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of thatearth, (¢%0 de found a at t i

a ratuto of a kind of horizontal the ® Spat where an excavation had bend ragge dieplaying thie singular phenowenen. An digging domedhtt deeper, tur the purpose of Conta reererce. they laid open a sault which on

ex idhindtion, proved te beo€ semesize, and

to their astootehafent thes found a kiad of printing

pe up je @vault, aod on it medveable types

pireere ae if teady tor printing. Every inquiry © Ne aed ter fot lo as@ertar: (he probable period at wh cher an thetrumen! contd have been placed there, for St Wiis ‘es Meaty net ef moderu erin, and trom all the Major could colleet, it appeared probable that the press h i rematued there in the Bette “irk WH -it was found for at least one thousand years We Belic vé the worthy Majer, on “phd tute: gland, pre sented one df the learced awockitaee eon aw mewmeie contaising many sehr Mes Perey inins ow the subject Paper we

know fo bate Bee WAL. tured in the Eaat many |

cootu cred eehotewe bad’ asy knowledge of it, and

me B98 eal reer te think that the Chinese

had been @equaiited wih the mode of printing they nym eye piey mary Guttenbucg, indented atin Eurepe. It certainly - doge aw ered ita de the hiveutive geniua of the Ronnana fo bygelp

wer as ty engrave in a style not to be equalled in the pres

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MIPORSANT FROM NOVA SCOTTA. “A 2 . — ‘REPRAL RRSOLUTIONS, INCLUDING A PETI- TION TO THE QUEEN AGAINST THE he ebhe : gas. oo. UMIOX. [By telegram to the Morning Journal] Bw ae Hatirax, Feb. 6. The following are the Resolutions relating to the Repeal of she Act of Confederation to bE WAR Jou Order of tie day tor Saturday next.

Resolved; That the Members of the Legis- lative Assembly of this Province elected in 1863 bimply'to legislate ander the Colonial Comptity yon had.no authority to make or

consent ty any material change of such Con-

ehinetton withdiit fret x. baiting the same to the peyple at the POUE

— Ehat,the Resolation of the Lith April,

which precede { the enactment ot the British

North American Act is as follows DF Whereas It is the opinion of this House -[tWa® itad desirable that a Confederation of + thé-Mriaeh Norcttt Ameriero Provinces shor ld

take place; Resolved, therefore, that His

Excellency the Lieutenant Governor be an.

thorised to appoint delegates to arrange with

the Imperial Government a scheme of Union whieh will effectually ensure just provision frche rights and interests of this Province, each Province to have xn equal voice in such

Delegation, { pper and Lower Canada being

for this purpose considered as separate Pro-

vinees. This was theonly authority possess. - ed hy tht Deldgates who procured the enact- “went ofthe Act for the aion of Canada, « Ntva Sdotia and New bruswick.

That even if the House of Assembly had the Canstitutional power to authorize euch delegation, which is by no means ad- mitted, the foreguing resolutions did not empawer the delegates to arrange a federal Umidn’ of Canada, Nowa Scotia and New

§ Tirdnswick, without including in such Con-

: federation the Colonies of Newfoundland and

1 Prine: Radward Island.

- = polieet no delegates from the two last nam- ed Colonies having attended, and an unequal nutebder fromench: of the others being pre- seat, the delegation was not leguily consti- tuted, aud had no authority to act under the

+gaad, Resolution, which expressly required

+-@ach of the Colovies to De represeuted by an equal number of Delegates.

That the Delegates did not secure just ision for the rights and interests of this

«

vince, as they were by the express terms |

of such resolution, bound to do in arranging @ echeme of Union, but on the contrary they entirely disregarded those rigats and inter- ests, and the scheme by them consented to, would, if finally confirmed deprive the people rof this Province of their rights, liberty and independence, rv them of their revenues, take trom them theregulation of their trade, commerce and taxes, the management of their Railroads and other public property, expose them to arbitrary and excevsive tax- ation by a Legislature over which they can have no adequate control, and reduce this free, happy. and self-governed Province to the degraded condition of a dependency of Canada

That no fundamenta! er material change of the Constitution of the Province can be

made in any other constitutional manner |

than by a statute of the Legislature sanction- ed by the peeple,after the subject matter of the same has been referred to them at the poll, the Legislature of a Colonial depen-

ency having no power or authority implied from their relation to the people as their Legi+lata.e representatives to overthrow the Constitution under which they were elected and appointed.

