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.‘PRINCE. EDWARD ISLAND ADVERTISER.

m v i. . a! 0 iii ] CHARLOTTETOWN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1840.‘ [No.129, . , :‘i i j

Surveyor General’s Office, » >l7tll December, 1839.

THE Surveyor General will submit for Sale, at Public Auction, on Saturday, the Twenty-fifth day ofJniiiiary next, at the Court House, in Georgetown «at 12 o’clock, noon, the following Lotsin the said wan: Viz:

Nos. 13 and 14, First Range, Letter C.

Nos. 1 and 16, “ “ D.

, Nos. 1, 10 and 16 “ “ E.

i i No. 8, “ “ F. f Nos. 13 and 14, Third Range, “ F. l Nos. 3 and 15, “ “ G. l‘ Nos. 1 and 16, Fourth Range, “ ' G.

\Vater Lot No. 23. In the Rovaltv of said Town, Pasture Lots Nos. 14,

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15, 34_, 51s, 85, 94,171 and 198. Adjoining the Royaltyof said Town, Lots Nos. 3, 22,

'26, 31 and $8. . GEO. \VRIGHT, Surveyor General.

B'ONDS.

Treasurer's Office, November 11, [839. GREEABLY to the Order of His Excellency

the Lieutenant Governor in Council, ofthc 8th No- vembcl’, 1838, which directs that in future the payment .nf all Bonds be enforced within One Month after then shall [become due, I hereby notify all persons having BONDS iin the Treasury, which come within the meaning ofthe :iibove Order in Council, that unless their amounts be ,forthwith discharged, they will, without distinction, be aplaced in the hands oftlie Attorney General, to proceed thereon for their recovery.

T. II.-HAVILAND, Treasurer.

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ESCRII’TION oi Deserters from Her Majesty's 37th Regiment, quartered at Charlotte- :tuwn, Prince Edward Island, 18th November, 1839.

Private,.Iames Burns,oftlie 37th Regiment of Foot. deserted from his Detachment, at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on the 18th November, 1539. Age,23’; height, 5 feet 6; inches; complexion, fair;. eyes, light brown; hair, dark brown. ,

PrivatE, Patrick Yorke, of the abovc corps, deserted from his Detachment, at Charlottetown, on the let of December, 1839.-——Age, 31; height, 5 feet 9; inches; complexion,sallow,; eycs, brown; hair, light brown; slender built—(shoemaker)

Private, Joliii M~Goiigliy, of the above corps, desert- ed from his Detachment, at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on the 91h of December, lambs-Aged 34; height, 5 feet 8 inches; complexion, fair; eyes, ' dark brown. V ‘ Any person apprehending Deserters, or who shall

give such information as may lead to their apprehension,

will be entitled to receive at the Treasury ol'tliis Island the sum of Five Pounds for each Deserier, over and above the reward allowed by the Articles of \Var. And any person found harbouring, concealing, or assisting " ' cutter from He: 'Majcsty’s service, is liable to pay f0 . such offence thesurn of'I‘v‘venty Pounds. A. LANE, Captain and Town Major.

I LIFE KND FIRE INSURANCE. POLICIES will be issiied by the Subscriber,

in either of the above departments, on 'the most reasonable terms. , CHARLES YOUNG, flgent of the “ Erin” and “ ALLIANCE" Insurance Companies.

Charlottetown,Dec. 11, 1838.

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PRINCE. EDWARD ISLAND.

sive and valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE, Consisting of nearly ' 1 18,000 Acres of tans,

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contiguous to Geoucn'rows, late the property ofHENm \Vincnnsrnn, deceased, n Bn'nkiupt, and now belonging to his ASSIgnees. _ Vessels of an burden may gb up and' clown Cardigan River, by which it is bounded on "the Southern extreinit ., i - The Estate is “reliiieated on the Plan of the Island,

yfiypozggnerals’stjlfice of the said Island, as hot or Town. 0 . "T . " '

For printed Plans ofthe Estate, and further particu- lars, apply at the Offices of Mr. Briggs-,55, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, and Mr. Belchcr, Official Assignee, King's Arms Yard, London; the Hon. Samuel Cunard, Halifax. Nova scotia; and James H. Peters, Esq. Clinrlottetown,‘in the said Island—to’either of whom terms in writing, for the purriliuse, may be made on or before the lst ofSepteinber ncx . v "

CAUTION.

