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CITY AFFAIRS.

Ma. Waatar—Sir—An article over the signature of | confidence of the citizen-?

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| Police, £108. 18s. 1d!" Now, compare ‘his for economy with the expenditure for the Police by * Mayor Hutchinson and his Councillars.” and who are entitled to the praise and As great inconvenience was ex-

“AZ,” ia she Islander, a fow weeks since, attempts to| perienced at the Meat Market, weighing quarters of beef and

eharge ex-Mayor the Uon. Bobt. Hurchinson with squander- ing the Oity funds in law suits ond appeals created by hix| “not taking the Recorder's advice,” and 1n improvemenis | through the City, which, without « shadow of proof, the writer sams up in the following style :—* As for the so called improvements during tbe first two years, they cost many buadred pounds which wou!d have been of equa! bencfi: to the sitizens if cast into the Hillsborough ;" and * for plunging the City in debt we tarned Mayor Hutchinson and bis Couseillors oat,” whereas two more groundiess assertions could not be made by any one except he were decidedly insane, or urged to the task by the basest of motives, as | shall proceed to show, and trust you will pardon me if, iu doing so, [ may overstep the bounds in your colamos usually allotied to correspondents, particularly when you perceive ic is my design to lay before the citizens the plain truth, which would have been done some time since but | have been waiting with considerable patience to see the Uity accounts “ published gccording to law.” whereby to ascertain, if pos- sible, the actaal debt of the City, and how much of our money bas been thrown away during the last three years.

These cha by “A. Z” are preferred against Mr. Ilutehinson ijadividually, as though he were the only persou composing the Body Corporate, and be tries to biacken hiv coaduct by contrasting it with that of the present Mayor, in the tollow.ng strain:—* Put in the Hon. T. H. Haviland ia his place, which he has ever since filled with credit to bimseif and advantage to the citizens.” To those who know anything of the integnal working of our Corporate Body. these charges are thrown to the wind, because they know the Mayor is merely the organ through which the Uity Council bave their deci-ions earrted out, aod therefore is not entitled personally to censure, if the Uouncil decide on doing wr ng. Bor to fla'tery for doing we |, if the Council will that be shall | do se; but f think if-the citizens will take the troule to curefully pe: use the following ske' ch of what wis done during the Grat two j gars, they will come to the honest conclus‘on that neither « Mayor [futchinsow nor bis Councillors” are | deserving of censure tor wiat 1» oney was expended during their tome. becsuse the Act of [n corporation obliged ‘them to syend much of it, and the citizeas have not only been greatly benefitved by the vutiay, in most instances, but will coatinue to do so for ali time to come. What, however, bas been | dowe by the Corporation since then that is deserving of even | a tithe of the same remark? Aye, what ?

The very fir-t item of the City debt, and over which the Cot poration had no possivie contr..|. was the County Sheriff's | Bil of Coss for holdimg thie Grst Civic Election. amounted to £38 108. 44.1 whieh the Mayor and Council | deewed a shameful charge. and demurred fong against pay-| lag it, even after the Ju iges of the Supreme Court had taxed | the B.li, but the Rocorder gave'b's opiuiow that it could no: | be further reduced, and ought io he paid, which was sub- mitted to with a very bad grace. Now the annual Bestions | ean be co ducted for £5, and could have beea dove so in

the Grst instance, or for a swall sou more, had economy beeppe sing about the Weill in that locality, ’

used. The nex: item of City debt, where the Corporation was similarly situated, was tbe publishing and prin‘ing of |

the City By-Laws. These were. by the Act of Tucorpora- | in for a heavy share of soil and labor, from the Hon. Uhiel | is, 11d.”

tion, cuusidered legal until palished in a vewspaper, which, with sowe other necessary printing, cost £44 I2s.4d. Then these laws were prinied and bound, which cust some £50. Be it temeub-red, bowever, that the publishing, pr nting| and binding of these Laws was done by cuntrac:, at the, lowe-t posible rate. of the public Pumps and Wells, which were in a miserable | condition, votwithstanding they were uuder contract to be | better kept. ‘To get these in passing order—pay ihe Cou- | tractors salary—sink a well and put a Pomp in it—to meet | the growing wants of the inagbitants of ihat part of the Com-

