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FROM HALIFAX PAPERS.

'flte steamship Humboldt. Havre, Sept. 24, and Cowes, evening ef the same day. arrived at New York on Wednesday last, with ll-ynmsngers and 200 tons of

’ Cotton Market at Liverpool on the 28d was quiet at the pre- vious rates. The imports of Grain were liinitsd, and prices gene- rall had undergone little or no obs s.

'1 news from England possesses ut little interest. The London papers are discussing the question of cristern politics in connection will the cousin ted‘ railroad from Alexandria to Cairo.

News of the of the Randolph East Indiriman had reached London. She was wrecked on a reef noar Mauritius the day after she sailed from Putt Louis. She had on board 300 passengers- rneu. women, and children. of whom 20 or so were lost; atiiong than Charles II Scott, of the 48th regiment. 'I‘wo of the crew were also drowned. k L l f “E _ r

Greet pre rations were are in at iver or reception o the Queen Olllullfl contemplated visit to rmliriwn. . _ _

The Lad Franklin, _Captain Penny, of the Arctic expedition. Crived at Woolwich on the Isth September; oficere and crew all well.-—'l‘be Danish interpreter expressed his belief, that the disco- ver ships Ersbus rind Terror are still safe.

news from the New South Wales gold country still continues exciting. It seems to be found in all directions. At one of the dig- gings user Bathurst, a lump of gold weighing one pound seven ounces, was picked up and sold for £50.

Sir I’. Bulwer Lytton has consented to stand for Hertfordshire on tbeprotective interest.

nsuu: nave LATII. A tolegrsphic dssputch was received at the St. John news room, 10th instant, announcing the arrival of the Asia at New York on Thursday, with dates to the 21th ult., from Liverpool. 'I‘rude in Manchestc continued good, and C0l!lIlIQl’vriisl atliiirs ge- -nerally gave evidence of increasing osperity. The cotton market remained unc anged. In the corn market ices had irnprovcda little, though the harvest is stated to be abun- t every where. The usvivsls of timber at Liverpool, so far, have been 150.000 t cent. more than the usual average; but stocks are not larger, and all kinds are quite sulaable. A cargo of St. John yellow pine sold at improved retes.—'I‘he only arrival of spruce plank was .8186 pieces. Afl‘airs were still in an unsettled stats in France and Scbleswig Holstein. Kousuth had arrived in Smyrna.

Arrival of ‘life America.

The Royal Mail Steamship America arrived yesterday af- ternoon, after a passage of eleven days, from Liverpool, with dates to the 4th inst.

The papers contain no news of interest to our readers.

The general trade of the coitntry and the money market were considered in a satisfactory state.

'I‘hs chief expedition in search of Sir John Franklin under the command of Captain Austin, C. B., has arrived home. The information brought, it is said. tends to confirm the re- port received from the Esqirimaux last autumn, to the client that Sir John Franklin's ship had been lost somewhere at the top of BufIin's Buy, in the autumn of I840, and that a portion of the crew had been murdered by a hostile tribe said to be re- sident in those parts.

'I‘hs contractors for building the Exhibition received notice from the executive committee, to commence pulling down the Cr stel Palace after the llth proxirno.

he United Srroice Gazette says that the Government have no pres:-nt intention of sending any more troops as a reinforce- ment to the Cape of Good Hope.

The same Journal recommends the employment of blood hounds to hunt the Caffres from their lurking places in the bush. The plan was adopted with success by the Earl of Bal- csrras, fifty years ago, against the Muroons cf.l-.im:iica.

Tris EIIIIBITION Cnosmu Scr:Ni:.—Thc programme of the closing is so far settled, and circrrlars are about to be issued to exhibitors,informing them that the builing will be closed to the public on Saturday, the llth of October; that on the I3th and 14th they will have the privilege of going ' there with two friends, and thaton the Hub they are invited to be present at 19 o’clock, at the meeting of the Rovsl Commissioners. By this arrangement, the exhibitors will have the farewell view of the Crystal Palace, and a deference is thus shown to their la- bours and their sacrifices on its behalf. which. we are sure, they will not be slow to appreciate. \Vith a view to render- ing the ceremony ofthe I5th as imposing as the circumstances will permit Mr. Fox, the eminent contractor, has addressed a letter to the Executive Committee, offering the services of the Sacred Harmonic S ' ‘y in assembling 1,500 performers on the occasion, the whole to be conducted by Mr. Costa. As the period for the closing approaches, the propriety of some res- pectful observsnces of form to accompany it appears to be more dsgply felt, bllt the Royal Commission make no sign upon the eu ect.

