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as“. Mn... one-fifth paid down at the time, and the 3 balance with interest in five or ten years. I The conditions will be actual and continuous .: There are upwards of 1000’tnen'iemployedy settlement. The lands are situated on the on the County wan Railway. (fj- John Egan, Esq., M. P. P. for the Addington, Ottawa, and Opcongo roads. Tbe‘funeral 01 the late Hon. \V.‘L. County of Pontiac, died at Quebec 0“ Salur- Marcy, took place in Albany on the 8th inst. day last. The procession took one hour in passing 3 Charles Small, 3 Deputy Sherilf, 0f Deâ€" ‘ given point, and was, allogetber, the largest trait, was shot and killed, by a gang of ever witnessed in that city. Among the dis-. drunken rowdies, on the '_street on the 6th,tinguisbed persons present were Ex-Presi- Ainst. ' ‘ One of the omnibus lines in New York have placed a sign on their stage to this ef- fect, “ Fare 6; centsâ€"Ladies with hoops , 12,.” A despatch from New Orleans, dated July 7, says :â€"â€"" Our city, at the present time, is very healthy. and there has not been a single case of yellow fever this season. On the 8thinst., a great fire occurred in New Orleans, which destroyed eleven stores On the Lev‘e'e. 'The loss is put down at $385,000, but is stated to be mostly insur- ed. - ' There is in Honduras a fowl of the galliu- acccus a kind native of Penteii and Yucatan, every bone of which is quite black. The flesh is perfectly white, and remarkably juicy and well flavored. ' SUDDEN Daniaâ€"Mr. George Davis, of the Red Lion Inn, Yorkville, expired on Saturday eveiiino': He was subject to as- thma, but was in all other respects in excellent health up to the moment of his decase. The‘Glasgow Daily Mail, noticing the comet furore, says, a learned clergyman, not :ten miles from that city, at a prayer meeiing of his flock during the week, took an affecting farewell of them in a very pathetic manner. The Cult and Guelph RailWay is expected to be opened for trafiic the lst of August. The delay is said to have been caused by the want of iron. Its completion will bring Ham- ilton within an hour and a balf’s ride of Geulph. In Marion County, tho,a few days ago, a man sued another for the rent of a house. On the trial, evidence was adduced that the house was haunted, and thejury decided that d:fendant be paid $15 as damages, instead of payment of rent. A slave belonging to Eliza Prinnel, or Morehouse, in the State of Lousianna, at- tempted to escape a short time since,th was recaptured. He resisted,.however, for which he had been tried and sentenced to be hung on the 12th inst. It is reported in United States papers that one hundred troops and fifty teamsters, com- manded by Colonel Summers. were attacked by a large body of tlie.Apache-and Cheyenne Indians, two hundred miles west of Fort Kearney, a short time since, and all slain. The Bradford Chronicle says that some zealous Republicans in that town attempted to celebrate the. Fourth of July; but the Loyalists of Bradford compellt-d them to bring the “ celebration” to an abrupt close, and seek for safety by hiding themselves. It is stated that there are a very large nurrber of mad dogs in Chester and Delaware courities, Pennsylvania, and that horses, cows and bogs have become rabid from being hit-- ten ; 'nnd in Philadelphia, it is Said, no less than five deaths have occurred from hydro- pliobia since January. A lady in Garlisle, State of Indiana, left, her infaui, about a month old, in_ its cradle, while She went out in the field where her husband was at work. When she returned what was her horror to find that her child had been stolen and a negro baby left in its place! No clue whatever can be found to the Lidunppcr. " ' Neiv'North Carolina red whent‘was ex- hibitcd'on ‘Cbaiige on Friday, by Messrs Stoddard. & Clark. It is a'sample oi 10,000 bushels which appears very well, al- though it may have been cut a little too green. _ 11 is the firsti'eccivedllere this sens- on froni that Stateâ€"41%;!) York Journal cl“ Capture/re. d An old cannon which had been used in Bostmiuiii firing Salutrs in honor of the, “ Fourth of July" exploded during ilie lute; celebration, instantly killing four people and The names oflhe i killed areâ€"Patrick Cooke, .191... rut-rushed} A. la. Libby. and (.i. I). TW ly l'CSpec tublc cit izi-ns. Wniin'ling severhl others. rksbuiy, all high, The St. C itberine‘s Journal (oils of two men, near Sinrtliville. \V.iu mined two stud horses and set [hi-in ligliling for a" Wager. The result