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CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWA

liqultablo Fire Insurance Company of SORDOR

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mice. as Corahlll. London, July 23, 1852. 1.‘ I Heating ofthe Court of Directors of the Eqnrr-Aai.I: Finn Iiisuaaircn Coaerariri held July 28rd, 1852. Reeeleedflrhst the Court havi learned by report from America, theta: eateaaive Fire occurred at ntreal, on the 8th inst., and at- so particulars are yet received, there is rettson to fear that ‘it has involved claims of more than ordinary amount upon this Coin- pee , tlseCourt therefore requed that the Local Directors at Mon- wlll promptly proceed tothe adjustment of any claims which Ilia arhe from the said Coolagratiort. and draw it n the London orb. for each amount as may be saloieiit to sash e them to pay each claims in fall. ' A tree‘ extract from minutes.

(B' ) HUGH CBO!-"1'.

for the Board of Directors.

National Loan Fund Life and Equitable fire Insurance companies at‘ London. Incorporated by adult of Parliament.

All) of DIRECTORS of Fire Insurance for P. E. Island.

. . J. Jarvis, T. . Hooilond, Eeq., Hebert Hutchinson, Erq.. I’. Longteortli, Esq. Daniel Hod

. E ~. Put et‘Applicatiiii,,| and‘ad| other iiiformation, may be obtained. [It the Subscriber, at his Olhoe, Charlottetown.

i.. w: GALL, Agent.

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FIRE! FiR‘E:: FIRE... lacuna ggnglyyerrsiclggnfig A IAVING THIS see only he does by Insuring in the INSURANCE COMPANY. ‘I'hlsls the only Oflce where clslias for loss can be met, without ref‘reaee to a foreign Company. _ leek forms of application. and any other information can be ob teloed at the Secretary and 'l‘rsaeisrer’s Oflce, Kent Street. April 6, I852 The Colonial Life Assurance Company. G 0 V E It N 0 It. ‘rill eioir-r itonouiiAar.a THE EARL Oi‘ ELGIN AND KINCABDINE. Governor-General qf Canada. is: In A ill) on Ir is 11 o mg 32 St. Jiidreui Square. Eds'iiliiii'gh.

noAitn or iiANArii:§ii~:N'r {N iiAurAx roit Nova Scottie. & IPirnmo<s lfldlwaui-all Jlellsiimdl, Ilsa. M. B. Alriion. Banker. Charles Twining. Esq Banister. Hoa. William A. Black, Banker John Bayley Bland. Lewis nit... Esq. iio... Alexander Keith, efcllanl. '“£3a’.?.1‘‘i‘1'.‘.'~.‘.‘.‘._‘"‘X'P‘‘'‘‘'‘‘'...~.. .;

' . set It 8eoretary—Mettbew ll. Richey, Solicitor.

‘MUTUAL I-‘IRE

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Thefollowing gentlemen have been appointed Otlicers of the Company in Prince Edward Island, and will be prepared to furnish information as to the principles and practice of the Company and the rates of Assarrince. ' Charlettetown—M;dical ALdyli_seri;,—ll. A. Johnson. M. D., Agent- . iii

_ . . y . Geoi-getown—Mediciil Adviser—David Knye. M. 1).. 550111- illinm Sanderson. St. Eleanor'e—MediceI Adv'iser—.loseph Bell. M, D., Agent- Tliotnas Hunt. MATTHEW ll. RICIIEY. August 8.

