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* ; ” The grand o!d name of * geutioman Defawed by every charlatan, , . a : EE Aud soiled with all ignot:e use-

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how to no nature, however high, can (is word be app | eensena Lick

andaly or irreverently. “ The best of men,” writes ics

ker- The best of mer That e’er wore earth about hia: was 4 sufferer 4 soft, meck, patient, humrdle, tranquil spirit: - centieman that ever breathed.

ihe tirst true Le

: Ce ee eee Tet us all, of every rank, then, take Liim for our model, and av . , ¢ in no respect shall we go wrong. , ae soe a Correspondence. sith eciiso~ieanahaianiniionitica iinet

dient ro THE EDITOR OF HASZARD'’s G AZETTE. 1 have read your editorial of the 26th instant, and at ence Propoune it to be such as might be ¢ xpeeted from a mind cons stituted as yours ts —untruthful. lad it suited your purpose, vou might and would have made out an excellent case in layor of the Sheriff, and that in strictest ace rdance with the admis- sions of both Denn and Mackenzie, who admitted taat alm st as soon as I came on the ground, * he (Dann) suspectea my object, and determined to resist the law;”” * that he kept within the vessel during at least three-quarters of ant hour, with an adze in his hand, and eventually ran off with it; *¢that before I commanded him to surr nder, a lone ¢ mnversa- tion took place about ihe size and model of the vessel, the time when she would be finished, the market sae was designed for, with the I rice she would be sold es three-guarters of an hour afier sunset when the pock ‘t-pistol was exhibited, and that at a distance of at least thirty yares from Dunu,—Mackenzie seeing it in my hand, he being in his wit) other admissions of a like nature. lLlow t upon these facts, showing the onerous

at:’? and also, ** that it was

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own house, you would have dw At hOv ' daties of the Sheriff; the tinny yssi bility of his procuring evi- | dence in his own favor under such circumstances ;_ the guarded manner in which evidence is t rken against a Sheriff, especially | when it comes from the party agamst whom the law is direct- ed: Mackenzie's culpability in not coming to my assistance, i in danger, coming to lis as-

bility of Duann’s neglecting ‘e harbors, if he had been |

ipabil _c } ! 3 “w? 7 roe or. if he thought that Duun was

sistance ; with the strong impro>a to avail himself of at least three

most remarkable, is—- that the

| struggle for it; and what is | cont st is likely to assume a very decided political character.

Whatever we may think of the motives, we cannvt but ad- wire the ingenuity with which certain persons have arranged their plans in order to effet a political manouyre by this election. For a considerable time the Obstructives, apparent- ly forgetful of their deep-rooted prejudices aguiust liberals

and liberalism, made the most porsevering appeals to the

vanity or patriotism of the Hou. Mr. Lord, in the hope that pointment, on His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, at the recent balderdash in t!

jhe would be induced to offer himself for the civie chair, We

' form its duties as Mr. Hutchinson.

c : io , th ee that office, who, in addition, is otherwise so well suited to per- Commissioners on behalf of Great Britain and We have neither forgotten are now on this Island, executing the important duties of

ia the United

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‘the hearty British feeling he exhibited when the rejoicings for commission. They left town this morning on a tour of j the fall of Sebastopol took place, nor the demeanor of his op-, tion of the rivers and harbours in the eastern section of King’,

ponent on that oceasion,

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Sorry

‘to learn that our continued remarke under this heading ay,

* Tue Lives Casus, No. 3.’’—Our readers will not be

On Friday last the Mayor and City Council waited, by ap- ‘merely deferred for want of space. Duncan McLean gnq “

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ue dslander will also come in for g full

Colonial Building, and presented the following congratulatory | share of consideration whenever we have nothing bettey ty

: _ : * . . ‘ ; a , ‘ ns . * ° ‘ . ~~ , : believe that Mr. Lord had sagacity and penetration enough t address on His Excellency’s elevation to the honor of Knight- occupy our time and attention.

