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THE EXAMINER.

We regret we are not prepared to present to our readers to-day the first No. of the new series of Tuk Examiner, as

we had hoped to do. Ist. The unpacking of new type, and the dis-

This disappointment is owing chiefly to two causes. placing of old material, togethtr with making complicated alterations—involved greater labour and expenditure of time than we were prepared for. 2nd. We had no desire to issue our paper until we bad something worth while to put into it.

The first division, 10th Brigade Garrison Artillery, hed embarked on board the ** Niagara’’ for Halifax.

It is understood that ten Companies of Royal Engineers would be sent to America.

| The Globe furnishes also the following brief notice of Prince | Albert and his career.

DEATH OF THE PRINCE CONSORT.

| The Persia at Cape Race yesterday brought the melancholy intelligence of the death of the PRINCE CONSORT, who ex- pired somewhat suddenly on Sunday week. Throughout every portion of the British dominions this unexpected announce- ment of a second bereavement to our beloved Sovereign will

Her subjects at this dark hour can, in any way, allay the | great grief of Her Majesty, the people will not be slow to} testify to her their deep and unaffected regret at the affliction |

with which Divine Providence has been pleased to visit her.

Charlottetown, P. E. Island, Monday, January 6, 1862.

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to settle, not only our outstanding accounts against England, it a Falconer, Probationer, was continued in Queen Square |

but the power to prescribe the extent and the limitations of European authority on this continent.”

day on the lines in froat of Washington.

: ; : ; ‘rebels fled towards Fairfax Court House, leaving 150 killed | be received with profound sorrow ; and if the sympathies of | ..4 wounded behind them, together with two caissons of am- |

Church, for the rest of the six months. It was resolved to apply to the Home Mission Board for another Probationer, —— during the Winter, as there are no less than six vacant con- A brisk and successful ¢onflict took place at noon on Fri- | gregations. Gen. MeCall’s bri- ade went out in the morning on a foraging expedition towards rainsville. His advance force, commanded by General Ord, consistod of four regiments of infantry,a regiment of Pennsyl- vania rifles and Easten’s battery. Near Drainesville a fire

—— STATE OF THE ROADS.

Mr. Epiror.—<As the season has now come which reveals | to us the mismanagement of the Goyerament, [ request you was opened on them by the rebels, under Colonel Forney num- = Ey cizeul be Sinan Bing a = a bering four regiments of infantry and one of cavalry, who) wos, you, Mr. Editor, to talon @ diies Gai iene or Bae were concealed in the bushes. ‘The fire was returned from | j,i103 ~ om ‘Town on the St. Peter's Road, you would witness our rifles and the battery, and after an hour's fighting the | 4,0 jeautiful manner in which that road is kept in repair for travellers in the winter season. The pitches on it at present munitions and a quaatity of clothing and stores. General | ennsed any Wak over pe = re me no - the a. M Call had heed a Tiere Reynolds to a point on the | Government. Some of t oe ah lanet Chobe et ees Seabees turnpike to come General Ord, in anticipation of | and > some parts for 1 hae cg e nr a

mare yee PE 1s Dead ah Oa penal q Whieh renders the travelling very dangerous. ny do the an attack ; but before General Keynolds and McCail reached | ()corgoers not appoint soe person to keep the roads in re-

a than two weeks have elapsed since we have had any tie relations have been of the happiest kind. mails from abroad ; but they have been expected almost every day during that period. We thought it would be folly to send out our sheet just at a time when we were effecting a change in its character without imparting some freshness to it, and making it interesting by the insertion of the latest It would |

greater than the first; and that, too, at a time when the cares of state require all her energies. Truly, the ways of Provi- dence are most mysterious !

