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of Politics,

Phis is true Liberty, when Freeborn Men, having to advise the Public, may speak free.”*---Euripides.

land, Monday, January 13, 1862.

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"Charlottetown, January 13, 1862

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A WORD FOR OURSELVES.

ws oft Tur Examiner to-day, in its new pei improved character, with every confidence gatour efforts to please eur patrons ith their appreval and substantial It will be seen by con paris FXAM'NER ef last year that the present sina larger amount of reading matte

‘ " henodtin and length;

eiamns and the size

whie® prevails with most of the leadi:

Rritain. by whic h space is awvat farilities afforded for idvertix shevdant materials, and skillful labour of 1 daempdon to meet all the requirements of our

_jvertising friends, from whom we shall be always

fue EXAMINER thorough! ewwets, as we believe it alw avs has have had experience enough

8 enleattvs «to make gol seleeti:

have an excellent

soutributions crowd

ledge of public aff; Irs combines y comporition, which will the editorial departinent of our paper, withont

subsidizing persons unace?

gve us theit- het weetewentil the prosecution of

ear lahours—we werely in name, but is te gave them assurance tht we are i

of their confidence and evrouragenic

better quauty of paper

the late season at w

sought for, aud bata

the pavigatiun: bu

tien Will again open

THE NEWS BY THE MAILS,

THe Mails have rvsbed in ppen us So rapiily,

during the last eight or ten day *, an

thet nearly al) our time has been oce pled i After the long dearth of new intelligence from Europe and Am

bighh unpertant, will be eagerly Jooked for by our

giving te it« tueertion the columns we ha tor light literary reading. Having all the leading (Quarterly and Monthly periodic ‘pited States at ou the most extensive tihed assertment of British and Colonial Press —~we have ample stores of select new literary matte shall be given from time to

happens te be less pressing aud less

Two English Mails during the past ten days, and another, we un. derstand, is on its way from Halifax, and is heur- The number of Colonial and Ameri- ean Mails we have not been able to count.

We give some extracts below relative to the death of the Prince Consort.

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by the Mail Steamer Asia, whieh put on her way to New York Test which attaches to everything relative to the death of his Royal Highn perusal to our readers. The papers received by English Mail on Saturday fails incidental te the same subject. alse seme opimions of a portion of the English press on the question so lately at issue between Great Britain and the opinions of seme portion of the papers of the latter country, showing the pretensions and arrogance entertained towards eause of quarrel has been removed by the surren- der of the Southern Commissioners, who are now on their way to Europe; but it is well to under- stand how public opinion vn beth sides of the

Atlantic was agitated by this no longer vexed

THE LATE PRINCE ALBERT.

ON the day previous to the death of H. Royal Highness, the London Times published an article Pulogistic of the naeful labours and good qualities had then announced “Ss illness as dangerous. tract from the Times :--

“Por more than 20 years the Prince Consort has beet the guide and protector of thx Queen, to & degree that is rarely tound even in ordinary life, Where the husband is both in iaw and reality suardian of the wife.

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i’ rivee has devoted the powers of a singu @ad wellstored miud to

The following is an ex-

diminishing the cares of by giving her the advice which no one ele could have so effectually tendered her. almost all her Majesty's has bee passed under his guidance, aud at by his influence her steps have been directed constitutional conduct which has Strengthened ber Throne aud banished political ey part of this great empire, « distress and anx-

hen we consider that

content from ey ¥ well join in her Majesty’ It is at such o time that we feel how high has taken in this country, | ~oome one of ourselves. To of the public he has always been | as the zealous and able leader in every ork, while those who have been concern- m the administration of » facuteness, and scic reught te bear on eve

& pexitiom the Prince and how much he has }

affairs know what ntifie Knowledge the | J prested ry subject on which | ports instituted, and the press restrained from ex-

The London Correspondence of the Halifax Doral be any other than feelings esteemed to be Morning Journal furnish of the last hours of the Pr

