in a. .

new

“DOVER, wdl Perhapsi luckily for himself, they are not

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Ith< . ways at his command. I conclude, however, that these in. . rs haverbeen manufactured for exportation, and not for M ; consuml’IFQDt for 1 ‘10 pm suppose, there is a erson u,‘ .'n' Charlottetown whp believes they are Mr, DOUSE s own in)“. , - productions, unless Indeed they can be called his by right “W1ofjfprchase. The first letter is well enough (barring its con- talnng Wt!“ ‘PPe‘W t0 Pea Willul misstatement of Ryan’s : 3._ ' we MK. .YOUNG .bavmg given the first provocation, has a.” fitnished his enemies with weapons wherewith to attack

him. Butthe scoond letter is beneath remark; and if poor Mr. Yooxe’s enemies can bring no worse accusation aga‘mst him than that he drives a'tandem, wears white satin "fling" ‘0 his coat tails, and that once, in a thoughtless attache, up!“ Iiiinselfofi‘ to an honest settler as a son ,of the -EII'I ofSELleK, his luck in this world is better .I: thatofmoet men. ‘ But, Sir, I would put it seriously to Mr. DOUSE, whether ;‘ twould'not be far more to his credit, notorious as it is that .7 e is a man of no education—and, God knows, I do not ‘ pute it to him as a fault—whether, I repeat, it would not . far more creditable to him to content himself with the putation to which he is justly entitled—that of having, by enesty, indu and perseverance, raised himself from n humble station to a place of trust and responsibility, 3" tead of endeavouring to palln himself off upon his em- ‘ --.. as_a man of iterary attainments, by entering the 1 .i. : as an intellectual gladiator, when, after all, he wields . borrowed weapons very much as I have seen brllin handle ‘ mfi'at a country fair in England, and stands a more than ' venghance of breaking'his own head with them. , “ Time II chzlfed bull I’ve seen in country town, By butchers’ boys, and bull-dogs hunted down; , The cluulsy brute, maddened by rage and pain, , By one strong efl'ort, breaks at lust his chain; 'Tben shuts his eyes. and thinks to crush the host, But breaks his head against some jutting post.” at, Sir, what shall I say to the specimen of what Dr. a loss terms “Cucog-mphy,” that now comes under my ’iew—tlle grand treat ol the whole; worthy, indeed, to be laced among “the curiosities of literature” of the Island, vhich appeared in the Gazette of the 10th iltst., as an adver- ! '- isement—the proprietor'oftllat paper refusing, I presume, \. “Alto admit it in any other shape. I allude to the two letters ' ’ ; {addressed to the Colonial Secretary, by the sturdy and inde- épendcnt SAMUEL GREEN! Here indeed we may exclaim is = subject enlivened by what the poet calls “ a sober Green, freshing to the eye!” and green enough, in all conscience, " sapient ex-Councillor has proved himself to be. Did any ” ever take such pains to proclaim his own incapacity? I . or, as Dogberry says, to “write himself down an ass?” m Who ever read such a ferrago of insolence, arrogance and MP“; rdity? Insolent towards the Government, whose regu- mf lotions are arraigned—~towards the Lieut. Governor, who u ‘ obeyed the orders he had received—and towards those :‘ members of Council who have already, or may in future pay I “U? their fees; arrogant in.. its self-sufficiency, vanity, egotism, '6 Wind the idea that the Secretary of State will read, or, ‘if he he, _0I igdoes, will care an iota for the abuse or opinion of the writer, 3" W315 absurd in its display of ignorance and low breeding. “a; The letter, too, has evidently been corrected in passing “ {through the hands of tlle compositor. It is hardly possible 515.10 treat the subject otherwise than in derision; but if I I "W’ must be’serious, I would ask this plain question—Call there 1'0“ be a doubt, setting aside the merits or demerits of Mr. Yolmo,‘that Mr. GREEN has shewn his utter unfitness for an ‘38 9U; appointment requiring education, temper, discretion and W; t ility? - I do not pause fora reply; butI cannot help observ- ' " , thatto have selected such a man, in the first instance, e - fill a situation, reflects very little credit on the dis- _' mindtion of the government. *‘I‘hetei only one other letter which requires observation _, ,noond letter of “O. P. Q,” published in your last , turday’s paper; and having dealt with the Leviathans J. Moss“. YOUNG, DOUSE and GREEN I have no great appe- " ' llk.tlmanonymous small fry. till,a lbw Observations =l H» bemade; and first, let me ask, Sir, is this the same

