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poor people"of honest intentions, for a large pro

| portion of the trade of the country is earried on} by small accounts under £10; and T ean very

Sarunpay, April 22. well imagine that poor people are prevented from |

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Hon. Dr. JOHNSON, on rising to move the| obtaining credit by this Act; and they are se far!

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| for City Councillors, who will not be so under the

influence of the Bank or Gas Company's ledger as to submit to taxation for any useless public articles.

Under the influence of these scribblers, also,

third reading of the Bill to further alter and) behind that it is with them a matter of necessity! there was quite an exeitement created against

amend the Act for the sale by heonse of spiritnens | to he supplied in advance of their means, liquor, said—A [ill is alse before fue Legislature ° ’ sal . f ‘ ° al i for the pumahment of viee nad — ty a | fect of whiclling the dishonest, at theexpense of the bue punishment of prostitution ; ane de we Hhcnestenan. ‘The stoke of putichy is ouch that 1 he think it is a greater vice than that whieh YOR are not prepared to receive itsownadvantuges. [have going te license, Vice is view, and why — bean in conversation with seme persons who men- vou punisi ove vice while you license anotter ! | ciened some of the injurious effects of this Act, oe ‘Lo France, hoases kept for the purposes ef pros-| of which was that Auctioneers would not sell on

Act, which was intended to be a benetit, has the ef

some useless City machinery, and retrenchment

Hon. Dr. JOHNSON—fi appears to me that this) has been considered as the inevitable result; but

when is this * consummation so devoutly wished” to make its delet in the Corporation ? Why ean-

once? Why wait tllafter the Civie Elections ere attempt to make a saving in our City ex- pens@s? It iswell known that our City Treasury

not our “ City Fathers’ use the pruning kuife at

titation, are liceased, and they are contaminating | their neigabours. I would say the same of houses for selling spirituous liquor. | speak more par-| ticularly of those places which are spectally| adap. tw the prometion of drunkenness, — L think, thes, that you are acting inconsistently, for) as long as you license such houses you encourage | them It may appear very inconsistent in me to | piove the Uaed reading of Uris Bul, but | do se as | a matter oi propriety.

Hon. the PRESIDENT—My views are so well)

credit for smaller sums than £10, and the man who is not able to pay at the time, has to buy more than be would otherwise do, or than he really requires Phis places the honest poor man in an unfavorable wsition; and, in order to give him an ony rtanity, it is necessary to repeal the Aet; while those who are not honest will have to abide by the conse quences 2 fon. Mr. RAMSAY-—I am of opinion, Mr. Chair- wan, that we have not given the Act a sullicient

trial. It has only been ene year in operation, just |

long eneugh to find ont the rogues, and now we re peal it to punish the honest man. I consider that

known on this subject that it is hardly worth | we are now testing the character of the inhabitants while te eccupy the time af the House expressing | of Prince Edvard !sland; and it they are se dis

is empty, why then not lop off the City Surveyor, the Marshal, the Collector, and the Treasurer!) If we have no money te expend ig street iimprove- | ment, why keep a Surveyor at £60 a-year who | has nothing tade? Lf the police are sufliciently drilled to do their duty without a Marshal, why keep such an officer as a fifth wheel to the City coach, 2t some 65 or 70 pounds per annum? It there are no taxes to collect, or if it is morally impossible to collect those due, why keep a Col- lector at £30 a year? And if there are no funds in hand, and not the least possible chance of get- ting any before the election,why keep a ‘Treasurer on pay for some four months, or why have one at

1 vain. 1 beheve the license system is bad | honest—if they aye so devoid of orinciple that they

ea ee be abolished; and | would vo further,

4 men not to drink, for | do not under-

stand why men shonld argue in fyvour of tempe- vance, and yet take their glass af wine.

Hoa. Mr. PORGAN—Name them.

