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Hon. COLONEL SWAREY.—At the time of the Re-| building adjoining, ocenpied by Jeremiah Stimson, as a store-

form Bill in England, two principles were submitted as the | Wouse for carpenter material, was also crushed tn. f . ‘ Soon after foue o'clock the immerse building was a mass 0

oe ; ee 6 basis of Fepresontation that . eT ag of them, ruts, and it was with great difficulty that the adjommMig pro- and “ wae repudiatad. M ny — such 7 Manchester 0 perty was saved from destruction, the flying cinders one Kugland, or St. Eleanor’s or Sammers de here, might be oe vuildings on tire in every direction. The well directed efforts differently situated as regards the particular interests to ve! of the Fire Department of this ev'y, however, with the efficient represented, znd the capital invested, In France the rural }aid received from abroad, confined the destruction to the Mn districts were represented according to populaiion, but the} mediate vicinity of the building destroyed. case of the towns and cities was d'erent, The Market was erected some four years 8 Hon. ATTORNEY GEN RAL aerced in the abstract} George W. Gerrish, and probably cost f $40,000, a pohey of with the principle of representasion according to population ; ;CGG. 1 Wee Weenies 10 Ee Se ALT

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but he betieved that the B\, had been drawn up with a view | 45, Printing and Book-binding esiabl'shment of Sanborn, to umte, as fur as the circumstances of the ease would per-| Carter & Bazue, booksellers, Cornhill, occupied several of the anit, the to prin ' sles of territory and population. upper stories, ‘They employed about sixty hands, forty of ee on. Mr. WAY THORNE was net present when the Bill! were girls. They had a new and valuable steam engine, anc was intredneed, but supposed, as it had been adyoeated by two fine Adams’ pre - ion, Col. Swabey, 2 pember of the Executive TT aie for binding, besides all their binding tools and stock, Setters aa . | were totally destroyed. ‘Their insurance but partially covers Hien. COLONEL SWABEY had expressly declared it} 45.6) joss——some $35,000 in all. ae rR *Wus Hot. | A portion of the upper stories was occupied by Miss FE. Hom. Mr. HAYTHORNE would, in that case, like to! Royle, who manufactured clothing for many of our wholesale hear the reason why it should not be. It was now five years firms, employing about seventy-tve girls, and thitty sewing : i , : ¢ sot tm-! mac xe, The wirls, when the alarm was given, were pot at since Respoasiiie Government wes introdaced, sod yet im ee e that the building was on fire, and when they became nate sia tinelida ‘teats : Juan + Gove spt, | first aware th: re, en oettan aes -aauees 7 es jaware of the fact were greatly alarmed, and pressed in a mass

EXAMINER.

from $75,000 to $100,- |

| $10,000 having expired a few days since. I have thought it my duty,

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(From the London News of the World, April 6.)

TO ILE OCCUPIERS OF THE WORKELL ESTATE. safe GrxtieweN,—The time is not far distant when J be PEACK, or your occupe ‘Te os EW acc th ae ‘ a . ie . Those who at that period have not attorned, (that is, accepted | Flemipotentaries — ee at le | a or I hint the condition of the contract will be re-| broug it their ja Ours 0 a ©)08e 2 aching er Signatay iid aa hot tee eel with all their debts and arrears, | to a treaty putting an end to the war, reached London on aiken ties y exies It does all signify to the Government the | the afternoon of Sunday last, and was shortly afterwa f sre , , . ; mn . . . 3 . j " feabtho of a farthing how this terminates. ‘The money re- proclaimed to the inhabitants of the metropolis by the fr; leased by the re-conveyance can be laid out elsewhere, oo lof an extraordinary salute of 101 guns from the Park it may be wanted, and the advantages proffered to you wil mower. ibe realised by others. The return to a condition of peace, aficr however brief ay ; "hole estate are dis- |¢pisode of war, must necessarily be productive of a feel ge facts. About two-thirds of the whole estate are dis- | = War, ioe ae panel recente of a large number of occupations, held | of satisfaction in the people of a nation never prone to war Pet? ee eet Saniahd are known io me, and who, though for its own sake, and eminent above all others in the worlg “ . this time they have paid no instalments, will shortly do} for their knowledge of the value of peace, and for thei

i receive ‘ }open to you to settle with the Government

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as much as my desire, to inform

