HASZARD'S GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 12.

GLEAIIIGS PIOI LATE PAPERS.

LARGE SHIP. Tbs“ Nawbur Heral ," referring to the launch o the Great Republic,

says:—— “ Mr. McKsay, we hear, will immediately commence the construction ofa ship larger than this, which he is to build b contract. ‘ “The"theory hafbeen starts of buildin a hip so large, that she will pass throug i the ocean with corn aratively little motion, ploughing directly t rough the waves, with- out rising upon them, and so high above ‘zthin that the highest waves will always be below the deck. It is a daring thought, I but in View ofwltat has been accomplished and , who will venture to denounce it as absurd’! There are those bold enough to predict, that a ship will yet be built that will pass through thestorrny waves on the ocean with as stately a progress as a vessel of a hundred tons‘ through a river in the same gale. " . [That such a ship can be built we have , no doubt at all, but it will have todraw about 50 or 60 feet of water. Such a vessel could enter very few ports in the world, because there isnot a suflicient depth of water to float such it vessel. It would not be wise, we think, to build vessels of such magni- tude. T ere is certainly a limit to the economicsize of vessels, but what that is we cannot tell, nor can any other person at present; experience alone can settle this question. A ship named the Columbus, , built at Quebec, in I821, by lfharles Wood, was nearly of as large tonnage as the Great Republic. It was launched with 4,000 tons of cargo on board. It was 300 feet long, _50 feet in breadth and 30 feet deep. Her ” speed was so very great that she took only 54 days to cross the Atlantic, anchored safely in the Downs, and in a storm was afterwards driven on the coast of France, and wrecked. There is certainly a great difference between the voyage ofthe Co- lumbus, 54 days and the Sovereign of the Seas, l4 days-—-so much for ‘29 years pro- grass.

A portrait of Shakspeare, printed in chro- rnolithography, uniform in size, style snd color with the original in Lutnley Castle, has been exhibited in London, by Mr. Vincent Brooks. The new process by which the portrait has been produced, seems r-einarkably well adapted to reading the force and solidity of oil painting upon paper, by means ofthe press, and ifit does not yet ‘reach to some of the peculiarities of an oil picture, it still possesses considerable ad- advantnges in power over the ordinary priri- tuig in colors, and in the imitation of the state ofa picture painted in oil, even to the close resemblance of the cracks which so frequently occurs in the opaque and thickly empasted arts. This effect has been very successfully carried out in the present spe- -cimen.

DURABILITY or Woon.—'I‘he piles under the London bridge have been driven 500 years, and on examining them in I846 the were found to be little decayed. Old Savoy Palace, in the city of London, was built 650 years ago, and the wooden piles, consisting of oak, clm, beech and chesnut, were found upon recent examination to be perfectly

Ma. Cosnitii on 'l'siirssAiics.—'l‘he fOllti\|'lI|‘l extracts from a letter just written bv Richard

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Ct-MPH. lklq». . P. acknowledging the receipt ota number of l’etitions on the Sands 'l‘rsfl'ic Question. from Mr. J. Boyer, of Putfuey near Leeds. will no doubt berssd with much interest: " Every tlsy‘s experience tends more ind more to confirm ms in the opinion, thsithe Temperance Cause lies at the tousdation of all social and political reform. it is vsiit to seek by extsiision ofthe Franchise. or Free Trade, or by any I-Ili--r iuesns, to elevate the Labouruiu masses unless we can impart to them habits of sobriety and econorny,—ln fact, their destiny is in their own li:inds,sud they will as a class, be elevated or depressed in the social scale in proportion to the extent of their virtues or vices. They are. there- fore, the truest friends of the Working Millions, who are labouring in the cause of Temperance; and it is s gratifying fact, that the ablest and most porsevertng of its sdvtaeatea have been found suiting their rsnks.”—,[Btiatol Tern. Herald.

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The Weekly Advertiser has one of those ex- traordinary articles that one hnrdly knows how to deal with. We would willin ly laugh at or with it, but, in s it» of its laborious attempt at wit there is not iug that elicits even a iiiiiilc. Argument there is none and as for the asser- tions of the vast benefits the countr has been, is deriving, and will continue to erivc froiu the continuance of tho prcsenttparty in odice, the ore of a piece with most o the assertions ma e in that periodical and unsupported by any proof. The people of New Brunswick mani- fest an inclination for a few hundred of horses and several speculators purchase to the amount of some thousands of iinds and pa for them in gold or ew Brunswick notes. A emand for cats takes lace in the United States or the neigh- bouring crsonies and consequently occasions an increase in price. Larger quantities are ex- ported than otherwise would be, and as a mat- tor of course larger importntions follow and the impost and excise amounts increase pro- portionably. All this however is grnycly at- tributed by the Editors of the Advertiser and

‘risotto to the introduction of res onaiblc vernment. ln Shakespear's play o Henry V. Owen Glendower says to Percy

t-__ y birth,

The frame and huge foundation cftlie earth

Sliak‘d like a coward” and Percy replies

" Why, so it would have done

At the same season, if _vour mother’: cat bad

But kitten’d, though ycurselfhad ne'er been born."

