News by the English llaill

One of the most destructive ﬁres which has occurred in Sheffield for many years took plaice on VVednesday morning, at Portobello Works, which belong to Lay- cock and Sons, and are occupied by them

HASZARD’S GAZI3'I‘TE,, DECEMBER 3|. '

people. There is not much chance ofa war between Prussia and Swtzerland. The Prussian monarch would pause before he takes such a step, and if he seriously entertained it, the present state of the' Continent would force upon his Royal,’ brothers of Europe, in the interest of abso-: lutisrn, the necessity of restraiiaing him.

COMMERCIAL To run Pu-aoxs or IIisuan’s Gas-rrs.

Tl" director“ °f ‘he Bnk or Englmd I-‘our ears since-i—n-order to relieve in M" been °""l"'d ‘his w°°k lo "due. aw father-,rl’.‘ D. Ilaszard, Esq., whose oonstitutioiyi

rate of discount from 7 per ceiit., at which it has stood from the 13th ult., to 6§ per cent. This reduction applies alike to dis- counts and to loans upon securities. (It

was suffering from the increasing burden and severe toil of the neriil printing busi- ness conducted by liiru or thirty years previ- ously, I took a on myself the managcnient

principally in the inanufrictiire of liair-seat- “ll! “hd Olhel‘ hhh"°h’lh h‘h"h35~ Th0 \Ve hear through Paris of nu insurrec-

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building on the south and east side was completely gutted, the front range of the building, which contains the othces and warehouses, being almost the only por'tion oftlie large works which was saved. I‘he .value of‘ the weaviiig looms and other machinery and the manufactured and other

tion having broken out in Sicily. Bentivengri. whs said to be at the head (I ii body of insurgents marching upon Palcr-, mo. Troops lirid been sent to oppose him, ; but there had been no lighting.

all was quiet.

l Through Paris we also learn that it wlasl

At Naples R

‘ll!!! also been decided to make advances fat the same rate, until the payment ot the dividends,on bills having six inontlis to run. The previous limit was three months. The discount houses have reduced their rate for money at call to 55 per cent.

In the Grain markets of the United 'ingdom a firm feeling has manifested itself, and in many of the interior towns

of this paper an the miscellaneous business of the oliice. I was in hopes, y the im- portation ol' the most approved machinery, to

e enabled to ox«-ciito work with proﬁt and advantage to inysi-li' and beneﬁt to the commu- nity; and had a liberal government placed are on an equal footing with those I had to com- pete with, I might have succeeded. While printed books and foreign newspapers are im- portcdfree ol duly, paper and printing nratcrinlii are subject to an iiupost duty of ﬁve per cent.

’ doctor ﬁnds that the average amount ol

materials destroyed tire very gwﬁl. lh° total loss not being less than from £6,000 to £7000. The proprietors were, how- ever, insured to a large extent in tho Slief- ﬁeld I-‘ire-otlino. Messrs. Laycock eni- ployed nearly 300 persons, cliielly women and girls, \..iom the fire will tliroiv out ol work for some time to come. The origin of the fire is at present quite a mystery.

asserted in Constaritinople, that I-Ierzit had fallen without a struggle, but the statement was not credited. It is quite clear, that the Sliali’s obstinucy is the result of Russian ,lllll'lgllC, and the probability of that power and England coming into collision in Cen- tral Asia is witliiii the cycle of events. ‘But the expedition to the Persian Golf is

A Rmhilh C‘1lh°h° °°"‘°‘°"Y is “hm” l° , pet-s represents it as the most insane project be established in the vicinity of London. revel. u,,de,.,,,ke,,_ The arrangeirients will comprise a catlic-l drril, a convent, and on hospital. Tl"? lECf)NI_> Coxcynass or riiiiis. The Coiislitiilu-imel, in an article on the appi-oachiug Coiifcrences, allirnis, that a pltzlltlllllilly accord has not been establislied betweeii the Powers, but asserts on the There M0 llI|'(‘-0 Principal dlphthhlllc contrary, that each one maintains its partic- posts at present Vlﬂiillll-'ll1l|l Of Mhllﬁlel‘ ular views ofthc existing diﬁicullies. This ,to Hanover, S-'|li|l‘)’ £3,000} ‘hm 0‘. Mh" statciiient is entirely opposed to the lan- iﬁlﬂl‘ 10 Vvﬂﬁhhlghm. Sahll‘ £4,500; ﬁnd gauge of. the Post and ﬁlobe, and to public 3h“ 0f Mhll5l°1"~° ‘he T.W° Slclhes. -54:‘ rumours in London, as every circuinstaiice 000. encouraged the belief that England had consented to the renewal of diplomatic negociutioiis only on the tacit coiidit her views of the question being adopted- tliat France and Eiigluiid, Austria and the Porto were uiice more firmly united on Easter-ii policy.

