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industrious than others; and it Was equally sb! “that; if| ¥) Bi | ~ geal Ae: the more indolent and thoughtlé’é weregncouraged to)" Croan /Lands.—During tng San dl bon- : andwr ise’: How is this stupid depend upon assistance frome@overmment whenever /Eouse were cugaged inCommiptee exc ie Pencen e pteRs 8 7 - P overtaken by scarcity and distress, sich encourage-| sideration of the draft of an Addréss to t vate wr, | assertion, we w@ ld beg leavé to ask, reconcileable with ) ; ing of their na-) praying Her Majesty to reduce the upset price of “ro the facts? Sinctthe arrival of these Strangers—who,

ment would tend greatly to the increasi | ore aticeees } ; 9 3a) s: M McDonald in the Chair. A debate en ;

tuts olence and careiessness. The proprietors, asa Lands : Mr. D. . na , ; ait of. :

a re very little to the general revenue,'sued, in which the main question related to squatters, - by the bye, are none of. them of so recent impor tation

and if wher their tenants were suffering from the Con-|teuching the situation in which they. would stand, in the/as Mr. D. MceLean—has the revenuegretrograded or

sequeiices of bad crops, they weuld not come forward! event of Her Majesty returning a favorable ones - improved ? has Education been extended or diminished ? — -

to aSsist-them, a tax ought to be imposed. spon their] the Address: hon, members contending thatin ce has Charlottetown increased or become less ? But atioye, /

5 ad ‘ iti-| whi aken up several lots, they should ' ope he-proceeds of which would afford a _legiti-| which squatters had ta ps ’ caine lusivenessclear-__ ~ on os pre eae as relieve their distressed ten-/ not have the privilege of taking the whole at the reduced/all, are the clouds of monopoly -and-exelusiveness-cle ;

slight degree to

' . > ually! pri : i ffered, which,|ing away, or, to use the expression of the Gazette it- f scarcity.’ He (Mr. C.)\was* fully’ price. An amendment'to this effect was o » Wh , OF, ge. the expression of, the Azazel commipead of the peat ‘ectrcity of grain, for, at this/being negatived, the report of the special commuttee/ oof has4here been a repression of “ native. talent andor. season of the year, in plentiful times, his aeaeatienenst agreed to, and ordered to “* te enterprise?" On the contrary, is not the systems of free would be aan ie at ee Seton’! eohone ahead Currency.—The afer pyn Ae of te soe tr aie liberty to every man’s exertions and talents the thing sufficient Jor a days const - os ~/ consumed in Committee on further consideration rd 7 eles

thing- would be done immediately for the reliet of those} ( arrency Bill: Mr. Whelan in the Chair. A long’ de- which, above all, these strangers, ea with oe who, the House would be convinced, are’ actually 1 bate took place upon an additional clause offered by and growing majority of the people,: ave: strive » anda x want of food. He hoped that in that part of the country | Mr. D. McLean, to the effect that, notwithstanding still strive, against the resistance (of an established” Ss frogi’ which the Rev. Mr. oe teeaoie Netter Hien Lenses of lands in this Colony may have provided tliat few, to bring into’'Town and Country alike 2, A con- | before the House, the renee 0 Jigken - a e ithe rent shall be paid in British Sterling, the custom Ghusion, the! Vasy:teresea.,of shes Sakic is ae tee found to possess: 4 little more o he milk o wiMAN | ae been to pay inthe Currency of the Island, with one Ge — ANOKA: WAI AWD Oe. kindness than some of them do who reside nearer town.' ith added thereto; that therefore, in future, the latter|the Gazette, is the real: ‘truth: deducible from. its own |

A pgor man the other day had fe pay — a aed shall be the Jegal payment, and that none other shall be| premises. By making great sacrifices, he had made up LI, bat! overable by law proceedings or otherwise. Thede-| We are quite willing to admit that the sympathy be- ”

the Agent refused to take anything less than the whole’). .+. terminated by the motion in favour of the clause OT MOUIGS | VS TN Star ores see sf sum, He.(Mr, Coles) thought the case a very hard being carried by a majority of 10'to 8. Several other tween the People and the Legislative Conncil—though

one, and made up the deficiency for the man. amendments of the.same hon. member having been| ever before So great as itis now—is incomplete. It,, Mg» Glark knew many tenants - who have paid their agreed to, the Chairman reported progress, and asked however, can never be increased by depriving that body

renta,this year ot who pany pa seee to phe fn leave to sit again. of its independence and paying it; thereby rendering

ground... He thought nothing less than an additiona — sos alata ve of the Amsmukloen out

grant of L500 would be of inuch service; but he hoped Wepnespar, March 29. it, in fact, the ministerial slave of the Assembly.

