. . "Fog . “mg he intends to return to the United }be§‘?7~spring" , 11.3., we have understood for some ti ' be Have been‘ _ hi, intention, on the medical educatio , ,, Paris, of one of

being not completed at that time. Quasac.—The Quebec papers say, that one-

moons ' DISTRESS 1N

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, "a now engaged—that the wages, which were ten shillings ‘ r day, are now reduced to twenty pence currency; but the : mukets are abundant, and produce very low.

Jxmxicm—Accounts from Jamaica, .to the 2nd December, ' inform us, that the Legislature, “then in sessmu, has deter- . mined to protect the interests of Great Britain and her Colo- nt the expense ofthe advantages which the inhabitants ofthat Island might derive from an_unrestrictod importation of provisions and manufactures from the. United States. The Legislature has the 'ne\V tariff, which is to take. effect in April nexttunder consideration. A strong effort is mak- ing to discriminate against American produce,laud in favour ofBritish beef, pork, lard, &c. . Every thing is quiet on the ..-' Island, and American produce is abundant.

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IIIIRAMICBI, January 3. . 'Oug ELECTION.—We mentioned in our last, that there ' 14w” mach exoitement on the first day ofthe Election, but . were in hopes it would diminish, aml that after the ebulli- . gm of popular feeling manifested in Chathum on that night, things would be more calm. In this, we lament to remark,

575$ fiFifigr?¢Jifgg¢-i,g

'ed . , S‘s-e have been disappointed. Each day the feeling grew eit- ‘fironger, and on Saturday evening, it burst forth in Open vio— tiy yen“, The houses and stores Ofa number of parties were "3- malted—the windows smashed, doors broken in, and El!” '1 ~‘otherwise injured. This is a state of affairs much to be de- lve muted. \Ve have long urged the propriety of strength- |liy "aging the Civil power with a Military or some other force, _ but all attempts to accomplish this have proved futile. No ‘9!- ,_ person, we are glad to be enabled to state, has received bo— try I. , any injury, and we trust exertions will be used to prevent

such an occurrence. ‘ ', We give below a statement ofthe Poll at the close each 3 . ifllId'day.—Rankin, 304; Street, 269; Williston, 109. ‘ 2nd days—Rankin, 397; Street, 351 ; Williston, 16-1. 3rd day—Rankin, 443; Street, 374; \Villiston,-295. 4th day—Rankin, 534; Willistou, 516; Street, 400. ability—Rankin, (309; Williston, 558; Street, 468. ' . JANUARY 10. A. On}; ELsc'riON.—This noisy, busy scene, was brought to a close on the afternoon OfFriday last, at the Court House, Newcastle. At the hour appointed bylaw, the High Sheriff declared Alexander Rankin and John '1‘. Willistou, Esqrs. _duly elected. Mr. Street and his friends have demanded a scrutiny, and entered a protest against the return of the last e-niuned gentleman.

If; At the close of the Poll, the numbers stood as follows :— Rankin, 834; Williston, 676; Street, 645.

m In Fredericton and Saint John there have been much

WI, , «rioting: in the first named place the military were called

’Mm vout—a measure which is loudly condemned.

.The Legislature OfNew Brunswick meets for the Des- patch of Business on the 3lst inst.

We beg to acquaint our friends in the Country that, in order to fa- cititatc the collection of our outstanding Debts—many of which have been a long time due—ice have appointed thcfollowing per-

‘ sons who our Agents, and that they will forthwith reccirc pay-

. menu, grout receipts, il,»c., in our name and on our account, viz: Mr. Frederick Norton, Thch Rivers; .llfr. Geo. Wigginton, Crapaud; :Mr. Geo. Far/c1 , Bcdcquc; Mr. Edward Henry,

,.Lot 18; and Mr. Harry Green, St. Elmnor's.

'fiirtcen’ Shillings. when paid in advance, will be received as one

Year's subscription for the Colonial Harald, from the present (la-lo.

2:112 colonial wBVaIU.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1843.

