Gy iy ®& mee aia a Se ee WHEN FREFBORN MEN HAVING TO ADVISE ‘THE PUBLIC, MAY SPRAK FREE” —Evkiripes. Vou Ue) CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E, ISLAND, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1848. _ (No.0. . : SAG RR EY RY AA Th ARO ALE Kura Pa TE a ee $ fe {s POO V2 WR! served to be actively engaged at the late fire, in passin AGO LLGE VAMC ay SKF Te PNP GE Ee BOR ENS gO ND EW ice empty buckets. This certainly should have shamed a whee sh isa sse

TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER,

r— ing the scene—instead of making an effort to save the} The awfal calamity of Fire has Jately visited out little! property of the sufferers. | '

Town toa much greater extent than it has hitherto done ;

and the inhabitants, no doubt, have awakened from the earnestly, and adopt such measures as will protect the slumbers of fancied security to a sense of the hidden}Town from the ravages of an extensive conflagration,

dangers which surround them on every side. The Fire Wardens—those skilful engineers whose duty it is to superintend the work of destruction—will, doubtless, be all alive fora few days at least, and having called a meeting, and gone through the usual routine business, will again slumber into the listless inactivity that has elraracterised them in their official capacity for several

. Fears past. Sir-—

My object, Sir, in addsessing you, is to cal] the atten-

» @onquer the flames. Charlottetown, though very for-

tunate hitherto, is peculiarly liable to a genera! confla-| cause of the nuisance might be removed by renting a ee ras built entirely of wood ; and it becomes |fo}q nearthe town, where the usual quantity of plough-

e duty of the inhabitants to take warning by the past,'ing and digging and loitering might be performed at) axid exert themselves to accomplish this'end. Had there |the accustomed season, instead of upon the roads. Jj been a good supply of water at the late fire, there is NO}have further to suggest that the performers might amuse themselves as they worked,

doubt: it would have been got under before it reache Scott's and Cairns’s dwelling houses, and consequently a great amount of property would have been saved, that ‘je now smouldering in ruins.

A plentiful supply of water, then, is a great desidera- tam; but how are we to effect the desired object. I have often thought that the torrents of water which course down our streets in reiny weather might be turn- ed to'good account. Supposing that cisterhs or reser- veirs were sunk at proper intervals in different parts of the ‘Town, and the gutters or sluices were properly graded, and so constructed es to conduct the water into these cisterns, think you not, Sir, we could at al] tines | have a supply of water? These cisteins would, of course, be required to be properly arched over, with 4)

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or hatch, which could be raised when occasion required. | I have not time at present to go into detail on the prac- ticability of such an undertaking, suffice it to say, the |

plan is adopted

Trusting that the public will take up this matter

I remain, Sir, Your obedient Servant, ALARM. December, 1848.

ROADS OF CHARLOTTETOWN ROYALTY.

The Roads in the vicinity of Charlottetown being al-

I beg leave therefore to suggest that the principal

“ Barney, let the roads alone.” Yours, &c. Pappy O’BLarNEy.

The Editor of “The Examiner.”

November 27.

LAW versus GOOD LEGISLATION. Mr. Eprror,

a lazy hosts who were to be seen loitering around the, ¢ TTE’ ’ : . ‘ . = He: CHARLOTTETOWN, MONDAY, DECEMBER fire with their hands in their pockets, apparently enjoy- ae ot 1 in ame nano

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Charlottetewn Election.

NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES.

The Islander of last Friday having taken some pains to misrepresent and mystify the speeches of Mr. Pat mer’s opponents at the nomination on Tuesday, we feel bound to give such an outline of those speeches as will convey a proper conception of their import, though or sketch must be necessarily very meagre, from the short time within which we have to prepare it, and the litue

is : é ‘space at our disposal. tion of the public to the necessity of adopting means for) most impassable, it becomes the duty of every person).

@ more plentiful supply of water on the occasion of @itg offer such suggestions as to the best means of re- fire. Without this it is in vain we exert ourselves to) noying the evil as may occur to him

The Hon. G. Cozes, in proposing W. W. Lorn, Esq,, as a Candidate, said. he believed him to be a man who had the real interests of the country at heart; and from the extensive business in which he is engaged, a4 well as from the well-known independence and integrity of his character, it might be fairly presumed shat he

(Mr. Lord) would not be the man to saddle the country

with 2 permanent tax of one thousand pounds a year for the sake of getting himself an office. He (Mr. Coles} would take that opportunity to notice the excuse which had been, and would be offered by Mr. Palmer and his friends for voting the addition to the Governor's Salary: the excuse was, that the Imperial Government would not have consented to the re-enactment of the Land ‘Tax unless the augmentation was made to the Governor's

Allow me to put to the Electors of Charlottetown the following questions, ,

Salary; and that the Parry with whieh he (Mr. Coles) is leonnected would have done the same thing for Sir H. lV. Huntley, which they blame Mr. Palmer's Party for

.

