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Tur Ramroap Missioxn.—The Mis-

tion of the Hon. Mr. Howe has been en-| irely successful. The British Govern-| nent had consented to guarantee the!

whole amount to build the Rail Road to} Quebec and Montreal, at three and a half| percent. Mr. Howe was in great spirits} when the last Mail left Engiand: nor was| itatall apprehended that any change of | Ministry contingent npon the unsettled, stale of parties would in any wise affect the negociations which had deen virtually brought to a close.

The political world is ina very unsatis- factory condition, and the state of par- ties 1s so perplexed that it is linpossible to foreshadow what aday may bring forth. The defeat of the Government on the Woods and Forests is a significant inti- mation that the late patch-up will not be enduring ; and that, ere long, we may be in the throes of another ministerial crisis. A “strong” Government, however desira- ble, is clearly impossible in the present distracted state of public opinion. It was believed when Lord John Russel! came back to power that he would be allowed to“ tide over” the session in the best way he could ; but already the spirit of forbearance, if it existed at all, has dis- appeared, and the Russell Cabinet may be blown to atoms at any moment.

Hope gleams feebly in the distance. A desperate straggle is impending, into} which will be infused all the ranconr of religious acrimony, and all the fierceness of mval political creeds. The bartle of; free-trade will be fought over again. | ‘The Whigs, the Whig-Radicals, and the, Peelites will be ranged on the side of free! imports and exports; the Protection'sis| will take their stand on helping native industry at the expense of the rest of the, community.

A contest in England would probably end in a drawn battie, for the nicely! balanced state of parties would prevent! the rival farees from claiming a decided victory. The turning point would be freland,

The calculation is, eighty ministerial- ists would be returned—a number suffi- ciently formidable to decide the fortunes of the field. Now this body, acting to- cether, as, doubtless, they would, could Cictate terms to any Minister; and if ihey threw their strength intothe hands of the Protectionists, as a set-off for non- action on the Papal question, the whole commercial policy of ihe last eight years would be reversed, and all that has been gained would be lost—for a_ time. Such a contingency must have presented rtself to the minds of the Peel school of statesmen when they parted company with Lord John Russell about his Titles Di}, and every one saw in that act a stroke of policy which sacrificed present power for great prospective advantages. Ifthe Peelites could mollify Irish hostility, th? Protectionists would be outmancuvr- ed,and Sic James Graham would ride into office with extraordinary eclat.

DismissaL or onr or wer Masestr’s Caapiatns.—One of the most aristocratic of her Majesey’s Chaplains in Ordinary, having addressed, 09 two several occasi- ons, leiters to her Majesty, protesting in the most solena terms against the worldiiness of the Court, he bas been in- formed that his services will no Jonger be reqnired at the Conrt, and that his name wil be struck off the ‘ist of her Majesty’s Chaplains in Ordinary. He was a Pusey- ite,

Orricran Apvrotntment.—The Rev. Tibbert Binney, Fellow and Tutor ot Worcester College, Oxford, is appointed Bisho? of Nova Scotia.

Drata or tre GoveRNor OF THE Gov Coasr.—Intelligence has been received on the death of Commander Sir William Winnet, Knight, Royal Navy, Governor and Commander in-chief of her Majesty's forces on the Gold Coast. The jate gallant officer bad written letters dated Nev. 30, 1850, and had caused his Juggage to be packed up preparatory to hia return home, but letters dated 4th Yocemher convey the information of his

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jand was entitled toa retiring allowance)the subordinate duty ofa junior counsel,

stand an offical gives two guineas for tar- M. de Grandpree and Bi. Le

lenhicitor, to receive a legacy of £10,000,

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Ihe deceased was a brother-in-law of learned in the law usually sit, and produ- the Rev. Dr. Twining; Chaplain to the;cing a bundle of papers, large enough Garrison of Halifax. We understand he to excite the jealousy of a Chan- had just completed his term of (iovern- cery practioner, preceeded to untie and nent,and was aboutto returnto England, arrange them with composure and ex- where his wile and family of three enildren| pertness. On one of the benches imme- were residing, when he was cut off.|diately behind sat her brother, Mr. N. D,

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fe had been in Africa for several years.) Millard, who seemed content to perform

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of £1,000 per annum.} isurrendering the more complicated and a itechnical portions of the case to the su- IRELAND. | perior management of the fair advocate Resoicincs.—There are amusing ac-| "9 acted as h's senior, and who, it must meget SS ee ae be confessed, discharged the self-imposed counts of * rejoicings”’ for the downfall of Jit) 9 collected and consecutive fluency

; nahi +) } ‘ . the Russel! cabinet from the counties of and shatoriénl tact andl finde Shick weald

Cork, Tipperary, Kilkenny, and Wet s Seen dinamnnd any “gentleman of ford. In each place Lord Jolin had been! ine Lines aun? g

burned in effigy, and, to add to the insult! > : —old clothes seing scarce—his composi-| tion was merely hay or straw. A You- shal ietter, giving an account of the doings there, adds :—* On Monday nigit fires were seen for miles along the kills in every direction.

