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\ WEEKLY JOURNAL OF POLITICS, LITERATURE

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NEW STORE!

British Warehouse Queen’s Square.

pscriber, having re-commenced buiness in the pre-

: ae ocemaie seued by Mr. Janpine McLean, takes

the earliest opportumity to inform his friends and the public

nerally, that he has just received per ship Isabel, from verpool, his FALL SUPPLY of

BRITISH DRY GOODS,

gnited to the season. —aLso—

72 Cheste TEA, 60 Half chests do., 100 Boxes SOAP,

Bags RICE, - Porto Rico and Crushed SUGAR,

Carrants, Raisins, Pickles, And superior Salad — on j i ld at the lowest prices for . aren Pe WILLIAM BROWN.

Charlottetown, October 21, 1858.

NEW AND IMPROVED NOVA SCOTIA

COOKING AND OTHER STOVES.

UST ARRIVED, an assortment of New and Im roved

strong and substantial COOKING and other STOVES, warranted Nova Scotia castings—and not Yankee—with large Metal Boilers, to suit Farmers, and made to save wood and time, so valuable at all seasons. Will be sold at the manu- facturer’s prices this season, in order to establish the quality and advantages of these Valuable Stoves—these being among the first importation to this Island. Can now be seen in operation at the Store of the Agent for this Island, at Orwell.

Orwell, December 13. PATRICK STEPHENS.

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BIEY SROSsaY,

NORTH SIDE OF QUEEN-SQUARE.

Fall, 1858. UST RECEIVED = ** Vicrorta ’’ from Harirax, and J for sale by the subscriber:—

Hhis Sugar Tea in variety Blacking Puns b’t Molasses Superior Coffee Tobaeco Jamaica Rum Biscuit in variety Cigars strong Spirits Annapolis Cheese Digby Herrings {ihds Holiand Gin Raisins Rice best Cognac Brandy Currants Crushed Sugar Seotch Whiskey Dye-stu ffs Sweet Oil P.E.I. Malt do Prunes Pale Seal Oil Common Whiskey Earthen Jars Salad Oil Symond’s best Port Pickles Spices

Vine Sauces Soap Sherry Wine Table Salt Candles Madeira do Nuts Washing Powders Champagne Shelled Almonds Baking do Edinburgh Ale Confectionary Patent Medicines Pale Ale Burning Fluid London Porter Brushes

And a great variety of other small and useful articles too nu- merous to mention. Oash paid for good clean Timothy Seed.

HUGH FRASER. November 29, 1858.

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ly CHEBUCTO WAREHOUSE.

HE subscriber has, in connection with his business in Halifax, opened a WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE and

GENERAL COMMISSION AGENCY, Head of Queen’s Wharf, and next door to J. & T. Morrts. Advances made on consignments. Produce, Fish, &e., for- warded. Insurance effected, &c.

Just received per ‘Ocean Bride,”’ 100 barrels extra-Southern FLOUR, 100 do Canada do 50 = do fresh-ground CORNMEAL, 50 boxes RAISINS, 20 do Pipes, 10 chests TEA, 250 gallons BRANDY, 10 boxes Havana Cigars, xes Cavendish TOBACCO, Hhbds Perto Rico SUGAR, Puncheons MULASSES, Tierces Treacle,

10 pieces SATINETTE (consignment), atent and common Windlass Gear, 50 barrels prime Labrador HERRINGS,

6 do Pilot BREAD. For sale cheap by P. W. HYNDMAN. Charlottetown, Nov. 22, 1858.

» EAL Dundee MARMALADE R Guava Jelly, Fruit preserved in Syrup Fresh Turkey FIGS Do. Bloom RAISINS Do. Seedless do. Do. CURRANTS, 9d. per Ib. Do. Tamarinds, Prime Annapolis CHEESE TREACLE, sold in any small quantity A large lot CONFECTIONARY All kinds of Essences for Flayouring Candied Lemon, Orange and Citron Peels All kinds Spices, as well as all the etcetras suitable for the season. CASKS BURNING FLUID. A}l kinds of OILS for burning and machinery. For sale at

the Cash Drug Store of M. W. SKINNER, Queen-street. December 20, 1858.

Carpetting & Rugs. we SALE at cost and charges at the Subscriber’s Room, Queen’s Square— ;

A large assortment of Carpetting in WOOL and HEMP. —ALso— A quantity of Handsome HEARTH RUGS, Persons in want will find it to their advantage to call and purchase. WILLIAM DODD, Auctioneer. Charlottetown, December 20.

