ms

Pc we to say «ould pot do. all be determined wideration of all the * Meanwhile the first sour duties is to fintsh the re wockade at once, by employing tu ep avd most eficacions means.”

na tee London Times states, admits Capt. Wilkes’ right ty visit and search the Trent, but msists that he suvould have takeo her into a prize court for ad- jdeation, “ we are by no means sure that our Go- rermment will net concur gt ouce iy this opinion,” The Times adds:

“Iu qur opiaion, Fagland and the world may rely dpon if, that in this matter, as in every other, tie public peace will not be disturbed or hazarded by any persistence of tie American Government iu a» sujust god unwarranted public act. If the set of Capt. Wilkes was net in couformity with Aud in deciding this point our Gevernmment will not be affected, ecthey hy the unworthy seutiments so lavishly im- mene it by the English Press, or by the more ignehte apprehension lest doing right should be im- puted toa wrong motive, We see it rumoured

public law, it will be disavowed.

that the Kaaperor of France has tendered his me- parts of the world from which we have heard, but

dittiva ia this instawee, It is a case peculiarly fitted te such a mode of settlement—and we see

yo reason why, if offered, it should not be accept- of every shade of ditterence—social, political and |

#i. But we do not believe it willbe needed. We have ful faith iy the wisdow and the justice of our Cioverg gent, and believe that if war with Euglaud

can be avoided with honor, they will have no diffi-

eulty in find ig the means of doing it.—Nor do we see Anything in this case, in its present aspect, to

render a pacific adjustment pertectly compatible | unexpected termination, have impressed the gene- |

with the honer of both nations.”

The Herald thigks there is ne need of getting exeited ever the newa. Jt mys;

“ All this excitement has been produced in Eng- lend by the agitation of the cotton merchants, the

politiciang and manufacturers in want of the raw a deservedly beloved Sovereign to the position ot satel ciemeemateiiiens : uanmannhl , ans ae a : : material, dewanding instant reparation of this al- her husband, bis life iu that relation had disarmed

sexed vutrage to the British flag; and the govern- nseut, feeling the necessity of doing something in

cousegnence of the pressure of the tory party upon antipathies, and gained for him the affectionate them, have taken the strong position reported in respect of a people not prone to lavish their esteem |

this news. Every one who understands the rela- tious of the British Government to tie people will wt wwe see the reason of this diplomatic move.

But on carefully reading over the opiniens of the | whole tenor of his wedded lite, while it formed a

leading English newspapers, it is manitest that they have a very bad case, and that it will be a very difiienlt (hing for them to establish their right m the eyes of the world.

fur mere than # century, awd it is part of ber mari- time code, insisted upow by ber for years; and so patent is fis fact that the London Post and Lon- dey Ties had already deeiled the matter in our faver, although the latter journal said that this event ealled for a wew code.

“The eontiaental powers of Europe, including | flect that far away mid “ regions of thick ribbed a : * > i lex “ea y* : ot eneott . ” . . . Frauce and Russia, will exult over this transaction jee,” the fur clad Esquimaux will sorrow, because

with undisguised pleasure. It is a telling blow at the prestige of England's absulutixin on the sea,

and henee the iudignation in London, Liverpool | Widow's eye upon her children—that the swarth wud Manchester. The United States government, denizen who dwells beyond the Indus will grieve for

in assuming the responsibility attaching to this Mason and Slidell seizure, at this crisis of a conti-

uental domestic wav, caunot be weak or doubtful Empress of Hindestan,—who shall depict the an-

of the issue; and such will be the general opinion of Earope. We dare say that esseutially we shall command tae respect ot the sober secoud thought of England hersei, We incline to think that her ragacinys statesmen will svon realize the fact that England's only route to our sonthern cotton fields leads through the city of Washington, and that it is safer te consent te the restoration of our Union thaw to risk the possible European consequences of intervention te achieve our destruction, however desirable this may be, in view of the future con- tryl of the affairs of North America.

