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Nene eee vatilated trank about their . " limited hy the obvious consideration, that a | Radiapeted supremacy at een, Bere eTected, bad she aged ain,» ~lenge om it ia pieces. CORRESPONDENCE. eae but the Inst ia the worst. I have not the! nuragrons rivers aml bays, hitherto closed tothe prieto:, who hns no chiklren here ty ms: duty bevend & certain point becoties a pro- sailered hersell to peduate such BB iniquity? It Tenw a gentiemaa who told se he heard the par. | aww ~ — yo gy a a“ a ee et ore ee |‘ natigation of forcigners, bore npon their bosoms well as apon the tepmat. During the oj ht “ms ees ee at os te, aie 2 ioe Seer seo aaindiia. te - ‘oe ieee ate asebiere. ie to 2 sehoge with we ee noms ae pean ho Cinapae public propert y. Li richly laden vessels fron the States, and their the Liberals were in power they appr “ ae

; » ri } : . ght a ‘awi on rach y . , a" ” $ a ‘ a le as : i , : : *

Senet ont io te aaa a oud oo alee Se ed ad a etn aie he — eee aanate death. ne said) NEW BRUNSWICK AFFAIRS. | Beeches ae ee — a ae hitherto quict shores resounded with a of the service of elucation £70,000 mor than ** ~~ Ss . N : 2 . ai . " . . v a reply— ch, +» date, q er a P “a. aie an . an , 2 oe lost in another. Mut the great resource is Plot, thoagh etragghng for years agminst a gigantic | that some days before the dreadful act a gang Of) The successive arrival and movements of anmeroas _. one mis Ziccielie)—the ating of which industry; the wilderness retreated, and the broad predecessors had done in a similar Prriod. Ang

taxation. and to thie we must resort without further delay. And we wast raise two han- dred wilions of dollars annually, either di- rectle , or through the mediuw o the several Btames. Nothing lew than that will do. This seems an enormous sum, and it is a tsum,; but whea we sy that it is ten Nears a year for every man, woman, and ebild in the loyyl States, it does not sound like an overwhelming burden. Gentlemen of the Senate and House of

badvertary, we never thomght of ruining the cities of

Europe bp a ‘slight blight.” Vhissavage innovation

| has beeh left to Republicans of our own day, and is !

which the officer Who doea the work would a few

men. The fate which the Romansadjadged to van quished Carthage, whieh one or two conquerors of the Middle Ages have meditated for some obstinately | defended city, is now, in the 19th century, awanied

| Museovite soldiers paase| that way,

first put in practice against a city, the people of}

| LATER NEWS FROM months since have addressed as citizensand country: |

Representatives. nditress yourselves to this work. discussions abvut emancipation as 8 military nevessity. The masters o! the slaves have eut oat @ good piece of work for you to do, before you can come to the econsideratin of the question how you slaves themarires. ie guch taxes as an ho- peat nation should pay ,and without which we shall svon coms go the end of our resources, aad be left with 9 baukrupt treasury. Do

our duty, and the people will sustain you. Though the rich man shall feel it in his bas- ket, and the poor man in hie store, they will bear the burden which patriotism imposes.

itil tea NG, cialat

INDIGNATION BY FNGLAND AT THE STONE BLOCKADE.

The destruction of the port of Charleston by the

by the North Americans toa commanity joined to Leave off your idle and mischievous | om not only dy the ties of mee, language, and in- |

' stitutions, but, in tnindreds of cn

ses, by absolute re- |

and exeited

the peasants to this hori: deed. ee

ROM HAVANA.

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VERA CRUZ AND NASSAU — TOTAL LOSS OF A BRITISH SHIP OF THE LINE. &2.—Steamship “ Columbia,” Sugars dull and Molarses in

sterling,

New York, Jan. from Havana 18th has arrived. declining ; atock in port, 25,000 boxes. moderate demand. Exchange declining 12; a 13 prem, ; on New York ft a 2j discount.

