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*L am home ai las: in the city of my nae followed them ; tor the old laeyer still held» tivity, and yet | fear to announce my retura youthful heart towards the fascinating woman It ie w strange presenti ment of evil that has who had lured hia b.to the commissivg of 8 kept me from going direct to my father’s erime Aad he eveceeded in winning her for

house. What itis, { know not, but will avon his wife, bis considerable fortune bei g 9.

woravel, I long to weet my kind par ateand p owerlol ally in hs behalf. dear Pauline; end yet I dread to go there Pauline Fairfield was not permitted to car- It ie an Od) notion—but I will refresh myself, Fy in'o egxecatzon her resolve of sceking ber and then go up io the house, to preeemt my- own liveliloud; for ths timely return of scif to their astonished gaze—for they do not | Gec rge — who brought back to her bis uadi- look for me by this steamer ;‘ and the return. | minished «ff-ctiun—kept her still in the home ed traveller rang the bell to order a bat), a of her aduption. Never had he wavered in lunch, an! thea w carriazse to await his hie lows, despite the reports cf his enemies, word, and in due time the lovely Pauline Lec .me

sume two hours liter, the gontlaman, im- his wife, and thus remained as mistress of the proved in looks and spirits by bie short #.- mansion from which he had bees go neurly jeura at the hotel, ener d the carriage, afer ej cued by the forged will, having given direetions for the retenticn of his luggage, and was driven st.ll further up town, til he alighted at the door of the paiasr tis! residenee of the Iste Richard Pai field. |

VUld Joho answered the bell, and gua d a} moment apon the trayelsbrouwned strang:r | Then his ebony yisarse lighted with joy, and, he attered « glad welgoue, adding eagerly, wn & whisper; em

‘ Golly, Masaa George, it's a blessed Ving | (SPECIAL. To Halt: AX COLONIST.) dat ye happened home im jee dienick o time | The Court was densely crowded on opening for dar’s strange d-in's bsen goin’ on in dis | this morning, and ihe interest most intense, her hoase! Ar’ I'l) tell ye all about’em for) The Judze at once commenced his charge eure! drawing hia intu a Lttle reception-| by explaining to the jury the nature of the iyom near by. ic ime of which the prisoner stood charged, a: d

jwhat, in the eye of the law constituted mur-

\der—the wilfully taking of life wh malice ex-

THE MUNROE TRIAL. THE JURGES’ CHARGE TO THE JURY,

THE PBISUNER FOUND GUILTY,

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CHAPTER TY.

The cael is losis caaeebiale tore |°ut the d Terence between direct and circum-

, é - Fairfield | stantial evidence, citing iastances to show how

late to bie ers eeene ssaieind ate one and the other had influenced former trials ee eer Ge had Se al G save }on which in some cases the tatter was regard- the young man’s step-mother an soffrey jed as even stronger than the former, but ea, eae ene cpeqeoting o> aaa “eC | cautioned the jury that where nothing but cir- to whem “as bet — oe eee meet jcutastantial evidence, a3 in th's ease has been te ee _ = re saab ade | present. d, they should exercise the mos’ a Sin te in’ 7 » aebatite . peo nin thoughtful deliberation in sifting and cousider- pr woald es * man we didn’t ca jing it, If only the most positive and direct

avi | teutimouy could be received in trials of this for he hadseen ber that very evening Gving | o@ture, uive-tenths of the criminals would

ion ate Ned Pn eM, ¢ eee ; jescape. but in every case of mu.der the Cor- knew that Masse Paillip Morton hed aes ® \pus Delicti—the substantial and fundamental ss the libsery some tittle time be Ore. | fact of the de .th of a person— must be proved. Sealy Fairfield listened to, the negro’s | He instanced a ease in illustration of this in recital with grief and indignation combatt ag his own experience in Carleton lately, where oe snake te cpaaears a ‘tour men were arraigned on a charze of mur- * ’ x

pressed or implied—ai.d thea went 09 to point |

The statement of C trial of Dr. Webster, for the murder of Dr Parkman, as to the meaning of the term reasonable duubt,”? was read by the judge! and e:.dorsed as his own language, as also the definitions given by an eminent English J-dge on the same subject. It was such a doubt as would influence a man in @ transaction of! daily business. The jury must not be in-) fluenced by any imaginary doubt, but make | up their minde and draw their inferences fron: | the facts stated by the witnesses befyre the Court.

