Establisuéd 1823.

’ lnszard’s Gazette. GEORGE T. ll-\.‘Z\lll), Proprietor and Puhli:Il_Ier- €)|l‘:)llllIS0fI e‘very|- 'rllr!I0tltIyq!‘Vel|llIgl;Il|;I ?a|tuv-(‘fay morning.

I c., nuns‘: on Queen . tnnrc . .. s an: . T :8“!-Alllllltll Snbscriptioii, 15s. Discount for cash in lva .

I‘ “W 'l‘lIt\I9 or anvxirrisiso.

For the first insertion, occupying the space of 4 lines, inclntlinglieatl,2s.—6lincs,2s.6d.—9 teat‘. sl.—l2lmcsp 3s. Glines 4s.--20 lines 4s. 6: .——..5 int-s,. 30lines, 5s. 6«l.—'—36lines,6s.——i\ml ‘All. for each mlrlitlonul

One fourth of the above for each continuance.

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tlntil forbid. LAND ASSESSMENT. 'I‘roasurer‘s Otlice,Charlo'.tctowu, I’. E. Island, Junuitry [4, I854. IN pursuance of the Act of the General Assembly of this Island, made and passed in the Eleventh year of the roign of Her present Majesty, intitulml “Jln. Jctfor levyingfurther an Assessment on all Lamls in this Colony. and for the encouragement I! Eluv‘.ati‘o.'i," and of an Act made in ttrnnndtitcnt I ercto, and passed in the Twelfth year of Her said Majesty's Reign, intituled ./In Jr! to explain and amend the present Jfct /"or the ./fssenmeut Q/' Laml, and the encouragement of Education, and also of an Act made and passed in the Fiflncntli year of Her snid hlaic-tty’s Reign, intitttled III: A 0 encouragement of Education, and to raise Fumla for that purpose by iriiposing an artilitionnl JIs.<t'.ts- nieut on Land in the Milli Islam! and on Rm! Estate in Clmrlottclawn amt (fouunon. and George- town and Common :

Ido hereby give Public Notice that I have made Proclamstion,according to the terms ofthc snid Acts, of the undormentioned Town I.nts, Common Lots, Water l.ots, Pasture Lots, Islands, and parts of Townships in this Is'nd, in nrrenru for the non- payment of the several sums e and owing thereon to ller Majesty, under and by virtue of the

first mentioned Act, viz .

ACII. s Allcls Township No. I, 457 Township No.-I9, 233 -- 3. 943 -4 52. 1109 “ 8. ‘H72 " 53, I000 -- 9, 5000 H 54. 1273; " II. 3256 “ 55, 765 " I3, I000 “ 57, 481 " I7, 10; " 53. 600 N Is, 3839; -- 60, I900 " 20, 2306} " 62, 3377 -- 23, as; -- 65. 1226; " 24, 2| l George's Island, 8 " 25, I067; Governor's Island 300 " 26, 526- Snvngc Island, I50 " 28 4561 Kildare Island, 250 " 3| , 1264] Cavendish Sand -- 32, 293.23 233 “ 33, I288 Cascumpec sand " 38, [063 Is nd, 500 “ 39 8 Fish Island, [50 “ 40, 93 Bedford Bay Island, 40 “ 4|, 984 Savage Io nd. 25 " 42, 442 Prim Islands, 66 " 43, 24l6 Pownal Island. 45 “ 44, 2309 Goose ls d, 12 " 46, 850 York River Island, 4 " 41. I817 Sandy Island, 80 “ 9 Enmora Island. I0

48. 2l First Hundred of Town Lots in Charlottctown,—l-2 of N . . Second Hundred,—l-4th of No. 58. Fourth Hundretl.—Nu. 40, 1-4 ofNo. 80. Pasture Lots in Charlottetown Roynlty,—I-2 ofNo. 72, and l-8 of No. 238. Town Lots in Georgetown:

No. Range, Letter. N 0. Range, Letter. , 2 G, J of3, 4 A, 10, 3 3, I3, I A,

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Water Lots in Georgetown.-—No. I0. Pasture Lots in Georgetown R.oyalty,—No. 35, I86, I86, I88, I-6 of 243, nitd 290.

