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‘olitics, Literature, and Jlews,

a _ ~- —= = — eee ———-— - eee " —— reenter iia — —_—_— : “This is true Liberty, when Freeborn Men, having to advise the Public, may speak free.**---Enripides. vol. X. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Monday, Decembet 10, 1860. New Series.---No, 48.

Dry Goods, Groceries, |

Tron, &e., &e., &ce.

FAFXUEL GREAT FALL STOCK has just arrived, and is now | selling, at the usual reasonable prices, at

J. H. TURNER & CO'S.

‘ NOTICE. SELKIRK ESTATE. | DRESS DEPARTMENT. . : " bins ‘ French Merinos, Coburgs, Cashmeres, Alpacas, Tartans, HE COMMISSIONER OF PUBI iC LANDS | having, un- Reps, Sardinian Cloths, Winceys, Flounced Dresses, Spring T der the Act of the Colonial Legislature, L6th Victoria, Skirts, &<. cap 18, concluded the purchase of ee a ROT of tetticht 7, 58, 59, 60 and 62 (the property of the Earl of Selkirk) | aon Notice to all parties eon ie may comcern, that he will) : SHAWL DEPARTMENT. state Wives vend at the different portions of the Estate (as below men- Wool, Tweed and Tartan Shawls and Handkerchie a, Fille : to parties to produce their | Paisely do., Mautles, Mantle Cloths, Waterproof Vapes, &e. yreewents, Leases, or ether documents, and to the FREE. | ro Jgsosits from ail persons desirous of purchasing the FREE- qOLD of their onleanl locations, in the termsof the said Act; . . MOURNING DEPARTMENT. gleo, for the disposal of WILDERNESS LANDS on the said Black Coburgs, Alpacas, Indiana Paramatta, Crapes, Crape Jowaships. Collars, &e.

Ua MONDAY, the 3d day of Deceuser next, at 10 o'clock, | a.m., at Mr. Joun Hants, Cardizan Road, Lot 53, where the Settlers on the said Township are required to attend.

Oa TUSSDAY, the 4th, and WEDNESDAY, the 5th, at Mr. Atvovs’, Montague, Lot 59, where the settlers on Duuse's Koad, Whim Road, and Montague, are required to attend.

Oa THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY, the 6th, 7th iO peo

nd 8th, at Mr. Joun Enwan’s Mills, Lot 58, where the Sett- | e cs on Murray Harbour Road, Green Marsh, Head of Monta- | FANCY DEPARTMENT. ae and Back Settiements are required to attend. Ribbons, Trimmings, Searfs, Lace, Collars, Sleeves, Hair)

On TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, the llth and 12th of Nets, French and English Flowers, and [lead Dresses, Dress | Decewser,atY am ,at Mr. Sawver Nictouson’s, Cross Roads, | Caps, Ladies’ Felt Hats, Silks, Velvets, Plated Card Baskets, | Belfast, where the Settlers on Newtown, Montague, Pinette, | Fish Slices, &c., Sable Martin and other Furs.

Selkirk, Souris and Upper Wood Island Road, are required to |

Office of Public Lands.

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Hosiery Department. Ladies’ Cashmere, Cloth, Kid and Lined Gloves and Mitts ; Wooller and Cloth Hose, Ladies’ Drawers and Vests, Child rens Socks, Wool Gauntlets, Sleeves, Caps, Rubber Boots ‘and Shoes.

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ttend. YY > ay ‘ Oa THURSDAY, the 13th, at 1 p.m.,at Mr Joun Krv- | HEAVY DEPARTWENT.

weor'’s, Wood Islands, Lot 62, where, and on which day, the | Prints, Cottons, Ticks Sheetings, Towellings, Warp, Flannels settlers on Little Sands will be required to attend. | Blankets, Horse do., 5 Bushel Bags, &c.

Oo FRIDAY and SATURDAY, the l4th and 15th, at Mr. | Sid edi . FURNISHING DEPARTMENT.

Joan Kenxepr’s, where the settlers on the remaining portions |

of Lote $0 and G2, Ste required to attend. 'D: k vith wide Fringe, Tassels and Lace to match: Ome : =" 7 will amasks, with wide ringe, ae { 4 L ‘ — ee ee ne nanan wi . | Moreens, Linen Damask, Table Covers, Floor Cloth, Drugget ;

oo sages © ee e & e | by yard or square ; Room Papers, Carriage Lace.

