ca arene Poem : Yy THE EXAMINER. _ 7 ee eee ee a -_——— — cecmaaaaapeentencncmmmpetananiial peeeciiaae ’ ‘eae a -_ ia : ac i the House o sembly, eek — Uncle Ben’s hearers. Vague rumours crept about, that, when- Bh Notice. (A Te ne = o Literature. ‘ever any of Bessie’s admirers became marked in his attentions, | pgyyTh Stock o ‘Goods on hand at the Dublin and Glasgow sh oh ies aa ou rey,

RRS OR eR OD ON OR OD mm en

oe

The Attorney’s Revenge.

(Continued from our last.)

If the gentleman of the jury were convinced, said his Honor, that the plaintiff should have a verdict, they would, of et give him one, unless, in the exercise of a sound — ms _ upon a careful review of all the facts in the case, they s rough fit to find for the defendant. As for the measure ot damages, that, of course, was entirely within their province, yet, at the same time, he might be allowed to suggest that if they took one view of the case, those damages might be estimated ata high rate ; while if, on the contrary, they took a diferent view, it would be highly proper not to give 50 large a verdict.

With these lucid instructions, the jury retired, just as the tavern bell over the way rang for dinner. Searcely, however, had we reached the outer door when we sw them filing back to the couart-room. Back returned the judge, with any thing but satisfaction on his face, and back crowded lawyers, clients, and audience, to learn the result. ; :

i had not judged wrongly as to the relative effects of the two speeches on the jury ; but [ own | was somewhat astonished when the foreman, after declaring that they found for the

plaintiff, added, in a clear and distinct voice, ** with damages, |

¥>?

tive thousand dollars!

«You have got a stunning verdict,’’ said I to Sam, as we walked over to dinner, ** but how much will you realize from it ?”’

** Nothing now ?”’ ce

‘* T see,’’ was my rejoinder, *‘ Bessic will be an heiress one of these days.”’

oe Squire Littleton’s poe if he died to-morrow,”’ replied Sam. rich ; I know him to be insolvent.”’

‘‘ In the name of wonder, then,

rty would not pay his own debts, 7 ** People here think he is

getting this verdict ?”’ : Do you remember the 443d page of the Blackstone ?”’ OF coarse I could not acknowledge to my old fellow-student | that I didn’t ; but, as I found it impossible to recall the precise doctrine taught on that particular page, I discreetly dropped the subject.

When Squire Littleton died, not six months after the trial, all Pleasant Valley was astounded by discovering what only Sam anda few intimate friends had known better, nathely, that | his only child, the supposed heiress, would be left nearly pen- | niless.” Mingled with the expressions of pity for her, e icited | by this intelligence, were many sly cuts and shrewd jokes at the supposed failure of Sam’s deep-laid scheme. Phe loungers at | the tavern, and the knot of evening gossippers in the grocery | and yariety store reckoned up the items of his expenditure in that famous case, and chuckled at the thought that the wily lawyer's speculation would foot up so largely on the wrong side. They were a little surprised, afterwards, to find that he made no effort to repay himself out of the few hundreds saved for Bessie from the wreck of her father’s estate. One of the more charitable among them even suggested, upon one occasion, that Sam, though a lawyer, had some little generosity left. But this notion was so instantly and generally scouted by his wiser companions, that it never was enahed canis ; and the only theory that at ail satisfied their minds was, that in this, as in everything else connected with Bessie Littleton, Sam was

fairly non compos.

Bessie, with all her acknowledged faults, had been a fayourite, and when her father’s fine old house was sold under the hammer, the homeless girl would have been a welcome guest beneath many 2 roof in the village. But she could not be a dependent where she had almost reigned a queen ; and, after a few weeks of restless flitting from place to place, she accepted a situation as icacher in a distant city, and left Pleasant Valley, as she then thought, forever.

