ee a oe c IRELAND S PART IN HISTORY.

FRIGHTRUL ACCIDENT AT MAN- NOVA SCOTIA PARLIAMENT.

or even subdued, the feeting of hostificy azm the Act of Confederation ‘has increased and

at Win. A. Ht. Se. Gcwunt, Proprietor of the! icepated, would engage the attention of that

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oroetojOut, | ieee srecwtly. W ‘anadian Advertising Agency, TorontosMut, large and infiaewiinl sssembly. e were AH > gee cade aware that a Rusohrtion of a deeply interesting

Treland has alwavs played a part in history

aut of all proportion te ats ert a ad popolation

fof the Stet ult, at Manebester, by which

CHESTER. A terrible accident occurred og the night

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From the N.Y. Adbion. On Saturday last, the 15th dnst., the Hon. |, Whan, two weoks ago, we treated of the} Attorney General gaoved the following resolu- humiliatins position ocgupied by Sir John A,

intensified since the Address from this House was laid at the foat of the throne. neiievenedn, ok teh eal a

. id 2 f Confederation ; ' , " And whereas the said Aut af Ct : " i " Aeetiiimaiins ted Cn was passed by the Imperial Parliament in die) receive Canadian Adver - |

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rect opposition to, and against the wishes of the people, and is unjust and oppressive j Resolved, That the auswer of the British

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character, as afecving the interests of P. i. Island, had recewtty ‘been submitted to the American Congress. Gen. Butler, we were in- formed, had submitted « Resolution to that bods, on she subject of Free Trade with the

isolated by the sea almost us eilvctually as hy | Oo, five-and-twenty persons lost their lives MeDouald and bis subordinate ministers, in janes : ANE oe, leo at a charm of muuntacus from ¢he Continent, IM | bon yarious sources we glodn the flluwing their so-called “ reconciliation visit to Hali-| Whereas—This House, on the S4th day of) lmbited by « people who for ages were Strang} oi uinng = The scene of the accident waa faz,"" we were quite sure that their Eastern | February last, unanimously adopted resolutions | ers to al the arte of life,qubsisting by the Lodetell in Victoria Street, frequented by tour—if directed to thw end—would result in! protesting agninst the provistuts of an act most rude and komely agriculture; and the lower classes, end known ap ** Ben | fallyre. In fnct, we were not a Hite sur | passed by che [mperial Parliagrent confederat- | rescued but slowly from the depths of social Lang's.” A benutit performance was an- prised when we learned that so vstute a) ing the Provinees of Canada, Nova Scotia and anarchy and politicul harhariam, it has, never sonnet to come off there Friday night, and politician as Sir John, had actually undertaken New Brunswick, which were tollowed by an) theless, produced, within a period of Little mor the attendanes was very large. ~ Whilst the such a mivsion at sucu a time. {lis move | address from the same body to Her Most Gra- than an hundred years; overthe wwlest arena performatics was going ‘an @ Bumber of boys would have been very well, and would, perbaps, | cious Majesty the Queen, praying that the ei f human enterprise, and in all the hizhest i, were in the pit stavd ep on the benches, have proved successful earlier in the game ; | ple of Nova Scotia be released trom the —— | heanches of human knowledze, » notable band and to eave themselves trou falling they laid but at present it was entirely futile. The old | ation of euch act, and that the rights, privileges of scholars and divines, philosophers anv poets, the weight upan the U. 3. Lovaliats af Nova Scotia are just as | and powers loay enjoyed aud exercised by the |

4 * Government tothe prayer of thés House, based The & yaminer. United States, and having reference alone to P, ou false premises, is a oe oo i. Island—a circumstance of itaelf sufficteatly a a a of ‘Confederation ' “ niet "eda a st 24, 1868 | significant and suggestive to warrant the stepy was a fraud upon the people ot this country, Charlottetown, Augu . . ‘that had beew taken, or that might henceforth and nothing bat Imperial coercion ean force) = aaa SR REE It aoe, with reference 90 that important them to be bound by such Confederation Act. ppCIPROCAL FREE TRADE WITH eT {he covegtiod of the delegates “

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Legislature of this Province be restored.

Resolved, That the Representatives of the | UNITED STATES. }

very great.

