(Fro 7 w te a esndene V. Vevhen no distinction whatever, in any f : sh Empire, between the Eng lishman and the Irishman. Wherever there is a difference, it is in favor of the weaker people. ‘Thew are jess heavily taxed in’ their own tsland. Every career in Eaghoni is per- foctly open de tigm. OA our bar they ebere the highes® prises, Bir Hugh Ching, who has just been promoted to the Chief dustice- ship in ore GourterChancery, isan driciinan, ‘Thore ave three dpishinen among our common Jiw judged, and Rosts of Trishinen are prac- tising WINNT anecess at oar while there is no Boettsteren onthe Lrish> bench, or, so tar nad know, in practice at the Gish bar. In the church wid 0 ry the sange rule hoids, andin the me: profession there arc many Trishmen our ling physicians and snreeons, State education in trelimd is on a far better footing than in England, andin this respect, but for the internecine qnarrels of the churches nail seets, there would be nothing more to be wished ovfought for, The only veal grievances which réemain—the lestablished church and the system of land tenares— would be abolished in a session, but tor the opposition of Lrish- Maen themse i Chroma recent Speech by Judge Beogh—an Irishman. ) © T will not, even in this assemblage, where muny differ from me in opinion, stand silent and hear the it and glorious empire to which our destinies are inseparably attached (er applause) —I will not hear that coun- try, which present’s the greatest career to the young men of his island that any country ever preseated since the beginning of the world. spoken of'in a detracting spirit. (Applanse.) 4 will nothear her, if f can by my voive refute | the calumny, tpoken of'as an enemy of the | oppressed, (hear, hear.) upon the liberties of in freedom of opinion. (Grext applause.) are told that tie nations of Busope are refory ing themselves, and so they are. The world is undoubtedly at this moment, as we Rll can seo hy mianitest signs and perturbations, big with some great birth which may be a mon- strona prodi which may be a benefactor to the human race, Dut J should he glad to know his name who thinks slicitly of the destinivs of Baghiund, antl who torgets the im- portant part which she has at ail times taken in the march of civilization und the freedom of the huimin anse.) Spain. indeed, har wr in must entertain a Ii nd! And thatis to be said in an assemblage of Trish- men! Do they forgas that from the port, which, T hope, is yetQestined to be a depot for ihe conmerce ofQbe American world, went forth some 36 yea¥s ago, a litle army mostly composed of Lrishmen, headed by 4 great sind illustrious Irishman—as Napoleon himself said of him, * Vagaguers dela terre? ‘They went forth, and the? never luoke ck till Ahey had entered the QM of ne. (T'femendous appiiuse.) Spain has wrongs to a mtAst Kngland! Let Vimicra, Corn nit mancea, aud a hundred other dmperishable names tell the tale — if Spain thinks she has wrongs—of Spanish in- wratitude, but of British magnanimite. (CDeat- ening and prolonged applause.) Let France be taught to respect the independence of Bel- gium! How deep was the gore which floated npoa. the wnsanguined plains of Belgium, is the trampler kind, as 2 crasher of We Se pee eS a etme mana eS na mmm ta A SUMMERSIDE JOURNAL, TILE RSDAY, DECEMB the quanti ot water delivercd te every ine hatirat of Roodie was ten thes the water ep sot Lenore An alatidant punply oi we was a spocial charactaristic of anclent ¢ en read of tie inhabitants ofa ios efrem thirst. And there was no overerowding. Nine val contaisedd 600,000 intmldtants, but the popalotion of London was, for its size five times as dense ¢ The an- clots did uot the dead to be buried withia the walls of their cittes--4 practice on- ty bevtaning to be abolished with as.) Th read tie ovr day of some people taking eeholera fromoawashing the clotlwaol tose why had dicd from that malady. According to the Mosaic how these clothes would have been burned. Moses would not allow people to live in houses that were unhealily. but it was no use tugning the people out and allowing the hon ¢ to stand; he knew people wouldtive in it irit remained, and so he sald-—"* Down ‘with ¢ nd stone of it.” Inthe mat- s Hint of Ninevah. allow | purpose of complete sewerage. and there yet tremained a sewer in Rome'so wile that a cart loaded with hay might pass through it, Ex- eellent and well contrived drains had been discovered in Ninevah and other towns, ‘The refuse of the cities was burned in the open bplains, ‘The hand-looms of 8,000) years ago ‘produced cloth of as fine a quality, in point (of texture. color, and style, us we can pro- ‘duce; an the Hindoos and some of the Atri- eans knew the process of manutieturi hand steel, which led them to look with con- ‘tempt and to reject as rotton, the specimens Loft Chese inctals which we sent them. [n- all ‘these points the past compared favorably with | the present. (Bean Wimer & « Buropean Tines, Dee 3.) 