Slidell atluir, without interrupting our relations of wace with England, will have a great moral ef- ect iy favor of our goveryment and our

throughout the European coutinent; but if Eng-

loug practice, to make dewands upon this govern- ment such as are indicated by the London Obser-

. # ete te wn: xmas: 5 Ag Se — = : , . « a ~ _— a - sd ~ - = - - -

gtieet is the chiof street of the city, and was

Broad «treet was a very

roved in its buildings.

important street, containing newspaper offices, : Mere is no! sane spirit of hostility to England, or the blus

banks, lusurance offices, stores, &c¢.

Britain, or are disappointed thot it is net likely which, we think, is the mest graceful and eloquent

the Broadway of Charleston, tioggl Het ion yu ‘y oecur. Nove of the Catholic organs in America, tribute to his memory we have yet seen in any of '

i that we have seen, breathe anything like the in| the public journals. Though it gives some inconve- |

ter) nience, owing to our limited space, we must make

evidence of the fire having extended south of the and bravado of Americay prowess, whieh charac-| room for the following extracts:—

ee office, in Broad street.

ing commission merchants. It is fhe nearest street

to Cooper River, running parrallel with it. The short streets which run down from it te the docks | alse contain important effices and warehouses. | Meeting street contains the Mills House, Charles-| from theiy native soil; The Ties saya that it the English Government, ton Hotel, Institute Hall, the market and the

theatre. The market stands upon the easterly side of Meeting street. ; are devoted to beef, vegetables, fruit, are separate and commodions, ing is of stone, and was erected in IS41.’

THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.

Tur papers received by the steamship Asia, as

mentioned in another column, are filled with obi tuary and biographical notices of the late Prince Consort. Colonial and foreign papers are also re

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with

plet:

vereign and her people have sustained by the de-

mise of his Royal liiwhness, Indeed, from al

one opinion is expressed,

religious—there has gone forth “A long low distant murmur of dread sound, Sach as arises when a nation bleeds With some deep and immedicable wound.”

| The rapid progress of the fatal malady and its

ral heart with feelings akin to those experienced

by individuals who have lost a friend or relation

nor is it to be wondered at that such should be

the case. Elevated by the personal preterence ©

jealousies—had conciliated national and persona

upon foreigners raised to a high position among

them. This result the deceased achieved, and the

model ef domestic purity and happiness, had the

public benefit of its example to the world, that the

The right of belligerents | most exalted station, the most ample wealth, are to board seatrals has becu conceded by England | yo¢ incompatible with the proper discharge of the |

virtues which give their lustre to the charmed cir-

cle of those of low estate. When we consider that the death of the Prince is regarded as a national affliction—when we re

he shall hear that Franklin’s Queen turns a

East Bay street con- vived all the offices of the cotton factors and lead-

The different bepaciaets and fish, and The main build-

comments on the less the British So-

From men and jeyrnals

| terise the journals under the control of native born citizens of the Northern States. The “ex- patriated villains’ fon account of the appressions which drove them

to themselves, who would be largely engaged in

i

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but they have sense enough | beyond precedent.

The manner in which the death of Prince Albert has been received leaves < loyal omen nothing to desire. Every shop has veen partia

society (fo say nothing of those who usually follow the example of the Court) has be@u universal, far

back forty-four years, when the heipess of the throne,

to know that a foreign war at the present time) oy wire ot the deceased Prince's anele, was taken |

would be disastrous to their adopted country and | scarcely more suddenly. ‘The impression then made |sign of the God of Nature ? ik, | It was caused by the | was this earth made so beautiful; clothed with its

has never been forgotten. | natural sympathy of all kindly natures with one cut

it, and that the nation which they might wish to | off in a moment when just entering life, with every

romise of so brilliant a future, and by what was

see humiliated would only emerge from the con hee of the happiness of her few months of mar-

test with fresh laurels and

With an impression of this kind on their minds,

States rejoice that there is no occasion for a war

with Great Britain.

