T *_._.________\ x . I I II _, ‘ —- the other. When a man meets a beggar, or a person rhyming i lings, commencedpdraining interest vvhichpcould not be dt|'l|llQ over a citalogus of misfortunes, he at a loss what to do, to any where else: 1} WI! 8 11'0" °°"5"l,'="““"‘ WI‘! " ""3 :1" withhold froiu the needy he would holtl himself culpable, to than the or-liiisry inlt-rest should be pitltlilly the “Ink. ""1 9 live to the Person who would go the next moiaent to the grog thought the blank might be filled with 4, per cent. New‘ Brunswick. The Bill was read a first time, and its second res ing ordered for to-tiiorrow. Btu. 1'0 PRIVINT ‘|'Hl Ruwittivo A1‘ LAIGI or Swing the taxation schefl, concluded by saying, that he could not go against the opinions of his constituents. The House wait then resumed, and progress reported. Ann (.ia:a:s . THUIIDAV, Feb. 26th. Mr. IIAVILANIYS Bill to prevent the running at large of Swine aliup, sud s on over having duped a man by fabrications. he would cooc u-Io, that he was encouraging vice of every colour and character. Under such_ circumstances, I think it is the ,,,y,,, d,.,,,,,,,,,,-, ‘m the 3...]... 1,,“ Ni. ii,“ u,i._ mid Ild duty of the Lost-I-taro. to interfere. -ad to stunt the P°“l’l° should tlterefoxc more tho iiiuiii tie filled with the word five, Hon. Mr. IIOLL thought, as the Government was plying 5 er cent. on account of the debentures, it would not be fair to I Lands-.\Ir. Mooney ia the Chair MORNING SI'l"I'ING. Caowrr Larrcs—AcAni.\rr l~‘ai:ncit-Iruiraivs. l rinse in Coiiiuiittee on the Report concerning Sales of Crown and Geese, at all titttss,snd Ilurses, at certain times, in the streets and squares of Georgetown, wits read a second time, and then sub- mitted to a Coiiiiuittsc of the whole IIousc—Mr. FLYNN is the C . On.the flrst clause being read. the Hon. Mr. Pepe moved at this Island the privilegesof a poor law, as in the neighbour ,,,.;,',,,j, ‘H, ‘greed t,,_ ' ed‘ fi d ,- 3 , ,,, - , _ an “'5 C°l‘.l“' “°“’° ’°°“'“°‘ ""1 ll“ am "V" "P°"“i '8 '9" I0 Wlll‘°‘“ J,:,,£:;‘z,h';T°,h:°g::";::|:, ,:a,.:[::,‘,-0",: d,,c|,:,":.J’ ":6 ,,,:,,,p.6::,‘: amendment for the extension of the provisions :f the Bili to_ other A. 3. an end nt and ztssed tobeen rosse . ° . . _. _ . .. rts, b leaving out the words “Gcor clown, and substituting T y sin tne . ll _ . emerits of which were previously I't.pt)I‘|etI in a summary. llie if‘. h I I | d __ T H ,1, h. _ Hon. Mr. SWABLY moved the seciiiit! reading of the Bill ,0“ 8 wk" “PM,” hi. "‘,,,,,,,,,,, 5. ,-,m,,. of mg Ac“,-,,,,, tie w on aim . he on. IIQIIIIIFQF eu pa is_ motion ‘. ‘slang: ficoctpugu 3 ,0 ,,,”,,,,.;,,,,j,,, "0"; A8,ic,,j,,,,.,,j s,,¢,,,,. to ",,,,,., me hone ,. ' , P ,mMm, me ,-unuwp, ,.gw|,,,,,,,,:__.. -p,,,,, ",8 Land, 0,, by innny sound arguments, coiitendiiig tlini the requsnt disagree. n g O Saladin from this Island '|‘micl"' “two 15 be int’ n at acre any Acudian French in- """“' l""w°°“ “"l3l‘l’?’“"t ‘he "“‘°l'l"5 '° .“°°l' ‘M £3‘ r'°'" in‘ '— on. Mr. RICE. I have no objection to the Bill being haaliiilitilii not IIlIV'lll‘ itiiy tiihcr ltflrlll the.Colony, nor haying ever .l_‘"'l"8 “'° °"'l"'i "'° ""l"°V"‘l r°"°" '°‘I""°d' ‘Ml "°°""l‘X LEGISLATKV COUNCIL. F s Ilfiglibfl. s . ' Message from the House of Assembly, by the Hon. Mr. Pepe, informing the Council, that the Assembly had resolved read, but runnot see any necessity that the Society had to ask for the Bil|,and now they have obtsine ' V they will be able to export the horse without first complying it,l do not know how previously received any deed or grnrit of Crown Land, having a right referable to those of niiy other race. to a Deed of 50 acres of said I‘owitship, at the upset price; the name not to be transferable for for being continually on the watch. at a time of year too, the precious of all in this country; not forgetting either, thitt, ifthe cost of them in keep during the winter were taken into account, it would on to be it certain oss , ' ' ‘ ‘ ' -... ' ' five years after the data of the Deed frotri the Government of this , ' . - d I , W_"l| mY_l"'°P°'“l°"i '““°h W" “I'M ll" 5°°'“Y_ 'h‘_’“ld - - ~ Mr. PALDIILR seconded the motion. Ile had no ctlcul know. t‘i|r|i.s;r‘i’d:n0gfl;r:t.