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‘ ‘through the intervention of the hon. member
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ree esas mana
hindi . Py
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* And further, to cement the friendship which he
would establish between the throne of Greece and |
this goveroment, my royal master proposes to ally,
himsely to your serene majesty, by the ties of mar-
riage,’ continued the ambassador.
This was coming at once to the point, and the
speaker pansed in thought before he could reply, or
commit himself upon the subject.
. : : : \
Arasilus has heard,’ continued the ambassador, pation which has laid in rains nearly the whole of the
followiog up what he seemed iy interpret &* ® town of Litechenworth, situated within a couple of lea-
favourable expression in the sultan’s face, * that you! gues of Frohrsdork, the residence of Count de Cham-
have a child of surpassing beauty, named Famah, end
with her, your serene highness, he would offer to/ished. The Count, at the head of a number of hie ser-
share hishand and throue.’
*Has the fame of her beauty reached so far?’ he
asked.
* Highness, it is known throughout all our king-
dorm,’ said the ambassador.
* it pleaseth us well, for she is the best beloved
of our harem,”
* Songs are sung in Athens of her beanty, high-
reus; itis said they were written by the king him-
self.’
‘ By the king.’
* Highuess, yes.’
The sultan cas: aglance of i!i-enppressed pride to-
wards his ministers who heard these words, hut said
no more; while aslave atasign from him handed
the amber mouth-piece of the royal pipe to the am-
bassador, agompliment rarely bestowed.
To be Continued,
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
Lord Derby has so fur recovered from his recent at-
tack of gout as to be able to resume his duties in the
House ef Lords on the Ist inst,
Itis understood that the prorogation of Parliament
will take place on or about Tuesday, the 20th Angust,
bat certainly not before.
According to the Board of Trade returns published
on the 30th July, the value of the exports for the month
of June was £15,490,000, against £ 14,630,000 in June
last year. The exports for the six months of this year
amount to £87,613,000. against £92, 857,000 for the same
period of 1866, and £74,128,000 for the first six months
of 1865.
MR, WATKIN TO BE KNIGHTED.
We observe by late London papers that Mr. E. Wat-
kin, M. P., is to receive the honor of knighthood as an
acknowledgment of his services in connection with the
Intercolonial Railway, which has been finally sancticn-
ed this session, and the negotiation of which was
bronght to a succesful issue between the British North
American Provinces and the mother-countr mainly
for Stock-
rt.
” THE CROPS IN IRELAND.
The papers report that of late the crops through Ire-
land have improved very rapidly. It is stated that
there is no failure in properly cultivated districts ex-
cept in turnips, which have missed generally in the cen-
tral and southern counties wherever sown Jate. The
cutting of oats has commenced in the counties of Wex-
ford and Cork. ‘The potato shows no signs ot disease,
and it is hoped that this season the crop may altoge-
ther escape blight. For many years the harvest pros-
pects have not been so good 1m all parts at the close of
the month of July.
THE HEALTH OF THE QUEEN.
When, a fortnight since, we stated that we had
gvod grounds for making public the reasons which pre=
vented Her Majesty from appearing at evening crowd-
od assemblies, the statement was accepted by the vast
majority ot the press and the public as neither exag-
gerated nor incorrect. There have, however, been
some.exceptions to this rule. These would he searce-
ly-worthy of notice had not the writers assumed that
they were more or less authorised to impugn the accuracy
of the paragraph which appeared inthe Lanest. Upon
gm subject of so mach delicacy we spoke with what we
‘eelieve to have been a becoming and justifiable reserve.
‘Our report was in .no respect sensational or over-
stated. Ht was a-plain narration of facts which, in jus-
tice to Her roar 4 and to the source from which we
obtained it, we felt bound to make public. The ap-
pearance of the Queen in pubtic on a recent occasion
swas followed by a most distressing attack of sickness
and exhaustion, which lasted for several hours, The
nner life of the court !s necessarily known but to few;
even those in immediate attendance upon the Queen
are not always in a position to arrive ata correct
knowledge of Her Majesty's real condition. The pri-
of the Sovereign shot!!! be as much respected as
jthat the roads, &e, will be m anything but a good
indieated by the eseape pipe it is still favorable, and
should no unforeseen difficulty present itself little more
than a fortnight, itis thought, will completefthe task of
entering the workings. Itis, however, apprehended
stato, and that some time and labor will have to be be-
stowed before the majority of the bodies are reached.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN AUSTRIA,
The Vienna journals speak of a disastrous conflag-
bord, and in which three women and five children per-
vants,was early at the scene of the disaster, and by his
presence and exhortations, and even by his own per-
sopal aid contributed to the preservation of several
buildings. One Jitcle girl was rescued by a ser
the count, named Chavean, who daringly penetrated
onconscions, and whose clothes had eanght fire, The
soldiors of the garrison of Nesutads, the men employed
wm the various factories, and the inhabitants generally,
exerted themselves to extingnish the flames, but only
were lett uninjured,
houses aad granaries were destroyed,
DREADFUL EARTHQUAKE IN JAVA,
The correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette at the
Hague sends the tollowing:—*: We have just received
the Java papers of the 1th June, giving full partientars
of the dreadful earthquake which occurred in the is-
land on the morning of the 10th of June,—It was very
destroctive in the districts of Cheribon, Pekalongan.
Banjoemas, Ragelen, Samarang, Djokjdokarta, and
Sourakarta-—The greater part of the indigo and sugar
minufactories, private houses, and military establish:
ments are destroyed at Djokdjo, but in other districts
the damage was not so extensive, The losses, how-
ever, are incalculable, The sugar crop which had just
been bronght into the barns, is totally lost. A Jarge
number of Europeans and natives perished—the report
says as manyas 300. Kh was feared that other parts
of Java might be visited by earthquakes, even at Ba-
tavia, shocks were felt on the day the mail started.
The aceounts of the rinderpest in Java are most dis-
tressing. In some distriets the whole stock of buffalos
has died out, and great destitution and misery prevail ;
indeed, the general effect of the news brought by this
mail is very painful.
Gorrespondence,
tt COL te Al ELI te at alta ty
Te tax Epiron or tne THyenarp.
—
Charlottetown, P. E, Island, Aug. 11, 1867.
Sin ;—In forwarding to you for publication the ac
companying document, I wish it to be distinctly under-
stood that I am not influenced by feelings of animosity
towards any party whatever, nor have any desire to
simple, straight-forward statement of facts which, al-
though possibly they may be denied in a few trifling de-
tails, cannot be stripped of their graver substance. If
the proceedings before the Mayor's Court, in the case
laid before you, have been in strict conformity with the
5 of this Island and with public justice, ‘then, Sir,
all I can say is, that by publishing them without com-
ment of mine, for the information of the community at
large, I cannot accuse myself of trenching on any pre-
rogative whatever, nor of showing a want of considera-
tion towards a high public functionary who, doubtless
from his own high sense of justice, would be the first
to tear from them the least covering of secresy if such
were attempted to be thrown over them.
The document was first offered for publication to the
Examiner by the writer. The editor of that paper read
it carefully over and pronounced it a very disgraceful
affair. He promised to publish it in bis very next issue,
It was left with him under an anonymous signature.
with a private note appended to it, giving the real name
of the author, as is usual in such cases, The editor,
pointing to the private note, said, ** I presume this is
intended to be private,” upon which he was assured that
it was. He then drew his pen twice across the face of
the note, and the interview terminated, On the night
of the publication of the Examiner, the article did not
appear, according to promise, and the editor assigned
to the writer of it, as bis reason for not publishing it,
that he had placed the document, private note and all,
in the hands of the Mayor for a whole night. for his
Worrhip's information, and that he, the editor, consid-
ered the charges contained it too serious for publication.
The document was then taken to the editor of the Pu-
triot, who declined to publish it on the plea of his near
relationship to one of the parties named in it. It was
next taken to the editor of the Islander, who declined
to publish it because it was not taken to him in the first
instance,
that of the humblest of her subjects, There are oeea-
sions, dowever, on which even that privacy might not be
held too escred. This is more especially the case
when erroneons reports hare jee general credence.
‘Then it is right to be known that her Majesty, withthe
grentest desire to fulfil all those duties which apper-
tain to her dignity or her we is occasionally
prevented from performing them as bodily suffering of
@ character most difficult to be borne.— Lancet,
THE RUMORS OF WAR.
