VOL. 21. r . Royal Agricultural Society.

PIBIIUKS rota run YEAR issi. HE “ROYAL AGIIICULTURAI. SOCIETY" offer the following PltElIIU.\lS to be competed for, at the times utid blacrs, and for the objects mentioned under the several heads :— p ’ Cattle shows. The SIIOW Id Qu'e‘en‘s Count , to be held at CllAl!.01“I‘I- ifdvvrr, on WIDNIIDAY. the 1st day of Septainber. In King's Count , at the HEAD or 81'. I’I’.'t':it's BAY. 00 Painav, the 26th ay of September. In Prince County, near the CHURCH at Paiisca-rovnr, on Toasaav, the 80th day of September.

PRIMIUKI2

For best Entire Blood Colt, fouled in I8-I9, £2 0 0 Id do. do. do. I 0 0 best Blood Filly, do. 2 0 0 Id do. do. I 0 0 best Entire Colt, for Ag‘cltrl. purposes, fouled in 1849, 2 0 0 3,1 but do. do. do. I 0 0 best I"tIl , do. do.» 2 0 0 ad but o. do. do. I 0 0 best Bull, calved in I8-t9, 2 0 0 Id best do. do. I 0 0 best Ileifer, do. 3 0 0 Id belt do. do. _ I 0 0

best yearling Ball or Ileifor, from the Ayrshire Bulls iitiported in 1849, ' 1 0 0

best Calf, from do. do. or from the Ileifers imported in I850, I 0 0 best Ram, under 3 cars old, (Lambs escluded,) 2 0 0 Id best do. o. do. I 0 0 best pen of 3 Ewe Tags, 2 0 0 Id best do. do. I 0 0

I IGULATIONIZ

The Colts and Fillies to be Island bred.

No im oil Stock allowed to compete. _

No animal, having formerly obtained a first prize, will he al; lowed to compete. _

No atiiiiial to compete for more than one prize.

No competitor to exhibit iuore than the required number of nni r:-als in each class. _

No Prize to be awarded, unless there be at least three competitors in each class. _ ' _ _

No person will be allowed to exhibit stock for competition, unless he be a iiteinber of the Ilrunch Society established in the County In which the Show is held. _

'I‘ha Comiitittee will feel obliged, if persons, having Stock of a superior description, would send the same to the Show, although they ma not be of the classes for which Prentiuiits urn oll'ered— for wliic purpose suitable iiccommodatious will be provideil.

Plouglilng Matches Will he held in Queen's County, on T/mrsduy, the 9th October; and in King's County rind in Prince County, on the s.-inio day and at the same place as the Cattle Shows, when the following I'ai:utuass will be awarded:-—

First Prize, £3 0 0 Second do. 2 0 0 Third do. I 0 0 Fourth do. 0 I0 0 Fields of Grain and 'l'_nrn|ps.

For the best 2 acres of Wheat, £2 0 0 2-] best do. do. I 0 0 best 2 acres of two-rowed Barley, 2 0 0 Id best do. do. I 0 0 best 5 acre of Indian Corn, 3 0 0 2.: best do. do. _ 2 0 0 best Q acre of Swede 'l‘uriitps, 8 0 0 2d best do. do. 3 0 0 best ; acre of Yellow Bullock do. 3 0 0 2d best do. do. 1 0 0

The names of the competitors to be intimated to the Secretary in Charlottetown for QuMm's County; to the Secretary of the Branch at Georgetown for King’! County; soil to the secretary of the Branch at St. Eleanor's for Piince County, as follows: -

For Wheat, Barley and Indi.-iii Corn, on or before the lat August.

I-‘or Tumips, on or before the hit Septemb--r.

The fields of Grain to be inspected, and the Prizes adjudged on view, immediately before harvest. _ .

The Turnips to be inspected during the last week in October, for which purpose one Inspector will be appoiiitod for each County, by the Committee in Charlottetown.

Industrial Exhibition.

