" : i le Government they in tion of Respensibit ' the intreduct i liberal measure,

supported every truly

aare ¢ on more than one cecaston, others have hijat, on O , Stas ee : a lo destroy our liberties as tres bern bri tree . Romar ¢ atheles know full Weil that the | ae ot the community can

re 7f one rortiot at - oe without myuring al, eae vo statement can be more absurd than ee man Catholics are “ plotting to destroy | S inety guaranteed by the Constitution.” Ca- sialon are like other people ~~ they see -™ they get fair play in & country, they have the 7 oo sense le appreciate the Government. It ns auch wicked writings by Gov ernment oth peta A 6 oan make them uafriendly towards it Only unjust enactinents and inhuman pe ee fender them enemies We sincerely beheve, ane rove, that such persens as the Orange pub- Seber | and Protestant are (unwit- lishers of the Meniter ane ay Fyre tingly, we will charitably suppese, me Wwe @eemies of the British empire ee frish wy France wet the hitherto invincible legions | f “yoland. George iL, when he heard et the Bice of his or by the Ish at the famous Picarecs exclainied : “ ¢ areed be the laws that deprive me of such subjects Those who have the interests of the empire at heart have reason | a similar male dichhon agatust the intolerant | be aon are suriving to make a large portion aie peuple the enemies instead of the trends of

conse-

* Gevernment aside fron the evil eceasioned to temporal

persons aud things threugh iteleranee, such as

we have above referred to, it desteuys the genuine |Geeline of liberty in Greece was the de-| THE

spirit of Christianity Phere are some Cathoiies, we doubt net, who beheve they are good mem- bers of the Chureh, just In proportion as they hate every other form ot religrow than their own this spirit never exists amongst the intelligent. | Unfertunately the spit of batred rules supreme

mal-approprintion or unfair distribution of such territcries, which may have been made by it.

Llaving now opened our ease, and re- awakened, as we trust we have, in the minds of our readers an interest in the lately much abused Land Questivn, we shall now inter-

Moore's beautiful melodies. be next song, entitled Paddy's Rhapsody, was woll received, and was well sung, the gentleman in a ploas- ing voiwe entering into the spirit ot his countrymen. Mrs. Stevenson sung the next

solo Bonnie Dundee, and appeared to be oCher Volunteer Army, which was nut organized | fo in dark aud hidden caverns, but marshalled in the| and he was accompanied to the railwa

} 48 much at home in the Seotch Musio aa she

wit the prosecution of our euquiry concern-| wae in her other performane.s,

ing it until pext week; only observing, us it were en passant, with respect | to the 7 at present dominant in our Legislative Llalis, that—using nearly the. same condemnatory language which hus been | employed by an eminent bnylish historian, | in speaking of Henry Vill—instead of the calmness , the fluresight, the wisduu which are looked for in legislators, we fiad in their treatment of the Land Question and other

Quce the exiled | ™@portant mavters, the wild phantasies and! and othere for their exertions in

ever-changing, though ever-seltish caprices of ® spoiled child, joined—as Urange Bill—to the blind, fierce, malignant passious of a cruel savage.

- _—- THE CHRISTMAS CONCERT.

Tus Hoa. Thomas D'Arcy MeGce quoted approvingly in one of his recent speeches the

statement that one of the chief causes of the!

terioration of music amongst the countrymen

of Demosthenes and Aristides. Whilst all

But | profess to love the concord of sweet sounds |

further |

witness the)

For conyenience we have grouped the different pieces as above, and feel that we can hardly do justice tv the various abilities dis-

played atthe Concert. The ladies and gentle- constitution, contributed, indeed, largely towards | referred to from reaching the ears of Western ormed |the attainment of the corsessioas, and gave| Europe; but this mode of securing silence Again, iv 1829, Catholic | Wil induce people tu put the worst possible

men who presided at the Pianos per their parts throughout in a highly creditable style. ful as it) was wusically. Lhe proceeds amount to the handsome sumof £70. Much credit is due to the Managing Committee contributing to this success. Credit is due in fact to all concerned, for the best of order was observed during the evening. ‘The general feeling /which prevailed was the desire and hope | that another similar Concert will be again shortly given. For ourselves we have to tes- tity that we hardly ever spent an evening during which we experienced more unal- | loyed delight. <--> - FENIAN BROTHEKRHOOD— SECRET SOCIETIES.