<xes, which, together with €5000 worth of | 5. The remainder, then, to whom I now address ee lines, | activity, skill and power in improving, extending and mal. 8: . , o~ : j - “ “ef > > > sre j . . . . ia rinting paper, about $15,000 worth of book and printed sheets fare bat few, but 1 should be sorry if, in the sequel, there 1s tiplying its blessings. It would be wrong to say, therefore,

one left not converted into a freeholder. led by a thousand | hat the boom of 101 guns, which broke the silence of Sgp. Now, I know you are or have been misied by @ tho jul day evening, did not fall pleasantly on the ear of the Lon.

misrepresentations, no matter whether they are wilful) Th reeerergay”. time be confessed

or only foolish; but as to the letter just now addressed | doners. — put 16 must at the same time He con Uses that the

to a Catala portion of the people of King’s County, by Mr. | pacific intimation which was thus conveyed, failed on this

Cooper, read it with care, and if you can come to any other! occasion to awaken or elicit any of that warm and lively

: ‘ ’ - a. . . . conclusion than that it aims ata ee to take legal enthusiasm which is commonly attendant upon the first an- sroceedings, which no lawyer in the Islan will advise—I am ‘nouncement of a cessation of war. London, no doubt, was

mistaken. Now, it would be well before any man commits | vlad to know that there was peace; but London was not

: : ee} down the stairway, some of them in a fainting condition. measure. He did not oppose the Bill; the Franchise Bill | Miss Royle had just completed 3000 pairs of pantaloons, all of | added to the representation of the country. Responsible Go-| which were waiting to be sent home. , vernment rendered necessary an inerease in the Lower! On the second floor was the chamber furniture establishment | Hiouse, as also in the Upper. In the lower branch no less| of Mr. George A. Sampson, His stock, valued at $10,000, | than five or six out of twenty-four members were in the re-| was in possession of a Mr. Haley, and, it is feared, is ~ cnipt of palettes, RO ty anid, doubilies be er the poneral Oe aie of the Market Stalls, believing that the fire | wendy ied wren snaypendent mombers should be ia- would not reach them, did not remove their stocks, which was | ereased. At their own Board four hon. members had seats | :

. » > . (all destroyed. ‘They lost every thing. in the Exeeutive Council. out of a Board which, when full, |

The fourth floor was occupied by A. & M. Lowe, pianoforte comprised but twelve. Therefore, if the Government were} makers; Barnard & Dillingham, furniture painters ; Josiah . . . : s , : . “ ’ " sincerely desirous to improve the institutions, they should | Walcott, ornamental painter; Boyes, Shore & Co., painters, and | ‘ e ie enneninehio suppose th: ‘er- | others add to the Council. It is reasonable to suppose that a cer- | ot ; . : ‘ > ; cer, sav smal on of his tain nymber will always be found to side with the Govern-| John DeHufi, pianoforte maker, saved a sinall Ereae SF . atau | finished work. Messrs. White & King, polishers of ornamenta ment here, and thus keep them in a perpetual majority. |

He was surprised that it was not avowed to be a Govern-| |)’ 4 of its value. Messrs. Boyce, Shore & Co , furniture | ment measure, because when it was introduced by & private | dealers, losteverything. ‘here were many others, too numerous member it was liable to the suspicion of being designed for | tg mention, who are losers to a greater or less extent. elestioneering purposes, to secure imperilled seats. If it | The heat of the fire cansed the gas in a cesspool, _— were a Government measure, such suspicion would not attach. | corner of Friend and Merrimack streets, to explode, by whic

° . ayy Tt ° at ; i 4A > rare s >yy s ious - Upon |! ae His Honor the PRESEDENT.—The suspicion would in | three men were somewhat hurt, though not serionsly pon; __

. ‘ > ” ad ' rearing the explosion, the cry was raised of * Powder!” and | that case be doubled. | hearing th piosion, y

aa rh i | the multitude fell back in all directions. An old man was)

