HASZAR.D’S GAZETTE, DECEMBER 15.‘

(heat Bell’s Weekly Messenger.)

Lord Palmerston has at last ﬁlled up the Secre- taryabip of the Colonies. by placing one of the t aiest respectable. if not one of the roost gifted, members of the House of Commons in that respon- sible ollice—the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere. member for Taunton—-an appointment, true to the patrieian character that has marked all the Premier's nominations ; for r. Lsboucliere is closely connected with several of the old Whig families by marriage, having been ﬁrat united with a daughter ofthe Haring family, and secondly with the Lady Mary Howard, the youngestsister tifthe Earl of Carlisle, and the Duchess of Sutherland. Aristrocratic, however, as Mr. Labouchere’s fam ily connections undoubtedly are. he is not an un man for the place he occupies. since in earlier life he held a less responsible ollice in the same De- partment of which he is now tlte chief, and was iniated into the rputitte of public business from his earliest days.

We are somewhat surprised, that there should ltaV9 been any hesitation on l.otd l’ailtnerstone‘s part as to the advisability‘ of this appointment im- mediately after Sir William Molesworth‘s death. Mr. Labouchere not o ily possesses businei.-s ha- hits, but he isn fit\'iilIl'llt3 at Court, Lady Mar ,

lltoII§l'it'of by the administration, of which he is now _an inﬂuential member. All things. therefore, considered. Mr.Laboucliere will do far better than Lord htshley would have done. had he joined the

almerston ailmlnistrstion. That noble lord would have found it irltaome to work against the collar _of his early training, liberal as his notions are said to be; and hence diﬂiirences, calculated to be mischievous, would have been engendered, which now by no possibility can arise.

WETTING Bittci:.—lt is important that every one engaged in building should be well informed in regard to the durability of materials. We publish the following from an exchange paper :

Very few people, or even builders, are a- ware of the advantage of wetting brick be. fore laying them, or if aware of it, they do not practise it ; for oftlte many houses now in progress in this city, there are ve- ry few in which wet bricks are used. A

his wife. being a constant visitor. with their chi. ren, at \Vindsor and Buckingham Palaces. lllt only one respect is he dt-lit-iettt. He is not a good speaker, and in llt‘l)ll8 will prove it very useless tnemlier oftlie llzihinet, which truly cannot boast' of being possessed of iuiiclt elnqtienre. The new! Secretaty for the Colonies, however. has quitel enouglt to do without talking ; and most assured- ly. it he conﬁne hiinselfto the tletailsot’ his oll'tt:e,l and open his moutlt as little as possible in Parlia-I merit, the country will secure a clear gain ; for his predecessor. Sir William Molesworth, was one ofi the dreariest of debaters, and occupied the time of the House of Commons tnucli too often to little’ purpose. and generally to induce insufferable. we-ariness. The time ofthe House of Commons is suﬂivieritly wasted now-a-days, without the addi- tion ol'a heavy speaker at the head of the Colonial . Deparltueiit. Whilst, then, the official duties‘ will be not only respectahly, but eﬂiciently per-I

formed by Mr. Laboucherc, is something to learn‘ that he is neither a great talker, ntir fond of ltear- ing liitriselfspealt in debate He will be quite elo- quent enough to give the necessary formal an-5 aware in the discharge of his duties, wheneverit is?

requisite to do so ; and this is surely all that isl We think. there-‘

needful for practical purposes. fore, that we may congratulate bofh Lord Palmer- ston and the country upon the appointment of Mr. Lilmiichore. since we believe that for all practic. purposes more work will be obtained from Secret- ary than cou d ever have been get of Sir William Moleswmth ; for. w ver~ed as that Minister was in Colonial rilfiirs, the state of his health pre- cluded the possibility ofhis atteitding to business as it was necessary to do, to keep matters perfect- ly err train.