We republish in another place a very sensible

|

and good-tempered article from the Manchester

Financially the affair was as succees- |

‘has been ia an open, manly, and constitutional | freely the acts of eruelty und tortare which stiuggle, Tu 1788 she won free trade and legisla. | bbe soldiers of the Czar «re in the habit of ine

tive independence through the ihajesty and wight

regal court,—public meetings, held in all parts of

innlend. and conducted under the forms of the |

| spirit to the Volunteers. Emancipation was wrung from a powerful aud | hostile mnisiry by the irrepressible moral force of ithe Catholic Association. Had Ireland plotted, through a secret socicty, to gain this measure of |justice, and attempted to wrest it by force of | arms, we firmly believe that she would be worsted jin the attempt, and that she would be bound more firmly by her fetters now than she was then.

i eae Be | did instance ot the force of public opinion brought to

Che Repeal Association in 1843-4 was another splen-

| bear upon Government. It is true it was not sue- cessful in its immediate object—and the want of success was no doubt mainly vowing to the dis- | tractions and jealousies brought into the organi-

|zation by what was called the Young Lrelaud '

tions made by the old Repealers — so openly did

Party; but so stupendous were the demenstra-

there are many who consider musica feivoluus| f,aminer and Times on the organization known | they conduct the proceedings of their monster

amongst Orangemen. The Kev. Heury Guinness, | art, well enough to furnish mere amusement, | as the Fenian Brotherhood, which has, for some | @¢etings — that the attention of the eivilized

@ wan of splendid eloquence — the Spurgeon otf

the Irish Presbyterians—shows that the teachings | core : : : of Orangeism ieee deatroved Se teeetaae | has aceounted for this feeling by deseribing| both sides of the Atlautie.

This is a secret

but unworthy of any serious study. A writer| months past, attracted considerable aitentien on | world was directed more to the affairs of Lreland

than had ever been the case before, and so uni-

in the Nerth of Ireland. The religion which | ¢ye fugitiveness of the form of mus:e : **When Society, the declared object of which is to invade versal was the sympathy felt for her under the

there prevails inculcates a bitter hatred of Rowan Catholies, and Mr. Guinness gives as an illustra- tion the case of a man on his death bed asking him it be were happy, and ut he were fit te appear beture the judgment throne, the Orangeman answered that be was, because, said he, “Ld hate a Papist eo much that 1 could eat ene.” ‘Those who inculeate this bitter spirit are net allowed ty sit ou the magisterial bench at present in Ireland. It is not improbable that during the cext Session of the luiperial Parlia- ment sume indepeudent mewber way ask wiry Mr. Dutdas is need to retain as Mayistrates and Government officials those who publish writ-

the composer has conceived it in his mind,

On the music itself is not there ;—when he has.

committed it to paper, it is still not there ; when he bas called tugether his orehestra and

choristers from the north and the suuth, it is! there—but gone aguin when they disperse. |

It has always, as it were, to |

| Treland and effect its emancipation from British rule; and Poland, it is understood, will come in tor a share of its sympathies when the first object is achieved. We have said that it is a seeret Society,—hitherto, indeed, it bas been such, for we vow learn that it has been in existence tor a

considerable length of time; but it seems the

wrongs she eudured at the haads of her ungrate |tul step-sister, England, that the British Ministry | has hitherto been, in some measure, aroused | troin its supineness with regard to the condition lot Ireland. A more conciliatory policy has been pursued towards that country —her hitherto neg- lected resources have been developed with consi-

ut on mortality | woret became too burdensome for the Brother. | detable activity and outlay of woney — the evils

afresh. Itis ever being boru anew, but to! pood to keep; and they held what they ealled a |0f @ feudal landlordism have, to some extent,

die away and leave only dead notes and

| Grand Convention in Chicago, U.S., in Novem-

ings the seie object of which is te inflame one dumb instruments behind.’’ But, observes | ber last, in which they proclaimed to the world

portion of the community agaiost the vther. ~_-

\the same writer, ** how deep must be the! their designs and the extent of their resources. foundations of that pleasure which has go} rem the speeches and resolutions there uttered