As regards the Irish Catholics in the Colonies, |

to prove a charge of disloyalty against them. The

renovated power. | ried life.

| we should suppose that the Irish Catholics in the | to the early promise of

able illustrations of their character in all the Pro-) characte

same event showed how hollow, selfish and worth-| of ¢

Perhaps, moreover, the extreme an

Py * EE Gn ity Ages th ee tran es

oe?

“Sti lalithe day thetrizoy wivels go onward,

G.ihaiag bife do* ou te ios ak, :

And the children’s souls which God is calling sunward

Spin on blindly in the dark,"

Such sentiments are a slander on nature—a libel }qn our common humanity. Why, he would ask, ‘if the useful was the aim, the only good—why was ij nature made so beautiful? Every mere necessary

: ly closed, and! end might have been attained, and yet this fair | gence of the deat ’ may not love England too well, | the purchase of mourning by the humbler classes of | world have presented ae peaiee on which the

leye might gaze with delight. Why is space hung

ad with those brilliant orbs which ‘sparkle in the | Men's minds havg been thrown | coronet of heaven, each one of whieh is a bright | Battery.

| page in the Baok of Nature, teaching us that the feautiful as Well as the useful was ng of the de Why, he would ask,

| lovely untiring green, its majestic forests, its tower- | ing mountains, its undulating valleys?) Why does ithe golden fruit come in so fair a form? Why the | benutiful blossom heralding its coming! Why the | vraceful waving fiekis of corn! Why do the rush

Mereing or THE LeaisiaTuRe,—A Proclama- tion appebrs in the Just * Gazette,” summoning the | Legislature to meet for the dispatch of business on the 20th February next.

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Respect FOR THE LATE Ponce Avrnentr.—On / Wednesday last, after the receipt of official intelli- h h of the Prince Consort, forty-two | minute guns—-(the number corresponding to the age lof the deceased)— were fired from St. George's His Excellency the Lieut. Governor en- joins all Her Majesty’s subjects in this Colony to

| put themselves in decent mourning.

e ~ GORRESPONDENCE,

To rue Eprrorn or Tur Proresranxt.

justlyamerited unpopularity of her father, and the | tng rivers present at every turn new beauties and | : vhole history of his life, acted, no doubt, as a foil | ay endiess variety! Why is the ocean at times so | “Tt is a shame to charge men with what they are

his child. We have now | lost n possession, not ahope. The subjects of Queen

Vietoria especially pride themselves upon the prac | tice of the domestic virtues. Many of them go so far las to doubt whether real family lite ean be found on he Continental side of the Channel. Specially,

cle was the model of an English household. Per- haps comparatiy ely few have felt till now how much

r and condnet

| grand, so sublime—at times so beautiful. so brilliant

—every erested wave sparkling in the sunbeam like a vast expanse of molien fire? Why green Niagara, that avalanche

| roll—best emblem of eternity! In this HE sees no

i beunty, but only deplores such a waste of wate

it will take an abler man than William H. Pope therefore, did they rejoice that Her own fauily ci | power—thinks it a good “ location” for 1 mill site ;

‘and perhaps with an eye to the main chance, tht j eminently practical man would seek to make money

visit of the Prince of Wales gave rise to remark-/| we are indebied for this great benefit tothe personal | ont of the “Falls,” and set ap on its bank a of the Prince Consort. | « saavina’’ establishment, and to save the expense | respondence interminable, and would draw ime oft

of waters with its never ceasing |

already too wide.”—Dr. Montague, Bishop ot Norwich.