Loxpon, December 2), 1861. has overshadow ed the nation such as u experienced since the death of the If there Was one man in high people were ine life, it was the Prince

° etreng man is struck down, while the feeble and old are spared The Prince’s health is sail te tists been medifferent ever since his reburn from Scotland Dut he went out shooting with the Prince of Wales lately, got wet through, and sat ih his wet clothes He got wet a second time

fortnight since when reviewing, Wilh the Queen

the Eton schoo! volunteer: After this he became teverish, complained of waine mm hia ln rhea, Was prostrated by gastrie fev-r, tollowed by typhend, against whica his five physicians and his strong

Carlie

sullering

made te lift him, er to move his position, his groan ;

x i t

were distressing to hear; and on Saturday nig

previously bade adieu

Even at this interval one can hardly realize th ull extent of the cala: wi Ras Tallen Ups the Queen and the count: For her Majesty 1 } t

deepest i

SVINpathy is felt, a

eV polgnantiy was her eriet

mother, we may well fear lest this new

er affliction should be toe mach for her ‘

him was unceasing; and as his disorder approach-

ed its crisis her husband could hardly bear her to eave the room Duri iy night he sat up with him Princess

Alice, and aflerwards by

arrived by spec! . RB ! her afieetion uoer skill availed aught to baile the disease As vet her Majesty has berne ny vravely against this sad affliction, and calling he amily about her, has besought them to aid her in this nevessary effort fhe worst is not to be teared whilst the excitement lasts; it is after the junerai, When the dreary void left by the absen of the well-known face is felt, that reas »w set in. and the efleet ups v (Wuee Liees tu be fi a Atsact ‘ vhe : ‘ T praver Mit The W \ i « tatt v be s gthenued tre oh it mnv ve <3 ‘ oft thetr ‘} 8 i one Unites In pra ott i ces wnt ness and amlty. He was ¢ ath u levoted band ; i he was asked by t en tor advice eit wit modes ‘ etn : cl tine v of os wie ft filth Tie’ exer eo Gang fs } fluence. Of late it is understood that he f

alarmed at the progress ot detaoeracy, and threw

whatever influence he possessed into the Cons ’

vative seale; but all this was dene unobtrusively.

and Lord Palmerston had no oce: : ” ;

‘ ws to con piaihn of u at Liver xf

(‘eurt te ! i SJ \ Hwas Gone itt ils I ti i Se tor education and agriculture, we 1 1 not re count Dhese services ; VW Weil rem ered But even regret for the id 28 ! eto pu! ic sympathy for the living. Wher it was r lected how severe had been the shock to he Pr obi lest from the death of the Dachess of Kent, al- most the worst results were apprehended trem thi still mere sudden and grievous affliction. Hither to, however, the ou en Has borte ip uncer ti Heavy Dow With hoeble calmpe wad resignatvion, ‘ I i il Cite SV i pa~

or Tle Wills

oo ( From the London News of the Vi » Dec. 8) OUR COUNTRY’S Ca'rn TQO.DLZEL Our messenger speeds his w ae t! wat the Atlantic, carrying wil. him eu P justice trem an ¢ tit pee innnated ‘ “ wn feeling i i bw «¢ Thougut A Ssing ¢ y oul ‘ Hate quieting precedents Mot it from in henal jur st’, appealing ¢ recorded decision of tribupais, and suppressing the we ar well entitled to feel, we calmly wait the answer te eur mand. ‘Ere the light ef many short winter has come and gone, and Christmas cialis us to the pe rlermance of ft) i of affix tion and hospitality, we shall know whether we hall eat our reast beet id pitta pud u uty with all the world. It isa solen ought t we stand face to tace w iour kindred rea ng hostility of array We stand « t hie ol one ort nest tren Haeus struggies Vil ] gland has ¢ ra 1, ane the ¢ Bi ibrye i rye 1 0” torben ‘ d a We are urged to exercise forbe: b ve are strong, so can we afford to b é dur \r ean } i i eng i . gui nd TK eX Hibs i thi ‘ Mia euy we to strik« \ have received wi and 1 t we have dove a hun 1 menvilies, and tha lotty a contempt as we have be towed uven the brTaggart journalists of New Yor} \ ‘ ‘

