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THE POPE. ROME, Aug. 8. The Pope is still in Rome, though every one calculated that long ere this he would have gone to Castle Gondoifo. It ap- pears, Lowever, that the, approaching Consistory for the creation of seven new ‘Wardinals, whose names are already be- fore you, and the discussion of adminis- trative reforms, occupy all his time, and that his usual summer visit to the shades of Albano is to be ‘postponed til autumn. The poor Pope is now sadly perplexed in mind in consequence of the conviction of 8ix murderers, to whose sentence of de- capitation, if jastice on earth should have its course, he is to affix his name, as he revolts from the signature of a death war- rant and entreats that these miscreants should be sent to the galleys for the rest of their lives. The Government and judges are not inclined to give way; and Pio Nono, whose tenderness of heart is proverbial, is in despair, the evidence in all the cases being of the clearest nature, and not the slightest excuse appearing on the record for the hand of justice being atayed. No execution has taken place hete since the accession of the supreme Pontiff—nor for two years before; so you may well conceive how painful! the sensa- tions of thé Sovereignare. ‘Ihe sentence of the first crimina! ought to be falfilled on Suaday next; but if it be commuted, as they say it yill be, to the galleys for life, it is probable that the guillotine wi!] not be resorted to forthe others. The man on whom the first lot has fallen, mur . dered in open day, and in the most feso- cious manner (having previously announ- ced his intention of so doing), the father of his wife, and there are no political motives connected with his case ; but the other miscreants were all foremost in the revolution, and the crime for which they are condeinned was _ perpetrated only two or three daya before the French entered the Capita!. General Oudinot should have taken the matter in hand and shot these iascals on the spot,us all Rome bore witness asainst them, but the Gene- ta}, in that, as well asin many other in- Biances, displayed an ii-timed lenity, and thus left to the slow tribunals ofthe Pa- |Government a legacy of crime which 2 shou'd heve trecied in a more summea- Ty manner.

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Newfoundland to, carry out the. honest purpose of making its import duties effi- cient as a source of revenue.

UNITED STATES.

THE END OF JOHN WHITE WEB- STER.

vard College John White Webster, was executed in the yard of the common jail, in Boston, at twenty minutes before ten, on Friday morning the thirtieth of Au- gust. He had committed an awful crime —the murder of Dr. George Parkman,, his early benefactor and friend, whose confidence he had abused by deceit and wrong. We have no desire to repeat the painful history.. The heart sickens, while the mind reverts to the details of it. The condemned man received every justice at the hands of the Press and of the public. Society, naturally jealous of the strength of public prejudice, sifted the evidence upon which he was convicted, with a se- verity and acuteness, not often exhidsited in cases of a similar character. Unwill- ing to believe that so monstrous a crime had been perpetrated, by the man. who was accused of it, every informality and error of the inquest held over the body of Dr. Parkman, and every tendency to un- fair evidence uppn the trial, was consci- entiously deliberaied upon and exposed, that John White Wesbter might enjoy the benefit of any doubt, and be hiable purely and only to the law.

The majesty of that great guide and conservator of public and private morals has been vindicated. The outrage was proved—thic vindication of the law follow- ed—the penalty infticted. John White Webster has ignominiously perished.— Grief will swell many a heart at the sor- rows of his amiable family; and while the cup of their bitterness overflows, it would be a charity to be silent on so painful a theme. May they live still respected and honoured, notwithstandiag the crimnially of the deceased. Theirs is sorrow that never can be described, and society can only console them by forgetting the sad history, which for so many menths has torn their hearts. Obliged, as a public journalist, to make a record of the death of the cfiender, we would willingly, were we ableto draw a veil over the melan- choly and heart rendering picture. May it soon be effaced, and the moral of it only sink iato the hearts of men.

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The late professor of ehemistry of Har-)ihe bereaved family: For some days,

in death was serene, and even pleasant in/ its expression, exhibiting no discoloration! or sign of distortion, The general, beaming smile with which be. was wont to encounter a friend, seemed to have just passed over It, and left its trace. Soon after the body was cut cown, Dr. Putman repaired to Cambridge to com- muniecate intelligeace Of the executien to

through the vague~communicetion of 2 friend, they had been anticipating that each interview with the prisoner would be the last: although they left the cell and jail on Thursday, not supposing that the execrtion would take place the next day. As they entered their carriayre, however, they noticed a bustle about the jail, and the assembling of a crowd, from which they drew dreadful auguries of the imminence of the fatal event,and when the visit of Dr. Putman was announced on Saturday morning, they at once knew that al] was over.—New York Herald. —_ +o

The New York Evening Mirrer nest that the daughter of the President Fill- more “is an accomplished young lady, about eighteen years of age, and now engaged, we believe, in the honourable employment as teacher of a public schoo! in Buffalo.”

