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M(;Aiz‘ETTE! SEPTEMBER 13.

[Till following is is copy of ti Petition to Her Majeidy, presented to His Excellency Sir Dontiiiick Duly, ii few days, for tho piiipooe of being forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to be by ltim laid at the foot oftlic TlIioiie:]

To the Queen's lost Excellent Majesty.

The hmnblr Pellltltn ofdivm Iuflﬂfldfallfl of Prince Eilumrd l""""l. being Mcrrliauls, Fariinrs. AILCIICIITCS and nth r Electors resident Illfﬂfll. lllorr GIACIOUI Sovuaxioa;

In exercising the ever valued privilege or British Sulij-t-ts. ih.-it ofitIldreasi_iig tho .\lonitrch on the Throne. we lI|tpVt|.tt‘ll Your Miiyisity with soriliiitents of unfeigiird loyalty and of profound respect for Your .\laijsstv's pers iid Government.

|“eeling nssured oftlia solicit which Your fllnjnsty has al- witys evinced for the interests and welfare ufyour faithful subjects in !l|_III Colony. we humbly beg to rt-pit-sent that during its late S99-‘It'll.’ an Act has been passed by tlte General Assembly ofllllit Island, iittituled “ An Act to increase the number of .\lenibt-rs to serve in the General .\l'ltllIIltlV, and to consolidate and niiiirnd the I.-tivs relating to l}lcctioits," routiiining, iievertlieless. ti sus- P°"'l_‘"8 “W30. lt_\' whit-.h Your .’ll.~iji-sly‘: sanction is required be- fore it becomes the law i-film l.‘ol-in .

We beg leave to npprize Your Miay-sly that this Act was intro- duced Into the .\ssi-iiilily at it very lite period of the so-it-ian,nnd ll"-‘V’-’ l","'3t‘tl. ursolii-.iti.-d by the pi-ople. and without iiiiy other elrtrt-~‘-«imi or iudicaiiioii of public opinion in its favor than what "l‘l“5‘""'tl frmn the iii.lvonai'y of the very small number ofiiicttibers who at! tcv-ed:-d in carrying it through the l.egisl.tiure.

That it was actually passed by no more thin s ninj irily of Tw--lit: Rlmnlto-rs, in opposition to it tiiitiority of Nine .\lentlii~re l"’9“--‘III. and Two otlt.-rs belonging to that minority temporarily uh---iil front the lloust-.

'l'h.-it upon a motion to have it printed and published bi flrl‘. it [Titi- 39t‘l.§|t Eh iniitioii p-ism-il in this in-gitivo ' °Pl"‘~-.-d to a minority of l‘i-n pl’t!tiL'l|l t-.nil two 0ltll‘I’I ofthu iriiiin P-‘|_|'|,\ tilts-tiit. Thus it may he said tliit the Act H. s carrii-tl Willi-tul lt"fll|lllllIg :tii opp.it‘tuttiiy of ii=i‘i-rtaiiiiii-_; public opinion 3' l" ll‘ I--‘HM-s‘~|i_v, by It iiiaptrity of lilevi-it Xleiiibieis I "IV. l)t‘l.Ig nctu Ill\ Er.-.« tl. Ill even H at.|-‘ of the nltolu Ilousi-; ltlll it is 4'\'- dt‘||' ll! '1 it iv-told not how In-,en so C:|lI’lI:d at nll hid the fall number of \li'tttllt,'l‘.i oftlie llouso been pri-si.-tit upon this vote.

'l'l_iit of the 'l'wt-lve \li-tiilmrs who p-i--It-d it l"ivo were those holdtng_:h» pn. t'|[t'|l ﬂ‘llill’lt.‘(.l Ulllcttl in the gift of the (inverti- "I|'|'l ol this (‘til-it .

