4 TRE EX-AMINER. «The insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes,” sot the breath whic poisons the ear of the Colonial Minister «ill not be allowed to pass betwixt the wind and the nobilityof, qind of the six hundred gentlemen who, from the Paiace of | st. Stephen’s, control the destinies of the Kmpire. We can) yover believe that Parliament would venture to perpetrate a/ yroug upon & small Province which it would shrink from in- gicting upon a large one ; for if it did, there would be no curity for the liberties of any of her Majesty's cis-Atlan- tic posessions, wherever a band of cormorants should arise | safficiently arrogan¢ and anserupulous to demand the sacrifice ; snd the very instinet of self-preservation would enlist the sympathies of our sister Colonies in our behalf. The Islander compliments the Irish Catholics of this Colony on being the exclusive depositories of the spirit of Escheat. A sense of justice compels us to say that they are not entitled | to this honour. The Seotch and French have shown quite as much enthusiasm im that cause as the Irish, and in many settlements where English people ‘‘ most do congregate’ the agitation was a8 vigorously maintained in former years as in any other parts ofthe Island. Amongst all the old leaders of the Escheat movement we cannot recall the name of an Irish Catholic, who, in the Legislature, took a very prominent part jn its advocacy. Mr. Cooper is not an Irish Catholic—Mr. Benjamin Davies is not one. Both these gentlemen have been for many years consistent advocates of the question, and still exercise great influence amongst their co-religionists in its fayour. The late Mr. Rae was not an Irish Catholic. He was hardly second to Mr. Cooper in his eloquent and deter- mined adyoeacy of the question. His colleague, Mr. Fraser, is not an Irish Catholic, but he took a very prominent part in stirring up his Scotch Protestant friends to support the question. The late Mr. D. McLean was not an Irish Catholic, and at the commeneement of his career in this Island no one excelled him in the ardour of his attachment to it, through whose influence, New London—an eminently Scotch Protestant settlement—was, par excellence, the hot-bed of Escheat. Mr. Le Lacheur was not an Irish Catholic, but he for many years endeared himself to a numerous and high!y respectable Pro- testant constituency by his able and untiring advocacy of the measure. The Hon. Mr. Laird was, until he joined the present Proprietary Government, one of the most red-hot Escheators to be found in the Island. We might mention many other names, with the view of disputing the ciaims of the Irish Catholics to a monopoly ef this question, but it will be suffti- cient to mention the minority of the late House of Assembly —all Protestants and none of them Irishmen—who, with the exception of Messrs. Palmer and Haviland, professed, while in opposition, @ warm attachment to the cause of Escheat, and were dreadfully indignant that the Liberal Government of that day did not join with them in their pretended advocacy of it. The Islander bas taken some pains to give a personal com- plexion to the leading article in our paper of last Monday week. We can hardly suppose our contemporary is so obtus: as to have misunderstoed the object of that article. We assure him we have no desire to pick a quarrel with any o! the party whose fortumes we have followed through evil and through good report; and where there is no such desire we shink he is the last who is likely to succeed in creating one. Whether we have been treated ill or well by individual members of the party, is no one’s busiriess gut our own. We have made no complaint of ingratitude at the bands of any one; and no matter what oceasion there might be for com- plaint, we shou!d certainly not make a newspaper column the vehicle of it. We have never been the slavish follower o/ any man, and never will be. It is trae we have written and spoken more on behalf of the leader of the lete Government than on that of any other man ; but we did so because there appeared to be no one else who was willing to take his place, cull because his position enabled him to carry out the princi ples of oar party. [f his merits were a hundred times greater ey are .