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less of the bloodshed and ruin of their countrymen, With gone every thing—to place the country nearly on the| respect to the means at the disposal of the Govern- . ment, while they found on one side preparations of re- bellion, on the other they had received the warmest and.

verge of bankruptcy. ‘They secured the adhesion of two!

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* i ; . ° : . . . + - . endeavouring to raise themselves from obscurity, care- ing nothing.” We can now say—the majority have, creasing majority in the Assembly, and the vigorous ‘Government who reflect their opinions,

Never, in the

‘history of this Country were so many important and

valuable measures crowded into so brief'a period. The

or turee persons who gulled their constituents into the! old Jand marks of Toryisin-have been. almost obliterated

most unequivocal pledge of support fromall parts of Ire-| belief that they were Liberals--they turned two gentle.|in a few brief weeks, and the Government of that coun-

land. ‘I'he Lord Lieutenant had the full confidence of the men out because they had presumed to take seats in the

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Government, and was in constant communication hieh| €ouncil, at which some of their own class are now

thern, and should he be of opinion that the powers whict : : : the a at present gave him were not sufficient, the | Casting wishful glances, — but they were impotent to)

try settled upon the imperishable-constitutional princi-

ples secured to the people of England by the Revolution

of 1688. Henceforward, Responsible Goverament in

Nova Scotia will be a great fact. Those who fill the

tinue to command the confidence of the Crown and the

Government would not hesitate a moment to apply ws the re-election of one whom they sought to|chief departments of the country must enjoy, and- con-

Parliament for whatever further powers might be re-|)crush,—they have provided £500 for Sir Donald, which pret, The Mahe hoc ne welveghis apie Joce-| they hope, no doubt, will serve them as a passport to the iyn’s indignant remarks, were received with universal,

bation by the House, | . oe rn , ja judgeship for Mr. Peters, and dangled a Silk Gown

rMinG IN THE Soutu.—-The Cork Examiner states.|. °. ia oe ; : A "?’ before the delighted vision of Mr. Palmer: But with their

that rifle sooting is now general in Cork. la several i outskirts of the city, on Sunday, the sport was indulg-| boasted * majority they have done “ absolutely nothing”

ed in toa very great extent, particularly in the city|—(we quote the words)—to secure the permanent hap-

Park, aud the Diamond Quarry in Blackrock. —Indeed,' yiness and prosperity of the country. During the recess in the latter place there could not have been less than! * dias ie shield f f th fifty young men--exclusive of spectators—having mm" ores eer tee te are " Piety twenty rifles between them blazing away ata mark; people witha faithful account of their Stewardship— upon which at least, three out of every five shot took for they will be very loth to undertake such a task them- ae the a marksinen being loudly applauded gejyes—and we have been often. tempted to perform this the spectators. ; :

ve i quectienahie if any regiment inthe service, ex-| labour of love” through the columns ofa “country cepting the Rifle Brigade, could preduce a number of editiun,’ and have been only deterred by the ho:roren- men more competent in the use of their arms than these tertained at this mode of publicity. itis necessary, athletic Res | fellows, cae are all the rage; the j,owever, the public should rightly understand the be- gunsmiths’ shops, were they four times as numerous,| ill Neakaideut could not supply the demand—and their importation NCHS wae derived aeaichaving euch. « " majority” as is consequently vastly increased. Itis a well ascer-|the present one in the Assembly. tained fact that the pawn offices of the city have been) ransacked by Jower orders of citizens and country people! for guns, pistols, &c. Pike-heads are also being manu- Siinteeieiee'stinietidn: beleive iin

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oe il Saturday last were publicly exposed for; His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor was this day pleased saie on the Coul-quay, |to prick the following gentlemen, to be Sheriffs forthe ensuing | year, pursuant to the Stitute, viz :-—

aa | Francis Lonawortn, Esq., of Charlottetown, to be Sheriff Tue Desatres.—We give in our present Sheet SOME of Queen’s County.

interesting speeches delivered in the Legislative Coun-| Perer M-Catiom, Esq., of St. Peter's, to be Sheriff of King’s