Francis Ataert Aveustvs Cnaritrs Emmanvet, Prince”of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, was born on the 26th August, 1819, and was the second son of the late Dake of Saxe Coburg

news from Europe and the neighbouring continent. be a stupid thing to fill our paper with extracts from journals nearly a month old, and as stale and as worthless as last Duke of Saxe Gotha Altenburg. Prince Albert was partially educated at home, after which he was sent to the celebrate | University of Bonn, where he received an education fit for a ‘statesman. His own taste led him to the cultivation of a knowledge of natural history and chemistry ; and he displayed | great love for the fine arts, and especially music and paint- ing ; and an opera written by bim is said to have been per- formed in London. He was also fond of athletic sports, and became a great proficient in all those arts and exercises which make up the character of the ‘* courteous knight.’’ He was married to Victoria,then Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, in London, on the 10th February, 1840, since which time be has enjoyed great popularity in England. At the time of his marriage he was noturalised and made a Field Marshal. In 1852 he was allowed to take the title of Consort of Her Most | Gracious Majesty, and in 1857 by the title of Prince Consort But t! anit ennai lialine b |he became a Prince of the United Kingdom. As Consort, he at the most important consideration to induce us to pub- enjoyed an income of £30,000 sterling a year. lish a sheet, however unsatisfactory, in advance of our new | Prince Albert has ever stood in high esteem with the people issue, is the desire to give publicity to the news which came of England, and what may be considered remarkable for a ee ae 6 otitis te the | man of his high position, always abstained from any undue to hand thie morning, Alter pepeaten attemp Cross the | interference in the foreign affairs of the nation. He devoted Strait, two or three Boats succeeded in effecting a pxssage | his time to the improvement of agriculture and to the de- on Wednesday last. We understand that two returned to velopment of the industrial resources of England. He was ag as . ‘ also a liberal patron of English fine arts; and probably did Cape Traverse on Friday last, landing there about 4 o'clock, More real good than any man in England. The success of the bringing, not the whole, bat a considerable portion of the | Great Exhibition of 1851 was in a measure owing to the ex- Mails. Such is the exceedingly bad state of the roads, that /ertions of Prince Albert, and the Exhibition of 1862 will

i ; a reatly miss his labors. the Courier did not reach Town from the Cape until yester- . Prince Albert was a Field Mayshal, a Member of the Privy

year’s Almanack. We have, therefore, resolved to withhold the publication of our regular issue until we shall have com- pleted all our arrangements, which will not be later than the close of the present weck, when we shall be able to make our bow to our patrons in new, neat, and appropriate attire. Meanwhile, we issue this sheet, so that there may not be a total interregnum in our journalistic career; and to give us an opportunity, as it were, of stepping kindly in upon our patrons, expressing the hope that they enjoy good health and cheerful spirits to participate in all the festivities of this joyous season—with the further hope that they may live to see many happy returns of it.

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tible fire of Gaston's hatieries and the rifles of Colonel Kane’s |

sorrow was the death of her Royal Mother, the Duchess of Pennsylvania regiment. Our Joss was about ten killed and | Kent, from the effect of which she can hardly be said to have | fifteen wounded. recovered, before she is again visited by a calamity moons

Lhe troops of General McCall returned to camp last night.

The News from Williapgasport, Md., shows that the rebels | stil] continue their arsavlis with shell and sho: on Dam No. | 5, which are returned by our batteries; but as yet they have | not succeeded in effecting any serious damage.

A new tariff bill, for the purpose of increasing the revenue, | passed both houses of Congress yesterday, in whieh an in- | duty is pot upon tea, coffee and sugar. The duty |

‘on tea will hencelorth be twenty cents a pound, on coffee five | gold that is brought into England is sent to the Continent, ‘cents, and on sugar three cents, clayed, and two and a half | exchanged for silver, which finds its way to India, and there

cents, brown. : = This addition, it is presumed, will yield seven or cight mil- | lions to the revenue of the government for the present year.

New York, Dec. 24.—The Express says there was a romor this afternoon, that in the interview which Lord Lyons held with Mr, Seward, the latter read to him a letter which he had written to Minister Adams ten days ago, in which he said that if the British Government claimed Mason and Slidell upon the ground of illegal capture, and as contrary to the law of na- tions, and wou! consider the principle as settling the princi- ple for both nations, they would be given up on request.

INTENTIONS OF THE *VASHINGTON CABINET STILL UNKNOWN.—FEDERAL VICIORIES IN MISSOURI. New York, Dec. 27.

The difficulty with England the all-al orbing topic.

Public anxiously await some indication of what Govern- ment will do in the matter,

New York papers have ridiculous despatches from Wash- ington, stating that Lord Lyons, instead of making issue on Trent affair, bas revived State of Maine boundary question, demanding relinguishment of part of that State to Mngland.

