HASZARD’8' GAZETTE. JUNE 14.

coats, and bright-bned sashes round the waist, in which are tobe stuck silver-sheathed ystaghans sit ornamented pistols; don't let them move more than their eyes, or exprem any emotion at the sight of anything except an English lady ;

on go I noisy, pbturesqne, and active crowd of res-es pod Greeks in buggy blee branches.

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smart’ sm,sashes. and rich vests-of so lid Athenians-of intellectual-looking Jewe. with koen flashing eyss—Chaascurs dc Vincennes,

'Zouaves, British rillomen, viivandeirefi ||PP°?|

and miners, Nubian slaves, camel-drivers, com- misssries. oflicers, and sailors. and direct then} in | stream through the streets, round the little islets in which the smoking Turks are harboured. If)!‘ you will do much to populate the place. It will be o&rved there are no women mentioned, but children are not by any means watilinl. 0" "'9 osetrsry there issgliit or them, in the Greek quarter particularly, and now and then a bundle of clothes, in yellow leather boots, and covered at the top with a piece of white linen, may he sees moving about, which you will (lo wel to believe contains a women neither young or pretty Dogs, so large. savage, tsilless, hairy, and curiously shaped, that Wembvvell could make a fortune out of them If aided by say clevcr soolcgical uomenel stcr, prowling along the shore and walking through the shallow water, in which standse herd of bullocks and buffaloes waiting till the araha, or cart, is ready for ihem—six French steamers and three French trans rte, with the tricolor flying, and the psddlebox iull_of troops on their way to lend—a solitary English steamer, with the red ensign at anchor in the bay-—siid some laccas, with their beauti- ful white sails and trimrig, flying down the straits, which are here about three and a half miles broad, so that the villages on the rich swelling hills of the Asia Minor side are plainly virible—al| these must be added, and then the picture is tolerebly complete. In truth it is u wretched place- pieturesque to a decree, but like ell picturesque things or places, horribly uiicomfortsb|e.—Corrrs- Times.

Arrsmassioiis or Iitvssiox s-r Sr. Pa-rxesirueo. —Mr. Frederick Bucknall, a son of Mr. W. Bucknall, of the late eminent Bristol firm of Buckuall and Spark, has just returned from St. Petershurg, where he had been for five years occu ing a responsible position in connection with one of the largest mercantile firms there,

tom the accounts which Mr. Buckoall brings wi him it is evident that, in high circles, the possibility of an attack by the com- bined forces on the capi of Russia is seri- ously entertained. Amongst the masses of the city a superstitious confidence in the success- ful issue of thswar nsrslly prevails. This is founded on the wi ly-spread belief that the war is a religious one, undertaken for religious objects; and it leades to a confidence that God being with the Emperor he must prevail. The imperial Muscovite himself does not appear to be so well at case. It is understood that the commandment of the important fortress of Cronshdt has informed him that, although of t strength, it is not impregnsble, The peror is obviously very anxious on the matter, for he goes himself to Cronstadt twice or thrice a week, and all conceivable efforts are bein employed to strengthen it as for as ssfiilo. Meanwhile the imperial city is ing crowded by troops,which are continually pouring in large masses. The barracks bein all crowded these are uartered on the inhabi- to their very ev' ntand tanuoyance. Bncknall saw a body o 1500 Cossacks marching towards the capihl, which is of itself a significant mark of the feeling ‘of the govern- ment, for troops of that class are rarely if ever employed in t'he_eity. Many pf the nobility an leading families are quittin their town into t e interior,

residences and retirin

hold out a wooden bowl, and receive donellolll with a kind of venerable griico. ()tliers.E°"_‘3""“Y oriion,screatn out their demands iita trii.\'t_ure of Greek antl ltsliaii, and. seated hv Ill’ ‘("1 ‘N59. follow the passer-by with their voices till e to out ofsinhl. Others train up their cliildren _to no after gii-angers withqs pitatiiis whine, which generally obtains something from the visitor who hssjust lsqded. ut their ii_umber_ isa great nuisance, end it is rapidly increasing. lhoy seem to have floi-lied in from all parts to make a harvest from the crowds of European strangers.

