Confederation of Britesh North Aweriea. The peopie of London have read, in an extract trem Nova Scotian newspaper, the des pate h whied Y . Seeretary for the Colonies has ucddressed to ; Cieverner Crenerai of Canada on the subject of ‘ ( tederation mevement It exactly what we expected—a gh and hearty approval of : ‘ self and of the manner in which ‘ i ed This will be anether sur- : ur ¢ ental neighbors, secoud enly to ; wiich they felt when they tound ‘ [ritain spontaneously giving up the lonian Jsla snd ret ¢ from: a position which she ; t have held as iong as and under whatever ‘ ons pleased. It is true we are not ae t vg zg up the American Colonies—nay, the we a quoting does not contatu the “ af t that sik a poss tv ever crossed the 1 d ot the writer; but yet it is: perivctiy ~~ wined Cine is > use In concea am the rthat the Confederation movement cons dé sthead t y weir ied Jj “oy ee ‘A sep ng fram t , r COUN | uw N 1 Ame an ¢ lera 1 sa State rmida from the i : i d energ population, an i Vig os det ; a | C8 A w years \ i . 1 pla ( Aeadia i whatever et i Af qi ’ ® Fi | ' c¢ i'* s : 4 Sau we : ‘ y s ’ iat st t "al ry P supposi nm ; “ws yt f but 1 might be e “ i g t) disy ce ga en nd press « it ya { y of power rnd warlike veig urs Phe step is & strong ool, if any were wal ed, how ‘fe : j Ss : tel a nea to ist sel on t geod Ww ol r subjects, bow she repudiates ‘ irrow fee of jeal pusy, and how ready s sto per these who ‘ et is i i vel wnt of t B . ‘ : cw rever tiey | St 1 11 y mere & ed t wants and wishes We re m this ds chi tithe represet! ~ differ L provinces of North Ameri- : * sanction of the Crown, sum mw Crovernur General, and selected by ] i mt Governers, so that in this feder vemenut the Crown was net merely an as party tactually took the initiative, and ‘ ha ery &@. ils disposal lor Lae purpose wi £ g au huptise to the movement. * * * What are the colonists to understand by this in-

passage’? “ The provi- sions With regard to the powers of the central unents are of primary iapertance the them simple and uniform re intended te have the best effects.’

Why is it possible ta wake them simple and

ite and ambiguous

j 2 te saibie tet

What does it siguily what they were meant te do, the question being what they ac sally du effeet ; does Government mean te recoin-

i these prepositions as they stand te partlia- r Tf it does, why 1 ’ Dues it ydify them? If it does, why not

not say se

? in fe m

Say 8G

What bas it te do with the intention of the

suersif itis of epinon that the words used carry out that mtenuion; andif they do not, how does tion of the framers belp the matter

\ me the ¢ mies will aunderstaid what they a ded to understand from thesé sentenees I ves, we fiud it very difficult to attac

erm Gefinite meaning. Only of this we

aur that 1! powers are granted to the cen- tra i sl Legislatures in the terms ofthe re sulutions agreed te, there will arise, ia additio:

; mstructing the acte, ently tortuidable task, the further difficulty ng Whether the act waa within or beyond the auihorty possessed Dy the jeg Ti duty of Lhe

} t ihe laws, bul

Ways a iscertain sialure urts Wui ve wel oly te liler-

to declare whether they are

iW tall; and mea will be eX pose d to the risk of coutiuually acting under supposed authorities which may, utter all, have no existence. We,

have ne hesitation ia saying that we

therefore,

hope that government will pet prepose te pariia- ment, and that, wf they do, Parliament will not lopt, clauses fraught with so many rvschiefs to

