; '

Liv

ree STS r wee war TF

Tera t - -

. The broker went out, and returned in less than five minutes with five theusand doliars’ worth of the paper, which Steven- gon seized, glanced at with a smile, ancl hurried to Moreton s counting-room, to whom he paid his five thousand cash and five thousand in “‘ good, approved paper’’—<his own + oh on which the ink was not yet dry! The broker bad on to Moreton fer the paper five minutes before, and it came back wore rapidly than he had anticipated. a

This was unpardonaWe, Wall Street rang with it for a week as a good joke, It was only strange tiat the quiet Joseph Stevensan eeuld bave done It 83 coolly.

That evening John Moreton, Sewor, and his son took John

the Third aside, aud sternly forbade him ever again to enter |

the house of Joseph Stevenson, et speak to Alive, his daugh- ter; and thencefarth there was no word too harsh or bitter fur the old man or his son to use in speaking of the objects of their hate. ; : ;

And new, by one of those curious mutations of fyrtane, it fame W pass that, within one year after the death of Adam Stevenson, his son and his daughter-in-la Ww departed to be with him, and Alice—young and exquisitely beaatiful—was left an orphan, without a near relative, in a pitiless world.

t has already been remarked that it is difficult to imagine |

how hate can so entirely possess & heart ; and it is more difficult to conceive of it Ending gratification in wreaking its vengeance on an innocent child, :

At sixteen Alice fuund beygelf under the guardianship of her father’s cnemy, who was the husband of her nearest relative. Her slender fortune did not suffice to support her, and she was subjected to a thousand persceutions, under which a lesy spirited girl would have fallen. But she had strong though averet allies in young Jobn, who. loved her faithfully, and in his cousin, Mary Bolton, the daughter of his mother’s sister, and who was, like herself, an orphan dependent in the house.

John Moreton the son died, and the family consisted now of the old man, his grandson and the two young ladies, whe were

his wards.

THE EXAMINER.

A AE Ea _ --

-of men had died of hunger. Three months ago General | ton, accompanied by Mr. Intepreter Sinelair, the we “Williams is reported to have said that the capitulation was | being well situated for a defence on the on of it = but a question of time and stomach. The circumstances | commanding all approaches, and surrounded y trees an

,attending this event ought to produce a great sensation in) thiek brushwood, among which a number of the ae: \France and Kagland on account of the gross neglect of | taken up their positron, well armed and determine wee = ; mismanagement i some quarter or other. Kars has been | themselves to the last. They succeeded in ee 0

quietly blockaded ever since midsummer, yet large bodies of | the Chinese soldiery, who had followed the Bittern’s ee troops were kept idle and useless on the Besphorus and | commanded by a white-button mandarin, ‘The re Ow- elsewhere ; and the formation of an army in Asia was delayed | ever, found a difference when they charged the Koglishmen, till winter was at hand, . for they were invariably shot down or bayonetted. After

Prince Gortschakoff reperts (Dec. 10) that everything was skirmishing through the brushwood, the doors of the temple

nnn = ace is THE LAND PURCHASE ACT.

Tux equity and fairness of this measure—so often reviled the enemies of the Government, and particularly by the . | lander—could not be better demonstrated than by the Purchagy recently made by Mr. Douse of Lot 31, part of the Selkirk estate. That gentleman boasts, and we have no doubt j so—that there are not ten acres of bad land on the who, Township; and we learn from the Registrar's office, thet j,

paid less than five shillings sterling an acre for it—and ther,

going on satisfactorily in the Crimea, The affair of Dec. Sth, mentioned last week in a despateh ‘from Marshal Pelissier, is alluded to by the Prinee. He

says that the assailants drove back the French from their

were forced, and the pirates discovered concealed in most

occupants, and filled with the living, armed with short swords ;

singular places. ‘T'wo coffins had been emptied of their proper

others were found behind, over and under the idols, and a

‘advayced posts to the Tchersaya, and that 20 pyisoners re-| number wader a stack of straw; among them were @ few wo- ‘inained in the hands of the Russians. men, who were allowed to eseape. uly four or five trifling ——--————_—_-—-— injuries were received y me en crew, although — ; TOR TD PRUSS suffered from the powerful rays o é@ sun; a marine di