i

,. w~or, s in shape, in. has he filched the good name, of the “O. P. Q,” o. 1? u. If so, presuming that the purses of these gentry, and ’ _ the contents of their brains. are much upon a par, and con- ‘tain little else but “trash,” I must observe, that he has taken “that which naught enriches him,” although he has ‘ reliably added little to.the poverty of his rival. But, Sir, v D «or. Q.” No. 2, whether he be another, or only “alter 9“ WM” seems to have become less hazy and indistinct in hisidcas, and to have cleared his brain from some of the “palpable obscure” which clouded the first laboured epistle under that signature. He has evidently made himself un- idemad what it is he really does want to know. His 1860M letter is like a lady’s postscript, and contains the me _. ill: of the matter; and in this happy frame of mind, he asks, “do. " Wht are the Lieut. Governor’s instructions, as to the ma“ ‘- pfintment of Members of Gounod?” Sir, there ' are persons from time to time appearing belare the public, blend with small talents but much application, who, in ,, 1. " outing to solve a question, are apt to pore bverit II. : they muddle their brains, and to this dull and plodding

‘ ‘. Iva '“ O. P. Q.” appears to belong. These people are pro-

“ p half, j J filth

‘ _ ly aeolchemafiermhat-are commonly called “ mares’ I b. V -:‘ ,” and given to chuckle vehemently over what they .’ . - ‘ cy to be the discovery of a' thing which every one else 1: . j." -; ,not to exist; and consequently “O. P. Q.” fancies

, '- m ,inade an unanswcrable and palpable hit, when he "‘ " this question—which, however, pl apprehend, is not

"no" -. .i. ult of solution.

' ' Probably the Lieut. Governor’s instructions are the same "I"! ' those the Governor of Nova Scotia received when the "me ' A - eils of that Province were remodelled, viz :—to select

'l' ...,i who, lrom their education and station in society, were

the , ' la ' ed to represent the difirent interests of the community, 9w“ .:u l t reference to lilies or religion; and taking par- ” l? ’lar care to avoid giving an undue preponderame to any e 0 .

, , l . Upon this principle, I presume, the Lieut. Governor '3‘" ‘l V s new acted; and as, without mentioning the recent ap- lw' intments of Messrs. PETERS and HOLL, the Pro rietors 1." w l d uite their fair share of representation in the egisla- "8.“ e Council, I conclude that Mr. YOUNG has been selected to 59"“ " nt the interests of the Tenantry. I trust it may be Cl" ng before His Excellency ceases to hold the balance, as be end A : hitherto done, with an even hand. To accuse him of l, “ M” ving done otherwise, or of having “thrown hungelf into ’8 e hands of a faction,” is as absurd as it is false—{eyery act

1' his. government belies the accusation; and 1 earnestly it!!!“ “ i. , that he will never consent to sacrige his character for

so ’ ependence and impartiality ,5 the, rsonal and poli- 900" : feelings and the overbeari clamour of half a dozen ted ' ‘ I ;. pointed and self-interested individuals. ' a W" I beg, Sir, to subscribe myself; . I Ick ‘ Your obedient servant, 3 at.“ v PLAIN COMMON SENSE. iiism ' men,27th Jan. 1841. . “- 'V . P-S—U on readin o letter, I erceive I have ’91:], ' on .. toll-emark Manges-Ric in f; . .933” letter— y 1‘ , ich omission, (althou h not alady, as ou Wlll see by

