PHiS*iS TRUE LIBERTT

New Series. Che Exaintier,

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1850,

THE EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN RAILWAY.

The Halifax press is now almost constantly occupied in discussing the advantages that are likely to result from the establishment of the great Rail- way contemplated at the recent Port- land convention. A pnblic meeting was held at Halifax on Saturday the 24th ultimo, to enable the Mayor, who was delegated in company with the Attorney General and the Hon. J. E. Fairbanks to represent the city of Halifax in the Con- rention--to present to their constituents a report of their proceedings. Mr. Se- ccetary Howe urged, by way of resoln- tron, that an appeal be made to the Government, soliciting its support to the measure, and requesting it to be made a Cabinet question in the Legislature, Though there are differences of opinion amongst the Haligonians respecting the route of the proposed Railway— Mr. ex- Attorney General Johnston and some of bis friends advocating the adoption of the Western rou‘e to the waters ofthe Bay Fundy, sull there is an overwhelming majority of the citizens of Halifax favor- able to the eastern Jine, as decided upon by the convention, and as being, indeed, the only practicable one that could be chosen. Zlough we in Prince Edward Island ere apparent'y apathetic to this great work, as we seem to be to every (ther im; rovement of the age, deserving more and more every day the soubriquet of “Sleepy Hollow,” we must concur. in the decisiow of the Convention, and rejoice to think that the Railway is to be tin 89 close to our own doors. Indeed a Railway, however planned, that is likely ) con‘er advantages onthe neighSouring provinces, must be of the highest import- ace to us, as they offer us the nearest markets for the sale of our surplus pro- duce; and as the wealth : b. $10se

\ population provinces incre:se, so will in-

| taage tie demand for those necessaries

flife which our soil is sv well able to “oply. But when the Railway is intend- ‘¢ to pass within sight, s!iost, of our

western shore, and is sure invile a Yast stream of travel and t-of c between Now Brunswick and that secisn of the

bicn?, which would spread from one end “the colomy to the other, we should hail ‘ie accomplishment of the work with the dcepest interest, and be ready to promote by every means within our limited ver. It is rather unfortunate, perhaps, ‘at our little Island was not represented Portland with the other colonies; our *mmercial men, es a body, are not re- ‘tkable for wonderful energy and spirit ; Né many of them hove hud such distrese- *§ cares of a political cast upon their “ads, that, we presume, they had very ‘8 thought ofthe Convention. But, by

WHEN PREK-BORN MEN—HAVING TO ADVISE THE PUBLIC—MAY SPEAK FREE.”—Mit-tow’: 's Kunrrspes,

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‘CHARLOTTETOWN, SEPTEMBER 4, 1850.

and bye, when we have a Government

«that will carry out the wishes and opin-

ions of the people, and a Legislature giving impetus and encouragement to its action, we may hope that Prince Kd- ward Island will not be backward throwing in its mite in aid of this mag- nificent enterprise.

AMUSEMENTS.

While the Haligonians are intent upon business they are not forgetful of plea- sure; for we perceive they have Horse Races and Boat Races advertized to take piace this month; the former under the auspices of the Governor, the latter under the direction of the Naval Officers in port, and of private gentlemen “ about town.” The Regatta, judging from the preparations making by our friends the Blue Noses and Blue Jackets, will be a grand affair, The sum of £250 has been subscribed in aid of ite funds. With most bewitching modesty and spirit, the Halgonans challenge the whele world to compete with them on this occasion. We don’t know what our Island boys might do if they took up the gauntlet and put their sinews to the oar; but we must say that we nave S@en ag pretty rowing and as pretty boats on the Hilisborough ag ever we saw skipping the waters oi the often bragged Chebucto. The 'ue Noses would look doubly blue if thev were thrashed in the coming race by a few gaisoons from the sinall-pota‘oe island.

As for Horse Racing, we—that ie the Charlottetouians —mean to have u triai of that ourselves, Let the Nova Scotians send some of their cattle along on the 26th inst., and though our jockeys may not have quite recovered from the spree ofthe Fair to be the day before, we have no doubt they will be able to shew “what a purty race they'll make of the mere.”

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AN OPINION FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STRAITS,

We tke the following ehort article from the lisiifax Sun of Friday inst. Notwith- standin the zeal with which the Is/ander and Gc <elle have laboured to deceive tlie public about the Governor’s late Post Offic > dodge, it is evident they obtain as little credence on the other side of the Straits as the: The Sun has taken a “orreet View of the matter,and so must every other Journal that weighs the facts impaitially. All things considered: His Excellency could not have perpetrat- ed a blunder more disastrous to the fac- tion he rules to serve than he committed in this affair of the Post Office.

P. E. ISLAND AFFAIRS.

Governor Campbell, and his irrespon- sible advisers. are playing, in P, EF. Island, the Sir Vere Huntley game of obstruction, to a nicety. Not srtistied with haviny first thwarted the indepen- dent action of the Legislature, and forced that Body to w ithhold the eupplies ; now

do on this.