was that the two were klllt'd. The horses kicked and bit i-acli other in a moat horrible 'l‘licailhir was most brutal. manner, ti-ariiig‘ out pieces of flesh six inches and nine in iiicasumniont. Honsekeepers should know now, that the season of pies and puddings is approaching and sugar iiinidinnielyflear, that the acid in rhubarb, goon-berries and currants, may be ueuirJliZcil by putting a third of a teas- poonful of soda in the fruit, and Without ufâ€" fecting the flavour. A less quantity of su- gar will then answur to sweeten. A Sale of Crown Land: to the extent 0" two hundred thousand acres, is shortly to take due, at foureliillings currency per acre; dents _Van Bnrcn and I’iorce.~~(lov-crnor King',Ex~G overnors I-Iiiirt, Fish and-Seward. the greatest “ betting man” in England is said to be a person primed fDavis, who? a lfew since was a journeyman carpenter. He is partially deformed and lame, has a sharp Well-defined profile and keen blight eye- His losses and winnings within a few years A have been very largeâ€"on one OCCJSlOl] his losses footed £70,000, which be promptly , paid. An American paper said,“Betfy Birch- bud thinks it provoking for a woman who has been Working all day mending her hus- band’s old coat, to find a love-letter from To which a contemporary anSWeredâ€"“ Perfect non- sense; there is not a woman under heaven but would find the letter before she began to mend the coatâ€"then it would‘nt be mended at all." another woman in the pockrt.” About two weeks ago a negro belonging to Logan Harper, in Chicago, in the State of Mississippi, arose in the night and killer] his wife, by chapping off her head, after which he hung himself to a tree near the house. The reason for this horrible deed was that his wife, a beautiful quadroon, was obliged _to submit to the sensual caprices of her master. The accounts from New Zealand by the Australian mail show that the existence of a renumerative gold field in that colony is no longer doubtful. Mines have been dis- covered in the Aorere Valley, near Nelson. and a number of persons had flocked to them. The total number on the spot had reached 300, and the yield of the week ending the 20th of March was over 200 ounces. The Portland State of Maine of the 25th of June saysâ€"It is said that on Thursday last seven tons of Salmon were placed on board one of the steamers in this port for Boston. These fish, so rare in this region, came from Quebec over the Grand Trunk Railroad. Salmon leave Quebec at 7 o’ clock in the morning, and in about tweii- ty hours are smoking on the tables of the Bostonians. A few days ago a man by the name of Sainual Snideryliiving about five miles from Frederick, Md.. near the mountain, was seized by one of his fingers by a copper snake, which held on so firmly as to submit to death before its hold was broken. Mn, Snider hastened to Frederick to consult his physician, who administered a quart of whis- key, withnnt having the slightest effect other than effecting a cure. The longâ€"promised Life of Daniel O‘Con- nell, by his daughter, is said to be so nearly completed that it may be expecte d in Sep- tember. It will commence with an Auto- biography, up to the passingr of the Union in 1800, and will contain a Diary, with extracts from his correspondence, and several poetical attemptsâ€"chiefly sentimental ! The work will probably extend to four large octavo volumes, and will contain portraits and i ignettes. Col. Spttel‘, in n race-way ol whose mill the Cnlifmniu ‘gold was first discovered, has been reduced to proverty. By the last arri- val from California, we learn that l'l0ckct rFarm, his residence, has ban sold under the sheriff's bummer. This is the last of the magnificent doini in which w.is at one time his proper-ty,niid the old man whose name is closely associated with the history of Cali- fornia, is now left in his declining years with; out a llOllli' of his own. A violent thunder shower, accompanied by ball as large as beans, fcll overa portion of Vespra and 0m on Monday last. A Bar- rie paper says that near \fhite’s Corners: on the Pcnetunguishcne Road, line rain fell so heavy that it ran in rivers over the roads and fields some two or'tlirce fifet m depth, carrying with it fences and whatever came in its way. “'e have not heard wlietlicrtlie crops hznl sustained much damage, but weI fear such inust be the case. The remains of the late. Douglas Jerrold' were in'nrrcd on r\10nd:iy, tiie l.3th,at Nor- ‘ Mr. Jerrold has died f without leavingr a single sixpcncc to his fumily,l