Po ‘ ', . ‘ ~, beg to on p y in aPostscl-lpt. “O. P. Q.” ref her’ ."V. “the' 1“ ‘5 cc whic occurred in the wilitepeof 1838, wh h. ' ' “l- '. priva' e lemon of Charlottetown, lng upon a 7 “we ’ 7- ,ofpflulef’as a f of the lawlessness of the "The ‘ _- ‘Ml the di ' 'ct that returned Mr. YOUNG. , We,” ., 1'5 “my, if} m ke not, is humourously treated by the “m “3" 0f ‘ ‘in letters” which appeared in your paper, a!“ ' 9d MmPEMENT SErrLaa; and I question if the

'3‘“ . "Flew" ‘0 whom it relatés will be much elated it its on ‘ , minor,” MATREWI’O Scotch Lady tlsedto say; “it

“mm' .. "" 35ml laugh 1! “to 'ma.” 1 have heard, however, q " I l Venn” 0f Fl": nine story, which, as it is again my . i . . up, i shall give as 1 heard it, without «aggro lbr its Rd ' enticity. Thus runs the tale—One bright st morn- [K‘ . *l-lle 809W lymg d3. , °“,tbe ground,» nd the diamond so ' _ -‘~. affective! £93195? the neg—a party con- ..iou‘.” r‘gol' three to 7 Sean: of the icturesque, or, I 061 ‘ , -- ' if what the Y Scull a location, traversed a M l h ,, I ‘- y~poopted but somewhat remote section of the Bel- nce. I . settlean Their sleigha‘was well provided with ‘all' nix. ., “W to make their om amicable—not s I - h, likf

. " n.0,” who addressed the first letter to you. under that L

At Cumberland, New I whom” Townsend, brother 01' 3.- obn Townsend, Travellers"

omitting a considerable stock of “ real I Haven —-an ever and anon the ‘ merry blasts of. their bugle iiilas’de in: woods resound. As blight have been anticipated, the air- sophisticated rustics, iiir removed from the “busy haunts ofmen,” were taken by surprise. What could it be—this dim apparition—which, enveloped in a cloud, glided so swiftly by ? Its very mystery bespoke the presence of some- thing supematural; and the strains of unearthly (I do not say lleaVenly) muSlc confirmed the delusion. What wonder then, that the astonished inhabitants should (like BAUCIS and PuiLEMON) rllsh to do homage to the heavenly strangers? _But, alas! the good name of the district had been belied— lt had been doused—and the tourists thought they beheld an hostile gathering. Awed at the sight, these “ able and cou- rageous men” ttlrned tail, and scampered off, while the shouts of the assembled crowd, and the firing of a muket In the air, in derision, brought down the boar—frost from the trees upon their heads——which they took to be shot rattling about their ears. Their. dssappointed worshippers stared after them. for a moment, or as the Magazine stor -writers as. ', “pursued them with their eyes.” “Nunc est ' endum,‘ mun! in fumo”—-“ Let us go and have a drop of summat short, for they are off like smoke!” exclaimed the schoolmas- ter, a late M. P. P.—and so my story’s done.

To THE EDITOR or rm: COLONIAL HERALD.

Sir; I perceive by a late paper, that his Honor the Chief Justice, in his address to the Grand Jury, “regrets very much that there are no Criminal Sessions established in this Colony, to have jurisdiction over small and petty offences, as nearly all the time of the Supreme Court, term after term, is taken up in the trial of petty offences, while the impor- tant business of civil justice is necessarily postponed—which causes the debtor to be almost independent of the creditor, by the long delay of atrial taking place; that as this was a growing evil, be trusted the Legislature, at the ensuing Ses- sion, would take it up, and adopt such measures as would cause it to be remedied.” .

Now, Sir, with all due deference to his Honor’s superior judgment, I should prefer the Assembly’s and Council’s sup- port of a measure, passed some time since by the former, but strangled by the latter, viz :—allowing two Commission- ers of Small Debts to settle sums to the amount of Ten Pounds, as is done in Nova Scotia. This, in my humble opinion, would withdraw a number of the petty cases of civil justice from the Supreme Court, which his Honour com- plains of as being postponed from term to term—would facilitate the adjustment of said cases—and would not cost the Colony the annual expense which a Criminal Sessions would necessarily incur. _ ‘