Town .ots in Princeiown 2

No. 5, Row 2, Division I, Latter B. 1, do , do 6. do C. 8, do 4. do 1. do D. I, dol0, do I. do J. 4, do 2, do 3, do B. 8, do 8, do 5, do C. 3, do 5. do I, do I-2. I do 7 d d ‘

, , o I, o (J. Pasture Lots in Princctown Royalty -3-4 of No. IBI, No. 240, and 1-2 of No. 451.

And the owners ofthc said Lots and Tracts ofLnnd so in arrears and proclaimed us aforesaid, are hereby notifisd,that in case the sums charged on them as afore- said, to other with the costs which hnvo boon incur- red, shadl not be paid before the next Easter Term of tho Suprsms Court of Judicature, to be held at Char- lottetown, which will commence on Tuesday the 2d day of May next, application will he made to the Sn- preme Court. during the said Term, for Judgment against the said Lots and Tracts of Land. respec-

STEPHEN‘ RICE, Treasurer.

MAILS. HE MAILS for the neighbouring Provinces, 810. will be forwarded on and ll or the 15th

Dooombor instant via Capo Traverse and Cape Tormsntine.

Th will ho made up on that day, and ovary fol- lowing I-‘riday,at I2o'clock noon, and a mail for England will be made up every wsok at tho sumo tins. and forwardod to Halt x.

ll MAS OWEN. Postmaster General.

Gonoral Post Offics. Doc. 5. I853.

Georgetown Malls. ‘HE Mails for aorgstown will, during the re- mainder of the Winter and until further notice, ' he made up and forwarded every 'l‘uesda and Friday morning, at nine o'clock, instead of ondays and

Fridays. THOMAS OWEN, Pootinastar Gonoral. Gonoral Post Olllco, Jan. 80, IBM. _l;fttht_EI: sinwnnn ISLAND ALMAN A CK FOR 1854. F‘0R SALE‘. by

MINIATURE8! LIKENECSES. ' HE Iohssrlbov has 'ust received a handsomo stock (Plates and (issos, gold and plstod Lock- ots and lrosshss for Lil: sido light. ,, M00. I Irstrsto Oscars. for sals, with instructions to tho old III‘. W. C. HOBII.

CEO. 1’. HABZAIID.

ouossos, dons by top or

THE WAR AND ITS EFFECTS. ( From the Jvew York Tribune.)

The late news from Europe shows that the war so long threatening, or indirectly and partially carried on, is about to coin- mence on a scale of magnitude worthy the prowess of steam and the inultiforin inge- nuities of a long pcncc applied to works o wrath and destruction. VVe lourn, in fact, that novel warlike means on the part of Great Britain have been brewing secretly in the hot cauldron ofarscnuls, and tire now to be made known to the horror of ill] astounded enemy. Years ago a floating rocket was offered to the British Govern-

ment as a means of destroying vessels be- yond tlic hope of defence. This is a Coti- grcve rocket, which goes in a right line on , water till it strikes the vessel, when its ex- 5 plosion makes a hole some twelve feet in

diameter, which cannot be stopped. \Vhile i the British Government affected to give no [ attention to the author of this invention, ' they have sccrctly manufactured at Wool- I wich on its principles, and Sir Charles, Napicr is now ready to hurl them against

the Russians. Additional terror is lcnt to this rocket from the fact that it carries much further than an ordinary gun.

There is more than one story of magi- cians who had the power of striking mute and motionless those who came within range ofthcir charms. This magic is revived in the forces of'wur now to be applied to Russia. If the account be serious, there is too,nmong other projectiles, an asphyxiat- ing ball, which does not kill the victims, but paralyscs them for several hours, so that they can be captured alive and whole. Generous science! What a curious sight would a deck so attacked present! The captain with his trumpet suddenly glued to his mouth--the order to fire a particular broadside arrested bcforo it gets half-way out of the tube——the sailors in the fierce hurry-skurry of desperate engagement palsied—their stalwart chests no longer heaving with slaughtcrous brcathings— their murder-waving hands clutched by the stronger grasp of terrible subtlety riding the air unsecn,—-and all becoming like 8 pointed ship on a painted ocean. How imagina- tion in the wild frenzy of genius appears to have prophccicd reality by thousands of years—thc old fairy talc of wonder at last worked into the circle of fact!

