sean alee ruke of Newenstle, Officers to the i |

= remrce, Jace Mh, 1363

My Lorp IwKe—

* s honered w We ar a Fred rick Rogers letter of the

stating that he was directed by t that we would take inte eased copy of an Address te! Couneit and Assembly of

sia! hed Vi “th May ultime yout dirace te lly 008 consideration the ec the Queen fren the prioce Edward Island Sir Fredenck Rogers was also pleased to state hat that Island was granted during the last cen a te certain persens by whom a large portion of it was let to the present eccupiers og ton acts are Very anxious te obtaim a fee simple late>} Ma 5 reat in the and this desire has produced a series of of Varwus Kids That in 1560, a proposal was made to appoint | a Commission to investigate the matter Proprietors suggested as a preterable . “that three Commissioners of Referees be ap vated—one ta be named by Fler Majesty, one the ‘louse of Asaeulty, and oue by the Pee | prietors ot land and that these Seenaees

cessary, and to decide upon the

condition of the tenantry sir lands, and te escape payment of rent, | Governor was dragyed disputes advised te go about the country, where dull, eut-| are yet preserved to its inbabitauts; and it will be

| great people with whom he enjoyed intercourse are moved in the four quarters of the globe, including all the ' Crown against the attacks of an Executive Coun- pewertul Indian Chiefs that flourished in the wilds! cillor, but we must say that we fully agree ith your Grace's commands, | of America during the period of his adventures. the Duke of Neweastle and with the Attorney Gen- (In the first debates on the Land Commission, the eraland Solicitor General of England in the decision

some of them were nearly as frantic and) decision we believe that the lustre of the royal | mad as himself; and others talked a great | diadem remains not only untaruished, but is ideal more nonsense than even he did, on the) brighter than it ever was in the eyesot the people of subject of the Commission, and the wonderful im- | this Island. provement it was designed to effect oa the | inposition by the honesty and independence of the

land-dry platitudes, in the form of addresses, were | for them, by and bye, te deal with the claims and and the | sent before Lim,while his private Secretary's pocket | preteusions of the Land Proprietors, when we method! was stufled with replies to them, no leas remark- shall have a Legislature that will fearlessly employ j able for sameness and emptiness of verbiage; but} itself in settling the Land Question, free from the iw all of whieh there was a tremendous effort to) trifling, and trom the hampering influence of do-|

glovity the Government for originating the Land

should have power te cuter inte all the enquiries | Comeniasion

that may be ¢ different quest: | theas, giving, of Crarse, to the parties interested | . -

au eppertunity ot being heard Te proposal wie meh es by the Assembly of PE. island, whe agreed “on the part of the!

one Which may be brought before |

’ i » ity . * stove . . re Tenasatry te abide by the decision of the Commis: | gunner of 1860, when the Commissioners opened | the seeurity of the local Government; and we

moner, or the majerity of them, and to pledge | themselves tu concur in Whatever measures unay i be required te give validity te that decision.” }

Phat three Coummssioners were appointed) yijicance before the ‘wajesty they put on. It was | poe ee PP THE LIEUT. GOV ERNOK, THE DURE} OF NEWCASTLE, AND THE CROWN |

“for enquiring into the said differences, and for adjusting the same on fair and equitable princi- pies

should reeeive a certain remission of arreare— | that they should be enfitied to purchase their |

holdings at tweaty years purchase of the reserved | sharp -witted fellows, rent, aod that any Tenant whe thought thie rate | questioning the tenants’ delegates with as much |

ef commutation tee igh, might tender what he! chose; amd that on the refusal of the Landlord | te accept that tender, the value should be adjust- | ed by Arbitration

Sir 8. Canard, in a letter (of which a copy was aanexed), that they were ready to be bound by the decision of the three Commussioners, but that they were net prepared to hand ever their inte- rests to the propesed Arbitraters, and to embark im the expense and disputes consequent on a mul- titude of petty arbitrations, On this ground they retuse ty accept the Award; aud your Grace, on the same ground, refused te advise that Her Majesty should coacur ia the Legislation which Was Hecesaary tor enforcing it

That the Landlords, however, offered terma, net including an arbitration, but giving to the Tenants the remission of Rent proposed by the Commissioners, and the right te purchase the fee simple of their land at fifteen years purchase of the reserved rent.

