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‘"' *-‘ 10013-33 SPONDEN CE. “ Its a and wear them a’, Willie, [is up and wsur them a’, . Jim cook yournose ata' your foes, ,You’ll triumph o’er thgm a’, Willie. . though' iateIhge' ace an sense all] bit“ yin towtl‘i‘e‘bwa', Wlhz, f These'sgow. . e , in your 'e'ence, To . your whims the law, Willie; 0 its up and wsurthem a’, Willle, lamp and want them a 5’ ' Quote Chilly yfieel to lik;0hl¢1,w.“- " w 'um . 'aw i re. i” -L°r7d’h° h.‘ Jr P” J ' OLD Sorta. Homilies- tofcom'plaint Is, the large tracts of land Hd-byrtham spfthis family coin t, who, by purchase inheritanc , own nearly the whole sland, when so many ple inous to get session of these. estateshand are permitted ‘todo so. his is a serious evil; and it 15 my ' inoall cases where the title is by grant, the brown mafia uire into their OH in, and resume them. There are wood ‘ uncultivatedlan sin the Island, owned bya few landholders of the clique sufficiently large to support all the r and idle people of North America. All are orn equally I less, and all repose at last iuone common receptacle. Li ais ushered in, and the last scene closes, Without any dis- tinction,to all alike; and it is not lilting that these artificial difl'ercnces should exist. A man who is better off than his neighbours, should be held responsible for it; and he who carries his head higher than his fellow citizens, should suffer decapitation for his presumption.”—Tits LETTER-BAG or was Gun Wssrznir. , “ Those men who wish to make themselves popular, and ' who,vfor‘thu ur se,eilher attempt Agrarian laws, in. order tsdrivepeo e rom their possessions, or who maintain that

auditors ought tofnrgive debtors what they owe, undermine!

ey destroy all concord, which

the foundations of the stat . ven

cannot exist when money is taken from one man, to be to mother _ fr d ‘ when ever man is not an ere to c ' y . ULLII thnaoms. 1‘ 04"“- , “ Gll' cos: 2“ Dd ’ confimsiorié sol colut' uedé Che semi. gls' occlii é creole."

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‘ WI: Coorsn, Esq., Speaker of the House of Assembly.

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Sir; v In I'll rehability, on will now agree with me, res- pecting tIia sense oft e last quotation. “ The things of

an Escheat he alone sees who shuts his eyes and lieves."—So said Leo X., or something like it—and so sy I; and I am much mistaken ifa majority ofeven the resent House ofAsscmbly, when once they are better informed, will not say the same. In short, the language ofsome ofyour most strenuous app orters is ver much altarod.—“ Corning events cast their shadows before.” The time is not for distant, when the sentiments en- tertained by every intelligent man in the Colony will res and in favour of the established maxims ofjustiee;

Han when he will submit willingly to the laws of the

pountry. You, Sir, have at least sliewn to your con-

ititueuts a good example—you have at last condescendcd topa'y your own rent. I hope your conduct in this respect will be fully appreciated by the community.

I'I‘his not clearly demonstrates that you have now no

hopes of seeing theforfcited Grants,as you termed them, . :uohested. In short, it is be and the reach of a iydoubt that the escheat cause is lost, and gone for

~aver. Your best friends—the uniform supporters of your

Inessures—are chop-fallen. They shake their nodules,

“and,with anguish, exclaim, “ We have done those things

‘Vvltich we ought, not to have done—and we have loft undone those things which we ought to have done, and agent is no health in us;" and, what I think worse than t ’e want of health, you may add, with propriety, reason and common sense.

