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     immediately, and they were each ushered into the presence of their lustre or o'|'ltII"NA‘flONI.—A Dutch author, My rihser J. I. Qllflrcliol. mills. port otllcel. &c.. correctly laid dovvn. The stlopa 
     
     Maker to answer for the intmler oftlie other. After the second or Ioovysohri, in a very itttereotlng vnluiiie, rot-ently publirtlied by him _“l"f 9| ll"! I0“l'*l|"S{' r"“'" lj“l'l- BAVVI“-”" Cllllllfi ll. we think, 
     
     third shot, the Csliforniaiit crawled on his lttinds and knees nearer It the Hague, under the title of °‘ llladen over Japan" (r‘.c. l.ettt.'eI Jiidiciouir, as giving tiifomiattoii ofilie but and most autlio- lltl him], 
     
     his antagonist it tir , in order to iriaks sure of his victim. This ooticernittg Japan). has entered into riotne curious r-peculittiirtiri rela- 10 Intending atnigrslilir "lid Pflfllcillurly to those whose Vrvwl uia 
     
     shot took etfect la tll ubtloiiien of the Mexican." "V0 to the introduction and the probable elliecis of tlte t-xtensioit of IN_* "I II 00II||I|€|‘|=|i|l INIIWB-_"' _“'I'‘’ '"'Y ‘°_'“""‘ l“l° "'5 l"““°“ll°lI 
     
     Tbs steamship Star of the West, arrived at New York ivith fif- vticctiiation in thttt circumscribed. but densely populated empire. °' ll“’ ll'l“”)’_ lmler "0" Wl'_'°l' ll’ °“""‘ '“,"'d I ° l'°‘"' 3| llwlllllelo 
     
     hes days‘ latst‘ intelligence from the Pacific. She had 300 passsn- 'I III! gentleman, having resided five years in Japriti, so cltief of the _s abstain froirt drawing utty comparison between the Map its 
     
     [to and $500,000 ' . utch factory on the little island of Dr-cinta, nv..ilt-d himself of the 'l'¢ill|MI. Ind that of Mr. MINI! Cllttlul-I-3 because they no 
     
     he steamer Crescent City arrived at New Orleans. with the opportunity thuspreunted to iittroducc, cortjoitilly with Dr. Mohrnke, both we|l—exscutt-d_. creditable tollie l_IlInd. and to their respective 
     
     important announcement, that the difliculty with the Cuban goverii- the practice of vuc<=in.-tiiert. At first, the oporaiiori was regarded °"_"'l'll¢'I.—Im‘l Will. we doubt not, ll tbs course of a short time, 
     
     meat was not by any means settled. On the last trip, the uuthori- with touch tlittlrurtt. notwitltatanding tliat.on more than one occasion, fairly rsinunsrute each. 
     
     permitted her to land liar passengers and malls, but such cour- the ravages of rnrall pox had deciuntied the empire. However. the 
     
     would not gnin 5. ‘,.,“,_.¢_ titltabitititta have at li:ii tli gut reconciled to vaccittation. whit-li in 
     
     Miller frightful railroad accident took place on the New Haven rapidly extending. and I lr. Lsvysuhn, accepting parallel Baropr-..n ‘ 
     
     road, on I"ridiiy last. While tlte train was crossing the bridge atl tltita as the basis of his calculation. infers that the naturitl operation 
     
     Windsor Locks. Conn., one ofthe rails broke. when the three bind-I oftliis protective influence will be to increase to such an extent the 
     
     most cars were thrown otftlts track. and the lust otie wus precipi-. population of .l.tp.1n, that etitigraiiott will be inevitable. |ndoed,lte 
     
     titted into the canal in twelve feet of water. Two brothers, ntnnotl Ilules " the naliirer of Japan to have been already for some time 
     
     Pg.-kgr, who returned fmru California in the nléutlter (iecrgiit, on part alir-e to, «rid t'uqut'u'tt't's about the trttnsuctions of other mi- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     Qlgrtrttltttrt. 
     
     To-—~- 
     
     AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 
     
    

    
     Wan s__str sxrts WITH Patsttxr Msssr.—Wl’.ib much 
     
     has been said, bo wisely and anwjsely, ssnesrning‘tbo estab- 
     
     lishment of great Agricu tursl Schools: and while all attempts 
     
     towards their endowment by state funds, have aignally failed ; 
     
     is it not well to consider what can be accomplished with exist- 
     
     ing means? The establishment of Agricultural Collearss is 
     
     certainly, on all accounts, desirable : and it is to be hoped.:thst 
     
     the friends of agriculture-will call upon the legislatures. it full 
     
    

    
     arcs, and carry their measures as far as tnsy be prudent, at 
     
    

    
     least. But us have alresd the means with which to work a 
     
     vast change, and one scarce y loss great than any outttousplatotl 
     
     institution could perform. 
     
    

    
     Otis Costisort Scitoau are the starting point. Here let the 
     
    
   
   
    
     1&1: 
     
     8 To run Eniroit or lIssasitn's GAZITTI. 
     
     in ‘ 
     
     I 0l)tIm.VetI in your last paper, a’ letter from Mr. Mos. IftN.'u| 
     
     Cuvoittlisli. cornplaiaing that he did not receive a prize for cloth, oi 
     
     the recent lndustrittl I:Lxliibitioii;_and alleging, so is reason for this, 
     
     that one of the Judges (Mr. I_.ydiiird) ltad been it com titttt‘. Asa 
     
     friend of Mr. I._vdisrd’a. in his absence frotit the Islaii , I beg leave. 
     
    
   
   
    
      
     
    
   
   
    
     to iitzika tr few remarks upon this 
     
    
   
   
    
     so ool ineetlsgst Lot care be taken that trustees and super- 
     
     intendents of _‘the common schools. be instructed to secure and 
     
     encourage teachers who will instruct in scientific agriculture. 
     
    

    
     Let our Courttry'Atir-ioullursl Societies secure the services 
     
     of souls con) tent rson to attend Teachers’ institutes, and 
     
     communicate instructions and enthusiasm to teachers, so as to 
     
     fit them more perfectly to teach _thrmors' sons. 
     
    

    
     Let then: also uflitr remiuuts to teachers and classes. who 
     
     shall teach and learn i c most and the best of this subject. 
     
