* 158 yo 4 ‘ 4 *. ~~ ' ; om ate = ne = . - - _ - | 4% cropped, and he is dressed ia a glazed cap, cloth coat, tenants, but available for fishing purposes — they, eo ‘ = greyish vest and trousers, and Balmoral boots. The motives e@geged ia carrying on fishing thereon ae. mide for bis conduct are hitherto inexplicable, and even the hus- POWet tv let them to others requiring > 3 itr beod, who brings him foot to the station house, does mot at- 20 Years’ Purchase. sempt to unravel them.— Northampton Express. Hon ComsMisstonen Hows.—How long would it take a) | healthy Stroy yOung wan to@an enough to buy the freehoid | of tee fara at ? eee U vears’ purchase 7 | LAND GOMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Mr. MeGowas.—He would never be able to rsise as much | : iby agricultural pursuits as would enable Him te purchase it at) Monpar, lth September, 1800. | ryge rare, | Vernon River or New Perth. { (Continued from our lest.) ; lon, Commissiongn Hows. —As we came slong to George? | Me. Umaanes Patarn —- he innd te not generally lumped | ! ; : ap the leases: on must of uew the rents Feserved are stated at | town, we looked with much pleasure Woona number of farms, sv much per were, *| composing what, we understand, iscalled Vernon Kiver or aon | Lew. Commesyonan Garar.—Ne. Benne, { belewe, was ai Perth. The pretty appearance of these farms, their shit | le eywe in a FOspestabee proewce | eed if He was right inthe | dselling-houses, and out-buridiigs, contros most fas vrabey advice phrch he veve in the matier, the siatement which has) Wilt those of other selilements whieh we lave seen. Can yor Been made to ne must be wreag. assign any particular cuuse for the great evilent prosperity of) Mr. Depuors explened Wat, when a new form wae lad off, Ue seciienent, : the ande |ines «ere only runes fer ba k aa the land wascieared ; Mr. McGowan. —di is whelly owing, l believe, to the good eud that, ecunrequenl¥, in the couree of 20 years or so, MH dight inanaygemen', industry, wnd reawouucs! habits of the men * ho | be encroscied upon by a pereen boliimyg innds Behind it, whech have seitied there—a class of Sevtehu.en, whose indy try. shil, | wae frequeniy the case: we thus persons ylien allowed paris aud prudence would (ensure them syocess almost & iy where, of thee Satme te go qut of their ~eseesion | Tuomas Owen, Fag.—Many of those agu bed mouey when Mr @mawims Pacwen etpisined thet by the running of a they Grime to the country; aad ibey are freehelders without bow dury line, under the Uoundary Act, u Was frequentiy exception, formed what Sue old buoundery line had aa been properiy run, Poverty of the Tenaniry ond their inadilisy ty raise mancy. and the — determing «=! ihe peat Fowp-hips te taieietien ie tint haiti feaiaida abt ici Lt tut libbdemanen - Bg Siam haunts ea tee, ike Aceon nd and aw euch | have had frequent opportunites of Knawing hes | which, by hus Jeaee.e Rae ought to hold: alight soineimes be the wouey bad been obtamed which I received in discharge - | Gomteished; but ty Bonadaty Act prov.ded for au eguitable such assessment. | co wah hue mich. 6 Henly venpate had) bajuetaent, between proprie'ots, in euch casas. F beep able ta raise it. Phey had an eye to “oe months Ouro; | "How. Conmsirsteesen How 8. — Then 1: would appear, in ths and had barely been able to scrape the sinall amauat Coyerher, eee, thet the lessee has beow made to pay reut lor V3 scree Since the reciprocity treaty with the United States has been in operation, tenants have been able toxell a lite produce, fort gash, to the Americans frequenting our ceasts ta their fishing Reidence ef Wiliam Macgowan, Esyuire. ead other veseeis, and, by this means, Uiey fave, in many; TM evigence givea by the geatieman Was, BD sudstend*, 08) instances, been enabled tu rage cash for the vayuent of ther | HIN: : land assessment. tesdes on Lot 41. Lad no comp'siots to meke on his own Questioned by Charles Palmer, Esquire. pert ; but hoped to lwe and die im the eocra! positiaa which he Me. Alea eccupred. “A good meny years ago, he setried in the woods on Mr. Patwenr wished to know wheiher or cor Mr. Mc inwan | bast 44; and, in dong sv, bis ou'iny of money, in the clearing had had opportunities of becoming sepeniannt wilh the acta | ef the lend and the creation of buildings Was yery considerable. © madition of tenants in o her parts of he Island, besides that of | He bed intended tu advert §> the reckless manner in which the ‘hose in which he resided; en . on what exieut of ~—! lands of tris Colony were at fifet granted away by the Uribreh viservation he based Hig siatewmen's and opimons, G verament ; but, ae the impulicy of the mode in wine they | Mr. VicGowan said he formed his Opens on what he had were gt ned ens at lest griergl y adinitted and condemn -d,| seen. He was ecquainted with threetouctiis of the Usinud 5 nad, ke wou'd e2y nothing on tie: hewd, but confine hunself merely he thought, that trom his knowleége of three-fourths of it, he te setting furb, as far gehe was able, the ex esting grievances. might fairly conclude he had sufficrent data whence to Ueduce wf the tevantry and over seller oD r »waship Lande, arising the etate of the remaining one-fourth. trom the uaduly high value set Upou those lands, and the too Reason why tenants hold more land than they can bring under | : high rene consequently exected for them. He brovher and actual cultivation. . Limself, about 24 of 25 years ago, at a land aseesement sale, Witciam Cooprga, Esquire, said he wished to explain to bid for iand eubmitied to pubd!ic compet:tion—the on'y mode by their Exce!lencies how it was that many of the Island’tenam whi-h the real walue of an article could be ascertained. The tarmers held more land than they actually cultivated ; and so land tor which they then bid, and witch they purchased, was appeared to pay, or to be liable to pry rent for land wh ch 100 scres with @ ini!! sie wpon it; end they bou ht nt for £25, yielded them cothing. Many, no doubt’, were overstocked with Isiend currency. We bought it sa ject to the equity of cate. If fewer cattle were kept on the seme fodder, there | redemptivu in two years ; bul we were too a: xious to te ain it would be more manure derived from it. But, in order to be able to siluw « likel hood of ire being redeemed by the orginal to