Thirty emigrant ships left Liverpool dur- ing tlio past month, with about 9,000 erni-. grants bound for all ports

M. Rothschild has entered into ii con- tract with the Biinlt of France to supply it with ll,‘200,000f. iii specie, in monthly pay- ments, in the c.iui-so of next year.

Whatever may he the issue of events, the Portsinontli dockynrd is preparing for the coming spring. Hundreds of convicts are daily employed storing up hundreds of thousands of tons of \'Velsh and other coal.

The Globe says:—Tlic statciiient of the Corulilutioiiml as to there being no prelim- inary accord between all the great Powers 's not, of course, untrue, as the bad faith of Itussia admits of no doubt as to her differ-eiice of opinion with the Westcrii rowers; our the inference drown these reinrirks by some vi" 001‘ P*“"9 °°“'

At a late meeting oftlic French Acade- my of Science, at Paris, Dr. DONNI pre- gentcd and explained as new iusuuiuuu or‘ his invention, for the purpose of measuring ‘,5 ..'... required for respiration |_emp0I'al'lES, to the effect that Engliin ,

°‘“E'» ‘hick he x,lo-u--i-‘- - x-inner Austria are not substantial y " P“e“'“‘“°'“°‘°"» Md “'h'°h h° ""1h°5 agreed as to the execution of the treaty, is "59’ °f l° “°°"‘““ "‘° °°“dl'i°“ °f ‘he certainly giving too otiiciulu. character to lungs. and the d95""° °r h'.l‘"'Y '°'“5°d 30 tiic state-iiieiits of a paper so often repudia- ‘hem h‘ P“h“°““")' ‘h9°"°3- ted by the French ministry.

By an extended s"'°"‘ °f "l’°"'"‘°'"3 In the article of the Coiistilutiormel al- made °" “ h"“'° n'""b°r °f ‘uh-lea" lh" ready quoted it is said there is no intention

air rcspired by persons of ordinary form and good health, from the ages of 15 to 35 years, from l'..2 to I53 iiiches——the amount being largely exceeded or diminished in exceptional cases, among which may .be mentioned a person of extraordinary sta- ture, exhibited in London as a “giant,” who rcspired 428 cubic inches, or more than one-and-a-half imperial gallons of air per minute.

Mr. Disraeli, it seems, is in Paris, and of course will see the Emperor. Lord Derby's Chancellor of the Exchequer must be welcomed to the Tuilleries. Count dc Persigny was recently at Knowslcy, and the question is, have these visi.s a political signiﬁcance? In all probability they bode no good to Lord Palmerston, especially when taken in connexion with the new olicy which it is alleged the Conservative chiefs will pursue in the coming session of Parliament. But if the newspaper organ which has the credit ofreﬁecting the views of Mr. Disraeli really does so, the ex-chan- cellor’s sentiments respectin Bolgrad and, the Isle of Serpents are decidedly Russian, y and as opposed to the Palmerston policy as| light is to darkness. On the subject of another Paris conference opinion is divided, ‘l h“ P"°d“°°d “ h“B° ‘lhmihy °f ‘Who but the chances are in {nw.ni- or in; bleing greatly prized for its superior ﬂavour. The hgld, the secondary plenipoiengiujes of tree grows in a large pine grove at Auck- which it will be composed, being, accord- h"'d Chslle 8‘“'d°h5: hhd “l“'“Y3 h‘ ‘h’ ing to the treaty of Paris, empowered go summer season attracts a large number of Iettle matters of detail. admirers- The speech of the King of Prussia on . (be opening of the Diet avowed his incon- Great Britain, France aadPrussia have testable right'to‘the Principality of Neuf. deﬁnitely settled the tcrmsiof a Treaty chatel, and it_ contains a passage which with Denmark for the total occasion ofthe nnndsnvery ‘like a threat to enforce his Sound D0003 Ind that the tflaty will em- ﬁgm, in which effort be calculates upon brace the question of the Transit Duties ‘hg ﬁdelity and co-operation of the Prussian . between Hamburgh and Kiel.

the Treaty. \Vliat the Coriferciice will

fix the meaning ofcertiiiu points upon which doubts exist.

as agents in charge of mails, will probably be required.

yesterday rejected in the Arches Court.

Majesty the Emperor of Japan, by Messrs,

lfor sea.

sion, at Auckland Castle, of one of the largest ﬁg-trees in the kingdom; so that the bishop may literally sit under the sha- dow of his own ﬁg-tree. For many years

ln-.-t over-popular in India. One of the pa-.

ion of 3‘ may poss

til-urn,

of doing the work of the Congress over a come; ’_I [3 is a visible nmhin again, nor of changing the text or terms of

have to do will simply be to iiiterpitt and substitute for potatoes has been introduce

In all probability, the Conference will be of very short dui-iitioii.