—and every one who knows him must admit is possessed of great natural abilities —we could not be than t! that he so silly and so false, whatever the circumstances of our indi- vidual position might be, as to proclaim him still the leader ofa powerful party, such es wieldéd the destinies of the Island from 1851 to 1859, and overwhelmed with defeat and disgrace the Holl and Palmer Government in 1854. ‘There is no use in shutting our eyes to the truth, that the Liberals have no such influence and combination now as they had then—that there is, in fact, no organization amongst them ; und while they are in this chaotie state, they recognize no leadership. We do believe, however, tuat there are yet amongst the scattered Liberals the ‘elements of a great and powerful opposition to tie present Proprietary Government. The day is not far distant, we hope, when they will be brought to- gether,and the Party as of yore be made to feel their strength ; and if we can be of any service as an auxiliary in the perform- ance of the good work, they may rely as heretofore upon a vigilant use of our pen and press. =o an GOVERNMENT ECONOMY. Ovr sanctified contemporary the Protestant occasionally entertains its readers with disquisitions on our local political affairs, and, as we had occasion to show by extracts from a former No., is not very correct in its statements nor brilliant in the expression of its opinions. In a late No., the Protes- tant, alluding to some acts of the Government, shows what a very prudent and economical set of fellows they are, because one very small part of the public printing was lately given out to contract, and is said to have cost £20 less this year than it did last. ‘This saving, we are told, was effected on printing the blank books required for the collection of the Land Assess- ment. Early in summer we received a circular from the Treasurer’s (Office, stating that tenders would be received at a certain day for printing the Land Assessment books. On going to the office we learned from the Deputy Treasurer that, rge stock of such books on hand from last m the previous year—besides large ledgers as thefe was a la year, and some fre which require to be renewed about every three years only, last year happened to be the year for renewing some of them—the amount of printing then to be done would not be much more tian half it was twelve months ago. This work has generally cost between sixty and seventy pounds, when the full complement of books was required. Now, if there were only half the complement required this year, and only £20 less expended than there was last year, we are at a loss to understand how the public have gained anything by putting pers who will not settlewith car Agents, and who will thus| the work up to public competition. It is rather remarkable see ROTTS RR NRA that the present Queen's Printer did uot tender for this part | of the publie printing, as he had time and. materials enough to do it—that Mr. G. T. Haszard and the publisher of the | Examiner were the only parties who did tender for it—that | the former got it, but how much lower his tender was | than ours, we have never been able to disd@ver. That it was a settled understanding that Mr. Haszard should get the work, we have good reason to believe ; and the fact of Mr. Ings not competing against him, goes to strengthen the belief. If the same amount of work had been performed this year as last, and a saving of £20 effected by the contract system, the Go- vernment would certainly be entitled to eredit for adopting that system, and should be made to keep their promise of applying it to the whole of the Government Printing. But there was not the same amount of Printing done for the Trea- sury Office, and that makes all the difference in the world. Let us ask, however, why the whole of the duties of the Queen’s Printership are not put up to public competition ? The present Government, when they were in opposition, said they could and should be done by contract. And if it be their desire to save the public money, we can see no reason why some of the other public offices, such as the Secretarysbip, the Treasury, Registrar of Deeds, and Crown Lands Offices, should not be put up to public contract, since in filling those offices the Government ignore such qualifications as parliamentary i position and political influence. We have no fault to find with the gentlemen who are in those places, as private indi- viduals ; but we think there are many people throughout the, Island who could do the routine of the offices: quite as well, and if put up to contract would be glad to take them for con- siderably less money than is now paid in the shape of salaries. fo assist the Government in their bids for popularity on the score of economy with respect to the public printing, we will offer a little suggestion, which, if acted upon, will be quite serviceable to them, without Mr. Ings running the risk of losing the whole work by having it put up to contract. We will take the printing required for any of the publie depart- ments—say the Secretary’s office. According to the regular course of proceeding, we will suppose that the cost of printing for this office at the end of the next quarter would be about £50; but let the Printer at once supply the office with most of the blanks that will be required for the next foar months— charge for them in his current quarter’s account, and at the end of the next quarter he will find he has bad little or nothing to do for that department, and consequently his ac- count bears no ‘comparison to the previous one. Then the Protestant, with an air of sanctity put on to deceive the igno- rant, may make the following interesting announcement :— «© Morz Economy 1x Pusiic Prixtinc.