£32,‘

VOL. 22.

Wméer Arrangement of Malls. THE MAI for transmission to the neighbouring Provinces, . Newfoundland and the United States, during the ensuing __VV|||l°|'. will be made up every THURSDAY at noon, commenc- “ll 0“ 'l'lI|I|‘IdIy. the 16th December; and the Mails for England

will be made up on that day and on the days following :-

tmduy. December 80- Thursday, March it. Thursday, January 18. Thursday, March 25. Thursday, January 27. Thursdsy,'April 1. Thursday, February 10. Thursday, April 21. Thursday, February 24.

THOMAS OWEN,

Postmaster General.

Letters for the Cape of Good Hope, Australia and India, via the Cape of Good llppe, will require to be forwarded on the 18th Ja- nuary and Ilth arch. Geiioral Post Ollice, Nov. 29, 1852.

Education. EV. Wis. Srawaur. Georgetown, is desirous to have a few young gentlemen wishing to be instructed in the Classics and Mathematics. Terms will be moderate, for particulars of which, apply at

this Nov. ii, reps.

The Colonlal Life Assurance Company. G 0 v E R N 0.lt. ‘PHI EIGHT HONOUIAILI THE EARL 0|-‘ ELGIN AND KINCARDINE.

ooerrior- General of Canada.

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22 SI. Andrew Square, Edinburgh.

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT. IN HALIFAX FOR

Nova Scottie: & Prfimoo Ifldlwmrcii Iiellcuuall, llim. M. B. Almnn, Bunker. Charles Twining. Esq. Barrister. llon..Willinm A. Black, Bunker John Bayley Bland, Esq. Lewis Bliss, Esq. Hon. Alexander lie’ h, Merchant. James Stewart, F.sq., Solicitor. Medical Adviser—-A. F. Sewers. Agent & Becretary—hliitthew ll. Richey, Solicitor.

The following gentlemen have been appointed Oflicers of the ‘_Cmiipsiiy in Prince bdwiird Island, and will be prepared to furnish information as to the principles iind practice of the Company and the rates of Aiisuriince.

l‘h:irlettet.oi\ui-—-Meilical Adviser-—H. A. Johnson. DI. D., Agent.

K. . Lydiiird. Gcorgetown—-Medical Adviser—-David Kaye, M. 1)., Agent- illiam Sanderson. St. Ele:inor's—Medicul Advieer—Joseph Bell. M. D., Agent-

Thomss Hunt. MATTHEW H. RICHEY. August 3.

Notice.

[IE TE.N‘.d.N‘TS of Trloasns "IA“l‘Il Havss.Awu.Esq., _ on Townships Nunibors 48 and 56 and all other Lands in this island. are requested to make iinmediato yment ol' the amount of Rent due by them to the Subscriber, \Vl£‘ll duly autho-

rised to receive and grant receipts for the same.

T. HEATH HAVILAND,

Barrister-at-Law.

Queen Square, Nov. 29, I852. Isl. ‘Ll. Persons indebted either by Moi gs, Js t, Bond. J Promissory Note or otherwise, to i-iossas larss "A-

VILAND, Bap, late Colonial Secretary of this Island, are desired forthwith to make payment of the res ctive sums due by thorn‘ as aforesaid to the Subscriber who is uly atitliorised by Power of Attorney, to receive and give the necessary discharges for the same. And all Persons to whom the said Thomas Heath llavilsnd, is in- debted, are requested to furnish their Accounts for yuieut. T. HEATH ILAVILAND. Barrister-at-Law.

Queen Square. Nov. :9, 185:. ll.

@&@‘flE W0

HEREAS JONATHAN WHITE, a son of the undsrsi n- , ed niaetesen years, has lately sbsconded from his home: and has without the authority or knowledge of the under- signed, taken up goods in his name at various Shops in Charlotte- town, and has lIlr|0 unlawfully disposed ofcertain oods and wares from the farms of the undersigned. situate at the out River and elsewhere. This is therefore, to caution all persons against such iinposiiions, as the said Jonathan White has tiothnd never had any iiutliority from the undersigned for any such purposes; and also, against paying or accepting any ordermlpurportiug to be drawn by

the undersigned, without being previou y advised thereof.