%.t:,t::sm?n:Ie5|xqje::y‘ t.i;PLt_IBl':'|’l. |E‘o:n'n':i5“:: give me 451 currenc for the horse, and make up their minds Ctlllfsly. I~t)"I.ll%.I:lly;IlV ua ~ windy’. “on” ‘raping ‘ ”,"°_ Iodgs respecting the subject,-_but he had been to by those who to draw up said Address, and desired the Council to coiiciir in the object of the resolution presented, and the Ippointment of a Committee to aid in preparing a ' ' Adesses. On reading the resolution at the tab e.Hoti. Mr. HENSLEY would like to know on what ground the “int address was re- quirsd 3 The mitter came before this ouse " in such it questionable shape,” that hefiunld like to ascertain its nature, otherwise it would be assenting co the appointment of a Com- mitlee without a dstinits olaect. ' GE ERAL, on the part of the Council. by a certain time, i they did ntit do so by the specified time, they could not blaiie me it‘, I should alter my rice for the hang ; now,' instead of agreeing to my proposal, t ey have ob- tained this Bill authorising them to export the bins. ’l‘lie Bill was then read, and the House adjourned. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. He had no objnclitiiito the Acadian French or their descendants obtaining pfeptlrllelnlon of portions of the land at the upset price, if for the purpose ofn bouafltle settlement. Ilon. .\lr. COI.I".S did not see thiit the Acadian French lind more —-ifso iriucli—cluitii as the Indians, who, it was we known, were driven about from pillar to post, and have no place to call their owlrlbn. Mr. POPE up oved ofthis proposition, and said there were many situations, on tv ich the Indians could be settled without eti- crcuching n on rivate property. had; that it was more for the interest of the farmer, in many to confine swine tlinn to allow them to run at large. Ile was g ad to see. that the agricultririste themselves were becoming daily mors 'sensilile on the question; for riiuiiy ofthcm bad exprumed their iivish that lie would support it measure of this kind. \Vlisn the question was last mooted, sevcrnl lion. iiictiibsrs said, the prevention would be it great injury to the settlers in the n woods, and besides that, it was not necessary. On a foritier occasion, when the subject was iscussed, it was urged that when the country was only partial- ly settled, the pigs did no hurls in running at large, but rcceived at it be Hg“. A'|‘|‘0nN[Y """ p f " ed p - - r 1 I ,.I- much sustenance, articulsrly from beech-tints. retired to ' uisitioo of the pro ed address, and - 'ru;iimtr 17- nnrzelrggh F“: ,°:w::_’y,:,,'y' fume: ,,,:°l:,:;::'.",',‘:" (32153? n in" remembered that t to hitter was not an si'ery year crop. and. that on returning reported—that Her Majesty's Government had is pleased to allow the Governments of Bermuda and New- letindland, equivalents for the expense they had incurred in conveying the British mails to and from HaIifax—tliat the Go- vernment of this Island were at the cost of the British Mails to and from N ova Scotia and the object of the proposed joint address was, to pray Her Msjestyyto be graciously pleased to direct, that an equivalent be allowed to this Colony, similar to that enjoyed by the aforesaid Colonies, for similar services per- armed. The report being read, Hon. Attorney General moved, that a Committee be appointed to ‘oin the Committee of the As- sembly in preparing said joint ddrsss; a Committee consisting ofthc Hon. Attorney General, and the Hon. Messrs. Hensley sad Hsytliorne, was therefore selected. MONDAY, March 1. Hon. Mr. HOLL moved the third reading of Bill relating to Incorporate bdius; this accomplished, his Honor moved that said Bill do pass, which was agreed to. Message from House of Assembly by Hon. Mr. Coles, an- nouncing that that body had passed the following Bills-—‘l‘o orise the Royal Agricultural Society to export the Blood Horse Saladin-to secure Compensation to Tcnsntsin P. E. Island and to prevent Accidents by Fire; to all of which the concurrence of the Council is dcsired—-these Bills were seve- rally read. Hon. Mr. HOLL, then moved, that the Bill to incorporate the people in P. E. Island, called Bible Christians, be coin- mitted to a Committee of the whole House; which was agreed to, and his Honor called to the chair; after some little progress was made, a essago was announced from the House of As- sembly, when the Committee rose, reported progress, and ob- tained leave to sit again. AFTERNOON SITTING. House IN Coatiti-i-rec on rite REPORT or rirs Srrcur. Coatitirrn, Ari-ottrrcn ro Rat-on-r ox Eticcarioit. . (0ontt'nu¢d.) Mr. HAVILAND in the Chair. Mr. THORNTON. IIe knew that the additional land-tax I'0tIlG_fIII heavily upon many the first year; and, with respect to any general tax, it was. perhaps, impossible so to legislate, at any time, that it should not be oppressivcly felt by some individuals. That consideration, however, ought not to be allowed to weigh so far with the House, as to induce them