, TESS I whe sveem yer Poe proportion of the earmu.s a'sorbed in eXpenre., Weir aud tear &e,, 18 71.62 per cent | people sh u'd have an opportunity of ex- | pressi: g their views on this question before adopt this scheme. The ton Atrorney General has stated: that it was a reflee 10n op tne inélligence of she people of the 1s ‘aud ‘hat they’ were cot more favorably dis- | We bat I: has been obdjecied t the narrow gauge | jnas not been suffivieut!y tested to warrant | aa e of ad. bu pre that wa have pom rad) ae hee posed to a railroad. That gent'eman ad- us to judge ot tte prac ical working in| mitted that he knew no'hing on the subject Sweden and om Queeushind- it |" mselt, he, therefore shoud not object to , and L beleve eili answer | ‘O° ‘Svoravee of others. 1a the argument abour the diffeulty «expe: t- vue! by farmers in getting their produce t: m rket, they ali huve to keep a certain n al pling that s'y i cou- Nor’ beru vives sa jstactien Our purposes a8 well as the broad gauge. | if the warroW gauge only consumes in work- ing expeuses 49 jer cen Of ifs earning ss aud assuming ibal a road from Aiberton to homatmarket Astothe argument abou U sorgetowo W uld carp ws Wuch as the rosa | : . wood fit tor fuel temg now was'e?, | do no! rows Shediae to St. Jolin, there would ree | ‘ : ’ i main afier deducting tre 4) per cent $117.-| wer ore aap a! be hed. Coal Pp ve 33, equal to £39 70° currency, nearly paneseeny ee wood og Charlotie- qual to 6 per eent on £600 000. Be-ides | a Sunmerside avd other pluces. shai: th 8 ¢ Delderation, we «ugbt to consider the | Ur Port the amendment as i believe inet bre-ousers: which, now valueless, would: be} 2° #2 should be taken in this matter available to our finasces if we had the rail-| “Hous the approval m tbe peoole. ; Li roat im Ope ation. There are vast quantities rat or «gsinst ‘be principle of « railroud of timber which from dfiical'y of access to | put L wish that it should be hurlt by a com- Markets are now was‘ed, but woich wosid | pary, and | have heard from good authority fiud a profi able marke: if the owners could Lae aie eons (GG! 8 quespens mn) tenia, el Thets by tail ‘The fotwerein ene}? und to eonatruct it, 1 would ra her interior would also large ly uvail them-elves | 8 Sla'Ze . eon pan y to the cxrent of £10 of the fa tities a railioad would give tbem (000 or 12 000 a year, so that. at any rate ry \the people myght know what burdens they in hauling lme and mussel mud to lauds | lt has been said that musselewud is ut of | YEF® 84D Bg, whieh they cannot usder of the Government. | } : > 8s scheme | much value to the smaller class of farmers ie /As a smail farmer myself | sanuot subseribe | fae a | Le way be so in its first cost, but if por a ito tha opinicn, On the contrary L Cue} . | subsiar tial struc are may prove a very ex- sider it a wery vausble feriizer. Of; , : | ven-iwe one,’ fore L sit down | must r - |e use the app ication of an excessive quan- : . jter to the remurks in ref-renee to myself icity would be mwjurious, hat that aff rds vo : ; ; | which fell (rom the Leader ov the G vern jd gument agaiast the moderate use 0! 1! ; a : 2 ; | meut last eveuing. That gentleman, using it was glad to bear the hon member for | . : : a /offeasive and iwsuiting observations about Southport, a lew days ugo, advota'e a geo 0- | Mineral-, | ols tow \ ad eenel me, aud [ vow tell bim that Ll do not regard sisal BearCh lur coal i, ne | Some years ago L supported a grant for such | bjects, whieb, sc Vered ip ap samtity, | . : jecta, whieh, itd ¢ 9074 ) leoming 1D aby man Oedupying the position | Ww ul v -fiable employment tv a Pail-! , w uid g e¢ profitable employ +m thw touse of Leader of the Government ond It is well kuowo that there are ex- ; oped {to apply toe member of the House, langu- er sive tracts of 1ow-Ty) g Moist junds which : : oo sia, con ie Hedleieged und Converted into vateabié’| age weech might mo e naturally beexpecied ae m » bully tm a brothel ipastures, At present they «re lying waste, | : Praesent lnecsuse ober tand requiring less treube to} cultivace can he had = At presen! oof popt-} i Lithom ts prine pally epgaged ip ag:iculrura | | pursaits, bar the time will arrive wheb We! from Andrew Doy'e, praying that the ishall have a purtion of our population pro | House would not grant the prayer of a secu! ny in the fi veres. as a distinet Dusty) Hetinompresented to Ut, praying for the pas nese, and the raiiroad wiil eecelerace thal) ..ge of a general law, giving to the public } time, Again, it is well known that a yreat tbe right to all the manure throwa «sbore | quastity of timber tha: wou d be valuableiu! hetweeon high and low water mark. jour sv ipyards is los: to the country: we ct} ~~ Rgeived. read, and lad on the table, ; ‘the railears would bring to Chariottetowo | How Mr. Hownay also presented a peti- {Summerside and other places. Another | pj91) froin Lors"Que, Two, Tiree and Pour. lyreat inconvenience under wich we labor | praying for the estabiishanent of a Poiling ‘at present is the searcity of labor im the | division, at or near Joseph Greeu’s, Mim- H. Miscellaneous. luyricultura! districts, it 8 often impos-iD © | jpegash, Lt 2 ‘tor a farwerto procure itatapy price. NoW| — Reecived, read and laid on the table. lif he could send bis preduce to market by) fjoo, Arronn:¥ Geagnat presented a ‘rail che time of hiwselt wud (eams, nCw Cou! hil] to empower the Juig s of the Supreme suwed in hauling it to market, would be) Court so extend tne teruis thereof, Rw. le.ved to bis farm. | ua aware thata yood | ejyed and read a first time, to be read a | many people are scared at the maga! ude Of | second time on Moray pest ‘this Gudertaking. Li L may be aiowed 10} The rule of the House having been sus- ¢-wpare small sbings with great, i Way | pended, the hon, Leader of the Govera- 'mevion that before the iustivution of the)! ment introduced a Bill to suthoriz: the pusent Seam Navigation Company, OUF jssujog of Treasury Warraats, in sums e3- | /pople were reproached at Shed ac with out! goeding one hundred pounds, Read a want of Sreamboats to connect with the §-st rime, and to be read @ secoad time on ‘railroad at that place. The Uompany ec@ Monday next. one i sitess develup- : | weneed with oue boat, the busivess Up Merchants Bank. pe? ; ed itself so rapidly taut anotuer Was put On; 3 ’ ‘the foate, mane the Company can puton) The House then resolved itself into a (auovher if required. ; to the ae and such | bel.eve will be corporae the People’s Bavk of Prince ‘the case wih the railroad, 1 admit tbat _Ejward Island. sa | our expenditure last year has been in excess Mr, Muxno in the Chair, aie : lot the revenue, bat it should be borue to The Chairman having read the first cause, ‘mind that the new Public Barding ia it was agreed to, ‘The second was thea Charlottetown forms an item of ex(ra ex read. | peuse, and nearly ail our public debt ia re- preseuied by the lands purepased by the Government. and that a jarge portion of those lauds*ia still in possession of the Gov- Last year the accounts showed jogs on this branch of the public service, struck .out, substitu ed, Agreed to, Another clause read. the publie debt of the Colony es | | sued in other places, and | contend that the | i Ttere is vo hing | ei uat of stock, and very few are rep miles) (has been gad that ths will heaeheap road | *! them as insults to myself per onally, but to} lino e@ whe sent me here, and that it is unbe-| Hon. Mr. How san preseoted a petition | That line is a credit: Committee of the whole op the Baill to in- | Hono. Mr, Perxy said that if there was seu', too much of a movopoly in the Bauk- ing business if a sufficient am ant of leapival will be subseribed tre pubic wi'l ‘heave all the puarantees aff rded by the other Banks, As the pre-ent Bank ac ¢ fodation 1s vot excessive be thought the prayer or the petitione:s shoud be granted. Afier some further consiceration of ibe ' Bil, by the House, in Committee, the Speoker tovk toe Chair. and the Coairmau reported the Biil agreed to, without usiendments, O:dered ‘0 be engrossed. House adjourned till ten o’clock, on Monday next. Seka. Monpay, March 20. House went into Committee on second | reading of the Bill relating to Physicians & Surgeons Mr. Munro ir the Chair, | The fivst and second paragraphs of the | Bi | being agreed to, Mr. Roserraon remarked shat he did i2* wish it to be understood that there was any- thing is the Bill to prevent a person from calling in the assistance of any man in case of iliness or aceident, whose assistance mizbt ‘be desired by apy persun, The intention was tO prohibit the improper interference with, and uajust imposition upon the public, by imposters, lion. Mr. Wicurman would like to see a Bill passed which woul! give a status to the medical profession; yet, as there were giany persons in the country whose servicers | Were appreciated by the people, he would not wish to pass a measure to prevent them from practising, and thereby deprive the public of their services. The hoo member name? several of those, and in doing so, did not | hesitate to say be thought that not even the | medical gentlemen themselves would oppose their claim to the confidence of the pub- ie, Mr. Roperts-n said the framers of the Bill bed ‘hese gentlemen in view, and bad HO tied low to proseribe thew How, Mr. Peasy would prefer to see a | Bill which wou'd prevent them from re [covering lees by law, Yet, if