Whilst, however, wears rather pleased than otherwise with Mr. l.abouchcre’s appointment, wc must not pass by the fact. that Lord Palmerston is said. in his dilemma. to have applied to Mr. Sid- ney Herbert to assist him, after having failed ill inducing Lord Stanley to join his Administration. That he should have done so, with M r. Laboauch- ere in his eye, seems perfectly incomprehensible ; for \|'lI'll else could he have eIxpqc[Qd' hgd mi, irt'_'liI-tons sctt-it oi the l'i.--i-c-til-any price pi-ty acct‘tti-il to his wt.-hes, tli oi to have lII:t‘ll (‘lll;;’ﬂ(‘Il and llolnpefed on every hand by Mr. llerheri’a

reposterous vagaries? All the world knows the

ussian predilecitona of theRiglit ll.-n. mem- ber for South Wilts —how he, in conjunction with Sir James Graham and Mr. Gladstone, ditl all in his bower, whilst in oliice tinder Lord Aberdeen to obstruct the progress of the war, and what painful and disgraceful rrsnlis his political corti- btnaiions with these individuals engendered. lf

Lord Palmerston be really honest in the avotval ; of histletertnination to he a War Minister, we can ] _ by no means understand so it.consistet:t a step as .confessor withdrew. tltat of having solicited one of openly avowed lnoblcmun’

to tltrow in his lotwttli the ‘see him’ was mfm_mm' up ‘he snwlﬁcc

opposite principles present Adttiitiisttation. \Ve are almost inclined ' to think, that the cause for tlte invitation to Mr. Sidney llerbert to accept tilliie ft!-‘llllt'tl, not so much from Lord l’aliner.sttiti's own pvrsotttil mish- es as from the tlcsires'in another t']tI:ll'l‘.’l‘, possess- ing ltigltier iitllitenres than it is I't‘qillSlIC to n.itn»-. \\'li.ttt:vt:r be the t‘.'\t)Se, the country is happily szivt-tl lrum .'i I't’pt'lllIitlt of .\lr. >'i»ltit-_y ll:-rhett's ' servict-1. whit-li Wtililtl llllVt' llIllll7lt"l lliI'.lllll_i_t hot i IllllI|_V.’Illl't! upon the colottrca, as they conlt have looked ti-r little cl.-‘it at his litn.ls th.tti .1 tepetiitoltl of the Ul?t'l$lIiilG ll:illt',}‘. tron \\‘l;l(fh tlmy h it .3 .|.-HI rived sttllicierit tin-otivi-itietti~ti—-t-spetztnlly in the aentlii-g out of Iii-ltops—t.ot to ll l\‘t' ll :tI,f:tlu ;..l..pt. ed; for, well as lllﬂllttps may he Ill lllt'lf w.tv_ it that! illltfllil to their pr-ipi-r sp':ritit:i| duties, ll is ‘lttito aitotli--r lll:llll‘l’, l\'llL'lI tltt-itillii'tItttiiif:a 'l't'.ttti- :iri.to t-pi-copzitet is forced upon .'I colony to lll:'s'r'l|lt’l everything and (fVt.?f'\'lDttll’V , and to set every t-.l;ts'nI oftlie piiptilullttn to«_getht'r by the ours; and ll is. n l't.'l|litI'i\':il)l6 fuel, that tlit.-ti: is not into colony,‘ upon‘ which Mr. Gladstone lli.'|lI7|-_'6il to inflict bishop, tlt.it has not had reason to me the lltinr oi‘; his entr-ring ttpon his duties. ' 'ivo sources of mischief are, therefore, obviated by Mr. Sidney llerbert’s refusal to take ollics under l.ortl l’alni- erston. In M r. Lahouchcre, not a particle of the Tractarian leaveo will be found; and asto the war. he is known to have expressed a decided o

wall twelve inches tltick built of good mortar, with bricks well soaked, is stron- ger in every respect then one sixteen in- ches tliick built dry. The reason of this is, that if the bricks are well saturated with water, they will not abstract frotn the mortar the moisture which is neces- sary to its crystalization, and oti the cott- trary, they will unite tzltetitimally with the mortar and become solid as a melt. On the other hand, if the bricks are put up dry, they immediately take all the moisture from the mortar, leaving it to dry and harden, and the consequence is, that when a building of this description is taken down, the mortar from it is like

.so much sand.—Scientilic _American.