.1‘l|1l ihn iliri-unit ofthc l".li-ctorul Districts, ns prtipiiuml by tho

ItI.l liiil, ii is lIl"‘lI l‘tIlllI'l\'<".| iii -iiilist-rtii-itrte to the titans ol the

l“”"V_ “ll ' l"I"‘Iii-id its p.t~sige tlirouglt the Lo-gi-'l.iluri-; :iu.l your

l"‘l|l'0'|t‘N l7'v'l insured Ili.it .i ilivi-ion upwn 3| more Just and equil-

ﬂblt! r|’lti"'ple, and far less 0l|jL'('llI|lIl|lll0‘, could be deliiieil where such it litil Itl oi‘iei respects proved to be ncces:-.try for the wel-

fiirn Orllll.‘ t ‘olo.._\,

_ Th-ll. ﬁltoulil such -‘| serious cliange be still’.-red in the Constitu- lllttl tiflliis Colony, us must tit-ct-siiirilv follow were this lltll ul- lovvel to bi-coitii-, law. we f-e.ir that evils eat.-naive in their op.-vii. timi timl p.-rmzitieni to their ell'ect will be taitailcd on this people Oftlii-i ('t:loii_r. ‘

.'l'liil it appears by the late f‘.cti.-us re-turn of tho populallitn of this lvtlanil, that it i~ont.iiii-I now about .\‘ou~iiiy iltnusutd . which, :ii°cordi--g to the nu-ulnar ofllo-presi-iiritivus in the House Of :\*-umilily. as t-.-i.-ihli-hi.-il under the [Int-U-Ill Law, gives one R,epl’i*S(-‘Ill-Ill\‘l‘ to loss tli:iit Three llIuu~‘nnd souls. - Tliat vour l‘-titioni-rs know of no l.-~gisl-ttivn Asst-iithlv in tiny P1" N Your .‘.l:ij'-iIy's doiuiuious i\ho-r-- the llepri-seittittives are so nun ernus, in roitiparisoii to the population, us it thus appears they it'd! already in this lslnud.

. 'I_' I'll wberr an Elector.t| District bi-comes Cll'C'IllIsl"fllN'l' in its l|'"|1l. and ll.~ l:lo'(5lill'l ili'niuidh~-d in ttaiiiliers, without ttdilitiiiiial ittdeg.-.-iitl»-nce.iiiitl iiiti-lligisnco it in gent-rnlly found to leave on opeti-ng tor the return ofu very ltlfetlof class ufinen as Represen- latitws.

'l'i'iiil iiccording to the scale upon which the new Act is based, Three Electoral Districts itdpiiiiing one another are proposed to return Six ll:-pres»-ntatives, -ilthough the aggregate population of the whole Three Districts is below E van tlinusaud souls, and of those it is probable that no more than Two thousand aie Elec-

5' E :.

’l‘hat the late Census returns shew that the increase of popla- tion in this Colon has not proceeded in thesame ratio, but has

infactcmisidsriibly diminished below wh:it it was, con and

wit its progress a few years ago, as the following table will prove:— POPULATION. IKCIIADI. 1827 23.266 6 48 was 3239: . per cent. psrannurn. I84! 47,034 6.53 " “ 1848 82,878 4.75 “ " I855 7|,-196 2.0! “ "

That the additional pay attendant on an increase in the number of Members of Aytsonibly will necessarily increase the yearly as. me.“ ____,_,,,,_.. ." .E .' . to which your Petitioners are already subject, without producing

an‘ correspondent bonclit except to tho few.

our Petitioners, therefore, moat humbly pray that Your Moj- osty will be pleased to tiilts tbs foregoing particulars into your gracious considariition,aud withold your sanction front tliasaid Act. In order that the opinion oftho Inhabitants ot' this Colony at large luny ha ascertained before such change shall be permitted to be made in their Constitulio .

And Your Majesty's Petitioners will over pray.

August, I856.

