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,vicinity of the Church. iconvcnts interfered on behalf. of their co-religionists, but M. de Leutivy would admit no excusc, and justly contended . ' that the-command of God, “ Thou shalt not kill,” should be

: ’held paramount to a barbarous usage, even though consecra- " :ted by tradition.

3 I 18", in“, so that, at a moderate estimate, 150,000 persons, '

l‘both sexes, and 0" all ages and conditions, are at this momcnbm “‘5 midst Of all the rigours of a Lithuanian winter, expelled their houses, and forced to seek a resting-

' ‘1 lace in strange countries, and not tnerely amoni,r strangers,

municng people predisposed to view them as outcasts, and objects for extortion, persecution, and violence. Sacri- ficing a great principle in order to protect a suffering race, Europe interfered between the Greeks and their butchers. Hereisa case for intervention not less urgent. Will the -Christian Powers of Europe remain silent and inactive in “he presence of such horrors ?

Paassco'rios or run szs.—-It would appear that it is

not exclusiver in the dominions of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor Nicholas that the Jews are at this moment suffer.

ing- persecution. Our private letters from Beyrout, dated we 10th ult., state that the Jews ofJerusalem are not allow. ed to Pass llefore the church of. the holy sepulchre. To- wards the close of December laSt, a few days after tho entry ofthe new Pusha Hinder, an Algerine Jew, ignorant of the

. roliibition, having approached the edifice, was assailed ‘Tby aband of Christian fanatics, who cruelly ill-treated him \ and-left him for dead on the spot.

When he had recovered Lnndwvas able to walk, be repaired to the French Consul, M.

,de Lentivy, and informed him ofwliat had occurred. The

Consul instantly forwarded a complaint to the Pasha, who last no time in arresting the offenders. This measure ex- cited an extraordinary sensation among the Christian popu.

cation, who invoked, in extenllation ofthe offence, the exist.

ence ofa usage which precluded Jews from frequentingr the The Priors ofthe Greek and Latin

Haider Pasha fully concurred in the opi— ~nion ofthe Consul, but the Priors ofthe convents having

' pledged themselves that such an outrage should not recur,

M. de Lentivy consented to the prisoners being released after a few days’ confinement, on condition that they should def-ray the expenses of their victim’s illness: The Pasha,

' ,moreover, issued an order forbidding Christians, under the

severest penalties, from ill-treating Israelites who should pass before the Church ofthe Holy Sepulchre. The delin-

‘tquents are hereafter to be arrested_by the military and

brought before the authorities—Landon Times. In a case tried lately in the Court of Exchequer, it was

i decided that a person entering on a house which he after- ‘ wards finds to be greatly infested with hugs, may quit with-

out notice or payment of a quarter's rent.

" I. c 1] rear 0 u t a I . it? v r its?“ SATURDAY. APRIL 20. 1844.

Sucnsrasv‘s Orrics, April IBth, 1344. The Lieutenant Governor has beer. pleased to nominate the following gentlemen as Sheriffs, for the current year :— \‘Vit.i.talit CUNDALL, ESQ., of Charlottetown, fur Queen’s County. ‘ Paras M‘CaLLuu. EsQ., ofSt. l'eter’s, for King’s County. JAMES VVARBURTON, of Lot II, for Prince County.

The English Mail for the present Month is looked for .liourly, via Pietou and the Wood Islands.

