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FOR THE EXAMINER.

SONG FOR THE LIBERALS.

Come every liberal heart, Take in our joy a part, Hail the triumphant day ! Ye treeborn souls rejoice, Welcome the people’s choice*— Shout with full heart and voice— Shout, shout for aye!

Redress your country’s wrong, Join in our glorious song— Send fears away. The dark clouds still may lower-— Weaken’d is Compact power— Hail! hail the auspicious hour!— Note! note the day !

Hope lights the yeoman’s eye : Her star illumes our sky, _And guides our way. Prince Edward’s fearless son, And those who with him run, Honour to them be done, in matchless Rak.

Come, Liberals, join the song, While we, in plaudits long,

Welcome the day. Once more a glorious shout, Send it our Isle about, Ring the full chorus out,

We'll not give way.

A Youne LIBERAL. King’s County, March 17,

* Hon. George Coles.

A WITTY AUCTIONEER.

A young wag, who had made “ going, going, gone,” 1s profession— a great favourite among the knights of he buskin, and all good fellows, besides being chosen ravourite among the ladies--was once mounted, ham- aer in hand, selling a piece of furniture. He was weil onversant with all the best dramatic productions of ‘he day, and among the rest “ The Hunch-back,” then the rage of Boston, where the joke occurred. Fanny Kembie, was at the time delighting the town with her jJulia,and everybody was well acquainted with the celebrated lines—

Clifford! why don’t you speak to me

Clifford is it you ?” which are ranked among the favourite points of the play. “ Going, going—last call—fifty-two—any more ?. fifty- ‘hree—thank you sir—fifty-three dollars—last call— onee, twice—any more ?—gone! Who is it?” There was a pause and nobody answered. “ Who is it? who bid fifty-three?” “ Clifford,” cried a voice near the door. —* O Clifford, is it you?” exclaimed the auctioneer, ‘ropping his hammer, and clasping his hands a@ la Manny Kemble. The joke was irresistible; everybody ‘ecognised it; and, catching the spirit ofthe thing, the ,udience followed up an ecstacy of laughter with three rounds of applause, while the auctioneer drew out a handkerchief in burlesque imitation of Miss, Fanny.

“ Clifford, did you say, sir ? Clifford,” said the auc- ‘ioueer; but the purchaser, it seems, was a bashful per- son, unacquainted with theatrical things, and had be- come somewhat alarmed at the unaccountable good humour of the crowd, so that he was afraid to open his lips again, lest he should excite another burst of fun.

“Ts itcash, sir?” again inquired the auctioneer.— \ll eyes were turned upon Clifford, who looked very uch as if he felt his mother might be anxious about iim. ‘The merry auctioneer would rather lose his cus- tomer than his joke, and exclaimed still imitating the tiery-eyed Fanny,—

“ }Cifford, why don’t you speak to me ?”

‘'he assembly now fairly screamed with laughter; and vmid an uproarious,shout Clifford made a precipitate rush torthe door, and escaped.

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A TALE OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

A farmer in one of the western counties of England was met by a man whom he formerly employed, and who again asked for work. The farmer (rather with the view to be relieved from his importunity than with

any intention of assisting him) told him he would think)

of it, and send word to the place where the man told him he should be found. Time passed on, and the farmer entirely forgot his promise. One night, howeyer, suddenly he started from sleep, and awaking his wife, said he felt a strong impulse to sct off immediately to the county town, some 30 or 40 miles distant! but why

he had not the least idea. He endeavored to shake off| prietor of that Press—find, when he turns to them for

the impresston and went to sleep again, but awoke a second time with such a strong conviction that he must start that instant, that he directly rose, saddled his horse, and set off. On his way he had to cross a ferry which he could only do at one hour of the night, when the rail was carried over. He was almost certain he should be too late, but nevertheless rode on, and when he came

to the ferry, greatly to his surprise, found that though) the fact, that none are so completely deserted and ‘be- | the mail had passed over a short time previously, the| trayed, as they who desert and betray themselves.