a The People and the Legislative Council will fully

thatwthose who might have the management of the mo- Elections Law._-House in Committee on the. Bill to -POPls Le e i neyg sould be careful to see that none but the really de- consolidate, alter, and amend the Law of Elections. Dr. sympathise when the ministry, as it shortly. will be,ia eerwng were provided for, ‘The proprietors, he hoped,| 7,.4:ne in the Chair. The whole of the morning was) eppointed from the two Houses of Legislature... Then, would see the necenway of Comte ape A portion of the | consumed. in determining the additional polling places. | and ‘not till ‘then, shall'we see an end to those un. mongy that,would be required for that Parppee, In the afternoon, the consideration of ‘the Bill was re-| |. ured invectives which different members f° thi Mr Palmer did not doubt that much distress prevail-| sumed, but little or no discussion took place, until the fatye oft, at Ptr anh oe ed, but he thought it would be of no use, at that late|cjause relating to the qualification of candidates at Elec-| Assembly, in the most unparliamentary, manner, in- period,’ to talk about compelling the proprietors, by the/tions wagread, when Mr. Palmer proposed that the sum/dulge in against the Legislative. Couneil ,»when. they, . enateing of laws or otherwise, to contribute for the pur-|of two hundred pounds should be inserted in the clause, | differ from their views, ra posé 6£ diminishing existing distress amonyst their. te-|as the value of a freehold or leasehold estate, to qualify | 49 Wi: ' nantes - He thought the appointment of a committee a person to hold a seat in the Assembly—he (Mr. Pai- Whos the time Comes which we 80 earnestly desire, world be-the most reguiar proceeding. Still he was ofjmer) being of opinion that fifty pounds—the amount of| te parties in the House of Assembly and in. the Legia- opifitga-that ampie information was at hand, to enable/a member’s.qgualification in the old law—was entirely | iative Council who hold the Government must;be one,. thewtgouse to determine at once what course they ought|too small, and, in fact, as he contended, a mere nominal! and so must their opponents. ‘The members of the Go. to pursue. For himself, he saw no better plan than in-/ amount. ‘This proposition led to a very warm, and, we vernment in the Council inust ther” feal alia-aet way °° creSsingahe grant forthe Road Service, and directing regret to say, unpleasant discussion, terminating with- : nen Teer and-act with the*foney td be disposed of, by giving out small con-| out any satisfactory resvlt, and displaying much party the members of the Government in the Assembly ; and tracts; to be paid for immediately by the Commission-;feeling. The hon. Speaker supported the view taken| through’ them will be felt the wholesome RULE OF THE ers by the hon. member for Charlottetown, and he was fol-| y,asorrry or THE PEOPLE. 1

Tlie*Hon. Mr. Coles submitted that the real question|!owed by Messrs. Rae, LeLacheur, and others. on the W i ; to be*détermined was, what should be done for- those|same side of the House, who were replied to by hon. € are no enemies to the drawing of Councillors from,

wh6, at that moment, were without food, and destitute; members opposite; when, the debate becoming warin,/all corners of the Island, provided, when collected, they. : of jac ender “ wd a = aoe moved, a eter Th earn aa ‘a form an independent and intelligent body, capable of «: acttaHy die before the month of June or July, whenthe| Chairman report pro ; OH] ees ,

road work is usually performed. It would, he thought,|Auous opposition—seyeral gentlemen who opposed it, discriminating between local and general a: be the’ best way immediately to advance smal] sums to| expressing théir désire to Come at ence to a decision on which is their peculiar duty ; whilst the representatives, such’of the most distressed as may safely be trusted, to|the clause under consideration, and thus economise the|of the People in. the Assembly are. more particularly, . be“répaid by work uponthe roads as soon as the season|time of the House; till at length the cries of * question !’ charged with the interests of their constituents. "Phe. >

shail permit it to be performed. At any rate, continued|and ‘order!’ resounded through the House, creating ‘ ie thethon. inember, the road work, this-year, willshaveto|some'confision ‘aid excitement, in the midst of which|C°Utest between these interests generally produces.a’

be executed at a more early period than usual, because|the Speaker took the Chair, and shortly after, without safe result. . ‘the péople will have to labour upon them to earn money }doing any further-business, the’ House’ adjourned. a to buy seed. He thought nothing short of an addition- " ne —~ THE LAND TAX. al 1300 to each County would meet'the emergency. AE TETES: EQS AURIS RS ry The hon. Speaker would not even agree to that with- : oe ‘ out the appointment of a committee. Independently of: MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1848. We have said that we do nct approve of the mode in, the enquiries of a committee it was impossible to judge ee = Vee cee eee re which that portion of the Land Tax imposed upon im.

