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The character of hgophld iO‘Donnell given by British writers in far from angin- ble. Ttiey say he was more intimate than he ought to have been with Queen Chris- titia. After twice defeating ltlspartero, and twice Cabrera, he enjoyed ‘ﬁrs!-rule tiiili- tiiry I1 utatlon. As Captain General of Cuba, in Inbscqtiently earned the reputa- tion of aigreat administrator, though he was accused, had apparently on siitﬁcient grounds, ofiticretising his private fortune- by an infamous eonnivance in the slave trade. He returned to Spain, was for eight years the henchmen of Ncrvaez. atidjust two years ago—in August, '51, if we re- member right, was instruineiital in upset- ting thli corrupt ministry of the Count of San Luis, and establishing in its stead, with Espartero, that which, at last advices, he had utterly svertlirowti.

Such is the past careei'ol'tlie man. Next, as to his pt-2,-sent situation.

'l‘lie politics ol Spain can neverbe indiffe- rent to us. Since the rt-tircniciit ofNarv:u z from the scene some three years ago, Spu- nish allitirs have preseiitt-d titi tiiivaryitig succession ofcivil riots, utid sweeping exe- cutions. O'l)onticll attributrs these to it sociulistic propaganda, especially active in the great cities. in asserts the l'e.ii-fnl fact, that “ .‘.l|l)Vt!l'5lVe ideas” have for tho ﬁrs: time, made a lodgtnetit in t-vi-ry part ofthe l’etiinsula. Against such ideas, [is- pnrtero,a talker about rufortti and pi-ogi-ess- was naturally poivt-rlest-i. Sonia iiititi with I itioro distinct and determined position alone could coinbztt tho-in succetn.-fttlly, that man would seotii to be, eitlier t\arv»it-7. himself, at last dates ati lionorable exile at Paris, or O’l)onni-.ll, or, put-litips, both utiited cnietlies and refortns iiie indeed sorely needed in Sptitiisli nditiiniati-nti:.n; pi-.l'llllPS a clringe of dynasty alone can effect all the chtiiigos nccos.-at-y to it reno- vation'of the State. If so, who is to sue- ca-ed? Not the son of Don Carlos? Not the young King of Poi-tiigal? Not a M-'-tit petisier? \Vhotlien? l’et-hnps 0'llonni-ll hitnself drentns of founding ll Spanish dynasty, ii task which is supposed to have been prophesied of old, as reserved for his

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Wltether he is to play the ptirt of Pt-pin, or of LVlonk, we shall before the year ends, be better enabled to judge. So fttr no man nor party has stood against him: how much higher he may be destined to go, time only call toll.

Ans-riut.ii.—'l‘lie screw steamship Roy- al Charter, under the cotntnuiid of Capt. Boyce, arrived in the Mersey on the even- ing of Tuesday, the l'.‘th, frotn Mellioiiriie, after it passage of 78 days, bringing advi- ces to the 25th of May, and which are 23 days later than lliose previously to hand The Royal Charter did not leave Port Phi- lip Heads until the 26th of May, ttlthottgli the latest papers received by her from Mel hourtie are dated the 24th. During the passage she met with a succession oftenti- terly gales and contrary winds to Oape Horn, and in Int. 59, 8., long 90 w., she fell in with several icebergs.

She has brought hotne 3'27 passengers, I8l,000 ounces of gold, and l0,000 sove- reigns, besides it. large quantity of gold and jewelry in the hands of passengers. The value of the whole of the gold brought by her is estimated at about £800,000 sterling, being, we believe, the largest amount ever broitght into the Mersey in one vessel.

The increase in the yield ofthe gold ﬁelds continues, in spite of the teinporttry obsta- cles of winter, and tho con.-iequent cessation of operations on seveial of them. The returns of the amounts brought down by escort for the first three months of the pre- sent year amounted to ,0~lO ounces against 589,337 in I855. . l

The rumored discovery of new gold ﬁelds has beep confirmed, and somewliich had been abandoned as failures have been turned to again and proved ttiost proliﬁc.

A Govei-ninent cotntnisaion, under the presiditnce ofVProfcsaor l\l‘Coy, and coin- posed ofprticticnl and scientiﬁc men, had been appointed to explore systematically. the auriferoua measures of the colony. The government of Victoria is rising in popu- larity, and 'itiatead of laliourin under a detlcitilino I hdllnce of sea.-ty .000 to

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The fattnors of the colony are pursuing their labours with great energy, and are iiitroducing many scientific itnprnvottiontn.