To the Editor of the Colonial Herald.

IR ;——Havmg seen in the Colonial .Herald of l the 20th inst. the Advertisement of the Assignees of the late Henry Winchester, Esq.. offering for Sale' “3,000 Acres ofLand, on Lot or Township No. 54, allow me, through the medium of your paper, to say, that the late Henry \Vinchester, Esq. had no property on Town- ship No. 54, nor had he ever the actual possession. Actions of Trespass and Ejectment were brought against me, it is true, but what was done in those actions 1 have not been able to ascertain—Suffice it to say, that after many years’ prosecution, I was not able to get one wit- ness brought forward——tliis is a case of real grievance, and ought to be looked into.

I find on referring to, the provision of the Statute of 32 Henry 8,ca'p 9, that no one shall sell or purchase any pretended right or title to land, unless the vender liatli received the profits for one whole year before such grant; or hath been in the actual possession of the land, or oftlic reversion or remainder, upon pain that both the purchaser and veniler shall each forfeit e‘ value ofsuch land to the. King and the prosecutor.

ROBE Township No. 54, July 27th, 1839. _

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MEARNS.

TO LET, And immediate possession given,

I I ‘HAT commoilious Dwelling House and Shop

fronting on “later-street and Pownal-st ct, Char- lottetown, at present in the occupation of r. I illiam Nichols, Merchant. Possession of the last mentioned premises to be given on the First dayiot October next.

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Fopterms, and further particulars, inquire at the Office nftlie ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Charlottetown, lst September, 1838.

TO LET, OR the winter season, a ROOM, well cal- culated for storing Grain. For further particulars apply at the Herald Ofiice.

CAUTION TO LUMBERERS. ALL Persons found trespassing upon any of

i’ MECIIANICS’ INSTITUTE- the Estates of the Right Honorable the Earl of l for lhe present year can now be SELKIRK, in this Island, by cutting timber, or otherwise, l EA had a, ,he Booksmm of Mn Stamper, and from will be prosecuted ‘with the utmost rigour of the Law. I ,7 . . H H Ienants requiring 'limber for Farm Buildings, doc. must ,, ‘ “my :‘sz‘m” apply to the subscriber.

l , ‘ . . ‘ . _ Decremr w. DOUSE, Land Agent. r j T‘N‘.‘ B. No person Wlll be admitted Without I new Cliarlottetown,January 10,1840. . ic ct. E ALEXANbER DAVIDSON, OTICFh} llisb hg'reby given, that Lall 1persons ,, Bm’cm’s CW", N0. 1, Queen Stmt- ranyilu'fi’, Sail be 3.0233;theillfil'flie°u'l.n§§i .sgtuf‘fl

' HAMBERS’ Peo le’s Editions of valuable the Law b the Pro irietor thereof.

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,’ and useful' BOOKS, many of them at only :1 ROBERT MEARNSI ’ twentieth part of the price originally published at. N_ B.___The Tenants are requested ,0 can and same ' Lamartine’s Travels in the Holy Land, 75. 6d. their respective tents, for Township N0. 54. i Paley's Natural Theology, with Notes, 35. R. M_ 1 Lay of the Last. Minstrel,“ h ' Sir \Valter Scott, 14d. July 5th, 1839. , Marmion, a Poem, by Sir alter Scott, 2(8)d.