If the statements of these facts leave to reasonable degree of doubt on the minds of the jury that the prisoner is guilty, they must so find; but they must not convict him on pro- | babi ities or suppositions His Honor con- cluded—* I have done my duty in this matter; |T vive it mto your hands to do your duty ac- cording to your convictions.”

The jury then retued, and after several hours absence returned into Court with a ver- dict of GUILTY, with a recommendation to mercy.

The Judge said he would consider their re- commendation

The prisoner, pale and dejected, was then led out of Court by the Sheruf and his deputy, to the felou’s cell.

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The N. Y. ‘ Herald’ states that for months the Fenian headquarters in West Fourth street, near Broadway, has presented a busy appearence, Workmen have been actively employed in the manipplation of Eafieid ard Springfield rifles into needle guns, and large quantities of mysterious boxes and bales of army supplies have been arriving and stored General O'Neil superintends. The ** Herald’ states that the packages are heing shipped, but where it does not know, “ This,’’ it adds “ may be the inception of another expedition to assist the Canadians in throwing off the British yoke, or it may be a little diversion to put them to the expense of another ¢ Feman scare.’’’

The Examiner.

Charlottetown, December 27, i869.

Tur agitation in Britain respecting the

idering a man, but it was not proved that the cease had rot reach-d him b fore, and now 'man was dead, and the parties were discharg-

when he would have wished for quiet in which led, The burthes of proving the commission on ae eee he ar that he rae jot the deed with which the prisoner is charg-

_ ate 4a a aa ae eee , ed rests upon the crown, as it does in ever, arene. Gosling ae ang their too ‘similar case, audthe jury must be satisfied that

ye hb : ye , fi- ithe woman Sarah Margaret Va'l was dead, and al "aillaee “aad one a eta d poy aes |if they believed from the testimony that she outs bellied See ehint mh Selene’ Soha jcame to her death fou'ly,they were rext to de- *« have decided what te do Joho. I will |° io from Gagetenes Maree: Pom, ohetne go back to the hotel to-nizht, where [left my oder sag was by the bend of the prisoner al ge, aud in the morning, f will proceed | The “Judge then took up ae Do not tet any one know that | | commenting on it at great length as he pro-

caus Gapieas Beare aad ny an otter o| Sree >, Meene HD the festimony_ of wills and ain elbe Git Geudier to ttareded | Mes, Lordly ; that on a certain day # woman on, Seaeins OH) bs Ohks Bik eten Paatier | calling herself Mes. Clarke, with a child, ~ oe K autine | came to her house. She tad a trunk which ~amribas plethaee 5 Ae oe on nae \she showed to Mr. Juhn A Manroe, who cut

spoil all! aad the young man rose tv gu ou" jit; and the Judge then referred to the disere- juto the night again.

| pencies between this testimony and that of the * Nu, no, Masse “reorze, nebber fear dat I'!! \P y

: : : prisoner's father, who had denicd all know liep a word.’ Dus nigger knowe how to keep | ledze of such proceeding—and said that it was & secret better n any woman in de land |’ and | ¢,, the jury to decide which wascorrect Fo!- with « finger to hie hp, old Jhon went out |

the evidence, |

ja piece off the slat of the trunk and examined |

Colonies has entered, within the last few weeks, upon anew and interesting phase. On the 24th of last month, a meeting, to which Colonists and gentlemen interested in the Colonies were invited, was called by advertisement, at the Cannon Street Letel, London. The purport of the meeting, as set forth iu the advertisement was, that “the present most unsatisfactory relations between Great Britain and the Cc lonies ap- pearing to deserve the gravest consideration, it has been suggested that weekly meetings should be held for Counsel and discussion.” Mr. Youle occupied the chair, and Mr. Wilson, Mr. Thornton, Mr. Westmorland, Mr. Bowden, the Hon. John Tobin and Sir George Grey addressed the meeting. The present difficulties of New Zealand were ex- cluded from the discussion, as we think

lowing up the history of the trunk, he found! wisely. New Zealand presents an excep-

tuto the ball to see that the coast wae clear |

; ; that it was taken from Lordly’s to Lake's, aud | for bis young master’s ext. and than beckon

