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PUBLIC MERNNG AT PRINCETOWN ROYALTY | AND LOT Is.

\ General Meeting of the Iohabitants of Princetown! Royalty, Lot 18 and vieinity, wos held in the Mechanics’ | Leste, Princetown Royalty, on the evening of the 26th | Witlino, convened for the purpose of taking into consideration | matters-im connection with the Land Question and the Award of the Royal Cowmissiovers thereon. Mr. Archibald Me- | Gougen baving been ealled to the Chair, and Mr. H. S. MaeNutt being requested to act os Secretary, the Chairman | briefly arated the ooject of the meeting.

The Hon. the Speaker of the Houre of Assembly, the Hon, Mr. Warburton, Geo. Sivelair, E-qr., M. 2. P., and others, | ery resrers the meeting.

The Hon, the Speaker deprevaied the idea of taking any action oF expressing any opivion on the award pending ite | pedlication ia full, while gthers contended that the exposition | by the Hon. Mr. Howe contained its priacipal features, and was amply sufficient to afford 4 correct idea of the whole, | end declared, as their opinion, that its confirmation would | prove a lasting evil to the Island.

The following Resplutions were then severally submitted |

aed yvoanimous'y adopted ;— 1, Moved by Mr. H. 3. MacNutt, and seconded by Hon. | Mr. Warburton;

That im the opinion of thie Meeting, the indiscrimiaste con- |

firmation of the tithes of al! proprietary clannants of Lands in; P. EB. Island ws an ect of mjustice 10 the whole people.

2. Moved by Mr, Simon Delaney, aud seconded by Garret Dempsey, Esqr. :

That © compromise by means of the Land Purchase Bill ix the beet solution of the difficulty that can nuw be devised, pro- vided that a Loan be guaranteed by the Britieh Government, ee en act of retributive justice to the people of P. E. leland, in

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eunsideration of their previous improvident exercise of ihe pre-

rogative of the Croen in grarting away the whole lande of this Isiend ws blocke of 20.000 acres each; and provided further, that the Government of tive Island were surherised, ere \hey con- claded @ purchase, to r quire the propretore thereof to s«tinfy them that they bad am equitable tile to the lands they were in| breaty tur.

P. Slaveo ; That the proposition of 20 veare’ purchase, together with the | erbitration clayse attached, ww calculated to diminish rather than increase the present ratio of tenanie becoming freehalders, ines much as few, if any, proprietors could be found who would not. previously heyé frested with thet tenante on equal, if not more | advantageous (ere than those proposed by the eward, but who haeing now the esnetion of Royal suthorty, will be more likely te meat ow the fyi] benefit of those terms, more especially ae}

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. r . lave already paid more rents than the amount required, to | within their Blectorat District. Now, observe the money effect a purchase. expended in Townships 35, 36 and 37, by the Islander's own Proposed by Mr. Fidele Gallant, seconded by Mr. Robert showing, was for the building or repairing of wharfs and Thomson, and carried unanimously : bridges, stoning or bushing swamps, and not for the work 4th. Whereas this meeting have no confidence in the Go-| commonly done by statute labour, Lot 48 I suppose io be vernment, as now constituged, to settle the Land Question |, old a settlement as Lot 84, with roads equa! to, if vot with justice to the tenants, the Government Leing altogether | better, than the latter; and yet [ assert we require no public

under the control and influence of the landlords, in conse- . ona: aa brid quence thereof this meeting is of opinion thata petition | g74ut On our road, except for building or repairing bridges.

should be got up and presented to His Excellency the Lieut. French Fort road, or any other settlement road not open to Giovernor, praying him tu dissolve the present Heuse of As-| the shore, oxnnot in eommon honesty be eotitled to any share sembly, and thereby give the tenants, whom the Award is} of public money. On the St. Peter's Road, Lot 34, some ee ae to oo an opportunity of expressing £6 or £7 was unnecessarily expended, which might have been err OpiDion thereon at the hustings. } better laid te Appletree Koad or Wharf: yet the inhabi- ienoaeeil te. Me. Witeta 3 tania ie: Raaidl aid out oa Appletree 1 . sy Proposed vy Mr Fidele J. Gaudet, seconded by Mr. Peter tants of the former are, with few exceptions, Protestant Con-

Gallant, and carried unanimously : : ; di Sth, Resolved, That this meeting is of opinion that they are | Set¥atives, Some few years ago I was Overseer, and in my

justly entitled to the privileges of « General Election before | returns { recommended that no public grants should be given the Award becomes law, as the Land Commission scheme was! us, except for building or repairing bridges; that we could not in contemplatio. at the last General Kiection. keep our roads in good repair with our statute labour, By inserting the above resolutions in the Kxamuaer you will | ublige yours, Signed ia behalf of the meeting, THOMAS BERNARD, Chairman. Nail Pond, Lot 1, Oetober 2, 1861.

