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THE MILITIA REVOLT.

’ 4? - a , Ou Monday last the streets of Nenagh w : ne of

murderous conflict: ten a3 et woun and fifty wound ! i son the hospital | ‘ *. ‘ 84 aie ” : the 1, :

: | ili wry di boards, are evidence of the bhi y fray. It w Is AO PO] ul outoreauk. no collisi m hbetweet riv il cians or factions ; this time the Quesn’s soldiers were n ing down harmless gazers atan eleetion row. The Lipperary stiri have Te- sont d with disastrous vi eneo the PAUSE wine nine, agg eS

a ee ’ : Ubeeatiw aa which it is admitted on all hands have been liberally dealt : . * 4 . aii ‘ } . send f out by Government to the Lrish militia From end to end of the land, loud and long, bave reclamation and protest arisen against the downright dishonesty which has been practised

towards them.. A bounty of six pounds sterling, and fair pro- When those who, on the to claim the bounty,

mises a store were offered to reerutts. faith of such promises, had enlis d

they received about a tithe of it: the res quar erly instalments. A year passed away, and many poor fellows who had not drawn or called for their bounty balances, in the hope of having a few pounds saved, a] plied repeatedly for the amount due. They were, in true circumlocution style, bandied about from officer to colonel, from colonel to horse- cuards—the dishandment of the militia being allthe while on the tapis, until at lengt’, when peace was ¢ ‘rtain, and their dismissal eteriiined on, the men were coolly informe that

, (UHI t being promised in

ciwy were not fo receive any of the balance of bounty moncy,

due. Violent outery naturally resulted, and matters stood thus | —the men claiming their own—the government petting the foreign legionaries, and swindling the militia, meantime, try- ing various tricks to get the men to leave the force, as 1t were, | of their own accord, so as to afford a pretext for denying them | their rights. ‘* Facilities for ebtaining discharges *’ were the | traps offered to the men ; some of them were thus duped, and | applying for their digcharge were required to give up their clothing with their arms. Considering that the money justly | due to them, which would have enabled them to buy clothing | on their discharge, was withheld, 1t will be easily seen how peculiarly exasperating has been the treatment received by the men. | Several of the North Tipperary militia, now stationed at Nenagh, were amongst those who availed themselves of this permission to apply for discharge from a force on the very | point of disbandment! It would appear thaton Monday last 2 sergeant went round to collect the clothing issued to ther April last. Some few gave it, but one man said it was too bad that they should get neither their money nor clothes, and refused to give up his trousers. Ie was seized and put in con- | finement. Now, it is not mere power or brate force that com- | pels observance of, or respect for discipline ; it is ina yery | «reat measure, its being regarded as necessary for the purpose: of order and justice as well aseificiency. The Tipperary men, | when they saw their comrade dragged to prison, palpably the victim of wrong and injustice, lost all regard restraint of discipline. Company No. 4, to which

the man

belonged, assembied and proceeded to the guard-room, erying | The guard received the word to fire ; they |

for his release. did not ; in the first place, because they were one spirit with the men, and in the second because the officer forgot, when |

riving the order, that the ammunition had been taken from | £ D ’ | Soon after, five companies of the same regiment, |

the regiment.

quartered elsewhere, marched into the yard, haying come from On}

another Barracks to be drilled here, as was the custom. learning the facts narrated, they fixed bayonets and rushed to | the guard room. ‘The guard was seized, the prisoner liberated, and the building sacked. They now marched through the town to the ** Summer Hill Barracks ;’’ an attempt was made by the officers to haye it defended ; the gates were closed, but | the military soon battered them to pieces. Having seized | and rifled the magazine, they proceeded through the towr, preceded by their band, playing marches and quicksteps, firing shots, cheering, &c. At twelve o’clock at night they retired to one of the barracks; and-having reason to believe that troops had been sent for to arrest them, they resolved to hold | their arms, prepare for the worst, and stan their ground as | men mre wrouged than in the wrong. All that night was) spent casting ballets, for which purpose they tore the lead off the roof of the barracks,

The officers all this time were gafe in the bridewel!; whither they had * retired,’’ and locked themselves up carofally ; though it was evident enough that the men intended no per- sonal violence to any one, the revolt being, up to this, merely the impulsive outbreak of ill-used and excited men, who had no object or plan in their proceedings.