Hon. Mr. HAY THORNE.—It on I believe, introduced | thrown down in Friend street, and at least a hundred people | into the House of Assembly by a semi-official member. If) trasopled upon bisk Galore he regained hie fott. | the inerease of population required an increase of represen-| uy the falling of a portion of a chimney on the Merrimac | tation, it would be proper to advance step by step as it} House, two little giris—Emma Dyke, aged ten years, and increased, and let the representation keep pace with the| Sarah Adams, aged thirteen, who were standing on the side-| population. | walk beneath—were very seriously injured, the Jatter danger- | Hon. Mr. WALKER would state, in answer to the allusion | ously ¢0, her skull having been fractured. The former i made by his Honor, that the introducer of the Bill into the |struck by @ brick, the sharp corner of which peeled the flesh

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a ole : , : 1.) from her entire forehead. She is the daughter of Mr. Wm. Hous» o Assembly, the Hon. Mr. W be jan, has struck off | Dyke, shoe dealer, in Hanover street. ‘The latter is the daughter | from his present district a Township (No, 00) where his) 4 yjp Wm. Adams, safe-maker, in Fulton street. It was at |

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support has always been almost unanimous, but about twelve | frat thought that her wounds were mortal, but yesterday there | persons voting against him. were hopes of her recovery. The Hon. COLONEL SWABEY had omitted to state} A vast number of persons visited the scene of the fire yes-| that, and he considered that the argument that the increase | terday. A few fragments of the wall now only remain of the | of the number of independent members would do away with | ¥#8t buildiag which occupied the g eo ‘. se ee any undue preponderance of office-holders in the Assembly, | last. The total lons is estimated a1 GeOU.00U. 2 Be. nee + al a a ¢ >) lis probably nearly $100,000 short of the loss. It is uot known ws of great weight in favour of ithe Bil. |how the fire originated, but it is suppposed to have caught in} His Honor the PRESLDEN .—There are but five office- the bindery of Messrs. Sanborn, Courter s Bazue. There were | holders in the Assembly. numerous reports afloat on Saturday of firemen and others being Hon. Mr. HAYTHORNE had always supported Respon- ‘killed and buried in the ruins; but as far as {can learn they | sible Government without office. He thought the Bill was/are all untrue, and only the accidents recorded above occurred. | being passed prematurely. There were ao petitions to shew! On Monday morning last, the passenger depot of the Boston the sentiments of the people, who certainly, on a measure of and Worcester Railroad Company, at Framingham, was oo this nature, should have time to express their views. There | stroyed by fire, together with a biacksmith’s shop end were no means of ascertaining whether it was a popular | oss estimated at $10,000. 4 he oH ad or Sen measure or not. It had been introduced into the House of | of the raiis on the track were warped by it, a .

ore Ww 32 fires in the United States

se , » latter e ioe : |paired. Last month there were J2 '

Assembly at the latter end of March, before the people had | where the loga in each was £10 000 and upwards, and 15 were any notice that such measure was in contemplation.

i i . P ©\of manufactories, The total loss was a miliion of dollars, | would wish the Bill to be printed, and remain over till next) The losses by fire for the three months of the year were $3,- session. It was probable that the Bill, if it pass, would not | 094,000.

be allowed to remain in abeyance for two years, but as it} We await with interest the arrival of further news as to the | might not be acted on before that time, he would, in conside- progress of hostilities between Walker and Costa Rica, and

ration of that and of the late period of the session at which! any speculation as to the result would be idle. The U.S. | it was introduced, moye that it be printed for gencral circu- | government, it appears, 1s hot disposed to interfere ; but a de-

woods, had a valuable stock on hand. {t was insured for only | pow

'—that this press shall not be tent to further his nefarious

himself, to just enquire if Mr. Cooper pee ores heen on Nt alte ut ease as to what the nature of that peace might be:

ee ee ee a hieowele pen in subscrip- hor quite satisfied as to the wisdom or policy of the mean

tions, how it happens that he being so strongly gifted with the | by which it had been obtained, London, consequently, re.