For some time past articles have been’ published in
rome of the English and continental journals, declaring|fore the Mayor and a bench
that Europe is on the brink of a crisis, and that many
months cannot elapse before another and more ter-|Robert Fraser, master, by Frederick McMahon, aged
rible war than any which-has preceeded it will break
out, probably commencing between France and Prus-|Commissary General, residing at Falconwood, in this
In reference to these rumors, the London Mor-| Island,
sia.
ning Post, Government organ, says :—~
We are giad to be able to state t' at the a . .|the Court, and from other sources of reliable informa-
& : he alarming ar tion, that the young gentleman above named was
‘ticles of certain of onr contemporaries, are not aa yet
founded upon any tangible facts, and that there is no
present cause to fear any disturbance of the peace. It
tian alliance which they have created as the last bng-
‘burgh and the Tuilleries are acting together in
the Sebleswig question, and holding fe nave lan-
at Berlin.
The mre ofthe Danish require-
ments, which cannot fail to be ultimately conceded by
charges of assault and battery on the
ander instructions from one of the owners, that he was
: to proceed to Liverpool and back, to stud thi
anay surprise the ingenious authors of that Rueso-Prus- of nevigualen, merely as a supernumemary, without oan
bear, to be informed that the Cabinets of St. Peters.|*"4 without being articled in any way, just for a voyage,
to ascertam how
preparatory to getting bim into one of ** Green's” ships.
moment he left the port of Charlottetown until he re-
rticnlars connected
aid before the public,
Tam, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
IXION,
with the whole case should be
—
Mr. Editor ;—
On Thursday, the 25th July last, several very serious
bigh seas, be-
were brought be-
of Magistrates, against
2d mate of the ship “1. C. Owen,”
tween Charlottetown and Liverpool,
Edward Jones,
16 years, son of Edmond John McMahon, Esq., Deputy
It would appear from the sworn depositions before
placed under the charge of the master by his father, and
e would like the sea for a profession,
There was sufficient to prove that, almost from the
* ofital treatment of a young and delicate lad, who, during
into a burning house and bronght out the child, alrendy|atruck: by this ravage bully, and without the very
the church and some score and a half of private house «|/j¢ boy was not artieled,” in which opinion the Mayor
4n extensive cotton mill and 150) ooincided, saving ‘** that was a great mistake,’ upon
hurt their feelings or to chatlenge controversy. It is a|-
Under all these circumstances, it is right that theilast year, is allowed to be exempt from the Procla-
Councillor Batcher disappeared, and his place was ta-
ken by Mr. Lawson, the City Recorder, who knew no-
thing of the two previous day's proceedings, nor of the
sworn depositions, which were never read over to him
m open Court,
Magistrates, viz., the Mayor, Councillor Yates,
and Mr. Lawson, the Recorder, retired into a private
room to consider their verdict. Ina very few minutes
they returned into Court, and the Mayor, acdressing
the accused in a mild and deprecatory manner, sod with
a smiling face, said: **Mr. Jones, the Court have
griven this case their careful consideration, and without
taking into consideration your general conduct towards
the complainant, they find that you are guilty of having
commitled two separate and distinet assaults on Frederick
MeMahon, by striking himand kicking him, you are
therefore fined 308. or 21 days’ imprisonment.’
The petty eum of 30s, for two months and a half bra-
this time, was repeatedly and persistently kicked and
slightest pretext or provocation!!!
At the close of the proceedings, a remark was made
hy Mr. Owen, one of the owners of the on to the ef-
feet that ** the great mistake which was made was, that
which Mr, MeMahon (the boy's father) indignantly ex-
claimed, addressing himeelf to Mr, Owen—** What,
Sir! would his being articled have given a license to
any person on board a merchant ship to commit savage
and brutal outrages upon him to the danger of his life ?”
The Mayor at once reproved Mr. McMahon for speak-
ing, and called out, ** Marshal, do your duty,” upon
which the Marshal approached Mr. McMahon and or-
dered him to leave che Court, but Mr. McMahon merely
looked at him and retamed his seat, stung to the quick,
no doubt, at the indignity offered him, whilst others in
Court, some totally unconnected with the case, express-
ed their opinions openly and decidedly whenever they
chose to do ae,
Mr. MeMahon has brought an action against the
second mate before the Supreme Court, and he has been
held to bail in the sum of (I think) two hundred pounds
fo appear to stand his trial,
‘The fine of 30s., let me add, was paid pp by
the eaptain ofthe ship, who, with the accused, and o
of the owners of the vessel, left the Court in a very
boisterous manner, shonting and flourishing their fists
abusive manner. :
It may be as well to remark, in conclusion, that only
fined £5 (Five Pounds) in the Mayor's Court, for
striking a young man whom be accused of having gross-
ly insulted ladies under his protection; and on the fol-
was fined £2 for laying his hand upon another, without
striking him.
Tam, Sir,
Your obedient ms
Mevald.
ON.
Wednesday, August 21, 1807.
=i ae SSS
te Our Ageut, Mr. Thomas Reilly, will start on a
collecting tour through King’s County on or about the
Ist of September, As we have not during the past two
years intruded upon our patrons in the East, nor en-
forced our honest claims against unfeeling delinquents,
we have to request them to respond to this visit by pay-
ing their respective amounts as soon as called upon.
Those who are unable to pay the full amount, can pay
a portion, even if only a dollar, The old exeuse that
they were not aware that our Agent would visit
them so soon, will not avail this time. Our patrons in
Prince County will also take the hint to themselves, as
our Agent intends visiting them in October. A word to
the wise these hard times is sufficient,
DOMINION ELECTION NEWS.
Tux writs of election for the first Parliament of
the Dominion House of Commons, have been issued.
They bear date the 7th day of August instant, and
will be returnable on the 24th day of October next.
The local elections for the Provinces of Quebec,
Ontario, and Nova Scotia, are proclaimed in terms
similar to those for the General Parliament, New
Brunswick, having undergone & general election!
mation regarding the local elections. There
are, however, several vacant seats to be supplied at
the same time. The Canadian Gazette, which con-
tains the foregoing Proclamations, calls the General
Parliament together oo the 24th of September, but
n€/party spirit that has been rarely equal'ed.
as they proceeded down the street, at the young|taste absolutely refreshing, recently addressed a let-
accuser and his father, and taunting them in a very ter to the Montreal Gazette, wherein he stigmatised
the day previous to this trial, a young gentleman was/ers, as Fenians, many of whose lives he held at his
held doth for the General and. Local Parliaments
simultaneously In all the Provinces. Common sense
as well as experience proves that the simultancous
system is the best. Selfiskness and political chica,
very alone induce the McDonald Miuisiry to adopt
the more objectionable plan,--objectionable because
of its contiouous turmoil, which is more or less fa-
tal to stability; objectionable because it affords
greater facilities for bribery and corruption ; and
objectionable because it naturally induces a servile
following in the footateps of certain favored or in-
terested constituencies, to the injury of that healthy
independence of action and of thought so necessary
to insure purity of government. When, therefore,
Sir John A. McDonald and his colleagues introdu-
ced the continuous system of elections, they estab-
lished a precedent which will be apt to prove a curse
to the Dominion.
Another feature in the working of the new con-
stitution, which is not only bad, but so novel in it-
self, as well as contrary to tbe loud predictions of
the Fathers of Confederation, that we cannot avoid
noticing it. We were positively assured, time and
again, that with the advent of Confederation, party
spirit, and the bane of what is termed sectionalism,
would be instantly abolished. But what is the ac-
tual state of tho ense? Why, that every public
man who has not thought proper to pay absolute
homage to the hydra-headed Coalition Ministry, has
been not only rigidly excluded from both the Gen-
eral and Local Governments, but has also been at-
tempted to be hounded down as a Fenian, an annex-
ationist, or a rebel, and that with a malignancy of
Mr.
