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THE EXAMINER.

colour, Communists in principle, as its President!

It is to be hoped that the take warning by these facts. Orleanism and Henri- quinquism, to which large sections of that body are inclined, can neither of them be restored without a civil war; whilst Buonaparusm, In alliance with com- munism, could not be established without a similar struggle. In this latter case the struggle would be peculiarly envenomed, and peculiarly useless; for no euch result could by any chance be a permanant one. There is no safety for France but ina Moderate Re- PS od, and that of the country, they would re- solve to give the Republic a fair trial, as the only

ossible solution of the difficulties and the exigencies of thetime. If, however, after voting the Constitution, they should throw the election of President upon the country, instead of taking it upon themselves to nom- nate the man who has saved France from anarchy, they

and with a Buonaparte

National Assembly will

will but pave the way for the temporary triumph of,

Buonapartism and Communism.

Such a triumph would cost the country much; and all the work of the last four months would have to be done again. here are already symptoms that some of the cooler heads of the old dynastic Opposition and the pracused statesmen of that era have awakened to the peril, and that an attempt wiil be made to unite all parties in support of General Cavaignac, as the first President of the Republic. It is earnestly to be hoped that these symptoms are not delusive ; and that power will be con- fided to the firm hand, the clear head, and the honest heart of General Cavaignac, whom events have render- ed the most prominent, as well as the most valuable, man in France.—Jilustrated London News.

Distureances aT Vienna.—The Vienna journals of the 13th, which have come to hand, report serious disturbances in that capital during the evening of the 11th, and on the 12th and 13th. At ten o’clock on the evening of the 11th, a crowd assembled before the buildings of the ministry of the interior, with the pur- pose of obtaining from the minister a guarantee for the shares of an association, founded by one Herr Swoboda, for the support of indigent mechanics; this demand being made in consequence of their having been dis- appointed in obtaining facilities for changing these shares in the market for gold, or other securities to their full nominal value, and the ministry having re- fused to constitute these shares as legal tenders, The crowd of petitioners becoming very great, and the noise alarming, a division of national guards was called out. However, on assurances being given that the matter would be made the subject of official investigation, the crowd ultimately separated without committing any

eat excesses.

The disturbances were renewed at noon on the 12th. An immense number of persons, many of whom were armed, forced open the doors of the official residence of the Minsiter of the Interior, and took possession of pumerous documents. All the employes, after a vain resistance, made a precipitate flight. The national guard arrived, but they could neither expel the intru- ders nor prevent others from entering. The movement, according toall appearances, is taking a strictly politi- can turn—in fact, an ultra-democratical one. The re- cent declaration of the government respecting the powers ofa constitutional emperor, and some recent measures of the cabinet which are set down as being taken in favour of reactionary tendencies, are the er- grossing subjects of conversation. The overthrow ofthe ministry is loudly demanded by the ultra-radicals. It is thought that the present movement is not an iso- lated one. The morning of the 13th the excitement had been tremendous; nearly all the shops were closed, and firing was heard in two or three directions. It was said that the government had at last guaranteed the payment of the interest, and even the capital of the shares issued by the so called ‘Commercial Association for the Relief of Poor Mechanics.’

The Gazette Polska of the 11th announces, that disturbances, with bloodshed, took place at Posen on the 10th. At eight o’clock the toesin was sounded—the whole garrison was in commotion. An affray had broken out among the soldiers. The hussars, artillery, the 55th, and 8th, all met in combat, and fought with the utmost regularity and in high order.

Saxony.—A letter from Leipsie, of Sept. 14, says: +The insurrection of the workmen in the mines, in the vicinity of the important manufacturing town of Chem- nitz, spread to that place on the 12th. Numerous bar- ricades were erected in the fanbourgs, but they were attacked and captured by the military, after an obstinate and sanguinary resistance.’