That the scheme of Confederating Canada. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia was never submitted to the people of this province at the polla betore the i8t! day of september last, upwards of two and a halt months after ‘the British North American Act was by the Queen's proclamation d:clared to be in force,

‘ when the people were therehy informed that they had deen subjected, without their + consent, to the absolute dominion of more lous and more powerful Colunies, and

' had lost their liberty.

That there being no statute of the Provin- L.eial Legislature confirmiog or ratifying the British North American Act, and the same never having been consented to or authoriaed by the people at the polls nor the consent ot the provinee in any other manner testified the preamhle of the wet reciting that this

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province had expressed « desire to be Con- |

tederated with Canada and New Brunswick is untrue, and when the Queen and the Im- perial Legisiature were ied to believe that ts ince had expressed such a desire, a fraud and imposition were prectised upon

That the trath of the preamble of the British North American Act reciting the de- sire of Nowa Scotia to be contederated is es- semtand to the Constitutionality of the statute, and if the same is false, the statute is detec- tive, because a atatute cannot be rendered constitations! by assuming as trae the con- ditien which is indispensable to its vonstitu- tionality.

That from the time the scheme of Confede- ration waa first devised in Canada until it ‘was consumated by the | mperial Act in Lon- don, it was systematically kept from the censideration of the people of Nova Scotia

wt the polls, and the Executive Council and

Legislature io defiance ©! petitions signed by may thousands of the electors of this pro- vince persistently and perseveringly pre- vented the same from deiug presented to the poople.

That at the recent election the question of Confederation exclusively occupied the attention of the people, who wete then, for the first time, enebied to express their will on a subject of the most vital importance to their happiness, and the result has proved that this province does not desire to an- nesed to Canada, and that the people of Nova Seotia repudiate the enforved provisions et the British North A:oerican Act, which for reasons aut forth in tio foreguving resol.- thonn, tiey believe to be uncovstitutional, and im no manper binding upon the people of Nova Scotia.

That the Quebec Szheme which is eh di- e4 in the British North American Act, im- eroreney, attempted to be torced on the people of Nova Seotia rot only without their conernt but against their will, bas already created wide eprond irrite. ion and disevntaut, end unless the eame be witidrawa will, we tear, be attended with the most disastrous cmaequences, ae the loyal people of this Provinee are fully ooneci me ot their righte as British eubjects, set inestimable value upon their tree institatons, and will aut Jwillingty copsent to the invasion of those urights. or to be subjected to the dominion of

any other power than ¢iat ot their lawful telove Queen. -

Phar the Colonies were politically allied “to each other by their er mmon relationship

to the @« and her mpire in @ more and jess dangrr swe-copnectiog than under any echeme of Colonial Woufederact va

that could be devieed even on ithe tuirest, wines; and woet judicious priaciples.

years before Faust and

¢ thats vile they approached so | yet? y py

at Age on geui#, and atones, and of course | (um fereseion ot them. thew should hace yore) ned tyberantef the art which bas bestewed

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dict the péopie of Nova Scutie do not im-

“whey ae f various thickn@ases, in pute to her Majesty the Queen and Her Gov- Savers. Major Roebuck informed of eroment any intentional injustice, as they

(are well awete that fraud and deveption were practiced open them by those who mis- represented the public reutiment of this country, and whe tor reasons we will not venture tc describe desired that Contedera- thon might be forced upon the Province with- out the consent and against the will of the people,

That xan humble Address he presented to the Queen embodying the substance of the foregoing resolutions,informing Her Majesty that Her loyal people of Nova Seutia do not

any manner Contederated

with Canada, and praying Her Majesty to revoke her Proclamation and to cause the

British North American Act to be. repealed

desire to be in

Scotia. ——-- - A STEAMER FLOATING

TOPS OF WAKBHOUSKS IN A DAN-

ISH Wks INDIA ISLAND.