Mr. Eprror—~My numerous occupations have | prevented me from noticing soeuer your comments ‘on my letter of the 10th iastant. To answer al i the irrelevant questions aud objections which you ‘may think properto make would render this cor-

| not guilty of in’ order to make the breach wider, } }

Tose who ean remenber his marriage, need not be | of fuel would think to keep himself supplied with | from the main point at issue between us, namely,

vinees, eminently creditable to them, while the) pominded that, remembering the conduct of the son | « boiling’ water from its seething cauldron.

i

teorge LIL, men looked with gloomy forebodings to another series of scandals, vices, and family quar:

wenty, placed sudden{y ynd without preparation in

ee a aed ie i \ | da have been always considered a fair indication | , povition of the highest wordly prosperity, with no

}of the spirit which animates their brethren in the other Provinces, and it is fortunate that we can

;;) who might be supposed to encourage sentiments | far different from those that are cherished by

f! faithful subjects of the Queen.

now adduce testimony to prove the genuine loyalty | employ

of this maligned budy from the pen of a gentleman Fas !

causes of anxieiy and care, in the absolute disposal

of an immense income npon Which there was hardly |

a enll; with no regulwr business or profession to ‘laced at

exactly the same position; but many had been in one

somewhat resembling it, and we doubt whether sn |

instance could have been found of one who had pot

Mr. ‘Thomas. either thrown public affairs into confusion by an ill

regulated ambition, or devoted himself to what is

Darcey McGee, who was conspicuous some years) called a life of pleasure, Moreover, even Kuglish age for his strong attachment to, and his defence | Protestants felt that a German Protestant Court and

la German University were not likely to have snp-

1 of the principles of the defunct Young Ireland plied a religions raining qualitied to” counteract all

Party, and who is now a member of the Canadian Parliament—has recently published a letter in which we find the following remarkable passage : i

nents of Canada should know the fact in time, that the Irish inhabitants of this province wiil be fonnd embattled as one naan in defence of the Canadian Constitution and the imperial connection. ‘To who do not know Canada—whe do not know the ample freedom we enjoy, social, civil and religious ; who do not know how many institutions sacred to an Irishman’s worship, and dear to an [rishman’s sense of equality, are found flourishing on this soil, the declaration I have made may be deemed doubtful lorexaggerated. But Lrepeat solemmly, aud most ab ‘| solutely, that 1 know what I sny to be the literal and exact truth. There is hardly a group of Lrish settlers in Upper or Lower Canada that [ have not wrsonally visited daring the hist four or tive years There ix not a man of note amongst them, hiymen or cleric, that [have not met, znd [ declare that I have vet to meet the first man of all those bodies and orders of mea who does not frankly and loy- ally prefer our Canadian institutions to those of the United States. Formerly, I beli was differ

believe, it

the affliction which bas fallen to the lot of the! ent with many among them (as | own it was some

guish of her soul as she,

“___hent her o’er the dead

Ere the first day of death had fled—

The first dark day of nothingness—

The last of danger and distress ;

Before decay’s effacing fingers

Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And marked the mild, angelic air—

The rapture of repose that’s there.”

with no known tendency to disease—with every | | human adjunct to make life last till the three seore | and ten—his day and generation should have pass- land ix determined, jy spite of her own code and 4d away so early and unexpectedly. Had his

years bowed his limbs—had a feeble constitution

The shock oceasioned by the death of His Royal Highness has been, of course, intensified by the * Meantime we are confident that this Mason-| consideration of the fact that, in the prime of life, |

vears ago with myself) ; but since the era of “the Know Nothing” movement, the last vestige of poli- tical preference for the United States has dirappear- ed among the Irish here. There is, and I think there ought to be, a warm good will toward the | Federal canse in its integrity; there is a natural i interest felt in the Irish contingent in the Federa larmy ; there is a keen and exquisitely painful sense

* Tdeclare inost absolutely, and it is well the oppo- |

i that a war on our frontier with the Northern States

would be for the Lrish, in truth, a fratricidal war;

but for all this no Irishmen in Canada will hold

| back from the defence of his own soil, and if other Irishmen—misled by false reports of our discontent

their own heads, not on ours!” As to the loyalty of the Catholies of Ireland

hei - i he nerfirme neo ef" :

Chair Gee - = — recksnean wn duties to society - wot - purely spiritual affairs—will he ac- — “és good testimony on behalf of the Catho-

ver, she must of course assume all the responsi. betrayed the ambush of the spoiler, we might not lie ople of their own country. We are indebted

bility of a war between the two nations. It wili net probably enter the mind of a single Amercean for a moment, even aller Peading tle news in our coluinnus to-day, that Mason and Slidell will be sur- rendered to the English goverment.” The Boston Herald of the With inst., says ;— The savage tone of the Englisi: press and people has aroused a deep and determined tecling through- o i : “ _ edn — ann ee ee M80 tmett KT SasOG Wil era te Great Britain under any | oe stances. The arrogant tone of the English | press will ouly serve ty unite us the more firmly tegether aud tu prepare the natiou for any emer- gency.”