An Exhibition ol domestic manufacturer: iind agricultural produc-

tions, will be held in Charlottetown, on Ws:t>tu:sn.iv , the 5th of

November, when Premiums for the undorinentioned articles will be distributed, viz:—

For best I0 yards Grey Homespun, £

:- O O

10 do. Shepherd's Plaid, I 0 0 10 do. dyed rind dressed, I 0 0 I0 do. ' willed Flannel, 0 I0 0 10 do. lain do. 0 I0— 0 10 do. ruggct, 0 I0 0 piece of Carpeting, not less than 20 yards, 2 0 0

it of Horse Rugs, not less than 2 yards square, I 0 0

oollen Plaid Shawl, 0 I0 0

do. do. Scarf, 0 I0 0

do. White Shawl. . 0 I0 0 pair of thick knit woollen Stockings, for overalls, 0 5 0 3 pair of woollen Socks, 0 5 0 8 do. do. Gloves, 0 5 0 8 do. do. Mittens, 0 3 0 Linen Table Cloth, 0 I0 0 half-dozen Linen Towels, ' 0 I0 0 I Linea Backs, capable of holding -I bushels each, I 0 0 Bonnet, made froiu Grass Plait, 0 10 0 Hat. do. do. 0 5 0 8 Sheepskin Mats, dyed and dressed, 0 I5 0 Chop mg Axe, 9 5 0 flay of . 0 5 0 Dung Fork. 0 5 0

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.

For best Tub of Butter, not less than 30th. weight, £0 to o no. clings, do. 20lb. weight, 0 I0 0 Do. I dossu Swede Turnips, 0 3 0 Do. do. Carrots for 'l‘able, 0 3 0 Do. do. Roots of Blood Beet, 0 8 0 Do. do. Roots of Msngel Wnrtscl, 0 3 0 Do. do Parsnips, 0 3 0 Do. do Cabbages, 0 I 0 Do. do Pumpkins, 0 8 0 Do. do. Esra nl‘ Indian Corn, 0 ll 0 Do. do. Apples, 0 8 0 Do. do. Onions, 0 8 0

Manure Heaps.

The Committee being desirous to see introduced among Farmers, a better a stem of saving nnd collecting Manures, and pnrticalnrl y as the preservation of the liquid manure, offer the follow- ing'g:misms to lie competed for, separately in each of the three Cosatiss. iiamsly— _ _

To the person who shall have adopted, and has in practice, the best system for the attainment of the above object:—-

First Prise. 55 0 0 Second do. 3 0 0 Third do. 3 0 0

In sws the Premiums, great consideration will be given by the Judges to the eucpiun if the cosfrivances orlnptcd, us also to the means In ass fbr a daily cleaning out of the Stables, &c., and the loading of the vsflstss when hsuli out the Manure to the field, so as to ensure sooasvn of labor as we as manure—for information on which subject, ths smmhtss bag to refer intendi competitors to s siaall pamphlet, satltlsd " Hints to Farmers," by sdgs Pstsrs.

CHARLOTTETOWN,PRlNCE EDWARD ISLAND, TUESDAY,

'Fhe names of C r ‘itors to be intimated to the Secretary of the Society at Charlottetown, and to the Secretaries of the Branches at Georgetown and St. Elenuor‘s, on or before the lat day of August next, nnd.the inspection to take place at such time as may be " ' inoqt advisable by the Committee at each of the above places. 'lhe Pretuiuins to be awarded in the Spring of 1852. By Order, GEORGE BEER, Secretary.

Fishery Cloiins.—Noticc. ‘ ‘ 7 E the undersigned having been dtily appointed Commissioners

. for settling cl iiuis for Bounties on the Cod and Mackerel Fisheries, for Chnrlottt-town, hereby give notice that no claim whatever will be entertained unless the following provisions of the Act have been strictly attended to, viz :—

'I‘he cltiiinnnts must be inliubittints of this I~'lnttd.

