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VOL. 22.

CIIARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, TUESDA Y., OCTOBER 4,1852. .

N0. 1178.

_ THE GREAT BRITISH QUARTERLIES,

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to hint forthwith, he alone being authorized to receive the same.

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. 8». was It E W.» oiniitssssots shy‘, rok(f' SEVEN SOUTH ITIBI1‘. N . V YORK. E0! to solicit the patronage of his friends and the public in Ml. Ill particularly calls their attention to the sale °" """°°° 0" -my kind. has hlwiself well acquainted Wk. ‘DOC flllhd GICIIQ Nil I‘ X h "Ow York,

Temperance Hell’

Oolltpeny. m . 3 s an their iii-m'is ii:i'Is'iI't‘:%I.".i.':'3;~','."..':.",".°,: - Iesr,jsa.,) sriaslssrsu , ta, ‘ . Iy Oder sf

., as n. coorha. lss‘y.

'£PCDi:B"l3*£B'iI‘. THE ocean.

Likeness of heaven ! agent of power l Man is thy victim, shipwrecks th dower; Spices and jewels from valley so see, Armies ‘and banners are buried in thee.

What are the riches of Mexico's mines, To the wealth that far down in thy deep water shines I a proud naviee that cover the conquering west, 'I‘bou IIing'st them to death with one heave of thy breast.

From the high hills that view thy wreck-making shore, When the bride of the mariner shrinks at thy roar; When, like lambs in the tempest, or mews in the blast, O'er thy ridge -broken billows the canvass is cast.

How humbling to one with it heart and a soul, To look on thy greatness and list to thy roll; 'I‘o think how that heart in cold ashes shall be, While the voice of Eternity rises froui thee !

Yes ! where are the cities of Thebes and of Tyre 2 Swept from the nations like sparks from the tire; The lory of Athena, the splendour of Rome, Disso ved and for ever—like dew in thy foam I

Bit thou art-still niighty—etsinal—sublime_

" ' ' “ ' ‘ ’ """"-- of time!

glory cnu bow; changcless art thou I

Fleets, tcmpcsts, nor iiiitions, th As the stars first beheld thee, stifl

But behold ! when th surges no longer shall roll,

And the firinameiit's (cngth is driven back like a scroll; Then, then, shall the s irit that sighs by thee now,

Be more mighty, more astiug, more chaiigeless than thou!

AVOID 'l‘IIE FULFIL\rIl:‘.N'I‘ OF THIS DREAM.

I dreamed a dream in the midst of my slumbers, And as fast as I dreamed, it came into numbers; My thougl.ts ran along in such beautiful metre,

I atii sure that I never saw poetry sweeter.

It seemed that it law had been recently made, That a tax on old bitchelas‘ petea should he laid; And in order to make their all willing to iiiiirry,

e tax was as large as a man could well carry. 'I‘he bachelors gruiiiblod and said ’twiis no use— "I‘was horrid injustice and horrid abuse 2 And declared, if to save their hearts‘-blood from spilling, Of such a vile tax they would not y a shilling. But the rulers determined them stil to pursue,

Set all the old bachelors up at vcndue;

The crier was sent through the town, to and fro, To rattle his bell and his trumpet to ow,

And to cry out to all he might meet in liia way,

‘ |Io ! ho ! Fort old bachelors sold here to-day I‘ is old maids of the town,

gown,

I"rosrt thirt to sixty, fair. plain, red and pale,

Of every escription, flocked to the sale.

The auctioneer then his labour began.

And cried out aloud as he held up his man.

' How much for a bachelor.’ who wants to buy I’ In a twinkle each maiden respotided ‘I I I l’

it short, at a highly extravagant rice,

All the old bachelors were sold o in a trica;

And forty old maidens, some oun er, some older, Each lngged an old buclialor home on her shoulder.

mistclloiicous.

