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Monday, March 29.

Mr. McNeill presented a bill te incor-
parse the W heatly River lime company.—

eceived and read,

Mr. Davies presented a. petition from
divers inhabitants on the Selkirk estate,
setting forth that by the last amendment
to the Land Purchase Bill, all occupants
fn arreurs are still liable to be distrained
upon, thereby causing a depreciation in
the value of property, and much anxiety
aud suffering to many honest settlers; that
those in arrears on the Selkirk estate might
be discharged from further payment for

lands of the colony to one hundred and
twenty-three individuals who had pecu-
niary claims on the mother country, and
praying the British Government to re-
consider their determination, as set forth
in Lord Granville’s despatch.”

Mr. MeAulay said the time would come
when we must pay the salary in question,
but to be called upon to do so nuw, was.
contrary to the spirit of the compact enter-
ed into when responsible government was
ceded to this evlony,

Mr. Duncan said the Imperial Govern-
ment was not using the colony properly
in demanding the payment of the Govern-

theirs lands without injury to others, on for’s salary ; and if he considered that we

the ground that no injustice would thereby
be done to those who had paid for their
Jands; that those who have not paid up
tuay safely be regarded as unable to do so,
they holding land of inferior quality, in
the rear settlements, and having large
and weak families; that to entorce the law
in such cases would prove unprofitable,
und only result in compelling many to
abandon their farms to seek ‘shelter in
other countries.

Mr. Arsenault presented a petition from
fuhabitante of Egmont Bay, asking for the
establishment of a Small Debt cour’ in
that place.

‘The billto amend the Summerside Bank
Act was read a second time, and agreed

to. :

The Attorney General presented the re-
port of John Ball, Esq., on the most eli-
gible site of a new liue of road from the
Melville road to the Appin road, with
plans. Also, a report on survey of acon-
templated new line of road through Town-
a#hips Nos. 14 and 16, with plans. Also,
report of coniniissioners on Crapaud har-
‘bor.

‘The Attorney Gencral also submitted the
‘Supplementary Eetimates of the Govern-
ment for the current year—providing,
among other matters, for public works un-
der the Board of Works, £1000. Break-
water, £780. New roads and rights of
way, including road from Montague Bridge
to Murray Harbour, £400. Packet from
Souristo Grand River, Georgetown, Pictou
und Charlottetown, if required, £150, For
the encouragement of Inland and Inter-
colonial Steam Navigation, in addition to
present contract, £1200. Repairs to
Georgetown Grammar School, £50. To
purchase a site for public buildings at
Summerside, £500. To encourage salmon
fisheries and culture, £100. ‘Lo commence
a museum, in connection with the Legis-
lative Library, £100.

Ilouse in committee on tho subject of
paying the salary of the Lieutenant Govei-
nor,—Mr, Kelly in the chair.

Mr. Attorney General suid it was a
matter of deep regret to hon. members on
both sides of the House, that the Home
Government had most positively reiused
to continue to pay the Lieutenant Govern-
or’s salary. Ho alluded to the joint
address of the Legislature in 1865, torward-
ed to the Home Government, on the syb-
ject of the payment of the Governor's
salary. ‘Phat address, he said, was well
drawn up, and all the points that could be
of servi: ¢ were ably adverted to, but it was
inneffectual in regard to the object in view,
A similar address from the Legislature,
Jast session, was also forwarded to the
Iiome Office; but all remonstrances had
proved of no ayail, and the people of this
colony were now called, in very peremp-
tory terms, to provide st once for the pay-
ment of the salary of our Lieutenant Gover-
nor, after the expiration of the present
Governor's term of oflice. The demand of
the Imperial Government, viewed in what-
ever light it might, was untair and unjust
towards this colony. In none of the other
colonies was the real wealth of the country
alicnated in one day, as were the township
lands of this Island, by the manner in
which they were improvidently granted.
Ile then reviewed the arguments set forth
in the remonstrances contained in the Joint
Address alluded to, to the effect, that when
responsible government was introduced,
in 1851, it was tacitly understood by the
compact entered into that the Imperial
Government would pay the salary of our
Lieutenant Governor from timo to time.
‘Lhe question now was, what would follow
our refusal of the payment of said salary P
We might anticipate, on our refusal, that
they would perhaps take steps to join us
to Canada, At the close of his speech, he
submitted the following resolution ;