Hon. the PRESIDENT—No, I will not name thera; perhaps I mean his honor, Mr. Forgan. 1) believe the only remedy is tetal prohibition; but jn the present atate of society it would be a tailure. In England 60,000 persons die the drunk- erd’s death annually, Where will those 60,000 ewme Ceo, next year t They must came trom the ranks of the moderate drinkers, 4

Hon. Mr. SIMPSON—I do not think it is ia- consistent with temperance principles to take a, glass of wine, Temperance is one thing, total | abstainance another. I am notan abstainer; but) J trust thet I am temperate. The license system | does not restrict the sale of liquor, because it is| defeetive. [tis a great hardship for men ta have | to pay for liceuses when, for every one who pays, there are probably ten who sell without license. | I would go tor abolishing the system altogether. |

Hfon. Mr. RAMSAY—I consider the Act de-| have never heard a complaint in Lot 18 against the | 4, nen of Gotham" to have perpetrated.

fective in allowmg so many taverns w the coun | try. I know some school districts where there | are three or four. I think one is quite sufficient, | and more than that should not be allowed.

Hon. Mr, HUTCHINSON—That js a matter) of opinion. There may be a person who has set- | tled down and obtained license, and who does not) keep a proper house, People would net like te) go to that house, and why should another man be prohibited from opening a better! IT think it is)

uite right to leave it te the decision of the people | themselves.

Hoa. Mr, DINGWELL—TI think the people should be the best judges. If one man takes heeuse and does not keep sper house, | do not think the people shoald be prohibited from having another.

The Bill was then read the third time and_

The Bill “to authorize the Government to pro-| hibit the exportation of Naval and Military Stores’ aud Provisions,” apd the Bill * for the prevention | of vice and immorality in the City of Charlotte- town,” were also read the third time and passed. |

A Bill to further alter and amend the Act for the | transfer of the Island Posts was then comuuitted | aud agreed to without any amendwent.

‘The House then went inte committee of the | whole ona Lill to further alter and amend the | Act fer the recovery of Small Debts, Tlon. Mr. Forgan in the ekair.

Hoa. the PRESIDENT—This Bill repeals the Act passed in 1560, as far as it prohibited im-| prisonment for debt for sums under £10, and 1) must say that I am sorry tosee such a Bill betore | us, It is taking 2 step in the wrong direction— itis reirograding. Our legislation should be ad-) vaneing; bat if the non-imprisonment of persons | for sums under € 1) has worked injuriously, then | that Act is a failure on this Island, thougu else-| where it has worked well, When aman owes a) debt to pat hiv in jail evly makes matters worse. | J did hope to see the day wheu imprisonment for | debt would be abolished altogether. I would like| to hear the opinions of your heners as to wheter | the Act has worked injuriously or net.

cannot be trusted the paltry sum of 10 unless their creditors have it iu their power to imprison them at their will and pleasure, don “tell it not in @ath, publish it not in the streets of Askalon.” But Lam afraid, sir, that very unfair means have been re sorted to jn fitting up those petitions. Lam aware that they bave lain on the counters in merchants’ shops for months, and when 2 poor man came in to buy a pound of tea or a yard of cotton, this petition waa the firet thing pot into his hand, and he must either sign it or go without the articles. I believe itis a maxim in law that it is better to allow 99 rogues to ve free than that one hquest man should sutter.

Hen. Mr. HUTCHINSON — There is a remedy srovided now. A man can iake the benefit of the eee ra Debtors’ Act, and he is allowed to retain £15 worth of property by that Act. Formerly he could keep nothing; and, besides, be can only be kept in jail for a limited time ; so it is better than it was betore.

Hon. Mr. RAMSAY—It has been stated that the poor exnnot get credit now as they did formerly — that they cannot get seedgrain. Now, [know that in Lot 18, where I reside, they can get credit anc get seed grain just as well as they coald before.

Act, and vet I see a petition here from that Lot, signed. I believe, by almost every man in it; but the names have all been written by one person. That looks very suspicious.

Hen. Mr. DINGWELL—What can the eountry expect of legislation sach as ours ! The law which you are now going to repeal has only been one year in operation; we have experienced the eviis con- nected wiih it, and now, just when we are avout to reap the henelits of it, you repeal it. If we have to pass lows in this way we cannot place any de- pendence on legislation. Men will hardly know what they are about, I think we should pause be- fore we legislate in this way.