To MAKE cave rttoir ot.n LEATHER —

Mr. Johnson, of London, lins obtained a patent for preparing old leather scraps to render them fit to be made into glue. ':The leather is first chopped unto small pieces and thoroughly washed, then pla- ced in vats, where it is taken out after a 'few hours, and sub to jected pressure, and ‘again immersed in ti stronger alkaline solution some hours, which process re- moves till the tannic acid. It is now taken out and washed well with water, and stib- .mited to a steep ofa very wetilt sulphuric acid for twenty-fottr hours. to remove all icoloring matter. This being accomplish- Ied, it again submitted to a weak alkaline solution of the carbonate of soda, then washed in water, and is fit to be made in-. lto glue by the common process.

When Sully, the celebrated computer

was once dangerously ill. his friends sent

‘for it confessor; who, ﬁnding his sittiatioti, ,criticnl and his ittind tnttcli agitate-tl, told ‘him there was only one way by which he ‘would obtain absoltition, and tltnt wits by }burning all that he had composed of an lupublislied opera.—llt-monstrnnce was in vain. Stilly burnt the music, nrttl the On his recovery, ti who was his patron, czilling to

which he had made. “And so,” said lI(‘, “you have burnt your npcrrt ;tttitl you one really such a lJl')Cl{ll('.’|(l, as to lIt'll(.'H.‘ in the nbsurditiesofn monk E" “ St -p, my friend. stop,” said Sully, Wlll.~‘[)('flll$.! itt his car, “l knew '.‘I’_V well what I \\‘:IS ahoiit—l have iitiothor copy.”

The followintz, nticcdotc is told ofa ('lt‘- ver f.-llot-v, but who has rt-t:t~titl_v joined the suits of l('fll|)L'l‘.'lllt'(,' : :\ftt-r lit-(touting :t"Sott,”lie \\‘t‘lll lo lllohilc oti lIll.~'lllt'.\'.~l, iittil \v:t.~t ltllicll ill tlit-rt-, 'l'ltt-. pliysii-izitt was ctilli-d. and on cxtttitiiting llllll, pro- tiotinct.-tl him in it vi-ry daitgcrous condi- tinn, and prescribed brandy. The sick mart told ltitn tltnt ltc cottltl not take it. The doctor insisted that it was it proper rom- edy, but the patient told ltiin he would not take it. The doctor said that he mtist, or he would have spasms. ” Well,“

said the son of temperance, " I will try a

ieise that nothing but an honoerable peace can be couple of spasms first.”

-F A L L U l’ P L l E S lll.t l.V.\'l.\G T0 All.l:l\'E .\T 'l'llE

CITY DE~iU.i‘r ‘:3’ ‘Gilli No. 1-1, Q.'.l.'}(‘..‘t Stzcizt. 100

'l'l.\'h' uliit:-, |i'ti-:'.~_ to-.l, lltto and _\t-llo\v l'i\l ‘t'l‘.\', Z! (Vt-3--t l«lll"l‘|‘ll Uil. l lilid. Stu.-rttt, do , I hlttl. tlltvo ilo.. l lihd. ttiaeliiticry do., blils. (Top.-il \'ztr..i~!t, (~ l.l :tl 2, El, zititl 4:, ti pint), paint and vnroi-"h U.ll~‘l~'vt, ll_\-~.\vo.i.l-', lntltgo, ;\ltid- def, (‘udhe;|r_ llluosl tut-_ f,'<'ppt'f.'|-5,. Ailllll, Flllfcll, lllue, Soda, l'ot.-iah. ll ikiv-_«_' >1--.l;t, I’-til ittg Powder, Chocolate, Corozt, l".trtn;t, Srtgtt and Corn Starch. ALSO, IN in-oita:, A tzenerulnssorttucnt of lltugs, Medicines, patent do., Perfumery, Bl'tl.~‘llL'S, Soups. Kc‘, 810.. \V. K. WATSON.