T0 PARENTS AND TEACHERS SCHOOL BOOKS ' _ THE Subscriber has since hie entering into the stationery and book business commenced by his father, endea- voured to furnish and keep up_a supply ofsuitable bcliool Boelie; and while he has kept in view the difliculiy experi- eiioed b Teachers, in changing from one book to another, oc- easiene b a want of uniformity in the series of works in tile. he has stu led to improve those formerly used; end in adopting new once, has been guided by the leading members of the Board of Education, and eome'of the best teachers who have given their sanction to his publications. Many of the books tuported from the Mother‘ Country, being found to too ex- pensive, and the reprints from theyieighbouring provlncelu 00% only incorrect, but badly printed, it was thought than attem t to print some of them at home, might meet with sueceuo 0 order to be able to sell the books at a price within the reach of the bulk of the people, a large number of each work has been printed of those books in cenersl use. The Irish national series, imported by the Board of hducition as one of the eheapeet sets of lioolte that could be procured, _has been taken as the basis of the series of books now reprinting. they have been made a plicsble to the circumstances of the country _by alterations on y in such passages ae‘hsve appeared to require ell. lnarder to suit them to the locality of the Island a ful- ler and more correct abstract of the Geography ot North America, has been aiibstitiited, and several slight errors in Spelling and Grammar amended. The books already published are- Murrsys l'iret Book, _ Murray's Second do, with an appendix from Professor Sullivan's Spelling boo , Irish National Second, Third, and Fourth books,

Lennie’: Grammar. GEO. T. IIASZARD.

vases meow.

OIIN RU8S,'l‘eaclier of VOCAL MUQIO, respect- fully to inform his friends and the public that he has

been induced to appro rliite a portion of hie time to _the instruction of Private Pupils, on t is following terms: one-half piiyable in ad-

sense. For 1 Pupil per Quarter, I lessens per week, £1 10s. 3 u II is ll Q ‘g is is II as . 15 And for each additional Pgipll, . 0 I5 .

A loatiott may be made at r. M. W. Skinner's or at Mr. Wil- Iieil &Nl’e, Charlottetown.

He would farther iutiinnio that he is spared to open Schools th heat the Country ; ho would there ore leave to suggest to us desirous of aquirlng a knowIedge_of this useful and pleasing laaoe. the proprlet of an early application. All letters (post paid) will be paiietaall attend to.

Also. on hand and fdr sale, a quantity of MUSIC BOQKS, GA- IIUTI. &c.. to-. ted to the waste ofpersons stedyiiig Music

Charlottetown, Aagast I. ll“.

To the Tenants on Lots 9 6. 61. THE Subscriber having, by Power of Attorney, dated the 6th dayof March. IBM, been a tad A ent iotiike charge of 10100 el, latliis Island, the y Leemiice Salli-an lap. settles tbe'l‘enants on those Tewaehlpe, that all rents, tltttl

'Asrearael‘I t.il the ‘id ii-edt ti id as aeoii ss I :N1fiI o spa

a receive the same

to & felthwklt, he alone beleg ’A.Ba “:0.

Fbltllll, April e. mi.

. ‘ship,’ or ‘sailor’ excites emotion in the breast of novel-

— J own book alone had created. All in vain! He would

531) ISLAND, TUESDAY, AUGUS1131, 1352. ti: .

(Frtm T-'Mmb¢rI'I Edinburgh Journal-) glowing aspirations and anticipations. The ship sails, and for it day or so you are too sick to do any duty, and too much a piece of more lumber in cverybody‘s way during the hurry of departure; so you are unceremo- niously kicked bclow, to rough it out as you may. On the morning of the second day you find yoursclfincludcd to the first mate's watch, which happens to be the morn- ing wutch'—4 A. M. to8 A. M.-and are called on deck.

THE ROMANCE OF SEA_-Lll-‘B.

We personally know something of the see, of sailors, and of their life both ashore and llont, in the forecastle and the cabin, both abroad and at home. We know also, that there in rvellouly prevalent notion amon _ landamen that asai or‘s life is the most romantic of al - _ lives, and that be is himselfe very romantic personage Y0“ smggef “Pi feelmg "9'?’ ‘l“°°"i "9'? weak!‘ "cry

j,,d§,.;d,,.uy_ we know an, the me", name of . nu,» miserable. It is a fine summer morning, with is steady breeze, and the ship is calmly gliding along on it taut-