+ public, but that they w ll take care to make a

clear and exhaustive division of powers, carving the jurtediction of the lesser legislatures out of ihat of the « {rai pa neat, aud decla thy with clearaes aud precision, in what peints they meat r juried ‘tion of the lecal iegisiatures te be ex- ‘ ve atid ia what points concurrent. it i potut s % ¥ considerable loportance | x wive t tie t mere of é i et x Colonial Upper Cha seuts I sease the Home Gove ' ~ beans mervative than t Col hit i . It aps . t Lew ive Cx t i nu WwW i 4 i : t * s ha ‘ t i ‘ i 4 in V “ . i i i, s ‘ t ithe tloa f Loris has ense stue y ol > Ue t i ‘ ‘ = j ‘ ~ea ! ss . er ‘ a nee r irt ‘ a Letweet tis ii xtre ities lt is only bee We a ‘ iH I \ hy =e 3 ia talia pw ’ ‘ tou that it Xis jt well ere S tie tehure . ‘ il rate, site e gren ¥ Nidd t t re in jea \ { ‘ ‘ werure ‘ I ‘ hu a ( le mlit e ¢ iit ww : heredl V = > ne’. me ' bo Cieut ‘ t ree € ¢v i ’ tie bet : to exercise 8 i in “> warmed evture lo stiqyest w ther if woutd th i Leuislative Couneil u hi certa Hb Bile f the i ', 3 tid Wate et rs s for ‘ ' i i lespatel | . t s, we or, is likely t t ‘ vo povernhinelits ¢ t be tiAhUue 3 it by pe nh ont tha , t _ i » str ! t ti ‘ * - Via) T the new cote 4 that even the a polntment of Leui-bative Councillors for hfe may have been proposed quite sStuch with a View to conciilate oppenents a- I iany a truct love tort 1@ pa ticular iustitation Upoa the whole, we think our colonists have pn revgou complain of the spirit in Whieh their re io ive been 1 ed, aud we do not dou | will, asa sted | t ki ! very favor ly the ! rusted to i ludeed, we think ‘ i toe ue ay ices, t funy error be 1 ‘ t bits » be on Side OF Ulilei aud in ‘ ‘ ; ite Conee: sion than of a ar 4nd Une ‘ soduting spirit It may well be that the very fru ere of these resolutions would not be displensed fo see some Loins detnauded from tiem Which they uid Hot feel thenmmeives at liberty to coucede, am that the lmperiual parliameut in correcting some of the e oriods abuses ¢f our colonial constitu vould ast only be making practical improve “nls it doing that whick would be ayvreeable to the feelings of t nore infitleutial and better sed part of the colonists themselves.

—"" i eon

CONFEDERATION.

What measures of a like nature, in the course of modern history, have not been be- set with the gravest difficulties, and some- ven shaken Lhe communities in which they have eceurred lo their very centre. Was hot such the ease in the Union of Scotland and England, the Act having been carried tiruugh the British Parliament by an ex- cvedingly suall majority ; yet whocan doub: the incalculable benefits which have resulted ty both nations from that measure. So was it with the repeal of the Corn Laws, of the Navigation Acts and the Free Trade Acta ot vurt owa times; each of which, notwith- ettsnding the evil predictions of opposers, have been auicag the most prominent ele- iments in raising Britain to a positivo of un- exampled power and prosperity.

We nut oniy believe that in a national point of view, as in other things, Union 1s strength, but we also believe that Union is pros; erity, and we can ecdreely imagine the advent of a erisis more favorabie tor securing ty British North America the pregnant ele- ment of both these blessings. — Christian M Ss€nger, Isi Feb.

times e

ee GUNBOATS ON TUE LAKES.

In a recent letter of the New York cor- respondent of the London Times, the tullow- ing ia reference tu the present temper and attitude of our neighbours, appears :—

“Thus the sharp Yankees have stolen a mare upon John Bull, and John Bull, as lar as the lakes are concerned, will have to submit to the disadvantage till the St. Law- renee is free of wce. It a9 useless to deny or conceal the fact that there is danger ahead in this direction, and that the over-cunning or tco impulsive fanatics who, for the pre- tent, controi the destinies of the Federal Re- public,may not mean war with Great Britain, but only to threaten for their own purposes, without resort.ng to the ultima ratio of Kings and Democracies, there is so much peril in playing with such edged tools as to make it the duty of the British Government to be prepared for all eventualities. Those who live opposite ta powder magazines must have an eye to their kre engines and water tanks ; aod those who would live at peace with the Americans must be strong enough to be feared, even if they be disliked and villified. It is quite true that the Federal Government has wore than enough on its hands in its war Sxainst the South, and that every true American statesman will admit.