Portland was very gratifying. All were placed on a footing of pertect equality, aud the Amencane were anxious thet their Provincial brethern should act upon Committees, and share fully with themselves in all the business of the Convention, The latter, however, after consulting together as tothe course they shoukd pursue, informed their American friends that they had attended the Convertion tiviply ty get and to communicate information, aud tust, therefore, decline acting upun any Committee, or in any way taking an active part in the business of the Convention. This determination seemed to produce rather a bad feeling at first, bag this feeling, if itexisted at all, soon wore off,

| and the Americans themselves finally admitted | that they had pursued the wisest and best

course. This Convention was got up, it ap. peared, to extend the commerce of the United

States. Jf we had zot up a similar Convention

here, the Americans would lave had as much cause to complain of our proceedings as we

had of theirs. The difliculty and expense ex. perienced in getting the vast agricultural pro. ductions of the Western States to market is stil] Atthe Detriot Convention, the re.

tatesmen and wart ious wily in fa . “nited Empire now as they na : Ces | ates e : pe i cde ie & ehaaiiae pendant moved it from its place, and Jed to stongly in favor . = at . age a eile <a people of this Province, loyal to their Sover- nica ' : 7 wm 8 escape of gas. So soon ae the wavell of the were fifty or a hundres years ag 7 an | And w reas— an reply > £ 3 ce ‘eign, but confident of the justice of their cause, The County Meeting, which was held in the | ee ae gas spread, the ery of * Fire |’ was raised. A objections now raised to certain features of & gud address His Grace the Duke of Bucking: | feel bound to use all constitutional means for ; Frid vening last, notwith- ; ) the mc ve . none, ace ° _@ “—— ’ —— a : ‘ke i ns paratively reeent period, nearly all we wwost panic than seized upon the audience, and a certain scheme, do not to any extent affect! pam, Secretary of State for the Colonies, in a the restoration of their liberty, peace, and Market Hall on Friday e g ' ; ES Senahemens » bee . : : re , 4 ne 1862 B res , J aye ° ads 2 distinguished triumphs of Inshmen have been situultaneaus rush was made to the staircase, their loyalty, or their attachment to the insti- despatch bearing date the fourth of June, 1563, srosperity as acolony of the Crown, and iu standing the bad state of the roads, and the | » the early ¢ ‘ : , j : li —— —- Wi oe ‘ 2 rosper as ¢ 5 ’ } ‘ won in fuceign lane. tn the early 2528, a t wiieh gave way, and u number of persons tutious ander which they have so long lived | jy, informed the Ciovernor-General that the | hein behalf invoke the sympathy and support! wet weather, was numerously attended by many | expectatiy from the middie 7 ” ma 1 to —s were precipitated to the stone floor at the and prospered. And this will be clearly seed | Queen’s Government do not feel warranted oh of the people of the adjacent Colonies and the influential of our citizens and | triddie of the ninth ceutury, when the lights of | oaa | Nu fewer than tweuty-Give were from their late resolves. The committce of | advising the Repeal of the British North Ame- baw Fe eseee os every part of the civilized |" ihe most iuiluenti i) the Roman eivilizetion bad been — = = Ox: | aken up dead. They were mostly young of seventeen, to whom was referred the whole | ica Act, for the following reasons : ae of tr i y iby some of the leadiug farmers of Queen's abc vd the escilatior f sui " od , . os -arrie OU‘ >| ce a ‘ i Lice a. i c ai ee ‘ . : wre } ‘d.the } : t . | en gerauy yy eer a ae a eae “ a ~ — | First—That “ Nova Scotia was, on several | The resolutions were ordered to be printed, County. The Hon. Francis Longworth, High) Z i \ ’™ ber more were injered considerably, and following preamble and resolutions : | pecasiona, the first of the Provinces te move with all other papers connected with the sub-| choriff occupied the Chair, and J. Barrett} the lvish missionaries swarmed from the hirte: f them were earried to the Royal} “Whereas, this convention have finally con- | " CimSedesesl ” .e _ ; 7 ‘ ? site a : Bacland Sect | thirteen G em . : . +4¢ ea the project of Contederation. ect, before any discussion takes place. i Es was appointed Secretary. The a sili stand, SCOMSE Taficmary. Eleven of these injured persvus ‘‘sidered the reply of the Brith Goverument | : 2 Conkederati in 1954 ae , J | Cooper, esqr.. was apy : France, and Germany, for the conversion of were males and two iemales. “to the address of the representatives of the | Second —} ae a saga iy a Ys oe ° | meeting was addressed by several gentlemen, | ' his ss that ea ; : : onennle of Nova Scot . nies »{or . ne fLevlature of Nova Scotia. ’ : 5 ’ the heathen. It was from this class that)" wis Manchester Examiner of the Ist inst.,| “people of Nova Scotia to Her Majesty the | proposed in the Meg of Soxw Scots” | Wrorge’s Indian RootPills ‘among whom were the Delegates to the Charlemagne gathered roand the brightest spot saye:— the performance commenced at ** Queen, praying fora repeal of the act uniting! Third—That Confederation © in 1857 form-| : S : . : on ver - ° : y . . * as . . i j i. af = } 4 ¥ -e annette gee pat ty eat ee = hall-pest six. All went weil till about nine |‘ Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, /ed one of the topics entrusted to Delezates | : Pe Convention, ; * Agee TOT mate anaatl eT a ee Shortly after that hour, some of “ und the course which it ts expedient from the Government of Nova Scotia tu Her Latest News by Telegraph. | Through the kindness of J. B. Cooper, Esq., | ll literar tournaments, who : ame a the youths who were ip the back part of the * pursue in the present crisis of the public Majesty’s Government. { we are enabled to give, in this day's issue, @ par- | . le and powerful instruments 1e civil a > age -) Salfui this Province ; , , a ‘onfederatio: sinhinicseliuu i ' pow fal 7 ; ens ci audrence jn the pit, in their eagetuess to ob-; “a! airs of this sige ali dice te de ed Fourth—T hat the subj ct of ( onfed: ration : va ae tial report of what passed atthe County Meeting | Satin ne 8 r ' , tein @ Letter view of what was going on upon ‘Be it therefore hesolved, that it 18 the), Wa4 revived in Nova Scotia in [S61, FROM EUROPE. 