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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ADVERTISE

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ENSEMSJ, CHARLOTTETOWN, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1841. [No.. F I . _

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY,

WEDNESDAY, April 7'.- TEMPERANCE. noose IN COMMITTEE or stirrup.

Mr. CLARK Submitted the following'R'csolutiom—x Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committe, that the sum of Fifty Pounds be granted, and paid to the ofﬁce-bearers of

enable them to circulate such works as-may’be by them deemed Best calculated to promote Temperance‘principles.

Mr. SPEAKER said, that when it was moved 'in the House, that the report of the Special COmmittee should be referred to the Committee of Supply, the-House, after somediscnssion, being Qqually divided, he 'gave the casting vote for'sending it’to this Committee, with-:a View. that members should have more time to .consider of it, and make up their minds. was favourable to temperance, and wished to encourage it; but he had not mad'e up his mind, from any thing he had heard, as to whether it would/be right to give this Society a grant of mo— ney. If, however, hushould again‘be left tohis casting vote, it‘ ‘would be his duty to-vote against it. p ‘

Mr. ACINTOSHL could not gowith the Resolution, for he- thought at it wouldfbe throwing so much money away, on an object that was already meeting with very able support.. He would have hon: members believe,.that he'was not unfavourable to Temperance, as-he cherished its principles- aswarmly'as any hon. member in the House.

tosprosper by them throughout the Island.

Mr. CLARK said, that'hitherto a grew. 7 :tion of the revenue of the Colony was raised from the importation of ardent spirits. Now, he would like tolmakeldrnnkards contribute to their own reformation, by thus appropriating'a portion of that revenue to- wards the diﬁ‘ustoniof temperance throughout the Island. This money would by no means he mi'sapplicd‘in: the publication and distribution of Temperance tracts. By this means Will the Cler- gy of every religious denomination be. the better able to propae gate the principles of temperance, the-result of " which willprove highly gratifying to the friends of‘ Temperance. We may be told, that “ it‘is only an attempt to kill dead men l” but such is not. our intention; we are not all temperate yet; many d'runkards still remain unreclaime-dz There is no~doub‘t that the-revenue will receive a shock fOr a yeair or so; but after that, it will as- sume amore promising appearance than at present. After the merchants shall have left all" importing- ardent spirits, ,tliey'will bring into the Colony things-more essential to the comfort and‘ happiness Grits-inhabitants,- wh‘ich will in a very short time make up for the loss incurred on the“ falling off’ in the duty on ardent spirits. If this loss were not made up by the increase of the ad-valorem D‘uty, he would even go sofa].- as to lay a Poll-tax on the inhabitantspinvorder to keep up the revenue, and’support

importation of Ardent Spirits, not taking into account the loss of time, health, and character, which will be all savedby spreading the benign principles of temperance; and thiswe cannot do more effectually than by passing this Resolution. Adread'y have we . seen the effects of temperance in the colony, although it has been only a short time established, and we are beginning to see a vast moral change in the conduct of the inhabitants: to say, that drunkards were being fast reclaimed'from-their di'ssiL pated’ habits. By encouraging temperance, we would, at‘the same time, free the country'fr'om drunkenness, the mother of all

other evils.

, ._ . The Hon.

success; yet he felt warranted in saying; that the Heuse, by granting a sum-of ’moncyfor the encouragement of temperance. would be inﬂicting-an- injury and'reproach on the" good cause. It would be- a useless expenditure of 'tli'e public money, tomato it away fat“ such purpose, to any particular society or body of men. Besides, we are quite unacquainted’ with the meritSof the tracts tatbecii'culated‘for'the edi'ﬁ'catibn of'the’inliabitants‘of the Colony. He would have temperance} further propagated; as it has been,.by‘tlie- Clergy of the different denominations of Christians throughout'the Islands: These gentlemen'are the pro; per persons to advocate the principles of'temperance in their pulpits. If we were to pass this Resolution, it would be said

~»" that it was setting forth a system'ofjo'bbing to; a particular ' so- ciety, and this, in the end, would rather serve to retard‘than ad- vance the spread of temperance. Under such considerations, he felt obliged to vote against the Resolution. _