Next day; Lord Danally, without the slightest risk, went into their barrack and addressed them, and at his request they jaarched to hear their brave Colonel and officers hurangue them irom their safe behind the bridewefl bars. While here, the alarm was given that the troops were coming. ‘he militia} ran to their barracks. Their proceedings now are hard to be}

understood, if it be not that they wished to give full opportunity | fur parley, in the hope that justice might be offered them. | Instead of defending the barrack or preparing to resist the | regulars, the moment they approached the gate was thrown | open, and when they entered, the Tipperary Regiment were | found drawn up inside, arms in hand. ‘They were called upon | to lay down their arms. Surrounded by an overpowering | force, and appalled at the contemplation of the position they found themselyes forced into, with death before their eyes, not | amanquailed. The Riot Act was read, and the square cleared, | as it were to show the Tipperary mer that the place was) swept for their execution. Again they were called upon to} surrender, and again they said no. The Militia who were | outside saw what was oceurring within, evidently, as they | thought, the slaughter of their comrades about to commence ; | and furthwith they began to fire upon the soldiers with fatal precision. In a moment more every street had its conflict, its wounded, and its dead ; the militia and regulars fought through the town, the latter, it is alleged, perpetrating a most wanton murder and innumerable outrages—probably because of the | known sympathy of the people for the militia. All day, up| tu ten at night, this irregular warfare was waged ; during the | night the militia out of barracks ceserted with their arms and | clothing. As for the small party that confronted the regulars | in the barrack yard, they were seized with their arms in their! hands ; resistance in their case was out of the question, but so | with them was surrender; not a single Tipperary man craved | merey, and they were marched to prison tou await their fate. The regiment in question, unlike others of the force, was, we believe, distinguished by the most exemplary good conduct | and national spirit. We are assured of this upon the best! authority in a town where they were not long since stationed.

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Pather Seanlan harangued the men, exhorting them to'| submission before the fight began. Ue has since published a letter in the papers, declaring that not one-fifth of the regiment were engaged in the mutiny. The regulars assembled numbered | in all abuut 1500.

In the esse of Peter Gibbons, who was murdered by one of | the 55th Regiment, without giving any provocation what- soever, he lving a most inuffensive man, and a pensioner, the jury returned the following verdict :— ‘i

** Deceased came by his death from the effects of a*gun sh st | wound inflicted by a soldier of the 55th Regiment ; that such firing was unjustifiable, and that the troops might bave used more diseretion in firing in the house of a respectable man. |

. . " 4 ‘ ? having fired ten rounds into deecased’s house.’’—ZJrish paper. |

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Tne Mitzria Mettixy av Nuenacu.—At the Nenagh assizes, on the 28th, private Burns, of the North Tipperary Militia, was tried for the murder of private Curley. of the | 41st Regiment of Foot,during the mutiny at Nenagh on the 1th ult. Witnesses were examined who proved that while the soldiers were drawn up in Summer Hill Barracks, Burns, who stood outside the gate with other militiamen, called out—* I'll have a crack at the medal man” (Curley), and fired at the deeeased through the wicket gate, which was partly open at the time. Curley stood near the gate, having | been told off as a sentry. The jury retarned a verdict of'| “Guilty,” aud coupled with it a recommendation to my rey. |

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John Baunon, another of the Pipperary niilitia, was then put | the scene in great numbers.

on his trial, charged in the first and second counts with firing at Lieut. Col. STarteand Lieut. Young, with intent to murder them, and in the third and fourth counts with firing at 200 of the Queen's troops, with iatent to marder some of them. The prisoner was acquitted on the two former counts, and found guiliy on the two latier. Sentence was not pronouneed.

