|brother, Sucbet Sing, and his son. Heera SIIIU‘.

at): colonial wetsuit

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THE PUNJAUB—Muabstt or rat MAHARAJAK.

The following extracts lrom the Delhi Gazelle give the are comprised in the £11,900 granted for 1843, to the mis-

‘fiilleet and most accurate details of those reniorseless and cruel hatchet-les— ‘ ' “ This event took place at the north gate of Lahore, about

, are and I half tnile from the palace, at half-past niue'o’clock

the morning oftlte 15th Sept. The conspiracy Was form- Otl by Aleed-ood-deen and Dhyan Sing,and it fell to the lot ‘hfSirdaI-Ajeet Sing to execute it; Sirdurs Golab Sing, Lena Singllmijeeteea), and Socliet Sing wei'e also concerned. Dhyun Sing made the armogcmengby proposingto the Maha- njeh to inspect Ajeet Sing’s troops, which the Mabnrajah mid he woulddo the following morning, and orders were accordingly issued. On the Maha‘rajali’s arrival at the parade ground, heflzuud fault with the appearance and condition efsonte horsemen purposely placed to attract attention, when Meet Sing become saucy, words ran high, and drawing a [115101 from his bosom, Ila (Ajeet Sing) shot Shel-e Sing shrough the head, the ball having entered lnsright temple. General Venturnand his party attacked the murderer, but being .fppoie'd by a powerful hotly oftroops, were defeated. Ajeet Sing cut. upthe Rajab’s body. placed his head on a spear, and 6h enteriu the town met Prince Purtaub Sing’s snwnrte, ivhich Was Immediately attacked, and the prince killed: the palace was taken, and ‘Duleep Sing,’ the only remaining sea of Eunice! Sing, a lad ten years old, proclaimed to the throne. The treasury was thrown open and the troops paid all arrears of pay; every‘ child and all of Share Siiig’s dud Prince Purtaub Sing‘s wives were then brought out and murdered; amongst the rest was one of Shere Sing’s sous, only born the previous evening. Troops were sent ofl' to aid all 'the ghants, aml all ofthe Opposite party (cxaept entt‘tra, who escaped) made prisoners.” _ Half-past Two, p. m.—We have this moment received the

- following authentic intelligence ofwlnit has since occurred at

LahOI'ez— _ ‘

“ Ajeet Sing, aftcr having,r killed Sheri: Sing, was return- ing to the fort, and met Dhyan Sing; be told him he had done the deed,and asked him to return ; he got into Dliyan Sing’s carriage, and when they got near the gate ot'the fort. Ajeet Sing stabbed Dhyan Sing, and sent his body to his , 'I'lieso two individuals surrounded the city with their troops, the people inside cautioned plunderingiill night.

“in the morning (16th), Heera Sing having entered the fort, seized Ajeet Sing, Lena Sing, and others, and having put' them to death, exposed their heads in llltf plain, and throw their bodies into the bazaar. Dulcep Sing has llel'll put "on'the guddee, anti Hecra Sing Inade vizier. Six linu- dred men \vere slaughtered on both sides.”

he circumstances which led to tlw above tragic cvctits mustfbetnatter ol‘great inn-rest. It will be gone-rally kno‘wu that Shere Sing, ever since his accession, has clnsr-ly addict- ed himselfto the grossest seu’sIIaliiii-s. leaving the t'mim-I'Ils ofstnte to be manngedulmost entirely by his niinIster Db) an Sing, a pOWerlul chief; Whose talents lii'r business si-cm to have been equal to his mubition, while both wcre probably surpassed by his arrant knuvery. Sometime back a violent quarrel took place between the King and his minister—the circumstances of which will doubtless be in the recollection ofyour readers. The cliiel cause ofthc rupture was a mis-