That the Council and Assembly of Prince Edward Island state that they de net seek by the passing of a law te compel compliance with an award hable te an objection, founded ov any principle of justice or equity, but submit that the question as to whether that Award can or cannet be witde legally binding on the parties concerned, is one proper for the consideration of Her Ma- j ‘a Judicial Tribunals.

hat they thereture pray that, unless cause te the coutrary be shewn before a judicial tribanal, Her Majesty's allowance may be given to a Bill te give effect to the said Award of Her Majesty's Royal Commissioners.

Sir Frederick Rogers was further pleased to state that there is in Prinee Edward Island a Supreme Court invested with the usual powers appertaining te the Euglish Supreme Courts of Equity and Common Law, and that under these cireumstanees he was directed to request oor opinion ov the following questions: '

1. Whether the Award is in itself liable to any | objection founded va any principle of law or!

uity.

2. Whether there is any proceeding in law or

Proprietors or Tenawts in P. E. Island could | ebew cause why Her Majesty's assent should or should not be given to a Bill tu be passed by the | Prince Edward Island Legislature, for giving | effect to the Award of the Commissioners.

io equity by whieh that Award can be enforced | upon the recusant Proprietors. i

4. Whether, in case there is ne such proceed- | ing, the Legislature ot P. EF. Island could, with justice aad propriety, pass a law giving effect to that Award.

i ln vbedience to your Grace's commands, we |

have the hener te report : t. That we do net think the term “ Award

Applicable with any propriety to the Report of | the greatest benefactor which the tenantry ever |

the Comimirsioners of inquiry, appointed by Her | M For there was ne reference or submission pro-

perly see called. wt

The gentlemen whe signed the}

ter te your Grace, dated the 13th February,| consider it worthy of publication — a Mauuseript |

1560), having been incompeteat to bind the general body of Proprietors of land in P. KE. Island, and net having professed or attempted to du se; while, on the other band, it is clear that they did not pre , oF inteud by that letter, to bind themselves, individually, unless the geueral budy of Proprietors would be aleo bound.

Passing, however, by this point — which is, nevertheless, of the yreateat importance with re- ference to the two following questions — we are ot opinion, upow the substance of the case, that the Commissioners have vet executed the autho- rity which alone was pre to be conferred upon them, on the part of the land-ownera who signed the letter of the 13th February, 1860, sv far aa the proprietary intevests of these or other laud-ewners are coucerned, viz.: “To negociate with the Proprietors of township lands, for firing @ certain rate of price, at which avery Tenant

wight have the option of purchasing his lauds ; | from the beginning of the affair how it —— Address from

and alse to neguciate with the Proprietors for a | remission of the arrears of rept in such cases as the Commissioners might deem reasonable.” | Aud we think that a recommendation that the |

rice to be paid by a Tenant for the purchase of |

#8 laud should be settled, in each particular in-| stance in whieh the Landlord aud Teaaat might | dittur about the same, by arbitration, is aot either | literally ur Substautially withiu the seepe of that | autbority |

We are confirmed in this view by the perusal of the Aet of Assembly, puased on the 2d of May, | IMW, whieh, although not assented to by Her | Majesty—for the reasons stated in your Grace's | deapateh of the tnd January, 1861,—appears to | us to show, both oy its preamble and by its second and third enacting clauses, that an Award by the | Coumiaioners, which, without any delegation to | other arbitraters, should itself settle all matters | in difference between each particular Landlord | sad Tenant, and should therefore determine and | gevera the title to the laud in each Township, | was what the Assembly, as well as the laud- owners, really had in cowtemplation.

2 and 3. Uur auswer to both these questions is in the negative.

4. This ia a question of public policy. Such an Act, if passed by the Colonial Legislature, and assented to by Her Majesty, must be founded and | justified, nut upou any supposition of an “Award,” legally or morally binding, having beeu made in this case, but solely for reasons of public advan-| tage, such as these whieh have at various times | induced the luperial Legislature to pass statutes | for the Eutranchiwement of Copyholds at the | option of the Tenant; tor the entranchisement of | perpetually renewable leaseholds in Ireland ; tor | te commutation of Tithes; for the eoumpulsery | acquisition of lands for Railway and other public works, at prices to be fixed by a jury ur by arbi-| tration ; and for other similar purposes, involving, | for the general good, more or less, interference | With the tenure of private property. |

We have, &c. &e. &e., . WM. ATHERTON, (Signed) ROUNDELL PALMER. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, K. G.