1e London correspondent of the Scotsman sasserts that serious ‘dissensions exist in the Cabinet on the question cf Reform—that Mr. )Disracli has horrified some of his calloagues ‘by his proposals, and that he has endeayo: ‘ hs ; fy t is coneer s fur fr ‘ing (td bring them to reason by threatening ani this Island is concerned, as fir from being | nation. | The public will hear with pain of the loss of the steamer Scodand. belonging to Uie Na- tional Steam Navigation Comp; ot this port. When the ident ovcurred she was ‘leaving N York on her way to the Mersey, land eane into ¢ ion with an iward-bound ship, called the Kate Dyer. So severe was the shoek that the sailing vessel immediately went down, and the steamer sunk also, bat not betore she had been brought into shallow vater. ‘Phe telegram announcing this calium- ity is silent as to the loss of life. so the pro- bability is that the destruction ofa magnificent steamer, fitted up with water-tight: Lulkheads and every modern improvement, and the rnin ‘ofthe sniling cratt—events bad cnough in ithe ‘tion avg an lite. The storm which swept t coast of England on the 4th © uiser eral vessels, the casu- alities bding attended in atleast two justinces Uwith loss of life. The approach to rec iation on the part Fof Austria towards Prussia does not appear to the very expeditions. Tt was recently stated jin the Berlin papers that Austria was concen- trating troops in Galicia, and that Russia re- xu foring tvom lunged, but sarely, it ever, | » not intensified by the extine-| i oe See ae amo ae wost Severely tyeated iy ndmitted on all hands. The details of the punishments inflicted oa them are sickening to read. When these atrocities became known in Britain, the publiganind was filled with in- , Summerside Sournal. “THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1866. 1? por Ne notice can Le treken of andy niin ‘communications. We must know the mames dignation and shame. (Q cry for enquiry and addresses of our correspondents ag. 8 £Ut- and for justice so Joud and so general that ranty of thelr pool faith. We cannot undér- | a take to retarncommunicationsthatare not used ‘BY Zevernment dare disrey: heard through the Jength and the breadth THE YEAR 1866, | RNS | ‘Trartine flies quickly is amexecedingly | trite remark, but an exceedingly trae one. it seems to us but the other day that we twere occupied in doing for 1865 what we | Pare now about doing for its successor, L860. | When we cast a retrospective glance upon | was the result, ‘Phis commission, ikea patiently hearing and-sitting-the evidence | on both sides, caine jto the conclusion that) though the measures taken by Gover oF ‘Eyre and his subordinates were unne sitily severe, yet they could not be said to he criminally so. Governor Eyre, though | superseded, was not indicted tor any crim- inalact. When we cone to consider the circunistances under which the white popu- lation of Jamaicn were placed, we will be able to make some allowances for people placed in a situation of such great and im- minent peril. A handful of white inhabi- tants were literally at the mercy of the negro population, whoin Morant Bay and other places, evincad a most sanguinary aud revengeful disposition, The belt, whether well or ill grounded, prevailed that the whole Island was vipe for rebellion, and that if prompt and stringent measures were not taken, similar outrages would be per- potrated in every part of the Ishind, This they felt was no time for half measures. The spark of rebellion must be quenched atonce. The existence and the honor of eyery man, woman and child in the coun- try hung upon a thread, and if the negroés were not conyineed by the only logic¢ they were Capable of understanding, that it was hopeless to contend against their white satisfactovily determined as it was this tine | (o}foy islandors, 2 general massacre of the last year. Tt is true that New Brunswick whites would most certainly ensue. Fear! by avote of the people, and Nova Svotin) js pitiless, and even were the danger pure- by the decision of its legislature, have! jy imaginary, due allowance should be decided favorably to the principle, but in} made for those who were by the iafluenc this Island both the people and their Re-) ofthat passion almost beside themselves { presentatives look with distrust and dis-| put we have no on for supposing that! like upon any scheme of Union with the} (yo danger was tn imaginary, far from it. Continental Provinces that may be mooted. | pyeye were plain indieations of deep di Whether the Delegates now at work in} content among the blacks, aud that. dis- London can so modify the Quebee Scheme) oontont among an emotional people such of Union as to make it aeceptable to the as they ave might, under