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LOCAL.

Tin: IIon. J. 0. Pope purchased and uhipped ‘

thin (all. from Snmmerside. upward! of 100,- 000 buaheis. oata.

It Is rumored that the Legislature of this Island will meet for the deupatch of business in February next.

'I‘tttt Steamer Princess of il'um brought from Plcton. on Saturday last. Colonial and Ameri- can Mails of a late date.

Tm: harbor In new all but froscn over. The Stcumboat Um ccaucd plying on the Ferry on Saturdav last.

'i‘tltt first Mails by the winter route. namely. Capos Traverse and 'I‘ormcntlnc. wore taken across the Straits yesterday by Capt. Irving and his Assistants.

Gear 0 Largo. aged 10 years. non of Win. Largo. am, of New Wiltnlllrr. tiled auddenly of heart diacaae. on the 18th lash, ultcr return- ing from church.

'1‘"! Members of St. John's Lodgo of Free Muaonli attended service in St. I'aul'n Church. at 11 o‘clock. on Tuesday last. and dined to- gether at the City Hotel. In the awning.

AN English and other outward-bound Malia wereforwardcd to l’lctou. via Georgetown. on Saturday owning iaat. 'l‘hoa. liandrahan and Ralph i’cake. Ell]i‘l., were passengers, enrolmz for England.

'I‘III (‘lom F. f‘rimd waa sold on Saturday last. and bouibt in far £520 by Mr. Hall. for her former owner. She la worth a great deal more. but the people here did not wish to bid against Mr. Friend.

Tun private Chapel of the Christian liroc there. In his. Patrick's Hall. was blcuacd during the Week by the Very Rev. Dr. McDonald. V. 0. Mann was celebrated in It at six o'clock on Chrlatmaa morning.

From a paragraph on the Reading llnom aintc. we learn that Mr. linvid Laird has ro— alzncd the tit-at in the Legislature. which the Sherllf very extraordinarily unsigned him last aummer. We prurume that Mr. Cameron will be declared the member elcct.

Cnmnnna Dav was frodydlnc and pleasant. and (illiY observed In all the churrlua. The festivities of the day were observed on Mon. day. which was proclaimed a Public Holiday. Next Monday. the 2d proxlino, will be obnovv. ed In a similar manner. in honor of New Year’s Day.

'l‘mt second ofa acrira of Public 'I'rmparancc Meetings. under the aunplcvs of the Sons of Temperance. of this City. will be held In the Divlalon Raoul. (Lower Athcnmun. east end.) this Wrdnesdny owning. the 26th Inst. Chair taken at 8 o'clock; doors open at half-past suvcu. A collection will be taken up. Flu: to all.

On last Wednesday night. two men by the names of John Anucar and Daniel hlcliear- mid. who have not been sober for some time pant. act lire to two Italian cntnpn at Montague Bridge. and killed one or the Indiana named Louis Nicholas. A Coroner‘n lnqucat la helm: hold over the body. the result or which we abali know in due time. The men have ilt‘t'll arrested and committed to King's County Jail. to await trial at the ensuing term of the Sn. prctne Court.

51' LOOK out for Havvic‘r Aimanack for 1871. Ready for sale in a few days. COLONIAL.

The Legislature of Nova Scotiu is called,

tm other for tho dcupntch of business on the Qt of February. 1871.

A Montreal dcnputcli of ldlli inst. lava a tit-putation from lit-d River is now at \VMb- infitontwking for the annexation of that (in any. with the consent or Queen Vic- turiu.

thanra. Iiinuk. Brotlinr A: (30.. born dis. (‘tlvt‘l‘t‘li that one of their employees. numi-d Hwnnaon. has been robbing [butt of block- tin. and other goods. The thief has been arrested.

A little boy. can of Thomas iihind. Rs .. City Clerk. Halifax. fell over a balnatcr (in tho- Albro Street School. and was consider- ably injured. but fortunately non of his bones ware broken.

Halifax being.r now the head quarters of Her Majesty‘s army in llritiah North Amer- ica. tho various military libraries will be cincontratod horn. and pint-mi in the stone building opponitr the Ordnance yard.

Mr Edward llowcll. a young machinist of Halifax. bio-i IIIVilIllINi a new rotary engine. for which be has obtained a patent. Ili- cl-tima that it is cheaper. simpler and more durable than tho ordinary engine.

Mr. inane Ii. Hublny. pro trio-tor of the Halifax Steam ilya Works. w lilo attending: aorvico at the North Baptist Church on Sun— day night. 18th inst" took a tit. lie was ro- ruoved to his residence. where he expired in a few hours.