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Probo proposes petitioning the Louse of Assembly for the jrewoving of the disabilities under which the six or seven hundred respectable, wealthy and intelligent electors of Lots 33, 34, parts of SO and 48 labour, It puzzies me and many aot others to know what method they will adopt, unless it be PETITION. that declared by Mr. Douse, M.P.P., some years ago, that To His Excellency Groncs Duxpas, Lieut. Governor, $c. $c. any person voting for Mr. Coles shou'd get his head broken. The petition of the undersigned inhabitants of the First | | suppose the hon. asember would move or second a resolution Electoral Distriet of Prince County, to that effect.

The above declaration be made to the undersigned between

Most Resrpectrciiy Surwern :

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» a nr oe ee. are accused of assisting the proprietors to oppress the teneat , Che Gxamine ¥. by opposing this parto ithe award. The eympathy of wr

SS ea | Colonial Secretary for the tenantry will be apprecia ted at ivy Charlottetown, P, EB. 7 October 14, 186], ful! vale. Every one knows that he is the servant of « pp,

ptietary Government—that he is the brother of a

REVIEW OF THE AWARD. |othat he is and has been a land speculator himeelf—that ie we 4 | is the agent of two or three large estates — and that he has

= “ ai . _ | always been the most unscrupulovs advocate of the most ex. Every person who has taken an interest in the discussion | travagant claims which the proprietary party could set wy

‘of the Award must have been amused at the manner in which | And this is the man who has the unblushing effront .

the advocates of the Government have approached that sub- ‘announce that proprietary claims and tenant rights ons

ject. They say it is premature to discuss the principles of the, gonistic! And that he is the disinterested >

Award, because we are not in possession of the document » ee era +4 ‘ knows that popular

itself; and then—as if to affurd a speedy demonstration — : am iain se aad , -

the folly and inconsistency of their own conduct-—they indulge a ' ‘ a

in the most extravagant laadations of that which they wre {he hans a wih goes ee FE. ‘injurious to the proprietor; and he mere

pleased to -iesignate the “ valuation clause’’—eliminating the 4 dios Whantils weénds tie tenantry prejudice w recommends fi:

i bitrat h ‘‘because,”’ be says, “the great ‘ the scheme proposed under that head cannot be put into any- | | _ on RPT? ORR OA ie? Sl . in England will exert their utmost influence in order that ship thing like general operation, and that the very thought of an |

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ee ; clause ci the award may be aut asi prop ; peeetom owe et eae and tenant is obnoxious to 4 | and enall, nocd cabevtala ube bgudlbaboa-thie pel ten, majority of the leasehulders, i. tl tof the award being confiréied e. As to the discussion being premature, members of the Exe- | a ennai Puan bie eee wade se , a cutive Council do not seem to think it is, when they show eo hiwld rhe sey ati sees as é q much anxiety to be present at public meetings, called ex- —— ae we Sep Guay

proper word * arbitration,”’ from a well-grounded belief that |

‘for his grievances. ‘The advantages which the sward wil}

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But without

That we having met for the purpose of considering the Award of the Land Commissioners, as published in the Exa- muner newspaper of the 26th of A ugust last, beg leave to state to your Exceliency that the outline of the said Award, as given by Mr. Howe, bas caused us great dissatisfaction, hav- ing been led to believe that the tenantry would be materially benefitted by the Award, while it in fact would place them

| in & worse position than they had pr:viously been. And as) |

the Award is to be submitted to the Legislature for the pur- | pose of passing 16 inte a law, your petitioners are of opinion | that the passing of a law, as recommended by the said Award, would be a serious wrong to the tenantry of thiv Island, and as the present House of Assembly does not possess the conf- dence of your petitioners, as they believe the majority of the

‘said [House are the nominees of the proprietors. Your petitioners would also beg leave to state to your Ex-

ecellency, thut at the time of the last General Election the

| Land Commission scheme was not in contemplation, and we

: } consider that it would be unfair to pass a law grounded on) yeu in the hope, from day to day, that somethi f ° 8. Moved by Mr. Juba Chaisson, and seconded by Mr. ‘the exid Award, unti! the opinion of ‘tin cenantey seauha - y pe, from day to day, that somethiug of an en

taken at a General Election.

May it therefore please your Excellency to grant the prayer of the foregoing petition, and dissolye the present House of Assembly.

And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will eyer pray.

To tue Eprron or tar Examiner,

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the Jail and Nelson's Corner, when coming up to a few sen- sitive Liberals, who, I believe, would have brokea his head had not Hons. Messrs. Palmer and Lougworth interfered in his behalf.