7 : ; as £ Reci-| stadded with conve al schoo which pre, the etage, hited themselves by the gas,‘ opinion ot this Convention that it is necessary | acti Sue Wh ek Uleeeediel hue) liaise iam on Friday last, relative to the question 0 ¢ - 2 she sine of the West, but these i; anal asta ? - se cae “ sl ne ca } Resolved—|\st. hi 1e revers ne AS- | a An my 4 : : eer : a i oe ao ; even a great Armagh | tone"? - three of which =e broken ull. | to useevery Sante eee om sertion in the despatch of His Grace the Duke| Later advices from Tipperary, Ireland, say that) procity with the United States. We give aso} re Ca » to which thousands of No evil consequences could bave followed had |“ means to extricate The people = 1 a - = a of Buckineham is the fact; the word “ Confed-| Landlord Agent, Seuliy, was not killed as first the resolutions which were then passed. It 13 | a ees ety Bag atien See not somebody ap the pit raised an alarm of | “trom 8 ‘ onfederation that has been rorems satelite having been debated on in any reported, but was obliged tu Bee iuty the city to, . . resent to offer any re- ‘ , ed fry the Continent, were evi) gs oe re madiaaaie « h tothe | ‘upon them, without their consent and against | @’@Uen never Daving a | eave tile tile, }not our intention at present t J : bade | ae There was immediately a rash tothe pon them, é | evolution goved in the Legislative Assembly | eave his ‘ | : a oe ee st Ay ary, Stairease from the two upper galleries. The)“ their will, _ , {thi iP, rj - yrevioUs to 1866 although the Friday he started again upon the same erran ‘| marks either upon the proceedings or the res0- | sseasinyg even in these days bho gr at learn. staircase ie six feut wide, and winds up he. | This action oa their part, is bath moderate |? niet nen i I | Union had “8 ears sea accompanied by a large “an = ee lutions, but will take an early opportunity of | yreat yomnoies. Dhe martral ’ and sensible. It is the inalienable right of all | Se ject of Coton i ii Police. Upon reaching the Hamlets of the Ten | iad r ; e » pro and sensibie, t is the inahenabie righ a 7 ‘ : : } : : . . : ‘ the irish has also ‘heen chiefly won | *¥ee? walle from the ground fluor two the) ® » §6 every lawful and e¢ stitution- 10 time discussed in this Hfouse in general | a try. bis efforts to serve the notices were met | discussing the matter in full. There has nat | ors ae ‘ top gallery, with » jandimg stage on each Britons, to use ‘every lawful and constitugon vial affirming the desire of this Pro- 7 a hale ® ; o fowign bettie & a ' x hi floor. Tho ernsh of people attempting tg! al mewns ” to redress grievances —of any kind; | terms, “7 nout al ee a ae 7 a and — aa ers. the ineb| Been, fOr length of time, a matter uf so much smark © hat the Irish who showes ' : ate cts re we fr ,;¥ince to become a party tO & Legisiative or} he Police endeavored to disperse The : : : F paste he } = ro soldie > in France and leave was terriffic, and appears to have heen | ee at we fs id ns Federal Union of the sritish North American| when a fierce fight ensued, during which the | importance brought to the consideration ot the | themselves the bravest soldiers im Fra i : . te a i ; tie wou 70, i Sh N¢ Au ’ ' , ~ : 7 : : . water ‘pee : Teieees the seule cause of the Joss of life. Mr. Clifford first ed} CCL d th ut Sova Sscolls would go | Provinees until the adoption of the aforesaid Police fred upen the rioters several times, the seonle of this Island, and it accordinzly merits | Spain hed always Uehaved shametu! a} home. he d did all he eould to Tbe Canadian Minisivy have returned home— sun anon ; owt a a aires Pere 4 - tannt is hardly jastifieble, for their valur | 220° &P v® the stage, and did gil he eould to . ‘allen it is true—but fecling ' resolution of Avril, 1866, which was a surprise | shots being returned by some o ie crowd, the fullest and most impartial discussion, and | | " Co ee ici iatien. osil times allay the panic by telling the people thers somew rut crestta en it 1s ruc ut fee . 80 the people of Moxe Scotia. Several of the mob were wounded as were a| the sti ' a mtart, Aug ” hee — . 7 - cy, Wad nothing to fear if they would keep their | that old Acadia is well informed on the su m os . Ee eis lilies Sl number of the Pulice. i this we shall attempt in a future number. < a mcontes ) > Hyguyi 1 | ’ scuge , tea ~ ahs . . FAY . | Oe — 2nd, re ) SO! 0 ¢ » i a" oa SB ao oan » a - cape Bem ant el for the Places. All remonstrances were yain, Men jectot British constitutional law, and provincia eso . : a : y hanes ta SAA | Mr. Scully was severe ly wounded and the) Crantorrerowy, 2lst August, 1868, Hilent BClieVeruenis wes —e ee ’ d . ee J senate . . constitutional practice, as they are themselves ; fin the Legislature of Nova Scotia in ‘ Police retired unable to make any arrests at the | ae : : Nano! aod women precipitated themse ves reeklessly | } , J pin | er eo ” tales dita tins her of influ- bivody plains of the Continent. Napoleon) and that eke will yet make her counsels have |which is as follows, makes no mention of time, The city of Tipperary ix in a high state of! ArT two o'clock this day, a number o

