THE EXAMINER.

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: erm $$ Now, te drop this subjeet—at least for the present—and to landed fifty men at the mouth of the River Colorado ; seized the Port of Castillo on the San Juan River ; captured steamers rte r | and the goods of merchants in transit to the interior; killed the fyllowing ecpy of the written application which was laid men and mado prisoners of the peaceful inhabitants; sending to the harbor of San Juan del Norte some thirty or forty men, / women aad children, in the steamer Morgan.

corroborate the truth of our first statement, we have obtained |

before the Government on behalf of Bank :—

ares au

NEWS BY TELEGRAPH FROM HALIFAX.

EXCHANGE ROOMS, Crartorrerown, 16th January, 4, p. m., 1858. Cunard steamer America arrived at Halifax at 10, a.m., to-)

day ; had strong westerly gales. Brought 142 soldiers and 2;

«The President and Directors of the Bank of Prince, « In doing these things without the show of authority, they | oflicers of the 62d Begioens to Halifax.

Edward Island, on account of the emergency of the times, | were guilty of rapine and murder, and must be regarded as

Revenue returns of Britain for year show decrease receipt

foresee the prudence of a temporary suspension of speci¢ outlaws and pirates. ‘They can have no claim to be regarded | for quarter £500,000, on the year £1,000,800.

ayments, and this, not on account of any doubt as to the) in any other light. Humanity, as well as law, justice and a? . o . . 2 . ‘ :

wsitivn of the Bank, which is perfectly safo and good, but pational honor demanded the dispersion of these lawless men.

ecause there is a probability that a senseless pante may here, | ‘The remnant of the miserable beings who surrendered at Rivas

Princess Royal’s wedding fixed for January 25th. No new failures. Money market improved. The Times says: By present time Canton probably attacked

as elsew hers , Chuse a Fun on Ita funds and thus summarily were conveyed in this ship last summer to New York, and their and captured.

deprive. it of the necessary amount of specie they require. ‘: The effect of a suspension might possibly be very disastrous

to the public, unless some action be taken on the part of the “upon an innocent and unoffending people, these lawless fol- Goverament, by still eqntinuing to receive the Bank Notes at :

the Treasury in payment, and thus sustaining their eurreney. | of crime, would doubtless have perished in Central America,

sufferings are yet fresh in the memory of all on board.

French papers say: Negociations between England and

| ‘* Besides the sufferings that must necessarily be inflicted | China failed. *

France going to resort to hostilities with China also; bet

lowers of Gen. Walker, misguided and deceived into a course | independent of English operations.

Sixth attempt at launching Leviathan to commence to-day

If the Government should not feel disposed to do this without or their mutilated and festered bodies would have been brought | or Monday, the 15th imstant.

ot OO alae ae Tienes ea i soaurity, the Bank ayé prepared to lodge in the Treasury, as hack to their friends at the expense of their country.

Nothing new from India. Relief of Lucknow; loss of rebels ,

a collateral security for the redemption of notes received,| + For the above reasons, which appear to my mind quite | between 13th and 29th estimated by one account at 7,000.