Mexican news to the 10th has been received.

bodies of British: troops upon our shores engross | publie attention to auel) n decree that matters, at other times of deep consideraticn, now aink into insigni- ficance. Almost every week, during the last two} montha, bringr new accessions of forces and military stores forconveyance by overland to Canada, Never | did St. John appear so gay, so stirring and enthu- sinstic ws it has for the past aix weeks, and as it is} likely to coutinue for the remainder of the winter Absorbed with the contemplation of practically experiencing the wild glories of the battle field, ita triumphs and reverses, and our ears regaled with

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the exciting strains of martial music and a super-| gain a doubtful advantage, but the latter can |

abundance of patriotic declamation—which is at no |

is, that Lam “ A~—— E——.” When I came to the last verse in the last epistle of James,

“ My langs began to crow like chanticleer,s.”’ The rest of the quotation Mr. MeNeill may tind in

| Shakspeare's “ As you Like It,” and in page 383 of

the “ Fitth Book of Lessons,” with whith he ought to be better acqnainted.

I bee him to bear no malice to “ A——- E——" on my account. Tn faet, “ James MeNeill” ought to apologise to his vowel friend () for the egregious mistake he has made. And in conclasion, | would

acres blossomed as the rese under the magie in- | finer of an active and prosperous commerce.

Poblic works of the most iseful kiad were also an object of special consideration with the Liberals. | As evidence of this—without taking inte account

everything that has been done in Charlottetown— ‘and it wanld be easy to show that a vast amennt lef work has been done here,~we may point to 8 that have been

| the costly and substantial bridge

advise him to stick to his scholars, and not set | erected in the three Counties ; bridges at Souris

himself up as a public instructor — the first may) 014 the East Point: wharfsat Cardigan, Lanneh- | fourth more than they had beea,—they haye

neither be amused nor instructed by hin,

ing and Grand River; bridges at Rustico and Fyfe’s ferry; several wharfs on the Hillsborough

this beavy outlay was borne without burthe | the Colony with new taxes. Twenty Wo thoy. ) sand peands wert paid for public lands during the | sane time, as well as the large sun paid for oe | great public works shove referred te; and stil | the public debt, at the end of the Liberal : | nisiration, was only nine thousand POUnds more than it was when that Adninistration was tonnes | When the present Government came inte fice they raised the tax ou imported articles

nbout one

| we believe, nearly forty thousand pounds te the

| public debt—the ‘Islander’ admits that even dup.

will dispose of the)

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lationship and family connexion.”’ . dat h the interior are cut of A Me tm &e , Communications with the interior ‘ . a a Jveb alidine| I am, Sir, yours, &c. oT zi | regiment of Spanish troops started onthe 4th on the | Hme # very — ay va ee ot CHANTICLEER. MADAGASCAR. \Mediljion road for ® reeannoissance. They were through a winter not remar me e for | : oes reg Charlottetown, Feb. 7, 1852. THE BRITISH ENBASSY TO THE NEW KING presen back. after proceediny a mile, by an unseen milduess of its temperature, and in apring <-oc eoasiemeiaaimiaaillNcoceccsim

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Volunteers to be denied the gratification of having mensured swords with the Yankees. This, however, [ should be inclined to think, will not be lamented, fter deducting the loyalty of rhetoric from the

| A member of the Fanbassy despatched to Mada- 5, ea ae cane | gaac : ‘ ating King | ae . ‘ itsdamn Ti nd be cnoiliont ee oe A | Our correspondent says V era C was is — | given the following particulars :--Queen Banavalo | landward and almost besieged. No gwen a js (died ov the 16th of August. It appears to bave | fuel can reach the city, and many articles of prime! iinet ad teenies j been with some considerable difficulty that Prince | necessity are sadly needed. Many Spanish noldicns | - nin al : , tadinn af to afford accommodation Rakote (now Kadama E,) suceveded m saserting | a r¢ giek, and there are mamy desertions. There are Lvery building ca culated to affc ° . | = fae & oa res os gee none ap. yrext fears of an attack on Vera Oruz. Several toa monet alter has navn doreiotw’ ba ™ i yoeu, L p y;* i ivie f % »y private aS, to con- nt than ght rl pala. in fret, in “ | Spanish sentinels have beey shot. — a = a ert cates i | An American vessel, the Beautiful Star, [there ie] Verte into a te porary most extensive scale, and compounds of the mort

jin ag altogether oppesite way, by being too,

p SUCCESS i jor the throne ane tobde i: ‘) had arrived at

leulent. An unsuccessiul competitor for the throue, | no Amerieny yeasel of this mame} “4 palatable ingredients, are being given to the troops, ratory to theirdeparture for Canada. At thoxe

Lives on Tur Loss or Tar tare Joun MeTsaac, lost from on board the schooner * Telegraph,’ on the lith December last, on her way from St. Peter's, P. E. Island, to St. John’s, N. F

Companion of my early days, With whom m heart alhed,

1 walked in friendship's happy ways Around St. Peter's tide.