It is sorrowful that such unfounded assertions should be made to deceive and endeavour to preveut the people from pulling together to secure their civil rights.

ALEXANDER ROBERTSON,

Township No. 34, Sept. 3i1b, ISL, -

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PROGRESS OF THE WAR IN TUE STATES.

East Boston, Mass., 7th October, 1861. ffox. Epwarnp Wuetan; My Dean Sir,—I bave purposely abstained from writing

_couraging character in the way of a good battle and a vic- tory for the Federal troops would take place, but I have waited in vain. More than two months have passed away since the shamefal defeat of our troops at Bull Run, during _ which period there has been nothing done to retrieve that disgraceful affair. The rebels were permitted to advance and fortify themselves within sight of Washington, and their

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If the rebels had follewed

pressly to discuss the principles of the Award, regard to the publie meetings or the remarks in the press on the subject, why has not the official document been given to the public long before this? We have Mr. Howe's authority for stating that a copy was expressly prepared for the Go-

‘confer upon the. proprietors, as regards their exemption from

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| payment of quit rents—usurpation of fishery reserves—goq. firmation of bad and doubtful titles —will cover a multitude of

greater defects, in their eyes, than the arbitration lange;

vernment of the Island. It is trae that copy was sent to the #ad whem we see a staunch advocate of proprietary intereste like Mr. Pope urging the acceptance of the award, we may by

can scarcely think that his Grace the Duke of Newcastle has er see the proprietors ure exceedingly auxious to hays jp | confirmed.

tuken about three months to consider whether he should order | : : 7 " ove of his clerks to do @ little bit of routine businees that | Bat the clause in reference to the Loan will be » bar teity

would not oceupy more than five minutes, though the Minister confirmation. This is the very first part of the award,

might be ever 80 much absorbed in the cares of the Empire, | 't sssumes the form of a recommendation ; and the Commie. or—in the pleasures of the sporting season. He is, or ought | sioners urge it as the first and by for the best remedy that cag tu be made aware that the people of this Colony are deeply | be devised for settling the questions in dispute The Govpra- interested in the settlement of the Land Questicn, and that no Mt cannot cut the Loan clause out, and confirm the ether time should be lost in making them acquainted with the terms | Pat's of the award; they must take the whole or nome, Cay proposed for settling it. If the Government here have not re- | tbe Government support a Loan in 1861, or "62, which tasir ceived the copy of the Award which was prepared for them in | party repudiated in 1557, when the debt of the Colony ayaggat- July last, and which the people of the Island have had to pay ed to little more than half the present sum? They may,-. for—it was the duty of the Lieut. Governor to have called on they have done s:rangely inconsistent things in their simey and the Duke of Newcastle for it, urging the importance of speedy We believe some of the members of the Adwinittration arénew