' be what of railway coitinitinicltion in much complained of. , _ Commercial affairs at Melbourne were in a aatisfuct--iy state; there being 9! Qntiro absence of all apt-colatiwn and eloitetnctit. The banking esttiblislitiii-nip lyavo, repoited the same rate ofexclipnge dqi,-_i the month! of April atid May;,t_hp rota,‘ interest on tnioney is quoted atiqlglit to ten per cent. Gold at Melbourne was worth £3 17s. per ounce to diggers. ‘.

The escort arriving from the diggiu s on the 28d of May conveyed’ thirty-eig t thousand live hundred and fifty-eight ounces of gold, and twenty-eight thousand two hundred and ninety pounds in cash.

The wool iiiarltet was steady, and it good number of foreign buyers had appeared. The qtiatitity olft-red by auction has been double that of last year.

The demand for ttillow was quite equal to the supply. Nothing of importance in hides.

Among the passengers per the lloygil Clint-to-r were the Rev. llr. Scott-slty and Miss Ctitliaiiitio Hayes. Mr. G. V. Brooke was performing at Bi-indigo.

BLEEDING A lllounnt.-v.—-.-‘i very re- tnarltalili: 8llI'.'_'lt‘8l operation took place at the Blue liidgc 'l'iitinel in Virginia. one night last week. The tltird set of worktiicti were eii_-_'agcil in tligcitig, as usual, when one of llll'll‘|, Pat l"lagatt, noticed the texture of the rock before liitti cltiingetl suddenly from hard to soft, and that the soft was wet. Shortly after it stri.-titii of water issued frotn an oriﬁce lie had made. This wits sttcceetlctl by it heavy riitiililtng sound. “ like the cars, ” which so f|l}.’lllt.‘Ilt.‘(l the liuiitls that they :ill made for the open air. Well wits it for tltetii that they did_ so! The sound cnntiniiml to grow loud--r and louder for some tiiinutes, till it crash was ht-ard,antl Lnniediaitcly ti vast stream of water rolled out of the tunnel. ~.An eye witness says, that the head of the stream was at least ten feet l|lj.:ll, nml that it swt-pt carts tttid barrows before it like t'linﬂ‘.- —’l‘he slretitii cotitinur-.d to pour a perfect river until about I? o’clock when it gradually stibsidcd, atid was loiv -anon i at 3 p. tti., to allow us to make it hasty survey of its cause. It now seems that there is, in the middle of the ttiouii- ttiin an llnlllense cavetn or pocket, in which water front tltc iiielting snow has been deposited for years. and that the litie of the tunnel taps this cavern near N8 centre. The ctiverii will save the State a good deal of money, since nature has opened it road throiigli iie:ir three hundrcd feet of solid rock.—'l'liis will expediate the completion of the tunnel greatly.

Dtt. KANE, ANDTHI-I Aacrtc St-:.iticii.— We published an ttrticlc from the London papers relative to another expedition pro- posed by thc British Government, to the Arctic regions, to make the final search for the remains of Sir John Franklin and his party, of which traces have at last beenffound. Dr. Katie, has by common consent, even among the Eng- lish navigators themselves, been looked to as the head of this expedition, and has been tendered the command in the fullest and most ﬂattering manner by the Bag- lish »Admira|ty.« He has heretofore dc- clined it ; but V the strong inducements held out incotinexion with lately renewed appeals from Lady Franklin, the ollicers of the British Geographical Society, and the Ministry,al| combine toward inducing him to reconsider his answer. Ind it may be that he is destined to again ven- ture upon the perilous ctiverprise of set- ting for ever the geography of the North Pole, wliilelie perfor s the last" oflices fortlte lost ‘an’ atord._—-Washington ln-' _tellig'ei'ici‘r,‘ August‘ to“.

debate. on the claim of the Gas Company for remuneration you one made to express yourself as follows: ;

"Mr. Barnard stated. he was not surprised It:tha Ilccorderts opinion; lip thoiight lie was until] a dot fcttoo for the tin Ciiinpiiny. and lied noted that that gentleman seemed to take ll peculiar delight, sometimes when not required and alviays vihaa Called apon, to niakahtateitients and ive his opinion in contvadiction to that of the Couiici , aitd in oppo- sition to what applaud just and reasonable; be con- sidercd him a perverse nuts. and it appeared to hitn to be his aim to btiug that body itito ditlrepate by urging it to adopt measures, which if followed out, would bring his Worship and tlieCotincil into odiiim; he had retid the Act catefiilly over, and arrived at the conclusion that ttia t.'ompuny‘a claim was unjuggiik ..

