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Lecal and Foreign News.

O’Connewi’s Funzrau.—The remains of the late Mr. O’Connell reacked Southhampton on Monday, and were conveyed to London, and from London, by the North-western Railway, to Chester, where they remain- ed in the Roman Catholic chapel all the week. At three o’clock on Sunday afternoon the body arrived at Birkenhead by a special train from Chester, and it was immediately after embarked on board the City of Dublin Company’s steamer, the Duchess of Kent, Capt. Jones, then lying in the Birkenhead dock. ‘The coffin, which was deposited on the quarter deck, under a spacious awning covered with black cloth and surmounted with black plumes. The coffin, which was a new one, and made at Chester, was covered with crimson. cloth, and elegantly ornamented. It bore a brass plate, contain- ing the inscription, a cross, and the arms of the deceas- ed, Six wax lights, three on each side, were kept con- atantly burning before it on deck; and immense crowds, of the public of Liverpool and Birkenhead were permit- ted on board in groups, during the whole of the after- noon for the purpose of paying their last respects to the lamented deceased. The carriage in which Mr. O’Con-

nell travelled on the continent was also on deck. At} ~

three o’clock on Monday morning the Duchess of Kent sailed for Dublin. Mr. Daniel O’Connell, jun. was a passenger on board. The funeral will take place in Dublin te-morrow ; and, from the programme pulished in the Irish papers, the procensjon On the oceasion will

he associated trades will head it, and will be followed by O’Connell’s triumphal car in mourning, his arms emblazoned thereon, drawn by six horses. After the coffin and the members of the ©” Connell family, Mr. O’Connell’s coach, blinds tp, will follow... Then will succeed the archbishops and bishops, the nobility and gentry, the judges and_ members of the bar, the members of the House Commons, the high sher- iff of the city of Dublin, the mayor, aldermen, and town councillors of Dublin, and of many of the cities and towns in Ireland, The funeral cbsequies will take place in the Church ofthe Concepiton, every part of which will be hung with black, ard it is expected that 1,500 ecclesiastics will assist at the last rites.

Sir Colin Campbell made his will at Colombo, in the year 1542, in his own handwriting. His personal pro- perty has been estimated at £100,000. He was poss; essed of East Inda Stock, Dutch Stock, and Belgian Bonds, which he has directed to be divided into nine equal parts leaving two shares to his eldest son, and one share to each of his other children, and a share to be laid out in providing annuities for his sisters ; to his, brother, Colonel Campbell, Royal Artillery, £500; and the residue of his property to his. eldest son, Lieutenant colonel Patrick Fitzroy Wellesley Campbell, of the Scots Fusilier Guards,

The number of Presbyterian ministers in the Scotch establishment is 936. Their income is made up by parliament to £260,000; that is £278 each, exclusive of the glebes.

The number of men now engaged upon the works of the new houses of parliament amounts to 1,276, of whom 708 are employed et the building, 147 at the quarries, 228 upon the joiners’ fittings and wood carvings, and 193 upon miscellaneous works.

Passengers may now leave Glasgow by an express railway train at twenty minutes past five o’clock in the morning, and reach London at nine o’clock on the even- ing of the same day. Inthe year 1810, the shortest time this distance could be performed by ordinary coach- ing was seventy-eight hours.

A Scottish paper mentions that a large golden eagle was caught by the leg in an iron trap, on the shores of Loch Ness, but flew away with the trap and chain, which weighed five pounds and a half. A month after- wards, it was found dead, with the trap still attached to its leg, in the hills, at a distance of sixteen miles from the place where it had been ensnared.

An electric telegraph has been fixed in the Ieuse of Commons for the purpose of transmitting communica- tions between the lobby and the committee rooms. Mer bers attending committees are thus enabled to learn in- stantaneously who is speaking in the house, and the time at which a division may be expected.

The Hibernia on her last trip did not take out any specie. This is a very satisfactory proof of the impro- ved state of the American Exchanges. :

4. German poet of some celebrity, Herman Maure, as- serts that he has discoyered the method of teaching young children to read, by which he undertakes in six

ours to teach the most stupid child the art of reading fluently and correctly. ,

Pather Mathew, who is now in London, on embark- ing at Kingstown, for Liverpool, was presented by the Directors of the Dublin Steam-packet Company with a free passage in their vessels, at all times, as a mark o admiration for his services in the promotion of temper- ance.

