HASZARD’S GAZETTE, MARCH 10.

COLONIAL LEGISLATURE. Hours or ABIIEMBLY, Saturday. March 3. Several petitions were presented. In supply,

aeveral resolutions for the public services were agreed to. The consideration of the amount to he assigned to the Controller of Customs and l\avi- gation Laws and Registrar of Sliippiuiz. was deferred until the Goveruor’s m.-ssagc shall havi- been discussed. ‘ ‘[500 were voted lnr summer and winter uiails, £500 for inland mails, and 111000 at the disposal

of the Government for steamers ; £60 to the keep-

orofthe Colonial Building ;!.'5 for public postage: £381 93 7d for the gas fittings, paiiiiling, &c., of

the Colonial Building ; £100 for ti packet to con- wey the mails between Georgetown and Pictou luring the time the iiaviuatioii is open; 130 for maintenance of Jails; £650 for two additional On the estimates for repairs and alterations at Government House, a desultury conversation took place, and a variety of opinions were expressed by the several members who ad- dressed the House. Hon. Mr. Palmer suggested the propriety of Government receiving tenders for a lease of a house for the residence of the Lieute- Iant Governor, and the letting the present one for about ten years, or converting it to some public use, such as a Lunatic Asylum or a House of Industry, for that period, by which time it would have become so rotten and worn out that it might lie pulled down and a new one erected with the amount saved by the adoption of his plan; and a suggestion thrown out by the Hon. Col. Secretary. as to the propriety of the Government purchasing a piece of ground near the Government House, from the heirs of the late Colonel Lane, was generally approved of. £300 were voted for ex-

nses of Crown prosecutions; £60 for the three

road commissioners.

inh Sheriffs.

The consideration of the Lieutenant Governor‘:

Ileassgs, and the despatch on the Bank Bill

were both made the orders of the day for Friday

next. MONDAY, March 5. Several petitions were resented to the House. By Mr. M‘Intosh-- etition of R. h

c or.

By Mr. Wightnian-—for Wharf —Petcr Mac Oallum for remission of duty on damaged goods —Inhabitants of White Sands, Quinsev Cove bc., for building a Bridgo.—David M‘Lcod Murra cat-rie Iloseneath School, for aid

not. By Mr. Wightman—Sundry Mill owners

asking House to impose a toll of 441 per ton on

all logs, &c., lloatcd through Mill Dams.

B do—l)uncan Stewart for pnynicnt 0 contract money duo. this petition was witlidrnivn.

B do—for Wlinrf at South side, Murray Hat our also withdi-awn, on motion Mr. Wur-

burton. By do—llugli i\l‘l)oiinld, Isq., controller 0

navigation Laws for an ollico or means to rent

the saute. Hon. Mr. Longwortli, Mr. Cooper, and .\Ir

M‘lntosh tlioimlit that tho ;_:ru.ntin,,

petition would c it prcccdcnt for other controll- ers to demand the aortic. 8-Illle lIoii. Meiiibcr stated that although the salary was only £15

the commission was 100 By Mr. lliivilnn-l—ln

for a Bonded Wuroliouse.

Hon. Mciiibers scoiiicd agreed that they should have ll Wzircliousc such as is kept in But llon. Mr. Colcs did not thinka Bonded \\';irclioiisc sucli as is in other

Charlottetown .

places, would be as beneficial as the system 0 giving Bonds for duties

By Mr. lIitvilund—lnliabitouts of Georgetown cmbcrs said it. would be a bad precedent, but Mr. llnvilaud

for a Fire Engine, some llon.

etated that had it precedent already the firs

Fire Engine for Cliarlottetown was paid for

by Government.

By do—Pcter M‘l’hce and llepburn for pay-

alient for rcpairin Roads and Bridger, on.

consider the paying of Legislative Councillors.