Mr. LE LAC HEUR concurred in what had fallen from the hon. member who had just spoken; and, as an advocate of tem- porance,..he felt much satisfaction at its rapid’spread'through‘ the Colt'my; but h'e-savrno reason why temperance should not be made to standion its ownfoundationy as it has hitherto done-in the Colony“ Ifr'we'pass.1his Resolution, it will be virtually to misapply so much of ’ the public‘rcvenue; He was assured that-

their laudable exertions in advancing the cause of temperance, and he conceived that they, in justice, should méct with some favourable consideration from the House. to the Rt. Rev. Bishop Macdonald and his Clergy, who have dOne inﬁnite service, in promting the good cause. Mr. Le Lacheur then moved the following, as an amendment to the Resolutidn sub itted by Mr. Clark:— -

“ hat it is the opinion of this Committee, that the sumof Thirty Pounds be granted; and‘pail to the Rt. Rev. B: D. Mac— donald,. Roman Catholic Bishop of Charlottetown, for the pur- pose ol promoting ~TEmperance principles;. and Twenty Pounds to the Prince Ed ward ‘Island Auxiliary Témperance Society, ,, for. the same purpose.” ‘.

Mt. YEO,’ in sedonding the motion, said,’ that be highly con- curred with the hon.- member, (Mr. L'e Lacheur,)' respecting the conduct 'of Bishop Macdonald, and he felt'proud to say, that worthy gentleman'had done inﬁnite service in his (Mr. Yeo’s). quarter, in reclaiming many from their dissipated ways.

Mr. D. MACDONALD opposed-the amendment, on the ground that- it would be ofl‘ering an insult to the. Rt. Rev. Gentleman, to grant him any premium ‘ for his valued'ser-vices, in performing what he conceived to be his spiritual duty.

rapidly throughout the country, by the exertions of many worthy gentlemen, and he thought it would still continue to advance in the same manner, without the Legislature offerings. bounty; To grant this money, would hate throw so much away. He (Mr. 1sz) would have no objection to gowit’h the Resolution, if he thought _ would be of any serviCe to thecause; but as he knew it would

' he would vote against the measure. .

. who Hon. J. S. MACDONALD-said; that the Bishop would r, ﬁat thank us, if we passed the amendment, to remunerate him ’ ﬁshis services in propagating the temperance cause, in which ﬂat-very worthy gentleman has done no more than._his duty, and {Orwhich he does not seek any remuneration from this House. - ; Hpmay expect steward for-these his laudable exertions in a

ﬁsher quarter. ,

" ‘ Mr. PALMER‘said,‘ that although he was not much of an ministh in any matter, yet he had a warm feeling towards the , “use of temperance, and he would ‘fe'el‘proud to give it his sup; .» En, Is 1 legislator,-aad still prouder would he feel to have it in " . “Wet-tony, that this Legislature should be the ﬁrst to en- muse Temperance Societies. No doubt much good has been

. e “‘ Mtefbrmation of the/2 moral character of this commu- mty- Yet: there «remains much to be done, in order to complete V v m9 m0"? eh“KG; ’ and the more effectually to do this, he con-

”?"ed l at the heElslatu-re could hardly appropriate money to a b'itlﬂyumse‘ . . revenue might receive an immediate di- m‘l‘um’n’ or even‘ .l’elhﬂﬁ. a shock, from the sudden change; 5‘" he .59“ “ﬂiedﬁ "(’4‘ . prove but a temporary one; and that 7 met 5 5110" “me " would ll“iconic more ﬂourishing than ever. ' u “059 “’1'? have bead.” lb,” l'Aab'it of wasting a certaitrsum 3'"! yell "1 “dent SPm‘shpm Temperance Societies, they will