That a measure of this nature is as much—aye, more— wanted iii this Island than the establishment of a Criminal Sessions, may be inferred from the very assertion of his Honor, that cases are postponed, and that not once or twice, bllt repeatedly! not always, I presume, from the cause assigned by his Honor in the present instance—but also from the necessary and enormous expenses to which plain- tifl's are lawfully put to in consequence of the said delays— althongh the defendants may be salted for it in the end, which the former, and not the country, has to bear the bur- then and heat of:

It is in consequence of the often repeated and continued postponement of trials of civil cases, where sums exceed £5. and are within £10, with the eternal expenses thereunto belonging, and in case appertaining, that prevents very many persons fi'oni obtaining their just debts from their unjust debtors; for-- though neither plaintifi's nor defendants, in civil cases, are bound to have the “ fear of God before their eyes,” the former too often have the fear of “ a lawyer’s bill,” andlawyel-s’ excuses for not proceeding, to prohibit their entering their suits within the pale of the Supreme Court ; for it naturally enough occurs to them—

“ To act, or not to not, that is the question;

\Vliether ’tis noblerin the creditor, to suffer

‘ The delays and insults of unprincipled debtors, _

Or, to take arms against a sea ofcosts

Aud law’s delays, and by opposing, end them—but

That the dread of something, ofterfce and

Writ are paid for, puzzles the will, and

Makes them rather hear the ills they have,

Than fly to others that they know not of! Hence the debtors escape with impunity, while, perchance, the creditors are almost torn to pieces by a ravenous set, to whom they are themselves indebted.

No doubt, some lawyers’ feathers will bertlffled at this development; but why should we, who live in the country without lawyers, care for that, when matters of greater moment stare Its in the face ? Why should we be forced to fee a lawyer, who, like Balaam’s Ass, can never speak ’till he sees an angel, to begin to do for us what any two of our civilized neighbours can and will actually perform without a fee? Surely, if men in the country, whp are already appointed to the Commissioners’ Ofiice, have sufficient brains to settle debts to the amount of £5, they cannot, in common reason, he required to gather any more sense from a black gown ora brainless wig, to qualify them to settle sums to the amount of £10! Therefore, why the Council, in 'its tinbounded wisdom, should have withheld this boon from the country, is to me inexplicable. However, it: is, probably, like many other matters that have to go through_that fiery furnace, which do-not succeed as well as the “three Hebrew children” did; therefbre, as there has lately been an access sion to the Council of an enlightened, liberal-minded, and ,expense-saving member, we may hope that the measure so desirable will be cherished by him and that body, if we can get it again through theAssembly. This is a “ consum- mationdevoutly to he wished ;” and I trust that the country will be alive to its oWn interests, and petition the Legislature for the extension of the Commissioners’ Small Debt limits; and if time permit, 1 will, by your leave, lay before your readersasmall scale of the costs incurred in some cases between £5 and £10, with other matters, before the conclu- sion of the ensuing Session ofour Parliament, whereof “ all persons concerned may take notice, and govern themselves accordingly.” , '

’ Yours respectfully, ,. A CREDITOR. ,

Queen’s County, Jan. 25, 1841.

mat-rich.

On Tuesday the 26th inst., hv John Craig, Earp, J. P., Mr. Pe- ter Scliurmnn, of Bedeque, to Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. John Walker, of the same place.

On Thursday, Mr. Charles Clark, of Bedeque, to Louisa Cokely, second daughter nfCllllrles Binns, Esq, of this town.

On Thursdaygthe 28th ult., by the Rev. L. C. Jenkins, Mr. Henrv Vickersorr to Mrs. Hannah Spencer.

At 'Bednquo, on the 215tult., by the Rev. Mr. Patterson, Mr. Donald Taylor, to Eleanor, second daughter of Mr. William Green. .

Ele‘a.

At Bedeque, on the 20th ult., aftera short illness, Mr. Ronald Mucdnnald, an old and respected inhabitant of that place, aged 73 9111's.

the 91h January, Mr,

est, aged 56 vears. ‘ ‘ On the 27th ult.,infilnt son oer. John Kickham, aged 2 years and 3 months.