\Vll.LIAM WHITE, sen.

[By Man! 1-}. 8. Wits-rs, his Attoraey.] Charlottetown, Dee. 0, 1862. Sin.

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Corner of Barrlngtou dc Blowers streets, NEAR IASONS’ HALL. MO TOMB TABLETS. @-u-envcb %(tci:>un<a>a. cfixcni. auuusacruuun 1-o onnuu iir a siisusiou st-rue, Asrn on

' IIACOIAILI TIIKI. II

HJLIFJX It/'0 VJ! SCOTIA. 9 Orders will be received and ever information iven, by applying so P. Hacoowaiv, lJsq.,Ageat, C lottstewa, . E. Island. B33-k"s.Just Becetved,

ATH_AM'3 IAN and his migrations. Gsral-Hilao, the ear-

"|"''0 0f I fflltlllfl ll I Malilian Valley llnnd Book of Life Insurance

nrtun's Lil lrliunsek. The Naval Dry s of the United States, Further supplies daily expected.

coo. _’l‘. ii/iszitito. Genuine Buflhlo 011.

If 5 new understood by all that have given the Genuine

l_l|IlTIll 0_il a trial, that it is decidedl the best remedy 110'’ In “I0 10 promote the growth, continue uxttrianoe,und im- prove tli¢_ l’*‘Y0l the HAIR; it gives a satin sofinem sad stl0lI Wlllcll so other article does,snd causes it to curl beautiful ly. For sale at the Drug Store of

M. W. SKINNER.

Medical Warehouse, Dali-yrnple’a Corner, October, i, rm.

Arttflota! Ilato ‘sad Metallic Paint. ' ’tsv

"3 3u35_c“'.'3‘. I P. B. Hand, hug toscquaint _ the shire, that k C head, a large these repierior TM . ‘roll. hp the Pound, or Hfipndnd e a us use ‘gm LI SEED 0fL, put up ih Packages of.“ and '3 Polfi. D ‘N t=.w-.ir'cni.i---- =~--- . 7 E 9|‘ . , iv 1 , Jugs,-pp, ' .~ . . ,_ ‘Glue Stress

TCDEB‘C.P‘£B?‘o

A PRAYER FOR THE MILLION.

God of the mountain, God of the storm, God of the lowers, God of the worm ! Hear us and bless us, Forgive us, redress us ! Breathe on our spirits, Thy love and Th healing. Teach as content with Thy fatherly den ing-—

oach us to love oe, To love one another, brother his brother, - n ma e as all free-

Free from the shackles of ancient Tradition,

Free from the censure ofmnis for his neighbour; Help us each one to fulfil his true mission

And show us ‘tis manly, tis Godlike to Labour l

God of the darkness, God of the sun, God of the beautiful, God of each one! Clothe as and food us, llluiiie us and lead us ! Show us that Avarice holds us in thrall— That the land is all Thine and Then giviist to all. Scatter our blindness; Help us to do right, all the day and the night- To love mercy and kindness; Aid us to conquer mistakes of the past; Show us our future, to cheer as and arm us, The upper, the better, the mansions Thou hast; And, God of the grave E that the grave cannot harm as. J. R. Orroit.

mistcllaittous.

FATE OF A DRUNKARD. ur oicxsitrs.

\‘Vhen the dim and misty light of a winter's morning penetrated into the narrow court, and struggled through the begriuied window of the wretched room. \Varden awoke from his heavy sleep, and found himself alone. He rose and looked around him; the old flock mattress on the floor was undisturbed; every thing was just as he remembered to have seen it last, and there was no sign of any one, save himself, having occupied the room during the night. He inquired of the other lodger and of the neighbours : but his daughter had not been seen or heard of. Ho rambled through the streets, and scrutinized each wretched face, among the crowd that thronged them, with anxious eyes. at is search was fruitless, and he returned to the garnet when night came on, desolate and

