of coffee We ment Se seeeerennnemerntinttitee ential sel cniie eal ae MISCELLANEOUS. _-_—-* lors or Two Vesseas wera Aut [anps.— Un Saturday intelligence was received of two Origantines having been seen to founder ia the Bogheh Channel with all hands Gurtng the recent feartal weather. The ship Mage wrenne, Captaia Stanbury, bound to Vera t'rus, which put inte Falmouth om the 6th, reperts that on the afterncon ol the previous Hay. when some 20 miles east of Usbant, an heghsl brigantine was observed in distress, with ensign down (reversed). Soon after- wards a tremendous «ea strack her, and she was not again seen, She toundered with all jands, for no wit cowld be rendéred them. Nobsing cowkd ix gleaned of the name of the - A bedy of rebel infantry was posted between that thren as an indiserimmate bedy of men through. /point and Orange Court House, and the whole out the entire Colony? Why were such articles brebel force moved off in the direction of the latter | peuned as those which were signalized by the place jsery significant Readings of “ Our second great Loenst Grove is four milessouth of Germania Pretestant triemph,” &c., from some of Wineh I )Pord in Orange Covnty, and within a shertdis- an at any moment readily quote as ainple eontir- [tance @f the wiklersess where Hooker fought his (ation of what [now assert! ‘Tatalk aud write battle af the so-called "So misnamed * Liberal party ' Mill Run is two miles frour Locust Grove, and here.” may in itself be adiissable enough to any iro hee to Mowatain river, where the rebel Oh Whe really regard them as such; but to talk General Barly, with FB be im force, is about six miles. Orange Court patty hore attempting to thrust popish dogmas on House ts ten or twelve miles further on ina south. Che whole community,” or ot Liberal Protestants west direction. here being com well’s old evrps, is said to 80d write ot the * so-enlled mismamed Liberal | wed in no mconsiderable degree & weit ae ee ees beet tel mt SET i : ' , s ; é ro. bn { ‘ ; . - . *, } r project, I shall only further say, that in now pro- = We have no doubt that the venerable edito will. as far as be can, make himself ueeful to his ceeding to enter seriously upon it, L shall simply employers, and worthy of his hire; but he should write What I aetually belive te be the (ith — as the truth, wor give wysell the sightest concern as to who reads or who reads not. 1 have selected | vimy motto trom TLorace; and although Lmay rot j prove a practieal Wustration of it in my Own pee | ison or achievements, still T adopt it as one whieh levery right-thinking mind should strive, at least ; in some commensurate degree, to excuuplily. * ulto- He 2s unwarranted in saying that we are gether ignorant” of the results ot the Dolegation ; neither is there anythmg * extremely annoying” te ws in the reticence of the Government party on | the subject. On the contrary, we have reason to rejoice that the Government are as dumb as mutes about the Delegation, because their dumbuess * The man that resolute and just, Firm to his principles and trust, Nor hopes vor fears can bind : Nor parties for revenge engaged, | not do this at the expense of truth and fair play. | on the following instrnetions for your ‘hare founded upou rites and printi- some of my predecessors in par iz in former years: [t is “tengo jouw of lis place by any to convey try i wuidance, whit ples laid dows by ' ticuleraperotearrs ar i istent with the rete paid ottieer ttrder the Geoveriment of a colony to be ‘the editor of un newspaper. or to take why ge | part in the management of it. While Tam gla fusing information, 1 cannot ' Sone ‘thas it is anpossible tor a publie servant 4 take any part in condueting a newapnper Fi wr y political subjects and the measures of the loenl Go- ‘yvermment are discussed, without being placed in soxitiow towards those under whom be serves quite incompatible with the proper ¢ its publishing art eles lischarwe of hix duties. ’ THE EXPECTED CONFLICT RET Woes DENMARK AND GERMAN any It is stated that diplomatic effort : made to prevent a conflict between rman | Germany, and that * The Cabinet of St Pete burgh, by an amicable intervention, seeks te _ veut a struggle which might involve all Europe | SWEDEN, | Phe Government applied to the Diet for ay ere 00,000 thalera for militar, _ | tfaordifiary creda of 3 armaments, Great distrast of King Christian ] and excitement against Prinee Frederick, prevail, THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. Wasiuxeroyx, Nov 29. The army of the Potomac advanced at 6 o'clock, } a.m. of the 27th, from Culpepper and Jacoh's tords, aud formed a line of battle, the centro rest- we on Fredericksburg turapike, near Robortson’s ot * cnuitiustndede,” and tle like, ave point blank | statements, which, if they can neither be estab. | lished nor yet were designed for the express pur- | pose of misrepresentation by these who gave | them birth, must have been designed