ACCORDING to an ancient law of conquest, precarious a form of cutward expression ; | and passed, we learn that Canada was the onl)

thie Island, ou its being wrested from the | Freneh by the British, should either have | been formed into one extensive national de-|

meme, or divided into small luis among the a share. Tbe very limitation of its material | poorer agricultural and mechanical classes of | resources is the greatest proof of its spiritual | ty at the British subjects willing to colonize it. The powers. We feel its influence to be 80 80,000 adherents in Ireland

how intensely must that enjoyment be inter- woven with the godlike elements of our being in which mere vutward sense has so fleeting

part of British America represented, and the re- presentatives were very few indeed, and persons of bo influence in their Province. ‘The represen- | tatives from Ireland were also few, and alike devoid of influence. Welearn trom other sources Brotherhood are believed to have about , and several hundreds

extensive territurial acquisitions made by the | heavenly, that, were it not lur the grussness of thousands in the United States. Yet, notwith- Komans were dealt with in this manner. of our natures, we should take it in not by the | standing these immense numbers, there was not Their agrarian laws made assignments o! small channel of the ear alone, but by every | one man of extraordinary influence or talents

portions of the public lands among the Ro- |

pore of our frames.’" The fact, too, that

| found to figure at the Convention with the

wan people or citizens; and limited the) memory und aumbers lend themselves so enilusiastie spirits who flocked to Chicago.

quantity of national land which cculd be!

held, or rather farmed, by the patricians in- | dividually. One of these laws (the Licinian) provided that no une should rent, ut any time, more thun 500 acres of the public! land. The patricians rented those portions of the public lands which were held by them : they bad not a fee-simple interest in them ; and the smaller lots, assigned or apportioned

tu plebians, were subject to a tax called tribute, but not to rent. How mueh more | uspervus would this fertile Island have! Gon wany years ago than it is now, even| aiter its vccupation by industrious and enterprising British subjects fur neariy LOU years, had this furmeriy almost universal! custom, with respect tu territorial conqvests, been observed bere. The British Government of 1766, however, — as ius already been often observed —overlvoking or despising the wistow of such great national precedents bestowed this Island, in tracte of 20.000 acres each, upon individuals who, whatever claime | it muy have been pretended they had upon the gratitude of their country, had. in tact, boa ber to such lavuurable cousideration | ef their interests than what were bused upon | high birth, petrician cuanexions, political |

Sulservieney, ve ministerial favour. | For are of so wowise an apportionment | of the lands of thie Culuny, many good and |

willingly to musicadd to it the highestdignity. Music, wureover, bas a history and a litera- ture of tts own. The geography, history and ctyilization of a country are nowhere wore truthfully represented than in its music. Ni thing is a surer index of the Superior intelligence and taste of a people than the state of their music. We are glad to record the fact that the taste fur good

| Most of thein were evideutly what are called |“ roughs”’—men of desperate character and dew

perate fortunes — ready for any enterprise that | will secure them present pay, position, and a /chance of plunder. Even Meagher, who might | be

supposed to have enthusiasm enough equal to , a mad etterprise sich as the Feuians avow, pru-

| been checked by the establishment of the Encum- bered Estates Court, aud wore humane and popu- lar Viceroys have been sent to rule the land. ‘These advantages may nut — aud we do not pre- tend to say they do — compensate for the loss of Ireland’s legislative independence; but, never- | theless, they are advantages, and we louk upon | them as the fruits of that open, moral and consti- | tutional agitation, which, twenty years ago, made

Ireland so conspicuous for great intellectual power and the force of public opinion—an agita- tion that assumed and maint: ined all the majesty of a peaceable revolution, impressing the miuds of statesmen and legislators in sueh a way as to lead to more enlarged and liberal views of their duties and obligations to that land whose long afflictions and unfading beauty have so often in-

| Spired the pen of the poet and the lips of the

| orator. striae

THE LATE ALLEGED MURDER.