And so say wc, all this would have happened though George Colon and rcsponsiblc gov‘crn- ment had never been hear of.

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to cries out, and lus organs resound the cry that he has fostered and encouragcd tlic_trudc of the Island with the United States; “lien. wlicro, and how? The Legislature has passed an .\c.t, word for word a copy of similar Acty. ptlstted in Novascotin and New Brunswick admitting ccr-

sound. Of the durability of timber in a wet state, the piles ofa bridge built by the Emperor Trajan, over the Danube, afford ll. striking example. One ofthese piles was taken up and found to be petrified to the depth of three-fourths of an inch; but the rest ofthe wood was not different from its former state, though it had been driven 1600 years.

SINGULAB Prirsioi.ootcu. Fact‘.--The Soullt Side Democrat ( Petersburg, Va.,) reinarks—“ In the recent epidemic wliic devastated New Orleans, we have been in- formed that few, if any, of the sufferers were among the blacks; and a entlenian who lived for several years at obile, during which time the yellow fever twice attacked that city, tells us he never knew a negro to

ie of it. There is an aptitude, an adapt- eduess of the negro to high temperatures, that is as immutable a fact as any other an- tural law.

News from Van Dieman’s land to the 19th ofJuly is to the effect that “ John Mit- chell is gazetted as an absconder, and a re- ward of £12‘ or such lesser sum as may be determined upon by the convicting in is- trate,’ is offered for his a reliension. “The Colonial Times say :—- c understand that Messrs Mitchell and Martain have proceed- ed to join their compatriots in America. There are only two left. From the forego- ing it may be inferred that the Government is not very anxious for the “ Patriots ” re- capture. It would seem as if they winke at their departure and thought it a good thing to get rid oftbem.

A new discovery has been made to re- lieve deaf persons. Two aurists in London, have invented an instrument which is placed within the ears, without projecting, and be- ing of the same color as the skin, is not

‘rceptible; It enables deaf persons to enl yay general conversation, to hear distinctly It church, and» at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of ringing noises in the cars is entirely removed, and it affords all theredassiatalce that possibly could be de- at

V of England uses‘, in its ac- ?&_Io.l.s.yu than sixty folio led on‘ till- eflne up every do .’ he re modes: is preinisss. ’ Y‘ ‘ Eight pairs of en ines, each pair of 400 horsepower, fore .o_ftlis line of battle ' ia oouue of bit’ or commission, are insking at Plymouth, for the

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taiii articles the produce of the United States free of duty when that Republic shall make similar conccssioiis but in the mean time we pay a duty of 10 r cent on boots and shoes 2.5 per cent on cloc it and watches 10 per cent on carriages, &c.

If Mr. (‘oles had really wished to encourage and foster ii. trade with the l'nitetl States, he should have limited the duties on articles the

cculinr manufacture of that country to the owcst per-centage on articles when impor from Great Britain. One really gets sick and tired of all this senseless self gratultttion.

The article above referred to, is directed against Col. Gray, who, because he is an ofIic_cr in Her Majesty's Arm , and holds the Commis- sion of Lieut. Colonel in the uncmbodied Militia of Prince Edward Island, nnd_the a intmen of Provincial Aid dc Camp, is. it won seem, to hold his tongue at public meetings, and to re- fruin from ex ressing his sentiments upon poli- tical affiiirs tliroiigli the medium of the public

per This is rcally carrying matters with it liigli hand. The Royal (iazcttc sometime since, coiiipltiincd of sonic pcrsons who held littlc offices under the present adininistrntion voting against the Government candidate styling them “ Wrctches who struck at those that fo them or gave them bread" or in some equally pathe- tic or heart reading expression, but we never expected that the appointing a gentleman to a situation unproductive of the least emolument was to bind him irrevocably either tacitl , or openly, to su rt the Government in al its uiensurcs. I t a writer will look over the list of the members of the House of Comrnons, he will find Generals and Colonels, Admirals and Ca tains on both sides of politics. '

got what shall we say to this precious piece of rhodomontade?