puspect the sincerity ot the offers of support thus made to

‘ a : “ivate eng: nts | him: bat at all events he knew that his private engagements

were too numerous, too important, and too unremitting, to

permit of his giving up nearly the whole of his time to the

duties of the Mayoralty ’ should he be successful in earry ing |

the election ; proffered honer. Theservices of Benjamin Davies, Esq., were next solicited in this behalf by the Tory party ; but although there is scarcely a man in the community who would have more impartially, honourably and creditably discharged the

duties which appertain to the office of Mayor than Mr. Davies,

and he therefore very wisely declined the

| hood :—~ To His Excellency Sir Dominick Daly, Knight, Laeutenant

Majesty's Island Prince Edward, Chancellor, Vice Ad- miral and Ordinary of the same, Fc. Fe. Fe.

‘congratulations on the honour recently conferred up

lof Knighthood.

We are grateful in finding that the long period of active |

and beneficial service, spent by your Excellency in various im-

| portant official situations 1

he did not choose to become the nominee of a party who have | this distinguished mark of iler approbation is an honorable | stood opposed to him ever since his entrance upon public life. | proof.

Both these gentlemen are, ineyery respect, fully qualified for the |

office ; but neither was willing to sacrilice his ease and private business engagements for a temporary, arduous and poorly re-

warded public employment ; besides, it was well known-to |

them, as well as to every other person in the community, that | Mr. Hutchinson was not unwilling to remain in the position which he has so worthily filled during the past year.

We are not desirous of reviving old causes of contention. It were better they should all be buried in the past ; yet a few | words appear to be necessary to justify us in recommending |

Mr. Hutchinson to the suffrages of his fellow citizens. Last ‘

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Mr. Pethick was next tried, and lastly the Hon. Mr. Young. |

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merited accession of honor, is our united wish. (Signed) Rosert. Hureninson, Mayor. Charlottetown, August 1, 1856.

fo which His Excellency made the following Reply. Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen of the Common Cowneil :

Governor and Commander-in-Chicf, in and over Her |

i net panna ~-_ oa + icine - :

Dr. Janping.—We have reecived, from the pen of @ talon

contributor, some comments on the recently published letter this erratic and popularity hunting gentleman, but the numa

We, the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Char- | rous demands upon our space to-day compel their postponeme ‘lottetown, respectfully tender to your Excellency our sincere | for another week.

on your ' Excellency, in your elevation by Her Majesty to the dignity

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ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL.

‘Tus Mail Steamer arrived here from Pictou on W

n different Colonies of Her Majesty, afternoon, bringing am English Mail, together with the | has been duty appreciated by our gracious Sovereign, of which

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' American and Colonial Mails, including those from the Woy | India Islands and Newfoundland. The news from England jy

That your Excellency may long live to enjoy this well- | not very important. Italy is represented as in e isturbed

| state ; and Spain is just now passing through another of toy | fiery ordeals to which she has for many years past boon » victim. ;

Tne new Coxmanper-tn-Catzry.—The appointment of th

I thank you cordially for your kind congratulations and | Duke of Cambridge to the office of Commander-in-Chigf,

good wishes, on oceasion of the honour recently conferred upon me by the Queen.

' i ; f my publie duties, 1 have ever been

In the discharge of my public duties, lave e

stimulated by the conviction, that there was no more certain course by which I could merit the approbation of our most gracious Sovereign, than by zealously and impartially direct- ing my best energies to promote the prosperity-and happiness of the people. I assure you, I shall continue to take a deep

