knowledge man be real, positive, modern. He needs a trained eye, a trained hand, a broad chest and sound wind: not, a stimu- lntcd brain merely. He must learn how to do this nod that -for hitnself. He must be a man of tho, world, educated in the world by the world, for the world.

Tua Wu rust sun Her-Buns in Gas- Msrtr.--(Tske white cotton cloth of a close texture, stretch and nail it on frames of any size you wish; take two ounces of lime water, four ounces linseed oil, one ounce of white of eggs, two ounces of yolk of eggs ; mix the lime and oil with very gentle heat, beat the eggs well separately, and mix them with the former; spread the mixture with a paint-brush over the cotton, allowing each coat to dry before applying another, until they become waterproof. The jollowing are the advantages this shade possesses over a glass one 7 I. The cost being hardly one- fourth. 2. Repairs are easily and cheaply made. 3. They are light. They do not require watering: no matter how intense the heat of the sun, the plants are never- struck down or burnt, faded or checked in growth-neither do they grow up so long, sick, and weakly as they do under glass, and still there is abundance of light. 4. The heat arising entirely from below, is more equalile and temperate, which is a greater object. The vapour arising from the manure and earth is condensed by the cool air passing over the surface of the shade, and stands in drops on the inside, and, therefore, the plants do not require as frequent watering. If the frames or stret- ches are made large, they should be inter- sected by crovs-bars about a foot square to support the cloth. These articles are just the thing for bringing forward seeds in sea- son for transplanting.--Plouglt, Loom, and Anvil.

naszffnis GAZETTE.

Wednesday, December 28, 1853.

MR. WHELAN AND THE MAGISTRACY.

