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hands; and they will probably be deported to the Mar- quesas Islands, or some transatlantic French colony. A decree has been proposed with this object. We have not space to recount many acts of individual heroism. Many soldiers, mere boys, exhibited sublime courage. On the other hand, the savage cruelty with which the insurgents waged war almost exceeds belief. They tortured some of their prisoners, cut off their hands and feet, and inflicted barbarities worthy of savages. The women were hired to poison the wine sold to the soldiers, who drank it, reeled, and died. We would gladly turn from the details of the awful deeds which have been perpetrated. It seems to be believed generally, that if the insurgents had succeeded in following up their most admirably coucerted plan of operations, and having advanced their line, and possessed themselves of the Hotel de Ville, and followed up their success along; the two banks of the river, that the whole city would have been given up to pillage; indeed the words “ Pit- LAGE AND Rape” are said to have been inscribed on one of their banners. Not less than 30,000 stand of arms have been seized and captured in the faubourg St. Antoine alone.

Our readers will naturally ask where did all these arms come from? who organised this conspiracy ? whence did the funds proceed which, it is asserted, were scattered profusely amongst the populace in order to jash their courage up to the highest point of daring. No one believes that the Legitimists furnished the means; Prince Louis Bonaparte has not the requisite command of money; and, indeed, his name was not even whispered threughout the whole of this eventful period. It is not doubted that the means came from persons within the National Assembly. No one dares to name the guilty parties; but they are declared tobe the same who got up the affair of the 15th May; and when M. FPlocon, in the midst of the fearful struggle on Saturday last, endeavoured to raise a feeling against strangers by his vile insinuations that it was foreign gold which was circulated to overthrow the Republic, he perhaps of all men knew from what quarter it pro- ceeded.

Contrary tothe general expectation, the provinces have been generally quiet. ‘I'he only exceptions have been the Marsetllaise; an emeule broke out there on the 22nd, barricades were formed, and after a loss of about 50 National Guards, killed by the insurgents, the barricades were successively carried, and the movement put down.

With the exception of a small portion ofthe Northern Railway, where the rails were taken up, all the postal communications have been maintained.

Oar Jast advices from Paris describe some frightful scenes of large bodies of prisoners being shot in varions attempts to escape. The National assembly seems wound up to a high state of excitement. Upon the de- bate, if it may be so called, onthe decree to transport the five or six thousand prisoners taken, Caussidiere burst into a loud imprecation against their cruelty ; and from the tone of the speakers no doubt exists in our minds that the insurgents were supported by the Mon- taguards of the Assembly. Already several Legions of National Guards have been disarmed by Cavaignac. Ye has been empowered to form a new Ministry, the list of which will be foundinanothercolumn. Bastide, it is said, will continue Foreign Ministry ; but General Cavaignac will havea heavy task to reduce every thing to order. The Assembly, when he proposed to yield up kis authority, was thrown into frightful alarm. — No oficial statement Mas yet been published of the killed and wounded, indeed every thing seems in disorder. The issue of this awful conflict is in the hands ef Pro- vidence. At present the population of Paris is employ- ed in tending the wounded and in burying the dead. The troops from the country are returning to their homes ; but still Paris is described as one vast camp. When matters shall have subsided—in afew days—it will then be seen what political consequences will flow from all these most terrible events.

ORIGIN OF THE INSURRECTION,

Pursuant of their determination to diminish the num- ber of ouvriers, the Government directed that a draught of 3000 of them, inhabitants of the provinces, should leave town on the 22nd. They were supplied with money, and orders for board and lodging. They left town, but halted outside the barriers, and there spent a iarge share of their expenses. About three o'clock a body, amounting to 400, returned, and paid a visit to the Executive Government. M. Marie presented himself to hear their grievances. He was addressed by the chie® but M. Marie refused to hear him, as he had been amongst those who attacked the Assembly on the 15th May. and he could not recognise him; then turning to the others, he said, *You are not the slaves of this man, you can explainyour grievances.’ M. Marie en- ‘reated them not to be led into rebellion, and assured them that the Government was occupied with the con- sideration of measures for the improvement of their condition. The delegates withdrew, but did not give an acenrate account oftheir interview On the contrary, they stated that M. Marie called them slaves, The labourers then commenced shouting ‘Down with the Exeeutive Commission” ‘Down with the Assembly ! Some of them attempted to force into the church of St. Sulpice, with the intention of ringing the tocsin, but the

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will remain! They next proceeded to the Faubourgs St. Antoine and St. Marceau, and stationed themselves on the Place de la Bastile, crying ‘ Vive N apoleon

PARLIAMENTARY.

