bill 11031 {T NAl'lEl

Tin happiest l aology of Sir Robert Na-i NW. and perh tps the trueu. was written by iriuis Blane. The following is his des- 4:riptiou oi the hcro ui liagdala, which ‘ appears in the flui‘ris:~

"There is but one opinion as to the; ability shown by Sir Robert Napier—or. his cnnsmuiunte prudence. his cool, Judi- emu; «tel if, an i the rapidity of his move- ments. when, all hismeasures being taken. it bet-am.- access try to strike the decisive blow. [have had ocaasian to In the the acquaintance of Sir ltobert Napier, to con- verse with him. and to observe him closely. The idea he first gives you of him is that of calm P0\Vl2|". The first time I ever saw him. what struck me in his person was the gentle expression of his i‘catur -~'. the gen~ tlenes; ofliis manners. and tha softness of his voice. I remember hearing himhay that he it ill always an avrrsion to sporting. iron) :1 rcpugnauco to killing poor defence- less animals. I know nothing more ad- mirable than the love of humanity in an uucrgeticuature. Line is not the less a soldier for being a man. and Sir Robert 'Napier is an instance of it. .\Iostas<iurcd- ly. he isuot the person who would ever have allowed the it! wordsto escape him.— ‘ In a battle minutes are all—men uoihiwr ‘ \What was particularly and utostju ‘tly marked, in his conduct of the Ab ' i' _ Expedition, was hisearcfulums‘ ot the lives of the soldiers intrus ~d to him. the care which he took of tlirtr comfort. and his foresight, proved by this inch—that th'e ..i'niy after the full of Mag-lain had provi- alone for three months. lint that prudence did not hinder him from displaying singu- lar vigor; and the tirmhcss which he re' quired in circumstances where he differed in opinion from those around him. and where it was fortunate for England that his authority is Commaudcr-iu-Chiei caus- ed the superiority of hisjulgincut to pre- rail.

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Stxccmu Ca Soux ituci. .u.—an of the must rcmarka'ilc cases of somuam- bulism we have ever heard of occurred in Yorkville.-near Toronto, a few nightsago. the particulars of which are fully vouched for. and are as follows :—

A gentleman doing business on Yonge street. who is also something of a horse fancier. made what he thought an excellent investment iIi horse flesh. Ua goinghonie he entertained his family with details of the operation. and was in great glee regarding it. lie retired to bed with his mind in a decidedly horscy condition. and itistlierc- fore not singular that his slumbers should have been disturbed with tliu nightmare. In the middle of the night he got up in his sleep. went to the stable. took out his new horlu. mounted him, and started oti‘ at a good round pace for Toronto. lie contin- ued his nocturnal equestrianism through the streets for a considerable time. His singular appearance and actions attracted the attention of a policeman. who. think- ing some insane circus rider had broken loose. or that John Gilpan's spirit had returned to earth. took him into custody, and. with great tear and trembling. con- ducted him to one of the polisc stations. Shortly afterwards the gentleman was tho. roughly arousnd, and great was his aston- ishment at finding himself in such a singu- lar predicament. During all his riding he had been in a somuambulistic state. and required a great deal of argument on the part of the policeman that he had been en-

nged in such unseasonnble and pecul- iar exercise. Of course he was libeiatcd tit once.

A Goon story, and all the better tluit it is

:.. :. o~l.l ...-n. \v .. v .,.._,. fif‘u‘h‘eotch preacher and author. who was taking a holiday in the Highlands previously to Itartinz on his mission try tour to India. He and his colleague. Dr. Watson, were pruning one' of t to Scotch lakes. or lochs. in ,a boat, when one of those gusts which some- times come down from the hills without warn- lug, caught them in the middle of the lake. cruising great .. arm. One of the passengers in great terror Lin-d on‘. “There are twa ministers on board. they had better pray, lest we be a' drooucd. ” The Highland terryman. looking at them. answered. with the sober stcraneis of his race. “The little. one (Dr. \Vatson) can pray if he likes. but the big one (lir. McLeod) maun take a band at the our."

