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Ship Brokers and Commission Merchants,

Fot the sale and purchase of American and Provincial Produce, | and Dealers in Provisions, Fish, Oil, &e.

PERRY LANDING... 0-5 WATER-ST., ST. JOHN, N. B. |

Rsrenevces — Charlottetown, P.E.1., das. Pervr, Esq. | St. dohn, N. B., Messrs. R. Rankin & Co. Het. a. 1835. :

“MARAIS, SYWOITER QB Bay Commission Merchants,

RUSSIA WHARF,..........;. BOSTON. i

Particular attention is given to consignments of Vessels and | Produce from the British Prov inces 5 and the purchase and shipment of all kinds of Merchandize, witha general Insurance | Agency. September 10,

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KENT STREET, CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.L. Pleasantly situated, and every comfort afforded at moderate cost. EF” Horses and vebicles, for hire, in connection with the establishment. September 3.

WALI Zovawad,

Commission Merchant and General Agont,

GISBORNE & HENDERSON’S WHARF, — Se. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND.

— JAUISS WUdaS, |

Commission Merchant, Generai Agent and

Auctioneer. QUEEN CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWAR® ISLAND. A Card. BRANCH AGENCY, Opened in Kent Street, the Store in E. Love's Building,

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HESPERUS,

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Awake, O beautiful Hesperus ! Awake ! for the day is done, And the royal purple curtains are drawn Round the couch of the sleeping sun ; There is a hush on the bloeming earth, And a hush on the beating sea, And silence, too, in the courts of Reaven, For the stars ail wait for thee, llesperas ! All things beautiful wait for thee!

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‘Tis the hour for faney’s fairy reign, When the glowing os is fraught With visions of beauty, and bliss, and love, That leave no room for thougut. With the light of warm and glorious dreams This narrow chamber is bright, And I need but thee to sing with mo, UO sweetest poet of night! Hesperus !

Open thy volume of goklen light!

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There may I read of the youth of old, Who clambered the mountain height, And talked with stars in the midnight hours, _ Till he faded from human sight— Till his browgrew bright with wonderful light, And away from the world s rude jars, Ife was lost in the beams of his radiant dreams, And himself was the fairest of stars. Tesperus ! The best beloved of the stars!

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There may I read this legend rare, And its beautiful meaning learn,

While my soul, new-kindled to hopes diviaa, With a holy fire shall burn.

O never should human heart despair Of the presence of God on high—

Thy voice is the voice of eternity ! V. Thou art smiling down on ine, Hesperus, With that smile upon my heart I know that kindred to me and mine, In those measureless heights, thou art. When the spirit blossomed into a star, In the mystical days of old, The love and the hope it bore on high, The legend hath never told. Hesperus ! Thy sweetest story hath never been told.

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0 to be like thee, Hesperus ! To climb the heights of truth,

and there to drink of celestial airs, And to glow with immortal youth :-—

There wrapt in the light which is born in skies W here the blessed are.

To hear earth’s harmonies only, risa

can be had, in volume or in parts, of the LONDGN PRINT- | ING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY. Hesperul Office, Kent Street, Dee. 2. W.H. LANE, Agent. How can my epirit become a star?

London Printing and Publishieg Company. VIEWS, BATTLE SCENES, MAPS, ILLUSTRATED WORK ON THE WAR, ENTITLED 4 RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN THE EAST,”

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W. H. LANE, Agent. “WMiersent Street, Dec. 3. Sar. Freehold for Sale. Sea puat we'l known Freehold, of 55 acres, “ EGLANTINE POINT,” Fortune Bey, formerly owned by Epwarp ABELL, is now offered for sale, of which a good and valid title can be given. For ferther particulars apply to W. B. DEAN. hegistered book 24, page S38. fortis ee a __ Say 23. _ Dwelling Heuse and Land near Caarlotte- town for Sale: : Fok SALE, the newly beilt and commodious Dwelling

House in Charlottetown Beogaity, late the residence of the Hon. |

Charles Hensley, together with eighteen acres of Land adjoining. The Dwelling House contains—Dining Room, Drawing Koom and Study; two Kitchens, with Store-rooms, dc.; and Nine Bed -rcoms.

tance from Charlottetown is rather less than one mile Also to let from year to year, or for a term of years, as agreed upon,

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Gleanings from late Papers.

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THE WAR IN THE EAST.