- oto em |

THE AMERICAN HUMBLE PIE.

Tue braggadocia of the Northern Press has | been so marked and offensive with respect to the seizure of Mason and Slidell that we can- not be surprised to see the Federal Govern-'

ment satirized and quizzed is the most un- future monarch but that he may approve himsel!’

werciful manner, until some new cause for

have been so grieved; but the British pee, . $ . ’

reference to this sad event may ader > a t pt the lines oi Scott: i * The hand of the i Takes th se Peaper Buttle -e ears that are hoary,

« sue Voice of the weeper

Wuils manhood in glory ; ; The autumn wind rushing

Take the leaves that are searest,

But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest.’

The youthful heir tothe throne will, we presume, have his attention turned to the public business and relations of the Empire more than hitherto, as his father’s death will render his personal inter- course more necessary to the Queen than it has been; and we shall have cause for thankfulness if

his conduct ia the high destiny which we may |

presume awaits hin, shall be found to justify the anticipations of the nation, which asks of their

worthy of his parents, who have done all that in

to the Fredericton “ Head Quarters,” a Protestant paper, for the following apropos selection ;— Loyaury or THe Inisa Hienancuy.—The Lon don Tablet gives the subjoined extracts from the ad | dresses of the Bishops of Ircland to their several | flocks. The Apostolic Delegate and Primate of Ireland, | | the hedhide of Ireland, the Most Key. Dr. Cul ; len, says s— | “No grievances, no afilictions, will induce us to! | join in chanting the praises of sedition and rebellion.

We shall ever be good and faithful subjects, not) As regards the namber present, we regret to say

through any romantic or absurd sentimentality, but through principle, and for couscience sake. The writers in the English press seem to think that we

—should come here as invaders, their blood be upon leaf.

these dangers. And yet Prince Albert has conduct ed himself with so much discretion, that only once or twice has he ever been charged with any undue interference with public affairs, and never has there been so much as a breath of veandal agai i domestic virtues, or those of the Royal family. this head he has received less than > England is now learning, almost with surprise, how much of the hich moru#tone of the Court she owes to the husband of her Queen. We may add thatal though the education of the Prince had of necessity imbued him with religious tendencies, which could not but be disapproved not by Catholics alone, but by any one who held consistently the doctriues pro

| fexsed even by the Protestant Establishinent Yet even here the progress of his own wind had been

in a better direction, and it is mentioned as a proof

of this, thathe strongly disapproved the publication,

lately so notorious, of the “ Keays and Reviews.”

His personal character was distinguished by unsul-

lied purity, the faithful discharge of all relative obli

yitions, an unimistaukeable love of truth, and a high

sense of duty. Our gountry must sink much lower

lower than it even has, before these qualities will

cease to be highly valued among us. For the rest,

the subjects lo which he has devoted himeelf, and

with which his name is connected, were well and

| wisely selected. The education of his children was | his most immediate duty; and it is well known that jhe made it his first object. After this, came the patronage of Science and Art. The Great Exhibi-

tion of L831 was peculiarly his own; and the testi-

mony of competent judges unanimously declares that

the schools and exhivitions of art, of which he was

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On

Lue

the author, have already changed the character of * * Bs 7 ro ;

English manufactures.