- Bot American statesmen are scarce, and, Worse still, they are not in power. The men in power, like the people they govern, take their wishes for facts and their passions for arguments, and no foreign statesman can

te or predict what they will do in any

given set of circumstances. Possibly, how-!

ever, the anti-British war mania may subside only peace he will allow us is by submission. | City.

as suddenly as it broke out; but the British Government ought not to forget, or hereafter, that the Americans hate them ; that they would Irke tu possess British Ame- rica, as an offset for the probable loss of the South; that the ignorance of the people with regard to the strength of Great Britain, | especially, and Europe generally, is only equalled by their arrogance and presump- tion; and that eonsequently the only safe method of keepimg on good terms with them | is neither to olfer insult nor to brook it, and) to show under al! circumstances that, though they wish to avoid a quarrel, they will, ila quarrel be forced upon them, so comport themselves that the aggressors shall reeeivea lesson which to all future time shai! teach ordinary caution, if it do not teach common honesty.’”’ |

EP Ore aaee -

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

NOTHING SHORT OF INDEPENDENCE

TERMINED TO CONTINUE

WAR WITH VIGOR—ADDRESS TU THE PEOPLE.

CONGRESS Di

Tilt

hmond Dispatch, January 20.)

rhe Confederate Congress on yesterday passed

a resolution appointing a joint committee to pre pare an address to the people of the Confederate States, assuring them of the unalterable deter- mination of Congress to continue, with all its energy, the struggle for independexes in whieh

l, and assuring them of the fival

triumph, which, in its solemn judgment, must crown our efforts if we stand firm aud united to- gether and wield our resources with strength and wisdom.

we are engages

GENERAL JOSEPH £. JOUNSTON'S RESTORATION —PFROPHETIC AUGURIES OF SPERDY SUCCESS.

From the Richmond Enquirer, January 20 )

We can’t send out oar evening edition with-| out heartily congratulating our readers and the | eountlry generaiy that the brave and matchless | old ecliettain, General Joseph E. Johnston, has been restored to the army ol the West. Hie wil be received with open arms by the veterans of his command, while shouts will go up from the heart of the nation that will wark the prelude to Henceforth from to-

brighter aud betler auys. clapter is to be opened in our pro-

aay a@ lew

gressive history, pregnant with prophetic aagu ries of OUT Lial— peslaps spec dy “BUCCUSS OVUT our formidable eveniy.

THE SVUTH HAS Nut BEGUN TO THOUGHT OF YIELDING,

FiGliT — No

(From the Richmond Whig, January 21.)

History is full of examples of what small armies well handled and sustained by determined people We teel an absoitite assurance that this add another to the catalogue. We have not yet begua to fight as a proud race driven to desperation will fight. Ve have net wil

sul-

can ado

war will iLustrions lastance

begun to sufler as ofher nations,

far less al stuke, and fur less aspiring, lave We realize wat tay be req aired of us sud in view of it all, we have not first thouglt o

yielul

fered,

‘ : g, wor the least fear of failing

A CALL FOR NEGRO TROOPS—PEACE TO Bt GAINED BY VICTORIES.

| Rich If that compromise (Mr. Cox’s peace resulu

tions),

From the rond Enquirer, Jan. 21.) |

Lhe jeiut werk of Greeley and Cex, cannot

fiud iaver with tue Kepubiicau House ot Repre- | sentatives, what Coutederate can hope for any | terms other than an ignomiuious surreuder? Le peace slide, and let us turn our whole and undi- vided attention to war. The recom. |

mended by the President have rot been provided

negroes

Will net the Congress immediately take actior and secure the forty thousand?) The enemy will! net offer us any terms ether than those of sub- mission, a8 long as they have the prestige of sue- tis wet in the Yaukee nature to be other than a bu gus wililary disasters at- tend our arinies, we may expect to be bullied by | the rejection of all propositions looking to an ve peace, It we would have peace, We gain victories. The army must have mere wen, and a new and better organization This ts the only work for Cong: Let them do it, and do it quickly. Turn peace over to Mr. Bjair and Mr. Foote. Let them hob-nob aud whether on Potemac makes vo

esa.

>a rd as ill

honora

must fest

esa to du.

ver iL le tie’ Bearts Cuntent,

or lhe olber of lhe

is Side

watter. War and war measures for the Congress wf the Confederacy, is the vuly tuiug now leit tor our legislature.