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lecting to meet the Commissioner 2 the places and dates | : | GENTLEMENS DEPARTMENT.

before camed, will have to attend at his Office in Charlotte- | White and Colored Shirts, Flannel do., Under Vests and

town. Nov. 1, 1860. ——— | Drawers, Scarfs, Ties, Mufflers, Knitted Jackets, Gloves, ~ VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. | Mitts, Socks. Beaver, Melton and Dosskin Cloths, &e., Um-

; | i yaterproof Coats. mpue well known FARM, situated at Little River, Lot 56, | brellas, Waterproo bpanen sianaidiitiens

Sing’s County, owned by the late Josnri Dingwaut, Esq., |

sede 200 acres under ‘bows for 999 years at one shilling | GROCERIES.

sterling peracre. There are about 170 acres under the bigh- ‘Superior Black and Green TEA, fresh Roasted Coffee, Sugar, est state of cultivation; the remainder is covered with a \uscatel, Layer and Sultana Raisins, Currants, Prunes, Figs, epleadid growth of Hardwood ; a never failing Spring of the | Araonds, Spices, Faney Soaps, Sperm and other Candles, very best water is within a few yards of the house. Part of pio celebrated Dundee Marmalade, &e.

fhe Farm fronts on Little River, where any quantity of Sea IRON, STEEL, SALT, ROPE, PIPES, by Box, &e. Weed and Mud can be procured. also partly frontson the Rpiticn Dry Goods Store,

JOHN ALDOUS, Commissioner.

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Poetry.

THE PRESS AND THE CANNON.

The Cannon and Press ! how they ban, how they bless | This beautiful planet of ours ;

The first by the length of its terrible srength, The other by holier powers.

More and more they are foes as the new spirit grows— Will their struggles bring joy to the free?

Oh, which will the conqueror be ?

With a war.waking note from its sulphurous throat The Cannon insulteth the day,

And flingeth about, with a flash end a shout, The death-bolts that deepen the fray :

‘** Give me slaughter,’’ it cries, as it booms to the skies, And men turn to fiends at the sound ;

Till the sun droppeth dun, till the battle is won, And carnage encumbers the ground.

Then the reveller reels, then the plunderer steals Like a snake, through the horrible gloom,

Then the maid is defiled, then the widow is wild, As she fathoms the depths of her doom ;

Fierce fires glare aloof, till the night’s starry roof Seems to blush at the doings of wrong ;

Sounds of terror and woe through the dark come and go, With fury, and laughter, and song !

When the morrow’s fair face looketh down on the place, All trodden and sodden with strife,

The grass and the grain are empurpled with rain From the fountains of desperate life ;

The stream runneth red, and the green leayes are shed, That o’ershadowed its waters so eclear—

For the bale-fire hath been on the desolate scene, And hath cursed it for many a year !

Reeking ruins abound on the war-withered ground, In whose ashes sit shapes of despair,

And the voices of wail float afur on the gale, Till the brute is appalled in his lair :

On the broad batile-door, in their cerements of gore, Lie thousands whose conflicts are past,

To furnish a feast for the bird and the beast— To fester and bleach in the blast.

But the tears of the sad, and the cries of the mad, And the blood that polluceth the sod,

Together go up unto God !

Nor in vain do they rise—for the good and the wise, And the gifted of spirit and speeen,

Are waking the lands to more holy commands, For peace is the lesson they teach.

Behold the proud Press ! how it labors to bless, By the numberless tones of its yoice !

Sea Shore and Little River lizrbor, where Sea poaare ne be Great George-street, October 23, 1860. ebtained im abundance, and must convenient for Oshing. | ——-— a ae nee Grand River Harbor is about thre: miles distant, being about | : Z — ie ene of the best Harbors on the Isiand at which to ship produce. RUBBERS! Re BEBERss = et There are oa the premises a large I'wo Storey HOUSE, com- 600 PAIRS Ladies’, Misses’ and Gents’— JUST OPENED pletely finished, large Birn and Stables, Coach House, Gra- L —very cheap. s ‘ nary, Piz Houses, Forge, Stationary Threshing Mill, and all Nov. 19, 1860. BEER & SON.

necessary buildings required. The above Farm isin every) ~ - BPAOPSA & awOHT Ce ng respect és well hpewe thet a furtber deseription is deemed un- Bo OTs & SHOES. el necessary. The Farm will be disposed of with the Stuck, or 1 ODD PA > e for the seasoz a y- | Crop, or withoat, or with part or all of each, as may suit ine BU Fe a 1s Letina ate eae | purcheser. A part of the purchase money can remain on SEAL SKIN COATS. iuterest, by security on the property. Sitti cies diaiitia —alLso--— ews A MBrpeys taasinsinis SNe aa

58 ACRES FREE LAND near the head of Rollo Bay,; 4B Nov. 19, 1860. _BEER & SON. fronting on the Main Post Road, and in a most convenient MANTLES! MANTLES! situativn ; a few acres clear, and u considerable gegues ready NICE ASSORTMENT i to stump: with a conyenieat House and smali Stable on the f Mee 9 160 Aub EssN Eo BEER & SON. same. i Oe ee re eee

