Vivia looked at him earnestly. ‘ You? 1 do not believe.

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do, do, ll, Harbour Master, Rustico.

James Kelly, ‘Lhomas MeNei

it,” she suid, impetuously. © You are only jesting. Such |, an existence would never satisfy you !" r Justices or THE Peace For Queen’s County: * Oh, indeed it would !” said Willie, quite gravely, except | Henry Wolsey Bayfield, Charlottetown,

the quizzical corners of his lips. * With Tom and a pipe of | good Cavendish—and one would have no import duty to pay here—-and sneoting and fishing, and perhaps—though that shoulda’t care about—a wife who can sew neatly, and cook

me nice little dinners, and bake and dust and wash for Y ”

“ Mousoigneur, que d’honneur!” cried Vivia, her head rect and her eyes flashing.

* Why, what more shoull [ want ?” continued De Rohan, ranquilly, At least it would be as good as walking about .yndon streets in July dust and November fog, sitting mew- e) up in glorious summer days in a close court, puzzling my mind over other men's misdemeanours, or being bored ito death in the mill-wheel routine of society, bearing women's silly gossip and men’s lengthy platitudes,”

“ Well, go!” said Vivia, rising quickly, with her cheeks flushed ; * lower yourself to the level of a Bushranger if you will, but remember my words—of sych.a life you, of all men, will tire, and your mind will weary, and your heart grow sick for something higher and better.”

_ With which impetuous words Miss Vy turned away from him into the back drawing-room, while Willie, half grave, half amused, stood leaning against the mantel piece—looking very fascinating, as I-heard a young lady whisper in coufi- denze to one of her allies, for Willie had a strange way of his own, and al] women went down before the Excalibur of his smile.

[ To be continued. |

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CUARLOTTETOWN, P. E. 1., OCTOBER 11, 1859.

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THE DIVISLON OF THE SPOILS.

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We were well aware that the appointments made by the Government were, by no means, “ like angels’ visits, few and far between,*’ but we had no conception, until furnished with the following list, gleaned from the Royal Gazette, that in the short space of six months, or less, the Executive vould h.ve appointed the enormous number of 306 persons to offices of various kinds. With the exception of the Magistrates, nearly all those parsons whose names are given below have been put in the places of others appointed by the late Govern- ment, and who were dismissed only because their principles— in the advocacy of which they made no noise or pretence— Were not conformable to those of our present rulers. When the late Government removed a few contumacious officials there was a dreadful outery throughout the country, and ? ‘ndignation meetings’ were held in every direction. Now there has been an almost universal clear-out of the nominees of the Liberal party, and if an attempt were made to set up an ‘* indignation meeting”’ the parties concerned would be de- nounced as seditious demagogues and traitors.

So all the clamour about the country going to ruin under " esway of the Liberals has ended in the substitution of cne batch of petty officials for another.

Henry Allen Johnson, Member of th islati i ‘lenry Haszard, Colonial Secretary, eee George Wright, Treasurer,

Frederick De St. Croix Brecken, Attorney General, francis Longworth, Collector of Impost, &c.,

Robert Crawford, Registrar of Deeds, &e., ‘thomas Owen, Postmaster General,

Veter Desbrisay, Assistant Postmaster General,

John Ings, Queen’s Printer,

lenry Fatzgerald Jaryig, Health Officer, Bedeque,

John Townsend, High Sheriff, Prince County ,*

tobert Longworth, do., Queen’s County,

John Smith, do., King’s County,

John Arbuckle, Visitor of Schools,

James Beairsto, Commissioner of Small Debts,

William Beairsto, do do,

Marry C. Green, Member of the Board of Health, Bedeque,

James Campbell, do do do, Jobn Llaszard, do do do, John Green, jr., de do do,

~ Jacob Gouldrip, Commissioner of Highways, Yth District

of Prince County, James Walsh, senr., Harbour and Ballast Master, Bedeque,

John Aldous, Commissioner of Crown and Public Lands, Do do Surveyor General, John W. Morrisson, Road Correspondent and Assistint Clork of Legislative and Executive Councils, Benj. Haywood, Comr. of Highways lst District P. County,