Tris Aiixaicsir Govxartiissr cs Paivsrsiiisixc. —-The Paris Moiiitrur savs, “ The Government of the United States of North America replied. on the 28th iilt., to the communication mode by the French Minister of the declaration of the two great maritime Powers of Europe relative to the neutral flags during the present war. In is re l . iircy expresses, in the name of the President of the Union, the wish that the maxiins ado ted in concert by France and Eng- land should come for the future the rule of conduct of all civilised nations. The Secretary of Shte besides declares that his government

as a firm wish to observe strictly and to cause to be observed the duties of neutrality. Ho mentions that the laws of the countr severely prohibit any American citizen, as wcl as every one established on the territory of the Union, from fitting out privateers, enrolling men to take rt in foreign war. Mr. Marcy adds that t ore is no fear of any attempt being made to infringe those laws, but that in case the ex- pectation of the Government of the Union on this subset should be deceived, the President would t ink it his duty to use the power with which he is invested to_oause them to be respec-

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In the Shipping and Merrantile Gazette of the 14th of February, we called attention to the necessity, in the active preparations then on foot for prosecuting the war, of rotecting our Shippliptg trading to our Colonies, especially the c from our Australian possessions, in which the valuitble character of the cargoes should be a cause of increased concern. Advices from Valparaiso of the lltli of April, mention, with reference to the orce of the Russians in the Pacific, that they have one 60- un frigate at that port, and are dail expect- ting three more of the same class, as well as an 80- an line-of-battle ship, each with 200 troops on board “ The Russian oficers," it is added, *- say that there are 14 vessels of war at “ Kamschatka, and boost of their superior force in “ these seas, and also of the mischie they will do to “ the homeward-bound gold ships from Australia."

Ixcitasssn Tsxsriort IN Russts.—’l‘he Emperor of Russia has issued a decree b which be im- poses on the central provinces o the empire an extraordinary hx, amounting to one-fourth of the revenue, for the su port of the holy war. The but half to be pai within fifteen days, or the property to be sequestered and sold by the crown.

The Greeks at Constantinople are getting hold. A few nights ago they broke into a Turk’s house in Buyukderc, for plunder partly, but more especially for violence. They assau t- ed all the inmates of the house, and out off the nose of one man, and the hand oh‘ another.

The number of buildings destroyed by a fire at Constantinople is about 120 houses and 700 shops. It is tly to be regretted that save- ral public bni dings of consequence have been burnt--among others two baths, one mosque, and three stone khans. The loss of goods and merchandise in those khana is about £150,000.

Yscnr Citnisxits ro rm: Bsi.-ric.—The beautiful

carrying with them their plate, yewcls, and

rhble pro ty of value, and t e English, French, an other foreign residents were quitting in such numbers that Mr. Bucknall had to wait for six weeks before he could get aplaoe by the conveyance, which runs twice a week from St. Pctersburg to Turkun. As a further evidence of the a prehension felt touchin an invasion of t e capital, Mr. Buckna noticed that some houses on the side of the Neva were being pu ed down and defences erected opposite the main part of St.

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Corrsrsirrnvoria, May 15.—-The En lish troops are ready to leave,-but the French ave not yet wholly arrived. New notes for 80,000 000 piastres ve been issued. Russian troops are concentrating in considerable force in Asia. Russian munitions of war have been removed from Fokachaiii to Berlet, further north in Moldavia. About 100 Wallachians of‘ the bet- ter class are in risen, on charges of sympa- thising with the urks.

Coxsrszvrrnorna, May 15.LWe have received here bad news from the seat of war on the Da- nube. The uasians are advancing from tho Dobrudschs. They have out ch‘ communication be een Silistria and Verna, as well as the sea coast, and the have done the setup between Varna and Shumls. The allied amiss are in motion, in order to co-operate with Omar Pa- oha on rent his reserve. A French force must by this time have arrived at Adrianople. A French division is on its march from GaIlipo- Ii to Constantinople. The English divils1ip.n

the cc of ii ht infant: at Seutari ooived orders foyr Tuesday next. is thought the route is for Verna. News been received to the 9th inst. from the Black sea. The two hosts were then cruising ofl Se- basta I, the Crimea, Batoum, and other parts of the k Sea. A Naval on menthad taken place. GeiierslBsraguayd' i ' rs isrocalled.