The vessel or vessels must have been exprossl fitted out for the Cod or Mackerel Fislieries, itnd must have continued in the prose- cution of such voynze not less than 'l‘hrce and it half months, and, that between the l5th dn_v of June and the Exit dny of October.

‘A Certificate from the Controller of Niivigaition must be presented with the claim, setting forth the place where the Vessel cleared out —tlie sort and quantity of Provisions, being at least one month's Stock—and that the Crew were at least one man for every Five tons up to 'l‘tventv tons, and one intiii for every Six tons above Twenty tons up to Forty-two tons, and one for every Eight tons over Forty- two tons.

'I‘lie customary weekly allowance for each man engaged in the Newfoundland Fislieries being Seven pounds of Bread, seven pounds of lleef or Pork, Otie pound of Butter, One pint of Molasses, Otto ounce of Tea —ati equivalent Stock will be expected by the Coni- iiiisstorier-.

Clninmnta for the Mackerel Bounty will be required to have their Catch inspected and weiglied, iind every required information, rela- IIVO K0 lltelf vuvugu, given, and fully substantiated on Oath, to tho

‘ satisfaction of the Coirruiissioncra.

.I~\.\II'iS N. IIARIIIS, - - KENNI-‘.’l‘ll it-i<i:.\zti:, i°°“"“‘”'°"°"' Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, July 8. I851.

To the Tenants on Lots 9 do 6!.

HI; Subscriber having, by Power of Attorney, dated the 6th dziy of .\Iurch, lS.'sl, been nppoin.ed Agent totakc charge of LOTS 9 6:. 6|, in this Island, the Property of Laivrclice Suliran I'.‘.tq., utilities the 'I'eiuints on those 'I‘owu.-ihips, that all rents, and Arrears of Rent, due on the said Property, are required to be paid

to him forthwith, he alone being authorized to receive the same.

.IA.\ll'lS YEO. Portllill, April 9, 1825!.

. TUTICH is hereby git eu,tliut the Pttrttiersltipsubsisting lietwecii us, DENHIH IIIZDDIN and .lAMi~:s Iii-znntiv, lieretnfore cur- ryiug on Trutle and llusiness under the ntituo of “ D. R l-EDDIN 8: Son," sttitids from this day ilissulvetl by iittilniil consent; that all the liabilities of the said I"irui will be dischurgi-d; rind all the Debts due the snine received by the said Dennis Iti.-drlin. DENNIS REDDIN, .IA.\IES REDDIN. June 7, I851.

Notice .

ALL Persons indebted to the Rev. \Vit.i.iAM J. IIovi.r.s, of

St. John's, Newfoundland, Clerk, on account of arrears of Rent, or moneys due to him nutl his late Wife Juliet Emma Iloyles, (formerly Jnnet Eitititn Rennie) at the time of her death, which happened on the l7th day of May, I848, in respect «it ‘studs or lioltlinga on that portion of I‘ownship Number 23, formerly belonging to her, and aii uiiiers indebted to the said Rev. \Villi:iiii .I. Iloyles in this Island, are hereby notified that I ltuve been duly empowered to receive the said nrreurs of Rent or Debts, and that payment thereof is required to be made to me without delay.

JOIIN LONGIVORTII. Charlottetown, May 20, 1851.

NOTICE.

ALI. persons having lt.-gzil devnnnd.-I iigztinst the Estate oftlio lzitc _ _ Nnthnniel i\I‘L.'iren, deceased, Three Ilivers, tire requested to render the same within Six Moiitlts, and all persons indebted nro required to make inirnediato puyiueiit to L.-\URF.NCF. l\I‘I.ARl§.‘l,

Sole Executor.

July 29. 331.,

PRISIIIIIJMS.

