eoill Is that ience not the ph'losoplter‘s stone which changes 
     
     the ingredients of the crust of t e earth into useful products, to 
     
     be further t.ausfoi-me.-‘l, by commerce, into gold} Is that 
     
     knowledge not the phtlosnpher's stone which promises to dis- 
     
     eloee to its the laws of life, and which must finally yield to us 
     
     the means of curing diseases and of prolonging life 4' _ 
     
     'I‘lie Professor after eriuineratiogynatiy of the great disco- 
     
     veries of the age, speaks of man in the following manner, 
     
     which to say the least is piqtiant enough. ‘ Scie_nce,’1ays the 
     
     Professor, ‘ has demonstrated that man. the being who per- 
     
     forms all these \vuttilire,ie formed of condensed air (or solidified 
     
     end liqueled gases ;) that he lives on condensed as well es un- 
     
     condeused air, that he prepares food by means of condensed 
     
     air, and In ll|"3l\I of the same agent, moves the heaviest 
     
     weights with the velocity of the wind. Bit the stranuesl P="[ 
     
     of the matter ‘is, that tliottsatitls of those tabertiacles for nod 0! 
     
     ..,.,j¢n.¢,| ‘if. ;,,_| gniii,-_; on two legs, occasion-.ill_v, and iiri 
     
     account of tire proluctio-i and supply of those forms of 00-’!- 
     
     densed air, which they require for food and clothing, or on ac- 
     
     count of their honor and power, destroy each other in 
     
     pitched battles. by means of condensel air; and further, that 
     
     many believe the peculiar powers of. thebmlilell. ¢0nS¢|°'|3 
     
     thinking and sensitive beings housed in this tabernacle, to be 
     
     1|“ pegulfi simply of this internal structure, and the arrange- 
     
     ments of its particles or atoms; while chemistry supplies the 
     
     clearest proof, that as far as concerns this, the_ ultitnaie and 
     
     most ininuie composition and structure. Wlllfill '9 l’°}_""“l ill” 
     
     reach of our senses, man is. to all appearance, indetitical with 
     
     the ox, or with the animal lowest in the scale of creation.’ 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mitirrar. EXCI'l'l)(lfl'|‘.-—Dt|d news weakens the iiciiori of 
     
     the heart, oppressee the lungs, destroys tho nppeitte,stops dtgcstiuit, 
     
     and partially suspends all the function of the system. . An 8:lIOIl0lI 
     
     -of shame flushes the face; fear blaiichoe it? joy illutirinutes it; and 
     
     and instant thrill electrilius a million of nerves. Surprise spare the 
     
     pulse into n gallop. Doliriuiii infuses great energy. Volttiozi coni- 
     
     mriiids. and hundreds of muscles spring to execute. P0\\‘t:l'ltIl‘ eino- 
     
     tioii often kills the body at n stroke; Cliilo, Diagoras and Sopho- 
     
     cles. died ofjoy at the Grecian guinea. 'I‘he news of a defeat lulled 
     
     Phillip V. The doorkee er of Congress expired upon hearing of 
     
     the surrender of Cornwa lis. I-‘.miiient public speakers have often 
     
     died in the midst of no itrIp.ISlIt|fl0\I burst ofeloquence, or when the 
     
     deep emotion that produced it suddertly subsided. l_.'irgr:ivL'. |_lI0 
     
    

    
     oung Parisian, died when he heard that the musical prize for which 
     
     o bed competed was adjudged to another. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Ptreuc Orn¢totr.—-Lot children be taught to set it true and 
     
     just value upon public opinion. Shotv them how the world h:is al- 
     
     ways treated its greatest men—-bow it has stoned its prophets, cru- 
     
     cified its Saviour, martyred its apoetles.—Show how fil:ItItl—-IIOW 
     
     iiidiscriminating it is" to this day—-bow ignorance speaks with the 
     
     same confidence, or even with more than knowledge--how the 
     
     heights and do the of the greatest minds are measured at once_ by 
     
     the conceit oft e smallest. Show how hard it is for people to praise, 
     
     how easy to blame. Call the attention of the young to be kind of 
     
     criticisms current ofbctli men and things in this muchdreaded soci- 
     
     ety. and let them say, if they really seek excellence whether they 
     
     ought to value such criticism.’ \\'hcii they have lllallefui any one 
     
     subject, let them listen to the flippant, trivial, conceited. shallow 
     
     judgments of the world of their acquaintance upon it, and let them 
     
     learn frorti that to tip reeiate the worth of public opinion, and judge 
     
     whether the desire o fume, based upon such public opinion, is worth 
     
     striving for, or ought much to influence their motives to action. 
     
    

    
     To appreciate it great man requires, if not one as great, still a 
     
     great man, and the judgments of the world, therefore, must he 
     
     either borrowed or errorieous—-more frequently the latter, as self- 
     
     conceit usually supplies any deficit-ncy of talent. 
     
    
   
   
    
     “ \Vhntever nature his in worth denied, 
     
     She gives in large recruits of needful pride." 
     
    
   
   
    
     Upon whom does fame bestow her rewards! Barely upon those 
     
     who most deserve them.—I)ons conscience approve the judgment 
     
     even of the most intimate friends with respect to our cliztrncte-rs? 
     
     how, then, can we expect the wor il or prosperity to the justice? 
     
     anill praise or blame that is not dis.-riaiinating, and just, who would 
     
     .vs ue? 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Later from Europe. 
     
    
   
   
    
     VVe snbjoin some interesting items of news received by the steam- 
     
     ship Africa, which arrived at New York on \Vednesday last. The 
     
     Africa brought out 1-H passengers and ll large freight. 
     
    

    
     The Queen is enjoying in short excursions the scenery of her 
     
     highland home. 
     
    

    
     'l'lte receipts at the doors of tlto exhibition on the Iltli were- 
     
     £2637, and the number of visitors 51,803. 
     
