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; lori rithd Tr ' lweaken the old Seciety—their professed obj severe punishments for desertion, are inperat vely ne-jerings of the Redeemer, and withdrew. The mens reek n the old Society—their | -S5CQ Object te te

cessary, if troops are to be kept ia this country.

diers are meeting persons every day, of characters and |

Gp]-/ ceremony had occupied about three quarters of an hour; and, during that time, the courtiers who filled the outer room had communicated their suspicions to each other

. . } haw ot} ; enn fo sat give ita | etter constitution ana more money ; if it wy?!

not take the former, it shall not get the latter. That it

' ; ; . : : : seed of both, we are not prepare :

habits in no way superior to their own, wao have real-) yy whispers and significant glances. ‘The door was at stands in need of i h, et prepared to deny ; i : . . - 79@2 ‘ “oO 5) I~ ages:

teed more from — or four week’s labour in the mines! leneth thrown open, and the crowd filled the chamber of but why was no. reform, Woit be neces: iTy, proposed

a than is paid to them for five of the best years of their| death.

lives devoted to the service of their country.

ple of California sympathize with the soldiers, and de-

The peo-

It was now late in the evening. jmuch relieved by what had passed.

sertion with a majority of them is not looked upon as a/ Southampton, and Northumberland, sons of the Duch-

stigma upon the character of the offender. With daz-

zing pecuniary prospects before them, and all the fee!- S ‘

ings of their associates to support them, the morals of

tablishment is broken up by desertion.

among the troops will thea be indispensable to the pub- lic ipteresta.”

THE LAST SUNDAY OF CHARLES II.

MacauLar gives this vivid skefch of the scene at Whieliall, on the last Sunday on earth, of the Merry

Monarch :—

“$4is palace had seldom presented a gayer or a more scandalous appearance than on the evening of Sunday, tne first of February. 1685. Some grave persons who rad gone thither, after the fashion of that age to pay \ugir duty to their sovereign, and who had expected that, an such a day, his court would wear 2 decent aspect, were struck with astonishment and horror, The great gallery of Whitehall, an admirable relic of the magni- ncence of the T'udors, was crowded with revellers and gamblers. ‘The king sat there chatting and toying with turee women, whose charms were the boast, and whose vices were the disgrace, of three nations. Barbara Palmer, Duchess of Cleveland, was there, no longer young, but still retaining some traces of that superb and voluptuous loveliness which twenty years before over- came the hearts of allmen. ‘There too wasthe Duchess of Portsmouth, whose soft and infantine features were lighted up with the vivacity of France. Hortensia Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin, and niece of the great Cardinal, completed the group. She had been early removed from her native Italy to the court where her uncle was supreme. [iis power and her own attrac- tions had drawn a crowd of illustrious suitors round her. Charles himself, during bis exile, had sought her hand invain. No gift of nature or of fortune seemed to be wanting toher. Her face was beautiful with the rich beauty of the south, her understanding quick, her man- ners graceful, her rank exalted, her possessions im- mense; but her ungovernable passions had turned:al! these blessingsinto curses. She had found the misery of an ill assorted marriage intolerable,—had fled from her husband, fad abandoned her vast wealth, and, after having astonished Rome and Piedmont, by her adven- iures, had fixed her abode in England, Her house was

the resort of men of wit and pleasure, who, for the}

sake of her smiles and her table, endured her frequent tits of insolence and ill humor. Rochester and Godol- poia sometimes forgot the cares of state in her compa-

“4 ‘ . . : ; “HITE ¢ elo F ‘ > 7 rr ro | ov. Barillenand St. Eyremond found in her drawing- expired up to the close of the last term of the Supreme |

reor, cousolation of her long banishment from Paris.— "She learning of Vossius, the wit of Waller, were daily nnployed to flatter and amuse her. But her diseased wind required stronger stimulants, and sought them in galinntry, in basset, and in usqucbaugh, While Char- les flirted with his three gultanas, Hortensia’s French

paze, ahandsome boy, whose vocal performances were, wie delightof Whitehailand were rewarded by numerous!

presents of rich clothes, ponies & cuineas,warbled some amorous verses. A party of twenty courtiers was seated

at ecards round a large table, on which gold was heaped |tage of the ignorance of the country in this matter. If!

io mountains. Even then the king had complained that he did not feel quite well, supper: his restthat migit was broken; buton the fol- lawing inorning he rose, as usual, early.”