75 ACRES OF LAND on the road leading from Grand Cloths! Clots! Cloths River Bridge to Georgetown, East Side, and joining Golf's G4 EAL SKIN, Napolean, Sable Beaver, Black, Mixed and Read, chiely covered with Hard and Suit Wood. — S&S Stevl Beaver, Dueskins, I'weeds, Satinetts, ke. ke. Le

20 ACRES OF LAND near the Head of Little River, about | Nov. 19, 1860. BEER & SUN. 10 acreg ander good cultivation ; the remainder well covered) — — —— ; with | bddesd dad Fencing, and very conveniently situated. | DRESS GOODS,

LOTS IN GEORGEIOWN. N VARIETY, inelading a large assortment of Plaids, . whe ‘ Striped, Checked, and Plain Winceys.

Ilalf Lot No. 3, 3rd Range, Lotter G, with convenient Nove. 19. 1860.

House and Stable. Barat Melee

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HATS & CAPS. | |

Lot No. 6, let Range, Letter D. Lot No.7, lst Range, Letter E. A Plan of the above Farms and Lots, and all psrticulars, given on application to the Subseriber. a one ELIZABETH DINGWELL, Little River, King’s County, October 15, 1560. 3m.

FREEHOLD PROPERTY FOR SALE.

FREEHOLD FARM, consisting of 120 Acres, on the.

Tryon Road, Lot 27, 40 of which are in a high state of cultivation, the remainder covered with Hard and Soft Wood. There are a good Dwelling House and Bara on the premises, and also a good well of water within a short distance from the dwelling. For further partsculars apply to the subseriber |

on the premises. 2 WILLIAM McKAY. Tryon Road, Lot 27, Nov. 19, 1360. tf.

_- sr - - yy, - LT LD FARM POR SALE. OR SALE, a fine FARM of 50 acres, near Caaze's, Mal- peque Koad, fronting 154 chuins on the Malpeque and 27 chains ow the Loyalist Road—cropped with about 8 or Y acres | | Oats and Potatwwes, and six acres Pasture. Some large old and will be h»ppy to furnish Persons with TABLES OF PRE- | Woed on the property. Lately in the oceupation of H.N. MIUMS for Lite Assurance in various forms. These Tables | Cratc. Apply to SWABEY & ROBERTS. | indicate that this Company insure life at very moderate rates, Charlettetown, Jaly 3, 1360. and the Subscriber would earnestly invite ail persons having ee an A fixed incomes, rising or large families, being ubdut to enter | ALMA. | “

into business engayements, or how otherwise in making pro- OR SALE, that valuable situation lately occupied by the subseriber, containing 100 acres of LAND, twenty acres information, and effect an [Insurance on their lives. of whieh are clear and mostly vader hay,&c. There isa) Ovrice uovrs are from 10 a.m until 3 o’c'ock p.m. house 27 by 25 feet and stable 40 by 24 feet, situated on the! The Subscriber can also be eonsulted at his Chambers upon | Main Western Road, on Township» No. 5, in Prince County, | the various branches of his profession. one-half an each side of said road . being one of the best stands | CHARLES YOUNG. for a Llouse of Entertainment on the road, pethe. road from| Charlottetown, Oct. 29, 1860. 3m the West Shore to Cascumpec ses through the aes ae = ing the Western Road at ‘te! hase. ae nea se stable MEDIC AL NOTICE. were built particularly for the business. For further descrip- | . tion of the commalens dosly to Mr. Benjamin McEwen, on the | ELZEAR BD. GAUVREA uU, Mm. D. adjyvining Farm. For terms of sale to the owner at Lot 16. McGitt Cottage, Monrrean. The Farw is a leasehold. Licentiate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Lower | JOHN CAMPBELL. Canada. Office at Mr. W. McKay’s, Dorchester Street, Ch. Town. May be consulted daily between the hours of 9. a.m. and 4 p.m October 2, 1860.

MAPS FOR THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS. OR SALE at HASZARD’S Book Depot, Cundall’s Maps f n > esman, or Merchant. It 18 in the) of Prince Edward Island, new and in proved edition, stiss ch ucleoues bonotehtnn com :aunity in the Island, and is ‘mounted on rollers, &e., oe aeeasae 5s. hes wea hin 4 miles of Summerside and St. Eleanor’s. It is so well | be delivered, on payment, to the order of Teachers or Schoo aan further description i necessar Trustees. The Board of Education has ordered that Trustees an ae oer Toe oe ee See of each Public School heretofore unsupplied witha Map of the

. ee "Ss JAMES MUIRHEAD. Island, shall forthwith procure a copy of the above. :

Summerside, Lot 19, Sept. 11, 1860. tf JOHN MecNEILL, See’y. B. Education.