}frum the-e, on a Monday morning, it was

tional case, and there is little profit in at-

ed the latter out, nad goon closed the street door upen his retreatins form,

The night wore away, ani the morning light found Georg» fairfield ix patient to pro eced upon hig mwsion He was hiraself a graduate of the Law school, and knew at once

how to set; and when the offices of business |

men were open, he at once sought that of Geoffrey Bixter, and made himself known to that anworthy notury,and demanded the legal will of his father

At firs: Geof ey Baxter feigned ignorance

jtaken tothe American boat aud checked by | tracting attention to a solitary abuse, when

somebody for Buston It was never claimed) the system which produced it, and is capable by any ove and after lying in the warehouse | of producing many more like it, is left un- | a Boston, was brought back to St Jobn on} enka” ‘ee ‘ om ii 1 the 29:h of October, in charge of Mr. Hall,| Changed. The meeting, therefore, did well |mate of the steamer New ork, delivered to| to go te the source, and by a resolution Capt. Chishola, and by him to Corcner Earle | carried unanimously | The Judge then referred to the contents of the | |trunk, acd identification by Mrs Lordly and| / F Mrs. Crear,—to corroburation of their identi-; ment, as illustrated in the recent despatches fication by Mrs Lake, in whose house the de-| of Lord Granville.” The history of the New

ceascd stayed previous to the murder :—to the | 7oajand troubles can thus furnish abundant

“to deprecate the Colonial policy of Iler Majesty's Govern-

aad leaned back tn hit ehair, and im stern identification of the child s hat by the little manner tried to ignore ali knowledge of an | nurse girl—the embroidered petticoat by Mv. other will than the one whieh had deen read. | (ive, deceased's sister—aid photograph in But George Fair6u'd, seated at the opposite ‘the uuuk, hy Mrs, Crear and others, a8 having vide of the lawyer's writing-derk, looked with | been in possersion of the deecased ; aud said

; - | proof of the urgent necessity for the resolu- |

tion.

In the course of his remarks, Sir Geo. Grey

no@incshiaz eye into the pale tace of the no tary, and, raising h’e right hand. poin-ed to some papers which the litter had just been extwining, and exclaimed :

*1f 1 wistake not, Geoffrey Baxter, that is the true will now lying before you !

* Your conscience must have upbraided you, that you are lovking at itsvearly in the murn- ing, and my coming is opportune, for | will

it was for mre to decide whether the testi- | Said that “it was not in the power of any

mony was sufficient to satisfy their trinds that | British Statesman, on his own view,to break the woman who passed herself as Mr: Cla:ke | up & great empire, and the Colonists would was Surah Marzuret Vail, His Hogor intimat | : ;

ed his opiniou that the evidence was conclusive | find an opportunity of telling the country | Qa this point, apart altogether from the prison-| that if it was the intention to cast off the ers own stateme t, A great desl had beer. | Colonies, notice should be given to them,

said in refere:ce to this statement and the cor-| ‘ : : so that they on their part might determine

assist you in the reading!’ and, before the If any peace officer or magi-trate had elicit- other could prevent it, George Fairfield bad ed this statement by question, etc.. his honur grasped the roll of luose paper which had (said he would certainly exclude it; but there

just been taken f:om the open bix, and his! were the statements of Mr, Gilbert ard Mr. }

wom eyes were running over tne written Jones—that the prisoner was du'y cautioned.| tegration. Let them ask for a clear declara-

chareters of tne uppermost one. ‘Ah yes! I was not mistaken! Ths is my father's trac will,’ and, tuking the next par-

cel, he added ‘and this ie che one with the) it was forthe Jury to reconcile these state~, MY do this; that Canada may do another eod'eal attached which was dictated to you meut. if they could, and give eredence to the| thing. The answer which was given Canada

by my worthy ctep-mother, and in which both Pauline and myself ure cut off with a saere pittance! Ah, must excoileat Geoff-ey

