is property to their harpy fangs, and your etitioner would further state as a proof of eir insubordination, that one of the nk and ﬁle accused the others of carrying 'easures by “dishonorable, underhanded, nd unworthy means,” thus, leavingius a amt hope, that an old adage may yet be eriﬁed- . .

And your (petrtronerwould furtherstate, atthis con net of the troop‘has by its ample encouraged aspirit of disaffec- ion and rebellion against existing autho- ities, as may be seen by the last aru'rrsn minors, in which is a glaring account {that Hydra to all peaceable and well- isposed society. AN OPPOSITION DINNER. '_ isa grieveous state of things to your etitioner, whose proudest boast has .ever een an obsequi0us attention “to the

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wledge that any of them have ever armed their own hides, and states, that here were many stacks of grain or: his pro- erly before Mr. Lewellen or Colonel Rea- y came here; that he has heard and be- ieves that this tract was published some ears ago in England, and that some copies fit can yet be produced; that the same ublisher has grieveously reﬂected on the etitioners tenants, as in page 9, he says:— ‘That the general mode of conducting a arm is slovenly, often wretched,” that he same writer in the Gazette has stated, hat the only addition except himself nd some other well disposed persons, re“ the refuse of the poor houses in Eng- and, the lowest order of Irish, and the cum of Newfoundland,” and your peti- ioner submits, that when the present dis- ection arose he could not get respecta- le tenants fromtheir fears of such neigh- ours; that your petitioner humbly submits hat this is a gross calumny on th inhabi- ants who had quite at» much moralityVand ood feeling touards\ each other before he writer of this tract came among them ut ’

'Tis pleasant sure to see one's name in print,

A book's a book allho' there’s nothing in‘t. ' our petitioner humbly submits that this is o joke, that neither the troop nor any lher body that pays itselfisjustiﬁed in ha- ing theirjokes at our expense, thus pla- inf: us in the same situation as the stark nd the ants in the fable.

Ti‘l'lt your petitioner humbly submits, haljudging from the. ordinary rule of usfice, and rights-of property in civi- izel society («test that must not be pplied tothe measures ofthe troop) he would have supposed thatthe dread of xposure which awaits such daring en- ruachments on the rights of property,

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would have acted as a salutary check on their proceedings, as this is not the case, your petitioner would further open the green bag, but though he has a handful of complaints, he thinks it most prudent to Open one ﬁnger at a time, and humbly prays the Club would adopt such measures as they deem necessary to repress or checkthis spirit of anarchy and confusion, and your petitioner as in duty bound, Will ever pray.

‘CIMJVBERR Y. To the tlitor qftbe British ﬂmerican,

As an elector of King’s County, l have to complain of a serious abuse in the disposal of oﬂices, more especially when bestowed upon the Representa- tives of the people. Sir, nothing should be so sacred in the eye of a representa- tive of a Free people as Independence ! and what independance can there be in the man who, while the reputed repre- sentative of the people, accepts of hall a score of oﬂicrs at once, A Member of the House of Assembly! a Road Commissioner l a Magistrate ! I know not what else, a hydra of SOClety ll! Would such conduct be tolerated in En- gland? No such thing! Englishmen are too tenacious of their liberty to allow their representatives to become place- men. Has not experience taught us that persons who have the disposal of the public money would sooner bestow

‘itOn such persons as would, at any time,

become subservient to their private views; ’tis true, and our country has often witnessed it. The man who, while he holds his Seat in the House of As- sembly, and accepts any' Government Oﬂice, acts rontrary tot e Laws of En- gland, and is to be suspected by the People! fOr sooner or later he will be- tray them uhen his private interest re- quires it. In accepting ofﬁce the cand- id man should resign the charge the people conﬁded to him, and give them an opportunity of choosing persons who would not heed the smile or frown of persons who wou'd consider it their interest to make them their dupes. I do not speak throughany invidious mo- tive. My wish is, that my fellow elect- ors would Petition the honorable House ofASsembly to dismiss from their Body such persons as are so circumsta‘ncec, unless they resigned such ollice.

COBBET’I‘. St. Peters Feb. 16, 1833

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(COMMUNICATID.) 4! prize Enigma for the Ladies.

Ye Charlotte-Town Ladies, the Pride of un- Isle. My name if ye ﬁnd it, will cost you a smile;

l belong not to men, but to you I'm allied.

Tho‘ never yet married 1 lie by youuide. Strange indeed is my form, yet still yo carers me; And like a. lov’d child to your bosom: yo prell me. l'm possess‘d of no head, but nearly all tail,

And this my chief part ye strive to conceal,

Tho“ short arms I possess, no hand: can! boast

Nor do] own more than three members at most.

Like your own fairest skin when unrullied I'm seen, And am [thought a disgrace when I am unclean.

in ﬁne— by ye ladies l’m exclusively used,

And that man who dares touch me is rarely oxeuo'tl. Now that Lady who given my name in White's Paper, Will scarcely allow me the priu to em her. ‘

(OOIMUIIGMID.)

A REFLECTION.

If every one’s eternal care Were written on his brow,-

How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now !

The fatal secret, when reveal’d of every aching breast, Would prove that only whit! conceal’d. Their lot appear! the but.

V MARY. Charlotte-Town

Mr. White,

The following witty Ballad lately ap, peared in an Annual published in Perhaps it may amuse some of the laughter- loving readers of the British American.

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JOHN DAY—A PATHETIC BALLAD. John Day he was the biggest malt" 7 ' Ofall the coachman-kind,

With back too broad to he conceiv’d By any narrow mind.

The very horses knew his weight When he was in the rear,

And wish’d hie box a Christmas box To come but oncoa year.

Alas! against the shafts oflove, , What armour can avail!