t cgst to the City was forced | rporation, in the shape of “| not to cxeeed £100 per sunurm). to pay whem for two years cost £140; whereas if the Cor- poration had the power of obtaining what legal advice was | actually necessary for conducting its business, at the chespest rate, there js no doubt bat the yery best the IJand could roduce might have been had for £20 to £25 per avoum. Pre Corporation had to take under its mansgewent the Fire Department, which was ia an inefficient state. To amend! this,—hang a Fire Beil, which had boca knocking round | Charlottetown some two or three years fur want of a“ local | habitation,”— pay the mea of the Eagine Cowpanies a com-| pevsation allutred to them, and ales the sum of £82 to | sevsrs. S antlebury and Scott, awarded to them ander the | island Stature, for damage done to their res, ective properties | if attempts to arrest the spread of a fire, which occurred in| the Steam Mil! of the formier—eost in‘al!, say. £223 7s 6.2. ; | aud when “* Mayor Hurchiason uod his Councillors” honor | ably retired from their rexpective station-, they left the Fire! Department in a very etheient state. Now. however, the | present Corporation are suffering the Water Casks and a portable Pump, which, togetuer, cost sowie £50 or £60. go to destruction, as if they cost nothing. Tiexse several items,

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it will be perceived, amount to £623 19s. 8d., the greater | un the west side and from the pump ubove Mrs Siamper's| A. Fowie” is not an Iron safe, which 1s what this £27 was

rtion of whieh, by a perusal of the Act of Lucorporation | and the Island Statute relating to Fire Wardens, will be seen | to have been fureed on “ Mayor Hutchinson and bis Coun. | villers.”

Now come we to matters more especially under the con- | trol of the Corporation, the eutt’ of waich, though it mas | appear large in tre aggregate, jet it be borne in mind did not accumulate througn wanton extravagance for matters | useless to the citizens, us * A. Z.” would make it appear, | bat strict economy aud in some ‘instances, even parsimony | was evinced by * Mayor Hutchinson aad bis Councillors,” in expending the City funds. (Can the same be said relative | to the conduct of the present Corporation? with whom, let ' them bear in wind, a day of public reckoning will take place, and the citizens are beginaing to be alive to the facr, that every shilling which the (orporation have exvended, contrary to the Act of Incorporation, they will be made to refund from their own resources. The first item of moment is the fitting up of the old Court House, which bad been gnade a complete wreck of whew it. was reduced to a F our! Market. To renovate this, find materials and pay labur to imake it into a Usty Council Chamber, a Police and Mayor's Court, with an aute-roum behind the Mayor’s seat, for the records of these Cuurts and the Vity Council, make a Police Btation, two strong rooms or Lovk-Up tor Pri-oners,—fit up the old Grand Jury Room as offives for the Recorder and City Clerc, also as a depot for stolen property discovered on

1 , and for private business connected with the Courts. Cosedadinn gas to the Court Roum, Staion and outside the Court and Station dvors, plaistering, printing getsing -tovas ged furuiture for these several :ooms to make them passing decent, but without the costly Coat of Arms that now adorns the Mayor's seat, which has aot brought one whit more justice to the cit zens than a were wat to receive with- out this gilded bauble—(a Coat of Arms in a Court of Justice is a useless appeodage, if erected, however, they should be those of the City? Our * wise men of Gotham,” not knowing better, adopted the national Arms ; did they take the Kevorder’s opinion om this subject ?)—and, final y. to find materials and shingle ooeshalf the rvof of the Court | House, the Government domgthe other ha! f, and to pay for gas aod fuel, cost the sum of £282 195. 9). .. On the Vity taking possession of the Flour eud Meal Market‘in the Oid/ Court Luvuse, it wag, Load to furnish the citizens with | snother tenem -ntfor a similar purpose, and as the present Market and also the engines, an / other fire apparatus in the same house wight, at the caprice of the proprietor, be sud- deoly turned into the street, it was considere | better to buy the huilding, so as, when required, to move all together.to

suitable piace, aud rent ihe land on which i stands,

reat at first was but nominal, say £4 anuually; vow, bowever. it is extortionate, being £12 a-year! The pur- chase of the building and firing ic upcost £34 3s. Td. Then the Government gave the Uity an exceilent weighing machine whieh was erected at the head af Pownal Street Whar, where it was comparatively axeless, 'To make it of public utility it was neeemary to find a more surtable locality. Then to move it with the stove work which surrounded it, put it where it cow stands, fit up an office fur the weigher make a third lock-up for prisoners under the west wing the City Hall, cost £23 Ys. $d... Then, as is the rule in cities, -, Police were firnished® with a uniform and

