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Singuran Trance.—At the village of Farripgdoy, situated about nine iniles from Brigtol, onthe toad to Wells, 2 young wouran, named Ann Cromer, the! daughter of a master mason, now lies in a complete state of catalepsey, in which trance-like condition, should she suryive til). next November, she. will have beép for no less than thirteemyears, Dunng the whole éxténded period she hag not partaken of any solid food, andthe vital principal has only been susiained by the mechanicel administration of fluids. Although, of course, reduced to a perfect skeleton, her countenance has avery ‘placid: expression. Her respiration is per-

ible, her hands warm, and she.has some indication of existent consciousness. Upon one occasion, when asked if suffering from pain Lo squeeze the hand of her mother, placed in hers for that. purpose, a slight pres- sure, the mother avers, was plainly distinguishable: and frequently, when suffering, from cramp, she has been heard to make slight moans. About 16 weeks after the commencement of her trance she was seized with lock-jaw, which occasions great difficulty in afford- ing her nourishment, . The unfortunate young woman is 25 years of age, and has been visited bya great nutnber of medical gentlemen, who, however, hold out no hopes of her recovery, ._

Nieut.—Night is beautiful itself; but still more beautiful in its association; it is not linked as day is, with our cares and our toils—the business and listless- ness of life. The sunshine brings with it action; we rise in the morning, and our task is before us—and night comes, and with it rest. If we leave sleep, and ask not of dreams forgetfulness, our waking is in soli- tude, and our employment is thought. Imagination has thrown her glories around the midnight; the orbs of heaven, the silence, the shadows, are steeped in poetry. Even in the heart of a crowded city, where the moon- ligt falls but upon the pavement and roof, the heat would be softened and the mind elevated amid the loveliness of Night’s deepest and stillest hours.

Hore.—lIope ia the most celestial feeling of the maind--the indication of practical] confidence in the goodness ofthe Creator. How beautifully have the mets sung of the charm which Hope infuses into the neart. Her steps are over enameled meads, and her hiue eyes are ever turned on the lucid arch of her own congenial heaven. If Hope be confined to earth, it sheds a roseate hue on every thought and thing; and if it soars to heavea whuie life is ebbing fast, it will whisper peace over the dying couch, and render the «ting of death paialess. The encouragement of Hope, then, is the. paramount duty of all who minister to the aick or dying.—Psycological Review.

A Srranee Strory.-—M. Descuret relates a curious story of a youny Sardinian, whose hair turned from ra- ven biack to snow white ina few minutes. He was, while suspended on a rope, attacked by eagles rhose nest he had robbed of the eaglets. In defending him- self with his knife he cut the rope half through, and al- though nearly dead. with terror, he was drawn up in safety. |

A Borris Consuner.—An Irish gentleman, sojourn- ing at a dashing hotel, felt t1uch annoyed at the s:mall- ness of the bottles, considering the high price of wine. One evening taking his glass with a friend in the cof- fee-room, the pompous owner came in, when the genile- man, after apologising, told him he and his friend had Jaid a wager, which he must decide, by telling him what profession he was bred to. Mine host after some hesi- tation at the question, answered that he was bred to the law.

“Then,” said the gentleman, “J have lost, for I laid that you were bred a packer.”

“A packer, sir!” said the host, swelling like a turkey- cock; “ what cou!d induce you, sir, to think I was bred a packer ?”

“Why, sir,” said the other, “I judged you so from your wine mecsures, for | thought no one but a skilfud packer could put a quart of wine into a pint bottle.”

Farse Reasoning Intustratep.—“ Sambo, whar you get dot watch you wear at meetin’ last Sundy ?”

* How do you know I hab a watch 2”

* Bekase | seed de chain hang out de pocket in front.”

“Go way, nigger! ’Spose you see halter round my peck, you tink dar is horse inside of me 2’

Awrut Disaster on Lake Krtn—f'wo Hunpnrep Javes Lost.—'lhe Toronto Globe, of the 18th June, jurmishes the foliowing melancholy intelligence receiv- ed from Buifilo on the night previous :—** A telegraphic despatch this morning says that the steamer Griffith on her way from Buifalo. te Toledo, when about 20 miles below Cleveland, at 5o’clock this norning, took fire, and burned to the waters edge. The mate, who awam ashore, reports only 30 saved, and those saved them- selves by swimming ashore. Capt. Roby, wife, and ahild are among*the lost. There were between 260 and 300 on board. The acconnts differ as to the luss of life. ‘Tiie last report gives the number lostat 260.