Brocnne or Russian Pears.--The following is a copy of an oficial notice establlshin a blodade ovfltussiau ts:—“ H. M. S. mp i- on Barbour of Mono , May l2.—-Sir, I have the honor tdlnforni the Consuls of her Majesty at Rig, Llbou Windau, that those are length in a outs of rigorous blockade, and that

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all the shi which leave after the llith Ma , either who orpartlall laden will bostopped. and seat to d or rice, to be there do- .1.g.¢ . Thlslcommunicotion is to be llIO!:o:Il£ll0 in those I have the honor,&o. (|llWlbA.c. ,0. an M.M. J. llorulet, lsq., . B. M. Conan at Meme].

Bsossas Ill Ooasrsitrisor-i.s.—-'I'ho plague org.‘ at-sis here so alight one. They come sl and from an exhibition of the icturosqeo variety of the t clan. ‘ Is it is almost a iplo with many persons never to give to us. wi the teachings of , and M‘Culloeh,tho Briton has no ocruple active labourers, and

sg then opplyts o werkhouso. whero_the u‘u.g' ofthoir real soevesitioo will be rigidly administered. Bsthoro alnagiviag is an instruct- osoast work siust starve if ‘C

yacht Csarina. built by Mr. Camper, of Goo- port, and belonging to Mr. '1'. Farmer Bailey, will leave for the Baltic in a few days, and in all robability will be present at the “ shelling" of elsingfors. Several other English yachts ‘will soon follow.

The 42d Royal Highlanders embarked on Sa- ttfrday afternoon at Portsmouth on board the General Screw Company's steam ship H daspes,

t. Baker, a line screw-shi of 1 00 tons burthen, for conveyance to the at.

Lord Ralsgan, it is said, holds out hopes of employment to many of the enthusiastic spirits who are eager to si alise their velour. Corps of volunteers are Ii ely to be form and at- tached to each division of the British arm . We have the Constantinople mail of the lltli, and the Journal de Constantinople of the 9th. The vessel which on the 5th quitted Sebastopol for the Circassisn coast were auban, Ma- gellan , Descnrtea,lCharlemsgne, Sanspariel , and Agametnnon. coordin to the Journal de Cori- starilinople, a great nuin er of transports had arrived with horses, artillery, and ammunition for the British troops.

The Patric says, the sin operations before Silistria have been suspen ed. A sudden rise in the waters of the Danube compelled the Russians to abandon the batteries in the. island commanding the position.

Oitaa P.tcns.—The Vienna Lloyd of Me 20 as s :——‘- Omar Pacha has taken up a pos tion before Shunila, with his troops there concen- tra ; this is a si that it is in this district where he intends ghting the first grand pitch- ed battle with the Russians. It is asserted that Omer Pscha has sent it report to Constan- tinople, in which he says that he may be com-

lled to sacrifice Silistria if the subsidiary allied troops are not at the Balkan by the end of May at the latest. ”

A-rrscx on Sasssroroi..—The Times corres- pondent says we may expect soon to hear im- porutnt intelligence from the Black Sea, as, after an inspection of Sebssb land the coast near it, I an informed that dmiral Hamelin has written to his government demanding that s y of troops for landing shall be .sent with as little delay as possible to the East. The troops that Admiral Ilamslin demands are to be forwarded without delay.

The last accounts from China mention "a great execution " at Canton .- three men were

rtially llsyed, then out in pieces, and their; h:arta taken to the mandsrlne; while sixty-ilve others were simply decapitated.

Tin Pianos or Glasssaorraas.—I.etters fsun Brousas state that t fears were entertained of the III iads o graoshop rs which have made their appearance. Or inarily they are rendered loss numerous by a severe winter, and it was he that the frosts and snows of the last few months would have operated to ka_op down the rly post. However, the plains about the ty are now covered with clouds of these insects. hardly hatched, and the no t w weeks may see the harvest half devou the population rodaood to despair.