IIE 'I‘RYO.\l BRANCII AGRlCUl.'I‘URAI. SOCIETY offers the following PRI-‘.\IIll.\IS to be competed for :- £I I0

For the best 2 acres of \V|teat, 0 2d best do. tlo. I (I 0 Best 2 acres Barley, I 10 0 2d best do. do. I 0 0 Best 5 acre Swede 'I‘urnips, 2 0 0 2d best do. do. I I0 0 Ilest do. lute Turnips, I 0 0 2d best do. do. 0 10 0

The names of the competitors to he intimated to the Secretary, l'or the \Vlicnt and llurley, on or before the Ist day of August. For Tuinips, on or before the lat of September.

TIIOS. IIOCKIN, Secretary. Tryon, July II, 1851.

National Loan Fund and Equitable Fire Insurance Companies of London.

Incorporated by flcls of Parliamml.

BOARD of DII{BC'I‘0RS of Fire Insurance for I’. E. Island. Hon. E. J. Jurt-is, T. H. Hat-ilaml, Earp, Daniel Hodcson, Esq., 1". Longworlh, Esq. Robert Hutcliinson, Exq., Forms of Applicatioti, and till other inl'orm:ition, may be obtained from the Subscriber, at his Ollice, Charlottetown. L. IV. GALL, Agent.

.M.a1rINE uvs Ui2J1JvcE. Insurance on Vessels, Ctirgocs, &c.

VIIIIE Subscriber hereby announces to the l,'ommerci.il Cominu-

nity of this Island, that he has been duly authorised by Power of Attorney, to not as the Agent of the "Lafayette Insurance Company,” oflndiniiu, in the United States of America. That he is now prepared to grant Policies on all Marina Risks, at very low rates of premium.

That this Company is one eftlio very best in point of rcsponsi bility, havingn paid up Ciipital of £60,000. Tlii-re are three points ofadvantnge connected with the Company, with which the

ublic should be made acquainted.

lst.—lts hnvin a largo Cash fund always at cominnnd.

2d.—'I‘he Sur us Capital wcll invested by Mortgages upon un- incunibered Rea Estate, and’

8d.—'I‘hnt the Stocklioltlers are individually liable for all losses.

The following entletnen having been appointed by the Company to act as it Local ourd of Directors, is a further guarantee to the Public of the respectability of this Otiice, namsly:—-

W. W. Loan, E uire. Jliasas Puania, brquire, and Ilnivuissirr Ditvti-:s, Esquire. The Subscriber will cheerfully rsnder any information, upon ap-

plication being made at his Ollice. CIIARLES YOUNG. Agent.

Charlottetown, Feb. ll, IBBI. (All the papers.)

R. LAVVSON.7\iiorney-at-I.uiv, Notary-l'ub|ic,&c., has RIil\IOVI".D his Oflice to I)eshrisny’s Buildings, Queen Street. Residence Fitzroy Street, near that of Thomas Pethick

I door North of the Commissioners of Small Debt Oflice. (up stairs.)

fllistclluttrotts. TOBACCO.

The use of lobttcco has become so prevalent in this coitntry, that in going places a Lingo miiytirtly (if both sexes, above fifteen yoirs of age, stroll", smoke, or chew it. The same hn- blte prcvuil to a great extent in almost every portion of the globe.

\Vlicn we take into consideration the disagreeable and re- pulsive ch-tnicter of this production to the iinvitiatetl palate. it is truly surprising, that it should ever have been thonitht 0|‘ 33 an article for such use at all : and when to this 1.. usiileration is added, the exceedingly important one, that it is highly injurious to the httin:in system, the fact of its general mo becomes still more astouisliing. Many, however, are not aware ofits por- nicioiis elf.-eta, and this will, i.-i some degree, account for its extensive list‘. I purpose, tlierefore. to exhibit these effects in their true colours in this article, in the hope of inducing such to uliandon these banefiil habits.

