pe THE EXAMINER.) : x * c ‘ - - ~ —s Sn moneda anata oteeeee ae tee ee 7 om ; Shap none — | ic ire onaced, by @ staggeripg ing ineb a. ‘ ir UGG © earnest look bert uvon her by Mr. Darling- ; Vommon, They Kaew the Common bad never been granted to any one | menaced ya EB 5 Persea we é SS but the people of Charlottetown —gtving an equal right to every omiged | provement certainly to norals to chec pe ?. . , 4, 70 thereing Nor, sit, have the Legislature alioaated that right at any = | Te oksaees but ee Gin Ce al tan impromikment | ~ sens Oe C7 | wonder, sir, how any nian can have the assurange, (and he a hived ofi-| dran ; | | No, sir. { doubt if the secret has ever passed his lips.” | cer of the citizens,) to submit to the cOmmunity a Report, tue ae } effected. We shall have filthy streets, overllowing with mu . ° : . ‘ Fs =? ie} » « Bis wan) + . ane yr i alain stutes tha 10 | | ‘ ree wae heeinning to crimson. but she drove ‘ the! { whieh are an insult to common sense. The Reps rt a ' 7 ls tek i ieee | . , " ust es x 7 a, yu wae crove bace Act of Incorporation debars the City Government from exercising the | and water, this fail and the « nsuing spring a » blood with a stfong eff ~ of the will, 4 the fatt + of taking, holding, or protecting City pr oe, ~ ne as ever we had, because the Corporation have not yet thought | Then haw var , 4 @ oe egn8 ° nf. ; > ~~ , nan | Lenthaum “he solders © ‘ommon | . a | Then how came you possegsed of it.’ Inquived the fatner. ; Ginary statement is based upon the privilege which nm t ' ‘ ihe Ee 5 il L terme of . her rit ra ad she | Property exercise in choosing Civie officers. What ate the voters’ quall- | proper to make amy proyision {pr sewers, { aue blood nN Dazk to her face with @ rush, and site : . on. . f twenty-one 6 7 i hike f, . ionths ' } A. i ea . ; feations at such elections ? viz: that all male persons of ( ‘there was ample‘ time during the past three or four i uer head, so Unat her aqare @idssy eurls fell over and } years of age, who shall have resided, previous to the election, twelve | : * m ite he Mitt partly comceale i it, In a moment or two she had regained | months in the City, being dona fide owners of one Town i Coatohe a We have yet the ancient deep and dirty gutter a » eros s . ae . ’ Sno t mntitle » : * yur orship’a particular at- i, ae , nema her self-possession, and, looking up, she answered. - — a . . WF et = oy Pape on pon — vie Honor the of the streets, injurious to foot passengers and dangero ' myiet. 2 UNnsoO es ie fk a } ; and those relics of barbarism, the rotten and ricketty

Reverder has built his Report, that is, that a few persons residing upon vehicles ;

the Common, voted at the City election. But, I ask him, had they a tae ir primeval nastiness. right to vote? Are they oe file owners of the Common, or any part side-walks, are preserved to us i, all han ' P an thereof? Unless the Keeorder can prove them to be dona fide owners | Ty public squares, the most valuable pieces of property wit in

of the Common property, the Report drawn up in their favor with 80 much 3 , tis ads regnivo labor and artifice, falls to the ground, : | the limits of the city, present as yet no traces of progress Sir, [have no confidence in that Report. I _— it yor a civilization. Irregularity in the management of the ferry used ; , ; ; Shad ‘. the paper upon which it is written. It remains for the citizens them-~ ; ' ‘ ; must regard him with ¢ different and higher feeling. : alien te war when the occupiers of the Commonshall remove; and if I to be a standing grievance ; and complaints from that quarter Kate's voice trembled. As she uttered the last few words, do not greatly mistake, the time is rapidly approaching when it shall a ere yet neither “ few?’ nor “ far between.’ Even vagabond she iost control of herself, and bent forward, and hid her face | 2 Common indeed. Another hundred Town Lots may be added to the} ™™ : sme fi d straw from . " ary. hae ae eee _ , ~~ | City from that property, and this can be done and laid off to agree with | cows still prow] about the streets, stealing hay end str

