Edited Text
CANADIAN POLITICS.
ae. «(Brom the British Colonist.) :
Wan the late Lord Sydenham assumed the Government
of Upper Canada, he found the affairs of the Provinge in
_ great, confusion, the country sunk in debt,. without the ne-
essary credit to obtain relief, and:the people divided into
violent opposing parties. âfhe attention of the Government
was directed ito remedy these evils, the Union of the Pro-
vinces was effected, and the eredit of the Home Government |
procured for a loan of money in England, for the benefit of
the Province, on advantageous terms. it.was the wish .of|
the âGovernment, and of every inhabitant who desired for |
peace, and. to see tha country prosper, that with the Union oc,
the Provinces there should be an unioa of the people,âthat |
forgetting. past differences, animosities and heart-burnings,
all should. unite, aud the only: rivaliry-be; who'should do the
most to advance those practical measures for the improve-
ment of the Colony: which were'so much required. Unfor-
tunately the spirit of discord did not disappear from amongst |
us, and the first firm and decided intimation that was given
hy Sir Charles Bagot of tho determination of the Govern-
mentto discountenance all proceedings that tended to en-
courage and promote strife and ill-feeling among the people,
was in his reply to an address from the Johnstown District,
in which address objections had been made to the Treasurer
that had been appointed by Sir R. D. Jackson during his
short. administration of affairs. These objections did not
arise out of any: act committed by the Treasurer, in his of-
ficial capacity, but had reference to some charges of disloy-
alty that had been preferred against him previous to his ap-
pointment, for which, had he been tried and found guilty,
it was purely the prerogative of the Crown to punislt oer to
\ pardon the offender. âThe charges were quite general, nothing
specific, nothing accusing him of official misconduct, and
Sir Charles Bagot declined to entertain the complaint, stating
that, in the absence of such a charge, he could never consent
to subject to the general and retrospective investigation
which they requested the conduct of any public officer in
this country. He called on them to lay aside by-gone dis-
sentions aud party distinctions, to tura their minds to the
practical measures necessary for the improvement of the
country, and to prove their loyalty and earn the gratitude of
their fellow-subjects by making this Province what by na-
ture it was intended to be, the most valuable dependency of
the British Crownâa source of wealth in peace, anda means
of strength in war. An address bas now beenâ presented
from the sane quarter, to His [xcellency Sir C. Metcalfe, in
which they offer to His Excellenty assurances of support,
inall constitutional efforts which he may deem necessary
âfor promoting the peace, prosperity and enterprise of the
country, for securing the happiness of the people, and for
_ binding them in indissoluble bonds to the Parent State,â
with other sentiments of loyalty and devition, which His
Excellency in his reply declares to be entirely in unison
with his feelings. But there is one paragraph in this Ad-
dress, with reference to the prevailing distress in the country,
in which they desire his Excellency to suggest a remedy for
the evils that afflict them, and to restore them to a state of
prosperity, contentment and happiness; to which His Ex-
cellency replies, that he deeply laments the general distress:
that he has uot the presumption to suppose he can suggest
aremedy for such an evil,âbut that no endeavour on his
part shall be wanting to promote prosperity, contentment
and happiness, to obtain whioh, he anxiously hopes all will
unite in one harmonious effort; and, in replying to another
Address, His Excellency truly says, that âmore depends
upon the inhabitants themselves than uponthe Government.â
It is obvious from this and what follows, that Sir C. Metealfe
is not less anxious than Sir C. Bagot has been to promote
good feeling in the community, and to unite the energies of
the people in one general effort to advance practical mea-
sures of feneral utility to the province. i
We find, no matter from what party proceeding, that Sir
Charles Metcalfe condemns the practice of assailing their
opponents, or imputing to them unworthy motives. We have,
â in the first place, an instance of this in His Exxcelleneyâs re-
ply to the West Gwillimbury Address, adopted ata public
meeting, the members composing which recorded their ap-
proval of the policy. pursued hy Sir Charles Bagot. In their
Address. of congratulation to Sir Charles Metcalfe, the fol-
lowing paragraph occurs :â
âThe unprecedented peace tiat prevails throughout United
Canada, happily effected by the constitutionalâ and conciliatory
policy of your revered predecessor, though opposed bya few dis-
carded from, or disappointed in office or power, can never weigh
against the mighty strength ofthe verdict of the Province, net
only expressed by a large majority in the House of Assembly, but
by Addresses toa greater extent than were ever yet presented to
a Governor on his departure.â
âTo this His Excellency repliesâ
â(My satisfaction at: the receipt of your Address would have
been unalloyed, had it not contained an imputation of unworthy |
Motives against some of your fellow-countrymen.â
» Again, an Address from the opposite partyâ from the op-
_ ponents of Sir Charles Bagotâs Government in the Talbot
_ District, to Sir Charles Metcalfe, contains a number of gene-
ralâ charges of disloyalty against parties who have recently
been appointed to subordinate offices under Government
througheut the country. This party met, with no greater
encouragement from His Excellency, in following such a
course, than he afforded to the inhabitants of West Gwillia-
bury. We quote the following from their Address, as it
contains the pith of the whole :â
~ We feel it tobe due boih to Your Excellency and to our-
selves, thus early to express our deep dissatisfaction at the man-
ner in which the governmentof this Colony has been adminis-
tered, during the last two years. We have found men notorious
for disaffection called to high offices in the Colony; we have seen
One person, an Officer of Militia, who absconded from the Pro-
vince at the outbreak of the rebellion, and returned after it was
Over, appointed to the office of Treasurer ofa District; another,
a Post Master, dismissed by Sic Francis*Head on account.of his
intimate connexion with the rebel leaders, appointed to another
Troasurership ; and a third, who was the first . prisoner taken by
the loyalists on the march from Toronto to Gallows Hill, appoint-
ed to the responsible and important office of Sheriff; some have
been appointed Magistrates, who were arrested on charges of trea-
son and sedition, or who privately countenanced the insurrection;
and even some of the present members of Her Majestyâs Eexecu-
tive Council refused to take up arms in defence of the Crown, and
none of these persuns have expressed regret for the course then
taken by them; we have witnessad a system of terrorism towards
office holders of all tanks, which has prevented the expression of
their opinions, and the exercise, of the elective franchise ; Wwe
also find that the system called.â Responsible. Governmentâ has!
been introduced contrary to the enactments of the Union Bill,
and contrary to the instructions of Her Majesty's Secretary of
State for the Coionies, Lord John Russell.â
These statements may be true or false, but they refer te
- times gone by,âto what had occurred years before His Ex-
cellencyâs arrival in this Province,âthe recital of which Sir
Charles Metcalfe does not seem at all disposed to encourage
2
.
the revival of. There isâ not in this address a single eharge
made against any of the parties alluded to, for malversation
_ of office, atid aceordingly Sir Charles Metcalfe, in his oul |
says :â : â
âAs the representative of our most gracious Sovereign, I am
bound to listen with attention to your complaints, and to do all in
my power to remove any cause for well grounded dissatisfaction.
But I deprecate that spirit which leads to reproachful and often.
Unjust imputations against fellow countrymen, whom we are
bound by Christian duty to love and cherish. {tis my anxious.
desire that all parties should forget and forgive past injuries and
offences ; âand that no recollection should remain of by-gone
troubles, except the gratitude due to those who stood forth for
their Queen and Country in the hour of need, a seutiment which
{ shall never cease to feel, whateverâ measures it may be my du-
+ Sao adopt for the general welfare, aided by the advice of the
_ Executive Council, andaecting inscovenrrence with the Legisla-
tive Bodies; and with anxious attention to the wants;and wishes
of the people, evinced through their Representatives; by which
course your loyal aspirations for the perpetuation of the connec:
tion of this great Colony with the Mother Country, will not, trust,,
be disappointed.â â Bef) ; ex $k :
We shall only further allude, on this head, to the reply:
delivered by Sir Charles Metcalfe to the address of the citi-
zens of Montreal. He says, with reference to Sir Charles
Baer ioc pa dst fo4 jinpar-
_ â+f join you in deploring the affecting circumstances which de- |
prived you of a Governor, justly endeared to.you,. shall re-
ing of affection in your hearts.
of Her Majestyâs suvjects will makezyou happyâI can gladly |
assure you, Lhatno. exertion on my part shallâ be wanting to se- |
cure that result; for dshould wot faithfully discharge the duty |
entrusted to me by our Gracious Sovereign, if f did not make
justice and equal regard to all classes the guiding stars of my ad-
ministration.â ie a ae
But.when specific chargesâ are made, in such tangible |
form, in reference to local affairs, as to reader them so plau- |
sible, that inquiry into the circumstances is deemed advisable, |
and that some good is likély to flow frem such inquiry, we |
find thatâ Sir Charles Meteal e listens to them with attention.