Lad oftlie Lake by Sir Walter Scott 1 d. - . , Cmg‘gm oralen’bumie’ _ t _ 16d. LL Perfect]; indeblted Gnonqs F. Sev- 9 Crabbe’s Parish Register, and other Poems, 12d. Mouffi’. em’.“ 16.5 "I I "3 er’ or m lerav'se’ ?" 1 Franklin's Life and Miscellaneous Works, 29. 8d. “009%” "*3 1331mm '“9 .5“ NW Emu"? ‘0 Pay

km, and Travels of Mungo park _ 25_ 8d. their respective ebtsforthwuh to the Subscriber, who I , Buderifl Analogy ot-Reng-mn, ’ _ 2s. 4d. hath been duly authorized to receive the same. i Goldsmith‘s Vicar of Wakefield, - 16d. J. SIDNEY DEALEY. t .Aiister Fair, and other Poems, by Tenuaiit, 16d. Charlottetown, Aug. 6th, 1839. '. Adventures of Roderick Random, - 5.12%.

1.0 Bacon's Essays - - . * .Rawnrisy‘s Gentle Shdpherd, and Select Poems, 16d. F R E “I 0 0D‘_ _

I ‘ Adveiiture's ofRobiiison Crusoe, - 3s. 4d. PERSONS desirous of supplying the Garrison an ’Tho Life of Robert Burns, - - 2s. 4d. -_ r with FIREWOOD will make immediate ap lion- i "The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, 4s. min to T. B. TREMA N.

I l, ’The Prose Works of Robert Burns, 35. 4d. ‘ Charlottetown, 18th Dec. 1839. ’1 .Imprisonnients of SilVio Pellico, - 18d. " .Clarke's Travels in Russia, with Notes, 55. ‘ FISH AND OIL. . r Complete English Tradesman, b Before, 25. 8d. THE subscriber offers for Sale, in Juryis 'Chambel1'5 Tm" m “Ulla”! and elgmmt 3" Buildings, Kent Street, 60 barrels Prime Aricliat "I‘lie Sabbath, and other Poems, by Grahame, 10d. and Fox Island HERRINGS‘ p- ,Adventures of Caleb Williams, by Goodwin, 25. 6d. a1”, .. Incidents of'l‘ravel in Egypt, Arabia, &c. 35. 8d. A qunnmy good Fun 0,," g ' Brecken’s Corner,.N'0. 1, Queen Street. THOMAS FARREL. F ALEXANDER DAVIDSON. Dec. 31, 1839. . i; ...__— _ ’f‘ To be published in Numbers, each Number containing TEAS. ' 4‘ ‘ ""9" PM?" °°l°“"°di _ CHESTS of superior quality, now landing til IUnder the l’ati'omlfle of H“ Ewell“? L‘wl- Genmal from the Britannia, from Liverpool, and for ,2 Sir COLII CAMPBELL, K. . 8., “1%,.” Cash “my,” ,3 ' ‘WILD FLOWERS or NOVA scom. T. B. TREMAIN. ’53? ’ B MARIA Mounts. . d r h : ' 29th Oct. 1839. f ' ' ‘ lb , r t I execute rum '3. , I‘he Drawmgs wt e new a e y CONSIGNMENT.

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,4ure, ofthe full size of tug, . I ,ies, 6w. oftbe subjects,

formation on the hilt by I scientific Baton ' l ‘A Subscriptioha‘b Bookvutore of M r.

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I ve work is left atgthe fax, and Mr. H. Slam v

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. WING. flESubscribers beg leave to acquaint the . Pubfic that they are now prepared to execute, at

the shortest notice, spd nan moderate terms, all orders

udin line . 5“ "" 3°“ ‘ " J. a. COOPER a; co.

UST received, and FOR SALE by the Subscri- ber,300 Barrels ofprime Nova Scotia HERRINGS. J. S. DEALEY.

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Charlottetown, Nov. 21, 1839.

