the Atlantic ports, freighted with passengers for this new Kl Dorado, that carries off all the roving spirits thrown upon their own resources by the termination of the Mexican war.

Watxine tHe Water— Excursion Extraordinary.— Ferry boats and bridges are likely to become articles of unnecessary expense. A celebrated India Rubber firm of the city of New York have recently “fixed up” a ¢ontrivance which will enable a man to fling himself in- to the river with perfect impunity, and float there, too, as pleasantly as he likes, and as long as chooses, only nsing his digits for propulsion whithersoever he lists.— The thing was practically tested on Monday last about voon, when a young gentleman named Lowell leaped from a steamboat at the South Ferry, went out with the éurrent and returned with the flood tide to Castle Gar- den about five o’clock, having been about four hours in the water. He came out perfectly dry and warm, to the astonishment and satisfaction of a number of gentlemen who witnessed the commencement and close of the ex- cursion. He regretted that he did not take along with him a newspaper or a book, to while away the time !— We expect now to see the North River full of floating bipeds, furnished with those rubbers, going and coming from Hoboken.—V. Y. Express.

Sinsutar Facts.—The Buffalo Express, in noticing the Jate sudden death of Commander Mackenzie, who commanded the ‘Somers’ at the time the horrible excu- some took place on board of her, says, “The brig on board of which the atrocity was perpetrated, has gone to the bottom of the ocean. The surgeén who supported Mackenzie in the outrage, perished by his own hands.— Another of the abettors was drowned in the Gulf, and now the principal actor is stricken down in the prime of life, without premonition.”

Morvat Fire Ixsurancs Company.—The Direc- tors of this Company met on Tuesday last, when Da- niel Brenan, Esq., was elected President of the Compa- ny, and Henry Palmer, Esq., Secretary and Treasurer.

SUPREME COURT.

The following is a list of the criminal cases heard and determined before the above Court, since the commence- ment of Hilary Term on Tuesday the 2d instant :-—

The Queen vs. William M’Fadyen— Larceny —steal- ing ahorse. Tried and acquitted.

The Queen vs. Sarah M’Atee —Deceit. Tried and convicted.

The Queen vs. Sarah Wood—Deceit. Defendant sudmitted.

The Queen vs. Donald McNiven—Larceny. Tried and convicted,

The Queen vs. James M’Grath, commonly called Jemmy Craw—Larceny. Prisoner pleaded Guilty.

The Queen vs. Hugh Morrison, the younzer—Larce- ay. Tried and acquitted,

The Queen vs. [saac Henderson—Arson. Tried and acquitted.

The Queen vs. John G. Crawford—Larceny. Trial stands over.

The Queen vs. Robert Boyle, the younger— Larceny. Prisoner pleaded Guilty.

The Queen vs. John Cairns—Receiving stolen goods. Tried and acquitted.

The Queen, at prosecution of W. Cundall, Esq., vs. Thomas Connors—Rescue and Assault. Defendant submitted,

The Queen, at prosecution of Hugh Perkin, vs. Alex. M’Pherson—Forgery. Tried and convicted.

The Queen, at prosecution of James Peake, vs, Alex. M’Pherson—Forgery. Tried and convicted.

The Queen vs. Agnes Britton—Larceny. Pleaded Guilty.

The Queen vs. Patrick Power—Larceny. Party not apprehended. ‘

The Queen, at prosecution of Martin Ladner, vs. Joho M’ Donald, sen., John M’Donald, jun., Duncan M’Don- ald, Alex. M’Donaid—Assault. ‘Tried. John M’Don- aid, jun., and Alexander M’Donald were acquitted; the other two were convicted. oO

The Queen, at the prosecation of Dougald Living- stom, vs. same parties. Assault, Tried and acquitted.

he Queen vs. Thomas Farrel—Nuisance. Not yet

tried. : The prisoners convicted in the above cases received

sentence on Saturday last ‘here were inany Civil cases, nearly the whole of

which have been disposed of.

(For Encroachments on the Streets.) The Queen vs. James Anderson— Nuisance-~en- creschment on the street. Defendant submitted. The Queen va. Ellen Stewart, Mary Stewart and Maryvaret Stewart—Nuisance—Encroachment on the

sireet. Trial stands over. ;

‘Yhe Queen vs. Jonathan Collings— same. Defend. ant submitted.