Colonial Offee to be forwarded by the Colonial Minister. We,

= om Ma. Rocros.-. Your correspondent * Acrora™ very aig ehdttneaes veamatie th le the presence of the publicity, to allay ugitation—to settle the questions in dis- trying to feel their way thtoagh the country ye pg gs placed beynod question. | perly says, that men who are not guided by general pringiples up their advantage, after the battle of Bull Run, they might puto, ifthe Award ean settle them,—and to stay, if possible, One ‘ influential member of the Government”’ s Ff 4. Maved by Mr. Chas. Stewart, seconded by Mr. Stephen | are like ships at sea, without chart, compass or rudder. I! have taken Washington with very little trouble, ad our panic- the harsh proceedings which land claimants have been insti- late pubiic meeting that he would support the Loan ifalbthe = | — ote i eS. zt oe a ~ ce two genera! principles for bis future! stricken and disorganised troops could make very little re-| tuting against the tenaatry since the Commissivn was estab-| proprietors would give a guarantee to sell their (unde wba very mion . s ’ ht ! le ‘ ; dde s se | oe t : : ‘ é ° + 8 : b | Ve os . . ’ arrears of reat prior tv 1858, conters a eae Po = ao ae - The eae ae a oe as aa sistance ; but it appears they Were ignoract of their advan- lished. But the Government have evidently no desire to pre- | low price. _ flon. Member dose not believe that ouch ‘ - tenauiry, 02 few whe strive io pay theirrent are more than that Questions ital abe sll oie ans lik if public) tage, and the chance was lust. Siuce that time they have | vent the land oluimants from fleecing the unfortunate tenan- | “* 94rantee should be asked for; or if asked, that is weuld tere ma streere; and uf thuee who do owe more, the proprieiurs ” " . = , t a is private likes or dislikes to, been mevacing W ushington, but the immerse and impreg- ,try. Ifthe Award should even now be here, we have no doubt | ¢ given; and he may rest assured that if the operation of » beve small chance of coliecimg more by any meana they can y ws a gment or dishgure his style. Again, we ought | nable defences which have been made for its protection have) . sh fetidieend Beale ‘Atl : ’ a Loau dépends upon that or any thing of the kind, ié will be reeort to, which the Coummimenoners seem quite aware of; and. eetne hoid - whole commenity answerable for the sins und | apparently convinced them of the impracticability ef taking i nee Same wate fet PND SE Pena a | et eae , ; by providing thai all arreare-muet be paid up before the land-| *Horteomings of a few of its members. And my third is, that jg now, as they have fallen back towards Manassas again. fore which th» people may be humbugged by false promises * Y°TY long time peters any portion of the present leasehold melaitiendaaseh om a respecting purchase, that | wad 5 never, In writing particularly, use a word without | {n the meantime, the States of Missouri and Kentucky are | and misrepresentations, according to the mode adopted ever, tenure will be abolished. If _ Loan cluoe of the award is Comet that “might 8° ote an ee os a | = ae ning = 8 mgriGaition, and satisfying ourselves: taking up a considerable share of attention from both parties, | since the Commission was thought of. ‘The Bill passed in tg be exipphee or such & condition; it will be nearly ae efbca- might otherwise be desirous to purchase might ant be able ‘e| oa aie ie I wilheas 2 een ~ ae the mind and | regret to say that the efforts to furce those two States! 1860 was kept secretly locked up in this Colony for five months cious in settling the Land questiyn as the notable arbitration ogeslige the whole amount ofback tent ‘aus the first inatalnem oore ; add yet one further reflection, that out of the Union are making alarwing prog ess. to serve the pur of the pronpietore bay s-dtam was | “heme. Sere 2h * 5 of purchase esale censure is generally more unjust and certainly a ; ; : pape 6, DINO a nazye SPF Laslem > ania wale 3 ; 5. M fad 6s oa Stephen MeL.ell | great deal more unamiable than unqualified praise. fiad \ on an ee, Ta ee - gallant and j autabli-’ hod enedla, ina Wie came tor the same object ; | ‘pat it appears tose that'pi ref toma --. . Mo r. Stephen ap ve Mr! , ‘ ; ‘a heroie Col. Mulligan, with bis brave band of Leigh. -- > “sea : ene re a iti : : gs Naichon J P c » seconded by Mr. oe pee either of the principles above enun- | ged the sake for five deve, pe) 2004s: - Hsien, ega- | and theeg is no doubt that sinsilar connivance will be resorted stance or condition, the presess Goqorement qupnet entertain Wien enthateniel . j ; | clated, be would verer bave penned the concluding aragraph > pea geen erage’ oe, ud a was finally obliged to sur- : : ee ite .__ the subject of an Imperial Loan. From the Lieut. Governor “ in pinion ot thie Meeting, the Royal Commissioners of h jast wi LOPENEE IS a cope | tse . L to with the view of wearing out the public patience, and giv ee . os did exgeed their auihorst )Ol his last communication to you. Lu the pars grab guind ow ar we oe Whelwing numbers of rebels, is another ills. | | ' down, the whole Administration are unconditionally pledged rr Skea or ovaquening tee! the fishery reserves to he offers, if challenged, to praraghoy 9 | ng | sonsigh, of the groxs mismanagement of tliose who control this | '?8 the proprietors ample time to make the award wholly aub- i i's bee shal! sue Wath ty fesicns Grama ' ree ee Ene ar nonnt ' oe ee Ske the” New Lond dMrs war, Gen. Fremont, who has had command of the west-| Servient to their own selfivh interests. a aera a “ nr : ce,

properuer. Those lands having been reserved in the OLA, ate aafe | defenes a , : _ i ions of of th themaélyes. Jn couid o.t b ; awe fl..ww @ respectabie people; and further on, in defiance of — 'y. : Tri had fi eneill With cedard tc Ob bitratt ! h sady | Public declarations of some of the genti-men grants. can y eng soneae belong diy ite which , | good manners, good taste, and good scuse, exclaims what a nainienenen ey Siny oalenstrtene Sep Sng Meanie He SRRAOS. fA. Sirraeen, We RAW Rae e ennas tu the Belfast address, presented to Mis Exe-Hency last