Hon. the PRESIDENT—I shall vote against re- pealing the Act, because it was an experiment and it has not had a fair trial. Some complain that par ties have taken advantage of the Act by making over thgir property, and thus defrauding their cre- ditors; and I believe it isthe general opinion through- out the country that if a man makeover his proper- ty by a bill of sule it is secure; but if the man has given his property without any consideration—if the bill of sale is not founded on a bona fide transaction, it can be set aside. I have been told that there have been from 150 to 250 bills of sale filed since the Act cume into operation; but doubtless many of them are not bona fide. His honor Mr. Hutehiuson formerly supported the Bill to abolish imprisonment for debt, but now he has worked himself up to the idea that it must be altered, becaase, I sappose, some poor aman has laughed at his bonor in bis ca-

maucity us Magistrate. I would like to see the Act Fees a fair trial; for if we cannot abolish imprison- ment for sums ander #10 there is little prospect of

abolishing it altogether, whieh I fondly hoped| wasted our City funds, and would do so again,

would be the cuse ut no distant day.

Hon. Mr. ANDEKSON— Many have taken advan- tage of the Act, and, judging from his honor’s state- ments about the Di'ls of Sale, many more are pre- paring to do so. 4

The question of concurrence was then put on the first clause, and the commitice divided :

Coxtests—-llons. Messrs. Palmer, Johnsen, An- derson, McLaren and Hatchinson—.

Nos-Coxtests — Hon. the President, Hons.

Messrs. Lamsay and Dingwell—3. On thre third clause being read—

Hon. Mr. HUTCHINSON observed that it was very hard that if a poor man were imprisoned for 2 -

debt, and should take the benetit of the Lusolvent

re intense Debtors’ Act, or remain in jail till he paid the debi, Hon. Mr. HU'TCHINSON—I was one of those! that any little property he might acquire afterwards

who supported the Bill todo away with imprison-| would be liable for that debt. ment to a certain extent. I thought I was right) in doing so, aud when petitions came in last ses-| 4 wan had to ie the same debt twice. : : "7 ‘pes . |} After some desuitory debate, the House was re sion from different parts of the country [ was still SET aod the ill mmorted aarced willing to leave the Act to its operation. The} The stunding vile ofthe Bee Secciiirtneens objection urged against imprisonment for | Cer wager : aad hed I ae a ae Saas oe ay fore _ new matter can be introduced, having bee: families, a y could net obtain the benefit of) suspende |— the Insolvent Debtor's Act unless the debt ex-| Mr. evededa certain amount, and se there was no! Steam Navigation iu this Island, and on doing s

alternative but to stop in jail. But this Bil! pro- suid—tI have leng deemed it necessary to have some | vides that all ey may have the benetit ot the | (u've made tor the proper security of Steamboat

Navigation in this Colony.

Insolvent rs Act; and if they do so they

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take advantage of it as they do; but when a man) tion with this Island; but ea is brought betore a Why? | their periodical inspection.

in | The sad Bill was received aud read the first time |

wel, I suppose you will pay it! No! Ah, there is an Act that will not allow you to im- prison me, So the man will walk off, and at the

Ilouse adjourned for one hour.

on tf. SAY thoacht it was a h: POY 3 : Pa Hon. Mr. RAMSAY thought it was a hard case if | ing a few remarks on a letter published by a auem |

Snch regulations exist

7 : : "hgdhiy in all the neighbouring Colonies, and it is eertainly | ™PE© 7 will be discharged. So theu it will net be so S| necessary’ for the safety of passengers to see that | Of this Island and its own bred-born aspirants to | vere upon the debtor as it was formerly. He will | Steambor ts ure prope rfy equipped, and that their | senatorial honors, &¢., &¢., during a debate in have a chance to get out of jail- With respect to} boilers ave in a safe und efficient state. We have | the House of Assembly last Session on the J

