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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Wednesday, April 19, 1854.

New Series. No. 130.

Iaeaat-d's Gazette. GEORGE T. I-IASZURD, Proprietor and Publisher. Published eve Tuesday evening and Saturday morning. Ofllch,“ "‘ si a Queen Square. . . s Tlatss--Annual Subscription, the. is advance.

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LAND ASSESSMENT. 'I‘reuueer's Ofiee,Charlo:tetewn, P. It. Island, anuar 14, I8 . IN ursusace of the Act of the General Aassmbl of, this Island, made and passed in the Eleventh year of the re" n of Her resent Majesty, intituled --an .l¢t_/‘or eyingfurther an Assessment on all Lands in this Colony, and for the encouragement Education," and of an Act made in amondment t state, and passed in the Twelfth year of Her said Isjeety‘e Reign, intituled ./In Act to explain and amend the seas! Act for the Jreeeement of Land, andthe encouragement of Education. and also of an Ant made and in the Filleenth year of Her , asid Majesty's Ila’ n, intitaled An Act for the encouragement of section, and to raise Funds for that purpose by imposing an additional Jams- stsnt on Land in the said Island and on Real Estate in Charlottetown and Centtnon, and George- town and Costume : ldo hereby give Public Notice that I have made Proclarnatiemaccordi to the terms of the said Acts, of the undermention Town Lots, Common Lots, Lots, Pasture l.eta, Islands, and parts

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“ 48. 92! Enmore Island, 10 first |l‘IaNndred of Town Lots in Charlettetown,—1-I e o. . Second Hnndred.—l-4th of No. 58. Fourth Huedred,—No. 40, 1-4 of Ne. 80. Pasture Lots in Charlottetown Royalty,-1.1 of Na. 72, and I-8 of No. 288. Town Lots in Georgetown:

Ne. Range, Letter. No. Range, Letter. 8, I G, j of I, 4 A, II, S 3. IS, I L.

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Water beta in Georgetown,-Ne. I0. Pasthre Lots in Georgetown Royalty,—No. 85, 188, ‘ISO, 188, 1-0 of 248, and 290.

Town Lots in Princetewn :

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1. _ do 1, do , do . Pants Lots in Pnneetewn Royalty -8-4 of No. ISI, No. 240, and I-2 of No. 45 .

And the owners of the said Lots and Tracts of Land se' arrears and proclaimed as aforesaid, are blreby -Afih‘ ah. aI_ eh. I. - A 4L 1' said, that with the caste which have been incar- rad, a I not be paid before the neat Easter Term of the Supreme Court of Judicature, to be held at Char- lottetown, which will commence on Tuesday the Id day of May next, application will be made to the Sn- preme Court, during the said Term, for Judgment the said Lots and Tracts of land. rmpee-

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STEPHEN RICE, 'I‘reaearsr.

MAILS. THE MAIL! for the neighboaria Provinces, he. will be forwarded on ends or the lsth Deesmhsriasaaet via0ape‘I'ravsrseandCpe Termeatine. Tyy will be made up on that day, and ever fel- l‘riday,‘at l!e'cleek neen,and a mal far will be made up every week at the same Ilflls ssefmmeee to Halifax‘. THOMAS OWEN. Postmaster General. General ‘I'M

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LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY. House or Assxannr, Saturday, April 8.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. IMPORTID arocx.

Mr. Bus presented a Memorial from the Royal Agricultural Society, and praying for suggesting such an alteration in the Act by which the said Society is incorporated, as would enable them to retain imported Stock in their own possession,

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and under their own management, for the purpose of breeding improved Stock for distribution throughout the Island; a mode of proceeding which, they think,——beeides enabling them to guard against loss by the sale of the imported animals at low prices, and to effect a considerable saving in the present annual outlsy—-would be found of more service than the present system of dividing imported animals between the three Counties; as the Stock so bred would be more suitable from the circumstance of their being better able to stand the climate.

Ordered that the Memorial do lie on the Table.