parties who emp'oy.d them chouse to pay them, be wou d not have them fined for sea-pting it. lion, the S kaksr would not support the Bill unless un amendment was introduced | which wou'd exempt frm interference thuse /persons who had been practising in the ‘eountry. Such men wight not have diplo mae, und might vos either be prepar-d to aliswer such questions as the Board of Ex- amicers mizhc propose; and if they were prevented from practising, he koew the countiy would regaid such a measure with disfavor, Hon. Arronnry Generar said ‘he BI! Was av important ove, and required some consideration in order to dea! setisfactorily wih, That some protection shouid be g veo to the medical profession and the pul lic against “imposters, none woud deny. Whilst the argumeus ured ayaigst the Wea-ure, were in reality tbe strongest which could be produced in ttsfavor, Thar there were skillful men of iwtegrity which none wished to pursue with a Bij] that would de. prive the country of their sez vices, ail ud_ mitted, Bat what were the facts? Why, just this: that the propo-ed measure wouid place them in a sale position, if they avail- ed tnemse!ves of its provisions; while their present position Was a dangerous one. He | had that morning rece:ved a commuuication trom a female who wished him, as a pro- | fesstonal man to take s'eps to bave her | father exhumed from his grave, under the | copvietion that his death was eaused by the | iltreatment of an unskililul pretended med - |cal mau. Supposing tbat mau’s b.dy was jexbumed, and it was found that those sus- | picionS Were correct. why, be could immedi- ately be arrested for murder; whereas, bad ‘he received a license from a Boa'd euch as the Biil proposed to have established, he eculd e be indicted for ma!practice. . Hou, Mr Persy said it was quite possi- | ble that the person ia the case referred to iby the learned Attorney General might, | nevertheless, be a licensed practitioner, Lt eo, the couctry would bave uo better guaran- tee than it had at present, He would not wisk either to sea hose women interfered with who, in the capacity of curses and otherwise, were so frequently and generaily employed, Dr. Kopertsox said such was. not the in- ' tention, Mr. Arseyacx believed a useful and skill- ful dostor bad wotbing to fear from quacks. i Hon. D. Davies said that assome parties) te wou'd, by bis saperior attainwents, s9on took exeeption to the Baume of the Bauk, he, would move that, the wood ‘* People’s’’ be) overcome their interference, he petitioners think that there 1, at pre- | was who appeared 10 be io the worst sage of ec nsumpion Tais would be phy-iciwn at ouce jpiroduced himself as a ski/full end expere c-d doctor. who bad eff-cted the (eure of many euch eases, and assured the | patient that if he paid him a handsome fee, vod complied w.th his prescription, which was to swallow a certain pamber cf live frogs he would thoroughly cure bim, A gentieman who bappened to be present on | heari extraordinary statements, re- ‘d'to subject ibis practitioner and his vel theory to the test of a severe physu- logical investigation, The result clearly showed the tullacy and deception of the pre- teusions of this worthy, who, alter receiving a salutary rebuke, lost no time io making his departure. But, while 1t was necessary 'o guard Agaios' cases of this sort, he (Mr, Cameron) telicved there were several per- sous of long standing in the country. who. though holding vo diploma, were often in the habit of reader.ng usefo! s-rvices to the community from their skill and long ex- perienes im medicine and surgery. And ‘he few @] sone s-ctious of the Bil would wtertere with :20s@- aud deprive the people of their services; for.the Bill proviaca th" all who © refused or neglected ’’ to appear before the medical Board for examination. | or who. on being examined, failed to obsaio a licence, were di-qualitied from practising He also thought that the clause imposing ® five on al] who practised without complying with the provisions of the Bil, as tov stringent in its working; for they would be liable to a fixe of £10 for the first offence, and £29 for the second. The fine, there- fore, if necessary at ail, shou'd be reduced to ebout one-fourth of those sume, The Bill alvo ovly acknowledged those who qualified themselves in some British or Kurupean institution, or in the citiesof Bu-- ‘on, New Yok, and Philace'phia, ‘n the United Sates. Those who might qualify iv i ciuded by the Bill from the privilege of ex- ercising their professional knowledge within this [s'and Hoo Leaprx ov tas Opposition, (Mr. Wightman) kuewa iittie about surgery and mediciue, a8 he bad studied three years in Ejinburgh. He bad been frequent’y called upon, aed