? } hh? tie i we re Ose ; ey i } ‘ivie @ a : ‘a : 7 u rg ow ‘ity « i ‘ s P put in bodily fear, and many other arguments whieh strike | year we opposed his elevation to the civie chair—not that we | interest in the progress of your City, and in the welfare of

even a common observer. id ne purpose. You and others had another object in view. And,

as in former instances, your talents were employed not in pro-

moting, but in perverting justice. Siok : a

Tam not about to follow you through the whole of this

effort of vour innate, insolent and malignant mind, but will | notice a few only of what vou doubtless regard strong points. | You savy that I ** attempted to mount the stage, but failed.”’ I did mount the stage ; and as often as 1 went to the one side of the vessel Dunn, who was within, moved over a single beam to the other, still retaining the adze in his hand. But, I sup- pose, you would say that [ sh mild have eutered the unfinished | vessel, walked over the beam, and have put myself within} reach of Dunn’s adze and received the benefit of the first blow | from that ineffective weapon before I showed my means of de- | fence. I admit that such a doctrine was recently propounded, | but have yet to learn its correctness. The conversation (be- | fore adyerted to) between myself and the two witnesses must go to prove the existence of that sclf-possession, caimness of

thought and steadiness of purpose, whieh could not have char- | acterized me had your base assertions been correct. You say | that I subsequently went to Mackenzie’s house, and you bring | forth Dann to prove it. LI was never within Mackenzie's house, | or wearer to it than the road; and is it likely Dunn would put | himself within my power? Lawson, your malignancy plunges you headlong into an ocean of falsehoods, where doubtless you will termimate your valuable life, and society sustain an irre- parabie loss raising the posse comitetus? You say, poor old sioner, that ‘‘ pleaded cuilty."’ Where? when? and to what? done so, John Williams would have been erally untrathful with John Lawson. Again, you speak of toy being ‘a parti-

But such a coarse did not suit your

. * | So, Werte nhs, nS heaatha } * > . 2} arr y » san ;’’ if by this you mean that 1 sterd opposed to snch men | first civic chair—he breathed in a new atmosphere and felt

as yourse f, Tadmit the charge.

and in all places opposed to the doctrine that the many were |

to be governed by the few, and, I may add, to all oppression

and tyrannr. You taunt me with a want of education; if so, it is my misfortune, not my sin. And who would not infini- tely rather be an uneducated honest man, countenaneed, wher- ever known, by the right-minded, than an educated man of prostituted talents?—a man justly loathed by a whole com- munity. who. in order to eke out a miserable existence, is compeiled to be the obsequious cringing slave of any knave or fool that may pay him for the performance of any foul service -~a man who, if fiends can pity, must excite the commussera- tion of the infernal hosts—a man who, unless his conscience is completely seared, and bis moral sight totally gone, must wish for everlasting darkness rather than exist among those who can lay claim to the least degree of moral rectitude. Again you

say that L am ‘“ unscrapuloas, furions, headlong,”’ &e. &e. |

John Lawson, do you expect to be believed? Do you believe your own words? You do not. Why then write thes of one who never did vou wrong, but on the contrary assisted you when in difficulties, and to the present moment has never been repaid? Mr. Lawson you must rememb x the fable of the resuscitated viper. Waiting your further favors, I remain yours, &c., July 27, 1856. JOHN-WILILLLAMS. nen A Spann Mr. Waetan— . : Sir, — In conversation with some of the members of the Corporation, on Saturday evening, relative to the business which has been transacted thereunder during the year, I have been given to understand that the following is about the amount of it, viz: 125 meetings of the City Council, at which upwards of 30 bye-laws have been adopted and other business done ; 300 regular and extra meetings of the Police Court, at which upwards of 500 complaints have been received, about 450 of which have been decided in the Court, and the balance settled out of doors or handed over to the Supreme Court,—

beside four monthly meetings of the Mayor’s Court for the |

amall debts of the City, in which about 200 cases have been

adjusted with g ‘neral satisfaction, making an aggregate of d29

meetings and upwards of 600 decisions, at each of which the " o . . . .

Mayor presided and teok cognizance of the complaints made ;

and I am imformed that he has been accessible to our City

business at all hours of the day and night. Now, if this be |

correct, and TI have no reason to doubt my authority, I think

it goes pretty clearly to prove that functionary to be possessed |

of s large amount of patience and indomitabie courage not

possessed by the generality of men; and it farther goes to | prove that, however the temperance harpies may croak with

respect to the iniquity of his selling, he must Lave been pretty

elear-headed of the effects of drinking, liquor, to be so attentive |

and punctual to the duties of his office—qualifications as to

nerve and sobriety that the warmest friends of John C. Binns,

aspirant to the office of Mayor, cannot begin to youch for.