in the ouly | remaining inport which they can consistently | Nor threatenings of 4 conrt enraged, Can shake his steady mind” W. KEIR. Melpeque, Dee. 7th, 1863. —t + oe iNt-fated Feteet. we other waturtunate ship tavern; the lett advancing along the plank read, went down some 30 oF 40 miles to the east | toring a curve towards Gordonsviile, and the ward of the Sperm. Captain Uadgraft, of, right terminating wear the Rapide_y, southwest of the Mary of Ipswich, which had arrived at Jacob's terd. As the centre a? vanced i cate on that pert, reported that the vessel had lost the enemy's pickets aud a sirmish line. Subse- her »ihoom, and had ber mainsail blown in- quently the enemy's live was strengthened by | torbbons. Three men were at the pumps, arrival of reiatercemenis trom Hwell’s corps, on und ber ensign was in the riggiag. She had | the Rapidan trout, a parrow white streak on her sides, with Abont Le’clock a «tow and irregular eannon- height varnished mastheads. ‘I'he weather | (Nuk commenced on the pyar. lwneee towrrd was most fearfal at the tune, and amidst an j vita sie ah hd and cousiderable firing oe- overwhelming sea the veasel disappeared, | pes yy sible—the still vile purpose of black defatmation— Which we all know well amounts to ove of those things Which in all goud society is justly held to be absolutely unpardonable. No doubt such flagi- tiously libellous tultuinations as these to certain kinds of pivus ears may have sounded all very | mee: but had “ Liberal Protestants here’ not been possessed of sufficient g od temper and good common sense te enable them to make themselves -. very easy as te whether “a great Protestant” or : z y. d “ ‘ we . > . rechiess did das ‘ ean, lake the former untortunate ship, nothing | taut Hill's corps, which lad previously rested on we er ts th — wa ‘ieee could be ascertained «f her namé except that the Rapidan, west of the railroad, was approuch- a4 siert-lived atairs indeed, thes wught perhaps she was British —Leverpool Mercury, jing on che centre, and halt an hour later heavy jaye, loug ere this, taken much wore summary oe | wuskhetry was heard on the right, showing that) og concerted measures to have brought their Confederate Carreney has eo depreciat- ithe Srd corps, forming that wing, Was engaging poartless and wholesale detamers to something | ed that the Richmond people say, “ht you go ) the eae 2 oY ; , tke a comparatively seasonable exercise of their tu the market you have to take your money | Fla baad F stagany Nenpcbireang fp pe tp se te oo wens man senses. OF Besa lee ) ‘ : beef i yd ’ Joc iad Protestant Liberals been so irritable anc be Be eee eee Gee, Set da -e , rank at that time known so have been Killed Was) Cyildish as to have “ turned the tables,” and tor } the Lieut. Col of the 72d Pennsylvania, , one moment have tergetten that respect which Grege’s cavalry and batteries had a severe fight” thoy seem to know at least they shouid ever pos with the evemy's right wing cavalry on Thursday | 255 for themselves by having allowed themselves afternoon, We drove them back on their infan- 4, wisrepresent Protestaut Conservatives, or as possess, for what is yet iufinitely more reprehen- | — ee, “Rive oot wito Bares! —In Liverpool , the othee Sumday aight aéa very late hour, NEW BRUNSWICK AFFAIRS. (From Our Own Correspondent. ) Winter — without any snow —has just set in, and is likely to remain in until it goes out. Yes, Winter is here; everything proclaims the fuct. Yesterday wasas mild as you could desire; but lust night and this morning indicate in the most feeding daauuer the begining of a cold aud frosty season. Che departure of a long lingering and beautiful autumn, D sincerely lament, aud am in po degree | Whatever in love with its grim and grizzly sue- cessor, though--as becomes all right miaded persons, of whom your correspondent ¢laiuts to be one—I have resalved to submit to its presence with as much fortitude as the “* nature of Lie case” will adit. ‘To you, my icebound readers, it is unnecessary to offer any suggestions witha view of persuading you to be once more reconciled to your lot, which, I do not deny, 1s a hard one; au the coutrary Lavew it. Bat you should ever bear in wind that submissieu—voluntary subunssion—to the eecurrence of events beyond our control, is a virtue that will most qssurediy reeerve is reward, Keep that trath, then, constantly before your winds, J need no adimenitian on that pemt, but I 'tenautry might be cajoled for a longer space of \ [ do not object to public servat ( uiues upon subjects o hey abefaim from any | signed with their u ‘interest, provided t | connection with the newspaper than ; by coutributing such articles, and especk Writing on questions whieh ean proper be eullec political, or discussing the measures of t e Govern- ment, or the official proceedings of its officers. “flourish of trumpets, | should also cousider it improper fer a public servant ‘to continue to