spirit and doctrine of a martyr, did not resist legal processes | served its transports, and received the intelligence with go instituted against him by his own landlord, and an account | more than a calin and modified expression of delight.

might as well be asked of a former subscription for the om | We are inclined to believe that the coo! and half-apathetig

or a similar purpose. f creo, | celing that exhibited in the metropolis will be very latgely

May 3, 1856. WILLIAM SWABEY. | shared in by the country in general. Not that there existy

—_—_—_—_— SS = == \in this kingdom any class or portion of the community that

MOON’S PHASES. — MAY, 1856. ie be anxious to prolong the war for an instant beyond

New Moon 4th day, 10h. 3m. morning. 8. E. | the period at which it could be properly closed ; but because

First Quarter 11th day, 4h. 6m. evening. 8. E. | there unquestionably does exist, throughout the length and

Full Moon 19th day, 7h. 17m. evening. 8. E. breadth of the Jand, a wide-spread apprehensien that, under

Last Quarter 26th day, Oh. 54m. morning. — E. ithe jugglery of diplomacy, a peace may be concluded far

| different from that which the nation fecls it could infallibly

‘i Tr WL Dy We RD Mr} | have conquered by the sword, and not completely consistent | t a a o oa ek ua 4 a o x a | (as it is feared) with the objects for which the war was

| begun. | How far these apprehensions may be well or ill-founded, <4 ‘it is, at present, utterly impossible for us to say. The im- Tus Sailing packet H. Ingram arrived here on Friday evening penetrable secresy which shrouded all the proceedings of the from Pictou with a Colonial and United States Mails ; but the | I lenipotentiaries while their deliberations — pending, : : : is extended with equal jealousy to the conditions of the papers received furnish no news. treaty in which their labours have resulted. All that we The Steamer Lady le Merchant arrived in port during! know is, that at 3 o’clock on the afternoon of Sunday, the the past week, the owner being on board, and expecting that the 30th of March, the Blenipotentiaries of Great Britain, of Government would employ his vessel as Mail Packet ; but the | Austria, of France, of Prussia, of Russia, of Sardinia and cof Turkey—being then assembled at the Forcign-cffice, in : | Paris—aflixed their signatures to a treaty, which the Lon- his boat precluded, as we understand, the Government from | don Gazette extraordinary tells us “ puts an end to the war; engaging her, We trust we shall be enabled to give our| and while definitively settling the Eastern question, establish- readers, in our next No., full particulars respecting the arrange- | es the tranquility of Kurope on solid and durable bases.” ments proposed and yet to be made by the Government for the | Further than this we have no information of any kind what- ‘ever. The Patrie, one of the most favoured organs of the | Parisian press, = that “the treaty is of a nature : ; ; ‘to give complete and legiti isfacti Mr. Coorer’s Lasvan. --- Having, since our last fanaa, read | “hte which eer Basland took nee sn Mr. Cooper’s letter, which he has the modesty to think all the '.4 the same journal, clearly writing to put the best pas- papers should publish for him, and finding that it is chiefly sible face upon the treaty, afterwards says: “ It isa glo- oceupied in repeating the old arguments on the old worn out rious peace for us, and will be fruitful for all, The four story of Escheat, we feel that it would be an insult to the , Suarantees are widely applied, and the fifth paragraph has common sense of the community to give further publicity to | been realized in such a manner ge to. grep to Europe all the : a _. |security she could demand, and witheut humiliating Russia.” the nonsense. During the last Session Mr. Cooper yoted with | Quy own Ministers, when questioned upon the subject, stead the Tory party on almost every division ; aye, even when the | fast] y refuse to give us any information at all. The laws of proprietors’ memorials were under discussion, he advocated | international etiquette forbid, they say, that any public proprietory interests, and voted against a censure being cast notification should be made of the conditions of the treaty

tl asia te Bhs bs cathiele their HbeMad jagreed to by the Plenipotentiaries until those conditions shall upon the memorialists for the manner in which they libe ‘have been formally ratified by the soversigns whe wets am

the inhabitants of this Island! He isa fine fellow, truly, to {presented in the Congress. This formal ratification cannot profess a friendship for the tenantry of this Island, and to seek | possibly be accomplished within a shorter period than three to re-establish his popularity by addressing them letters weeks, during the whole of which time we are, it seems, to through the newspapers! But one thing he may be sure of be left in complete darkness as to what the czact terms of

the treaty may be. Lord Palmerston, however, is anxious to assure us that the peace to which he and his Government

CUARLOTTETOWN, MAY 5, 1856.