I031‘ OP O8ARIs0'.l"I'3'.I'OW'.N~ IKTIIID: lo-pt 5—Sohr Rivil, Mulch, Boston; goods and rstssengt-rs. Lady Le Mnrchant. Pictoii; mails. Lively Lass, Robinson, Picton; coal. Plough toy. Robinson, do.; do. Arir-l, Moore, Sydney; do. Loily Jute Gray. Paul. Bay Vortc; deals. Brig llllPMle.t‘l.

Bale, do.; do. Mar Ann, “'ootl, Piotoit; roal. 8—li stry. Allen, Ditlliuusin; Shingles. Mary. I.s€RllIllC, Aricliat; lstllasi Liillooltn, vitlson, ston; nods. Emma, Hobbs, Sydnrv,

coal Comte-vative, M‘Fitil_\cn. Pictoti; do. Favotirite, Bnluu, Porthoml; Liinestons. Elisabeth, Si-ott, Sheinogno, deals. ller, Oiiltoo, Hay Verte; deal. Virgin, Bears, Pictou; ii . _\\'nve,

Hulilax; goods itw ii. Sytlnev; coal lIl—Aurorn, Hume, do.; I . Unicorn. Gallant, Shediuc; deal. Ariviamciit, Aylward, l\'cvvﬂd.; bul. Mayﬂower, Beers, Pictou; coal.

Cl-IAIID ﬂept 5—Srhr Bell!-, Cl l. tiny Vcrle: bill. 8-Mu , Lcfllunc, Nswﬂd.; cattle. P ii-,hbo , Robertson, Picton; ail. Lively Lass, llobi-rison,do.; do. , ton, Boy Vertc: hal. 9- I-‘avmirito, lluhin, Purthood; do. ll—liii|tistry, Allcn.Ciiriqoet.

«to. Emma. llobbs, Sydney; do. Conservative, M‘!-‘adyeii, Shediuc; do.

DAMASCU3.

No person who has ever viewed this beautiful city, can ever forget it._ As Constantinople is the most beautiful city of the hills, (for parts oftltc city are built on hills,) so Duiiiuscus is, to my mind. the most lovely city ot'the plains. lts history is very ancient; it is, perhaps, one ol llltt Illitsl ancient cities in the world. “'6 have the lirst lll(‘ltll0ll‘0f it in the Bible as early iistlte Book ol Genesis, xiv. 25, when Altrﬂllt rescues Lot, and scuttcrs the enemy unto “ Hitblll), which is on the left-hand of Da- miiscusz" here we have Duiuiiscus spoken of unit well-known town. And ogalﬂi "I Gen. xv. 2, Damascus is so spoken of as being “ell-l(lI0\Vl|Z " The steward ol my house i this Eliezer of Damascus-”

\\’e will see it little oftlte city its it now is The view ofthe city from the high hills which form part ofthe range of Anti-Libn- tins, is uiirivttllenz it is called by the Ori- eutuls “ A pearl set in emeralds." The

