' their Lieut. Cokinel, in the

mac: Sir James Macdonell, K. C. B. K. C. IL, and i W 0f persons, with two

splendid Begirncflll Moms. having upon them appro- priate devices and emblems. The colours were compo- sed of blue, whimgnd summit, beautifully emblaz- oned with gilt 1%. and he mely painted with ap- propriate figures. The one ontained the Arms of the Glengarry and the Glenala ale families quartered, sur- mounted With their crests, and supported by two High- landers, one dressed as a Soldier. the other as a Hus- bandmtm. And the other being the Queen’s color, con- tained the Crown above the Thistle, surrounded by a laurel wreath, with the title of the regiment in gold letters inscribed upon it.

On presenting the colors, Mrs. Macdonald- addressed the Regiment in glowing language, worthy of the war- like race from whence she sprung, and told them that she knew they would, if called upon, prove themselves wor- thy of being sons of Scotchmen, and of being under the banner of their country’s glory. The Colonel of the pigment )hen, in the name of the corps, returned thanks

the presentation, and said that the men under his command were second to none in attachment to their _ ed. Sovereign, and that he felt satisfied they would themselves worthy, by defending their country’s , should It ever be required from them in the battle Ield. After the Colonel had expatiated upon the glories of the life of a Soldier, his corps, witli,a universal shout, gave three times three cheers for Her most gracious Majesty, with _the Highland Bagpipes sending forth ap- propriate warlike strains—and which rendered the whole scene so peculiarly interesting, that the like was never wrtnessed before in this Island, and will be remembered for many years to come by those who were present at this Interesting ceremony—Com.

Aha late hour on the night of Saturday last, or rather on Sunday morning, an occurrence took place here which reminded us of those scenes riot unfrequcntly enacted in a neighbouring republic—the demolition of one house, and the destruction of another by fire, deli- berately done by parties assembled for the purpose. In both cases, the wor of destruction was complete. The house burnt was a story and a half, the other one was a .single‘ story only, and formed part ofa row of houses owned by Mr. Axworthy, ship carpenter, situated in Rochester Street, _at tlie'cud adjoining I’ownal Square. I‘hey were occupied chiefly by coloured persons, a large proportion of whom consisted of females, and those, by all accounts, not of the most reputable description. In the immediate neighbourhood those houses had long been considered an intolerable nuisance, and one of them had, indeed, been presented as such at the last term ofthe Supreme Court, but, owing to pome informality in the proceedings, no‘tliing was made of it. An appeal was therefore made to that high functionary, Judge Lynch, in whose court forms are but little regarded, and the result has been as above stated. .

About one o‘clock on Sun ' m rning. the alarm of fire was given, and soon aftc ,_ ire Engine Corn- puny, with their engine, and a or ofthe inhabit- ants, were on the spot. Before th. rrivod, however, the fire had made such progress, tiat any' attempt to extinguish it would have been superfluous. The night being wet, and the building standing apart, there was no danger of the fire communicating to any other build: ing, so that the assembledspcctators had little else to do titan look quietly on, until the whole was consumed—- and, ifthe truth must be told, we believe that not a few witnessed the destruction of the building with scarcely suppressed pleasure; bub at that time the circumstances under which the fire originated were not generally known. At first, it was supposed to have been the work of a gang of sailors, a sailor, it was said, having been robbed in one of theghouscs a few evenings pre- viously, and that it was an act ofrevcngo for the rob- bery. Thnt some sailors may have been concerned in the transaction is far from being im Irobable; but, from facts which have since come to light, it appears there were other actors in the scene. Four individuals have been committed to jail, two ofwhorn have since been liberated on bail, and n fif has also been arrested and" held to bail, neither ofwh assuredly are sailors, but inhabitants ofthe town. The depositionspgainst them, we understrind, only go to implicate them as being con- cerned in the pulling down of the house, but not that they actually set fire to the other. One thing, however, is undeniable, that a lawless assemblago did take place, at the time and place in question, and that one house was pulled down and another burnt to tho ground; now, it may be very difficult to identity the particular individual of the party who applied the torch, but is that circum- stance to exonerate the others from any participation in the blame? \Ve should think not ', and when the matter comes before the Supreme Court, it-will, erhape, be found very difficult to separate one part ofPtlie charge from the other. The old-fashioned notion used to be, that any erson proved to have been concerned inariot, was legal y responsible for all the consequences which arose out of it, and we rather opiuc tliztt such will he found to be the law of the case even at the present day. Had not the night been fortunately wot, who can say where the devastatiorigmay have ended '. We trust therefore, that no stone will be left unturned to bring all the perpretrntors in this daring outrage to deserved pu- nishment, lirr if such offences are to be lightly passed over we can no longer be said to live in a country of laws.