san gah sal si countrymen’s carts, unterrilied by. the solema and imposing

ithe present plan of the Town; and the present occupiers of the Common Mr. Darlinetoe. aa mieht well be supposed, was taken | would have a right to ask for the grant of a Town Lot each.” 7 ‘ . “ > + oh i vs oy OY PNM) iv re “ o . ¢ 3) ; ift th : wence . oH se uniform wi yrother by surprise at so unexpected un announcement. proper of five policemen, eee BF Ei hi tand - 5 . : . . ’ ‘4 } . mo : ° ay very atands ‘ue Jangwage used by his danghter needed no interpretation. ty «rob Peter and pay Pant,” as the Editor of Haszard’s Gazette has glittering brass buttons,’ In short, near ly every thing < - : i . “ > ae : stated; nor at any time have the Couneil, individually or collectively, : . % . = ° he Wd irom compensation. _ No, sir, the owners of the oe war the Com-| »otunda that is made to answer. the purpose of a market house ; smi abe anbiiiokt » opinion of the C sil, so far as I can learn, toa é : . | uon are entitled, in the opinion of the Council, so fa oe | but we are unthble to discover the use of the said rail, and most Yours, &e., voyember 14, 1855. BENJ. DAVIES. | Vid Te Trp 8S

site | publie fi ionaries will not do their duty, they must submit

sis public funetionaries will not do their duty, they must submi to be told of the fact. We do not want the City Government | /we want them to do a little at a time, when, in fact, nearly As for money, they have more of that

** Seorets like this do not always need oral or written lan- | cuaze@te mike them known. Evough, father, that L have | discovered the facet that his heart is deoply imbued witha passion for one who knows well his virtues—his pure, true —his manly sense of honor; with a passion for one who has fooked upoa him till now as a brother, but who, henceforth, |

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She was the maiden beloved by his clerk.

« Kate,” said he, after a moment or two of hurried re- flection, “ this is a very serious matter. Edwinis only a poor elerk, and you—” And I,” said Kate, rising up and taking the words from | her father, “ and L am the daughter of a man who can appre- ciaie what is exeelieat in even those who are humblest in the eves of the world, Futber, is not Elwin far superior to the aptificial wen who flutter aroaud every young lady who now Kuow- |

| assuredly we cannot perceive any Ornament about it. The old building has been made to look more insignificant and unsightly within the circle of its;wooden entrenchment.

We shall be told, no doubt, that all this censure is quite un- deserved — that the Corporation cannot do everything at once |— and, that their energies.are repressed by the want of money.

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takes her appearance in the cirele where we move ? ° . ™ *7 ink. ie jng him as you do, I am sure you will say yes,

* But, Ahate-—’ Father, don’t Elwia to go away ?” upon her parent, and looked him in the face with unre a Toction.

* No, doar, [ certainly don’t wish him to go,”

. . ™ 1 bs 1 > . oe ' par stared’ @ i e “Nor do 1.” returned the maiden, as she ke rned forward Haszard’s ; 4 ‘ : | nothing has been done. In a little while she | the pr para ti m and discussion of ordinances for the better re- | ss atk , - ., commodity at their disposal than was ever appropriated to ut 2s ib) 2 Charlottetown before. Well, they may say, we have the zt : ; ~ ; / v3 . ; | Mayor’s salary, Recorder's salary, Clerk’s salary, and Police- citizens, that the City Council are proceeding Somewhat too | ie le = . men’s salaries, to pay. Admitted.

