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VU aN U lh. Wepxespay, April 16. The Bill to give effect te tue Report of the

me esA OUR ELV 1G

ion. Mr. ANDERSON--1 supported the amend mers but believing that the yeasnre ix for the benetit of the eonntry, I would rather give them up than lose the Pill

Hon. Mr, HUTCHINSON—I approved of those

Comussivners on the Land Question, the Bill to! amendments when they were introdaced, and I

facilitate the operation ot tue Award in certain perticelars, and a Bill for raiging a Revenue, Were severally read a third timé and passed.

Hew Mr. Palmer aoved that the Bill te explain ccrGe) parts of the Act for the establislinen, of the Prince of Wales’ College be now read the second time

Hew. Me. Walker woved in ameudment that |

it be read a second time thie day three months. Hon. Mr. PALMER —The College Bill, as you are aware, provides that certain scholarships shall be allowed, that the candida!ea shall be selected 1ivut cack county, and that a certain sui shall be granted by the Government tor their support .am, Sir, [ believe it was not the intention of the J eg sivture that the candidates should be selected From the College itself. My attention has been

called te the subject by the Board eof Education, | iad, ov reading the Act over carefully, | find:

that hey may be elected from the College, Hon, the PRESIUKNT—Se they should be. Wea Mr. PALMER—Some ethers are of that apiuien tou, but lL velieve the majority think they svenld net. There may be seme objections urged Ryuinst mot extendiag the privilege to the College

~—there nay be come enterprising pupils there! gislature.

hese parents are poor; but the College being

surrounded witha large and deasxe population, | eonparatively spedsiag, Ui large population, s onkd have advautages and conveniences w hieh | in distant parts of the country could pot

‘= ail themscivés vi. lion. the PRESIDENT—Only two can be se. | Jeeted from the county. Hon. Mr. PALMER—Yes, bat when such su-! yperiay advantages are enjoyed in ‘Town, it is! ikely that they weuld get these twe, and that! weld be discouraging to the country generally. Now, looking at the superior advantages enjoyed in towa, I th'uk that, iv the presewt state of the} country, Whee mea ef limited meaps may have) the laudable desire ef gvtiing their children ad- vanced, and where there may be young wen of | great talent and ability, if the competitivn is ren-| dered too wide, they will net have a fair epporta- | nity of competiag tor the scholarships. The sub. | jeet has been before the Beard of Education, and! some of the contlemea of that hedy sev the priv’ lege should be extended te the College; wile others, to whose judgmert Iweald baw with equal respect, say it should net. What the inajority | way Lde vet Know ; Sat my impression is that

supported them. Lam still of the cone opinion,and Pa shall, therefore, adheré to our wanepdments. As his honor Dro Johuson has observed, the Lignge of Assembly appear to be very jealous. The amend. ments principally affect this Couneil, and this House does not interfere with the lower branch. I think it would be better to have the sernutinies condacted in presence of the Judges, who are free from party cousiderations. | should net suppose for a mo } ment that the Ifonse of Assembiy would not give way lion. Mr. SIMPSON—I did bope that this Bill, after being so fully digenssegt last year, would pass without any alperntjoug this year, except thoge sug gested by His Grace the Duke af Newcastle

think the Duke will not know what we want when |

we pass one Bill one vearand another Bill another ivear. | said when the amendments were intro duced that | would not adhere te them if they were disagreed to by the House of Assembly want the Bill to pass. Jp hps been called for by the j country, and [ believe it will cause xn yreat disap | pointment if it should not pass

lion Mr. RAMSAY—I do not agree with his

honor whe speke last in saving that this measure

secu a single petition asking for it; but I supported it last youy on ¢he ground that it had passed almost | gnanimoysly through the other branch of the Le- (Hon. Mr. Palmer, hear.) 1 also sup- ported the Bill this year though there were some alterutjous in it, and rather than endanger it now I am willing to withdraw our amendments

Ifon. Mr. PALMER—U the country is called upen to hold an election at an inconvenient time, and itis quite probable that such an occarrence

; Will take place, then we in this end of the building will be acquitted of neglecting the people's inte. | | rests, when they see that we have passed an amend

ment plactag the time of holding the election in the hands of his Excellency.

The question wys then put on the Hon. Mr. | Patmer’s motion, that the amendment be nop ad- hered to, and it passed in the aflirmative.

