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’7 VI ' :2!!! Vol- 4 _ ' CHARLOTTETOWN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1343. (NO, 333, —i LAND ASSESSMENT. _‘-’

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To THE EDITOR or THE COLONIAL HERALD.

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to the first question the answer is simple. Look at the i lands reserved/hr the Fisheriesll Sueh acts oflawless oppres- Memorandum of books published the other day, and sup- sion have not been equalled in modern times. Even the pose the Masters desu-ous to prescribe a lesson t'orthe inoru- name by which such iniquitouscontributions were known mg class, to be prepared at home, and recited by all the in former times is almost forgot. '

sghool‘ at the same time. Suppose that lesson be in the There are always amongst mankind a few unprinoiplel Grammar. One pupil meets the order with, “Please, Sir,.l persons, who, spnruing the low pursuits of acquiring'pro— have'no grammar.” Another says, “Please, Sir, my gram- pertv bv honest industrv, prey upon the rest. But it is only niar Is not like the others.” A third, “ Please, Sir, the rules in tliis Colony where slicli characters have been publicly pa- in my grammar are Latin, and in most ofthe others English.” l tronised by Government. In former tines it Was not uncom-i '1 0 get a morning lesson from all the boys in Grammar, there l mon for such men to make plundcrarolibery and murder- mustyyou see, he a subdivision of them into three or four, or i their emplovuient, and sotne have acqiiired larwe estates and more; classes; and time must be afforded to those who have , reputation iii that profession, and reduced if5 to a system“

Treasurer’s Office, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 30th May, 1843.

N ursuance of the Act of the General Assetnbl' of \ ' ' I

this Island, made and passed in the Seventh year ofthe Rhign iecstlbf tllizllhtilzg.t: see That “Ii-e mil-me agnmmn’ ("-1 the Silh—

of His him Majes‘y King William the Fuunhg imimled fin Act Hml A‘Hlde'v I H llloceet ings in the iiiatterot the Cen-

Jar levying an Assn ssmect on all Lands in this Island—I do here- ‘ upon ,Le Eligi‘il'f "i have Smiluced some gOOd Efrem t ' rus ees, an t iat they have reinstated

:b publicly notify the Owners or ()ccupiers of Land within this MI. BK . . . , , ‘shmd' fl" which [he Alum", Assessme“1,0,1,”ng [harem] by the , . . l )wu In his former Situation. It is not likely that be But are we to say

said recited Act, of Four Shillings, lawful money oftliis Island, l iv'” .agam he so summarily ‘IISI'H‘be‘l- for every Hundred Acresofwtlderness or unimproved Laudscon- l you]ng “I’m” amends hemg made to the Other Mil-5181's WIIO, “med m “,8 sever,“ lie eflorts which be has used for the prosperity of the

Townships, and the several Islands belong- l'“ t

ling thereto, and the sum of'l‘woShillingstbrevery Hundred mn-eslAleemy, has displayed, in my humble opinion, ,1 perfect no g,.’m,,,,,m. ofthe“.

ofcultivated or improved Lands iii the said several 'l‘

0,, “Ships acquaintance with his

business as a teacher, and a manly iii-

;and Islands as aforesaid; and the sum of Four Shillings t‘oi each dependence in advocating.r the claims ofthe Institution which .and every uncultivated or unimproved Town Lot, Pasture Lot, t t6flc‘0t on him the highest degree of credit9 Is it faiil' then ’ ‘ I ,

Common Lot and “later Lot, of Charlottetown; and the sum ofTwo Shillings for each and

granted in the Town and Itoyalty lto allow Mr. Waddell to be driven from our shores, and the

own, to learn from those oftlieir neigh- bours afler they come into the School. There is now no neces- stty that every pupil be at his post when the first class is called, and it is a very easy thing to procure a note tosay, “Mas- tcr was detained.”

lTliey found it would not answer their ends to destroy the, ‘lntlllStl‘lOUS portion of mankind altogether, nor to deprive them ofall their substance at once, and leave them to perish. They therefore levied a rent, and carried ofi'the cuttlp' «. corn ofthose who neglected to comply with their solemn *

