iv #4,, .4.-,’.r. Josrnshf . I sienissnts. HASZAitl)’S u.izi«:'i"-i°is., AUG‘l.'S'l‘ is. Riiuvus IN R.UB8lA.—-A. scheme for a system of railroads establishing direct com- munication between the Baltic, Black and Caspian sons has been submitted to the Emperoi-of Russia, and will probably be adopted and s eedily put in execution. Those roads wil together be about 1730 miles in length, and will aid immensely in developing the resources and trade of the empire.‘ Phe centre from wliiclithese new lines are to diverge is proposed to be fixed in the agricultural district of European Russia, a tract of country abuunding "1 coal fields and salt mines, and of great agricultural capabilities. From some cen- tral point in this district, probably Tula 0!‘ .Orel, four lines are projected—o:‘° North to Mo.~‘c(i‘.v, another South to the Black Sea, touching the Dneiper, with It branch to the coal mines nftlie Don, is third East to the Volga, with a branch connecting the Volga and the Don, and a fourth \Vest_ to the Dunalie;-g, connecting with the Riga and Dun-ilmrg line. NicAiuouA.—.N'ew York, Jug. ‘2.—-D0- tails of the news from Nicaragua, brought by the Grenada to New Orleans, are in the New Orleans papers of Saturday. _ Gen. VValker received an overwhelming majority for President, and was inaugura- ed on the l‘2th ult., with imposing cere- monies. Don Firmin Ferrer, the provisional President, delivered an address, resigning the reins of oliice, and administered the otlicial oath to Gen. VVallter in the pres- ence of an immense and enthusiastic as- sent age. Gen Walker delivered an Inaugural Ad- dress, in which the programme of his ad- ministration of the foreign and domestic concerns of the Republic was briefly yet pointedly laid down. _ The country was tolerably quiet. Ravia held possession of. Leon, and a party of Chamoeristas were in the vicinity ofChoutales. _ _ _ As soon as the rainy season is over, it is expected the allied forces of ‘the Northern Central American States will commence hostile operations. and Gen. Walker is sadly in need of the sinews of war to repel the invaders. NOVEL SPEcUl.A'l‘l0N .—-Among the many joint stock speculations which have been submitted to the public of late years, there is none so remarkable, whether in the nov- elty or grandeur of the enterprise, as that contained in a pamphlet recently published in Brussels, London and Leipsic, entitled “ La Conquete de la Chine,” (the Con- quest of China) from_ the pcn_,_as repre- sented, of an “ eminent politician and journalist. ” The object of the _scheme_ is the conquest ofthe Chinese Empire, which the anonymous author proposes to achieve by means ofa joint stock company with acapital of300 millions francs, and an army of 25,000 men. _ _ The “ eminent politician and journalist ” readily disposes of any objection which may be raised against the le ality or mor- ality of the enterprise by sayin , that ifthe “initiative is not taken by the uropeans, a Lopez or n Walker will soon be found t i carr the plan into effect ; ” and as regards the w of nations, he says’ “ laws only exist for those who respect and observe them themselves, not for a b_lood~thirsty cor- rupt government which punishes everything like progress as acrime. find “'_l“°h_ °“l.V maintains itself b a continual viplaticn of ‘H law." Whet er the author designs his pamphlet to be considered as f‘ a serious unsident in the domain of reality, " or as «an extravagant satire upon the wild specu- Jgtions which are new daily proposed in I. ye are unable to _say_. Absu ‘ 3') ar, it is scarcely o bubble specu- ycious narnss, found numerous and willing co. ‘.‘ sbovs novel speculation " is a .';, v.9“-tssivo satire on the Americas ' notions. Is! their "-1 1-! salsa for the ll|I¢l’pl'OlIll0ll.°f diflm I0" . V. 3 ...:‘.:.:; ::'.°'.t::::: .‘“.:.'::.‘,“::.:'.:".'..'é.*:.. .: y. - . Tues roa Rivt.-:ii Sr. _LAWlll|lCl.—- We had yesterday the privilege ofinspoct- ing two very fine veesels, built by Messrs. Robert Napier and Sons, and at present lying in their dock at Ltincefield. The are tugs which were contracted for by r Baby of Quebec on the part of the provin- cial Government ofCanada, and are intend- ed to be used for towing vessels an aged in the Canadian trade from the Is and of Anticosti up to Qubec. 