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&e. &e. &e. 2 THE DESPATCH ON THE LAND COMMISSION.

WE insert in another place, with all their! Wearisome verbiage, the State documents which happily put au end to all the humbug, nonsense and silly boasting we bave so long heard about the Land Commission. Never was there a «more signal overthrow of & Goverameut policy than in this instance. For more than three years the Administration have based their claims to office upon this measure, suppurted by the No-Popery bowl When the Commission was proposed by Col. Gray, that gentleman~never very sane, ac- cording to bis owa account—ran stark mad about it through the Legislature and the country. * He was astonished,” be said, “ at the dilatoriness of the Liberals ia settling the Land Question ; they were eight years in office, aud they failed to accompli«h this object, when the question might be easily settled iu eight months. He saw no difficulty in the way of a most speedy solution of the question. Aji: that was wanted was a httle Wise, judicious and temperate legislation, backed by influence at the Colonial Office, such as the | Present Government has the honour to enjoy.” | The gallant Colonel, having delivered himself of a! buret in thie atyle, stroked his beard with an air| of much maguificence, aud to impress bis audience | with an idea of hie vast importance he would begin to recount aneedutes of the wonderiully

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It was hardly to be wondered at that hundreds absentees

of people throughout the Island got seriously crazed about this measure; deg-star rage with such dire effeet as in the their Court in this Island. All the tribunals ever dreamt of in this poor country sank into insig-

edifying to see “ their Excellencies" —for they

And in a report (of which a copy was} were honoured witha Viee-regal tithe—busy taking | +. .? } | enclosed) “awarded,” tater alia, that the Tenants | yotes of all the tenants had te say in their own |

behalf—a host of lawyers on beth sides, keen, questioning and cross-

earnestness as if the answers elicited would un-

doubtedly settle the fate of the leasehold tenure. |

|'There were the tenants, whose faith in the

‘That to this the Landlords objected, through! punbug increased as the solemn faree proceeded, [tothe Land Conunission, than His Excellency ‘

| staring im great humility at “ their Excellencies” | the Lieut. Governor.

—trying to catch with open ears aud open mouths the eracular announcements which were to settle the question of their slavery er independence ; and some Land Proprietors were there likewise, who, not having consented to the Commission, carried nerveus and uneasy looks about them, as if they regarded the whole enquiry as a premeditated But the most interesting picture in the tableau was

attempt te defraud them of their estates

the Leader of the Government, who drove ia state every day, with his white cotton mittens on, to countenance by his august presence the dread There, in the most conspicuous place of the Court, he sat,

tribunal to whieh his genius had given rise.

wrapped inthe lowing mantle of his own grandeur.

so thoroughly filled with the consciousness of

having done his part of the great work, that he could net descend to become a common talker with the crowd by whom he was surrounded.

In passing over many circumstances connected with this expensive and protracted humbug, we shall never forget the feeling of shame which thrilled throughout the Colony when it was dis- covered that a Spy had been amongst our peopie for an autumn and winter, employed in collecting

wliat he called evidence to ecvontrovert the testi- | mony given by the tenauts’ delegates as to the’

value of land in this Island. The Spy laboured most assiduously in his vocation — he fabricated

| the most enormous lies in order to dupe the ten- | ‘quity by whieh it would be possible that the | antry—he offered and gave extravagant wages |

te any man he could. get to travel about with him, aud thereby assist him in the werk of deception. And all this time the money lavished

j by the Spy was taken from the pockets of the | Whether there is any proceeding at law ©T| people of the Colony, paid by warrants on the |

Treasury. When the fact of the Spy’s mission

could pe longer be concealed, aud the Government

| ple of the Colony—tbat the Spy was, of all men, |

knew. And what was the result of his espionage !