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st £127 Os Gd. Another / and au excellent eulsert built that will lasc 10U

earcases of pork, and also by allowing horses and vehicles to crowd upon that building, new scales were erected outsice of it—a space was railed arowod which keeps teams at 4 respeeiful distance—a quantity of stone was also procured und placed withio the railing to improve the passage to and from the market. These jobs cost some £15 10s. The tio-- pital in the keeping of the Central Board of Health was handed over by the Government to the custody of the City, and as it could not be left without keepers, the persons filling this sta‘ion asked the same compensation granted then by the Government, viz, the firewoo! they would annually use, This was procured,and the building was insured so that if it were destroyed by fire, the Insurance, and not the ‘These, together, amounted to £7 93. 4U. Then, as it wou'd be extremely inconvenient to have all the cattle and horses wiien might be se zed by the Police for being at large put into one pound at the west end of the City, it was deemed advisable to have a second pound at the eust end, where a pece of land was had with- out rent for the first year, provided the City fenced it, which was done, and cost, including labor, some £5, Some repa're were done to the City Wharfs—a contract was eutered into to repair the Pownal Street Wharf to a considerable extent, and an advacee made to the coutractor, to euslie him to get the materials, Tuese turned up to the amount of 454 10s, 5d.

This brings us to the assertion made by “ A. Z." which every citizen in the immediaie vicinity where the labor was performed knows to be wi hout the shadow of a foundation, vz: “As for the so calle! improvements, they cost many hundred pounds, which would have been of equal benefit to the citizens if cast into the Hillsborough.” Tuis bas special reference to the streets and the roads through the Common, the larter costing £180 17+ 81., towards the cost of which tre Legislature granted £1U0,so0 that there was but £80 17s, 84. of the City fund expended om these roads, particu- larly on that bill near the Protestant Chareh Yard, whence tie material was obiained that was used on several of the stree 8. Bat jet us particularize where these “ many huo- dred pouads* were expended. Tat portion of King Strect between Me. K. MeKeuz e's corner and Mr. Hugh McKev-

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each month, from 10 o'clock forenoon —that * A. Z.” is actually or wilfully iguorant, because his assertion is without foundation, as can be seen, -

The Recorder's opinion was taken 1D the cases — by the Qorporation against the Hon D. Brenan an — Misses Stewarts for encroachments on the streets, a : gave his opinion that there was sufficient g ound for s tion in both eases, Those parties, however, appraled. , r. Justice Peters devided Mr. Brenan’s «pyeal aguin-t the Cor- poration ; and Miss Stewart’s case was also disposed of to the disadvantage of the City. owing to the neglect of the Recor- der in not professionally appearing lor ‘be Corporation.

The next ease was that wherein the Gus Company. for haring (but not damaging) some of their pipes whie the City laborers were grading Hillsborough street. Thee p pes were but some 16 inches auder ground, and she City Council unanimously refused to pay the bill, because the pipes were not laid sufficieatiy deep whereupon the Gas Company writ- ted the Corpo ation before the Supreme Court, In this case, while the Recorder acted on the side of the City, as its sitorney, on the other he was known to be the Gas Com- pany’s Solicitor bufure having been made Recorder ; there- tore he was like un oyster betweea its shells, shielded from want by both; and while, from a sort of mock modesty, he declined to give bis opinion, wost of the Council believed be was as a good bushand is suid to be, “ attached to his first love.” and therfore Wm. M. Llowe, E-q. was employed to assist the Reeurder to conduct the defence aod procure a trial by jury. During the trial His Honor the Chief Ju-tice r- commended the step taken by the City as the only way to ascertain who was right; the jury, hewever, not suffic.eutly lal ve to their own or their children’s interests, unwi- tingly yave decision iu favor of the Gas Company, votwithstanding here was abundant evidence to prove that the pipes were not injured, and that they were uot laid at a suffizient depth beneath the surface of the streets, The costs iv these three causes came to £40 10s. 4d. aud are added in with the cou- 'ingencies. «foal ol

Like wise generals * Mayor Hute'inson and his Counei!- ors” did not expend all their ammunition; they looked out

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For ruc Examiner.