Hon. Mr. Wlielan in moving that the Bill for

the proceedings in controversed a read a second time, stated that it a consolidation of the two Acts ctoria, except that the time was intended to be extended, and there wore a few

regulating

elections _i ll rincipa

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verbal alterations.

The Bill for the establishment of I Normal School, and in amendment of the Free Education

Act, was read it third time. Hon. Mr. Longworth

and Hon. Mr. Palmer spoke of the nsc.-3.31;’ or

some regulation being made to secure the pay- ment of the fees to teachers. That, under the assent system, parents fn-qiicntly crime to Char- ottstown merely for the winter, and before the expiration of the time when the fees would become payable, removed from the place without ﬂying. Others again. before the end of ihe quater. would remove their children from ono aehool to another, and thus evade their obligations, to the pecuniary loss of the teacher and the re- tioos detriment of the pupils, who could untim- ve under sitcli circumstances; and suggested

. could be adopted to obviate the evil.

Among other appropriations

rry

Harbour, for payment of a Bridge a.tvay.—Wni. Stewart.-—-Trustees of to a new School House, site of which was altered by the now

On motion of Mr. Coles

tr of this

litibit.-inta of Gcorgtown for an additional Block or T to their Wizarfand

r. Who on moved for a call of the House on Tuesday fortnight the 20th intant to

Hon. Col. Secretary had no objection to the Bill being deferred till to-morrow, an was 0

opinion that the trustees had the power to compel the payment of the fees. When the Bill was first introduced, it was his intention to have brought forward it measure for tho estnblislitiieiit of svhouls on the principle of the ragged schools in operation in ldii,-glriiiil. Such institutions were ofvery great benclit, but tlic Secretary of the Board of ltlducution considered that there were iltllicultiesin the way. If vi-e cannot, however, have ragged schools, he thought that those children whose parents were too poor to pay lhﬂ . fees, or would not send their cliihlrcn to school. should be sent to some place of education, on the certiﬁcate of a clergyman or magistrate, and that on such certiﬁcate the teacher should receive the fees from the 'l'rc:isury. By this means, the children would be removed from the streets, where at present they spend most of their time, to the annoyance ol the public and their own great injury. The Bill was deferred till to-morrow.

The Bill regulating the proceedings on contro- vertcd Elections was read a third time, and passed with some triﬂing amendments.

The following sums were voted in supply, viz: —.C20 to Messenger of Executive Council. £50 for Coroners’ liiqiiests. £150 for Buoys and Beacons. £100 for Bonds of Health. interest on Warrants. £1400 interest on De- bentures. £-—for contingent expenses of the Legislative Council and Assembly. ' taking the Census.

£400 contingent expenses of the Government.

the members of that communion were in a ver

but the assessment on them.

' were not the property ofthe Colony.

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conditions 1'25 to indigciit Indians.

f to reimburse Sir Alvxnnder

horse, wa«_vgon and slcigli.

' addition to his salary. discovered that stlcll was not to be the case; and

.!.'l00 in lieu of travelling ft-es. And the (Hun.

lose the uiiioiiiit.

Mr. Stark, whose receipt he held.

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the public.

t was willing to support it.

caused it to be overlooked.

factory information were not produced. vote.

but this application shoulp have been made last session, and tho corresporiderice should have been produced. Now we do not know whethar the late Lieutenant Governor intended it as a present or not. The resolution paased.

Tussnav, March 0. Several petitions were presented to the House, Klfll-lllﬂ others was one by the Hon. Mr. Mooney, praying an alteration in the law regiilxiting the iiieasoro of Agricultural produce. The Lo.» member moved that it be referred to n spr-i:i;.'. committee to report by Bill or otlieruian. riot‘.

that the Bill lie over till to-morrow. Wli--n some stated that the present law operated to tho dis..il- scttlenictzfs Lit CDC‘

vantage of the farmer, as the measure by vi-hich

.6 300

L-—for £25 for protection of the

Fisheries. £60 to two Auditors of Public Accounts. £50 to Superintendent of Public Works. £5 to Market Clerk in Georgetown.