But a young lady can change her mind many times in the course of two years; and two years brought her back. She had gone away in orphan’s weeds, and with eyes dimmed by sor- row. She came back, more like the bright, bewitching Bessie of her earlier days ; and it soon came to be whispered around that there was good cause for her renewed spirits—that she was going to make an excellent match. ;

These rumors soon were reduced to certainty ; far on Saturday afternoon a sprucely-dressed gentleman was seen at the door of the tavern, and the next morning that same sprucely-dressed gentleman walked into the village church with Bessie on his arm. Oddly enough it happened, that Sam Saunders had | ridden over that morning to hear an old school-fellow preach. The comparison between the two lovers, as to the outward man, was decidedly in the new comer’s favor. Grim old bachelorhood had settled down prematurely on Sam, and stamped its mark on his careless attire, and his bushy hair; and hard work, ina

first volume of}

aE remy

** Texclaimed, ‘* how do you | ever expect to be compensated for the time and money spent in |

' Sam Saunders was sure to be seen reading to him out of a very | old book, after which, as the story went, the spell was upon ‘him, and he approached the lady no more. : | The landlord, like the storekeeper and the other geen ‘magnates, for a long while treated these rumours with . ‘contempt. But one day, when Tom Littleton hepponee to ; in the bar-room alone with him, the host venture , after oo” ' preliminary conversation, to express his wonder that ” 7

Littleton had never married. ‘Com turned with the graves | possible face, and in an impressive tone said :— : oes “That, sir, is in consequence of the common law 0 g

‘land !”’ ‘ j ie abt » de ‘s incredulity vanished, and he anc After this, the landlord's inc y ‘on to Unele Benny’s

his cronies listened with wonder and attent! explanations of this theory of the spell. The a = that Squire Saunders began to be looked upon in = t a —o with great respect, as @ man of tremendous - my np — powers; and, as he possessed a wonderful faculty of : is ing 1, and looking wise, whenever any question of aw was led to him, his practice increased immensely,

his heac

propound

(To be concluded in our next.) | Misccllancous. died CPD OD ODD LD ODA I

| PAY THE PRINTER. |

As honest men, attend and hear The serious fact-—the times are dear ; Who owes a bill, ’tis just as clear

As starlight in the winter, That he should come without delay— That’s if he can—that bill te pay, And ere he puts his purse away,

« Bork over” to the Printer.

The Printer’s cheek is seldom red— The fine machinery of his head Is working when you are in bed,

Your true and faithful * Mentor ;” Ali day and night he wears his shoes, And brains, to furnish you with news ; But men of conscience ne’er refuse

To pay the toiling Printer.

"Tis known, or ought to be, by all, His dues are scattered, and they’re small, And if not paid, be’s bound to fall In debt—for fuel, bread, rent, or Perhaps his paper ; then to square Up with his help—a double care Bows down his head—now, is tt fair That you don’t pay the Printer?

liis wife and little prattlers, too,

Are now depending upon you ;

And if you pay the score that’s due, Necessity can’t stint her ;

But if you don't, as gnaws the mole,

’Twil through your conscience eat a hole,

And brand the forehead thus: “ No soul!” Of him who cheats the Printer.

The cats will mew between your feet, The dogs will bite you on the street ; And every urchin that you meet,

Will roar with voice ef Stentor, “Look to your pockets—there he goes, The chap that wears the Printer’s clothes ! And proud, though everybody knows

The grub, he gaaw’d the Printer.”

esimply just, and don’t disgrace

Yourself, but beg the “ Lord of grace”

To thaw that harden’d icy “ case,” That honesty may enter ;

This done, man will with man act fair,

And all will have the “ tin” to spare ;

Then will the “ Editorial chair” Support a well-paid Printer.