Baster, this is a ine piece of penmanship, and |the woman calied Mrs, Clarke was Sarah | the part of the Ministry to get rid of the|

quite a stroke of policy on the part of my es- teemed step parent, whom [ always before thought gawort!y @ base act, But it showe

to what a point a scheming, grasping win! | Believed that they were the same parties, then | People of this country.” These sentiments

will descend [| will just take pessession of these papers, Mr. Bazte-, and witn you w look ou: for yourself, for { mean to take the

settlement of al! my father's aff.irs into my then the prisoner must be acquitted, because | path of rectitude and fairness, and hint not

| There wag direct contradiction between the testimor y of Marshall a.d M-. Munroe, sen, ‘and Mr, otss in reference to the converts: tion;

| une they considered entitled to belief. Munroe furnished corroboraticn of the pro fs ‘urnish- ed by the clothing tound in the trunks, that | Margaret Vail, but if the jury believed that | Mrs, Clarke was not Sarah Ma-garet Vail, then the priso:.er must be acquitted, If they

it would be for them to decide whether the re- mains found at Black River were thuse of Miss Vail. It they believed tha’, they were not,

own haods from this time forth !’ coucluded the corpus delicti bad uot beem proven, and

the yo.ng man, as he placed the papers in| Miss Vail may be alive. his pocket and ruse to depart. The Judge referred to the testimony of Miss But Geoff ey Baxter esught hie hand ; and,| Campbell Mrs, Ellis Ms Crear, Mre. Lordiy, in trembling, desparins tones, entre ted him | Mrs. Olive and Mary Black, as to the identifi- not to deal burshly with Lim us nis crimes cation of the hat and trimmmg. and whitney d.served. jcloth sacque ; and pointed out in how far in *Believe me, Gsorge Fuirfield, I should | this feature of the case the evidence wus en- never have consented to take the part I ltitled to credence, He read at iength the testi- have in this plot, had I not been led into | m ny of Mrs Lake, detailing the articles found; by a lovely woman — and that woman the | referred to discrepency between the testimony wife of your father. On, listen to me, and of Mary Back aid that of the clerk of the let me tell you how it a!) came abuut!’ gasp- | Barker House as the appearance of the prisot - ed Geoffry Baxter; and then as his e»mpan- \2r in town at @ particular time, and asked the ion paused and d.d nvt throw bin off, the | jury to consider it. pour old man went on: His honor here pointed out what he consider *] loved your step-mother befure she married your father. She was youoger in ears than either he orl. She came to the city, adashing young lady. We both met her in society, and buth became enslaved by her ewiles. She encourazed us equally but fiually gave the preference to your futher, | who was a recent wid wer,ind more wealthy than myself. Soe married him ; but [ always worshipped her in my heart. After your father’s decease, she eent for me ubout this will. I had always been his uttorney ; and so it was easy for we to make a new wiil,and add a cordici!, which I did. You bave the} This c-ncluded two points in the chain of whole story. | did it because ot my tew love evidence; and if the jury found that the re- for your step mother, and not from any ill | mains were those of Miss Vail, the next quer- motive towards you or your adopted eter | tion for them to decide was, how did she come Pauline If you can pardon me, do 60; I am/tv her death, He must state to the jury, that pow trely eorry for wy part in the matt-r; there was no evidence from the skeleton pro- sod will try and make all mght ae faras po | duced to show that it was that of a woman ; sible, Toward your mother f beg you to be | out all the cluthing found there being female Jenient ; for she i¢ a woman ; und encugh for | clothing, und there being vo man’s clothing, her that ahe has failed to secure your lather’s | were facts such as to lead te the inference that property.’ the remains were those of a woman. His *I will do as I think best, Geoffery Baxter; | honor then referred to the identificat.oa of the and rest assured that I shall do nathins out | hair by the esters, and admitting the possibilisy

idextification, but at the same time cautioned the jury that they were not necessarily to take the same view or draw the same inference: that he did. He was litble to take a wrong view or one which the facts weuld not justify. He alluded to the fact of the childs bandage with a piece of lead in it, on the remains, cor- respording with that worn by the child when alive, Which he considered wes clear aud plain. These were the facts he said, upon which the jury were to decide whether the remains found

ed a most important piece of evidence towards |

were those of Miss Vail, mother of the child. |

vf malice or reven se ; for I

present than anything else 1 believed ali

women good and pure; but my step-mother has taught me a lesson of fall n humanity,” 2 George Fai. ficid as he lett the nutary’s

An hoar later, the young man stood in the presence of his step-mutner; and that lady grew pale with alarg. ashe proceed. d—after @ very hasty greeting —ts waroll « file of legal looking papers.