| es onan from its effects a few days emul Such a complete | Panis, Thursday, Dee. 21.—According to a report gene- | goctraction of a piratical horde had never been previously raily eredited, France has sent in an energetic note to Prussia, ‘heard of in China ; all their vessels were destroyed and | requesting that a stop be put fo exports con traband of war to ‘burnt ; some hundreds, according to the evidence of a prisoner, Russia, otherwise the allied fleets will blockade the Prussian 4.6 Killed by the shot and shell during the engagement,

ports. i while those who escaped ashore, and who woyld in a short

«Oli time haye manned another fleet, were followed and destroyed

RUSSIA. ‘or captured. The only yestige of @ piratical fleet remaining | The Pays thus deseribes the danger Russia would incur by | when the ships left Sheipoo were a few pieces of charcoal ‘a refusal of the terms which are about to be submitted to her. which the natives were collecting for firewood. The following “Lf Russia refuses to entertain the new proposition communi- were the principal casualties :—Mr. Turner, master of the ‘cated by the court of Vienna she exposes herself to the Bittern, a wound in the right side from a round shot; died defection of Germany, and perhaps to an alliance between | four days afierwards, Thomas Stevens, a marine, died of the latter and the Western Powers. She exposes herself to | the effects of the sun. William Hanney, marine, loss of the

| ——-— a

He was well aware of the love of Join and Alice. He had | a rupture with Austria, and even to a declaration of hostilities. | right leg by a round shot. Thomas Ellis, ordinary seamen,

watched it steadily for years; he had indeed nursed it, fi rin it he saw the means of his revenge. Mary, the poor cousin,

was as nothing tohim, but she might become the tool of hig)

purposes. }le had carefully kept ber from education, or any visible means of earning her support, and hed instructed Jyhn to belieye that her sole independence in life would be on him,

‘She incurs the danger of a campaign in the Baltie, where ‘Joss of the left leg by a round shot. James Brownlie, boy, “might, perhaps, co-operate the Scandinavian powers. She is, | Joss of the left leg. Seyeral other men were wounded by ‘moreover, certain to lose the Crimea in the course of next | splinters, &c.,—none severely.

‘spring. All these circumstances will, doubtless, Inspire re- | ‘flection in the minds of the Czar and his councillors.

—————— aa anaes

xo that Jubn regarded her as his own profegee; and while he | eS Correspondence.

loved her as his cousin, he pitied her dependence. And now the time appreached when John Moreton the older was to go to his reckoning. But even in the solemn approach

Sin Coury Canprens, G.C.B.---In the work just issued by | | Mr. Woods, late Crimean correspondent for the Morning |

TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER.

of death he was troubled but with the thought that he died | Herald, he makes publicly known, now for the first time, | Sir,—In your last Number, I read @ communication signed unrevenged on his ancient foe, and he resulved to leave the im- ‘that it was by Sir Colin Campbell's disebeying orders that oy RQ Bourke,”’ in which enttaia etebements made by me, in printef his hatred on the life of the last descendent of Adam | ihe English army escaped annihilation at the battle of Bala- ‘the Examiner of the 3Jst December ult,, relative to the Moles- Stevenson. Fearing that his grandson would marry Alice when | ().va ; oy rather, it should be so said, that by coustermand- | worth property on Lot 37, are said to be false ; but Lask, Mr.

ho was dead, and knowing that to prevent that effectually and forever would be the hardest punishment he could inflict on

her, he resolved to see him married to his cousin Mary before | &°" . . he died, and to witness the desolation of Adam Stevenson's | which was their object to possess, grand-daughter_as one of the last scenes in his worse than} ——

‘ing an order of General Airey, to withdraw a most important Editor, if the writer of that letter has not admitted Mr.

field battery, he prevented the enemy seizing on the town, | Bourke’s title to the above property to consist of a life in-