McGee, for example, with a modesty and good
his opponent, Mr. Devlin, and all his Irish support-
mercy. A charge of this kind coming from Mr,
McGee is ridiculous enough, but it serves to show;
lowing Tuesday, hefore the same Court, a gentleman the spirit which the leading Canadian statesmen | ol‘ College grounds at St.
wish to infuse into the politicsof the Dominion. The
Hon. John Sanfield McDonald was selected to form
a Local Government for the Province of Ontario—
the Governor of which, who is a mere creature of
the McDonald Ministry, at the same time dictating,
as he had been instructed to do, to the Premier, the
names of the gentlemen who were to comprise the
remainder of his advisers. Let the reader imagine,
for a moment, that from some cause or other a new
Government were required to be formed in this Co-
lony, and that the Colonial Minister were to instruct
Lieutenant Governor Dundas to entrust that duty to
some creature of his own, who in his turn was com.
pelled to select, from among characters of his ow’
facile disposition, the requisite number of ministers
pointed out to him, and the beauties of the political
system at present being carried out, will be at once
perceived, It is no wonder indeed that Sir John
A. McDonald told his supporters the other day, that
trom the exhibition which Canadian politicians
were making of themselves, neither British Co-
lumbia, Newfoundland, nor Prince Edward Island
would come into the Union, to be witnerses and par-
ticipators in their bitter quarrels and tortuous jug-
gling. What with these unseemly proceedings, and
the superincumbeut weight of official expenditure
and superfuous officers, annexation can only be a
matter of time ; and indeed from the present Appear-
ance of affairs, the sooner that measure of relief
comes, the better for the Dominion,
we sn: 5 smn ata .
Tae Dominion Cutter, La Canadienne, Capt. Fortin,
arrived at this Port on Wednesday last. We had the
pleasure of exchanging cards with her Commander and
his Lieutenant, T. Tetu, on Thursday last, when we
paid a return visit to these gentlemen on board their
tidy craft. La Canadienne is a schooner-rigged vessel
of one hundred tons, mounted with four six-pounder
brass guns, and having x complement of thirty men.
not for the despatch of business. The time of actu-
al assemblage will be somewhere in the month of
November. The elections for both the General and
Local Parliaments, in each Province, will come o
at the same time; but at different dates in the va-
rious sections aud Provinces of the Dominion. Thus,
the Elections iu Ontario and Nova Scotia will not
take place until the 18th of next mouth, although
in Ontario and New Brunswick they will come o
much earlier. ‘The object of this arrangement is to
strengthen the Coalition Govornment of Sir John
A. McDonald, by causing the Elections to be held
first in those Provinces where a majority of Minis-
terial supporters is confidently expected to be
returned. We despise this dodgery, because we
believe that if a Government is not deserving, upon
She has been in commission for about fifteen years, to
look after the Canadian fisheries, which, previous to the
Act of Union, comprised the Canadian coasts and rivers,
the Magdalen Islands, Anticosti and the Coast of Labra-
dor. Since the lst of July, the coasts of Nova Scotia
and New Brunswick have been added to the domain of
her supervision. Both Capt. Fortin and Lieut. Tetu are
thorough gentlemen, and give the utmost satisfaction in
the discharge of the delicate duties whivh they are called
upon to discharge in connection with the Fisheries.
Capt. Fortin has overhauled about one hundred Ameri-
can Fishing Vessels this season, and compelled them to
take out Licenses, We have no precise information as
to the object of La Canadienne’s visit to this Port; but
the rumor about town 18 to the effect that Capt. Fortin’s
mission is for the purpose of adjusting a difference aris-
ing out of the circumstance that the Dominion issues
Metancaoty Acctpenr,— We copy the followin
paragraph from a recent number of the St. John, x.
B., Freeman :—
“The Rev. Mr, MeDonald, of St. Francis, County
Victoria, whose melancholy death we anneunced last
week, was drowned while attempting to crose the River
St. Johy near Fort Kent, at a ford. The night was
dark, and it would gremee that he missed the ford when
first he sought it. The traces seen on the bank indicate
that be then got out of his wagon and led his horse to
the right track, It is supposed that he missed the land.
ing place on the opposite side, and that the horse in
endeavoring to oy 3 - a iocky bank, some three
feet in height, beaks the pin which attached the forward
part of the wagon to the bode, and at the same time
threw the wagon backward, so that Mr. MeDonald was
thrown into the river where it was deep and rapid. The
wife of a farmer, living close by, heard Lis cries, and
heard bim call her husband by name, but she did not
then know who was calling or suspect what the cries
meant, The aly was found next day on a shorl,three
miles below the place where the marks on the bank show
that the horse got ashpre.”
The gentleman above referred to was at one time tae
Parish Priest of Rustieo and Hope River in this Island,
and was beloved for his simplicity of manners, holiness
of life and zeal in the cause of religion.
WE perceive that our smart contemporary, the Hali-
fax Reporter, has despatched a ** Chiel” to Charlotte-
town to take notes among us. The dust nuisance and
the want of hotel accommodation have not escaped hie
vigilant attention. The performances of the bare-kneed
Culedonians, ‘stern and wild,” which take place to-day,
Will also receive a portion of his spare time and lively
pen-and-ink portraiture.
The Islander aad Patriot appear to think that Mr
Hensley has failed to negotiate a loan upon the terms
of the act of last session, We think that they are pre-
mature in arriving at this conclusion. Whenever Mr.
Hensley bas completed his mission, the result will be
commanicated to ni public withont delay. At present it
is idle to speculate whether the Loan can be obtained
within the limitation of the Loan Bill. Itis sufficient per-
haps to say that without an Imperial guarantee the money
can be obtained on as reasonable terms as the Dominion
yo ria og fact that speaks well for the credit of the
colony.
LOCAL NEWS.
Tea Panty at Sr. Axpimw's.—One of the most in-
teresting Tea Parties of the Season took place at the
Andrew's, on Wednesday
ast. Spacious sheds were constructed for the accommo-
dation of the party, which embraced people from all
the neighboring localities, and persona of all denomin-
ations, The tables were very tastefully set ont and
most abundantly supplied with every delicacy nsual-
ly offered on such oveasions. There were places for
dancing. and places for athletic games, and the light-
earted and swift-feoted seemed to enjoy themselven
iminensely. The object of the Tea Party was to raise
funds towards paying off n small debt on the very
beautiful new Chapel erected on the College grounds
mainly through the zeal and exertions of the former
Missionary Priest, the Rev. Pius MeV’hee, Hos Lord-
ship the Bishop of Charlottetown, and nearly al! the
Clergy of his diocese, were present; the Key, Mr
Harkins, a distinguished Parish Priest from Quebec,
and the Rev, Henry Crawford, the popular Pres
yterian Minister at Morell, salvo honored the occasion
y their presence. Wo understand that a sum be
tween £150 and £140 was realized by this very pleasnt)
festive gathering. — Zz,
We observe by an advertisement in yesterday's Js-
lander that an agricultural Exhibition will be hold ot
Crapaud on Wednesday the 23rd day of October next.
The Exhibition is intended solely for the Tenants of
Lady Georgiana Fane, who has authorised her agen's
Henry Palmer, Esq.. to expend a portion of her rental
in prizes, This is an act of praiseworthy liberality on
her Ladyship's part. Had all the absentee Proprictors
eget — ; ‘On tenants in the sume spirit, the histo
ot the Land Question would be more satief
ithas been.— at, dt
New Bosrox Packet.—Tho Alice } ick,
the — of a Bell, Exq., at tp’ Bs Bn
pec, and owned by I. C. Hall, 0. © ste.
wnd William Dodd, Esquires, and (ect, Thomaa
i Cve other
here yesterday, and now lines at Peake'a W radon sea
,
her equipmeuts as 4 sailing Pack
A aalling Packet between this
and Boston are being completed, The Alice Mf, rit fe
modelled much aft ** Carri i - “
. uch after the “Carrie M. Rich,” and her
materials and workmenship are of the best description ,
ioa@ ds 183 tons, new measurement, and hes a da
carrying eapacity, and good accomodation for cabin
passengers. We wish her enterprising owners success.
—Pat
The body of 1 man named Stramberg, who with several
others was lost near Point Prim by the upsetting cf a sail
boat on the night of the gale, was picked up near St, Peter's
Island, on Monday, and brought to this city, and, after a
Corone’s Inquest being held thereon, it was inteired in the
Protestant Cemetery.
Ringwood House, the property of Col. Cumberland,
situate on Warren Farm, was destroyed by Fire on
Monday the 12th inst. The fire originated hy the set-
ting on fire to the woods in the vicinity of the House.
The Dominion, one of our small but rrowing fishin
flect, returned yesterday evening from the gulf with
150 barrels mackerel. ‘This fine schooner belongs to
W. Welsh. E The Comet, owned by Capt O, Evans,
and Hon. D. Davies, and the Model owned by William
Hearn, Esq., also arrived trom the Gulf this week.
ig latter vessel sailed on her second trip yesterday,
-~Pat,
ALL SORTS OF ITEMS.
ty” All the public offices are closed to-day, by order
of the Governor in Council, in order of the Scottish
Games on Government House grounds. The day is
— eney observed throughout the City as a Publie
oliday.