furnish any articles whatever to a newspaper which, in commenting on the meusores of the Governweut should habitually exceed the bounds of fair and temperate diseussion. Lu such a case I should expect all publie servan & te abstain * being “ failures,” if eur COMMON | From coutributing any articles Whatever fo He co- ye lutans, [consider the rule that all articles what- | itten by public servants should be signed by ' proves the truth of our “ propheey,” and shows gentoo i thut they have suffered a lawenutable failure in their Delegation scheme. lt they had wet with ‘a shadow of success, in any way in which the tiie, there would be a indeed, tin ones we suspect, aud cracked at that,” theeditorofthe Islander says inanotber editorial. We can afford to smile at the sneer about our | as |“ prophecies ’ jseuse observations on public questiuns can \ ‘diguitied wiih the name of prophecy. ‘the measures of the present Government against | . . + ” I ‘ which we have written aud spoken are “ failures, | be brought howe te one of them, on i im articles iW all ve 2 ay “Land Com- | bearing their siguature, they should dircuse any po- re " sr big Gn ; ., | litical subject, or the measures of the Government, | mission’ was anything bat a huge failure, entail | oy the officia ‘beaten of its eprom, é peony i re e i ’ ‘hat is the consider it my duty to direct the removal of the per- ee — ” . aon so offending; since, if the writing of such ar- | Delegation but avother failure, and a piece ot ticles were permitted, it would very clearly destroy , i Fs ar ] § confidence among those i unteer Movement, | that harmony and intent con! x the What is the Volunteer who are employed by the local Government, whieh /which we were told would be such an orvamest! i. ybsolutely required for the due adininistration ‘to the country and such an efficient means oi of alfairs.”” | defence—what is it but a contemptible burlesque and failure in every point of view! Wall the | editor of the Islander intorm us in what particular a jever wr ' i ° a Nearly all them, the best security against abuse of the privi- ! leve. it mst. theretare, be distinctly understood that if the authorship of anonymous articles should | deception ! = -- 4p Ix noticing the late Complimentary Supper to | George Bagnall, Esq., the Islander makes the fol- | turther | New Zealand; for the what is implied | ready ax our settlers to fight far ew ily from js net now a question of mere domi d There is ne escape fran the appeal to arn in Maries seem to be ay preroacy, z Souminiton wn’ ph | cular settlements, but a conflict 1 jtions. We were undoubtedly the aggressors the first instanee, but the rejection of all our coy. | cessions has disclosed the exact state of feelj towards the British colonists. The resue | been long postponed, partially by a belief on | part of the settlers that it was the duty of the _ mother country te do all that was DeCesary in | the way of custly hostilities, and partly by a dig guited avoidance of a duty which we dared jug to deny as proper to our colomal poliry. At laxg ‘natives and settlers stand face to tace with a cleag understanding that they have to adjust the question of supremacy by toice. There is ng flinching on the part of the settlers, Bo hesitation, but a thoroughly English cetermination to conquer ix uppermost. Jt is only when English that there is no loo; hole by whieh huwani assert iis clus, that we ever indulge the of extermination which the native inte easily invents. It is not to be concealed there is a strovg determi: a‘ion on the part of the | courageous rave to drive us from their er land that we siall be driven to erwcl extremi ‘for their subjugation. We have ourselves to for the state of tlhimgs, because we have so the natives and done so much © to elevate the tue townsfolk were startled by hearing the church bell tolhag veolently. Tbe mystery was soon explamed to thuse who ventured ia end found « young man who had falien asleep | siwring event service, had been locked in vnnotreed by the sexton, had come to himself jn the dark. and run te the bell to ring him- e4f ont? Ringing to get in is common + nongh, Sat a sleoper so sound is not so com- mown, cren in our eity churehes.