all, when the City Clerk might do the business? Then, as it is admitted on all hands that a Re- corder is a useless City appendage, why not make the salary equivalent to the duty performed ! instead of “ forking out” so lavish a sum as £75 per an- yum?) These are matters, Sir, worth looking to immediately, because between this and the Ist of August next asaving of some £65 might positi be made! As it must be evident to the C Coune?! that the water tanks will turn out of as much importance to the City as the far famed water carts did, why net abandon the project of making the third one? Lf this were done it would also prove a saving; there islittle use retrenching on one hand and wasting on the other; such un- necessary things as these tanks should not have | been taken in hand by the City. If the Mutual Fire Insurance Company, or some of ita officers wanted reservoirs, why did they nat jnvest the Company's surplus money in the project? or why did not the wiseacres have them properly built where the surplus water of Spring Park could be made to fill them and keep them full?) Sueh an | objeet would have been too self-sustaining fer onr No dis- creet merchant, who designed to pay his way,and have something to lay up for a stermy day, would be guilty of spending £1500 per annum, if he had only £1000 coming in; yet indiscretion seems to have been the guiding genius as well of a majority of the present City Council as of their immediate predecessors. Some of the latter gentlemen now | appear religiously anxious to “shut the door when | the horse is gone;” therefore they come out inthe Debating Club against the City with the cry, “ Retrench! retrench!! when they know very well they can do nothing more than shout; where- as when they were in office, and had the power to curtail useless expense, they were among the foremost to waste the City funds! Why did they not retrench then? Now their apparent zeal for the welfare of the City comes with a very bad grace from them, and shows they have some sin- ister motive in view. Indeed it is whispered that two of them have the Mayorship “in their eye,” and think by making a shout about “ retrenehinent. in City expenses” they will * blind the eyes of the flats,” and get the cluef office of the City; but if they would oiler te act as Mayor for nothing, and to pay the City £500 a yearfor allowing them the honor, | for one would be very sorry to accept their services or their mouey, being assured that a eurse instead of a blessing would t result. What did they do before they got office ! They tried privately and publicly to tradace the ‘| eharacters of honest men; and when in office and “much more abundantly,” if ever they get the chance. Therefore, beware of tlgfm, ye citi- zens, who have the right to select a Mayor; be sure to put the “right man in the right place.”

Trusting that the Corporation will see the pro- priety of immediate action with respect to cur- tailing the cost of our City machinery, and do it instead of talking about doing so,

I remain, yours truly, ONE OF THE CLUB. Charlottetown, May J, 2862.

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To THE Eprrok oF THE EXAMINER.

phy of the Magdalen Islands he will minute ly point out the best places for catening cod fish and her- riag, and the vest time and mauner for setting the nets, &e., of all which things they say he has a wonderful knowledge. A very excellent idea said I. and one whieh Lhighly appreciate. Since the Rev. ventleman has done so well by the geography of the Island, why should he not write one of the Macdaley Islands,since there isevery reason to hope that he will be handsomely rewarded not only by our government but alse by those of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Canada, which take an in

crest in the suecessfal prosecution of the fisheries at these Islands? All honor to native talent and Is lund literary enterprise, #0 conspicuous in our es teemed and learned friend the Rey. George Sather land. The pedhur said that whatever honor was connected with the Rey. gentleman's literary works, his geography of the Magdalen Islands was waited for with much anxiety by all classes, particularly

by fishermen, é 4 A COUNTRY TEACHER.

LATE NEWS FROM EUROPE.

Tne following are a few items of news brought by the last English Steamer, the “ America,” which arrived at Halifax on the Ist inst. :

The naval defences of England appear to be among the principal subjects engaging attention at home,—and the future exploits of the Merri- mac on this side of the Atlantic is looked forwaid to with much anxiousness.

Money is so abundant in England that nearly all the needy powers of Europe are seeking loans there, There’s the Moorish, the Turkish, the Egyptian, and the Russian loan, all before the publie, “Nothing ean demonstrate more ‘clearly the levelling power of capital than the fact, that the Goyernmeut of the Sublime Porte and the Autocrat of all the Rassias, are both compelled to come to London, eight years after the struggle in the Crimea, for those “ sinews of war” whieh are to be expended this time in the quiet pursuits of peace, With money in the City seeking invest- ment at 2 per cert., the wolf and the lamb are found in immediate proximity, and the sight seems to confirm the prophetic remark of Mr, Cobden, that if our arms destroyed every city in Russia, she would come to London and borrow money to rebuild them.”

Preparations for the opening of the Interna- tional Exhibition are making with rapidity, The strueture of the building is said to be far inferior to that of F851. The delay in exhibitors sending forward their products causes the Commissioners much trouble, and it is probable many articles will be shut out on that account. The Exhibi- tion was to open on the Ist of May. A list of the Officers of State, who are to take part in the ceremony, is published. The Emperor of the Freneh and the King of Prussia will be among the visitors.

The Great Eastern was to leaye for New Yerk about the 10th of May. :

The completion of the iron eased frigates in France is being hastened, and others as well as ceveral floating batteries are to be at once con- structed,

Lord Elgin was installed Vicerey of India on 3th Mareh. Lord Canning, the late Governor General, has been highly complimented for his ad- ministration of Indian aifairs.