; ING LOTS FOR S September 4, 1860. BUILD } ALE. mete 0 BE SOLD, by Private Salo, several BUILDING LOTS Accounts, Arbitrations, &e., &e, T on the East side of the Malpeque Road, oe Spring OMPLICATED Accounts arranged, _Arbitration Papers Park. If not previously dis: d of, they will offered for | prepared, Insolvents’ Papers organized for appearance Sale by PUBLIC AUCTION, in lots to suit intending pur- and presentation before the Court, and all intricate or im- chasers, op or about the First of MAY, of which notice will | properly kept accounts clearly and inteliigibly stated. Fees

iven. | proportionate to time and talent required. a fcc 27 lhe WILLIAM FORGAN, Address Accountant, care of SWABEY & ROBERTS. For Sale,

Great George Street, Charlottetown. aie June 26, 1860. Is! ly. HAT FARM, consisting of 59 acres, lately occupi iy ——s TT iisad anitord, Bare, sinate on Mil Cree, Wet K' RANKLAN HOUSE, River. On the Farm is an excellent Dwelling House, as well SITUATED IN ‘ as new Out-buildings, consistiny of Barn, Shee house, &e. QUEEN STREET, or CHARLOTTETOWN, Within a mile of the Farm are both Grist and Saw Mills, as Now complete and open for the accommodation of

well as Blacksmiths’ Forges and a Cartwright, and a short IENT & PERMANENT BOARDERS . . fi; il f uscle- d. TRANS : distance from the shore is a never-failing wy os PETER MACGOWAN, Proprietor.

For further particulars apply to Mr. William E. Dawson, Charatatmn Ft : JOUN MILFORD, Royalt en St tf. } , Royalty. ~— ; a Fairbanks’s Patent Scales,

April 18, 1859. R oye of ali sizes and descriptions, for Sate by J. 8. CARVELL, Agent. 3m.

UITE a large Stock, well assorted. Nov. 19, 860. BEER & SON. FUR COAT COLLARS. wi BERIAN LAMB and RUSSIA PUP SKINS. Nov. 19, 1860. BEER & SON.

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recommended. | Nov. 19, 1360. (Owe) BEER & SON. | word wt “« Multi Sovietate Tutiores.” = ALLIANCE COMPANY

OF LONDON.

Capital £5,000,000 Sterling.

FANHE SUBSCRIBER, «us the AGENT of the above Company still continues to take risks in the

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‘Lot 16, June 19, 1860, tf.

~~ Excellent Business Stand for Sale.

FFVUE Subscriber will Let or Sell the Dwelling House, Shop, L and Premises lately occupied by him at Traveller's Rest, | The stand isa most desirable one, being weil adapt- |

Lot 19.

EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN RAILWAY Prem St. Johm to Shediac.

J. S. CARVELL, Agent. Obsriettetown, P. EF. I., Sept. 4, 1860. 3m.

Charlottetown, P. BE. 1., Sept. 4, 1860.

| where he owned a large estate.

To lofty and low its grand harmonies flow,

And the multitude hear and rejoice ;

Scarce an ally of g'oom, scarce an artisan’s room, Searce a heart in the mil! or the mine,

Scarce a soul that is dark, but receiveth a spark Of its spirit, so vast and divine !

The Cannon lays waste, but the Press is in haste To enlighten, uplift. and renew ;

And the life of its lore —can we languish for more ?— Is the beautiful, peaceful, and true.

Man bringeth his thought, in calm solitude wrought, To be multiplied. scattered, and sown ;

And the seed that to-day droppeth down by the way, Is to-morrow fair, fruitful and grown.

Joy joy to the world! Press and people have hurl. d Their slings ‘gainst the errors of old ;

One by one, as they fall, the poor children of thrall Crow dignified, gladsome and bold.

The Cannon and Sword ~—eruel, cursed and abhorred, Caunot stay the proud march of the {ree ;

They may ban and ‘ezuile the rude nations awhile, But the Press will the conqueror be!

LAND COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Cuantorrerows, Thursday, 20th Sept., 1860. Statement and Evidence of A E. C. Holland, Esquire.

| fits from which they would have been wholly siut out, had none

found themselves much worse off than they were before they his own, in the oce When they commenced their labors | rents paid to him to be a good return for the valu.

left their own country.

upation of tenants, because he considers the “f the lande.

here with the axe and the hoe, they did so under many dis-| He considers the present investment to be a god of: aud,

advantages: and at every step they were encountered by the | therefore, he is suuistied with it.