of the real amount of distress which ‘actually existed in|. PAY. TO LEGISLATIVE CUUNCILLORS. proved or cultivated land, will be levied or raised. Our:

the’country. There was, he fearéd, too much of exag-| ° geration and imposition intermingled with the truth, in}: At no period—although, in the absence of any real grounds of disapprobation are—as concisely as we can

tog many of the tales of suffering and privation then in dispute or difference between the two Houses of the|St#te them—these: That the Land Tax, sofaras ithas. . of Sooty th Prltice Bifwand tales’, ie Mao moetaiseass Legislature, it is difficultto give it a color—was there en, ee ee eer = ms a » soy. He would agree to the proposition, on condition) everentertained so much positive hostility towards the — rent, ae ne gant prediehe that"a committee should be appointed to report from Legislative Couneil,on the partof certain members of|* Pe"! Tax imposed upon the ere mcg : time to time. He wished the people to’ know that they|ine Asseiibly, as-exiats in their'minds: at ptesent; and| ment of the condition of the original Grants with re- spect to settlement—which conditions are so notorjous, _

must cease to place their dependence for relief upon the shea ie etl ;

Jovérnment, unless when under the the cause of this hostility is sensibly and plainly this—a! a : cr that a statement of them here would be quite — "fy Oo :

ost extraordinary and urgent necessity. The hon,/majority of the Legislative Council’ are known to al) et Spysber then concluded by moving the following Re-|the Island as uncompromising reformers, men. who we ous—even after they had experienced several acts’ eee pe a ai trust ere long will be found—in alliance with the re-/8Pecial indulgence 'from the Crown. appeieh tet to tepetl bal Che eilieed oe aes formers of the Assembly—to be able, as they are]: As a penal Tax, the “ Assessment on Real Estate's the destitution, said to exist amongst the inhabitants, willing, to put a. stopto all the misdoings which have so/in this Colony, was imposed, In the words of the Act, , in many parte of the Polen is to be aot best |long placed the fortunes of the Island at the feet of one|it was: “to be paid by the respective owners of land: ! means of alleviating such distress, and of preventing the' dominant, but—we are clad to write — it--ernjy : Rs b w rt Steeleenpualitgtnas of Ue Teeny Be mean wa, he See oe ~~ ee : erpiring in- charged by the Act not by the oe It was to be meiit..for pecuniary relief for the future; with power "Sid on eee ane they possessed penal ya n'the prepriciets, nOtCapan them tenantey. . to send for persons, papers, and records, aud to re the franchise—for the Hen, Mr. Coles at New London,} Notwithstanding this intention—if not of the Colonial 3 from-time to time. ‘and against his enemies in the Legislature. We know Legislature, most certainly of the Imperial Government’ '

A long debate ensued, partaken in by all the meraberg. these men are obnoxious to the old hacks; but they are|—the Proprietors, by the insertion of a certain clause in. of the committee: Ultimately the additional grant of 90Qj,|80 because they possess the sympathy of the people, and|every Lease’ granted by. them, tothe effect, that “the,

—300I, to each County—proposed by hon, Mr. Coles, waa, pant for the hour, when, by the adopt; tie} | tal) au dale ln nies | jot carriéd. The hon. Speaker's: resolution having alsolor 1 nsible Red Ss be oR eoueh fave + a orbs Ta shall: pay, all Taxes ke, : aapboed or: oe beéh agreed to, the Chairman reported that the Commit. |. —p : aoe x ey may be enabled to act be imposed upon the land’ by Lease 80 devised,” have ” tee-had come to two resolutions, whiehhe would report," wnison with their friends inthe Assembly,in governing} freed themselves from a part, of the. penalty, by, law im>. whén the House should be pleased to. receive theisame, the country according to the wishes: of the People, ex-| posed upon them; and cast - it Sanaa eee. anfhad directed him to. ask:-leave to sit again. The) pressed through a majority’ of their representatives. |~-in answer to those who wished ‘to see “the saddle put

stariding tile having been suspended, the House re-|p):.. :. P BR” ci i at meet ito those who wished tc ok dine t ceived the report ; and, on motion: Messrs. Rae, Mont-| Ehis ig. the, land-mark, by. ‘whieh, they. wish, {4 °be upon the right horse,” maintain that the whéle Of

mérp, Thornton, F. LongworthyN-Conroy, LeLacheur, 2¢'4e4; and it isthe goal to: which they press forward. |penal Tax should come ditectly out of the pockets of“ ané D.-McDonald; were appointed a:Gemmittes Wcon-, In thé tion-political ‘Gazette, one ofthe ehargés|the Proprietors — assest —-and not, without much shew formity with the last resolution. brought agaist the lite Lieutenant Geverhve is thathor reakon we: adrhitthat, asthe. Tenanta,.if got \olaak