Quite a number of visitors to tho Scottish Games ar-
ae
Prussia, a8 80 obvious that the pressure brought to tarned (notwithstanding it was distinctly understood
bear is only that of clear argument and friendly conn-)th%t the young gontlemad should not be sent aloit in|its own merits, of the support of the people, it de-
sel, The treaty of Prague has not even been snetion: heavy weather, nor forced to do any very laborious } | a
ed in the negoviations, which are conducted in the| (ty 7 board, and that he was to be kindly treated and|*etVes to be eae oye pi cree yi sage aa
most amicable manner. ‘The trne canee of the general oe after by the ger be ys subjected by the|@race—a fate which we sincerely trust is in store
second mate to a series of brutal and degradi - ini H : ni : F :
Duet ated iene ee the. Beats rages whtch placed him in imminent pert of bie fife. avon mreperelt many, Se reting passion,” ag well as those of all sections of the Dominion, we can | ject of reconstruction. General Grant succeeds bim,
arioamenta in France... These give ft to nervousness | He wae Strack between the eyes by the second mate| “Mich is said to be strongly manifested even in readily believe that the Yankees have preferred the| Her ls ay iron-clad ship-of-war, Favorite, Capt.
in fingnce, and men's fears quickly interpret in the| ith his clenched fist, arid on the bead; kicked in the|death, is here prominently exhibited. ‘The history |cheaper and more comprehensive Licenses of the Do-| Stott which lay in Charlottetown harbor for ten mp Sa
oh a ribs; welted with a rope across the thighs, until th 2 sailed for Gaspe on Thursday morning last, She
fri sense nee sp yan Sb eT Wis panes ye ag ware Whack and blue; compelle 72 bh 4 upright pa of the Coalition Government has weortonsly been peng’ one thie oneal The Lieutenant Gover- tailed to look after the Fisheries of pre Proviness, aed
niablevby any fair observer that, after having seen an|the narrow rail of the ship's bulwark, without strap or|one of make-shifts, of corruption and thimble-|"or and three of his ministerial advisers went on board the] is expected back bere im the course of a few welts.
Austrian Army overthrown ina succession of battles Protection of any kind, to haul up buckets of water forlrigging, In the maangement of the elections, there-| “utter on Thursday afternoon; but whether in concec-| Some Editorial romarhs proposed See te-day’s peper, t
in.one week, aad Vienna all but occupivd, the Fronch| "Sing the decks, when the ship was in rapid motion, : tion with this License business or not we are not aware.|the Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition advertised in
could net remain content with a force of 400.000 men, (294 when the slightest slip would have caused him to fore, which promise to be the presage of the sudden All we can say is that the differenve in License fees has to-day's paper, are unavoidably crowded out,
or deductions made for Algovia, garrisons, and|t¢™mble headlong into the sea, at the risk of his life.|death of the Coalition, we are not iu the least sur- : ar : ; The Patriot's rumor about a special messenger from
pe =p oe would find t dificuhy | <0 Forced to ascend the ri ging to the Lop-mast head in ° ° not improv our revenue ‘ and if'a change for the bet- Downing Street on important business, and a dens; teh thi.
r ull Gnd great diiiculiy in placing 150,- ; prised to see these corrupt principles attempted to ; ' va
000 troops in a line of battle; and how could such a pnd cd 8 — weat ” ~ take in sail—in a word, ; ‘3 des’ We tata b bondd ter has been effected, we shall not regret it. His Excel- +o ny Seon agua by the Atlantic Cable, is, we learn,
foree measure itself with the ‘countless hosts of now|"¢ WAS kicked, and strack, an knocked about, and so/)¢ put in practice, 6 Rave too much cenfidence,|jency was honored with a salute of thirteen gues ; and t foundation,
Prussia, What we feet about ovr naval power, Waser overworked and exbavsted from daily holystoning the however, in the intelligence and integrity cf the|Hie Lordship Bishop Melntyre, who aleo visited La] , The Wesleyan Sabbath School Tea came off at Spruce
ili The G *yo.| decks upon his knees, for four hours at a streteb. th : wy : 4 : Avenue on Wednesday, and the Bible Chri ct
o ya “a pores agen Lal birch | Eng- it is almést impossible to conceive how he eve tually electors to suppose that they can be gulled by such|Canadienne the same evening, was honored with the Willow Farm on Monday last, stian Society at
only approximates to our own. In like manner, al{|¢s"Pel with bis’ life.—The charges. before the Court|palpable and unworthy trickery into returning a me-|salute due to the dignity of his rank—namely, eight! We Jearn that the Cod aré on our North shore in
Frencete agitated on finding that sho ls no longer the were limited as much as possible to the return voyage, jority of representatives to support a corrupt and guns. On Friday, she sailed for Gaspe, with the Hon. at abundance, and the fishermen are making fine
firet military power of Emope, and will have to make|*"4 © the question of assaults; those with reference to George Coles as a guest, he having gone on a cruise) ha
exertions to keep even a first-rate place. ‘hae the voyage home from Liverpool are in abeyance. extravagant Government. It speaks badly for the ot ton days or a fortnight for. the nel oe of his health
ps uneasiness engendered by the precaution of| To make along story short, as the old saying is, the| Wisdom and patriotism of the Dominion Statesmen, | w. wi i 4 :
« oy bear a yet no siugle — upon ag before a Magitrats i toa ree and it may/ as well as for the harmonious working of the Con- epic at sours ati on
ich an te exists or upon which a quarrel|be just as well to remark that. notwit standing the :
é fixed. strenuous efforts made by allin Court, who were inter-|*titution, to see one of the most baneful and odjec-
“” RPOPENING OF THE OAKS COLLIERY — rds a. vd yoy ge a +o was/tionable features in the politics of the neighboring
* i n
‘ha the tend draws nehe when the boilies of the un-|yoong gentlemen was ever otherwise than cient hoary Republic carried into practice at the very outset, we
fortanate mmers who have been entombed for more|obedient and silent, under his bitter «ufferings. Helmay say, of the Dominions career,
Fishing Liconses at the rate of fifty ceuts per ton, where-
as, the Island Government demands one dollar per ton,
As, however, the Dominion Licenses very unjustly per- Secretary Stanton has been dismissed by Presid
mit their holders to fish around the coaste of this Island| Johnson on account of difference of dpuaek ae the 2 9
rived from Nova Scotia last evening by the teame
Princess of Wales. fos ; ,
uls, The fish are, however, general] Hi ;
but what is lacked in the quailty of det re mabe - :
the quantity. The Mackerel are beginning to strike in,
but not im any groat numbers as yet,— Pat,
The friends of Gen. Meagher havi iven
of recovering his body, will haves solo High
‘*
Tfle Annual Rifle Competition, which came off at the
Model Farm on Monday and Tuesday of this week, re- M teeneed shies Gat
sulted m Capt. Tanton, Queen's Own, St. Eleanor's,| Mass celebrated on o August at the Jesa
scoring thirty pointe at three and five hundred yards Church, Sixteenth street, N. Y. for the repoee of his
the ize—a National Association medal and ih} The Paper Mill on Little River, N. B., about two
# ure to be exhumed, the mtorest of|ctied and sobbed, it is true, but his cries and robs were|continuons and never-ending elections b
iy means ofjcash. Woodside, also of the "s Own, |miles from town, was totally destroyed abou
Progressing fev on mies ed wiv bek 1 AE ay abalimerinsenmtiins ga MOI publie mind is kept ia © state of pérpetanl| 0nd Private Harper, Thistle Company, B Peter’ Sand, ee eck Oat Seating, We all the walck oy. ware.
Peat Lees ectully seal-| On the first day, on the occasion of the complainant|tarmoil, and through which the ‘nterests of the Teesday at the five bonded yaeae Toasts on cael Ingured. for about $3,000. ras tuty 2, Co
pr ethan ve to be “areges | his sworn deposition, the Mayor and Council- country are made to suffer. There is nothing oither —an Association medal and £3 cash, and was won Bishop MeKinnon rewurned to An " the
renched, The state o/|dgy. Councillor Mitchell dieetmoerat vk Choceet ia the situation of poblie affairs or fo the by the former. The all-comers prise was won by Pri-[after an sheonce of nearly thtwe monte dine” it
BFAVest points, but, as' Batcher took his place; and on the third and last day,/of the Act of Union, to prevent the elections being Cenpany, wus bie mnt WH a seep ion ie reception from
Li i cicanal
thirty-one points at the same ranges.