's Commission of the Zoth June, J500.) His report was forwarded to England by the| Lmperial Government,

Commissioners — the Colonial Minister did not

copy waa obtained by the local Government at a considerable expense tu this country; but evenour Administration, deeply committed as they were to the deceptions of the Spy, were either ashamed

Even the Lieut. | Queen's Colonial Minister, into the tomfoolery, aad |

| . . mestic knaves, aud possessing sufficient influence |

but never did the | Neweastle’s suggestions with regard to a purchase

| testify impatience. Agi- | fabou must react inju- | Clously party uted the gest wretched pretexts to deteud| furn a deai ear to all | if, we were gravely told in the official organs, and | me agi schemer, : . . . is | Whieh...--.---. ure a3 in the House of Assembiy, that the spy’s labours | crude and premature as have taken this matter inte consideration, aud | would be tound mamensely serviceable to the peo- | they are impracticable.

with |

| Colonel's party were in raptaces with their Leader ; | Which they have come toon the Award. Under that |

They have been saved from a huge

Their inalenable

rights in all that belongs to the soil of this Island

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abroad te overcome the greed und selfishness oi In our next No. we shall consider the Duke of

of proprietary estates, at 16 years rental, under

i shall alee notice the remarks of bis Grace with | vespeet to an Imperial loan. <4) 0-——

It is not our business to detoud the |

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EXAMINATION AT THE CONVENT.

THE usual Summer Examination of the pupils at the Conveut of Netre Dame took place on Wednesday last. The attendance was large, in- cluding persons of all denominations, and a con- siderable number from distant parts of the Island. The decorations of the ground in the rear of the Convent, where the examination was held, evinced much taste and ingeuuity. There could be only one opiuion as to the manner in which the fair pupils acquitted themselves. They were examined in every branch of knowledge usually taught at female seminaries, and their answers to the ques- tions put were prompt and satisfactory. To Music, Embroidery and Drawing, there were many proofs of a high order of talent; in Dra- matic dialogue every auditor was charmed with the exquisite taste, skill, and power of memory On the whole, the examination contrasted faverably with

displayed by some of the young ladies.

former examinations at this admirable instita- tion, sustaining the high reputation which it enjoys a8 & place for the education of young ladies, inferior to other Seminary ot the kind in the Lower Colonies. His Lord- ship the Biashep of Charlottetuwn and the Rev. Dr. MeDouald briefly addressed the pupils after the complimenting thew on the progress they had made in their studies,

ho

examination,

LAW OFFICERS, ON THE LAND COMMISSION ‘WONDERFUL INFLUENCF OF THE

LOCAL GOVEKNMENT,.

No person laboured more zealously in propagat- | ing error, and raising delusive hopes with regard

In i861, before the Hon, | Mr. Howe came here, and exposed the worthless jeharacter of the Award, His Excellency took | several public oppertunities for puffing the bhum- | bug in the must eXtravagant terms. But mere | puffing did not satisfy the Lieut. Geverner. He suubbed the policy carried out under bis prede- ‘cessor, Sir D. Daly, as regards purchasing lands ; j and which he and his advisers have since adopted | intwe instances ; and he denounced as “visionary” | erude,” premature” and “impracticable” all other “ schemes ” tor settling the Land Question,

{except this famous Conumission. It is our turn

now to remember these sneering words, which we listened to with patience and torebearance | when first uttered, because His Excellency was a stranger in the country at the time he used them, | and was somewhat infected with the commen mad- | ness about theComunissien which made the avenues | to Government House swarm with lunatics and po- It is to be hoped that His Excellency has recovered his reason from the perusal of the Colonial Minister's despatch of the 1ith July last: and we now purpose tu see how his words will read alongside of those written by his Noble Master in Downing Street whose behests he is bound to o bey. | His ExcenLency Lr. His Grace tur Duke GOVEKOR DUNDASON OF NEWCASTLE AND THE Lanp ComMMis- ‘tHe Law Orricers SION. of THE ChOWN ON tue LaNnp CommMts- SION.

“T trust that this Opinion embracing the legal and moral aspects of the question, and founded on the plainest principle of law and common sense — the principle that a man who has agreed to reter his case to one Tribunal, eannot therefore — be forced to submit it to anether—will satisly ihe Legislatare of Prince

litieal tricksters.