The Wonder of the World: Devine’s Compound Pitch Lozenges. 4 he great remedy is at last discovered for Coughs, Colds,

Whooping Cough, Croup, Asthma and Consumption. These Lozenges are perfectly harmless in their nature and ean be taken with impunity, by the infant and by the invalid, and their beneficial effects will be felt in a few hours after

commencing their use. For Sale by Dec. 20,1858. Isl M. W. SKINNER.

Chebucto Warehouse. re RECEIVED, per sehr. “‘ ROMP” — e 2 bhds. strictly prime Porto Rico SUGAR, 3 puns. Porto Rico MOLASSES. For sale b Nov. 22, 1858. P. W. HYNDMAN.

Salt, Flour, Corn-meal & Groceries.

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A MYSTERY.

We met one wealthy night in June, The moon rose stately o’er the hill ; The trees appeared like giants hewn, About the cottage ant the mill. A streamlet murmured thro’ the vale A plaintive melody that sank Into our hearts; the tender gale,. Won odours from a wild-thyme bank.

The dewdrops glistened on the vine, Like silver stars of steady flame ; And from those languaged eyes of thine, Dear maid, an azure radiance came | No cloud obscured one spot of blue, Upon the still eternal sky ; Where glowed the moon as pale as dew— Night’s quenchless and immortal eye !

Old earth seemed still as paradise, _ _ Its glory like a smile from God ;

The streamlet white as sun-kissed ice, A rain of splendour on the sod !

Wide on the hills the moonlight lay, Pellucid as a crystal scene ;

The blue horizon seemed the way On which a flash from heaven had beem:

We watched the jewels of the night, And two we sought to call our own ;

Mine trembled with an orange-light, Like amethyst the maiden’s shone !

I gazed on each with deepest awe, But suddenly the maiden’s died ;

She sighed, and fell, I turned and sav. Hier lifeless body at my side !

G®isanings from late Papers.

THE CHANCES OF WAR IN ITALY.

The letter which we published on Saturday detailing the arrest of an English'traveller in Italy by Austrian Gendarmes is calculated to renew sonte of the old antipathy against the rule of Vienna which existed in these kingdoms. We had hoped that, at least as far as foreigners were concerned, this irritating and useless system had been abandoned. All! travellers of late in the Austrian Cominions have spoken of the great change which has taken place, even within the last two years. We may weil conceive that Austria should be desirous of drawing nearer even to such an uncongenial Power as Kogland, and that its Government should take advantage of diplomatic courtesies to conciliate the travellers of a nation which may be an useful ally. But, whatever the motive of the Viennese Cabinet, certain it is that Englishmen have been comparatively little annoyed even in Italy witbio the last twelvemonth. Previously passports were demanded always and everywhere. Not only must the Austriau e¢sa be imprinted in London, but the municipal police must give permission to leave and enter every individual town. Besides this, it was hardly possible to travel an hour on a railway without a sight of the passport being demanded. These restrictions have been modified, and the more wearisome and oppressive regulations dispensed with, in the case of ordinary travellers. Englishmen had begun to breathe freely again on Austrian territory after ten years of restriction ; but, if the case of Dr, Alexander is to be taken as a sample, it would seem that the old traditions of violence and illegality are far from dead. a

To invade a man’s bedroom at 1 o’clock in the morning, search his person, his luggage, his bed, summon him to the police-office at an inconvenient hour, and then end by telling him it was alla mistake, and dismissing him without com- pensation or apology, is, no doubt, as provoking an outrage as can be conceived. Yet, all that happened on this occasion is in one sense perfectly regular. ft is Only the despotic mode of doing business. If the story had been told as happening in Naples or Tuscany, or even in France, ne one would be surprised. The utter disproportion of the means to the end, in the despatch of a band of armed men to arrest one solitary individual, the secrecy of the proceeding, the unseasonableness of the hour, tho disregard of personal feelings and rights, and, above all, the blundering uselessness of the whole affair, are characteristic of the police of the Continent, who are organized, as it would seem, for the purpose of annoying ten innocent persons in the vain attempt to catch one who is guilty.

* * * But Austria has, doubtless, reasons for renewed severity, if it be true that any return to a stricter rule is contemplated. The situation of the Italian Provinces does not improve. All attempts at conciliation have been useless ; the Milanese and Venetians have been attracted neither by the visit of an Emperor nor the administration of an Arch- duke. At the present time, too, the political position of Austria is by no means easy. The speculations that have been rife within the Jast week or two concerning a speech of King Victor Emanuel, the policy of the French Emperor, and the designs of Russia, are not quite unimportant. There is certainly no reason to suppose that Sardinia intends to go to war next spring, or France to help her, or Russia to send a force into Austrian Poland. But still Austria has incurred the ill-will of these three Powers, and, though the late reports may have been the werk of speculators on the Bourse, still they would not have taken this form unless there were some ground for believing that they would be acoepted as probable. The very fact that they had acquired such consistency as to oblige the Monzteur to contradict them shows how unsafe, in the opinion of the world, is the Austrian position in Italy.

