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to know whether or not “John Lawson, John Dickson, or John Thompson,” was

a person of good repute—whether he had/

@ character for veracity, or nd character at all—whether he was a man of fixed principles, or one who was ready to ehange under any and every circumsta nee that seemed to favour his own particular juterest the most—before his opinions could be adopted aa the basis of sound onclusions upon any aubject he thought proper to discuss. Let us suppose an im-

probable or impossible case by way of il- lastration:—Mr. Lawson, for example, is

employed to defend an individual who stands accused of robbery, or any other misdemeanour; he does not appear in propria persona, but puts on some sort of an invisible gown, or he borrows the aid of the devil (who is believed to be the patron of lawyers), and by some cunning device or enchantment, effectually con- eals his person, name and character, from the eyes of Judge, Jury, Bar and Public. He thunders away against the accusers of his client-—calls them dishonest knaves, rand the witnesses for the prosecution for- #worn wretches ;—he paints the character of his client in the most glowing colours ~—he searches the realms of fancy for rhe- toric flowers, and strains his inventive faculties for facts which he does not prove. What impression would such a defence Jeave upon the minds of the Jury? “All wat we have heard is very plausible, very pretty, and may be very true,” they would exclaim, “but we cannot suffer our judg- mentto be swayed by the unsupported assertions of one who is either afraid.or ashamed: to make himself known to us. He may be @ person of notoriously bad character, and conducts his defence in cognito, in. order that the case of the client may not be damaged by the known wices of the advocate.” Juries are not immaculate,—association has its evil in- fluences on their minds as well as on those of other people.

When Mr. Lawson complains of being dragged before the public for firing his shots in ambuscade at the majority o

the House of Assembly, we are reminded |

ef those savage conflicts with the details of which American history abounds, and picture in our imagination the ruthless Indian skulking behind a tree, to let fly his envenomed arrow on the foe. Is Mz. Lawson reaily anxious to pursue this spe- cies of warfare ?

Weare charitable enough to forget and forgive Mr. Lawson’s unwarrantable as- persion, that our conduet towards him has been “ disgracefally atrocious,” for there is abundant evidence in his. Jetter, that we touched him on the raw, and that he penned it under painfully irritated feel- ings. We have another reason for pro- claiming a general amnesty in his behalf, and that is, that. he confirms our opinion ei his conduct, by pleading guilty to the “soft impeachment” of having changed his views relatively to the conduct and principles of the majority of the Assem- bly, in the short space of a week, when his services were about being dispensed with by the proprietor of the Review, and his talents were once more in the market. Iz conclusion we beg to say, that to us it appears as rather damaging to the re- putation of an old stager like Mr. Lawson —versed in human character, and tho- roughly acquainted with those who con- itute the majority of the House of As- ferably—-to have to con’@3s that the judg.

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[ment which he pronounced ene week was

‘entirely erroneous the next—that party whose proceedings he had closely watch- ‘ed, and declared to be deserving of the ‘highest praise on one day, could only be regarded on the next as a selfish and mercenary cabal, leagued together to rain the public interests, and to advance their private ones. For the honour of our kind let us hope that the progreas of political demoraiization has nowhere been 60 ge- neral and rapid ; and that the Lawsonian logic will fail to convince any one, that 16 or 17 members of Parliament became instantaneously corrupt ; whilst the edi- tor of the Guzette, blushing for the boyish credulity under which he pretends to have slept, roused himself up, flung his arms heavenward, and thanked God he was 80 pure.

Asa proof of Mr. Lawson’s regard for facts, we may instance his assertion in the letter under consideration, that the Assembly passed the Appropriation Bil) solely for the purpose of giving to them- selves £30 each, and to the Speaker £60- We have been under the impression that the sum voted to each member was £25, and to the Speaker £50. If Mr. Lawson will, however, prove his assertion, we shall seek to obtain the balance.

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One week later from Europe.

Tue Steamer Rose arrived early on Thursday with the Mails for this Island, including an English Mail, which reach- ed Halifax unexpectedly on Monday last by the R. M. Steamship .4sia—the ‘noble vessel having made the voyage in ‘the remarkably short space of 83 days. We give beiow the most interesting ‘extracts we can glean,

It is refreshing to note how the Aus- trian Butcher, and flogger of women— the brutal Haynau—was made to know the intense and passionate detestation which his atrocities have awakened in

6 draymen and labourers.