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the Prince Edward Island Auxiliary. Temperance Society, to

portation, and a consumption ofa greater quantity of dry goods, which wrll consequently serve'tolincrease the revenue; The re-

its inhabitants. Intemperance, it cannot be denied, strikes a! the root of both of these, and as a matter ofcourse diminishes the pub lic resources. By encouraging‘temperance; we, at the same time, encourage'industry, and thereby advance the prosperity of the Oniony: He was not the least apprehenstve of leaving the'dis- position of the'grant to=the' Auxiliary Temperance Sbcicty: it is one'which makes no distinction between religious denomina-

» tions,-it is very‘extensive, and open to the public in its operations. , , _ ‘ _ q _ There is no doubt, if we grant them this sum, they will judicious.- the “105‘ eqllllable and l’mm'cable W"“""l’l95 0“ ‘thh the '5

1y apply it towards the spread of temperance throughout the Is- land, by affording every man in the country cheap publications on the subject, which will prove the most effectual means of eradi- dicaiing the prevailing evil of intemperance.

For his ownipart he'

The cause has progressed thus far' without the aid of the Legislature. and it will doubtless continue“ defatigabl'e exertions of its worthy advocates

temperance; but such an expedient, he thought, would be uncalled for. The Colony has lost an incalculable amount, through the.

He felt happy

13%.,D’ILACDDNALDJ ' . atJieh‘ighly appreciated”~ theprinciples “tom

perance. He wis edits advocates every"

would do anything in‘his power to promote',tevnperance, but he was fully persuaded that the‘cause would receive but little ser- vice from the circulation of‘ temperance tracts. It would be

this Resolution, without the least prospect of a beneﬁcial result. Even if it would have the effecr of reclaiming one or two drunk- ards, he would freely gatwith the Resolution. He would oppose the grant sought for. -

Mr. MACNEILL felt sorry to think that any hon. member should oppose the granting of’the sinall‘sum required bythe Re— solution, towards the circulation of Temperance tracts throughout the Island. He believed it would be acknowledged bv every hon. member in the Committee that intempcrance is one of the greatest evils that afflict the' human family. Distilleries. like mighty volcanoes, for many centuries, have been vomiting out their linuid ﬁre, thrcntenihg-‘(lestruction to them* ral'world H'mv many thousands, and tens of thousands, haVe been brought to an untimely grave, by indulging in the use of ardent spirits! How often have weseen the youth, to use the words of the poet

‘-' Just bursting into manhood’s prime,”

abused and ruined by intoxicating drinks' Is it not. then, high time to sound the tocsin of alarm. and for this Committee to enter into-seribus deliberatiim, to devise a plan to put a stop to this scourge of the human'race? He hoped it would not be said of the reformed House of A'ssembly'of Prince Edward Island, that they have shut their eyes to the many evils whiCh intempcrance is likely to email on the community. Inother countries. Te'n- perarice Sbcietics have-been found to be the best means of era- dicating drunkenness. In the United States, b'efore the intro- duction of Temperance Societies, it was calculated that every

Temperance Societies, hundreds of Di‘stillerics have been desert- ed; and the people of, that enlightened Republic are likelr to be- come the most moral people in Christendom. The exertions of Father Mathew, in Ireland, are also really astonishing. In the course. of two or three years, by his laudable efforts. no less than 4,647,000 people have signed the tee-total pledge. \Vith all those facts before us, it is hoped that no hon. member in this Commit— tee will’oppnse the grant of so small a sum for so important an object. , ' , 1

Mr. GORMAN was of opinion that the hon. member who ind just sat detvn‘ would make a far better preacher than a Legislator What is the reason he does not give us his solemn strain in more important matters? He(Mr. G.) would ask, what'goorl this Auxiliary Temperance Society has done, so far, in the. conner ? that have they dunefo'r years past towards the spread of Ten perance in the Island—it was a complete hoax O‘l the country ; in fact. they are now going to gather the laurels won by more deserving men. Ier. Knox’s Essay is a goo-l production, it ought to publish its own fameto the world, and not to come to this House for £50 for that purpose: « .