nnderstanding about the treasure locked up in the Fort of

Govindghur, the former having charged the latter with ex- peuding vast sums without accounting lbr the outlay—an accusation which Dhyan Sing was by no means disposed to brook, and which led him shortly afterwards to take his dc- parture from the court and proceed to .lnmlioo. As soon as he had started, every effort, it will be remember- ed, was made to recall hint, the Maharajali eventually [link- ing the most abject entrenties to him to return, which at last, though not very readily, be consented to do. ()n his arrival at Lahore, a reconciliation took place, when tho mi- nister, taking due advantage ol'what had occurred, proceed- ed tolecture his master before the assembled Sirdars, on his addiction to the sports ol'tbe field, his constant inteinper- once, and his. sensual excesses. This piece of presumption was unchecked—doubtless, the monarch quailed before the just reproofs of his vassal! EVer since this rupture, there had been a manifest coolness between them, and latterly the minister had evinced a decidedly lioinlc spirit, having, on one occasion, declared that “il'he should again be insulted by Share Sing, as bad latterly been the case, he should at once

roceed to expel him from the throne and (devote Prince

uleep. Sing.” It was supposed by some that the storm [to- lieved to be brewing would burst during the Hindoo holidays oftlie Dusserah, at which time the troops congregate, and generally receive a portion of their arrears of pay. As the Mabarajab, however, was not disliked by the troops, it was, thought better to cm into effect the design for his assassi- nation prior to the that val in question. 1t is said the imme- diate cause of the outbreak was a suspicion entertained by Dhyan Sing that General Avitabile, who is on a visit to the Lteltteaanthoveruor at Sitnln, had been secretly instructed by the Maharajah to claim the protection and aid ol'the Bri- tish government to enable him to lessen the immense power ol‘his minister—an object which, however desirable, it was utterly impossible, unassisted, to accomplish. Butl am dis-

posed to think the revolution must have been the result of

measures long preconcez‘ted by the chief Sirdars. Heera Sing is the son of Dhyan Sing; and the intelligence ol'the death of Ajeet Sing by his band is, doubtless, strictly correct, for it was natural he should thus avenge the death ol‘his sire. Duleep Sing, the boy placed on the throne, is in some letters called the son of Runjeet—which is, of course, improbable —and in others the son of Kurruck Sing (Runjeet’s son and successor), which is more likely, though 1 am certainly dis- posed to believe he is neither the one nor the other, but merely aohild procured by Dhyan Sing—by whom he is said to have been long kept concealed at Jinnlio'oaand brought forward as the nominal ruler ot‘tlie kingdom, while the crafty minister proposed to get the real power into his own hands, and waits favourable turn of events to assume actual regal authority. Runjeet is believed to have had only one legitimate tnale descendant, namely Kurruck Sing, who died in 1840, and whose son, Nao Nebal Sing, was killed by accident, on his return from his father’s olisequics. Sliere Sing, the late monarch, though claiming to be a son of Run- jeet, was never acknowledged as such, and it is said that both he and Trim Sing (another alleged son, who is idiotic, or partially so, and has turned falteer) were purchased by the mother of a wife of the old rajab, who endeavoured, but fiiled, to persuade him they were twin sons of her daughter.

assocu'rton ton flu: ruduoanotl or THE FAITH. Account of the sums granted for the year 1843, by the Councils of Paris and Lyons of the Association for the Pro- pagation ofthe 1"aitb, to the bishops and heads of the Mis~ stops in the British possessions named, as follows :—

‘ . Cornwall, £495 16 8 Scotland East, 1190 0 0 NOHh, 1121 14 8 __ South, 1710 8 6 Wales, 488 13 10 Jersey, 122 3 5 Gibraltar, 610 17 4 Agra, 112114 8 Calcutta, 1459 14 8