But ne'er again alas we'll hear Liisa clear melodious voice ; The Lord on high bas ealled for Lim

| named Rambousulama, » eeusin of the King, is in| yoo. Cruz with 4000 guns and 300 pounds of pow- ; , With angels to rejoice.

prepa

| River; the coatly ferry wharf at the foot of Prince ing the kawt yenr alone the debtdhite been ingnetsag | street; the Pownal strect wharf, nearly rebuilt ; +0 the extent of about seven thousand Pounds, but | the Darnley bridge, and Cascumpec bridge; the | ¥° think it will be found to be pearer ten light-houses on Panmure Island aod in Richmond , sand ; and yow it i# proposed by the organ Of the Bay; the great number of new roads opened in| Government to levy & further tax of ten ' every direction ; and, in short, a great many other pounds upon the people of this Celony, ty meet, | things of the most useful character will occur to | the charge for education, withest Any. | the recollection of any person who has made him- | &f improvement in our cduestioual system, self acquainted with the condition of the country Now, what has been done by the Tory during the last ten years. | ment in return for the enormous debt they. have The Liberals also performed another valuable | cumulated ia less than three years—for the ig, service in the cause of civil liberty by placing the | CT®8*¢ of taxation in the shape of impost duties to elective franchise on the broadest basis, so that} the extent of one fourth more than the peopile lag

for deeds such as the warture of hereditary rivals like England and Franee would never know, * it is plain that the war for empire has already

began to be a war for vengeance. The design, a# yereign, much less at his invitation. The people | o¢ victoria .—

is appears at present, is twofold. There is the old theery that the South is merely for # time in the power of a band of traitors, who mast be crushed, and then al] will be well. To thia the President and bis advisers formally adhere, aud will suffer no act to be done which seems to recognize a consti-

were clad in the sim known aa ‘hs Manda.

flowing white garment

le When we commeused to aa.

proach to the city had been made. They seemed, | #0 to xpeak, piled on each other in order to get a | satisfactory view of us as we passed. About half-

cend the lookers-on contrived to perch themselves | on the high steep bank between which the SP-' matrimony than old ones. Their rapid growth |

/what the King is pleased ta term “honourable | So ae sinking of vessels laden with masses of granite AC) captivity.” It is certain that Raimbousalama has der, &v., for the Mexican Republic. This was ite eutrance, has eansed great indignation m Eng-, adherents in the capital, if not im the King’s land. The Times, in the follow ing atuicle, considers Palace, sad should any revolution sueceed, and

| Rambousalamm attam his object, things will be that among the crimes which have disgraced the wens them. den. The. Aone At eed

histery of England, it would be difficul: to tius one | boustlamsa is. to eatry out the Queen's poliey in Mure strociwus than his | all its horrible completeness. The experience of <o detieed bh» eur dolivecanse from the war) the Embassy goes far to substantiate thoroughly

eo the statements made by former travellers with Whieb threniened to arse out uf the aifuirof the) pond ty the wholesale massactes perpetrated

Trout, we would gimily leave the Federals and Con- under the Queen's authority. One officer, bigh federutes to their own deviees, and think as little as) in rank, teld me that during a very few years that possible of twa and their doinss Bat the vindie- | he mm been ge yer mm a ses : : ; in the aggregate, : . men pu tive hostilities which prevails eg — grodud| death ior wowed actions. poo sa were force themserives on our notice. Not only do they | unt: the men were immediately slaughtered in a affect our interests as a nation, but they move our systematic way, 1,000 ata time, and the women feelings as men. Wonder, pity, indignation, beset and children were sold gs slaves, The persecu- ws when we hear of thore immense armios, that) tious among oe ae realy amg. , ., | Chain gangs of trom 15 to 20 hapless beings u we eae. i ftom 6 gages perausbulste the csushry,dopantagt upon chance eeonant pariiann warfare without a result, and) i7 subsistence, When death relieved one of them seomiagly wihout s motive, the burning of ee trom his grievous burden of lite the vacant chain and villages, the breaking down of bridges, the was dragged sbout by the remainder, and this tanring up of railroads, sud still worse tales, whieh, Continued unti) the cham had done its cruel work, as . iow | Lt is difficult to aseertain how many Christiaus it ia to be hoped. are in the main the exaggerations | © ’ os 9.000, ethe ’