Of this we have evidence; iu the-proceedings of a meeting
held at Barrie, by the opponents of the Government of Sir |
Charles Bagot. âThe parties composing this inveting, in cer-
tain resolutions, which were afterwards embodied in an ad-
dress to Sir Charles Metcalfe, prefer various complaints, in
referanee to the management of the local affairs of the dis-
trict: te this His Excellency repliesââ With respect to the
matters of whieh you-complain, enquiry shall be made, with
a view to apply such remedies as may be practicable, toany
defects that may be found to exist.â
We presume we have said enough to show that the aim
and object of Sir Charies Metealte is, to unite all parties in
the pursuit of ong common object, for the general good; to
rule with impartiality and justice for the benefit of all elas-
ses of the eomintinity, Without distinction; and to advance,
by every means in his power, the welfare-aad prosperity of
this iuportant appendage of the Britis Crown, committed
to his care. z : f '
We would beg, however, toremark, on the other hand,
that it would be just as well to avoid making appointments,
even to minor oflices, of persons who may have been impli- |
cated in the unfortunate disturbancesâ about which so much
noise is made by certain parties. The Government can, with-
out difficulty, find, in every district in-the Province, men at
least equally capable of filling these offices, whose charac-
ters cannot be impeached, who have always held: moderate
views in polities, and againstâ whom, if appointed, no valid
objection could) be fairly advanced by any party. By fol-
lowing this course, they would win the respect and the con-
fidence of many who now look upon them with suspicion
and. distrust; they would strengthen theit position in all
parts of the provinee, and they could with greater confidenceâ
meet the Assembly, by whom all these matters will be fully
enquired into. In saying se much, we but speak the senti-
ments of many who have addressed us on this subject, not
office-seekers, but those whose object is to see the present
Government of Canada prosper.
If equal, protection to all classes â stubble in
strong clay,
âA
DEMISE:OF A DISTINGUISHED GALLOVIDIAN.
(From the Dumfries Courier.) :
It is with sincere regret we record, on the 26th Febuary
last, at his residence, Billies, St. Johnâs, Newfoundland, the
death ofthe Hon. Wim. Carson, long a member of the Legis-
lative Assembly, and repeatedly elected to the office of
Speaker or President of the same body, in the land of bis
adoption. The deceased, whe had reached his 73d year,
was a native of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, where his
aneestors, atone period, held extensive possessions in the
direction of Deebank, now called Agreenan. From a tomb-
stone in the old burying-place of âTongland, it appears that
some of these flourished in the time of the Curates; but from
changes not easily accounted for, the patrimonial estate pas-
sed into other hands, whether wholly or in part we are not
informed. Still the family remained highly respectable; and
his earlier education completed, the deceased, like his dis-
tinguished brother, now retired from practice in Liverpool,
became a medical student, graduated as a physician, and al-
most from his first outset in life secured in no ordivary
degree the confidence and respect of a discriminating public.
in 1808; Dr. Carson removed to Newfoundland, where he
speedily acquired a high name, or, in other words, the status
assigned to minds gifted like his own; and for many years,
whether as a practitioner ora politician, became admittedly
ene of the most disinterested, patriotic, and, in his sphere,
indefatigably useful men that ever existed. With the best
interests of that Island, he, at whatever sacrifice of time and
money, unweariedly identified himself; and, to the last, ad-
vocated the cause of administrative reform, through good
report and bad, in many things formerly faulty, but now
happily amended through his exertions. About five years
ago the deceased visitedâ this country on the affairs of the
colony, had repeated interviews with the Executive Govern-
mest, and left impressions behind him in the highest places
which strengthened not alittle his hands on his return to a
settlement rapidly improving around its sea-board, although
still exhibiting the phenemenon ofan interior, from its cen-
tinuous forest or wildeitness character, to a great extent terra
incognita. It was on that oecasion.we had the honour of
-being introduced to Dr..Carsen; and itis but justice to add,
that but rarely, if ever, has it been our fortune to meet, whe-
ther mentally or corporally, with what we wojild calla
nobler specimen of humanity.
In Newfoundland, as in Britain, there are different sides
of polities, although the classified party distinctions may not
be exactly the same as ourown. . The journals, too, naturally
take their tone from the prevailing shades of local feeling ;
and it is from ene of these, an opponent in politics, that wé
copy the following merited tribute to the memory of the la-
mented deceased :â
â He obiained, in his professional character, a confidence which
secured an extentâ of practice never before enjoyed in âNewfound-
land by: any member ofthe Facultyâwhich proofs of the estima-
tion in which his skill and attainments Were held continued until
he retired from professional life some -years since. âFrom an early
period of his residence in the colony, the lamented Doctor-mani-
fasted a warm,interest in its political, affairs andâ condition, and
was confessedly the leader in those proceedings. which at length
led to the éstablishment of a Representative Government... Since.
then he has been no idle or indifferent actor in ourâ transactions,
having held a seat in the Assembly since its institution. He was
the only Representative in the Colony (retaining bis elected cha-
racter) ever elevated to the dignity of Crown adviser, with which
he was clothed some months since.
« However opifion-may yary as to the soundness of the politi-
cal views of. tha respected individual whose demise, we are r:-
cording, those even to. whom he was. most violently opposed will
not deny that his conduct was based on a conscientious conviction
of what he deemed mostjustand right. He wasa man of liberal,
perhaps nltra-radical principles; but the unvarying consistency
with which he acted in public lifeâofien at the sacrifice of what
2
â_â.
and part ou light loam. âThe dung was very dry
in spring, the land not well worked, and the planting fin#sh-
ed in May. The braird) was regular, and the crop fine,
although there was a general failure throughout the country. |
In 1836, the seed potato was obtained from the neighbour- ;
hood of Edinburgh. They were buffs, and treated iv Lad
manner as described above. The land, a fine dry light soil,
was in oat stubble after old grass, and full ef wire worm. |
The dung was very dry, the land well worked, the braird
regular, and the erop fine. âbere were none planted with-
out the lime this season. In 1837, the seed potato was ob-
tained from Leader Water, dons and blues. A fine light |
loam was well werked, and dunged with well made dung.
âThe crop was planted in the second week in May, and prov- |
eda fine one. No one planted without the lime this seasan. |
In 1838, the seed potatoes came from Gala Water, dons and |
blues, which were planted in the last week in May, on land
not well worked and the dung very dry; but the braird was ;
without a blank, and the crop fine. Two. bolls of seed pota- |
toes from Peebles-shire were tried without lime, and proved!
âacomplete failure, the insects having eaten the sets toa
shell. âThese were planted im the first week of May. In}
1839, the seed potatoes were from Gala Water, buffs, and
which were planted in tha last wesk of April, in strong clay
soil, not well worked, and the dung very dry; but the braird
was very regular and. the crop fine. There were none plant-
ed without lime this season, In 1840, again the seed pota-
toes were from Gala Water, dons and blues, which were
planted in the end of May, in a light loam, full of wire-worm,
hut well worked, and the dung very dry. . The crop was fine,
few drills were tried, as an experiment, without the lime,
and they were so complete a failure that they were ploughed
down.
Govennor Metcatre.âWhen Lord Lake was Com-
mander-in-Chief in India, he, on several occasions, evinced
his want of confidence in the civil departments of the Com-
panyâs service, particularly on the mareh to Bhurtpere, when
he expressed a wish that those who, as he said, only incom-
moded the march, should be left behind, as they were useless.
