if liiA'sza;iii)'s GAZETTE, T.iiv'UARY so." ncnixs-rs or in ya ...3:': 3;:':.:' '"-"m~--_—~- - words cannot W ‘. nu. ml? . . .*'.:':::.':'.a.."'..‘.:.".‘."..- ........"' *-' -* ‘vi,-3'“-3}? :;::1::.":i°: "' t--v» an -- ..«--h... oftheinspirn.d.w.ri.t:r‘whooh "' '°"' mad.‘ E‘, '- tuna.‘ ‘DO W00! of lo fink“ 3.“. - T-ll‘-_|--i oti-eiviiui « l:i°t:"l 2;-.'.';:-.2::~“ .-.:'w-' '‘~'5i-=-'~=«-'=»'-’-'-== 3: ' 'l’lllofnlcureI'cstn,the ' Turks have ads ofevegy |.. and the forms of 5“... the eye at every turtt. and once u shock us have N 00' Dede en esilees and have ::':'9.":I'eeles etteiitiiréh Raise across the door-we c t." “D” from within which yiiu L? -h:nu.°:::“' _t»-In --=4 pny-n to the Prophet. and you will see in one spot a in one instant a mess orgggnmu. lated woes that .. ‘uh “.h,u““ for e lifetiine. . gm “, u a. ‘ii are lying .14. by side with the living in nu’. letter present a spectacle beyond all llhginetion The roinmooent necessaries of 3 5.. my wanting ; there in not the tour .g..¢g.: ‘id ,. decency or o|nanlinnen—ths stench is appalling- the fintid sir can barely sti-nut. gm 3. "5," "N, -tmo-phen. eeve throu the chinks in the wells and roofs, and, for all can observe, these men die without Ill! least Ifill bOl-ll. music to gave them. There they lie just as they were let gently down on the ground by the poor follows, '5'" °°'|“’|‘l°|o ‘Vllo rought them on their banks from the camp with the greatest tenderness, but who are not allowed to remain with them. The lid: trim is be tended. by the nick, and the dying by the dying. - How run since is Coenccreti.—‘l‘he siege’ says a letter of the 28th ult., is practically sun" pended, end the utmost we do 5 to defend the trenches at night and return shot for shot when- ever the enemy fire. We have plenty of ammuni- tion, but our guns are shaken by the continual firing, and the vents are blown to such a sine that a men cuiild put his thumb into them, the _Iperttii'e being at the same time irregular and Jagged.‘ The Russians during the day do not fire more then a gun every five minutes. Some- times their fire is quicker. Sometimes they do not send a shot oftener then onfl in a quarter of an hour. As the pun‘ of smoke oerls out of the cmbrnsurc, the look-out man in the battery cries, '°'I‘ower,"or "Redsn,"“or Garden Battery ;” end when the iron messenger, whlstli acdrosring through the eir,hsn thrown up eelea of earth and bounded away up the hill side; hang goes an answering gun from one of the batteries opposite the work which has roused up our artilleryinen. The fire on the French is, however, much more lively, and is kept I with some elect on their earthworks end lele. Every night (generally about 0 o’clofi) the Fla -etsl batteries, Quaran- tine batteries, and Well nttnries, open a furious cetinoeede, which last for from 20 minutes to 45 tnliteto, U ierd an the men can load the guns, right into the French line, and then follows instantly, as a matter ofcourse, s sally, the result of which in invariable. The Russians push a strong column out of the place, rush towards the first line,drive in the pickets and rifiemen, at up tothe first erallel—sometimeninto tt— o- nelly beyond it, end close to the second rallel are received as they advance by the reach covering parties with a deadly fire, halt end fire in return, are charged by_ the French. who root end pursue them into the town, but who are obliged to retire by t flank fire of the batteries end by the mitraille of the street guns. In this way, the French lose 4 or 60 man now end then, but the loss of the Russians in these must be ver considerable. Frequently. about daybreak in t e morning, the Russians‘ re- at the performances of the previous evening, Edi are not rmitted to come so close. Meenwhie Prince Gortschako_fl'is re rtsd to talk moet pceceabl y in Viennese diplomatic circles. He says, that the demolition of _Sebastcpcl or the reduction of the Rnssis_n fiest in the Euxine are insulting demands, entirely out of the question ; but that it Turkey may build a port in the Black Sea ssetrong as Sebestopol, and thetthe allies may keep any fleet they meyconstdnr necessary an: enema ice to the Russian power in that eel- He is s no reported to have said, with_ reference to the “ overtures," now being made : " Within three weeks we shall have peace, or I shell heve quilted Vienna." A Dsuotirsn or run llnsriseiir-.