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Mikatace or Gunenat Gantearpt.—Garibaldi is still at | up to my low figures. If New Bedford lost two tuillionS of Fino, in the neighborhood of Cottio, where, of the 8rd, he | dolldts last year, she will lose four hundred this.”

tpet with an accident while riding on a restive horse. The news at first occasioned some alarm in Milan ; but a letter from bis medical attendant, published in the newspapers, re- moved all apprehettsion, Further evidence of the slight hature of the injuries is found in thie fact that on the 7th the gallant General was married to the eldest daughter of M. Raimondi, an. Italian patriot, who one ove of the most beautfful of the residences on the Jake of Como, In 1848 M. Raimondi was obliged to take to flight; his pro- perty was confiscated, and his pslace used by thé Austrians ew barrack. Under the new regim®, however, everything has been restored to him. Great rejvicitig took place at Como on the occasion of tha niarriage of his daughter to Garibaldi. A letter dated Paris, the 4th, says the report of Gatibaldi’s matriage i$ unfotinded.

Mr. Rassell, the Timés corredpondént, is busy preparing - diary of tht Indian Campaitn for publication, and it will

shortly issued, in two volumes, by Messrs Routledge. He bas received £1500 for bis work. Col. Eber, the Times omens jddbnt for the war in Lombardy, is also about to pablish hii letters, with connecting remarks and additions.

Stine Paactice.—An Obio correspondent becomes spou- @or for the following, which, as a watter of fatt, he wishes to put on :

fy is one of the richest men in thos’ pattd, ahd has made his money by driving sharp birgaind. is biréd man was ope day goin alone with a load of a he over- turned upon a cok e pook ie théred to death before they could gt her oat. Her dimer, Junes, called upon Mr, W—— the tiedt day, atid dethabded payment for the loss of his cow.

“ Certainly,” saia Mr W-— ; * whit do yotl stippose the cow was Worth *” ;

« Well, about ten doliart,” said Jotted.

+ Aud Mow #868 GM you Bet for the bide and tallow ?”

* Teo dollars and a half, sir.”

“Yb, well, then you owe me just fifty cents.”

Joneg mystified, and W—-— very fierce in his demand, and before Jones could get the thing straight in his mind he furked over the money.

To raz Pornt.—A lecturer, addressing a Mechanical In- atitate, contended, with tiresome prolixity, tqat “ Art could mot improve natute,” tntil one of the audience, losing al!

tience, set the room in a ronr by exclaiming, “ How would you look without your wig ?”

Wiuss.—A blacksmith, having been slandered, was advised to apply ¢o tae courts for redress. He replied, with true wislom—*“ I shal! sever'sue anybody for slander ; I can go jnto my aud Work out @ better character in six months than [ eould get in a court-bouse in a year.”

The Sacremento Standard says that a resturant keeper

in that city, afier waiting in vain the other morning for the | Penitentiary. arrival of his customers to breakfast, found that a mad wag or secret enemy bad slyly substituted a pair of young kittens

for s pair of fat rabbits which had been hung on a book at ‘his door. The mystery was solved.

A witty exchange serves up the following hash to it. conveyed to the church by a procession of Catholic societies.

‘Qumerous readers :

" “ Unbustled ladies, pure and uadefieled Christians, Zisin-| 48 draped in mourning. The interment takes place to: terested friends, common honesty, sound potatoes, first-rate night.

butter, unwatered milk, and rich printers—are scarce!” We endorse it all—particularly the last item.

Tho Ten Cunnisients adopted by the “ craft,” and Philadelphia, The concourse was immense, filling all the

expected to be observed :

1. Enter sofily.

2. Sit down quietly.

3. Subscribe for the paper and pay in advance.

4. Don't touch the poker.

5. Eagage in mo controversy.

6. Don't smoke.

7. Keep six feet from the table.

8, Don't talk to the printer.

8. Hands off the papers.

10. Eyes off of the manuscript.

Gentlemen observing the-e rules when entering a printing- ‘cMiice, will greatly oblige the printers, and need not fear the “devil.” The ladies, who sometimes bless us with their presence for a few moments, are not expected to keep the rules very strictly, and, indeed, it will be agreeable to us to dave thom break the eighth as often as convenient.

