= . 7 a | Philip, in his letters te Ellen, seldom reminded | tastes or feelings would have become perverted. His faith was centred in a belief of her high prin- ciple, her truth, and Her warm heart, and seo when he heard from herself, as well as from her uncle, of the continued sejourn vf the handsome stranger at the Manor, and of the attention which he paid her, no jealows pany wrung his heart, and he hope- fully looked forward te the time when emancipa- Yion trom his etadies would place him once more of there betrothal withia the domestic circle at the Maner About a week before the time when Philip was te arrive at the Manor, the ‘Merton Arms’ receiv- ed an accession of guests, in the shape of two tra- ‘vellers, who, if net as aristocratic as the one whe had dashed ap teits door in acurricle some mouths All earth's powe wever have persuaded hun that in his absence her rs could A A ST a. aes See NS MISCELLANEOUS, A RECENT TRIAL AT THE OLD BAILEY, IN LONDON—AFPFECTING SCENE, LORD CHIEF JUSTICE TINDAL PRESIDING. George Hammond, a portrait painter, was placed at the bar, to be tried on an indictment tyund against hime by the Grand Jury, for wilful murder, with malice aforethough, of Geo. Baldwin, a rope-dadeer and mountebank. lie waa @ man of medinm height, but slepder form. Hjs eyes were blue and mild. His whole bearing gave evidence of subdued sadness and melancholy re- signation. He was 41 years of age, bad a soft veice, and his appearance and manner bore evi- before, preceded by outriders, were, at any rate, equally mysterious im their movements. ‘them was a man of some five and forty years, Yatlier short in stature, and whose features were ha reh and nnprepossessing. One ot Lut there was a cer- fain amoant of plausibility in his speech, and he ‘evineed cousiderable tact and cunning iv the man- ner in whieh he coutrived to acquire information relative to the various families iu the neighbour- heed, and the principal items of local gossip. Much of his time, furs day or two after his arrival, Was spent in the bar-room of the ‘ Merton Arms,’ | in the company of Hugh Dalrymple’s two servants, | whe still rewained there, although what he was able tose in their society was mone than the portly landlord could fathon, When not thus engaged, he busied himself in his own apartment in the care- ful perusal of various bundles of papers, while his companion, who wae much more reticent and re- served in his manner, availed himself of the privi- | lege accorded to residents at the ‘Merton Arms,’ | by Frank O'Malley, of visiting the grounds sur-; : ln the course of these ram- « he new and again encountered Ellen and ‘rounding the Manor. h alrymple strolling through the demesne, and upon these occasions, although it might have been observed that he respectfully stood aside to allow | ‘them to pass, he would follow their after move- ents With a degree of scrutinizing zeal that} evidenced the interest he tovk in them was of ne ordinary kind. te And that he and his companion had a motive in| yarket their apparently cecentric proceedings, Wag 8000 | their feats. tury of that quiet little village cumstauce. One fine afternoon Charley Grace, then the doutler, but at oue period the huntstan of Frank O'Malley, perceived, with no small ‘surprise, the two guests at the ‘Merton Arms,” leisurely walking up the avenue that led to the Manor, and to nad still greater amazement,saw that they were accom: | ‘panied by the village coustable. nota J. P., and what the latter's objee*, im thus) done. At’ the moment I regretled that I was seapeug the Manor, was quife beyopa Charley's lable to kill but once.” comprehension, and, theretote, he hastened to ap- | prise his master ,who was in lis study, of the cit-| Christian seutiments. O'Malley was 06 less surprised as to the meaning of this unusinl visit, and directed the | trie te be shown inte the parlour of the Manor, where he speedily joined them, anxious to know the | cause of their appearance there. on this point, the sejourner at the ‘Merton Arms,’ te whem we have more particularly alluded, said: | that mah had done. ““T have the hendur, I believe, to address Mr. | Frank 0" Malley ?” to your notice, he "” “ The same, sir, at your service. “ And I, sir, have the honor to intruduce myselt »wever unpleasant iy visit uiay ultimately prove, as John May.” “The name is ove that 1 do not immediately eall te mind. i * Probably not, sir, but it is one well known inj London, 1 ai, in short, as well gsiny eymrade, a] vediet.” Bow-street officer, and diy present business here is | to arrest a person who hits pitality for, [ believe, some months. My justitica- tion for this seeming strange proceeding, is ” Perhaps you would ¢iear, for a circumstance vcecrred, sO rmiuch out ot i the ordinary course of events in Merton, that to} this day it forms the most notable ébent in the his-| O'Malley was To his inquiry | ep enjoying your hos- warrant,” he added, produting that document. “ Arrest Iny quest, sir!" said O'Malley. “ I do bot egaeily comprehend you.” explain mys bank, in him at last, and wlflle nly Success is to me a source | twenty, reputed tobe his daughier. They lived of more than mére gratification, I have only to tender yu, awkwardly it may be, Lui I ea. as- eure you sincerely, my resret that my professional | was cealled—thought it a slight attack, aud left #| of into the residence of a gentleman whose character | is beyond any suspicion, and whose ouly asseeia- | which I experience at the fact of my roof-tree | soon attracted attention by receiving much company, having fer a second sheltered one whose autece-| keeping a generous table, and opening parlors to dents are such as you have described. Aud this S0™eWhat high play, at which it was afterwards - Lam vr © should have necessitated my cog iywed of that, air, but allow me to | , ie gs tew words as possible. There! obliged to surround him with an escort. The harges Against the person in ques-| women were determined to E you would be hardly able to comprehend the general nature of the proceedings instituted against him. Nor is it necessary that you should do se, but the specific charge upon whieh I held | this warrant for his arrest, is his malversation, to | au ineredible extent, of the funds of a London which he held the positien of cashier. continued the officer, * for the last six | or eight months 2 stern chase atter him, and that) is ptoverbially a lengthened one,but I haveearthed | semi-military bearing, with a young woutan about intrusion ose "rank O'Malley at.the econelu- peech are indescribable. Mutioning the eee and his colleagues tu seats, he remain- ed si sat fur a few minutes, but at last observed : “TL nerd not remark how puignant is the regret regret is the more irritating, seeing that the plausi- bi lity of his manuers has gamed Tor him se much of the seciety of my daugliter, while his qualifica- tions as a sportsman have secured his accéss cireles of all the ‘of Merton. to the chiet families in the neighbourhood | hastily seut for, «bile the man hang over his dangh- He is not at present within, but Tex- ‘pect him every minute, and will gladly atfurd you every funds wus not the only one against the gerfleman | -ility te aid the ends of jy tice.” But this viiarge of malversation of the Bank's whe wititled up toe the * Merton Arms’ one May yuorning, fellowed by a pair of out-riders; whose distingue appearance aud off-handed manner so coinpletely awed the good people ot Mefton; who | able actors appeared on the same stage. This time followed thé county hounds with such sportsman. | the scene was at Liverpool; the man a ship owner like ardour and dash; who was the cynusure of all | of reputed wealth—with whom lived his niece, an eyes; whe so coully wade himself at bome at the | unmarrred lady, owning considerable landed pro- Manor ; and whe Wooed and almost won the daugh- | terofitauwner. “ugh Dalrymple,” (as he ealied | himself wheu he did condeseend to give had so.many aliases that-it would be task (even for Jolin May) to trace nymie, There were tew of the ¢ ~ a name), | a difficult | dispensed his hospitulities in a most graceful man- his true patro-| ner. j aming-tables in | venta ten had oecyrred to which he frankly owned, continental cities at which he was not dleddyan-|™eDtioning graduatly that his affairs demanded tageougly Known. be was, in fine, ay aceomplish- ed segue and blickleg, and it Was whispered even | worse, a'though it was difficult to fix the darker | sTiines poll hun.” How he contrived to obtain a | singular transaction, he found no diflleulty in getting a of trust ina London Bank was never | underwriters. nown; the only feasible opinion hazarded w as, | matter be kept seeret; and under cover =: ‘his se- tnat having got the son of one of the firm inte hix | Tet be succeeded iv effecting insurance with no less power mm some ‘ hell,” he had employed his advan- | tage in seeuring a he tth ip the éatablishivent—wit what result we have seen. So cog! and consuinmafe a scoundrel was he, that when arrested by John May (whom he at once recognised as ‘an old acquaintance) on his Ellen, he cool iu remarked that there were few pledsanfer da, 8 ini his eareer tlian those which he had spent M | ’ custod we anor, Aud what said Ellen to the denouement of this | strange but true story ! return from a stroll with| set in, and in the morning all Liverpool knew that raised his hat as he left the place | the merchant's niece died suddenly. with one of his moet elegait bows,| . This time, no haste wus made with the funeral. 