to abandon the imposition of a tax, when it was quite evident, to every reasoning lnIlld,Ifl“'. the benefits which would result from the application of it, would be such, as, beyond all pro- iortion, to ovsrbalance, even with respect to those who were the least able to pay it, any hardship or inconvenience which the levying of it might, at first, occasion to them. Where an individual tvas now compelled to pay 205. a year for the school- ing cf one chilrl, or 30:. for that of one and a ha|f—(for in such a way were they now often obliged to subscribe to raise a salary for a teacher)—he might, under the operation of the contemplated scheme, have four, five, or even ten children, If he had so tnsny, educated for the payment of 6s. 8d. or 10s. a ,J|""||||’]. l852i—T0W“'l'lP N0- ycar. He knew very well that many, amongst the poorer class of the tenantry, actually dreaded the imposition of any additional land tux, however laudable the intention with which it might be imposed. But, with respect to that at present contemplated for the purposes of education, he was persuaded that, if God should so far favor them, with respect to their crops, as that they should be able to pay it, without difficulty, the first year, they would clearly perceive that the benefits to themselves, arising from the payment of 105. in that way, were Msssa e by Mr. M'Aulsy intimation that the Assembly bad pissed a Bill, to prohibit Swine and Geese from running at all seasons; and Horses at certain seasons of the year, in the squares and streets of Georgetown, in which the Council was requested to concur. Bill read. The Bill to incorporate the Bible Christians, was again taken up by the whole House, and progressed in with little comment till the clause authorising the trustees oftliat body, to elect to fill vacancies in the trustecship required by the act of incorporation, when _ Hon. Mr. SWABEY demurrcd to the passing of the clause “‘ ll‘ Pffllont shape, Itstiiig ifthe House pass this clauss,it will be in opposition to all the modern improvements in legislation: the close borough system of England had, as is well known, long since been exploded; yet the power sought liy this clause. was similar to that in the old system. and appeared designed to make a family perpetuation of the allies co; the House. V therefore, is his opinion, would be going ottt of its way, if the clause were sanctioned; acts of incorporation, were designed to confer benefit: on the parties requesting them: consequently, -should contain no powers that might be used to cause injury. Hon. Mr. HBNSLEY thought,ss it was considered necess- much the same, as if ten times the amount had been put into their pockets in return for it. It might be true, as the lion. member for Belfast (Mr. Duuse) had said, that many of them lllr. DAVIES also approved of ovidiag it home for the Indians; which he thought might be allott them. lIe he that both the Indians and the Acudiuns would, at length, fin that they were not for otten. Mr. lg.-\Ll\IER did not alto thcr ap ve of the hon. Speaker's proposition in favor of the c.idian rench. He thought many others had equal claims, particularly the Indians: in line, he thought it s reproach to the country, that they had been so long neglected. Ilon. Mr. I’0I’I‘1 said, it would not be it matter of great dilliculty to give 500 acres of land for the Indians, as there were lands not tslten up, now the property of the Government. Mr. CLARK observed, that it should be borne in mind, that the Acndians had been the first to clear the land front which they were afterwards driven. It should also be remembered, that they were a people fond of locating together. He would be glad also to see the Indians ovided with a situation which they could call their own, and no onger obliged to trespass our whites, as they called them. Mr. FRASER advocated the setting a price upon the land at which it would be likely to be taken up. After considerable discussion relative to the future upset prices, the report of the Committee was agreed to, and is as follows:— " our Committe to wliotii was referred the Account Sales of Crown Lands, have to report, that the following is the quantity of land vested in the Government of this Island, on the 3lst day of 15, 5,243 acres, No. 55, 2,540 cres. Totiil, 7,783. Princetowri Pasture Lots 50, do. Town Lots 67; Georgetown Royalty Pasture l.ots 92, Town Lots I32. our Committee suliniit, that the lands which were sold in I851, amounted in value to £ll9 Os. 7.d; of which amount only .l.