favorable and Lower Provinces, is a question which exciting circumstances, find vent in thinking men who are not partigans, find) yocs of fiendish violence and eruelty, Tt] itvery dificult to answer, either in the | is y (act to which we attach much. signiti- | affirmative orin the negative. For the re- ve that among the inhabitants of Ja- sult we are contented to wait hopefully and] ys aien Governor Eyre's conduct mét with patiently, Deltys ave not always danger} a qost unq:talified approval, He sas! ous, copy book wisdom to the contrary not-| hajed as the delivercr of the people, and) withstanding, We have a presantiment) yqdyressed asa publie benetactor, and this | that a brilliant future awaits these Britis) too, by grave and reflective. people. | | the year that is just on the eve of expiring, we feel surprised to think that so many and such great events could have taken place in so short 1 period of time, Events big with the most important consagugnees to mankind have followed one another in quick und startling succession. We have had wars and rumors of wars, famines, pestilences and earthquakes in divers places, and even now as we write, though wild war's deadly blast has ceased Lo blow, men feel an uneasiness, a foreboding that the ealmis nu deceitlul one, and'that the year which we ave about to enter will wit- ness horrors equalling, if not surpassing those of the ope which is now passing away. The old year has bequeathed to us some dificult problems and some sevi- ous annoyances, ‘Lhe knotty question of Confederation whieh we of these British American Colonies ave more particularly interested in solving, seems almost as difficult of solution, and, aé least as fur as oadin g sn | mechanic ud it, was America has been taxed to dovise #8 arm) eytoring just now into any disquisition ~ . KR 27, 1866, a ee poe nome ae ee a ea that has been warmly discumed. The Most feasonably conchision appowrs to tts to be that both eauses have combined to! produce the result, At any rate, Prussia is no, longer ye a monopoly of breech- ams. ‘The ingenuity of and faventors in Earepe aud equal, if not superior to, the famous who, poor man, did not live to: enjoy the fruits ot his oskiikk has- invented en gun, which, it is said, can compete successtully with the Prussian arm. A native oi this little ont-oftthe-way Island of -ours;(Mr. Bowness, of Princetown Row) has in- vented a breéchi-loiding rifle, for which, if we do not mistake, he Las taken out a patent in the United States. He is a poor man, and itis probable that he will share the fate of many other inventors, some one Will reap the advantage of his «skill, while he himself will derive small profit and litle e@redit from the sweat of his brain. - The successful Inying of the Atlantic Cable will of itself, mark the year 1866 as one of the grea hs of human progr Tn no way has science sliown how com- pletely it can trigmph over natural ob- stacles more plainly than in thus biing- ing two continents separated jby a mighty ocean into instantancous communication with one another, W. o will after thissay, what is impossible to'sciénce, skill, euter- prise and energy. Previous co the laying of the cable, thab monstrous :stenm-shipy the *G reat Eastern,” was with great con- fidence pronouncesl a failure, bat if she had stranded tho> day after she had payed out the last mile of the Great Cable, she wotild haye been worth more to the civil- ized world than the cost of hey construec- tion tev times told.” ‘The picking up of the old cunle from the depths of the o¢ean where it hud so long lain was a work more wonderitl, if possible, than the laytig ol the new one, From what we ean learn, the finaneial sue- cess of the cable is complete, Never was success nove deserved, If ever men de- served to make large fortunes itwas: those who in spite of losses and discouragements ‘persevered witil they brought this great undertaking to a successful issue.» We were much pleased to see that at least the hame of one Summerside merchantiscon the books of the Company, Wo sincerely hope that Mr. MeDonabl will receive a benelit commensurate with the cost of the messages he has sent and received, ; We have only sufficient space lett barely of British blood, to free that country from the | girded the movement. with suspicion. ‘The grasp of France? “(Applause.) Let Italy Vienna papers denied the statement; but they | remember her autonomy! By all mesns let) were not believed in the Prnssian capital; aud | herdo so. ‘No man rejoices more than [ do) 4 Viennese semi-ofticial paper now: adhe | at the establishment of the independence and) ty the oy 1 deni:l and further declare unity of Italy. (Applause.) ‘Phe hope iat! that Austria and Russia are becoming better waa nursed at the breast of Dante and ‘Lasso. | fends than ever they were. It is again and for the realization of