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For many days be occupied himself in the same manner, but no trace of his daughter did he meet with, and no word of her reached his ears. At last is ave up the pursuit as hopeless, and long thou lit of the probabi ity of her leiving him, and endeavouring to gaindser broad in quiet . She had left him at last to starve alone. He ground his teeth and cursed her.

a

way. A mar _ head; the roof of u jiiil was the only one that sheltered him for lisny mouths. rider arches and in brick liehls—any where t svaseeaie warmth or shelter from the cold and rain. But in the last stage of poverty, disease, and houselsss want, ho was a drunksrd still. _

At last one bitter night, he sash down on a door-step. faint and ill. The prsraature decay of vice sndmprelligscy had worn him to thsboss. Ilia a liv’ ; his eyes were sunk, and their sight wssdini His legs trembled beneath his weight, and a cold shiver ran throsghevory limb. . _ rid sow the -forgotten scenes of s misspent hfe crowded

A thick and fast u isi.

He Ib0l:‘h‘I.Or:):l tiiae he had a home, a happy, cheerful home —aud oft who peopled it, and docked about him then, until the forms of his older children seemed to rise up from the grave, and stand about hiiii—so plain, so clear and so distinct they were, that he eeuld touch sud feel them. books that be had long for- gotten, were fined apes hiivi ' since hushed in death, sounded in his esru like the music of _ village bells. But it was only for an instant. ' ‘he rain best heavily upon him, and cold and hunger were swing at his heart again.

He rose and drs his feeble liiiihii a few paces further. The street was silent and ciupty—the few passers by, at that l.ito hour, hurried quickly-on, and his treinulous voice was lost lit the i.-ioleiimi of the sterrn. The heavy chill sgiiiri struck through his frame, and his blood seemed to stagnate beneath it. He coiled himself up in u projecting doorway. and tried to sleep. _ _

But sleep had lied from his dull and gland eyes. His mind wandered strangely, but he was awake and conscious. The well- linown shout of drunken inirih sounded in his ear-—tlie glass was at his lips—the board was covered with rich food—_they were before him he could see them all—ha had but to reach his hand and take them—-and though the illusion was reality itself, he know that he was sitting alone in the deserted street, watching the rain drops its they tiered on the stone; and that there were none to care tor or

l .

he im.

guddenly he htarted up in the extremity of terror. He had hand his own voice shouting in the niglit-air; he knew not what or why. Hark! Agroan l Another ! llis serisss were lesvin hiin—hulf formed and incoherent words burst from his lips; an his hands sought totear and lscerato his lle_sh. He was going mad, and lie aliriokeil for help till his voice failed him. _

lle rs’ his and looked up the long disinnl street. Ho recollectod that outcasts like~liimselt', condemned to wander day and night in those dreadful streets, had sometimes gone distracted with their loneliness. He remembered to have hesrd_muny ‘ears before, that s homelees wret_ch had once been found in a so itsry corner shar nin ariist knife to plungsinto lill OWII hull. PIO- ferring deat tot t end ass, weary, wandering to and fro. In an instant his resolve was taken, his limbs received new life; he ran‘

nielrly from the spot, and paused not for breath until he reached river a.

He eve teoflly down the steep stone stairs that led from the coni- irierieeiiisut st’ Waterloo~br' down to the water's level. He crouched into a corner sud he ' patrol Failed- Nsver didspr'woner’a heart throb with the hope of liberty and life half so eagerly as did that of the wretched man at tho_priospect of death. The watch used close to him, but he remained un- observed;and after waiting till the sound of footsteps lisd died away in the distance, be cautiously deacon ed and stood benestli the

vsr. ‘Ilia rain had ceased, tlis wind was lulled, and all was for the moment still and oiet--so quiet that the rippling of the water against the barges that were moored there was distinctly audib to his ears. _Ths slreani stole languidly and slo isholy on. Strange and fantastic forms rose to the surface, and bec on him to approsoh;.dstlt gleaming eyes ered from the writer and seemed to mock his hesitation. while llow murmurs from behind or him onward. lls retreated a few paces, took a short run, a desperate leap, and plunged into the

nvfiliit live seconds had passed when he rose to the water's surface, but what achaugsliad tslt_en place in that short time in all his thoughts and feelings ! Life. life, in any form; poverty. misery‘. starvation; anything but death. He ought and struggled with I water that closed over his 0 'I°" The curse of his own son ruii footof dry ground—ho could a‘lmost iosoh step. Qua ad breadth nearer, and he was ssved—bst» the tide bore him onward, under the dark arches ofthe bridge _iind he seal: to _ths_ . Age’ and siruggledfer life._ For one brief instant- the buildings on the rivsv~ haul, the lights on the bridge under hsd bet-us hisi. the black wlter and the fast- ! elssds. were dhiaeily ' more he sunk and is,

crsnsin .