See =—
ree esas mana
hindi . Py
a ee 8 =~ 5
* And further, to cement the friendship which he
would establish between the throne of Greece and |
this goveroment, my royal master proposes to ally,
himsely to your serene majesty, by the ties of mar-
riage,’ continued the ambassador.
This was coming at once to the point, and the
speaker pansed in thought before he could reply, or
commit himself upon the subject.
. : : : \
Arasilus has heard,’ continued the ambassador, pation which has laid in rains nearly the whole of the
followiog up what he seemed iy interpret &* ® town of Litechenworth, situated within a couple of lea-
favourable expression in the sultan’s face, * that you! gues of Frohrsdork, the residence of Count de Cham-
have a child of surpassing beauty, named Famah, end
with her, your serene highness, he would offer to/ished. The Count, at the head of a number of hie ser-
share hishand and throue.’
*Has the fame of her beauty reached so far?’ he
asked.
* Highness, it is known throughout all our king-
dorm,’ said the ambassador.
* it pleaseth us well, for she is the best beloved
of our harem,”
* Songs are sung in Athens of her beanty, high-
reus; itis said they were written by the king him-
self.’
‘ By the king.’
* Highuess, yes.’
The sultan cas: aglance of i!i-enppressed pride to-
wards his ministers who heard these words, hut said
no more; while aslave atasign from him handed
the amber mouth-piece of the royal pipe to the am-
bassador, agompliment rarely bestowed.
To be Continued,
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
Lord Derby has so fur recovered from his recent at-
tack of gout as to be able to resume his duties in the
House ef Lords on the Ist inst,
Itis understood that the prorogation of Parliament
will take place on or about Tuesday, the 20th Angust,
bat certainly not before.
According to the Board of Trade returns published
on the 30th July, the value of the exports for the month
of June was £15,490,000, against £ 14,630,000 in June
last year. The exports for the six months of this year
amount to £87,613,000. against £92, 857,000 for the same
period of 1866, and £74,128,000 for the first six months
of 1865.
MR, WATKIN TO BE KNIGHTED.
We observe by late London papers that Mr. E. Wat-
kin, M. P., is to receive the honor of knighthood as an
acknowledgment of his services in connection with the
Intercolonial Railway, which has been finally sancticn-
ed this session, and the negotiation of which was
bronght to a succesful issue between the British North
American Provinces and the mother-countr mainly
for Stock-
rt.
” THE CROPS IN IRELAND.
The papers report that of late the crops through Ire-
land have improved very rapidly. It is stated that
there is no failure in properly cultivated districts ex-
cept in turnips, which have missed generally in the cen-
tral and southern counties wherever sown Jate. The
cutting of oats has commenced in the counties of Wex-
ford and Cork. ‘The potato shows no signs ot disease,
and it is hoped that this season the crop may altoge-
ther escape blight. For many years the harvest pros-
pects have not been so good 1m all parts at the close of
the month of July.
THE HEALTH OF THE QUEEN.
When, a fortnight since, we stated that we had
gvod grounds for making public the reasons which pre=
vented Her Majesty from appearing at evening crowd-
od assemblies, the statement was accepted by the vast
majority ot the press and the public as neither exag-
gerated nor incorrect. There have, however, been
some.exceptions to this rule. These would he searce-
ly-worthy of notice had not the writers assumed that
they were more or less authorised to impugn the accuracy
of the paragraph which appeared inthe Lanest. Upon
gm subject of so mach delicacy we spoke with what we
‘eelieve to have been a becoming and justifiable reserve.
‘Our report was in .no respect sensational or over-
stated. Ht was a-plain narration of facts which, in jus-
tice to Her roar 4 and to the source from which we
obtained it, we felt bound to make public. The ap-
pearance of the Queen in pubtic on a recent occasion
swas followed by a most distressing attack of sickness
and exhaustion, which lasted for several hours, The
nner life of the court !s necessarily known but to few;
even those in immediate attendance upon the Queen
are not always in a position to arrive ata correct
knowledge of Her Majesty's real condition. The pri-
of the Sovereign shot!!! be as much respected as
jthat the roads, &e, will be m anything but a good
indieated by the eseape pipe it is still favorable, and
should no unforeseen difficulty present itself little more
than a fortnight, itis thought, will completefthe task of
entering the workings. Itis, however, apprehended
stato, and that some time and labor will have to be be-
stowed before the majority of the bodies are reached.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN AUSTRIA,
The Vienna journals speak of a disastrous conflag-
bord, and in which three women and five children per-
vants,was early at the scene of the disaster, and by his
presence and exhortations, and even by his own per-
sopal aid contributed to the preservation of several
buildings. One Jitcle girl was rescued by a ser
the count, named Chavean, who daringly penetrated
onconscions, and whose clothes had eanght fire, The
soldiors of the garrison of Nesutads, the men employed
wm the various factories, and the inhabitants generally,
exerted themselves to extingnish the flames, but only
were lett uninjured,
houses aad granaries were destroyed,
DREADFUL EARTHQUAKE IN JAVA,
The correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette at the
Hague sends the tollowing:—*: We have just received
the Java papers of the 1th June, giving full partientars
of the dreadful earthquake which occurred in the is-
land on the morning of the 10th of June,—It was very
destroctive in the districts of Cheribon, Pekalongan.
Banjoemas, Ragelen, Samarang, Djokjdokarta, and
Sourakarta-—The greater part of the indigo and sugar
minufactories, private houses, and military establish:
ments are destroyed at Djokdjo, but in other districts
the damage was not so extensive, The losses, how-
ever, are incalculable, The sugar crop which had just
been bronght into the barns, is totally lost. A Jarge
number of Europeans and natives perished—the report
says as manyas 300. Kh was feared that other parts
of Java might be visited by earthquakes, even at Ba-
tavia, shocks were felt on the day the mail started.
The aceounts of the rinderpest in Java are most dis-
tressing. In some distriets the whole stock of buffalos
has died out, and great destitution and misery prevail ;
indeed, the general effect of the news brought by this
mail is very painful.
Gorrespondence,
tt COL te Al ELI te at alta ty
Te tax Epiron or tne THyenarp.
—
Charlottetown, P. E, Island, Aug. 11, 1867.
Sin ;—In forwarding to you for publication the ac
companying document, I wish it to be distinctly under-
stood that I am not influenced by feelings of animosity
towards any party whatever, nor have any desire to
simple, straight-forward statement of facts which, al-
though possibly they may be denied in a few trifling de-
tails, cannot be stripped of their graver substance. If
the proceedings before the Mayor's Court, in the case
laid before you, have been in strict conformity with the
5 of this Island and with public justice, ‘then, Sir,
all I can say is, that by publishing them without com-
ment of mine, for the information of the community at
large, I cannot accuse myself of trenching on any pre-
rogative whatever, nor of showing a want of considera-
tion towards a high public functionary who, doubtless
from his own high sense of justice, would be the first
to tear from them the least covering of secresy if such
were attempted to be thrown over them.
The document was first offered for publication to the
Examiner by the writer. The editor of that paper read
it carefully over and pronounced it a very disgraceful
affair. He promised to publish it in bis very next issue,
It was left with him under an anonymous signature.
with a private note appended to it, giving the real name
of the author, as is usual in such cases, The editor,
pointing to the private note, said, ** I presume this is
intended to be private,” upon which he was assured that
it was. He then drew his pen twice across the face of
the note, and the interview terminated, On the night
of the publication of the Examiner, the article did not
appear, according to promise, and the editor assigned
to the writer of it, as bis reason for not publishing it,
that he had placed the document, private note and all,
in the hands of the Mayor for a whole night. for his
Worrhip's information, and that he, the editor, consid-
ered the charges contained it too serious for publication.
The document was then taken to the editor of the Pu-
triot, who declined to publish it on the plea of his near
relationship to one of the parties named in it. It was
next taken to the editor of the Islander, who declined
to publish it because it was not taken to him in the first
instance,
that of the humblest of her subjects, There are oeea-
sions, dowever, on which even that privacy might not be
held too escred. This is more especially the case
when erroneons reports hare jee general credence.
‘Then it is right to be known that her Majesty, withthe
grentest desire to fulfil all those duties which apper-
tain to her dignity or her we is occasionally
prevented from performing them as bodily suffering of
@ character most difficult to be borne.— Lancet,
THE RUMORS OF WAR.