This remark soon got wind among those for whom it was
intended; aregiment was ordered to storm a breachâas It
advanced, a young civilian, armed only witha walkiug stick,
was seen at its head, accompauied it to the attack, and re-
mained with it during the engagement, in order to prove to
the Commander that civilians were sometimes soldiers. This
young man is now Sir Charles Theophilus Metoalfe, Gover-
nor General of Canada.-âCobourg Star.
Danerr or Eartuquakes.âThe great danger of Barth-
quakes consist neither in the shaking of the earth, the dread-
fal sounds which accompany. it, nor yet in the opening of
the greund, for that is a very rare phenomenon, but in the
fall of houses, churches, and other publicâ buildings, and in
the dreadful centlagrations which almost invariably follow
the overthrow of the buildings. In the great earthquake at
Lisbon, in 1755, not less thau 60,000 persons were destroyed
in six minutes, of whom more than three-fourths perished
from the fall of ruined buildings. In the earthquake at Aleppo,
in 1822, 30,000 persons were destroyed from the same cause,
and none from any other. In the earthquake at Carraceas,
in 1812, 10,000 persons were buried under the ruins of that
unforttinate city. In the earthquake at) Martinique, only
four years ago, many hundred persens perished under the
ruins of Pert Royal. in St. Domingo, only two years ago,
10,000 persons were buried at Port Haytien, or were destroy-
ed in the conflagration which afterwards broke out amongst
its ruins; and at Guadaloupe, in the earthquake on the 8th
of February, it 1s feared that from four to five thousand peo-
ple have perished under the ruins of Point-a- Petre. â
The estate of Bronte, granted to Lerd Nelson by the King
of Naples, is now a subject. of litigation in the Court of
Chancery. The case involves questions in civil, Sicilian,
and munieipal law, such as never occurred in any previous
case. The estate includes a part of Mount Etna.
Tae Inrant Princess.âHer Royal Highness is a re-
markable fine infant, not so delicately formed as her sister,
the Princess Royal, and in features more resembling the
Prince of Wales... She has large light blue eyes, and âhair
which promises to be flaxen. ~
Mr. Baunen.âlIt is with deep regret we have to state
that. the valuable life of this talented engineer has been
placed in jeopardy, by an-accident arising out of an amiable
wish to amuse the children ofa friend.. âThe father and Mr.
Brunel pretended, by a sleight of hand to pass money from
the mouth to the ears, and vice versa, when Mr. Brunel, plac-
inga half sovereign in his mouth, it unfortunately slipped
into the throat, where it stuck, and every effort to remove it
proving ineffectual, Sir P. Brodie was called in, and an
operation, by making an incision in the thorax, performed,
but without success. Mr: Brunel still remains ina very
precarious state. d
Massacre or THE Governor or THE Marquesas Is-
LANDS AND Surre.âWe regretto state, that very melancho-
ly intelligence has just been brought to this country from the
new French settlement in the Pacific by a merchant vessel,
the Sarah Ann, schooner, which left Otaheite on the 23d of
October. It appears that the French Governor of the Mar-
quesas, with fourteen attendants, had been on a visit to the
native King, Nicahevar, where they had been hospitably
entertained, and suspecting no danger, they left his residence
to return to the French station, without, probably, taking
proper precaution against the treachery, of the natives. They
were attacked on the way,and the Governor and fourteen
yersons were killed. This unfortunate event proves the un-
iriendly disposition of âthe natives; but what will it avail
them? The French Gevertiment will instantly send euta
sufficient force to crush all oppositon. -
New Governor or Bomsay.âThe Clare Journal con-
tains the following announcement:âWe understand that
Sir John Fitzgerald, at preset residing at âToonagh, in this
county, has heen appointed to the distinguished situation of
Governor of the Presidency of Bombay. We_ believe this
gallant officer has séen much service in India, and the ap- |
pointment may be, therefore, looked upon as judicious on |
the part of the Ministry. ;
Itis generally understood that Her Majesty has been gra-
ciously pleased to signify to the Duchess of Inverness that
would have promoted his individual interestsâstamps his.charac-
ter, with an amount of integrity to which few public. men ean lay
claim. Dr. Cavson has lefi behind him no better wisher. for the
well-being and prosperity of the Colony.â
A SIMPLE MEANS OF PREVENTING THE FAILURE OF THE
POTATO CROP.
(From the Transactions of the Highland Sociely of Scotland.)
It will be allowed by all practical farmers, that the Potato:
sets, when cut, discharge alarge quantity of the fluid or
juice, the loss of which has a tendency to weaken the ger-
minating powers of the sets, and at. the satvie time exposes
them to undergo fermentation in the heap, In 1833, we had
eur seed potatoes from the parish of Penicuik. When cut,
1 desired the woman to riddle a shovel-ful of het lime on
every basket-ful of new-cut sets, They were turned over
and over again, until the lime was taken up by the sets, when
they were put into a heap three or four feet, thick, where b
have kept them âfor two or three weeks. The hot lime had
the effect of stopping the flow of the juice, and of enerusting
a strong skin on the sets. This ernst, on the one hand, pre-
serves the sap being drawn away from the sets in a dry sea-
son, among dry soil, and repelling wet, in a wet season,
among damp earth...The sorts of potatoes experimented on
were dens and blues. The lancl was in-a fineâ moist state, |
well worked, and the dung well made ; and they were ridged
in the last'week of April. âThere was a regular braird, and
the crop was fine. In 1834, our seed potatoes, dons, and
blues, were obtained from the same parish, and treated in
the same manner.-- The ground was very dry, the dung dry,
and the heat great when they were planted; so dry, that the
dust was flying from the strong clay soil, when. drilled up.
The braird. was regular, and the crop fine, withthe exception
of eleven drills, which were planted: without the sets being
limed, and which proved a complete failure, and ef some ox-
she may continue to occupy the apartments in the Palace-so
long inhabited by ,his Royal Highness theâ Duke of Sussex ;
but that, as the Duchess will keep up a more limited esta-
blishment-than the late Duke, it is expected her Grace will
select a. suite in the wing for her household, leaving the
other rooms at the disposal of Gevernment.
RemarxaR_e Case or Conscrence.âThe Suffolk Herald
publishes the following :â* Our readers may frequently
have seen advertisements in the daily papers acknowledging
on the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, certain pay-
ments made by anonyineus_ persons, who, having defrauded
the revenue, make this restitution, and it is called âconscience
moneyâ âA remarkable instance of this kind has come to us
from a most credible soureé. An individual wrote a letter
âto the Exchequer office, saying, that although he had return-
ed his income tax correctly on his ostensible business, yet
that he was extensively engaged in smuggling, and as his
returns from that source were very great, he had it on his
conscience not to have made any return -of that, and he
therefore enclosed, as the» amount of three yearsâ tax,
fourteen thousand pounds! Every effort has been made to
discover the conscientious contrabandist, but hitherto with-
out effect.. The fact may be relied on.â
A womanâs whole life is a history of the affections. The
heart is her world. It is there her ambition strives for em-
pire ; it is there her avarice seeks for hiddentreasure. She
sends forth, her sympathies, in adventures ; she embarks her
soul in the traffic of affection; and if shipwrecked, her case
is hopeless, for it is a-bankruptey of the heart.
It has been estimated by Dr. Thomas Dick, thatâsince the
creation of the world, fourteen thousand millions eof human
beings have fallen in âthe âbattles which man has waged
against his fellow creatureâman. If theâ fore-fingers only
of these beings were to be laid ina straight line they would
out-reach more than 660,000 miles beyond the moon.
nobles, which had also failed. In 1835, we did not change
joice, if; on my departure from among you, I leave a similar feel-
our seed potato. One half-of the land was. dunged on the
:
Love. âShut not thy hosom to the tenderness of love; the _
purity of its flames- shall eneble thy heart, and soften it to
October, andthe other half in Spring, part of it on
| standing,
|
âTHE AMERICAN FAMILY MEDICINE.
HAT Mr. Morrarâs Life Pills and Pheenix Buters
have long since obtained the high and enviable distinction anda
ho 2 of competitors, and that they acquired it solely by their invariable
and almost unlimited efficacy, without the usual aid of fulsome puffery and
pretensions, are well known to the public, and cannot be denied.â While
very littlehas been said concerning these astonishing Life Medicines h
the proprietor himself, and not more than-was necessary to call the at.
tention of the afflicted to a sure and. speedy means of relief, their renown
has rapidly flown from, one individeal to another, and from family to
family, until they have long since become known in almost every town
and yillage in the Union; as @ wonderful and inestimable blessing.
