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‘ n“, was, on the same fatal night, wrecked on the Goodwin I _ ~ 8”“, The crew With great exertions saved themselves. . ‘ Th, vessel has totally disappeared. These are a few, and r 1M” raw ot‘the incidents Of the hurricane. For the details ,f .f p we refer to the daily English Journals. But this cir- ' “Instinct We must not omit tO state, that in the opinion of _ ; golldnl'ormednion, the tale of the direfiil mischief which ‘ " , '5'” visitation has caused, when it shell be accurately known, “in prove to be one of the most fearful and melancholy . -~ "or narrated. _ The. intelligence of every day’s post does ’ » but swell the listofits calamities. 1g is our business to detail the incidents ofone of the mo“ astounding and appalling events which a chronicler ' had over to record. In a thoroughtiire of the metropolis of Gun Britain—in broad and bright day—and iii the presence . using throng—a personage ofetalted station—distin- ishod ability and blameless life, was, by the deliberate , bandjofa determined assassin—shot! We will not allow .. ounelvel to extcmporize these expressions of horror and indignation which the occurrence of this unnatural outrage fietates. It is enough for us that it is our painful duty to "note it. As Edward Druinmond, Esq., the Private Secre- 10 Sir Robert Peel, was proceeding down Charing Cross u ‘M 20th Japuary, a person immediately behind him drew _ em. ' from his left breast, and discharged its contents into ‘ his victim’s back. Apoliceman, whose attention was at~ “Mod by the nuise of the explosion, observed Mr. Drum- . jmnd, whose coat was on fire, to reel, and immediately ran 10.“ asslptance. At the moment of his reaching the spot, I the 55358!!! drew another pistol from his right breast, and d it at Mr. Druinmorid. The policeman struck the PM“ downwards, and its contents were lodged in the gonad. It is needless to add that the miscreant was in- Mgecured. Mr. Dt'llrumoud was promptly conducted - uh’m brother's house in the neighbourhood. The news of moccumnce excited such a sensation in the city as has seldom been known. The most eminent surgeons in Lon- don were called In In their presence the ball Was extracted .3 Bransby Cooper. It had entered between the eleventh . . . MIWelfih ribs, three inches distant from the inferior angle , .12) "Ohm shoulder blade, perforating the niidrifi', grazing the ‘ ‘ fit ofth'e left kidney, and lodging in the lower part of the _ ~ “mach. .In spite of all the remedies which his attendants could administer, the unfortunate gentleman gradually sank, and on Wednesday morning week expired. Few men have encountered an undeserved fate more calmly or bravely

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1‘9 r‘ yuan did Mr. Drummonil. He confronted death with the ‘5‘ ’ mignstiop of a Christian and the fortitude ofa man. Of _ __ ‘ the magnitude of the privation which the public has sustain- v‘t _. c j .d by his death, some idea may be formed when it is known ,3. ‘ ‘ that he waspuccessively Private Secretary to Mr. Canning, , Lord Goderich, the Duke of Wellington, and to Sir Robert I'M Peel. And who is the pssassin ? every one is ready to ask, M I phase band the victim fell—aiid what were the wrongs M , which he had to avenge who did tlius‘ mercilessly snatch m from society, to which he was an acquisition and an orna- m -' ’mnt, one of the most unexceptionably inestimable charac- fl’ furs. _ The murderer proves to be one Daniel M‘Nuugliten, Ii... "_ ,a native ofGlasgow. It. appears he is the illegitimate son “F . of: tradesmen of that Clly, in which he himself, at one time, we pursued the busmessbfa turner. The inquiries which have “u been specially made into the history of his life and habits, h . prove him to havo been a wayward, refractory and avaricious all man. When questioned by Mr. Hall, the Bow-street imi- Iw , gistratc, as to‘the motives which had actuated him to the in], , perpetrat’ion of the murder, he answered that the Tories

‘ ‘liad ruined him—that they had driven him out this mind

—h|d pursued him to France, and had altogether destroyed _ him. It is certain that the man really is, or most deliber- ately pretends that he is, insane. The opinion of the inedi- vcal men who have seen him appears to he, that he is not road. The Coroner’s jury who sat on the inquest on the body of Mr. Drummond, have returned a verdict of“ Wilful Murder” against M‘Naughten.