dv far as appears from the public papers, one per- | son alone seems as yet to have remembered that tue | ings which derive pleasure from the contemplation very existence of the Prince, for whom these Islands | of the wondrous, the beautiful, and the sublime ;_ land thank him also that he has made this fair world | That is the Catholic Bishop of Troy, whose | for you so full of beauty and of poetry. After this! bigne, they are worthless, and would be so were earnest expression of his bopes for the happiness of | address, which was listened to with great attention, |

jand elicited frequent bursts of applause, Mr. John-

are mourning, has not passed away like a falling

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af the Prince is said to have drawn tears from the con- «

gregation at Chelsea on Sunday. Whether we are

the present time, the declarations of their Bishops tw consider the notice ib, "24rd, the represeu- . * a i ; . " ee nm : and Archbishops—whose mission it is to guide tative-the Migh Churet party in

blish-

went, a8 another exception, our readers must judge™ It seems to savor of the spirit-rapping doctrine ra- | ther than of Christianity’ It proposes that we should | all pray that his mighty shade may still walk | band in hand with the Koyal. partner whom he loved so faithfully and so well.’’ 2

We might say much more on Cath lie loyalty, | but we shall not mar the beauty of the above ex- |

tracts by further remarks of our own. | iis

ING ROOM AND DEBATING CLUB. The Tea Soiree in aid ef the funds of this Iustitn- |

tion eame off on Tuesday evening, the 3lst Dee. last. |

the Soiree cannot be considered as sacceasful; but this was to be attributed, we think, rather to the

are all conspirators, and that we desire nothing se) evening chosen, and other canses, than to any want

much asa French invasion. Tam persuaded that every man in Lreland would look upon any foreign invasion as the greatest calamity that could bela! the country.”

The Primate of All Ireland, the Archbishop of Armach, the Most Rey. Dr. Dixon, says :—

“Of Her Most Gracious Majesty, whom may God long preserve, she has no more loyal subjects than we are.”

The Archbishop of Cashel, the Most Rev. Dr. aahy, says :—

“We know how to preserve inviolate the alle

excitement shall arrise ; and we believe there | them lay to make him fit for the eminent station giamee we owe to the Queen as our only temporal

are nut wany persons in the Provinces who |

will manifest much sympethy for the vic-| The late Prince was remarkable for the posses.

to which he has been born.

Sovercign ; andto none of Her Majesty s subjec ts do | we vield in obedience to her authority.” The Bishop of Limerick, the Right Rey. Dr. Ryan,

LYE —

e i a ‘i a ra : be BUYER > | tims under the trying ordeal. The St. John sion of strong practical sense, which was always | The people would prove themselves to be not |

Freeman of the 3rd instant, has the ful- lowing short bat caustic article on the re- lease of the Southern Commissioners .—

We have all become accustomed to the an- pouncewent, in terms the most grandiloquent,

available to discriminate between the position of a foreigner, married to the Queen of a country pos- sessing a constitutional Government, and that of

la husband using the influence of his position to

| interfere with the pubtic affairs of that country.

only good citizens ard loyal subjects, but rincere and pious Christians. Let no one Imagine that it is not part and parcel of Catholic discipline and Catholic

morality to obey the chief authorities in the State.” | }

| The Bishop of Cork, the Right Rev. Dr. Delaney, SAYS :—

| *We need not delay in declaring our loyalty to the gracious Sovereign beneath whose scepire these

that the Federal army bad wona glorious, It is true that several pa since & Capers was great realins are governed.”’

victory and hud retreated in good order.

A victory we have already seen celebrated | bert had improperly transmitted intelligence of au

in the must extravagant style. cities, all the seemed to vie with one another in extolling the glorious achievement of Capt. Wilkes. Now we have the retreat and who shall

| circulated, and by many belieyed, that Prince Al-

? . ' t talkers in the Union, | 9 moment his popularity waned; but as the moou

emerges only the brighter from the tefnporary ob- | : : . scuration caused by the passing cloud, his charac- |

| The Bishop of Ossory, the Right Rey. Dr. Walsh, spcans —

* Of Catholic Ireland, with five millions of faith-

All the | important nature to the Prussian Court; and for) fal and loyal subjects, ready to maintain with their

blood andjives, it necessary, their kingdom and their

dneen against foreign invasion.” The Bishop of Galway, the Right

Evilly, says: “ We will yield to no other portion of our fellow

Rev. Dr. Mae-

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deseribe it? Believe the American chronic- | ter stood higher than before, from the reaction subjects in sentiments of undivided allegiance to the |

lers and the repulse at Bi rout at Bull's Ran were glorious feats.

