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ey CEST SSE MESSE EEE ER FOS. CSE CAC SP AY : em vestigation. ‘Tothem, therefore, asleaders|rency of the Island, whatever it may be, < } in the legislative discussion of the ee with the eddition of one ninth. tion, Inay be safely entrusted the conduct-) We are well aware of the ferocious ing of the inquiry to a eatisfactory and! ontery which will be raised against the safe conclusion. Liberals, by a certain class of Proprietors This, however, need not now prevert/and all in their interests especially by our offering a few speculations touching) the well-fed, prosperous Agents or “ Fuc- the issue of the enquiry; and we shall, ior Bodies,” (as with, in many instances, therefore, lay before the public such con-! deserved contempt, Land Stewards are jeetures there-anent, as we have a S\rong’ frequently termed in Scotland) when they assurance will be realized in the main} shall find that, supported by justice and termine the matter. . {tives of the people in our Colonial Par)ia- fhic } . : In this Colony we have at present two! ment, are prepared and resolved to render kinds of Currency. One of these may be} nugatory, by legislative enactment, the . 4 . 5 7 S correctly styled the commereial, and, with! most severe and galling of the obligatory equal propriety, the other may be termed! clauses in the oppressive and fraudulent tha legal Currency. According to the | Jeases which, generally speaking, Propri- first, the Spanish or American dollar 'S'etors or Agents haye imposed upon the reckoned at six shillings Currency, and) Tenantry. the British sovereign at thirty shillings,| We are also prepared for the old and go on throughout its sub-divisioas, | thread-bare arguments about vested rights

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According to the second, the Spanish or) __the inviolability of mutual contracts— American dollar is estimated at five shil-' spe power and determination of the law lings Currency, and British money is! go _ which will be opposed, in the Le-

equal to one ninth more in Currency. Until about the commencement of the me 1834, (when ie merchants of Char- objeat the striking off the gyves from the otietown, at a public meeting, cony ened! rottered tenantry. Yes, we are prepared for the purpose of considering the state of

eahiraaeye ; ‘to meet them, and by sound reasoning and v Island Currency, unanimous!) Tl roeies

: ieren ae vously deter legitimate deductions, successfully to con- mined, with a view to prevent the [sland’s

‘ , : trovert their spiritiess, selfish sophisms. being drained of specie, to raise the nom-

pie an , And, meanwhile, as a sample of the stern inal and current vz c ; ar : : . lue of foreign and Bri facts, irrefragable reasoning, and incon-

odes m their present rates,) the rate |trovertible irferential conclusions, by oa Te o ; oi Currency in this Island was the same! which, in Session, they may expect to be

as in Nova Scotia, bei i by: eee regulated by the! onposed and defeated, we shall simply re- standard of the British Guines, |

egally|_. ; ; ' ©"? |mind them that Parliament is the supreme reckoned and circulating in Nova Scotia! oe oe , d Pri . | power throughout the British Empire, and and Prince Edward Island for 233. 4d.) io a ; : ol ithatif'a British Parliament had power to Currency. Hence, to brine British or! . , A : : 7 interpose its authority, and to ‘say to the Sterling money into Currency, the rule] : : “yp b } oe ee +o: money-lending usurer, “Thus far shalt was aad ome rer é ’ ; , HRI, ANE VICE VErSA, OT! thou go, and no farther,” it has also power

= bring Currency into Sterling, from the! to say to the usoriously oppressive land: Currency was subtracted one tenth. This! jord, “ Thou shalt not oppress thy tenant

ia still Sorte Nova Scotia, and | py enforcing from hima rent for thy land, ought still to be the practice in Prince

Edward Island, in all settlements for rents reserved in Sterling money; although

which if exacted by thee, as interest for a loan ef money equivalent to the value of thy land, would subject thee to the penalties

we could name some Isi: > roprietors| ; e Island Proprietors impased by the Law for the suppression

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‘gislature, by Proprietors and thobrtetary,