Welcome, Royal scion : our a reign,

’ tentate wearing glvrivus Crowe

aes s.rined su dnp within u nation’s heart

As our own teloved Victoria reigus— The Bib.e patron, heayenly-gilted Qeees :

Arbiter ot Dyna ties and huppires -

Champion ot liberty, und the slave

Emaneipator ! Britain's peerless one— First iv freedom, in loving subjects first

Monarch of Ireemen in ber British home, And continents and islands of (he seus,

Where, on ram, ants, battlements and towers, Her lion standard nubly waves supreme, And every pulse beats tor Vietorma. Mail, beloved Royal Lleir Apparent, hail ! seme "| hese shores spewk vut with lieges’ tungues and bi Your Royal Highness welcome ty our herd. Victoria rales and oe _ ae This lovely Isle, rom centre te ; ’ Heures aw homage tv our country & prince. The tawny Indian, in bis wigwast wild,

‘velea rude glow, and bends tue gee Reeth. And comes w greet descendant of the Guelph, The City’s swollen soul gives greetings large, But hath nv tongue to teil its hunest core. ‘The cottage of the pisins and haalets on The wountains’ sides, and o'er the valleys spread, And on the cliffs that check the sullen sca, Resound with bosum shou 6 of welcome, Prince. Beside the bright meandering Mercil, And sunny slupes of giant Montazue, On banks o Curdigan in verdure 6 bloom, And by the glassy waves of Brudenell, And Panmure lovking o er the stormy deep, And Boughton sunling mid the rescless surge ; Orwell, with Pownal 8 spangled bay of ashes; : And London’s cliffs, and Glasgow's heaven-girt hills; Grani Rustieo that beards the northern waves. With Wheatl-y gently Gowing to the sea, And Fuxiey murmuring sweetly as it runs, And Vernon, nobler than classic Arno, With Kichmond # galaxy of Islands tair, And all their habitants, in vigorous voice,

0 have funds to pay the laborers ut the street and other City wok, and in the absence of suffivient as-essment for thir purpo e, money was offered on louu which was secured to the mount of £480, £432 1ds. 24. of which remained in the freasurer’s hands wueu he closed his account oa the 16th July, 1857. This, therefore, was the sum tetal of the debt

aa's coruer, was raised and sidewaiks formed, a king ir, what it never was before, a decent piece of street. ‘The east | end of . orchester Sticet was much improved. Ricimmond Sireet f.ow Queen Street, peur to Mr. Store, was raised, sidewalks formed and gravelled to the | Royal Agriculiucal Warehouse. Oa the west end of the |

This | ssme street, along the north side of the Jail, past Mr. | Monitor of the 21st March last,

3 muel Collings's property, was greatly raised and sidewalks | fturmed, and on the extreme east end of said Street and the | foot of Kiward Street, near Mr. Couway's, much imp: OVe- | ment was made, Much was also done on Grafion Stree: | betweeu Mr. Wm. Bevan’s and the Temperance Hull, in raising the Sireet, by eart brought from the head of Prince | Steet. making sidewalks and gu ters, some paved, and im- Theo ayain by 5: wul’s Caurch, also, Mr. Jonathan Collings and Rociford | Sircet, past Mr. Daws u's Tannery. j

Kent street also came |

Justice's to the corner beyond the residence of the Hon. G Coles; and then on t-e east end of suid Sireet from Mr | L.we'sto Me. R. Brecken’s residence. Some soil and labor |

were also expended on Firzroy Sireet be:ween the Scotch | Uhurch and Mr. Cchiii’s property. aod again on the evs |

Then the Corporation had to take hold | end bey wd the residence of 1. Peiiick, E q.; 4 Very great

uaprovement Was also made by contact on Euston Strevt. | from Brightoa B:idse to beyond Mr. John Heartz’s, bu: | particularly betweeu Ductor siuckiesuu's and Great George | Street, part of which, twice in the year, was a complete bog Here sidewalks huve been wade where noue were befure | years, aud Bo person who knew that locality five years ance but admits | that it is one of the greatest improvemen's ever made on the | streets in Cuarlutiowwn, * A. Z.'s” assertiun to the cuntrary | nutwithstauding.

The above improvements were on the east and west streets. Now come we to the north and south streets, and commence with Rochford Street. between the Barrack and the residence of Dueter Hobkirk, whieh includes what is termed the West Boz; aud who in this locality but will state thar it wa-| Vastly improved by the fir-t Body Corporate? Then. os | Powaoal Street, from the wharf at its fot to Sprivg Park, | tiat parr near the Kirk was raised, while near tue Jail was | eat down, leavng good sidewalks and gutters ali along. | Queen Street next received much labor, suil and improve- | ment, from Admiral Buyfield’s to Queen's Wharf; although some of the proprietors on either side of this street may have | been a little anuoyed at the innovatio.s made in moving | steps, cellar hatches, and other o! structions, there is nut One | vf them who wish to fall back on the old system, hecanse | ther properties have ivereas d 50 per cent. in ay pearan e, i) wot in vetual value by th: ch nge. A large qusurity o | clay was put at the be. uf Queen's Whari, s.ucwaiks formed | aud gravelled to Richmond Sireet, gutters opened from the | -hore up to Euston Street, while from Mr. Skinner's corner |

