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with him on the pleasant romantic banks of the e observed his rival on the other side of the he bushes. Conscious of the danger her she passed betwixt him and his enemy, ly firing, shot her dead whilst she leaped He drew his sword, oe the

e murderer in pieces. A cairn or heap ee wes aad on the place where she fell, as a ee memorial in similar incidents, from the earliest ae among celtic colonies, and continues over Scot- tand to this day. She was buried. in the adjacent ebarchyard of Kirkconnel ; and the poor, forlorn, discon- golate Piebuiae, overwhelmed with love and oppressed with grief is said to have gone abroad for some time, returned, visited her grave, upon which he stretched himself and expired, and was buried in the same place. _.Wood's Edition of the Songs of Scotland.

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The Examiner.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1850.

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WORE “ISLANDER” FALSEHOODS REFUTED.

In the Islander of Friday last the majority of the House of Assembly are again favoured with a column of abuse from the pen of that consistent and upright po- litician, Duncan Maclean. The old story of incapacity, negligence, and office-seeking, is therein repeated with all ite false, stupid, and tiresome details. The Libera! party never have been, and never expect to be, praised by the Islander for capacity ; and if ever they should be applauded for their diligence by that veracious publica- tion, then shall we believe that they have been negligent ig the discharge of their duty, and selfish in their designs, The charge of office-seeking comes with ex- tremely bad grace from the organ of a party who are perpetually quarrelling amongst theinselves about the disposal of patronage, and in the ranks of whom there are, scores of people ready to skin the first of their crew that! :$ fortunate enough to secure an office. The Islander says, Tur Examiner “promised the

THE BRAMINGES. Tory majority, took the enquiry out of the hands of the Liberals, and who, unable to reply to the arguments with which Mr. Coles based his claim to the appoint- ment of a committee of enquiry, hushed up the affair as speedily as possibly; but, to give it something of a business-like air, he brought in an exculpatory report, as a sort of big plaster to cover the wounds that had been made in the Treasurer's honor. Again, respecting the subject of Private Secretary’s fees—a Resolution calling on the Government to procure the refunding of those fees, they being illegally exacted, was nega- tived by the same Tory majority in the old House. When the subject was again brought up in the new House, and a committee appointed to make the neces- sary enquiries, what. was the result? The Government was so ashamed of the business—so apprehensive for the safety of its chief officer—that His Excellency was induced to prorogue the Houses slyly and suddenly, and thereby prevent the enquiry being completed. In the face of these facts, patent to every one, D. Maclean charges the Liberals with “gross dereliction of duty” for ‘‘ never having made the slightest attempt to investigate” the imputed peculations!! Surely the man is insane, else he would not be putting into our hands those wea- pons with which we can so easily yore himself and his employers.

The mischance of this Island’s being excluded from: the advantages of reciprocity with the United States, is made the subject of complaint against the louse of As- sembly, The editor of the Islander is well aware that that is a misfortune not justly chargeable on the Assemi- bly. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have been likewise excluded by Congress from the Reciprocity | Bill. No one has ever dreamt of blaming the Assem- blies of those Provinces for the misfortune. {[t is true the Executive of the latter Province sent a deputation to Washington to remonstrate with the Government of the United States on its injustice in this matter. The [Executive of Prince Edward Island might, and perhaps should, have done the same thing ; but the Islander in- sinuates, that as no funds were provided for that pur- pose, it could notbe done. Why, we may ask, did the Government take the resporsibility of sending

public,” at the commencement of the first short Session of the present House, “that one of the first acts of the

year,” so far as related to the fixing the rate of money,

to be taken in payment of rents. We do not know what the Islander means by the word “ promise,” but we think it is misapplied in this instance. We sug- gested, previously to the meeting of the Legislature that the one-ninth Bill—which is the matter under con- sideration—should, and probably would, receive the at- tention of the Assembly at the earliest period of the Seesion. Sir Donald Campbell having, however, pre. venteD the House of Assembly from proceeding with the transaction of the public business, the one-ninth Bill had to share the fate of other equally important measures, it is not true, cn the part of the Islander to allege, that the House did not intend to take up the question: it was a subject of earnest consideration with individual members; and if the Lieut. Governor's con- duct had not been marked by incomparable folly, in refusing the reconstruction of the Executive Coun- cil, (which reconstruction that Council declared, by its own act of resignation, to be a necessary measure),

that, and other questions would long ere this have been:

disposed of, to the entire satisfaction of the public.

