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HASZARD’S GAZE'l"l‘l'3, SEPTEMBER I2.

REPORT Of the Committee appointed by the Com-

mon Gonncil of the City of Oharlottetcwii, on the right of persons claiming the Com-

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Your Committee appointed to report upon the nature of the claims of Persons holding posses- sion of the Common of this City, beg respect- fully to submit, that they have searched the Sta- tutes and Records of the Island in order that they might be able to lay before the Common Council full information thereon.

It appears to your Committee, the Legisla- ture did not at any time yield up the right they possessed as guardians and protectors of the

ominon of Cliarlottetown.

They observe howcler, they exercised their authority over it, for in the year 1780, being the 20th in the reign oftieorge lll., a Bill was added to the Statutes of the Island sanctioning the leasin of a certain part of the Common, rent free, for the space of ten years.

Your Committee are ofopinion, the Legisla- ture of that day, were induced to grant per- mission to lease the Common, with the precau- tionary view against fire, which might arise thereon to the Town, as at that early period the Common and suburbs were in a wi erncss state, being covered with brush-wood and forest trees, there cannot be a doubt, but that the intention of leasciiig the Common was, that this combustible matter should be removed.

In this opinion your Committee feel them- selves confirmed, as they find the Act f'or leasing the Common was repealed in 180'), the the 49th year of Goo. Ill. forty years ago, a time when the incuiiibrances were removed, the desired effect of the act having been accom- plished.

In searching the Records of the Register Ofiice, your Committee find, Lieutenant Unver- nor Fanning caused the Common to be laid off into thirt -six blocks of land, containing twelve acres eac i, which were granted away on certain conditions. a copy of the Grant of’ one of these Lots, viz., No. 10, is hereunto appended to this report and inarkoil A We beg to call the attention of the Council to that part of the Grant, which points out the locality, under the plea of \\'lll\'ll. the present incumbents hold

osscssion of the Common. The Grant express- y states it to be a Lot in the Royalty of Chur- lottetowii. there is no nieiition throughout of unyland being granted in the (‘oiiimoii. The docuiuentstatcs, the Lt. Governor grants such a ieee ofland by authority given by His Majesty King George the Third, it carefully abstains from any allusion to the Common.

The paper in the Schedule, marked 13., has been obtained from the Register Office; its columns show the Grantees’ names, enumerates the time of Registration of the Grants, the Lots remaining ungranted &e.. i\"c. it appears from this certiﬁcate. that the Grantees of Lots

os. " ' T. 19. " 2 , complied with one of the conditions of the Grants, viz. that of Registration within six months from the date of the Grant, that the follo 'ng Lots were not registered until after that eriod viz, 3, 45, 11, 1:3, 13, 16, 24, 27, 3], and 34, failing to perforiu which condition It forfeiture of the grant was the penalty. that Lots Nos. 6. 8, 9, 10, 18, 21, 23, 26, 26, 29, 32, and 35, have never been registered, and thatthe dates of Grants of Lots Nos. 10. 18, 23, 26 and 32 remain blank, and also that Lots number 25 and 33 have never been granted.

It does not appear to your Committee that any conditions of the Grants, have been complied

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with, excepting the Registration of‘ the Eleven to just now enumerated. The deem it part of the important duty they have een entrusted with to dischar , to inform this Council, that

Common Lots, o. 12, and 13,are advertised to 8°

be sold at Public Auction on Tuesday the 11th Sept. that the Grantees of said Lots have not complied with any one of the conditions, under which the claimants held possession. Your Committee beg further to state, these Lots are , 1 'ng open, and have been used as a part of ; t 0 Common for some months as a ground for rccreation by the Citiscns—with respect to these Lots our Committee recommend, prompt steps be taken to revent an person or persons from oceupyingt eland; t ey further recom- mend, as a step towards this detiideratum. that the Council, authorise the Mayor, imme- diately to issue a notice cautioning all persons from tr ‘n in land within the Common of this City, wiﬁicut special licence from his Worship the Mayor. Your Committee further recommend a notice be issued cautioning all room against erecting any buildings, or fix- tures of any kind whatsoever upon the Com- mon, at the ril of forfeiture o the same, as they feel not shed the right of the Town to the Common, will sooner or later prevail against all ti-ansgressors.