The Irish settlers are well

‘ ‘ | most serious obstacles and impediments; but by persever- | off—genera ly not in arrears~-they pay up their rents—has

ing industry and manly endurance they have overcome all | heard of no suffering or discontent among them. Whoever may see|a question of Coun, Helburon’s res

difficulties, and subdued the wilderness.

In answer to pecting the value of

them on a Sabbath-day, on their way to church, will, both in) wilderness lands in Canada, Mr. Holland ssid that 100 acrea their healthy and cheertul! looks, and in the perfect tex ure of | were sold for £100, £10 of the purchase money paid down, Mr. their clothing and general respectabiiity of their appearance, Clacke said Mr. Holland had referred to Mr. Lewis Muttart, os have the most satisfactory ocular demonstration of the happy | one whose father wag born before him, and who, at his death, results of their labor, and of tho benefits which have been! left preper y to his family to the amount of £1500 or £1600. For the wronged and right —for the darkness and light— | conferred upon them by the system of leasehold tehure—bene-| Mr, Hollane was in error ag to the value of the property ; 13

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but the selling out of the lands been in operation when they | arrived in the Island. Ou Lot 26 the tepanis are now, gene-| | rally speaking, in prosperous circumstances. who rents from me 200 acres upon it, offered me, last fall, £150! j}for i.—Com. Howe. Have the settlers of whom you speak | jany peculiar privileges or superior natural advantages upon | ‘the lands occupied by them? Mr. H. None generally. Or} |these Monaghans, of whom I speak, the greater part lo-| jeated at the back of the Lot. Ii is a well known fact| | that such men, in the necessitous circumstances—the penury — jin which they were when they arrived in this Island, could not} maake a living upon clear farms ; because, on clear land, they

would require not only considerable live stock, as horses,

| cows and sheep, Gut all the usual farming implements, sueh | |as ploughs, harrows, carts, &c., whilst, in the woods, pnd jhealth, strength, and determined exertion om the part of the | ;settier, no other implements than an axe and a hoe are nec. 8-| |sary to enable him to command success, Joha McCarran, | | another of these settlers on the back part of the Lot, or rather jin the interior of it, offered me, last fall, £1 an acre for his | |farm; but | refused :t, because 1 consider the rent which he

| Pays me to be good interest for the sum at which I estimate \the fee simple value of his farm. Mr. [olland, afier having | instanced two or three more of his tenants,—John Smith, Hugh McKachern, &:,—who had made him similar offers for | the fee simple of tieir farms, and whose offers, he said, he had | declined for the same reason ; that is, because he thought the jrents which they pay him are good interest for the fee simple

> . ' | value of their farms; and since they regularly pey their rents

jhe is quite satisfied with it. Mr. Holland then further stated | that he had made a calculation of the number of acres of land sold on Lot 26, within the last thirty years, and also of the | prices at which they were sold. ‘The number of acres aold ; within that period amounted toe about 4000, and the average | price per 100 acres was from £60 to £106. Such lands as bad | been sold upon that Lot within the last 10 or 12 years had been regularly sold at 20s. an acre. He had the names of a num- | ber of the purchasers. He himself had purchased 200 or 300 jacres of land on Lot 28, at a Sheriff's Sale. He obtained a

And the prayers of the crowd—solemn, earnest and loud— | Deed for 300 acres, bought at the rate of £65 per 100 acres ;

| and upon these 300 acres there were neither roads nor bridges.

|For firewood, off one acre of land, for one winter, he paid £2 | placed For hardwood, on Lot 26, in the neighbourhood of large.

110s. | Bedeque, the price genera'ly paid, he believed, was from £2 8s. to £2 10+. per ton. Mr. Clarke sold a freehold farm of 60

‘acres for £300, and bought the leasehold interest in another, |

hot so good, for £350. [A brother of Mr. Clarke explained jthat the leasehold farm bought by his brother, and of which

Mr. Holland had spoken, was upon the sore] Another indi-|

vidual had given £400 for a farm of 60 acres; and several (others had bonght freeholds at still higher rates. One had given £325 for 50 acres. A leasehold farm of 37 acres, at De | Sable, on Lot 2, had sold for £206. The man who sold this Jast named farm was not very well off, and he who bought it was a practical farmer, and wanted it for agricultural purposes. | There was one observation which he would like to make. It was Stated at St. Kleanor’s that the Island was in a deplorable |state-—that it was not going ahead—and that the young men (were leaving it. The fact, however, was this, young men ip the Island have, of late years, been much better educated than their fathers were ; and, conscious of their superiority in that respect, too many Of them have looked with contempt on the agricaltural pursuits and manual occupation of their fathers. They have foolishly conceived themselves to be qualified for | higher and better things; and have assumed the dress, air, and manners of independent gentiemen,. in the sertlements and neighbourhoods of Malpeque, New London, and Bedeque, for instance, you might, if you judged solely by their outward appearance and carriage, fancy that they

were stray members from some of the fashionable circles of

Paris or London. ivated, by education, will not condescend to wield the axe or follow the plough, lest they should injure the delicacy of their jhands or soil their garments. They must live cleanly like )gentiemen ; and find callings and eccupations suited to their absurd notions of gentility and respectability. It is not the j leasehold or jand sysiewt which drives them away from the sland ; but too much pride, which would make them ashamed of blackened faces, hard hands, and homespun clothing. Some