Have they attended to the debates in the Honse ? If going for Sir Donald Campbell. The Despatch which

° . a . . t 2 4 3. amall opening at the surface of the ground for insertion ‘they have, must it not have been impressed upon then he (Mr, Coles) would then read to them, would shew "tie -ose—thi eni itted vith ¢ ! i q ye a rat} | of a suction hose—this opening to be fitted with a p ug/that the Lawyers there often endeavour to mystify the) n2¢ the former excuse was untenable; and as tothe al-

other members? One rises end says such proviso is

Jegation that the Liberal Party would have increased

br 2ceS s ; : : 7: ; ere papa theciaw already = suiicient. It) sip Henry’s Salary, he denied that there was any foun- in other places. where there are not.so'1% not, says a plain member, It is, replies the Lawyer,! garion for it. "The Liberal Party never held out to Sir

many facilities afforded as in Charlottetown, and hasjand I pardon the ignorance of the honourable gentle-| Henry a promise onthe subject, and he (Mr. Coles)

been found to answer every purpose intended. But,) Sir, this is not all that is required: Our Fire Deport- ment requires to be corrected and revised. In the firet | place there shonld be a man of experience and sound: judgment appointed, whose duty would be to take charge} of the Fire Department at every fire—give the necerrary | directions with reapect to the deposition of the Engines, | éc. &c. This person should be empowered to appoint | his own Deputies, who would assist him in carrying out) the measures he might think proper to adopt, and who} ahould be invested with the same authority as the Fire | Wardens are at present, and distinguished by some | peculiarity of dress. Weare all aware of the diversity | of opinion that prevails among the Fire Wardens at) every fire—which is the occasion of much delay end) eonfusion—resulting in the loss of property that might! easily be saved under a better system of operations. — iF do not recollect of ever seeing a suction hose used eo Charlottetown at a fire—the supply of water being en-| tirely dependent on the forntion of a double line of | men to the nearest pump, which ts often at such a dis- sance from the fire as to render their services unavailing by the time they have got properly in operation, for by this tinne the fire has made sech progress as to defy their puny eflorts to stay its ravages. A proper quantity of | suction hose should likewise be procured for the use of al Ena@ines. a een will now naturally arise—where are we to get the means for effecting such a change in om Pe tebe as it must necessarily be accompanied with ? expense. peg saliaee, I suppose this will bea very aifii- eolt question to solve, though I believe there De net much difficulty experienced in procuring an ( ine grant of £500 per annuin to the Governor's salary, an es much more for the office of Assistant Judge, besides the misapplication of numerous other grants of = money. Butso it isin ths devoted Colony, individuals must be provided for whilst the publie good is entire’) neglected or considered as af seconcary ow ance. Was this money for two years appropriated to the pur- before mentioned, w2 would have an efficient Fire tment in operation, snd facilities at our command be protect our homes fromthe devouring element. _ Before I conclude, Mr. Editor, allow me to mention

the praiseworthy conductof several ladies whom I ob-

man. The fact is, the plain man wants an ambiguity

Act, not two would interpret it in different ways. Were al] Jawe so written many lawsuits would be cut off.

Look at the proportionwhich the number of lawyers in the Colony bear to that of the farmers, treders and mechanics, and then say onght one-eighth of the House to be composed of lawyers ?

What is the interest of the lawyers? Numerous and nevef-ending lawsuits—darkness, uncertainty, confu- Sion,

Were the Inws written in a foreign Janguage would net that tend to the emolument of the Bar?

Do they not so far x3 in them is, fill their whole pro- ceedings up with language unintelligible to common men ?

W hat is the interest of the farmer, trader, mechanic ? Qne part of that interesi is, that he should keep clear of law ?

The laeyers are our fellow countrymen, our neigh- hours, ovr relatives, and are neturally a3 honest as any of us. Granted; but is it-in buman nature that they

their Body ?. That there must be lawycrs so long as the English Jaw remains in its presert State, is very clear. But it is by no means clear that it is advisable to put them where they can involve our colonial laws in the same darkness. For my own part, much as has been said against the Commissioners’ Courts, I would rather have a case of £50 tried befure many of them than before the Supreme Court. Brother Traders and Mechanics, don’t you know what abuses require to be remedied, and what interests fostered by Legis!ation ? I know you do, and know better than the lawyers, and you have a far greater benefit in such being accom- plished than the gentlemen of the gown. Can’t you express in plain English what you mean? I think you can, and the Law Clerk can put enough of polish on it, The length of the Session is a disgrace to the Island, and of those who spin it out none are more to blame than the gentlemen of the gown.

‘knew they were as determined to resist the increase in

'so cleared up, that of ten men who might then read the g;, Henry’s time as’they had been in the last Session

(Mr. C. then read the Despatch alluded to by him, whick lis as follows):

“Dowrrxe Strert, 12th November, 1847. | “The next point to which | am desirous of directing \your attention isthe Land Tex.

“ fecxn see no objection to the renewal of this Tax. Ou the contrary, fam of opinion that in the present ‘cirenmstances of Prince Edward Island, it is by far the ‘best mode that could be adopted for providing for the ‘necessary expenditure of the Colony. 1 should even be | prepared to advise the Queen to sanction any Law which ‘might be passed by the local Legislature for raising @ Jarger proportion of the Colonial Revenue from this ‘source, so as to adinit a reduction of Daties, with aview ‘to the encouragement of the Trade of the Colony. [ ‘would suggest, however, that the Tax should be levied lat the same raté per Acre upon all Lands, whether the ‘same be improved or unimproved.”

j ‘Now, continned the hon. gentleman, Lord Grey says |

ishould slip an opportunity of forwarding the interest of, nothing about the Governor's Salary—his object in re

‘commending the re-enactment of the Land Tax, was to vereate a fund to enable a reduction to be made in the ‘duties on articles of general consumption, and thus give increased facilitiés to the prosecution of trade; and it ‘could not be denied that there never was 2 time when ‘the trade of the Island stood more in need of encourage ment than it does now—when ship-building is found to be a ruinous business, and when a succession of failures in crops has accumulated great distress. If those fail- ures continue we would inevitably have to fall back up- on the Fisheries as our only remaining resource, but | what support would we have reason to expect from Mr. Palmer on this subject? Last Session a Bill was intro~ duced by one of his (Mr. C’s) perty, with the view of encouraging the Cod Fishery, but Mr. Palmer vote?

| awe A TRADER, [against it, because, as he said, the country could not December 2, 1848 jaflord to give a bounty : yet the country could aflord

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