    

    
     A challenge has been sent up from thy benclimen at North Yar- 
     
     month, to sail one of their splendid yawls, the Reindeer, against the 
     
     yacht America for 100 guineiis. 
     
    

    
     Further accounts of the gold discoveries at Australia had been re- 
     
     eeived. and were highly favorable. _One thousand pounds of the 
     
     metal had been received at Sydney within it few days. 
     
    

    
     The weather was very fine for harvesting in England. 
     
    

    
     The liberation of Kosauth is supposed to have taken place, Sept. 
     
     flat. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ENGLA N D. 
     
     TR.ACES'0F SIR. JOIIN FRANKLIN. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The discovery of traces of the unfortunate expedition under Sir 
     
     John Franklin, by the American vessels Advance and Rescue, is 
     
     attracting much interest in England. A letter containing the follow- 
     
     ing mernoranda has been transmitted to the Ailmirality:— 
     
    

    
     Mrmoranrla. I. On the 26th of August 1850, traces were found 
     
     to Northtvard of Port Innis, \Vellington Channel, confirming those 
     
     previously found at Cape Iliiley, Capt. Omm:inney.—-'I‘hese cori- 
     
     eisted of fragments of clothing, preserved meat tins, and scraps of 
     
     papers, one oftheso bearing the name of .\IcDonald, medical ollicer 
     
     in the expedition. 
     
    

    
     2. On the 21th, Capt. I'enny’s parties reported graves. These 
     
     were at once visited by Capt. De Ilaven, Mr. Penny and Dr. 
     
     K-ine.—-'I‘hoy bore respectively the names of \V. Briiine. IL l\I., 
     
     and John Ilnrtnell, of the Erebus, and John Torrington, of the Ter- 
     
     ror, the date ofthe latest death being the 3d of April, 1846. Ad- 
     
     ded to these sad but unmistakable evidences were the remains of 
     
     the observatory. r-urpeiiter‘ii shop, and arrnorere’ forgo. Upon the 
     
     hill-side aitd beach were fragments of wood. metal and clothing, 
     
     end tacks of empty meat tiiis.—Everything indicated permanency 
     
     end orgrnizntion. There can be no doubt that the cove between 
     
     Cape Riley and Beechy Island, facing Lancaster Sound, was the 
     
     first winter station of the missing . ' . 
     
    

    
     The London News of the loth instant gives great importance to 
     
     these notes, and says: 
     
    

    
     " The intelligence of traces of Sir John I"renltlin and his compan- 
     
     Tions has been scanned with eagerness by the veteran Arctic explorers 
     
     now repcsing on their laurel: at Woolwich, and man of them are 
     
     sanguine in the expectation. that they may et have t e pleasure of 
     
     welcoming at less the surviving portion o tie nolile crews who left 
     
     _VVoolwicb in May. I845. with the Erehus and Terror. ‘ It may be 
     
     untereeting to know that the Royal Marine whose rave was found. 
     
     was Ser eaot William Bruins, of the Woolwieh ivieion, who vo- 
     
     lunteer to proceed tothe Arctic regions with the Exploring party, 
     
     although be had only recently returned from the service in China." 
     
    
   
   
    
     FRANCE. 
     
    
   
   
    
     I-ouie N.,, leon grows more anxious es I85! approaches. end the 
     
     115!“ conspiracy was supposed to impart strength to his cause; 
     
     '5" “'9 P°ll¢I. as if malicious, throw ridicule on the plolrliy making 
     
     :e route u some hundred and llfly German tsilors—fotty of 
     
     -whom, lbr eheer ebiirne. bed to be instantly discharged. 
     
    

    
     commercial ts of France continue favorable. 
     
    

    
     All strangers arriving in Paris with the intention of remaining 
     
     ‘V5070. Ire required to procure within three days a pcriiiil do so- 
     
     juerit.-—'l‘lrls crdiusnee, however, does not apply to travellers who 
     
     -In provided with peesperis. 
     
    

    
     Advices from Paris state that instructions lieve been sent by pro- 
     
     ‘VHIIIQM to the eeterniindani of the French usilrea at the Antil es, 
     
     es assist tlie'i£ebun Government in repelling aggressions of 
     
    
   
   
    
     h 
     
     American as. ' . 
     
     uecceete received from the Ilrssils, state that hostilities with 
     
     I Ayree were to eoiniieeee on the ldtli August. 
     
     |.GeuIaIs.:g€‘shnsrous arrests tcelr place at Pestltson ii: 815:: 
     
     - e ltibi ion of . of S 
     
     '%tIrel....‘ef.”.wbieh resembled‘ Namath.‘ "flu ‘ up . 
     
     Aoereu——A letter from Vienna states. that the Aenrian go- 
     
     +vereaeetleteedstetekesevereuieeseressplmtliePrase. 
     
    
   
   
    
     linen.-Advices I‘ St. Pstersb tieeueee tlieopeein 
     
     2l._*  Enipsrerln pd: 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Certain that bankers and discount some ‘now -°'""°' "'°'.' °'°'°' 
     
     l , than they did some months since. ll" 07°F °r wlfl" "WP" 
     
     nor in quantity and quality than that of last 1°“; 1"“ "‘ ill‘: 
     
     Provinces sugars well for the coining Wml°_l‘-_ 001}? WM d“ - 
     
     The British Funds do not exhibit much activity. Ilie_Bank of 
     
     England Meeting, ism tilt, resulted in e very favorable view of the 
     
     resources of the establishment. _ _ 
     
    

    
     The supplies of wood from the B. N. A. provinces, since the com- 
     
     menceriient of the year. have been above art iiveras" 'l‘""“"¥- ""5 
     
     the demand so extensive as to eeciire the sale of nearly every cargo 
     
     that arrived. \Ve note from \Viluier. 
     