wood (Lienictcry. . . . . . . l and a comnnitec 0i his principle friends has been formed, for the purpose ofraising a fund Mr. . L‘liaili s Dickens is to superintend a series or for the support of his wife and family. performances by an amateur company ofladies‘ and gentlemen; and Mr. Russel will deliver one of his Criineur lectures for the same pm"- 5 p058- Tlic London Economist of the 23rd ultn publishes au'oflicial tubular statement of the number of personssavrestcd Ior drunkenne-s: within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitnnl Police. from the par 1831 to |855 inclu- sive, which slit.le that the numln-r nfd unlirn persons talc-en into custody in the first yrar: 1exceeded was 31,364, and that in the latter year it was only 19,267, while the population of the city had increased about 50 per cent. within the period included in the return. The tables do not embrace the jurisdiction of the cil)’ ' police,under the orders of the corporation- '-he sea sermntjs caught at jlnnl’and "no mistake. The Port Elizabeth (Cape Colony) Mercury _: assures all unbelievers that a Mr. “W114 a ' completely mant'led ‘ovor with a rich. mass of snowy White flowers. Before the commencement of the cam- paign of 1815, Napoleon Ordered GeneraI Bernard, who took charge of his topogra- phical biii‘eau, to bring him a map of France, "as well as a map of the. 'norihern frontier. He carried almost to extravagance his maina for colIOSsul maps,“ Have you nothing large r_ Copper and anotlibr.have_t‘lirown the fellow Illa“ that?” “SkEd-â€"“ N0, Sire, this is ashore at (‘ape Padrone. It is dcsdribed as a mentorewith a longserpentelike- +10er about eighty or ninety feet in length, with an enormous head, pessessing the prOpcrties of the only map you can consult, it being on makes no impression uponher, but present the same-scale as that-Up 15,,”wa CofifiL‘l‘h‘ loaded with silver, and she is thrown trics.”â€"‘f And is this the whole of France 1” “ Yes, Sir.”â€"--He seemed, standing Willi .tb'efreptile species, and. a mouth furnished his arms crossed,'to loae himsolf in con- with a row of sen-med We“, on both jaws, templation for some minutes, and then said) which when closed, dove tailed one into. an- ’ other. The animal was dead, and decomâ€" position was already going on. The grain harvest on the Continent of Europe promises the most brilliant results. in some of the southern districts of France it is already being securedâ€"In England all kinds of crops look better than they have done for years past. In some of the south- ern States ol the Union the new wheat has The New Y srk Journal ofConmzcrcc says that new North Carolina red Wheat. was exhibited on ’cbange on Friday. already been brought into market. It was‘a sample of 10,000 bushels, which appeared very well, although it may have been cut a little too green. The Paris Academy of Medicine has set the papers to writing and thr- people to think- ing earnestly of the return to the practice of_ burning the dead. They say that in the summer time the Parisian hOSpitals are crowd- ed with the victims of pestilence engendered by the foul air of the graVi-yaids in the neigh- borhood. The vicinity of the cemeteries is a constant source of mortalityâ€"Their putrid rinanations filling the air,and the poison they emit impregnating the water, are, held chargeable for the many new and frightful diseases of the throat and lungs which baffle all medical skill. A melancholy and fatal accident happened on board the schooner “ Dclos 1). Wolf,” at Chicago, on the 2nd inst. As the vessel was comingr aIOrigside her dock, through the negligence of some of her crew, the line by which she was being brought up :it the (Ix/Ck, got around the second mate’s leg,young Mr. Claud Arnold, of Toronto, and crushed it to pieces up to the knee, and broke his thigh above the knee. He lived to have his leg amputated, but never rallied sufficiently alter the operation to give hopes of his recovery. He died on Monday, at half-past 3, p. in., leavingr his bereaved parents to mourn his un- timely loss. GREAT STEAMSHIP Pnomc'r.