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Gttglisli mail of mag 1.

(Freq the Halifax lritish Jtiirth .!svrrtcuis._sdfuy II.)

The Royal Mail Steam Pscltst Cirrana arrived here last evening. at about 9 o'clock. in It days from Liverpool, with Eu ll dates to the lat inst.

We give below a condensed summary of news, which will be found interesting.

Lord sItlDIIITII_tII:;¢l|ll :ss 0p iflh Parliamegtt nearly“t’.l_t'e very same iitia i e intr t rue mostt sago. t seer and Smith say z--- '

“ To think that this Derby-D‘Israeli Government which was every day expected to tumble to pieces by its own internal :fOIhl|QIlr‘l|tLI ithself th: first ‘gs-le:.kdsf";e;'l:3Istor.gi _I |':|it"|"£!

Il0.troug teeon ttcte r on iasu otci: 0 I the stigma of incapacity upon him \tllIlO IIO’ lives." _ hrIl'ltllbO|I;h|lvI decided. by a vote or 221 to tU3, not to retain t rysta u see. .

Tgs Great Britain, steamer. left Liverpool for New York

en the morning of the lat May, with 160 passengers and a large

' r. D'Ieraeli has brought forward hie financial statement,

' concludes. that the income of the year will equal to

the expenditure. and proposes that the property and income tax

should be continued tor another year. l‘he general opinion on both sides of the House was favorable.

All Kossuth's relatives have been set at liberty by the Aus-

1rian government, and they will leave the country on the first of

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The Manuscript Journals lltd.pI|>Orl of the late Thomas Moore are in preparation for publication, and will be edited by Lord John Russell. _

News from the Caps represent the continued successes o the British, who have captured immense droves of cattle and killed hundreds of the enemy. _~

A report was current in Cape 'I‘own. that Rtebeek, where there is a t with about 40 men. had been attacked by a large body of sffres, and that the teen had taken refuge iii the

church. The Dutch bark Juno had been lost, and five drowned of I.’AguIltas, on the 2d March. Intelligence has been received from Adelaide, South Austra- lia. up to the l9th of January. The discovery of gold in the eolorty had turned out a fabrication. The Canada arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday, April 27, end the Atlantic on Thursday, 29. New Barracks are to be erected at Plymouth, at a cost of

1:50.000. _ A line draft of the 90th Regiment were to be embarked on board the Simooni for Canada. _ Owing to the efl‘ect of bad writing. £11,000 lie annually in the London Posi0flice——cotitsined in " uncalled-for letters. ’ A Telegraph despatch in anticipation of the Mail trorn India. as been received from Trieste. where the mail Adria arrived on the 98th April with dates froiii Bombay to 3d April. Tlte

expedition ag_ainst the Burmese goes on space. A battle of

three hours duration had been fought betwren twenty-five hun- dred British troops end a bodv of native Mountaineers. to the north of Peshawar-Motintrtinecrs defeated. no further details. The import Market at Bombay was firm. Cotton active, and prices rising. Money less abundant. Exchange on London One shilling and seven pence three ftirthings.

Five days later advices have been received from the Cape of Ho

Sltirmishes were contiiintially occiiriug between the troops and the tisffrcs. It appears that the Government of Peru have put forward claims -he newly discovered guano Islrtndii in the Pttcific. The cliitiriiinn he Live pool Ship-owners‘ Association liris directed tlte attention he I-‘or’ ign Office to the subject. with it view to obtain the benefit he discovery of those Islands for this country. DIITIUCTION or A [Ittrrtvir Siiir istr Guru-own:rt.— By the ship ‘America,’ frotn the coast of Africa. we hitve received

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information of the lot I destruction of the llritish ship ‘ Mary,’ of

, this port, in the Bonn River, on the I9tli of Jrtituriry lost. Thu Mar soiled hence in Tune lust. rind hztd partly disclirirged lter out- strar cargo and received it portion of her liotnewurtl one, on the .- of the explosion. Whnt is tschnictilly known us " the house." built on the ship's declt, hrtd become as dry its tinder, and by soiue incttris it caught fire. There was at the time on bo.trd between two nud three hundred barrels of gunpowder‘ ; and the captain and crew, 25

in number. finding themselves unable to quench the flzttites, threw

themselves overboard. rnd got sufelv on board of the ad'rtc9nt ves- pels. About twenty minutes after tlte breaking out of e fire. the

Mary blew up. with is trerricudous report, and soon scarcely a vestige

of her was visible. I‘ o rip rind it great portion of. her curgo were

|‘ Wages are not sxtravagantly high. end I do not see any

A second expedition of 2500 men, under Sir C. Campbell. on the llth of March. On the nuts. its-y repel-d In with upon them by the st emy. after a ¢'0IilIIt:I of three hours. Sir Colin had demanded additional forces. _ _ _

'I'lis state of the Niasnt is in art.-rule ritortis; the irregulari- ties of Cerods were increasing. end the recall of Lord Falkland was autici ate .