. _ countr to be de irivet o ' . ‘ - ‘ . ' - - every Cummth 0.- nnpmved Town, Pasture, Common, and Wu- est 1,, indelvouriuo to! d:ij:fsgg:\:l:c3:’t:‘[3313,19 l’e‘tng hot“ I Suppose, again, it be prescribed tothe several classes traus- ligations. This reiit was called black mail. But there ter Lot as aforesaid- and the sum of‘.’1‘wo Shillinus and eivlit- , ‘ a; H» _ .i ‘ I‘ymg 0 ma’e attu tovether to we )are lessons at home. One h t - '< ' n - ‘ - ~

: Pasture mefi, Wm“ int, otbet people dotlieirs? Ihere isastrong sympathythrougli- g n l I W m ll: 3 dlmleme m some lefpeus between the rm.

pence for each and every Town Lot, granted in the Towns and Royalties of Georgetown and PrlllC6< town; and the sum of One shilling and four-pence for each and every cultivated or improved Town, Pasture and Water Lot, granted in the said last mentioned Towns and Royalties, and so in proportion for a less quantity; and the sum ofOne penny per acre on each and every acre ofcultivatcd or improved Land iii the Royalty of Georgetown, called reserved Lands; and the sum of Two—pence per acre on each and every acre ofsuch Lands as may be deemed uncultivated or unimproved Lands, Is payable, that unless the Assessment for the current year be paid into the hands, or the hands of my Deputies, on or before the Twenty-first ofDecember, [843, Isliall, on the. lastday ofthe next Hilary Term, at Charlottetown, make Proclamation ofall such Lands as shall then be in arrear for non-payment ofthe sums charged thereon, agreeably to the directions ofthe said Act. . J. SPENCER. SMITH, Treasurer.

' -» Treasurer's Oflice, Ist July, 1843. [N compliance with the provisions of the Act of the . General Assembly, for levying an Assessment on all Lands within this Island, I have appointed the following persons to be Receivers of the said Assessment : ' Prince County.

Joseph Pope, Bedeque. ,

Thomas C. Compton, St. Eleanor’s.

James Yeo, Port Hill.

John Cambridge.

Alldn Forsyth, Cascumpcquc.

Robert Hyndinau, Princetown.

Queen’s County. James Pigeon, New London. Thomas Fairbatrn, Sable,

Solomon Desbrisav, Charlottetown. Allan M'Dougzill,Belfast.

, King’s County. ’

John Jartlinc, St. Peter‘s.

* Alexander I‘YI‘D‘IIIIIIII. St. Margaret’s. \t’illiam h’Iaii-govvan. Stun-is. IIllgll‘i‘lttt‘tlullilltl. 'l‘liroe Rivoi's. James Richards, Murruv lIarliour.

.l. SPENCER SMI'I‘I‘I. Treasurer. J_,_____,_ LIFE 1‘37!) FIRE INSURANCE.

the following Insuranco Companies, viz': ‘ The National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society of

The Hartford and Protection Fire Insurance Companies of Hartford, Connecticut.

And as be is furnished with blank Forms oprplit-ation, and in possession of all the information which may be desired b_\ persons who wish to effect Insurance, he will be happy to re- ceive applications and transmit the same to the Agent at Hali-

fax. Please apply to HENRY PALMER.

______.—/_‘——'.M ALLIANCE LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE G 0 m P A. N '2

OF

LONDON.

CAPITAL £5,000,000, STERLING.

PR EMI Util—MODERA TE. (‘ H A [{LES YOUNG, Agent.

7 AVING been appointed by His Excellency the i ' Lieutenant Governor to collect the Subscriptions towards making the intended Wharf at the end of Powoal Street, In Charlottetown, I do hereby give notice to all concerned, that I

shall call forthwith, on the respective subscribers, for the amount 0" their subscriptions, and I will also receive the same at my

Store. ‘ ROBERT HUTCHINSON. 4' Charlottetown, July 10th, 1843. ' Matias; C’ARDtiG MACHINES. ’ ' HE Subscriber having engaged to erect aCARD- ING MACHINE on the Island, early in the Sprjng, begs to intimate to any persons who may be desirous of availing them- ..cgelves ofliis visit to obtain such machines at that time, that they

me be accommodated at the lowest possible price.

