HASZARD’S GAZE

'l"l'E, NOVEMBER 12-

NEWS OF THE WEEK-

("'iImer and Smiths European Times.)

\Ve noticed some time back it gigantic uiidertaltiiig called the Euplii-ates Valley Railway, and stated that it ivas iii liigli favour with the authorities at CtillSlttIlllllti- ple. The intention is to make the gradually, connecting in the first place the Euplii-ates with the Mediterranean, and so favourably disposed is the Porto to the project, -that it has offered to guarantee six er cent on the outlay. The work will be undertaken by an English coiiipatiy and the sum ofcight millions is named as the capi- tal,—a sum quite inadequate for so colossal a project. The projector of this scheme is General Clicsiicy, and from the surveys which have beert made and the spirit which prevails in Tttrkcy respecting it, the spe- culation promises to be highly successful. “'0 are going to have another little war, and a very expensive little tvar we fear it will prove. In this instance, l’t-rsia is otir foe, a power which is said to favour Rus- sia, and which the Government prints tell us tve are bound to punish. s far as we can pick otit the cause ofquarrel Ii-uni ihe labyrinth of words in which it is lll\‘ulved_ Persia has seized or is about to seize the Atfghzin city of Her-at, very far rﬂlntived from the North-West frontier of British lit- dia, and about half way between our fron- tier aiid the Caspian. To chastise the Shah, we are ﬁtting otit a great expedition in the Persian Gulf, because it seems that we have guaranteed Herat to Dost Mnhotn-

- tilities.

of n paciﬁc settlement through this oflicer’s means, still it would be inconsistent with diploitiatic usage to commence hostilities before receiving the proffered explanations. There is only one poitit against which we ought most especially to guard, and that is, the indefinite prolongation ofa state of hos- There is, in reality, very little room for diplomatic iirguineiit, and the as- sertion by Persia of counter rights is alto- getlierfictitioiis.” It would secui.l'rom this explanation, which explains nothing: that we are up to the head and ears in the miserable intrigues of these Eastern des- pots, and that our first thought is the levy- ing of war, the destruction of human lite, and the expeiiditure of vast stuns ofiiioiit-y, unless we cart bring our refractory ally to terms on the instant. Surely Lord l’ttliner- stoii iiitist calculate oti it long lease of pow.» er if he thinks the British public \\lll endorse this summary mode of proceeding during the Parliinciitary recess. Besides, Persia, like Russia, is ditlicult to he got at, protec- ted in the summer by the great heat, in the winter by the severe cold, and an invading army would be exposed to almost insur- mountable obstacles, unless we reached her through the territory of neutral powers, ll result which might still more complicate our position.

THE AUSTRALIAN STEAM CONTRACT.

The pioneer of the new line of steamers to Australia is the Oneida, which takes out to Melbourne the new Governor of Victo- ria, Sir Ilcnry Barkly, and his suite. The Oneida is to be followed on the 12th of No-

med, and the heavily—taxed people ofGi-eat Britain will be called upon to pay smartly. for this interference in the quarrels of twol semi-barbarous powers. Those who re-l member that unfortunate stroke of pnlh-,,~_ I the Alfglian tvar in l83i‘i, during the do I

veniber by the Simla, which has been cliar- tered for it couple of years by the Euro- pean and ;\llsll‘tllltII| Company. 'l‘.he. Euro- pean and the Coloiiihian are now lilting out on the Cl_\tl«- to convey the mails on the

CORRESPONDENCE.

To THE EDITOR or Iliiszsirtfs Gszirr-rx.

I some time since, its you are aware. handed by request to His I-Ixcellviit-._v the Lieut. Goveinor, I petition niitnemusly signctl praving that [let Ma- jesty'§ assent might be \\'llliltCl|l from the BI” '0 increase the rcpreseittaiion. (hi Saturday‘ ltiel. I received througli \l. I}. Dally, Esq». Private Sec’_v, t.ii- enclosed copv of Uul- 5CCH'«l3|’l"5 answer to the same, which I will thank you to publish for the inforni:itioii'of the petitioner!-

illll Q (3., 'l'lll<‘.U. l)l'lSBRlSAY. Cbarloueieivn, l\'uv. tlili, I856.

