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CllARL.0TTETOWN,PRINCE EDWAILD ISLAND, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26.1851.

N0. 1-118.

Royal Agricultural Society.

PREMIUM! FOR THE YEAR 185].

will’! "ROYAL AGRICULTURAI. SOCII-‘.'I‘Y" olI'er the

following PREMIUMS to be competed for. at the times and places, and for the objects mentioned under the several heads :-

Cattle shows.

The SIIOW in Queen's Count , to be held at CllAILO'I"I'I- town, on Wsorrusosv. the 2-It day of September.

In King's Count , at the Hello or S'r. I’E’l'lI.'I Bar, on Fninav, the 26th diiy of September.

In Prince County, near the Cirvnci-I at Pnurcrrowrr, on Tonnes, the 80th day of September.

rnlariuass : For best Entire Blood Colt, foaled in I849, Id do. do. do. best Blood Filly, do. Id d

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best Entire Colt, for Ag‘cltrl. purposes, fooled in I8-I9, Id but do. do. do. best Fill , 2d best e. best Bull, culved in 8d best do. best Heifer, do. Id best do. do. best yearling Ball or Ileifer, from the Ayrshire Bulls

imported in 1849, I beat Calf. from do. do.

imported in I850, beet Rein. under 8 years old, (l.ambs excluded.) 2d best do. it. do. best pen of 3 Ewe Tags, 9d best do. do.

nuanneuxons:

The Colts and Fillies to be Islund bred.

No imported Stock allowed to compete.

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

No eninial to compete for more than one prize. _

No competitor to exhibit more than the required number of nut 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 member of the Branch Society established in thellounty in which the Show is held. ~ _

The Committee will feel obl' ed, if persons, having Stock of a superior description, would son the same to the Show. although they ma not be of the classes for which Preminins are offered- for whit: purpose suitable accommodations will be provided.

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Plougliiug Matches Will be held in Queen‘: County, on Thursday, the 9th October; and in ' ‘a County and in I‘.-ince County. on the some day and at the lame is ca as the Cattle Sliows, when the following Pansiuars will be awerded:—

First Price, £3 0 0 Second do. 2 0 0 Third do. I 0 0 Fourth do. 0 I0 0

Fields of Grain and Turnipe.

1 Wills bestlaerssof Wheat,

' 2d best do. do. best 2 acres of two-rowed Barley, as best do. do. best 1 acre of Indian Corn, 2d best do. do. best i acre of Swede Turnips, 2d best do. do. best Q acre of Yellow Bullock do. 2d best do. do.

The names of the competitors to be intimated to the Secretary in Charlottetown for Queen's County; to the Secretary of the Branch at Georgetown for Kin ‘a County; and to the Secretary of the Branch at St. Elennor's for Prince County, as follows:—

For Wlieat.Bnrley and Indian Corn, on or before the lat August.

For 'I‘urriipe, on or before the Ist September.

'I‘he 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 C ‘ ‘ , for which piir one Inspector will be appointed for each County, by the Committee in Charlottetown.

Industrial Exhibition.

An Exhibition of domestic ninnufactu In and agricultural produc- tions, will be held in Charlottetown, on Wlnrtssnair , the litli of November, when Premiums for the undermentioned articles will be distributed. viz:—

For best 10 yards Grey Iiomelpllll. I0 do. Shepherd's Plaid, I0 do. dyed and dressed, 10 do. '1 willed Flannel, I0 do. lain do. I0 do. ruggot, piece of Carpeting, not less than 20 yards. ir of Horse Rug.-. not less than 2 yards square, oollea Plaid Shawl, do. do. Scarf. do. While Shawl, . pair of thick linit woollen Stockings, for overalls, 8 pair of woollen Socks, I do. do. Gloves, I do. do. Mittens. Linen Table Cloth, half-doaen Linen 'I‘owela, I Linen Sacks, capable of holding -I bushels each, Bonnet, made from Grass Plait, Hut, do. do. 8 Sheepskin Mata, dyed and dressed, Chop iog Axe, Hay Igor , Dung I-‘ork, AGRICI.'I.'I‘URAl. PRODUCTS. For best Tub of Butter, not less than 80lb. weight,

Do. Cheese do. Iolb. weight,

Swede Tiirnips.