** Whereus a despatch, dated 16th Febru-
ary last, from the Right Honorable Earl
Granville, ler Majesty’s gals Secre-
tary of State for the Colonies, addressed to
Ilis TTonor tlie Administrator of the Govern-
ment of this colony, has been received, by
which the imperial Government calls upon
the Legislature of this Islsnd to make pro-
vision for the payment of the salary of the
Lieutenant Governor, 80 soon as the pre-
sent Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Dundas,
shall relinquish his oflice: Resolved, ‘That
this Committee deeply regret that Her
Majesty has not seen fit to accede to their
views respecting the payment of the salary
of the Lieutenant Governor, as set forth in
the Address from both branches of the
Legislature, adopted in 1865 and 1868, and
still adhere to the opinions therein express-
od that this Legislature should not have
heen required to provide for the payment
of the said salary ; bat, after due considera-
tion of the present position of the matter
under the terms of the said Rubles they
aro of opinion that provision should now
be made for payment of the salary of the
Licutenant Governgy or other Administra-
tor of the Government of this Island, after
the present Licutenant Governor, Mr.
Dundas, shall relinquish his office.”

Mr. Haviland said'that ho was opposed
to making provision for the Prine ot
the Governor's salary until a third remon-
strance was made. It was urjust to urge
tho same reasons against us asin tte other
colonies, for they had many resources
which we had not. We had no Crown
lands, mines, or minerals, from which to
pay that sa.ary; and in the time ef King
George III, the Imperial Government
granted away all the lands of this colony,
in one day, to sailors and soldiers who had
claims on the mother country; and when
the Civil List Bill was passed, it was mu-
tually agreed upon between this colony
and the Imperial Government that the
latter would pay the Governor's salary,
‘The Home Government was, therefore,
morally and legally bound to pay it, His
remarks, he suid, might be viewed with
distrust because of his views on contedera-
tion; but he always held that it would be
the height of political folly to foree that

question upon the people of this colony
until they were prepared for it. Ife could
not tor one moment believe the Tnyperial
Government would force us into contede-
ration against the will of our people, be-
cause we would not yield to an unjust de-
mand, in resisting which we had right on
our side, He would theretore, submit, as
nan amendment to the resolution ot the
Attorney General, the following, vig:

would not be forced into contederation by
refusing to pay it, he would be for making
another appeal against the injustice done
to the colony on this question; but, under
present circumstances, he would not with-
hold his support trom the resolution of the
Attorney General,

Mr. Henderson said the Ilome Govern-
ment would not so degrade its own charac-
ter ns to perpetrate an act of such gross
injustice us to put this colony into confe-
deration against our will, because we re
monstratcd a third time against submitting
to the payment of the Governor's salary.
He was satisfied that if the British people
knew our position, they would not give
their consent to such treatment as the
despateh pointed out, calling upon us, very
Hts to pay that which by the Civil
List Bill compact was to be crear by
the Ilome Government.

Mr. Prowse concurred in the sentiments,
expressed by the Attorney General, and
said the course pursued by the Home
Government would tend to alieniate the
affections and effect the loyalty of the peo-
ple of this colony in no small degree, In
the adjoining Province of Nova Scotia,
where one flag was raised on the first of
July la t, in honor of the New Dominion,
there were ten floating on the Fourth of
July, showiag the feeling of a people
thrust into conlederation against their will.

Mr. Davies said there was something
ominous in the words of the despatch in
question, which implied that it we do not
provide for the salary of the Governor, the
Home Office would find a way to compel
us. It were better, he said, to comply
with the unjust demands of Earl Granville,
than to be forced into confederation. Ie
then entered into the manner in which this
colony was deprived of its rights relative
to itstand tenures. The Imperial Goyern-
ment had treated this colony worse than
any of the other colonies, and should there-
fore have continued to pay the Governor's
salary, as they agrco to do, under the terms
of the Civil List Bill.

Mr. Brecken said the question required
calm consideration, He referred to the
very curt manner in which the Colonial
Minister had replied to the address of last
session, He reviewed the arguments and
remonstrances used in the joint addresses
of the Legislature, both in the year 1865,
and algo last year, on this subject; and
said that a third application could not
place us in any worse position. He would,
however, support the resolution to pay the
salary in question, rather than incur the
tisk of forfeiting our local government;
but he did not think that the British
Government would be so arbitrary as to
attempt to force us into confederation, or
to deprive us of onr constitution, because
we again asked for our just rights.

The debates was then, on motion,
adjourned,

House adjourned,

Tuesday, March 30.