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exceedingly large amount which he asked for the services o

conveyance of the Mails.

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lation, and be considered next session. After some unimportant conversation, the amendment was | jost, and progress was reported.

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Sarurpay, April 12.

; cant rs ° . 1 The Election Bill was re-committed and agreed to with |to Nicaragua. The scene was one of great excitement. I'he

amendments, as was also the Revenue Bill. The Weights and Measures Bill was committed and agreed to. The Appropriation Bill was read a third tiwe and passed. —-~--—9 © @- ---—- Monpay, April 14.

The Weights and Measures Bill was read a third time and passed, as also the Election Dill.

Oo motion of the Hon. COLONEL SWABEY, the Address from the joint Committee on the subject of the Memo- rials against the Kent Roll and Tenants’ Compensation Bills, which had been agreed to by the House of Assembly, was adopted by the Council.

And thus terminated the proceedings of the Legislative Counc} for the Session of 1856.

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CORRESPONDENCE OF THE EXAMINER.

“Boston, April 14, 1856.

Dean Sin —Our city has been visited by another of those extensive conflagrations which are the continual dread of inha- bitants of al large cities, and which cause sv much ruin, not ta the owners of buildiags alone, for they ere generally pretty wel! insured, but to the occupiers whose whole capital is invested in their business, and who from neglect, and often want of sneans, have to ron the risk of all disasters by fire.

At about one o’clock on Saturday, tie six story brick build- ing. on the corner of Portland and Sudbury Streets, extending to Friend Street, known as the Gerrish Market, was discovered to be on fire in the upper stories, ‘The wind was strong, added to which the portion of the building on fire was filled with in- flammable materia!, causing the flames to spread with great rapidity. It was at first believed that the lower parta of the building would be saved, but gradually story after story was destroved, until the whole building was a mass of ruins, the falling of the walls in various directions preyented the firemen from having a haad to-hand encounter with the flames. The dense sinoke of the fire was seen fora great distance in the country, and engines from al] quarters soon reached the city, including the Departments of Cambridge, Charlestown, Rox- bury and wany other places. At about two o’clock, the steam lire engine, Miles Greenwood, which on that day had been re-

ported by Chief Engineer Smith as ia a working condition, was ordered to the fire by Mayor Rice, and reached Haymarket Square, where it was placed and soon commenced to throw two powerful streams upen the fire, thus liberating most of the hand engines fur the protection of the adjvining property, which, at one time, was in great danger.

It was soon apparent that the walls of the building, as the wood work was burnt away, would fall, and precautions were taken to prevent any injury therefrom, both flremen and spec- tators keeping ata respectable distance. This fear was fully realized, and before half past two o'clock crash after crash was heard, by which adjoining buildings were destroyed or badly damaged, and the loss of property greatly increased. By the

fall of the westerly gable end, the sash and blind establishment of Jerome Bolles, 34 Friend street, was totally destroyed—a building three stories high, and which had lately been iusproved by the proprietor, but which, under the pressure of the immense weight of brick thrown upon it, seemed to almost disappear

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spatch from Washington announces that the English and lrench | designs ; —on the contrary, we deem it our duty to make ministers there have declared that troops will be landed from their respective squadrons off Central America, to aid Costa | : : : Sree Rica. ‘his, if true, may Jead to difficulty and unpleasant Assembly in their true light; and to the discharge of this duty

“complications.” ‘Three men were seized on board the steamer ‘we shall shortly apply ourselves, when we shall review the

known his apostacy, and to exhibit his actions in the House of |

| before harvested in the country.

from sight, crumbling to pieces in an astonishing manner. A‘

at New York on Tuesday, as she was sbout sailing for San) Juan, charged with organizing a body of armed men to proceed

Orizaba had some 500 passengers, and although only three were arrested, it is said that over 3U0 were unquestionably for Gene- ra! Walker’s army.