Carrots for 'l‘sble.

Roots of Blood Beet, Roots of Mangel Wurtzsl, Parenips,

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Manure Beeps.

The Committee being desirous to see introduced amovig Farmers, a better a stem of saving and collecting Manures, and particularly as regarifs the preservation of the liquid manure, oler the follow- ing Preriiiurris t'o be competed for, separately in each of the three Co'lI‘ii‘ieh.e' um. ywho shall have adopted, and has in practice, the best system forrt|be attainment of the above obyect:—

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Price. £5 0 0 Second do. 3 0 0 . Third do. I 0 0 ,

In a the Premiums, great consideration will be given by the Jfies Is Ha I J the cestriesncss adopted, as also to the menu h use for a daily clean’ out of the Stables. &c., and the loading of the vehicles when haul out the Manure to the field, so as to ensure d‘lsbss as as uissure-for information on which subject, the less bag to vd'sr intend‘

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The names of Competitors to be intimated to the Secretary of the Society at Charlottetown, and to the Secretaries of the Branches at Georgetown and 8t._Eleiinor’s, on or before the let day of August next, and‘tho inspection to take place at such time ‘as may be deemed iuest advisable by the Committee at each of the above places.

The Preniiunis to be awarded in the Spring of IBM.

By 0 er, ‘EORGE BEER. Secretary.

Fishery CIaIms.—Notice.

‘ ‘ I E the undorsi ned having been duly appointed Commissioners

_ _for settling c tims for Bounties on the Cod and Mackerel Fislieries, for Charlottetown, hereby give notice that no claim whatever will be entertained unless the following provisions of the Act have been strictly iittendod to, viz :—

The elsirrinn‘ must be inliiibitants of this Island.

'I‘he vessel or vessels must have been expressly fitted out for the Cod or Mackerel Fisheries, and must have continued in the prose- cuiioii of such voyaue not less than Three and a half months, and, that between the lbtli day of June and the lat day of October.

A Certificate from the Controller of Navigation must be presented with the claim, setting forth the pliice where the Vessel cleared out —ihe sort and quantity of Provisions. being at least one month's Stock—and that the Crew were at least one man for every Five tone up to Tweiitv tons. and one man for every Six tons above 'l‘wenty tons up to Forty-two tons, and one for every Eight tons over Forty- two ions.

'I'he customary weekl allowance for each man engaged in the Nevvfonndluiid Fisheries iiig Seven pounds of Bread. seven pounds of Beef or Pork, One pound of Butter, One pint of Molasses, One ounce of 'l‘en—an equivalent Stock will be expected by the Com- HIIIIIOHGIT.

Claimants for the Mackerel Bounty will be required to have their Catch inspected and weighed, and every required inforinaiion, rela- tive to their vii iigi-., given. and fully substantiated on Oath, to the satisfaction of e Commissioners.

JAMES N. HARRIS, KENNETH M'Kl-ZNZIE, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, July 8, I851. 3

3 Commissioners.

To the Tenants on Lots 9 o. 61.

HE Subscriber having, by Power of Attorney, dated the 6th day of \Iarch, I851, been is poinied Agent to take charge of ILYFS 9 6; 6|, in this Island, the roperiy of Lawrence Sulivan Esq., notifieathc'I‘enants on those Townships,thiit all rents, and Arrears of Rent, due on the said Property, are required to be paid

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

JAMES YEO. Port Hill, April 9, I851.

N OTICE is hereby given. that the Partnership subsisting between us. Dsrvivni ltunniu and Jesus Runom, heretofore car- r iog on Trade and Business under the name of "D. Rlznnnv &, oiv," stands from this day dissolved by mutual consent; that all the liabilities of the said Firiii will be discharged; and all the Debts due the same received by the said Dennis Reddin. DENNIS REDDIN, JAMES REDDIN. June 7, I851.

