HASZARD'S GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 19.

LOUIS NAPOLEON AND THE FRENCH.

It required but little political sagacity to f0|'t‘U08. t the diflicultieo of Louis Napoleon would by no means be brought to a termination by his success in the grout object of his ambition. It required tact, prudence, coura e, and good fortune for such a man to change the temporary Presidentship of an un ular Re ubllc, into the horedihry dignity perors rip ; but all these high halities, admirably well as they may have been displayed, will need to be exerted in a far greater de ree, together with uiaiiy others equally essentia -—if he expect to secure his own happiness, and that of the country, which he has smiled himself to govern. Many s were his dificulties while merel Presidcnt——thcy are all increased a hundred d now that he is Em- peror. ‘Curiosity is sated—he has I't:‘tl(‘llk’(l the goal ; his foes and his friends know the best and the worst of him : his foes take the nieiisurc of his life, and wei h their chances against it ; while his friends c mour for the reward of their exertions in his behalf, and for the most part reckon their services at values impossible to admit, and inconvenient, if not dangerous. to deny. And these are, porha s, the least of the evils he has to confront. In ividual fees may possibly be conciliatcd, and iniportunate friends ma be_put off with instalments ; but nothing wil satisfy the great bulk-of the nation but the realization of hopes which the ablest and most honest of men would find it difficult to fulfil. Finance, that rosaic monster, is greater than Emperors, an more insatiable than their ambi- tion. A fair balance-sheet—the income equal to the expenditur&—a well-fed and a well-em- ployed multitude, these are the matters which wear, however haughty, can despise or neglect without the usual penalty—-liability to civil strife and im riding revolution.

Already these dilliculties have commenced. A commercial crisis, staved oil‘ from day to day by incredible shifts, manoeuvres, and sacrifices on the part of the Government, threatens to burst over the country. The public securities, kept fur-titiously at a high nominal price, are finding, like water, their natural level. Their down- ward tendency—withaut a panic, but simply from the collapse of the energies and the can- ning that kept them at an unnatural rise—be- tokens the general sense of insecurity.

There has no doubt been some increase in the occupations of the people in Paris 2 builders and house-decorators have been lar ly employed, and trade has to some considera le extent on- joyed the advantage of the comparative but forced quietude of the political world during the hist few iuonths ; but, with ii. system of tax- ation which is alread oppressive. and in face of a deficit of two millions sterling, with on ex-

nditure estimated to be greater this ear,than it was during the year‘ that is st, y nearly 60,000,000 francs, and with the c anceu of a bad harvest all over Europe, it is im ssible not to fear that the first year of the trench Empire will be an anxious, if not a dangerous one, to France as well as to the Emperor. Upon the question of the Emperor‘s marriage, it is as yet premature to express an opinion. The French themselves, who are more interested in the mat- ter than the rest of Europe, do not seem to look upon it with much favour. The downward tendency of the Funds has, in the meantime, been aggravated by it.——IIlu.slroted London News.

EPITOII 0!‘ NEWS.

A Lonnozl Csuiicii.—.\‘i. Paul's Cathedral. in London, cost $7,000,000. The clock in the tower has a pendulum I4 feet long, the weight at the and H2 lbo., the minute hands 75 lbs. such, on four disls, and 8 feet long, the hour hands 41 pounds each, and 5* feet long. The dials are I9 feet in diameter. ' he figures are 2.} fee‘. long. The bellthst strikes the hours is heard miles distant on clear days; being 10 feet in diameter and 4; tons in weight. It is tolled on the death. of the Dean, the mayor, Bishop of London, or a member of the royal family.

The Earl of Aberdeen is the first prime minister who has not been a member of the Church of England, since the expulsion of James ll. from the throne and the restoration of Protestant seemi- uncy by the revolution of I688. His lordship professes the faith of his forefathers, and is s ro- gulsr member of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland.

Bnsissss sr Avs-riuu.u.—Somc ides of the business done at Melbourne, Australia, msy e obtained, from the fact that the Argus of that place, of Sept. I, u daily paper, contains over forty-two columns of advertisements, seven of which on auction sales.