In an article published in the Colonial Herald in De- filber, 1838, you thought proper, Sir, to animadvcrt, in measured terms, respecting my political conduct. i: storms I used, in addressing the Electors at Belfast, ‘ln'em also to have given you great offence. But as my predictions on that occasion have now been completely verified, I beg now to recapitulate what I then said, rnerely for our special edification, and to ask you, seriously, w at you now think of the predicament into which on and your adherents have plunged the country? allow that I stated to the electors of Belfast, '“ that if the policy I proposed had been adopted—if rational means had only been used—ifmoderation and justice had been adhered to—if common sense and

egal consistency had not been outraged—a Court of 'Escheat would have by this time been established in the 7Colony. But instead oflisteniug to the maxims of pru- dence, the most visionary absurdities have been resorted to, and one of the best causes has been rumed by the violence and ignorance of its pretended friends—by ‘bttempting to grasp all, they have lost that portion to which they were legally entitled. Such is the true Hate of the case; and, Gentlemen (said I), whether you believe it or not, and experience is now ready to vmvince you of its reality." Now, Sir, has not my prediction come to pass? 'Lnn you deny it? CertainI am, you cannot. Will you now submit to be tau ht b the sad experience to which I have already alluded? t isthe only school at which fools will condescend to receive instruction. Your answer, in all probability, will be—“ God knows,l am no fool—I pocket the rhino. The people are the fools—it is for them to complain of and experience, and not me."

Ifyou have not been able to carry your views into alert, you cannot complain of the want of influence in the lower branch ofthe Legislature. You have gotten a House of Assembly packed nearly in accordance with your wishes. The public money has been voted to you, “with the liberty of appropriating the same in the man- ner you thought most ndvanta sons for carrying your schemes into effect—What has can the consequence? Have you accomplished the object you had in view! No, Sir, you lire farther from that than ever. Notwith- standing all the vanity with which our mind is embuerl, ‘ 'ou cannot hel acknowlcding t at your efforts have

an attended With a complete and signal failure.

You do well to keep up the flagging s irits ofyour supporters, by assuring them that Mr. Josepli Hume will "do rent things for them in the British House of Com- mo I. What will honest Joe say, when he- is made fully acquainted with all the particular circumstances in which your case is involved—when he is informed that "the, ‘rnsrlret price of a single pig is frequently sufficient 'to pay three or four years‘ rent of 100 acres of landl ‘What will he think when he contrasts the situatioaef

he tenantry here with that of the some class of poo le ' u almost-ivory part of Europe’ Depend upon it, is .advice will hon“ Gentleman, attend diligently to your Jo‘wd’domostie affairs—feed swine—still your pork to the ’b'est advantage—imitate Mr. Cooper’s example b /pa . in your roots like honest men, and the word Will 1" eedstare." v

There is another subject 1 bag to revert to-and that ‘for'no other purpose than sliowin up our political delinquency and inconsistency to tie pu he. [have been informed that it was your intention, as well as the jtl'oarl implied wish of the House of Assembly, that you —‘ah’oul consult some res ect'sbla lawyer on the subject ‘ofEscheat when you arrived in London. Itis surprising

ow your opinions change in accordance with times and circumstances.—If your memory is not very defective, 'you mi ht remember, that in July, 1836, a general meet- 1t'ig of scheat Delegates from various ‘parts of the Island 'was-‘held at the Commercial Inn; at is same time, Mr. Johnston, the Solicitor General of Nova Scotia, and Mr. 'WHIIIIP Young, of Halifax, happened to be both in eCharlottetown-'7these gentlemen, I believe, are justly (ut‘eemed as being two of the most eminent lawyers in ‘Snttsh North Americs.—-At the meeting of the delegates. I moved that the legal opinions of those gentlemen would uncured, before any other measures were Mopssd. .y motion was seconded by Mr. Clark, of "Dsrnley, the present member for Princetown. You ob- jected to it—snd upon what grounds? “ That theta Was whatever in eskin any legal advice on the subject-«that you saw the heat in all its bearings, as clearly sn‘d‘dis'tinctly as ever you saw the sun at noon- flyr'h stem mylof Frankfort, then added, that