(COPY) No. 34. Sir

L I . . I have to acknowledge your Dcsputcli_.\p. 4» of the 18th September enclosing it Petition to the Queen front divers iiilinliitants of Prince lidtvard Island, praying for the reasons therein set forth, that llcr I\lti_icst_v‘s sanction may be withheld front the “ Act to increase the iitiiii- ber of ineiiilicrs to serve in the General Assent- bl and to consolidate and ttiiiciid the Laws re ating to Elections." _ You will inform the Petitioners that their objections to this Act have been attentivv-l considered, but that I have not felt mysclf_ttt liberty to advise ller Mtijesty to interfere with it measure wliic has received the deliberate sanction of the Colonial Legislature. The Act will therefore he allowed on the first opportunity ofa Council being he d. rave &c. the. II. I.Aiiot:t'ii£iti:. Lieut. Governor Silt I). D.tt.i-:v. P. I-I. lsl

and. Downing Street, 15th October, 1356.

HASZARD’S G‘A—EiETTB.

‘Wednesday. November 1?, V18b6.

New Brunswick with a brief outline of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward lslund.—'l‘heir [lis-

clining yen;-_.i 0|‘ Lord ,\[,,“,,,,,,.,,,,-5 G,,,.,_.,.,,_i l'3tli of])cct~iiilit-i- itiid the 12th of Jatiuttry; itory Civil disvisons, Gcograpliy and Produc-

merit, will receive this startling intelligence ‘V with anything but pleasurable feelings. It’ Parliament had been sitting, we should have known the precise cause of this quarrel, which is certain to entail uponl

this country an expenditure of millions ofi

and licsitles tlicse vessels, there are new building at Gla.-,-_ro\v tho Atistralasiaii, the liiﬁlilillllilll, and the Asian, Slt‘:Illl(3I‘ﬁ ol

;gri-at toiiiingt-. and correspoiitliiig horse-

power, and the .»\frican, of lesser capacity, but these vessels, it is believed, cannot be

itioiis; with statistics of the several countries, allbrdiiig views of the resources and capabili- ties of the provinces and intended to convey Luseful iiiforinatiori as Wt'll to their inhabitants as to einigr-ants, strangers and travellers and [for the use of scliools—liy Alexander Munro, ‘lit-‘q.,—Author of it tr_ciitise on tlioretical and

money, and the inglorious character of the ;ready to take tlit,‘ll' statioiis on the line lit)-‘practical land surveying — lliilifnx. i\. .~.,

aﬁhir “-5” can [0 mo ,.c,,de,.ss mind ”,c{l0I‘(! the suinuicr or atitttiiin of next year.‘

saying ofthe late Duke of \Vcllington, that i “England could not afford to carry (in at little war.” This power of levying war witliout the consent of Parliainriit, is ii power which ought not to be [en jnme hands ofthe executive, and the sooner it is abrogated the better. It has its oi-ioh, 3,, that unfortunate system ofsecret diplobrniicy which enables our rulers to bring its to the verge ofwar, and oven to plunge us into war, at the whim or caprice of the fussy, and not always sensible, diplomatists abroad. ministerial journal, inspired from Downing-street, coolly says,—“ The British Government cannot be accused of precipitancy in dealing with the Persian ditﬁculty.” But the British Government it will occur to most persons, owed it tothc people ofEngland to explain, whether the “ ditliculty” could not have been overcome without this hasty appeal to guns, The some authority then enters into the follow- ing exposition of the case, which may pos- sibly satisfy those who are very easily satis- ﬁed; but we must confess ourselves not of the number. " An ultimatum, it is under- stood. was sent to the Shah, requiring him to withdraw his forces from Herat, and retire within the Persian frontier, or to pre- pare for war with England; and instruc- tions were to have been at the some time forwarded to India, to organize ti powerful expedition, and hold it ready for service in the Persian Gulf as soon as the monsoon was over and the great heats of the Gulf had been moderate . The Shah's answer to the ultimatum is, in substance, that he will withdraw his forces from Herat, if we will undertake to compel Dost Mahomriied to retire to Cabal, leaving Candshur in the sseuion of Koherdil’s family; and as an answer ofthis evasive nature is equivalent to I rofuul, we should be authorised to declare war at once; bitt there is still it channel opened for ncgociation. Teri-aclth Khan, who was despiitched from Tohersn to Constantinople, to arrange the mission affair, before our ultimatum reached the Persian Court, has sinco,|it is uid,roeoivod ploun powers to discuss, and, if it pouib o, to adjust the Hot-at question also;

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But the regular iniiil service to and from England and Australia, riu Suez, will not commence tiiitil Fclii-titiry next, when the first liomcwaid-liutiiid mail may he expect- ed at Soutliatiiptoti. The company to which the Australian postal contract ltas been given are making the most cnnuneiitlable exertions to execute their work, impelled thereto by the lioavy penalties which will he exacted from them in case o failure. The new company, in the outset of their undertaking, are receiving every assistance from the Peninsular and Oriental Company, who have placed at their disposal the Siiiila the vessel already referred to, and this coni- pany have also aided the new undertaking by the use oftlieir cooling stations in Aus- tralia and the Red Sea,— an absence of jealousy for the promotion of the public in- terest which is dcserving of the highest praise.

nnrsirr or -run RUSSIANB IN CIRCASIIA.