—Halifaa Cis. =o An Enelith mercount may manufacture cannon. aed all other mantis of war for a holligerent, because there i he law to prevent An Baglish stiphathder way not equip a ¢ try lines, when we were coupetled to fall back. Ilis loss is said to be about 250 in killed and wounded. The Sth corps coming up to the euemy iu turn Were compelled to retreat, About GO were wounded in the 2nd corps, 5 killed aud 7 mortally wounded. On the right, Gen. Freuch, with the 3d corps, when advancing, encountered Ewell’s corps be- fore he connected with the centre, and after a severe fight he held his position, but lost heavily He, however, captured 900 rebels. “The 6th | corps was then thrown forward and filled the gap between the centre and the right. A train of the Sth corps, advaneing on the plank read, was attacked on the flank by rebel cavalry, who destroyed 15 or 20 wagons, killed two meu and several mules. On Friday morning it was found that the rebels rerhaps we should more correctly sivle them, “Prince Edward Island Tories,” in the same | disgracetil wmauner it would never suit at all How marvellously inclined, however, are that | as eel! as Orangemen. particular class of people the world ever “whe! Recollect, we are all placed here in this wilder- hive in glase houses’ to be the first to “throw | ness of a world—nupon this ever changing Uheatre stones.” J, for one, feel gratetul to find that! of life, with important duties to pertorm, with re- | Liberal Protestants, whatever they may be in) verses to sustam, with many promises 10 muke, j ether respects, have usually proved themselves) some te forget aud others ta violate. Therefore, “a sort ot Christians” who have far too much | my good readers, although your sublanary fate is real sense aud respect for their own character) such as enlists my warmest syhapathies and de- ever to demeau themselves so much as even to . istoop so low as te Ming back again such vile | stances Sinissiles as unworthy of the origina from where | they so habitually spring. cal wartare as these have your happiness deeply at heart. You may depend upon it, Lam laying down a safe doctrine, sud TL should like lo see it practised Ly Christiaur : ere | consideration, [have deliberately game to the Such modes of politi) conclusion that through good fortune and ill , and such tissiles as these, | fortune we are each entitled to “ share and share may still, perhaps, be retained as the favorite re-| alike.” This tact cannot be too stedfastly urged | to be slanderously said tiat no class of people in | Goverment House as agreeable as possible to them | serves my condolence, yet, taking all the cireuin- | i .. | lowing ill-natured remark :— | lustance the Government have beeu successtul, beyond getting the reins of Goverument under false pretences, when the * Nu Popery” how! | Was raised by Bigots, Hypocrites, and Cleats ! | ~¢<>P- TENANT OUTBREAK. the other?” i j | | | to kee We cannot, for the tife of us, understand why We are informed that an attempt to enforce | Lady Bantverman’s name should be dragged into a the payiwent of old arrears of rent ou the Melville | this atfair, We never heard that ber Ladyship The Waikato Maories are the prime mover jg Estate, Lot 29 (near Crapaud), bas been met} interested herself in the polities of the Island. of our respective conditions inte! with armed resistance, aud that something in the | We knew, indeed, that she was always extremely | ( native character,” 80 as to prevent any siirprise “some of the toasts are highly amusing—we | that our civilizaven has only produced the revere allude particularly to that in laudation of Sir of eur intentions. A quick and intelligent * people Alexander Bannerman. Why did they net con- | are quite as ready to learn the principles of tort. ect with it the name of Lady Banverman, for by | fication and construction of rifle pits a9 the all accounts se was more of the Governor than | elements of arithmete and the rudiments of the | Christian religion. It is ouly too likely that the | arts which we have communicated to the e ‘inind will now be forgotten in favour of the aetive | operations of the field. the war, tor we can seareely eall it they live not more than forty miles from Auekland, dn the banksof the Waikato they have form of a Tenaut League has been organized there, i kind and affable tu ladies and geatlemen of the ed “a perivet network of rifle pits,” whieh, p aloot the Bailitfs of the Agent. It used ‘Tory party, and laboured assideously to make |! robably, wili be easily taken by us; but it may happen that we may be repulsed, and suffer considerable loss of men. The captare of vessel of Warot s transport ior a belligerent, | : ; because there happeas to be au Kaglish Act had fallen hack frum our centre ty 2 miles wear) who have been wout to employ them hitherto of Parliament which expressly protibits his Orange Court. sorts and tactics of certain parties aud mdividuals | upon your serious alteution, | ~ . but if so, they may af the same time rest well ver remember it, tout in doing so let me be uppermost Mm your } thoughts. ‘To you, then, whe are a community of the Island resisted the paywenut of rent but Trish while she dispensed its hospitalities. We had) rifle pits will not bring ae victory, becaue the Catholics. In this case, the “rebels” are not | hoped that she had lett no other feeling behind natives are sure te escape, and to repeat the same experiment elewhere. Mt seems w bea | suduag. The Engliss Governmweat do not CoLumnvus, Ohio, Nov. 13, 1363. jntertere with the firyt class of transactions, Joho Morgan, on escaping, changed with his | jassured of this one thing, well understood by | yourselves—whose sitdation estranges yeu from : > . b every Liberal Protestant ii the Island, that ae i matt bees a“ hy pulicy of the naliges ty bale, phos 5” they secum te expect that they are te attacked, and their capture does not sees | operate on the native mand as a loss. The is not te be done by sukliers alene, ter i ef New Zealand has proved that we may lock for a series of hostile efforts as each experiences seine real or fancied grievance. , ouly plan remaining is te people the di distnets with seitlers, who will wedertake to we- cupy the land we shall ce:tain!y be obliged te eon- fiscate by the laws of war, We are w hope less from the servicers of the regular than from the new zeal ef the veluuteers are flocking trom the colonies of Australia and Tasmania. The Mavories do net knew what, it is te meet men who have @ mmtive for fighting, exacdy similar te their own im agy ression, The whole war will chaage its eharacter om the: arrival of volunteers, whose character will ber that of wilitary settlers, and who hope te held aa their own that which new grves rise to heetilitive. The old military policy of the Romans is about to” be revived at the antipodes. Chains of torts, around which wulitary settlers, trained te the use of arms wand not disinclined to an eccasionab brush Witt av enemy, will be construeted in the dival- fected native country. Reads wall be made, which may perhaps wot rival the reads whiebthe Romans. tuade se &awous, but which will et feast evadble us to penetrate the fasta -ssess beiund which the na- tives now reting ‘The war in New Zealand is ine Catholics or Irish, but good Protestants and | her than an enduring remembrance of her re- ‘ the rest of mankind trom the present Gime ontil | a course of procedure on the part of any conse- y | , ) Lori d U li | i xt spring, the best advi hich I can bestow | strong supporters of the Government. We are markable good nature, and lady-like demeanour leeanuse they have no authority to do s0;) brother Dick trom the top cell to the lower tier, | °°" ; , ; O | vext spring, Che best advice witch & Cd " | . Pa oe ee ‘ - . nei r So : oaly sto . the este d Sienane it % their busi- The ‘aua-an a. Reig is om per a halt | Cittion of men in the world, ue matter uf their | is to cntreat you to take good care of yourselves, | Net at all surprised at their weting 10 the manner {on all occasions. We are serprised at the ingra- ness te ts the law. —** Jlisturicus,”’ in inches thick, in which a hele was cut, under the | CUUS8e itself were good, must very shortly and! your homes, and your tamilies—to lead virtuous | deseribed to us, tor they, at least—having served | titude, to say the least, of the Islander—being as “ . ’ —e > , soy i » 240 as » ae . . . . Y" tai — as pe the New York Herald. bed, leading down inte a two and a half foot | istly be found to recoil on their own heads, and, | and pious lives, aud oh! my dear readers and | ty. Goyertimeyt at the elections—had reason to it is the organ of the party so highly favoured by patent : ital ihe » Poni- | Without inflicting the slightest injury on their op-! fellow creatures, : : ’ F , : nt , f \tentinry. ‘This el cteliates alter ait ve ber ponenuta, only tend, sooner or Ae to bring bath P . sacinen the to week there has been on exhibi- expect that they would be relieved from the pay- | Lady Bannerman. We cannot suppose that Mi. THE WAR IN TILE STATES. escaped into the open country. The uight was themselves and their systeu: into the most unqua- | tien here, a fine Panorama representiug seme of | meut of the back rents, which had been sv often | Lawson dictated the rude and ungallant remark. 4 under the circumstances, the true value. And we j Kingdom of Poland under feigned names and with cannot help thiuking that this wil! be the end of | tulse passports ; (2) of having belonged to a rebel the contention.” organization cailed the National Goverument.” The plain meaning of this extract ia: The), According to advices received at Breslau, | like their true postion betore the unprejudiced | )eyes of all disinterested wen, both at home and | “aie : ‘ : /Chmieiski gained a victory over the Russians _ Proprietors myst be required to sell their lands on year Czarnocala on the 20th inst., in consequence following lame apology for the “ouineus” silence after a few moments, eject it all, their stomach | being too much weakened to bear nourishment, | either solid or liquid. Could aaything be more abroad? Can any “ injudicious” partisan of the | of the Government regarding the Delegatign:— notorious ‘Tory clique, who just now so ineffi-| « It is rather, we should say, a proof of weak- ciently and pusilanimously and unsuccessfully ness, than otherwise, in the Examiner to attempt fearful than this living death ; this tamishing with | food betore their eves and within their reach ! | ‘There were other patients who were better, they | could digest light teod and had seme hope of