Mt. THUMSONWas surprised to hear-the hon. member for Prince County (Mr. Gorman) speak so lightly on so grave n sub- ject, and so intimately connected with the welfare of the Colour.

men stepped ftirward to win laurels in achieving the victory over inte'mperance. Iijather Mathew had not come forward to advocate the principles of' temperance, we would not- now see 'those'wortliy gentlemen reaping those laurel; ; and were it not for others, we would not see a Father Mathew enrolled among the Champions of Temperance; so that those worthy gentlemen are not exclusively intitled to those laurels. The question for our consideration‘is, whether the revenue can afford to advance the‘sum reqiiired‘by‘tlie Resolution. He was convincedit could. and that by granting this sum the country would be ultimately beneﬁted; for the greater the spread of temperance, the more gc- neral and lasting would be its prosperity. And as to the exer» tinns of the Roman Catholic Clergy. such entitle the n to very much credit. lie, under such considerations, would vote for the

there are in the Colony those to whom much praise is due, fer

He (Mr. L.) alluded‘

Mr. MONTGOMERY'said, that’l‘emperance was advancing,

original Resolution. -

Mr. YEO said, that Temperance was well worthy the en- couragement of this House. It would have the some effect on the whole community that it has on an individual member there- of.’ Look at'th'e'prist‘state of the Colony, through the effects of intemperance—povcrty, miSery and debt follolv 1n the train of this moral evil. The tenantry would not be so much in debt. were it not for intcmperance. Here Mr. Yéo instanced the good effects of the moral“ change among his workmen, stating also that it had the ctfe’ét of rendering their labour more valuable to him. He would freely go with the Resolution, if if were only to set an example to other countries to forward the cause of tem- perance. 7

Mr. HUDSON said he would not give a silent vote on the ques- tion before the Committee. He felt indignant at the manner in which some hon. memberstreatcd the subject under discussion. As to intemperance, he felt persuaded that. a greater evil could not prevail' in any country. It disorganizcs the whole moral system of society. The subject of temperance has been lying for some time before the Holise, awaiting the consideration'of "hon members;-after waiting thus long, it would be ungenerous to give the subject the go—by. He was sorry to see some hon. members stand‘up rather as ' the advocates of intemperance than temper- ance. As to the Auxiliary Temperance Society endeavouring to

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tholic denomination, he (Mr. H.)‘ felt persuaded that such was not their intention; let- those Rev. gentlemen .mk'e the laurnls if they will—bur let us have the sum sought for. Temperance is not of so modern 3 date as hon. members would have ll, It has been for the last eight or ten years warmly cherished by mam. good men in this colony. The object of the SOciety is to spread. the good principles of temperance throughout the Island; every denomination of Christians will reap the beneﬁt of this grant, if conceded, for the temperance publications to be sent abroad will be extenswely distributed, without regard .to cquntry or to creed,

Mr. J.‘ DINGWELL moved; that the hon. member (Mr,_Le Lacheur) have leave to withdraw his amendment, I

Mr. LE LACHEUR did not feel 'inclmed ,to Withdraw his Re. solution. He submitted it for the very purpose of defeaong the original ReSOlution. it would be a. disgrace to the cause of Temperance to vote'the sum of 1-650 towards its encouragevnem_ He'hoped’that b‘oth‘Resolutions would get the coup de grace be. fore the Committee would rise.

0n Mr. DINGWELL’S' motion being put, Mr. ,Le Lacheur’s amendment was withdrawn. _ .

It was than moved that-the original} 'Resolption be also mm. drawn. The uesti'On was according y put I ereon : I

Yeas—Mr. Le Lach'eur, Hon. J. S. Macdonald. Messrs. D. Macdonald, M6ntgomery, Gorman, Macfarlane, J. Dmgwell. Macintosh. Loogworth, Macléan, Beck—11. ‘ I

Nuts—Messrs. Palmer, Yeo, Clark, Macncdl, Hudson-6. , ,

So the original‘Resolotion was, as it may be said, compulsorily withdrawn. , j I _ I I

The House having resolved itselfinto a

Thomson,

Cummittee of the

whole House, on the expiring Laws, . agreed to for continuing, for one yeair longer.

rantin a Bounty on vesse s engage . I _ I tghe Billgto authorize the punihment of Hard Labour in Jails.

