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— 4 ce : = dijon from waut of bats, boots and eldihes. He addaj that) THE WAY THE BRITISH SOLDIERS FIGHT. U6 more wet itd soldiers abe eapeécted, and be begs vs to The following is an extract from tlic letter of a private collect 8800 vf mumey for tlielr use in Moscow. Werltave) soldicr:—* So Ben wants to know more of the way we acttiy done so, {iy Will reesive frém the English here 843 8. Rj ally fight. Dsuppose he has balf a wish to experience I, if to-day. We suull be able to add a little to this, perhaps, in| jot too dangerous. Well, this is forhim. Our first experience « few days. very ope coutributes most gladiy, but you! of the enemy was anything but pleasant, being round shot will see that We cauhot repeat this again, We ail feel that} and shell, which quickly took the lifeof many a brave fellow, the present yee sgldiers arises from tke negldet ol tule} and consequently heated the blodd of the living, who. after officials of the Russian Government. No one can suppose) asking permission, flung away their great coats and rughed on that the Bupéter kimsetf wuld permit it if ie kaew it.” | to the fight, ours being the only regiment that day that fought with the red coats fully exposed to view—an gdvan- tage, I think, for our grey great coats are too mtich like the Russians to be easily detected from them in foggy ifiornings. Noi, Beh; tame the work. When the hill up witch we as- cended wa3 Sttrmounted, a long line of skirmishers (Russians) were seer: One volley and cheer and then the bayonet, which, for Bew’s infortnation, the Russian seldom waits for ; if he does, our firelock is brought to that position m%st ready for use, called thé “ chargé,” and first parrying, it required, our enemy’s thrust, is driven to the socket through any part of the body we can ttach, the upper part the better. Does not that seem dreadful to you at home ? and, no doubt, so it Manseintes, Apri! 12.--The last advices frott Constanti- | is 80d aor be moe seen th gre in battle our pee nople stute that a third stockade fad been formed in the harbour ings are di erent. ane peren LO kilt and destroy = — of Sebastopol, by einking vessels in front ef the careenage, | Within us; our blood boils for revenge for the conirt that Persia is aszembling fidty thousand inen on the Turkish froatier, a ininute before you have seen ripped open by a shell, or, and her attitude is stil! suspicions. {t is said that Ress is | perchance, whose braiue are Lespattered ou your person. It feeding her with the hepes of the cession of same ot the | A shen the demon of Yccntaaitiiie ann anh daaiead af all Turkisa proviuces. Mv. Murray, the Rental Niclas. is ably Its but as sport; for fear cctapfaeen penapturkhahiona:\deb Gl Capers PO NIORE Ds: ‘ ribet) aie Ae Gees, yee: litself in your bain, and that is, ‘that there are enemies ip bark the “Sardimaa Bort ngeat. The Vulcan was 806n to | front, and vour mission is to @estroy ; aud how the British faliow... |“ missionaries” (no sneer intended) did their work at Inker- Bara Curva, March 81.—Tne Russians have constrncted | maun, tel. me not I bowst if I eénfide it to history to tell. two new batteries and have converted the ambuscades into an) On ret rning to caurp vow first asked youreelf, «Am I safe 2” advanced patailel. {he Allies have alzo congtrycted two new | and “nen ‘you wondered how you escaped. Wea nent look baticrics, The firing has been slack. it was said positively | rovad vour tent, and, as was the case in mine, saw three poor that the bembardment would commence on the 2d of April. | fellows with bandages on diffirent patts of their persons, hile

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‘LATEST NEWS FROM SEBASTOPOL—TIE OLD

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Vieswa, April 10.— Authentic intelligence has arene here from Varna wp te the Bib April. Nothing had occurred defure Sebastepel of importance Up to that daré. Omar Pasha

"yea not maccked on the Alma, a8 report said. He has, how ever, occugied two villages about half a league from Envpatoria, and enlarged the circle of his fortifications, so as to shelter an army of fifty thousand men. An Eyyptien force of ten thousand | men kas sailed fur Eupatoriv. ‘The Tiinisiad brigade haa been eeatto Batorn ‘The Russians contradict the news of Price Menschikoif’s death, but they admit that he is seriously ill.