—A letter from the French camp before_8ebastopol eeyn:— " Recently in a house to which some Ccnssc a had set fire, we found in a room. In 0|‘ ‘P9 point of being suffocated with the smoke, a child about 18 months old, elegantly d s I" having a geld cro_ss suspended from its neck. The poor infent smiled u our Gretiedters. ‘PW removed it, end have ado ted it, until the family to whom it belongs shel ‘be discovered it II curious to see the Grenedters fondling the baby, end treating it with as much tenderness as It could receive from its mother. tisoucr or riis rcnxtstr salt.’ A letter has been addressed to the Ministers of the Ports by Omer _PnolIIa °°"Pl‘l““'8 °f the manner tip hie l:‘I;:oQl?::‘:- It it re a arm: I1 v whielipliks done so finch for Turkey. 'lll°l' ‘l°‘ fended the line of e)Denube for half I 9|; against the whole power of Russia. ‘Id ‘Z '° has been brought a greet stete_of eflcaency by the onion of its commander, in now engi- tuto o the commonest necessaries. Tliett 0 soldiers have not received their ‘Ky is compara- tively a small matter, for to 3 ‘ll’! "°?°‘ customed, end no soldiers will more ee_l§l! forego the little luxuries which are f°‘l“"_"° to kee soldiers in food humour. Tbe_Turkislt nrin the past s ring, wee on bison t alone. ,, nter was their onl drink: echo and DOV" saw,nn yet tney_did well, and_went rou b the campaign without complaint. But i e army in the provinces in not only deprived of the comforts which ought to be provided 1'0? ti-oops which have borne such hardshi , or for the urohese of which their pny s old he regu arly given, but they are deltltllh Of H0005‘ series which are required to sup rt exletonce during the present winter. The r clothes end shpes are wolrn on N. to on to sup y theta I sions are he in qualitynld No email inortnll y ap letter do or add ell the Ministers. and it poped, that immediate attention will he I others. The these ylssmall. ieh pidto win-rsn one-reiso roe -res rnoore. alreatl shted thettheGoverIl- mi. oeei'aot hr the lip‘! ofM.000selhnfwermwietsr ' Qffifllhflhv &kQdCICC'llC 5- ghgpssiniierbthntworeh theArstle .eysnterere,aiidiseoepessd cfseel fill t,endnopains heveheen pe with silk. Tho oficers are to weer it Llark mili- “TJ °l0IlK_. lined with fur. Th- ordinary trousers will need. to be covered, however. as hr as_ the knee by thick leather overalls. The bands will be covered by oven, gauntlet shape. The no_n-comnii_esicned 0 end rivetes will be nlmilarl attired. save as re s the cloak, which w be lined with re bit skin, and covered with a water roof on . The troops etnharkin for t e crimes are re- Vljlfll. y the _order c the Secretary-at- ar, with the following articles of warm clothing :—- _ fur helmet, one pair Napoleon book, one Err leather mite, lined with fur, two pair of nib s wool drawers, two woollen Guernsey frocks, two ir worn. socks, two pair warm gloves, two nnel shirts, end with warm lining or the greatcoat. stat: ANOTHER ttussteiv itstinouii av l.llIIl_A!ll. Rios. 1.—The fears of a hostile visit from the ships of England end France, enter- teined by our governor, were so great, as to in- duos him this summer to have large quantities ofstones sunk in the channel to our harbour, so as to reveal the entrance of at least the ships of t line. And, indeed, this measure of precaution has been executed with such succeu,ns entirely to impede the nevi tion. Now that the British ships are with rewn, several loeded mere t vessels endeavoured to leave the port, but the obstructions were found to be insurmountable, end after several at- tempts to get out, the ships were obliged to re- turn tc the port end discharge their cargoes, sotne of them having suifered considerable da- inege from bum ing on these artificial rocks, though the captains knew exactly where they were situated. The entrance to our port may therefore be considered as totally impervious to hostile shi s of war, end, in the event of a peace‘, wil require a vast amount of labour combined with great expense to clear away the obstructions, end restore our harbour to the status giro ants bellunt. . Ft.on-mo BATTIBIII rott rue Wan._ 'l_‘he ‘floating batteries in course of construc- tion in England, will be the most formidable ever projected. They are of forged or hem- mered iron plates, four and a half inches thick, lined inside wit wood, and will measure i500 tone. From actual experi- ment, it has been. proved that the will be impervious to any shot or shell. The con- struction of these engines of war is a very dlfiicult and expensive task. 0 I 0 IPOILID Ftoiri-mo iron Ltrs.—Mejcr Goodwyu, let Regiment, was surrounded by the enemy, and two of them dashed up to his horse; he deliberately shot them, and, spurring hie charger, broke through the thick crowd, but just as he deemed himself secure, a Russian came at him with his bayonet. The Englishman waited until he was almost up, end shot him dead. Fnrucn Aisect.siicne.