4p the 29th five militiamen who had been couvieted on in-

| wuiity of the murder of private Curley, of the 41st Regiment} since 1851 to the Governor-General of

‘appears to call upon to govern with deadly vigilant rigour a}

3} mission of an Irishman!

for the moral |

|an attorney at the Witches’ Sabbath.

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THE EXAMINER.

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Cl YLONIAL MILITARY FORCE.

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, . ’ r 1 iT: ae the mutiny of the North ri perary

Militia, were severally sentenced to fittcen years’ transporta- ‘The militia man Burns, who had been prey iously found | any despatches that have been sent by our ¢

lictments arising out of

‘olonial Sceretaries, Canada, and the nant-Governors of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and on the military establishments to be maintained in these Colonies; and fer a copy of the report The blood relation of Spain with Treland has always, in | of the Commissioners appointed by the Canadian government that country, been not merely an affinity of sentiment, but ® in 1854 to inquire into the best means of re-organising the fuctof law. An Irish Celt of pure blood, had, in the paliniest militia of Canada, and providing an efficient system of publie ator hie amet ae or ot neniniy _etmites, 2m St defenee. As the honourable member who moved for these pe of of his des ent, A very large proporti my not less than a tenes te enn ol the Under-Secretaries of State for the fifth or a sixth of the present nobility of Spain and Portugal, | i. ; ys i 4 thei tis ion originates with bear names that are Irish very slightly Hispanized. ‘The Colonies, it is to be assumed that his moti g sogdb ereat emigration of the Irish chieftains, who were broken by | the Government, and that immediate steps are to e taken Mountjoy, Strafford and Cromwell, was, in fact, ‘8 to improve the defences of our Colonies, and establish in them Spain. "They were men who naturally became Hidalgos-~/ 4 more effective military or militia foree than at present very Catholic, very chivalrous, haughty, gallant, splendid in exists, Should this be the intention of the Gudea, all their tastes and’ habits. In the dattor Penal period, there fell assured that the Colonies will co-operate with the home wis a most a a ——— a pave oe re. | authorities to carry it into effect ; and if the movement be meve;nr user Tuimned F CONUSCALIC » ” . be trieved their ee a Spanish ei thed, or a happy | properly worked, as fine a body of soldiers can raised as speculation In Spanish trade—indecd Irish names are still) any this country can boast of. The neglect of the resources common on the ’Changes of Oporto, Lisbon and Barcelona. | which our Colonies afford us 1n this respect was, in fact, the So, we believe, the lands of Moore of Moore Hall were won! Jeading error which our Government committed in raising back from the spoiler. Since the time of Hugh Roe, the vecribiin Ss the tet wae: We were uM Rerdien 0" Donnells have had colonies in Spain and Austria. An | orion. since in three months we might have had a Cana- ~ oat ge - fan iT ~ wager ri wine bare ‘dian auxiliary force of a far more effective character. With ore keer Lid mane oh Vie, sade the days of le Canada in the van, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and beau Irlandais, whom Maria Theresa thought the handsomest | Prince Edward Island would have followed ; the consequence man at her court. In Spain, this reputation has been more | would have been—certainly not a year's dispute with the essentially military. ‘They have given at least half a dozen | United States, and a band of mercenaries oi chek tile bent eminent Generals to the Spanish army. The present Marshal’ fiends are ashamed—but an effective army of Joyal men, ee eee, FO bei, if called upon, would have been both able and willing Napoleon and Caesar are the highest types, whom Nature | a hic dikk Ghee Sachs edad ela: country recently disorganised through ineffectual revolutions. But we have at present, happily, no need to entrench upon Wor the last two years he has been by far the most eminent) the resources of our Colonies, and turn their labourers into man in Madrid. “His contest with the’ Queen’s Ministers, two | soldiers, Why, then, it may be asked, in a time of peace, years ago, was a veritable coup d'etat. Since, in alliance with | make those exertions which we failed to do during the war? en ee oe os yr ene seem) The auswer is obvious. The late war taught us it lesson Cabinet aan Sere ial das tee New ren eeeneee — which we ought not easily to forget, and of which this