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AN Aii.tzox.—'I‘he wife of ego of the ollicors of the llth llussars, and sisterto the great Al- rican lion hunter, accompanies her husband to the East. llor habilimcntsare prepared for ac- tive scrvi. She is to have a black belt. in which two of Deane and Adam's revolvers are placed. She has been practicing daily at the sbootin gallarv in Dublin, and roinisoe to avenge er husband's death, slioiil be full liy leading on his troops against our common county.

There are now about LG) merclinnt ships fitted with L'uiiiiinglisni‘s patont rt-i-ling appu- rittiis. By this iipparuttis three or four men can do as much work in four minutes as twenty men can do in tbi-'oe' or four hours without it.

It is reported that it cliapter of the Order of the Garter will shortly be held to take etc o for expelling the Emperor of Russia from tie der. By the oath no knight must take up arms against another, or assist any one to

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The following is a numerical list ofthe se- veral armios of Europe —

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Russian army, l,006,000 Turltis i, 600,000 English, 162,000 French, 730.

Austrian, 000,000 Prussian, 014,781 Dani I 32.

Sweedisli and Norwegian, 34,000

\'iir.\'x.t. May 25.—It is credibly related that Austria and Prussia yesterda sent a summons to Russia to evacuate the urkish territory.

A Rvssisii \V.tit-Sosti.—After the passage of the Danube a war-song. was distributed to the regimental bands. and ordered to he learned by the choristcrs, so that it might be sung to and by the men as a stimulus to exertion. Ber- lin mornin journal gives the following prose version of t is war canticle :—“ ie is alone valuable to him who fears not death ! ()rtho- dox Russian warriors slay without counting their foes! Whether ye be French, En lish- men, or stu id Turks, Infidcls, we chalengc you to batte! You thirst for the blood of Orthodox believers! God will chnstise you through us! Protectors of Henthens. eternal shame and disgrace lay on yoti ! For the Czar of Russia, we are pre red to die! Vitloiir is born with us; we neither fear battle nor death ! The brave are pleasing to God; they find their boon in Heaven !"

VVEST INDIES.

DEPARTURE 0|-‘ riiit 56rn Ri:tiiiin\‘r.—'I‘lie 56th Re t. will shortly leave Beruiudii for En land, to be replaced by the 26th Regt. (Cameroiiians.) The service Conipaiiies of the :.’6tli are in Ca- n a; and vessels are to be taken up tliore to convey the troops to thcsd'lslands. The Com- panies of the some Regiment formin the Depot in England are also to come out to t is Colony, and we hear of ii report that they would leave about the 22d instant. The exchange of Regi- ments will, it is anticipated, be effected in about two months from this time.

JAMAICA .—Four shi s of war of the French Navy, one bearing the g of Admiral Duqucsne, had paid a visit to Jamaica, w are they were most warmly received by the Naval and Military authorities, as well as by the Merchants of Kingston. Salutes, Guards of Honor, and din- ner parties, followed each other in compliment to the French Admiral and his oilicers. Bishop Spencer leftslaniaica en the 11th for En land, to be resent it is said, at a convocation of Bishops in ndon. he health of the island was im- proving: there were, however, it few cases of

holera in Spanish Town.

B.tansnoIs.—A great number of fires had oc- curred on many of the Estates, by which several acres of growing cnneswere desti-o cd. This nefarious work was done by incen aries. A- bout 25,000 hogsheads of sugar of the new crop had been shipped to England.

Diun:it.iiu.—0ur Demerara tiles to the 10th instant, do not supply any news of interest, beyond the statement that this year's crop of sugar promised to exceed that of any former year. -

’l‘itiNin.ti>-—Acconnts from this Island are to the 9th. -The sii r cro now in progress of manufacture will 9 the lav at ever raised in Trinidad; but prices were isooursgingl low. A sale ofa large lot is quoted in our excliauge papers, at $2 40c.&er 100 lbs. Freights to

ngliind were at 5s. . ,

A.srioi'.t.—Antigua papers to the 10th instant, complain of a very severe drought, from which the island had been sufiliring for several weeks.

