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people or the Crown—on another set of men more capa- ble of appreciating the nature of public rights, and con- ducting the state through public exigencies.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Our columns to-day again show that we are giving every possible attention to the communications of our friends. We have, however, several others yet to dis- pose of, as soon as space permits.

We acknowledge the receipt of a letter from W. E ‘Clarke, Esq., of Darnley, in reply to a communication in the Islander, signed ‘ Observer.’ It shall receive an early attention.

WinuamM Curren, Ese.—Under our Obituary head will be found a notice of the demise of this gentleman, and we publish it with feelings of sincere sorrow. As a man of refined and vigorous intellect—of pleasing and unobtrusive manners—he won and held the respect of all classes of the community. In the situation which he held with so much honour to himself and so much advantage to the Assembly, it will be extremely diffi- cult, if not impossible, to get a person possessed of any thing like the extent of Parliamentary knowledge and ability displayed by Mr. Cullen. His loss cannot but be severely felt by the Legislature especially ; and we shall rejoice to see some fitting appreciation of his me- rits manifested on behalf of his family.

We take the following paragraph from the New York ‘Sun, which, maugre its braggadocia and inces- sant vaunting about American spirit and enterprise, is one of the most talented and popular papers in the Union. Our Republican neighbours talk as coolly of bringing whole nations under the shadow of the stars and stripes, as thongh “the world was all before them where to choose,” but Brother Jonathan is too cunning a fellow at bottom to entertain seriously, with reference to any part of British territory, any such des‘/zns as he is now labouring to enforce in Mexico :—

Enecanp A Repusric.—Indications are strong that we may yet be called to admit England tothe blessings and honors of the Republic. It will be extending the area of our territory rather wide, but republican principles are strong enough to protect the whole earth in one compact. ‘The only objection we can have at

resent to the annexation of England is the want of intel- Sense and preparation in her m2sses 3 these, however, could be soon educated right.—Speaking our language, she has superior claims upon our sympathies, and we may as well take her ina lump as to be dribbling her away by emigration, at the rate ofa million a year. The Lancashire and Yorkshire boys would soon drop their uncouth dialects, and adopting the English lan- guage, make good freemen and citizens. Stranger things have been seen than parents seeking the pro- tection of their children, which will be the case when we gather England into the Union.

COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS.

STILL NO ENGLISH MAIL,

The English Mail did not arrive on Thursday night, and, of course, not a word from the Delegates. The news will be rare news, to be sure, when it does come: “Splendid voyage—slight attack of sea-sickness, bran- dy, an excellent specific—arrival in London—court dresses not to be had, owing to the shortness of funds— visited the Colonial Office, Lord Grey ‘ not at home’— great encouragement, notwithstanding the woful pre- dictions of Mr. William Young—talked to Mr. John McGregor on the subject of the Mission, who said some- thing disparagingly of the ‘ Compact,’ unfortunately re- collects all their bad deeds and knows nothing of their good ones—still very great hopes—saw some capita] acting at ‘the Surrey’—theatre rather low—pushed about by the rowdies in the pit—could’nt afford a Box ticket—must be authorized to draw for a further allow- ance—had made few acquaintances in London—saw some Plymouth friends—not a word about the ferry— P——r frets about losing the Councillorship—begins to think the Colonial Secretary won't hesitate to accept his resignation,” &c. &c. Now, in order to show a proper respect towards those two absent gentlemen, who are suffering so much for country’s sake, amidst the smoke and bustle of the great Metropolis, we think that every man should put a twopenny candle in his window, im- mediately after the arrival of the Mail, because there will be letters to a dead certainty, and it matters very little what may be their contents, they will be letters. We have known persons to illuminate, in anticipation of the arrival of a Mail that was expected to bring important intelligence: however questionable might be the pro- priety of such a proceeding, we don’t hesitate to say there ought to be a proper and judicious consumption of tallow—on the very night the Mail arrives.

Mem.—W iil the “ Islander” please to inform us whe- ther Mr. P. did or did not leave Mr. Collard a lock of his hair, previous to his departure ?

“STALE, FLAT, AND UNPROFITABLE”—The “ Islan- der” of yesterday.