May I ask. ifyou, in your private capacity, htid gone to a lawyer. and stated to him the circumstances of an unexpected demand of a neighbor, for dtiniiiges. which had arisen from some act of yours, the doing of which was per- fectly in your opinion justifiable, but lnid worked on injury to him, and asked his legal opinion as to your liability to rt-iniburso our iicighbor.aiid he replied, stop—lct us ta 0 it view of the other side of tiiu ucstioti; 'ou have stated your case, I will now put inysclt‘ in the place of your opponent and show you ivliat can he said in favor of his claim; vioitld you think that by, so doing, he was acting an on- fair, ti dishonest, or a harsh part towards you? or on the contrary, would you not.tis a sensi- hlo titan, siy ccrt.tinly—lct me know the worst, and ifyoai think I atti wrong, tell me so at once, that l may pay the demand and save the expense ofa lu.wsuit! Would you, when he hit stated the ease and assured you that however strange you might. tliitik it,thc ltl\V was in favour of your opponent, and that you had better pay the tl3ul.l|l l,turn round and abuse him for giving his candid and hottest opin'on. tind accuse liiui of taking part with your adversary? would you upon your own crude aitd piirtittl Jiidgonint, iii dctiiince of his scicntilio and well matured opi- ni in,t.-ll your opponent to do his worst,ot' wou you not rutlier test the correctness of your law- yer's opinion by seeking that ofiiiiotlicr ofequiil experience and skill? at all cvents,would it not he ll matter of prudcnco so to act? l need not require from you an answer to these ques- tions, but would ask, if your private lawyer would be justilied in thus acting. why is the same course reprehensible in the liccurdcr who is the city lawyer.’ ls lie, when his legal opinion on a question concerning the city rigltts is asked to gite that opinion tcarlessly and indepen- dently according to what he knows or believes to be law, or is he to frame his answer so as to coincide with the already expressed wishes or opiniotis of ii majority of" the council? Let tau tor ii motacnt chitin your attention as to what [conceive the relative positions and duties of the City Council atid ltccor-ler. lti allcorporations whether large or small,it lins been found neces- sary to associate with civic uuthoritit-sa pro- lessionally educated legal adviser, and the rea- son assigned is perfectly obvious; the l'ornier being chosen from the mass of the people. are ignorant of the principles and forms of law, and it. Recorder, 'l'own Lltrk, City Solicitor or by wliatcrer other nauie the latter itiiiy be terined. is added to prcieiit. their going nstra , or injuriiig tho comuiunity they represent, in cottuequcttcu of such their ignorance. A Recor- der, ttie liiglicst class of this descriptiinof legal civic ollicors, is cotisidered iii the same light as respects his corporationats the Attorney General with the government. In cases of doubt, as to the legal course to be pursued, the matter is referred to the legal adviser of the city, or to that of the government, and his opinion is. an ought. to be conclusive on the matter. What says our own statute of Incorporation, section 39!--“ lie (the Recorder) is to take the charge and oianagemutl of all legal business connected with the nuiiirs ot' the city, to draft or revise all legal documents required by the city, and to act. as Uounael and Attorney ‘for the city, in any suits. in any court to which the corpora- tion may be a rty.” These words one would suppose are satliciently clear and comprehen- sive. It‘ the Recorder is to take the charge and management of suits at law,,in which the'eor- poriition may be involved,ls' lie‘t‘o take the advice of the Council as to how he is to ruceed,whst plea he shall put in, or how he she liiianage the cause! Are the to whom he has been assigned as counsel on legal adviser to turn round and give him legal advice and-counsel! Is the client to dictate to ttiolawyer. or- the lawyer to the client! Your own it sense will my dear Sir’ furnish the rep y. You and other inenihers of the Council are angry with me that I claim a superiority over the Uoitncll in mat- ters of law, and as you think. permit in to say wrongly—“ take a deli ht in making state-