have said of the Irish what he is re

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prorte 1 to have said of the Poles—that the y

i wd soldiers more rapidly than other

people. Whether they fought for France} uder Terrenre or St. Ruth; or for Spain |

voder finest generals—whether agai st fialians or Netherlanders, or French or }

Spsanish--no swords cut deeper than theirs ;

her

and the plains of Rancoup, the Rampart of | Lefeit, the slopes of Fortenoy, and the fierce battles of Laxura, Guillestre, Emorun, and Cremona, witnessed their fieree onset, and| ete” ti E ee Malad The | diaplaved their matchles¢ discipline e! more recent biatorvy of war tells how from}

; Axsare to Vitoria, from Vimeria to Waterloo, |

from the Crimes to India, they maintain the |

giory of the English name. Nor can it be; doubied that no part of the united kingdom has} sent forth men f greater mark in 0 sf common | history. Jt was Jreland tbat gaye the Dyke of}

Wellington, Marquis ot Wellesley, Lord Castle- | reagh, and Lord Palmerston to the State; it | was [reland that gave Moore, Goldsmith, and | E lyveworth to literature, Mulready and Maclise | to art, and has given Tyndall to science ; it | was Ireland that seut Burke and Sheridan, | Grattan and Plunkett, Shiel and O'Connell to the House of Common ment it ia an Irish: Seal of Euyland, while another Jrishmaun fills the vicereyal throne in India, We know not by what perversion of fact and reason Jreland is Stap pase lilo repu liate any of tl “se ylorivus names beesuse they are not the names of Ceitre Trish nen. . well might Se tland fee pudiate Burns, A lan Smyth, and Watt, be < were not Highlanders! The maz their genius raised the:e men from an irish orivin to Imperial services and Ip perite tuine.— Edinburgh Devi we

~ en Judson’s Pills. INSANITY OF MAXIMILIAN’S WIDOW.