On the motion to appropriate some on account of the public pews in the different churches—Mr. Muiihead wished to know why it was that £14 were demanded for the English Church, while other denominations were to receive hut £7; while

small minority. Mr. Haviland. and others, ex- plained that far more accommodation was afforded by that church than any other, and that, as the Province own:-d the pews, the sum given was That the church would make more money from the pews if they Hon. Col. Secretary suggested that, as the Roman Catholic Church had set apart a separate pew for the accommodation of the Lieutenant Governor and family, in addition to the one for the members of the Legislature, the sum of £14 be granted instead of the usual £7. £50 for public aurveye, independent of surveys under Land Purchase £30 for destruction of Bears and Loop- ccrviers, at the former rates, and under the old

lion. (‘ol. Secretary proposed a vote of £100 Bannerin.-in, that amount having been paid by him to Mr. Stark, the Visitor of Schools, for the purchase of a He stated that, from the tone of Sir Alcx:iniler's letter to Scctianil, requestitio that a competent person be sent out to the Island, an impression was conveyed that Mr. Stark was to receive his travelling expenses in Mr. Stark, on his arrival,

then Sir .-\lcxan-lcr considered l|llll.~'0lf bound in honor to pay out of his own pocket the sum of

Col. Si-crelzirv) had no doubt that the House would not allow the lzito Lieutenant Governor to He (llon. Col. Secretary) had l't.’(.'€lVt'Il the amount, on Sir Alexander's order, from W. It. Watson, ]‘lsq., and paid it over to

In answer to a question of the Hon. Mr. Long-. worth, it iippeared that Mr. Starlt’s salary coin- mcnced from the time of his eiigagemeiit in Scot- land. and that his passage out had been paid by

Mr. Haviland was anxious to elicit the opinions nftiie iiieriibers of the Government as it was it Government measure. and if so introduced, he

on. Col. Secretary and the "on Mr. Wight- inan denied that it was a Government measure, and the Hon. Col. Secretary explained that the reason for the matter not having been brou-_:lit to the rintice ofthe House was that the money was paid just as Sir Alexander Baunerman was about leaving the lslatid, and that the Elections had

lion. Mr Piilruer thouiglit that auﬁicient infor- mation was not produced to the House, and conse- quently he would suspend his opinion, and reserve his right to oppose the resolution, if more satis-

llon. Mr. Montgoniery was opposed to the If Sir Alexander Bannerman chose to make a present to Mr. Siiirlt. he might do so-—

lie sold his produce was larger than in Canada,

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundltiiid.

lie meutiotied that a captain of a vessel had told

him , that one cargo ofoats shipped fromtlie Island

to Boston. measured there 103 bushels more than

the quantity as put on board here. That with

reference to heaped measure, the shorter slaves, and

used consequently greater width of the measure

in the Island, admitted it greater heap than former-

ly. llis opinions were opposed by the lion. Col.

Secretary, lions. Messrs Lord. Wightman, and

Longworth, who said that the old system was so defective, that masters of vessels formerly refused

to sign Bills oflading, thatgrain was not affected by the present act, which experience had shown to work well. Under the old system toasters of vessels has used whatever measures they pleased —ih;ii now the stamping by the assayer of soft- wood barrels, had given great accomiiiodatioii and satisfaction to the people. That compliance with the petition would render useless the standard weights and measures. which had cost much riioney——ihnt no change in the law was called for by the people.

Hon. Mr. Lord suggested, that if the hon. member wished to beneﬁt all parties. he should introduce a Bill to provide for the selling of grain and roots by weig t.

Mr. Haviland agreed with the Hon Mr. Lord, and would support such a Bill. New Brunswick had adopted the principle. _

Mr. Mclntosh thought such a course impracti- cable. Masters of vessels would not be provided with the necessary weighing machines.