s 1 Winter tiootlsll IIE subscriber iiiforttts the inhabitnnta of Clint- lottetowu rind the Island generally, that he has received frotit Liverpool, per " ;\lnj»-slic," his \Vin- tcr Suppl of GOODS, cottsisting, among other articles, 0 --

olnred Velvets; black and colored Silks, Merinos, Coburgs, Orleati.-x, Clf('llrlsl»lll llobes and Gala Dre-Ines: fl variety of Sliaivlv, Ladies‘ Month-it, Velvet, lllolinir, Silk 'l‘ritntnin-,-.4 and Fringe-it; lla- bit Shirts. l.ttce nntl Mu.-liu (‘o‘|nra, hlnck Lace and (‘uiuzo Veils, f‘tip arid lloniwt Shapes and Lnpets; a splcmlid asst-tltttcnt t'f.'\fllllCltIl l‘lowers. \\’reaths lllltl llihbotis; lnilit-.-t’ Ilinreltita; ladies’ and childrt-n’it I-‘r.-ti-J-t; N-tpnletvn Satin Stocks: lltiilin \Vool, Purse Srkit, Knitting Cotton, Neetllea and Crtitcltetlloolw: l'ur.~o~ .\loutitttti_'-, llrttci.-s,&c.

Ai.ao-—a variety of \'orl.slttro llrottd tilotlis, Indies‘ Floakittg, gt-tit.-t’ f_‘oii.l'ottt~rti, l‘-lnttlu-tn. Flitntiels, (.‘.irpets. lleurtltngs, llor-w-, (‘loiht, “Ell Ticking. grey, white ntttl striped Shirtit-g, and till kinda of ’l‘tttlor‘a 'l'tituirting~t.

A variety of t,‘l"l'l.|<.l{Y, including two sets of splendid 'l‘uli|n Knives and l'oilt.-t, liulntice lintidles; Joint-r‘e Tools, &c. _

And a good supply of TEA, COETIIE, Groceries and Spices.

NICHOLAS llRl)\Vl\'.

Oct. 22. cut Street.

Fill. Illll'llllTll'l'l|lllS.

BB1-.‘.R Gt SON

' EC to intitnttte to their friends rind the Public in general tlt:tt they have lately tect-ivcd froin Loti- doti, l.iverpool, Boston and llnlil'iix-—-

400 Packages of British, West India and American Goods.

Comprising an excellent ttsttortment, suitnlile for tltc season, which will be sold tit II sttt.t|l lItlV.llI(‘(! from cost for prompt |‘ll)’lli€lll, ttiiiotig \\lIlCl| will be fottnd—

Ill.-clt, l-lilo, brown iititl ll'l\'l~‘lll'I'. llintid ('l.fl'l‘ll.S, Fur‘ |tr-tivrr, '\lt'lltlll*, l'il--l tttttl \\ llllttﬂ) ('l«-tlis, [tress .\l:ilrri:tl.-t cntttpti~tng_: l't-|li.~-iei nnd Altttzi

Clint-lts,

Gtiltt l'lnitl-. l tt~ttes, (Tolititg-I tttitl flrlctins,

Seal Skin (‘t'rtts,

Beaver, \\.lIlllH"V .'ttttl l'ilot (l\'l’.l{(.‘0.\'lS,

( lotli .\l:tntl.-s nod i-iznrl Sltuivla,

V. In-ts. l'ittslu-.-. llil.lion~ and 'l'rittittiings,

\'i-il.-4. t‘nl.';mt, ll-Iltll shirt.-i. kc.