Sir John West, Admiral of the Fleet, died in London onthe 18th.

The steamer Saxonia arrived at Southampton, from New York, on the 16th inst.

A deputation of the British and Foreign Anti- slavery Society recently waited on the American Minister at the Court of St. James with an Ad- dress, expressive of welcome to “an Ambassador from the United States who holds principles

own.”

Consols 93% to 94. Flour and wheat were firm and a good business doing. er, With some demaad for Nutmegs and Pepper. For Coffee previous high rates were sustained.

and Tobacco.

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taking their countrymen on board.

ed through our outer pickets. T.etters have been received from them to the effect that they are safe and well, aud seemed to be much pleased with the cordial reception they received. ‘The sentry told them he was the onter guard. ‘The affair will undergo an investigation.

Everything is remarkably quiet. : During Friday the enemy constructed a rifle pit in front of the lines of Gen. Hamilten, with a view of picking off the men working our field pieces, which had been pested in a position to pre- vent them from strengthening their works. At daylight yesterday morning 3 companies of the Ist Mass. and 2 of the Lith were sent out to endeavor to capture those who might occupy it, by getting

ao Half a mile further on, and the more important land St, Peter were sunk, ‘Th er | features of the struggle were brotight to view.| yesterday to be about six the a lose wag | Dead bodies in the weeds, the dead and dying in | must have inereased to-day “oon Prmtinds, yay the fields, lying in every conceivable shape, met’ | still, but it wil p: ¥ 16 lee ig at t the gaze on either hand, Seme lay ontheir back } with their clenched hands raised at arm’s length Turre Rivers, ie upright in the air. Others had fallen with their] The Inquirer of to-day hasthe fella Pril }¢, guns fast in their grasp, as if they were in the act | are sorry to learn that two hoy ee of loading them when the fatal shaft struck them | away by the ice en the river te Were cams dead. Others had reeetved the winged messen-| Ferry, opposite the Chareh, last ‘eANCOUR, at the gor of death, and with their remaining strength | ten persons lost theirlives, Woe hee tnd that had crawled away from further danger, and shel-| fe learn afy particulars. Fie Dodie ben ae tering themselves behind old logs, had laid down |! covered this morning, and the Seen TCR Wer, - to die. Here were the bodies of those who had | hold an inquest.” Her haw lett tg fallen in the fight of yesterday, and mingled with Sr. Hyaciwrie ”

‘obably move Again soon Present

them were those from whose wounds the blood was vet trickling away. The scene beggars all the loss of 3 killed and 13 wounded. Thenumber | deseription, and I lo not wish te ne to de- of the killed and wounded on the part of the re-| pict its horrers. The fatality on the a Pell bels must have been equal, if not more than ours |T have referred to as the open Hatta a ri

Fourteen of the enemy were taken prisoners and | Ground,” was the greatest which came under my

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brought to headquarters, and were to-day taken | ooservation. ' cd et on board the prise boat Johi R. Thomson. The cannister which had swept it over during The boat from Cld Point las night brought up} the morning had been terrible im ite results. Their arrival will be| Strongly contested as its possession had been by

between them and their reserve. : The result. was in every way successful, wit

about twenty Paymasters. hailed with much joy by the troops.

‘ , A The Yamaska has risen to a height tt: .

known. For eight days the Ri ire and accumulating of the iee had cand othe Sew to rise very much, but no one expected Me Watery ful eee of yesterday, tie fear. On Thursday morning all town was half submerged. Tn ae er at ty overflow reached alarming Proportions = p- m., more than 50 houses were » Bad at 5 flooded. :

on the subject of slavery in harmony with their

Avnens, April 11.—The inhabitants are quit-

Smyena, April 11.—A disturbance took place on Sunday in the Greek Church, on account of the clerical authorities refusing to allow a funeral service to be performed for tle rebels who have

tion of the brain yesterday on the way up trom Yortress Monroe, Tle is better to-day.

About 10 o'clock to day the enemy opened a brisk fire on our mea near York Liver without doing any damage. ——

One of the gunboats shelled the rebel works near Yorktown this afternoon for about an hour. ‘The enemy responded, but without dojng any barm.

The rain has ceased and everything indicates pleasant weather once more.

New York, April 27.—The Mercury states, on the anthority of officers of the steamer Bos- ton, that Fort Jackson, six miles below Savannah, is in possession of our troops, and our pickets are within four miles of Savannah.