culiivate QW acres, a man wae obliged to hold 100 acres, | proprietor or Claimen’, at the expiration of that perrod Insteed Upon the uncultivated portion of his f-rm be depended for | of employing a lawyer to secu.e usin the posecseion, the plan his firewood, fur longere for fences, and for pasturage for bis te whub we hed recourse’ was the making of a cousideradie estle. All the manure, however, which be could obtain from | outiey inthe meking df improvewente thergon; tg such ees justly limited stock of cattle would not be sufficient for tne extent, ae setiefed us thet (he proprietor or claimant wou'd | araole portion of his farm, without kelp or muscle mud. Vo | not be wijling, Of pot be ad's, to redeem it by payeng uethe be able ww gultivate 2§ acres to Any advantage, @ tenant, in| value of our Mpproyements, Ev- ry successive year, fora tune, this Island, re quired a farm of 100 acres. we cogiinged to purcheee, a» land assessment sales, in the same end next bought, at one of those sxiee, anovher 100 aces Delegation from Lot 53—Mesarg. Donald Stewart, John’ of tnd, adj.na ng an first eomiler purchase of 100 acres. This) Stewart, James Dewar and Thomas Quen, Esy., M. P. P.| gecund 100 acres we bought for £19. Each succeeding year, we, fur sume time. continued te snake additional purchases in) She sume way, 100 acres at a time, at prices varying from £15 te £10. la thw wey we purchased, io al!, 1000 acres. Now the Townehip property adjorming our lands, ouly sepwated from them by the boundary line, we valued at 20s. an acre, by its ewcer, Sit Semue! Canard. bn making this sratem-nr, IT wieh to shew that lands imve been enhanced in value, mot im conse- qucce of any Raproctanemin eede thoreen by propristers, bot lection, there have not been more then 8 or 10 rent payers emequgs tbe expend were labor and money wade by the “upon it. 17 or i3 freeholders on the Lot purchased frou the resident Go Oaief ; anti, when such lands are sod and purci:aed, , Keri of Seikirk about 50 or 60 yeare ago. Two more acknow gh acl) euhenced value, it is not vo much the lands which are ledged the t t'e of the claimant, but paid no rent. There are | tg objec! of the bargain between the parties, as it we the labor about 167 vceupied farms on the Lot, averaging sbout 75 acres | oad nitucny oF emerd. By aor Revenp Whew ap and improved each. The average quantity of jand in cultivation on each of _— wm the way in which | hépe stared we have done—bdy our |) farens, io shout 20 adres.” On some of them there are ering taken the poems we cccupy—by our having made | good buildings; bat not on all. Onthat part of the Townsh:p ewese age SNE FOQRTSESIOS, BO SAOSIN wapegeus ey whicli m clanned by the Countess of Westwnoriand, there are value vt hue adjoiging proverty, rendered mt available, ond about Go settlers ; but nat one of them has paid one copper of euabled the propre: tor to leaae it on terme and at agete wheh | 5n. Seik bah ee ABEE chew © dante ‘teases Wert granted ; | be could iigt arene hove procared fos 1. Udo nut ineso td but no rents hive ever been paid to any one; and nesther lise vee Cty NSU Oe NSU oes Gre qie-tete rent, to his knowledge, been demanded for the last 7 yeirs, On greatly enhouced the value of property and been a mesns of | |), portion of the Township clamed by the Karl of Se kirk advancing she py of (hat section of the countey ta which neither are there any rent-pavers, Seventeen seulrs on that twey we atiuaiel, We ee purchased the gram uf the neigh- part of the Townebip came out with mouey, and paid for their | beuring farmers, who, finding in us a Cowement and réady- : n.ouey market for much of their produce, have been enabled te turn the fruneof ther iadustry to a-tgore tahmediang and much more profiradle account thea many’ who haye had no euch advantages es our wn lis haveafurded. We have, tins, and ‘ ‘ Thomas Owen, Esquire, M. P.P., having been anpornted to apeak tothe name of the Delegation, madea statement, substan- | ually as fellowes L.ot 53 1s situated within three miles of Georgetown, and has | the beet harbour oa the South part of the Island, The Town- ship has, for GO years past, been claimed by three different parties—the Karl of Westmorland, the Earl cf Selkirk, anu lord Meville. For the last 25 years, that is within his reco! ‘acres for hw famly. The aettiers ow the part of the Township | {claimed by the Kari of Seikirk bought their land=; they pard | fno rent, except £36 paid by a man of the name of Campbell, | : t £3 by anviher, and somerhing by the two Cumpions. On the | other aoe cones the re al at se part of the Township clauned by Lord Melville, a few paid | Come These, HORNED INE CuUTesived. 5 SO OM mann ther We * Sve | sanething on account of rent to Mr. Morpeth, Lord Melyilie’s | ever lent or avanced 20+ wh 2h hes HO", nN one shape or another, | agent. A great number of the setilers on that part of the Lot} been cee us: oa, ee ee op are not under lease. ‘Those who are under lease h we pard | IW OUF HEIgndaurwod, She Canyesing if lio mee) pr Lour, We) the present agent ia Mr’ Bourke, and he had issued 5 or 6} heve prevec'ed ? lees whieh we u'fierwiee nave ae ee | processes for the March Gourt at -Ge weelown. Some of the | ed by the meee} tor, | be raed ve held by att scm j ndividuale against whom these processes were igeued, attorned 5 | # that the eres of the tew productions of a jethera did not. They who retused to ator retained Mr. SAS" 17 10 tazgrives to Xt. ly having the corn ground on the Hensley 4 their Counsel to defend them; but they were not) Ysiand, the gxyeuse of freight and other loss are avoided. | brought to trial, aw they expected, in March. Fron Mareb | ‘Renoats are gar toying up the freeholds of their farme i my they were pul off ull the July Court ; but were pot brought weighbourhesd” “Paey have it not in their power to buy them | tevgrd even then; and sli have been led to believe that th ‘| They would aot be able ts live sad pay ren's, 4 they cma ciaunante are mere usurpers, and ere possessed of Tu legal claims ox're means, Many of thew would have starved ‘ong ago, bul Vi iever, A few potteuna, 6 Wt, Wait Grom Hegiand, pret 2 !