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corner on the east side, the gutters were paved down to the | siore, Grea George Street, from the Church Yard to | Queen Square received much soil. aud which of the inhab’| tants between Mr. John Heartz's aud Admiral Baytield’s | office, on the corner of Fitzroy Street, but wil say that a| vast improvewent was made in this locality, where it often | was the cave after thaws or very heavy rains not impossible | to travel better in a canoe than on foot? Hillsborough | Street a!so came in fur a very heavy share of labor and econ- sequent iniprovement from the re-idence of the late Mr. T | De-brisay to that of the Hon. KE. Whelan. Which of the in-| hatntants between King’s and Uillsborough Squares on this | line of street would wow vote to go back to the periodical | inudlations to which they were subject prior to this part of | the strvet having been ra'sed and guttered? Many persous vo Weymouth Street, from Mr. Wm. Crabb's corner to the | shore huve had cause to bicss the firs! Corporatiun for what. wus done +n it, and so have those on Cumberland and Kd-| ward S:ree s, besides very many other localities * too nudes | ruus to mention,” custing in the whole, including the purcha-e of stune, gravel, and other materials, £809 143 81, This brings us to the roads through the Common, first of which are those at Brightou. Both were much improved. Then the | 3t. Peter's Road, trom the residence of J. | ongworth, Exq., to B oody Bridge, us it is called, near Mr. Beer's lime kiln, will for years retain the suil and macadom z-d sone placed ou it during the ficst two years of the Corporation, nove of which it has since received. But the heaviest portion of labor and conseq sent improvement of the Common roads way that part between the Ubureh Yard aud the aurth boundary ot the Common where, on the one hand, was a useless hill to travellers, aod on the other a dismal swatnp, ‘The bill was d.vided, part of its soil taken 10 raise aud improve the swamp aod mue’ of the remainder came into the City. Ths was dove by contract and cost some £200, iueluding the track- age. also by contract, of a large quantity of building stone quarried out of said bill, This reminas me that several tons vf said stove Was exchanged for a similar amount of hurd paving stube, Which was piled near the residence of the Hon. W. W. Lord, aud designed by * Mayor Hutchinson and ois Uvuncillurs” to be used in paving gutters, but which was sus quently given to friends of the succeeding party, to ballast some of the:r ships, for, though it ws said to have neeu sold, it was never puid for, at least vo published City accounts show this iact !

By the foregoing it will bescen that the amourts expended for the various services specified, form the sum of £2474 13+. 4U. To these aay be added a further sum of £739 I 1s. 5d. us sularies fur officers, Market Clerks, Posice aud Cov- tingencies. This makes a total-of 43214 4s. 9., the money paid by ++ Mayor Hutchinson and bis Councillors,” as wil more tully appear by.the City Treasurer’s published accounte of 28th July, 1856, and 7b July, 1857, respectively, But says** A. Z” some of this money was thrown away for law suits and appeals “ caused by Mayor Hutchinson not takine the Recorder s advice.” Tais,-in “ A Zs” eyes eppeare a very wiquitous proceeding on the partof Mayor iiutchinson ; but report sys that the Hon. Mr. Havilaud, as Mayor hex in mare than.on- instance, refused to take the sane eo Ger’s adviwe ; whout this however “ A. JZ.” is tutally silent This same * A. Z.” bas been heard to say publicly that he would not take the Recorder's advice with respect to his own business! .Tuen why should be fue fault with Mayor

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incurred by “ Mayor Harcbinson and his Councillors!" | How tearfully large bas this delt grown vow witboat any) corresponding improvements to shuw for it, and what is worse, we ure doowed to ignorance with respect to its exact | «mount, because uo ace-unts have been published at the law- ful time for two years at least—the moug el account iv the purporting to bring up tie) Uty accounts to the 3rd January last, is not correc. by a | large amount from all that can be inferred, which speaks well or the tact and dusine-s-like qualities boasted about by the ~taff of buok-keepers possessed by the Curporation.