Tumnsr, April 11. nrrunre TO THE warr or ILICTION son rue rrnsr DIITRICT or o,us.sN’s couarrv

. Mr. Wusnsu rose to present the sub- joined Petition from Seven Electors of the First District of Queen's County (com lsining of the Sherlfl's' Return to the Writ of 'lection at the late General Election,) agreeably to notice, given by him in the Order Book, which he read in hie place, having,in a speech of some length, taken a review of the proceedings connected with the Election which gave rise to the Petition, the hon. gentleman concluded by reading the subjoined resolution, which he said he intended to submit. " That the Petition be received and referred to a Committee of the whole House, on Thursday next, together with the o inion of the Hon. Wm. Young, now before the ouse, on the subject to which that Petition refers, with the view of amending the Return to the Writ of Election for the First District of Queen’a County.” The reception of the Petition was spoken against by Mr. Douse, Mr. H. Hnviland, and the Hon. the Attorney General, on the grounds that the House was prdcluded, by a Statute of the Colony, from receiving any such Petition, either from a Candi- date, or Electors, after the expiration of six days from the commencement of the Session. in the end the Hon. the Speaker was appealed to, to sustain the objection made to the reception of the Petition; and he decided that the Petition could not be received. Hon. Mr. Whelan said he had a right to appeal to the House from the decision of the Hon. the Speaker; and, dissenting from his opinion, but with due respect, he would divide the House thereon.

The House then divided on the question :

For sustaining the Hon. the S eaker’s decision —Heo. the Attorney General, on. the Colonial Secretary, Hon. Mr. Montgomery, l-Ion. Mr. Conroy, Hon. Mr. Macaulay. Mr. Macgowan, Mr. H. Haviland, Hon. Mr. Maeeaeheo, Mr. Golf, Mr. Douse, Hen. Mr. Lord, Mr. McLeod, Mr. Clark, and Mr. Fraser—l4.

Aagainst it—Hon. Mr. Whelsn, Hon. Mr. Warburten, Mr. Davies, Mr. Mooney, and Mr. Maogill—5.

So it was carried in the sffirmative.

Tuuasmr, April 13. non) rItoM sounis T0 EAST POINT.

Mr. Mxooowax, as Chairman of the Commit- tee a pointed to repurc an Address to His Excel tray, in con ormit with a Resolution of the House concernin n etition o certain In- habitants of the irst electgral Districtfof Kin ‘s Conn , rs in fort e o ning o a newgline of Rcgadyroilorfed the follciting:

To His Excellency Sir .lle.z-under Bannerston, Knigltt, Lieutenant Governor, §c., 45's., 4'. May it please your Excellency; 'I'he House of Assembly reslpectfully request that our Excellency will be p eased to opgoint two disinterested persons in conjunction w t the Road Commissioner of the 5th District King's County, for the purpose of executin a Survey to ascertain the practicability of so eetin so much of a new line of Road as may avoid t ree certain Hills on the bighwa at Black Pond, leadin from Souris to the st int (South Side): and to furnish a Report an Estimate of the probable expense thereof, for the informa- tion of this House at its next Session. House of Assembly, 13th April, 1854.

The Committee who prepared the Address were appointed a Committee to wait upon His Excellency with the same.

Mr. Macuownr, as Chairman of the Com-

inted to repsre an Address to ency, in conformity with a Base- lution of the House ooncerninga_Petition of certain Inhabitants of First Electoral District of King's Count , prayirwfor e t in aid of the construct uefa barf a Campbell's Cove. North Side, Township No.47, reported the following!

lb ms lscelleeey Sir Jlea-ender lensersten, lntgtt, Qe. , d~c.,- 4-c. May it please your Ixoelleney;

The House of Assembly respectfully request, that your Excellency will be p eased to authorise the appointment of two competent persons to ascertain b Survey, the prsotleablity of constructing a barf at Campbell ’a Cove North Slde Towns lp No. 47, and to report the same together with an timets of the probable expessa thereof’. for the information of this House at its next session.

House of Assembly, April 13, 1854.

The one-unto It pared or Address were ; pr 'O:m!:i.ttse to pfesent the same

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THE CHINBE REBELS AND THE GOSPEL To the Editor of the JVortIt-China Herald:

Dear Sir—As everything regarding the insurgents possesses a degree ofintercst at the present moment, Ibeg leave to send you the following account:

Having obtained admission into the city of Shun hue this afternoon,-I proceeded to one oft e chapels belonging to the London Missionary Society, where I commenced preaching to in large congregation which had almost immediately gathered within the walls. I was descnnting on the folly of idolatry, and urging the necessity of wor- shipping the one true God, on the ground that he alone could protect his servants, while idols were things of nought, destined soon to perish out of the |and—when sud- denly a. man stood up in the midst of the congregation and exclaimed, That is true —that is true, the idols_ must perish, and shall perish. I am e. Kwang-se man, a fol- lower of Tee-ping-wang; we all of us wor- ship one God (Shaugte) and believe in Jesus, while we do our utmost to put down idolatry; everywhere demolishing the tem- ples, and destroying the idols, and exhort- ing the people to forsake these superstitions.