were like all

his command, from which he might easily have reinforced | given our views on that point at considerable length. Let | a , ye Cel. Mulligan With abundant meuns at his command of | . : i ' winter, which contai so much ayrant popeense about “ , j *): : ous : the partizans of the Government disguise it us they may under | a. netee payment of thew own Civil List wae )- Some persous have a very loose way of writing and talking. crushing rebellion out of Missouri, he has succeeded rather | ag = ee va Ca det idiie peti ne oo wna | Land Commissicn, that has sinces been proved to be a great ’ | This looseness and carelessness is more observable where it is’ in s:revgthening it by bis ubolition proclamation, which bas!” : ee sen | delusion, Mr. Dundas adsised the Belfastere to 5: -Movwed by Me. Alex. Stewart, seconded by Mr. Donald’ lenst excusable, when they dilate on the faults and follies of, convesied thousands of sound Union men into ravk rebels | disinterested persons that it can be rendered available to any | a Pesedeeneenan ” ‘a . i lothers. It often happens that what these writers have iu- He seems to have beep studying individoal popularity with noticeable extent in the conversion of leaseholds into freeholds. seals auld oinnatenniantias sr amon 7 Bs — = eal \o eh bee 4 seeadt ae quit rente and loyalist claims tended for moderat: censure their unskilfal use of words has) that funarical tribe at the Nortn who have been so largely | A recourse to such a measure would only give rise to conten- | whether these schemes amsuue the i uh ateantnae eee tee wposed of is an outrage te justice and | transformed iuto womanly abuse, aud that where they wished | instrumental in reducing this country to its present deplo-| gion and bad feeling between Jandlord and tenant, and be the | ranteed by the Luperial Government, oy some supposed short to cast merited blame on others they have brought upon them-! rable condition. But whatever may be the faults of the Ad- | | Solution of the ditheuity. I clase them ail in one category, oad

' ee ag 3 by Mr. John Sutherland, seconded by D. S. | selves the contempt of the judicious aad the discerning Had | ministration at Washington, they canuot be charged with | ae aoe tis’ Bobiidst? silethd” Ucluelet : , juphesitatingly advise you to réject them.” c a, Esqr. ; | Aurora taken bis dictionary and looked up the word “base,” viving any cncouragemeut ty those who would make this an) "°F Cvery Case bhe Tenant would require the services o a Tbe late Mr. Labouchere, as Minister of the Crown, was the

That the imroduction of Mr. Whitman in the manner and for, he would not, if be possessed a particle of candour, have! sbolitien war. _ professional man to guard his interests in an arbitration, and |

Freemont has been o:dered to modify his, Sere : . eee for ad esdblag & ah teeny ar tate sete aa applied so offensive an epithet to the people of New London, proclasation, aud for his uawarrantable assumption of autho- | there is no doubt the referee of the landlord would be a law- | Svat 00 <oRteS oe ati a: a u — _ vy , ionere A sland, ane sy . me iia 7 it. : * : i i J and any intonation supplied by him can aly be regarded a0 infor-| 9 the more incwned to think this from the connection in rity, as weil as his culpable inactivity, he bas been ordered | yer likewise. Indeed, such arbitration conflicts would have [ the 'Getetinte, ‘lagen aa Geanes one ably

| aalieal © thew : APS er Sali en ee ; : ‘wre this ; a ; attentions anstion ubiawed under false pretences. wei o er -— = * be called base, who ure to report himself for Cou-t Martial. His case 13 NOW €D- 411 the appearance of lawsuits—all the annoyance, delay, ir- | this Colony ; and it hus been lately urged om the of political Knowledge, who have ro fixed and defi-| gauging the attention of the Cabiuet. Tarough his military

shee cme sroprietora pout ands, ceded ta the Gavosueent base people they ar:!

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means of patting fees in the pockets of the lawyers — for in

‘the British Ministry by three Ruyul Commissioners — ewe

€. Moved by D. S. McLellan, E-qr., seconded by Mr. Chas. Stewart :

That the interests of the whele people of PE. Ietand would | Be marred by thet award becoming Inw in ite present shape ;

end that w tie opinion of tine Meeting, it 1a their duty to uae | 2° excluding the vudignant | Aurora himself, anust rest con- rebels. sm getinianing the Legwiature, st ie nex: Sessiwn, not to confirm t®t to be classed with the vile and the mean-spirited.

the seme by Legisiative enaciment.

bite notion as to whatare the proper and legitimate /unetions | Incompetency, or his gross neglect, the brave Gen, Lyon was | ,of a Lieutenant Governor, then [ fear that not only the New! sacrificed at Springfield, aud the equally brave Col. Mulligan, |

| Sign a complimentary address without reading it be a sign of thing from whieh to hope for a speedy termination of the demand of 20 years’ purchase, who is able to employ the best

ritution, and nearly all the expense attending such proceed- | sda she) mies able tbh thas ebeld be toon’ in eae

The only difference would be that they would not be | : * ‘ : ; . ; Colonies, whom the Government of this Island have been de- Londoners, but uineteeu-twentieths of the whole community,! with his baud of heroes, were compelled to surrender to the | conducted in open Court, No one can hesitate to believe who a aa b _ — a Steet: dahon ae Dundas |is most likely to be the victor in such 3 contest,—the rich | "8"** SET -F9 poy Jéenh, Saperaye

If to 4, wiatters stand at present, it is diffisult to discover any- | !4ndloré wou will not be sutiefied with a shilling les thaw hie declares that a Loun is.avisiooury and wd we ed ee } 4 ’ Ms i i the

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An eminent British sietesman has dec!