++ Som >

hard profession, had not improved a face which never was hand-

Snem anp Frarcus O’Connor.—Sheil had being warning O'Connor of the peril he was running, and informing him

. ‘he stranger, on the contrary, was eminently a hand- | ; cn nhac no litdle ofa dandy. “His face wore 9 purcianlad | that he was under the survei//ance of the Home Office. “Oh!” smile, and when he smiled he showed a set of beautiful teeth | exclaimed O'Connor, raising his voice, “ this comes well from that you could not help noticing, they seemed to be a sort of|the Right Honorable Richard Lalor Sheil, whom I once white paling, set up for the express purpose of preventing you | heard upon the bustings, when he was only like myself—an from looking any deeper, to see whether so boautiful a smile | 1 .5-447e gentleman—tell the people what their rights were ;

i e from the heart or not. : ; = vena wook that followed, Bemic was the gayest of the and that, if after due demand they could not get them by

_ Innumerable were the parties of pleasure executed or | Pe™* 2 : projected for the amusement of her lover and herself. ‘Tt | shrink from leading them when other efforts must be tried.” speedily became known, through the half dozen confidential | “* But did you never hear,” said Sheil, “ what the people said friends, to whom she had whispered the secret, that she would | to me afterwards ? not return to the city till Mr. Nicherly could make the arrange- ments for their union. Mr. Nicheriy was a prosperous | merchant, and of course must prepare a fine house for his intended bride.

How Mr. Nicherly and lawyer Saunders became acquainted, . I cannot say, but one afternoon, in the latter part of the week, cluded thus—* And should you say yes, dear Cary, [ will they were seen walking down the street together, in earnest | truly be your D. lender.” consultation. Stopping at Squire Littleton’s office, (where t+~weo> Tom, his nephew, still clang to a remnant of the old man’s business,) they were along while closeted there. When Mr. | Nicherly walked away, it was with a very quick and nervous | tread, as of a man who had jusi escaped a great calamity ; and | when Tom Littleton came in, he found Sam in a brown study, his finger resting on an open book. It was the first volume of Blackstone, open at the four hundred and forty-third page.

Bessie Littleton’s fine match was broken off, Mr. Nicherly left the village in great haste, after writing her an elaborate and neatly folded letter. These facts were speedily known and earefully discussed through Pleasant Valley. Some people said it was just what she deserved, while the more kindly- hearted grieved at what they thought must be her disappoint- ment.

But if they expected to see that disappointment shown outwardly, they were mistaken. There might have been} a tone sharper in Bessie’s voice, after that, and a less frequent smile upon her face ; but then Bessie would never see four-and- twenty again, and such changes were natural. Beside, she had now sought a home at her cousin’s, and Mrs. Tom Littleton’s temper, it was whispered, was none of the sweetest.

So Bessie was generally allowed to have come out of this, as out of some other broken engagements, heart-whole, and though younger girls, who, when I knew Pleasant Valley, were running about in pantalets, now disputed her belledom, yet Pessie was a dangerous rival for the youngest and prettiest of them still, Still she was the one indispensable participant | in every project of gaiety ; and if you peeped in upon a ball or |

pic-nic, you were sure to find the beaux clustering thickest | wherever Bessie was.

Thus far her success was complete ; but beyond that there seemed to be an invisible barrier, which none of her admirers could or would pass. One by one her younger friends dropped from the circle to become wives, and little girls whom she had held in her lap came to fill their places ; and once or twice, when she dropped a careless remark about ‘' forward chits,’’ she started to hear ‘‘ old maid ’’ whispered as a repartee.

These matters, of course, were all duly talked over at the tavern, and in the grocery and variety store. ‘The opinion, at first doubtfully whispered, at length spread wide, that Sam Saunders must be in some way connected with this. Old Uncle Ben, the man of all work at the tavern, claimed to be the first who made the discovery :—** He had said all along that there was some witchery about that judgment; for his part, he did’nt know much about law, but he knowed that there was ee about all such matters which the lawyers kept mighty clust to theirselyes, and folks might depend that was at the bottom of it.’’ These surmises, uttered with profound head-shaking, soon invested the case of Saunders vs. Fittleton

with mysterious importance among the less enlightened of

to the field, than Feargus O’Connor.—Sheil’s Memoirs.

fashions, says : pantaloons this month.”