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We receive, almost every day, letters from parties in the Country, requesting ‘Tur Examiner to be forwarded to them. It is disagreeable to us to have to refuse complying with such requests ; but, hav- ing suffered severely, in times past, from sending our Paper to every one who would chose to take it, we must remind those who are now anxious to become subscribers, that if they would ensure at- tention to their wishes in this respect, and a regular transmission of the Paper, they should lose no time in paying the advance. In the present series of Tue Examiner we give as much reading Ynatter for ten shillings (if the whole is paid in advance) as we did inthe former one for fifteen shillings : that contained eight pages, is- sued once a week ; the present EXaMINER consists of four pages of the same size exactly, issued twice a week; thus we give information at a much cheaper rate than any other Newspaper publisher in the Town. We do this in order to obtain (which we trust we shall soon have) a wide circulation, and such a one as will

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Agents, t any movement having for its! pay us for our labour, as the amount re-

quired from each subscriver is very sinal). We request our friends in every part of

compromise and arrangement. Great ex- cilement exists in the public mind, in consequence of this state of affairs.

Fears are entertained for the stability of the Union, and public meetings are being continually held, at which the issue in Congress, and its consequen- ces, are discussed with very Jittle dis- cretion. The leading Northern Press, however, decry the apprehensions enter- tained on this head. The N., Y. Herald says:

“The debates .are fraught with « great deal of interest ta the United States, and to the perpetuity of the Unit- ed States as a republic. If the confeder- acy survive the shock which it must soon experience, there will be no limit to its duration, lt must not be supposed, how- ever, that because a few noisy Senators or members of the House of Representa- tives talk familiarly about dissolution, that such a contingency igs deliberated upon seriously by the great bulk of the people in either the Northern or Southern States. On the contrary, we*are perfectly well satisfied that the Union is safe, perfectly safe no matter to what extent fanaticism, of either Northern or Southern origin, as exhibited by its respective representa- tives in Washington, may go.

“ The Union, we imagine, is perfectly safe aguinst everything but the new-born — of its friends (2) to preserve it. Peo- ple generally derive their mformation that our glorious “ Union is in danger,” from huge placards in the streets, and

‘the Island—and not only our friends, but) ominous newspaper paragraphs, assevere- ‘those who are favourable to the cause of|ting that the “ Union must be preserved.” ‘That it will be preserved, notwithstanding ‘ho ‘the efforts to excite the public mind as to —to use their influence towards promot-| irs safety, we do not, of course, permit ing the circnlation of “The Examiner” ourselves to doubt. But the fast eannot lamongst those who are able and willing) be concealed, that the constant agitation lo pay for 1 Wittioat' x: Libel Paper (or SPGPealic wind on Enis, Saute Mey A 7 mee ‘;have a tendency to interfere with the a Liberal party, either in or out of the | veneral prosperity with which our beloved Legislature, cannot long retain its hold,country 1s now blessed. The Post truly

observes, that this excitement is but a new phase of Millerism.”

which we are the advocate and exponent

‘on public opinion, and successfully resist ‘the assenits of the common enemy.

{? For the accommodation of our) Figntine iy Cartrornia.—It appears ‘from the Alta Californian that serious dif-

country subscribers we print Wednes-('row ficulues are likely to arise between the

day’s and Saturday's pspers, together, °" Americans and Foreigners at the mines. one sheet. In this way they will be| Qn the night of the 26th inst., a party liable to single postage only. By cutting of armed Chilinos, some 200, attacked an rch American camp at the Calaveras diggings, ‘consisting of about twenty persons; three Americans were killed and three others severely wounded, and some sixteen taken prisoners, The Chilinos said they

the sheet in two halves the pages of e: No. will then run in their proper order.

THE COLONIES.

who (availing themselves, for an authority, of certain decisions of the Supreme Cour have, in some cases, unjustly exacted from

of usury.” And if this power to prevent the unhallowed gains of the wily usurer, and to interpose its authority between

We are given to understand that mi-

nisters contemplate a bold innovation and,

were acting under orders from the autho. ‘rities, and they took the wounded men ‘and prisoners in the direction of Stocton, ven allowing the wounds of the un-

ee eas ; : Sag ‘

ar. tenants as the merciless Shylock the rapacious landlord and his rack-rent

wouid have done his bond of human flesh! sidden tenant be. as all must admit it is a 3 >

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the utmost that Law allowed and inherent in the Imperial Parliament, the