' SHIPBUILDING. ANTED for the above business, two Ap-

prentices. They must be boys ofsteady habits, and who are willing to become bound for a term ofnot

les than five ears. A l to _ i y , Ppiy WILLIAM WHITE,

TO BE SOLD,~by private Contract, an exten- 1'

lie that he has commenced business in his store in

Situate in the preferable part of Kitio’s Conny, being»

kept in the Plurlfblibii Ofiice, Whitehall, and the Sur- .

.’ '7 NEW STORE. HESuhscriber begs leave to inform the Pub-

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Queen-street, adjoining the store of Mr. James Quin, on

the one hand, and that ofM r. Patrick Gafl'iiey, Tailor, on

the other, 'where he offers for sale a large assortment of . V G 0 0 D 5,

Suitable for the season, andcheap for Cash, viz: _

: ' Superfine Clo'lh's, Cassiyperes,\Petershams, Pilot Cloth,

whjnleskins, Counterpanedg‘flomospuns. Silks, Satins,

Mei-inces, printer] Cottons, Ladies’ Shawls, Flannels, 'Bed Ticks, M uslins, Ladies’ Veils, Gloves, Cotton 11056, gable Cloths, gauze Handkerchiefs, white and brown ,ottons,Ribands‘, Velvet, together with a great variety (gather articles, too tedious to mention.

.' iHardware,&c.——Bar and bolt Iron, cast and blister

Steel, 3 large assortment ofCutler , Earthenware, Glass, dam; Sole Leather, Shoe-thread, wine, Codlines; Her- rings, Mackerel, Gui,

' Groceries, 8,-c.—’l‘ea, Sugar, Molasses, Confectionery, Allspice, Pepper, Tobacco, Snuff, Candles, Soap; Rum,

\Viue, Lamp Oil, &c. &c. A. SUTIIERLAND.

Charlottetown, 201l1 Dec. 1839. THE Subscriber begs leave to inform the public that he has commenced business in his house, opposite M r. Dennis Reddin’s Store, in Queen’s Street, and offers for sale a largeand well selected assortment of GOODS suitable for the season,cl’ieap, for cash or Island produce, vizz—Supeifine Cloths, Cas- simeres, Pctersliams, Pilot Cloth, Buckskins, Flushings, Moleskins, Carpeting. Hearth Rugs, Counterpanes, Homespuns, Silks, Satin, Mei-inns, Printed Cottons, Ladies' Shawls, Flannels, Bed Ticks, Muslins, Ladies‘ Veils, Gloves, Cotton Hose, Table Cloths, Gauze Hand- kerchiefs, white and brown Cottons, Ribbands, Silk Plush, Silk Velvet, &c. HflRDWflRE—Bar and bolt Iron, cast and blister Steel; a large assortment of Cutlery, Earthenware, Glass and Tinware, Sole Leather, Slioe'l‘liread,Cod Lines, ch. _ _ GROCERIES—Rum, Brandy, Gin, Wiiic, Confec- tionary, Tea, Sugar, Tobacco, prime Havana Segars, Cnndles,Soap, Molasses, Lamp Oil, Digby Herrings, Alspice, Pickles, Pepper, 61c. (Ste.

3150,

140 Bolts of Canvass, from No. 1 to 6 ; 3000 bushels fine Liverpool Salt, and Labrador Ilcrrings.

JOHN DAVIS, jun.

NEIV STORE.

Nov. 18th, 1839.

V NEW" GOODS.

THE subscriber begs leave to inform the in- habitants of Prince Edward Island, that he has

~--' just returned from England, per Britannia, with

A very large Stock of

GOODS,

of almost every description required in the Island, which, having been selected by hiinselffrom the different manu- fiictories, he can with confidence recommend, and will sell at very reduced prices, for Cash. D. REDDIN. Charlottetown, Nov. 12, 1839.

FALL GOODS. HE Subscriber respectfully begs to inform

his customers, mid the public generally,that he has

T now completed his Fall Supply of British GOODS and East India PROD UCE, Excellent Jamaica é' Demeiara R U111.