Ina paragraph, which is neither very clear nor very logical, the editor of the Islander argues thus: charges of peculation have been preferred against Government officers—it was duty of the Assembly, or of those of the Assembly who made the charges, to investigate them— their neglecting to do so proves the charges to be false. and their authors “ unprincipled slanderers.” The Is- lander will thank us for putting its nonsense into some- thing like decent intelligible English. Now, if all the premises in the above argument were true, the conclu- sion mitgh be fair and legitimate; but it is directly false for the Islander to assert that the Libera) party inthe Assembly “never made the slightest at- tempt to investigate” the charges of peculation.

In the‘old House, where the Liberals were in a mi- hority, an enquiry was asked by them into the affairs of the Treasury—suspicions of misapplication of the pub- lig money in that department having gained public notoriety, Low was the enquiry met? Not by 2mianly and str g htforward investigation, honorable to the vilicer implicated, and satisfactory to the public,—but Wy & Mand¥re of Dz. Coitoy’s—who; by gid of his

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two Executive Councillors to Halifax last year, ona simi- lar errand,when no funds were previously provided by the

'Assembly to defray their expenses? Auswer me that, y y i

Assembly would be to amend the Currency Bill of last Master Brooks, answer me that. It is the easiest thing

in the world to find fault with an individual or a party ; it is not always the easiest thing to justify the fault. The editor of the Islander—disappointed and annoyed at the discomfiture of his party—smarting under his own defeat at the hustings, and envious of the Assem- bly because he is not there himself—has determined to

carp, and snarl, and grunible about anything and every-

thing that may be supposed to have the slightest con- nection with the Assembly; and all the world cannot alter his determination. We wish him a long continu- ance of the spleen; and we pray Heaven the House of Assembly may never be guilty of any proceeding to call forth his good opinion.

COLLECTORSHIP OF EXCISE.

We are informed by the Gazette of yesterday that James Duff'M‘Donnell, Esquire, resigned his office of Collector of Excise and Impost for the District of Charlottetown. The official notice does not, of course, state the reasons which induced the resignation of so important and lu- crative an office, or whether it was voluntary or other- wise. We are not disposed to credit all that we hear in connection with the fact, and shall, therefore, abstain from comment. Mr. M‘Donnell has, we understand, re- moved from the Island.

We are likewise informed that Charles Stewart, Esq. of Rosebank, was, on Monday last, appointed to fill the

ivacant office. We do not question the competency of

the new Collector on personal and individual grounds. His education, his we!]-known business habits, ard his |general probity and deportment, fully qualify him for the post. But if we regard the appointment in a political point of view, we must say that it is an unhappy one. At the commencement of the present Parliament, Mr. Stewart was a candidate for the second clerkship of the Assembly. His claims were disallowed by a large ma- jority, and Mr. Cooper was selected in his stead. It may be, that he was chosen on this late occasion to mark the Executive’s disregard of the Assembly, and to atone for the disappointment felt by Mr. Stewart on his rejection by the House. Murmuring, not loud, but deep, has agitated the breasts of some of the Tory party at witnessing the preference of Mr. Stewart. It is thought, and perhaps justly, that others of that party

and the Government is soundly rated for its ingratitude in passing over one gentleman, at least, of the minority, who sustained it by his votes and speeches in many a hard-fought fight. We regret that we cannot sympe- thize with the complainants ; and we regret with equal fervour, that we cannot congratulate Mr. Stewart on his appointment, as his tenure of office is not likely to be one of long duration.

