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a — a mallee ” eee " ee “iy ) la be left 9 “his as it involves no very abstract ealeula-| NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MAIL. ) either too hot or too lazy to receive visitors, being in all, hot dishes and hot lamps, an atmospheré ‘ more €asi — é 0 ther problem about | + ” TELL — NE SPANIS : probability fast asleep on ~. mach. in extremely cool a com-| imagined than described.” The table is supplicd with all! tions, will not require to be solved as the other p FALL OF w DOBNELL 2 wand SPs It MINISTRY Se ; _ os at ’ . . : rnal turkey | -as by Bonnyeastle. WITH NARVAEZ AT ITS HEAD. fortable, but totally unpresentable, dishabille. | the delicacies of the season, including the eternal turkey siwmps was by Bonny inted article, we ei d that the overth Our hero is more successful at the next house, where, and ham, witheut which no burra khana, or great dinner, 18 The insinuation that, in a written and printed articie, It had been generally rumoured that the overthrow of ,

2 . . e . . . ' having sent in his nax e—which, on its way to the interior, |

is transformed by the bearer into “Gilpin sahib,” or some- thing equally remote from the original—he is ushered into a lofty drawing-room, handsomely furnished, with imnumerable little tab’es seattered about, to the bewilderment of the visitor,

who finds he is hopelessly entangled in a labyrinth of these , small articles of furniture, from which it is unpossible to ex-|

tricate himself without damaging the numerous nick-knacks with which they are crowded. He is rescued from his nervous position by the fair proprietress, who soon floats in on a cloud

> . e ; ° | of muslin, looking very pretty in the subdued light, which |

does not reveal the ravages made by the climate in her com- plexion. The visit passes off as morning visits usually do, and Griffin, having exhausted his stock of small talk, bows himself out, upsetting a table in his way, and drives to mess, He finds the billiard room full of men, with their coats off ; most of them engaged in smoking, and drinking the everlasting brandy pawnee. He plays a rubber with Sponge of the

artillery for a gold mohur, which he wins; and the least he |

can do is to ask his opponent to tiffin. “ What will we have ?” Sponge is indifferent; he doesn’t feel very hungry, but is equal to any amount of liquid. They adjourn to the mess- room, and shout * Qui hy!” till they are hoarse, making the immense apartment ring with their cries, and causing a billious old major, who is spelling a paper in the ante-room, to turn green with indignation. ,

In rushes a frantic khidmutgar. ‘“ What do their lord-|

ships want?” Their lordsbips want to know what there is for tiffin. The turbaned slave, with folded arms—an attitude of respectful attention in Lndia—glances humbly at the table, which is laid out with different sorts of cold meat, casts ltis eyes up to the ceiling, as if for an immense effort of memory,

then casts them down again, and, expecting an explosion, |

submissively faulters out the daily answer: * Mutton-chop— beefy steak.” He is satirically complimented on his clever- ness by one impatient sub, and consigned to a remote and sultry region by the other.

Such tame and commonplace dishes not being considered sufficiently enlivening, Griffin proposes a ‘‘ devil,” and imme- diately dismembers a turkey. Ie mixes mustard, cayenne, Worcestershire sauce, West India pickle, and other irritating stimulants, and, pouring the mixture over the disjecta mem- bra, sends them out to be trausformed into an angry grill, threatening the shriuxing darky with instant decapitation in ease of fuilare.

During its preparation our two friends entertain themselves

Rating in such a temperature ts a mere | aot ia ' merely suggesting, that the implied effect on the judges of our