Voluntary and unsolicited testimonials of their absolutely astonishin
efficacy, in diseases of the most dreadful and obstinate character, as we
asin others of prevalent and ordinary occurrence, have been received
by the proprietor from the persons they have cured from every section
of the country, and still continue to be received in increasing numbers.
It is with. pride and pleasure that the proprietor refers the public to his
â monials is published, with the names and residence of the writers, because |
he has no hesitation 1n saying that the annals of Medical Science do not
contain a greater number or variety. of cures eifected by any medicine
known to âthe profession, or cares of a more frightful kind or of longer
coming as these testimonials do from the cured persons them-
selves, who certainly. know best, from their own happy experience,.
whether âthey are-cured or not. âThe evidence they afford of, the pre-
eminent and unprecedented efficacy of these grand remedies is perfectly
irresistible, and commands rather than solicits the respect.of the public.
In addition to those already published, the proprietor ts in possession of
avast. accumulation of these personal certificates, demonstrating that
his Life Pills and Phenix Bitters are promptly and uniformly efficaciou.-
in Scrofula in all its hydra headed forms. Dyspepsia whether chronicâ
or occasional, Rheumatism both acute and chronic, Janndice and bilieug
and liver complaints, however distressing or complicated, Fever and
Ague in all.their varieties, and when quinine and all other specifies fail x
Habitaal Cestiveness, (especially when the Life Pills are used as dinner
pills, immediately before or after that meal) Piles even in cases of thirty
years standing, Dropsy, Gout and settled pains in the breast, back, om
organs, disease of the bladder and_ kidneys, biles, tumours, and ulcers,
Erysipelas, and all other eruptive diseases; Pleurisy, Asthma, Bron-
chitis, and other affections of the chest, lungs and mucous members %
pimples, stains of the skin, and the foul unhealthy appearance of the
complexion, arising from whatever cause, nervous or Benetn debility,
headaches, and giddiness, together with a vast variety of other maladies,
in proof of the speedy and effectual cure of which by these medicines
alone, the proprietor has hundreds, nay thousands of. certified testi-
monials.: Both the Pills and Bitters âare mild and delightful inâ their
operation, producing none of even the temporary prostrations and nausea:
occasioned by nearly all other medicines, and they can be administered:
5)
with safety to young children, and females in the most. delicate bealth,
Prepared and sold by Dr. Wm. B. Moffat, 375 Broadway, New York_
For sale alsoby the agentsâNrw York, Mav 30.
COOPER & BREMNER, .
; Agents for Prince Edward Island.
âWop These valuable Medicines may also be had on application to Mri.
George Farley, Searletown, Bedeque; Mr. George Wigginton, Cra~
paud;-and Mr, Edward Henry, Lot 18. . ; ;
Charlottetown, August 12, 1842.
OTICE.âThe London « ALLIANCE LIFE AND
âFIRE INSURANCE COMPANYâ still coutinue to issue
Policies upon Life and against Fire, at extremely moderate rates
of premium. Persons assuring at this office for five years in stic-
cession, participate in the profits of the Company. In ease of
loss, the Subscriber is empowered to settle and pay the same,
without reference to the Board of Directors in London, unless
ander very special circumstances. âThis being the most danger-
ous season of the year, and one in which Fires are most likely to
occur, the Subscriber would call upon all thore who have proper-
ty at stake, and who have not already availed themselves of the
advantages âconferred by imsuring in the Alliance: Company, to.
seize upon the opportunity thus afforded them, to ebtain policies.
from this Office, and thus seek Protection, not only from care-
less domestics, but also from improvident neighbours. Ifa man
were only aware of the serenity of mind that ensued, upen his:
premises being insured against Fire, he would not be long ere he
fully enjoyed it. :
He can at once obtain it, by making applicatien at the Office efthe
Subscriber daily, between 9 oâclock, a. m,and 5 oâelock, Pp. M.â~
Sundays excepted.
CHARLES YOUNG, Agent. .
Charlottetown, Nov. 29, 1842. : :
LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE. ;
HE Subscriber has been appointed Sub-Agent ef
âthe following Insurance Companies, viz:
The National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society ef
f London. ;
The New Loan Fund Life Insurance Company of
New York. e
The Hartford and Protection Fire Insurance Companies.
of Hartford, Connecticut.
And asshe is furnished with blank Forms of Application, and
in possession of all the information which may be desired by
persons who wish to effect Insurance, he will be happy to re-
ceivce applications and transmit the same to the Ageut at Hali
fux. Please apply to ° :
: : HENRY PALMER.
HE-Subscribers having been duly appointed the sole
Agents of DAVID STEWART, Esquire, for his Estates on.
Lots.or âTownships Nos, 7, 10, 12, 27,30, 46, 47, and- Lennox
Island, beg to intimate, that they are prepared to lease lands,
with a liberty of purchasing, and to sellon the most liberal terms ;.
and that all persons indebted to that gentleman, for rent or other-
wise, are hereby required to make immediate payment of the:
same. â =
All persons found trespassing on any of the above properties,.
either by cutting Timber, or in any other respect, will be pro~
secuted with the utmost rigour of the Law.
Hl. D. MORPETH,
PETER EMERY.
December 10th, 1840.
TO SHIPOWNE?S AND OTHERS.
ATSON: DUCHEMIN, Pump and Biockmaker,.,
returns thanks to those who have, for many years past,
favored him with their patronage and support in his line of busi-
ness; and begs to intimate, that he has now on hand a large
quantity of SHIPSâ BLOCKS, of all descriptions and sizes,
DEADEYES, and all other materials in his line required for the
outfit of Vessels. He has also on hand a few Mahogany and
Birch WHEELS, CAPSTANS, &c. :
Shipsâ Pumps, and Pumps for Wells not exceeding 100 feet inâ.
length, made on an improved principle to work with ease:
All descriptions of âTurning inâ brass, iron or wood, executed
with taste and dispatch, and on moderate terms.
tPF WANTED, a-respectable lad from the country, about 14
years of age, as an Apprentice to. the above business... Inquire at)
the Workshop, head of the Queenâs Wharf, or at the Block-
making Establishment, Prince Street. oF xk
Charlottetown, I1th May, 1843.
4 peo TURNER, Cooper, (lately from England),
sincerely returns thanks. to those Gentlemen who haye so
kindly favoured him with their commands, since his arrival, and
heroby further begs to acquaint them, and the publig generally,
that he has taken the premises in Sydney Street, lately occupied
by Mr. John Hobbs, Hatter, where he intends$ to carry on his
business inâall its branchesâas a Cooper for both House: er
Shipâand_ hopes, by strict attentiun to business, and moderate
charges, to merit a portion of their favors.
N_ B,âGoods, ready mace, kept for sale.
Sy dney-Street, Charlottetown, Jan. 10, 1843.
fs
; PLASTERING. * :
LEXANDER MACBETH, Prasrerer, begs (a
intimate, that he is prepared to contract, on moderate terms,
with such _persons as may feel disposed to favour him with theix
support in his line of business ; ans flatters himself that, by pune~
tuality and good. workmanship, he may be favoured with a shae
of the public patronage. Application to be made at Mr. Pauis~
TERâs flotel. *
Charlottetown, July 30th, 1842.
BOooT AND SHOE MAKING.
APUE SusscriBeER intimates to the public that he has
ccommenced. business in the above. line, in his, Shop, im
Sydney Street, near the Wellington Hotel, where he trusts, by
diligence in his occupation and good workmanship, to maita
share of public patronage. . :
_. THEOPHILUS CHAPPELL: *
Charlottetown, April }, 1843. prep td
CHARLOTTETOWN: Printed and published by Cooper & BREMNER,
Printers,to the, Hon. the House of Assembly, at their Office, East
corner of Pownal and Water Streets.âTrnms, 13s. per anaum,
|teceive the warmest impressions.âEconomy of Human Life
; â * A a
payable in advanes ; or 16s. per annum, half-yearly in advamee.
