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CHARLOTTETOWN,PRlNCE EDWARD ISLAND, TUESDAY, JANUARYl3,1852.

"for. 22

WINTER ARRANGEMENT OF MAILS.

III‘ IIAILS for the neiglibourin Provinces, during the Win-

tar, will be made up at this 0 co every FRIDAY MORN-

ING at Eleven o'clock, to be forwarded via Cape Traverse and

Cape 'l‘orraeatias corrimcnei on FRIDAY the wilt of December,

Instant, and the Mails for Bag and will be forwarded on that day, and on I’-‘riday, 9d January, “ Iflth January, " 80th January,

" 18th February. and “ 27th February. TIIOMAS OWEN. Postmaster General. General Post Ofilee.

Charlottetown, Dec. 9, I851. The Mails from Nova Scotia will be due every Monday night. (All the Papers.)

Coinniiasariat.’ I

JVbts'cs to persons desirous of rnalrt'ng Reinitta-ices to Halifax. IIE Commissariat Otficcr in charge at this Station will receive into the Military Cheat, Ilritish Specie, or llnllars, for which Ippdivglll give Drafts, payable at sight, on the Military Cheat at

ROBERT BOOTII. Dep. A. Com. Geri.

Charlottetown, Jan. 5, I852.

LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY, IISONS having BOOKS in their possession belonging to the I.l0III.A‘l‘lVl Liasaitv, are hereby particularly request- ed to return the same forthwith, especially those taken previous to

lo_the lat instant. il. W. LQBBAN. Librarian.

btli January, 1852.

R. B. IRVING, JVOTJRY PUBLIC, COJ\v"VEYfl.NCEI£,

Arid Public Accountant :

O[}ica,—Hun. Jllr. Lord’; Coinmercial Bui'lz1r'ngs, Doacirrzsricrt S1-rtr:r;1'.

Deeds of Conveyance of all descriptions, of l.e:iselio|d rind Fr ld I-Iatiite, including Assignments, lllortgng s, .*:'o., .etlors of Attorney, Bonds. Indenturea of A preiititzesbi i, Ililla of :§ale,Char- tar Parties, Arbitration Bonds tin .-\w.irdii. llr-titioas. &c.. prepar- ed with accuracy and dcspiitoh; Merchants‘ Iloolts, Partnership and other complicated Accounts, &c., arranged and hulanued, at ino- dsrate chalice. Charlottetown. 9th December, i85i.

BOOK-KEEPIN G, &c.

' IIADESMEN and others who wish to have their Iloolts posted

up to the end ofthe last year, new Ledgers opened. or to have Accounts made out. may learn where either can he performed, by early application, at the Otlice of this paper.

anaary 6.

NOTICE.

WNEIIS of Farm-ateadinga or Proprietors of Land for Sale.

and to Let or Lease, in Prince Edward Island, are solicited

to communicate with the Subscriber, as to terms and articulnra of same, for t ' ornnation of intendi settlers of sma I capital, and of the Scotch Agricultural class. a early notice, per Post

rs id will meet attention. (9 9' )' WILLIAM LA‘lll0N'I‘, General Com. Agent. 2 Howard Street, Glasgow, 5th September, 185].

To the Tenants on Lots 9 rt. 6!.

HE Subscriber having, by Power of Attorney, dated the 6th

do of March, l85l, been appoin‘.ed Agent totake charge of LOTS 9 (ii. in this Island, the Property of Lriirrcncc SuIt't'irrr .‘aq., notifies the Tenants on those Townsliips, that all rents, and Arrears of Rent, due on the said Property, are required to be paid

to him forthwith, he alone licing uulliorized to receive the same. J.-\.\ll‘ZS Ylit).

Portllill, April 9, I851.