Notice .

ALL Pi-rsuns indebted to the Rev. Wru.ress J. Hovr.s:s, of

St. John's, Newfoundland, Clerk, on account of arrears of Rent, or moneys due to him and his late Wife Janet Emma Hoylss. (formerly Janet Emma Bennie) at the time of her death. which happened on the 17th day of May, I848, in respect at lands or he ings on that portion of'I‘ownship Number 23, formerly belonging to her, and all others iiidsbted to the said Rev. William J. Hoyles in this Island, are hereby notified that I have been duly empowered to receive the said erreurs of Rent or Debts, and that payment thereof is required to be made to me without delay. ~ JOHN LONGWORTH. Charlottetown, May 20, IBM.

NOTICE. ALL persons having legal demands a inst the Estate of the late Nathaniel M‘l.aren, deceased, ‘hree Rivers, are requested to render the seine within Six Months, and all persons indebted are required to make immediate payment to LAURENCE M‘LAREN, Sole Executor.

July 29. sin. PR EM IUMS. II E TRYON BRANCII AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY offers the following PREMIUMS to be competed for :-

For the best 2 acres of Wheat, £1 I0 0

2d best do. do. I 0 0

Best 2 acres Barley, I I0 0

2d best do. do. I 0 0

Best Q acre Swede Turnips, 2 0 0

5 o 0 2d best do. do. I I0 0 Best do. late Turnips, I 0 0

2d best do. do. 0 I 0

0 The names of the competitors to be intimated to the Secretary, for the Wheat and Barley, on or before the lat day ofAugust. For 'l‘uinips, on or before the lat of September. PIIOS. I-IOCKIN, Secretary.

Tryon, July II, 1851.

National Loan Fund and Equitable Fire Insurance Companies of London.

Incorporated by flcls of Parliament.

OARD of DIRECTORS of Fire Insurance for P. E. Island. Him. E. J. Jarvis, T. H. Havilarid, Esq., Daniel Hodgson, Es ., F. Longioortli, Esq.

Robert "utcIii'nson, sq., Forms ofApplication. and all other information, may be obtained from the Subscriber, at his Oflice, Charlottetown. L. W. GALL, Agent.

MJRINE INS URANCE. Insurance on Vessels, Cargoes, ire.

HE Subscriber hereby announces to the Lommerciel Commu- nit of this Island, that he has been duly authorised by Power 0 Attorney, to act as the Agent of the "Lafayette Insurance Company," of Indiana, in the United States of America. That he is now prepared to grant Policies on all Marine Risks, at very low rates of premium. , Tint this Company is one of the var best in point of responsi bility, having a paid up Capital of 60,000. There are three ints of advantage connected with the Company, with which the ublic should be made acquainted. 1st.—Its havin a large Cash fund always at command. ld.—'I‘hs Sn us Capital well invested by Mortgages upon an- incumbered Rea Fstate, and 8d.—'l‘hat the Stockholders are individually The following‘ entlemen having been appointed by the Conipaay to act as a Loos rd of Directors, is a further guarantee to the Public of the respectability of this Olfice, namely:— W. W. Loan, uire, Jassus Punnru, Esquire, and Buruasntv DAVIII, uire. The Subscriber will cheerfully reader any in ormetiou. upon ap-

plication being inado at his Oflcs. CHARLES YOUNG, Agent.

liable for all losses.

Charlottetown, I-‘ob. II, Iabl. (All the papers.)

I. LAWSON. Attorney-at-Law, Notary-Public,dsc.. has REMOVED his Ofiee to Desbrisay's Buildings, Queen Street. Residence I-‘itsroy Street. near that of Thomas Petbiok

Mg'g~ i deer North of on Commissioners of Bsiall Debt once. (up stairs.)

[From I-Iogg's Instruotor.] THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD.

\Vho, either in history, in romance, in legend or in song, has not read of the ‘Field of the Cloth of Gold!’ Its splen- dours have been celebrated by minstrels and tronbadours, chronicles have recorded its minutest details, and the page of Home has not disdained to speak of it as the most brilliant and gorgeous spectacle of its ago. By some it has even been char- acterised as the most magnificent that Europe over beheld.