Federals gaimed further successes in Missouri. At latest dates Price full retreat.

day evening at an early hour. The Mails were not opened Council, a Knight of the Garter, Knight of the Grand Cross| Advices from New Mexico state that Colonel Canh had re- for delivery until this morning. With all deference to the and Acting Grand Master of the Bath, Knight of St. Patrick, | taken Forts Craig and btartoa, the Texan forsggemmttine oe

religious scruples of the Post Office authorities, or their su- periors in the Executive, we think the Mails might have been Windsor Castle, Colonel of the (irenadier Guards, Colonel opened for general delivey sast evening, Considering the great Chief of the Rifle Brigade, Colonel and Captain Gema‘al inconvenience and APE WO LAN NS E-Ainoot- t the University of Cambridge, Master of Trinity House, and <egala cortespondence. In other towns and cities, where Patron and Member of many useful associations.

there is quite as much regard for the holiness of Sunday as | there is here—the Mails received on that day are delivered on it, although, perhaps, not one day overdue. Our authorities, however, always affect to be more rigidly righteous than their. neighbours ; and we have always seen where affectation of in the States may be gathered from the following extracts.

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NEWS FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.

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Tue only intelligence of importance from tle seat of war

is ki revails, there is very little genuine piety at bottom. Chants ’ y . ied ! gagements and movements not reported by the telegraph. On

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NEWS BY THE MAILS—DEATH OF HIS ROYAL Ketels were completely routed, losing 60 killed and 19 wound- HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT.

We have not had sufficient time to peruse al! our Foreign | don next year to the consideration of Congress.

; : ’ : : Last week 75 resignations of Volunteer officers in the army and Ocleaial papers ; bat there is one oe of the intelligence of the Potomac took place ; some, it is said, have resigned furrished by them which absorbs attention to the exclusion for the purpose of being promoted. of almost everything else, and must fill many a heart In Kentucky the House has voted to tax the State for her

f B i Px pense The : i th *reside es- with grief. Oar readors will perceive that on Sunday, ‘re of the War expenses. The action of the President re m — . . peeting Freem nt’s proclamation. was sustained ; and a vote the 15th December, the Prince Consort of England—the well passed requesting the removal of Secretary Cameron

ed. The Federal loss 1s stated at 10 killed and 15 wounded. | The President has recommended the World's Fair at Lon- |

beloved husband of our Queen, and one of the prime favour- ites of the British people—died after a short illness from If the Prince had been for any length of time

with 1609 horses. tents, and camp equipage, and about 2000 tric f prisoners, all intended for Price's army, gastric fever.

Knight of the Thistle, Knight “Grand Cross of the Order of | he advange | Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Constable of |

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The Boston papers of the 2lst give details of several en- |

the 20th there was a skirmish near Leesburg, in which the |

The Federalists in Missouri captured 200 heavy wagons, |

Later dates say that another Federal corps had captured |

in feeble bealth, or had been far advanced in years—we 1300 prisoners more, with eupplics of food, tents, and horses. |

. . . . ‘ 7 ‘ollowi espe appe i » Ne fork papers: might not have been surprised at this national calamity, for The following despatch appears in the New York papers : , ; - whe oweve ;

we cannot but regard it as such ; when, however, we had yesterday Lord Lyons called upon the Secretary of State, who every reason to believe that the Princo was remarkable for was then at the Capitol. He called again at 3 o’clock. The conimunication se made is yet a secret. No Cabinet meeting : ‘ oe Mis ; has been held on the subject. The general feeling of the erty was in the bloom of manhood—the suddenness of his death js }..s3 warlike than at first. People talk coolly of surrender- strikes us with appalling force. History docs not furnish the ing the rebel emissaries, if it can be done without sacrifice ° Pa : of honor, rather than engage at this time in a foreign war.

name of another Prince, who, occupying so near a place to , ’ ae a : — 2 eT . Pyms 7 _. | Lhe report that members of Cabinet take a similar view of the throne of Britain, lived so blameless and so useful a life the question gains currency, and finds belicf. But while it is

the enjoyment of vigorous health, and when we know that he

meeting on the one hand, it is untrue on the other hand that

thoroughly British in all his sympathies and feelings shortly after his marriage with the Queen, and exercised a most im- portant influence in moulding the character, and developing all the fine qualities of the youthful members of the Royal

a determination not to surrender under any circumstances, or for any consideration, is absolute. While Government will do nothing to provoke hostilities. it will guard well the na- tional honor. Should arbitration be propos d it may be ac-