The following is a copy of Commodore Biseel's report to bis government upon the loss of the American steamship Mononge- hela. It 18 dated Nev. 2iast, 1867:—l have to state with deep regret, that the United | States steamship Monongahela, under my | command, i* now lying on the beach in view | ot the town of Frederickstadt, St. Croix,

where she was thrown by the most fatal | earthquake ever known bere. The shock

| eccurred at 3 v’clock, p.m., on the 18th inst. |

| Up to that moment the weather was serene,

and no indication of a change showed by the

| barometer, which stood at 30 deg. 15 min. The first indication we bad of the earthquake was a violent trembling of the ship, resembl- | ing the blowing off of steam. This lasted | some 30 seconds, and immediately afterward | the water was observed to be receding rapid- j ly trom the south. In a moment the current | was changed and bore the ship toward the beach, carrying out the entire cabie and drawing the bolts from the kelsun, without the slightest effect in checking her terrific | speed toward the beach. Another anchor was ordered to be let go,but in a tew seconds she was in too slioul water for this to avail. | When within a few yards ot the beach the

| reflux of the water checked her speed for a |

moment, and a light breeze from the Jand | gave me a momentary hope, that the jib and

| fore-topmast staysail might pay ber head off

shore, so that in the reflux of the wave sbe

| her, and then be brought up by the otber anchor. These sails were immediately set, and she paid off so as to bring her broadside | to the beach.—When the sea returned, in the form of a wall of water 25 or 3U feet high, it carried ue over the warebouses into the first street of the town. This wave in receding took her back towards the beach, and left her nearly perpendicular on the edge of a coral reet, where she is now keeled over to an angle of 15 deg.

All this was the work of a: few moments only, and soon alter the waters of the bay subsided into their naturally tranquil state, leaving us bigh and dry on the beach. Dur- ing her progress toward the beach sbe struck heavily two or three times; the first lurch carried the rifle gun on the furecastle over- board. Had the ship beea carried ten or fifteen feet further out, se must inevitably have peen forced over on her beam ends, resulting, [ fear, in her total destruction, and in the loss of many lives. Provident- aliy, only four men were lost; they were in the boats at the time the shock commenced. The boats that were down were all ewamped except my gig, which was crushed under the keel, killing my coxswain, a most \alu- able man. During the terrific scone the officers and men behaved with coolness and | subordination. It affords me great pleasure to state that after careful examination of the | position and condition of the ship, | am en- | abled to report that she has sustained no ir- reparable damage to her hull. ‘Lhe stern- | post ishent, and some twenty feet of her | keel partially gone; propeller and shaft un- | injured. The lower piutle of the rudder is | gone, but no other damage is sustained by | at. No damage is done to her hull more serious than the loss of several sheets of cop- pet torn from her starbuard bilge and from ner keel She now lies on the edge of a

| in which ways may be laid. She can thus | be launched in ten feet of water at 1UU feet fromthe beach. Gentlemen looking at the

the bay was visible where there was before, and is now, 40 fathome of water To extricate the ship from her present | position, I respectfully suggest that M. J. Hanecuw be sent down with suitable materi- al tur ways, ready for laying down, and India rubber cainels to buoy her up. | think there ie no insuperable obstacle to her being put afluat, provided a gang of ten or tweive good ship carpenters be sent down with the naval constructor, a8 her builers and engines ap- pear to have sustained no injury. A valu- able ship may thus be saved to the navy, with all ber stores and equipments. —_ —_— —_-<4>- -- --—— —

| PRINCE ALFRED AND THE NATIVES.

Prince Alfred has found in the Colonial heart of Australia as much enthusiastic loy- alty as Nova Scotia displayed for his elder brother. The programmes of his receptions strikingly resemble that of Hal.fax Curing the Prince of Wales’ visit—thousands of cbildren singing the Nationa! Anthem, balls, reviews, illuminations, and al! the splen- dours which a rich Colony like Victoria especially could display. One of the most striking of featares in his visit was his re- ception away up among the wild lakes by the aborigines. The ** black fellows ’’ as- tonished him with waving flags, flourishing spears, and three burrahs as hearty as ever answered the buatewain's pipe on a first-rate frigate. Some of the educated young na- tives read him a simple, affectionate address ; otners invited him to read a placard with the choice inscription, ‘* Golly, black fellow all one tig glad tur see im Queen piccan- inny!” Atnight they treated him to all

the horrors of an old-fashioned ** corrobo-

ree.” This ‘*death dance’’ is performed | by naked warriors, who have painted their | dusky carcases with white streaks to resem- | ble skeletons, and if it bappens to be 2 dark night the show is very ghaetly. Some moon- shine on this occasion bothered the black master of ceremonies as much as the same thing did bully Bottom in his tragic comedy —but it was grewsome enough to the royal

rty when the performers, lying in a ring ike corpses, motivolers, at a slight signal leapt simaltaneously tu their feet, brandiso- ed their spears, tore round and round likea whirlwind, and dashed into one of the most fiendish ** break-downs ”’ ever attempted on the upper side of the earth’s crust.

