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MODERN FORTUNES, FNORMOU? WEALTH 18

BOW MADR,

The fortune bequested by the late Mr, Brassey, the contractor. is probably, ss the Olserver says, the largest which ever pas- sed the Court of Proba:e—for the very few estates whie! exceed bis in value are use ally transferred by settlement, This fortune 1s believed to have exceeded seven mijlions sterling. the personality alone having been ewern under six and a balf millions, With the pe-sib!s excepiion o! aa instance in the history of the Rothsehi 4 fami!y—a family of whoee colorsal weelih everybody taiks, while nobody koows tery much—and the doubtful exeeption of Mr. Vanderbilt, re- ported by New York gos-ips te poss: ss nearly a tiaired millions of doliars—this is certainly the largest amount of money ever accumulated by one man by industry aad enterprise, during bis own hiestme, sod its bulk suggests thai some great

are wera —

al! kinds, end prove as oper dive, ae we take it to hi ve been im aucient Rome. Let it once becowe socially disgraceful to do nothing for the State, snd these colossal fortunes will be utiligod, though even then i€ may be now and then necessary for Pariiamens to decide that the posseseor af fifty millions is a moral iu natieo, whose actions must he restrained. Suppose he takes it into his head to evict a county, or burn down a city, or shut up the Bank of Englond every three years ?—Lon don Spe ctaler.

CORRESPONDENCE,

CAMP LIFE

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NEW BRUNSWICK,

Je THE EpiIToR or THE “ EXAMINER.”

IN

Deer Sir,—Perbaps it may be of some interest to the readera of your valuable columna, to have a little sketch of Camp Lite, in New Brunswick.

In the firet place, the men are selected by the

| ooentractor, or rather as he ie termed the lum-

}ber boss. Then, when the crew arp all ready

+ et RRR A ei gee te ert . ¢ al

prevent his lendieg bimeelf or hie Judgment te anythi £ calculated to deteat juatics, or to per petuate a sy tem whereby dishonest men can de- feat justice deceive the pablic, and cheat henest crediters with linpunity, and. af the eame ‘ime, be ia actual possessico of valuable property I consider, with many others, that such a system should be exposed, and alao puton a different basia at once, by appoiating two new Commie- ajoners, of Mr. Brecken’s stamp, on the bench ot the forenamed Court—men who are independent and inte‘ligent—mwen whe wonld act easion required, as Mr. Brecken did in my Case, viz, by relusing to sign an order for weekly sup port, on behalf of the debtor, because of the debt- or’e actually being in possession of valuable pro perty. which I preved beyond doubt. 1 contend

that it is not the spirit of tae law, as the law is}

certainly plain in such watters The true mean

ing end intention of the law is that no debtor, or |

, confined prisoner, can swindle any ereditor with impunity, but, on the contrary, it explicitly says that a prisoner confined in jail must clearly prove that “he or she (as the case may be) is utterly unable to support him or hereell, and has be pre-

| perty whatever, real or personal, of what nature or kind soever, except necessary bedding, wear

ing apperal kitchen utensi's, and necessary tools ot his or ber trade or cecupation, net exceeding lin value, in the whole, filteen ponnds,”’ before | the Commissioners can sign such order. Yet, ir

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the vessel, were the most directly opposite mal Currency Question which we were to his opinions, measures and character, agreeably surprised to see unanimously and far the most artful and powerful of the carried, A short bill wil! be passed, author- set, they easily prevailed, so as to seize up izing the public accounts, to be kept aceord- the vacant, unoccupied aud direlict ‘ing to the Deeimal system from ist of next It is suppesed

on minds of his friends, and instantly they financial year Feb. Ist 1872. turned the vessel wholly out of the course that the Banks. and commercial and busi- of his policy.” ‘ness people geuerally wiliadopt it, even be- Now, if the history of the past is of any, fore then. :

service, it must be asa guide for the pre-! A Resolution was passed in regard to the The Government cunnot back down. Stock Farm. It is contemplated to pur-

and their leader have spoken of chase it for the sum of 43,50) sterling. their Railway policy en the platform on, The large Brick Building, at present there-

the street, in the eaucus, in the Legislature | 0" will make a suitable Asylum as eo

in the Governor's Speech; and hence are | the sum of 43 00) will be voted. ifully committed. They are strong in asylum aud land Gaeens is to - sold ‘numbers, are strong in the soundness of his is a good undertaking we think, and ithe Railway policy,—willin all probabilty | 7? hope before the Legislatere = pops ‘have the support of some members now on | will be taken to have Sock Farms in King