There is this great and euential difibrenca between the transfer of rettl and personal properly: the first can be conveyed only by deed under seal; the latter may pass by tnere delivery. The law ofevery coun- try has thought llrnper to attach a certain degree of s ilo-tnriily to every change in the owners of land, and lltl-I t‘.-r Ills In-st ofall possible reasons, that men may «t. ll-ntl out false titles to the world,—-that it may be ‘tttmtrt who is the real owner of the land, and who to» more occupant; and for this purpose our statute Luv . providing for the registration of all conveyances -frmtl estate is subsidiary, and particularly so in that strittgetit clause which gives the registered title prior- it_\ over all clullttttttls by dun-ds unregistered. It is sound policy III all liovcrntin-ttls, but pnrlicltlarly in th II ofyoung t‘tiIlt|lI'lr‘t|, that there should be no s-tcret Ilntllrl I-.-tr-l conveyances of real estate. Now it would h.- -I que.-ttiori, in a court of law, ttt all events in at r:-|lII'l of «q tity, in any case where it herznme neces- snry for either p.irty to prove ltintself in the possession of a certain quantity of freehold or leasehold estate, ofu determinate value free frotn every incumbrsnce, that the deed conveying it should be registered,-—for without this ceremony the title is_inchotite and iutper- feci. And, at all events, the want of registry carries with it so great a suspicion of fraud, that if the trans- f-r he nccortipnnied by other acts of irregularity and com-rerilment, such suspicion ripens into certainty. And every unusual and. between honest men, unne- cessary deviation front the accustomed. methods o transacting similar business tuust inevitably cast a shade over the uprightness of those concerned. When Mr. Whelsn was making the negotiation with Mr. Dawson for the purchase of the land, it tnuot have been either for a bonuflds sale from Dawson to him, for a beneficial purpose, or it was for the purpose of conferring on Mr. Whelsn s qualification for a seat in the Assembly. We think it could not have been the former, for many reasons. In the first place, the land could be of no possible use to Mr. Whelsn; he was then, as he is now, a mechanic, and not a farmer, and therefore the acquisition of 73 acres of wild un- cultivated lsnd, a great part of it swamp, would be a decided incuntbrsnca to him. He did not want it as an investment for his surplus capital, for so far from possessing any ovsrplus of this world's wealth, he was at the time notoriously poor, —sc poor that he could not pay Dawson the £50 that he asked, or pro- tonded to ask, for the land. Nay, his friends had to take hitri offthe jail liuiita for a much less sum, to enable him to attend the bustings. Nor is it likely that if he had possessed the £50. free and unencum- bered, he would have had any dealings with John Dawson for a piece of land which neither had ever seen, and which just three years previously had been sold at public auction for £6, and which could not be expected to yield either rent or profit, when he could have invested his .650 in a way that would yielded him present profit and future gain from the increased value of the land. Every cirrunistsnco tends to show that the intended transfer was designed for one pur- pose only, and that, for the purpose ofquulifying. or sttempting to qualify Mr. Whelsn to be elected a member of the Assembly. Now, tbors is no doubt at all but that a man may buy a qualification, or that another man may give him a quslificatiuu, as a father guy s son, or a brother a brother, or a friend It man ho is attached to and wishes to see a member of Par- liament; and all that the law requires is. that it should uot be granted or conveyed fraudulently. If this was to be an honest boas fills transaction between Dawson "4 yvtrolsn, why was not a bean jldr convoyanco made out from Dawson to Whelsn. and put upon the "cord, as it would have been if the parties had been and upright in their intentions l The answer is obvious. The instant the deed was put upon the "'5';-y. it would have been liable to have been taken in execution for Mr. Wholan’s dobto,—which would havu hocorne incsaihrsneou on any real estate oven ,,,, _,fi .¢ c....tuyod to him. But Dawson might have ,,,,\,.,, ,, ,.,ung.igul True, but than that would have .,,,,,,, ... incumbrsncre; therefore some other means ,....stberesortod to. Without much stretch of the ....uginutiou. we insy picture to ourselves Dawson and wr,',.|g,,'.in§¢g in the private room behind the bar. mt Duwoirn Iuylttg, -~ I'll on ,. what, Whelsn. ru ‘,,,,_ 14¢.‘ '...,...ui...t-. no qualification sum? :50 -5, i, p... .'y.I, Well, I'll uoll ya the land for £50. 4 I " ' ‘s Priutsr,!yo'll pay me the money. _"'u‘ltusp and If anybody ‘is, yo allow tho oustesl,—I'er thorv H Iota

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man in the Island that would take the trouble of going to the Registry 0lIice— forbys paying a shilling stat- ling—to see whether I have given ya a deed or no

Take your pen, and writs: I. Joltn Dawson. do here- by sgroe to sell to Edward Whelsn, Earp, 78 acres of land, for the sum ol'£OO. As witness my band. #0- Now. just shew that to Colon and Wsiburton, and a few others, and they will-toll everybody tllt ye have as good a qualification as _uood bo ' Tho above is, we suspect, not far from the truth; hr what Inns in his season would sell to another start a tract of land, and take his bare word for the payment of tits pur- chase money. This is not the manner is which men of business sct,—and there must be some hidden rea- son—something they are ashamed or afraid should come to light — when men act in this clandestine and unusual way. It is, however, for tho public,—as it