Your Committee have obtained from the Surveyor General’s oflice, two plans of the Town and Common, on one of which is laid down, the Common as it was, previous to its_ bein occu-

i , the other shows e manner in which the men has been divided into Pasture Lots as

Your Committee note on the original plan of B- the Town and Common that the Common was -. ..._- ~—— -—————————~ - -— — ~ ~ —— _ reserved for extending the Town, when circum- ‘.0 B‘, mien GRANTED. ‘ G,,‘N1-333, can or GIANT. nmxgalm § § stances warranted the enlargement, and that ‘ ___, _, , ___ __ ' in 9- the Government farm containing 100 acres is — - L, G ._ J | R b- i 1,m.;,,,.,, 3195 13;}, —8 ‘ W 'h°}'°°f» am! “P"1ly- they conclude "wit mmiigd humus’ item itobi..i'.'m' - izuh Nov/.1195: 24:1: Nov.: 1795,’ s 33 abplurs flntthe belief, that no _aut(lliority can be ., d,, do 1 A|ex,,...1._.r |-‘imcim, | sip ﬂay. 1:39, J87;-2 . I719 I 27; pro uce 0 prove a power omfe to rant 1! 3 .1 do Alcxaiidcrﬂnrdon, on. uy.l 9 I u y 1790. 2 203 away, without an act of parliament to that 4 .1: ’ do James (Iuinplu-ll. 1 5th May, 1189: 12th Sept... 1791. 3 [93 effect. 'l‘liis statement they respectfully sub- 5 do do ‘ Donald .\lc|’hee, l5lli .\l.iy, mil. 5th Sept, I791. 3 194 uiit to the Common Council, to deal with as 5 do do I Thus. l)eshricny, Col , bib Mnv. 17.89, no , 2 93 it mu deem meet; recommending its sub- 7 ‘ do do ‘,r\h~'X ml. i liNm , .197. ,9'hN0V-.1797. 9 28 mission to the Law authority for the Corpo- 8 do do I S“'_"‘_‘9l “"8"”: . 51" -‘lit’ - 'Z"”- “lfm '» 2 159 ration for his opinion thereon. 9 30 30 l I .r J ‘5;‘lll'l3£"l‘- “39» ”'*”'l‘» l , i u. . W e ' . | , 9 B“""‘“'N D“"E5' Chairman‘ dii db lleiijeiiiin Chnppell. l,’ i 5th May, 1259. ‘lst Uct.. I80], I0 |7; An-“.;>\“s (;_ sun, 12 do do i Jiiim-s lioberlsoii. ' .')tli Slay. litii), 21st Sept. 1790, 2 352 ' 13 do do 7 Walter lien,-, 5th May, I759, 20th Sepl., I790, L’ 359 l)o.\.u.n i\lcls.\.ic. M .10 do i Jnniies Dipiglnss. d ii:tE\ln\_v, 17532.07 Rug” "1; 220 Ll- 1 it t S t I S. 187;‘. In J. I-‘. W. Desburres WI ii-un uwiiseii . i I -‘ U"- . '1 03-» . 342 iar 0 C own, ep cui ier )) N ‘Edmund Fanning. Ll. Gem! Cl|t|I’lt38‘Sl0\VﬂYl, ' 5l‘ll hluy.sla89. lat Sept, I790” 2 319 -o o :1 i 3: 1:: +:;::::“'.:’.::;'*;%r.:.‘;;;,.. ».2.‘;:::..*°“~~ %.‘:;':..*°“-' ., ( , . 1 ' ‘ ‘I g s ' DOCUMENT! REFERRED TO I!\' run Anovi; l9 1 do do 1 Robert Gray. 5ih \l:i_v. “-99. 3th Aug .1739. I 213 < . . , . . RE,,0,,.,._) ._.,, , do do (-‘can.-u Burns. C I nip ii:-9. ‘ :‘f;lll‘Uci., 1089, E liso-1 - ‘ 'l‘|ios. Dcsllrisay. o . 