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"The weather wae not so fine; it was very cold. Of seven Rus- | sian admirale at Sebastopol at the comuencement of the siege, | two ouly wow tcimain. Fines Devensvarion of tue Czan.—It is, pethops, a) singular coincidence that we shall receive the intel'igence of the tinal determination of the Czar daring the visi’ to England | of the Emperor of the French. The certainty of our having to | wage togeihera great Europeen wer may be announced, per- | haps, et the very moment that our Qneen * investing the Ein | peror Napyieon with the insignia of the P.ghest honour she has | to bestow ; or the news of peace mry Pb. proclaimed ag Victoria | and her imperial Ally pace the .osept of Sydenham, sur- ‘rounded by the arts and works of peace. ‘The instractions of | Prince Gortschakoff and M. TW cannot reach Vienna before | the 15th, and may not arrive “here till. perhaps, the 20th. ‘The | inost probable date is, peeps, the 17th or 18th, unti! which | day public anxiety mtt®_ postpone its impatience. Whatever conferences may be Pld previously to that date will have refer- ence to matiers of comparatively minor importance. A great deal of severe fighting has taken place between } ‘the French and Russians in the entrenched works in front of | the Malakoff Tower. For several weeks, up to the 22J of | March, scarcely a night passed in which our Allies were not, ‘engaged iv sharp conflict with the enemy. | encounters were of an exceedingly obstitiate dnd bloody character; and Ta-some of them the result tvas Of so Yery | doubtful 2 nature as to make it a question whether the Rus | sians did not rathet obtain the advantage than otherwise. | Oa the night of the 221, however, it is certain that the | French gained a signal victory. |

A despatch front General Canrobert to the French Go- | vernment contains this gratifying intelligence:—*In the! sortie which the enemy made in the night between the 22d) and 23d of March, against our works in front of the Malakoff | Tower, they wete vigorously repulsed, with a loss of two) ‘thousand men killed‘and wounded. Our juss did not exceed six handted.” :

The sori of the late Abbas Pasha, Viceroy of Ezypt, has | given £100 to the Patrictic Fund.

We have no accounts of any further movoriitnts on the | part of the fleet inthe Liack Sea; but if it be true that the inssians are rapidly repairing their forts at the tntrance to the sea of Agof ind am the coast of Circass'a; we may confi- ‘dently anticipate that it will not be long befure Sir Edmund Lyons payé titeuw @ visit.

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Lotd Raglan, ia ené of his despatches, refers to the often sepdrted deat! of Prince Menschikoff, at Odessa; whith he ‘says haa Uedh reported at Sebastovol until it is at last be- lieved to be tree. Supposing it to be so, no confirination of ‘the fact has yet beea réceived either in London or Paris. As the Prince, however, was known to be in a very ill state of health at the time he wa “ relieved * from the eotimand of Scbustopol. and ‘as his sihéequent condition of mind can- not have been of the most tranquil kind, it is by to méans improbable that his death may really have taken place: As the prime instigator of thé wat, he will leave no regrets be- hind him.

‘THE SHARP SKIRMISH BEFORE SEBASTOPOL.

The arrival of the Simois from Constantinople at Marseilles ‘contirms the statement that a kirmish or engagement of more than ordinary importance had been fought under the walls of Sebastopol on the nigat of the 22d of March. The English lost colouel Kelly, of the 34th ; captain Browne, of the 7th ; ‘and captain Viears of the 9/th. Two other officers were wounded, and missing. The Freach lost 300 in killed, wounded and missing. The French set fire to Sebastopol in two quarters, on the 23d, with rockets. Gen. Cunrobert's