'I‘wo exocutiona took piano at Kingston. (1a.. on \Vcilncmluy. the 14th inst. One of the uuiiirtuualo mun. nainml Dunn. was hanged for killing a guard of Kingston I’on‘ itcntiary. while cndcavoriug to escape. Deacon. the other man. poisoned his wife.

A man named McDonald. belonging to I’. E. Inland. walked ovor Charlotte Street Extension. in St. John. N. 13.. one day last week. and fell a distance of 2:) foot. among small stones. He received severe injuries. but he is likely to recover.

The achooncr T. W. Charley. of Annapolis. baa been seized by tho Custom ofiieors. at St. John, N. 13.. u I01) .1 charge of smuggling. 'I‘ho Schooner Ila arrived from the States. with a cargo of Ilour. mrk. sugar. &c.. and was abou to sail ior Annapolis when seized.

A lad named Thomas Harvey has been arrested In Halifax for ondeavoriug to pass a forged check at the Bank of Nova Scotin ln Halifax. It was drawn in the name of A. Grant. Esq..of tho Colonial. Two other lads. one of them in the cm loy of Mr (‘irant were also concerned in the orgcry. and they have too been arrested.

The St. John (Hobo says the pro rammc of the Local Government for tho com ng session provides for the abolition of the Legislative

Innncil. and tho reduction of the number of membora in the House. from fort «one to twenty-one. It is reported that if t eIIousc will not adopt the Government achome. there will be a dissolution.

The action against James McLan hiln. Principal of the Albro Street. Public So moi. who was charged with having excessively Ilogud a pupil named \Vtunis. has been wit drawn from the Police Court. It la nu-

, deratoodthat McLaughlin paid the boy‘s

father .95 and coats of Court. in annalder- ntion of withdrawing" tho case. It would have been much more satlaflvctory to the public had the case been proceeded with.

The care of Miss Leatrange. killed on the

_ Grand Trunk Railway the other day. Is a

very and one. She was on her way to Quo- bcc to he married. and was a second claaa

rust-agar. In the car there was a drunken clinw. and to protect the girl fl’om his un- couth behaviour. one of the etnpio cos told her to alt in the first class car. fter aha had been thorn a while the conductor ordered her out. and in going back aha fell between the cars and was killed.

'I‘nt: l‘ttoroarzn G near Boar Rant-— “Bcll‘a Life in London.“ of December 8rd. states that Mr. chfort. of the 'I‘yne crew. has received a. letter fram Mr. A. W. Scott. secretary of the Royal Halifax Yacht Club. with a copy oftha pro ammo for the aquatic cantata proposed to hold on Halifax har- bour next summer. and in ropl ~ has intima- ted that be will enter a crew liir the. four- oared race and com to himselfln um single acull race. The on y requisite for the ram-a la the funb. The oommlttoe having this part of the aflair in charge will ahortly solicit subscriptions from the public.

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Loxnox. Dee. 18.—Tho Oburver says that Granvillo'a dcapatch to Biamarck expreaarv the hope that Prussia will abstain from the en- forcrnicut of her theories. and will frame ami- cable arrangements.

A Protestant meeting will beheld in London. soon. to denounce Gladstoue'a recent declara- lion concerning the Po 2.

Two prominent. mom ore of tho North Ger. man Parliament, for tlulr anti-war acts, have been nrrcntcd on a charge of high treason, by order of llistnnrck. .

The 10th l'runalnn corpa. on occupying Ven- dotue. Friday. captured nix gum and a niltrullo lcune Next day Van tier l‘ann took Rpuiaay, with 230 prisoners.

A Despatch from Berlin says the Diet opened on Wednesday last. The King. in his speech. road by conunlanlon. attributes the Hilt‘t'cnn of Germany. in the war with France. to the Mail'- douylng and enthusiastic patriotism of the people. in whose behalf the war was under- taken. and the gage of battle accepted.

A telegram from Prince Frcdcrick Charles was read. reporting another victory on Tin a- dny. The battle wan obstinate. but the French were driven back on Tours. Charles oer-nplud lllois. Many store» were captured.

General hiantcuifci tub-graphs that on Wed- neuday last. the army uuduf his command oc- cu led Fi-chxunp. a It‘llpurt town on the Eng- llai Channel, 21 miles mirth-Wont. of Harm. ilu lnvlcd a contribution of hall a million of francs upon tho chin-us.