having real’ constantly announced, a place called from Bendigo, another called Anderson's Creek, nesr Melbourne, bein smon the most prolific spots. some fresh fields in the neigh- bour oodo Bsllsrutaro also mentioned as realizing the highest snticipstions. ‘ '

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and was expec be obtained from Eng clsred a free port, the royal assent to the requisite act having been once from Honolulu, a considerable from the Sandwich Islands. From South Australia, news had been received the day before the sailing of the Eagle, that the long desired discove place in that colony, a ' out about 15 miles from Adelaide to the south-east. experiments made on the surface had thus far been satisfactory. Large remittances froai Mount Alexander continued to be received at Adelaide. and it was in contemplation to

received. According to intsll' immigration migh

II I. coin tokens of 20s. each, the government usssyer strucied to on go the requisite ststfsnd machinery for that purpose. ’l‘lis llurra Burrs Mine shares were stsadil price appears to have ranged between 180 an 135.

stunned hisi with tho furious A week afterwards the body

pitied it was borne away to dsred sway.

dual psuing through the wood

him with all iiig, ivellsstisflod wit oscs

hospitality of the inmate, al'ter large sum of money from the re of the house, who was then s

more risk by going further.

i‘.'}{.

rancs.

The woman immediately kuo was the individual her husband him what had passed durin the

head with t e stick, which had t the room below. where the wife head from the body. The stra

(From Wilmer 9 Smith’:

the 2d September, nearly two in

The only

105,000 ounces.

escort, large quantities were brought b _ exported to England, from the date o the first discoveries u to ble. We can readily imagine how a man may diet the Slat of July, was 1,286,040 ounces, or about £5,000,000 roin

Victoria, while from New South

was £2,001,0l2, at the colonial price of tics. per ounce actual value. Of this latter sum, however, a conside- rable portion was from Victoria, so that there was no ' between the production of the res of not less than £1,000,000 had been forwarded also from Vistoris to Adelaide, South Australia. universally the most successful, owing tot eir previous familiarity with mining pursuits; and an instance is mentioned of one party 6,000 in a single mornin .

nee of gold ueoce of the arrival of about

oposed capital being £100,000.

to pass land

the expoe

Assay-oflice

Duuaorur. Esau-itocaxu in a late number of the Pcli'i'nG

tress, the Em

year to be remit .

long res’ x

thatltebddisd 000

drsd

never considered at so that is the prime o lad . every way

self a hted, sad the

to I dilullii a

bri'aus-bstghtlssussefhststup from earth to hostel.

It in ihststsrobs «.".l.i§ai.a.....,.,"o';.

the river a swollen and d’ and mass.

the ooptineueeiuent of the event

'3. was stopped

and imprudently added, that he he

The

£200,000 in coin (chiefly b eniasular and Oriental Company's steamer Chussn, whic England lbth May), and the expectation of further supplies.

prosperity of the miners, and the probability of the ultimate esta- blishment of a mint, can sales. 'l‘he rapidly accummulating wealth of all classes was irra- nifestcd in a growing disposition to undertake important and costly o terprisos. A was bill introduced in the Victoria legislature, for a railway to run from Melbourne to Mount Alexa ' ‘ iuitic-ipated would cost near £1,000,000 connect Melbourne with the and to construct a pier where the luv est vessels cos

sxteuivo tie

a terrible earthquake, that occurred a few moat vince of Kan-euh, in the north-west_ of China.