would be for u jury,-—to say whether, under the whole view of this transaction, the sale,—or pretended sale, —of the land by Dawson to Whelsn, could be any other than an attempt to qualify Edward wIIl.'Itll for a seat in the House of Assembly fraudulently .—ilnit is, by enabling him, or eudeavoring to enable ltitn to hold himself out to the constituency of the 2d elec- toral district of King's County and to the Assembly as the possessor of a freehold estate ofths value of £50. when in truth and is fact he had never been invested with such an estate, nor, if he had been, was the purchase money paid. and, which was wanting in one of tho requisites of a good and valid title--public regictry. Mr. Whelsn rnay,however, ask, why is it, if I have really been guilty of a critne so infamous. there has not been a bill or indictment preferred against me.’ and why have! not been tried before a jury.’ 'I‘o this the answer is at once obvious and ready. 'I‘liere is attached to the character of informer and inollicisl prosecutor an odium, whether justly or an- justly it tnatters not, that prevents a private individual from voluntarily coming forward and endeavoring to render any one obnoxious to the pains and penalties of the law,-—which, in Mr. Whelnn'scase,must have amounted. on conviction, to total ruin. There is, be- sides, a feeling of compassion in the minds of men of humanity, that leads them to recoil front being the means of subjecting even the greatest criminals to de- served punishment; and tnen, unless actuated by the spirit of revenge, soldotn come forward willingly even as witnesses. uiuch less prosecutors, in a crintinul case. Ilad one, however, been anxious, or even willing to prosecute, an impediment was placed it: the way of his exertions that it would be nest to impul- sible to surmount. The Crown Oificor of the day was so intimately bound up with the party to which both he and Mr. VVhelsn belonged, that he would not (had he even been willing) have been suffered to press- cute; but in the event of its being carried on,withthe assistance of counsel retained at the expence of the prosecutor, tnight at any time, and doubtless would have been, compelled to enter a null: prouqui. and thus frustrated the ends of justice and entailed con- sidernble expence on him or them who should have tnlten art active or protrtinent part in the matter. Nor indeed could the leaders of the party have with safety to themselves avoided having recourse to this method of stifling public inquiry, after the rnsnner they had so iniquituusly and unconscientiously sustained Whe- Inn in the House ofAssottihly. llis conviction, which would have been cerlnin, must have included their own condertinntion. ‘Ibis is one of the inevitable results of I)epartinental (ioverntnerii in a small Colo- try, and when intrusted to unscrupulous men.

III our next—and last — we shall advert to the fact of Mr. Whelan having been publicly charged with perjury, and his leaving that charge uurefutod.

(For IIns7.nrd‘s Gazette.)

Mr Editor ;—The instructor of youth occu- pies nn important and responsible oflice in the community. The care, of those who are soon to rise up and become actors on the sta e of this earthly exislance, is entrusted to him. Upon him, then, very much depends, what will be the state of society in time coming; whether it will be characterized by intelligence and moral worth, or the reverse. Of what immense consequence is it then that we should well qualified teachers. Should our children be committed to the charge of those, who do not possess the requisite capability of instruction, not only will little or no regress be made, but their time, the value ofpwhtch can scarcely be estimated, will be irreparsbly lost.

If l:hen,(it be of such great conset uence that we should have properly qunlifie teachers, ought not all legitimate means he used to procure instructors of this description! ought not every thing calculated to encourage such be held out! eachers of youth are not with- out their discoura meats. In every school. indeed, which consists of any number of pa ils, a few will be found that are talented an in- dnstrious, whose progress in learning will be delightful to the rightminded teacher. But there are also others, whose dnlness and sta- pidity baflle all his ingenuity and efibrts to promote their progress. Others, a in, al- though posuessinga considerable share of talent yet are careless, wholly engrossed by play, and will use no exertion to make improvement. Another class is vicious and ungovernabls and the source of constant annoyance to the beacher.

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take the management of the school out o the bands of the teacher. They seem to thin that they understand the method of Instr ction better than bedoes; and do not fail to llb him unreasonable opposition, when he will not listen to their suggestions. Other parents take so little interestin the pro mof their children in knowledge, that they will neither send them ggulsrly to school, nor fiurngh them with oks, no, r, nor ot or in re uisife for nsepin tli:ps.ebool. In additloisil toq these things, many parents, whose children are dull, cannot roeive their deficiency of talent, and expoctt t their progress wil be as great as that of those, who enter natural caps- city ; and impute b me to the teacher because this is not the case. Finsll the instructors of youth are often ver scunti y remunerated Teachers of you , however, are not without much. encouragement under r causes of de- pression. Who can estltssto the amount of good, which they may be the means of ohotingl hey may be instrumenbl is elicitin talent, which would otherwise lie buried. ' ey may be the means of thus drawing forth from obscu- rity those, who may sfterwar oocup a bi position in society, who may by their e oquonoe or their toot sway the destinies of that country, or stay arrive at gplondid discoveries In soleuco or by their use- ul inventions, may rovo am not beam to mankind, or. by air thou mo , from the sacred desk thrill the hearts of the r bearers. These remarks have been sugges lngof a communication in the New York Obswvsr. ulgnd with the initials B. G. P. Ihhll I latrotlds