ent ourselves with accepting an apology ,ar pe vay, so that the Americans may not be |]

wiliated by making it jut if no expression of

regret canes from Mr. Lineoln s { mnet, ti }

England owes a duty to herself—to Europe—and

to the United States, to ob ration which diplomacy ca:

We owe the duty to ou continue, as she’ aly ays has been, a the fugitive ! Is the Sritish fiag to cover ingee with safety? For if we flag to be insulted, and political

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ou board our vessels, without wan

ovtTan)

right on the part of the municipal law of any

country, then our soil would not long be safi

from HVasion Phere is not, and cannot be, any real distinction between the soil of Britain a d the

eront any captain of a vessel of war, either Ame-

plank over which her flag floats We could not i t

. , > ‘ bh, or Russian, to overhaul owr ship

ps, m them such persons as that exptap ? , , :

e! s lege were rebels to t own coun-

try. Questions of nationality, of naturalization,

and of rights of persons, are of the nicest charac

ter, and cannot be solved by ti

Mason were t waceredited agents of the Southern

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Contederacv—of “ rebeis”’—and seizure, but we equally refuse to nur yn:

rignt to Ceeiwde questions of rebellion and treason

DD Stl die a) d ‘ All that we are eutitled to see to is that such per-

I sons pay their passage money, are unarmed, and

apparently desirous of proceeding trom one neutra)

port to another, as unarmed passengers usually do.

lo retuse tl

table.

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We are bound to obtain reparation as a matter of duty to the great Enxropean family. It is siinphy

an accident, we hope, that the outrage was com-

mitted upon an English vessel. It night have

been French, Russian, Prussian, or Italian; the

result would have been the same te Europe ; and

no country would have been inore interested is calling for redress to the insulted flag than our selves. All Europe feels with us that justice must

be done; and if we ean point with honest pride to the tone of the English press, without exception, it is still more satistuctory to us to see how our

hands are upheld by the press of all the great cities of Europe. Other European kingdoms may not feel as we do that something even greater than the rights of neuvtrais has been invaded, but they feel that their way across the deep is liable to b« impeded by any bully armed with the conmnission

of a belligerent power. Let Americans take note of the public opinion of Europe, estimate its weight, calculate on which side the truth lies | Where inpartial expression is all on one, and then |

counsel their infutuated fellow-countrymen to be Wise ip time.

Lastly, we owe a duty to the United States; we must save her from—herself. For some mouths past she has been drifting inte lawlessness. What have we seen? The great rights tranemitted from: us placed in peril of their existence; Habeas Corpus suspended in action without the proclama- | tion of martial law; a judge placed under arrest

for daring to issue the great prerogative writ; | British passengers on board British vessels and placed in durance; British minors compelled to serve in the American army ; pass-

yyal by the Executive. The Americans are fast

“* the following account losing themselves, losing a seuse of dignity as a

free people, and sporting with their Constitution | in the mad hope of subduing the South. America | has been herself a home for the fugitive; tea large extent her population are fugitives from oppression and poverty in Europe. We desire her to con- tinue so for ever, and if God help us, by our en- deavour she shall. By her own aet she secks to stop the pathway of waters, Itisa duty we owe all round to prevent her suicidal intent. “The mob may shout and serenade Captain Wilkes ; preseat

the him with testimonials, aud extol his jolly to the

tifution were powe rless On the Fri lay lus s were agonizing When an atten pt was

it e breathed his last m the midst of his fhmily and

of the Court attendants, to ail of whom he had

when we remember at the death of her reat- ‘earn

hat during the Prince’s illness her attention te

u by force the repa- it ;