£2,500 on Treasury Warrants, now ia the vaults of the Bank, | sufficient, I have disarmed and sent to the United States Gen. a large proporiion of W ich the Bank received from the Road, William Walker and his outlawed and piratical followers, for Correspondent’s Oilice. It the Government do not adopt this ; trial, or for whateyer action the Goyernment in its wisdom course it appears pr hablo that a greater publie inconvenience jmay think proper. im the monetary affairs of the Island will be the inevitable; + Capt. Ommanny, of H. B. M. ship Brunswick, offered to |. consequence, and the Bank trust that the Government will co-operate with me in removing the party from Point Arenas, step forward and meet the emergeney in the above manner. | hut as they were my countrymen, L deemed it proper to de- Under the provisions of the Bank Act the whole of the! cline the participation of foreign flags.” Rank capital must be paid on or before the 28th February In a letter dated Dee. 18th, Com. Paulding gives the next, snd thas necessitate a further additional eall in specie particulars of the landing of the marines and seamen at Point for the sam of £7,500, unless such provisions are suspended. | Arenas under circumstances of great difficulty. Yet everything The making of this call wili add most seriously to the present | was accomplished in su seamanlike aud skilful a manner that monetary difficulties, and the Bank therefore feel themselves | it was accomplished in the shertest possible time without loss justified in calling wpon the Government to authorize the post-| or accident. To the excellent discipline and fine"bearing of ponement of the call without breach ef the Charter. the oflicers and men he says he is indebted in the performance | *« The course deemed advisable by the Directors of the Bank of this most unpleasant duty for the exemption from all is, that specie payments be temporarily suspended and the | casualty or accident. ‘There was no one injured and no loss of eall in the shares postponed, under the express published au- | any kind sustained. No commanding officer was ever supported thority of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor in Council, | by a body of officers and men in a manner more highly to com- who will andertake on the meeting of the Legislature to pass | mand his admiration and respect. an Act of Indemnification, as has just been done by the Im-|} ‘The Cabinet had the matter before them to-day. Although | perial Government in reference to the Bank of England.”’ the arrest of Gen. Walker is not strictly justified by the | Be en i Oe ‘ ._ | instructions to Com. Paulding, it is conceived that the ease is And here is the Minute of Council which was furnished in| very much, palliated by the circumstances ander which, as

lexplained by him, it was effected.

Walker will be released from his pres@nt arrest, and it is possible that a process will be commenced to bring him to trial for violation of the neutrality laws.

reply to the foregoing application :-—

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‘* Tis Excellency and the Board. having considered the ap- | plication of the President and Directors of the Bank of Prince | Edward Island, — in the a aie “ a » cme Sain the - Capt. Engle had along interview with the President to-day, 1. . Y » ‘ ‘ » \ » ¢ ci ° ' . . . z cash payments on the part of the bank, the Notes of the Bank | 114 detailed to him ali the circumstance connceted with the be reeeived in payment at the Treasury as a collateral security | arrest of Walker fe “i » as : "—) F Treas -i” “i . 7 ° ° . . for their redempti m ae es of £2,500 ou 7 read | Gen. Walkerarrived this evening, accompanied by Marshal Warrants being lodged in the Troasury — assent to the said | paders, I. F. Meagher and Malcolm Campbell. He was} proposition, and authorize the Treasurer, m the event of such } received with cheers by a large concourse of people as he en- suspension taking place, to receive from time to time at the | tered his quarters at Sinton ie Slated. Preasury, in payment from eee ot of Bank | Walker and Rynders called at the State Department this

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Notes equa! to the amount of Treasury Warrants from time ttt evening. Gen. Cass said that the Executive Department of the

ia a - i bi aa i arta k My i ‘a ; . | time deposited w ith the Treasurer, — but cannot undertake to Government did not recognise Walker as a prisoner, and that authorize a postponement of the eall on the Shares, or give

‘ ; > ra | : : Po it was only through the action of the Judiciary that he could | ; "Iw ¢ e } + 4 . , » < : 5 " their oh ke ee Act brought in to indemnify the Bank | },, lawfully held to ans‘ver any charge against him. Marshal sor aap foe oe aT | Rynders then informed Walker that he had no authority to Now let the publie judge, who is in the wrong, and who in the | detain him further, and beth withdrew.

right—who has praetised the ‘*misrepresentation’’ complained | ae per pe

of in the Jslander, the veracious correspondent of that journal | TRIAL FOR MURDER. who has access to the Bank parlour, the equally veracious | Ow Thursday lust Donald McNeill was convicted of the wil- editor himself; or the person who commits the mortal offence | {ul murder of the late William Lane, of Lot 49, in the fall of of holding the office of Queen's Printer in opposition to the ‘last year. The prisoner was in the employ of the deceased, wishes of the Tory party, and who frequently gets and gives ‘and it appears beat in his brains with an axe, while he was his readers facts unpalatable to his opponents. ‘engaged in constructing a stall in his stable. The principal ground of defence set up was the insanity of the prisoner, and

the medical and legal opinions bearing on that subject were

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FILLIBUSTERISH “IN THE UNITED STATES. | dineciined at considerable length by the counsel for the defence, |