The steamer Atlantic, from Port Royal 24th, brings 85 of the Fort Pulaski prisoners, 1957 bags unginned cotton, and 36 bags ginned, No news.

CaicaGo, April 27. —A special despatch from Cairo to the Punes says—* Passengers from Pitts- burg report that on ‘Thursday over 30 deserters from the rebel army entered our camps and beg- ged to be enrolled aimong our troops. They all corroborated the statement received the day be- fore relating to the evacuation by the rebels of their present position, and asserted that Beaure- gard had withdrawn a considerable portion of his torce tor Meniphis.”

PrrrssurGc LANDING, April 27. Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War:

Major Gen, C. F. Smith died at 4 P.M. on the 25th. where they will be buried wich inilitary honors. He is a great loss to this army. reeted military honors to be paid to his memory bere, but wait your order.

the last battle.

(Signed) HW. W. HALveck, Maj. Gen.

in some places gradually making its way over the

levee.

fare along the Tennesse river.

The roads have been improving, but the rainon Friday rendered them again impassible.

river.

fallen in Syria. Garibaldi has gone te Boercia.

Dear Str,—As a member of the Charlottetown

ber of our Club, in the * Moniter’s’ last issue.

Debating Society, allow me the privilege of offer-| Natioual Guards bad been decided upun.

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| That Stephen Swabey, as appears in this anony- | The Civil War in the States,

1 | false—the word Legislature never passed Stephen

| Swabey’s lips, on the evening ia question; and the

Hon. Mr. PALMER presented a Bill relating to! ouly allusions made by him to ay member of the

’| House of Assembly were direeted to Col. Gray

and Mr. Beer, as members of constituencies whom

representatives offering to protect the native talent

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but captital is increasing, and | fellow townsman, Mr. Sloggett’s, presenee ; . istrate he will frankly ac-| perhaps steamboats will increase too, and itis there-| 4, a Lerrestee 26'ee knowledge the debt. The magistrate will say | tore necessary w have some prevision made for

slanderous.

same time have the money in his pocket te pay the debt. They will now be liable to be put in jail, but eay take the benefit of the Insolvent |

- GORRESPONDENCE,

Debtor's Aci, aud thereture there will not be any | “errs | Johnstone, is, I fear, worthy of its author.

great hardalap ix it, FOR THE EXAMINER, lion. Mr. ANDERSON—J believe that many ore

take advantage wf the Act. Their property cau- SPRING.

not be found, aud they cannot be put te jail It :

is seldom that au honest poor man is put to jail. All nature smiles—her heart is full of joy ;

It is only men who endeayour to keep their pro-| Frost, snow and storm have pass’d with their alloy,

perty out of the way, and thus evade the jaw,that are Loprisoued.

Tlon. Mr. DINGWELI-~I hope this Act will be more adyantageous than the last Sunall Debt} Youthful and ¢! Act we paseed. our hovers may remember that | ‘ x oe when the Act was passed to abolish imprisonment To meet her, infant leaves in freshness flow, for debt, oume wished to allow a lunger tine to) Am tribute flowers and berry bossoms blow, elapse before it sheald go jae operation ; and if Iu sanbeams elad. a done se, 1 do an we would hae | The gorgeons Butterfly to greet her comes

upon now to repeal that Act. any were 4 : ar oa ond See the purpuse ¥ getting selduoa ate And the wild Bee among the tlow’rets hums, them before the Act went inte operation, who | And honey steals. athe rwise would pet have been sued to this day; Zephyrus perfam’d fies on fanning wing, it has therefore beew an injury to them. As to! Aud warlders in the tassel'd alders ring Jmprsoning & poor man, When he lias ne means; of paying bis debt, 1 cousider it a barbarous PEACH! Coy in th: : tee. “Tt is bad etiough fora man to be without” une poen-dny Rees Bye beeen Sag property without being deprived of his liberty. 1 And wheels the Dragon-fly on goss’ mer wings, hope to see the day when there will be no itm-| “Mong lily bowere— aoe eae on 7 On lakelet’s besem borne ‘mid flags and reeds,