The Couriers arrived in Town with the Colonial Mails on Saturday evening last, at 10 o’clock; those for the present week were received about Ten o‘clock last night. Montreal

ith'ii “59* "lines sis-tone 4th Ja’ii’l';"SI. John, N.“ BT10 the 14th ; and 5 un- Halifax to the 17th inst. With reference to the health ofthe iftlio Governor General, the Montreal Weekly Transcript of the riitlio 4th inst. contains the following unfiivourable statement :— iving. “ We regret to learn by private advices from Kingston, that l. His Excellency is again suffering under a violent attack of about his disease, which gives little hope ofliis recovery. The nsuro favourable turn which his disease had taken, has been suc- 5.” il ccedcd by a sudden and dangerous relapse, the consequences ir,lis of which were greatly feared.” new The St. John Papers are chiefly occupied with the Election news. The Halifax papers contain nothing ofany my; public importance. iath ' We regret to learn, that in consequence of the recent de-

‘layin crossing the Strait with the Mails, the letters and papers for Great Britain, &c., forwarded subsequently to the 13th ult., are still lyiugiu the Post Office at Halifax—they not . i having reached the latter place until the 7th inst., three days ‘ pftcr the January Mail had left for England. On the 9th inst., no letters from this Island had been received at Halifax . than the 24th Dec.

‘ The Rev. James Macintosh, formerly of this Town, has been elected, for life, to the pastoral charge of St. Andrew’s Church, St. John, N. B. -

Auxmxav BisLs SOCIETY.—Ol1 Thursday evening last, the Fifth Annual Meeting ofthis Society was held in the Court House in this town. The chair was taken by His Ex-

* cellency the Patron of the Society, at a few minutes before ' Eight o'clock. His Excellency was supported on the right ".by the Hon. the Attorney General, and on the left by the

Rev. Dr. Jenkins, Rector of Charlottetown. Prayers were

and by Dr. Jenkins. His Excellency then opened the busi- , 11085 ofthe Meeting with the following remarks :—

I shall detain you but a moment, to preface with a few remarks the opening of the holy business oftliis evening. Addressing, as I am.some here who are onr spiritual guides on earth, I would gladly have been a bearer, rather than a speaker, for I fear the obiect of this meeting will be little benefited by any thing that I may say. If, hOWevei-, there ever has been a time when it became the duty Of the Chris-

. tiau to exert himselffor the promulgation of God’s word, the present appears to me more especially calling for his best

ofi'orts, when around us, and throughout the world, we see a

large portion ofthe uneducated ofinan kind yielding themsel-

yes upto the wild doctrines ofthe fanatic, or otherwise to those ofthe more subtle mendicant, founding his ability to teach the

Scriptures solely upon his inability to succeed in other avo-

cations. But because men are abroad, using religion as a

We, can it be said that the people are less likely to be mis- v lad, or less likely to scofl'at scripture, put before them in

Itch mockery, or in such a mutilated shape ? You ask me, '1how shall this be met? 1 reply, by schools, and the dissemi—

nation of the Bible. Can we hope that the large young po- ' filllation rising up amongst us, in this Island, will be a bles-

_ I Word before their yet untainted minds? Is there a

» Front here who, having read the Bible, does not wish it in lchildreu’s hands? And can those parents—can any one whim to be a Christian, who does not also strive to place

‘1'. Atlantic, the non-dissemination of the Bible is lamented

{he'Rcm Dr. Tyng, Representative of the American Bible

, when eloquently addressing the meeting of the pa-

"!m iety in London, as the cause of “ anarchy and discord?—

“ ln ourcountry we have an immense field. made still more difli- ,m‘ I'lld extensive from unceasingimmigration. It is impossible ~50? this assemblygto credit the amount of foreigners that are cast “Wu our shores, homeless, houseless, friendless—I may mflkfi

tenth of the persons formerly employed in ship-building 1’

i, £330 it, ifwe do not, at an early period, place the Book of

ii ill the hands Of their poorer brethren ? On this side of

"etjdo‘tvn than the influence ofreli

7. re thrown a}: iiity of doing them good we are but as the loaves an we say to them, without t nwer, “ Sit down upon the you to the full.” Allow In freedom which tlic open hi You send as men that are tl You Ilei‘ll' from among us it

gious instructionvngenerally ‘0,“118, and we must take the respon- "fiw‘t may be able to do much, but (I “fishes. among the multitude. Can be Divme blessing and the Divine Era“ by companies, and we will feed 8 10 speak upon this subject. with the r of my own land uniformly allows. ieuiselves iintauglit—not unleachablef

