HASZARD?S GAZETTE. JUNE 9-

GLEANIIGI I30! LATE PAPERS. I

T H I B A L ‘I’ I C . _ The Independence Beige publishes the follow- , .

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“ liuiauao, May 3.—The number of English ships of war in the bay of Kiel is daily increas- ing. Yesterday the gpnboats Snap r, Pincher. Snap, Gleaner, and Cuckoo passe u the Belt. towed by two new steam corvettes. These gun- boats, mostly arms with two Lancaster guns of the largest calibre, navigate by means of eight sails, adapted to very strong masts. and advance, \vhcn the wind is favourable, with prodigious rapidity. Our last accounts from

inland are of the 23d of A ril. The coast along the Gulf of Bothnia is sti l lined with ice from two to four feet in thickness. A deputa- tion, chosen by the four Estates of the country, had just left for St. Petersburg, to congratu- late the new Emperor on his accession to the throne. The Finnish population. but particu- larly the classes engaged in maritime commerce. inhabiting the towns on the coast, are still greatly excited against the English, whom they

stigmatixe as incendiaries. The General-in- Chief, dc Berg, is actively inspecting the forti- ﬁcations. The stali of the new army now being organized in Finland is still at Helsingfors, where the division of grenudiers and a regiment of the guard have kept garrison since the be- inning of the last cam ign. lielsingfors and weaborg are considere in that part of the em- ire to be impre nable. In order to carry them by force, it woulgd certainly require a long and fatiguing siege on the lan side, where the Russian military engineers erected, after the departure of the ﬂeets in 1854. additional forti- ﬁcations, which must be captured before a re- gular and methodical siege could be laid to the two fortresses. A French colonel of the stall’ lately passed through llauibur on his way to Stockholm, via Copenhagen. i‘he object of his mission is to obtain leave from Sweden to land troops and establish a camp on some point of her territory. Should this demand not granted, as is very probable, Bomarsund and sonic of the adjoining islands will be again oc- cupied by the allies, and entrenchments thrown u to protect the troops and depots of provi- sions against the attacks of the Russians.

May 4.—You have learnt b telegraph the departure of the entire Englis ﬂeet from the ‘bay of Kiel. On the 1st inst. the Admiral had received despatohes from London, ordering him to remain there eight days longer, and on the

attributable to the ineﬂeient and practically irresponsible management of the various de- partments of the State, and urgentl demand a thorough change in the administrative system; that the true remedy for the mal-administration which has caused so lamentable a sacriﬁce of labour, money, and human life is to be sought in the introduction of enlarged experience and practical ability into the ublic service; that the exclusion from office elf those who ossess in a high de ree the qualities necessary or the direction 0 affairs in a great commercial country is a reﬂection upon its intelligence and a betrayal of its interests; and that, while disclaiming any desire of excluding the aris- tocracy from participating in the councils of the Crown, the meeting felt it to be a duty to protest against the pretentious of any section of the couimuuity to monopolize the functions of administration. It was also resolved that an association should be foriued,.to be called “ The Administrative Reform Association :" and a committee was appointed to collect funds, to prepare an address to the constituencies of the United Kingdom, and generally to carry out the objects of the association. Twenty- iive gentlemen in the room at once put down their names for a subscription of £100 each to- wards proniotiu the movement. Mr. Olivcira, M.P., was the c iairmau at the meeting in the Guildhall, where resolutions were passed like those adopted at the London Tavern, with the exception, that a rider was added to one of them declaring that in order to eﬁ'ect administrative reform, it was necessary to have an enlarged constituency.

The committee of management assembled for the first time on Wednesday, when the follow- ing appointments were made :—Mr. muel Morley, to be chairman of the committee; Mr. Tits and Mr. Bennock, to be deputy-chairmen, and Mr. Ingram Traverse to be treasurer. T e following gentlemen were nominated the Fin- ance Committee, viz., Messrs. Gassiott, Travers and Bishop; and Messrs. Raikes and Co. were appointed the bankers to the association. t was further settled that Mr. W. 8. Lindsay, M.l’., and Mr. Torrens M‘Cullagh, ex-member for Dundalk, should attend the approaching meeting at Norwich, as a deputation l'rom the parent society. _

