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And be it enacted, That within Sixty days after such Commissioner of each, District as

i ' ' ' ' ttl ent of such inhabitants in aforesmd aha" have~rece'ved any moneys “mmg from till: PeubliETreasurer of this Island.

' ' ‘ as aforesaid, he shall a the same over tot . _ '

:iIePilsdilldhting Two per cenlumdoh {uch'moneys so received as aforesaid, who shall gives:

' the same, if re uire . ‘ . ‘ . '- "3333122. enacted, Thiii such persons as have been appointed DeputiesRunder phle] iillrpytie sions ofthe Fifth Section of the Act passed in the Seventh Yearflofthe leLgnapl Lamb in :Majcsty King William the Fourth, intituled Jln flrtfor levying an sslessmen ired 0 to do— thia Island, are hereby authorized and empowered—and they are here'éy freq‘u “ms to time to receive such part ofthe purchase moneys as may be due and unpai l,‘ rp..i pthis Act, from such person or persons as shall be settled in accordance \vith t c ptjps 0P nds f0;- and such Deputies shall be allowed for their trouble at and after the rate c we on

every Hundred Pounds by them respectively collected; and such Deputies shall collect the V

4 Taxes in and b this Act imposed in the same manner, and at_the same per- 5mg], bddiinder the same r’bgulations; as is contained in the said Fifth Section ofthe, said nailed] li‘ecit enacted, That if any Commissioner or Justice of the Peace, appomted under, and by virtue ofthis Act, or any person or persons employed by or undiarr hllnhOI‘ them rest; pectively, shall charge, demand or take any other or greater Fee or ees t an is or arhi herein-before mentioned or allowed, he or they so offending shall, for each and every soc:i offence, forfeit and pay to the party or parties from whom he or they shall have so ciiargeh , demanded or received the same, the sum of Five Pounds, over and above theamo'unt oht E Fees which shall have been so illegally charged, demanded or taken as aforesaid—w ['0 sum of Five Pounds shall be recovered, with Costs of Suit, before any one Justice oft_ie Peace ofthis Island—and that if any Commissioner or Deputy appointed under and- by Vll’é toe of the aforesaid Act. shall neglect or refuse to pay over to the Treasurer ofthis Islan” any moneys he may receive by virtue ofthis Act, every such Commissmner or Deputy sha forfeit and pav, for every such offence, the sum of Fifty Pounds, over and above the moneys he may have received as aforesaid—which sum shall be recovered in Her Majesty 5 Su- preme Court ofJudicature ofthis Island. with Costs—and when recovered shall be for the

nd dis osal of Her Ma'est ’5 Government. . _ us‘Ahd be ifenacted, That riothihg in this Act contained shall have any force or effect until Her Majesty’s pleasure thereon shall be known.

SCHEDULES to which this Act refers.

SCHEDULE (A.) ' To all to whom these Presents shall come, Grep‘ting: D. t I t f ' hat we, A. 'B , of E5 uire, Commissioner 0 , . . is no 0 r figdleahdfappointed under an Act ofthqueneral Assembly ofthis Island, intituledfln «dc! to authorize the Crown to purchase the Lands, and to regulate the Settlement of the Inhabitants this Island, and to repeal certain Sections (ft/re flit passed in the .Serenth Yea): ofthe qug'n of [113 late Majesty, intiluled “fin fictfor levying an flssessment on all Lands in this Island,’ and C. D., of Esquire, one of Her Majesty’s Justicesofthe Peace for . Cpunty, by virtue ofthe power and authority given unto us by the said Act, and in constderation ofthe sum of of current money ofthe said Island—ofwhich sum is paid in hand by E. F., of to us, at or before the Sealing and Delivery ofthese presents ——the receipt whereofis hereby acknowledged—have granted, bargained, sold and confirm- ed, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell and confirm unto the said L. F, his Heirs and Assigns, for ever, all [here dcacribc the premises,] together With .all hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any wise appertaining; which said Land has been settled by us, and is now conveyed to the said E. F., who hath been. found by usto be '1 en- ant [or Occupier, or Squatter, as the case may be], pursuant to the said Act of Assembly—to have and to hold the said Lands, Hereditaments and Premises hereby conveyed, or intended so to be, unto the said E. F., his Heirs and Assigns, to his and their proper and absolute use and behoof, for ever. [lfthe purchase money, or any part (fit. or the interest thereof, be not paid as mentioned in the flcl, hare insert, thatlhe Land is conveyed subject to such. payment, as the case may be.] In Witness whereof, we have hereunto our Hands and Seals subscribed and set, this day of in the Year of our Lord, 18 Signed, sealed and delivered, in presence of G. 11-. a . . . 1.x: _ 9.11,(L.s) RECEIVED, on the day of the date ofthe foregomg Deed, from the therein named ’E..F., the sum of of current money of this Island, being the full [or part] consideration mo- ney in the said Deed mentioned to be paid by him to us.

