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Confederates are now operating in a seetion of country between the Cunberiand and Ten- nessee rivers, doing serious damage to the foe Iw Louisiana, Texas, North Carolina, anit Virginia, their movements cause the Federals considerable uneasiness.

Phe Hilton Head Correspondent of the New York Times says that a bicekade Runner was sunk off Charleston ; she had a cargo of lron plates and other material for the con- struction of Iron-Clads, and carried four gens. The Confederates could remove no- thing on account of the heavy firing trom Federal guns

Refugees from Savanna! report that Gen Beauregard hus bis Head Quarters there an- tivipating Al attack on the place ; $,000 troopé are quartered round the city, and 150 Torpedoes ready to float down the river.

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dueky reeesses of Downing Street? If so, let us rejoice that the political and religious Oracle of ; the Colony is restored to us—the gods tay yet be | Prepitiated, and the tenagtry set free !—Buf alas ! , as it teo often happens, the words of the Oracle | are as yet wrapped in mystery: and as it is said | that the predictions cannot be inspected without | the special orders of the Seuate, let us trust you | will use your influence at the ext neeting of that | august body to get at the desired information. 1 | believe it canonly be obtained from such of the Quindecemvir as have access to the mysterious leaves, which may contain the lives and fortunes of both landlords and tenants; and are likely, for | a time at least, to form the political creed of the present “ God-feariag Government;’ of whose inspired Oracle may it, in all humility, be asked, had Virgil understood the meaning of the Pro- phetess, would he have applied her prediction to ~ &wrong purpose? In other words, would he have Written POLLIO.

neta genenenens ne

/meettheir demand. It cou/d notannal the eom- consicts in conquering, ‘mon Constitution. Had it pretended to do conquer das brothers.

80 its act would have po legal valitity; it ‘and a gvod C would, in fact, have entered on the path of Soldiers — should the Wh -revolutivn. But it could convoke thegeneral | begin we shall tind ourselves im ~~ e ~ Parliameut of the kingdow and propose that) sitions, on broad water, or 00 ice, ut eo measure, and this it offered to do. The) intrepidity and your zeal will only be dis- |Donish Government having thas given the, plays the more nobly, . ; fullest proofs of its conciliatory disposition, | how to conquer each obstacle. Does no the non-German portion of Europe was justi- each obstacle ‘fied in boping aod requesting that Austria | is accustomed tou fly and Prussia would delay the execution of the | then! Let us seck for ,this, foe. military measures they bad openly an-| oppose his retreat and break his ranks. }nounced until the Danish Parliament could be assembled. But the wish was too reason- | juble to be gratified ; the short-lived hope has, )already vanished, Austria and Prussia have | | positively refused to suspend or delay the march of their troops into Schleswig, and are |

second Danish war

from bur regiments ? Up Let us) In)

ing time, and will unceasingly pursue him in order to destroy him before hé' takes refage

After this, the Prussians met the Danes aod

vp his Islands. Long L.ve the King—Harrah! | — Frederic Charles, Prince ot Prussia.” |

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and to pardon the the neighbourhood of which the Prussians! tion, This is Christianlike, and Lanoverians met with the bloody repulse | for the f h bristian can be no bad soldier. |of Dopplen, It is, therefore, anticipated | that England offered a guarantee lor the | the other proprietors in England, and |

now that tbe General will operate on the east | coast of the peninsula. A German despatch |

declares that the passage of the Sehlei is to) be at once forced at this point, and the Danes

Vee shall know | cut off from the sea, while the Austrians) Prussia refused to grant any delay,

operate on their centre. ‘This, the Germans!

conceal thatsame enemy which |expect, will end in the destruction of the | ot Europe.