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ferryman was still waiting. On his expressing his astonishment the boatman replied, “Oh, when I was o the other side I heard you shouting, and so came back again.” ‘The farmer said he had not shouted; but the

him call. Having crossed over, the farmer pursued his journey, and arrived at the county town the next morn- ing. But now that he hadcome there, he had not the slightest notion of any business to be transacted, and so amused himself by sauntering about the place, and at last entering the Court where the assizes were being held. The prisoner at the bar had just been, to all appearance, proved clearly guilty, by circumstantial evidence, of murder; and he was then asked if he had any witness tocall on his behalfi—He replied that he had no friends there, but looking around the court amongst the spectators, he recognised the farmer, who almost immediately recognised in him the man who had applied to him for work; the farmer was instantly sum- moned to the witness-box, and his evidence _ proved beyond the possibility of doubt, that at the very hour the the prisoner was accused of committing murder in one part ofthe country, he was applying for work in another. The prisoner was of course acquitted.—and the farmer found that, urged on by an uncontrollable impuise which he could neither explain nor account for, he had indeed taken his midnight journey for some purpose, notwith- standing it appeared so unreasonable and causeless, “This is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.” —T'he Churchman’s Companion.

To our Subseribers in the Couatry.

We beg leave to observe to our subscribing friends in the country, that the terms upon which we undertook our present publication appear to have been forgotten by too many of them.- Certain it is that, although they may be generally remembered, they have, in but very few instances, been complied with. We have now been some time entered upon the second half-year of our} publication;and we think we may well be excused now

calling upon such of our country friends, as have not, yet paid their first half-year’s subscription—which they

well know ought to have_been paid in advance—-now

cheerfully, and without delay, te make payment, either to ourselves or to any of our agents in the country, not

only of the first, but also of the second, half-year’s sub-

scription. To look at the long blank of their “ Per

Contras,” is, we can assure them, almost quite enough

to make long and blank our visage.

The management of our Journal, from its commence-

ment to the present time, has, we trust, been distin-

guished by a uniform exercise of that fearlessly calm,

independent and liberal spirit, which the majority of the

people have Jong earnestly desired to see steadily mani-

fested and maintained in a portion at least of the Island

Press; and, independently of which, we are decidedly of opinion, the people of this Colony will never sce accom-

plished and established among them, those social ameli_| rations and political changes, from which alone can result their general prosperity and individual welfare. Let the

Reformers of P. E. Island but foster and encourage, as

they ought, this Spirii of the Press, which has arisen in

obedience to their evocation; and it will never cease to

exert its power until social and political evils shall no

longer exist amongst them. The trust which they have

reposed in us, as a Journalist, we have certainly not

betrayed; nay more, we feel persuaded our friends

must freely admit, that the duties of our office, we have, at all times, with honest sincerity, fearlessly and con- sistently discharged. If then we have not overrated our services in the cause of the people—as we believe few,very few, amongst themselves will be found to assert ‘or admit we have—; if they still require an advocate—- \as we think they are most feelingly convinced they do— and if they are still willing to regard us as the assertor ‘of their rights and the defender of their privileges ;— ‘let them only regularly supply us with the munitions of war, and we shall gladly and steadily proceed in our honorable career, regularly going forth “ conquering and to conquer.” Butifthey seek to betray their own cause, to give increased power to their oppressors, to rivet their | ofvn chains, and to transmit and transfer their shackles! from themselves to their offspring: let them, by deceit- ful words and false promises, induce a tried friend to establish a Free Press, having for its main, if not its jonly object, the redressing of their wrongs and the ad-| vancement of their good; and let their friend--the pro-|

Support, when he calls upon them for their subscriptions, | that all they ever meant to afford him wasa promise, which, in the tablet of their memory, they had noted as jan obligation which they were determined “ to remember jto forget to discharge.” Letthe people, we say— and especially that portion of them whose names make

other repeated his assertion that he had distinctly heard |

CTR SE SE SS LT TT TE LE BPE Any.