its HUNGARIAN Rerr-octs.—The French Government tlltl not permit Kossuth and his companions to pass through, f'rum ri desire to act in accordanr---. with the wishes of Austria and Prussia. Wliilst the lllis-‘ssippi was lying at Genoa, Kossirth requested leave ofthe Sardrnirin Government to rest for a few moments on Piedmontcsc rcruund. The Government l’(‘pllet‘l that it did not wish to Oltpllstl the slightest particle to his stay- ing, but in the present llalr: ofits relation with neighbouring powers. it would remind him of the inconvenience that mig ht result therefrom, and would leave it to his discretion to decide vvhether,under such circumstanccs,he otight or ought not to in- voke the lrospitnlitios of Piedmont. This reply was approved of by all parties, and Kossuth did not land.

The Morning Post announces that a matrimonial rilliaincc will shortly take place between the Mar uis of Chrindlus, M. I’., sort of the Duke of Buckingham and Chan as, and Miss Harvey. daughter of Robert Harvey, Esq., of Langley Park. The ceremony will take place in Scotland.

The Duke of Norfolk, sccom tried by the Duchess of Norfolk and the Lady Adelizs I-‘itzrilsu Hlizfward, attended Divine Service in Arundcll Church on Sunday. rind afterwards received the Sacra- meat. the service being most impressively performed by the Rev. G. A. F. Hart. chaplain in ordinary to Her Majesty and vicar of Arsndel.

From a recent statement of Lord Glengsll, it appears that, at the

nt time, the Roman Catholics outnumber the Pratestsnts in reland by barely 500.000. “ In Istl," his Lordshi observes, the Protestants numbered 1,900,000 in a population o 8,000.0“. now in IBM. the Romrinists have decreased 1,700,000; and in a lation of 6,500,000, the Protestants are only in a minority of

0,000. The Protestants did not die of famine and disease, and few have em’ rated. The conversions to Protestantism have been numerous. ad the huge fallacy of the numerical majority of the Romaniets in Ireland will soon evaporate when the real truth be- comes known to the English public. Romauism is on the decrease In Ireland, although among a particular class in England it may have some convene.”

The ship Hindustan, of Whitby, 554 tone. from Portsmouth for the St. Lawrence. foundered at sea on the 21th August. Only itix of the crew were saved in the launch.

Her Me’ sty has intimated her willi trees to act as Patron to the Colonial Church and School Society, an institution formed especially fill’ lending to the colonies clergymeu and other religious teachers, steadfastly attached to the doctrines of the Reformation. The Arctibishops of Canterbury and York have also intimated their ad- hnrence to the Society. " Viewed (es s a correspondent) in Connexion with the extraordinary eforts the Tructurisn party to take possession of the Colonies, and through them to reset on the mother eouetr . This manifestation of Protestantism assumes pe- ssfisr significance"

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‘ ' ' res. ‘ r°'Ilt,i:lalumir.s:tonrvlsldl”iln England that tlae Emperor of Russia was dis- posed to favour a free-trade policy, and that tho rasnsfactsrsrs who 1...] gnjoyed the high protective duty were selling out.

Tits Eairriiouaxe atlas NAP'l..Il.-A lstierdeted Naples. Au . It h, gives the following particulars as to earthquake s ken of irlruady :—“I have received several details relative to I e dremlful disuste which occurred on the ltili inst. in the pro- vince ofllassilicsru, in this kt ii, and about_ one hundred miles from the capital. A list oftitore than ' lifly villugsu is given, in which greater or less damrige was done. In mo", ill" 000 Pl'°','l"

incipiil buildings have been destroyed. and In all several lives

ve been lost amid the ruins of fallen houses. 'I be greatest suf- ferer, however. was the town of Melfi, a place containing l0.°ll0 inhabitants ; three-quarters of the city are s_ nurse of rum: 3 "10 Archbishop's I'ulace. the College. the Municipality, the barracks, and the police station have been all leveled tn the ground. The known deaths amount already to ‘I00 besides 200 wounded, among whom the principal families count victims.

IRELAND. _

The Drolirda Conurrntire states that Lord Bellow nnd his son, the Hon. E. J. Bellow, have conformed to the Established Church.

Peter Regan was murdered on Tuesdrry week, by a man named O'Malle . as he was returning from Custlehsr fair.

Mr. ooluey, the brewer, is denounced by the ltibbon Society, and death to those who dririlt his tile or porter. because be exerted himself to bring the murderers of M‘Iutngnrt to jti-tics at Duudulk assizcs.