The Steamer ST. Gsoaes will, we understand, he in rea- diness to leave Charlottetown for Pictou, on her first trip for the season, on Tuesday the 30th inst. ~

llIitctiANics’ INs'ri'ru'rr..—On” Wednesday evening lust, Mr. John Gainsford delivered ati interesting introductory Lecture on “ Gravitation, and the Laws ofMolion.” In order to remove, if pbssihle, the apathy hitherto tiiatiifested to- wards the Institute by the more wealthy and. influential portion of the inhabitants, Mr. ‘Gninsford, before concluding ,his Lecture, submitted the following proposition, for the con- sideration ofthe Institute 2- ‘4 Let there be an exhibition open —sny in every Christmasaveek, by tickets at fixed prices Iii- vite all the Inhabitants of the Island, and all those friendly to such an exhibition in the neighbouring Colonies, to send

any articles, on loan—the Committee to pay the cost of

transmission and to be accountable for their safety. A large Room or Rooms should be procured for the exhibition—the different subjects properly classified, and placed under the care of exhibitors appointed for each particular class. In ordcr to insure abundance of subjects for exhibition, iii-

vite every one to send them who may be in pOSSeSsion of

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Paintings, remains of Antiquity, I‘ossils, Minerals, Geologi-

cal and Zoological specimens, Medals, Statuary, Models of

Machines, 81c. Let the exhibition contain specimens of na- tive industry, which, after the exhibition, might be sold, or might be sold during the exhibition—only to remain in it during the time ofthe exhibition being,r open. Induce the

Members themselves to make models of Machines, or others, giving ll premium to those ofthe most approved utility, and exhibiting in their construction the most finished style of

work.” With reference to the proceeds arising fi'om the exhibi- tion, Mr. Gainsford recommended that one moiety should

be handed over to the Ladies’ Benevolent Society, for the pur- poses of charity, and the other inciety, together withthe funds in hand,appropriated to the purchase of Philosophical

Ene- ttt‘olontsl moment;

1:331 dllgétrtf‘nce between the. value of the article to be bought Chasers habznziitghiggte Zfigred m payment;.and mu? lmr' ‘ things on credit or I en iiven to the necessity of taking up . . 3 flying out the whole of afivc or ten shil- ling note for articles they could have done without, in order to obtain athmg that two or three shillings, perhaps, would havepaid for. classes ofthe community were precisely in the same condition. The farmer was compelled to barter away his produce for-goods, or, in order to obtain money, to 3:033:36 It at half price. The mechanic and labotirer had . er way otreceivtng the price of their labour than in ciders on stores, or waiting, in want, until their employers had the fmeans ofpaying them. The Small Debt Courts rare in all operation, and property was frequently frittered away, on law executions, f0r a tenth parlofits intrinsic value. A tone of general dissatisfiiction prevailed. Business was at a stand—ruin stared us in the face, and if we had not raised our silver-to its present nominal value, our little commerce must inevuably have been destroyed. The balance of trade is against us, and I should like to know what exports we have for the payment ofour debts in the adjoining Provinces. From the improved state of a'griculture in Nova Scotia, the markets of Halifax can be supplied at as low a rate as We can afford, EqualiZe, then, the currencies, and the trader here will give himself precious little trouble in the exports- tion of potatoes, and other produce; for as he loses nothing on his remittances in hard money, it will fly, my friends, in every direction. Ifit be now going fast, atits present value, he assured it will vanish with accelerated speed at the re- duced rate. There is an over trade in the country ; we have too many merchants among us, and, consequently, the oulgo ofsilver would greatly surpass its income. But this is not the worst feature iii the case. On an equalization ofthe currency with the Halifax rates, suppose the Treasurer should be on the point of making a call, to the amount of Three thonsand Pounds, and One thousand ofit should be iii silver, who is to reimburse this gentleman] for the very serious loss he must sustain in the silver issue? Or, sun. pose a farmer had laid tip a sum of money by hard industiy for the purchase ol his farm, if he has received his silver at the present rate, and be obliged to pay itawiiy at the reduced, thereby losing one-fifth of the whole, will any ofyou put your hands in your pookets and make good his loss? We have due to us some Thousands of Pounds, in differ- ent parts of the Island: Would it be honest in us, do you think, my mercantile friends, to have suffered debts to be contracted, under the full persuasion, on the part of the debtors, ofbeing allowed to make their payments in dollars at six shillings, and English shillings at eighteen pence, atid then turn upon our heels and demand our money in Halifax currency. Under such circumstances, we should be consi- dered—and very properly too—a faithless set of rogues-— one day increasing the nominal value of the currency, from motives ofadvantage, and the tiext day lowering it to suit the purposes of selfishness. I asked one of my mercantile friends, a few days ago, why he was so anxious to reduce the value of the silver ? “ Bills liere,’f said he, “ are at too high a premium; ifI can take my money to Haliliix, without any per-centage loss, Ican there purchase Bills at twelve and a half;” rubbing his hands with great apparent delight at the idea. “Well,” I replied, “if we all do so, what will become ofour silver ?”-——“ 0,” said he, “never mind that; every man for himself.” This inju- dicious individual evident!y did not see, that by such a mode of procedure he would eventually cut his owti threat, by de- priving liiniselfrapiilly of the means of purchasing those cheap Bills. To make use ofa common expression, this would he, with a vengeance, taking it in at the spigot, and letting it ,out at the bung. One chest of Connnissariat money, coming from Halifax to us, would be met on the road by another of a more ample size, going from us to the saute quarter; thus, so far as cash. erporls and imports are con- certied, the balance qftrade would be decidedly in our favor. Let us‘iiot, my friends, he too capricious; we had better let well alone. The consumer pays for the additional three- pencc on the English shilling, and is content to do so, and consequently we really sufl'er no loss when urged to the necessity of sending our money out of the country. In a whisper, my dear brethren; but, hush ! I don’t wish ii. to go abroad ; oil a reduction of our currency to the Halifax rates, do you really think we should be apt to take the twenty per cent. from our‘ goods? Between ourselves, Irather think not ;—r.ighleen cure is eighteen pence all the world ever, and ifthe article offered for sale be worth the English shilling, now going for one and aixpcncc, it strikes me we should de- mand the saute piece of money at fifteen pence, with the additional accompaniment of threepcnce in (toppers. What right have we to complain of the high premium on