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nitude of

Phe Memorial Diplomatique gives a melan- it of the srlotte. Un- dee the devoted care of her brother and Queen Henrietta she had resumed her former oecupa- tivns, and had been able to enjoy long walks and drives ia the masrnilicent pur) of Laecken, aud had even recommenced a correspondence «with members of the Austrian Imperial family, Out this state of things totully changed as the anniversary of the Queretaro trag dy approach- Phe Primeess was again subject to fits of ent, sleep no longer refreshed and calm- ed her, she again refused to partake of nourish- ment lest and unless tasted in her presence, and actually offered by Qiecen Henrietta. Of late Charlotte hus reject- ed all food, and at night only retires to bea in the express eommands of the Vhe Wemoriad contradicts the etate-

chol¥ Bccuu Princess C}

ed. exciteu her food were poisoned ;

obedience to fdiwen

ment that the Princess has attempted to escape |

from Laecken to Miramar; on the contrary,

the ehief phase of ber present madness is a ter-

rer lest the King, her brother, and the Queen

zhould compel her to return thither. imc da

TUE FAIR PETITIONER.

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one over anotber down the first flight.

degree of pressure at the onset may be judg-

ed from the fnes that out of an audience of pearly 1009 in two galeries, scareely a score furbore to rush to the common staircase. The

| other half of the andience, who were ip the}

pit, would find comparatively safe egress from & separate staircase. At the time this ac- count Was written 1 Was not ascertained Low many were injured from the crush on the

‘ stairs, or how wany by the attempts to save

themselyes through jumping from the win- dows. From & quurter-past ten to eleven o'clock 26 dead bodies were received at the infrmary. A darge number ot severely injur- ed causes were also taken to ary, of which 13 or l4 were considered 89

serious that they were sent for treatment to . , : J, | cated Istund friends will do well to count their

the surgica) wards. Of these several are set gown gs dangerous cases.

tused wounds, were sent out. Shortly after the

accident occurred, and as soon as information

}of u18 serious nature hed time to spread, a large and dveply excited crowd gathered out- |

side of the infirmary gates, many of whom were women, who, believing that their friends

i might be among the killed, made clamorvus 'and weeping eptreativs to be admitted to the }dead-bouse; het yp to midnight it was im- |

possible to admit any one within the walls, upd pune of the bodies had been identified.

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A SAD STORY. | Those who have been around the central station late at night have doubtless observed lan old man, dignified in appearance, and evie dently superior to the surrepndings, who for fsome time past has been seeking lodginzs there. He has a strange history—he has bad an expertence in life that possesses all the sin- galarity of romance. Beture the war be was a planter in Texas, and possessed of immense }weelth. His deposits in the Union Bank of } this city at one time reached $580,000 in gold. | dZis Junded estate stretched over leagues of

| territory, and more resembled a (German prin- |

'cipality than the possessions of an Americar |planter. His homestead was the seat of ease jand opulence, and a family of children added

} iuterest to his home, and gave an incentive to |

ithe accumulation of wealth. On the breakins }out of the war he went to Europe; but before } leaving he made his will, and executed papers which placed the property in the hands of his sou and seun-in-law. This was done that in ease of his death there should be no trouble | about the distribution of his estate, At the end | jof the war he came back, but his absence had | jgiven to bis childrea a goutrol of wealth they }did not mean to surrender. They refused to | }recognize him, or permit him to have even a| jsmali pittance with which to support life. A} | difficulty occurred between himself and son, in j}which the latter was shot in the arm and/ dangerously wounded. So exasperated was | | the outraged parent duat he even expressed his | }regret that the lite of his offspring had not | | been sacrificed. land iustituted legal proceedi.gs for the re- |

covery of sume property which he has in this | POO

State. Pending the slow developments of the

The,

the infirm. | return.

