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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1847.

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News by Yesterday’s Mail.

‘Yesterday afternoon the Conqueror arrived with the American and Colonial Mails. The English Steamer had not arrived when the Mail left Halifax for Pictou. Our Colonial files contain very little néws worth relating. We glean, however, the following items :—

LATER FROM ENGLAND.

Later advices from England than those received by the Steamer, have reached St. John, via the United States. We condense the following items from the St. John Courier:

There were continued failures at Liverpool, and no geheral amelioration in the community. The Bank of England was affording some relief.

There wis great distress inthe manufacturing dis- tricts. In Lancashire there were 50,000 men, with their

families, unemployed. Outbreaks were expected, and,

Government was collecting a large military force to overawe any insurrection.

Clamour about the potato disease nad ceased.

The accounts from Ireland are gloomy.

Great distress is anticipated in the highlands this winter.

Two Banks have failed, one at Manchester and ano- ther at Newcastle.

The names of several firms are added to the list of failures.

Consols were down to 89 3-4.

There were rumours of changes inthe ministry. Sir Robert Peel has had a conference with ministers, and then departed for Windsor.

The affairs of Italy were still unsettled.

The cholera was advancing North and East.

NEWFOUNDLAND.

Papers from this Colony to the 9th inst. give alarming accounts of the progress of the destitution amongst the inhabitants ofthe outports. Public Meetings have been held in various parts of the Island, representig the dis-

Oe GA IES A, EN TT

— Ta aw which sullibodivery considerable in-| Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, Preventive Officer entre of the city, whic . istri Y ‘ toy About lets o'clock the cannonade ceased, but | fur the District of Crapaud

commenced again at dawn on the following morning, by ee a, order of Santa Anna Breastworks of cotton bales were} Duty ON FL ’ AD.

r in the city by the Mexicans, 400 bales having an application from the Bakers and other inhabitants of aia i “house of Velasco f Charlottetown to His Excellency the Lieutenant Gover- oie rr Pree x aoe to the completion of | nor, praying for a remission of the duty on F lour, will se a ee eis hn Jose, kept up a con- be seen on reference to the Minstes of Council inserted oie upon the workmen, which being stoutly return- in this day's oo oe et sense = by the Mexicans, the discharge of bombs and grenades advise His Excellency to gr 7 p = ee ak the American lines was greatly increased. —jrial, because such advise would e con or an c Through the night supervening every thing was quiet. | of the Assembly. sr ae = : ese md On the 30th partial tranquillity reigned in the city. Gen.|cumstance, particular y if t a ; sae . Rea concluded a battery to open upon San Jose and = = err nice enter - a 2 Pip

ins ricans prevailed | island, ee a ges Santa ym at| the high duty on Flour be really a emcteaits! to such the head of 200 cavalry and infantry and three pieces of) an importation of that article, as ou e a ee to artillery sailed out of Puebla intending to attack the| meet the demand until the Spring or eee > +m American train which left Jalapa on the Ist and reached | of scarcity there ought to be no duty upon Flour, but the Perote on the 4th, but before arriving at Lepeyahualco, Legislature, in the last Session, had care - y: his designs were wholly frustrated, all his men, except hend such an unhappy event, and not, : course, 130 huzzars, all personal guards, having pronounced be expected to guard against it. The only - y we can against him, attributing the unfortunate events of the war|see 1s an immediate convention of the Assembly, to have and their want of success ageinst the invaders,|the duty abrogated time enough before the Navigation to his incapacity. Some loudly declare him a trai- will close to allow sufficient quantities of Flour to be tor, and unworthy of holding any further command| imported. The necessity fora call of the House should in the Mexican army. Santa Anna having reached Le-|have been brought under the notice of the Executive at peyahualco with his 130 huzzars, received an order from|an earlier period ; but it is not yet too late. The Navi- the Government at Queretero, commanding him to pro- gation will, it is very probable, remain open till about ceed thither at once with all his troops, but he did not} Christmas or New Year’s, and if the House were called find it convenient to comply with the Government order,| within a week or ten days to take Omens ee the matter and took up his line of march to Oaxaca, in order if pos- immediately, there would still be sufficient time to pro-

sible toraise another army, and return to combat the|cure the necessary supplies—so that the people would enemies of the Republic. have some relief from the exorbitant demand which is

now made for all kinds of Bread Stuffs, and which ap- (pears to be the strongest proof to the existence ofa | depressing and alarming scarcity.

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NO ENGLISH MAIL—NO DELEGATES. Notwithstanding the proclamation issued by the Islander of yesterday week, to the effect, that all good

men and true should be prepared to receive the Dele-| > osent week, from many of the inhabitants of the Town

gates on their arrival, with every manifestation of re-| and Royalty, and others interested in the matter, repre-

joicing and applause, yet, it must be painful to relate, @' senting to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor the most villainous dereliction of duty characterized the

lextremely bad condition of the St. Peter’s Road for a whole party of the faithful, on the approach of the Steamer| short distance from Town. We have no doubt His

. a | “yy . ° 1 ° from Pictou yesterday afternoon. Every body expected Excellency wil! give proper attention to the complaint

Bap Roaps.—We have seen a Petition during the

tress, and appealing tothe local Government for support. Placentia Bay, St. Mary’s Bay, Ferryland District, Con- ception Bay, Trinity Bay, and Bonavista Bay, are described to be ina wretched condition from the failure of the potato crop, and the smallness of the present year’s catch of fish. Many of the poor people from those

places made their way to St. John’s, for the purpose of |

throwing themselves upon the Government for relief; but the crippled state of the resources of the Colony pre- vent relief being afforded to the extent desired ; and the

sufferers were again sent back to their former places of| absence of reliable proof, we are led to suppose, that a

abode at the expense of the Government. The Execu- tive was not, however, regardless of the distress ; every effort was being made to alleviate it. A vessel arrived at St. John’s, from the Unired States, with 2,000 barrels of Indian Meal, to the Government account, to be used for this purpose.