INTERESTING INCIDENT. Dennis Delany, new in Dublin, served in the 8lst regiinant as private in India, and has a pension of 9d. a d for wounds. the night of the first attack upon‘ the Sikhs at Feruzeshah when lying on the ground, two ollicers with cloaks on came to the spot where he (Delany) was. One oftheiii sat down,and the other went away. After a short time the oflicor sitting down, asked him if he won d let him rest liia head upon his body by way of pillow that he might try to sleep. Delsny willing assented. After sleeping about an hour, the other ollicer came back and addressed the one who had been sleeping, culliii him ‘your Excellenc .' Delany then felt sure that it was the ovcrnor General, who had been sleeping; the other oflicer, he thinks, wns Colonel Bar, who, on returiitng, ea' ‘I have brought your Excellency a amalljumbo of water. Hurdinge drank some of the water. and then gave the pitcher to Delany, saying, 'IIere, my good fellow, I have made a pillow of yr ur body; it is only fair that you should IIIIVOIOIIIO of the water.’ ‘he troops were at this time suffering dreadfully from want of wa- ter, all the wells being in possession of the enemy er soiiia further conversation about a gun which was annoying the troops the two ofliccrs went away to another part of the field, and Delany saw nothing more of them. With reference to the above—Dennis Deliiiiy was appointed to the constubuliiry 22 sure ago by Colonel Browne. now Commissioner of the Dublin letropolitan Police; resigning from that establishment, he enlisted in the 3Iat,.uud saw some severe service in India, and was severely wounded. Calling to see his old Mend Colonel Browne, he was questioned as to his service, and in course of conversation recounted his having met with Lord Hardinge at Fcrozeshah as above related. 'I‘lie colonel communicated with Lord lliirdiiige. new Master-General of the rdnsiice, rccominendi Delany at the same time for any humble situation he mightbe uaitied to fill. A very kind answer was received by the coloue , stating the anecdote to be true, and the Secretary of the Orduaiice has written to the officers of Ordnance in Dublin, directing Delany to be appointed to any iiinzill situation which in ht become vacant, and for which he would be found suited. his little narrative requires no coinnicut. —

A Hnasan Sai.aasannsit.—A correspondent of the Liver- pool Albion, says that some years a 0, there was a Jerusalciiiite in ‘aria, who. in the presence of Dr. obertson and all the chemical of the dis , got into an oven and sang a song while a goose

coo . hen he went into the even, his pulse was 72, and rose to I80. At the second experiment it rose to I76, the thermometer indicating ,I00 of Ileuuinur. At the third experi- ment he was stretched on a plank, surrounded by lighted candles, and then put into the oven, the mouth of which was this time closed. Ila was there live iuinutee. when the spectators cried " Enough l" ' Accordingly the door was opened; out a came of this flsrg.cg‘ulph. and with his pulse at 200, 'umped into a cold bath, and me as cool as a cucumber iinni iately tiller.

Katsrucxv Scttoor..—I"iist class in geography come up. Bil

outs, tnha ' put

A thing that mother wears over her shoulders.

What's a plain I ‘

A tool used by carpenters for smoothing boards.

What's a desert P

It's ies alter d

Thpt will do, Bill; I will give you a touch of some goodies after so .

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Tliecarpet Bag copies from a German paper an account of a young being so highly elisrgsd with electricty as to emit vivid elec- trical sparks from the and at’ her are. and tliiaks the heroine endowed by nature with what others only acquire by long and ela- borate praciise— power of serraesdieg herself with sparks.

Wha ween water and time) Water finds

t is the dillbraaeo bet its own level, while tiins levels everything else.

(English mail of fieptemhtt 18.

LIFE AND CAMPAIGNS OF THE DUKE OF WEL- LINGTON.

Amore painful task has never yet devolved upon us than our

prcssntoue, ufannounciiig the deiuise of the most distinguished warrior and statesman that this countr has ever produced. But before comineuting on the Duke of ellington’a career, we will state the circumstances iinrizedizitely connected with his death. On Monday evening, the Duke dined with Lord and Lady Charles Wellesle Ilis Grace was in good spirits during dinner, and was obscrv to eat rather lieiirtily. His food, as was his wont consisted ‘of the most frug.i furc—a little an some apple pudding alone constituting hie meal. \’Vhile at the table, the Duke's vivscity of manner was such, as to call forth a congratu- latory remark from his son and daughter-in-law.