LL persons having any It-gal demands against the Estate of Janus M‘I)oN.u.o, late of Georgetown, Esquire. deceased,

are requested to furtiish the same duly attested to lllr. Jimlrcw .1. .M'Donald, of Georgetown, within Six calendar months; and all persons indebted to the said Estate are requested to make IIlIlIlt.‘(Ili|I8 payment of their respective Accounts, Promissory Notes, &c., 6.'.c.,

to Mr. A. M‘Dona|d. E. TIIORNTON. M.\it'i‘iN I'lYltNF., Ii.-\l\'II'II. Illll-EN.-\N, Georgetown, Slat 0ctr., ISM.

g I-Ixccutors.

COUNCIL (ls-ricr:. Juno I9, L’; IIIIIIIZAS application has been tirade to Ilia Ilxcellency the Lieutenant Governor in Council, to close that part ofan old Road commencing at the East side of .IDt!Ppl| Aflleck’s Farm, on Townelii No. as, and running there from to the Main Road, screaa oh I-‘ort Settlement. Notice is hereby given, that the said lead, so far as it ruuti through the above mentioned Lands, will be closed at the expiration of six tiionths from this date, unless

use be shown to the contrary, in the tertiia of the Act of

II ‘I 3 Wm. 4," Cap. 28. CHARLES DISSDRISAY, C. C.

To Tensntry residing on portionsof Town- .mp. 31, -so, 53, 57, 58, 59, no and 62.

“E N0'I'ICE——Th t ' 'I fth resent Ilousc of As- nrnlil , during its fasi g‘0.:oIDll€' tinned iin Act, which deter- mleed that Iil Illrrrs due in this Colony, ahallhencefortli bepaid in current aioaey. I do, therefore, hereby Notify Tenaiiis residing the verbus Townships under ni maniigenient, that all Rents and Texu Dill herufler be liquidate in Money, as it becorrieg due, or it will Jeri‘ idly enforced; and also, that no excuses will in future be received or its nonpayment; or indulgence be permitted them asformcrly. Those persons in Arrears of Heat are requested to come to an immediate arrangement for_the payment of their respec- tive Accounts, to prevent my being obliged to have repourse to legal eedings for its recovery, or ejectnient. And all l‘enant_s who nice psrhrmcd labour on these I-.st.ates—or iaade payment in any way--on account of llaata, and who have not_becp settled with for the same. are requested to call at my oflioe in Charlotte- town without delay. Onica Houus from to to 4. _ person or persons found Tbupoauiig upon any of the Leeds, on the above Estates, are notillizd t(:iat they will pnggggud tn ' fth l w. wit at iatiootion. “.5 ThseTl:ahnts-ivul:IIln.g|'t?di:pose° If their _Lsosaliold later- sda in lbrpa, can apply in writing forthwith, stating terms, num- bier efAeres cedar cultivation, and buildings thereon, frec ofsrrcars

WILLIAM DOUSE. Land A

Olmrlsttetovrn. Dec. I, tell. 8''"-

tliswiater season from Tenants, to be de-

WANTID, tl

' llvued at " Ielhik” score, l0,0Q0 Bnshels of clean .&rcbenlaUc Grade, fer which Cash will be given, or all owed III pyneat clients, at the In-bet Prices.

Illustrated London News, ' ’ Jlmenst.-be for I859.

Ladies -Wltllplpct‘. end far mle at 050. T. IIASZAIIDI. Iecbstore. Queen's Square. Cbarblstswn, Dec. IO.

iii-9

ST. JAM'ES'S CHURCH, CHARIJO'I'I.'E'IOWN.

On the evening of the llth ult., the Annual Meeting of the St. James‘ Church Society for Religious and Missionary purposes, was held_iti the Charcli at seven o'clock, the av. Robert Mucaair, the President, in the Chair. The Meeting having been 0 cried in the usual manner, with Praise and Prayer, the Report or the past year was read by the Secretary, as follows :

REPORT.

Under the influence ofa Divine Providence we are privileged to assemble this evening to take a retrospect of our proceedings during the past year, and receive from those of us to whorri has been dele- gated oflicial power, an account oftheir Stewardship.