A Meeting of the Fire Sufferers was held at St. John’s ou the Ist instant, at which was it proposed to send two Delegates to England, to obtain some satisfactory ex- planation, which, it appears, has been denied by the local authorities, as to the withholding of a large proportion of the fire-funds from the sufferers by the calamity of 1846. Verily, Newfoundland has had its cup of bitter- ness filled to overflowing. While Providence, in its wise decrees, visits its hardy population with desolation and distress, a corrupt and unprincip'ed faction inter- poses its influence to heighten the general gloom.

LATER FROM MEXICO,

United States papers, received yesterday, furnish the following later intelligence from the Seat of War. The American Press has so often hoaxed its readers about the doings of the belligerent armies, it is difficult to say what extent of credibility ought to be given to its state- ments. A paper called the ‘ Arco Iris’ gives the latest intelligence from Puebla. It says that at 5 o'clock on the evening of the 27th of September, the points of San Juan De Dias, San Juan Santa, Santa Ro-' sa and Santa Monica commenced a heavy cannonade upon the American works. The latter immediately bo- gan to throw cannon shot, bombs, and grenades into the

the English Mail, and the Delegates, of course, toaccom-| . ¢ the Petitioners. The Commissioner—whoever he pany it. The Printer of the Islander reserved two COlUMNS | may be—seems to care very little for the convenience of his paper to give insertion to the speeches which were! 5 nq safety of country people who travel the St. Peter’s to be made from the Paddle Box. Every r usty musket! Road more at this season, perhaps, than at any other, in the Town, it was supposed, had been brightened up when he would suffer it to remain in the very discredit- for the especial occasion; and, it was thought, infinite | able condition in which it now appears.

supplies of roast beef and fixings were sending their ei

\savoury fumes from the cuisine of the Hotel, to be used) Menancuony Acciwent.—Mr. Dante. Warts, son in regaling the distinguished gentlemen the moment! of Mr. James Watts, Mason, of this Town, was, on Sun- they brushed the travel-stains from their clothes. In the day night last, struck by the fore-boom of the Schr.

| Flora “inn, while off Pictou Island, on her return from Halifax, and thrown overboard; and though every ex- ertion was made to save him, on the part of the Captain and crew, the poor fellow met with a watery grave. The deceased, we are told, bore an excellent character, and

his premature and melancholy death is a deep affliction to his relatives and friends.

dread of damp feet, and soiled shirt collars through the rain, prevented the “ respectable and influential people” from attending on the wharf, for none of them were there: so that if Messrs. Pope and Palmer had come, they would have been most shamefully denied the eclat| ofa triumphant entry. Now, we do hope the Islander will enter a protest against the apathy of its friends, and

take comfort, that the disappointment of the public ex- New Brunswicx.—The Courier gives the follow- pectation relatively to the arrival of the English Mail,|ing :—

was a fortunate occurrence, by which its vanity hasbeen} _The discouraging intelligence from England by the partly saved from humiliation. 19th of October Mail, is likely to have a serious effect upon ane of this Province. A number of persons now employed in Shipyards, at Sawmills, and in other MORE LIBERAL APPOINTMENTS. departments of the Wood trade of the country, will, in

His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor has confer- ote ality, be thrown out of eneeynen. _ Sia

o— added to the great influx of red the office of Commissioner of Small Debts for! from itend—sestionely hedeuente Se en nae

Queen’s County, vacant by the death of the Hon. John! Which has been landed upon the payment of £250—be- Brecken, on W. W. Lorn, Esq. Mr. Lord’s nomina- ae a hard ire a” our over-burthened citizens. tion cannot fail to be highly gratifying not only to the|a:4 oon, Council have teken up the matter of the people of the County at large, but to the whole popula- _—e emigrants, and passed several resolutions.

tion of the Island who have regarded the late appoint-|_ AN Uneauzant Eprror.—The American Literary ments of His Excellency, as the surest mark of his attach. @2ette quotes the following from a contemporary, * An ment to Liberal principles. pula female a sends us a piece of Mr. Peter G. Cia ee Behe i » With a request for its publication. The moon the situation of hacaaest - oo — tt a pene or stare are flattered with the ‘origi- eile Dt of ie g Measures. whe appellation of ‘meeked eyed; the trees come in é gentleman conveys an instructive | OF & full share of eulogy, and the falling spring is pro- lesson to the young men of Charlottetown, showing, ag Nounced ‘silver-plated.’ Besides this, the poem is it does, that the good fortune of a once powerful Fonilplana 2 instructive upon other points. If Mary will

send us an affidavit that sh : shall be no lo b . . at she has washed the dishes nger a barrier to the promotion of merit mended the hose, and swept the house for a week oiher

amongst those who have stronger reliance upon them-|She Was ‘blasted with poetic fire,’ we will give in, and selves than on the blandishments of a Clique. |Startle the literary world from its lethargy. For the

, ° res y , r > Mr. Rosert Forresy has beey nominated by His\too. li , on TE een ee

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