Annini. or run Aacric Discovsnv Snir ENTIR- rnisI:.—Her Majesty’s shi Enterprise, Captain Collinson, arrived at Spit ead on Sunday, the 6th inst, from the Arctic Regions, China, and

r 3d another despatch en’ ined him to netrate immediately into the altic. The eparture accordingly

recipitation. It was believed at Kiel t at the sect would ﬁrst proceed to the Swedish island of Gothland. According to the last accounts, the ice still ﬁrmly adhered to the coast of the Gulf of Bothuis, and of Finland, at Abo, Sweaborg, and Helsin fore. Letters from this last town of the 26t ult., state that the20 battalions of Finnish troops, the levy of which had been ordered by the Em eror Nicholas, were then nearly organised, aving received their equipment and arms in the month of March. ese troo s were stationed at Wasa, Abe, and in other ocalities alon the Gulf of Bothnia. All the old retired o oers had re- entered the service, and a number of civil em- ployee had likewise obtained commissions in those battalions. The advanced guard of the English ﬂeet has already advanced a considera- ble- distance into the Baltic. On the 19th ult., two large steamers arrived at Fohroe Sound, the most northern port of the island of Gothland, where during the summer of last year a num- bar of vessels belonging to the ﬂeet of Admiral Napier remained stationed. A Russian vessel, which had wintered there, and was preparing to continue her voyage, was obliged to desist on the a pearsnce of the two steamers. and will, no oubt, remain blockaded in the sound until the close of the year. The English have already made several rises." IRLIN, Tuesday, ay 8.—0ur Minister at Copenhagen has given notice to the Danish Government, that from the 28th of April the entrance to the Gulf of Finland is blockaded from Hsngo Udde to Dagerot.

ADMINISTRATIVE aaroavi.—rUai.ic innar- INC IN LONDON.

On Saturday. the 5th instant, a meetin , convened by gentlemen connected with the tra e and commerce of the city, and holding diﬁ'erent

litical opinions, was held at the ndon

avern “ for the purpose of organizing an as- sociation to promote a thorough reform in the various departments of the State ;" and a su - pleinentsl meeting, consistin of persons or whom there was not sccommo stion at the Lon- don Thvern, was held in the Guildhall, for the same object. r. Samuel Morley presided over the assemblage in the London Tavern, which included a number of members of Parliament. Among the speakers were Mr. W. S. Lindsay, M.P., Mr. J. I. Traverse, Mr. J. P. Gassiot, Mr. J. D. Powles, Mr. S. Baker, Mr. F. Ben- noch, Mr. Johnstone Neale, Mr. W. Tite, and Mr. J Hutchinson for the Stock Exchange. Resolutions were adopted declaring that the disasters to which the country has on sub- jected in the conduct of the present war are ;

took place with a certain de ree of

the Cape of Good He She sailed from the latter station fl‘ab e Bay) on the 18th of February, and St. Helena on the 2d of Narch. The onl news the Enterprise has brou ht con- ﬁrms t e reports whic have proceeded her arrival as to the hostile relations between her captain and his ollicers. It is uite true that all the executive ollicers of the ship (Commander Phayre, Lieutenants Jago and Parks, and Mr. , Shead, the master) are under arrest, and have been so for terms varying from three years to lesser periods. Mr. Shead has been under arrest over three years, and Mr. Parks more than two years and a half. All the chief executive oﬁicers being thus debarred from doing duty, an acting mate (Mr. Wise, of the Comus sleep) was sent to assist in navi ting the ship home by Rear-Admiral Sir ames Stirling, the Commander-in-Chief of the China squadron, who refused to hold a series of courts-martial on that station. It now rests with the Lords of the Admiralty to try these oliicers by court-martial at the instance of Captain C-ollinson, and also to try that oilicer at the instance and demand of those who have been so long under conﬁnement b his orders. The Enterprise was commissions by Captain Collinson to go in search of Sir John Franklin on the 20th of December, 1849, in concert with

ed nothing in the way of discovery of the lost expedition.

The military correspondent of the Augsberg Gazette writes from the Polish lroniier, that the reinforcements received by the Russian coinmsnd- ers in the est of the Crimea since the battle of Inkerman. car no proportion to those which have joined the Allies. e says. “ Numericslly, Omar Pasha‘s corps alone is almost equal to the entire reinforcements of the Russians. vfhe new Russian troops which have entered the Crimea since the battle just mentioned are the following: The 2d brigade of the 13th reserve infantry divi- sion, and the two brigades of the l4lh reserve infantry division, forming together 12 battalions.

It is understood that her Majesty will give a second State Ball on Friday, the let of June next, and a second State Concert on Wednesday, the 20th of June. ‘

At the late sale of the celebrated stock of short-horned cattle, the property of tl.c late John Bolden, Esq., of Iiyning, in this (')nIlily. Mr. Torr bought the highest priced lll'llI)lt|:l. namely, Lad Hopetowu, for 220 gs.. and Gertrude for 00 gs.