4 ‘ w at Merton4 or / . She flung herself upon | careless about his affairs; and in no haste at all to her father’s neck, and while her bosom heaved and | claim the insurances, most of which steod for months throbbed, as her feelings sought to gain utterance | after {t became dune. He had selected his men with in speech, no words could @xpress thein. They! were toy deep Tor speech, and it was not until ber parent soothed her with all a parent’s tenderness, that she at length revealed how deep a hold the stranger possessed of her affections,‘and in what a new light Philip stood ju her estimation. Never be- tore had she appreciated his patient and enduring aitachment. ‘ressing her hauds upon her burn- ing forehead, she remained some moments buried ju deep thoiiyht, but at length she exclaimed : “ Oh, has it at list coine'to this; and is my onge happy home to be rendered lafe for ever rough me. Uh, Philip! Philip! how my poor rain racks and furubs — how loathe me when you learn all!” learn ell, when a few days afierwards he Manor, and found Ellen prostrate he ~— = reac you will hate and ~ j on a dick bed; and delirious through an attack ot fever. And when af length some reason glimuner- ed through the dark feelings of desolation that had for a tine clouded her faculties, the first low voice tue heard beside her éodch yaured her name. war iy “ Ellen! dear, dear Ellen!” 1. wae Philip, who strove by every means to assuage the grief that se entirely depressed her spirits; but, though be never once alluded ty the ainful cause ot her Dlyess, she had herself awoke more her delysjye ayd besyildering dream. ‘Tv no explanation would he listen; and if the wonted peace aud quiet of Merton was singularly disturted when the dashing guest at the Manor ve nader the safe conduct of John May,) con- a handeutied, from his snug quarters there te the * Merten Arms,’ und thenee, in his own cur- pele, (without the outsiders, ) to the county geal, pending his transmission to the locale of his last bifenee, i was myre than parralleled Which that pleasaut hauler pe oe atter Elicia, recovery. rang ot nerry peals; math with fluwers, and the nis lair cousin — 80 unexpectedly ote cy then the village ew ed the Mathey hd by the seene not long Thea the church bells children n Philip Wwoourt aad se providentially Lost by another, nod now tine ly aud menouraviy WON by hinuseli— to the altar, ‘wid ia wiler years, many were the geldeu-taived chuidiey Uiat joyously gambolled in wne with old Prauk O'Malley aud iheir pdreuts, be- neath the auewnt syeamores that ‘shaded ti grounds of Mewron Manor. : a a i Houses iN Tae Usrrep Sravres.—There js house Ww every wix New Orlegye pearly seven, persons in the country. Lu New York city there are thirteen persons to a dwelling on the average; in Bostua about nive ; this deliberate.” I Seid for their operauions. u- | doeior could be recalled, died in great agony. He tien ‘With the busines¢ Which I have in hand, is that j cume, felt her pulse, placed his hand on her heart, he has unwittingly allowed himself to be unmade | shook his head and intimated that all was over. tue dape of an im “The feelings of sion of this » deneo of his bwing a man of distinguished education, | in spite of the poverty of his dress. On being called out to plead, the prisoner ad- | mitted that he did kill Baldwin, and he deplored the act, adding, however, that on his soul and conscience he did not believe himself guilty. | Thereupon a jury was impanneled tg try the pri- ‘soner. ‘The indictment was they read to the jury, | and the act of killing bein admitted, the Gevern- | ment rested their case, and the prisoner was galled upon fur his defence eel, : ‘The prisonéy theu addressed himselé ty the Court and Jury :— ' ‘ “My lord,” aaid he, “my justification ig to be found in a recital of the facts. Threp years ago 1 Hlost a dayghter, then four years of age, the sole | menortil of & beloved wife, whom it had pleased | God to recall to himself. I fost her, but I did not | nee her die. She disappeared — she was stolen | from me. She was a charming child, and but her L had nebody in the world to love me. Gentle- ined, what P have suffered cannot be deseribed ; you cannot comprehend it. 1 had expended in | advertising aud fruitless searches everything I | possessed—furniture, pictures, even my clothes. | All haye beet) Adld. Por three years on foot Lhad ibeen seeking for‘ my child in all the cities, and fall the villages in the three kingdoms. As soon jas by pajuting portraits Thad succeeded in gaining la little money, Lretdrned to Loudon to commence wy advertisements iti the newspapers. Atlength jon Friday, the 14th of April ‘a:t, I crossed the sumed for the season under the able management of Mr. Lanergan, with whom are associated a com- pany of very efficient stage actors. A few plays only have yet been dramatized, and full honses attended on these occasions, thus imparting an eclat to the Lyceum and encouragement to its enterprising proprietor. What degree of snecess will continue to attend these dramatic exhibitions itis net diffi cult to predict, if the encouragement long accorded tothem in St. John be not suifered to decrease. For my own part, a little of thip sort of pastime suffices, and I experience no real pleasure iu obsery- ing thg noisy conduct emanating from the pit, nor the less objectionable manduvres of sickly and sen timental personatofs. A learned critic says that Shakespeare well recited would be better under stood than on the stage ; for in recitation we escape the weariness of listening to poor performery, who, after all, fill up most of the time atthe theatre. But L believe thig opinion is not appicable to the company of professional players now in St. John, for those who are competent to judge of their merits incline to give them much prajse for thejr acting. The headquarters of the Toth Meximent and its magnificent and hgwe left our ann ene preceean to Fredericton, where they are temporarily station ed. So delighted with this removal were the citi zens of the Proyiyjecial metropolis, that their im- paticyce tO catch ‘the eupert sounds of the band oveyéome all other considerations, and a number of the elite of that beautiful city proceeded by steamer down the more beantiful river St. John, to meet the gallant soldiers who were being propelled to their destination by the powerful agency of steam. Both purties encounter each other midway between the two cities, and upon the surface of a noble river, lined with Scenery not easily surpassed for grandeur and rural beauty fu America. A salute is exchanged, banners flout in the gentle breeze, music heightens the guiety of the scene, the fair women and brave men that throng the decks of the two steymers fol- low their course to the place of beginning. Smithfield cattle market. In the centre of the a troupe of mountebanks were performing Among them a child was turning on its head supported on a halberd. A ray from the svul of its mother must have penetrated my own, | fer me te have recognized my child in that con- |ditien. It was my poor child. Her mother | Would perhaps have precipitated herself toward her, aud locked herselt in hef aris. As for me, a veil passed over my «yes. I knew tet bow it jvras—I, habitually gentle, even to weakness, seized him by the clothes—I raised him in the air, then dashed him ‘to the ground—then again ; Atterward I repented what I had | he wis dead. Lord Chief-Justice Tindal —‘* These are not How can