Jesuits, 396 13. 4 Bombay, 488 13 10 Verapaly, ‘ ‘ 610 17 4 Madras, 1343 18 1

Oblati 01 Mary, 855 4 3 Madam Jesuits, 1428 0 0 Cape at Good Hope, 11‘21 l4 8 Newfoundland, 1121 14 " 8 )Hudoon’e Say, 1121 14 8 Hon Senna, 1588 4 0

‘Qharlottotown, 366 10 4 * 'lbronto, . 794 2 6 English Antilles, 1121 14 8 haunts, 36610 4 mutt Gonna. itgg 0 o __ 4 0 0 . ~ 488 13 10 view ‘ 488 13 10 The ' , t Million “New Zealand

does not appear

in this table, because the funds which will be applied to it

sions under the direction oftlie Congregation ol'tlie Maris- tes, to which the missionaries Of New Zealand, as Welles their bishop, Dr. Pompallier, belong. Total amount the above, £25,013 16s. 0d.——Dublin Evemng Post.

A remarkable coincidence ofsuddeu deaths ha ’retlcntly occurred itr London. OII Saturday, November 1113], Mr. J. Barlow, Soutbwark, was struck with apoplexyfi ,‘bile ;crossing the hall ofliis house; he ex,iircd on the spot, .On Sitturday evening, Mr. C. Wright, aged sixty-three,n solicuor, while visiting a friend in Camden Town, suddenly fell, car» .rying with him the chair on which he sat; nml when a sur- igrmu arrived, the patient was di-ad. On Sunday evetiuitz, Mr. R. B. Warren, the well known blanking mauuliicturer, oftlie firm ill the Strand, fell down dead in‘llishop’s Walk, Latnbeth. He had a factory in that quarter; he had been to see il'it was threatened by the fire that broke out'tienr it; and on his return, he sunk under a fit of apOplexy, brought on by the excitement. On Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Robert- son, the Under-Secretary to the Royal Society, was found sitting in his room at Somerset House, with his head on a table, his stock oil: qnlte dead ; be bad Iiot been seen since Monday. 0n W'cdnesday. M r. l’i-zike, a Queen’s messenger attached to the Foreign Office, was found dead at the door ofbis own house, on returning home from his ollit-inl duties. Coroner’s inquests having been held in each case: the seve- ral verdicts returned being those obviuusiy suggested by the laws.

The Walls of Keiglilev, Yorkshire, have been placarded, during the last Wet‘k, ofi'izring education to the inhabitants at wry little cost. The first of these cnmnnlnd front the Methodist budy,nntl promisesto tcacli reading, writing, arith- niotitt, and English grammar, :it the small charge 0f 34-, per Week, and the higher branches iii an English education “1.411., nil according to the Glasgow training School. The sw'nutl comes from the Church party, and is signml by llIP» rector. \tliu bids a little lun't'l', and prmnisvs a similar min- cnlion to the above, tit 2d., dun training.

TbP fund now raised by the N in! the mlucation oflbe poor ill the principles (II the. csta-, blislicil Church throughoutEngland uml Wales amounts to, upwards of £120.000.

l

per week, according to the Low,

The late Lord Egreuiont, duringr the last sixty yt-ars ofliis, lili’, distributed in ticks ol'l'linrity :intl liln-rnlily tllc intuit-use sum of£l.'200,000, or about £90,000 pcr annunt. :

lly tlw la~t ci-iisus ofSi-otlanil, 1213.300 natives of [rt-land i

lll't‘ rt-turut-tl as residing in that country, and 37.000 natives, of England. l

NOVA St'U'l'lA.