* Madam, you will be so kind as to listen t> the true will of my dear father, which has been furoished me by your friend, Mr, Geof frey Baxter |’ said George Fart id, And

he weded to read a docurent which

equaily divided the estates of Richard Pair-

fi-id Fetween his wise, (n w widow) his son George, and bis adv ted daughter Pauline.

Words ar» powerless tu depiet the bafll d woan'é coosternation and page =. fice it. that she renlimed that she was foiled; und, therefore made 4 virtue of necersity, and egrecd that her own porticn should ae ee ee Oe ee aac whil-, ineantime, Fe Ww seek w + resi denee from the | e

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ja: their Deing mistaken on thia point, to the accuracy of Ms, Crear’s identification of the woman's teeth, and the testimony of the dentests respecting the child’s teeth as snch as a chiid of deecased would have atits aze: the discovery of the bullet h le in the skull; the covering of the remains with brush, whick might be considered as denoting vio'ence; the testimony of Wo:den, who drove the prisouer, the woman and child, to Lech Lomond; the non-appearance of the woman at Coliin’s or any other house in the neighborhood of the murder; the appearance of Manrve at Bunk’s after the secund visit, and other points.

He next alluded to the improbable testimony ef Hicks and Howard as to the girl's depart- ure for Buston, ard their inability to fix the time, and it was for the Jury to say wheth r Howard's observation did not apply to Thurs- day's departure, when the deceased had gone to Boston in company with the priscner. fhe testimony of Price, who said he had brougit a woman ard child into town, wus also read—its eoptradictions and improbabil.~ ties poirted out as clashing with Munroe’s own by saying yond any

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what their fate should be, and to consider whether they should take any steps or make |any effort to save themselves from disin-

jin of what England means; don't let them | put up with an answer that New Zealand

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| at a recent date showed the inclination of |the Minister. Ifthere was an intention on | Colonies let the Parliament be informed, and let the sense of it be laid before the

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| of Sir George Grey were hailed by his audi-

;ence with loud cheers. They indicate® a

| vbscurely at the fate which Downing Street | officials had in store for us. We, of the | North American Provinces, seem to have | been destined to be gathered, after some | Sort of a fashion, into the same boat, and thus held in tow, until it should please our | Imperial masters to cut the rope and send us adrift. If the adviee of Sir George Grey is followed up, the task of achieving this policy will be somewhat diffieult, for the uaemployed thousands of Great Britain are at the present moment little in the humour to allow Ministers to part with Colonies, where they and their families can find a re- fuge from misery and starvation.

The Hon. James Tobin, Speaker of the Upper House of Newfoundland, in a letter to the London Tabet, has given a most en- ergetic statement of the grievances under which the British North American posses- sions lie from Downing Street management. The Times in opposing the objects of the , Colonial Society laid much stress upon a declaration made by Earl Grey in his cor- respondence with the Secretary of that Society, “that the Imperial Government bad not sufficient control over Colonial affairs.” Mr. Tobin dissipates the obstacle thus :-—* The standing Colonial Catechism, compiled under the sanction of the Colonial Secretary of State with 491 rules and regu- letions, sustains the exercise of the fullest powers intrusted to Governors appointed by the Imperial Government, specially nomi- nated by the Colonial Minister. No act of the Legislature is law without the Gov- ernor’s sanction, then transmitted to the Colonial Office, and if the Minister thinks fit to recommend Her Majesty to give her assent, the Minister may exercise his own whim when and how he thinks fit. Special subjects are positively forbidden to be touch- ed by local legislation. Treaties although vitally affecting the present and the future of the hardy Colonists are reserved points when Imperial Statesmen make it con- venient to barter away their rightful heri- tage. What additional control could be suggested I know not. ...My Colonial ex- perience of over 40 years has been prin- cipally in our British North American possessicns, where my position enabled me to have a thorough acquaintance with all matters relating to their interests, and I have witnessed the most flagrant injury and

hief Justice Shaw m the Provinges, caused by the Imperial Govern- | days, when our

ment in the questions of American and French Treaties; the former on the coasts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince

