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From late English Papers.

The Adiairalty have determined to proceed with the forma- tion ofs new steam yard at Keyliain. and it is probable that a portion of the establishment will be in operation in the course of the present seminar.

The Admiralty have directed the Windsor Castle. tlis lamest lnsn-of-war in the world. building at Pembroke. to bc launc early in summer. She will mount M0 guns. and will be fitted with a screw propeller. Her burthen is over 3000 tons.

Major General James Campbell. K. II., an old Peninsula soldier. and upwards of twenty years commsndig the 95th regitaeut has been appointed to the command of the trii -ps in Australia and its dependencies. which includes New Zualand. He will luve England about Jtily or August next, by one of the new line of steamers for Svdne .

out some experiments made by hi r. Williams. gunmsker. Liver I. it would appear that the Minie bullet is not the terrtbmeutructive missile it had been represented to be ; and ‘that. for the visceral purposes of warfare. it is not to be relied uu. from the fact that so soon as the barrel of the rifle becomes foul. which it does alter urine iweiity discharges. ti portion of the bullet retusins jammed at the bottom. preventing the succeed ‘lug charge from being rammed home. Consequently. in such 3 case. the chances are that a miss-fire would talie place at least twice out of three times.

The London papers contain a sickening narrative of the enf- ferinua and death by starvation of a missionary party, on the Island of Pictou. ofl'C:ipe Ilorii. The mission was under the direction of Captain Gardiner, a gentleman of some fortune. and Mr. Maiement. a cstechiet. and probably some account of the circumstance may have appeared in American papers. The British ship-of war Dido having been sent to look for the survi- vors of the mission, fottnd the whole party dead. On one part ofthe beach were the bodies of Captain Gordon and two of his companions. and further on. the corpses of three more. The remains of the others were in a care at some dtstaiice. where. from the appearance of furniture and other articles they have lived some time. until their supplies being exhausted, they had died one after another. till -ill were dead. Captain Gordon had Iept ii diary of their sulferings, which was brought home by the Dido. and is published in the Times.

Fiuus on TIII l\‘looits ant) Mosstts. Lancashire. perhaps. has as large a population of moss and moor as atiy other conn- ty in England. one-tliird of the land in the country being either of that character or woodland. Owing to the long drought, the vegetation on the moors lisd last week become very dry, and in four or five difl'erent districts the moss took fire. eve- ral of these fires were the result of accident I r-.ircuinsiances.—

as the ordinary weed-burning on farms, or a few s arlis from a locomotive.—have spread destruction over the siir ace of vast tracts oflnnd, overtaking and surrounding the game and small- er anintala and birds with sudden destruction. The sitting partridge! and pheasants have been burnt to death upon their nests. and the hares have been seen in great numbers together, screaming in anguish as the flames approached and consumed them. In several instances. as at VI orsley. portions of the woods have been burnt. and in one case, in Cheshire. a cottage was consumed. and a cow destroyed. Amongst the IIIOELSCS wbicu have been on fire are Chat Moss. Iarriiigton. A.-hton.

and Partington Moss. Riiiiford and Bickeraiatf Heaths, &i-. .

The rain which fell on Welnesday, we suppose, would ut a stop to all danger We gather from the papers that there ave been several moss fires in Westmiirland. Lochar Moss.

near Dumfries.igiiiteil; nor was Ireland exempt. A tremen- dous. conllagarstion spread over Holmc Fen. llants. The flames spread for six miles; and the loss to the growing crops

alone is estimated at more than £20. 0

The United Service Gazelle says:—“ We have reason lo

( Frost flis .N‘¢tobrsastci‘rIt'er. Jloy I5.) TIIB IIALIFAX AND QUIJHEC RAILROAD.