.A Message-wasi‘eceived from the Council, requesting,»

the Bill

- en spend their'mfifley in thePthase If necessaries and com- m: or. their remit-es. , This. ml! cause at increase _ m the im-

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venue of every country springs from the'science and industry of

Mr. LONGWORTH, being friendly to Teinperance‘ Societies, =

a great waste of thc‘public money to grant £50. as required by ,

twentieth man was adrunkard; but since the introduction of ‘

Temperance had its existence long before those worthy gentle.-

’eof the House of

, . Assembly, as to the operation of the [Act relating to Bonn ,to be furnished.

dary Lines. Ordered

, The remainder of the day Waschjeﬂy spent in Committee of Supply.-

before a Go mmitte

THURSDAY, April 8. , Mr. Rae moved, that the House do com as followeth : j RESOLVED, That a Committee be appointed, t‘oreport on

e to a Resolution,

Road money should be in future divided among the several Counties and-Districts—snid Road money to comprehend all , allowances for Roads, Bridges and \Vharvcs ;

lVbich was carried.

Ordered, That the Hon. J. S. Macdonald, Messrs. Rae, Hudson, Clark, Gorman, Beck. Thomson, Le Lacheur, D. M'acdonald, Mucueill, J. DingwcH and Longworth do coni- pose‘the'said Committee.

Mr. Macneill,‘ fromlthe‘Committee appointed to report- as to the‘ probable expense of a Bridge at'Fyﬂ'e’s Ferry, New .London, reported as follows :—- ' '

Your Committee, to whom was referred the Petition of idle Inhabitants of New London and Cavendish, praying for ‘a-gr'ant in aid of’tbe erection ol'a Bridge over Fyﬁ'e’s Ferry.

‘ beg leave to report, that not having any Plan or Estimate of'» ‘i bl itb'e appropriation of any sum ofmoney to be applied for that a

the probable expense of the work, they cannot recommend

‘purpose this Session, but would recommend the House ‘to appoint aCommittee to obtain a Plan and Estimate of the lexpense ofthe said Bridge by next Session. '

Ordered. That the Report be received, and that Mr. Mac- lyleill, Mr. Clark, Mr. Montgonieryand the Hon. J. S. Macdon- ‘ald be a Committee for the purpose therein mentioned.

The Revenue Bill was introduced by Mr. Thomson, and head the ﬁrst time. ‘ ' I Mr. Clark, from the Committee to whom was referred the lPetition from the Inhabitants of Princetown Royalty, com- ;‘pluinine‘ ofthe present mode of disposing of Crown Lands, :reported the draught of an Address to the Crown on the 3subject.

Ordered, That the said draucht Address be now commit-

ted to a Committee of the whole House. The House having gone into Cmmnittee on the Address; The Chairman (Mr. Le Lacbeur) reported, that the Com-

graph, bad amended and then adopted the same; and the said Address was again read, and is as followeth: T0 T'IE QUEE V’S MOS‘T E‘XC'ELLEil’T JlIﬂJESTY. Most Gracious Sovereign ;

W'e, your Majesty’s ﬁiithﬁil Commons, the House ofAssem- blyof Prince Edward Island, humbly beg leave to renew the expressions of those sentiments of attachment and loyal. ty which they have ever evinced towards your Majesty’s person and Government, and, most humbly to represent,

That III the year 1831, your Royal I’redccessor was plea- sed ﬁlo order the small portion of Crown Lands left migrant;e ed in this Colony to be disposed of at Public Sale, to the ,highest bidder: That by means of such Sales, persons in (the Royalty of Princetown, whose misfortunes, years ago,

had-compelled them to clear the forest for a subsistence, were, by the Order oi'1831, obliged to purchase Lots which ltheﬁ‘mi‘lthus cleared, onsconipete, athublic Auction, for ,the very land which their labour had made much more lvnluable, thus compelling such persons to pay additional lsunrs for their own labour and the improvement of the

(now that the greater number of'thc best lOts are sold), are set up at high prices, which, however willing the Govern- ment of the Colony are to abate, yet it does not appear that they are empowm-ed either to grant airy portion ofland im- proved by the Colonists prior to the aforesaid order of183l, at a ﬁxed rate, as they shalljiidc'e proper, or to enforce con- ditions of improvement on parties purchasiiignt the Govern- ment sales, which would work advantageously for the Colony.