AmstTerpDAM.—Like a toad the city sits, squat upon the marshes; and her people push out the waters, and pile up the earth against them, and sit down quietly to smoke. Ships come home from India and ride at an- chor before their doors, coming in from the sea through paths they have opened in the sand, and unlading their goods on quays that quiver onthe bogs. Amsterdam is not the most pleasant place inthe world, when a June sun is shining hot upon the dead water of its canals, and their green surface is only disturbed by the slug- gish barges, or the slops of the tidy house-maids. I went through the streets of the merchant princes of Amsterdam, A broad canal sweeps through the centre,

c: and if the Assembly would calmly look upon its}

their milk from their barges on the quay in front of the very prudest doors. The houses and half of the-canal are shaded with deep leaved Jindens, and the carriages rattle under them, with the tall houses on one side and the water on the other. Nowhere are girls’ faces pret- tier than in Holland; complexions pearly white, with just enough of red in them to give @ healthy bloom, and their hands are as fair, soft, and tapering, as their eyes are full of mirth, witchery, and fire.—Bentley’s Miscel-

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TEETOTALLERS OF CHARLOTTETOWN.

Mr. Evrron—Being desirous of addressing a few

the Mechanical portion of this community, and also to the Temperance Public, [ would crave a small portion of your space for that purpose. Charlottetown I would first address myself :

Gentlemen—You are all aware, no doubt, that at the in the Provincial Parliament, in consequence of the ap- pointment of Edward Palmer, Esq. to the office of Solicitor General, and that in a short time an Election will be held to fill up this vacancy. You are further aw-.e that all persons resident in this town who pay a yearly rent of £10, or who possess Janded estate to that amount, are entitled to vote at this election; and that upon you, in a great measure, will depend the success of any gentleman who may offer himself as a candidate ; and also, that it is your inalienable right to use your own private judgment as to the suitability of any indi-

tative of the people; and further, gentlemen, you must be aware that in this Island there exists a Family Com- pact which not only sways the government, but, with iis numerous retainers, monopolises nearly every office of emolument in the colony, and that the persons who compose this oligarchy, in eight cases out of ten, look upon your class as an inferior race of beings, and as a body of men who have scarce any right to suggest, or use your influence, in matters of legislation or govern- ment.

Now, gentlemen, being in possession of these facts, and after having taken all these matters into consider- ation, I would ask—how do you intend to vote at the approaching election? Will you, as heretofore, bestow your suffrages upon a man who is bound to support the Faction which I have nemed? Will you still counte- nance a system which treats you as men devoid of in- tellect? Will you support a party which appropriates to its own use nearly every office in the colony, to the exclusion of those among you, who may be well quali-

full of every sort of craft, and the dairy-women land]

remarks, in reference to the approaching Election, to)

present time Charlottetown has but one representative |

vidual for the high and honourable office of a represen- |

unreasonable to suppose that Mr. Palmer, however }much he might wish to serve you, could enter into your peculiar feelings, and advocate your wishes, as efficj- ‘ently as aman who would be personally affected by any changes which might take place.

Other reasons might be adduced why you should make an eflort to place one of your own body in the Legislature, but for the present let those which I have put forth suffice.

And now a word to the Temperance public of Char- lottetown: You have seen the evils which Intemper- ance has inflicted upon the people of this Island, and the sight has induced you to make a bold stand against the foul usurper, and to pledge yourselves to do all in your power to lessen his sway over your fellow beings, and one means which you believe may be successfully used to attain this great object, is Legislation, Itmay be sid that such means wil] not remedy the evils in- flicted by Intemperance, but this is not correct : Legis- lative enactments have been had recourse to in the U. States, and have been found to answer all the purposes for which they were framed; and surely in this Islend the same means should be successful as well as in that

To the Mechanics of country. There is ample room for reform and enact-

ments on this subject: take, for instance, the Licence Law—the powers to grant Licences should be vested, jas is the case in Nova Scotia, in the Grand Jury, who ought to be clothed with a discriminating power rela- tive to the granting or withholding them. If this were done, probably in a short time Licences would cease to be granted altogether; this would illegalize the traffic, and all who should then be discovered engaged in it, would be treated as criminals, which would effectually divest the trade in ardent spirits of that respectable character which it now bears. In attaining these ob- jects the same argument which I have made use of, as to the necessity of a person being inthe Assembly who is acquainted with the peculiar feelings and sympathies of the Mechanical body, will apply in your case: it is also necessary that in the House one of your number should hold a seat, who would perfectly understand ‘your wishes, and who would feel an interest in the ‘success of any Petition which you might lay before the ‘Legislature. The opportunity is now presented you to unite with your brethren, the Mechanics, and bestow your suffrages upon a man who would, at the same time, be a Mechanic and Teetotaller, as well as a Liberal in politics, and thus those three qualifications would be blended in one individual, and the wishes of each party be served.