—‘‘The Tribune’s Washington despatch says that at 1 o’clock |

Axorner Mail crossed from Cape Tormentine to Cape Tra- | verse yesterday, and arrived in Tewn to-day ; but we regret | to say that the papers received by it are of an older date than | those which came across two days before.

| 14th ult., and so long due here, bas not yet come to hand.

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, ats aantinmcnasieati STATE OF THE TRAVELLING AND DELAY OF THE MAILS.

We have accounts fr imal] parts of the Island, assuring us lthat the roads are ina lamentable condition, and we know that all communication between town and country is most The Mail from Souris, which was duc on Wednesday evening, did not arrive until Sunlay, yesterday, about 4 o’clock--the Courier not

'seriously interrupted by the late storms.

being able to travel on an average but a little more than ten milesa day. The Western Mail, from St. Eleanor’s, due on | Friday evening, has not yet arrived, and the Southern Mail, from Georgetown, due on Saturday afternoon, arrived only this morning (Monday.)

Sach is the lamentable state of our inland travelling, oc. |

casioned by the storms of the past fortnight. The suspension to trade thus caused must be not only very inconvenient but embarrassing to many persons in business, while hundreds of

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distress for want of an opportunity to interchange their res-

/pective commodities. We may venture to hope, however,

that the very heavy storms allotted to us for this season are now over—that the highway will soon again resound with the

'tinkle of many sleigh bells—that the immense banks of snow as Prince Albert. Though born on foreign soil, he became Uuntrne that sach a conclusion has been arrived at in Cabinet |

by which the roads are at present obstructed will soon be made passable with ease ann comfort—that the cheerful hum

f head of principal Confederate army, was in |

air ; their instructions refer particularly to the winter roads? I think, Mr. Editor, such a state of things requires a change. Queen’s County, 1862. NATIVE.

Wuar Becomes or tur Sirver ?—Europe and America have been drained of silver to supply the demand of the British East India Company, who, since 1830,have required their revenues to be paid in silver. In this country, tie in- trinsic worth of silver has been reduced about 7 per cent to keep it here. The drain from Europe still continues. The

disappears. Daring the last twenty-five years,the shipments of silver to India have reached the enormous sum of $550,- 000,000, of which $92,690,000 have been re-exported, leaving $450,000,000 unaccounted for. And these ship- ‘ments have lately been on the increase, For the first five |years of the term named, the shipments were $45,000,000, showing an average of only $9,000,000 per annum, while | for the last five, the shipments have been $215,000,000, or | $43,000,000 annually, and the current is not yet checked. | The movements of specie in all other lands can be distinctly traced, but here the keenest sagacity is at fault.

With the shipments to India there has ever been an in- soluble mystery. It is like a stream emptying into a bottom- less gulf, with a returniess flow. Some have conjectured that the silver thus sent to India is used up for ornaments ; but this would account for only a small portion of the im- mense total. We should not be surprised if the secret of this flow of treasure in one direction was found altogether in | the methods taken for its preservation in that distracted | ‘country, by burying it in the ground.

Dancer or Bap Atr.—When bad air works gradually, and is not directly obvious, its effects are not believed in. An ‘accident which has recently happened to Sir F. Goodricke

and his family at Studley Castle will probably have a good

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with perfect indifference and contempt. Upon this occasion Thunder lay down in the boat and composed himself to sleep, while the little fellow, who was full of life and animation, and appeared as if he did not know what it was to lay down and close his eyes, sat up, looked over the gunwale, and seemed to enjoy the thing uncommonly. He watched the motions of the men, as if he understood what was required of them, and was anxious they would acquit themselves properly.

After having made my inspection, I returned to the boat, for the purpose of returning to the town, when I missed the terrier. Thunder was close at my heels,and when I whistled for the other, wagged his tail and looked up in my face, as if he would say, ‘‘ never mind that foslish dog: I am here, a that is enough ;” or “ is there anything you want me ~ to do ?’