Ix our paper of the 4th instant we annouaced our belief in | Hon. Edward Palmer, Q. C., and John Lawson, Esq., Q. C., a report. then current in the newspapers, that the late pirati-|on behalf of the Crown. The jury expressly declared that cal expedition of the so-called General Walker had found a} MeNeill was not insane when he committed the atrocious act, /and rendered a verdict accordingly. Sentence of death will be pronounced upon the prisoner on Wednesday néxt.

The Court has been engaged all the week in the trial of several causes, and will continue so engaged until to-morrow.

grave beneath the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. We were wrong, as well as our contemporarics. The adventurous ‘General ’’ has turned up, as our readers are aware, at the very place of his destination, where he was allowed to form a camp and levy war almost under the guns of a United States

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Excnance Reapine Roou.—We are indebted to the propric- frigate. The camp was, however, broken up by Commodore | tors of the Exchange Rooms, now about to be opened in this Paulding — the «*General ”’ was sent to Washington, where City, for the telegraphic messages which appear in this day’s some technical objections were raised to the manner of his paper; and we avail ourselves of the opportunity in thus arrest — the Secretary of State declining to recognise Walker | noticing the commencement of such an enterprise by Messrs. 4s a prisoner, and intimating that whatever charges are to be | Hyndman & Co., to express our sincere gratification at the spirit brought against him must be preferred before the judicial tri- | by which they are animated in this matter, and to hope that bunals of the country. Meanwhile, this audacious pirate, their labours will be crowned with the fullest measure of now relieved from custody, becomes more ef a hero than ever | success. An Exchange Reading Room, efficiently conducted, — he is followed and-cheered by crowds to and from his hotel. | where persons of all shades of politics can freely resort, has long Indignation meetings are held in New Orleans and other cities | been a desideratam in thie community ; and we haye no doubt | — Commodore Paulding is fiercely denounced for arresting the | that Messrs. Hyndman & Co.’s management of te one about warlike invader of Nicaragua ; and the general government at | to be opened, will give wapls aren. we enderetand Washington are terrified into an act of cruelty by recalling, as | that the Exohenge Room will be opened to the public on Monday next.

they are said to have done, Commodore Paulding for daring to iihiipiditin,

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upheld the neutrality laws of his country, and preventin To tne Eprror or tHe ExamIner.

rapine and murder against an unoffending people. There is a| Sir,—Perhaps you will spare a corner of your paper fora new levy of men, and a liberal subscription of money, as the | short notice of the second lecture for, the season, delivered It of th indi ti ti d the fillil ' before the Young Men’s Christian Association on Thursday |

» rs: ste r ° : fun ; - 4 result of those Indignation meetings ; and the Hilibuster, now | evening last, by Mr. Morpeth, on ** The duties and advantages

the observed of all observers, is in a better condition to earry | of intellectual, moral and religious self-culture ;’’ and so great |is the contrast to the balderdash which I formerly had OC- | : ae : casion to notice, that it is with great pleasure I undertake to | ington lately pretended to denounce piratical invasions of} pear testimony to its merits. In commencing, the lecturer | friendly states, and tried to make the world believe that a | geve a highly See ee 2 a ears thirty |

ain een - years ago—politically, religiously and socially. Mr. Morpeth | vigilant weich would be kept upon he anes ements of Walker. doctthal the good la sates so ‘ieeaidtall toa ‘eliiy. the | Lhe conduct of the federal government in this matter is utterly | syuares unlevelled—the streets covered with grass—public |