,bi-uutiful Burratla, a stream by which you

travel on your way from Damascus to Lebanon, is in stream fitll of breaks, such ttssonio of|our beautiful trout streams in Cuiuberlaud und VVestiuore|and at present. lt brings ttbuuduuce ofsweet, pure watt-r to Dauiascus; it is to this stream tho city owes its beauty and loveliness in it great tneasurc; it is surrouutlcd by orchards and gardens, in which grow walnuts ttnil stand- ard apricots, and ll profusion ol' fruit; wherever the stream coiucs, it brings ferti- lity iiud beauty, but beyond the iullui-uce of the stream, and further than its \\'illt.‘l'S ll-iw, there is nothing but burri-it sand almost as far its the eye can reach. ' ' ,wastes tirouud make the emerald Daiuas- lens sill the brighter, its the goldru ring cit- lhauccs the beauty of the emerald. Mohaiiinied, it is said. would not cuter the city, saying, “ Man could enter but our lpziradisr.” He need not, Iiowover, have ft‘.-m-ed; tor the city, h()\V(‘VCI' bcnutiliil at it distuiicc, is soon .-ern and felt to be no pu- rudise. On nppt-oat-.hiiig it, and close to the walls, in one ofthe principal roads, ti cuuicl had fallen dead. The owner had iSll'lp|)O(l the creature of its skin, and left [the raw and ghastly cttrctisc in the road. I'l‘lie dogs—the scavcngot's ofthe city—liud ilillllld it, and were feasting upon it, while ‘the ravens were ierched around, waitiu anxiously for their turn, when the dogs were sated. There were pools of green, sing- naut water in the priticipul streets, whilst all kinds of dirt and dead animals are left in the public places. Ifis a town full of iii- terest to every Christian, as being spoken of in the New Testament. We find Saul, the persecutor of the church, full of fury against the believers in Jesus, having got letters from the high priest, going down from Jerusalem to Damascus to put to death any that called on l_Iis name. But Jesus smote him to the ground, saying, " Saul, Saul, why persccutest thou me ?" The spot is still pointed out where this hap- pened ; the house also, in which he receiv- ed his sight is buried beheath the site of the present city, so that you have to go down many steps to it. There is also the street called "Struight;” aand a spot, marked by a Turkish inscription in the wall, is pointed out as the spot from whence St. Paul “ was let down by a basket." The streets of the city are dull: nothing but lstticcs—mud walls 'n many arts. You would think them miserable dwellings, and yet the inter- iorofsome ofthem is costly and inagniﬁ- cient: the ceilings of many of the houses are elaborately coloured with bright and gorgeous coloiirs in different patterns. lti almost everyghouse, the bubbling, gurgling Abana finds its Way, and, playing in the fountains, cools the court yards which are often ﬁlled with beautiful orange and lemon trees covered with rich fruit. There is a large demand for the most

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beautiful scarfs made bf the ﬁnest silk, wo- .' van with gold, purple, and various colors

and patterns, which are manufactured in the city. Its bazaar is very long, extend- ing ulinost hitlfn league: and here you mrt,-t with tho costtimrs oftrvcry notion.-— some of the Bednuins, with their free mid noble bearing, the Frank, the Tiit-k, the Persian, &c. Tito bazaar is it long street of gay shops, where all kinds of merchan- dise are to'be found. The caravans from Great Mt-ccn, Bagdad, Aleppo, Beiroot, Tripoli. and Acre, cause its extensive trade.

Some have given its population at 300,000, but it scents more probable that it does not exceed from 120,000, to l5Ll,00O. About 12,000 Christians, and about the saute number ofJews live in the city.

Let us remember, that the good'thiiigs of the earth—sucli as the most delicious lruitsi and vines and ineiits-—citnuot satisfy the soul. Let us learn that the gayest and softest silks ever woven will not siillici-. The lovclirst views cannot ﬁll tltc soul. It is only where grace reigns, and tho Holy Spirit dwclls, that there is peace and joy, and that is brought to ligltt by the gospel of Jesus Christ. Let us pray for that tiiue which shall come crrltiinl A—mn it come, with our Lord spmlily—when the Lord “ will turn to the people a pure language. that they may all call upon the name ol'tlie Lord to serve Him with one coiisettt." Pray for this blessed time, but be sure you ask yourself, Am I ready if my l.oid should come, and should I be it pitrtaker of it P

