ee ee ie er misanthropical, but I do love you with my| whele soul. Can you—will you be my wife,| the darling wife that | onee hoped you would | be, even although I can never be such a hus- band as | promised to hecome ?’ «L will, Robert,’ answered Fanny. ‘ My heart hae never wandered, and my trust has) never failed.’ [hers was a minute of perfect silence while the long-parted lovers tuok in the ver- tainty of their bappinoss, and then Miss Wil- eon dropped her eye-lids, straightened her igure, put ov e@ rigid eepect, and rang the bull. ‘Can it be possible,’ cried Mr Vernon * that Madam Colcord and Fuany \Vilson ere | the same? | aon scarcely believe it, and yet | felt when | first saw you « strange con- teat sad heme became home to me as it had never been before. 1 had resolved to driak | this evening to the long continuance ol | our relations; now | will drink to their; speedy change.”’ } Five years have passed since that eventful | Christmas, and Mr. Vernon bas been reborn | iate a life of love and happiness, ap. of useful. | vesa. All his haughty reticence, all hie bit- terness have vanwhed. With his Fanny at hie side, and her image on his knee, looking with gleeful eyes inty bis own and trying | to syliable the word * father,’ he almost be- | liewes that the blighted, barren years whieh | closed bis youth and yshered in his manhood | wore a dream, and that his wandermgs be-| gen end ended with the evening twilights| and the rising of the morning star. reen- slope is itself again—smi‘ing and verdurous in its master’s smile. ‘Che broad ring ol stone has been replaced by a low iron fence, throwgh the fagciful paterrs of which the veriest child cgn ecan the treasures within its round. Tie smoothly shaven lawn is bril- hantly greee yoder the spray of the showery fountains, and the conservatory rivals the tropics in hues and fragrance. The house is filled for half the year with guests from abroad, but they are no more welcome than the villagers who are invited as {reely as they. The poor student finds there book- fur his library aod woney fur his purse, and the artist struggling with penury sees his eanwass torn to gold by the magic of his host aud hosteas. There the hangry are fed and | the bomeless provided with shelter j nf There | all geode charities live and bloom, and) eougtiess families bless the day in which} Madaw Colcord was transformed into Fanny | W iison, Mr. Vernon's first aad ouly love. SSS ‘Yur Rawway Disasrer ty CANADA.—The Montreal Gezette has seme particulars of the dreadiid accident on the Grand Trunk Railway in Camada. The drawbridge through which the ewigrant train fell is described as #>our fiity feet high, seventy feet wide, and twelve hundred feet hong. The signal at the bridge is visible for over five hundred teet beyond the furthest abutment ot the bridge, making the distance at which it could be seen tully one thousand seven hundred fect The rules of the company make iC lupera- tive os all trains te come toa dea! stop on ap- proaching the place. Had this rule been observed the catasuwphe would have been prevented. One wiuute aud w half, in poiut of time, would have prevented it; for a steamer with sa barges in tow was ju the act of passing through. Four ot the ex barges had passed through, the train bcing precipitated on the filth barge, which was euok. Had this barge not broken the fall and kept the cars out of the water, many more hives would assuredly have been lost. It is said that the entire responsibility of the disaster resta with the engine driver, William | Harney. He could not fail, if he had beeu dving | hus duty, to have seen the sigual when 1700 feet | off, giving him ample space to have stopped thie | trai ia aceurdance with the company's fixed) tule. The night was aweoligut oad perfectly clear, aud the whele face of the country such aa cvuld pot be mistaken. He had, in tact, stopped at the st. Hilaire station cluse by, and could not fail to have known that danger was immediately | besend. He had been employed i) this section | of the coad for eleven years, so he cannot plead iweapesience. He had commenced as a firewan ou the line, and in cousequence of hia steadiness, industry and ability has been promoted in the usual way. Instead of stopping be had run the train right inte the abyss; the engiwe plunged jute the water alongside the barge, and is out of sight; the eleven cars were piled on the tep of each other in the utmost confusion. They were all « pertcet wreek, and Tome of them were susaehed to atoms. The passengers were Austrians, Prussians. Swedes, Danes, Bohemians, Poles, aad, in one or two cases, Italians. They were bound for Wis- consin via Chicago—most of them tv meet friends already settled in that region. | -_-- > o-— A terrible accident occurred lately on the Grand Trunk Railroad at St. Hilaire, about nine- teen miles from Montreal. An imeigrant train of cara, with 354 German emigrants went through the Belayd Bridge ito ter teet of water. At latest accounts 45 dead bodies, and 30 or 40 badly injured, had been taken from the wreck. The engineer has been arrested and sent to jail. -_—_-- SP oe The Halifax papers state that the Archbishop, on last Sanday week, proposed to the Catholic Congregation to raise £2,500 for the erection of a School House for the poorer classes in the com- munity, and a dwelling for the Christain Brothers, whe have promised to undertake the management ef the Schooul, A meeting was held in the Cathe- dral after Mass, and £1,000 was subseribed, six or sexes gentlemen putting down their names for LK each. Bequests of the Arebbishop, and ot Rev. Me Geary, will also be applied to tuis purpose. anpeneennrttiiitdpeiipinanea Accounts from Buenos Ayres represent affairs therein avery bad condition. Mei are murdered fur meney, and for very small sume; from re- venge, from jealousy, and from the passion of a moment. ln open day, in the early evening, in the public thoreughtares, in the thronged streets, anti the parks, murders have averaged for a long time mere than one a day. he police are sadly deficient in preserving order, and there is the mest alarming state of things. 1h is asserted that uive-tenths of the people go ariued constantly. rr A letter from Alexandria, Egyp!, to an English paper eays:—* The Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, re through Cairo, on bis way to India with Bis mother’s body, saw and tell in love with a girl at the Presbyterian Mission School, the daughter .ot one of the partners in a leading Eng- lish weceantile house, and alter some hesitation oa her part the matter ia settled, and they are to be margied in a few weeks. The Avaerican mis- simary tells me that she is one of the most beautiful girls, both in person and character, that he bas ever seen or known; and, like the Maha- rajab himself, is a devout Christina. et Sf ‘The & Eugenia has decreed the down- tall.of high bonnets. She has adopted a suall, ruuod siape, encireling the oval of the face, and slawst always garnished with a fringe, either of jot. white beads, or siraw, which falls upon the haw. a The Reyad caatle of Stolzenfe's in Germany, where Queen V.etoria was so oplendedly enter- tained sume years since, was yisited by bur- giars receoWy. Ubey carried off with them. among other valuable prizes, the state sword which the city of Paris gave Napoleon on the birth of the King of Rome (it came into the Prussians’ possession on the fiei\do! Waterloo, where it was found in Napoleon's carriage). and a state sword which once belonged to Murat. The hilt and seabbarid of both these swords were of pure gold, highly ornamented with precious stones. The steci blades were jound near the castle. ae - 4 California correspondent of the Rockland Gagette thys speaks of the wants of Calitor- nia -—* What Cglitornia needs most to-day, « rain. — Mbat she wants toemorrow is seventy-five (ugueand feygales ; which would equal the male population, according to the Jeet cepsus.”