tl3®7lll’l.lllil’ \ PUBLISHED or; iiviriir -~>~="‘ Clizirlettetowii, l’. E, island, Weilnesdity. October 31, 1855. Established 1823. liitlliillllii’ \c;\,\“’5 =i'-'i ltli ‘ _. .... J’ §:flflllNll,& fl lVfil)NESD.lY & SATURDAY. New Series. No. 287. 7 HAS'l.AI{D’S GAZI<1'I"I‘E, Published by Haszard & Owen, Queen Square, Is issued twice a week, at 153. per year. _ AND CONTAINS, THE LATFSI‘ NEWS, AT HOME it ABROAD. Superior Cooking Stove s. Scotch Castings. UST ICECISIVISD by the subscriber, from Glas- gow, ti qurinlity of(,'ooking Stoves, l.‘aniioii and Close Stoves. (all siz es); \Vilkio‘s I’lou-_gh Mouiitiiig, Door Scrapers, Umbrella Stands, _-'asli \Veights, (Ian and Gig Iloxes, Pot Metal, and a variety of other Casting-i. The superior quality and durability of these Castiiigs are well known to the public. To be had at the Store of ‘ HENRY IIASLARI). Ch. 'l'o\vn, Great George-St. October 23d, 1855, Lot 48, October 18th, 1855. To l‘t’IC&§l'S. Beer & Son, Gentlotnen,—-For your satisfaction, and general in- formation, we beg to cortily, that those Cooking Gtoves we purchased from you a sliortliine since, (being ofa now description) give great satisfaction. The excellent baking qualities of the same, together with the spacious room for fuel, make it a very desi- rable Stovc,nnd we can strongly recommend the same to any person purchasing. Your Ohed't Servants, Joins FARQUSON, Wu.i.uur lloirqir, WILLIAM FAIQUION. A further supply of the above Jusr Iuzcsivun at the "King S uare House," together with a good assortment of other STOVES, and will be sold very cheap. BEER at SON. ISS DOUGLAS intends openinga SCHOOL, for the instruction 0 adios, in the English Branches, in Carr. l)onn's new Building, on Pownal Street, next door above J. I’urdie’s, Esq. Miss D. trusts, that her experience in teaching for the last live years in the United States, will unable her to give satisfaction to those who may favor her with a share of their patronage The School will open on the lstol'Nov:iiniii:n. Terms moderate. Charlottetown, October 16th, I855. _. _._._ _.___._.k, Cigars! Cigars !! SUPERIOR GI-IR.\lAN CIGARS 400, received by the Subscriber on Con- signment, and for sale at his Auction Mart, corner of Queen and Water Streets. The above Cigars are for unreserved sale, andiwill be sold Wholesale and Retail, at vor low prices. IlENJA.\lI. DAVIES. Oct. 19. Steamer for Liverpool. Lady Eg Le Marchant. VHF. Steamer Lady Le Marchant will leave Char- r_l_ otteown for Liverpool, England, early in De- cember next, has good accommodations for a limited number of Passengers it‘ early application be made. ’l‘IlI.'IOPllll.US DESBRISAY. Chaflottetown, Oct. 24, 1855. JOHN T. THOMAS requests all persons indebt- ed to him, on account of his late Business, to settle their respective Ac- counts immcdiatcly, with Mr. W. 2:. DAWSON, who is duly authorized to re- ceive the same. i Dyeing and Cloth Dressing Establishment. OIIN Mel‘. I“Il.ASl‘}it of |'ictou, N. S . begs 10 intimate to his numerous friend.-i in Prince Fal- ward Island. that from recent iiiiprovurrwrits in but Dyeing csmblisliiiimit he is enabled to giye thou": favouring him with their cnstoni a decided unprove- nicnt, in the appearance of his worlt piirticularly as regards his colours. From using only the best ina- teriril as well as ‘from personally supi-.riiut:iidiiig his establishini-iit and charging moderate prices, he solicits a continuance ofiheir favour. * .:~' (ienrgcliiuvii, I"iniily McNeil, Esq , IV/tit'v Suriils, Mr. David Johnston, C'tllllI’1t)H(’ft)ll.‘Il, Peter .'ul‘Go\\ an F.sq.. QINEOH Sl- SlUItIItl.'I‘8li1(I Bcileqite, .\lr. \Vin. M‘l".wen, Mi.-rclit. Piclou Town, Mr. Alex. M‘l’hail, NEW BOOK Just isstml from the Press of Hoszartl 5- Owen, price 23. The Constitution of the Govern- ment of Newfoundland IN its Legislative and Executive l)t.-partiiients, with Appendix containing the Rules and Orders of the Legislative Council and House of .‘\.