-â€"H. M. Clare, June, of Liverpool proposes to build four steamships of 10,000 tons burden each, as mail vessels between that city and Aus- tralia. He is prepared to have this number of such steamships construclrd and ready for sea in one year, each costing,r $2,000,000, if the Government will guarantee to him a fair rate of postage for the service rendered. The speed of these will be warranch twenty; miles per hour, and the voyage only thirty days. He is confident that he can construct such vesSels, so that they shall be proof against Wind and wMerâ€"--foundering at sea â€"â€"fire and shot. The Rochester Union notices that specu- lators in potatoes are likely to get hit by keep- in_'_,r them back for the purpose of raising the price. It says :â€"1t is quite likely that those speculators who this spring ran the price of potatoes up to a high figure Will suffer severely from the low prices which now pre- V.iil. They will doubtless receive all the sympathy they deserve. Some of them are now rushing their stock into Canada in the kept: of saving themselves, and we notice that the London Free Press records a sale of Several hundred bushels of potatoes lrom this conntry at the prices paid by the specu- AMERICAN P E A R LS .â€"â€"The Albany Statesman of the 28m nlt., informs us that. two gentleiiieu looking for fishing bait in a1 muddy creek in the neighborhood of Albany found in a mussel which they had opened out of mere curiomty, a small pearl, perfect in shape, beautifully pure, and without the slight- est flaw. Encouraged by this prize to look for more, they proceeded in there researches and found abundance of musels in ’er days they collected nearly 'a bushel ofiliose pear Is, One ofthe parties took them to New York, and having shown them at an extensive jewelry establishment in Broadway. he receiv- ed an advance of $40,000 and a receipt for them by the measure. The recent floral exhibition in the Crystal Palace at Sydenham is described as sur. passing in beauty all that have ever preceded it. The number of visitors during the day thirteen thousand. On no pre- vious occasion had there been so large a . . y lntors in the spring. f number of exhibitors and upwards of four thousand dollars were distributed. in prim-s, The palace was filled with every variety of rue and beautiful plants and fruit; azaleas. pelargoniums, roses, fuchsias culceola ius ne- peutlie', Cape lieatlis, 8w. Etc. In the centre stood a magnificent specimen of the pimclia spectabilis, 2+ feet in circumference, and- “ Poor France ; why she is no more than a breakfast ! ” To Pnocunn Stnnp.â€"â€"Notliing is more injurious or prejudicial to health, and if neglected long, it may terminate in insanity. than long-continued waitclifulness and want ofsleep. To remedy this, pour a. pint of boiling water on an ounce of Epsom salts and a teaspoonful of calcined magnesia. Let it cool, and drink it on going to bed. The warm bath is another excellent remedy, as well as the shower bath, both being highly sedative. Never oata hearty supper, es- pecially of animal food ; and drink Spirits and water, or beer, “if these are necessary," If these fail procure sound and refreshing sleep, losc not only after dinner. to means a moment in consultinga regular qualified surgeon. A correspondent Ofille Montreal Pays says: ‘ Six young men left for the \Vestern States yesterday. They were almost the I only ones remaining in the parish over twenty All the others hnve left dur- Ihave been truly years of age. .ing the last two years. ‘alnrmed at seeing in the churches only old people, and young onus under fifteen ye..rs ‘of age. Few persons have any idea of the extent of this emigration. You may think llhat I exngcrale the correctness of the fact that, in the neighboring parishes as well as in this city, in a conceSsion possessing sixty 'fainilics, may be found from (Wu to six lwomen Whnse husbands have left them to go to the United States. I ithere is not a single young man old enough In many concessions to marry. A blacksmith in Newton Upper Falls, named Stanley, while at worka few days since, felt what be supposed was the bite of a mosquito upon his arm,and being very busy, did not give any attention to it for several l minutes, but finally oticed that it was a small spider, its body not being larger than a pin head, which lie cruslied,and thought noth- 1ing of it. In about hall-an-liour the part be- came painful, began to swell,and turn‘ed near- ly black. {He immediately rubbed the wound with table salt very thoroughly, till the swelling subsided. in great measure, and after- ‘wards applied poulticcs of bruised catnip, w.n-n the spread oftlic poison was checked ; but a Spot round the wound, the size of a man‘s hand is now a mass of dimples, filled With matter, the effect of the poison. “'e have intelligence from Newfoundland to the 7th inst. The catch of fish off this Island has been rather better than the aver- age thus far this season, and the business is going