After calling in vain I went back to the barracks, and inquired of the men for Titt ; but no one appeared to have noticed his movements.

After perambulating the little island in vain, I happened to ask the sentry if he hnew where he was.

“ Yes, sir, he is buried in the beach.”

“ Buried in the beach !” said 1, with great anger. “Who dared to kill him? ‘Tell me, sir, immediately.”

*- The large dog did it, sir. He enticed him to the shore by playing with him, pretending to crouch and then ron after him, and then retreating and coaxing him to chase after him; and when he got him near the beach he throttled him in an instant, and then scratched a hole in the shore and buried him, covering him up with the gravel. After that went into the water, and with his paws washed his head and face, shook himself, and went into the barracks. You will fiad the terrier just down, there, sir.” And sure enough there was the poor little fellow, quite dead, and yet warm.

In the meantime, Thunder, who had watched our’ pro- ceedings from a distatze, as soon ar be saw the body exhuned, felt as if there was a court-martial holding over himself, _ plunged into the harbour, and swam-g¢éross-t Own, and hid himself for several days-~yatil he thought the affair had blown over ; and then die approached me anxiously and cautiously, lest be should be apprehended and condemned. As I was unwilling to lose both my dogs, I was opliged to overlook it, and take him back to my confidence,

What a Miss !—We understand that Capt. Coxetter, late of the privateer Jeff, Davis, wes on board the Trent, from which vessel Messrs. Mason and Slidell were taken. Capt. C., it is said, had $40,000 with him, with which he intends purchasing material for the confederates.

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On the Ist instant, at Ardgowan, Charlottetown Royalty, Mrs. W. H.

effect. According to the Birmingham Post, it would seem ‘that te nror'*> ‘nr the increasing severity of the weather the

servants had cotthiitsc -Yarions apartments f. ‘Studley Castle by the hot air flues provi ARPT pose. | Whether from want of proper regulating, or from negligence | |iu removing and not replacing the covers of the tures, a|

large quantity of carbonic gas was emitted to the severa. | rooms. ‘he first to feel the perilous effects of this super- |

charged atmosphere was a lady visiting at the castle. Finding

‘dying. Mr. Morris soon divined the cause and took his re- _medies accordingly; but while he was attending to Lady Goodricke and the Jady first seized, Sir Francis himself and Miss Goodricke also swooned. Every attention possible was

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CoLtiston BETWEEN THE San Jacinto axp A Baria.—A ‘few days after the San Jacinto left Havanna, while on her) | passage to Key West, a collision occurred between her and | the French brig Julia Maria. The San Jacinto received |

little or no damage, but the brig had both her masts and her jib-boom carried away, leaving nothing of them but their stumps, and making her a complete wreck. She was towed ‘into Havana by the San Jacinto, and left there to be refitted. — or >

Tue Revotvtionists at Work in Evropr.—Thoroughly | ‘trustworthy private letters from Kurope contain highly im- portant intelligence that the revolutionists of the Continent | have made most ample preparations to seiz? any opportunity | which a meddlesome iutervention in the affiirs rf this coun- ‘try may give them. In Italy, Austria, Poland, and even | | France, mines are laid ready to be sprung at a moment’s no-| ‘tice. Should England trouble us, she will be likely to cause 'a general conflagration.— Herald,

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Youxa Commanprers.—George B. McClellan becomes ‘Commander of the Army of the United States—half a mil- ‘lion of soldiers—-as he approaches the completion of his ‘thirty-sixth year of life and closes his fifteenth of military

given to the sufferers, and happily they were all ultimately ™®, Halifax; goods.