? ——— Pe ————~ An aceount of an enormous aseale, the Jargest perhaps in the cougtry,’’ bas been ging the rounds of the papers, as having ‘n reoantly finished at Cidelund, for the Fort Pitt Works, Its capagity is equal to ae Enormous a8 éhis scale | small in comparison with many of Vairbanks Weigh leas Scales, used ad Wis Mile Canal, which weigh five hundred tuns, Senet hooey kick readily ifs bucket is on ths platform when ba- lgnced. At Boston there be Railroad Track Beales.) 0 feet long. of the save. wake, which weigh one bugdred and thirty tons, and so ae tr, Che Exanin ——_oOo— ———= = Charlottetown, July 11, 1864. LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE. Tue R. M. Steamship Asia arrived at Halifax oo last Tuesday night, ia 10 days from Liver- povl. The Mail tor thie Island arrived here about 12 o'clock on Thursday night. The news is important as regards the aspect of Muropean affairs. The Conference on the Dano-German qvestiva appears to have ended in nothing, and preparations were in progress tur renewing hos- tilities. There seems te be little duubt now that England will be drawn into the war on the side of Denmark. We learn from the United Service Gazette that orders have been issued to prepare and hold in readiness for mediate use the ne- cessary warlike equipments for 30,000 troops It is stated ia other journala that the Cabinet are unanimous in the course Which they intend to pursue, and that it will be such as will prove highly acceptable to the temper and disposition of the people ut England, which clearly means arwed,hostility ty Austria and Prussia. We give in our present No. elaborate accounts of the Dano-German question, fur comments upon which we have no space. An event which has excited much sensation in Europe, and which will create greater sensation in America, especially in the Northern and Suuth- ern States now at war, is the Naval Fight be- tween the U. States Ship Kearsage and the Cun- tederate cruiser Alabama, sv destructive aud 8e long a terror tu the U. States mercantile wariue. Che engagement, which had been long eagerly sought for by the Kearsage, and which was the result of a challenge from ber, tovk place near Cherbourg, on the coast of France, and ended, after one hour and a half, in the tetal destruction of the Alabama, and the death by battle and by drowning of many of ber men. Commander Semmes and a cousiderable number of his officers and crew, whese bravery is highly extolled, es- caped almost miraculously, aad found refuge on | board of au English yacht which wituessed the | ongagemeut. The other vessel was net much j damaged, and sustained only slight loss of life. But we must refer our readers to the extracts be- low for a full account of the combat. The Eng- lish and French people sympathise with the survi- vores of the Alabama in the loss of their ship; but we have no aympathy for the fate of a vessel which inflicted fearful destruction on weak non- combatants, quietly pursuing the paths of coni- merce; and if she Were net a pirate, as she has been sv often designated, she was very little bet- ter than one. Privateering and piracy ave so nearly related, itis difficult to draw a distiuction between them. The belligerant Powers in the States are now happily the ouly ones amongst uations which recognise the barbarous practice of privateering, The death of the well known William Smith O'Brien, announced the other day by telegram via New York, is confirmed. Mr. O'Brien died in Wales, whither he had proceeded fur the benefit of his health. The deceased gentleman committed some grievous errors in the course of his political life, but he was amongst the best of Ireland's latter day politicians—he was a shrewd thinker, an able and vigorous writer, a ready des bater.and the most unselfish of nnodern politicians. Ot the Young Ireland party, to which be belonged, and now seattered all over the globe, he was the wisest and most disinterested, though perhaps act the must brilliant. FRANCE, ITALY, AND THE ROMAN QUESTION, According to @ letter from Turin, the Marquis Pepoli has left that capital for Paris, charged with a semi-official wission, the object of which is said to be to propose to the Emperor Napoleon a new mode of solving the Roman question, by transferring the provisional capital of Italy from Turin to one of the cities of the Marches or of Um- hria, thas having it as near Rome us ible. The project also involves a system of disurm- ing and financial reform. THE MEETING OF THE SOVEREIGNS OF AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA AT CARLSBAD. The Emperor of Austria arrived at Carls- bad on Wednesday. The King of Prussia, accompanied by Herr Von Bismark and bis military sué/e, at once paid a visit to the Emperor, which the latter returned, The King of Prussia entertained his Imperial Majesty at diuner at two o clock. RUSSIA. The Journal de St. Petersbourg states that the harbour of Sebastopol is being cleared of the bulls of the ships sunk at the entrance of the port at the beginning of the Crimean war. Ihe same journal adds that in three years the ra‘ltoad from Muscow to Koursk will be extended ty Sebastopol. THE INSURRECTION IN ALGERIA. Official despatehs from Algeria represant the news as daily becoming more decisive. Genera! Deligny has penetrated tu the centre of the rebellion in the south of the province of Oran, and similar successes bave been achieved in the Tell. It is thought that military operations will terminate in the be- ginning of July. SPAIN AND PERU. In Wednesday's sitting of the Congress at Madrid, Senor Pacheco said :-—‘* The squad- ron in the Pacific will be reinforced. The Chincha Islands will be occupied until the assassins of Talambo are punished, and it is proved that the Peruvian Government was foreign to the attempt on the life of Senor Mazarredy, recently Spanish Minister in Peru.”’ REPULSE OF GORDON FROM CUANG- CUOW-FOU. Suancuagk, May 7.—Major Gordon and the Futae have thrice assaulted Chang-Chow- Foo, and have been each time repulsed with great lors. The city still holds out. FAILURE OF THE CONFERENCE. The Conference met at the appointed hour on Saturday, and sat unusually Jate. We are sorry to say that no very pacific infer- ences are to be drawn from this protracted meeting ; but that, ou the contrary, it was owing to the unsutisfactory nature of the proceedings, and to the almost stormy dis- cussions which took place. The principal business of the meeting was the consideration of Lord Rusgejl’s new proposition to refer the future boundary line between Denmark aod Germany to the arbitration of a friendly wer. ‘To this the representatives of the German Powers and of Denmark alike de- murred, each party fearing that his rights would be compromised by the decisiun of the neutra! Power selected as arbiter; the Ger- mans still insisting upon the line from Apen- rade; the Danes equally firm not te abandon an inch of ground west of the Dannewerke and the Schlei. The representatives of the German Powers were on this occasion more than usually threatening and evtravagant in their demands. ‘The