Fsois Briniuns no ‘I'll! Wss-r Isnii:s.—’I‘ho srrivsfof the mail steamer at Halifax has put us in possession of Burmuds papers to the 95th ult. On the 23d. s gale wss experienced at Hamilton, which drove two or three vessels from their so- choruge, unsealed a few houses. uprooted several vulusble fruit trees,snd injured the young potatoes and other growinll "OP"-

Tho Petrol arrived yesterday from St. Thomas, with large files of West I dis popcrs. It is lsmoittsble to read the record of the may vo- lushls and notable lives which have fallen by the scouring ravages of tho Fever throughout the Antilles.

Burr-ss.—'l‘lio Boston Post ssys that s lsrgs utility of butter, imported some time ago from England. wss ssnt‘bsch oasis in tho stesmor which left Inst woolt, butter being chespor there um, i. i,-,'..g|.nd. Iris said that lsrgri quantities of butter on in hands oappoculutors in Boston. and the price of the II’ is higher than in New Yorker Albouy.

By Nsossn psporo. 47 deaths occurred from the will to the about I-8ih of the population of New Providence have been taken away by sickness.

Rocii-sncirr.--The New Yok Jourriol ol Corri- mer-as says, it appears that a treaty of rcciprooit between the United States opd the British Non American Provinces, has not onl boon concluded between the British Illrustsr st sohiogtomund the United States Booms oflbs Trssoury,bntrs-

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by Fever, bod 19th Dec. and

wovponl, which explains thocuussof liordotontion. Tho hosioo sro oinlrrscod in the stipulations of the trusty. but precisely what on its provisions. as are not iuforilod. '

The ' olihisorr-sarrsmsnt sro noquootiooo uhl g , sud holog opprouilstloo towords lroo trsls, its results will ho good. lliho bosisoftho nmingoriiont sro mutoollygt and sq

If the United Ststos use should concur in the rstilcoiino. so not d‘Couposs will utillhs ossosssvpissvdcrioeorrr lotclsst soohpsns oflhstrousy so so is rovoooo,

Now Bsiiiiswtc |ls'vsiriis.—Wo Iosro ll-up ' the revenue fl o

the Sic John sir o province of New Brunswick for the you just glad is considerably larger than it has nor how

known in one your. and siuoonts to £IIl,IIl£— being so ioorssso of.tO0.It7ovrr tbs provisos your.

New Woiix on Conorust. Poi.icr.—'l'he Lon- dun papers announce s new work so fnrihmimiiiu, on " he Colonisl Policy of England from I8-I7 in l85l, by the Right Honourable Earl Grey"' II is supposed met this work will comprise ii history of his Lorilship’s administration of the Colonies, during "the period named, and it may be expected contain much matter not only curious but interesting to Coluoiuls.

‘rt-aszsnii-s GAZETTE. Wednesday, February 19,1858.

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“ Bo not: - lat all the ends thou aiiiii’st at, be thy couill.ry’s, Thy God's. and 'I'rutli’o."——SAaluprurr.

TOWN MEETING.

Proposition to procure an Act’ to enable the In- habitants of Charlottetown to assess themselves, for objects of local improvement.

In accordance with a notification. published in

the news pers, a meeting of the Inhabitants of

Charlottetown, took place on Thursday last, for

the purpose of taking into consideration the re-

priety of endeavouring to procure an Act o In- co olion for Clurrloltr-town. The representa- tives of Charlottetown, the Hon. EDWARD PALIKII and Fasxcis Is0.\'(lWOR'l'I'l, Esq. presided. The meeting was a large one, and several questions, arising out of the main one, were discussed with "en! warmth and freedom—mingleil, per- haps, occasionally with too niucb of the spirit of rty and personal prejudice. he majority of the meeting, we are sorry to say, appeared to be decidedly op osed to an Ad of Incorporation, and the origina Resolution for the incor ration of the town was supersed by the fol owing amendment, viz : -

“That application be made to the Legislature,

for an Act to enable the Inhabitants to assess

themselves, for objects of local improvement, and that a Committee be appointed to draw up

a Bill, to be up roved of at a General Meeting

of the Town, be ore itis submitted to the Legis-

lature ; and that it be an instruction to such

Committee, that all officers employed in the ex-

nditure of such assessments should be elected

y the rate-payrers, by ballot.