By the English mail yesterda . iiiformatiou was received from the Ilon. Mr. Chiindler. to the c act that on the 80th April. ‘(the day the Mail closed) he and the Ilon. Mr. Ilinclts had an interview wit I the Right Ilon. the Earl Darby. the l’reiuier. of a very satisfactory

clirarcter. Ilia Lordship began by stttting the advantages of the northern line

for the proposed railway. as regards colonisation itnd the huries. and also in a military point of view. Mr. Chandler in re ily said. I line.

there was s var social objection in New Brunswick to I and alluded to l{ItIfiIl‘t) iiiujoiities in the Legislature. by which tliu route by the valley of St. Joltii had been sustnined. and expres his doubts. whetlier s iiitijority of the Assembly of this Province could be induced to aid any other lioe.—lle pressed upon Earl Derby the coiiiiiiereiiil superiority of a line passing through the City of St. John, a great shipping port, possessing a harbour which was never frozen. at t to mouth of it great navigable river; and he and Mr. Ilittcks urged the iiiiportiincu of connecting these Colonies together. 0 q cation wits rnised by the Earl of Derby as to the guarantee of funds for the Halifax and Quebec Ilnilwtiy. the only dilliculty. on his I ordsliip‘s piirt. appeiiriii to arise frotii the question of route; and at the close ofthe confereiice, Iclarl Derby siiid. he should wish to hear .\lr. Iluwe on the subject. but in the iiieniitinie. he doairtrd it to be uriderstood. that he did not coiiiiider his objection to any other lllltll the northern route to be iiiauperuble. lliu Lordsliip. asked ifu racticiiblu route b the valley ofthe St. John. on the eastern side ofthe riier. could u found. would that be objected to; to which Mr. Chandler and Mr. lliiicks replied. that if competent Er ineers should decide thiit such a route was practicable. it might ifinie. In addition to the til.-ove we may state. that private letters from London say. Mr. Chandler has seen Mr. Hattie on the subject of par- liaiiieritsr aid. by guttrtiiitee or otherwise. to the Great '|‘runk Rail- way; an Mr. lluine has expressed himself favorable to the under. taking. and said. tlitit tiny vote in its aid will not be opposed by

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ii. We pre..tinte, that with suc_h favorable iiitelligence as the above. we may safely coiigrattilate the people of New llrunswick generally on the successful progress of the negociatiotis for the Halifax and Quebec railway. to which every inhabitant of the Province is more or less interested ' ' tore now seems very little doubt as to the funds being fortltcoinitig for this great Coluriinl and National under- taking; and the sole matter of detail. the question of route. being satisfactorily settled. an early eotuiuencenteitt may be rettiioiiably experite .

ttit‘;tFssi;z‘iii‘1i1‘tti”s”i Gi‘iAZZEl1"Il‘1lt‘.. TUESDAY. MAY 25. I852. --

Ttu noiiiiniitiou of the Ilon. Robert llodgson to the Office of Chief Justice of Prince lldwiird Island. will. we doubt not. give univerriil satisfitctiim. Mr. llodgsoii‘a amiable and uniiasuitiiiig iriuniiers. uniiiipeiichiible integrity. and the riiild. but at the some time firm iitid coitiiisteiit niiiitner in which he executed the duties of Attorney General for n words of tweiit years. has c-iideured him to the people, iind etitit cd hint to the e evatioit which he will. we at. long contitiue to enjoy. We, therefore. lieiirtily congratuliite both him Illltl tho coutitry. on the uppoiiztnit:-.it. It must be riiuiter ofthe utinost satislitctioit to the fiiriiicr. and of tin tttiitill impoitiiitce to the latter. that he tiscendii the judickil bench perfectly uiisliackled. Ht: not only did not belong to the present Adiiiitiiiitrattioir but. on the contrary. refused the other of being coiitiuued Attoriii-y General. on the iiioderule terms of being poiitical duitiiiiy. and, when. on his retireirieitt. nppoiitted Queen‘s Counsel. he declined tlte itilk gown.

refuting to wear the liuiubler atoll‘. to rendering liiiin-elf liable in tha iiiiputation of being under any obligation to the party in power or even, in the slightest degree. connected wit ' Nor is he now in the least indebted to the present Adrttinistrtition 2, for hard they been able to put one of their own nuitibcr into the vacant situation. no coii.:ideriition for his past service, on persons rsgitrd would liiive pN:\‘l.‘Zi'sI£d their passing hint by. and filliii-v it with one of their own pnrtiiiaiis. We shall. probtiily. hear then. taking credit for the

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believe that Sir Edward Parry, and other experienced Arriic voyagers. entertain the opinion that the ships. seen by the mar- cliantman, attached to the iceberg. ofl' Newlbiindland. were in reality‘ the Erebiu and Terror, abandoned by Sir John Frank- lin and his companions."

There were eight 0'Connella in Piirliainent in ether the last seven ears. and the number is now reduced to one, t is eldest son of the to Liberator.

