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i ; ee , aid a as "@rory rete Tr a? ad ANG? IM ) +f : ; ' > ‘ i Tur co Srrive yen On asl WR | f : ‘ r? ® ws , 73. Riul!, from tu Viiivs, tie Y da 8 " + + vrynes \pet . na? } — : in cian oon 2 pad ' aut a i IS tt ‘ ae micil uence TrOw) LE jute
der pp) ceo'is the uncemeut of the death of the # Mperor Russia. This mmportant event occurred on the 2] m-tant— tie seeou at of it reached England eg the eame day by tcle-, graph, and was at once commapgiegted to Parliament, As the fail left Liverpool on the foliowing dey, there could, of are, awe bean ao eaacougt of the aceession of the new S-wperor, or what eGo dhe deccase of the late Cgar would fave on the progress gf the war,
[t will bo seew that the gallant Tugkish aemy oder Qinar Tasha haro fully eugaingd their high ropatation hy daie
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DEATH OF THE EMPEROR GF RESSIA.
Tiis event was announcel to Parliament last night by the}
Piinisters of the Crowa va having taken place, and the sen-| eution which it produced ig both byanghas of the Logisiatu
gvas not greater thag ghee which it will cause throughout}
Vurone and the world. Of the certainty of the
wnperas s! PF oa _ - de “8 , i + aia , doath eo dowbt reed ow Oppel lala. iF wd ~ OBD tusseil, }
. » ts ian as mieel Cut tu) hed who is now eth: Prose go gepidal, Gret telecyaphed home
the Wil been struck by apoplegyjeewas on the pointo | = i. mn nas effort to dislodge them. Aceurding!y, on the L7ih of Ped-
ud tyd just taken jeave of his family. hiss iy tolowed by anotaag telegraphic message trom | siush Migister at Berlin,.to the effeet that be actasiiy ox- cived af B. Pare sbaryz yeste: day wWEining, at Ga@’6/ack i4 8 urily possidic to overrate the importa) ec of th extin-ti nf this single life in the present ciregwetance this and other countiies. [ta eect must be imnediate, awl i¢ is more tBan probable ikgt fhe trugsle impending be bre Sebas‘opol, in which thousands o hives would vertamly be sacri§-ed, may be spared by the eveut which we announce this gorning. In the case of the;
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ex-inction of « duspoti-e monureh like the Emperor of Russia, | 0% : BD thc latiewapicd under covet of tie 79 guna. At 10 o'clock,
: : . a. ‘ owns : waose wil wos the lgw of §fty or sixty millions of people, | Bie ak tied Ao a 1: os ee. eae . #0 porcy Wiech te @ngo ig! while it ing, dies with h ni, Nu tele TRS Oratig » fp WC@ VCCONIBS, and tu. CP URS! ance-, |
jess a mutter o° ogad than of eergainty,
:Mupatoria, Or x idera will remeiber that, during the last
4 shout $0,000 men, has been in the ¢ yrse of transhipment
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owhich have reacted us, itaopeavs that the Russians presented
tafverwards got a vestiee of it was to be seen from the wal!s
ibehing. Jaic ibussian loss is roundly stated ag 500, whils:
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seis ae LITERATURE AND NEWS } \ ‘Vd ! } i 2 » Ad { } L i j ‘ oe Pe LTR ET TE CE EE a Le ene OTE TRIS ENG Sear ee pe — : . , rce-bora flea, having to advise the Public, man speak free.~-RORIPIDES, [EDITOR ano PUBLISHER
ARD ISLAND, MONDAY, MARC
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TSS eR Se FE Re SSSR SS a are ee 2 = hoc Nae ima “atelycommenced Tu the Hauseof Commons Lord Palmerston made a siwilar | JTon. Con. Secrerany.—Mr. Chairman, the nature of the ddd sinew, dees commission may induce some hon, members to suppose thas
3 uply eibployed in |
‘yin one ofthe healthy tau. Such ie the dBereace between military OminuN senee, '
Whilst matters remain pretty mugh in sfgdu gue before
ky und Civ ‘ ee >. Sader . 17 > ye 8 tne walé ai se asiopol, litelitvenee, of the most gratifying | deseription, has been received from the Tyrkish camp at
month or six weeks, a large Ottoman foree, estimated at! " Wern ha anatrar (* ») virties Pr 8 it trom Varna to the ancient Urimean port. of osiovy, now | } tt we f oar . Ay \ on ey * a7 Pa . > 4 ‘ netfear AnoOWN as MuUpat Yla. these tire Gps are the flor TY Giz the Turkish army—ice same brave fellows who triumphantly | ‘yr iY «® ab A ‘ ae withstood all the assaulis of the Russian generals upon the + istria. . Traucierred to the Crinvea, they have lost nothing of! . . ° .s sw Be ye . . . ‘ t the diseipliue and courage which distinguished them in DBul- . Tr i. : * 4 . } evria, They are eommanded by Qmar Pasha in person, and | 3 . » ;
re + } * + ») , e ih } ire sapported by a simell body of the tro: ps
1 eel my rr. a ie ; 3. Bhan oe . i Migianud, 1 BC POs tidn fnuis ea lip DY the Tarkish General i mulated to produ rikine efact ey ae ae Jutabea to prouuce a § riking Ciivet upon the fufare ofte-
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tious of the cain paign, At enadbics higz to mtercert the!)