woes for to shew that the old man’s opinion of those g

considered coniplete. ; matter of form. Soup and hermetically sealed salmomare sent away untasted—entrees are only flirted with—-joints positively shuddered at—and Griffin makes a hearty meal off a quail, editorial, Teak Med whch roasted in vine leaves, and prawn curry, while Sponge only gentlemen remains pretty much the same as in the day feels himself equal to an ortolan and a plantain fritter. Though | he designated them as ‘ robbers,” &e. &e.; and he has cer- the consumption of solids appears a toil to every one, except | tainly adopted a strange way of attempting to conciliate their |some ‘Yavenous young cornets and ensigns” with ss ae sot “npathies to his side of the libel case against us, by implying, Kuglish appetites, beer, sherry, champagne, Moselle, and claret , sympathies to his py th} ands so weak that a disappear in ineredible quantities, to say nothing of shandy- that they hold the scales of justice with h gaff, badminton, and other insinuating preparations, that) paw jines ina newspaper would turn the beam. ‘circulate with a rapidity marvellous to behold. As to the Jury, we can assure McLean that there exists no | Dessert follows, consisting of dried fruit from England, and : the productions of the country, such as mangoes, plantains, po- megranates, and water melons. As soon as the wine is placed on the table, the president rises and proposes “ ‘The Queen ;” the vice echoes the toast. Her Majesty’s health is drank in a bumper, and the band strikes up the anthem. After the decanters have gone round five or six times, coffee is brought, and simultaneously with it, a lighted cheroot appears in every et man’s mouth, unless there happen to be present one or two | and conscientious 8 ; 4 antediluvian old patriarchs, who prefer the almost exploded | In conclusion, we recommend, in all charity, that Me one ‘hookah. Wonderful unanimity prevails, however, with regard ‘reflect upon the warnings which Nature has of late given him | to brandy pawnee, a goblet of which universal liquid is placec |_—that he “is not what he was,” and that he cease to make Caras ee tees ee oS oe ere ‘the painful exhibition of an old man affecting the energies of as the band has got through its programme, Griffin and Sponge | "° I rere a alii Waza adjourn to the billiard room, where, already slightly excited | vigorous manhood, for he must have sense enough

talking av the judges and jury,’’ we shal} notice by

‘which compose the three special panels, will not have the pleasure of proving the elasticity of their consciences at Onn expense ; for the Court which ordered that Jury, with whieh McLean expressed his great satisfaction and content, decided last Term that we need not ayail ourselves of their valuable

ervices, unless we please.

/—musie always has such an extraordinary effect upon him, | that the armour of the warrior is but an unseemly incumbrance | Sponge says—they further mystify themselves by a series Of | 4. the «lean and slippered pantaloon,” and by so doing he |" Rom OF brandy and soda water, till me bombardier becomes |may avoid the application of the language of the self-accusing quite incoherent, and chalks the top of his finger in mistake |"

for his cue, and Griffin sees more balls on the table than are Macbeth :

permitted by the rules of the game.

| In this jovial state they are no longer fit society for the | reader, and we will therefore cut their acquaintance, not caring | to follow them into the mess house, where “ vingt un” is

going on, songs sung, grilled bones and iced beer discussed,

and scenes enacted that are best untold, our friend Go-ahead

' keeping it up till past the hour when we were first introduced

‘to him, and being put to bed by his bearer ina condition of | utter helplessness—the united effect of heat and dissipation recent reversal of the judgment of Robert Hutchinson Esq., |—where he will snooze away half the day ina miserable) 5 p. | in the matter of the complaint of the late master of the eehatel having taken the precaution, the oes before, in ex- | Schooner Rapid, against the Assistant Collector of this port, pectation of a “ wet night,” to ask for leave from parade on *

the plea of being indisposed—which he certainly was.

“‘T have lived long enough; my way of life Is fallen into the sere, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have, but in their place Curses not loud but deep.”

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Tue remarks in last Friday’s /s/ander on the subject of the

| for the detention of the register of that vessel—are unworthy

. > : lof note, save as evineing the spirit of the writer in seeking to It is perhaps unnecessary, before making my bow, to assure ’ 5 I 2

. " 4 | necessity for ** talking at them,”’ as the precious batch of Tories

O'Donnell would depend on the state of affairs in Madrid when Narvaez should arrive there, the impatience of the two Queens, and the state of parties generally ; and that if i¢ were found the helm of the State was loosely held bh