‘I'he introduction of the Roman Catholic priest by the

thus descrived :-~

“The duke’s orders were obeyed: and even the phy-'

sicians withdrew. The back door was then epened, and Father Huddleston entered. A cloak had been throws over Ins sacred veatments, and his shaven crown was concealed by a fowine wig. ‘Nir,’ said the duke. ‘this good nan ouce saved your life, He now comes to save your soul.” Charles faintly answered, ‘He is weicoine.’ Huddleston went through his part better than had been expected. He knelt bv the bed, listened to tie confession, pronounced the absolution, and ad min-

tread ex treme unction.

ut fle asked if the king wished t» receive _ he Lord’s supper.-~* Surely” said Charles, | Mf tan not upworthy.” The host was brought in.—}

Charlea feebly strove to rise and knee! before it. ‘The|9¥Y goed speeches were delivered—much anxiety was wiest bade ten hestall, and assured him that God would/evinced for the advancement of Agricultural Scienc

' a ‘Hae . Cf rhe Ori. a Worle s! ‘i a accept the humiliation of Uie sau, and would not require] this Island, and some

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the humiliation of the body. AOC SINS found so mach -* . . > hag way trys war *) > ~ ditsculty Im swarowrnye the Oread tint it was necessary to open the door ant to procure & frass of water, This|

rite ended, che mons held up a crucifix before the ae

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But if the mines of California are to be made a source of revenue to the government, measures Jike those above indicated be- come more and more important, as efficiency and fidelity

He had no appetite for his,

| Duchess of Portsmouth.

His naine was not once mentioned by his father.

by Halifax.

given. ‘She ask my pardon, poor woman! cried Char- les; ‘f ask hers with all my heart.’

The morning light begau to peep through the win- dows of Whitehall ; and Charles desired the attendants to pull aside the curtains, that he might have one more look atthe day. Hie remarked that it was time to wind up a clock which stood near his bed. These little cir- cunstances were long remembered, because they proved beyond dispute that, when he declared himself a Roman Catholic, be was in fuli possession of his faculties.— ile apologized to those who had stood around him all night for the trouble which he had caused. He had been, he said, a most uncanscionable time dying ; but he hoped that they would excuse it. This was the last glimpse of that exquisite urbanity, so often found potent to charm away the resentment ofa justly incensed na- tion. Soon after dawn the speech of the dying man railed. Before ten his senses. were gone. Great num- bers had repaired to the churches at the hour of morn- ing service. When the prayer of the king was read, loud groans and sobs showed how deeply his people felt forhim, At noonon Friday, the sixth of February, he passed away without a struggle.”

The king seemed Hfis natural chil- ‘dren were brought to his bedside, the dukes of Grafton

During the night Charles earnestly recommended the Duchess of Portsmouth and her boy to the care of Jaines; ‘And do not,’ he goodnaturedly added, ‘let poor | grants for the encouragement of Agricultural Societies, (Nelly starve” ‘T'he queen sent excuses for her absence| we are almost inclined to think that the condition #i}} She said that she was toomuch disorder- ed to resnine her post by the couch, and implored par- don for any offence which she might unwittingly have

within the pale of the old Society ; and if it were re- jected, then was the time to organize anew one? With reference to the money part of the business, it must be admitted, that some of the gentlemen who attended the

‘ess of Cleveland, the Duke of St. Alban’s, son of ‘Elea- meeting subscribed liberally, but, we regret toadd, they inor Gwynn, and the Duke of Richmond, son of the Charles blessed them all, but spoke with peculiar tenderness to Richmond. One face the troops will rapidly deteriorate, until the military es-| which should have been there was wanting.

thought proper to saddle their subscription with the con- dition, that the money would not be paid unless the Le-

The eldest| gislature granted annually a sum equal in amount to the’ and best beloved child was an exile and a wanderer.—|aggregate of their subscriptions.

Judging from the disposition heretofore evinced by many members of the House of Assembly, on the subject of making money

not be fulfilied; although, if the public revenre could, by any means afford it, it would be worth while for the Legislature to make the gentlemen subscribers “ keep their word of promise to the ear,” by granting the sum required, and thus deprive them of an opportunity for “breaking it to the hope.’ We certainly think, bow- ever, that the promoters of the new movement would have a far stronger claim to sincerity, if they subscribed and paid their money without waiting for the Legiala- ture to back their subcriptions, It is a hopeless way to procure the accomplishinent of a good object, to wait for others to assist you in it.

THE CHOLERA.

The following observations respecting the progress and course of the Cholera, are taken from a Jate Ne. of Blackwood’s Magazine :

‘Its visitation in England was remarkable for its mildness, for its limitation to peculiar districts, and for

its singularly capricious seizure of individuals. At Newcastle, while it fel] heavily on one-third of the town,

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CHARLOTTETOWN, JANUARY 29, 1849.

THE LAND ASSESSMENT.