4<Dea@-> + >

physician. to Botany Bay against his will, sure.”

ea +

TO THE MUNE,

“ How bewtiful is this ere nite, How brite the starz du shine,

All nater sleeps in trankilniss But this loan hart of mine.

“ Our dog has kuit a-barkin’ now Att fellers passin’ bi,

Heze gazin’ at the far of mune With cam and plassid i.

«Wen vuin the, thou pail face thing, A hanging in the skize,

Upward on wild untramled wing My thauts cuts dust and flize.

“QO kud L kwit this klod of kla, Aud sore abuv the croud,

Ide baith mi sole in heggstasy ln yonder fleasy cloud.

‘* How kan the poit’s hiborn sole Mix with erth’s vulgar cru? Wud it not rather fliawa And byde from mortle yu.

“Ah yes! had T a pare of wings To go to yonder mune,

Ide gess Ide jest as soon sta thar From now until next June.

“ And thar a-roving up and down Thru party flowrs ide go,

Or listen to the tinklin’ rills Wot from the mountings flo.”

peaceful and constitutional means, he would not be found to

They told me that they knew very well | | that I had no more notion of taking up arms, or leading them |

David Defender, ‘ popping the question,’ in a letter con-

A contemporary, speaking of the report on gentlemen’s “There is not much change in gentlemen’s

* No man can do anything against his will,” said a meta- * Paix,” said Pat, “I had a brother who went

[louse,’ : ci ARG ES, as that establishment will be closed by May. Ady. (Jueen-street, Feb. 3

25, Intelligence Office. ILE subscriber, willing to supply a want very generally felt, announces his intention of opening a ‘* Reoistry Orrice” for Masters wanting Servants, and Servants wanting ‘places; and also to afford an opportunity for registering Jouses and Farms either for sale or rent.

SAMUEL WESTACOTT, Bookstore and Circulating Library next to R. Gaz. Office Kent-st.

the Ist of 1856.

5

Ch. Town, Feb. 25.

| ke room for, |

GEORGE DOUGLAS.

(4 ins. Isl. Adv. & Has. Gaz.)

My Stock is fresh, and THE BEST TO BE FOUND IN THE CITY,

PRICES REDUCED! GREAT BARGAINS! AT THE WAREHOUSE, KENT-STREET, CHARLOTTETOWN.

will sell off my present Stock at LOW PRICES, to ma

Furniture Warehouse.

=

oO

0 5 so 3 Ved ®

oO re 4s} ws N = bE t 3 , Ss 4 ae Aa

Oo

4

Manufactured and bought at LOW PRICES, and will be sold at very

I

LeGisLative Counci, CuamBeEr, 14th February, 1856. ee That the following Standing Order of this iouse be inserted three times in each of the newspapers published in Charlottetown, for the information of the public, V1Z -—

‘That no Bill, Resolution, or other proceeding founded upon any application, addressed to the House of Assembly, be sus- tained by the Council, unless an application to the same effect, with such documents as may accompany the same, bo also pre- sented to the Council in General Assembly.’’

Feb. 18. CHARLES DESBRISAY, C.L.C.

coc) et

a

tH IU Al ph)

“ Alliance Life and Fire Insurance Company” of

LONDON

ESTABLISHED BY oo OF PARLIAMENT

S824. Capital, Five Millions Sterling. CHARLES YOUNG, Agent for P. EK. [sland.

April 14.

tf

Charlottetown, October 8, 1855.

General Importers, Wholesale and Retail.

FALL, 1855. DUNCAN, MASON & Co., A. & J. DUNCAN & Co.,

VE just received ex Barque ‘“ Isabel,” a large assortment of GOODS suitable for the present and approaching season.

t* Brick Building, corner of Queen and Dorchester Streets. sy

:

——

FALL SUPPLIES BEGINNING TO ARRIVE AT THE

‘ CITY DRUG STORE, No. 14, QUEEN STREET.