An early application to Mr. C. C. DAVISON, in Charlottetown, relative to Terms, &c., will be attended with an advantage, alvhich a delay will prevent.

VVILLIAM MORRIS. ' Sackville, N. B., Nov. 10th, 1843.

MOFFAT’S

thy the voluntary testimonials of the persons they have cured, and who ' accompany their certificates with their names and places of reSIdence 'These certificates now amount to thousands, being hundreds to each @articular kind elf-disease. The ' embrace the most frightfulland In- vfleterate cases of Scrofula, Pies, Dispepsza, Jaundice, lewus arid shiver a ectz’onflacute and chronic R eumatism, Asthma, Bronchztzs,

appearance of the skin, arising from various causes of ill health, Fever

back, organs and

'Wfie bake!“ by. every family and grown erson-imthe Union, 1" “.thlbe found 10 be not only the bestremetlies for disease, but also Steamy, pertain reventatives, and the surest renovators of sound, cheerful NIH-elastic, bea tli. They are singularly mild and agreeable in their operation, and though perfectly etfectual, never occasion even the temporary'pIostI-atiou and nausea which always follow the use of coarse drastic pur es and the use. of calamel. Prepared wholesale and retail by

‘Wm. . Mofl'at,375 Broadway, New York. For sale also by the

Wila-rNEW‘ You, May 30. a. ' , COOPER, 6c BREMNER, Agemfir Prince'Edward fsland.

out the Island in favour of both Masters; blit iii a letter which I received from Mr. VVaddell, written shortly before he left the Island, he mentioned some circumstances iii the treatment he met with in the Acadetnythat, I think, ought to be known, and which will not be the less appreciated hv the public that they are conveyed in a private letter, and transu'inted without his leave for publication. Should he litmselt’see your paper, he will, I trust, believe me actuated, to sending it to press, by motives similar to his own. in fur- nishing the information which be has supplied to the public iii connexion with the Academy. Though he has been com- pelled to leave a place in which he has not been supported as his merits deserved, I not persuaded that he will not lose Sight ofthe Island and the many good friends that he knows he has within its bounds, who wish him well and would be glad to serve him; and if we study our own interests, we Will yet, it possible, bringy him back. Ifthere is a post of honor In: connexion with the Academy, he eminently de- serves it; and ifa situation of more Value than another, itbe- longs to him of right; and I do not believe that any person possessed of proper feelings would, if he knew all the cir- cumstances ofthe case, take the appointment over his head. I hope he will carry out his proposal to petition the Legis— lature, and set forth his claims to their consideration, and I am sure that the country will sustain him in any reasonable application. I am, Yours, &c. A READER. Prince County, Dec. 4th, 1843.

Charlottetown, Nov. 25th, 1843. My dear Sir;

There is much in your kind letter which displays friend- ship that I cannot but highly value, and sympatby'wliich, in other circumstances, I might greatly appreciate. As matters stand, 1 leel conscious ofintcgrity of purpose, and I think my correspondence will show honest zeal iii endeavouring to

carry my purposes into execution; and all Iwant at the hand of friends or foes is justice—cvou-hai:tlcd justice. The,

These you will find discussed in the papers wliicltI have referred to; but there are matters in the management ofthe

pose. You know the funds ol the country provided a buil- ding intended to accon'iuiodate both the Masters ofthe Aca- demy. The building was wrctcbedly mismanaged, bolli in plan and execution, and when I received my appointment to the situation which 1 held, the state of the building was ex- plained to me, and Iwas promised free apartments in it as soon as they could be made available for my use; The de- fects ofthe building most in need of being remedied were, the want ofa kitchen, and ofuu entrance to the Class Rooms independently ofthe passage through the hall ofthe Mas- ters’ dwelling. An estimate of the expense necessary to supply these sad defects was made, and l mcinorialised the Trustees, and volunteered to pay the interest of the amount annually, provided means could be adopted to raise the sum necessary for the purpose. My memorial the Trustees han- ded over to the Lt. Governor, atid by him it. was transmitted,

by Message. to the Legislature ; but no such sum was allow- the country have

ed. Subsequently, I applied-to the Trustees for permission

for want of being occupied, and g l was paying a high rent elsewhere, the Trustees would not permit me to occupy on the terms proposed. Nor is this all. You know that the grounds around the Academy have always lain in a state ofuature, uiienclosetl and unimproved. I made application for leave to occupy and improve the Eas- tern end ofthat waste ground, but the Trustees would grant me but a small corner of the lot, which 1 did not consider it worth my while to accept. ‘