last preeeding despatch, published by the French Government, mentioned that he was endeavouring to advance by regular approaches ageinst the fortified Mamelon now occupied by the Russians in front of the Malakhoff Tower, and that re- peated, though unsuccessful attempts, had been made by the | ‘enemy to interrupt these works. The Malakhoff Tower, and | the redoubts which now protect it, have all sprang into exist- | ence under the eyes of the besieging army; and the interest | of the siege turns at the present moment on the fate of a single | position, which a! the°time of our earlier operdtiohs presented no serious obstacle to our engineers. No sooner, bobevees| had the superior importance of the Malakhoff Tower been ascertained, and works directed against it, than the Russianis contrived with great boldness and skill to take up fresh ground ‘on which they have hitherto resisted the attacks of the French army. he French, on the other hand, “lt that their honour was concerned in the destruction of a work which had foiled their previous efforts, and the task of reducing it remained, - at their desire, chiefly in the'rowa hands. It seeins, however, t on the 22. of March the Russians thought it practicable | to defeat this attempt by a vigorous sortic, and an engagement ensued in which some pértion of our troops must have taken part, since we have uphapp)!y to record the loss of officers of ‘the 34th, the Tth, and $7th British Regiments. The loss of ‘the Freneh is stated to be 600, and, according to the despates | printed by the Monierr, tuat of the Russians was about | 2,000 in killed and wounded. We aré vot, however, at pre- | ‘seat infortfied of any positive result of this ehgagement, or of ‘the numerous skirmishes which aro of higlitly occurrence. | ‘Great valour and exterprise have been shown on both sides, | but it is impossible not to lanient With more than ofdinary } regret the loss of men killed in a wocturnal affray, foliowed by | ‘no other consequence than the repulse of the enemy. We, ‘the besiegers, are still endex vouring to prevent the approaches ‘and resist the attae’s of the besieged ; and, although every if. of ground is fiercely disputed, the lines of the enemy are igaiding on our intrenehemepts, instead of cur gaining on the putvorks of the town. ‘e P e,

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merely, “E see, Jack, you are winged,” of «Tom, the Russ bas spoiled your countertnee to-day,” and “ How did it hap- yon 2?” and no more is thought of the mafter. Another glance round shows that our number was deficient of two. A little inguiry determines their fate. One was ripped open by a shell, and the other Was stretched at full length, and #ith the exclamation, ‘“ Poor fellows! they were good soldiers,” the matter is dropped. Every one sets to work to boil a cup of coffee, drinks, rolls his blanket round his head, and sleeps without dreaming that but « mile or so from him lie ten thottsand beings that he has assisted in destroying. Such is all a soldier thinks of a bloody fight. In quiet hours after they sit and talk of the event, but not as if it were the ex traordinary tliing that is ushered throughout the world.’ ee

A Daycer Loomrno ix tap West.—The attéiition of Europe has lately been so completely engrossed with the stirring events of the Kast, that little or no notice bas been taken of what has been passing in the West. If we mistake not, however, the day is not very distant when England and France will be called upon to impose on the grasping rapa¢

Many of those tcity ‘of the American Union a similar restraint to that which

they are now engaged ia placing on the lawless ambition of the Muscovite Czar.

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Caxavtan Barrauion ror tue East.—Sidney Herbert, writing.as under Secretary fur the Colonies, thus replies to an offer of the Montreal Fire Brigades, to undertake military duty for any purpose that might be required, The letter is addressed to-Viseount Bury, Civil Secretary.

“Tt gives me great pleasure to assure you how highly Her Majesty’s Government value the offer of services thus made to the Crown, and appreciate that patriotic spirit which has dictated it.

« [T cannot but entertain hopes that the assistarce thus of- fered may not be made available, but may, perhizps, ori zinate the formation of a Provincial Battalion, which Her Majesty's Government would be very glad to see organised fur service with the British Army in the East.”

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Napotzon IIL.—As to trar, the example of Lucullus of old, and of Cromwell in modern times, would show that its art is no insolub.e m;sstery to af able mind, even when sud- denly called for the first time to military duties. But the subject is not thus new, or sudden, or unfamiliar to the present ruler of our warlike allies He Ba’ studied it intensely all his life; his History of Artillery is one of the most remarkable military works ever produced; he is the remodeller of the French army in many partitulars, improy- ing even the system of Napoleon ; and, in its new construction, that atmy has been found only too superior to otir on} and, finally, to p:ove that his intellect is not above the minutest practical details, while sttperintending general arrangements of the most comprehensive nature, he is actually the inventor of some novel instrtiments of conflict more perfect in their kind than any éver employed before.” In truth, whoever has tetd that short spesch which he addressed to the French troops last year at the camp of [felfaut and Boulogne, must havé felt—supposing such a reader versed somewhat in these

subjectsthat Napoleon the Third was a profound and|_

finishéd master of the principles of the miktary art. We have no fears for the manner in which he will acquit himself if compelled to take Command of a great army in central Europe; on thé contrary, we hold it to be not improbable that he will prove himself as illustrious in the field as he has been wise in the Cabinet and glorious on the thtone.— Morn- ing Post.

