high treason. But there can belittle doubt that the designs attribut to Fund Pacha and his colleages as! not without foundation. We fully and his friends are rnistaken in their notion, that a continued occupation by the allies would advance their interests. Even the most enlightened Oriental can- not uttderstand the temper of European nations. Such men as Fuad have been accustomed to see for years the con- tests between England, France, and Rus- sia for preponderance at the Ports, and they ' ved. that such diplomatic quarrels must be continued by the Governments and the respective people who have made themselves acquainted with Eastern affairs. We feel how dis- tant stich suppositious are from the fact and though there is little chance of the Ottoman territory being occupied for a term of years yet we contemplate such an event without believing either that an objectionable body of men would thus be kept at the head of affairs. or that the interests and just influence of England would sufl'er.—London Times.

The whole dominions ofthe Pope are di- vided into 20 provinces, of which Rome is the chief. Of the remaining nineteen, six have the rank oflegations, and are govern- ed by cardinals, whilst the other thirteen are delegations under " prelates," some of whom are not necessarily churchmen. Both of these classes of provinces are sub- divided again into districts, governorships, and communes, whose administrative chiefs, as in the case of the delegations, may or may not be ecclesiastics. Of the whole of this territory, the supreme government lies in the hands of the Pope and a council of ministers, of which last the Cardinal Sec- retary of State is the chief, and from the nearly autocratic inﬂuence of his position is genera|ly—as in the present case of Monsignora Antonelli—the virtual ruler of the country. The old hierarchy of Con- gregazioni having been abolished since 1849 for all except ecclesiastical purposes. the remaining members of the cabinet may or may not be laymen ; but the practical worth ofthis innovation is nothing, as at no time, I believe, since it was first permitted, has the lay element in the council been more than atliird ofthe whole, and we may pretty safely take for granted, that the con- servative disposition of even this quota is made sure before its admission to oflice. Unsatisfactory, however as is the constitu- tion of this supreme board, whose functions are at once legislative and executive, the s stem on which justice is administered throughout the country is infinitely more so, and constitutes, in fact_ the one great

overnmental bane from which nine-tenths of all the others proceed. Based entirely on the canon law, the evils resulting from it both in civil and criminal procedure, are past reckoning, end can only be remedied by a swee ing reform which shall entirely abolish this mass of antiquated absurdities and substitute for it It code in harmony with pure justice and the advanced intelli- gence ofthe age. By this body of median- val outrages upon equity and common sense the 50,Gl0 secular and other clergy form a privileged class, amenable to no tribunal but that of the bishops, and enjoy a long list of immunities, every one of which involves a wrong to the laity.; whilst means and opportunities of oppression are ermitted to the government which would e to the last degree dangerous to liberty in any ecclesiastical hands, and doubly so in those of such a body as the Sacred College. It is not denied, that the judges, though a pointed by the Pope and removed at his ensure, are for the most part impartial, but the system of which they are the agents ties them down to an administration that is a very mockery of justice :and it is the daily and hourly experience of this all over the‘ country that, more than any other ground of complaint, excites dissatisfaction with the present order of. _gov_ornuieiit. However other political aspirations may operate to cause discontent with the status qgo,.this comes home directly to all. end permits-neitherlower, middle, nor_ upper clue of tlie leit to forget contrasting the

bjeﬁts of the ode Napoleon and e seeu-,

believe, that he

HASZAIUYS (iA7.ltl'l"l‘E JULY 23.

r administration. Add to these and_ the other evils for which the canon law is to blame, the almost Neapolitan severity and vindictive injustice practised by the overn- Inent in its treatment of political o enders, both in the manner of trial and the subso-

uent punishment, and on have s case

or reform, that few but whole-going papal partisans will attempt to dispute.

Fnsitcii Fstniu Jsns.—A Psris corros- pondent writes .'—“The law which establish- es the Empress as Regent has given such mortal offence in certain quarters that you must not be surprised, if you hear of some insane demonstration emanating from the Palaie Royal which, by the by remained in perfect darkness during the illumination for the christening. Old Jerome is furious- ly inclined, and declares that he is the rightful heir to the French throne, and no other ; and that‘ Mddle. Montijo,’ to whom he denies every capacity, but that of mak- ing up chiffoins, will have business with him (uffaire a moi) if she dare assert the right which has been bestowed upon her. The indifference with which the measure is viewed in Paris is one ol the worst signs of the times, according to our own impressions of events upon this stirring busy people- for it argues that it is of no importance whatever.”

New [Noun R.4ii.wsv.—Tlie prospectus has been issued of a new Indian railway, to be called the -Eastern Bengal Railway Company, with a capital of .£l,000,000, in £20 shares. It is to run to Calcutta through the denslely-populated and rich delta ofthe Ganges to Jessore, ii distance of about&) miles, where a communication will be formed with a navigable branch of

right bank of the Ganges, and then to the ,

estimated, can he accou plished for an ad-f ditional £500,000. The country is a dead-' level, and, the military engineers havingi reported very favourably ofits suitablrmiiss { fora railway, the Government oflndia hnve! intimated, that upon satisfactory surveys and estimates being presented they will re- commend the India House to grant a con- cession for it on the same terms as in pre- vious cases. A competent statfwill, there- fore, be immediately despatched to complete the necessary details. In its commercial results, the undertaking promises to be of the greatest importance, from its connexion not only with the Ganges, but the vast and productive provinces drained by the Bur- hempootcr.