Mr. Cooper approved of the suggestion, and hoped that the committee would report in favour of it. Some slight inconvenience might be expe- rienced at ﬁrst. but apparatus for weighing would soon be found in the vicinity ofthe different ship- ping places. Hon. Mr. Mooney, on. r. Mont- gomery, Messrs. Haviland, Cooper and Laird were then named as the committee.

he on. Col. Secretary ccmmunicateda letter stating that a pew had been appropriated to the use ofths Members of the Legislature in the Baptist Church in Charlottetown, and mentioned that the one-ninth Bill had received the Royal Assent.

the Committee on the Lunatic Asylum, and also that of the Trustees and Keeper. The Committee recommended the ﬁtting up of those portions at present unﬁnished, and considered there was ample space for the comfortable and separate accommodation of both Lunatics and Paupers— which latter should be made to work on the grounds and in the building, which has space for two good working-rooms—one of which should be set apart for the males and the other for the females. yhey also recommended the enclosing of a portion of the grounds for the Luna- tics to take exercise in: and the grant of a suiu suﬁicient to carry their roconiniendations into effect. 'l‘lic_v further stated their opinion, that the Government should have a riiore ellicient con- trol over the details of tho lnstitution,ihan at present. The report was adopted by the House.

The Hon. Col. Secretary gave notice of his intention to introduce a Bill to tax the Rent-Rolls of Proprietors.

In supply, .8350 were voted for the Asylum and lloose of Industry, exclusives ofthe anioitnt provided b_\ St-itute; and £10 to the Bug School.

(lhporlr d for Haszrrrd's Gazette.) \Vi-ztmnsniiir, March 7.

The following Petitions were presented and referred to coiiiinittec or laid on the Table. By the Hon. .\lr. Whelnn—A petition of tho Morcll Road settlers. By Mr. .\luirlica.d—Divcrs inhabitants in the vicinity of the County line between Queen's and l’rincc Counties. By New Wi|tsliirc—all praying aid to improve their Road communications. By the lion. Mr. Palmer—Petition of the Church Wardens of St Paul's Church, praying or an alteration in the Act, relating to tho appoititmcnt and incorporation of Church Vardens and Vestries connected with the Church of England. By i\lr. Montgomcry—[nhabitants of Prince- town Royalty, for a grant to repair Darnlcy

rid o.—l"or a small sum ofmonoy to complete tho nstitute building.—For an enactment to prevent the running ntlsrgo of swine.—Inhabi- tants of do. setting forth the failure of the Li ht placed on Fish Island to answer the end signed, and allegin that it is calculated as at present constructo and managed, to deceive the mariner and praying a retiiedy.—lnhabi- tauts ol'do. setting forth the demoralizing con-

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sequences resulting from the system of grant- ing Licences for retailing spirituous liquors. in for the abolition of the same.

By Illr. unro—Wm. Prau ht for balance due on contract for repairing barf at Pownal

,Bay. » By Mr. \'.'ightmun-inhabitants of Lots 51,

5:3 and 50, praying for a Repeal of the enact- ment of last session relating to stamped incn l'll'c‘S, referred to Coiiimitteo.

by .\lr. .‘-loot‘.‘-y--llllllllittlllll oflndian River fora l'ii!l ii lli'(:.

My .\lr. t ilcs-—lnhabitants of Green Vole 2.}, for Post Ofiice, referred to Couiniittto.

Hon. Mr. Wightman presented the report of

the Hon. .\lr. ll1ooney—Inliabitants of

Mr. Haviland from the Committee appointed to Report on private Bills and to whom was referred the ill to naturalizo James Searl Mann, reported that they recommend that the Bill be exempted from fees,

Tiruitsmv, March 8. The following Petitions were presented :

3 Ir. Warburton—-Inhabitants of Grand River praying that the House willnot acceed to it. petition rcviousiy presented for altering a new line of oad—rcl'erred to Committee.