: a8 Wllietiens on | Yee put to death ; some say 2, , others a great of fear or animosity. All th jmany more. ‘Dhey were usually crucified, being the borrors of civil war whieh were the common pound on with cords, and stened- while on the places of our tx ybood, reeur to the mind, and we cross. ‘Phe arrival of the Embassy at Tamatave realize how bitter and how sad were the words of | had beeu announced at Antauanarive by special the ancient historian or poet who spoke from the courier, and we were met by a deputation sent to

d |eseort us to the dwelli we were te oce fresh memory of what bis country bad undergone. Giving our stay. The om composing it ie The ferority and vindictiveness which has become five in number ; three of them were officers of the ip the present generation part of the American cba-| Palace, each dressed in a fancy uniform, consist- ructer, a8 shown by duels and assassinations, and ing of a blue velvet tail coat, with gold lace in ssrocitics on board ship, that almost pass belief, are | Prefuse abundanee, black cocked bat, with pluines

: oe ; of red and white feathers, and dark coloured now in full play in this unhappy strife. And as yet trousers, with broad gold stripe. Horses were the passions of the combatants have hardiy had jr uyht from the captial for us to ride, that being scope. When the half-million of Northern soldiers intended as ay ‘ia] honour. Until we reach- are launebed against their adversaries, we may look | ed the foot of the hill on the summit of which the | city stands, we were followed and hedged in by ‘the wondering populace. It was quite a nove! ‘sight for them. For 30 yeara no European had | preached the capital with the good will of the So-

| | éalead by the Spaniards,ar also a small lot of arms | }on board another brig. More are expected, which | will also be confizeated. The English, French and | | Spanish flags wave over the Castle, the French and | English fleetshavingarrived. Gen. Prime wasalso at Vera Crus.

Phere ix considerable diseontent among the French and English at the want of conrtesy in the advance of the allied expedition not having boisted the three flags at first,

Three t men were to make a sortie, to. endeavour tolear the environs of Vera Cruz, that the market pight be supplied with fresh provi- sions. Most of the French troops had disembarked,

Nassau dates of the 12th state that the English ship-of-war Conqueror will be a total loss. The crew had reached Nassau ; also forty cannon. The ‘Gladiator’ was still ia port, with a cargo of srms, | ete. Kehr. Whirlwind, with cargo of mahogany and hides from Tampico, inteuded to run the blockade at Charleston, but was wrecked.

The American Consul bas sold the coal bronght to Nassaa for Federal vessels, but which they were not allowed to take, to the British authorities.

The gunboat Santiago de Cuba was at Havana.

There waa great activity among the troops at Havana, and it was reported that they were to be sent to Vera Cruz. Several cases of insubordination had occurred among them, and 3 non-commissioned officers were killed. The murderers bad been pub- licly garroted.

Vascorver’s Istaxp anD British Cotempia. —We have our regalur file of papers from these | distant British poasessions with dates to the 3d Dec. ' Before noticing anything relating to gold we copy ‘the following from the ‘ Colonist, of Dec. 3rd rela- | tive to the searcity of unmarried ladies in the Colony

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IvporceMests To Famitirs to Sertir iw Vic- ronta.—New countries are far more favourable to