‘II 9s. 6d. were paid, and the remaining sum of £101 is. Id. became due nd able,—the one-half on the Bret da of January, I8“, and the other laalfwill be due on the first day oflaiiuury. 1853; and the amount of expenses nttendiq the said sales alter being taxed, was £21 I'Is.—Your Committee submit, that the mode in which Crown Lands are disposed of at resent. seems too ex naive and incon- venient; and, therefore, recommend that the Crown Lands on Lot I5, be disposed ofat the upset price of four shillings per acre, and that the Government be authorized to dispose of the same, on appli- werc not able, and, what was inure. not willing to pay their rents: but when they should once he ronviriced of tho benefits arising: to tlieiriselves from the new system of cducatinii, few, indeed, among them, he was persuaded, would be found tti object to the payment of the very moderate land assessment necessary for its support. 'I‘lie expense of such {system cottld not, possibly, appear otherwise than light to a man with a family of six or eight children, when he could have them all educated at the rate of six bushels of oats per snnum. e fully approved of the general principles of the measiire——tht~ details would be considered when they came to d? with it in the shape ofa Bill—‘and he 00nsld¢l’9d'Il the cal .etieap pm; ticaible mode of providing good school education for all the children in the Colony. The mode suggested by‘ the Temper- ance Petitioners of Lot 18, appeared to him to be quite iinpos- sible, even should the Legislature. with a view to its adoption, agree to increase the duties upon those articles of luxury from the use of which they (the petitioners) themselves refrain. It would require not £10,000, but £20,000 a year ftir its support: cation to any of the Acitdittn French, for actual settlement, in tracts of 50 acres at sncli upset price. And that the lands on 'I‘owtislii 55, and likewise the lands in the several Towns rind Royalties be disposed of by the Registrar and Keeper of l'|aiiii, in Charlottetown by public sale, at the rates hereitiitfter nieiitiotied, to be paid by three annual iiistit|meiits:——'I‘hc first instalment to be paid when the land is sold; preference being always given to any pervon who may be located or in the actual occupation of any such land, to the ex- tent of not more than too acres in one tcce. rid in case the in- stalments are not r ulurly paid, or whole at the stiplstcd period, that than the overumsut shall resume such lands and dis- pose o t c same at btic sale as abresaid; and, after deducting the balance due to the Government. and the sspensea attending tbsp: same, the residue, ifany, to be paid to the person who first applied for the land, and id part of such p as nioncy. Your Committee are of opiniiin, that the fullowiii is a fair upset price. and recotrmicnd that the same lr%optsd, wit out any charge for conveyance, viz: Township No. I5, ls. per acre. o. " 5. s. . per acre. Princetovrn Town even if the motion of the lion. Treasurer should be successful, '3 was not likely that the law would be strictly enforced in unsettled arts. P Mr. YBO felt bound to oppose the motion of amendment. It might be very well in towns; but it was var different in the’ country. In the latter, such a restriction would he ruinous to many poor settlers. Hon. Mr. \‘VAltBUR'I‘0N said, that to the westward a grant number of pigs were kept, which, in the summer and fall, were de- pendent for food upon the fish along the shores, and particularly in the full, npoii the most or beech-iiuts in the wocdsfand, if the were to be prevented from so running at large, and seeking their own subsistence, it would be quite impossible for the gerieriilit of the settlers in that quarter, and indeed is many other quarters o the Island, to keep pigs at all; and the restriction would consequently operate VC injurionsly to the interests of all such settlers. Mr. M‘N ILL allowed, that In many it would be u benefit if it could be carried out; but expressed his ears that it would not be so to all. Some few, he said. no doubt would not find ' so. Mr. LAIRD argued to the contrary: Even the few alluded to by the hon. niemlier, he (Hr. Laird) did not doubt. would find i'. to be an advantage in tnatiy respects, if they were com lied to shut up their swine. They might then live in peace with t itair neighbours, and have more time at their disposal for ‘ire profitable employiiient than looking after their stray swine. Mr. llIOUNI:ZY was for waiting a few years longer. Let it first be seen, said the hon. member, whether or not the petuto crop could be depended upon. Ifthe