‘Edward Island, and the latter at Newfound-

land. These questions which are so momen- tous to Colonists have been treated by

| Downing Street rulers as mere convenient

make-weights in secret diplomacy.” In support of this Jast proposition, the writer adduces the cession of the. “ exclusive rights of half the whole Island of Newfoundland to the French since the ‘Crimean War.” The noble gifts of thousands of acres award- ed to courtly favorites despite the remon- strances of the Colonists; the monopoly granted over the mines and minerals of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton to the London usurers who accommodated the late Duke of York with pecuniary advances. What wonder, he asks, if emigrants refuse to select British Territory in North America, and if the Townships and Wildernesses of the United States are filled and converted into happy homes for millions of British subjects? The writer is of opinion that the presence of British troops in the Lower Provinces is not needed by the peaceful in- habitants, except perhaps for agreeable society, which, he thinks, is scarcely sufli- cient to warrant such useless expenditure of treasure.

On the subject of Confederation, Mr. Tobin remarks, that the pressure used by the Imperial Government to force the Colo- nists into the Dominion of Canada “is not the way to insure friendly relations with Imperial Rulers.” The reason he gives for this is “that no tariff or advantages from the Canadian Domi.ion can possibly compen- sate for the loss of sound friendly commer- cial intercourse with the United States, who are the eager consumers of all the market- able produce of the Colonists.”

There is thus, it will be seen, an increased activity developing itself in the movements of the London Colonial Society. In the almost complete ignorance of Colonial affairs which prevails among the people of Britain, such action under proper direction, was needed, and the weekly meetings, now in course of being held, will serve to edu- cate the public mind and prepare it for the consideration of the important questions on Colonial policy, to be brought before the Congress.

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As noticed in our - the Right Rev. Dr. Mclatyre, Bishop of Charlottetown, selected for his return to Italy « different route from that by which he left it, The following are jottings of his journey from Jaffa to Con- stantinople:

“We arrived from Jerusalem at Jaffa on the 28th of October, and secured a passage in one of the coasting Steamers belonging to the Messagerie Imperiale. We sailed all night and arrived on the following morning at Beyrou’. Its population is about 80,000, composed of Arabs, Turks, Maltese, Arme nians and English. It is the Seaport of Damascus, which lies at the distance of a five hours drive. Goodsare conveyed from one city to the other on the backs of camels and asses. Strange to say that with all its commerce and population, Beyrout has no wharf at which even a coasting schooner can moor. ‘Turkish rule is not favorable to the development of the resources of such places. Unscrupulous Pachas levy im- mense taxes for local improvements, but the improvements are nowhere to be seen. On Sunday and on the Feast of all Saints, we went ashore to hear Mass, and made the acquaintance of the Jesuit and Lazarist

'Futhers, who have communities here. The

churches are small, and in no way remark- able. The streets are narrow and very un- clean,while the people we saw were, besides being ragged and slovenly, imbued with an unconquerable mania for begging. ‘The Sisters of Charity have a house here, and are doing much good.

On the evening of Al) Saints we set sail, and came on the next morning to 7'ripoli,a sinall place about half the size of Charlotte- Like Beyrout, Tripoli is only a shipping port for a large Arab town which lies inland. ‘The products of the country, or rather such of them as were shipped with us, consisted of Cotton, wool, grain, and dye-stuffs. In all the villages along the Syrian coast, and in many parts of the interior, American Methodists ha‘e stations, and are indefatigable in establishing schools. We stayed eight hours only in this little place, and arrived next at the ancient Lacdicea, The same xoutine of taking in merchandize had to* one through here as at the other towns. It is the seaport of Aleppo on the west side, as Alexandretti is on the east. Theruins of a triumphal arch are to be seen on shore. It was erected by Septimius Severus, and is adorned with ar- morial representations in Lasso relievo. On a lofty hill not far from the shore, we saw the remains of what had once been a very large castle—its towers and battlements were still clearly traceable. It is said to have been built by the Crusaders. Some hundreds of Arabs here joined us as deck passengers. Their habits rendered them by no means agreeable companions.