The last of the clan Macgregor, named Margret, died on the 22d June, aged one hundred and one years, in Perthshire. A younger sister died onthe. 19th, three

taken out a piece of cork ‘was inserted.

vincial Government, of all funds in the Post Office

THE EXAMINER.

her youth had her skull severely fractured, and part of her skull bone was removed, and, in ae of the’ bone

The population of Paris is 980,000, besides seventy thousand foreigners, of whom twenty-five thousand are) English,

Ten Turkish merchant vessels, laden with corn, man- ned entirely by Turks, have anchored and sold their cargoes in English harbours.

The French papers announce the death, at the village of Datiguolies, near Paris, of General Bron de Baiily, the last survivor of the generals of the army of Egypt.

The Government of Bavaria has just decided that Jews may exercise the profession of advocates in that country, Till now there’has only been one jew in all the kihgdom permitted to act as’an advocite. =~

A curious proof of the progress of civilisation in the Sandwich Islands, is furnished by the . establishment of a boarding school for young ladies, kept by an English or American lady, at, Honolulu, the capital

‘The King of Holland has strongly recommended the Emperor of Japan to throw open his country to Euro- peans so as not to run the risk of being bombarded into Civilization like the Chinese.

COLONIAL.

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Newrouspianp.—Accounts from the Labradore via St. John’s were received here yesterday per Phelan’s Packet. The fishery:seems to have been tolerably good in the immediate vicinity of Indian Tickle, but to the

conc]usive as to the probable upshot of the voyage can be inferred from those early indications. We are not aware that there is any intelligence of what has been done on that part of the coast to the northward of that harbour.) sor

In this bay during the past week the fishery has been slack ; but there is a flying repert that at Cat Harbour the fish had again struck in, and that the people who had remained there, instead of proceeding on to Labra- dor, were now doing well. Down to within the last 6 or 8 days the catch at Trinity was very disheartening, but the bultow is about to be tried there this‘autumn, which it is hoped will be attended with the like success that has marked its operations in this neighbourhood. —

We understand from gdod authorithy that the mac- kerel, so long absent from this coast; have again made their appearance.—At Lance Cove, Bell-isle; considera- ble quantities were observed a few days ago.— Harbour Grace Herald July 28. b Bat Lo fi 33

Qverec, August 9.—MeEtancHoty AccipeNnt-+Six- TEEN Lives Lost.—A Sail-boat, belonging’ to'a man named Francois Xavier - Dion, left here on Saturday about noon, for St Antoine, on the south shore, above Quebec. There were nineteen, individuals on board, consisting of Dion his son, another young man, and the remaining 16 were females, returning from market. They reached St. Nicholas withthe tide, in the evening: which place they left about two o'clock yesterday 'mornt ing, but had not proceeded far when the buat grounded, and through the violence of the weather shortly after- wards upset, and melancholy to relate, out of the 19 persons on board, only three escaped, namely, Dion, his son anda young woman. Up to the time our informant left yesterday evening; thirteen of the bodies had been found.’ . Es

_An Important Vore.—The House of Assembly on the 19 ult. passed an Address to her Majesty, prayin that the free navigation of the St. Lawrence be grante to all nations ; and also that the navigation laws be re- pealed, so far as they in a manner relate to that Colony. There were only two dissentient voices, one on each side of the House, viz. Messrs. Aylwin and Ermatin- ger. oo on n Wednesday the vote was concurred in by the Le- gislative Council, by a large majority.

“We understand that a despatch has been received by his Excellency the Governor-General, intimating the assent of the imperial Government. to the PO ee to Provincial purposes, subject to the control of the Pro-

Department of this Colony. “The printed copy of the despatch. is either now lying before the two Houses, or in preparation, We have henceforth the means of re- culating the Post Office according tothe exigencies of the country.—.Montreal Gazeite.

We learn from the Montreal Herald that the British Government has sent out two gentlemen with a certain description of chemical] agent, recently invented by M. Ledoyen, and an English gentleman of scientific attain- ments, for the purpose of trying how far it may be useful for the purpose for which it is intended, viz: the destruc- tion of the contagious and noxious qualties of the air arising from beds in hospitals and sick rooms, drains, a “These gentlemen are now on their way to Grosse sle,

Union or Tue Paciric anp THE Atiantic.—A new company for uniting the two oceans by the Lake of Nica-

ragua is perhapson the eve of being definitely constitu- ted in Belgium. The Belgian Charge d’Affaires has

of agreement, in virtue of which, if it is approved, the Belgic Government will undertake the opening ofa

dzys previously, at the age of ninty-five. Margaret in

southward of that it: was less encouraging ; yet nothing}

recently left Guatemala for Belgium, bearing a project) pu

as far as Gualan, and a railway as faras Guatemala which will commence to be opened at both extremities at the same time, and, when conciuded, a toll will be recovered for the indemnification of the capital which may be invested, which, as has been calculated, will not be less than two millions of dollars.—Montreul Pilot.