Lord Stanley has very wisely instructed Mr. i‘horuton. in case of abduction from Canada. " it possible to comnuluicatc with the (inventor General of Canada“ on the subject, before declining to accept the restitution ofthu prisoner when offered by the United States. lly these instruc- tions a regular method of correspondence is opened up between our ambassador at \Vashington and the Governor General. Such an authorizod correspondence as that which took pi: 0 between Lord Monck and Mr. ’l‘hurnlon with regard to .the abduction of Macdonald is necessarily open to ridicule.—-.l[unlreul Paper.

It is reported at the liourse to-dny that the King of Prussia had signified his intention of bestowing the title of Prime on the lloths- child family. The great t-ntates which this family possesses in llohcmia and Silesia form n fillev‘cunu's. and the proprietor is entitled to the princely coronct. 1 willgivc you another rumour regarding the ilothschilds, and you may take it for what it is worth. It is that Male llothschild is on the puiatofbuying Jeru- salem, and ofnuming liilmelf King. Yester- day, they were asking on the lloulcvard. What is the difference dctwccn Solomon and Rothschild? and the questioned replied. “it is that Solomon was the king of the Jews,an l Llic Rothschild is the Jew of the Kings."

The official estimate of the cost of the Abyssinian Expedition to the end of the present month (May) i 100 000. The number of baggage unit have been .irocnred for Service in Alyynsu s. by the latest returns—lo elephants. 8,000 camels. $6,960 males, and 5.4m bullocks. With the exception of the elephants. tl - mimals are not worth the cost of ti 'port. and therefore will be left in Abysviuia‘agrcat prize for the natives.

Two English gentlemen having to fight a duel rccunlly In Paris, made a heavy bet on who could drink the most. before going on the ground. ()uu of them tell from his chair while finishing his thirteenth bot- .tle of claret. l

A Montreal French paper says: “The host pl‘uul Ihat rumors of war ' not on-

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FISHERY.

lint leaving behind the St. John harbor. the most important points for the takcund exportation of salmon are in the North Shore rivers and harbors. ' ‘bcre are sc- veral modes of preparing them for expor- tation. A favorite one is the preservatiop in hermetically sealed cans. Another is by smoking. Ami a third is the packing of the unbroken salmon in ice am snow. and thus forwarding to both the United mates and Canadian markets by stcmner . id railway. Mr. Peter Miller, of New- castle. who was coumtissioncd by the. Minister of Marine to make an inspection of the North Shore fisheries. :1 id who seems to have performed it with commendable zeal and thoroughness. gives in his leport some interesting details and sta ..trotu which we now proceed to quote acts sub iieicut to convey a ar_ctty accurate idea of the importance of this branch of industry. lie proceeded first to the llestigouche. The following figures refer to the catch of 1807.

An American Company. located at ('atupbelltown preserved. in 1867. 36.000 lbs. oi salmon, in hermclierlly scaled cans. One family had sailed in that season over 12.000 lbs. besides selling an equal quan- tity to the fishing firms. Ancstablisluneul at Damn-vi.- had packed 60.000 lbs. o"=al~ limit. fresh. for exportation. besides saltmg u lurv'e quantity. Another hunso at Dal~ hous e. has canned 3.300.) lbs.. lissitlcs suiting 13.200lbs. Along the coast. a few miles from Dalhoasic. a concern had cati- ucd upwards of 33.000 lbs. At another point on the coast. a Scotch firm had salt- ed ever 1.000 lbs.. and canned 16.000 lbs. ()u the Gloucester Coast '\l l’ntitltaeemuc firm had put up in the hermetically sealed tin cases or cans 10,000 lbs.. :tiid an estab- lishment at Madisco l’oiut, .. Leno lbs. At Younghnll one coucct'n had taken 207.333 lbs. in llatlmrst liarbo" a Mr. l‘ipcr \'- portcd 03.001) lbs. to the United States i season. it is worthy of mention in p:i.~suig that Mr. l’ipcr uses some chemical agency for freezing the salmon. packing them in ice. however. when exported. Going up the Ncpsigut, at the first station 25,000 lbs. of salmon were preserved in 1807.