| ments of loyalty add to the variety of the proceed

entertainments, wit, beauty, eloquence and enti: |

ings, and find opportunities of manifesting their respective ‘peculiarities,’ and of persuading the Britich offieers that Now Brunswick is not a city of Halifax, nor St. John the capital of Montreal. The | largest, and I believe the best, of those festivals came off yesterday afternoon in a capacious building appropriated for the shelter of the rail cara, but now a military depot. The guests on this oecasion were the Scots Pusileer Guards, under the command of Coleone} Dalrymple. The men were all dressed in scarlet nniform, accompanied by their band and bag- pipes, whigh discoursed at intervals national and other songs. The pipes screamed wildly, and made the udies titter a good deal, but yo other injury was canseddy its presence. Over nine hundred soldiers at dinner. The address of weleome was spoken hy the Hon. the Solicitor General, and replied to by the commanding officer. These were followed by speeches from the Lord Bishop of Fredericton, Col. the Hon. J. H. Gray, of the Volunteers, Skinner, M. P. P., and other minor celebrities in the art of self-glorification. The appearance and collateral circumstances—to use a peculiar phrase—of the feast, were ina high degree creditable to those with whom it originated, and elicited compliments from the olficera, who cheered most heartily for the ladies in attendance, whose beauty the morning papers de- clare to be unrivalled in British America. It would be cruel, if not unjust, to criticize the correctness of this opinion. I will, therefore, allow it to pass by without comment. Whether such attention to all the soldiers that are expected here before the apring will be extended to them, time must determine.

It is reported that two English officers, attached to the garrison station at Woodstock, have deserted to the Federal Government, and received high com- missions in the army of that country.

At the meeting of the new Houre of Assembly on the 12th of February, we may expect to hear of

Hix aged parents wrung with grief, Both night and day mast weep,

For their hope, their pride, their main support Is lying in the deep.

Remembrance weep, alas, in vain— Are sorrow’'s emblems shed ;

We can't restore the youth again ; We can't restore the dead.

Mo more in bonds of friendship tras, Like friends locked hand in huad, Agiin shall we rove to view The sea, the sky, the land,

For he who shared my youthful joys, Cut off in manhood’s bloom,

In yonder deep blue sea he lies, ‘fhe rolling wave his tomb.

Alas the thought my bosom rends, And sorrow’'s tears must flow ;

Deuth strikes our nearest, dearest friends When jeast we fear the blow.

But faithful memory long retains Each fondly cherished name,

And this dear one while life remains The pensive tear shal! claim.

A FRIEND, St. Peter's Bay, Jan, 26, 1862,

The Examiner.

Charlottetown, February 10, 1862. THE LATE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRESENT ONE CONTRASTED.

TueReE has been a marked change in the tone of the ‘Islander’ ever since Mr. Howe, in August last, exposed the sham results of the great Land Conmission. The members of the Government have never been able to conceal their chagrin at the circumstance of Mr. Howe giving the expla- nation which he did; and deep, and sometimes

some stratagem to oust the present Executive ; and

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usually aflords better opportunities to provide for the wants of a family than old and thickly settled

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tutional change. But « stronger and deeper current | WY from the capital we were met by another de- | communities ; and consequently the venerable insti-

iw setting in, which must soon sweep away these fietions of legality. The conquest, and, failing that, the destruction of a detested foe, succeeds as a de sign to that suppression of insurrectionary move- meats which a few months ago was the dream of the Federal Cabinet. If any one would learn the character which thi» war is nesuming, Jet bim read the accounts of the destruction of the port of Char- lesten a given io the latest news from America Among the crimes which bave dixgraced the history , ef mankind, it would be difficult to find ove more | Strociows than thie, The mind ix astonished and appalled to learn that men who have been reared | ander the juiluence of religion, morality, and law, | who have practised self-government, who have deified pubiic opinion, who have made especial pre— tences to enlighteument, and even to refinement, | should perpetruie « crime which barbarians acting ealy by the light of amture aud the instinets of their | own hearts would shrink from. Eveu the fierce | tribes of the Desert wi'! not destroy the wel! which | gives life Sen enemy. Kut here we have a Chris | tian nation aud & Ciovernment which professes to, act from sentiments cf ‘the highest virtne,’ ruthlessly

putation, accompanied by a body of soldiers in scarlet uniform, and a band of musie. We halted

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| wished to prove this doctrine, all we need do would

that such an overthrow will occur is by no means improbable. The Conservatives will have two able |and determined supporters in Mr. Anglin and the | late Attorney General ; but I suppose a distribution | of some petty offices amongst the new members or

| amongst the Liberals.

j loud, have been the curses which they indulged at his expense. Before Mr. Howe's visit to the Island in August, the general ery with the Tory party everywhere was: “Behold what Colonel and the Government have done for the ten-

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tution of matrimony is more highly prized. If we iy oi. gicuds will secure a political unanimity | antry! Their great influence with the proprietors

