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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1869.

COUNCIL OFFICE, , 16th September, 1869.,

IS Honor the Administrator. in Council, has been

pleased to-establish a Post Otlice at Margate.

TOWnship nineteen. in terms of the Act of 14th Vic-

toria, cap. 12. and to appoint Ma Reuben Tuplin Post- master.

‘His Honor, in Council. has also been pleasedto es-

tablish a Post-office at Murray Harbor Road, Town-

ship number sixty, and to appoint IlIr. James lVal/rer

Postmaster. CHARLES DESBRISAY, C. E. C.

COUNCIL OFFICE,

16th September, 1869. IS Honor the Administrator, in Council, has been pleased to appoint Alexander Paddock. Esquire. 1W. 1).. of Eldon, Health Officer for the District of Belfast and Wood Islands, in terms of the Act of 14th

Victoria. cap. 5. CHARLES DESBRISAY, C. E. E.

NOTICE Z

' IIEREAS. my wife. Ellen Power, having left my bed and board without any just cause, I hereby give notice that I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by her from this date. JOHN A. MCKENZIE. Seotch Fort. Sept. 24. 1869. 31 pd

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New Summer Arrangement.

N and after Friday, the 23d inst., until further notice, the Mails for the United States, Canada and New Brunswick. via Shediac, will be closed at the General Post Office, Charlottetown, every Monday, \Vednesday and Fri- day evening at 7 o’clock.

For Nova Scotia. via Pietou, every Monday, \Vednesday and Friday evening at 7 o'clock.

Mails for Great Britain. Newfoundland and the \Vest Indies, every alternate Monday and 'Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock. as follows, viz :—

Monday, Sept’r 6 Wednesday, do 8 rMonday, do 20 \Vednesday, do 22 Monday, Oct. 4 \Vednesday, Oct. 6 Monday, do 18 Monday. do 13

\Vednesday, do 20 “’ednesday, do 15

Mails for Suminerside, St. Eleanor’s, North Bedeque and Lower Freetown, to be forwarded by Steamer, will be closed tvcry Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening at 7 o’clock.

Mails for Georgetown and Souris, per Steamer, every Friday evening at 7 o’clock.

Letters to be registered, and Newspapers must be posted at least half an hour before the time of closing the Mails.

A mail for England. via United States, will be forwarded when required. Postage on letters 7d. stg.

Letters and Newspapers for West Indies and Newfound- land must be prepaid.

The Steamers carrying the above mails, will leave Char- lottetown for Shediac every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening at 7t p. m.

For Pictou. Steamers leave Charlottetown. every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings at 5 a. m.

From Nova Scotia on the evenings of Monday, VVednes- day and Friday at 5 o’clock. JOHN A MCDONALD,

Postmaster General.

General Post,0tfiee, Ch’town, July 19. 1869.

-Monday, Nov. 1 ‘Vednesday, do 3 Monday, do 15 Wednesday, do 17 Monday. do 29 \Vednesday, Dec. 1

ROYAL GAZETTE. 1003

TENDERS. EALED Tenders will he received at the Oflice of the Secretary of the Board of Works, until 12 o’cloelr. noon. of Tuesday. the 5th day of October next. for building a new Bridge at Norris Pond. Plan and

specification may be seen at the Store of Mr. McCor-' mack, Souris East.

THOMAS CLAY, S. P. W., King’s Co. Dundas, Sept. 15. 1869. ‘ ‘

"COMING w EA I‘HER.

Dear Sin—The Standard newspaper of the 25th De- cember last, publishes a letter of Mr. S. M. Saxhy, R. N.. giving weather warnings as to an expected danger he predicts. which threatens not only Great Britain, but all parts of the earth. as about to happen in the present year at 7 a. m.. on October 5th.

The following is an extract of Mr. Saxby's letter:~-

“I now beg to state. with regard to 1869. that at 7 a. m.. October the 5th, the moon will be at that part of her orbit which is nearest the earth. Her attraction will therefore be at its maximum force.

At noon of the same day the moon will be on the earth’s equator,—-a circumstance which never occurs without marked atmospheric disturbance, and at 2 p. III. of the same dav. lines drawn from the earth’s centre would cut the sun and moon in the same are of right as- cension, (the moon’s attraction and the sun’s attraction will threfore be acting in the same direction ;) in other Words, the new moon will be on the earth's equator when in perigee, and nothing more threatening can, I say, occur without a miracle. (The earth. it is true, will not be in perihelion by some 16 or 17 seconds of semi- diameters.)

V’Vith your permission. I will, during September next. for the safety of Mariners, briefly remind your readers of this warning. In the meanwhile, there is time for the repairs of unsafe seawalls. and for the circulation of this notice throughout the wide world.”—— '

“ Next year (1869) the two hemispheres will be af- fected ahke.”-—West Indian.

WE are very much inclined to think that a good deal of the above weather-wise prediction is “bosh.”

An inquest was held on Monday. the 16th inst., be- fore James Pidgeon. Esq,. one of Her Majesty’s Cor- oners for Queen‘s County, over the ,body of James German, who was acetdentally drowned in French River. on the evening previous. It appears that deceased, in company with two other young men, was crossing the river in a gunfloat, owned by Wm. Mc- Kie. When only a few yards from the shore. their frail bark began to sink, and in a few moments, the three men were precipitated into the water. Neither of them being able to swim. the probability is that they would all have been drowned, were it not that their cries were heard by some parties on shore. who had not perceived them. They soon came to their assist- ance. but too late for poor Gorman, who had sunk to riso no more. The remaining two men. by clinging to the skiff. were saved by those who came to their aid. Gorman’s body was not found until the following morn- ing, when the inquest was held, and a verdict returned in accordance with the above mentioned facts. Deceased was a Frenchman, aged about 25 years. He was in theemploy of Mr. Joseph Harding. It may afford his relatives, who reside in Miramichi, some consolation to learn that. through the kindness of Mr. Harding, his remains were. on Tuesday morning. decently interred in St. Thomas’ churchyard, New Londom—C‘om. to Pat.

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A private letter from a Canadian gentleman to a. friend in New York states that Prince Arthur,moved by the expressions of good will and friendship which the American newspapers have been pleased to utter, has resolved upon paying a visit to the States in the course of the winter,