Constantinople, Oct. 9th.-—Sefer Paclia has beaten the Russians in Circassia, and taken 800 prisoners and 2| guns.

An ex-deputy of the Parliament of Turin, M. Prever, died lately at his country-house, near Moncaliez, He was a remarkably tall man,and the hearse used for Catholic burials bein too short to contain his cotlin, another whic was longer was borrowed from the Pro- testants. But when the priests saw the hero- tical vehicle drawing nigh, tlioy refused to allow it to enter the church, and declined to perform the funeral service over the body of the good Catholic which laid therein.

A RUIIIAN DxrAui.'rxn.—During the late war acertain Tselotsky, attached to the commis- snriat of the 4th corps d'armee in Russia, took to flight, carrying with him the contents of of 600,000t'r. By an o ciul notice in the Jour-

I de 8!. Pet '

n military tribunal at Warsaw in the course ofsix months if in Europe, and one year ifho be out of uro If he fail to re- will be passed on him par cont

Religion is much tallied of, but little under-

stand ; than 5 man knows tho worth of o soul and the want

and although no great hopes are entertained

the treasury, smountin to the enormous sum it crrburg he is summoned to appear before _

turn at the expiration of this period, untonoo

umaa. stood, till the oousoisnoo ho nwnk of o viour.

printed by Richard Nugent, I855, p.‘p. 384. ! These provinces are every day liecoining ‘more and more known and their importance is being forced upon the consideration of the mother country in consequence of tho progres- sive increase in wealth, population and deve- lupuicnt of resources. When they shall have btgcoine more intimately connected, oacli with the other, by means of railroitdri iind stonin- boats, it may be safely predicated that this in- crease will proceed in an augmented ratio and proportionate with that in the neighboring province of Canada and the United States. ‘he vast extent of coast and the proximity to inexhaustible fisheries, the abundance of mi- nerals of all kinds, the various kinds of soil, the lieultliiness of climate, all contribute to impress on the iuind the absolute certainty that these hitherto comparatively despised icolonies are destined, at no very distantdate, to take it more prominent. station on the Con- tinent of America than has hitherto been as- signed them. 'l‘lio work, the title pa e of which heads this article, has been published with the view of making the present state of these colonies known ; for, as is well observed in commencement, "The vast extent of the British possessions in North America is scarcely known to its inhabitants; and there are few of our fellow countrymen on the other side of the Atlantic, who are aware, that Bri- tish Auiericn includes ti larger area than that under the government of the United states." And the author often remarking that Canada is too extensive to be made the sub'ect of his volume, informs his readers that " ew Bruns- wick is therefore his principal object, and that the chapters devoted to the other two lower Colonies liilist. be considered as it very brief sketch of their present state.” As respects ‘ow Brunswick, the book seems to leave no- thing of importance untouched. It abounds in statistical details ofevory description and is extremely diffuse in its descriptions of tho counties, districts, lakes, rivers, roads, mines minerals, and agricultural products, it: is iii short, 9. Hand-book us the Germans call it, of that province, and will undoubtodl , be of great advantage to its inhabitants. {Va could Will! that there were similar works on Nov: Scott: and this Island, for we fully agree with the author, that every child in the British pro- vinces should be acquainted, not only with the geography ot‘_his own, but with that of tho adjacent rovinoos. In the work in question, Prince E ward Island occupies, no mo be supposed, but A small amount of letter rose 20 ii-5--on! that it ll gratifying mid am what is lot of the Island is correct, and that is more than can stlirmsd of Iona othgg publiostious, in which iuntion liu boon ind.

T ofit; we have no hesitat' ' . . the book, and would lay, il)ii_l¢";l,r,:,fol,l,?l,:’)",‘)l“‘.8 the library of every one w to is anxgious toeobn tain it proper knowledge of the colon f ' i it professedly treats. y 0 "Inch As a prooroﬁhe cxtrc '7 season, the writer begs tdlmstdltiillllitiialidf ‘ho days since took from the open ground in hit, g.ird_en a bunch of radishes, some heads f e tulillotvers and ti bouquet of ﬂowers ch latter composed ofpiinsies, stocks mi nioii tt 6 Indian pink, daisies and sweet sbabiﬁns 6'11?’ daisies were not one-eyed ones, but the l 0 “ Wee modest. crimson-ti ed ll " Ofltlie poet Burns. pp ow" Ii is stated that the Sultan ariletermiried to pension oil‘ all his wives expect one, who is to bear the title of Einpress. and tliat'l.'urliisli w 3'01" (:0 unveiled in public. 'l'lii- _l/allltrr ,,.ol:,men it is said, received this news with joy. o ml’

The Cincinnati Enquirer says that letters have been received in that tity from New York’ “ﬂing that the Freneli Governnient has shipped totlic l.,llI|lt’tl States twenty thousand barrels of prime tticss poik, which was bought in Cincinnati during the late war. The Government had no "39 for ll. and is sending it back to find it market.