you expect the | Court and jury to look with favor oy your defeuce, or God to pardon you, if you cannot forgive.” Prisoner—* I know, my lord, what will be your judgment, and that of the jury; but God has rddned me; I feel it in my heart. You know not, I kriew not then, the whole extent of the evil When some compassionate poeple broaght me my daughter in prison, she was no lojg®r pure and angelic as formerly; she | was corrupt, body and soul—her maaner, her | language iyfgmous, like these with whom she had | been living “J did not recognize her myself. Do ‘you comprehend’ vow? That man had robbed me lof the love and soul of my child. And I—I have {killed him but once.” Foremau—“ My lord, we have agreed on our Chief-Justiee—“ I understand you, gentlemen, | but the law must take its course. ‘The Court must | comms up the case, and theu you will retire to | The Chief-Justice having summed up the case, | the jury retired, aud in an instant after returned | inte Court with a verdict of “ Not guilty.” On the discharge of Hammond, the sheriff was earry him off in triumph. ‘The crowd followed him all the way to 'his lodgings with deafening shouts and huzzas. - oo FEIGNING DEATH. | No sooner did the principle of life insurance begin to find favor, than ingenious kuaves found bere a oceurred in 1830. la that year, in an obscure part of London, lived a tall, middle-aged man, with a | respectably though poorly, and being very quiet, | a few acquaintances, and ne friends. Suddenly vec Divht the woman was taken ill. A physician | prescription. But almost immediaveiy aiver wards the patient grew rapidly worse, and before the | She was buried in due form; the sorrowing father | presently claimed and received # considerable sum | which bad been insured on the life of his daughter, j and disappeared. Not very long thereafter, an old yentheman and his daughter tuok possession of a respectable house | in the neighbouhood of Queen Square, where they | remembered, that though the ojd nan gid not engage }no one ever won the hand of the young womay. But a stop was soon put to the amusements. The lady was taken suddenly ill; of the heart | s00n convalsed her frame ; several physicians were | ter in apparent agony of spirit. One physician only | arrived in time to see her imitate the appearance ,of death; the others, sutistied that life had fled, gave their certificates and pocketed their fees. ‘The coffin was put into the ground,and again the bereaved father received many thousand pounds from the various underwriters,merchants and e« mnpanies with whom he insured the life of the departed. Again—this time a few years later—these two perty.in her own right. This was the report insi- divusly spread and generally believed on theChange, where he came to be much rgspectéd by those who dealt with him. His house was open, and his niece Presently it was rumored that unsuccessful | some ready money which he would be forced to borrow. ‘To do sé and secure his niece's property, it became necessary that he should insure her life | tor abvut two thousand pounds. As this was not a To save his credit he asked that the than ten different merchants and companies in Lon- don and elsewhere. Once more the game was in his hands. Ina few days the lady was taken ill. | The physician summoned, found her in convulsions, jwlministered a specitic, was recalled during the | night, but came too late, as death had apparently he latly 4lmost la} in state for several days and iis Visited by pnmbers ; thé physician certified that é Utefef a diséide “he could hardly name; the urave veceived the éoflin, and the sorrowitfg unele wet about his business ; he seemed to suffer much, eaté, ‘and knéw flat they would pay. Finally con- ceiving a Aidks Sie'a'place where be had suffered so much, he removeg for a change of air, aud was beard from no mere. Some time after his final dis- appearance, suspicions were aroused, and on com- paring notes and ‘descriptions, the life insurances were fercéd W the’ contiadon that they had been victimized by the shrewdest and most ‘ious of villains. He was never heard from afterwards, and no doubt pradently enjoyed, ii some distant coun- try, the fruits of his successfu) swindle. It is diffi- cult to account for the repeated success of so bold a fraud; and it js gongnigy thought that the young woman possessed the on «me of simulating death, of which we read remarkable cases in the records of various times. CORRESPONDENCE, NEW BRUNSWICK AFPALKS. (From opr owp Correspondent.) I believe the mails for the Eastward will be des- tched in the course of an hour‘or two, and not one encumbered with imperative duties, nor as yet irritated by disappointed hopes, I think it wouldn't be amiss to send a small contribution to the ‘ Examiner, under the nen of New Hruns- wick &ffairk.”” ae éffect this desirable purpose, I bey'té farnish the following highly important mat ters of information, and which LT respectfully re- commend to the most serious consideration of the mblic authorities and all loyal subjects in P. E. Plaunel The author of * Junius’ Letters’ reminds us of the indisputable podition that, “as we are Englishmen, Ure least considerable amongst us has ay interest equal to the proudest nobleman in the laws and coustitation of his conutry.”’ This is high authority for the privilege aaserted, + higher than ite unquestionable truth. And Alpxguder Pope somewhere wrote the following couple; for young ladies to treasure in their memory ;—~ “O, name for ever sad, for ever dear Sull breathed jn sighs, stj}) usherd with @ tear.” Having now fortitied myself with sach eminent precedents as the ubove for the objects of this‘com- munication, and without further preface, I begin, with perfeet eomposure, the record of some un- doubted facta, and whieh | truat will lyst as Jong a the warks of an ave permitted to epdure, J sha make uo pcuarene of zeul for the interest and welfare of posterity; but this mach 1 may be al- lowed to suny, that no person eherishes a more sin- cere concern for the happiness of future geuerations than the writer hereof. To commence, then. Friends and countrymen, leud me your—eyes. ‘Theatrical pe gocrs in our city. These diversions buve be The first known fraud | P* Colonial Railway ia aguin assuming considerable importance. Messrs. Howe aud Tilley's departu e, the other day, for Quebee, Montreal or Portlind, or so;ne place not accurately understood, is somewhat mysterious, and has caused the local press to e. cay on the probable agreement between the Provinces, to adcept the proposition of the Secretary of State, which js leas Le tm to Colonial interests than the terns recently urged by the Delegates ou the ln- perial Government. In this Province, the first and most important point to settle will be the route the proy osed line of railroad will take. In the northern co! x es the people contend for its being run | through their section of the éountry, while another }section of the Provinee is equally zealous for a | different course being sdented, But an opinion, {quite unlike €ithér of those, has been guining jyround, and Which is, that the adverse claims be tween the contending localities wil' be adjusted in a manner, though perhaps not equally satisfactory, will be equally im artial, namely, by relinquishing in tote the idea of the much talked of Inter-Colonial Railway. : At the last Cireujt Gout heiden here, one Wm. Mackie was convicted of wilfal murder and sen tenced to be hanged on the 3rd of August. This unhappy culprit is quite a young man, and by no meurts a vicioug looking person. He is said to be a citizen of the United States, and without friends or uequaintances here. Mr. Thomson ably defended him, and in his eloquent appeal to the Jury, when alluding to the prisoner's relatives probably expect- ing the return of a son or a brother, while he was being led to saffer upon the scaffold, a copious flow of tears coursed down the unfortunate man’s cheeks. Lut on listening to the admonitions of the venerable Chief Justice and the sentence of execution, he pre sented a stern and undauuted front. Not a muscle moved; not a feature changed, and the intrepid criminal walked, with a light step and independent air from the dock, to be chained in a dungeon and await his awful doom. A recommendation of wercy, Which accompanied the verdict, will pro- bably be the means pen his life. We have bad no real wari weather here as yet, though we were very near having it, and I should not be surprised if it be here before another week shali have passed. St. John, June 13, 1862. P. E. I. LATEST FROM EUROPE. Arrival of the “ China” off Cape Race. THE BRITISH PRESS ON THE DEFEAT OF THE CANADIAN MINISTRY — FRENCH INFLUENCE IN MEX!CO CONTEMPLATED—MEXICAN PORTS TU BE BLOCKADED. The Steamship China passed Cape Race at 1] o'clock on Sunday morning, June 8th. Pakts.