Aceoncnmsm‘ or run Queen—This critical event is expected to take place in March or the beginning of April.

DESTITUTION.-—A fearful state of destitiition still exists amongt the labouring population of Paisley.

Sir Charles Metculfe, who has distinguished himselfby his services in the East, and by his conduct as Governor of Jamaica, w r " Sit: ‘ Bag”, in tin-Mena— ' 'Inent of iiuada, and will proceed in the Columbia on the 4th of

March, to assume his office. The selection of this gentleman is .post satisfactory. 25- We have already remarked that mercantile affairs are extremely .' depressed, and it is of no use to disguise the fact. In the Colonial ., ' and other markets the greatest possible depression exists, whilst W the home trade continues in the mosi unsatisfactory state. and in ,cvery department of trade there is the greatest want of confi- dence. The Money market is equally affected. Capitalists act - with the greatest caution; and with little opportunity of effecting ’ discounts, in consequence of the scarcity of good bills, the brokers are overburdened with cash, and appear more disposed to wait v “the chances of future events than inv t in securities, in which they see no prospect Ofrealizing. Th leslrictive system adopted . by foreign nations is the cause of great alarm, and the vast sup- plies ofColton, Provisions, &c., which are expected from Ameri- > r a, lead many persons to anticipate that as the Americans will not take our manufactures in roliirn,gold will be required to meet " 'the bills drawn on our merchants against those shipments. lu ‘lhe midst ofthis alarm, the proceedings ofPurliiiinent, which has just assembled for the dispatch (ibesiness, ure watched with the utmost interest, and canvassed with the greatest freedom. A good

. dell of hope rests upon the belief that the Corn Laws will be re- in. h‘ , '~ peeled; but the general Opinion now is, that lliey will not be Ine,‘ ' altered in the slivhteul degree. Freights to the United States huh ‘ . i 5 have, however, improved slittle, and the vessels which have

.‘fl‘ceclly sailed have had more valuable cargoes than have been

ebtsipable for some time past. The Liverpool Cotton market

_, remains in a very depressed state, and prices much on the dc-

' «shoe. The sales continue moderate in extent, but the large ar- invlpls have produced a great disposition on the part of holders to

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“NHL—The Afi'ghanistau war—the most aimless and iniquitous which the lust ofpower or the pressure ofemergency ever inspired orcoinpelled a nation to challenge—is ended. The Briiish troops effected the passage ofthe Kylier on the 7th of November. The

' outraged Holiammedans did not fail to annoy the "infidel" army in their retreat. The first division accomplished their passage safely.

' The second were annoyed in their march by the freebooting ene-

- ply, and With difficulty and loss achieved their escape It was

Incumbent on Great Britain to prove that in India, at least, her

at power is indomitable. That the Hindostanee can outmatch "9: is

an idea which we cannot allow or allord to be entertained. If we lose that reputation ofomnipotence which we have acquired in

‘ opr Eastern colonies, their secession follows certainly and spee-

:' dlly. It was politic, therefOre, though it was unjiiiit, to inflict upon Cabul a signal memento of British vengeance. Its fiirvfamed

‘ Bazaar was {used to the ground. Within its walls ihe most hor-

tihle indignities had been perpetrated upon the corpse of Sir W.

M‘Naughten, Ind ofthut pretext the invaders availed themselves

10 inflict upon the Afi'ghuns the most direful wrong they could

endure. The policy ofthe ministry who provoked the war, con-

demned as it was at the outset by the mo own best qualified to

Idjudicate upon it—the late Marquis OfWelleslcy and his brother

1» Duke, has been unsparingly 'canvassed. It is certain that

neither the Whigs or their ofiicials have gained credit by the dis- euuion ofthe question. Lord Auckland’s political agencies have

laminated, and General Sir Charles Napier supersedes him.

r "Madras-had been' visited with a'hurricane, which has done con-

Iltlersble‘ damage to the shipping. ‘ '