“ : a y 5 | torest, or at least aleaschold interest of 99 years? Admitting, then, all that he has advanced in reply to my letter to be true, where is his power to sell lands on Lot 37, as per his ‘* Notice

worthless life. Ile had a strong hold on the grandson by | The Turkish Ambassador in Paris has just snnounced to! to Tenants?” awd how can Mr. Bourke execute deeds of con-

means of his love for his cousin, and the threat to leave them |

‘ mpiless was a severe threat, since John felt that Mary ag : : E : : B 1g tem both penniless w ave. Cine, ginge Gone St w | Highness is at full liberty to sell all the articles sent from legal owner or owners of a Sore in whie 5

was thus injured by his cgnduct.

Withal, strange as it may seem, they both loved the old| the Ottoman Empire to the Universal Exhibition, for the

man; and many tender recollections of childhood, when they

sat on his knees, conspired to prevent their wishing to offend ‘have fallen in the Crimea.

him now. The hour of his departure was fas$ approaching, | nad his determination had been unfolded to them privately, and | fupressed on them.with terrihle force. Yeung John was a

noble fellow ; possessed of every trait in contrast with his ‘the month of March last, 50,000 corpses must have bee

|

father and grandfather, Jle was worth his weight in gold, borne from that execution ground---a small plot, perhaps 140

and though he had all respect for his cousin, he was by no |

4 . . > » i » » ire } e - ‘ : . means willing to warry her, nor did she desire it. ithe eastern outskirts of the city. Suspected or guilty parties | js incontrovertible,

In point of fact there was another man in New York wham |

Mary would haye chosen, and who would have chosen her,

them in his lonesome house.

It was at this time that my acquaintance with them com- meneed. Dr. Wilson, my old friend, and constant companion in early years, mentioned to me his desire to eall ou me for aid, sume day, in @ matter in which be wisted me to place full confideneo in him, and to do as he said, asking no ques tions. To this I readily assented, not knowing whereto his plans tended,

Hie had beon the early friend, possibly the lover, of the mother of Alice Stevenson. Ile had been the only friend of the orphan out of the Moreton family, and had watched steadily every event in her life.

It was late in Deeomber, in the year 18—. Evening had closed in with « high wind, and all the appewrances of a cold itorm. I entered my house and closed the door behind me, i was thankful that the exposures of the day were over, and that a quict seat by the fire, and a book of rare attraction were waiting me after dinner should be finished.

The table was not eleared—in fact, I had not half concluded my dinner, when Dr. Wilson was announced, and exercising his privilege as one familiar with the ways of the house, he came directly to the dining-room.

It was tu drag me out into the pitiless night that he had

come. I resisted; but resistance was vain. He stated briefly |

the circumstances which demanded my presence, and in ten minutes I was seated by him in his carriage, and we were driving rapidly down town. For at that day I lived almost out of town, while the wealth and aristocracy of the city was to be fuund below Canal Street, net having yet adopted up- town as their peculiar property.

My anticipated storm had commenced. It was drifting snow, dry, harsh and fine, for the thermometer was nearly at zero, and the weather had not yet moderated to the required temperature for a long snow-storm. We rolled our cloaks around us aad over our faces and lips, while the horse sprang forward asif in haste to be stabled. At length the Doctor drew up in front of a large house near the Battery, and we alighted and entered at a door which a servant had open for us.

The change from the intense cold of the outer air to the deli- cious warmth of the house was at first delightful and then painful, fur every nerve which had been at all exposed began ty tingle with sharp pain. Doctor Wilson went immediately up the staircase, while 1 was shown into a small library room, where I had leisure for reflection and examination of the cu- riosities which surrounded the walls.