Government have resolved to restore the portion of Stirling Castle knoivn as the Governor's House, and including the his- torically interesting room recognised as the scene of the ouglass assassination, which was destroyed by fire last autumn.

Courr Cosruiis AND E'rlQUETTE.- -A Berlin letter, referring to the late Ameri- can undress episode at the Queen’s leeve, says:-—The United States legation at this piece have at all times, until lately, ap- peared at court in a sort of uniform, with a sprinkling of gold embroidery on cuff and collar, sword and cocked hat. in conse- quence, however, of orders from home, the embroidery has been set aside latterly, and Mr. Broom and the gentlemen of his mis- sion have appeared in a sort of clerical dress, with knee breechcs and tliree-cor- nered hats. This attire forms a strong contrast to the glitter by which they are surrounded on court or gain diplomatic occasions, but is accepted as an apology for more splendid costiiirre. It offends no one unless it be the wearers, who run the risk of being mistaken for servants out of livery, or evangelical elte Mormon preach- ers. But these discussions about court attire are not limited to the representatives of Brother Jonathan. Some few years past,

standing of his envoys, feeble at it be, was more worthy of exhibition tli below, changed the nether ‘attire ofthe dip- lomatic corps, by substituting trousers for " knee thin s ” structions, and to the great rejoicing of a very

error. saw the hslberdiers and body guard frown; l on reaching the landing place, he observed the gentlemen ushers and “ Kammer Jun- kers” clench their not over cleanly hands.

despatch.

E" 1-

ln obedience to these in-

queer pair of legs, Lord Erskine ap- eare at court in his prolongments, he, nowing the while, that the Munich court

etiquette was pitiless on this score, and that neither high nor low-born could be admit-

ed unless in “shorts.” Nor was he in Upon mount~ng the staircase, he

Heaven knows what tokens of indignation

the good and connubial-loving old lord

would have witnessed next, but at the mo- ment he was about to enter the circle apart-

ment. the Grand Chamberlain stopped for- ward, and, with many thousand excuses,

begged to remind his excellency, that the King Louis’ orders, and commands, eti- quette, forbad all and each person ap- pearing the presence, unless in " shoes and stockings.” Tliereforo his lordship called forward his secretary, and bade him read an extract from the Foreign Oflice He might as well have read an extract from the rules at the Jockey Club.

The Grand Chamberlain replied that his orders were stringent, and that the King of England, although fully justified in estab- lishing rules for his own court, and expect- ing all to attend thereto at St. James's was noways entitled to expect adhesion thereto

at any other court. Upon this, Lord Ers- inc withdrew, and a long correspondence

followed between the two governments,

which ended by King Louis issuing an

the river, which will avert the necessity » °',d°" ‘h_“g '15,“ 'P°°,"‘l m"'k °f"°8'"d r°" for the intricate and tedious navigation of Kl"! W'!|'3m 5 r""‘f'99 “ld l°"d°"“°“ _f°" the Sontlerbunds. Ultiinatcly an extension ""3 B"""l' °'“"’_Y9 l°8'n '"' °"°°P"°" is contemplated to Furreedpore, on the 9"°"ld l_’° "mde "‘ r‘“'°‘"' °r_lh‘3, ""9"-

Longs since then have become indigenous

city of Ilrw-ii, the whole of which, it is _‘" 3" °°“"‘5-

A letter from Berlin of the 30th June, published in the Debate, says:—-“The visit

ofthe Prince ofPrussia, brother ofthe King,

to England, is now a settled affair. The Prince accompanied by the Princess, his wife, will, in the first place, proceed to Aix- la-Chiipell,e where they will be joined by their daughter, the Princess Louise. They will take their departure thence next week for London. The Prince of Prussia is charged by the King with an invitation to Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal to visit Berlin. They will accept the invitation, and it is arranged that, in September next, her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and their eldest daughter will be present in the Prussian capital, at the celebration of the marriage of the Prin- ccss Louise with the Prince Regent of Baden." '

issszaitnts osz£:71"r‘ia:

' Wednesday. July 23,7630.‘ Tnsait could not have been e greater error’

blunder, mistake, or call it what you will, then

the transferring the nomination of the Sheriff

from the Judges of the Supreme Court to the Executive Council. The reason given for the change was silly, ridiculous and contomptible, (to prevent persons of political feeling, and

artisans, being a pointed) and thereby 1-en.

ering the administration of justice—ss it ought to be—pure and free from all undue in- ﬂuence. As might be expected of ii change proceeding from unworthy motives, and based on falsehood, the result has been singularly unfortunate for the proposors. As it is the

rider Sheriff who transacts, and is responsible for the duties of the ollice being props;-ly per. formed, so our business is for the present, with him ; and truly, Mr. John Williams has tgkgn a very conspicuous part in the transactions of the last 'lerni. In the case of McLean, vs. Wholsn, as we mentioned in a previous paper, I rule nisi had been obtained by the Plsintlﬂ, ingon the Defendant to show cause why the eenirs for the chi Jury, granted at the instance of the efeadsnt, should not be

, s s new veaire ewsr The Am. on which the rule was obnlnsd is too

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said person.