WHAT MR. LINCOLN MUST DO TO CONQUER |

sou til.

bite (From the Richmond Whig, Jan. 21) |

It would be absurd to suppose tual immediately

alter these successes Which Yankeedow protesses o belicve are Crowning Victories of the war, and a finishing stroke to the rebellion, Lincolu would tier or accept any olher terms than such as

would involve our vocouditioual return to Yaukee ion. Aud aa thi require negolia- ion, but, on the coulrary, would be an utter ab-

s would nwt

wa hon our part of even the right te nego- tiate, it is just as absurd to suppose that be intends ty enter uly avy diplomatic discussions wiih our | government. We veature to state, and to piace | the statement oa record as a prediction on which we are willing to hazard our sagacity, that Lin- colo will vever negoiiate with the governinent of iederate Siates tall he 13 re ady tv ackuow-

indepeudence. Neither cau we at- importance to the reiterated expres- |

the Ce iwdge tueir fach muen use desire on the partot our Yankee brothers to find out what we wean and what we want The pursuit of Chis kind of knowledge is wot utteuded by su many difficulties as to make its attainment at all preblematigal. We know that the moral sense of the Yankees is pretty etfee- tually blunted, and that they have lost the little c spacity tlivey ever possessed, to discriminate be- tween right and wrong, but even a Yankee would know What @ ian wneant who should try to expel a thief from his kitchen, or a burglar trom bis Paen why does Linéolu send his Simply because he Knows that if the Coutederacy beld out for another campaign,

er triumph is secured and our independence won; because he knows that his available physi- cal resources are absolutely exhausted; that uei- ther the cheap enthosiasm of the populace over maguitied V icturies aud inconsequential SUCCESSES 5 | wor the frantic appeals of all the newspapers in the land; ner the subtle persuasions of Seward | wud other priests and prophets of black republic- anisin; ner bis own supertiumerous calls aud pro-

sign of ati lute

bed-chamber.

emissaries here!

clamatious, cau aid him auylbing la gelling loge- ther army even half as great as that which he launched upon the South in the first days of May last. He must, therefore, either in- duce the Confederate goverument to surrender, or by some meaus break up the league of these States; or, by proving to the North the utter hopelessness of restoring their sacramental union, except by fighting for it, so resuscitate the wai spirit as to enable lio to raise the three hundred thousand men contemplated by his last eall, else he will be broken down betere the next summer begins, and all the magnificent puwer, and pour pous wilitary parade of the universal Yauukee nation will tade away, aud leave vot a wreck

‘ , another

fare worthy of it

lin the buok of fate ;

| fourteenth instant,announce

| Atrican clausseurs will soon alate this ut

assure us of this. The only reconstruction, the! Phis is subjugation. The reeonstruction of!

North. Buteven could we submit upon terns |

) which would not be allowed, such reconstruction | capture’ Goldsborough, N.

would be oniy subjugation ia form, scarcely res- pectable enough to be called a cheat. Beth mean | slavery to the North; a life without boner, and| a future without hope. There would be no prac-| tical difference between it aud ‘Unqualified sub-|

How vain the effort, how foolish the| wish, to recoustruct, upon any termes, the Unions, | which perished through the bad taith of those | whom we should have to trust again. Let us| pledge ourselves, if need be, afresh to the resolve. | Let us swear by the memory of our immortal dead; by the sufferings of the past, and hopes of | the future; by our ravaged fields and desolated | homes; by the tears and sorrows of the widow- hood, and eries of helpless orphanage ; by the! blood of the slain that calls to us from the ground | that we will never, never have part or lot in any government Which, ln its every department, eX- | ecutive, legislative and judicial, is under the sole and exclusive those who ean offer

mission.

coutrol of

This is what manhood and liberty

This was the who fell so nobly at Thermopyte, and of musty at Marathon ; dictated the ever-me- morable reply of heroic Williaw of Orange, when, y himself upon the centre of his own soul, he solemuly declared before God that he would never abandon his country, however desperate her cause, but would deiend her to the last ex- tremity, and die in the last ditch, We

requll of those those whe coudgiere Lso glori

'

such, too, the spirit which

poisit

our lioerty, and to pass trom heart to heart the sacred fire of devotion to our country’s cause, and we will—we must—be free. Let it be

bered that the boon of liberty is never denied to worthy of it; and they alone whe, in her sacred cause, to dw or die. It is so written it is so recorded in the his-

itis so revealed in the providences

Temieur- these who are deterai ved

are

tery of nations;

lof God, and proclaimed in mora! agencies. which

sway the destinies of the world. -——_- FRENCH DESIGNS IN MEXICO.