INTENDED DESTRUCTION OF THE'GRAND DOCKS OF THE KARABELNATA,

docks of the Karabelnaia are progressing rapidly. The engi- neering operations for their destruction are undertaken by us conjointly with the French. There are six docks, arranged in 'two rows of three docks, one row behind the other. The two sets of docks are separated from each other by a very large and capucious basin.

of the Karabelnaia port, is centructed for the reception of ves- sels drawing 21 feet of water; the second, for vessels drawing

They are built of carefully cut white lime-

'18 feet of water.

There isalso | stone, edged with a close-grained fine granite; and in every Stables. Coach-house, Root-hoese, Pump, &¢., on the premises. The dis- | part wherever there is more than the usual liability te wear | <itdreeinne between thon:

and detrition, whether from friction, strain or weather, or | where particular support is required, this latter kind of stone

several Pasture Lots in Charlottetown Royaity, near the above Dwelling | +, 14° in place of the former. At certain intervals, where

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For Terms of Sale and Lease apply to the subscriber at the Attorney |

Generai’s Office, Colonial Building, Charlottetown. “July 30. ” ” JOSEPH HENSLEY.

Public Lands.

openings have been left in the sides of the docks to admit of descent by flights of stone steps, are seen some highly polished blocks of red granite, magnificent in size and quality, which are said to have been brought all the distance from Aberdeen. The iron gates, of enormous size, and the machinery by which

Mpue Commissioner of Public Lands gives notice that per-| they are opened and closed, are all of the most careful work- sons who have giver bonds for the purchase of lands—baving had | manship. Close to the docks themselves is a large engine- favorable terms offered them—thould they not speedily settle their) house, and near it is seen the termination of the acqueduct

accounts, by calling at the Commissioner's Office, and agreeing to the balance thereon in the terms offered by the Government—render them- sclves liable to any alteration in these terms which may be thought advisable. September 17, 1855.

Notice.

‘from Tchorgoun. The docks were filled from this source, and

the pumps are so arranged that each dock could be filled or emptied irrespective of the remainder. Thug one deck could

———- be employed asa dry dock while a vessel was afloat im the

dock adjoini . Since the stream flowing along the acqueduct

LL persons are hereby cautioned against trespassing on | was diverted by the Allies, the docks have remained dry, and A rama situate on Le or Semin te. 46, aaa of | many fragments of shells, as well-as round shot, are now to be

Captain Byrne, the heirs of Mrs. Taylor and of Miss Gun Cunningham,

and lying between the western boundary of Mujor Orooke’s land, and

the eastern boundary of Lot 45,

trespassing, will be prosecuted with the utmost rigour of the law. ROBERT STEWART,

Agent for Captain Byrne, the heirs of Mes. Taylor |

and Miss Gun Ueaningham. Charlottetown, April 23.

Notice to Tenants.

Re subscriber requests all persons indebted to him for Rent, or arrears of Kent, on bis part of half Lot or Township No. 37, to pay the same forthwith. ale is also prepared to lease or sell any part of the above property—his titles being now duly recorded; and takes this epportunity of notifying that any person or persons found trespassing on the above property, will be prosecuted to the utmost rigour of the law. Also, the Tenants on the Estates under the manage- ment of the subscriber, viz:—on Lot or Township No, 26—the property

Auy person or persons so found |

| seen scattered abuut them and over the floor of the gr in. ‘Alongside of the docks are ious wharves, and all

various workshops, sheds, and houses used by the artizans and labourers in the deckyard employ. These wharves are centin- uous with those of the Karabelnaia harbour, terminating at | Fort Paul, where the lofty stone buildings are placed which were partly converted into hospitals when the barrack hospitals were no longer tenable, and where so many dead and wounded were left en the 9th of September. The docks lie in a deep hollow, having on one side the hill crowned by the barracks and other public buildings which separate them from the water of the south harbour, and on the other the high ground at the back of the Malakoff Hill, and covered by the houses of the Karabelnaia suburb. The lofty dockyard wa!l is on the high ground, and encloses the whole of the small valley occu- _ pied by the docks and surrounding buildings ; and, on entering

of Messrs Thomsons; on Lot or Township No. 36—the property of the | 4), enclosure through an opening in the wall, which is at pre-

Rev. Jobn Macdonald; and on Lot or Township No.

the first of January, 1856. JOHN KR. BOURKE. Mill View, Nov. 15, 1855.