have taken in amount of money is thus to be expended, we ought to have

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‘These, Mr. Editer, are the sentiments, if nob the words, whioh I made use of, on the oceasion above referred to. They manifest no disposition . ‘ oa ry . : ; just as it did before the Corporation had an existence. lo be given it as their opinion that the parties now holdirg possession anc L boone 3 having made valuable improvements on the C ymmon, should be debarred | 8ure, & new rail has been put round the little antiquated reimbursement of the raoneys expended by them; but as to the holders | of the different tracts of land therein, that is another question, os GAUL SLES Ba SSI NNN LIN CHARLOTTETOWN, NOVEMBER 26, 1855. ! to do everything at onee —we are not so unreasonable ; but

| j ‘ a Gazette, are nightly, if not daily, engaged in agaiv, avd Jaid her face upon his arm, . 7 oo er 4 . . . . i ee * m™ _ " rose, an l, with I 'r counienance turned partly ay ay, said— enlation of our city affairs. his is all very well ; } * Tell him not to go, father-—— ‘not likely to occur to" even the most patient and indulgent of . ° . ’ . ’ 1 i ° ?

And with these words she retired from the room,

Oa the next evening, as Edwin was sitting alone in one of the drawing-rooms, thinking on the long night of absence , . that awaited him, Mr. Darlington came in, accompanied by | hand. We do not remember having scen more than three or | : yo f hs On

1 : is ol tas ' : : Steele hine | Something more advantageous in return for the expenditare than They seated themselves near the young man, Who four bye-laws printed, and these were distinguished for not ung | Sia | : r : ' , the punishment of a few dranken and disorderly vagabonds, ‘ : ‘ .. | dlaszard’s Gazette— which may be said to he the orgamof suncil were invested with civic | : : ae . ; : E , . | the Corporation, as it is edited by the Recorder—infurms ns) powers. Surely we ought to have had, during such a consider- |

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axate. showed some sense of embarrassment, There was no sus- | 4¢ 3}) original or extraordinary. It isn ‘arly four months since pense, however, for Mr. Darlington said— ;

« .lwin, we none of us wish you to go away. You know that L have urged every consideration in my power, and now

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that the Common Council are now devising a scheme of taxa-|

eee ail ge Oe ES Se RE ERY CE ee, SI On ee ee a “Anca > } v awing a rest | a i} time, sine etter prools of their eapacity marec).. i i “ I have consented to poue . ve A pe ce 2 is ; te . : ! , J : I ge. : tion, to meet ‘improvements in progress and in contempla- for Up to this time you have declined giving! their functions, than the transaetion of a little police business|. ”,, 4. ; : : ; y

: tion.’? We don’t perceive any improvements in progress; and

you to remain. any satisfietory reason for your sudden resolution to leave ; but a reason is due to us—to mein particular—andI now must

Ua ‘for two or three hours a day, and the enactment of three or : : : a 2 7 : as for those in contemplation, the City fathers will have a

_ four bve-laws that might have been written out, discussed, re- : ‘ : s . : . 5" P : goodly time for the exercise of their talents in that reepect between now and the spring. We must, however, say, that it

appears to us as extremely unwise to breathe a word about

warnestly conjure you to give it.” The voung man at this became greatly not venture to make a reply.

aeitated, but did diseussed and printed in less than a week. Who, or what is ai Ay Mae 4

to blame for all this delay? Is the Recorder— who ought to

> “11 79 ? ie 28 02 Rr © ss « You are still silent on the subject,” said Mr. Darlington. | draft the bye-laws — (or, we might say, to copy them, for the a ; ; pyle io a dal I . } veall . ‘ 7? , widitional taxation until some solid improvement has been ac- He will not go, father,” said Kate. ina tender, appealing eae" 1: — . ie ciette a is sesenle ’ . ‘ printed. ordinances Ol nergadouring qwhes wi supp J neariy oy _ 2 x i ~ |ecomplished. The citizens would pay any reasonable amount

voice. “Lknow he will not go. We cannot let him go.