Porutarity or Prince ALFrep.—Prince Alfred is waking a kind of Royal progress through Australia. Everywhere he has been received with demonstrations of unbuunded lnyalty, with addresses, and fetes paid for ous of colonial funds. [t is expected that the reception in Melbourne will cost 231),- Oud, and the Prince was enthusiastically welcomed to the city by a crowd of 60,000 persons. alls, banquets, hunting parties succeeded ech other rapidly; the Prince has seen a corubboree and shot a kangaroo, ' and bas been agtured by a speaker—in Ade-

laide, not Melbvarae—that be may one day | be King of the Aueyrallae, a much pleasanter | berth than King of the Canadians, which has niso been propused for bim. The Prince seeins to lave charmes! his entertainers, particularly by the vigour with which he danced a Scotch reel, and the whole conti- nent is in @ fever of loyal excttement. Such a reception is by uo means a bwd way of re- minding the world that Austral.ins are still kaglhmen by their own choice, and gives a pleasant fillip to the sucial monotuuy of evlunial life.

cieeeneqnaeiliinnimninne

Tne Iatsm Qcestiox.—A second declaration ef the Limerick priesthooud, which bears the signateres of two dignitaries and 30 parish priesie or curates, and is to get further names, calls zpou the Government to satisfy the aspirations of Ireland hy restoring the blessings of domestic legislation. This cencession, whieh they believe “‘to be fully compatible with the integri y ofithe empire and the security of the Grown,” would, they add, -‘have the like happy result iv Ireland that have signaily attended # simiar adjusiaweu$ seceutly in

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so far as it regards the Province of Nova |

OVER THE |

might reach waters sufficiently deep to float |

coral reef, which forms a solid foundation, |

SS ae eee Dae Os ep = 0 - —

yields of gold ever obtained from a quartz wine, was brongbt iute town oo Tuesday, trem a new mine at Mount Uuiacke. A lot of fifteen tons of quartz, from a tead six feet thick, opened last iall, yielded the large amount of 235 ounces, oF nearly sixteen ounces per ton. sidered that a three-inch

ounces to the ton, is considered a good investment, |

the enormous value ef such a property as this must be apparent. The quartz trom which the gold was obtained, was the product of three meu'’s labor from Christmas antil Saturday last, 25th January, and together with between S200 and ¥300 worth of specimens, picked out of the reek while mining, gives anet yield of about S230 per day for each man employed, The tortunate owners of this Valuable property are said to be Mr. Samuel Kelly; Po S. Hamilton, Esqr, and tour or five other gentlemen. whose pames we have not learned — Halifax Crtizen

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Amearcax Misston to Rome.—A telegram lfrom F The | Unita Catolica newspaper says that a special

agent of the President of the United States has

lorence of the 29th ult. says

srrived at Rome on a secret mission to the

v pe, and that he will he supporte d by Ad- | SEP] )

miral Farragut, whose fleet is hourly expecte

ut Naples, and » hose arrival in Rome is looked \forat an early day. The journal vives no in- | formation as to the character or effect of the | mission upon which the American agent has been sent.

- ——0o-~-—- - The eruption of Mouuvt Vesuvius has, we are tald, ceased to be merely a beautiful spectacle, and has become @ source of panic to the people iving around its base. An immense current of lava has everflowed the central cone, and is now skirting the hill on the west and north vest, and approaching the village of Cercola. The lava torrent follows the same direction as {during the eruptions of L858, 1859 and 1860, } and separates into two branches, the northern | branch passing close to the observatory ap ty Resina, and the southern branch ap | preaching the Terra del Greco. There is like ly to be rather more material for the manufac- ture of lava ornaments than there is likely to be use for in some time.

proaching

— +eoe--— -—— What you do, do weil; that is just what Grace's

Salve is doing. Whenever it is applied it heals

| leaves the skin as fair and white as when first

| made. _ 273m

If there is a general remedy for which the |people ought to be thankful, it is Johnson's |} Anodyne Liniment. It is curious te notice the | enthusiasin with which some people speak of it,

i more particularly our returned soldiers, to whow |

it haa been a triend indeed.

| CORRESPONDENCE.