: : : eareer. Yet he is above rather than below ihe average years of traffic will soon again be heard in our new deserted streets, | of the great captains whose names are handed down as the —and we will speedily forget, in a revival of industrial inter- chieftains of their day and generation, \

course, the little hardships, incident to our climate, which | Alexander the Great bad achieved a reputation at the age

; ae cepted, and should suflicient consideration for the surrender Family. But a higher praise which belongs to him is, that of Mason and Slidell be offered, it may be made. A promi- he was ever the friend of justice, of constitutional freedom, of Pent member of the Cabinet stated in conversation last even-

: a aati a ing, that Lord Lyous would not demand his passports, that the rights and privileges of the people, anda generous patron yfason and Slidell would not be given up, and that there was of the arts and seiences. Such qualities cannot fail to evoke no probability of a war with Eng'and.

sorrow for his death, and embalm his memory in the hearts tipue confident of war. This opinion, however, is based upon

of all Her Majesty's subjects. dered the more penetrating by the reflection, that the Queen,

whose confiding, sensitive, and affectionate heart could never; Tue New York Herald, of the 24th December, contains the | bear even very short separation from the Prince, must be fyllowing remarks in reference to the surrender of the South- |

saddened beyond all conception, if not wholly crushed by this cruel stroke of fate. We will give no further expression to

When grief is genuine it hates garrulity,and we belicve there

And this regret will be ren-

no official communication, and it excites some unpleasant | feeling, but carries no weight.

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: : | ‘** According to our latest advices from Washington, all | our feelings on this subject. Some occurrences in the march apprehensions of a rupture with England upon the late affair | of life are too solemn and sad to require the use of words. 0! the Trent may be dismissed. Our Cabinet, we are informed, looking to the absorbing and paramont issue—the suppres: | sion of this Southern rebellion — will yeld to the present

marred the festivities of Christmas and New Year.

[3 Severs communications, receiyed during the past

Iinglishmen here con- | week, will be attended to next week.

of eighteen, He ascended the throne before twenty, and at twenty-five he reached the zeyith of his glory, having| already conquered the wold. He died before the age of) thirty-cwo. | Julius Cesar greatly distinguished himself before the age | of twenty-two.

Pope, of a daughter. “Died,

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n the 25th December, at the Five Houses, Bay Fortune Road, Lot

2, ore, relict of the late Bouaventure Hore aged SP years. a in 7 eee — " athe 22nd ult., Mre. Emily Ca@PORr-relict of the late Angus

Campbell, Johnston’s River, aged 75 years. At Charlottetown, on Tuesday, the Sist ult., afters lin illness, Mary, the beloved wife of Mr. David P. in the catees of her

| age. “ mines, 3 : : vr | On Saturday, of Typhoid Fever, Ca fi ames Bagnall | tbat she was rapid'y becoming insensibie, Sir Francis instantly | san. Sener One em Wife of Ji .

| The English Mail received at Halifax, with dates to the _set out for Mr. Morris, surgeon, who came at once, and on) At Union ‘his arrival found that Lady Goodricke was also apparently |

Esq., Deputy Sheriff, aged 38 years. »on Monday, 30th December, Mrs. Delaney, aged 66 years.

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PORT OF CHARLOTTETOWN.&® | ENTERED. Dec 20—Cecelia, Jenkins, St. John’s, N. F.; fish. -Chatham, Pill-

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Dec. 20—Pictou Packet, Marmand, Halifax; prod. Aim, Grant, do; do. Primrose, Bennet, St. Jchn’s, N. F.; do. 21—John Smith, Ru-

_dolph, Barbadoes; 3,500 bus. oats, 70 sheep, 200 geese, 40 turkies, 300

fowls.

The Brig John Smith, laden with grain, poultry, sheep, &c., and bound to the West Indies, was frozen up in this Port some days since. A crew have since been engaged cutting her out—she is now near the *- Threo tides,” with a fair chance of getting clear of the ice. The ex- treme stormy weather for the past few days h#¥o materially her progress.

PORT OF GEORGETOWN, CLEARED.

Dec. 28—Brigt. Margaret, Davis, New York; produce. wi pg

CARD.

MESS". BEER & SON desire to express sincere grati-

tude to their numerous Friends and Customers, for the

very liberal patronage received from them for several years ast. They also take this opportunity of informing them that Mr. LEMUEL L. BEER is this day received as a Partner in their Firm, which will for the future be conducted under the

name of . BEER & SONS.

They hope by continuing to keep as great a variety of use- ful GOODS as heretofore—importing without delay what is specially ordered, and charging the most moderate prices—to merit a share of public confidence and support far the future.

* GEORGE BEER, GEORGE R. BEER. Charlottetown, Ist January, 1862, la

DENTIFRICE SOAPS, &c.