\DESPERATE ATTACK UPON GE- NERAL HAYNAU IN LONDON.

| Yesterday morning, shortly before 12 ‘o'clock, three Foreigners, ene of whom ‘wore long mustachois, presented them- leelves at the brewery of Messrs. Barclay and Co. for the purpose of inspecting the establishment. According tothe regular |practice of visitors, they were requested ‘to sign their names in a book in the office, after which they crossed a yard with one of the clerks. On inspecting the visitor's \book the clerks discovered that one of ‘the visitors was no dther than General 'Haynau, the late commander ef the Aus- ‘trian forces during the Hungarian war. ‘It beeame known all over the brewery in less than two minutes, and before the ge- neral and his companions had crossed the yard nearly all the Inbourers and draymen were out with brooms and dirt, shouting out, ‘Down with the Anstrian butcher,’ and other epithets of rather an alarming nature to the @eneral. He was soon covered with dirt, and perceiving some of the men about to attack him ran mto the street to Bankside, fojlowed by a large mob, consisting of the brewers’ inen, coal

the general. Ile ran in a frantic manner along Bankside until he came to George public-house, when forcing the doors ofen he rushed in and proceeded up stairs into one of the bedrooms, to the niter astonishment of Mrs. Benfield the landlady, who. soon discovered his name and the reason of his entering her house. The furious. mob rushed in after him. threatening to do for the * Austrian

is very old fashioned and contains a vast number of doors, which were al! forced open except that of the room in which the weneral was concealed. The mob increased at that time to several hundreds, and Mrs. Benfield bacame alarmed about her own property as well as the general's life. She accordingly despatched a mes- sengerto the Southwark police station for the assistance of the police, and ina short time Inspector Squires arrived at the George wiih a number of police, and with great difficulty dispersed the mob and got the general out ofthe house. A police galley was at the wharf at the time. into which he was taken and rowed to- wards Somerset-house amidst the shouts and execrations of the mob. Messrs. Barclay are very indignant at the conduct of the men, and no doubt a strict inquiry will be entered into respecting the origin of the attack.—7Z'imes.

Tue Svusmarine Tevecrarn BE- tween France anp Enouann.—It is stated (says the Patrie) that the wire of the submarine telegraph between France and England is broken.

The correspondent of the Morning Herald has the following :—

In the absence of political news, pub- lic curiosity has been much excited by the paragraph in the papers relative to the submarine electric telegraph, which would seem to imply that the experiment | had turned outa failure. | am authorised! to say that there is little or no foundation forthe statement in question. Whether the wire which has been laid down for the sake of testing the experiment may have suffered any injury or no, does not, I am assured signify in the slightest de- gree. The company were bound by their contraet to have the experiment made by the first of September, as the condition of the coneession by the government. As the time pressed hard they could only lay down one wire, and that not 60 weil covered as might have been desired— the essential point, however, has been gained. A communication has been ef- fected within the prescribed time, and the concession is secured. Now under- stand tht several lines will be laid down, so that should one break there will be others by which to work.

Sin C. Naprer.—Major General W. Napier, in a letter to the 7'imes, states that it is true that his brother Sir C. Na- pier has tendered the resignation of his command in India, “or account of a dif-

the seeminely callous heart of London’ ference between him and Lord Dalhousie ;

but itis not true that this difference arose about barrack building—or from any de- sire to make war—or because he disban- ded the G6th Regiment--or that his language was intemperate and unbecom- ing—or that he resigned peevishly. The real cause of that step was a difference between him and the Governor General on a vital point of public interest, accom- panied bycireumstancee which rendered it imperative upon Sir Charles Napier to resign the high office conferred on him by his sovereign.”

Troops mn THE CoLtontrs.—We have reason to believe that a circular will shortly be issued by the Colonial Seere- tary to the several Colonia) Governments, to the effect that in future each colony must support its own military establish- ment, or the authorities at home will deem it expedient to withdraw their protective force.