We gave in our last No. the particulars, so far us then known, of a murder supposed to have been committed in the vicinity of the Georgetown road,

near Edmonds’s. We have not heard much about

music bas improved, and is improving in this dently kept away from their Convention, content- jthis painful event since, only that the impression

community. literature, describing musical concerts and worksin other parts of the world, with mach | delight, and bave regretted that we have not had more musical perfurmances of a bigh

order in Ciarluttetown to describe in our Strengly against the Brotherhood, and have ad- |

juuroal.

The Concert given by the members of the the American people, er the people of all nation- Went the mardened ake.” % Gee es we heb

Choir of 5t. Dunstan's Cathedral on Tuesday evening, the 29th instunt, was uw yreat suc- cess. The object of the Concert was a good

one—providing fands for S¢ Jusepl’s Sc.ool, cold shoulder im the most umuistakeable manner. | it has beem found, and recognised as the property and b.sides accomplishing this, we venture | Americans, North and Seath, ave quite anxious) of the acensed.—It was stated by )tu say that the Concert will promute, in 4| to get Lrishmen to fight their battles on American | ast that J. R. Bourke, Esq., was the Coroner who

large weasure, the cultivation of #-correct| mus.cai taste. The Hall was crowded almust ty mconvenicnce with ao intelligent and a porate appreciative audience.

utmost satistaction tu the numeruus assembly The grave was sys etuntically blended with the gay ; there wus sumething to-please every taste. The Programme was admirably ar- ranged—the Sulus being gu well intermixed

encouragement over the wires. It is worthy of note that the Hierarchy of the

‘ : ‘ } mi fe have : hi an’s mi | Catholic Church 10 Trelaud have spoken out very | ill. We have not heard this man’s name,

vised Catholics to keep aloof from it. Lesides,

alities in America whv are not Lrishmen or their

descendents, seem to give the Brotherhood the |

soil — and Lrishmen, with a characteristic disre- gard for the merits of the quarrel, are eager te

The Bull of | rush jnto the fight for either belligerent,—but the ‘are was rich und varied, and gave the American people and the American Government.

will think more thau. twice of the watter. before they send their armies and fleets across the At- lantic to wrest Ireland from the grasp of her Saxon oppressor. The, Fenian Brotherhood is

valid reasvas have frequently been, and still with tue Duetts, Trivs aud Chorusses that the spoken of in terms of mdicule by the American

may be adduced. mcam to serve merely as an introduction to! a review and fair cousideration of the argu- ments which have already beeo advanced in

Uur present article we | interest was kept up till the very last, and press, or by such portions

even after the national anthem the listeners seemed unwilling to disperse. The first piece was the Como Quadrilies, played upon four

of it, at least, as con- descend to notice the organization at all; and we

We often read the musical | ing himself with sending two or three words of | seems to gain strength that McInnes, the apforta-

nate victim, received his death at the bands of the man who entrusted him with a bag of grain for the

we learn from ‘ Rosa's Weekly ’

jarrested on suspicion, and also his wife, and the

proper intimacy has been carried on between the !

| supposed murderer and the wife of the murdered jan. A grubbing hoe, bearing niarks of blood upon misttke in our

jeonducted the inquest over the deceased. The Coroner on that occasion was the Hon. Dr. Kaye.

—-_-

~THE(CHESAPEA Ke AGAIN,

that he hus been | ‘ — : ) : | the invitation in his own name and in that of | his people.

|, We learn from our Halifax papers that the case jot the * Chesupeake ’ continues to excite a great | deal of attention in Nova Scotia. There was some | |excitewent in Halifax lately regarding the urrest | | of Gue of the wen of the Confederate party who}

j

jescape was effected with the connivance and as

tavor of such a repeal ; but, befure wedismiss| pianos. Lt made a grand introduction, and ‘t Ireland, manned by such hair-brained enthu- | staid and demure Halifax cousins seem to have!

the subject, we purpose in succeeding num- bers of our oar readers that a fair, just and eonstitutional settlement of the Land Question is not even yet beyond the reach of legilatiwe pewer and action, notwithstanding the little success

whieh ibave been made to accomplish it. We eill sow, first, bruadly premise, and,

appeared like a full orchestra. Rossini ; The Snow Shoe Tramp, by Uertert ; | Blessiny and Hunor, by Mandel ; The Night | 1s advancing, by Russini ; and the Laughing