-—-Whether it arises from the natural disposition of John Bull in grumble at ever thing, or from whatever loeuse, nearly ell Eng ieh accounts from the Crimes represent the French medieel nrrnn einentn as much superior to those of our army. nth ' Ambulances raripsiere for exeple, we are told that the plan adopted by the French is much simpler end more commodious then that of the English army; end certainly. as regards simplicity. the French Am- bulances could not easily be surpassed. They are of two sorts Those for iovalids who are seriously ill, or severely wounded, are in the form of n cre- dle, covered with a white canopy. we of these are slung across the tnule’s back, one on each side, with patients stretched at full length in them. 'l'he other sort have two chairs pla no that two invalids can sit comfort_abl y in them. The soldiers who accompany the mules belong to a particular corpe celled the ' des Ambulances Fran ' . They are dressed end armed the name an the in- fentry. The oficera of the Cotnmiseeriet Department are enlisting in Ireland, through the agency of the constabulery, n corps of drivers to be employed with the army under Lord Reglnn,—to consist of 350 men, who are to receives deily pay of9s. 6d.frso rations, and clothing. The candidates must not be under 18. nor over 30 years of age. Upwsrds of 80 eligible men have elread oflered their services. Commissary General eweteon in specially employed on thin service. S1-nit vs. Guii'rownen—Mr. Perkins, the son of e gentlemen who come years ago invented end exhibited in the metropolis s steam-gun, has, through a contemporary, made the following ofler: He says. "I am prepared tounderteke to supply the goverment with a etenrn-gun, capable of throwing a hell of a ton weight a distance of live miles. if such a gun were fixed in Brunel’s large ship of 10,000 tone. I venture to say, that Sebeetopol would be destroyed, without losing a men." Menu-rtott serwssii -rite At.r.iss Anti Rus- sta.-—The following Memorial has received the signatures of s large number of most respect- able citieens of New Yor To the Honourable (lie Saute and Hciiu ofRrpre- eenlaliues in Congress ossaribled. The undersigned citiaens of New York respect- fully represent to your Honourable bodies : l‘hsi they view with deep concern the bloody war new racing in the Crimea, between Russia on the one hand, and Turkey, I-‘rence end England on the other :—e war that hen already been atten- ded with a fearful waste of life end treasure, end which, unless speedily ended, threatens to involve the whole of Euro end to retard the civilisation end commerce of t s world. it has occurred to your memorielistn, in view of the friendly relations existing between the United States end each of the contending Powers: of the mutual interest of ell parts of Christendom in the common welfare: and of the high ition ofthis countr among the Nations of the rib,- thst while a hering to our established policy 0 avoiding ell impsrtinent intervention in foreign affairs, end ell entengling elliencee,—thin Country might, with greet propriety, impartially tender its friendly mediation to the four belligernnte, in the hope of staying the slaughter of their gallant armies, and restoring, if possible, the blessings of son. Your mernorialiets do therefore respectfully and earnestly entrant your llosoersb ice, to take the subject into your instant and serious consider- ation ; sed‘i.f"no eonetit.n.t:.eosl or other npfloient objection s appear t to, to express ii eech termses to yosrwindom shell nnntl nest e desire nation for the reinstatement of the nceof isodte preI'er,ie seeh manner and to each extent as she I be fened snavenleet, oer mediation to tlut end. And your petlilensre will over prey, to. ‘His veil which covers the face of futnrity onxliiiscs rttoti tan mm Tire Cussittitr: PiicrtsI'l"s Doom 0 R.tissu.—Most of your readers (says a cor- respondent of the Cliseliire Counsel) have doubtless heard of Nixon, the Cheshire prophet. In looking over the pro hecies attributed to him the other day, I nd the following, which is to say the least, curious at the present moment:—'‘ The cock of the north shall be made to flee, and his feather shall be no plucked for his pride, that he shall almost curse the day he was born.”— Cheshire Couranl. Sssasrorcn, alias S:vAs'roPot., alias Sewn- -roi-ot., (or by what ever name the place is to be spoken of.) in “ A Woman's Journey round the World," written by Ida Pfoifler, there appears the following allusion to this stronghold of the Russians. "29ih Sept.