I spain : inched sth resnect tc ‘olonies is one of the con- twenty years. At the head of affairs, and separated from movement with respect to our Colonies 1

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of Foot, was sentenced to death ; but some hopes ot mercy | Lieute

were extended to him. | Prince Edward Island,

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['spartero, he will either fall on the Re Republican barricades, | sequences. It taught us to know how little we can depend or found the most powerful authority that any man can attain | on the profesgions of friendly States, and how much, in the | in his country. If he be able to fulfil his career, he wiil| hour of need, we must rely on our own resources. It taught

probably prove to Spain a modern military Ximenes, the man that to such a country is of more us » than all the lands that | be prepared for it, and the surest chance of being betrayed Charles the Fifth swayed. May this saris. aes the | was to be defenceless. Our North American Colonies, in TORN OF ENE. OU: CURRY TE GUE LGN, TPAee case of aggression, are, to all intents and purposes, defenceless

A thorouch Irishman he is! The last Australian emigrant} now; and it is car duty to place them in a more satisfactory does not retain a livelier affection for his native land than it is} position. A good and effigient military force in our Colonics said O'Donnell does for that country between him and which! js but another name for an increase to the standing army of so many generations intervene. It is said that, from faithful the country. We have, on many occasions, contended that family tradition, he speaks the cld Celtic tongue, in which | 454; Qolonies ought not, in time of peace, to depend on the his fathers used to harangue the hosts of Tyrconnell, and} 1 thor country for the sustentation of a military force ; and prides himself far more upon the high, unblemished and}, neta AR ‘acne heir milits sss this must patriot blood which he carries from his Irish deseent, than | 12 8Dy plan for improving thelr mi ety, eres es ee upon all the rank, dignity, and power which Spain has con- | not be lost sight of. By a well-organised system of militia, ferred upon him. Such is the man who is at present strug-| Canada, New Brunswick, &c., might soon raise a body of cling for Power or Death with the Spanish factions, and who | men which would render the presence of our troops altogether stands at the head ofa faithful army in defence of his authority, | unnecessary, save the mother country a large annual outlay while the barricades are up in Madrid.—Nation. with which it ought not to be burdened, and give our Colonies

the best earnest of our confidence in their good faith and

A New York Editor, ina “ melting mood ”—thermometer, | loyalty. in the shade of his sanctum, indicating 96°,—communes! “But we would urge upon our North American Provinces thus :— that their strongest defence would be their union. A Federal

Aut Hor.—Drop an iceberg into the crater of| union of these Provinces, as we stated in our columns of the Popocatapell, fill up with claret, add one of the West India | 11th of Juue last, would be the best means that could be islands to sweeten and flavor; then hand us the tower at/taken for establishing a power on the American Continent Pisa to suck the liquid through, and you will oblige us con-|capable of restraining the aggressive disposition of the siderably. Nothing less than this can’ cool our cracking | neighboring Republic. Canada alone can never maintain throat, we do assure you.

There is a thermometer hanging over the door. takea the trouble of suspending it apposite to a picture of'| improved, the Arctic regions, and kcep a boy continually holding anja means of defence éffective.—-London umbrella over its héad;—stilt it stands several thousand |: Mercantile Gazette, July 25. degrees above white heat. The thi red column of colored te alcohol glows like the essence of fire ; rays of flame seem to | Inrerestina AGrRIcuLTurRAL Drscovery.—A distinguished burst from the little globe at the bottom, and burn into our | Agriculturist and accomplished Chemist has discoveged that brain. Whatever the heat may be, that thermometer is} the water which flows from gas manufactories.may be always hotter. It is a demon thermometer, and is doubtless . eflicaciously used on wheat lands. He employed this water filled with some charmed blood gathered from the veins of on a field of five acres, which produced three successive crops of wheat without the assistance of any other manure.”