We cannot say we ever heard of the probability of Colonel Gray becoming the owner of the worrcll Estate, and certainly he must know best that it is not so. ltisrather mysterious, howsvsr. 1"!‘ C°l0D0l Gray, for some time after he arrived in the colony, as it appears by his own coufsasion._entertaii_ied opi- nions strongly in favour of the presdht administration, and that he should so soon become an adherent of the tory, proprietary. part . Who will say that the tiioitgiiga he holds on t e Worrell estate had nothing to do with this surprising and sudden change in the celonel’s opinions,-—he doubtless imagines that he

ropristory interests to protect. and it therefore league himself with proprietors and their agents, whose policy it is to frustrate public improve- ineiit—to force themselves into office and emolumant —-to substitute despotic rule for it free constitution- to cramp the energies of the People, and ‘deprive them of the rights and liberties of British subjects,

We dare to say that the writer whoever he was, thou ht that paragraph a stunncr,soinc- thing sublime that won (1 x the flints ofboth Islander and Ilasssrds Gazette, but alas poor man! He is miserably deceived, it is not big but rant-fustian-humbug.

There appeared some time since, in either Whclan‘s Uasctte or the Weekly Advertiser, an assertion that the Steamer Rose was previous to her loss in an unsound and rotten state. We were at some pains to ascertain the truth of this bold and as it turns out tuitoits assertion, and in a conversation ast week with the purchaser of the wreck of the Rose, William lleurd, Esq. lie stated—wc use his own words—-“ that from the stern to the stem, from the guunel to the keel, there was not two inches of unsound wood in her, with tho exce tion of a portion of the outside of the plan iiig which was I to and receiving the splash of the paddle-whaal, partially decay- ed in oouscquerme of being sltersassl wet and ." Her tiiabsvs. bassid. were 0 good an- I sh_osk sud a_o,souad

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We have receiveds ratkq‘ \ inous com- aiunication from Mr. Popr ' e conduct of the House of A himself in the case of Cuinberlaud and wife , . Dar-raoh, accompanied by the re of ' Committee. In which Report says P0 *‘ I am charged by the House of Assets’ y urhjust and o pressive conduct W s‘

ol man, an with having i-aiiivetf"lil tc.__ illcgally imprisoned for it poriod ofiiinc months: and on the floor of the House, ui conduct was denounced by seviiral speakers w 0 chars ed it as being of the most cruel and rev ti cliarnctcr, and as the report ‘and also severtt very iutsiiiperate apeachaa upon i were. lished by you, Itrust you will consideri an act of coinriion justice towards us, mm’ , the whole proceedings of the Housc'lti‘t s at-' ter, includln the evidence, which was-only partially pub islied, as well as, to aflird me the opportunity of stalls to the public. that the procecdings against )arrach were not unjust and opprv.v.vi'ra. Nor were th “Snell nsctnllk notbo susminsd in a Court of or-Eips'ly;” and of proving that the House of Assembly by appointing it Special Committee “ to eraniine the same and rrymrt tlirrcon," and b ado tin the Report prepared by that Committee, isp ayed grral presirnqilian, and tire grosses! ignorance of Ilir nalurc an (at! of llocir duties and powers as nu'nibr~r.v of the louse.

'l‘hnt tho iucmbers of the Special Committee who signed the Report, and those members of the Assembly who v0'ted for~ita ado tiou, an justly clurrgrablc with uatrutlifiilncss, an that the requesting His Excellency “ lo submit the evidence mul Ifrporl of the Spiirial Commiltet of the House lo the Jurlgrs of the A ourtor Court of Cliaurrry, will: the view In ascertain their dcisiun on the nwrils of Neil Durracltlr ca.ve,.¢md sliould fll(‘_1/ rmimninid 1171!‘!!! trial to liccommenred (hen the House would malxc good any csyicnse attending rhc .rmm.-“ while it dis ilflyed their i orance of the principles of the Constitution ‘o the Ocunl try, amounte a very serious ofianco, it being an attempt on the part of the assembly to tamper with the Jud s, and thus sully the purity of the Bench, w ich, if accomplished. would render unsnfc our lives,li'berties, and estates. Now although we cannot, as Mr. Po wishes republish the whole Report and t e evidence &t\,—thcy having alrcad been fore the public in every periodical published ren- dering it the less necessary,--we are willing that Mr. Pope should have a fair proportioiiofour columns for the purpose of showing the correct- ncss of his conduct and the unconstitutionality of the proceedings ofthe House of Assembly, and we will, where necessar , insert the evidence which has remained unpu lished. Mr. Pope observes.

“The whole facts of Darrach's case‘ were laid before the So rcine Court of Judicature an ulliduvit, and, in s iewing cause against a Rule nisi which was obtained in Easter Term to set aside the second Judgment, the mcrltsof both cases were fully argued, and in Michaelmas Term last, the Court Ordered (lie Rule nisi to be rlisrhargcd wilh Costs.