time should arrive when they could again do end upon them. there would no longer be occasion to us any thing about beech-nuts, though he admitted he had seen mac fine pork produced from that source At present he did set feel incli- ned to eucroacli further on the liberty of the igs. Should the potatoes s sin flourish, he would not as but iis might change, for the or lirutes Illlfilll not thu grunt at be’ ‘ shIt':. IIon. Mr. C0 BS thought t e time was came to pit an e to the nuisance. Some contended that the pigs did no harm ifconfiricd on the public roads; but let them visit some parts where the roads were all alive with them, and see the damage they dbl, and then their opinions would be changed. Besides, there was just as much danger of their breaking tlirougli the fences frotn the road, as from other places. members might tal a rut Its in the woods, and fish upon the shores, as it reason for thnir opposition; but let the farmers each In down linlf an acre or so of land with clover. and pen their pigs thereon, nnd they would End the benefits In llllfly WE I. [W]: are unable to give the remainder ofthis debate, the Roper- as. ter’s manuscript being is another oflice.]—-Eu. (1 Fruit IIOUNTIII awn Pnaissiusss. Hen. Mr. WARBUIt'l\)N. its Chairman of the Committee up- pointod to report on Petitions for Tonniigc Bounties, and Prmiunis, submitted the following Report which, after a Iorig discussiea, was end to. ‘ Your Committee, to whom was referred the claims of the difsrent“ rsons who petitioned the House for Tcnntige Bounties sad for Pre- miums on the catch of Mackerel. beg leave to report. I That the prayer of John Robin rejected. That the highest pretniuui for the catch of Mackwcl be paid to Michael Cairtpion, he being the only person whe with the ~ . - - I-0". 1-'4 P6? l-0l- Fish Bounty net. | 'y,.,, ,0“. W". .50,“ ,0 5. gym,‘ “H, mm. ,h,,.e,,f and it was quite evidetitthat such an eitpentliture foroiie service a _ , .. i ll Th M ‘ C It‘ be ‘ y, . n H should be properly published, so that all parties concerned - °“lll °°“l‘l "03 be l"'|’“° ll)’ “'9 "“"""‘5" 0‘ "'9 ‘-'°l‘'‘'.V- "3 Ge0l")‘el0WII‘:I.‘t\ul::I “ but close, £10, second, £7. lilo.-giifin t|,:nIl'.ipaop:»:.,,...,,TS: 'y,7:ii';'f;°'i'l mmginny, I‘ S therr-in ahotild have a knowledge of what was scught,it would therefore be equally advisable that all requests made for Acts of incorporation should he pub|ished,so that all the members of the several societies applying might know the powers sought for in these Act.<,he could not believe that one half the persons for whom they were now lc_-i-‘latiiig, knew ivh t r was asked for in this clause, on which he looked with ¢0flSItI(!I‘oiI)le suspicion in the absence of all information from the Irreatt-at portion of the body of Bible Christians, as to whether they de- sired this clause. t was here announced that a petition had accompanied thi- Bill which on being brought to the table presented only six narnes.Iive of which were those inserted in the Act, as the lead- ing m-ii ofthc Society), he was not inclined to sanction the clatts-,witliout having more information on it; as it stood before the lltttflo. the clause riiulit to be amt-n e . H"l|- ML SWABEY considered the remarks of his hon. friend very judicious. especially with respect to publishing the content! c Acts of incorporaticn,the mass of any society seek- ingfsuch a measure,should be apprised of all the powers of that measure before they get into operation. Hon. Mr. DlNGWEl.L wished to give this sect us much encouragement as ossitilc, as he believed that, with a very few exceptions, t ey were a very worth people, yet he thought the power of selecting trustees should be vested in the members ofthc society. Hon. ATTORNEY GENERAL stated, that the clause was in accordance with the working of ilis system of this body of cltrislians and what was intimated to him to have passed; ifit ‘was their Honors pleasure to amend the clause, of course, he must submit, but it ought to be borne in mind, that as the so- ciety vias scattered very much over the Island, any amend- men_t sought to be made, should be sticb as would incon- venience t 0 members of that Society as little as possible. His Honor the PRESIDENT then suggested; the following that vacancies in the trustecship of the society of people called Bible Cliristians, shall be tilled from among the male members of said Society, not under the age of 21 years; by voting either in person or by proxy, in writing, as may be deemed advisable by any bye-law of the Act of incorporation. This and two or three other