“III Mui:srv’a Siiimcri Ciit_iisx.—The Queen accompanied by the Prince Consort rind a portion of the Royal family iti- teiids paying a stiinmer visit to Bristol, Waterford. Dublin and Ilolyhead. en route to the Scottish suturnr.al retreat of Balmo ral. The Court will remove to Osborne on the 92nd May ; and her Majesty will embark from the Isle of Wight some titne after not before) the parliament is dissolved. on board the Royal Steam yacht Victoria and Albert. (now in process of refit and embellishment for the royal service at Portsinouth dock~ yard.) for the summer cruise.—-[Pi-rtsmouth Times.

Coxrr or Aritrcx.—A letter from Cape Coast Castle. dated March I. states as follows:-—

The blockade ofthe Leeward Coast has been raised in live or six placas.in consequence of some kind of treaty having been signed. but afliiirs are in it very unsettled state still.

The town of WI: doth been recently burnt. together with HItton's factory. ller the fire. there were discovered in the ruins of the town the charred remains of I50 slaves who had been uniible to escape. owing to their being chained togi -.her by the neck. It is as they were collected together ready for shipping. T he town of altoinsy. where the King c that country resides. is also report- ed to have been burnt.

SPAIN. A letter from Barcelona states. that the steam frigate Isabel II. has set otit for Valencia to take on board the Duke anil Duchess of Moutpensier. who are going in her to the Balearic sles. The sanguinary Carlist Beis was shot on the 10th instant, in the presence of an immense number of people. By a royal docree. till sentences of fine anti imprisonment for offences against the press laws are annulled, and all pending rosecutions ordered to be abandoned. This act of the sovereign as given general satisfaction.

ITALY.

On the 97th of April. a powder magazine in Turin blew up, doing great damage; rsons were re orted to be killed, but no exact accounts have yet come to ban .

Mr. Pinellt. the President of the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies, died on the 23d. after a long illness. e was a insn of acknowledged talent. and bad filled several posts of the highest trust.

UNITED s'I‘A'l‘E!.

Rironir lit.xirn.—’I‘be General Assembly of llhode Island adjourned on Friday evening. after a session of four days. The principal act of the session was that known as the Maine Liquor Law. The law was passed very rapidly tlirough both Houses. Its friends favoured a more do iberste consideration. but the Deinocrsts. smartiug under their defeat _which they at- tributed to their double-faced policy on this subject. pushed it forward as rapidly as ssihle.. ‘An act ‘was passed, making all licenses for, the es s of spirituous liquors under the old law expire on the day when, the new law goes into effect.- [Procidrna Journal.

The papers contain an olllcisl report of Capt. Morshead. narrating the melancholy fate of Commander Gardiner and the whole of the parties sent out by the Patagonian Missionary Society in Sepiemsbr I860. to Pictou Island, the southern sxtreinit of America.

New tits or Tiiavirr..—The Ocean Steamer Ospray was

nrchsaed a few days since at Philadelphia. by Major B. H. Norton. U. S. Consul st Pictou, for the route tween Pietoti and Quebec. in connexion with Clark and Jones’ new line of propellers. hence to Halifax. The connexion between Halifax and Pietoo is to be run with elegant six horse coaches. a plea- sent summer excursion ; and a popular one. this summer will be by this route-—tsking the steamer at Foster's wharf to Hslisx —stngss to l’icton-the Oesan steamer from I-‘ictoit to Quebec ._.gp..n.. homo by way of the lakes and railroad. This will malts a Ins land and ass trip at very moderate cost.—[Bcston Evening Mail. NOVA SCOTIA. _ S1-. Mas1'e.—l.sst wseh tlisrswas a lolsnin Funeral Service. Oflles. Ilfih Man of Rsqvteivi and absolutiou. at St. I. for the late luv. Alexander Mebssd Parish Priest st‘Artsaig. Gufirlhnve. whose death was recently ainicuiicsd Tbs llifit and Cleft] of Halifax united is pay- "" .. ..':.':t .‘.'...L“"'‘ ‘°".:..'f°“. avsthsr of the luv. m. c In 0 P. for Cape lrstss. sad atssilrsr Neva «Bcutla.