Poticy or rue GOVERNMENT IN REFERENCE TO IRELAND.

Tn the course of debate in the British House of Com- mons, on the state of Ireland, Marl Eitzwilliam said:

“He wished the people of England to understand that which they now do not seem to understand— namely, that the general distress in Ireland was in- creasing, and not diminishing, and that consequently they would find, when the pressure on the poor-rate became too great—they would, as the year advanced, find renewed applications for assistance made to them from.that country. A poor law was not in his opinion, applicable toa country like Irelands in which destitu- tion was the rule, and competence was the exception. {t could never be made to work well in acountry so circumstanced.” The noble earl concluded by moving resolutions, and an adderss to Her Majesty thereupon.’ Of the resolutions, the first of the series was as fol- ows:

“ That it is incumbent upon this house to express the approbation with which it has viewed the wisdom, ener- gy, and prudence, with which the executive government of [reland has been conducted during the recent period of difficulty.”

The dose, however, was rather strong, and the House did not signify its assent. Indeed both sides received the matter with sufficient coolness and apathy.

One successor to John Mitchel’s United Irishman has

[tis embellished with a tolerably faithful likeness of the departed convict. Among the contributors to the light literature is Mr. W. Carlton, the novelist. The princi- ples upon which it is to be conducted are embodied in thirty-eight ‘articles of faith, of which the subjoined are the more prominent :—

* After the will of God the will of a people is almighty.

‘The right of the people to reconstruct its suppressed nationality cannot be limited by time.

pa is to be preferred to submission to foreign rule.

‘The majority of a nation is a nation

*A nation cannot Commit treason.

‘He who speaks the sentiments of the nation cannot commit treason.

_ To oppose by force the expressed will of the nation @ treason. :

‘TO act egninst the national independence of the nation 18 treason.

‘The majesty of the monarch is but the representa. tive of the majesty of the nation—is in fact, but the sub- stitute—the shadow of tne reality.

‘The monarch or a person filling the office of royalty, is but the first of the paid servants of the state.

‘The divine right of kings is twaddle.

‘Shonld the monarch neglect or surpass his duties, or act contrary to the interest or expressed will of the state, he ceases to exist,and the sovereign power re- turns into the hands of the people.

‘The better armed the people are, and the more skill- ed in military exercises, the stronger must be a consti- tutional government.

‘For a constitutional government to attempt to dis- arm the people is to proclain that it no longer possesses the confidence of the nation—is, in fact, to declare its own extinction.

‘A government which demands powers for the better securing of itself cannot possess the confidence of the people, cannot, therefore, be a constitutional govern- ment,

‘The armed force of a state belongs to the state, and cannot be used against the state.

‘ Every citizen has the right to possess arms, learn the use of them, and forma part of the armed force of the state.’

Tur new Premier.—lt is stated in private letters from London that Lord Stanley will be the new Premier, and that although Sir Robert Peel will not take office, he has promised his support generally to Lord Stanley’s cabinet.— Sun.

Tur Mau. from Pictou this morning brought no intelligence.

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MARRIED.

On Thursday, the 9th inst., by the Rev. Donald M‘Donald, Mr. Farquhar M‘Rae, to Miss Isabella Mac- Millan, both of the New Glasgow Road.

PASSENGERS.

Te Pictou, Saturday 8th inst., Messrs. La. Clark, Roddick ; Rev. Pius M‘Phee, Dr. Womersiey, J. Stick- nev, Mrs. Dempsey, Miss Kirvan. 6 in the steerage,

From Pictou, Monday iith inst., Messrs. H. Swabey, A. Davidson and Son, J, Duster, O. HW. May. 1 in the

gates were closed to prevent them. ‘Thence they pro-

already appeared under the title of the Irish Tribune, ‘|

LAUNCHED.

On Saturday, the Ist. inst., from the Vernon River Shipyare, avery fine Brig, called the Roscoe, of 200 tons register, built for Mr. Charles Welsh.