Now, considering that that house and ground were es- pecially provided for the Masters, and that the other Master was in the occupancy of his share of both, lcaiinot help considering the withholding of them from me—especmlly as the buildingr was suffering, and the ground certainly yiel- ding no advantage—as indicative ofa disposition not the most creditable to parties entrusted with public property for specified purposes. I now believe it would have been tili- wise in me to occupy even on my own terms; but I consi- der that I had a right to do so, atid I am Iiot sure that I shall not make that and other things a subject of representation to the next Session of the Legislature.

You will remember that, in speaking of the Trustees, 1

country was going to rtiiii

it out aud'correct it. He maintained, that ifit- was not in a condition to do justice to the children ofTrustees, it could not be as useful as it ought to beta other people, and he considered it cowardly to leave it, without endeavouring to make it what it ought to be. He accordingly, to use his own

in lending his name, as one of the four Trustees, to the char-

Had it been so from the first, things would

have been very differently managed. . y ' I-suppose l told' you that I' had applied to the ChiefJus-

ties, for credentials from the Board. They met yesterday,

but I have not yct‘heard from His Honor on the subject of

my request; *

men like. him.

#' i!‘ i i" % 5w. affects—1' should

i' k' me how‘ W nt of books You as a ’ Sir C. A. Fitzroy got

say, affected—our discipline, and How ‘ afilbuted at me’for' nothing.

swers, “Sir, I have no Dictionarv.” Another, “I have no Cicero,” Virgil or Ovid, as the case inav be; and there is a complete bar to the preparations ol'lesshus of this descrip- tionathome. Well, let us have these boys, thus provided, seated in the School, and suppose the discipline enjoin per- fect silence and non-interlei‘eiice one with another. One boy must, In that case, gaze upon his Cicero unaided by Dic- tionary or Grammar, while others turn over their Dit-timiarv Without aim or object. Now, one object has been to do the best We could with the means We had, till we could get them enlarged; and We thought it better to have improve. ment, through mutual aid and interchange of sentiment, though indulgence should he sometimes abused, than to command silence and inaction, at the expense of letll'lllllf’. Norlwere we better off in prescribing exercises than when we took the Grammar. Deficiency and diversity of books met'us here as well. Under discipline has been mentioned, an excess of holidays. tholidays granted by Trustees I made formal complaint, and had them partially stopped : and [do not recollect any instance in which complaint has been made, since we were left to our own trianageuieut, but the complaint of his Excellency tliatI left my charge on the day the Highland Ball was last held in the Academy. To this I answer, His Excellency had given a guarantee to Mr. Youngthat neither Mr. \Vaddell noer. Brown would ofier any objection to the Ball; and as I had most serious objec- tions to the Ball and School together, the only thing left me was, to object to the School, and get out of the way, when the other had been forced upon me without my consent, and indeed without my being consulted.

The history of Sir Charles’s offence was this: In the summer of 184], when the day for our examination ap- proached, no notice was given to His Excellency ofthe fact till he saw it announced by public advertisement by the Sc— cretary ol the Trustees. His Excellency then demanded to know why Iliad tint called upon him and informed him that the day was coming. My reply was, tliatlconsiilercd it my business to be in my place, am! to have my pupils ready for inspection, and that I considercd it the duty ofthe Trustees to make their own arrangements; that when Iliad called upon His Excellency, on loruier occasions, it‘was generally

‘5: a - tibw deserted us, we (Iltl not lecl mirsclvcs warranted to take upon us anything which they did not demand. My cxpla~

His Excellency was pleased to take offence, and charge me with want ol'tlue respect to him. I have the whole ofthe correspondence. It is amusing, as illustrative of the cour- tiervlike manner in which trifles are sometimes magnified into importance, and of the way in which the weaker is sometimes sacrificed to the powerof the stronger. How 1 hate dishonesty and double dealing!