    

    
     cannot fotbssr bere rernsrltiitg, that the substitution of use- 
     
     ful booh, or farm and horticultural implements. for iuoirsv 
     
     preiniurns, would accomplish vast good, in raising the tone of 
     
     agricultural practice. There is ito resson,why farmers should 
     
     not have money from other sources, and every reason wlt y they 
     
     should have good books from such a. sottrtza, einbtidying the 
     
     experience of many with reference to their pursuits, and which, 
     
     instead of being merged into the general currency, shall always 
     
     be before a man as an evidence and reuicmltrancer of merit. 
     
    

    
     What county society will first pronounce these suggestions 
     
     good, and act upon them! 
     
    

    
     Trscirrtts who love your profession, and have seal to honour 
     
     It, s viord to you: 
     
    

    
     In “ the rural districts," nine-tenths of the children you 
     
     instructors farmers‘ sons and daughters, full of robust health, 
     
     blessing you with the beaming of bright eyes, and the joyous 
     
     music of happy voices. Do you desire that tltey—ful| ol' inno- 
     
     cence and sirength——shoulil grow up to the noble inheritance of 
     
     “ a aoutid mind in a sound borly,”—tltst they should honor the 
     
     art that is the earliest and the best e not content to let 
     
     them pass into life —either the life of the farmer, or that of a 
     
     profess-iorr—wiiho;;‘. knowing the beautiful tiutlis, which the 
     
     taritier ought to know, been-ts:-. he is it farmer; and which the 
     
    

    
     on man aspiring to a profession ought to know, that he may 
     
     intelligently settle his course of i c. 
     
     we years ago. excuse might be urged that we had no suit- 
     
     able text book. ut now there are admirable works on Scien- 
     
     titio Agriculture, which leave no place for that objection. These 
     
     books have met wit higher praise than I can bestow upon 
     
     them, but I can say, that such is their admirable siniplzcity of 
     
     style, and so logical their srrangcnieitt,tb:it in the t-ntirseof 
     
     some considerable experience—I have never met with more 
     
     satisfactory toxt boolrs on any subject. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Pttusiiru IN Au'roii:r.—'l‘he late S. W’. Cole, who strongly 
     
     recommended autumnal pruning for fruit trces.says, “ Thirty- 
     
     two years ago, in September, we cut a very large branch from 
     
     an apple tree. on accmzut of an injury by a gale. The tree was 
     
     old, and it has never healed over; lint it is now sound, and 
     
     almost as hard as horn, and the tree perfectly liiirtl around it. 
     
     is low years before and after, large limbs were cut front the 
     
     same tree in spring; and where they were cut off, the tree has 
     
     rotted, so that a quart measure may be put in the cavity. 
     
    

    
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     C A N A DA. 
     
    

    
     It is said that the following military changes will take place 
     
     in this Province early next spring :—'l‘hs Mth Regiment. one 
     
     thousand strong, is expected to relieve the 20th Regiment, ‘ 
     
     now at Montreal, who go home. The 54th will come to Upper 
     
     Canada to relieve the 23d Fusilesrs, tvho are to be stationed in 
     
    
   
   
    
     uebec. 
     
    

    
     Tits Gout tit Cstuns.-—'I‘he gold discovery in Canada is 
     
     a reality. A few days since, Canadian papers informed us of 
     
     the discovery of a lump of gold, valued at £900. ut we are 
     
     since told, that another lump has just been found in the same 
     
     neighbourhood, weighing forty-two pounds! and worth about 
     
     £2000 currency l l l 
     
    

    
     sis Noiinisttir Lias.—We are informed, that Mr. Jack- 
     
     son has stated, that he feels no doubt of being able to recurs 
     
     the Imperial guarantee for the Main Trunk Line of Road from 
     
     alts Province line to Mirsmichi.——Mtmtrcal Gaz. 
     
    

    
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     NOVA SUOTIA. 
     
    

    
     Rstnvvsvs IN Nova Scans.-—A deputation, consisting of 
     
     the Hon. 8. Cunard, '1‘. R. Grsssie, Esq., and several members 
     
     of Parliament, had an interview with Sir J. Pskingtori, at the 
     
     Colonial Ofiice, on the 90th ult., on the subject of Railways in 
     
     Nova Scotia. Perhaps Mr. Howe will find, on his arrival, a 
     
     company organized for undertaking the erection of such lines 
     
     as ms be requisite in this Province. Though delays are pro- 
     
     vsrbia ly dangerous, it is certain that Nova bi-.otiit will gain by 
     
     having been so painfully slow in going ahead with Ilsilroads. 
     
     Beginning where other people have left off, the erection of our 
     
     railways will be undertaken by the ublest engineers. and most 
     
     okilfttl workman. on the cheapest terms; and we sltall start 
     
     with all the improvements science and experience have sug- 
     
     gested ls the eoostruction of the tracks, the cars, engines and 
     
     stations, and in facilitating the operations of Railway business. 
     
    
   
   
    
     IUNITED STATES. 
     
    

    
     ‘ A Fottr-airs l'OIt Sorsnontr.—-Mr. John Crotis'Cofield, sgsd 
     
     seventy-six years, died .on the '.‘8tb ult., at his residence in 
     
     Ann street, where he had for several years lived iii a penurious 
     
    
   
   
    
     the night previous, and war. on their way to surprise their waves, tions, that a pressure of rrirrtry causes. st'/nullarrcously acting, nuts! 
     
    
   
   
    
     to pass over it. This is the second accident of the kind that has 
     
     happened within a very short tiino. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     CAPE OI-‘ GOOD HOPE. 
     
    

    
     The Royal Mail general screw-ship Ilurphoriis, (‘aptain II. B. 
     
     Benson, Lomtttsnder. arrived in the l’lytnouth Great Western 
     
     Ducks at seven o'clock on Saturday morning, having letl the Cape 
     
     of Good Hope on the 6th nlt. I 
     
    

    
     On the 7th Mr. Patterson, R. N., died on board the Borphorus, 
     
     of consumption. 
     
    

    
     ‘be news brought bv th 
     
     which Iins come home hitherto. The 
     
     along,’ and the latest intelligence from the frontier states, that out- 
     
    
   
   
    
     rages are still committed on the frontiers. even in the very proxiiiii-- 
     
    
   
   
    
     [£‘uflII8 l0\\ no and posts. Both parties still war with cattle-the 
     
     fiirs iitruiuging generally to hold their own rettnirkalilo well. 
     