I beeame at length impatient at the delay which kept me there, fur an hour bad passed, during which J had heard no

day he acquired fearful power over them, and they were fast | losing all control over their own destinies, in the midst of the | strong influences which the dying old man brought to bear on | ranged at once for execution. A robber of néte was captured

Piince Napoleon, by order of the Syltan, that His Royal | veyanee for the same, or warrant to defend any man against the

1, by his own ad- ‘inission, he has only a leasehold interest of 99 years? He tells | _ns it was not necessary to record a power of attorney, as the | tenants made arrangements to pay the arrears; but why not | record his power or letter of attorney (if he has any), as ‘is | jalways the practice of the country? Surely the trifling ex-| Curxese Exrcetions.---Canton, 10th Oet., 1855,---Prom | pense of a few shillings for registry fees has not been the cause n| Why he has not duly recorded the power of attorney with his title. Mr. Bourke must, however he may dispose of his lands and ; fas bi ta Pe a arrange with the tenants on Lot 37, submit to the humiliating yards in length, and 15 yards in breadth---and laid in pits at | ¢.o¢ that all I have stated touching his title to part of Lot 37

henefit of the widows and children of those brave men who

~- +<Som

_

are relentlessly hunted out, and burried to this gory place of | Your humble servant,

‘

ns, and only last month we heard that the narrow strip of | January 19, 1896. ground had been enlarged, so that now 500 eriminals may be +<-e+

fore less than the highest price the Government is authorised to give, under the law, for any land. The Land Act Was passed to enable the Government to abolish, as far as the leasehold tenure, by first purchasing and then selling ty settlers and others the fee simple of their farms at prices gf which they could conveniently buy them. Mr. Douse wag one of those who declared in the House of Assembly, at the time the Land Bill was under consideration, that it would by a dead letter on the statute book, for that no proprietor could afford to sell his estate at the low price offered in the Bij The Bill would be a dead letter, indeed, if he and others cay successfully interfere, as he has done in one instance, betwen the Government and the proprietors, and make fortunaty speculations for themselves to the loss of the public at large but that Mr. Douse did not in reality think the Governmey price was too little, when he condemned it, is pretty evi from hjs having purchased the best part of the Selkirk » ,perty at a lower price still. If the Government had bees allowed to purchase what has fallen into the hands of Mp. Douse, they could easily re-sell the land to the tenants at about eight shillings curreney per acre, as the property éon. tains no waste land, and is all settled, except a few acres of the best woodJand in the country, which would readily, sell at such a price as would materially lessen the cost of the enh tivated land to actual settlers. *

Mr. J. R. Bourke, some short time ago, it is said, purchasg a considerable tract of land on Lot 37; and Mr. W. Hl. Powe has more recently purchased, as we are informed, the Mang Estate at Bedeque. Why these properties were not, in th J first place, offered to the Government, it is not easy for usty say— it is just probable that the Government was represented as not being in a position to buy, or not fit to be trusted, Now, jt is extremely improbable that the estates alluded will ever become Goyernment property, unless the present pry. prietors be allowed to make fortunes by their speculations, and we firmly believe that the day is very far distant when they will b: afforded the chance. So that, on the whole, we cannot regard the evils of landlordism as being very much upon the

wane, so long as resident Agents are allowed to step in between the Gowenment and the absentee proprictors, and, by secret influences, prevent the former from effecting purchases. The subject ought, and we have no doubt will, receive the mot deliberate consideration from the House of Assembly, in its approaching session.

It may not be amiss to stato in this placo, in connectim with the Land Purchase Aet, and in further illustration of its beneficial tendency, that during the short time that pas clapsd since the Worrell Estate beeame Government property, ont

Hom, ae ae ; : TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER. in the beginning of this mouth. When brought to the place |

{ Sin—I saw in Haszard’s Gazette of Saturday last that I had |

twelve thousand pounds worth of it haye been re-purchasd,

‘of suffering the executioners commenced thetr cutting at the }poon fined 5s. for being ** drunk and disorderly.”? I beg to\and the deposits paid inte the Treasery. The whole estats

‘whe had fallen whilst fighting against thisman last year. It. last at Mr.eHeard’s. I request therefore this contradiction is belicyed that the manes of the deceased will be gratified |P&Y 8ppear tn your first impression, to destroy the effccts of by this proof of vengeance on his foe. It will hardly be *heperacraph in Hessard's Gapotte, _ wie oe ny Se oe ary, | ay. 2h, 1856. NICHOLAS BROWN.