It was well known that the originator ofihis singular pageant was Cardinal Wolsey ; who, for political purposes, thus plan- ned a meeting between Henry the Eighth of England, and Francis the First of France, the two most powerful monsrchsof their time. It took place on the French soil, near the town of Gnisucs. in the month of June, and in the year of our Lord I520. Iiietorianstcll us,ihst, after he had planned it, the mighty Wolsey, having sold himself to the Emperor Charles, I higher bidder for his favour than Francis, would fain have broken it ofli But the nature of Henry was not such, as that his otherwise all-powerful favorite could venture upon attempt- ing to take this step.

The principal personages present at the scene, in addition to Henry, Francis and Wolsey, Katharine of Enelsnd, Queen Clsuile of France, and the Do wager Queen of France, the beautiful Duchess of Snflblk, Henry had not yet become the stern and selfish tyrant, whose deeds of cruelty make the heart‘ of every christian now thrill with horror. He was only then the “ B|ulI'King Hal”—tlie gay, the joyous, the loving and heloved—ilie idol of his subjects, and the sovereign respected by the world. Francis was gentle and manly in his nature; and was of a disposition calculated both to grace the show and to enjoy it. 'I‘he great Wolsey was a man that bore himself loftily. and with not more loltiness than natural diunity, as be. some the prime minister of an illustrious king. Katharine of England was good as well as gentle. Claude, the amiable. the domesticated. the well-trained step-daughter of Ann of Bretegne, was worthy of her place. And the lively and grace- ful Sufliilk tlie dowager qneen—she who, rather less than five years before. had ascended a llirone an unwilling and weeping bride—wae one of those who most ardently devoted herself to the rsvelries around.

The Dowager Queen of Frsrice’s fate had. at one period of her life, been a hard one.--Passiiiniitely attached in one of her brother's subjects, the noble Suffolk, and by him loved in re- turn, her warm ,‘ssions and vivid feelings had been set at nought. For reasons of state policy, she had been compelled to marry in king of France, who was elderly, sickly. and quer- ulons: and who, immediately after her marrisge, had sent home from her every endeared friend and attendant that had so- companied her from her native land. ‘or the death of such a husband, her sorrow was not likely to have been either deep or long. Her marriage with her royal spouse did not last above three or four months.

Among those assembled to do honor to the tilts and tourna- ments of the Field of the Cloth of Gold, were the loftiest of Chsistendom’s kniglits, and the loveliest of Christendom’: daughters. There was Bayard the ehevalier sans pent‘ at run: reproehe. There was the noble 'l‘remouille, and the lofty Constable of iiourbon. There, also in addition to the magnifi- cent structures for king and court, and in addition to the ac- coilmqdation required in and about th: liatlpd town of Guisdnes, ‘:33 to b twot ousen ei lit iin r tsnts,ere to for the use’ of il.i.e9EngIieh alone. ‘There were noble and? baron, knight and squire, yeomeii and citizen, of “ merry England,” ciiisons‘ wives in their richest silks and heaviest chains, Jews, pedlsrs, tredeepeople and rogues. There, to quote the quaint language of one who saw it, were “ vagebonds, plowmen, ls- lsorerv, waggoners, and be gsrs, that for drunkenness lay in heaps, so great rssorte thet er came, that both knightee and ladies that war come to see the noblenee, were faiiie lye in he e and strawe, and hold theim thereof highly pleased.”

he accommodation provided for King Henry, and for the privileged members of his court, was on the most princely scale. They were housed in an edifice of oriental gorgeous- ness. The richest tapestry, embroidered silk. jewelry of every kind, all that art could produce or wealth devise, constituted its materials: and the tent itself, the nucleus ofthe show, in which Henry and Francis were to hold conference, was hung round with cloth of gold. This it was which gave the meet- ing its title—a title which will endure to the latest time.