Why, then, do the Tories wish to throw the present Mayor

aside ? QUERIST. Charlottetown, August 4, 1856.

Che Exaniiner.

CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E.1., AUGUST 4, 1856. = = 3 : = SSS CIVIC ELECTIONS.

To-menaow will bo rather a busy day with a large propor-

tion of our fellow-citizens, and one of its most important events

vr . + . ee in the history of our little metropolis will be the election of a

Mavor and five Councillors. Mr. Uutchinson is again up for

the office which he has filled during the past year, and until

within a day or two it was thought he would encounter no |

But the ** course’’ of a pablic functionary’s popu-

opposition.

larity, like that of ** true love, never did run smooth,’’ for we |

are now credibly informed that his Worship will not be al-

lowed te secapy the civie chair for another year without a

isach, did not come within the charmed circle.

|servitude was on him, and however meritorious his services, i

| “Where would Dunn have been while J was|., . . as : dus ee \ j | the insatiable cravings of the more favored scions of our pseudo

t ‘ ‘ Had I | aristocracy. But Mr. Hutchinson seemed to haye undergone

J nave been, and hope ever | that his soul was his own. He became of and with the people to be, opposed to all political renegades, and also at all times |

i } . | Whose tyranny he had found shelter, as a traitor to be pursued

believed him incompetent to fill it—but because al his |

antecedents were dead against him, and because he seemed to}

be thrust upon us by a large section of the Tory party, not | quite so aristocratic in their notions as others who were | desirous of bringing Mr. Haviland into the field. The intrin- jsie value of a gem is often lost sight of by the clumsy or |inappropriate setting in which it is presented; and we have 'no doubt, that had Mr. Hutchinson stood alone, and been unknowa to Party, he would have been better understood and more fully appreciated. The old Family Compact party had, through all their fortunes, ever found Mr. tlutchinson an un-

tiring supporter of their cause. His reward was like that of all other humble followers of the same party — nothing — their devotion was manifested like the love of Ophelia, ‘ not wisely but too wii.’’ The late Mayor, if we may style him For him, like |

many others, it was all work and no—pay. The badge of he conld neyer rise beyond the rank of a private. The honors ‘and emoluments of the Compact army were too few to satisfy

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a moral metempsychosis as soon as he was fairly seated in the

'in their feelings, habits, sympathies and recreations; and

henceforth he was to be regarded by the little clique, from

even unto the death. Hence the desire of the obstructives to

all classes of its inhabitants. ; (Signed) D. Dary, Lieut. Governor. Government House, August 1, 1856.

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MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

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| popular with the country at large, as it is unquesti

| recently resigned by the yenerable and gallant Lord Hardj |on account of his déclining health, appears to be as

‘agreeable and gratifying to the army. The illustrious (of this gallant Prince—his popular manners—his undi ‘merits as an officer, and the amount of actual service he hay

bridge as Lord Hardinge’s successor, that nobody else had avg been named in serious competition with him; yet we beliegg we are correct in saying, that it was not until bis Royal High.

ness had been actually Gazetted to the office, that all appre.

hension was dismissed jest this important appointment should be given in a mach less popular wad much less properly qual}. fied quarter. :

Nobody can doubt that the Duke of Cambridge wil] by actuated in the discharge of his duties hy the best and the most

An animated discussion took place in the City Council on | praiseworthy motives, and we are willing to hope that thes

Friday evening last, respecting the qualification of citizens | good intentions will be seconded by enlightened and liberal entitled to yote at the ensuing civic elections. The point in | views, and carefal and untiring application.

dispute was, whether persons holding property im the diflerent | : wards were or were not entitled to yote, although their pro-

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perty had not been assessed, and although they had not paid rates. Councillors Heartz and Pethick, supported by Messrs. Sims, Stewart and McDonald, contended that owners of pro-

INSURRECTION AT MADRID.