     The priiit.-ipatl event of the war during the past tnontli has been the 
     
     advance of l.iv,uit-naitt-Genoratl Cutlicurt, at the head ofa strong 
     
     onIIirtit of trnttprt. and tibirut lfltlt) burglieriii, lti.'I’o.1l the Kei, ittto 
     
     the territory of Krrlt, his burning the tlttslcflvd hr.nil or “great 
     
     lace" of that chief, and his return to liead-quarters at lttng 
     
     \Villiruti's-towit. and diribaiiiliiient of the butgher force, after cap- 
     
     turing 13,000 oftlie enemy's cattl 
     
    
   
   
    
     c. 
     
     It was understood to be the intention of the Governor to make‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     another inroad into I{reli's country at it suitable distance. 
     
     WW1 
     
     CAN :\ DA. 
     
    
   
   
    
     (",,u::niI:c. Nov. 5. 
     
     RAILWAY Btu. co:rci.unt-.n—-Citot.r:rut ass-i~i~u.—'l'lte 
     
    
   
   
    
     charter of tlir-grztitil trtiuk r:iilt\':i_v ware tintilly ca-:ii-ilyr-st¢id:iy—tlte} 
     
    
   
   
    
     oppoailioit trftlie .\lontn-cl Cirrnprtny liaviit;_'. lrerztt \\I'.l.tlf.l\\'ll. 
     
    

    
     'I'lit.rt: Pius I)t.‘l'lI tin 1sjtjrl'IZf‘.lllL'l.‘ iul't;liol-:i':i for -‘.3 limits. 
     
    

    
     Ill-‘.C.'ib2Aa|; oi-' t7ttt.‘it: IN \'.'x:st'tr:trs' (.'.s.\‘/iii/t.—.-‘ll tl.tr 
     
     opt-iiiiig of tltte \l'otnl.~i.rcl.' .-\rasi.ri:s, lllt: .‘.'litrrttl'pn-no-i.t~-d .\lr. Ju_-- 
     
     tice Suilivittt Mill] :1 pair of \\IliIt: '°~lo\'c~i, at custnai \\'lllCll IlI'i.‘\'.lil~' 
     
     wlisretliere nreint crintiiiztls for trial. ’|'liis rrptealts highly lirr 
     
     “"oedstcck and its vicinity; and we believe, the ciileiitlir tit the 
     
     Asslzes now sitting iti Toronto is unusually light, there being only 
     
     eleven cams ontr.-red—noiic of them capital. “'0 cozigrululutu llic 
     
     inhabituiits of Western Canada on these decided tcaiirnottiuls ofaii 
     
     ItII[il'I|\'t!d nioriility, wltit:h we cnriicstly ltope, front ymzr to your, to 
     
     set: aitlvunce to rlllll git-iitt-r iriiprovr::riorit.-—Toronto .l!r'ri'w‘. 
     
    

    
     Luke Eric was iistted by another territio gale on Szttur-.l:iy last; 
     
     the injury to the shipping lt;ia Ilt‘t£ll iirost tliriustrous iitid lio:trt-rcinl- 
     
     lug. Many vcur,-lslinvt-, been l‘llllf"ly wr-.-cltod, uitd ullicrri were 
     
     either tIt’lVt:ll urilrnic or else d:'.tn;tgt-tl to suizlt an extent as to l’lfllIIl:I 
     
     thntii unfit for u.-o. A nutiilrt-r oflive-A were last. The bodies of 
     
     some oftlic tlcud |l0l'st)lll lirtve been wuslied I-«lioru. 
     
    

    
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     LA'I‘l1S'l‘ I-‘ROM Ill.'l{l\lL'DA. 
     
    

    
     Ily the .‘»I:iil Stearrier I.t3\'€|liIlttt! which arrived on Friday from 
     
     Ilerttiud.-t, we :l\/6 dates to the 4th inst. 
     
    

    
     A torritic .~':orm. of three days‘ t.l|tHI'.lllll had passed over the is- 
     
     land, ticcoiitpatiied by tlrundt,-r and liglttiiiiig. 
     
    

    
     'I'lie potato crop, it 'I said, proiiilscs to be the largest ever rais- 
     
     ed in Auturiin. 
     
    

    
     The delegates from Jainaica had failed to obtain from Sir John 
     
     Pnkington the retitotest prospect ofan alteration in the Sugar Du 
     
     ties Act. T ey were expected shortly to return. 
     
    

    
     The Legislature of Jamaica had t-on ssuirrioned to meet on the 
     
     9th inst. It was ‘ex noted that measures corttettiphtting a large 
     
     retrenchment of the public expenditure would speedily pass the 
     
     House. 
     
    

    
     A small house, in which there were 10 persons at the time. was 
     
     struck by lightning at Burbudoes out the 7th ult., which broke the 
     
     house into small pieces. and killed 5 of tire inmates. 
     
    

    
     A env girls was experienced at Antigua on the 22d September, 
     
     which didygrest damn eto vessels and the crops, many fields of 
     
     caries having been Is" by the wind. At loiitserrat after it had 
     
     subsided, the appearance of the Country was as ifa fire had gone 
     
     over it and burnt up ovory thing. It is said. to have been the most 
     
     severe gals experienced there for the last 30 years. 
     
    

    
     Conn in 81-. rivcnrar'—' Guzrtte says: A gentleman 
     
     has just sttewri us a suntple of Gold Dust, found at the head of Bu- 
     
     ciiment River. The ssrnpleis quite pure and unmixed with any 
     
     other substance. 
     
    

    
     The 'I‘urk‘s Islands Gazette notices the arrival at the Cit of St, 
     
     Domingo. from the Uriitetl States, of Colonels Ferguson an Pick- 
     
     stt, to enter into preliminaries for the iittrodiictiuii into St. Domin- 
     
     go of 4,000 or 5,000 American Inttnigrniiis. 
     
    

    
     An tvttorript had been made to assassiintto President Forth. 
     
    

    
     The Yellow Fever still prevails to a tnost alarming extent at Bar- 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Be 
     
    
   
   
    
     in laces where it was before unkit . 
     
    

    
     . vessel had left Jamaica for Austrttlis with I50 passengers, com- 
     
     posing men of the first talent and respectaliility of the colony. 
     
    

    
     'I'he Sugar crop of the present your in Dniiicrara is suited to be 
     
     the largest ever rrii.-ted in that Colon . 
     
