. _ , Co m}. Hanan] THE ELECTORsOF- PRINCE sowmo lSLANfi. "1 Brother Electors; As we are nbw upon the eve of a gene-

recollection as it is in mine, that previous to the last gene-

ral election, the pleasing sound that “free farms made‘happy party distrusts you, after four years experience, or you :39- cr'etly feel that your conduct is open to distrust—.your politi- cal character, such as it is, has fallen either by the murder- tricts in the Colony; and also that the majority of the then ous hand of your party at the “Sipmile-house,” or by the expiring House of Assembly, with the exception of Mes- suicidal hand of yourself - . ,

homes,” was industriously‘ circulated, and buz'zed in our cars at every hole and corner meeting held in the different dis-

sieurs Cooper, Le Lacheur, and Macintosh, were inimica] in their views to ourinterests; and that if we would but standflue to one another, and return such and such persons, the nominees of such and such Committees, who would sit, speak, and vote as the said Mr. Cooper might think proper to dictate, that’we might rest assured that before the expira- tion of two years we should all be settled as frecholders. That we did stand true is Well known; and succeeded in returning at least a sufficient number to give lllr. Cooper a sweeping majority of 17 to 6 on all his favourite measures; and so true, indeed, were they to him, that they, collectively, acquired the appellation of“ Coolier’s Tail,” and are lnlel- dually designated and kno wu as one of the tail. But what have this sweeping majority, who acted and carried mea- sures as they pleased, achieved for us (however well they may have feathered-their own nests)? Just what the Connaught min shot at, the d-—-l atliing at all. But Mr. Cooper has had a pleasant trip to Downing Street, at the cost of £300 to the Colony,,and paid £12 for his passage home in the steer- age, and £15 for his passage out, pocketing the differ— ence, with the exception of some trifling expeuce whilst at his aunt’s at Mile End—and there is no doubt but what he is now anticipating four years more of the Speaker’s chair, at £60 per session, and also-another trip or two to Downing Street on the former terms, provided he can so thr hoodwink the constituency as to induce them to believe that the sal- vation of'thc Colony depends upon their returning as mem- bers men Shis sozi among the rest) pledged to the same prin- ciples as tie present House of Assembly—no matter what their ability or standing in society ; the more ignorant the better tools to work with, and keep us in that state of degra- dation whicli,l am sorry to say, the proceedings of latter years have involved us in.

. It appears from the public prints that one of the tail has already been nominated by nine ofthe electorsgiud that he has unhesitatingly taken the pledge tendered. lie, no doubt,

‘ has found, that to sit on a cushioned chair reading the his- tory .of Scotland is much pleasanter and more profitable than to sit crouched on a ‘hard table—But how vain the idea ofthose nine electors to’imagine that their nominating acandidate is a sufficient qualification to entitle him to the su port of the rest of the electors of the district.

at of all the absurd, hoodwinking productions that have ever emanated from the pen of Mr. Cooper, that which ap- peared. in the last Colonial Herald I think excels. Be there, after reiterating his threadbare story of escheat, con- cludes by saying that ‘- it beboves the electors to know, that “ at the next Election they are not only to choose members “ to represent them in the House of Assembly, but also the “Executive Council—their own Government.”—

What barefaced effrontery, to attempt to gull usiu this manner! it is really insulting to our understanding, and dis- gusting to human nature, to witness the intrigues of men whose chief efforts are directed, towards imposing upon our credulity for the purpose of attaining their own selfish ends. Let us therefore in future treat such men with the contempt

‘ that such conduct merits ; and~let us go to the hustings at nextelection, not as slaves, incompetent to‘choose for our- selves, but as freemen, and there exercise those faculties with which the Almighty has endowed us, for the purpose of enabling us to judge for ourselves, in supporting such

;: candidates as may appear to us, from their known ability

“ had tried integrity, best qualified to advance the general interests of the Colony, with a due regard to our local wants —-thus and only thus shall we redeem the Colony from its present state of degradation, and render ourselves worthy

- or. .. ‘ o .n doctors. __

Alt Enncron.

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t 34, May 17m.

TO MUNGO MACFARLANE, ESQUIBI.

Sir; As you have now avowed yourself a candidate for the filture representation of the district for Which you at present sit, permit me to examine your pretensions to the confidence of the constituency. ” .

That you hare shown some'enterprizein comi forward __u n the‘support of “9 out of 16” Electors, who ormed the ' V ublic Meeting,” an account of which isinserted in the Colonial Herald Ofthe 14th inst. cannot be denied; for ifanv thing could have tended to discourage you, or convince

on of thetrifling estimation in which you are held as a

gislator, the circumstance of only 16 out of a district numbering about 600 Electors assembling to hear you, would have done so.