“Be guided by Me; | await with patience the ‘award of that tribunal }cmmposed of men who |have ne interests to serve but these of jus- tice and truth. Do not

ou yourselves.

telicitating the Ladies of the Convent on the proofs exbibited of their anwearied zeal and ex- ertion in the cause of Education; and shewing i how gratifying it must be te the parents of the children to have tor their offspring an institution, the very best of the kind in the Colony, which, by the intellectual and moral training it supplies, affords the surest guarantee for their future hap- piaess and prosperity. At the close of the Ex- amination his Lordship presented the prizes, which were very numerous, accompanying the presentation of each by kind and generous words

to the fair, youthful and happy recipients. - -<ee

STEAMERS FOR THE IsLAND.—The Hon. W. H. Pope, Colonial Seeretary of Prince Edward Island, and James Duoean and Daniel Davies, Esquires, of Charlottetown, were here several days last week perfecting arrangements relative te the construction of a steamer to ply next smin- mer on the route between Shediac, Charlottetown and Pictou or Point Beale, N.S. We understand that a Company has been formed who purpose placing too Steamers on that line next year, so as to make triweekly trips between the ports named. Messrs. Stuckhouse & MeLauchlan of Carleton have coutracted tor the building of a new steamer for this Company, to be some ten teet longer than our steamer “ Emperor,” and quite as well equipp- ed for passenger accommodation. Messrs. Flem- ing & Humbert will furnish the engines and cast- ings. Not a lithe of the credit vf originating this enterprise is due to William M. Smith, Esq Steamboat Inspector, of this City. Messrs. Pope, Dunean and Davies left for home yesterday morn- ing.—If the Island people will now go to work aud erect a first class Hetel. in Charlottetown, with improved steam communication, they might next year calculate upon a large influx of visitors from the other Provinces and the States. —- St. John Morning Telegraph.

Civic ELecrions.—The Civie Elections took place on ‘Tuesday last, but so little interest was manifested by our citizens ou the vceasion that we could searcely persuade ourselves that this im- portant matter was the principal business of the day, judging, at least, from the frequent repetitions of the advertisemeut relative thereto in the city papers. The following is the result:—Hon. T. H. Haviland, Mayor, (re-eleeted): Ward No. i—John Morris, Esq, (in heu of Jas. Anderson, Esq.); Ward No. 2—James Keddin, Esq., (re- elected); Ward No. 3—James Deshrisary, Esq., (in lieu of R Heartz, Exq.); Ward Ne. 4—W. bP. Dawson Esq., (re-elected); Ward No. 5—Geo. Davies, Esq., (io lieu ot Win. Boyle, Ksq.)— Mon.

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Fire.—On Friday last, during the heavy blow, the barns and out-buildings of Mr. John Hardy, at Litthe York, were destroyed by fire Coneern- ing the origin of the fire, we learn, that a little grandson of Mr. Hardy's, aged 5 years, lighted a mateh, which burning his fingers, he dropped among seme straw outside the barns. The straw

Edward Island, that the | course Which they have | suggested must be dis- | missed as iimpracti- | eable.”’— Duke a,

“[Lecare uot whether these schemes assuiie | the shape of a Loan, to | be guaranteed by the

castle, Despatch th | or some supposed short- July, 1863.

fer solution of the dithi- leulty. I class them all | under one category, and ‘unhesitatingly advise | you to reject then.

| “Never, Ibelieve, bas | so fair an opportunity

“In the first place, I) dismiss the idea of im- posing on the Pre- prietors, by law, any general rate of commu- tation.” —Dute.

te publish bie whole report, or they saw that a) oceurred as the present

great part of it was worthless, and prudently kept it from the public eye.

j to settle questions and | determine

disputes which have, for a long

Looking back upon all the cireumstancee con-| period of years, disturb-

nected with the Land Commission, we are amazed iciandl. and dncsttled the

ed the harmeny of this

to think that any considerable number of people, lminds of its people. really aud sincerely avxiove for the welfare of | Never again will the the tenautry, should have been deceived by it.| occasion offer. Let me,

The deception would have been tar greater than it was but for our repeated warnings.

end; but there were many fools in the land upon

Were victimised without auch difficulty at the jast general election. “ Give us,” said the potiti- cal schomers and tricksters, “ give us a majority in the new Parliament, and we will compel the British Government to sanction the Award.” “ Under the arbitration scheme,” said one of the Tory candidates, addressing the electors of Lot 0, at a time wheo he koew the measure would never go into operation—* the tenautry will be able to secure the fee simple of their farms at from 5a. to 7s. 6d. an acre; and every tenant will have this privilege if the present Government be sustained; and no other Government can be furined to possess equal power and influence in carrying out their measures.”