A .DRIADl‘l.'l. Accinsnt-r.—occurred on the 8th inr-t., at Bully- clare, Ireland. Sumo 500 persons had assembled in tltr loft of an old pnpermill to hear erlecturcr on clcctro-biology ; they climbed up by means of two steep ladders ; the lecture commenced at 8 o'clock, and occupied an hour and a half. After which the lecturer proceed to rnesmerise, or entrance, some seven or eight young persons. lie was about to exhibit his influence over them, liriving removed them towards the brick part of the loft, when the curiosity of the spectators in the more distant parts of the room became so much excited, that they rushed from all sides in a body to the central space to obtain it better view. A sudden and ominous crack henenth their feet grrvs but a momentary warning of the enrilty of their rashness. 'I‘he greatly increased weight on the middle of Ilie flooring proved too much. and it gave way beneath their feet, opening downrvnrrls in ii fearful Clltlllttl, in which upwards of 300 persons, men women. and children. were precipitated. Twenty-six persons were killed rind forty wounded.

SUIITITUTI rou I-rt: P0'l'A'I'0.-TllO Peruvian (‘Item is being cultivated in France as n substitute for the potato. The root is said to resemble the potato in flavor, while tlte top resembles the French lentil. not unlike beans, and will suflizr being cut three or four times during the season.

Tris: DirrliiittvcI-:.—Ch:ite:iul-rirind sa 'stliut ‘ in new colonies the Ppriniards begin by building it cliurcli ; I is French a ball-room, and the English a tavern"-—nnd the Americans a sclool and a ritu- cliins shop.

Lorin Briton’! OPINION or I|iarsIi.r.—A letter from Lord 8 ran to Count I)‘0rsay has recently been for the first time publish- eel’. In it the poet says :——“ As for me, I am of no country, rind as to m ‘ works,’ which you are plensed to mention, let them go to the evil, from whom, in tho opiuioii of it great innny people, they came."

'l‘he potnto disease seems to be spreading in the north of Ireland, and causing considerable alarm; but owing to the abundance of the wheat cro , no apprehension is felt ofii deficiency of food. The iriintcnss mid of eiirigmtion continues to flow with unabated force.

FRANCIL

The public mind is still kept in a state of for-erish exritemont, rendering the rvrrrkets unsettled, and government suspicious and arbitrary.

. UNITED STATES.

'I‘i:uiusi.i: S‘l'E.\nll0A'l‘ I‘.xri.osio:v.—l\’ew Orleans, 27th Sept.—The boiler of the steamer Brilliant, exploded near Bayou Sara, yesterday, destroying her cabins and upper works. Man lives were lost, but the names are not yet known. Of eighty deck and fire men only twenty five were found after the explosion. ’l'hc Brilliant was bound to New Orleans from Bayou Sara.

The Philadel liia rs notice the iinportrition at that of nine hundred and filly toli:liil' Ruilroiid Iron, from England. Iiirotblnded for the truck of the Plriludelphiu and Wilmington Cotupany.

Istronrurr Iluatoti.——The Notional Intrlligeiicer endorses end publihes a mo.-t import.-int rumor from England, to wit:-—

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' The following is an extriict_of ii letter from at York, whose correspondence in England is fromt most respects- ble and well informed sources. He save:-—“ I have a letter b the last British steamer, which states that Spain. France, and Eng and. are negotiating a treaty res ting the guaranty ol Cuba. vThe con- ditions ure, that Cuba shsl_ have a local legnilriture. it representa- tion in the Cortes at Madrid. and that provisions shall be made for the gradual abolition of slavery in the Island. I consider the infor- mation very reliable."

Buxiros Avasrs, July 26.-—Bark Occ.rnus, Captain Bowers. at this rt, brings confirmation of the reports of the inrirching of a Brazilian army IO.WII’tli.BI0lIIt!VltIt!o,. rind. that General Oribe was

i-spared to meet it. _ Ilis_ force was inferior us to nrimbers, consist- ing of only 6000, while his enemy numbered ‘probably l5.000;_ but the troops of Oribe urs seasoned, and those 0 Brazil are partially raw. 'l'hcre has probably been more hard fighting. Business at Buenos Ares was dull.

TIII Fists-r Snow or ‘xii: Ss:.\sorr.—A gentleman from Annapolis, Md., says that snow fell in that region on Sunday morn. ing, the I-tth. and the same report is given by others from other portions of the State.