‘the Independent Benches, and yet with all “7° *! ' The pon ge ne Be (this and in face of the factthat no petitions | this effect published recently in the Exami-

have been sent in against the Railroad— | 7) Was well received. For the present it

sent,

They

and Prince Cormties.

change must have passed over the foriune | with their Napsacks or properly speaking their making eapabilitice of basines® men, Toe | Packs, which consists of Socks, Mittens, Shirts, area ot their operaliens mast im some Way besides Needles, Thread,Combs & Scissors, and a or another have been enormously increased, bag for gum, with tome exceptions they start en uoti! they resembled che operations of a government rather than those of an indiv -

their way rejoicing, bidding farewell to their

families and sweet hearts, The few exceptions

' my ease, aliicugh I proved that the debtor owned | they hesitate Burke, in the same speech |property of the value already aeutioned, ever | ae the one alluded to says of the supporters

jand above a merigage thereon for abuut £70, ) : : ‘*As if it were to insult)

and although the debtor was cffered in Court | of Lord Chatham, !

whether be would sell me hie interest in the lind | . a ‘ be tck ¥ ; »| the close of the first session of his adminis-

might be well, to offer a tender, for the care and raising of Stock, in each of the Counties.

Ve have heard a gentleman

£200 for his interest therein, and when asked|ag well as to betray him, even long before Sty, that fer a much less sum than £400 |

per year, he would guarantee to take care

dual, until, as it were, they must be en- abled to secure the services of entire armics of faithfu! agen's, We believe this to have heen the ease, and be due to the operation of two causes, ove of them entirely good in its netion, the other a:d more important one doubtful.

The nations! bounderies formerly fxed to speculation ave rapidly disagpesring. Papposing that an able man with a talent for business of almost any kind ean seoure a sufficiency of competent and trustworthy egents, there is.no necessity for limiting his work to one country. He can repeat himself, as it were, as often ashe pleerest and repeating himseit implies a repetition ef his profits. Mr. Bross»y ean only build one railway eta time. be the yr fic ever eo great, just as one ambassador can only be in one cspital on one day; but Mr. Bras- fey controlling a hundred Mr. Bragseys can guide them as the Foreign Office guides eavoys, and do the same Work and acquire the same profits ia Kog'and, France, Lodia and Amerie: al at once. Nothing can stop him exe>pt ae insuf€erency of agents, and it is just at this time that the reservoir of agency bas begun to widen and deepen In many departments of |ife individualism has ceased to pay, the able man with little capital getting more aod rising higher by enterng the service of some commanding eapitalist. The capitalist can pay him asa — i paid, and is willing to pay him,

muse he is able thorcughly to trust him.

The greatest of all obstacles to an un- Tmited employment of agen's was once the fear of rivalry. ‘“If,’’ said the employer “{ make that min as competent as myself, he may set up for himse f and take soine of my business away.”’ ‘The agent, however, of » man bke Mr, Brassey has none of that temptation, Ifhe set ap for bimse'f he

auld not do the same business — bu-iness profitable mainly om account of its scale— eod if he could, it would, considering the risk, ecarcely be worth hiswhile. It be is the kind of man who succeeds, his employer will see thet it is made worth his whi'e to sacceed for him instead of for himself, tu

alluded te, are these that take a littie “ Forty Rod Stuff,”

and to drewn dul! eare.

to shoot Partridges on their way Now weare fairly under way, and after a half day’s journey, we arrive with ovr teats at a stopping place, a substitute for a Hotel, which would be too tedious to describe mivute’y. A When the drive into this Hotel yard ;—save ihe mark—

few remarks will suffice. teams the Landlady looks out of the window in astonish * Here is a whole crew; what The

Landlord being absent the woodsmen take care

ment and exclaims will I do, no bread and nothing cooked.” of their own teams, The hosa comes in to fhe honze, and asks the Landiady, if she can get them some dinner? Yes, such as it is,”? Then she makes her apolegies for her deficiencivs. After the sumptuous banquet, we are on the read again as jolly as youth and age can be.