New lupursxs is (Tonnnacmi. I‘INI‘aaPaIsn.- \Vc mun- tinned in n pnraglnpb in our last, inori- liiIiIiuIiruusly tlinu, l)1lll'l'\\l.‘l',llll’, incl llieil Ii lllllllllt'l' til geese hail lII’PH shipped to Ni-uliniinllaml. Liulx' did we think, while indium.I that paragraph, that no should so soon have to record :in t-xlmi- sive exportation ol’ngrioullurnl produce of n similar kind,- and to feel the conviction that these apparently triflng oc- curreucesm'o but the dawn ofnew hopes and prospects liir the commercial man and the liu‘mer. 1n glancing ot'cr llie Marine Records in chfler’s Reading Rriom on Tuesday, our curiosity was excited by the fact that the liriganlinei S lendid had been cleared for the British \Vest Indies, byI ‘. R. Starr, “itb the lolluwing cargo :——70 tons of ice; 3200! feet of Boards; 20 barre-ls tiprples; 20 (works Butter; 144 ‘ fresh Geese; 38 fresh 'l‘urlteys;61‘< pair of Fowls; 11 pair til“ Din-its; 13 cnI‘casr-s ofMiitIon; 25 pair of Rabbits; 10 pair. of Patridges; 302 fresh Codfish; 108 fresh Lobsters; 1000 Calibagcs, and 4 boxes of (Todtisli. Men accustomed to the general routine“ol'exportation from Halifax could not repress a smile at the above motley cargo; but there certainly cati— not be one who does not from his heart \Visli that the enter- prise will prove triumphantly successful. If such be the issue, we can form no present conception of the extent and importance ol'our future trade with the West ltidies.‘ 11i- tberto our almost sole export was the produce of our Fish- eries. The idea ol'prt-sorving poultry and other fresh pro-i visions in ice —(:i most abundant staple in this northern land 1) i is a new and happy idea, and bids fair to open up a new channel for the consumption oftbe produce oftlie country

tural population. The first speculation oftlie kind ought to prove a lucratiVe investment for the enterprising young Mer— chant who bas engaged in it. Wetrust it will. This is but another instance of the intimate connection, mid inseparable interest, which subsists between two ol'tlie great branches of industry in the Province—Commerce and Agriculture. The produce oftlie soil has been selling at an almost IIan‘e-. cedented low rate during the last month; ainl there can- not be a doubt that the purchases of poultry, &c., tor ship- ment, have prevented prices receding to npoint that would be nttcrly ruinous to the farmer. Let the tillers oftlie soil, therefore, place this enterprise to the credit side ol'tlicir ac- count current with the Merchants, whom they so Olten ac- cuse of being enemies to agriculture, because they do not “ go the whole figure” for Agricultural protection. Let them look forward with hope to future years ofprosperity, and renovate their spirit ofvigorous industry. Let them II he disheartened when they see a community of Merchants disposed to take advantage of every fluctuation ol'trade that may promote their mutual interests; let them place some reliance on the intelligence and enterprise of men who are taking the right course to make their native City tliefocus of trade in British North America—sensible as they are. that the prominent position ofNova Scotin, as the out»post oftbj continent, entitles her to take the lead in commercial imv pounce—Halifax Post. ‘

THE COLONIAL Hanan) 1's regularlyflled in London by it r. 1’. L. SlMMnNDS, Agent/hr the .flmericon and Canadian. .Mawspapers. Brilish and Foreign .Niztvsprtper and fldverlising Agency Office, 18 Cornhill (opposite the Royal Exchange ), where advertisements will be received.

an: Estonia! morale..—

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1843.7 OPENING or THE CC—L—ONIAL LEGISLATURE.

On Thursday last, between One and Two o’clock, His Excellency the Lietitennnt Governor proceeded in the usual state tO the Council Chamber, and the House of Aescinbly

having attended, he was pleased to open the Session with the following

SPEECH 2 Mr. President, and Honorable Gentlemen of the Legislative Counctl ; . Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen qf the House qfflssembly ,-

It Is with regret that 1 call you from your homes cai-lieiJ than usual ; int considerations arising from an error in the Laws relating to Statute Labour and the Small Debt Courts have rendered your meeting advisable.