Witness, _ GHH, ' A R. I. K. C. D.

SCHEDULE(BJ T0 WNSHIP NUMBER . Number Number Hmv long . - Number Total - lftheir Names Titlesl l of acres each of Pro- has been in of l [Ofgzzzifiudl .' in “mg?” prietors l possessmn Debit“ Rxmaxs. Inhabitants. eac ). v ’ a i t erness or or _ Cleared' l state. “rel jClaimanis. occupation. rammed

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We, .3. 3., Commissioner appointed under and by virtue of an Act intitulcd .dn flat to an- thorize the Crown to purchnse the Lands, and to regulate the settlement if the Inhabitants of this Island, and to repeal certain Sections if an flct, intilnted “ fln fictfor levying an fissessnient on all Lands in this Island,” and C. 1)., one of Her Majesty’s Justices ofthe Peace, of and for County, having examined the Title of the within named E. F., do approve ofthe same, which we certify. ‘ .12. B, Commissmier. C,D,J.R "\g

SCHEDULE(DJ

You shall well and truly try the [several] matters in dispute between the Parties at vari- ance, and a true Verdict given, according to the evidence. . So help you GOD. r

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EXPEDITION TO CHINA.—We are enabled to lay before our readers this week a correct state- ment of the particulars of the vessels which have already sailed, and are yet to sail, for the pur-

liar conjuncture of affairs in the East, and the other striking “signs of the times,” reverts to the original covenant which secures that land to

'bndured.- The ininiste

The document in question, dictated by the pecu-

pose of vindicating British honour on the coast of China. The Blenheim, 74 guns, sailed direct for China from Portsmouth, on the 17th Febru- ary; Melville, 74, from the Cape; Wellesly, 74, from the Indian station; Blonde, 46, direct from Plymouth, on the 26th of February; Druid, 48,

4 from the Cape, via Sydney, on the 5th of Novem-

ber;Pylades, 18, direct from Plymouth, on the 23d February; Nimrod, 20, from Plymouth, on the 24th February. (with duplicate instruc- tions for Admiral Elliot); Modesto, 18, from the Cape, on the 5th November; Wanderer, 18, sailed from the Cape on the 12th February from Plymouth, with orders to Admiral Elliot to proceed with all his corvettes, and take com- mand in China. Besides these ships another 74 has orders; the Pique, 38; Andromache, 28,- 18 vessels from the Indian station, from 18 to 20 guns each, part of the Indian navy; 2 ves- sels from the Cape station, 18 to 28 guns each; 2 from the South American station, 18 and 28guns each ; 2 from the South Wales sta- tion 11 to 28 guns each; 2 large steamers, supposed to be the Sesostris and the Queen. The expedition includes from 12 to 15,000 men. -—London Commercial Journal.

RESTORATION or The Jews—A memoran- dum has, been addressed to the Protestant Mon- irchl of Europe, on the subject of the restoration of the Jewish people to the land of Palestine.