amendments, were adopted, the House resumed—and the Bill was passed to be engrossed. Hon. Ir. ATTORNEY GENERAL moved that the Bill to establish a Savings’ Bank be read a second time, this being done, his Honor then moved that it be committed to s Commit- tee of the whole House, which was agreed to. with his Honor in the chair. On the clause, to a point certain Directors to the Bulk» of Wllfll Ills Trsssttrsr r the time being shall be one—-lie:i‘g rssd. Hon. r. HENSLEY thought that part of the clause should be struck out, for if the Executive was to have the Bank under its immediate inspection and control, there would be no access- ity for Directors, and it would next to absurd to appoint men to oG¢e.wlies there was nothing for them to do. After slittle conversation on the matter, it was thought pro- r to have the Colonial Treasurer named as the Director. when the bluuk,relaitiag to the interest to be allowed to depos- iters,esms under discussion: Boa. Ir. I-IOLI. felt satisfied that the highest.ifnot a high- er than the usual rate of interest, should be ofl'ered in the out- perfectly agreed with those petitioners. however, with respect to the propriety of raising the salaries of 'l‘t-acliers much beyoiiil their present amount, iti order that the services of truly ellicienl and estimable mcn, iiit tmost lionorable,liut must ‘nus vocation, might be seen to the cotititry, could the necissary for the increase bq provided ; for, in his estiiiiatioii of the cliziractt-r and services of well educated, and, Ill other respects, dtily qualified and rt-spt-ctnble teachers, he went beyond the hon. member for Belfast, (Mr. Douse.) That hon. member had said. that such teacliers titiglit to rank next to clergyinen; but he (Mr. Tliortitori) thought they ought to rank before them; for. tti them. in an especial manner, he- longed the all-iitiportatit duty of forming the manners, regula- ting the tlispmititins, moulding the will, and C|lIlIVr|Ilng the minds ofthc young; aiid—as the boy was father to the man--- just such men would they generally prove in after—life, as their earlytraiiiing liazl qualifii-il them to become. The services then 0 the best teaclit-rs could not easily be overvalued, and not only should they be treated with respectful crinsidsratinn, lint, wherever it could be accomplished, they ought to be liberally remunerated. The Hurt. the SPEAKER, in reply to the observations of one or two hon. members, relative to the snggestirins, respect- ing an increase of the duties on certain articles of luxury, with a vieiv to the increase of the Government allowances to teachers, contained in a Petition from Lot 18, relilrkrd that the petitioners had not, as had been erroneously supposed. made those sttggcstions, because they made no use of the articles of luxury on which they had indicated that they thought the duties might be increased for the furtherance of education. On the contrary, there were two or three tlistilleria within the township; and, as to broad cloth, he believed, it was as much worn by the inhabitants of that township, as by those of any other in the Island. The petitioners proposed, that the sum of £30 should be the Government annual allowance to a common school teacher; and he could not see why that proposal should be considered as a thing impracticable, by those who had it in contemplation to pay such a teacher a salary of £45 a year out of the Treasury. Attempts had been made to throw ridi- cule upon the petitioners and their suggestions: but such attempts were unjustifiable. The petitioners had come forward respectfully to state their views to the House, concerning a most important public question, as they had a right to do; and they were justly entitled to a hearing. They were lIIllf‘lOt‘I-—- he did not any he was so—that the amount necessary for the support of the contemplated system of education could not be raised in the tray proposed; and being of opinion, that they had discovered a more feasible mode of attaining the same end, they had respectfully submitted it for the consideration of the House. He was pretty well acquainted with the stats of edu- cation in the Colony, and how far the opls were able to contribute for its support. e knew t at, in some School Districts, some individuals paid each £14 or £5 a year for the sit’ppcrt of the schools; where others, deriving equal advantages from them, paid only 30s. each. s wished to see the Pro- prietors taxed, not only for the opening and makkig of new roads, but for the maintaining of them in good repair. That was s burthen which ought legitimately to fall upon the Pro- rielors. Let Lord Selkirk reside in London or in France; so out; as he had large estates in this Island, from which he Giitirgetotvn I'aitture “ I " £6 l0.4.