The Queen vs. Ralph Brecken—same. Defendant wmbmutel.

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ty ships at least have sailed, or are preparing to sail from!

THE EXAMINER.

which arrived at Souris a short time ago, from the Unit- ed States. It is stated, that about 30 persona, in the vi-

cinity of Souris and St. Peter's Bay, are now suffering from it.

POSTSCRIPT, EXAMINER Govede. Tuespay Moraine.

The Courier arrived from Cape ‘Traverse at a late hour last evening, bringing the English Mail, Latest English dates are to the 30th uit.—lIrish and Scotch to the 29th. In the following paragraphs will be found the principal part of the news :—

STATE OF TRADE.

The improvement in trade and in general confidence, noticed under this head a fortnight since, is still main- tained, and the result of the Presidential Election in France has decidedly increased the tone of confidence without, hewerer, producing any further amendment in the value of Cotton. Its favourable influence on the national funds strongly indicates greater reliance, on the part of the public, in the preservation of peace, The money market is still very easy ata low rate of interest, and the stock of bullion in the Bank of En- gland has continued steadily to increase.

Mr. Cobden has issued a “ National Budget,” in which he proposes at once to reduce the public expen- diture to the extent of £10,000,000, and further to re- plenish the exchequer, by laying a probate and legacy duty on land, which he calculates will produce £1,500,- 000; and this £11,500,000, forms the amount by which he seeks to reduce taxation. He recommends the abo- lition of the duties on malt, hops, soap, paper, windows, advertisements, and timber, and the reduction of the duty on tea to ls. per 1b; the whole amounting to £1],- 477,000. The contemplated relief embraces a large oumber of interests; and hence Mr. Cobden expects to receive more or Jess assistance from nearly every sec- tion of the community. Tach is promised in its turn some advantage peculiar to itself, with the view of es- tablishing a coalition, and of obtaining a measure of support not otherwise obtainable.

‘YriaL oF Cuartes Gavan Durry.—On Friday the Judges decided the plea of abatement was bad, both in form-and substance. The Clerk of the Crown then called on Mr. Duffy to plead to the indictment, upon which Mr, Butt applied to the court to quash the indict- ment against the prisoner in the county before he was called on to plead to the present one, which was in the city. Theirintention was not to allow the prisoner to be harrassed by both; but as soon ashe pleaded to the one in the city to quash the other. The prisoner being ayain called on to plead, Mr. Bott handed inthe gener- al demurrer to everv coutit inthe indictment. The At- torney-General immediatly joined in a demurrer, and said he was ready to argue it,and was determined, if it should on argument be ruled against the prisoner, to to press for final judginent upon it

Tue Cuorera.—The number of cases reported ex- hibita gratifying diminttion in. the progress of the epi- demic. The new cases on Monday were six, the deaths four, and the» recoveries six. On Tuesday two cases were reported, both ef which, however, ought to have been included in previous reports ; and the deaths amounted to three. Yesterday there were six new cases, five deaths, and four recoveries; making altoge- ther, since the epidemi¢ broke out, 715 cases, 396 deaths, 170 recoveries, and 149 remaining. In Dalkeith on Monday three new cases were reported; and in the Portobello district there was one new case on Saturday, another on Sunday. in Inveresk on Tuesday there were three new cases and one death. — Ldinburgh Cou-

rant. ‘

FRANCE,

The intelligence from France relates almost entirely to the installation and movements of the new President of the Republic. The proclamation and instaliation took place inthe National Assembly on Wednesday week. So sudden and unexpected was this step that at the time it took place it was wholly unknown to the Parisian public. It appears that the Government had received, or pretended to have received, imformation of intended disturbances, which induced them to recom- mend the immediate proclamation of the President.) There are four departments, besides Algeria and Cor-|

ITALY. _ The Risorgimento of Turin of the 15th instant, pub- lishes the text of a decree by the two Chambers of the iith Dec., provisionally depriving the Pope of temporal power. It declares there shall be elected, by an abso- lute majority of the Chambers, from persons not mem- bers of either,a “Provisional Supreme Junta,” for the purpose of carrying on the government in the absence of the executive. “The Commission shall discontinue its functions on the return of the Sovereign Pontiff, or when he shall himself appoint, according to constitu- tioual forms, a substitute of his own selection.”