t.pp-vinlinenl. and inukiiigit merit of saving £310 per attnuiti. by rcferriiig ‘slr. llodgiioii to Mr. Young; and let them! It will be it long time. liotvever, before they can c0lI'.‘IIlCe the people. whether in town or country, that they II-Itl arty alternative but to do its the have done. 't'liey ought. ucciirdiri,ir_ to the priiclice of ltextpoiiailrle Govcriiiiient, to have piveii the situation to their own Attorney Geiicrtil. and why did the not? It would ueerii to be it piirt ofthe Govertiorh-i It‘. :iu:iioi:s, t int he iii Hi‘! to appoint to the bench any person merely in account of his pziliticul situation, but to give it to the member of the bar best qualified. but the pi..son holding the situation is. of riifciznt talent. to have the preference. \Vell ! t at is certuinl a good reason for not appointing Charles Young. for lie is coiifessudly unfit. ‘out why make him Judge of Probate? The late Attoriiey General hiid €200 per iiiinurn. lit the first glow of I’f.‘r|p0l|III.lIlII_". £20.) per tiiinuin is cried out itgriiiiat, as too much, an I50 is coiniidered tiutiicieitt llow cotiieii it then. tlittt no sooner does the pliice of Judge of rrirbiite faill viicziiil. than it is given to Mr. Young. who is coiisiderci! as fully rind nrnply remune- rated by his salary ititd its cotitiituiilly increasing biiioluiiient.-4.’ Given to him too in d::;":'.c of the pleii e, that tltere was for the future to be no plurality ofollicus in one person, under a rt-foriiied government. It was true the lnte Altori-.i-y General held it. He had. however. been appointed Judge of Probate previously to his getting the Attorney Generrilaliip, an it was one of the articles of grievance thitt he did hold both ofiices at the same time. so riiuch so, that when be vacated the one. on receiving a retiring allowance, the present Governtiiettt did llll they could to deprive him of the other. It was the maxim of the time when those otfices were con- feried. not only here but every where else. to keep till you got. and get ltll you could. It wits the grant otl'eiir'e of tho Fiiiiiily Compact. and the onl ground for the chiiqgc. rind yet the very first thin the reforiiiers o, is to iiriitnte their predecessors in the most. per ups the only reprehensible part of their conduct. But the fact is. they could not help it. They were aware, that they had treated Mr. Young ill. and they have given him the I’rubate Otlice its a plnster for his wounded pri e. Wlieilier it will heal it elfectuiilly be best it Certain it is, that it is u procliiiiiittion to till the world. of their own weakness, and iitalies it evident. that there is riot in stilli- ciency of talent on their side to furnish forth ntateriitls for is Chief

to go over to the other side iitid take one of the lenders of the hire ministry. And this is Relpollulliltl Government ! (,"i.-it bien drole. as u Frenchiniin would any ; but lliero is no need of htiving recourse to a foreign Iunguiige, when we have a better word in our own :— IIUMIUG. vulgar it is true. but. perltnptl. for that very reason, the more iippropriute. Droll run! only think 0 turning a innn out of nn inferior ollice. and then being compelled to put liiiri in II superior one ; and that otlice the ulliirttrfurn of ltis ambition ; his own part

could not have done more ! Maia reimions it nor rnoulons. This Probutesliip. we hold understood. during the nine days of wonder its to who if wits to be. that. in the event of the ollice fulliug vacunt. it wits to be attached to the Solicitor Genernliiliip. our more would have been some little seiiae in t ' After the silly parnde they have been making about reducing tlte Civil Li.<t—wltir-.li has turned out a mere deception—it woul never have done to ask the House to give a saliiry to the‘ Solicitor General ; but the might. as in the case ofthe Assistant Judge and Master of the Rol s. ltavs initds the emoluments of the one ollire a compensation for the services rari- dered in the other, and thus have mtide both the ollices more valu- able b the conjunction. As the matter stands. it is disgraceful to both t sgiver and the recipient. If the roacnt Attorney General had been equal to the Chief Juiiticeship. lie on lit to have had it. rind, when refused, he should have resigned. le had no alterna- IIVO. he was not equal to it, there was no neceuity for nugliing any compensation. and the vacant otiice should have been bestowed