_ contemptible, as indicating a truculent subserviency to an ab- oflices kept in private dwelling-houses—the stagnant pool that |

: aa . incommoded pedestrians, (the descendants of which have not | normal and detestable public opinion, which so openly coun- vanished)—and a variety of other cireumstances connected with |

tenances the atrocious proceedings of a wholesale murderer | the early days of our city, that [ am sure his audience must like Walker. have regretted that his subject would only allow him to in- . : j dulge in reminiscences of the past by way of introduction, | Deferring for the present further remarks upon this subject, | the’ Jecturer then gave a variety of extracts from different we subjoin the following letter of Commodore Paulding to the | authors, bearing on his subject, not only excellent in them- |

Seeretary of the Navy, detailing the circumstances under | Selves, bus showing, on the lecturer’s part, a wide range of | : y : reading, and sound judgment and good taste by the judicious- | which he arrested Walker :—

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out his nefarious schemes, than when the authorities at Wash-

SECOND MESSAGE.

Consols for account 844. Flour dull, slightly lower.

Sugar good enquiry. Coffee firm. ‘Tea improved some.

Accounts state religg of Lucknow.

Excnance Rooms, January 18, 1858.

3y Telegraph this morning from Halifax. Arrived in Bri- tain, Deer. 2ist, Kilen, Crapand, Aurora; 23, Gudgeon ; 24, Havelock, Marion; 28, Nero; 30, Douglas, Providence.

Commercial «fairs brightening.

Captains Salmon and Richards proceed with mail.

Roxnert Uynpman & Co. wees

CrariorreTowN Mecuanics’ Instirute.—On Tuesday even- ing last, according to announcement, Mr. Cephas Barker delivered an unusually interesting lecture on ‘* Mind.’? The learned lecturer entertained an attentive audience for upwards of an bourand a half. A large number were present, not- withstanding the evening having been rather unpleasant.

On to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, John Kenny, Esq., will give a lecture on ** Physical Geography.’’

Catnortc Younc Men’s Lirerary Instirvre.—On Thursday evening next, the 2lst instant, Mr. Anthony Beagley will de- liver a lecture on ‘* The powers and advantages of the Press.’’

Prices Current,

CHARLOTTETOWN MARKETS, JANUARY 16, 1858.

Provisions, | Poultry. Beef, (small) ¥ th.. 38a @6d Partridges, each... 94 @ 1s Do. by qtr. t.. 24d @ 5d Turkeys, each..... 2s 6d @ 5s Mutton, ¥ ...... . 3d @6d Fowls,each..... 7d @ 1s 3d Voul, FM... ss nets 24d @ 5d) Geese, each........ 28 @ 38 Powk >| Boe. des o08 sd @4d Ducks, each... ls 4d @ 1s 6d

Do. (small) ¥ b.. 5d @ Gd; Fish,

Lamb, OP ike eins 3d @ 5d Codfish, ¥ qtl. eeesseese HONE. Butter, ¥ ih.... 1824 @ 1s 6d Salmon, ¥ th ...... 8d Do.by tub, # b.. lid @ Is 2d) Herrings, ¥ bbl... 308 @ 35s Cheese, ¥ ib . 0s... 3d @ 6d. Mackerel, ¥ doz... 28 @ 3s

Pearl Barley, ¥ bh.. 2d @ 24d! Lumber. Lard, V Bs. ives .. %d@ is Boards, (hemlock). 48 @ 5s Ham, ¥ B®. viescicsus: 6d @7d| Do. (spruce)... 53 @ 6s Flour, ¥ th........24d @ 24d! Do. (pine)..... 7s @8s Oatmeal, ¥ ...... lid @ 14d Shingles, # M..... 78 @ 9s