NEWS BY THE LAST COLONIAL MAIL.

Viorent Hurricane—Dreaprut Loss or Lirr— DeatrH or Levi Norrs.—A letter to the Baltimore American, dated Kingston, Ind., August 25th, says :— ‘Last night, as Messrs. Welsh & Delavan’s Circus Company were performing at this place, a tremendous hurricane passed over us, upset their canvass tent, and tore parts of it to atoms. At the time it occurred, Mr. Levi North, a well known equestrian, was going through the favourite four horse act, when the horses took fright, and threw him on the planks on the ring, dashing his brains out, and killing him instantly. The ring man was run over by some of the horses, and had one of his arms broken, and was otherwise injured, but it is thought not dangerously. Several others of the company were

were killed instantly, and several others more or less hurt. ‘The storm lasted only a few minutes and devas-

The following appointments have been actually made at the Colonial Otfice—so an English paper says—and| yet no successor to Sir Henry!! Would it not be well, | if the fourteen “influential and respectable” gentlemen who have put their hands in their pockets to enable Messrs. Palmer and Pope to take a trip across the At- Jantic, were to set about geiting up a Memorial to Her Majesty, praying for the removal of Lord Grey from the | Colonial Office, as a punis!:ment for his remissness about | the appointment of a new Governor? What! to make appointments at this season of the year, and to leave Prince Edward Island unnoticed! This treatment of| the high and mighty gentlemen is really too cruel. They who have been waiting with breathless anxiety, for

months past, the arrival of every English Maii, and ready This is one of very numerous cases which have oc-

to fly into ecstacies at the most distant hope of a new appointment, now note with sorrowful countenances the approach of winter, and the almost certain continuance of Sir Henry in the Government, for at least another year. We sympathise in their distresses—we do—and we suggest—(seriously)—that a subscription be set on foot, to send home a brace of Delegates to complain of Lord Grey.

Coton1at AproinTMENTS.—Sir Henry Edmund Fox Young, Lieut.-Governor of the Eastern district, Cape of Good Hope, will shortly leave to assume the post of Lieut.-Governor of Australia. Sir Robert Wilson, whoes term as Governor of Gibralter will shortly expire,

will it is expected, succeed Lord Seaton in the admin- istration of the Ionian Islands.

tated a space of half a mile wide, blowing down build- ings and killing several persons inthe country. The destruction to timber, horses, cattle, sheep, crops, &c., is jmmense.

THE WRONG MAN HUNG.—A young printer, named Boyiugton, who served his time in the office of the New Haven Palladium, was hung afew years since in Ala- bama, upon a charge of having murdered a companion, with whom he was travelling. He protested his inno- cence to the last; but without avail. Recently, the landlord in whose house the murder was committed, confessed the crime on his death bed! Boyington was a young man of fine talents and prepossessing appear- ance, whose guilt was deemed conclusive only from the fact that he was the last person seen with the murdered man.—labama Evening Journal.

curred even within our own recollection, and shows one of the evil effects of a law futile and damning inthe ex- treme. The above is an instance of a legalized murder —innocence was punished for guilt, and guilt escaped from his due as a criminal unscathed. When will Christian legislators become sufficiently enlightened to abolish a law contrary to the very spirit of religion, and inefficacious in staying the progress of crime ?

Murper in Newsrunswick.—Our New Brunswick contemporaries give deplorable accounts of continued assassinations in St. John, the cause of which, it would appear, cannot be assigned. From the papers received by yesterday’s Mail, we learn that a youth by the name of Briggs was fired at and instantly killed, a few even- ins since, by some ruffianunknown. The deceased was on his return homewards from a Temperance Meeting

hurt, and among the spectators two women and a child|

arm by a part of the discharge of the gun. The villain who committed the deed has not yet been apprehended. What are the authorities of St. John about, to allow these frequent attacks upon the lives of the citizens, without any attempt at prevention ?