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the descendants of Abraham, and urges upon the consideration of the Powers addressed what may be the probable line of duty on the part of Protestant Christendom to the JewiSh people, in the present controversy in the East.

Tun Cnuacu or Scoanno.—We copy the following announcement from the PVit‘ness of yes- terday :—-“ On the night of Monday last, Dr. Gordon, of this city, was interdicted by the Court of Session from preaching the Gospel in any ofthe seven parishes of Strathbogie, whose ministers are suspended by the Assembly’s com- mission.” There is no mistaking- this. The preaching of the word of God by one of the best, the gentlest, the most unassuming, most truly apostolic men in the church within these seven parishes, is prohibited and interdicted by the Court, and if he preaches the Gospel in the face of this interdict, we presume that, he will be imprisoned for contempt. Never, since the dav of the Covenant, has the free preaching of the word been interdicted in Scotland, and we ear- nestly _ hope the people will feel and act as they ought in this momentous crisis; their interests are at, stake, their rights are invaded, their well-won and dearly~prized privileges as Scots- men and Presbyteriaus, as ratified and acknow- ledged at the Union, are now, in peril. Let

the people bestir themselves, and demand a re- medy for grievances which can no longer be

rs who have taken 'lhé lead in this question Will dofiheljhdug’o fig'g‘o ly, steadily, and fearlessly. d1: chpoolzi and their duty also—let them Stan y gk such venerable men who, for 111.61? sakesi ma 6 (n sacrifices. Let meetings in every quartedr, Pe ' tions and addresses from every parIShr emhon' strate the determination of Scotland that t ego shall be no intrusion," no encroachments y civil courts on the independence of the Zhulzc in Imatters purely eccleSiastical.-—Cale 07mm lllffilléybISPUTE IN THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. —The following is an analySis of the nature of the difiiculty which has arisen between the ru- lers of the Kirk of Scotland and the lay patrons of parishes. In the Scottish Kirk they do not keep distinct, as is done in the Church of Eng- land, ordination and patronage. In Englaii , no man can be inducted [to a benefice unless he has been previously ordained. In the Kirk, the patron presents a probationer, that is, a dung man who preaches, but is not yet or _aine to the ministry; and the act of presentation a- mounts to an order to ordain. Thus the lay atron b a oiuting an improper person, may inflict,aygri£iiance upon the. Church, or the Church, by refusing to'ordain the person ap- pointed, may infiict an injury upon the patron of the benefice and his presentee. I

The following is an article from the _Morning Chronicle: and if the arguments therem urged in faNmur of the present marriage be of any avajl. with how much more force will they apply in connexion with that solemnize‘d at Rome (name- lv, with Lady Augusta Murray):

' “ The Morning Post of Saturday states, that the marriage of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex and Lady Cecilia Underwood, 18 about to be publicly solemnized, and that a re commendation to the House of Commons from the Crown to make an additional provision to his Royal Highness of.£6,000 a year—the sum given to each of his brothers on the occasion of their marriages—will speedily follow. We possess no knowledge of what may or may not be the intention of the Crown upon the subject; but in common with an immense majority ofthe people of the whole empire, we should be heartily rejoiced to learn that Her Majesty had directed her Ministers to make a public avowal ofthis marriage. It is generally known that the mar- riage was years ago solemnized according to the forms of the established religion ofthe country; and to all those who have witnessed the private life ofthe Duke of Sussex andhis beloved wife, it is manifest that there never was a marriage which yielded more domestic happiness. Is it not, then, every way becoming a generous Prince and an honest man, that he shouldfiesire to confer all the advantages of his birth and station on the lady whom he has taken to his heart and home, and made the constant companion of hislife’! Does it not well become England’s Queen to recognize, by her Royal sanction, a marriage which she knows has so long existed in mutual love, which was contracted under the solemnities of our religion, and requires only the Royal ap- proval to confer on an amiable and worthy lady, the married Wife of an illustrious Prince, all the public honours which she has so well deserved by her constancy and devotion to her Royal husband?” v

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters

patent to be passed under the Great Seal, grant-

ing the dignity of a Duchess of the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Ireland, unto the Right Honourable Lady Cecilia Letitia Under- wood, (eldest surviving daughter of Arthur Saunders, second Earl of Arran,) and the heirs male of her body, by the name, style, and title of Duchess of Inverness.—Gazettc. [One ofthe Duke of Sussex’s titles is, as a Prince ofthe Blood Royal, “ Duke of Iuverness.”]