100 TINS white, black, red, blue and yellow PAINTS, soihtiondiy _s Fiaprod a a Sperm do., 1 hhd. Olive do., 1 bhd.

9 s. Uo ; ° 3 } ond Vorntéh Srishes. ovis soda » (sold at 2, 3 and 4s. a pint), Paint Copperas, Alum, Starch, Blue,

ee ee Cudbear, Bluestone,

Soda, Potas ki :

Powder, Chocolate, Cocoa, Farina, » Baking Soda, Baking ALSO, IN STORE—

Sago and Corn Starch. A general assortment DRUGS 5 aS aero a —_ » MEDICINES, Patent do., Perfumery, November 5. W. R. WATSON. TEACHER WANTED for De Gros Marsh School, Lot 55. Application to be made to the Trustees.

DUNCAN McLEAN,

| purchase money may remain on mort

R Bridges or Wharfs, or for any object of a local or pr. vate nature, be received after TUESDAY, the Fourth day of March next.

Oxperep, That the were ee

th Ne » ublished in C ae - JOHN MeNEILL, Clerk,

a ee ae ae “TS, Sims’ Building, 21 Queen Street! (One door below Manchester House.)

HE subscriber has just received, by late arrivals from Halifax, the remainder of his STOCK, comprising—

BRANDY, WLNES, RUM and SPIRITS ; crushed, loaf and

brown SUGAR; MOLASSES; Kice, Spices, fresh Currants

bloom Raisins, Candies. "

Auso— PALE ALE & LONDON PORTER. All warranted of the best quality and lowest prices in the market.

JOSEPH PRAUGHT,

December 17.

— HUGH FRASER

H* JUST RECEIVED, and generally keeps on hand the

best assortment of GROCERIES to be found in this City i and the best of Brandy, Holland Gin, Spirits, Demerara Rum, (a good article), Whiskey, Wine Port, Sherry and Maderia ; a few dozen Champagne ; Ale Bottled Porter, in { and pint Bottles, Cider, Lemon Syrup, wholesale and retail. Queen Square, Charlottetown, Nov. 26.

By William Dodd. Valuable Real Property for Sale,

IIE following parcels of LAND, &c., will be submitted to ublic competition at the COURT HOUSE, in the Colonial Building, in Charlottetown, on W EI)NESDAY, the Sixteenth day of APRIL next, at the hour of 12 0’clock, noon, viz :—

PASTURE LOTS Nos. 233, 234 and 235 in the Royalty of Charlottetown, fronting on the St. Peter’s Road, po situate about three miles from Town, containing in the whole 36 Acres, a little more or less.

Atso—The Freehold and Reversion of and in Two Hundred and Sixteen Acres of LAND, on Township No. 49, adjoining the Roman Catholic Church Property, near Vernon River, This Land is subdivided into two feos of 144 Acres, and 72 Acres respectively, which are severally let on Lease for long terms of years, yielding a yearly rent of one shilling sterling

per Acre.

Atso—The Eastern moiety of TOWN LOT No. 52 in the Second Hundred of Town Lots in Charlottetown, having a front of 42 feet on Richmond Street, with the WAREHOUSE thereon.

Atso—That valuable piece of GROUND with the DWELL- ING HOUSE and premises thereto belonging, known as the residence of Mr. Davip W11son, fronting 40 feet on Richmond Street, and extending in depth 50 feet, a little more or less; forming parts of Town Lots Nos. 4 and 5 in the Second Hun- dred of Town Lots in Charlottetown.

Atso—Part of TOWN. LOT No. 4, in the Second Hundred of ‘Town Lots in Charlottetown, next adjoining to the last above described premises, having a front of 60 feet on Rieh- mond Street, and extending 50 feet in depth, or thereabout,

Resolution be inserted in al] 1arlottetown.

—€!

,

6m.

TD

»>

with the DWELLING ITOUSE thereon.