5ii . av. I789, an i, 1 2” A ﬁl do do | , ,' . . I ' -2 do do \Valtcr liillerson, bib \l:iy. I789, l lllniik. 2 17 lslund St. John. -‘ do do i l'eio-r .\|eUo:van, ls’! Ayiig , I796. , “.’,3d Sept. l7:)6. 8i2q;.¢ To all to whom tlirse presents Shall ronic _:3;~;;c!irig. ! .6l‘0l'I‘l'lhL:Ill\e\|::Ll;“er 15"‘; “f” '75,.’ ,)':“h an '7,” : figs; _ - 3 ~ -4 _ I - - -9 ‘- : » u‘ Kxow ye, that I. lldniund Fanning. L. L. l). 2;, . ' i ' Colonel in the Army, Lieutenant Governor and 25 Ilidmund Fanning, Li. Gov.‘ John Cainliridge. lliniik. .‘ lhflnk. : ‘ll 3 Comiiinnder-in-Chief in and over llcr_Ma'cst ‘s 2. « do do avid lloss. 51h -“i"Ch- "39-. 20”‘ 39!“ s W39» ‘€273 J 3’ . , . Island St. John and the Territories adjacent 28 do do lCli:iilcs L_v0ll9. -fl:-ion -_Mh -‘luv. 1789. , lflnnk. i ‘ZIIO5 tliercunto, Chancellor ofthe sanie.&c., &c., &c., ‘.29 i do do 1 Peter Slcvvnrl. (.h L. -"_h ~“=|.\'i_|75?_'(-_) ' lrliink. ’_ H _, 2;!!! by virtue ofthe power um] 3u[I]()]'ity to me 30 : do do John llrecken. ‘ I I‘tilll‘.\prll.-lIJ-. lbih .*\‘plll, lid... .3 [46 .y‘ - I - ]|'_ ;\| '- 1" rr (‘x n I . '1'} ' d 3| do do R. llodgsoiidtll. lireckcn, (uh ll.‘l)., 1490; I llth l'eb., 1492., u'203 ,,l\(‘ll iy .l‘~i iiycsty \1_n,? zcorgﬁ t.iL. iir , 3* d . I H ‘V. “In” l “L . mum 2' '0 under the (-rent heal of Great Britain, have 3; " ‘° ‘ 3’ ’ , ' ’ l I given "ranted and cpiiﬁriiied and by these prc- ' ' . ,. - ; ,‘ . . V -" ; . , H , 1.3,, . 1 .1 A .1 ,7‘ i I ‘ s9n*sif”§;!*!“‘,'° ‘P -‘,’";i°5;>“s *°y,**',:";t§'9°- 3; i*“"".'ifI‘”“"""'g‘ '“".i‘.."" .li‘.‘l‘...?...TJ1li2om.... *?.'..'. M32 :43»: I u‘i.'..’.i., ""' "3': §i'é§' "‘_m,5v 0 r~"e',:_-s"_m an ‘"0" ”'”_l “El 0 ‘P 'r‘”l" " do tl |“r:incis Longuostli. llllll Aug, 1799.’ l0th Aug . l7flS.| 9 73 “ hm’ and. “ ‘Ilium Bowlliy’ -lllmor’ of 8}" A Coiiiiiion Lot no Nuiiilier. Sec llP'§:,‘fl'iQl(il| end ofthis Book. p. 2. island, their heirs and assigns, all that piece __H _ 4_,__f,__ _,, _ . _ 0 __ , , , . . ,_,__ arcel of vrounl Let N l 10 :1 t . . , ,, . . pr: plat purt7)f“m‘ snoyult;lU:)[{°{,§mr%5t:e{o‘§gI (From the Ila/4/2.-.z Jlnriziiig Joiu'naI.‘) Illipi-pin no (ll;Ul)f.l then, (Wheat :1 ‘llailway latelv laid out into l’a.~:turc Lots by direction of SUCCESS OF MR 1l0\\’l~)S .\ll.~.Sl0.i. "1-l -‘ 1“ "l_‘”"_t 1° $'- 00*" f’_ “ °l"'f’”-‘N1 and the «h-‘lllehilht U0\'0l‘n0|‘ “ml l-'0"n0ll. 5‘-ml \Ve learn from a conteiiiporarv, that Mr 'S”'°h'd‘i‘l .d'im('t'. new mo. "ml ngol" “re ‘llllch l“ l’°““d‘3d ‘*3 l-“""“'-" 5 0“ ‘"10 “ml by llowc has cllccted a loan of J.'l:'i0.l)()0 .-‘terlin;,I- f"”"“'..'.ih nlmscd lntiiihfg nllmtl) iiilpur-—,]laii"ur