tobert Gordon, do 2nd do du, Joseph Murphy. do 4th do do, Donald Campbell, _ do oth do do, {homas Sims, do 6th dv do, Philip Baker, do Sth do do, Lawrence Yeo, do 10th do do, Archibald McKinnon, Ist District of Queen’s County, John MeMillen, th do do, Archibald MeNeill, 5th do do, William H. Hyde, 6th do do,

John Scott McLeod, 7th do do,

Robert Mutch, 8th do do, Nicholas Jenkins, 9th do do, Donald McLeod, 10th do do, William Sterns, Ist District of King’s County, Peter McCallum, 2nd do do,

Roderick McIntyre, 8rd do do,

John MeGowan, 4th do do, Alexander MeDonald, oth do do,

Thomas Clay, 6th do do,

Jobn McLean, 7th do do,

John Hamilton, Sth do do,

Henry Brehaut, 10th do do, Alexander Robertson, 11th do do,

Alexander McLean, Collector of Impost, &c., fur Pinette and Flat River, ; 4 j Benjamin Darby, Visiting Magistrate far the Jail of Prince County, Siaramia Beairsto, Collector of Impost, &c., for Malpeque and Richmond Bay, John D. Woodman, Harbour Master, Cascumpec, Donald Ramsay, Commissioner of Small Debts, Princetown Royalt amas D. Haszard, Secretary and Treasurer of the Royal Agricultural Society, ty \Wm. Hooper, Commissioner vf Highways, King’s County, John Crawford, do o, Dougald DeDougald, do Humphry McLaren, Commissioner ship No. 13. Murdotk McKinnon, jr., do Andrew Nisbet, Postmaster, New Glasgow, \ngus McKay, Harbour Master, &e., Pinette, \lexander CU. Stewart, Preventive Officer, Georgetown, Philip Leslie, Preventive Officer, Souris, Archibald Ellison, Preventive Officer, Princetown Royalty, James Henderson, Commissioner of Small Debts, Lot 48, _ John MeRae, Wharfinger, Lot 49, Robert Baswell, Preventive Officer, King’s County, John D. Woodman, Preventive Officer and Wharfinger, Cascumpec, Cornelius R. O'Leary, Health Officer, Cascumpec, Charles Green, Collector of Excise, &c., Bedeque, Henry Fitzgerald Jarvis, Medical Attendant for the Jail of Prince County, George Munro, Preventive Officer, Charlottetown,

Prince County, of Small Debts, Town-

do do,

George Beer, do,

Neil Rankin, do, William Heard, do, Richard Heartz, do, George W. DeBlois, do, James Dunean, do,

William Orr, New Glasgow, John C. Wright, Lot 60, James Anderson, Charlottetown, David McNeill, Cavendish, Jacob Dockendorff, York River, John Currie, De Sable, Charles Higgins, Covehead, Duncan Shaw, do, Duncan McRae, Wheatley River, Daniel Fraser, Cross Roads, Belfast, William Mathewson, Rustico, Lot 33, John Archibald MeDonald, Glenaladale, Thomas Dawson, Charlottetown, James Mutch, Lot 48, Kemble Coffin, Lot 37, John ings, Charlottetown, Alexander McRae, Lot 49, Samuel Drake, do, Dunean Munn, Wood Islands, Kenneth Henderson, Lot 33, James Purdie, Charlottetown, Adam Stephenson, Dog River, a vyer, Lot 48, William Louther, Lot 65, John MeLeod, New London, Donald Morrison, New London, Charles Wright, Charlottetown, John MeDonald, Milleove, John Hall, Crapaud, William Hyde, (Point,) Elliot River, George Dixon, Bannockburn Mills, John McPhee, York River, Alexander McKinlay, York River, Lot 32, John Myrie Holl, Lot 33, Robert Finley, Orwell, Alexander Williams, Pinette, William Inman, Be Sable, Thoms Beers, Cherry Valley, Jameg Rattry, Lot 33, William Ross, Mat River, Duncan Curry, Wood Islands, Maleolm Campbell, Uigg, Norman Campbell, Lot 22.