Let us for a moment run our eye down this last account, ind make some enquiries about its items; and fir-t, * Juhu Higgins, Assayer, £36 7s, Gd.” Is not this officer under a salary of some £12 or £15 per annum? If so, how can hi account in a year or even a year aud a half wm-uut to the shove? =Next—* Starionery, Prening and Binding, £82

It s not the mo-t difficult thiag in the world to fancy that the Corporation would secure sufficient stationery for themselves, with an eve to their fiieud also, and that instead of keeping the Monitor alive by private subscription | aloe, it shoud be employed to do uwiess and unm cessary | printing, aud thas indirectly make the City sup: ort it. Y«t it b-ggars imagination to futhum how the bli should be) -welled out with binding. What on earth was there to bind, | save an) except the Volume of the Corpora ion's fully, ealf,| full bound, gilt edged ? a goodly number of copies ot which | save, Do doubt, been yot up for private distiibution. a we see £52 more expended than was require! by the first | Corporation to print twice end bind abou: 100 vulumes of | the C.ty Laws, which ga~ mgcessary, bat whot laws has the preseut body published that are worth binding? There aa a-rless expenditure here no doubt. £74 6s. 7d. is piled up| in this beautiful account for the Meat and Fiour Macke s. | {t is certa:nly consummare fully to expend public money to | make objects look worse than they did. What 1 the shape of | unprovement has been done to either of there buidinys ly the | Corporation that eould «mount to the difference between the | Ulerk’s Salaries and the abuve sum? £169 14s. O4. vest! meets the eye fur “ Pumps and Wells.” What has been | done in this department of public utsity that required some | £50 over and at the Contractor's sa ary? Any new weli- sunk, avy vew or erected, or has it been given as a pre- mum to keep the pumps in disurder? £225 1s. Od. is the next item called * Pire depyrimen: !” Waat bas ben done in thes branch to create such a bJ!? Have bonuses been given to waste the Wire Apparatus? This was sureiy weed- iess, for every article belonging to the departmeut is hasting | rapidly to decay. Hus the a>ove awount been swelled by | makiog a better house than it ever was of that old shanty, commenced to be pulied down near the Viercria horel at the time of the fire there, and the cost put into the wrong year of the City Accounts? The next item is, “Samuel A. vowle, £27!" Now this is a comp'ete blind, as “ Samuel

paid ‘or! fI-re is wanton extravagance. For more shan three years the Corporation existe 1, und all the City Records were deem-d as secure as other mutable things wittivut an iron depot. Theo why throw £27 away tor what was not wanted ; and thea as if ashamed of “ paying tuo deur for the whistle,” 'o place a different object in the City ac-ounts to that which | had been paid for. This im other eoun‘ries would be styled | a fraud! For what was this iron safe wanted, to hold the Ciy dett ? the Treastrer is supp sed to hold the funds when there any, and surely the Police are paid enough thr. ugh regular salary and rewards for extra services to keep the City records from fire and pillage. ‘Tne Board of Healit is put in for a slice to the amount of £24 3. G1. veen done in this department to cre.te such a bill 2 and fixtures, £40 J5-. Od." This is not enough in the Cry wecounts by about £250 for the gas and fixtures so unequally | distribuced through the Ci y at the publte expense, and ybou which “ A. Z.” has been sv briliiant iu bis seleciiuns to * blind the eyes of the flats,” if he could As | have already exceeded the rounds allotte] to myselt at the Outset, and much matter still remains to be takeu wotice of, L shall have to trouble you again on City affa rs. Meantime, * A. Z” will bear in mind + tuere's a chiel amuny us takin’ notes aud faith he'll prent it.” Yvurs,

A RATE PAYER.

Charlottetown, July 30, 1850.

To rue Epitor or Tue Examiner.

Sir—Passing down Queen Street this morning I observed that the lower arch beara on the upper side tie following motto: ** Engl nd‘s fudure King.’’ It is not my intention to find fault with what the Committee have devired to honour our distinguish: @ Visitant, asf believe them, one and all, to be actuated by a spirit of devoted loyalty to Her Majesty’» throne and family. I cannot belp thinking, though, that in their zeal to hon r the Prince they have chosen @ mott) which may be construed as wanting in respect to his and our Sovereign, E igland s present Queen. Jonly wish that all ue arrange- ments may be such as will refl-ct honour upon the goud taste of the Committee ; and will only say further, if the motto be appropriate, Jet it be retamed ; but if tierwise, let it be. changed into * Enzland’s Weir Apparent,’” or some other to which no ohjection can be taken; fur, not being gifted with the spirit of propheey, and drawing my concius ons from English Uistory. f can @-@ there is a possibility at least that the Prince of Wa'es may never be inglands future King. With sentiments of dutiful regard to he Son, I for one feel disposed to pray Long live Queen Victoria. Lu this prayer | have ov doubt the Committee will juin.