on prosperously. Her. M. surveying steamer ‘- Cyclops" has completed the coast soundings for the Atlantic telegraph cable, which show a very bold shore and great depth of water, which are desirable to protect the cable at the point of landing. Professor Shepard, geologist, in the employ oftlic New York and Newfoundland Telegraph Corri- pany, is actively engaged in locating valuable mineral lands. and the tract of fifty square miles of Territory granted to the company is understood to be of great value,as it abounds in rich mines of lead, c0pper and other valu- able minerals. The state of Michigan has established a College of Agriculture, on a farm of seven hundred aeres, near the. New City of Lane sing, where the State Capital is located. Joseph R. Williams late editor of the Taleâ€" do Blade, is presidciit.â€"â€"It has an endow- ment of $139,000, the proeeeds of the Salt -‘ Spring lands, originally donated to Michigan Territory by the Federal Government. The Legislature has appropriated $20,000 per annum lor two years, to the support of the colleges There are already accommodations for eighty students. No charge is now made for tuition, but each student is requir- ed to work three hours per day, for which he is paidâ€"This, we believe, will be the first State Agricultural College actually in oper- ation in America but Pennsylvania and New York State are preparing to follow. A anrrcrini) MisstsstrPi GinL.â€"â€"V\'e find in the Granada Republican the following superstitious iiarrutin': \Ve arc credibly informed that there is "0W in this country a girl ten years old who is Very singularly allliizted. It appears that she labors und r the impression that she is‘ bewitclied. Her case is certainly a remarkaâ€" ble one. She Wears a piece of gold around i her neck, and if the gold is not Watched the string will twist to suffocation. She thinks if the gold was removed she .Would die instantly im one breasion it was removed tawflfiqft>lw9flMWdfi elmz- seam. we a-mgumm. a“ _. In... “a. » TIIE MASSACRES OF 18.37. I while she was asleep, and immediately there were signs of strangulation. ~Anoiher reâ€" markable feature connected with her case is this; cut off a lock of her hair and throw it into the fire, and she will show evident signs of pain or uneasiness. by screaming. Her hair has been burnt half a mile, or a mileâ€"distant", and at the very instant of ‘bur- ning she manifested the some signs of piiin. Another strange feature in this case is, if the picture of the individual whom Slli‘ he lives to be the cause of her Sufferings is drawn; u.an paper, and shot at with lead, it The annals of 1857 will be memorable in the history of our country. weeping friends around us are not yet dry for the lamented ones blown to eternity by the explosion of the Grand Trunk Riiiquy' Ferry Bcat at Montreal in 1856, when 1857i brings on Express trains run at liglitniiig. speed over inst-Cu e bridges, and without moment’s warning every soul is hurled be- fore his Mufir'. 'We have n legislature pass- . . - ' c act lat *‘ -iilw-i killinu'” is no “or- ll1l0.Spa.“msâ€"Afli‘9, and she is calm again. ma S ll R‘ ‘y 3 L der, and consequently there is no punishment. ' 'A Cdronor is called upon,n .Iury is i~:‘pannell-r ed and a verdict is given in,“ such persons came to there death by the breaking of the {aiiway Bridge over the Dcsjurdins canal ;” 7. I ' ’ I: it”; “if A and with the exception of the sighs of weepâ€" lugr ones lamenting all that W'us most dear tor them, everything is again quiet, when the RICHMOND HILL, JULY 17, 1857. :3:â€" Cilizens of Toronto are startled by a terrific (If? The steamship Anglo Saxon brings intelligence ofa dreadful railroad accident report on the Buy, a rush is made from all quarters, when it is discoveredthnt the pro~ , puller Inkerman has exploded and a dozen which occurred between the Blncklicalli and . . , , , , more human beings are called before their LeWishnm stationsol the North Rent rail- ., . . . . (god Wllll all their reckonings upon their way. It resulted in the death of 11 persons, , , . . . . . . _ . , bonds. 