We now come to another famous salmon river.-—the Miramiehi. Mr. Letson put up 25,0001bs. of salmon ; Loggia & Ander- son 78.000 lbs. ; .apniou & liiz “1150.000 liis. ; two othercstnblislnncnts .000 lbs-1.; at lliaek Crook 20,000 lbs. are put up; a Mr. Lowdcn owns two other establish- ments at which 80.000 llis. were put up; and further up there is another 61,000 lbs. establishment.

This enumeration, which deals with the lago es iblishmcnts,aml with salmon taken almost. solely for exportation, omitting uino tenths oftlie fish consumed at. home. will convey a. faint. though still adequate, notion oi the Wealth of the North b'liore salmon fisheries.—Woodstock .‘lcudicn.

Fumirrrci. Canviirrr !-—\'oi.caxic Eu- erriox .vr SANDWICH lsiaxusl 100.000 Lives lais‘rl—Sun Francisco. Jlay 7.— The bark Comet, from Sandwich islands, arrived last night, bringing the following intelligence:

The volcano of Mauualoa has broken out in the most terrific eruption known in history. The eruption was preceded and v “raiipanicd by two thousand shocks of tbquake at iluwuiiu. ()vcr 100.000 people perished in Kan district. Every bonsaprustrated with the exception of one ortwo. Land slides were iunumtrblc, mid furiously rushing downward like ava— lanches, burying people’s houses and cat- tlo beneath them. Along the beach cnmo atidai wave over thirty feet in height.

with «ten: * l alongr tho en .rortv. filly miles. This came Ill w mg rig

over the cocoa-nut trees mid running some distance inland, carrying out a small nu- tivu village and all personsthat were with- in reuch at the time; some 37 souls. The crater of Maunaloa has been enlarged and broken down on one side. so that it is now about two milus in diameter. from which vasfjets of la ‘- tiecmitted. A lava stream from the crater on the summit of the mountain has gone underground and bro- ken out on the slope. far below about only six miles fro ii the sea. At this point four jets oflava have forced themselves through

1000 feet in the air. and u utrcam of lava 1000 to 1.30!) feet wide mid six miles long is flowing down to the sea at the rate of 12 miles an hour. The excitement is im- mcnsc. and large numbers are flocking to tliu volcano. The damage by earthquakes upon the other islands was considerable but not serious.

Tut: Dear” or iiixo ’l‘uuonoi .—.\ French traveler gives the following highly romantic description oi the death oi liiug Theodore of'Aliyssiuia. The writer pro- fesses to have been always on friendly terms with the de cased monarch. and was opposed to the English expedition:

“ Theodore did not commit suicide. Having wilnessud the destruction of his army. and having searched death in vain amid ball and shell, when it . w the head of the enemy's columns or. wn the breach he understood tli t his lastliour wast-onto; he saw that resistance was impossible.and that lie was about to be made prisoner. ’l'his reflection made him roar. if the English captives had been still in his power their death would have been not hill. in a fit of fury. or rather madness. he order- cd theirextermination. forgetting thatthcy were 1' c in the English en ip. ()n seein'Ir his power fleeting lrom him with the blunt ofhis soldiers. contemplating his Empire, destroyed. his dynasty overturned. his re gu finished, two streams of tears cours- ed dowu his checks; the muscles of his face and chest we contracted with pain, and his limbs writhed in mute despair. llis bitter sufferings should atone for many of his crimes. Two Iniluutchcras, pistol in hand. stood silently waiting his order. lie "are his will to l'hughcddo. (.‘rossiug his arms over his breast he prayed; then with a hollow voice be repeated :verul times, l-Zthiopia! l'llhiopia! my wife! Iin chil- dren !‘ The gate, trembling under the blows oi the assailants. was giving way. l’roudly raising his head. 'l'hcodore drew his sword to perish like a I‘Inropcan. ‘ in

tirelydcstitulo of'trnlh is that Ni. wral of our parade volunteer oilh-ers have illtll'ply aunt in their resignations. which unfortu- nately have notbccu acct-pied.“

ltlsreportcd that the lirltisli (loveth liil'lll. has addressed a somewhat. energetic i-epluustraucu to the (loverunu-ut ot the llitiled States on llltl subject of the Fenian i’emoustlutiunn which have recently taken place in the territory of thc liepubiir.