All the ticcrteletloe of legstion. Messrs. Howard, Lovrtber. and Manley. who ltave been at llerlin for many years. are about to leave their posts, and to occupy the same position at other courts. 'l‘liis sudden recall of -persons is generally presumed to be the act of the tory cabinet.

Gssxcs.—'I‘he national fete lied been celebrated with the reetest order. There has been a stormy debate in the senate. Several speakers violently attaclt ed the cabinet, and the Presi- dent wee obliged to leave the chair suddenly.

AlJS'l‘ltr\LlA. _

We notice in Monday’a sun. an extract from a letter received in this City, (HsIirsx.) giving a tilowiiig picture of the S-old Diggings, and bearing dsie_-—0ct. I851. he following tssn extract of a letter, written from Sydney, Dec. I8, I85!-—'rwo iroitrtis i.srrii:— _ _ _- _ _'

"The precious metal strives in daily increasing quantities. end the estimated exports have .l’leOl| frotn £1,000. £3,000,000 per annum. There is no end to the gold ; end, as far as I have been able to ascertain rsonal ‘commu- nication with diggers of various degrees, the labor is by no means so tremendous as some would make it out. Commercial afl'airs are going on easily. The harvest is magnificent. ros- peet of famine for some time to come. Ido not venture to rognosticete the probable state of the markets. We are com- pletely in the dark. I have it. however. from good authority. that in the early part of the year the ‘probable heavyshipments of goods on speculation will have the eflirct of creating a glut; and it would be well if a large degree of caution were exercised in making consignments. The V‘

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irrtiera brought us the first “ return wave" of the gold news from you; and we are looti- ing with intense curiosity for the first Times’ leader on the subject of our great discovery.” In reference to the Victoria Gold Fields, the Sydney Morri- ing Herald, of December I8, says.—- ‘ “ We have received by the Emma, Meibourne papers to the |0th instant. The Melbottriie Morning Herald. of that date, says:—Lettcrs were received in town yesterday from the Police Magistrate atbtpps Land. stating, that the whole dividing range between Sydney and Victoria, and ltnowri as the Snowy Moun- tains. for two hundred miles in extent. is one vast gold field. here was upwards ofa ton and e halfof gold in Mr. Commis- sioner Puvrlctt's tent, waiting tor the escort. tip to Saturday last, and it is expected, that to-dsy’s escort from the Mount will not be able to bring down one half the quttntity ollered. It is intended to increase the military force here to one hundred men." 'l‘lie Australian Pscltet Sydney has arrived with gold dust valued at .Cl77,0fl0. Her dates are to the 9th of'Jiiiiuary.

NEWl"()UN DLAND.

The Pacltr,-t Steamer I.eL'artlr'ne, Captain Hunter, from St. John's, .'ewfotinrllitnd, arrived here ycsterda inoriiing — bringing us St. .lolin‘s papers of the (ith itist. ‘rout whence we learn the fiillovriiig p:trticulars:—

' e question of tho Protcctitin of our Fisheries, says the Newfoundlztttd IL'.rprr:sr. from foreign aggression, is one which just now most earnestly presses itsclf upon the consideration of the country ; and we are glad to notice the priiisctvortlty exer- tions of two or three gentlemen of the town, who have 0I)llllllt.’tl a large number of the most influential signatures to a |’etitit-ti to the Lcgislatttre on this vitally important subject. The Pe- tititin prays for the appointment of a Cruiser. suitably tirtncd and equipped, on the count to the Northwiird and tit Liibratltir; and we trust it will meet with a prompt and earnest atteiitioii.