At ti general meeting of our congregation on the 19th August, I850, ti proposition was submitted and discussed, recornmendingtlie formation of a Religious and Missionary As~‘ociation in connection with our Church ; and some preliminary arrangements were then tidoptod for the immediate organization of on nlliaiice, designated “ the St. .Iames's Church Society for Religious and Missionary purposes " '

The Iirst meeting was held on the 21st September, when the draft of the constitution was aubiiiitt and adopted, and the oflice-bearers for the year accordingly elected. The subs iient monthly iiieet- iiigi were regularly he d, and the interest oft to Society sustained by the delivery of discourses and essays by the President and others on subjects relating to the cliarncteristio objects of the Society. Among others llou. lllr. Ilirnio and Mr. Morpetli delivered interest- ing and instructive Iisstiys, claiming special notice in the detail of our intellectual depurtriietit.

During the last quarter, as other congregational meetings of im-

rirtuuce were instituted and could not be advantageously sustained williout the general support and the united elforts of all concerned; to avoid nti eiiibarriiasiiig collision, a rent it! suspension of our nicelitigs was deemed expedient, but this poatponeirierit has not been prejudicial to the vital interests of our Society, as the Collectors did not relax their persevering diligence and praiseworthy devotion in tlisclitirgiiig the duties devolving oti t em.

The 'l‘rensurer'a account shows a total of upwards of £39 0s. 0d. collected on hehzilfofthe Society, during the piist year, which coit- sitlering the other calls upon its iiienibers, the Committee regard as creditable to the diligence of the Collectors. This rimoutit is for the iuost pitrt allocated by the donors, and in pretty nearly the following proportions, about one-third of the whole auiount to the I.ibrtiry,.'ind about the sanity sum to the Home .\lission. For the Indian Mission ofthe Church of Scotlatid, about £2 5 has been subscribed. and for the Jewish Mission £1 1 6. Oftha reiiiainder, the sum of £1 I5s. wait voted to the Foreign Mission ofthe I'rc-sliyti.-riaii Church of Nova >'r-.uti:i, conducted by tho cv. Mr. (ieddie, who formerly lil- bourcd in this lslniitl; while the rest consists principally of collec- tions at the .\lonthly llleetiiiga for incidental expenses, and ofsmull suiiis not allocated by the Subscribers.

The Committee beg to recommend, that the sums subscribed for objects, whose field of operations is out of the lsluirl, should be forwarded as speedily as possible, as tt,tokon. however small, of our good-will, that the sum subscribed for the Library be expended immediately in the purchase of books. and that the fund under the head of Home Missions be left in the hands of the Committee for the coming year, to be expended in whole or in part, or in accor- dance with the object of the scheme, or to be reserved till a larger sutii is accumulated.

Iii retiring from the ollices with ivliicli you lioiiourcd us, we can- not do leaa, while gratefully tliariltiiig you for the distinction, than to assure you, that i we have not ' your expectations, it has to want of ti sincere desire to realize your wishes. All of which is respectfully subniiited, in behalf of the oti'ico-

bearers, JOHN ARBUCKLE, Set:'y.

Iltli Dec. 1851- The following Resolutions were then brought forward and adopt-

Moved by Mr. J. \V. Morrison, seconded by Dr. Macltieson,

Rt‘tUIt'¢d ist,—'l‘hat the Iteport now read be adopted as the An- nual Report of the St. James‘: Cliurcli Society for Religious and and lllissionur purposes.

Moved b Ir. Joint lllc\'cill, seconded by Mr. Jarues Purdic,

llcsclccz ‘.‘.‘d,—'I'h:it this Meeting recognizes the valtie of it well- sclectcd tissortmerit of books, as it subsidiary help to the preaching of the Gospel, for I'L'tlL‘0llililg the time fiiin‘. uiiprofilablc thou-glits iiiid occupalimis—furiinaliing the iiiiritl against st:t.-plicul doubts, sup- plyimv, llil(.'lligt'iICO of the progress of Christ’s Kingdom in the lienrls ofiritlividualr-, in societies, ill] in the world, and imparting cori- solatioii in the hour oftilllictioii; and accordingly, views with gru- titicatiou, the prciir-at attempt to establish a Library in connection with the congregation.