vives. Is England to for

.-re-

ners seized t fram the law of nations, and without the faintest show of

¢ bayonets of ma- tes. It is true

‘ the Americans may say that Messrs. Slidell and

nich tabie to

the right of passage to people on the ipse dixit of a captain would be impertinence, and to retuse @ refuge in our ports would be it hospi-

skies The presse may appland and play te the mssions and“ most sweet voices” of the multitude Americon statesmen mav bend before a prererrrles

i

who govern them, and vield to clamour that win h

Hear COUR hnees and jttels Hents We must do our duty it is

iful in the ex treme, tor

ii iy GM UTNE aL

Still we a« cept the duty , and leave Cohseqnens ’s

to that Providence whieh overrules all for good.

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Let us be of good cheer; no man and ne natien

need despair in the performance of duty. We

will obey the call ot the Queen, and trem the

depth of the great British heart there will, be-

cause there ought to be but one res ponse—" Ready,

aye, Ready!” It was so in the good old lave, and tour fathers could see us now they would not & ‘ red their sons In the hour ot tral oe se ii-nae ce, and (Lut) let us be found farthtul. May God de the ht!

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PRAYERS FOR PEACE!

Britannia waits with longing eyes stretched

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aeross the Atlante, and hopes for an answer

which may give her back the sanctity of her fla

t

and restore her seuse of BOCUTITY We are pata

ty

inclination runs towards our kindred with teeling

of sympathy; we would rather overlook and war-

youu don the outrage than rike the blow which duty demand Bat iy t be dom Phere no > a Why we may not pray for peaes ha tf @2u u on of our Chi ae peace in our e, O Lord,” ty be uttered witl ig ney a id ; ey as of as we repa ne Pemple ot the A ghty Disposer of { ‘ i ain every an} t or sid oi The sea mi thy ‘ mM ‘ i ey ‘ oath peopi may be ane eat ‘ be dome On Tin y, Ey i " ea ca eg CH he i ey muci vt \ hle vb ol the a ‘ { ( in it i pregnant Vv ! LZ tp ® wil 3 4 Ang 0-Saxo w“ ' roned im ¢ at mm rps ¢ i? Se } » be faved In orelg tect. | ‘ What solemn to thin t ! ‘ x the { e} * ; of duty, and Clu iv se B i eo ‘ rt the it wns Tos i Ne i i ou I i be ia t feeling « tie ie i et the ¢ sllan p 1 1) ‘ rns ws tk tilt a ‘ r\ S { ' eT : li onds’ eo i f Ss 7 ty 1 Th ( ! i to te re buke of Vs to ii ki Lia i¢ ‘ a ‘ ‘ i 5 i is i ter i, We Ww go { : : ’ ‘ ‘ Ss vo iroin a pt SUSTULICd W iwe ¢ dribuna Let we v ‘ - Luichi « dred i vi x i) i }

i “hh ai jL- : cul ti Cathie i ! 5 mur sol fro : — i? “ ‘ iv i oy, i Is io ti arm ol ee S200 An Casmay choose a iit it Tnost ‘ io ? | he may re . ; ‘ , Lo ) c i t ie ¢ i} \ i of? j ol ‘ t G < gory ae i | + 7 * ‘ APaaty s ‘ ! i ; oue of ft) ( it Powers () ay } nd the « i ouly on condition g te * ups s of f; iF ‘ An u i ined tile is te te ‘ i ihey ] e® dot j obs i re is a greater laeutity im t interest ict tie Liuiuahiy as tu our respec TOnS « i i, TAU We huve vet reeoruised a & \* Apres egret, tiowed by ~ st tT’ . tier : t } in ‘ spl bel LOUIS TOR Jp y i 0 uadr wrongs, ; re the i »” x on of t au 0 And i » ) NO ‘ i we dvtermuitie to re- i pu i wot 2er to p j s Cs ilk lait i i ee ty } i ‘ I { a i t } he t i , li « i ‘ « i ‘ ’ ‘ ire ¢ — A i df i ~~ <—s "ATYD Op \ 1.7 ‘LI . *\ tT THE EMP] RK OF THE FRENCH AND HiS AMERICAN VIEWS. We just Www TNT ant ‘ ml Tait oo ru i tshiiy cross the ¢ i it i most lin , fo s Wi j j all iM OF The modern i itty peop he ts inserutable, and to politicians he is enigmati- cal. At present, the cue of the French journals