Chorus, by Auber. These ch russes, with

ducted by Rev. Mr. Trudelle, with his well known ability. Though these pieces were

per tu endeavour to convince Chorusses were The Carnival, composed by | ful of greenbacks from native Americans tu aid | We bope they will not ¢

their adventure. It is only, we believe, in the event of a war between Great Britain and the United States

But should such a war unfortunately ever arise,

; ; | neither the American people, nor the Irish con- before we have done with the question, we sung in currect time, we have beard it re-| — : |

shall, we trust, be able to prove, by argu- marked that the yuices did out blend to- | Meent of the American population; will have meats in perfect accordance with the funda- gether as well as they wight. had there been | time to think of an invasion of Ireland. The

mental Withowt any ether covert or open proposals | or attempts at spoilation or robhery—that'! the lands which are as yet either held or claimed by *Proprietors,”’ wught to be ac-|

principles of law and justice—and more time for rehearsals

Weare pleased to. have it to remark, therefore, that the) material exists t» produce in t.me even better music than the Choir gave at their last

Concert. The Snow Shoe Tramp was sang

New England States, Canada, and the Lower Provinces, would be the battle grounds in such a

| struggle, and there is no doubt that the Federal

Government would have quite enough to do to

counted as still absulucely fized in the Stole; by the gentlemen of the Choir, accompanied | maintaia its own ground, without acquiring Ca-

and, therefore — although co disturb such

by three piauus.

They appeared in wiuter | nadiau territory, much less contemplating a run,

possessing claims ur titles might, va the firet cvats with snow shoes on their shoulders, 48 | yeross the Atlantic fur the conquest of Ireland.

consideration of it, appear, even to persons of strict integrity and stern love of justice. | 48 a0 unrighteous interference with the sacred rights of property—an authoricative decision and declaration to that effect could not be sadically unjust ; it would, in fact, simply be a removal of tenants holding at wil! from the | State or Cruwo ; tor in no other light, con- | siatent with the true interests and the natural and consttutional rights of the people can it be just to regard those who are otyled ** the | Proprietors.”’ And here, that we may be) able tw make clear the course of argument by which we purpose to sustain our propo- Sition, it is, we think, necessary to explain that, by **the State or Crown,” we mean “the people ;"’ fur the word ‘* State”’ or * Crown,’’ with reference to such subjects) in a free country, neither has, nor can, legal- ly and constitutionally, have any other lueaning.

Our readers will, then, at once understand that we consider this Island, and all other | territories similarly acuuired, by Great Bri- | tain—that is by the power of her arms, or in virtue of cession by treaty, fo be absolutely

tn the peo le unless alienated trom them, | a8 @ body, by such equal distribution or allot-|

if ready for a tramp. Tne gentlemen who} sang it entered inte the spirit of the thing in| fine style. Alternately six of them sang alone | the merits of the snow shoves, and ut the end | of each verse the whule gave out in vigorous chords the Tramp Chorus. The piece pleased the audience highly, and was loudly encored.

The other pieces sung, net as sulos, were The Minstrel Boy,one of Moore's sou)-stirring melodies, which was very well performed by | three voices, with Piano acevmpaniment; “Twere vain to tell thee all I feel, a charming | piece fur two voices by Mendelsson, which | Was a8 charmingly rendered: and the Pretiy Mocking Bird, by Bishop. This last pivee | wus sung in the highest style of musicai art’