Danish army, The Prussian Commander, with the Cruwn Prince and Prince Albrecht, who accompany him to see the only cam-

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| this way you will pot give the enemy breath- | paign of their countrymen in later times, bad

set out to juin the advancing army, and the princes were possibly present at the defeat of | their countrymen. The retiring which the despatch speaks of refers probably to the re- treat from Eckenfurde which General Meza)

mentions, and, as the events prove, gives no.

and that the Rigsraad has been convened | the land-owners. 1 jywop refere, advise you ty purpose. More than this, it is 8aid/ see, or communicate with, Sir Samuel Consul

fi them what terms they are willing to make for ee

revocation of the Cunstitution, 80 that ‘| settlement of the matters in dispute. 1 shall us

Dachies might be governed according German ideas of nationality. In spite of all,

| these promises and assurances, Austria and happy to hear trom you at any time that suite

and they | your cunvenience, and I shall cheerfully aid jou

are now responsible for @ breach of the peace | ag far as T can, in bringing about a good under A more eee oe Nee | standing between you and the proprietors. Gooa never made upon a brave little nationality) morning, gentlemen.

nmark, nor is it ible |

keds x more énectsfabls io the | Delegates—Good morning, my Lord Duke. minds of all reasonable men. he Danes Eveunt.

have gained the first advantage, but it would) ‘The Delegates intimate, in their letter te the be unreasonable to expect that they can | Secs enn, Seek they were not disposed to et es maintain their position in the presence of | the ndviee of the, Duke, and cash on letersiens

reatly superior forces; and our only hope | , , he an lies in the “seem which may be the proprietors of their own accord ; but they ip.

made in the Englisn Parliament, until the | formed his Grace that they would willingly confer

A letter to the New York World reports, February 25th, 1864.

ubout to add zn invasion of that Duchy om) --ran away ]

with the proprietors, if the latter desired a egy.

4,000 troope janded at James Island near) ———

Charleston, in the rear Batteries. . Reports from Knoxville represent the gar-

rison there as suffering from Small Pox, |

also a searcity of rations.

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Prices at Ricuwonn.—The prices of pro- | Beet |

visions at Richmond are fabulous. brings $2 per pound, pork $3 per pound, turkres from $15 te $20 each, chickens $5 each, ducks $15 per pair, lard $225 per pound, butter $6 per pound, eggs $3 per doaen, oysters $10 to S20 per gallon, dried peaches $1 per pound, New Orleans molasses $12 per gallon, cofee $14 per pound, apple and peach brandy $50 per gallon, and dour $100 per barrel.

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FRIGHTFUL Rateway Acctpent!! — Two CARS RUN OFF A DRIpDGE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY Feer mien !!'—Lhe Toronto Globe of the L0th inst. contains av account of one of the most frightful railway accidents that we have

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seen recorded fer a length of time. It occurred ou the morning of the Yth, oa the Grand Trunk Railway, resulting iu the inetant death of three persous, esiployees on the road. The following are the partrenlars of the afair:—* The Grand Trunk Railway, a shert distance west of the Ceorgetown station, Crosses over the river Credit by one of the largest bridges on the road. It is

of the Confe derate | “See the Islander of 19th February.

i their own account to the Federal usurpation {in Holstein. Until the first fatal shot is tired it-will be a duty to delieve in the possi- | the Mincio, as if in expectation of some

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Charlottetown, February 29th, 1864.

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL |

LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.

Commencement of the Dano- German War!

| Tur Steamer Africa, with the English Mail, ' arrived at Halifax, at midmght, on Friday, the | 19th mst., after a boisterous passage from Liver- The Mail for this Island reached here on Monday night, 22d inst.

pool, bringing English dates to the Gth inst.

Parliament was opened on the 4th by Commission. The Queen’s Message refers to the Germanic and Danish difficulty regarding

‘the claim to Schleswig and Holstein, and ex-!|

presses the anxiety felt by Her Majesty Govern-

ment fora peaceful soltion of the question at |

issue. The troubles with the Japanese Govern-

went are referred to— the insurrection awongst

the Maories of New Zealand is notized and made | little of —and the abandoument of the British |

bility of preserving peace. A few days must sudden movement from tlie Itwlian side. /still elapse belore the whole of the Austrian! The Ltalian Goverament has protested | and Prussian troops designated for the occu- | against fortifications being erected by Austria (pation of Schleswig can be arrayed on the year Peschiera in contiaventionol the Treaty | frontier of that Duchy, and the interval per-| of 1850.

mits of renewed attempts’ to induce them to) Kies Feb. 1, 9 50s. m.—At midnight the

re-consider their resolution and re its | : ‘ d refleet on its | general alarm was beaten, and the army im- tremendous consequences,

|mediately marched, All had left by this

ENGLISH PREPARATIONS FOR WAR | ™oreing: The Prussians advaneed to-day as be ; ‘+ ¢,, | far as Gettorf in Schleswig.