Gleanings from late Papers. Yue Exprmon or Avsraia axv ats Rewocvrep Asprca- tion. —The foolish rumour of the abdication of the Kwperor

of Austria haseomplerely died away. It was traced to Paris, ;

‘where a regular system of falee cews has been established ‘since the beginning of the campaign f italy. From a Ber- ‘Tin newspaper we,now learn that the report was kept secret ¥rom Francis Josey): himself until the other day, when it became the subject of conversation at the Imperial family in ‘velebration of some family festival. Contrary to anticipation, the young Emperor was more diverted than annoyed at the canard, and referred to it with great geod humour eevera) times during the fhe reception rooms of the palace “were already crowded when the guests retired from the dining ell: and the Emperor, stil] under the impression of the -extiaordinary idea which had been propagated conccrning dim, entered as it were in solemn ceremony. With bis young ‘und be@utifal wife leaniog on one arm and the infant son gathered to his besom with the other, he advanced between the double file of courtiers, bowing courteously to either side. When arrived at the head of the apartment he turned, and, drawing himself proudly :up, exclaimed, “ Gentlemen, do | ook tike ® pensionary or en invalid?” Not an individual

t the company but applied the meaning of the speech fustantly, and the effect was electrical. The Emperor was attired ia the full uniform of the guard, and looked full of martial energy and spirit. The Kmpress was in full gala- testume, covered with jewels, and as her gaze fell with love and pride upon her husband and her child, the feelings of the company were quite carried away by the enthusiasm of the moment.

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Avsrara.—A Vienna letter in the Augsburg Gazette says :—* The elite of the aristocraties! party engazed in office have resolved on laying their salaries at the feet cf the Emperor ; that is to say, serving gratuitously, so as to les- #en the public burdens. The Archdukes, who po: sess private property, have, it is said, made the Emperor the same offer for five yeurs. toate

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We meationed, says the Madras Spectator, some time sifiee, » report that a very large amount of property had been ~eeptured at Kirwee, and we now learn that the Prize-money #8 so immense, that Lord Ulyde’s share, as Commander-in- ©hief ia India, wil! alone amount to one hundred and tweuty ‘thousand pounds—Sir George Whitlock’s share being halt of that sum. Captein’s shares are estimated at between three and four thousand pounds, and. Subalterns at a pro. portionate figure. He»py are the officers who are in such a case. — os . 6 it (8 ov. w & on

Actecen Sctentirt: Discoveny.—A Paris correspondent of the Boston Traveller says that Velpeaa, the emineut' sur- ,geon, has annogoced.aa extraordinary discovery of a new _ system of angsthesia, said to have been made by a physician . named Brocea or Rocca: The latter person is said to have placed before the subject’s eyes a somewhat brilliant object, at a distance of fifteen or twenty centimetres, and to have made the subjegt look fixedly at.it., After a few moments he is said to bave bey uasto squint; (as was natural) and then to have fallen, into.a state of complete insensibility. The experiment is said to have been repeated several times with , success, aud in oae case a surgical operation was performed _ the patient remaiuing unconscious., .... . )

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A letter from Honolulu, Nov. 10, says “ sixty whaleships have arrived, mosi!y from the Ochtosk, and there are. now

; in the barbour seventy five whalers, and eight lying off and 00 outside the reef. There.are about sixty five in Lahaina , and uiveteen in Hilo; Sixty nine more are fo arrive, or to be heard from, before the list of ships expected in the Fal! of 1307 is exhausted, , Our barbour js rapidly filling up, , end], promises to show a Jarger fleet in numbers this full thau it has for several years. L regret to say, howevey, that the reports aro worse thav ever I anticipated in.my last gloomy | Aevier, on this schject, aud the average catch will not come

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Exbetiiwesr wren Potaroes.—There exists atnong far-|

mers a great diversity of opihion respecting the most profit- able way of platitint potatues. Sotite plant twhole seed, and ‘some cut it. Mr. Alffed Lapham of Burriilville, has for ‘several years made experiinents id this respect. This year ‘he experimented anew. He planted 23 hills with whole | potatces ; 23 hills with cué potatoes, three pivees in a hill; }and 23 hills with two pieces. The seed was averaged by | weight ard site. The result was as follows: the 23 hills of |wrtcue potatoes yielded 554 Ibs; the 23 hills with three | pieces, 274 Ibs; the 23 hills with two pieces, B4 Ibs. The | potatoes were weighed in presence of Mr. Williain K. Vallet, who certifies to the above facts and figareS. Mr. Lapham tells us the potatoes were al] planted togetlitr {1 the sitme field, side by side, and the sare quantit and quality of manure put in all the hills.— Woonsocket Patriot.