For some time past articles have been’ published in
rome of the English and continental journals, declaring|fore the Mayor and a bench
that Europe is on the brink of a crisis, and that many
months cannot elapse before another and more ter-|Robert Fraser, master, by Frederick McMahon, aged
rible war than any which-has preceeded it will break
out, probably commencing between France and Prus-|Commissary General, residing at Falconwood, in this
In reference to these rumors, the London Mor-| Island,
sia.
ning Post, Government organ, says :—~
We are giad to be able to state t' at the a . .|the Court, and from other sources of reliable informa-
& : he alarming ar tion, that the young gentleman above named was
‘ticles of certain of onr contemporaries, are not aa yet
founded upon any tangible facts, and that there is no
present cause to fear any disturbance of the peace. It
tian alliance which they have created as the last bng-
‘burgh and the Tuilleries are acting together in
the Sebleswig question, and holding fe nave lan-
at Berlin.
The mre ofthe Danish require-
ments, which cannot fail to be ultimately conceded by
charges of assault and battery on the
ander instructions from one of the owners, that he was
: to proceed to Liverpool and back, to stud thi
anay surprise the ingenious authors of that Rueso-Prus- of nevigualen, merely as a supernumemary, without oan
bear, to be informed that the Cabinets of St. Peters.|*"4 without being articled in any way, just for a voyage,
to ascertam how
preparatory to getting bim into one of ** Green's” ships.
moment he left the port of Charlottetown until he re-
rticnlars connected
aid before the public,
Tam, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
IXION,
with the whole case should be
—
Mr. Editor ;—
On Thursday, the 25th July last, several very serious
bigh seas, be-
were brought be-
of Magistrates, against
2d mate of the ship “1. C. Owen,”
tween Charlottetown and Liverpool,
Edward Jones,
16 years, son of Edmond John McMahon, Esq., Deputy
It would appear from the sworn depositions before
placed under the charge of the master by his father, and
e would like the sea for a profession,
There was sufficient to prove that, almost from the
* ofital treatment of a young and delicate lad, who, during
into a burning house and bronght out the child, alrendy|atruck: by this ravage bully, and without the very
the church and some score and a half of private house «|/j¢ boy was not artieled,” in which opinion the Mayor
4n extensive cotton mill and 150) ooincided, saving ‘** that was a great mistake,’ upon
hurt their feelings or to chatlenge controversy. It is a|-
Under all these circumstances, it is right that theilast year, is allowed to be exempt from the Procla-
Councillor Batcher disappeared, and his place was ta-
ken by Mr. Lawson, the City Recorder, who knew no-
thing of the two previous day's proceedings, nor of the
sworn depositions, which were never read over to him
m open Court,
Magistrates, viz., the Mayor, Councillor Yates,
and Mr. Lawson, the Recorder, retired into a private
room to consider their verdict. Ina very few minutes
they returned into Court, and the Mayor, acdressing
the accused in a mild and deprecatory manner, sod with
a smiling face, said: **Mr. Jones, the Court have
griven this case their careful consideration, and without
taking into consideration your general conduct towards
the complainant, they find that you are guilty of having
commitled two separate and distinet assaults on Frederick
MeMahon, by striking himand kicking him, you are
therefore fined 308. or 21 days’ imprisonment.’
The petty eum of 30s, for two months and a half bra-
this time, was repeatedly and persistently kicked and
slightest pretext or provocation!!!
At the close of the proceedings, a remark was made
hy Mr. Owen, one of the owners of the on to the ef-
feet that ** the great mistake which was made was, that
which Mr, MeMahon (the boy's father) indignantly ex-
claimed, addressing himeelf to Mr, Owen—** What,
Sir! would his being articled have given a license to
any person on board a merchant ship to commit savage
and brutal outrages upon him to the danger of his life ?”
The Mayor at once reproved Mr. McMahon for speak-
ing, and called out, ** Marshal, do your duty,” upon
which the Marshal approached Mr. McMahon and or-
dered him to leave che Court, but Mr. McMahon merely
looked at him and retamed his seat, stung to the quick,
no doubt, at the indignity offered him, whilst others in
Court, some totally unconnected with the case, express-
ed their opinions openly and decidedly whenever they
chose to do ae,
Mr. MeMahon has brought an action against the
second mate before the Supreme Court, and he has been
held to bail in the sum of (I think) two hundred pounds
fo appear to stand his trial,
‘The fine of 30s., let me add, was paid pp by
the eaptain ofthe ship, who, with the accused, and o
of the owners of the vessel, left the Court in a very
boisterous manner, shonting and flourishing their fists
abusive manner. :
It may be as well to remark, in conclusion, that only
fined £5 (Five Pounds) in the Mayor's Court, for
striking a young man whom be accused of having gross-
ly insulted ladies under his protection; and on the fol-
was fined £2 for laying his hand upon another, without
striking him.
Tam, Sir,
Your obedient ms
Mevald.
ON.
Wednesday, August 21, 1807.
=i ae SSS
te Our Ageut, Mr. Thomas Reilly, will start on a
collecting tour through King’s County on or about the
Ist of September, As we have not during the past two
years intruded upon our patrons in the East, nor en-
forced our honest claims against unfeeling delinquents,
we have to request them to respond to this visit by pay-
ing their respective amounts as soon as called upon.
Those who are unable to pay the full amount, can pay
a portion, even if only a dollar, The old exeuse that
they were not aware that our Agent would visit
them so soon, will not avail this time. Our patrons in
Prince County will also take the hint to themselves, as
our Agent intends visiting them in October. A word to
the wise these hard times is sufficient,
DOMINION ELECTION NEWS.
Tux writs of election for the first Parliament of
the Dominion House of Commons, have been issued.
They bear date the 7th day of August instant, and
will be returnable on the 24th day of October next.
The local elections for the Provinces of Quebec,
Ontario, and Nova Scotia, are proclaimed in terms
similar to those for the General Parliament, New
Brunswick, having undergone & general election!
mation regarding the local elections. There
are, however, several vacant seats to be supplied at
the same time. The Canadian Gazette, which con-
tains the foregoing Proclamations, calls the General
Parliament together oo the 24th of September, but
n€/party spirit that has been rarely equal'ed.
as they proceeded down the street, at the young|taste absolutely refreshing, recently addressed a let-
accuser and his father, and taunting them in a very ter to the Montreal Gazette, wherein he stigmatised
the day previous to this trial, a young gentleman was/ers, as Fenians, many of whose lives he held at his
held doth for the General and. Local Parliaments
simultaneously In all the Provinces. Common sense
as well as experience proves that the simultancous
system is the best. Selfiskness and political chica,
very alone induce the McDonald Miuisiry to adopt
the more objectionable plan,--objectionable because
of its contiouous turmoil, which is more or less fa-
tal to stability; objectionable because it affords
greater facilities for bribery and corruption ; and
objectionable because it naturally induces a servile
following in the footateps of certain favored or in-
terested constituencies, to the injury of that healthy
independence of action and of thought so necessary
to insure purity of government. When, therefore,
Sir John A. McDonald and his colleagues introdu-
ced the continuous system of elections, they estab-
lished a precedent which will be apt to prove a curse
to the Dominion.
Another feature in the working of the new con-
stitution, which is not only bad, but so novel in it-
self, as well as contrary to tbe loud predictions of
the Fathers of Confederation, that we cannot avoid
noticing it. We were positively assured, time and
again, that with the advent of Confederation, party
spirit, and the bane of what is termed sectionalism,
would be instantly abolished. But what is the ac-
tual state of tho ense? Why, that every public
man who has not thought proper to pay absolute
homage to the hydra-headed Coalition Ministry, has
been not only rigidly excluded from both the Gen-
eral and Local Governments, but has also been at-
tempted to be hounded down as a Fenian, an annex-
ationist, or a rebel, and that with a malignancy of
Mr.