had many times. in various Ways, rendered assistance to his neiyhhora, wheo valed upon in a case of emergency, but never did or thought of charging for euch services, to the extent of one farining. But be knew that p ople living im remote dis- wie 8, and who were deprived of thore privi'eges which those e jiyed who were placed tn more favored Circumstances, apd knew these were men in several of those places who possessed eonsiderabie skill, but ueverthele-s, had not a d ploma ; yet as they bad been of much service to their neighbors aud the pubiic, he would pot wish to see the public deprived of their servces. He regarded the Bill us being tar too stringent. it would be impossib'e, in many instances fora poor man to obtain medicive or medical advice either 1f they wee to be deprived ot the persons whow they bad bitherte employ- ed. Hon. P Sinct:tr was hot opposed to the priociple of tha measure, but regarded the bill before them as too stringent, and gave the profes-ion too much power in im- posing fines. Aliboagh cuses m ght have oceurred in which injarious cons-queneces re= sulted from the treatment of »02-professivn- a! men, yet, as a general rule, he thought f they did dittle good, they did vot do much hard. Mr A.C. McDonaup, while regarding it a duty to protect the profe-sion, did not tbink the country was yet prepared, or sbould be required to diapense with the ser- views Of several who had hitherto rendered good service to the pubic, although thez aight not have diplomas. How. Mr, Keury said the Committee bad heard of several istences iu which parties had suffered from the treatment received from wuskillful persons. It was a shame there was pot a law to protect the country from such imposition. As to those men to whom reference bad been meade, the Bill provided against their being imposed upon if ‘bey availed themselves of the protection it was intended to give. Mr McLean entirely approved of the | Bill, and regarded it absolutely necessary to | guard the cuuntry agains! the curse of medi- cal quecks, ‘Liose persons who were us “fu! lu the country, would have nothing to com- plain of, as the Bill made suitabie provision " mevt thelr case. House resumed, Committea reported | | progress, Adjourned for one hour, G. | other parts of the United S:ates were =) i , | | TT, tell the amonnt of brain work » man must perform before being able to undertake the ; most critical and dangerous cases and treat« ing them successfully? He thought that no one could estimate the value of the labor medical men sometimes performed, and therefore, people generaliy, were not in « position to stute what he fees should be ia aQy partict ar case. Hon, 15, Davuns said there was s regular scale of feos in connection with the medical faculty ir -some countries and anices this were so, here al-o, a medical man could muke any charge he t t proper A Medical Bosrd should therefore be es tablished in the Colony, in order tw Gz a sae for this country, abuve which they should not be allowed to charge. -If a patient weshed ec make a bargain with o medical map, to pay bim more than the law allowed, he shoud be at liberty to. de so. He was of opinion, that im general practice, a svale of tees would ba of great ben fir. Hon. D Daviss th ought thatif a reguler sca'e of evarges were fixed, people at a dise tance from a physician would be deprived of the services cf the later, becaus> be woud ouly get the sme fee for at.ending *uch persons, = for aiveuding thuse Bear 018 OWA, residence; und if the fixed fee were a very moderate one it woud pot Tewmeeerace hie tor travetling a long distance Lf « d.cror w re wanied at St Petcr’- for instance, und the fixed fee wos ten shi lings, be could aot go there for such a sum, for it would aot psy him tor his trouble. Hon. Leader ov Tas Governusnr did not think ic right to Gx the fees of profes sioual mea, for the circnws'avccs ubder which ye performed th ir rerviees were varied, ‘Tbe charges male by them would depend d!together upou their skill aud ability, aud the distance to which they travelled By fixioga scale of charges. the most inferior men are paced upon an equal foo'ivg wish the wogt ski‘ful. Parties in the country, in critical cases, would send fur a ckilial mac, bac the latter would aay, “* L wilt pot go, for the law will not allow me sufficient remuneration for gry services ; * ® private batgaia woud then be coucudd between them, by which the doctor would gei extra pay for going to» distance, und the law would thus te evaded, Lostead of doing good, it appe.red to bem that euch law would do a great deal ot burm, for it would cause the doctors’ charges to be much higher than they are at present. He never heard of such a jaw in oiber