Resides on Lot 26—i3 a native of the [aland, and is the own- | of this class of young men go to the United States, whence,

| er of landed property in it, to the extent of about 5000 or GOO | after a time,

acres. His lands do not al! lie inone Township. A portion

and a smal! quantity on Lot 33. Does not in any way acknow-

or opinions, as based upon the evidence which shall have been adcuced before them, concerning the work:ng,‘tie advantages or disadvantages of the leasehold system in this Island. As respecis himself and others, owners of lands upon Lot 28, they were dependent upon the annual incomes which they derived from them for their subsistence; and it would be an act of positive and cruel injustice, should t.ey, by the exercise of any power, whencesvever derived, be compelled to part with their Jands for less thon their real and positive value, ‘To

would make no statements but such as he could sustain by us- demable facts. “The lands owned by hun ought w be account- ed Loyalist Lands, and his right to thei ought to be respecied accordingly. His grandfather, Major Holland, was resident in whatis now called the United States, at the commencement of the American Revolauon, or the War of Independence, At the commencement of

jtake partin ard aid a rebellion against the. authority of the | wages of New Brunswick, | British Urown, he preferred the abandonment of his Property Mr. Holland, that in this Island freedom of election was, toe

and the retention of his loyaity. As an active and Wangerous loyalist, he was seized and imprisoned ; but, after a period of detention in prison, he got out, raised a company, and entered info active service in support of the authority of the British Crown, I[ feel, said Mr. Holland, that [ cannot, without a breach of delicacy, enter more fully myself im o the merits and services of my grandfather, as a subject of the British Crown. { would rather place in the tiands of the Commissioners the historical records of those services and merits. By the British Government he was appointed Surveyor General of British North Awerica ; and whatever distinctions and rewards were conferred or bestowed upon him, it must be admitied that, by a faithful, active, and efficient service of fifty years under the British Crown, he had received no more than he was jusily entitled to; nor do I think it is likely that 1 shall be accused of having said too much before the Honorable Commissioners in asserting that his services ought to be acknowledged by them in the preservation of the rights of his descendants. I may also state, continued Mr. Holland, that wy father lost his health in the service of the British Crown. Further statements, made by Mr. Holland, were in substance as follow: The conditions of the Grant of Township 28 were tuifilled. brought out a number of Germans who setiled upon it, and whose descendants are now amongst the most respectable of the peopie who reside upon it. They are in good circum- stances; and some of them are money-lence s. Will mention names presently, The tenants generaily on Lot 23 are in very comfortable circumstances. On Mrs. Irving’s part of the Lot they are all money-lendere. As an instance of the success which had attended and crowned the industry, perseverance, and frugality of some of the old settlers upon that Lot, he would mention one of the name of Muttart, who, although he commenced in the woods with no other aids or implemements of labor than an axe and a hoe, left behind him, at his death, £1500 or £1600 ; and, in his lifetime, seen all his family com- fortably seitied. George Muttart, his son, had entered into business as a merchant, and left his farm. Old Mr. Clarke, 70 years ago, had given £70 for 100 acres of Jand. Robert Muir, 40 years ago, entered upon a leasehold farm, with no thing but an axe and a hoe ; and, in the course of sume years, he was enabled, by means of bis persevering industry and frugality, to purchase the fre simple of his tarm. Twenty years ago, about 300 or 400 immigrants from the North of [re- land were located on Lot 26. When these smmigrants arrived in the Island they were hierally naked. ‘They were now, as tenants, in comfortable circumstances ; but, bad the system of selling out the lands been then in full operation, aud been the only one by which persons could have procured the occupancy of jands in the Island, these poor imm'grauts would soon have

His grandfather |

merchandise. With these they open s'ores, commence mer-

|of them is upon Lot 26, another on Lot 28, another on Lot 37, chants, and, for a while, live and dress well, apparently happy

and prosperous ; but suddenly, their shelyes emptied of their

jledge the right of the Commissioners to interfere with the dis- goods, themselves involved, and their credit gone, they find it

i at ine * a Mt . | posal, Or with the rights of private property, although he ad-/| advisable to quit the country for good, and are seen here no UR STOCK OF 60 CHESTS, now received, can be highly | mits their rigit to enquire into, end report their own judgment | more.