, and the Colouial Office has enabled them to secure

labour and industry should be represented as well as property in the making of those laws by which all alike are to be governed. How different was the conduct of their predecessors—the old Com- pact Government, when Sir Donald Campbell was at the head of affairs, and when the Liberals were making rapid strides towards the accomplish- ment of their object, the introduction of the Res- ponsible system! It was then proposed, in a se- cret despatch to the British Goverment, to destroy even the very limited franchise which the people then possessed, The Tories—-at the head of whom was the leader of the present Government, the Hon. EF. Patmer—-prepared a Bill, and sent it with the secret despatch to England, in the confident expectation of having it smuggled through the Imperial Parliament, by which Bill no tenants would be allowed to vote at elections unless they had leasehold property to the value of £300 and were 20 years in poasession,—freeholders were required to have a large property qualification— candidates for the Assembly were also required to have such # property qualification ax searcely any but the large proprietors possessed, who toiled not for the aequisition of their broad acres, neither did they pay the British Government any equiva- lent for their bestowal. In fine, it was the aim of the Tourios to establish s proprietory Government of the most despotic hind, and they trusted to their influence with the proprietors for success in their design,

Let us contrast the conduct of the Government of 1851 with the Administration of the present day, in reference to the purchase of public lands. When the Liberals passed the Purchase Bill, and bought the Worrel Estate—in which transaction the present Colonial Seeretary acted the part of forestaller through his iafluence with old Mr. Worrell, by which the Government had to pay several thousand pounds more for the property than would otherwise have been the case—there was a fierce outcry against the measure from the ranks of the Tory party. It was unjust, they said, to buy land in one particular section of coun-

| to pay under the Liberal Government, ‘and for the further snd most odious tax of ten thoesand pounds which they threaten to impose on the inhy. bitants of this Island? We have See8 Wo public works they haveeonstructed. They

indeed, the old rat-trap of an Academy, to whieh they have given the imposing name of

without making it a more serviceable

than the Academy was in its beat days; they bought two estates under an Act passed by the

Liberal Government, which they bad denounesg

asa ruinous measure; and they bave refused ty

let the people know all the terms eu which the

purchases were effected, and for which the money

of the people hes been so freely paid. We do not

expect the ‘Islander,’ or any other apologist of

the Government, will answer our and

show what good deeds have been done by the party

in power; but we shall, in another aftiele, cop.

trast their promise with their performaneein other

things as well ax those to which we have bervig

adverted.

Public Meetings in Queen's County. id MEETING AT MONAGHAN SETTLEMENT.

A public meeting of the inbubitants of the Mon. ghan Settlement, ealled by the Hon. George Coles, to ascertain the opinions of his constituents im that quarter respecting the Land Commissioners’ Aword, was beld at the bonse of Mr. Owen Simpaon, in the above naméd settlement, on Tuesday last, between | the hours of l2and 3o'clock. Notwithstanding the cold weuther and the very bad roads, there was s very large assemblage of persons on this orrasion. Jobn A. MeDonald, Exsqr., J. P., was appointed Chairman. The meeting was first addressed by Mr. Coles, who explained the principles of the Award as made known by Mr. Howe, which he considered, would place the tenants in & worse condition than | they were before the Commission was appoisited ;

but he left it for his constituents to decide whether ‘they would accept the Award or not, im the event

of it ever being submitted to the Legislatare, which try when the inhabitants of the whole Isiand| Wa* extremely doubtful ; and it was still more

while the body ot troops were drawn up and pre- sented arms, The band played “ God save the

Sea. while we were al] standing, dissolving un- : ‘at St. Stephen's, who was also Judge of Probate for! baying all their back-rents remitted.” This was

. : ' i been twenty-five marriages contracted by bachelors; = " ,or

| be to tite the fact that within theee yeare these have | The legal profession has lost one of its brightest | a Commission under which the tenantry can be-

r the vertical rays ol the sun. No deseription | who resided on each side of Yates street, between .

of Antausnariyo baa yet been published which | Government and Wharf streets, a distance of not | : on : : ) } CharlotteCounty. The deceased was brother of the the burtheu of incessant twaddle in the House of

| . naments ia the decease of Geo. J. Thomson, Q.C.| come freeholders on the easiest terms, besides |

the payment of. doubtful whether it would ever affect the tenantsby s | whom he was surronnded, a8 their landlord had never concurred in the appointment of the Commis sion.—The meeting was afterwards addressed by the Hon. Francis Kelly, by the Hon. E. Whelan,

would have to contribute towards it; besides, they contended, no purchase 5) ould ‘be made before a Court of Enquiry was first es- | tablished to try the validity of the titles; and they

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eouveys at all an adequate idea ot its appearance. | more than six hundred and fifty feet. We think | we

The most prominent object is the Palace, whieh is a0 astonishing structure. In eonsequence ot the death of the Queen, and the Court still being iu meuruing, BO person is permitted to enter it.