Bienen Ios
ae. «(Brom the British Colonist.) :
Wan the late Lord Sydenham assumed the Government
of Upper Canada, he found the affairs of the Provinge in
_ great, confusion, the country sunk in debt,. without the ne-
essary credit to obtain relief, and:the people divided into
violent opposing parties. âfhe attention of the Government
was directed ito remedy these evils, the Union of the Pro-
vinces was effected, and the eredit of the Home Government |
procured for a loan of money in England, for the benefit of
the Province, on advantageous terms. it.was the wish .of|
the âGovernment, and of every inhabitant who desired for |
peace, and. to see tha country prosper, that with the Union oc,
the Provinces there should be an unioa of the people,âthat |
forgetting. past differences, animosities and heart-burnings,
all should. unite, aud the only: rivaliry-be; who'should do the
most to advance those practical measures for the improve-
ment of the Colony: which were'so much required. Unfor-
tunately the spirit of discord did not disappear from amongst |
us, and the first firm and decided intimation that was given
hy Sir Charles Bagot of tho determination of the Govern-
mentto discountenance all proceedings that tended to en-
courage and promote strife and ill-feeling among the people,
was in his reply to an address from the Johnstown District,
in which address objections had been made to the Treasurer
that had been appointed by Sir R. D. Jackson during his
short. administration of affairs. These objections did not
arise out of any: act committed by the Treasurer, in his of-
ficial capacity, but had reference to some charges of disloy-
alty that had been preferred against him previous to his ap-
pointment, for which, had he been tried and found guilty,
it was purely the prerogative of the Crown to punislt oer to
\ pardon the offender. âThe charges were quite general, nothing
specific, nothing accusing him of official misconduct, and
Sir Charles Bagot declined to entertain the complaint, stating
that, in the absence of such a charge, he could never consent
to subject to the general and retrospective investigation
which they requested the conduct of any public officer in
this country. He called on them to lay aside by-gone dis-
sentions aud party distinctions, to tura their minds to the
practical measures necessary for the improvement of the
country, and to prove their loyalty and earn the gratitude of
their fellow-subjects by making this Province what by na-
ture it was intended to be, the most valuable dependency of
the British Crownâa source of wealth in peace, anda means
of strength in war. An address bas now beenâ presented
from the sane quarter, to His [xcellency Sir C. Metcalfe, in
which they offer to His Excellenty assurances of support,
inall constitutional efforts which he may deem necessary
âfor promoting the peace, prosperity and enterprise of the
country, for securing the happiness of the people, and for
_ binding them in indissoluble bonds to the Parent State,â
with other sentiments of loyalty and devition, which His
Excellency in his reply declares to be entirely in unison
with his feelings. But there is one paragraph in this Ad-
dress, with reference to the prevailing distress in the country,
in which they desire his Excellency to suggest a remedy for
the evils that afflict them, and to restore them to a state of
prosperity, contentment and happiness; to which His Ex-
cellency replies, that he deeply laments the general distress:
that he has uot the presumption to suppose he can suggest
aremedy for such an evil,âbut that no endeavour on his
part shall be wanting to promote prosperity, contentment
and happiness, to obtain whioh, he anxiously hopes all will
unite in one harmonious effort; and, in replying to another
Address, His Excellency truly says, that âmore depends
upon the inhabitants themselves than uponthe Government.â
It is obvious from this and what follows, that Sir C. Metealfe
is not less anxious than Sir C. Bagot has been to promote
good feeling in the community, and to unite the energies of
the people in one general effort to advance practical mea-
sures of feneral utility to the province. i
We find, no matter from what party proceeding, that Sir
Charles Metcalfe condemns the practice of assailing their
opponents, or imputing to them unworthy motives. We have,
â in the first place, an instance of this in His Exxcelleneyâs re-
ply to the West Gwillimbury Address, adopted ata public
meeting, the members composing which recorded their ap-
proval of the policy. pursued hy Sir Charles Bagot. In their
Address. of congratulation to Sir Charles Metcalfe, the fol-
lowing paragraph occurs :â
âThe unprecedented peace tiat prevails throughout United
Canada, happily effected by the constitutionalâ and conciliatory
policy of your revered predecessor, though opposed bya few dis-
carded from, or disappointed in office or power, can never weigh
against the mighty strength ofthe verdict of the Province, net
only expressed by a large majority in the House of Assembly, but
by Addresses toa greater extent than were ever yet presented to
a Governor on his departure.â
âTo this His Excellency repliesâ
â(My satisfaction at: the receipt of your Address would have
been unalloyed, had it not contained an imputation of unworthy |
Motives against some of your fellow-countrymen.â
» Again, an Address from the opposite partyâ from the op-
_ ponents of Sir Charles Bagotâs Government in the Talbot
_ District, to Sir Charles Metcalfe, contains a number of gene-
ralâ charges of disloyalty against parties who have recently
been appointed to subordinate offices under Government
througheut the country. This party met, with no greater
encouragement from His Excellency, in following such a
course, than he afforded to the inhabitants of West Gwillia-
bury. We quote the following from their Address, as it
contains the pith of the whole :â
~ We feel it tobe due boih to Your Excellency and to our-
selves, thus early to express our deep dissatisfaction at the man-
ner in which the governmentof this Colony has been adminis-
tered, during the last two years. We have found men notorious
for disaffection called to high offices in the Colony; we have seen
One person, an Officer of Militia, who absconded from the Pro-
vince at the outbreak of the rebellion, and returned after it was
Over, appointed to the office of Treasurer ofa District; another,
a Post Master, dismissed by Sic Francis*Head on account.of his
intimate connexion with the rebel leaders, appointed to another
Troasurership ; and a third, who was the first . prisoner taken by
the loyalists on the march from Toronto to Gallows Hill, appoint-
ed to the responsible and important office of Sheriff; some have
been appointed Magistrates, who were arrested on charges of trea-
son and sedition, or who privately countenanced the insurrection;
and even some of the present members of Her Majestyâs Eexecu-
tive Council refused to take up arms in defence of the Crown, and
none of these persuns have expressed regret for the course then
taken by them; we have witnessad a system of terrorism towards
office holders of all tanks, which has prevented the expression of
their opinions, and the exercise, of the elective franchise ; Wwe
also find that the system called.â Responsible. Governmentâ has!
been introduced contrary to the enactments of the Union Bill,
and contrary to the instructions of Her Majesty's Secretary of
State for the Coionies, Lord John Russell.â
These statements may be true or false, but they refer te
- times gone by,âto what had occurred years before His Ex-
cellencyâs arrival in this Province,âthe recital of which Sir
Charles Metcalfe does not seem at all disposed to encourage
2
.
the revival of. There isâ not in this address a single eharge
made against any of the parties alluded to, for malversation
_ of office, atid aceordingly Sir Charles Metcalfe, in his oul |
says :â : â
âAs the representative of our most gracious Sovereign, I am
bound to listen with attention to your complaints, and to do all in
my power to remove any cause for well grounded dissatisfaction.
But I deprecate that spirit which leads to reproachful and often.
Unjust imputations against fellow countrymen, whom we are
bound by Christian duty to love and cherish. {tis my anxious.
desire that all parties should forget and forgive past injuries and
offences ; âand that no recollection should remain of by-gone
troubles, except the gratitude due to those who stood forth for
their Queen and Country in the hour of need, a seutiment which
{ shall never cease to feel, whateverâ measures it may be my du-
+ Sao adopt for the general welfare, aided by the advice of the
_ Executive Council, andaecting inscovenrrence with the Legisla-
tive Bodies; and with anxious attention to the wants;and wishes
of the people, evinced through their Representatives; by which
course your loyal aspirations for the perpetuation of the connec:
tion of this great Colony with the Mother Country, will not, trust,,
be disappointed.â â Bef) ; ex $k :
We shall only further allude, on this head, to the reply:
delivered by Sir Charles Metcalfe to the address of the citi-
zens of Montreal. He says, with reference to Sir Charles
Baer ioc pa dst fo4 jinpar-
_ â+f join you in deploring the affecting circumstances which de- |
prived you of a Governor, justly endeared to.you,. shall re-
ing of affection in your hearts.
of Her Majestyâs suvjects will makezyou happyâI can gladly |
assure you, Lhatno. exertion on my part shallâ be wanting to se- |
cure that result; for dshould wot faithfully discharge the duty |
entrusted to me by our Gracious Sovereign, if f did not make
justice and equal regard to all classes the guiding stars of my ad-
ministration.â ie a ae
But.when specific chargesâ are made, in such tangible |
form, in reference to local affairs, as to reader them so plau- |
sible, that inquiry into the circumstances is deemed advisable, |
and that some good is likély to flow frem such inquiry, we |
find thatâ Sir Charles Meteal e listens to them with attention.