. ‘ oles ofdiscord and anar'cb and ofthe eVlI influences of passmns uncontrolled: permit mcyfo say, lhul

(Sg‘iiisill‘iiipbltiesr—pur greatest dilhculties—arc in the denaturailised “the Bimlfcshqiilgfvcogpg tloi us Without the Bible in tIIEII' hands. should I I _~ . I 'lll take its proper ground, an Agent I d lie stationed zit-every port—an officer should stand upon gligreepvihof every emigrant ship. and no man should leave this b out a copy ofthe Bible. By this means, you would ecome an instrument, not only ofblessing us, but Of blessin" through iis,.tlio world, and generations yet unborn." =1, “ Referring farther to this Report, there will be found evi- dences from the most distant regions ofthe world, as to the influence ofthe Bible in purifying the habits of the savavc and in chastening the minds ofthe more civilized comuifluz nines. Foreign Reverend gentlemen are attendiu‘r the meetings ofthe Parent Society in London, bearing theatesti- mouy ofits effect even in their enlightened countries. Here, then, we find that all, from the savage to the civilized, are benefited by a knowledge ofthe Bible; and ifso, are we not criminal in being ini'lifferent to its diffusion? I shall terminate my few Observations, by calling to your attention that he who succeeds in extending to the world the know- ledge of the Bible, achieves a greater work than all on earth besules. Study the results of diplomacy; see it erecting and destroying Empires; plunge into science, and bring fresh wonders into familiarvicw; engage in the penetrating spirit of trade, and extract treasures liom the hitherto un- searcheil wilds; combine all these pursuits in the perlbrui- ancc ofoue man, and that man does less than he who ex- tends the iuflucuce ofthe Bible! The works of diplomacy, science and trade shall die with the world—“Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but my \Vord shall not pass away,” saith the Lord God, who in his mercy look upon us this evening! W. _Cundall, Esq, Recording Secretary, then Read an in- teresting Report of the proceedings of the Society for the

past year, together with a statement ofthe Receipts and Ex- penditure for the same period, the whole of which will be laid before the public with as little delay as possible.

The following Resolutions were then severally proposed and carried—the whole being supported by eloquent and appropriate aderesses.

l. Moved by the Rev. Dr. Jenkins, seconded by the Rev. Mr. Knox— '

That the Reportjust read be received, and published as the Committee may direct.

11. Moved by Mr. W. Henry Cooper, seconded by Lieut. Bedford, R. N.—

Tliat this Auxiliary, deeply sensible ofthe success that has hitherto attended the operations ofthe British and Foreign Bible Society, on d which, under the Divine blessing, may reasonably be expected» to crown its endeavors—inure particularly, in the various sections of Continental Europe—considers itselfimperi- onst called upon to make renewed and more extended exertions, to aid that noble Institution in the sacred work oI'Bible dissemi- nation.

lll. Moved by the Rev. Mr. Waddell, seconded by Mr. Lamont-—

Tliat the Committee be instructed to carry out more extensive- ly the Resolution of last year, relative to the distribution ofthe Scriptures, in different sections of the Island. and to offer at re- duced prices some ofthe editions at present in the Depository, imported previously to the late reduction in those ofthe parent $00101. , .

IV. Moved by Mr. John Bovyer, seconded by Dr. B. De St. Croix—

That this Auxiliary. anticipating that the ever-watchful enter- prise ofthe Parent Bible Society will avail itself of the provi- dcnlial opening in the Empire ofChina, for extending its opera- tions in that interesting cniintry,do recommend to the Committee to transmit a donation—however small—to their funds, to be devoted exclusively to that object; provided they find it can be done conSistenily with loc’al claims upon the resources ofthis Society.

V. Moved by J as. D. liaszard, Ed ward rPalmeré

That the Office-bearers for the ensuing year be as follows :—

Pi'csitlent. The Hon. the ChiefJustica.