# * fl: * I am, Iny dear Sir,

Yours truly,

J. WADDELL.

To 'rna EDITOR or was COLONIAL HERALD. Sir; You are, no doubt, aware, that most of the people in returned the Islander, and since the coin- nicucemeut ofthe Palladium, some of my acquaintance bad

a favourable reaction, as it was clear, and forcibly applied to the unconstitutional land-monopoly oftliis Island. And the letters of your correspondent, the learned CURTIUS, are re- ceiving great applause.

On subjects ofimportance, wherein the public an gone- rally interested, there can be no sound objections against your giving publicity to arguments on both sides of the case, while you confine the writers to the merits ofthe question under discussion. This would enable parties to see clearly, and decide for themselves. But if you suffer persons who have no argument to offer to vent their spleen iii your paper, with a view of drawing tlieiropponeut from the subject into personal recriminatimi, your paper, instead of informing the public, will be viewed as the pit or arena for ribaldry and personal abuse; and it is surprising to many ofyour readers, that you have published the letters ofA COMMISSIONER, who has taken it for granted, without any grounds, that the land question is obsolete, and makes use of your paper as a vehicle to carry out his splenetic vitoperations for reviving it. He talks of levellers, and of people having property to lose, as if he would insinuate that the grantees had a lawful or honest claim to the lands of this Island, because some persons

ditions of settlement—a sufficient proof that the expenses attending the performance of the conditions were nearly equal to the value of the grants; and the only value they have acquired since, is through the most sordid avarice and villanous deception, which have been encouraged and gru-

Townsbips have increased in value, so much is abstracted

description and number of persons, within a limited period ; and'on the failure of such settlement,'it is declared, that the

lands are to becomeforfeiled, and the grants to be void and ofnnne qfid; and it is a notorious fact, which has not been denied, that the grantees have not performed, nor have they attempted to perform, any ofthe conditions of their grants. But they have levied contributions or imposed rents upon British subjects, for permission to improye the land, not only for the land originally granted and forfeited; but also for. the

1 hooters of old, and the grantees of this Island. Th! lforuier openly asserted their claims by force of arms. T-hQ‘ ‘ latter covertly, by deceit aiul corruption. The former demand.“ ed black mail, as their right by conquest. The latter den inanrled rent, as they said a sum was duefor services re ” ., , by them to the Crown. The free hooters could boast of mm; luring an over-match for the Government. The granteesL can boast that [boy have gained the Ministers and Governor! to their side. The treebooters set the laws at defiance. The. grantees have had sufficient influence to get the laws set aside. The freebooters set up their own courts, as there is some honour even amongst thieves. 'l‘lie grantees, or their com- niisioncrs, get into the Courts and Offices ofthe Government... but in other respects the comparisonfaila.

In process oftime an Act was passed in Britain forbidding people to pay such rent as black mail, and commanding them. to defend themselves and their property unt‘il Government. could send them assistance. When the people are deprived oftheir property by black mail, it is oflittle importance to them who are the frecbootcrs, when the case is equally the: same. Butit is viewed very differently by the Government. In this Island, since it has been a Colouy,tlie persons whose duty it was to execute the laws, and have them impartially administered, have been either the grantees or their com- itiissioners, and share in the booty; and when the people petitiou‘for the laws to be piititi operation, they are told that the laws have been so long suppressed, that it is too late now to put them in force. When it is pointed out that the grantees have not performed the conditions oltheir grants, it is answered, that the grantees’ interest has been purchased by other persons for a trifle, and therefore the rights ofsuch property must be held sacred; and when the people become dissatisfied, and complain ofthe way in which they have been deceived, imposed on and plundered, instead of redress, an armed force is sent to strike terror and silence all com- plaints. Therefore it is to be hoped that the people have learned by experience that it is not required of them to de- fend themselves by force of arms, nor to petition the So- vereign to negotiate terms with their oppressors. Neitheris, i: neccssary to play at hide and seek in the bush, blowing, burns to scare the Peterses, or to sneak about His Lordship‘s