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of our euen . The more certain tliebetter is epraoti teaching of war, and I fancy the prevsilin opinion of the moment: and it is to be ferven y hoped, that my Lord Dundonald may have a fair trial. lie, with many others, me not succeed at first, any more than Watt on d have built an express-engine for the Great Western, were he resuscitated; but, at any rate, it is a step in the right direction.

hese machines, when seen from a vessel's deck, have the appearance of large cylinders moored under water, well below the surface, with a funnel rising from the centre to within a few feet of the same, and the probability is that violent contact causes explosion, though it is perfectl possible, and even probable. that they are ﬁre y batteries from the shore (on the vessel's identifying herself with their posi- tion), more ticularly as neither of the ex- plosions whic took place were under the bot- toms, but alongside, and consequently the amount of damage was small.

The energies of our antagonist have been little less vi rous in the north than at Sebas- topol, consi ering the winter, and it is no ex- aggeration to state. that this year Cronstadt is twice as strong as last. Then it had two vul- nerable points—now it has none. Something, however, may yet be done; should it be de- ferred until next year, that will be impossible ; but the golden opportunity was lost last year, when Cronstadt was as un re red to resist the combined ﬂeet and 80,00 troops as Sebas- topol was to] resist the combined armies. In the meantime, where are the batteries and mortar ﬂats?

A GLIIPBI A1.‘ CBONSTADT.

Nearing’ Tolbsukin from the sea, the low island of Oi-onshdt with all its terrors, gradu- ally rises in patchy hummocks, and to the southward, singular rocky excresoencea appear dotted about between it and the main, backed ‘by thetall masts of the liners ; these, with the gilt steeple of the church, which sparkles ‘axe mile, are the most prominent objects. By grees the here so prevalent in this gulf. and which veils or distorts both nature and art, is gradually dispelled. and these rocky «exerescences assume a more|deteriained shape. To the extreme right, the enormous square block of masonry, mounting seine 150 guns, is Risbank, looking nothing the worse for the winter, an additional work being apparent on its southern side, and a correspoudiu ﬂanking

on the main for its protection; next comes Fort Alexander, looking like an ill-con- ditioned hayrick; shortly after Peter I. and Crouslot become visible, the latter of which it would have n ' t to improve. with a couple of three-deokers moored across the en- hance of the passage, supported by numerous heavy paddle steamers, ap rentl under the special protection of Prince enschikoﬂ‘, which, with the mole batteries form the last of the long line of forts on .or near the south shore of the island, which it new one vast entrenched cam , encircled by detached earthworks, all furnished with the heaviest ordnance, and finished with that scrupulous nicet which we have learnt to respect at Sebastopo . Oh that “Bone Johny” had abandoned Silistria, and our enemy had never been taught the value of mud in that sauguinary siege ' These detached works are carried right across the island from abreast of Fort Alexander on its south side, ooinmencin at the spot marked “ Kessel Bat- dierivyiii-nii[i"st hoiiig iiantiibniigrihmgdlilieuioiild‘character from the French Government'—‘' In dde of which anoeher he e ea,-gﬂwo,-1; je being my last, l mentioned various American clippers eon,t,ue.ed_ am,‘-din eily employment to | that were embarking troopsqmatertel, &c., since ‘bout 3‘0(n men_ 1‘ eee detached work, as-e1which_inost ofihem have sailed. from Toulon iind admirably placed, having a ntle.slopem Marseilles. The Great Republic was towed by tent of them, ﬂanked by an ﬁunkmg E0“ the Navarino, of guns. a screw three-deeker; Alexander 0,, the south, ,md.on the north P,-0.; the Queen of (.lippers by the steam frigate gecged by the shoals, submarine pilin , and ‘in- ‘ ltldoradn. The ‘Monarch of the Sea, the Gaunt- fernal machines. All the old wor s outside '0': ""3 NP‘‘P“°|l»"-d ‘ll? Anellhlnmlg 5” “'9-‘ll this line, as well as Alexai_ider_Fort, are up Undlff the," Owl: ¢80V39;9oghl<: 8l>0V828B|X Velseli parently abandoned, and with Judgment, for ""3 0" lizasizyysagg f0|’_3l¢_!I. 00 "°°P3& the-defences of the island againsts land attack I0 H30?“ 3'! .0 1?“ 0 ml "NY “"93 N‘ are rendered more compact, and the chances of |°_PPl|¢'s bwdel Whlv F39 00 bowl "I6 ""0 .'ucee”fe} lending, winch 1.3,; ye" wee the ships of war, both of which ‘were loaded down "°"‘ °'.‘.’.';i° 33 lb‘ i“°"’ f°"“"‘° °”°““‘°"" i‘.".‘§i"..‘..'"il'.'.‘.‘.'.i'.»';&°i".".‘.;.. 9:" 133.53‘? .'.'3°'.".. 'Z.'£.‘.-‘Ii 0 68!. 9 u_3ii'tlie Ioerrth sidtli, the "barrier of submarine ;=;:||"‘¢°|_¢‘Il|_Wi:| 1:18: b|'_I|ll¢h 5"" We IGMCIII loldsggg piling has ‘been much improved and extended; ' I \;'"_"'_I 9 6-‘ :11; lh Ilfﬂnmogi ‘gin b the ineauscmployed are_lai-ge wooden eaissons, ‘_"_|| 0 ""331" (,°m I 9 in |_ 3-_ cl 3'9 9°“ eonie25 feet square, which are ﬁrst ﬂoated over ‘I? "ll: E|'l1l"|9T blehﬂ ll ¢_X°l“l||'° 0' the place they are intended to occupy, and then I im‘ r 0m ‘he 9' ll 1 H 9: P'""3“'_lll "'3'- with stones, and afterwards ﬁlled with '5 '0"! W ""30 °|m¢_| l 930 ml!!!” '0!’ eh. “mo mgwrjgl; £2". , ne .1efg-between ‘thlp destlrypction of putnsnylifs, and was anfsweredé many of.these ilesa ut 8 feet in width, for 'im:“:h° :"|:§°,';|| '~ "0 In "WI mill“ |¢W|’¢