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is advised h up ' 11,1 . believes, thdre aremrot“::gg. , ou’|_':,':i ﬁ'v°"ll most of the said persons th_ssd_ln med, upon who:

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The second char es the Defenﬁu,’ 7. '

and Williams, theg Under Sher”;- '2 termed packing the Jury: -- ~ - And Deponent furthor saith, that he hath good reason to believe, and doth verily believe, thn the said Defendant, or some person on his behalf hath had some not or part in the lelgcﬁojj of the said persons named in the said Jury plnngj 5,, issues, or of some of them; and that Deponem verily believes the said John Williams, from his deep political prejudices against Deponsut, and strong any bias and general doubtful character, is altogether en unfit and improper person to select an

impartial Jury to try the said cause; and that it would be quite unsafe and useless for Deponem .0 try the said cause on the Jar pannel now returned, or on any to he returned by the said John Williams; and the further to show the designs sad psrtiality ol‘ the said John Wlllisnis in the above ceuse, Deno. nent begs to refer this Honorable Court to ihs annexed copies of 8 several Special Jury panels returned in three other cases for trial this same term marked B, Csnd D respectively, in which Deponeni is not at all in tsrested, and wherein there were spperontly no political or other improper motives to actuate the said John \Vil|iams to an improper selec. lion; and wherein the nenies of Jurors returned prg. sent s fair and proper specimen of Special Jurors in the said County, taken indiscriniiniitely , and without respect to poiticsl or part hiss; wiih gm," of w 'ch ssid returns or anythhig of a similar nature, Depcnent would have been perfectly sslisfiod and contented in the shove cause. and so to have tried the said cause; but Deponcnt is advised and verily believes. that it is quite useless to go to trial, to ex. pect ii fair and impartial verdict from say 12 men returned on the said Jury in this cause'

Upon these, but principally upon the last uncontradicted assertion, the Court decided, that the rule should be made absolute, and s new venire awarded, directed to the Coroner of Queen's County, resident in Charlottetown, —Daniel llodgson, Es .,-—and that he should take the names of the pecial Jurors returned in the several cases of Reddin and Dingwell, Csvonsgh and Lydiard, and McGill and McLean, and from these draw by lot, forty- eight, which should form a list from which a Special Jur should be struck in the usual way. Mr. helan, the defendant, has, in the last F.z~arm'ner, published the Aflidavit in full, together with the names of the Special Jury, and indulges after his own fashion, in a violent tirade a inst McLean, styling the Aﬁidavit " the silliest and shallowest reduction that was ever penned.” With all oference, this is ver silly and very shallow conduct on the put r. Whelnn. If the Afﬁdavit were all this, and beside this, false, as he asserts that it is, —wh , in the name of common sense did not . illiains and Mr. Whelnn ut in a ‘chat counter Afﬁdsvit. if not as to the first, at cost as to the latter part! As the learned Jud e observed,-in the absence of all denial on the other side, the Court is bound to believe that the alle tion is true—and thus no alternative was le t. Now, this was a fact within the knowledge of both Whelnn and Williams, and it does not do for Mr. Whelnn to ooine forward under the editorial head of his newspaper, and make counter statements; these should have been done in o a Court and under the sanction ofan oath. hen a men is openly accused of an illegal and immoral act. and he submitg to the accusation, and does not offer even a denial ofthe charge, the standers-by must believe him guilty, and it is in vain for him to leave their presence and say in another lace, i could have denied it. lfhe could have onied the allege- tions, he should have done so there and then.

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and any subsequent denial seems clogged with a suspicion of falsehood, and looks as if the part lisd been driven into that whiohs high- spirited and honest. man would havodone stones, or rather have never rested till hehad taken every pains to wipe out the as ersion. We cannot iolp thinking, that Mr. illiums and Whelnn have both let slip the “golden opportunity." helan's observations put us in mind ofa man who, defeated in it contest, boasted that he might have beaten his adversary if he had to- kea the trouble so to do. People, generall speaking. are of opinion, that when a men su - fers another to give him a sound drubbing, ti is because he cannot. help himself.

The celebrated Alexander Family, who have

been performing bore wi much setlslso on,

an Eiiglisli envoy to the court of Bavu-in long forhiush to copy entire, but we give those for several n ts, intend givisgthelr _two est Ives like to have been cut short of access to Pf“ ‘' ‘)0 Urrimsmost materiel.’ Till at-stjconoertn. on is until mend hursde , next the throne, because he insisted upon or ° iifiit ° it i',,.,",°,"‘.:{_"’,',_P""'ul.*3'=_ .Mr.- 3- puiof _:v Yor .-popvjyrk d an-

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