. : | County. cil on the Currency and Census Bills sent up from the |“ ‘pyomas Hunt,Esq,, of St. Eleanor’s, to be Sheriff of Prince House of Assembly. ‘The insertion of these speeches | County. ‘T. Hy HAVILAND, Colonial Secretary. has necessarily excluded our usual Summary of the pro-; Start not, courteous Reader! atthe insertion of the

ceedings of the Assembly.—In a very short time we will ‘above notices in our unpretending Sheet. Unordered be enabled to resume the publication of THE Examiner bY, the Executive, their insertiomhere shall not cost the ‘Colony a penny. We give them as pieces of intelli-

ona double sheet, when we shall give the Debates at! cence, claiming the widest circulation. We have no greater length than either our own or any of the other wish to quarrel with His Excellency on the subject of papers has yet given. Nor shall we neglect to cater for;these nominations, especially those for Prince and

the tastes of those who eschew politics and personalities:| “ings Counties : Mr. Longworti’s may pass without u p P ’) murmur, for he is, perhaps, the least objectionable of the

for we rave not forgotten, even inthe midst of our par-| Party from whose ranks he has been chosen: but we liamentary labours, to cull and select for the adornment do not hesitate to say, that Sir Donald Campbell has of our columns some of those choice flowers which the been very ill advised in selecting Messrs. Hunt and silent and steady workers in the great Field of Letters) MeCalluin for the Shrievalty. ‘I'wo more notoriously

aa. ; a. ., ..._/Obnoxious persons could not be found, perhaps, in the are every day bringing to our view.—The impossibility) y)oJe extent of the two Counties—no two public officers of precuring printing paper during the winter months! possess so little influence—no two can command so little

has been greatly inconvenient and pecuniarly injurious| respect. It is true, they have been, heretofore, invested

| . i . : . ° + ° ee to us, as it prevented our increasing the circulation of WU) the authority and dignity of High Sheriffs ; but

Tur E ic, cahieinihet- tiie \during the last year they officiated as Subs. GE BXAMINER, When Kk was in our power to do 803/ ‘rhese nominations are really discreditable to the in-

and, we doubt not, the evil which we laboured under, telligence and respectability of Prince and King’s Coun- has been a source of some dissatisfaction to our present | ties, because (if for no other reason)--the parties having

subscribers :-—but we have still, nevertheless, full reli-| been Sheriffs in 1846, Deputies in 1847, and Sheriffs : : ‘again in 1848, their selection implies thatthey are the

THE NEW SHERIFFS,

people. The machinery of the Gcvernment may be considered as nearly perfected, and agitation for organic

‘back stairs of Government House—they have cut out changes at an end.

“ We congratulate the country on these results—and also by a number of measures of a practical character introduced and matured by the Government. Notwith- standing the Conservatives were in power when the’ Assembly met, and elections to be held in mid winter, the Administration have carried their Civil List Bill, re-constructed the Revenue Departments, and provided forastringent audit of Public Accounts. They have also passed Bills to make the Judges independent of the Crown, for regulating Emigrant vessels and passengers, for erecting an Electric Telegraph, for redueing the rates of postage, and for centralizing the business of the Crown Land Department, and diminishing the expen- ses thereof. These are among the measures of the first session of the Reformed Parliament—measures which eannot fail to have an important bearing upon the future prosperity of the Colony.”

Newrounpianp.—The Mail of Friday has brought our regular files of Newfoundland papers. The follow- ing paragraphs respecting the Seal Fishery will be found interesting :—

The Seal Fishery, so far, has been successful, some forty vessels having returned from the ice, and all of them, with three or four exceptions, having brought good fares. ‘The tota) of Seals brought by the vessels return- ed is 108,700! The St. John’s Post remarking on the prospect, says:—* The weather during the last three days, though still mild and open, has been unfavourable for the Sealers in consequence of the prevalence of a dense fog.

‘ The reports of the vessels still out are contradictory, and itis, therefore, idle tospeculate upon what is to be the total result of the adventure. So far, all that may be safely said is, that up to this week, the wind and weather have been most favourable, and that there is yet abundant time for those who: may not have struck the seals in the season to make ample amends for their mischances.’

TO THE MERCHANTS OF CHARLOTTETOWN.