Now, there is no part of the “so-called Award” mere emphatically condemned by the Duke of Neweastle aud the Crown Law Officers than the arbitrationscheme. It was the part against which we ourselves entertained the very strongest ob- jections; first, on the ground that it would be extremely slow in its operation ; secondly, that in the very few cases where the scheme might be adopted, it would involve the tenant and landlord in great expense, and could not fail to give rise to very angry feelings between both; and thirdly, that owing to the superior influence, wealth and position of the landlord, the matters submitted to arbitration would, in nine cases out of ten, be de- cided in favour of the proprietor, and perhaps to the ruin of the tenant. In short, the arbitration was, to our view, in every sense impracticable; and the Colonial Minister takes not merely this view of the measure, but his Grace elearly inti- mates that the proposal of arbitration cases by the Land Commissioners was a vivlation of “ the plainest principle of law and commen sense,’ in so far a8 it was intended to transter to others the completion of a work especially designed tor the Commissioners themselves. [un fact, as the Crown Law Officers say, it was neither “ literally nor substantially within the scope of the Commis- sivners’ authority” to recommend an arbitration.

The Colonial Secretary ot this Island—profes- sing te have great sympathy for the tenantry whom he has laboured all his life to injure by the Most oppressive proceedings ~ mourns patheti- eally ever the loss of the Award. He says, “ We

believe that in the matter of the Award, the farth |

and honour of the Crown have been violated— that the Legislature has been trifled with—and that the people have been grossly wronged.” These are brave words to come from an Executive Councillor—a person who, above all others, should be exceedingly jealous of the honour and good faith of the Crown, and the very last to impugn them. If such words escaped from our pen, we should be at once accused of high treason, and the Lieut. Governor would, ao doubt, direct Mr. Attorney General Palmer to prosecute us for the offence. But Mr. Dundas, we suppose, considers it “ im-

practicable" to rebuke an outrage upon the

erown of bie Royal Mistress when he finds that the offender is one who sits under the mahogany of Government House, and pulls the wires by which the puppets of that establishment

theretore, earnestly en- treat you not to mar

We knew | such prospeeta.” — G.

Esq. — An- \the Inhabitants of Bel-

| whem warning was thrown away. These fools! fast, feb'y 9, 1801.

“ Tlook forward most | hopetully to the Report ‘ot the Land Counnis- sioners, and while I would deprecate your lentertaining over | wrought expectations, yet beheve that the Award will prove a means of adjustinent ac- ceptable to you, aud un- assailable ou the grounds lof partiality er injus- tics.’ — His Excellency’s Answer to an Address from Murray Harbour, March, 1°01.

“T think the objec- tions te a compulsory arbitration are equally insuperable. The ex- peuse would probably be se large, and the practical difficulty ot securing a fair adjudica- tien, aud compelling a

present state of publie opinion, be so great, that the proprietors could not, with any justice, be required to submit to them.” —~ Duke ef Newcastle, Despatch, 1th July, 1365.

“T repose the utmost confidence in the abuity aud integrity of the Counnissioners, appoint- ed to make an award on that question, and [ have every hope that they willdevise a means, which, without injury or injustice to any one, will place the tee simple of his farm within the reach of the tenant.’’— His Excellency’s Answer to an Address from New London, April 30, 1801.

“And we think that & recowmendation that the price to be paid by a Tenant for the pur- chase of his land should be settled, in each

which the Landlord and Tenant might differ about the same, by arbitration, is not etther literally or substantially within the scope of that authority,” (uamely, the authority of the Land Comnnissioners. ] — Opi- nion of the English Crown Law Officers on the Arbitration part of the Award.

The Duke of New- castle says, in the sume despatch, that a consi- deration of the imprac- ticable nature of the Award should lead the Legislature of this Is- land “to consider with patienceand moderation some other means of set- tling a question which is at present produetive of so wnuch public incon- venience.”

“T rejoice that during my administration my constitutional advisers have matured the mea- sures they originated for the settlement of an em- barrassing Question, the agitation ot which has retarded the prosperity of the Island.

We have now reason- able hope that a solution ot the difficulty will be found in an authoritative award, just and equit- able to all parties, and terminating forcrer long standing and vexatious disputes.” — His Excel- | leney’s answer toan Ad- dress from Cavendish, cth August, 1363.