~'s«:u-lily by JOHN LI'l"I'LE, ESll., Barrister at Law. Union of the Colonies AVD THE I I ‘ C 0l'gitll|Zilll0ll of the linipire. ' ‘HE SPEECH on the Union of the Colonies delivered by the Ilon. Joseph Howe in the Nova Scotia Legislature, in Februiir I85-I. together with the Hon. Francis Ilincks’ RI'Il’l.Y to said Speech, and Mr. Howe’s l.I".'l"l‘ER in Reply to l\lr. llincks —the whole forming a pamphlet ofeighty pages, has just been published, and is now for sale at Ilaszard 6; Owen's Book Store. Price One Shilling and thieepence. Sept, 27, 1855. New Books ! ASZARD & OWEN have JUST RECEIVED this day, per “ Majestic," I case BOOKS, from Edinburgh, among wliich, are a new supply Ciiaauuins’ I’uni.icA-rioivs, viz,—Chauibers’ In- formation, Iinglisli Literature, Journal of I’opular Literature, new series, Jan. to July, I855. Pictorial History of England. lst voluine,—A His- tory of the I'eople us well as of the Kingdom, illustrated with many hundred \Vood Engravings, to be completed in [0 volumes, Chambers’ l’ocket Miscellany. Tales for the Road and Rail. Mathematics. Algebra. Geonietr . Arithmetic. Book-keeping dz Natural Philosophy and Science, in all its brauclies, 8r.c. Also, from Messrs. Oliver & Boyd, Eton Latin Grammar; Edward's Latin Delectus; I)ymock’s Cicsar; Reid's English Dictionary; I"ulton’s Johnston's do. , Hutton’s Book-keeping; Bridges‘ Algebra 6; Key; Kc to I.ennie’s Grammar; lllangnall’s Questions; Mark iani’s England; Markham's France; Stewart's Moderii Geography; Cumnp'ng’s Signs of the Times, urgent questions; l'rotestiint Discussion with D. I"re:ich, Esq., &c, O "5 can 1535.0” Duncan, Mason 3‘ Co. succussots 1-0 A. 6:. J. DUNCAN 6:. CO. ENEIIAL Importers wholesale and retail have JUST REC IVED,¢:c Burque Isabel, a large assortment of—- G 0 O D S SUITABLE FOR THE rassrm AND APPROACHING season.‘ Brick Building, corner of Queen and Do;-chaste; {E ‘I enter. ,ity of Charlottetown, Oct. 8, I855. Lesoher’s Starch, die. 10 BOXES Leschei-’s best London Starch, 5 do. Glentield Patent do, I erg. Thumb Blue, at Amie Rcddin. W.B. WATSON ARTS AND SCIENCES. (From Chum/rers’.s Journal.) We drew attention to the facts in a fornier inontli; and iuity add here, that the Chinese yam, introdiiccd as a substitute for the potato, will keep for five years without get-ininating; it does not stiller froin frost, and npearn to be superior to the potato in iiiost.ifriot all,rcspects. .\ cultivator in Paris got more than 50,000 sets in one ieeitsoiiz u. Stll1i1l'0lllCil'0 of ground suffices fir 20 sets; :ind it is said that the produce l'i-om one hectai-e amounts to 60,000 kilogram- l;)U:a‘——tIUlll)I0 that of the potato. 'l'he sin-r.-t sorgho also IIILS succeeded in the south of lhuiiice. Judging from present expe- rience, this plant appears destined to till up the gttp between latitude 4-} degrees and the sii_r_-;:ir-c.iiie bearing regions of the tropics. For- ty-t'our is the southern limit of proiitahle culti- vation of the beet-root; thus Fraiice may now produce sugar in both sections of her empire. Besides sugar. the sorgho gives iiburdaiice of ttlcoltol, a .~'pt'('.ic.~t of cider. one or two liquors, and iuoliisses convertible into ruin. The leaves and rcfiise cane are excellent food for cattle; and, ltl0l‘(‘.0\'(‘l‘, the plant has properties useful in tlycing, l-‘orty acres have been planted for the dyers of yous. The Chinese pen. has been sown and come to ori'eetion not only in France, but in Gerniany Swi-den, IIOIIJIIHI, and Italy. It is of an oleag- ini-us nature and yields twenty-live per cent. of oil superior in quality to rape or colza. The cake serves to fatten cattle; and in China and fispan. this pea, reduced to flour, and made into it kind oi (.'lIL’.CS(3, is eaten by millions of the poorer population. In addition to these impor- tant vegetables, there is a species of dry rice—— said to grow anywhere—the Corean bean, and it prolific sort oi’ canar grass. A dozen yaks were it so sent: these animals partake of the nature of the horse, ox. tau and goat. Their wool is adniirable. and can be shorn twice in the year. They inhabit moun- tains; and of the twelve, three have been kept in Paris. and the others placed in the Jam and other hill-districts, where they have alrend begun to breed. It is believed that the yak wi I prove valuable as a. beast of drought and bur- cn. in addition to the worth ofits tleccc. And lastl , silk-woi-ins: the breed of these insects had so greatly «lcgenerated in France, that the sericulturi-its had to buy 12,000,000 francs’ worth of the egg,-_;s every year from Italy, to keep up their stocks. 'I‘liey will now have in the Chinese silk-woi-in ii. new and vigorous race. Since the war broke out, the Admiralty have engraved iuid published It hundred sheets of maps of the Baltic, Black and White Seas, charts of the coasts and gulfs, &c.—giving better knowledge of those waters than ever we had before. They are sold with sailing directi- ons at it very cheap rate. Soundings and sur- veys are still going on in the unknown parts. The From-li have been for years engaged in a survey of the Mciliterranean, and have just made careful soiindings of the Gut of Giliraltar. ’I‘lic find it to be in some places more than 2000 feet deep. We are told that ii. sum of £6'i'77,000 is wanted to complete the Ordnance Survey of Scotland, and that, with an annual instalment of L.t30‘000, the work can be ac-* complished in ten years. ()ur plodding neighbours the Dutch have brought their stupendous task of draining the Lake of Ilaarlcni to a close b the sale of the last iarcels of land renlaiine . By pumping out t ie water, they gained 20,000 acres ot ex- cellent land, which [sold for 8,000,000 llorins. 