-| CVCUES SIAN ing to have « title to Lot 52, writted several persons who were | ive. Comurssiosen oe Gad eee thet 10 settled thereon. ‘The writs were brougit ts ‘ral five or six | seres, property manured ené culiuvared, pe eulicieat for the |, mes’; but aw ofien Mr. Weir failed to establish his claim ; | engp A & 6 teany. to mt the want of cnccens emong the |and he (Mr. Qwen) thought the parties clauing rents from | tenaut farmers in thie teiand, owing, in setae, Meg eee tO | settlers on Lot Si} were po more ey itied to them than it was) thew hulding mere land thea they cas cultivate j age Hot | nuad Mr. Weir was to rents from individuals settied on Lot wangemeng them geton inuch better if, Instead of Molding 59 J ideed, he believed the demands for rent which had been, 100 acres euch, and heaving to pay su annual rent of £5 tle. ad. _made upon parties on Lot 53 would not be renewed, aud that they each held oniy 40 acr-@, at on’ andual rent of 40s, ; | the claims which had been put forth to sustain those demands Hviding mote thea theg ean Cultivar, they pay fur wirat yrelds | would he allowed to die a natural death. On the Earl of them ngiping. : _. |Selkirk’s property the settlers are willing to attdin to the Ur SteGywas.— Yeo end mangre ore gouge sores. with |Gavernment, ‘They are easily intunidated ; for the wnere name them, The’ more the Iefani has 1o depend upon ra legitimate | 6s peucees or of a sheriff is almost enough to frighten them to | besourses, the worse it 1s. So long as eens Phe = oo death. The Lot has no been atall improved by the proprie- | by the sale of the tunber of the pine forests, or of juniper knees, |». op claimants. The roads were, in the first instance, made | siuch of ihe itinney real zed Waeredy was laid out esther im the yy hig (Mr. Owen's) late father as timber roads, his father | ement, or im the up of ame and es being a ship-builder; and, subsequently, they were carried | bisv enadied tenants to pay thes rents ; Dut, since left to agricul | our to St, Peter's and Cardigan, under the Rood Compenss- | tural seovurces, they have been becuining lege _ lees oe mT tion’ Act: Did not believe the claimants paid anything'undér | meet the demande of the ee a = erat oe aad an | the operation of the oad Compensation Act, Nothing was the necessity for the pbolition'of the lease ae oF eee | eaid 2 Lord Melville. The rvad running though the part ae le ? claimed by Lord Melville was made by the statute labor of thg } ie oe fees aa; 'men employed in the ship-yard ; the statute labor of the ship- Hon. Conmssionan Geat.—What would you oe would | yard opened it. This year 4,500 ‘cree of the Lot are proclaimed | Co oo wo tes ee eora | non-payment of the land-tax. The other roads were | a Me ae aeeeare aa a Ph Se es oe s opened by settlers. The Grand River Road and 8}. Peter's pay eid d New B ” type po kee get Road were opened under the Land’ Compensation Aci. Ail 1 Bg in’ gen pred She ney fe od ot i, the improvements and the roads haye been made by sett ers. olf J, shoul] have as favorable terme of settiement, ae peop © Nine or ten cases cf ejectinent commenced by the agent of a tw twee anaes oP eet ae ade seme | Lord Melylllg dte'pby pending. ‘The faith of the rent-payers yun eulog za . peaceab . pos! aa se © eal ‘the titles of those who assume the rights of proprietors is Colvny. He ea: a aon = ; a“ ae “ = nend, a shaken, when they see that although actions are commenced, er ee en pee ms a oon aeaeag Se ‘hry not proceeded with. By such proceedings, the a on oe tender jon eetinds fensendia Gaabonatt ene on a 53 oe = eet, just as Mr. Weir) wuch od; ‘ ept the settlers on 2, about 8 or 10 years ago. Pee tere oan Gner Fore — bad a, — Een Fey will find that we are prepared to prove he ; ? Y ’| our titie. Sid’ he had ruu ofier them. At conigsted elections too he hed “Hon. Couursstoxza Ritcnre.—The expense attendent on Veen conepicuuue, _— opponent ” en nes the proving of a title, may, in some cases, be Bo great, that ; nee ae Lear Gs One Ae Sey een ullered | unless - property in question be very valuable, it will not be So Bun, ap thoge Bap ‘tng Say ft _ worth the expense. wre ge Louyrssjonen Gpav —When the proprietary title to! Mr, Owes wished to shew that the land on Lot 53 was not a ww good, gnd an ennual rent of £5 Ils. Id.has been! worth the rent asked for it. Thought he could prove that ’ reguiariy paid for every 100 scree of ii—when, we will say. © by tho delegates. The bettlerd, with the exception of eight fan hes taken 100 ecree a aaa oe ane a long tease, only, bad not been able to pay their rents out of the producg t that reat, has pup oved (he and, end regularly patd hsreut, | of their farms. ‘The who paid rents were enabled to do 80_ what would be a fare price [ur ium to pay for the 100 acres, to hy what théy earned in ship-yards, or earned by eqme other decome the freehoider thereof! ; and "ana widow dnd an \lubour not On their fyrms. Many for the money whieh they ehildren wight be wholly dependent, for thei suppers, upon the | paid in rents wore dependent on thelegislative grants made 7 _ Fete tecenwed from the tenanis on the Lo’? She iaous. ‘for roads and bridges ; and aome of these could not procure Mr. McGuwas.—Nut more then it was worth in ile wilder-| Qour for their families, although they had been gettled on pees slate. . sie us a) ii | pheip farms for 16 or 17 years. it had been said that tenants Hon. Ss “>: — put t a. ane £69| on getan mach betser if they would be satisfied with ‘ ia @ form rater different, Mr. McGowan ead, of 07 |omalier farms; and that, in many instaneog, they might raise : would be @ fair price, in the ¢awe éven uf a widow wad orp none | more produce from 10, 20, or 5U acres, thin Shey did from being dependeo’, for theit su port, upon tne issues ar praceece 14) apres; but he contended that. on Lot 53 a f:tuior could of the pep: sly. tle Would explain, Fram eae bnew of not geh on ai all with lesa than }00 acres. The soil was light the lensniry ays toned: be — aoe et ve a = jang sandy, and not oer equal to me ? Evince yee or 4 f annum, “hen paid aar ur iand, Was net real Ze Mn ueen’# County. n the ore ‘ai s’the whent and | the land, ous In some ofier way. Ae & rule, the ineanse at| tato crops mae do, they _< rises chigin back. ana! paying reut were nwt derived from the land, but from Hehinz, | wave no time to recover tuemselyes, Sowe, on an aveydgo go wiep-duilang, of some mechanical trade. If a teannt is poe raise more than 