lite. [t was then the sixth day since they came, and | out of 160 men 53 had died of ill treatment and aetual starvation, The surgeons said at least two thirds of the Ist would die, and if any re- covered it would be with broken constitutions, utterly incapable of supporting themselves. Many had did on first arriving, unconscious trom their } ; govern the country, take, by any possibility of prophesying about matters of which he is altoge- | even-lguded justice, the sinallest conceivable wn- | ther ignorant, or drawing conclusions, Without | brage at any such attempt on the part of any in-| being certain of the premises; and the more es- dependent occupant of his native soil! If any | pecially since his prophecies have hitherto been individual of the common race of man, no matier! fajjures and his conclusious erroneous. The in what zone he may reside, should happen to find | silence of the Delegates has become extremely | that his native country, beth as to its secial, civil, annoying to him, and given him what the ladies | A EINT TO THE CURRIES and also religions covdition is one, which trem tern’ «the fidgets.” The truth is, if he would | what he considers very unworthy causes, has, but coufess it, that he sees something ominous in such terme as the Legislature chooses to propose; of Which Lhe insurgents occupied the town of j S . be ‘ * a a if they are obstinate, and hold out, they must be | Gora, ou the \ istula. Frequent encounters take aneey : ‘ : place in the Government of Lublin between the taxed until their lands become a serious jneum- Russians and insurgents. brance to them, and be thereby forced to sell. | THE CONGRESS AT AN END. Neither the Examiner, nor any one of the Liv As we anticipated, the British Cabinet has re- berals, ever advocated the * Spoliation Doetrine” fused te accept the invitation to a Congressional tu the extent that it is done in the for palaver. The demand for information as te the | points to be presented tor discussion resulted in M, | Drouyn de Lhuys forwarding a short programme, nS ee Y ithe first item of which—olaud—discloses the THLE POPES, {feeling of the Emperor of the French. The other We find the following despatch in some of our itews—Italy, Deumark aud the Duchies, and the pegoing extract. ANI j neu Were present, one of whom stated the object of the meeting, and called on the girls fer state- ments of the amounts received for their labor in the various trades in whieh they were engaged. The prices reported ranged from ene dollar to three dollars per week. The average price paid, making all trades represented togetner, was about two dollars per week. There were many lustauces in whieh only about twenty eeuts a day were received. The price paid for beard was stated to be from $2 25 to $3, not including washing, ii most cases taking every cent that a girl could earn, and hardly ever leaving her wore than twenty-five or fitty cents a week forall extra expenses. The hours of work range from eleven to sixteen each day. The general hours at the shops being from seven in the morning to «ix or seven at uight, with half an hour or three quar- ters of an hour for dinner. ease generally that prices were much lower than a year ago. The tollowing statements were made respecting past and present prices ;— “ Hoopskirts, when they first came out, bronght a dollar a hundred springs for making, now the prices in various shups range from fifteen to twenty tive centsa hundred. From two to three hundred It appeared to be the | springs can be made per day, A girl who made i hoopskirt slides stated that she got three cents & gross tor them a year ago, but that now only @ half a cent a gross was paid, and that smart girls earned about a shilling a day at the business. | been very unnecessarily rendered anything but) this reticence, and would rather bear the worst! The silver burnishers get a centa piece tor t happy, While at the same time most of its would- | be reputed retormers are only tending still further | to increase and complicate instead of simplify and | diminish this its fast culminating ruin, who shall undertake to charge him with either guilt or suffering that they were among friends and in the | | iand that they had died fur. Others were too far | ‘gone to say much, but thankful to feel that they | (might die under the old flag aud be taken home te be buried with their kindred.” late papers; and although it purports to have been | addressed to the Governors of the West India. Colonies, there is every reason to believe that. than be kept in suspense. Were it net se, he would quictly wait a week or se, confident that the truth must come out at last. Lt may posmbiy turn out that the Delegation has not been able to : effect anything of moment; the only question js, COP!S have been sent to the Governors of the | Danubian Priveipalities—~are merely set down in order te provide for the necessary compensations | which would be needed in order to