To THE Eprror oF THe EXAMINER.

Sir, —An efficient and conscientious teacher is a blessing to the community in which he resides | An incompetent one, however correct Ip morals land exemplary in conduct, is a public nuisance. | The majority, almost all of our teaehers, I um | convineed, sustain a high and honorable charae- | ter tor sobriety, diligence, faithfulness, and ali the

other virtues which are ornaments te society. 1 /am afraid, however, that a proper regard te truth | prevents me from recommending them, en masse, }tor efficieney, or describing them as possessing all the qualifications necessary fur the proper dis- charge of all their duties. Ide not mean to cast any reflections on the teachers, nor yet on the Board of Education by whom they are examined It teachers are net generally whut they should be, tothe Law, as it now stands, I attribute the blame.

To point out what I conceive to be a great de- | fect in the present Act, let ine briefly state the sue- | cesaive steps by which a teacher obtains license | tor the different classes. A young man, atter hav- } jug apent five woenthsin the Normal School, under-

yoes an examination in Reading, Spelling, Geo- |graphy, Grammar, &c. With a very lunited | knowledge of English a slight acquaintance with

General Geography, and some vague ideas in His- | tory, the Board must, according to the Act, grant i hin a first-class license. {the ladder By reeolutely applying himself tora | few morthsto Mathematics, be becomes a secoud- |elass teacher. Another few months’ steady ap- | plication to Latin, Greek and French, rewards [his ambition of becoming a Grammar waster | Of course his proficiency in Matbewatics must

inprove his Arithmetic; but will it extend his

| knowledge of History? His progress in Classics | jimust force on his attention the construetion of}

i sentences; but will it make him wore proficient | in Geography ? In Llistory, Geography, Book-keeping, Physi

(little girl drawing a salary of £38 annually! I | admit that 2od class teachers and grammar mas. } ters are generally more

; | qualified to teach the branches here exnuwerated, | ehip from shore declare that the bottom of | than those of the lowest class

‘The same leve

| for learning that induced them to undertake the} | dry studies of mathematics and classics, would |

nw doubt cause them to make a corresponding

studies. But by euch as are only spurred to ex- jertion by the prospect of an increase of pay,

neglected. Giving such men high salaries is a | useless drain on the Treasury, and an taposition on the public. I think I cannot do better than to refer you to the Nova Seotia School Act of 1866 You will there see, by louking at the syllabus otf examination, that such a contingency as I have mentioned is provided for, that every class has to submit to an examination embracing all the branch.

searching as the clase advances. The justice and propriety of this feature in the N.S Act is so tanitest that it requires uo comments of mine To allow a teacher te take charge of a superior schoul, without giving satisfactory evidence that

iunpart superior instructions, is the very essence of nonsense. Equally absurd and unjust weuld it be to have teachers of the lowest clase submit to as rigorous examination ip grainmar, (the nature, uae, and classification of figurative language, persification, ete.,) geography, history. &c, as those to whem a more intimate knowledge of such branchee is indispensible.

In the present manner of conducting examina- tions there ts also room for improvemeut. These, as far as circumstances would permit, should be written, not oral. The advantages of the former wetbed are manifold. The diffident boy, who is | apt to lose his self possession, has time to colleet | his thoughts, The questions given will be more | comprehensive. An evasive answer need not be jhagarded. That amiable falling, nm an examiner, of giving encouragement, or rendering assistance, ia thus obviated. These are a few of the advan tages of a written over anoral examination. To make this the practice would not preclude any oral answers the examiners might require of can- ' didates on any subject.

In order to make the large eum of money an-

| nually expended on Education promotive of as) ‘wuch good a8 possible, the teachers’ atatus should

be raised, Even those of the lowest class should be sufficiently initiated into the mysteries of the Queen's English, to prevent the posmbility of their beceining the langhing-etock of the whele com- wunity. Second-class teachers are supposed to understand Spherical Trigenometry, aid yet they are required to learn only three books of plain Geometry! Truly, if they Know no more than the Act reqnires, they can ill afford to plume | themselves with superiority over their brethren of the first degree.