“ That the own to be divided into words, and each ward to elect an Assessor.”

Committee loyrrepare the BiII.—Mr. John Lon

worth, John V illiams, D. Brenan, L. W. Gal ,

R. Hutchinson, J. Gainsford, G. Beer, II. Has-

sard, J. N. Harris. -

B means of such an Act as that contempla- ted y the above Resolution, many very desirable improvements may effected, and many impor- tant advanta es may be secured by the inhabi- tiints of Char ottetown ; but altogether they will certainly full very far short of the man public im rovements and advantages, material, moral an 'ndicial, what mi ht be secured to the peep e of Charlottetown y an Act of Incorpora-

ion

The extension and reservation of good order, reatcr security to li e and pro rty, summary redress for outrage, the imine iate removal of nuisances, the su ipression of nurseries or hot- beds for the growt and encouragement of ever species of infamy and villany, together wit many other social and moral improvements, either necessarily implied in the above, or which, itis obvious, would naturally arise out of them, are, we take it, the grand objects to be obhinod b an Act of Incorporation, and in fact, the onl o jects which are sou ht to be attained, tbrou h its agency, by all, we lieve, who most as r y desire its accomplishment.

t is very true, that an Act of Incorporation would not be productive of umm'1wl- good. would here, as well as elsewhere, have its attendant evils ; but they would be found light in comparison with its many substantially bene- ficial results. ongst many of “ the friends of order," as amongst man who covet the oonsolations and eflts whic arise from virtuous friendship, the case appears frequently to be pretty much the some :

“ All like the purchaiIe,—fcw the price will pay.”

The Incorporation of Charlottetown would‘ certainly entail upon the inhabitants a certain annual amount of expenditure—varying with circumstances—for its support. :1 nd the constant, vigilant, and eflicicnt working of its miicliinery. Buta prehensions of excess in that respect,-

uar ed against, in the first place, by most jea-

ous and stringent provisions in the Act itself, as it ought to be,—-and, in the next, subjected, as it would be, to the most scrupulous public investigation,—-need not, and indeed, we think, do not, much alarm the many sculous and en- li litened friends of the measure amongst our fe low townsmen.

Although, by the determination of the Public Meet' , the desire to have the Town incorpo- r , ppears to be suppressed for a time; we do nott ink it ought yet to be abandoned, as entirely hopeless. We are of opinion, that, if a Petition to the Legislature, praying an Act. for

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the Incorporation of the Town, were to be pre pared, and due diligence taken, by the friends of the measure, to procure signatures to it, the result would prove that I ration is earnestly ' by the great majority of those on whom the burthen of its sup rt would, in a dirert - priory point qfciew, fa most heavily ; and,th?r'd- fore, we cannot think it.wonld be wise to allow the present movement in its favor to subside without another efiort for its accomplishment. And, further, we beg to hint, to the friends of the measure, that, whatever op sition they may now have to contend with, ' ela will not strengthen them , and enfeeble their a versaries; but will positively have a contrary tendency. connection with this subject, we beglesve, both for ' ‘ fellow-‘ -"‘ ,tn thank our intnlll t and practical correspondent “ A ignd to provement,” for his valuable com- mmlogtlan, which we subjoin_ ; and to which we cordially invite the utter: an of our Town subscribers, ai_id,‘Eaners1ly, 0 every “ rieiid to 5...,-..,¢rn¢ur" in o place, into whose ads is iuoy toll.

HOUSE OI’ ASSEMBLY. Tussmv, Fun. 15.