—We had the grati- fication to inform our readers in September last, that owing to the judicious plan adopted by the Government there was a saving of £20 in the cost of printing the blanks used in the collection of the Land tax. It affords us pleasure now to state that the good management of our highly popular Government is still conspicuous in the printing departinent of the public service.: We find that at the close of last year, when the Liberals were in power, the printing for thé Seeretary’s Of- fice alone cost nearly £50. For the qaarter ending 31st De- cember, 1859, being a similar period, we are pleased to ob serve that that office has cost the Colony for printing only the small sum of £15—thus making a saving of the considerable item of £35 in one quarter alone. Such ss one of the fruits of a good managing Government.” - RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Tu following sentences appear in the leading article of the Religious department of the Protestant of Saturday last, ander the heading —‘‘ The demands of Romanists"’ ; — “They (the Protestants) know fall well that the Braminter of this city is treating its readers, both Roman Catholic and Protestant, week after week, with accounts of monster Romish eonsecrations at home. and of the success of priest-craft abroad, or openly attacking our religions * .* *°* They (the Catholies) sought once to banish the Bible from our institutions of learning.”’ This is religious news with a vengeance! Bad as the Pro- tector was it could hardly match its sanctimonieus successor for the cool effrontery with which it brazens forth the lies con- tained in the above extract. The ‘‘ monster Romish consecra- tions’’ said to have been pablished by the Examiner will not be found in any of its pages, from the time it was established until the present moment. Once, and oace only, we publish- ed an account of the ceremony of the laying of the corner i stone of the magnificent Catholic Church at Tignish, which | was witnessed by several thousand people, including a great i number ef Protestants. The Islander had the good taste to copy this account word for word ; and this is no doubt what the Protestant refers to. As to the accounts of ‘ the success of priest-craft abroad,’’ we know nothing of them ; and we dare the sanctimonious ealumniator of the Protestant to give us a solitary fact m sap- port of his assertion. The charge of oar having attacked the religion of Protes- tants, either openly or otherwise, is another most audacious falsehood. While we have suffered innumerable attacks on the Catholic religion to go unanswered, we have never written a line or a word in disparagement of the religious belief of any sect of Pretestantism. The assertion that the Catholics ‘‘ once sought to banish the Bible from our institutions of learning,’’ is so well known to be false that it would be a waste of time to attempt a lengthy refutation of it. What the Catholics always desired was, to let the schools remain as they were, subject to the | voluntary principle with respect to the use of the Bible. | What the bigots contended for was, that the Bible should be | made a class book by Act of Parliament, The latter did not carry out their object,—-the schools remain as they have been for many yéars, and as the Catholics desired they should be, |—and under this voluntary system the Procestant itself now | admits, that ‘the Bible was mever more extensively used in ‘our schools than at present!” | Our sanctified contemporary is evidently in a very dissatis- ‘fied frame of mind at his not being able to revive religious | excitemens in our community, and get up a good sanctimoni- Tae puritanical howl against the unoffending Catholics. —_—___—_——-_ #2ceoe PR EET THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, It is very generally reported in Town to-day that the Lieut. Governor received instructions by the last English Mail, au- thorising him to dissolve the presont Legislative Council, and to appoint new Councillors. The thing seems too incredible for belief. If the Colonial Office can thus tyrannically fritter away our constitution, to please a proprietary faction—for it is evident they now exercise unlimited control over the affairs of the Island-—it would be better for the people at once to petition the Queen, and pray to be relieved from the expensive bauble of a separate Government, and to be tacked on to one of the neighbouring