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Hoy Antkxetny cor Marrren.—Have I mentioned the récent death of the widow of the late John Abernethy, the gréat surgeon? She was well on to cighty. There is a story of thé Way ia which Abérnethy got this woman to marry him. Once Upon a time he Went to church, and was shown into a pew where thére were two ladies. He had no prayer-book, and the lady handed him one. They walked out of the pew together, and found at the porch that it was raining heavily. | Abernethy offered to take them home in his carriage, which was waiting. They had some chat, in the course of which it came ont that they were mother and daughter, not very well of, and widow and daughter of an officer in the army, Aber- nethy sat them down at their humble dwelling. As he stood at their table he handed his ecard to the daughter and said: —

«Young lady, am Mr. Abérnethy, the surgeon. I have nevér married, for [ never could spare the time. T should like to marry you. If you would simply write me a line on T&esday, ¥aying whether you will have me, I shall call the nextday and take you to church.”

He could only spare fificen minutes in the honse ; and when he came out was the accepted of a very pretty woman. They were married on Tuesday, und drove home with her to the stately maasion, of which she thus became the mistress.

“ My dear,” said he, after he had introduced her to some of his friends assembled to receive her, “ you must exevse me until] three o’clock, for | have to give my lecture at Bar- tholomew’s Hospital, which I cannot omit on any account.”

They were a yery happy couple; and when Aberneth died, in 1881, his widow came in for ail his wealth, Chitaatel dt something like £100,000.-

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RewarKasce Dream.—Sir Humphrey Davy dreamed one night that he was in Italy, where he had fallen iil, The room in which he seemed to lie struck him in a very particu- lar manner, and he partieularly noticed all. the details of the

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Wny tmz Romans went ro pep ranry.-In one of the: late London papers we find the following reason why, by De

ineey c 7 ” They went te bed early ‘ih thost ages, simbly beeruse mother earth could am wae ahem antes She, good old lady, or goad young lady, (for geologists Kno = whether she , if fit singe of her — yon -

) gray hairs, or to infancy, or a * certain age, ; ees tel, toad certifal y have shaddered to hear any < her nations inquiring for candles. “ Candles, indeed!” she would have said, “ whoever heard of such a thing ? and with so much excellent daylight running to waste, es [ have pro- vided gratis! What will the wretches want next?” The Romans, who saw no joke insitting round a table in thé dark, went off to bed as the darkness began. Everybody did $0. Old Numa Pompilius himself was obliged. to trandle off in the dusk. ‘Tarquinius may bave been w very superb fellow ; but I doubt whether he ever saw a farthing rush-light. And though it may be thought that plots and conspiracies would flourish in such a city of darkness, itis to be considered that the conspirators themselves had no moro candies than honest men ; both parties were in the dark.”

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right to say and to do whatever he pleased against the Govern- ment, or any cfiicial connected with it, and at the same time be himself a servant of thet Government. The authorities, not béihg eble to eubseribe to the extraordinary doctrine thus laid down by Mr. J. J. Fraser, and finding that he was in. corrigible, atid determined to persist in his reckless course of