LAND ASSESSMENT,

Treasurer’s Office, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, January 17, 1848, N pursuance of the Act of the General As- sembly of this Island,made and passed in the Seventh year of the Reign of His late Majesty, King William the Fourth, intitled dn Act for levying an Assessment on all Land in this Island, 1 do hereby give public notice that I have made Proclamation, according to the terms of the said Act, of the undermentioned ‘Town Lots and Pasture Lot and parts of Lots or Townships im 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-mentioned Act, viz. :— 4 Town Lot No. 12, in the 2d Hundred in Charlotte town. 4 “ 34 3d % and ss 88 4th ¢ Water Lots No. 13, in Georgetown. No. 15, Ist Range, Letter D, in Georgetown.

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No. 5 do. EK do. No. 7 do. do. do. No. 1 do. F do. No. 4 do. do. do. No. 12 3d Range, G do. No. 8 4th Range do. do.

Pasture Lot No. 151, in Georgetown Royalty. 304 acres in Township No. 1 , 3

59 “ 6 2108 “ ‘“s g , Bs 1000 6“ 6“ 1b ; - 9004 ‘“ $6 17 a aa 2380 “ “ 30 om 13264 “ 6“ 21 cud

681 6 6 95 1071 rt 32 2183 “ ‘“ 43

883 ‘“ 4“ 45 1543 “ s“ 49 1000 “ “ 55 11995 « “ 65

And the owners of the said Lots and Tracts of Land so in arrears and proclaimed as aforesaid, are hereby notified, that in case the sums charged on them by the said Act, together with the Costs which have been in- curred, shall not be paid within Ten days before the next Easter Term of the Supre me ourt of Judicature, to be held at Charlottetown, which will commence on Tuesday the Fourth day of May next, application will be made to the Supreme Court, during the said Term, for Judgment against the said Lotsand Tracts of Land respectively.

J. SPENCER SMITH, Treasurer.

SEREMAH HeCARTHY, ENGINES ANS BLACKSMITH, RETURNS his sincere thanks to the Inha-

bitants of Saint Peter’s Bay and the Country in general for their liberal support since he has commenced business, and trusts that by assiduity and good wormanship to merit aconti- nuance of their favors. He begs leave to inform them that he has opened his new establishment at St Peter’s Bay, imme- diately adjoining the premises of Mr, Martin McInnis, and next door to Mr. Roderick McLean

ALWAYS ON HAND:

CARRIAGE MOUNTING, SPRINGS, AND PATENT AXLES AND EDGED TOODS, BROAD AND NARROW CAST STEEL AXkS—WARRANTED OF THE BEST MATERIALS, IRON PLOUGHS, IRON HARROWS, AND IRON SUFFLERS, DRILL PLOUGHS.

Bell Hanging neatly done, Brands neatly cut, Trusses for Rupture made on an improved principle, Guns altered in first rate style, and ail kinds of Smith’s work finished in the best style on reasonable terms.

St Peter’s Bay, January 29, 1848

ALLIANCE Life and Fire Insuranee Company,

f a MD A PY, LQ U2 9 ao CAPITAL FIVE MILLIONS STERLING! ! POLICIES continue to be issued and renew-

ed at my Office.—Attendance daily. Ne The Company do nor take Assurances on Buildings or their

Contents, in which CamPuin is used. GEORGE BIRNIE, Agent for P. E. Island

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Charlottetown, Nov. 13th, 1547.

NOTICE. JHE Office Containing the Standard Weights

and Measures, is kept in Great George Street, at the Store of John F. Clark & Co. P. G. CLARK,

Assayer of Weights and Measures.

February 26th, cui Grain, Grain, Grain. WHE hizhest price given in CASH for good BARLEY and OATS, delivered at Coles’ Brew- ery and Steam Mill. Sept. 25. planet, ‘teliiliaiey nat Sin mae fas hi OAR

AS the Subscriber has decided upon remain- 44. ing in the leland he wil! resume his practice in the aasrous departments oi his profession; and will again appear 2s Coun

|dark and cloud the Debit side of our Ledger, remember

se! in the Courts of Law and Equity. : CHARLES YOUNG

Terrace, Charlottetown, Aug. 7

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