However this scanty attendance may be easily explained; by your own confession it appears, that during four Ses— sions you have not “troubled the House with many argu- ments in support of your views ;” and therefore the con- stituency did not expect that at the meeting at the “Six- ,mile-honse,” your argumentative powers would he sud-

denly unlooscd; indeed. you discover such an innate au-

tipathy to speaking, that however advanced may be vour state of pupihige, yet nothing less than “the personality in the debates” could have matured the thought with which you were pregnant, and have effected your delivery of an “interposition.” Let me hope, however, that from ‘ your'now avowed and chaste lmion with the pledge svs- tern, you may, if re-elected, shew that the barreiiness you acknowledge, may yet be converted into fertility. Let me indulge in the belief, that Mungo Macfarlane will in the Warm embrace of the pledge, at length conceive and give tp the Honorable Speaker’s notice and affection a nurs- Initng which shall be cherished as a model by future sen- ors.

But, Sir, I fear you will have difficulty yet with some of the Electors, who may be inclined to think that your union with this pledge is not so strictly reputable as it ought to be, according to the laws that exist between them and their representative. When they send you in that character to the Assembly, they have a right to ex- Ket that you will avail yourself of the arguments and in-

rmation which others may put before you; and more especially thiii’iihay be claimed from one who admits that he has so little argument of his own. If, Sir, you will read the debates in the British Houses of Parliament, you

‘9 v will find that members have frequently been turned from

predetermined intentions ' merely by some new representa- tion of the case; but you, Sir, are pledged to a certain course, and though you may hear what may convince you of its folly or wickedness, yet you cannot depart from it. Thisisas unfair to the people as itis to yourself; your vote pledged in one unvarying line may inflict the refusal of some sound act of legislation upon the people; and upon you it ,mayiaflict the charge ‘of wilfully injuring your country—a suspicion that already attaches to some of the party with whom you act; . _

Man prides himself upon his. liberty—how do you, Sir, » buckling yourself to a pledged policy, pretend to realize

Tibia possessionPand if you do not appear to value it, are on to be trusted with its defence? If you are pledged,

on are'not at liberty; and that very freedom of speech to ' '~ demanded 5' by your Speaker at the first meeting of a ow Assembly, has already become a mockery in your "H person; you have as a candidate with cowardice yield- I‘IP that Very,y,freedom to the constituency, which you » : uponrha'iflng granted by the Representative of the - vereign to you, as a member of the Assembly! so much

your consistency on this part of the subject. Could

in year ejection without pledging yourself, where,

your character by a pledge, what then, Sir, is your

v character ontot‘ the, once " ' cannot be trusted unless p you wouldjnvest yourself ’ a pledge if you could attain

w These roceedin a hair; qufijfl ththitionAfinarw. mmreli'cwercndrage, an .ey areg~ , eterinined to

' I be .thefie of pledging. If it appears necessary tdfl

is, that you - ,. No one-wriII-believe that ~" the embarrassmeiits

You ‘may choose between two alternatives—either the

Yours, AN ELECTOR OF QUEEN’S COUNTY. May 17th, 1842.

THE RHODE ISLAND msunascnox.

The State of Rliode Island has always been governed

under the charter conferred upon it about I51) years ago

by King Charles the Second, when a colony ofEnglaud.

By this charter, the right ofvoting for state officers IS

confined to frecholders, and the eldest sons of free- holders who are of age. The present being about the period at which the state elections are held, a demand has been made for “ Universal Suffrage.” To this the Government and the Legislature Ofthe State are oppos- ed. The “suffrage party” having asséinbled in' general convention, adopted a Constitution agreeably to their views, which they are endeavouring to enforce; and on dis other hand, the Legislature, in order to meet as far :is they deemed it prudent the popular demand, framed another constitution, considerably extending the right of suffrage, which having been submitted to the people In general convention, was agreed to by a majority of only six hundred votes. By this it appears that parties are nearly equally divided. The elections take place on the l8tli, and the rebellious or suffrage party, are preparing for the election of officers Under the constitution oftheir own framing and adoption, while the constitutional party are preparing on the other hand, for electing state officers, under the lawful constitution of the country. In the mean time the General Assembly have passed a law, declaring all elections void, except those that take place at the same time and in the manner prescribed by law, and subjecting to a heavy fine and imprisonment any person who shall act as moderator, warden or clerk at such illegal meetings, or who shall accept office, by virtue of such pretended election—The Governor has armed the militia, and the “ suffrage party” on the other hand have armed themselves, so that there is no saying What the result may be. Both parties are alike obstinate, and, having each sent adelegation to Wash- ington, Dr. Brown, the one from the-,“snffrage party,” has returned, with encouraging prospects for his associ- ates. He states that he has received the countenance of the following members of the senateat Vlashington : Messrs. Benton, Buchanan, WrightiCalhoun, Allen, Tappan, and Smith; and Messrs...‘ _ 8'50”. WOOd, Burke, Atherton, and many othershfi ','House of Re- presentatives. John Quincy Adam's}: H, is said to be rather favourable than otherwise to thirebellious party. One member of Congress, Mr. Bentoii, declared, that the Presidentof the United States, (“ugh he had the power, would not dare, on his own responsibility, to send a military force to assist the lawful: authorities! and another Senator has written that, should the President “take up sides” against the suffiag'efpeople, “ he would subject himself to the animadversiant 0f the friends of suffrage in Congress, and that the cause of the people in Rhoda Island would be made the cause of the country .”’