Justices or TUE Peace ror Prince County:

William Beairsto, Muddy Creek, Lot 17, Allan Fraser, Lot 16,

James J. Fraser, St. Eleanor’s,

John Haszard, do,

James Campbell, do,

Peter McGregor, Lot 16,

Benjax in Haywood, Tignish,

Murdock McKinnon, jr., Lot 14,

John Rhodes Gardiner, Beceque, William G. Strong, do,

Robert Muirhead, Tryon,

William Taylor, Lot 25,

Thomas If. Sims, Lot 19,

William Gillespie, Charlton Point, Lot 25, Joseph Ives, Tryon,

Maleolm McFarlane, Lot 26,

James Forsyth, Cascumpee,

William Richards, Lot 13,

Ilon. Donald Montgomery, Park Corner, Philip Baker, Bedeque,

John Beer, do,

George Owen, Lot 18,

Justices or THE Peace ror Kine’s Country: William Stanforth MeGowan. Sayris. Alexzuter GHestic, sceur., do, > Patrick Seully, do, James Beaton, East Point,

Angus McDonald, Cross Roads, South Lake, John Pool, Montague, Robert Caineron, Montague,

Donald Stewart, Cardigan. John C. McKeown, Georgetown, John Frost, Lot 56,

Daniel McDonald, New Perth, . William Hawkins, Lot 64,

Archibald McDonald, Lot 64, Donald Reid, Murray Harbour, Thomas Brehaut, senr., Murray Harbour, James Bell, White Sands,

tobert Shaw, New Perth,

Roderick MeIntyre, Lot 48, Alexander Fraser, Lot 47,

Dunean Fraser, Three Rivers, Charles Clay, Grand River, Lot 56, Robert Whiteway, Murray Harbour, David Creighton, do, Andrew Miller, Lot 63,

George Hicken, Lot 61, : Malcolm Mathewson, Lot 55. Baltie,

acknowledgment to Deeds, Donald Ramsay, (David's son), Prince County, Commis- sioner for taking acknowledgments to Deeds, Harry Compton Green, Commissioner of Small Debts, St. Eleanor’s, John Cambridge Sims,Colleetor of Excise, &c., New London, Neil Campbell, (Hector’s son) ,Kee William James Forsyth, Collector of Excise, &c., Caseumpec, Ezra Wickwire, Wharfinger, Georgetown, John Lavers, senr., Market Clerk, Georgetown, John MeDonald, (Capt.), Harbour Master, &c., Three Rivers, Samuel Ford, Preventive Officer, Georgetown,

Donald McCormack, do 0, John Drysdale, do do, Anthony Head, do do, Benjamin E. Allen, do do, John Lavers, jr., do do.

Daniel O’Brien, Keeper of Panmure [sland Light House, William Robertson, Wharfinger, Grand River,

Alexanier McAskill, Wharfinger, Cardigan,

John Stewart, Wharfinger, Brudenell,

Samuel Gregory, Harbour Master, Souris,

Dennis Desmond, Preventive Officer, Souris,

Asa McCabe, Inspector of Fish, Caseumpec,

James Keefe, Preventive Officer and Wharfinger, Rollo Bay, James Pidgeon, Coroner, Queen’s County,

William Henry Pope, Colonial Secretary,

William Norton, Collector of Exeise, &c., Grand River.