O'Donnell it would be at once snatched from his Eraep ; if the contrary, time would be allowed todo so. Narvaez found that the ‘helm’? was ‘ loosely held,’’ and he acted accord- ingly. The New Ministry is composed as follows :— Narvaez, President of the Cabinet; Pidal, Foreign Affairs; Seijag Lozane, Finance; Nocedal, Interior; Arrazola, Justice; Urbistondo, War; General Lersundi, Marine ; General Sanz, Captain-General of Madrid; General Pezuela, Director- General of Cavalry ; 8. Movano, Public Works, and Civil | Governor of Madrid; 8. Zaragoza, Colonies. In this com- bination is represented the merely Conservative party, the decidedly reactionary, and the Carlist. Of course the Pro- gresista element is not te be found. It is superfluous to say who and what General Narvaez is. M. Pidal, now for the second time Minister of Foreign Affairs, is, with his brother- ‘in-law, M. Mon, an ardent partisan of Maria Christina. He was Minister of the Interior in 1845-6. He is an ardent and somewhat violent partisan, as becomes a member of the Moderado party. He more than once so forgot himeelf in full Parliament as to speak of Lord Palmerston as the prin- cipal object of his hatred. He was made a Marquis for the support he gave to the Spanish marriages. He is an advocate by profession. Seijas Lozano is also a member of the bar, of considerable learning, though of narrow mind. He is also a Moderado, and figured in various Cabinets. Nocedal, or as he was more familiarly termed Nocedalite, was at one time an ardent, almost a revolutionary Liberal. He modified hig opinions as the chances opened to him of place, and became attached in 1847 to the Puritans, or Tiers Parti, at whose head was M. Packeco. He is an advocate of no great pro- fessional reputation. Arrazola, also a member of the same learned profession, has filled the high office of President of the Tribunal of Justice. He has been Minister of Grace and Justice in several Cabinets, a Moderado-Christino, and _per- sonally honest. Urbistondo was a general officer in the Carlist army until 1840. He deserted the cause of the Pretender when it was in its decline, passed over to the Christina camp, and took advantage of the treaty of Bergara. He resided on half-pay in San Sebastian, and was implicated in the O’Don- nell plot in 1841. Private papers belonging to him, and ab- stracted by a servant while he was residing near Bayonne in 1842-3, showed that he was engaged with others in pre- paring the insurrection which in the latter year overthrew Kspartero. He was not long after named Captain-General of the Philippine Islands, but was recalled after the revolution lof 1854. He is supposed not to have entirely forgotten his Carlist tendencies. General Lersundi figured as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Bravo Murillo Ministry, and was one of

> - ; mat ; . : ata ‘ndividuals w : 3° W ‘as preparing the coup d‘etet previous to the for- with a game of fly loo "—an amusement extremely popular | parents and guardians that Griffin is not to be considered in | disparage all those individuals whom the confidence of the oe th ere mo tis Mintetry He was im- e in India, affording, as it does, a vast amount of intellectual! ithe light of a model subaltern—far from it; aud to enable| people may have elevated to those offices which, a few years | plicated un ‘tlk ike Lede, iaatimestinn te. Wis oo 184], a

: . : ° ‘ = ’ . ° _ 15 > " ° ‘ , : 5 a <7 r > excitement, with little or no exertion. It is played thus :! the ship loads of embryo members of council and generals of ago, were deemed the prescriptive right of the Family Com-! when the project was to take off the Queen to France or to . } . » « 12CRn 4 . Aen. > ‘ | sereas © © sy sts ’ ) ooo Z Hee a m ‘ " me . . 2 oo a an. > gree . , 0 ce a pool is formed, and a piece of sugar placed on the table! division, annually exported by Mr. Green, and the P. and O. pact. In giving his decision, Mr. Hutchinson acted, as it was | the Basque provinces. dl succeeded in escaping to France, , before each player; whichever lump is first pitched upon by Company, to avoid his errors and their consequences, let each | | . ‘ , OiL |where he resided till the fall of Espartero in 1843. Lle isa t

aa rm : . . ed . . . his duty to do, on his own idea of the law and justice of the! ..,- > Cethusininin miele om Svate volunteer .in ti t! a fly, the lucky owner wins the pool. The anxiety with whieh | young hero, on landing in the splendid country in which he | ’ . : i | native of Guipuzcoa, served as a private volunteer in the an undecided insect is watched by the gamblers, is of course | has been furtunate enough to obtain an appointment, be guided | ase, and in his capacity as a Justice of the Peace. The view | ( eager in me eens of - ons ee protege D : | : . “ . . > : : e Conchas, was Dy : advaneed to e super intense, | by the following rules :—Eat sparingly ; eschew heavy tiffins | of the case adopted by his worship, was, we are bound to pre- we - ‘ He ce a , » aftenalion as ~ nslltenen a mae p