Moved by the Rev. Isaac .\Iurray, llliiiis‘cr of the I‘rcsbytcri:ui Congri-gzition, Caveiidislt 8; New London, seconded by ll r. J. Ar-

uc e, Ifcsolcerl 3tl,——'l'hat this Meeting believing, that all power is of God, and that Prayer is the instituted means of obtaining the aid ofGod, is convinced that a greater measure of prayer would be followed by a greater blessing; and therefore, while acltnovvlctlgiiig past aliortcoimngs, anxiously looks for n more enlarged spirit ol' pruycr, private, liiiiiily, and social. _ Moved by the Iloii. George Birnic, seconded by Mr. .\I. W. Skin-

ncr, Rrsalcctl -ltli,—'l'h:it this .\Iccting recognises the work of sending the Gospel to tlu- ll- rlllcll, us it my incutribcnt upon llll who love the I.ord .IL‘iu.~; ..i..'i the necessity of greatly enlarged libcrnlity ftir this purpose. .\loved by Mr. I‘.. I.. I._\'t.Il7l|’tI, seconded by Mr. James Anderson. Resolt ail t'>th,—'I‘liat this Meeting, convinced ofthe duty of aid- ing the poor as devolvirig upoit the followers of liitri, who s;ii.l,

“'lbe poor liave nalways with yeti," tenders th:ml.s_ to the l.a- V

dies ofthe Benevolent Society, for their exertions during the past vear. ' ' ‘be following Gentlemen were then appointed oflico-bearers for the ensuing yeur. I’resident,—lIcv. R. Macnair. Vice l’residciiis,——Dr. Mackieson, M. J. Purdie, Secrctury,—Mr. John McNeill, Treasurt-r,—.\lr. II. I). Morpeih. The old Coimniiteo were reappointed, with power to fill the places ofiiiiy members who might not be able to ac The following is a statement, as furnished by the Treasurer, lllr. ‘.. L. I. diard, of sums collected and expended by the Coiigreg:i- tion wit in the last two years, with the exception of the that nam- ed auni, which was subscri in the winters of 1847-48.

Fund for iaiiiting inside ofChurc , _ - 0

Bazaar, I arch I850, for building Session Ilonse, repairing tower, c. 0 0 0 Bell, - - ' 5° 0 0 Subscriptions for re pairing Church, - 48 0 0 Society for Rligioua and Missionary purposea,_ _ 39 0 0 Ladies‘ Benevolent Society, one Year's subscription 23 0 0 £815 0 0

illistcllaiitotis. WIIO IS CON'l‘EN'l’I‘.D?

One day, as the dervisli Alinoran. the wisest of all the followers of the prophet, and the oracle of the chief mulli of Starnboul, was sitting in ii sandy g ' shores of the Ilospiorua, trying to find ‘out I e piness, in order that he nilght benefit his fellow-crcatures by corri- maaicatiiig the discovery, his speculations were interru ted by _a man richly clothed, who, approaching,‘ sat down and aig edheavi- ly, crying out at the same time: " . AllI_lI._ I l>9'°°°l| “'90 l° relieve me of life, or the burdens with which it is laden."

Almorair, who was asortof amateur of misery, because it af- forded hirn the pleasuiu of administering consolation, approached the man of sorrow, and kindly inquired the calls Of It |°fI= -* Art thou in wa tef food. ormsndr. of health. ornny 0 limo comforts of life i t are necessary to human happiness! or dost thou lack the advice orssporisneo. the consolation of-rmimhr?

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Speak, for it is the business of my life to bestow them on my fel- lew-creatures."

“ Alas !" said the stranger, "I require none of these. I have all and more than I want ofevery thing. I have all the insane of happiness but one, and the Want of that renders every other bless- ing of no value."

“ And what is that !" asked the dervisli.

" I adore the beautiful Zulemn; but alie loves another. and all m riches and honours are as notliin . I am the most miserable a man; my life is a burden, and my death would be the greatest of

casings."