hen we commenced, two years ago, we were only 3,000 in number, and we have marched from one end of the empire to the other, putting to flight whole armies of the Mandarin troops that were sent against us. lfit had not been that God was on our side, we could not have thus prevailed against such overwhelmin numbers: but now our troops have arrive at Teen-tsin, and we ex- pect soon to be victorious over the whole empire. He then proceeded to exhort the people, in a most lively and earnest strain, to abandon idolatry, which was only the worship of devils, and the perseverance in which would involve them is the misery of hell; while by giving it u and believing in Jesus, they would Oblnlfile salvation of their souls. As for us, said, we feel quite be py in the profeadon of our reli- gion, an look on the day of our death as the happiest period of our existence. When any ofour number die, we never weep, but congratulate each other on the joyful occu- sion, because a brother is ne to glory, to enjoy all the maguifi splendour of the heavenly world. VVhile continuing here, we make it our business to keep the commandments, to worship God, and to ex- hort each other to do good; for which end we have frequent meetings for preaching and rayer. What is the use then, he nske , ofyou Chinese oing on to burn in- cense, and candles, on gilt paper; which, if your idols really required it, would only show their covetoua dispositions; just like the Mandarin: who seize men by the throat, and if they will not give money, squeeze them severely; but if they will, they only squeeze them gently. He went on to in- veigh against the prevailing vices of his countrymen, particularly opium-smoking- that filthy drug, he exclaimed, which only

defiles those who use 1t—mnking their .

houses stink, and their clothes stink, and their bodies stink, and their souls stink, and will make them stink for ever in hell, un- less they abandon it. But you must be quick, he adds, for Tue-ping-wang is com- ing, and he will not allow the least infringe- ment of his rules, no opium, no tobacco, no snufl', no wine, and no vicious indulgence of any kind. All offences against the com- mandments of God are punished by him with the severest ri our, while the incorri- gible are beheaded--therefore repent in time.

I could perceive, from the style of his ex- pressions, and from his frequently quoting the books ofthe Tee-ping dynasty, that he was familiar with those records, and had been thoroughly trained in that school—no Chinaman, who had not been following the camp of the insurgents for a considerable time, could have spoken as he did.

He touched also on the expense of opium- smoking, which drained their pockets, and kept them poor in the" midst of wealth: whilst we, be said, who never touch the drug, are not put to such expense: our master provides us with food and clothing, which is all we want, so that we are rich without moue .

I could not help being struck, also, with the appearance ol'the man, as he went on in this earnest strain. Bold and fearless as he stood, openly denouncing the vices of the

ople; his countenance beaming with in- telligence, his upri ht and manly form the very picture of has th, while his voice thril- led through the crowd. They seemed petri- fied with amazement, their natural con- science assured them that his testimony was true, while the conviction seemed to be mrong amo at them that the two great oh- jecta of his enuncistion, opium and idola- try, were both had things, and must be given up. He spoke in intelli ible Mandarin, with an occasional touch of t e Canton or Kwang- se rogue. His modes of illustration were peculiar; and some of the thin s which be advanced were not such as C riatien mis- sionaries are aeeustomed to bring forward. The impression Ian on say. mind, however,

was that a considerable amount of useful in- struction was delivered, and such as would serve to promote the objects we have in view, in putting down idolatry, and further- ing the worship of the true God. Another thought also struck or mind; viz: this is a class of men that can with difficulty be controlled. They must for s. time be allow- ed to go their own way. It may not be in every respect the way which we could ap- prove-—but it does not appear to run direct- ly counter to our objects. In the mean time we can go on in ours, and inculcate such truths as they may forget, or state correctly what they fail to represent aright. Tue- ping-wang may thus prove u breaker-up of our way, and prepare the people for a more just appreciation of divine truth, as soon as we can et the sacred Scriptures freely circulated among them. I am, yours truly, . H. lllnonunsr. Sltangltae, December 14th, 1853.

I c.uv"r AI-‘FORD 11'.