The Australian Colonies are in a state of wutiny, if the accounts which have come to hand during the last few days are to be credited. ‘They desire to serve their connection with the mother country, and are so fully impressed with the in-

justice of which they have been the

heavers, and otherg, armed with all sorts|victims, that nothing short of cutting the of weapons, with which they belaboured

cable can meet their wants and wishes.

The Sardinian Government has just presented Mr. fh. A. Wood, a young Gen- tleman only eighteen yeara of age, with a splendid gold medal, for courageously taking command of a Sardinian Brig from the Brazils to Genoa, when met at sea with captain and mate dead, and several of the crew dead and dying, from the yellow fever raging on board,

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An equestrian statue of the Qneen ; en is about to be erected in Glasgow,—the

It is said that Turner the eminent pain- ter, who is reported for the vacant chair- manship of the Royal Academy, hes

realised not less than £500,000 by bis brush.

IRELAND,

The Cork Constitution says that Jase week a poor woman, at Cloyne, bought a hake for twopence-half-penny, and om cleaning the fish found a purse contain ing a sovereign in the stomach.

Several Scotch farmers are settling in Ireland. Others are to follow the ex- ample.

The present convent property in Ire- land is stated to be worth upwards of £700,000.

Dr. Burns, Roman Catholic Bishop of Arkansas, now im Dublin, is about to re- turn to the United States, accompanied by 600 substantial farmers and a Romaa Catholic clergyman from Wexford.

Of the subscription of £3290 by the Austrian Government to the poor of Ire- land, £1200 has been allocated to the province of Munster, £1200 to Connaught, and £800 between Leinster and Ulster, The Dublin papers announce the death of Admiral Robert Dudley Oliver, from paralysis, at the age of 83.

The judges in Ireland are to be reduced from twelve to nine. The reduction is to be effected by not filling up the death vacancies.

A medical gentleman at Liverpool has compromised an action of damages for breach of promise of marriage to a lady in Armagh for £1500. Her brother ise merchant at Liverpool, where she met the doctor.

The Steamer Rose left Charlottetows on Tuesday Jast ona pleasure trip for Pictou, and returned the same evenings bringing intelligence of the arrival of the English Steamer at Halifax on the day previous. A party of about fifty or sixty Jadies and gentlemen, among whom was the Hon. S. Cunard, visited their friends at Pictou on this occasion.

We are indebted to the politences of & friend in Sacramento for files of California papers as late asthe 3iet July. These coxtain highly interesting reports of the Mining operations in that region, from which we shal] endeavour to give extract in succeeding numbers.

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PASSENGERS.

In the Steamer Rose from Pictou on Tha day the Sth—Hon, Cheif Justice Jarvis, Mr. Clement, and eight in the steerage.

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SHIP NEWS. BNTERED.

Sept. 17—Roy Roy, Turnbull, Pugwash; limestone. Jane, Crane, Bay Verte; dealt Trial, Gerrior, Mirimichi; grindstones, . gles, &c. 18—Sovereign, Hayden, Richibuctes deals. Four Brothers, Boutin, Sydney; 0% i9th—Sheluatt, Halifax; goods. Arctic, Me- | Kay, Sydney, coal. Fancy, McMillaa, Liver- pool, goods to James Peake.

CLEARED,

Sept. 17—Schr. Caledonia, Welsh, BY Verte; bal. Saacaaban, Green Sydney; . co i8—Rob Roy, ‘Turnbull, Pictou ; do. 19-Se"% Pictou Packet, Curry, Pictou ; goods. Brothers. McRae, Bathurst; bal. Jane, Crane, Bay Veni bal. Vine, Campbell, Miramichi; el. Ua corn, Mutch, Sydney ; 5(,000 shingles.

Arrivals in Europe from henat.

Si1erps, Aug. 30—Louisa. Arresnoe® Sept. I—Island Lady. | SpokKs—EOul Prince Edward Island to Liverpool, 9th 438 lat 45, long 54. Prince ol ome for 27th August, Jat 51, longitude 8.

Liv anaes Sept, 7—Loading— Mary we for Charlottetown. Edward Benny, Georgetown. : vg We Accounts from the Straits ef Canso give) ry disastrouc mews to the effect of she jase &