countries and be did vot think it would work well bere, Mr Ars:nav.r thought the whole Bill was very detesuve. but the clause under consideration, was worse than any that had preceeded it, Hon Mr Ketcy obtained leave to with- draw his smendment, and tbe blank in the clause ws filled up with che words, “ twenty shilliogs.”” The next clause was then read. Dr. Konzurson said that this clause provided that every physican shoud bave bis diploma registered; and if it should happen to be lost or destroyed, afterwards, he wou'd be able to get it renewed; but under present circums'ancers, that reuewal might cost him acousiderable sum of money, The clause Was therefore a very wmporteut one. The blaok in the clause was filled up with the words, thirty shillings,”? ead the clause was then agreed to, The next clause Was then read, Hon. Mr.Pexny thought this clause very ones ded, aud that it protected medial Men only Hon, Mr. Wichrman thought the clause very objectionabie, in «8 much as it would silow medical men a fixed rate per mile to atiend the weetinys of the Medical Bovrd; af it wei Cairicd out there would be @ universal Gum plaint against it, Dr. Ri ssarsoy said that members of the uoard of Education were paid from the Vreasury for their services; aod he thoaght that the members of the Medicat Board would ~ be equa'y enuted to some retpuneration for theirs. > Mr. Retry said that the Bill afforded a guarantee to medical meu who are properly qua fied, and wae a protecuon te the pubiie lvom quacss, As@ guarantee Was piven 10 professional men lo earry op their pi oiession, it would be hardly tair to lng the whole bure den and expense of the Medical Board on the people for the formir would, at jeasi, reap me great advartige irom tt as the jotter, Whatever fees may arire from the establish- meat of a Medicai Bourd ebould be used io defraying it expenses, und the inetitulica would thus be made eelf sustaining Hon, Mr. CaLepeck sad that appeared to him thet the Bui wouid éfford much pro- tecuca to medical men, andi, would there. fore be herd that the public ehould be come pelied to pay for that protection, Ita pr- fectly right thas@ geuti¢men who spends a largs sum of money m edveatung himeelf ahouid be protecied against quacke; but the Bul woeld prevent people irom employing any man, bowever skilful he night be, ia cases of common occurence. if be had ne diploma; sand places all medical practice sm the hands of licensed phys:eine, The Medi~ ca! Board would be quite different from the Board of Education in pring: pie, tur it woud be constituted of men ali belung nz to the same craft, while the members of wwe Board ot Elecation differ in their empioymenis, Lf the Medical Board were jormed ot moo be longing tod @ rent professions and capable of examining tue students who came beiore. them (or eXamisation, t@ matter would be . quite different; or,sf 1 were composed partly , of medical men, and partly of men belonging to other prolessions, 80 as to allow the laiter to have @ majority, it would met be eo likely to be one-sided, Uader any c'roumstang-s the expenses of susiaiming the Board should not be throwa upon the public; the ipstita- tion should be made eeclf- sustaining. Un motion of the bon, the Lever of the Government, the former glagee Wee recone . sidered by the Commutes, Ali alter the. word ‘*witnesses ’ was then etrack out end the clause was agreed to, * Hon. P. Sixe_aie thought 4 better toallow 8!) the fuods arising frou the instatution to imo the T . aod to allow the mem. t . / i feagury re of the Board a small fee for thew serie cet. | Mr. MoMiunaw thought that the notices in ‘| | fon. Arromwey Geweaat said that some Mr Hooper did not kaow but that such | cases wich which Med:eai men had to deal, | aud the woid “ Mercbant’s ’ a measurz might eujt the ety, bur was not! required a vast amount of skill, while, such as would do the country, It wouid ex- job pecded comparatively litle; it was) jane not ouly the elass rcleried toby the bos jnot the labor the duetor bad to perfor@ gmoant of the fees were leit to che I wember fer Tigoish, bat also those who) which caused bis fees io be larg-r, but the a necessity for another Bunk, the Li} shoud \oured the eaneer, If a Board of Kxaminers|awount of skill he possessed. Who sould re‘erenee to the meetings of the Board should ro pub iabed in at least one uewspeper in each | county, end woald, therefore, move that this _ vwio3 be made in the Bill. lion, Mr. Prxur thought thet ea Prince of Waies Uollege did rot give satisiactiun, it. sheuld be done eway with, aod @ Medical College establisted instead, Dr. Rosee teow said that if the “ae , Board, tay would secue Lie malior Selislege ‘torily, ; b oh Tk Lh - ” * ’ — aa —,