'As they are with- out exception, the finest vessels of their class ever built, a few particulars regard- ing them will not be uninteresting. They are built of iron, the plates being much thicker than those used in the construction of the Edinburgh. Their length of keel is 170 feet, breadth of beam 30 feel, and their depth 17} feet. They are each 730 tons burthen, and will be propelled by a screw, driven by a pair of oscillating engines of about 400 horse- power. We saw one pair of the engines, and were struck with their remarkable strength and solidity. A party experi- enced in engineering assured us, that bet- ter engines never lelt the Clyde. Both vessels are schooner-rigged, and fitted with four water-tight bulkheads. The chains and anchors are in accordance with the rules of the Admiralty. Cabins, coinniodious and highly finished, sufiicient to accommodate upwards of a dozen pas- sengers, have been fitted up, and when completed, instead of resembling a tug such as our readers are in the habit of seeing on the Clyde, these vessels will in many respects outstrip some of our first- class ocean steamers. They are named the “Queen Victoria ”and “ Napoleon 111., ” and have been built under the the suporintendence of Captain Davison, a gentleman ofmuch experience. Ari soon as completed, the Victoria will proceed at once to Quebec, and will, we believe, take out fourteen cabin passengers, and about one hundred tons measurement of light goods, for which she has ample accomo- dation. She is expected to make the pas- sage in eleven days, and when her size and the immense power of her engines are con- sidered, this is not an over estimate. The Napoleon lll. goes to Hiivre direct, where she will take on board five lanterns for lighthouses on the Straits of Bellisle, and the Giilph of St. Lawrence. The Queen Victoria will he commanded by Caption VVilliam Davison, and the Napoleon lll. Daily Mail. [Captains Davison and McKay are natives of Pictou. The former was last year in command ofthe Canadian steamer Doris, and both are well knownas skil- ful and energetic seamcn.—En. Canon] SHOCKING Accioi:N1'—\’\'e lenrii by tel- egraph from Digby, that ii young woman named Pappon, in Lower Granvile, on Monday last, while assisting her husband slowing hay, fell from the mow upon the pitchfork in his hand, which penetrated her heart—causing instant death; She had been married only a fortnight previous- ly.—YarmoulIi Herald, 31:! July. NEWFOUNDLAND.-—-By the arrival of the R. M. Steamer Ospray, we have. St. John’s dates to the 23d July. A fearful gale took place on the 2d Jiily along the coast of Newfoundland. At Placeniia Bay, 10 boats, l schooner, and 9 cod seines are reported lost. About 30 boats with skiffs and cod seines were lost at Conception Bay, and a great destruction of property occurred at other places along the coast. A number cl lives were also lost. A fire broke out in St. John’s on the evening of the 15th July, on the east side of Garrison Hill, which proved of a very destructive character before it was subdued.’ ‘About twenty houses were consumed. Among the names of those_burn't'out are mentioned Kelloiid, Burk, Green, Capt. Forward,Mrs Knight, I-In hea,Colto.n ' 'lshs prospects of the Fisheries through out the Island are stated to be anything hutsnosuraging; but, at the date ofthe rovin in by Captain David Mckay.——Norlh British “'"' HA.8ZARD’8 GAZETTE. Wednesday. 