It is stated that, in order to give effect to i CorenuacEN, Feb. 1 —-The German troops | just invasion of Denmark, and fur the pur-| have crossed the Eider. The first cannon

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| its remonstrances avainst the wanton and un- |

pose of fulfilling its engagements in the event | Shots have been exchanged, The Danes have | of the failure of its atmost exertions to pre-| blown up the Sorg bridge, and have with-—

‘serve peace, the British Government has | drawn all their war material. © Advices from

‘found it desirable to place upon a war foot-| the army state thee the troops are eager for

‘ing a military foree of between 20,000 and | battle and enthusiastic.

/ 30,000 men, 80 as to be ready to give effect) ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE -PRUSSIANS AND

to its policy by land as well as by sea. The | THE DANISH SHIPS.

| Channel squadron, recalled some days since | On Monday, at noon, an engagement took

| to these waters, is uuderstuud to be nuw due place between the Prussian artillery and two

| at Spithead. | Danish screw steamers off Eckenforde. The

| We are also informed that Her Majesty's | town was tuken by the Prussians. The ships

Government have decided upon augmenting | ultimately left the harbour. Count Baudis-

the Meet in the Mediterranean, and that in| sin, with other landed proprietors and in-

the commencemen: of hostilitieson the Eider, | habitents, bave proclaimed Duke Frederick

the fleet will be at once despatched to the | in Gettorf.

Adriatic. a: ae | AvTAck UPON THE KRONENWERK, AND IT A ministerial p2per says = Without pre- | wy acvasenn. et gab hanes.

tending to define the precise nature of the | Rensenyas, Fob. 1.—Tite Acsirian engi-

Austria is gathering large urmamnets on |

iground for believing that the Danes will conscience of Europe, stung into action, may | eal! down such an expression of opinion as

‘eyacuate their present strong positions with- ‘out a contest. The Austro-Prussian army ‘has taken the field in numbers which must ‘make the task of the Danes in defending ‘their territory one of the most arduous that ever fell to the lot of a nation. AUSTRIAN ATTACK ON BUSTRUP.

Scuieswic, Fes. 3,630 Pe w.—To-day, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the Austrians at- tacked the positions of Bustrup, one English ‘mile south of Sehleswig. he Danes heid their ground. There was sharp firing until after dark. The King walked towards the ‘outposts. No casualties are known. The Danes lost one ficld piece. An attack is ex pected to-morrow. The wounded are being brought in. :

ORDER FOR THE ACCELERATED ASSEMBLY OF

THE KIGSRAAD.

Copennacen, Fes. 1.—A provisional law | was published this morping enabling the ac- _celerated assembly of the Regsraad. patent was issued at the same time ordering the elections to the Rigsraad, The postal and telegraphic communication with Ger- ‘many is broken off. King Ciristian, accom- |panied by Bishop Monrad, the President of ithe Council, left to join the urmy at midnight. Large crowds assembled at the

‘ture. His Majesty was coutinugusly and | enthusiastically cheered.

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Protectorate ef the Ionian Islands, was also offi-

solution of existing dificulties which would : ; ; | . . wrew z ments have just crossed the railway-bridge to, D!VISION AMONG THE GERMAN GOVERNMENTS,

ference. Sir Samuel Cunard, however, who ig the only individual proprietor that plays any part in the business, does not appear to have beeg solicitous for the honour of an interview wilh Messrs. Paimer and Pope. Though the venerable Baronet was in London, he never showed the

to make the Austro-Prussians pause in the midst of their lawless proceee ngs.

It is not the least uofortunate feature in the case, that the violent proceedings of the two Powers seem a/most to justily the mm, sitions of Napoleom for a Congress. The