That an extraordinary high price is set on the portions of

mittee had gone through the Address, paragraph by para- ‘

Colony: That the Crown Lands in the Towns and Royalties j

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’oﬂ' such claims—whichever of these modes your M . may be graciously pleased to determine, your Petitio will willingly abide by your decision ; and, though the' i . lative Council do not admit that these claims are dispu', and the House of Assembly assert that these claims at; forfeited—yet, to do away with the-evils arising from ‘ dispute, both bodies, united as your Petitioners,_pledge ' ,‘selves to pass such Legislative enactments as will raise: ltlle discharge ofsuch claims to the land of this COlony, " all arrears of rent and obligations for the same, a price ‘ as high as the ctlltivntors‘of said land‘can make good," higher than the average price of land in the neighbouM , Colonies, and nearly double the price of that paid by any i the British American Land Companies, andhigher than average price of such lands in this-Island, when valued: lJuries, or when exposed to public sale for non-payment . taxes, as appears from the Report by the Earlof Durham. May it therefore please your Majesty, taking the prein . linto consideration, to give such a decision as will frth 3 tenants and occupiers of the lands from the harassed cond' V - ition in which the majority of them at present are, and, j Colony from the embarrassment consequent thereon; andrg , will enable the Colony, by industry and persevering econo i i my, in the course of’years, to arrive at the same condition than, ithe neigl‘ibouring Provinces. . ' ~ I ‘ And as in duty bound the and House ofAssem y will‘cver pray for your Majesty’s Royal person. The Address was carried, on the following division ;Yea9g, 15; Nays, 11011. J. S. hlacdonald, Mr. Palmer and Mr. ‘ . worth; l desired with the Legislative Council, for the purpose'of'oﬁ'er 'ing for their concurrence the said Address, as compend- ment to that proposed by their Honors. ’ -

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and it was thereupon ordered, than. Contegeuceybe

The Bill for raising :1 Revenue in this Island was read“. t

second time. it Mr. Longworth submitted the following Report':——~ Your Committee to whom was referred the 'Petition of“.

cnlties they labour under for the want of a Road leading from the Back Settlement, in the roar of Lot 48, to the shore at Pownal Bay, are of opinion, that the proposed 'Road, as: described in the said Petition, would be of very great bene- fit and advantage to the‘ Inhabitants of that Settlement, as it appears, on inquiry, thatrthe persons residing mataid Settle-

own expense, provided the right of way is procured for them, ‘your Committee respectfully recommend to the House to vote such sum of money as may be deemed adequate for the purchase of the said right of way.

Ordered, That the said Report be laid on the table.

ilIONDAY, April 12.

Mr. Clark, from the Committee to whom, was referred tho- ‘Petition ofJarnes I-lowlett, of Bay Fortune, presented the Address ofthe said Committee ; which Address was ordeﬁd’. to be committed to a Committee of the whole House. 1 “

A‘ discussion then ensued, as to whether some old docui . (merits in the possession of the House, digniﬁed with the .name of “Royal Instructions,” should be printed or‘nolt; when it was determined that a portion of them,”‘as contain-

printed on the same subject, should be printed. One or . two amendments to the motion were moved, but were nega- l tived by large majorities»

Mr. Gorman, from the Committee on‘ th Colony, reported the following Resolution:

“fliereas David Stewart, Esquire, alleges that one of the chief reasons which moved him to purchase 'Lennox Island; was, to prevent the Indians from being molested thereon by the whites; and as it appears that the Indians had, previous [to his purchase, driven oﬁ“ another individual who had pur-