I think I have dwelled eufficiently long on these points to prove to you, sir, that a radical change

required. The interests of Education impera- tively demands this. And if we are to huve teach- /ere worthy the naine, the Nermal School must not be closed, as I understand ia the intention of some of our Legislators. Lf that Institution does not give general satistaction, let the Government | procure the services of more energetic teachers. ia vacancy in the School Visitors’ departinent (by | Gieanidea! or otherwise!) 1a desirable, and should | be filled by a thoroughly educated man, competent | in every respect, to discharge aright the duties of that important office. If such a man cannot be found ou the Islaud, by all means, let une be iw- ported

Yours, &c. JOHN SMITH. Newtown, Gth Feb., 1363.

To tue Epiror oF THE EXaMINer.

Dear Sir,—I have read with care your lead- ing articles of late, especially those having reference to Education,

It is, indeed, high time for the inkubitants of this Colony to bestir themselves in the avi iM- portTang matter of Public Education. | venture to express uu opinion that our eduea- tional system, from its Board downward, needs a little change.

I am truly glad to read in your last Monday’s

leader of your intention to ‘* refer to the claims St. Dunstan's Coliege hus to parliamentary

College.

question liberaily. I am truly yours, LIBERAL. |

» Mungary.”’

LARGE YIELD OF GOLL.—One of the richeet|

W ben it ie con-| lead, yielding three |

ithe wonnd, whether it be of burn or scald, and |

He then begins te cliub)|

ology, Chemistry (agricultural), in short, in gene: | ral information, be may be on a level with the!

intelligent and better |

progress in other moreagreeable and entertatuing |

every etudy not actually enforced by law will be |

es, and that these examinations become more |

his attainments are such as will enable hiw to!

in the qualification of teachers, of all classes, is

aid” ia common with the Priuce of Wales) State. | dreag on the ecéasion:—

Feeling suze you have not only ability but’ Sir, Jarge mindedness sufficient to handle auch a!

Charlottetown Feb. 17:h 1868. J

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LAVES! NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.

FROM EUROPE.

Loxponr, Feb. 2. — The eabmen ‘poul are on a strike, causing much i convenience to the inhabitunts.....A terrible gale prevailed throughout England on Satur- ‘day night, and disasiers to both life and pro- | perty on sea wid Jand are apprehended j/ the | teleyray h lines to Liverpool are dome... The |

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of Admiral Farragut at Naples is designed as a} counterpoise to the Freach forces in Rome, | and sustain the Liberals-ot haly with whom Parragut holds intimate relations, The Courier says the Admiral has sent to Caprera the pro- mise of his support, and he ouly awaits the reply of Garibaldi, Reports from Morocco | state that a severe famrne prevails in Tangiers land Tetnor.....Phe amouncement was made ‘in both Houses of the Italian Parliament yester | day that the Crowy. Prince Humbert has been {formally betrothed to Princess Margherita of

| Genoa.

Loxpox, Feb. 3.—The gale which prevailed over England on Saturday last was very des: | ! tructive io life and property. ‘In this City and | lin Liverpool, chimnies and signs were blown | Many peo ple were |

} down and houses unrooted. { \ struck down by the falling objects an severe- |

lly injured, and in some instances killed out- right.

| Lownnon, Feb. 3, (even).—It is reported the French Government is likely to withdraw the | new bill for the regulation of the Press in con- |

sequence of the opposition to the measure shown by the Liberal party... In aceordance l with a request from Lord Stanley, the Pasha of | Ezypt has recalled the auxiliary corps of native Egyptians, which he sent to join the British | Expedition in Abyssinia... . -The Billintroduc- }ed by the Prussian Government, granting large indemnities to the King of Hanover and the Duke of Nassau, have been passed by the Diet, | Much opposition was shown to granting these | approbati ns, and at one time their passage seemed doubtful, bat toward the close of the debate Count Bismarck declared that if they were not adopted be would be compelled to ‘dissolve the Parliament.. The threat was effective.