In a late Number, we published the fact of the cession to France by Maximillian, of several states of the northern part of Mexivo, comprising Sonora, Sinaloa, Cheh- uahu, and Lower California, and of the ap- pointment of a Dr. Gwin as Viceroy of the Kmperor. It isstated that he has inaugurat- ed bis viceroyalty in the character of a legis- latur, and has already drawn up a code vt laws of the most liberal character, which has beenapproved of by the Emperor of the French, guaranteeing civil and religious liberty, pro- viding for pre-emption purchase of public lands, und regulating the terms of oceupa- tien and use of the mines. Insupportof his office the Duke is to be backed by Freneh bagonets, aod ali the featares of 4 court, aud uther uppendages of ruyuity are tu be sus- tuinied.

A correspondent of the New York Herald writing from California, gays that **the most important object of the present measure is iovked upon as a scheme un the part of the Kinp ror of the French to protect the pseudo monarchy of Maximillian in Mexico from in- vasivo, by placing a strip of French territory, su-called, between Mexico and the United States. It is a stroke of policy, and Dr |} Gwin bas been made the instrument to carry it into etfect.’’

Letters from Mazatlan, Mexieo, of the the arrival there | of Captain Beauregard, brother of General | Beauregard, in the capacity of Private Sec- retary to eX-Senator Gwin, and affirm tiat the new Viceroy has obtained granis of land ia these States, with a view to eucvurage emigration from the Southern Confederacy Ihe Imperialists at Mazatian are said to be very hostile to Northern Amerteans, and

j many of the latter were leaving in conse-

quence.

The Herald, speaking of the matter, says :—

* Tuis mtelligence trom length so auiueritatively and circumstantially detailed that it can no longer be questioned Aveordi uly, for the information of our readers, | we submit to them this morning an explanatory | wap of this new reach colouy, aud & suggestive viographical sketch of its pioneer Governor Geu- eral, Dr. Gwinn.

The silver mines of Sonora are proverbially rich; but thus iar they have remained undevelop- ed, and euly parualiy explored, in cousequcuce | of the terrible Apaches. A French squadion of

Sau Francisco is at

sauce,

iu Seuora, but in all the Puus secured in life and property, the rich mines, the delightiul and wholesome eii- mate, the fertile lands, and the fascinating Mexi- can senoritas of those regious, will unquestion-

not ouly other states of

ilie colniy .

ably attract a large body of adventurers froin California, New Mexico and Texas, uuder a ell of the French imperial Governor General or Viceroy, Dr. Gwin. Thus the aboundi aud agricultural riches of his imperial dowaius, some two hundred and filly thousand square wiles in extent, will be rapidly developed, aud

ug wainelal

this grand colony, if vot iuterrupted, will speedily icts of gold, silver and copper,

cotton, tobacco, sugar aud w ines, a fruitful source

' become, Mi iis prod

of wealth to France.

But the designs of Louis N tpolean do not stop here. They extend from the bead of the Gulf ot Califernia down to Central America, and they comprehend, first, a great naval commercial es- tubiishinent on the Paeifie; and, secundly, the isthmus commercial route ot Teluantepec. Eight, or ten years ago, as Wil, be remembered in cou- nection with that mysterious French adventurer, Count Bouillon, the attention of Napoleon was attracted toSonura, and even before that day, itwe are not mistaken, he found time to produce a pamphiel on the commercial advintages of a ship canal seross the Isthmus of rel uutepee At all events, we may safely pronounce this colon- ial adveuture of Louis Napoleon in Northwestern Mexico as a flank movement upou the State of Califoruia, aud as covering the gratd scheme for the naval and commercial supremacy of the Pacific Ocean.” |

The New York News, Benj. Wood's organ, says | of this eveut:— i

« Rumors, and especially political rumors, may | be considered anu indication of the drift ef popu-| lar sentiment. In that respect, if in oo other, the} news from Mexico 18 inportaut, even though it | should prove to be uutrue. The statement that)

us | ine gaurantee for the tuture, but the broken faith | } ol the past. spirit that fired the hearts |

have but | to catch this spirit te reconsecrate ourselves to

l unable te carry out his intention.

iMPLP,

cellency, as well as on behalf of the Volunteers, |

Sherman’s army two miles south-west of that Southern papers state cavalry force esti- mated at Forty thousand, passed down Mississip-

either now SeUthern dreamers is not conceived of at the | pi on 27th, supposed will 800 Operate against

Mobile. An expedition fitting outat Newbern te Y. C.,~Message from Richmond with documents, artived at Montreal, to give evidence in St. Alban’s ¢ase.—Gold 205.

