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WINTER ARRANGEMENTS OI‘ MAILS. HI! NAILS for the nsighbourin Provinces, during the Win- ter, will be made up at this Office every I-‘RIDAY MORN- ING at Eleven o'clock, to be forwarded via Cape Traverse an Ca Torrneatine commencin on I"I{Il)AY the l9t|i of I)ecoinber, instant, and the Mails for Bag and will be forwarded on that day, god on Friday, 2d January,

flth I-‘ebruar y.

THOMAS OWEN. ‘ostmaster General. General Post Oflice, Charlottetown. Dec. 0, Idol. _ _ The Mails from Nova Scotie will be due every Monday night. (All the Papers.)

Molasses, Oatmeal and Seal Oil.

ENDERS will be received at the Sheriff's Office, until \Ved- rieuduy the Thirt -lirst day of December, front persons desi-

rous of furnishing the C arlottatown Jail with such quantities of MoI|||o|, Oatmeal and Seal Oil, as may be required for 'I‘welvo Months, the same to be of an unexceptionable quality. Tenders to express the price per gallon and per pound. Payment will be

"""° """°"" WILLlA.\t IIODGES, Sheriti' of Queen's County. Charlottetown, Not 23. I3“-

FIREWOOD and BREAD.

EALED Tenders will be received at this Otlice, until \Vednes- day the last day of December next, from persons desirous of supplyin the Charlottetown Jail with Firewood and Bread. for the ensuing ‘welve Months; the price of each article to be stated in current money of this Island; the Bread to be of the best quality; and it is to he distinctly understood, that the Firewood is to be four foetlon , piled six feet high, slid to consist of Beech. lilack mid Yellow irch, Ash and Rock Maple; and that no crooked or rotten wood will be received. ch Teadergmust be acciitiipanied ‘by the names of two responsible persons, willing to boeoitio Securities fur

the due performance of the Contract

Payment to be made Quarterly. b \Varrant on the 'l‘roasur_v. A.\lI'IS \VA BUIITON, Col. Secretary. Secretary's OtIlce,Nov. 28. 185i.

NI"‘0RMA'I‘ION is wanted of JAMES l)Rl..\"./I.'\’. I |1tIli\'0 of Kinsali‘, Cork. u llonse Carpenter by trade. “~l|0_ '0'} Fit“ place about 24 years ago, and is believed to have settled in I rince A letter is stated to have arrived from him It) or 1: years ago, addressed to his brother, but, in consequence of his death, it was returned through the Post Otlice. Iwo daughters of that brother survive and are married, Search Jlleaglirr and Muriurine Delun , who are instituting the enquiries. Inforiiistion ciin be ad- dressed to Messrs. Susasorrns 61. Co., Colonial Agents, 5. ""80 Yard, London. _ . _ , December 9, I851. [Editors will oblige by copying.] otlce. _

MEETING of the Pew-holders of St. .Iames‘s Church will take place in the C_hiirch,op THURSDAY 25th of DB0“!-

una, at It. a. m., on business importance. J. MACKIESONI

Charlottetown, Dec. 4, I851.

R. B. IRVING, NOTARY PUBLIC, COJVVEY./LNCER, And Public Accountant :

0[ics,—Hon. Jlfr. Lord‘: Commercial Buildings, Douci-rusraa S1-iuzrr.

Deeds of Conveyance. of all descriptions, of I.etISOI?I)0ltI ant} Freehold Estate, including Asaignments,_ hlcrtgngiiah .le.ll(Q:f|d o Attorney, Bonds, Indentures of Apprenticeship, _l_i s o . a c, inr- ter Parties, Arbitration Bonds and Awards, I etitions, &c., prepar- cd with accuracy and despatch; Merchants’ Books, Partneri-hip and other complicated Accounts, &.c., arranged and balanced, at inu- dsrate charges.

Charlottetown. 9th December, IBM.

NOTICE. _

WNERS of Furrn-eteadinga or Proprietors of Land for Stile.

and to I.et or Lease, in Prince Edward Island, are solicited

'0 eommgnicug *3“, gh‘.s“bggg.bgr‘ ‘rig. to terms and pltirticuhiiia of same, for the information of intending settlers of sum ciiplipi ; and of the Scotch Agricultural class. An early notice, per on

(prepaid), will moetatteution. WILLIAM LNMONT’ General Cotii. Agent. 8 Howard Street, Glasgow 5th September, I85|.