Discovery or A Secret Society at Lyrons.—A few days since,1s a priest was passing through the Place Rouville.at Ly- ons, he was insulted by a number of boys, ithe oldest of whom was not more than 18. On the commissary of police being in- * Cronmuen.—The town of Clonmel is formed of this outrage, he arrested one of ina flame to-night. ‘Lord John’s effigy,’ the party, and on searching the house and such an ‘efiigy’ the world never saw where he lived, a pistol quite new was —a draggled, dirty stuffed figure, carried found. Several poignards of the most ona dirty man’s back, witha set of fel- effective kind were seized. ‘I'hese ar- lows behind as dirty as the figure itself rests have, it is said, led to the discovery and the man that carried it, flogging it|of'a secret society under the appellation with wattles, His right honourablesliip is of “ Societe des Velites,” of which these to be buried to-nigit at eleven o-clock. | youths were members. What picture can | give you of this town, sa on this occasion? The wild spirits of} A Dcerin rae Croups.—A contem- Tipperary let loose—even the women have porary has revived an account of a deel! forgotten their characters, and as I write fought in two balloons, now half-a-century | they are tirnshing Lord Join. Iuncer- ago. Two celebrated French mronauis, Pigne, barrels, and a shopkeeper in the town havingquarrelled about a fashonable opera gives pitch barrels—a publican, ‘ not hav- dancer, who, though the mistress of ive ing the fear of father, mother, or brewer former, was discovered in an intrigue before him,’ gives the dhrink. I write | with the latter, a challenge was the con-

lafterwards, mangled and lifeless, De- ‘ceased bore an excellent character and is much regretted by his friends and

neighbours.— Woodstock American.

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[Continued from 2nd page.} RESOLUTION TOUCHING “ THE PENSIONS,”

Whereas, by His Excellency’s answer

to the Address of this House, offering to S

allow the proceeds of the Crown Lands towards pensioning the Colonial Secrets. ry and Attorney Genera!, provided ig should be considercd that the objections of the House to giving compensation to those efficers, were insufficient, it appears that His Excellency considers lie is bound by his instractions to demand the full amount, claimed by the luperial Govern- ment, for those officers: And, Whiereas it is the conviction of the House, that the Public Dusiness can- not be carried on with either credit or ad- vantage to the country, under the present system of Government: Therefore, Resalved, That this House do agree to His Excellency’s request, to allow compensation to the two Officers in question, relying on His Exce}lency’s as- surance to introduce Responsible Go- vernment, and to cause the return of anv Fees illegally retained by the Colonial Secratary, and to Jay the proceedings be- fore Her Majesty’s Government. And that a tax be imposed, of one farthing per acre, on al] owners or occupiers of Lands, of not less than 500 acres possess- ed by each individual: the said Tax to be appropriated in aid of the charge of the Civil Establishment of this Colony, and of allowances above mentioned. To His Excellency Sir Alexander Banner man, Knight, Liewenant Governor and

this in haste. The town is quiet, only— sequence. Being both men of elevated a3 Terry O'Driscoll would say—for the minds, they agreed to fight in balloons ;! jand, in order to give time for their pre-

De. Power, M.P..—A meeting of the P2rations, it was agrees mpon that their!

~ - 1. iF " In gy or electors of Skibbereen was held on Sun-/2¥°! should take place thet day month.}

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day, to consider the vote Dr. Power M.P.,' Accordingly, on the ‘3rd of May, I8u8, the}

on the motion of Mr. Disraeli. A resolu-/P™ ties met in a field acjoining the Tul! tion condemnatory to that man,was passec, ©™©8, where their vat ance with a determination to oppose his re-elec-| “Te TEacy to receive them. Each apes tion should he again seek the representa- *cended his car. The. weapons to be!

i tion of that county.

balloons!

used, by mutual consent, were d/ender-j ; busses, as pistols ’twas supposed would:

The same day the electors of Rillyval- pe altogether inefficient in their probable lan and several other disticts held @'situations, -A vast multitude attended, meeting for the same purpose. ‘hearing of the ascent, hut little drea:ming

Meerine or tor Roman Cataonie of the hostile intentions of the #ronauts, BisHors.—The Roman Catholic bishops| eine merely attracted to the then unpre- held another meeting yesterday, and cedented novelty of a balloon race. At

adopted an adress to the Queen, and Nine o’clock the cord# were cut, and the

another to the people of Jreland, in refer-/Dalloons ascended majestically, amidst

to the Papal - l, the shouts of the admiring thousands. rs a - — -Aeguempe ; ‘The wind was moderate from the N. N. A singular instance ofthe caprice of

; : W., and they kept, as well as could be ‘ 5 r, ’ eee are ieee aa judged, between 90 and 100 yards ofeach