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divers Inhabitants of Lots 48 and 49, setting forth the diﬂ‘i- "

tnth cannot reach any place for the shipment of their " agricultural produce without travellingudistance of; at least, ‘_ .- six miles, whereas by the proposed line of road the distance is less than one mile and three quarters; andae the pcti- ' _ tioners offer to open and complete the said at their" ' i '

Crown Lands in the several Townships ofthis Colony, with- : Chast From me Ionlgomel'ys 01‘ the ,same title 35ml;- out any just calise,'as must be evident fi'orstlie fact, that l Sum-aft has Purchased i and as the Indians have ms‘ded...“ Crown Lands, of equal fertility, and in the vicinity of better i there smc‘v’ the Emmi], came” the COlony, and have thereon - markets for the sale of agricultural produce in the adjacent, the!“ Chapel 3”“ Bm'ml Gf'o'md: an .113“? [30 settled 000“- Counties-of‘ Pit-ton, Cnlclwster and Cumberland, in Nova 1 Pan?“ Ofimy Other Part of the terntofy with” colony i and SCotia, are sold at from Two to Three Shillings per acre, las “Pm th? greﬁn I’ll'oporjlou Ofﬂle 501‘ thel'GOf belug unsus‘ whilst Tweuw Shillings p6,. new is demanded (-0,. Crown lceptible of cultivation, it seems not worth more than £200“

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ing fewer errors than some other documents which had been.

Lands in this Island. -

May it therefore please your MajeSty to take these subjects into your gracir’yus consir‘lemtion, and to order His Excel- lency the Lieutenant Governor to use his discretion, as to the price and disposal ‘of' the Crown Lands of this Colony, to actual settlers.

A motibn being made, that the Address, reported from the Committee, be agreed to and adopted by the House, the‘ House divided:

lcurrency, 'even if free from incumbrancc: Resolved, MC?‘ , lfore, that'it is the opinion of this Committee, that, itfm inex-

‘ pedient to appropriate any mono

- Island on behalf ofsaid Indians.

1 Mr. Palmer moved, as an amendment, that the following be received as the Report of the Committee:

1 \threas by the survey and exploration of Lennoxllsland

(and Report, as obtained and laid before the House of'As-

y for the purchase i ;

reap the laurels won by the Rev. Gentlemen of the Roman Ca- »

Resolutions were ~

‘in the Fisheries, and"

berfmniahmwim ,‘hﬂ'oxamipaﬁonﬂ of the Surveyors. WWlIIGOBFm.

’ “féiéi‘ ' ‘

sembly, it appears that altl’iougb the whole quantity ofland? ‘

4. contained therein appears to be 1389 acres, yet thwgretitest _ ——-—— part thereof appears to be of a barren and tin roductive* . SATURDAY, April 10.. ,Eoil:,And that certain ot'the Mic-mac Indian 'I‘ri e already Mr. D. lilacdonald, from the Committee appointed ,to OCPUPJ' Other Parts tl“?re°‘b and ‘31le title thereto, by "ﬁne draught Amendments to the Address of the Legislativclof many years eXCluswe P05585510“ oflhe samel‘hnd that