Rimmell’s White Rose bentifice Soap, Robinson’s Indexical Dental Soap. Pelletier’s Antiseptic and Aromatic Tooth Soap.

| Debating Club Soiree, hald on New Year's Eve, | banded to us for insertion, to which we will cheerfully givea | place in oar next No.

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The annual Meeting of the ‘‘ Charlottetown Reading Room | }and Debating Club’’ was held last evening, and the following

gentlemen were elected Office-bearers and Members of Com-, | mittee for the current year, viz :— { Vice

C. C. Vaux, Esqr., President: Wm. Murphy, Esqr., | President; Geo. Beer, Esqr,, M.P.P., Treasurer; and Mr. |

can be no question about the genuineness of that melancholy demands of England as the conditions of hev neutrality, even | Louis Davis, Seeretary. Committee—Maicolm McLeod, H. |

attribute of our nature in the person of the Queen.

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We give here the telegram, furnished by the St. John Globe,of the 24th ult., which gives a brief notice of the above event, with other intelligence :

‘+ Persia’? ory Care Race. Death of His Royal Highness

PRINCE ALBERT.

** PERSIA” HAS 1100 SOLDIERS ON BOARD !~MORE TROOPS COMING!

Carz Race, Dec. 23.

The Steamship ** Persia,’’ chartered by the Government for |

the conveyance of troops to Canada, left Liverpool on the 15th, and paesed Cape Race at ee. m. to-day.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert expired at noon on’ Sunday, 15th, of Gastric Fever.

The ‘ Persia’’ has 1100 teoops on board, bound to River

Da Loup, or Bic, in the River St. Lawrence. _ The Liverpool Mercury of the 14th says a report prevailed in London, that Earl Derby had been consulted by the Go- Vvernment,and had approved their policy with reference to the American difficulty.

It has been suggested to ship owners that they should in- struct the captains of their outward bound vessels to signal- oe Eng i Rms a - might meet that WAR with

rica is probuble. is suggestion was strongly appro by undorastiees. - ve epee

Steamship ‘* Australasian,’ also chartered by the Govern-

— to carry troops to Canada, sailed from Liverpool on the

| if these demands involve the restoration of Mason and ‘Slidell

to the protection of the British flag, and a disayowal of and

;an spoley for their seizure by Captain Wilkes.

| * In adopting this alternative of submission to these peremp- tory demands, the administration runs the hazard of disap- | pointing the popular sentiment of our loyal States. Buta Piette reflection will satisfy every intelligent mind of the wis-

J. Calbeck, D. Currie, B. Davies, and A. H. Yates, Esquires. | After which it was announced that the annual Report of

this Institution would be submitted and read at the next five; the first Napoleon, twenty-six ; Desaix, thirty-two ; | Soult, twenty-nine; Eugene Beaubarnois, thirty-one ; Si. | The President, having been ealled to the Chair, announced Cyr, Gouvoin, Suchet, Oudinot, Ney, Laanes. Joubert, Vic-|

| meeting of the Club.

‘the following subject for debate on Friday evening next, viz: |

has been)

i A lengthy and interesting account of the Charlottetown! fy annibal joined the Carthagenian army in Spain at twenty-two, and was made Commander-iu-Chief at twenty six.

Charlemagne was crowned king at twenty-six, conquered Aquitania at twenty-eight, made himself master of France and the greater part of Germany at twenty-uine, placed on his brow the iron crown of Italy at thirty-two, and conquered Spain at thirty-six. :

Other great commanders attained their highest renown at early ages. Thus Scipio Africanus, the elder, twenty-nine ; Scipio Africanus, the younger, thirty-six ; Philip of Macedon, twenty-five ; Saxe, forty ; Peter the Great of Russia,thirty ; Charles the Twelfth of Sweden, twenty-four; Freverick the Great of Prusst, thirty ; Cortez, thirty-six ; Pizarro, thirty

tor, Murat, Marmont, McDonald, bernadotte, Lefevre, Bes-

‘dom of deferring a final settlement with England until we |** Can any means be devised by which profitable employment | sieres, and Duroc all acquired a high military reputation in

| shall haye made an end of this Southern rebellion. There |have been some conjectures that an arbitration may be re- sorted to; but it is better gracefully to yield to the exigencies of the crisis, and promptly relieve England of her convenient pretext fur a quarrel, without the intervention of any third iparty. Let our government, then, meet the requisitions of Lord Lyons, in the restitution of Mason and Slidell to British protection, and in an acknowledgment that, while Captain | Wilkes would have been right in seizing the Trent steamer ‘and in bringing her before a prize court for adjudication, he was wrong in limiting his proceeding to the seizure of his prisoners; and that we regret that his controlling considera- tions of international courtesy and leniency should have resulted in the very offence which it was his particular object to avoid. " . . - a °