the egress of t sir gun-boats, should the north side he iaeneoed '—j—*"‘ THE CROPS.

A fort and battery have also

been erected on Lisi-noss, to ﬂank any attempt Tue WIATH an AND we Cncrs.—'l‘Iie weather, for the past weeek, has been sultry. Messrs. J,

as force the barrier, which is also protected by

a line of ﬂoating batteries, consisting of four

53°": ﬁn f"i8“°'v “ld “'9 °°"'“‘°_5v 305°‘ and R. Proctor have published the following

591' "m1‘5°"3° 40 8““'b°“' m°°"°d '“l"“ "v report of the state of the crops in the llnited

5ll°‘dl"3n°° "“Yl“8 f|'°m_5°0"°1s Y”‘_l5» Kingdum:—WiIh one or two exceptions, our

I-Id l¢l'0lI°l!il.g from “I9 1913114 W “*9 “Wins advices conﬁrm and agree with the view we form-

Illd Whillll WI“ WV: “1°"°f°"°v P’°"°"‘ ‘he ed, after personal inspection over a wide tract of country, that the crops have made wonderful progress during the last month; that the season

possibility of passing round and attacking from arid. ' is later by two or three weeks than the average,

the eaetw The other vulnerable point,

and which was most accessible to a naval attack which is evidenced by wheat not being fully out in ear ; also, by the time when potatoes ought to

last year—the line of defences on the north aide of the town—has also been much improved, and very heavy gun_s mounted. Were one’! be more plentiful in our markets; the cutting of eyes 80 be f-l'Il8¢°d 111 RUINS 83! 1110"’ "130 seed grsssfor our early hay crops, and the haw- °|1°" “no “*9? 1"" ‘°““"¥ bum 12 3t°5m thorn siill in bloom,—unususl for the ﬁrst week K‘“"b°‘“i bl“ " t,"° °“l! ll“? be“ 399" in July. Thsttlie wheat crop is thin of plant, ‘"5"’ V‘?! it “"7 “"13 b9 ,"“'““’°d lb” “'9 and not in average one upon the ground, we have reminder M0 dllmﬂlleli Vflih I {"0091 {Ind abundant testimony, but this circumsstnce, with V004 510 It ‘be b°“°m 0‘ {iv "0' by ‘h!'_i{m° ﬁne dry weather, to secure the crop, will increase our friends lllllltliyve p0l'0_9lV0d 0|" 30111511" . the yield from the ear. On the contrary, with lid 00”‘ 3°°°1’d"8lYv "49 K°,"4’h- I"°‘_' wet and cloudy weather where it is now. u IIGIOIIN-i°|i “IN '°’7°'“°_°'1 0!‘ “'9” ‘"39" 953133 luxuriant appearance, the tendency would be the IN dl|m3““°d ‘nd lym "3 9'9 bulnl Which mildew and disease. The prospect for a good poisio crop stands next of paramount importance. The plant is looking exceedingly well in some