Tlon, Mr. Henderson asked the Govern-
ment what action was taken on the new
line of road from Montague to Murray
River,

Ilon. Attorney General, in reply, said
that provision was made in the supple-
mentary Estimates of the Government for
the opening up of that Road,

Hon. Attorney General presented to the
House a Despateh from Earl Granville, on
the sabject of Reciprocal Free Trade be-
tween the United States and Prince Edward
Island. and setting forth that the proceed.
ings which touk place in connection with
the visit of the Committee of the [louse of
Representatives of the United States to
this Island last summer might have been
followed by beneticiul results, had they
been restricted as originally intended, to
the mere giving and receiving of informa-
tions on questions of trade between P, E.
Island and the United States. ThatIIex
Majesty’s Government desired: thaé the
Committee should be treated with allypro-
per courtesy and furnished treely with such
bona fide information as could properly
be imported to them; but that it was un-
fortunate to allow the discussion which
took place to assume the appearance of a
negotiation between a Colonial Goyern-
ment and the Representatives of a Foreign
Legislative body. Such isolated negotia-
tions with individual Colonies were open
to most serious objection, especially when
they. extended to matters affecting. Im.
perial interests, and also the interests of
the other North American Colonics who
were not made parties to the transaction.
That the Government of this Island had
exceeded their proper authority in treating
with the said Committee of Congress, and
that it his Excellency had been applied te
for his sanction he should not have given
it; that Her Majesty’s Government was
not prepared at present to take a steps
in consequence of this Report of the Ex-
eevtive Council of this Island; that if.
however, in course of time there should be
a possibility of a general arrangement be-
tween the United States and the North
American Colonies, the suggestions con-
tained in that Report would be borne in
mind by Her Malesty's Government.

Mi. McNeill presented a Petition from
divers inhabitants of Lots 23-and 24, settin
forth that the Act regulating Fees charged
by members of the Bar and officers of the
Superior Courts of Law in this Island, re-
quired to be amended with the view. of
moderating and defining the Fees charged
by said parties.

Wistar’s Baisam of Wild Cherry,

whose value in curing Coughs, Colds, Bron-
ehitis, Whooping Cough, Croup, Asthma,
Pulmonary Affection, and Incipient Consump-
tion is inestimable.

FROM A, ILOOKER, Esq., Prescott, C. W.

“7 with pleasnre assert that Wistur’s Baleam
of Wild Chyrry is, in ny belief, the best remedy
before the public for Conghs and Pulmonary Com.
plaints, Having tested the article with myself and
family, in cases of severe Coughs and Colds, for
years, with uniform and anexceptionable success,
I nohesitutingly recommend it with full confidence

im its werits.’* ; 5 :
FROM J. TANNER, Esq., Cornwatt, C. W.

“Having exporienced the beneticial results of
Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, in my own
person and with other members of my family, in
caves of sevore Conve and Colds, T unhesitatingly
uive you my testimony, ee it to be the re-
medy * par excellence’ for all disonses of the
throat and chest, and L would sincerely recommend
it na wach,”

None genuine unless signed 1. Butta on the

* Resylved, ‘Tbat anviher joint Addregs | *rapper:

ot the Legislative Council and House of
Assembly be sorware

Government, setting forth the injustice of

Prepared by SETH W, FOWLE & SON, 18 Tro-

led to the Imperial mont St. Boston, and for sule by drugyis generally,

A purse of $20,000 has been instituted by

this colony being compe Hed fo pay the|the French Academy ot Fine Arta, to Le given
salary of the Lieutenant Governor out ot| every five years to the artist whose work shall
ite local resourees, alter the injurious act/do the most honor to France.

Pee eo

BOSTON —ITS HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS AND
MODERN INSTITUTIONS,

— t

NO, I.

‘In pursuance of the intimation given in my
last,‘ and imbued with the same’ feelings as
hetore, your correspondent, in company with
his former guide, visited some of the rethain-
ing landmarks and a few of the more,modern
institutions in and around the ¢ity., «. '
Charlestown, which lays on the north, con-
tains the famous Bunk -r Hill and thé Monu-
ment which has been erected there to com-
memmorate the great battlé which was fought
there during the Revolution, The Americans
declare that this was the most important of
the whole struggle, as it was the first engage-
ment between the Royal troops and Celonists,
and as it ended more in favor of the latter
than they themselves had dared to hope, it
inspired the multitude with enthusiasm. ‘The
corner stone of the monument was Juid on the
17th June, 1825, by the illustrious Lafayette,
in the presence of a great concourse of people,
including some who were on the sam \ hill
50 years before under different circumstances,
fighting for their courtry’s cause. The Hon,
Daniel Webster delivered an oration on) the
occasien. Mr. Solomon Williard, the archi-
tect, generously gave a donation of $1,000 and
three years labor on it, and it went ahead ata
rapid rate, until the inevitable question of
funds brought it‘to a full stop: Nations are
like individuals in this respect. As Jong as
the novelty of a thing holds out, the, public
heart will be liberally disposed, but as it gets
to be an old story, and the immediate’ cause
which suggested it passing away, the purse
strings contract in a corresponding’ degree.
‘This was the cause of the inability to complete
the monument to the great chieftain. of Scot-
land, Sir William Wallace.—a name which
sends a thrill of national pride through every
honest Scottish heart, and one whose memory
all delight to honor; but when an appeal was
made to the world for funds to erect a. testi-
monial to his worth, they were not forthcom-
ing in a very gratifying manner. The im-
mortal Burns shared the same fate.” “History
repeuts itsetf, and we see even to-day that
Abraham Lincoln, whose goodness was as
universally acknowledged as his tagic death
was mourned, has nothing but his actions to
commemorate him, The people say that his
good deeds will outlive anything that could be
erected to his memory. This may he: true,
but it is only on excuse to hide the Yeal’cause,
which is that to erect a suitable dine - would
require more money than could bé coaxed out
of the pockets of the forty mnill{ons of people
who constitute the United States. iy