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Six games have been decided, besides a dead heat—a fly and hot Suppers ; drink in moderation ; prefer beer to brandy > sume, deemed to be erroneous by the Judges of the Supreme tion in Madrid in 1848. Sie is a gallant soldier, but nothing I haviog settled on each lump at exactly the same moment— | go to bed early; take regular exercise; avoid borrowing Court, otherwise they would not have reversed it. That,|/more. General Sanz, Captain General of Madrid, was é when the devil makes its appearance; and is so successful, the | from a bank as you would the cholera ; keep up your drawing, ; er, Mr. Hutchinson had nothine to do with, as he had | Minister of war in the Cabinet that made the Spanish t first mouthful brings tears into the gunner’s eyes. By this| music, or any other little accomplishment you may have a|"0WCV®?: - ter , © Laer | marriages in 1846, and was a member of the Senate. He was ( time, the table is nearly fall of men, who lounge in, attracted | taste for; study the language; get a staff appointment ; | to decide on his own construction of the Navigation Act, | always a Moderado. He has never been much distinguished \ by the grill and its accompaniments, and “ just for something| marry the first nice girl you can persuade to share your/and was no more bound to adopt the opinion of the Re-| - a weras itber asa . ~ 2m ee “a a pe A n. c to do,” foilow the example of our heroes. After tiffin come} fortanes with you; and, in all human probability, by the |corder than he would be obliged to coincide in that officer's | hes ite aa Abt lutist in wlitios her t ao hace :

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‘ , « ‘ Cc , s , ) y 3 { . ave es » 7 : , y ¢ rive ¢ 1 > ° » vr. . . ° . = C brady ~ Water ue heroots, W as ut which adde —_ 4 tim you have earned — pension, you will oer . eee estimate of his own character as a manor a lawyer. With Revolutionist in 1819. General Pozuela, a man of. gentle-

as ‘ ss @ , » ’ : ar yok . ‘ 7 * * > » ’ > os y } . - “a. meal in indta ts complete. Some of the party saunter back | still a young man, with a handsome competence, a healthy ae i eel bs a a manly manners, has not been much distinguished for military ate cae : ly: . . . : reference to the inability of the Common Councillors to under- : 6 3 into the billiard room; but the majority sit smoking and / liver, a blooming wife and children, aud will spend the even- ~ \talents. He has filled the post of Captain-General of Porto ’

‘aki Sh ts io ti oe ae stand that gentle » have not unfrequently heard him! p: r | ses drinking under the punka till it is time—the sun being nearly | ing of your days in the bosom of your family, in ease and | Stand that gentleman, we have not unfrequently heard him! pie) His tastes are more literary than political, and some !

down—to ride er drive on the course.

I’celing none the steadier for the cup or the brandy pawncee necessary to rectify it, Griffin having asked Sponge, who is | rather uproarious, to dine with him, gets into his buggy and | drives home. He then undergoes a species of torture in but- | toning himself up in his uviform, and sallies out to “ eat the air,’ which although the sun is down, is still like the blast of | a furnace, and a good deal adulterated with dust.

As Griffin rides quietly along the watered course, the trifling | exertion necessary to keep his seat on his smooth paced, but | stumbling little Arab, puts him in a mild fever, while an un- avoidable bow to the wife of a wilitary bigwig, brings on a sharp attack of prickly heat—a kind of rash that afilicts the | Anglo-Indian epidermis during the hot season, the sensation connected with which ean only be compared to the united ap- plication of a mustard-plaster and a furze-bush.