Now boys for another hard tramp for thirty or}

ferty wiles, before arriving at another freshment ealoon, similar to the last one spoken off, aud we fare about the same as befure, with ,a few extra nicities, by way of some warm Pan- We put

on @ large pile of hardweod, which makes a

cakes, Then for our night's Ledging.

blazing fire, then we get a large spread as they are termed, which are composed of all the old

worn out clothes of last year, eewed and patched |

together, aod warwly lined. Weerpread them

,on the large room fiver before the fire now b'azing—we lie undressed, except our boots on these quilts or 8: reads so called, with our feet towards the fire—and sleep as best we ean till

So much tor

the first day's adveniure, for a green horn,

morning. The boss pays the bills.

sys . 1 | - 0 The second day's journey is the same as the political parties, or rather the Government | Of, however, before long.

first.only we arrive at our destination the second night, which place I will describe by-and-bye The camp as it ts called, was carefully built by & cenipetent person, sometime previously to our arriving here, It isa low shebang or sbanty, composed of a few logs on the sides and at right angl:8, and faetered at the corners by notches

in each log, and those logs are placed one on top

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| for the amount of the mortgage, answered ‘* No, Messra, Morrie and Lawson granted biw an order for a weekly allowance for his support, directly jeontrary to law and’ evidence, Mr, Laweon | stating, at the same time, that, as there was a | mortgage on the property, the Commissioners /coule have nothing to do with the debtor's in- terest therein. law. touching the matter, never intended tbat creditors could be swindled out of their just rights. 1 wiet, also to convey to your numereus and in= | telligent readers a thorough understanding as re- |gards myself in this particular case, not that 1 | feel chagrined at losing my case alone, but be- | cause many others bave met with a similar fate, | and are liable to meet the same at the hands ot ; such Conmnissioners as Messre, Morris and Law. son, Who constitute themselves en infalliable | quorum, but who are two eld fogies, both of , whom are deaf to justice and to the real intention jof the law. JTopiog that the above facta will be |; duly considered, and to tend to the immediate | removal of Cowmuissioners Morris and Lawson | from a position the duties of which they are not | capable of discharging to the satisfaction of the | public, nor according to Law,

I remain yours, &¢.,

JOHN HUGIIES, | Hill Cottage, Wheatley River, % | 14th March, 1871. 4

| P.S—* Herald” and “ Patriot” will oblige i by copying this letter, J. H.

The Examiner.

Chariottetown, March 27, 1871.

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‘THE POLITICAT. SITUATION IN RE- GARD TO THE RAILWAY

QUESTION.

| It is useless to ignore the fact that both

and the Opposition, look at the Railway | Question from political stand points. We should not mix up politics, some say, with the Railroad. Perhaps we should net; but |we must take things just as they are. Look at the two resolutions before the

| Legislature on the Railway—one says let

Therefore 1 consider that the|

|tration, when every thing was publicly | of anc raise eacn year a certain amount of |transacted and with great parade, in his_ improved Stock. We doubt not that far- |name,”’ they enacted a law against his) mers in the Kings and Prinee Counties | cherished policy. There is one difference would be found to do the same, and we | between our situation and that described , think a little money spent in this way, by Edmund Burke. Mr. Pope is in the) would do much good.

vigor of his intellect. He has no Charles} The prayer of the petitioners to have the Townshend to take his place in political | Jail limits extended over the whole of

life. The Patriot thinks, in the present Prince County was not complied with. |

crisis he will truckle and hold to the reins Next Wednesday the Leader of the Guvern- ofpower. We jadge, from the zeal, courage ent announced a call of the House to con- and energy that he has shown during the | sider the tailway Resolutions. On Satur

question, or appeal to the people at the | very hard during the week, and as many polls. It is better to fall with dignity than| of them were bachelors he would give to rule on sufterance, and we think we are | them 2 half holiday to sew on their buttons

expressing the public sentiment when we | THE G fe rae au al CLANS ON say that we do hope, for political honor, | ~ THE CELEBRATION OF THE for the high example it will give future | ROYAL MARRIAGE. Colonial s'atesmen, and for the interests of | — the country, that the Leader of the Govern- ment will prefer running the risk of “| | General Election and of being the popular jleader ofa great, liberal, progressive rail- way party, rather than being only nominal leader, of a merely do-nothing, no-policy | hold-on-to-oflice Coalition.