It is, perhaps, worthy of remark, that the age which wit-

nessed the Field of the Cloth of Gold was one characterised by the existence of men, in dillereiit countries, distinguished for the po=seasion of talents of u peculiarly exalted kind. It was the age of Solyman the Magnificent, of Leo the Tenth, of Charles the Fifth, of Sir Thomas Moore, of Martin Luther, and of Raphael, the great painter, whose '.'I’OfllIlPflS have been the admiration of eveiy subsequent age. The chrnnicler Hall, has given a full and interesting ac- count of the dirunal transactions of the Field of the Cloth of Gold. To his pages we refer the reader; being ofthe opinion which he erinnciates, that " to tell the apparel of the ladies, their rich attyree, their sumtitnous juclles, their diversities of beaiiiies. and their goodly behaviour from day to day,siihe the fyrst motying, I assure you too men's wits can source de- clare it."

Tris: Prtoortsse or C0|Il'0I't1'.--In the first period of the oc- cupation of England by mankind there is no doubt that, as the flesh of animals served for food, so their sltins served for clothes. They had no woollen fabrics to use for such a pur- pose : they had neither manufactures of their own nor money, nor any articles of barter, to exchange for the clothing ma- terials made by the nations ofthe continent who were more advanced in knowledge and comfort. Woollen clothes (first made in the country in Hill.) and those of flax were'the early products of advancing knowledge and civilization. Those of silk were not made in England till about the year I604. Hate were not made in this country till about the year 1510. Shoes were not introduced of the present fashion, until 1633. As to furniture, the early inhabitants of England employed leaves and dried grass for beds; logs of wood or stories served the ofllce of chairs and tables ; the earth was their floor. It was only by gradual degrees that benches and other raised seats were used. The floor was at length garnished with rush- es and straw, mixed with sweet scented hay or flowers. Another long interval e|epsed—before l750—carpets were made in England. The beds on which our ancestors slept were often made of straw; even the kin ‘a beds were made of it to the year 1934. Linen was firet in e in England in I253. English blankets were not made before about I340. Calico was not manufactured in England till about the year I769.

A Ssimsr Bt.ooisIn.—A oung lady lately appeared at a hall in a neighbouring city, reused in short skirts and pants. The gentlemen admired her nest and comfortable dress, but several ladies accused her of being immodest. She turned to some of them whose dresses were quite low in the neck, and replied, " if you will pull up your dresses to a proper place IlI0’Ill your necks, your skins will hang no lower thou mine do. ’

Tits Anvsit-raou or Sicsirsss.-1 may say one good thing of sickness, that it is the best care in the world for ambition and designs, upon the world, or fortune ; it makes a man

retty indifferent for the future. provided he can be easy, by intervals, for the prsasiit.—Peysdsr’s Literary Extracts.

3: filiercllouroue.

Tris BODY an-cu Dues-ir.—'I'hs commonest Illdllllfi nets‘ rsldis iiunof abody soonto bereducedto thseenh, hasbesn that ofpodc iting it in the earth itself. To dig a cave, or to us one ulres y prepared by nature, was but an enlargement of the grave ; and the costliest sepulchre is but a wider eofln. Mau- soleunis and p rsmids can do no more than delay for n time the ful- filinent ofilie ecree——" Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou re- turn." Some savage tribes es the bodies of the dead to the sun and iiir,—n scaffolds. '1 e Parsess at Bombay even leave them to the vultures. The classic nations of atitiquityncommonly burned their dead, whose asbes weretbel collected urea and sepulclired.

One of the first productions of the grave is horns. Indeed, inflammable air has issued from cemeteries ; and I s dead body has been known to take fire spontaneousl .

After this stage of corruption are informed consuming slkslies. similar to those, which, for a like purpose, are sometirnss deposited in populous burial places, or with the bodies of beasts. Al I still later period, oily and fat substances are generated and all unplea- sant smells disappear. The bones remain still later, and, latest of all, the teeth and hair; till at length those are dissolved, and noth- ing distinguishes the'IIust of men'from the surroundin soil.