Arriving at where the band is playing, he goes the round of the carriages, filled with lolling mem sahibs, dressed in mediec- val fashions, and looking rather dissipated. He does the amiable to all his dinner-giving acquaintance, and fights his way through a swarm of amorous bachelors, to pay his devo- tions, for Griffin is inflammable, after the manner of ensigns, to the belle of the station, a handsome overdressed girl, the only spinster for a hundred miles round, who, to the despair of some dozen spoony subalterns, Griffin included, will eventa- ally marry the commissioner—a dried up old gentleman, who owns, lucky girl ! lacs of rupees, and, luckier still, an inflamed

comfort, with the consciousness of having deserved it. Having given which piece of advice gratis as a sort of moral, or “tag,” the prompter’s whistle sounds once more—half of Grriffin’s bungalow is drawn somewhere up into the roof, the other half is lowered through the stage into those mysterious lower regions whence issue, through unexpected trap doors, imps, fairies, ghosts, and Corsican Brothers—the wings, covered with bamboo, palm, and cocoa nut trees, disappear ; we are again in dear old England, which we never properly appreciate till we have been absent from it; and the Qui Hy makes his exit with a profound salam, trusting that the reader does not regret the twenty-four hours or thereabouts he has spent in the great John Company’s Oven,

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CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E.1., NOVEMBER 10, 1856.

“ Last scene of all That ends this strange eventful history,

Is second childishness and mere oblivion.”—SHAKsPEARE. Tue old man who edits the Islander continues to afford melancholy proofs of that mental imbecility which will soon conduct him to a state of dotage, unless he allows his decay-

ing faculties the repose which age requires. While wanting

liver !

At the feet of this Delilah, our smitten hero remains til] God Save the Queen disperses the assembly ; and he rides home to dress for dinner, calculating the chances of the divinity in the carriage ever becoming Mrs. Griffin ; forgetting, poor fellow! that all Ais widow would get out of the fund would be perhaps a hundred a year ; whereas, when malignant hepatitis carries off that valuable public servant, Capsicum

_in the vigorous ideas of his more youthful days, he is betray- | ing an increasing forgetfulness of the grammatical structure of | his sentences, and even shows an incipient oblivion of ortho- | graphy. ing the feelings of Maclean, for we hold that bodily and

| mental afflictions are not fit subjects for attack in the news-

We pen these remarks not for the purpose of wound-

possible for faith itself to suppose that he understood. Itmay be that the Councillors who declare that they cannot understand Mr. Lawson, state the truth, and yet this may imply no want of intelligence on their parts; and the natural inference is, that the boot is on the other leg, when the men who understand, and are understood by, the people, give utterance to their opinions so explicitly.

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Tue Sure Masestic.—We were gratified to learn that our esteemed and worthy townsman, the Hon. W. W. Lord, sue- ceeded, contrary to general expectation, in getting his splendid ship the Majestic back into this port from where she was cast away near Pictou light-house. Mr. Lord left here as soon as possible after loarning that the ship was on shore, and had seven schooner loads of goods removed from her and sent to Charlottetown, after which she was pumped dry, and got off without apparently having sustained any very injury. the harbour on Friday last, crowds of people gathered on

serious

When she made her appearance at the entrance of

his success, which they did with right good will, as the noble

noticing the success of Mr. Lord’s undertaking in this respect, because the risk he incurred was enormous. A very large amount of property was placed in a perilous condition—goods, we understand, to the amount of about forty thousand pounds, besides the ship and freight, which, had they been left where

they were, would have entailed a serious loss on the under-

Currie, Esq., C. 3., a grateful Company will endow his| paper press, but simply because—ourselves attacked by him— | WTiters. The goods landed here have been surveyed, and the : ; ‘ { . i : i | . aa in . ‘ heart broken relict with a pension of not less than a thousand. | our readers may understand the motive which induces us to damaged part sold, not, as is very often the case, at a great

On getting to his bungalow, our friend again tries the effect of a bath, which, though uot so invigorating as the morning one—the water is not so cold—freshens him up sufficiently for the arduous undertaking before him—a mess-dinner in the month of June.

And around him the Suggema, The mosquitoes, sang their war-song.