—3t.I. £5. Your Coriiiriiltee recommend, that both on Lot I6 and 55, certain lands should be laid oil‘, and tlppropri:ttetI for ever to the use of the Indians of this Colony, and it 0 such portions of other Crown Lands, where unoccupied, as the Government may consider advi- V.- Ytiur Committee on referring to the Petition of the members of the Free Clturcli of Scotland and others, in Georgetown, beg to submit, that as 2 Town Lots were granted to two other denomi- nations in Geor otown, for the purposes of Religion, viz: t e listalilislied Church of Scotland, and the Roman Catholic, your oiiitiiilten rccomriir-ntl, that said demitnination be put upon an equality with the others, and that they receive grants in George- town, of 'l'own Lots Nos. 3 & -I, first range, letter I-', as prayed 1 rm ‘f AF'I‘El'\NOON SITTING. LUNATICI, 6Lc. Mr. CLARK moved. that the Bill sent down from the Legislative Council, relative to the provision for Lnmtticir, Idiots, &r.c., be read it third time. The Bill was accordingly read a third time, and pas- sed wittiout amendment. s'l'A'l‘U'I‘l Lssos, lst I-It.|:c1-oiuu. Disrnic-r, Pntrrcl: C . OUIITY. Ilon. Mr. WARBURTON moved the second reading of the Bill to amend the Act relative to Statute Labor, so far as regards the lat Electoral District of Prince ounty. llon. r. POPE opposed the motion. on the ground that the whole Bill concerning Statute Labor lied been fully gone into by the House in its last Session. The District, observed the hon. member, it is true, seems to the eye to be di-proporticnitbly large, but the roads are not. In one township,.there is only one road. The loss of the Bill, be (Mr. P.) did nus think, would weigh very heavily on the mind oftlio lion. iriover: in would. therefore, move that it he reads second time that day three months. Ilon. Mr. WARBUR'IT)N Wll"IOI inclined ' i give up his Bill so lightly, as to consent to the mot” the hon. Treniturcr. It must be c ear to all, that as in this District, there are fourteen Town- ships, tvhile others contain from turn only up to nine, the division is not a fair one. particularly if the distance from one extremity to the other, and the having to cross ferries. be taken into consideration. rider these circumstances, it would be only just to agree to the I . Mr. MOONEY hoped the Hon. Treasurer would withdraw his motion. It was a long journey to go over, a if the district were divided into two, it would be at an extra cost of only £10 a year to the Government. Mr. CLARK considered the district large, and awkward to travel over; but. takin all things into consideration, did not feel inclined fivote for any nterferencc with the question this ion. ‘Mr. 'I'HORN' ‘ON hoped the House would not forget the district including the Royalty of Georgetown, if this Bill were entertained. That district was double the extent of the one in question; but he thou ht the Bill should not be gone into this Bceeion, us there was mac to be done hr the House. Hon WA RBURTON reminded hon. members, that it was a very short Bill, and, consequently, would consume but very little titne;und, if hon. members would be more punctual in their atten- dance, and attend to the busiatws of the country, as they ought to the time it would occupy would be of little moment. ssid, put it olftill next Session. Well, it might not be iicurer passing than than now, ifthe same argument for delay again Mr. DAVIES saw no necessity for the alteration contemplated by tlic.Bil|, particularly when he remembered that when the sp- rtioaisscnt of the Districts took place, the House were almost unan- Is 9 w s- niium.-And that Beiiyitiiiirt Allen of Bougliton Inland be paid pfbc Tonnage Bounty according to the provisions of the Act." Your Committee in conclusion reccomend to the House that no application for the Bounty or prcriiinni under the Fish Bounty Act, he in future entertained unless the several provisions and conditions of the Act be fully complied with. (Signed) J. WARBURTON—Cliairiritin. EitnA'ruM—in a speech of the Ilon. Mr. Pope, on the R concerning Etlucntuiii, publislied in our |ust.—0wing to an ncc' n- t:il oiniitiiion of a line or two, by the noiiipositor, the sense of the first sentence of the iipoerzli wits left incomplete. “fills the omis- sion supplied. the sent»-nce will read thus: " Ilon. Mr. Pope ctlttitneiicctl his oliservnliuiis liy in.