Nothing was ever known like it, as an Irishman would} - say, before or since. ‘The paving-stones are calcined, and the ghost of the Lime-Kilu man is to be seen dimly making them into mortar. Everybody who dares to venture out! obtains an excellent idea of the ordeal of walking over red hot | plougbshares,

There is an apricot tree outside our window. Itis covered with amber-fruit, that look, as they cling to the ends of the branches, like the lovely but expensive pipe mouth-pieces Which Mr. Oscanyan used to have for sale in the palmy days The apricots are not as yet ripe, | and they seem to enjoy the heat. Why are we not an unripe | to convince themselves, since they failed to accomplish that apricot ?

There is an infamous dog, with long hair, lying down over the way, on the very hottest flagstoue in the whole street. He sleeps calmly, while the relentless sun beats full upon him. He absolutely basks—basks in a heat that is reducing | the intelligent population of this city into syrup! He is not! obliged to put on five shirts a day. His hair does not resemble the dripping well of Knaresborough. He is not reduced to the state of those hydraulic statues of gods at Versailles, who discharge streams of water from the tips of their fingers, and some of the other extremities. We recognise for the first time the superiority of fur, and begin to regret that the (Quadrumani ever thought it worth while to improve their offspring.

us to know that the best plan of avoiding treachery was to

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We have | British Provinces, she would be materially strengthened and Such an union would be “ strength,” and such Shipping. _and

Che Examiner.

CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E.1I., AUGUST 25, 1856.

THE CIVIC ELECTIONS AND THEIR RESULTS.

recent Civic Elections, the Tories, sMartin

Ever since the g

feat with others, that there was no trial of party strength either in the election of Mayor or Common Councillors—and that political feeling or principle never entered into the con- tests. the editor of the Islander on Friday last endeavoured to afford the unknowing ones who take the trouble to read his lucubrations, but which the knowing ones well know to be utterly at variance with the facts. If the result of the elections had been different from what it is—if Mr. Binns had been returned to the Mayoralty, if Mr. J. W. Morrison had been sent in as Councillor for Ward No. 1—if Mr. Moore had been honoured with a seat . - y,

A ring at our door-bell, and an affhouncement by our Seen pana: mee a e eae dissolving servant that Professor Meriam wishes to see us. won be wo end. to the crowing from TOF, tat — What ! a human thermometer in the same room with us! A | Might be interpreted thus :—‘ Take warning, O Snatchers man who, if he put his finger down our throat, would register and Liberals, from your defeat. Mr. Mayor Hutchinson our temperature somewhere on his waistcoat! A being | thought proper to change his political opinions, as of course whose talk is of thunder and electric matter, and dreadful | he had a right to do, and threw himself into the arms of the red-hot. ¢ mets. Why, his presence would complete our! [ihorals, vainly hoping to be returned to the chief Civic Chair. cog reli or tbe emcee The Eee it Seo haw madly ho Baa own dinppoite and how fhble his

4 . ” pporters are! and in all the wards, in every one of

This is precisely the view which

Dorrit, in order that we may pour over its pages! | new su

menace le, _ which a Conservative candidate stood, the election has been sy asia a dae Se ae | ade according t shoice.’’? The fact is, we saw as I 5 . ( cording to our choice. much Tue Cost or Dove's Trrat.—The cost of the trial, ag | made at ie or

may be supposed, has been very great. For the prosecution partizan feeling displayed at the City elections as ever entered he counsel’s fees would exceed 300 guineas, Mr. Overend | into a contest for a seat in the House of Assembly. For

i | as on | of re Mr. Hardy had 70 guiueas, | carried on, by parties who usually canvass at elections, on with refreshers, and Mr. Bayley 45 guineas. The cost of |

io a [866 16 getting up the case and of witness was about £56 Gos muking a total of £1176 16s. For the defence the counsel’s fees were 300 guineas, Mr. Bliss received 70 guineas, ex- | surpass the zeal exhibited. on the day of election by the Tory elusive of refreshers and consultation — ait aa W kins | trotters, in tramping it from one polling place to another,

i ge oe ee ae °, al { ag. Te -s : . had 50 guineas, with, ré —— oe _ Soot aenae "| wheedling and coaxing, and craving for votes. But it was all he other expenses yx ot be less thi JU, Mak a | i i

other expenses will not b i .?, . 8.".\ to no purpose. The Liberals knew they could do their work total of £1300, or a grand total of the cost of the trial oh hit eciaiall the seks col . a £476 19s, “This ie exclusive of the cost of the inquiry | | essfully, wey went about it calmly and quietly, as

af * ; > » " y Sica the alee | though certain of the result. They were not merely content | to carry in the Mayor of their choice, but in every ward ' ] AY \ § , ; 7 | where they had set up their man they were determined he