To the Editor of Colonial Herald.

. I ;—Accompanying the Address to the Countess of atmorlaud, published in the Gazette of the lstinst. and .. A _Herald of the 29th ult. is a Letter purporting to be ' - ressed by Her Ladyship to one ‘of the Committee, but 0 the gentleman is docs not appear, in which Her _ vyship expresses a strong reluctance to receive any 'v ic demonstration of the nature which the Address In " on is, intended to convey; and I cannot sufficiently ---I - iate the delicacy of feeling with which Her Lady- ' ip begs to decline the proffered civrlity. I was one among the many individuals who had experienced Lady W'cstmorland’s hospitality during the period of her resi- dence in Charlottetown; and when solicited to attach my signature to an Address after her departure, I readily consented, under the Impresston that such public testimony toher Ladyship’s urbanity and con- descension would not prove unacceptable to her-; but had I been at all aware that a Letter had been previously written by, her Ladyship of the nature of that addressed to mof the Committee, I should most certainly have declined to affix my name to anyAddress, ' in direct opposition to her Ladyship’s avowed sentiments on the subject, as would many others with whom I have subsequently conversed, and who were equally ignorant of the existence of such a. Letter. Itherefore do not think that the Committee, ()if such there were—furl heard of no public meeting y which they were so con- stituted), acted with becoming candonr in omitting to make her Ladyship’s Letter public until after the Ad- dress was so generally signed, and I should not feel sur- prised if Lady Westmorland, for the reasons she has given, were yet to decline receiving it, Yours, 65c.

' . A SUBSCRIBER. September 9th, 1840.

TO THE EUTOR OE THE COLONIAL HERALD.

55'; Permit me to make a few observations, through your "IMHO paper, on the utility of Public Libraries, an the Inhabitants of Charlottetown a pear to know but little of the inculculable benefits arising from such institutions; or, if they do, they encourage them but little.

I would beg to ask, have the-Sciences ever made so great progr as they have done since that period when public libraries were established? This question can be most ohvioual answeredb any, the least enli htened‘ for our it be eniod, that efore they were esta lished ;

«I _. . - there were ohlyifew d men dispersed over the face of ,the g 05., and all the rest remained immersed in complete ignorance-ithat before they were establish- ed nttin knew but little of those great ends which his gmnipotent creator destined him to effect—he could judge but little ofthe faculties of his own immortal soul —finally, he could reason but little on any subject that surpassed the common judgment of his natural instinct —not being able to exercise those faculties in that man- ner which he could do if he had those great institutions ofinstruction to refer to; for all men cannot be philoso- phers; therefore some must lay down axioms by which others are to be governed. The scale of science now counterbalances that ofignornncc; for, at present, well informed men are to be met with in every country, who speak on all kinds of subjects in a manner worthy of attention; and as a Writer beautiful] expresses, it “in former days, the sciences, impelled like clouds by violent Wl'llds, onl watered some countries; but now like an universal cw, they distil their rolific moisturd over the earth’s vast surface." Apd what caused this mighty change in the scientific world? Application to Books‘ alone Was the sole cause. Then were the sciences only taking root; and now, when the are only nurtured In the bud, what can be more usefufthan a well stored Library for the instruction of man, so as to enable him to fathom their most secret depths?