The” are. in the l'inviucc {if Quebec. .m-r fourteen huu ‘ d lawyers. and their "earlier ' ‘early increasing to an alarm-l ing dvgi

["1 “I the ontr. on the Iluku ol Edith‘ huvgb is the rapid int-ream ol'flrmge littl-

gi ~ in tho- .lil‘lraliuu t'olouil‘s '

.leas body of ’l‘hcodure."

,. Ut'l'lllnlll in large numbers are embarking An Australian lirlpr‘r slates that one cf— fl": ""5" m the old country tl an (be uuw.

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halautcln-ras. ‘ lire.‘ 'l‘iiey boili aimed at. his head. but l'lmgheddo‘s courage failed. and his arm it'll inert. Area alone 01 - ml. and his bullet broke the skull oi Af - e-i‘s bravest. warrior. 'l'ho llllltllilt'iit remained by lite body of their nmster, c pecting doalh. At. this moment. the lgate‘ nus broken in. and the English soldiers. E drunk with blood and carnage, rushed to

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rope gum out crowded with pasccngcrL.

livery ntvamer from the [failed St' En

They say they run live rlicnper

lir. l.i\ iugsloue is evpu-rled in liluglaud

the earth, throwing thcmsvlves and l‘Oc‘liS-

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VURVNA‘L.

Mu. 'l‘nonx rux .vx‘ti 'I'ill'. Co.\ I. [st or Nova SCO1‘IA.-—-Ruii:rctlcu was a short timcn 0 made to a reported correspon- deuco ctween Mr.'l.‘liorntoli and Secretary of sum in relation to Nova Scolia coal. The documents have since been made pub- lic. It appears that last month .\lr.'lhoru- ton wrote to the Secretary that Lord Stali- lcy had received a letter from the General Mining Association, calling his attention to the injury which has been inflicted on V

tin by tho abrogation of the Reciprocity treaty. owing to the fact that. while large quantities of American coal are imported into Canada duty free. the hora ncotia coal is now only admitted into the Lnited States upon the payment of one- fourth of a dollar per ton in gold. Canada, he says, 3 has been urged. but has declined. to resort; to retaliatory measures. Mr. Thornton express s the hope that steps will be taken to relieve Nora Scotiu from a. grievance which appears to produce no corresliond- ing advantage to the interests of the Uni- ted States. I Mr. Seward sent Mr. Thornton‘s letter to the Secretary of the 'l‘rcasury. who re- plied it would be inappropriate to negoti- ate a? similar reciprocity treaty respect- ingt do with the Provinces in the absence of a further expression of the views of Congress. llu would. however, suggest that the attention of Congress might be called to tho subiect. in view of the com- munication of Mr. Thornton and he should cheerfully co-oporate with the Secretary oi State in urging till adjustment. of this qu on on a sound and permanent basis. ——.\‘ Y. lit‘l'diti. _.__.___...._.__. An Oltuua telegram of the 17th insL. to the 'l‘orwuto Globe. says there is a strong imp on that the lion. Edward Kenny. liecciut (icueral. will resign his ollicc. it {he has not already done so. iucousoqucucc lot his private business demanding his at- tention. The United States Government has abandoned the charge of murder against John 11. Sur t. and his second trial will be on an ind tnieiit charging him with aiding and abutting the rebellion.