To pe Mewsers or tue Boarp or Epvucation :

The Rey. David Fitzgerald, The Rev. Robert Patterson, The Rey. Thomas Duncan, The Rev. George Sutherland, Hon. Joseph Hensley,

Jobn Kenny, Esq.,

John MeNeill, Esq.

TrusTegss or THE CENTRAL ACADEMY:

The Hon. the Chief Justice, The Hon. the President of the Legislative Council, The Lon. the Speaker of the House ot Assembly, Hon. Edward Palmer, - Ilon. John Hamilton Gray, Hon. T. Heath Haviland, jr., Hon. James H. Peters, Hon. John Longworth, Hon. William Forgan, Hon. Edward Thornton, Ilon. Stanislaus F. Perry,

Daniel Davies, Esq.,

Colin Holi, Esq.

Trustees oF THE Lunatic AsyLum:

The Hon, the Chief Justice,

Vhilyp Leslie, Collector of Excise, &c., Colville Bay, Xenneth McKenzie, Fish Inspector, Charlottetown,

The Hon. the President of the Legislative Council, The Hon. the Speaker of the House of Assembly, |

James McFarlane, King’s County, Commissioner for taking |

be per of Block House Light, | ty Aitkin, Collector of Excise, &c., Georgetown, |

| River, for a local religious object, at a time when his Excel.

Hon. ‘@. HH. Haviland, Hon. Kdéward Palmer, Ilon, John Longworth, lion. James C. Pope, Hon. Stanislaus F. Perry, Rey. David Fitzgerald, William Douse, Esq., Thomas Pethick, Esq., Theophilus Desbrisay, Esq., George Beer, Esq. . | Lieutenant Col. PeterDesbrisay, to be Lieut. Col. of Militia, unattached, and Adjutant General of Militia, in the place of Lieut. Col. Swabey, a eee Theophilus Desbrisay, Commissioner for issuing Treasury ' Notes, Thomas MeNeill, Collector of Excise, Archibald McDonald, Collector of Excise,

| Harbour, | John Penny, Harbour Master, Murray I |

&e., Rustico, &e., Murray larbour,

Isaac Roberts, Wharfinger and Assayer of Weights and

Measures, Murray Harbour, Daniel C. Campbell, Harbour and Ballast yentive Officer, Montague River, : i John Lefurgy, Assayer of Weights & Measures, Summerside . Ilugh McKachern, do _ do, Georgetown, Edwin Bagnall, Commissioner of Highways for the 2nd District of Queen’s County, : John Jardine, Collector of Excise, &e., St. Peter's, William Lowe, Superintendant Public Works,

Master and Pre-

Charles James Binns, Preventive Officer, Charlottetown, William Paul, do do, do, George Walker, d do, do,

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John Craig, senr., Keeper of Fish Island Light House and

| Harbour Master and Collector of Light and Ancharage Duties,

| Richmand Bay,

Alexander Miller, Preventive Officer and Wharfinger for Appletree Wharf,

| ‘Richard Woods, Preventive Officer, Lot 7,

John Murray, do do, do,

Robert Stewart, do do, Princetown, James McGougan, do do, do,

Ilugh Forsyth, do do, Cascumpec, . James Walsh, sr., do do, Summerside,

James Quinn, Coal Meter, Georgetown, Peter Stewart, Gauger, Three Rivers.

To ne Assessors UNDER THE Free Epucation Act: Peter McGowan, Charlottetown,

Henry Haszard, do, Dennis Reddin, do, James Anderson, do, George Beer, jr., do,

Finlay McNeill, Georgetown,

John LeBrocq, do, Joseph McDonald, do, Archd. McKinnon, do,

William MeDonald, do.

John Hamilton Gray, Provincial Aid-de-camp,

J. N. Cogswell, Collector of Land Assessment, Georgetown,

George Beer, senr., Comr. of Small Debts, Charlottetown,

Charles Wright, Commissioner for establishing Boundary Lines,

John Roach Bourke, additisnal Coroner for Queen’s County,

James MeMillan, (Allan’s son), Preventive Officer, Wood Islands, .