Isrvss to show their conﬁ ence in the means of defence. The infernal machines, to which they have in I met-Euro Conﬁded the M70000 0f the districts, but in others the set of the seedling, I01“! lidei 3"’ "0 1°38" "'9 myth 0f l“9l7.3'¢‘}"'- with seine other sorts, have not come well, and One of our small steamers. when reconuoitringl look yew .iek|y_ A lune emeege 0; g,,,,,,,d_ ‘the other 415] With “J0 F|'°ﬂ°h idmlﬂl find, however, is planted with this root, and, should several captains 0!! b0l|'d. V01‘! 1193“! 1’°¢9|V9d ' disease keep off, a large, if not an abundant crop its quickie» She 011110394 "'0 Of ‘h°|°_ 1119' me be anticipated. 'l‘hs growing oats and barley chines, whether from contlct 0|’0th°1’Wll0|_| look remarkably well, the letter, perhaps, too Iusoertain—luckily in 5 fathom! ‘"901’; 8| If luxurisnt.snd will require very fine weather to was, the one ex loding under the starboerd secure squslity equal to last year’e simple. The how fairly “R03 0|‘ 0|“ 0f “I0 WSW’. bgllggng hay crop, we believe, will fall very light. but as in the side before the plddlobot. Bud ripping this fact will soon be rented, it is unnecessary to of much copper-at the same time throwing comment upon it, further than the first crop being It I oollllllll 0‘ VI“? 3l°9lt'|d° 55°“ 14 700' kept useut fully a fortnight later than the usual high. Had it happened in shoal water. 0!‘ hid season, the second cutting will probably be light the explosion taken place more directly under |ho.—-Eltropslil Timer, July 7. her, it would have been a similar case_to the “John o’ Gaunt," which I dsrssey, your resd- Giurisvtito News. Together with the very era recollect beln destroyed b the much- cheering aeceunts we receive from every quarter misused Warner, 0 Brighton. spend upon concerniugllie wheat and corn crops, we have it, those who ﬁrstsucoeed nhringin chemistry the most cheering intelligence of the stats of the and science to bear in the matter o war must _potato fields in all sections. At New York. a lietlie winners. Hitherto itliasbeenstudioiw lotelofstleeet 25,000 bushels of potatoes from by the authorities, under the Bermuda alone have arrived this season, and tee-hall excuse of being a too certain, or large quantities also from Charleston and Norfolk. perhaps, too diabolical. means of getting rid The potato crop in the Northern States will be

SAILING or AN Aiuaiuciin l"i.nii:r.—-'l‘lie French correspondent of the National lntelligcncer, writ- ing from Marseiles, gives the following account of the sailing of a ﬂeet of American clippers from that port, with stores for the seat of war, under

most abundant, if no special disaster belkls it-

we believe we may say unprecedented. Almost H every farmer has more than the usual quantity.

They look remarkably well everywhere, and. the

prospect is that this vs stable, once so within

the reach of all classes 0 people, may seen again

be abundantly es the tables of the poor as Well

as the rich. About Boston, the price has not,

however, as yet been veduoed.—Boslon Chm

nicle.

New Yosx.—The Delhi, Delaware county, Gazette as s that ve tation never advan more rapi ly than within_ the poet few days. Corn looks vigorous and is growing rapid y. tatoes. rye, and oats never looked better. The Gazette speaks conﬁdently with regard to wheat, of which it thinks there will be more raised in that county the present season “ than for the last ﬁve years put together."

0nio.—ln Washiu ton county, particularly on the bottom of the bio river, the crops indi- cate an enormous yield. We learn from _ r. John Bartlett, who has resided on the little [looking for upwgrds of forty years, that the crops in that section were never so promising as they are at the present time.