satisfy Russia | for the re-constitution of Poland. It is not bkely that Russia wonld yield to mnited Europe what | spoons, of which they can do thirty or thurty-tive a day, making about a dollar and eighty ceute a week. Shirts bring about 60 cents a dozen, taki CORRESPONDENCE. —_—_—- FOR THE PUBLIC. (No. 2.) * Justnm ae tenacem proponti viram, Non civinm ardor pruva jabeutium, Non vultus instuntis tyrannii Mente quatit solida.” —-Honar. Mr. Eprron: j I stated ‘at the outset that one reason which linduced tae thus ever to bave taken up my pen liar aspeet of hobgeblin-like complacity which | ‘at all was an intolerable amount of evidence | they now so euigmatically aud so needless y wear having placed beyond cenjectnre the fact, that, | even to serve the crude and unprepossessing cause with all its unultiplicity of superlatively ridiculous tell us what the nature of this case was, before prompted by the most selfish motives—the desire we bave just had under easual review, seme of its uv wary and high-pressure style advocates did hot eer ty adupt sume of the most coutemp- | tible yn era. means—did not blush even | or placing in at the bare jdea of misrepresenting, a false position, sutiae, and not simply some but ‘actually many of thew own co-religionists, both at crime, if, by a sincere effort to do good, he striv’s pave they done their best?” to avert the coming storm, and pioneer some brighter prospeet fur that country’s wellare ! I have now done with apostrophe. Let me, pou then proceed to the task whiel ata previous date gation. 1 bad voluntarily undertaken, and which, from temporary reasons, I bave as yet allowed to lay We desire tu assure the {s/ander that we pro- | dno prophecy now with regard to the Dele- We did, indeed, “ prophecy” some | months age that it would come to nothing, so far | ‘uncompleted—the task of giving my fellow-colo- 8 the public are concerned, aud nothing is the | nists a brief synopsis of my own personal impres-| result. The very last sentence in the above ex- sious of “things as they are and things as they | * cont hi : . deplete tai” Beha, “ivuties, a date tent tract confirms this statement. When Messrs. hack to the time when the coustituent secial af- | Palmer and Pope waited upon the Duke of New- lairs of this Province began to assume that pecu-! castle, his Grace asked them to put in writing a statement of the case they wished to bring under | ‘his notice. The Government papers took care to | —the time when the reuwwned Bible Question, | horrors and bheart-buruings, so shamefully first) the Delegates se 7 te , t out upon their travels. It was, | became reduced to such a startling political engine | were a of discordaney to the heretofore comparatively | f, to ask that the tenantry should be at | quiet and inoffensive inhabitants of Privee Edward liberty to purchase the freehold of their farms at she has refused to the Three Great Lowers; nor | is it probable that Cugland would consent to a settlement of the Danubian Principalities in order to compensate Russia at the expense otf Turkey. Italy would enter a Congress with hope; but be- North American Colonies as well. [tis notorious | that the defence of the Government of this Island, | so lar as newspaper writing is concerned, has | been chiefly contided to Mr. Douald Currie and | ure Austria euuld be called upoa to give up Mr. W. H. Pope, public servants, subsisting on | Venetia, it would be necessary to provide an the public funds. It is equally well kwown that equivalent; and Italy alse would be called upon their writings are feeble enough, and generally more | 1? 0" France in auother form. Of course it ia Bhs . ; easy lo tind Compensation for Austria in a media- ijurious to their own party than to their adver- tien of the German Dachies, and Prussia saries. We have no desire tesee them discontinue migit have a cousiderable share of them if she their seribblings; but let it be known who thie| weld cat Sh warts yl ghar agg esa : ie LO AS ae | Provinces. In any shape which the action o writers are ; aud thatin continuing to scribble their | Congress might frame, France would be sure to nonsense for the Government, they are undoubtedly | gain. Her title to Savey and Nice would be re- /cognized us an“ acevmplished tiset;” the Rhine to keep their places—and that, alse, they are acting in opposition to the Imperial authonties, These remarks will not apply to Mr. Pope, at pense of other people ; but to effect this all Europe must be disturbed, and Europe docs not choose to jbe so disturbed because France cannot submit | quietly to a defeat in diplomacy. | j j le a day and a half to fivish a dozen at very work. Fine shirts, all finished, $1 a dozen. Flannel shirts, 4 cents to 6 cents each, and from nine to a dozen can be made in a day; $1 a dozen was paid in 19560 for the same that now bring? about 80 cents. Overalls, 50 cents a dozen. Large cloaks, taking a day, 40 cents ; small cloaks, taking