: . ition, inti d to him that he was dismissed from the

i ion wpon his mind. ‘The reader need not be | opposition, intimate ha : St ich of the adthentighty ofa statement resting upon such | publit serviécsthat the Dost Office, GiMh fts an al emnolu- i ments of £6 Ts 10d sterling were tranbferted to @iiothet who

would have a better conception of hisdu‘ics as a piblie servant: Ag soon at this startling announcement reached St. Eleanor’s

inimediately isstted;=it is said, bat the authority upon which. this assertion is given is not authenticated, that the chief merchantile establishments were closed for several days; while some writers “vet; that if such establishments were closed, it must have been for the want of eustomers,—and some of the chronicles of the time represent thé panic as wearing a very tertific aspect winongét a small knot of disappointed office. tolders, and persons Who imagined they had some influence in the community, but were painfully undeeeived as sodn ag” they had submitted their pretensions to the test of public opinion. The dismissal of J. J. Fraser greatly affected thig class—for days and nights they prowled about the village and infested the taverns, with. clenched fists and lowering eye. brows—rendered somewhat hideods by liberal potations of « vile liquid which was fashionable in that age under the name ot “ white-eye”’— breathing death and destruction te the Government. The pud/ié mécting at length took place om the 19th April—the “indignation” was strong, and if the impartial historian should suffer hiansclf to be influenced by the ill-natured repor!s of cotemhpérary writers, he might adi’; that the comfortable public house kept by a worthy old

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER. Sin;—

I observe by Haszard’s Gazette of last week that the party who call themselves Suns of Tomperance have thought proper to bring my nanve prominently before the public, in reference to what I said in my place im the Legistatare on the petition praying for an Act to be parsed similar to the Maine Liqaor Jaw. I have also noticed an address to His Excel- lency the Lieutenant Governor, on tle same stibject, which contains the

sest misrepresentations of whaf I did say on the occasion'referred to. Tn that address I am charged with having sought to create religious animosities. Now, sir, 1 think this charge comes with a very bad grace from some of the worthies whose names are appended to the address> one, especially, who bas let no opportunity pass in which be might safely arouse the worst feelings in the breasts of Roman Catholics, by reviling their religion, and relating the most disgusting anvedotes of Catholic priests—and he has done this, too, let me add, from the pulpit. The parties who have signed the address deny that the Order of the Sons of Temperance is connected with the Know-Nothings of the United States. It may be so. But tliere is nd doubt that the principles and feelings of some of the prominent ‘‘Sons’”’ in this community are nearly akin to those for which the Know-Nothings are distinguished. Several of them are Orangemen, and many others belonging to the Order of the Sons have done all in their power to establish an Orauge Lodge in this town. If I am to judge from the resolutions and address in Haszard’s Gazerte, the parti¢s who have got them up would dea} more arbitrarily with me and those who oppose them, had th¢y the power and opportunity, than did the parties in the State of Maine who “tarred and feathered the priest.’? hough the Sons may be a secret body, and may be protected by a ghard at their rendezvous, their foul slander and abuse of persuns who differ with them is too notorious, and they cannot but expect that such conduct will be severely reprobated whenever an opportunity offers. As regards one gentleman who cuts a prominent figure at those secret meetings, and wliose name appears to the address, I think Mer Majesty's Government would be doing only an act of justice to the over-taxed peo- ple of England if that extremely officious person were sent out to the Black Sea, and compelled to do something in the navy for the heavy pay he derives from it. If be bas not pluck enough to fight any of his country’s battles, or to do some other useful service, let him throw up bis commission:—but I think his idle propensities in this quarter should be checked, and some better employment found for him than attacking Ministers of the Church, when they do not happen to preach sermons sttitable to his tasie, and trumping up false and malicious charges against the Jocal Government on every trivial occasion, aswell as interfering at the clections, with tho view of reinstating an.old Obstructive party who opposed all liberal concessions to the people. ; vi

The “ Sons”? appear to be annoyed at my having connected them with the Tory party in this Island. 1 would be glad to see theth shamed out of their hostility.to the Liberal party, but the mere praising up a few of that party tho happened to vote in favour of their petition, is no sign of repentance or reform, Did they prove they ‘were not contected with tlie old Tory party at the late general election, when they opposed every liberal candidate, including these whom they now make the object of their praise? Did they not employ, previous to that election, two of the most unpoptlar characters in the Isiand, {8 go about the country, under the cloak of preaching Temperance, circulating the most atrocious false. foods agaiuss liberal candidates, and arousing religious prejudices in the minds of ignorant Protestants, for the same purpose? This they cannot deny,—it has been too often and too incontestibly proved. They pretend to be Liberals, or rather seem to be ashamed of the term Tory. ‘ At the institution of the Order in this Island, | believe there were somie liberals in their ranks, They, however, with two or three exceptions, have been driven out by the arbitrary proceedings of the mujority, as well as the few Catholies who first joined the Order, with the exception of one, who is retained as a sort of vat’s-paw to the combination.