bowlinc. You have no heart to look much about you, but you see that every soul on deck is at work. You sit down on the booms, greatly exhausted, and the next moment a rope’s end is smartly laid across your should- ers, and the mate, with an oath, asks you whether you have shipped to sit for a figurehcad, and the sailors cliucklc, and the ship boys wink and grin, and put out their tongues. You rub your shoulders in amazement, and think of your poor mother at home, and burst into tears. The mate calls you n snivclling milksop, and sets you to scrape the tar olfa scam oftlie deck recently payed, with it mysterious admonition, that if you don’t mind what you are about you will receive a liberal al- lowance of ‘ beans and bacon!’ You don't know what beans and bacon means on shipboard; but you do know that your soft white hands are very sore with grasping the shaft ofthc rough scraper, and ver pitcliy iii a few hiinutcs, and you mentally think, there is very little ro-

once in the operation. Four bells strike---6 A M -and

reading lads, and adventurous youth in general. There’ seems to be an inherent witchery in the very idea of the

‘glad waters of the dark blue sea;’ but this has been

stimulated a thousand fold by the popular songs of Dib-

din and others, portraying sailors in such colours that

they cannot recognize themselves, and also by certain

modern fictions, which, however admirable as works of art, convey anything but a correct notion of the res work-day life of the gallant, but plain, honest fellows who men England's wooden walls. In the books in question, everything which can throw a charm over the sea—everything which tends to impress the reader with a vague idea that sailors are a separate race of mor- tale, with most fascinating characteristics—is skilfully dwelt upon; but the stern, homely, matter-of-fact, mo- notonous life they lead is carefully kept in the back- ground, or alluded to’ in a. very sli ht and deceptive manner. Can we wonder, lll8l‘€l¥)l‘0, that boys of , ardent imaginations are absorbingly attracted by such

. an idealized profession? So enthralling is the love of. “'3 “'0”! is Kim“ ‘° rig the head l’“"‘l’3. and ‘V9-Sh d"“'"

the sen thus generated, that a good authority declares that he has known youths, who could not bear thecrcak- ing ofa block used in hoisting sugar to the upper floor of a grocer’s warehouse, without their imaginations _ being fired with vivid dreams of ships and the ocean! Once let a. etripling become impressed with a longing , for the see, no matter how generated, and the very means you adopt to check his diseased fancy will only _ strengthen and confirm it. et his case is rec' , ‘ analogous to that of a youth falling passionately in __'_ , with a maiden whom he has never seen! ' ‘ - We can give a case in point in which we were per» “ sonally concerned. About eight years ago, we ours, selves were uilt of writing a sen-novel, a copy d which fell into the ends of a boy, a first cousin of _ _ ’ He told Ill t read it over and over t' knew it by heart, and nothing would serve his tum has 4 he inisst oto sea. His parents were distressed and we hath. cng interview with him, and did our utmost to . . . . . . I . I

‘ the docks.‘ The sailors roughly call you to bear a hand; '- nd you have to pump away, and to take oil‘ your shoes .-: rid stockings, and paddle with naked feet among the ' Then comes the

bibles’——ns sailors profanely call the large stoncs-- nd to kneel and rub away ivitli ‘ prayer-books’---sninll and-stones--till you fancy it is just the sort of work

asts till eight bells, and you then go to breakfast with but appetite you may.

Four hour later you are summoned on deck again; nd the sailors push and knock you about and one or- ers you to do this, and another to do that, and all wear at you for awkwardness and stupidity, and you re perfectly bewildered and frightened, and it picture f misery. The busy mates sees you; rind-—’ Hallo v on, sirl, cries ho, iikulking again, are you? I’ll pol- ish you! Take that bucket of slush, and lay aloft and rub down the royal mast. And mind wliat you do, for my eye is on you!’