i ei vai ein sik ence rig EU a a oe . : | LeU-Siaw GOIsMUNIcCabous Between Pereko » 2hg the inferior of |
i@ Crimea, and, at the same time, permits him to threaren |
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+ ee t- 8 Y , a. ° e or even w atiack, the rear of the Museo ic POStt tars on tae}
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porter g} le of Sebasto} ol,- It Wes not fo De expe ‘tad that :
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he hus-iayn Commander-ia Chief would allow ous Allies tc |
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uary, Lisrandis division. ecousisiing of about 40,000
Maniry, GOUU covalr., and 70 guns, moved upon Eupater's, |
‘ 3 : ° a i th the int wot drivny Omar Pasha into the sea. We} 6 not yet lie pussess i of the details of the e iGugemen !
it is ecrtain, however. that the Russian assault was vie-
a ers tor.ously repulsed = Prom the briefand tragmentary accounts |
; - + P a t - 4 gree _ aes a6 ‘y _o themselves in free be ove the detencves of Kupaioria, at six o'cleek in the morning —that a heavy cannonade was instanth pened, and that something in the shape of an assault was
° oe 6 : ee however, the Russian division was in fall retreat, aad shortly s
> . . " 3 . . fe of Kupatgria, axcept tae dead and wounded which i lefi
rr — T¢ ‘ ? fre ot. which has overtaken tats great bud usc: goa'ons | ce a ~ i oy om ‘& ary wT Bj { that of the Tuiks dij not-execed 5, or, as scine of the moire UO DOS. Mm to Wave tied & waturai, wand oO ce 7 ape x ; : ' ’ } : . , os ee ees “taeeunts say. 16. (tas probable that the lesser figure refers ay om 3 p @ielessors, a Vielun! Ceata, denonustrates, i, 4; “Y aliv killed. of who: na ‘ ee : 1a ito the umber aetualiy kilied, 91 Whnom, We iument to say, “ft enge-+! ooss'Me maaner, how feeb’e the most pctent: 2) ae , oe oe ‘ 1 . a ‘ . y-, - Joehm Lasuaa, the Key; tian dgenerai, Was one, ih 1% ned ny if soa swee which i- : mJ : . ae ; mi ¢ Bee ee rare The rec-ulse of the Russians at EHunatoria is bkely to be Five Z : ‘y bayonets, or the mest Gepily in- . 4 ', r “i : one - ‘ ee he oun. fatterdel with the hep: resulta. Lt will estore the eonfidence ort aS Ol : mo Sooce, belo €c ty@ Gaara ih} ati . , oo +s . . ] ; f ; se Elo: the Allies in the valour of their Turkish eonfederate, and cS.3+1f a. oS 2 mBon, Wav 20% eg twiasS oF : . : Oe Mt AON SOR ©; He fit will convinee the ene uy that Omar Pasha has brought b AS ' beim geit ioe C¥2, WSS IMC MIPsi vc .1 wore ‘ ie “ apy Ri PRE i an . z ae So iwith him to tae Crimea the same bigh skill for successful ‘ biti, wits @ mot arrcaunt so¥yarc' gy os tits} ie . 