—To-clay we stopped at the strong end beautiful fortress, Sewastopol. The works are partly situated at the entrance of the harbour. end partly in the harbour itself; they are exrcuted in massive stone, end possess a number of towers and cutworks which defend the entrance to the harbour. The herbour itself is almost entirely surrounded by hills, end one of ilie safest and most excellent in the world. can hold the largest fleets, end is no deep, that the most gigantic man-of-war can lie at anchor close to the qusys. Sluices. docks, and qusys have been constructed in unlimited splendour end magnificence. The whole of the works were not quite finished. end iliere was an unparalleled nctiviiy apparent. Thousands of men were busy on all sides. Among the workmen I was shown many of the captured Polish nobles who hnd been sent here as a punishment for their attempt in 1831, to shake off lhii Russian yoke. The works of the fortress end the barracks are no large that they will hold about 30,000 men.” WILLIAM -i-ii: l-‘ounrii.—Hie Majesty, when a midnhipmnn, was present at a ball at Halifax. Nova Scolis, and being struck with the charms of a young lady piesent, selected her for hie partner in n contis dance, at the conclusion of which he -igbingly told her, that if he should ever _stlein ower, she need only send him a copy of the music of that dance accompanied by a request, end that he would, if possible, attend to any demand so euihenticetd. Years rolled on ; the lady married, became a widow, ande ‘grend- mothcr. Prince William Henry became King William IV. , and on the return of Mr. Stanley from Spain in I835, he expressed a wish to enter the llritish Army, on which hie grand mother forwarded a copy of the music to his Majesty, accompanied by a letter reminding him of hie promise, end concluding by asking for an ensigncy without purchase for her grandson. In a few days she was honoured with an auto- graph letter from the King, stating hie perfect remembrance of the dance, end the promise referred to. end hie intention to accede to her request with respect to the nomination of her grandson to an cnsigncy, which accordingly took place in May i835. Captain Stanley joined the 7th Regiment at Madras the name year, end has served with it ever since. It is stated, that Lady Franklin has resolved to expend the last remnant of the fortune coming to her by her husband's will in fitting out another expedition for the quarter mentioned by Dr. line. 1 he so There is at present sojourning at Mallow, Co. rk, a returned emigrant from Australia, who is said to be possesse of property in Melbourne valued at £20,000, and in cash about £15,000. He left Ireland about 10 years since, and was at that time n barefooted errand boy. The Novedades says, that Lord Palmerston is expected in Madrid, with the object of obtain- ing the consent of the Spanish government to raise a legion of 20,000 men at English ex- Ense, to proceed to the theatre of war in the It. SINGULAR Cwsr or A Wttnctr.—The propeller Cincinnati, while on her trip from Chicago to nwego, was can ht in the gale of week before last, on Lake I uron. During the storm a heavy hawser, with a lightline attached, which was called ready for use on the forecastle deck, was washed overboard by the sen. Soon after this, the engine of the propeller stopped on its centre, and all the eflorts of the en ineer and his men were insuflicient to move it e ther way. On examination, it was found that the hnwser had been caught by the screw, and wound com- pletely about it, in numerous complicated coils. Axes and chisels were procured, and the at- m t was made to relieve the screw of its bur on, but before this could be done, the un- manageable craft went ashore on the Canada side, where she now lies. Probably no wreck was ever attributable to such it cause before.- Cliicago inter. Tiit: Arruroii DONATION.-—Th0 splen- did legacies of the late Samuel Appleton of Boston, have recently been distributed by his executors, so that the amount and the direction of the bequests are now known. The aggregate sum distributed in two hun- dred nnd ten thousand dollars. The largest bequest was $50,000 to Harvard Univcsity for the erection of a chapel; $l0,000 goes to Amherst College for a Zoological Cabi- net; $10,000 for a University in Wiscon- sin; $15,000 to Dartmouth College, to com- plete the Appleton Professorship; $10,000 to it School of Design for F emulss, and $10,000 for Education in Liberia. Citironnis Ice Minirsr.