Figurine In THE StreeTs—THE QveEN aMoyvG tHE Troops —ALL SPAIN DECLARED IN A STATE OF Sirce.—We haye ty

perty had a right to vote in any and every ward where they | announce the outbreak of a formidable insurrection at’Madrid, had property—no matter whether they paid rates or not. In| The populace were on Monday night in arms, and thera w

| this opinion they were supported by the Recorder, who | repeatedly and energetically harangued the Council in support | tr . of his singular position, and quoted the fifth section of the Act | Guard having revolt cd, the (roops of the Line appear to Baye: of Incorporation in justification of it. Councillors Davies, | supported tle new Government. fue Queen presented Ore Mclsaac and Barnard took an entirely different view. They self to the National Guard, and to the troupa of the garrison, — | contended that no citizen had a right to vote unless he had paid

all his rates and assessments one month before the election, of which payment the evidence shall be the receipt of the City Treasurer, produced at the time of voting, as stated in the ninth section of the Incorporation Act,—that they were sur- prised at the opinion of the Recorder, who must have known that the fifth section to which he referred had no bearing in the matter, but plainly had reference only to the first civic election under the Act, and was therefore now obsolete,—that notwithstanding the opinion of the learned member of the Bar, they held to the wording and spirit of the Act, which would admit of no misinterpretation, and in doing so they were satisfied that all unprejudiced men would support them. They begged to remind the Council that they must take the law as it is—that it was not in their power to alter it—that was for the Legislature to do, if an alteration was deemed necessary ; and in order to take the sense of the Council on the subject, Mr. Davies submitted the following resolution :—

| bring forward a liberal candidate for the office of Mayor. The

seeming wish to serve the liberals was only father to the thought

|of punishing the recusant Mayor. the confidence of a large proportion of the liberal party in | Cuastottetown. By bringing forward a gentleman of longer |standing in the ranks of the Liberals, the Tories probably hoped to divide and weaken that interest, as well as chastise \their former adherent. But being unsuccessful in carrying out this scheme, we find them falling on Mr. John C. Binns as l their dernier ressort.

}emphatie commentary on the absence of the popular element

‘amongst the adherents of the Tory party in Charlottetown.

The selection of this person is a most

| We did think that a better selection might haye been made | from that party, but they themselves evidently thought other- \

ilike this, and that is pluck—a rather searce commodity | amongst his political associates. Of his requirements for the office, we are utterly ignorant. The soundness of his judgment, | his temper, discretion and impartiality, have been more than | once put to the test in a manner to reflect no credit upon him- iself. Bat notwithstanding all these faults—and they are very | serious ones—if Mr. Binns possessed the smallest hold upon the ‘affections of any considerable portion of his fellow-citizens, we might be induced to believe that there was some method in the

madness of his friends in bringing him forward. Of Mr. Hutchinson’s re-election we have not the smallest

‘doubt, considering who his opponent is. That he has brought a very large amount of patience, perseverance and industry to the discharge of his difficult and delicate functions, no one we think will be so ungenerous as todeny. That his judgments have been always and invariably correct, would be asking, perhaps, too much of poor human nature to assert; but we do | honestly believe that bis desire, in all the difficult and tgouble-

some cases that came before him, during the past year, was to dispense even-handed justice between man and man. His er- rors seemed to be only those that leaned to virtue’s side. We must confess that he has not been exactly our beau ideal of a Chief Magistrate; but our principal complaint against him—

| if we are constrained to express it—is, that he made too much

‘a hobby of his office. He seemed as if he had been cut out by ‘nature for the thing, and that all that was human of him was

intended to be absorbed in the dread magisterial functions— ‘not that these were exercised with any undue rigour or severi-

| ty; but the man seemed to be lost sight of in the office and | the officer. On the whole, take him with all his faults, no |

/man worked harder for a hundred pounds than Mr. Hutchinson during the past year, and we doubt if there is any man in the City who would be willing, if he had the patience and perse- | yeranee, to do all that he has done for double the amount of salary.