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Jtlitl Ittcll I»: What is e ecord . '.i:°.°.l"f{,',' policy to be udl‘ Oh rgyi-ti to city ...,. ticgement, the Con Me; .1 how _ever the sunken rock , sand ,,,&:,“d. of the law—~and they us ﬁlly and more dangerous than those '6 coa|gL,,,,, to be stcere-l clear of or as‘ yovep, the Records taken the helm and is r nsible for

the resu t. The Colonel of a regiment is in- vested with a hlﬂdegfﬁﬁ of power, but who ever heard of lit dictating to the surgeon how the sick and wounded are to be treated, oi- to the aytiiastetl, how hlraeoouiitti are to be kept? it all well regulated aseocintions, there is a division of labour, and it is of the highest importance that each keep within their on s here. The instant the workman of one divi. sion interferes with those of another, confusion ensues, and all becomes disorder and discord. You state that you had read the Act carefully over, and had arrived at the conclusion, that the Cottipntiy's. claim was unjust." Does it not (:t'('ll|' to you, that it is possible that the premises frotn which you have drawn that con. clu.-ion tony be litliicious or uitfoundedl llis it-oi-ship the Mayor and Mr. Councillor Davies in the ease of Mur by, 1': Bourke eiiuie to the con- clusion, that tie government httd it perfect right to tax passengers landed front boats on lMineliiti's wlittrf; their judgnieiit however, was set aside on appeal; such dillerent views do liiytin-n and those with legal educations take of tlte stiiizc matter. A Majority ot' the Coun- cil, in the ease of the Comttion, agreed to peti- tion the House contrar to the opinion of tho l.‘o.-order. and what was the result’ the prayer of the petition was unanimously reyccted. Should the Gas Company persist in its determi- itiition to enforce its claim by an action against the city or its surveyor, I shall have an oppor- tunity ot' again pointinrv out the propriety of avoiding a law-suit, and ‘by reducing my opini. on to writin , mu ossihly sui-ccediin making that which l|ppt'ltl'l sulliciently clear to me, equally so to the tnenibei-s of the City Council. In the mean time believe me, no man is better aware of. or more hig‘.ly appreciates the excr- tions of every member of the Corporation for tie public beneﬁt tliunl do, and rely upon it, that no one feels a greater anxiety for the prosperity and well-'oeing ol‘ the city than uiyself, and no exertions of mineshull be wan- ting to render the acts of the Council and its ollicers free from all imputation of blame, and [will venture to add, that in all cases where my advice is followed. such will be the result. Giving you and others credit for honesty and integrity in your views and and actions as metiibcrs of the Corporation, I ask the same credit for myself, and atu with respect and etitceiii, dear sir, yours faithfully.

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HASZA.RD’S GAZETTE.

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Wednesday. September 10,1856. 0 \V‘¢i“lotiiid:t.i enquiring at the Electric Tc- lcgrapli Ullit-o, that the l-lnglish hliitl had not arrived at Halifax, tit 10 o'clock this morning.

We clip the following from a New Bruns- wick paper. At the same time we might inform the llulifax authorities, if they are not already aware of it, that we have at---omtnodution. for at least. two companies in our city.

Miuriitv.--\Ve understand that tho Gover- nor ol Nova Scotia is shortly expected to visit this Province. lie was here about a year ago. General Eyrie (one of the Crimean heroes) is also expected in St. John from Canada. We ‘are informed that upwards of 5000 men are to be stationed in St. John, in consequence of the want of Barrack accoiamodation in llallfax, and their arrival may shortly be expected. —CIttnv:It WV}. .

We have since learned, that Gen. Eyre has arrived in Fredericton, and that lie is hourly expected here.

We beg to acknowledge the politeness of our

itoridom townsman, Mr. J. J. Pippoy, now of

abuse. Miiasiioliiisettqin futnialiing_us with lies of the Boston papers.

The correspondent of the New York Twliurte writing from Nova Scotis, thus speaks of that country :--

" To ‘s'ii'm up in ii few words i e advantages of Nova Scotia. Like the United totes, it cou-

mente and giving in in on in contradiction to that of the Conn l~.', That dlhrenoes have

hiina within itself‘, in a much stnn_lier area, all the necessaries of life and it no M be, inde-

Ifllcll between as is true, but out l.lOl"tll0OOl nt ofalie wot-t,d.t ouirhlu epondonton who difer with inc to blatliel Let nolook for . the tilted button and Canada‘ for the Ital‘ of on tinalo as‘ can or two. it board-eye ship, l life. The scenery in many parts abounds in - when no dodst is in light. ﬁptal 'relgarsub|iIiitynnl-tisawtyu ll -wollwatcasdotid