Lonpox, Feb. 4.—No marine disasters have yet been reported from the recent storm..... Despatches trom Abyssinia, report tavorably of army under General Napier.

Cork, Feb. 4.—One of the gates of this city jwas undermined last night, and blown up. At the time, all the telegraph lines leading into the city wee cut, The prompt action of the police prevented any further demonstrations. Two brothers, Jamesand John Barry, have been | arrested, on a charge of robbing the gunshops jof a quantity of powder. A man named Fitz- | Patrick was also arrested today. tis thought jhe had something to. do with the explosion ilast night. The police, while examining him, found a bottle of phosphorous or Greek fire in his pocket.

Paris, Feb. 4th.—The debate in the Corps | Legislatitf on the bill for regulating the press | was continued to-day. Minister Rouher made a | long speech, in whichhe urged upon the mem- | bers the passage of the proposed law. He said that he was unwilling to oppose liberal tenden- icies, but the Empire and people demanded that some restrictions should be imposed upon ithe press. Four millions of those who voted for the Constitatiow were gone: but four millions of their successors required the same | cuarantee. The clause of the bill abolishing 'the proposed license to publish, was adopted

| by almost an unanimous vote.

| Frorence, Feb. 4th.— Garibaldi has written an eluquent and enthusiastic letter to Admiral | Farragut, in which he congratulates the United | States ou encouraging, by the presence of the| |} American fleet, the national aspirations of | Italy.

Viexna, Feb. 4th.—It is reported that Pope Pius IX. is willing to resume negociations with the Imperial Goverument for a revision of the concordate. The Debats, a semi-otticial jour- inal, says that Great Britain has requested the

juropean pewers to stop removing fugitives from Candia.

Loxvox, Eeb. Sth, eve. —A man named Chatt- erton was shot in the streets to-day, and badly if not fatally wounded, the assassin was instantly | arrested, and gave his name as Jem Meddles. From his declarations it seems that he mistook Chatterton for James Bird, who is an important witness for the Government, in the affair of the Clerkenwell explosion, and who at the examin | ation of the prisoners before the Police Court,

of Liver you worthily preside.

| identified one of them as the man who fired the | ‘powder. It is said that Meddles is a half} | witted fellow, and the belief is general that he | is the tool of other parties whO prompted him | }to the deed. The pistol shot took effect in the | throut of Chatterton, where it made a very ugly | wound; he still lives. but his recovery is doubt. | Pfut.i: 64 The Times has an editoria! to day on | the arrest of Ivish Americans. It admits that | the imprisonment of Mr. Train at Cork was a mistake, but it should be distinguished from the arrest of Irishmen who came over from the | United) States with a secret intention of

. ; ° | Creating a revolt against the Government.

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Cork, Feb, 5.—Early this morning a con- | siderable body of meu, supposed to be Peninne, were discovered in the vicinity of Marcoon Castle, about twenty miles west of this city. They appeared to be preparing to make an attack upon the Castle and the authorities of | the town of Marcoon were notified of the! danger, and a strong force of police were | forthwith ordered to the ground, and as soon as they appeared the Feniaus dispersed in every direction.

Lonpox, Feb. 6th, eve.—The American newspapers cOstaining Comments on the arrest of Mr. Train, have been received. — These comments evoke much press discussion here. The tone of the London newspapers, however, is temperate and conciliatory... ...Admiral Farragut is at Genoa and is everywhere received with marked atteution... Itis said the Emperor Napoleon has accepted an invitation from the Suitan of Turkey to visit Constanti nople next summer.....The King and Queen of Portugal and their suit, while returning from |a hunting party near Braga, were fired upon jtrom the roadside. The Guard returned the tire killing some of the assailants aud wound- ing others. The Royal Party then rode rapid ly into town, The King and Queen were unhurt.

Lonpox, Feb. 7.—Later advices from the British army in Abyssinia are very discouraging, and forbid the hope of a successful or safe move this season.

Loxpoy, Feb. 7th, eve.—The resignation of U. S. Minister Adams is announced. ...The London Standard has an editorial highly eom- plimentary to Mr. Adams and expressing re,ret at his approaching retirement from the position he has so ably filled... .. Admiral Farragut ar- rived at Florence to-day from Genoa. He | was received with especial honors by’ the | Minister of Marine.....It has been officially given out by Count Bismarck that negotiations for a comniercial treaty between the United States and the Contederation of the North German States are commenced and are pro- gressing with a prospect of a speedy and satis- factory conclusion... ..Consols 933.