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Civic Evection.—An election of one Councellor for Ward No. 4, to supply the vacancy oveasioned by the resignation of Jubo Bruns, Esquire, touk place yesterday. The can- didates were Stephen Swabey aud W. K. Dawson, K~quires At 5 p. m., the i oll was closed according to Law, when W. EK Dawson, K-qu re, wus declared by the Returning Officer (George Beer, H-q.,) duly elected, the numbers being,—

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** Tae Havirax Reroarer.”—This is the title of a new tri weekly

of office. These amounted. in two years, to £67 Ts Gd. ae a similar item in the only ac- counts publi by the preseot Corporation, which, iu with the Act of Inco tion is but one year’s

is, stands the following:

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bing, boots and hats for the inspection of every rate payer

Hutchiuson, or any other Mayor, if either should refurs to take sueb advice iu public maite.s ?

It can be cleariy seen | however, :

by perusing the City records—which are open for on the first Mouday io

Newspaper just otarted ip iotifax, N .3., by Messrs. Croskill & Bourinot, | the ee eo of which reached us by the last mail from tence. | Te prote -o be independent in politics, is ueatly printed, aud gives | prow ise of being coudyeted with a good share of editorial ability. We | wish the publishers success in their undertaking.

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Attuned to luyalty, and love, and joy— Bid welcome, all, Victoria's noble Sua, And liegely bow in thanks Jor visit paid. U we, ‘rom homes afar walt o'er the sea Ty iritain’s shore, and fair Wibernia’s Isle, The illustrivus cradles of our sires, : Wos¢ blood untainted flows along our veins— Fraterna! feelings of their offspring's love, And our ehildren, echumg, swell the theme. Ayuin, al] fail! most noble Prince, all bail! Pomp, state, no? glittering pageantry have we— No blazun'd banners Oe in the breeze— No equipage in splenduur's dazaling Llaze — Sages, barde, artists, sons of annal'd fame — Statesmen great, bor p islusophers renown d-— Nor warrior men, deep scarr d in deadly lets, Where British valour stemm'd the bluody tide, And conquer’d Europe's fields and India’s plains— None of tue brilliant stirring things have we To awell a cortege of famous swf, Befitting welt your gracious visit here. : Acerpt then, Prince, best off ring we can give— A British homage, manly, frankly. free, From hearts all steel‘d in loyal feeling’s forge. Thy visits made the Queen’s dominiuns west, Whcre freedom lives in freemen’s ample rmghts, And fond allegiance bows tu generous rule - ‘Then back o’er ogean’s way to Albion's 8! ors. We do imp ore the All-protecting band To guide thee safely to your royal home, Where joy return’d to Windsor « ancient halls, And Buckingham ’s stately palaces of ola— lilustrivus homes of all your no le sires “Mid titled throng urvund Victoria’s throne, And magnates that point our country's compass Tu liberty, humanity, and power. . Remember there Prince Edward's fertile lsle— Creation’s bud. aripening in the west, Where the St. Lawrence rolls his giant waves. And pray thee, tell our Queen we love her reign, And suppheate the mighty King of kings To spare ker many long and joyous years The matchless Munarel: of a matchiess race ; And say, sweet rineg, unto our Lady liege, Sinew and wuse e, nerve, aod bone. and will, And hearts and arms of Edward's Isle are trae To England : and add, our breath and blood are her's ; And tell the Royal Lady, richer in heart Than all the gems that jewel England’s crown, We deem it glory 8 height tu live and die For B. tain’s peerless throne and rule— Her lion standard, prestige and renown. Yes, Son of vur Sovereign, our hands, our hearte Are God's, our Queen's, vur country’s, and thine,

Must ovble Prince. WERAND. Charlottetown, August 7, 1860.

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| Charlottetown, P. E. I, August 7, 1860.

CORPORATION AFFAIRS.

Tne general civic elections fur Mayor and five Councillors are now going on, as our paper gues to press. 11 e late Mayor, Mr. Haviland, is in again in nomination, and wil, of course, be elected, as there is no upposition. There is no interest felt, nor are we aware of any contests ip the aldermanic elec- tions. The Tory party, always craving fur office of any kind, have long since shown a disposition to monopolize all the civic

TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNEss THE PRINCE OF WALES.