The above Stock is of the best quality, and will be disposed of at a small advance, for prompt payment.

indebted, by Note ofHand, Book Account, or otherwise, are requested to come forward and settle the same before the let January next, as all Accounts not liquidated before that period will be ut in a legal course for recovery. A number oftriflmg alpnces remain on his Books, apparently forgotten, which, ifnot paid before the time above mentioned, he will bring to light, With

expenses. DAVID RAMSAY.

ALL persons

December 9, 1839. UST RECEIVED, and for Sale by the Subscriber, a general assortment, consisting of 440 Packages British and West India GOODS, TEAS, VFURS, «8'9. (8'0. - DAVID \‘VILSON

Dec. 6, 1839.

___________________.___.._—-v———-—-— HE Subscriber has received his Fall Supply of GOODS, and will dispose ofthem at a small advance, for prompt payment.

OATS I OATS I! OATS I I I , _ Wanted, 2000 bushels good Oats, for which cash Will

be given.

All persons indebted to the Subscriber, by Note of

Hand, Book Account, or otherwise, are requested to make payment, on or before the first day of'January next. All Accounts unpaid after that date Wlll be put into the hands ofiin Attorney, for recovery.

‘ JOHN M‘GILL.

Charlottetown, 7th Dec, 1839. _

NEW STORE AT GEORGETOWN- LEXANDER TAYLOR. informs the public A. that he has commenced business in the store lately occupied by A. Macdonald, Esq., at Georgetown, Willi a very extensive and well assorted stock of General llIerchandize.

The above stock of Goods was purchased upder cir- cumstances, and will be disposed of at prices, which must entitle the proprietor to a share of public'pzitronage, and to its inspection the community are respectfully iiiv1ted.

Mr. Ta 'lor will give the highest market prices for Country Izroduce. ‘

Georgetown, 17th December, 1839.

‘ grantees and land jobbers—your petitioners therefore

MEETING AT SE-NTINER'S -

In consequence of a 'Despstch published by authority, on the 26th November. last, from Lord, John Russell to his Excellency tho-)Lfiutenonk Governor, and the arrival of Mr. Cooper shortly. afterwards, a desire was generally felt that it.

Public Meeting should be held, to take the"

Despatch into consideration, and 'to obtain some, -, information from Mr. Cooper on the subject of, his mission. Accordingly, requisitions to‘ 1118f; Sheriff of King’s Cbiinty were set.o’ri,’foo_t, but} through the bad state of the-roads, and other circumstances, the requisitions were delayedforv some time, and were sent in too late for ’thé: Sheriff to call the meeting on the day requested" , l by the requisitionists. However, on the'3d inst. ' (the day named), from four hundred to five: hundred persons assembled at Mr. Sentiuer’s, on' the Georgetown Road. About 11 o’clock, John Dalziel, Esq. Representative for the Third Dis- trict of King’s County, was called to the Chair, and Donald Macdonald, Esq. was requested to act as Secretary.

The Chairman rose, and said—he understood the meeting was held for the purpose, of taking into consideration the Despatch recently pub. lished‘ in the Island Newspapers, and other mat- ters relative to the delegation to England; and as the day was cold, he trusted that any person addressing the meeting would be as brief as possible, and hoped that the business of the meeting would be conducted in an orderly and becoming manner. - Mr. Coorsn then addressed the meeting to the following effect 2— ’