Mr. W. Buck, boatswain of Plymouth Dock— yard, who was the person who nailed the British flag to the mast‘bead of the Royal Sovereiun at Lord Howe’s great engagement in 1794:: has

been superannuated with a pension of£160 a year.

CANADA; Bufi‘alo Commercial fld‘ccrtiscr.

Destruction of Brook’s Monument.—Every tourist will remember Brook’s Monument, which crowns the heights onueenston, and adds so much to the picturesque beauty of the landscape. Yesterday morning, about 4 o’clock, the inhabi- tants of Lewistown and Queenston were aroused by a report like the heaviest artillery. On look: ing out, a column of smoke was seen slowly as- cending from the tall monument, and as it drifted away, the obelisk-like tower was discovered to be rent and shattered from ‘turret to foundation stone.’_ What possible motive could have indu- ced this worse than Vandal outrage, we are at a loss to imagine. No man was more universally respected on both sides ofthe line, than General Sir Isaac Brock. Brave, courteous and humane to a degree that reminded one of the preuzi Chevalier of former times, he commanded the esteem of his country’s enemies even in the time of war._ Nought butdhe most wanton and fiend- ish malignity could have prompted any one thus

sacrilegionsly to disturb th and honoured dead. 6 repovse onhe gallant

Disastrous Cbiiflagration in Kingston, U. C'. fi—We have this day to record another disastrous Plr: iri lfri‘ngs'toln, Fpper Canada, which took

ceon em it o ‘rida l ‘ ' gale of Wind. g y Jast, during a Violent

In the present case all the l

, ar e warehouse have been swept off by the conflagfiation, beside:

most of the principal places of b . fear that all the . t. usrness. We troyed. If so, . P"" "U; Offices have been des-

‘ account in a Kin ston 'ourn l The followmg buildings were Eonsulned '8 I Counter 5, M‘Pherson 6L Crane’s, and the

Ottawa Company’s warehouses, with several

.means we shall be enabled the better to discharge our

the immediate vi'ci'ttityyfigf: ‘ I share lying North ofthe Market, a”. gommercial Bank and three stores next 1 inc fronting on SouthI street, an‘dthonor ‘

9v . the eastery corner 0 o I. I bu'lII‘dliggz i’v'bre in all about seventy-five build“. I r

nsumed. , . . ~' coMany persons were injured, and one man, up

stand, was killed. A tremendous explain, lifieiinpowder, which. was in one of the 1"". houses, scattered burning fragmentsfar and u“, An immense amount of proper_ty,we under- , stand, was destroyed—among which not“, was about, 16,000' barrels- of flour Logo ,W, the Lord Nelson, and one small steamboatmk

ed. I u c°$iitr3nfire is supposed, by some, to have orig“. 7;

Med from sparks. blown from the chimney Telegraph, into Mr. Cbunter’s warehouse. ~ ‘

The Rochester Democratsays, there were], kegs of gunpowder, and a large quantity ofslh’é't V pe‘tre, in one of the stores that was destroyed. _ The same paper estimates the loss at over halfl a

million ofdollars. . ;

.Monseigneur Lartigue, Catholic Bishop-of Montreal, was lying, dangerously ill, in the Hotel Dieu Hospital, ofthat city. _' ' ,,

The Montreal papers of Wednesday still speak -,‘ of the illness of His Excellency the Governor- General, who was confined to his bed on Tues- day. , ,

H LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER,

Wednesday, flpril22, 1840, _ Mr. WORRELL moved that the followmg Addrefi

presented to Her Majesty :— ‘ . TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENTMJJESTY.