+ We eal! again attention to the Election of Civic Officers. We believe that in this community loyalty to the Sovereign, the nation and the laws, will go a long way to recommend as

_ Chief Magistrate any person aspiring to the honor of filling

This gentieman now enjoys | nets é on . Py ae | accordance with the ninth section of the Act of Incorporation.

vise. Mr. Binns has, indeed, one good quality for a contest |

‘¢ Resolved, as the opinion of the City Council, that no per- son or persons are qualified to vote at the ensuing election unless such as have: paid their rates and assessments, and can produce receipts from the City Treasurer to that effect, in

A division haying been called for on this resolution, the names stood as follows: —For the resolution—Messrs. Davies, Melsaae and Barnard. Against it—Messrs. Pethick, Heartz, Stewart, McDonald and Sims.

The resolution baving been thus lost, its supporters called upon the Council to issue some directions by which their returning officers should be guided, independent of the law, if that was not to be taken as their guide. But this the Council refused to do, and they then adjourned.

[The above notice of the City Council meeting on Friday

heard the debate. We fully concur in the view taken by those gentlemen who supported Mr. Davies’s resolution, and we are astonished that there should be so little judgment on the part of the other Councillors as to support an opposite view, utterly in defiance of the law. As for Mr. Recorder | Lawson, we feel no surprise at all at his conduct. Ever since the City was saddled with the expense of his salary—which would be better applied if thrown regularly every quarter into the river—he has been exercising his small ingenuity to lead the Council as much astray as possible in everything. We have always observed that falsehood and error appear to have peculiar charms for him, and that he prefers to doa wrong thing when the right might answer his purpose as well. But Mr. Lawson had an object in leading the Council astray in the matter under consideration. If all persons could vote whether they paid rates or nut, the number of Mr. Binns’s supporters would be considerably increased, because Tory pro- perty holders, whose places are rented to others, would yote in virtue of their freeholds, and Mr. Hutchinson’s chances of |election would therefore be diminished. Mr. Lawson is no ladmirer of the Mayor, for two reasons—Ist, because of the latter’s present tendency to liberalism ; and 2nd— worse than all)—-because he never appeared to place much value upon the Recorder’s opinions, in legal or other matters. If the Corporation had levied no rates or assessments, any person might vote in virtue of his freehold or leasehold alone ; but as affairs stand, it is an extraordinary delusion to contend for, that persons may vote irrespective of the payment of rates. Here is the section of the Act, in accordance with which the

ensuing election must be held, as plain as the sun at noon- day :—

“IX. The Mayor and Councillors of the said City of Charlottetown ut the periods hereinaiter appointed, shall be chosen by the majority of votes of such persons only as shail be qualified in the terms of this Act, as hereinbefore prescribed. Provided always, that when aud so soon as any rate Or rates, assessment or assessments, shall be made by and under the authority of this Act, no inhabitant of the said City shall be entitled to vote at the election of Mayor or Councilmen, as aforesaid unless he shall have been rated to, and in respect of, the rates or as. sessments laid as aforesaid; and shali have paid all his rates and assessinents, which fall due one month before the time of such election of which payment the evidence shall be the receipt of the City Trea- surer, produced at the time of voting, and then lodged with the Keturning Officer at any such election.” : '

a en mt encarta Tne Fisnery Commissioners. ~M. H. Perley, Esq... accom- | panied by two of his sons, and Guetayus Cushman,

evening was handed to us by an intelligent correspondent who |

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sharp fighting in the streets between the insurgents and the troops. Much blood was shed. A portion of the National

and was well received. me A suspension of hostilities was agreed to, the truce to bel

‘force till 5 o'clock in the evening. General O'Donnell de

\clared to (reneral Infante, commending the insurgents, ' jafter that hour, the troops would act with the greatest vi er

lt is not known where Espartero is.