The Da ton Gazette says “ the wheat crop in southern hio is safe. No blight, no rust, no shrinka e—but plump, excellent,abundant. _A few liel s have been cut this week, more will be next week. It is now certain, that this crop will be more than an average one in Ohio, an if so, we may set down the amount at from 23, 000 000 to 25,000,000 bushels for this season alone." The cod time is coming, when ﬂour will be six dol are per barrel.

VlliGlNlA.—Tl10 South-Side Democrat contains the following encouraging information in refer- ence to the crops on the South side of the river: --From observation and the accounts of relia- ble friends iu nearly every county of the South section of our State, we feel warranted in predicting a full avera e crop this year. The continued drought of t e spring prevented the stalks of wheat from attaining their usual hei ht, but the head is in the main full and hen tliy,aud as it is for the most part harvested, it is liable to no other mischance than the sprouting of the air: from too protracted an exposure in the lie d to the present heavy rains. Theoat, like the wheat cro , is fully an average crop and romises excee in ly well, and the same may said of corn. w ich is as fine as we ever saw at this season of the year. tobacco ere , is, however, the most luxuriant of all. So for the weather has been unusually favorable, both for seeding and transplanting, and many old farmers have informed us, that it promises to be the best crop which Virginia has gathered fora number of years. The ound was pre ared by copious rains to receive the tender p nts, and a succession of cloud days

ve them time to obtain ﬁrm hold in t e soil

fore the scorching rays of the sun had the opportunity to weaken their strength. They loo as fresh, vi rous and healthy as the most i sanguine could esire.

N sw Baimswrcit.— The Woodstock Journal says:—Never within the memory of the oldest in abitant—(a pretty large draft we admit, but certainly within the scope of truth,) has the prospect of the husbandman in this part of the country been more ﬂattering or promising than at the present time. The heat and sunshine of the last fortnight, succeeding the timely and seasonable ruins of the previous part of June, have imparted a stimulus to the vegetable

rowth which has been rarely if ever e ualled. ' he grass crop is most abundant, and wil short- ly be at maturity for the scythe; while potatoes, wheat and cats are following in the rear with the same rapidity :—all crops, in sheet exce t Indian corn, which clouds and rain kept back, but the late heat has given new life to this also. Red clover and early potatoes are in full bloom, strawberries are ripe, and green currents are in all their glory.

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Po-ri-rots is C/ii.iroiiiu_ii. A lady in San Francisco, California, writes to a friend that " potatoes there are twelve and a half cents a bushel, larger and better than any she ever saw in the tales.” in this pariofthe country twelve and s hslfcents a bushel would hardly pay for the digging, leaving out of the question the time, interest and labor required in producing the crop.

A NATURAL B.ino.\iaran.—They have in Germany a small green frog, termed by them the “ leaf-frog," which, when caught, is placed in a glass jar partly ﬁlled with water, and steps erected on which the little chap site. If the weather is to be clear and fine, he reclines on the upper step; but if a storm is approaching, he goes down part way, and if t e storm is to he a severe one, he goes to the bottom. He is seldom more than an inch or an inch and a half long, and his rations consist of one ﬂy per day. Vii.uisi.s lirvaivrioio.-—Powers, the sculptor, has invented a tile, for which he lies isken out patents in Europe and America. The English cctlere pronounce it admirable, and as that s "_rcyslty” oflislfa fsrthing on all sol in that kingdom will make a handsome fortune.

HOuO!U"l Pills.-—Asteelshisg Care of a bill...

Com siut.--Mr. Philip Headersea, of Halifax, nf. fe for u wards of three years from violent pd.‘ in the h , a foul stomach, had ' , disogqeng liver, and general nervous debility, he tried variou remedies for the mitigation cf,tliis conpcsnd disordgg, but he only became worse iastsad of better, slthos 5 he also consulted several doctors. Fiadi

medical faculty could not cure him, he he to I-lollowsy’s Pills; by continuing this remedy for a few weeks, be entirely regained his health, and eye, since then he has not had the slightest return of his

eed complaint.

is Ads.‘-Az_A‘l;..1.)l'—8iml(—3» A z r: 1- 1- 1:.