lieve Mr. Seward and the sorrender of Mason His patronage of art—his exertions for the im-

wud Slidell is a magnificent success; the consummation of ‘the wishes of the United States, the establishment of a great principle fur which they had long contended.

And yet itis a retreat ; a disgraceful rout ; an iguominious flight; a total collapse of brug and blaster and blather. Mr. Seward can on — ae a word of it. The

ople of the Uni States; the people of England ; the people of the whole Gantt will see in it a concession made by terror to force uf that which justice would never have con- ceded to right withouta fleet and an army atits buck. Better, a thousand times better tur his own reputation sake, for the honour of the country that he bad made no such rilly effurt to cover with idle words the true character of this surrender.

Bitterly should the United States rue the day when the miserable faction now in office got tLe contronl of the country. Leavy is the price, in division and discurd, debt and bloodsiied, humiliation and degradation, they have to pay for their fanaticum and intole- rance, ther Koow Nothingiem and Black Republicanism. Exeter Hall has for some years leen the real seat of government of sume vf the States, and it extended its sway Until its minions became the rulers of the whule land, and lo! the results. Was

ever a proud people sv humiliated? was ever & great vation brought so low? was ever so glurivus a destiny sv marred? Swift indeed hws been the stroke of retributive justice ; but it may be that this very swiftness will prove “he greatest mercy.

The people of the Province aceustomed to the workings of Responsible Government, can nut understand how, ufter what has happen- od, Seward and Wilkes and Cameron can re- main in office; how the people can endure

Tue Berst Districr ov C fe Lnvaiaics:

“ This portion of Charleston comprises the most eqmnyach nul ol the business ports of the city, ex-

sue Wjolesale northward. Nearly sit the puldie Lyildings

were ; and

xtend in the direction in whieh it

Bethel, and the | consequent on the proof of the injustice of the

| ° | accusation.

gracious Sovereign of these realms. Froin the dic- tates of duty we never fail to proclaim, with the | Apostle, that obedience voluntarily, interior, hearty i obedience, was to be tendered to all persons who | were placed in high authority over them, and this

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| provement and extension of education—his devo-! pot only to those who wielded the supreme, but alse |

tion to the mental and moral culture of his children

cate to posterity his right to have his name inseribed, not in the Valhalla of the destroyers of their kind, but in that true Temple of Fame where the real benefactors of their race have their memories en- shrined.

Although the record of the life of the warrior who has faced death in all its varied forme, on field aad wave, takes a strong hold upon the imagina- tion, by reason of the daring or the suffering it represents, the advancing intelligence of the age is appreciating those laurels which are not stained with blood; and we feel assured that while the memories of Nelson, Wellington, and her hosts of military heroes, will be cherished by Britons, as long as Britain shall last, the souvenirs of Prince Albert will be fondly cherished as those of one “Who fell not in climbing the icy steep

Which ambition delights to seale ;

For the deeds of his arn not a widow shall weep, Nor an orphan her father bewail.”

aE Ee 2 ee LOYALTY OF IRISH CATHOLICS,

Nor satisfied with having done his best to in-

Seeretary Pope—whom the Catholics help to sup- port—has, in the last Islander, attempted to fas- ten the stigma of disloyalty, and something worse, on Irish Catholics in America. He could not allude to the liberation of the Southern Commis- sioners, and the re-establishment of peaceful rela- tions between Great Britain andthe United States without making the following foul aspersion on the whole Catholie community :—

“ The sensible men of the Republic surely ean have no desire to engage in a war with England. Those who regret that such a war has been averted, will, in our estimation, be found among the vilest of the population of a country which counts amongst its citizens the expatriated villains of every portion of the Old World.