At this season of the year, when people are called upon to subscribe to papers, the excuse, “I can’! alford it,” is very fre- quently made; which, being interpreted, means, ‘‘I regard other things of more consequence to myself and family than a. newspaper.” Rightly considered, there are few influences which tell more immediately and effectually upon the improvement ofthe family circle thnn swell conducted and high toned paper. Judge Thomas ofworcester, Massachusetts, in a recent lecture before the young Men’s Association, in this city, said: “ The newspaper press is destined to be the chief instrument of popular culture. It is, intellectually, the daily bread of the people. The power ofthe ress, great as it is, is continually increasing, and will draw to itself and demand for its service more and more of the learning and talents of the country. The eloquence ofthe bar, of the assembly, and of the stump, create a stronger immediate impression, but their sphere is too limited to compete with the wide-spread influence of the pen. An in- strument for swaying the popular mind, they all yield to it. The pen is the true lever o Archimedes, and in the newspaper press has been found the place for a fulcrum.”

man cannot afford to deprive his family ofthe advantages which a journal afford. What are a few dollars and cents in compa- rison with right views, sound principles, and generous feelings! A word in season fitly spoken, may change the whole tone of life, and like the seed sown in good ound, bring forth an hundred-fold in noble living and energetic acting. It is a short-si htcd policy that consults only immediate effects, while it overlooks the far reaching results which the most trivial causes often develope in character. If persons would only take a second thought, we are sure they would never say, “ I can't afford” to subscribe for a paper which contains practical sugges- tions with re ard to making this life, with all its varied interest, what it should be. But in papers, as in everything else, it should be an invariable rule to provide the best. It is better to be ignorant than to be led astray--better to read nothing than what is pernicious in its tendency.

One thing is certain, we “ can't afford” to live without the effort to become wiser and better as we grow older—we “can’t afford" to act as thou h there were no future, no life beyond this life, no eternity beyond time, for our attainments in know- ledge and excellence in this world, will be the measure of our happiness in the next.- Cotmtry Gentlemen.

Tm: rnaanosr or run Prtass is unde- niably n vast and excellent rivilege. It is the best proof of a nation's geedom, and the best sufeguurd of a nation's rights, when it is exercised with moderation and withjustice; but on the other hand it be- comes ns evident a type of that nation's de- generacy, and of its having lost a vast portion of its manly and moral feeling when sinking into coarse and illiberal criticism or vulgar abuse, it substitutes invective for argument, and ersonalities for reasons, and yet continues to be read.

Abuse is not argument. As well might amen daub a wall with mud and call it painting. The acts of all public men may undoubtedly be canvassed in every free country, but there are two ways of doing this; the one servesa good or-pose and imposes a salutar check, the other is the one we have us ified above, which never yet persuade any honest or reasonable men, while it has most frequently defeated its own object, and secured friends where it hoped to raise up.—JV. B. Head Quarters.

Aasonos-r -run Wosnsns or run Dav.-— We have visited with considerable gratifi- cation the " repertoire” of foreign news- papers of all nations at Helloaoegfs Pill and Ointsserd Eetaifmluneat, 9“, Strand, which presentan immense amount of information on all subjects, political, mercantile, statistical, and philosophical, from at least 2, oeeign papers. received in this Establishment in the ootrse of each week. This iauneaes eellestloe etjeurltals afiords,

in the great city, advantages to the enter- prising capitalists, and commercial world generally, a source of intelligence most invaluable and never before attained. 'I‘he establishment is visited by the nobility, members of parliament, contributors of the press, mercantile men, and also by an im- mense number of distinguished foreigners of all nations. clerks, who classify and file the papers in portfolios, which they exhibit gratuitously to respectable visitors a lying for infor- mation. -- “ Manning eruld,” , January %3, 1854.

A Gun Lumsannta Esnsusrsatssr. —The valley of the Ottawa river, in Canada, is noted for the extensive lumber operations which are curried on there, and the magni- tude of the interests embarked in the trade. There is one firm alone which employs in the forests seventeen bun re orsea and two hundred head of bullock, independent of four hundred double teams which are constantly on the road engaged in the conveyance of food and forage. In the report of the engineers employed on the Montreal and Bytowu railway, it is stated that this firm have at present 3500 men in their service, and one hundred lumbering establishments, scattered over several hund- red miles of territory. Their consumption of pork is ten thousand barrels annually, and their daily consumption of oats during the winter months from one thousand to twelve hundred bushels. The firm is now constructing a sawmill ut the Chats, on the Ottawa, which will saw fifteen million feet of boards annually, and their annual cash pa ments for keeping their immense eats lis ment in motion exceed two million dollars.—-Boston ournol.