as appears l.:':d down in a. certain map of that, the Pri)‘.'incc of No\'¢L-Scotia, bearing Ii per cent. 31'! 01” “-0 ll<‘_‘y'1*lt.V‘i 50 ‘-13 =lhUV¢ h|0h1l01Wlliiiterest. redeemable in twenty vcars.

ately laid out into pasture hits‘. “ml HOW! “ This loan has been negiicialcil without the

romoining in ::;o .5‘urvey:.r Ger.er.il's 0l'liC0, by! usual charge of" one per cent. coiiiniission on

the S£l.lIl'.‘lllHl'-‘ -i-loss, being all wilderness land “jug over 20ye:ii's. which is equal to l‘, per With 31“ 1h4|h“'~’l' "f h1l'“‘~‘3 U‘WP"hi‘d» “X091-“lh.‘—"ccnt., and it furtlicr cli:ii‘;_-;c when the loan is mines of gold. silver, lead, copper and t‘Uil.l.‘-l.’

To have and to hold the said piece or part-cll_\ of ground with all privileges, profits, coininodi-1 .\j (308 and =1PPl"'t0Y|=1h¢05 th€‘l'L‘“"i0 h9l0":Ihl2ieii:isers of our llcbenturev-i. .!.'.'ii),UUU have unto the said Epliraiin Wllih-‘ mill \\'l“l‘“"i:|ll‘L‘t1‘lV gone to the credit of tho l’ro\'ince in lloiyécy, jundior, tliciiglitsips and assigns for ever. , the l)()6kN of Messrs. Barings, and two further ill? l""‘"‘ 3 hl.‘-‘I ." 3 9 “hid GWMCCS; their suiiis oft-'i0,I)(|0 each, will go to the credit side hell“ “Ed 59335“); “’l‘l'3h l’Y the “°*'°l‘“”l°“ h°l'(" l of the s:inic;iccouiit. i'cspcctivcl_,' on ]st October of they bind and oblige bll0lll8f.’l\'(.‘S. their lieirsiumi ])¢,-om!,c.-,"

“‘“1'“"3lz‘-T"5- W W)’ t0 "l5 M“.l°5tY Klllf-5 U°<“‘.‘-5°‘ The Count:-v will be pleased to hear of the the T113111: his helm and 3000855011. 01‘ $0 3-0)’ success of Mr: lIowc's mission, as very many person lawfully authorized to receive the sziiiie douhtg were once;-minml by §l]rc\\'d (,‘upit;;1i.,-ts 1h!’ “is M3.l°3l.Y"3 “S9: 11 “'00 )'e°J‘l.Y Quit R0111 regarding the credit of the Country in the home of tliree-pence per acre for each and evcryaci-e market. This loan will give the Railway 3° .i§"‘"1t*-‘d: lhdl L0‘ Nlllhher lo.» 335' 10117 Shall Board coniinaiid of‘ sufficient incaiis to carry on Contain. the “Ni payment 01' Shhl Quit Rent l0 Railway operations for the next “ eiglitccii Cmnmehcca and h9<30hl0 Pilfhhlc On the F9851’-Of months, when a further loo ii. to the extent of Saint Michael, which shall first happen after ;;(;:,()_m]() on-ling, may be negotiated."