“ Wild andhigh the Cameron’s gathering rose, The war note of Loebi-l, whick Albyn’s bills Have heard,and beard, too,have her Saxon foes; How in the noon of night that pibrock tt ril's, Savage anc shrill,’

But when we heard it last. “twas not in ‘the “ noon of night,” but bright and early on Tuesday. morning; nor was it ‘“* Savage land Shrill ” hut soft and sweet under the skilful fingers of our civilized townsman

| Doings of the Heuse of Assembly.

The Railway, Qeanidn. fee wen alg heen | kilts to rouse up the city to do honor to the | disposed of,—the two Resolutions, which |

; | ; i i ‘marriage of a noble and gallant Scotchman we give below, have heen allowed to rest) ‘ : ee ee ’ ‘ ,(and the Royal Princess Louise. jin peacey They will be made piece mea

Th aad (banners were flung to the breeze from } s i | . ‘ . : @ Tesolution | vost of the prominent places in the city, |moved by Hon. Mr. Pope is as follovrs:

j | and at 12 o'clock, amidst hearty cheers for

| : i. ae the —s yor aie ~>4 wo the Queen, the Princess Louise, the Mar- sland aave much inereased during the past! ; ‘ ;

| few years: and whereas it is found alas is of Lorne, and the Lieut. Governor ae

‘impossible in the absence of stone or gra-| Royal Standard of Scotland was hosted on

vel to keep the roads in an efficient state the top of the Colomal Building. Thesons

‘of repair, to render erssy the transport, of! of glorious old Scotia and their descendants

wild with delight and some of them

| the productions of the Colony; and where-| 'us the construction and maintenance of a; Wer

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past few weeks that he will carry the) 4#y. he said 2s the Members had worked |

Donald Mctadyen, who turned out in fall |

Soon

; | us undertake the Railway now, as it is re- of anctber, to the hight of two or three feet on |

the sides,and the gables are a few feet higher ‘ /on a spell

The Government want to go than the walls, and are su, ported by what are é

| line of Railway through ths Island, wou!'d | could not repress the exuberance of their | Lo! the Oracts, quired; the other says all right, but hold{ greatly fa ilitate its trade, deveop its re-| felings until they had danced to the tane

isources enlarge its revenue and open more | frequent and easy communication with the |

ofone of Sctoland s soul stirring strathspeys.

Maxing with 12476 tons new shipping a grand total of 2 132 270 or over $306,600 more than that of jast year. To the mother Country we shipped 1525 194 bushels of oats, valued at $539,212. The three largest items sent to Canada were ; Oysters $6,052; Pork $13,280; and Potatoes, $5438 — Of our exports to Nova Scotia Butter represents $7 660; Fish, $20 946; Potatoes, £61,305; Oats $109,086; and Pork and Lard, $199 822. These articles also constitute our principle export trade to Newfoundland and the West Indies New Rrunswick took from us #16 ‘79 worth of Butter; $47,067 worth of Pork; $11 821 worth of Fish; $56 392 worth of oats; and $21.877 worth of Horses. Among our shipments to the United States were wool and Skins to the value $17,712; Poultry to the value of $3 280; Butter to the value of $2 272: Horses to the value of $38 182; Oats to the value of 29 907; Potatoes to the value $11 155 Egys tothe value of $96 040; Fish to the valu of $191,586. The exports to each country exhibit an Increase over the previons year. In the case of the United States they are nearly double those of 1869. With the new vessels the ship- ments to the United Kingdom amount to $90,000. Of Fish, the total export is #256, 480; of pork and lard, $276,420, and of eggs and poultry $101,960.