    

    
     The sales effect during the last three weeks have been; (10 :- 
     
     iiecz Eleven cargoes ofyolluw Pine, at from Is} to Mid per foot. 
     
     with Red Pine at l6.I per foot; Oak, l8d to 20d per foot; I-.ln‘i. I5} 
     
     to Mid per foot; Asll, lid to lbd per foot; Deal.-I. £0 to 1.8‘ per 
     
     standard; Mercliriirtttble Pine Slaves, £40 to £42 per .\I.; Lulls, 
     
     £30 to £33 per .\I., |'ttiicheon Stave-. 1-12 l° -513 '0‘ P°‘' “-3 
     
     (tolls, no per ii.; and lnihwood, as. to 40- per M. One ‘_7‘“’ll" of 
     
     Pine Deals, at £8 2s lid for third, and £9 lis for second quality froui 
     
     £9 I2: 6.] to .21) 18.4 9.] per standard. . _ 
     
    

    
     sh jot",-,, N_[_;_; ()_.,|_,, 0,,-,, cgfgo of Yellow Pine (iiriporte.I by a 
     
     dealer) has arrived. 0.ie cargo of Spruce Deal‘. ll‘ 3-5 15! P" 
     
     standard, less £35. One to arrive, :it ft? lbs. lo” 50. “nil ll_V0 I0 
     
     arrive, at ES 124 6.l. per dl-‘lllllllftl, less Lid and £21) I‘:5‘|‘|I't!CIIVt!ly. 
     
     A parcel of llircli, with cargo, at I3jtl. P0!’ I00‘; “ml I-"""él' 29;‘- 
     
     per M. Other Cul.0SlAl. l’oit'rs :—t)ne cargo of -‘IL Sleplleu I 
     
     Spruce “dill! (diriierisimi widllis) at £'3 l:.’.ilil per st:iiiiIai_'-I, one of 
     
     Shelli to spruce at £3 lit per st'irtd:ird, one of .\Iitg:|g‘l ILIIIVIC Spruce 
     
     nt £3 as per standard, less it bonus; two cirgoes of Nova Scoiia 
     
     Birch at l3.l. per fnot.—Yellow Pine at l2.l. per foot. Spruce at 
     
     l0.I. per foot, Spurs I0.I, lit Idd. per foot, Ileiill £3 5-t. I0 .156 l0s. 
     
     and Latbwood 20s. to 25¢. per fathom; one cargo of I’. I-‘.. I. Birch 
     
     at l'.'.§d., Deals .431 ‘Is. 61. per standard, and Latliwood 20s. per 
     
     fullioilt. 
     
    

    
     'l'lie Duke of Newcastle has appointed two practical farmers, both 
     
     Protectiorrisis, to revalue all his farms to suit the circuxnstarices of 
     
     the titties. Tlii.-i has given great stitisfacli-ni, its ll. is considered is 
     
     very much aupcrior method of relieving tenant farmers than the re- 
     
     mission of roots. It is a pitv, that the landlords were not all oftlierii 
     
     in ii position to profit by His Gract-‘s example in this particular; but 
     
     the majority are poor, and are consequently compelled to gamble 
     
     with the tICCllpl~‘.|’$ of fariiis. _ _ 
     
    

    
     Ililliciilties with the Ilr.i'I.ilian govcrzimetit nro anticipitc I, as re- 
     
     cent accounts from South ;\llIt9I’Il)-I in connectiiin with the ('.l'tJ!l1||It! 
     
     against the slave trade iiboniliintly prove. Two more Ilrii7.ili:iii ves- 
     
     sels lirtve been tiikcii piisscssioii tit by Ilritisli cruisers, ldlléltll‘ circuitr- 
     
     staricas not by any means calculated to pour oil on the troubled wa- 
     
     tiers. 
     
    

    
     A line of steam packets is about to be established by the British 
     
    

    
     Goverrirtient between liiiglanil and the (Ion.-it of Afr'i<::i. Great re- 
     
     sults, morally and coninieri-inlly, are expected to flow frorii this 
     
     coriiriitiiticzilioii with that benightcd region. 
     
     ' In France, niiollier non of Victor Hugo has been irnprisoried and 
     
     sentenced to pay rt lint: ol';2llU'J frarics for publishing an article in 
     
     the Evcnotrient. This article accuses Louis Napoleon rind his court 
     
     of being identified with the I’.mperors of I{ii.-Asiii and t‘IlIl|'I.'|i~'\I1tI the 
     
     Kings of I'rii.-rsin itnd Naples. Those vindictive proceedings are 
     
     said to be producing it marked effect on public opinion, and the peo- 
     
     ple iirc bcgiiining to find otit, that the I’residency of Louis Napoleon 
     
     is a greater despotism than has been exercised since the Restora- 
     
     lion. 
     
    

    
     'I‘lic English fleet hats appeared off the coast of Sicily, to the great 
     
     aliirin of the despots in that quarter. 
     
    

    
     Prussiii has coiiipli.-ted it treaty with Ilanover which. altliougli the 
     
     rates of import duties are raised in the latter, the free traders in 
     
     l’.ugland coii.~ri.ler beneficial. Some consider this 'I'rc:itv as it death 
     
     bloiv to the Austrian " Free trade," while others think it will even- 
     
     tually torriiinntc in the breaking up of the whole Zollverieii, Dava- 
     
     ri:i, Saxony, and \Virtemburg, will probably secede from the Loa- 
     
     gne, rind thus split Gerntany into two groups. Willi the priltciple of 
     
     regulated protection not amounting to prohibition niljustoil to suit 
     
     the riialeriril interests of built. It is said that the Ilariae Towns will 
     
     follow the cxaiiiplo ofllanover, and become free liarboiirs of the 
     
     collective uiiioii. Tlir--re and other iiiovcirit-tits of it like nature, 
     
     headed by I’rtissi:i, \\'III of course provoke frcsli jcaluuiiies on the 
     
     part of Au-:tri.i. 
     
    

    
     British relations with Persia, in conjurirtion with Russia and our 
     
     poise.-isiozis iii the East, wear .t rritlicr tlireatciiiiig aspect. 
     