Meuse adjourned torone hour.

AFTERNOON SITTING,

A Bill to incorporate the Roman Catholic Bishop in Charlottetown was read the second time, passed throuvh committee, and agreed to without any | ame admeut,

Hon. Mr. Forgan moved that 8 Bill te promote | Vaccination be now read the seeoml time.

Hon. Dr. JOUNSON—That is not the Bill which } we passed in this Hlouse some wecks ago ; it is less | comprehensive in its previsjons, bat | hepe it will | be extended at a future time. jt will serve to be- |

gin what T hope will be a blessing to the country. |

las beeu ealied for by the country, for J have not

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pressing upon the fair ones of the andience the weighty responsibilities of “ maiden, wite and mo- ther.’ Both of th ludjes logked very well on the stage; but [ ider the young ereature by far the most accomplished, fascinating and beautiful of the two, and T haven't heard a young man express & coutrary opinion. '

The proprietor of a begrding house was man- slanghitored a few days ago near one of the pablic wherfs in St. John, Pies. |,

St. John, 23rd May, 1362.

<2 000 oe _ VOLUNTEER GEESE SHOOTERS, vii ‘

Mr. Wuetax—Sin—lI did not see you at the public meeting the other day, and therefore venture to give youa synopsis of it. Adjutant Currie is congidered to have made the most sensible remarks, hg is opposed to sending any Volunteers to Eng- lamd this vear; thinka we had better sneceed in | beating onr neighbour Volunteers this snmmer, and then next year we may have more lead or brass in our faces to appear on the other side of the Atlantic to compete with the * Britishers,”’ as Jonathan ealls

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; them | was dull here, and money was searce now ; but by | next year there might be good crops, good markets, jand possibly more cash in circulation, when it ; would be much easier to get up a subscription to | send some Volunteers to England! from whith it may be inferred that Donald knows his masters have been far too lavish with the pnblic money j during the last four years—that they know there must be a general election this symmer—that they | will be in the minority, and will have to give a pretty severe account of thejr stewardship, and, | therefore, they had better be canfipus while in | oflice of how they tamper with the publie! My | opinion of the matter js, that Donald was more afraid of losing his office by recommending the ex- travagant idea of exporting any of our geese shoot- ers, than through a real desire to save expense on jthe one hand; whereas en the other, if Major or rather Lieut. Col. Haviland was a crack shot, the Acjatant would be among the first to sound his trumpet in tavour of the Colonel's being sent, no nnitter how searce the money was, or how hard the

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Yours truly, A VOLUNTEER.

Charlottetown, May 30, 1862.

a MUNCHAUSEN REDIVIVUS.

** And in some ey of the country I found fine fat pigs ranning a A ! and fork stuck in their hind quarters, ejaculating, us plainly as possible, ‘ Come and ext me!"

To THe Eprror or THE EXAMINER.

Sir—The above is an extract from the volume recording the adventures of the world renowned Baron Muanchausen. In its pages may be found

The Adjutant further observed that trade . |

vont, already cooked,with a knife |

‘ers; rapidly disgorging mountains of packages ra pastes: The @fowded thoroughfare fades away: the sound ef eager expectation ts hushed; seafluldings, benches, red clothes, banners, devices, all are gone ;—even that singular sight, a thousand women and children serambling madly, but gaily, for the sweepings and outpourings of the last pre- paration day, Allis gene, gone for many a year ; and in its place there slowly rise before the eye, as from a distant horizoy, hundreds of lofty, many windowed Mills, with elesed doors, smokeless chimneys, and desertedstreets. Thetread of steps, the beat of machinery, and the throb of all per- vading industry are hushed and still. But where are they all? “They sit in cheerless homes, look- ing at one another, and wondering by what strange spell all should be so right, and yet all so wrong. There are the food, and the cotton, and the machi- nery, and the masters, and they that buy and they that make; there are the nations at peace with one another, and the ships; and there are Treaties of Commerce and laws of mutual kindness. What hinders that the great work of life should not pro- ceed, and a million children of Adaim be permitted to take the blessing with the curse, to work Cot- ton in the sweat of their brows, and to rid that ground of its thorn and thistle? A nation of ci- tizens suddenly changed into fratricides denies or destroys the sfaff of life, and eares not how many innocent peighbours perish, so as they may hurt one another. ‘This is the sad contrast with to- day's celebration that the Returns before us force upon our eyes. Not even the splendour of what we see ean make us forget what we hear and know. Nor can we forget that if was not so in 1851,