It should be uiulorstimtl, then, tobacco is an actual and XI virulent poison. Three drops oftlie distilled oil of tobacco. dropped upon the tongue ofa full sized cst usually causes death in front three to ten minutes: and even when used medically, it It is so bziiieful a tendency, that pliysiciuns now seldmn admin- ister it, to disc see even in the most desperate cases. In many instances, where it has been applied intern:illy, or even exter- nally, it has caused ileatli in a short ptriml. A loliacco poulvice applied to the pit of the stomach causes terrible vomit- logs in a very short time. Its application to the head produces similar effects. A girl about seven years of ti-.:c, in good health, was seized with incessant vomiting, by merely having an ointment ofbutter and snufi" applied to her head, which was affected with a disease. Fonzana ranks tobacco wiili tho vege- table puisons: and he gives the following account of his experiments:

" I miitle," says he, “ an incision in :i pigeon‘s leg, and ap- plied to it tl.e oil oftobncco; in two minutes it lost the use of its foot. I repeated the experiment on another pi-.'eINI. ¢I'Hl the event was exactly the sa ue. I tnaile a small wound in the pectoral muscles ofa pigeon, and applieil the oil to it: ill lllwe minutes the animal coul-.l no iou<_vcr sttppurl itselfott its left foot. This experiinont repeated on another pigeon, omletl the some way. I iutroilii<'e«l into the pector.tl muscles of it pigeon, a snail bit of wood covcre.l with this oil? the pigeon in it ow seconds fell iuselisilile. Two other pigeons to whose muscles I applied this oil, vomited several times till that they hail eaten. Two others with empty stouiuclis, treated as above, maile all possible efforts to vuuit. Vomiting was the most constant effect of this oil.”

To the t"-ire,_miii.: it may be adtlml, that an application of tnliacco in almost arty form will pruilui-c 7| similar clfecl : and chemists tell its that tobacco leaves, distilled in a retort, witli- out atlllllltlll, yield an acrid, empyreumatit-, poisonous oil. Keinpfer also classes it with the strong vegetable poisons : a most appropriate classification imlc.-ed, since a single drop of the chemical ml of tobacco, applied to the tongue ofa cat, h:is pro- duced violent convulsions, and caused death in one miiiitte ; and is thread dipped in the same oil, and drawn through a wound WI-tile by a needle in an animal, has killed it in seven minutes. Nay, what can be expect.-nl but that the strong caustic oil and acrid salt contained in it will produce incalculable evils. Some of tliose evils we will here bring into view.

Dr. illoynwaring, in his treatise on the scurvy, asserts, that tobacco causes scorbutic complaints, and that the scurvy has riboundctl much more since the commencement of the use of tobacco than it ever did before. Oid Mr. Salmon most emi- ncut in practical medicine in his day, says: “ The ordinary and constant use of enush" (meaning snot?) “ is of very evil consequences, and induces npoplexies : and I am confident that more have died of apopleiry in one year since the use of this sntisli, than have died of that «lisease in :t liundretl before the use thereof: and most, if not all, of those I have observed to die of late of that disease, were extreme and constant sunsh- takers.”

As to smoking, every lIlOlll(‘.'|l man knows that the saliva, which is so copiously drziiuctl (III by the pipe, is the first and ,'_'l‘t:.'llC3I i’tl_7l‘lll \Vllll‘.Il tiattire emnlnys in tltgesling I'uotl. Dair- wixt. in his Zuunomia, says: “ The unwise custom of chewing and siimkin: toliuecn for many hours in the day, not only III-

jurcs lltc salivary gluiiils, producing dryne‘s in the uinutli, when this drug is not used, but I suspect. that it also produces scir- rlius in the pnmreas. The use ol'tob:tcco in this immoderate (lL'_|_’l‘L'tl injurt-s tlio powi-r of iligestiiiit, by occasioning the patient to spit out that saliva. \\'lll('lI he ought to swallow; and liencc produce that flaluloncy, wliicli the vulgar ttufortiiiintely take it to prevent.” “ I stw what I conjectitretl to be ttitnnr of the pancreas, \\llll indignation. and which teruiiiinted with the ilentlt oftlie palieiit. lle had been for many years a great consumer of tolmcco, inasmuch that he chewed that noxious drug all the morning and smoked it all the afternooii."