    

    
     Ad.liiion;il troops are to bo forwarded to reinforce Sir Harry Smith 
     
     at the Cape, and those serving at Mauritius lteve also been ordered 
     
     thither. ‘ 
     
    

    
     \Ve have had this week telegraphic dcspatchcs from Trieste, 
     
     with Indian news to the effect that none of the Niz:iiii's prnvirices 
     
     had been occupied, but that he was about to pity 40 lacs as an iii- 
     
     stalment, the remainder of his debt in one year, and give security 
     
     for the regular yriient of his contingent. A conspiracy to effect 
     
     the escape of oolraj. had been discovered at Calcutta. The scheme 
     
     was to fire the arsenal, and procure the liberation of the prisoners in 
     
     the confusion. Gholab Singh had been worsted in some conllicl. 
     
     near Ciishmere, nndn great many inert and a. large quantity of bag- 
     
     gage had been lost. The rebellion in China w.is spreading; all the 
     
    

    
     efforts of the irnperialtroo s to suppress it having proved unavail- 
     
     ing. It is said the rebels have taken and sacked the capital of 
     
     Kwangsi, near Canton. Piracies in the Chinese waters seerri to be 
     
     on the increase. The British Consuls in China rvill in future cease 
     
     to interfere or assist the Cliinees in the collection of duties. 
     
    

    
     The relations between the Ports and tlte Piicha of Egypt are 
     
     again becoming of II hostile character. It is alleged. we know not 
     
     with whattruth, that the Sultan objects to the construction of it 
     
     railway between Alexandria and Cairo, but some other differences 
     
     are more likely to be the cause of the exisiiing eontciitioos. 'I'lio 
     
     Piichri has armed the forts on the coast to resist arty attack; but 
     
     Lord Palmerston is not likely to permit any recotir.-to to hostilities 
     
     on either side. The news of Kossutli’s liberation is hourly cxpcctcd. 
     
    
   
   
    
     VALUAILE Ext-oit'rs.—'I‘lie total quantity of Dried Codfish 
     
     exported from the port of St. John's N. F., frorri the lat Jan. l8.'xl 
     
     to the 16th September of the same year iiriiounteil to 309,991 quin- 
     
     tii|e—tlie value of which \\'fl!‘[ll’tlI)lIllly over 1.‘2t)0,ll00. This is of 
     
     course cntircly itidcpenderit ii the immense qualities of seal oil, 
     
     seal skirts, &c., which form so ch large items in the Iixport trade of 
     
     St. John's‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     AUS'I‘IlAI.IA. 
     
    

    
     The Sydney papers confirm the news received here by way of 
     
     Englaml. as to the existence ofquantitics of the precious metal in 
     
     Australia. _ 
     
    

    
     The attention ofilie Government has been directed to it, and 
     
     the Governor, Sir Charles A. Fitzroy, has issued n proclriniation 
     
     in which he forbids any persons working the gold mines uiiiil such 
     
     regulations as may be found expedient shall be prepared and pub- 
     
     lished, on which licensee will be issued. It will be ditlicult, ap- 
     
     parently, for the government to enforce its decrees, as the rush to 
     
     the iriities is immense. 
     
    

    
     The following condensed statement ofe visit to the mines is for- 
     
     nished to the Sydney Empire : 
     
    

    
     " In the creek called Ophir, we found locnterl down the crack, 
     
     from 500 to 100 people, divided into parties from three to eight 
     
     each. busy in dry digging. also ivnsliin earth from the banks of 
     
     the creek, in all instances procuring, y means of cradling 
     
     washing more or less gold dust, many picking up lumps u 
     
     about one foot below the surface. 
     
    

    
     Some had been very successful, others obtained only small quan- 
     
     tities; met with .'tIr. Piper, who had just opened a bed of soft 
     
     slate; stood watching him gather, from crevices, several small 
     
     pieces of about half an ounce each; removed the dirt from the large 
     
     piece, and took it as a specimen, which I have now in possession. 
     
    
   
   
    
     and 
     
     gold 
     
    
   
   
    
     UNITED STATES. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The farmers of the interior of Pennsylvania. have been compelled 
     
     in many places, to feed their cattle on hty, the grass being so much 
     
     burnt up by the want of rain. 
     
    

    
     Tire Anviiin-sous or -r-ire LATI Junruzs: s-r Ben-oie. 
     
     -—It is estimated that the late jubilee was the means of circulating 
     
     upwards of halfu million dollars are our citizens. It has in fact 
     
     been a golden harvest for tradesmen, otels, eating and lodging 
     
     houses, liquor ebo . dr.r.. We lerirn that since Wednesday, eome 
     
     of our Canadian visitors have commenced their purchases for the 
     
     first time in the Boston market. several large ,n.-chases were 
     
     made down town on Saturdit . In a word, the Jubilee has mede 
     
     ills expend some nicney, but twillbe more than returned.—Bos¢on 
     
    

    
     es. 
     
    

    
     Tire I.etso1'it or 1'!II Pitoc rtseroir.—-'I‘he Procession on 
     
     Friday is believed to have been the longest ever organized in this 
     
     city. It was about two hours paesi ii iven int. It was eriii- 
     
     matod that it would extend in a streigdit lhie, at east ten miles, and 
     
     contained at least 10,000 persons. 
     
    

    
     The Ilsrtford Courant says—A young man living in Suffolk, went 
     
     into a stream to bathe. in company with one or two friends. Alter 
     
     diving several times and remaining for some time in the water, 
     
     he concluded to come out. after making one more dive. By way 
     
     of adding a vlltde variety to the lion, he made this last dive 
     
     with his list on; and the result was, that as he plunged into the 
     
     water. the eleubity ofthe elr contained in his but was such, as to 
     
    
   
   
    
     -farce heed eeddevil and unexpectedly one side. with such er 
     
     eetebreekltflneeh. He lived enouebtoiriskeusign in the 
     
     water to his ueui lees. who bin out and conveyed hint 
     
    
   
   
    
     beine heme, wltseuhedied shortly alter. 
     