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with a view of bullying. the People’s

Representatives into obedience, they have managed to suspend all the inland mail operations of the Island; and the Post-office is closed ae it respects this branch of public service !

It appeare that the Deputy Postmaster General hesitated or declined to do the bidding of his Excelleney the Governor, when first commanded to put an end to the inland mail communication—for two reasons: first, because the authority 'com- manding’ was not such as he could recognize under the circumstances,—and secondly, seeing that the postoffice was self. supporting, and not dependent on the vote of the Legislature. But the Gover- nor and his faction were not to be

‘bluffed? after this fashion--they made eech represcutations to the English Post- mester General ae induced that function- ary to interfere, and his Deputy on the Ysfand was instrucied to suspend the Mails! Such pa'try attempts at coercion ure diggreceful in a Government, and cannot fail to arouse the people to renew- ed energetic résistance to the miserable olivarchy which so oppresses and exas- perates them.

A POSER FOR D. MACLEAN,

Every one knows how assiduously Mr. 1). Maclean has laboured, caine the defender of a vile despotism in Charlottetown, to misrepresent tne condi- tion of Canada, and to shew that Respon- sible Government was causine the ruin

since he Be-

of that Provinee, By reference to the fact ofa vast inereage in iis revenne. and to ts hiwhernd iin the money market of Britain, we Lave ldately shewn that Cane- da presents the very reverse of the picture Meclean tried to draw fer it,

the testimony of an able

whieh Mr. We have to ¢

and populas journal, whieh states ihat the

signs Of ;rosperty are prevter this year in Canada theu they have been for the last ren years, and that tae Custom House re- turus establish the fact that the trade of the lake ports is double that of 1849—and 1849 was remarkable for a great increase of trade over the previous year. It is clear that Mr. Maciean has obtained his information from “ the renegade press” of Montreal which is so unmercifully shown up in the fullowing short article.

RUIN AND DECAY.

(Fiom the Hamilton Spectator.)

Let the editor of the Montreal Courier, before volunteering to speak for the people of Uy; per Canada and vilify his contemporaries, take a trip to the West- ern country, and judge for himself of the srgns of “ruin and decay” which exist. Let him giance at the astounding im- provements which are taking place in the inland towns and villages; the manu- factories and mills in process of construc- tion; and the unmistakeable signs of prosperity which exist on every hand. Let bin take a Jook, at the present moment, at the immendée fields of grain which are being secured, and enquire t!e opinion of their owners as to the state of the country. He will thus learn thatthe avriculturists, who form nine-tenths of the population, are in better spirits than they have been for the last ten years.— Their crops are prolific, almost beyond precedent—the price of the siaple pro- duction of the country is pow high, and there is no possibilny of its falling below

a remunerating price. Ina werd, grati-

tude and rejoicing have taken the place of many feelings of despondency or dis- trust which might have been produced by the insidious statements of a renegade press, or the blabbing of a few republicam emissaries,

Or, if the Montreal Courier feels re fluctant to judge of the prosperity of the Province by the appearance of the coun- try itself, and the statements of those who are now reaping the fruits of their industry, let him take a glance at the Custom House returns for the principal Lake ports, and he will find that the im- ports during the season have been ape | double those of last year: and he wi hardly fail to remember that the businesa of last year far exceeded that of 1848.

CANADIAN HOSPITALITY.

The Mayor and Citizens of Buffalo (N. Y.) made a visit to Toronto at the invita- tion of the citizens of that place, on the late occasion of the prorogation of the Provincial Parliament. The ‘Toronto papers are crowded with reports of the proceedings, speech-making, and festivi- ties which marked the event. A magnifi- cent Ball was given to the vis:ters, and a fete shampatre at Elmsley Villa—the residence of the Earl of Elgin, where his Excellency distinguished himself as e “dinner orator” of the first class, by several witty and eloquent speeches delivered in proposing toasts. The A- inéricans were in an ecstacy of joy with their reception, and returned home, vow- ing that the Canadians had determined on killing thers with kindness, as they hed killed Arccrican citizens before after

a much jess agreeable fashion, ane solemnly declaring Uiet whenever any of

her Majesty’s subjects Bball eet foot upon Raifalo soi, the eame species of artillery shall be levelled agaittat them, Lord Elgin, for the conspicious part he took in the festivities of the occasion, and his princely welcome of the Republicans, 1s described aa “the chief engineer in the last war with Britain.”

THE GOVERNOR GENERAL.

The Toronto Globe says it is enabied to state that there is not the slightest foundation for the rumour, that Lord Bicin has resigned the Government of Canada, and that Lord Harris has been appointed thereto, The story has been cot up by the Tories of Canada, shipped to England and back again, in the hope of weakening the growuig influence of his Excellency the Governor General.

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Suicrpr.—It ia stated ih neariy all the Canadisn papers that the Rev. A. R. Rose, an Episcopal clergyman, intely cur his throat with @ razor in his reer at the Wellington Hotel, ‘Toronte. The ep- fortunate man wag addicted to drink, and is supposed to havea committed the rash act ina fit of delirium tremens. He was well connceted in England; and was an author of some expencace apd cousidet-

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