But smoking and chewing not oul_v carry nlfthc necessary stilivti from its proper place ; they likewise snturttle the lontzeo and mouth with tobacco juice, thereby vitiziting the saliva that rentuins, wliicli in this pernicious and poisonous coiitlilimt finds its way to the stomach. Who, in view of these considerations can wonder that tobacco “ fixes its tleailly grasp upon the or- trans of vitality, gradually undermining the health, and sowing the seeds of disease, which are sure, sooner or later, to take root and spring up, carrying away its victim to a premature grave!” Who can wonder at the rlizziness, tho p:iin in the hezi-l, the faiutness. the pain in the stomaolt, the weakness. tltc trcinulousncss, hiiskiuess of the voice, the ilislurbetl sleep, the IlI;_'llllIl.’l|’e, the irnsciliility, the mental tlt-preseiitii, the epilepsy, and even mental iler.ini_vcmcnt oftlie victim oftuliacco! " It seems,” says Henry H. Brown, " to act directly upon the nervous spstein, eufet-bling, exliausling, or destroytiuz the powers of life. It is a'so especially liable to tliinmislt tho sensibility of the membrane lining the nose, mouth, and stomach : (‘hf-'f3llllllL_7 the nervous power of this latter organ, so that, instead of proinutiug digestion, as pretended by many, it has a ilircct tendency to proilnce dyspepsia, with all its dtreftil train of s_vtnptinns." One til‘ ilic most eminent surgeons in the country states, that of the crises ofcancer of the under lip which hail come within his observation, all but three were those of individuals who hail, at some period uftheir lives, usctl tobacco in some one of its forms. With regard to sniilfin particular, Do liumzire says :

" The least evil which yott can expect it to produce is, to dry up the brain, emaciate llir hotly, etifecblc the meiuory, and destroy, if not entirely, yet in a great measure, the delicate sense of smelling." “Common snuff, in liabitiial soull- takers“ says is sensible medical practitioner, “ has been founil to penetrate into the sinuses cotiintunicatitig with the nose, anil into the rintrum, where it has for.-red horrid abscesses, it is often carried down into the stomach ; and. by the use of it the skin is tinged of a pale brown colour." The most tlelictite females have their complexion entirely ruined by it. Many cases have been observed where the appetite has been almost destroyed and consnption induced, by its excessive use. As to smoking, which some perhaps deem very harmless, J. Iiortlii, in a letter to llarthnline, states, that the brain ofan immoilerate smoker. on dissection, was fottnd dried and shrivel- lod up, by his excessive use of the pipe.

Instead of preserving the teeth from decay, as many stip- pose, the chewing or smoking of tobacco wears down or ab- sorbs the grinding surface of tits teeth much faster than would

AUGUST 19. 1851.

mantis.

N0. 1117. If

otherwise be the case. Soqactive a poison as the smoke or juice of tobacco, continuslly in_c0I_1la¢_l Will‘ “'9 '“"l'°° °l ll" teeth, must teiivl to destroy their vitality, and, consequently, to hasten, instead of retarding, their decay. _ f

In . German literary journal are mentioned oevsral cases 0 veg-tigo. i,und.,¢.._ an paralysis, caused by the immoderats use of tobacco. Its use as an emetic is extremely dangerous hav- ing occasioned intolerable cardialnlo InX|€l|°'_o '“'l°“l '°"'“‘ lugs, and stupidity. Bomare informs til. IIIII ll I!" 59°“ ""4 as a remedy in lethargic swoontngfli "id "'9 P'“°"' P" l’,°°" restored to sensibility, only to be racked by I “'0” l"""l’l' disorder. Convulsiona, accompanied by vom|l|"B"~ 9°” """"‘- and I feeble and interutitting pulse. with other dmdfnl Irma- toms, have been the consequence of its use in the above cases.