The House having waited upon His Excel- lency, in the Legislative Library with their Ad- dress, Bis Ixco lcnoy was pleased to make the following Reply :-

Mr.Quherarrd GeriIlcrriortd'tAeHpuseqfAs-

ssriitl . ‘

I rccslvys ur Addroos with sstisbcion, and thank you r the proinptltudo with which you lnvo evinced your rssdlssu to given hvoursblo consideration to those matters of public Impor- mhlfi I brought under your action so

I snibryooe this o‘p.pp.rtunity tohsppoply on omit

“fill; "-ll:l‘.'. tint on-Annuss°°'s.um'mki: ° _;i.;£iviio tho so

n Ilfil,-h0'l)ons| and crooks on the South psgt of owfiiundlund _s coast 0 Iabrsdorfl on t to vs '9 but so

soon as the some or any part thereof, iioll be

settled, it shall notbs lawful to: said Ishsriosu

to dry or cure fish, without previous agreement, for such purpose, with the Inhabitants, Pro- prietors or possessor of the ground."

I apprehend that similar stipulations would be required in this or any other Colony. where similar privile s to be conceded. In several Townships in inoe Edward Island, Fishery Stations are reserved for the free use of Her Majesty's subjects. Such, I imagine, cannot be otherwise appropriated. In other reserves and a much more numerous oIaoo'the soil remains in the Crown, and in requiring you! Civil list Act of 1851 to be amend , the Colonial Minister wisel pointed out, that “ the maintenance of the L own over the soil itself is essential, if it were only for the purpose of the various lo I proceedings which it may be necessary to o, in reference to sue lands." Nor did Lord Grey understand in what manner the Le sla- turc intgnded to su ly that deficiency. t has been since rectificdliy the amended Civil List Bill, which recently received the Royal Assent.

I therefore merely pointed out to Her Ma" sty’s Government the position in which the Cblony now stands, and the favourable aspect which, in my opinion. it resents for an amicable and easy settleiiientofxlhe Fishing question. in so far as its interest are concern ;

I again thank you for your Address.

On their return, the Hon. Mr. Lord resented to t e House the petition of Philip cFad on of Charlottetown, Trader, praying to be re un- ed the amount of certain duties paid by him on the importation into this Island, last Full, of 19 Barrels of Ilerrings, alleged to have been pur- chased at Louisburg, Cape Breton; and a mo- tion being made to lay the some on the table.

The Hon. the Tansvuua opposed the motion, on the ground that, the Petitioner had not com- plied with the requirements of the Law. It would ap r that he had not cleared out his vessel at t e Custom House, and he now peti- tioned the House to out him a permission for violating the law. he authorities here had no means 0 knowing where these Fish were caught, or where they come from, and therefore, were ver properl treated as a forei article.

he Hon. hfr. Loan thought it was not fair to condemn the Petitioner unheard. He states in his Affidavit appended to the Petition, that the fish were purchased from British subjects in Iouisburg, and if so, he thought he ought not to be deprived of the privilege of importing the same duty free, simply on account of absence of necessary formalities at the Custom Houie. He Mr. L.) was well aware that smuggling was too prevalent,but he thought the petitioner, in plhis instance, was only demanding his just ri ts

gAfter some further conversation, it was agreed that the tition should be referred to a Coinniittee of t ree members, to examine the same and report thereon, vis : Messrs. Lord, Yeo and Wi htman.

The rec Education (amendment) Bill was read a second time, and committed to a Com- mittee of the whole House—-Mr. Wightman in

e chair.

This Bill supplies an emission made in the

rec ucation Act, in the rd section so much thereof as enabled the Lieutenant Governor to appoint Assessors for Charlottetown and Com- mon thcreunder being lefi. out. It also pro- vides against two schools esmblished under the old Education Act, being nearer to ther than three miles, receiving Government a wance at the same time, and enables the Board of Educa- ' to themselves of the It also enacts that eachers under the old Act whose period of ser- vice, under an agreement to teach, may not have expired when the new Act goes into force, shall receive a proportion of their salary up to that time.

The Bill to improve the administration of Criminal Justice, was read a second time, and ‘L , '“ " " ‘thewhole House—Mr. Ilaviland in the chair.

After some time spent therein, the Bill was reported agreed to, and the House adjourned.

Wsnivnsnsr. Fob. 16.

The House wss oug for some time in Commit- tee of the whole, on t o Criminal Justice (srncnd- ment) Bill—which wss finally reported agreed to, and ordered to bo engrossed.