Some, allured by the hopes of speedily acquiring wealth in California, go to that country, and try their luck at ** the diggings” or gold ines. Of these, some suceeed pretty well ; | but others return to ‘he Island disappointed, and poorer than ‘they were when they leit it. A son of Mr. Gardener of Be- deque, for instance, nat sa‘isfied with his position and pro- | Spects here as a farmer, made a trial of California ; but after a | short time, not succeeding thers as he had hoped to do, he was | glad to return to the Island, and resume ij‘s farm. Others who \left in the same way have returned to the Is!and in poverty,

(oblige them to part with their lands for any thing less than | and been giad to earn a subsistence by working about from farm

LIFE DEPARTMENT, ese an acre would be doing the parties grea injustice. He}t) farm.

One young man with whom he (Mr. Ho!land) was /acquaiated went to New Brunswick, in the hope of bettering

his condition by tis labor in that Province; but after a short |

, sojourn there he returned to the Island, convinced that he eould | du better here than there. Afver his return, eaid Mr. Holland, tasked him why he had come back. He said becausn, although the wages in New Brunswick are higher than they are here,

ages of the Island, a man may make more than on the higher It had also been asserted, continued

|very great extent, destroyed: or rendered impossibje, through the intimidatory influence of proprietors and land agents. | That assertion was a scandalous exaggeration of a few solitary | /facts. At the last election nearly all the teuants on Lot 27) | voted against Mr. James Pope, although he himself was a pro-|

On Lot 28 the tenants equally

|prietor, and also in power. proved their independence ; and on Lot 26 not one voted for the Government party. Mr. Montgomery, by a part of his| evidence at St. Kleanor’s, seemed very desirous to prove that | ‘farmers in New Brunswick are much better off than farmers in| jthis Island. { hesitate not to say, said Mr. Holland, that the | | statement on that head, made by Mr, Montgomery, was in- | |correct. | have been in New B unawick, the United States, | Canada, and Nova Scotia ; and my opportunities of observation, | in each of these countries, were neither few nor limited ; and | | my Convictions, the results of these observations, all incline me | honestly to give the preference to Prince Edward Island on | levery account. I was once at Baie de Chaleur at the time of | jan election ; and what{ saw, on that occasion, convinced me | that the merchants drive the electors, who are chiefly fishermen, |just as they please. In fact, the merchants appeared to me to exercise as absolute &@ control over the fishermen as if they held them to be positively their own property, both body and soul. The fishermen take great quantities of fish ; and, could | thev dispose of them to the best advantage, they might become | wealthy and independent. 1! asked some of them why they did | not find better markets for their fish, than they found at home. , Their answer was, that, being indebted to the merchants, if they offered their fish forsale to any but them, (he merchanis,) ‘they would be writted immediately for what they owed them. |Mr. Holland, then forthe purpose of further disproving tae , assertion, which, he iad previously said, was made before the , Court, at St. Eieanor’s, to the effect, that the Island is in al | deplorable state, not going a-head, &c., referred toa schoo] | |book—a Geography of British North America—a work of | jacknowledged truthfulness and worth, and in general use in| ‘these Provinces, which, he said, shewed how much Prince | Edward Island is a-head of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia One staiemen', contained in that work, Mr. Holland considered ,to be particularly significant of the progress of improvement in this [sland, as exceeding that of either New Brunswick or Nova Scotia; and that is, that, of the youth of Prince Edward i Island, one third part more are sent to schoo!, than of the youth of either New Brunswick or of Nova Scotia, In answer to )mome questions put to him by Coun. Hensley, Mr. Holland said that the reats, payable per acre, per annum, on Lots 26 and | 27, are, a8 respects a few farms on the shore, Is. 6d. sterling ; jof othera Is. sterling, with, in both cases, one-ninth added to bring it into currency. [ae refused 204. an acre for lands of

| was vot worth £1500.

To observe some of them |

Such young men as these, spoiled, not ele-|

they return to the Island with sma!] stocks of

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Mr. Clarke further remarked that Mr. Muttart’s son George had never made money on his farm, but went Into business on speculation. On being asked the value

Patrick McKay, | of Lewis Muttart’s farm, by Mr. Holland, Mr. Clarke answered,

about £500. John Muttart sold his farm to Robert Wright for £300 ; the improvements were worth £200, but the farm would not sell for £400. Mr. Holland observed that he thought hie calculations were preity correct,

To be continued.

— Correspondence

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For tus Examiner.

