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tinued by his son-in—law, Mr. Iohn T. Pippy who changed its name to-that of “The Advertizer” and maintained it until the year 1854.

Then the plant and good will of the paper was sold to Mr. 1.]. 'Rice. Its publication was discOntinued when Mr. Rice went to

Ontario and became a Minister in the Methodist Church.

“The Constitutionalist," first issued in 1846, was a short-lived paper published in the stirring time preceding the accession of the Island to Responsible Government. It was edited by a lawyer named Collard, and was understood to be, the organ of the Hon. Joseph Pope—~a leading politician in a stirring period. When the oceasion of its publication had passed away, it ceased.

, In the meantime “The Islander” or “Prince Edward Island 'Weekly Intelligencer and Advertizer” was founded by Mr. John Ings, who had been trained as a printer and publisher in the Office of Mr. I. D. Haszard. ”The Islander” was first issued on Friday, the 2nd day of December, 1842; and it was published continuously On every succeeding Friday——Christmas Day,New Year’s Day, and GoOd Friday excepted—-by Mr. Ings until his retirement from business in the year 1872—~a long period of thirty years. At first “The Islander” bore the motto “Open to All Parties, Influenced by None.” But in that time of political activity, with the Queen’s Printership in the gift of the governing party, the temptation to a young and aspiring publisher to enter the party lists was too great to be resisted. Not many years elapsed before The Islander be- came the recognized organ of the Conservative party. Edited by Mr. Duncan McLean and, after, his death, ‘byvthe Hon. William H. Pope, The Islander took a leading part in all the discusSions and party contests waged over the, introduction of Responsible Government and Free Schools, the settlement of the Land Ques- tion, the construction of the P. E. Island Railway, and the en- trance Of the Island into the Canadian Confederacy. Queen’s Printer, for many years, Mr. Ings acquired a competency, and * sold the plant and goodwill of his newspaper to Mr. Brennan, an elderly gentleman by whom “The Islander” was not long main- tained. ' , . _ The Examiner was established in Charlottetown by the Hon. Edward Whelan. Mr. Whelan came to Charlottetown from Hali~