Tue Besr of Sertants.-—If you would wish to have a good servatit— one that is fuithful, honest, atid attentive, and whom yot till never quarrel with ; one that #ill pever bother you fot tages, nor drink your wine behind gour back ; one that wil! never object to tear the clothes you have been wearing yourself, por make a fliss over whit mUals you give him ; one that will not grumble if you keep him up half the night ; one te whom you could at any time give with a clear conscience the very best of characters} ot that will never wish to !save you, but tvould rather he remaftied With you al! the days of your life, then yott ttiust be Hour oon Servant — and tat is best Achieved by your diligently learuing how, on all occasions, to help yottsself,

UNITED STATES. Suverrina ‘ano Crime Chicago six wretched people lived in a shanty so crazy ay to admit the wind freely. Five of them slept together; a woman intoxicated lay by the stove. The last of their wood was in it, and when this was burned out the shanty soon grew cold. Towards morning Mrs. Miles got up to get her child a drink. She found there was no fire, and that the woman by the stove was frozen stiff. They put her iuto the bed, thinking the heat of their bodies might revive ber ; but in the morning she was still quite stiff. She had not, said one of the witnesses, * thawed a bit.”

In Salem, Mass,, a poor woman ptrished of cold and hunger four days after her confinement. She had no one near her but ber husband, who was sick and could neither go out nor give her much help, and they had neither food nor fuel. When it was known that she had so died, the charity of the public was at length excited.

In Portland, a coloured woman named Mrs. Wilson, pleaded guilty to the charge of murdering a boy she had ad- opted as her son. She burned his body, piese by piece, in an oven, She was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment in the

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Funerat or tue Catnoutc Bisuor or Banrimors. — Jan. 9.—The imposing funeral ceremony of Bishop Newman, at John’s Church, took place this morning. Iligh mass was celebrated, and the body Jaid in state on a funeral car and

accompanied by a large concourse of citizens. The church

Seventy-three of the clergy were present at the funeral. including Bishops Kandrick of Baltimore, Laughlin of Brook- lyn, Magill of Richmond, and Assistant Bishop Wood of

avenues to the Church. : ———_—=—® 000 +

Tae Lawrence Massacre.~—The cause of the frightfu' loss of life at the Pemberton Mills, Lawrence, Ma-s., proves to have been criminal carelessness on the part of the owners The structure rested on a sandy foundation was wholly un- fit to bear such a weight of machivery, sank cousiderabl; four years ago, was then propped and bolted and held to- gether only to make such fearful havoc iu the end, after giving so many warnings :—

The folowing despatch iz from D. Saunders, Jr., Mayor of Lawrence :—

Lawnence, Jan. 11.—Terrible as our calamity is, [ think it is much over estimated iu the uuamber killed. As near as I have been able to ascertain this morning, [ find dead and missing (what is equivalent to dead) 113, and 165 wounded.

The building was constructed in such a manner as to ad- mit as much light as possible for the use of the operatives, ‘and in consequence of this was p.t substantial,

It was found necessary to put a number of iron brace: through the building wheu the machinery was put in. ‘The

foundation appears to have settled last week when the frost wens coming out of the ground, as workmen were engaged in | placing supporters under it.

Que of the operatives named Margaret Hamiltom, who was fatally injured at the falling, stated, after she was taken to the City Hall, that one of the wen engaged in the build- ing told her on Monday that the mi.ls were unsafe, as the foundation was giving way. ee

A Boaes Baxx.=—The Connecticut Press of Saturday last, & paper published at Hartford, exposes a bogus bank, called the Still River Bank, at Winsted, Connecticut, ot which concern J. L. Van Wert is the reported President. [t would appear that the object is to impose upon the people in the Colonies, and that a large number of its bills have been put in circulation in Canada and this Province. The Press says :—

“The Adams Express Co. at their office, received, on Wednesday, from St John, New Brunswick, $200 in bills of the aforesaid Still River Bank, signed J. L. Van Wert, Pres., E. Van Wert, Cashier. They were tens, fives and ones, and positively the coarsest specimen of printing for any purpose that we have seen—on coarse paper with commou job priuter’s cuts, rough type and poor ink, requiring av effort of the imagination to suppose that they were intended to cheat an idiot. Yet the accompanying letter says that several thousand dojlars of them are in circulation near St. Jobo, aud these were sent on for collection! Will somebody take care of Mr. Van Wert ?”