Mugneot left. ilavrc on Tuesday. with a small force .to harraas the enemy.

The King of Holland refuses absolutely to agree to the cenlou of Luxumbourg to Ger- many.

(‘ontit Bismarck, in rcply to the King of Holland‘s refusal to redo the Duchy. tienmntls an indemnity for the violation of neutrality coutilcnanccd by the people of Luxumbnuru.

Earl Derby delivered a apccch In Liverpool. in the course of which he protested against the introduction of the Prussian military ayatcm into (iroat lirltaiu.

Earl Granville. in a speech at London. de- nounle the modern style of abrogatlng trea- tius. an dishonor-t. and calculuch to ticstroy all the force of treaty arrangements.

Lr‘mDUN. I)oc..l9.-—-A conference of the lie- prracntatlvcs of European l‘owcrn at the Court of I'I'ilfdaifl, was ln-ld at Berlin. and they have, it In rcportcd. agreed upon a basis of peace hetwu-n Germany and France. Among the tit-tails are the tollowlnuz—Ocr- many to have the Duchy of Luxembourg and that part of Franco known as Alsace. and in- cluding the two French Departments of Hunt lihln and Dan Iihln, with the \"osgea moun- tains for the western boundary; France to pay tho ifiumcrnr nI' (Ir-utility tho sum of lwolv. hundred millions of francs as ludvnmity for the expenses of war. and to rccogniee the Ger- man limplrc. Napoleon in to ubdlcnte: the Elnprl-as Eugenio to be Regent; Met: to be dismantled. Imrrnliio to be an Independent German state. The name telegram says that the pronpccta of a speedy peace depend upon tin-so negotiations proving auct‘essful. An- ulhrr telegram states that the rumors gulu credence with time.

A dcapntch from Brussels rcpnts that the lurinun army is retiring before General Bour- baki.

King William 11 making preparations for a trlulnphul entry into l'nriu.

The preparations for war continue In Eng. land.

There Is a story afloat that lionrbaki and Chausey have agreed upon a simultaneous ati‘ \'ntn:o;ll|c first. upon h‘ontatibleuu,mnl the new ond upon (ibartrca. In the hopes that one or no ()Lilt‘l‘ Will Iucccctl In tho amine-king

llt.-llou. John Bright. President. of the Board of‘l‘rudc. has resigned his place in the iiritish Cabinet.

The Queen. it is understood. will open the furthco ning neaalon of Parliament in person.

I'ruwin proposes the embodying of one bun. drctl thousand more Lnndwehr.

Loxnox. Dec. 20.-I’roapccta of peace are lookingr much improved this morning. It is thought. in Berlin and Frankfort that peace basis proposed by neutrala. with some amend- mcntv. will probably be adopted.

Military movcmtnts in the fluid continue ac- tive. French evidently cmicnvorlng to con- centrate, and German armies falling back be- fore lionrbnkl. Lair-r ntlvlccs from Paris state tha‘. there has brcu no lighting around the city since Dec. lat. People of Paris bad news from outside World to illil. Soldiers and citizens undlamaycd. Public order perfect; stores ample. for acvcral month“.

Madrid dcspatch states at all points Spam shown determined opposition to Acata. livery indication of short reign.

Severe l'arilutm-ntnry conflict at Flnrcncc re- garding future atnllln of l'ontill'.

i’rcmh attacked by General licwurdor large number» who hold utrong position. (ivrtmum captured limit) prisoners, together with town. Fwoch pursuml Sonthward. tin Monday. l-‘rrnt'h furor, 10.00l afrong. had been deft-atoll at i'olsciay and Fontonciic.

Luxnox, Doc. 2l.—-l’uris advices in the 171i: state army an i citizens continued cal n. ma)- lntc. and coutldcnt or surt'cui. No disorders whatevvr. First announcement officrman vic- tory at Nuila. on Friday. Maggi-rated. Num- ber of prisoners captured was 000. instead of (3000. as reported.

Gen. Mautcun‘ol again marching on ilavrc, with much larger force than before. French report measures taken to resist.

Latest engagement reported occurred in the Baltic,( ?i only seventeen miles from llavrc.( ?) in which Frcn 'h Wrrc victorious. I’rusaiitlt advance Cili‘t‘iK‘tI.

Advicrs from Spain Indicate civil war if Italian l‘rlucc ls crowned King.

[We hope the Press Association Again. at Sackvlllc. will be a little more particular in getting up the dcapaichca, We can make neither head nor tail of portions of the above doapatch —Eo. HERALD.)