Let us remain no longer grovelling upon earth, while we haye libraries which will raise us to meditate on sublime things. As one deserving of the patronage of the public,I beg to recommend the Charlottetown Mechanics’ Library, which I am sorry to state does not experience that support which Charlottetown could and ought to afford an institution so valuable. tion, if encouraged, would be a treasure to the county. Due care In selecting useful works is also very necessary for Its prosperity, which duty devolves on a chosen few, who should use sound discrimination in filling the Library. -However, at present, there are Books stifli- cIent in it to occupy those moments, which hundreds of our young men give to pleasure and dissipation—and if

books, they would only then be coming on a par with the young men of some of our sister colonies, and like them do credit to their country. They would then be able to take an active part at public meetings, where subjects of public utility are discussed, and make useful members ofsociety. Instead ofthis being the case now- n-qay, strangers, at all such meetings, bear away the pa In.

Let these hints be not taken amiss, as they are intended purely for their good. Exper' c, it is said, teaches fonls; that such would be t ‘ c with the young men of Charlottetown, I huvc‘noflpubt. If they but experienced the beneficial results (if reading, the Mechanics’ Library would be more liberally encouraged, and, I trust, would then flourish. Its termsare extreme- ly moderate; it has a tolerable collection of general works, and why it is not strongly supported, I cannot

conceive.‘ I am, &c.

F2.

Sept. 18th, 1840.

At St. Peter’s, on Saturday the 5th inst., alad ofabout 15 years of age, fell from a pair ofshears, which had been erected for the purpose of hoisting in the rudder ofthe Brig Evelinu,then on the Stocks, 9. height of up- wards ofsixty'feet, and was killed on the spot.—-—Gaz.

In addition to the 229 passengers by the Brig Rather, from the Isle of Skye, the arrival of whom we announced last week, 315 more, from the same place, have been landed here in the course of the present week, from the Ship Nitlr, Cnpt.Shaw,which vessel,after land- ing upwards ofone hundred passengers llt Cape Breton, arrived here on Monday last, in 40 days from Tobermo- ry. Those landed here are a fine, hardy-looking set of people, and they are mostly, we understand, pretty‘well provided with means.

launches A fine Schooner, called the 'Gaflaml, of 156 tons bur-

tfifi» g, I bWelsop nfChni-lottctown wusl'aunch- e at b‘lIiot iver,on Silill’rdtly last. ’ b

A handsome Brig, called the Evelina, was launched at St. Peter's, on the 10th inst. She was built for Capt. Pearce. _

On the 16th inst., from the Shipyard of Messrs. Simp- son, Ncw London, a fine schooner called the Eliza, 207 tons old measurement.

On the 12thinst., a fine copper-fastened ship of 643 tons, new measurement (524 old, called Dahlia, was launched from the shipyard of the Hon. oseph Pope, Bedequc, in the pre- sence ofalar econcoursc of spectators. The noble looking vessel glided into her destined clement in the most majestic style, amidst the firing of cannon and thc cheers of the assembled multitude. She is chiefly built of white oak and juniper, and in point of Inodcl and mechanical execution will lire‘ar |comparison with any vessel heretofore built in this s an .

PASSENGERS.

In the Unicorn, steamer, on Sunday, for Quebec, via Pictou —Major General Sir James Macdoiiell, Sir Geor e F. Sey- mour, Bart., Lieut. Seymour, R. N., Lieut. Colone Chaplin, Coldstream Guards, and Lady, and George Bintie, Esq.

In the Cape Breton. steamer, from Miramiclii, on Thursday —Mrs.Wiswell and‘dautrhter; Mr. and Mrs. Macewen ; Messrs. Johnston, Watson, VVilhston, Nicholson, Gillie.

In due from Pictou, this morning—Daniel Brenan, Esq. Capt. Baldwin, Messrs. Nevin, Benjamin Davies (from Lo‘ndou) and Franklin; Mrs. Miller and daughter.

In the Ambassador, from Liverpool, Mr. Lawrence LMac- laren, Surgeon.

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PORT OF CHARLOTTETO WN.