is to laud Hugland, and eneeur: her by every

form of words. When we ret

nexion between French policy and Freu ism, We may be excused if we acee pt the dee tions of * inspired,” : im

utl-inspired,” and

}? j } 1USpIrea papers, Jolned i

i ivy are i " OF

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‘semu,” and “ deimi-official,’” “ministerial” and * quasi-ministerial ” prints, as a true reflex of the

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minds of the ruling powers, but we wust not be t

sanugume

we Knew the mind of Cresar hunseli

France f herself studdenty in the position of being the only friend of the rights of neutrals, and such a position may be used with advantas the power * to whom all whe suffer leek tor h sp _ England and A: Aimer } How lL she ap) s freely t n Isji2 i I i nade ot} rioht } extent ¢ i ks Prat lwa } rails. M advantage | el and { eriai titerests 4] erhed as ours in Tylon kade, rejoices in its b "wg Yi ine d, it itt of the bre ach

er for the war, and unless the expression of their opinion help us toa

peace, itis net unlikely that there may be some proposition made for joint action by the two Powers.

It is certain France will not leave E America to settle the quarrel, either or diplomacy . lone j i

in the fight or med

ngland and by fighting either join us to be quiet is impossible

ral dectyine in external polities isintervention. But there ; re wiany grave

} ust

rrance 1

to France, for her cent

objections te joint action. France is not a good aily; the Eiperor is too fond ef making a sudde

peace, and England might be left in the same eo

he was lu the winter of 1855-6. whe

Githon a Bri

ti mosed an honourable or in the stil more pitiable condition of Italy, whe

ace ty FP : peace to uesia,

Ettite

the breakfast table of Villatranca terminated a war

for “an idea.” If France has a casas belli against America that is her affair, and she is as much en- titled fo pursne her own course, a8 we are ip send- mg treops to Canada, or a flect to the American coast. We have no wh

amongst the Auglo-Frey

h to see French Topps

‘h inhabitants of Canada.

and France has no int t in uintaining the boundaries between our colony and the North: ri States. We are more than a match for the Ame-

ri¢ as it is, and to conclude an alliance with France, in the event of hostilities, would not ous look like cowardice on our part, but would also be ungenerous to our own kindred. Beyond all this, France may calculate that if England is gaged in an Ainerican war, the attention of her Government and people will be released from the watchful attitude now bestowed upon the atfiairs of the continent. It is net likely

.

that Napoleon

would withdraw his troops from Rome, or aban- |

dou designs on Sardinia, sitaply because England could no longer keep watch and ward in the [talian interest, We may not expect the Emperor to be ready to give up all designs upon the Rhenish provinces, or cugage not to attack Austria. He always devs play @ waiting game, and he gets

| credit for far-sighted astuteness, whilst in fact he

ouly avails himself of the mistakes of over eager disputants. The Moniteur, in analysing thi opie

jions of the journals the other day, said it was no | part of the duty of France to take up the quarrel | | of England, or to wake observatious on the speeches ,of the Hialian deputies. Precisely; the Emperor | Waits, iu the hope that some error will turn up of ; Which he ean avai) himself to administer a dose of | j military gloiy to the French, or by crooked diplo-

macy obtain a slice of Tjalian or German soil in

: ; : exchange for materia! aid given to Italy or |

Prussia. We have our own cause; “thrice is he armed,

neve Ho hope at i

ig nor nppreve ‘

} ; ; us under the hecessitt of 9 an alliens |

making an alhance with the

Southern States, and making their cause our own.

to entitle her te thrust spute entirely our own. It ter ruler wishes to confer a lasting benefit upon the werk j

it by providing the means of paying off the enor-

one sincere pledge to

WARLIKE PREPARATIONS.