“ llefure Almoran could rcply. there approached a poor creature, clothed in rage, and leaning on his stutf, bewc down to the earth with it load of misery. I 0 sat down riioairiug, as if in great pniti, and casting his eyes upwards, exclaimed, “ Alluh be my star, for I have none ot er !"

The dervish went to hint and kindly said, “ \Vliat ailetli thee, poor man .’ Perliaps it may be in uiy power to relieve thy distres- soa. VVlizit vvantest thou .”'

" I".verytliing ," replied the beggar; “ health, food, kindred, friends, a honie-—evi.-ry thing. I am an outcast and n wanderer, dturitutt: of every comfort of life. I arii the most miserable of iiiitn- ltind; for in addition to my own sufferings, see other around me revelling in those luxuries for lack oftt small portion of which, I ttin perlsliing "

At this niomcnt, a third man approached with w ' “steps and ti languid look, and casting hitnsclfdown by the side the foun- tain, slrcicliud out his limbs at free len iii, and yawning desperate- ly, c.it:d nut, “ Allzth ! What shall I(I0 ? what will become ofme? I am tired oflife. which is nothing but a— purgatory of wants, that when supplied, only produce disappointinent or disgust."

Almorau approached and as ad, “ What is the cause of thy mi- aery .’ What wantest thou 2”

'' I want it vi-tint,” answered the other. “ I am cursed with the misery of fruition. I have wasted my live in acquiring riches that brought lti8 notliiug but disappointment, and honours that no longer gratify in ' pride, or rt.-pay me for the labour of sustaiiiin tlieui; I have been cheated into the pursuit of pleasures that turn to pain in the ciijoymetit, and my only want is that I have nothing to de- sire. I have every thing I wish, and yet I enjoy nothing.”

Alnioran paused a few moments, utter y at :i lose to tiiid a retrie- dy for this iitrtiiign malady, then said to himself, “ Allah ! preserve me; Isee it is all the satire whether mun mint one thing, every thing, or nothing. It is impossible to ninke each being happy, and rnrty I eat dirt, ifl trouble iiiysolfany more in so vain II pursuit."

Their taking up his stuff, he ivcnt on his way.

_EVl".RY MAN A I“.-IILIIER.

The cultivation ofthe earth is congenial to the nature ofmaiikind, and :1 very large proportion of men, during some share ofthcir lives, either do or have ti desire to become farmers. Besides those in ci- iilized countries who are bred to the culture of the soil, and take it as their sole pursuit through life, there are tliousauds of others, who retire from the trouble and anxieties of trade, tie vexntions of a prol'i:ssional, or the turmoils ofn public life, to rural quiet, and the undisturbed [i0.~'§t3a'!I0i| ofan acre of an .

Nor is this prevailing love of agriculture, which sooner or later in life discovers itself, to be wondered at, whether we consider it as implanted in our nattirc, or tvhetlier it is the result of research and ex erienco. lfit be iiiiiate, it is merely kept down for a while by tho engrossing pursuits of wealth, the calls of ambition or the strife of glory. But these being satisfied or disappointed, the mind Sfl free, returns to its native desires, and applies its remaining energies to the peaceful gratification. But reason and experience I v,well be allowed their share, in bringing so large it portion of

_iud, ultimately to the cultivation of the earth. \Vho, at the ‘vibe of'liis native dignity and independence, would not prefer to be lord over ti few acres of land, with no y’a uinoura to consult but his own, and nobody to please but his Maker, to the cringing, the fawning, and lying that are apt to enter so largely into political, profs.-ssiona , mercantile and mechanical life .’ an man on earth can say. ask no favours,’ it is the farmer. S ilful and ho- nest labour is all that the earth requires. and it yields a due return —iio favours dearly bought with the surrender of independence of honour, or truth, mid of all noble and itianl feelings; no truck- ling for ollicc, tiofatniiiig for popularity, no lying for gain. No iiuui can sa of farming, “I liavn served it faithless master ! I have sitcriliced honour and conscience and independence of mind, and what have I gain : mong farriiors there are no deserted \\'olsi-ys, and no llelisurius lives it reproach to agricultural pursuits. The churisters of the field never sing to dcct-ivc, the flowers of the llt.'llI tievcr blooms to hide a deformity, and nature never smiles to bctrtiw-—L‘»r!.'. JIIIICI‘.