10 bushels of wheat from an acre ; and, ‘wrlely dependent upon the agricultural produce of a farm, | this year, he could say, fearless of contradiction, that of oate, he canner, out of it, pay hie ret yon ah eat up Lot 53, the farmers hyd not gruwn more than 20 bushels ‘end he tamiy. Wheu reme wore paid fur Serine aod onan acre. ‘The shipping places on the Township Woge com- Cpr. meme — them, the or he = syeh pyrpores | inenced by subscriptions on the part of the occupiers of the Was geveraily ou pied by young men who had goue AWay tO jand, and were completed by grants from the Legislature. ow ere 7 mee ia search of pomeaterens seret- | Ferthen, he stated, = Pal actually priid in the port of ee Bnd tenure srives our young men away. IC is (he) Georgetown for produce from 8 or 10 lots, ‘would not be that come a! them return so the [-lind, afier having wuproved | suffivient to pay the accruing rents. For what is not paid for Mer exeanetancer elrerhere; but this ie simply becaure jy cagh, the farmers take their supplies from the stores from here have Been tie homes of their early days. yeur to yeur. 7 Fisheries ond Fishery Reserves. Hon. Comuissiongr Howsg.—Supposing 150,000 bushels of Profieble fitw ties are carries vu at ine mouth of Souris) grain to be shipped wunually from aes apogee ma say that Rivet. The dowery eectves suwuls, ue thvught, be held by the Ihe portion paid fur in- muney would pet be sufficient to pay jnot sufficient to pay the rents? Mr. Oven. lof the pteduee of their farms, 1 take it for granted that! views towards the side of equitably settling the tenantry, | proprietors, ay they dit at the last eieetion ; ‘upon it, The agent of it lately sold wilderness land, withia half | ** Mondor,’ and pointed my attention to an Ediforial therein which ewe sctua lp been cui off frou ine farm. it | would impart new life to the people. that, in many instances in wich tenants pay their rents, the Govern weot—geis half the official salary of the Attorney | smach, on aceountof the very manifest indications of guod eee they gain their living. working their farms and providing for tvemselves and their aad s/epson to Daniel iiodgeon, Prochonatery and Clerk of . . . . ; )as wany others, partook largely of the benefits which resulted, | in tke present condition, you have not much reason to expect | lands when toey settled upon them; one of them bought 500 it | was the mewns of baying bts life frum the hounds. suppose W. LI. Pope canngt be progeguted by tae Bank for in the Examiner of the 25 The Eraminer. oteaal i erect nd ee —_—_ —— So — the rents of the lands on which it was grown ; and that the | in favour of you, tenwntry, for whose sad case, as an upright | consistent and anjust; but Sir Alexander made no inquiry ag Americans generally pay in eash. From this stateusent then and en-ightened statesman, he could SOt'S9 ae ao Gr a ban 4 7 anlar tee res. Se ” jurtufy dle we to.drau the inference that the circulating mediam 18 feel a deep sympathy ; and fur such sympathy and fyr that Grey's Dospate J ry former Despatehes, which went to den L want to alone, has he been blackg wrded, week after week, even in his the inhabitants de right of having the titles tried ing Cem obtained | absence, by this pet o' the Government, the m uth piege of the | of KEscheat. Now, the 6 being Sir Alexander's own can by the sale of the prodace of the farms. The money with 'uld and ever to be de predated “ Family Compact.”’ ad | ee wonths after his arrival in the Colony, show which any rents are paid is obtained in some other way ; it is hae beep said by some of the * knowing ones, that thd tissue — ae « the policy he intended to pursue ; and if he diz either, as | have already said, sent home, or brought home, by | of abuse uxuinst sir D nmnticl ad eneouraged ahd Rept up by | nob Pledge his Council to understand that if they did Not young men who have earned it in the United States, or in the Family Compact and | roprictary Government for another | support his measures he could have turned to the landboldery other parts, or itis earned by working im ship-vards, or in| purpose, via: to keep the preseat Governor Dundas in dutiful who weeit rt thew, fur the inhabitants had been ay ufte some such way. ‘The accaal oceupants or tillers of the svil subject on and peaceful awe of themselves, as he mast be refused a Court of Pachestt, and sd hattds.ed for rent. that to whom I refer are suber, intelligent, and industrious men ; | aware the same party who would lend themselves to sue dis- | Sir Alexander bad had recourse to # new elestion. the inhabj. attd when they gay they are nob able to pay their rents out reputable calumny against the late Governor for bis liberal | cante would, in all provability, have returned a majogi and, therefury think, under sich circumstances, the liberals did right 4 |wccept what they could get, aad wait tor time until the ig” habitants are better informed. 4 The maxim upon whied tmpostors claim a right to a op show that the rents paid here are not paid in money neither are othe?s of the saue ehuracter, in other parts of the | wou J treat the present or any other Governor m the sane Island, able to do 8p. | way, should he dare to act otherwise than in conformity with | their own sordid views; fur it is well known that W IL Pope, however malignant in spirit, cunning and spitefui in revenge, is uf himself a nonentity—an absolute cy pher—is, neverthe- rent could nut be maintained in a ease dike ours, ia any idss. when inflated by the breath of the Family Compact, a | of Law but that of Prince Edward Island, Sir Jobo Hapy mischievous efeatare ; and it is for you, gentlemen, who have sent this maxiio ip a Message to the House of Agseny ¥ the power in your hands, to make or unmake a Government, | the year aoe ae 23, in these words: ** It isan cela tu consider whether or notany Gov ronment, either ** Old | maxi, founded upon the plainest principles of justice and con. Compact”? or nut, who employ such an unscrupulous togl as venience, that no tenant shall be permitted ty question the. W. tL. Pope at your expense, is worthy f your support. Mean- title of the landlord from whom he has taken the premises, time, believe me, gentlemen, | Whan the landiord sues for rent. he m kes a conclusive oo Your faithful servant, ‘by merely showing that the tenant tovk the Premises from 3 a ae ; ABERDUMBEE WILHOCK. — him. Lis title cannot be inquired into.” Tis agin om, net eu darrassed, I'he rent is ls. an vere. The improvements ionly be applied im, qneen whore is ie contivhont with de can hud cust twiee as much as the whole wold for. The purchase | principles.af justice and canvenience, that a te Plainese, woney was brought from another part of the Island. It was) 4BBEADUMBEE WILNOCK, TO THE TaNANCRY OF |guvstion ts iandiy d's titles bat it wae pe eh ‘ : ° bag ; ; ; i /qu in vwsiandiv Gs title; but it was never intended true there was ag compotitiva at the sale. People do not con- ee ‘ sthiresetdtini. an +: eespenenane sens Leuver 6 fraud. becsmee thy i to P. #2. ISLAND—ASECOND TIME—GREELING, —_| cuver @ fraud, beesuse that would be ountrary to the plainess test at such gales, for they have net means tu warfant their rinceples of justic T maxi : » . . .