For the same period our imports were as follows, from

| Great Britain, $842,945 | Canada, 240,850 | Nova Scotia, 357,585 New Brunswick, 218,365 | Newfoundland, 12.739 | West Indies, 26967) | St. Pierre, 640 | United States, 227,940

‘Making a total of $1,928,665, or $107 500 more than in 1869.

There is an increase in the imports trom all parts . 'States. Flour from the latter country is \less by 4,500 barrels than it was the pre- |yious year”’ LINES ON THE LOSS OF THE

“ EMELINE,”

| public ourpose is to be served, Mr, LePage is always amongst the first to aid rt with his talents. His last Poem does not fall below the otber pieces with which he bas favored the public from time te time, Most of his compositions are of a brief character, written for some temporary occasion. We hope he will have le‘sure, before he © shuffles off the mertal! coi!,"” to write eome lengthy; well-sustained work which his country will not willingly let die. It is not often that the “ divine afflatus " is cocferred upon bumans, sud Mr. LePage cwes it tous, and to his own fame to compose some great work, embodying the early history, the romance and traditions of {Prince Edward Is!and, We give below the three last stanzas of che “Lines on the Loss of |the Emeline.” :

\'Twould be vain te conjecture what happened

before

The wreck of the Emeline drifted ashore ;

! Riding over the billows, the storm at ite height,

| Were the crew from the deck washed by wares in the night?

Did they struggle with death very bari for their liver?

| Did they think in that struggle on children and

wives? - dumb, no reaponee will bestow, The secrets of N -ptune no landsman may know !

|

except St. Pierre and the United,

Whenever any enterprise for a charitable or)

use vast means for another instead of small

rith the work whilst they are the m:s- : ood on with t —T : : @ nest Provinces and the United

| In the evening the Caledonia Club, with | Yes! Ocean retentive its secrets will keep,

means on bis own account, The agent is bound to fidelity by every vulgar as weil as every lofty motive, aod his employer po more fears bis rivalry than Hobenzollern< fear that of Bism rck or Von Moltke, Ut course, when ability seeks service as more profitable then independence, able agents wiliing always to be ageuta become p/enti- ful, and there are potentialities of wealth in that new relation of agent and muster almost beyond the dreams of avarice. Ilia man of ability and capita! can do one thing best and can secure such egen's nothing prevents bim from doivg that one thing for the whole world, drawing the whoie profs of the branch of dealing or mavu- facture, or enterprise throughout th: en- tire world, and so realiz ag a fortune never yet heard of. The thing has never yet been done, we believe it has beeu done nearly e-ough to show that our speculation ja not dreamy, io the international bullen trade, in tne laying of cable telegraphs, snd in the construction of ra: |ways, and it may be do @ yet on a vaster scale, and perbeps on ground no’ yet worke |

The railwaye of the wor d wiil, we bo'iev), | be assumed one day by the governments of tae world; but suppoees « millionare to have tiatezpacity for leasing railway lines to a! profit whieh Mr. Brassey bad for making rail- ways {9 @ profit, what would be the limit of Lis revense ? Heo might be lessee of half ths lings on the gicbe, and make year by year all

r. Brasesy made in bis life. Why not? It is quite conceivable that a man lik» the Marqu's of Salisbury might have that very faculty, and no rival cou d obserre the me- thod and copy it, for he could not get the capital or the pablic confidsnc>, and as to tne lesece’s unwillingneee to extend bis oper- ations, we despair of that kind of limitation. Mr. Brassey would not have minded making al! the railways in the world at once, Peo- pie in this country, when once eagaged in these vaet business's, continue them, ani ex tend them as great governments used to ex- tend trontiers mot because they want any- thing, but because they enjoy doing it. Money beyond a certain smoune is to most men, certainiy to mon able to acquire it, no temptation at all, It will give them nothing | they wish for. yet they go not with the work | which leads to its acquisition with insatiabe| gest. Mr, Brassey did not want seven mil- ions any more tnan he wanted eeventy; but) liked the kind of work which produecs illions, be could do it, and be went on do- it, We see no reason wiiy, with inter-, natione! barriers thrown down, and agency 80 extended and 80 efficieut, and capital s powerful as an instrumen', fortunes should | not be wade to which that of Mr. Brassey) would seem o trifle, fortunes #0 vast that! their ewners would bave all the power o* great «ates and none of their reeponsibilicics, | .bink. Thie very Mr. Beasesy could have throwo two millions of Remington rifles in-| to Bordeaux, or a thougsau picees of rifled | artillery, horses and harnces complete, or, have fed Paris for twelve months, without) usking permission of any haman being.