Trape or Picrov.—We are glad to learn from the Eastern Choronicle that Pictou now presents a scene of more than usual bustle and commercial activity. We are informed that, besides the usual number of vessels engaged in the coasting trade, and some large ships loading for British markets, and some just arrived, there are now no less than 70 vessels, British and American, entered at the Mining Company’s office, South Pictou, for cargoes of coal. Many of these are vessels of large tonnage.

This is good news, but doubly so to the Tories, who are anxiously looking to the increase of the Coal Fund for the payment of their “ arrears.”—-Vov.

Late FRomM THE Mormons.-—A friend has shown us letters of alate date from the pioneer camp of Mor- monemigrants. ‘They had at length reached the great Salt Lake, near which they had made a halt, and their wearied cattle were enjoying the sweet grass and fresh water with which that region is favoured. ‘They had made a new road from the Omata country, near to the base of the mountains, which will no doubt be valuable to other emigrants from the United States. It keeps north of the Oregon trace, is said to be more direct than this, and is carried, by substantial bridges, over most of the principal streams which it meets. By the pioneers it must have been traversed with difficulty, since they have evidently been subjected to great hardships. After jeaving Grand Island, however, they had an abundant supply of Buffalo beef, which greatly renewed the strength of those whose health was suffering by forced abstinence. A single herd, with which they fell in, was estimated to number over 10,000, or, according to the calculation of one letter-writer, must have contained from 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 pounds of meat; ‘a large supply,’ he says, ‘to be sent by quails in the desert.’ Should Whitney’s railroad, or any government works, be undertaken along the line from the Missouri to the Pacific, they will find their best contractors and work- men among the Mormons—hardy children of persecu- tion, who appear to despise difficulty and danger.—Pen- sylvaniait.

Mexico.—Rumours still reach us, via the U.S., from Mexico, of warlike movements—but nothing definite. The following is the latest:

Accounts from Vera Cruz to the 2ist August, had reached New Orleans on the 29th. News had arrived at the former place that the vanguard of Gen. Scott’s army had reached Ayotla, 20 miles from the capital, on the 13th, to which date not a hostile gun bad been fired.

Another rumour at Vera Cruz was, that Scott had met the enemy and repulsed them after a sharp engage- ment, but with a loss of 800 men. The Mexican Joss was unimportant.

A letter to the New Orleans Picayune asserts that there is no truth in this rumour, and the writer seems confident that the advance reached Ayotla as stated, without loss.

The last division of the United States army, number- ing 4000 men, left Peubla on the 10th August. Major 'Tally’s command is said to have gone on in safety be- yond Jalapa. Capt. Well’s party were compelled to fioht their way to the National Bridge, and made an at- tempt to pass it, but found all the heights occupied by Guerrillas, who opened a heavy fire, killing nearly all the mules and horses, and then forced the whole party to retire without any of their wagons, except one with the officer’s baggarvre. Almost every thing was left in possession of the Mexicans, The Americans had five or six men killed, two or three wounded, and several died subsequently of fatigue.

A detachment of twelve dragoons, accompanied by Surgeon Cooper, previously despatched by Wells to the Bridge, to carry a report to Lally, has not been heard from, and it was supposed that the whole party had fal- len into the hands of the Mexicans,

Tur New York Marxets.—The N, Y. Journal of Commerce, of the 6th, noticing the State of the Markets of that City, says:

“ There is no change in the price of Flour—all West- ern, $5,37 a 62, chiefly $5,50; Southern $6 to $6,25. Provisions quiet ané heavy. Exchange—Sterling a little heavy at 84 to § per cent premium.

A Goop Operation.—A merchant of this city, last May contracted with a New York house for 2000 barrels best Genesee flour,to be delivered in June, at $6 per barrel A few weeks afterwards he sold out his contract ata profit of $4,500, and pocketed the cash. We notice it from the fact of its being, probably, the snuggest operation of the kind ever known in this city It was not without a spice of hazard, as there would have been a loss of $2000 or more if the contract had been made for July instead of June. The operation was marked by two of the best qualities of an able speculator, and which are not always found together, namely : suffi- ‘cient nerve to hold on stoutly amidst rapidly advan- cing prices, and at the same time sufficient prudence

with his brother, who alse was slightly wounded in the

to avoid holding on too long.— Hartford Times.

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