‘© A West End Citizen’? begs to tender his © com- pliments” to the ** Monitor man,”’ and say, that if by the term ** iladerafe’’ he means to say that “A West End Citizen’ wriies Loo plain (ruths to suit the palates of such fastidjous and unboundedly wise people a8 Messrs. Cooper, Morrison & Co.! he glories in the appeliation.

“A West End Citizen’? further begs to say that he thinks the ** Monitor man”’ had better let “ a dismissed City Clerk’ alone, or he may find him, as some of the Monitor's friends have already found him—rather heavy metal ; this much, how- ever, may be said of the said Clerk—he was not dismissed for misconduct, whieh is far more than will ever be siid or sung of that paid gerf the * Monitor man’’ and some of his friends! Meantime the said Clerk * is of age, ask him, he shal! answer for himself.’?

‘*A West End Citizen’’ respectfully begs Mr. Morrison's pardon for having styled him “ Deputy Secretary.’’ Owing to his elliteracy he thought this an honourable appendage to that gentieman’s name. Now, however, he discovers, through the superlative wisdom of the “ Monitor man,” broadly published to the world, that the “ Monitor man’s’? dosom friend, J. W.

Morrison, is no¢ an officer at all, but is merely a servant to W. UH. Pope, E*qr., and the ‘* Monitor man”? is flunkey to J, W. | Morrison, Esqr.

| “A West End Citizen’ respectfully presente his thanke to | the ** Monitor man” for the large fund of infufmation he hes not only at his disposal, but aleo at that of the public at | ‘* A bow was drawn ata venture,”’ with reapect to the legal appointment of a Hog Reeve for Charlottetown, but thé | Monitor has confirmed the fact by publishing the appointment

'** verbatim et literatim,”’ (+ lauk-a-day, how splendiferous it | sounds to be a scholared!”’ and how delectable it wust be te _ bask in the circle comprised by such scrupulous, unconceited,.

refined and unsubservient Hog Reeve society as that which the |** Monitor man’’ and Mr. Morrison have the honor to represent!) | Why did not the Monitor at the same time publieh the Govern-

| nent authority for advising the Lieutenant Governor to do what

| Her Majesty would not attempt to do, viz : abrogate a law? | ** A West End Citizen’’ particularly regrets that he cannot | begin to believe Mr. J. W. Morrison’s Jeft handed denial of |having signed the great Hog Reeve document, even when | backed up by his understrapper of the Monitor, as they both | know that they “tell fibs.” “The next thing Mr. Morrison will attempt to deny will be—that be did not write the said docu- ment,—or that be did not ren and tell his tenant, Trayuor, (another Hog Reeve), that there was * a pig on the street, and if he did no: make haste to seize it, David Shepherd would have wt! —or that he has not reported the following: “ Jt was me who got Shepherd and Traynor appointed !*’—or that he 18 not at all concerned in the pubiic robbery of his neighbovr’s pigs. under colour of a law which he knows right wel! has been re- | pealed for several years,—or that he was not in ecstacies when | he saw the pigs being sold ! | A West End Ciizen” is particularly gratified to learn that , the sound solid trurhs permeating through his former communi- cation (notwithstanding his being ** i!literate,”) have had euch telling effect on the minds of his fellow-citizene, both Tories and Liberals, but more especially is he gratified that he has thereby roused the ire of two such honorable (?) men as Mr. J. W. Morrison and the “ Monitor man,’’ who dare not contra- dict those truths in a gentlemanly, honest manner, but have to | fall back on their usual specific—detraction, when a blow or a thruet tells home on them.

** 4 West End Citizen” haa discovered that no less than fourteen Hog Reeves have been appointed by the Lieutenant Governor to perambulate the City and seize all pigs running at large, thereby teking the game from the Police. Four only of the new fledged officers are ostensibly set apart for this holy duty in the City, while the balance are marked out as for ‘Charlottetown Common and Royalty,” but each and all of the latter have as much right to seize pigs in Charlotietown as the former, for the Common is part and parcel of the City (the

_ Written opinion of our wise Recorder to the contrary notwith- Standing), and those for the Royalty are not specially set apart | for that locality, consequently they have a ** roving commis- sion.”” While, however, it is not denied that the Lieutenant , Governor has the power to appoint log Reeves for the Royalty, / itis at the same time broadly asserted, wishout fear of cuntra- diction, thet within the eaid Royalty, viz: for “* Charlottetown and Common,” he has no right under heaven to appoint one | Hog Reeve, much leas fourteen, notwithstanding his haviag _ been advised so to do by those who ought to know better. | Since the avove was penned the case in the Police Court, | ** Hughes vs. Shepherd,”’ for two pigs which the latter se:zed