Emperor has refused his active assisiance to’ ,, ane | the caan and leaves to England the settle- | Delegates the least mark of respect—he did hot

ment of a question which he professes to re- | meet them any where, so far as we can learn— gard as English more than Freneh. Russia, and he seems, from the tone of bis letters to the | professing equal sympathy with the Danes.) Duke of Newcastle, to be chafed at the very idea _ has more than enough > a bands erent - the Delegates setting out upon such a missigg, | so that it 18 to be feared the necessity of our . : ‘ ‘intervention will be irresistible. Any way | oe intherxtent of the ifiuense enjeyed by the _of escape will be welcome, but we must know | euanet Government with the proprietary party ig all that bas been written and spoken before England. But, as we shall preseutly shew, nevey 'the eonntry can pronounce not only upon did a Government truckle to that party more ithe duty, but the obligation to go to war.—| slavishly and wore injurously fur the London News of the World. | than the advisers of Mr. Dundas have done through SWEDEN. their accredited agents, Messrs. Palmer and Aletter from Stockhulm says :—** The feel- | Pope. , ing here against the German Confederation, | The Delegates, being shut out from comumunj, and especially against Prussia and Austria, cating personally with the proprietors, or wigh has increased to such an extent that the | the Colouial Minister, beyond the short intery; Government cannot but act upon it. Every-— they had on the 13th Ovtober, add lai

where meetings are being held to sign ad-|) ”. : : dresses requesting the Government to prevent tu his Grace trom their lodgings, dated 13th Ooty,

iby every means the success of the attack | ber, in which they proposed terms to the pre

s railway station to witness the King’s depar- |in contemplation against our Scandinavian prictors on behalt of the tenastry of this Island

brothers of Denmark. Comuittees are being These terme are numbered, one, two, and three, formed in the principal cities of the kingdom, | respectively, and are as fullows:—

“ First—The undersigned propose that im the

tor the purpese of rece.ving national subserip- tions intended fur the tormation and ariing |

wae of the highest—il not the vory bighest—bridges on the road, it being no less than one hundred and iweuty-fite feet trom the surface of the river to the floor of the bridge. The river at this point is very shallow, being at this season of the year not more than twe or three feet in depth, and aimest completely frezen over. About eight o'clock yesterday morning, as No. 15, freight train, from: Sarai, was approaching this bridge, it was noticed by those on the train, that an axle- tree of ove of the rear cars was broken. Tie engiue driver, on being notified of the fact, at once whistled “brakes down,” bat owing to the ice on the track, and the train being on the down grade, the train could net be stepped as quickly as under | large bodies, tempted by the allurements of- ordinary circumstances. At the time the defect | _

in the axletree was discovered, the train was | fred them by the agents of the Federal Goveru- within about twehuadred yards of the bridge tad ment. During the last 13 mouths no less than gving at the ordinary rate of speed. The pers | 109 000 fighting men had gone to the United on the train did all in their power to stop it. Al their ettorts, however, were entirely uvavading, as the train still kept weving, and in a iew momenta entered en the bridyve. The engine and the teuder and a number of the ears passed on- ward in aatety, bot just as the last two cars came apen the bridge, the coupling of the tor- ward one broke. In these cars were the

j cially announced in the Roya! Message. The Addresses, iu both Houses of Parliamcut, in av- swer to the Message, were carried without any | amendment, aud alinest without opposition.— In the House of Commons Mr. Whiteside called

Ireland, and complained that no notice had been taken of that country in the Royal Speech. He said the result of the distress was that the labour- _ ing clasaes of Ireland were emigrating to America

who, on many a doubtful field, had upheld the empire and maintained the glory of Great Britain | All that Government bad done had been to supply | a system of national education, but the result of . ‘that natienal education had beea to make them

conductor of the train and two brakesmen. Im- ill more discontented with thar lot. and mediately on the parting of the train the last two | *' Mere Ry ere cers er lot, and to m- ears van off the track, dashed through the side | duce thein more readily to leave the land of their rail wf the bridge, took an awful leap into the air, | birth. Consideriug the deep distress which pre- and fell, with a feartul crash, into the: river beneath, a distance of one bundred and twenty- | ; five teet. They were, of course, stnashed to | the absence of any brighter prespeet for the fu- stoms, and the three unfertunate men_ were | ture, he thought it would vuly have been a gra- mangled in such a horrible manner, as to

searcely distinguishable'as huwan beings. Their | cious set for Her Majeaty’s ministers tu: base

arms, bodies, heads, and legs were cut, smashed | ¢Xpressed in the Rayal Speech the same sympathy | und eraushed inie one siekening, awtul mass of | for the people of Ireland which they expressed |

creeping jellied flesh and bene. The head of the untortanate conductor could, at first, nowhere be |

found, but after searching awhile among the | right hon. gentleman then proceeded to censure |

ruins, pwweesof skull, face, and brain, all that now | the misgoverament to which Lrelaud had been remmeined of it, were picked up and gathered te- | ., sally eubier . Thi

audlinis Wide, anatiinn ties ntees Uln eoakdens eyetemati ally subjected unde rthe W higs, and - resulted from the axletree, av all that portion of | pecially condemned the legal appointments which ihe train before the broken car, passed sately over had been made by Lord Chancellor Brady.