    

    
     feet-wee account-e or site as-re A-i-1-use-r vi-eir 
     
    

    
     Ctrea.-—Pliillp S. Van Veelitee, one of the Lobe: buceeoeering 
     
     . the thleefUeetaeet,evrived et New Your yesterday In 
     
    

    
     Ill! Wlilfliullklsvlseestsrtsesruilissiasuoerol 
     
    

    
     lay d.whsveliewee eerrlsd b the sleep of war Albeey. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Iewllllifllbnewbewereh prlseeemeedvrlthtvre 
     
    
   
   
    
     others, as has already been stated, was rinsed and set free by 
     
     the Captain General of Cuba. through t e intercession  Captain 
     
     Plait, of the Albany. Van Vecliten Iltll. taken the enrltue topper- 
     
     tanity to conimiinicate to the public, his account of the expedi- 
     
     tron. 
     
    

    
     Lieutenant Van Vechter says, that up to the time he left, the 
     
     Spaniards could account for 21! Americans including Crlttenden s 
     
     corninand, who had been killed and wouoded—riieti who were loll 
     
     on the field sick end fatigued, men who gave out on the march, and 
     
     men wheni they hunted down in the riiountsine with dogs. Iliese 
     
     with I60 taken prisoners. make 43! accounted for—leaving it ba- 
     
     lance of 22 whose fate in yet_ unknown. Of these, probably the 
     
     greater portion are still alive to the mountains; and as the tron 
     
     have all been recalled to llavitna, some of them may yet succeed in 
     
     getting home. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CAN ADA. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The deaths from Asiatic Cholera at Quebec this season, tip 
     
     to the 20th inst., were I57. Two new cases and one death oc- 
     
     curred during the preceding twr-nty~four hours. _ 
     
    

    
     A 'l‘elegr-.iphie oport from Quebec. dated the 26th inst.. to 
     
     the News Room, states that the weather was beautiful. The 
     
     licalih ofthe City had im roved. 
     
    

    
     The English Bisliops o Quebec, Montreal, Toronto. Fred- 
     
     ericton. and Newfonnrllanil arrived at Quebec on the ‘.’-tilt iitst., 
     
     on board the Montreal. Their Lordsliips came to hold a Couri- 
     
     cil on the affairs ofiheir respective Diocese. 
     
    

    
     It was reported in Montreal on the previous evening that the 
     
     Canadian Ministry had resigned. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEIVFOUNDLAND. 
     
    

    
     The subject of chief interest at the present moment is the depar- 
     
     ture of a gentleman with entire assistants to explore this country 
     
     frotii the capital of the Islan-I to its most eoutli-western point, for 
     
     the purpose of constructing it telegraphic communication between 
     
     Newfoundland, the other British American I‘rov'inces and the United 
     
     States. 'I'lio mission is an arduous one, and is sure to be attended 
     
     with many difficulties, but it has been coirimittcd to a person who 
     
     has volurittirily taken iin interest in it, and who is reported to have 
     
     visitod the more distant colonies of the I’arerit State for the general 
     
     purpose of exploration. Ifso, Mr. Gisboruo is just the than we 
     
     want. to discover the hidden resources of the country -as llIt!_V may 
     
     happen to lie in the way of his direct route in the iiccuiiiplisliirierit 
     
     of the especial purpose with which lie is charged. 
     
    

    
     A story, for the truth of which we do not vouch, is told us, that 
     
     last full twelve months, a fishing boat with five liantls was driven 
     
     on shore itoniewlierenbout Gander Bay. and that tho crew being 
     
     absent longer than the usual time. iinoihor bout watt sent to It|tltIll’(' 
     
     after tliciir',——-tltiit they found the bodies. dead and sciilped; where- 
     
     iipori they rt-turned, and procuring four or live other boats, with 
     
     men well armed, returned to the former scene of uciion—-that they 
     
     they then fell in witlt ii party of sortie liuritlreds of lied Iridinirs, 
     
     Inftlly ofwlioni they shot down, the rest dlsperitlttg.——\Vo have the 
     
     nitrous of some of the parties, Unit‘ to have been coiiccriicd in this 
     
     trauszictioii, and we iiiny be enabled to say more about it in r|lIl‘lI|r!l‘ 
     
     ivoek or two. The popular opiitioii that the Red Indians of this 
     
     country are etteriiiiniited, is in our tiiiiil, it fallacious one-—-some 
     
     of the tribe have, upon credible iiuihority, been seen wiiliiii the 
     
     lust. few years; and the result of Mr. Gisborno's ri.-eearclres, even 
     
     in thic respect, may be of iriiporlaiice too, in very iuaiiy ways.——- 
     
    

    
     St. John's. JV. 1",, Sepl.. 5. 
     
    
   
   
    
     TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1851. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Several articles prepared for this diiy’s Paper, are unavoirhtbly 
     
     omitted. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ON Illa lllflllt of Friday last. and throughout the whole of 
     
     Saturday, and the following night, we were visited with a gale 
     
     of wirirl. of unusual violence, from the E. V. E., and violent 
     
     storm of rain, almost iinparellelled in the liistory of this Island, 
     
     from the loss of shipping accotnpftnyiiig it, and tiIltlg9lI|i*I' so 
     
     for the loss of life \\'IIlClI has taken place. Owing to the diffi- 
     
     culty of procuring accurate informatioii from all the districts on 
     
     the North side, we are unable to give any thing like it correct 
     
     account of ilie extent of the havoc occasiom-d by this tr-rrific 
     
     visitation, but, as far as we have been able to do so, will give 
     
     the result of our enquiries‘. 
     
    
   
   
    
     SIIIPWRECKS. 
     
    

    
     The Schooner ' James,’ (a fishing vi-ssel,) of Newburyport, 
     
     Currier, master, is cast away near l\I'Nal|y's Mills, Egmoiit 
     
     Bav—-advertised to be sold on llth inst. 
     