/out impropriety, give force to our blow on a foeman more

eee of our steel. That his memory has gone, he un-

consciously proves by admitting in the Islander of Friday last WTiters as highly creditable to our mercantile community ; and to the disaffected to revolt,

that he couid not recollect whether he had ever said that the

defend our conduct without the spiciness which might, with- | 8*¢Tifice, but at such remunerating prices, that the greater part | ‘of the goods, we are informed, brought more than the first cost. |

This circumstance cannot fail to be regarded by the under-

the indefatigable owner of the Majestic has incurred the lasting

His toilet progresses swimmingly as long as he keeps under | murderers if they dared.’’ Now, as it is notorious as the sun | their behalf. Mr. Lord, we understand, bears unqualified

the punka, but the moment be leaves that haven of refuge, his collars collapse, and fall limp and starehless over his neck tic, and a map of Nogland breaks eut in the middle of his shirt front. Reekless of appearances, he drives to mess, and finds the ante-room rapidly filling. It is ‘* guest night,”’ and

spirit of that charity which covereth a multitude of sins, and

‘under its ample verge believe that the old man meant not to tell a falsehood, but that ‘* Time, conspirator with Memory,”

every service, regiment, and department has its representative has mercifully drawn a veil over some of the recollections of

got up according to regulation. There is the sensible white jacket of the native infantry, and the red hot shell of the Queen's cfliver; the regular cavalry in French gray and silver, the irregular in scarlet and gold; riflemen in green,

artillery in blue, and civilians in black ; some buttoned up, |

others unbuttoned ; with waistcoats, aud without ; all talking, laughing, and enjoying themselves, with none of the starch, frostiness, and awful pauses incident to the five minutes before dinner in England, Griflin prescribes a glass of sherry to Sponge, nothing loath; and by the time Punch and the IMustrated, five weeks old, which the mail has just brought, have been skimmed through, the bugles strike up the Moast Beef ; and the chief butler, a portly old Mussul- man, in snowy attire and a gorgeous turban, with bare feet | and a beard nearly down to kis waist announces with asalam | that dinner is on the table. At this signal, hosts and guests | crowd into the mess-room, which is blazing with light, aad take their seats indiseriminately at a long table, where covers wre laid for about forty. Then commences a scramble of excited khidmutgars, each officer having one in attendance,

a life, the reminiscences of which could afford but little com- fort to him whese natural gifts had been prostituted, and whose acquired resources had been perverted to the worst of purposes.

The following extracts will prove the assertion regarding

his forgetfulness of grammar and orthography. He says :-—

cohesion *’—(what a friend !)—** we give them credit,’ &e. He then goes on to say: ‘* The judges are next informed ’’— Next to what? The word buried is rendered burried. Again we have—‘ The only persons, &e., were they.”” Perhaps he may recollect that he should have written ¢hose.

Among other twaddle in the same article, he says, that the Lieutenant Governor would rather have had half his teeth drawn than have ‘his misgovernment exposed ’’ by a trial at the instance of Mr. Williams against the publishers of MeLean’s

at noon-day, that he did say so, we will extend to him the |

testimony to the energy, judgment and caution of those parties in Pictou, to whom the care of his vessel was entrusted, while | she remained near there. We are happy to inform our readers that the Representation _ Bill, passed last Session, which the Tory party here a few wecks | ago petitioned Her Majesty to disallow, has received the Royal confirmation. We will, probably, in our next No. offer a fow | observations on this subject.

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Tue English Mail, with dates to the 25th ult., arrived here \on Friday afternoon in the Lady le Marchant. All the intel- ‘ligence of any importance which the papers furnish, will be found in our present No.

Captain Bayfield, R. N., who has been so long and with such Yeneficial effects, employed in surveying the lakes of Canada and the Atlantic coast of British America, is promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral.—H. Gaz.

We understand that intelligence has been received here by the telegraph, that Mr. Buchanan has been elected President of the United States.—H. Gaz.