We do not, however, belicve that there is any preseut danger of a disturbance in Europe. The discontent of the [talians and the necessities of the French Emperor are, no doubt, causes of disquiet. A little ambitious State like

the Austrian State has surmounted at least equal dangers. Whatever may be the hopes of a disaffected province, or the designs of secret and patient ambition, it is not likely thatthe present tranquility of Europe will be disturbed by any war either of empire or nationality. But, if anything is likely to keep up the apprehension of the world and to encourage plots by proving that they are anticipated and feared, it will be the renewal of such violent and inquisitorial peroneal as that of which the Austrian police has just een guilty, Austria must hold her own in Italy by the streugth of her armies in open field, and not by the machi- nativns of spies and Gendarmes.— London Times, Dec. 14.

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A REMARKABLE BIGAMY CASE.

The charge of bigamy against the Hon. Major Yelverton, preferred in tland, lias been abandoned, owing to the ansufficiency of proof. The ease is a most remarkable one in many respects. Miss Longworth, a lady of good family and fortune, had. been engaged for some two or three years to the Hon. Major Yelverton. . . . Last year Miss Longworth was at Rostrevor. She professed the Roman Catholic religion, and was in the habit of attending the mountain chapel of Father Mooney. A variety of reasons, he alleged, combined. to render it a matter of prudence that the marriage should be kept secret for some time. Miss Longworth consented, and spoke to Father Mooney on the subject. As Kather Mooney could not marry them without the consent of the Bishop, he went to Newry with Miss Longworth, and had an interview with the Rev. Dr. Leahy, the coadjutor Bishop. After a full examination by Dr. Leahy of all the circumstances of the case; he granted Father Mooney leave to-celebrate the marriage.

The day after the interview with the Rev. coadjutor bishop, Dr. Leahy, the marriage took place at the mountain chapel, near Rostrevor.. The whole affair was entrusted to Father Mooney. He knew it was a secret marriage, and undertook to provide witnesses. The witnesses he provided

in their presence the marriage took place. There is no dispute about the fact—the marriage is admitted on all hands.

The point in this dispute is this. According to the law of the land, any Roman Catholic priest marrying a Protestant and Roman Catholie commits an illegal offence, and is liable to an indictment for felony, while the marriage is null and void. Miss Longworth’s version of the trans- action is that Major Yelverton professed himself a Roman Catholic—whether sincerely or not is beside the question. When standing at the altar Father Mooney put the question to him—was he a Roman Catholic?—and: his reply was given to the effect that he was not a very good one. This was deemed sufficient, and the marriage took place.

After the marriage the parties went to Scotland; andslived in Edinburgh for some weeks. the Highlands of three or four weeks’ duration, returned to Edinburgh, aud proceeded to Paris, all the while living as man and wife. The winter of 3857 and spring of 1853 were spent in|

Sardinia would probably accept a quarrel without reluctance, and Napoleon ILI. has 400,000 soldiers whom he has exalted

Paris, and Major Yelverton—his leave of absénce having expired—was forced to return to his regiment, at that time stationed in Edinburgh ; Mrs. Yelverton being in a delicate state of health, remained in Paris.

On his return to Edinburgh Major Yelverton met iv society the widow of the late Professor Forbes (of the Isle of Man,) the daughter of a General Officer.

Major Yeiverton and Mrs. Forbes got married in Scotland ; the marriage came to the Hon. Mrs. Yelverton’s knowledge ; she consulted her friends on the subject ; Major Yelverton was arrested, and bailed jn heavy recognisances to stand his trial for bigamy. To sustain a prosecution for such an offence there must have beev a previous valid marriage. Now, a marriage between a Roman Catholic and a Protestant, celebrated by a Roman Catholic priest, is not a valid marriage. It is utterly null and yoid. The law does not recognise it. Therefore, if Major Yelverton, when he was married by Father Mooney, did not profess to be a Roman Catholic, the marriage was entirely illegal, consequently the charge of bigamy could not be sustained against him for contracting a subsequent marriage.

were the woman who cleans his chapel and her husband, and /’