—-Ice sells at three cents per pound in San Francisco, and three companies have been competing for supplying the city. The first was the Boston company, which brings its ice from Boston by way of Cape Horn; but this long voyage renders it difficult for the com- pany to sell ice cheap, and consequently its depot at Sacramento has been converted into n grist mill, and the company itselfis said to be about used up. The second is the Sitka lce Company, which obtains its supplies from the Russian possessions. The third is the North-west Company, which also gets its ice somewhere up the northern coast. Those two sell much cheeperthan the Bostoniitns, and are gra- dually getting possession of the market. A l-lino Csss.—lt may not be general- ly known, that immediately a Russian oflicer is taken prisoner, his pay ceases, upon the rinoiple that a man who could not die for his country rather than be tekctt,.tliiII be utterly unworthy of support from pphllo, pet-so}. poor 3 celr (‘in ,. I ,one‘.c£"_.t‘ilI_.Il', Ion-o wnrwns on since cg . letiou. " My P "fa " lie aperved my militnry period, in now compelled to ive pcnnilcss until this war shall end, and even then, may be deprived of my com- mission by the emperor.” COAl.I.—Tlle coal trade of Newcastle- on-Tyne, whicli' is the most im ortnnt coal field in England, gives amp oymcnt _lo 26,000 workmen, and annually supplies about eight million tons of coal. Accordin to the St. John, N. F. Ledger “ the Carbonear ‘lccti-lo Telegraph Company have secured the services of IInrtlyJ. Gieborne, I-‘.nq,. as their Superintendent, from whose energy and long practical acquaintance with the proper management of the Telegraph, the Com any may rcasonsbl expect to derive mucli_a van- . Mr. Gin run it short time since inspect- ed the line. aiid.rc rted it in very hnd condi- tion, and it was c ear in some places that the wire had been mischievousl cut.’ The Gas Company of St. ohn have demanded from the cit increased rates for , and not receiving it eve cut oil the supply rotn 129 out of 189 lamps. Srtuioxs usr SUNDAY.--We had the lee- eure, last Lord's day, of hearing two able, eith- ful and practical discourses delivered in St. Matthew's and St. Andrew's Churches in this Cit , by the Rev. George Harper, of Aberdeen. who has been lntel sent out by the Colonial Committee of the C uroh of Scotland as a is- sionary to Prince Edward island. Mr. Harper seems to be well qualified for the situation he has been ti pain to, being possessed of a healthy an robust constitution, winning men- ners, and a large share 0 common sense, in addition to his excellent theological attain- ments. He has before him a most extensive and romisin field of labor and usefulness, in wbicli we win him success; and we understand that additional missionaries will soon make their appearance to sup ly the other vacancies in our colonial vineyard), and b their arrival among usfrom time to time, is n rded undoubt- ed testimony that “ The guid euld Kirk o‘ Scotland 8l:e’e no in ruins yet." He. Colonist. F LATEST EUROPEAN NEWS. Arrival of the Baltic at low York. The Africa arrived out on the 24th. The Arabia sailed from Marseilles on the 21st Dec., with 1,640 French troops for the Crimea. There is no news of importance from the Cri- ea. A high diplomatic conference was to be held at the residence of the British Minister in Vien- na on the 28th December, between the ambas- sadors of En nd, France, Austria, Prussia, and Russia. rinoe Gortschnkol was to take rt in the discussion. The conference was to of a private character. A Vienna despatch of the 26th says, that Gcrtschakofl resented a note which he has re- ccivcd from t. Petorsburgh for Count Boul. It is believed to be unsatisfactory, but it is not the final reply of Russia. , . it re rd to the Russian mission to London, of wbic high expectation had been formed, it was surmised that M. tt was merely the bearer of an autograph letter to the Queen, and that his instructions are more! to watch on the spot the course of events. othing certain, however, was known. The aflhirs before Sebasto l were unchanged up to the 20th December. he ussians claim to be doing considerable damage to the a prcaches of the Allies; nevertheless the French third parallel was moon with cannon. The reinforcements of the Allies due to the 18th December reach , . An ollicial despatch in the Paris Moniteur from Balaklnva, says that the situation of the Allies is excellent. Gen. Liprandi with 40,000 men, was manuauvring in the vicinity of Balak- ave. Menschikcif was sick, and Gen. Ostensncken was in common . in the meantime, 5000 Turks had landed at Eu toria. 