which 800 years ago | solemnly affirmed that there is to be no con- Machiavelli sighed and prayed, is net Wy | centration of tcoops in Galicia, and further, nonneed with. triumph from benenth those} horses which have twice made the cirenit of) Europe — brought from Corinth to Rome; ! from Rome carried by Constantine to Con- | stantinople; taken by Dandolo to Venice, by TEOMA le tenia Bonaparte to Paris, and finally restored hy een Urat hy ent pall sie i | : British arms to their present position. Choud, ‘The speech of the Viceroy of Egypt is applause.) ‘The iimiortal poct of England remarkible document, ‘The political edue (Byron) said tien of the workl is marching with tolera that such a step was nover contemplated, The health of Count Bismarck is far from being established. Tudeed, it is so indifferent that rumors were current in Paris, a day or their mark in the world’s history. | Fenian- jism has ia the past year caused much an- noyanee and some alarm to the people of British America. It is by no means pleas ant fora people to live foe months in daily expectation of invasion froma, horde. of lawless rafians fresh from ths carnage and the license of the South, and that friendly which cherishes them in its bosom ad encourages them in their unholy en- terprises. That the President of the United federation or out of it, they will yet make. nation does not well deserve the name of American Provinces, tad whether in Con! Cqoreyvmen and lawyers, merchants and) to mention many other events nnd calami- tradesmen, all united in praising Governor | ties, which have occurred inthe year 1809. Byréfor_ his firm and vigorous conduct in| [t has been out melancholy duryeas Jour one of the most dreadful erises in) which | nalists, to clivonicle the oecurrenge of ex- aruler was ever placed, Buta portion of tensive Fives in Portland, in Chavlotictawn; the British public were of a very different) in Nova Seotia, in Quabge, and in other opinion, They were indignant when they | places on this Continest, Ut the of ‘knew that Governor Byro would escape | the Incendiaryelits Deen at Wark 4d has unpunished, and even unrebuked. They! performed Tris dibotioal task whe truly determined to proseente hin in the courts | satanic cunning, for not one has been dis- of the Old Country for murder. | Those | covered, who are best able to judge in this matter are of opinion that this presecution will come to nothing, and say if a man who is Tho faith of the ‘the Money Panicdn England has been | ; f the cause of rain and distress tomany, and | > Greens wharf” was? A DREAM. accounted for in dreaming, is the perfect acquiescence of the dreamer in the im- bable ofjimpossible circumstances in which he may be placed, during the con. tivnance of the dream, Ido not intend on the philosophy of dreaming, but will jo the land. ‘The Jamaica commission | Prossian Needle Gan. ‘Snider, in England [relate a very extraordinary dream 1 had a short time since, in which you will re- mark that species of duality, or double existence——not I believe an uncom characteristic of the habitual dreamer, among whom. 1 aim, fortunately or the re~ verse, compelled to include myself. Without further preamble, being a few nights since in the Land‘of Nod, I found myself a passenger in a Raitroap Car going from CHARLOTTETOWN to SuM- MEnSIDE. As we proceeded, I was not a little astonished at the superior cultiva- tion of the land on ¢ach side of the rail- road, and the frequent view of handsome houses, villas and churches, which I did not remember to have ever seen -before. L ventured to ask whether we had come to Bagnall’s, when a very old gentleman observed that I must bea stranger, seeing that we had left what used.to be called Lagnall’s on our right some time since, and that in a few minutes we should reach what had formerly been called Barret's Cross, about four miles from the suburb of Summerside, called now, as then, Rich- mond, Feeling that I was in_some sort a stranger, though Thad, I knew, been acquainted with Richmond when * ‘Trayel- ler's Rest,” with only one house—and Summerside when *t Green's Shore,” with but two houses, belonging to the two furms which were afterwards the site of Summerside. 