A telegraphic despatch from Madrid announces that the insurrection has been suppressed. A few bands only fe mained to be overcome, commanded by the celebrated torte (bull-fighter) Pacheta. The Governinent has appointed new ayuntuimento, or municipal council. The troops be haved with devotion and courage.

The whole of Spain has been declared in a state of siege.

An insurrectionary movement has taken place at Saragossa.

INDIA AND CHINA.

Ye have received our despatches by the Overland Mail from India and China, the dates of which are :—-Bombay,

j June 10; Calcutta, June 5; Madras, June 10; Hong Kong,

May 22. Another rising among the Sontals is appreheuded in Lower Bengal, brought about by the fawine at present threatening the country ; this being to a considerable extent oceasioned by the neglect of cultivation and destruction of the stores of grain attendapt ou last year’s outbreak. Everge thing seems tranquil and prosperous in Quée, and at this season operations, military and mercantile, give way to the pursuits of agriculture. Some disturbances in the northerm division at Madras had occurred, which originated in the a& cape of a State prisoner, the, rebels burning the villages of those who would not join them. The prompt measunet adopted by the Madras Government had been most bens and the insurrection was at an end. The discussion#§ municipal taxation in Bombay bring to light frauds im house tax committed for some years past to the exten® of £5,000 or £6,600 a-year, or nearly one-fourch of the whole amount collected. The King of Ovde is still in Caleutta talking of going to England, bat © arently making no pre parations for the voyage. Hong Long papers report thatin the ceutre of the Chinese empire, about Canton, ** the spitt of insurrection had been laid’? for the present, bet in ite Nan the rebellion had broken out again; in Kiang Si it held most of the important cities, and a rumour of Soochow being ei dangered had seriously affected the import trade of Sha chad On the whole, things were not improving.

SRR Ei Rc

Great Russtan Expepition To THE Caucasrs.—It is consider certain that a great Russian expedition will be undertaken ia the Caucases in the spring, as the officers and engincers ae busily employed in surveying the different passes. That pat

|of the plan of operation which relates to the constraction ol

fortifications and strongholds is to be entrusted to Genertl Todtleben.

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Tux Russian Ampassapor.—The Czar, it would seem, has at last nominated the diplomatists who are to represent hi interests at the Courts of his former foes. Count Kisseleff, Minister of the Domain’, will be appointed Ambassador t Paris ; Count Chreptowich is to be Minister Plenipotentiary to London ; and Count Boutenieff will fill a similar appointment at Constantinople.

_ Avstrauia.-—Seriovs Riors at Batiarat.—The Earl of Sefton has arrived from Melbourne, with advices to the of April. The Earl of Sefton brings 120 passengers, 40;

| ounces of gold, 1,000 bales of wool, and a large general cargo,

Serious riots had taken place among the minors at Ballarat Axes, tomahawks, picks, bludgeons, and blocks of road were ie into play ; and hundreds of men were seri injured. Mr. Molesworth was about to be appointed the fi judge. The Royal Charter and Annandale had arrived # Melbourne.

> oe + : AcCCOUCHMENT OF THE Express or Avstria.--Vienna, Stnpat EvEnine.— Yesterday morning, at half-past five o’cloek, Empress was delivered of a daughter. At eight o’clock* salvo of 21 guns announced the birth of the Princess. AT? Deum was chanted at 11 o'clock. The Princess was bapt to-day at two. Numerous amnesties are officially announced, and many political offences are pardoned. ED OR Haveury Repry or tne Kixe or Napies to Great Barmae AND France.—We have reason to believe that the reply of his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies to the joint representat of the Governments of England and France has been received:

and has been for some days in the hands of her Majesty’s ‘Ministers. This reply, we understand, is curt and b : {Jt is said to be founded on a principle very dificult @ questioned by her Majesty's Government. As the Sovereig® jof an independent nation, the King denies the right of any foreign Government to interfere in the internal a airs of 1 | State. If the representations of the allied Government

Esq., Fishery | been of a friendly character, this anewer will preel