the bridge. ‘The bridge was net very much in-| + gir Robert Peel \ rie

jured by the affair, ouly a few of the rails, and the | ear neee = tn SIPS RARE ease bee. portion of the side rail through which the cars| #°0tleman bad not adopted the advice of Mr. ran, having been damaged.” | Disraeh, and abstained from introducing the prac- i . ane ra nip _—_ tice of controversy couverning the address in reply EATH OF Rev. James Kennepy, P. P., or shite Le Ba ale Winuca; N.S.—K is with deep and unfeigned to the Speech from the Throne. He denied that regret we notice the sudden death of the Rey, | 100,006 Irieh labourers had emigrated to America James Keanedy, P. P., of Windsor, one of the} in the course of the last 13 months. During the oldest Catholic Missionaries in this Province. It! jo ki total emigrati rm appears that the deorascd, while proceeding up| months the tota emigration had not exceeded siains, on Saturday evening last, in the house in | }72,000 men, women, ard children, which he was boarding, was seized with an | of that emigration bad nothing te do with politi-

| attention to the distressed condition of parts of

| States of America, men of the same stuff as those |

| wailed, the long continuance of bad harvests, and |

| for the suffering artizans of Manchester. The |

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probably recommend itself to those who took iat } part in a conference, we think we are justi- | #¢t k the Kronenwerk. After a few shots

fied in saying that the solution recently sug- , lone was wounded,

gested by the German Powers would not be | The main body of the

adopted. It bas been proposed that a com. | troops advanced: through the -evacuated mon constitution should be given to Sehivs- | Kronenwerk. Field-Marshal Wrangel aud

the Royal Princes bave already passed.

wig and Holstein : that, in fact, the two | Duchies should be united, and that nothing THE STORMING OF MISSUNDE. DEFEAT AND RETREAT OF THE GERMANS.

save a dynastic union such as that which joins Sweden with Norway should bind them |

to Denmark. It is searceiy necessary to say) FLEeNsnurc, Wednesday.—About a hundred

that to such an arrangement no Power truly | wounded arrived here tius worning from the interested in the conservation of the Danisb | storming of Missunde yesterday. The Ger- monarchy could possibly assent. If the neu- mans were repulsed four times, and finuily tral Powers agreed to a conterence upon such | retreated. Thaw and rain bavesetin. ‘he |e basis of negociations as that, they might! Prussians attacked the redouhts at Haddeby ae well at once take their places by the side} Busturf at three ip the afternoon. of Austria and Prassia. and compel Denmark | held their position well. ‘The enemy retreat- to submit to whatever terms the latter Powers jed at dark ‘the Germans had 10,000, the

think proper to impose. If the attitude! Panes 3,060 troops under fire.

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‘The Danes |. ; \facts which show to what extent division |

deration. It apprehends a check at the Diet, and consequently seeks to bring about an in- dependent recognition by the second and third class States. Hopes are entertained of | thus arriving at the furmation of a iloistein |army by the Southern States, although it is difficult to see what wou!d be the use of such | a force while the two great Powers hold the Dachies It is even very doubtful whether they will allow the Duke to continue to re- side there ; and he dves not appear tu possess sufficient energy to bring about a general rising in his favour. Every day produces

prevails among the German Governments. ,p

which it is believed will presently be assum-| jan regiment was totally destroyed. The | Lubeck is a district, containing 23,000 inha-

ed by the principal European Powers should | Danish Dragoons routed the Prussian Hus-

have the effvet of paralysing Austria and | gars. An attack is expeeted at Frederick- |

Prussia, Denmark may rest assured that! stadt. Prince Frederick Charles of Prugsia | : : ; | Mecklenburg territory required to cross this

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those Powers which came to her aid in the) jg suid to be wounded in the arm. hour of need will not, when present danger | is averted, abandon the cause which they | volunteered to defend.”’