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On Tuesday last the train from Boston, on the Boston and Maine ILkailroad, ran off the tract at Reading, badly smashing the engine and cars, and breaking the enginecr’s (Mr. Leary’s) arm. No other person injured,

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Wire Morpen.-~ Malone, N. Y., Jan. 7.—Karly last evening a man in the town of Dickenson, named Henry Meacham, shot his wife,in presence of her father and mother, who fled from the bouse in terror, and gathering a number of the neighbors, returned and found the woman dead ard weltering in her blood, with her throat eut, besides being shot. Her husband was lying dead beside her, shot through the head by his cwa hand. Cause, domestic trouble and in- fidelity of the wile,

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Governor Blacksnake, the “ old Indian,” died at his res’- dence on the Alleghany reservation, eight miles from East Randolph, Cattaraugus county, 4. Y., December 26, at the advanced age of 123 years. He was probably, before his death, the o.dest Indiaa living. He was in the French war previous to the Revolution ; ulso in the Revolutionary war, and sided with the Americans. He wasa great aid to Washington, acting in the capacity of a runner and bearer of despaiches, is family have now in their possession a silver medal that was presented him by Gen. Washington, and on waich the * old Governor” put more value than on all else-he had... oe

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The Providence Post thinks it probable that at least two hundred ladies bave had dresses and shawls yuined or injured in that city withia the last tiree months by having lamp oil poured upon them while walking the streets. Que lady had a shawl ruined that was worth $100. Lo some neighbour- hoods not a family has escaped these outrages.

Asormer Ratroan Accrpent.— Yesterday, as the freight train from Moptreal to Portland. was crossiug the bridge ut Leanoxville, the structure gave way, and the entire train, consisting of 7 cars, was precipitated into the river, the en- gine and tender alone being saved from the general wreck; No lives were lost, we believe... The bridge was a wooden ore. of 120 feet span, and was comparatively new, having

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r Mr, Joli N. Genin; the él known BroadWity hatter, | but if wé are to judge from the concluding patdgtaph, we |

f is liabilitiks ig pot are to be lest with others. é

lies : ; , | bas sudpetded payment. eo Having Veen engaged for some tite paat i

‘yet ascertaitied, but it is probably large. encemticianaiyllpmancamiip The ntimber of childten attending school it the State of intellectual and moral improvement of these rising ptuvintes;”

sind 19 242 : at @epeaded to stpport schodls in| I therefore claim the privilege, in this free and independent eg aos Ag 7 mer country, to pass a few Sitictar 8 on anything that Mr. &. may o ; : ——_-»e>——-—-—

adduce hot in accordance with my views ott * aiibjett. The advertisement of real estate in St. Louis to be sold} Béfore cominencing, let me tell Mr. 8. that

toleration firet put forth by Sir Roger Williams on the noble

a half of the St. Louis Demoerat. soil of Paritanic New Brglafid, and them taken up by the

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A Dethocrat who otyné a lead thine at Shullitsbutg, Wis., Milton, and te-ethoe® by all the truly great and philanthropic | was & cAndidite for the Legislature: On election day he infitiduals who have shohe as glorious luminaries in the an- hired fity-three Republicans to work in his mine; after be nals of British geniué—that | am a repecter of the setvants

had got theta all 140 feet below the stirfuce, the laddet was oy eat ot anne ey ceca ve vrerlactitig Uospel

drawn to hate some new rourtds put in it, aud he neglected and that { am not attuated by any bitter feelings towards to return it till the polls were closed, Wheh resulted ip bis him: Om the comtary, I hail with delight, in witnessing each election by fifty majority, ‘and evety person exert his influence, publicly and privately,

neces —- in the cause of intellectual progress, moral improvement,

1 ; *) ‘ soci) elevation; and christian precepts—the main spring of Grauman:—Which of the two fortis of geritettce is cor- | whieh is education. I earnestly hope Mr. Sutherland's in-

rect ?—*'T'he governittent # very bavkward,” or “ The go-| tended letters may have the effect of arousing the careless

vernment are very backward.” Both are torrect. Government teacher, the indolent parent, the thoughtless trustee and the is a notin of multitude; aod tay be used according to the lukewarm statesman. Sub hind

taste and cohYenience of the writer, either in the singular or _ | must here confess that I am of the same opinion with Mr.