Vice-Presidents, Hon. Thomas H. Haviland, Hon. Robert Hndgson, Hon.JoIin M. Holl.

Corresponding Secretaries, Rev. Dr. Jenkins, Rev. James “'nddcll.

Recording Secretary, William Cundall, Esq.

Treasurer, Henry Palmer. Esq.

Dcpositari , Mr. Henry Stamper.

Committee, Messrs. Orlelinr, D. Ilodgson. Bedford, I-I.'Haszard, Ralph Bracken, Charles \Velsh,James Purdie, Kenneth Mac- ken'zie.

VI. Moved by the Hon. the Attorney General, seconded by Capt. Bayfleld, R. N.—

'I‘hat the thanks of this Society be presented to His Excellency, for his paironage :ind support, and for the manner in which he has coniliicted‘fiie business oflliis Meeting.

His Excellency the Patron having suitably responded to this vote of thanks, a collection was made, which, it was announced, exceeded that taken last year by about one half. The doxology was then sung. and the proceedings ofthe evening were terminated by the Rev. Dr. Jenkins, who pro- nounced the benediction.

Esq., seconded by the Hon. M... _ gm“, I _.,-.,‘,..

SUPREME Comma—0n Saturday last, the prisoners who had been convicted during the late Term of the Supreme Court, were sentenced as under :— .

Edward Feehan—Assault—Fined £3—to be imprisoned until the fine be paid.

Patrick Coughlau—Larceny—G months’ imprisonment, with hard labor, in the Honse of Correction.

Thomas Newbury—Larceny—3 months’ imprisonment.

Henry Inglis—Larceny—3 weeks’ hard labour.

Maria M‘Carthy—Larceny—3 weeks’ do.

Thomas Wilson and James Shore—Assault on Francis Bell and James Syrnister—3 months’ imprisonment each.

Alexander M‘NeiIl—-—Assaiilt on John M‘NeilI—Fincd £3.

Michael ConwayhAssault and rescue from a Magistrate, in discharge of his duty at an election—8 months’ impri- sonment.

Malcolm Stewart and Angus Benton—assault and rescuo ——sentence deferred until Easter 'I‘erm.

Patrick Connick, for an Assault on Sheriff’s Bailiff, and rescue—4 months’ imprisonment.

We are requested by the Secretary ofthe Agricultural Society to state, that His Excellency Sir H. V. Huntley has presented the Society with a sack ofthree bushels ofClover Seed, selected and mixed together in due proportions for grass lands. It was purchased from seedsmeu of high cc- Iebrity in England, who had been prevmusly and carefully informed ofthe nature of the climate and soil of the Island. This seed will be distributed gratuitously—in accordance with the wishes of His Excellency—amongst such farmers as may be disposed to try the experiment at English grasses. —Gaz. ’

MECHANICS, le'ri'ru'ra.—Dr. SUNSTEAD will lecture be- fore the Institute, on Wednesday evening next, on Psycho. physiology, viewed in connection with the mystgriea q/‘flnmuil Magnetism. The subject is of a peculiarly interestipg na- ture, and embraces topics which have, we believe, hitherto received no attention from previous lecturers at our lustitute; we hope, therefore, that every member Will be ip his place, and that Dr. Sunsteud will be gratified, on this his first pub- lic appearance amongst us, with a large and attentive audi- ence.

TOTAL Ans'rnvsaca.—This noble cause is advancing with rapid strides. Eighteen persons signed the pledge ofthe “Independent” Society last evening, and the room was

"1:111!" word,and say, Bible-less' foreigners trio. 115.0907 “f ‘1 “Digit least 80,000 are British subjects, have landed upon 0|” Iioresvin the last year. You send with Ilium no Bibles—you

a

' myon, the greater part at least, untaught, because they are

“NIIIII them with no means ofspir'itual instruction: they go out

crowded to excess—so much so, in fact, as to render the la- lcale by far ton small for the accommodation oi the meeting. [To remedy this, in some measure, weekly meetings ofthis Society are to he held for the next month, and we heartily

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unmodified.