THE GREAT POLAR OCEAN.

At the last meeting of the Loutlon Geograpliical Society, I.ioule- iiniit Osborne. ri iiieiubrrr of one British Arctic expedition. argued, at some length in favour of the support of the existence of a great I‘:-lur Ocean.-—Ilo said that in \Vcllingtuii Chanel, he had ob- served iiiimcnse number of whales running out from under the ice, it proof, that they li:id been to Water and come to water, for every one knew they must li:ivu rooiti to blow. Ile further said, there were almost constant lliglitii ofducks and geese from tho riortliward, another proof of open water in that tIlI‘t.'ClltiII, since these birds l}-and their food only in such water. He added, that it was his tlulibertite opiuiuii, from observations made on the spot, that ivluiles pnsst-tl up \\'cllingtou (lliannt-I into a iitirtlierii Suit. it re- fcrenco to the abuiidiiiicir ofuiiimal lllt‘, in the latitude ofthis sup- posed I’:-lar Sou, he reiiiarkctl, that while, on the southern side of I.aiictistcr Sound. he never saw t-noiigli game to keep his dog. Melville Island. out: hundred and fifty miles to the iiortliward, nliotiiitlirtl in tlI't.‘f an-.1 musk 0Xl‘.lI. It was thus clear, he continued, tlnl iiiiinial lif»: did not dt,-pr.-iirl on l.ilitudi.-; htit litCI'9iiSL'iI, if any thing, :il't<.-v pat.-:-iiig the §C\'t.'lIlll'lli degree. llloreovvr, uliilc in l3.'i.liu‘s ll.i\‘, the title iritiile for the Soulliwtird. ctiiiiiiig front the i:t|I’llI\\'illtI,’ \\l.lt?l| could « tily he explained on Ilie hypothesis of ti ~'l‘iI in that tlll't_'(‘lluil. All this seems to its proof of :t gr:-at I'ol:ir St-:t.

|’uiii.ic l‘.x ECUTIl1NS.—lIiIlilIIIlI<‘I statics. that no less tli.in se- vorit_v-tvvo II|(ru,~'£lll(l pi-rsnrisilir-,tl by the hands of the i-xocutioriet‘ during the reign of Henry VIII , being :it the rate oftwo IIIOII-i.'llItI every year. in Queen l'lliz:ibetli‘s tiuie only four liundretl were I‘\lfCllIL‘(I vi-zirlv; but this relaxutioii, far from owing its origin in the (‘rowii, tl'ritws'fortli the ctittiplaiut of l.ord Keeper Ilucon, who tells the l'arliaiticrit, that this inclfcctitul ciiforcoiiieiit of the laws is not the default of her Majesty, “ leaving iiotliing undone meet for her to do for the execution of t rem." In more recent times, we have further details on this subject. The tables kept by Sir Stephen J.-iaseti, state, that in seven years, ending in I756, there were con- victed. capitally, in London and Middlaaex, four hundred and twen- ty-eight, of whom about three—fourt|is were executed. 'l'lint frorri l76l It) I772, four hundred and fifty-seven were convicted, and two liundrod and thirty-tlirce, or it little rriore thin half, executed. lluring the interval between 1772 and 1802 the accounts have not been published, but from I802 to I808 the returns rinted by the Secretary of Stair.-’ii oilice utford very accurate in ormtition. In 1802 there were ninety-seven conyictt-(I, and ten executed, being about one-tenth; and the average yearly number of coiivictious for tire whole seven succeeding years being about seventy-five the ave- rage iiunibor of executions was about iiitie and a half, or somewhat more titan one eighth. Thus, a change of it very itiatcrial kind took place duing the reign of George III. At the beginning ofthat reign, there were more executionatlian pardons for peraoiis capitally convicted. Now it is stated, there are about ten times as many par- doned us executed.