NOTICE. . HE Members of the Georgetown _Ilranch of the Royal Agri- cultural Society, whose Subscriptions for the present your are not paid up. are hereby notified. ihat_unless the some he paid on or before the lat January, I852, they WIII. not be entitled. to any ofthe privileges of the Society. P_ersons desirous of becoming Members, are requested to signi y their intention to the Secretary, and pay theirSubscriptions on or before the same date. By order of the Committee, MARTIN Il\'RNE.

q.,,‘....,,,_ 0“, 34, 1351, Sec‘y. di Treasurer.

To the Tenants on Lots 9 or 6 I.

1,. in ' ii 1' or Attorney. dated the 6th

H§as'tI)7eMiiri:'h, IVBTI: I):Ql|olw|°\DlfIIQd Agent to take charge of

LOTS O G Bl, in this Island, the roperty of Lawrrare Sulivan

lsq., notifies the Tenants on those Townships, that all rents, and

Arrears orltsni. due on the s_n'id Property. are reqgitrod to be paid to him fertbwitli, he alone being authorised to receive the same

isms vi:6. Portllill, April 9. mi.

HI-‘.Ill-‘.AS b Power of Attorney. hearing date the Seventh W day oflu y, I851, I have been appointed the Agentof Miss Charlotte Alice Lisle Corn ton, of France, to take the man u ement of her pro rty in this stand. This is to give Notice to ah persons indebt to the said Miss Compton, for Kent, arrears of Rent or otlierwise,to pay the same to me, who aui also empowered to sell or lease Lead in this Island, belonging to the Iifuresaid Miss

C°""'""" IIANN in C0.\ll"l'0N. .‘- EhX’..sN°'- ‘I ‘ssh ‘

LL pan." he ' l l d d against its Estate of A. JAIIII hI‘D::ht..|'s|,,la‘i?of iI°QII)‘I’|:Ol:Wl|, Esqnirle. deceased. are requested to furnish the same duly attested to Mr. Andrew .1. .M‘ Georgetown. within Six calendar montli_s; and all

iddhted to the said Estate are requested to make immediate

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ccounts, Proaiissory Notes, dr.c., drc.,

E. TIIORNTON.

MARTIN BYRNE,

DANIEL BRENAN. _Gesrgetowa, Ilsi Oetv., tut.

yiasiit ef their res ‘vs

Mr. A. |I‘Doue . gl-Ixecutors.

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[ADVlR'I'lIEMIN‘l‘.]

To His Excellency Sin Auxriivnaa Bsivivsnasair. K0535‘. Lieutenant Governor, and Coaiinuridrr-in- Chief, d-c., 4-c., 44:.

In‘ COLIINIAI. Paat.i~.ais:rn';

THE Petition of \Villiam Cooper, on behalf of the Tenantry. _ respectfully submits for consideration, that the intention of having a Legislature to enact Laws, are, that the enactments shall bewell considered; that they will not assume or assert any thing but the truth; that they will be founded upon just and equitable principles. But the Tenant Compensation Bill is deficient of these essentials. 'l‘hat Bill assumes, that the Landlords liaveajust and a lawful title to the lands, the rents, and to the tenants‘ improvements. Now. it is well known, that the landlords‘ title to the lands, has been in dispute many years. and ii iria for their title has never been allowed, therefore a Bill constructed .9 as to gain a title for the landlords, under the deceptive colour of presoivin the value of the improvements to the Teniintry is inequi- table, an consequently, could not receive the R0 at Assent.

But if such is Bill were to pass the Legislature of this Colony, it would serve the purposes of the Landlords for a time. It would nckiiowledge the Landlords’ Title, as far as the opinion of our Ls)- gislature went; and the withholding the Royal Assent from such a measure, would atlbrd the Landlords ii pretext to say, that the Co- lonial Legislature tried to deprive the Proprietors oftheir property; but the Imperial Goveriiiiient would not allow any compensation to cnaiits or iinproveiiieiiis, because the Tenants must ave known when they took their lenses, that they would have to improve the property.