Court awarded,” that is, payment of rents! same power is undoubtedly vested in the

great improvement in our Colomal policy.) not even al ‘They have, after mature deliberation, 1ortunate men to be dressed, , arrived-at the conclusion that justice and) News of the affair had reached Stoc- expediency alike demand the concession /{ton, causing much excitement, and an of entire self-government to the Colonies | armed party of some twelve Americans in local affairs. ‘They intend to reserve,had started in pursuit of the offenders,

in dollars at the legal currency of five shillings each when at the same time as now the commercial rate was six shil-

lings: thus defrauding their poor and for the tenantry and the best interests of

helpless bondsmen of four shillings on the pound ; or, in other words, with abo- minable injustice adding one fifth to their rents. And there are others amongst the Proprietors, who, we fear, have been, merely “biding their time” to practise’ similar exactions, But the action of the new House with reference to this subject we mean the rate of the Currency for ‘he payment of rents—will, we trust, com- pletely deprive the unprincipled and un- feeling amongst our Proprietors, of the power, though not the will, any longer thus torob their Tenantry under the colour of “the Lew:” for, whether the Legislature may think fit to establish, by Law, the present rates of our Currency, or to assimilate our rates to those of the adjacent Provinces, the Tenantry will in either case obtain redress and protection, a8 respects ove of their grievances; since the Proprietors, for what they sty’e British’

‘Government may be considered bound by

Parliament of every British Colony in which a system of Responsible Govern- ‘ment has been established; as happily

the people in general, will shortly be the case here.

In our next we purpose briefly to in- qaire how far the Imperial Parliament and

the obligations of honvur and justice to assist in freeing our Island tenantry from the galling yoke which at present de- presses their energies; but which could never have been imposed upon settlers in this Colony, had it not been for the very impolitic act of the British Government, in granting away, in large tracts, the whole of the Island in one day.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

* Farr Prary.”—Though we fully concur in al] the observations you have addressed to the important personage with whose name you commence your well-written

to the central Imperial Government the exercise only of those functions which are indispensible to unity of action in the foreigo relations of the Empire.—And it is understood that they are prepared to intimate to the Colonies their intention to withdraw the troops from every one of them that will make the necessary arrange- nients, and take upon itself the cost of its defensive establishments.

Whether these contemplated reforms will be announced in the Royal Speech, or @ ministerial declaration emitted at an early period of the Session, seems yet un- decided.— London Daily News.

During the last year there were 83 vessels, whose tonnage amounted to }4,- 626 tone—built on Prince Edward island.

Foreign News.

UNITED STATES.

The tone in both branches of Congress, on the Slavery question, is anything but is] J t vio compromising. ‘The mos ' rangues continue to be made by. Southern

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Representatives of ultra principles—thus

Letter, yet, we feel assured, no good pur-

a7 7 “y . mteriing, will-have to accept from their

No ni . ae : . -@mama paymentef Rents in the Cur-

ce

pose could be served by their publigation:

2h ° me ihe preeent moment,

farcing moderate men, from the North, who are disposed to meet their Southern nenthenn on terms admitting of honorable

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and it was supposed that many more would follow. Our informant in whorn we have the greatest confidence, is ap- prehensive that this outrage will be the wignai for a general outbreak between the americans and foreigners in the mines. We confess we are not without the same fears, though we trust the Americans wii only visit punishmenton the real offenc- ers.

Notice to Delinquent Sub- : scribers. PERSONS indebted by Promis-

sory Notes or Book. Accounts, for Sub- scriptions or balances of Subscriptions to the first Series of Tue Examiner Newspaper, ur to the 27th of February 1849,—or for advertice inents published in the same,- -are hereby finally notified, that if payment be not made to the Subscriber on or before the first of Aprii next, an assignment ofthe whole will be given

t Attorney. a ’ EDWARD WHELAN. Charlottetown, March 2, 1859.

Benevolent Irish Society. THE Twenty-fifth ANNUAL i MEETING of the above Saciety wit! be held at the Society’s Room; {residence of the 'Secretary), on MONDAY Evening the 21tu linstant, at 7 o’clock. A fell axendance o% rs is requested. ees jmembers te reqhes"EDWARD KICKHAM, Boreb 2, 1850. Sveretary '