Intelligence hus been received from Paris which imparis a new turn to the Sehieswig-

THE GERMAN ACCCUNT. | Kret, Tuesday Night.—A severe engage- | /ment, lasting three hours, tuok place this jafternoon near Missunde, on the Seblei. Troops of all arms were engaged, especially |

tein complication. Communications ad- : - . ae “d be car G. datibiins not esbasreote artillecy. The Danes were tepulsed at the ' y u , ? | Tete-da-Pont.

to France, had raised the question whether the ed : /hon-G-tman Governments were p.epared to | PRUSSIAN : Heap-Quarrens, Wednesday take active measures to defend the position | Wurning —Prince Frederick Charles of Prus-

to pledge itself definitely to any such course. | Tesistaace to the Austrian and Prussian ad- | Notwithstanding this apparently pacific re- | Vanes. There were nearly 100 killed and | | solve, it will be observed that the answer is| Wounded in yesterday's engagement. The {mot ealeuluted to strengthen the influences | Tvops behaved with greag valour. The | fuyuvarable to peace. Que powerful neigh- | ¥4pguard of the 11th Iuiantgy Brigade were bour, in short, intent solely on watching for | ¥eder fire. Missunde was flames. the interests of the Empire, and on not) Renpssuré, Beh. 3.—Thé eannonading of spoiling any chances that may favour its) Missunde was contiuued to-day: The Prug- | aggrandizement, is content, for the moment, | sian regiments who were priueipally engaged | to abide by a waiting policy. At the same)! yesterday have been ordered tu rest to-day. | time, we learn that the German Vowers are | Cie loss of the Prassians np to the present | more earnest than ever in the assurance that is from 200 to 30 killed and severely wound- their ulterior and main object is peace. ed, including many officers. The Danish prisoners taken in the attaek upon Missunde were brought in here yesterday afternoon.

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THE WAR

bitants, belonging to the Grand Duchy of “Oldenburg. Ic is cailed the principality of ubeck. The Prussian troops stationed upon

district on their way to Holstein. |Oldenburg Government, howerer, opposed the passage of the troops, ani when the quartermasters of @ Cuirassier regiment pre-

sented themselves at Schwartan they were |

/warned off by the authorities. Retribution was not slow to follow. Two companies of Prussian infantry shortly afterwards came 'm, occupied the place, and compelled the | inhahitants to lodge the troops

The reply of the French Government is, sub- | sunde yesterday. His Royal Highness was his territory, the Grand Duke of Oldenburg | stantially, that it is not prepared, at present, | convinced that the Danes will oppose serious | burried to Berlin and laid his complaint in

person before the King. His protests, how- ever, proved of no avail. The Prussians con- tinued their march, and it is nut very pro- buble that the Grard Duke of Oldenburg will obtain redress. ; ENGLAND AND THE DANISH QUESTION.

The Vienna semi-vtiicial General Corres- pondenz says :—** Disquieting runyours have beea current of intended intervention on the part of non-German Powers, especialiy Eny- land, with relerence to the action of Austria und Prussia. We may express the hope that the explanations from the Vienna and Evrlin Cabinets, and more particularly those erent immediately before the opening of the Bri- tish Parliament, have been perfectly appre-

One Prus- 2 Wo leagues distant from the free city of |

lusmediately | of Denmark, by force of arms if necessary. | Si4 eraployed 74 yuns ip the, attack on Mis: upon receiving the news of this invasion of |

The Government of Baden continues its | oy corps of volunteers, who will march to the \ had been exchanged the Danés retreated. No | efforts to cause the recoguition of the Duke | of Augustenburg by the States of the Confe- |

support of the Danish nation. Perhaps they have not sufficiently considered yet at Vienna | and Berlin the opposition to be met with on

| the part of Sweden.’’ THE POLISH INSURRECTION.

‘are said to have been victorious in an en- “gagement with the Russians at Sienna, in (the neighbourhood of Zawichost, in the Go- ae of Random. A fresh cavairy de- /tachment of 300 insurgents has shown itself | in the vicinity of the frontier railway station | at Sosnowiee.

Several engagements have taken place in the vicinity of Cracow (Government of Ran- /dom). The Russians attacked the insurgent | chiel Danilowiez at Dombrowa, near the Prussian frentier, but were repulsed. | On the 19th and 20th inst, unimportant

engagements occurred near Maczki and Mal- |xowiee. Rembrailo attacked the Russians, lwho were advancing on all sides to surround the strong pesition of the St. Croix Moun- tains.