:CnisA.-The news from China received by the last overland nail, adds little to the information we have already learned. The I fluval of Major Malcolm was anxiously expected, and in the Jfllpuwhile speculation is rife as to the result ofour negotiations ‘mtll -his celestial Majesty. By some it is thought that the Chi- 1§9§e will attempt to wear out the patience of their conquerors by . {ht adoption ofa system ofdexterous passive resistance. Others Imagine that the defeated Chinese will compromise their dignity . firefusing to traffic willl any other nation than that by whom

y have been so utterly discomfiied. The tenor ofthe private

Wren ondence, with the perusal of which We have been obliged,

“Wool seem to sanction the opinion that the Chinese, humiliated as they .are, have resolved to recognise no people as traders but

Milli. Ilntish. After all, the whole affair, as it now stands, is one

l’l'luere and sheer speculation, and the arrival ofan Indian mail

M, so far as predictions are concerned, “ fix them ever, or un-

305 them quite." The British are actively engaged in building

"Inlean and warehouses at Hong Kong, with the acquisition of

. . ‘wluch they seem no little satisfied.

5'!!! Exer.——'Advices from Constantinople inform us that the

In negotiatian had terminated satisfactorily,the Porte having

10!!“ t _e opinions which the great Powers had submitted.

heir anctent piivdeges have been restored to the inhabitants of

at): moleaiaI‘Ewaw.

A kish "on s are w. ldl’ ‘ ' r‘re. Wlll be established. The Tur- p lll rnwn from Leb'iuo ' mudms from s Tia Tl r n, and the Albanian ma- m we “eighbgurh-{md olprDruses who had become troublesome force of 5,000 regulars andedflgut’ wer‘e “Inked by a combined ‘ - . and routed. Several f l Albmlmn‘i’ and mtany diapers“! queml spm , I I 0 Ho Druse Slieiks and villagers subse- cflued {inn-n hf" “fan: submission. Reschid Pacha has been re- occusiolled- ls mmsm." m the French Court. This affair has ’ I . .iri extraordinan excitement union" the ersonnves of iiediplomutic car .9 N f P' “ a ’p‘ ' q, [minted w m .. a y .icho,llie Minister ofJnsiice,is np- “sinned Trance 'Ilim. For these changes various reasons are whgm [lie lIfl'upinion advanced by the stationary pflrlvq 1“ I . en ig itened policv of Reschid Pacha has rendered hiiii obnoxious is that h ' d I ‘ ' i poimm a i . e is estined to he civtlly degraded liy an tip- n-éa” qzllatspi n Idistant Paclialik. The movement party. hail his . 1 . V I s h - - him as the "spa V‘or. it change of ministry, and already welcome me um" le_v flier. France sees in this eVent an emblem of Plum _s,u )Jll'gllllfln ll_lel$fi‘ll|, through the aid of “ Christian 6w“ ethyl V'Vfl‘lllt‘ Russia abhnrs the idea of the return to his MS hp. .p (at; 'n function-dry whose residence in Paris, it is feared, is. no .pire 'llm wll‘ll French sympathies and Gallic cunning. ll 0d! vylcegainuliat Colpnel Stoddart, who was at one time nitacli- i. ‘ 0‘ re ersuin missmn, and Captain Conolly, the author ofan percstiiig 'voluine of travels in Central Asia, were seized hV tie aluthoriiies of Boklinra as Spies, and after enduring srievnug lnSlll ts and sufferings, beheaded in the market-place. The Coin- iie was the first to suller. Ilis companion was offered a pardon on cpndition that he would embrace the Mohammedan faith. He Ulldn ully'reluscd, and shared the fate‘ ofliis fricnd. [t is said that t ie Russian agent volunteered his assistance to rescue them: ““d that his iiiterccssmn was refused.