In these Returns the first item that stares us in the face with painful significance is Cotton itself. | In the month of March 1560, we imported from j the United States 1,629,000; in March, 1861, 1,494,000; and in the saine month this year 2656, | But has not the rest of the world partly made up | for the deticiency ? Let us see. In Mareh,1860,

all the world, including the United States, sent us 1,780,000 ewt.; in March, 1861, 1,503,000; and in the same month this year 29,600, The deficient supply shows itself at once in the exports of all ‘manufactures in which Cotten forms a part. Thus the declared value of exports of Appareland Slops ‘in March, 1860, 1861, 1862, is respectively £140,- 000, £125,000, and £104,000. Of Printed Books jit is £39,000, £34,000, and £26,000, Of Cotton | Yarn the quantities for the three months are 16,- 189,000 Ibs., 16,799,000 Tbs., and 8,991,000 Ibs. ! Of Cotton Piece Goods, of all kinds, plain,printed, or colored, they are 190,108,000 yards, 227,647,- 000, and 154,785,000. Of Haberdashery and

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Lhaye mueh pleasure, therefore, in seconding the | several other curious facts af an equally relienble | Millinery the value of exports for the three mouths

molion.

The Bill was then read a second time, passed |

they are for withdrawing the privilege from the | |

College. However, L de net know that I would! '2roagh committee, and agreed to without any surrender my judgment to ther. on a question of the Pill to authorize grants of the shores of this euch broad greveds, much ar 4 respect their Opl-| Island wae again committed to a committee of the niens These are my vies on the subject ; but whole House, and Hon. Mr. Hutehinson proposed | if it can be shewa that any young man from the! an amendment to the effect thut this Bill shall not | e«ountry bas attended the College with a view of/| affect the shores of the Town and Common of waking hiwself fit to compete successfully for the ; Charlottetown, which was agreed to. The House schelarship, [would rather depend upou the Le- Bill then permet and the chairman reported the cistatare giving hime a fair compensation, tua by | Bi nareed to wit acrtain amend exteudiag the peeve ce the College canst) tute Sehool Visitor's Report for the year 1861, and on a rule waich would be against the interest of the} doing so said—I regret that I was not enubied to country at large. jlay this Report before the House ut an earlier Hon. Mr. RAMSAY—I am of opiaion, Mr. period of the session, though Tam not aware that

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character. The book was pyblished Jong age;| bas been £371,000, £362,000, and £249,000, and I thought sueh travellers had beceme “ things | There has been a considerable tall inthe export

‘of the past,” until I met with Mr. G. Sutherland's | of Cordage and Twine, of Sewing Thread, of

last literary bantling—*! The Magdalen Islands,” | Linnen and of Silk Manutactures,and of Worsteds. in which LT am grayely told that, in the year of | in some other items there has beens a reaction, our Lord, 1860, the inhabitants of these Islands, | but the aggregates are unfavorable. The toral de- among other wonderful things they did, * cauzht ' clared Value of all articles, enumerated or unenu- 16,000 quintals of dried fists! 104,000 barrels of | inerated, for Mareh, 1560-51452, is respectively prchled fish! ! manufactured 30,00 gallons of £ 10,393,000, £ 10,950,000, and £9,664,000,show-; oil {!! and 5,500 seal skins!!! 1!’ jing for this month alone a fall from last year of

These Islands, as Jonathan (he is neither bro-| £1,286,000. As both the imports and the exports ther ner cousin now) would say, will “ whip all are very favorably affected, on the whole, by the creation,” it we rely upon Mr, Sutherland's ae-| French Treaty, and the consequent liberation of count of them. The Nova Scotia gold fields must | our trade with other countries, the figures we “hide their diminished heads :" fora dependency | have given greatly understate the effect of the