You have it bucket of tar and grease and a bunch of oakum thrust into your clammy hands, and are hurried aloft. How you ever got to the royal mflslllclltl, you have no subsequent recollection. You are too dizzy to know what you are about; but the ll'].'tlC, whom you think is 0. demon, is nothing of the sort. He is only doing his duty. You have shipped to become xi sailor, and lie is bcgiiiing to ma c a sailor ofyou. You hardly know yourselfliy this time, who you tire nor what you are; but you feel in cvcry boiic ofyour body and every tingling muscle that you have found no romance in 0. snilor’s life yet.

believe his own wild impression from our fiction rather than our sober, truthful viva oocr advice. He won short first voyage on liking, and on his return frankly told us, that had be known what it hard, harsh life it eailor’s really was, he would never have quittcd land. ‘ But,‘ said he, ‘ I shall be laughed at, if I give it up now! I am a sailor for life, and all through that book of yours!’ He was then regularly apprenticed to a merchnntman, but the mate treated him so cruelly, that he deserted to a mun-of-war, and, if living, lie is pro- bably yet in the navy. be two great classes of boys who go to sea. are those who have imbibed romantic notions concerning it, and long to realize them; and those who are sent by their friends as a means to reforui them of bad habits. Of the two, the latter class generally make the best sail- ors; the others are too much disgusted at the reality, too heart-broken at the utter annihilation of all their ne dreams, to take kindly and well to their rough calling. There are of course numerous exceptions in both classes; and of the former many cling to the sea, and loam to become good sailors out of sheer des- peration and stubborn resolve to make the best ofa bad bargain’ fuller flan‘ acknowledge themselves ‘O be elfeminzite appearance. apparently void of any spirit. llis fu- wofuny decewe ' llier, the Marquis of Lolliian, lixiving broiigli: him to London, et us not be misunderstood. We ourselves enthu- 3,, 3,5,, his ,-cggnmng, ii... Coldslrcatn Gui: ls.rcque51(-,iI um c..|.,. siastically loved the see when young, and we love it nel, who was his pnrticiilnr friend, to initch UVt3l‘.lllZll, to sec yet, but in a very dilferent degree. It is a noble profes- that he submitted to no improper |Ibi’I'lIt‘8i “lid E" '"“'““-l l""‘ sion, that of the wild waves’ mastery, but it is empha- 'i:.l‘:'l':e:i\'aY':::'l':’0w;lr§t:i'Ln d('!|::6"l‘l(;‘al;l.I‘(ldlrly:k::;il,:l‘|’:t-13:3igli"l:: "Cally one of the harden’ '9"! pud’ and mo“ PW“-"9! swearing " according to my llnclc Toby, and much brutality Yes. young readers of Fennimore Cooper, we say it is of mmnc'"_ The pacific yuung mm, or M,,il,,y am,“ ,,,.,,3,,,,, right d°‘"‘ l"'°3“i°. ‘ad “'9 k“°‘V What ii is t° '3)’ cm‘ a butt at the mess, it stop-peg to hang their practical jokes on, °“ 3 Yard i“ 5 h“"'l¢5n°- W9 33)’: m°"°°Ve"i ma‘ until at last a captain of eoiue years’ standing actually threw a sailors themselves are, with very few exceptions, the glass iifwine in his face. He still s.-iid _nntliin«,r, hit quietly mo“ prosaic and‘ mane,--0f.fn¢i among y“oy~tg]g_ You plripred lpiselace with his pocket liandkcrcliief, and took no for- may sneer at this; but one_ week, one day, nay, even "2 ‘W C - n ' , M hi hmm m inml.c"__ and invih one hour of actual sen service would perhaps convince ad"h';'; °"""":::’g._|‘,"‘,.a‘;f.':e::3_';_me’""“ me ,.0,,[_wing Jwmufl at you thu we are apeakmg ‘d"s°‘"y' Let ‘mm lie niiie o'clock. Lord Mark arrivid punctiinlly, ate his brczikfzist 'l’°k°" ‘b°"° 3" ‘hi"g’- A “"0",” “re brings him "‘ with perfect compos'ure, and spoke but liittle. At length the occasional contact with sublime manifestations of the cuimmin-ling ollicer broke ground. ' Lord l\l«1?k.” Said hm “l Divine power, but be little regards them. His duties must speak to you on rather a deliczile subject ; but, as your fat- absm-b an hi; nttenti()n' am] there is no mm; for sight- tlicr’s lrie-nil, I am C(II1lp(‘ll8ll| to wave ccreinoiiy. (.aptiiin seeing and reflection’ nor is "mimem of any kind i ’ yestenl iy Il\itr|lllll|( pit tlilttlly lllflslfltl‘13:}1|.ll,Ilfi:Illl.'Elcilfitxy allowed to be indulged in on shipboard. On the other ;;{'::’il:nl"’:,'l'l ,f,",',',j,,"g§'2."’!1"{v2f}. (‘l(l)uyliilu‘llIlnl(.)!l|', l (‘lit-zzlltvlu hand he will for weeks and months lead the dullcst and dulp. qgielly i"q“,',‘,','d L,.,,.d Mark, .. can ,,,, |,,,,, f.,, 3.. ex- m°" “"°x°iti"8 “re °°"°°i"’b'°' Day "fler day: the pl:inaIion," rr-iuineil the colonel. “ ltis, I fear rather too late lame m0n0l-000!!! l‘0llnd Of ¢0mmOnplllC0 dllllefi “"3 for tliiit." replied the young Bl\‘l,1ll. “ l shot him at -Pljllllplllls cxapted with iron disciplinc.—VVork, work, nothing but morning ; and, if you will take the trniilzlc to tank of tho lront work, and not it minute spent in idlcncss. It is all very Windmvi will Will 3190 hf!" "','_“ Sl"'"°_' 5’! ‘:1 f“_";""l’“";"l pleasant to you, young gentleman, to sit with your feet ‘l""F- '“Y"ll'=" !0""I{Jl;;'l'°Qd. ‘It'll’ I :u'§ym“ mp on it parlour fender, and gloat over picturesque and ‘‘'-i’"" l‘"“"""“’ “"'“ ° "' 3" P ‘ ' " ' highly wrought descriptions of nautical maiitnuvres, but we can tell yoti, that not one of these is felt to be but ordinary work b those who actually perform then.