I will not trouble you, Sir, with any further notice of the tirade of abuse directed against me by the so-called Sons of Temperance. Let my speech in thé House of Assémbly answer for itself when it appears in the regular way; and it Will then be seen whether there was any occasion for all the noisé that has been made about it, or whether [ deserve all the abuse I have received on atcount of that’speech. I am, hoWwever, so regardless of this abuse, {hat should the Maine Law petition again come befure the House of Assembly, and 1 be there to express my opinion, it is most likely I will repeat the sentiments I have lately uttered regard+ ing the Soffs of Temperance.

l remain, sir, yours very truly. ' . GEORGE COLES. April 30, 1855. ‘

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CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E.I., APRIL 30, 1855.

THE GREAT “INDIGNATION” MEETING.

Tae Nineteenth of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five gave birth to a great event in the history of the little Pedlington of P. E. Island. Let none of our readers irreyerently smile at the faithful chronicle we are about to give of the great Indignation Meeting which took place at the august capital of Prince County on the evening of that memorable day. How can the siege of Sebastopol compare with it in importance? Why should we think of the Vienna Conference, upon which hangs the destinies of | nations, while comtemplating the awfal consequences that are to follow the ebullition of wrath on the part of the “ intelli- gence and fespectability” of St. Hleanor’s? The marching and the countermarching of arimies in the east of Europe— the pomp and circumstance, and the terrors of war in the Crimea=the intricate diplomacy of Cabinet Councils—the anticipated invasion of Cuba—the expected rupture between Spain and the United States on that account—all these, and such seemingly important occurrences in the great busy world must be forgotten now, to use the language of an elegant and classical chronicler, that “ the sleeping Hereutes of my coun- try’s liberty bas awakened” in the renowned village of St. Eleanor’s, We stop the press in breathless anxicty, and with an awful sense of the responsibility imposed upoa us, to furnish materials for the future historian ‘of Prince Rdward island, when ke proceeds to give to our admiring posterity a faithful narrative of the great Indignation Meeting. We will suppose that that.narrative will be drawn up in the followin manners“ A certain J. J. Fraser, who held the office of Postmaster at St, Kleanor’s, the annual emoluments of which amounted to about £6 7s 10d sterling, having thought proper to offer a very factious and senseless opposition to the (Go- vernment of the Colony, by doing his little possible to @ppose the return of a principal officer of that Government, ia which opposition he displayed a lamentable want of itfluence, was iuvited to explain the reason for such opposition : whereupon the said J. J. Fraser addressed two letters tothe Government, in which be laboured hard to palliate his conduct, and to appease tue displeasure of the Government, in order that he might be allowed to retain his little office; but nevertheless,

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gentleman named Ness, close by the place of meeting, cor.- tributed greatly to strengthen the indignation. The meeting; however, was a ifiumphant one—it consisted of about fifiy individuals—its enairman %28 a person who kad been dismis:- ed from office as well as Irase”, anc therefore a os made him wondrous kind,—the resv/utions were proposed aud seconded by others who had been dismisse! from cflige, and others too who had been rejected at the bustings. ory cté person, who manifested a cruel want of sympathy in pox Fraser's loss of office, expressed dissent to the resolutions, and were it fot that he had taken refuge in the gallery of the mecting-house, afar from the indignant sy wpathisers, he wou!ld have been severely punished for his temerity. As it was, indignation was vented against him in sundry terrific sells. The resolutions having been paszed, in which the Government was of course daly censured for its * tyvannical ” econduet— and the Chairman having been eloquently thanked for bis impartial services, and * mine host at the ian” bonoured with another call—the account of the meeting was posted off to the capital of the Island, and printed in a certain paper_called the Islander, which was in little or m) repute in its own day, and of which there is not now & single copy extant—the proceedings lerein noted being gathered from other aud more trustworthy sources.”