President, that when the clause in the Act allow- ing scholarships was framed it was intended for the benetit ot the country. It was te support! ~— from the country that the grant was allowed vy the Legislature. Pupils in town attending the, College are at home, and they have superior ad-

uny particular measure has been before the Levis lature whieh required the jnformation it contains The delay must be attributed to the large namber ot schools, there be ing now about 300, It would, therefore, require 300 working days to visit them ence au year, whereas the law requires that they must be visited tyice a year. The work is almost

in Which pickled and dried fish ean be canght in such eyormous quantities, and oil and seal skins be manufactured so largely, will surely turn the tide of emigration. Mr. Sutherland will then have the sstisiaction of kuowing that by his lucid des- cription of them he has“ done the state some ser-

vantages; they should, therefore, be excluded | superhuman, and the Legisjatnre will soon have view.”

from competing for the scholarships. 1 would not like te see any restricted: but those from the | country should have the first claim. |

Hon. Mr. WALKER—There are a larze num-| ber of young men from the country at the College, | and I think they should hare the liberty of com- peting tor the schularshipa,

Hon. the PRESIDENT—MPy the original Act there are two scholarships allewed from each county; but 1 believe a large proportion of the

to make some more suitable provision for that ser- | vice. louse adjourned, Tutrspay, April 7. |

The Bill to agthorize grants of the shores of this | sland, and the Bill to incorporate the Roman Ca thelic Bishop in Charlottetown, were read the third time and passed. | Hon. Mr. Forgan moved for the third reading of the Bill to promote vaceinstion. Hon. Dr. JOUNSON—I am extremely sorry that |

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pupilg at present attending the College are from that Bill has cone before us too late to make any

the country, and by the provisions of this Bill they ®™endments to render it more effective.

would be excluded frean competing for the scholar-

As it is it is very ineflicient. But at jt will be better than

: 3 : none, and as the Gove . s take re subject | ships, whereas by the original Act I think it was POMC: 8% 8s the Government has taken the subject

intended to leave it epen to all. Io am rather surprised that ne scholarships have been selected sinee the Act was passed in Is60. However, £120 have been saved by it. Some of the pupils at the College are trom the extreme parts ef! Prince and King’s Counties, and they should not

up in asomewhat eurnest manner, I hail it as a wrecursor of something better to come. hope the sill will not be considered as drawn up by me, for it is very defeetive. I thnk the Governor and Council should have a little more authority.

Hon. Mr. PALMER—I, too, will vote for the Bill; but at the same time I must express my re

be excluded trou competing for the scholarships. | #7" that more efficient means has not been devised

lion. Mr. SIMPSUN—If the young men from the country who are attending the College were allowed te compete I would Lave no objections te

to prevent the spread of Sriall Pox in this Colony. | I think the danverous circumstances in which we

aré placed call for amore effective preventatiye than

what is provided by that Bill. 1 will not say that

the Lill; but 1 think it would be very unjust te! the Bill which we sent down from this House was

debar them from that privilege. Hon. Mr. PORGAN—1I think there are very few

wt the district schools cupuble of teaching the character in it, but the House of Assembly could branches in whieh candidates for the scholarships | have struck them ont.

ure required by thix Bill to be examined. they shall be examined in suuple senten¢es in Cesar, da Algebra, as fur as simple equations, in «lusive, and iu the first book of Euclid

perfect, but I will say that it was better than this.

There might have Leen seme cluuses of a nevel

I hoy e no respousibility

It says will fall on the shoulders of the members of that

House or of this for not adopting a more effective measure, should the disease get fairly under way |

mnong the 27,000 inbabitants of this Colony who |

It being the last day of the Session, several of are not vaccinated, and, ther« fore, not protected |

their honers expressed their anwillingness tu go into Coumittee on this Bill, and, after some farther desultory debate, the question of concurrence was put on fion. Mr. Walker's motion of amendment, and the Youse divided : |

Contents—Hon. the President, Hons. Messrs. Walker, Forgan, Hutehinsoy and Ramsay—5. i

Nou-contents—Hons. Messrs. Palmer, Johnson, Andersou, Haszurd, Simpson—,

The members being equal, it passed in the nega-| tive. ee

The House then went ints committee on a Bill to! authorize grants of the shores of this Island.

Hon. Mr. HUTCHINSON—Awm I to understand | that the shores of the city may be granted or leased | under this Bill? The Corporation Act prevents the civic xuthorities from eccupyiay the hone, and if this Bill authorize the granting of them to others, I think it is very unfair. The Corporation showld have the management of them.