1 be, some form is gone throth With wlnle many others were so seriously injured l , , r, . A » 1y Coroners anal Jurors, and a verdict is ren- as to render their recovery alino>t hopeless. , , , . , dercd, by “ the effects of certain injuries re- Hm»â€" _ ceived by the explosion of the Iii/rerman 01’? An Innk-eper, named (.irnliam,\vlio ' such parties did die,” and at the same time ' l t '; 0' on . . . . was roblmd by Iownscnd ind ll“ gm” lit is distinctly understood that the owners the some day that Mr Nellis was murdered . l , I _ , C were aware that the boiler leaks-d, so much . . , , . a_ ' I by lhem' "15 “flied thi' plhone‘ “or”: f as to be detrimental to the getting up of 0': '2 I r f. ' , . i t 0 . . . . yl‘s‘ dull and “ys lhdr he hag "0 (0' steam, thereby inducingr the hnglneer to [II- -> ‘ r , . i . . . . ,, hm EM mg the Part} Wlm “(mt by the m" e troduce spirits of Wlill‘, Oatmeal and Salu- of'l ownsend and that lie is one of the per-â€" irioniuc. We cannot exactly sny what effect ' . - '. . .- tt‘ con- . . spns who trusted to rob lll'l] P e ) such things have upon bodcrs, hilt we should u uswe testimony fancy its being; hazardous in the extreme. «>04 _ \Yere it not better that thousands of such (If? A large arch which was being con- borlers should be blown to pieces than tliut_ structed over a boiler at, Messrs. Paxton 8: one human bring should loose his life by its ‘ 9 'I ..' . t ' - sud- . , Co ~ steiin saw mnls a. Port Perry, be“); neglect“, ilcnly gave way, a few days ago, and fell to . ,, Next on the list. comes the burning oftlie the ground With a great crash. 1 here were _ . . Z . Il/Iontreal, the most heart-vending calamity six persons under it at the time, all of Whom . ., . . , . we have record of upon the (,anadian Waiters, miraculonsy escaped unhurt, With the excep- - . . 1nd irobabl ' the most distressinir recorded lion of Mr. George Drinkivater, who was i l j a in this or any other country. We may say used ‘ iviiii competant engineers. The tears of , . engineers, and if fr-uud to be a safe inveniii u precnu inn and conducted by The age is drilv Snowing more and more skillful in the i|.'l\ 'n' . 04" ill‘\\' imp. ll \' 1'â€" ‘ngineering. daily inventngr i‘nents, daily constructing it to run :if n great- er vrlocity, and still the nindcriug goes in and daily grows worse and no se. Men shill continui- to do sn,so long as they are row“. .1- ed with the gold dollar, and doubtless we shall here of none With regard to its safety until such be their reward. Men are const-rni- ly travelling illl‘Ous'll Cnnndu with :1 pi cc of patent inJcliiucry which they say is prnol against the explosion ofa b0ilcr.\Vl.y are u. b things not to inspected by our gm’t'rtillicut to have sufii‘ machinery put upon them ; but in place of compel all boili-r makers this they issue a patent allowing no onto to ma nufnciure except one,and no person to ob, tain them without paying an oxhorbilanl price, consequently in this dollar hunting country people turn up their “0305 at the price and say, “ Welll guess the old style is safe enough if a man attended to his business.” This we will not dispute,but there are reckless dissipat- ed scurnps allOWed to drive engines as Wt'll as one horse Waggons, and although happily it does not always result in the loss oflifc 1’ is a most dangerous subjeCI to be entrusted With the lives ofa train of passenger's. From the present state of affairs we havo no proof that the government inspecting rnginecrs'nre not the Same stamp of individuals. Ifthey are thoroughly competent parties there is not the least doubt but that tney have neglected their duty and placed themselves in a most decidedly out/'6 pOsitiun. The engineer who inspected the Irrkrrman‘s boiler, drsiderale for the office of inspector a man who liu‘ifie- ceived a thorough practical training and who would not inspect the inside of a boiler by looking through the plate from the outside, but who would consider it his duty to :0 in-’ side and there examine every bolt, bar, yin and stay in the boiler, and apply the llJlll force pumps as often as he may think neces- SJl‘". \Vh’ut an lLlSOplliSilc'aitELl idea this gentleman must have of the nominees of the Qoverva injured on the head and had his hip dislocated. «WEâ€"â€" (If? The wreck of the ill-fated steamer IlImzlrml was sold on the Slh instant to Mr. John \Villson, Jr., for the sum of This illegal transaction Was authorised by the Coroner, and Mr. Solicitor General ROss in defiance of the law, the desire oftlie it is fortunate such an occurrence did not I take place upon the Atlantic; but, who have i We to thank for it but the butter regulation and more fit equipment of officers at other the John Ilchcnzie been commanded by such officers ports than at our own, for bad as was the BIO/Urea! her fate would have been the bottom ofib'e Clyde, or perhaps fol- _)’u,.y, the 1,, mp5“ 0, Counsel and we express lowed Collins‘s illâ€"fated mail steamer Pacsz. The Montreal Gazette says that it believes the purcliusm‘ orders of the After General. To Daguerreotype the scene of the burn- ing of the [Montreal together with ilie dying is a son of the ownm‘ of the ZlIontre-ul and it is presumed that the object is to destroy as 'quickly as possible all evidence of recklessâ€" ncss. agonies of her unfortunate paSSeugrrs we think beyond all poiveroft-hcpen. The scene beggared all description, being too horrible to be truthfully painted. The alternative ofdeatli by burning, or death by drowning, and its fl...