The Duke retired to rest on Monday a’ ht quite well, and in his customary good spirits. It is believed, I at he passed a comforta-

le night, and, at all events. he did not summon his attendant to wait upon im. esday morning hie valet, Kendall, called him, as uaaal, between six and seven o‘clock; but his Grace did not rise to dress, and after the lapse of about an hour, the valot‘s attention was aroused by a sound resembling faint moaning issuing from his master’s chamber. llc thereu ri went into hie Gracc’s room, when the Duke, who had not le hie bed, inquired if his apotheciiry, Mr. llulke, of Deal. lived near, and directed that that gentlemuii diould be sent for, as he (the Duke) wished to see him. ’I‘his was the first intimation received by any member of the house- hold that his Grace felt indisposed. I‘he intelligence was iinmc- diately cominunicnted to Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, who occupied adjacent apartments in the Castle, and they at once pro- ceededto hie Grace's chain er, where they remained with him constantly, until he breathed his lost. In the mean time, n groom had been despiitched for Mr. Ilulke, who hurried to the Castle

without delii , and arrived at about half-past eight or a quarter to ;

nine. Mr. I ulke found his Grace suffering from a an epileptic fit ofa violent character somewlint similar to the attack which the Duke ex erienced several years ago; and no serious apprehensions were ntt iitinomont entertained as to his safety. Mr. llulke, tliorefore, left the Castle for the purpose of preparing some medi- cines to administer to his Grace, in the hope that they would iitford him effectual relief; but during his absence, the noble Duke grew worse, and it was necessary to send for Dr. lllacurthur, of Wal- mer, his regular medical attendant. Mr. Ilulke and his son (who also belongs to the medical profession) speedily returned, when an emetic was administered to the noble patient, but unfortunately without any good result. The Dukc’it condition riidunlly became more dun erous; lie was seized by a second convifisive fit ofgrenter violence t ion the first, and the alarm of his son and d:iughter-in- law. Lord and Lady Charles Wollesley, painfully increased. At this critical emergency. a messenger was despirtched to the tele- glvaplt oflice at the Deal railway station, for the purpose of imino-

iately summoning Dr. Home from London to his Grace's assis- tance. In case Dr. Hutne should be absent from town. the ines- sage s ified thiit Dr. Ferguson should be next applied to; it so happened that both of these eminent physicians were in Scotland at the time when the message reached their residences. 'I‘liis fail- ure h:iving been reported to the noble inmates of the Castle. Lord Clnawilliam (Captain of Deal Castle), who had hastened thither on hearing of the Duke's illness, recommended that Dr. \Villi:iins, of London. s_hould be summoned to Wahiier. Dr. Williams was accordingly telegraphed for from Deal; and being at home when his presence was demanded. he iminediiitely set elf to the South Eastern Railway station at London-bridge to take the train. Ila did not reach Deal, however, in time for his services to be of any avail. The noble Duke's state radually became more perilous; and he suffered a third attack. stifl more severe than the preceding on n t e members of his family and his medical uttendiints spoke to him. he appeared to be conscious that they were address- ing him, and attempted to articulate a reply. His answers, however, were not distinct enough to be intelligible; and indeed not a syl- lablc that he uttered from the moment when he ordered his npothe- cary to be sent for. could be understood. About three o’lock, he hard a fourth and final attack, of redoubled intensity. which ren- dered him perfectly insensible, and ultimately carried hiiu off at a «platter past 8 o clock on Tuesday afternoon.

' be painful intelligence was immediately transmitted to his Grace's eldest son, the Marquis of Douro, who is now staying with his family in German . I-lie arrival is anxious looked for . and ii is prosuiiicd that when that takes place, the body of the Duke will be removed to Apsley House.

TIIE DlIKE‘S lllILl’I‘ARY CAREER.