Under the contract with the European and Australian Mail Coinpaiiy, ilie services of seven lieutenants of the Royal Navy,

The appeal of Archdeacon Denison was

Srent Yscnr roa THE EMPEROR or JAPAN.—-Th8 steam-yacht built-v for his

lioinson, of Blackwell, and launched at their building yard on Saturday, has arri- ved at Woolwich, and was admitted into lthe titting basin to be rigged and completed

Bislibp Longley has come into posses-

aii rulviiiiee of Is to 2s per quarter upon English \Vlient, piirtly, however, owing to inipioved condition and a better demand for foreign at prices not previously obtaina- ble. The weather has been extremely

Many hundred pounds worth of printed books might have been imported by riio free of airy cliarges, save those of importation; but when I was desirous of importing materials necessary for iroducing books at a cheaper lsm.c,.e f,,, me early period of win“),-. 3;,-ong rate than those imported, and which would em- frost still prevailing with some snow, but a ‘ Pl°.‘' “ '“""h“' 0f h“"d5 h‘ "9 lhd “"4 °!0lh€d tlitiw ll'ls set in u on a iar-tinl change ol'i°i‘ ll” ["l‘““l' hw“ "‘°.t I’-V “ dmy wl"°l' by i . " P l .. J iving tho foreigner this advantage over me ""'"d- 1'‘ °“'' °“’“ "““'k°‘ “ hm" “'“°‘“"' °l effectually put it out of my power to enter into business passing; \Vheiit has advanced . . . . . _ labom ad ‘er -0|bs Flam is held fur mu ricom_potitio_n with him which vioiild all'ord a ; . ' l ‘ ‘ . . _ 1 sufficient retuuneration. I have done work for ",P,“°°9~_‘h“‘ ‘he demhhd '5 "°‘ “°‘'‘‘’ "' books.-llerrl in No°va Seotia New Brunswick and tdian porn closes about the rates Of hlsl oven New York, and might have had more, but ,week, with it niodcratc inquiry. Oats and having to ny u. duty upon the pflntlngmnte. Eonunenl gnaintain previous rn[cs_ l’l&l8, I0. W Ilull thelppinters in “I080 [).ll-I008 ll|'0 | -———-—————+— '“l’J°°‘;’ Ib‘i'."”d °m“"'°ld r"°.“'l “ﬂ““";]°°"‘l‘°;. ., iron an o IV‘ reeninisi e o e o

l THE L“? 0"‘ “'3 ” GREAT “TE” '5'“-” obtaining rumuri;ratii'o W0l‘l{‘f|'0lll thosep aces. l—'I‘lic old favourite steainers Great \’\'est- Disappointed in my View, of conducting the em and the Severn, being unﬁt for further_printing business on iin extended scale and .mni| service’ have liccn disposed of to n finding tlitlt it took up much time tlltlt could be yship_b,.enke,. pm. $57’500_ The .s B,.is.,,|_ niorc proﬁtably i-mp oyed, I came to the con- ‘bumn “vcstcrm (me of the ﬁrs, su,mm,l.5 e union to tririisfer the estnlilishment to _other im Cross me Aunmic as Om] H Sm lirii ds. I have therefore to infoini my friends, . I ,, . t_'_ d g‘ f I _kp that after the ﬁrst of .Iiinuiiry.tlie paper will “mp” “_5 °‘°'_' Wm‘ *'”_‘° "“ ° ‘N 2 he conducted by Messrs. l._&b.Ilurris,who,I _ lhll’ 5”” h_‘‘'~‘P *1 huh’ hmgel‘ "ﬂ"“l. do not in the least doubt, will give satisfaction ‘but, from the ominous designation of the

to the subscribers, and do their utmost to jpany ii, whom she is sold, we fear she has iiialre it acceptable as it faiiiiily newspaper. i“ walked the waters" for the last time.

In takirigiiiy leave for the prescnt,—wliet.her for ti. longer or shorter period, tiiue and circum~ stances can alone determine I should he want- ing in duty to myself, were I not to express my grateful thanks for the patronage hitherto so liberally conferred on this periodical, and to venture to hope, that it will still accompany it under its new directors. v

Your obed‘t. Servant, GI-IOR(ll-I '1‘. HASZARD.