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from Smal! Pox. I do not know that his honor! Dr. Johnson should disclaim all connection with this Bill, for it is connected with his profession. We are all prone, while attending to ae things, | to forget our spiritual state till good and faithful | diviners remind ns of it, so it is with national de- | fenees, until military men point out our danger; | and lam sure we are under an obligation to his |

| honor for agitating this subject, but for him we

wor'd not bave get even this Bill. I hope it will be the foundation of something better.

Hon, Dr. JUiLNSON—Tie people are not fully | awake to the dangers which surround them. If that awful disease, Cholera, were as near, they would wake up to the necessity of devising means to resist it; but Cholera is not one hundredth part as destructive as Small Pox. Cholera would only Visit certain localities where there is filth ; not so | with Sul! Pox, it is the scourge of the world. It| ox that hus placed us in some degree of |

Hou. Mr. SIMPSON—There is vothing in the Dill calesy. bat the dangers are continually increasing, |

to prevent the Corporation from obtaining grants of them if they desire todo so. } House resumed and progress reported. At the request of the House of Assembly, a con- ference of the two Houses was held on the subjeet ofthe awendments made by the Council to the elective Council Bill. The committee on the part of thie House consisted of Hon. Mr. Palmer,and Hon. Mr. Andersen. lou. Mr. PALMER reported that the House of Assembly had disagreed to the amendment uiving the Lieut. Governor a discretionary power of «ix months with regard to dissolving this Couneil after the passiay of this Bill, beeause it would be inpoli- | tie to allow this Council, after the paesing of thie! ill, to exercise any further fanctians. nd thee | they had disayreed to the amendment requiring | serutinies to be held before a Judge of the Supreme | Court, beeanse it ¢as not advisable to allow al Jucge of the Supreme Court to mix ap with poli-| ties. I’ regret, suid bis honor, that the House of | Assemtily does not deem it expedient to concur in} those amendments. They may, perhaps, be con-! sidered unusual and as they lave given their reasons for disagreeing to them, Dum willung to accede that | those motives have actuated them, but I cannot | agree with their reasons. However, it is not my | intention to-contend for those amendients. They | may, perbaps, be considered nevel in their charac- ter. They may be rather entrenching upon the principles of the Bill. Perhaps I should have suy- | = those amendments at au eurlier stage of the | ill, but they did not eceur to me. If we adhere} to our amendments We may put it in the mouth of the members of the other House to say that we

for the number of persons not vaccinated is increas. abby. The Bill was then read the third time and passed. |

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This day at four o’clock, His Exeellency George | Dundas, Esquire, came down to the Council Cham- | her, and taking his seut on the throne, assented to the several Bills passed dnring the session, after | which the Legislature was prorogued with the ukual formalities. |

James Ramsay, Reporter.

____ GORRESPONDENCE,

NEW BRUNSWICK AFFAIRS.

(FROM OCR own COKRESPONDENT.)

Within the past week occurred the anniversary of a memorable epoch in the history of New Brun- swick—in reality the first event worthy of historic record. The momentous canse which led to its pe- rilous accomplishment reveals at once the narrative of bloody events, terminating ou one side in the se- verence from the Brifish Crown of thirteen of her co- lonial dependencies, and on the other side, the re- | eeption of these into the company of recagnized | nations. The * landing of the loyalists’ upon the | unpeopled shores of the river Si. John, ftifty-nine years ago, has ever since been regarded with a de- sree of veneration, which, though palpably spirit- ss, serves, in some measure, to swell the senti- ments of loyalty to vur Imperial Mistress that per: |

have introduced a new principle into the Bill which | vade the inhabitants of this Province. The nine- | has proeared its rejectiou at the Colonial Ollice, in| teenth of this month, being the day on which this case it should be disullowed en account ef those} hardy band of adherents to British institutions and