“Mr. Chairman; . “I understand it to be the desire of this meeting, that I should give a statement of the mission on which I was sent by the House of Assembly to Downing Street, and. whether there are any prospects for the settlement of the Tenantry. \Vlien I was sent adelegate from the House of Assembly, a Committee of that body was appointed, with whom I was to correspond; and it will not be expected that I should publisi the correspon- dence which has taken place between me and Her Majesty's Ministers. But there is considerable infor- mation on the subject of the mission contained in it Despatch published in the Gazette of the 26th Novem- ber, which is free for an ' person to comment u on; and with the permission 0 this meeting I will res. the Despatch; [ here he read the Despntch, which has alrendv appeared in the papers] Before I make any topper s on this despatch, I would bring to. your reco . Iection the grounds on which we have agitated for the Escheat ofthe forfeited Grants. I have always main: tained, that when the condition of settlement with Foreign Protestants was not performed by the grantees, the lands became forfeited; and if the grantees obtxiinod ~, permission or indulgent-e to settle British subjects con- trary to the conditions of the grants, Without t-he autho- rity ofs law, it was contrar to law. Had the grantees settled Biiiish subjects on tie same terms as the Crown settled them in this Island, and in the other Colonies, there would have been no individual complaint, as no . person would have suffered wrong; and I opposed what was termed a partial Escheat—an Escheat of ten or fif- teen Townships, on the plea set up by the then House of Assembly, that there was not a sofiicient number of perSnns in occupation of the land—as this Escheat was not intended to give any relief to'the tenautry, but, on the contrary, was intended _to give the proprietors}: better opportunity to deprive the tenantry of their improved farms; and when they were ejected for a rent which they could not pay,some ofthem would probably be offered 50 or 100 acres of the escheated land, as propo- sed by Sir John Harvev, to commence in the wilderness anew. I also objected to a penal tax, upon Wilderness land, because this was intended to prevent an Eschest, and to confirm, to a certain extent, the leases and agree- ments extorted from the tensntry, and in an indirect way to deprive them of their rimproved land, nearlyjn the same manner as was intended by, the partial._ Escheat, with this difference—the landlord having to pav a tax for the wilderness land, would or mi lit be induced to give up a portion of it'to the tenant, or his improved land, the quantity of Wilderness hind allotted to the tenant, to bear some proportion to what the hind agent might think due to the tenant,~ afier deducting the arrears of rent from the value ofthe improvements. This, you will observe, is putting the best construction on the intentions of those who sought a partial Escheat, or a penal assessment on wilderness land, for the relief ofthe tenantry ; and the reason why we have agitated for the Eschent of the forfeited lund Wlll. be found in. your Petition to the Lieutenant Governor, in the seventh Clause of which are the followmg words ;—‘.Your_:. _ Petitioners being accused of having a desire for extreme measures, or ageneral Escheat, beg leave respectfully to submit to your Excellency, that. they only «Issue to be settled upon the land they have improved With their labour and capital, through many; privations, and to be . _ enabled to enjoy the fruits of their labour unmolested by

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your Excellency for the appointment of_a. Court scheat, as the means of obtaining so desirablasn . be extended to all pn- I e Colony.’ The terms

pm of end, in order that justice may ties interested in the welfare of th . of settlement for the tenantry which we considered equitable, are contained in the Bill passed by the As- sembly last Session, which Lord John. Russell take,- notice of ‘ as that proposition contained In. Mr. Cooper I Iener.’ Lord John Russell made two. objections to the Bill, but made no objections to the prowsions contained in it, for the settlement of the tenamry.‘ The objec- tious were to the principle of Escheat; that ll, the taking the land from the proprietors altogether; andoeven the Escheat would not have been so strongly objected to, if the Legislature had not imposedpa tax upon wilder- ness land. We therefore have a right to infer, from the Despatch, that if the Land Tax had not bee-mun- posed, the Escheat Bill, with some slight modification, would have been agreed to by the Home Government; and even now, after the Land Tax is passed,)f the Bill for the settlement of the inhabitants had not gone to deprive the proprietors altogether of their lsnduit would have been agreed to. I am aware '1'. may be said, that LordJohn Russell made the objecuons to the ‘ principle of Eacheat contaiped in the Bill, without . going into the separate provisions for the settlement of the people: but 1 am warranted iii the, construcuon I have given to Lord John’s objections, front what he has said in another part of the Despatchr—Jhat he would