and almost of virtue. But alas, to how many has it proved worse than fire to prometheua, or the water of 'I‘outultts I

If we cottld have a chronicle of the scenes and agonies the grave occa- sions how full of instruction, might it not be, and how many a moral Ichon might it not inculcate. I have witnessed many sorrowful scenes at the grave, one of which I shall relate. James W was tlte son of, res- pectable parents, a youth of ﬁne ac- quirements and an ordinary intellect. He grew up in every indulgence,and his friends carefullly removed every~ supposed obstacle to his march in the path of knowledge. He grew tip a young man much respected for his virtues and his talents, and chose the profession most agreeable to his in- clination. At the. age oftwenty-three he became acquainted with an amia- hle and beautiful girl. Emily C— was the daughter ofa man who had by his bounty placed the father of young \V— in the road to wealth. i “or parents become insolvent. were both dead, and through gratitude she made an inmate in James’s family. Ile saw her beauty and admired her; he tested her worth, and loved her.— lieing ap only son,tbe hope and stay of their declining years, his parents saw the growing attachment, but would not thwart his inclinations.— I~1mily was alone in the world, and of course was inclined to love the man who could sympathize in her sorrows. But she did not so easily yield to his solicitations of her hand in marriage, on account of the inequality of their fortunes. She loved him with a de- votion seldom equalled, and it was not until she saw the union sanction- cd by her lover’s parents, that she yielded to his entreaties. They were married, and time passed smooth and rapidly away.

TO BE CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT.

THE MORNING NEWS.

Wansssnav, MARCH 27, I544.

'l'ue Mint. which was due on Friday last, did not arrive here until nearly (i o’clock on Monday evening.

THE ENGLISH MAIL AND OUR. LEGISLATURE.

We were not a little surprised on being informed that the English mail had arrived at IIalfax, but owing to some intolerable neglect in the I'ost ("lice at that place, the mail for this Colony had not been sent, while that for Canada was forwarded in due course. “70 cannot deprecate in terms too severe, this httrcfaCcd emis- sion of duty, for we know that no- thing can be produced in cxtenuntion of itz—the incovcnience is felt in every part of this community, not ex- cepting the public business itself.— I‘i’e were inciincd to extend our rc- mnrks in this matter, biit as the sub- io'ct is about to deserve the attention ‘nfottr I..cgislature, we shall refrain for the present. The following Ile- solution was adopted in the Legisla- tive Council yesterday, to the infinite credit of the “on. Mr, HULL, “be moved it :—

Reaclvrd,-—That an Address be presented to his Excellency the Lieutenant GUVeroor, requesting that his Excellency trill be pleased to call the attention ofthe Imperial Govcrn-

‘Adntn, K. C. B. in the Naval Com-

ment to the delay attending the trans-

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mission ofthe ENGLISH Math to this} [QThe gun'which recently ex-

Colony, in conse uence of the system adopted by the eputy Postmaster General in Halifax; and praying that his Excellency will be pleased to use his inﬂuence with the Imperial Gov- ernment to remedy the evil complain- ed of in future, and that the House of Assembly he requested to join in the said Address.

TH: “lamina—Last higltt it blows

gale from the N. W. and this morning the,

cold is felt more severe than during any part of the winter.

ConvrcrrossF-On Tuesday last, Patrick Macguire, of Pirquid Road, was ﬁned before J. It. Bourke, Esq, J. P., in the sum of'l‘en Sh-Ilinga and coats. for a tree ass on the pre- perty of Messrs. Ilaythorne. Bot 49.

Roderick M‘Kenzie, Flat River, was ﬁned” before Allan N‘Dougull, 1quH J. I‘., in the I sum of'l‘wenty Shillings, for allowing an en- tire Horse to go at large contrary to the Sta- tute. \

On Thursday last, Nora Stokes alias Done- lﬁ', was committed to Jail. charged before J.

. I'Iaszard, Earp. with stealing two pieces of printed Cotton,from the store of D.Brenan. Esq, of this town.

On Friday last, Ann Bambrick and Edward Slattery, were committed to Jail, charged an- verally before the Hon. J. S. Macdoriald, S' Desbrtsay. and F. Longwonh, Esquires, wi It having uttered an alien-d and counterfeited Treasury Note, cfthis Island.