. E. L. H’s G.—Im. Unclaimed Property. AX ANCHOR, landed from the barque ‘Sir Alexander,”’

in 1554, is still in the subscriber's possession, unclaimed. | in the dip between t

property of | Messrs. Haythorne:—as- no arrears will be allowed to remain doe after |

sent guarded by both an English and French sentry, a very considerable descent has to be made before reaching the level ground below. {t was from this cause that none of the docks could be seen from any of our approaches, although that part ie the wall near the barracks, as well as the wall at right angles to it stretching towards the suburb, were plainly visible Te Great Redan and Malakoff hills. The

The owner can have the same by proving property and paying English engineers aro preparing to destroy the three docks first

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ached on. entering by tho opening just mentioned; the ) thoes nearest to the Kerabeinsia port. They’ have

Chis is trae Liberty, when Freeborn AMlen, having

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The preparations for the demotition of the magnificent stone |

The first series, that nearest to the head

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| adopted different methods for effecting this objeet. The

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| English engineers are sinking shafts at certain intervals out- ‘side the walls of the several docks ; the French engineers are ‘excavating galeries heneath the foundations ef those which |arein their hands, The French method will probrbly be the | most complete, but as they have to work in the rock beneath | the paved stone of the dock, it is by far the more laborious. | By the English plan, the saft is sunk through a gravelly soil lof recent ormation, and has te be supported by wooden lin- ings. The foree of the charge will be directed against the side walls, and the masonry will be projected into the bottom ef the doek. By the French plan the foundation, as well as the walls, will be raised and broker up, and the whole will fall in a heap of ruins, such as we now behold the remains of Fort Paul, the most successful effort of Russian mining. Looking ‘down on the docks of the Karabelnaia from the high ground near the entrance, there appears such a perfect unity in their design, the seale on which they are built is so magnificent, the execution of the work so perfect, the: it is impossible to watch the operations ef the miners for their destruction, without a feeling of regret that *e vast an expenditure of wealth and | labour, such. toil of mind and ingenuity of thought, should have been employed and exercised to s0 little good result ; and | further that it should not now be consistent with international | policy that, instead of demolition, their capacity should be | converted into more profitable uses for the future. sumed that although all the preparations are to be completed, | the actual explosion of the mines will not take place until fu- ture operations shall induce the necessity of tlre troops quitting this; position.

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ONLY ONE REGIMENT LEFT IN SEBASTOPOL.

; A letter from Sebastopol in the Semaphore of Marseilles, \says:—‘* There is now only one regiment left to occupy the

place, and all the duty of the place fatls on its back; but all | this additional work only increases the gaiety of the soldiers. |The regiment is encamped in the gorge of the Flagstaff Battery, | where the men are somewhat sheltered from the fire of the

| northern forts; the officers take up their quarters in any of |

‘the houses which may suit their fancy. The Russians are | bristking the heights on the north side with batteries. Yester- i day I was on guard at Fert Nicholas, just opposite Fort Cathe- /rine, and I amussd myself by Jooking at what was going lon with aspy-glass. A Russian officer was at the same time Spying at me, and at last we saluted each other as politely as | possible. Other Russian officers afterwards came forward and _ other salutes were exchanged. J war standing up on the top

of the tower, and right have formed a goed target for them,

but no attempt was made te fire. I knew not whether the

enemy have a supply of provisions for the winter ; if not, they ) Will probably soon make a move towards Perckop—at least a 'great part of them—for theread by the steppes is impracti- ‘cable in winter. It is, however, to ke presumed that the }greater part of their supplies was in this place, fer all the | houses are full of sacks of that horrible biseuit-bread, which is i such stuff that it could not with any decency be given to pigs.

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HOT FIRE FROM THE NORTH FORTS.

A letter from Sebastopol in the Coxstitutionnel, says :—The | fire from the Russian forts for several days past has been very jhot. A shell set fire to the charming little temple which

erowned the eminence ahoye the military post. It is stated ‘ that MarehatPeliesier owas neg the spot when the eccident | happened. This temple, called the temple of Theseus, was of fa rectangular form. It was surrounded with lonie columns, and stood in the midst of a delightful little garden, but the in- terior was uninteresting. ‘The Russian guns are not gallant. | A pretty young English lady had her yeii torn by a splinter | from a shell en Sunday last. Visits to Sebastopol are very | dangerous experiments. ”’

THE ALLIED FLEETS. The Tnvaide Russe contains the following despatch :— ‘« Nicolaieff, Noy. 2, 6 40 p. m.—Of the enemy’s [the Allied] fleet, we can observe only—At sea, near the mouth of the liman of the Dnieper, two screw frigates and two steam corvettes. In the offing of the liman, twe steam frigates, two steam cor- vettes, three floating batteries, two gunboats, and three trans- In the estuary of the Bug and Dnieper, seven gunboats. i In all, twenty-three vessels.