RUSSIA.

_ The Frankfort Journal, of the 19th, says that Russia is making great preparations to decicde the fate of Eu- rope by the sword, and that is the reason of her forces being concentrated on the frontiers of the empire. The Emperor is reported to have said he would not permit the people to revolt against ifs brother of Prussia, and is prepared to march 500,000 men to his assistance. — According to letters from ‘Gratz,a Russisn fleet of twenty sail had cast anchor in the roadstead of Trieste, and the operation against Venice would commence im- mediately.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

Letters from Schleswig-Holstein state that the Danea have now 6000 troops in the island of Alsen, being 4000 more thaa the number allowed by one of the ar- ticles of the seven months’ truce. The King of Den-

‘mark has protested against the breach of the articles

of the treaty by the joint government of Schleswig- Holstein, and against the use of his name by that ad- ministration. {t appears, in fact, by all accounte, that the hostility between the Danish and German parties is as bitter as ever.

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PASSENGERS.

On the 5th inst., inthe Ice Boat at Cape Traverse— Capts. Furneaux, Stewart, Campbell, and Anderson; Messrs. Gourlie and J. B. Cox.

On the 8th inst., in the ice Boat—Capt. Griffiths Messrs. Donald Beaton, Rice, A. Davidson, A. Thomas, and Hayden.

MARRIED.

On Tuesday last by the Rev. John Knox, Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Mr. Jonathan Birt, of Mount Stewart, to Miss Margaret, third daughter of Mr. Don- ald McLean, Lot 48.

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DIED.

At Plymouth, England, on the 8th December last, at an advanced age, George Peake, Esq., Merchant, fa- ther of James Peake, isq., of this town.

At Three Rivers, on the 25th December, aftera short illness, Damaris, wife of Ms. R. D. Westaway, in the noi year of her age, deeply regretied.,

At Kurrachee, East Indies, ov the 16th October last, Captain J. Long Marsden, of Her Majesty’s 8th King’s Regt. of Fvot. ‘The deceased wii] be well remembered, us formerly quartered when a subaltern in Charlotte town.

ee re RALSTON ee meee OOS Mechanics’ Instiiute, VY OTICE.—Ticxets of admission to the

1 above institution for the current .Session, can be hadof the Secretary, and at Mr, H. stamper’s Book-Store.

Tickets to admit Members, 05 0 do. 4 Lady and Gentleman, 0 7 6 do. - four persons, 010 ¥

Youth’s Tickets, 6030

Nightly Tickets, 0.14.6

A. DAVISON, Secretary. January 15, 1849.

NAVIGATION. (‘APTAIN HOGAN proposes to instruct a

ew persons in the principles of NAVIGATION, at his Residence, King’s Square. He will teach a fui) course :—the various methods of finding the Latutude—the Variation of the Compass by Amplitudes and Azimuths—Longitude by Lunar Observations and Chronometers—the knowledge of the Fimed Stars—and Spheric ‘Irigonometry applied to Nautical Astre- nomy.

Charlottetown, January 15. Im

Private Boarding House. V RS. T. COLLINS, having taken the House and -'4 Premises, owned and formerly occupied by Mr. Martin Dogherty, in Kent Street, west of Mr. Coles’s Brewery—is prepared to accommodate a few constant and transient Boarders, in a comfortable style, and at

moderate charges. January 15, 1849.

sica, from which the complete returns have not yet been received ; nevertheless Government assumed the} responsibility of the step.

Some accounts say, thst the French Government! have determined upon an armed intervention in favour! of the temporal sovereignty of the Pope, in coneur-| rence with the Ewperor of Austra and the King of; Naples. Such a decision, though in accordance with) the previously expressed wishes of the President, wall

Light House at Cascumpec. Notice to Mariners.

‘HE Subscriber notifies shat the Light House erected by him at the entrance of Cuscumpeque Harbour, bearing W. by N. haif N. of the channe’,

| will be lighted with a red light on and after the fist of be in direct opposition to the foreign policy hitherto; June next, 1849. It is GO feet fromube level of the sea pursued by the Republic, and must exercue a marked! 'tg8ueace on the continent. j

JOHN Le Cost Cascumpeque, Sept. 15, 1848.

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