But to return to Banker Hill. Thefounda-
tion not being laid sufficiently deep to resist
the action of frost, anew one was laid, and
the structure remained in an unfinished state
for fifteen or sixteen years. Until thé ladies
of New England—to their everlasting credit
be it said—got up a Fair, and realized the
handsome sum of $10,000, and the monument
under the new influence ascended as if by
magic. It measures 221 feet from the top ot
the hill, and if the visitor will undertake to
climb up 295 circular steps in the dark, he or!
she can, for the sum of twenty cents, pass
in, and when safe at the top you will be well
repaid for your trouble, You get a splendid
view of the surrounding towns, the. harbor,
&e., all the money received being expended
on keeping the grounds in repair. Here is
seen, in a collapsed state, one of te four
cannons which constituted the whole train of
field artillery possessed by the Colonists at
the commencement of the war, and it was
used in many engagements, judging from the
pains which have been taken to: inscribe its
history on it. It is a noble looking strueture,
but it detracts- considerably from the romantic
glory of the name when we learn. that no bat-
tle at all was fought on Bunker Hilt * Orders
had been given to fortify Bunker Hill, but
through some mistake, intentionab or other-
wise, Breed's Hill, some distance away, was
fortified instead, and on it-the tbattle was
fought and the monument erccted. From the
fact of it being the intention of the commander
to fortify Bunker Hill, the same lias always
been associated with the event. This is the
version ot it given by historians, and it is ac-
cepted as true. « I lave before me an authen-
tic and very interesting account of the battle,
but I regret that want of space forbids its in-
sertion here, :

The State Prison is also in Charlestown,
and is open to the inspection of strangers, and
some of them pay quite « long visit to it, until
ample opportunity is afforded them to, make
an investigation of its interior arrangements,
but the information which they. thus regeive
hardly repays the time lost. =.

The Charlestown Navy Yard is well worthy
of a visit. In it have been built some of the
most formidable war ships afloyt. ig, one
mile in length, containing mien shops,
ship houses, foundries, &c., of imnicnse ca-
pacity. The Dry Dock will hold the largest
ship, and is made entirely of hewh” granite.
It is emptied out by a huge pump, capable of
ejecting 12 Hhds. of water at one’stroke, The
rope-walk here is the largest and most com-
plete in the world, being 1850 fect ip dength.
Here is manufactured all the cordage used in
the U. S. Navy. In busy seasons it will give
employment to thousands of men, but at the
present very few are employed, as there is
very little work going on. }

Crossing over into Cambridge, famous for
being the seat of Harvard University, .which
has been so well described by your medical
friend ‘* Maca,” in’ the “Journal, that I will’
pass over it. Not fur from the College is an
enormous elm tree, houry with age, which
bears an inscription to the effect that_ under
its ancient cover Qen.: Washington took eom-
mand of the American army, July 2, 1776.
His headquarters were in Cambridgu, and are
now the residence of tho Poet Lohgfellow.
On the outskirts of the town is tlo beautiful
* City of the Dead,” Mount Auburn, which in
summer is the most leautiful place I ever
saw, when thore.is nothing to break. he ma-
jestic stillness except the mournful sound of
the plash of the numerous fountains which are
scattered over it. It is indved sucha place as
human nature would like to have its departed
friends repose, under the shade of thacypress
and the weeping willow. Everything: which
affection could suggest or wealth procure, is
here to adorn the last resting place of cherish-
ed friends. ;

Returning to Boston, we visit the Old South
Chapel on Washington Street, some century
old. Duriag the Revolution it ‘was, as a
** military necessity,” taken charge of by the
British troops and converted. into a» Riding
School.. ‘The congregation have determined
that this fact should be made known to future
generations, and ignoring the Christian, duty
of forgiveness, have noé written the errors of
their brethren in sand, as the precepe reads,
but have engraved them on a marble tiublet,
giving the date of the desecration, and have
affixed it on the front of the building.» .