Although the customary notice was given for the

December last, yet we believe that ail, or nearly al! the | Proprietors of extensive. estates have declined comply- ‘ing with it; because the Government had not the pow- \er to proclaim, at.the recent sitting of the Supreme Jourt, the lands in arrears—the Act allowing six months |to elapse, after it had received the Royal assent, before

iproclamation could be made, and that peried not having

;Court. The Proprietors cannot, in justice, be censured for taking advantage of this circumstance ; but we think

ithe Government are liable to censure for. not commu- (telling the sqaall frecholder and the poor tenant, that ii ‘their tax was not paid by the 19th December, their lands would be proclaimed. ‘

ithere is either sound policy or houesty in taking advan-

the Government could not have enforced payment of ithe tax within the specified time, they should not have demanded it within that tine. T'be tenant or the free-

fy 9 a. ot. ee ; ec ‘holder with his fifty acres of land, had ea much right to! Wake of York, and the last moments of the King, are}

i|keep the amount of the tax in his breeches pocket as ithe owner of fifty thousand acres; and because he hap-

:pened to be ignorant of the fact, that his land could not ihe proclaimed at the January Court, if the tax was not paid, the Government are not excusable in jeuding him ito believe it would.

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| THE NEW AGRICULTURAL MOVEMENT: | The Meeting of the 18:h instant, called together with

ithe view of projecting a new Agricultural Society, de-

inadeqaacy of its funds to carry out its viewa. ;

but just, however, to observe, that the projectors of the! mow movement disclauned any wish to supercede or

nicating the fact to the public at large—for, in short ; ake : ” , e F *iwhich might have seemed to defy the infections ot

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the other two districts comparatively escaped. In Lon- don the seizures were chiefly in the narrow parts of the city, and the suburbs stretching along the river side. The only characteristic of the disease yet distinetly ascertaimable is, that it exists with almost. unfailin

power in the vicinity of great rivers.—Beggary, ae ness, nakedness, and intoxication are all in danger of attack, But damp and discomfort in the neigbourhood

‘payment of the Land Tax to be made by the 19th of of great, rivers appear to render its ravages almost in

evitable.

‘From the North of Gersiany it divided into two branches, one taking its course to England,and one sweeping to the south—the central provinces of Ger- many suffered heavily, and Vienna lost a vast number ,Of its poorer population.—From Vienna, again, return— ling tothe North, and crossing the Rhine, it entered ‘France, passed through the provinces with comparitively ‘slight mortality, but fell upen Paris with redoubled ‘venom. The disease then seemed to pause. It sud- idenly started up in. America, transferred none knew jhow. After ravaging the United States, it crossed the | Lakes and the St. Lawrence, and spread terror through ‘Canada. From Canada it made its way through the forests, and destroyed a portion of the Indian population,

Europe in their unfathomable solitades. But ithe cholera was not to be escaped, and the mortality was

We cannot perceive that deeply felt among the thinned tribes of the vast country

‘stretching inthe rear of the United. Statea,—-Thence, iby a sudden spring, it fell upon Mexico, the Havana, jand the Spanish settlements south, finally wandering jaway into the deserts, until life went out, and diseare ‘could slav no more. It shen erossed the Atlantic |again, and threw Eurape. into mew alarm ata disease ; which thus seemed to be merked for a perennial scourge ‘of the earth. Butits visitation, as it passed along, was ‘now slight, until it reached the confines of Mahometan- lism, There itswept all before it, as if kindled from jsome new furasce of wrath—it devastated Egypt by ithousands and tensofthousands. from Kgypt it ascen- \ded to Constantinople. There it rivalled the plague.

it then partially reterned to

|Multitudes perished.

(Russia and Germany. In the Polish War it fearfolly lincreased the miseries of that time of wretchedness anc blood. © Constantine, the Archduke, closed his bsif jiugane and tyrannical life by it; and Diebitsch, the ‘famous passer af the Balkan, with a large share of the | Russian-ariny, werg curried to the grave along with .him.—Spain, Portugal, and Italy still hed escapee, end

wre [7 am aR El ‘veloped no incident worthy of particular comment. Mg.ithe world was asking by what means this singular pre-.

‘servation was effected. when tne cholera broke out in Lisbon--from Lisbon it passed to Madrid, fram Spain ‘to Ttaly. In Italy it is now raging. The east coast has

lamentation indulged for the in-) deen seized within these few months, and Greece, the jeficiency of the old Agricultural! Society, becauae of the; earest shore, 13 tremblingly adopting measures of pre-

Bosnia, and the wild country bordering op the gorth of her kinedom, is already seized, and thousands are perishing day DY day. When the science sud com- forts ef civiluzed countries have deem so incifectuas what