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Canapian MinistertaL Victory.—We learn frow the Toronto Globe, May 4, that the Lafontaine Ministry have obtained another victory in the election of their protege, Dunbar Ross, Esq., who has been returned for the county of Megantic by a majority of 49. The Globe says, “ Mr. Ross is a man of much ability and shrewé- ness of character; he possesses a thorough knowledge of Canadian afiuirs, and we fee! confident will prove one of the most useful men in the House of Assembly.”

There has been so much said about “Ruin and De- cay,” especially in the City of Montreal, that we were nota little surprised when we were told that the con- tractors of the Portland Railroad (Messrs. Black, Wood, & Co.,) had refused, from capitalists in the United States, 95 per cent for the City Corporation Bonde, having 29 years to run, Messrs B. W. & Co. do not intend selling them under par, and in this we believe they are pursuing a correct policy ; for there is no city on this

\continent, even under the present temporary depression

in its commerce, that owes so little and has so much to pay with, We trust that the members of the City Coup- cil] will consider it one of their most essential daties to. arrange for the prompt payment of interest on bonds,— let this be done, and there is no reason why Montzeal City Bonds should not sell es well as those of New York.— Pilot.

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MARRIED.

At Lot 18, on Thursday the 21st February last, by Thomas Hunt, Esq., J. P., Edwin Ashby Vaughan, Ksq., M. D., to Ellen, second daughter of the late Patrick Cody, Esq.

DUE. At Chepstow, East Point, on Monday the 13th inst., Catherine, widow of the late Mr. William Pope, leav- ing six children to mourn their loss.

PASSEMTERS. In the Rose on Sunday evening, Capt. Stainbanke, Messrs. George Beer, Charles Welsh, Luther Bracket, Benjamin ‘Tremain, and two in the steerage.

SHIP NEWS. ENTERED. May 23—Schr. Fanny, Pine Pictou, coal; Flora,

Hingley, do., salt; 27—-Mary Jordan, Languelle, Tat- magouche, scantling ; Gentleman, Babin, Pictou, coal.

CLEARED.

May 22.—Schr. Sealer, Dunn, Halifax, produce ; Packet, Babin, Arichat, do.; 23—Brothers, M‘Rae Halifax, do.; Columbia, Gallant, St. Pierre, cattle. sheep, produce, &c. ; 25—Clydesdale, M‘Innis, Halifax, produce; Ann, Curran, fishing voyage; Flora, Hingley, Tatmagouche, produce; 27—Fancy, M‘Millan, Liver- pool, G. B., timber, deals, &c.; 28—James, Coffin, Miramichi, produce; Spec, Griffiths, West Indies, do.

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G2e AAT Hooper's Cheap New Store,

SITUATED AT THE SOUTH SIDE GF QUEEN SQUARE,

ATTACHED To THE Brick Housrk, WHERE EVPRY ARTICLE IN

Wearing Apparel, Tea, Groceries, &e. Can be kad at astonishingly low prices,

Pus Store will be open for about SIX WEEKS on!y, during which time a Lance Srocx must be disposed

of. Come nad judge for yourselves,

N. B.—Goeod TEA from Is. Gd. to Qs, Gd.; ready made SHIRTS for 10d.; other articles in proportion.

Who would not make a shift to get a shirt for 10d. ?

The above store is situated next to Morris’s Brick House, and not at the .Vorth Corner, as formerly.

May, 29, 1850.

Seeds! Seeds!! Seeds!!!

for Sale at Sxinner’s Mepican Warenovex ¢ large assortment of

SABRORN AND PLOWER SERBS. ciety of

SLOVO SMwtios

served the Government more effectually than he did, though it cannot be denied be was zealous in its behalf,

| than ever has been offered to the public,

May 11. Gaz.

JUS ARRIVED, and warranted Fresh, a greater va.