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" As there is in unusual interest felt _at the present time to truce tho wendt-i-fnl civil and religious movement in China. to its fountain

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I says the writer " send you the follow- facts.

Several years ago Prof. Brown, now of 0w_oo- eo, near Auburn, N. Y. was engaged in China as a Missionary teacher. After considerable dificult and delay he succeeded in gal 33 from t c streets sstnall number 0 Uhlnese boys, whom he studiously instructed in the Iii lo and its principles, and in all our Ameri- can views of civil and reli ious liberyy.

After touching it few years Brof.

hen in

‘a health nilcd and be was obliged to return to this country.

But the attachment which he had formed for those Chinese boys was reciprocntod, and since his return to this country be has kapt up p. continued correu ndcnce with the most promi- nent of thorn. I e lately informed me that one of those wild street boys, to whoui it was his privilege first to teach the Gas ml, is now at the head of the real: politieo-re igious move- ment in China cal ed the rebellion. Very much of what he is now acting out is doubtless owing to the faithful persevering labors of Prof. B., when he was it young man in his school. Ano- ther of these young men is now at the bond of 30,000 Chinese in California, and although not a professed Christian yet be hesitates _not to tell his countrymen, “ I cannot engage in the senseless idol worship of m country it ia_ so degrading." Another is a promising medical student in the University of Edinburgh, and

another still has distinguished ltimsolfin his

place as u ttudent. in Yale College.”

Truly the noiseless, unobtrusive, efforts of teachers will never be fully known, until the final judgement shall reveal their wonderful, glorious result.

might easily adduce other instances of the good that has been effected h teaching. but at present I for r. but have already ex hibitod, I hope may rove an incitement to in- structors of youth under the discourngeuietits which they may have to encounter.

remain, yours truly.

[For llasurd's Gssette] Ma. IIASZARD, b Sir,—ln your last pa ryou state you “ c- lieve the first school lilrrary in the Island has been established at Mr. Roberts’ school in Rus-

two.

In August 1851, a library was formed in the School at Cavendish, numbering 90 volumes, (of which you contributed several ourself) adapted to the understanding of chil ren frotn 5 years ofa and upwards: the benefits resulting from the ormation of which have been so decisive that the inhabitants are now taking steps to enlarge it : witboutdesiring to detract from the credit to which Mr. Roberts and his supporters are justly entitled for their meritorious ex- crtions.

I beg leave to subscribe, Honda T0 wttoit HONOR is nus.

When we noticed the formation ofu library at the Rustico School, we forgot entirely the one alluded to by our correspondent. The Cavendish Library was formed under the able superintendance of their late Teacher, Mr. Ro- bert Bellin.]—-Ed. II. Gas.

PUBLIC MEETING.

A1 a Meeting ofscotcbmen held in Charlotte-

town on the 19th December, I853. he Hon. Do.v.u.n McDomit.n, in the Chair,-

The following Resolutions were unanimously adopted :

Resolved l.tt.—-That this Meeting be constitut- ed into a. Suciet called “ The Prince Edward Island Branch 0 the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights.”

2d.—That the assertion of principles con- tained in the Resolutions of the National As-. sociation for the Vindication of Scottish Ri hts, and published in the Address to the poo e of Scottish Rights, and uh ished in the A dress to the people of Scot and by said Association, be adopted as the Constitution of this Society.