Soprano part, whilst the Piano and Flute parts were well executed. ‘The solos, which made up one half the pro-| gramme, were in the first part as tulluows :—) 1 Kaow Who, by Dempster ; it was well and spiritedly sung. andthe* pretty little miss ”’ uve when called for, a8 encore, a pretty jauntily little song about a Hat and Feather. The next solo was | erformed in fine style by | a gentleman whose powerful, well cultivated | voice has-otten been admired before. The |

|

But if the Fenian Brotherhood were really a formidable organization, which it is not—although the number of its adherents way be large—if it combined all the wealth, and talent, and genius

| of the best men in Ireland—it the men connected

with it in America were distinguished for every quality and possession that ennobles mankind, and if the fillibusters of the /'ederal States looked upon it with favour—we could have no respect for it, seeing that it is a secret organization. Secret Societies are intensely repujsiye to us, no matter by what tiane they may be characterised. Manhood, courage, honesty, fair dealing—are all

by the accomplished lady who sung the sacrificed at the threshold of a secret suciety,—

deceit, duplicity, treachery, kypocrisy, open lying, dog the steps and shadow the pathway of Lhose who pass the thresholds of such societies. A nation’s liberty, howsvever much desired, would not be worth the sacrifice of the manly virtues of

| truth aud honour which the adberent of a seeret |

Society is bound te discard. All experience proves that secret organizations never did any

good for any country. A little temporary success

ments aunong themselves as that practised by name of the piece which he surg is called) may alight upon their operations; but a fearful & P y | v 8 | P

the Romans, and of which we have just) Spoken. Any other alienation is a positive rothery of the people. Territories won by the | bravery, blood, and money of a free people, | become absolutely the property of the = 4nd as such, in one state or another, th ought ever to remain. ‘Therefore, well and truly bas it been said, that under the opera- | tion or sanction of ‘* the Grants’ of this! Island, fraud, usurpation, and pillage have | been ractised. This assertion, barsh and Sweeping as it is, cannot be refelled, al- though, hastily and from the want of a fair and thorough consideration of all the facts | of the case, it may be denied. We certainly do not mean to deny that a ie to dispose of the territory of Prince “dward Island was vested in the Crown, or Tather in the Government of Great Britain ; | for, with respect to all pablie property, it is,

}

has been, and will always be necessary that | of judging (many of whom we heard giving |

such & power should exist somewhere ; and | it is quite clear that no other proper de-| — than the Head of the State can be ound for such as that which is the subject

our preseut remarks. But, whilst this is admitted, it must, at the same time, be re- membered that such power is merely that of trustees, to whom is confided the control and Management, for specified or well understood cee of meme | not their own, tor the|

oof and benefit of certain other parties ; And that such power cannot be claimed or | Cxercised, without a full recognition of the great and ~ serious responsibility at- tached to is. Dishonest trustees of private

_ vigorously applau

The Revenge, by Hatton. It was well re- ceived and was recalled. The next was the beautiful sung by Lee, Nepoletain I am dreaming of Thee. te was pleusiugly sung in a fine natural soprano voice. The piece

It is entitled The Gassier Waltz by Venzano. Init all the difficulties with which the human voice has to contend were mastered by the surprisingly skilful voice who perfurmed the

| for hundreds of years.

reckoning is sure to come, sooner or later, and

| cover thew with diagrace and defeat.

There is no country in the world that has been so often and so deeply injured by seeret Societies

ey which followed was enthusiastically received. | as Ireland has been. Orangeism, the very worst

species of secret associations, has been its bane Impudently assuming the name of religion, and pretending to be loyal to the

piece. All the graces which adorn modern | Crown and the laws of the realm, Orangeism has

mnusical compositions were given in the most) uever failed to trample on the

brilliant manner, The piece was performed in such a truly artistic style thatit ‘brought down the house’’ in rounds of applause. W hen encored, she sang Salut a France, in an equally splendid manner. After singing this brilliant gem from theopera Fil/edu Regiment, perfurming the frills, cadanzas, and she other musical graces so artistically, those capable

their opinion at the eluse of the Concert) could not help pronouncing that the gifted lady was a superior vocalist of the highest

order; and that no one ever so delighted a_

Charlottetown audience, not excepting Ma- dame Bishop.