Four men have been arrested in New

York and held to bail for carrying on a distillery on board a. ship. They would take in a cargo of material. make a short cruise during,' which the still was operated, and then return with spirit. The N. 15. Baptist Association meets at Sackville on the ‘Jth of July. The [lordcrer states that the people of that stCllOlI are alreain beginning to “brush up“ for the occasion.

in the City of Ottawa. independent of collections in the public ofliees, the sum of $700.37 was subscribed to tho McGee testimonial iuud.

llf)\\"1‘lii§\'l)0 11‘ xx liaurxv.~—Ou the evening of Sunday the l-tth inst... while a French gentleman who resides in Granville Street. Halifax. was crossing tliu citadel on his way home from the house of a friend in the north end of the city. 'wlicrc he had been spending the evening, he was attacked near the gate of the tort. knocked down aml robbed of a valuable gold watch. information was given ntflie Police Office, and shortly after the robbery Police Ser- jeiuit llutt arrested George HUOpOl'fft‘jnl- dicr of the -ith regiment. who was ou’duty as sentry at the gate. and on his person the watch was found. lie is now in jail awaiting examination.

The latest advices from Montreal report Detective Cullen to be recovering.

Very Lateszelegrams‘.

l lathe House of Lord.) ti... Job-hr. m. u... .«r......,., mu was continued. An immense

i gEgrowd was present. on the floor and the gab.

lcries, and great excitement was manifested.

Lord Curuurron regretted that this question was made a party measure. lrcluud bud ne- vcr gained anything on the battle-field of pol- itics. lio criticized the Irish policy of the late Derby Minlstry. and said he distrusted the policy of the present Cabinet. lie thought was safer for the Church to make terms with its aviewnl opponents titan to trust its ire- f'csscd friends. If the Church of Eng and fell into the minority his all'cction forit would rciuuiu, but his conscience would not supporl it as all Establislnncut. lie was in favor of dis-establishing the Irish (‘hurch, but he would not diseinlew it. lie concluded with the declaration that lie slniuld vote for thc Suspensm‘y Bill. (Great cheers from the Whig benches.)

Lord licdistlule said this bill was sacrilcgc and the Queen‘s sanction of it ought to fit- barred by her Coronation Uuth .

The Duke of Marlborough said that the bill was only an effort of the Liberals to gain of- fice at any cost.

Lords l)uifcrin and Ilomily supported the bill. uiul the Archbisliops of York utid Armah in opposition.

The Marquis of Salisbury said that the bill should have been made to exclude future holders of bent-flees from compensation, but as this was not done, he thought the object of its framers was to commit the Lords to some ulterior design. This was no plan of discu- dowing, but its framers threatened that if it would not pass worse would follow; if a worse one could be framed they. would have done it. lie conceived of nothit \vorseuian abolition. inquiry should gyro right uf rpollation. lfci '_" tho reasons for it, it wouh ration property - hc thoulflfl Ic Fenian: regard it as “ h‘op" to save landlords an the church. it was the object and real b. of conquest. if the Lords became un ct-ho ' the Commons they had better not lie Lor at all. He wished to yield to the opinion (If the people. but if they acted prudently. firmly and iiulqn-udcutly, they would probably in. tcrprct the wish ofthc pctmle than the Com- mons have done . The debate was the“ “.1. journed . "

’l‘hc lleform llill for Scotland was read a first time in the House of Lords and the ad- journment took place.

Prince. Alfred has arrived in England and is new at Windsor.

Vienna, June 36th.

l’riuce Napoleon has arrived at lluchnrcsf. lie was met at the city gates by the llnspodnr, i‘rlncc (illill'lk'il ot' limunuuia, utul escorted to the Palace. During his stay at Bucharest he was waitcd uuou by a deputation (if-lows who resided iIi that city, who took that method to present a respcrtuil address to the Emperor Napoleon setting forth their pcrlccutiou, and asking an amelioration oftltcir condition, and thanking the Emperor for his known liberality towards all races of people.

London, June 28.

The llritish hit'ulliship ifrgenf. with Major (‘- 'llcral Napier nml staff on board. arrived at Ma vcnlerduy on the way to Fugland .

The health ot'(‘ount Van llismnrik. \vhoit at present living in retirement on hot estate in l’o‘In-ruuia, has much improved within the past few days.