proceed, in defiance of the law, wiffihe “ State Elec- tion" under the new Constitution of their own ’making!

FRIGHTFUL STnAM-vnssst. Bones EerosmN.—A frightful boiler explosion occurred in a Clyde steam-ves- sel last month. The Telegraph was a steamer built ex- pressly to run against carriages on the Glasgow and Greenock Railway, with high-pressure engines; and she was the swiflest boat on the riser. She had just landed some passengers at Helensburgh, and was about to start when the boiler exploded, with a report which was heard at Greenock, four miles off. Eighteen per- sons were killed, and about thirty wounded, including two persons who stood on Helensburgh quay to watch the boat’s departure; others on the quay were thrown down and stunned. The vessel itself was shivered to pieces, and the boder was thrown to a distance of a hundred feet. Those who were wounded most severely were conveyed with all possible speed and care to the Greenock In firmary; but some of them are not expected to recover. Perhaps the most surprising part oftlie whole. affair is the fact that some of the persons who were on board escaped Without injury. One very striking instance oftlie kind occurred in the case of a passenger, who, having been tipsy, had lain down on a bench in the steeruge, where he fell asleep. The engine and boiler passed over him, carrying with them the roof of the steerage, without his sustaining any farther hurt than a few slight scratches. By direction oftlie authoritiesupertain professional men have reported to the Sheriffon the cause oftlie accident. The Engineer, Mr. Rowland, who made the choice, caused an examination to be made, and he stated the following to be the result of the investioatiou thus made: —-—“The accident has evidently been :iccasioned by the want of a due quantity of water in the boiler, as the plates in the crown (or cover) of the fire-box had been red-hot. On examination, we find the plates riven com- pletely across, and the heat had been so oreat that though the fire—box (or furnace) is only aboututhree feet three inches Wide, the plates are stretched or expanded so as to measure four feet; and there are also on the plates several large blisters, which could only be the re- sult of the intensity ofheat. The violence of the explo- sion has been so great as to tear one of the corners of the fire-box a considerable way down, the plates at that corner being 8ths of an inch thick. The same rent goes through a solid bar ofiron three inches by two. So far as can be seen, none Ofthe tubes are injured. The fire- box.was made of the best Lowmoor iron plate, of the fol: low1ng thickness:—Tube plate, ginch; back-g inch crown, 7-16tlis. Tube and back plates welded.” ’ WILLiAM PiTT.—Pitt, tall and slender, had an air at once melancholy and sarcastic. His delivery was cold his .intonation monotonous, his action scarcely per: ceptible; at the same time the luciduess and fluency of his thoughts, the logic of his argumeiitg, suddenly inn- diated With flashes of eloquence, rendered his tale.“ something above the ordinary line. I frequently saw Pitt walking across St. James’s Park,from his own home to the palace. On this park, George the Third arrrived from Windsor, after drinking beer out o with the farmers Ofthe neighbourhood; h , the mean courts of this mean habitation

f a pewter pot e drove through

in‘a h - iot, followed by a, few of the horse guards. gIr‘fiilsicvtilars

hants Ofthe city aromasters of _ . black. with a steel hilted swor: by his slide, ' dd,“ in twoo'

but under his arm. ascen e he onlg met With three or figficulwré ’deep ploug A” ago. bought farm which hadbm that the surf

W“? 013°“ unencumbered by at a time. ml elecfiohi it behaves as to be upon the alert, and guard its degradation; and therefore he' who pledges himself as ' against all that gulling sophism which, from dear bought you have done must becontent to be considered as a man experience, we know to have.been but too often practised in whose political judgment or probity his supporters call upon such important occasions. It must beas flesh in your place no confidence but when pledged.

. . . . s a four emigrants who had nothing to do , casting on u

disdaiiiful look, he turned up and passed on. I sort oforder; he had no regular hours

for also . I and he iiever would take thetrouble to cast up a bill. valet de chambre manages ' pleasure, Without passion, greedy of power, he despised honors, and would not be anything more than Willldm Pin. _ me to dine at his country house. . Heath, he showed me the small _ ' d Challiam, the statesman who had Europe in his pay, an distributed with his own hand all the treasures of the world, died in poverty—Chateaubrmnd.