: other. When they arrived at the height miserably poor of the poor of Skibbereen) ine: foe was Jamez Kane, who contrived to eke|o" ene EES Sa Tee See

. but without effect; almost immediately out existence by disposing of a few bones afier, his fire was returned by M. Grand-

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on as aaa aaa a aay pree ; the contents of his blunderbuss pe-

On socal cnehtlinche ie tan - cela oy Retrated his adversary’s balloon, the con- sper <ctmeche coy sequence was the rapid descent of the

sl ceeae ean aaa oon a noe, Hachine, ond M. Le Pique was daseed to e snener C Work JObse- nieces on a house-top, on which his

This same James Kane is now on his way oy sttered and collapsed balloon fell.

to London, in company with an eminent!-ny. victorious Grandpree then mounted

- 7 > alofti cre 2% and property to the amount of £500 a-year. oe ay — be 7 Salome Mr. Joxu O'CONNELL AND HIS Consti-, of ascension.—[It is not sated upon what TUENTS. authority the foregoing narrative rests. ] A meeting @ the Limerick corporation, was held, when after a very warm dis-| © cussion a resolution condemnatory of

Mr. O'Connell’ tig Fatat Accmwent.—We regret to ‘ir, O'Connell's conduct was passed by Jeara that an uccident of the most painful a majority of [3 to IL; and a second re- nature occurred in the tenth concession

solution was adopted, calling on the hon. | o¢ Zorra, on Thursday night last. It ap- gentleman to resign hisseat, Mr. O'- pears that a wedding party had assembled Connell has replied that he is willing to at the house of Mr. James MeDonald retire provided he is called on gene-jwhose son was to have been a happy rally by his constituents, but he will not/ bridegroom on the following morning. be dictated to concerning his parlia-\and according to the goo old Highland mentary votes; and that he purposely custom, the eve of the bridal was to be absented himself from Mr. Disraeli’s| spent in merriment and dancing, Festivi- motion, and, if oresent he would havej:ie3 had but commenced. when the voted with the Ministers. The corpora-ifyrher of the bridegroom went out to pals, UcomMggelinve sclel asiee lone aiee Get ane tel ’ HouD) well, which as we are infurmed, was

to resign the represeutation of the city. | about 25 feet deep. A keen frost on the A Lavy Pieapine HER OwN Cause.— | preceding days had covered the ground In the Dublin Encumbered Estates’|around the well-curb with heavy sheet of Conrt, on Saturday, a lady, Mrs. Cathe-|ice, and Mr. M‘Donald iu drawing up the rine Winter, appeared to plead her own) bucket, evidantly lost his foot-hold and

NEW BRUNSWICK.

Commander in Chief, §c. &e. &c. May rr PLease your Exce.zecy;

‘The House of Assembly have had unde? their consideration Your Exeellency’s Message of the 7th inst., in answer to the Assembly’s Address, wherein they ex-

(pressed their views on the subject of Lord

Grey’s Despatch of the Slst January, 1851, and pointed out the mode by waich they purposed to comply with his Lordship’s instractions to Your Ex- cellency.

They observe with regret that “the Lieutenant Governor has no discretion— ary authority to yield the conditions on which Responsible Government is to be conceded and the Crown Revenues sur- rendered,” and that the mode suggested by the House of Assembly would be in- sufficient to enable His Excellency to carry out either the letter or spirit of his instructions,

Upon,therefore,a reconsideration of the position in which Your Excellency is placed, and actuated by a desire to pro- ceed with the performance of the public business, the House of Assembly have agreed to provide the full amount of com- pensation demanded by the Attorney Ge- neral and Colonial Secretary, on Your Excellency’s complying with the we!! un- derstood wishes of the people of this [s- land in reference to the reconstruction of Your Exce!lency’s Government.

The Resolution of the House of Assem- bly, accompanying this Address, will in- form Your Excellency of the source whence they purpose to derive the neces- sary funds for the allowances contemplated to be given to the Attorney Geners! and Colonial Secretary, and in aid of the Civil List Bill. Inregard tu that subject the Assembly beg to direct Your Excellency’s attention tothe Extract of a Despatch, from Her Majesty’s Colonial Minister, to the late Lieutenant Governor, dated Dow- ning Street, 12th November, 1847, in which His Lordship recommends the Lo- cal Legislature to ** raise a larger prepor- tion of the Colonial Revenue” bya tax upon Lands,as being * the best mode that could be adopted for providing for the necessary expenditure of the Colony.”

Thus it will be pereeived by your Ex- cellency, that the House of Assembly are fully disposed to afford your Excellence an opportunity of complying with the long entertained and earnestly expressed wish- es of the people of this Islond in refer- ence to Responsible Governmen!, and that it will not be the fault of the Assembly if that system of Government be withheld

cause, Shetook her place atthe table;}was precipitated into the well, from

whereher Majesty's counsel and doctorsj/whence he was taken out, half an hour: from the Colony.