Among other death-distillcrs may be mentioned small steamboats carrying two enormous Paixham guns on the fore part of the vessel. Oak, iron, cotton-mattresses, make their rhinoceros-like coverings bullet- proof, while the vessel can sciitter bombs, shed Grecian fire, and with ten men only, sinkaflect. To this hell on the waters must be added the aerial pandemonium of balloons, to be sent flying over Russian towns and villages, dropping inflammation on the astounded inlinbitauts—raining fire from the skies. The list will be completed when another invention, yet more frightful than any enumerated, shall have been made public, and added to this hot tempest of destruction brewing in England for the Northern Power.

Such agencies brought to bear in warfare may soon and it by the processes ofmutual exhaustion. It is worthy of remark that the nation of Europe whose organization is the lcast military, or where the commercial and industrial elements are most visible, should be foremost in the work of these missiles of war. It was so, too, at the battle of Leipsic, when one or more bat- talions of French soldiers threw down their weapons, refusing to fight under a shower of Congreve rockets; and when the use of these novelties was made a special subject of complaint by the French Ambassador, its beyond the range of chivalry or civilization. So, too, the Peace Society in England now are discussing whether these Titanic agents belong to lpgitimatc warfare. It scents, however, they do. The instant the Quaker doctrine is abandoned, the means of war appear only measurable by the utmost des- tructive possibilities of scienco—dcstincd, too, it would seem, to absorb War himself in it mmlstrom of his own cruelties.

Ifthis European war continue it will ab- sorb much ofthc industrial labor of Europe. Hands now engaged in agriculture will be seized upon b governments to make soldiers of, an! the American farmer will he taught to look upon the war as a blessing, as it will result in a temporary demand for his grain at high prices. But how atheistic is such a view of war! and it was so taken by the admirers ofthc carrying-trado during the earlier part of this century. Sucha departure on our side from high principle- such a grovelling commercial view of the affairs of the world, weighin our money profits against the death agonios of nations —found its solution in our war of l8l‘2, and the commercial disasters which followed that period. There is no more ignoblc error than that this country can profit by the sufferings of Europa. So tobs.i-gue pro- supposes s weak hoad an a heart, even though rsprosontod by ontiro oouinisro cisl communities.

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EABMEES” JQEEMAZE. AME @®mMEE@lAL AMVEEEESEE.

Cliarlottetowit, Prince Edward island, Saturday, April 22, I854.

THE BEVERAGES WE IN!-‘USE.

Another consideration, independent of the chances of our being involved in the war, is the loss we sustain by reaction when the war i concluded, or the belligerents too poor to buy. The extra farms are worth- less, the capital invested in them no longer yields, for feverish demand. requires no feverish supply and prostrntiou ensuos_ to wlintcvcr extent a healthy evenness ofaclion has been ovcrstepped. A still greater con- sideration, and one which Commerce uni- formly despises, is the value of Man._ Eu- rope ut peace now yields us some 340,000 imini rants a year. Supposing each of these worth $l 00O—they are worth it as human muscle—’-it is a sum to ‘l;i.Sfl0I' $350,- 000,000. T/iree hundred and y million dollars a year—evcry cent of it by immigra- tion—a. sum resembling that ofthc value of the entire real estate of the City of New- York! Now, in the name of Political Economy, how does the largest figure of the profits of Commerce in grain compare with that? Not five per cent. ol'that sum! Will the grundccs of this world, who think so little of Humanity, of Man, and so much of

i Corn, Cotton, and Tobacco, think ofthis,

and ask themselves how much we will lose by this immigration, stayed, as it will be, by the hand of war in Europe, and stopped altogetcer if we become involved in that war? It is a theme for solctnn thought.