—_——_—_+<e-————— CONFEDERATION MEETING IN GEORGETOWN.

A large and influential meeting of the Electors of Georgetown and the surrounding districts, was beld at the Court Louse, on Wednesday evening the 15th instant, at 7 v’clock. On motion of D. Gordon, Esqr., Thos. Owen, Esqr., was called to the Chair, and opened the proceedings by saying the meeting was called to discuss the question of a Union of the Provinces of British North America

Ilon. R. MeAulay theh rose and said as there Were three of the Delegates present, the Honorakles Col. Secretary, TU Haviland and A. A. MeDonald, he requested them to give a detailed account of the Delegation.

Hon, T. meeting for an houran a half, and explained the reasons which make a Union of the Pro- vinces necessary, and touebed on the princi- pal objections raised by opponents of Confe- deration; and advised his constituents not t» pass a hasty opinion for or against the scheme. Ile was received with marked at- tention, and loudly applauded.

Hon. A. A. MeDunald mada some obser-

vations, and said as the Col. Secretary was

present he would vot detain the meeting with a statement of financial question, having be- fore, at a meeting, given his views.

Hlon. Col. Secretary, in a very eloquent speech, explained the firancial part of the question ; the advantages of Representation by Population; spoke of the public works of Canada, advantages of Interevlonial Railway, &e., and the course pursued by all the dele- gatesin Canada,

Hon. R. McAulay then stated hi did not approve of the Report of the Quebec Confe- rence; that we would be better as we are, than to place the Government in =he hands of the Canadians; that we were well able to govern ourselves; that our representation would fall off, and that the constitution of the Upper Branch would collapse the whole constitution,

Jons. Messrs. Haviland and Pope replied to Mr. MeAulay’s objections. Atter some remarks from F, P. Norton, A.C. McDonald and James McFarlane, Esquires, and Rev. R I. Roach, the following resolution was moved by D. Gordon, Evq., and seconded by James MecFarlans, Eeq. :—

‘esuleed, That it is premature to express an Opitiion Wpou the iuportant question of a Confe- deration of the British North American Provinees, until we are made acquainted with the Legisla tive action of our sister Provinees upon the subject.

F, P. Norton, Esq., moved, seconded by Mr. A. C. Stewart,

* That a vote of thanks be given to the Hons. Col. Seeretary and ‘T. H. Haviland, for their able advocacy of the question, and the trouble they had taken to come and address the people ot Geurgelowu ou the subject.”

Moved by J. McFarlane, Esq., seconded by Mr. J. Lavers,

“That the proceedings be published in Island papers.”

the

Mr. R. Munroe was then called to the

| Chair, and a vote of thanks given to Thomas

Owen, Esqr., for his able ana imyartial con- duct in the Chair. It wasthen resolved that a meeting be held this day week, to take into Consideration some quests seo local interest. All the above resvlutions were carried unanimous!y, ARCHUD. J. McDONALD, Sec’y. Georgstuwn, Jan. 16, 1865.

nnn

; DINNER AT SUMMERSIDE TO THE HON.

JAMES C. POPE,

On Wednesday evening last, about thirty of the gentlemen of Suunmerside and vicinity sat down, at Crabb’s Hotel, toa Dinner, given by them to the Houorable Jas. C. Pope, as a mark of their esteem and good will towards that gentle- man, and expressive of their gratification at see- ing hia the Leader of the Government of P. EB. island. Myr. Pope lod arranged to be present, but owing to illness and the bad state of the tra- velling, was, to the great regret of his friends, However, the business of the evening commenced by the coum- pany partaking of a most excellent dinaer, Mr, Finlay McNeill beiug voted to act as President,

jand Harry C. Green, Exq, Viee President. Ou

the cloth being removed, the President, after briefly stating the cecasion of their being assem-