(From Willmer 8; Smith’s Extra.) DETnNTiON or 'ri-u: ACAniA.——The Acadia did not sail to—day, in consequence ofthe severity ofthe weather, which enables us to present our readers with an extra, containing every event ofiiiiportiince which has transpired during the twenty-four hours of her detention. The weather, vester- duy, was very severe, accompanied with heavy squalls, sleet and ii light fall of snow. On Friday night it froze keenly, b‘ut the frost has disappeared, and the wind has moderated. 'lhe storm appears to have been pretty general over the country, unaccompanied, however, by any disasters Ofnotc, except the loss ot'a sloop and her crew near the port of Li- verpool. The cause that has detained the Acadia has prevented the receipt ofniiy later intelligence from the French capital. I‘he critical position of the French Ministry, and the emphatic declaration of M. Guizot that he will not negotiate for any modification of the treaties of 1831 and '33, cause the news from France to be looked for with the greatest interest. The latest news from France is to the lst inst. In the House ofComuious, nothing ofinterest occurred beyond the speech of Sir Robert Peel, in which he qualified, to some extent, his statement of the previous night, respect- ing the Corn Law. He still retained, he said, his belief of the uperiority ofthe sliding scale over a fixed duty, but be Was not so wedded to any law as to support it when it failed to answer its purposo. All laws were subject to change, and must be accommodated to the circumstances ofthe times. But as far as this Session is concerned, he did not intend. and would resist any attempt at altering the Corn Law of the last Session. Flume—Louis Phillippe opened the French Chamber pii the 9th ult. The speech contains nothing of general importance. The report that the French at'tlic Marquesas Islands had sustained a saiigiiinary assault is confirmed. Captain Halley, Governor of the Island ofChristiiie, wished to compel the chiefof the natives to quit the bay' adjoining the fort , but on going to meet him (the chief), Mr. Halley, with Lieutenant de Ladehut, were killed by natives lying in ambuscade. Another commercial treaty between England and France is said to be on the tiipis, wherein both countries concede various duties, and aim at an approach to reciprocity; but judging from the unfortunate results of previous attempts, there is little reason to apprehend that the present negotia- tion will fare better.

‘SI’AIN,—~'Tll6 regent has dissolved the Cortes, which strengthens the belief'ihat thespirit of revolt had not been confined to Barcelona. The new Cortes are to meet in April, 'the regent and his ministers. The following order has been issued relative to the payment of the fine imposed upon the Catalans. “ The Captain-General ofthe second district and General in chiefofthe Army oantaliun, informs the Con- stitutional Ayiintairiiento, that he has received a list, com- prising the names ofonly seven persons, who have come to pay their quota ofthe contribution of 6,000,000 reals. This result proves two tliiiigs,—first, the constant practice ofthe city to despise and refuse to execute, since 1834, the decrees issued by the Cortes and his government; second, the bad grace with which the Ayiiutauiiento enforces the Execution of the said decrees—Faithth to my mission,[ order you to publish early to-mori'ow morning a bundo, directing that within a delay offive days, each tax payer shall deposit his quota ofthe contribution in the municipal chest.” The Ge- neral pi‘Occeds‘to threaten that ifhis views are not met, he will billet aélllllllnfl' ofsoldiers on each defiiulter and take other ineusu cs more eucrgic should they persevere in their resistance. Subsequent accounts from Spain state that the captain-general had extended the payment ofthe contribu- tion.

PORTUGAL—Tile Portuguese proposals for a new tarifi' were delivered to Lord Howard do Warden on the 16th ult.; but the further alterations offered to Great Britain were so slight, and coupled with such conditions, that there is no chance oftheii' being accepted by the British Government, which will no doubt consider them as the ultimatum of Portugal ; and their rejection, therefore, will be tantamount to breaking ofi'the negotiation for a tariff-convention for the present. The commercial accounts are very gloomy, and ifthnt which is stated be true, the country is on the eve of bankruptcy.

R. C. BISHOP or New BRUNSWICKnl—New Brunswick, hitherto attached to the Diocese of Prince Edward Island, has been erected into a separate Diocese, and the very Rev. William Dollard has been appointed to the new Bishopric.

Mr. John S. Thompson has been appointed Queen’s Printer in Nova Scotiu, in the room ofthe late John Hows, Esq., deceased—Mr. Thompson, who is not a practical printer, formerly assisted the Hon. Joseph Howe in conduct- ing the Novuscotian.