When, in the last Session, you repealed and suspended all former Laws upon the above mentioned subjects, all ap- pointments under them become vacant; but, as some ofthe Members ofthe House ol'Assemhly had held appointments under these Acts when elected to their seats, and as in the event ol'their being reappointed, their possession of them might thereby be unnecessarily affected. you agreed to a clause in each ofthe new Laws suspending. as far as re- gards these Members, the operation ol'the 7th of William 4, cap. 13. “ for vacating the Seats ofMenIbers,” the only Act afi'ecttng them; but by mistake the Words “5th ot‘William 4th” were inserted ' . the clauses referred to—n palpable error, because thi . ‘ 't named Act had already been re- pealed by the other; my intention was, to have namedthcse errors at the usual period of your meeting; but from repre- sentations made to me by the Speaker of the House of As- senibly, for the opinion of the Law Officers ot'the Crown there appears a determination in some parties to use these, errors in direct opposition to the manifest intention ofthe Legislature. for which reason 1 have deemed it proper at once to bring the quution before your notice.

and for the encouragcmcut and emolument ofour ngricul; ‘

1 again bring to your consideration the Laws affecting the Debtor and‘Creditor of this Colony. It may, possrbly, not be judlcious wholly to adopt those ol'Eugland ; but a nearer approach to them would, 1 think, he very beneficial.

The reconsideration of the “ Act liir ascertaining and es tablisbing the Boundary Lilies ol'Connti ml Townships, &c., which is now partially suspended, appears to be highly necessary.

The important subject of the Fisheries is worthy of your to learn that the Revenue will at least equal that“

deepest attention, with a view i0 ufl'ording all possible eu-

couragemcnt to so valuable a branch olunlustry. It is most trade and resources 0m", 0010,,”

obvious that an extensive and well founded establishment in this department of commercial enterprise would be the means 01 giving to the Island that Foreign trade, the absence of which is lamented as a cause of the depression iii the pursuits of our Agricultural population.

The pesition ol'this Colony enables you to commence the Fishing season even earlier than Newfoundland. You have advantages of procuring bait which are not found there. You grow your own produce. Providence has bestow- ed abundant crops; but they are often sold in the neigh- liouring Marki-ts at a rtiiuous loss; and yet, with Fish adonnding on your shores, ati organized Fishery is wanting. The true iricuds ol'this Island, and its people, are those who, by advice, influence and example succeed in bringing the occupation ol the fisherman as :iii ii‘ly to that oftbe Farmer.

I have to call your attention to the expiration ol the Act for the encouragement ol Education in this Island. it is im- possible for me too earnestly to implore your gravest deli- beration upon this most important measure. Connected nith this subject. the present and future welfare oftbousanils is involved iii your decisions. To cducnten people, is the first step towards rendering them, ill the mass, religious, honest utid benevolent.

Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen oflhe House q/‘flssembly;

The Public. Accounts will be duly laid before you, and without that delay \"lllt‘ll hcrntolore has rt-tnrdctl your ex- amination ofllwm. 1 have t'\l‘.l'_\' reason to suppose that the RO‘VPIHII' uill at lcusl i-ipinl tlial ol'last year—ti circunisuitum wliil'lt, nuiitlsl llll' gt-m'l'nl tlcpI'I-ssiuu which has is," In":

_ , _ Itl't'VullHll in the ll'tllll' ot’almo.~t aviary part (If ill" E'Ill'il‘fie donald. Macgrcgor, Beairsto,Coles, Douse, A. Mnclean,Hon "mm"! 5“”9‘." 1"" l"“"""“ ' affords a surr- and pleasing Indication ol yonrgruwing pros- Mr, Palmer, I

pr-t‘ih'. lrcly Iipou your granting the necessary sums for the Public SI'I‘VII'P.