1 “wat: * ec . : r, es Siete te ee as ne tcommand which so aigually distinguishe i him in the Danubian i ¢ api 3 tL of trmg has servea to rodace f : eee , w ‘ . : “ oe, : | Campaiga Of tie lash year. } 2 con } e@ sia u@ figs fees Beaiuoicest of His) ints - tof tl ie - ne a ’ . ’ , . > ihe on nor: Movreme: . f i.g3 . ‘ ail So » far in ‘aiivus attemat to sudjugate a weak sandal") — = eee are Alhes an oe 8 ba: : - ee , : ‘ ~) tang naw 1. z HypYNOrci die 2M ot : . oe hy > 4 le ONer - y-tire, nrovoked the ho-tility of | & poi my fy e, t is a, f } a ne nh) ( ture, Ie is probal le, | ola Times + : however, that y ake the form of a reconnaissanee, 1: | \ ; ek xb 0 resigta nge thrayzhout Europe] rT es — it = f i ° 3 bits 7 - 7“ HHA! ms li: Ps, as icin eh {considerable strengia, mm toe qirectic nkermant idur to ya dictation, and lived long ewouuh do discover tat t'v ee Trager, WO the Giraciian.gs lakermann, Bai ar, .? . : i, ‘ , are 38 ecunmtry eastwar of ili U} Vz T} inns prepared sirenzih of a ‘ong reign aud an almost bountiless | 2° aoe Auten cama ane von oe oo Russian: empire, was atterly futile i the pursuit of : } {aay bar OLY la wei mM SAASPCE AROS numbers upon the | The most. cunservative ruler in the world fell almost literally} O8"*S OF Tae Fenernaya, an Aare supposed to ve tareatening | > ’ ) ' . . 1? @ -iere . r " HW} Py) * ye: te “a8: } ry? } . i by his own hap! whey he pyshed his agzressions on the poo | Me Fight of the Allied position. No assault upon the town |
perty of others beyond the bounds ef endurance. The} violation of (he coumandment which told him to re-nect his! neizhour’s prSie ty ip led ia his de-tructio a that¢ prostration of the inétie, aug th@ p'iveigal povers wich euperinduced apo lexy, Al.boug ow enemy, it is useless to degy that the decd} azar wos a cr@et man as well asa mlgbéiy potentafe, ANvi-f withstgug uy the melancholy fact of a quarter of a milion o! } kaman creatures having perished, one way or another, sce | this war began,—-acrificed, in point of fact, to the insutial:
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ambition of as uaaserapnlous ruler, yet be had many in { af
qualities of head and heart; and to ‘sach of the British) pgtion as sett’ed in Russia he was ex'reniely partial, end | always paid them the most marke! attention, The on p eys not upoit caresses. We can afford ta do jy-tice to dejar te srorth even in the parean of a loa, au Lit is not too uch
eny that if ke Gad terminate! his career without the Turkis! pavreasion “hich produced this war, history would nase on.) rolled hjug emoug-t the moet ipiellasual and successfu ' suonareas of yodesu Murope. Perhaps it i¢ as wel for whe | fyture peace of the world that’ this outbresk of Russlor
a ° at. a ol ° > . ne *, vapetty took place when it did, for gyarantess. wili now) +:
Be enforced while will efeetya iy prevent its repeiition, ‘The fyng: @! the wolf will be drawn, aad the lesson which he Hecu tauga: w.il teli goon lig syccessore for centuries,
The Caar was bora on the Gta of Jyly, 1796, and ii he bud lived anti! summer woud have attained his 50th year. ile died not of old age. but of a broken heart——of the disappointment eagsed by dhe utter failure of ail bis sehomes of aygrandisement, the prostration of all his fopes.— terrible example of the effects of uuhallowed ambition.