But the crowning glory of Boston, however
ancient or modern, is its new State House,
which stands on Beacon Hill, on the ground
formerly owned and occupied by Govéradr
Hancock. Its site is acknowledge by ni ie
and foreigners to be the Best tha et be
procure | fur such a noble building, Travel-
ers say that its commanding pousitioh’ will
compare favorably with the famous, Castle
Ifill of Edinburgh. Being about the centrdof
the city, ita great elevation causes its gilded
dome to be seen from any point in or near the
city, and constitutes it a sort of a centre of a
grand system. ‘The corner stone wad laid on
duly 4, 1795, by the Gov. rnor of Masgeatligs
setts, assisted if the Most Worshipful. Paul
Revere, Grand Master, and the other efficers
of the Grand Lodge of F. & A. Mastne of
Massachusetts. Its erection, on account of
not being dependant on public subscriptions,
was pushed ahead very rapidly, and-in fess
than three years it was fit to accommodate
both branches of the Legislature, Sinev then,

ing it from the common, we see occupying
the ground on the right, the statue of Danie!

The first thing which arrests the attention of

the visitor on entering the main hall, is a
= number of flags and banners carried by the

THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1869.

Webster, and that of Horace Mann on the leit.

Massachusetts regime: ts during the late war,
whose torn and shattered shreds tell theirown
tale in unmistakeable tones, In the hall are
also a number of tablets and guns, on which
‘are inscribed the history of many important
events, considerable o: patriotism, and ; of
course, the usual quantity of condemn .tion of
“British Tyranny.” The Representatives
Hall, in the centre of the building, is 55 feet
square, The vrst wing contains the Senate
Chamber, which is 55 x 83 feet. In the
Secretary's of State office may be seen the
records of the Massachusetts Company of
Volunteers, dating back to 1628, the Royal
Charter granted to Massachusetts by Charles
the First, and a seeond one by William and
Mary; also a manifesto dated in 1778 of the
Commissioners appointed by George the
Third, for the purpose of effecting a coalition
with the Colonies, providing for free trade
between the two countries, butit was unfortu-
nately a day behind the fair in making its ap-
pearance, and we have this noble building here
now as one of the consequences. ‘The library
in connection contains 24,000 volumes and a
portrait of Thomas Sage, the last of the Royal
Governors here. Interesting accounts of
Washington’s genealogy ure also to be seen,
which have been secured after vast trouble
and expense, but which, from their variety, I
have no room to describe, but they are well
worthy of examination by strangers and others.
From the cupola can be had an excellent view
of the city, und of the busy life in the streets
below on every side, All these places are
open to the public, for itis one of the doctrines
of America that whatever belongs to the gen-
eral public should be open to their inspection
at all times, and as every citizen thinks him-
self in part proprietor, he takes an interest in
their welfare, just as a partner in a commer-
cial concern would think it his privilige to
know how the company stood at all times and
to examine the books at his pleasure, 4

South Boston and Roxbury contain a num:
ber of humane and charitable institutions,
among which are the Haquse of Correction,
Ifouse of Refuge, Insane Hospital, and the
Perkins’ Institute for the Diind. A very
fuithful description of the latter excellent es-
tablishment may be read in Dickens’ Ameri-
can Notes. Not very fur from it are Dorches-
ter eights, on which Washington's army
were stationed immediately preveding the
evacuation of Boston by the British troops.
On the right of Perkins’ Institute are the re-
mains of the fortifications in a demoralized
condition.

A very commendable institution exists here
known as the Public Library. 1t is situated
at the foot of the Common, is 82 x 120 feet. 3
storeys high, built of brick. It contains 250,-
000 volumes, and cost $250,000, besides large
donations by private gentlemen, Any one
residing in this city ean get any one book ata
time from the shelves, and take it home, and
retain it 14 days, free of expense, On its
sate return another can be taken, and so on,
‘The only thing required is to get the names
of two parties to vouch for the return of the
books in good condition. ‘This is about the
most practical shape that the good sense of
the cily Government could assume,and proves
that here at least the interest which politicians
take in the general welfare, does not cease
when the polls areclosed.. Under this system
poverty can be no excuse for ignorance, as
the poorest person can be supplied with ten
times as many books as he ¢an read, merely
tor the asking. And indeed they are not
slow, to take advantage of these facilities, for
probably in no city in the world, for its size,
is there so much reading done, or where edu-
cation is more uniyersal, Besides the Library
it supports 140 papers and magazines of every
shade of opinion, affording remunerative em-
ployment to a large number of the devotees of
the ‘tart preservative of all arts.”