‘Jllr. l’rcsiilrnl, and Honorable Genlfcmm of the Legislative,

. Council ; Mr. Slim/tar, Ilnll Genl’emrn of [he House of .llssemb’y;

lti'ust. ll\' \UIll‘ v.- I'y st'tIII-un-ul of the «lllt'sllnll first tIn-Ii-,

tinned. litill you will lfll‘lllil‘ me to I‘r-l'n-vn you frown-'1 long altrudanct- :it prcsi-ut. At a future period. I shall :iVnIl my-

',~,-|l'tit'tlie opportunity to 1in before you such coiliiiiunil'n-

lllllls “S Hill) l1“, lllltfllllfll Illllfllfifilll'y [U ill ill; “1111131. 311111. "(lil- Sitit‘l'flllllll.

liIItIirIlitilt-ly on tho Sju‘t‘l'll living rnporli-II. Mr. Cooper l‘l'l‘lllllllll‘lil‘t'tl :Ili udtli't'ss In 1111' Cit-rlt—lltre first part ofwliicli bud 1W0” l”“‘""”l""'l h." llw t'IitI‘nIIi-c ol'tlit- Usln-rof the Black Rod—the pnrpurtol \vliit-li nus, that lllH'N'lll uftbu “on. Mr. Pope lnul lit-coin vacant, iIi consequence tifliiis iirci-plaiicn ofan oliit'e ol'emolnim-iil under the Crown, and he llwl‘nliu‘v llIOVl‘ll “Ilml the (‘ll‘l’k be directed to acquaint llm Liam. Governor that the House is at present without a Sponkcr.”

'1‘hcqncstion being considert-d irregular, was, const-qncut- ly, not put. \Vbzit was said on the occasion, from tbecrou‘il- ed slum ol'tbe House, and the want ofact-oinniodntion for reporters, we find it impossible to recapittilnlc.

Mr. PALMER movvil that the usual Committee be appoint- ed for revising the Journals.

Mr. RAE niovud, us an amendment, that previous to enter- ing into the customary business ol the House, it is net- 'sury to enter on the examination of who have vacated their seats in this l'loiise, by having accepted offices ofemolunicnt lin- der the Crown, and that, with this view. the House do resolve itself into a Conuniltee ol'tbe whole House on Privileges.

The amendment was put and carried without a division.

Then the House resoved itSoIf into a Committee of Privi- leges~Mn Montgomery in the. Chair. After it short time spent in Committee, the House resumed, when the Chairman reported the following Resolution, and obtained leave to sit

,iigaiu :—

Rssowcn, That it be recommended to the House to send a Message to His Excellency the Lient Governor, requesting that be will be pleased to inform the House ifauy and what members of this House have been appointed to any office under the Crown since the 21st January, 1843.

Messrs. Rae and Cooper were appointed to wait upon His Excellency with a Message in conformity with the above Resolution.

The Hon. Mr._ PALMER, Messrs. Thornton, Coles, Heairsto and A Mnclen’n ware appointed a Committee to prepare an Address iIi answer to His Excellency’s speech.

And then the House adjourned for one hour.

And being met——

’1‘lie Hon. Mr. Palmer reported the following draught of

art Address in answer to His Excellency’s Speech :— To His ELre/lcncy Sir HENRY VERE HUNTLEY, Knight,

Liculrnunl Guvcrllm‘, 3'0. (8‘0. ts'c.

May it please your Exot-llt-ncy;

We, the House of Assembly of Prince Edward Island, in General Assembly convened, respectfully thank your Excellency for your Speech at the opening of the pre~ sent Session.

In common with your Excellency, we regret the cir— cumstance which has rciidercd It neCessary for calling us together at this early and unusual period; but, feel ing as we do the iniporianceol the subjwct-nuitter which your Excellency has called to our particular notice, in two certain Acts oftlie last. Session ofthe Legislature, we fully appreciate the motives which have induced your Excellency to enable us. at the earliest opportu- nity, to revise tbose Acts, with a view of correcting any error which may, by our 6 iuslructlun, be deemed con- trary to thc object and Intention oftbe Legislature in framing that". 5