    

    
     The Schooner ‘ Mount Hope,’ (fishing vessel.) of Hingbam, 
     
     near Boston, is stranded at Cavendish—advertised to be sold on 
     
     Friday next. 
     
    

    
     The Schooner ‘ 0rnameni,' of Halifax, N. S., James IIop- 
     
     kins, master, is stranded on the sand beach between New Lon- 
     
     don and Uavi-.n«lisli—advertise«l to be sold on Friday next. 
     
    

    
     Schooner ‘Oscar Cules,’ (fishing vessel,) of llostoo, is on 
     
     shore near New London Harbor—-advertised to be sold on Fri- 
     
     dav next. 
     
    

    
     The Sr-liooncr ‘Caledonia,’ (fishing vessel.) Joseph York. 
     
     master. of Portland, U. S., lics near Mr. John Shaw's, Brack- 
     
     ley l’oint—-ailvcriised to be sold on Friday next. She was cast 
     
     away on Sunday at ll o'clock, having lost her masts and tin- 
     
     ging. she was left to the mercy ofitlm \t'a\'es—all the crow 
     
     safely landcd by a rope, and by the assistance of the people on 
     
     slltire. 
     
    

    
     The Schooner ‘ Union,’ of St. Andrews, N. Il., Luther M It- 
     
     thcws. master. is stranded near Mr. John Shaw's, Braeklcy 
     
     Point-—a<lverti.~ad to be sold on Friday next. She went on 
     
     shore on Sunday morning at one o’clock. At 12 o’clock at 
     
     niglit she was struck by trees, which carried away the innin- 
     
     sail.ihe only sail left. she then becamo unmanageable, and 
     
     drifted for the shore. On the receding ofihe tide at day-light, 
     
     all the crew not safe to land. 
     
    

    
     The wreck of a vessel grounded to the \Vestwarrl of Cove 
     
     Ilead Harbor, and immediately went to pieces, and it is con- 
     
     jectured all on bnird must have perished. About no barrels of 
     
     flour came on shore, and some other articles of dry goods. 
     
    

    
     American Schooner ' Triumph,‘ of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, 
     
     Frerlerirk Ilanniford. master, drove on shore about 9 miles 
     
     West of St. Peter's Harbor, on Sunday morning. 
     
    

    
     American Schooner ‘Alma,’ of Newburyport, John A_vl- 
     
     wood, master, came into Charlottetown this morning in 
     
     distress. 
     
    

    
     American Schooner ‘ Banner,’ of Hincliam, ‘.VIass., Isaac 
     
     Marshall. master, split her foreiiail, arrived in Charlottetown 
     
     this morning. 
     
    

    
     American Schooner ‘ Constitution,’ of Gloucester, Mass., 
     
     towed into Charlottetown Harbor the American Schooner ‘ C. 
     
     E. Haskell,’ Js- Haskell, master. which vessel was found dis- 
     
     mastcd between the North and West Cnpee of this Island. 
     
    

    
     American Schooner ‘ Naied Queen,’ of Coliiissett, Mass, 
     
     Sampson Hunt, master, drove on shore at 'l'racadie llsrbor. 
     
    

    
     American Schooner ‘Golden Grove,’ of Kennebec. Maine, 
     
     Benj. Thurlo, master, driven on shore at Trscadie Harbor. 
     
    

    
     American Schooner ‘ Nettle,’ of 'l‘ruro. Mass., Hopkins, 
     
     master, wrecked on the North side ofilie Island. 
     
    

    
     American Schr. ‘ Duroc,’ of Ameshuryv Maris., \Villiitm 
     
     Johnson, master, drove from her anchors in Tracitdie Harbor. 
     
    

    
     American Schr. ‘ Henry Knox.‘ of Cohssset, Mass.. Peiio 
     
     Turner, master, ‘ore about 4 miles to the Eastward of True- 
     
     edie Harbor. 
     
    

    
     American Schr. ' Charles Augusta,’ of Cohassct. Ma-s., 
     
     tllzseph Edwards, master, went on shore at St. Peter's Har- 
     
    

    
     r. - 
     
    

    
     /irnoricsn Schr.. ‘ Harriet Nowell.’ Thomas Burgess. mee- 
     
     ter. of Hsrvricli, Maee., cest away at 'I'.rIcedie.——9 hands lost. 
     
     American Schr. ‘ Lyon,’ of Cestine Msiiie.—Master, mate, 
     
     and six hands lost.—5 of the crew landed at Cavendish. 
     
     American Schr. ‘ Forrest,‘ Pagv-,nissier, of Newburyport, 
     
     cast away at St. Peter's. 
     
    

    
     American Schr. H Merv Melton.” belonging to Cestine, all 
     
     hands loet,—-nothing found, but a Box, cotitsinig the Register 
     
     cue, die. 
     
     with respect to the love eflife, correct results cannot ibl be 
     
     obtained. ueiil returuu shall have been made from the eepxfel ar- 
     
     lioere. The Cevonercf Qeeen’s Coeety started early yesterday 
     
     tIior_nlng for Cuvendih, to inquire Into the death of II persons whose 
     
     bodies lied been washed eehere at tliet settlement. Isverel 
     
     have also acute at Iustiee Island. Ire. In the pro- 
     
     portion of these last between New London and ltustieo. the 
     
     ztaml. .l|eue would gassed oee bend: divest!‘ We have .lI:Il’d that 
     
    

    
     undredsovmeleeeeoeed muse enter 'erieee 
     
     it-litmus as:-as Iuy to Dt.‘:eter‘e. ’ h" ' 
     
     ' r. “ ery Inonere,” illisui Deegee, reenter, be- 
     
     longing to this lsleerl, went on eliore,ces mile to the Eu; gt 
     
     St. Peter's llailicr,—edvertbed for sale eu Friday next. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Benieiuseeereeieehs ' crept late befollevr' peregru 
     
    

    
     have thought it proper tdigert it egeie borreeted  'h' '. 
     