in the plural. S so far ashe has as yet written. But that which I intend

to remind him of is that he will make his actions oe

the principles he professes. Mr.S., in pointing out the bene-

COLONIAL NEWS. fits Pf eeu nae that in the attainment of this object,

ivan ‘*no political strife nor ne should ee “aa

and then asks, ‘‘ Do we not all breathe the same atmosphere,

BEAR FIGHT. drink of tne same streams, fish in the same waters, or plough

A story has been toid us of an extraordinary bear fight | in the same fertile valleys? — and though an intermixture of

that took took place at the Kast River one day last week. | races and creeds, are we not all the children of the same com-

Two boys, of between thirteen and fifteen years of age, be- | 20” Parent, and subjects of the one beloved Queen?’’ Most

i : : : . certainly we are, Mr. 8., and if this is the case, are we not longing to the Albion Mines, one armed with a single the all cutie to ual rights and privileges, Catholics as well as

other with ° double barreled gun, went to the woods to shoxt Protestants? Yes, Mr. S., your conscience must tell you so, rtridges. During the day they fell in with a large bear although you have heretofore endeavoured to deprive Catholics

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that had been tempted from his den by the fine weather. | of what they, as‘: British Americans,” are justly entitled to. Bruin showed no disposition for fight, but rapidly retreated,| Happy am I to see Mr. 8. entertaining just and liberal views and the boys, who had been thoughtful enough to provide) at last. I hope his actions may be guided by his writings mm themselves with suitable ammunition, loaded their guns, and this instance. And let me tell fr. 5. if there a any aoe gave chase. They tracked the bear to her den, aud fired ip will retard the intellectua) improvement, and mental refine-

: oduci ment of P. E. Islanders, it is in being deprived of these privi- ae her, - wehhous pF ng any sesponse other than a legea- P.E. Island will never give birth to the Historian or surly growl.

They loaded again, and a second time gave} the Poet, the Naturalist or the Philosopher, eo long as we her the benefit of the contents of the three barrels, whe:. she! have a paper like the Protestant, unwilliog to allow their rushed out, wounded and bleeding, past the boys, followed | Catholic brethren to ‘+ drink from the same waters”’ as it does. by a half grown cub. The youngsters again gave chase, and | Why should it rail at every etep taken by our Catholic breth- overtook the younger animal, as be was clambering over a | ren towards ine ree —— Why pile of brush, the elder brother attacking him with his gees ip the Gee of bees ees eee Sane ae

: . . mon Parent’ as they are? Let Mr. S., then, asa‘ British clubbed gun, breaking the stock over his back. On this the American,”” as a friend of “ these shins Weare’ ae

younger brother leaped upon the bear's back, and seized him | inquence in putting an end to the scurrilous scribblings which by the esrs, holding him thus on top of the brush, while the| paye recently appeared in the columns of the Protestant. other brother uuclssped a blunc pocket knife, and cut the| surely Mr. S., if he is what he pretends to b2—a lover of brute’s throat, Leaving the animal bleeding, and as they | education, intellectual and moral improvement—will denounce supposed dying, they upain pursued the old one for some dis-| the cowardly attacks of the Editor and contributors of the tance ; but failing to overtake her, they returned to secure Protestant, on ane Cc —_—— ee, Listen tu their prize, when, to their astonisbment, they found that the ane te ae ‘nial to cane of the CY. L. young one bad regained life enough to get himself out o!| | stitute, on its being ** purely literary and scientific :”” ** Ii sight. Oa going to the den, however, they discovered | thi be true, where was the necessity of such an Institute, second cub, dead, which would appear t» have been killed by | while the Mechanics’ Institute was in operation,—and why is the r first fire. On carrying their prize home, they found! it called the Catholic Young Men’s Institute, if open to al) the carcase to weigh over one hundred weight. On a sub-| denominations?’ Mr. Laird knows right well that it is open s quent day, a number of men were out in pursuit of the | to all denominations and this is what stings him. If it were

, ‘ 3 not, how could his correspondent * +”? furnish him with the wounded bears, but we have not beard whether they succecded rocceedings of their mectings? Dare he deny it? I defy

mm captaring them.—Eastern Chronicle, Jan, 26. Pim. Bute he thinks because it is designated * Catholic,”

that it cannot be open toall!! Poor fellow, let him turn ay

The Cape Breton News records the death of four young | his dictionary and find the definition of the word ‘- Catholic,”

children, who were drowned at George’s River, on their way and perhaps it may teach him mentee the next time he attempts home from school, It appeaas that they returned on newly to give vent to his unballowed bigotry.