Now, we shall endeavour, in all seriousness, to offer a few remarks about this “indignant meeting" and the resolutions adopted thereat. We observe. by the way, that the last

resolution is as follows:

Resolved, That the proceedings of this mecting be peblished in the Island newspapers.

We are under no obligation to publish them, and would treat the whole affair with the contempt which such things merit, but we have some wish to sutisty pwblic ewriosity abut a matter even so small as this.” indiguant meeting” Aud we will do nore than publish the “ pivccedings.” We shall give some account of the parties who figure in them.

In the first place, we beg to say that we subseribe heartily to the principle which the Geveinnent hus evunciuted—a principle, in facet, without regard to which no Governments can long be conducted—pamely, that no pwblic servant shall place himself in opposition to the Administraticn, and as the same time retain his situation, The late Sir Donald Campbell carried this principle out in the case of the late Mr. Nash when he was Barack master in Charle tetowr. Sir Donald understood that Mr. Nash intended to vote against the then Solicitor Geveral, Mr. Palmer; and be in- tunated to the firmer geutleman, that if he persevered in

and have him removed, ‘This was carrying the principie tov far, perhaps, because Mr, Nash was nut an cficer of the local Government, Sir Alexander Bannerman, again, cn- veyed a similar hint to Captain Orlebar, when that gcntlee man stepped aside, as he often does, from Her May sty’ service to mingle in the strife of local partics, and oppesed Sir Alexander's Goversment. The bint was serviceable at the time, but probably it will have to be repeated, Thut Mr. J. J. Fraser only. beld the paltry office of Postmaster at St. Eleanov’s, a therefore ought to be excused, is nothing at all to the purpoce. The principle is just the same as if he held the Post office at Charlottetown. Will any one tell us that Mr, Owen would be justified in coming out and canvassing against the return of in officer who pre- sided over a department quite as important as that over which he himself presides? If he did he should be dis- missed } but Mr. Owen has too much sense to do anything of the kind. _ Now, if Mr. Fraser really wanted to make a display of his vaunted independence, and to manifest his distike of Mr. Clark and the Government which he server he should have re-igned the Post office before he canvaseed a single vote.. He might then boast of his independence, But what does he do? He goes about the country traducing an cficer of the Government—endeawouring to get his con- stituents to reject him, in order to weaken the Government and misrepresenting that Government as corrupt and tyrannical, and applying to it every foul epithet which he can use. What is he all this time? Nothing more nor tess than a servant of the power he abuses. ie had no patent for his office—he knew he could not hold it indepen- dently of the Executive; znd when reminded of the impropriety Of his conduct, does he resign? No, but he makes a whining apology, and at the same time declares his determination to do as he has done, leaving the Goverament no alternative but to dismiss him. Had he mot been dis. missed, what would be the consequence? Why, every petty officer in the cvuntry might defy the Government of the da toremove him, if Fraser thought the Government bad corrupt and tyrannical, as he now says it is, then be was a wretched slave to hold office under it as long as he did. These remarks will also apply to Mr. James Campbell who anticipated dismissal by resignation ; and who, in re- signing his office of Commissioner of Smail Debts, has made some serious charges against other public officers, which we think he ought to be made to prove, or bear the con- sequences, ‘This individual, in 2 burst of Virtucus in- dignuation, says he deems it “a comprcmise of his principles to held any appointment under the present Government,” and

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being dismissed from a Government ieanhine iiken ue eons 80 very anxious for it, and it is really a pity that his wishes were not gratified. Perhaps he expected, and js sorely dis- appointed at not receiving, the honors of martyrdom, like his friend the late Postmaster, who has become famous in a day, But it is really surprising that this gentleman, like the famous Postmaster, should have kept his virtuous indignation corked up during the time he was glad to serve“ the present Government” as Deputy Sheriff, as well as Small Debt Commissioner. The Government is the same as it bas been for the past six months; and we must say that we think six mouths is a pretty long’ time for a geatleman of a very

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