The number of petitions presented to Parlia- ment in the present session against the sale of intoxicating iquors on Sundays is 213, signed by 50,248 persons; and 81 petitions have been resented for a re al of the Sale of Beer Act

the investigator, Capt. M‘Clure, but has achiev- pe

Tu Snirrmo or ran WoI.i.n-Tun Mani-riiir Poi-ci.srio.\'.—The London News of the lgth. of A ril has an elaborate article on the Shipping o the World, which shows that the_ﬂosting tonnage of the civilized world, excluding only China and the East, consists of 136,00 ves- sels, of 15,500.00 tons. The number of seamen it sets down at 800,000, and including the East- tern and other States, of the maritime popula- tion of which we have no accounts, there must be at least a million of persons engaged at sea and generally on the ocean.

A Narrow or Mi=:riionisrs.—The mission to the Friendly Islands had been so successful, that the whole population, from the king down to his lowest subjects, attend the Wesleyan minis- tr '.—These islands som times go by the name of Tonga. They consist of upward of one hun dred and ﬁfty, and lie in the Paciﬁc Ocean between latitude 23 and 25 deg. south, and longitude 172 deg west and 177 de . east. They were discovered by the navigator asman, in 1643. but received their collective name of “ Friendly Islands" from Capt. James Cook. Tlieso facts are derived from the National Magazine.

There appears to be considerable excitement among the Roman Catholic Clergy in Europe, on atcount of the Rev. l\lr. Boyle, a Roman Prlest. having prosecuted Cardinal Wiseman for libel, and recovered damages of £1,000.

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CANADA—DECIMAL CURRENCY.

in diﬁereut parts of the Province to whom the Committee had forwarded a Circular of queries. Altogether the Report is an interesting docu- ment,and gives ample proof of the industry and research of the Committee, reﬁecting no small credit on the activity of the Chairman [W. L. McKenzie] who though he makes the country pay dearly for a superabundance of extraneous oratory, has shown in the present instance that he can act as well as talk. Bankers, Merchants. Business-men generally, and all concerned will doubtless prepare them- selves for the expected chan e, earnestly de- sired by the country, and whic cannot fail to prove very bcnelicial.—Qucbcc Chronicle May 7.

UNITED STATES.

Tun Caors.——Wo conversed yesterday with a. gentleman who, during the list three weeks, has passed over large portions of this State, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana and New York. He informs us that in an experience of many

cars, he never has seen t e wheat crops of those States present as ﬁne an up curancc and so ﬂattering a pros ect as they 0 now.—Tho crop is lar c, very uxuriant, and remarkably forward. t is diﬁicult to estimate the amount of wealth which will be realized by the farmers of these and other States by the harvest of these golden crops.

NEWFOUNDLAND. A sad calamity occurred at Ship Cove, near Trinity.vlast month. During the absence from

The Third Report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts relates to the propriety of establishing a Decimal Currcnc in Canada, and the expediency of keeping t e Provincial Accounts on the Decimal principle. The de- termination to which the Committee came may be seen by the following Resolution, which, at the conclusion of their Report, they submitted to the consideration of the Legislative Assem- bly. “Resolved,That after the 31st of Janu- ary, l856, there shall be but one Currency of Account and payment, of which the Dollar shall be the unitand standard of value; the public Accounts shall be kc t in dollars, cents and mills; and the coinage e equal in intrinsic value to that of the United States.” There is a second Resolution with regard to weights and measures, but it is of too limited and

rtial a nature to engage our attention at present, and we think it was a pity to mix up the two subjects together. The establishment of the Decimal principle in the currency and monetary transactions of the Colony is a topic suﬁiciently important of itself to be considered and settled er re. Our system of weights and measures a so demands more ample and en- larged treatment than to be appended to the fag-end of the other in a very imperfect degree. Slight and incomplete changes in the s stem would only increase the confusion and incon- sistencies which nlread prevail in the incon- gruous medle of weig ts and measures from one end of t e Province to the other. Settle the money ﬁrst, and then turn full attention to other branches to which the application of the Decimal principle may be desirable. There is a deal of usefu , curious and interesting infor- mation in the Report, es ecially in the notes explanatory and histories , which run along the bottom of the pages. The usual reasons are enumerated for the introduction of a Decimal Currency: It would lead to greater accuracy in calculations, and diminish the labour to the extent of one half and in some cases of four-ﬁfths.