Donald Martin, Preventive Officer, Belle Creek,

John Donald McLeod, to be additional Assistant in the Post Office, Charlottetown,

David Ross, Hillsborough, to be a Commissioner for estab- lishing Boundary Lines,

Thomas Keefe, to be Seeretary and Treaswrer of the Northern Branch of the Royal Agricultural Society,

George Sheffe, Lot 56, to be Preventive Officer.

Dervuty Recervers or Lanp Tax, Prince County:

| Benjamin Haywood, Lots 1 and 2,

| John D. Woodman, Lots 3, 4, 5, 6 and Savage Island, James Kinley, Lots 7.8, 9 and 10,

Deveid GO. Ramsay. Lots 11,12, 13 and 14, Lennox Island

‘and Sand Hills,

| James Beairsto, Princetown anu sy ace 7y er mmm

Grover, Banbury. Fish and George’s Islands,

Divid Rogers, Lots 15, 16 and 17,

Zohn Clay, Lots 25, 26, 27 and Indian Island,

James Leard, (John’s son,) Lots 28 and 29.

QueEEN’s County ‘

Charles A. Cr. sby, Lots 20 and 21,

William Shaw, Lots 22, 23, 24 and Peter's Island.

John Higgins, Charlottetown, Common and Royalty, Lots: 130, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 48, 49, 50, 65, 67, Governor's, St. Peter’s, York, Pownal, Goose and Bedford Islands,

John Douse, senr., Lots 57, 58 and Prim Island,

William Ross, Lots 60, 62, and Wood Islands.

Kina’s County :

William Sterns, Lots 38, 39, 40 and 41,

Robert Boswell, Lots 42 43,44, 45 and 56,

Emanuel McEachen, Lots 46 and 47,

Fade Goff, Georgetown, Royalty and Reserved Lands, and Lotsil, 52, 53, 54, 55, 59, 61, 66, Panmure and Boughton Tslands,

David Creighton, Lots 63, 64, and Murray Island.

William Gillis, Preventive Officer, Orwell,

John MeDonald, do do, do, John McDonald, do, do, Big Belfast, Angus McLeod, ‘do do, Glasvine, Pinette,

John Douse, senr., Fish Inspector, Port Selkirk, dames Bell, Pilot, New London.

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Tne Protestant continues, in its last number, iés silly and senseless tirades against their fellow Colonists of the Roman Catholic faith. The leading article in what is called the Re- ligious department of Saturday’s issue, is 2 specimen of the most blind and stupid bigotry we have ever read, and contains, like all such trash, a string of falsehoods too patent and absurd for refutation. Q@ur sanctified contemporary either seems to be labouring under great mental excitement, or shamming ‘religious ’’ fervour, with the view of getting his paper into circulation ; for, according to his statement, civil and religious liberty in this country is on the very eve of destruction through what is fanatically described as the ‘* daring presumption’’ and the ‘‘ grasping spirit of Popery.’’ We thought that, in this Island, all religious denominations were tolerably safe in the practi.e and adyocacy of their regpective creeds—we have failed to discover any encroachment by the Catholics—indeed the Protestant, with aH its zeal, cannot ferret out the shadow of usurpation on the-part of the Catholic Church in this Colony ; but the ground he takes for raising a hullabaloo about civil and religious liberty being in danger is —that Queen Elizabeth provuked the displeasure of the Catholic Church about three hundreed years ago, which, we have no doubt is true enough, in giving an account for which the vain old lady had’at much to credit herself with on the score of her