‘Twelve hours steaming brought us to Alexandretti. The shore is studded with ruins, Now and then you perceive the mas-

town.

sive proportions of marble pillars rising up!

boldly from the debris around them, Two large pillars standing on a louely port.on of the coust were pointed out as marking the spot where the whale put Jonas safely ashore. The lust place we visited on the Syrian shore was Mercina, a smali but rich town whose traders aie chiefly Europeans and Greeks. In its im- mediate vicinity are the ruins of Tarsus, so celebrated from its connection with St. Paul. From the ship’s deck we could distinctly see the :uins of many places, which, in their d-y, were cities of importance in history; but now they are almost embedded in sand No one on board seetned to know even their names {tis a melancholy moral to write over the proudest «f man’s works, and even over hiw- self— Obtivion. Rhodes was our next place of call, In the days of the Crusades it was famous, and the city still bears many traces which serve to revive the memory of those Chistian knights, The most remarkable i» La rue des Chevaliers, along which on lofty pillars are carved the smeids and escuteheous of the principal families of the old Crusaders. The town is surrounded by a «trong wall wash- ed by the dep sea, and still wishout a wharf Greeks in their caigues came along side offer- ing fur sale fruits, wine, milk, &c, They are au athletic, intelligent looking race of men ; but they Lave, even at the present day, the character of being altogether aBtrustworthy, verifying you would aimost say, the virgilian axiom “ timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.”’

“From Rhodes'our route lay through the Grecian Aichipelagoto Smyrna. Un either hand lay famous Islaids celebrated in history {rom their conie ith statesmen, warriors, poets aud lear: - Almo:é direct in our course lay Paimgs, where St. Juhu wrote the Apocolypee. It is now deserted and unin- habited.

“On arriving at’ » We visited the Eeelesiastical authorities The Bishop had taken his departure for Rome. Smyrna differs in this respect from other oriental cities, that it 1 clean and its inbabitants both i dress and address bear marks of high culture The bazaars are al] under one roof, and there are offered for sale a!l kinds ot merchandize vhat can be desited. The harbor is a natural basin or cove. We here left the steamer which had brought us from Joppa, aud embarked on ane other belonginz to the same company, bound for Constautinople. During the night we past many Islands, and at day-light sighted Lemnos, and ia an hour afier Tenedos rose on our right, to our left lay the coast of Trey. I

injustice to the best interests of the Lower

leave you to faney how the sight of these places called up reminiscences of bye-gone

greatest “ care and woe’ was ‘the preparation of our tasks in Homer an | Virgil. At four o'clock, of the afternoon, we | were sailing through the Vardanelles, and ar- rived at Gillipoli with day-light sufficient to | observe its magnitude, It owes its import- | ance almost wholly tothe Crimean War. The country round about it is insufficient to afford ‘teither nerve or sinew, We left it during night, and sailing through the sea of Marmora a rived at Consiantinople in the morning. “ This Stamboul of the Turks is certainly a yreat city, It commerce must be vast. Upwards of one bundred steamers belonging to all nations lay in the harbor, besides other ships of heavy tonnage. With all this there are no wharfe, Loading and unleading has all to be done by means of boats. We visited the Armenian Patriarch, and the Latin Bishop, and were cordially weleomed. We ulso steam- ‘ed up the Bosphorus to the entrance of the Black Sea. As far as the depth of the water and the Jay of the laid are concerned. the Bosphorus resembles much the Gut of Canso ; but with this difference on the shores, that ou either side rises a town about eighteen miles lung. As you sail along you see palaces and

cription. The view brought to my recollection the lewer town of Quebec and Sillery Cove.

ist and Jesuit Fathers have Churches) On the most elevated parts stands the Mosques. Among thege St Sophia, which if you except St. Peter's and St. Paul’s Charches in Rome,

ever sen, when we visiied it The commerce of the city seems fiourishing, but the stieets are very narrow and very dirty.

lege friends in Rume, who made the kindest enquiries regarding you, These, however, were not the first of your old friends we met, At 7Jripoli we met with M.Chourri, who accompanied Sir Robert Pee! in his travels through the East, Ile is unquestion- ably a man of rare accomplishments, Every body seemed to know him, and he knew every body. He is master of the Hebrew, >yriac, Chaldaic, Arabic, Tarkisa and English langu- ages. His enquires after you were moat kind, Again, at Smyrna,a most accomplished clergy- min gave me his card, with the request that I would present u to you. His name is Timoni; and [ cannot help congratulating you on your choice of companions in your college days, for a more perfect gentleman I have seldom met.