â€" Of? In a late number we gave the particulars of an unsuccessful balloon excursion] across Lake Erie, by WlllL'll, it will be. remembered, the aei‘onnut, Mr. Steiner, saved his life by The balloon was soon nftrr ruriied out of sight agonizing effects on these who had to chanse between one or the other was frightful to com template. Our readers can more easily and . ~ - a more corre tl iictiirc in their own ini- leaping from lns balloon into the lake. M c y l uginulioii the burning of a steamer than We by. the violence of 1“, Hale ,md up m up can descr‘be. On the other hand unfortunate . ‘ a r ‘ ‘ . 44h instant no tidings of its whereabouts had bangs we” to be seen l’e'ched on “1" most extreme parts of the steamer where :1 been received. It appears that on the 19th of June it aliglili-d on the farm of Mr. James lieslmg place Sould b‘i obmmed ‘only by me Morrison, in the vpowmhip or Cartwright, closest hold With both liandsandfeet,and there having travelled about a hundred and fifty dL'3lll’llrlngly l'm'gmg l“ lortul‘e “ll dnven by - ~ - - l ie. oke - d fl. m is from their restiniv )lace miles from the place where it Wusrelinqmsh- l hm ‘m ‘ ‘ =l ed by its owner and compelled to take the fatal plunge into the cold river below. In another direction stal- m»â€" . . wart men miuht be seen seekino‘ to secure (If? Great rivalry at present eXhlS be- 5 D . . . . .‘ ' : “o . it n sabo tthe irons of tween the cities of New X ork, Boaton, POrt- them‘el‘es h m “W m E u thcguai‘ds or the paddles, some of which hold and sink at once, others managing with their death grasp land and Quebec, to obtain the honor of the . first visit of the mammoth steamship Great were seen tn loose thew Eastern which will shortly sail for the New \'\"Oild with 15,000 passengers. inous vessel drnWs 35 feet of water, and as , to support themselves fora lon-rer space but 1 his enor- . D at last compelled by loosing the power of I ‘ ,é‘ . ‘, ~f_ there is only 30 feet on the but at the en- eurylunb’ 0] by u" plasu'e Of Other e“ . . . . . ferers seekino to secure the same refuse to trance of .l\(:W \' ork harbor (except at High ‘5 ' ‘5 sink with the Weaker ones who fell before lids.) there is little prospect that she Will g0 - - - - tlicm.: There families were )re 'tl‘lll' and there. Objections are raised against all the . ‘ . l P‘ g . . . -">-id'i-ilr.’ 10th“ - other ports. With the exception of Quebec, delennmmg 0 le oge w In m U fam . . . il be liUsband and brothers mi lit be seen which possesses all the requisites for the y_1 _ , g _ . . . swmnningnshore with the youngest first, Wise- sufcty of the vessel and the accommodation ‘ , . ‘ , . , . . ly contemplating this the best means ofsecur- of her passengers. The Corporation ofi\cw , ‘ I , . . mg all, but before their return another crash kork have deCided to send a special agent was heard from the steamer and the smoke and \Vhat must have been the feelings oftliose throbâ€" bing hearts to think that burning mass was the sole support ofall that was most dear to them i0 England, to induce the owners of the . flames uo‘ain ascended u) to heaven. Great Eastern to send the vessel to that D - - l ' city. var-O1»â€" Uf? Another riot took place in the City of New York on Saturday lust between a but only returned to find their sad expecta- oody of Oysteimen and a portion of the New tions realized, that all who did not trust them- \letropolitnn Police. The skirmisliiiig lasted selves to the waters had perished in the flames! «orne time, but allhougli opwards 01.200 shots I'I‘liere the husband or the wife saw his or were exelmnged no person was llel‘ partner for ever scparuted,â€"-ivomen with Several of the Oyster-men, howewr, who children in their arms leaped into the water. were the assailants, were severely injured others held onto the burning wrerkuntilIOsing and the beach at Seguine‘s Point was plen- their foot-hold they fell and werelost for ever. lifully sprinkled with their blood. On the following eveninga fracas oceurred betWeen The