The Dziennik publishes an order of Gene- ral Berg, according to which Poland is to be | governed in future by wartial law.

JAPAN.

From Japan we learn that Satsuma still | declines to pay the indemnity demanded from him by Admiral Kuper, except upon condi- ition that every foreigner quits Yokohama. ‘The British forees in Japan,’’ says the | China Mail, ** are evidently waiting for sup- | port, and are not likely to withdraw trom the country until something has been done mach more decisive than the affair at Kago- sima.”’

The Overland Ti ade Report says :—** It seems certain that some ef the powerful Dai- mios are in open arms against the Tyecoon's Government, and that a foree is being equip- ped to coerce them. It also seems certain that Prince Sateuma is desirous of coming to an amicable arrangement, but up to the date of lastadvices, he had neither paid the inden:- nity money nor had he given up the wurderers. Still tle Tycoon’s government continued to haggle at conceding treaty rights, and sought to restrict foreign inter- On the other

Fifteen hundred insurgents under Bosak, |

terms of the award of the roy al Commissioners aif | arrvars ef reut prier to May 1058, be

and that in all cases, if any there be, wherein tenants have paid to their landlords, at any time since the 13th February, 1560, sums of money for rent, which sums in the whole exceed the rent which bas accrued due from such tenante since May, 1558, the amounts by which such pa

| shall exceed the rent which shall have accrued | due since May, 185, shall be placed to the credit ot the tenants who shall have paid the same, by the landlords te whom the same shall have been paid; the tenants in such cases to hare the privilege of appropriating such ever-payments to- wards the purchase oi the respective holdings; and in all cases where lands leased originally at rents not exceeding em: shilling per acre, have been re-let at rents ex- ceeding one shilung per acre, the rents of such

in the original ieases of such lands when leased im their wilderness state; the latter stipulation is cousidered by the undersigned as necessary to meet those cases wherein arrears of rent hare heretoiore been remitted on condition that the tenants owing such arrears should take new leases, reserving a rent exceeding the original rent by a sum equivalent to the annual iateress which it is assumed such arrears would y landlord were they paid to him and by bi invested.

“Second—The undersigned infer from scheme submitted by the ey in the of the Bill transmitted by your Grace to the Lieutenant Gevervor of Prince Edward Island, that the proprietors are in all cases willing to sell their leased lands for fifteen years purchase of the reserved rents, payable im one payment in cash; the undersigned therefore propose that ail tenants beiding under leases granted for terms of forty years and upwards, and who shall net be indebted one whole year’s rent, shall at all umes, within twenty years, from the first day of J next, have the right to reeeive a ecenveyance

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such tenants in respect of such lands.

foreguing proposition 1s mentioned, wks shall be indebted my more than one year’s reut, within the like period of twenty jsars, sunar right fo te fee simple of their holdings on payment of sixteen years’ purchase ob their reserved rents.

“ The undersigned most respectfully submit to yoor Grace that the compliance of the evtire of the landed proprietors of Prince Edward Island with the foregoing prepositions, and the enactment of a law toe carry them mte effect, would work

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the fee simple of their farms, on tendermg te their — landlords fifteen years purchase of the reserved | rent, together with the rent which may be due by —

appoplectic fit, and falling backwards, broke his | sprue at the neck, and at the same time causing & severe concussion of the brain. He lingered till this afternoen, when he expired. The Rev. Mr. Kennedy, up to the tiute of the attack, had been engaged in the functions of his minnisterial duties. ‘The deceased during his sojourn in this

eal or religious questions, but it was the natural |

IN DENMARK.

Scuteswig Feb, 2, 8. 30 p. m.—The Ger-| ciated, and will avert all further compli-

course a8 inuch as possible.

consequence of want of employment. Ne doubt | it was a sad thing to fiud that men were leaving

they reached America, almost against their will,

under false pretences, and were enlisted wheu |

| COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES.

On the morning of Sunday Jast Marshal Wrangel summoned the Panish Commander to evacuate Schelswiz, and at midnight the

Diveves had been stationed in different parts of | 0 the armies of the Federal States, but he main-| Austro-Prussian force began its advance.

this Pruviece, aud wherever lie weut was uuiver- sally respected by all classes and creeds.— Express.