-eredited at home that this execution ground is situated in one of the busiest localities of the suburbs ; that some potters ee — have continued to mould and fire their pots in that smal! plot & He BN - = ah te ¢ ae He R

‘of ground, whilst hundreds of human beings have been day | =. <8. =i esa

hy day decapitated before their eyes. But such are facts. | We have seen them ourselves. We have seen the coolies | CHARLOTTETOWN, JANUARY 21, 1856.

| walking amongst the headless corpses ; and the almost opened | <—==== rere -s aor

coffins laid on the pathway ; because they have been to many THE APPROACHING SESSION. | to be carried away before the street gates were closed. There alia

a

a eon reir —

* has certainly been an exhibition in this civilised city fit only! Dtrrxe the late autumn and fall no silly tale was more in- |

| for “arbsrous savages; Chinamen appear unmoved by it.---| dustriously propagated through the rural districts than that Correspondent of the Watchman. the Governor would dissoive the House immediately, and order

———-—__—- ¢-—<—Deg

PIRATES IN CHINA.

a new general election. The gullible ones at length became weary of asking the question —‘* When will the election take

Paoushim, which had been placed at the disposal of Captain | be another session of the present House. The present House, Vansittart by her owners, for the purpose of towing, Xe., left} we have many good reasons for knowing, will last out its full Shanghai on the 12th of Sept. to destroy a well-organised | torm of four years; and, inconvenient and unpleasant as it body of pirates, who for months infested the coast of China,

stopping all native trade, attacking and occasionally capturing | ; ; i : vessels under the English flag. ‘On the 18th they ccendiad to wait for all the fun and excitement of a general election

a suspicious-looking Ningpo junk without obtaining any in- | Until some fine day in the summer of 1856. formation, but proceeding with all speed, and arriving atthe | gost of our readers have seen in the Royal Gazette His Ex-

piratical stronghold of Sheipoo, in latitude 29 deg. 10 min.| 4, sail oning the Legislature north, and longitude 122 deg. '5 min. cast, the harbour was | “Uency'® Proclamation, summoning gislature to meet

found to be perfectly sheltered, and so strongly fortified by | fe

‘three entries fur ships, all of which are very narrow, with, What will Parliament do this Session for the benefit of the | hills on cither side rising from the water's edge to some height, | country? What measures are to be brought forward by the which, if fortified, would render Sheipoo inaccessible to any |

: oo a ‘Ministry? These are questions which frequently arise as a fleet which might be sent aguinst it. <A fleet of twenty-two ae q 77. y

| Legislative Session approaches, but they are much more easily

Her Majesty's sloop Bittern and the merchant steamer place ?”’ It never seemed to enter their heads that there would —

may be to the enemies of the party in power, they shall have |

nature as not to be equalled in any part of the world, having | position do the parties of Administration and Opposition stand ? |

) extremities of his body, the toes and fingers, and after keeping say it is a perfect falsehood, and request you to contradict it. | cost about £24,000. Thus one-half the purchase money hag him, as one stated to us, near 2n hour under torture, his heart | I have seen the Clerk to the Corporation, and he informed me |

i : | s " pe ’ : be /was torn outand offered before the tablet of a military officer, | that it was a man of my own name—a mason, that worked }

‘en already secured, and a large body of discontented ani despairing tenants converted into thriving, contented and in dependent frecholders, without the smallest loss. to the Colony,

} —_——---—_.-— ¢ 29>

;

Tho Colonial Mail reaehed. Charlottetown yesterday mom, |ing (Sunday) between 12 and 1 o'clock, a. m.. The pape

/received furnish no news, An English Mail is expected fis | evening. i DOD ee

{ | ‘“‘ Tue Batance or Power ; a Porw, sy Joun Le Paces.

With many common-place thoughts, there are not a few effie | tive lines, and much smooth yersilication about this little churc. It is the longest, and; we think, the bost of Mr, lg | Page's productions.