9, Moved by Mr, BR. W. Morson, seconded by Mr. 5S. , baseness, the characters of many who bave hitherto been | war, aud the affairs of the nation appear more complicated lawyer at the Bar, and can exercise in a quiet way immense |e proposition—the Royal Commissioners bave endorsed the

% ,aceounted worthy, respectable men aimoug us, are irrecov- |

Phat tive Meeting, entertaining ae they have done, the very | ably lost. Lu tact, so far am L frem agreeing with Aurora, | ¢ se ; ecisive battle which is|

highest opuiias of the llea. Mr. Hawe, view with surprise and | thas t deem that man to have a most Voracious and indis- vetnere ~—s ry o * arent — ores a Roche!

acne anne: wereeete tener of the award, and observe, with criminating literary appetite who cau read more than one of been disepporn'ment, that the interests of the enantry | the insipid things without experiencing qualus somethin

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of P.E. belend have, with the fishery reserves, the gait rents, similar to those ol the uafortunate who for bis sins is obliged

ond the loyalat claims, been merged into the interests of the proprietare; tad noting the declaration +f Hon. Mr. Howe, that | the award wae the ananiunous decision of the whole Commiasion, |

‘to swallow a bow! of luke-warm water.

declaration of the British statesman, eupported by the authorities in the Island; and if his Excellency elvims

a wiser mau than the whole of them put together, me shuuld ‘like to have a Jittle more satisfactory proof of his wivdom than any thing of the kind he hae manifested since he took theGe- yernment of the Colony:

than ever. There is much talk of naval expeditions to the | influence over even the referce of the tenant, — or the poor | back-woodsman who can spare very little time from his daily | toil, who is distracted by the cares of a family, who must

make every sacrifice, short of actual starvation, to provide for

the first instalment, supposing that he has been able to pay

| hourly expected, but seems much less likely to take piace -uow than when I last addressed you.

The only fighting worthy of the name, which has been Fashion makes 20ne, so far, has been done by foreigners, including a large

people do a number of queer and even sbsurd things—!rom | Proportion of Irish, who have nobly sustained their reputa-

all his back rents, who must be content to employ cheap la- ‘ ntl @ The President of the Executive Council is the next persons

they are unable to discover that fie (Mr Howe) hae established | ¥&#ring beaver hats to siguing complimentary addresses to 9 HOU for bravery and coura.e on the battle-field. hie claim to thet high eprrit of independent patriotism which man of whom they kuow very little, and for whom they care’ Last weck I had the pleasure of listening to an address, they’had previously given him credit for possessing. | @ great dea! less. (on the affairs of the country, from the celebrated patriot and | _ oa gentleman present having suggested tho propriety of | fhe writer ia nota New Londoner, nor is he in any way orator, Thomas Francis Meagher, He invoked his country. petizioning His Lxcellency to dissolve the present Llouse of eonnected with the New Londoners; yet he has had oppor. “eu, all who could of them, to enlist in this war for the ree | Assembly, Hoo. Mr. Warburtow submitted a draft of a pe-| tunities of knowing them that few have enjoyed who have establishment of the Union. Lt was a novel and gratifying | tition for that purpose, which being approved of, aud an uot been bora and brought up in that part of the country. Spectacle to see Gov. Andrew presiding at an Trishman’s | intimation given that a copy had been plaved in the hands of | He has sat at their tables, slept in their houses, rejoiced at | lecture, to an audience composed for the greater part of Lrish- ® person in the neighbourhood for signatures, a resolution their weddings, aod sorrowed ut their burials. Le has sym-) men, oud clap his hands approvingly when the eloquent ora- was passed that it be published ; after which a vote of thanks pathised with thera in their misfortunes, and he bas rated them '0T aunopuced Knownothingism us dead. What a change | Was pewed to the Chairman, when the meeting adjourned. | ou their faults. Yet he can with all honesty and sincerity Sitce a few years ago, when a Governor of the same type ' Hl. 8S. MACNUTT, Sec'y, | say that a warmer hearted, a more hospitable, and a more ditbanded all the Lrish regiments in this State! There is, { Weunderstandthat » very large Public Meeting was held obliging people tie sun does not shine on. They are, in the little danger of suct an indignity to Catholicity and Lrish. | in the forétioon of the same day ns the above, at Indian River, °™™0% language of the country, par excellence, a ‘clever’, men being repeated in a hurry in this country, ws the alacrity | ‘people. Lt to lead a life of spotless morality, to possess an| With which they have taken up arms in support of the Go- | | unblemished character, and to have as much of this world’s, Vernment and the Union, has proved bow scandalous, how. | goods as to be enubled to hve in comfort and independence, ¥%jUst was such proscription. | gives a man @ rizht to be called respectable, then there are. Very respeatfully your obd’t servant, lin New London as many ‘respectable’ men as in any portion | ' J. J. McD. \of the Island, of equa] extent wud population, that 1 am ac- | ad

when copies of ghe foregoing resolutions were submitted, and Unanimoualy adopted |