The remains of the deceased clergyman were brought to this erty yesterday. In passing through Water street many of the shops were closed, and the flags of several vessels were at hatf-meast. The body was conveyed to St. Mary's Cathedral.

—Halfar Sun.

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We learn that His Hovor the Chief Justice (the Hon. Wm. Young) has offered to purchase the Library of the Mechanics’ Institute, and pre- sent it to the City, provided His Worship the Mayor wil! tarnish a room and make it a free hbrary. We trust that this bandsome offer will

be aveepted, and a tree library at once established. |

‘The gift and suggestion of bis Houor are equally

Valuable.— Halifax Journal.

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The Liverpool Transcript computes the amount

of shipping owned in Yarmouth at the present

time as averaging thirteen ‘ons fur eaca man, weman aud child in the tewn I

| tained that it was far better, as a general prin- | ciple, that those persons should leave a country | where employment was impossible for them, and g@ elsewhere where they could obtain it. He also urged that the condition of Ireland was far better now than it had been for the last two or three years, and that there was a fuir prospect of | still further improvement.’

The European foreign news is very important, 80 far as it relates to the invasion of Denmark by Prussia and Austria, and.the commencement of hostilities therein. One beavy eugagement had taken place, up to the date of the last accounts, in whieh the Prussians had been repulsed with considerable loss. This first blood-lettiug puts an jend to all dipiemacy for the time being. The efforts of England and France, and of England particularly, to bring about a pacific settlement

The Grand Jury in Toronto have presented True Bills against J. G. Bowes, George Boomer,

and Ogie R. Gowan, for “ Conspiracy.” | but have been treated with singular discourtesy

[Ogle R. Gowan, above noticed, has been al-| ered me iar eee ven ways considered a leading man amongst the | 7 ee ” Sedia. vege oo beliove thet Orangemen of Upper Canada. We have no| oar ene oe paumenany aay doubt the ethers ase Grangancen tao. ’ | to witness the crisis at which watters have ar-

It is quite | I ; ja the hne of such fellows to engage in con-| rived. An European war might promote his am-

apiracies.—Ep. Exr. ] | bitious projects quite as well 3 it would those of

. —_ — Prussia; and it may be of great importance to CORRESPON DEN CE.

him to engage abroad some of the fiery spirits | that threaten his tranquility in France. Although To rye Eprror or Tue EXAMUNer. | Denmark has so far shown a gallant front to Sm:—In the Protestant I observe a long letter” her invaders, it is hardly to be expected that she from the Heu. George Beer regarding a vew! can for any long time cope single-handed with Market House; aud as that gentleman endeavors the powers arrayed against her; and England,

to take a great deal of cred: to himself for his s views on City affairs, } shal) leave him and the We apprehend, will not allow her to be humbled

City Fathers fo settle the question whether the | and crushed without striking a blow in her de- carts and steighs of couatry poopie shall be placed | fence “trew Scantlebury's te David Stewart's,” as he). ; a j : recommends, or, as be must ouxieusly wishes, on |! progress for putting on a war fvoting the naval the Square opposite his own Store. But, Mr. | and military resources of Great Britain—she can- Editor, he says if he bad been én the City Coun- | ed he would not have voted ior the Bill to tax the | : ay butchers and otber country people; but, Sir, he | Surely be in; and Sweden, smail as ole ee hoows weil that the Bull could not become law if) panting to join her Scaudinavian neighbours in ike Lxeeutive Council had nvt sanctioned it, no} tie melee. W : . wore than the Hivuse of Assembly coud put a- tare. 0 ea. we hg et =F “$6 we law in force without the couseut of the Legisla- rupture, the Jing of Sardinia will look te Venetia as the place where his mussion is to be fulfilled:

tire Council. A similar law to this tax Bill wae | passed some years ago, but the Executive Coun- and it is equally certain that thé Hungarians aud the Poles will not be idle; and that Russia will

cil refused to sanction it. Now, Why dees not!

Mr. Keer cousplain of the Government fur eanc- | ; have her hands full of work frem the latter, and from the general embrvilment. That Europe is

of the dispute between the Germans and the Danes, have vot only been rewarkably abortive,

Indeed, the most active preparations are