By Mr. Coles—froiu Brackley Point Road middle district, setting forth grievances that another party have obtained re istration against them for it. School District, an praying ii. remed . Hon. Mt-_. Coles presented a petition of the Royal Agricultural Society praying that the House would impose a tax of 10s per head on each dog in Charlottetown and Ro ally, such tax to be collected by the Society on go towards their funds. The Society state, that they have taken pains to improve the breed of shoe , which are kept on farms near Town, for t o purpose when they are of the roper a , of ispersing them in tlic several settlements in the Country; that in consequence of the depredationa of the do s, their endeavours are in a cat measure t rown away. They state that the present tax is in a great measure evaded, and recommend that all dogs be killed, who have not the name of their owners on the collar, or are notaccompanied by their owners. Mr. Coles would not go the whole lot: th of the petition, but thought something inig t be

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Mr. Mooney would rather see all the dogs in the country shot, than go for this Petition.

r. Palmer would wish to us more sﬁcisnt moans taken to prevent dogs running at large he knew the resent tax was not collected, on thought a higher tax on ht to be itn sod on dogs in Town, and ri id enforcod.- he Ps- tition was laid on the ab s.

Mr. M‘Donald moved that the Bill for amending the Statute Labor Act, and for the establishing new Road Districts, be recommitted to a Coin. mittce of whole house. The Hon. Member sta- ted that the Bill allows Commissioners to be appointed out of the District, which he did not concur in.

Mr. Palmer spoke to the same effect.

Mr. Colcs said that persons could not be found in the 12th District who understood the inaciidamising oflloads as well as those in town, and that was the reason, that the alteration was made. It was agreed that all Coiuinissioncra should reside in their districts except the 12th in Qucen‘s Count . Bill reported as amended.

'l‘lie Normal School Bill was rccommitted to a Committee of the w hole.

Mr. Palmer siiggostcd while the Bill was before the liottsc, that as many children are oi-pliuus and otltcrivinc unable to my the fees, is school he established for orphans in Charlotte- tow . Hon. the Spcttltcr thought it would bo better to pay the fees out of tho Treasury than estab- lish a new school in L'lin.rlottctown, but as the Education not would expire, in another year, he would give it a trial, as the expense would only be it trillo.

Mr. Mooney was of tho samo opinion.

Mr. Colcs found front experience that many poor children could not pay tho fcts for the

iiblic Schools and besides would not attend, lie would like to see power given to the Board of Education to conipcl children to go to school, particularly if such ll. school was established.

Mr. ”Xl\‘ll:llltl would like to know what amount was collected in Cliarlottctown.

l\lr.Lcngwortli felt assured, that the children of Cliarlottetown did not get their proportion of title‘ assessment paid in Charlottetown and

o a . Mr. yM‘lntosli—Tlio poor on lit to have a stimulus to compete with the c ildren in the public schools.

Mr. Palmer thought the lion. Member took an erroneous view. as the school was chieﬂy for or hans and those that really could not pay.

Ir. M‘lntosh said, there were not orphans enough to require a School.

Mr. Colos stated, that Charlottetown Royalty was assessed at twice the amount of the other Royalties, and the Charlottetown assessment ‘ amounted to £400.

Mr. Moonc strenuously opposed the opening of another sc ool.

Mr. Longivorth—Tlie people of Charlottetown pay 18s for the support of their schools, while t was in the country do not pay over 10s.

The following are the principal amendments to the Bill :

ard of Education to establish a School in a 0?n.t€l':(l’ place, and the toaclior to have a salary o .

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class but receive it certiﬁcate of ﬁtness from the Board.

Or than children to have the preference, from 4 to l0 being the ages, and to have it certificate from it Clcrgyiiian and a member of the Board of Eiluctitioii.

lloiird of Education to limit the Number and to decide the preference of children.

Fees for the other Charlottetown schools to be paid in advance.

Teacher not required to qualify under lot A

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