and it appears rather singular to me that we should find no difficulty in mutually paying our debts to each other in Bri- tish silver, at Fifty per cent., and yet grumble at- givmg the

nominal value of our silver, you should have applied to the

legalize a standard currency that might be depended on, and

meet the exigencies and convenience ofthe moment.

Bills? The drawer makes no profit by it—lie gets nothing more than par/for his drafts. Twenty Pounds sterling is worth Thirty Pounds in the currency ofour own creation;

same premium for Engliin Bills in payment ofour honest debts in other countries. If you were anxtous to reduce the

Legislature, at their last Session, and asked for an Act to not ridiculously and whimsically call meetings for the pur- pose of doing and undoing, chopping and changing, in order

to suit the selfish Views of a few interested individuals, or

That times are bad and money scarce, my dear brother

nity.

charged on niercliandize, the consumers pay for it, .and the merchant Virtually receives the English shilling at one and

business, the purchaser pays it back to the seller at the same value lie_received it, and, so faras Ilie "internal trade ofthe country is concerned, our metallic currency is intrinsically worth the value we have stamped iipou it. “But that won‘t do,” says the writer in the Islander. “ We want to send money our of the country to pay our debts. We are too lazy to devise other modes of remittance; and money we find tolbe the tnost convenient. Agricultural produce Won’t pay, and, consequently, We must have somethingI that will ; equalize the currencies, and our business then will be com- prised in a nut shell.” Ishall now proceed to show, Mr. Editor, from what source our difficulties have arisen, and which are in no shape connected with, or attributable to, the want of Halifax currency.

its prosperity, and, in proportion as that interest is promoted, will the wealth and importance ofthat country be advanced. Iftlie farmer can pay the merchant for his wares in the pro- duce of his farm, and that produce can be exported by the merchant in payment ofhis debts, the precious metals will become less valuable, and, as u remuneration for labour, will be less anxiously sought for, and, consequently, the curren- CleS ofcountries in contiguity with each other, and intimate- ly connected in trade, under such circumstances, may with safely be assimilated, as the exchange ofcommodities will render money less necessary in the discharge oftlicir mutual debts. Now, unfortunately for this Island, this system has never been fairly tried, and the country has been kept in the back ground for want ofits adoptiori.