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‘lency happened te be on a visit, a few days ago, to that e 5. F “a 2 ae : . cality. Ihe stupid bigotry and intolerance of the Protestang erops out so conspicuously in its allusion to this affair that i ’ }we cannot refrain from extraeting the passage entire, We reagent we shall be told, by and bye, that the Goyernor « be trays the best interests’’ of Protestantism if he honestly looks i Catholic in the face, or walks onthe Bame sidewf street with or:— ‘* Even in this province, leading Protestants must be

ded as prominent among the spoctaturs at the oxemiontn (of St. Dunstan's College and the Nannery Sehool ft they inferm us how far they are allowed to know the Principles upon which either institution is conducted? ‘Their self. would feel somewhat mortified, if they only know the seerct contempt with which every Komish ecciesiastie

| And, for various reasons, we do not hesitate to notice the

‘countenance and support givén to the Tea Meeting in aj ithe Roman Catholic Chapel at Indian River, by the lima Governor and suite. We distinguish the oddvess to His Ex. cellency, complimentary to his in his official capacity, from jthe part taken in the-tea meeting, whieh was an uneall countenancing of Komanism;—but we believe, as we hayg heard it said, that this partieular proceeding was ow:

the time-serving policy of His Excellency’s guides. It is beliag. ed that the removal ot the late, and appeintmentof the a Governor, was, in some measure, the result of a hardstru between the Protestant majority and Popish minority,—the latter formed into an ecelesiastico-political party, in which the priests were prime movers; a struggle in which the priest of Indian River has earned himeelf favor at head quarters but nothing at the hands of Protestants. 1t is also pretty certain, though yet kept sud si/enéso, that, though foiled in the election contest, the priesthood have not forsaken the field, or Jogt their hopes. They are busily preparing a new scheme of at. tack upon Protestantism, tuat will be less alarming, but no less injurious,—and to which the visit to the tea meeting cap be made more serviceable than the mere contribution to the chapel. The policy of our ralers, is the traitor that leads the Trojan horse inte our citadel, and often reminds us of the heathen’s prayer, ** Defend me from my friends, —I will de fend myself trom mine enemies.’’’ Britain trembles, with = yeason —for her rulers nurture her worst enemies and

tray her best interests.’’

We can hardly suppose that any one could get s9 religiously mad—(poor Religion is made to cover 4 multitude of raseali- ties) —as to induce him to write the silly ata? from which the above is au extract. We beli-ve that he looks upon his read- ers as so Jamentably ignorant, and so prone to fanatical ex- citement, from long, persistent, and vicious tuition, that their

| feelings wight be so aroused as to make them take an unusual jinterest in his paper, and thereby make it pay. This is the

only favourable light in which we can regard

his appeals to the prejudices of his deluded readers.

NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MALL.

The Englisly Mail, with dates to the 24th alt., arrived in Halifax on Thursday morning last, and reached here on Saturday evening.

The treacherous conduct of the Chinese in firing into the British squadron on the Peiho, by which over four hundred persons were killed and wounded, and the accident to the Great Eastern, are the principal topics of discussion in the English papers. These ogeurrences, of which there was some intelligence via New York, were noticed ia our last No., but we now give some of the details.

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CHINA. mefie? fellamine disnatols tare toes tiie .

Admiral Lope had arrived off the Pieho River on the 17th of June, and found that the fortifications had been rebuilt. but no guns or men were visible. ‘The entrance into the river was barred with booms and stakes. Lhe plenipotentiaries joined the squadron on the 20th, and no notice baving been taken of the announcement of their arrival, an attempt was made on the 25th to force a passage, when on a sudden batteries, supported by a mongrel force of apparently 20,060 men, were unmasked, and opened a destructive fire. After a severe action the squadren was obliged te withdraw with the loss of the gun- boats Cormorant, Lee, and Plover, and 464 killed and wound- ed. The French had 14 killed and wounded out of 60. The plenipotentiaries bave returned to Shanghae. The rest of China was reported quiet. No fears are entertained about Canton, bat the Tartar troops hay been disarmed as a matter of precaution.

A further telegram mentions tiat seven officers were killed and seventeen wounded, Admiral Hope being among latter.