If our anticipativn roves correct. States | will one day beve to deal with thee coloesal | millionaires, and we have @ greet curios'ty | to know in what way they will try to do it. Contiscation would be to) dangerous to 6)-| crety, besides being iawor.!, and the repub- | lies of Anglo-Saxon origin have as yet dis) played no disposition to employ such means, | Politicians in America dare most things, but/ nobody proposes to confiscate Mr. Vanier | biit'a wealth, and so relieve New York Staic) from taxation fur five years In England, owing to the absence of o peasant proprie- tary, there ie more danger of such sugges- ton, bet in Engiand it would be resisted from the religious side. A law of compul- tory divieiop at death would not effect the| end desired, for the fortunes of which we- epeak will be made by individeals, and an) impot progressif would only ] ad to the con- |

| prewmitaes

termed ribs, they also eupport the roof, which is!

formed of eplits of ceder. Theo their is an erection of logs or polea, fastened together as the lower logs which is used a8 a chimney, and pre- This finishes

the outside view. Now for inside discription of our

perly termed by lumbermen, lodge. habitation, Iu the first place, there isa log frame about 6 x 8 feet at an elevation of about fifteen inchea piled with earth, for the purpose of hearth or firepiace, and in order to heep the weod in its place, there are four large rocks this fenders. One side of this camp 16 used as a sleep-

placed on elevation, which answer as ing apartwent, and divided or separated from the lumber language, it answere for a eeat, and quite

the fire, by whatis called deacon seat, in

oft-n as atable aleo, The beds are composed

of the boughs of some particular kind of sett

wood, and placed sv regular that it resembles the |

growth of feathers on the goose but only in their position. They make a very comfortable bed ind»ed, as they are very elastic, and are removed often. The opposite side of the camp, is used for culinary uze by the cook,who swings supreme domain over all who become intruders on bis

ple pie order, it is in panakum order, every dish, cup, pan, and cloth, knows ite own pail or peg.

At the end of the camp opposite the door (which ie a very emall entrance cut in the end ard fastened by a dvor wade of the same material as the roof of splits, and hung by wooden hinges with a fastening ef the same material) ie the place where the table reste on four feet, not exactly like the feet of other tables, but driven into large holes bored in a hewed log, and placed against the end of the camp, then seats are made much the eawe as the tables, only of less dimensions and portable, On this table ere plated all the delieacies of the pantry, besides some splendid stews, that are made of the game of the forest, which ie in abundance, such as Rabbite, Par- tridger, Deer, and Moose, aleo the eplendid fresh fish of our expansive lakes and streams, and tv add to the taste of those is the mode of cooking The principal delicacies are cooked in a stew or bake-pan, which is nothing more or leas than a metal pot, and covered with a cover of the sawe kind, It is buried in a bole in the earth or hearth, with a covering all round, and on top are placed hot embers, the food ie cooked by its own steam, it is exovilent, it cannot be deseribed by pen or tongue, you mast taste it. The men are employed in the day time at their different work, such ae chopping down the lum- ber and peeling or barking their log, and pre- paring the roads for the teams to haul it to the nearest stream or lake, where it will be tranepor- ed te the place of manufactory When the day’s work ix dene, and tea is over, the men enjoy themeelves in different amusements, such as checkers, chess, deminos, also in singing, and «pinning yorne, which sometimes wind up witha debate. Me. Editor, 1 fear you will think J] never will wind up my description of camp life, except for want of space in your columne, for I uppear not to step for want of material er want ot breath. Pray excuse the errors of a pew writer, aud the greenese of a

Raw Recevtr. Shogomock, Y. C, N.B., Marcb, 13.b P71, see nA adllnciiesicoae' THE INSOLVENT DEBTOR’S COURT.