the °-‘Pl"“ll°“ °l "V0 3'93": ‘T0111 "10 date l‘he arrival ofthis cheering intelligence will hereof, or within fourteen days after, and so to ‘m, an in, mg to llailivny operations, and Continue payable yearly. Mill every year th6l‘0- increase public confidence in the Board of after, for ever, on default this Grant shall be Commissions, null and void. Provided also, that this (ii-antieg gatigfuctui-ily_ mid encourages us to o Shh“ hﬂV0 been registered 1“ the R0 l8t|’lI|' forwrd toa speed completion of the line from Oﬂice, within six months from the date ereof, 5 ualirox :0 Windsor, We can fancy the otherwise this grant shall become null and void, ]ooomo¢ive with its long train of cars steaming and the “id 873113995 (“Tl-her oblige th0m39lV€9y its way, for the first tiiue, to the beautiful and their heifﬂ ﬁnd assigns. “I53 he and U19! Bhﬂh pieturesi ue town of Windsor. If it could sing, and will within the s cc of two years from the ‘big “-0.. d be its gong;

date hereof well an sufiiciently enclose with with 1“ . of ﬁre and ribs of “eel,

a post and four-rail fence, ﬁve feet high, era with Si hmg mm, and gunning whee},

ed and suﬂicieut block and rail fence of the Wm, “Ewing ‘cream and giant ‘nope,

same height the whole of the said Let, and also with showers of gpnﬁ, Md chad, of mop,’ that he or they shall and will within the term I come ‘ml, my huge om,"-bu,

of two years aforesaid erect and build on the Like an “pres. from grab“ . '

said Let one good and substantial frame so am. U” "ad, the be" i. ,.;'ng;ns

dwelling house 0 at least sixteen feet-in length Music to ‘he .on’g Pm ﬂinging.

and twelve feet in breadth, with a stone or . . .

- - The Guardian Genius of Railways. who a brick chimney, and also that he or they shall f t n th B .t.'h ‘ count,“ and will clear and improve lit for cultivation °"l{l°“" “Q: ’°. “ ! ° 1." ' pa 5 “d two acres of the said Lot within two cars ".°' 93° ’ mmngd “"1”-7 ""5 on m pf’ m_ from the date hereof, and will clear on im- '5'“m°.'° °.m°' “P P M" _°n p“%?'f° P M prove in like manner two acres more of the -l°‘."' ‘lh'°h."f°”"°d°"l’ “’°‘f° 5°. ""3

- - - - with inestimable beneﬁt to individuals and said Let in each succeeding year, until the . . d h . I d a said Let be cleared and improved lit for culti- °°“"'"i”"'°" “ll. : °:.° m.’ it '59“ pl“ ’ vation. And if the said grantees their heirs or f" “ mm’ 1°" "3. l ° '.'“.'t't ° ."' ° F'": assigns shall perform all and every the clauses '°°"" “ml “ l"‘“"t°‘'-l "" ° '.‘""°"' ""° and covenant. herein contained this mt pean countries, to have wended his way across

' the Atlantic, and recommended operations on

shall be saved for ever from forfeiture, other- . . . who the “mo ah." become ""1 ﬁom then,» an expansive scale in the Northern hemisphere

forward be nbsolutel and utter] null and °“l“' “°' °°“.““.°'“’ "l.'°’° 3 Pl"°“°“l ﬁ°ld void_ 1,, Wilma” wgeéof. I ylmve .i‘;nIcd “,9” :l‘l)0:::lit:9l:lhl: his industrial exertions appears resents an cause t e sea of the sland to '. . . . . . . .

o thereunto afﬁxed at Charlottetown in said “ 1°‘? Oh,” B.‘““" ‘“ “:9 Lh1“‘:l'l‘l’l: ‘.“1' Island, this day of in the year of l°-7' °“ ' ° M ‘“'l'° '(l3°l’° d° ' ° th ° ‘Te’;- the reign of our sovereign Lord George the ""°§’3l'°“‘ w°'t°"‘l “uh “sf” ° ' ‘"1? °_ third, by the grace of God of Great Britain, W’ 5'- L“'"'°".°°" '°"" ° ,_.8“°",“Y ‘° ‘““‘ France and Ireland, king, defender of the filth M-“’°'" “"'“** '° 5“ "“'° '°°‘°"°'Y‘