Two hundred recruits left New Orleans April 10th, in the steamship Charles Morgan, to join Gen. Walker's forces. Gen. Hornsby was amoung the passengers.

A report presented at a Sunday School Convention in Lynch. burg, Va., proves that one-fifth of the white population of that great State cannot read, and three-fifths of the young people between five and twenty years of age attend no school,

Accounts from Illinois represent the coming wheat harvest as likely to be as good as the last, and much larger than ever

Mr. James I. McCubb, a “ Liberal,’’ or Anti-Maine~Law man, has been elected Mayor of Portland.

On the sunny shores of Cape Cod they are raising the white, or Weymouth pine, from the seed, which is planted in hills like corn, where the soil will produce nothnig else.

The ship Enoch Train, naw expected at this port, has on board 529 Mormon emigrants, of whom 41} are aduits, 98 are children and 20 are infants. All but seven or eight of them will leave immediately after their arrival for Utah.

Cn Saturday last a number of laborers in the Lamp Estab- lishment of Mr. William Carleton, Beach street, were in the act of pouring red nitric acid from acarboy containing one hundred and thirty-three pounds, when from some cause, the carboy broke and the fiery liquid poured over the floor. The men in the room instead of instantly Jeaving, tried to remedy the evil by throwing sawdust upon it, which only increased the trouble and soon filled the room with a noxious and deadly gas. Atthis moment, the proprietor of the establishment ar- rived, and seeing what had occurred, at owce ordered the workmen out of the room and took prompt and effective measures to remedy the evil. The workmen all appeared as weil as usual when they were paid off late in the afternoon, performed their usual home duties and went to market in the evening, walking home without trouble,

During that night, however, two of the workmen were suddenly seized witha violent attack of internal heat and burning, accompanied with intense pain. Physicians were at once sent for, and all the known remedies were applied, but the powerful acid had worked such serious internal injury that it was of no avail. One of them died at three and the other at five o’clock yesterday afternoon. Their names are, Jacob Geer, about 50 years of age, a resident of Middlesex street. He has worked for Mr. Carleton about twenty-five years, and leaves ea wife and several grown up children. Joseph Cross, 26 years of age, resided in Plymouth Street.

Of the other workmen John Lary, of Plymouth st., experi- enced yesterday ill effects from the inhalation, but is now doing well; Albert Burl, of Ruggies street, Roxbury, was somewhat affected--is recovering ; Joseph Hermes was well yesterday forenoon, and went to meeting—upon hearing of the death of his fellow-workmen, however, he had a somewhat similar attack, but nothing serious is apprehended,

‘The spring trade is becoming brisk, vessels are arriving fast, and our wharves and commercial thoroughfares present a scene of lively activity. The weather has been as warm as 72 deg Falrenbeit,—farmers are putting in their crops, and gardeners are busily engaged trimming fruit trees, &c. In fact, nature has awakened, and shaken off the chills of winter, aud the pleasantest season of the year is upon us.

Yours &c.,

NATIVE,

legislation of the last Session.

We understand that the Gut of Canso is completely blocked | up with ice, which accounts for the non-arrival of the spring | vessels at this port.

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Tue season is unprecedentedly backward—the weather be- ing colder than it was a month ago, and farming operations can scarcely be said to have commenced.

have been an assenting party, is a sound and good one, ‘Whilst Iam precluded,” said be, in reply to an interro- gutory put to him by Mr. French on the first evening of the re-assembling of the House of Commons after the Easter re- cess, “from going into any detail of the conditions of the treaty, I have no hesitation in expressing my conviction that the treaty itself will be deemed satisfactory by this country and by Murope.” It will be found,” he added, “ that the objects for which the war was uudertaken have been fully ac- complished. It will be found that by the stipulations of the treaty the integrity and independence of the Turkish empire will be secured, as far as human arrangements can effect that purpose. It will be found that the treaty is honorable to all the Powers who are contracting parties to it, and while, on

: : | the one hand, it has put an end to a war which every friend

We complete in our present No. the publication of the De-| bates and Proceedings of the Legislative Council for the past | Session. Never before, we believe, have the proceedings of | that Branch been so fully reported. We will give in our next | and succeeding Nos. the debates of the House of Assembly, so. far as they have been reported for this paper, together with | our usual summary of the proceedings up to the close of the |

Session.