     _ Dr. Ilsegregoressuted by Dre. Johnston end Pette, 
     
     tlrpated _e Scirrbcus _Tuinoi_ir from the breast of Mr. Alex. Nelsen. 
     
     El iot ltiver, a rare disease in man.  he operation was psrl‘orm.,g 
     
     _u_nder the influence of Cltloroform, which succeeded to in. ..;i.{,,,,_ 
     
     ttoii of all present. _ We understand tliet the patient is fut ,-..,,,.,._ 
     
     ing from the operation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     yesterday ex. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Copy of the Report of the Judges appointed to inspect the arm‘. 
     
     Crops for King's County. 
     
    

    
     We, the J ridges ti pointed to determine between the variou. 
     
     Competitors for the Fremiums offered by the Royal Agriciiliii. 
     
     rzil Society, for the best fields of Wheat and two rowed Ilarley 
     
     for I(inii‘s County, report, that after u careful inspection of the 
     
     same, we have agreed in aivard the first Prise. 
     
    

    
     For the best Wheat, to M r. Donald .\I'Donald. Lot 51. 
     
    

    
     Second best do. to Martin ltyrrie, Esq., Georgetown. 
     
    

    
     First l’rize for the best field two rowrd Bailey, to Joseph 
     
    

    
     \Vislitinati. Esq., St. Aiiilrew’s Point. 
     
    

    
     Seeoiid Prize to Mr. Allan ltI'DoiiaId, Lot 59. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Tuoitse Owen, jun. 
     
     Signed Wii.i.iiir Ai.i.v, 
     
     I’ir'i'i»:u Goniiori. 
     
     Georgetown, September, 1851. 
     
       
     
     "S'l‘llAl.\'lNG AT A cxxr AND SWALLOWING A — 
     
     CAMEL." 
     
    
   
   
    
     I-‘oit IIAllARD'l Gazrrre. 
     
     Illa. Eon-oit ; 
     
    
   
   
    
     A friend of mine at into in hand it cc of h 
     
     edited by l".tlwnrd \l,’helaii, ind! publishedpiiii tI‘|e‘2€I:Iygle|fi:l:|:li:. 
     
     in which is contained a rather lengthy editorial, heeded “ Th; 
     
     Fair," cominouiing in tho severest forms on the “ immorality" oo. 
     
     casionctl by the Royal Agricultural Society having appointed ii rig 
     
     for ilio exhibition of cattle. It cnniiot but be amusing to rm onyg 
     
     who knows the clinracter of the writer, to read an article from In‘; 
     
     pen on iiriinorziliiy; but, Sir, the inhabitants of Clitirlottetowrt and 
     
     IlI<I~IB few \\‘Il0 were present frorri the couitirv need not to be inform- 
     
     ed. that :i (J -tllc Show or I-‘air Day has iioi come otfso quigil fa,- 
     
     uiaiiy years put, its the one now alluded to. The irregeliiryigiu 
     
     rind druiiheime-is were far less than that which take place on talnsost 
     
     every Saturday‘s market throughout the year. \Vitli the exce tion 
     
     of ii few iiiiin-of-wrir eiiilore, scarcely iiti individual was to bolder.-n 
     
     intoxicatctl oti the day of the Cattle Show. ‘ 
     
    

    
     Two good and substantial rczisoris I will assign for it‘ First from 
     
     before tlnyllglll. to the afternoon of the day, it continued so It.) in 
     
     Wllll fill". Ill-"II not one person out of fifty came to town that otllrrr. 
     
     \\'I:U: would have come; Secondly, the Cornmittee of the :Agricuti,",,| 
     
     So.:ii.-t_v had publislied their determination to revent if possible 
     
     tho crirction of booths for the sale of spirituous liquors iin the de of 
     
     the Cattle Show, llIllI proper olliceru were employed and paid to 
     
     cirry out their rr.-solution. So effectually wire it done, that not on. 
     
     booth was on-cteil, nor one gloss ofliquor known to be drunk on 
     
     the ground. So rriuch for the truth of Edward \Vhelan’s stuiemgm 
     
     Hut, sir, had it in rcrrlily been as I5. \V. represented it a scene of 
     
     l “ rowdyisni, drunlzenitc.-is. turbulence, cheating, ly in ,'svveuriiig " 
     
     5 an ussa|iiI,l.igi5 of u ,1.-uuken wretches, to practise vil any art! rob- 
     
     l"”.Vv" ""‘l*"’ "'0 ‘.'"90l°l" mime of horse trading» and had there 
     
     been fifty booths erected for the sale of Whiskey, I beligvg it,“ no; 
     
     one sentciice would have been published by Edwurtl \Vheliin in re. 
     
     fcrciice to iiiiiriorality, tlrunketiiiese or horse swapping. In ,-«if 
     
     of my position, I beg to call attention to another nrticle publiehleld in 
     
     lh" """° P"l‘°"v h°"‘l°‘l " Th” Rflcel." coneerniri which be so I 
     
     " 'I‘ltursd:iy and Friday were gala lIiI\'I with the friends of the tuyrf: 
     
     the weather being very fine. it rnticli'|arger assemblage than nguiil 
     
     was attracted to the nice course, amongst whom we noticed several 
     
     geiitleriieii from the Neighbouring I'roviirces.” Not one won] ‘bong 
     
     “ d|'|"|l<'-‘||fl¢6*. lying. swearing or gooding the miserable brutes b 
     
     dint of thong and spur," 0 no, sir ! not one word about it rill 'usyt 
     
     .-is it should he, no immorality, d. kennels, lying swdriringj or 
     
     1'-lleflllllg. in connexion with a race course. Sir. wrist is the i-g.| 
     
     truth oftlie case 2 I would appeal to any one in Cliarlotteto .. who 
     
     llutl no Opportunity of knowing, whether for the one that was drunk 
     
     on the day of the cattle show, there were not from 29 ii, 50 dump on 
     
     either day nfilie races. The roads leading to the race course from 
     
     5 o'clock in the evening to 9 at night were all but impassable; one 
     
     geritlotriiiii on his way to town states, that one part of the mud win 
     
     complete.-Iy blocked up with horses, vehicles, men and women 
     
     fighting, shouting and yelling as tlic' hell was let loose; iiisoniuch 
     
     that he had to turn his horse, go back and enter a field. and so so 
     
     the obstruction. Another gentlcrnnn states, that, on the first do of 
     
     the races, he had occasion to travel in two or three directions ricer 
     
     Charlottetown, and lind to rise more than 200 forms ' on less nun 
     
     six of which, were the poop e seen at work, ultho' hiuidi-ad. if in; 
     