    

    
     The deaths at St. Doiniiiicu, occasioned by small-pox and yellow 
     
    

    
     d \' 
     
    
   
   
    
     s oes. 
     
     The srrt.-ill-pox was disappearing in Jamaica, but had broken out 
     
     own 
     
    
   
   
    
     fever, are said to average six ai _ . 
     
    

    
     Private letters front Insguri, and the statement of it gentleman 
     
     who loll that Island on the 2d ult., say, tlrit the heavy rains which 
     
     fell there about the middle of Septeizilter list, occasionetl no cott- 
     
     siderable loss to the Salt-rakers. 46').tltltl bushels IliIlI been raked 
     
     during the last season, a large part of wliicl; had already been ship. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     At Antigua. the House of Assembly had been dissolved, and the 
     
     General Election of Representatives was in m ress. 
     
    
   
   
    
     and retired manner. It was believed, that by his penurious 
     
     bsbit he had saved a small sum of money, earned at. his trade, 
     
     cobbling boots and shoes; but great was the surprise of his 
     
     friends snd'othors on over-hauling the old boots in the ‘corner 
     
     of his rootn soon after his deatlt, to find some of them literally 
     
     crammed with old wallets well filled with the “ root of al 
     
     evil.” It is impossible at present to tell the amount of fortune 
     
     Its has left, but we have heard it estimated at so large _a sum as 
     
     soems incrodiblo, 3200.000, and what makes _it more interest- 
     
     ing to the parties concerned, he has left a will as long as the 
     
     moral law. well and faithfully executed, in which he decrees 
     
     that his estate shall be kept in trust for twenty years, before 
     
     the heirs. with one exception, can receive an benefit there- 
     
     from. Mr. Coflield was a native of Halifax, .,_8. e has a 
     
     sister ln_tl'iis city, now upwards of seventy years of age. and. 
     
     we doubt not, Ieavss something to make has comfortable in her 
     
     old age; "I'lte old gentleman visited Iiallfsx ‘coins three or 
     
    
   
   
    
     '_ fo r yoalls ago. being the first time, if was roll-Omllel‘ rinliily. in 
     
    
   
   
    
     t y ears. He made subsequent visits—his last. in the early 
     
     part’ this summer. The exception made in his wil|,vre have 
     
     when to believe, will be applicable to the old lady we speak 
     
     of, who has not yet been legally informed of tho fsct.—Bo.vlon 
     
    
   
   
    
     y A verrrser. 
     
     ll‘;-gdgrjck R. Gr-iflinty, Esq., of Gulldford, Conn., who died at 
     
     the Astor House, in Now York, on the 13th ult., by his will 
     
     bequeathed to the American Oolortisstion Society. 39000 : Bl- 
     
     st‘. Social 0 I000; Home Miniorisry Society, 8 I000. 
     
     Gsnr asssuss tir ‘rite Corvos Mssxs'r.—Upon npenittl 
     
     a large rrer-pressed hole or cotton at Cincinnati. the other 
     
     day, s esd negro boy was found in it, pressed to the thinness 
     
     of a four inch plank. 
     
     It is computed that the rats in the United States cetisuiss 
     
     Oll0,0tl0 worth of grant a year. ‘ 
     
     The Cuban Govsrsmont was still is dlficalty with that of tho 
     
     It had hates. , _ . . 
     
     s ".“p'p“‘gh|lIfiOI'WIl‘i:::lll0l|¢0,#lndlI‘I~ 
     
     gas to set . ' ‘ 
     
     .F| m1““  Eerrgrsssmsa. sshibltassssllsmblgloé 
     
     1.5.5. ‘as.’ 't‘hs\Vhtp'tisvelssgprepsrussa- 
     
     bl . - . , 
     
     .— 7* ‘oils Olen lofistr W0 ' 
     
     Mia: ptitioalsrs of a deal which some ofgnlsfi 
     
     ta clsrscossty I’ 5"‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     , Oil ' It. 
     
     slt sad dss  porstlldl fa. tba.8tst'o. "It accor- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘so ‘F gqmsr, between a Marissa and a sstivs Califor- 
     
     .5,,, .53.; a guns of IlI0I|DN_,'h(5:.;|t';h:'HI the‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     nod i combat. 
     
     an shstlls sash sftbooombstssts. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Death hadbsoa busy amoig the diiitiiigsislictl men of Antigua. 
     
     The Hon. M. H. Daniel, M. ., Preriidsitt of the Board of Couitctl, 
     
     Iloit. 'I‘. lloull, M. D., Member oftlte some Council, and the Hon. 
     
     R. B. lildrige, one oftlte l’uisiie Judges nfthu Court of Ilxrzliequet, 
     
     Master in Cliancery, Senior llleinber of tlte House of Assembly, 
     
     had, within the interval ofa few days, bees gathered to the totitb, 
     
     amid the deep rt-gret_of the whole cotmrtanity. 
     
    

    
     The Island was visited with it seven gate on the 22d Sept., 
     
     it caused little or no d.-ima e on slioie. ' 
     
    

    
     Among the vessels that ltad put into Antdksa in consequence of 
     
     the storm, wrist e arque Samuel Cttnur , front Liverpool, N.S., 
     
     bouitd to Brirbttdoris with it cargo of f.-'li, and lumber, having had her 
     
     docks swept, antl disrtiasted. and titlterwigc injured. T Ill ltililc 
     
     storm was severely felt at Monte:-rritt unil tr‘u:iduloiipc. 
     
    

    
     Dl:ssIsAttA.—-On tlte confines of this colony. IOWIIHIS V909‘ 
     
     zuela,a quantity ofgnld has beer: gathered, amounting to $455,000. 
     
     In the valleys, the hunters gather more than those who ruriort to the 
     
     mountains, and in both, contrary to expectation, it increases in 
     
     abundance. . 
     
    

    
     This gold-ltltttiiig has very aerioual checked tnti-ritnl improv- 
     
     ments, and the planters are coinpelle to pay higher wages to lIll.'lt‘ 
     
     agricultural labourers. 
     
    

    
     I"rorn Georgctowti, Demerarit, we learn, that the yellow feve- 
     
     hud abated to a great extent, uttd sanguine hopes are now enter 
     
     taincd of its entire dis.-tppearuitcti. 
     
    

    
     A Aivriotrrt.-—l)i<tresaing accounts ltad been re- 
     
    

    
     ceivod at Nassau ofa drought prevailing at Antigua. by which niiicli 
     
    

    
     datttsgc ltad been sustained, aitd ruuclt misery endured by the in- 
     
    

    
     haltittirtts. As Epidemic Diarrhms was also prevailing to an alarm- 
     
     oxtsltt. 
     