“No previous Govers- ment, or House of As- sembly, we teel assured,

ysseased ko great an influence with the Im- perial Cabinet.” — Ad- dress to the Lieutenant | Governor from nine hun- | dred and sixteen inhalut- | ants of Belfast, including | all the Magistrates and Tories of that place, Feb-

ruary 9, 1301,

“We feel it difficult te divest ourselves of the feeling that we, as a peo- ple, have been trifled with, ‘and, worse than all, we feel that we are impolent—that gross in-

cannot obtain redress, the influence of one or two Proprietors, acting through the Colonial

office, crushes us.”"— ff. |

New- |

‘Tenant to perform the) in his camp. terms of an unfavorable | Award, would, in the |

particular instanee in|

justice may be committ-| ed, and, in fact, hasbeen pew measurement or 336 old, and classes A at} committed upon us~-and || joy d's.

we are powerless. We)

immediately ignited, and the flames spread ra- pidly through the range of barns, preventing the

| removal of harness, farming implements, &e., all

of which were destroyed, together with two

were in an outside pot were burned to. death betore they could be rescued. The flames, car- ried by the high wind, swept Mr. Hardy's garden of all of a choice lot of fruit trees, with the ex- ception of one. Mr. Hardy's loss is estimated at £100 to £L200.—K. W. <pe— - DIsSTRESSING - ACCIDENT.—Onu the 13th ult., a little daughter of IL TH. Petlard, Policeman, was so badly burned by ber clothes taking fire, that, after great sutlering, she expired on the 2nd inst. It appears that the child was out doors playing with other children, one of whom applied a lighted match to some shavings, the flames from which communicated to the clothing of the unfortunate child. She wns a little more than six” years old. —Ib, .

a Daowsep. — On Sabbath last a man named Heury Winsloe, while attempting to swim across the nver at Rustico, with a little sou of his bro- ther’s, was drowned together with the child. The parents of the child, we learn, are in Eng- land.—/6.

—_—_—_--ap>-—_—___— COL. GATES OF THE U. 8. ARMY

Says that during bis campaign in Mexico he would rather retire to his couch without kis sword than a bottle of Rapway's Reapy Revite. It was the only medicine he used through the Mexi- can campaign. Gen..J. Hobart Ward, of the | Army of the Potomac, first became acquainted | With its virtues in Mexico, and always keeps it In sudden attacks of Diarrhea, Dysentry, pain in the bowels, head, stomach, or

| in eases of Rheumatism, Neuralgia, or wounds, | cuts, bruises, or Sore Throat, Influenza, Hoarse- | ness, Radway’s Ready Relief cures immediately. | Let nove who value health and safety be without | it. }

iii eile cian Holloway’s Ointment and Pills.—The dis- heartened by ill health need not be inconsolable, till they have honestly given a fair trial to these trusty medicaments. One grand fact to be noted | is, that they are impotent tu do mischief in any | case, because both Ointment aud Pills are cou- | posed of the finest balsains, which purify, regulate, aud strengthen the animal economy. Every one jinay confidently recommend these remedies to | their friends afflicted by bad health: they will | free them from disease, and confer on them the | greatest good man can desire. Both external and internal maladies have succumbed to the persever- ing use of Holloway’s Ointment and Pills, when the duration of some, aud the exeruciating pains of others, Lave detied ordinary measures. ——— eo Everyrovy InreresreD.—R. Van Buskirk, | Esq., Newark, N.J., writes: “ [know of several persons who have used Mrs. Alleu’s World’s Hair Restorer and Zylobalsamum with gratifying success, aud am desirous of becoming an agent for their sale. [ am confident a large business ean be done.” Sold by druggists everywhere. Greeuwieh st., New York.

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Married,

At St. Paul's Church, on Tharsday morning last, by the Rev. David Fitzgerald, assisted by the Rev. D. P. Parother, Edward Jarvis Hodgson. Esquire Barrister-at-Law, to Margaret Matilda Jane, only daughter of the late Hon. Jolin Brecken, both of this city.

Died,

In Charlottetown, on Sunday, the 9th instant, aged civht months, Annie Caroline, the beloved and youngest child of Richard and Helen Slogyett.