TO THE SDITOR CF THE EXAMINER.

Dear Sir,—PBy arving publicity to the following. which are facts worthy of being taken inte con~ sideration, youl will confer a favor on your e«er- respondent, and also bring before the eyes of the public the actions of some of our public men— Judges, oy toe way. 1 was ores toreugh the Commissioners ot the Inseivent Debt rs’ Court, that a certain debtor, wht was ecenfined iw

When he hasevery thing if not in ap-/ amongst themselves who gppose the Rail-

evaiment of property abrord. A cirect sta-| Queen's County Jail, by virtue of an Execution taory Junitavon on wealth ~ once &- favorite coved ont of a country Small Deb, Ceurt, where. i4ee of the eottage democra‘e, whose best re-|j, | was plaintiff, had petitioned said Commis

prosentative ae Cobbet—is im poesibie for the name reason, and eo is another ald device, the imposition of enormour taxes Upon suc- vesions. The whole world must agree to im- pose them to make them o' any use.

We suspect the only pa'liative will be the growth of an intense opin) 6 in favor of pe- canisry reeponsibility, of © feeling that it is infamous for avery rich man to go nothing tur the community, That ‘eeling exits w-— seudy about very great land ode. and it may 5 -rhepa be egwoded to very great wealth oF

sioners for weekly support, tu aceordurce with

the Act of 24rd Vie,, Cap, 16, fer certata fonsons | der him with a modesty that becomes all; Market House never should have beep built ‘Lhe debtor appeared men, and with a confidence in hin, which there, and will be removed some aay, when

eet forth in said petition, at the time specified for examination, eared belore thie august Court, knowing tull

1 alao ap-!

possession of property to the value of £230, over! and above any cucumberancers, The Com iir-! sionera were John Moerriz, Jobo Lawson, Jolin Bracken. Eequites, | mab (ds. Breckeo, & q..) d wish to uy ne blawe, | as he acted mpartiaity, widependently, and |

hengstiys and bia pugiiien in sv@ely je such ae w

and

ters. The Opposition cries out lustily against this—hoping that by waiting—like Macawber—for something to turn up, they may become the builders. will the Government do? Will they en- | dorse, or adopt the Opposifion policy? If so, t'ey must acknowledge that they are |morally defeated. will not do this.

| ernment is the Railway policy, ‘ment without a policy is only a faction, no | matter how respectable or numerous may “be its members or supporters. It is worse | with 2 Coalition than a purely party Govern. jments. The Land Question is nearly set ,tled, the Free School system is established, 'the Confederation Question is dead and |Religious Education is sieeping, hence ithere is no great question now that can ibind a party together but the Railway | Question. By boldly grappling with this | they get the support of many who have no _political sympathies with them. Those

The strength of the Goy- A Govern-

| way policy, are the worst and strongest op | ponents of the Government. We do not wish to speak offensively, but we ask the , Government themselves to look at their | position. It is remarkable, in their case | how history is repeating itself. Mr. Pope | is in the same position as was Lord Chatham lat the head of his Coalition. Here is how | Edmund Burke, in his great speech on | American Taxation, describes Lord Cha-' on ;

,tham’s Government. We need not say | how accurately it suits Mr. Pope's Govern- | ment:

| Tie made an administration. so check- |ered and speckled; he put toget.ier a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whim- sically dove-tailed; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a tasselated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white; patriots and courtiers king s friends and republican; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open ene mies; that it was indeed « very curicus show ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and un. sure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same boards, stared at each other, and were obliged to ask, ‘Sir, your name? Sir, you have the ad- vantage of me—Mr. Such a-one. I beg a thousand pardons.” I venture to say it did so happen that persons had a single office divided between them, who had never spoke to each other in theirlives until they found themselves, they knew not how, pigging together, heads and points, in the same truckle-bed-”