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‘tions from the Peakes, Havilands, and others of the

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lander scribe that a grosser san this was never pemmed. Lf the Government be ‘‘ex or the interests of abg@mtee landlords, it is wonderful that

me Jandords shoul No cternally pestering the © olonial ée f> dixullow:thé@fecasures passed by the Legislature of ‘olmy under the auspices of its Government, Does Wosition to the Tenant Compensation Bill, the Rent Ref the Sheriff’s Bill, and previously to the Kdugation and Debt Bille—-show that this Government is Load, & Cercigag : in harmony with their views?) Why, ever since the Lj Government was formet, the eppa@ition cf the thsentee lang lords has been most inyeterate and undeviating to every « its important measures. So much for falschood No*%

No. 3. This is a personal and éompound falsehood made up of several parts. Videlicet—That Whelan is “enyy of the superior success OF the Islander—that he fs de ‘*ulilities ahd political honesty ,”’ (quite el Lt Pane by Numskull if rs)—that he is ‘*despised and his paper: authority ;° and (worse than all his other fadits gressions ') that he—W helau-——~persists in keeping ‘a me of the public printing.”

Now, as for being ‘ envious’’ of the Islander, the th manifestly absurd. What is there about that precious vulgarity, falsehood and maligw#ity, that stiould makeigy enyious of it? Started thirteers yearsagy ; partly at their tan of land proprictors, with a few old types, said to have by srticotitelt out of the printing office of the late F. HW. has never since been able to maintain itself, and a to supply its publisher with brains, without anual ¢

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4 and party. This cannot be denied. There is a printedggy scription list in existence, as ‘evidence of the fact.

Certainly he isa A stolider clodof clay you will meet with nowhere, > Of} lect there is not a spark about him- -Whoever reared animal—or, if we must acknowledge him of the genus ‘*the man of straw,” as Duncan Maclean was wont him in days of yore—should haye kept him away dom Squaw Bay, as a hewer of wood and drawer of water; haps, by dint of perseyeranee on the part of his instracter, might have been taught to handle the ploogh with somé si ill @ might fave made hinself useful in feeding the pigs. printing oflice is not the place for him, for two reasons : he cannot write # line of common sense ; and, secondly, hed not know what common sense is, when-he sees it in print, for lovenly way in which the Js/ander is printed proves him art of reading a proof s Are oid file of an editor? <A fellow ahoutwh antecedents there is something extremely mysterious if nove nal—who oo the political apostate in this Island, andy condemned to everlasting disgrace for his pains by the tuency he misrepresented for a short period in the Mouse embly ,—and who finally sold his soul, not exactly to thé dey, but to some of his agents, for a trifling modicum of * sille’y per an.—such a chap’s career and prospects could hardly ing with envy even one of the poor niggers it is said he witty employed to whip while vegetating in the West Indieg. * Sith fellow, forsooth, writing a homily on ‘* political honesty, Numskall-lags printing a taunt about other people's 9 It shows what a very verdant class of read Tslander’s patrons must be, when they

are supposed, te capable of swallowing such trash. a Tue Examen “is despised and of no anthority "56 the qnandom on of niggers, and so echoeth the § Ray lumiaary! Why, in the name of common sense, dé trouble themselves and waste so much time and space in try to answer the arguments of Tue Exawien, and in asking item now and then to answer some foolish question, if it be a je ‘‘ despised *’ by the public, and of no ‘‘ authority?” Tteam lation was never yet forced according to the system pur on behalf of the Js/ander, namely—sending it to parties printed circular, informing them that if they would onlya the paper to enter their houses, they should have it any charge for the first six months—the noodles of

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be ‘ ; . every thing we want)—is the Recorder too slow a coach to} , ‘ : ‘ Kinder friends he will not find anywhere than he has here. | : ) ‘ vhs ie _ | of assessment with the utmost cheerfulness, if they saw that There will be | perform his allotted task? If so, let us have eitherasubsti-| » eh eas Ss aa St eta

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And wo shal! miss him from our home circle. | wie niane <¢ hoe r 13} 2ey9 ‘ annier away . eAAie: a . ‘ a Wi ettain fine 2 bl; .2 n Vacan lace our board. Will you be happier away, | tute or additional help. Is the Executive Council to blame in| ,. ; : a ~ o medi: a = v ° i , | dim prospect is always gradged— murmuringly and reluctant- | Edwin 3 ‘ ens ‘ the matter? Has that body delayed to sanction bye-laws ily yielded. The Act of Incorporation empowers the Munici- | The last sentence was uttered in a tone of sisterly affection. |. ap ie Se ve oy i r iy ye : ae 4 poratior } stu . passed by the Corporation? If ss, let the honest trath be told, | : : ’ | pality. to borrow several thousand pounds for the purpose of

«Happier !” exclaimed the young man, thrown off his guard, “ Happier! I shall be wietched while away.”