I therefore think that this decision fully bears out the statement that the proceedin were not as cliarncteriscd in the Report “ unjust and. o ipr¢'.¢sirc" itor were they “ surh as to riot suslainrrl in a Court rg/'Lrric or Fquily." ' ' The llousc of Assembly of this Island cannot legally claim or exerciscjudicinl powers,-‘-'—nor constitute themselves a Court of a peril to try the validity of the proceedings of the Supreme (‘ourtofJudicu.turc—,itsJudgments,Dseoutiosis, or imprisoiimeuts; nor to prosecute, try, con- vict and punish the Attornies or Barristers of that Court for professional misconduct; nor can they compel Proprietors or Proprietors agents to restore to their Tenants, leases, which, for valuable consideration they may have sur- rendered ; Yet on the presentation of Darrach’s Petition a Special Committee .was at once ap- pointed “ to mmnine tlu" sums, and to report upon it ,wiIli power to send for personsp : and Ro- rortls." This comruitbee suminonedpbefore them witnesses, examined these witnesses, and also certain Leases, accounts, and recei is produced by them—-determined the lo I eat of those documents as ovidenco—deci ed a question of law as to the right of the plaintiff to eppro-‘ rintc certain payments made to him by the de- cndant,—iu the absence of the particulars of the l’laintill's’ demand, invented those necessary itcms—provcd the Defendant's sct-oh‘ for him —tricd condemned and passed sentence it rt ‘the unfortunate Attornies, who were ignornrt of the charges for whichthey were so tried, co emued and sentenced drew in a record of their proceed- ings which they termed a Re rt, and submitted it to the House cfasscmpely, whom it was all. but unanimously ado . his most clearly proves the charge 0 prcsumplion, “' and [lit grasses! igrinranre, of the nature mid l‘.1‘!¢’nI qftheir dailies and powers as members qf the House If A.m:/nbly." V ‘

In roof of the unlrialgfslness of the Report, I shal instance two ualsniails contained therein. both which I believe the committee krievrto be untrue when they signed it. The one is “ lliat Darrarli was served with a second writ for arrears of rent wltile lie was in prison under the Etvculibn i'.¢.rimI upon lliefir.itjudg1iienl." The other, tlicl llicjiidgmentfor £50 was confessed by the Defend- ant‘: Jmorney without the coiiunl ofthe Dvfsndanl or his Son who was acting or lii'm." _

When I was requested to attend before the Special Committee, I stated to the Chairman that the Committee had no power 'to compel my attendance, but that I would attend and give such an explanation of the matter, as'I felt as- assured would satisfy them that Darrssh‘s case was very diflerent from what it was sseumd in his petition. I had not, however.‘ eeu lo in the coiniiiittee room before I was couvtfnqgd, that the object of the Investigation was ' at so‘ much to elicit the truth, as to" (‘cable fl)k'£lris' o rsml tenant against his Ldtflord. I kflfdlht stated that the writ in the second aotion.bed6esn~ served on Darrac while lie r ptv'IOI.In_das< the l-Execution issued it n the llrqt. :Judgm¢it.. I immediately soarclie for the writ in the .ro-

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meat was signed spiast Dsrracli an ' January; subsequently, on hearing cy _ , read in the House. I noticed that,th'e" tatq-. meat had found its «Linn it, the libkt ora- ingl informed a main of the Odiunlthttilst

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the cause was not tried, “ was that the agent of the Defendant authorised hint to confess His suit." I also stated to the Committee that I was present . lien di s

" it is tlnoqtllvocally stated dent's Auoraey nsgler-ted his client’: ' judgsstsnl, am! that. without ndast or his tron who was ac!- ilagjordkiu ;;—fl\lbtiit'ih§ slighlastuiillu-ion is made to ,t -evi en , . oun - is testiuicn was ' t wortt-ypf predit in 5 position to tlint of

r. Archibald Darrach t to defendant's son, and agent. who, Mr. Young told the coiuiiiittee. ' 'a willin we to run the risk of

criminal prosecution, y swearing that a re- ipt, which he knew was given for money paid Jn_.1§4§, been given in 1840, and this for ‘the urpose of defrauding the Plalntitl'—thls is mdmt disreputable part of the whole rocccd-

be Asscinbl well know, that it most as soon as seed on the ouse, the Report would be circulated in the Newspapers

throughout the Islarid—they also were well aware, that the evidence, which contradicwd that Report, would be committed to the safe keopiu of the Printer to the House, by whoiu it won d be concealed in the appendix to thc Jouruals—aud the had reason to believe that the libcllous allegatic contained in the Report wou r and be ieved by thousands, who would not suspect the men who signed that Report andwosed for its adoption of ll‘l'.lIitl/l]/ niiulaling the truth.

But the Re rt did not iriiputo enough of criintitc the ttornc s, and it was t'0ll§ltlt3l'(‘tl necessary to attack eiu ugttin in an qllrr din- nsr sitliitg of the assembly, and with right good will. ‘the speakers entered upon the task. One of these conscript wortliies I particularly noticed as far out-doing his follows in flt*rrI7ir.ss of s ech and action, it was Francis Longworth, 3 ire M. P. P. fol’ Charlottetown, qfllic spr-