'lllie destination of Omer Peshe's army was kept a profound secret. It was thought they would inveet the North side of Sebastopol. The Railway expedition from England was al- ready on the way in seven steamers and two seilin ships, with all the materials for con- structing a Railwpy from Belaklava to.Scbaeto- pol. The wretoli state of the country had put nlm‘st a stop to all operations. be communication between Pereko and Sitnpberopol was completely interrup , an a week had trans ired, since a courier had arrived at Odeese rom Sebastgpo . At the last accounts, the wee or bed improv- ed, with heavy frost, and both armies were re- newing their activity. Admiral Hnmelin, writing on the 12th, says that for the last four deg’, the place has kept up n tolerebly brisk . The enemy have made vi rous sorties against our lines, and those of the English. As soon as they reached e parapet, t ey were received by a well- dir-acted volley of musketry, and rope . n obstinate struggle at the point of the bayonet, a skirmish, occurred near Inkeriiian, on the 15th. On the 17th, Omer Pasha left Schumla for Constantinople. His proposed future move- ment wns not known. The Turkish troops began to arrive from Var- na on the 18th. Twenty-two ships have been equipped and are now read for sea. It is probable the Russian garrison have mi- ned the places in Sebaetobol which they pretend to have left. We have further riiculars as to the naval sortie at Scbnetopo wo Russian steamers, towing dz gun-boats, went out of the harbour on the 6th Dec. After flring at the French, thiay were com lied to retire. _ ’ he passage eft between the sunken ships in onlyw do enou b for one vessel to pass at a time. The Al ted fleet has moved outside the double bay Chersonesus. Poi.siin.—0rders had been received at War- saw to complete the additional works of the ci- tadel within the two first weeks of January. ii.1-ic.—Frauoe and England hnve_noti- led the Swedish Government. that all inter- oourse between Finland and the Russian har- bore in the White Sea is to be stop . Osten Seoksn is removed from he 34! to the 4th ocr , vice Dsnnnnberg, who in disgraced. Theo inf en alone who conducts the 'sfence pill is One. 9 7 , Dee. flI.—-It ls sonldeatl Oedrewrinene fisrhdtlratnreselebehebeeeadategh llisseld, mu" '°'°,:'is.o?£i.esh?:‘ei Tarksnt- l3i‘°u'.‘.°.."'us‘.'3."' is woven by the bend of mercy. mo was lately so expecting my return - There is a report that Omar Puchu. line wi-ii- lten to the ‘Jultan, making it a condition of his accepting the command that ho shull have two votes in the council of war, in order. to prevent his beiu out-voted by Lord Raglan and Gener- el Cenrosbert. Vmnu, Dec. 28tli.—A dsspntch from War. new states, that the Russian naval urtillerymen were hken out of the ltic fleet, and had iir. rived at Scbastopol, and that to their presence is due the precision of the fire from Sebustopol as well as the sound boldness ofthe fleet. ’ The result of the meeting of the represeum. tivlcislnt Viennp had not trons ircd. e event 0 the week is it leon‘s s ac to the French Clinmbcrs. it is viihrlilre lllllgngl and makes no mention of n pros ect of peuce._' The speech was immediately fol owed by a vote ofa loan of 5,000,000 francs. The British Parliament is not in sesssion. The Royal assent has been given to the Foreign Enlistment Bill, but the measure continues an unpopular as ever. he Money Market was unchanged. Console steady at 91} to 91}. The bullion in the Bank of England has increased £l08.000 sterling. ’ The Arctic cxplorin shi Enter rise, Capt, Collinson, has arrive at l-long ong,on hei- wny to Englsn . Aivrictn-rsc Camus it! run Fiimcii C0h'l'l'l- -rurtori.-—A Paris correspondent of a London paper says, that an extraordinary council of the ministers, convoked b the Emperor, has re- commended that the Constitution of France be revised, with a view to increasing the opu- lerity of the government, by calling upon the nation to take a more active part in public affairs. The modifications are said to be fit- vourable to the liberty of the tribune and the liberty of the press. HA8ZAR.