‘mm the some paper we learn, tli:it—"abuut -I00 ship- wrecked sealcrs have been brought into Carboiicrtr. 'l'lic_sn. with those bmuglit in here, nutiiber in all upwards of 700. -3 It is calculated. that fully as many are still on the coast to the

orthward ; and tltc vessels sent out to relieve tlietn, mrty be looked for in a day or two. with the poor fellows oti board. The destitutiori occasioned by the disasters of this spring is very great; but we hope it will continue to be, as it has liithcrtu been, readily relieved. The consequent expenditure, with the

fortunately insured. She belonged to Messrs. llsrrtsen, of Mersey Street, Liverpool.

IRELAND.

A party of eight ribbonmsii have been captured in Layford and committed for tritil.

Cardinal \Viseutan next month visits the College of Mnynooth, when all the ltomxin Catholic bishops of lroliind will meet him.

An old man. named Martin. and his wife, both upwards of 90

dare of age. were found dead in bed It few mornings since, at Dridgs-end. County Antritn, having retired to rest in their usual health. ..

News has reached Dublin. thrtt 'I‘lio'm:ts Francis Meagher. the Irish political convict, hnd escaped from Van Dieman‘s The intelligence has reached his fri nds from a private source.

The largest copper brewing-pun in the empire is in Dublin. and of Irish irisnufucture. It wits tirade for Alderman Guinness; its weight is twelve tone. it it will contain I000 barrels.

The man Welsh. convicted at the lust Assizcs in Killtenny of a Inurdsr committed five years ago. vvas executed on ' liursdriy week. A few ‘hours lnfore his execution. the wretched mnn_rnnde an at- tempt at suicide, by forcing a sharp-pointed stick into his ear. hoping to netrsis the brain. convict rtsrned Aheru. under sentence of death at \Vriterford. for a cone irncy to murder. had his sentence commuted to transpor- tation for ' e.

Bnasiuvo A Pnrnsr-‘s IIoirsu.—1‘l_is house of the Rev. Mr. Hefirinau. P. P., at Cleribun, County 'l'ipperary_, was maliciously est en Ire and burnt to the ground on Saturds night last. the Rev.

tlenian himself narrowly escaping from t srvtes. It wits dons. rt: ,b upcrsonvrhonshshadthrustoutoftheliousein the early part of the same tty. ‘ _ .

The emigration this summer to the United States, it is thought. will be as lnrge, as at any ct ' .‘ _ _ _

It is again stated. that her Majesty will visit Ireland this summer; landing at Waterford. where she will be received by the Dulte of Devonshire. with whom she will ate it few days at his seat. Listviore Castle, and then proceed to the kee of Killarney. She will then proceed to Dublin. hold a levee and drawing-room iii the Cas- ug, and passing a few days at tlis Vice-regal hedge, cross Kingstown te Hclyhead, and thence by train to Belnioral.

FRANCE.

Another Review took place on Sunday, on the Place ds Carousel. The troops rnusteied in greater numbers than on previous occasions. _

The Ministers of the Interior and Police are at present occu- pied with a matter which stirs great scan_s ‘

A Commissioner of Police is on the point of lieiiiz Irrclted. on the charge of having trsficked in pardons, and sold for hard cash commutation: of punishments, or ‘releases from prisons. The fact was denounced to the authorities by a prisoner, who had procured his liberty by this corrupt channel, and has since been eonflrrnsd by others.

Amongst the Arab chiefs, who are to come to Psrie for the I

[steel the I0th May, are two hhalifas and a bscbega, with their units of forty persons.

rines Jerome Buonsparte opened his saloons at the Luxem- hurg on Sunday evening, for the diet time. A great number U the diplomatic corps were present.

A res decides. that, in the course of the month of May. the ulcers of all urine, and the functionaries of the war depart- lent are to take the oath of fidelity to the President.

' onileur, of Monday, contains a fresh shower of lar-

to the army. This is a decree ordalning. that the year

shall count as a year of cum sign to those tron who

led upon in any part of the French territory to suppress sfired to the usurpation of bar 9.

. PRUSSIA. Ameester trisllsabeuttocoinsertst the Wet

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' mending Olicer. by an order

falling ol}'ol the revenue, must cause a curtailirtcnt of the tinti- oipated appropriations; but that will not be so much felt, as there is a sum of £7000 unexpeoded of the grant of last year. It is gratifying to know, however. that the fishery, notwith- standing so many vessels having been last, will, according to present appearances. be equal to the average of former years."

St. George's day was celebrated in St. John‘s, with much festivity.