» ie Eight persons, | *P \alier receiving treatwent for bruises and con-

}due weight throughoud, not oply the present | Confederation.” | Dominion, but also throughout gsridish North} — «& That the House do now resolve into Com-| | America, under such constitutional gaidance, | witee on the general state of the Provinee, | ;we beligve even Canadian Masisters are «ow | ¢5r the purpose of considering the subject of the | fully convinced. ' Union of the British North American (o)oujes™ We are glad to note furthermore, that the| which wae debated, without eliciting any ex-! predictions as well as calculations of our very pression of opinion from the House, and post neighboriy American cousins, have beea en- | noned to the next Session of the Legislature, tirely frustrated. The Congressional depu- | hut was never again taken up. tation, headed. by the sotorious Biase) rs) Resolved—3rd. It is true that Delegates | Butler, that has been sent to coquette with the | -aectn timed alt Cann tidatin nese, ies) $0,000 Prince Edward Islanders—with 6 VieW | yas inetructed by @ Misute of Council, ot to getting an entering wedge between Nova} vonfor wale Te Ents Oheeeent, ont | Scotia and ber sister provinces — may now | upon she subject of Fad Confederation,” le tn

They will not be likely to gain much respect to *¢a Union of the British North Ame: |

\rican Provinces,"’ but the Council had no aus | {thority from the Legislature to make such

| Minute as will fully appear frem the report of. | the Delezates themselves, who way that neither | the Legislature nor the people of Nova Scotia | |had viven an expression of opinion on the sub- | ject, and we had no authority to answer the

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iby their visit, — unless they should chance ito “dine out’’ in which case our unsophisti-

oons, both before and atter dinner. The daily journals about us have vied wit each other in their open and recklessly dis- | honorable speculations on the possibilities of ithe Acadjun position, and we now rejoice to see that moderate and reasonable counsela have | i prevailed, and that whatever is done will be | ‘done in a constitutional, commendable, and} loyal manner, ical

people of Nova Scotia desired the change.” |

simply an instruction to confer with His Grace

The Rev. B. J. Spaulding, of Louisville, ‘wet fearful death. The Courier says it has jbeen his custom to keep a gaslight with o one ene ne on hie batenonn mene \time Provinces,” ‘with a view to an enlight- Monday night last, the tube slipped down, the | : ?, f eee ‘bed-clothes caught fire, and when Father | ened consideration oe A queen everrng om : Vas z oi ; ‘ore im | highest interests, and upon which the public Spaulding awoke hys wight clothes Were in| 5". pe preg dae sate - a. oe ae Hames. He managed to extinguish the fire on mind in all the Provinces ought to be set a his persou, but not until the flesh was shock- iuvly burned. In his terrible agony he rushed into the bath room adjoining aud bathed in cold water, which had the effect of intensifying ‘his suffering, Father Bonehet, hearing his vrouns, hastened to his room aud found the bed-cluthes burning rapidly. He at once \threw them out of the window and checked the jfire, Father 5 ysulding's night clothes were ‘burnt nearly off bim, and he was writhing in ‘agony, He was wrapped in a sheet and ‘medical nid promptly summoned, but before ithe arrival of the doctors he beeame frantic with pain, and a second time immersed himselt in the bath-tub. Qu the arrival of the phy- sicians, the proper remedies were applied for ‘his relief, but to uo purpose. He lingered in | great agony until the uext evening, when death jrelieved him of his suffering. His resort 10

| Governor General, and the other North Ame- |

the North American Provinces, or of the Mari-

gates from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and ithe Executive Council of Canada was held at Quebee in September, 1862, at which the ques- ition of Colonial Union ‘ was set at rest,’’ with- lout a dissentient voice, on the ground that it | was premature even to discuss—a decision ac- | quiesced in by the Assembly in the session of 1563, and by the people of Nova Scotia, who

i vinces had disappeared. And yet in presence | of evidence go clear and conclusive, drawn from |the publie reeords of the country, His Grace -|the Colonial Secretary has ventured not only |to defend the adoption of a scheme ot Govern- }ment which was neyer submitted to the Legis- | lature ov to the people of this Province, but to throw upon them the responsibility of having initiated the measure itself ;

the enquiry of the Colomal Secretary, whether &

‘ : : | tive measures of the soldiery. Resolved—Ath, That the resolution of 1861, | makes no reference to Confederation. being |

, |the Colonial Seeretary, His Excellency the) of the legation, sailed fur the United States on |

rican Colonies, on * the subject of a Union of|

jrest, "—that a Conference consisting of dele-|

\imagined that the prospect of uniting the Pro- |

lie tinally came to the city, |

to water, nu doubt, caused the fatal result.— ! The announcement ot his death and the terrible | repeal of the British North America Act, His manner in which it happeued, cast a gloom | Grace the Duke of Buckingham has invited the over the whole city, and there was mourning | attention of the Government of Canada to the

on every hand.