» serew-steaimner Melbourne, y at Woolwich for son

day morning tor Halifax or Q

woollen shirts, fur caps, kn } mn out Capt. Vesey’s

g y of ii

w Cunard steams

situated between inclination and duty. Our | chartered by the Goveramen

ments, Wil now be ag:

arge inortar boats

The three classes of reserve of ships of war at Portsmouth comprise 6 fri sloops, and 21 gunboats, but this d ts laid up at Hasiar; nor

1 pre wont! vessels are realy

ith are the Edgar, ar, and Chanti- ther 342 guns, wud ready for

; : ; : ° , + . , s in commission at Pertsmer

Hero, Warrior, Orpheus, Tr:

ARRIVALS AT HAL}

vy morning the steam?

for ‘ i rhe proceeded to New York with the Ameri i

ils vesterday afternoc

is, and also, we leart

"e copy the following from the Liver} oo

lespatch for the sca

land defences of Ualita s been appointed as

secoud in counmmarn Miln

KK. C. B., the Commander-in-(

his flag on Thursday on ; ue ; my , )

| board the Ldgar, as second in command o will cali at Lisbou

lating at Gibraltar, to be ready, if necessary,

At Portsmouth, on Wednesday, it was reported he Shannon, Euryalus, be coumuissioned this week for the North Ame

ilant, and Pandera

The African Company's s.s. Cleopatra will sail from Liverpool to day (Saturday) where she will take on bourd a lirge qu: visions, and also embark 22 officers and S10 men « the Second Battalion of the t7th Foct, an

The 2nd battalions of the 17th and 96th

ness for immediate embarkation for British

WARLIKE PREPARATIONS AT THE TOWER.— |The greatest activity prevails atthe Tower of

Louden, Where the whole of the workmen and le- that hath his quarrel just.” We are confident of | bourers employed in the yarious d partinents have )our mere right, still were confident of our spirit,

been engaged from au early hour in the morning ‘gud have even hopes of an honourable copcession

unti} a late hour at night in packing up fire-arnus

and every kind of article necessary for active ser- vice abrond, On Sunday last the interior of the ancient garrison presented an unusual and bust-

. . +e l he appearance, 1D) Cohsequcnee Of an order which

a

had been received from the officials of the War-

office to prepare for immediate transmission 25,- O00 stand of ar

ms, Which were packed in boxes coutaining 3O rifles each, with the usual adjunets. The men worked throughout the whole of Sunday iu packing, and late the same night were filled with boxes, which were conveyed to Woolwich for shipment to Canade, Quebec, and other places. On Mouday eveni g, a shuilar amount of firearms, &c., was conveyed to Wool- wich, and on Weduesday preparations were being

mide for the transniission of every kind of the mu-

eight barges

nitions of war down the river in barges and other eraft, which were ¢ onveyed by sieunm tugs to the

ver i] frevernment de pots, were orders had beer received to forward without delay every kind of

defensive raissile, Additional hands have been

employed daily in the various departments of the ‘or which has net assmmed such a bustling ap-

ance tort Vy years

in order to sugment the corps of Royal : fineers, Which is still considerably below its pr per strength, additional recruiting parties hay been despatched from head-quarters, Chath to various stations, Where intelligent voutg mechanic may be enlisted. A field battery of 12-pounder gus is erdered to be prepared at Wool a tor A Sper t >.) ri rey t so tit i Ar- Hillery of that island in accordance witherdér received at Ch birt, t? screw eorvette Pylades pa, 1,278 to : 350. horse power (nomi has b tourt doek, te } re lorwi all despatch Pie. Br ‘ i liiesd warded to the ‘On vw N e, dit i thi ! mw ‘ vel A with thie I ' ‘ u seryvice—viz., the Sever .; 25; the LBarressa Zebra, 17 } », J}: and the ] \ i ort i forwarded to tle t y s lt I ine m\ i ws ¢ 1 be made re ‘ .