I would now suzgest to both bodies whom I am ad- dressing, the propriety of holding a public meeting at once, to nominate a candidate of the qualifications I have just named ; and also to make an effort to obtain the co-operation of the Liberal party generally, in order that perfect success may be ensured to any per- son who will consent to be placed in nomination.

In conclusion, allow me to say, that perhaps never before was such an opportunity afforded to you, the Me- chanics of Charlottetown, to return to the Assembly

fied to fill some, at least, of these situations? And will one of your own body, of obtaining those reforms which you prolong a system which almost PRoHieiTs your you have already demanded, and of lending your aid to children {no matter how lavish nature may have been abolish the abuses to which your attention is called in in her bestowal of intellect) from ever attaining to any a preceding part of my Jetter. Then up and improve of those honourable places in the government, for which! the opportunity which is now placed before you—as- they may be fitted, which would cause you to be proud sert your position in society—shew that you are not of your offspring, and in some measure be a recompense slaves in opinion, whose office it is to follow in the trail for the trouble and expense to which you may have been of any aristocratic lordling--that you are an independ- put in developing those talents of which they are pos- ent, intellectual, and respectable class of men, and that sessed? Allow me to tell you, Mechanics and other you consider you have a right, in concert with men of operatives of Charlottetown, that should you, by your other professions. of framing the Jaws, and sharing in votes and influence, endeavour to secure the return to those offices which are necessary to the government of the Assembly of the present Solicitor General, you will the Colony. To you also, the Temperance public of aid in prolonging the abuses which I have just named. Charlottetown, there is a noble opportunity presented of As a proof, look at the manner in which Mr. Palmer has extending your principles :—then improve it—unite with acted during the last two sessions of the Legislature: the mechanical and liberal portion of the community, has he not invariably voted with and for the Compact ? and by putting forth your exertions, you will probably has he not by his actions shown that he was their will-| have the satisfaction and pleasure of seeing Charlotte- ing servant, and that he was almost (if not altogether) town represented in the Legislature by a man who will bound to do their bidding ? and, I would ask, can any be pledged to advocate your principles-—encourage the thing better for the future be expected, now that Mr. mechanic, and mete out equal justice to every other

P. is more closely wedded to the Clique than ever, in haying received the office on account of which he va- cates his seat at the present time? No! It is next to an impossibility that he can now properly represent you in Parliament, even had he done so before: Mr. P. is expected to support the government : that government (notwithstanding all that may be said to the contrary) does not possess the confidence of the country: conse- quently, the inference is plain, that he cannot indepen- dently represent you; so that you may at once come to the conclusion, that even had Mr. P. represented you and the country fairly and impartially, the power to do so (wholly apart from Compact influence) is no longer his, he having taken office under an Administration in which the country does not repose confidence.

Another reason why Mr. Palmer should not be the man of your choice, independently of political consider- ations altogether, is this: should you follow up the steps taken Jast winter, in order to induce the Legislature to impose such duties upon imported manufactured articles as shall place them upon the same footing with articles of home manufacture, so that the importer shall not exercise an undue advantage—a man from your own body will be required in the House to give effect to your representations, to place the matter in its true light,

part of the community. With sentiments of respect and disinterested friend- ship, allow me to subscribe myself Your friend in obteining reform,

Charlottetown, October 6, 1848.

From Papers by the last Colonial Mail.

INTERESTING FROM CALIFORNIA—DISCOVERY OF GOLD MINES—GREAT EXCITEMENT.

A Correspondent of Bennett’s “Herald,” writing from California, thus describes the excitement occasion- ed by the discovery of Gold Mines in that region ;

Cauirornia, June 1, 1848. We still live and have our being in this ‘Farest West,’ with only one serious apprehension, that we are in danger of having more gold than food, for he that can wield a spade, and shake a dish, can fill his pockets, a su

usto. on Tis now the Yankeeturn, begining in October, 1846,

under Lieut. Washington Bartlett, alcalde of the town of Yerba Buena. Hundreds of our countrymen obtain-

and keep alive the agitation respecting it, should your wishes not at once be complied with: as it would be,

ed in that town, at $15 each, house lots of 50 varas

‘square, (136 English feet.) This they continued under

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