Yeas,-12. Nays, Messrs. Fraser, Macinbish, Rae, Maclean,

. . of the said Indians. ‘ . MOS: Gmcmus soverelgu ;: The motion for agreeinv to the ﬁrst Report was carried ~ . We your Majesty’s dutiful and loyal subjects the Ye,“ 15 Nays 5 ° . ~ ’ and House of Assembly of Prince Edward Island, in C010< , . “’. ' ’ ' ,1 . . d ‘ nial Parliament assembled, beg leave to approach your 1 “T1;- Tllomsoni from the commute? a“)??? to report, Majeswg throne and person, andmost humbly ,0 represent ; u on .buoys and BeacotiS, plresented t to to vung Report; , That the Lands ofvthis Colony were originally granted in l Whlch “’35 “domed by the 1 0‘15“ t ‘ large tracts of Twenty thousand Acres each to private indivi- 1 Your Committee find that the Buoys used -‘m Oral-long? duals, the greater part of which is still claimed by the des— ‘town harbour (although made snmlar to those used its? cendants or assignees of suchlfrantees, the majority of the Great Britain), from an improper method Jd‘tloptod. 16’" ' it nts on so h 1- ads ho in as tenants or occu‘mnts . $3120? in fee siiiriple:i g l ’ [the 'inatei'ials. .of which they are made, are rendemd: ‘ Thatgjf, by the purchase of these lands ﬁ‘om the pl‘Opl‘ie—illlfel‘lol‘ in. utility to- the common ppar buoy, while ah!- tary clgirmauts, they were again-reinvested in the Crown, for. ‘ the latter Is- much less expensive ll] its construction and the purpose of being sold out in small tracts. to the tenantry ‘ moorings. That the construction of the three Buoys for the g and occupiers thereoﬂ it would be hailed by the inhabitants j Harbour of Charlottetown, together With the expense 4‘ of this Island as the. greatest'boon which your Majesty could L mooring and taking them up for two years cost One hundred. -» bestow upon them, and 'would, as your Petitioners conceive, and‘ seventy Poundsa , . ' -i be productive of great and permanent beneﬁt to the Colony. '1 hot the expense of the constructiop and maintenance 9f. Your Petitioners. are; at the same time, aware, that.“ if the gtwo spar Buoys, at Grand River, King 5 County, placed 1m ~ Imperial Government'shall determine that the compensation ; Situations equally exposed as_ the aforesaid buoys, have cost. for such claims must he paid immediately, and? not by m-J. only Seven- pounds twelve shillings. . d f h 7 stalments, then‘ thissi’nost desirable settlement ‘cannot be _ Your Committee thereforerecommen ,. or t a future, the- attained without the'advance, in the ﬁrst instance, ofa much use of the Spur Buoy iniall places exgipting tgat afghek one“. larger sum of mom-3y than the Legislature of this Colony buoy at present u~ed- Within the bar ur of harlottetown,.. can at present'cotrj? d. and that Hlsv Excellency the Léeutenant Governorbehum- I That as, during eilast eight years, repeated applicationsC bly requested to authorise t to oltlumllissroners of Highways, . for a Court of Escheatxhave been reje :ted by the Colonial in: thpir restptecpiy: (ﬁggcutp,ho;rit;: rs’ota Sci-1pm; 3:31;: :3; “‘ " ' ortacen0. _,,~ ~. _ Minister, your Petitioners humbly submit, that the. mode deg“: most prop. r; to advenize andkletat auction m the V

abo e referred to—namely, of paying cpmpensation for such , _ _ I I. v I _ I

claiiiis—is the only other one which to them appears-rpractb lﬁwest bitddetl} 0:11 033%?) (1:1: :Zgiggm Security being givenifgz; ' ' ' r und of Ion ocontinued dissatis— t e cons me I > u , moormg and, , Preserv 1 ‘

gable for removmg this g '0 g them, for any term. not less than three nor.mbre.tban four"

factiou and misery - and Whether young Majesty shall deter-1‘ r _ _ ' V . mine that the advanbes necessary for such arrangement shall years- rhe 00113.“ “Chou 0f Wthh buoys your committee

be made forthwith by the Imperial Government, or that, the claimants .shal‘l- Wait such 0 rtain limited time as may appear to enable‘the Cofony itself; by instalments, to pay-

of cedar, spruce, or pine wood, securely mOOred 6m. 334. chain to a suﬂioi‘ent weight of metal or stone—this Spar ton

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‘Council to the Queen on the Land Settlement question pl'e- ‘the m“ val“? {harem-does “01 this commitlee t “I:

{,se‘nted the following draught of an Address, as an amend: b9_b€3y011d £300,C"l""?ncy= ;£€l§r€3 that It '5 1h ..

ment to that proposed by the Council: ' opinion of this Conpmttee, that it is 'inexpedient to: appro-% TO THE oceans MOST EXCELLTNIE‘Magr-srv: Wale any money tome Purchase of said Island on beh ,

render them water—tight, as-Well as from a disproportion in ‘

would further recommend as follows, viz: a strai [ht Spar