On Saturday Inst. James M‘Grath, was committed b S. Dealirisay. Esq" charged with unlawfu ly entering the Weiling‘on Ho- tel in tho night time, with intent to commit a breach ofthe pence.-Gaza'r'ra:.

FESTIVAL or SAINT PATRICKmr—Tlle anniversary of the ’I‘utelar Saint of Ireland was commemorated onTues- day evening last, by the Benevolent Irish Society, and their friends dining together at Mrs. “'eymouth’s Hotel. The room was decorated with trans- parencies, banners, and evergreens, in a manner that evinced a taste and perseverance highly creditable to the managers ofthe Festival. The table -- around which were assembled the‘ largest and one of the most respect- able cmnpanies that met in Charlotte- town t‘or many years, on occasions at festivity—presented an appearance that has earned for the fair and in- defatigable'hostess ofthe house, the character of being one of the very best caterers in the Colony,—the richness and excellence ofthe cuisine, being such as to satisfy the most fas- tidioustates. Songs, scntiments,and speechcs— full ol'patrioticenthusiasm, and beaming in the sunshine of wit—— gave awiltness to the llight ofhours; and when the rapid waning of the night fttrnished admonitory prompt- ings of home and rest, each bade adieu to his companions of the festive board, with kindness in his glance. and pleasure in his grasp—Pall.

[The toasts have been published in other papers; if we had room, how- eVer, they should have appeared in our paper to-day.] '

Nnn'l‘ll AMERICAN AND Wes‘r INDIA STATlDNs.—-Vve are informed that it u as reported in the New! circles at home, previous to the sailing of the last Steamer, that Sir Graham Eden Hammond, K. C. B. Vice Admiral of the Red, was to succeed bir Charles

mood of the West India and North American Station, and that he would hoist his ﬂag on board H.M.S. Hast- ing, 72. It was also currently ru- moured that the Stations would be separated again, and that one ofthe commands would be conferred upon Rear Admiral C.B. Ross. —Rccordcr.

'cntch of Markerel mud

plodod on board the Princeton was I!) feet long, weighed ten tons had a bore l2 inches diameter. and car- ried a ball of ‘230 lbs weight.

The New York Sun states that the ‘ Legislature of Pennsylvania is about 'to lergalize a marriage between an uncle and a neicc—the parties hav- ing been ignorant ofthe relationship . at the time of marriage.

ST JOHN. N. 13., March 12.

In the House of Assembly, on the ‘Jd instant, the Committee on Fisheries re- ported that they have had under consi- deration the report of a Special Coni- mittee of the Provincial Association re- commending Bounties on Vessels em- ployed in the Cod and Scale Fisheries; also on the catch in open boats engaged in the shore Fisheries. 't‘he satne cont- tnittce also recommendta Bounty on the Herrings, per lmt'rel,according to the quality. They also earnestly recommend that, in order to carry out the system of Bountieaef- teciually, and to raise the character of Fish of New Brunswick in Foreign ports, it will be absolutely necessary to frame a new inspection Law, and they suggest the mode adopted elsewhere for estab- lishiug an inspection department with a chieflnspcctor, Sit.

Captain Cutnmtns of the whale ship James Stewart of this port arrit ed here on Sunday in the Charlotte, trom Boston. It will be recollcctcd that Capt C. was imprisoned some time ago by the autho- rities at the Sandw ich Islands.

Carmen BURNID.--\VIIII painful emo- tion we inform our readers of the corn- pleto destruction by tire of St Paul’s Church, in this town. on \Vcdnesday last. Service had been pcrlormed in therurch in the forenoon (it being Ash \Vedncs- day) and it is supposed that a spark of ﬁre frotn one ofthe stoves had communi-

the shvnings which had been Ielt under- heath—London ( Canada West) Inquirer.