3d.—That the odjcct of this Branch Society, shall be to aid the Parent Association in every wa which may seem advisable.

Ith.—That enrollment in the Parent Society, or any annual ,. ymentof Three Shillings. shall be snllicicnt to constitute a Member of this

ranch Association,

5th.—Tltnt the following geptlcmeu be the

viz. :

Ollice Bearers of the Society The Hon. DONALD Mcl)ort.it.n, President, Rev. W. Snonotuss, Vice Joan-it MCDONALD, Presidents, H. D Moars-rtt, Secretary, J. W. MORRISON, Treasurer, R. Po-rrs, M. 1)., W. MCGILL, Jutrs ANDERSON, 0 J. Artmurw M.‘I)oNAI.D Management. J. C. M‘Donald, Enrollment in the above Society may be efi'ected, by applying to the Treasurer. 0llDlItlI).- That a meeting of the Society be hold on the Fvsrtrrtc of 'l‘vssn.tv the 3d January next. at7o’clock, in the Mason Hall, when

Committee

'oie are invited to attend,— ’ An that the proceedings of this Meeting be published.

Lgiotclirnen favourable to the views of the

II. D. MORPETH, Secretary.

correspondence of HassartI's Gasetts. Bedeque, 26th Dec. 1853. We were visited on Friday night last, by the most violent and destructive Gale of wind, from the S. E., ever experienced in this tof the island, in the recollection of the ol estinbabi- tant. o sleep was impossible, especially towards morning, when t e Gale was at its height, and most were anxiously awaiting the results, no blast after blast passed by their babitations. Few have escaped altogether, without loss, several Barns have been blown down, and Horses, Horned Cattle, and Sheep crushed with the fallen timber. Mr. 0 n Burns, Freetown, lost two valuable Horses. two Horned Cattle, and some Sheep, in this we . Several buildin s_ have been unroofed. and some, rtially nishod, cornpletol des- tro ed, the glish Church is among the utter. ntt most serious calamity, is the dos- truction of Mr. Richard Clark's Dwelling House by tire-—bo, his wife and five children, barely escaping with their lives, in their night clothes. During the night, the outer door w reed open, and it is supposed blew the fire out of the fire place, into the kitchen, and thereby bein fanned into a flame, caused the destruction o the House and all its contents.

Ills Excellency the Lieutenant Governor has been ' ‘ ' he Hen Jase

lativu Coo*pc|il oftbis Island. trttbe sou oftho on. Joseph on royd. docouood. P‘

Warrants from No. 888, of tho data of the 10th May, IBM, to No. I11, of the data oftholld Juno, mp. (both inclusive) will be paid at the Treasury so owaud. together with the istsrost due

5 The Charlottetown Total Abuinerics Society held 3 their first sitting at the Temperance Hall, lust f evening (Tuesdav); notwithstanding the threat- jening state of the weather, there was a large l audience. r. Lawson, the President. read an inaitgural Address, and V following Resolu-

tions wise unanimous y . l. Moved by Alex. .\I‘.\tuliatl. Esq, seconded by Rev. Mr. Flt unid-

. ’I‘enipersnco reform upon the principle of Total siistirieneo from all intosicatirm I.’ uoru greatly prcniotivo of the health, wplih. s morals oflha People, rtttd that it is justly entitled to the ap- proval and support of all Philnuthropists and Chris- “ ..

g__ . Movedrby Capt. Orlebsr, R. N., seconded by J. I). .sq.—

per,

That however important the existing Or aniztttions may be (based upon the beneficial prmcip e, they by no means discharge the duty of the Christian Church or supersede the necessity of her Ministry and Metri- bership engaging heartily iii the temperance cause-

Mov eorga Beer, I-Isq., seconded by Mr. George Moore-

That we regard the sale of intoxicntin Liquors as a beverage under the sanction of the law as a great Public wrong. and that we will cordially co- operate with our fellow citizens in: endeavouring to secure the passage of equitable lsws restricting such