Belore a great event like this all thg other foreign affiirs; of the week fade into igsiypificance.—Liverp? paper, Mar. 3
CRIMEAN INTELLIGENCER
Weare in the receipt of regul iy daspatches from the Crime: to as late a date as the 16th of Feiuarys. T logeaphic | butciligence from the same quarter teaches to the Soh February. From these sources of infurmatign we Jearn int the contemplated assault upov Sebastopol has still becu Je! el by the iuclemeucy of the weather, and by the consequent | impossibility of bringing up a sefficient amoutt Pimusithia for the English batteries. Great progress, however, is making with the railway from Bala Clava, which, on the 16th, hel | elready been lated down to the extentof an Kg ish mila, aiid was advancing with a rapidity perfectly astounding, and ap. | parently incomprehensible, to th: mibiary enginecrs, The “ Navvies,” it is plain, are perfeetly up to theip work, aud, acting under the direction of their own skilful cflivers, are. executing it with the vigour natural to the British character hen left to its own unthwarted and unimpeded action. The high healt and fine condition in whieh ihe © civil contract- ors” have brought these sturdy tcllows to the ficld of their labour, reflects the severest reproach that has yet been offered | npon the gross and culpable misinanagement of the wulitary and Commissariat authorities ; for whilst every regiment or fraction of a regimeut hitherto landed in the Crimea has iu- stautly afterwards been reduced to the jast extremity of want,
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SUDDEN DEATH OF THE RUSSIAN EMPEROR.
. 17 +. ? ’ . wy fortrese could with prudence be attempted, while such a bree Was occupying the country iu the immediate neighbor- |
wood. We presume, therefore, that we shall hear of an
n mont } hy i 1 hefor { Lava tui . PY mmwits: neavemeny 20 the fie d before we nave tidings of anytan -
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idle ips bias il delpiasieaiiia dial halal panadhtven LATEST FROM EUROPE.
Joseph Hume, the Veteran Reformer, is ded.
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Sir John Burcoyne, Coef Eng neer, has been reealled
! from the Cutinea, and Major General Jones appointed in his | ; lag p j
The Earpevor of che Freneh wil take the command of the | Army in the Crimea, )00 horses and a portion of his Staff) ave deft Lyons, a
Mr. Ruchuck’s motion for the uppointment of 2 eommit-
p yf pugsed aig { IWHIUBNS, Sur J. Graham, Sydney Herbert, and Mr. Gladstene re- signed their seats in the Cabinet. * The reafOus uesigned by the P. elite section of the Cabinet i
> tas Fv. 9, hs 3 re o : | OUCK S COMMMNItice. ihe conmti-
eappcintuaaent of Mr Ree snamed. The Press are xc'udei during the enquiry
Phe Governa nt appointments have now nearly hee. ‘con Ht Me, Booweter vetives fom the office of Att’s Gencral Gr breianc, ond is sucees led by Mr, Keogh, and Mire J. D.| Fitge rd ‘ake: the Sel’edor Generalsiip. | Tue fart of Carlisle is the new Lord Lieutenant of Ire-} land. As Lord Morpeth he Gilled th: of®ee of Chief Secre: | 3 But the Atiorney General and |
Schieiter General of Lrelacd are Catnolies. This looks like | @ Wioh 'O Kvep ire yh! 4 et curing the prescut cyisis |
¢ . ’ > 7 | iy, aud was Very popular,
Dae places thand ned by the three leiding Peetite dasert- es, have been distributed by the Premier in the following | manner :—-Lord Johua fussed suceceds Mr Sidney Herber:
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as Secretary for the Col nies; Sir George Cornewall Lewis
quer; and Gir Charles Wood becomes First: Lord of the Ad- witralty ta the reosi of Sir James Graham.
Biv Charles Namer will op ose Lord dohu Bus-al as a candidate for the city OF Londen.
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Loxooy. Friday Night.