* , ec. : . . doing sv. Tho statement was an actual fact. The reason) Fatexps anv Fertow Cotonisrs.—Since I last addressed you ed pe of ju erase on om es oone ee hy | | , : i sect. 3 , ' 5 os swananer calle } - resum + 100 w person rt! farm was because he had nv firewood | on this subject, a friend bas seat me a newspaper called the : i ay pre-. why the man sold lis tara was hoe ' ‘ 7} pry mises or property ts let; but iz evald apply to favot a a mile of that firm, good land, on the post road, and within) —weitten by Mr. Edward Palmer, tue leader of the Govern- rane wane ae oa ae mr Suspuster a& : neither i a mile of Beadene | Kiver Woart, for 12s. Gd. an acre, Thinks) ment aad Editor of that very respectable sheet—in which prupess7 4 ™ 10 plainest principies of Justice and Kditurial Mr. Palmer says: ** The tenantry have greot reason eae _ _ foundation o te maxim —take that, acre. This Cotis favourably situated; hardly any better, to feel gratoful to the Government for their selection of coansol | oN, slain Orne aod the wile fabric falls to the ground. except Lot 59. The obtaining of their farms in freehold to advocate the claims of the tenantry.”” Well, now, letus! |) ¢ a ot nde 6 bg: certsia persons aqoegeed grants of Taey woul) sooner see | examine what they really @id do, to claim su h gratitude + sits fe 7 7 ae Gar. conditions that they were to Settle anything thana sheriff. They would sacrifice their stuck, | from the tenants. Tone Goverament set themselves up as the | es Sa a yerrs or forfeit their grants * but they would part with anythiag to be able ty buy their farms, representatives vf the people —they tax the people to pay the | O&8 ae sy =e ¢ sach persons, the grante ‘6 became defauly and to become free, public ollivers who are said to do the people's business. le tue junds revert to the public again ; ‘Of shoe hand have already shown you the bigh salary wuich they pay W. | Sey a subject had a better right to a share of that }: Younz H Pope, and how tlie said Pope has been ewployod by them ee one efaul er had to the grant. But the defiulters, q @gainse the tenantry before the Land Commissioners, We a Se the Culontat sathoritics, foraed 5 ree bcain means to get | NeXt find an Attorney General paid by the people £350 ayyear sy . = sem pepe ype 0 hoe ape a eperins in vabi- their fathers here oust of difficulties. For mowing, an able for doing the peoples work, of cyuree. Weil, then, in the ot a a zt is eo alr, aia Low man is here paid 4s. a-day and fuaad Tae man finds his own PS? OF Common sense, Wiy Dot employ the said Attorney : caer Wa foie “ se ahte fis a alata . Se a con- seythe, Four shillings a-day and board are good wages; but General to advocate the riguts of the people before the Cuu- | a Pi wpe a oe 2S re : ote = tereby they are to be obtained only for a few days in the mowing lkissioners, OF if he were bot competent to dos», why not i al ll bid satanbel tats wa a Yes tl r eneieen 1@ power season. A man may be found or fed for le & vay. awppuiat him tv help, or aid, or assist the other counsellors ; : ee ’ T * PS ps x , ‘ P ate 7 7 their : but as they did not do so, or show any good reason why they | a. ge 3 ee ee ee ee ae ‘did not, have not the poor people who make ap the revenue, 2" ‘ pee s Oe by ogtiny the Pay of ewindling, intumida- Wittraw Coorsa, Esq , M. P. P.— Mr. Owen has said that out of which the Attorney General receives his salary, a just me, a ea ooat of law bo their d:fault, Chey SW Ge te the tenants cannot pay the rents to which they are liable out mght to insist that the counsel who acted for them be paid om en oe — aud the ower rtp enslave | and rob the of the produce of their farms ; and, in doing #0, he has stated veut of the Atturaey Gener I's salary? In opposition to this USO MAAts With lapanity Thus is Prince Edward Island’ uothing bat the simple trath. Lie has, however, said besides | view of the case, it is said that Mr. Palmer—the leader of the Justice, but it wou'd nut pass for justice in any other gountey, Lecause nv other people would put up with it.. Now, ‘he peopl: may see that che conspiracy 'o enslave and rob tiem depended on the Courts of Law, te subcert the above maxim to serve ‘he purpose of the conspira‘ors; bu as that is nearly worn ou’, ‘ie lawyers, so fertiie in subiertuge to favor the Jand swindlers, have found outa preeedent ; tha: ** holding Value of Lands. As to the valua of lands, be could tell thom of a fatm of 120—59 acresof it beld in fee-simple—situate on Georgetown Road. only one wile from coe of the best shipping places in that part of the Island, 4 miles from Goorgetown, an 15 miles from Montague Bridge, the chief shipping place in that quarter, where vessels of 250 tons could lie and load ,—-50 acres b ing under caltivation, the barn upon 1t worth £50, and other Juildings worth £50 or £70; and it was sold, about 3 wonths ago, with all the e improvements, ad all these} advantages, for £130. Lt was sold voluntarily ; the owner was! 4 @Saoannr- the actaal value of the Rowashbip lands to be about 10s. an Labourers’ Wages. The ay rage wages vi a labourer is 38. a day. men go to the United States and fialemployment and get goo wages there ; and from this source, they o! Inability to pay the Rents, &c. money with which they are paid is procured by other means General, and that therefore toe leader of the Government | than labour upon their