Of this we have evidence; iu the-proceedings of a meeting
held at Barrie, by the opponents of the Government of Sir |
Charles Bagot. âThe parties composing this inveting, in cer-
tain resolutions, which were afterwards embodied in an ad-
dress to Sir Charles Metcalfe, prefer various complaints, in
referanee to the management of the local affairs of the dis-
trict: te this His Excellency repliesââ With respect to the
matters of whieh you-complain, enquiry shall be made, with
a view to apply such remedies as may be practicable, toany
defects that may be found to exist.â
We presume we have said enough to show that the aim
and object of Sir Charies Metealte is, to unite all parties in
the pursuit of ong common object, for the general good; to
rule with impartiality and justice for the benefit of all elas-
ses of the eomintinity, Without distinction; and to advance,
by every means in his power, the welfare-aad prosperity of
this iuportant appendage of the Britis Crown, committed
to his care. z : f '
We would beg, however, toremark, on the other hand,
that it would be just as well to avoid making appointments,
even to minor oflices, of persons who may have been impli- |
cated in the unfortunate disturbancesâ about which so much
noise is made by certain parties. The Government can, with-
out difficulty, find, in every district in-the Province, men at
least equally capable of filling these offices, whose charac-
ters cannot be impeached, who have always held: moderate
views in polities, and againstâ whom, if appointed, no valid
objection could) be fairly advanced by any party. By fol-
lowing this course, they would win the respect and the con-
fidence of many who now look upon them with suspicion
and. distrust; they would strengthen theit position in all
parts of the provinee, and they could with greater confidenceâ
meet the Assembly, by whom all these matters will be fully
enquired into. In saying se much, we but speak the senti-
ments of many who have addressed us on this subject, not
office-seekers, but those whose object is to see the present
Government of Canada prosper.
If equal, protection to all classes â stubble in
strong clay,
âA
DEMISE:OF A DISTINGUISHED GALLOVIDIAN.
(From the Dumfries Courier.) :
It is with sincere regret we record, on the 26th Febuary
last, at his residence, Billies, St. Johnâs, Newfoundland, the
death ofthe Hon. Wim. Carson, long a member of the Legis-
lative Assembly, and repeatedly elected to the office of
Speaker or President of the same body, in the land of bis
adoption. The deceased, whe had reached his 73d year,
was a native of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, where his
aneestors, atone period, held extensive possessions in the
direction of Deebank, now called Agreenan. From a tomb-
stone in the old burying-place of âTongland, it appears that
some of these flourished in the time of the Curates; but from
changes not easily accounted for, the patrimonial estate pas-
sed into other hands, whether wholly or in part we are not
informed. Still the family remained highly respectable; and
his earlier education completed, the deceased, like his dis-
tinguished brother, now retired from practice in Liverpool,
became a medical student, graduated as a physician, and al-
most from his first outset in life secured in no ordivary
degree the confidence and respect of a discriminating public.
in 1808; Dr. Carson removed to Newfoundland, where he
speedily acquired a high name, or, in other words, the status
assigned to minds gifted like his own; and for many years,
whether as a practitioner ora politician, became admittedly
ene of the most disinterested, patriotic, and, in his sphere,
indefatigably useful men that ever existed. With the best
interests of that Island, he, at whatever sacrifice of time and
money, unweariedly identified himself; and, to the last, ad-
vocated the cause of administrative reform, through good
report and bad, in many things formerly faulty, but now
happily amended through his exertions. About five years
ago the deceased visitedâ this country on the affairs of the
colony, had repeated interviews with the Executive Govern-
mest, and left impressions behind him in the highest places
which strengthened not alittle his hands on his return to a
settlement rapidly improving around its sea-board, although
still exhibiting the phenemenon ofan interior, from its cen-
tinuous forest or wildeitness character, to a great extent terra
incognita. It was on that oecasion.we had the honour of
-being introduced to Dr..Carsen; and itis but justice to add,
that but rarely, if ever, has it been our fortune to meet, whe-
ther mentally or corporally, with what we wojild calla
nobler specimen of humanity.
In Newfoundland, as in Britain, there are different sides
of polities, although the classified party distinctions may not
be exactly the same as ourown. . The journals, too, naturally
take their tone from the prevailing shades of local feeling ;
and it is from ene of these, an opponent in politics, that wé
copy the following merited tribute to the memory of the la-
mented deceased :â
â He obiained, in his professional character, a confidence which
secured an extentâ of practice never before enjoyed in âNewfound-
land by: any member ofthe Facultyâwhich proofs of the estima-
tion in which his skill and attainments Were held continued until
he retired from professional life some -years since. âFrom an early
period of his residence in the colony, the lamented Doctor-mani-
fasted a warm,interest in its political, affairs andâ condition, and
was confessedly the leader in those proceedings. which at length
led to the éstablishment of a Representative Government... Since.
then he has been no idle or indifferent actor in ourâ transactions,
having held a seat in the Assembly since its institution. He was
the only Representative in the Colony (retaining bis elected cha-
racter) ever elevated to the dignity of Crown adviser, with which
he was clothed some months since.
« However opifion-may yary as to the soundness of the politi-
cal views of. tha respected individual whose demise, we are r:-
cording, those even to. whom he was. most violently opposed will
not deny that his conduct was based on a conscientious conviction
of what he deemed mostjustand right. He wasa man of liberal,
perhaps nltra-radical principles; but the unvarying consistency
with which he acted in public lifeâofien at the sacrifice of what
2
â_â.
and part ou light loam. âThe dung was very dry
in spring, the land not well worked, and the planting fin#sh-
ed in May. The braird) was regular, and the crop fine,
although there was a general failure throughout the country. |
In 1836, the seed potato was obtained from the neighbour- ;
hood of Edinburgh. They were buffs, and treated iv Lad
manner as described above. The land, a fine dry light soil,
was in oat stubble after old grass, and full ef wire worm. |
The dung was very dry, the land well worked, the braird
regular, and the erop fine. âbere were none planted with-
out the lime this season. In 1837, the seed potato was ob-
tained from Leader Water, dons and blues. A fine light |
loam was well werked, and dunged with well made dung.
âThe crop was planted in the second week in May, and prov- |
eda fine one. No one planted without the lime this seasan. |
In 1838, the seed potatoes came from Gala Water, dons and |
blues, which were planted in the last week in May, on land
not well worked and the dung very dry; but the braird was ;
without a blank, and the crop fine. Two. bolls of seed pota- |
toes from Peebles-shire were tried without lime, and proved!
âacomplete failure, the insects having eaten the sets toa
shell. âThese were planted im the first week of May. In}
1839, the seed potatoes were from Gala Water, buffs, and
which were planted in tha last wesk of April, in strong clay
soil, not well worked, and the dung very dry; but the braird
was very regular and. the crop fine. There were none plant-
ed without lime this season, In 1840, again the seed pota-
toes were from Gala Water, dons and blues, which were
planted in the end of May, in a light loam, full of wire-worm,
hut well worked, and the dung very dry. . The crop was fine,
few drills were tried, as an experiment, without the lime,
and they were so complete a failure that they were ploughed
down.
Govennor Metcatre.âWhen Lord Lake was Com-
mander-in-Chief in India, he, on several occasions, evinced
his want of confidence in the civil departments of the Com-
panyâs service, particularly on the mareh to Bhurtpere, when
he expressed a wish that those who, as he said, only incom-
moded the march, should be left behind, as they were useless.