Atso—That beautifully situated ey, forming part of COMMON LOT No. 18, in the Royalty of Charlottetown, fronting on the Hillsborough, and in the immediate vicinity of Government House, lately in the occupation of Capram Brazerry, R. N., bounded on the north-west by the road leadi to Government Tlouse, and on the east by West Street, extending on said street 233 feet, a little more or less, with the large and commodious DWELLING HOUSE, OUT-BUILD- INGS and appurtenances thereto belonging. This property is subject to an annuity of £50 currency per annum, charged thereon for the use and benefit of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wilson, from and after the decease of her present husband, (in ease she shall survive him), and so long as she shall remain hia widow and unmarried ; and it will be sold liable thereto.

For Terms of Sale and further particulars, enquire of the undersigned, (Trustees for sale, &e., under a Deed of Release

, and Conveyance bearing date the 21st day of December, 1855,

executed by the above named David Wilson and his said wife, with the other parties therein named, to the undersigned, and duly registered in the Registry Office of this Island. Dated at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, this Tenth day of January, 1356. JOSEPH HENSLEY, JOHN LONGWORTH, ROBERT STEW ART. Excellent Stand for business for Sale at Bedeque.

HE subscriber offers for sale the following excellent stand for business, situate opposite Hooper’s Corner, Bedeque. There is a piece of ground, with a front on the road of five chains, and two chains deep. There is a new Dwelling House upon it, a story and a half high; it has five comfortable rooms on the first floor, besides a commodious Kitchen and Dairy ; the second floor may be laid off in four convenient bed-rooms. A Store adjoins the Dwelling House, measuring 20 x 30, and is well fitted up for business. Another small Dwelling House adjoins the Store, which will be sold with the other property. The Land will be divided into building lots, and sold separately; if so required; or sold all in one block, with the (uildings thereon.

The situation of this property, being in the midst of a flourishing and beautiful settlement, and within a very short distance of the rapidly thriving sea-port settlement of Summer- side, renders it a very desirable location for the establishment of a Mercantile Business, or a Boarding House. Part of the

Y ) gage. Further informa- tion respecting terms and other particulars may be obtained on applicatien being made to the subscriber at Charlottetown,

JOHN HARPER.

eg eet ceca ep eeanetaepnsoeenetaiaa aaa ey

Charlottetown, January 14, 1856.

Dwelling Houso and Land noar Charlotte- town for Sale:

Fok SALE, the newly built and commodious Dwelling House in Charlottetown Royalty, late the residence of the Hon. Charles Hensley, together with eighteen acres of Land adjoining. The Dwelling House contains—Dining Room, Drawing Room and Study; two Kitchens, with Store-rooms, &c.; and Nine Bed-rooms. There ig also Stables, Coach-house, Root-house, Pump, &c., on the premises, The dis- tance from Charlottetown is rather less than one mile. Alsc to let from year to year, or for a term of years, as agreed upon, a Pasture Lots in Charlottetown Royalty, near the above Dwelling ouse.

For Terms of Sale and Lease apply to the subscriber at the Attorney General’s Office, (Jolonial Building, Charlottetown. _ July 30. JOSEPH HENSLEY.

For Sale,

ITAT excellent stand for public business, known #8

DAMEREL’S TAVERN, situated on the Georgetown Road, about five miles from Hillsborough Ferry, 36 years

the lease unexpired, and subject toa ground rent of only 208.

per annum. Possession given on or before the first dey of

April next. For further particulars apply to

CORNELIUS C. N. LITTLE, Jun-

Charlottetown, February 4, 1856.

Removal. OHN TURNER, Cooper, begs to return his thanks to his numerous customers and friends for the very liberal su

port he has received for the last thirteen years, and wo aequaint them that he has removed to upper Prince Street, near the Free Church, and trusts that by strict attention business to merit a continuance of their favours.

Charlottetown, October 1, 1855. 6m -— ee ES

A THE EXAMINER IS PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY BY

EDWARD WHELAN,

AT HIS OFFICE, KENT STREET, NEARLY OPPOSITE MR.

BREWERY. Price Fifteen Shillings per Annum 3 Payable Half YeaS

ete

coLes’

DONALD McCORMACK, } Trustees.

i Jany. 7. ANGUS McCORMACK,

IN ADVANCE