« Then why go?” returned Kate, tenderly.

At this stage of affairs, Mr. Darlington got up and retired ; ) meet most generally at night, when the members are too much and we think we had as well retire with the reader. I faticued with the occupations of the day, to be able to devote

The good Ship “ Leonora ” sailed in about ten days, She’ : had a supercargo on board; but his name was not Edwin

and the blame thrown upon the right shoulders. Or, is the | , ,

| They should have exercised that power almost as soon as the

uilding a new Market House, or making other improvements,

y were seated in Council — rattl@d on with the improvements, jand then appealed to their constituents for the ways and means ‘* Gentlemen, we have given

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clear and vigorous intellects and untiring energies to the pro- | :

= ee eee 5 Snenes iE | to pay the interest of the debt. ’ this be the hindrance t: :

Ii this be the hindrance to) oy a new Market House — we have improved your streets,

1 sidewalks— we have constructed sewers — we have

: ,secution of their public duties? : asc, 3 Fashionable people were greatly surprised when t * | squares anc ‘ t ‘ ~ i fal Kate Darlington married her father’s clerk ; and a Meeting at seven or eight o'clock at night — sitting fora couple | made important and expensive sanitary regulations — we have ach 3 dar ipa © : ‘ir Ins ) j % re ot ys . ‘ << ¢ ra ati ( ne ; he + ; Te - . . . .

ta ie — curlea the : lips, bas ee = to o— of hours, and wasting no small portion of that time in mere | ogtablished an efficient police ; but these undertakings have in-

She bad married a man in whose worth, affection, and Manuiness | potters of furm— gentlemen of the Council, believe us, that a! yi, : , e iuati of character she could repose a rational confidence, If not | ene f me ed CL a PERT . oi a volved us in debt, and we appeal to your sense of justice to ot AMOUNY OF DUSINCES MUSE NECESSARY €xtena over & large | give us the means of redeeming it, or of punctually paying the

map pi oo ) sma a fashionable, she wasa happy wile. : as a : ; fh . . : ween Space of time. It is true they are not paid for their attend- | interest.’? There ‘is not'a man: in’ the’community: who would

ance and services in Council, but they knew that quite well | hesitate to respond to such an appeal. But the City fathers ‘hefore they solicited the honor of a place in the municipal | jaye adopted another, and not the wiser course. Taxation This is the

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ae body ; and when their present term of offiee shall expire, their first, and improvements in — contemplation ! 'eonstituents will not be satisfied to receive, as an excuse for jee penny-wise and pound-foolish”’ policy-—the unwise apprehen-

TO THE EDITOR OF f1ASZARD S GAZETTE. €in,—I have always understoad that the duty of a public journatist is, 'romissness of duty. an assurance of the we

ll known fact, that | sion of incurring debt, with the inevitable consequence, under}; but absurdly and ridiculously so. Lé is highly aapro

clique, who had more money than brains, making good ty Squaw Bay luminary the six mouths subseription not eb to the subseribers. ; We have ‘a monopoly of the public printing,’ eh?” that is the thought that sinketh and soureth the h | Numskull and the quandom nigger driver. Batwhat ‘is not true. The proprietor of this paper happens to ofhce of Queen’s Printer, by commission from the | just as Mr. James D. Haszard held it, and as the Squa ‘luminary held it, for twenty-four weeks, and would ‘itagain. It is true that the House of Assembly printing \also done at the Queen’s Printer’s office ; but that sn _ work, and ¢ould not be done there unless the tender ts was lower than that emanating from any other establit Messrs. Haszard & Owen have had the printing for thel lative Council in the same manner. What a terrible ti | is that the Queen’s Printer can’t be induced or coaxed | his office and his contracts, just to please the Squaw Bay nary and the quandom whipper of niggers !