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Oiiiois or Ciir.ss.—'l‘lic game ol'Chcss, It is said, had its origin at the siege ofTr0)'. iittd was invented by Pitlumt-des, to amuse the Gr:-ciatu chit-fs The following account ofthe 0ri;_rin ol'Chcss is given by the Arn- biitn writers. At the coiitmcttceiiit-iit ofthc liftli century oftlic (‘liristiuu crti, liidiit wits governed by u young and powerful moti- urch of tin i-xct.-lh-nt disposition, but who was greatly corrupted by his llaltcrers.—- This young prince soon fol-got ,tli.it tiioii-

nrclis ought to be the fiitlit-rs of thi-ir poo. plo, that the love of the people for their] king is the only solid support uftlic llll't!llc,l and that thry coiistitiitc all hi» strtiiigtli uiid

power It was in vain that the bi-aliiiiiu-! and the riijalis rcpt-itted to hint tht-so iin-, pttrlttltl iiitixitiis. liitoxicatrtl bv his great-‘ tiess, ivliich be imagined to his uunllt-r.ib|i-, he dcspisrd their wish l‘t'lllttll~’llilll(‘.(‘S. Then {I brnhiiiiu, nztiuetl Sissa, iiinlt-i-took, in an lllIlll‘€Cl iuniiui-r, to open tho t-yes oi‘. the prince. \\'ith this vii-iv hc lll\'t‘Dl(‘(ll the game of chess, in which the kin;_r,r though the most iitiportuut oftlto piccrs, isf powerless to uttack, ntid oven to di-Ii-iid lllltl-t self ugninst his cnctuics, without the us- SlSllllI("‘- of his subjects. The new game speedily lit-cqiiie celebrated; the king oflii- dia heard tttlk ofit, ttnd wislicd to l(‘ttl'n it.; Sissn, while explaining the rulrs of it gave him it taste for those momentous triitlts, to which till this moment he had reftised to listen. The prince, who possessed both feeling and gratitude, changrd his conduct, and gave the bruhmin the choice of his re- wcompence. Sissu. required to be delivered to him the number of grains of wheat which would be produced by all the squares of the chess-board, one being given for the ﬁrst square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, still doubling the amount till the sixty-fourth square. The king, without diﬂiculty, acceded toa re- quest of such apparent moderation: but when his treasurers had calculated the quan- tity, they lound that the king had engaged to perform it thing for which not till his riches nor his vast states would suﬂico. They found, in reality, that the amount of these grains of wheat would be equal to I6 984 cities, each containing 174,672 mea- sures, each measure consisting of 32,768 grains. Of this circumstance, the brahniin availed himself to make the king sensible how much sovereigns ought to be on their guard against those who surround them,

and how much they ought to fear, lest even their best intentions would be perverted to sinister ends.

Tits Ncw Catznio.-t.—A nohlcmnn had inherited it broad tract of loud, together with a village, from H. wealthy uncle. But the land was boggy, unhealthy, and waste. The new possessor tlritined olftlie standing water and planted all kinds of trees and shrubs, so that the morass bccamo it. do- lightful garden, with a shady grove -;tretch- iog out towards the village. Atltr some years, the nobleman received it visit from the teacher of his youth, and he showed him how he had cultivated ‘the wild hog, and converted it into n lovely garden. The aged titan bchcld it all with plenstirc, and praised every part ofit. The owner, |iow- ever, said that lie intended to do yrt inort-.,

deserve it, for thou l-oi-t mode the dead mo. riiss into the dwelling place oflifo and jo But there is sometliing yet wanting in perfection of this creation." “ And what is that?" asked the nobleman. “ l\'uow’st thou not,” replied the hoary sane, mum, when God, the Lord of the Giirden had created Eden, he placed man tliei-ei.,:vv The rich man was silent, and took these words to heart; and in the following gp.-3,, when his faithful teacher revisited him he conducted him to the extremity oftlio wdod There .stood two new and pleasant Inoklll I buildings. The old man smiled; and pres- sed tho noble tnitn’s hand as he sni.l—"[ well knew that thy heart would understand mo. Love line now brought the wot-Ii to perfection." And the buildings were-—the one, an Orphiin’s Home ; the other, it Schoo|.—Kruniiuac/ter.