IVHAT HAS BEEN GAINED.

The New York Trilmuc, at the close of an able article on the Maine Law, sums up thus: ' I. Less than three years have transpired since the first act of absolute Prohibition and Contraband Liquor Destruction was

asscd in any State, and within this time five States and one Territory have affirmed the principle of Prohibition, while another State, the greatest of all, has chosen a Legislature to do likewise, and a seventh (Wisconsin) has instructed its Legislature to follow in their footsteps.

3. Mat one State that ever adopted a Law of Prohibition has repealed it, and in no instance have the People, when appealed to, failed to sustain the principle of Prohi- bition by a. decisive majority. '

4. The cry for rcpcnl grows everywhere weaker with each yenr’s experience ofthc workings of Prohibition. W hen the act of Maine first took effect, the lovers ofliquor or the profits made by selling it, were confi- dent that they should be able to repeal it; but now they have no longer a ho c ofthis, and their force in the Legislature has dwin- dled to a handful.

In each State where it has been tried, Prohibition has steadily gained ground. Boston has been the stronghold of opposi- tion in New England, as it is the focus o the rum traffic; yct Boston has at length chosen a Maine Law Mayor and common- ced the prosecution of law breakers. All through Massachusetts, the law is better enforced at this moment than it was at any time prior to the resent year, and in most localities liquor-selling is either extinct or as stealthy and secret as any other violation oflaw. It is becoming more and more dis- reputable to sell, and the business falls constantly in lower and meaner hands, where it is not utterly abandoned.

TEMPERANCE IN SWEDEN. The temperance movement is becomin general. The slaves of Alcohol are throw- ing off the yoke. Those who have slept while in danger of becoming engulphed in tho whirlpool of intemperance, are awaken- ing to their anger. weden has opened her eyes and is making laudable efforts to save herself from ruin. Read tho follow- g“ An English correspondent of one ofour exchanges says of Sweden, that ‘ from the king to the meanest poor,’ the entire nation, each in its own way, seems to be moved with it laudable desire to effect the suppres- sion of intcmpcrance. The working classes have made a remarkable demonstration against the great distillery kings near Carlshaun; they marched in immense crowds to thc distilleries, and demanded that no more hell-broth be made at present. Petitions arc numcrously sent to the king from all parts of the kingdom, entrcating him to check the disastrous fabrication and consumption of that liquor. Drunkenness, in fact, has reached a climax in that coun- try; the distillcries are uurning up all the corn and potatoes they can lay hold of for the manufacture of thc fire liquor, and the result is the want of bread, and the neces- sity of importations from abroad of the very rodnct in which the country most abounds. he very wickedness of the people corrects them, and their bnclislidings roprovc them; their country is washed by the distilleries and vendors in their work of death, and the people begin not only to see but to feel it, and to avenge themselves, as it is their per- fect right to do. May the iniquity of these men in our own county prove not their ruin, but the salvation of tboso they are loading on to ruin."

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The most interestin paper in Blacktooad for January is “ The cvernges we Infuse.” From it we learn that black and green tea are prepared from the same species ofplant; the differertco in colour and in effects are [)l‘0dllCt‘(I by the modes of handling. For green tea, the leaves are roasted almost iinmeointely after they are gathered. They are dried off quickly after the rolling pro- cess. For black tea, they are allowed to be spread out in the air for some time after they are gathered. They are then further tossed about till they become soft and flaccid. They are now roasted for a few minutes and rolled, after which they are exposed to the air for some hours in a soft and moist state. Lastly, they are dried slowly over charcoal fires. The coloured green teas are made by mixing Prussian blue and gypsum, and reducing t em to a fine powder, which is applied to the teas during the process of wasting. The Chi- nese never drink these teas, and are mttch amused with the idea that the “outside barbarians” should prefer them to those of 0. natural green. The best coffee grows on the driest soils. Yet the worst coffee, if kept ten or fourteen years, will acquire flavour of the finest Mocha. The prin- cipal art in preparing coffee lies in roasting; for in this process it is that its peculiar aroma is procured. The heat should never be greater than is sufiicicnt to impart to the berry a light brown colour; for if carried beyond this point a disagreeable secondary smell minglcs with the aroma. By the fashionable process of drinking coffee; that is, without the grounds, a good deal of nutricious matter is wasted. Many of the Oriental nations drink the grounds invariably. ot less than a hundred mil- lions of the human race drink cofi'ee, it is computed, as a daily beverage. In France, Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and a large portion of the United States, it is used by almost every body, just as tea is in Eng- land, Holland, Russia, and China. Expe- rience, says the writer in Blackwood, teaches people that tea and coffee, used moderately, prevent the waste of the tissues, afford positive happiness, and increase the nervous activity, enabling men, as te writer in question forcibly remarks, “ to throw more blood and spirit in the face of difficulties.”