Mecuanics’ [xstirure.—On Tuesday evening last Med. Williams, gave his instructive Lecture on “ Cornish Mining’ to a full house ; he explained in a clear and lucid manne the mode of working the Veins or Lodes—and the meansh which the Miners descend into aud ascend from the pits distance of from sixty to two thousand fect. The Leetut | gave ample evidence of his thorough knowledze of the subjt and his familiarity with the Cornish dialect, the repetitiont some of the terms of which was followed by applause laughter ; owing to the many branches of operation connetlt with the subject, he fuund it impossib'e to condense iti one short Lecture; and was therefore requested to git] continuation of the same during the preseut Session off

|

the dispatch of business on the 14th February. In what Institute.

T. Heath Haviland, Esq., V. P., will lecture to-m evening, on “ Modern History.”---Com. ;

| Free ---On the morning of Sunday, the 18-h inst., atat 4 o'clock, the house of Richard Dawson, Esq., Tryon Wi

|large piratical vessels were observed moored head and stern, |

Was discovered to be on fire, and iu less than hatf an hot

put than answered. With regard to the first, we think the was eovsumed to ashes ines the inmates barely baving time! position which the Government will oceupy will be as strong a escape with their lives, and before they reached the neart® one as they could desire. The Opposition was very weak and dwelling, which is no more than two hundred yards dist epiritless ast year,—it does not promise to be any moro | Mrs. Dagson, Miss Dawson and another female had their » bat spirited this, for it has not only gained no accession of strength, oy d i ye to the ee of on orang as an gone nage mee igpaa . towit i. : : x niture and all usual contents, were merchandize to the aah ge nna sen ne - 1s one of the most | the sloop of war at full speed, and s strong tide running in, | but it has lost numerical and moral power in the retirement of | of £150. We h: ’ nates to er os >, allie them § bende ae ss linen Ste : 00. e have not yet learned how the fire orig!

acquaintance. Left alone in the room with each other, we | they fluw through the shower Of round shots which were fired, the elder Mr. Haviland ; that gentleman does not love to linger ---Advertiser, naturally fell into conversation. Another hour passed by al-|at them, The Bittern having been cast off by the steamer "in tho cool shades of Opposition, even with such an important most imperceptibly, and then we were interrupted in an in- anchored with springs on her cable, and opened her broadside | constituency as Princetown at his back ; and Mr, Douse has teresting discussion hy a summons to attend in another room. | upon the piratical fleet with a beautiful accuracy of fire. The ; ae

sign or sound of life about me. At length the rattle of a car- | fully prepared for an attack, the'r flags and “banners flying at.

riage up the street attracted my attention, and, looking from | the mast-heads, guns pointed (one vessel had fourteen heavy |

the window, I observed that it peused before the house in| guns on one side), and the decks crowded with men. At

which IT was, By the dim lamp-light in the dining-room I “half-past 10 o'clock they opened a heavy raking fire upon

could not recognize the single individual dismounting from the | she two ships as they entered the north-castern passage, ~ « D>

carriage, but a moment later, when hé w: mi aa “ya : ; ae it later, when hé was shown into the | which is not 100 feet in width. Owing to the steamer towing |

|

UNITED STATES.

Doctor Wilson met me gt the head of the staireage, and, in a whisper, said, ‘* Be cautious. There has been a terrible battle !”’

pirates kept up their desperate attack with great spicit, doing considerable damage to the hull and rigging, besides wounding several men, some dangerously. Shortly after twelve, the

been meditating, if he has not actually resolved upon, a retire- ment too. It is not for us to say why he feels reluctant, at this particular time, so shortly after his purchase of Lot 31, '

Sr. Mary’s Cottece Burnt.— Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 2 St. Mary’s College, a Catholic institution near this citf,