—The ‘ Constitutionel * publishes an ar- ticle on America, signed Limayrue, showing the impossibility of the South being conquered, and maintaining that mediation alone will suceced in itting an end to the war, disastrous alike to the interests of humanity and Europe. “At the request of the Atlantic Telegraph Com- ny, the Admiralty have ordered the steamer ’orcupine to prepare to take soundings. She will be ready in about ten days. Seully had given notice of motion inthe House Commons in favor of establishing conmunica- tions between Europe and America — Steamers calling every alternate day at Cork with telegra- phie communications off Crockhaven on Cape Clear; but was postponed in hopes of laying addi- tional tacts before the Heuse, and that members in the meantime would give the matter their at- tention. Both houses adjourved for a week dur- ing Whitsun holidays. Mr. Pearson, owner of the steamer Circassian, publishes a letter asserting this his vessel had no- thing really contraband on board — that she was legitimately chartered for a voyage from Bordeaux to Havanna; and was within 2U miles of her des- tination when she was seized by the Federal erui- ser ;—nud says, further, that ber draught of water precluded an entrance into any Confederate port. Thenee, it is impossible that she could run the blockade. The rates at Lloyds for steamera running the blockade are low, being from thirty to forty guineas. Some policies recognize that six mouths detention from seizure is equivalent to total loss. A general agitation has commenced in East Lancashire to induce the Government to remove all duties on cotton goods imported into India, and thereby relieve the distress existing in the manu- facturing districts. A large district out-door meet- ing has been called to discuss the question. The ship Autonelli had left Liverpool with salt for New Orleans. Others will soun follow. Lord Brougham, in his inaugural address before the Seeial Science Assyciation, expatiated on the American question—pointing out the proneness of democracy to war, and waruly enaiadhiadabed the Federal Government for the new Slave Treaty, which he regards as the last blow to the traffic. The ‘Times’ editorially reproaches the Canadian Parliament for neglecting to provide for the de- fence of the country in defeating the Militia Bill, and points out the question as a vital one for the independence of the Canadians, but quite secon- dary fur England. The ‘ Daily News’ contradicts the attack of the ‘Times’ as unjustified, and says that no ove has a right to charge the Canadians with neglecting their duty to provide for the defence of the coun- try, simply because they had differed upon and re- jected the Militia Bill. The freedom of the City of London has been voted to Lord Canning for his services in India. A rumor iscnrrent that Napolegn contemplates a permanent establishment of Freneh inQuenee in Mexico by means of Protectorate. The Emprese Eugenie is expected to pay a private visit to Eng- land during the Emperor's stay at Vechy. France and Russia have both rejected the pro- —_- of the Porte relative to the Church and vly Sepulehre at Jerusalem. The Italian Government have six new brigades of infantry. Austria continued to coneegtrate her troops at Venetia. The Italian Chamber was debating the question of confidence in members. Possession Chamber discussing the addyegs to’ the king, in consequence of a paragraph which takes strong exception to the action of ministers. © A ministerial crisis had taken plage in Greece. A — miuistry was also being formed eee resolved to form Casse f LATEST. Livervoot, Saturday pight. _ FRance.—The Paris ‘ Mouiteur’ of this even- ing contains a notification to blockade the Mexi- can ports of Tampico aud Alvarado. Iraty.—In the sitting of chamber deputies, on the 6th, Signor Rutiazzi said the Government had never encouraged premature hopes as to the so- lution of the Roman “question. We ought to use moral means to demoustrate our unshaken will tw vecupy our capital, and convince Europe that on our nght Government alone ought to regulate the armament. It never sent nioncy to Garibaldi, and has always refused to join expeditions which were proposed. ‘The chambers rejected the mo- tion of enquiry into late events, and adopted by 159 to 33 the order of the day. Having hegrd explanation of Ministry in reference to recent events, Chamber approves of its couduct and js confident it will always maintain authority’ and Parliament. 25 meubers abstained (rom yoting. Sratn—Madrid, 6th.—The publication of effi- cia] documents relative to affairs in Mexicy bas aga an impression little favorable to General *rim. it The China's passage from Cork to Cape Race was completed in 5 days aud 17 hours. : BRITISH COLUMBIA. PERILS OF TRAVELLING IN THE NEW GOLD REGION. Vieroryja, VANCOUVER’s ISLAND, JAN. 29, 1862.—I gaye arrived here quite safe,but you will have theught before this ¢ the Indians have got my not, but they did not quite. I am still alive, though I have seen some very hard times since ! wrote you last from Ked River. I then caleujated te get through in three months. It are now the favourite source of anusemept with play- was seven months within a few diye wheu J) Public opinion amongst us regarding the Inter-; landed in Victoria. ‘The first mouth of our jour- ney we only made 240 miles, to Fort Ellice. We : were twice lost in that distance; the country | . through which we passed being so very swampy, | and such a number of creeks and rivers to eross, we made but little progress; the creeks were swollen into rivers, and the rivers almost Mypas- |} sable; the currents were feartul, Day after day, |) travelling in mud and water, in some places so deep that horses and — were wellay “4 appearing altogether-—they were continually ge the prin drs. 0 to wade through the mud aud e water, and put our shoulders te the wheels. The mosquitoes tormented us almost to mad ness 5 no rest did they give us night or day. We left our |, guide at Fort Ellice; he proved to be a lazy, use; less fellow. After resting a few days we started for Fort Carlten,on the Saskatchewen (distant 350 miles}, without a guide, where we arrived ou the 30th of July. Here we heard most discourag- ing accounts of the Indiaus; we were told it was madness to proceed further than Fort Pitt, as the Blackfeet had swore to kill every white man that passed through their country. — to procure a guide, so determined to push on alone, and on the ninth day arrived at Fort Pitt. The reports concerning the Blackfeet were here confirmed. We rested several days, bought fresh 4 to guide us to Edmenton. We were sow about to enter the Blackfoot eguntry. Quer guly hope of safety depended upon the buffalo If we did not see any, we could safely conelude we should not meet with Indians, and they were reported to be south of our track. The first day we encamped ina small valley to dine, our Indian guide was deseribing a battle that: had taken place on that very spot betyven a siusall party of Crees and | a large number gf Blackfeet; the Crees were | overpowered and scalped, two only escaping, one of whom was our guide. He wag jn the act of showing us an arrow wound which he had r- ceived at the time, when we were startled by a tremendoys yelling and whooping. We sprang to ouy feet, and in front of us saw descending the bill a band of what we (the guide included) sup- posed to be Blackteet. In a moment, we formed the cart into a circle and placed the horses in- side, served our rifles, aud then patiently waited their arrival, Qn they come yelling and cutting up like ~avell, just like Indians, and they were Indians, too, but they turned out to be Crees. We had a talk and a smoke, they told us that we should meet a baud of Blackfeet, 400 in number, in about five days; however, we arrived safe at Edmonton in nine days without seeing them. We had now travelled about 1000 miles, aud this was the last fort on our route this side the moyntajns. We disposed of our carts, bought fresh horses (it requires a good horse to cross the mountains, ) and endeavored to get a tresh supply of provisions, but could only get a few pounds of dried meat and two emall bladders of tallow; the hunters were afraid to go out on account of the Indians. Our greatest difficulty was in obtaining a guide. We got one at last, an Assimpoata half-breed, for the value of £25 paid in advance, to guide us across the mountains. We started on the 2nd of September with scant 30 days’ provisions. We ealeulated upon reaching Colville in that time. Our guide led us by a circuitous route through the woods in order to avoid the Blackfeet, whom he appeared to hold in considerable dread. The sixth day we came in sight of the Rocky Mountains, distance about 50 wiles, the 11th day our guide vanished, It was impossible for us to go back. On the 15th day we came to a broad nver, we followed it up to the mountains, attempt- ed there, and sueceeded. Arrived atColville Nov. 1], about 70 days from Edmonton. You cannot conceive, nor can I deseribe, the dreadful hard- ships we experienced; lost i the Rocky Mou.