Tie Queen has been pleased to approve. of Mr Chire- Fox Bennet as Cons Ganeral in Newlusud tuad ter her Majesty the Queen of Voriugel.

BORReSPOWDEN.

THE BELFAST BLECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER.

Sir—Permit me, throagh the medium of your columns to tender my best thanks to the Electors of Townships Nos. 49 and 50, for the —. mous support which I received from them at the‘lat tion.” ‘It is quite | obvious to every observer, that the Etectors of the above Townships are men of decided Jiberal principles—the state of the poll at the close of the Election at Lot 50 being: Douse 12, McNeill 103; and. at Lot 49, _Douse

that in those townships where the people are not fright- ened of Rent Rolls, they ‘act independently. Whilst { would thus publicly express my thanke to the inde- pendent Electors of Lots 49 and 50, [ cannot omit ex- pressing my firm conviction, that the electors of the other ‘l’ownships in the same District are equally capa- ble of appreciating liberal principles, and would, with equal unanimity, support the introduction of Responei- ble Government, which fact is evident from their sign- ing an address to that effect last March, thanking their present Representative, Mr. Davies, for his independent advocacy of that system of Government—a proof that they would, if left to the free exercise of their own judgment, support the same measures at the late con- test. But when Mr. Douse and his coadjutors found that the people were for supporting me, they were seen, like a nest of hornets awake from their slumber, flying around in every direction, telling Lord Selkirk’s tenants. that ejection and ruin would be the result, if they dared to vote against the agent; in consequence of which many who left their homes on the election day, with the intention of exercising their elective franchise as British subjects, were so intimidated by these emissa- ries of his Lordship as to return without voting! If such proceedings can be tolerated, we cannot style ourselves freemen. Knowing that the only cireum- stance which prevented my return at the late election, and the only ground upon which Mr. Douse can boast of having a majority of 148 votes, (not 200, as reported by the Islander newspaper) is the fact, that the tenants on Lord Selkirk’s Estate were prevented from exercising their elective franchise,—I am indaced to thank the electors of the District generally for the kind feeling manifested towards ine, and for the general wish express- ed by them that [ should be returned,though many of them could not lend their aid. For such marks of confidence [ now offer the electors of the third District of Queen’s County generally my warmest acknowledgements, as- suring them that I shall ever retain a lively and grate- fal sense of the disinterested and handsome support ex- tended to me at the late election. [ am, Sir, yours respectfully, ARCHIBALD McNEILL. Mount Vernon, Lot 50, June 28, 1850.

THE BELFAST ELECTION. TO KDWARD WHELAN, ESQ, M.P.P., EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER.

Sir—Learning from the Letters of other: that it is customary in a first epistie to give a brief introductory sketch of the writer, suffice for this reason to say, lama bush-born ian, having received such an education as was comeatable some forty years ago, and I flatter my- self from having perused al] Royal Jemmey’s journals, along with other weekly papers, to be pretty wel) in- formed of our internal aifairs, and am now, in my own estination, almost a snatch for the great Duncan!

Sir, I havea lively recollection of most. of the politi- cal events that have happened for the last fifty years, and without referring to the corrupt system from: which they emanated, or to the work of particularising its inany abuses, which have, and still do exist, I shail hasten to the announcement of the inforination I wish to convey. But before doing so, allow me to offer through the columns of your most useful paper, my sincere thanks to the men of the majority in the two last Ses- sions of our Parliament, who have nobly stood by the country. In this offer, I am not alone,—the whole thinking community join, and J, in common with others, hail the near approach of that. constitutional form of Government offered to us by our beloved, Sovereign, believing its introduction will ultimately bring peace and content to our troubled shores. I read with aston- ishment the corrupt columns of the Islander, and won- der the proprietor of that paper should allow himself to. be culled into publishing facts misrepresented,—and, in too many instances, barefuced falsehoods, so, plain and intentional, that even the dullest mind can detect flat contradictions between the representations now made and those offered about eight years ago. Sir, Duncan Rugh:! is well kuown tothe hirelings of its mercenary supporters, and like his own, this adventure will end in pecuniary disappointment. The. past teaches a useful lesson of the }:ttle reliance to be placed on the stability of an undeliever,

I wish to conyey to the public the mind of this part of the country respecting the choice ofa candidate to represent us in General Assembly. Although Mr.