Uonference is adjourned antil Wednesday. The Conterence met on Wednesday at three o'clock. All tue members were pre- sent. It broke up at six o'clock. The pro- 1 of arbitration was rejected by both russia and Denmark. Austria joined with Prussia in declining to accept the English propositions. ‘lhere was, on the part of Prussia and Austria, an offer which in such cigcumstunces can only be looked upon a @ mockery. This was, that any Power that chose might arbitrate on the question of frontier, but that they would reserve to themselves the right of rejecting sensitive that # bawmer thrown on the plat-|the award. {¢ is needless to say that this form will turs the beaw. absurd » was scouted ty te represen- A = tatives of this country, and was justly held ges ie death of the poet Words.! by them to mean chat the two Sicemas Stnanal ee he ee ® farmer of the neighbor-| were determined to braye the public opinion a Reet ol ee ** You have a|of the world, and proceed to the last extre-| ex ee bet tent. je you} mity in their career of yiclegas. ‘There is. said the farmer, + be is deal, but S hey ns eke paatnnae.” Tibts dae Soy eter © wife carry on ¢ business, and doubt sake it 89 profitable as ever ut was.’’ + am i ; >) os 5 . . e would be the only arbitrator ible, he haying acquired the right to sv distinguished — — a an honour by the attitude he has hitherto held. But Prussia maintains ber view that a safe basis on which to establish a line of demarcation can only be determined by con- sulting the inhabitants. The proposal of England seems to find some support from | Austria, who wishes to prevent her frow tak- ing part in the war. England bas declared that on the renewal of hostilities she will lace herself with her fleet at the sidu of enmark. Hence @ prolongation of the armistice has this time a special importance, since possibly it may prove u question of the |commencement of a general Kuropean war. | Whilst England insists upon a prolongation of the suspension of hostilities, Prussia wishes to bring about a real armistice for a long period, settled on precise conditions, and with a mutual engagement to give four weeks notice of the cessation.’’ The Correspondenz hopes that the meeting of Count Rechberg and Herr von Bismarck, as also the personal interview of the two Sovereigns, may lead to a closer union on the question of thearmistice. The semi-official Norddeutsch Zeitung of Thursday says: —‘* Advices received here from Schleswig state that the troops are again moving northward to take up their position. ‘Thus we are again on the eve of war. Z the armistice has been rejected, and the line of the Schlei is maintained as the utmost concession.’’ THE APPROACHING CAMPAIGN IN JUTLAND. The semi-official Berlinyske Tidende, a Co- penhagen paper, publishes the following upon the prospects of a resumption of the cam- paign in Jutland :—* We have received in- telligence from Jutland as to the intentions of the enemy of a very discouraging charac- ter. ‘I'be Prussian officers, we are informed, use the same language everywhere, and facts unfortunately only confirm the correct- ness of their warnings. All agree in stating that should war recommence they have orders to conduct it with a rigour which will leave far behind the scenes of pillage and devastation fof which this hardly-tried pro- vince has hitherto been the theatre. Noth- ing less, in fact, is proposed than to carry off the cattle, horses, end all movable property, to cut down the crops and to give the towns and villages to the flames ; in short to renew all the horrors of Mongol or Tartar warfare. The detested name of General Vogel von Falkenstein is only too sure a guarantee of the barbarous manner in which these orders will be carried out. Let it not be believed, either, that these are simply threats meant to intimidate. ‘Those offivers who have not lost every sentiment of humanity themselves advise the inhabitants to profis by the delay which still remains to them before the ex- piration of the armistice, to send their women and children to the island, and to bring their most valuable property into places of safety. The sickles intended to cut down the crops have been served out to the regiments, aod every preparation is already made for the commencement of this unheard of proceeding after the 26th June. The population are avare of these facts and look forward to the appalling prospect with terror; but they remain unalterable in their patriotism and daily forward addresses to the Government. declaring themselves reedy to endure any sufferings rather than see a peace concluded which would compromise the independence and liberty of the country.’’ THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN DENMARK. Daybladet contains the following :—** As it was tu be expected, the arrival of Baron Otto Plessen from St. Petersburg gave the signal for fresh disturbances in our political position. We hear that « very serious crisis roke out in the Ministry, oceasioned by a difference of principle in the views of his Majesty the King and his responsible advisers Three days afterwards the difference was settled. THE CONFERENCE BUBBLE. THE DIE IS Cast. England has received the only reward which it was possible for Germans to give, in return for the forbearance now only tu be deplored by every Englishman Germany, not content with having been delivered from destruction by England over and over again, A two months’ prolongation of the) —— ee perilled ' commodate the feelings of courtly circles; but now the people of Kngland expect Eng-| lish Ministers not only to threaten, but to! dare and da. We are well aware how in- fluence has been brought to bear upon the Government, and it does Lord Palmerston credit that he has exercised so much pa- tience ; but now that every fair suggestion from England bas been received with con- tumely, it becomes the duty of England's Minister tg make a appeal to the Parlia- ment, and if that should fail, to the people, who never failed to support an Englishman ready to do his duty to bis country in spite of the frowns and intrigues of Courts and Crowns.— London News of the World. A DISASTROUS LITTLE WAR. The steamship ‘* Gladiator’’ is on her way to Cape Coast Castle, to bring from that pes- tilential spot those of the men who remain alive of sa unfortunate expedition against the King of Ashantee, unheard of in England antil intelligence arrived of the calamities at- tending it. lt was an injudicious proceeding to commence a war againsta barbarous Afri- ean potentate in a deadly climate more des- tructive to European life than barbarian arms can be; and it must have been authorised without the forethought and consideration of the Colonial-office. It is likely enough that greater care will henceforth be observed ; but the present circumstances are serious enough to provoke animadyersion, whilst they also inspire universal regret. ‘The papers just presented to Parliament, enable us to understand the origin and pur- pose of this lamentable expedition. Tney commence with a despatch from the Governor of the Gold Coast—Governor Pine, dated December 10, 1862, wherein, as well as in subsequent communications, the troubles are described, which had been caused by the Gio- vernor’s refusal to deliver up runaway slaves to the King of Ashantee, who had taken re- fuge with a friendly tribe. These troubles inspired an apprehension in the mind of the British Governor that they would lead to “a serious and lingering war.’’ Throughout this country there exists a hamane and right- eous abborreoce of slavery; and as far as moral influence can be benefivially exercised against the unholy traffic, it is desirable el- fect should be given to the national seotiment by functionaries in those parts of the world where the traffic is carried on, But the na- tional sentiment dues not approve Quixotic antagonism, which, while its beneficial ef- fects are doubitul, entails a vast expense uponus. ‘The war against Ashant-e, sudden- ly terminated, now that its calamities are known, 18 said to have cost us a thousand pounds a day, and ** cannoteven on the most moderate estimate be put at less than £12,- 000 or £14,000 a month.’’ The loss of life is still more deplorable than the expenditure of the money. Men have been carried into a swamp of pestilence and fever, and have perished without once beholding the enemy ; tor the King of Ashantee, knowing the effects of the climate, has sat snugly in his palace, with bis warriors, awaiting there for such of the invaders as were able and willing to approach-them. On the 12th May, 1804, Governor Pine, writing again in complaint of the King, says,.*+ { will not conceal the earnest desire | entertain that a great blow shall be struck at Ashantee power, and the question set at rest forever as to whether an arbitrary, cruel, and sanguioary monarch shall be forever permitted to insula the British flag and outrage the laws of civiliza- tion.”’ it is not always prudent to accept an insult, neither 1s it consistent with sound po- licy to be hasty in vindicating the laws of ci- vilization, where those laws are perfectly understood. The Governor of the Guld Coast suggested to the then Culoniai Secretary, the Duke of Neweastle, to ** urge upon her Ma- jesty's Government the policy, the economy and even the werey of transporting to those shores an army of such strength a3 would, | with the allied native forces, enable us to warech to Coomassie, and there plant the British flag.’? ‘The Governor is sensibie that to uw stranger such ® Course may appear & visionary one, but he 1s convinced that ‘even with all the disadvantages of climate the expedition would not be so dangerous, so fatal, or uccompanied with such loss of life as bas attended expeditions in other and ap- parently more genial ¢limes.’? The Duke ot forgetiul of the toleration we have shown tu her proceedings in Llungary, Poland, and Italy, uomindful of the subsidies se received in days past fur services tardily rendered in tields fought for her preservation, and ready also to ignore the many alliances made with our Royal House, now comes to prove her base ingratitude and her utter selfisliness in pretending to give to Schleswigers that which she denies to Hungarians, Poles, and [talians. The lesson will never be lost upon us, in all coming time, that we bave nothing to hope, and nothing tu fear, from the race of people capable of the atrocities of Sonder- burg and Jutland. We were deserted by Austria and Prussia once before, and now we have had proved the ** huge ingratitude "’ which has been suspected in England as the tuling motive in German policy. In the Conference, the Eno:lish Plenipotentiaries made the reasonable proposal to submit the exact line of demarcation in Schleswig to the arbitrawent of a foreign Power. The Kings of Holland and Italy could have easily deter- mined the wail of partition between tle Ger- mans and the Danes, but the German Pleni potentiaries would not agree to a proposal su reasonable, because it seemed to them to es- tablish a law which the German mind is not now in the mood to observe. Prussia and Austria coolly proposed, indeed, that the line of separation might be arbitrated, but that they should reserve tu themselves the power to set the award aside if it did not meet the views of Germ oy. Audacity and selfishness could noé go further, for the object of this suggestion was to waste the summer, during which only the Danish fleet can effectually blockade the Baltic ports, in order that Prussia in the winter may overrun and con- Tt tne whole of the Duchies and also utland, which she covets 80 much. The Danes were not so easily caught, and therefore they refrained from dving more in the Conference than giving a simple assent to the —, of a territorial concession. They declined to assent to an arbitration until their antagonists promised to bind themselves by the award. It is true that next week Prussia will overrun the whole of Jutland, but then the Baltic ports will be blockaded, and this is just the season when Prussia will feel the effect of the biockade most acutely. The advantages of the posi- tion are decidedly with the Danes, for if Jutland is now nearly, and really whoily lost, the German Ports are open. Next week the German ports will be closed, and it depends upon the neutral powers what course events must take. England is bound by the treaty of 1852, and equally bound by all her acts, despatches, and the declarations of her Government to go, not to the aid of Den- mark, but in her own vindication as a Great Power. Unless treaties are to be reduced to the value of the paper on which they are written, the Treaty of 1852 must be upheld as between ourselves and Prussia and Aus- tria, or else we must hold ourselves released from all our obligations with these Powers. But in @ case like this, the boldest course may be the best. Earl Grey months ago suggested the appearance of the British fleet. with a due proportion of our army ,at Venice. If Austria is suv anxious to give liberty to Schleswig-Holsteiners, she surely cannot ob- ject to England doing the sume for Venetians. A shot fired in the Adriatic would light the meeting of the members of the Conference to sign the protucols ; but there is no proposal now before the Conference, nor has any sub- ject been referred. Virtually, the Confer- ence only meets again formally to recurd its failure. A telegram from Copenhagen states that Englaad had asked the Danish Government whether the port of Korsoer on the Great Beit could, in case uf necessity, supply pro- visivns for twelve British vessel of war. IMPORTANT DECLAKATLION BY ENGLAND. Bertin, June 25.—The semi-oflicial Pro- vinzial Correspondenz of to-day publishes an article headed ** War or Peace,’’ which con- cludes thus :—** If the proposals of England in reference to the line of demarcation were at all acceptable, the Emperor of the French flame of revolution, and if Denmark is des- iled, Hungary and Italy would gain. A kade of the German ports, at least, is the necessary measure to be first taken by our Government. They have endured much,and aoa 4 " Ps = Xo . - i | Neweastle received this suggestion untavour- jably. The proposal of a regalar invasion to be wade upon that oetion, his Grace observ- ed in reply, ** and of & waren upon their ca- pital, is tuo serious to admit of any encou- ragement.’? Subsequéntly, however, a more favourable view appedrs to have been taken by the home authorities for the proposed ex- pedition, fur we find Sir. F. Rogers, in the absence and by authority of the Secretary of State, informing the Governor that his re- quest will be complied with ; and ** it is hop- ed that should the King of Ashantee take the initiative a severe punishment will be in- flicted upon him.”