Saturday, July 28, 1855.

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ciultaorrarowrt HORTICULTUIAL nxitinirioiv.

Tar scene that the Government House grounds resented on Wednesday last, was such as well regulated and benevolent minds take pleasure in. Cheerful ha py faces of line women, joy- ous children, an men glad to be relieved from the cares of business, were every where to be met with, whether in the ﬁne open Lawn, with its commanding prospect of the Harbour, and the surrounding scenery, or in its shady walks of the well-kept Garden and Shrubbery. if to these are ad ed the enlivening strains of a musical Band, and the charm that a display of choice ﬂowers, well arranged, never fails to bestow, it may be easily conceived, that the picture must have been one of no ordinary

eaut . l‘he day was deliciously ﬂue, a mode- rate reeze tom cred the ardent rays of the sun, and enable the numerous spectators to

romcuade with comfort and satisfaction.

'ii.i.mrs’s Marquee was pitched to the south- ward of the Plpntation, so that the access to it was from avenues formed by the trees, under the luxuriant shade of which the Fruit and Vegetable part of the Show was judiciously arranged; the varieties com sin which, we are happ to say,reﬂected t e highest credit on the ex iibitors. Very few people were aware of the perfection to which that wholesome and delicious luxury, the Strawberry, can be brought in this Island, until they saw those displayed as the growth of Mr. Dark’s and Mr. Tremain’s gardens—the former particularly large and well own,aud ﬁnely tasted also, but not so exquisitely ﬂavored to our palate as the latter.

° Both, however, would have done credit to any

exhibition ; and we trust, that the attention of the cultivators of gardens will have been so ‘awakened, as to induce them to experiment largely in the production of the diferent varie- ties of a fruit to which the climate and soil are both admirably adapted. The Government House gardener, Mr. John M’Orudden, was as usual, eminently successful in his specimens of cucumbers, potatoes, lettuce. «kc. ;and the display made by Mrs. Inwis was high] credi- tab e to her skill and industry. wi were sorry to see, that there were no other market gerdners competitors. It is for the peculiar

neﬁt of that class of producers, that the So- ciet is most anxious; and we trust, that the wil not be slow to avail themselves of the e - vantages that competitions like these will not fail to produce. it depends entirely upon their own exertions to make the Fruit and Vegetable market of Charlottetown equal to any in North America: let them only bestow the same nttention,aud it will be sure] followed by an e ual amount of beneﬁt to t emselves and the ' ‘own.

The Flower Show did not contain as many articles as we have seen on previous occasions, but those displayed were remarkably line, and many new ones appeared, as will be seen by the list of prizes. The stand for Bouquets presented a most brilliant appearance.

On the whole, the fete may besaid to have gone ed with great satisfaction to the Society, and those who were resent, and will we here animate the one to urther exertions, and the pther to continued and increased petro- ge.— :1.

The following is a list of the Prizes awarded to the successful Competitors, at the Horticul- tural exhibition held on the Grounds of Govern- ment House on the %th July 1855.

Mr. Wm. Mizchell. best boa net of Roses, 0 Mrs. T. ll 'l‘reinsin, best b oes Roses, Miss J. lliisurd, lst best bouquet of Flowers growing in the open sir.'

Mrs P. Loagworth, Id best do. do.

Miss J. Hasaard, best Balsam.

. T. Dawson. best Cslceolsris,

rs. Williams, beet Geranium,

rs. T. Dawson, Id do. do. Mrs. Duchemiu, beet Flowering Iyrv

ie.

Mrs. N. Davies, 2d do. do.

Hrs. Barrow, best, show of Psnsies,

tire. I’. Levigworth, Id do. do.

Mn. Williams, best Fuschis,

Mrs. John Oxle , Id do. do.

Hrs. Barrow, C isese Primrose,

Hrs. T. Dawson. let Rereet House Pleat, Ilrs. Barrow. Id e. do.

Mr. Jolie I'Cradden, lei Flower from the

sides, Ire Stewart, Id de. de.

as 0 COCO oesoeseeeoaso Qcoogo ea

6 6 8 4 8 8 8 I 8 2 I I I I 8 8 I 6 I I I

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Best Pdtstoes, John IeCrsddee, Carrots, Hrs Lewis,