From the Shipyard of Messrs Pickering, New London Ponds, on the 29th ult., a Brigantine of 110 tons, called the Mary. She was launched at low water, and the next morning, to the surprise of all who had seen her, she was afloat, and shortly after walked out into six fathoms 0‘ water. She is clipper built, and for streneth and work:- manship, will vie with any on P, E, Island,—the greater part of her is Juniper.—Cum, ’

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ENTERED,

July 6th.—Schr. Mary Jane, Miramichi; Shingles, Clifford, O’Bryan, Pictou; 630 bbls. meal. Elizabeth, Landris, Pictou; 315 do. Peri, Davies, Picton: 40 bbls. meal. 8th—Thetis, Purdie, Tatamagouche; boards. Armada, M‘Quarrie, Miramichi; salt.

CLEARED,

July 5th—Schr. Mayflower, Brundage, Pictou ; bal-. last. Margaret, M‘Donald, Pictou; do. 6th Brigt Conquest, Michael, Bideford, timber, byW.Heard. 71): Schr. Elizabeth, Landris, Arichat ; ballast. 8th—Thetie. Purdie, ‘Tatamagouche: 1 bb), meal flour, Ith Brig oar Murchison, Swansea; timber, by Henry Has- zard.

Arrived on Monday, the Surveying Vessel Gulnare, from the North side of Cape Bretén.

Notice to the Tenants on Lots 34, 51, & 59.

‘HE Susscriver having by Power of Attor- ney bearing date the I4th day of June, 1848, been duly empowered by Sir Graham Graham Montgomery, Bart.,Robert Montgomery and James Montgomery, Esquires., to take the management of their property in this Istand, hereby notifies the ‘Tenants and others on the above Townships indebted to these Genitemen, to make immediate payment to him, who « alone authorized to receive and give discharges for the same. STEPHEN RICE N.B.—Office at the House of Mr. Charles Drew, North Corner of Queen’s Square. Upton, 15th July, 1848.

(All the papers}

Contracts fer the Windews for the ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. (LENDERS will be received until Monday

next the 24th instant, at 12 o’clock ,at the Parechial House . for finishing the Winpows and Doors for the Charch. [n Order to accommodate a great numberof workmen, the Com. mittee will receive ‘Senders for a small number, say one or ‘hore,

On application to Mr. Lowe at the Church, parties may be informed what part of the work is to bedo . ; Juiy 17. (All the v“Pets Once.)

oe NOTICE. WHEREAS by Deed of assignment duly ex-

ecuted by John F. Clark, late of Charlottetown, Merchant, bearing date the Sixth day of July instan. all andsingular the outstanding debts and sums o: money whatsoever due and owing tothe Said John !. Clark, in this Island were, in consideration of a large sum of money due by him to me duly assigned, trans- ferred, and made over to me—all persens indebted to the said John F. Clark are hereby required forthwith ‘o pay the amount of their several debts to me—no ote: person having power or authority to receive the sate. Dated at Darnley, Prince Edward Island, this 1°tu

day of July, 1848. — i WILLIAM E£. CLARK. Gaz.

HE Subscriber intending to leave the {siand, and 10 be absent for some time, informs those persons to whom he may owe smail sums in Charlottetown, that hw Attorney will arrange them, so soon as he is paid soms debts placed in his hands to collect. } P. G. CLARE. (2w, A.

July 17th, 1548. | Building Lots for Sale. (PHE Subseniber offers for sale three BUIL/)-

ING LOTS, situate in Georgetown.—two of these Lo™ ront on the Main Street, 30 feet, and 55 teetto the rear; us«

other fronts on the Common, immediately adjoining, S2 fee, and runs back 60 feet. ‘This property is too wel! known to rs quire further description. Also—An Fight Acre LOT on t«

reserved Land in the neighbourhood, and within ten minutes’ walk of the Town. ‘This Lotis all cleared, and in a good stair of cultivation. if the above Property is not disposed of before the i9th ©: July next, it will then on that day be pat up at Public Acta:

Georgetown, May 6.—p. WILLIAM RYAN

m SALADIN. PHIS entire thorough bred Horse, now 6

years old, will stand for the season, commencing on the 2ist April, at Spring Park Stables, on fridays, Saturdays, 4 ¥e*= days and Wednesdays of each week. and at the Stables. Upton, near Poplar Island Bridge, on Mendavs and Thursdays.

Terms—Cash, LI 15s each mare ; and good notes Of Pane, payable in October, L2.

Good accommodation. at moderate charges, MAY mares at Upton, the residence of the owner.

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