. . / Let Mr. S., then, acting upon the principles he wishes to _— ice that gave way under them, and thus the sad inculeate—-throwing away ** political strife and religious ani- accident,

mosity’’—endeavour to put an end to such proceedings. Let him, as a minister of the Gospel, ineuleate the hesyen-born

Suatt Pox.—The number of cases reported this week arc | principles of love to all. If he thinks his religion superior to Forty-three. Number admitted into Hospital, Seven ; deaths | Catholicism, let him take his Bible, endeavour to expound its

in Hospital none. Total number of deaths reported from | ered truths, and to cherish its holy precey ts. Let him ex- May 14 to January 14 Forty-three. — Courier. tend to his Catholic fellow-creatures the hand of benevolence,

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<a aeae The estimated cost of the Victoria Bridge, at Montreal, | pliysical, and social condition ; and if he then fais to eonvert

was one million five han@eed thousged pounds sterling. But | them to his religious opinions, he can do it in no other way.

its actual cost was only one million thvee hundred (housand | ' 50 A,

pounds sterling, or ome millivn dollars less than the esti- Lot 50, Jan. 1800.

mates, Anotber striking fact is that the bridge was done | oo —— nee

within the time originally estimated, The American world | For tux Examiner.

can show ne parallel to this. LINES

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orrespondence, Bay, loston her way {rom St. duhn's, N. F. tu Charlottetown, | ~ P. &. Island. Far beneath the deep blue waters ‘There a e cayerus vast and deep— Caverns o’er whose hidden treasure Svuls that love unceasing weep.

To rue Epiror or rae Examiner.

Dear Sir,—-The more the correspondence to which so much allusion has been lately made, and which respects Quit Rents, is examincd—the more will it be made evident that no one ever contemplated their remission unless the Proprietors thought proper to commute them on the terms offered at the time. ‘The whole story is contained in the Journals of 1839. E.ery perusal of them willadd fresh conviction, [tis, however, sv much to the purpose to see what was thought on the sub- ject by the late G. R. Young, Esq., who was on that occasion the Proprietors’ agent and wi 0, in his various communica- tions with the Treasury and Colonial Office, signs bims If ‘ Sulicitor and Counsel,’ that I venture to trouble the public with some words transcribed from his letter, page 8, appen- dix F. They are these: ” As regards them (the terms aioe. mutation) there could be no ‘* retrospective’ operation of the claim, because if the five years tax were in arrear, they could be only collected under tire authority of the Island Act (the Land Assessment Act ;) and at the period when the Act went into operation, provided the terms were acted on!!! All the arrears due to the Crown were remitted in thie view. Therefore, the word * retrospectively’? can bave reference only to the

Deep within those silent chambers

Rest the true—the firm—the bold, Over whom the foaming waters

Have through calm and tempest rolled.

Those that once in strength and beauty Walked with stately step and proud, Silent lie beneath the billows, Wrapt in ocean's dripping shroud.

Longing hearts have vainly waited Loving ones that come no more ; Never again will they behold them Till they tread the eternal shore.

But in vain to thee, deep ocean, Come the wailings of despair ; All that falls with n thy waters

. ae n the bduéating | of the flsitig generation ; and, being “ever willing; as a | British American, to exert any influence I miay hate; for the

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Charlottetown, P, E. Ii January 31, 1860,