3 and they set asidejustice, which is alwaymio ated

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. ' e m to he was of the some opinion as you were-«and t K follow s lewyor's_ advice would only in urn this rigs;- MajorRanlrin followed, on the same si e, an a tel1 ; that had it not been for the interference of lawyers, l lands would have been escbeated many years ago. me when the Legislature granted you. funds to prgsact in your views, and procure a legal opinion on a sufjec Y which was involved the welfare and happiness 0. avg“): individual in the Colony, I ask you, did you act iii 6 D formit with our instructions,or not? Fme it is, yo ofl'ere one aw er in London the munificent sum (3' Five pounds for his legal opinion. What a sacrificef} What will not an honest man and a pure patrio'tndo :6 his country!! Actually five unds sterling...——tf annual rent of only 100 acres of and; and thathtoo 0|“ a legal opinion, where no less than the fee s-impltéror 1,300,000 acres was at stake ! What apology can yopt'iwe tothe public for your; conduct in this transactiOn . .le meanness displayed in this instancebcggars all desclrrp- tion. Many a poor and distressed family wrll _et IV: to execrate your name, and wish they had never istaupl to the absurdities of the manor Sailor .r Hope-«nth e residence of the Hopeless Sat/qr. '_ h I have, Sir, no hesitation in. saying, that you ave completely mismanaged and rumed the Escbeat cause— and that you have been obliged to fall back and occupy a new osition. You now propose to purchase all the land in the Colony, and that, too,.from the very. persons who for many years you have uniformly maintained hail neither right nor title to a single inch of the sol . Allow me to assure you, that this last absurd project wtll meetthe same fate as the flirst. yofirbnext anemkptotp‘ kee u our sinkinw o uarity wr e,an a _ac . the Tis‘lizry Reserve-5, oii vshat some of your enlightened adherents term, Queen Victoria‘s Lands! I'np'ed only say, “apretty kettle of fish you'll ma

‘ 0 on comes your favourite sche m91:$°x?;'::rr:edlvihto Scmh. ‘3 I a " v ‘

efl'ecl. Dream nnw .. Esclieat of the forfeited Grants? Would it enable you to purchase and keep in your pos- session the lands of other people, who.have_ no legal rights, as vou sa , to the ands the might dispose of? “It’s all fudge." ‘lie truth is, the ritish Government have enough of real and important arinexniions and unions, and bargains or arbitrations relating to Pro- vinces and disputed Boundaries, already on their hands --more than thev can very well, conveniently, dis- pose of. Is it likely, then, that they Wlll devote any attention to the absurd and imaginary schemes of your s -Schemes which they will plainly sec can only extst in the brain ofa whimsical enthusiast? No, non-they have got “ other fish to fry." _

So, my good follow, all you boys got to do now, is to exClaim, in the language of Voltaire, “ Mon Dieu.’ man Dieu! voila la piece finic ', allons mm: at, uni do." “ My God! my God! the fares is over, let us go about our business---yes indeed." The sooner the better for: the couiitrv. '

Now, Sir, to conclude, as clergymen generally say, with a few practicpl reflections, from what has been said: I beg. in the first place, to inform you what several senst- ble people are now beginning to think respecting your political conduct. Public men, you know, are public property,and people will sometimes animpdvort on the conduct of public servants, and even attribute motives, when they have no right in the world to do so. What do you think you are blamed for? Wh , Sir, on are actually blamed for not having taken the «gal opinion of Messrs. Johnston and Young on the subject of Escheat, when you might have had it for nothing; and, what is more absurd. vou are also blamed for ofi'e'ring the enor- mous sum ofFive Pounds for an opinion on the .same subject when you were in London. Some evil-minded persons insinuate, from these circumstances, that your conduct will be highly approved ofby the Great Russell Street Association—arid even some of the knowing ones begin to entertain suspicions that you' have been ac- tually bought over by some of the members of that insti- tution. “ However, that may be toldto the marines, the sailors won't believe it.” No, not even although Sir John Harvey and Sir Charles A. Fitz Roy have both accused you of gross und‘wilftil falseht’dl, and, in. my opinion, completely proved their assertions to be trpe.

Perhaps yourexcessive' loyalty induced you to waive entering into any controversy on sun as brought you into collision with their xcellencies the Queen's Representatives. Be that as it may, you need not have hesitated, I think, to have Contradicted the statements sworn to and published by Mr. Rider. He is not one ofthe Queen's Representatives, man-alive! He is merely the Crier ofthe. Queen's Court. Ihelieve him, however, to be a very honest man. He may be so; but that is no reason why you should not contradict him. God knotvs you have already had sufficient experience, as one of my acquaintances says, “ in this kind ofa way," so that yen may now be considered perfect. Believe me, it is just as easy to contradict honest man as to abuse bonny lasses. These two respectable qualifications gene- rally go together, and they are great ornaments to all who are fortunate enough to possess them. I beg to lellyou plainly, that if you do not contradict Rider‘s statement, everybody will soon begin to contradict you, and then “ see what a mes you‘ll be in."