ENTERED: Barque Ambassador, Tate, lecrpool; Goods. Schooner Providence, Deaglc, Halifax; do. Cygnet, O‘Neil, St. John’s, N. F.; do, Waltron, Moore, do.; do. Ship Nith, Shaw, Tobermory; 315 Passengers. Schooner Jessie, M-Donald, Miramichi; Goods. Defiance, Stewart, Sydney ; Conls. Lively, Gillis, St. John’s, N. F.; Ballast. Soverci n, Lutes, Pictou; Coalsd Elizabet , Fothcringham; Miramichi 5 30,000 feet Boards, 17,000 Shingles. '. CLEARED : . , Brig Helen Stuart, Stuart; Miramichi; 43 tons Hardwood Tim- ber, '1 cords Lathwood, 47 bls. Oatmeal. ’ Ship Nith, Shaw, Miramichi; ballast. Schooner Sally, Gillie, Pictou ; do.

H. M. S. Rinadaie, the Hon. Ca t. Stewart, arrived here on the 16th inst. mm a cruise in the ulf.

The Brig Helen Stuart, Stuart, partly laden, sailed this morning for Miramichi, to take in the remainder of her cargo, for Ireland. ‘ ,

Arrived at Kingston (Ireland), Aug. 20, from P. E. Island, the Arm, White—24 days.

At London, from do. lst Sept. the Prince Albert, O’Neal.

At Plymouth, from do. 12m Aug. the Mary Caroline Fitz Roy, Snell, 27 days. .

The Lady Wood, Salmond, sailed from London, for George- town, Au .‘9, in ballast. .

’l'he uzza, Hall, with a general cargo for Charlottetown, was to leave London on the 7t Se t. . ‘ , .

The Brig Falloden, Mould, from ondon, for Miramicht, in ballast, went on shore about nil miles to the Westward of the entrance of Richmond Ba , on‘ the night of the 12m Instant. Crew saved, and bull an materials advertised to be sold.

The Fishing schooner Nancy, of ,Newbury, Mast, James Snow,'Master, in attempting to beat out ofTracadte harbour, on the momin of the 15th inst. struck on the bar and could not be got off. I er hull, materials, dcc. are advertised to be sold.

Died, ,Last night, Mr. William Carey, of Charlottetown Royalty, aged 46 years. 'The funeral will take place to-morrow morning, at 8 o’clock. ‘ A't Plymouth, on the 215! Aug. Capt. John Nichols. On Saturday last, George James, infant son of J. L. Hurdis, Es . aged 7 dayl. I On Tues try last, Helen Caroline, on] daughter of J.

Sidney Dealey, Esq, aged two years an five months.

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This institg'i-‘

they spent those moments in perusing such or any othet’

L‘"§Aug. 2m, 1840.

3F , is“ HELD Tins SEASON. 1*" CHAR-1401"! JOWI; Wednesday, ink September; alsom1 Cattle Show. *” ' I '~

Pmucm‘owu; Friday, 2d October. ' LOT 49 ; Friday, 2d October yflno acCattle Show. SAINT ELEANORS; Wedtr'eiday, October.

[FThe Riv. Mr. Tnpper, homzNova Scotia, .will (D. V.) preach In the-Baptist Meeting House fo—morrow (Sunday) aller- noon, at 3 o’clock. -’ »

THE. 3- MATIONAL SOCIETY of Glasgow habhfibg' signified, through R. C. Macdonald, Esq. 30th Regiment, its readiness to select Fight or Ten pio- perly qualified Teachers—to supply them with, a com- plete outfit—to defray the ex ense of their passage out to the Colony, and to furnish them with a quantity of Books sufficient for a corresponding number of, Schools —prov1ded the Government and the Hig Society, upon their arrival here, undertake their- '. - tron, all ensure them adequate support—335;. if: = requeste , that the Inhabitants of such Séttii ts on the Island as qre desirous of pnrtrc’ipatingin‘ the adviat'i- tages held outzin this proposal, w’ (quaint the under- signed, witho t delay, to what: _ they are able to contribut i tlrrfir support, mmioni e' yearly amount of salaryhiloit with the term they can under- take to megucmintcnance to a_- L «t:- ._ JOHN ‘ l‘NEILL, r i Secretary, Highland Society.