? Thus bad began, and worse was to follow. ‘Tbe origin of all this trouble is traced to the escape of two of the King of Ashantee’s subjects, who, it was al- leged, had stulen some gold belonging to the King. They had taken refuge among the tribe called Fantees, who occupy some por- tion of the territory between the B itish set- tlement and the frontier of Ashantee proper. The Fantees, in reply to the King’s demand for the extradition of the culprits, behead- ed the Royal messenger. Without condes- the matter short at once. His Majesty was exasperated by this treatment of his envoy ; and his anger was not diminished by the ex- ecutioners thereupon claiming the protection of their British allies. Forthwith the terri- tory of the Pantees was invaded, and some of their boats and yillages were burned. A sad misfortune and grievance, bet not one requiring a demonstration of British power to redress. The Fantee people ought not to have struck off the Ashantee herald’s head He had come upon a mission of peace. All that he wanted was the delivery of the thieves who had stolen his master’s gold. and the barbarian potentate, who 1s given to understand that be must bow down to the te rror of civilization, may reasonably wonder why those laws do not respect his own sub- jects’ necks. If he had obtained the fugi- tives he would have taken their lives no doubt ; and no blame can be attached for the protection given them ; but there the matter might have rested. ‘The Governor obtained a conditional authority to make war upon Ashanvee, and so began the tale of misery which the ** Gladiator’? has been sent to make an end of. Through the habit of delay which seems always to characterise the Government de- partmental proceedings, the troops trom the West Indies that were to enable Governor Pine to ‘strike a blow’’ at the Afrivan King, arrived to late for the season: the rains had ret in, and there was neeessarily a long period of inactivity. The reinforce- ments arrived at Cape Cuast when the weather was extremely severe, every plain having be- come a swamp, and every jungle exhaiing pestilence and death. The result is thus briefly described :—** They could not be pro- vided with even the forlorn accomodation maintained in the Castle for its ordinary gar- rison. The place had only shelter and water for its litte complement of troops, and the new arrivals had to camp out uader canvas, aod do as they could for food. Presently some were marched about 100 miles into the interior. On this duty 400 men and 19 officers were despatched, and from this ad- vanced guard the report sovn returned that 15 officers and 200 mem were dead or ill, and that of the remainder not more than 80 had strength enough to carry their muskets.”’ The human enemy did not appear to disturb them. The King and his warriors amused themselves with the jawbones of enemies slain in battle, with which it is their plea- sure to decurate themselves, as civilised war- riors are decorated with stars and garters. Swamp fever they knew wouid do their busi- ness upon the new enemies. King Fever is more potent than the King of Ashantee. So, life atter lite passed away in the pestilent jungle and steaming mad. On the very edge of the coast, another margin of the sea shore,’’ it is represented as being ** just pos- sible, though by no means easy, to preserve Europeans alive, but the least advance into the interior, or the slightest exposure to the atmosphere means death. In thie part of Atrica even the African negro from the West Indies cannot live, but sickeus on arriving like the white man, and with not much cending to negotiation or argument they cut) you ;” to which he replied, “ Never mind me, 1 -—---<— ——————— or their own position, in order to ac-|live, and it is necessary therefore to kill them when imported, and salt the meat fur consumption, Fresh water is unknown at Cape Coast, and the element must be distil- led for use.’? Onthe 28d of May, after the arrival of the news of what bad transpired, Mr. Cardwell, the new Colonial Secretary, sent out orders for the removal of the Queen’s forces as rapidly as possible to healthier quarters on the Coast; and the conditional permission given by the Duke of Newcastle to Governor Pine, to “strike a blow’’ within the territory of Ashantee, was withdrawn. But permission should have been withheld at first. It is enough for the British Colo- nial authorities to protect their own. The troubles and squabbles of African princes and potentates may be left to the settlement of these sable princes themselves, without our interference on any accuunt or from any consideration whatever. It must be painfal, we know, to observe a traffic in slaves car- ried on before our eyes ; but a worse cala- mity than slayery 1s the useless sacrifice of so many good lives of the Queen's subjects as have been lost in the deadly swamps of Ash- antee in this ill conceived expedition.—Lon- don News of the World. THE NAVAL ACTION BETWEEN THE ALABAMA AND KEARSAGE. (From the London Times’ Correspondent ) SouTHAMPTON, Monday, June 20.--The Eng- lish steaun yacht Deerhound, arrived bere last night and landed Capt. Semmes (commander of the late Contederate steaner Alabama), 13 officers and 26 men, whom she vescved from drowning after the action off Cherbourg, yesterday, which resulted in the destruction of the world renowned Alabaina. The Deerhound ia a yacht of 190 tons and 70 horse power, and her owner is a member of the Koyal Yacht Squadron at Cowes, and of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club. By a somewhat singular coincidence she was built by Messrs. Laird & Son, of Birkenhead, Ou arriving at Cherburg at 10 o’cluck on Saturday night, vy railway from Caen, Mr. Laneaster, the owner, was informed by the captain of his yacht, which was lying in the harbor awaiting hie arrival, that it was reported that the Alabama and Kearsage were going out to fight each other in the morning. Mr. Laneaster at once determined to yo out in the morning and ace the combat. The Alabama left Cherbourg harbor alfout 10 o'clock on Sunday morning, and the Kearsage was then several miles out to seaward, with her sieam up ready for actioa. The French plated ship of war Courenne followed the Alabama out of harbor and stopped when the vessels were a league off the cvast, her object being tu see that there was no violation of the law of nations by any fight taking place within the legal distance from land. The combat took place about nine miles from Cherbourg, and as there are some slight differences (as uight naturally be expected under the etrcumstances) in relation to the period over which it lasted, and other matters, it may be well here to reproduce from Mr. Laneaster’s letter in the Times of this morbing the subjoined extract from the log kept on board the Deer- hound :— “ Sunday, June 10, 9 a m.—Got up steam and proceeded out of Cherbourg harbor, 10 30—Ob- served the Alabama steaming out of the harbor tuwards the Federal steamer Kearsage. 