bled around the festive board, proposed the fol- |

lowing Tvuasts, which were received with all due honors, viz:—* The Qneen,” “ The Prinee and Princess of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family,” “ His Exeellency Lieut. Governor Dun- das, the Arwy aud Navy and the Volunteers,” to which Colin MeLeunan, Esq,

and in the nae of His Ex-

latter toast

responded,

thauked the company; and in the course of his speech paid a just tribute of praise tu ilis Excel- leney for the zeal and willingness His Excelleacy has always evinced for the welfareand prosperity of the people and the Island. and the general esteem In which His Exceiieney is regarded. “IT have the honor,” Mr. McLennan said, “ of

| belonging to the Volunteers, and Dam coutident

that when catied on for the defenee of their count ry, or for the defence of the Confederation, soon, as I believe, to be established, they will nut be fuaud wanting or deficient.”

The next and last Toast given from the Chair

| was—* Our Guest, although absent, The Hon'ble

Jas. C. Pope, President of the Executive Cuun- cu,’ which was received with immense applause, and responded to, at great length, by James

| Campbell, Esq., and two or three uther geutlemen,

Several Volunteer Toasts were given, and res- ponded to with good effect, including the health

}of“ Mrs. Dundas and the fair daughters of P. E.

Island,’ which was responded tu by John Yeo, Esqr., M. P,P, John A. MeDonald, Esq, and soe others, with speeches of eleganes and feeling.

Some excellent songs were also sung by Mr. Gibson, amongst them, “ Lhe Red, White and

ll. Llaviland then addressed the

Dr. Gwin, formerly representing California ia the! Blue,’ “ Rule Britannia,” “The Sultan and the United States Senate, bas been appointed viceroy | Pope,” “The old Irish Gentleman,” “ Widow of the new Freneh Colony, is likewise significant Machree,” &c., and sung so adwirably as to of the current of opinion in regard to the politi- | elicit tremendous approval.

eal link between the destiny ot Mexico and the | The speeches of Messrs. Royers, Stafford, Hunt, ' Confederacy. | Lefurgy, Black, Gardiner, Danl. Green, Esq., | We have given warning repeatedly that the| M.P. P., and others, were eloquent aud good, | Emperor Napoleon woald make our condition of | and sooner than wished fer brought on the hours civil strife his opportunity to extend his sceptre lof morning, when after all had sug “ Auld Lang-! lover the Western Coutinent. He is not the kind | syne ” ond “ God save the Queen,” each one jof man to embark in an enterprise so perilous) tok his’different way well pleased and benefitied and expensive as the overthrow of the Mexican} .

' : : cathe . by the harmonious and pleasant gathering. Republic, in the mere spirit of adventure. There | "9 eet ee gathering

Married,

On the 31st ultimo, by Mr. C. Barker, at the honse of the bride’s father, Mr. George Traer, to Miss Mary Saunders, both of Winslow Road.

At Mission House, Bedeque, on the 28th ultimo, by Rey. Richard Smith, Mr. Nelson Clark, of Cape Traverse, to Ann, third daughter of the late James Clark, Esq., of North Bedeque.

At Georgetown, on the Mth instant, by D. Gordon, Esq., J. P., Mr. Robert Robinson, to Miss Lydia iota: both of Grand River, Lot 56.

At the Bishop's Chareh, Chicago, IL. ou the 4th ultimo, by the Rev. W. H. Cooper, formerly of this Island, S. H. Hale, Esq., of Mewphis, to Sophie, second daughter of the officiating clergy- man,

Ov the 23d instant, by Mr. John W. Butcher, B. C. M., at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. James William Conroad, to Sarah Ann, eldest daughter of Mr. Joseph Griffin, all of Sturgeon

jay.

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Died,

At Lot 11, on Wednesday, 8th instant, Mr

Thomas Smallman, an old and respectable inhabi- tant of this Island, aged 67 years. Mr. Smallman emigrated to this Isl.nd over 40 years ago from the | Garryhineh estate in Queen's County, Ireland ; and during his residence on this Island he secured the respect of all who knew him. Lis remains were followed to the grave by the largest concourse of people ever assembled on the Township.— Herald’ please Copy. At Lot Il, on Saturday, the 11th Febrnary, John Killbride, sen., in the 88th year of his age, leaving a disconsolate widow, seven sons, one daughter, and fifty-two grandchildren to mourn their irrepar- able bereavement. He wus a native of the Parish of Straadtballagh, Queen’s County, Iretand; and emigrated to this country in 1823.” He died in the | tull plenitude of his powers, having, but a short | time previously, sent for his own children and | grand-children, aud having given all necessary in- structions in regard to the disposal of his affairs ufter his death, he then, like ripe fruit, dropped into the arms of his son, and expired without a struggle. “ Blessed is the death of the just.”’— (Dublin ‘News’ and Moutreal ‘True Witness’ please copy.)