The Islander, being the Government organ, and, if it be

am a Péotest-| not grossly belied, in its material and political parts conduct- for tates due the city, of 1859, fills twenty-two coltimns and ant,—that I hold the éatne greut afifl plorious opiniotis on| ed by the Colonial Secretary, we extract frotm it the follow-

ing :—** We have reason to believe that it is the intention of

celebtattd Locke, the faf-famed Jeremy Taylor, the sublime | the Government that the upper branch of the Legislatute of

this Colony shall no longer remain that which, for some yeurs past, it has been—a mere burlesque upon a deliberative assembly. We understand His Excellency has been invested with powers such as to relieve the Government from all ap- prehension that the Legislative Council will, by their oppo- sition, be enabled in the least tu obstruct the business of thd country. The composition of the Council, will we believe, be materially altered,"’ &c. And in another part, in its usual style, this hopefal pericdical atnouneces the removal of the Hon. E. Palmer from the House of Assembly, and his accept- ance of a seat in the Legislative Council. As these may be’ considered tantamount to official announcements, viewing the quarter from which they come, coupled with the apparent sanction of the Lieutenant Governor, we shall make a few comments on them. First, as to Mr. Palmer’s taking a seat’ in the Legislative Council, and the leadership thereof—which ,: of course, means of the ministerial part of it. In respect to this movement, it is self-evident that this is occasioned by the remonstrances of the Council itself, made at the Colonia] Of- fice, against the extreme impropriety of the Government not being represented in that body. It is a victory, disguise it in what manner they may, of the constitutional representa- tions of the Couneil, in respect to the mannerin which the’ Government buSiness was left to chance in that branch of the’ Legislature; and instead of sneering at Col. Swabey, the’ Government, if it had any sense of justice, would have re- turned its sincere thanks to that gentleman, and others, for’ moving, seconding, passing and explaining the Bills sent up’ from the Houseof Assembly—in fact, all the Government meas

ures, when they could possibly ascertain they were such. The anomaly of there being no one to do these things, or to answer any necessary question, or to be a link of communi- cation between the Lieutenant Governor and the upper branch of the Legislature, is thus done away; but not by any wis- dom that has dawned on the perverse minds of the Executive but by the successful remonstrance of the Legislative Council. Of the other part of this quasi officia) communication we have something more serious to say. But we must not, however, forget that to take any notice of it may be superfluous, or, at all events, premature. For, it is not yet forgotten, or long &:0, that it was announced that the whole Council was to be dismissed, and a new one,agreeable to Proprietary views,to be installed. The present statement may be as false as that was, and probab'y is. All we know is, that the Government hae sent Home the strongest representations, or rather, misrepre

sentations, to bring about such a result ; and no doubt their profound ignorance of all constitutional matters, coupled with the hopes they placed in Proprietary influence, caused them to cherish the vain hope that at their feet the last ves- tige and only remaining seeurity for public liberty would be laid prostrate. Seeing, then, that their failure in this object

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|a body obstructing the measures of the Government.

has been so signal, and their defeat 6o absolute, they set up tu inc%imidate the Council im a manner so replete with tyranny and violence, that every good subject of Her Majesty is ealled upon to look to the liberties that are his birthright, and to.

charity, and brotherly-love,—assist them in all their under-| consider that they may as well be assailed through the Legis- takings when calculated to elevate their intellectual, moral, | jative ¢

‘ouneil as through the Assembly,—if it, indeed, be true ** that His Excellency has been invested with powers to relieve the Government from al]! apprebension."” What? js a legislative body to be threatened with annihilation, witn being swamped and neutralized by any Government? If this be the ease, where is the refuge left for constitationa! free-

} dom for those liberties which are the birthright of a Britieh

people? And this threat is not only highly tyrannical, bet it is equally unjust. Now, what says the Government organ ?”

|—** This state of affuirs having been made known to the | Seeretary of State, His Exceileney the Lieutenant Governor | has been author 8 d to obviate tle difficulty."” Now, we bays | good reason to believe that what has been made known is ut-

terly shameless and inconceivably false. We have reason to believe that the Legislative Council has been represented aa Now this is not only not the case, but tae very opposite is the fact. There has been but one Session since the advent of the Pro- prietary Government, and we have abuve shown that the measures which came from the House of Assembly, finding no. sponsors, no fathers, no exponents in the “gentlemen on the Government side of the House —there being none there—were taken up by gentlemen of politics opposed to the Government, and except one, were all carried through their respective stages, and became law. Now, the exception was the mon

strous proposition to make every poor inhabitant, before he or she could communicate with friends and anxious relatives

antecedent legal right, and the word ‘* prospect.yely’’ is in- troduced with the same view; and neither, as I respecttull, submit, were intended to, or can controul the express terms upon which the commutation ts before tendered!!! Whether the responsible Solicitor and Counsel of the Pro- pritors, at the time when this subject was under discussion, or their voluuteer Counsel ag the p esent time, is the bes: autho- r ty, I leave to the ingenuous and the learned ; and it may be added that this letter was written after that so mueb reiied on of Mr. Spearman’s.