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NOVA SCOTIA.

Eight persons belonging to one family met their death last week near Petite.— They were crossing the Basin of Minas in a boat, and when at no great distance from the shore the boat, which was lea'y, filled and sunk with her ill-fated passet- gers.— Guardian.

We are given to understand that Ilis Loréship the Bishop of Nova Scotia, will proceed to England, in the Royal Mail Steamship Asia, which will arrive here, on her homeward bound voyage, im about three weeks.— Church Times.

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BACKING OUT.

Mr. Maclean most indignantly denies, in the last Istander, that he acknowledged the fact of Sir Donalc Campbell causing the stoppage of the Inland Mails, for the purpuse of punishing those country con- stituencies who returned liberal members

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Mercancwo.y Acciwent.--We are sorry to Lear that avery serious sccident occurred at St. Kleanor’s, on ‘Phursday evening last, toa very fine young lady, the eldest daughter of Thomas Hunt Esq., High Sheriff of Prince County, It Sppears she was in the act of filling o Lamp with burning fluid with the light in one hand, and the gas catching blew the bottom out of the. tin can,.in which it was contained, Spilling its con- tents all over her dress, and igniting is instantly in a blaze. We are gorry to learn that Miss Hunt died on ‘Faiday fast from the injury she sustained,

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Coronar’s Inquest.—An Inquest was held op Monday last, before D, Hodgeon, Usq:, Coroner, on the body of a person unknown, svpposed to be a man belonging to a vessel from Bay de Vert who felf from the Queen’s Wharf, a few days since, and was drowned.

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DIED.

At South Shere, Lot 65, on Friday Jast, in the 85th year of his age, Mr.Hugh M Donald.aa old respectable farmer of Elliot River, a native of Argyleshice, Isle of Mall, Scotland,

On the 7th imstant, Emma Marg, infant

daughter of Mr, J.T. Thomas, aged 9 months and 22 days,

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PASSENGERS. In the Steamer on Sunday, Mr. Heartly, and 3 in the steerage.

SHIPNE WS. Arrivals in Europe from hence.

Deal, Aug. 18—Joseph. Liverpool, 23— Marv. de. Margaret.

SaiLep, Aug. 16, from Pi!i—Bacehus. Li- verpool, 22-—-Hornet. Bideford, Aug. 6—Civi- lity.

Leaving, at Liverpoo), Aug. 24—Mary Ann. London, do Prince Edward.

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NOTICE To the Tenants on those portions of Townships Nos. 65 and 48, and Char-

lottetown Royalty, ihe property of Cap- tain and Mrs. Cumberland. ‘j\HEE Subscriber having been duly ap- pointed the Attorney of Captain and Mrs. Cumberland, hereby gives Notice to the

‘Tenants on the above Estates, that their Rents must in future be paid to him.

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mation'Whici appesred in our last, places the. province of Nova Scotia, New Bruns- wick and Priace Edward Island ou terms of recipru-ity in free trade with Canada.

THE LAST MINUTES, Twenty-one Minutes ta Ten o’elock.— Professor Webster was requested to take a seatonachair, so that his legs might be confined. The Deputy Sheriff then

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‘Those ‘lenants who have not paid their last

than likely that his Excellency was of-|year’s Reat, are further notified, that unless the same be paid on or before the 25th day of

fended by 60 candid a ccn/ession of the November next, legal proceedings will be ia- truth, and has called the editor of the /Sttuted against all—wirnouT any ExcKP-

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The onir one of the North American colonies which remains out of the com- pact ia Newfoundland, a colony which is gaid to have a much larger .cousmption for Breadstufis and provisions, end to offer a much wider ficid for the surplus prrsucte of Canada thaa any of the other

awer Provinces.—The reason why the legislature of Newfougdland has not taken sdvantage of our Reciprocity Act, by the passing of a similar measure, is stated to be, because of the position of its financial affairs, which will not admit of the flour and other producis of Canada coming in

strapped them.