upon one more worthy of it. --‘ iriaxs in TI-ll woo

dnninge has been done by fires in the woods issue by the want of caution in new settlers and others clettrli“ land by burning. 'l‘hu extreme dryness of the weather, and the absence of foliii e on the trees, have contributed to increase the inflsrrimsbility of the forest, and the warm southerly winds have fanned the dams. On Sutur- day lust. the Dwelling llouse. Outbouses. and Work-shop of Mr. James Wiggins. near St. E|esnor’s. were totiilly destroyed. with their contents. It was with diificuli Mrs. Wiggins. who has been but lately confined.‘ was removed wit her infant. On Sunday, the Saw Mil of Mr. James Ilurlte. on Lot I7. near the Moiiiighnn Set- tlement. was entirsly destroyed. Also. on the sortie day. a Hill at the Head of Montague. owned by Mr. Campbell. Two houses I.c.. near Monaghsu Settlement. and two houses near Murrs Har- bor Rosd. are also said to have been destroyed ; but the rticulara have not reached us. The barn and stable of Mr. Dona Mathew- son. Anderson's Ilosd. with a valuable mars. all his seed in and summer's bread. were cones y firs about Wed iiy last; but the confiiigration was caused by a very young child (who had been csrslsssly lslt alone in the house) bringing firs sutaide.

N sw Scirsor. Ac-r.—We are continually asked for informa- tion b District Scboolmastsrs and others as to the provisions of the School Act prisssd by the Legislature during their late dos-iou. Can any one say why an act cfsuclt vital importance to the future wel- fare of the Island not later! on thisl We have no hesitation in asssriing.thst under the old rsgtsie such a circumstance would not have occurred. It is said. with wbstirutb we cannot tell —lisvisg ssvsr use the Act-—tbat from the beats in which it was atlastpssssd.tIisrssrsssriossblsadsrslslt.sad tbsfrumsrs

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WI: regret to hear, that in many parts bf the Country great-

are afraid of the publicity that would attend its being printed in the usdal style. In this as it may. we give our readers the best infur- rnatiou in our power. Au Abstract originally published in the -- Weak], .14.-gm‘ r" and said to be one " which may depended sport as a correct one." NEW EDUCATION BILL.

As this Bill is. according to l’arlisment.ry practice and royal iniitnictious. passed with a suspondinir clause. it will be some time. before it comes into uper-tion; after receiving the royal assent. it also has to await the Lieut. Goveriior’s proclamation, which inu~'t be ' it within three inoiittis after such assent it notified. We have,tlii-refornprocored an Abstrsctofsueh parts as we believe to be in w. an I Ileorilllft to be known beyond ilie IIICIII-illtln it will oflieialli receive. Our space will not allow ofgiviiitz acontiiiuous abstract. and w~- ther-fore confine out- arlves to tli se cl -uses which are most important to be known.

The Board of Education, under the new law, will consist of seven meuihets.

The 'l‘i-setters. ofthe higher class will receive from the pub-

lic frtndv £50. per snnnm: th-- lowe-"t class. hose. teaching classics, I09. t'or each person taught. till the salary snioiints to £60; Female district Teachers £30 each, per su. niiin. There will be one Visitor of Schools only, at a salary of £200. per anniim. By another channel, viz: the Agricultural thocioty. this same visitor may receive an additional £100. proqii-led he can lecture on Agriculture. but this is no part of lltr Ill

School Visitor must not be in basis. and visit schools at least twice a

The masters and mistresses, qualified only under the Act of 7th Vic.. shall not be entitled to any Legislative IIl0WIn"0.Iln- lers he or she shall obtain cerllficltel snow from the Board ‘if I'Iilui'stion. except to the ti-rmination of the currelll year. II the lime of paasiiigg this Act of th~-ir then existing agreements. All pvrsons ceasing to teach for two years. at any time mu.~t be re-exainined.

Atty person heretofore holding a license. if rejected by the lloard. is entitled to receive instruction at the Central Acade- my tor six months.

The Board of Education. on cotnplaint. may cancel a certifi- care The National school in Charlotteton-(t to be subject to the ordisr of the Board.

Where irihabitaiitr ehrill desire I new school district in any settlement. not less than five householders shall noiity the Board of their desire. who shall ttppolltt a Justice of the Peace or Cotninissioner of Small Debts near resident, but not interest- ed. wlio giving due notice, slisll attend. enquire and report; on which report the decision ofthe Board shall he cont-luaive; and ifthe funds can be obtained tor the erection ofthe school house. purchase of site. die. they may sanction such new district. provided the other requisites oftliis Act be complied with. in which case they shall cause the said district to be registered in tlie hook to be kept by the Srcrctary.