THE CZAR’S RETURN TO ST. PETERSBURG,

| Hlamaure, Novy. 15.—A despatch from St. Petersburg an- ;hounces that the Emperor left Nicolaieff on the 7th of No- i vember for the Crimea, to thank in person the army of Prince

| Gortschakoff. The despatch adds :-—‘* The Emperor found the |) brave troops in perfect condition. The day before yesterday {the Emperor returned, via Moscow, to St. Petersburg. Up to | the 12th the enemy (the Allies) had not undertaken anything in | the Crimea.

| THE RUSSIANS KEEPING OUT OF SIGHT. On the greatest part of our extended line the most profound peace prevails, The two belligerent parties scarcely see each other, separated as they are by a kind of neutral ground which A few black spots about the bat- teries on the Mackenzie ridge, which may be made out with a good glass as long-coated Russians, a Cossack vidette ofa few men on a mamelon above Ozembash, some columus of smoke in the Belbek villages, and a few squadrons of cavalry in a field behind Yuritala is all that can be seen by day of the Russians, while a small number of camp fires ard the unceasing activity of their numerous telegraphs are the only visible signs of their close neighbourheod at might. It seems to be a plan of the Russians to show as little of their forces as they can possibly help, and even the advance of the French to the Belbek could not draw them out to make any display of their strength. They are in this respect more fortunate than we are, for all the range of heights which they occupy being considerably higher than that which the allied armies occupy they have a panoramic view of o@r position, and may watch every movement, and estimate every body of men which they see moving about. It is probably from this reason as me¢has.in_ order tu keep their troops in continual activity, that the French ate" ta" in? so, maby promenades militares. TEMAS

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TERROR OF THE RUSSIAN VILLAGERS.

Notwithstanding ail the sympathy of which the Tartar population of the Crimea may be possessed for those whom they consider as their liberators, they feel heavily the sacri- fices which the presence of their liberaters impose upon them. The inbabitants of the Belbek villages especially have had to pay dear forthe short presence .of the French. When the latter went down for a few days they made a requisition for cattle and forage to the different villages. The Medjlis or council which has the direction of the local affairs, according to their old customs, which have been respected by the Rus- “sians, had to find the objects of these requisitions and of

course took them from those who had them, so that it could scarcely be imputed as a crime to the single individuals, if

When the French retired and the Russians came back they began to arrest all those who had sold anything and carried away several of the inhabitants; the rest fled, and now all

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the villages in the valley of Baidar are full of refugees from those villages. The Russians not being able to get hold of those whom they considered as guilty of treason for havin Supplied the French with provisions, seized their women ana ‘children, and carried them off to the interior, so that most of 'the wealthy inhabitants have disappeared. The Tartars say that the Russians keep up such an extended system of spying in itheir villages that every step which they make is known to ‘them, so they live in a state of continual fear. As in out- ‘ward features, there is likewise in character a marked differ- ‘ence between the Tartars in the north and south of. the Crimea. Theselatter show much more the traces of being s / more enervated race than the former, and being an agricultural people, while those of the north are pre-eminently shepherds, ‘they have become much more reconciled to the Russian do- ‘mination. Jf they could by a magic stroke become again the subjects of the Padishah, for whom they traditionally enter- _tain the greatest reverence, they would be willing enough te ‘change, but they had rather not give up that comfortable and peaceful existence, which is the chief consideration with them. | You hear, therefore, nothing but complaints. The villagers in the Baidar are quite in a dilemma: they dont know what to wish even. They ave too much compromised not to fear a return of the Russians, and they are eaten up by the Frenei:. The heaviest blow for them was that they had to give up all ‘their hay, which makes it impossible for them to keep their few remaining cattle, Although a race which is so devoidof all vitality as the Tartars are can seartely hope t> excite much interest, yet you can scarcely help listening with pity to their lamentations and past welfare. Thus, in one of my Jate rambles L heard one of the wealthiest men of Ourkousta complain how he used to keep up, in former times, the old laws of Tartar hospitality, and Jet no one pass his door without inviting kim to stop and refresh himself before he began to ascend the heights, now you see, he said, Lam selling nuts and potatoes before my own gate. The circumstance that for two years they have had no harvest tells very heavily on these people. In their primitive way of living they produce everything which they want for their households, and tho fruits, which are in abundance in ordinary times in the valley, form the only article which they carry to Bakshiserai and Simpheropo!. The produce of the sale covers ail their expenses for dress and other minor necessitics.