No. 30, —_ LL ATE Se sess, pledged her husband's salary for three years to raise a sum to buy ich dresses; she was thus able to appear ina new toilet every moruingand evening. The Empress hearing what she had done, resolved to give her a lesson, and on the day of departure said:—‘ Do you know, Madame, that you ~ greatly to ~ pitied for having such a bad dress-maker ? e cannot evidently make a dress to fit you, sin obliged to change so often !’” Tada to Pomme

Commerce or rar Paciric.—It appears that the negoti- ations for establishing mail services to Aastralia and British Columbia by the Panama route are stil! under the cousidera- tion of the Government. In both cases promptitude will-be important. Supposing the Panama route to be adopted’ alternately with the Suez line, 18 months it is believed must. still elapse before it could be thoroughly organized. ‘The: route to British Columbia could be perfected probably in a much shorter period, but even in that case a considerable delay will occur in getting the vessels to their station via Cape Horn. Looking at the rapid growth of Australia, and the momentous prospects in British Columbia, it will be scen there is no time to be lost. The Royal Mail Company, it is said, are offering to carry out both services, and, as they have already in their bands the Atlantle portion, it may be pre- sumed they should be prepared to exeeute the task most ex- peditiously, and on the cheapest terms. The contemplated time from Southampton to Syducy would be 55 days, and it is believed the entire distance from Panama would be per- formed by screw vessels without stopping at any intermediate coaling station-—London Times.

A Cuntvos Story rrom Cusa—A Revoworion Exercren, —New Organs, Deo. 28.—It is reported on the authority of Gen. W. S. Relean that strong efforts are making by the Spanish authorities of Cuba to induce France to intervene and prevent the success of the revolutionary movement, which itis expected will soon break out.

A large number of Americans are now in Cuba to aid in the movement, and are confident of success if France does not interfere. A Cuban gentleman just from the Island says that the people and a part of the army are ready for the revolution, but fear the intervention of European powers.

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It is said that the St. John merchants have in contempla- tion to spend such a sum of money as may be necessary to render the St. John better navigable for steamboats above Fredericton, ia order to stop that trade which is likely to be diverted to St. Andrew’s. Such a course would be a “ bet- ter late than never” policy, and the object might, we judge,

be achieved without a very great expenditure. —Carleton

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They then took a tour in Te Lanp or Conraaxtes.—In Australia the north wind

is the bot wind, and the south the cool: the westerly the inost unhealthy, and the east the most salubrious ; it is sum- mer with the colonists when it is winter at home, and the barometer is considered to rise before bad weather, and to fall before good ;. the swans are black, and the eagles are white ; the mole lays eggs and has a duck’s bill; the kanga- roo (an animal between the deer and the squirrel,) has five claws on his fore paws, three talons on his bind legs, like a bird, and yet hops on its tail. There is a bird (meliphaga) which has-a broom in its mouth instead of a tongue ; a fish, one half belonging to the genus rats, and the other that of squallus. The cod is found in the rivers, and the perch in the sea; the valleys are cold, and the mountaintops warm ; the nettle is a lofty tree, and the poplar a dwarfish shrub ; the pears are of wood, with the stalks at the broad end ; the cherry grows with the stone outside; the fields are fenced with mahogany ; the bumblest house is fitted up with cedar, and the myrtle plants are burnt for fucl; the trees ara without fruit, the flowers without scent, and. birds without song. Such is the land of Austraiia

A Dirvicutr Recrer.—In Cincinnati a few days ago, Barbara Hammond summoned an outlandish looking old female, who styled herself Madame Bertha Von Grietschiun,

before the Poliee Court, to answer for obtaining money under

The whole point, therefore, hinges on this—did Major Yelverton profess himself a Roman Catholic for the purpose of his marriage with Miss Longworth? The moral evidence | is conclusive that he did. But moral evidence is not legal evidence. The evidence of the a and the coadjutar bishop of Newry is hostile to the Hon. Mrs. Yelverton. The priest, Father Mooney, who married them, does not recotlect his profession of Roman Catholicity. The witnesses follow the priest as a matter of course, and thus “the vital link in the evidence to establish bigamy is wanting.

But, although Major Yelverton has escaped from the charge of bigamy, and has departed for India, there are other questions which have yet to be decided, and Mrs. Yelverton owes it as a duty to herself as well as to society to follow them up toa decision.