A glance at the voluminous accounts and re- turns at the Custom House (it is justly stated) will show at once the labor which could be saved by the change.—It would tend also greatly to the convenience of travellers and rsons engaged in exchange operations, more especially now that the reel rocity treaty comes into operation. it would acilitate the educa- tion of the people (so s the Report) by intro- ducing into schools arit metic made easy to the humb est capacity. Some rsons are said to clin to the prejudice of continuin to ack- ‘now ed the Halifax Currency. This is ab- surd; t e Currency diﬁers as much in reality from_ the British as the American does; its re- tention of the same names with diﬁcrent values attached to them serves only to cause the greater confusion. The Committee, therefore, are right in boldly declaring, that it is inexpe- dient to recognise and encoura two distinct currencies as egal, that of llelilii: and that of the United States,—and that the United States currency of dollars and cents should be adopted in the only money of account. Notwithstand- ing the greatness of the change and beneﬁt, we

0 not think there can be much confusion occasioned on its introduction. British shil- lin and sixpences constitute at present almost entirely the silver currenc of Canada, and until substitutes are supplied [as Mr. Ross of lungston thinks] they may be allowed to remain current at their present values. A copious supply of _the proposed Florin or Victorine woul be_ highly serviceable. This lately intro- duced coin {which however is said to be called in again) is equal to the tenth part of the Pound Sterling, and therefore very nearly equal in value to a half-dollar.—The Report is be followed by an ppendix containing

of last year, signs by 154,716 persons.

copies of about sixty answers from gentlemen

home of a Mrs. Day, the house took ﬁre in the evening, and was entirely destro ed before as- sistance could reach the spot. ainful to re- late, all the inmates, being three girls and three boys, between the ages of ei ht and six- teen, perished in the ﬂames; their ones were gathered, and buried in one box.—Po.rl.

NOVA SC OTIA

By next steamer from England, Rev. Dr. Bcecham, a Wesleyan of note, is to come to this Province. lie is to organize into an inde- pendent self-sustaining “ Conference” the " Dis- tricts" of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, P. E. Island, and Newfoundland. It is expected that under this new regime the Wesleyans of these Provinces will be independent of all further pecuniary aid from their brethren at home, who will then be in a position to can on still more cﬁ'ectivcly their undertakings in China and India.

Dr. Beecham expects to be in Halifax on or before the 22d inst.—four da sbefore which the Wesleyan ministers oi this rovince are to open their Conference.—Pre.r. PVilnes.r.

TEKPERLNCE.

Another signiﬁcant token of the way towards which ublico inion is now rapidly tending, we ﬁndp in the amford Mercury of the 9th ult., which says.—‘ It is stated. that the Chancellor, in answer to the memorial of the (Lincoln) town council, has a pointed to the Commission of the Peace for t e city, Messrs. Seel , Wetherell, Hill, and Ward; and that In‘: dslrip declined to appoint Mr. Marshall because he is a .

In a recent letter to the Freeman’: Journal, Mr. James llaughton, of Dublin, says:-—‘I believe the working-classes desire such Maine- law legislation for the protection of them- selves and their families, and that, so far from thinking it would deprive them of hep iness, they would hail it as the greatest lbssing winch parliament could confer a n them. When examined before the par iamentary committee on public-houses in July last, I was asked if I thought the prohibitory law would ever be popular in Ireland. My re ly was,- ‘ Give as universal sulfra e, and we’ l carry it in a year.’ lam not agaid to go before the working men with the question. Whenever it has been fairly put before them, they have responded to it with acolamstion.’

Dxsrsocrios or Foon.--In addition to the legion of evils consequent upon our drinkin system, that arising from the destruction 0 such an immense amount of food, is at the present time deeply to be deplored. Whilst thousands of our population have been fsmish- ing for want, during the bitter cold of last winter, our drinking system has demolished enough to suppl the wants for a whole year of six millions 0 human bein , or nearly one fourth part of our entire popu ation. We have not at present, time or space to follow up this subject as it deserves, but wouldentreat our readers to proclaim it as from the house-tops throughout the land. Whilst complaints loud and dee are made by our hungry oor at the high price of the stalfof life, let t em be told that this to a large extent, is attributable to the enormous quantity destroyed in making worse than useless beverages.

Ssi.i.mo LIQUOR! on SUNDAY.-On Tuesday last on information of the Tavern inspectors, Mr. Fisher was summoned before the Mayor, char ed with havin ke t open his bar, and sold iquor on the Sailib th day. He was con- victed and ﬁned £2 10s, and costs. We are really glad to ﬁnd, that our Inspectors have moral courage enough to do their duty, and

determined to make their very important oﬁoe