amendments. J will say ve wore with regard to the serutinies being held hefors a Judyve of the Su- preme Court; 1 will cautent myself for the present with hoping for the appointment of impartial sherills. But there is one amendment which I am nat so willing te give up. Itis that which gives a «dliseretionary power of six months to the Governor to pat the law in operation. A great deal of incon- venience might ensue if the Bill is allowed to pass without that amendment. A despatch with the Queen's dsseut to it might arrive When we were on the eve of a general election for the other House, or we might bein the middle of a session ; and Ido not accede that there is anythiasg unconstitutional in tuis amendment. When we meke provision that a Vill shall not go into operation till a certain period, ic ia not law tul that period arrives. However, I do wot know whether the Hoase of Assembly will adhere tenaciously to their decision or not, but I am inclined to think they will, and it now. rests with your honors to say whether you will adhere te your amendment or not. T xm oneof the prrty who are pledged to carry this Bill, and I sock be disappointed uit shoald net receive the Royal suction. I believe the country would also be dis- ax peinied, and weeld endeavour to ix the blame n ou thix Howse. And perhaps, too, half the mem- | hers of this Hoase might blame us, for it is impos- sivle to tell how far party feeling and recrimination | mny go af an exciting time, Since ihe priuciple of tie iil has been acceded to by his Grace the Se- ewtary of Stace, and since the Lieut. Governor, who ax able G give au impartial decixion on this matter, has received it with great satisxfaction,and considers at weil w the cireumstances of the Colony, i would be sorry to insist on those amendments dest they uu obstrucc the passing of the Bill. J wonldcurber take it with, what L consider those impertettiops than not wetitatall. Notwithstand- ing thaf fT inive-taken some puins in framing those sincuduents, bala pet eo immatably wedded to veuliar Views of my own as to insist upon them, if oy doing se} ehoale endanger an important mea- sure. 1 thevefore hape that whatever way your bomors have ¢ <p-oased yourselves, you will con- mucr the conseqnences of udbering fo our amend- ments .df we ddbere to the enpebasnts it might ‘be ouid dust we were Madying selfish interests of

earown. I weuld like ww rep and put down aay argiments of that kind, and let it be seen that went here todo what the coantry requires. 1

therefore move that this House do uct adhere to its

dude ded Tae ike. Hou.Dr. JOH YSON--lt may be Pe one to hive tle it i

the tink olnesiay for Unie imighe be

will. be very closely run, aud tives or sour of Lue i ami sit * seritivies, Perhaps the sberiit

arbitrary laws arrived upon the desolate wilds, Where now stands a populous and wealthy city, Was announced with the heavy roar of ariillery, waving of gay banners and the stirring sounds of military mesie. Bat as the faithful subjects of Geerye the Third, who preferred exile to home and its charms, and subjection to freedom and indepen- dence, have already settled their affairs with the world, aud as their descendants are becoming amal- gamated with the race of blue noses, so the respect once accorded very liberally to the event referred to is fapecartiing its final dissolution.

The Lieut. Governor and his suite were in St. John a few days since. The principal object ot His Excelleney's visit was connected with the Vo- lunteer companies, and in considering their enrol- ment under a new Militia law recently enacted, and which it is thought will place the Volunteers and regular militia in a more etlicient state to repel in- Varion, should any power undertake so hazardous an enterprise. Tne Lieut. Governor also, during his short sojourn here, evinced his deep interest in the snecess of the edneitional establishments in the city — visiting several of them aud ascertaining the proficiency of pnpils in various branches of their studies. He visited, in company witlr the Right Rev. Bishop of St. John, the large Catholic school under the superintendence of the Sisters of Charit y; and expressed himself gratified with the knowledge and intelligence of the very juvenile pupils attend- ing this excellent aud welleenducied oon

re enjoy here, twice a week, in broad daylight, and in the full glare of sparkling beauty, youth and matare old ave, a most delightfulfeast prepared and distribated, irrespective of rank,by the slititers Baud of the Lath Regiment. ‘This very accommodating so- ciety appeur in ylaring searlet on the public squares, and in the midst ef a numerous assemblage of the democracy andseme self-made aristocracy—at a suf- ficient remove from the vulgar crowd — discourse music of the tirst order to the high gratification of the throng of eaver listeners, who become entranced by the joycas, animated and rapturous sounds that tioat upon the baluy air aud die away in ethereal regions.