“The two millions of Irish Catholics will, we presyume—judying from the tone of the articles in some of the United States pers, in the Nation, and from he porn at the recent inass meeting held in Dublin—be most especially disappointed when they see they will have lonyer to wait for that day, “ which their fathers’ eyes were hot to ree’’—the day on which they will be atfurded an opportunity of fighting against England.”

There is no doubt that the choice expressions

# exypatriated villians,” were intended for Catholics generally, in all parts of the British Amerivan ,as well as for the “ two millions” in

the United States. We have not the shadow of

of

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—the dignity and courtesy of his demeanor—have | made his death a public calamity, and will vindi-|

sult and malign the Catholics of this Island, Mr. |

ithe subordinate ocenpiers of authority, governors, land magistrates, so long as they ineuleated nothing evil, and outstripped not the limits of theirauthority. For not ouly is the temporal power from God, but the different gradations and species, and distributions of governing authority are also arranged by Him, and exist by his sanction and ordinance.”

| The Bishop of Elphin, the Right Rev. Dr. Gil-

| looley, says :-—

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| “Wehave always been dutiful subjects of the} | British Crown. Allegiance to our gracious Queen |

| is with usaduty prescribed by allegiance and strictly | enforeed by the Chureh.”’ | The Bishop of Ferns, long, says :-— | “The history of the Irish people proved that they } were, as they ever would be, faithful to her gra- | cious Majesty.”’ | These expressions of the Hierarchy of Ireland are surely worthy of more consideration, as indi- cating the loyal spirit of the Irish Catholics, than the silly meeting which was held at the Rotundo | in Dublin, to which the Is!ander has referred, but in which no man of note or influence appears to have taken any part. The fact of The O’Dono- hue being the Chairman of the meeting, manitested the absurdity of the movement. His ancestral acres procured for this gentleman a seat in Parlia- | ment, but he has never passed for any thing better | there than a half crazy enthusiast.

Now, let us see how the Irish and English Catho- lies in England feel under the awful calamity which has lately fallen upon the Royal Family, an event which was eminently calculated to bring out the devotional feelings of all classes of Her Majesty's subjects. The London “Weekly Register and Catholic Standard,” is, perhaps, the ablest paper of the kind published in the world — not even ex- cepting the Tablet: it represents not merely the opinions of the Catholics of England, but may be said to speak the sentiments of the whole body throughout the Empire. This paper, in noticing the death of the Prince Consort, for whem all its columns are in mourning, thus bears testimony to the sympathy of the Catholic community for Her Majesty in this hour of her affliction :—

“We are confident that in thizawful hour she will not want the earnest prayers of ber Catholic subjects. The Cardinal-Archbighop, making use of the oppor- tunity which the freedom of our position gives us, seut out a Pastorai as soon as any anxiety was felt, calling for their prayers for the recovery of the Priuce, for the sake alike of Iler Majesty and of Ilis own virtues, so highly appreciated by the coun- try. This was read at the earlier Masses on Sunday As the morning advanced, the fatal terminatwn of the disease became known. We bave no doubt that a similar step would have been taken in the Ks- tablished Church. But the vapid progress of the disease wade it impossible to obtain au order

the Right Rev. Dr. Fur-

the Queen in Council, without which the Protestant

Bishops are not allowed to give such directions.”

iu the same paper, under the edit

of interest in the welfare of the Institution. A little after 3 o'clock, the intellectual part of the en- iwitalmment commenced by Mr. W. Murrany taking the Chair, and addressing a few very appropriat remarks on the imp yrtance of the Tnsticution—the

very great increase in the numer of its present

hmembers as compared with its nrtster r ll when first

started—the advantages which its Reacing Room offered, being superior to any & sading Room ever established in the Island—the progress which espe-

cially its junior members had mode in the art of

speaking, anlon various other topics connected with |