There are other objections to the bill, but what is already sali- tnitted will show, that the Legislature cannot legislate with any ud- vniitngo to beriefitthe Colony, until the landlords‘ titics lothe Town- ship Lands are iegiiiiy investigated and extinguished. \Vitlis view to these objects, Petitioner respectfully submits the following re- tnnr a:

It lins been the opinion of some governments, that an introduc- tion of certain I-‘areigners would be ll benefit to the community of the country into which they ivere introduced; and the Grants of the Townships oftliis Ill-‘UNI, are founded on such an opinion. The lands of this Island were the roperly of the British public, and if it were questioned. whether tie King in Council could alienate the pulilic lands to be settled with foreigners, and detain them for iiiiy length ofiiuie for that purpose, iviihcut an act of Parliament 2 it can be said I'I answer, i at the Grantees in whom the Titles were vested, were British subjects, and they were allowed our years only to settle their grants with foreigners, and if they fa/filed to do so, the Iaiids reverted to the public again; consequently, there was only four years allowed to the Grantees to try the ex riinent, as to whether they could settle their Grants with the oreigners required, and if t ey were not settled, the Grants were will as none r ecl. Such are the conditions of the Grants, and the Gran- teies were perfectly at liberty to accept or reject them as they

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p n . ' ‘he plan for the settlement of the Townslii Lands with Foreign Protestaiits, or else the Grants to be void at tlie expiration of four years, appears to have been duly considered, and made perfectly consistent in every respect. 'I'lie plan was tnade by the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, and aubniitied by them to the King in Council who approved of it, and ordered Grants to their Grants (with the specified number of foreigners), wit in four years frotn the date of the Grants, then the whole ofthe Township shall become forfeited (to the Crown). and the Grant shall be void and o and us all the 'I‘owiisliip Grunts were passed under I o in Council, and contain the same conditions for settlement or for- feiture; and as no such persons were introduced and settled upon the Township Lands as required, the grants are void and 0 none qrm. But it has been said on behalf of the Landlords that they had indnlgences, that the lands have never been forfeited, and the Ministers’ despatclies linve been cited as authority to show, that the Landlords liavo it right to recover rent from the Tcnuntry, because the Teiiaiitr had covennnted to ay rent, and they shall derive an benefit frotn the forfeiture ofthe lands, for in consequence of such coveiiiint, they would have to pity the some rent to the Crown.

'1‘ is ‘roivii Lands are ilie property of the public, and there are public servants appointed whose duty it is to proceed ngziinst forfeit- ed Laiiils, and revest them in the Crown. But the collusion of any public servant, or servants, with it set of men to allow them to us. some an ownership, over the public lands with the intent ofob::iin- ing rents from the ‘people who are improving the lands, does not de- privc the public 0 the right, to recover such lands, or to ex e the collusion of public servants. Neither should it prevent the justilicu- tioii of the injured parties.

The Grantees were not at liberty to settle their grants with Bri- tisli subjects, in lieu of the foreigners re uired; but when the Gran- tees failed to settle their Grants with oreignets, the lands were to be settled with British Subjects, as it matter ii cours-; but cer- tainly not with any dispnrngeiiietit to British subjects; therefore the I-Isclieat oftlie forfeited lands became indispensable. to enable the Government to settle the lands, with British subjects, in the same manner as the like persons have been settled in this and in other

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There is no authority to show, that the King in Council ever iiiteuded or could intend, that the labouring and iiidustriousdassea of Ilriiisli subjects, should have to clear and cultivate the lands oflliis Colony for the representatives ofthe Grantees, who have and do still deprive them of the fruits of their labour, under the pretest, that the lands are not forfeited; nor is there any authority to show, that ii Minister's despatcli can set aside or suspend ilie soletiin act of the King in Council, for such iniquitous urposes, neither is it consistent with justice, that such a course 0 oppression should he- come lawful by length oftime, when that time is prolonged by the servants of the Crown, assuming the name and uutliorit of the Sovereign, to suspend the law, that Landlords without it til e to the land, shall dematid and lake ll rent from the agricultural population ofa Colony, and when those Tcnantry have praypd the government repeatedly. ever since the year 1787, that the ndlords’ Titles to the lands should be tried l

hen so innny of the original Grants were bought and sold, the Grants which were worthless in the hands of the holds a were made valuable in the hands of the purchasers, the Grants of land in the hands oflhe Grantees, were scarcely worth a furthing an sore; but itiimediately on the purchase, were innde worth a pound an acre, it! not by irriprovrnielits! The depression on one side, and the extraordinary advance on the other, can be accounted for in one way only. The Grantees believed, that the lands would be re- sumed b the Crown as a matter of course. '1 he purchasers had contriv ii scheme, to make Tenants of British subjects, and led the labouring class to believe, that they had obtained indul ence to settle their land with any persons, and held up the forfeiture for non-settlement with Foreign Protestants, a su ject for ridicule.