This evening, in the House of Lords, Lord Clarendon roe and said: My Lords, L think it is my dary to communicate to your Lordships the contents of a telegraphie despatch Which | received half an houe ago from her Mujesty’s Minis- ter at the Hague; that the Emperor Nicholas die! this morn- lig, at one O'clock, of pulmonic apoplexy, after an attack of influenza, Lhave also received a despatch from ber Majesty's Minister at Bertin, stating shat the Kimperor ef Russia died ut twelve o'clock this morning. An hour befoye this despatch arrived, L reece ved accouats from my noe friend, Lord John Rus-el!, at Berlin, stating that the Emperor of Russia
Py. A Hi) : f Brance a ie
BLPARTURE OF THD EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. Fhe Km oeror set out on Wednesday, at one o’cloek, for
the camp of st. Omer. It is said that he will return in two} ot the case; Tam happy-to say that there is no necessity -
diys. A hundred of his Majesty’s horses ware to arrive at Lyons, 28 well as a strong detachment of the Imperial Guard,
Sebistopul are now af an end, ITjis Majesty wil! decidedly
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leave. ven the day is fixed for the departure — it will be
not it would be prudent for her Majesty to make the journey.
i'The result, that her health is execediagly good at present, au . 7 | , la alr ca ° } ‘ B - iad T she may Safely unueé rtake tO go with tae Keuperor, he j } } a a ae . ° cl ha Saat or 74> os ' ane 4 . ‘ . of i ; Da suhe—at Kalafit, Citate; Olt pitga, and Sitt PWHOIC of theo fain us ban i of tie Guides, 80 well known, gue | reavonsible to ine people, propose 2 sum pomiually equal to
<o much admired in London, has. alee received ordgrs to sct out. ? BREPERAPE EIGHTING IN THE FREWCHES.
\o 88th man, who had been captured in a sortie, bad mide his escape trom Sebastopol.” His hands and arms were
dreadfully cut from bis hiving to climb for some distance |
along a wall covered with spikes and broken boitles.. Tie re- ports that the mortality among the enemy is fearful, ant that the dead He unburied abaut the streets of the town. However, this story has been told too often to sieet with ready
eredenee now, especially as the man could give no reason for
such a tremendous loss on the part of the enemy, A few nights ago, while the 44th were on duty im the trenches, two or three of the Russian adyaneed sentries made a sudden tack on two or three of the Eazlish. One of our soldiers, as his opponent advance l, caught him on the point of his ayonet and drove the weapon completely through his chest. Though mortally wounled the Lussian nevertheless fought, and actuaily succeded in getting our sentry down, and was ou the poiut of wresting his firelock from hum, when another of our sen‘ties happily came up and decided the contest by wottng the Russian through the bead. In night strugzles in the trenches, such instances of despegate valeur is common woth among the allies and the enemy.
JUNCIION OF THM HORSUFLYSH FATERS WITH TYE ; RYSSIAN ABMY,
A reziment of Baskirs has just passed through St. Peters- ug: ‘These troops haxe not been seen in St. Petersburgh <nee 1812, when they carried bows and arrows, They are true Calmucks, with little eyes and flat noses, ud ext hor-e flesh. 'Phey are now armed with a yusket,
BESIUNCES OF TUR ENEMY,
All the eueny's de‘eneos are in admirable order, and the general opinion is, that when we eommence the aldack we shall diseover more ordngnce ig the'r works than now antic!- pated. For instanee, two days since one of our.guas in the elt atiack—from which we have not fired for some days past — war discharged at a group of Russians in a battery. To this unusual manifestation of hostility on our part, the enemy, in the eourse of a minute, replied with no Jess than twenty-eight shot and shell, some of which come from places which, up to that time, we had not suppesed to mount a single gun. .
; MOVEMENTS OF THE ALLIES.
What tie next movement of the allies in front of Sehasto- iol may be, it-is impossible to conjecture. It is probable, iowever, that it willtake the form of'a regonnoissa ce, in con- siderabie strenth, in the direction of Inkermana Buidar, and country eastward of Bala Clava. The Russians have iately re-appeared in uaascertained numbers upon the banks
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fof the Tehernaya, 2ud ave supposed to he threaicning the
ortress could with pradence he attempted, wuile such a foree was cecnoying the country in the immediate neighborhood. ‘Ve presume, therefore, that we shall hear of an engige ent
right of the allied position. No assault upon the town or i
in the field bettre we have tidings of anything in the shape |
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of an assault upon the city,
GEVICTAL ACCGUNTS GF THE VICTORY AT EUPATORIA. The fillewing telegraphic despatch has been received from
Lord Rag “uiji— .
