"4 PAST AND PRESENT OF tenant Governor Smith and his sons-in-law were made known to the public through the columns of the "Register." In the first issue of the paper there was such an expose of the Governor's conduct that Mr. Haszard was cited to appear before the court of chancery, of which the Governor himself was chancel¬ lor, and accused of the publication of a con¬ temptuous libel. It is related that after hear¬ ing Mr. Haszard 's statement of the case, the chancellor addressed him in these words: "I compassionate your youth and inexperience. Did I not do so, I would lay you by the heels long enough to remember it. You have de¬ livered your evidence fairly, plainly, clearly and as becomes a man. But I caution you, when you publish anything again, keep clear, sir, of the chancellor; beware, sir, of a chan¬ cellor." But Mr. Haszard maintained the even tenor of his way and prospered. Besides the "Register," he published, for use in the schools, a "First Book," a "Spelling Book," an "Introduction to the Reader," "English Reader," "Murray's Grammar," "Lennie's Grammar," and, at a later date, "Horace" and other Latin works. To further the con¬ version of the Indians, he published "The Gospels in the Micmac Language;" and to promote Christianity among the people "But¬ ler's Catechism." "The Believer's Golden Chain ," "McDonald on Baptism," besides a great many other books in English and French. In the year 1836 he was promoted to the office of King's printer, succeeding his un¬ cle, Mr. James D. Bagnall ; and on or about the 26th of August, in that year, he began the publication of the " Royal Gazette ." The " Royal Gazette " was, at that time, a newspa¬ per as well as the record of official events. It superseded the "Register" and was published continuously by Mr. Haszard until the 22d of July in the year 1851. After that date Mr. Haszard 's paper was entitled "The Gazette ," first issued July 25, 1851, and "Haszard's Gazette ," September 2, 1851. When Mr. Haszard retired from business, in the year 1853, "Haszard's Gazette " was published by his son, Mr. George T. Haszard , and subse¬ quently by Messrs. Haszard & Owen until it merged into "The Protector and Christian Witness " and afterwards "The Protestant and Evangelical Witness ," the latter, pub¬ lished and edited by David Laird , being the predecessor of the "Patriot" of today. In the meantime several other journals and journalists had, with the development of the country and the complication of political questions and discussions, been brought into the Island field. The first of these was "The Prince Edward Island Times," first issued on the 26th of March, 1836, by William Rankin . The "Times" was first published as an eight-page paper, three columns per page. Subsequently its size was enlarged and it be¬ came a four-page paper of four columns. "The Colonial Herald and Advertiser" followed on the 5th of August, 1837, the first notable event that it chronicled being the death of King William IV . It was published by J. B. Cooper & Company and was ably edited by the senior member of the firm. Mr. Cooper was born in London, England , in 1811, his father be¬ ing the captain of a vessel trading between that port and Newfoundland . When he was quite young the whole family emigrated to Newfoundland , where the father shortly aft¬ erwards died. The widow and her three sons then came to Charlottetown , where she subsequently married Mr. William Cullen , for some time clerk of the House of Assem ¬ bly and a liberal contributor to the Island