‘Should go in likewise; and in every part of the City they

39 guineas on the day of reply, behalf of the Tory candidates. All the customary falsehoods }and stratagems were unsparingly applied, and nothing could

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The coronation of the Emperor Alexander at Moscow, which is impending, will be rich in all that can please the eye, the ear, and the palate. The English aristocracy are flocking to Sir Robert Peel and his wife are

Mr. Ball moved last night, in the Commons, for copies of

|an independent national existence ; but, aided by the adjoining |

under disappointment and defeat, have been labouring hard |

sad 100 ghineas, with refreshers of 10 cuineas per day, and | several days previous to the election a most active canvass was |

talready on the wing, the Marchioness of Stafford and other

were triumpNant. At the last parliamentary election the

strength of the liberal ticket in Charlottetown was clearly and | Brunswick, bound from Chicago to Buffalo, foun

= ; ee | Royalty as wi ll as in the City, is vastly on the increase ; while \the Tory party is most wofully split up, and at sixes and | sevens ainongst themselves. There is no doubt, then, that the Liberals can carry a parliamentary election for this City ang Royalty w ith the8createst possible ease, provided they secure good men and true for their candidates. As we can beat the enemy off-hand, and without the slightest prepare tion, ine

waid of the City, it will be a caution how we will flail hin, as Maclean wopld say, when we take a little trouble to go through the business scientifically, and perhaps awake for the nonce—(just say, a month or two before the election)—that political giant, which is not dead but sleepeth—Tie Linemay

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ANOTHER CIVIC ELECTION.

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Joun C. McDonatp, Esq., having resigned his seat as Councillor for Ward No. 2 in this City, the election of hig successor took place on Thursday last. There were two candj- dates on the hustings, viz: Messrs. Watson Duchemin and James McCraith. As in the previous elections, a strong polj- * tical fecling was manifested on both sides, the Conseryatiyg interest having been given on behalf of Mr. Duchemin, ang_ the LiberaFinterest ranged on the side of Mr. McCraith. The ~ latter won the election by a majority of nine, thus sho that the Liberal interest is now triumphant in nearly every Ward of the City.

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ANOTHER OBSTRUCTIVE MOVEMENT.

We understand that the Obstructives in Town and Country, have, during the past week or two, been giving themselves a great deal of unnecessary trouble, in endeavouring to get names to a Petition to the Queen, praying Her Majesty to disallow the Representation Bill passed last Session. We saw a notice in some of the papers about a month ago, to the effect, that’ Mr. R. Bruce Stewart of this Island had an interview with the Colonial Minister in Downing Street. The Obstructives no doubt hope, from this auspicious event, that Mr. Brucey will have sufficient influence to delay the decision of the Imperial authorities regarding the Representation Bill, until such time 'as their silly remonstrance shall reach England. But we have no doubt that Mr. Stewart’s influence at the Colonial Office will be found to be about as potential as it is in the country | wherein he claims to be a land proprietor. A more shallow, conecited and unpopular man néver came to Prince Edward Island or ever left it, and this character of the Proprietary Ambassador is, by this time, pretty well known at the Colo- nial Office. As for the opposition to the Representation Bill, our appreciation of that measure increases just in proportion to the attempts made to obstruct it. We are convinced the Tories now look upon it in the light we did at first, and that is, as the instrument of their political annihilation, as well as the promoter of popular liberty—always obnoxious to their taste and inimical to their ascendancy. With regard to the Petition against the operation of the Bill, it must be accepted asa proof of the excessive dullness of the times with Obstrue-