Yet, notwithstanding all the’incontrnvertible mass of clear and distinct evidence which has been adduced, I cannot allow myselfrenlly to think that you have yet sunk to so low a pitch ofmoral degradation,as to become a cool and a deliberate traitor to the best interests oftbe Colony. Some of the proprietors have, however, as- sured me, that you are the best friend thev ever had on the Island, and that your uniform condtict has tended very much to promote their best interests—and even some of the escheatora begin to perceive that ifthe proprietors have succeeded in putting chains round the necks of what may be termed the “ bleeding" and distressed ten. antry, you have successfully succeeded is clenching them on for ever—that if the proprietors formerly ruled them with whips, you have now enabled them to do so with scorpions—for which important servicesyou are certainly entitled to a very handsome reward ; and ifmmh be not bestowed upon vou, the Great Russell Street Association shall evermore be considered to he, notonly an unprinci-

led, but a most un rateful, set ofavar‘cious land specu-

ators, by your old riend, GEO. DALRYM PLE. Charlottetown, lBth June, 1840. ,*

TO THE EDITOR OF THE COLONIAL HERALD.

. Sir; Perceiving in your last week’s lnumber a letter signed “ Traveller," alluding to the Yorhvale or Crapaud

, i W that that it is so near completion as the 'I‘rave er mami‘m in his letter. I have been also informed, that another-Chapel is about to be built, shortly, in Crapaud, in anmiar part of the settlement. to be open for all sects arid classes, which also afforded me var great pleasure. As I am not aware whether the hope! to which the Traveller alludes is to be kept entirely for the Wedeyan Methodist Preachers or not, perhaps some of you readers will be kind enough to infiirm mo, in your next number. who- ther it '13 to be kept exclusively for the Wesleyan Methodists; or whet er it is to be free Ibi- iill preachers, whether of the Church ofEngland,Baptist Presbyterian or any other sect. ' ’

I “m, Sir, your obd’t. swam, Charlottetown, June 25’ 1840'; W. II. W,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE commit. HERALD;

Sir; There are certain

. orators who ' ier throuvh inadvertence, ignorance, , em a

_ _ Ior some motive best known to themselves,‘intermix their public lectnrt‘u, composed 01' high sounding sentences, with many coarse and even indecorous phrases, which are-exceeding] grating to the ears of the more Virtuous and pjoua part ofyiheir audience

as well as the better bred. number of their hearers: Surel these learned ,and worth. instructors could con- vey t reir ideas to the minds of v one whom they address, equally as clearly, and more decently, by suppressing mm, vulgar and offensive phrases, and substituting more

appropriate ones in their stead. 17a. Jane, 1840. 4 ' B’N'

r which the annual Assessment,

1?. Bonito ubjpcts '

LAN D ASSESSM‘ ENT. I Ofice Charlottetown, . Edwai'd nimfd, £0115 let, 1343‘s- ' e of the Acto te_ ener N. margin); Island, made and passed in thpuSe'v‘eltlil'l; Yeast-eof’thye Reign of His late lllIajegty gang-Agassi“ M ' ' 0'! .1» ' Zifiihi'g'i‘igdrgznfi do limb: publicly notify the

. ' If this Island for Owners or Occupier” °f Laud thereon ml the.