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iilisttlliiiitciis.

(From the Dublin Uziii-eriily Magazine.)

DUELLING. Lord Mark Kerr, who dislingiiished himselfat tlio .l):IlllG of Fontenoy, was it good but eccentric officer, and it terrible duel- list. llis debut was very reimirkzilile. lle wziszi lill.l of sli.'lIl.

’ ('OZ\ll'l'lTl".Nl iE. There are many who are making hasto to be rich, who need Iunnin up and down ladders like a bricklayer’s liibour- _ _ . ' _ , _ . . . er, an hauling rough ropes, till your back feels ready 9010'“! ""3 flullnmeffl 0g ll"! hilt“ vllecrn "‘::;':ii‘°':’|E""Y I-')‘;"l“|:'fi":::‘(’]'l to break and your heart to burst; there is nothing pccu- n':f':':n“';:";’:l'M,7,y‘i'n ‘;“?'_s“,, '0, mo ,m'ey m,,d,,,m ,,, oakum, and making spun am and sinnet--and sailors prayer, he is h,,m,y‘ ,,,,,i ,h,,, h,,m,;...,-_., is not only |\ n:|ltll'.Il IN steadily lmltl at "1000 and llmllfll‘ l“b°“" in "'0 concomitant of his efforts. but the real hlcssinus of Providciicc intervals between shilling sails; nor is there any incx- upon his laiiilnble industry. ll-it as s-nun as he steps h<’)l"'“l and Yards. and washing decks and tni-ring rigging. elf?" pfilasiizniivr ;i:‘i‘i;ilh;i. 'l:g‘l;;‘r-ia Isl 0" ‘u Pow’ ymmg rnend’ ‘hm your lmmm. have l'urw'ird carliing cliite, heart con.-timing solicitiiile, and fears and at length yielded to your frantic ontreiities that you may . ‘ existence. He may succeed in what he umlertalics, but it is In EM! Ifldlflmflno 0 d|'0|l|‘|0 0“? llf°i “"9 °l‘°'l9h' at the expense of all his clicerfulncss of hurt on earth. He ed prayer of your heart, is fulfill . You set your foot may reach the goal or his omleiivoiire, but it is at the °!Pt""° on the snowy decks with thrilling feelings-—preud and ,