* Before Sebastopol, Feby. 18.—A_ foree, said to be 40- j i 2 ’
000 of Russaus, wih a large number of guns, attacked iSupatoria at dsylizht, on the 17th, avd was repulse with great loss by Omar Pasha. The Turkish loss is satd to be ‘ousiderable: but Selim Pasha. e andinge the Kevptain ousideramle; but Soim Pasna, commanding the eyptamn brigade, was Killed, Tue British man of-war, under the Mon. Captain Hastings, covered both flanks with great effect. The
Faction teamasated at 10 a. m., when the Riussians retiied' a
few miles,
Gif] PRIOMPH OF THE TORKS AT EUPATORTA.
Tae Moaiteur gives the follow.ng version of the battle at,
Kupatoria: — At six o'clock in the evening of the 17th,
ithe Russians, to the namber of 40,000, under General Li- | orandi, attacked Eupateria. Afier a combat of four hoars ;
they were vigwvously repulsed with considerable loas by the lurks, under the coumnand of “Omar Pasha, The Turks
had £5 killed and 85 wounded, Suleyman Pasha, an J ;
Egyptian Geucral, is among the former." The Russians had
1500 killed, aud a considerable number wounded, A battery ‘served by the French lost four men. A French steamer
which left Kaimiesch an the 20th, had brought po importan: news up to that date,
The Queen has forbidden all fancy work at court, in orde: that Her Majesty and attendants may devote all their leisure time in making comfortable articles for the sufferers at the Crimes,
Of ali the German Governments that of Hanover displays the most aciivity in preparing for the war, Great changes are helug made by the Swedish Government in the geveral organization of ihe army.
The Eng
° : ‘ - , immediately increasing tie army to 150,060 nen, divided in the following manner: Lofantry, 100,000 men ; Cavalry, 10,000; Artiliery, 3,000; Marine soldiers, 2,000,
: SE arian
Colonial Legislature, PRA PLP LLL LILO L LEAL ALIA ES Wepxespay, Webruary 22.
PATRIOTIC FUND.
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lish Government has taken the resolution ol
this is brought before the House as a Government moexsure, ‘and that the Government intend to take an active part in
earrying @ grant to the objects of the commission. ch is
1 af Government ysing its influence in this matter, There is no doubt 92 my mind that the House are disposed to yote @
Jushtc nnd hasitations he Tey ‘a i é ° . a . Ali doubts gud hesttations as to the B.nperors journey % | dihera] sum, and the expression of public opinion, as mani-
ra : ° : er 'fested at the varioua meetings which have been hold in dif-
‘ i ferent parts of the Island, shews very clearly that the people
j } 1 j., = hoa Fret ‘ha Tt. Nog ti] an7vAmn: t : 9 . va i o at least, Monday, the Oth, The Hupress will accompany him, | oono-aliy are desirous that this House should act with liber (A cousuation of physicians lias takon place ag to whether or ;
| ality, aud give in proportion to the means at our disposal, as iJarce @ sum ag any of the geighhoriagMolonies. Canada has | viven £20,000, Nova Scotia, £2,000, and New Brunswiax, | £4,000 sterling; aud sir, L, xa @ wewhber of the Government,
{ Nova Seotiae~viz., £2,000 exrrency. .f do not consider that lis too much, considering the prospergua condition of the Tren» ‘sury. This sum, though it aay at frst appear large, wil not be fornd very great, when reduced to sterling money; ‘bat it will, when added to the private subscriptions, place the Island in a position in which it will compare favorably” with the other Colonies, and thus give usa bigher character in Great Britain. Some hori. members have intimated to me their opinion that £300 currency would be suflicient; bat, sir, that amount eonverted into sterling wouli be hardly worth giving. We have now a surplus in the Treasury | amounting to £8.090, and J feel satisfied that £2,000 of thes will uot be objected to, when we reflect that it is to go to relieve the necessities of those whom the chanees of the ter now raging in Europe may have rendered widows and orphans; and, sir, they who are to: receive it are not al strangers to the people of the Island. - They are the widows and orphans of Kaglishmen, Irishmen and Seotchmen, who have many relatives and acquaintances among ourselves, They are fighting our battles, for, Mr. Chairman, believe me, our rights and liberties would not be ag sceure as they are at present if the arms of the Czar should be succesaly’, and be should gain the ascendamy in Europe, which Le. seeks, and the desire for which has led to the preseat war. ‘England is taxed to bear the burden of tho military acd naval expenses of the empire, and