farms, Tits also is true ; bat it is nut canuet be compelled tv give up his euare, and that tue | true to the sume extent ay formerly, Some years ag», before remainder is quite small enough for the Attorney General | fownships were as generally leased and settled upon as they himself, who does the work; and) moreover, the Atturney are now, people had a much g eater range for the procuring General is nephew and stepson to his Worship the Mayor, | ae wie ‘ ; ‘ J of timber for sale than they buve now. Lamy neighbourhood, th: Presid:at of the Bank, and owner of Townsitp 56 - father |* Tne * land againa the tes that is ageiuss a few years ago, they had the free range of a number of Town-| to T. IL ilaviland, an Executive Councillor, Land Agent for | the a : a RST Vey Cees’ S title According te ships, but they have nothing of the kind now. I do not see! tie Mootgomery property, and in partnership wath the a Constitation every subject. has a right in the how the tenants can either pay the rents which are demanded Attorney General. His Worship the Mayor is alsa father-in- | P??"° Pevparsys and any person may tuforar ée soma plas of them, or buy their farms at the rate per acre at which Mr. law to Mr. Deblois, the Land Agent for the Canard aud the | *4%!88¢ another holding adverse possession ; aad if intoraa- Owen values them at. Sullivaa Estates. And, besides, the leader of the Goverament, | "2" °F complaint is made before sixty years, tat bate the Mr. Owen.—I de not say that Lot 51, 65, or 54, or a part) Mr. Palmer, with his brothers and sisters, are owners o: claim to ithe by possession. But in this Island the comp:aints of 52, is worth as much per acre as Lot 53. clainants of balf Lot Oue ; and, there ore, it cannot be ex- | “54'S persons holding adverse eat nny Coon gunees Hon, Cowsisstusea Hows.—Are we not to suppose that) pected thatin this complicated state of things, thes: gent emen | sod continued ; and the jandpeytt applica ion for Commis those men, on Vernon River, whose farms we have admired so can sacritice their own interests tusave the tenantry, by whose | ea to ingvire mto the mghts of all parties—show the absurdity of aivancing suvh an argument. The Attorney General is | °°: §) Cousin to the owners of the Tracadie Estate, and cousin | Sir Alexander was informed of these wrongs, but he tarned WILLIAM COOPER. management and success which they afford, are able. besides a ; : }a deafear to all such complaints. families, to lay up £5 a-year. the Crown, and proprietor of part of the New Glasgow | er Me OWEN. ” Thiske oe, are free'\olders; and they, as well Township. Well, my friends, while human nature remains Sailor's Hope, October 2, 1860. [*We have not space to reprint the documents referred te. juring phe Russian war, from the demand for shipping and) that your Goverament fuiks will do anything to serve YOU, Pho Despate' has been often before the public, and is well, corn. ats, at that time, rose from | 61. to 3s. a bashel. | which may at present or hereafter have any tedtency to lessen | P , P ks . {hey wha are settled oa half Lot 52 paid little for it. Some their own incomes, however unjust y they may lave acquired | known,—the substance of the other is also well known, asit Af thea have iba, and qthers ea ned money in ship-yards. the land, or the party from whom they may have got it. is merely a reiteration of Mr. Cooper's views respecting the But, go over theig. farms, and you will fiad that they, on an You elected them fur four years, and you must abide the con- | forfeiture of the grants. We shall only state. in addition to average, have not, this year, raised more than 20 bagels of sequence during that period. The Monitor, or, rather Mr. |. 5 r i : J , , ” oats an acre. There are one or two rent-payers a! the head Padmer, says, the counsel retained for the tenantry were left >!* Alexander Bannerman’s testimony, that Mr. Cooper is of the settlement, and they complain as hard as any other to take any range they pleased 'n defence of the tenantry. entirely wrong in his surmises and conclusions about any rent-payers, Just the same as if an owner of a sip stole the COIN PrAss, pledges or promises. having been exacted from the Liberak | Charts, 8extunt and quadrant, and took away the rudder, and le _ i? Ww +e gut her towed out to sea, and then told the captain he might government formed in 1851. e were a member'of thay Government, and we are quite sure that the Despatch of the | Steer what course he pleased to arrive at the port of destina- L2th February, 1851, was never discussed in Council, nor any = To be cantinyed. ~ tion. So it was with your Government; they sent for a! Correspondence, ,? | Stranger to advocate your claims to the land that you have made yaluable by your hard labours. They gave him a blank ane saa E ; . ii Ra ° ; i ° il ial - . a » wm THE LAND COMMISSION. sivet of paper t» keep his reckoning or journal on ; “but they | ment in reference to the subject of it.—Epitor or Examinan.} | promise made by or expected from the members of the Govern- either kept the public documents from fim, or they suffered — meen — ~ re “ | their man of all work. W. H. Pope, to do it for them; and if | — 2 \BERDUMBER WILIUOCK. Eso. TO TIS TENANTRY ® Council or House uf Assembly Journal were wanted, it was | & ht 'y (& x al tt 1 i ct Y. : 7 UF p E. IsL AND GREELING sure tu be in the tender keeping of W. LI. Pope, who, of | > a A. ° a . SSeS = : — = = = i course, had it out oft sight, unless when the propricto or | oe A ; ee Fettow-Cotonists—Many of you must be aware that I their counsel wanted it; ans when the eloquent Mr. Chom psoa Charlottetown P EB T Oct b 16 1860, was slwost a constant attendant on the Royal Commission openly and publicly complained of such conduct before the | ——— } saa oder ’ Court during its Jate sittings in Charlottetown, watehiag yoUT | Commissioners, on the 29th Sept. last, many of you who were interests more than my own, and consequently, that, in presentou the occasion must have noticed the writhing and stating such impressions us the pr evedingy in that Court) piggling of the members Of the Goyerament thero present, made on my mind, [ can do so quite divested of se/f-interest,| who : wluch [regret is agore than [can say of many officials who | figured rather eet therein. f ones read a