‘tive people, when they can find no better employment for their | leisure hours than hawking about such a document. They 'ean scarcely be so very foolish as to expect that it will have

| the smallest weight with the Imperial Government, even should lit reach Downing Street, which is very doubtful, before the Bill_reecives the Royal allowance. Last year the Tories amused themselves by getting yp a petition praying for a solution of the present House of Assembly,—what became of the thing we never heard, but we presume the promoters had an interesting time of it, in going about for signatures. Pro- vidence is kind to us: it never sends us an epidemic like the cholera, to cut off all the fools, and since it is a law of their nature that their superfluous energy must find employment in one way or other, let us be thankful that they turn their hands to nothing more mischievous than the harmless pastime of getting up petitions.

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THE CROPS.

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Rerorts as to the almost total failure of the wheat crop, through the ravages of the midge or weevil, continue to reach us from all parts of the country. This insect, we fear, will ‘be found to be far more destructive than it has been in any

| previous year. Turnips are also very much injured in many | localities by a little yellow worm or maggot, which lodges in ‘the stem of the plant, and totally destroys it. We noticed at | Cardigan a few days ago a large field of this root, in apparently | healthy condition ; but on examining it closely, and going over the field with the owner of it, who was deceived as well as ourselyes by the appearance of the tops, there was not one sound plant to be found.—Potatoes, we regret to say, ate also beginning to exhibit indications of the old disease, in several places, but whether this will prove general, remains yet to be seen.

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tg Two or three Colonial and American Mails were re- ceived here during the past week, but the papers brought by. them furnish little or no important intelligence. In our pre- sent No., however, will be found many things worthy of notice.

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UNITED STATES.

A correspondent of the Traveller, writing from Went- worth, N. H., on the 8th, says :—

“ During a freshet caused by a large amount of rain, which commenced falling on the 5th., a dam at the outlet of the * Orford Ponds,’ so called, gave way and the ponds, once at liberty, came rushing upon us, overran the dam near the Village, and, undermining, carried away the grist mill be longing to Mr. David Harris; dwelling house and barn of | Mr. Harris, dwelling house and barn of Mr. Jonathan idudkins, shop and dwelling house of Mr, Enoch Clark. | and furniture were saved. Fortunately no lives were

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“ The mad torrent eut down to the depth of from 15 to 20 feet, and washed away over an acre of land. A. mill-stone which was taken from the mill and placed in a barn, which afterwards went, is to be seen about two miles below where ‘it went in. Such a scene the people of this section never before witnessed, and pray that they may never be called to witness the like again. Damage to roads, bridges and all, estimated at from $15,000 to $20,000.”

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Srrampoar Disasrer on Laxe Mrontaan.—The peta er on

| beautics.—Earl Granville, our ainbassador extraordinary, will | be very imposing in his new state carriage, built for the oc- unmistakeably manifested. It is too well k y -.1|Hriday, the 8th, in a gale, five miles from Manitou Island, Pere cee alee ce ae . nown to remind | y, the , gale, Lv loll of . rer s wrasea . & carriages aud twenty ate readers of the fact, that Messrs. Palmer and Longworth | Lake Michigan, and sunk in 300 feet of water. Her a Of Wihich Rave receaed him. > . 3 . 7 : > EB | I preced A could not have been clected without the aid of the Rovalty ; consists of 15,000 bushels of corn, 130 packages, barr | "The King of Sardinia Mie ordered. adiitioent ; and as it was, with all that aid. ¢] Se whe Bove > and tierces of lard, and 40 tons scrap iron. She was to

nc King Of Suruinia has oruered additional works |? 5 fas ta @ hat ¢ hey ve i sieais nin af . . > b : defence to be aaeehed ei ‘the a = a eee - . PKS of | ; 7 é lat ald, t 1ey very narrowly escapea at Racine for 10 tons of wool, but it was not known that she

vutlor of hus territory. defeat. Since then the growth of Liberal principles, in the | got it.