And whereas instead of recommending the

The Charch bells solemaly | points raised in the address relative to taxation,

tolled, aud hundreds of e:tizens bowed in deep the regulation of trade, and the fisheries, with

griet, repaied to the residence of Father|# view to their modification or relaxation in| Spaulding, adjoining the Cathedral, to mingle | relation to the peculiar interests of Nova Sco-

their sorrow with the bereaved relatives of the | tia and the Maritime portions of the Dominion;

great and good man.

The Cathedral was lit | | up aud the throug united in prayer for the| Government have been several days in this | Paris, August 18,

And whereas five members of the Dominion

repose of the soul of their beloved priest. The erty, during a portion of which time a Proyvin-

loss of such a man isa public calamity.

-- Oo oo

A MODERN MURRAIN.

‘ital : He | cial Convention was {n session, but no offer to | was beloved by al! denominations, rich and | relax taxation, or to modify regulations in re- |

lation to trade hus yet been made to the Goy- ernment or Legislature of this Province ;

excitement, aud further trouble is apprebended | ential Pants, Ang. 15.

’ "| having By ve “et we a prdbeypes eestor adopting measures to facilitate the re-establ ish- 0. 1 hr “ a avi . é , : y . i. with great powp. All of the cfficers of the! ment of Reciprocal Free Trade with the Court, together with the Exnperor Napoleon and’ 47 ited States, in conformity with a Requisition, family attended a grand Te Deum at Notre} Dame. After the cerewoules the Kuperor lett

gentlemen of this City and C assembled to consider the proprie

‘ numerously and respectably sizned,addreased to for Fontainoleau. | the High Sheritf of the County(the Hon Francis Loxpox, Aug. 17—Afternoon. | Longworth), the latter gentleman, after read-

Scully was killed in Tipperary, and a Coroner's) inquest breught in a verdict of murder, but de- | oe , : ' i precated the conduct of Scully, and suggested | meeting issued in conformity therewith, called need of new and more laws to prevent a repetition | upon the gentlemen preseut to organize the of such scenes. : ,

Despatches received from Constantinople state that a serious encounter took place at Pera, two) anda Secretary. miles from the city, between Greek Students and ' wal be Che Wok, Stannh Turks, in consequence of the vivlation of the | It was thereupen - ed by th i F grave of Prince Mindies. Hensley, Attorney General, seconded by the

Troops of the Sultan were called out and fired | Hon. E. Palmer,

upon the Greeks, killing and weunding large. a : i i etait Many of the latter fed to residences) ‘* That the High Sheriff of the County be re-

f foreign Consuls for refuge. quested to preside.” The trouble was finally suppressed by the ac- The Hizh Sheriff having signified his willing-

ness to act as Chairman of the meeting, the

ing the said Requisition, and the notice of the

‘meeting by the appointment of a Chairman

Lonpon, Aug. 17, p. m. | Baron Van Sederer, reeently appointed minis-| motion was agreed to nem. con,

ter of Austria to Washington, and the membera | J. Barrett Cooper, Esq, was then unani- Saturday last, on the steamer Cuba. |mously appointed Secretary.

ion Reverdy Johnson, the American minister,/ The heavy rain of the previous night, and arrived in this city to-day from Southampton. | :

A great meeting of the Tory party was beld at the Crystal Palace this evening.

Resolutions were adopted expressing in general terms the determination of the party te firmly : a ; support the ehureh, the throne and constitution. , would, in all probability been present had the | Consuls 94; U.S. 5 20’s 71Q. | day been favorable, it was at first proposed to

London, 18th. | °

‘the still unsettled state of the weather, having | prevented the attendance of a large number of

gentlemen resident iu the couatry districts, whe

to adjourn the meeting for one week, with the |

The Yacht Germinia, which left Bergen, Nor-) | a : i way on an exploring expedition te the North Wew of securing a larger representation from all Pole. was seen on the 23rd of Jane in latitude 74 parts of the County. It was, however, ultimate- 73. She was steering due north. The Sea was) clear of ice. ‘ .