The action of some of Mr. Pope's sup- porters is similar to the way Lord Cha- i'tham s party dealt with him. The passage |is worth giving in full. “In consequence |of this arrangement having put so much the larger part of his enemies and oppos- | ers in power, the confusion was such that | his own principles could not possibly have any effect or influence in the conduct of jaffairs. If ever he fell into a fit of the gout, _or if any other cause withdrew him from public cares, principles directly the con- trary were sure to predominate. When he had executed his plan, he had not an inch of ground to stand upon fhen he bad accowplished his scheme of adminis- tration, he was no longer a minister. | When his face was hid but for a moment, his | whole system was on a wide sea, without |chart or compass. The gentlemen, his particular friends, who, with the names of Various departments of ministry, were ad- | nattted to seem as if they acted a part un-

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| neighboring | States : | dresoived therefore, That the construction | | of a first-class Railway. cf three feet six} jinch gauge, from Cascumpec Harbor to! Geergetown, calling at Summerside and} Charlottetown, with Branch lines to :ouris| and Tignish, the cost of which not to ex | ceed Five Thousand Pounds, currency per mile, is worthy the serions consideration | of this House.’’

Hon. Mr. Wightman’s resolution reads thus:

‘* Whereas the construction of a Trunk! Line of Railroad through this Colony was} not submitted to the people at the late gen- | eral election, and no expression of public) opinion u»on the project has been given to) this House by petiiou: And whereas suf-| ficient information has pot been laid before

this House to enable it to decide satisfac. | torily upon the proper gauge of the roaid, |

or the route it should run, as also the ex-| penditure neeessary for its coustruction | which would necessitate a varge ene jn our taxation:

“Therefore Resolved, That no resolntion | to frame a Bill upon for the constraciion of | a Railroad through this Island be passed in this House until a survey of the route, by competent engineers, be first made, and the rerort of such surveyors, embodying their estimates of the probable cost of the road, be published for the approval of the peopie.’

There is some hope of our having Law Reform in this Island, as there was some talk of having a Commission appointed to report upon the question. They will have all summer to make a report. which, pro- | bably, will be submitted for che action of the Legislature next winter. We hope some Lord Brougham will rise up and sweep away the smoky cobwebs of the Law, whici have been accumulating here for nearly a century.

A Bill relating to the soareed cast upon the shores of the Island, is before the House. It is intended to remove a good deal of useless htigatiov,—but whether, in giving the public the privilege of taking the seaweed and kelp that are washed ashore, it will not conflict with the rights of private property, will be a subject of grave dispute. We incline to the opinion that such a Bill is unconstitutional, and that it will not receive the Royal assent.

The Bill to prevent Quacks from prac- ticing upon the health of Her Majesty's subjects, passed the House without much division, Only such physicians and sur- geons, as hold Medical Diplomas, and such others as can pass a Licensed Board of examiners, wil! have the privilege, in future, of putting to death such unfortun- ates as come under their sealpels. Woe betide any travejling disciple of E.scalapius or any old woman who will dare prescribe nostrums, phlactrics or doses for those sub- ject to any of the “ills that flesh is heir to.” What provision does the Bill contain to punish the tavern-keepers who prescribe for the thirsty souls who take a little wine or something stronger, just for their stomach’s sake |! But We must not be cap- tious, as the Bill is no worse than those which the great Danie] O Connell said he cou'd drive a horse and coach through.

The affairs of the City were before the House, and the old jealousy ever entertain- ed betwixt town and country is becoming visible’ THe Council asked to put the old Court House to the rear of the Market

patriotic style to the third Toast.

several guests, assembled in the Rankin House, where a sumptous dinner was pre- pared for them. The tables were abund- antly supplied with every delicacy of the

season. and the waiters were most attentive. |

The getting up of the dinner reflected great credit upon the enterprising hostess, who deserved the well merited compliments which she received. The Chair was taken by Hon. P. Walker. A. C. McDonald Esq. and Lieut. Colonel Rankin acted as Vice- Chairmen. The Chairman read a letter from Hon. J. C. Pope, who was unavoid- ably prevented from being present; he also stated that Hon. Mr. Wightman was unable to attend. The following toasts were propos- ed and heartily responded to:—