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of Responsible Government. ‘No! The re Douse’s return is, of nie igth in his giiap vo. Rent rail, and in the general failure of the crops for the last thnee years, leaving many ofthe tenantry in arrears, and not choosing to Cragg ahibeseelves to his tender mer. cies, many ayer at homme, and the more timid voted for the agent! This is well known from the apath displayed by the people in not coming forward. M. : polling about half the number hiained . fow &go,wh is, Mr, Editor, ra a qui etus t

expectations ~im.tDi8 quarter, M‘Neill, his opponent, is ~ young man of aie tions, but not very well known to the people, Had he been otherwise, and of the same politics, a ferent result—would have ensued ; and I truer the 4 independence in this district to put out any man, how- ever well supported by proprietory and officia) in- fluence, who may render himself obnoxious to their views, Beth]

Belfast, June 22, 1850,

ctfully, ODERICK Duv.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, ‘1850.

SgveRav weeks ago an editorial appeared in the Royal Gazetle, which commented,on a speech delivered by

(8 Mr. Coles in the House of Assembly; on introducing

certain Resolutions relative to the conduct of the Lieut. Governor. The comment was perfectly harmless—free from “rhyme or reason”-—wit, humour, or argument ¢ The Gazette which contained ‘it was thought to be one of the heaviest guns that had been fired for a month of Tuesdays; but the Gunner had either forgotten to im clude shot in the charge, or he had none at his cispoeal, ~-and a little noise, a little smoke, anda little smelt were the only consequences of its discharge. Mr. Coles answered the salute jn such a manner that our brother of the “ lion and the unicorn” has shewn no disposition to point his heavy metal for a second flare-up.

The editor of the Jslander, evidently ashamed snd mortified at the failure of his ally, has filled hie paper on Friday last with more than a column of rubbish op the same subject. Like the writer of the Gazette, be has been unable to refute a single statement made by Mr. Coles—like the writer of the Gazette he has affect- ed to sneer at, and make light of the charges preferred by Mr. Coles against the Lieutenant Governor, but he has shewn, by the feebleness of his reply, that those charges are wholly incontrovertible. We are not sur- prised to find Duncan Maclean a copyist of the Gazetle ~—when he wants the materials for en editorial he has no particular objection to descending to a meaner source, culling from the long-forgotten writings of the late notorious and despised Collard, .of whom he is the most fitting successor that could be found in the country.

The usua] amount of clap-trap about ofice-seeking, neglecting the interests of the country, &e is lugged into Donkey’s editorial. All this stuff has been answered so often that we may well be spared the trouble ofa reply. We may, however, observe, that if the mia- jority of the House of Assembly were ao bent upon ob taining office, as they are said to be, they might hare gratified their wishes: in that respect when the Goverm tent was offered to be sold to them for the trifling eum of six hundred pounds. But they were not found to de so pliable and selfish as the party in power, who will descend to any meanness before they will relinguisd their places,—and they would not act so foolishly as the New Brunswick liberals, taking office with the tories, and finding themselves ina little while the objects of public hatred and contempt.

As to the alleged neglect of the public interests, the country is well aware that Sir Donald Campbell, and he alone, is blameable for this, The late Belfast elee- tion 33 pertinent to this point: Mr. Douse commenced his canvass by abusing the majority of the Honse of Assembly, for not selling themselves, bodies and souls, to the Governor, borrowing in his abuse the rubbed with which Donkey fills the editorial columns of the le lander, And what was the result of his efforts in this respect? Why, for abusing the mcjority of the Hows of Assembly he got three or four hundred wotes leas than he did when there was no majority to abuse !

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