The papers are extremely barren—being filled with Legisla- tive proceedings, to the exclusion of every thing else.

it itiqtit-st was held on fishermait—who went to bed apparently quite well. and was found dead in the morning—and James awyer Bnvvdcn. who was shot by accident. while ltutitiitg. by a young man named Thomson. Verdict in first case. “ Died bv visitation of God” ——and in the second, " Accidental Death.”

Mtssirio Srsutsn.—'l‘he Steamer St. George, Captain Hus- band. sailed frotn St. John's, Newfoundland, for Corlt and this port, on the l5ih of Jsiiuary. and has not since been heard of. She was a vessel of about 300 tons. with two engines of fifty- liorse power each. It is supposed that tltere were about twenty persons on board. She was built for the St. George‘: Steam

scket Company at this port and is now owned by s firm at

rtstol. by whom she is insured at l.loyd‘s. Lin CItron.—'I‘he St. George was furmerldy owned in P. E. Island and ran bet- ween Charlottetotvn,an Pictoo.-—ED. Gsz.

_......__._- lljI_jl;S_Zjl‘llll_IIDfS (GIAZIE ’Il"J1“IE. Tuiisnav. MAY 18. 1852. rrta‘k?s.etrzr,:I quits‘: flow: blisltritcnl, particularly calls upon all persons indebted to

him to make Payment, to enable him to (fro! the neces- sary arrangements to can-y out Iris purpose. 1

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With reference to the case of “Mitchell rs. Hsrvle,” tried at the Supreme Court of Judicature, on Tuesday May the 4th, a report of which appeared in our paper of the llth inst.—it seems, that one of the three ques- tions rnised in the argument was, “ Whether the order of the Lieut. Governor justified the Defendant in dis- charging the Prisoner ?" On that issue, the learned

udge states, “It appears to me, therefore, that the Lieut. Governor had no owcr to dischnr e the Pri- sotier, and that the order ocs not justify the Defendant 'n having permitted the Prisoner to escape.” The manner in which this case is thus reported, leaves the public to infer. that the Lieut. Governor wilfully or ignorently assumed it power which he does not possess, by issuing an order to allow a person accused of crime, to be liberated b on triitl. We are authorized and have been desire to state, that His Excellency gave the order in question, fully aware of the powers with which he is invested, and did so entirely on his own res-

in this instance, lie was amenable and bound to hold harmless Mr. Harris the Jeilor, or any other from any consequences which might attach to him or them, for acting in obedience to the orders of the Lieut. Governor. The Prisoner White, a Private in the 38th Regiment was, therefore, delivered over to his Com- His Excellency, under the following circumstances :—The men was accused of stealing a Watch, and committed for trial. °th(ekI)etscli,nifis: tidwhipdhihe H“ was on the eve a s we stand, in lost. ten mdiunly rlesertion. while quartered nh’Cbsi-lottu.e.tyiiwn._l [X circumstance sorninuniestsd to the Lieut. Go-

*:nsr. sud that'Y:h“its, the 1;-lsouer'

marched against the rnouiitsin Crnheu to the north of Peshawar, .

the bodies of George Strong. a 3,

ponsibility, well knowing, that if be exceeded his powers 5,,

person, PM

.tbat the Watch was stolen on a certain‘ day. and at a certain time of day.) was to rest his defence 0_II proving an alibi‘, but that he required several of his comrades to remain in the Colony, to appear as Wit- nesses on his trial. The Commanding Officer of the Detachment of the 38th, represented to His Excellency, that if these Witnesses remained in the Colony, they would in all probability desert, and that \\"hitc, if ec- quitted, would do the some, and trusted, that the Lieut. Governor would, under all the circumstances, take the responsibility on liiinrtelf, of ordering \Vhite to be deli- vered over to it Military tribunal, which His Excellency agreed to do. But, instead of the Jiiilor permitting “the Prisoner to escti e,” he was delivered up an

carried to Halifax as it £‘.isoner, to be tried by a Court Martial. The Lieut. Governor holding himself amen- able to the Civil Cotirt for any injury or dirnnge prove

to have been sustained by Her Majesty's subjects, in consequence of the order which he gave to Mr. Horvie, the Jtiilor of Charlottetown Prison. -