This remark soon got wind among those for whom it was
intended; aregiment was ordered to storm a breachâas It
advanced, a young civilian, armed only witha walkiug stick,
was seen at its head, accompauied it to the attack, and re-
mained with it during the engagement, in order to prove to
the Commander that civilians were sometimes soldiers. This
young man is now Sir Charles Theophilus Metoalfe, Gover-
nor General of Canada.-âCobourg Star.
Danerr or Eartuquakes.âThe great danger of Barth-
quakes consist neither in the shaking of the earth, the dread-
fal sounds which accompany. it, nor yet in the opening of
the greund, for that is a very rare phenomenon, but in the
fall of houses, churches, and other publicâ buildings, and in
the dreadful centlagrations which almost invariably follow
the overthrow of the buildings. In the great earthquake at
Lisbon, in 1755, not less thau 60,000 persons were destroyed
in six minutes, of whom more than three-fourths perished
from the fall of ruined buildings. In the earthquake at Aleppo,
in 1822, 30,000 persons were destroyed from the same cause,
and none from any other. In the earthquake at Carraceas,
in 1812, 10,000 persons were buried under the ruins of that
unforttinate city. In the earthquake at) Martinique, only
four years ago, many hundred persens perished under the
ruins of Pert Royal. in St. Domingo, only two years ago,
10,000 persons were buried at Port Haytien, or were destroy-
ed in the conflagration which afterwards broke out amongst
its ruins; and at Guadaloupe, in the earthquake on the 8th
of February, it 1s feared that from four to five thousand peo-
ple have perished under the ruins of Point-a- Petre. â
The estate of Bronte, granted to Lerd Nelson by the King
of Naples, is now a subject. of litigation in the Court of
Chancery. The case involves questions in civil, Sicilian,
and munieipal law, such as never occurred in any previous
case. The estate includes a part of Mount Etna.
Tae Inrant Princess.âHer Royal Highness is a re-
markable fine infant, not so delicately formed as her sister,
the Princess Royal, and in features more resembling the
Prince of Wales... She has large light blue eyes, and âhair
which promises to be flaxen. ~
Mr. Baunen.âlIt is with deep regret we have to state
that. the valuable life of this talented engineer has been
placed in jeopardy, by an-accident arising out of an amiable
wish to amuse the children ofa friend.. âThe father and Mr.
Brunel pretended, by a sleight of hand to pass money from
the mouth to the ears, and vice versa, when Mr. Brunel, plac-
inga half sovereign in his mouth, it unfortunately slipped
into the throat, where it stuck, and every effort to remove it
proving ineffectual, Sir P. Brodie was called in, and an
operation, by making an incision in the thorax, performed,
but without success. Mr: Brunel still remains ina very
precarious state. d
Massacre or THE Governor or THE Marquesas Is-
LANDS AND Surre.âWe regretto state, that very melancho-
ly intelligence has just been brought to this country from the
new French settlement in the Pacific by a merchant vessel,
the Sarah Ann, schooner, which left Otaheite on the 23d of
October. It appears that the French Governor of the Mar-
quesas, with fourteen attendants, had been on a visit to the
native King, Nicahevar, where they had been hospitably
entertained, and suspecting no danger, they left his residence
to return to the French station, without, probably, taking
proper precaution against the treachery, of the natives. They
were attacked on the way,and the Governor and fourteen
yersons were killed. This unfortunate event proves the un-
iriendly disposition of âthe natives; but what will it avail
them? The French Gevertiment will instantly send euta
sufficient force to crush all oppositon. -
New Governor or Bomsay.âThe Clare Journal con-
tains the following announcement:âWe understand that
Sir John Fitzgerald, at preset residing at âToonagh, in this
county, has heen appointed to the distinguished situation of
Governor of the Presidency of Bombay. We_ believe this
gallant officer has séen much service in India, and the ap- |
pointment may be, therefore, looked upon as judicious on |
the part of the Ministry. ;
Itis generally understood that Her Majesty has been gra-
ciously pleased to signify to the Duchess of Inverness that
would have promoted his individual interestsâstamps his.charac-
ter, with an amount of integrity to which few public. men ean lay
claim. Dr. Cavson has lefi behind him no better wisher. for the
well-being and prosperity of the Colony.â
A SIMPLE MEANS OF PREVENTING THE FAILURE OF THE
POTATO CROP.
(From the Transactions of the Highland Sociely of Scotland.)
It will be allowed by all practical farmers, that the Potato:
sets, when cut, discharge alarge quantity of the fluid or
juice, the loss of which has a tendency to weaken the ger-
minating powers of the sets, and at. the satvie time exposes
them to undergo fermentation in the heap, In 1833, we had
eur seed potatoes from the parish of Penicuik. When cut,
1 desired the woman to riddle a shovel-ful of het lime on
every basket-ful of new-cut sets, They were turned over
and over again, until the lime was taken up by the sets, when
they were put into a heap three or four feet, thick, where b
have kept them âfor two or three weeks. The hot lime had
the effect of stopping the flow of the juice, and of enerusting
a strong skin on the sets. This ernst, on the one hand, pre-
serves the sap being drawn away from the sets in a dry sea-
son, among dry soil, and repelling wet, in a wet season,
among damp earth...The sorts of potatoes experimented on
were dens and blues. The lancl was in-a fineâ moist state, |
well worked, and the dung well made ; and they were ridged
in the last'week of April. âThere was a regular braird, and
the crop was fine. In 1834, our seed potatoes, dons, and
blues, were obtained from the same parish, and treated in
the same manner.-- The ground was very dry, the dung dry,
and the heat great when they were planted; so dry, that the
dust was flying from the strong clay soil, when. drilled up.
The braird. was regular, and the crop fine, withthe exception
of eleven drills, which were planted: without the sets being
limed, and which proved a complete failure, and ef some ox-
she may continue to occupy the apartments in the Palace-so
long inhabited by ,his Royal Highness theâ Duke of Sussex ;
but that, as the Duchess will keep up a more limited esta-
blishment-than the late Duke, it is expected her Grace will
select a. suite in the wing for her household, leaving the
other rooms at the disposal of Gevernment.
RemarxaR_e Case or Conscrence.âThe Suffolk Herald
publishes the following :â* Our readers may frequently
have seen advertisements in the daily papers acknowledging
on the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, certain pay-
ments made by anonyineus_ persons, who, having defrauded
the revenue, make this restitution, and it is called âconscience
moneyâ âA remarkable instance of this kind has come to us
from a most credible soureé. An individual wrote a letter
âto the Exchequer office, saying, that although he had return-
ed his income tax correctly on his ostensible business, yet
that he was extensively engaged in smuggling, and as his
returns from that source were very great, he had it on his
conscience not to have made any return -of that, and he
therefore enclosed, as the» amount of three yearsâ tax,
fourteen thousand pounds! Every effort has been made to
discover the conscientious contrabandist, but hitherto with-
out effect.. The fact may be relied on.â
A womanâs whole life is a history of the affections. The
heart is her world. It is there her ambition strives for em-
pire ; it is there her avarice seeks for hiddentreasure. She
sends forth, her sympathies, in adventures ; she embarks her
soul in the traffic of affection; and if shipwrecked, her case
is hopeless, for it is a-bankruptey of the heart.
It has been estimated by Dr. Thomas Dick, thatâsince the
creation of the world, fourteen thousand millions eof human
beings have fallen in âthe âbattles which man has waged
against his fellow creatureâman. If theâ fore-fingers only
of these beings were to be laid ina straight line they would
out-reach more than 660,000 miles beyond the moon.
nobles, which had also failed. In 1835, we did not change
joice, if; on my departure from among you, I leave a similar feel-
our seed potato. One half-of the land was. dunged on the
:
Love. âShut not thy hosom to the tenderness of love; the _
purity of its flames- shall eneble thy heart, and soften it to
October, andthe other half in Spring, part of it on
| standing,
|
âTHE AMERICAN FAMILY MEDICINE.
HAT Mr. Morrarâs Life Pills and Pheenix Buters
have long since obtained the high and enviable distinction anda
ho 2 of competitors, and that they acquired it solely by their invariable
and almost unlimited efficacy, without the usual aid of fulsome puffery and
pretensions, are well known to the public, and cannot be denied.â While
very littlehas been said concerning these astonishing Life Medicines h
the proprietor himself, and not more than-was necessary to call the at.
tention of the afflicted to a sure and. speedy means of relief, their renown
has rapidly flown from, one individeal to another, and from family to
family, until they have long since become known in almost every town
and yillage in the Union; as @ wonderful and inestimable blessing.