On Saturday fast, Mr. Ewen Cameroun, in the 39th

year of his age. “ On the 10th July, at Hastings, Engiand, Hannah Lyttleton, widow of the late John Matthews, Esq., of Kew Green, Surrey, and mother of Mrs. James Keddin of this City, aged 66 years.

At Hillsborough River. on Tuesday evening the 4th inst., Hester Hall, relict of the late Lawrence Codrington Worthy, Esq., in the 68th year of her aye.

At Lynn, Mase.—where she bad gone on a visit -—~on the 30th ult., Elizabeth A., wife of Mr. James Dixon, Princetown Road, aged 26 years.

Launched, On Saturday the Ist inst., the Brig Join Brew-

ster was launched fromthe yard of J. & J. Deouse, for whom she was built. Her burden is 280 tons

On the 29th ult., from: the shipyard of Mr. Wm Balls, Beach Point, Lot 17, tor Mr. William Richards, of Port Hill, a superior brig, called the “ Laura,’ 301 tous, N. M., and 361 tous, O. M., built ugder inspection of Lloyd's surveyor to clase

ears A l.

Also, at Pisquid River, on the 3rd mst., 2 very

'

H. Pope, Representatire | superior es Juniper Brig, called the

of the Belfast pevple,|

“William Cyndal}.”’ of 254 lone, N. M., or 328

see Islander, August | tons, O.M., classed at Lloyd's tor 7 years, and built

Jos.

by Mr. John Clark > ulso for Messrs. J. & J. Douse.

stacks of straw aud teivaicks Three pigs whieh |.

‘Midsummer Importation

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

ee er rer re ere

FOR SALE, A Bargain and Easy payment,

FPMUAT desirable Freehold Property at

Montague’ Bridge, King’s County, PB. EB. £., now in the occupation of the lou. A.A. MeDonald aid Brother, possession can be had wheu wanted.

A Store or Granary 40 ft x 26 ft, with Dwelling, Kitchen and Cellar, can bold a cargo of about 20,000 bushels of grain and 5,000 bushels of potatoes, A double whart, 150 ft. long each and 100 ft. wide, where a Granary might be erected and the yvrain shipped on board by hand rail or inclined plane, as tast as it could be received. With a bailding Lot 100 feet front and 300 feet depth, Also, adjoining, a Leasehold frout on road 200 feet and depth UF feet, and a Store or Granary 24 % 18 feet, with celiar, loft and atable

The above properties are most valuable and tirst rate business stands fora merchant, ship builder, oowh factory, tide will, or lime trade. A kiln might be built 100 feet from the wharf; stone, coal, or wood landed by a erane, and the lime shipped aame way; ho steam, horse, or cartwork required If a kiln for wood wae erected, firewood is cheap and abundant, aud time taken ia payment

A ship of 500 tons might be built on the edge of the channel, and Liunched at any tide with little or no trouble or risk.

A quantity of Juniper and various kinds of wood in the vicinity ean be got in trade at a low price, for ove or two vessels, and a yard fitied ap ata small expense. More than a hendred thousand bushels of produce were shipped last falt at and adjoining those premises, and is increasing every year.

* Yrexms —A Fourth paid down, and four or five years for the balanee, secured.

Should the above properties not be sold by SA- TURDAY, the With OCTOBER next, they will be putap by AUCTION, at 12 o'clock, on same day, and sold without reserve.

Enquire of William Dodd, Esq., Charlottetown ; William Sanderson, Esq., Georgetown; or the owner, PATRICK SPEPHENS.

Orwell Cheap Store, froma Needle to an Anchor.

Ce” Who will take a share in the Lime Trade ? Thos. Anuear, Wood-contractor, Whartinger, Mon- tague River, will show the premises.

August 6, L863.

PATENT PARAFINE PITCH!

LOT of the above just received ané for sale by the subscriber. WILLIAM DODD August 10, 1863. isl advt Yw

SOMETHING NEW! Sherwooed’'s Tea & Coffee Strainer. A USEFUL and ORNAMENTAL

ARTICLE, to be attached to the Spout of a Tea or Coffe Pot. Price only Is 6d. i

CAST FUNNEL IRONS, which every house owner should have. LANTERNS, to burn Kero- sene Oil without chiuimies. All for sule by

H. E. STARBIRD & CO. City Hardware Store.