PREME COURT OFJ UDICATURE.

a Febru‘a l9. -—This being the if)“ Hiladyy Term, the supreme art was Opened with the usual tormah-

There are 85 Record causes for i3], 91 Summary, 10 Appealsfrom the ision ofJustices of the Peace in cases of alldebt, and 10 Indictments for larceny assaults. be following Gentlemen answered to ir names, and were sworn in as Grand rymen.

‘uncis Longworth Foreman. Edward Thornton . W'm. Compton

mus P cal: . I 31min Lord Cavendish lVilIock Lelia Hooper Donald M‘Donald

David Wilson Jllrx. Darirlson “handyman Jun. Josepeh "fightinan thlI‘Gill I ' Edward [{ollantl.

The Chief Justice then addressed the andJury at some length, he was sorry

eep nature, consisting principally of pet- larceny and assaults. He regretted at there was no other tribunal than this urt for the trial of petty offences, and at the time of the Supreme Court ould be diverted from its legitimate oc— pation,thatoftrying crimes of a more rious nature, and of the civil obliga- ns between man and He was raid few ofthe latter could be tried du- .g this Term, as the time of the Court uld be almost taken up in trying the ictments he had spoken of, but it was duty to tell them what the Law was, twbat it ought to be. He then explained the Grand Jury the nature of the offence Larceny, viz. a feloaious taking and rryingvaway the property of another; ith respect to the Assaults that would me before them. He would tell them at the person who struck the first blow as the aggressor and was the person guil- of the assault, but there was one case amore serious nature than a common uult, he alluded to the case of the rescue aperson in the custody of a peace 0th- I'; he stated that a person while, in ch custody could Only be released by eintervention of the Law, and that whe- er he was improperly taken or not, it ould be a rescue in any person aiding sescape. The Chief Justice next allu- d to the Art of the llth Geo. 4. Chap l2. authorising the conviction and punish- ment in a summary way, ofpermus com- mitting common assaults and batteries.” d was sorry to find that the Magistrates pointed underitneglectcd to put it in ope- ll‘m, as be perceived that evon the most vial assaults were preferred in the first tance in the Supreme Cont, he said '1 be supposed some of the Grand Jury

observe that there was a long list of ln- f tments, though not containing any of

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present were Magistrates appointed under the Act,) that it was as much their bounden duty when called upon to put that Act in force, as it was for him to preside in the Court they were then sitting in. After explaining to them their duties as Grand Jury men, and the nature of the oaths they had taken, the Grand Jury retired to their room. No Bill was found this day and'the Court ad- journed until Wedesday.

For the British flincrican. No. I.

To the Electors of Prince Edward Island.

Brother Electors, A

. SinCe the moment we were first endowed with the title of racemes, orthat a representative constitution was given us, niwer was there, in my opinion a more important period than the present. After a’l the toils, servitude, & privations which we have borne—in driving the savage monsters from their recesses—in subduing the sterile forest, and making of it a habitation fit or man, we have at length arrive! at a political crisis, in the decision of which, is involved much ofour future prospects and happiness in this our chosen land, whether native or adopted. It is therefore dear Brethern with a view to consider this ques- tion with all its bearings, that I thus take the liberty of addressing myself to you. But before I enter further on the subject, I beg distinctly to state, that l have no in- dividual interest or sinister motive in view, mpre than the general welfare of my bro- ther Electors, or cultivators of the soil. No doubt gentle readenere you reach this fear, you are aware that the payment of our“ Ciril List” is the subject to whichI intend to call your attention. And first of all I take it for granted, that the payment ofour Civil List will be required of us in less than lire years, [this is a fact which no one can deny,] and pay it we must or be annexed to A’ovascolio. As to the latter al- ternative, I shall give it no consideration, as there is no man of rational sense in the Island would hear to such a proposition' The payment of our Civil List being there- fore inevitable, the nextquestion is, how are we to pay it? My answer is by a tax QfSlJt Shillings on evory one hundred acres of land within the island. This amount will be sufficient to pay “000 per Annum, af- ter deducting the expense of collecting SLc. Dont be startled at this my brethren until you examine it properly. Say for argument saké, that one fourth part ofthe lands in the Island at the present time is taken up or occupied Then of the [4000 proposed to be raised as above, “000 only comes out of the industry ofthe honest Far- mers, while the remaining three thousand cmnes out of the pockets of whom? Out of the pockets ofthe absentproprietors. No w my brethern the present “ permanent

revenue” 'at' the disposal of the Crown is

nearly 14000[13800 it Was in 1832] and who pays it Iask you? Is it not the ho- nest industrious husbandman who pays four-pence duty on every (pound of tea; tWO-pence on every poun of tobacco; one shilling and three-pence on every gallon of wine, or spirits, which he consumes or makes use ofin his house, for the comfort and support of his family, and in addition to all these, he paid during the past year, (1832,) two and a half per cent adralorem on every article of wearing apparel which he purchased in, or imported into the Is- land; and all this you will bear in mind he has paid, while not one shilling has been paid by the about proprietorll Now my brethern [will not ask you so simple a question, as whether is a land tax, or a tax on the above enumerated necessaries of life, the more just and equitable? The, question therefore my friends resolves it-, self into this.—Shall the industrious and laborious yeomanry of Prince E’lward Is- and, payfour thousand pounds a year, as a tax on what they eat, drink, and wear; while the wealthy absent proprietor pays nothingr at all .’ or shall the former pay one" thousand pounds a year on land, and compel the lullertopaythree thousand pounds more? Or again, is it not as good for a farmer to pay six shillings a year for his farm; as to pay six shillings as a duty on Ten, Tobacco, and Spirits? But as l have already shown, while he pays a land tax, he only pays one. fourth, which taking the sum at six shillings, ' makes his part ofit biit one shilling and six-pence, leaving the other four and six- peuce to be paid bylthe absent proprietor, whilst by paying a tax on Tea, Tobacco, &c., he pays the whole Six shillings himself, and requires the proprietor to pay none of it at all!! ‘

Will you not therefore my Brethern arise from your slumber and speak aloud, call meetings ih every district, pass resolu- tions expressive of your sentiments, and send your resolutiom to Mr. White, who will thunder them forth in the “BHtie/z Jlme- , rican," Aye, and thunder them too without fear into the very bra '22s of your Represen- tatives while in Session. Lose no time therefore my friends, your Representatives are your servants, tell them what they shall do (not what they ougut to do.) and if they disobey, turn them out like all bad servants. I again repeat, proclaim aloud for a land tax, and no duty on Tea, Tobacco, 8m. 8m. and in my opinion youshall hear the most effectual “eschcat” that ever was intro- ducedin any North American, colony. ‘In order to make my humble reasoning as plain as possible to my brother electors I have taken up more space than I expected; but shall continue my subject in the next week’s Paper.—-I am, in the meantime, .)

Your most deviated servant, ~ My AN ELECTOR, of K'mg’s Charity,- V Potato: t'a 3 Feb. 291.5,. [833. . I ' _ is