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nISI": no “what has been done ?” is every where asked. “ Little 0_ nothing,” is answered at every corner. And whose fault is it? Not the Chief Justice’s, nor the Crown Lawyers’, nor the other Members’ ofthe Bar. The fault lies not With them, but with the system. There is something rotten in the state of Denmark, and I trust that our Legisla- ture,:it the approaching session, will probe the rottenness to the core, and provide a remedy. This is the third 'I‘crm that I have attended from a distant part ofthe Island, with seve- ral Witnesses, for the purpose ol'saekiug to recover from 1: Jury of my country a just debt, which one of my neighbours refuses to pay me; and I must now again go home, having sustained a loss both of time and money, without having my cause tried, because, as my lawyer tells me, the Court has not had time to hear it. And I don’t wonder the Court has not time, Mr. Editor; for the Court is opened about eleven o’clook, and in general closed about six o’clock ; and the whole time is taken upin the trial of petty criminal ofl'ences —-such as one man stealing a pound of nails, another steal- inga log of wood, and many other larceuies oflike valuable articles; then follows a trial for an assault, wherein some poor devil gets a black eye, the investigation of which tri- fling matter takes up the whole day, through the tedious examinations of witnesses——inost of which examinations have nothing whatever to do with the affray ; and also through the lengthened arguments of the lawyers upon points of evidence that arise at the trial, and which generally are reserved for future discussion—and which, of course, takes up the greater part of another day; and then, perhaps, the verdict of the Jury is set aside, as being contrary to law, and the prisoner is discharged, after the country has been put to an enormous expense in his trial, and the valuable time ofth’q’flourt taken up for two or three days. Now, Sir, I saw by the papers that there wore eighty civil causes on the list, two or three of which have been tried this Term; the rest mustlie over until the next June Term; and unless some remedy be, in the meantime, enacted by our Legislature, the suitors will be in the same position, at the end of that Term, as they are now. The fact is, the Way our Supreme Court is at present constituted makes the debtor complete- ly independent of the creditor—which state of things is most injurious to the country, and should never be allowed to exist. One oftwo measures would remedy this growing evil. Let the Legislature either establish Criminal sessions, where all petty offences could be tried, or authorise the ap- pointment Ofu legal Assistant Judge, and give the Court the power to extend the Jury days and the Term until the trial docket is cleared. Then suitors would have their causes brought on to trial; then the debtor would not be indepen- dent of his creditor. I admit, that ifthe latter measure were adopted, Jurors might grumble at being detained such a length of time; but the business of the country must be done; and after the first or second Term, when the docket had been gone through, they would not be required much longer than the usual time of sitting, as now established. AuOther remedy might be adopted, and it is this—to limit the trial of criminal ofi'ences for the first five days ofthe Term; and then to give thrwhole of the following week for the trial of civil causes—and which, in general, might be am- ple to hear the causes ready for trial.

I hope that the Legislature will give this subject its earnest attention, and adopt some remedy for this evil, which is every 'I‘orm growing worse and worse. Y

, :. - . Sir; 0?:Supreme Court has been sitting for the last fort-

ours, ,, A SUITOR. Wood Islands, January 13, 1843.

"To THE Borrow. or 'rnr. COLONIAL HERALD.

Sir; The a preaching meeting ofthe Legislature causes a good deal oldiscussiou and speculation, as to the course they maypursue; and among the first, the‘ election ota Speaker forms a prominent topic. For a long time, the papers as Well as lite Legislature 01 Nova Scotiu were occupied Willi the qnoption ofthe compatibility ofthe oflice ol Speaker and mom- beQOftlte Executive Council ; and nowthat that Speaker has become Collector ofExcis'eflt is admitted on all hands that he must restgn. These arguments come into full force in the approaching election ofour Speaker; forI perceive one of the aspirants for the office is a Collector Of Customs—Col- lector of Excise—Road Commissioher—Commissioner of Small Debts—and Heaven knows how many other penny- making and influence-creating posts—as well as Executive Councillor—whose election to be guardian of the people’s rights, reminds one of the fable ofthe doves choosing the kite for their king, and who afterwards found out, that it was part ofliis prerogative to devour one occasionally.