The humble Address of the Legislative COMIC“ 0‘ Prince Edward Island. May it please your Majesty;

We your Majesty‘s faithful and loyal subjects, the Legislative Council of Prince Edward Island, "I Cnl‘m'al Parliament assembled, beg leave to approach the Throne With those feelings and sentiments ofloyally and 39.8% [ion to” your Majesty’s Royal person and government, which, as it is our duty, it hasever been our pride to cherish. 7

Your Majesty having been pleased to order the for-m..- ,. tion ofa Legis alive as well as an Executive Council in this Colony, distinct and separate from each other, we‘ ‘ the Members of the former body, who have bet-utho.’ _ first appointed by your Majesty's comm-ands to.this honourable and highly responsible trust,deemitexpedient, in order to the due performance ofour duties, humbly u, represent to your Majestyadiificultyeunder which wo‘ labour, with a view to its removal, and without which,- , we humbly conceive, our usefulness, as a distinct In¢ " independent branch of the Legislature, will be in I '_ great measure diminished. T

It has been of late ears the practice of the House of 1‘ Assembly (although tlie right so to do has been It difi ' ferent times contested by the late Executive Council, when acting in their Legislative capacity) to send up the , Bill for the appropriation of the whole of the Supplies granted to the Crown for the current year, when the' i Session is about drawing to a close, thus insisting um Your Majesty’s Council agreeing to or dissenti from i5 “ without reference to the itemg of which the Bil is com- posed. B‘ this mode of procedure—not in unison either _ . with the Royal Instructions or with the practice of the neigDouring and other Provinces—no alternative is let) your Majesty's Legislative Council, but to pass a Bill, great part of which they may deem highly objectiouahlo,‘ and, in some cases, prejudicial to the public seryice, and ' ilio best interests ofthe Colony, or, by conscientiously wiiliholdiug their assent, subject the country to normal inconvenience and embarrassment. In the adoption of the former alternative, an unredeemable public debt has been incurred ; and the’ Appropriation Bill of the present Session will exceed, upon the most sanguine ex ectntion, the disposable Revenue of the Colony. '

n order to remedy an evrl pregnant with much )resent and future mischief, your Majesty‘s Legislative ouncil would humbly suggest, with respect to all supplies for the public service, that the House anssembly be reeom- I mended by your Majesty’s Representative, to provide for each different matter or subject by a separate Bill, with- out blending, in one and the same Act, grants of money 3 fortotally different and independent objects, having no- proper relation to each other, in accordance with the uniform practice of your Majesty’s Imperial Parliament, which, as fiir as circumstances will admit, it is our pride, as it is our enviable privilege, to follow—so that ‘- your Majesty‘s Council may avoid being placed in such a position as to be obliged, either to pass the Bill, con- trary to their reason and judgment, as a matter ofexpe- diency, or to reject it entirely.

May it therefore please your Majesty, gracious] in: take this our complaint into your Royal consrderatlon, and to give such instructions to your Majesty's Lieu- tenant Governor of this Colony, on the subject, as will entitle us, in future, to demand that the House of Assam. bly shall either follow outthepractice existing in theneigh- bouring Colonies, ofsending up money votes separatel to V the Legislative Council, for their concurrence, be ore ‘ blending them in one and the same Bill; or else to- ndoptthe, usage of the 'Imperial Parliament, and clasiiify the different appropriations in distinct and separate Bills, under their proper and respective heads—by which

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duty to your Majesty, and to our own satisfaction, and V' '- also to the satisfaction of (our fellow subjects, the inha-- ‘ ‘i bitants of this Island.

The motion for agreeing to the Address was carried io‘ '- the affirmative, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Goodman and Mr. V

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Dalrymple diSsenting, for the reasons hereunto sub.

joined :—

DISSENTI-ENTI—Bficflule it appears from the Journals ‘- of the Legislative Council of this Colony, that in tho-