It is three stories high, with a roof of immensely | bial felicity. And further, it isan index of the suc. |

lofty pitch, surmounted by an eagle, with expand- ed wings, exeeuted in bronze. ‘There are massive wooden balconies, corresponding to each story, with heavy balustrades painted red. The shutters are arranged #6 that no opening can be seen, and

fitted so perfectly that we could form no idea how ‘the matrimonial statistics of the town since 1858. made a presentment to the Supreme Court, many wiudows or doors there were. The pillars | Bat we have merely cited this example to show | sitting, against William Walter frvin

supporting the balconies are enormonsly heavy- looking, and are said to consist each of one piece ot wood. It is difficult to estimate what the po- pulation of Antananarivo can be. No intormation

Soe 5% ; j this might be set down as avery remarkable in-

| stance of the inclination that exists here to quit the | | realin of bachelorniom to enjoy the sweets of connu- |

leess which has atiended industry and enterpeixe in jourtown. We might step outside of the limited | aren alluded to and euamerate many more who have |

perpetrated matrimony, were it our object to farnish | !

lhow favourable this country is to the increase of | | families. We have, however, one very Ferious |

' drawback . that is,the scarcity of unmarried females. |

I known Barrister, S. R. Thomeon, Begr., of thie) 4 sembly during the Jast two Sessions — the ‘ Is- ernce ~ enemy Puctantagy 4 4 ee lander’ and ‘Monitor’ teemed with trash of the quent and unflinching advoenter at the ed rw same import — eddresies to the ‘Lieut. Governor wick Mer. a i st were manufactured iv Charlottetown by the dozen, aT Seay, Ieee. ' and His Exeellepey was advised to undertake Ta Tue x , : rE: _ | journeys in évery direction, tv bear the mortifica-

6 THE EDITOR OF THE HLXAMINER. | thon of having them Tew to him, apd to lend the

‘non | influence of his high office to @nepurage aut pro- | pagate the delusion. Afler Mr. Howe's expiana- ‘tion, the practice of presenting addresses for the

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‘purpose of glorifying the Commission suddenly

S1e,—On the 13th January last, the Grand Jury

v,of Charlotte- town, for feand and embezzlement to a very large amount. It appears the time of the Attorney Gene- ral being fully occupied by other bills, he could not | Weut out of fashion, Not one address has been

ould be obiained on that point. I should imagiae And for several years to come in all probability the prepare the indictment, or get the ease ready for presented to the Lieut, Governor since, in which

it to be about 30,000. The view froin the heights is very extensive, but bounded on all sides by high mountains. Rice fields are numerous ia the viei- nity ef the capital, but there is, nevertheless, a

| demand will be far greater than the supply. No- ner does an unmarried woman arrive here than | ‘a host of admirers offer to make ber happy for life. |

trial in the January Court; he therefore applied to, the least allusion was made to the Commission. the Judges to issue their warrant for the apprehen- The ‘Islander’ has descended from the lofty tones

| clamoured and wrangled for their “Court of Ee quiry”—although they would sooner cut off their |

denounced the purchase in every form of invec- | tive, and they declared that the only way to rave | the country from embarrassment was to sell off | the Government lands at publie auction as speedily as possible, and close the office of the Comimis- | sioner, whose salary, iu connexion with the work- ing expenses of the office, entailed a heavy out- lay. To close that office, aud render

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But the office was considered too |

into power,

sion of the aceused, and have him bound on sufficient | of laudation of the Commission to the humble ae-

good a political bait to be destroyed. Mr. D.