Various causes have conspired to check our agricultural improvement; and, among the most prominent, is the ten- ure by which the soil is held. We have too inuuh leasehold and too littlefreehold property in‘the land; and, while the present mode of proprietary management continues to pre- vail, the Island will make but low and creeping progress on the scale ofadvanceuieut. ln pointof settlement, we are coevul with Nova Scotia, but in civilization and respectabi- lity of standing, very far inferior to that Province.

In this country, the farmer has many difiicultics to con- tend with, from the uncertainty of the seasons, the labour required in the cultivation of, perhaps, a rough farm, and the want of markets to pay him for the surplus produce of his industry. His condition, therefore, loudly calls for en- couragement: ameliOrute that condition-give him a stimu- lus to exertion, by the better settlement ofthe country, and we shall then have but little cause for lainentation oti the score ofour currency. Money will flow in from every quar-

thriving country Would give you rich and thriving towns, and P. E. Island would rise from the degradation in which it has been plunged for so many years, and under which it still continues to suffer. Let the proprietor reduce his de. "lands—give long leases, and establish ware-houses for the reception of his rents in produce, to be realized in cash by him or his 1128111,“)! domestic salé,,or by exportation to owe} countries. Let the merchantch in a similar manner with his country customers, and all will be troll; and the absurd practice of bagging what little silver we have, and sending it away, will cease to exist as a mercantile evil.

It is ratl'ierreinarkable, Sir, lliat, in the face of all this out- cry against our currency, on the part ol‘a few iatemsted growlers, the prices of mercbandize, and every description of agricultural produce, should be much lower now than they were in those blissful times when our dealings were en- tirely in Halifax currency. Competition, no doubt, without reference to currency, has, in a great measure. effected this. Formerly, customers were at the mercy ofit few—now, they are more fairly and honestly dealt with. But before I con- clude this letter, [must be allowed to ask, Wliatis this boos- ted llalifax currency? Is it what Halifax currency ought to be, and formerly was'? Certainly not. Properly speak- ing, lIalifax currency is the addition of one—ninlh to sterling; the Novascotians, however; have not confined themselves to this—they have attached a greater value to their metallic currency. The sovereign, by adding a ninth, ought to pass for twenty-two shillings and lwopence half-penny; but they have increased it to twcnlyfive shillings, and its silver fractional parts in the same propoition. lfthey have a right to raise the value oftheir coins to suit their convenience, surely we are at liberty to do the same, if necessity required it. It the Novascotians are to legislate for us in money matters, they may as well deluge the Island iiith their acts on other sub- jects. .

I have now done with the question. Establish Halifax currency, and probably we shall he again driven to the ex- pediency of boring holes in our dollars, to keep them in the country, or ruinously resorting to an additional supply of treasury paper—often beastly in its appearance, and held in derision by our provincial neighbours. I MERCATOR.

CHARLOTTETOWN MARKETS. SATURDAY, April 20. Beef, small pcs. pr. lb. 4d to 5d Oats, per bus. ‘

ls 3d to In 6d

sent state ofour affairs; “experience teaches ;” the trial has been already made, and the disastrous results must be vivid- ly impressed on the minds of all classes of the commu-

Suppose, for the sake of argument, that the additional three-pence on the Nova Scotia fifteen-pence should be- sur-

lhrecpence, and can remit it at the, same rate. In the way of

The Agricultural interest of every country is the basis of

ter,.and our Wants will be amply stipplied. A rich and ‘

AUCTIONS.

TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, ON the premises, on Monday the 29ih.day of April

next, at noon, all the Leasehold Title and Interest for 999 years of‘llte late Pearce Costello, to a Farm on Lot 3], front- ing on the ’Iryon Road.—Particulars made known on applying

to the subscriber, CATHERINE COSTELLO, -Administrstrix to the Estate. Lot 31, 3.1 April, 1844. . (3w)

VALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR SALEl—l

T0 DE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION, N THURSDAY, the THIRTIETII day of MAY

. next, at Gemgetown. the following valuable Lots ofLAND, situated in Georgetown, in Prince Edwaid Island, namely :-— I \VATER LO'I‘S

Numbers Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen and Sixteen. These liots are admirably calculated for the carrying on of an extensive I‘ ishery—having a large water front, on which stages could be erected. They abut on one side of the Georgetown Wharf, It the end ofthe Main Street. On one ofthe Lots in a comfortable Dwelling House and Store, lately in the occupation of William Ill‘lackay and Company, with suitable and convenient Otil~houles. I liese are ilie most valuable pretiisel for busiueu' in George-

town. . ALso, WATER LOT No. NINE. .

On this Let stands a commodious Dwelling House, formerly occupied by the late Rufus Shiiltiick. ' V ' Ame,

' I‘own Lots Number One. second range, LetterB; Town LI!- ’l\.imbcr Sixteen, second range, LelterB; the \Vestern half of I‘own Lot Number Bight, Letter C; Town Lot Number Six, third range, Letter A ; and Town Lot, Number Thirteen, second range, Letter A. On the Town Lots last mentioned, lllndl the new Divelling Home, now in the occupation of the Rev. Mr. Ross ; and on Town Lot Number Six, third range, Letter A. stands the Bakery, luter occupied by Mr. “’illiarn Stewart, These Lots are all in central situations, and are therefore well

adapted for building purposes. ALSO, ' Pasture Lats Number Seventy-three and Number Seventy, Eight—which are in a good state ofcultivation. ' —'r I: it u 5—-

Ten per cent. deposits. and the remainder, “hen specified at the time and in the terms of Stile. The TITLE is perfect. ‘ For further particulars, please apply to “'illiam M. Allan, Esq in Halifax, or to the Subscriber, at his Ulfire in Clintlottelen.

. CIIARL ES YOUNG, Solicitor. Charlottetown, I‘. E. I., April 7, IS“.

LAND ASSESSMENT,

Treasurer's Otiice, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Itith Jim. I843. IN pursuance of the Act of the General Assembly of this Island, made and passed in the Seveulhyeur ofthe Reign’ ot‘His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intiiuled flu dd for levying mt. Assessment on all Land: in this Island—I do here: by give public notice, that I have made Proclamation, according to the terms ofthe said Act, ofthe undermentioned Town Loni, Pasture Lots,and parts of Lots or Townships, iii this Island, in arrear for the non-payment of the several sums due and owing thereon to Her Majesty, under and by virtue of the before-meo- lioncd Act, viz:— Taum Lot: in Charlottetown : 7, I lI‘Ill‘ No. 35, in the First Hundred—No. I3, Fiflb do. Charlottetown Royalty—No. 539. ‘ Georgetown: ' ' ' No. 10 First Range, Letter C. No. 8, First Range, Let"? D: 5, Second Range, Letter B. Townships .-

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No. I,“ 5843 acres. No. 40, 548 acres. 5, SH) '14, 3550 i4, 112 49, 3351 is, 500 55, 500 27, 869 65, 35d 2'5, 233?

And the owners ofthe said Lots and Tracts of Land, so in ur- rear and proclaimed as aforesaid, are hereby notified, that in can the sums charged on them by the said Act, together with the Costs which have been incurred, shall not be paid within Ten, days before the next EasterTerm of the Supreme Court of Judi- cature. to be held at Charlottetown, which will commence on". Tuesday the Seventh day ('nfMuy next, application will be made to the ' Supreme Court, during the said Term, for Judgmenc against the said Lots and Tracts of Land respectively.