THOUGHTS ON THE IVAR. (From the London Times.)

" The fate of their wives and children must give many an anxious thought to about 1,000 of the 10,000 troops who are just starting for the seat of war. Those best acquainted with the subject, and with the conditon of the Army, inform us that as nearly as may be I0 per cent. of our Soldiers are married men, with one or more children. Freely and hearti|y—come life, come dealh—are the men prepared to follow their colours; but it is from their very zeal in the public service, and their total forgetfulncss of other interests, that we draw the strongest argument in favour of. their wives and children. We won before going further, offer a few words of expla- nation upou the relative position of the So|dier’s and the sailor's wife, when the husband of either may be ordered on active service, that as many of our readers as may not have considered the sub- ject may be made some of the full hardship of the case. In the first place, the Sailor is much better paid than the Soldier; in the next place he

as the power of directing that during his absence half his pay shall be paid over to his wife. 'I‘o be sure the sum is not much ; but it always enables the woman, if she be thrifty and industrious, to set up some small business, and so keep her head above water until Jack returns. Not so with tho Soldier he can just manage to maintain himself decently alive upon his pny——that is to say, by some mysterious process he obtains food enough and clothing enough, in return for the pittance which the country affords him for fighting our battles; but when he goes abroad all these addi-

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tional resources from which the Soldier contrived to extract afsw weekly pence are dried up, and in the majority of cases his wife is thrown back upon the workhousc. Her little children are as stones round her neck when she seeks for a place as domestic servant, so that the history of a Soldier's wife, when her husband is in the field, is the struggle of a few months as a laundross, or something of that description, and then the work- hous. The case of the children is just as bad. In times of peace there are the rcgimcnlsl schools, in which they receive excellent instruction. War uts an end to these arrangements. save, we lieve, in the case of the Guards. The schools are shut up, and the poor children turned out with their mothers upon the wide world. Surely the situation of these poor people is a very dis- tressing one. o trust we are cbsry, as men should ltantfgiving way to sentimental expres- sion ; yet we cannot but say that thought upon all these insttcrs must give the Soldier's heart I shrewd twinge as he is about to face the fire and steel ofthc enemy in the open field. A letter ii on this subject, with the signature of" A sval Officer," will be found in another portion of our columns this day. It is very crodiublg so the good feeling ofthc writer that, being a sailor himself, he comes forward so manfully to advo- cate the cause ofthc sister Service." he letter signed a “ Naval Ofiiccr," which followed equally deserving of perusal :_

" When the first burst of enthusiasm and ad- miration excited by the splendid troops about to smbark for tho East has sornowhat subsided, tho country may bo wall dispoood to think of tho

hssrtsto w'th ‘f d ' olh 4.; mt... 3'i.'...l."t°.n'£'n l.'""°l? ‘°" "“

New Series. No. 131.

“Tho pa of the Soldier is wholly insdsqusto to maintain Iiis wife oven without children. in his absence on foroign service. and no other proof could be given of (loop and heartfelt interest in our Soldiers-of truo sympathy with tho ons_oaro thlt is weighing hoavily on the hearts of many of thcm-than by an earnest effort upon the poll 9f the country to ameliorate the condition of their wives and families, who will be left in general, in want and suffering.