Charlottetown, I501, 1840.

scfioGEITIA'STER WANTED. AN B, 'for the WEstern School at Sp a, person properly qualified as a First 1“firmly to

Cluss'Te .1 .JOHN‘CRAIG,

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. '8» Bedequc',‘§ept. 15th, 1840. ‘ A FAIR _ FOR. t’he'Sale of all descriptions of Live Stock

and Agricultural Produce, will be held 'in a Field net" the residence of Mr. Samuel Lane, Lot 49, on Friday, the Second of October next, under the direction ofthe Committee of the Independent Agricultural So- cxety. On the same day, a CATTLE SHOW will take plaCe, when the following Premiums will be awarded :— CATTLE.

For the best Bull, 2 to4 years old, £1 0 0 Second best, - 0 10 0 \ Best Heifer, ‘_ - . - 1 0 0 Second best, — 0 10 0

SHEEP. « For the best Ram, under}, years old, 0 15 0 Second bcst, - - 0 7 6 Best Ewe, - ’ - 0 15 0 Second best, - - O 7 6

Regulations same as those of the Central Society. JUDGES—Charles Haszurd, Alexander M‘Rae, Samuel Lane. By order,

J. R. BOURKE, Secretary.

“7HEREAS Thefts and depredations are

cdfimitted nightly in Charlottetown, man I of which have hitherto gone unpunished—A MEET NG will be held at the hour of Twelve o’clock, on Monday, the 21st inslunt,. in the Court House, to cpnsider the expediency of forming a society for the detection and prosecution ofofi‘enders. . All persons desirous of promoting this object are re- quested to attend. [Signed by piore than One hundred respectable house- holders] A 4

t3" NOTICE. T‘ HER‘EAS the Firm of WILLIAM MACK“!

R and Company, doing business its Mei-chants at Georgetown and Souris in this Island, did, by Deed Pole, bearI g date ,th ‘ First day of September iiistapt, assign to WILLIAM M. AELAN, of Halifax, Merchant, their princi- pal Creditor, all their Debts and Books of Account, and did grant (Power of Attorney to collect and receive the nine: AND w EA! the said William M. Allan did», y a Power of Substitution, bearing date the Twelfth day of September instant, substitute, depute and appoint the Subscriber as his Attorney, to act for him in the premi- ses: NOW THEREFORE, by virtue of the power and authority in the Subscriber vested, he doth hereby give notice unto all persons who may be indebted to the said Firm, that unless their respective amounts be paid to him, (or to some person whom he may hereafter tip- point,) or secured to his satisfaction, on or before the 3lst day of December next, the some will be put in suit with-

out discrimination.

CHARLES YOUNG, Attorncy ofAssignee, and Solicitor. Sept. 14th, 1840.

O’I‘ICE. -——Mr.

Charlottetown,

Sulivan’s Agent, having

Law Charges, and other Expenses, informs the Tenants, and all others, on Townships 9, 22, 16 and 61, who may be indebted to the Proprietor, that he must put all Debts into the hands of his Solicitor for Collection, unless paid

without further delay. J. L. LEWELLIN, Agent.

September, 1840.

(13’ Don’t let that Ignis Fatuus, EsCIIEAT, again lend you astray, and cheat you of the principles of common honesty. You had better try your Rents, than put each a Pound into the pocket ofPtlIe Great Apostle‘ofEschent, who may yet assist in accelerating the ruin of many more of you. ‘ v

Prince County-"October Term, 1840.

HE Subscriber will, as usual, attend at St. Eleanor’s, on Friday, the 25th instant, and follow- ing day, for the purpose of issuing Writs for the above Term. Monday, the 28th inst., last day for issuing said Writs. Wednesday following, last day for Notices of Appeals.

CHARLES BINNS, Jun. September 11th, 1840.

REMOVAL. THE Subscribers respectfully beg leave to

inform their friends and the public generally, both in Town and Countr , of their removal to the house adjoining Mr, John ' rcnuman's, Wiitchmaker, Queen Square, where all orders in their line will be ~thankfully received and punctually attended to.

P. S.—They also beg to return their sincere thanks for-the very liberal encouragement they have received since their commencement in business in this Town, and hope, from their knowledge and experience in business, to merit an extension of ublic patron e.