|

Purchase Bill a dead letter, was one of the first | things they promised to do when they should come

land by James McDonald, Esqr., and Francis Me-

Quaid, Esqr.—The following resolutions, prepared

right hand than see it in operation—with a zeal | by a Committee appointed for the purpose at the worthy of the most inveterate eseheator. They | place of meeting ~were then proposed and Gnani-

mously adopted :—

Moved by Mr. Anges (Ban) M-Donald, seconded by Mr. Robert Webster :-—

Whereas the tenantry of this Island have been anxious for many years to obtait: a sett of the Land Question, and various places have been devised with a view to the accomplishment of that object, the only one that was likely to be attended wilt generaf success being the Purchase Bill, And whereas that measure bas removed proprietary in- cnenece from nearly 200,000 acres of T 1p lands, and has afforded great relief to the tenants settled, by remitting al! arrears of rent due by them, and enabling them to bay their farme at a price acre of about one-balf the sum which Inadholders would be entitled to exact under the Award of the Land Commission, without sacritici

| When one of these is not acceptable it ix generuliy bail, to take his trial at the next sitting of the Cri- cents of apology. “It is not, indeed —(such is | Maclean was to be rewarded by its possession for coneeded to the Colony uuder the

any interests

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attributable to the operation of a well known law of | minal Court in — . : | the spirit of its whine during the last six months)— the service he had done the Tories as editor of | os tans teen wonienioad pn ain

Tee Derennee peavaver, Sommned Seing Ws, | ip tees we expected from the Commixsion; but | the ‘Isiander.’ Death, however, interfered to de- | settlers on equally meveer | ay © terms, if the Loan n opposed by the

| still it will doa great deal of good, if the people | prive the faithful servaut of his hiro; and Mr. Al-| ml tral wlorepentiesione,. Aen

hwill only put faith in it.’ “ Let them wait pa- | dous was permitted to sell his seat in the Legisla-| phmation given by the Hon. Joseph Howe as ie

sterile appearance consequent upon the absence of all trees. There is not a tree for 30 miles in any direction around Antananarive. Ii is said

planning the destruction of the priacipsl harbor | Of @ dangerous aud stwrmy coust, chouking upthe | outlet of « vast commerce, doomjng one of the richest | Pegivns of the globe to ruin, und, as far as they can, | eatting off millions of people from communication | with the ocean which wesbestheircoast. But, that

we nay not seem to piestate the act which has just

beew accomplished by the Federal commander of the |

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ans alt the § ¢ within thet dist ; trade—that where there is a scarcity of an article in| at a oe forest Within that distance Was eu . ag ced . ™ a/ on the wv nd aa he w “adv to take bi down in order to preveut a hostile force from | the market it always commands high rates, and + : s a , that - : e so ready to . © bis drawing near and finding the capital unprepared |some invariably refuse to sell until they get the i trial in the Court then sitting, it would be unjust to through ignorance of its approach. When we at highest price. We say no blame te the ladies. Still, ; make bim find bail for bis appearance on a future) ~ : Pre f sad | the mature aud principles of the Award, is “ last entered the capital we had to thread our way, | therefore, merely bound him in bis tiently for the award—it may be a great deal better | tive Council for the questionable honour of step- bye Coolers no effectual remedy accompanied by the officers anda multitude, which | .. pet marrie amelie ee than Mr. Howe's explauation would thake it ap-| ping inte the dead man’s shoes. The purchase of our grievances—that it will not enable as te become

ity A : : to get married, the searcity of uamarried females is 2 i | . ; contrived to disperse iteelf inte every nook and | : ' pear; and if there are any defeets in it, they can! the Selkirk Estate soon after occurred; it was. frecholders except on the most disadvan ‘mone fleet,’ we will shortly describe what has’ corner available for the purpose of overlooking us —" : : ot j , | not the most ruinous terms—that it does

’ wuske this town their home. Before the election of! 1 believe in almost all cases where only personal be amended by an Act of the Legislature ;—the followed by the worst speculation that was ever

been done ut, Charleston, and what itis intended to the tops of mud walls being preferred. Ali this | [ee . — the aon from the payment of tholdes éo at Savannah, andi, if powsible, at Mobile. ‘time a deafening noise wax going on—a Babel of the present Legislature, one member for the town | dail is required, the offences are of so titling & arbitration clause can be so moulded by the House | undertaken—the purchase of the Stanfield estate, | siderable exient, because the landhe