- tains 30 days. In the month of October the snow commences to fall in the valleys. The top of the mountains are always covered. I think we cross- ed them in the widest part. Our provisions ran out long before we reached Colville. For several days we existed upou roseberries; they are rather woolly eating, but we had excellent appetites, so much so, that we killed my poor dog, a tine Esqui- maux sleigh dog; we ate him ravenously, leaving only his skin. ‘The poor fellow was very tough, but that was all the better, as the small portion allowed to each lasted the longer. Atte the dog stances where definite arrangements were nNepos- so mueh divided between a desire y te Sir Dowinick Daly and to bid suitable farewell to Sir Richard MacDonnell, that little attention was attended with many marksof loyalty. | 1 nothing like publie enthusiasm manifested, it was wise than mingled with regret at losing the one who has now left us. To entertain this feeling was services when they have enjoye ’ which we hope will fow from them. Whilst,then, the public yesterday devoted a day to welcome and honour the newly-#ppointed representative of Her Majesty, they did nos fail to bid a warm farewell to the one who,for the last seven years, has so ably We were unableja matter which must have reminded most persons that Sir Dominick Daly had arrived here at a criti- cal moment. I ted by Sir Richard MacDonnell, will no doubt find ® - . é ; : improbably see the utility of that movement full horses, and succeeded in engaging a Cree Indian proved daring+his own term of olfles. threatening all parts of Her Majesty's dominions, # open to attack. ible, and in the midst af proceedings so exeming as hose attending the arrival of a new Goverier wattd he departure of an old one. The — we ithy to - wid to the proeecdings themselves, or to the man- ver in which they were conducted. ae The reception of Sir Dominick in Adelaice was If there was sot on necownt of coldness. The truth is, the Joy if receiving the new Governor could not be other- 1 diarespect to Sir Dominick, but, on the contrary, t proof ‘strat the colonists will appreciate his own the advantages roverned the colony. : : The military part of yesterday's proceedings was the volunteer movement, inangura warm supporter in his successor, who may not t Ilis Read eney comes amongst us ata mewent when war is war in which these colonies would be peculiarly This gives an importance to the question of defence which it has not hitherto pos- sessed, and that question is one which belongs more —fhe departure of I Ambassador, for England, has predaced soine sensation at Washingten. have au impression that he has geome home to consult with his Government on matters which they do not he to trust in manuscript, bast preter verbal couversation.— Boston Journal. It is stated that emigration from Jrelewd America is ivereasing. Coal has risen to $6 a ton in Bosten, ewing to freshets in Pennsylvania. The Duke of Devonshire has lowered the retn on bts Lrish Estates 20 per cent. Loup Lyons’s DerartrCat For ENGLAND. awd Lyota, the British The krewing ones Coat OL AND Gas.—T'he experiment of light- ing street lamps with oil instead of gas ie shout to be tried in this city. got the coutract for lighting the city at 812.50 per annum, being considerably lower than the offer of the Gas Company. one, being the first attempt ever made in Canada to light streets with the home manufactured il- luminating oil. Messrs. Young & Bro. have The experiment is a new Should the trial prove satisfac- ory, We presume the more general introduction of coal oil as an illuminating medium may be expected.—Hamilton Times. In Pennsylvania great loss has been caused by floods—property wurth many millions of dollars aud several lives. a than any other to the Governor of the colony. llowever constituted our Government may be, the power of the sword belongs to the Crown; and at no period of our history has it been so desirable that that power should be efficient and ready of Che Cxrawiner, application. The social and educational movements commenced or nided by the late Governor will doubtless find a warm patron in Sir Dominick Daly; but these, at the present moment, ure cecondary to the question of improying what has already been done towards the defence of the colo- ny, The Legislature will, no doubt, continue to find fands jour this murpoke, bui experience has shown that the eal of the Government may do mach towurds making expenditure in this direction eflicient. COLONIAL NEWS. CaNADA.—Three of the new Ministers have been re-elected without opposition—Mr. McGee for Montreal; Mr. Foley for Waterloo; aud Mr. Evaniurel for Quebee. Ninety-five dwellings were burnt down on the 7th inst in Quebee. The village of Drumbe, Ox- ford, has also nearly all been burnt down, pro- perty to the value of £70,000 being destroyed. Parliament was prorogued on the 9th. The Tariff went into operation on the same day. The Hon. T. D’Arey MeGee, President of the Council, has been elected by acclamation for Montreal West. The other members of Govern- ment whe have to appeal to their constituencies will meet with opposition. A commitice of the House on the subject off Printing for the Province have recommended the adoption of the English practice, which is not to publish the Gazette on account of the Government, giving it the full beuetit of all gain accruing from the issue. ‘Two large fires have recently taken place in Quebec. The one on the 10th inst. destroyed over 100 houses, principally wood, and the property of workmen in the ship yards. The Pictou (N. 8.) Standard says—a heavy frost occurred on Saturday night, which we regret to learn, has proved very injurious in several = of the country, to early and tender vegeta les. In some places the potato top: have been blackened, and it is teared that the prospects of the fruit crop are injured from the severity of the frost. The same paper adds that a heavy rain storm, though of but short duration, accompanied by thunder and lightning, passed over this town on Saturday afterneon. A horse belonging to Mr. Patterson was killed during the storm, while pasturing in a field at the back of the town. Another horse attached to a waggen in which were a Woman and a boy, took fright and ran off. , was finished, we fasted a few days by way vi change, but we became so weak we were obliged | to kill a horse; as soon as he dropped, cach cut | a piece aud threw it inte the fire, my partaci diay not wait te cook his, but ate it raw. We ate more | that day than we had eaten for the three weeks | previous, We packed the rest ot the dead horse | on the poor fellow’s companions; the poor things | were nearly starved to death, having nothing but | pine branches to exist upon. The horsetlesh took | us nearly to Colville,but it beeame highly flavored, | and contained some very tine speciinens of mag: | gots. For twe weeks after our arrival at Col-| ville I did nothing but eat. Colville is a small | mining town, the population apparently miners, | thieves, and nhs dangerous even in day- light te walk about. I was knocked down one | evening a little after sunset by two fellows and acarly strangled. Fortauatély; 1 had deposited most of my p.ouey ib secunty, but they suceeeded in rubLioe me of $25. The neXt day my partner and self staried on foot, with eur blankets and provisions strapped on ovr backs, for Walla Walla, distant 220 miles. -On waking up the morning after our first encamp...o"t we found that six inches @f snow had fallenupon —° during the night. It snowed all the way, and the «Ww be-| came