'I'l|‘l\il|g“ strip.-il ."liirlit.;:, \\ll.lI‘ llltll grey Fotlotis, l.:ttlio-ii‘ \\'int.-r liont.-i. l"t.r4. l'ur (T.-up-t,

\\'tu'er tilovrit. \lt.lll.9nt, lI':ittl<i-t-,

I otitilo-rp.ttttt ', llil l’l.-llti-.4. \\'nrsl-.-il sliirls, Cliiltlrr-ti-4' l"t‘ll ll.tl.s iIlI.l ll--oils,

"e'Vt‘f!l|l|ll‘ \\'nti-rproof Coats, llubht-r Ovcrccata, l’) 'l‘oroit l\‘r\ll..", it-.~or'i-tl,

Attii-rit-.;iri .\lortn-r- l.oi-k-i, Vtllll f.-incy lmolnt,

Au ti’.-ttoiot-i of ll.‘\ll ll\\' \ll l~'.,

K.-g-4 ‘.\ ltitu l.i-ml. Wltitmg tttitl \Vtisltio;: Fothi, at-.i4 \\ hire and (sold Cliinu, with cotl'.:t.-s and extra

plnlc-s, St)I.l". l.l"..~\'l‘llEll, SO.\l’, C..1.N'DLES Burri- ftlg LUID, .orn Starch. Crackers, Pilot Bread, C(lNl"l".C'l‘l0NAltY, Digby llerrings, Al’l'LI'.S, Oaiut

M Lsdiee'|ltuhbcr Boots and Ovcrshoea, Gentleman's Robbers, Sleigh Bells, &c. dtc.

Klng Square House, Nov. 1, 1855.

a We a -

Shin les! Shingles! ! UST ARR VED from Bathtiiat,—8tl0 In PINI

db CEDAR. SHINGLES. and for sale by—

. JAMES PURDIE. Charlottctown,Nov. 12.

Mechanics’ Institute Soiree.

IIE General Committee of the lllechanics’_la-

atitute. being desirous to open the forthcoming Session or that Institution at the earliest ible pe- riod, beg respectfully to inform the public, that they will inaugurate the Session of 1855 and 1856 by a .~'0lltl-ll‘), to be held at the 'l‘euiperimce Hall on 'l‘UESl)AY. the llth December next; nnd_the Mem- bers of the ltislitute are solicited to use their best ex- ertiontt to cause the attendance to be as nutneroue as possible, to be creditable to the lllltllllllloll, as the Soiree of last year proved itself to be, uttd,—by cro- iitingtttt intereiit in the eiinobling etfortts of the Me- cluinic.-t' Institute to promote a love for literature and the line arts,—enhance the prosperity of the lnstitta

'l‘hc host Vocal and lnstrumental lllasie.willbs procurt-d; and the entertainment of the evening will he further enlivened by it sltott lecture and addresses fiotn gentlemen to be appointed for the occasion.

'l'it-l.ets lllfly be tad at the several Book Stores. ittttl from either of this undcrntentioned Coniniitt_ee of Sltinugt-titettt. (ieiitlernan's 'l‘it-ltet, 2s. 3d ; Ticket to admit a Lndy nitd Gelllltfllllll, 3s. 9d.

Ten to be on the table at Six o‘cloclt, l’. M., Ciiitru.r;s Youivu, President of Institute l-inwann Witt-:i.Aiv. z Vice Presidents 'I‘. ll. HAVILAND, Sit.“ Baittvutu,

U. W, MILXNER, \VA1‘ION Ducititaaiiv, W. C. 'l‘itovvaat,

Joitrv \VlLLlAMI, MARK BUTCHIR

\V. E Dawsorv, Secretary.

(fltarlottetown. November 12, 1855.

"New Store & New Goods!

MANCHESTER HOUSE. 1‘ l<lMOVl-2D- from Sydney Street to it new Building, E.ts'r sin: or Qutt:I:rt-s'rttu-r.