11 10 —the Alabama commenced firing with her star- board battery, the distance between the contend- ing vessels being about one mile. The Kearsage immediately replied with her starboard guns; a very sharp, spirited firmmg was then kept up, shot sometimes being varied by shells. In mancuvr- ing both vessels made seven complete circles at a distance of from a quarter to halfamile. At 12 a slight intermission was observed in the Ala- bawa’s firing, the Alabama making head sail, and shaping ber course tur the land, distant about uine miles. At 12 30 observed the Alabama to be disabled and in a sinking state. We im- mediately made towards her, and on passing the Kearsage were requested to assist in saving the Alabama’s crew. At 22 50, when within a distance of 200 yards, the Alabama sank. We then lowered our two beats, aud, with the as- sistance of the Alabaiwa’s whale boat and dingy, succeeded in saving about 40° men, including Captain Semmes and 13 officers. Atl p.m. we steered for Southampton.” One of the officers of the Alabama names the same hour—viz, 11 10, as the commencement of the action, and 1240 as the period of its cessation, waking its duration an hour and a halt; while the time observed on board the Deerhonnd, whieh necessarily existed on board the Alabama, linuted the action to an hour, the last shot betng tired at 12.10. The distance between the two contending vessels when the Alabama opeved fire was esti- mated on board the Deerhound at about a mile. while the Alabama’s officer tells me that she was a wile and a half away from the Kearsage when she fired the first shot. Be this as it may, If os certain that the Alabama commenced the firing. aud as it is kuown that her guns were pointed ata range of 2,000 yards, and that the secoud shot she fired, in about half a minute after the first, went right into the Kearsage, that may be taken aa the real distance between the slips. The firing became general from both vessels at the distance of a little under a mile, and was well sustained on both sides, Mr. Laneaster’s impression being that at uo time during the action were they less than a quarter of a mile from each other Sevvn complete circles were made in the period over which the fight lasted. It was estimated on board the Deerhound that the Alabama fired in all about 150 rounds, some single guns, and some in broadsides of three or four, aud the Kearsage about 100, the majority of which were IL inch shells. The Alabama’s were principally Blakeley’s pivet guns. In the early part of the action the relative tiring was about three from the Alabama to one from the Kearsage, but as it progressed the latter gained the advantege, |-aving apparent- ly a mech greater power of steam. She appeared to have an advantage over the Alabama of about three knots an hour, aud steam was seen rashing out of her blowpipe all through the action, while the Alabama seemed to have very little steam on At length the Alabama’s rudder was disabled by one of her opponent’s heavy shells, and they huisted sails; but it was seen reported to Capi. Semmes by one of his officers that his ship was sinking. With great bravery the guns were kept ported til the muzzles were actually under wa er, and the last shot trom the doomed ship was fired as she was settling down. When her stern was completely undet water, Capt. Semmes gave orders for the men to save themselves as best they could, and every one jumped into the sea and swam to the boats which had put off to their rescue. ‘Those of them who were wounded | were ordered by Capt. Semmes to be placed in| the Alabanne’s beats and taken on beard the Kearsage, which was as far as possible obeyed. Capt. Semmes and those above-imeationed EE ee ——— ee about a mile to windward of the combatants, and was enabled to witness the whole of it. The Kearsage was burning Neweastle coals, and the Alabama Welsh coals, the difference in the suwke enabling the movements of each ship to be dis- tinetly traced. Mr. Lancaster is of opinion that it was the I l-inch shells which gave the Kearsage the advantage, and that wooden ships stand ne chance whatever against shells. th vessels fired into euch other's hull, and the yards and masts were not much damaged. ‘The mainmast of the Alabama had beer struck by shot, and as the vessel waa sinking broke off and fell into the sea, throwing some wen who were in the maintop into the water. Some tremendous gaps were visible in the bulwarks of the Kearsage, and it was ascertained that some of her boats were dis- abled. She appeared to be temporarily plated with iron chains, &c. As fur as could be seen everything appeared to be well planned and ready oo buard the Kearsage for action. It was appa- rent that Captain serames intended to fight the long range, and the tact that the Kearsage did not reply till the two vessels got nearer together showed that they preferred the short range. It is remarkable that no attempt was made by the Kearsage to close and board the Alabama, and when the Alabama hoisted sails and made for the shore the Kearsage moved away in another direction, as though her rudder or screw was damaged and out of control. Great pluck was showed by both dariag the action. Ou board the Alabama all the hammocks were let loose, and arrangements had been made for sinking her ra- ther than that she should be captured. As far as is Known, not a rele of the Alabama is in the posseasion of her successful cival.— When she was sinking Captain Semmes dropped his own sword into the sea to prevent the possi- bility of its getting jute their hands, and the gun- ner made a hole in one of the Alabama boats aud sank her for the same reason. The spectacle presented during the combat is described by those who witnessed it from the Deerhound as magnificent; and thus the extra- ordinary career of the Alabama has come to a grand and appropriate termination. Loca Pourrics are at a dead stand at pre- sent. Entertainments of all kind, by day and night, seem tokeep every one’s attention engaged —~all are bent on making things as agreeable as possible at Pic Nics, Seirees, and such like amuse- ments. All parties appear to be rejoiced that there is no political fever raging in this hot season; and we are deliglted that “no one is at- tempting to write political leaders tor the news. papers—with the exception, perhaps, of friend Ross, who has just donned the political armour, and is preparing for a great campaign. For oar part. we dou't intend to try to write such things —which, indeed, we could’nt—while the therme- meter stands at about 90 in the shade; and what is mure—we would’ut read them if written by others. Even Mr. George Adams's eloquent, ele- gant, classical, and highly finished addresses on the Tenant League movement fail to allure us from the recreations of the passing hour. By the by, we must not forget to state, that in yawning fur two minutes over George's last elegant composition, we observe that he is de- termined not to be pleased with anything which uppears in the Examiner. We are sorry for it, but hope we'll survive his displeasure. We re- buked his madness and fully in proc}siming an intention on the part of the League to resist the laws of the land. The rebuke, though meant for his good, was not kindly taken. We next ap- plauded the Leauge for getting up the petition against the 15 years’ Purchase Bill, to which we were opposed trom its inception, before the League had an existence; but Mr. Adams scornfully re- jects our applause. Now, will he tell us in his vext great speech, what course we shall pursue so as to secure the inestimable beon of his appre- val? But we pray him not te be in a hurry in giving us the information, as we have no taste now to read political speeches—especially when jactly gems of the purest water, ee A we awe ENTERTAINMENTS POR THE WEEK. THIS WEEK promises tw be very rich in intel. lectual and social entertainments. Ou Wednesday morning there will be the annual eXamination at St. Dunstan's College, whieh is always highly at. tractive, The Wesleyan Bazaar opens on the same day, and will, no doubt, be a brilliant exh tion of taste, ingenuity, industry and wealth The opening of the new St. Andrew's Hall, in Pownal Street, which has been splendidly fitted up as a Catholic Sckool of o high class, will be celebrated on