_ Tuer Porato Disease, we regret to learn as made its appearance in this neighbourhood, as well as in other paits of the Province, and its. effects already, in some fields near the City are very alarming. We trust how- ever, now that clear weather has succeeded the heavy rains and dense fogs of the last six or eight days, that the disease will not prove so destructive to this valuable crop. as present appearance would. indicate. We learn from different parts;of the country that Wheat, and Oats and ‘Turnips promise abundant crops ; and that more than usual land has. been devoted to their culture

| this season, ewing to the failure of the Poiatoes for se-

veral years past.— St. John’s Courier,

Tue Poraro Ror.—We regret to learn that this dis- ease has attacked the crops on the Peninsula.. Its ap- pearance is, however, about a fortnight later than last year, and it is therefore hoped, the crops being nearly ripe, that the dainaging e‘fects will not be very consider- able.—JVov. | |

Tue New Praner.—The new Comet, discoverered simultaneously in this country and in Europe, may be seen with moderate telescopic power. It lies in the north, near the Pole Star, a little above and to the left of the Star Kappa Draconis, on the tail of the Dragon. It has a short scrubby tail, extending upwards, and ra+

ther towards the right hand.—.Vov.

CaPruRE OF A Staver.—On the 12th of June last, 700 miles W, S. W. from Ambriz, Her Majesty’s brig Water Witch captured an American brig having, Beulah of Portland, on her stern, in large white letters. She had on board 508 live and 2 dead slaves. Her crew were ail- Brazilians. Was sent to Sierra Leone for ad- judication. :

UNITED STATES.

The receipts into the Treasury of the United States during the last three months amounted to $20,405,000, of which 8,130,000 was the produce of the revenue and land sales, and $12,240,000 of loans. The amount of ‘Treasury Notes outstanding on the 2nd inst. was $14, 274,000. Notwithstanding the large amount of receipts from loans, the expenditures. during the same period exceeded the receipts by $2,000,000,—the whole amount of expenditures being $22,475,000. ‘The greater part of this immense expenditure is applied to carrying on the war with Mexico.

The money coined inthe United States during the last forty-five years’ operation, in copper, silver, and geld, amounts to 122,500,000 dollars.

A Portland paper, says—‘Some of the men engaged in building e Light House at;Mount Desert Rock, ob- tained some muscles, and roasted them., Six persons, (one a female,) partook of them, and soon discovered they were poisond. .'The girl died four hours after eat- ing them, The men were quite sick but by the aid of medicine they recovered. This eyent should be a cau~ tion against eating these shell fish, We have heard that they are poisonous, but never knew a case ol this kind before.’

INCREASE OF THE VALUE Or Property 1N Boston, —'There has been an immense rise in whart' ‘property in Boston within “a few years past. A wharf estate, purchased in 1020 for twenty thousand’ dollars, has been sold in parcels to different railroad companies, for depots, tothe ‘amount of one hundred and forty one thousand dollars, besides a portion given to the city, and one-wharf remaining, which rents for four thou- sand. Wharf property, purchased in 1845 for fifty three thousand dollars, the owners have refused to sell for jess than one hundred thousand dollars;and seventy thousand dollars have been offered for two wharves, purchased three years ago’ for forty thousand dollars. The different railroad depots of the city occupy about fifteen important and valuable wharves,

Coat TRADE PHILapELPatA.—Even our own citizens form but an inadequate idea of the extent and import~ ance of the coal trade, its rapid advancement, and the certain promise it offers, united with the other superior advantages enjoyed by Philadelphia, of unrivalled cor- mercial greatness. It js scarcely credible, and yet un- questionabley true, that during. the month of July, at Port Richmond alone, éight hundred and ninety-vessels received cargoes ; of this number, there were one ship, ten barks, seventy brigs, seven hundred and twenty sx schooners and eighty-nine sloops. Since July 18th two hundred and nineteen barges and canal boats: have re- ceived cargoes at the same place.—Philad. NV. Ameri.

-Ramways in Peru.—Peru has accepted the proposal of Mr. Wiliam Wheelwright to construct a railway (the first in that country.) between Lima and Callao. ft will be about six miles in length, aheaply conetrecs with one set of rails; and, running from Lima to the water's edge, it will receive, as regards both passengers and goods, almost the entire commercial traffic of the re- blic, ¥ eae : Cauirorsia.—Late arrivals bring distressing ace counts of disorganization, factionary quarrels, and suf- fering among the emigrants in Califorpia. Col, Fremont

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