London, August 19 | so largely attended as could be wished, it was

Despatches from Madrid state that a crisis: has taken place in the Spanish Government. The | : inn i Minister of War has withdrawn from the Cabinet, Archibald MeNeill, Esq., moved, seconded and the Captain Generals of Madrid aud Baree- yy David Laird, Esq.,

_lona have resigned. Se : | Crop reports from Caleutta te 22nd July have | ‘That our Delezates to the late Portland been received. They state that cetton in the Conveution, now present, be respectfully North Weetern districts of India has suffered | J:10q ty address this meeting on the various from heavy rains, and the yield tn that part of the! : , country will fall below the estimates of the plant. | subjects deliberated apon by that large aud — i jand influential body.”’

| Advices from Hong Kong to July 10th, have reached England via Caleutta at Hong Kong. |

| . inexpedient tu adopt the’ course sug zested,

ine

Hon. Mr. Hensiey (seeing Mr. Bourke, and The cominission appointed to consider the sub-| several other gentlemen whose names were ject, reported againet grauting lecenses by the | i tae Colwnial Guvernerat for gaatbling, to thie the appended to the Requisition, present) thought | Geverament of Hong Kong made hostile reply, the gentlemen who were mainly instrumental which a tu the merchants of the Cok jy getting vp the present meeting, and who

ny. * . . ° — : $ London, August 19 | were doubtless prepared with a series of Reso-

It is officially announced that Switzerland will reject any proposal of France looking to an Alli- ance.

lutions embodying their views on the subject of Reciprocal Free Trade with the United

“States, should be called upon, in the first The follwing are among the Promotions and justance, to address the meeting aud submit Honoray Appointments, decreed by the Euperor, | . (on his Fete Day;—~Coynt DeSartiges, termerlv Minister ot the United States; M Charles Etienne, ; Couneellor of State, and private Secretary of | Emperor, and Wr. Auguste Lation. were made

their Resolutions. The Chairman approved of the course sug- gested by Mr. Heusley.

ounty | Northern and Western States during the receus ty of War in that country. ;-) | Western States find that it costs them, for consid to a market, two out of every three

| bushels of graia, hence their great anxiety now

| ly decided that, although the meeting was not)

fevurts, without woney and without friends, le dj hich } The other day Madame Schumacher, mother | this vld man, nearly 50 years of aye, is com- A most dangerous cattle wease WHICH DAS! ent or offer cati be-made which would satisfy its Appearance among certain droves of | ’

of the Marchoiness d’Orvault, threw herself| pelled to seek shelter at the police station, | ap os : the people of Nova Scotia, short of a restera- simest under the feet of the horses of the Em-| while a daughter of his, residing iu a princely | +@s4* cattle, is ae or rh . _ a aoe ition of their constitution, with full powers of y 9 ce i ° > . » 5 ey > * ’ e press 4 carriage at Fortainbleau, to present| mansion not a doxen squares away, enjoys | CUP Amenean _ BeIgavors. © disease 1S | self-government which they consider the only appeared at poiyts over a very wide area, and | ‘

Resolved, That.n0 mere financial arrange.

Senators, Mr. Bouddillon, and Mr. Lean, De‘iir- ard, Vice Consul of Franee at New York, were decreed Chevaliers of the Legion of Honor, The

jelection of a member of the Corps Legislatiff in |

| the departmeut of Jura, resulted in the success of M Grevy, the candidate of the Opposition, by a

The Hou. Mr. Palner remarked that were | that course strictly adhered to in all cases, few | would be found willing to sign a Requisition for | | public meeting. The subject to engage their | attention on the present occasion, it was well |

A petition praying for the pardon of her son, | every juxury tbat immense wealth and unbound |

now a conviet at Toulon, and anderyoing his

Had not the coachma

sh wat rund,

sister very cleverly the old woman ] do gular mode of approaching the throne, but appears that the Marquis d' Orvault’s brother-in-law is al- rendy exempted from the hard labor to which he was condemned, and is employed as a clerk.

turned his horses would have been crushed what success may attend this ir

he was sentenced at the Birmingham quarter | , ; :

’ sos , & adopted to stamp out the plague. Professor | : 7 yitned

Carlton's Condition Powders. | sessions to 15 years’ transportation for house- Bans ree, from Britain, ay authority in setting forth the grievances inflicted upon the | ——--~0e —-- fbreaking. He served the first portion of the veterinary matters, is engaged to investigate people of Nova Scotia }y the Act of Confeder- changed.

A SINGULAR PHENOMENON,

One of the strangest phenomenon ever wit- nessed has vecurred along the shore of Lake Viutario, m the towns of Sodus and Williamson. for three weeks previous to last friday, the warer of the lake i“ been unusdally warm— su warm lodeed that very many persous resort- ed thither tur the purpose of bathing, remain. ing im the water an hour or more at @ time withuut experiencing sensations of chiilness. On Friday, nowever, a sudden change occurred —ithe tempersture of the water fgling nearly Aiud now cowes the strangest part of the story, Tre fier, great and small, aa the cold increased,