Kegs, ¥ dozen....1lid @ Is 1d) Sundries. tabbits, each...... dd @ 6d Timothy seed, # bus. none. Vegetables, Cloverseed, ¥ Ib. none. Potatoes, ¥ bush. Is8d @1s10d Wool, ® h........ ls 3d Carrots, # bushel. none.’ Hay, ¥ ton..... 70s @ 90s Peas, ¥ quart.... none.!Straw,¥ ewt...... ls 4d @ 28 Turnips, ® bush. 10d @ Is Ifomespun, # yard 3s 6d @ 5s Grain, \Tallow, ¥ B..... 10d @ 1s Wheat, ¥ bushel... none. Cordwood, ? cord..... none. Barley, ® bushel 386d @ 4s Gd Calf-skins, ¥ tb... 9d @ 10d Oats, ¥ bushel..... ls 6d @ 2s Hides, ¥ t........ 34d @ 4d

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New Advertisements. Raisins, Burning Flnid. Tea, Tobacco,, Soap, Sugar, &c. rgxO BE SOLD by AUCTION, on THURSDAY, the 4th of

February next, at 11 o'clock, in front of the subscriber's Sale Room— 50 boxes Muscatel RAISINS, 10 casks Burning FLUID, 30 cheats Congou TEA, (an excellent article), 30 barrels Choice SUGAR, 20 puncheons Prime Porto Rico MOLASSES, 50 boxes Liverpool SOAP, 10 boxes Cavendish TOBACCO, 50 sides SOLE LEATHER, 18 puneheons HIGH WINES, 100 gross MATCILES. Arso— A sale of DRY GOODS in the evening. Terus.—Three months’ credit on all sums over £10, on approved Joint Notes. Jan. 18, 1858.

From Liverpool. A VANE fast-sailing first class Ship ‘* MAJESTIC,”

500 tons burthen, Epwarp Now1nay, Com- >» mander, will sail from the above Port for Ch. Town, Sateen the 2d of APRIL. For Freight or Passage please apply to W. W. LORD & Co., Charlottetown ; or, to the Agents of the Ship, Messrs. DAVID CANNON, SONS & Co., 52 South John-strect, Liverpool. ig All Goods forwarded by this Ship for any Port, from Pictou, Nova Scotia, to Miramichi, will be forwarded im- mediately on the arrival of the Ship atthe owner's expense, but at the shipper’s tisk, Ch. Town, Jan. 18, 1858.

WILLIAM DODD, Auctioneer.

Ss Great and Extensive Sale

of American and West India Goods.

N TUESDAY the 19th instant, at the Store of Mr. WILLTAM B. DAWSON, Grafton-street, at 11 o’elock, the whole of his large and extensive stock of Goods, consisting in part of :— 100 Cooking Stoves of the latest Styles and Patterns, 25 Pyramid or Hall Stoves, 20) Western Cannon or Shap Stoves, 75 Parlor Stoves of all descriptions, 100 Box Stoves, suitable for Schoel-Houses, Shops or Churches, 20 Dozen Chairs, assorted, 25 Sofas, 2 dozen Clocks, 10 dozen Tables, 10 dozen Mortice Locks, 1 dozen Bedsteads, 6 Sets Painted Bedroom Farniture, 10 Melodeons, 10 Willow Wagons, 100 boxes mixed Confectionary, 10 neste Tubs, 100 dozen painted Pails, 1@ boxes Clothes Pina, 100 dozen Corn Brooms, 10 dozen Wash Boards, 100 Sides Leather, 10 dozen hay and manure Forks, 20 Puneheons Molasses, 10 dozen Spades and Shovels, 3 Hhds. Sugar, 2 dozen Coal Scuttles, 10 chests Congou Tea, 10 barrels Crackers, 2 of Allen’s Patent Mowmg Machines, 10 ewt. Stove Pipe, 10 ewt. Sheet Lron, 10 dozen Lamps, 6 dozen Lanterns,

—ALSO—

Tobaeeo, Soap, Candles, Boots and Shoes, with a large quan- tity of DRY GOODS and sundry other articles. WILLIAM DODD, Auctioneer.