‘ — . . "Ve . . ' . operated rest ner calle fone aaa | won th hy shep commie yous — a against avy ethers; tar when a man aske for ere-| “ Neath openiuy flowers. dit you canuet tell whether he is an honest man | Pe bubbling fountains and the rolling streams, or not, you ean only judg of his honesty by his | Gushing and clear, are sounding springly themes looks; you are afraid to tryst him with a small On pebbly wry.

amount, 8 you canuot imprisoy him uuless the The jocand west wind comes from far, and breathes debt ia over £10, ;

Hien. Mr. SIMPSON—Mr. Chairman, the His melody o'er glowing virgin leave R, clause relating to capias turns ont to be a law J Ilarps of bis lay; did not know it was, becayse it jx inoperative, | Sweet's the wild musie of his aerial lyre, jails tea lees ona aC i put _ | Mingling its softness with the feather’d choir : ude, fae cuse may be —_— bong A iy the debt exceed £10 he cannot putin jail. A stranger might « i ‘har-} . * 1 . . lottetown, aad yt ym to t ; re. yest Yo the Aoliau minstrel presing by, oF tine poweds, aud then go oy boagd the steamer In taneful breeze. and you could not detain him. J did vote for the) The mounds, the hills, and solemn mountains high, clause to Mesto is tuprixounent fog debt for euros) Whase proud cones sternly pierce the distant sky, — a “ty hoping it would kave the effect of ; mt * * ‘ a poaple tapenrtinn wn ceabsieendied dutehnw, Dale, plain, and mead, of wondrous fertile store, or in other words, te be allowed to go to jai, t Iu pride of fruitful power their welcome pour tink we should graut them their oom: S a In verdure’s voice. opinion that wo couutry can prosper i re PThe vravine’s joyful lisp, from tongueful cells is so inch busiuexs dove on tie credit system.) guy tod wild whi a However, it is nob allogetier without reason that ud glad wild whisps wt of the bosky dells, this Ace iw comypiained of; tor it bas been shown Attune the air. that parties wwe taken advanaye of if, by mak- Recumbent nature wakes in vital pride,

That made her sad; And Spring, on aerial tides in skies of balm, Comes sunny-wing'd, mellithuous aud ealin,

Sweet homage pes.

"Mong forest trees-— Waving their tender leaves in welcome sigh

M utely rejoice.

hag over their “ety aller covtracting _ the And tecus with fruits and song nubounded wide, debts, and thus defrauding their creditors. The Greeting Spring here.

present Aet provides a remedy; fur a wav's pro- ''d iz glowing card of ne a lift per will tes Wahi fer hie dobtn, oven Ghosh it A 4 iv glowing ard of mm w-born life * made wor, if the trausior is xubsequent KL goodness full, in balin and beauty rife, to the contraction ef the debis. J believe this Intensely fair ; will be @ benefit, though debtors will still be liable | The season's parent, vivitying power, to suifer imprinvwecut. Earth's ge bey thy fructifying Hon. Mr. PALMEB—TI also supported the Bill) ne went hour to abulish taprmonument wr debt wv a certain ex- ret re eee tent, aud 1 did so because [ thought the alteration Welcome, sweet welcome, lovely xencrous Spring— would have a salutary eflvet on the transactions | Phy joyful voices fond mementos bring cast ban as oe I suid at the time On thy chaste lyre; produce a great ot inconverienee | With -buds wri aaen dal an ; the first year or two, but that it would gradually : re agi mee = poms ag ye wear away, and would enable poor peuple ta be- n the bright ta rh recorded Tiiue, cone More sell-celiant. And if people bad waited B youthéal 6a». a few years, aed given the Act a Gis trial, L am | Stirring the heart with memory’s golden cares— at would be found to operate to the | Floating ie vistas green of other years advautage of both parties. But that dees pot ; e 5 dations’ pear lo be the opuson of the large number of po ls wis ar nee : Oa aa : {alonera, 20d regret tosee that they have prayed 5 and Spring, with joy we hail thy gracious birth ; for the repeal of the Act. Had they allowed it to Phe heavens smile on thee, aed grateful earth remain, 1 would be the basis of future legistation Unfolds her page. —_ Sethetkeaere: _ cee as panies. J| Ln simple grandeur robed, sod, flower, and tree, cuibadionnentiin orietien canal feuad eae Aud wou of birds on mountain sides and lea, ur Statute Book. Lt is rather novel to see people And rills aud rivers rolling far and free, fititioning tate allowed to go to jail, but as they With maa engage done so, | see no vther course for us but ty| In different tonges, owning exhausiless power— en ee aud Is se We must} Ouuipotent and kind, ruling the sprinstide hour, een p = Ther ov eee Ia breeze and calm, iv sanshine, dew wud shower, cousent ty repeal the Act; but L uope the day y is when our trade will hav , nupulse, when our farmers wiil gela cunds: anihen repel price &. their produce, and wiww “OF OUT Cony wi . T pags : _ that thed ear peophe is fen Te ephite) MR. Wheran—Gon- Phanks to these goose. Whit deow te y me hituie| quill or steelpen drivers in your puper aud the prtt. shops \ aw them into debt, and then| + Protestant’ tor being the ineans of sidding us of