The lion. Arthur \Vellesley, the third son of the first Earl of Mor- nington, was born-in Merrioii-street, Dublin, on or about the [st of May, I769. There has been it good dozil of dispute, as to whether the Duke was born in Dulilin, or at his father's countr seat, Dan- giin Castle, county Month; but we have before us the file of the Dublin for the ye:ir I169, and in the paper of May 6th, we find the following aniiouiicemeiit amongst the births :—“Biarit. —-In Morrion-street, the Right llon. the Countess of Morniiigton, of it sort." 'I‘liis loci! of evidence. for which we are indebted to .\Ir. l".,I’. Collcy, 0 Liverpool, is reliition ofthe VVel|esley family, is de- cisive of the birth—pl:tco ofthe Duke. Tliore is some uncertainty as to the day of his birth. 'I‘lio birtlidiiy of the Duke was always kept on the lat of May ; but the parish register of St. Peter's Church, Dublin. states that “ Aitliur, son of the Right llon. Earl and Coun- tess of .\Iornington,"was cliristetted by “ Issac Mann, Archdeacon, on the 30th April, I769."

The young Arthur \Vellesley entered the army almost a boy. He obtxiineil his coininission us ensign and lieutenant in the your I787 ; as captain, in I79I : as iiiujor and lieut.-colonel, in I793 ; its colo- nel, in I798 ; as major-gener.-il, in I802 ; as liout.- eneral. in I808; its general in ipaiii and I'ortug:tl, in ISII; and at elil-mnrsliiil, on the 2Ist June. l8l3. ’I‘lie year in which he received his coininis- aion in:ijor and lieut.-colonel was the year in which the war with Fran O0lnll'|0I'I08il; and that war continued (with two short inter- vals, one ofn year, the other of it few months) to the final over- throw ofthe Emperor Napoleon, at \Viiterloo, in the year I815.

The first actual service of the great w:irrior was in the your I794, in Flanders. underthiit brave. but I|‘lCl|p‘tl)lt! coinin-inder, his oyitl II-ghness Frederick,l)ukc of York. In May of that year lieut.-culo- nel \Vcl|es'ey eiiihsrked iit Cork, in coiniiiand ofthe 33rd regiment. and in the following month he joined tlto army in I-'liin.Iers. tlwing to the rapid advance of General Pichegru, the English army was compelled to retreat. On the Nth September, lieut.-colonel Well- esley's regiment was engaged in is serious atliiir wit the enemy at liuxtcl, bctwcen Iirodn and Bois-lo-due; on the 80th December it took part in the attack on 'I‘u l; and on the Iitii Jiiiiunry, I195, in the irttiicks on .\Ieteren and (ielileriiinlssn. In the subsequent re- treat froin the Lee to the Ems, Lieut.-colonel Wollesloy. as senior ollicer, coininandeil a brigade. consisting of three hiittnlionr. iii the rear guiird, " cvlncing tl zeal and intelligence which gave promise of future distinction.” The llritish army re-embarked for I:.iig|snd, at

Bremen, in the spring of I795.

In April, I700, the 33rd Regiment sailed for India. Owing to severe illness. Liuut. Colonel \Vellos|ey was unable to accompany it; but he ollowed iiniiiodintely on the recovery of his health, and 'oined his regiment at the Capo of Good Hope. lle proceeded with it to Bengal. and arrived at Calcutta in the beginning ofthe yeiir I797. On the I1th .\liiy, I798, his elder brother, the Marquis of Wellesley (then Earl, of i\lornington),nrrived in India, as (r'overnor- General. and his arrive was soon followed b stirring events, in the course of which I.ieIt. Colonel \Vellesloy found niiiple opportunities cfdistinguishing himself both as a soldier and as the adiiiinistrntor of

th d k‘ do f'l“ S. h b. . conquer! m! In 0 "ID:oII’FIVt||l of the Marquis of \Velles-

lmost immediately after

lay in India. is dispute arose,as to the rightful ownership of the dis- tricts of Wii naad and Souleeh and ntlier districts offioutlrern India. The East ndin Company and Tippoo. Sultnun of Mysore, both claimed them. and the Sultnun seized a them with little ceremo- ny, driving out n chief who was under t a protection of the Compa- ny. e new Governor-General, being sincerely anxious to avoid a war with the Sultsun, wrote a despatch, rlniiiiiiig the disputed territory. but offering to refer the question of right to commissioners appointed by the two Governments. This was agreed to, and the decision having been in favour of Tip Sultana. the Governor- Geaeial at once gave up all claim to the disputed territory.