question now resting upon the public mind is when shall this wholesale murdering be put the Police and a number of Germans, which ‘0 a“ 9nd, am When film“ we be able to say, resulted in the killing of three men besides now we can travel from Gaspc to Saruia with- the wounding of six constables and several 01“ danger? “Illa” Ptollle take ‘1 retl‘05P“? other citizens‘. The rioting was continued tive view of the times when the dilapidated up to a late hour on Meriday evening_ Five old stage coach With its weaned horses and its thousand armed Germans paraded the streets and vowed to have revenge on the police for travelling, they reflect how many thousands the death of one 0ftheir number on the preâ€" might have been warned of their doom be- vious day. \Vlierever a policnman was seen fore being hurled into eteriiity,and how many he was instantly attacked,and several narrow millions the mourning rnbc would never have Subsequently the min. been thrown upon if this murderous power of antiquated driver was the fastest mode of escapes were made. 1 tary was called out and peace for-the Present steam had never been introduced into the Governor General who are appointed not to do any piece ofwork. A man named by Si. Edmund Head take a force pump in his band and crawl into a boiler and exa.ni-.e bolts, pins and stays! I’IOivevci undignilii-d this Engineer’s ideas may be. we think it coincides with the steps which the (Inna-dun Government wil. be compelled to udopi br- fore safety Can be insured to Railroad and Steamboat travellers. THE TWELFTH UF JI‘LY. In accordance with previous arrangrillents the various Orange Lodges in the Markham District assembled on Monday last at liing- wu..d, and having been inarshalled into one large procession proceed to the Village of Stoufl‘ville, headed by the Victoria Square and Buttouvi'le l).|lli‘l.~'. The village was with of evergr-‘t’n ous banners floated in the breeze. Brass handsomely decorated and nume- Afrer parading through the village for a short time, arches the as~embage adjnu:ned to the various Hoâ€" tels to partake of the sumptuous entertainment At two o’clock 1’ . M. the brethren again assembled in a benut‘i’iul grove in rear of French‘s Hotel, where .a. spacious platform had been erected for tlv accommodation of the speakers, and on which prepared for them. we observed a goodly array of the innst re- spectable inhabitants of the fine township of Markham. The Chair was occupied by" Robert \Viles, Esq., of Thornhill, who in a trict Chaplain, the Rev.Mr. Hill, Rector of Markham. Mr. Hill then preached an ap- propriate and powerful sermon fi'om the text “ Come with us and We will do thee good,for. the Lord has spoke good cencerning isreal.” On the conclusion of the Sermon interesting addresses were delivered by the Rev. J. Boyd and Col. Bridgeford, of this village ; William Button, Esq. of Markham, John Duggun, Esq. of Toronto, and several pther Gentleman. The. proceedings terminated about 5 o’clock P. M. when the bands pl.iy-_ ed the National Anthem, and the company The business of the day was conducted in a quiet and Orderly manner. and nothing occurred to separated to their respective homes. mar the enjoyment which all experienced. \Ve learn from the Tor into papers that a , disturbance occurred at the corner of Church ‘ and Stanley Street, in that City, on Sunday the 12m. A constab e named Devlin, who off duty at the time and in plain clothes, was passing clown Church Street, was when he was met by some men near Stanley Street, who Snatched from his breast an This led to a general melee, in which Devlin and two or three other policemen were soveiely band- led. ly arrested and committed to jail. orange rOsette which he wore. Several ofthe riotrrs were subsequent- On Mon- day the City lodges turned out in great force and being joined by a nuinberofthc neigh- boring lodges marched through the principal streets to the College Avenue,where the com- pany separated, the various lodges returning ,to their respective rooms. In the evening the several lodges dined together, and the proceedings of the day terminated without restored. Great excitement, however, still world. Nevertheless steam has proved itself pi-evails in the German-quarter of tlie'city, to be one oftlie most useful inventions of and fresh disturbance is apprehended, the present civilizrd and scientific age when any circumstance worthy of note having transpired to disturb its harmony. There was a serious riot in Montreal. few appropriate remarks introduced lhe Dis- , .- kg