On the 13tb we purpose visiting Scutari and Chalcedon, both famous pinces in their way and on the following day we start for Rome via Athens, Messivva, and Naples.

LITERATURE.

Moore, Boston —This is

former assertio.. regarding it, that it 1s calcu- lated to be of great benelit to the community If it did nothing more than act a8 a safeguard against quackery, much would be done It,

formation for the preservation of health, and the treatment to be used in emergencies, when medical aid cannot be immediately had, In the present number there is an exceilent article on ‘Cells and their Life; '’ another on “ In- fluenza,” and the second part of the Essay un the ** Animal Parasites of the Human Skin,” Practical hints aud usef.) additious to know- ledge are, besides, scattsred profusely through- out the number.

Tae American Acricontcrist, Orange Judd & Co., New York —We are not sufficient- iy versed iu agriculiaral matters to pass an opinion whether or nv the principles of farm- | ing laid down in the above jeriodies| be ap-

plicable to the land of Prince Edward Island

Pre information it contains is, however, not immued to purely matters of husbandry; it takes a wider range, and supplies useful hints | tur the management of domestic affairs, build- ing of houses, forraation of farming utensils, &c. ‘the literary department is above the

excellently executed,

MUSIC.

Howe's MvusicaL Montuy, Elias Howe, Bosiou.— When we vemember the high price of Music some few years ayo, the present No. of this Monthly appears a miracle of :heapness. It contai:.s twenty-two pieces of Music, clearly pinted on execelient paper. Ten of these are Songs with Piano accompaniment; the ‘emaining twelve are Mazourkas, Puikas, Waltzes and Gallops. The first number is the **Da ube Waliz, * by Strauss—elegant mas- terly and effective as Strauss always is when it pleases him ts be so, The young performer can find little difficulty in mastering it, and it ia worth expending geome time and labo- on when compared with the inartistic and noisy productions commouly set forth as -* Dance Music.’ Gungl, Bech, Parlow and Herma:n, are also well represented in the I:.strumental portion. In vocal music we have Reichardt's popular sony, * Thou art so naar aud yet so far;” aud Hatton's famous composition, ** Simou the Cellarer,” Bissell's arrangement of *O are ye sleeping, Maggie,” deserves cummend:tion in this, that he has studied to make his accompaniment subservient to the air, and has introduced no tawdry adornments, | We can see no reason why gv excellent a mu- sical publication as this shoy!d not be made the vehicle tor spreading among the people a ta-te tor higher studies than Dance Music af- tords selections from the great classical masters,

advance in prupec direction thie culture of Music.

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Scarcety has the Suez Canal been opened,

establishing a communication between the Pa- cific and the Atlantic by piercing the Isthmus ot Pavama to be perfectly practicable ; and a company for carrying out the project is immediately established. Much of the traffic from China and Australia will be thus divert- ed from the Mediteranean route But should the Railway from Halifax to the Pacific be coustructed,the diversion would be stil] great- er. The Morning Post gives this latter scheme its warmest support, and s:zyests, that the six hundred miles of the Ruilway, which run through Columbian territory, might be under- taken on an Imperial guarantee, The advan- tages to Britaiu would, indeed, be great. -* lt is one thousand miles shorter from Vancou- ver’s Islaud to Sydney, than from Panama to Sydney. From Liverpvol to Shanghie, would, by the route in question, be four thcusand miles shorter than by the Cape, and nearly the same distance shorter than by Panama, Then Liverpoo! is five hundred mules nearer to Halifax than to New York.’ The trade winds bring vessels bound from Japan and

Island, and this would enable Britain to com.

Railway, —— ~—2<bo—_ —__—