Some concerts have been gu here _recently— some inilitary, some civil and some sacred. Bata novelty of importance was exhibited in true living form at one or two of those amusements. I allude to the appearance on the platform of a young female orator—a irl of eighteen summers and as many wimers, lately arrived from the hospitable territory of the Mormons. This fair leeturer detailed in good style incidents of Mormow life and enstoms — her hair breadth escape from the jurisdiction of Brigham Young; also Southern life aud manners—character of the Confederate leaders, and eulogised the per- sonal appearance of the Sonthern women, whom end pene agers to be fur superior to anything of the kind at this side of Mason and Dixen's line; and concluded her rehearsel with a peroration specially prepaved for the oveasion, the finale of whiew found

uwiodious climax iu the popularair, “ Away down Se yath in Dixie.” Another matron lady has ‘been

ing for twelve ceuts a ticket to St. John au-

euces; aud displayed marvellous greabseal im im,

Yours truly, &e., A TRAVELLER. = > 00 oe — VERY. FRANY, Mr. Witetan—Sin—Our Post Office authori- ties announce that certain letters must be prepaid

or they will not be sent; they also notify us that | ithe Mails, which used to close at 9 a. im., will in

future close at 8 a.im., yet the pigeon hole in the office window, through which we “ outside bar- barians” are served, is never opened for business till after 8 o'clock, aud often as an English mal

arrives in the morning it is not open till after 9) How then can people post and pay for}

o'clock, their letters to go by an & o'clock Mail, when there is no acGess till after 0? Surely the morn-

‘ings are long enough now to have the office win-

dow open at 7 o'clock, if the public are to be ac- commodated.

Then, we have seme people in our midst whose |

sole delight it seemed to be to give the road over-

seer all the annoyance they could by continually |

pushing him to see that the street law was carried out to the very letter. Now, however, when these same peeple cume to be overseers themselves, the law is as little noticed as if it were in the moon,

| — houses are being built and their materials are

strewed over the sidewalks, without being fenced in as the law directs; other houses have their trents torn out, their cellars deepened, and the rubbish, mortar, &e., are permitted to occupy our most public sidewalks for weeks, for people to tumble over at night, or walk around in day- light! funny people. Yours truly, OBSERVER.

MISCELLANEOUS ' INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION ODE. The following is the Ode written by the Poet Laureate for the opening of the Exhibition, and set to musie by Sterndale Bennet. If was sung on the Ist instant, at the Exhibition Palace, with grand effect :— Uplift a thousand voices full and sweet, In this wide hall with earth’s inveutiou stored, And praise th’ invisibly universal Lord, Who lets once more in peace the nations meet, Where Science, Art, aud Labor bave outpour'd Their myriad horns of plenty at our feet.

Q, silent father of onr Kings to be, Mourn'd i: this golden heur of jubilee, For this, for ull, we weep our thauks to thee !

The world-compelling plan was thine,

And, lo! the long laborious miles

Of Palace; lo! the giant aisles,

Rich in model and design;

Harvest-tool and husbandry,

Loom and wheel and engin’ry,

Secrets of the sullen mine,

Steel and gold, and corn and wine,

Fabric rough, or Fairy fine,

Sunny tokens of the Line,

Polar marvels, and « feast

Of wonder, out of West and East,

And shapes and hues of Part divine !

All of beauty, all of use,

That one fair planet can produce,

Brought from under every star,

Blown from over every main,

And mixt, as life is mixt with pain,

The works of peace with works of war. O ye, the wise who think, the wise who reign, From growing commerce loose her latest chain, And let the fair white-winged peacemaker fly To happy heavens under all the sky, And mix the seasons and the golden hours, Till exeh man find his own in all men’s good, And all men work in noble brotherhood, Breaking their mailed fleets and armed towers, And ruling by obeying nature's powers, And gathering all the fruits of peace and crown'd

with all her flowers.

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ctlell talib iar gueee HUMILITY.

I will tell thee—I will tell thee Where my bosom friend shall be; Not where hollyhocks are flaunting, But where violets scent the lea; Not where gaudy parrcts chatter, But where larks und linnets sing; Not with dahlias of the autuinn, Bat with lilies of the spring. Every bird of plainest plumnave Scatters sweetest wusie round— Every flower of richest odor Grows the nearest to the ground.

I will tell thee—I will teil thee Where my bosom friend shall be ;

Not where haughty riches gather Needy knaves to bend the knee ;

Not where pride looks down on merit— Or where beauty dwells with scorn,

But where wealth is linked with goodness, And the best are noblest born.

For the humblest are the wisest, And the meck are glory-crowned,

Aad the sweetest scented tlow’ rets Grow the nearest to the ground.

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THE DISTRESS IN ENGLAND.