McGee, for example, with a modesty and good
his opponent, Mr. Devlin, and all his Irish support-
mercy. A charge of this kind coming from Mr,
McGee is ridiculous enough, but it serves to show;
lowing Tuesday, hefore the same Court, a gentleman the spirit which the leading Canadian statesmen | ol‘ College grounds at St.
wish to infuse into the politicsof the Dominion. The
Hon. John Sanfield McDonald was selected to form
a Local Government for the Province of Ontario—
the Governor of which, who is a mere creature of
the McDonald Ministry, at the same time dictating,
as he had been instructed to do, to the Premier, the
names of the gentlemen who were to comprise the
remainder of his advisers. Let the reader imagine,
for a moment, that from some cause or other a new
Government were required to be formed in this Co-
lony, and that the Colonial Minister were to instruct
Lieutenant Governor Dundas to entrust that duty to
some creature of his own, who in his turn was com.
pelled to select, from among characters of his ow’
facile disposition, the requisite number of ministers
pointed out to him, and the beauties of the political
system at present being carried out, will be at once
perceived, It is no wonder indeed that Sir John
A. McDonald told his supporters the other day, that
trom the exhibition which Canadian politicians
were making of themselves, neither British Co-
lumbia, Newfoundland, nor Prince Edward Island
would come into the Union, to be witnerses and par-
ticipators in their bitter quarrels and tortuous jug-
gling. What with these unseemly proceedings, and
the superincumbeut weight of official expenditure
and superfuous officers, annexation can only be a
matter of time ; and indeed from the present Appear-
ance of affairs, the sooner that measure of relief
comes, the better for the Dominion,
we sn: 5 smn ata .
Tae Dominion Cutter, La Canadienne, Capt. Fortin,
arrived at this Port on Wednesday last. We had the
pleasure of exchanging cards with her Commander and
his Lieutenant, T. Tetu, on Thursday last, when we
paid a return visit to these gentlemen on board their
tidy craft. La Canadienne is a schooner-rigged vessel
of one hundred tons, mounted with four six-pounder
brass guns, and having x complement of thirty men.
not for the despatch of business. The time of actu-
al assemblage will be somewhere in the month of
November. The elections for both the General and
Local Parliaments, in each Province, will come o
at the same time; but at different dates in the va-
rious sections aud Provinces of the Dominion. Thus,
the Elections iu Ontario and Nova Scotia will not
take place until the 18th of next mouth, although
in Ontario and New Brunswick they will come o
much earlier. ‘The object of this arrangement is to
strengthen the Coalition Govornment of Sir John
A. McDonald, by causing the Elections to be held
first in those Provinces where a majority of Minis-
terial supporters is confidently expected to be
returned. We despise this dodgery, because we
believe that if a Government is not deserving, upon
She has been in commission for about fifteen years, to
look after the Canadian fisheries, which, previous to the
Act of Union, comprised the Canadian coasts and rivers,
the Magdalen Islands, Anticosti and the Coast of Labra-
dor. Since the lst of July, the coasts of Nova Scotia
and New Brunswick have been added to the domain of
her supervision. Both Capt. Fortin and Lieut. Tetu are
thorough gentlemen, and give the utmost satisfaction in
the discharge of the delicate duties whivh they are called
upon to discharge in connection with the Fisheries.
Capt. Fortin has overhauled about one hundred Ameri-
can Fishing Vessels this season, and compelled them to
take out Licenses, We have no precise information as
to the object of La Canadienne’s visit to this Port; but
the rumor about town 18 to the effect that Capt. Fortin’s
mission is for the purpose of adjusting a difference aris-
ing out of the circumstance that the Dominion issues
Metancaoty Acctpenr,— We copy the followin
paragraph from a recent number of the St. John, x.
B., Freeman :—
“The Rev. Mr, MeDonald, of St. Francis, County
Victoria, whose melancholy death we anneunced last
week, was drowned while attempting to crose the River
St. Johy near Fort Kent, at a ford. The night was
dark, and it would gremee that he missed the ford when
first he sought it. The traces seen on the bank indicate
that be then got out of his wagon and led his horse to
the right track, It is supposed that he missed the land.
ing place on the opposite side, and that the horse in
endeavoring to oy 3 - a iocky bank, some three
feet in height, beaks the pin which attached the forward
part of the wagon to the bode, and at the same time
threw the wagon backward, so that Mr. MeDonald was
thrown into the river where it was deep and rapid. The
wife of a farmer, living close by, heard Lis cries, and
heard bim call her husband by name, but she did not
then know who was calling or suspect what the cries
meant, The aly was found next day on a shorl,three
miles below the place where the marks on the bank show
that the horse got ashpre.”
The gentleman above referred to was at one time tae
Parish Priest of Rustieo and Hope River in this Island,
and was beloved for his simplicity of manners, holiness
of life and zeal in the cause of religion.
WE perceive that our smart contemporary, the Hali-
fax Reporter, has despatched a ** Chiel” to Charlotte-
town to take notes among us. The dust nuisance and
the want of hotel accommodation have not escaped hie
vigilant attention. The performances of the bare-kneed
Culedonians, ‘stern and wild,” which take place to-day,
Will also receive a portion of his spare time and lively
pen-and-ink portraiture.
The Islander aad Patriot appear to think that Mr
Hensley has failed to negotiate a loan upon the terms
of the act of last session, We think that they are pre-
mature in arriving at this conclusion. Whenever Mr.
Hensley bas completed his mission, the result will be
commanicated to ni public withont delay. At present it
is idle to speculate whether the Loan can be obtained
within the limitation of the Loan Bill. Itis sufficient per-
haps to say that without an Imperial guarantee the money
can be obtained on as reasonable terms as the Dominion
yo ria og fact that speaks well for the credit of the
colony.
LOCAL NEWS.
Tea Panty at Sr. Axpimw's.—One of the most in-
teresting Tea Parties of the Season took place at the
Andrew's, on Wednesday
ast. Spacious sheds were constructed for the accommo-
dation of the party, which embraced people from all
the neighboring localities, and persona of all denomin-
ations, The tables were very tastefully set ont and
most abundantly supplied with every delicacy nsual-
ly offered on such oveasions. There were places for
dancing. and places for athletic games, and the light-
earted and swift-feoted seemed to enjoy themselven
iminensely. The object of the Tea Party was to raise
funds towards paying off n small debt on the very
beautiful new Chapel erected on the College grounds
mainly through the zeal and exertions of the former
Missionary Priest, the Rev. Pius MeV’hee, Hos Lord-
ship the Bishop of Charlottetown, and nearly al! the
Clergy of his diocese, were present; the Key, Mr
Harkins, a distinguished Parish Priest from Quebec,
and the Rev, Henry Crawford, the popular Pres
yterian Minister at Morell, salvo honored the occasion
y their presence. Wo understand that a sum be
tween £150 and £140 was realized by this very pleasnt)
festive gathering. — Zz,
We observe by an advertisement in yesterday's Js-
lander that an agricultural Exhibition will be hold ot
Crapaud on Wednesday the 23rd day of October next.
The Exhibition is intended solely for the Tenants of
Lady Georgiana Fane, who has authorised her agen's
Henry Palmer, Esq.. to expend a portion of her rental
in prizes, This is an act of praiseworthy liberality on
her Ladyship's part. Had all the absentee Proprictors
eget — ; ‘On tenants in the sume spirit, the histo
ot the Land Question would be more satief
ithas been.— at, dt
New Bosrox Packet.—Tho Alice } ick,
the — of a Bell, Exq., at tp’ Bs Bn
pec, and owned by I. C. Hall, 0. © ste.
wnd William Dodd, Esquires, and (ect, Thomaa
i Cve other
here yesterday, and now lines at Peake'a W radon sea
,
her equipmeuts as 4 sailing Pack
A aalling Packet between this
and Boston are being completed, The Alice Mf, rit fe
modelled much aft ** Carri i - “
. uch after the “Carrie M. Rich,” and her
materials and workmenship are of the best description ,
ioa@ ds 183 tons, new measurement, and hes a da
carrying eapacity, and good accomodation for cabin
passengers. We wish her enterprising owners success.
—Pat
The body of 1 man named Stramberg, who with several
others was lost near Point Prim by the upsetting cf a sail
boat on the night of the gale, was picked up near St, Peter's
Island, on Monday, and brought to this city, and, after a
Corone’s Inquest being held thereon, it was inteired in the
Protestant Cemetery.
Ringwood House, the property of Col. Cumberland,
situate on Warren Farm, was destroyed by Fire on
Monday the 12th inst. The fire originated hy the set-
ting on fire to the woods in the vicinity of the House.
The Dominion, one of our small but rrowing fishin
flect, returned yesterday evening from the gulf with
150 barrels mackerel. ‘This fine schooner belongs to
W. Welsh. E The Comet, owned by Capt O, Evans,
and Hon. D. Davies, and the Model owned by William
Hearn, Esq., also arrived trom the Gulf this week.
ig latter vessel sailed on her second trip yesterday,
-~Pat,
ALL SORTS OF ITEMS.
ty” All the public offices are closed to-day, by order
of the Governor in Council, in order of the Scottish
Games on Government House grounds. The day is
— eney observed throughout the City as a Publie
oliday.