    
   
   
    
     but 
     
    
   
   
    
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     ' ‘ ' ENGLAR D. 
     
    

    
     Among the new publications announced by the London press, 
     
     we psrssive " Urtc e Tirrt." a volume of tales, by the authoresa 
     
     of H Uncle Tom's Cabin." 
     
    

    
     Mr. Rcborts. President oftltc negro republic, Liberia, is now 
     
     on a visit to England. 
     
    

    
     The, lrielel .Mlrror relates a hire cure of siinsumptiop by the 
     
     snlicstiis, satsrnhly, cfslotlis sshrsud with cud-liver oil to her 
     
    
   
   
    
     A Just Lsvv.—Itt Stvod tbs atss who is found drunk in 
     
     lttsd tlttb dollar the rst ofl'encs,six dollars for the 
     
     ' ' ltnprlsionmont. EC lsisrl--thslsw 
     
    
   
   
    
     . man who made hlrsdraakn-sold him 
     
     the llqticr— a subject tcprscissly the some penalties. e 
     
     otrlprit is a professor of religion, the ishtnsat is still more 
     
    
   
   
    
     IHI ASS’ ZA°ltm"”S"(h1l\.iZ ii-.‘.7"ll“ TIE’. 
     
    
   
   
    
     TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1852. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE MAINE LIQUOR LAW. 
     
    
   
   
    
     'l‘ti.t'r Drunkenncss is an evil, and, as affects both society and 
     
     iiiditiduals, one of the most serious, no rtiait pretends to deity; and 
     
    
   
   
    
     t. Mu-,1 ;. of “,3 “me ¢|,a,,,,,,,,. H‘ ,1," could there be found any certain untitlote, or _ell'octunl corrective, 
     
     W" m” . dwg, ,, ‘low length: the inventor would be justly entitled to rank with the greatest bene- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ; fuctortt of the huriian riicu. Were it a vine of modern origin, can- 
     
     ' iiequettt on s fuctitiiius state of society. a knowledge of the cause 
     
     It might lead us to it true perception of the remedy; bat tlte contrary 
     
     is the case. 'l'|ie use of tttirnulatin-_r beverages, isnftlte moat ancient 
     
     tlales,——l'ur less coininoii now, than it was only a few yaiirs since, 
     
     incoinparitlrly so when cniripttretl with older titties. Uur Saxon 
     
     I ancestors were not only druitkurds, but to their Norman conquerors, 
     
     t prnvt-rlrially so; “ drun as u Saxon" was a word of reproach, 
     
     l Wltt’lI applied by one l\'iirnitin to another; while. on the other liimd, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     1 the Saxon glorif-d iii the quantity ofale or nitiatl tli:it he could drink 
     
     at rt sitting;—lriit, alas! such is the perreniity nfliuiitatt tiiiture,tltiit 
     
     the more tsI)ilL'IlIl‘Illi Nortiian snccuinbt-d, and lrecnuie equall with 
     
     the Saxon the captive to it mutual conqueror. 'I'lic titeady oiiwurd 
     
     ' iiturcli ofscio-nco, the propitgittion of all kinds of l:nnwledge—ltoth 
     
     of ti spiritual and ttmtporzil nature, the long itlnttirtnrrrgg 9‘.-rm, the 
     
     untiriturul state of wrir—tivt-r the must fruitful nursery of the inttrnt. 
     
     in-rulc, ttigtrtlii-r with ll variety of other cause-s, have within tlio ltirit 
     
     liztlfr-rutitiy I)t,'t3II eotttriliutiiig, in ii grt-titi-.r or II‘!!! do-greet, tti arrest 
     
     tit» prt-- t---t tiftliia t-zit-iiiy of iirtiic, Cl\’llllttl‘tm rind order; and, to 
     
     their li':-_j.i t!|’('IllI Ilt) it rr-nurtletl. the “ Sorta of 'l't-triporiiitce" have, 
     
     on ll|l'i iiiilo otitlic .\tl:tiitic., acliii-vied l'l tttiglitv triiutipli, in itrultiiig 
     
     the illlll oftlieirtlrdt-r .1 popular fot~liiig—enlisIiiig ' liextrtri and trout- 
     
     I iriaitdiirg tliti u\r-ttiiut-4 of tlii- grind lIlltI \'ir'luouit tiftill l’tllIl(i| and birth 
     
     sex:--._ in tho iiprt-;t«.l til" the priirciplort of It‘lll[|t‘l'fll|t'tl. " ' 
     
     ‘r, itilmitpt-r.iiit.c ii':i.~i tint only ttilr-itttod, lint glitrit-d in; rig om, 
     
     alter it public or privaitc diitiii-r, was iisliiiirrod to confess. that lie liitd 
     
     l.'XC(‘t!tIL'(.I the houiidri ofsobrioty; the grtrnlt-at reproach was, that he 
     
     had shrunk from t:xr'.css,——:iiid tiicii avoitlr-d the term “ trtilltsop," 
     
     nstlit-y would that of toward or scuunrlrc-I. Now. Ill all rttlika of 
     
     lilii, tlriiilrittg to iaeltrizitioii is (‘.tIII9illI.'l‘t‘tI di-gram-fail; llllll \\’Ilr‘lI ll 
     
     i'm,-at occur, is siiuglit to be pr'|ll|-lIt‘tI by the terms “ l‘lIl\‘.IIt tl.“ 
     
     ’ ariintig tltts liigltvr class, or " linitl tip," “ river tlii: li.'t_v." or stutttn 
     
     other alririv; ti-rins, ruining the lower. IIl'.llt.‘tl||, the “ Sort~i" have 
     
     only tvtcl-.li-il Illt! \t't.':I[tIiIir-‘- of iriiirtil siiiisiiitt and 4.-x:iiriplc; tlicv now 
     
     lt'¢‘l{ to be etidut-tl with tlu- arurotir oftliv. law. \\’e Ii-.ir, liovvever. 
     
     that they rtrn :1l’t?lrlllg to be girdetl with weapons that llll.'\' have not 
     
     pi’ii\'otl; :tinl tli.it, us the simple sling and stone tvait inure ,4)‘,-,,,;,, 
     
     tviili Uitiitl tli.tii vrniild have I)(‘I‘I| the potttlvriitru :irtittI of S;ru|_ in 
     
     the oi‘--rtliiuw of Golitiilt, so the Sons of'l'i-iitpi-rztrti-t-, indaing battle 
     
     with I/.ri'.' tviniit, li.id ht-tter ll.'t\'I‘ kept to the use of those 'PI)ll.ilWtI, 
     
     but hitltt.-rto powerful wt.-.'ipottiI, \\'lil':lI, while tlwy t-tli-ctetl deatllv 
     
     wouiiilrt upon their eiieitrio-:4, confc-rred grace and bcaiitv cit tliuirt. 
     