Tm: Ounces: 'I'Ennr1'onY.—Thelatcst accnunts lrotn Washington say that our Minister. Mr. I’akenhatn, had already commented negotiations \vi'th this go- vernment on the subject of this'I‘crritory. We are happy at the same litne to per- ceive. from “ The Madisonian,” which may be presumed to speak the. senti- tnents of the Administration, that he will be tnetin p conciliatory spirit. “The Oregon question,” says the paper, “ can- ~not be made a party question; the peo- ple ofthelfnilcd Statcs will newr plunge into a war merely to gratify political as- pirants ” And again- “ We repcatdhut the Oregon question. which certain poli- litimts would use as an instrument to at- tain their ambitious end cannot be rnnde a party question. in the Senate or ottt of it. The East. the North, and the South will not permit it.—JV. Y..’Ilbion.

INFURRECTION m Manama—By an arrival at New York, intelligt-nce from Matanzas to the 20th ult has been received. On the 19th, an in- surrection broke out among the slaves

ofthat port, and it we supposed that their operations had been concerted throughout that part of the island. The people from.the country were hastening to the city for protection ;

had been thrown into one ofthe su- gar boilers and scalded to death. The

zas having 400 slaves on his estate,

catcd through a knot hole in the ﬂoor to‘

on the plantations in the neighborhoiid l

great numbers had already arrived. a, ",0 ,eques, "phi, friends, to list An engineer of one of the plantations land)“, intermem’i" his familynnl

inhabitantsot'Matanzas were serious- “Mame, and citizens from t ly alarmed. One planter at Matan- state. The hum of Mr Garth

had pm 300 in iron" Several h““' of the New York delegation.

n...

dred soldiers d ata'gied in aft-a Lparts to quell the distuibancofetant

Tun Ln: Coca-recs or Eton In the Committee on the state of Island yesterday, it Was gnumuon it Mr. Taylor, unanimous! resolved thif three hundred guineaa t. approprialpt to the purchase of a suitable uh,“ '0 “ti memory of the late Coumeu of El in: This tablet. a triﬂing testimonial orgiii' country’s regard for a highly anew“: lady, is to he. erected in the Catlwtlin Church ofSpanish town. Ammmim to procure and direct the putting up 00p the tablet has been appointed, an“ ‘ feel assured it will carry out the “M”: the House with a promptitude and alarm: ty exceeded only by the regret,t|.,,,,,I the dispensation of Providence it shin,d have been called to perform such a dutr —Jamaica Paper. «'

NEW YORK, Fehruarygol

'I‘tttt FUNERAL SOLEMNITIES out, lamented sufferers by the late unhap. py accident ttok place on Salurdm. as we learn froin the Washingttii correspondence of the New Ymk Commercial according to the m, gramme promulgated by the Commit- tee of Arrangement.

They were conducted in amost appropriate and solemn manner... Every individual in the city seemed to be impressed with the solemnity ofthe occasion, and the recommend. ation of the Mayor for the cessatitm of all business purSuits was fully car. ried ittto effect. Every shop it", closed. and most ofthe houseswue hungin black.

This aspect of-the heavens was suddenly changed. Instead of the bright sun, which through a clondles.‘ sky, had for some days beamed Upon us, a dark poll was thrown upon the whole city. A canopy of black clouds hung immediately over our headahke artiﬁcial drapery, during the nhde

ay.

The President’s house was nprnnt at 9 o’clock, to the Committee at A rrangements,heods ofllepartmcnns, and others, who were to join in the ceremonies. The t-itizmis and the military moved toward the mansion at 10 o’clock. 'I'he Senators and Representatives came, in procession, from the Capital at the same time. The escort was drawn up in altn itt front of the mansion.

The bells tolled and the min"! guns were fier dttring the whole re rcmony. After the service Ill tl. castroomdhc procession was through cmhracing many persons and man, civil and military bodies; it was man aged with the order, precision at: harmony of a piece of music. it the Adjutant General of the Arm)” It was a most imposing and impu“ sive array, such as was never know here, excepting that forde and the direction of the same ofﬁcer , the occasion of the death ofthe PI 'sident Harrison. The processioan 'ed slowly up the Avenue to the roll} Iofthe muﬂled drums and the slut of ntournful music from the man ;band. The cofﬁns oftlte Seer?" iot'tlte Navy and of t‘aptain Kenn ' were shrouded in the ﬂag ofthe ' ton. 'l‘lse hearse bf Mr Maxey W 'empty, the body having been take

But it was accompanied by the MM land committee of Senators, Rep

was accompanied by the comuld‘