Loxnox. Dec. 22.-—i'rusalaa Government will submitclaims to Luxcmburg to arbitra- tion. War feeling in lineal-via gaining ground. It is denied that King William encouraged the Pope to hope for assistance from him. Dis- nolnllon of the Spanish Cortes was voted yes- terday amid great excitement. 126 to 4.

Evnxtso.—chortcd tn-(luy that l'rusalans have occupied Tours and found no tierloua up. position. (icn. Uhausey Is at Lemars. where he rcceivrd reinforcements. Several batteries joined his command. anti his forces have been re-provisioacd. A number of partial engage- ments occuer with enemy. In all of which Gen. (.‘hauaey was successful. immwnae re- inforcements continue to arrive daily for Prus- alau armlea before i‘arls. Owing to recent heavy levies the Landwher orders-d by King William 13 on an average of 15000 daily added to the atrougth of the German investing-army.

[No dcapatch was received on the 26th.-— Eu Hansm]

London. Dec. 23.-—All qulot front of Paris. Trocliu released I’ruasianofneers whom he held prisoners. German forces advancing to Tour! and Lemma. French retreating. lilocltadeof the Seine raising. Iieselgers of Belfort received reinforcement of heavy artillery from Bavaria. Prince Frederick Charles marchlng rapidly wutward to iiiola. King William cent word to Lauemburg—wauts explanation of Infring- mcnt of neutrality. Bordeaux deapatchcs state Gen. Bourbaki. with l50.000 men. auc- ceasfully formed junction with Gen. Chauacy on Tuesday at ht. rear of German army which had evacuated l‘onrs. French captured 2000 prlaonera and vast amount ammunition. Prince Frederick Charlea‘ llncs were severed. A gen- eral aortic wan made from Paris on Monday. General Vinny took Lamas on Blanche.beyond Dagny. six miles eaatof Paris and Gm. Duct-ct fought a battle near Bromay.—-Extenslve war- lIke preparation. of Rania continue came of naeasinosa In London and Vienna—New York. Gold lit). to 110].

CANADIAN:

OTTAWA, Dec. Io.—-lntelli ce baa been received. by cable. of the deat ofhrd Iiead: fort. rather of Lady Ll ar.

The lose by tire to ttawa. durin the last {our years. is estimated at half a Illi ion dol-

Ira.

The Ottawa lira relief fund baa now reached sumo.

Weather cold.

Ktnoarmv. Dec. 14.-—-A double execution

occurred in Kingston this morning. the pris-

victoa of the murder of one of the guards of

the Penitentiary. . . . . Deacon was convicted’afpolaoning his wife. Quasar. Dec. ilk—Mr. Connolly. of the

London Telegraph. hr in towinhnd Will remain

for the winter fortbe pur 11.)" of reportingw '

the trade unlonverrc-at rltnln. _

Great couuilicatlona are likely tortrovv out of the Government railway policr. Notwith- standing the credit which Mr. (.‘hnuveau claim- ed for colonisation railway policy. he seems now to back out. the Crown Lands not being opened by railway.

Dunn”. UN‘I‘.. Dec. 14. -A destructive tire occurred here yesterday. by which the exten- aive tunnery of L. Brt-lthaupt & (2o. wan total- ly destroyed. The loas in over 6l0.000. In- aurunce 87.000. The cause is supposed to be the work of an incendiary.

LATEST TELEGRAMS

TO 'I‘Ill Charlottetown Associated Press.

LONDON. Dec. 2-1. even—A German victory is reported at Halla. (?) a town to tin: inulil-t‘ual of Abilene, our the French army of the North. numbcting 60.000 strung. Ucrmana curried acveral Vllllgcn by atorm. and took 10.000 pri— nonera. Gen. Chauacy'sI retreat to Lt-mnra was Voluntary-his intention bring to concentrate bin forcca, and draw tho (irnnana after him. Gen. (ihuuaey has now 200.000 men. and will Immediately resume the utfcnuivc.

A Berlin despatrh anya that the some from Paris on the 2lat was. failure. The French retired within the walls.

The fortificationa of Howe and Chcrbonrg have been so strengthened that they are believud to bc impregnnblc.

Ilismarck has hinted a circuit r to the Prussian Ambassadors. saying that many French oiiiccrs have brokcn their parole. The (iovcrnuicnt have not decided how to art in their regard.