+A y ~ aa a7 Tot iT NTT Vd FROM EUROPE,

Tur R. M.S. Asta, en 1 from I tx m3 New \ K, ¢ ialia 1 © dist tt i dates to the 21 It. The Asta curried

) und init of war for Canada

I kc of Prine Albert created ay

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' tiered i ' i * 1 ( el S i So 1? per ; wa ‘ i lead i tocr ‘ i} | ( ‘ ed with the ¢ iO we i London, were perfec s ' ’ . ‘ tohiished ot icurning that the Prince was in danger On midnight of the 14th the great bel] of St. Paul's t! Prince had ed ay © Sund tt vent was t ! ’ ‘ e of ¢ ve t £ i ‘ t

1 Dec. ] : a t s ; ) big e Pri Ce ke ed * W in { let thre ‘ val f rhe Q His Royal Highness the P , ‘ s ‘ i if ' Cs e Pr ess A nh ly hele tt ~ ¢ Highness i ee = lL. en, were 1 prese His kk | Rig ‘ ed : i ‘ j ‘ ‘ TY mst., ana t en WIsl { \; dee \ fn f the pomp at f ' } Blo ich cere in i a ; i BI i ‘ popular feel or the (Guec DEG t Liverpool J ive the for He ix} i ’ “ } reference to the Witow ratver than » thie Ones that she is beloved not for the dignity she onfefs on her august stati but for the virt lor ‘ i- t] h he yn is t : t el ysl ni tre her goodness re ed well inne : V | ij row t t ‘ er ilfe erexa 7) \ ‘ ence all class t i ‘ V Yr Whe, Ll es é es Wig i n \ i & ¢ being who now ‘ ‘ nies i lov os

il. \ é rt < lav Naon rhe O . rwhe i riei} é ‘ t ‘ ! ‘ ve he

~ fonr of r Majesty 33 VV sor CA i ta - Phe () us p iag s% if eral

j 3. Pler M y , Othe bh « that her Majesty’s

cai ‘ 1 - 7 A it tothe Leadon Gazeite Extraordi nary contains orders { » Court to go th ip from the pre , anc a notice mm the H i Colheve expected t { bwith pot selves into dece

\ wes ot business throughout England were close e day of ti nneral { / ‘ i Orde n Co eil it th r Prince { ort

» Prayers ah will be “for her m

post sax Albert Prince of Wales, «

re

‘h tloats over the Tuilleries was on

€ pape sions of

ine Belgian M w states that the B Court Ww LIne | mourn yt te i . Febrn ‘

Phe Crown Prince of Prussia will pay her M jesty a Visit at Osborne. The King of the Belgian Will also shortly arrive

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Deatny or Sir Perer Lacrim —Sir Peter Laurie, the oldest member of the Court of Aldermen of the city of London, died on

| Tuesday evening. The deceased pentleman

served the office of sheriff so far back as 1&2

38 years ayo. Le was elected an alderman for the ward olf Aldersgate on the 6th o! July, 1826, and was chosen Lord Mayor in isc, having in the previous year stood a contest for the mayoralty with Alderman Sir dohn Key, who was then elected chief mmugistrate fur a second time, after a memo- rable strug gic, in which an unusaal amount of political and partisan feeling was enjisted To Lonconers in general, and for fall three generations Sir Peter was well-kaown for his homely, drusgue manners and his inflexible honesty of purpose ; and the way in which his characteristic qualitics displayed them-