P. E. lemma—Joseph Pope, Esq. has been elected Speaker ofthe Assembly. The United Wisdom of the Island are ofthe same opinion as the “'I‘ars;” for they have come to the resolution “that a Chit lain only retards bucimss.” Jack would sooner have a ga e of wind than a “ Parson." Perhaps the “ Pope” will say prayers. and thereby curtail the expense.—- Halifax Herald, Feb. 8.

Lawrence Codrington \Vorthy, Esq., having been provi- sionnlly appointed by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor a member of the Legislative Council, in the room of Charles Worrell, Esq., resigned, took his seat on the 22d inst.

postage in the parent country have been so greatly reduced should have been chosen for increasing the rates within the Colonies to such an extent as has recently taken place. Not only 13- this the case With respect to private correspondence, but all public docu- ments, whether written or printed, sent from one Colony 10 another, and which, until within these few months, used to be transmitted free Of charge, are now, although on the busi- ness of Government, subject to the highest charge of postage. This state of things, so burdensome and oppressive, cull! loudly for remonstrance; and we are glad to percelve Illa! it has been taken up by the House of Assembly. Who have referred the matter to a select Committee. I‘lie Come mitteo, finding that the Postmaster was not disposed to be commu- nicative on the sub'ect of his instructions, the House preSented an Address to the ieutenant Governor, raying that he would cause that officer to furnish the House With the _des1red informa- tion, which His Excellencyl at once complied Wllll- stand the intention of the h . V ofthe adjoining Colonies and which are now in Session, to for-

on, and they will be allowed, subjecf to the approvalof

It is somewhat remarkable that the time when the rates of

We under- ouse is, to propose to the Legislatures

ward a joint memorial and reinonstrance to the Imperial Govern-

of labeling such a serious grievance. We perceive that the subject lips been taken up very warmly hr the House of Assemblv of Raw Brunswmk, so that there iiz every reason to cxpectilieir hearty: compliance with the propoaal: and we cannot for a mo- nicpt imagine that the Legislature of Nova Scotia would withhold their concurrence.

. Passnvnav or P. E. lemon—On Wednesday, the 15th inst, the Presbytery met at Cascumpeque, for the purpose nfml- lullllng the Rev. John C. Sinclair to the pastoral charge ofthe Prehytcriun Congregation ofCascumpcque and West Point. The Rev. John Keir preached from 2 Cor. iv. 5, middle clause,“ \Vc preach—Christ Jesus the Lord"-—-put the usual questions, and offered up the induction prayer. The Rev. Robert S. Patterson gave the charge to the minister and people, and the Rev. John Geddie concluded the solemn services ofthe day by a sermon from Luke viii. 18, “ Tiike heed, therefore, how ye'bear." Al- thouin the weather proved unfavourable, ilie audience was largc, and the services were listened to with deep attention. We trust that the labours of Mr. Sinclair,throngli the divine blessing, may be rendered eminently successful. Being able to preach in the Gaelic as well as the English language. he is, on this account, the more suitably adopted to the field he is set to cultivate. lla spent it portion ofthe last summer in missionary work in that and other parts ofthe Island, and every where'his labours were hlgllly esteemed. Having received a harmonious call from the congregation over which he is now placed, he rctiirned to the people of whom he has been made overseer early in the winter, mid seems to have vigorously commenced his arduous dutics. I‘lie destitution of religious and moral cultivation in that portion ofthe Island, has long been deplored by mnnv ofthe people themselves, as well as by others who could afi'ord them no ade- quate assistance ; but it is to be hoped that they will no lo!!!” be hsshecp in the wilderness. not having a shepherd. Mr. Sin- clair has already been instrumental in promoting, ifnot originat- ing..Sahbntli School instruction, and in organising a Temperance Society. His representations to the oflicc-hcarers ofthe Auxiliary Bible and Tract Societies have secured their co-nperation, and they have gladly made him such grants as his peculiar circum- stances seemed to requirc.—~Com.