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The China mail bas arriyed, bringing complete accounts of the Peibo affair, which resulted in the total defeat of the British forces, with, no less than five gunboats, and about a third of the whole force engaged. The mouth of the river was effectually barred by iron stakes and booms. This bar was raked by the fire of the newly constructed forts on the other side of the river, mounting 90 to 100 guns. Admiral Hope’s appearance in the first instance was unmistakeably pacific ; a solitary man-of-war boat carried in his first messa the Fary and two gunbvats being left outside the bar, while the rest of the squadron was lying thirty miles off, The Am- bassadors, finding no proper officers tu receive them, decided to remove the bar, and pass up the river. Six or seven hours however, were spent in vain endeavors to effect this, and dur- | ing that time not a gun was fired from the forts, although the

gunboats were at a distance of 500 to 700 yards only, and some of them had got aground. At 1.30 Pp. m. the si a for action was run up, and the Oppossum and Plover named in close up to the first barrier. Suddenly about 2 p. x.. the guns in the forts opened fire, and the action became general.

he fire of the Chinese, both in weight and a was such as was pvever before experien at their hands. In about two hours the fire of the Chinese began to slacken, and was svon afterward almost silenced, although every shot of theirs told, while the British guns did comparatively little damage to the mud walls. About 5 p. w. the si ; was made for the troops to land, and there were then no doubts of a speedy victory. Just as the first boat touched the shore, the forts opened a perfeet hurricane of shells, gingal, balls and rockets, which mowed down the men as they landed. The ships threw in as heavy a covering fire as the p ibly could. The enemy’s fire continued so heavy, and fm on landing being up to the knees and sometimes to the waist, that out of one thousand men that landed, barely one hundred reached the first of the three wide and deep ditches, who, after seme five hundred yards of continuous wading through the mud, presented themselves. Of the gailant few who got through the mud difficulties scarcely twenty had been able to keep their rifles or ammunition ‘dry. Nevertheless, they boldly forced ditches, and some fifty of them including @ crowd of officers, succeeded in getting as far as the third diteh.

efforts to promote civil and religious liberty — that Roman. Catholics do sometimes get into public offices, and draw money | from the Treasury — that Catholie Colleges and Convents. are alluwed to be established—that the premier of England | gnd poor M. P. P.s ‘persist in the great sin and folly”’ of | | not putting down these institutions. But to shew the extent | ‘of Romish intrigue and Protestant apathy, and to prove be- | yond dispute that Protestantism is not safe in this Island, we

are solemnly assured that ‘* leading Protestants’’ have been induced—perhaps cajoled or fascinated—to witness education-| ‘al examinations at St. Danstan’s College and the Convent.

But horrible as such a thing is, it dwindles into insignificance | ‘before the appalling fact, that his Exeelleney the Lieut.

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They would certainly have made a good walls, but their tadlets had tithes beta bobs oa had stuck in the mud. With the one, however, that remain- ed, ten devoted men sprang forward, three of whom were im- mediately shot dead and five wounded severely. A vertical fire of arrows, as well as a constant fusilade, was kept upon the select bund who now crouched in the ditch waiting but in vain for reinforcements. Orders were at last given to retire. and in effecting the retreat probably more lives were lost than in advancing, as the Chinese, by meang of blue lights, diseover- ed the position of the men and shot them down like birds. Many oats had also been smashed by shots, and there were not enough to take off the survivors. Several boats fullof w ed were struck by balls and swamped. ‘The belief was universal throughout the sqnadron that Europeans the batteries as well as the Chinese. Men in gray coats and closely-cropped hair and Russian features, were distinctly

, Visible. The whole of the fortifications were evidently of

Kuropean designing. The total number of killed

on the side of the British, was 454. Tho Fronoh had four sa ten wounded. Of the Marine brigade, onc officeT was killed, and fifteen wounded ; of the non-commissione

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