     I€l\'t'!l. It struck ti.-. wlii‘e ultt-iiiliiig tliri titer-ting of \\'ctlrit-stl.-ty 
     
     eteitiitg, tlit! llllll l"-‘l . lliiit tlio.-to viliti ii'e't- —it~4 tltt-_v tlroiiglit, .~uv,- 
     
     gert-tfull_t'-—utlt-iishitittg the ruloptinrt here of the .\l.iina I.:iiv oxpari. 
     
     int-nt—-for it lrl liut rt-t t-xperituciit—li:td mit curirridcrotl the mm, m, 
     
     fully and sullicit-ittly, no.’ taken as cnttiprt-lit-nirive it view of it, in all 
     
     its aspects, as they ought to have dirrte. lay it not he possilrlri, th,,t 
     
     the reiiirtly propnsetl tiiay ititlint greater evils on society, than the 
     
     vice vvliir-h it is its nl ' act to eradicate? The clinirrtisn of the meet- 
     
     ing stated, that " the State of Maine had taken the lead among nn. 
     
     tions, in proliiltitiug the use of intoxicating liquors." A on mis- 
     
     take; and the legislators of the State of .‘l nine, we suspect, has 
     
     fallen irito_ the tuttito error: the experiritertt had been tried ct-iitnries 
     
     since, on it more extensive scale, and aiming a more powerful people 
     
     —with what success, its history can tel . 
     
     It is now about I230 years since lllahonirried IN't_‘flIIIP the founder 
     
     of it new religion, one of the principal tenets of which was lnttsl 
     
     rilratirterire from winn—then the only tnediurii of intoxicrttiori. Int- 
     
     pnstnr as was Ilrilttitrimed in religion, he was an able politician. and 
     
     profoundly versed in the knowledge of the human heart; he had 
     
     known, frtyin experience, that laws are of no nviiil, unless there is 
     
     some rineiple operating upon the mind. sntficiently powerful to 
     
     induce the indivitlttal to obey: and was fully aware that. among men 
     
     horn and dwelling under the burning sky of Arabia, there was no 
     
     greater fire to that union,into which it was ltis object to bring all the 
     
     fierce tribes of Illll race, than the inteiiiperate use of the juice of the 
     
     grape; and that where the use was ieriitittetl, it Itiid ever been found 
     
     to tlegetierate ittto aliuse; he, tlii-re ore, made it one of the requisite»- 
     
     fiir ndtiiiriaioit into his sensual p.1rndisg.__which rrhnurnled in ¢o,,| 
     
     slirtdes, pt-lluciil !Il’t'l|lllrl, tiparklirtg fuuntitirtit, and extensive groves, 
     
     lresitlti wlticli wantlercd lovely ferii.-ilr-s, ofangclic cliartita, awaiting 
     
     the true lteli.-~ver,—-that he should abstain from the use of this deadly 
     
     and insidious foe to human happiness. And. for a time, he wait 
     
     obeyed. Whiin. however, lirlnrnism was fully recognised as the 
     
     dominant religion in that part ofihe I-‘.ast,——when wealth, and opu. 
     
     lnitce, an a tired home succeeded the o are diet. meagre posses. 
     
     sions, mintndic ltaliits, and the black goatskin tent oftha sort of lah. 
     
     niaol-tho prohibition ofths Prophet pressed snreu nhim,and was 
     
     most sedulously sought to be eviided The soothing influence of 
     
     tobacco was had recourse to—itself a mild and gentle species of 
     
     ii.tnxic.ition,e\'cn when ttiken in iiioderatioii—stupifying and enthra- 
     
     tirtg, when used to excess; then followed opium, until opiumeaters 
     
     untl opium smokers are as cnrninon among the followers of Muhonr. 
     
     in , as wine and britittly drinkers uriioiig oursclves;—rtor do they 
     
     scruple to drink distilled liquors, itndcr the leit, that they are itot 
     
     wine, and therefore not within the letter olplbe law. In the times 
     
     of the pseudo-prophet, the materials for exciting the nervous sy atetrt 
     
     were few; in those days of chemical research. they are rtuinernnp; 
     
     and when once the attention of those unprincipled though ingenious 
     
     vnturies of sciencc—-who are always to be found when the occasion 
     
     calls for thetit—is fully nrouu-d and whetled hp gupiflity. they, ,,,,,,,,. 
     
     will he Legion; and prr.-puraiioris of opium, hyoocysmus, medicated 
     
     lobar-.co, rind n thnusrtiitl others now unknown, will be substituted 
     
     lin t is place of wine itnil alcohol, and openly or covertly veiided in 
     
     our trlttips. e do crtnft-as ourselves not a little iistoiiisltt-d. at hear 
     
     hit; man the advocates for legal, in place of riinrrtl, coercion in the 
     
     present day. Our ancestors behoztdr-d, hanged, mutilated, wltlp 
     
     and tortured in every possible variety of mode, and for every crime 
     
     and ritistlemertiior——and to what purpose.’ IIIH increase of the vi-ry 
     
     criirieti they were intended to I'l'pl’s'tItI. A iniltlor system. nioro phi- 
     
     lzinthropic rind more consonant with the rm-rcifiil spiritoftlie religion 
     
     we protein, has been adopted, iintl wliut hits been the cnrttiequerice .’ 
     