| We might considerably add to the, catalogue of false _ tions which constitute the staple of the Islander’s editorit we had time and space to notice in detail another artide , appeared on Friday last, reflecting in coarse and wamea | terms on two officers of the enrolled Volunteers now servi | the barracks at Charlottetown. The article bears strongi nat evidence of being written under the influence of @ violent passion, as it contains statements not only quite

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ne unbiassed by party feeling, to lay clearly and concisely before his o> tahanes ankh os 4 i ay = wr ue ane the danas the different eel whieh the circumstances of the ' their labours, such as they were, were given gratuitously i times call apon him to explain; not to deceive the public on any point— by publishing such parts of the matter or case in question as suited his own interest, or the views of his party or personal friends—to do injus- tice to no man, cither acting ina padlic or private capacity, by remark- ing only upon detached paragraphs, on any theme, which, when taken nugonnected with the whole, make it appear absurd or rediculous.

Of the latter, sir, I charge you of having been guilty, by an editorial which appeared in your paper, dated Wednesday, Uctober 3], written on the subject of the Commen of Charlottetown. The article to which I allade conveys the impression that the statements there set forward are

* . . i In reviewing the career of the Corporation so far, we request

it may be distinctly understood, that we are actuated by no | We believe our re

| Was submitted to the Legislature, in this journal we supported | jjcations ever issued from the its principle, to the best of our ability, while all the other papers were silent, or nearly so, regarding it,—and while

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hostile fecling towards it. Long before the Incorporation Act that the Is/ander is one of the most false and unprincipled pub-

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: . . i . . “yy- ° . on a iders reqvire no evidenee to conyinee them does not recetye fifteen shillings a day for his SeTvVices 38:

press in this or any other country. But if such evidence were sfecessary, we might point to the | s4déng of pay. What a fine organ the Tory party hai} . s ) The leader is a|*

neither his impotent rage, nor his falsehoods, can de injury. But we may as well inform the public that Mn

of the Volunteers ; and that Mr. Mitchell does not receive shillings and sixpence a day for his services as Pag that Force. Nerther of the genilemen slandered recen@

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a brief report of tke opinions of the City Council, and of their Recorder,

pro and con.—the first for, the latter against the right of the citizens te

the Common, Of the written opinioa of the Recorder, sir, it is indeed an outline, and

many cf our esteemed political friends were cither averse to gratuitously valgar and malicious attack on the ‘private as) } . e1etrea sy bavrs ; >> ‘ i cin . . a Ws é . ° t

the measure, or lukewarm in their approval of it. Shortly | well as public character of the Hon. Colonial Treasurer, which

after the House of Assembly had taken up the Act for dis- | only a most unprincipled fellow eould perpetrate — render- | A Lecture on rur Russtax War was delivered aut the

in contrasting this statement with the antagonistical opinions held and | enssion, it was abando inculeated by him heretofore, they leave behind no very fayvrable im- | } if ba Ob) ir ; - pressions of his soundness ef judgment or stability of character. The pretext. Not an individual on the Tory side of the House, to only reason which presents itself to me, explanatory of such a change- able disposition, is, the fear arising in a weak mind of creating a trumpery difficulty, to surmount which he felt himself incompetent. To put that carry it through Committee ; artivie forward, as the reason why several members of the City Council, | hy : va r : P ‘ - © sed chiefly >, try . ' . and myself in particular, disagreed with the Report, is not enly unfair | composed chielly of country members, did not seem’ to eare much towards the Body, but also deceptive to the public, inasmuch as it only | for the fate of a measure, which, it was thought, would be of conveys part of the opinions theu stated in opposition to the views of the | . ‘ i ¢ i Nesorder. As the matter is of some interest to the public, [ shall now, 29 particular advantage to their constituents. Uninfluenced ato q Oo i’ eo , y ie y > t > 2 . | ir « . : ; state, as well as I can remember, what I sai 1 when the Report on the by personal and loeal considerations, we felt convinced, and we Common property came before tbe Mayor and Corporation: — ‘ . * Your Worship; —The Recorder’s opinion appears to me to be an ex- | 2FE 89 still, that an Act of Incorporation, properly and —