‘*‘ Meantime, with the re-establishment of our a relations with England, we shall be at liberty to bring our whole military power to bear by land and sea upon this do- mestic rebellion. We vente too, that, admonished by the restless impatience of England and France for cotton, Presi- dent Lincoln and his Cabinet will vigorously push forward the movements of our fleets and armies, and put an end to all European notions of an inevitable Southern confederacy by the speedy overthrow of the spurious revolutionary league of Davis and his confederates. Then with this rebellion sup- pressed, with our revolted States restored, with an army of a

million men in the field, with a powerful navy, including a roportion of iron-plated ships. and with our seacoast and

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ontier defences upon a war footing, we sha!l haye the power | occupied the chief part of the a!ternoon session.

can be given to var surplus population ?”’ A: McNett, Secretary pro. tem. Charlottetown Reading Room, 4th January, 1862.

Lrver.— Wednesday last being New Year’s Day, His Ex- cellency Grorcs Dunpas, Esqr., held a Levee at Government }House, which was numerously and very respectably at- tended. Quite a number of efficers of the different Volunteer Companies were preset't, in full dress.

Masonic.—The annual general meeting of the Masonic

‘Hall Company, was held on Friday, the 27th ult, being St.

‘John’s Day, in the buildings of Mr. Connell, adjoining the

‘Masonic Hall, and after the usual business being transacted,

' the following were elected office-bearers for the ensuing year,

| viz —

| President—Hon. Charles Young, L. L. D.,

Secretary and Treasurer—J. W. Morrison.

Directors — Hon. C. Young, Messrs. A. Murray, 8. Barnard, J. W. Morrison, Charles Bell, Jas. Connell and John Ross.

P. E. Istanp Paressyrery.—On Christmas Day the Pres- ‘bytery of P. E. Island met at Queen Square Church,—Revds. essrs. Allan, Crawford, Sutherland, Laird, and Morrison ; Messrs. Laird, Hunter, Auld, Clark, and McLean, Elders, | present. ‘The question of supplies to vacant congregations

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the field before the age of thirty-five.

Taz Jxatovs Doa.—The following tough story is re- lated by Judge Haliburton, in his recent work entitled « Nature and Human Nature :” od

Last summer my duties sent me to George's Island. I take it for granted you knoow it. It is a small island situa- ted in the centre of the harbour of Halifax, has a powerful battery on it, and barracks for the accommodation of troops.

There was a company of my regiment stationed there at the time. I took this Newfoundland and a small terrier called Titt in the boat with me. The latter was a very active little fellow that the General had given mea few weeks before. He was such an amusing creature that he soon be- came a universal favourite, and was suffered to come into the house, a privilege that was never granted to the other gentleman, who paid no regard to the appearance of his coat, which was often wet and dirty, and he was therefore ex- cluded.

The consequence was, Thunder was jealous, and would not associate with him, and if he ever took any liberty, he turned upon him, and punished him severely, This, however, he did not do in my presence, as if he knew I would not suffer it; and therefore, when they both accompanied me in my

j | | | | John Gosnel! and Co’s Cherry Tooth Paste.

HESE DENTAL SOAPS, which are offered as substitates for all the Powders and Washes heretofore used, are | prepared expressly for the TEETH, of

| The purest Materials of which Soap can be Made. They are tasteless, save an agreeable aromatic flavour, im- ‘parted to them by the Antiseptic and Astrmgent properties | with whieh they are combined. ;

They effectually rid the mouth of the feetid matter and tar- ‘tar, which render the breath so impure and disagreeable. ' They give tone and strength to the gums, and a clear pearly | whiteness to the Teeth, preventing the premature decay of