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our adventurous friend did not relinquish the field with much honour to his opponents. He was defeated only by ten votes out of nearly two hundred, ina Ward where the Tory party could formerly poll four-fifths of the votes. For this result he is indebted, partly to the influence exercised by his own mapby und s‘erling character, his position and etecetion, and jartly te the disgust which is felt by many bigh minded C yn servatires in the Ward at the hollow pretensions and very illaberal spirit manifested by certain parties with whom they

furmerly rowed im the same boat.

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THE SELKIRK ESTATE AND PRE LAND COMMISSION.

Aw article in the Monitor of Wednesday last containe the following passage in reference tu the purchase of the Selkirk Estate and the Land Commission. The Government having yet dune nothing to entitle them to newspaper laudation, it appears to Le necessary to praise them for what they will do, if certain proceedings should take a favourable turn. The extract here given comes under the heading of the * puff oblique,”” according to Sheridan's classification of puffs ix

general :—

‘: The purchase by the Government of the Selkerk Estate is a fact uf great importanes, partrealarly wt this moment, vhen the commissioners lately appointed to decide between the landlords and tenantry are about to commence. their labors. If, by the jadicious conduct of the one in disposing of the lands purchused at a cheaper rate than evuld have heen expe ted, and a0 impartial award b.tweem the contending.

urties by the other, the question of the terre of lands shail, cs 7 eben anticipate that the tide ot ewigra-.

set at rest, we Way : “ ‘ tion may set toward the iviand, a¢ well as Casada or che-

neighboring Colonies.’’ ‘ C »nsideratly more than three months have elapsed since the Government anneunced to the Huuse of Assembly, that they had cuneluded an arrangement for the purchase of Lord Sel- kirk’s property. We knew that a little time would be neces- sury to execute the deed, and, perhaps, survey the property ; but whether either of these things bas been dune is a matter about which the public are im total ignorance. Nearly one- third of a year has passed away, and no advertisement hae yet been issued by the Commr sioner of Peblie Landa, calling on the tenants to attorn to the Government, and stating the terms on which the land would be resvld to actual settlers, The real importance of the transaction depends altogether wpow the terms on which the tenants may be enabled to convert their leasebulds into freehoide. If the terme are moderate, we may be able to congratulate the people of Belfa-t on the opportunity presented to them of boeoming independent in their circumstances. If these terms are not as favourable to t.e tenantry as these which characterised the settlement in freehold of the Worrell Estate, the Belfast tenantry ean have ho great indueement to change their condition. The mere announcement that the Government are disposed to buy Lord Selkirk’s estate, and yet will not complete the purchase, ie of no earthly consequence to any person. Their unreasonable delay in bringing the transaction toa close is calculated to excite grave suspicion touching the sincerity of their inten- tions on behalf of the tenantry. It will be qu'te time enough to give the G. vernment credit fur ; erfurming a goud act, when they have performed it; but we cannot see the propriety of | chanting their praises at the vague announcement of their in-

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T:at the Government can purchase the Selkirk E-tate « at la cheaper rate t.an could have been expected,’’ is quite un- The same property was offered to Mr. Douse, not lung | ago, at fifty per ecnt less than it has been since offered to the

Government. The people of this Coluny will, ti-erefore, lose

several thousands through the delay and incapacity of the | pesent Executive in their bungling attempt to carry out the pulicy of their predecessors.

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Commussion, we will believe it when we see it: but nedoubt that the ¢hree Commissioners will ever agree to any report. With two of the Commissioners representing the proprietors and the Colonial Office, and therefore disposed to give judg- went in favour of the former, we cannot expect that the resule of their deliberations will be satis actory to the tenantry. There is no doubt that the majority of the Comms on-rs will he influenced by the opinions of the leeul Government. ‘That Government are avowedly opposed to the popular sentiment with regard to the questions of the Fishery Reserves, Quit Rents, and Escheat ; and it appears to us, therefore, exceed- ingly absurd for the country districts to go to the expense and trouble of sending delegates to state the views of the ten-- antry to the Commissioners. We deliberately expressed our opinion, when the Commission was first jp roposed—and nothing has yet transpired to induce a change—that the object of its proposers is to cunfirm the titles of the proprietors, as far as it is possible to du so, and to ignore to the fullest extent all enquiry respecting Escheat, Quit Rents, and Fishery Reserves. But we are quite convinced that public opinion cannot be stifled by the results of its deliberatiuns. On the contrary, we believe that the Land Question, 80 called. will be more fiercely agitated than in any previous year, when the Com-