In this age of reformation—this age of useful inven- tion—this age of revolution—and genera] diffusion of liberal and enlightened education—nothing, within the humble sphere--humble but useful and beneficial—in which | and many others, in this Town, hungering and thirsting after knowledge, are placed, is more requisite and just—requisite anc just both for, and to ourselves and our employers—than leisure to obtain the manna and the meed which would doubly satisfy our appetite whilst increasing it:—for, in this, “increase of appetite doth grow by what it feeds on.” Give us, your poor, honest,

ance on their forbearance and generous consideration }}only men in their respective counties fitto discharge and faithful apprentices and clerks, but one hour’s addi-

and by zealously labouring for the time to come, we (he duties of their station. trust to re-establish our claims to the frank oneneheied We say again that His Excellency has been sadly ill-

ment of our patrons, and to the extension of our subscrip- | advised in choosing those two persons for the Shrievalty. tion list His unacquaintance with the parties may shield him

‘from much of the odium that will inevitably attach to the

r : —_ . i t f . ifs. . ; ° [ue Supriirs.—The Committee of Supply closed ite) cethution of Generamnat patronage is likely to peri!

labours ata late hour on Saturday evening. Roughly the independence and reputation for impartiality, which estimating them, the appropriations for the present year His Excellency has wisely maintained since the com-

will amount to something near ‘T'wenty-two Thousand mencement of his administration,

Pounds!! To meet these we shall probably have a Re- | Tue Last Jos.—-We have prepared some observa-

venue of about Fifteen Thousand! Some inteHigent per-| : ; ee ‘tions on the subject of the increase ef £500 to the Sa-

sons are of opinion that the Revenue will not amount to, lary of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, voted so much. When these facts become known, there | by eleven members of the House of Assembly, en Wed- some reason to apprehend a charge of extravagance nesday night last; but we ure compelled to defer their against the House of Assembly—not only from the pub. publication till next week, in order to give insertion to : path sd ‘the English news and other matters. lic of this Island, but from the Colonial Minister; but)

; he ee re fe | We regret that we have not space in our present No.

judge impartially on a review of the records of the As- 45 reply to the insolent, impudent and false accusation sembly and the reports of its proceedings—that the of sedition, spouted forth in the House of Assembly on Liberal Party—those who have ever advocated re-|a recent occasion against the Examiner, by two indi- trenchment and economy in providing for the Pnblic) Service—have steadily opposed in the Session now pas-| sing away, many votes by which the public money wil]

be scandalously misapplied. The Tory party, alias liament of this Province onthe 11th instant, with a

their political honesty and uprightness,

the Clique or Compact men, have frequently nee of really good and statesmaniike Speech, The .Novasco- their mejority in (Re Assombly—e majority wretchedly tian of the 19th instant thus rejoicingly chronicles the

insignifieant, and procured by the most questionable |

ae good results of the late Session :— means. This hopeful majority have shewn themselves ~

‘choice; but we cannotrefrain froin saying that such a

Nova Scotia.—Sir John Harvey prorogued the Par-

tional leisure in the Summer months, by ¢losing stores at 8 o’clock, and we shall not oniy have an opportunity of improving our bodily and mental faculties by exercise, reading, conversation and writing; but we shall have what is still more grateful to every generous mind, the pleasure of discharging our several! duties and trusts not as slavish and pecuniary obligations, but as the pleasing and bountiful return of gratitude and hope.

Your obedient Servant for myself and others, in simi-

lar situations,

20th April, 1848.

A Mercuant’s Cierx.

To the Tenantry on Townships Nos. 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, and 66, THE PROPERTY OF CHARLES WORRELL, Ese.

‘HE undersigned intimates that he has re- ceived instructions from the Proprietor, to inform such of his ‘lenantry as have delivered Grain to him in payment of Rent, since the first day of January last, and who may be in want of Seed.or who may be now suffering from scarcity of Food, that the said grain is now ready for re-delivery, at his stores at Morel. at the same prices at which they received credit in account with him at the time of delivery ; and no demand will

viduals as well known for their veracity as they are for| pe made upon them for payment of the said Grain, until within

a reasonable time after the Crops of the present season are har-

vested. THEOPHILUS DESBRISAY. Charlottetown, April 24th, 1848. 2w

Wanted to Charter.

ANTED immediately to charter a vessel

measuring from 40 to 90 tons burthen, to perform two or three trips between St. Peter’s Bay and Newfoundland. The

capable of much bad legislation, and very little snore. At the commencement of the Session a defunct Scribe proclaimed to the public that the “minority were do-|

“The Legislative Session just terminated has been) Y*¥al price willbe given. For further particulars apply to the

most satisfac ory tothe Administration and their sup- porters, and highly beneficial to the country. The Liberals cen point with triumph to their large and in-'|

Subscriber, (if by letter post paid) at the ve Houses Mills, Bay Fortune Road.

St. Peter's Bay, April 24, 1848.

JOSEPH SMITH.

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