New opening, large linportatior-s by recent arrivals. of FALL arid WINTER MER- CllANDlZl-J, including every variety of DRY GOODS, in the newest styles, carefully selected, which will be disposed of at the very lowest prices, among which are-

l.iidieii' Dress Materials of all kinds,

Alpacctis, Shot and Figured Liistres,

Plain and Brocaded Cobourgs.

llnytidirn Robes. Deluittes, Cltalliee,

Casltineres, l’op|ina,

Fancy Prints, (iiiigltams,

lllk. and Col. Grna do Naples, very cheap,

Paisley, Cloth and Ctislimere lung Shawls, l“ut's,—.“'lotie Mlll'lt.'n, Squirrel, I-‘itch, and Mus-

qoasli lions and (Itiffs,

Polka Jackets, Crochet Sleeves,

Cashmere and Woollen lloods,

Plush and Velvet Bonnets, Bonnet Shapes. Bonnet Velvcts and Pluslies,

Bonnet and Cup llihbone. Trimmings,

Ribbon Velveta of all widths-,

Net-ktycs, lace and mourning Veils,

l.at-es and Edﬂil-gs, Crepes,

l|:iir Nets. head Dresses with curls,

Flo-.vers, Wreaths and Borders,

Collars and. llahit Shirts,

White and coloured l-‘tench Stays,

lloaiery and (itittea of all kinds,

Cltiakitigs and Cloak Pattertia,

l’l.iirls, 'l'\\.-eds, IAIN" skirt,

liltelt, llrown and Drab llabit Cloths,

Londott l\lant'e.s,

llroatl (‘loihn, Docs-kins, Pilots,

Wliitncys. licavers, Sattinets,

lllankt-ts, Flaiitiels,

Citrpetttt-.1. llrnggt.-ts, Rugs,

he-atly tn..tlu ()lothtng of all kinds,

India llohlu-r (.'ti;ils, reversible,

Stocks and 'l'ycs,

l.t.tnh‘s \\ttul Shirts. scatfs and Mulllers,

Silk and tell ll.il.-4, \\.llllt'f (,‘:tp:_

\\'ltttc iitxtl fvttit-y Slitrts, l"rt'ttt'it Frtirtls,

limits tool >‘ltot.~ lll ‘__'H'$Il vztttt-ty,

l.‘ttltrs' zittil lit’lIl , lnilizi lltihlicrs,

(l;l l_‘o.its ttuil lllllttlal ts.

l)lIlllt'>ll(2 Slit-i-is . nil .\lti (‘lllli__‘!,

\\ ltttt-, t_;'ltt_V, strtpt-il and l'.ini-y Shirlings,

Wliilo l"t-tits, lit.-lt l.itit-its, 'l'aitilt:litten and 'l'ttt\eltti;_i. (lll ('li-tlt 'l';i|ilt- f'tivt-rs, llcdticlts, Quilts tttttl l'mttitcrp:ii:t's, l).ilttt.sl.‘, .\lurt-i'tt.-‘ I|l‘ll Ftittgvr-_s_

l"ttrt;ttou-, l'rti»!.~'. l.inin'_v.~, Salislitiry Fltinncls, Hutton ll«Illlll'_' istl Watltliiig. \Vlillt'. lllllt‘ iillll t«.l i ttttnti Warp, llttiliti il.lZ‘. l.~ml.tti',_' (il-lﬁstw. llot-its illtll \\'otl\ litmus, 'l'ojlet soup, (.‘oitti.-- .tlttl l'iio~lti--, l\'i.lllI.'-‘_' and i\lor:.vt.tit Cotton. l.,\«-t-tit-nt 'l'l‘I;\. chests and half citrate, and by t.-tail, with a general aissottttient of other (.0008. l‘i.n-littsers may rely upon having every satis f.it-tion, both as in quality and price, in g ohtaim.-il at this Establishment. 11:? Observe the sitin “.MANCHES'l'ER lll)USE," adjoining Mr. Sims’ &ore. SAMUEL M'MUllRAY, Charlottetown, Nov. l,. 1855 .