The next solo was likewise sung by Mrs. Stevenson. Ié is entitled T'erence’s Fare- well to Kathleen, and was sung with true Irish humour and thos. This too was

ileus Rory O' More was sung in reply to the encore.

the first sulo on the second part of the programme was that deservedly admired song i Yeure's, The Harp that once throug Tera’s Halls. It was sung with excellent

rights of conscience,

and or. the religion of our Divine Redeemer,—it

has suberdinat ed law to its fiendish desires, and

| over-ridden it where it could not subordinate it,— the bloody knife, the deadly ritle and the burning brand, have been the tools with which it has worked its treacherous way in Ireland to thie hearts and homes of its victims. sacred to impede the bluody tramp of Orangeisin —no principle too holy that inight not be sacri- ficed to its demoniacal purposes~uo rank or personage too exalted to inspire respect or awe when these forbade its approaches and sought to check its disloyal tendencies. Ite blood-stained hand has been even menacingly shaken in the face of Royalty itself,

No law was too

Orangemen. Lreland never derived a partiele of benefit from the latter two, nor is she likely to

With this dreadful example of secret associations before us, we depreeate secret combinations of every kind — no matter whether they be known ‘by the name of Fenians, or Ribboamen, or

j jas to lead them and their fellow subjects elsewhere | jinte trouble with Brother Jonathan. The ‘ Chesa- |peake’ has been handed over to the Provincial

| in the position of the man who had got a present

}of an elephant—they are puzzled to know what! | to do with it.

a - readers, this week, a sheet jfilled to over-tlowing with reading matter. We | hope it may be acceptuble at a season like this, when

| We have given our

every one takes a larger sliare of leisure than usual, | when the evenings are long, and the teinptations to out-door exercise are not very great, on account of the inclement state of the weather and the very bad walking. In order to make room for so much new matter we have been obliged to omit very many of

our advertisements. patrons will pardon this omission, on account of the |

| laudable object which induced it ; and we desire to| by giving up Poland aitogether, when this l assure them that—always alive to the importance! can be done honorably and witheut the ap-

| } ‘ s . ; | than ever in the future tu secure a continuance of

i them.

LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.

arrived here on Wednesday evening. The news | i$ comprised in the following summary, which | we take from the Halifax Citizen, of the

| 24th December ;-—

The R. M. S. Asia arrived at midnight, Tuesday night. Her dates are from Liver- pool to the 13th inst. The rate of disecuunt has been raised from six to eight per cent, causing a temporary disturbance in the mar- ket for all descriptions of securities : but this disturbance bad subsided. ‘The bank returns were of a favourable character, calculated to strengthen confidence. The export of gold in large quantities had ceased, and arrivals of gold were being sent to the bank.

Fray one in British America will regret to learn the death of Lord Elgin. By the previous steamer news of his serious illness was received ; and now we learn that his death occurred in India on the 20th of No- vember. Sir John Lawrence is his successor in the Governor-Generalship of India. The illness which resulted in the death of Lord Elgio is said to have been caused by fatigue experienced in passing Rontang Pass, in Northern India, on foot. curred between Mr. Cobden and the Times The Lhunderer distdrted and misrepresented 'a remark made by Mr. Bright, ina speech at ' Rochdale, and Mr. Cobden, indignant, senta | letter to the Times which that paper, with its ‘usual want of fairness, refused tu publish.

A rupture has oc- |

face of day, and in the very vicinity of the Vice-| tion by an officer of the Imperial gua

jing of the Central Relief Committee on

Hieting on the unfortunate Poles within their gripe. The correspondent bus been ordered

eas Warsaw within twenty-four hours, sta - anda

arsaw police-officer. From this proceeding the worst may be inferred. The object, uf course, is to prevent the horrid buatcheries

construction on the conduct of the Muscovite hordes pow overranning Poland.

The Schleswig-Houlstein question becomes more menacing in its aspect. The Germanic Diet has decided to send troops into the Duchy of Holstein to carry out what is called ‘+ Federal execution.’’ As the Danes appear resolved to resist this measure by force, a dangerous situation is likely to be created. The Saigon contingent was appointed to enter Holstein on the 15th inst. If the Danes resi+t, the Austro-Prussian reserves will move to the front, and these it is declared, form ar army of 52,000, under the command of Prince Fre- derick Charles of Prussia. The part which France may act in this emergency is a matter of deep interest. ‘The Emperor of tle) French,’’ says one communication, ** affecus the utmost reserve, and even cool indifference, on the matter—as if he were not sorry that the Powers should feel to the full one imme- diate consequence of their rejection of his plan of a Congress, in the shape of an out- break of warlike humours at one of the sore places he proposed to deal with—it is believ- ed that there is thorough reliance in Den- mark un French assistance against Germany, the prize in view being the Rhenish provinces of Prussia.