During those nefiirioug transactions, Governor _I"anning ‘became a proprietor of several (srants 'Ihus the Colonialnuthoritios, in- stead of protecting labour and industry, usurped a title as proprie- tor over the public lands, including the lands reserved for Fisheries; and the Colonial suthoriiies,ss roprietors. and as agents for pro-

ristors, set an example to ot era, to obtain original Grants or agenciiis in like manner, while the men who were taught to live by their labour, had to become Tenants! consequently the lease or iittornnient obtained from the Tenant is fraudulent on the part of the Landlord, in every intent, and is made compulsory on the 'I'onaiit by the Colonial authorities, supported by Minister's des-

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In Great Britain. many of the titles ofuncient family estates are lost, and it would seldom happen in that country, that an ordinary 'I‘enant could have a claim in the freeholdpf the land he took to farm, and as there are other we s for claimants to prove their title, it has becoriie law in Eiigliiiid. t iii a Tenant shall not die ute his landlord's title. 'I‘liis law which is just and equitable in .ngland, is quite the reverse here; because the Tenant had a right to partake in the Public Lands, upon the same terms as any other sub’ t. But in imitation ofthe u sin England, the im ters who ve usurped an ownership over the Public Lands, ue warrants to distrain the ptpperty of the men the bus deceived and defrauded. and the courts Law award tlis'l{eaas's_ property to Landlords wbsse title to such property is soil end fl" near qfrrl; as it ap-

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWAR D ISLAND,

P91"! ii record, declared by the King in Council, evidently to guard I piinst the im itiou in practice. '1‘ ionspiracy t eceive the a ricultural pululion, and compel thorn ti pay rent to imposters for t e Public finds, has been con- y successive Governors, and for every application for an abateir mi of the oppression, it has been made more stringent ! The cq ~ds_iire ti heaed when the victims atru lea! When every other 1 yplicatiou for relief had failed, the tennniry refused Infill! It rents. witht eview to induce a legal investi the tall I of persons cliiiiniug rents for lands when their tit e is void l bill III! and of an iuvestigatiomtroops were marched into the country at the txpeuse of the Colony, to overawe the Tenantry, and reduce them Is the obedience of usur rs and im tors. Thus hav- Wtclied men, abused the nauie and autliorit of our gracious Sovs. feign. _nd employed the troops of the Britis empire, in aid of fraud "" ‘I 100. illage, and extortion; and the most vigilant and over- bearing Land Agent alias Liindlord, has been elevated to the Bench, no if It were inteiiled thereby to reward the Land Agent for his vigilance mid overbearing. and at the rains time to deter the Tenan- try from seekiu an rsiiiedy at Law May it there are please your Excellency, to take the subject into constdciation, and b and with the advice and assi.-itaiice of the .C0lll|c>ll and Assemb y. to repeal any enactmonts. and remove any impediments which could bar the Tenant from a trial with his hand- lord, and proceeding tojudgiiient according to the merits of the case. Or that your Excellency will be pleased to make such order in the P"°"||I9I|. ml you, in your wisdom shall deetii to be just an equi- table, to restore the 'l'eii:iiitry to their rights, of being settled without disparageinent, upon the Public I.ands, which they have improved and made valuable at their own cost an II or. And your petitioner as in duty bound, will ever prn WILLIAM

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Illistclliiiitous. AWFUL CALCULATION.