1 was amused at the idea of Richmond being a suburb of Summer- side, but so I found it, and as the car was whirled through streets bordered by handsome houses and stores, 1 tried to find sume of the old landmarks, but in vain. Ina very few minutes Bedeque Bay came in sight, and with it a spl. ndid view of shipping, of every description, merchant steamers of great bulk and yari- ous other kinds of steam vessels, but few sailing ones. We arrived at last at the station, a palatial building roofed over with glass; from thenee to the Hotel, in a strect omnibus. On entering the hotel I was d to write my name in the book kept for that purpose, which I did, to the great astonishment of the person in charge of the bodk, who muttered ** curi- ous, wonder if he is any retation to the ——, ofthis place. I took no notice of this pieco of impertinence, having made up my niind to keep up the character of the stranger that had heen assigned to me in the rail car. “I therefore asked if I could get a guide capable of giving me the necessary information respecting the City. A young man of gentlemanly ap- pearance stepped'up and said as he had the pleasure of being acquainted with, and indeed of being related to persons of my name, he would willingly act as my cteervone. Tt struck- me on looking into his fice, that he must be my great grand- son, but I suid nothing of my suspicion, but accepted his affer at once. I da not suppose, said I, that you know where Oh yes! said he, the sité of it has been often pointed ** * Before Srint Mark's stil! glow her steeds of brasa, Are they not britled ? Thoy are, not now bridled, and in their froe- “rapidity when it has reached Egypt. In open- ‘ing the Chamber, the Viceroy spoke with ‘pride of what his father and grandtither had ‘done for the improvement of the country Stites somewhat tardily exorcised the muthority vested in him in putting a stop to those invasions of the soil of a friendly entrusted with the government of a colony is ta be punished as a murderer when he | ‘The news fron Constantinople shows: that dom Dsay British arms, British poticy. and | the distarbances in Candin are not at an end, Vritish intervention have hada leading part. 7 ae i (Great applause.) ‘This much J thought in SW as uh tell due to my comntry tos. (Applanse.) ‘This ral : ahs nent oe mith T thought it titting elt I should utter |? the work of adventurers, owbehalf of (he country (applause) of which ©. . ‘ 8 1 recolicet what was vattirutiy sent ly a | Histor By ie ate ¢ ae ialeee great Countryman of ours (George Canning.) | sai TEA ro cae be Hest ‘t when he spoke of the full of dynasties, the | 1! He de A ae a ah Holeegeek 330 ruin of empires, kings, mighty’ soverei finst., and declares that 549 Cretans, 350° 0! deposed popes, a sal sent into . He looked around him, and seeing before him Pe. Slits nh the maritime power of Hngland——the flag that | reat ye th is Course, perished. tloated inthe assembly inwhich le was pliced | ie Sa eNOnT By — One Power alone,’ said, he, ‘stood erc 7 te an “bl aE Ps one edifice alone nenained, upon that edifice | MCC hortible—if trae: : tloated that ensign, the signal of-relicf to the || Phe Monttews has at length giv distressed combat int, of shelter to the fallen.” | ling about the ex-Emperor of Mexico. It de- (Tremendous applause.) Vrepare yourselves, ) chives that all the hecessiry preparations have Isay, for the’ gredt’ eyents with may “be heen made for the retin to Europe of the opening before yon! “Propire yoursclyes, French troops; and an effi ‘ial \ icnna paper above all things, to uphold and miintuin the servis that the Anstriin-Mexican legion will honor, thé Gharacter, anil the prestige of the | be brought back and te Uy as ifthey country. @load and prolonged applause) iv ench soldiers gy ckin French ; j vessels, On the Ist of November Masimillian pas at Orizahas and cannot be in’ Lurope so | ys was Oxpected, dy the. ent of Jana- Stowell Brown, of Liver- } or a little tater, these troops will be in in Dumfries last month them native country. Tt will le seen by a We extract the | telegram which came to hand last night, that ja despatch has béen reécived in Paris from | Maximillian, requesting the pnysicians of the on & THE ANCIENTS ALLGAD OF US, The: Rey Iligh pool, gave a lectar on The Good old Vines.” © following passage iy 1 .# Mendid.as wonderful intellectual features 2,009 and 3,000 years nyo us are done in the present'time. Jt it he trne that man was only | an improved, gorilla we dow't find that he shew | Pa SS ise Wy eda greater resemblance to it then than now— One hundred and twenty ready for his own part hy belieyed there were mpre | tops for C. monkeys now than then, and possilly the povcthe gorilla might not soMuch represent tle race | frémewhich we sprun point in the Mediteranvan, on the second fortnight in December, / i) le uni- ntatin Morvis’ artillery Compuny. yr with 7000 yards of cloth and. trim ! i pee miings, besides a quantity of Ammunition and fas the destiny to which | grey stores, were received List week trom We are hastening, Abraham he believed to be Snglind tor the use of the local voluftecr and as thorough-bred a genMtemun as uny in the! militie for ‘nineteenth century—Jacol4is good a man’ of) oth Andina ae S husiness a8 they wonkd find in the Liverpool Tux Atvastic Canue.