The Crawley court martial was progress- ing ; the case for the prosecution had closed, and Colonel Crawley was about to enter on his detence.

Another change in the condition of the cotton operatives is shown in the weekly re- port presented by Mr Farnall at the meet-

Monday. In 14 unions there had been a total decrease of 1,378 in the number of persons receiving parochial relief, while in

2 unions there had been an increase of 639. There is thus, taking the whole 27 unions in- cluded in Mr. Farnall’s returns, a net de- crease of 739—a change, no duubt, owing to the employment ufforded to the operatives by the commencement of public works.

FRANCE.

The Moniteur bas published the texts of the replies of the Emperor of Russia and the Kings of Saxony and Wurtemburg to the Congress invitation. The Russian reply is cordial in terms. professing an entire Be mony of design with the French Emperor, and a readiness to join the scheme, provided the consent of all the other great Powers can be obtained and the basis of discussion defined. The two Germaa kings express approval of the fundamental idea of the Congress, buc declare that they will be bound by the co urse which the Confederation of which they are members may resolve on taking. In Paris few people now believe that the Congress wili ever be held—at least in the form originally designed. ——The replies of the Sovereigns of Belgium, Italy, and the Netherlands, to the French Emperor's invitation have just been published, The king of the Belgians declares himself ready to lend all the aid of his Government to arrive at a pacific accord ** without prejudice to the means which may

buat | ested to attuin so nuble an end.’’

| Prussian Chamber.

: : | fulfil her part of the London treaty, Austria | Was concerned im her capture, and his escape almost | is ready to maintain her share of the en- immediately after fromthe officers of justice, whicli | gagements. Meanwhile, Austria is ready at |once to take steps for the carrying out of doubt very much if an expedition were to set out sistance of Southern sympatbisers. Our hitherto! Federal execution in Holstein.

‘The | siasts as met at Chicago, they would get a hand- acquired very suddenly a taste for sensation scenes. | day last a de} utation from the M unicipal urry their penchant so far) Council of Vienna, tu present @ petition on

pn , hae | authorities; bat these worthy people appear to be | , wliech bag hithert» attended the efforts, whe- the exception of the Savw Shoe Tramp, were | that the American Fenians contemplate a descent | ; t

ther sincere and well dewised, or otherwise, sung by the whole chor, which was con-| upon Ireland to aid their brethrea there.

But we hope our advertising| gues to the conclusion that Russia would

lof their favors—we shall labour more zealously | pearance of compulsion, and that every en-

Tue British, Foreign and Colonial Mails| vent in the history of the day.

be agreed upon with the several States inter- The King of Italy cordially and unreservedly accepts

He declares that there can be no harmony in Europe ** until European order is constituted upon the basis of the principles of nationality and liberty, which are the very life of modern peoples.”’ The King of the | Netherlands yr his readiness ** to co- operate with all the other Sovereigns of Eu- rope’’ in realizing the object proposed in the circular of the Emperor.

AUSTRIA.

Pp the Austrian Parliament, Gount Rech- erly has made aformat statement on the Danish question which mainly corresponded with that delivered by Herr von Bismarck to the | Austria is not ready without mature consideration to countenance the Augustenburg claims. If Denmark will

The Emperor of Austria received on Mon-

the Danish question. He told them it was)

| unnecessary to state that he would fulfil all) | his duties as a member of the Germanic Con- “ged 63 years. The deceased was ninch respected, | federation, and recommended them in future and his illness was of short duration.

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v direct their activity to the settlement of) commercial affairs instead of discussing great political questions.

PRUSSIA.

The Prussian Government have demanded of the Chamber.of Deputies a loan of tweive million thalers to meet the expenses of the proposed military execution in Holstein..

RUSSIA.

The Invalide Russe of St. Petersburg hasa remarkable article demanding whether it is really an advantage to Kussia to retain the kingdom of Poland, which can only be held by the constuntexertion of force. The article