>} : ° / : ’ } Te — _ ae aon oon on an enews | pitates ceased firing, and retreated. The boats were imme- |? meet his brother representatives in Session, So that, in the | bs Sanaa ‘ogee with all Xe ‘orate ; diately sent to board the deserted vessels, and found only one | vent of Mr. Douse vacating@mmeat, the Opposition will only | library was partially saved. The premises belonged to#% Gleanings from late Papers. a to oot Ss - oo from - eps number the following gentlemen: Messrs, Palmer, Longworth, | Mr. Myers, and were insured. bs ogee Leer i Nie ti at) re ing a large merchant junk with cott ; : | bales, and sinking her to a sonar depth with ashes, so dat ee i Montevncey and Yeo, and perhaps we may add) Exptoston or Gas Worns.-—Middleton, Dec. 30.7 the shots only entered the bales, withSut injuring the floating | sat 7 —— Te William Cooper. Such an array is/ gas works exploded about two o'clock this morning. “J Cilie tenet Baditnies Wai 7 the me. ore behind. She we - Ferret - re, three of | Ct tinly not likely ify or embarrass any Government, a to “ey ne wie ea i ai we , 2 8 STOPOL, ec. j.—hieavy rains have them measuring upwards of {2 feet in lengt , and 2 , . “s ell upon the purifier, and making a hole, let 0 : fallen and the roads are severely tried, but on the whole they guns Seaekenal i All the other vessels aoe oder -on ue ener mpsnen ted rill, bo, Dranghs. forwned by the | and a torr ifie explosion followed, tearing off the stand the test uncommonly well. The railway is nearly useless and damaged as to be in a sinking state. hey were set on Government or its supporters, even we —aupposed as wo are for cing the wall. owing to the destruction of trucks. Tracts have still to be | fire, and burnt to the water's edge, All were heavily armed | to have some little intimation of Executive doings — are not traversed by thousands of animals belonging to the land trans- with English-made guns, varying in calibre from 61b. to 82Ib. | prepared to say. In fact, we know nothing of the intentions. owt on and many fall exhausted and die ; thus renewing | Some of the pirates had belonged to the fleet which attacked | of the Administration in regard to the legislation of the next the horrors of last winter. The siege artillery is ordered | the Bittern at Fuchau, in Leautung, in Aug ] ' Soans = . : ’ ubg, im August last, and Session. Most of the great questions that demanded enquiry ,caused his message to be laid before the Senate.

home. The reports from Kertch favour the opinion that the |had arrived here abou ays ago e Knglish and and ement have been disposed of. Nevertheless, many im- | by a large majority decided no

: ; pinton (hat the | I re about 14 days . The Enelish and : j b ; decided not to discuss the message enemy mean toattack it. The Turkish contingent is assuming | American missionaries’ Ningpo boat was redeptured had had ssh rene es, Serta ee me | nl aeuat Bposbal. We hay : ’

shape and form every day, and will be able to give a good still on board property belonging to them. The pirates having | portant subjects for legislation wil doubtlessly be brought to | ‘ey had chosen their Speaker. We have as yet ae

ON LR LR LR LR LR LN LE LLL RL LP

THE BRITISH EXPEDITION IN THE CRIMEA, (Prom the Times Special Correspondent.)

PrestDENT’s AGE.---Up to the bour when Jast 3 left Washi soihe House of Representatives had wilt

choice of S r. The President got tired of waitios

S |

account of the Rassians should they indeed assail such a for-|in great force tak °$8i a ios -, © the notice of our legislators as thé Session progresses ; in |20 abstract of the message. It is particularly bitter ™ om oi hills Captain Vansitts # ' sarrneet, a few miles itech Nee Yo g J ne - 14 st ®. ee | Great Britain for sending (what it calls) recraiting ’ » at the urgent entreaty of, . PAPC, PrevIONs to the of FePrua- the United States, and for declaring the Mosquit™

onstantinople, | the mandarins, landed the marines aud sinall-arms men under Ty, we may take the liberty of offering a few hinits and sugges- | under her protection, which the President consider? * tant-surgeon New- | tions for legislative action in the Session of 1856. .

formidable position as the Allies oceupy. rt . . - The letter of the Times correspon lent, dated C

Dees Wth, contains some refer: nee fo Ke Le ¢ . $s some refersnee to Kera. A number | the orders of Licutenant Brooker and Assis

of the Clayton Bulwer Treaty.---N. B. paper Jan,