Provinees, But should the report be true+-and we cannot believe that so high-handed a measure would be sanctioned by t!.2 British Government — is there public spirit enough in this Island to protest against it? We fear there is not, but we shall be glad if our fear is proved to be groundless. Of course we shail return to this subject, should the report referred to be conirmed. > >— Hits Excellency Lieut. Governor Dundas, surrounded by two or three of his officials, continues his peregrinations through- out the Island, and is everywhere received with that respect which a loyal people are always ready to accord to the Queen’s representative. Some of the addresses, presented to His Excelleney are literary curiosities, and would afford topics for amusing criticism, if we had time to dissect them. ia We are requested to state that the two marriage notices published in our last paper, alleged to have been solemnized by J. R. Bourke, Esqr., J. P., at Lot 49, on the 15th inst., were fictitious—no such marriages having taken place. Those notices came to us ia a letter through the Post Office, appa- rently from Lot 49. We would give something to know the name of the contemptible blackguard who perpetrated this imposition. We cannot imagine anything more mean, cowardly and ruffianly than the attempt thus made to impose upon the eredality of the public, to the annoyance of un- offending and unprotected females. | Whipping would be too mild a punishment for the raffian who could thus show how devoid he is of common sense and shame in perpetrating a base and cowardly imposition of this kind.. Lf newspaper publishers here would adopt the English practice of charging for the insertion of nuptial and obituary notices, as they do for other advertisements, the scoundrels who practise these supposed jokes would be found too mean to pay for them, aud would of course desist from their cowardly praetice. In future we shall publish no such notices, uoless they are well known to us, or well authenticated, ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL. Tue English Mail was received here on Friday morning last. The news farnished is quite unimportant, there being very little change in the aspect of European ‘politics from that which previous advices indicated, We give below, however, a few extracts gathezed from papers of the latest date. The web of European polities was becoming every day more and more entangled. The opinion gains ground that an European Congress must take place toscttle the affairs of Italy. Owng, it is supposed, to the impossibility of coming to an agreement on certain points, the Conferenees haye eeased fur the moment. Francis Joseph is said to be eagerly seeking alliance with Lonis Na- poleon. A fact, corruburative of this idea, is that Prince Metternich has gone to seck the French Emperor in his re- treat, with the view, it is said, of prevailing on him to consent to another personal interview with the Emperor of Austria. it is stated that Austria is willing to make great sacrificesin order to avert what is suspected to be the ultimate intention of France, ber total expulsion from Italy. She willeven sa- crifice the, Duehies by relinquishing the stipalation of Villa- franca, whieh guaranteed the restoration of the dynasties : und she will juin France in watehing over the growing in- uences of Russia amidst the disturbed States of italy. Tus- eany is evidently at a non-plus. The Hluminations and other rejoieing with which she had res lved to receive the King’s reply, in whatever cautious wn conditional terms it might be couched, ean ill conceal the uneasiness of her position. The its columns to expose the laziness aud effeimineace of her citizans, th: demoralization and inefficiency and exaggerated numbers of her army ; and generally te-heap all the discourage- ment thata leading journal can on the hopes ofa revolution. This tone betokens but faint hopes of assistance or even sympathy for Tuscany on behalf of England. Lt does not en- courage the idea that Lord Palmerston is prepared to brave the anger of Napoleon UL., by any Italian intervention or intercession. Latest accounts from Rome speak of the political situation there as ‘‘deplorable.’’ The health of the Pupe, who had been suffering from an attack of fever, is announced to be im- proved. ‘The Secretary of Latin letters is stated to be employ- ed on a memorandum to be addressed to the Catholic powers on the subject of the revolutionary Government at Bologna and in the Legations. It will be the forerunner of a sentence of excommunication which the Supreme Pontiff will fulminate against the authors and maintainers of the insurrection. It is even added that the Bull will not confine itself to exeom- munication of persons, but proceed to interdiction of places. Whether this be so or not, some unusual work isin progress at the Vatican, both in the secretarial offices and in the secret printing-house of the Palace. Other Roman intelligence speaks onty of the exertions made to place the military force in an effective state. The Roman correspondent of /’ Univers seems to attach a eertain degree of truth to the alleged pressure brought to bear on the Holy Father by the Freneh Ambassa- dor. An earthquake, attended with awful destruction to life, limb and property, had taken place at Norcia. The scene of this calamity is in the ancient Duchy of Spoleto, about 60 miles from Rome. The reign of terror has commenced in Italy. The patriots sacking Convents, and violating the sacred persons of Nuns. THE DUCHY OF PARMA. Para, Sept. 7.— Tue Assembly was opened to-day with great solemnity. After the religious ceremonies at the Cathedral were concluded, the deputies proceeded to the palace amidst the cheers of a numerous asserh'y of the people and National Guard. The Dictator Farini addressed the in the Duchies, and terminated his speech amid cries of ‘* Vive Victor Emmanuel.’’ The city was en fete. THE ITALIAN ANNEXATIONS. Turin, September 8.—The council of the different districts ‘has officially proclaimed to the inhabitants of Turin that the Tuscan deputies had presented a deed of annexation to the Go- yernment. TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. Our Subscribers to the Eastward will be called upon in a ' ‘us. Their accounts must now be settled with our travelling | Agent, or the Small Debt Courts will be immediately resorted millions of francs. ot | to for their collection. The political ‘* support’? we have re- borrowed 12 millions; those of Modena 5 millions; those of | ‘free port. This was done away with of late years by the 'Piedmontese parliament, whence the Nicards conclude that fow dayp by Mr. Mi A Ragen me the payee in ramnaeee Victor Emmanuel is only for them a sovereign in fact but not and accounts they owe this Office. A great many of them have j, ,; ght. been long in arrear, causing much inconvenience and injury to | ftlarried, At Airslie Cottage, Grand River, Lot 56, on the 21st inst., by J, C. Underhay, Esq., J. P., Mr. Alexander Dix i both of Little River. ene 59 JM aa Holloway’s Pills.—Coughs, particularly those of a hard, dry character, frequently proceed, primarily, from a diseased condition of the stomach and the liver, and may often be re- moved by a single dose of these extraordinary Pills. Indiges- tion i9 sometimes accompanied with a hacking cough, and a cough is also a symptom of consumption of the liver. In such cases, physicians generally give mercury, a practice as wnne- cessary as it is dangerous, since a few doses, or at any rate a full course of the Pills, never fails to remove both the cause of the difficulty and the difficulty itself. The invigorating influence of the remedy upon the weak and debilitated is truly marvellous. ll New Advertisements, A CART: R. YOUNG can be consulted at his Chambers, daily, upon the various branches of his Profession. Charlottetown, Sept. 26,1859. 3m. A CARD. LEMENT F. HUBERT, Surgeon Dentist, begs to announce to the inhabitants of Charlottetown and vici- nity that having taken up his residence in this City fora limited period, he will be happy to render his professional services to ail who may require them. He hopes a thorough knowledge of, and strict attention to, his business may merit public patronage. Charge moderate. Kesidence at Mrs. Douglas’s, Water-street. Charlottetown, Sept. 26, 1859. Stoves, Stoves, Stoves. NOTICE TO ALL WHO REQUIRE THE ABOVE. He Subscriber has just received Ex. Brigt. +‘ Ooward,”’ from Albany direct, a large and varied assortment of Cooking. Parlor, Hall and Shop STOVES, which for quality and cheapness are not to be surpassed in the City. Call and see, WILLIAM DODD, Queen Square. Sept. 26, 1859. Gi. Regatta Club. RACE will take place on TUESDAY, 11th OCTOBER, for the Challenge Cup. Value S100. - The Boats to leave the (Queen’s Wharf at 11 o’clock. En- trance money 20s. All boats to be entered on Saturday pre- vious. By Order of the Committee, JAMES MORRIS, Secretary. N. B.