N., B.—The above goods have all been imported within the last six months, and will positively be sold without the least reserve, which will give a good opportunity for dealers te purchase. , Trxms.—All sums under £10, cash; from £10 to £30 six months, £30 to £60 nine months, £60 and upwards 12 montis credit, on approved Joint Notes of Hand. January 4, 1858. (Pro. Mon. & Isl.) W.D.

Positive and Without Reserve! GREAT SALE

F TEA, TOBACCO, MOLASSES, SUGAR, SOLF Leather, Buckets, Brooms, Spirits, Wines, Soap, Candles,

Dry Goods, Hardware, Cutlery, &e., &e. ‘ To be sold by AUCTION, commencing at 11 o'clock, on

TUESDAY, 23rd day of February next, and the following

days, at the Store formerly knowu us the ** Mancursrer

Hiovsr,’’ Sydney-street, and opposite S. Nelson & Son, the

following,extensive aud well-selected assortment of GOODS,

comprising— 20) chests Tea 5 boxes Tobaeco 10 puns. Molasses 50 sides Sule Leather 5 hhds. Museovado Sugar 20 dozen Buckets and Brooms 30 boxes Soap and Candles 25 kegs Nails 30 boxes Glass boxes Pepper, Mustard, Ginger and Coffee 20 boxes Raisins barrels Currants boxes Boots and Shoes 7 pipes Spirits 3 hhds. Brandy 6 bhds. and 20 cases Holland Gin casks Sherry and Port Wine, 14 barrels Porter. —ALSO— £2.000 INVOICE OF DRY GOODS,

Consisting of—Crey and white Cottons, striped Shirtings, blue and fancy Prints, Bed Ticks, Cloths, Doeskins, Satinetts, Orleans, Coburgs, Alpaceas, Linings, Shawls, Handker- chiefs, white and brown Thread, Keels, Hosiery, Haber- dashery, Hardware, Cutlery, Ironmongery, &e. &e.

Terus.—£10, 3 months; £30,4 months; £75, 6 months ; £100 and upwards a credit of 9 months will be given upon approved Juint Notes of Hand. Sale without Reserve.

an. 11, 1858. JAMES MORRIS, Auci:oneer.

London House---Established 1820.

NEW GOODS, FALL 1857.

Tv subscribers have received, ex ships ‘* ISABEL’ and * AURORA,” from Liverpool—

580 Packages of British and Foreign Merchandize, 10 Tons BAR IRON, carefully selected by one of the Firm at some of the first Hoses in Great Britain, which, with Stock on hand, can be confidently recommended to their cus- tomers as GOODS of the best descriptton, at very low prices, for prompt payment. Whelesale custemers supplied as usual. The present importation consists of :—

60 chests prime Congou TEA, 1 case Muslins, 7 Trunks Boots and Shoes, 3 bales Cotton warp, 7 cases Ready-made Clothing, 4 Do. grey & white Calicocs, 10 Do. Townend’s Hatsand 2 Do. striped Shirtings, Caps, d Do. Cloths, 2 Do. Gloves, ‘ Dent’s,’ 1 Do. Wadding, 1 bales Paper Hangings, 10 Do. Carpets and Woollens, 5 cases ur Caps, 1 Do. printed Calicoes, 3 Do. Ladies’ Robe Dresses 40 bags Cut Nails, [ing, and Dress Materials, 12 sets Wilkie’s Plough Mount- 5 Do. dilks, Ribbons and 8 packages lronmongery, Silk Dresses, 10 tons Bar Lron, 1 Do. Dress Trimmings, 8&5 kegs White Lead, 1 Do. Ladies’ Mantles, 3 bhds. Paint Oil, 1 Do. Shawls, 3 bbls. Crushed Sugar. 1 -Do. Millinery, 30 boxes Soap, 1 Do. Hosiery, 1 case Matches, (22 Do. Small Wares, 23 bundles Spring Steel, 1 Do. FURS, 4 bags Kice, &e., &e.