Voluntary and unsolicited testimonials of their absolutely astonishin
efficacy, in diseases of the most dreadful and obstinate character, as we
asin others of prevalent and ordinary occurrence, have been received
by the proprietor from the persons they have cured from every section
of the country, and still continue to be received in increasing numbers.
It is with. pride and pleasure that the proprietor refers the public to his
â monials is published, with the names and residence of the writers, because |
he has no hesitation 1n saying that the annals of Medical Science do not
contain a greater number or variety. of cures eifected by any medicine
known to âthe profession, or cares of a more frightful kind or of longer
coming as these testimonials do from the cured persons them-
selves, who certainly. know best, from their own happy experience,.
whether âthey are-cured or not. âThe evidence they afford of, the pre-
eminent and unprecedented efficacy of these grand remedies is perfectly
irresistible, and commands rather than solicits the respect.of the public.
In addition to those already published, the proprietor ts in possession of
avast. accumulation of these personal certificates, demonstrating that
his Life Pills and Phenix Bitters are promptly and uniformly efficaciou.-
in Scrofula in all its hydra headed forms. Dyspepsia whether chronicâ
or occasional, Rheumatism both acute and chronic, Janndice and bilieug
and liver complaints, however distressing or complicated, Fever and
Ague in all.their varieties, and when quinine and all other specifies fail x
Habitaal Cestiveness, (especially when the Life Pills are used as dinner
pills, immediately before or after that meal) Piles even in cases of thirty
years standing, Dropsy, Gout and settled pains in the breast, back, om
organs, disease of the bladder and_ kidneys, biles, tumours, and ulcers,
Erysipelas, and all other eruptive diseases; Pleurisy, Asthma, Bron-
chitis, and other affections of the chest, lungs and mucous members %
pimples, stains of the skin, and the foul unhealthy appearance of the
complexion, arising from whatever cause, nervous or Benetn debility,
headaches, and giddiness, together with a vast variety of other maladies,
in proof of the speedy and effectual cure of which by these medicines
alone, the proprietor has hundreds, nay thousands of. certified testi-
monials.: Both the Pills and Bitters âare mild and delightful inâ their
operation, producing none of even the temporary prostrations and nausea:
occasioned by nearly all other medicines, and they can be administered:
5)
with safety to young children, and females in the most. delicate bealth,
Prepared and sold by Dr. Wm. B. Moffat, 375 Broadway, New York_
For sale alsoby the agentsâNrw York, Mav 30.
COOPER & BREMNER, .
; Agents for Prince Edward Island.
âWop These valuable Medicines may also be had on application to Mri.
George Farley, Searletown, Bedeque; Mr. George Wigginton, Cra~
paud;-and Mr, Edward Henry, Lot 18. . ; ;
Charlottetown, August 12, 1842.
OTICE.âThe London « ALLIANCE LIFE AND
âFIRE INSURANCE COMPANYâ still coutinue to issue
Policies upon Life and against Fire, at extremely moderate rates
of premium. Persons assuring at this office for five years in stic-
cession, participate in the profits of the Company. In ease of
loss, the Subscriber is empowered to settle and pay the same,
without reference to the Board of Directors in London, unless
ander very special circumstances. âThis being the most danger-
ous season of the year, and one in which Fires are most likely to
occur, the Subscriber would call upon all thore who have proper-
ty at stake, and who have not already availed themselves of the
advantages âconferred by imsuring in the Alliance: Company, to.
seize upon the opportunity thus afforded them, to ebtain policies.
from this Office, and thus seek Protection, not only from care-
less domestics, but also from improvident neighbours. Ifa man
were only aware of the serenity of mind that ensued, upen his:
premises being insured against Fire, he would not be long ere he
fully enjoyed it. :
He can at once obtain it, by making applicatien at the Office efthe
Subscriber daily, between 9 oâclock, a. m,and 5 oâelock, Pp. M.â~
Sundays excepted.
CHARLES YOUNG, Agent. .
Charlottetown, Nov. 29, 1842. : :
LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE. ;
HE Subscriber has been appointed Sub-Agent ef
âthe following Insurance Companies, viz:
The National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society ef
f London. ;
The New Loan Fund Life Insurance Company of
New York. e
The Hartford and Protection Fire Insurance Companies.
of Hartford, Connecticut.
And asshe is furnished with blank Forms of Application, and
in possession of all the information which may be desired by
persons who wish to effect Insurance, he will be happy to re-
ceivce applications and transmit the same to the Ageut at Hali
fux. Please apply to ° :
: : HENRY PALMER.
HE-Subscribers having been duly appointed the sole
Agents of DAVID STEWART, Esquire, for his Estates on.
Lots.or âTownships Nos, 7, 10, 12, 27,30, 46, 47, and- Lennox
Island, beg to intimate, that they are prepared to lease lands,
with a liberty of purchasing, and to sellon the most liberal terms ;.
and that all persons indebted to that gentleman, for rent or other-
wise, are hereby required to make immediate payment of the:
same. â =
All persons found trespassing on any of the above properties,.
either by cutting Timber, or in any other respect, will be pro~
secuted with the utmost rigour of the Law.
Hl. D. MORPETH,
PETER EMERY.
December 10th, 1840.
TO SHIPOWNE?S AND OTHERS.
ATSON: DUCHEMIN, Pump and Biockmaker,.,
returns thanks to those who have, for many years past,
favored him with their patronage and support in his line of busi-
ness; and begs to intimate, that he has now on hand a large
quantity of SHIPSâ BLOCKS, of all descriptions and sizes,
DEADEYES, and all other materials in his line required for the
outfit of Vessels. He has also on hand a few Mahogany and
Birch WHEELS, CAPSTANS, &c. :
Shipsâ Pumps, and Pumps for Wells not exceeding 100 feet inâ.
length, made on an improved principle to work with ease:
All descriptions of âTurning inâ brass, iron or wood, executed
with taste and dispatch, and on moderate terms.
tPF WANTED, a-respectable lad from the country, about 14
years of age, as an Apprentice to. the above business... Inquire at)
the Workshop, head of the Queenâs Wharf, or at the Block-
making Establishment, Prince Street. oF xk
Charlottetown, I1th May, 1843.
4 peo TURNER, Cooper, (lately from England),
sincerely returns thanks. to those Gentlemen who haye so
kindly favoured him with their commands, since his arrival, and
heroby further begs to acquaint them, and the publig generally,
that he has taken the premises in Sydney Street, lately occupied
by Mr. John Hobbs, Hatter, where he intends$ to carry on his
business inâall its branchesâas a Cooper for both House: er
Shipâand_ hopes, by strict attentiun to business, and moderate
charges, to merit a portion of their favors.
N_ B,âGoods, ready mace, kept for sale.
Sy dney-Street, Charlottetown, Jan. 10, 1843.
fs
; PLASTERING. * :
LEXANDER MACBETH, Prasrerer, begs (a
intimate, that he is prepared to contract, on moderate terms,
with such _persons as may feel disposed to favour him with theix
support in his line of business ; ans flatters himself that, by pune~
tuality and good. workmanship, he may be favoured with a shae
of the public patronage. Application to be made at Mr. Pauis~
TERâs flotel. *
Charlottetown, July 30th, 1842.
BOooT AND SHOE MAKING.
APUE SusscriBeER intimates to the public that he has
ccommenced. business in the above. line, in his, Shop, im
Sydney Street, near the Wellington Hotel, where he trusts, by
diligence in his occupation and good workmanship, to maita
share of public patronage. . :
_. THEOPHILUS CHAPPELL: *
Charlottetown, April }, 1843. prep td
CHARLOTTETOWN: Printed and published by Cooper & BREMNER,
Printers,to the, Hon. the House of Assembly, at their Office, East
corner of Pownal and Water Streets.âTrnms, 13s. per anaum,
|teceive the warmest impressions.âEconomy of Human Life
; â * A a
payable in advanes ; or 16s. per annum, half-yearly in advamee.
Bienen Ios