The weather for the last few days has been
rather cooler than usual, and the spirits of the
Skating Rink Company go up in consequence,
as they go down in the thermometer,

‘The Spring trade has fairly commenced at
a lively rate, and present indications are fa-
vorable to a good trade, and money is plenty,
though the soup business still flourishes at
the police stations. '

Washington's birthday was celebrated in a
becoming manner. Stores and pub.ic places
were closed, and the day and evening charac-
terized by an unusual devotion to amusements.

I have thus endeavored to sketch out some
of the places of interest in this city, though in
an-imperfect manner. ‘The remainder must
be left till some future time. Meanwhile,
you will hear from me next at ‘*Gotham.”

TYPO.

Boston; Mareh 21, 1869. a4

An entire family was recently poisoned in
England by eating a pudding made with suet
that had been kept for a long time, and had de-
veloped some kind of puisonous acid.

The Wayne Co. (Pa.,) Merald says :—

** The Cobden Club, of London, lastsummer
announced that they would give a gold medal
for the best essay ‘ton the best way of develop-
ing improved political and commercial rela-
tions between Great Britain and the United
States of America,” ‘I'he essays were present-
edon the Ist of January, 1869 and the prize
has been awarded by a committee of three of
the highest authorities in England, to Dr.
Joshua Leavitt, of New York City. Dr. Lea-
vitt has been for many years one of the most
earnest advocates for free trade,’ .

Virginia is said to possess 640,000 acres of
‘ oyster rocks,” yielding annually $10,000,000
worth of oysters.

There is said tobe a bookkeeper in Nor-
wich, Conn., who writcs equally well with both
hands ot the same time.

Among the many restoratives which nature
has supplied to relieve the afflictions of hu-
manity, there is no more favorite one for a
certain class of diseases than the ‘ medicinal
gum” of the Wild Cherry Tree; but however
Valuable it is, its power to heal. to soothe, to
relieve and to cure, is enhanced tenfold by
scientific and judicions combination ‘with
other ingredients, in themselves of equal
worth, This happy mingling exists to a re-
markable degree in

Mr. Swabey's Lecture,

Tue Rev. H. B. Swaney lectured before
the ‘*Summerside Literary Institute” on
‘Tuesday evening last, on the ‘Crimean War.”
The President being absent, 'T. Kelly, Esq.,
was called to the chair, Notwithstanding the
untavorabte state of the traveling, the Hall
was well filled. The Rev'l lecturer began
his theme by stating the circumstances from
which the war arose. The principal events
of that important campaign, from its com-
mencement to its close, he faithfully and elo-
quently sketched, He spoke in terms of
higheét praiso of the powers of Biitain and
France when combined, fighting ‘side by side’
against a common foe; how through their
undaunted bravery the dominion of the Czar,
both in the Black Sea and the Haltie, were
crippled to such a degree that that Monarch
wags induced to seek peace, and the fnal trea-
ty was signed at Paris in 1856,

At the close of the lecturo a brisk discussion
took place, but the Rev. lecturer in his closing
remarks appeared to garry everything before
him, and wound up by expressions of his ad-
miration of British “ Pluck.”

munications.
addresses of our correspondents as a guaranty
of their good faith,
return communications that are. not used,

singular article on the subject of Reci-
procity.
He is terribly angry.
carried away by his emotions.
pears to have lost control of both his tem-
per and his pen.
furious rate, regardless of truth, of sense,
and even of grammar,
able utterance to his outraged feelings.
Poor Old England, her Statesmen and
her Instizutions, are’ heartily abused and
soundly rated by the irate scribe.
valarous and patriotic Hxaminer shakes
his fist and gnashes his teeth in the very
face of the old British Tion, and calls
him, besides, any number of ill sounding

nical old beast do now?
his match at last ?
facing all sorts of enemies in every cor-
ner of the world, and being able to give
a pretty good account of them to French-
men,
Chartists and Finnegans, in his old age
to be publicly bearded by the redoubtable
Examiner man!!!

temporary is strong, we hope he will be

merciful.
saying of his favorite Shakespeare, who,

of great Britain is very different from

No notice can be taken of annonymous com-
We must know the names and

We cannot undertake to

THE EXAMINER ON REOIPROOITY.

Tur last Examiner contains a very
‘The writer is very indignant.
He is completely
He ap-

He slashes away at a

He gives volu-

The

names. What will the aforesaid tyran-

Only to think—after

Hindoos, Rooshans, Chinamen,

It is really too bad.
If our invincible and irrepressible con-

He must keep in mind the

by the by, is not now in such request in
the Hxaminer sanctum as he was in the
good old time—

——'* C it is excellent

To have a giant's strength; butit is tyrannous
To use it like a giant.”