traordina ry one, the onset of which it ma y be desirable to preserve as a 8 « ied .. ww rove ig y nefi ial to coun ry AS " . . a . : ; : rT /rou ly sarrie ) ye Phe i wemento fur a future historian to refer to in compiling a work on Char- | ’ oi. ould Pp ¥ highl be + l “6 7 .

lottetowa, and useful in conveying toa future generation the ingenuity well as town ; and acting upon that conviction, we took up the

wita which gentlemen of the long robe, at this early stage of our infancy oe ‘ : 4 had arrived at, in twisting a local statute, enacted for guarding the City | Bill as soon as the members for Charlottetown had abandoned property, into an Act ceding it to a few individuals. I allow that con-|/it; and, by urging compromise and concession, succeeded in

which it was supposed to belong, would give a helping hand to while the liberal majority,

ned by its introducer on the most frivolous | oq perfectly innoxious by the utter rascality that pe

rvades its | PeTance Hall, on Monday evening last, by the Rev. Jd.

every sentence ;—and the next article, which covers about half, The place was very exbweed ; and the lectare, which a column of space, is, from beginning to end, a string of the | oral and partly written, abounded in eloquent most unmitigated falsehoods that could be invented by the most hud nevertheless ‘some defects. The proceeds, perverted mind. We will just notice a few as a sample of the

‘about £15, were handed over to the Committee of ’

whole. | Coming Bazaar in aid of the poor. No. 1. That the Government has sunk the Colony in debt : contrary to law. This assertion has — so — repeated! Gas Licur.—The question appears to be almost w and enlarged upon, that we are at no loss to understand what gt iyi r, e ! ‘it means. Sinking the Colony in debt means purchasing the throughout Charlottetown W hy, in wat we Shae ,

| Worrell estate in conformity with the provisions of an Act of Gas? We cannot answer, but certain it is, that wehat . Parliament. The Government gave a certain amount of deben- had, and could searcly have worse. The gas light util tures, in return for which they obtained a certain tract of very | __ : : ‘oh : 4 valuable land, which they are now selling in small blocks, W° Wtite at present is scarcely eighteen inches from without intermission, and without any loss to the public. If of paper, and yet we are compelled to have a

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siderable research and ability are displayed in getting it up, but I dis- | agree with the honorable gentleman in his conclusions on one important, | and indeed the only doubtful point on which the Council felt any indeci- sion,fand on which it was expected our legal adviser would have offered a decided opinion, this he shrinks from; that is, your Worship, What right does possession give the holders of the Common? On this he is silent; but-you are aware, and it is well known, that a party holding possession of public property for any length of time, in no way lessens the right of the public thereto. Tie Recorder cannot be ignorant of the fact, that, ufter a possession of two hundred years, the fishery reserves in Scotland Were thrown open to the public on an Crder from the Que¢a in Council, although they had been leased out by parties claiming ownership. Peaceable and quiet possession, your Worship, the Council are aware, will bar the right of a private person, and even the Crown itself, from its estates; but no time, I have always understood, can bar the public. No man, no clique, no body, but the public themselves, can alienate them from these their natural rights—theff inheritance. When, your Worship, at what time, fer what price, have the citizens of Charlottetown — with the noble gift bestowed by Royalty itself? His Majesty Xing “leorge the III., in the Royal Instructions to the Lieutenant Go- vernors, having set apart and reserved upwards of five hundred acres of land for the — of a Common, and for enlarging the Town, when re- quired. Sir, 3 say, the time bas now arrived when steps should be taken for golarging the City, and for conferring upon it many advantages which would inevitably follow by the attachment of the Common. I ean con- celve no reason why parties who have been allowed to hold this property for a series of years, should be allowed to retain it any longer jn defiance of the privileges of the community. Shall we, the representatives of the ity, aliow its property to be doled out at exhorbitant prices by a few individuals, merely te gratify their mereevary propensities as land -job- bers? Shall we, who have promised to guard and watch over the rights and, privileges af tuis City, as we promised to do before our election, succumb to this Report, and degrade ourselves in the eyes of the people, by submitting to the will of an aygressing landocracy ? Sir, they are notignorantmen. That plea, your Worship, will not stand. The y knew when they bought ‘the land that the partics eclling it had no right to the