Setting aside the Irish marriage altogether, there is an amount of evidence quite sufficient to establish a Scotch marriage. The residence in Edinburgh, the tour in the Highlands, and other evidence we need not advert to, render this part of the caseclear enough. A suit will be necessary to have a declaration of marriage, and the evidence, as we understand it, is strong and conclusive enough to establish justice —Belfast Daily Mercury.

false pretences. Barbara testified that she had paid Madame V. G. two dollars for recipe which, if faithfully followed up, was to make her the handsomest girl in Cincinnati. Tho

/money was paid before the delivery of the invaluable docu-

ment, which Miss Hammond read aloud to the magistrate. It ran as follows: “ Take half a gill of hyena’s blood, the yolk of two ostrich eggs, an ounce of gold dust, and a pesr! as big as your thuinb nail, dissolved in vinegar. Mix into a paste and spread upon the face every night before going to sleep. The effect will be astonishing.” Barbara, finding the ingredients so hard to be got, conoluded that she had been swindled, and took action against Madame Y. G. accordingly.

A Ricn Dorcuman.—The Echo de la Haye mentions the death of a Baron Jacques Van Brienen, at the early age of 23. His fortune amounted to about 700,000f. a vear. At the time of bis death he was about to marry his cousin, Mdile. de Spoelberg de Lenderzeel, aged 17; he has left her a life annuity of 100,000f., and to Viscount de Spoelberg, Mae brother, a legacy of 150,000f. He has also left some important sums to charitabic institutions. The wealth of the Van Brienen family is so large that Baron Charles Brienen another brother, who died last year, after having bequeathed

Birrzr Compiaints of THE Queen or Pxrossta.—A letter | from Berlin says:—* A part of the suite which accompanied | the King and Queen to Meran have returned to the capital. | General de Gerlach soon after waited upon the Prince Regens | and delivered a letter from the Queen. Different versions | were in circulation as to the contents of this letter. It it, said by some that the Queen complains bitterly of the changes | which the Regent has effected among the high functionaries | of the State, and particularly of the speech made by the Prince | to the Ministers, and in which, it may be remembered, that |

he alluded to the faults committed under the preceding Go- |

the greater part of his fortune to the Princess of Alsace and his brother Jacques, gave asa simple souvenir to his nephew the eldest son of Baron Thiery Brienen, the half of a fishery which produces an anoual revenue of upwards of 80,000F. ~-_-—-_—— + 30m 8

Wisvows Opexep wore wou.p cere Docrors rrom Tuk Door. — A very large quantity of fresh air is spoiled and rendered foul by the act of breathing. A man spoils not less than a gallonevery minute. In eight hours’ breathing a fall- grown man spoils 2s much fresh air as seventeen three-bushel sacks could hold! If he were shut up in a room soven feet broad, seven feet long, and seven feet high, the door and

into the masters of his people, and whom it may become) vernment. The Queen, it is said, observed in her letter that | windows fitting so tightly that no air could pass through, he necessary some day to employ more gloriously than as a it was rather premature on the part of the Prince to pro-| would die, poisoned by his own breath, in-a very few hours; police. Should the designs attributed to these Monarchs be 'nounce such an opipion while the King was still alive, and jin 24 hours be would have spoiled all the air contained in the

attempted, and should Russia’s vindietiveness against the | Viennese Court. over-balance her dislike of parvenue and |

liberal potentates, Austria would no doubt be in considerable

might at any moment resume the reins of Government.”

A Poite Empress.—In Russia, it would seem, the}

|room, and have converted it into poison.

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A Man Croruine Hinsete cxper Dirvicuntics —Hum.-

danger. But the principles of peace are now too securely | on for dress and display is just as great as in any other po14¢ tolls us that he oun. ene dam: tes hie eae: aah 0

100 Bags do. And a choice assortment of Family GROCERIES, jus received aad for sale low for cash only, at BELL'S PROVISION STORF, Market-square. Charlottetown. June 14, 1858. 6m

established, and the advantages of peace too thoroughly; country. The Journal Amusant relates an anecdote of the pitied Indian, who had painted bis body to represent & bine appreciated, for Europe to be lightly eonvulsed. pam we

The experience of the past, too, seems to show that Austria | instance of it:—“ The Czar, desirous to Would be no contemptible eaemy even to a combination of service rendered by a petty functionary, {three Powers with a rebellious province of her own. | Austrian troops have fought at greater disadvantages, and ;

'manner in which the Empress of Russia lately rebuked an recompense a great invited him and his) An Albany paper says there is a man in Tr oy with a nose The! wife to passa few days at the palace of Peterhoff. The so long, that he has had holes bored in it, and uses it oc latter, in order to appear of a rank which she dees not pos-) castonally for a clarionet.

jacket and trowsers, with black buttons.