—Subscribers are requested to hand their annual Subscriptions to the Secretary. ‘Lhe Annual Meeting of the Members of the Club will be held at the Osborne House, on SATURDAY evening, the 8th October, at 8 o’clock. Charlottetown, Sept. 26, 1859. GRAND RIVER RACES O come off on the 29th SEPTEMBER. Ist Prize 30s., 2nd do. 20s., 3rd do. 10s. Entrance 10s. ‘Trotting Matches the same. RONALD H. McDONALD, Secretary. September 26, 1859. r ss WANTED, OR the Sehool at Souris West, a Licensed TEACHER. Apply to EDWARD KICKHAM, RICHARD HAYSE, JOHN KICKHAM, or ALEX. LESLIE, Trustees. Souris West, Sept. 26, 1859. dw. Wanted to Purchase, FIRST RATE TROTTING HORSE, one that will be engaged to Trota mile in three minutes, for which Cash will be paid on delivery. Apply to . RICHARD von, Queen-square. Charl-ttetown, Sept. 26, 1859. ow. Tr VICTORIA HOTEL. PENILE Subscriber, desirous of making an alteration in his present business, reurns his sincere thanks to his friends and the public generally for the very handsome patronage which he has received as proprietor of the above well knowa establishment for the past four years; and he now offers fur ~~ — have commenced murdering Priests, plundering Churches, | sale his leasehold interest in the Victoria Hotel, with or with- Times, with a very questionable profession of good-will, lends | OVE its valuable furniture, onthe most liberal terms. Pleasantly situated, near the Wharf, the landing place of the Royal Mail Steamer, and well fitted in all its apartments, with stables and other outhouses complete, the Victoria Hotel is unequalled by any other [fouse of Entertainment in the City. For further partieulars apply to P. MeKINNON, Proprietor. Ch.Town, Waier-street, Sept. 26, 1859. (Isl. tf.) AUCTION. PENUE Subscriber, intending to leave the Island, will sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th inst., at his residence, in Georgetown, all his Hoaschold Furnitare, all his Books, and Two Towa Lots, Nos. 3 and 14, First Range E. Sale to commence precisely at | o'clock, p. m. gar ‘Terms, - Cash on delivery. Georgetown, Sept. 26, 1859. NIGHT SCHOOL. Ms A. McNBILL, Teacher, has opened: an EVENING CLASS at his School Room, in this City, west side of Hillsborough Square. _ Hours of attendance from 8 to 0 o'clock. ‘Lerms, 10s. per quarter. Charlottetown, Sept.26, 1859. FEO be sold by AUCTION, on THURSDAY, the 29th SEP- TEMBER, instant, at the hour of 10 o’clock, a. m., on the premises of Mr. MICHAEL MULLIN, Lot 19, the LEASE- HOLD Interest of 100 Acres of LAND, at the Annuai Rent of ls. per acre, for the term of 999 Years, situate on the MAR- GATE Road, Lot 19, halfa mile from Barrett's Cross; 60 Acres are under Cultivation, the remainder is covered with Hard & Soft Wood. There isa good stream of Water running along the Farm, and a DWELLING HOUSE 50 x 24 feet, a Kitehen 18 x 18 feet, and a BARN 30 x 40 feet, and Horse Stable 18 x 18 feet;-also, the Scantling of a BARN 30 x 40 feet. There is a good well of water at the Dwelling House door. The above Property is situate within 9 miles of SUMMER- SIDE, in a flourishing Settlement, and is a very desirable in- R. MUNRO. — assembly, reviewing the history of the rule of the Bourbons | vestment for any person desirous of turning his attention to farming. STOCK : 1 MARE & FOAL, 1 HORSE, four years old, Saladin, The Piedmontese government is negociating a loan of 125 | The revolutionary ralers of Tuscany have | 1 FLLLEY, two years old, 8 COWS, 4 HEIFERS, 5 Steers, | 40 SHEEP, 1 WAGON, | CART, 2 PLOUGUS. | TERMS—For the Farm, one-fourth of the purchase money | to be paid within two Months from the day of Sale, and one- A ; : | half of the Balance on the Ist of DECEMBER, 1860, and the The. people of Nice wish to be separated from Piedmont to’ yemainder on the Ist of DECEMBER, 1861. For the Stock, be united to France. ‘They base their claim upon the fact! ge. Oredit will be given for all sams over £2, until the let that the county of Nice gave itself to the Dukes of Savoy iN | of November, 1860, on approved Joint Notes of Hand. 1383, under the express condition that Nice should ever be a ck ORGE ANDEKSON, Auctioneer, New London, September 12, 1859. Sw. : . Positive and unreserved Sale of Stock, Crop, Farming Implements, Household Furniture, &c. T BINSTEAD, the residence of ARTHUR PENNY, Esq., 4 miles from the City, on the St Peter’s Rosd, on THURSDAY, the 6th { ‘eeived from hundreds of people who call themselves ‘ good Parma, 5 millions ; those of Bologna, 10 millions. Total, so. day of October next, at 12 o'clock, will be offered by PUBLIC AUCTION, Liberals,’ and who have taken our paper for several years far, for the patriots of poor Ltaly, 155 millions of loan for the ‘without paying us a shilling—has really become very tiresome, | present. Good appetite! such a class of political ‘*supporters,’” We shall publish ‘henceforth ‘in jthis paper the names of all delinquent subscri- drive us to the necessity of suing them. } ; ‘and we don’t wish to extend our business transactions with | DEATH OF THE EMPEROR OF MOROCCO. | had prevailed at Tangiers. The Monicur announces the death of the Emperor of Morocco. His successor had been proclaimed. ‘Tranquility | over £50, 6 a credit on approved Joint Notes. Sept. 12, ° i | the whole of his VALUABLE STOCK, CROP, &c, &c. Particulars of which will be given im Catalogues, which will be ready for delivery next week, ogy Teaus—All sums under £10, Cash; £10 to £50, 3 months; WILLLIAM DODD, Auctioneer. er