wet and slushy; we suffered much ou the | journey, haviag started with nothing but mocea- sins to our fect, and they will not keep out wet, I doubt if we should have been able to walk any distance in boots had we had them. I have hardly got accustomed to them even how. Mo- cassins are not worn this side the mountains. In Red River they are worn by all. We arrived in Walla Walla the luth day. It is a larger town than Colville, with the same kind of population. I lett my partner here, and tuok the steamboat on the Columbia for the Dalles, Oregon, distant 210 miles; from tiere to Vancouver's, 170 miles; thence to Portland, Oregon, 16 miles, where I) spent Christmas—not yery merry; from Portland to Victoria, 400 miles passage, $20. I am at present working at carpentering, the wages are 2s. per day in the summer,and }6s. in the winter. { pay 24s. per week for my board. I do not think [ shall go to the mines this year. ‘The Cariboo are the richest yet discovered, and are about 600 miles from Victoria, through a mountainous country. It is impossible to get in before the middle of June, as the snow is 15 te 20 feet deep in the winter. There will be a frightful rush in the spring, provisions will be enermously dear, if obtainable at all in sufficient quantities. Many will leave their bones there. Meu who have iron constitutions to endure the hardships must make large fortunes. Hundreds will be disappointed. We crossed the same range of mountains, but we were too much worn out with hunger and fatigue to think about gold.” (From the South Australian Register, March 5.) ARRIVAL OF SIk DOMINICK DALY. One of the most interesting of all the ceremonies which can take place in any of Her Majesty's Co- lonies occurred yesterday. Sir Domiuick Daly, the newly-appointed Governor of, South Australia, ar- rived at Port Adelaide in the morning, and Sir Richard MacDonnell, the late Governor, left Glen- ely in the evening. In the interval all business in and around Adelaide was suspended. Shops and otfices were closed, flags were floating from the most conspicuous buildings of the city, and crowds of persons assembled both around Government House, where the ceremony of swearing in the Governor was performed, and on the North Park Lands, where the volunteers, to the number of about six hundred, were passed in review. The day, in fact, was a boliday, and all classes of per- sons joined init, anxious to show a last_mark of respect to Sir Richard and Lady MacDonnell, and to give a token of their respect to the new Governor and his family. were al! dependent ov the uncertain arrival of the t eamer which was to bring Sir Dominick from Mel- bourne. The delays which therefore ensued must te excused, and the Corporation addresses whieh were intended for presentation yesterday and whieh wll, no doubt, keep, must be reserved for some other occasion. ‘The arrival of the Havilah at the Port, with His Excellency and family, was so much earlier than was expected that the Municipal Conn- cil of that place were quite unprepared, and enly ot their address ready in time to hand it to Capt. grinkly, as the viceregal party were leaving tor town, and that gentleman,at the request of the Cor- poration, who apparently did not know what to do with the document, took charge of it. But if His Excellency, by arriving thusearly, lost the address | © of the Corporation, he gained considerably by avoiding the intended jutliction of a journey along | the Port-roud. The arrangement made was that i r ( party from the wharf direct to town ; but fortunately, |! considering the state of the road, the carriages-and- | © four did not arrive in tine, and the much more eon- venient and comfortable conveyance afforded by ihe railway was made use of instead. This no one can regret. doubt the prosperous state of the colony if he had been brought to the city by one of the worst of all our roads, and might have questioned the loyalty or judgment of those who mude the arrangements, | I secing that there is a good line of railway running alongside of it. Bae even with his luck escape from this intliction, there oecurred a little difficulty on landing which must give His Excellency an idea that we are rather a slow people. It appears that | | Port Adelaide was unable to furnish any vehicle | @ steamer to the railway train,and that, after one had been brought and found useless, walking had to be resorted to as the only means of reaching the sta- tion. Of course, all this would have been avoided if the stermer had not arrived so early. But it is weli, perhaps, that our deficiencies in’ these little matters should be seen in their ordinary light. The swearing in of Sir Dowinick Daly was almost a private ceremony, though it was generally supposed that it would be public. In this part of the proceedings some delay arose ; and the review: of the volunteers which followed was postponed for an hour, much to the inconvenience of some thousands of persons who were assembled beneath oO » or 56 ordered away by Pde on duty, but soon after returned, walke and drowned himself. arrived at St. Louis. United States have dedicated ninety-five churches, many of them very costly and maguificent. condemned and sold, up to this time, dent of the Baltimore ‘ Sun’ says that neither officer by Angus ¥ mously ;— sales have ever reached the Treasury. The money where it is likely to remain for an indefinite time, as there is no law requiring the Federal otffieers w make prompt returns of these funds. cow-hiding aifuir. two carriayes-and-four should take the viceregal | i@% him with having insulted a few secouds most vigorously to the form of the butcher, to the no small ookers-on. His Excellency would have had cause to |e same market, many friends. The woman was throwa out, but received no serivgus injury, BANISHED FROM 'TANGIER.—Our Tangier cor- respondent writes us the particulars of the expul xion a short time since from that district, of three? disreputable men, one a notorious character, for having decoyed a miner out of his dwelling at uight time, and beating him in a most bratal manner, The guilty parties were tried by a Committee of the Miners, and sentenced to banishment—the most guilty of the three to receive an additional punishment of thirty-six lashes,—z!l of which was duly carried out At their departure they were accompanied to the Tangier Bridge -by a fermidable escort. Our correspondent closes by saying— Tangier has borne a good name heretofore, and the miners are determined not to have it tarnished by the lawless activus of such desperadvoes.”’ We regret to learn that, on Thursday week last, whilst returning from the Bras d’Or to the North Bar, Mrs. George S. Brown of the latter place, her daughter and Miss Austin of Halifax, were thrown froin a waggoun and precipitated | over a bank on the readside, the horse huving taken fright. Mrs. Brown had three of her rite | vroken, Miss Brown her collar boue fractured, and Miss Austin her head severely cut. gratified to state, however, that no further inju- ries are apprehended, and that all three are recovering. —C. B. Neics. The St. John, N. B., Gas Company has reduced Se much for the competition of cheap coal vil. £500 worth of logs were swept through the Falls on the St. John River and lost, on the night of 11th inst. 8 A melancholy instance of death from loekjaw took ace at Chatham, Miramichi, recently. A Mr. sernard McCormack accidentally trod upon a nail, which perforated the sole of his slipper, entering the foot a little inside the ball of the great toe. | About a week afterwards he was attacked with lockjaw, and died in great agony on the second day. There is great excitement in Montreal over an at- tempt to reduce the current value of the British shil- ling to 24e. The newspapers are reaping a good harvest from the advertisements of large lists ef re- tailers who will, aud those who wont agree to the resolution. A mysterious suicide was committed in St. Join, N. B., on Saturday night last. About 12*0’clock, a man was observed walking through the mud, di- rectly into the water in the Market Slip. He was deliberately into the water, His nume was not known. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS. An Englishman who has resided near Augusta, In August, 90,000 bales of | the approach of the Within the past year the Catholics of the ae It is known that more than one million of short supply of | cx The valne of prize vessels and cargoes actually exceeds five nillious of dollars, but the Washington correspon- ior sailor bas yet received a dime of the prize money. Mly forty thousand dollars of the proceeds of prize sin the hands of Unived States District Attorneys, sta An unusual excitement was created in Washing- on Market, New York, on Tuesday morning, by a At 6 o’clock a lady appeared in he portion of the market a /propriated to rive the setile y A , i mutton | &Ven to the setilers on the Estates last mention- dealers, and accosted one of > excitedly, charg- ed, # mecntio i her, and declared her ntention to chastise him therefor. Drawing from he folds of her dress a cowhide, she applied it for | O bie will delight of the crowd of The heroine is the wife of a dealer in aud is supported in the act by ee Among the most noteworthy attractions of the nternatioual xhibtion will probably be the beau. the price of gas to $3 per thousand enbie feet.! PY : Oe ae te ee ee Execuiive Government of this Island, that gross deception has been practised on the Tenartry, many of whom were bed to believe, by the plausi- bie statements of members and supporters of the February: and further, because only a very few Ga., until within the last three weeks, has just | of the Proprictors would be bound under the He represents the Con-| Award. federates in that section as still confident of | ultimate success. coitun were stored, and the commander of the arsenal there had formed a committee of citizens who had been appointed te consult him on the subject, that in case of nativnal forces all must be burned, Meeting, the Bills passed last Session to confirm the Award were | People’s Representatives, and shoul been passed, P lia), unanimously :— — Cunard and a few other Proprietors, and ately . . bj C y i a , persons are suftering in the manufacturing districts Soames =a haha per tae enero e arrangements made for the day's proceedings | o¢ direat Britain, owing to the cotton, proprietors, and scarcely any thing at all in favour of the Tenantry. reasonable principal Estates in this Island to be enabled to similar to those allowed to the settlers on the Worrell, Selkirk, and that should be allowed to tenants geverally as were be publistied in the Examiner and Ross's Weelely. Charlottetown, 23rd June, 1862. PUBLIC MEETING AT MOUNT STEWART. Ow Tuesday evening last, the 17th inst., a Pub- lic meeting was held in. front of the fesidence of James McWade, Esqr., Mouut Stewart, the ob- ject of whieh was to elicit the opinions of the people in that part of the country with respect to the Bilis pazsed to confirm the Award, and other measures which engaged the attention of the Legislature during the late Session. James McDonald, Eesq., (Alisary,) filled the chair, and discharged its duties with energy and efficiency. Che attendance was highly respectable, and wuch larger than we expected, owing to the fact that many farmers in that neighbourhood were still busy with their planting operations, We should suppose there were fully two hundrpd and fifty persons present—before the meeting was organized upwards of two hundred were gounted by a gen- tleman present, and persons gaptinued to drop in for nearly two hours after, Messrs. Coles, Whelan, Alexr. Rebertsan, P. Griffin, J. E. Kelly, and several others, addressed the meeting — with what sucgess the resolutions The Lillis to confirm the Land Commissioners’ Award, the Proprietors’ Bill, and the Lill te incorporate the Catholic Bishop for certain trust purposes, were the principal topics The feeling of the Meeting was passed will shew. of discussion. very strong against the Award Bills, and the sen- timents of Messrs. Coles and Whelan in reference to them were frequently applauded. Allusions to, and explanations on the Proprietors’ Bill, called forth the strongest execrations; and the people seemed firmly convinced—as we believe they are everywhere throughout the Island—that the Bill is only another link in the chain with which the present Government have endeavoured to bind the teuantry in abject and hopeless servility to the Proprictors. The explanations on the Catholic Bishop Incorporation Bill, into which Messrs. Coles and Whelan entered at great length — the latter reading the several clauses of the Bill from the Royal Gazette, aad commenting on them as he went along—were deemed highly satisfactory, and most effectually removed any litthe miseon- ception that might have prevailed with regard to that measure. how far he can damage the Liberal Party, or any one of them, by repeating his old falsehoods with regard te the Bishop’s Bil? Meeting—which embraced the intelligence, influ- ence and respectability of Lots 35, 36, and 37, (without counting a large contingent from Lot 38) —wus decidedly in favour of the present members, Mexsrs. Coles and Kelly; and we have ne doubt they will be returned, at the next eleetiva, by a handsome majority, against all comers. Will Mr. Secretary Pope now try The feeling of the We insert the resolutions passed at the Meet- | ing, whieh, it will be seen, did net mect with one We are | dissenting voice. Proposed by Mr. James E. Kelly, seconded by Mr. Patrick Griffin, and passed unanimously :— Whereas it has been clearly shewn by the pro- ceedings of the Legislature, and by the corres- midence between the Colovial Office and the sovernment, that there would be a large remis- ion ci arrears of reuts allowed to all tenants on Towuship lauds—that farms could be purchased in fee, at a low valuation, and the purchase iweney paid in instalments at convenient seasons. And whereas delusive promises of this kind have been held out by the Government, for more than three | years ; but it is evident now that the object of the party in power was to strengthen the hands of the proprietors, and get some measure passed that would secure them in the quiet possession of their lands, notwithstanding their fuefeiture under the original conditions, as well as to have their unjust claims te the fishery reserves allowed, and their liability fur the payment of arrears of quit rents cancelled. And whereas these concessivns in favour of the proprietors would be injurious to the country, unless accompanied by concessions | to the tenantry. to confirm the Award would not secure any con- cessions to the tenantry, because the Loan re- commended by the Reyal Commissioners has been set aside; and the Arbitration principle—which might, perhaps, be attended with some litle aor a in some cases—has also been set aside ) But the Bills passed last Session y the Duke of Neweastle’s despatea of the 7th Therefore Resolved, that, in the opinion of this unworthy of the support of the not have roposed by Mr. Ronald McDonald, (Garahe- seconded by Mr. John Hagarty, and passed Resolved, That the draft Bill sent out by Sir blished by the Government, is still more made practicable to any considerable extent ; ntaining as it does every thing tavourable to the Proposed by Mr. Alexander Robertson, seconded cAulay, Esqr., aud passed unani- Resolved, That it has been and ever will be the expectation of the Tenantry on all the mvert their leascholds into freehulds on terms Lot 11 and Lot 54 Estates; such a remission of arrears of rents Proposed by Mr. P. Griffin, seconded by Mr. weu Stewart, and passed unanimously :— Resalved, That the proceedings of this meeting THE official editor of the ‘ Islander’ devotes the ti Hotep, whose husbane suited to convey the ladies of the party from the | such asa diadem of massive cartouche vives the tithes of whole is bound together w itul and characteristic je Soo. nd silver, mostly unique and clous stones, and elaborately chigse f sphinxes, so beautifully r basilisk, upon the forck old, wrought like a tress, Rombay i on sun on the North Park Lands. But no- a body could have expected punciuulity quder clecuuy 1p pad yqus be St. Hele Two panish Slavers have bee pret wellery of the Queen Aah- Lone ud was a king of the XVIIth ynasty of Egypt, (eighteenth cente tomb was discovered at Gournah by mails of May 12th ha by the China, y ve been forwarded At latest advicus th » Deal i Was somewhat depressed. eet & Ries ba. y B.C.) Her vy M. Mariette in Her body was covered with objects in gold all of great juierest, gold incrusted with pre. d with the heads Wrought that the urwus, sead of each is perfect. A the King Amuasis. The ith w cord of regousse n captured by a whole of the editorial department of that paper, of Friday last, to our special entertainment. ‘The subject of the leading article is the falsehood re- cently fabricated by him, to the effect, that when the