A PARTY OF LOST LADIES.

The vale of Baidar is still the favourite ride of all those who have time and ponies ; even ladies resort toit. It gains additional interest from its being the only place in our lives where one can have even an adventure. Thus the other day a party of ladics made an excursion in a jaunting ear, accom. panied by several gentlemen on horseback. In coming back at niglit fall, seduced probably by the smoothness of the Woronzoff-road, they followed it ioo far, instead of turning down by Kamara towards Bala Clava, where they were bound to, and thus lost their read in the midst of the French camp, jon the hills cecupied by the-old —Furkish- coming back with two gentlemen from Baidar, and we could not make ont inthe dark what the erewd on the road was, when in passing we heard a lady's ‘voice, saying, ‘“‘ We have lost our way.” My gallant companion offered toshow the way, and one lady, who geered not over confident in the topographical knowledge of her escort, accepted the offer, but she remained in the minority, and the cart turned down ona footpath which leads straight to the ditch of ‘the railway to Kamara, but as the moon was just then appearing on tho horizon, [ fondly hope that they escaped it, and returned safe to Bala Clava.

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THE HiGHLANDBERS AND TRE ZOUAVES.

The following is an extract from a letter received from tho Crimea :—The morning of the 8th came, and about eleven a. m., the excitement in all parts of the camp was extreme— camp followers, amateurs, even women, flocked in numbers to convenient points wherefrom they might view the coming struggle. A little after eleven o'clock, the Highlanders and those dare-devils the Algerine Zouaves met in the middle ravine. This oecasioaed no little enthusiasm; for the French, I know not wherefore, imagine the Highlanders to be the Zouaves of our army. Whether it was owing to ex- citement, or cognac, or perhaps a happy blending of both, the Algerines certainly that morning looked more than usually ferocious, and were more than usually vociferous. En route pour le Malakoff! adiew Ecossais! was the cry as they hurried past to their post of danger and of glory. Most of them carried large havresacks filled with cartridges, to which they pointed with great glee, informing us that thesa were to compose the Russians’ dinner for that day. One fel- low, as black as a coal, seemed to be the great wit of his party, who listened to his explanations of what he was going to do with great laughter, and when he turned to the Highlanders and exclaimed, * Johnny Russ,” then most expressively draw- ing his fingers across his throat, “ comme ca,” the merriment and applause were indeed tremendous. Some women, who had seated themselves in a crevice of the rock, were the sub- jects of remarks and jests more merry than polite. The elus- ter of surgeons at the operating hut in the ravine did not in the least seem to damp the gaite de caur of either the thoughtless Zouaves or the Highlanders, and when we came to where the graves for those who were to fa!! were being dug, the sight only drew forth more wit and “ chaft,”

‘although many of the then merry ones was an occupant of ‘one of these pits before evening. At the entrance of our ‘trenches, the Highlanders and their awusing friends parted.

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‘THE FLOATING BATTERIES INVENTED BY THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH.

cur contains. an essay, ieereeetine. 00. the merits of the new floating batteries. The invention of these new engines of war is ascribed immediately to the Emperor. His Majesty, whom previous studies had made familiar with questions connected with the use of artillery, had from the first seen that the Russian Admirals might refuse to leave their fortified ports in the Baltic-and Black Sea, and that in

that case to attack the forts with valuable ships would be

most unwise. The Emperor’s expectations were realised,

and His Majesty then considered how a marine siege train, so

,to speak, might be formed, ordinary ships being constructed

merely to fight with other skips, while it was desired to find “t vessel with which forts of masonry or earth might be suc- cessfully assailed. The Emperor’s aim was to find outa

: | way of constructing ships which should be cheaper and more they supplied cattle or forage they were ordered to do so,|easily and promptly built than ships of the line, drawing

| little water, capable of being served by a smaller crew, and

covered with an armour, against which hollow shot fired from

Paixan’s guns should be broken like gloss Experiments

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