Fara Accipent.—On Tuesday evening last a oung man,

endeavour to express himself in language which it was im- |

Pownal-street wharf to cheer and congratulate the owner on |

of his translations into Spanish verse from the Italian are of /merit. Such is the new Ministry formed on the ruins of the /O°Donnell Cabinet. A despatch has been received at the | Spanish Embassy in Paris, announcing that the change which _basled to the new Government has nothing whatever of a political character : everything will go on the sane. This is, _no doubt, done to soften any displeasure the Emperor might ‘feel, as he was believed to be partial to O’Donnell. What has | become of O'Donnell is not said, nor whether he will be sent ito Vienna to study archives. _ —— .‘-ee > _

ANOTHER CRISIS IN SPATN.

| Accounts from Madrid speak of a new Ministerial crisis, the lobject of which was to get rid of Narvaez much in the same }manner as he had ousted O'Donnell. In any case Narvaez | Seems to be but the stepping-stone to Absolutism. The con- jdition on which Narvaez now keeps power is complete /Submission to the will of the Queen, aud her Majesty shows a firm actermination to get rid of every sort of check, and re- | turn to the system in vigour at the death of her father. The | project of a fusion, similar to that of the elder and younger | branch in France, between the Bourbons of Spair, is spoken of. The appointment of the ex-Carlist General Urbistondo to the | post of Minister at War, renders the fact more probable. A

cee of the 18th, from Madrid, states that the Queen has

nearly thrown off all reserve as to these ulterior Views, and that Narvaez, all imperious as he has ever been, is obliged to |submit. The Gazette gives an account of the reception by the Queen of General Count de Benkendorff, aide-de-camp of the

vessel neared Mr. Lord’s wharf: We feel much pleasure in | Emperor of Russia a charged,’’ says the official journal, ‘* to | present to her Majesty two letters from his sovereign—one

/containing the formal notification of the accession to the | throne of the Emperor Alexander LI., the other being a private letter in which H. I. M. makes known to our august Sovereign | the friendly object of the general's mission, manifests to her Majesty in the most expressive terms the sentiments of cordial sympathy which he feels for Spain, and -testifies the desire |that the friendly relations between the two Courts shall become closer.’’

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THE WESTERN ULTIMATUM TO NAPLES.

The note, or ultimatum jast despatched to Naples, is de- scribed as very moderate, in form at least. With respect to the French squadron, the orders are that it shall cruise off | Naples, but at a distance, in order not to afford any temptation and not to produce excitement

The fleets will, no doubt, arrive soon Theres is no doubt of the ambassadors

| among the opulation. after the u/timatum.

present judges of the land “were robbers, and would be St#titude of the Insurance Offices for his successful exertions | being recalled in the too probable event of the King still

refusing to act on the demands of the allies. | date, his Majesty persisted in hisrefusal. \confident that his people will remain passive, even thoug

they know the fleets are off the coast. Indeed, his Majesty is So sure of matters going on well, that he can afford to be facetious at the demonstrations of England and France. When he went to Gaeta the other day, he said to his guards, ‘* Adieu, Messivurs, to our next meeting. If you happen to hear anything about the French and English fleets, pray be so good as to come and tell me.’’ .

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THE NEAPOLITAN QUESTION.

A letter from Naples, in the Austrian Gazette, says :-—“ On hearing that France and England had recalled their ambas- sadors, the Council of Ministers assembled. It is affirmed that the King expressed his regret at the decision come to by the Western Powers, but that for his part he could not and would not give way. Nevertheless, in order to express the cor- sideration of the King for the Emperor Napoleon and Queen Victoria, and to prevent the supposition that he desired a diplomatic rapture with the Western Powers, it was decided in the Council of Ministers that the Neapolitan ambassadors at Paris and London should not be recalled. On the contrary, an order was sent to them to keep up continued diplomatic relations with those governments, and not to quit their posts unless their passports were sent to them.’’

THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA’S ADVICE TO THE KING OF NAPLES. The statement that the Em

ibels i o4 'e wi , , ' 1 C ror of Russia has urged the who, in their struggles to supply the wants of their respective , libels in Montreal. We will recommend the old man to collect | 24med James Connell, aged 21 years, son of Mr. Robert Con- a S

tuactors, fill up the doorways, aud prevent a free current of “uw totouvh the ryuom—producing, with the assistance uf the

his faculties for a solution of the problem which we now pro-

neli, fell from Mr. Burke’s Steamer Ino, as she was lying at

_pose—If one half of his own teeth were extracted, how many |

_— Stewart Bridge, and was unfortunately drowned.—Has. raz,

King of Naples to avoid a tota

rupture by making some con-

cessions, seems to be confirmed by numerous communications in the continental papers. The Cologne Gazette, and the Independence Belge, two generally reliable journals, express