about eigit hours, 25 cents. Capes, % ceuts a dozen, taking a long day. Corsets, 5O te $3 a week. At book-sewing, about BS a week is made. For button holes on coata, about $4 a week can be made. At dress-making, $33 | week is made, working from 7 A. M. to 7 P. M Linen coats, 18 cents to 20 cents each; twe them is a good ten hoars’ work. The girls iron aad finish them, and have to buy their own thread, which costs teu cents a spyol, and of which one might be once more made her bowndry at the ex- Spool is used on {wo coats, Press-lecders get four dollars a week some- | times. Shelter teuts, with forty-six batten holes aad ixteen eyelets, brought last season twenty-tive island. This question shall, therefore, form the! 15 and 16 years reut—those who were in arrears preseut, while on his farcical Delegation tramp; | } )ceuts; they now are made for vight cents. Cavs ‘substance of my next and first systematic letter. | L say systematic, for as yet L have not attempted | to pay the higher sum. We shail offer no cour | but they will apply to him while he was in the bouw and abroad. his may justly be considered | any inductive analysis of any prominent topic of meut now upen this most absurd proposal. The Colony, after his appoiutment to the office of Pro- (a grave ebarge; but se much the graver so much | the day, nor bave 1 yet seen any thing of the kin’, Delegates covsplied with the Duke's request—they ' vineial Seeretary ; and there is no doubt that when worse, wranifestly we much tae worse, so log ws it can be clearly and eternally substantiate .| mer controversialist. | in so far as 1 am aware, trom the pen of any tor- This question I propose Livestigating or viewing im the oaly rational as- “put their statement in writing—they left it'at the he comes back—if that event ever oceurs—he Colomal Office; but when they did se, the Duke's ) will merit their application again. | It is certain that the example of England will be followed by other Powers, and it will be curious ‘to watel the effects of their retusal upon the Im- perial system. “The Empire uust be a success, or the Empire will meet the fate whieh attends all who fuilin France, It is a very critien’ time in the history of the Lioperial dynasty, for Easope refuses jt way, peraps, be pled that misrepresentation ; ing i was wot designed by the parties now implicated > peet which, to my mind, it ean ever or will ever! back was turned upon them and upon Downing | but if they did pot intend te ysierepresent, why in be found to assume; und such an honest investi- Ri nek Boo bie Cateniteed hatin: Mani bi hin sv many ul thely public speeebex and public writ-| gation ef it will lead me most naturally into the ite ° ‘ oon ings io tavuuy uf to a) others but themselves. their!) main subjects which lie concealed under its) country seat in Notts; and Mr. Palmer retu absolutely aud Instorieully inappreeiable, and in| chameleon features, as those which are really te Prince Edward Island without having another | ‘itself, fortune knows glready witheut theis aid, possessed of any true practical and decidedly vital jy torview with the Colouial Minister. Al this is characteviatieully owerjusoleut eause, did they so legislative interest to every promiscuous inhabitant ee | olt-n “une sah alain uncharitable terus of this colony at the preseut moment. Having | Well known to Mr. Lawson, the present editor towards their dissenting Liberal Protestant byer | thus, then, come fairly down at last to my proper of the Isiaader. to attend the call of the Master of France, and PUBLIC SERVANTS AND THE Press. — The i the Master aud his system are faced with the ep- West India papers publish the following circular, which has been seut by the Duke of Newcastle to the Governors of the West India Colonies: — * Downine-stReET, Aug, 20, “Sin —My attention has been called to the course caken by public servants in certain Colonies in coy necting themselves with newspapers, elluer by editing or contributing urticles to them, and | have ) France. M, Thiers laughed the Congress iato scorn When he said he “ understood what a con- stand the utility ofa congress of patients.” Neither . aud so they decline to atteud tur atuputgtiou. position of the most active political intellects in» sulialionof physicans meaut,but he eould not under | do the patients understand the use of attendance, , ge ‘alry tents ape eight ceuts a piece for basting four can be basted in a day. P Vest wakers get twenty-five or thirty ceats 4 a y. Parasols and umbrellas are fifty sents a dozea— eight cun be made in a day. “ Some of the employers, if a girl is five minutes late, charge her jive cents for it. . In some of the estadlishiments, if a button is left off a shirt it is a rule te deduct twenty-tive cents from the pay. Photographers get three dollars a week.” The object of the meeting was stated by & ntleman frem the Working men’s Union to be hot a strike, but a combination of the working ¢