it is not to be expected that she should, unaided, provide for the widows and orpbass too. J trust that on mature consideration of the use to which 4he money is to be applied, and the flourishing stata of jour revenne, ne bon. member will eonsider the sum [hate jnamed tvo much for as to give. I will, however, move the resolution in blank; and before L sit down [ must say, in my opinion, Nova Scotia has not done her daty in this mat- ter. She has a large and inereasing revenuc. Sie bes granted but the sum of £2,080, notwit's'anding her great hoasting and her braggadocias at tho time of the celebrated Restook war. when she voted £100,009 in aid of New Brunswick. She should have given very liberally to thie fund, for she has beucfitted very greatly by the military and uaval expenditure of the British Government, whic, ia fagt, may be said to have built Halifpx. Mr. Hayiusxp.—Mr. Chairman, T have much pleasure ia seconding the motion of the Hoa. Col. Seeretary, and L hope that the blank in the resolution will be filled up with the ‘sum he has named. This is no party question; it ia 8 mat- ‘ter where all should meet on one commun ground, All are equally interested, and the rights and liberties of us all, whether English, Lrish or Scotch, or their descendants, are concerned: and, therefore, Mr. Chairman, do [ trust thea the £2,000 will be voted unanimously; that there will, is sugh a cause, be no paltry higgling about a few pounds ia ‘contributing our mite to support the Mother Country in this struggle for life or death in which she is engaged. Some hon. members may not regard the war in that light, but I task them, if the Emperor of Russia should be victorious, chat institutions would be introduced into Eurcpe? Some may think that we, in this Island, have no coneera in the re sult of the centest, and cannot be affected by it, whichever | way it may terminate. i think, sir, that a little reflectiog would Jead them toa differert conclusion. if ones the Rue
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owe to the people and government who have so jong protec’ elus, More particularly incumbent is it upon us to signify, by a liberal grant, our sympathies with Great Pritain in the conflict in which ghe is engaged, when we consider that the ereat Repulilic near us manifests her feelings in favor of Russia. iu the hope that, should the Czar triuwph, she may grasp us, Now, let us give proof of our opinions by voting us lige. a sum as we cal reasonably afford. I, for one, have
aaa a j 0 hesitation in voting for £2,000. Ta do'ng 80, I feel tam but doiag my duty, and with that conviction j will acts leven at the risk of my scat iu thie Hease, 1 my constiiuents ishuuld not approve my conduct, :
Mr. Coovrn —Mr. Chairman, the purport of the comane- ‘sion, as [ read it, isa request for eheritable contributions. | Now, sir, the people themselves have voluntariy subscribed, lwith great liberality, aud it is wayust to take the money of ‘those who have already contributed. The neighborhood in which © reside has been very liberal, and I do not think we can be charitable at others expense. When the pecple were applied to, they gaye freely and generously, and we should not now take from them fer charity their money, whichis required for publie purpeses, such as roads, bridges dnd schools, and should not be voted away for suck objects as the
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Hon. Mr. Wicwrsayx.—I agree, Mr. Chairman, with the remarks of the hon. member for Georgetown (Mr, Haviland), ithat this isa matter im which party feelings should not in- 'terfere, and that it is desirable that the voie on the resolution shou'd be unanimous. As to the amount to be granted, i L think £1,500 or £2,000 would be a very liberal suin for us to give. Canada may well give her £20,000, She has ‘au revenue of eight or nive hundred thousand pounds, and New Bruuswick and Nova Scotia have each revenues much larger than ours, aud I think we ought not-to go beyermd | £2,400 at the farthest. ery ‘on. Mr. Patuer.——Mr. Chairman, I cheerfully give my | vote for the sum named, although it is larger than L antici {pated; but hon, members voting for it will be justified, m ‘the opinions of all right thinking men. We have, sit, 3
flourishing revenue, aud the country generally is in the en- ) and, at a time like
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itself’ into Committee of the whole on consideration of the | this, we should bear in mind the long a
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