Twenty Minutes to Ten o’clock.—Pro- fessor W ebster’s legs having been fasten- ed, the Sheriff took leave of the unfortu-

jhate man. Prof. Webster convulsively

shook the Sheriff’s hand, and retained it in his for a few seconds but did not speak,

Eighteen Minutes to Ten o’clock.—The rope is placed around Professor Webster's neck, and the black cap puton. An in- tense feeling is manifested by the spec- tators.

Seventeen Minutes to Ten o'clock. —The

duty free; and it is added by way of far- ther explanation, that the daties levied throughout the island on the diferent ar- ticles of import are calculated, os nearly us possible with the view of making them a uniform rate.of five per cen! 1) valorem on the declared valae, mere!y for the parpose of revenue. The fis sud oi! of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are now admitted into Canada duty free, but the same articles coming from Newfoundiane must pay a duty of 124 per ecur. ‘Yo ob- viate this difficulty, however, reference is made to an Act which passed our Jevwisla- ture Jast session, empowering the G>ver- ner in Councii to reduce the duty on those articles which are now subject to a specific charge of 124 per ceut. to24; and we ear estly Jom inthe hope that our goverament will att promptly in the mat- ter, by giving oursister colony the ful! advantage of this provision; anc although it may not place her. in such fayourale position es that of Nova Scotia ond New Bams wick, verit # WH have the pence

and evidently suffered no pain. only ewidence of the death struggle,'

convulsive m which were partially drawn up for an in- stant.

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Sheriff addressing the people assembled, speaks as follows, holding in his hand the warrant of execution :—

Massachusetts, and of the good people thereof. I now proceed to execute the orders contained in this death warrant.” WHE EXECUTION, The Sheriff theca turned round, faced the prisoner, took asingle step, placed his foot on aspring—the part of the plat- jvrm on which Professor Webster stood fell, and the unfortunate man was hang- ing by the neck, The fall was about eight feet, and to appearauces his neck was dislocated. He struggied but little, The which he manifested, was a slight movement of the legs,

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Islander to account for daring to publish it. Duncan is, however, in a fix, and he cannot get out of it. Hite disclaimer is not worth a fraction when >ut beside the passage which we interpreted to be an acknowledgement that the Governor was actuated by a desire to penica the coun- try people in causing a suspension of the jnland mail communication. We here insert the passage referred to:— “True, the Governor might have as- sumed the responsibility of ordering the Inland Mails in the meantime to be for- warded as usual; but when we reflect that, with the single exception of Char-

lottetown, every district and tuwn in the Coleny hag returned one or more mem-

Wo. LH. POPE, Charlottetown, Sept. 11 1850.

EZASTERN MAIL.

(HE Mail Carrier for Rast Point, will seave Mr. Peter Macgowan’s Shop, every Tuesday evening, at 6 o’cloek. Letters, papers, oud parcels for this toute will be duly received, forwarded,

and delivered, NEIL MINNIS,

Sept. 4, 1850.

Southern Mails,

N R.S. LANE, the Mail Courier for

the southern division of the Island. (Georgetown, &c.} will leave the store of T. B. Tremain, Esq., precisedy at nime e’clock, every Fripay morning, until fur-

bers to vote against any provision for in- land Mails, we think he has acted rightly | to leave the matter between them and their constituents, the more especially as the Post Office. in Charlottetown is the only one known to, or recognised by, the Genera! Post Office.”—Jslander, Aug, 23,

Now read the disclaimer :— “ We have neither said or imagined that the Inland Mails were stopped by

the Government ‘ te punish the people.’ ” —Islander, Sept. 6,

Clever as he is at fabricating a false- hood, he may tax his ingenuity to the

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ther notice. Parcels of all descriptions

‘for this route, if left at Mr. Tremain’s

store, previous tothe above mentioned hour, will be safely delivered. September 7,

Old Clothes Renovated,

BEAVERS, SILK AND PARIS HATS RE-STIFFENED & CLEANED | |

HE subscriber gratefully acknowledges the very liberal support received froar

public generally, that he has established

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All orders left at Mrs. Seldon’s, Upper *aeen Street, or with thé sdbestber will be promptiy and satisfactorilyiexerutil *

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