We give below a very suggestive article from the Loudon ‘Times’ on the prevalent distress in the manufcturing districts of England, in conse- quence of the war :—-

It is the duty of a journalist, as of a chronicler, to take things as they come. Were we toattempt to put off the evil day, and reserve the gloomy re- flection till it could be better borne, we might have a terrible amount of arrears. To-day is one of the world’s great festivals, England is again the Queen of the May. She has raised her chap- leted pole, and all the sisterhood of the Arts and Sciences come trooping around her. The sun shines on the festivity. Many wounds have been healed, many difficulties surmounted, many a hitch forgotten, and the accumulated tide of ten thou- sand great efforts is now a glorious success, brim- mung over, surprising all, filling all minds, and ever to be remembered. — It is necessary, then,on such a day to obtrude a disagreeable fact, and to whis- per in the ear of thirty thoasand holiday people, “Thou, too, art mertal?” The fact comes betore us in the dry, revolting form of the accounts of Trade and Navigation, Happy, indeed, are they who are never visited by this skeleton. But here it is, at the best of times an arithmetical prodigy, now a er of evil. Potent is its dark apeh At once the “ Exhibition” has vavished from our eyes, with its vast and gracetul domes; its nume-

Certainly we live among a fuuny, verv |

| American War. It may be considered as now ly: «6 ad Seiad # . f; iN diminishing our exports to the amount of a million janda half a month; er at the rate of eighteen | millions a year; and this immense sun does not adequately express the misery infected on our | manufacturing population, the number of the | sufferers, and the apparent hopelessness of their | sity , | postion. eet : We cannot help feeling that this is a qnestion

| will be ready to allow. Let us suppose a Civil | War raging between England and Jrejand, and the former, in order to starve out Ireland, estab- lishing a blockade or procuring an Act of Varlia. ment, the necessary result of which should be the starvation of two or three million Americans. [Let

lof greater gravity than the Americans, perpaps, |

The Civil War in the States.

News by Telegraph. Sr. Joux, May 26.

General Banks wasattaeked by asuperior force at Winchester yesterday morning, the fight last- ing about six houra, Gen. Banks retired to Mar- tivsburg, a distance of twenty-two wiles, and crossed the Potomae at Williamsport. ‘The force of the Confederate attacking army was estimated iat 15,000 men, under the command of Generals Flwell and Jackson. It was supposed that it was the intention of the Confederates to enter Mary- land via Harper’s Ferry and Williamsport. The Governor of Pennsylvania has ordered all the State Militia organization to Washington imme- diately. The Governor of New York State. has also ordered several Regiments to Washington, including the 7th and 7st. President Lincoln has taken possession of all the Railroad lines tor Military purposes. General McClellan reports progress in frout of Richmond City. Mechanics ville occupied. Reports are current that the Con- federates are moving north ef Richmond to take the offensive. General Curtis’ command _ has jeined General Halleck’s army before Corinth. Banks’ division was reduced by portions withdrawn to strengthen MeDowell’s. Prompt measures have been taken to reinforce Banks. Large forees of enemy appearing in Western Virginia, give co- lor to rumor of intended invasion of Northern States. Scheme considered desperate and im rac- ticable. Governor Andrews has called gut Massa- chusetts Militia. Old Sixth has responded. Great enthusiasm, and crowds rushing to enlist. Col. Keal’s Maryland regiment bad severe fight with the enemy, and was obliged to retire across the Shenandoah, suffering great loss. News of this caused Secessionists in Baltimore to exult. Great excitement ensued; Uniontsts handling them without merey. Flour Market —Supertine, $4.- 35 and $1.60 and $4.7),

St. Joun, May 27.

General Banks in his official despatch says that When he was attached at Winchester by the Con- federates, his force was only four thousand men. He retreated by forced marches, fifty-two miles; and thirty-five miles was wade in one day, con- | Stantly encountering the enemy in rear and flank, jand saving almost his whole supply train. The enemy. it is sjid, treated the sick and wounded inhumanly. Gen. Banks now occupies both sides of the Potomae at Williamsport. The 7th New York regiment, also the Sth, have leit for Wash- ington, Ten other regiments are under orders, Several Pensylvania Regiments are also going. Governor Sprague with Rhode Island troops also going. Excitement continues in Baltimore. The Secessionists, it is said, are getting roughly hand- led. It is rumored that General Jackson is re- | treating as rapidly as he advanced. The French troops have been defeated near Orizaba by 10,000 | Mexicans, with a loss of 500.