18, 1856. The British and American Commissioners appointed by their respective governments under and by virtue of the late treaty res cot- ing the right of fishing on the coasts of me- rica have been some time in the Island, and are in the course of visiting all parts of it whenever their interference is necessary, for different periods of its the purpose of pointing out the limits of the fishing grounds common to the subjects of both , nations. We are leased to find that such is the case, and equal y pleased to observe, that, document, warning American fishermen that they are subject to all laws and ordinances while within the British dominions, to The City and its vicinity was visited by s i ve _. severe than lsr storm acc ' d ' hall and rain of thmviest desiiiiiipdiiliiic, ‘ning about 8 o's _ , and continuing with *soine intervals until. bggwsn 2and 3 o'clock this morning. We have ‘not had time as yet to l8H'II_Fh0|b0r _s greater injurisstiave been sustained than tlt toocssioned by fits bi-ealtin otiglassln some ofthe windows. .3 mac feiir from the intensity of the‘ lightning,’ and the extreme violence of tb’e‘.storin during the continuance, that we all hear ofmuch damage lisfia".b... done the crops and ottierwise. » a Bank of P. Biilsliindmivie are ha i paper, has commenced operation. the American Government has published a perceive by the advertisement in t 'spd)ayy"ii I Fnis lscssmaisii.—Bstween Saturday night cisely the same extent that British snbjiicts tliemselvee are. After those gentlemen shall have concluded upon and published their re- port, we shall expect to see American fishermen coming into our harbors with the same confi- dence of a kind friendly reception that they would into their own; nor have we the least doubt that this familiar intercourse will be productive of mutual advantages. It is ever to the interest of a poor trader to have to deal with a rich customer,nnd ofe small colony such as the Island, to have a market like the whole Atlantic seaboard aboundin in wealthy cities and fiourishing towns and villages to resort to, and we trust to see the day, and that no fur- ther distant than the next session of the As- sembl ,when some of those ver fishermen will be in uced to settle on our s ores by bein legally enabled to urchase tracts of Ian ot's small extent wit a frontage on the coasts or crooks that are over where to be met with. Small groups of men 0 this description scatte- red sround the Island would in the course of a few years, work a considerable change in the aspect of the coast. Fishing villages would soon be met with in every fittin locality, nor would we have to complain of t e want of a eta le commodit for export in the shape of fish 0 all kinds an pre rod in different ways. Nor would this be a I; there are farmers in in large numbers near to the coasts, who from shear want of space are compelled to go into the interior in search of farms. much to their mortification, for to men brought up within hearing of the noise of the waves of the ocean, nothing is more distressing than to have to reside in acountry at I istance from it. There is a fascination about the ass that is felt most, when we are, or are about to be deprived of the sight of it, and the pleasures, gratifica- tions an comforts that a proximity to it nllords. Let these men know from informntioii tliiit they can rely u on, that forms of a far better description 0 soil and at a much cheaper rate, can be had in Prince Edward sland, where, when once there, they will be ' ‘ii an hour or two sailing or rowing of good fishing-grounds and to which they and their families, furniture and household gear may he carried by water by a voyage of a we'ck at most, instead of II ion and tiresome journey to the far west, and cpend upon it many will be glad to come. This is one of those changes that is much to be desired, we hear every year of families emigrating to the States or other laces in quest of more ru id methods of getting rich than the gradual, ut on the whole, sure returns of agriculture can immigration to supply this outgoing; and the surplus population of the northern United States arcjust the people that can best suit the purpose, encoura e them then we say by every means racticii le, allow them to hold liinds an transmit them to their children or sell them to whom they please. One of the intelligent gentlemen who accompany the com- missions gratified us exceedingly by rcmarkin as we have done year after year,tlist the [shin is fully capable of supplying half a million of inliiibitnnts with case an in comfort. Our rulers must look ahead and go ahead '1‘llF. BELFAST TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION. The monthly mootin of the above associa- tion was held in the Pinstte School House, on Saturday the 26th July. resent-—A. Boston, A. Mcllliichsrn, A. Mc- Donald, D. McLeod, J. Morrison. J. Power, K. McKenzie, ll. Campbell, and J. Mclllillan, Esq. The following resolutions were proposed and unanimously a to. Resolved-— t.A..Bsstsn take the Chair pro tan. in the shsonesof the Ohoirsisn. It was found that in consequence of certain circumshnoss, s is that had been on- ' inetl last meeting had not been visited:— t was therefore llssolvod——'1‘liat bs isitod before next ""3 J rdias . F tli inittso f l : poinzd,-zilni lleK°snal:‘ and J. ., wars sppols to psspsrs nsxt rusting. ' vsd-Tliat the next. nesting be bold in the Plsstte School House on the last Saturday of August, its o'clock, it it.- '-‘ ‘ ll 0ntrsau.,8so’ . 03! i- 1' l accounts were i ¥lIl~e'."iisirii!7'of"t3t:l.'lY°h*'7*-#4-‘l'll“°", - P. 8. Tho Editors of tho. , ' :lbI:'.AlI#lIlf will obligsv-by Iafithglfio liuld out, we want therefore, it compensating‘ OATH. for I hrsl, Oil. Cdfill and Sunday morning last, Aug. l0th,tho house, barn, bed and bedding, clothes, furniture and farming utensils. belonging to James Conwa , (blind), of the West River. near Crosby’s Mi ls Lot 30, was consumed b fire—during the absence of the family which resides on tho Tryon Road. It is nus ected to be the work of ap Incendiary, the pub ic are respectfully soli- cited to aid him in getting up another house. ENIGMA. I am com and of 19 letters. My 17. 6. 1 , 2, 5, is a ouietricel term. My 7, 18, 10, 3, is one o the asteroids, , 4, 13, 12, is one of the planets, rte motion. 0, l7, is a property of matters. My 19, 16. 5. 4, 14, I7, is one of tho asteroids. My 4, 8. 13. 10, 15, 17, is a rt ofthe syo. My whole has acquired a war ii wide reputa- tion in s rimsa. Belfast, Aug. 4, 1856. .I 0 Married At the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev. James Allen, Cuvehead, Ma. Auxniosa Rosaii-i-son, of lisnslisw, West River, to Miss Ans Mii.i.iia, eldest daughter of James Miller, Esq. Firs Mile House, St. Peter's Road. Died, At the North River, on the Btli instant, after a long and painful illness, which she bore with patience and resignation, Mrs. Elizabeth Malone, aged 57, much and deservedly regretted by her friends and acquaintances. Port of Charlottetown. Iwrsnsn. Aug. 6-—l\laytlo\ver, Purdy. Pugwash; limestone. 8--Lively Lass, Pictou; coal. l|—0rnanient,Aylord, Sydney, i-osl, feathers die. I 2—Uniconi, Gallant. rihcdiac; deals. Aurora, Hume. Bntliarst; Liiricstons. l3—Bce, Oulloii, liiy Verte; deal. ci.l:Anitn. Aug. fi—Schooner 'l rial. l\lcNeill, Pictou; bu], 8—Brig Una, McPhee, Liverpool; Timbsr &_c,, by Messrs. MeGill. ' 'andenia, Henderson, Pip-mouth. deals; by J. Peaks. sch. Belle, Chap. pe , Bay Verte; iron. sch. Curlew, Nattatal, Tu- tsmagouche, oats. sch Garland, McLeod, Fish- ing voyage. 9—sch. Coiiservstive,.McFsdyan, Ruchibscto bal. sch. Elias Ann, \Vebster, Buctonche, bal l0—sch. Mary Ann, Wood, Piciou; bal. Uiilton, Bay Vsrte; bal. sch. Bee, Auction- ’ ‘O BE SOLD, at ll o'clock on FRIDAY morn- ing next, the Itith instant, at Auction, a good sized ‘ _ I_.iglitor. ‘ now ying olT Dousss wharf. for further par- ticulars apply to August It BENJ. DAVIES. Auctioneer. 3.¢88¢¢|- . given, that the following Prizes , to be contended for between row bciits tnanned by man belonging toll. M. 8. Arab :—First prize £4 ; second do £2. No second prize, unless three boatsstart. The race to coins oli' I2; o'clock on Wednesday, the 20th instant. Rosalind. 'l‘hst the line for entrance he extend- ed until Saturday night, the ltitb instant. By order of the President, August ll. BENJAMIN DAVIES, Scc‘y. Shingles, Lumber, die. INE BOARDS, (a good articls),8prau Boards, Deals. Sounding. Btsdding, Janipsr Posts, Lathe, Birch Plank. BHIIGLES. Sfgis, Cedar and Fir). . lI?l0OpairWlN W BASH, lslibloxll) ' JAMES . HARRIS. August II. II“. < °IU"fl‘Elt, til). Itas- \T OTICE is hereby . will be uiniis ll. tuisais. Asgsst Ir, isss. Feathers! 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