     \\'itli more than twice the population, iiml perhaps ti.-n tititt-it the 
     
     ivealtlt. there are at this day fewer atrocious crimes cummittorl in 
     
     tiri-at llrituiri. than there were a century ago. \Ve trust we shall 
     
     over he fuiinil firm and steady advocates for tcrnperitncc, anxious to 
     
     tree it: benefits spread through all ranlis of social , and its ltltmiiitrra 
     
     iruretl over the whole land; but we will not cniitcirlo in asking tltc 
     
     I,.r-girrlature to compel and coerce those who are in the habit of using 
     
     the wine cup in moderation, and to whoiti it has become essential 
     
     to the r-rtjtryment of life. at once to relinquish it; rind we wish for 
     
     no such prnhibitory law as that of Maine upon the subject, perfectly 
     
     stttiri tltrit the more stringent are its provisions, the more certainly 
     
     they will be disri-garrlsd and evaded. It is in every at 0 view 
     
     an irttportttnt subject, uml ere long we shall return to it, and endea- 
     
     vour to sttgge-t sontertlterstions in the resent otato cfilte lttw,which 
     
     will. we think. be likely tosocelerrttet e onward march that,thrnnglt 
     
     the force oftnoral suasioit. aided by example. ltas been so happily 
     
     begun. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
     No-rtritan contributes more effectually than the publication of 
     
     cod Maps to make a country known inforsigtt parts. The heat 
     
     oscriptiona in print of the coast, lisrboars, proximity to other 
     
    

    
     places. however acuaratsly they may begiven, must be road in de- 
     
     tail, and aflef all leave but a faint and imperfect iinpresaiott. Give 
     
     but a glanes at a Map, and all becomes plain; the eye takes in the 
     
     whole at ones, and cotviprehortds in an instant what it would take 
     
     t descri . he want of a coniprehttnsivo, well-executed 
     
     ap of Prince Ildward Island, has long been felt; and has. we are 
     
     convinced, been of considerable injury to the Island. The vet‘ 
     
     circumstance, ofbeittg told that there is no irrtiderntilap of an Island’, 
     
     ' lt yos propose vlsitltig. for the psrposo of either settlement or 
     
     pleooofv. Is afito dittvtp tbs srdsiur, as stfording a kind of ytglgfiyg 
     
     ayldoncs that the plrtcp islittlo jnovya, and perhaps less sought. 
     
     '1 his reproach-—for it is orto—ls now done away with; and the pan‘ 
     
     ohsorof Wsiottr-’s Mar or Prtirrcc Enwsnn lsssrvn will 
     
     have both an accurate outline of coast, and the divisions of the inte- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ssvsro, sad cxcontrnunlsotion always llsws. 
     
     JAPAN. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Tas ssstas or no Jsrssara so sscss-rsts r-as 
     
    
   
   
    
     llfl isto parishes and totvasltipo, together with tho Nadir lltltlflil. 
     
    
   
   
    
     through the medium of your paper, 
     
    
   
   
    
     fl'tsfhef'dol'st lhsbsd, .A . .. .. . 
     
     fly,  I‘; ‘...u;:u"‘.“,..’i,,l:::_h.y.:- ,h.n.£z,,,',.|",'jliI:I,Ip.,::: “p m: were drowned, and several other passengers were scrtotpsly iitjured. llbtlfllably tItrotc_op¢u, lrrforc long, the erripire of Ju _ r_r'cn singular epnrtla. If (as the writer evidently wishes the public to 
     
    

    
     r. _ Im, ‘o dim“ ‘M wbj”, or wriculmu, educuion’. in an I-I:‘mf;:  est: “s:t‘p‘p|;ed_  pfiuqugli the proyrclcd Jmcrtcaa attack should not be earned trite sttplpoae) l.ydtJtrv|l‘ Ilt:tI 9II'dt;l‘I!Vtt|tll'¢d to sway the Jufiges. and 
     
     .- W _ _ II '= - NI Incl?» . an I en -y gsiii ‘tic prise. it would vs said 
     
    
   
   
    
     very little for their integrity; and, in my opinion, it says as little for 
     
     the honesty of the mart w to says, " that had he been aware at the 
     
     time he saw lllr. Lytltard‘s cloth. and was tnfortrted that it was to 
     
     be exhibited, tltst he (Mr._L.) was to be one of the Judges, ho 
     
     sliotild not have entered his own cloth for confpetition, though so 
     
     much superior to the other;" but the facts which I particularly wish 
     
     to state, are as follow :— ' 
     
    

    
     ‘I happened to be in Mr. Lydisrd's store, and he showed me a 
     
     piece of cloth which lie had purclissed previous to the Exhibition, 
     
     remarking at the satire tiiite, that he thought it so good, that ho hntl 
     
     offered to send it there for the seller, and give her a chance for the 
     
     prize. I have since learned that he did so; ttitd it took the prize, 
     
    
   
   
    
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     H nv<Hn—a<P3U$£bc¢ fiudn 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mntyre, aged 69 vetir 
     
    
   
   
    
     which was paid over to the woman, the original owner and irinrtu- 
     
     fiicturcr ofthe cloth. I confess, I cannot see anything wrong in 
     
     Ill”; N)? Cam I tliiii_k there would be pay impropriety in the Judges 
     
     cantpetiirg and receiving prizes out their own account. Mr. ‘Neill, 
     
     however, thinks ditleretitly; and from the tenor of his letter, we 
     
     nrutit coticlude that it would not be quite safe for hint to trust him- 
     
     ulfunder such very tryi circuinstuitcas. 
     
     “I airi , Sir, 
     
     Yours respectfully, 
     
     A. D. 
     
    

    
     Charlottetown, Nov. 20, I852. 
     
    
   
   
    
     'I‘lIl'I Ill.-\INl'I l.IQ.UOII. LAVV. 
     
     _ At a Public Meeting, held iii the 'l‘eriiporaiice Hall, on the even- 
     
     tug of ‘vt!(IlllfMItI_V, tho ltltli irtitt., for the purpose of advocating the 
     
     tniroductiuri into this Island, of the Maine Liquor Law. the fol- 
     
     lowing ltt-solutions were nan 
     
    

    
     l- RN-'Ili'i?rl. 'l‘li:it in vii-w til’ the rtipid irtcreinie of lllIt9nlpt'lIt‘l00 
     
     every ultt-re pcrct.-ptibln tlirougltout this lrilnriil, tliiit trim-ting is o‘ 
     
     nptntoit. that it is the imperative duty of Clirisiiarv |'atrint.r, ol‘e,~.,ry 
     
     tlerttiiitiinttiiin and party, to unite in active and pert-everntg eflbrts 
     
     to arr:-at its lllilflllltig progress. 
     