-tkitig some distinctive nlluaiunl to the petitions which ha been presented to the House, with refer- ence to the question of Free or State Falucntion; and concluded llil remarks cmict-riiing such petitions by saving. that he believed the people were in favor of the educational scheme of the Government, so far us they had been correctly informed concerning it. (From the Mwbrurtswicksr, March 4.) Important News ! ! I-‘IVE DAYS LATER I-‘ROM EUROPE l Rlicitu. or ‘I'll! I-Iirousir Aassassatios rnoss Pants! —-WAILIII A‘I"l‘l‘I‘UDl or Faaivc: ! !—Dss:rtstvl Pas- t-anu-ioiss us lrtuaatvn . . ! [By Telegraph to the News Roost.) The steamnliip Franklin. with five days later news from Eng- land, arrived at New York last Tuesday morning. The Loiidnn Times hints, thttt some great movement may be ex- ted on the kid February, and that orders bud been given to the various Generals to be proper . The alarm created by the threatening attitude of France, was bccouii var eat. ' Recruiting was going on throughout Great Britain. In the llonse ofConiinoiis on the Ilth ult., Lord Joli; flill, brmght forward his measure to provide for the national defences. It is proposed to add to the Army about us many men as have been sent to the Cape, which is about 5000. and for the Militia, to on- roll by ballot, one-fifth of all the men in Great Britain, between the ages of 20 and . They are to be liable to only is to ID days’ service in the first year, and I4 days in the I succeeding years. Except in case of invasion, they cannot be called to serve, bo- ond the limits of their respective counties. la is o towns, the olicc are to lie armed and srgsriisisd as militia. ' he proposed measure is not to apply to Ireland. Lord Palmerston supported the measure, while Mr. Hunts op- posed it; and it is not likely to pass, without strong oppaitien and much debate. The Government have commenced prosecuting the Irish Press for pulilisliing wicked and malicious lihels s inst the Government. The Overland mail with dates from long Kong to December 20th, and Bombay to January I1, arrived on the lbtli February. Burmcuc have acceded to the demand of the British Govern- About 500 housesiti Hong Kong had been destroyed by tire; and two oflicsrs of Artillery, blown up by Gunpowder during the eoritlsgration. 'l‘lie Coiiiiiit-rcial advices are considered more favourable than any received for several moot . set toinducs psrsnus tods ‘t their savings, and as the iiisti- derived an income. he ought to be taxed for such a purpose; ...,on., IIc sltonld, itisrofors. siicoiid the motion of iii. non, ii. The War in south China still coiitniuss. The dispute with tho tnticu wesdesigned to a pa lie beoedt, the Government should and not for that only, but every other for which a tax was 't'n..¢m». BIIHNIO ll‘ 904°‘ 5! ll“ G9V0tIt°r, Gerersl of India obtaining let be afraid to be a little out of peckct by it, for the sake cl generally levied. l-ls would rather see I.‘ raised in that Mtsr a few remarks from Mr. LAIRD, in opposition, the House complete |'°tl"¢{' ""1 Illtlflcllom _ putting it utslilis . and passed in propor order,so ssto have way, than that the unis amount should be tstieii out of the ciuioaoii the imiiiiiiiont. Ftrm of 0- 0- M-'0'"! 8: Co-. of Calcutta. lint fulnd-deltll ts benefits felt, than if it should be deemed accessory to reduce susrll revues. He would have as cbjsetisns te slsstiltcllr llru-9 ‘“°°'°°°' """' "" "°" ‘£”‘."°°°° . . the rats of interest, he thought it might ssf::y be doss,hsssass as: but he could not think that it would he ‘°°°""' ‘Wm ‘M -Kttimltlo golchliuiugs to November lst, had an iftkebosleemofthel klncreusethscm as tceb e the rsssarer to eat Icy saottisr clerk. lie conceived this would he :5 reason is ask for a reduction tutu. it... in. switiicy iuuriio.i.ii.ii WIIOI it was borne in }?.‘.'!.l.i'a“s'.‘,2.'f.£i".2'.l1‘1’ri1’7..l1'2‘.1I:iil';’r.. :’“drposs." from which these were none upon such lands to derive nnefit. The hes. member then dwelt, for some time. upon the dis- nlsd, that s purses dspssltieg as small a sun as twestyahtl- agreeable ass dileslt nature of the duties of school Trustees; sad, snsr hsviss expresses his doubts, as to the feasibility of lasw sv Evitisscs. Hr. IIAVIl.AND'8 Bill on the Law of Evidence was reeds third time and . Bncon I-loss: "8as.sntn." lion. Mr. COLE! leave to introduce a Bill to authorise fissasltiiiigssfthe lIsrss"lulsd.is."ferasethsrBorss is been received, and state, that the excitement vury III in- is creased. The of gold was immense. FRANCE. II . in 'Psris:esta h‘ I ’qflw , , Trade tsmt lsrs risus I _a-or , ax.’