“PUBLIC MEETING AT TIGNISH.

oe Eo cm Boiron of tax Exauinne. * or ae Sia A pabli¢ aneeting was held on Tuesday, the 2nd inst., quainted with. That the New Loudoners have faults | do, Munpen or a LivureNnant BY A Sergeant.—'The Military |

at Christophe: ¢ Cross K-ads, Lot 1, for the purpose of con- uot pretend to deny; but those faylts are us far removed Camp at Reker's I-land was, on Friday night, the scene of

i ig the Award of the‘Land Commission, which was fully from mean-spiritedness as one pole is from the ether. The @ horrible, and as far as can be learned, unprovoked murder, direussed by several gentlemen present fiom different parts of | great fault, aud L had almost said the only fault, in the pub- | which illustrates the increasing necessity of punishing with

_ the Distr Atthe close of the meeting the Uhairmun re- | jic¢ character of the inhabitants of New Loadon, is a waut ot. rigor the spirit of insubordination prevalent among a few of ported the fatlowing resulutions :— independence of thought. ‘ |

Proposed by Mr. John Brodorick, seconded by Mr. William them who are uot one whit more capable of performing the and the suburbs. George Lindsay, an orderly sergeant of

_ Callahan, and carried unanimously ; | difficult business of thinking than the generality of themselves. Company B., of the Y ) let, Resolved, That, this meeting is of opinion that the! 4 phrenologist would say that the organ of veneration has| Islaud, was placed ander arrest for disorderly condyct on Award of the Land Commissioners, a6 explained by Mr. Howe bad an undue development on the craniuws of most of the ‘Thursday, and confined in the guard house. He had evinced

in ps epeceh which appeared in the Exauner newspaper of the | good people in that section of the gountry, and that self-esteem ,a tur bulent disposition since his enlistment, and bad repeat-

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Just. can be of no benetit tu the tenantry of this)

of the Land Purchase and Loan Bills) it would be of great | They have suffered themselves to be duped by politicians, lay | they interfered with him. He had been preyioysly arrested injury to them, while it passe the proprietors ina much | and elerical. They—that is, a majority of them—have their | for ivsudordination by the Commander of Riker's Island, better than they been heretotore, ae it confirms: political opinions on credit, without sufficient examination as Colonel Buil. On Friday night, about ten o'clock, Lindsay

Jaland iw geners! ; but, on the contrary, (with the exception | needed to be sedulous y cultivated for a while among them. | edly threatened the officera with summary puotshment when |

ater Rifles, now encamped at Kiker’s |

bour, and, therefore, labour of a very indifferent quality, on the part of a professional man—and whe will have a hundred other difficulties to encounter before he can see the end of the contest. The tenant who would rush into a conflict of this kind must be very fond of litigation, and possess a larger amount of money than common sense. If a tenant has the means ef buying his farm, and really wants to become a free- holder, it will be better for him to give the 20 years’ purchase at once, and escape the annoyance, delay and expense of an arbitration, with the moral certainty of being the loser in the contest.

But supposing the award be confirmed, and that any tenant be cajoled into a belief of getting rid of his dificulties under the arbitration clause—he, failing to get the landlord to ac-

| cept his offer of £30 or £50 for his 100 acres, notifies the lat. |

ter that he has appointed a referee. This is a challenge to the landlord. It isthe first belligerent act, and will be regard. ed as an invasien of the ‘‘divine right’’ of property. The landlord, however, must obey the law, and reluctantly ap- points an arbitrator on his behalf. But he wants no change

{ im hia relationship towards the land in dispute, unless he gets

| bis full price,—his arbitrator knows this right well, and acts

They ailow others to think for the Compauies of the Regiments now being raised in N. Y.| accordingly.