Wednesday evening by a Grand Concert and Dramatic Performances, under the direction of the Ladies of the Congregation of Notre Dame, whose admirable artistic skill and experience in such Enterteinments are too well known to require a word of commendation, Op Thursday, the Wesleyan Bazaar will be re opened; and on Friday, the apnual examination at the Prince of Wales Cellege will take place. Surely there will be abundance of literary aad social pabulum for half a week on these ocea- sious. They will all finely serve to illustrate the taste, refinement, intellectual power, education, and social habits of the people of Prince Edward Ixland—for Charlottetown will not alone be re. preseuted,—and we have no doubt that the gene- ral result will be creditable to us, and will lead te greater progress in the arts that adorn and bind society together in enduring bonds. asec Eesthd linden Mr. Hucues, our General Agent and Super. intendent, will leave town this week on his annual visit to our Subscribers in Prince and Queen's Counties, and we bope they will all oblige us by paying the accounts with which he is prepared to furnish them. ‘There is, we regret to say, a very large number for a long time behind hand in their payments, and we are resolved to put a step to such dilatoriness on their part, otherwise we eannot carry on our business with safety and satisfaction. ‘The Agent is, therefore, mstructed ty place in the Small Debt Courts for eoltection without delay all sums ever twenty ghillings which he may fail te collect. The debts due us are generally in small amounts, as is the case with most newspapers, but in the aggregate they make a very large sum of woney, and the want of it a seriuus drawback to us in the management of our business, for labour, printing materials, paper, and other things connected with whiel we are required to pay cash immediately on hav- ing our orders given. Let our delinquent sub- scribers please remember this, and save incom venience to us, and law costs to themselves, —- ae Tue owner of the celebrated Manny's Mowing and Reaping Machines, Patrick Stephens, Esqr., having received his importation of these articles per Steamer Commerce, desires us to say that they are now ready for delivery to the local Agents, and others requiriag them for harvest use. As implements ef husbandry, we under- stand they cannot be exceeded in usefulness, as they save so much money and labour to those who use them, and they ean be worked with so much ease and effect in saving crops. Their use is becoming very general everywhere,znd we hope will become more general in this Island. anticline liaisons We are pleased to learn that operations have coumenced at the rising and popular village ou Summer Hill, Montague Bridge, where five or six of the lots purchased by different parties— ‘Tanvers, Harpess-makers, Coach Factors, Lime Workers, and other tradesmen have commenced clearing away and digging cellars, &c., and from tRe favourable reports we learn from parties they are of nucenscionable length, and not ex-) whe are about te settle at Summer Hill, it is | likely to be a first rate place for business. As all | the building lets are nearly suld, we learn that | Tan Hinernxicox, or «s Tourn ts leecavo.— seme parties are desivens te purchase the wharf } the past week, attracted large and highly appreci- lative audiences on each eceasion, Although the Weather was rather inauspicious for the most of | the time, still the spacions Temperance Hall was well filled, and on pearly every evening erammed to excess. All ranks and conditions in society, and all nationalties, patronised it with a degree of liberality which we have never seen accorded to any exhibition here before, the highest in the land being apparently as much delighted with it as the hambler children of toil; Englishmen, Scotehmen, and natives vying with their fellow subjects of the Emerald Isle in admiration of the beautiful scenery of Ireland, so rich is historie | lore, and so grandly embellished by architectural inouuments of a remote antiquity. Professor McEvoy’s leeture, descriptive of the scenery, was replete with very interesting historical facts—was delivered in the most agreeable manner, and was interspersed with numerous flashes of humour. | Miss Searle's singing, chiefly of Irish Melodies, was | very aweetand brought tothe ears of theenraptured listeners all the richness of the [rish muse; while Mr.Charles MeEvey's accompaniment on the piano forte bore testimony to the skill of an accomplish- jed player. Mr. Heron's representations of Trish | character in the humbler walks of life, were inimit- | able— fun, drollery, and brogue in its most piquant tones characterise all his songs and recitatives, and never fail to bring thunders of applause and an encore each time. The Exhibition was, altoge- ther, dehghtful and amusing—it was deservedly well patronised by, from, the highest authorities in the land to the humblest citizen, and would, no doubt, command turther large audiences here if Prof. M’Evoy’s engagements elsewhere did not require him to close the Exhibition in this Island. innit iil Ross's WEEKLY made its appearance last were saved in the Deerhound's boats, and when it was ascertained that the water was clear of every one who had lite Jefi, and that no more | help could be rendered, the yacht steamed away | for Cowess, and thence to this port. The Kearsage, it is known, has for some time | past been in hot pursuit of the Alabama, which | vessel Capt. Winslow was determined to follow | everywhere till he overtook his enemy. Very | recently she chased and came up with one of the | vessels of the Chinese expeditionery force re- turning te England, and ran alongside with her guns pointed and crew at quarters before she could be convinced of her uustake, for the expe- ditionary vessel was very like the celebrated Cou- federate cruiser. The Kearsage was then de- scribed as likely to prove a formidable overmateh | tor the Alabama, having higher steam power and | rate of speed, a crew “ nearly double” than that | under Captain Semmes, aud, unlike her sister | ship the Tuscarora, carrying 10, instead of eight | very heavy Ll-inch shell guu.,—the so-called Co- | lumbiads of the American navy. The Alabama, | un the contrary, is stated to have had only two! heavy rifled guns and six broadside 32-pounders. The Confederate, too, after her long eruise, was sorely in aeed of refit. Part of her copper, it is said, was off, and her bottom was covered with lung weeds. The crew of the Alabama comprised in all | about 150 when she left Cherbourg. Of these, | 10 or 12 were killed during the action, and a) nuinber were known to be drowned, the differ-| ence between these and the number brought! home by the Deerhound being, it is hoped, saved | by the boats of the Kearsage, or some French | pilot beats which were in the vicinity. The Freuch war vessel Couronne did not come out beyoud three miles. The surgeon of the Alaba- ina was an Englishinan, and, as nothing has been heard of him since he weut below to dress the wounds of some of the sufferers, it is feared that he went down with the ship. When the men came on board the Deerhound they had nothing on but their drawers and shirts. having been stripped to fight, and one of the men, with a sailor's devotedness, insisted on seeing his captain, who was then lying in Mr. Laneaster’s cabin in a very exhausted state, as he had been entrusted by Captain Semmes with the ship's papers, and to no one else would give them up. fhe