ves on the bench often amused the town Kor the last ten years he bas played a com- paratively swall part in publie or eivie af- fairs. Of late he attended the meetings of the Court of Aldermen occasionally, and was present at one recently ; but bis adyanced age —upwards of 80—and increasing infirmi- ties prevented his disc! arging the duties of a magistrate. The Jast public act of his Ife was the spirited protest which he addressed to his brother liverymen of London from Poikestone where he was staying in ill-health, against what he thought the gawarrantable use that was being made of his name in the late contest for the mayoralty, The death of Sir Peter renders vacant the office of a der- man for the ward of Aldersgate, and by an act of the Court of Common Coune: the Lord Mayor is required within 14 days from the death to convene a wardmote ior the election of a successor.

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Dearu or GeneraL Arustroxne —The ol- dest yeneral in the army, General Alex. Armstrong. died at his residence at Bath, on Monday, at the advaneed age of 95 years, As far back as 1783 be entered the army, go that he was senior to Field Marsbal Viscount Combermere. ‘The general s commissions

‘bore date as follows : Second licutemant, July

7, 1783; lieutenant, Oct 31,1792; captain, Kingdom. The Colonies themselves also own Dee. 16, 1793; major, July 24, 1800; lieu | 11.000 vessels, measuring more than 1,000,- t-naut-colonel, April 25, 1808; colone!, 000 tons, or in the proportion of nearly one- June 4, 1814; major-general, May 27, 1825 : | fourth of the entire registered tonnage of the lieutenant-general, June 28, 1838; and gene- Empire. The Union forces, regulars and ral, June 20, 1854. volunteers, now in the field and in the eourse . of organization amount in round numbers, A Due ix Rossis.—A Warsaw letter of Nev. | to 650,000, and will require the following 1 givis 8 me most extraordinary details which I| amounts of provisions, £e., per month :— have reason wlieve are quite authentic, of the | 395 anc elie of i Saision enti Sovtetaneti nears - — sages oa Vhen the state of seige was proclaimed in War- | pounds tnebesaad Prancetintey barrels of Gour ; saw, a council of war Was tield, to dehberate on 48,750 bushels of beans, 1,950,000 pounds the course to be taken with regard to the crowds of Tice 5 1,950,000 pounds of coffee : 2,892 - Which flocked to the churches te celebrate funeral | 500 pounds of sugar: 195.000 gulons of services for Polish martyrs. Gen. Lembert was vinegar ; 292,500 pounds of candles ; 780.0: 8 for moderation; but Gen. Crersternweig, Senator pounds of Soap; 13,249 bushels of sali; $,- Piatenof” and Gen. Kryzanowski voted for mea- | 580,000 pounds of polatoes, sures of extreme rigor, and theit opinion prevailed. It was decided that the treops should surround the : , churches during service, let the women come out,! ANoTHER Great Swiyp~e ms Exocnaxp.— but arrest all the men. Of the men arrested, all) The commercial world in Europe has been between the ages of 12 and 40 were to have their | startled with another of those stupendous heads shaved, and be incorporated in regiments frands which every now and then fright the serving in distant parts of the Empire. ‘fbis or-| Br tish Isle from iispr pi-ty. The Net onal ' » but the General commanding the | Tregrance and Tnvestinent Association has citadel, Gen, Lowszyn, got_trighteded one “he suddenly wound up under the joint stock SuM tle timmense number ot prisoners, and thought sompanies’ se ‘ it necessary to confer with Gen. Lambert. The pre : latter shi wuk from: the responsibility of seahig nr di*closing an indebtedness of upwards of $2 " the manner prescribed with so many prisoners, and | 800,000, while its assets amount. to ouly took upon himself ty set a thousand of them at Hi-| $275,000. The names of several persons of " uvlbetween Gen. |hizh rank and standing figure as those of Lambert and Gen. Gertzenweig, in the course of | directors in this great swindle. Which the latter called the former aceward, Gen. |