    

    
     2- /‘W’/1'4’/I. 'I‘hiit wlmtevt-r other causes may have combined to 
     
     product-_tltiv rilairrnttig iricrr.-use of iitieiiiperttiitte. much of it mutt in 
     
     the npiiitoit of this llIt.'t‘lltlg, he itttributt-tl to the utter inefficiency of" 
     
     tho. pI’t:l.t:lIl‘Itt\\"fl rt.-gultitittgtho importation, itiitnufucturo and sale 
     
     of iiitoxicattng liquors—tlie inconvenience of their npplicritioit—tlie 
     
     do-ti It'nt!_y nfthe means of proof in cases of viol.1tion—-the unen- 
     
    
   
   
    
     » taiiny of their yetntlitert-—aitd Il|t.' iin.-quality of their opt.-ration, all 
     
    
   
   
    
     notttbitriiig to rt.-ritli-r tlii-iii, in it rt-at ttteatiure. iiitipi-rative. and 
     
    
   
   
    
     ; in their gt-iii.-riil lcritllls t-xcucdtitgly uiisatistiictory to ll|'J public at 
     
     lttr-v 
     
    
   
   
    
     _ 3 Rt’>’Jli't“/._ 'l'li:it this rrtt.-cling is fttrtht-r of op'tnin:r, that t:xist~ 
     
     tug I.:i\vs on this siilijt.'t't appear to his ftiiiiiil.-tl on a ll‘! . "ally titlso 
     
    

    
     I'IllI.‘l:\lt‘, rinniely, that the trallit: in iittivxinnting beverages is a pub. 
     
     lit‘ goovl, tree trig only to be prripr.,l‘v ra.’;ul.'tll'.I'. tiiitl tint (its tern- 
     
     peraricc mt-ti iiniv gt,-in-rally rt-gzird it) .i Pu/.'Il(‘ evil, to he suppres- 
     
     sietl. llr:it irtto.\It;.-ttirig ltt't‘t'l‘.'tgt‘u aw in tlit-ii.st-lveo evil, tluii;_vt-mus 
     
     "I'll Il<‘iItl‘_V. -‘Ind that their lI|ltIltIl‘I|Cl‘|JCll0lI would uotonly be no loss 
     
    
   
   
    
     lint llll tiiitttetiuo gain to all the interests of society, and that, in tlrirr 
     
     "'f'“'_"l ll“? CW0. We know, of no Liquor Laws, based upon the true 
     
     principle, l!ACFjlI those rer.-t-ritly enat-tad by the Legislatures of the 
     
     atuto of Mattie, Mnssitcliust-tta and Rhode Island. 
     
    

    
     4. Rrrolrtwl, .'I'Il:Il. in tit-.w oftltcso litctri, we earnestly recom- 
     
     riii.-ritl all true frit-iidit of'l‘eirtper:itrce tliritiigltout this Island, as the 
     
     only flung iro_w rlesirablr, to cotntnt.-rice an agitation itt their rcs- 
     
     pt_ecttve lotz.-iliires on the suliject of tits adoption by our Legislature 
     
     of ti riictisurii, as nearly as possible, similar to the .\l.'tirie Law; and 
     
     that I’etitions praying for such a measure be, in the tnetsntiiiie, cir- 
     
     culiited and signed as nurrit-ritual circurnstsrtccs wil em’ 
     
     with the view of being presented to both Houses of the Legislature, 
     
     at the approncntrtg Session tlter . 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Dirb, 
     
    
   
   
    
     On Saturday, the 9th ult., at Cable llead, Lot 4|. Mrs. A. Marv 
     
     s. 
     
    

    
     Suddenly, at Iledeque, on Tliuroday. the 4th instant, Mr. .IollPl-I 
     
     fltt.t.ilI:tt, aged 76 years. Ile has left a widow to nionrn the loss 
     
     ofa kin rind iiflin.-titiriato husband, and it large circle efrelstivos 
     
     ntltI friends, to lament the departure ofs kind neighbour. His was 
     
     ,, life of true piety, and his end was peuse. 
     
    
   
   
    
     mg 
     
     lflassmgtrs. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In tho Steamer Rose, on Wednesday the 11th instsnt.—Messrs. 
     
     I-‘lockltart, (I. Stttinders. A. Mackensid, Il. Milford. J W. C. 
     
     Decliirttin. VV. Duahentln, II. J. Csulbec. J. Logan, 3. Needhaut; 
     
     R. llutcltinson, Esq.; W. Stewart, Esq., Lady and Son; Miss Mary 
     
     Macks 
     
    
   
   
    
     Y- . 
     
     In in the Steamer Ross from Pictou, on Friday l9th ittot.—Cstn. 
     
     Booth, M. Jarvis. Esq.; Mr. 6: Mrs. Ilorbort Ilsll,-—arttl 1 in the 
     
    
   
   
    
     re s‘ 
     
    

    
     In tlie Packet 1!. Ingram. from Srtrrtntorside, (Itedsqus), to 
     
     Bhsdiae, uv. ,—Captrtin Attwood, Captain Ntcltersort, r. 
     
     Jarviséllrs. Chihsiholrlt, “rap Moriesy, Mrs,"’C.morr gm] 1 glrilargn, 
     
     Mrs. ussid . i-toes ic e ; Osors. strios slfra , Edward 
     
     McCortnach,y Wrrt. Connell. oltrt Cltishslrvt, (isnrgo Pliklll, Jss. 
     
     I.srn,Comelias Kelly, Alex. Maedosgald. Nelson Cannon, J. C. 
     
     Porrott, Oliver Gama 9. Israel Dill,-B is Steerogo. 
     
    

    
     In the H. In rant, rorn Shodiau, Nov. ll—.\loosrs. John M‘Cal-_ 
     
     dor. Kory Mu. oill.\Arcli. MOKIIIIIOII, llobsvt Irving, Torqsil Mac- 
     
     Neill. Ewen Catnovott, Samuel Campbell. ssd Theo. Ronrtsll. 
     
    

    
     In the H. lagratit, from Shedlee, on Monday Nov. lbtli ttr. & 
     
     nu!‘ ‘Y‘II’WIf:‘ Messrs. David Cottasll, W. ll. Blair, Dosglsso 
     
    

    
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     N. II.—'I‘hs"' People's Pabst. H. pg," mpw tltb 
     
     trip from Shodisc to arntnorsids, in throo rs and orty Ill natal. 
     
     and cstssilsd the " Government Packet Grafton," forty-foo sti- 
     
     ttt4os—tbls Is the sltsrtsu tip as rsssslr