However, as it is more than probable
that the sleepy old creature is not at all
aware of the danger which threatens him,
we will, at the risk of utter demolition,
say a word or two in his favor. The
wrathy writer, bli:.ded by rage, uses the
following language with regard to the
British Government. Our readers will,
we think, agree with us in concluding
that the flaming sentences have, at some
former period, done yeoman’s service in
some Fenian oration, Here they are :—

“Tt has been the reproach of the British
Government that it has kept a majority of the
people of the United Kingdom in the direst
poverty. Vor that large class of persons who
till the soil, for the workmen and labourers
of Great Britain, there is neither chance nor
hope—life long poverty is their portion.
That the Government of England is mainly
responsible for this state of things, no person
will deny.”

Anti-British enough this, we should
think, for Head Centre Mahony himself.
The above is not all, there is much more
in the same strain, but the sentences
which we have quoted must suffice. We
would like to hear the profound states-
man who condescends to forge the thun-
der for the Zwaminer, explain to us how
the British Government has managed to
keep the majority of the people of the
United Kingdom in the direst poverty.
Describe to us the modus operandi if you
please, Mr. Examiner? We are under
the impression that in no country under
the sun docs the Government interfere
less with individual action, than in Old
England, Every man in that country is
at perfect liberty to better his eondition,
ifhe is able to do so. Government, if
it does not help him, certainly does not
hinder him. ‘The laws are equal. ‘They
indeed, if they favor any one, favor the
poorman. ‘he necessaries of life are
in England comparatively lightly taxed.
The food that the poor man eats, the
clothes that the poor man wears, the cot-
tage that the poor man lives in, are sub-
ject to the very lightest taxation psssible.
‘Taxes are, in Great Britain, chiefly levied
upon articles of luxury, We have no
hesitation in saying that in the matter of
taxation, greater consideration is given
to the poor man in aristovratic England
than is extended to him in democratic
America, either Colonial or Republican.
It ismere Fenian babble to assert that
the Government of Great Britain keeps
the people poor. In whose interest has
Free ‘Trade been established in Great
Britain? In_ the interests of the people.
Rich men and landed proprietors fought
for protection. ‘They still clamor for it.
But in order that the,poor man should be
enabled to obtain the necessaries and the
comforts of life in the cheapest market,
all restrictions were taken off of trade,
and every country on the globe can hold
commercial intercourse with Great Bri-
tain on the same footing. Favour is not
even shown to her own dep-ndencies.
How different is this from the policy of
the glorious Republic. The poor Irish-
manin New York or Boston is forced to
buy his potatoes and his fish at an uncon.
scionably high rate, from the Yankee
farmer and fisherman, because these wise
sovereigns have decreed to keep out of
their ports the cheaper and better foreign
article. The Irishman in Liverpool or
Manchester participates in the benefits
of a good cro» of potatoes and an increas-
ed catch of fish wherever they are raised
or caught—at home or abroad. A plen-
tiful crop of wheat, whether in Russia,
America or Australia, cheapens the poor
man’s loaf for him in the Old Country ;
and so of every other article which he
consumes. Is the paternal Government
of the United States equally considerate
ofthe wants and wishes of the laboring
classes ?

That the social and economical condition

that of America, we are quite willing to
admit. The law of demand and supply
is, however, the same in its operation in
both countries. In Great Britain land
is scarce, and those who wish to possess

lana”

4d. por cwt.

To Conrnsroxpents,—'' Young P. ¥, Is-
in type, but crowded out.
letter, exposing the Gift Ente
will appear hext week. -

A Colonial maii was received here yestor-
day. We are only able to give the latest tel-
egrams.

IIAy sold here tho other day as low as 2s.
Potatoes for 1s, 6d,

“Dypo's”
rprise Company,

it very numerous, the natural consequenee
is that land in that country is very dear.
In America the reverse of this obtains ;
the land is plenty, but men are scarce 4
as an inevitable consequence it follows
that in America land is cheap but men
are dear. The monarchial and aristocratic
institutions of England cannot, it seems,

maintained by means altogether indepen-
dent of the House of Lords. In the same
way the Republican institutions of the
United States have no effect whatever in
ingreasing or diminishing the extent of
cultivatable lands which lie within the
boundaries of that noble country. : As
long as America affords plenty of elbow
‘room to the industrious farmer, mechanic
and professional man, so long will. the
condition of the masses which inhabit it
be better than that of those who struggle
for existence in the over-peopled coun-
tries of the Old World.
ted S.ates comes to contain as many souls
to the square mile as Great Britain,society
in the former country will present a very
different aspect from what it now does.

When the Uni-

The complicated and perplexing social

phenomena which are now to be found
only in the Old World, will then shew
themselves in the new.