Yours truly,

WM. SWABEY.

Jan. 28, 1860.

To tux Epiror or trax Examiner.

Sin—I observe that the editor of the Islander, with bis characteristic “a and manliness, has again thought proper to attack Sir D. Daly, in his absence ; and, as is gen- eraily reported, writes his slanderous attacks upon the late Governor in tle office which was specially dedicated to the use of His Excellency. The raneorous disposition of the ed- itor of the Islander may reeeive some explanation in the fact, that Sir Dominick, at the time of the change of Government in April last, refused to a him to a public office, on ac- count of his unprovuked a of His Excellency some time Punerr. .

The Islander admits that the cases mentioned by me in my last communication, cailing for the exercise of the Royal clemency, and having been favorably entertained by Sir Dom- inick, were not the ones which he alluded to; but refers, at some length, to the case of Richard Naddy, who was conyict- ed of a violent assault. Ihave made sume enquiries into the circumstances of this case, and [ learn that Sir Dominick positively refused to liberate the prisoner, until one of the ‘Lory lawyers made such @ pitiable representation of the for- lorn and starving condition of the man’s family, that Sir Dominick was induced te listen to the application, and miti- gated the sentence. If the editor of the Js/ander is s0 horrified when public dc- linquents are allowed to go scot free after haying been con- victed of abominable crimes, will he be kind enough to give his readers his opinion of a case which was brought before the Police Court a few daysago? It appears from the evi- dence before that Court that while a respectable citizen was walking with his wife, in the streets of Charlottetown, he was grossly assaulted by two raffians, wio were fined the paltry sum of twenty shillings—their offence having been clearly proven, and shown to be of a most aggravated character; but they were staunch Tories; that was a bright feather in their caps. Naddy, with all his faults—with all the violence of his temver—with the inexcusable excesses to which he was driven under the influence of strong drink — could not belie his nature sv far as to become a Tory, and had to be punished accord- ingly. Fifteen months’ imprisonment was considered a mild castigation for his offence; and 20s. fine was deemed sufficient atonement to society fur greater outrages committed upon it by greater rascals, because the powers that be look with a milder eye upon the delinquencies of their own political fol- owers. Yours, &e ,

Jan. 28, 1860. FAIR PLAY.

To tHe Epitor or rae Examiner.

Sim,—I perceive in the Profestant of the 24th Dee , a lengthy cou munication from ths pen of * G. Sutherland,”’ on * Baw.

been renewed within 4 year and a half.— Montreal Gazette, January 4. a

cation in P. E. Island.’ Thisis the first lotter on the subject ;

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| entirely abolished ?””

| in England, Ireland, or Scotland, or eleewhere, prepay their | letters. The Council — always the friend of the people— | thought this a eruel enactment, and would not sanction it. That their judgment in this respect was well exercised, is testified by the fact that in Great Britain the measure has been abandoned as oppressive, and obstructive of intercourse. Had, however, the Council merited the designations of ‘+ factious "’ and ** obstructive,’’ applied to them here, they had an oppor- tunity of embroiling the Government with the whole Island, from the East Point to Cape North, which did not escape them, but which they were too magnanimous and too con- scientious to avail themselves of ; for they had nothing to do, if they meant mischief, but to pass the Bill. Here, then, is the sum total of the ** factious’’ crimes of tho Couneil against the Government. If His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, whose principles we believe ta be those of justice and of ati English gentleman, has been so credulous as to believe other- wise, we would recommend him to investigate the facts ; nor shall we readily believe that he is a party to the gross mis- representations which have caused him to be * invested with powers such as to relieve the Government from all apprehen- sion that the Legislative Counei) will, by their opposition to the measures of the Assembly, be enabled in the least to ob- struct the business.’"” No,—the obstruction of business is not the real object of complaint, any more than it is a fact. It is to be sought for in a different quarter. The Government is Saunt Go Sender aaleiten. nearly toa man a Proprietary Government—and the major- St. Peter's Bay, Jan. 6, 1860. _ H. | ity of the Legislative Council are known to desire that the : athe Proprietors may be brought to book and fulfil all the reason-