Ch. Town, Oct. 26, 1857. D. & G. DAVIES.

Notice of Co-Partnership.-

\FENHE Subscribers having this day taken Mr. SIMON DAVIES into partnership, the business hitherto carried

on by them will in future be conducted under tire style or firm

Winter Clothing. FEXHE subseriber will make up WINTER CLOTHING at the shortest notice, in a fashionable style and on the most reasonable terms. Charlottetown, Jan. 18, 1858. P. REILLY. rgxO BE LET by Auction to the highest bidder on SATUR- DAY, the 30th January inst., at 3 o’clock, p. m., at the

Market House, TWO STALLS in the said Market House, | agreeagly to a law of the City Council, intitaled **A Law re-

GEO, LEWIS, Market Clerk.

specting Markets,”’

Ch. Town, Jan. 18, 1858. Notice to Debtors.

TEXIIE subscriber gives notice to persons indebted to him by

ef «« Dp. G. & S. DAVIES.” D. & G. DAVIES. Charlottetown, January 1, 1858. P&l Jan. 4.

S Prince Edward Island, IN CHANCERY, { Tuomas Siarer, Complainant,

Between and Parrick CapprEn, and another, Defendants. | pursuance of a Decree made in this suit by the Honour- able the Master of the Rolls, bearing date the 26th day of May last past, there wiil be sold by Public Auction on WED- NESDAY, the 10th day of FEBRUARY next ensuing, at 12 o’elock, noon, in the apartment occupied as the Court of Chancery in the Colonial Building, Charlottetown-—All that tract, piece or parcel of GROUND situate, bying and being in

Note of Hand, that he has appointed Hexry WiLLiaMs, } Charlottetown afuresaid, haying a front ef 40 feet on Pownal-

ness of his quotations. His allusion to his native land—‘the | *¢ Frac-Sumw Waasasn, off Aspinwall, Dec. 15, 1857. land of brown heath and shaggy wood’’— stirred up his

atriotis d eloquence. Scotland’s struggles for libe **Sin,—My letter of the 12th inst. informed the Department c sie ane ~ Semana es stenaqpen for. liberty,

that | had broken up the Camp of Gen. Walker at Punta Arenas, disarmed his lawless followers and sent them to Nor- folk in the Saratoga. The General came here with me and will take passage in one of the steamers for New York, where | he will present himself to the Marshal of that District.

“The Department being in possession of all the facts in re- | lation to Gen. Walker’s escape with his followers from the | United States, the letters of Capt. Chatard and Gen. Walker | to me after he landed at Punta Arenas, will, I presume, be | fully comprehended. I could not regard Gen. Walker and his followers in any other light than as outlaws who had escaped from the oe of the officers of the Government, «nd left our shores for the purpose of rapine and murder, and I saw no other way to vindicate the law and redeem the honor of our | country than by the disarming and sending them home. In) doing so, 1 am ‘sensible of the responsibility I have ineurred, and confidently look to the Government for my justification. | Regarded in its true light, the case appears to me a clear one, and the points few and strong.

‘Walker came to Point Arenas from the United States, | having, in violation of law, set on foot a military organization | to make war upon a people with whom we are at peace. He, landed there with armed men and munitions of war in defiance of the guard of a ship of war plaeed there to prevent his, landing. With nothing to show that he acted by authority, | he formed a camp-—hoisted the Nigeraguan flag—ealled it the head-quarters of the army of Nicaragua, and signed himeelf the Commander-in-Chief.” With this pretension he claimed | the right of a lawful government over all persons and things within sight of hie flag. Without right or authority he

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Great Britain until the present day. He rather startled one or two of our platform orators by saying, that a man’s know- ledge and parts ought not to be measured by his gift of speaking, that is to say, Mr. Editor, what we call spouting. The lecturer is himself a proof of the justness of the remark. The lecture was eharacterized by a freshness and good taste that made ita pleasure to listen to it. I would, in conclusion, sir, suggest that that is the sort of lecture that ought tu be published. Yours, &e., January 16, 1858. A YOUNG MAN.