The want of Shipping continued to be serious- ly‘fclt at St. Lucia.

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Txaitini.s Dis.is-rxn.—A terrible disaster oc. curred at llobokcn this afternoon. ’I‘he drop bridge of the Ferry landing broke down, while an immense number of people on it were wait- g for the 5 o'clock boat. Hundreds of men

aster, many seriously injured and some, It is llcved drowned, though no bodies as yet have been recovered.

-PmLADELPmA,,MAY 28.—A terrible scene was witnessed on rd the steamboat Star, this evening. The boat from Red Bank with nearly 100 passcn ere, took lire around the sinoltt-- stack and w on about one mile from the land- in . ro t measures were taken to extin- gu sh the mo, and the boat was headed for the nearest wharf, when the ssengers were» safely landed and the tire extin uished. Du- ring the excitement mseqy of t e passengers %t())llt‘li hardlybs restrain from leaping over-

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Titousu on LAKI Ciissiri..im.—Steii- mere sunk. It appears in an article in The Ogdenshtiry Despstch, that the inhabitants of villages on Lake ' engaged in a quarrel about railrond and steamboat mutton, which is not likely soon to end. It has already resulted in violence and outrage upon rsons and pro rty. appears that the Plattshurg people are

bcciistoleii. They attempted to tow her clown to Plnttsbui-gh,but the people of llurlin on, cut the lines and took her back. The fo lowing night two old steamers», the Burlington and Whitehall, were drawn beside the Saints and suiilt in such a position that the latter cannot be moved. The Plnttaburgb pco le were much exas- perated. The captain and owners of the steamer Sar-unuc were supposed to be con- cerned in the outrage. and when the boat came to their village, 400 persnhs rushed oiibonrd armed, liislicd her wheels, and threatened to sink her, arrested her captain and pelted him with rotten oggs.—.‘lo the matter stood at last accounts.

HASZARD’S GAZETTE. Wednesday, June I >4

T0 THI‘. ELICTORS OF PRINCE IDWABD

ISLAND.

Mr. Stephen Swabey, actuated by a kindly disposi- tion towsrds Sir Alexitndsr Bannerrrien, applied. in the nitnie of himself and others, for a copy ofthe contidentiai despatch of the Dulte of Newcastle referred to in Hazard‘: Gazette of Wednesday last, with the intention, no doubt, of publishing it en- tire, end thus ntford ii convincing proof that the or- trect made in Sir Alexander's letter, published in the Royal Gazette, was not a "garbled" one. Nothing could be fniror than this proposition, and it would have been. we think, both to the honor and interest of Sir Alexander, to have taken advantage of it. Not that the here publication of the Dulte's despatch would have profited Sir Alexander anything without his own previous conlidsntiril despatch had been published at the same time. We have no doubt but the Duke's answer wns the only one tlist he could make under the existing state of circumstances as detailed by Sir Alexsmlsr Bonnennnn in his un- conrtiliiiioiial con/lzlential despatch. But what was this stiitciiieiit? \Vhut was the state of affairs in this Colony that demanded such urgent haste. such indecent precipitation .’ Whnt was there that in- volved the necessity of calling the people of the Island together et- this. to them, most inconvenient time for the purpose of entering into the turinoila ofn contested election 7 We will tell you why it wits Electors. It was that the Election should take place while the minds of men were heated by an infiiinous tissue of fiilsohoods, which would incline them to vote against the members of the majority of the last session. It was that no time should be nlfordod to shew the falsity of these statements, and make meni- fest the honesty of purpose, and soundness of the principles by which that majority were activated. was because that basic and that precipitation were considered, as being of the utmost importance to the unprincipled faction of which Sir Alexander Banner- man was all but the acltnowleged head, and last, but not least, it was because a constitutional Governor was hourly expected. But we are losing sight of Sir Alcxandor‘s answer to Mr. Swiihey's gentle- man-like and considerate note. Will you believe it, Sir Alexander declined giving a copy in his own words.