We are requested to state that the notice of marriage of Daniel Baker to Miss Elizabeth McKay, of St. Peter’s Bay, alleged to have taken place at Georgetown, which notice ap- peared in Tae Examrver of the 21st ult.—is a gross fabrica- tion—no such marriage haying taken place. We are not now aware from whence the notice was obtained, but it is evident enough that it originated with some worthless scoundrel about

Georgetown.

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Anotner Colonial and United States mail arrived here at a late hour on Sunday night. The Steamship Persia had arrived at New York with one week’s later advices from Europe ; but there appears to haye been no news brought by her.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM EUROPE.

Ow Thursday evening last the English Mail arrived in this place, but brought us no intelligence further than the details respecting the signing of the Treaty of Peace, which we were enabled to announce last week by means of a telegraphie com- munication from New York. The conditions of the Peace are yet unknown, and it is said would remain so for about three or four weeks from the time the Mail Packet left England. That much general satisfaction was felt in England at the con- clusion of the war, is evident enough from the tone of the English press ; but considerable doubt remains as to whether the immense sacrifices of the war have been counterbalanced hy the advantages of the Peace Treaty. The fact is, John Bull seems to apprehend that, though not beaten in the field, he has been out-generalled in the Cabinet by the clever dip- lomatists from St. Petersburg. However, it would be pre- mature to express any decided opinion until the articles of the treaty are known to us. We give the following extracts from

to humanity must naturally have wished to see concluded, on the other hand it will lay the foundation of a peace which, £ trust, so far at least as regards the circumstances out of vhich the war began, will be lasting and enduring.”

With these generalities we must, we presume, for the pre- sent, remain contented; but three weeks, certainly, appear to be a long time to wait for that exact and precise informa- tion with respect to the terms of the treaty which we are all sO anxious to acquire, and upon the right and honourable construction of which, the tranquillity of so broad a portion of the world’s surface, and the interests and welfare of so many races of the human family, must immediately depend.

If the British nation has received this intimation of the sudden termination of the war with less of enthusiasm thaa is commonly manifested on such occasions, it is not on that account to be concluded that the people of these kingdoms are indifferent to the blessings of peace, or unconscious of the advantages which flow from them. It may be confidently as serted that there is not on the face of the earth a community more wedded, by inclination and by interest, to the pursuits of peace than the English. But it myst at the same time be confessed, that when the blast of war has once sounded in their cars—when a sense of national honour, or the convice- tion of some great public necessity has once summoned them to the field, there are no men Jess inclined to lay down their arms, or to abandon the struggle in which they are en until they are fairly convinced that every object for which it was commenced has been fully and completely attained. It is the fecling of doubt upon this point, fostered by the sec under which the negotiations for peace have been cone that induces the people of Kngland at this instant to withhold those expressions of rejoicing which the announcement of cessation of the war would otherwise undoubtedly produce. After two years of severe and painful, but not inglorious tri they have repaired the deficiencies occasioned by a long period of previous neglect, and are able at this moment to boast a finer army in the field than any other power in Europe cat possibly produce; whilst upon their more natural element, the sea, they have jaunched a navy such as the world never before saw. Under these circumstances, the people of Eng: land felt that they were in a condition to enforce upon enemy, who wantonly provoked them to the combat, whatever terms they pleased ; and it is only because they fear that the peace now concluded through the medium of diplomacy may be less honourable and less durable than that which they wet@ fully prepared and resolved to win at the sword’s point, that they are led to hesitate in the expression of delight which the

our latest paperg xespecting the Treaty,

announcement of peace would otherwise afford to them. We

~ oe 22 per