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Rlarricd,

At Bedeque, on Thursday, the 7th instant, by the Rev. R. S. Patter- terson, Mr. Henry Joseph Waite, of Lot 19, to Miss Eliza Jane Gay, of the same place.

At St. Eleanor’s, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Read, Rector,

Mr. Charles Green, of Summerside, to Mrs. Broad, of St. Eleanor’s, |

eldest daughter of James Yeo, Esq., M.P.P. Port Hill.

At New Wiltsbire, on the 31st ult., by the Rev. H, Pope, Mr. Jofin Howard, of Lot 32. to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. John Balderson.

By the same, on the 5th instant, Mr. Samucl Williams, of Dog River, to Miss Fanny Bell, of West River.

Died,

At Goose Pond, Saint Peter’s Road, on the 6th inst., Robert Fergus, !

eighth son of Alexander Robertson, Esquire, aged two years and three monthe.

On Monday, the 4th instant, in the rear Settlement of Murray Har- bour Road, Lot 57, Mr. Neil Matheson, aged 81 years.

At Charlottetown, on Sunday last, Alexander, only son of Mr. Alex.

T. Coombs, aged 1 month.

e truly remarked, were exercising a beneficial influence on |

_Ksq., of Bay Fortune, to collect those due in King’s County ; and Tneornitus Desprisay, Esq., those in Queen's County. S. E. GUILD, Chain Pump-maker. Ch. Tewn, Jan. 18, 1858. 4w pd | Flour for Sale in Georgetown. 3 may BARRELS extra superfine FLOUR, 75 Barrels 2 Navy BREAD, just received per ‘ Hemisphere,” _for sale at lowest cash prices. Apply to Mr. FADE GOFF, | in Georgetown; or te SAMUEL A. FOWLE.

Peake’s Buildings, Ch. Town, Jan. 18, 1858. 2m Notice. BEER & SON

EG to notify all persons, without exception, who are indebted to them, that their re-

street, and extending back by parallel lines the distance of 84

feet, together with the two-story brick DWELLING-HOUSE and Out-houses thereon erected, comprising one-fourth part ef Town Lot No. 50, in the second hundred of Town Lots in the said Town. Wa. FORGAN, Master in Chancery. Charlottetown, January 11, 1858. Ex&Gaz Grand Piano Forte.

Pek sale by the subscriber at his Sale Room :—

1 very fine and well-toned PIANO FOKTE, JAMES MORRIS.

i Fall Supply.

UST RECEIVED, per schr. ** MAY FLOWER,” from Halifax, a general assortment of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE,

November 9, 1857.

spective amounts MUST BE PAID FORTH-| WITH. And, further, that prompt payment. of the full amount of last year’s account is the’ ONLY CONDITION on which credit can be, given for the future.

Ch. Town, Jan. 18, 1858. lm

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R. WENTWORTH STRAW, Dentist, tenders his Pro-*

fessional Services to the citizens of Charlottetown, for the winter. Rooms at the Mrissrs Srreet, Prince-street. Ch. Town, December 7,-1857.

Crockeryware, Drugs, Paints, and nearly ali other articles required in the country, which will be suld at greatly reduced prices for Cash, Grain, Pork or Fer.

Wanrep 300 OX and COW HIDES, for which Charlotte town prices will be given.

WANTED a good steady BLACKSMITH, who can have work the year round. PATRICK STEPHENS.

Orwell, Noy. 30, 1857. an a a Apples. as RECEIVED, per Brigt. ‘‘ ARIEL, ” from Boston—

50 Barrels prime APPLES. W. B. DEAN.

For sale by Cl. Town, Dee. 21, 1857. Is}. ]m

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