' ' 'v f this ofFour Shillings, lawful money 0 _ Island for every Hundred Acres of Wildernesslor un;::

roverf Lands contained in the severahTov‘vnsbgfmm of the several Islands belon ing thereto , an tr t d or Two Shillings fiir every _3ndred ficyfzxgsgiiiptsivpn; hi. ‘ ' or _. _ Improved Land in the sai sev f Four shining. for fore‘aid ' andtha sum o_ ‘ 22%! :ridaever; unbultivated or unimproved 'Itgdvn Ltplt, Pasture Lot, Common Lot anld Water Leignggaptte Jpn 0? Town and Royalty of Char ottetowl'n , ‘ed‘orim d- ’ ' . * prove

Two Shillings for each and ever on tivla foresaw .

t , Common and utter at as a , minim”; Two shillingsLand 8E%p:26£0?;:::t

' t an a e - Iagd'fivilib rnwn Lm’ Pagturealtieh of Georgetow’n an I’rinlcetown ; and the sum 0 One shilling alng‘gruiz-pgiaie

d v r cultivated or improve ,. iiiiaea:r'i‘daVnVat:r (Lit, granted in the said ifigé-ir‘i‘sptgopee; ’ o s r l

d R0 alties and so in propo

2:11:33? and {he su’vn of One penny per acre on each

ore of cultivated or improve I and even, 8 called reserved Lands , and the

acre on each and every acre of such Lands as may be deemed uncultivated or unizipro- vrd“ ' a Irn’rrcfindcm—bv‘p'fl'lfls’ ls payabl into in hands, or the hands of my 1 wenty-second of December,

Deputies, on or before the . T t h l st da ' ofthe next-Hilar erm, a 1840’ I Shh”, on I e a motion of all uc I Lands ns

Charlottetown, make Proc a r h ' ' sums

be in arrear for non-pa ment 0 t e . aha” than irections of the said

.. bl ii the (Athiged thereon, IEISI‘ENYCER SMITH, Treasurer.

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on all Lands within this Island, I have appointed the fol- lowing persons to be Receivers of the said Assessment: Prince County. I . h Po 3, Bedeque. 15:33.... CFCompton, St. Eleanor’s. ‘ James Yen, Port Hill. Allan Forsyth, Cnscumpeque. Thomas M‘Nutt, Princetown Royalty. Queen’s County. James Pidgeon, New London. Thomas Fairbairn, Sable. . Solomon Desbrisay, Charlottetown. Allan M‘Dougall, Belfast. King’s County. John Jardine, St. Peter’s. Alexander Macdonald, St. Margaret’s. William S. Macgowan, Snuris. Hugh Macdnnald, Three Rivers. James Richards, Murray Harbour. J'. SPENCER SMITH, Treasurer.

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Farm at Little York for Sale.

THE Leasehold Interest in that extensive and valuable FARM, at Little York, at present occupied by the subscriber (who intends leaving the lsland),co_m- prising 180 acres of excellent Land—1003mm of which are cleared, and in a high state of cultivation. Ibere are two Dwelling Houses, two Barns, and other Baildings, together with an inexhaustible well of excellent water, &.c. on the premises. The whole Farm is enclosed With a good, substantial Fence. ano,

The Crop, consisting of15 acres potatoes,10 do. wheat, 18‘do.‘0ats, and 40 do. Meadow.

The Live Stock, 3m, consisting of 4 horses, 18 head of horned cattle, 20 sheep and lambs, a lot of pigs, &c.: 2 carts, I plough, l paif‘offlarrows, &c. &c., Wlll also be dis used of. WEST,

Litt e York, 30th May, 1840.

Treasurer’s

said recited Act,

Towns and R0

(1 Land in the

Royaltv of Georgetown, sum 0 Two-pence per

Treasurer’s Oflice, June lst, 1840. N compliance with the provisions of the Act

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TO BE LET, and POSSESSION given IMME- DIAT a

HE whole or a part of that well-known

Dwelling House and Premises in Pownal Street, lately occupied by Mrs. Rebecca Miller. This House comprises four Rooms on the first floor, in one of which (30 feet by 24), the Meetings of the Mechanics'nln- stitute are held; four Rooms on the second filmr, one Of which is the same size as the one mentioned above, and a large garret. There is a commodious and ex- cellent Cellar under the whole. A Stable, and other out houses, together with a small Garden, are attached to the premiSes. Rent moderate. For further particulars apply at the Herald Office, or to

CHARLOTTE BAGNALL. Pownal Street, Ist May, 1840.

To SELL or to LET, ' To which an unquestionable Title will be given,