NEW Yuan. Dec. 26.—'i‘he Spotawond Hotel. at Richmond. \‘argmia. was burned to the ground on Sunday morning. and twelve per-ions perished In the flames.

'l‘o-dny is observed as a general holiday.

Birth. On the 201i: inet.. the wife of 1’. G. Fraser, or a son.

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In the City. on the 2I~t inst. at the rckidcnce of hcr non. Capt. Thomas Foley, Queen Sire it. Alice Foley, in the 86th yrur of her ago. Do- t-rasod was born in the County of \Veaford, Ireland. If. I. P. [Ncwlld papers please cvvpy.|

At Lot on the 19th i at. a .1 wife or Juhli“iluuonssl, in of: .3333. ago. The deceased emigrated. With her parenta, to this country from County Monaglian in iii It). A Inubnnd and four children are left to mourn the loan of an affectionate wife and mother. She was followed to the mm: by a large circle sorrowful friends an relations. to whom altt: wua rurlcarcd In life and rrgrrtttd in death. May she rest in peace.

0n the 2d of lit-camber lnst., at his rniiirnrc. Beaufort Ilouae. lilrkenllcad. England, Cot-ii Wray 'I‘ownshendJisquirc. In the emu year of My age. The deceased gentleman was a native. and for many Vents a resident of thins Island.

At York River. on the 13th lush. Mr. Alex- ander McLean. farmer, aged 93 years.

At New York. on the 6th inat.. of Consump- tion. Mr. Daniel W. Sutherland, bt‘othcr-in-law to George I’arker, It'qu of Georgetown, aged 33 years.

At Brooklicld, on the 18th inst, of inflamma- tion of also lungs. Mr. Malcolm McDonald. in the Gdlh ycar_ot his age.

At the Hrad oi Hiliaborough. on the 3d inst.. of Conaum tion. Catherine Janc. the beloved Wife of lien amm C. Douglas. aged 26 yearn.

At Clyde River, on the 2lat Dem. aftcra short but severe lililcan. Maggie Janc, tim belowd wife of Alexander McLean. in the 2lat year of her age.

At Chepstow. Lot 45. on Tuesday, the 13th of December last" after a few days iiincu. of In- flammation of the Lungs. Mr. Angus Brown. merchant and farmer. aged 33 years. leaving a young widow and five sisters to mourn l'na dc- plorable loss. May he rent in peace.

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Conunerciul. Cn‘rowx hIIilKET, Dec. 27th.

On Friday, Saturday, and to-duy. three very gnod markets Were held. particularly that of Friday and 10-day. Everything amiable for Christmas and the New Year was to be had In abundance. Poultry of every mile and descrip- tion, but 1‘ and mutton, of the primcstklmimegc- tables. eggs and butter in plrnly. and all of which brought high printer—germ varying from 2<.6d. to its. (id. ; turkeys. from in. 3tl.1o tidbit; puulil‘y. from 2!. Rd. to lie. tid., per pair. Egg-i, ls. lid. per dozen. and scarce at. that. Butter waa the only tcanonablc article to be bad. In the wholesale market. pork brought fro n ad. to Gd pi r lb. for good carcasses. being a slight ad- vance on last week. Potatoes, by the email. id. lOd. to 2.1.; wholesale. 1!. 4d. to Is. tid.. ()ata— although there is an active demand for this grant. still quotationa kccp steady at 2d. 4d. This week cloud the foreign trade wilb this port. our harbor being a tin-ct of Ice. Prices in produce will. if anything. decline.

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Der. 2ist.- Uudiuc. Balfour. Quccnstown; for orders. 3i .000 hush. oats. 5 bbla. oyatcrs. 1000 ft. deal. I’aragon. Murahnll. l’enarth Roads; 1750” bush. outs. 1-500 it. deal.

22.-—I-dand liomc, Mulch, Cuba; 1512 bush. potatoes. 88 qtis. cotltiuh. 01 di. haddock, .51 do. huke.30 kcua butter. (14155 lbs) 115 cans lard. (6170 lbs.) 450 bush. nuts. 12 tons hay, and three boxca preserved lobsters.

23.‘Candace, McDonald, Quecnstown: 2500 bush. outta, 37081 ft. deal. Clara. Henderson. Quecnstown. 16.000 bush. oats. 1000 ft. deal.

2I.~l’rlnccas of Wales, Cetncron, Pictou; 283 bbla. pork, 2i carcasses. (4800 lbs.) 0 raakv hams. 3 half barrels and 10 tuba lard,—-lhs.