Married, At Indian lliver, on the 30th ult., Mr. Milctltillllltl, P. I’., Mr. Miss Cliurlotte Arseneiiux, be

by the Rev.

tli of St. Elesnor’s.

Died,

At Charlottetown, mi the 31st ultimo, Evan -ulzteiidesl l}lfI:l‘:’;’|,hsy0l.lllgeIl son of John Rigg, Esq.,

On the 31st ultimo, at Bideford, Lot IQ, of the scarlet fever, Mary Ann, dauv,-liter of Mr. Henry

ndrevts, aged ll; years.

On the 30Ili uli., II the same place, of scarlet fever, Mr. Charles Rayner, in the 28th year of his agc—leaviug a widow and small faiiiily.

. At Cliailottetowii, on the 9th inst., after 5 ohm: ill~ties_B, l\lrs. 'I‘obin, mi old tiiid respected inlitthitant 0' ll"! City. aged 58 years. Reqiiicscat in pace.

POLITICAL.‘ i.s'iT1.iKi§tioE.?—

.\ll'1l’.'l‘l.\'G of the Meiiilmrs ofthe above Alli.

mice will be held in tho 'l'i:si ruuuvc: HA on 'l'llL'ltSl).-\Y llvcning next, the will instant at eight o'clock, p. in. A full attciidance is pttrticuliirly rt-quested. JAMES J. BEVAN, 8

Ch. Town, Nov. 1.‘, 1856. ‘Henry.

“AOADIA” GROCERY STORE. V Ill} Subscriber be-gs leave to inftirin the public n.ni.i.. .dl ; ’ McNU'l"1‘ '2.’ 'iiiibi3n,' '3. }'£'.l‘.’..'l"f~s".}'.'.'..".“.,,”'.‘i'I.'l Tea, Ooﬁee and General Grocery Store. With it carefully selected Stock of Goodg, consisting of Fine Oolong, S l d C . Jamaica COFFDI-llilibwng M 0n8|?0:lIll?I;sl l’lCKl.ES, SAUCES, &c., (all inds) A variety ofCAKES and BISCUIT SUG.-Hts (brown and white), Morjissgs Vinegar, Fluid, Raisins, Starch, , SOAP, CANDLES (patent, sperm and M10"), Currants, Orange. Lemon "id 3,,-on eel. Scotch Mnrmnlnde. Miicuiironi, Vertnicelli, kc. ..2.‘.'..'.’.i'.:s'.:..‘.:°"' '" “‘"°"-""- "iv" mm-

JARDINE MA - Nov. 12, isse CLEAN’

No. 8. Queen-streieﬁti PM-No.

REMOVAL !

nit sunsciiinut ins iiniovxn ins IXTINSIVI

Stock of British and Foreign 8

G o , E: "J. "C," Elizabeth, Isabella, and Jlbion, O the Store formerl occupied by Mn. (330303 R0011. I liiw doors higher up, which promises he has remodelled and reﬁtted; and having now increased facilities for tho accommo- dation of his Customers, lie trust: to be favored with it continuance of their pnironit 9. II» also begs to lnlltnlle, that he ll daily expecting 1 further supply, to complete his Fall Importatlons, allot‘ which will be dispolcd of tit tlio lowutcuh pllcel. &‘Oburvo, No. 8, Queen Strut, J. W. MORRISON, Charlottetown, Nov. 1], 1860.

cows, Oxon and Heifers. TO be sold, on Tuosdn , tho lath instant, or

Hillsborongh Hill, I residence of L. c. orthy. Esquire, littoon miles from Charlottetown, on tho tit. Pater‘: Road, commencing at It o'clock, the stock on said form. oompvisin 4 Cows in all‘, 8 Heifers rising) yours old, I ditto rloi I guy, I On: rising ours, I three year dd ul , also a very strong or_so t vvl sundry hg artisan. lulu positive, unless the day b very nﬁ. von 0.

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H. W. IDBIAN. Anotiosoor. Nov. 10, IO“.

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