—We have permis- xchange; while Jéoveply was a statesman and | sion to state that, during the week, two mes- Moses a legilator worth a great deal more | sages have been sent direct to London and ve & week or two Je3 the disturbances a very extraor- dinary piece of intelligence has been commu- nsul in Manchester to onwhich | the tth them women and children, being closely je- ieged ina convent by the Turks, blew them- 4 a netion by this af of hy the explosion. This is on oan ink- awpress Chirlotte to mect him at a given) takes what he honestly considers the best and surest means of preserving the lives and property of those who are consigned to his care, no capable man will be found to underlake a duty which he may be punished ignominiously for endeavoring to perforin to the bost of his judgment and ability. In South America there haye been wars. The Chilians have been fighting with the Spaniards; very little interest has been taken in this war by the people of the Island. ‘The dispute, as far as we can learn, arose as many dtsputes among in- power is quite truss yet we ave convinced that in this, as in ainany other of his most statesmanlike acts, lre did not receive the ‘approval of the great body of those over whom he exercises his authority. That the Teniasns who were taken prisoners while in the act of endeavoring to take the lives of British subjects and to uproct British authority in America will escape with their lives. hardly admits ot a doubt. We cannot help thinking that this is bad policy and erne! meray. It is our opinion that those who without anthyrity undertake to disturb the peace of angAlening commui- ty should be mado to Miow that they do it at their peril, They should be given elcarly to understand that it isa crime of no common miigtitude to invade a country from the territory of a friendly power, and to apread terror and dismay among a de- fengeloss poyation, “Phe merey shown to the Fonian pxisoners will be attributed by the {Fenians thyitselves to any eause rather than toa théteifut disposition on the part of the British authori: * ti and ended. ‘Thy Prussians and Austrians ida, and they will, we think, bomuedYe | united to rob Denmark, and afterwards ready to undertake another raid’ inte | quarrelled about the division of the spoils. British America when opportunity offers, | Qyisycia has been badly beaten, and has then they would have, been, if by. fun-|foyoyver, we think, lost her position among ness anid a necessary severity, the guttial) iy. rages of the Germanic Confederation, and intended murderers af British subjects) piasein has made lage accessions of terri- had received their fust asd lawtal deserts tory. Many of the stale’ German states on the gallows, In Ireland for the gveater) jaye already. been. absorbed by Ber, and part of this year the Fenians hive” been ‘ N toleralily quict, but they Have lately, been matters, Spain wanted tb carry mratters were determined she would not have everything her own way, aud showed fight. The Spaniards we think, got rather the worst of it, but: whether the original milter in dispute has been settled to the satisfaction of either party, ov not, we have yet to learn, most lil t has not. Europe has this year seen a war begun that they now only possess tho semblance dividuals every day arise about money | with a high hand, but the plucky Chilian’s! in theif time than wl our Lords, Commons, and Town Councils put, together. Our me- clainical appliances tor building are far, sup. erior to what eould have been known to the people of the olden times, but they reared np ‘pnildings that fre the just astonishineutof the civilized world, and which we cannot equal | Liverpool per the cable, from this city, by our | enterprisili merchants and townsuien, Messrs, Hugh Monaghan, and J. A. McDonald, of Summeteides The two messages cost 3125, in gold. We wish them success, and! hope | they will he tally reMuncrated for their en- ‘terprisé, ard be always abl to seid miuny giving some trouble to the British authori- ties. ‘The unfortunate people of Ireland have been for many long years, cither the prey of open tocs, or of pretended tients, They have been fearfully oppressed, and mensely, both in power and prestige by the late war, The Ttalians who hate Aus- tria with & hearty hatred, made common enuse with, Prussia against Austria. ofindependenve, Prussia has gained im- | pear to others, are ever We may cojiy them, as we inay copy a paint-) more. These two messiuges are tho first frott ing of im bid taster, but til we strike ont! Prince Bdward Isiand, by the Atluntic Cable. something of out owas rood as the Parthens | —/sl. on or Strasburg Cathedral we must knackte + slown to the old aes We sells ues do} : t ' things on -aogrand seule, and a Cockney | By T 1 er ph J ] Wil bbané that the largest theatre in a € e a 0 ourma ' i u fe * scarce - 7 Hae ald abe Gosbnun, cf Rom Bo London 2tth.