PRINCE ALst'.tt'r AN AusrIut.tAN Pita. PMETOII.-—lt is stated thut Piiiice Alht-rt hits bought on enermous tract of loud in Australia, which, in about ‘.20 years, will return l0U0 titres its much as till the Stixes Coburg and Gothit, in Germany, put t-..' gcthcr. Now, there -is it principle in nu this, whether or not it is true that the Mar. «pile of \Vesttninster ndviinccs ptlrliung of the purchase iuoiicy. \\'lien \\'illimn ]V_ for liiinsclf and SuCC(‘~‘.i<Il‘S, made the bar: gain with Parliament that he should have so much ii yt-itr in con.-'i(lcr.'ttioit of his giv. lll,(,V_ tip till llt(' croivu lauds, it was tll.~lltti'l- l_v iutt-udi-d that the ts‘-I\'(3l'l‘l,'_'llS slioiiltl tin- t-vcr cease to be lzintllioldors. int hi.-re the Crown is rccoiitiiiciiciiig its fuucii-tug as cstntt-tl propri-~tor. The Queen bou..|,[ 0Sl)ttt‘llC; the Prince bought Bllllllnrlll tfiitl has bought it province in Australia, and will go on btiyiiig for the sake of the little mynltics.

A singular plicnniut-non took place] on Satiiitlay nit.-lit Aug. I-1th,‘) itbotit t-Irvin o'i.-I. rk, ut lloiit.-ii. An iiiiutcnsc cloud of sin-‘ill while tuoths burst over the town and c'-tupletely covered the groiiiul in at low st-t--niils. \\"li=it is singular is, that thiv It-ll nliunst rxcliisivt-ly on the loft book «if the titer. lo the iitoriiiitg lhcy lay on the grouiitl in myriads, and nliuo.-t all dca.l.— Puris Journal.

Goon at-:ws I-‘OR Vioi.iNi:='rs.——llcr Fo- dor, it cheinist, hits just discovered ll new colopliotiium, or composition. to so rrct-dc the rosin usually used by violin players.

tiis applied by means of a camel's Iuiir

rush, rcinaius good during I00 years’ playing, and has no evil effect upon either the strings of the instruinont or the hair: of the bow, and it is asserted, gives clear- ncss to the tone.

TALL Cuituasir.--'l‘. P. Shepard Si Co., are building it chimney for their vitriol manufuctory in Providence, ‘JI4 feet high. It will cost $8000.

The human blood is not a more ﬂuid. coiirsirg through the veins and arteries. and partaking of ofthe more qualities of other ﬂuids. lt is—sisit- ling as the statement may appoar—ALlVE. It is. in plain vvoids,“!/uli‘ sqf man" All physi- tlogicsl diseases, such as indigestion, derangtd kidneys, livar, heart. lungs. stomach, all inipiirs socrctioos in the body, and a largo insiority if spideniia and endemic diseases have their oriaii , or at lsast their exciting cause in the impure stsis oftlis blond. Clesiusa that and keep it cleansed, and no sickness can prostrate, or even unit the system. This splen-lid discovery has given a lustre to Professor lloi.i.owsv's iiamr, trari»cen:l- ion the renown ofhsroes and statesmen and we do not wonder at the great fame he has acquired in Europa, Asia, Africa and Australia.

City Livery and Sale 8tabl::‘

HAVING enlarge-i my Stables I am now pre- pared to take hours tor Sale and board, by the day or week. Gentlemen having horses to dispose, of will find this an excellent stand. "I0 Stables beiou roomy and comfortable and print ms attentive. Horses and Cariisges for hire, second to none-. in the City. Please call and examine for yourselves. .l. H. GATES.- Scpi. 4th, l856.:wtf.

and preserve all kinds of deer and other game in the wood; and what on eujoyint-tit

this little creation uﬂbriled him Upon

this, the old teacher roplied:—-" Thou dog;

Feathers Feather Beds! U81‘ ARRIVED. per Schr. Ornaiiisnt and otliol’ impovtiitions—good qusliiv. JAMES N. HARRIS. August ll, lI§6.— Ii