- h , ' t the American Continent :llI(liII:t‘:ll‘3rIttllVle:nlliulllllll:]t; ayii" of our Lord 0“ hlovlrerulgd ‘tilt egubllic mind—vtho making of

B7 M’ E‘°°"°n°”' °°mm"d' Vitlfltrayrlclfrec to admit the immense beneﬁts (Signed) Tnos. Drsnaiuv, Secy.

II '.it is now held.

ultimately accruing from Railway communica- Rggmgpgd_ tion. even in long tracts ofuniuhabited district.

("Ida and 0" ‘he ‘W0 Sid“ h.V h°i-9 N0 9, and 11:1 London, on their own account, upon bonds of i

<‘3‘hl“ltl‘)h *"“"=‘l"l"£§ t“'*‘l\1‘ '“'1''-'-* Of land. he ' sales, also a charge on payniciit of‘ interest ruii- .

rcdcciiied of 1 per cent, in all 31 per cent. this will be saved. we ul‘.(lt'l'Si:lll\l, by, srs. Baring! theiiiselves becoming the pur- .

So far the whole work progress‘; ;

i full new turns the labouring wbccl, now drives the merrier spinille.~i—the cold and hungry are noiv clothed and noiiri.-lied, and thus are made siisccpti'-lo converts to a system. the value of which they are not slow to appreciate.

In ;\lIl.‘1‘l(‘fl. it is the .St._-aiiilioait and Railroad which have peopled the I\'ortli-west, and by g-rantiiig llicility of':ic-eess, and by securing n. reward for labour, lmvc diffused a degree of coiiifort and prosperity unprecedented in histo- lry. Villages have sprung up. as it were by magic. and the sound of the anvil and liaininer are now heard where before undisturbed silence reigned suprciiio in the forest and plain.

; The C/.-ii-ago Tr}/iinie ofthe ‘Jilin, says:

Revel.-itioiis have been made to us by one ' who is entitled to know the designs ofthe .Kinny expcditioii, which leave no room for 3 doubt, that a descent upon Cuba is the ulti-

mate object ofthe party now in Greytowii,

and their friends and backers in the States. V To this end they are now building vessels, «‘ purchasing stores and enlisting recruits all along our Atlantic coast, though the latter are gathered principally in Louisiana, and other slave States. Their eli'oi-ts are sccoiiilcd by the Cuba-Juntas in New York and New Orleans, which furnish the princi- , pal part ofthe funds needed for the enter- I prise.

I Tun Orricans or run “'riosa."--'l‘lie _thirteen British nnval officers and inidship- {men belonging to the unfortunate Tivcr, ;who were not so lucky as their l'irst ' Lieutenant to be set at liberty and write a book on Russia. but were detained prison- ers of war, have at length also been libe- rated, and arrived at Stettin last week, via Duntzic, on their way to England. They have been exchanged against ll similar number of Russian oﬂicers of equal grades. and were accompanied to the frontiers of Prussia, where they were set at liberty by a picket of Cossacks. The were prisoners of war for five months, on were obliged to swear by the honour of their swords to remain inactive, and take no part in the war for seven months morc.—On their arrival at Stettin, twelve of these gentlemen pzi-oceedod on immediately to Berlin for

ngland. Lieutenant Seymour was the only one of the party who preferred resting a day from the fatigues of his journey before returning home.

On the night of the 14th, a terrific hurricane furiously swept over the Mos uitto coast, in- volving the totailoss of H. B. .’s slco of-war Wolverine. Her cutter reached San uan do Nicara us on the 16th, with des tches to the sieam fl-igato Bussard, lying in at harbor, to render lmmcdbte suistance—and she left for the scene of disaster as soon as steam was get up.