Liberals were in power they passed a Bill to tax the tenantry for the maintenance of an armed force to enable the proprietors to collect their rents. Mr. Pope now acknowledges that the Bill referred to by him is entitled as follows :-—* An Act to impose a Rate or Duty on the Rent Rolis of the Proprietors af certain Township Lands in Prinee Edward Island, in order to defray the ex- penses of an Armed Force, which may be requir- ed on acgount of the withdrawal of the Troops, and for the further encouragement of Education,” We need pot shew how absurd it is for any per. 80 to attempt to prove thas a Bill of this nature could extract taxes from the pockets of antry; bot Mr. Pope, knowing that ewe an outrageous falsehood, tries to zive a slight louring of truth to it, by quoting some exp” from a despatch of Sir D. Daly, whieh warn’ warded to the Colonial Office, in ~ the Rent Roll Bill. $i 9. Daly stated, om true envaga, that althowgh the measure _ some extent, be a burthen on the mites was for thei interest to have it Pored, as ie incomes depended on a due Oometvance of the laws, and the general prace and Promperity of the Cohowy. If an armed force is at alt (and car present Government say it is, when they squander six hundred @ year of the tenants’ ov the Volunteer movenent )—it ix omy to preserve internal peace. No one but 4 mad- man, or a fvol, or a base political charlatan wi venture te assert that we could ever Faire & local force sufficient to repel foreign Invasion, The Company of Newfoundland i enreked in 1555, was merely intended to act as a general Police, to assist the civil aduiinistration in carry. ing out-the laws of the country, Precisely as the Police of Charlottetown enable the © . to enforce their ordinanees. As to the of making the Armed Force an auxihary for the Proprictors in the collection of their rents, no ene ever imagined such a thing. The Liberals dia not like the Proprietors so well as to pat such power in their bands; and the Propristers know the feelings entertained towards them, otherwiny * they would uot have so strongly petitioned the Crown tu lave the Bill disallowed. In giving extracts from Sir D. Daly's despatch accompanying the Rent Roll Bill, Mr. Pope garbles and interpolates the language of the Lieut. Go vernor; and, in order te force an improper com. struction oa the extracts, he prints them ip Italie and small capital type. Let Mr. Pope print the whole of Sir Dominick's despateh in plain and then his readers will be better able to give a judgment upon it. Sir Douinick did, indeed, ey. press some doubt that the Rent Roll Bill would not realize a sufficient amount to support an armed force. That doubt was entirely his own—it was neither shared by the Executive Council, nor the majority of the Assembly who passed the Bill, If the Ferce could not be supported by the pro- duce of the Rent Rell Bill, its proportions would be diminished to such an extent as woukl make the tax quite adequate to its support, or it would be altegether abandoned. We believe that Sie Dominick's object in expressing a doubt as to the insufficiency of the tax, was to prevent agy alana from taking proveeston of the wie of toe Behe Minister with respwet to the extent of the burtben about $y be laid ayo the proprietor. We always regarded it a8 ap imgecent ruse to induce the Minister to sanctioy the Bill. But even syppos- ing that Sir Dominick really believed that the Rent Roll Tax @ould have to be snpplpmepted out of the general reyenue for the suppert of a Military Farce, the Liberal majority in the As- sembly were net bound by kas beliefs OF opinions in any way. He was net the Orst, and we think there is no doubt that he will nat he regayded as the Las? Governor whe wrote things which ne ody believed but himself. Mr. Dundas, for ea- ample—for whom, xs a gentleman and as the Queen's Representative we have a very great respect—writes many despatches, (which, by the bye, he does not submit to the Leyislature, OF “intend for the eyes of the people,”) which he may consider very statesnsulike productions; but if we were in the Government we would not like to assume the responsibility of them all. Sach statesiuen as Mr. Laird and Mr. Siapson might. The Colonial Seeretary ms very lond im his de, Nunciatious sgainst the late Government fer con- cealing certain despatches written by Sir Demimek respecting some Bills passed by the Liberal Go- vermment. We have no knowledge of any inaper- tant despatches that were concealed. If anything of the himd were ever written, they can be eusily found im the Despateb Book, which Mr. Pape caw have recourse tv at any memeut; and the Govern- ment will, no doubt allow him te print any extract he pleases from that book. He alludes te the divi- sion in the House of Assembly, in 1856, respecting Mr. Haviland’s motion to have produced the whuls of Sir George Grey's Despateh No. 13, of the 17th November, 1853. Mr. Haviland’s metion was re- sisted on this very plain and constitutional ground, that the minority—se long as thes coutinue to be such—should never be pernitted to force the me jority into any proceeding. We intend to carry out this principle very strictly when we return te power. If there is, however, anything in that part of Sir George Grey's despatch which was not produced in 1556, in obedience te the demand of the Tory party, which may serve the purposes of W. H. Pope and his friends, we see po obstacle in the way of their publishing it. They haye the whole document under their hands, and it is un- reasonable for them te complain about a part of it being concealed from. the public, while they help to conceal it themselves. <2 TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. Mr. F. W. hiughes, the Superintewdent and General Agent for Tue EXamixer Office, will commence to make his annual visit te our Sub- scribers in Queen's and Prince Counties in the course of a few days. We hope our friends will be prepared to receive bim, and ulanifest trse friendship for us by paying the accou.ts which he will furnish. ‘The publication of a newspaper in volves very great expense for labour, paper and. printing machinery, besides many incidentals. This expense must be met from day te day, and from week to week, otherwise the work must step. A subscriber may say that he dees not ewe much, and-it can be no great inconvenience te the pub- lisher if he waits a few months, or even years, beyond the time his subscription is due; but if a thousand subscribers say the same thing—and thousand may say it with the same reasgnablyness as one—it becomes a very serious matter tor tip publisher, who must either draw funds from other than the legitimate sources to keep his paper alive, or he must let it go down. We don’t with to do either. Tnx Examiner has bpp a9 earnest and fearless laborer in the cayap yf : lar principles-—it should be considered weal of ite hire—it wants nothing more, For years it has fought single-handed all the other journals under the influence and in the direct pay of the present dominant party ;—unseduced by theblandishmenta and undauuted by the frowns of a petty oligareby, and triumphant over all the persecutions and pro- secutions by which it has been assailed—it hag kept the even tenor of its way, and has been the principal instrument in securing liberal institutiont for this country. When we commenced the career of a journalist in this Island such a thing as @ Liberal Party was searceiy known. The Escheat party was nearly defunct. Dunean Me- Lean tried to raise a new organization under the ery of Reform, bet Duncan saw that he could do nothing without the “power of the tecps," and many a weary day and night have we spent in preparing his ugly serawlstor the public eye. At that time there were very few men in Charigtte- town who had courage enough to call their spuls their own in the eyeand hearing of the old Family Compact. MeLcan beeawme tired of the jabpur of contributing to the press in defepee of Liberal principles, and fell into the arms of the old Com- pact, who bad more money to reward his exertivns than the poor and scattered advocates of the papu- The old system of exccusiveness, which recognized the right of enly oue extensive family to the en- joyment of all offices of honour and emolument, was thoroughly broken down—and the sovereignty of the people, ij matters of Goverument, was fully recognized, That was a great advantage gained, and will be serviceable fér all time to come. No matter which party may be pt the head of claire: ’