     thoiisands, ofncres of grain were either shaking out or dry in'|hgnf 
     
     waiting to be taken to the burn. the owners of which with their none. 
     
     were nearly all at the races : wet weather has since set in, and the 
     
     grain still remains unsecured. but the evil consequences resulting 
     
     from the races just terminated can only be fully known in eternity. 
     
     In 10 or twenty years‘ time. were you to ask many a drtiiiltard, 
     
     where he drank the first glass of whiske , he probably would 
     
     answer “ at the races.” \Vere Satan en his I..r_-gion to |,¢|d . 
     
     consultation as to the best means to increase their number of 
     
     voturies: riietliinks Ilte would say, establish horse races and for 
     
     itish till who rrtterid with it large supply of evil spirits. Sltoiild Whig. 
     
     key distill-.-rs hold it council to find out its Iiow they could udo t the 
     
     most effectual way to give the rising generation a taste for wliieko 
     
     they would naturally say, continue the races and send out n Ola 
     
     supply. It is supposed. that upwards of 13100 was Iporit‘ foi- 
     
     ‘‘'l''’k‘’.V "‘ ll” l““3 ‘'"“‘9- ll)’ the s.ile of which one individual (who 
     
     is ilio principal in getting them u )nettcd it considerable sum Ilia in. 
     
     ‘emu ii I" "‘ 5"‘ "“’ "“°°' ‘“"“"|“8t-l. and to make as IIIIIII. drunk 
     
     ards l|I possililie; Edward Whelnn is paid to whit:-wash hgzcond ; 
     
     and to make black appear white. I believe the head and frontutcif 
     
     lllo olfciico given by ilie Agricultural Society consists in their trying 
     
     to prevent drunkenness, thereby interfering with the profits of 
     
     Etlwtird \Vliclaii‘s patron. By denouncing the cattle show and 
     
     glossing over the races. E. W. has strained, so as to swallow some. 
     
     thing larger than ll pill; otliervriee, I am not a good 
     
    
   
   
    
     OBSERVER. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Charlottetown, Oct. 3, 185]. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Diril, 
     
    
   
   
    
     sII00.'IIlII{ef, aged 55 years. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘lure’ scmhmd’ Ile emigrated to this Island from Rose- 
     
    
   
   
    
     in the year I82]. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Enuttrlirlt, 
     
    
   
   
    
     On the llth ult., nt Monte it ‘ ‘ 
     
    

    
     "I0? l5|'l!.'. Of 230 tons me.‘lltIF9l.l‘1!fl't',’C"dl'I|0tdfi'::I’O  
     
     A. II. Yates, Clixirlottetoivn. ' 
     
    

    
     On ilio 23d uli., from the shipvsrd of Capt. M‘Millan & Brothers 
     
     Ru-uicom vary it... Ilrigt. mica‘ the Oresm-—she is infended for of. 
     
     Netvfoundlnnd market. 
     
    

    
     On Saturday. the 21th uli., at the East River, Charlotte- 
     
     ‘°‘"“- ll" M" ‘L L""8"0I'llI. I very flue bar-que of Mt tons new 
     
     measurement. called the signs. ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dassrttgcre. 
     
    
   
   
    
     I In the Vernon from Liverpool, Miss Margaret Binnu, from Seat. 
     
     and. 
     
     In the Fchooner Rob Iloy, for Shediae, en route to California- 
     
     Monrion Jervis, ‘ .. Messrs. Leonord Cooney, Robert Inge 
     
    

    
     mite Westecott, illinm Ilencoek, George Gardiner, J 
     
     Smith, George Poiiltney, Christopher Belt, Juivioe II n, J g 
     
     Lackey. James M'.\IulIen, Joseph Taylor, Donald Curr . Jeesee 
     
     Currie, James lllilner, George Milner, Churlee Ilowntt, Willium 
     
     Ilotviitt, Alexander Brown, Stephen r'I‘renemnn, James Dedd.—3I. 
     
     By the Sliediuc Packet for California, David O'Neill. 
     
    
   
   
    
     iilort of Olliarlcttrlaiiiit. 
     
    
   
   
    
     errreuen: 
     
     Oct. l—Schr. Fairy. Ciihooo, fishing so . 
     
     Williern Nelson. Cheppnllrmy Verte; deule. 
     
    
   
   
    
     8 Lady Bsnnerinen, Campbell, New York; bel. 
     
     ctnaen : 
     
     Oct. l—-Schr. Rob Roy. Ternbull, Shedieet lildee, eklee, pus‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     w "ii" M A ' in 
     
    

    
     ave, . core, I: 
     
    

    
     I I‘ er. M0D0ltI"°Id,sIL°.I‘l‘I..— & uni’.- 
     
     Wllllem Nelson Cbappel|.IIiiy Verte. A 
     
     James Fraser, lI'Ilue, bul. 
     
    

    
     O I-Zniily, Webster, Pictee; Iroe. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     filiiii Nuns. 
     
     Three American 
     
     Saturday night. tbe':‘th 
     
    
   
   
    
     ell. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     115 
     
    
   
   
    
     An" " “"3"'l“5 l""°"9.0n Saturday Inst, Mr. John Mitttheweon, . 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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