_ ctmrlcrtown, Oct. 6.—Thc. Tuscrrloosa, Alabama. Monitor gives an account of an extraordinary tiffrrry in the Court Ilnuse there on 30th ult.. A crisis was pending between John In-rby, an old utrd respected citizen, and Frederick D. llrrll. l’istul.~4 were brought iirto use, and us Kerlry ‘was preparing to fire. it Mr. Whitfield nttenipted to take the pistol «way, and in the struggle it went off and killed Mr. Merby on the spot, His son thinking that llall had shot his father; discharged ii pistol at hint. which took effect on a jurymau‘s leg.

CALIFORNIA.

The stesme Prometheus arrived at New York on Saturday, the 4th instant, from California, willi a great deal of specie. and 460 passengers. The news from the mines very favourable. Six more men have been executed by the Vigilance Committee.

Lumber, b the cargo, would sell at 840 to $50.

New Yer Saturday evening. The steamship Prometheus. from San Juan, has arrived, and brings San Francisco dates to the 6th September, She brings 8 I32,000 as freglit. and there is it large amount in the hands of passengers, who number 465.

The steamer Tennrssee sailed from San Francisco for Panama on the let September, rvith the mails and 3 1,700,000 in spa- cie. snd about I90 aesengere.

The steam propel er Lafayette, on her first trip from New York to Chsgres, was totally destroyed by hrs at the latter port, on tlrs I0th September. Her passengers barely saved their lives.

Three entire squares in the business part of Maryeville, were destroyed by flre,Auoust 30th-Eighty buildings burnt and loss estimated at half a ruillron.

The Indians are very troublesome on the route from Great Salt Lake to Sacramento. The Mail riders are repeatedly st- tscked and several emigrants have been killed.

A man named Robinson, having been reprievert by the Go- vernor, was publicl exeucted by the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco. so also two man named McKenzie and Whit- alter. Two others have been executed in Sacramento, since which perfect quiet has been restored.

The urestest excitement had attended the ease of Whitaker and McKensis. They were arrested at the instance of the Vigilance Committee and kept is custody, having confessed to a number of dsrin robberies. On the morning of the fllst of August before day ight, the city authorities proceeded to the rooms of the Committee. and without hindrance took possess- ion of Whitaker and MeKensis, and conveyed them to the jail. When the populace were informed of this act. the wildest ex- citement was manifested, and flsslly on Sunday afternoon, shortly after two o’clock, the prisoners were forcibly rescued from tbsjetl and conveyed to the rooms of the Committee. and in an incredible short s of time the instruments of assu- tiee were adjusted. and I uy were launched into eternity.

Robinson was also taken the people from the jail, and his coufemieu is a catalogue of laslssss black as those recently uisds by the use Stuart.

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.'0ot. 4.—A blis tut . motiooa wulE°-ofiiir favour of t:e.ci.t.y tltilllfl gi-stslly towards the coimniction of the Toronto and Guelph Buil- road.

'I‘ososr-ro, Sept. :9.—0n Saturday night. II l_l|0 IlI||'M|' 0"|~ we was going to Kingston, she struck the Reindeer and uunlt. No lives lost. Last fight the steamer Ontario run down a brig in Kingston Harbour. rm three men were drowned.

QUIIIC. Oct. 6.—-Cnnridrt papers contrriri but little news of interest. 'l‘he Toronto Globe states, that as soon rr_s it new intutstry is formed, writs will be issued for a general Election. Uther_ pa- pers ssy. they hope to announce the sppointrirent of it new ministry in a short time.

The Board of Health report the total number of deaths by Cho- leru, to have been 208. 'l'lie city is now quite lit-tiltliy.

'I‘hs Portuguese sclioone Santos Prirno. fmrri_ Oporto for Quebec, with wine to Messrs. ltysn. Brothers and Cbrprnun, w‘as wrecked on White Island, last 'I‘uesduy night rind abandoned. '1 he Cnptutn and crew arrived on Saturday, in the bark I.ongfor_d.

['l‘his is probably the vessel reported to have drilled on to Red

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NOVA SCOTIA. _ _ Irlsrrnro or ‘fill Lsmsx.a'rvris'..—-Bv Proclamation in yep- terdriy's Royal Gazette, the General Assembly of the Province iii srinrruoned to meet on Tuxsnav, the Fourth day of November next, for the riesputclt of lituirtsir.

NEW BRUNSWICK.