The Hon. tho Tsassousa said. he observed by the Order Book. that Mr. Pulnror—who was not their in his loco-—hud given notice that he would to-irior- row ( bursdsy) move that the House do rosolvo itself into a Committee of the whole, to consider the OlwIOI‘I¢fi0f passing on Act to sntboriso on issue of Treasury otos. The subject wss one of rest im- portuuco; and as ho was sworn that, the Government was in possession of information with reference thoroto, which might prove valuable to move that s be sent to His Excollsiic the Lieutenant Governor, requesting that he vvi I be pleased to cause copies of soy corros ndenco that may have taken place hot n the ‘ovorutnont of this Island and the Imperial Government, on the sub- ject of I further issue of Treasury Notes. to be laid before the House.

Mr. Mooivnv was added to tho Committee on the Public Accounts.

Mr. HAVII-All) asked. whether any answer bud been received to tho Addroo of lost your, praying that His Excellency would be plousod to apply to the Imperial Government for various Psrliumontsry Jour- nuls. s D bl.ior works, includiogmH‘sn:rd‘s Parlia-

o too. so neat to 7 ' , I880, for ‘ ld.t.u.r‘o of this Islsnrll

[Sumo debuts llowod, in which Mr.8poslror,|lr. Colon, Mr. 'I‘rossursr_, Mr. Wholun. and Mr. Duvios took part, on the subject of Parllsmoutsry Dobotos.]

he on. r. Cosmo intiuiu . that s goatlomun had recently died in lhiplsnd, who hurl, by Will, appropriated s is s sum or the purchase of Books for the Libraries of several British Colonies. 'I‘hooo for this Island’ on to ho soot out in tho spring.

The following doeurnats wore this day truiisrnittod h Msoosgo from tho Lioot. Governor. to tho Hsuoo o Assembly, and the sons were road by the Clerk, so follows. vis:—-

No. I.-Dosputch in reply to Queen ofluot your. on the subject by the House of bly. to coin tiosoftho Gruutoorlhtsotooftholaotsor Townships of in this Island.

Nos. I and 8.—Dosputcboo co the subject oftbo Actposood lootyusrb tbohqbtoturoofthislstoud,

I

rolo rig to Light. snd .

No. s.—-Anorso oplolso thorocu.

* Noni...“ .7?’ log of I sorta

I) thohogisloturo of mmm. lo isosuiiiisor I .

N is.—c of'I‘rousI'yliooto,d hill 10 l85:,'on thosbblsct of s ssifcrm Curioocyt thd Brithh Provhol.

No. lu.—-Ispofl’. I. Island, dslluoutiogths Fish-

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the turbo ofoflill

Address rs. 333.13

Gooovol‘s ‘vs. ' o

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on. "No. ls.—Attcrooy sud Isllsitor 0ooorsl's or on lbs ltossiuliss Id , rd bytho cues of Assembly lost . ' Poss ullogod to have boss Ur.

H od this colon and th:iths(Isvorn:sut ossus

.wero any in oxistence,) should be recorded.

Good and suliiciont rounds could. he thought. be shown to the Home rovsrnmont for tho posssgo ofu Law similar to that of hist year; and he seemed to entertain no duubi,thnt, s proper representation

' mode, the Bill would be left to its operation.

' oHon. tho Tuszunasrn though! the Duhoof Nowcustlo had taken up unil decided upon the rrnttor very lisslil . (‘no reason why such a Bill as tht of lost year should be passed was this: the Government at Home had assuuled to is Bill placing all the Crown Lands at the disposal of tho local Government. It woo. tborofore. rioooussry tousoortuin what Lundoh boon uctuslly ceded to the Colonial Government by that Act; and this could only be accomplished by requiring fho proprietors of Townships to place tbo Grants upon record. If, therefore, s Bill were brought in this Session. limited in its operation to the In or do 'I‘owsoh' of which no Grunts were open . he had no doubt His Excellency would assent to it, would recommend Her Majesty's Government at Home to do so also.

a. Morvrocsunnr said, he thought it must be taken for granted. that all lands of which no grunts were open record. bod not been granted. sud were. therefore, Crown Land