'l‘lio cost of the work was 10,000,000. In a few years, all the outlay will be repaid, and it hand-i seine profit will accrue. The success has re- vived that often debuted question—tho drain- ings of tho Zuydcr Zoe. We conclude with it fact or two interesting to all who have ever stiller-ed from toothache. Mr. Blundell, a city dentist, by the ap lication of ice to the jaw, so (lt':ltIt‘l]S its sensibi ity,that ho extracts teotli without ain : and Dr. Roberts has described before the loyal Scottish Society ol'.\rts, his inothod fiir cuuterising the dental 0 39 ed. Ile applies a wire to the patient’s tooth; and heats it by means ol'a suiall Grove’s batta- ry. ‘ The advantages, ' he says, ‘ to be obtain- ed by this instrument at-c—its easy application to the desired spot in the mouth, and that pin‘- fectly told instead of alariiiing the patientby holding a red-hot iron before his face : its being at once raised to the requisite heat, and no more than the more point of the wire used be- ing heated; also from its being at once cooled on siriiply removing the linger from the spring. S’I‘L‘Ai\I COl\tMU.\'l(JATl0N llE'l‘Wl-‘.l£.‘l PANA- MA AND AUs'rrtai.iA.—A scheme is now be- fore the ;_;overiioi- of New South Wales for a steam-packet coininunication between l’ariaina and Taliiti, with branch steam litres lwl\Vt:(.'ll Tahiti and Melbourne. Taliiti is to be the great entrcpot for the steam st-i-vice in the Pacific, and the ter- minus of the steamers from Australia and Punaina. The steamers will coal and the passengers be transshipped there. A diffe- rent class of steamers is to run between Patiaina and 'I‘aliiti from those running be- tween the latter place and Australia. The harbour of'I'aliiti is a beautiful basin, per- fectly protected by reefs, and decks could be formed there for a small outlay. La- bour is abundant and cheap there. \Vhen the steamer Golden Age touched at Tahiti to coal, 1,500 tons of coal were placed on board in sixty-five hours, and the expense of putting it on board was only 4s.2d. ii ton. It is calculated, that the voyage between nerve, whereby i_i tooth may be stopped without pain, or ii. stump become a so rt for is new tooth ; while the use of arsenic, andthe ordina intimidating mode of cauterisatioa, are avoi - Australia and Tahiti could be made in thir- teen days, and between Tahiti and Panama in eighteen days. New York would by this scheme be brought within forty-five days of Australia and England within fifty davs. New INVENTION In Waitrarur.—It is under- stood that the late destruction at Sweaborg wan chiefly efiected by means of bombshells charged with a liquid combustible. We are informed that an invention precisely of the nature of these shells was communicated to Lord Hard- inge in April, 1854, by Mr. William Hutton, writer in Stirling. Ir. lIutton’s communica- tion was remitted to the consideration of the Board of Ordnance, with several others bear-in on the same subject; and so lately as the 29t August last. the thanks of the board were con- veyed to him for his invention. From the ac- counts supplied to their government b the authorities at Sweaborg, as to the operation of the shells charged with liquid, thrown into tho town b the British tleet, Mi-.Hutton is fully satisfie , that the Admiralty had adopted his suggestion. The etfects of these shells will rohably soon be ex erienced at Odessa. Mr. llutton has, be e ieves, discovered another preparation for charging bombshells, of 9. na- ture so fear-fully destructive to human life that he has resolved not to divulge it. To the same gentleman were the government, it is said, chietly indebted for ruany useful hints with regard to alleviating the suflerings of the army in the Crimea during the course of the past winter.——Scat.iman. The property oftlie late Mr. Henry Col- burn, publisher, has been sworn unles- o L ‘ A ‘ ‘ ruler of the planets" has been com- mitted to the Leeds House of Correction, for one month, as a vagrant. She is I German, and rutherladylike in appearance. As many as si.\'t_v females :1 day visited this woiiiarl to ascertain their forturies. A coin of the reign ofthe Emperor Mar- cus Aurelius Antoninus, who flourished about the middle of the second century, has been iound at Lancaster. /2