LiverPoot, Feb. 7. -The quantity of cotton afloat on its way to England is estimated at ; 238,000 bales, of which 135,000 are from the | United States.....There is a better feeling in the Corn market. Mixed Western 3d higher, closing at 43s, Wheat unchanged. Provisions

| wud produce unchanged.

| FROM THE STATES. New York, Feb. 4.—A Washington cor- | respondent says ;—The resiguation of our Min- \ister to Great Britain was received some days |agow and that the intention ef the United | States Government to prosecute the Alabama | Claim immediately and decidedly, is the chief }reason why Mr. Adams, whose intercourse with {the British Government might bave to he | changed in a way to affect his personal honor, | has seen fit to resign. The appointment of a successor is determined upon, and will be done | With especial referenee to the national interests | abroad, and is likely to be universally accepted | throughout the country. | Wasnixetox, Feb. 7.—The new British Minister, Mv. Edward Thornton, was introduced ,tothe President to-day hy the Secretary of Mr. Thornton made the following ad-

“JT have the honorto deliver into your Ex- celleuey's iauds a leer addressed to you by Her Majesty, Queen Vieturia, accrediting me as Her Majesty's Minister to your Excellency.

T have also received Her Majesty's orders te

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‘assure your Excellency of Her sincere friend-

ship and of the deep interest she takes in the welfare and prosperity of the nation over which Her Majesty's Govern- ment and the Enylis Nation are deeply grate- ful for the warm syinpathy shown by the people o death of my lamented predecessor. fo assure your Excellency that I

best to take his place in their affections, and to

| stre , elations of cordial friendsbi Courier Francaise, Paris, says the presence strengthen the relations of cordial | — $ | which happily subsists and which it is our ear

nest desire and our duty a8 kinsmen to main- tain between the two countries. In this pleas- ing task I am confident that | may count upon the support and assurance of your Excellency, as well as the distinguished statesmen who com-

prise your Cabinet and the Legislature of this | : | nothing.

nation.”

‘The President replied to the address as fol- lows :—

“Mr. Thornton, Your Queen enjoys more highly than any other Sovereign the respect and sympathy of the American people. The people of the United States will believe that she is entirely sincere in the kindly message, which, under her command, you have de- livered to me; and this belief will encourage thein to hope for a speedy and amicable adjust- ment of the matters in difference between Her Majesty’s Government and the Government of the United States.

“Your late predecessor, Sir Frederick Brnee, without any disobedience to instructions or any want of regard to British interests, won the respect aud esteem of this Government and nation. Sir Frederick’s sudden death revealed to ourselves the fact that the friendship we had for him had even acqueed the intensity of fra- ternal affection. It will bea pleasing duty for me to extend to you the same cousideration and contidence which he so eminently enjoyed.

“In regard to the political relations of the United States and Great Britain only one thing seems to be necessary, which is, that the States- men of the two countries may carefully and consistently study to conform their measures to the political logie which in every region where the English language is spoken so distinetly manifests itself in increasing the love of con- stitutional freedom and the rapid march of a common irresistable and indivisable civiliza- tion.”

New York, 8th.—Advices from Alabama report the election as progressing favorably for the new Constitution... ..Gold 1423.

FROM CANADA.

Orrawa, Feb. 4.—The Assistant Commis- sioner has published a statement concerning the operations of the tariff in Nova Scotia, one similar to that concerning tbe tariff of New Brunswick. Based on the operation of the tariff of the year 1866, he calculates that the Dominion tariff will increase the duties by about fifty-nine thousand dollars over the Nova Scotia tariff, but he says that had not Nova Scotia entered the Union, she must have pro- vided for the additional burthen of two hund- dred thousand dollars, on account of Railway indebtedness.... The Ottawa Times says edi- torially that unfortunately an increase has been made on articles which the public are least able to bear, and a decrease on those which Nova Scotians have been taxed heavily with- out complaining. The real difficulty is the ad- justment of the barthen, which no doubt will be considered before the meeting of the next Parliament.....A fall meeting of the Privy Council will be held on the 21st inst.