— Times considers affairs of George's Hall, Liyirpool, is justly regarded as | Iluly See in Trek condition, despite: tran- a very magoifoent builiting, but it was only af auil app WAX dana Tortton:'dan , ti veny little é i: 8 : ie a Re eik FR ath ere Rently, ana Aur Fat | Fonkin troublés in Treland entirely abated. a milo equare,the whole structure being a very She teuple tranquil, and confidence restired ij PP, + people, Kepeh ee Sehongie we hall salle Seid’ pte. | Suid thit Great Britain certainly requires gross in sanitary sdienve, hit he liellvved we the Spanish Government to satisfy the seizure Were Ata erent disadvagstige compared with | of the ship Tornado, ei near Callao the ancients. In Romi alone there were 800 Rumored that another conspiracy, having blie baths, avibié never fd more tlian halt for its object, the desruptinn of ithe lives ot the poptfation of London, ‘They hii hot, cold, jthe ruling at ar s taeda i urns of mubapoar bathyAnd something like our) government Macovered ay edit, Hawithd ‘Porkiah bith,:and what! was better sti the | Col. aay or ‘ve areh pupte en e a people vonstandy yacd thems = We voasted of PL snide and passed to Mofitreal in’ charge o} our civil engidvering, ae ip wa quae nai ee ae ; if it had advanced: much singe the time hen O8« : the Romans built their acqueduets, which) Cliarlottetown. Deo. 27. ware gapried over valleys, Supported on thou-| Weather very fine. Harbor clear of ive. Neadeot archer, or tunnelle for nitles through | Travelling bad. ‘Times dull and Inactive. ‘the solid rock, while the gréatest sclentitic | Political news flat. skill Was required to give the supply Hie pro- | Bxecutive Council meets to-day. Rumored per gradient. There was'a great dent of tnik | disgolution of Assembly inmeidiitelye Also about that wonderful triumpp of genius, bring: reported that unother gosgion OF thu present ing the water of Logh Kamihe to Glasgow, but i House first. ~ the bad passions engendertd by that oppression have continued to Jive when the causes of their existence have ceased to act. Those who will take the trouble te think, can clonrly see that the people of England have now not the least desire to oppress those of the sister country, On the contrary, they evines a lively sym- pathy for their Irish fellwy’ subjects and seom determined to aid them in obtaining a redress of those real’ - grievances of which they have so Tong and so yainly compliined, The big British heart fovls for every one, no matter what his nation or what lis color, who is groaning under the red of the oppressor. “Convince the Englishmin that he has helped co ill-use afellow being, and he instantly fi his downright way, sets about repairing the injury he has wittingly or unwittingly Though unsaccesstal both by sea and land they suceceded in wresting Venetia from the grasp of Austria. Haly, with the ex- ception of the Pontificial Stites is now tuder the, rule of a common sovercign, How long it will be before the whole pen- insula is consolidated into one kingdom it is difficult to predict. The French troops were to have evacuated Rome on the thirteenth of the presentmonth, [tis said that they will return on. the very first ap- pearance of revolt among the people, but if the Pope's rule as a temporal Prince is distasteful to the inhabitants of the Papal States, their absorption into the kingdom of Italy is a mere matter of time. A com- promise of some sort must sooner or later be entered into. No country.can in these days at least, be long held in subjection to rolers whom thé great body of the people of inconyenienee to all, English publie, in financial concerns, eon- ducted on the principle of hinited liability, has been rudely shaken, Tho Mexican Empire is at last, to all Appearances, on the very evo of falling. Its estabbehmept was the mistake of Louis Napoleon's wonriul career. Ile has de- | vived neither hofor or protit from thishis atteniptrto foreo*en a people a government nosuited togwtir wants. “Maximilian will be happier in Europe than he was in Mexico, Ifhis amiable wife were recover- ed, we would feel inclined to congratulate him on his escape Trom the cares, the dan- | gers and the responsibilitics of Sovereignty jin America. The Famide fh Tadin hak been a truly awiul aflictiOn. Surely something might be done by the government of India to sive the unfertunate Hingoos from such terrible visitationsin future, : Ths revolt ia Candia Ints occupied pub- lio attontion for some time, Wo who know so little of that distant Island, and of the people who inhabit it, ean be at best: but poor judges of the merits of the dispute between the Christiau Candians and their Mahometan rulers. One thing seems cor- tain, and that is that the days of Turkish rale in Europe are numbered, ‘That em- pire has been tottering to its full for a long time. k At home, in this snug little Isle of our own, we have, dating the year 1866, been blessed with peace and plenty. We have, (4s. people, purstied tho eren tenor of our the rest