I C0.\'snLATORY Doc riti.vE AS TO COMITS. -,—M. Biibinct, of the French Institute, in ltlic course of some reinarks which he has }published concerning the comet which is fcxpectcd by nstronoiners in 1858, says:— i“ \Vith regard to one of the questions to }which this comet has given rise, miist

roiesr against me idea, inst a comet poss- esses the power of imparting a perceptinl mechanical shock- I can prove unit In collision ofa swallow, intent on suicide, and ﬂying with full force against a train of a hundred carriages drawn by ten steam- engines, would he a thousand times more dangerous for the train in question, than would be the simultaneous shock of all the iknown comets against the earth. \Vhat is

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Sunsrirure I-‘OR Po'r.i'roEs.—-A

The following came to late for insertion in our

g issue but We willingly give it a place, coming as it does from a gcntleinan whose exertion: in the cause of religious cducaiioii do him honour. We vi-oul say more, were we not con. vinced that it would be unacceptable to one who is actuated by a higher motive than the praise of man.

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“We witnessed during the last week the exam- inations ofihe Sunday and Infant schools in connection with St. l’aul’s (Episcopal) Church of this City. In the Sabbath School there were ‘over ‘.200 children. and their proﬁciency in Scrip- gtural-knowledge, gave pleasing evidence of ‘h, uselul and laborious teaching of their minister.

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in France, the Cliterophylliim bulhosiim, yielding an abundance ol tubers, of fr-om'.nd w,“,he"_

M" “" °“"°‘’ ‘° '3" °““°°_ “Ch. "0",Yl 'l‘he Infant School examination took placg on Wh°leS°m°. Ulld with a delicate vanilla’Mond:iy, this popular institution has now been flavour, containing twenty-one per cent. of in Oprratioii l3yc-airs; ‘luring which time 500 starch. The Clunroplyylliym suiivum is chi_|d_ren have bniieﬁted by its moral and religious also said to be an excellent salad.—-.Medi'cal. '"""‘~'.‘ I‘ °"“‘""'."°° “"".l' ‘he 559'“ ‘lhfh Of Tim“ and Ga_._e“e_ , our national Church, instruction has been afforded

\ lt0'llld withoutfdisltnlctioiidof sect and wpigoni |hg IIII ro llcllml o pecu till’ enominaiiona . H A 3 Z A R. D's G A Z E T T B. we ‘tire (‘)llI\'hVO0II'l’ly It; sdd,htihat lwhpt is :‘l;I:::g ——4?—*—— 'pe4'u la!’ in I is s ant to I I so too and ; few kindred imtiiuiions is the large share th is. ‘ turzlrll ii-aching has in th: all%3meptl3rfinsi:u¢g;:.:!)-

TH . pix J‘, H M - -, ivreyercinoie I gin. cit ren present .3

. E‘ JV; S “L lninved on Monday theexciminzitinii and their rippearance was charac. night. e have gisen the principal tcrized by cleanliness, Intelligence and 'good items of news in our columns. ‘humour. The examination was conducied m ,

ylively: interesting manner and elicited the warm .approb‘ation of its numerous friends. And the

ReV.r(/."l.loyd thlie _Recior, usll expressed mu- own «-9 mgs. w on III in nest speech I || .1 .1

Lo llIt|’ ilelit ofgratiiiiiduddup .tpIrh: rel, bH|T|T)[;‘.p“; ft.-

er ong-continue an an n :i ors for the

welfare of this commuiii .

The children inst thslirlieschers in the evening and were regaled with a bountiful supply of in cakes and the wonders of our worthy friend Mr.

ubba_rd’s magic lantern. The following day tlhpitgiildren of:ihe school hadrtheir annual feast

n is noise so merriment o the 214 cliildred "V" l""P9'lY interspersed by the singing of

iymns, and a few words of good advice from their ind and respected ministers.

Wednesday. I

In a few hours. the year 1856 will have become matter of history. hereafter to be cited as the year of the peace between England and her allies and Russia ; we would say “ (1110 Por- petua” but we fear that would he a vain wish. It will be noted as the ear in which the ﬁrst eﬁort was made to estab ish an electric telegra-

hic‘coi'ninunication between the continents of amps and America, and which has roved successful to far as uniting the Island 0 New- foundland with tlic last mentioned continent. In the Island, it will be memorable on ae- count of the establishment of the first Bank. an institution which was loudly called for and which. we doubt not, will prove highly‘ beneﬁcial in developin the agricultural and 00l|nlll0fclﬂl interests of the people d, I gives us sincere leasure to record h ' ’ ‘ ‘ - bow m--ma mm s. at-.'.'.“:.’:i ...‘1t::.°.‘:3;':':'.:.:.'.' .*..:.;'::t.i';:;.':;;: '.'t':.'.-''.' ' - 1 9 once of _rogress and improvement an_ we wire of Ambrose T. Peaks, leaving a nmngmug ﬂrinl be ieve that there are few countries of fsmily to mourn her loss—' ii whio the inhabitants have more reason to be age. The deceased ws in t '6 sift“! “ h" thankful mum Giver ofall good, than those of Devonshire, England - 'uid"'.i'.li,:...i'°.';"ii.i;

Prince Edward Island. 1.1,“ ,3 1339.