men were very auxious about their captain, and were rejoiced to find that he had been saved. The captain ot the forecastle on board the Alabama, a Norwegian» says that when he was in the water he was hailed by a boat from the Kearsage, * Come here, old man, and we'll save can keep up half an hour yet—look after some who are nearer drowning than lam” He then made for the Deerhound, thauking God that he. was under English colors. greater chance of recovery. Cattle will not Throughout the actioy the Deerhound kept ee Sa week on an enlarged sheet. Our enterprising friend brags that he has now the biggest paper in the Colony, the largest advertising patronage, and the largest circulation. His sheet may be about the eighth part of an inch larger than the Exami- NER ; but if be measures his first page with ours, he will tind that he has net so much printed mat- ter in it asin the Examiner page. And as to having the largest advertising patrouage and cir- culation, we dou’t see how that fact could be as- certained without an examination of the respee- tive account bowks of all the offices in town. We | know we have not examined friend Rose’s bouks, and we presume he has not examined ours. llowever, this is teo small a matter for contro- We are glad to see the Weekly going ahead. We were the first to wish it good speed right heartily, and we hope it will continue to prosper. verny. al seins Ix the case of Webster es. Reilly, (Proprietor of the Vindictor,) the Suprenie Court, in the late ‘Term, made the rule Nisi absolute, under which Mr. Reilly will be tried for libel at the next Jury Term, by Caiminal luformation.” We shall not impugn the decision of the Court — there were, no doubt, very strong reasons that urged a re- course to such an autiquated and apparently un- tair mode of trying an action for libel; but as the whole afluir involves the liberty of the press, and therefore the interests of the whole community, and as the libel complained of coneerns an Iusti-| ? tution supported by publie money, we shall take the liberty, very soon, to enquire into all the facts of the case and to make the result of our enqui- ries known to the publie, without waiting for the trial. + — +e Tue CaNxapiaN Mixtsreriat Crists. ~ A Quebec Gazette extra announces the appointment of the Hon. George Brown tu be President of the “xecutive Council, in the reow of the Hon. Isaac Buchanan, resigned; the Hon. Olwer Mowatt to be Postmaster General, in the room ot the Hon. M. H. Foley, resigned ; and the Hon. Win. McDougall to be Provincial Seeretary, in the room of the Hon. Johu Simpson, resigaed. Canada will now have a very strong Government, and as things go, an able Government. is most likely to be accurate, that vessel being This Exiibition, which was presented to the good property, on which a large warehouse might ber tree trow the excitement and conf sion whieh | people of Charlottetown during every evening of | built, and vats shipped direet into the vessels alongside, and save much delay, horse and manual labour, when grain is generally eheap at the This might be a great | adeuntogs in the fall of the year, when oats and lother kinds of produce might be purchased at a low price, and shipped te Charlottetown or direct to Britain and the U States, or to fill large vessels or steamers which require such dispatch as te be | in season, particularly the last trips in the fall, when vessels are frequently delayed several weeks to get loaded, and are often frozen in, and obliged to land their cargoes, suv as to suve them from heating. —Com. opening of the seasen, Ee HILLSBOROUGH SQUARE. A Meeting of citizens resident in the vicinity of Hillsborough Square was held in the School Room of the district on Thursday evening last, at 8 ve'clock. J. Barret Cooper, Esq, was called to the chair. Mr. Arehibald MeNeill was choseo Secretary, The tollowing Resolution, proposed by the Hon. Ek, Whelan, seconded by George D. Wright, waa unanimously adopted : ResoLvep, that a Committee of five persona be appointed, to make such inquiries as may be neces- sary to effect an iprovement of Hillsborough Square, by fencing, levelling, and ctherwise orna- menting the same,—tvo ascertain what the probable cost will be,—what amou.t the City Government will contribute towards it,-—and to solicit private subscriptions for these objecta, the Committee to have power to add to their number—to meet ap of- ten as may be necessury, and to report their pro- ceedings to a subsequent meeting of citizens inter- ested in the matter. In conformity with the said Resolution, the following gentlemen were thereupon appointed > Hon. E. Whelan, Messrs. Cooper, W. Stirphy B. Moore, and Geo. Wright. The names of Messrs. A. Sims and F. LePage were subsequently added thereto. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting re- lative to the disgracefully neglected condition of this Square—all concurring in the advisability of oruamenting and beautifying the same, thereby rendering it a most delightful and pleasant spot for the recreation, amusement, and enjoyment of the citizens generally. At 11 o'clock on Tuesday, the Committee above named waited upoa the City Counci!, whea the following Memorial was presented to their Worships by James Reddm, Eeq., and read by the Clerk : To His Worship the Mayor and the Worshipful Common Council of the City of Charlottetown, in Session convene May tf PLEASE YOUR Worsuip; A publie meeting of citizens residing in the tiei- nity cf Hillsborough Square was held at the Hille boreugh Dhstrict School House, vn ‘Thursday evening, the 30th ultime, for the purpuse of adopting such measures as might be Coa nes cessary to effect the improvement and oruawent- ation of the Hillsborough Square. The meeting unanimously decided that this ob- ject should, if possible, be accomplised, and they were of opinion that it might be dove by the ¢%- penditure of a small sum of money. The undersigned were appointed a Counmittee to caary out the views of the meeting,—to ascet- tain as nearly as porsible the cost of erecting & plain and substantial fence around the Square,— waking ornamental walks through ha seats therein for the convenience of the | and the public generally, and planting it with or namental trees,—all of which work to be dene under the direction of a skilful aed tasteful 5u- perintendent. The undermgned were h place, to ask permission of your Worships for the perfurmance of the work indicated on the Square mention’, as it is ony unter Goae trol of the City Government; and in t lace, respecttully to submit to your W orshipe the following propesal : r= The undersigned to raise by voluntary: tion a sum sufficient to provide appropriate seats for the Square,—to level the ground,—to plant it with trees, and to wnake walks therein for pane recreatiion,—previding the City Government W ; undertake the cost of erecting the fence, in sue style and of such materials as your W may deem most suitable. , jo im The undersigned deem it unnecessary oe press upon your Worships the importance a claiming from its present wild condition he Hillsborough Square, se suitably clgpttel one . for a pleasure ground, and so little requ is for a thoroughfare, When nap instructed, in the frst roved, the s ly would find it to be a place a Oe aoe kenlti recreation; and instead of as now, a reproach to the whole compile being, it nity, indicating want of taste on r : os much credit on the ageas pod thorities having ot arge of the Square, ® be a source of pride to all our fe Ww citizens.