We can no longer withhold the expression of our firm conviction. that however morull wrong, reckless, and indefensible was the conduct of .\Ir. “’hc tits in the ease of the Election fur the second district of King's County. he must be itcquitt of the crime of Perjury. It is evident,th;it he does not know the legitl distinction be- tween the tttle to real and personal pro rty;that the former is trans- fertible only by deed under seal. whi e a bore delivery is anflictent for the latter. It was not the wrtnt of registry, but witnt nfn deed. legrtlly ctiitveying the property from Ditwaou to \\’heltin. thrtt mode the quitlificution oitth taken by him a frilse one. Ila hos obtattied his seat under fitlee pretenses, and nothing but his ignortince will protect him from the consequences of ti bill of iitdiritiiteitt for per- jury; it is in foot, the only defence that he can possibly malts. 'l_'ltc cotnpnrisoii tween the right to a broad cloth cont, nod the tIl_ to a tract of land, is the emanation of ignorance. as profound. as it is deplorable.

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“We are requested to stitte, tluit Sir Alsxnnder Iltintierman and

dy Bnnnertiiiiri have consented to becoiite tlto Patrons of _llie lloiticultnral Societ of Charlottetown. and hitve griiciouely IVBII permission to holdt first exhibition on the Governtuent louse Grounds.

On Thnrsdny liist, Captain Boyle, Ensign John C. Stewart, and 74 men of the 1 lligltlnnders. iirrived iii the Ilrigantine ‘ Ilo66.' to relieve the Him. Capt. l{ollo‘s Cotitpntiy of the 42d R8g|m9_'“- We ctinnot nllotv the preiiertt opportunity to pitsn, without expresuitng the adniirstion felt liy this coiiimunity for the good und orderly coit- duct of the men coinpotting this Del.tClllIlen|, which, we believe, "I it great measure. to be nttributuble to the Otlicer-like and jtidicloitit discipline exercised by the Hon. Cnpt. Rollo und Lieut. Orde 3 "ml we are toppy to reiiittrlt, IIIJII, in consequence, they lost. only two men by tlcscrtioit whilst lying here ; but we are nlso iiicltned to rtt- tribute tiruch of the good conduct of the turn to their honorable sense oftlie high cluirncler which the galltint 42d Inn. for it period of innrty yertrs, so justly borne. ’c we itlso sntiutied. tlitt_t llon. Cnpt. ltollo carries with liirii the esteem and bent wishes of tlits coiiittintttiy.

It has been announced to the l.ieut. Governor, by Admiral Sir George Seymour, Coiiiriisndcr-in-Cliief on the North Auiertcun rind Wertt Illdltl Station. thait ller llIitjesty’s Steam Shi Devastation has been ordered by the Adiiiirnl to the Gulfof St. Awrcnce. for the protection of the Fisheries. rind tlittt Citpt. Crtntpliell, who com- mands the Dcvuslaliori, has orders to explttirt the ntiture of his in- ittructiona,and to coitiuiunicate with Ilia Excellency on tltisiiiost important subject.

Front respect to the memory of the late Chief Justi¢9_.lIrvis, whose recent death his fniiiily utitl numerous circle of relutives rtntl fiieiitls have to deplore, we are requested to ..t..i¢, that tho u.,,,,| reception at Government House in honor of Her .\lujesty's Dirtli Day , has been postponed.

In our next we intend to bring the dcbittcs oftltc lnst Session of the Lr-gislitture to It close. \Ve tire itwiiie, thtit to innny of our sub- rtci ilncrs they tire dry residing; but its newttpnpers ctintriiti the “brief rind iibstritct chronicles of the time,” und as the expression of the itciitiiiieiits of the framers of our public statutes, inrty nt some future time tttl'ord serviceitlile material to the politician or the historian, weliuvo considered it a duty to be instrumental in their preser- vation.

‘Vs beg to call _attention to the Advertisement in this day's paper, nnnouncing the completion of the publication of the Revised Sm- tuics of this Island ‘he first volume. reaching from the calling of the first General Assembly to I845. is fully bound rind ready for delivery ; rind the second. including the Session of I86], it is ex. perted, will be finished in about it fortnight. Copions lndggpj ttccompuny each volume. The printing and binding will be allowed, we think. on all hands, equal to those of any similar work in the lower Colonies.

I"tns'r /lnarrssrort.—-\’Ve itre glad to find that Mr. VVbelnn hits satisfied liintsr-If, as to one iiicorrectitesrt reiipccting the accounts of Ilie prr.-sent Queen's Printer; rind we ndtiiiro his candour in strttirtg We ithull be very shortly in it position to him to a great number more. which. ofcourae, he will be equally ready to gc- knowledge.