Quite a number of visitors to tho Scottish Games ar-
ae
Prussia, a8 80 obvious that the pressure brought to tarned (notwithstanding it was distinctly understood
bear is only that of clear argument and friendly conn-)th%t the young gontlemad should not be sent aloit in|its own merits, of the support of the people, it de-
sel, The treaty of Prague has not even been snetion: heavy weather, nor forced to do any very laborious } | a
ed in the negoviations, which are conducted in the| (ty 7 board, and that he was to be kindly treated and|*etVes to be eae oye pi cree yi sage aa
most amicable manner. ‘The trne canee of the general oe after by the ger be ys subjected by the|@race—a fate which we sincerely trust is in store
second mate to a series of brutal and degradi - ini H : ni : F :
Duet ated iene ee the. Beats rages whtch placed him in imminent pert of bie fife. avon mreperelt many, Se reting passion,” ag well as those of all sections of the Dominion, we can | ject of reconstruction. General Grant succeeds bim,
arioamenta in France... These give ft to nervousness | He wae Strack between the eyes by the second mate| “Mich is said to be strongly manifested even in readily believe that the Yankees have preferred the| Her ls ay iron-clad ship-of-war, Favorite, Capt.
in fingnce, and men's fears quickly interpret in the| ith his clenched fist, arid on the bead; kicked in the|death, is here prominently exhibited. ‘The history |cheaper and more comprehensive Licenses of the Do-| Stott which lay in Charlottetown harbor for ten mp Sa
oh a ribs; welted with a rope across the thighs, until th 2 sailed for Gaspe on Thursday morning last, She
fri sense nee sp yan Sb eT Wis panes ye ag ware Whack and blue; compelle 72 bh 4 upright pa of the Coalition Government has weortonsly been peng’ one thie oneal The Lieutenant Gover- tailed to look after the Fisheries of pre Proviness, aed
niablevby any fair observer that, after having seen an|the narrow rail of the ship's bulwark, without strap or|one of make-shifts, of corruption and thimble-|"or and three of his ministerial advisers went on board the] is expected back bere im the course of a few welts.
Austrian Army overthrown ina succession of battles Protection of any kind, to haul up buckets of water forlrigging, In the maangement of the elections, there-| “utter on Thursday afternoon; but whether in concec-| Some Editorial romarhs proposed See te-day’s peper, t
in.one week, aad Vienna all but occupivd, the Fronch| "Sing the decks, when the ship was in rapid motion, : tion with this License business or not we are not aware.|the Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition advertised in
could net remain content with a force of 400.000 men, (294 when the slightest slip would have caused him to fore, which promise to be the presage of the sudden All we can say is that the differenve in License fees has to-day's paper, are unavoidably crowded out,
or deductions made for Algovia, garrisons, and|t¢™mble headlong into the sea, at the risk of his life.|death of the Coalition, we are not iu the least sur- : ar : ; The Patriot's rumor about a special messenger from
pe =p oe would find t dificuhy | <0 Forced to ascend the ri ging to the Lop-mast head in ° ° not improv our revenue ‘ and if'a change for the bet- Downing Street on important business, and a dens; teh thi.
r ull Gnd great diiiculiy in placing 150,- ; prised to see these corrupt principles attempted to ; ' va
000 troops in a line of battle; and how could such a pnd cd 8 — weat ” ~ take in sail—in a word, ; ‘3 des’ We tata b bondd ter has been effected, we shall not regret it. His Excel- +o ny Seon agua by the Atlantic Cable, is, we learn,
foree measure itself with the ‘countless hosts of now|"¢ WAS kicked, and strack, an knocked about, and so/)¢ put in practice, 6 Rave too much cenfidence,|jency was honored with a salute of thirteen gues ; and t foundation,
Prussia, What we feet about ovr naval power, Waser overworked and exbavsted from daily holystoning the however, in the intelligence and integrity cf the|Hie Lordship Bishop Melntyre, who aleo visited La] , The Wesleyan Sabbath School Tea came off at Spruce
ili The G *yo.| decks upon his knees, for four hours at a streteb. th : wy : 4 : Avenue on Wednesday, and the Bible Chri ct
o ya “a pores agen Lal birch | Eng- it is almést impossible to conceive how he eve tually electors to suppose that they can be gulled by such|Canadienne the same evening, was honored with the Willow Farm on Monday last, stian Society at
only approximates to our own. In like manner, al{|¢s"Pel with bis’ life.—The charges. before the Court|palpable and unworthy trickery into returning a me-|salute due to the dignity of his rank—namely, eight! We Jearn that the Cod aré on our North shore in
Frencete agitated on finding that sho ls no longer the were limited as much as possible to the return voyage, jority of representatives to support a corrupt and guns. On Friday, she sailed for Gaspe, with the Hon. at abundance, and the fishermen are making fine
firet military power of Emope, and will have to make|*"4 © the question of assaults; those with reference to George Coles as a guest, he having gone on a cruise) ha
exertions to keep even a first-rate place. ‘hae the voyage home from Liverpool are in abeyance. extravagant Government. It speaks badly for the ot ton days or a fortnight for. the nel oe of his health
ps uneasiness engendered by the precaution of| To make along story short, as the old saying is, the| Wisdom and patriotism of the Dominion Statesmen, | w. wi i 4 :
« oy bear a yet no siugle — upon ag before a Magitrats i toa ree and it may/ as well as for the harmonious working of the Con- epic at sours ati on
ich an te exists or upon which a quarrel|be just as well to remark that. notwit standing the :
é fixed. strenuous efforts made by allin Court, who were inter-|*titution, to see one of the most baneful and odjec-
“” RPOPENING OF THE OAKS COLLIERY — rds a. vd yoy ge a +o was/tionable features in the politics of the neighboring
* i n
‘ha the tend draws nehe when the boilies of the un-|yoong gentlemen was ever otherwise than cient hoary Republic carried into practice at the very outset, we
fortanate mmers who have been entombed for more|obedient and silent, under his bitter «ufferings. Helmay say, of the Dominions career,
Fishing Liconses at the rate of fifty ceuts per ton, where-
as, the Island Government demands one dollar per ton,
As, however, the Dominion Licenses very unjustly per- Secretary Stanton has been dismissed by Presid
mit their holders to fish around the coaste of this Island| Johnson on account of difference of dpuaek ae the 2 9
rived from Nova Scotia last evening by the teame
Princess of Wales. fos ; ,
uls, The fish are, however, general] Hi ;
but what is lacked in the quailty of det re mabe - :
the quantity. The Mackerel are beginning to strike in,
but not im any groat numbers as yet,— Pat,
The friends of Gen. Meagher havi iven
of recovering his body, will haves solo High
‘*
Tfle Annual Rifle Competition, which came off at the
Model Farm on Monday and Tuesday of this week, re- M teeneed shies Gat
sulted m Capt. Tanton, Queen's Own, St. Eleanor's,| Mass celebrated on o August at the Jesa
scoring thirty pointe at three and five hundred yards Church, Sixteenth street, N. Y. for the repoee of his
the ize—a National Association medal and ih} The Paper Mill on Little River, N. B., about two
# ure to be exhumed, the mtorest of|ctied and sobbed, it is true, but his cries and robs were|continuons and never-ending elections b
iy means ofjcash. Woodside, also of the "s Own, |miles from town, was totally destroyed abou
Progressing fev on mies ed wiv bek 1 AE ay abalimerinsenmtiins ga MOI publie mind is kept ia © state of pérpetanl| 0nd Private Harper, Thistle Company, B Peter’ Sand, ee eck Oat Seating, We all the walck oy. ware.
Peat Lees ectully seal-| On the first day, on the occasion of the complainant|tarmoil, and through which the ‘nterests of the Teesday at the five bonded yaeae Toasts on cael Ingured. for about $3,000. ras tuty 2, Co
pr ethan ve to be “areges | his sworn deposition, the Mayor and Council- country are made to suffer. There is nothing oither —an Association medal and £3 cash, and was won Bishop MeKinnon rewurned to An " the
renched, The state o/|dgy. Councillor Mitchell dieetmoerat vk Choceet ia the situation of poblie affairs or fo the by the former. The all-comers prise was won by Pri-[after an sheonce of nearly thtwe monte dine” it
BFAVest points, but, as' Batcher took his place; and on the third and last day,/of the Act of Union, to prevent the elections being Cenpany, wus bie mnt WH a seep ion ie reception from
Li i cicanal
thirty-one points at the same ranges.