At Charlottetown, on Wednesday morning the 15th instant, Cuartes Mason, son of Frederick William and Mar garet Hughes, aged six months. : At Searletown, on the Ist instant, after a linger- ing illness, which he bore with great patience aud resignation to the Divine will, Mr. Donald Jer- | dine, in the 29th year of his age.

At Point Prim, on the 24th ultimo, Mr. Alexander Murchison, aged 64 years.

At Bedeque, on the 9th instant, at the residence of her son, Philip Baker, after a protracted illness, which she bore with Christian resiguation to the divine will, Catherine Baker, at the advanced age

| of 69 years, | At Lot 13, on the 13th instant, Mr. James Brown. | at the advanced uge of 84 years.

~NEW ADVERTISERENTS. Furniture © Warerooms,

Corner Kent Street & King €quare.

| [® e wish to buy FURNITURE,

CALL AT

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He bas the largest and best assonrment of

| Ready-made Furniture,

| of the latest and most fashionable stiyxs, to select from in the Island, at

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| \lso, Side Boards, Book Cases, Wardrobes and

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Corner Kent Street and King Square.

GEORGE DOUGLASS. } Charlottetown, Fel 20, 1866. tf i “ sland

Land Sale. i\fTENO be sold by Pusttc Auction, on TUESDAY, the Twenty-fifth day of APRIL } next, (A. D., 1855,) at the hour of 12 o'clock, non, jat the Colonial Building in Charlottetown, under fund by virtue of a power of Sale contained in a jvertain Indenture ot Mortgage, bearing date the | fwenty-Eighth day of May, A. D., 1860, and made vetween William Walker Moore, formerly of | Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island, gentle- | nan, and Mano Moore, his wife, ef the one part ; and John Morris and Thomas Morris, both of Char- | lottetuwn, aforesaid, Commission Merchants, of the jvther part: All that Tract. piece or parcel of Land, vcing part of Lot or Township Number Tiirty- | Right. in the said Island, bounded as follows, thut sto say, Commencing at a stake fixed in the North | Kast corner of the property of the Heirs of the late | George Douglas, from thence Soni or Southwardly Seventy-five chains, thence Westwardly Forty | chains, thence North or Northwardly Seventy-five | chains, thence East or Eastwardly Forty chains, or | antil it strikes the stake at the place of commence- vent, containing by estimation three hundred | Acres of Land, a little more or less, together with |the appurtenances thereunto belonging. For far | ther particulars and conditions of Sale, apply atthe | office of Messrs Haviland & Brecken, Solicitors. Dated this 20th day of February, A. D., 1805. JOHN MORRIS, ) iad THOMAS MORRIS £ aire es | Havinann & Brecken, Solicitors. Feby. 20, L864. 2m

7 BAZAAR.

Under the Patronage of Mrs, Dundas, PONITE Ladies of the Protestant Episcopal

Church of St. John's, St Eleanor’s, intend holding a BAZAAR about the midale of JULY, for the improvement of the interior of the Parish Church. Coutributions will be thankfully receiv- ed by any of the undermentioned ladies.

~ 9064 eee : St. Eleanor’s.

Mrs. Evcis,

Mes. R. Heart, Feb. 20, 1864. tf

¢ Summer side.

NOTICE. 4 LL persons indebted to the Subseriber £ by Note or Book Accounts—which should have been settled 12 months ago,are HEREBY NoTI- Fiep, that no legal proceedings will be taken against them BEFORE the Ist day March next. WM. HEARD. Charlottetown, 20th Feb. 1865.

NOTICE, fEXHOSE persons who have BOOKS belonging to the LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY

are requested to return them before the opening of |

the ensuing Session. by order, L. C: JENKINS, Librarian. Charlottetown, Feb. 20, 1865.

J, E, PRICE, Physician & Surgeon, SUMMERSIDE, - - - - P. E. ISLAND.