dcrstanil thoroughly how to regulate them." There is nothing very delightful in the hourly net of _ to be rciniunlexl that ii cuinpotcnce is all that iii.-in can cniny. null’ elevafing ‘ind chivalroluin ‘l'° act of picking competent enjoyment, so strongly expressed by Airur in his pressible chsrm in the act of scraping and oiling masts this mark. IwII'II=I|-“es MI‘ the MR0 of the a_r‘ciiinul_ii‘iun, he _ , ignore witliniit number and \\lll10lIlr\.'lIll embittcr his whole be a sailor, and that on are re ularly apprenticed to ' ' orovory noble feeling, of every sohcning emotion. Avatiw.

arctic.

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the accumulation of wealth for its own sake, brings with it its Own punishment in the drying up of every foiint of human af- ftcllon within us, in the disruption of every tie with which the charities oflife are bound, and in the conversion of the heart into a substance ‘ harder than the nether millsione.’ He who aims at competence alone experiences none of these evils. He has sufficient for the wants of himself and family, whether those wants are real or fictitious. With all the income that lies beyond, he can bless the society in which he lives, he a bene- factor to the human race, rind obtain a reputation infinitely be- yond wliiit the mere acquisition of wealth could give. But his own happiness has been almost abundantly secured. His ef- forts are blessed in all the quietness of feeding which the con- sciousncss ofa competence bestows; yond this.he cares not. If Providence should still smile upon his labours, he knows what use to make of such accessions of property, and gives not the subject an anxious thought. gm BOOKS IN THE MIDDLE AGES.

So multitudinous are the works published in the rerent da 9 that very few are aware of the value often attechetrto a single volume during the middle ages. Those who have free access to the literary treasures of the nineteenth century will hardly credit the fact, that the time was, when the donation ofa book to a religious house was considered as giving the donor a claim to eternal salvation, that the gift was regarded as one of such great importance, that the offering was made upon the high al- tar, nmid every circumstance of pomp and pageantry ; and that the prior and convent of Rochester once went the length of pronouncing an irrevocable sentence ofetcrnal wo against any one who should piirloin or conceal their Latin translation ofthe physics of Ar.stotle. in point of fact, so great was the labour expended by piuus and holy men of old on the transcription of books for the good of their fellow creatures, that in many cases whole lives were spent in this manner. Guido do Jars began to copy, on vellum, and with rich and elegant decorations, the Bible in his fortielh year. and lie was in his ninctieth year ho- fore he finished it. Thus did the sons of halfa century rise and sel,cre iliis good man, a~nid the retirement of his monastic retreat, accoinplish the task which, at it tolcrably advanced period of human existence, he hat set liimselfio execute.

\\"licn ii book was to be sold, it was usual to assemble the chief persons in the district, in order that they might witness the traiisaction, and be prepared to testify that it had actuall taken place. Aiming the royal manuscripts, there is is war thus marked :—t This book of the sentences belongs to Master Robert, Arclilleacon of Lincoln, which he bought of Geoflrey the chaplain, brother of Henry, vicar of Northelkingelon, in the presence of Master Robert de Lee, Master‘ John of Lirling, Richard of Ludo, clerk, Richard the alinoner, the said Henry and his clerk and others: and the said arclideacon gave the said book to God and St. Oswald, and to Peter, abbot of Bar- ton, and the convent of Braden.’