The rich will
become very rich, and the poor yery

poor, and the philosophising statesman

who may attempt to disturb the existing

relations in order to introduce a state of

theoretical perfection, will perhaps find

Has he met/that there are some things in this world

that cannot be meddled with with impu-
nity, let the meddler be ever so wise and
well meaning.

So far is the assertion of the Bxaminer
from being true, that we believe if he
takes the trouble to inform himself, he
will find that the laboring classes in
Great Britain are better cared for, and
less burdened by the Government, than
the people of any other civilized country
in similar circumstances under the sun.
What would our political economist have |
the British Government do, more than it
has done and is doing? Would he rob
the rich and give the spoils to her poor ?
That interesting process might, we ven-
ture to hint, be tried once too often.
Make property insecure, and you drive
the nation to barbarism and anarchy in
double quick time. Men are terribly
selfish. Let them once get it into their
heads that they will not be permitted
peaceably to hold and quietly to enjoy the
fruits of their labors, and they will yery
soon cease to labor at all. Every man
will do as little as he possibly can, and
finding that he is subject to being
fleeced, he will, in his turn fleece others,
when the opportunity offers. How itcan
be said that a government which places no
obstacle—not the very slightest—in the
way of the poor man’s advancement, but,
on the contrary, holds out many induce-
ments to him to endeavour to improve his
condition, and one, too, that places as few
burdens as possible on his shoulders, —how
such a government, we say,can deserve the
reproach cast upon it by the Mxaminer,
is past our comprehension. Our well-
informed cditor delivers himself of the
following morsel of information, which
we have no doubt will be news to most
persons conyersant with the history of
Great Britain for the past thirty years:
‘‘In parts of the British Empire where
trade and commerce interfere with pro-
jects of ministers, or retards the progress
of favored localities, they are ruthlessly
huddled aside.” What will the English
squirearchy say to this? ‘The ‘ bloated’
and petted aristocracy are so stupid and
unreasonable as to complain that the
policy of the Ministers of the Crown has
for some time been the very reverse of
this. ‘They murmur because every in-
terest of late years has been obliged to
give way to those of trade and commerce.
Their moan is that the vested rights, the
peculiar privileges, and the dearest in-
terests of the most valuable portion of
tie nation, have been ruthlessly sacri-
ficed by these same ministers on the altar
of the modern Moloch, Free ‘rade. But
the Hxaminer declares otherwise, and the
Heaminer must be right. With regard
to the subject matter of the Lxaminer's
editorial, we do not think it has been
treated in a very judicious manner. We
deplore the loss of Free ''radé as much as
ary one on the Island. We think, too,
that Governur Dundas might have repre-
sented the wishes and hopes of the people
more favorably to the Colonial Office than
he did, but as we never took a yery
sanguine view of the result of last sum-
mer's proceedings, with regard to pro-
curing that great boon for this Island
alone, we are not now very much chag-
rined, or very much disappointed.
We think that the view taken by the Co-
lonial ministers of both parties, of our po-
sition with respect to the United States,
was the only one which British Statesmen,
strongly impressed with our dependent
position, were likely to have taken. Had
they decided differently we honestly eon-
fess that we would have been yery much
surprised, ‘This colony is an exceedingly
small one and the idea of its acting in a
manner which sayoured’ in tho! slightest
degree of independence, must have apear-
ed absurd in the highest degree to Imperial
statesmen, We fear very much that thid
colony occupies but a small space in the
public eye of Great Britain. itis a mere
colomial speck which has not been as much
ae noticed by many who considered them-
selves remarkably sharp sighted. What
is worse, we need not expect that it will
ever be any better. We however, can
console ourselves with the reflection that
with our fertile soil and teeming seas, we
can rub our way through the world quite
as well as our neighbours. If we are
forced to do without free trade as long as
the Dominion does without it, we can afford
the loss quite as well as our big neighbours
can, and perhaps a little better, as we have,
asa colony, suffered much worse treatment
then any member of the Union, and pros-
pered in spite of the injustice, so‘when we
are in the same predicament as they are
with relation to Free Trade with our
American cousins, we don’t expect to lag
very fur behind the best of them,

It is funny to seo how extremes moet,
The Progress and the Examiner will now,
we presume, bury the hatchet. ‘They are
both agroed that annexation is the mani-
fest destiny of the North American colonies.
We congratulate our neighbour over the
way on his newest convert.

We learn that Capt. Evans has arrived on
the Island, to again take charge of the steam-
er St. Lawrence,”

Wx have not yot heard when the House of
Assembly will rise, but as the creeks aro
opening up. it will no doubt do so pretty soon.

Tne ice is opeping up in the channel, and
up towards Bedeque. he traveling on it is

keep her teeming population within

done,