fable of a) J THE LAND COMMISSION. < ibe Ueteves o'értaben by thelr tration, From the remarks made by Commissioner Grey on the With stulen shatteis ow their backs, . | closing of the Court in Charlottetown, and from our knowledge stag whieh was pursued the hounds, and being about to, Tueo pong their bendy ” fear nud shame. lof the great amo int of information collected by the Commit- direct ite course through a husbandinan’s field of corn,'he Yes, gentlemen, it isa positive fact, of the whole of * the |. — f thei F 5 ps owner promised him protection and conceylinent in ease he Family Compact ’’ then present, it was only the old father one Foe Sapery 00 ar Seay at where would not pass tepough the corn, whieh would be destroyed them all who held up his head with an air of iriumph at the | '@ation will have to be closely examined and studied—it will : mene and tr ye Rog artes mending | b —— oo soetest of his well devised ae of k ee yee for be @ considerable iime before their award can be made known stag, having vielded to , ane ie husvandman, the tenantry as much in the d. vssible. ut it is mot). . : took refuge in the appointed place ; und when the huntemen only the Sanam for the seseaal ell oun kept without in- [oe See pay oy Coane Fobeneny $ came up and inquired the digestion in which the stag went, | formation, but even their own Commissioner, Mr. Howe, | March, when the Legislatare will be in session. Jadging, the husbandwan declared aloud thyt he did not know, at the whose large fee is to be taken out of the veople’s revenue, and jyowever, from the whole scope of the enquiry, and from the sume time puinting very significantly with his finger to the who deelared, both in this [sland and Nova Scotia, that he got desi > ’ . =e . = place where the stag was concealed; but as the huntsmen! nezher jastructions nor information from the Géverament |“""** evinced by the Commissioners to have something like ® were not suspicious of the sc-andrel’s raycally duplicity, they | respecting his duties as a Commissioner! Can you imagine, |/4ir valuation set upon the Township lands, there is every passed on without nuticing or understanding the signal he m-) gentlemen, that Mr. Ritchie was left without instructions by | reason to feel assured that the question of Escheat considered, tended by pointing his finger'at the stag. When out of sight, the Proprietors who employed him? Was it not. the|_. ‘ sree : ere the stag went away, the hasdandman felicitated himself) pounden duty of the Government, if they could not or would | with reference to the old conditions about the pu mabey of pod ged rie My yo fhe a. : seen. Sane not mature any measure of their owa, on behalf of the | settlers on each Township, will not be entertained by thom, and savin om suers, an v vint out tenantry, have ¢ stings i th 'T i : : : how much the stag was indebted to bim, and chat it should gt i Napa Shssenil "eee aa oe Becaeee | How disputed and conflicting claims between land speculators in future take care not to tresp.ss on the property of one who the people's views—embudy them in a report, and lay them ‘and agen's, in casea where three or four individuals elainn each yas 2 of baying Li The stag belore tue Commissione s? Yes, and to say to the Commis to be the sole owner of the same property—are to be settled replied, that so far as ‘Tis toague'was concerned he kept hig) signers, * We know the hardships of the tenantry, and we must | | ’ or — compact, and regretted that his Aeart and his finger were not have their cage redressed in such a manner as will give them y the award of the Commissioners, it is not so casy (oem so honest as his‘tongue, and that it was mor- to the unsus- satisfaction. We know it was by the votes of these confiding Jecture. It is evident that those contentions must be set piciows natyre of the huntsmen than co his integrity that be people that we were elected, and that we promised to be the | rst. Many poor people have been almost worried to death owed his li e, and therefore that it his eurn fields escaped exponent of their views, and we shall do sv.’’ Sach, ventle- ; injury in future, he need not think it would be ae a reward men, would be the language of an honest Government, well fosy pat fe eres enporne bz them; ao-in the cane of the ogi for sincerity, which be did not possess. And 80 itis brother disposed towardy the tenantry ; but the reply of some onsite bles about the ownership of Lots One and Three. When ex Colonists, with our present Goverament,—if you should de- ot the Govérnuient ig, that they made no promise ubout the |amining disputed claims of this nature, if the title of on rive any benefit from the Land Commission, it isnot through Jand tenure—that they were elected for their Protestantism, | oa; be aa the good wishes or desires of the Government, who, like the | ghd to keép down the Pypiyts, and that while they ean kee . | are no better than another ~ and if all are doubtfa} rascally husbandman, proclaimed aloud that they wished to. up that'feeling they will be sure ty be elected canis Well, or bad, the only course that appears to us practicable, is tore ce vest the lund in the Crown; and if this be done there will cer- Your faithful seryant, ABBERDUMBEER WILHOCK. ae . have oe ae! you, — at > time = not only | gentlemen, Protestantism may be a very good thing in itself, privately assisted your determined taskmuasters, the proprie | but [ cannot imaging that yo: ( 2W cs : , : . “a: tors, but aiso publicly employed their Lackeys to aid and have free lands, Nenadenhiinaien iui Cathole ae tenis = important advantage gained by the Commission. assist your opposing counsellors and to sur ply them with all) giigyld alsa get free lands, thas you are qt present unalll te But with respect to other Township lands, of which the the public documents, and to conceal ‘suh documents from galling system of paying cent. If we buast of freedom of action | titles are confirmed, or admitted to be good, can the Commit your own counsellors, ay the eloquent Mr. Thompson publicly aod thought in religion, thrqugn the means of Protestantism, | sionors alter or improve by their aw: dth iti F charged them with doing, in open Court before many of you, gurely we ought not on that actodot tame § subject “iiesiees prere No peat omens Oe ee setile on Saturday, the 29th September, 1869. Remember that, | to the tyranny of landlords, while we have the meal in our mont?’ ‘Can tho propsictors be compell-d to onl shay gentlemen electors, Remember also, gentlemen, that our! own hands of wequiring freedom. It would be prematgre to | four or five shillings an acre—can they be forced to furgir® Government dismissed a gentleman of high morgl character, | speculate at preswat what the report of the « Qmmussion-re| their back ts ; ' : i whose integrity cannot he questioned in this or any other com- may be. Lt may serve sime, but there can be no doubt that er back rents, or give more favourable terms ia thelt munity, from the office of Colonial See etary, and appormted | j¢ would be much more favourable to the tenantry at large, if ‘eases? One of the Counsel for the Tenantry, Mr. Thoms W. i. Pope to a im portant offico—the ene * - Hi. Pope our Government had pat their shoulders im good earnest tu the | asserted at the opening of the Commissioners’ Court-anl who, ® snort time since wuo t Bay chiseled, or wheel >; at levst such is the ean did °o iniog of — Friends and he was net t d od b » oe had cheated’? or ‘* swindled,’ bat I may say, endorsed the Bank Fellow Colonists _ 7) : contradicted by the Commissioners—that they " 4 Seer wars ae sum of money, sume say £14000 ! | . powers sufficient to effeet any and ali of these objects—to malt while others say that the correct amount has not yet been as- | the proprietors sel : : considered certained. Sam Stick gaid, it would be disgraceful to rob or | fai P P wus > « ects — oa be . _ steal, but let aman buy an article and give his promissory bid air equivalent for- their lands, and to strike off « portion note, and when he fails to pay the note he evades the law, or} To tye Enrror OF THE Examiner. the whole of the arrears of rent. Mr. Thomson stated, mote at least, cannot be prosecuted for rodjing or steaiing ; andsoT| Sir,—Thave read the letté — Sir eater Bannerman, 9¥er—and this view was also quietly acquiesced in by tht ° * ° 5 te ai ag (CC ated . ; ; robbing or stealing or cheating, while be endorsed bills-and | that he pledged his Couneil, * SU TRbs wacid-mintcre ony Se eee the 200s Gee ty Seay = fyiled to pay them afterwards, although it has been said that! forfeited grants, and not seek or allow the titles to be inyestiza- | proprietors, on those who did not agree to the appointment = oar = ee sae re she Soe, uae the re to the! ted.’’ Without making a lengthy comment apon that letter ; of the Commission as well as on these who did. If we bavé eae the Cashier for pit thon the bijiy’ ee a se | eal eee d wish S oe Pa the petition |in this yrew, a correct estimate of the power of the Comm C arimg ase © is | edt», and wi @ assista trami | a : sumed security of his endorgement, whereas it ought to have | prepared to shew, oo aes — eeieceee oad sion, there is no doabt that great advantages will result froai heen known that he (the said W. UH. Pope) was not worth @ that Sir Alexander had pledged his Council tnat tae forfeiture |S institution, although we are confident the tenantry will siwpence. And remember, gentlemen, that this is the same. of the grants should nut be inquired into. ‘not derive from it one third of the benefit they desire or & W. H. Pope who receives somg four hundred and odd pounds of, Questions were asked then, and: have-been more frequently | na The Gos tT 4 tothe your money, and employed by the Goveroment to help the | asked lytelys especially by intelligent strangers, why the es sovernment are, however, entirely oppose Counsellors a penrruaones against you before the Land Liberal Party, when they obtained the Government, did not Yie¥ taken by the Counsel employed by themsolves to advoos™ Commission. The same W. 1. Pope who is Land Agent for! establish a Court of Escheat? Now, the-best answer to such \the interests of the tenantry : we say ‘+ the Government, Capt. Cumberland and hjs wife, he’ same who is Land | ti i iew Si . “es ‘ Agent for the Westmorland Estate, from the tehantry of Tetbedidiede Pica ee ike Fe | because the Islander, which is edited by the Colonial Secretary co 7 — Cente ohh Sete of Sess aid i Sd. each | 1857, and Sir Alexander's answer to an Address from the and Chief Clerk of the Executive Council, is fairly pres# ‘ eases 0 “ Phich nan ) ; ; . , . | , . nats alae thie was not a abing 9¢ sebalini within Seen Derpaseh, nail _ il be at nal am er arene | ee On petty <t Mp Denten tes Sea x , yeu i . ’ dlick’s definitions of law.) The mime W. tl. Pope who has) Sir Nlesandite Tier, asd Sauhte sek colnet that ‘paper ‘thost Strongly repudiates the view wrged ” . been sonees by ~ me oreo oe cueenaveanting them true light.* * - ast ' , Thomson, It appears to consider that the three great queer’ in the puychase of the Worrell Estate,and thereby raising the| Th: Despatch, which armed Sir Alexande ith les : sahils : der she price of the land on the tenantry some £12,00U!! ° The ‘same | which he dodouke solicited, was duted the 12th Februste’ _ | — “ eae a ee eee % whose brother, James Pope — an Execugive Councillor—is| he brought it here ia March; therefore, Sir ‘Aisandlh boone original grants, the indebtedness of proprietors for quit rents, nominal owner ot balfof Township Number 26. The yo here as the champion of im postors, holdin over forfeited land 294 their occupation of the Fishery Resevyes—must all be de W. LH. Pope who js employed by the Government to edit th —urmed tothe ‘teeth, to compe! the inhabitants at the point cided by the Commissioners in favour of the proprietors; p_ Uc hU i lUlUT ee eee eel ll Islander newspaper, to advocate the cause of the proprjeto «| of the bayonet i rel : : or land clauwan:s, and to blackguard your late cathy Go- into =. bo pay reat tod postays, witout apy inquiry as reg irds any concessions to the jenantry, such asa rem vernor, Sir Dominiok Daly, for having honesty and penetra-|~ The Address from King’ ‘of rs of re ight to purchase,—that, say® 4 : ae : : g’s County went to show that the ° arrears of rent, or a right to pu ’ . tion enough to saaction acts of your late Liberal Goyer nment Despatch was founded upoa ‘itaeaailin-<alen it was in- Islander, can only form the basis of come recoupnendatie n fro d 5 q : ‘ i =} i ’ 3 ro rc > to. . >». Ds — —_- 2 tee Cee Se