ave so much under her intigenre, | wity, busied with our own lite cohces, | ‘hich, howeyer ins nificant they may ap- ytiing. to us, Duriig’ the past year we have endeayor- ed to perform our pronifses to oir patrons, We have enlarged oy shect, and spared no pains to make 4 interosting., . We have the satisfaction of knowing that our labog has been appreciated; and Cankfal ‘tor fhe support tendered us, we, in conelu- sion, Wish then one aid all A Unery, Harey New Year! tor We learn that the Charlottetown Mail which heretofore was sent from Cen- treville to North Bedeque,on Tuesdays and Fridays, has been discontinued, and that the carrier does not go further than Cen- treville, This isa great injustice done to the people ot North Bedeque, and we hear that they hare already petitioned the Post- master General to have it renewed, ty Cunisratas Day was pideed a! green’ one, and a dull onetoo. Not a sound was there to be heard, opt the noise on the rcotofthe heavy rain which fell, and an occasional hurrah trom some fellow who had drank too freely trom the Bachanalian bowel, ber Dorma the past week we have had done, The emancipation of the negro in the British West India Islands is one proof ofthis, andthe loudly expressed yt tion of the British people at the Mleged eruelties permitted by Governor Eyrio is another,. That the blacks of Jamaica wert disapprove. ol. The needle gun cand | Sadowa will ‘always be mentioned to- | gether by the future historians of Europe. | Whether Prussia owes its late success to) the needle gun or to the superior diseip-| line and moral Waits troops, is a question heavy rains, and the snow has disappeared ; and our harbér, thotigh'froze sufliciently strong to carry foot passengers, is again open. eur tw" WE have been obliged (momit seve- ral advertisements, as well as séme ovigi- pal matter, in type, intended for this issue, out to me by my grandfather and great uncle, mentioning their names—which convinced me that I was right in my sus- picions of the relationship between us. lic then ted the way, and so we went along one of the streets leading to the ter side, he stopped at a crossing, and said, ‘now we are on what used to be the head of Green's wharf, or the Queen's, as it was afterwards named.” We then proceeded some hundreds of yards further and arrived at a Quay, of such extensive magnificence that I had never before seuv, My guide informed me that about twenty-five years since—a short time be- fore he was born—the corporation of Sum- merside, in consequence of the growing: importance ofthe commerce of the port, had obtained an act from the Confederate Parliament of Ottawa, enabling it to pur- chase the wharfs and docks from the pro- prictors, and that it had first run the street parallel to old water street, and by an embankment to the channel of the harbor, had formed the quay you now sec, extending, the whole fot belong to the descendants of the former proprietors, given them in exchange {or the properties surrendered ; further up and down are shipbuilding establishments, marine stips,; and: commercial buildings of various kinds. On the opposite shore, the Fisheries are carried on in a manncr that reflects credit on the place, and is productive of great wealth to the proprit- tors. What oane-bé the-ugé of that im- mense-—thoogh te my eye shapeless and uncouth—nniss of steam machinery, as hy its chimney T suppose it ig? “+ That is a steam ice crusher. In former times | we were shut in by the ice during four or five months of the year, and these erush- ers Were intended for the purpose of ex. abling us to carry on our trade during the winter as well as summer; these long lovers that you perceive armed with iron mallets, aré moved by steam, and come down on the ice alternately with the force of several tons, breaking the ice at every blow. She is propelled by iron paddle wheels of great strength, bothat the sides and inthe middle, so that the ico broken by the hammers are ground to lolly by the wheels, and the yessel propelled av the same time.~ Though shallow, she is very long and broad of beam, and carries an immense cargo. There are two hore and two at Cape Traverse, and are found todo their work well. It would astonish were to get out of their graves and look at these and several other improvements that they had no conception of.” © Olid cocks!” T said to myself, and was about to administer a severe rebtike to my des. cendant, but remembering my incognito, and convinced that be did not know to whom he was talking, 1 mercly smiled, and nodded an assent. * You would like to see some of the other lions of our City? Suppose we take a look at the old Bank, ithas been much admired,” Not without reason, said I, as I looked upon a large building with a greclan pier : nt of the. City. Many of these spacious warchouses? our great grand-fathers if the old’ cocks”