inducing both sides of the House just barely to tolerate its | passage through. Well, after the first election under the Act, in August last, we freely expressed our opinion respecting the | gentlemen chosen as civic functionaries, stating that, perhaps, on the whole, they were about as good a sclection as could be ‘made. We have not changed our opinion of them yet; we think they could be of great serviee to the city, if they would. We haye attended their meetings oftener than any other |journalist in the place, and have not onee uttered a word of censure or complaint; but we think we should, as a public journalist, now speak out, and plainly ask, What has the City Government done to improye the condition of Charlottetown? Passing three or four trumpery bye-laws, is just next to doing nothing. Trials for petty assaults, and for disorderly drunk- enness, used to be disposed of in Mr. Desbrisay’s or Mr. Hutchinson’s office, quite as well, perhaps, as when there was no parade and no expense incurred. The public tranquility was never seriously disturbed during the existence of the old State of things,—and we cannot say that it is very much better maintained under the present. Convictions are, to be sure, somewhat more numerous, especially in the “ drunk and @is- orderly ” line, because offenders in that reepeet are now

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bentures, and had — to show for them, they would be Meron ” enable mato.nAr, bas BPR OF} of if ad ong as the land is available, or is. four times withiv the last fifteen minutes, and ia 1 — converted _ pe mane the debentures, when they like the snuff of an exhansted candle. We note the ue, it cannot be said that there is any debt, on that ac- _,. 2 . % ompanys

count, injurious to the interests of the Island. The phrase meow Re ~ information of the, Gas Compaaiay Friday evening, six o’elock. There is something Te

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**contrary to law,’’*is meant to have reference to the “fifth section of the Land Purchase Act, which declares that the | gas, let us haye something deserving-of the name.

titles of land to be purchased by the Government shall be in- | vestigated. he titles of the Worrell estate were fully investi- gated before the purchase was effected. It is true, indeed, that there was no enquiry into the fulfilment or non-fulfilment of | the conditions contained in. the original grant. The law did not require it. The law was, in fact, passed as a substitute for such a proteeding, long since condemned as impracticable. I oe ems os repeatedly declared that there| Tue Lady le Marchant did not return from 4 can a no eat—for non-compliance with the con- . ; i the ditions of the original grants.. That ioslanatitn terminates all Sntnriey meres hes me brongbt — at controversy about the original grants. The next course, then, Mail, furnishing adyices to the 10th instant. pin to shy Lenisietup, was to wan the claims of the pro-| the seat of war is not of much iimportance. The wietors. \is course was pursued in the passage of the Land | 5 osed.—— Purchase Act. ‘The’ veteran. apostle of ‘Escheat-— Willinw | ‘22 Present season appears to be closed,—the Cooper —set an example in this direction, when he returned | WeTe Preparing to go into winter quarters. . ee of -_ Sane sed to Eiginnd about escheat; | Lord Palmerston, it appears, had not succecd@®™ and Duncan Maclean plagiarised his scheme a few years later, : aabenear’ iMiam Molesworths when he introduced to. the Assembly what een’ oatied his wb nen ser oe sate W, us 174% ‘common Soccage Bili,’’ ft certainly contained no clause Mail left England. _ we owing

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Satrerene an iD eaetetiice the conditions of the set We give from our latest papers the foll gran ? uc or NO, 1. ; ~ : . . . No. 2. That the Government, of this Colony “is exorcised” Teferenee to the Eastern war. Further details | y