Boinsu Exri.osiorr.-Arruxiunrnsn Loss or Live.- A boiler burst on last Saturday evening. in the foupdry and saw- mill of Mr. J. Craig. of Lower Cove, scolding lllrz hunts, the fire- IIIIIII, so severely on the chest and neck, that he is not expected to survive. A young lad named Thompson was struck by a brick, his head laid open and one eye destroyed. 'I'he engineer. Mn 10"“. (since dead), is also severely scul ed. Two other men, who were in the place at the time, escaped miraculously. Tito borlcr was torn frorii its bed and shot to the other end of the house, and. ti large piece rent out of its side by the l'orce of the explosion, while the brickwork was blown in all directions, and the ‘IRIS wall much drirnriged. An incrustution ofsnlt over an inch thick, was found lining the boiler, which is said to have been very thin und unfit for urre.—Frnmrr.rr. _

We understand that his Excellency the Lieutenant Governor _in Council, has appointed a Commission, r. sisting of the Provincial Secretary and the Solicitor General, to investigate and report on the accounts of the St. Andrew's and Quebec Railroad Company.—St. John Courier.

iignennnnve commune.

“TUESDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1851. ‘

11' has often occurred to us, that the Administration are not aware that, at the approaching Session of the General Assembly, the Members who compose thol minority will each of them be furnished with a set of’; interrogatories, and that the Ministry will be subjected? to an ordeal of cross questioning which, unless they are well prepared with good and sufficient answers to, will render their position somewhat uncomfortable, if not embarrassing. As the Members of the Cabinet have to bear all the responsibility ofthe acts of the Govern- ment, there will he no giving the go by to any investi- gation which the opposition may choose to institute, and this is certainly the principal advantage to be derived from the adoption of the system. The news- papers may rail and call for explanations as long as they choose, and the Rulers for the day may main- tain what they may think a dignified silence under the circumstance of the pressure from without; but that silence, dignified or uudignified, must, on the boards of the House, he succeeded by satisfactory explanations and convincing proofs, if the cases need them. Among the numerous and fertile sources of enquiry, which the conduct of the present Administration has given rise to, there will be one which we think will, and unhesi- tatingly say ought to, meet them at the threshold, if we may so speak, of the Session. We allude to the hold- ing of the Elections in Prince County, on the occasions of Messrs. Wurburton, Pope and Fraser, being sent back to their constituents, in consequence of accepting places of cmolumcnt under Government. Let us ima- gine a member requiring of Mr. Coles, how it happened that there were three several days for holding the Sheriff's Courts instead of one, as expressly ordered by the Election Act? Why it was, that the I7th of June, 26th ofJune, and 8th days ofJuly were appoint- ed in the three several writs, instead of the 26th day of June only, which would have been within nine days of the first and eleven days of the last, and a middle term between the two extremes ? What answer can there, we ask, be given for having thus shamefully violated the law, both in the letter and spirit? Among the various improvements upon the Law of Elections, one of the greatest is, the having the Elections to take place on one day throughout the Islrurd; it is cnlcrrlntod to prevent much of that unfair dealing and chicnnery which had always accompanied the old system. Of so much consequence was it held, that not only in the writs for the General Election is the same day directed to be named, but when “ more than one writ shall be “ required to be issued at or about the same time, the “ Sheriff ’s Court for commencing the Election shall be “the same day in all the write to be issued in such “cases.” Now let us come to the test. Were not those writs required to be issued at or about the same time ? The vacancies were of their own creation. The Executive could, in the first place, take care that the new appointments should have been simultaneous, so that the information could have been iven at the same time, and thus the some day named in the writs; and, in the second place, as the necessity of issuing two more writs was fully known at the time of issuing the first, it therefore behoved them to make the r-vt=*- '- duy sufficiently remote, in order to provide for rim»-E unavoidable. contingencies. There was no reason ..~ g ’ the first writ could not have been returnable sixty r: 2, .. after the teste, the second y, and the third forty, and the same day for holding t e Sher-ifl"s Court named in each; or there might have been seventy, sixty, and fifty, for it must be observed that the 7th clause of the Act states, that “there shall be at least forty days,” leaving it—a.nd very properly--in the discretion of the Government to allow as many more days for the return of the writ, as mi ht be necessary for carrying the Act into effect, scco in to the manifest spirit and intention of it. The writ for arbur-ton’s Election is tested Nth April, for Pope’s 6th May, that is within seven days of each other. Now, in common parlance, we should say, that within a week was at or about the some tires, for these two elections not being held on the same day, there is not a shadow of excuse; and even from the 29th April to the End May, the tests of Fraser-'s election, there are but 23 days, ve little better than three weeks, no such very great time, one would think, but quite suflicient, when the deliberate violation of the Act was predetermined on, and the safeguard to a free and fair election to be thrown down and trampled under foot. But it may be said, suppose the question is asked; what then P the answer will be, “ Because we chose to do so, and if you ere’diuplessed with it, move what ru- solution you like and we, having the majority, will at once it ive it." no doubt but that this will be the case, still we trust that the question will be asked. An answer