the province Shookingab states in a meiiiorisl to the llmperpr. that the shocks commenced in the city of Chang-wei and its neighbour- hood on the 20th day of Ms last. and were repeated many times during the s as of tlftosn aye from that date. The devastation and loss of ifs caused was frightful. purlfill were killed; more than 400 seriously hurt, und several thousand houses destroyed. The public otlices, granariee, prisons, and also the ramparts of the city were thrown down. _ having reduced the people to a state of the utmost want and dis- ror has ordered immediate assistance to be rendered to the satfersrs, ‘ad their payment of the land tax for the present

sues, t s iiliar wealth. rendenirlffmgwlefnthe " wsse

suitable both is fortune er the “honourable estate of matrimony" a 0]!!- Some trivial event which occuned, induced hint to this him- ' sage amiss .:l‘Oh0|| oil‘. The lady

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, TUESILA Y, ADECEMBER 28,1852.

reeled before hh eyes, whilst the water thundered in his ears, and roar.

was washed ashore some miles down Unrecogn' and un- grave; there it has long since moul-

fl FATE OF A ROBBER. AND HIS WIFE. We translate the following from u late French paper : Ari indivi-

I so

in the department of Langres, by a man with s his purse or his life; the traveller that he had no more in his

The rohberto'ok the money, and the stranger fled ible s , trembling with fear, but'notwitlistand-

g on such good terms. He soon

arrived at a farm, where he t ought himself secure; he claimed the

relatiiidg the unfortunate adventure,

an in co l’

pscity of the robber. Th=crii‘is|t.r:s: e, oI'erod him an asylum, and

told him he should sleep in the hayloft : this otfer was scco ted with gratitude, the traveller profofled to lodge badly

than to run e had scarcely entered the hay-'

_ when the uisster of the house arrived : the latter announced to his wife, that fortune had been this time favourable to him; that he had met with a stranger, from whom he had obtained twelve

w that the person she had sheltered had robbed, and she disclosed to absence of the robber, and they

agreed, that the man shou d mount the hay-loll when the stranger was asleep and precipitate him into the under apartment, where the woman was to_ stand prepared with a hatchet ready to despatch him. Fortunately for the stranger, he overheard every word of this conversation and kept himself on h'u guard for the moment the rob- ber should approach him; this happened a ver short time aller- wiird. when the stranger pretended to have fal en asleep. On the robber's ap roach, the traveller struck

him a violent blow on the he etfect of preei itsting him into , with a single bow, severed the tiger made his escape, and, on his

arrival at the next village, denounced the ivoman. She afterwards was arrested, and executed for the murder of her own husband.

I.- European Times, Jllbo. 27.)

THE GOLD FIELDS OF AUSTRAIJA. , The advices from Port Philip (Victoria), by the Eagle, are to ftftfln JOB?! Itllltllflsi ll"

oaths later than those previously

received; but owing to the absence of any summary of the amounts of gold brought into Melbourne each week, it is impossible to ob- tain from them any precise estimate of the general ield. indicate, however, that there had been no falling o , and that the animation and confidence of all parties in the colony was daily in- weok in which the totals brought by escort are given, is that endin tho1th of August, when they amounted to wing to the irregularities of the government

They

pnvste Wales. up to the 14th August, It , or about

comparison

ive colonies. A further total

lo from Adelaide were

New deposits were oororig, about 80 miles

had risen to 67s. od., in conse- the

la

The

n indisposition to make hasty

it was

It was also proj to

of Hohson’s Bay b sshortline. unload. the

new bank. to be called the

r Bank of Victoria, with a capital of £l,000,000, had at the same time been projected. There was a scheme, moreover, before the New South Wales l isluture for bourne, a distance if 000 in" . Port Philip from England were to the 1d June, but the mail steam- or Australian was "out entering. when the Eagle lel't with Plymouth dates to the 5th 0 that month. the present arrival are to the lad Augt. ing a small mint was to be brought forward on the following ds , immediately, so that the taatoriuls in’ forthwith.

from Sydney to Mel-

a at advices received at

'lw "Thalia

From Sydney the latest seeouuts A motion for establish-

| Port Jackson had been a-

ld had taltsn

of go ' been pointed lost of the

having

ving been in-

snpported, and the