‘D’8 GAZETTE. Saturday. January 80, 1855. THE LATE GRAND JURY, AND ’l'IMPIliANCl.l Had the Editor of the Eraminer taken but common pains to inform himself of the facts connected with the report of the Grand Jury, having come to the determination of licensing no more ublic houses, he would not have been guilty of the egregious mistaiemcnt, that it was owin to there being two Sons of Tom- perance on t e Jury, who—to use the Editor‘s own words—-‘ of course had conscientious scru les ii inst encouraging “ the trnilic,” leaving eleven Jurors utterly powerless to not.” Now nothing can a more incorrect. It is somewhat strange, that when the Editor of the ‘Mr makes any allusion to, or quotes the law of the land, either Common or Statute, British or Colonial, he is certain to betray his unqualified i orance of all and each of them. It requires t irteen certainly, to constitute a Grand Jury, and the Court will not proceed to administer the oath, until that number be pre- sent, and in case of finding a Bill of Indictment, twelve at the least, must concur. But when he statute constituted the Grand Jury, a Court for the trial of ofl'encee against the provisions of the acts limiting the sale of spirituous Li uors. or gave it power as e deliberative body, to determine w o should be entrusted with the keeping of taverns, and how many of these taverns should be permitted, the same strict- ness was not insisted upon, and Grand Juries have considered themselves entitled to decide any diflercuces of opinion by a division, on which the majority carry the question, whether in the nflirmative or negative, so that there must have been five others at the least, who concurred with the two Sons of 'l‘emperitnce in any mea- sure respccting granting of the licences to keep taverns. So . much for the facts. ow for the law of the case. ‘ e amincr states:-— " The tavern-keepers, therefore, who took out‘ licence this time last year-and we resume they are it very ler e roportion of the tavern- keepers of the who it ounty—must either shut up she or become illicit traders, if they can not a ord to take outs £10 licence; whilea considerable sum of money is lost to the public treasury, with no corresponding benefit to the morale of the communit .” One single glance at the statute book would have shown him that the contrary is exactly the case ur from those who took out licences last year, having to go again before the Grand Jury with a simi- lar application, there is in the Act an express exemption in their favor, and all they have to do in order to renew their licence'is, to prove that they have the same accommodations for travellers that they had at the time when the licence was first allowed; and the certificate of good character is dispensed with on account, we resume, of its having been suficiently investigated by the previous Grand Jury, and the fact, that no complaint has been made of their_conduct as tavern-keepers. The whole question, therefore, before the late Grand J or , was, whether there were in the County it so - cient number of houses for the accommodation of travellers already licensed for the sale of Spirituous Liquors, and they decided, that there were, and who, we should like to ask, can so that they were in error! Four of the Jury, the incr says, “ were more or less engaged in the li uor trallic,” and these four, he suriuises, must ave been in opposition to the two tem- perance mcn ; we think so too, so that the for- mer with two others, formed the minority. Under all the circumstances, therefore, we think that the Grand Jury must have been justified in not licensing any new taverns for the accommodation of travellers, for with tippling houses or taverns, in the common acceptaiion of the word, they have nothing to do. it is anio- sing, however, to read the following from the pen ofone who had a voice in the enacting of the law in question :—" it was certainly, not the intention of the Legislature, in (passing the ettpndsd Licence Act, that the rend Jury should have the power of withholding licences, when applicants conformed to the requirements of the law; and if the act is so defective, as we fear it is, that it may be thus interpreted with impunity, it will become the duty of the Legis- lature, on their re-assembling ncxt February, so to amend the law, that no irres onsib e Grand Jury—iio matter how respects lo and influential they may bc—shall have any pretext for setting aside the intentions of Parliament. Indeed, we doubted from the first the propriety of conferring upon that _body the W0! 0 nting or withholding licences." g lie" hard of men sitting an voting in ‘Parliament without knowln either the provisions of law the were ding to enact, or even the spirit in wbic its provisions were framed. for from the assertion noted above being correct. an very nu:-so Prior to the pass- ing of the amended law. any person. B0 |I||“°|' w lilschnraoler, or how unfit soever to be entrusted with a power which certainly enables the party holding it, to do a great deal ofinjfiry bothto soeie well as to lndiv u- i,5..3. so thi lfnt ihzoleecftheprlvate or mi In-erztsry, IO