TAX.--WllllSl. the late Charles Matthews, the comedian,

tag-New ZlIantlily Magazine.

' ' t, dressed in' India. PIK and his

three stel’s In passage

his nose, and his pale lace. "At home this great financier kept no for his meals, or he paid nobodyi

his house. Ill dressed, without

Over headand ears in debt,

fJ ne, 1822, Lord Liverpool took In the month 0 u As we crossed Putney house, where the son of

Tat: LATE CHARLES MATTHEWS AND THE INCOME

was performing in Tate VVilkinson’s company, in York, he took it into his head to reSist the income tax which

was then in operation, and which would at that time have presSed 'heavily upon his little income. . He sent in the commissioners a long and humorous list of the drawbacks (upon his salary, and enumerated With ll‘l- oeuious miiiuteness his stock lll trade: . He. began :vith wigs, and described them infall their infinite vari- etv, thus—“ black wigs, white wigs, .browr’i w‘igs, red wigs, bush wigs, tie wigs, bob Wigs, bishops Wigs, mg: with a tail, wins Without a tail, lawyers’ ngs, judges

wigs, parsons’ wigs, powdered wigs, old‘men’s W125, l Natural heads of hair—namely, red hair, grey hair, flaxen hair, countrymenis hair, and bald heads of every description. Beards, whiskers, mus- tachios, eyebrows. 6w.” Stockings of every colour were then enumerated. After these regular requisues were given, came the miscellaneous part of his stock, such as “ hats, feathers, caps, craVats, stocks, ruflies, frills, neckercliiefs, pocket~handkcrchiefs, pens, books, ink, paper, music-paper, red ochre, rouge. carmine, hair powder, wax-candles, Indian-ink, camels’ hair pencils, hares’ feet, whiting, burnt corks, cold cream, soap, and huckaback towels.” The list cOvered several sheets ofpaper. ,While it was being read the commissioners listened with imperturbable gravity at first, but pre- sently, no longer able to contain themselves, they burst out into roars oflaughter, and exempted the co- median, who heard no more ofthe income tax while in York.

STATISTICS or MATniMONv.—If there .is one thing which more than another is alarming, it is the state of the business of marriage among the middle classes. A Berwickshire farmer assured a fellow traveller once, that about him there was not one farme? in a dozen married —he seemed inclined to say, not one in twenty; and he added for himself, “I’ve often thought ill were free I’d never marry.” Men in the clubs say in their wicked- ness, eveh ifthey get a small fortune With a wife, they gain nothing. Farmers ofthe new school say a wife is too expensive, and a housekeeper does quite as well. Two shrewd and observant ladies, themselves single and forty, say in their sphere—that oftlie highest ofthe mid- dle class, and including the lower aristocracy—the pro- portion ofladies whoget husbands is one in three. A married lady took a pencil andjotted down the number of married and unmarried ladies among her own imme- diate connexions who occurred to her in a few minutes, andthenumhers were“, in sleight 7three—ofmarried thirty-five. The conneiibns of t is scotchgentlewo- mm are professional men, manufacturers, and lairds. Of the thirty-five married ladies, six only had no money, and yetgot husbands. Of 35 gentlewomen, only six! Of the unmarried ladies, 17 were without fortunes; thirty-one had, and yet they got no mates. Out of the six peiiuiless ladies who married, one had great personal attractions, and was united to a worn-out-rake—anri. ther married a mechanic—a third accepted a rich ec- centric stranger on a week’s notice——a fourth was mar- ried by her'mother to alad much younger than herself— the remaining two were wooed and won by an advocate and a laird. Four of the six married their ii’iferiors in birth. Ofthe five gentlemen out of the six husbands, four were very ugly fellows. The mechanic and one Of the gentlemen were tolerably good-looking. But one of these penniless ladies was plain—the rest were hand- some—Blackwood for ZlIarcli.

ANNE BOLEYN’s MARRIAGE Glam—The gallantry of Henry the Eighth is conspicuously set forth in the little clock of silver gilt, which he presented to Anne Boleyn on the morning of his marriage. It is richly chased and engraved, and ornamented with fleurs (le lys &c. On the top sits a lion bearing the arms of Enolaud. The weights, which are gilt, are curiously chaged with the initials of Henry and Anne within true-lovers’ knots One bears the inscription, “ The most happye,” the other“ the royal motto. This love token Was, doubtless, meant as an emblem of enduring affection. It remains the same, after an interval of more than three centuries; bn’t four years only after it was given, the object of Hen- ry seternal love was sacrificed on the scaffold. The