We will suppose the tenant’s arbitrator iw , equally zealous and honest in advocating the interests of his _client—there is no chanve of their agreeing upon any price,— how is the third arbitrator or umpire to be chosen? The tenant's arbitrator proposes a inan imbued with feelings and | opinions similar to his own—the opposite side objects to such a person. Is it possible to effect a reeoncilliation? We think

not; and thus it would be in the power of the Jandlord's ar. |

who is entitled to consideration in connection with thivedb- ject. In the early: part of last January two leading article appeared in the Is/ander, advocating a Loan. underthélap- riel guarantee for the purpose of buying out she ela landbolders, as the only effectual way to abolish

tenute. The Government were alarmed at these articlei, # pecially as the Js/ander was known to be the of’ the Adwinistration, and conducted by two officials; and tae oo. Mr. Palmer published a protest against them, on his ows be half, as well as on that of his colleagues. The Jetter ¥! ‘contained this protest is dated 16th Japuary, ard was printed in the Islander of the same week. The following extrac: will show that the leader of the Government is irretrievably 208° mitted against the Loan :—

| ‘*Asone member of the Legislature, and more particularly asa member of the Government, i shovid most assured. y 1 frain from sharing in such a serious responsibility (ae% Loe); and in this view | have every reason to believe | am bes out by all my colleagues in the Government. —.

“It is not Iny purpose, at present, to give reasows why Tem still, as | always have been, opposed to the scheme you ber adverted to. faave always done so when the q Len discussed in the House of Assembly, and nothing hae since transpired to induce we to alter my mind, but much bo firm we in the opinion I had for egainst one

It is not necessary to make any quotations from Mr. mer's speeches in the House of Assembly, referred to ve the above extract ; but we shall give two or three short | from the speeches of other members of the Government on tbs subject. 1, 1857, the Hon. Mr. Yeo made the following remark;

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In the debate on the Loan Bill, Wednesday, e

thew ap their tthesalthough the Land Commissioners readily wdsait that they buve forfeited their titles by the non-fulfil- ment of the original grants. It also exunerutes the proprietors Spom ® large awevunt of Quit Rents due the Colon oad confirms them in their usurped claim to the Fishery Ke- scryes, which were intended for publie benefit, while on the wther hand the interests of the tenants and the Crown are

. wholly _ «Proposed by Mr. iere Gallant, seconded b . Syl- vien —. and carri enasitpeanip ¢ roar

2nd, Whereas it is stated in cortgin reaotutions by ‘the ft ture of thie Island in the session of 18 , and ap

ved of by His Grace the Duke of Neweastie, teat the basie |

t should be a } iawi Yat : ; , by the waid eer alt arrears of rns preventer him from publicly bearing at the meeting.

of such

‘gent. And since 1858 must be paid up. therety leaving to the landlord gs much a¢ in most cases he could collect,

Besdtved, therefore, that this meeung is of opinion that the duriag his wasderings,

sbuge recommenda ivn has not been carried out by the Land and therefore the tenante wiil not derive any t from that part of the Award,

by Mr. Peter Doyle, seconded by Mr. James *2¢ New Lonconers abused without banding my protest,

Maewickan, and carried upanimously :

3rd. Reselved, That 20 high fands which have as explained by

ears’ purchase is @ price fer too

n forfeited ower and over ayain, | ‘Mr. Commiesioner tlowe, and whizh were valuable voly by the industry and hard labour of the!

to their scundness.

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Their faith iy their leaders and guides endeavored to escape from the guard houee, and succeeded 50 bas been unbounded, | way, has been, for if [ am rightly in-| far us to reach the sentrics’ room where arms were stacked. | formed, a spirit of doubt and enquiry is shewing isself among. The guard gave the alarm, and au altercation ensued between \them, and the time is vot far distant when they will throw | them and the prisoner, which was heard by the officers. off the degrading shuckles they have so tong and go foudly, Lieut. Davis, of Company B., was the first to repair to the | hugged. | scene, and order the prisoner back to the guard house. Davis Had either of the gentlemen who sddreseed the meeting | Pusbed the prisoner inside, when be immediately rewurved the cther day at Graham's Cross, fullowing the example of | With a bayonet, which he plunged into the unfortunate officer's the reuowned Harcua’Al Raschid, donned a pediac’s babili- heart, The lieuteuant, as reported, raised his hands, and ments, and mixed with the people as they weuded their way aa tare, 2 Oo Gos U'm killed.” fell deed. . | homewards, he would have heard many unpalatable truths, 4 nr phandoardy orp spt sy re a _ i a : ‘dah _. | despe ’ offences which he com. whieh a misplaced politeness or a foolish diffidence on tbeir splated Geen ® a over, leat. she brutality of his nature should = F | be illustrated, For some misdemeanor about a week since Fhe great uskees would have heen » good. desl edifed, but \ Lieut Davis caused him to be reduced from the rank of or- |derly sergeant to @ private, which increased his enmity to : ‘ ‘that officer. He had boasted, jt is reported, that he would Hoping that Aurora will take in good part what I have \ii) Pyuvis the first opportunity; that he bad killed three men written, Jor 1 bear bim vo malice, though 1 could not sve hile serving in the British service, and that if ocvasion | offered he would not scruple to kill as many more,