An ingenious authentic, and valuable statistical work, published ri few years since, states that the number ofthe itihnliitants who have lived on the earth niriount to about 36.621,8~I3.l95,8-t6. The sum, the writer says, when divided by 3,096,000, the number of square leagues of land on this surface oftlieglobe, leaves ll,8 20,698,733 persons to each square league. There are 27,364,000 square miles of land. which being divided as above, give about l,3l4.li22,076 persons to each square rod, which rod, being reduced to feet and di- vided as above, will give about five persons to each square foot of term firiiia on the globe. I.et the earlli be so sed to be one vast burying ground, and, according to the above statement, there will

it L283 persons to be buried on each square rod, capable of being divided intotwelve graves; it appears that each grave contained 100 persons, and tho ivhole can has been one hundred times dug over to bury its inhabitants—supposing they had been ually distributed! \Vhat an aivtul overwhelmning thought! \Vhat :(IeII0l| to the infa- tuated being who has centered all his hopes and afiections upon the cvnuesceiit pleasures of this truly transitory life!

I.\IPRU\'EMEN'I‘ IN SPY GLASSES.

_ The London papers, in speaking ofworks of art in the great Exhi- bition, mention is newly invented very small powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size ofa walnut. by which a person can be seen and known one and a half miles distant; they answer every purpose on the race course, at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at twelve and fourteen miles; they are invaluable for hunting, shooting, denr stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentle- "“°"i game keepers, and tourists.

TELESCOPES.

A new ‘and most important invention in telescopes. possessing such extraordinary powers, that some three and a half inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter’s moon's, Saturn‘s ring, and the double stars with the same telescope. weighing onl three ounces, can be seen a person's countenance three and n ha f miles tltfllflnt. and an object from sixteen to twenty miles. The ' super- sede allother kind for the waistcoat pocket. and of larger and all sizes, with increasing power uccordingly— The Globe.

INTERESTING ASTRONOMICAL FACT.

Two persons were born at the same place. at the same moment of time. After iiniige oflifty years. they both died, also oti ilie limit! Ipot. and at the route instant, yet one oflhctii lived one hun- dred dtiya more than the other. How was this possible? Not to keep our frieiids in suspense, the solution turns en ti curious, lint, with it very little reflection, a very obvious point in circiimnavig.ition.

person going rounil the world to the west, loses n day, and to. wards the east lie gains one. -—Supposing, then, two persons born at the Cape ofGood Ilope, whence it voyage round the world may be perforriied in one year; if one perform this constantly towards the west, in fifty years he will be fifty days liehiitd the stationary inhabitants; and iftlio other sail equally east, he will gain fifty d.-iva in advance oftlieiii. One, tliert-fore, will have seen one hundred days more than the other, though they weio born and died at the same momeiit, and even lived continually in the some latitudes, and reckoned by the same calendar.

Siiocxnvn Nitws.—Speaking of dresses, the Paris correspon- dent ofthe "Ilosion Atlas," states that the fashionable dress-ninkers are attempting the revival of tho hideous fashions of the eiiipire— short waist; narrow petticoats, and long resses; the ‘coitI'ure' to be ‘a la Grec ac,‘ and cameos to be worn instead of diamonds. In in word. I)avid‘s celebrated painting of the coronation of Napoleon, is the ‘plate’ from which we shall obtain all our winter fashions.

\Vit.n Bout Kii.i.In.—On Thursday last a very large wild hour was killed near the plniitution of Mrs. Mary Marshall, air miles front Srivutiiinli, (i‘u.. b n arty of hunters who went in pursuit of him. Ile was the terror of all the iii-groes in the surrounding neigh- bourhood. party of men nccoriipaiiii. iy a number of do ii, started in pursuit of him on Thursday morning. and succeeded in bringing liiiu to buy. A desperate fight soon took place between the dogs and the boar. Three of the dogs were killed in a few ino- ments, one of which had his bend completely severed from his body y single stroke of the boar, which was finally killed by a rifle ball. Ile weiged 468 pounds. IIis skin was nearly an inch in thick- ness, and his tuska were nearly three inches in length. ed three feet across his shoulders.

He measur-

The Imperial Geographical Society of St. Petersburg, which re- cently sent an expedition to the source of the Nile, has set about the preparation of a new mission to ex lore the peninsula of Kamschutka and other Russian possessions in t in Pacific Ocean. ' his latter ex- pedition is to he placed under‘the direction of ii young Polish goo. graplier,the Count de (,‘zupski,wlio has volunteered to contribute an aiinunl aunt of 5,000 silver rubees (84,000) towards its cost.