At Bedeque, on Saturday last, Nancy, wife oer. James Clark, aged 36 years. . . '

A child oftwo ears old, daughter of Mr. Charles Cannon, of Bedeqlle, put lts A ' th to the 5 out ofn tea pot, and drank some hot water, which caused imme ilite death.

On 'I'llursda morning last, Harriet Clarissa, wife of Mr. W.£. Compton, age 42 years. The funeral will take place to-morl'0w (Sunday), at 3o'clock, p. m. Relatives and friends are muted

to attend. W" - W

,. , Erratum. _ . ‘ , p

In announcin the death of Miss-Mamet", ol Elliot River, in our paper

of the 23d ult., t a deceased was ehonously stated to bg the Wife of Alex- tinder instead offirchibald Maclleill.

'fi," Inc we of the severe illness of the Rev. Mr. Macintyre, there willbe ii' preaching in the scotch Church to-morrow. . it,

‘ "‘ an ammonium _ 7 ’ ‘ ' y “Hut-r,” mm _x:. ' ‘ ' ‘ " '

‘ By H. GARDINER. ‘ ' ’ TO BE ELI), by AUCTION, at the Ferry House, on Tuesday, the 23:! February next, at Twelve— Tllrec BOATS; and a SCOW, launched last Full, which will carry 300 bushels Potatoes. ‘

‘ w_ r ‘ Elsa, - ‘ . . Four Pigs; an elegant Fowling Piece warranted twist barrel and

patent breech; 90 lbs. Cork, insheets, 100 pairs Hinges, and a

trunk ofSHOP GOODS.

The Subscriber being about to” leave the Charlottetown Ferry,

takes this opportunity to request all persons indebted to In"! to.

come forward and settle their accounts without further delay, ill order to save expenses.

. JO l ‘ . . Jun. 27, 18“. I N SCOTT, Ferrym‘m

In the House of Assembly, ‘ Wednesday, January 2'7, 1841.

ESOLVED, That no Petition praying aid for Roads

and Bridges. or for any object ofa local or private nature

be received after Thursday the 25th day of Fobruarv next. ,

Ordered, That the above Resolution be inserted in the differ-

ent Newspapers published in Charlottetown.

By Order,

W. CULLEN, Clerk.

LAND ASSESSMENT.

-- Treasurer’s OIIICG. Charlottetown,

- , , Prince Edward Island, January 18tli,1841.

[N FURTHER PURSUANCE of the Act of the General Assembly of this Island, made and passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intiltlled fln fir! for levying rm. listless- ment on all Lands in this Island—l do hereby give Puhlic Nuiice, that I have made Proclamation according to the terms of the said Act. of the nodal-mentioned Pown Lots, Water Lots and Pasture Lots, and parts of Lots or Townships in this Island, in arrear for non-payment oftlle several sums due and owing thereon to Her Majesty, under and by virtue of the before-mentioned Act, viz: " Town Lots in Charlottetown.

Town Lot Ntllnltel 75., in the Third Hundred; Lot Number 13, in the Fifth Hundred; Lot Number 58, in the Fifth Hundred.

PASTURE Lo'rs Numbers 430 and 469, in the Royalty of Char- lo‘ttetown. ‘ Town Lots in Georgetown.

Number 8 Ist Range Letter A. u 4 u u _ , is $6 it ~ (t u u &7 u u u t: *8 u u u u 9 , u t‘ D_ , It 7 t: u F. u in 2d do. n A. a £13 u u u u *1 u u n- u ilfi (t u u u 1 u u 1:“ u 7 u. u u u 8 u u it u 3 (1 ct G, “ *6 3d do. “ A. u g“; u u t: is 12 u u I;_ ll *1 u is F u 2 tr u u ‘5 1 4th do. “ B. u 15 u u u ’ , u N; u it C. I in“ 16 u u D_

‘Water Lots Numbers 10 and 11, in Georgetown. Pasture Lots Numbers 25, 77, 103, 114 and 269, in Georgetown Royalty. ~ Pasture Lots Numbers 91, 202,326, 484 485 and 401, in Prince- town Royalty. 6,545 Acres on Township Number 8 U H