On nature's stage. May, 1862. WERAND. ——__ ee --_

For ‘rue Examiner.

The ungenerous attack ovr member makes on

on the probable political prospects of Mr. W. A.

locally speaking, as any of its members; but surely

cussion, as appears by the rules of our Society's constitution, 1t would seem senseless to debar our- selves from passing any remarks we may feel in- clined to make on the acts of our local Legislature, while we enlarge to any extent on questions ot foreign politics, and any of the subjects udmissable by our Club regulations.

“common sense at all times” as our nameless wem

ber, I will shew as much manliness, at least, as

should be common between us now and always, by

subscribing myself, ’ Yours very truly,

STEPHEN SWABEY.

Charlottetown, May 9th, 1562.

P.S. Feeling that none of our Club, from the President to myself, have any possible right to par- tienlarise Mr. H. Haviland’s withdrawal of his patronage from onr musical entertainment as any thing but a proper exhibition of bis innate modesty, common sense and heroic magnanimity, as well as a characteristic exercise of his private judgment, allow me to claim my right to enter my humble pro- test against any encroachment ou our Club's exercise of free discussion by any of its members.

nidbaheonerpsielliltidit lab hnnmetige A CLERICAL PEDLAR. To THe Eptror or tHe Examiner.

Sm—A few evenings ago having met a pedlar from Charlottetown, Tasked him what news from the City? He said not much, except that it is ge- nerally auderstoed through the City that a Revd. gentleman has turned pedlar, at Which some are utnused and others indignant. Said I, yon must feel very much complimented from the fuet of a elerzy- man embracing your profession; and as I presume that the gentleman to whom you allude is the Rev. George Sutherland, I think you pedlars are very highly honeved, as this clergyman is very talented, and I think it would be just to make him your Patrou. The pediar after reterring to the means which Mr. Sutherland enployed to sell his books, continued thas— I feel ashamed that a minister of the Gospel should demean himself s0 much. I do not consider it any honor that this gentleman has become a pedlar J ama licensed pedlar, I paid for my license, L go honestly te werk to sell tea and to- baceo and the other little necessaries that wople in the country require. 1 don’t use any a infln- ence to induce people to buy my goods, I don’t sell worthless books, 1 dou’t cheat the government by pedlingon the sly; Tam not a member of the Board of Education to recommend the government to buy my goods; and if L were I would not be so mean as to do it. Those who hawk goods without a license are not entitled tothe maine of pedlars, they are rather impostors like Yankee book-sellers;° they are smugglers that I would be ashamed to class with lawful pedlirs. Come, come, svid I, this is enough in that direction. Do you presume to call a distinguished clergyman, a member of the Board of Education, a smuggler? Are you aware. that this gentleman is very distinguished, and although he js small in the animal part—I mean in that phy- sical conglomeration of carnal, oxssial. tissual and membraneous parts which, in their ensemble, con- stitute corporeal magnitude — yet he is big in the desire and influence to promote the reorganization of primeval society. The pedlar said that I might talk Greek and Latin till morning if I wished, but for his at he did not cousider it honest or hononr- able to be hawking books or anything else about without license. I said that Me. Sutherland was esteemed by some, and that I and some others had the evening before debated the following subject, * Who has conferred the zreatest benetit on modern civilization—the Key. George Sutherland or Hum boli!” "The debate was & warm one, and was kept up tilla late hour. The cubject to be next debated by us is, ** Which does the most honor to a clergy man, to be an Oraugemat or to be a Pedlar " l siid, has not that geutienan done great service to the Island by making known to us that our Island is surrounded by water, in which swim “ snany of